Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22:55 For the first time in the history of the UN, a representative of Russia was not elected to the International Court of Justice, Zelensky said: “The world sees who is destroying international law, and not protecting it. Congratulations to the representatives of Australia, Mexico, South Africa, Romania and the United States on their victory in the elections in The International Court of Justice both in the Security Council and in the General Assembly."
22:47 17-year-old Bogdan Ermokhin, illegally deported from Mariupol, appealed to the President of Ukraine with a request to return him home. The guy is not only being held in Russia, but also given a summons to the military registration and enlistment office. Read more in the article Child theft .
18:43 Zelensky said in an evening video message that the hottest directions at the front for this day were Avdeevskoye, Maryinskoye, Kupyanskoye and Bakhmutskoye. “I am grateful to all our brigades, every unit. There are inspiring results. There will be more,” the president emphasized. He also said that the authorities continue to work with all partners for air defense systems for Ukraine: “We are actually trying to add strength to our air shield on a weekly basis.”
17:57 The issue of military assistance to Ukraine has become the subject of heated discussions between representatives of both parties in the US Congress. Republicans use it to advance their interests, and Democrats, in turn, insist on supporting both Ukraine and Israel. What do the Western media think about a possible joint aid package and ways to approve it in the conditions of party struggle - in the material Help for Ukraine .
17:53 The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that Ukraine attacked Crimea with a Neptune anti-ship missile, which was allegedly destroyed over the Black Sea off the coast of the peninsula.
17:37 The Rada adopted the state budget for 2024, in which the main item of expenditure - 22.1% or 1.69 trillion hryvnia - is provided for the provision of Security and Defense Forces. Expenditures are also provided for the development of the military-industrial complex: 43 billion hryvnia for the production of UAVs, the same amount for the production of ammunition and weapons.
16:58 The European Union is considering an alternative plan for financing Ukraine if Hungary continues to block the allocation of 50 billion euros, Bloomberg writes, citing sources. The new proposal will include national guarantees from EU member states to attract financing from the markets. And Spain, which alternates presiding over the EU and the European Commission, advocates an agreement within the framework of a long-term budget. EU Budget Commissioner Johannes Hahn criticized Hungary's position and said that "we can find a solution that includes only 26 member states."
16:14 Zelensky signed laws on the continuation of martial law and mobilization in Ukraine until February 14.
16:12 Czech President Petr Pavel admitted the possibility of negotiations between Kiev and Moscow next year: “Negotiations could begin next year, since developments do not indicate that the Ukrainian side will gain a military advantage. Time is now in favor of Russia, which has more "a strong mobilization base for manpower. By gaining time, it will also be able to replenish the material base that it has long lacked. We see massive supplies from North Korea, we see attempts to circumvent sanctions."
16:05 In the Tavria direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed the newest Russian S-300V4 air defense system, said the commander of the operational-strategic group of troops of Tavria, Alexander Tarnavsky.
15:31 As a result of the HIMARS strike on occupied Skadovsk, several Russian high-ranking officers were eliminated, Radio Liberty reports, citing Russian and Ukrainian sources.
14:59 Zelensky said during an online participation in the Reuters NEXT conference that the Ukrainian Defense Forces have a clear action plan for the de-occupation of territories next year, but “will try to show results this year.”
14:28 Three children taken by the Russians from the Kherson region were returned to Ukrainian-controlled territory, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin. In total, since the beginning of 2023, 146 children from the Kherson region have been returned to Ukraine.
13:42 The number of victims as a result of the Russian strike on the Korabel microdistrict in Kherson has increased to four, including one volunteer, the OVA reported. Among other things, the following church came under fire:
13:33 Russian troops continue to try to encircle Avdiivka, diversifying their tactics: the city is being stormed from three directions, the enemy has significantly increased the use of drones, said National Guard speaker Ruslan Muzychuk.
