Air alerts were triggered across almost all of Ukraine on Monday, November 11, due to the takeoff of a large number of Russian bombers. “Attention! Danger of missiles throughout Ukraine! Takeoff of MiG-31K”wrote the Ukrainian Air Force on Telegram. She also announced that eight Tupolev Tu-95 strategic bombers were heading towards Ukraine. Follow our live stream.
Six dead overnight in southern Ukraine. At least six people were killed and around twenty others injured in Russian attacks in Mykolaiv and Zaporizhia, according to local authorities. “Fires broke out in residential buildings in the city”reported the governor of the Mykolaiv region, reporting five deaths and one injured. “The Russians attacked our city again with drones”lamented the mayor of the town. In Zaporizhia, airstrikes left one dead and 21 injured, according to the regional governor.
Drones intercepted in Russia. The Russian Defense Ministry said it had intercepted four Ukrainian drones in the Voronezh region, which borders Ukraine. The previous night, both sides had carried out drone attacks on an unprecedented scale. Moscow claimed to have neutralized 34 drones in the capital region, a record in the sector since the start of the conflict in 2022.
Moscow says it has foiled an attempted helicopter hijacking. The Russian security services (FSB) claimed to have foiled a Ukrainian attempt to hijack a Russian military helicopter by recruiting a pilot. In July, the FSB reported having prevented another similar attempt, this time targeting a strategic bomber, with the complicity of a “Russian military pilot, in exchange for financial reward and Italian citizenship”.
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin have reconnected. According to The Washington Postthe American president-elect spoke with the Russian president on Thursday, the day after a call to Volodymyr Zelensky. He asked Vladimir Putin not to provoke an escalation in Ukraine. Donald Trump, who will return to the White House on January 20, has regularly assured that he can end the war in Ukraine “in one day”without ever detailing how he would do it.
