In the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, the Russians are trying to recruit prisoners, who were convicted even before the formation of the fake "republics", into their army.
The United States has called on UN member states to provide a funding package for Ukraine's humanitarian needs, which continue to grow amid Russian attacks on critical infrastructure ahead of winter.
At a UN Security Council meeting, Sergiy Kyslytsya, the Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN, spoke about environmental damage caused by Russia’s war in Ukraine.
During the day, the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled more than 45 attacks of the Russian army. The defenders inflicted manpower and equipment losses on the enemy, exhausting it along the entire front line.
There are no safe places for the Russian occupiers in Crimea, and the pressure exerted by the Defense Forces of Ukraine makes it difficult to use the Crimean peninsula as a logistics hub.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky discussed the security in the Black Sea region in the context of gross violation of freedom of navigation by the Russian Federation with Prime Minister of Bulgaria Nikolay Denkov.
Kupyansk direction is currently one of the hottest, the enemy wants to re-occupy the important logistics center of Kharkiv region – the town of Kupyansk – but the Russian army has no strategic successes in this direction.