12:45 The Russians shelled the Ship area of Kherson: one person was killed, one was injured. Apartment buildings, the premises of the indestructibility point, and an educational institution were damaged, said the head of the OBA, Alexander Prokudin. Over the past 24 hours, two people were wounded as a result of Russian shelling in the region.
12:19 In negotiations with the EU on ensuring the rights of minorities, the issue of protecting the “Russian minority” does not arise, said Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Olga Stefanishina: “There is no Russian minority in Ukraine. It does not exist. There is no legally formalized community, who would identify themselves as a Russian minority. There are Ukrainians, some of whom speak Russian... I am glad that the European Commission understands this."
11:33 Advisor to the mayor of Mariupol Pyotr Andryushchenko clarified with reference to the resistance that in Skadovsk the hit point was the building of the former Soviet Ukraine collective farm at the intersection of Gagarin and Portovaya. The place is cordoned off, and at least 15 wounded and five killed Russian soldiers are known.
11:27 The Russian army shelled the Belozersk community of the Kherson region, one person was killed, the prosecutor’s office reported.
11:20 “Governor” of the occupied Kherson region Vladimir Saldo confirmed that the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired at Skadovsk. According to him, one of the missiles allegedly hit “the private sector,” and seven people were hospitalized. Meanwhile, public accounts report that at least eight people were killed as a result of a strike on a Russian military base.
11:12 On November 8, the Russians fired artillery and KAB from the village. Izyumskoye, Borovsk community, Kharkov region, one person died, the prosecutor’s office reported.
10:29 The Czech Senate extended the mandate to conduct combat training of Ukrainian military personnel in the country until the end of 2024.
09:55 Public reports about a strike on the Russians’ base in the Lotus tourist complex in Skadovsk, Kherson region.
09:08 Over the past 24 hours, two residents of the Donetsk region were killed as a result of Russian shelling - in Rai-Alexandrovka and Severny. Another person was injured, the OVA said.
08:41 At night, the Russians attacked Ukraine with two missiles - Kh-59 and Kh-31, the General Staff reported. Air defense forces shot down one of them over the Dneprovsky district of the Dnepropetrovsk region, said the head of the Air Force Sergei Lysak.
08:19 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of November 9:
personnel - about 308,720 (+1080) people,
tanks - 5316 (+15),
armored combat vehicles - 10014 (+18),
artillery systems - 7475 (+36),
MLRS - 875 (+3),
air defense systems - 577 (+5),
aircraft - 322 (+0),
helicopters - 324 (+0),
UAV of operational-tactical level - 5593 (+26),
cruise missiles - 1557 (+1),
ships/boats - 20 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 9853 (+39),
special equipment - 1059 (+5).
07:50 Governor of the Kursk region Roman Starovoyt said that the Ukrainian Armed Forces allegedly attacked a butter factory with the help of a drone; three cluster munitions were dropped.
07:22 Over the past 24 hours, 78 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report . In the Kupyansk direction, the Defense Forces repelled enemy attacks in the Sinkovka area of the Kharkov region; on Limansky - near Novoyegorovka, Lugansk region; on Bakhmutsky - in the Bogdanovka, Khromovo, Kleshcheevka and Andreevka districts of the Donetsk region; in Avdeevsky - in the Keramika, Stepnoy, Avdeevka, Severny, Pervomaisky districts of the Donetsk region; on Maryinsky - in the Marinka and Novomikhailovka districts of the Donetsk region; on Shakhtarsky - in the areas of Staromayorsky and south of Prechistovka, Donetsk region. In the Zaporozhye direction the enemy did not conduct offensive actions.
At the same time, the Defense Forces continue their offensive in the Melitopol direction and assault operations south of Bakhmut, Donetsk region.
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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Kupyansk direction, units of the Zapad Group of Forces supported by aviation and artillery repelled three attacks of assault detachments of the AFU 30th and 67th Mechanised Brigades close to Timkovka and Sin'kovka (Kharkov region).
