Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22:21 In Russia, the first - and so far cautious - manifestations of dissatisfaction with the war are being recorded. Thus, on November 7, in the center of Moscow, about 20 mobilized wives joined the action of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation in honor of the 106th anniversary of the Bolshevik coup. The women demanded that the Russian president carry out a rotation of military personnel. Read more in the article In Moscow they are rebelling against the war.
21:30 Today’s Russian attack on the port infrastructure of the Odessa region became the 21st targeted attack after Moscow’s withdrawal from the grain agreements. During this time, the Russian Federation damaged more than 160 infrastructure facilities and 122 vehicles, said Infrastructure Minister Alexander Kubrakov. According to him, the civilian ship damaged today, flying the Liberian flag, was supposed to transport iron ore to China.
21:18 Ukraine is losing five times fewer people at the front than Russia , Zelensky said at the Reuters Next conference: “Some leaders say that Russia is four times larger. But you should know: I cannot share with you our victims, our losses, but I can say that today there are at least five times less."
21:10 Russia is asking other countries to return the weapons they sold due to huge losses in Ukraine, The Wall Street Journal writes, citing sources. According to them, the current supplier of helicopter engines, ODK-Klimov, is unable to replace large-scale losses, so Moscow is negotiating with countries such as Pakistan, Egypt, Belarus and Brazil about the return of important spare parts. Thus, in April, the Russian delegation asked the Egyptian President to return engines for Mi-8 and Mi-17 helicopters.
20:52 A US adviser on infrastructure projects as part of reconstruction will appear in Ukraine - Robert Meriner will be appointed to this position, US Transport Secretary Pete Buttigieg said during a visit to Kiev.
20:23 The first F-16s transferred to Ukraine by the Netherlands arrived at the Romanian training center yesterday, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said.
19:51 A representative of Georgia took part in a meeting of advisers in Malta on the Ukrainian peace formula, Zelensky said following a telephone conversation with Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili. The Ukrainian president also spoke with his Moldovan colleague Maia Sandu, and congratulated each other on the published report of the European Commission.
19:42 The Russians fired an X-31P anti-radar missile in the direction of one of the ports of the Odessa region from tactical aircraft in the Black Sea. According to the Southern Defense Forces, the missile hit the superstructure of a civilian ship flying the Liberian flag as it entered port. The pilot was killed, the crew members - citizens of the Philippines - were injured, and one port worker was injured.
19:18 During the day, the Russian army attacked the Nikopol district of the Dnepropetrovsk region eight times with kamikaze drones and artillery, said the head of the OVA Sergei Lysak. Nikopol, Mirovskaya, Krasnogrigoryevskaya and Marganetsk communities came under attack. One person was injured, the administrative building and infrastructure facility, 14 private houses, outbuildings, and several power lines were damaged.
18:54 European Commissioner for Finance Johannes Hahn said that Hungary alone will not be able to block an increase in the EU budget, in particular to allocate a package of 50 billion euros to Ukraine for four years. According to him, the European Commission has workarounds for approving the revised budget, which do not require the support of Budapest.
18:43 Kiev and the European Union hope that they will be able to begin negotiations on Ukraine’s accession to the bloc, but permission must be given by all EU members. Read more in the article Who can disrupt negotiations .
17:55 In Russia, they handed a summons to the army to a minor from Mariupol, Bogdan Ermokhin, whom the occupiers took from the city along with other orphans, said Advisor to the Mayor of Mariupol Pyotr Andryushchenko. He must report to the Moscow military registration and enlistment office a month after his 18th birthday.
Despite the presence of a legal guardian, in the Russian Federation he was illegally transferred to the guardianship of a Russian family. According to Bogdan himself, he was given a Russian passport and arranged for training. The guy tried to return to Ukraine, but he was detained at the border with Belarus and returned back to his foster family. According to Russian law, there is currently no way for Ermokhin to cross the border before he comes of age, and after he comes of age, he will no longer be able to do so because of his summons to the army.
17:37 Zelensky said that he held a meeting in Kiev with US Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg: they discussed the restoration of Ukrainian infrastructure, the development of transport capabilities for exporting goods to international markets, and the prospects for joint defense production.
16:59 The Russian Army struck the Dnieper district of Kherson, one person was wounded, the OVA reported.
16:04 The Rheinmetall concern announced that it has received an order for Ukraine for 100 thousand shells for 120 mm mortars. This order from the German government is part of a recent €400 million military aid package.
15:56 The new government of Slovakia blocked the 14th package of military assistance to Ukraine in the amount of 40.3 million euros, which was prepared by the previous leadership of the Ministry of Defense.
15:19 The UK has imposed sanctions against 29 individuals and legal entities in the gold and oil sectors of the Russian Federation. The new lists included both Russian oligarchs and businessmen, as well as collaborators from third countries, the government reported.
14:02 The European Commission officially recommends starting negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova on accession to the EU - “with the understanding that a number of reforms will be implemented,” said EC head Ursula von der Leyen. She noted Ukraine's progress in implementing reforms and called for the negotiation process to begin in parallel with the implementation of further reforms, as well as to establish a framework for these negotiations. According to von der Leyen, Ukraine has completed 90% of the reforms that the EU expected from it.
13:55 The Rada supported the redirection of the “military personal income tax” to the defense of the country - now part of the funds is taken from local communities. From October 1 to December 31, 2023, the “military personal income tax” will be sent to the state budget in a 50/50 ratio: the State Special Communications Service will receive 13 billion hryvnia for drones, and the same amount will be sent to the Ministry of Defense for the purchase of artillery systems.
