Institute for the Study of War: Russia’s stated objectives in Ukraine remain constant, despite military setbacks

Russia carried out a drone attack on the city of Dnipro overnight on Nov. 8, killing at least two people and injuring 12 others, including two children, officials reported.

The number includes 1,190 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.

Russia launched yet another wide-ranging attack on Ukrainian cities overnight on Nov. 8, using a combination of drone and missiles to strike targets across the country.

The U.S. and Hungary are also planning to sign a "significant nuclear cooperation agreement," Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said.

"He was the head of a large system, and this system was supposed to ensure the security of our energy sector. He was obliged to do this — and he did not," the president told journalists on Nov. 7.

A farewell ceremony was held in Kyiv on Nov. 7 for for Kostiantyn Huzenko, a photographer-turned-soldier, killed in a Russian strike on Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on Nov. 1.

Orlen will deliver three cargoes of American liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Ukraine in the first quarter of 2026.

In a closed-door briefing with journalists, Rustem Umerov, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, and Oleksandr Kamyshin, an advisor on Strategic Industries to the President's Office, said that the current production capacity (for this year) of the Ukrainain defense industry is around $35 billion per year.

"I will give you a brief answer: there is nothing true in these reports," Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said.

HUR claims that the drone strike on Nov. 6 led to a fire in the workshop producing an additive known as agidol, used for aviation fuel.