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Sunday, November 1
General Staff: Russia has lost 1,590,270 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022
The number includes 2,100 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
Russian oil refinery in Kstovo ablaze after reported overnight drone strike
Ukraine has targeted the facility a number of times, including a confirmed strike on Aug. 26 that sparked a large fire. The NORSI suspended operations due to damaged sustained in that attack.
Russian airstrike destroys Kramatorsk city council building that survived 2014 occupation
"They can destroy a building, scorch our land and steal our memories. But they cannot destroy our right to a future," he wrote.
Saturday, October 31
Russia has killed 120 members of the clergy, Zelensky says
Zelensky spoke of Russian attacks on Ukrainian clergy members and said over 800 institutions have been damaged.
Erdogan calls Black Sea ship attacks unacceptable after 'substantive' Zelensky talks
"We're working to strengthen the protection of our people, our bilateral partnership with Turkey, and real diplomatic prospects. There are important issues concerning shipping in the Black Sea," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
'I don't know if negotiated peace is achievable,' Rubio says as uncertainty hangs over Russia-Ukraine talks
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressed uncertainty about whether a negotiated peace deal between Ukraine and Russia is possible, speaking at a G20 foreign ministers meeting on Oct. 31.
About Donetsk Oblast
The Kyiv Independent's news and on-the-ground reporting from Donetsk Oblast, covering 26,517 square kilometers (10,239 square miles) in Ukraine’s East with a pre-war population of approximately 4.1 million. The administrative center is Kramatorsk, as Donetsk city has remained under Russian occupation since 2014. Donetsk Oblast has been the scene of intense fighting, for example, around the cities of Bakhmut, Avdiivka, and Vuhledar, as Moscow attempts to capture the entire region.
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A live tracker map developed by Greenpeace, an international environmental organization, shows Russian tankers currently moving across the Atlantic Ocean, with one vessel approaching the U.S. East Coast.
