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A ceasefire has been established near the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant to allow repair work.
Starting Saturday, technicians will connect Ferosplavna-1 to the plant, restoring two power lines, including one that was repaired in October.
❗️A key feature of Russia’s latest massive attack is the large number of ballistic missiles. The enemy aims to strike more targets, said Yurii Ignat.
According to the head of the Air Force Command’s communications department, the ratio of ballistic to cruise missiles used by Russia has increased this year.
The head of the Estonian Defence Forces’ intelligence centre, Colonel Ants Kiviselg, expects Russia to continue its winter bombing campaign in the coming weeks, mainly targeting civilian infrastructure.
He said Russia is trying to compensate for its lack of battlefield success with large-scale strikes across Ukraine. In addition to missile and drone attacks, drones are now hitting areas near the front line, with numerous recent cases of targeted strikes on civilians around Kherson.
Breaking: (united24media.com/latest-news/breaking-zelenskyy-counts-record-25000-russian-losses-in-october-pokrovsk-turns-into-a-mass-graveyard-13213) In October, around 25,000 Russian soldiers were confirmed killed on video, with an additional 2,000–3,000 estimated casualties not captured on camera—the highest monthly toll since the start of the full-scale invasion in February 2022, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said during a meeting with press on November 7.
Ukraine has found an alternative to the Mavic UAV and plans to begin mass production, President Zelenskyy announced.
“We were looking for alternatives — and we found them. Now contracts and financing are being prepared,” he said. Zelenskyy emphasized the importance of using drones for evacuation operations, stressing that saving lives is the top priority.
Last December, First Vice Prime Minister and Digital Transformation Minister Mykhailo Fedorov reported that Ukraine had developed three Mavic analogues meeting NATO standards, equipped with electronic warfare protection and automatic landing.
❗️Kremenchuk in the Poltava region is without electricity, water, and heating following overnight shelling, the regional administration reports.
According to the head of the Poltava regional military administration, Volodymyr Kohut, the enemy targeted energy infrastructure facilities.
Pokrovske, a village in the Synelnykovo district of the Dnipropetrovsk region, lies just ten kilometers from the front line.
A month ago, life still lingered here — now, almost no one remains in the frontline settlement.
A factory for producing Swedish Gripen fighter jets will open in Ukraine around 2033, Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal announced. [...]
According to Shmyhal, Ukraine is pushing for the earlier delivery of Gripen C and D class aircraft, expected as soon as 2026.
Rheinmetall will begin producing satellites for military intelligence, Bild reports.
The German defense concern announced a joint venture with the Finnish company Iceye, which specializes in satellite technology. The new project, called Rheinmetall Iceye Space Solutions, will be based in the German city of Neuss (North Rhine-Westphalia) at the site of one of Rheinmetall’s former car factories.
The first satellite is scheduled for launch in 2026. Rheinmetall will hold a controlling 60% stake, taking charge of large-scale production and sales, while Iceye will provide technology and expertise — its satellites are already used, among others, in Ukraine.
The project focuses on radar surveillance satellites capable of capturing clear images of the Earth’s surface even through clouds and at night — a technology highly valued for military intelligence and conflict monitoring.
This marks Rheinmetall’s second major deal in recent months: in September, the company acquired the military division of the shipbuilder Lürssen for over one billion euros.
Norway is raising the alarm over a sharp rise in Russian captains and sailors serving on Norwegian ships, NRK reports. The Norwegian Seamen’s Union fears they could side with Putin in the event of war.
About 200 Russian captains now serve in the Norwegian fleet — twice as many as in 2020. The total number of Russian sailors has also grown from 925 to around 1,500 by 2025.
Professor Sigmund Simonsen from the University of Western Norway noted that Norway’s civilian merchant fleet is crucial for NATO, which relies on it to transport troops and cargo across the Atlantic. He warned that in peacetime, such ships could also be used for blocking routes, sabotage, or drone launches.
In response, the Norwegian government plans to limit Russian citizens’ ability to operate merchant ships without a pilot in national waters.
Kenyan President William Ruto has asked President Zelenskyy to help release Kenyan citizens illegally recruited by Russia to fight in Ukraine.
He added that Zelenskyy agreed to assist in securing their release during a phone call. Zelenskyy confirmed that both sides discussed Russia’s recruitment of foreign nationals and agreed to strengthen cooperation to stop such practices.