Up to 25 Ukrainian troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, and three motor vehicles have been neutralised.
In the course of counterbattery warfare, two U.S.-made M777 artillery systems, three 152mm Akatsiya self-propelled howitzers, and two 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled howitzers were wiped out.
In Krasny Liman direction, units of the Tsentr Group of Forces, helicopters, and artillery repelled three attacks of assault detachments of the AFU 1st Special Operations Brigade near Kremennaya (Lugansk People's Republic).
The enemy lost up to 160 Ukrainian troops killed and wounded, three tanks, four armoured fighting vehicles, four motor vehicles, and two U.S.-made M777 artillery systems in this direction.
In Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Group of Forces supported by aviation, artillery, and heavy flamethrower systems inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 22nd, 30th, and 67th Mechanised Brigades close to Bondarnoye, Nikolayevka, and Kleshcheyevka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy losses amounted to up to 330 Ukrainian troops killed and wounded, two tanks, three armoured fighting vehicles, and 10 motor vehicles in this direction.
In the course of counterbattery warfare, two U.S.-made M777 artillery systems, two Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery systems, two 152mm Msta-B and Msta-S howitzers, as well as one 122mm D-30 were neutralised.
In South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok Group of Forces, helicopters, and artillery inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 58th Motorised Brigade, 72nd Mechanised Brigade, and 79th Airborne Brigade near Antonovka, Novomikhailovka, Novoukrainka, and Ugledar (Donetsk People's Republic).
Actions of two sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the AFU 128th Territorial Defence Brigade were thwarted close to Staromayorskoye and Rovnopol (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy losses amounted to up to 130 Ukrainian troops killed and wounded, three armoured fighting vehicles, and four motor vehicles.
In addition, in the course of counterbattery warfare, one U.S.-made M777 artillery system, one 152mm Msta-B howitzer, and one 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS were neutralised.
In Zaporozhye direction, units of the Russian Group of Forces supported by helicopters, artillery, and heavy flamethrower systems repelled two attacks of assault detachments of the AFU 33rd Mechanised Brigade north of Novoprokopovka (Zaporozhye region).
Moreover, the Russian Armed Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 117th Territorial Defence Brigade and 118th Mechanised Brigade near Rabotino (Zaporozhye region).
Up to 75 Ukrainian troops, four armoured fighting vehicles, and three pickup trucks were wiped out.
In Kherson direction, the Russian Group of Forces delivered strikes at AFU manpower on Melky and Aleshinskiy islands.
The enemy losses in this direction amounted to up to 75 Ukrainian troops, three motor vehicles, one 152mm Msta-B howitzer.
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged AFU manpower and hardware in 118 areas during the day.
Air defence units intercepted one Ukrainian Air Force MiG-29 aircraft close to Koptevo (Donetsk People's Republic).
Seven U.S.-made HIMARS projectiles were shot down over the past 24 hours.
In addition, 38 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were intercepted near Tavolzhanka (Kharkov region), Lipovoye (Donetsk People's Republic), Sergeyevka, Nezhurino (Lugansk People's Republic), Skelevatoye, Ulyanovka, and Mirnoye (Zaporozhye region).
In total, 533 airplanes and 254 helicopters, 8,771 unmanned aerial vehicles, 441 air defence missile systems, 13,306 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,183 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 7,035 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 15,126 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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[NewsFront] 23:55 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 11/09/2023 to 00:00 11/10/2023.
Over the past 24 hours Representative office reported about 34 facts of firing by the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces.
Information was received about five civilians being wounded in the Petrovsky and Kirovsky districts of Donetsk and the Sovetsky district of Makeyevka.
2 residential buildings were damaged in the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka. No damage to civilian infrastructure was recorded.
The areas of four settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), Zaitsevo, the capital city of Donetsk (Kievsky, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Sovetsky district).
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 13 attacks from 155mm artillery and attack UAVs.
At Gorlivske there were 21 artillery attacks from MLRS, 155mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead.
