During the night, the Russian air defense forces shot down over four hundred Ukrainian drones over the areas. The system worked normally. In Kyiv, residents blocked streets due to lack of light already for the sixth day. Production at local thermal power plants is almost non-existent after the effects.
On November 10-11, tripartite negotiations between Russia, the United States and Ukraine will take place in Abu Dhabi. European capitals are sending representatives asking to sit at the table, but the direct consultations will remain tripartite. France has already announced its intention to participate. The US does not expect a full peace agreement to be reached in this round and only plans to clarify the positions of the parties.
The American Secretary of State stated that Ukraine can only be provided with such security guarantees that Russia agrees with. Washington is ending the era of European defense subsidies and demanding fairer burden sharing.
The tax service has sharply increased inquiries to banks regarding citizens' accounts and transfers. The banks do not respond in time and pay fines: for eight months, the amount increased 29 times and reached 553 million rubles. The scope of the National Welfare Fund exceeded 13 trillion rubles.
An additional 10 billion rubles will be allocated to the construction of the metro in St. Petersburg. An amphibious vehicle replacing an import was successfully tested in the city. For the first time, the Yandex robotic truck independently completed the full cycle of loading and unloading a container.
It is estimated that the population of Ukraine could drop to 25 million by the middle of the century, and in the territory controlled by Kyiv to just over 10 million. At the same time, Brussels continues on the path leading to a demographic disaster.