The Russian offensive on Ukrainian territory continues. The neighborhoods of Kyiv and Saltiv in Kharkiv were hit, at least 25 people were injured, including 9 children, and several residential buildings were damaged. According to the Ukrainian media it was a 'double tap'. Among the injured minors there would be a 12-year-old girl, an 8-year-old boy and a 3-year-old girl: they are receiving medical assistance." In the Kiev region, three people were killed and eight injured in Russian drone attacks in the last 24 hours. This was written by Ukrinform, citing the head of the Kiev regional state administration, Timur Tkachenko, who reported it on Telegram.
The death toll from the attack that hit a building in the city of Kharkiv last night has risen to 25 injured, including 9 children. This was stated by the head of the Kharkiv regional state administration, Oleg Synegubov. "Over the past 24 hours, the city of Kharkiv and 12 settlements in the region have been subjected to enemy attacks. In Kharkiv, 25 people were injured, including 9 children; in the village of Shestakove, Starosaltiv community, a 67-year-old man died and a 65-year-old woman reported an acute stress reaction; in the village of Shevchenkove, a 60-year-old man reported an acute stress reaction,” Synegubov wrote.
"We must remain vigilant because our intelligence information shows that Russia is planning further acts of sabotage and attacks against our democracies, with the aim of dividing our societies, intimidating our societies and dissuading them from continuing to help Ukraine." This was stated by the EU High Representative for Foreign Policy, Kaja Kallas, upon arrival at the EU Defense Council. "It's something that they have in mind and that we need to take into account, to be ready to face these threats. Furthermore, when we have intelligence information, we must already be able to react before these attacks even take place," he added.
Russian Presidents Vladimir Putin and American President Donald Trump could meet on the sidelines of the Apec summit, scheduled for November 18 and 19 in Shenzhen, China. Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov stated this on Russian public television. "It will be a good opportunity for leaders to meet, one way or another, on the sidelines of the summit," he said. Peskov explained that Putin is currently scheduled to participate in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum summit, where the Russian president has already agreed to a meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. However, the spokesperson did not confirm the hypothesis of a three-way summit between Russia, China and the United States. "It is difficult to say whether it will be a trilateral meeting or whether bilateral meetings will be held", he specified. However, the decision on Putin's participation in the G20 scheduled for December in Florida remains open. "That decision hasn't been made yet. We need to evaluate the circumstances. In any case, Russia will actively participate in the work of the G20", said Peskov. In recent days the spokesperson had thanked the White House for the invitation, however judging it "premature" to provide a definitive answer. Even the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, after a meeting in New York with the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, had evoked a possible conversation between Trump and Putin at the end of the year, on the sidelines of the G20, defining it as "a new opportunity for the two leaders to talk".
The Russians struck the Kyiv and Saltiv neighborhoods of Kharkiv, damaging several residential buildings and wounding at least 16 people, including eight children; two floors of a building were destroyed. Ukrinform writes this quoting the Telegram channel of the head of the Kharkiv military administration, Oleg Synegubov. According to the Ukrainian media it was a 'double tap'. Among the injured minors there would be a 12-year-old girl, an 8-year-old boy and a 3-year-old girl: they are receiving medical assistance."
Tension is rising between Seoul and Kiev over the transfer to South Korea of two North Korean soldiers captured while fighting for Russia. South Korea's presidential office yesterday demanded an "official explanation and apology" from Ukraine, accusing Kiev of violating an agreement to keep the operation confidential and subsequently denying its existence. This was reported by Yonhap and Aju Press. The request comes after President Lee Jae Myung had already expressed "deep regret" over the disclosure of the transfer, stressing that the matter could have "a huge impact on diplomacy and national security", as well as on the security environment on the Korean Peninsula. According to presidential secretary Seong Ghi-hong, it was Ukraine itself that requested confidentiality, also for reasons related to the safety of the two soldiers and their families in North Korea. President Volodymyr Zelensky announced the transfer last week at the UN General Assembly. Kiev disputed the South Korean reconstruction, claiming there was no confidentiality agreement. Seoul has now said it is considering "further measures" in the case. The two North Koreans were captured in January 2025 in Russia's Kursk region and had expressed a desire to move to South Korea.
In Kiev three people have been injured in Russian attacks since the start of the day. The mayor of the city, Vitaliy Klitschko, announced this on Telegram, as reported by Ukrinform. "Since the beginning of September 28, three people have been injured in the capital. All three are in the Podilskyi district. Two of them, a 15-year-old boy and a 15-year-old girl, were treated on the spot. One, a 17-year-old boy, was hospitalized," he said. Klitschko also reported that a drone hit an office building in Shevchenko district. In the Obolonsky district, gas pumps were damaged as a result of a drone strike.