“Billions of hryvnias from paving stones will be spent on drones, weapons, ammunition and real money to the accounts of military units to quickly resolve current issues. At the same time, all communities, especially front-line ones, will receive a resource that will be no less than in 2021. In fact, we returned to the military what rightfully belongs to them,” commented the head of the Servant of the People faction, David Arakhamia, on the parliament’s decision.
13:43 Zelensky said that he had a conversation with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, and welcomed today’s statement by the G7 foreign ministers, who confirmed their unwavering support for Ukraine. We agreed to expand bilateral cooperation, in particular, work on security guarantees and a conference on the restoration of Ukraine, which will be held in Japan in February 2024. Separately, the President thanked Japan for significant assistance in the field of energy, in particular for the provision of powerful turbines and transformers, as well as for the resumption of the JICA office in Kyiv.
13:07 The liquidation of collaborator Mikhail Filiponenko in Lugansk is a joint special operation by the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense and the resistance movement, Ukrainian military intelligence reported. According to her, the “LPR deputy” from the Russian LDPR party was involved in organizing torture centers in the occupied territories of the Lugansk region and personally brutally tortured Ukrainians.
13:00 The Verkhovna Rada extended the martial law and general mobilization in Ukraine for 90 days - until February 14, 2024.
12:42 Ukraine needs not only taxes, but also income from Russian frozen assets, Kuleba said at a joint press conference with his Belgian colleague Adjei Lyabib: “Belgium has created a precedent, a very good precedent for excess profits. Now we need a broader legal framework for European Union level to allow all member states holding Russian sovereign assets to use them in a legally compatible manner with the aim of rebuilding Ukraine."
12:23 In recent weeks, Russia has attacked energy infrastructure facilities 60 times with various types of weapons. After each new attack, the need for energy equipment grows, so the assistance of partners to the Ukrainian energy sector is of great importance, said the head of the Ministry of Energy German Galushchenko.
11:57 The foreign ministers of the G7 countries were unable to agree on sanctions on the export of diamonds from Russia, the German Foreign Ministry reported following the meeting. For now, they have agreed only to “intensify consultations” on this issue.
11:19 The Russian army fired at one of the thermal power plants in the eastern region - there was damage to the equipment, but the thermal power plant is working and there were no outages, Ukrenego reported.
10:28 A collaborator was eliminated in the "LPR" - an explosive device went off in the car of a local "deputy", ex-head of the "people's police" department Mikhail Filiponenko, he did not survive, Russian media report.
09:52 On the evening of November 7, the Russians fired from the Smerch multiple launch rocket system at the village of Bogatyr, Volnovakha district, Donetsk region. The epicenter of the hit was a dense residential area; as a result of the impact, more than ten private houses were damaged and destroyed, three people were killed, the prosecutor's office said.
09:11 France will allocate an additional 200 million euros for the fund to support the Ukrainian army, Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu said.
08:49 Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev said that during the war Ukraine allegedly tried to attack three Russian nuclear power plants - Leningrad, Kalinin and Kursk.
08:37 The United States has imposed export restrictions on seven individuals and three companies for the supply of dual-use electronics to Russia. Four of the individuals live in the Russian Federation, two in Canada, and one in the USA. The companies against which sanctions were imposed are based in the United States and the United Arab Emirates. These individuals and companies were part of a complex global procurement scheme. They illegally obtained and purchased millions of dollars worth of dual-use electronics for military-affiliated end users in the Russian Federation.
08:19 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of November 8:
- personnel - about 307,640 (+780) people,
- tanks - 5301 (+8),
- armored combat vehicles - 9996 (+22),
- artillery systems - 7439 (+29),
- MLRS - 872 (+3),
- air defense systems - 572 (+2),
- aircraft - 322 (+0),
- helicopters - 324 (+0),
- UAV of operational-tactical level - 5567 (+10),
- cruise missiles - 1556 (+0),
- ships/boats - 20 (+0),
- submarines - 1 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tank trucks - 9814 (+47),
- special equipment - 1054 (+5).
07:23 Over the past 24 hours, 45 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report . In the Kupyansky direction, the Defense Forces repelled enemy attacks in the areas of Sinkovka, Ivanovka, Berestovoy, Kharkov region; on Limansky - in the area of Serebryansky forestry; on Bakhmutsky - near Bogdanovka, Andreevka and Kleshcheevka, Donetsk region; on Avdeevsky - near Stepnoy, Avdeevka, Tonenkoy and Pervomaisky, Donetsk region; on Maryinsky - in the Marinka area; on Shakhtarsky - in the Staromayorsky district of the Donetsk region. In the Zaporozhye direction the enemy did not conduct offensive actions.
05:26 The United States did not hold consultations with the Ukrainian side regarding the possible start of peace negotiations with the Russian Federation, said Deputy Speaker of the State Department Vedant Patel. According to him, the US State Department knows nothing about such consultations and Washington is not going to push Kyiv into negotiations with the Kremlin.
"As we have said many times, nothing should happen about Ukraine without Ukraine. We are not aware of any conversations with Ukraine regarding negotiations outside the Peace Formula," Patel said. He also emphasized that any decisions on negotiations with Russia should be made by Ukraine, and the United States will continue to provide support to the Ukrainian people.
03:55 The Foreign Affairs Committee of the US House of Representatives voted with a majority of votes to support a bipartisan and bicameral bill on the use of frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine.