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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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
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UK military chief issues stark warning over Russian threat
Watch: Trump meets with Putin envoy and says ‘beautiful agreement’ with Ukraine could be close
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.
In video: Trump says 'beautiful' deal in works with Russia, covering 'all of Europe'
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
Sunday 8 November 2026 10:30 , Vishwam Sankaran
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.
Italian foreign minister says cybercriminals targeted him for his Ukraine stance
Sunday 8 November 2026 09:30 , Vishwam SankaranItaly's foreign minister Antonio Tajani said yesterday that cybercriminals spread his data on the dark web for days due to his "position on Ukraine".
"Our position on Ukraine is the political reason I have been targeted: defending the freedom of a sovereign state, fighting in a clear way in favour of democracy and the independence of a nation, is dangerous for such a criminal entity," Tajani said.
"I will not be intimidated in any way. I will continue working to defend my ministry and Italy, and I will keep strengthening ties and cooperation with our allies so that we can protect ourselves together," he said.
Russia hits Ukrainian power substation and container ship
Sunday 8 November 2026 09:17 , Vishwam SankaranThe 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.
One person killed in Ukrainian drone attack in Kursk
Sunday 8 November 2026 09:17 , Vishwam SankaranOne person was killed in a Ukrainian drone attack in the Kursk Oblast of Russia, the region’s governor Alexander Khinshtein said today.
The drone hit a tractor in operation in the village of Pervomayskoe, killing a 40-year-old man, Khinshtein said.
The attack occurred in the middle of wider cross-border strikes in which Russia launched drone attacks against energy and critical infrastructure across multiple regions in Ukraine.
In video: The threat of drone strikes in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia
Sunday 8 November 2026 09:00 , Vishwam SankaranUS senator seeks to quickly impose sanctions waived by Trump
Sunday 8 November 2026 08:00 , Vishwam SankaranUS senator Richard Blumenthal called on Congress to immediately introduce legislation to "impose sanctions waived by Trump" on Russia.
"We must push right away to impose sanctions waived by Trump, stop his despicable diesel deal, provide military aid, particularly air defence and other measures to show support necessary to bring Putin to serious peace talks," Mr Blumenthal said.
"I’m introducing legislation to seize this moment – a critical turning point when Putin must be persuaded by resounding vote victories that America stands with Ukraine," he said.
Ukraine continues targeting missile launch sites in Russia
Sunday 8 November 2026 07:30 , Vishwam SankaranKyiv's forces struck two Iskander missile launchers and a Pantsir-S1 air defence system in western Russia's Bryansk Oblast yesterday, the Ukrainian General Staff said.
Ukraine also launched a Neptune cruise missile strike against the Proton-Electrotex Plant in Russia's Oryol City, which produces equipment for Iskander-M ballistic missiles.
These long-range strikes in Russia are widely seen as key for Ukraine's defence against Russian missile strikes.
Russian attack leaves 600,000 people without electricity in eastern Ukraine
Sunday 8 November 2026 07:16 , Vishwam SankaranAn overnight Russian attack on energy facilities in Eastern Ukraine has left more than 600,000 people without electricity, Ukrainian power company DTEK said today.
"Important energy facilities in the region were damaged in an overnight attack," the company said in a post on Telegram.
The Russian attacks follow an escalation in targeted Russian aerial and missile assaults against Ukrainian energy and critical infrastructure networks.
Russia sending high-level delegation for Ukraine talks in Abu Dhabi
Sunday 8 November 2026 07:00 , Vishwam SankaranRussia revealed more information about its officials attending US-mediated peace talks with Ukraine in Abu Dhabi.
The Russian delegation will include presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky, deputy foreign ministers Sergei Ryabkov and Mikhail Galuzin, military intelligence chief Igor Kostyukov, and senior military officer Yury Zhigarlovsky.
This will be the first time Ryabkov, who oversees Russia’s relations with the US and arms control issues, will join negotiations.
The broader team of officials sent by Moscow could be a sign that Russia was willing to engage in more substantive discussions, Bloomberg reported.
Meanwhile, Ukraine’s delegation will include Rustem Umerov, head of the foreign intelligence service, David Arakhamia, head of the Ukrainian president’s parliamentary faction, and Kyrylo Budanov, Zelensky’s chief of staff.
Russia can halt fighting but Putin is unwilling, Zelensky says
Sunday 8 November 2026 06:30 , Vishwam SankaranUkraine's evacuation of civilians from Russian-occupied Oleshky in Kherson Oblast showed that Russia can arrange for a ceasefire quickly without lengthy technical preparations, but Moscow is unwilling to do so, Ukrainian president Zelensky said yesterday.
He pointed out that the Ukrainian humanitarian mission, mediated by the US first lady Melania Trump, was evidence that a broader ceasefire does not require lengthy preparations.
Zelensky's comments come ahead of a trilateral meeting of Ukrainian, Russian, and US officials expected to take place on 10 November.
In pictures: Aftermath of Russian strikes on Kyiv
Sunday 8 November 2026 06:00 , Vishwam Sankaran
Russia continues strikes targeting Ukraine's transportation infrastructure
Sunday 8 November 2026 05:30 , Vishwam SankaranRussian forces damaged the roadbed, trolleybus overhead line, and power line at the Northern Bridge across the Dnipro River, Kyiv city Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said yesterday.
Six ballistic missile attacks targeted the bridge, of which four struck it, Ukrainian president Zelensky said.
Russia has repeatedly struck Kyiv City’s Northern and Southern bridges throughout October, widely seen as an attempt to disrupt the wider Ukrainian economy.
In video: Zelensky warns of Russian threat to Ukraine's bridges and energy sites
Sunday 8 November 2026 05:00 , Vishwam SankaranRussia continues campaign against Ukraine’s energy infrastructure
Sunday 8 November 2026 04:30 , Vishwam SankaranRussia continued its missile and drone strike campaign against Ukraine on Saturday, targeting the country’s capital and its energy infrastructure, president Volodymyr Zelensky said.
The strikes damaged an electricity substation in Kyiv oblast connecting the Rivne and Khmelnytskyi nuclear power plants with Kyiv city and Ukraine’s central oblasts. The attacks also targeted substations in Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr, Rivne, Kharkiv, and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts, Zelensky said.
The attacks corroborate a previously unconfirmed, intercepted Russian plan that Moscow’s forces were attempting to strike Ukrainian electricity generation and transmission facilities and cut off Kyiv city from external power supplies.
“Today, Ukraine is generating more electricity than it consumes. But because Russia is striking substations and power grids, we are seeing significant shortages in Kyiv and other regions,” Zelensky said in his nightly address.
