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    5 Ukraine Stories You May Have Missed Because of the US Election

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    While the world waited with bated breath for the outcome of the US election, Russia’s war against Ukraine did not abate.

    Donald Trump’s broad victory undoubtedly means a uncertain future for the besieged country.

    But Russia Grinding progress in DonbassDrone strikes and even more accusations of war crimes committed by Moscow’s forces continued no matter who was giving a victory speech on the other side of the Atlantic.

    We bring you five stories about Russia’s war in Ukraine that you may have missed in the wake of the US presidential election.

    Ukraine hits Russian naval base in Dagestan for first time

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

    At least two ships (the Gepard-class missile ships Tatarstan and Dagestan) were damaged in the attackand possibly also several small corvettes of Project 21631 Buyan-M, the sources said.

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

    Ukraine may have targeted Iranian arms supply routes in Dagestan attack, media suggests

    Although the precise consequences of the Ukrainian attack are difficult to establish, the recent attack remains “significant in several ways,” War Zone experts said.

    “Russian Navy ships are stationed in Kaspiysk,” said Andrii Kovalenko, an official at Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council. The base is home to Russia’s Caspian Flotilla, as well as Russian marines and coastal troops.

    According to satellite images, at least eight ships were present at the naval base after the attack, according to open source intelligence (OSINT). the analysts said. Some reports suggested that Ukraine may have targeted supply routes of Iranian weapons reaching Russia through the Caspian Sea.

    The attack took place about 15 kilometers from a local airport, 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, they said. local authorities.

    Russia has executed at least 124 Ukrainian POWs on battlefield throughout full-scale war, prosecutors say

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

    Reports of murders, torture and ill-treatment of Ukrainian prisoners of war are regularly received by the Ukrainian authorities and have increased in recent months. Most of the cases were recorded in the besieged area 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 said.

    Former Prosecutor General Andrii Kostin called the killing of Ukrainian soldiers in captivity a “deliberate policy” of Russia.

    About 80% of cases of executions of Ukrainian prisoners of war They were registered in 2024, but the trend began to appear in November 2023, when “there were changes for the worse in the attitude of Russian military personnel towards our prisoners of war,” said Yurii Belousov, a senior representative of the Prosecutor General’s Office.

    Russian drone attack on Kyiv damages buildings, causes fires in five districts

    Russia launched a drone attack on Kyiv During the night of November 7, it hit a residential building in the capital and injured at least one person, the Military Administration of the city of kyiv reported.

    According Kyiv According to the military administration, the drone attack caused “significant damage” to a unit in the apartment building in the city’s Holosiivskyi district.

    The administration also reported a large fire nearby caused by falling drone debris at an auto repair shop.

    Multiple explosions were heard on the outskirts of kyiv around 1 a.m. local time, according to a Kyiv Independent journalist on the ground.

    Ukraine air forces He warned throughout the night that Russian attack drones were in the vicinity of the city.

    At around 6 a.m. local time, kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko posted on Telegram that debris also fell in the Pechersk district and caused a fire on the 33rd floor of a residential building. The fire was contained shortly after.

    Remnants of the ongoing attack have also fallen in the Podil district, where a two-story house caught fire, in the Obolon district, where a business center on the upper floors caught fire, and in the Solomianskyi district, where Debris fell into a patio of a house and into a private medical center.

    Germany's governing coalition collapse brings uncertainty to Ukraine support

    Germany’s tripartite governing coalition collapsed on November 6 after German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced that he had Fired Finance Minister Christian Lindner, a development that could have a profound effect on the country’s support for Ukraine.

    The decision to fire Lindner over economic disagreements will likely push the country into a snap election in the short term, as Scholz’s Social Democratic Party (SDP) is unlikely to have enough votes to pass the 2025 budget.

    Under the current ruling coalition, Berlin allocated 7.6 billion euros ($8.2 billion) in military assistance to kyiv in the 2024 budget. Next year’s budget allocated about half that sum.

    In his statement after the dismissal, Scholz He partly justified the decision by noting that he had asked Lindner to relax spending rules to allow for more aid to Ukraine, but Lindner refused.

    “Too often, Minister Lindner inappropriately blocks legislation,” Scholz said. “Too often he has engaged in petty partisan tactics. Too often he has broken my trust.”

    German media reported last week that Lindner’s proposed policy document called for significant changes to the country’s economic policy, including reducing regulations on climate policy to stimulate economic growth, as well as proposing tax cuts. in profound contrast to Scholz.

    Political instability in Berlin could spell trouble for kyiv amid rise of far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), known for its friendly views towards the Kremlin, which has continually called for funding to Ukraine to be cut.

    Early elections do not necessarily spell disaster for Ukrainehowever. Current polls show that, although in second place, the AfD trails the center-right Christian Conservative Union-Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU), whose leader, Friedrich Merz, has called for more decisive measures in support of ukraineincluding delivery of Taurus Missiles.

    Scholz said he would ask Merz for parliamentary support to approve the budget.

    Rise of German AfD indicates growing support for pro-Russian policies

    One of Russia’s main narratives is that it invaded Ukraine to “denazify” this multiethnic democracy led by a president with Jewish roots and Holocaust survivors in his lineage. Indeed, Russia’s public obsession with “fighting the Nazis” masks how its closer relations between European political parties…

    South Korea 'not ruling out' supplying arms to Ukraine, president says

    South Korea does not rule out provide weapons to Ukraine in light of deepening cooperation between Moscow and Pyongyang, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said at a news conference on Nov. 7.

    “Now, depending on the level of North Korea’s involvement, we will gradually adjust our support strategy in phases.” Yoon told the media.

    “This means that we do not rule out the possibility of supplying weapons.”

    Ties between Russia and North Korea reached a new level when Pyongyang sent 12,000 soldiers join Russia’s war against Ukraine.

    Yoon previously said that Seoul could review your ban on providing direct military assistance to a war zone in response.

    South Korea has provided Ukraine with humanitarian and non-lethal aid but refused to provide it with weapons, citing legislative restrictions. Some media reports last year claimed that the country was secretly supplying artillery shells to Ukraine via the United States, although the South Korean government denied the reports.

    South Korea, which lives in constant tension with its North Korean neighbors, has a powerful army and a solid defense industry, making the country a major arms exporter.

    It is not yet clear what weapons systems South Korea is considering, although Yoon commented that “defensive weapons” would be a priority. A source in South Korea’s Presidential Office told Yonhap news agency that a direct supply of 155mm artillery shells is planned. It is currently not on the table.

    Experts told the Kyiv Independent that South Korea could provide the most significant support to Ukraine through supplies of ammunition. The country not only has 155 mm artillery, but also provisions. 3.4 million 105mm bullets compatible with some of Ukraine’s weapons.

    Ukrainian officials said simply holding the front against Russian forces requires 75,000 shells a month. Moscow’s troops can fire several times as many shells as Ukraine, and reportedly about half as many provided by North Korea.

    Ukrainian soldiers react to Trump’s victory: ‘This could be a disaster’, others say Biden was ‘powerless’

    Donald Trump claimed victory in the US presidential election on November 6, creating additional uncertainty for many Ukrainian soldiers already struggling to see the future of the war. Although there are doubts about Trump’s actions in the coming months, his warm relationship with Russian President Vladimir…

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