US president Donald Trump suggested that a peace deal could involve reshaping Ukraine.
“I think we’re gonna have it done, and I think it’s gonna happen and they’re gonna end up with a little bit different shape Ukraine,” Trump said in an interview with CBS’s 60 Minutes.
Asked whether Russian president Vladimir Putin was deliberately prolonging negotiations, Trump replied: “Oh, I don’t think so.”
Meanwhile, according to data leaked from Russia’s Kremlin statistics agency, at least 390,000 Russians have been killed in the Ukraine war.
Two separate hacker groups, Silent Crown and Belarus Cyber Partisans, claimed responsibility for cyberattacks on the Kremlin’s ‘Rosstat’ statistics agency where they alleged to steal data on Russia’s economy, demographics and wartime losses, according to the Moscow Times.
Silent Crow claimed its analysis showed that 450,100 Russians had been killed in the war with Ukraine, while the Belarus Cyber Partisans released a lower figure of 393,881 killed, the paper reported.
It comes after Russia said on Sunday that it had struck three cargo vessels and two electricity substations that it claimed were supporting Ukraine, ahead of a US-brokered trilateral meeting this week aimed at ending the war.
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Europeans will join Ukraine talks in Abu Dhabi, French minister says
09:00 , Maroosha MuzaffarEuropeans will participate in talks on Ukraine in Abu Dhabi this week, French foreign minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Sunday, as US president Donald Trump said he believed the war would end soon.
US envoy Steve Witkoff said on Monday Washington would bring together delegations from Ukraine and Russia on 10-11 November to discuss ending Moscow’s war against Ukraine, post-war security pacts and de-escalation.
“The Europeans will be well represented. France will be in Abu Dhabi to take part,” Barrot told French radio station RTL in an interview.
“I can’t tell you yet who will be representing France on this occasion, but France will certainly be there.”
Rubio says discussions on ‘security infrastructure’ for Ukraine and Europe make progress
08:00 , Maroosha MuzaffarUS secretary of state Marco Rubio has said discussions on potential “security infrastructure” for Ukraine and Europe after the war with Russia have made some progress, raising hopes of further movement in negotiations scheduled to take place in Abu Dhabi this week.
The talks, expected on Tuesday and Wednesday, will be mediated by the US, with American envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner representing Washington.
Speaking to reporters on Sunday before travelling to Paris for discussions with G7 foreign ministers, Rubio said security guarantees had remained a recurring issue throughout Washington’s engagement with Moscow and Kyiv.
“The one thing that’s repeatedly come up is the need for security guarantees” and what they would look like in Ukraine and on the European continent, he said.
“I think that’s what the president’s alluding to – is that there’s been some advances made in what that architecture could look like post-conflict.”
Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant temporarily loses all off-site electricity
07:00 , Maroosha MuzaffarRussian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant temporarily lost all off-site electricity on Sunday, forcing it to rely on emergency diesel generators to maintain cooling and essential safety systems, The Kyiv Independent reported.
Power was restored about 10 hours later, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said.
The cause and location of the disconnection remain unknown.
IAEA director general Rafael Mariano Grossi said: “It is the 27th such event during the conflict, underlining the continued precarious nuclear safety situation.”
Located in Enerhodar in southern Ukraine, Zaporizhzhia is Europe’s largest nuclear power plant and has been under Russian occupation since the full-scale invasion began.
The facility has repeatedly faced threats to nuclear safety, including disruptions to external electricity supplies and drone attacks.
The IAEA has maintained a permanent monitoring presence at the facility since September 2022 amid concerns about the risk of a nuclear accident.
UK military chief issues stark warning over Russian threat
06:00 , Maroosha MuzaffarBritain is falling behind its European allies in confronting the “very real” threat posed by Russia, the head of the UK military has warned.
Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton told the FT that the UK needs to “catch up with our European allies” who, he said, are more awake to the Kremlin’s mounting appetite for risk.
