Key developments on November 6:

• Ukraine attacks Russian naval base in Dagestan for the first time, source says
• ‘I’m going to stop the wars,’ says Trump as he sings victory
• Kursk raid thwarted Russia’s plans to create ‘buffer zone’ in Sumy Oblast, Syrskyi says
• Russia has executed at least 124 Ukrainian prisoners of war on the battlefield, says Prosecutor General’s Office

Ukrainian military intelligence was behind a drone attack on the city of Kaspiysk in the Russian Republic of Dagestan. targeting a Russian naval basean agency source told the Kyiv Independent on November 6.

At least two ships, the Tatarstan and Dagestan missile ships, were damaged in the attack, and possibly several small ships of Project 21631 as well, the sources said.

Dagestan authorities reported intercepting a drone attack on Kaspiysk, a port city on the Caspian Sea about 1,000 kilometers from the front line (600 miles), on the morning of November 6.

Andrii Kovalenko, head of the counter-disinformation center at the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, also said the Telegram that a Russian naval base was hit in the attack.

“Russian Navy ships are stationed in Kaspiysk,” he said. The base is home to Russia’s Caspian Flotilla, as well as Russian marines and coastal troops.

Sources said the target fleet was involved in attacks against Ukraine, and that the 177th Marine Regiment stationed there was deployed in combat in Kherson and Zaporizhzhia provinces.

While Russian authorities claimed to have intercepted a single drone in the sky, a video shared on social media appears to show another drone hitting its target, causing a large explosion.

The incident took place about 15 kilometers from a local airport, the Mash news channel claimed, identifying the drone as a Ukrainian A-22 Flying Fox drone.

The nearby Makhachkala airport suspended operations for an indefinite period due to the incident, local authorities said.

The Kyiv Independent was unable to verify the claims.

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"I’m going to stop the wars" – Trump says, as he claims victory

donald trump claimed victory in the United States presidential election on November 6, shortly before crossing the threshold of the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win.

“I want to thank the American people for the extraordinary honor of being elected their 47th president and their 45th president,” Trump said in a speech to a cheering crowd in West Palm Beach, Florida.

“I will not rest until we have achieved the strong, secure and prosperous America that our children deserve,” the Republican candidate said, promising a “golden age of America.”

His return to the White House could mean uncertain times for Ukraine, as there are fears he could withdraw support for the embattled country and strike a deal with the Kremlin.

Trump did not mention Russia’s war against Ukraine in his speech, but said the United States “saw no wars” during his first presidential term.

“We had no wars, for four years, we had no wars. Except we defeated ISIS,” Trump proclaimed.

“They said ‘a war will start’. I’m not going to start a war, I’m going to stop wars.”

“I think we just witnessed the greatest political comeback in American history,” Trump’s running mate, JD Vance, told the crowd of Republican voters.

In his only debate with US Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic Party candidate, on September 10, Trump he refused to say he wanted a Ukrainian victory.

“I think the best thing for the United States is to end this war and just end it, negotiate a deal,” Trump said.

Trump’s plan to end the war in “24 hours” and remove the United States from Ukraine would benefit Russia by ceding Ukrainian territory and creating autonomous regions in the east, according to reports in october.

“Trump’s view is that he wants to do everything he can to help Putin because, for whatever reason he likes these strongmen, he’s fascinated by him in particular,” Evelyn Farkas, executive director of the McCain Institute, said in a interview with the Kyiv Independent.

“Therefore, it will take all the will and struggle of the people under his command to maintain the existing policy of support for Ukraine and an opposition to Russia’s autocratic agenda.”

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Kursk incursion thwarted Russia's plans for 'buffer zone' in Sumy Oblast, Syrskyi says

Russian forces have suffered 7,905 soldiers killed, 12,220 wounded and 717 captured for almost three months after the Kursk raidsaid Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi on November 6.

During the same period, Moscow’s army also lost 1,101 pieces of equipment, including 54 tanks, 276 armored vehicles, 107 artillery and mortar pieces, and five anti-aircraft guns. according to the commander.

Ukraine launched its cross-border incursion in early August to deter Russian cross-border attacks and draw Russian forces away from the besieged Donbas region, where Moscow continues to advance steadily.

According to Syrskyi, Russia has already concentrated 45,000 soldiers in Kursk Oblast to counteract the current ukrainian raid.

Moscow has also deployed thousands of North Korean troops to the besieged region, and some have reportedly already clashed with Ukraine in small scale commitments.

The raid on Kursk was also aimed at preempting a Russian plan to invade Sumy Oblast to create a “buffer zone” in northern Ukraine, Syrskyi said, citing intelligence reports from May.

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Russia has executed at least 124 Ukrainian POWs on battlefield, Prosecutor General's Office says

Kyiv knows about 124 Ukrainian prisoners of war (POW) who were executed by Russian forces on the battlefield during the large-scale war, a senior representative of the Prosecutor General’s Office said on November 6.

Ukrainian authorities regularly receive reports of murders, torture and ill-treatment of Ukrainian prisoners of war, which have increased in recent months. Most of the cases were recorded in conflict areas Donetsk Oblast.

Speaking on national television, Denys Lysenko, head of the department focused on war-related crimes, said 49 criminal investigations were underway into the execution of Ukrainian prisoners of war.

The most recent cases include the murder of six captured Ukrainian soldiers near Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast, prosecutors reported on November 5.

“Now we are analyzing all these cases, looking for patterns… We are considering all these cases comprehensively and, of course, the involvement of a particular armed unit in each case is analyzed,” Lysenko saying.

According to Lysenko, prosecutors are preparing cases against representatives of Russian military leaders who may be involved in organizing such executions or failing to take measures to prevent them.

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