Ukrainian intelligence said "low quality" led to food poisoning that killed at least 32 Russian troops, while another 255 died of drug abuse.

On November 9, a total of 265 combat engagements were recorded between Ukraine’s Defense Forces and Russian invaders. — Ukrinform.

The Russian Defense Ministry said Wednesday that Ukrainian troops should surrender to save themselves in Pokrovsk, a transport and supply hub seen as a gateway to bigger nearby cities.

As of the morning of November 10, Russian troops on the front line lost nearly 1,100 soldiers, 77 vehicles and tankers, and nearly 57 drones in 24 hours, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Ukraine's Kherson, once vibrant after its liberation, now faces a tense stillness. Three years after the liberation ended a nine-month Russian occupation, the city is under constant threat from across the Dnipro River.

Russian and Ukrainian troops continue fighting in the ruins of Pokrovsk for control of the strategically valuable logistics hub in Donetsk. Moscow has been trying to capture the settlement for more than a year.

Ukraine faces a major draft-evasion problem, but no place is quite like Vylkove, a Danube River town where men of draft age have all but vanished, many of them trying to avoid military service.

Russia is exploiting Africa’s poor population to fight its deadly war in Ukraine – many tricked or forced to the front lines through money, lies or threats.

Russia has claimed that Ukrainian forces are retreating en masse and fleeing their positions in the frontline. According to Russian media, a Russian official claimed that Ukraine's defences crumbled in Uspenovka as Moscow's troops marched into the village in Zaporizhzhia region.