Newsletter 08/11/2024
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Death toll from Russian airstrike on Zaporizhzhia rises to ten
On November 7, the enemy carried out five airstrikes on the city. So far, ten people have been killed in the attack, including a child.
Forty-one people were injured, including four children.
Emergency services rescued three people, including two children.
Rescue operations are ongoing.
Ukraine returns 563 fallen defenders' bodies
Ukraine has repatriated the bodies of 563 fallen defenders as a result of repatriation efforts.
Specifically, the remains of 320 defenders who perished in the Donetsk sector of the front and 89 fallen soldiers from the Bakhmut sector have been recovered.
Additionally, 154 bodies were repatriated from morgues located within Russian territory.
The return of the fallen defenders was made possible through the collaboration of the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War with the Joint Center of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, the Office of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights, the Secretariat of the Commissioner for Missing Persons under Special Circumstances, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (Civil-Military Cooperation), the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (DSNS), and other representatives of the Ukrainian security and defense sector.
Roshchyna’s body not returned to Ukraine
During the latest repatriation efforts, Ukraine did not receive the body of Ukrainian journalist Victoria Roshchyna, who died while in Russian captivity.
All available funds to support Ukraine will be used before end of Biden's presidential term – Pentagon
The U.S. Department of Defense has stated that all remaining funds for programmes to support Ukraine will be used before the end of Joe Biden's presidential term.
Ukraine to receive $1.37B for social spending through World Bank
On November 8, the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine and the World Bank signed a grant agreement to raise about $1.37 billion under the PEACE in Ukraine project to finance social and humanitarian expenditures.
War
Russian drone attack on Odesa region: One killed, nine injured
Six people were hospitalized as a result of Russia’s drone attack on the Odesa region on the night of November 8.
According to Oleh Kiper, the head of the Odesa Regional Military Administration, "one person was killed and nine others were wounded as a result of an overnight enemy drone attack on the Odesa district. A 46-year-old man, who was driving a car at the time of the attack, died as a result of shrapnel wounds."
EU extends mandate of military training mission for Ukraine for two years
The Council of the EU extended the mandate of the European Union Military Assistance Mission in support of Ukraine (EUMAM Ukraine) for a further two years and allocated additional funds to ensure its activities.
Center for Countering Disinformation: Enemy stockpiling missiles for further attacks
Ukrainian air defenses shoot down four Kh-59/69 missiles, 62 drones
Russians fire ballistic missiles at critical infrastructure in Sumy community
Western components found in Russia's latest Okhotnik drone – Ukrainian intel
The analysis revealed that the Okhotnik drone contained microelectronics and other technological components from several Western companies, including Analog Devices, Texas Instruments, and Xilinx-AMD (USA), Infineon Technologies (Germany), STMicroelectronics (Switzerland).
Kamikaze drones destroyed two enemy heavy flamethrowers of the TOS-1A Solntsepok system
Defense
Germany should have started training Ukrainian military to operate Taurus missiles - German politician
"First and foremost, all frozen Russian assets should be transferred to Ukraine. Secondly, now it is necessary to start training Ukrainian soldiers how to operate Taurus missiles, which will take some time, so that at the next opportunity, such as Russia bombing another hospital or committing other war crimes, the Taurus will be handed over. Such conditioning (tying the transfer of weapons to certain conditions) should be a signal. And thirdly, it is necessary to state very clearly that Ukraine will no longer fight with tied hands on its own territory, but will be able to hit military targets in Russia within the limits allowed by international law," said Roderich Kiesewetter, a member of the Bundestag from the Christian Democratic Union and member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
He expressed hope that this would happen when the Conservatives are strong enough after the election that they can choose their coalition partners. Kiesewetter did not name the potential partners in the coalition government that the CDU/CSU bloc expects to lead, but noted that "the only party in Germany that does not have close ties with Russia in its own ranks is the Greens," and spoke favorably to this party's position on the issue of support for Ukraine.
Ukraine to receive Estonian air defense missiles for testing
Ukrainian recruits undergoing tactical training in UK – General Staff report
Politics
Italian President to visit Beijing to discuss China's mediation in Ukraine War – media
Erdogan: War in Ukraine could end easily with Trump's administration decision
Ukraine should be at the table of geopolitical game, not on its menu - Borrell