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Good morning to readers; Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands.
Li Meng-Hsuan, a former Taiwanese submarine engineer, served at sea as tensions with China rose.
When China pressured Taiwan's efforts to acquire submarines abroad, Taiwan built its first domestic sub: Narwhal.
I’m going live tomorrow with Olga Lautman @OlgaNYC1211, author of Unmasking Russia, to talk about Russia’s role in the recent elections, and its role in elections to come.
The U.S. closed the State Department office that fought much of the disinformation flooding campaigns back in 2025, so going into 2028 there will be even less standing in Russia’s way.
I’ll also ask her what you can do to avoid getting fooled.
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Nov 11 at 12 pm EST / 5 pm GMT / 7 pm Kyiv.
Here’s what The Counteroffensive is reading today:
On Tuesday, the U.S., Ukraine and Russia held the first trilateral talks since February 17 on security guarantees and lasting peace in Ukraine in Abu Dhabi.
Earlier, Ukrainian delegates met officials from Europe and NATO.
reuters.com/world/europe/rus…
The Ukrainian parliament passed a bill on establishment of the Space Forces in the AFU.
They will counter Russian threats from space, develop reconnaissance satellites and capabilities to strike military targets at large distances.
hromadske.ua/ukrayina/274057…
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Our monthly military update is out. It covers how the war changed in October on the front line, in the sky, and this time underground and in space too.
Inside:
▪️How Ukrainian troops got behind Russian lines through gas pipes
▪️What makes Russia’s new drones so dangerous
▪️What 10 months of Ukrainian strikes have done to Russian oil refineries
▪️How close Ukraine is to replacing Starlink with its own satellites
Read our full analysis of October: counteroffensive.news/p/new-…
While Russia sees record casualties and losses, Ukraine succeeds in its first-ever underground counteroffensive and takes the arms race to space. counteroffensive.news/p/new-…
Here’s what The Counteroffensive is reading today:
On November 5, after meeting Putin’s envoy Kirill Dmitriev at the White House, Trump said a deal to end the war is coming and “it’s going to involve more than Ukraine.”
In a letter the same day, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni warned that a divided Europe serves “the interests of those who want this war to continue.”
apnews.com/article/ukraine-m…
A Russian military satellite came within a kilometer of a Finnish satellite that supplies radar imagery to Ukraine, in what a U.S. analyst called “an attack rehearsal.”
Two more Russian satellites are now drifting toward another satellite from the same company.
reuters.com/business/aerospa…
What you’re looking at are the last moments of some of the 43 Ukrainians Russia killed this week.
It was caught on a police officer’s bodycam when he heard the warning that bombs were coming and rushed people down into a shelter. Russia then dropped 9 bombs.
Source: AP; National Police of Ukraine handout
Here’s what The Counteroffensive is reading today:
So far, 42 bodies have been recovered from the rubble following the Russian attack on the site in Komyshuvakha, Zaporizhzhia region, on Nov. 2.
Another 33 people may still be trapped under the rubble. Rescue efforts continue.
t.me/UA_National_Police/8133…
Democrats have secured victories in both chambers of Congress. They can now pressure Trump to seek congressional authorization to continue the war in Iran, approve new aid for Ukraine, and limit or suspend support for Israel.
reuters.com/world/us/five-wa…
Trump-endorsed Republican Victoria Spartz, who moved from Ukraine to Indiana at 21 and became the first Ukrainian-born member of Congress, lost her seat last night. In 2024 she voted against Ukraine aid when Russia was bombing the region she grew up in. She also said Ukraine can’t demand to keep all its land.
I want Trump to think about Ukraine as little as possible – the results last night make me think he’ll retreat to the area where he has pretty much unfettered power: foreign policy.
Will Trump focus more of his efforts on appeasing the Russians and jamming a deal down Zelenskyy’s throat now that the midterms are over?
Good morning to readers; Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands.
