Ukraine. The most important events of the last hours – November 5, 2023

> President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky called on the United States to provide more funding to help fight the Russia. He also invited the former US president Donald Trump to Ukraine to see with his own eyes the scale of the conflict.

> In an interview with NBC, Zelensky said that Ukraine is considering changing its war strategy to act with greater surprise. He also assured that the situation in the war with Russia was not stalemate. – Our military are coming up with new plans, new operations to move forward faster and attack Russia unexpectedly – he said.

> The Ukrainian Ukrinform agency reported on Sunday evening about explosions in Odessa caused by an attack by Russian combat drones. “Five people were injured as a result of the night attack by the Russian occupiers. The victims suffered injuries from shrapnel,” wrote the head of the Odessa regional military administration, Oleh Kiper.

> Member of the Ukrainian Parliament Mykhailo Volynets reported that 28 soldiers of the Ukrainian 128th Transcarpathian Brigade were killed and 53 were injured in the Russian attack on the place where a military awards ceremony was organized. The Ukrainian Armed Forces reported earlier that the Iskander-M missile attack took place on Friday, and the ceremony with the participation of soldiers was organized on the occasion of the Day of Missile and Artillery Troops.

> The British Ministry of Defense said on Sunday that Russian forces in Ukraine are having problems providing the soldiers deployed there with basic living conditions, and as winter approaches, this problem will increase. “Eyewitness accounts from Russian troops deployed in Ukraine suggest that the soldier’s eternal battle against the elements remains a major concern for the Russian military,” the daily intelligence update said.

> Commander of the Ukrainian Air Force Mykola Oleschuk confirmed on Telegram that Ukrainian pilots sank one of the most modern ships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Kerch, occupied Crimeawhich could carry Kalibr cruise missiles.

> Former president of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko announced that soldiers of the Special Operations Forces of Ukraine received new equipment, including: trucks, drones and truck tires that the artillerymen “requested”. “To be honest, it wasn’t easy to find them, but our team knows how to work miracles,” he emphasized.

> The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that over the last 24 hours, Russian troops carried out two missile attacks, 34 air strikes and 36 attacks using rocket launchers on targets in Ukraine.

> The Russian Ministry of Defense announced on Sunday that the new Russian submarine Emperor Alexander III had successfully tested the Bulava ballistic missile, designed to carry nuclear warheads.