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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.
Rubio says discussions on ‘security infrastructure’ for Ukraine and Europe make progress US 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.” Maroosha Muzaffar 9 November 2026 08:00 Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant temporarily loses all off-site electricity Russian-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. Maroosha Muzaffar 9 November 2026 07:00 UK military chief issues stark warning over Russian threat “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.” Read more: Maroosha Muzaffar 9 November 2026 06:00 Drones hit industrial area in Kirishi in Russia's northwest, governor says Drones 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.
Maroosha Muzaffar 9 November 2026 05:00 Trump says Ukraine could emerge from a settlement with altered borders US 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.” Maroosha Muzaffar 9 November 2026 04:00 Bryony Gooch 9 November 2026 03:00 Europeans will join Ukraine talks in Abu Dhabi, French foreign minister says Europeans 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. Bryony Gooch 9 November 2026 02:00 Bryony Gooch 9 November 2026 01:00 Bryony Gooch 9 November 2026 00:00 At least 390,000 Russians killed in conflict - report At 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. Bryony Gooch 8 November 2026 23:32
Source: The Independent
