Major General of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Dmitry Marchenko announced on November 8 on Facebook that he decided to leave the army for health reasons. “No tests of the enemy, no pressure made me stop in my unwavering fight for Ukraine. Therefore, dismissal from service was the most difficult decision I have made in my life,” Marchenko wrote. He said that he was “undergoing the necessary treatment” and published a photo, presumably taken in the hospital.

For the first time since the start of the full-scale Russian-Ukrainian war, the administration of US President Joe Biden has decided to lift the unspoken ban on sending American military contractors to Ukraine. CNN and Reuters reported this on November 8, citing sources. The contractors will maintain and repair weapons supplied by the Pentagon, including Patriot air defense systems and F-16 fighter jets.

The prosecutor asked for six years in prison for her.

The US Department of Justice reported that Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was preparing to assassinate US President-elect Donald Trump. This was reported on the ministry's website on November 8. US authorities have charged 51-year-old IRGC agent Farhad Shakeri in absentia. Investigators say he "led a network of criminal associates to carry out Iran's plans to assassinate its targets, including President-elect Donald Trump," Attorney General Merrick Garland said.

The head of Tesla, SpaceX and X, Elon Musk, participated in a telephone conversation between US President-elect Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, Axios reported on November 8, citing sources. During the November 6 conversation, Musk said he would continue to support Ukraine by providing access to the Starlink satellite system, which the Ukrainian military uses for frontline communications.

The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences announced the 2025 Grammy Award nominations on November 8. According to Variety, Beyoncé received the most nominations with 11. This made Beyoncé the most nominated artist in Grammy history, with a total of 99 nominations. She previously shared the record of 88 nominations with her husband Jay-Z. Billie Eilish, Post Malone, Charli XCX and Kendrick Lamar received seven nominations each.

King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands spoke by phone with Israeli President Isaac Herzog amid the attack on Israeli football fans in Amsterdam. “My wife and I were shocked by the violence against Israeli fans, guests of our country. We must not turn a blind eye to anti-Semitic behavior on our streets. History has taught us how bullying goes from bad to worse and has dire consequences,” the monarch said in a statement following his conversation with the Duke.

So propagandists were asked to talk about Putin’s speech at Valdai (in which he actually addressed Trump and said that Russia was ready for peace negotiations) Maxim Shipenkov / AP / Scanpix / LETA You can read this story in English here . On the evening of November 7, Vladimir Putin spoke for more than three hours at the Valdai Forum.

State Duma deputy from the Kursk region Ekaterina Kharchenko offered to hold a free photo shoot for residents of the region who lost their homes during the hostilities. She came up with the corresponding idea on her Telegram channel. Let's together give a New Year's miracle to the families of our fellow countrymen from Sudzhansky, Korenevsky, Rylsky, Glushkovsky and other areas who have lost their homes. After all, there, in old photo albums, their memories remained, which warmed their souls.

A report was drawn up against journalist Dmitry Kartsev under the article on participation in the activities of an “undesirable organization” (20.33 Code of Administrative Offenses). The case file on the website of the Kuzminsky Court of Moscow was discovered by Mediazona.

During the Russian attack on Kyiv on November 7, a drone hit the residential building where Estonian Ambassador to Ukraine Anneli Kolk lives. The head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia, Margus Tsahkna, spoke about this. “She was lucky she wasn’t hurt. No one in Ukraine is safe until Russia stops its aggression. Ukraine needs more air defense systems to protect its citizens. We shouldn’t get used to this,” the minister said.

Your browser does not support the audio element. Why did Trump win and Harris lose? Almost all polls and mathematical models on the eve of the US presidential election assessed the chances of Donald Trump and Kamala Harris as approximately equal. But in the end, the Republican won a landslide victory, winning the vote in swing states. How do American media and analysts explain Trump's success? Listen to the audio version of the material, and you can read it here .

On November 8, the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation updated the register of “foreign agents” ( .pdf ). It included: Denis Alien (real name: Denis Alesin), stand-up comedian, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, blogger, Dmitry Treshchanin, editor of Mediazona, media project “Not Moscow Speaks”.

Your browser does not support the audio element. The ruling coalition in Germany has collapsed. We talk with Alex Yusupov about the problems that the Scholz government failed to cope with On November 6, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz dismissed Finance Minister and leader of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) Christian Lindner. Germany's ruling coalition of three parties (the Social Democrats, the Greens and the Liberals) has collapsed.

Former coordinator of the “Voice” movement Artem Vazhenkov gave an interview to Karen Shainyan. He came out as gay - and spoke about threats because of his sexual identity Artem Vazhenkov is a socio-political activist from Tver, former coordinator of the “Voice” movement, ex-host of the “Avtozak Live” channel, former employee of “Open Russia” and the headquarters of Alexei Navalny.