Ukraine Breaking News Today Live on 11-10-2024

Russia was a major player in Africa in Soviet times and has been growing in influence on the continent in recent years, including militarily.

Russia is seeking to woo African countries this weekend at a summit in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, with President Vladimir Putin promising the continent "total support."

Facing isolation in the West following its full-scale offensive against Ukraine, Moscow has tried to build new partnerships across Asia, Africa and the Middle East, promoting itself as a bulwark against what it calls Western domination on the international arena.

Apart from the obvious need to heal the wounded and rebuild infrastructure, Ukraine must also overcome that damage inflicted on the educational system.

As an American who has witnessed the devastating impacts of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, I am compelled to speak not only about the turmoil but also about the remarkable resilience of a generation that refuses to be defined by conflict.

The educational crisis in Ukraine is staggering. For many young Ukrainians, the past four years have been punctuated by war and the aftermath of a global pandemic. Over 600,000 refugee children remain out of school displaced across the EU, and UNICEF estimates that a shocking 5.3 million Ukrainian children face barriers to education. For instance, the ongoing conflict has damaged over 2,600 schools and left more than 400 completely destroyed. To add to this, the pervasive trauma of war has left 60% of Ukrainians grappling with anxiety, while 60% also report PTSD symptoms and over half of the country’s youth struggles with depression.

Britons are paying tribute to a young UK citizen who was killed while fighting with the Ukrainian forces against Russia.

British citizen Callum Tindal-Draper, from Gunnislake, Cornwall, died in Ukraine while serving with the foreign volunteer platoon in the country’s war against Russia, Sky News reported.

It is believed he was defending an observation point when he was killed on November 5.

The Kremlin continued its elections interference campaign in the US until the final moments, utilising the same playbook we have repeatedly uncovered.

This week, in a striking demonstration of reality denial, we have witnessed pro-Kremlin sources pushing two contradictory narratives about North Korean troops in Kursk region(opens in a new tab): claiming they do not exist at all, while simultaneously arguing their presence is merely a Western fabrication to justify NATO involvement.

Tuesday, 5 November, marked the end of the US presidential elections cycle with the Republican candidate Donald J. Trump winning the election(opens in a new tab). As we have reported before, Russian state-controlled outlets and other pro-Kremlin disinformation actors attempted to interfere with the elections with multi-pronged influence attempts – a pro-Kremlin tactic that we have come to know far too well.

On the anniversary of what is considered to be “the fall of the Berlin Wall,” eminent historian Timothy Snyder offers a fresh look at what it actually meant and what the reality is.

Thirty five years ago today [Nov. 9], the Berlin Wall did not fall.

I realize that I am running against the torrent of anniversary remembrances here. And no doubt you are thinking: he means this metaphorically; he means that some mental barrier remains between East and West, or perhaps between eastern and western Germany.

Russian President Vladimir Putin called the T-90M “Proryv” tank “the best in the world,” but the Ukrainian military has destroyed more than a hundred and a recent discovery may explain why.

The T-90 third-generation Russian main battle tank, designed and built by Uralvagonzavod, is equipped with a 125 mm smoothbore main armament, a top of the range fire-control system including thermal sights, and an upgraded engine.

It was hailed as the best tank in the world with its composite armor reinforced by “Kontakt-5” or “Relikt” explosive reactive armor (ERA), and the Shtora anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) jamming system claimed to provide the highest levels of protection.

The world in focus, as seen by a Canadian leading global affairs analyst, writer and speaker, in his review of international media.

President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team is considering ending two Biden administration programs that have allowed more than 1.3 million immigrants to enter the U.S. legally, making those who entered but have not yet received asylum eligible for deportation, two sources familiar with the plans told NBC News. The exact number of people who could face deportation after arriving in the U.S. legally is not known, but it is estimated to be in the hundreds of thousands. Trump’s transition team is considering plans designed to maximize the scope of the deportations and prioritize certain immigrants as among the first to be forced to leave. While those who entered under the programs may be eligible for deportation, the first people likely to be targeted are those considered to be threats, possibly including Chinese men who are deemed to be of military age living illegally in the United States. This group would also include convicted criminals who are in the U.S. illegally and those with final orders of deportation, the officials said - NBC News

Donald Trump has announced on Truth Social that neither former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo nor U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley will be part of his upcoming cabinet. As for Pompeo, who’s also a former CIA director, the freeze out is surprising as he was positioned to be one of the few remaining ‘grown ups’ in the room who potentially could have swayed Trump’s foreign policies

As part of a coordinated attack on Russian territory, Ukrainian forces targeted an ammunition depot in Bryansk Oblast, less than 150 km from the Ukrainian border.

The Ukrainian Defense Forces carried out a strike on the ammunition depots of the 1060th Material and Technical Support Center in Russia’s Bryansk Oblast, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) reported.

Overnight Nov. 9-10, AFU drone units, in coordination with other branches of the Defense Forces, struck the facility. The target appeared to be the former 120th arsenal of the Russian Ministry of Defense’s Main Rocket and Artillery Directorate.