A total of 129 units of various ammunition were fired.
A previous 22 artillery attacks were recorded from the VFU per day.
21:23 AVDEEVSKY DIRECTION —video
In the evening another positive news comes from the Avdeevsky direction. Yesterday our army made a serious breakthrough in the direction of Stepovoy (Petrovsky). Today, during offensive operations, the Russian army entered the northeastern part of the village and is pushing out the enemy.
The Avdievka cauldron is slowly starting to “boil”
21:20 Modern war -video
Despite the camouflage and a well-prepared stronghold, it is difficult to go unnoticed.
Our air reconnaissance aircraft fly uninterruptedly, searching for the enemy. And detection equals death.
Northern flank.
After a 4-hour artillery preparation, our assault groups attacked the enemy in the forest belts east of Stepovoy and went on the offensive; the enemy suffered heavy losses and was driven back, thanks to high-quality fire support from our attack aircraft without any casualties.
After this, our assault groups pushed through the enemy’s defenses on the outskirts of Stepovoye and entered the territory of the settlement, they are currently consolidating their positions, the information requires confirmation, we are working on it.
Heavy fighting continues along the entire Avdeevsky Front, the front line is unstable.
20:21 A criminal case has been opened in the Zaporozhye region on the fact of public calls for terrorist activities -video
Investigative bodies of the Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee in the Zaporozhye region have opened a criminal case against a 35-year-old resident of the city of Berdyansk. He is suspected of committing a crime under Part 2 of Art. 205.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.
In February 2023, the suspect, from his personal page in one of the communities on the social network, left a comment in which he called for the destruction of Russian military personnel, and also gave a positive assessment of the actions of members of the Ukrainian paramilitary nationalist association “Azov”, banned in the Russian Federation.
The crime was revealed as a result of the operational-search activities of employees of the department for countering extremism of the temporary directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Zaporozhye region and employees of the Federal Security Service of Russia in the Southern Military District.
The defendant fully admitted his guilt during interrogation.
19:29 The situation on the Ugledarsky section of the South Donetsk direction from the SVO Report and Analytics:
Today, from early morning, our heavy artillery and MLRS were extremely active. Aviation (attack, tactical and army) was involved.
After a massive artillery barrage, the assault groups of the Russian army went forward east of Ugledar and south of Novomikhailovka.
The fighting continues.
18:24 Fighter with the call sign “Zhuk” told about the situation on the battle line in the zone of responsibility of the Cascade MBTF:
“The situation at the front has stabilized, the enemy is not taking any offensive actions.”
17:20 By Kleshcheevka in the evening of November 9 reports "War Chronicle".
The “Island” defense tower and the previously occupied positions of the Ukrainian troops are still under the Armed Forces of Ukraine, artillery is actively working on them.
Everything that has been strengthened over the past 2 months is methodically mixed with the ground: 240mm 2S4 “Tulip” and 220mm BM-27 MLRS “Uragan” are working, as well as a large number of smaller caliber rounds and FPV drones.
There has been some success in promoting the Russian Armed Forces. As expected earlier, the price of holding the heights by the Ukrainian army is becoming higher every day.
17:10 The future Avdievka “cauldron” has narrowed towards each other by more than 1.5 kilometers over the past 24 hours
The Russian army managed to take control of several large enemy strongholds, thanks to which our troops advanced to the southern outskirts of Avdeevka.
16:54 News from near Artemovsk (Bakhmut direction) is transmitted by the Front Bird:
Several successful attacks by our assault units have been reported.
There is progress in two directions up to one km.
15:30 The situation in the Avdievka direction is reported by the Diary of a Paratrooper:
On the northern flank near the settlement. The Stepovoe Armed Forces of the Russian Federation managed to expand control of the territory to one km and advance beyond the railway track in the direction of the village of Berdychi. Our troops also control nearby forest plantations.
