Drones hit an industrial area in Kirishi in Russia’s northwestern Leningrad region, governor Aleksandr Drozdenko said on Telegram on Monday, adding that so far 81 drones have been downed with the attack continuing.

An apartment was damaged in ‌the town, ‌he said, without providing further details.

Kirishi is home to a large oil refinery and the region itself is a major export outlet for grain and oil in the Russian part of the Baltic Sea.

US president Donald Trump, in an interview with CBS’s 60 Minutes, suggested that a settlement could involve Ukraine losing some territory.

“I think we’re gonna have it done, and I think it’s gonna happen and they’re gonna end up with a little bit different shape Ukraine,” Trump said.

Asked whether Russian president Vladimir Putin was deliberately prolonging negotiations, Trump replied: “Oh, I don’t think so.”

Europeans will participate in talks on Ukraine in Abu Dhabi this week, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Sunday.

US envoy Steve Witkoff said on Monday that ⁠Washington would bring delegations from Ukraine and Russia together in Abu Dhabi on November 10-11 to discuss ending Moscow’s war against Ukraine, post-war security agreements and de-escalation.

“The Europeans will be well represented. France will be in Abu ⁠Dhabi to take part in these ​discussions,” ⁠Barrot told French radio station RTL in an interview.

“I can’t tell you yet who will be representing France ⁠on this occasion, but France will certainly be there,” he added.

At least 390,000 Russians have been killed in conflict, according to data leaked from Russia’s Kremlin statistics agency.

Two separate hacker groups, Silent Crown and Belarus Cyber Partisans, claimed responsibility for cyberattacks on the Kremlin’s ‘Rosstat’ statistics agency where they alleged to steal data on Russia’s economy, demographics and wartime losses, according to the Moscow Times.

Silent Crow claimed that 450,100 Russians had been killed in the war with Ukraine, while the Belarus Cyber Partisans released a lower figure of 393,881 killed, the paper reported.

The Russian defence ministry said its forces hit energy infrastructure used by the Ukrainian military.

A power substation in Ukraine’s Zhytomyr region, ‌which supplied ​electricity ‌to Ukraine’s ⁠defence industry, was targeted, the ministry said.

Moscow also hit a container ship delivering weapons and military equipment to Ukraine south-west of the Black Sea port city of Odesa, the defence ministry said.

European security officials are investigating whether the series of bomb threats against European airlines and news organisations originated in Russia.

Newsrooms in Ireland and Bulgaria also received emailed bomb threats on Friday from a purported “Mikhail Andropov”, who claimed responsibility for the hoax threats seen across the continent this week.

Finland is looking to Ukraine’s defence experience as the country seeks to fortify a 1,340km border with Russia.

Finland’s army commander, Lieutenant General Pasi Välimäki, said Kyiv’s “extensive defense lines” and anti-tank obstacles have helped to slow down Russia’s attacks.

“Conditions in Finland are more challenging,” General Pasi Välimäki told Bloomberg.

“If we build fortifications and dig anti-tank ditches or obstacles as deep as those in Ukraine, how long does it take before our environment turns them into artificial ponds?”