Cover photo: Ukrainian soldiers shoot at Russian troops in the town of Avdiïvka, Donetsk region, November 8, 2023. RFE/RL/SERHII NUZHNENKO / Portal
- The Russian army says it is advancing around Avdiivka. The Ukrainians claim they are repelling his attacks. The Russian army, which has been attacking the city for a month, is still trying to surround it and capture a coking plant that represents a strategic point. “They don’t just fight for the factory, [mais] They are not giving up the encirclement of Avdiivka,” Ukrainian army spokesman Oleksandr Shtupoune told Ukrainian television.
- First delivery of French arms to Moldova. France and Moldova, also fearful of Russian aggression, have begun negotiations on a defense agreement. A parliamentary report also estimated France’s military aid to Ukraine at 3.2 billion euros.
- The US remains focused on aid to Ukraine Despite the war between Israel and Hamas, recalled Foreign Ministry spokesman Vedant Patel. But the Pentagon has only $1 billion left to replenish weapons stocks sent to Ukraine, said Sabrina Singh, the Pentagon’s deputy spokeswoman.
- According to the Ukrainian Air Force, the training of Ukrainian pilots on the F-16 is progressing. “Our partners don’t want to reveal too many details, but the fact is that pilots are starting to train directly in the air on F-16s – not all, but some pilots are already training with an instructor on board. Fighter aircraft in the sky. “So everything is going according to plan,” said Ukrainian Air Force spokesman Colonel Yuriy Ihnat. In late October, Bridget Brink, the American ambassador to Kiev, confirmed that Ukrainian pilots were training on F-16 fighter jets in Arizona.
- For the Hungarian Prime Minister, the European Union should not start negotiations on Ukraine’s accession. Member state leaders must decide in mid-December whether to accept the European Commission’s recommendations to invite Ukraine to start EU accession negotiations once Kiev meets the final conditions. Such a decision must be taken unanimously by the 27 member states. But Viktor Orban’s Hungary represents the main obstacle to Ukrainian membership.
- According to the Kremlin, surprise visit by Vladimir Putin to the military headquarters in Rostov-on-Don. On this second trip to Rostov-on-Don in less than a month, he was accompanied by his Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of the General Staff and commander of military operations in Ukraine Valery Gerasimov.
- To believe that Ukraine will negotiate with Moscow, one must be “misinformed” or “misled,” according to Kiev. According to Western media, some of Kiev’s allies have begun to raise the issue of peace talks with Russia amid a lack of major movements on the front lines in a year and concerns about the West’s ability to continue supporting Ukraine in its war.
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