Ukraine’s commander-in-chief said the war with Russia was moving to a new stage of positional warfare involving static and attritional fighting, a phase he warned could benefit Moscow. More than 260 civilians have been killed in Ukraine after stepping on mines or other explosives during the 20-month-old war with Russia, Ukraine’s military said. A Russian attack on Kherson in eastern Ukraine killed one person and injured two others, the region’s governor said, with a Russian drone strike reportedly killing another civilian in Nikopol. The UN human rights office has formally verified 9,900 civilians killed, but “the actual number is certainly higher”, he said. The US defence secretary, Lloyd Austin, said Russia would be successful in Ukraine unless Washington’s support for Kyiv continued.

Source: The Guardian November 02, 2023 10:11 UTC