Our artillerymen struck a concentration of enemy forces on the territory of Koksokhim, and enemy groups between Krasnogorovka and Novokalinovo were also identified and treated with fire.
We are trying to bite into the enemy’s defenses and reach Severny and Tonenkoye from the village Vodyanoe.
The reduction in the work of enemy artillery and the saving of ammunition is due to the disruption of the enemy’s logistics chains.
15:32 The Russian armed forces are striking enemy concentrations and positions in the area of the city of Volchansk, Kharkov region. This is reported by local Telegram channels.
15:10 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for November 9, as of 15:00, information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Petrovsky district):
– on the territory of the “Galaktika” shopping center, a man born in 1962 was injured as a result of the release of high explosives from a UAV.
Information has been received about damage as a result of artillery attack by the AFU in the cities of the Republic:
n.p. Zaitsevo:
– st. Tokareva, 17 – direct hit in a private residential building;
– st. Tokareva, 24 – private residential building, power lines were also damaged.
14:35 The main thing from the Russian Ministry of Defense report:
In the Kupyansky direction, three attacks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were repelled in the Sin'kovka and Timkovka areas; in the Krasno-Liman direction, three Ukrainian attacks were repulsed in the Kremennaya area. The total daily losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in these two directions is up to 185 people.
In the Donetsk direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 330 people and two tanks killed and wounded in one day. In the southern Donetsk direction, the losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to 130 people.
In the Zaporozhye direction, two attacks north of Novoprokopovka were repelled, and in the Kherson direction, the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces were hit by fire on the islands of Melky and Aleshkinsky. Up to 150 Ukrainian Armed Forces were destroyed in two directions.
In the Kherson direction, the personnel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were hit by fire on the islands of Melky and Aleshkinsky. Enemy losses amounted to up to 75 military personnel;
Manpower and military equipment were damaged in 118 regions;
Air defense intercepted seven HIMARS rounds. In addition, 38 Ukrainian UAVs were destroyed.
In the Koptevo area, a Ukrainian MiG-29 was shot down, seven HIMARS rounds were also intercepted, and 38 UAVs were destroyed.
13:47 At these moments, the guys of the Russian army are achieving a historic Victory before the closure of the “Avdievka cauldron”, less than six kilometers remain.
The enemy is unable to stop our troops. The forward movement continues. Only in the last 24 hours. The southern and northern flanks became closer to each other by more than 1500 meters.
13:15 The Russian Armed Forces cleared the dachas of SNT "Tochmash", they are located east of Stepovoy in the north of Avdeevka.
12:30 According to the Ministry of Health of the Kherson region, 11 people have already been hospitalized with wounds and injuries of varying severity.
12:15 Today at about 10 o’clock the enemy launched a rocket attack on Skadovsk
One missile was shot down by air defense, another hit a private sector, several houses were damaged, said the governor of the Kherson region, Vladimir Saldo.
Seven people are currently hospitalized. Emergency services are on the scene. Data on the consequences of the artillery attack are being clarified.
12:03 Artemovsk direction:
At these moments, our army continues active offensive operations on the southern and northern flanks.
Since early morning, the MLRS and VKS artillery have been actively working.
The first reports are coming that our army has entered the northeastern part of Kleshcheevka on the southern flank. In the north we reached the outskirts of Bogdanovka and expanded the control zone south of the “Berekhovskoye Reservoir”
11:34 The criminal Kiev regime continues to fire at the civilian infrastructure of settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired from cannon artillery:
-- n.p. Kazachi Lagery seven rounds;
-- n.p. Peschanivka eight rounds;
-- n.p. Krynki 12 rounds;
-- n.p. Radensk six rounds;
-- n.p. Podstepnoye six rounds;
-- n.p. Alyosha 10 rounds;
-- n.p. Obryvka four rounds.