“This is the most dangerous period I’ve known in my adult life,” the chief of the defence staff, 57, said, adding: “That threat - principally from Russia, but more broadly globally - is rising.”
Sir Richard assessed that Moscow was increasingly tolerant to risk and told the newspaper that the term “hybrid activity” no longer captured the scale of Russia’s alleged disruptions.
“We’re talking about targeted assassinations, we’re talking about sabotage, we’re talking about cyber attacks,” he said. “These are very real, real things [by] the Russian state we have proof of in Europe and to some extent in the UK.”
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Drones hit industrial area in Kirishi in Russia's northwest, governor says
05:00 , Maroosha MuzaffarDrones hit an industrial area in Kirishi in Russia’s northwestern Leningrad region, governor Aleksandr Drozdenko said on Telegram on Monday, adding that so far 81 drones have been downed with the attack continuing.
An apartment was damaged in the town, he said, without providing further details.
Kirishi is home to a large oil refinery and the region itself is a major export outlet for grain and oil in the Russian part of the Baltic Sea.
Trump says Ukraine could emerge from a settlement with altered borders
04:00 , Maroosha MuzaffarUS president Donald Trump, in an interview with CBS’s 60 Minutes, suggested that a settlement could involve Ukraine losing some territory.
“I think we’re gonna have it done, and I think it’s gonna happen and they’re gonna end up with a little bit different shape Ukraine,” Trump said.
Asked whether Russian president Vladimir Putin was deliberately prolonging negotiations, Trump replied: “Oh, I don’t think so.”
Russia likely behind bomb hoaxes, says European intelligence
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Russia likely behind bomb hoaxes that grounded flights, say European intelligence
Europeans will join Ukraine talks in Abu Dhabi, French foreign minister says
02:00 , Bryony GoochEuropeans will participate in talks on Ukraine in Abu Dhabi this week, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Sunday.
US envoy Steve Witkoff said on Monday that Washington would bring delegations from Ukraine and Russia together in Abu Dhabi on November 10-11 to discuss ending Moscow's war against Ukraine, post-war security agreements and de-escalation.
"The Europeans will be well represented. France will be in Abu Dhabi to take part in these discussions," Barrot told French radio station RTL in an interview.
"I can’t tell you yet who will be representing France on this occasion, but France will certainly be there," he added.
UK military chief issues stark warning over Russian threat
01:00 , Bryony GoochUK military chief issues stark warning over Russian threat
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00:00 , Bryony GoochAt least 390,000 Russians killed in conflict - report
Sunday 8 November 2026 23:32 , Bryony GoochAt least 390,000 Russians have been killed in conflict, according to data leaked from Russia’s Kremlin statistics agency.
Two separate hacker groups, Silent Crown and Belarus Cyber Partisans, claimed responsibility for cyberattacks on the Kremlin’s ‘Rosstat’ statistics agency where they alleged to steal data on Russia's economy, demographics and wartime losses, according to the Moscow Times.
Silent Crow claimed that 450,100 Russians had been killed in the war with Ukraine, while the Belarus Cyber Partisans released a lower figure of 393,881 killed, the paper reported.
Russia hits Ukrainian power substation and container ship
Sunday 8 November 2026 22:00 , Maryam Zakir-HussainThe Russian defence ministry said its forces hit energy infrastructure used by the Ukrainian military.
A power substation in Ukraine's Zhytomyr region, which supplied electricity to Ukraine's defence industry, was targeted, the ministry said.
Moscow also hit a container ship delivering weapons and military equipment to Ukraine south-west of the Black Sea port city of Odesa, the defence ministry said.
Russia likely behind bomb hoaxes that grounded flights, say European intelligence
Sunday 8 November 2026 21:30 , Maryam Zakir-HussainEuropean security officials are investigating whether the series of bomb threats against European airlines and news organisations originated in Russia.
Sky said it received a security threat amid a wide range of hoax threats disrupting passenger flights across Europe this week.
