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Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy commented on reports that Russian troops complained to the Governor of Primorsky Krai about the "enormous losses" in the Donetsk region during his nightly address, The Associated Press reported.
Russian war correspondents reported that marines from Russia’s Pacific Fleet sent a complaint to Gov. Oleg Kozhemyako, lamenting that in four days the fleet suffered “about 300 people killed, wounded and missing” during “some incoherent offensive” on the village of Pavlivka in Ukraine’s heavily contested Donetsk region.
Kozhemyako said he ordered military prosecutors to investigate the complaint, and later reported that the group’s commanders confirmed “losses, but not nearly as (big)” as the complaint alleged.
Speaking in Russian, Zelenskyy said Russian troops are "finally giving thought to what is happening" in the Donetsk region, adding that Kozhemyako "predictably lied" to them about the number of troops killed.
The Kremlin has refused to comment on a U.S. news report that Washington has held undisclosed talks with top Russian officials amid fears Moscow could further escalate its military aggression in Ukraine and perhaps even use nuclear weapons, .
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Monday that, while Russia remains "open" to talks, it was unable to negotiate with Kyiv due to its refusal to hold talks with Moscow.
His comments come after The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday that U.S. national-security adviser Jake Sullivan held undisclosed talks with top Russian officials in the hope of reducing the risk of Russia's invasion of Ukraine spilling over or escalating into a nuclear conflict.
Ukraine has taken shares of five companies identified as strategic to guarantee sufficient military supplies as it fights to repel an invasion by Russian forces, .
Oleksiy Danilov, the secretary of Ukraine's National Security Council, told a news conference in Kyiv on November 7 that the move was made under wartime laws "in connection with military necessity."
The companies include aerospace company Motor Sich, energy company Ukrnafta, electrical transformer company Zaporizhtransformator, vehicle maker AvtoKrAZ, and oil refiner Ukrtatnafta.
"In order to meet the needs of the country under martial law, we have the right to make such decisions," Danilov said.
Ukrainians whose loved ones were killed during the occupation of Izyum gathered to donate DNA as investigators build cases for war crimes allegedly committed during the Russian invasion. has compiled a photo gallery.
Ukrainians whose loved ones were killed during the occupation of Izyum, in eastern Ukraine, gathered to donate DNA as investigators build cases for war crimes allegedly committed during the Russian invasion. has this photo essay.
Facing a frigid winter with what may be widespread power outages in war-torn Ukraine, motorcycle traveler and camping enthusiast Olena Bastun aims to see it through by relying on her vast experience on the road, .
"This is a question of survival," said Bastun, 53, who believes her nights sleeping in tents in Norway and Iceland in sub-zero temperatures have prepared her for the cold and darkness confronting Ukrainians this winter.
Bastun, who has visited 117 countries with her husband on two wheels, has stocked up on head lamps, gas, tents and sleeping bags, as well as a portable fridge and solar panel and a range of snacks from Vietnam, Germany and the United States.
Much of the equipment was gifted by her son, who is serving as a medic in the Ukrainian military.
"I never intended to use a camping tent in Kyiv," she told Reuters from inside her living room in the Ukrainian capital, laughing as she demonstrated how to set up the accessory. "Life didn't prepare me for this."
Twenty percent of Ukraine’s protected areas and 3 million hectares of forests have been affected by the war in the country, where eight nature reserves and 10 national parks remain under the control of Russian troops, reported Monday.
This was reported by the Ukrainian branch of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) on November 6, which is the International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict.
Sixteen sites that have the status of wetlands of international importance are in danger of being destroyed, the WWF said.
The head of Ukraine’s Byzantine-rite Catholic Church met Pope Francis on Monday and said there can be no dialogue with Russia as long as Moscow considered the neighbor it invaded a colony to be subjugated, .