As a result of the artillery attack of the settlement. Kazachi Lagery, one civilian was moderately injured.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Novaya Kakhovka, n.p. Kakhovka, n.p. Sagi, n.p. Golaya Pristan, n.p. Kostogryzovo, n.p. Kazachi Lagery, Krynki village, firing a total of 30 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being determined.
11:28 Near Avdievka, Russian troops advanced 1.2 kms and occupied a new field south of Krasnohorivka. Also occupied are destroyed houses to the west of Stepnoye and new positions along the railway road.
11:16 Zaporozhye region, V. Rogov reports:
At 8:00, Ukrainian terrorists attacked the Luch substation in the city of Energodar, Zaporozhye region, with several UAVs.
10:25 The Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to expand the bridgehead on the left bank of the Dnieper.
According to Come and See, the Ukrainian army is trying to gain a foothold and expand its bridgehead on the left bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region.
“The Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to gain a foothold in Krynki and expand the bridgehead,” a channel source said.
According to him, Ukrainian units also attempted to land on other sectors of the front.
All of them have been stopped. The fighting in Krynki continues. Russian artillery is targeting the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
10:05 Situation in the Zaporozhye direction at 10:00 from the Archangel of Special Forces:
The situation is generally controlled. The Ukrainian Armed Forces does not change its style of action. Two or three days of relative calm with artillery duels and infantry movements in small groups. Next is the roll-on using a decent amount of equipment. After the attack, they receive a harsh rebuff and everything continues in a circle.
Slush and rainy weather begins, let's see how NATO gifts behave.
The ATGM crew destroyed two VAB 4×4 ARCs.
09:26 The Ukrainian Armed Forces are artillery attack the village of Zaitsevo with cluster munitions. This was announced by the mayor of Gorlovka Ivan Prikhodko.
09:00 In Kleshcheevka on the morning of November 9, “Military Chronicle” reports:
By 0400 hrs, units of the Russian Armed Forces were stationed around the perimeter of the village. No battles were recorded directly inside; the positions of the 5th Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and neighboring units were attacked by artillery, tanks and drones all night. In the morning, all of Kleshcheevka was in the gray zone; entry there on foot has not yet been confirmed.
08:50 Over the past 24 hours, Ukrainian armed formations have carried out shelling with the use of artillery and multiple launch rocket systems with cluster warheads in populated areas of the Donetsk People's Republic, which injured five civilians.
Eight residential buildings and one civil infrastructure facility were damaged.
In the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka, one civilian was injured from artillery artillery attack with a cluster warhead.
In the Telmanovsky district, Ukrainian nationalists dropped an explosive device from an unmanned aerial vehicle onto the roadway, as a result of which four civilians were injured - RF Investigative Committee
08:18 Frontline summary for the morning of 11/09/2023:
In the Kherson-Crimean direction, Ukrainian troops, supported by artillery from the islands, again tried to attack in the Poima, Peschany and Podstepnoye areas. At Krynoki they seized the initiative and expanded the bridgehead. Long-range weapons of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are also actively operating along the approaches to their positions. Reverse fire on Ukrainian units in Kherson, Pridneprovsky, Sadovoy, Novotyaginka and Tyaginka.
In the Zaporozhye direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked at Novoprokopovka and Verbovoy. No success.
On the Donetsk Front, the Russian Armed Forces, with the support of long-range weapons, carried out assault operations in Marinka, near the city of Krasnogorovka, Severny (a settlement west of Avdeevka), on the southern and eastern approaches to Avdievka, near Stepnoye (not to be confused with the settlements of the same name in Zaporozhye and Ugledar directions). There is a tactical success in the last of these areas. Novokalinov also has an attack. The goal is to stretch the defense of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
In the Luhansk direction there are oncoming battles in the Dibrova area. Offensive actions of the Russian Armed Forces from Orlyanka, in the direction of Petropavlovka and at Sin'kovka. The last of the listed settlements has had tactical successes.
08:11 Gvozdik crews destroy dozens of Ukrainian Armed Forces targets in the Ugledar direction.