Newsrooms in Ireland and Bulgaria also received emailed bomb threats on Friday from a purported “Mikhail Andropov”, who claimed responsibility for the hoax threats seen across the continent this week.
Russia likely behind bomb hoaxes that grounded flights, say European intelligence
Nato considers anti-tank barriers along Russian border as Putin rearms
Sunday 8 November 2026 19:30 , Maryam Zakir-HussainFinland is looking to Ukraine’s defence experience as the country seeks to fortify a 1,340km border with Russia.
Finland’s army commander, Lieutenant General Pasi Välimäki, said Kyiv’s “extensive defense lines” and anti-tank obstacles have helped to slow down Russia’s attacks.
“Conditions in Finland are more challenging,” General Pasi Välimäki told Bloomberg.
“If we build fortifications and dig anti-tank ditches or obstacles as deep as those in Ukraine, how long does it take before our environment turns them into artificial ponds?”
Nato considers anti-tank barriers along Russian border as Putin rearms
Krakow shooting that left six dead is ‘a terrorist offence’, says Polish prosecutor
Sunday 8 November 2026 17:30 , Maryam Zakir-HussainInvestigators are treating the deadly attack in Krakow as a terror incident, prosecutors said on Sunday, after at least six people were killed and 15 injured in a mass shooting authorities suspect was inspired by far-right ideology.
The gunman drove into the busy market square around 3pm on Saturday and began firing at random people from the moving car, the Małopolska police reported, adding that a suspect had been arrested.
Police have only identified the suspect, who remains in hospital in a critical condition, as a 24-year-old Polish national from Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski, who was arrested in tactical attire while carrying a military-style long rifle.
Krakow shooting that left six dead is ‘a terrorist offence’, says Polish prosecutor
UK military chief issues stark warning over Russian threat
Sunday 8 November 2026 15:30 , Maryam Zakir-HussainBritain is falling behind its European allies in confronting the “very real” threat posed by Russia, the head of the UK military has warned.
Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton told the FT that the UK needs to “catch up with our European allies” who, he said, are more awake to the Kremlin’s mounting appetite for risk.
“This is the most dangerous period I’ve known in my adult life,” the chief of the defence staff, 57, said, adding: “That threat - principally from Russia, but more broadly globally - is rising.”
UK military chief issues stark warning over Russian threat
Russian attack leaves 600,000 people without electricity in eastern Ukraine
Sunday 8 November 2026 13:30 , Maryam Zakir-HussainA Russian overnight attack on energy facilities in Ukraine's eastern Dnipropetrovsk region left more than 600,000 people without electricity, Ukrainian power company DTEK said on Sunday.
"Important energy facilities in the region were damaged in an overnight attack," the company said on Telegram.
Europeans will join Ukraine talks in Abu Dhabi, French foreign minister says
Sunday 8 November 2026 13:00 , Maryam Zakir-HussainEuropeans will participate in talks on Ukraine in Abu Dhabi next week, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Sunday.
"The Europeans will be well represented; France will be in Abu Dhabi to take part in these discussions," Barrot told French radio station RTL in an interview.
"I can’t tell you yet who will be representing France on this occasion, but France will certainly be there," he added.
US envoy Steve Witkoff said on Monday Washington would bring delegations from Ukraine and Russia together in Abu Dhabi on November 10-11 to discuss ending Moscow's war against Ukraine, post-war security agreements and de-escalation.
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Sunday 8 November 2026 12:30 , Vishwam SankaranRussia intensifying attacks to pressure Ukraine at upcoming talks, Zelensky says
Sunday 8 November 2026 11:30 , Vishwam SankaranMoscow's forces are ramping up attacks against Ukraine's infrastructure over the weekend as leverage ahead of upcoming trilateral talks mediated by the US in Abu Dhabi, Zelensky said.
"By intensifying its attacks on Ukraine and our infrastructure at this very moment, Russia is trying to additionally lay the groundwork for putting pressure on Ukraine’s position and that of its partners,” the Ukrainian president said.