The Russian Defense Ministry says it downs dozens of Ukrainian drones that targeted several regions in Russia, including the capital. Three Moscow airports were closed.

Russia downed 34 Ukrainian drones targeting Moscow on Sunday, the Russian Defense Ministry said, in the largest attack on the capital since Russia began its offensive in Ukraine in 2022.

The attack, which forced the temporary closure of three Moscow airports, injured a 52-year-old woman and set two homes on fire in the village of Stanovoye in the Moscow region, officials said.

After the collapse of the traffic light coalition between the Social Democrats (SPD), Liberals (FDP) and Greens, Germany seems to be heading for new elections.

After the collapse of the traffic light coalition between the Social Democrats (SPD), Liberals (FDP) and Greens, Germany seems to be heading for new elections. Chancellor Olaf Scholz wants to wait until January to call a vote of confidence and put other important decisions to parliament in the meantime, but opposition leader Friedrich Merz (CDU) is pushing for elections as soon as possible. Europe's press looks on in concern, but also sees opportunities.

Not good news for Europe

Empowering the ragtag Shiite militia group will inevitably drive a wedge between Moscow and the Persian Gulf monarchies it is banking on to usher in an era of multipolarity.

On Dec. 8 2022, Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout had his 25-year prison sentence cut short by the Biden administration to secure the release of WNBA player Brittney Griner, held in a Mordovian penal colony on trumped-up drug possession charges. Outgoing US President Joe Biden was lambasted by MAGA Republicans for pandering to the Kremlin’s maximalist demands and ultimately walking away with a raw deal.

All the more troubling than trading Russia’s “Merchant of Death” for a 32-year-old athlete who unwittingly fell afoul of local laws was the dangerous precedent this asymmetrical exchange set – namely rendering it open season for despotic regimes to resort to hostage-taking as a tool of statecraft.

The future of aid to Ukraine is among the major questions facing the EU after Donald Trump’s US election victory. The Polish prime minister intends to advocate for Ukrainian security.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said that he will soon meet European leaders and the head of NATO to discuss transatlantic cooperation and the war in Ukraine in the context of the ‘new political landscape.’

The future of aid to Ukraine is among the major questions facing the European Union after Donald Trump’s US election victory.

Yet another summary execution allegedly perpetrated by Russian soldiers against a wounded Ukrainian prisoner has spurred outrage in Kyiv after video appeared on social media.

Ukraine on Saturday said it would file a complaint with the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross after a video shared online allegedly showed Russian troops executing a wounded Ukrainian soldier.

“The Russians shot an apparently wounded, unarmed Ukrainian,” Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets wrote on Telegram.

The melody from Carol of the Bells comes from Ukraine’s Pokrovsk, a city the Russians are desperately trying to capture and rid of Ukrainians.

Without exaggeration, the melody “Carol of the Bells” can be considered one of the symbols of Christmas, sung worldwide during the holiday season.

You may already know that this song has Ukrainian roots, but did you know that its author may have worked on it in the very same Pokrovsk, which the Russians are so desperately trying to capture today?

As Ukrainian officials brace themselves for a Trump peace proposal that might lock in Russia’s territorial gains, the EU pledged continued support for Ukraine’s defense.

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell in Kyiv Saturday pledged “unwavering” support for Ukraine, on the first visit by a top Brussels official after Donald Trump’s win.

The volatile Republican’s victory in the United States presidential election has set nerves jangling in Ukraine and Europe that Trump could end Washington’s support for Kyiv’s fight against Russia’s invasion.

The result of the US Presidential Elections may be a major concern for many Ukrainians, but the challenge of keeping warm during the winter looms even larger for some.

Before the war in Ukraine gas prices rose steeply causing many rural residents to change to wood burning heating systems.

Even with the cost of the conversion, they were confident that burning wood would be a money saver, but recently the Verkhovna Rada voted in favor of a law that promised to make life almost impossible for most people with wood burning heating systems. 

After criticism by MAGA stalwarts of Pompeo and Haley’s loyalty, combined with close scrutiny by Politico, Trump confirms he will not appoint two of his highest-profile former cabinet members.

President-elect Donald Trump announced Saturday he will not ask his former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and UN ambassador Nikki Haley to join his cabinet, both of whom had served as cabinet members in his previous administration.

In a Truth Social post Saturday, the former president wrote that he would not be inviting Haley or Pompeo to join the Trump administration. He added: “I very much enjoyed and appreciated working with them previously, and would like to thank them for their service to our Country. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN.”

President-elect Trump says he has learned from the mistakes he made with his cabinet choices during his first term. Now, he seems poised to appoint some of the same faces to his new defense team.

After celebrating an easy victory over Vice President Kamala Harris in Tuesday’s election, President-elect Donald Trump has less than three months to organize a new cabinet and foreign policy team before entering office next year. 

Trump said during his victory speech that the his decisive win gave him the right to carry out his policy promises as soon as he gets into office. “America has given us an unprecedented and powerful mandate. We have taken back control of the Senate. Wow. That’s great,” Trump said.