Several candidates who opposed Ukraine lost their races in the U.S. midterms.
The Counteroffensive tracked the contests that could shape the future of U.S. support for Ukraine. Here’s what we found: counteroffensive.news/p/the-…
Accountability and restraint is coming.
A far more pro-Ukraine Congress will be seated in 2027 following the landslide gains Democrats picked up in last night’s midterms.
And whether Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was on voters’ minds or not, voters would oust some of the most hostile voices toward Ukraine in American politics.
NEWSFLASH: Zelenskyy gives pre-midterms speech criticizing Trump and Vance.
Zelenskyy gave a dark speech in the heart of Europe Tuesday, warning about American unreliability and how the midterms will determine the future.
counteroffensive.news/p/zele…
Here’s what The Counteroffensive is reading today:
A Russian attack on Komyshuvakha, Zaporizhzhia region, has killed 29 people, with 48 others reported missing.
Russian forces dropped ten aerial bombs on a school used to distribute humanitarian aid. t.me/V_Zelenskiy_official/21…
From November 9 to 22, 12 European countries will take part in a joint military exercise in Poland.
The exercise aims to test a multinational force designed to help maintain peace in Ukraine after the war ends.
bbc.com/news/articles/cm3wv0…
Here’s what The Counteroffensive is reading today:
Russian units used a 6-day humanitarian ceasefire in Oleshky to fortify its positions, the General Staff of Ukraine said.
They also expanded anti-drone defenses and delivered ammunition to advance in the Kherson region.
facebook.com/share/19m8wR6XT…
The Air Raid Alert app, widely used to warn Ukrainians about Russian attacks, was hacked.
Yesterday evening, users got false notifications about radiation fallout, chemical hazards, and street fighting and a nuclear threat from an Oreshnik missile.
hromadske.ua/suspilstvo/2736…
This week, a ceasefire brokered by Melania Trump is finally getting starving civilians out of Oleshky, a Russian-occupied town in southern Ukraine.
Russia wrote this part of Ukraine into its constitution in 2022, so by Moscow’s own rules these people are “its citizens.”
When Ukraine’s military dropped almost 4 tonnes of food by drone, Russian troops seized the packages and abducted locals who picked them up.
The only other way to get food was a 15-mile walk down a mined road locals call the “road of death.”
Is this ceasefire real or a PR stunt? Here’s what locals and volunteers said:
counteroffensive.news/p/russ…
Here’s what The Counteroffensive is reading today:
U.S. firms are reluctant to buy Russian diesel.
The Trump administration encourages the private sector to buy diesel, but firms fear possible legal consequences if the Democrats take over Congress after the midterms.
washingtonsun.com/whitehouse…
The Pentagon urged some European countries, including Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, to downplay their rhetoric on the threat from Russia.
The Pentagon believes some statements endangered European security. The request comes as Russia ramps up its hybrid attacks on NATO.
reuters.com/business/finance…
Russia has been hunting Ukrainian trains all year. The Counteroffensive met the railway workers who keep them running anyway: counteroffensive.news/p/they…
THE LATEST NEWS AT THIS HOUR:
RUSSIA ATTACKED A TRAIN STATION IN UKRAINE:
A Russian drone struck a platform at the train station in Dnipro where a commuter train Dnipro — Zaporizhzhia had stopped. There were people on the platform near the train. At least 14 people were killed. suspilne.media/dnipro/143981…
PENTAGON REFUSES TO INVESTIGATE STARLINK DISRUPTIONS IN UKRAINE:
The Pentagon inspector general redirected a bipartisan request to investigate the reasons behind the Starlink slowdown in Ukraine to the Air Force.
apnews.com/article/starlink-…
Good morning to readers; Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands.
After months of starvation, people are about to leave occupied Oleshky, as arranged by Ukraine, Russia, and the U.S. The whole Kherson region is enjoying over two days of quiet but waiting November to be a disaster. counteroffensive.news/p/russ…