Israeli authorities have clarified information about those killed as a result of the attack by the Hamas terrorist group on the country on October 7, writes The Jerusalem Post. “About 1,200 people are the official number of victims of the October 7 massacre,” Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Lior Hayat said in a written statement. According to him, a reassessment of the death toll was carried out on November 9. It was previously reported that 1,400 people died.

A number of EU countries, including France, Germany, Italy and Belgium, were wary of the European Commission's proposal, which called for speeding up the agreement on a plan on how to use proceeds from frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine. Bloomberg reports this, citing sources. According to them, at a closed meeting, key EU countries advocated a “more gradual approach” to the use of Russian assets.

The EU authorities have developed a “plan B” in case Hungary vetoes a new aid package for Ukraine in the amount of 50 billion euros, Reuters reports, citing European officials. According to the agency's interlocutors, EU countries will be able to bypass the veto, but to do this they will have to develop their own aid packages and conclude appropriate agreements with Ukraine. “The workaround is tedious, but we have it if needed,” said one official.

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation struck two missile strikes in the Odessa district of the Odessa region, the operational command of the South Armed Forces of Ukraine reported . Eyewitnesses told TASS that they had heard explosions in Chernomorsk (30 kilometers from Odessa). According to the Ukrainian military, Russian troops from tactical aircraft aircraft from the Black Sea water area hit an air -based missile for a country cooperative.

The Supreme Court of the self-proclaimed DPR sentenced captured Ukrainian soldier Vitaly Matvienko to 30 years in a maximum security colony. TASS reports this with reference to the DPR prosecutor's office. 37-year-old Matvienko was found guilty of murdering six civilians in Mariupol and attempting to kill four more.

The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation included the publications “Groza” and “Kedr.media” in the register of “foreign agents” ( .pdf ). In addition, the register included Sergei Koldobsky (pseudonym Shelin), who published in The Moscow Times and Rosbalt, as well as Pskov politician Alexey Malov.

David Swanson / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta the first flight tests of the American stealth bomber B-21 Raider, which can carry nuclear weapons, took place on November 10 in California. The manufacturer Northrop Grumman positions B-21 as the world's first six-generation plane and the “future US aircraft”.

Russia ranked 102nd in the annual World Giving Index , compiled by the international charity organization Charities Aid Foundation with the support of the research company Gallup. According to the rating compilers, 34% of the population in Russia participated in charity in 2022. 57% of Russians helped strangers, 29% made monetary donations, and 16% volunteered. Indonesia became the leader of the rating for the sixth year in a row, Ukraine took second place, having risen by 13 points.

The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Valery Zaluzhny, claims that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation during the attack on Avdiivka in the Donetsk region lost about ten thousand people in manpower. Zaluzhny stated this in his telegram channel, commenting on the assault on Avdeevka, launched by the Russian army a month ago.

The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences has announced the list of nominees for the 2024 Grammy Awards. The full list of nominees is published on the award website. Singer SZA received the most nominations (nine), while singer Victoria Monet received seven. Both singers are presented in the Record of the Year category. Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, Billie Eilish, Miley Cyrus and Boygenius each received six nominations.

The Constitutional Court of Kyrgyzstan has revised its own decision allowing adult residents of the country to indicate a match (matronym) instead of a patronymic in documents. The Constitutional Court allowed the indication of matchmaking in its decision of June 30. This was done as part of the consideration of a claim by a resident of the country, who demanded to be given the opportunity to indicate a match instead of a patronymic in the documents of her children.

According to RIA Kursk reports, citing the region’s deputy head Andrei Belostotsky, four out of five private clinics with a license to perform medical abortions in the Kursk region have now refused to do so. “We are the second subject of the Russian Federation, where commercial health care organizations have refused the license clause on chemically-induced pregnancy termination.

Your browser does not support the audio element. How the USSR tried to run the world This week, Meduza spoke to Dr. Sergey Radchenko about his next book, To Run the World: The Kremlin’s Cold War Bid for Global Power ( Cambridge University Press , forthcoming in 2024), which explores the era’s diplomatic history, focusing on how narratives of legitimacy offer crucial insights for interpreting Moscow’s motivations and foreign policy.

According to lawyer Mikhail Biryukov, opposition politician Ilya Yashin has been transferred from pre-trial detention center No. 4 in Moscow to detention center No. 1 in Smolensk. The lawyer noted that “this is not his final destination.” The exact prison colony in the Smolensk region in which Yashin will serve his sentence is still unknown.

Opposition politician Ilya Yashin was transferred from pre-trial detention center No. 4 in Moscow to pre-trial detention center No. 1 in Smolensk, lawyer Mikhail Biryukov said on Facebook. The lawyer noted that “this is not the last destination.” It is still unknown in which colony in the Smolensk region Ilya Yashin will serve his sentence.