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Fake news is based on a fabricated letter from Ukraine's health minister to prime minister. The Russian Telegram channel Mash spread false information that Ukraine had received canned blood for the Armed Forces of Ukraine from NATO member countries, with HIV and hepatitis allegedly found in the blood. The Telegram channel claimed it had received an electronic version of a letter from Ukraine's Minister of Health Viktor Liashko to Prime Minister Denys Shmygal from Kombatant group hackers, which allegedly stated that the Ministry of Health had requested 62,000 liters of blood from member countries of NATO for the wounded in…

Russia is under heavy pressure in Ukraine after it ordered the withdrawal of its troops from Kherson, and this retreat will be another victory for Ukraine. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said this at a briefing in Rome on Thursday after meeting Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Ukrinform reports, citing Reuters. "What is clear is that Russia is coming under heavy pressure and if they leave Kherson it would be another victory for Ukraine," he said. Stoltenberg noted that NATO would be watching in the coming days to see if the Russians did indeed pull back from the west bank…

There are almost no people left in the village of Potiomkyne in Kherson region, liberated from the Russian invaders. The enemies destroyed almost the entire infrastructure and damaged all houses. "The situation in the settlement is difficult. After the occupation, there are almost no people left in the village, although 380 people lived here before," Yaroslav Yanushevych, Head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration, posted on Telegram. There is not a single surviving house here, the enemies destroyed almost the entire infrastructure. Thirty-four children were brought up and study at an educational institution in Potiomkyne. Now they can no longer…

The command of the Russian armed forces did not ask the Ukrainian side to create a "green corridor" to withdraw troops from Kherson. "According to the available information, the Russian side addressed neither the leadership of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, nor the leadership of the General Staff, nor the command of the army groups with a request to create so-called ‘green corridor’," Brigadier General Oleksiy Hromov, Deputy Chief of the Main Operational Department of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said at a briefing, answering Ukrinform's question about the request for a "green corridor" for the…

In the temporarily captured city of Kherson, Russian flags have been taken down from several buildings in the city center. Kherson Regional Council deputy Serhii Khlan said this at a briefing at the Ukraine – Ukrinform Media Center Ukraine on Wednesday, November 9, Ukrinform reports. "By the way, what is symbolic today is that tricolor rags have disappeared again in Kherson - already on the buildings of the Maritime College, the Maritime Academy and the Trade Unions House," Khlan said. Earlier, in Kherson, the Russian flag was removed from the building of the occupied regional state administration.

Russian invaders have blown up bridges on the right bank of the Dnipro River in the Kherson region. Serhii Khlan, a Kherson Regional Council deputy, said this at a briefing at the Ukraine – Ukrinform Media Center on Wednesday, November 9, Ukrinform reports. "The occupiers blew up not only the Darivka and Tiahynka bridges. They also blew up the bridge at the exit from Snihurivka towards Kherson across the canal, the bridge in Novokairy, and the bridge in Mylove. That is, the occupiers are blowing up absolutely all the bridges on the right-bank part of the Kherson region," Khlan said.…

Ukraine’s air defense forces shot down an enemy Kh-31 missile over Odesa region. Spokesman for the Odesa Regional Military Administration, Serhii Bratchuk, wrote this on Telegram, Ukrinform reports. "Morning. Odesa. The destroyed Kh-31 missile, no enemy missile carriers in the Black Sea are the main news of the morning," Bratchuk wrote. According to him, the situation in the city and region is fully under control. Read also: Italy preparing new arms package for Ukraine — Reuters The administration’s spokesman also said about successes in the counter-sabotage work, noting that he would provide "details later." iy

Today Russian troops have opened fire on the Kherson region with multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS). Two civilians were reported injured. The relevant statement was made by Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Kyrylo Tymoshenko on Telegram, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “This afternoon Russian terrorists have shelled the Kherson region, namely the urban-type settlement of Velyka Oleksandrivka, with MLRS,” Tymoshenko wrote. In his words, two civilians received shrapnel injuries. A reminder that Russian invaders launched missile strikes on civil infrastructure in the Kherson region, having caused damage to power transmission lines, detached houses, solar plants and…

From a legal point of view, Iran became an accomplice in Russian aggression against Ukraine. "We demand to strengthen sanctions. It is known that Iran was designated a state sponsor of terrorism, this is correct. Unfortunately, we have learned that from our own experience... From a legal point of view, Iran became an accomplice in Russian aggression against Ukraine as it understood that its weapons, drones are used against the civilian population," Oleksandr Merezhko, Head of the Verkhovna Rada's Committee on Foreign Policy and Interparliamentary Cooperation, said during a briefing at the Media Center Ukraine–Ukrinform. He expressed hope that it…

Germany allocates €7.6 million to the International Commission on Missing Persons to search for Ukrainians who have gone missing amid Russia’s invasion. "German support in the investigation into war crimes: Germany allocates €7.6 million to the International Commission on Missing Persons’ project to help Ukraine find persons who have gone missing amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Training of Ukrainian forensic experts and investigators is also planned," the Embassy of Germany in Ukraine posted on Twitter. According to Oleh Kotenko, Commissioner on Persons Gone Missing under Special Circumstances, a special hotline has received more than 30,000 calls since May. More than…