Russian fighters are activelydefenddirection away from the enemy, gradually improving positions. The self-propelled gun crew of the Tiger volunteer detachment of the Eastern Group of Forces operates at a distance of 8-14 km from the front line. They acted quickly - they shot back, changed positions, and replenished their ammunition.
08:05 Summary on the morning of November 9, 2023:
The Russian Armed Forces went on the offensive on the southern and northern flanks of the Artemovsk and (Bakhmut) directions. Thus, to the south of the city, the Russian Armed Forces, after a powerful artillery barrage, entered the outskirts of the village. Klescheevka, almost completely destroyed during the fighting.
On this section of the front, the enemy tried for several months to break through the village and the railway. North of Artyomovsk our troops advanced in the direction Berkhovka - Bogdanovka. Enemy resources confirm the success of the Russian Army, which “advanced along the forest belts and seeks to advance westward along the railway in the direction of the Villanova nursery. The fighting continues. Russian artillery is actively working,” enemy analysts write.
In the Kherson direction during the day they reported a difficult situation near Krynoki - the enemy was trying to advance across the road to the south and southwest, and also to expand its presence in the village. By evening, local reports were reporting that the situation had stabilized and that our artillery was working hard against the enemy.
Previously, the Ukrainian Armed Forces tried to advance from the coast to the settlement. Peschanivka and Podstepnoe. In general, the situation looks like an attempt by the enemy to move at any cost to the next phase of his plan, which includes crossing the Dnieper with large forces with armored vehicles. However, the strikes of the Russian Armed Forces do not allow him to fulfill his plans.
Our combat helicopters are operating in the Avdeevsky direction, and FABs are also being used against enemy positions at the coke plant. On the ground, the initiative also remains with the Russian Armed Forces. The enemy is forced to transfer forces from reserves from other directions. Including from Artyomovsky.
Yesterday’s attack on the port of Yuzhny in the Odessa region was effective, as a result of which a cargo ship flying the flag of Liberia was hit by an X-31P missile. SBU officers cordoned off the port to prevent leakage of information about the results of the strike. It is reported that there was military cargo on board.
In the Belgorod region, the city of Valuiki came under attack. As a result of Nazi strikes on the DPR, five civilians were injured.
08:00 Special forces “Siberia” of the Southern Group of Forces, when attacking Ukrainian Armed Forces positions near Kleshcheevka, use kamikaze drones paired with artillery -video.
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[REGNUM] A video from the Kherson sector of the front has appeared in the public domain , reportedly from the Antonovsky Bridge area. The first footage taken from the air: a group of Ukrainian Armed Forces fighters enters a house in a dilapidated private sector with traces of dense buildings near the bank of the Dnieper.
In the next seconds, from a different angle, you can observe a local but powerful explosion - and the “temporary deployment point” with a dozen enemy soldiers under the roof folds up like a house of cards. At the same time, neighboring buildings are practically not affected.
Sources of the Telegram channel “Two Majors”, which posted the video on November 7, give an unambiguous assessment of the picture: the missiles (more precisely, missile and bomb weapons) “Grom”, developed quite recently - in the late 2010s, were used in the case.
The first meager reports that “Groms”, which previously could only be observed at stands and training grounds, were spotted in the NWO zone, appeared in March of this year. Then another Telegram channel, “Military Informant,” published footage of the wreckage - without, however, explaining where exactly they were found.
Now, firstly, you can see something very similar to “Thunder” in action. Secondly, there is an exact geographical reference. Antonovsky Bridge, we recall, connects the Kherson suburb of Antonovka, occupied by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and the city of Aleshki, controlled by our military; the bridge was partially destroyed when the Russian Armed Forces retreated to the left bank of the Dnieper exactly a year ago.
Video recording equipment allegedly detected the moment of the Thunder’s flight at the “terminal part of the trajectory” - that is, on approach, immediately before hitting the target.
