Victory Chronicles-DAY 989

A 5-story building in Mykolaivka, Kramatorsk district, Donetsk region, was hit by Russian occupants, resulting in two fatalities and five other individuals being injured. 

The attack occurred on November 7, with the enemy targeting residential buildings. The victims, aged between 60 and 77 years old, suffered varying degrees of injuries and were taken to a medical facility for treatment. The residential buildings and vehicles in the area were damaged, and the type of weapon used has yet to be determined. 

The State Emergency Service reports that it took nearly four hours to extinguish the resulting fires, which affected two apartments, three balconies, and a total area of 350 square meters. Five apartment buildings and an administrative building sustained damage.

A total of 563 bodies of fallen defenders have been repatriated to Ukraine through coordinated efforts. Among these, 320 bodies of defenders were killed in the Donetsk sector, and 89 fallen fighters from the Bakhmut sector were returned. Additionally, 154 bodies were recovered from morgues in the Russian Federation. The Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War, along with several Ukrainian entities including the Security Service of Ukraine, Ministry of Internal Affairs, and Armed Forces, collaborated to ensure the successful repatriation. The International Committee of the Red Cross also provided assistance in this process. The bodies and remains will now be transported to designated state institutions, where law enforcement officials and forensic experts will work to identify the victims.

Russian strikes in the Odesa region resulted in the death of one person and the injury of nine others. The head of the Odesa Regional Military Administration, Oleh Kiper, stated that a 46-year-old man was killed by shrapnel wounds while driving a car during the attack. Eight other individuals were injured, with one elderly woman experiencing an acute stress reaction. Six victims were hospitalized, while others received treatment on-site. The residential buildings in the private sector suffered damage, with two of them catching fire. Fires were also extinguished in warehouses and cars on the premises of a company. Additionally, an educational institution sustained damage. The State Emergency Service conducted inspections for explosive devices, and fifteen individuals, including a child and a pregnant woman, received psychological support from the service.

The Achilles attack battalion of the 92nd Separate Assault Brigade named after Kosh Ataman Ivan Sirko successfully destroyed two TOS-1A Solntsepyok multiple rocket launcher systems. The attack was carried out by using kamikaze drones, which were able to track and target the enemy vehicles while they were in motion. The video footage of the attack shows one target being completely destroyed and another target suffering significant damage. 

Russian President Vladimir Putin is attempting to shape US President-elect Donald Trump’s foreign policy and achieve another Russia–US reset on Russia’s terms. Putin addressed the 21st annual meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club on November 7 and advocated for a reset of US–Russia relations. Putin implied that Trump’s presidential campaign expressed a “desire to restore relations with Russia, to help end the Ukrainian crisis” and later noted that Russia is open to the “possibility of restoring relations with the United States.”

Putin attempted to blame the United States for undermining US–Russia relations, noting that the United States imposed sanctions and restrictions on Russia, and chose to support Kyiv – without mentioning that these measures were in response to Russia’s illegal and unprovoked full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Putin’s statement implies that Russia would only accept any reset in US–Russia relations if the US dropped sanctions and restrictions against Russia and stopped supporting Ukraine — effectively entirely on terms that benefit Russia at the expense of US interests. Putin reiterated the boilerplate narrative that NATO is a “blatant anachronism,” accused the West of maintaining a bloc-oriented mentality, and deliberately misrepresented his invasion of Ukraine as NATO’s efforts to remain relevant. Putin attempted to frame BRICS as a non-bloc alternative to NATO and falsely implied that Russia is not interested in becoming a hegemon, despite the fact that the Kremlin has been forming a new anti-Western bloc composed of Iran, North Korea, and China.

Senior fighter Yevhen “Yudzhyn” Brytvych died on February 12, 2024, near the village of Bilohorivka, Luhansk region. His group went to clear the enemy and came under fire. The fighter received multiple fatal injuries. He would have turned 37 in March.

Yevhen was born in the village of Stavyshche, Kyiv region. After school, he served in the military. He worked in law enforcement. Later he quit and devoted himself to computer technology. It was his hobby, which grew into his main job. He was very fond of football and was a player in a local football team. During his school years, he wrote poetry. 

After the outbreak of full-scale war, he defended the country as a member of the 81st separate airmobile brigade. At first, he served as a rifleman of the airmobile company of the airmobile battalion, then he was promoted to the position of an assault pilot.

The senior fighter was posthumously awarded the Order “For Courage” of the third class. 

“We miss Yevhen very much. So many things have remained unsaid… Unfortunately, time cannot be turned back. He was courageous, serious, never complained about anything, patient under any circumstances, fearless. I knew that he would fight to the end, because I knew his dedication in any case. Eternal memory to our Angel, soft clouds!” wrote the wife of the deceased’s brother, Lyudmyla Brytvych.

Yevhen was buried in his native village. The defender is survived by his mother, brother and grandmother.

*Yevhen’s story on the Heroes Memorial – a platform for stories about the fallen defenders of Ukraine.

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