Ukraine's energy ministry said there was “a massive attack on a number of energy facilities” yesterday.
Reports suggest that Russia is increasingly incorporating turbojet engines and mesh radio modems into its long-range strike drones.
These changes seem to be allowing Moscow's forces to more effectively penetrate Ukrainian air defences and conduct more precise strikes on Kyiv's energy infrastructure compared to Russia's last winter strike campaign.
Huge nuclear power plant loses power sparking fear of radiation accident
Sunday 8 November 2026 11:27 , Maryam Zakir-HussainThe Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southeastern Ukraine has lost its external electricity supply and is again using backup generators for reactor cooling, the plant's management and the UN's nuclear watchdog said on Sunday.
Zaporizhzhia, which produces no electricity but needs power supplied by two external links to keep nuclear fuel cool, lost its off-site electricity supply after the Ferosplavna power line disconnected, the International Atomic Energy Agency said.
"The cause and location of the latest disconnection are not yet known," the IAEA said in an X post, adding that the plant currently has sufficient fuel reserves to operate a limited number of emergency diesel generators for about two weeks.
“Operating in blackout mode creates a direct risk of failure of life-support systems and nuclear fuel cooling in the event that diesel generators break down or exhaust their fuel reserves, which could lead to a radiation accident,” Energoatom warned in a statement.
"Staff at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant are monitoring all operational parameters of the equipment. All necessary measures to maintain the safe condition of the power units are being taken in full," the plant's management said in a statement posted on the MAX messenger app.
Russia targets emergency crews at the site of a deadly strike in southern Ukraine
Sunday 8 November 2026 11:08 , Maryam Zakir-HussainA Russian drone struck emergency workers on rescue missions in southern Ukraine on Sunday, hitting a former school and nearby shelter that had been earlier blasted by multiple Russian guided bombs as residents waited for humanitarian aid, authorities said.
Ukraine said Monday's attack killed at least 55 people in the village of Komyshuvakha, near the front line in the Zaporizhzhia region.
No one was injured in Sunday's strike on the same location, but specialised rescue equipment was damaged, according to Ukraine’s State Emergency Service.
Around 50 people were still listed as missing, Ukraine’s military intelligence agency, HUR, said. Many of the bodies recovered have not been identified and DNA analysis is ongoing.
Village resident Mykola Krasnov, 72, told The Associated Press on Saturday that he was still looking for his wife, but had heard no word from rescuers.
“She went to get humanitarian aid, and a 3-ton bomb was dropped there. Where is she?” he said.
“She didn’t come home, and they didn’t find her body there. She isn’t in the morgue, and she isn’t here alive.”
HUR said Saturday that it had identified some of the Russian service members involved in the “double tap" strike with aerial bombs, which destroyed the former school and underground facility used by residents as shelter.
Ukraine has routinely accused Russia of conducting multiple strikes at the same site in quick succession to target emergency crews responding to the initial attack.
In pictures: Aftermath of Russian strikes on Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region
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Zelensky says Russia used North Korean missiles on Ukraine's energy grid
Sunday 8 November 2026 10:00 , Vishwam SankaranUkrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said yesterday that Russian forces used North Korea's KN-23 ballistic missiles to strike a key Ukrainian energy facility.
Kyiv's air defences intercepted only four of the 36 ballistic missiles fired by Russia on Friday, Zelensky said, pointing to an acute deficit of surface-to-air interceptors for US-made Patriot systems.
“In the strike tonight, there were 36 missiles approaching targets on a ballistic trajectory. Only four missiles could be neutralised,” the Ukrainian president said.
He said Russian forces launched KN-23 short-range ballistic missiles manufactured and supplied by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).
“This is further proof that global sanctions regimes deserve tangible reinforcement – against everyone in the world who provides their ‘services’ in destroying life,” Zelensky wrote in a post on Facebook.
