Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has been ongoing for 622 days. On Monday, several Ukrainian portals published photos of the ship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, Askold, damaged on Saturday, whose shelling had earlier been confirmed by the commander of the Ukrainian Air Force, Mykola Oleschuk. These are the most important events in the last hours of the war in Ukraine.
> Ukraine has started serial production of new kamikaze drones, said Herman Smetanin, head of the Ukrainian state arms company Ukroboronprom. Unmanned aerial vehicles are already being ordered by the Ukrainian army, the machines are equivalents of the Iranian Shahed drones used by the Russians – comments the portal Ekonomiczna Pravda.
> The Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Ihor Klymenko, confirmed that the adjutant of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Valery Zaluzhny, Major Hennady Chastyakov, died as a result of the explosion of a grenade he received as a birthday present. “It was an accident,” the minister emphasized on Telegram.
> On Monday, several Ukrainian portals published photos of the ship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, Askold, damaged on Saturday, whose shelling had earlier been confirmed by the commander of the Ukrainian Air Force, Mykola Oleschuk.
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> This is not the time for elections – said the president of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky in his daily evening speech. In this way, he put an end to all speculations about the possibility of organizing presidential elections in March next year.
> Russia has collected almost 900 missiles, estimates Ukrainian military intelligence (HUR). In October, 115 precision-guided missiles were produced, said Wadym Skibicki, a representative of HUR.
> The Hungarian nation stands on the side of Ukraine and shares the sadness of the families of the fallen soldiers, said Deputy Foreign Minister Levente Magyar, quoted by the head of the local administration, during his visit to the Ukrainian Transcarpathia.
> An armed attack by Russia on another country is possible. We need to significantly strengthen our air defense, according to the recommendations of the Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces, delivered to the government in Stockholm.
> Russia has not achieved any of the assumed strategic goals of the war with Ukraine, said the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, in Brussels in her speech during the EU ambassadors’ conference.
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