Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 984

Here is the concern connected Tuesday, November 5:

Fighting

• Ukraine’s aerial defence units were attempting to repel a Russian aerial onslaught connected Kyiv successful the aboriginal hours of Tuesday morning, the city’s mayor, Vitali Klitschko, said.
• Russia’s Ministry of Defence said its equipped forces downed 4 United States-made High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) and 42 Ukrainian drones successful the past 24 hours.
• At slightest 15 radical are present confirmed injured aft Russian forces attacked Ukraine’s second-largest metropolis Kharkiv and the surrounding portion with guided aerial bombs connected Sunday.
• Ukraine’s subject said it changeable down 50 of 80 Russian drones deployed during an overnight attack.

View of the harm aft a Russian guided weaponry deed a supermarket successful Kharkiv’s Shevchenkivskyi territory connected November 3 [State Emergency Service Of Ukraine/Handout via Reuters]

North Korean soldiers successful Ukraine

• Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrii Sybiha said helium discussed with his German counterpart, Annalena Baerbock, the “need for decisive action” successful effect to North Korea’s engagement successful Russia’s warfare connected Ukraine. “[North Korean] troops are present carrying an assertive warfare successful Europe against a sovereign European state,” Sybiha said.
• During his nightly address, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned determination “are already 11,000 [North Korean soldiers] successful Kursk”, the Russian portion wherever Ukrainian troops person been seizing onshore since August. “We spot an summation successful North Koreans, but we don’t spot immoderate summation successful the absorption from our partners,” helium said.
• Pentagon spokesperson Major General Patrick Ryder confirmed determination are astatine slightest 10,000 North Korean troops successful Kursk, but could not corroborate reports that they were engaged successful combat.
• In a associated statement, European Union overseas argumentation main Josep Borrell and South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul condemned North Korea’s proviso of weaponry to Moscow and demanded it retreat the troops it has sent to Russia. The brace condemned North Korea’s “unlawful arms transfers to the Russian Federation for its usage successful attacking Ukraine” and demanded an extremity to “unlawful subject cooperation”.
• Russian President Vladimir Putin met North Korea’s Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui successful the Kremlin. Putin noted they were gathering connected Russia’s National Unity Day, and Choe conveyed “sincere, warm, comradely greetings” from North Korean person Kim Jong Un.

Diplomacy

• Germany volition springiness Ukraine different 200 cardinal euros ($218m) successful assistance to enactment the country, Foreign Minister Baerbock said during her sojourn to Kyiv.
• Ukraine would not beryllium opposed if Qatar oregon immoderate different state were to negociate an statement connected vigor information via abstracted talks with Ukraine and Russia, Andriy Yermak, Zelenskyy’s main of staff, said.

Russian affairs

• Putin accepted the abrupt resignation of the Rostov region’s governor. The region, connected the borderline with Ukraine, has been plagued by Ukrainian drones and was wherever Wagner Group forces started a short-lived mutiny against Moscow successful June past year.
• Maia Sandu, who has agelong denounced Russia’s penetration of Ukraine and accused it of plotting to topple her administration, has claimed triumph successful a closely-fought statesmanlike run-off successful Moldova.
• Zelenskyy congratulated Sandu connected her predetermination triumph and reaffirmed Kyiv’s committedness to moving connected a communal extremity towards EU membership. Russia’s Foreign Ministry labelled the predetermination the “most undemocratic” successful the country’s post-Soviet history.

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