“U.S. support for Ukraine will be unwavering and unwavering” regardless of the outcome of the interim elections on Tuesday, said White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre on Monday (November 7th). However, the leader of the elected Republicans in the House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, reiterated in an interview broadcast Monday on CNN his desire to “do not write a blank check” in Kyiv if his party wins a majority in midterm elections on Tuesday. Follow our live.
New anti-aircraft systems for Ukraine. Ukraine on Monday received new Western air defense systems to counter Russian missiles that regularly rain down on cities and infrastructure across the country. The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense also announced that the Ukrainian state would take control of several companies “of strategic importance” to help the war effort, including the hydrocarbon producer Ukrnafta and the aircraft manufacturer Motor Sich.
A “tense” situation for energy in Ukraine. After several series of Russian strikes that left hundreds of thousands of people without power, authorities in the region of kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, spoke of a situation “tense” for energy supply. The regional military administration called on residents to “use electricity sparingly”while the operator Ukrenergo had to carry out “emergency stops”.
“Stabilization” of water and electricity supply in Kherson. On the Russian side, the occupation authorities of the city of Kherson, in the south of the country, announced the “stabilization” water and electricity supply, the day after two strikes for which the Russians and Ukrainians accuse each other mutually. These strikes also damaged the Kakhovka hydroelectric dam, occupied by Russian forces and which supplies annexed Crimea, in an area where Ukrainian troops have been on the offensive for weeks.