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Ukraine said Friday, Nov. 11, that at least six people were killed following a Russian strike on a residential building in the southern city of Mykolaiv, near the frontline. Residential building in Mykolaiv, destroyed by Russian missile attack. Photo: UkrInform. The attack came as Russia said it was drawing down troops from the nearby city […]

Moscow says it has started pulling its troops out of the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson. Russia’s defence ministry said on Thursday that the “manoeuvre of units of the Russian group” had begun to the other side of the Dnipro River. A self-propelled artillery vehicle fires near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022.   –   Copyright  AP […]

Russia has already lost about 78,690 troops in Ukraine (+740 over the past day). The relevant statement was made by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. Between February 24, 2022 and November 10, 2022, the enemy’s total combat losses included also 2,804 tanks (+3 over the past […]

Ukraine’s GDP, which is seeing critically low figures amid the ongoing war, will drop even more – by 39% over the year, if systemic power outages due to Russian shelling prevail for at least a few more weeks. Vehicles drive along a street with the St. Sophia Cathedral silhouetted in the background, as the city […]

Egypt signed on Tuesday a contract with a consortium of German railway company Deutsche Bahn (DB) and the Egyptian private-sector company El-Sewedi Electric to manage and operate the first line of the country’s first high-speed electric train network. The contract was initialed by head the Egyptian National Authority for Tunnels (NAT), the head of DB […]

Control of the US Congress hung in the balance early Wednesday, with both Republicans and Democrats notching victories in some of the most competitive races in a midterm election. Republican candidate supporters cheer on the latest voting results for Kari Lake, at the Republican watch party in Scottsdale, Ariz., Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022.   –   Copyright  AP Photo/Ross D. […]

The Russian military shelled Zaporizhzhia region more than 80 times on Tuesday, November 8. Deputy Head of the Ukrainian President’s Office, Kyrylo Tymoshenko, said this in a Telegram post, Ukrinform reports. “Russian non-humans shelled Zaporizhzhia region more than 80 times during the past day. They targeted civil infrastructure facilities 49 times in 17 settlements,” Tymoshenko wrote. […]

Russian forces have launched missile strikes on civilian infrastructure in the Kherson region, including on power lines, private houses, solar power plants, educational institutions, with casualties reported. That’s according to the Kherson region’s police, Ukrinform reports. “The Russian army continues to launch missile strikes on the civilian infrastructure of the Kherson region, including on power lines, […]

Russia’s Defense Ministry supports reinstating Soviet-era basic military training in high schools, pro-Kremlin media reported Tuesday, citing correspondence between lawmakers and army officers. Alexander Avilov / Moskva News Agency   Russia retired the so-called “initial military training” program — which taught teens to respond to a nuclear or chemical attack, provide first aid and handle firearms — […]

“This is not simply a Democrat versus Republican election, it’s also a ballot for control of the Republican party, which is in a deep, deep fight for what it stands for,” said Professor Scott Lucas of the UK’s Birmingham University and University College Dublin, and editor of EA Worldview. Voters pass a sign outside a polling […]