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Wednesday, November 11
Russian drones kill 2 municipal workers, injure another in consecutive attacks on Kramatorsk
Honcharenko accused Russian forces of deliberately targeting people responsible for maintaining essential services in the city.
EU's Costa keeps Ukraine funding talks on late-November agenda despite Merz appeal
Costa's response indicates plans to "make time for a broad discussion on Ukraine at the upcoming informal European Council in Dublin", but leaves the previously scheduled financing discussions unchanged.
Ukraine reportedly strikes Ust-Luga Baltic Sea port as drones attack regions across Russia
Ukrainian drones struck the Ust-Luga Baltic Sea port in western Russia's Leningrad Oblast overnight on Nov. 11, monitoring channels reported.
US Senator tells incoming Congress not to give up on Ukraine, supply air defense
"Attempts to pacify Putin are both fantasy and folly by an American president who seems forever enamored by this autocratic Russian leader who is endlessly playing President Trump for a fool," Sen. Richard Durbin said.
Tuesday, November 10
Ukraine strikes drone port at occupied Donetsk Airport
"There should be fewer enemy drones over Ukrainian cities. That's why we are not only intercepting drones that have already been launched, but also destroying the infrastructure from which they are launched," the 412th Brigade of the Unmanned Systems Forces wrote.
Ukraine seeks to arrange another evacuation for Oleshky residents, Lubinets says
The office of Ukraine's human rights ombudsman, Dmytro Lubinets, continues to receive calls and inquiries from Oleshky residents.
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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