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Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine would not hand over a centimeter of land in Donetsk, where fierce fighting is taking place between the country’s troops and Russia. Russian troops are suffering “extremely large-scale losses, but their order has not changed – to reach the administrative border of the Donetsk region,” Mr Zelensky said. “We don’t leave even one centimeter of our land there. And I thank all our heroes who hold positions in Donbas,” said Mr. Zelensky. It comes as the UK, backed by Western allies, could use the upcoming G20 summit to “confront” Russian President Vladimir Putin over his war in Ukraine, No 10 said. Earlier on Tuesday, it was suggested that Mr Putin attend next week’s leaders’ summit “if the situation is feasible” by his Indonesian counterpart, who said the Russian president could effectively attend. An adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky refused to entertain the idea of negotiations with Putin as “it would mean giving up”, which he said was a “gift” Ukraine would never give the Russian president. Show latest update 1667968529
55 Russian soldiers killed, ammunition destroyed – Ukraine
At least 55 Russian soldiers have been killed in Ukraine, the country’s southern military unit announced today. In the latest update from the war, the operational military command in southern Ukraine said the military counterattack destroyed four tanks, a Tor-M2 anti-aircraft missile system, an Akatsiya self-propelled howitzer, two mortars and nine armored vehicles. Kyiv Independent, Arpan Rai9 November 2022 04:35 1667967715
Ukraine will not hand over a centimeter of land, says Zelensky
Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine would not hand over a centimeter of land in Donetsk, where fierce fighting is taking place between the country’s troops and Russia. “The situation is difficult on the whole front. In some areas, violent positional battles continue, as before, and it is particularly difficult – as before – in the Donetsk region. Invader activity there remains at an extremely high level – dozens of attacks every day,” he said in his nightly speech. Russian troops are suffering “extremely large-scale losses, but their order has not changed – to reach the administrative border of the Donetsk region,” he said. “We don’t leave even one centimeter of our land there. And I thank all our heroes who hold positions in Donbas,” said Mr. Zelensky. Arpan Rai 9 November 2022 04:21 1667966134
Good morning, welcome to our coverage of the Ukraine war on Wednesday, November 9. Arpan Rai November 9, 2022 3:55 am
