► Volodymyr Zelensky urges Americans to “maintain unshakable unity”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urged Americans to “maintain an unshakeable unity” until “restoring peace” in Ukraine, as crucial midterm elections are held in the United States on Tuesday, the results of which could affect Washington’s support for kyiv.
“I ask you to maintain unshakable unity, as it is now, (and this) until the very day we hear all those important words that we have dreamed of, until we hear that peace has finally been restored”he launched in a videoconference speech from kyiv where he received the American “Medal of Freedom”.
The White House assured on Monday that “U.S. support for Ukraine will be unwavering and unwavering” regardless of the outcome of the US elections, which risk losing President Joe Biden his majority in one or even both houses of Congress.
► Electricity restored in Kherson
Electricity has been restored after a two-day blackout in the city of Kherson, in southern Ukraine, occupied by the Russian army, said Tuesday, November 8 an official of the occupation authorities, Kirill Stremoussov. This Ukrainian city, in the hands of Moscow forces since the start of their offensive at the end of February, was deprived of water and electricity on Sunday after two strikes for which Moscow and kyiv accuse each other.
These strikes also damaged the Kakhovka hydroelectric dam, occupied by Russian forces and which supplies Crimea, annexed in 2014 by Russia, in a region where Ukrainian troops have been on the offensive for weeks.
► Nine Ukrainian members of an “intelligence group” arrested, according to the FSB
The Russian security services (FSB) announced on Tuesday the arrest of nine members of a “intelligence and sabotage group” Ukrainian forces. In a press release, the FSB accuses these Ukrainians of having planned attacks against senior officials of the occupation administration in the Kherson region.
Explosives, grenades, ammunition and a car bomb were seized at the time of their arrest, and an investigation for “international act of terrorism” was opened, according to the same source.
► North Korea denies supplying arms to Moscow
On Monday, the North Korean Ministry of Defense called“unfounded” US accusations that Pyongyang was supplying artillery shells to Russia for its war in Ukraine, according to North Korean state agency KCNA.
Last week, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby claimed that North Korea was sending a « important name » shells to Russia “in a concealed way”adding that Washington was trying to find out if this North Korean aid had indeed been received by the Russians.