However, it is necessary to make allowances for the quality of the video, from which it is difficult to determine whether an air-to-surface missile or a guided bomb has “arrived,” Sergei Denisentsev, an expert at the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies (AST), told IA Regnum .
If this is really “Thunder” in a missile or bomb version, then our military at the front now has an interesting weapon at its disposal, experts say.
THE KING'S "GIFT"
“Grom” is a development of the Tactical Missile Weapons Corporation (KTRV, created by presidential decree in the early 2000s on the basis of the Zvezda Design Bureau in Korolev, Moscow Region). The corporation’s services to the Russian military-industrial complex are highly “appreciated” by the United States, the EU and Britain - at the beginning of the Northern Military District, the collective West included KTRV in its sanctions lists.
The development is new - in 2015, developers from the Moscow Region just presented materials on a promising guided missile and bomb system. Three years later, the “products” passed state tests, Denisentsev notes.
The Grom can be delivered to its destination by Su-34 front-line bombers, Su-35 family fighters and fifth-generation Su-57 aircraft. At the same time, the maximum launch altitude of the Thunder is more than 10 kilometers, the speed at launch is from 504 to more than 1600 km/h.
This air-to-surface complex is designed to destroy a fairly large “menu” of targets, both stationary - enemy airfields, factories, bridges, and mobile, such as enemy ships and transport vessels with previously reconnoitered coordinates.
FLYING TRANSFORMER
The Thunder project provides for the modular construction of aircraft ammunition. This means that it is possible to produce aerial bombs or missiles with different technical characteristics and combat qualities, but with a similar appearance and the same length for all products in the family. This makes it possible to release standardized missiles and bombs.
Due to the modular construction of ammunition, using several modules for different purposes, it is possible to produce products of different classes.
For example, when replacing the propulsion system with an additional warhead, instead of a cruise missile, you get a gliding bomb, explained military expert, author of the Telegram channel “Russian Engineer” Alexey Vasiliev to Regnum news agency .
“Part of the bomb fairing looks like the FAB-500 M-62 aerial bomb of the 1962 model, ” Vasiliev assesses the diagrams and drawings of the “Thunder Bomb”, which are available in the public domain. — Control elements with “wings” have been added to the head fairing, and there is a unified planning and correction module (UMPC). On the rear side of the fairing, either an additional cylindrical part with explosives is added, or a propulsion system of the same size is added.”
In total, the Grom complex has three “avatars”.
The first is the Grom-E1 guided missile. A product weighing nearly 600 kilograms is capable of delivering a combat charge weighing 315 kg to a range of up to 120 kilometers. This variant is almost twice as effective in combat as the OFAB-250-270 free-fall aerial bomb.
The second option is the Grom-E2 guided bomb. It turns out when replacing the rocket propulsion system with an additional high-explosive fragmentation warhead.
In total, it has two charges, so their combat load reaches 480 kg. The maximum flight time is about 4.5 minutes, and the launch range reaches 50–65 km. "Grom-E2" in its combat performance is one and a half times superior to the OFAB-500U bomb.
The third option is the Grom-E guided bomb, but with a volumetric detonating warhead whose mass has been reduced to 370 kilograms. This is a so-called vacuum or thermobaric bomb.
Despite its lighter weight, such a product does not differ in flight performance from the Grom-E2 aerial bomb with a high-explosive fragmentation warhead. The effectiveness of the Grom-E is two times higher than that of the conventional KAB-500 OD guided bomb.
WHAT DID THE “ARRIVAL” SHOW?
Most likely, it was the missile version of the “Grom” that “flew” to the location of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the Antonovsky Bridge, believes Alexey Vasiliev. He pointed out: the product entered the ground almost vertically. “This is usually a sign of missiles because they have a dive mode. Aircraft bombs with a unified planning and correction module simply fall smoothly on the wings, and they do not have the energy to make a “slide” in front of the target,” the military expert explained.
On the other hand, Vasiliev argues, the “arrival” of a bomb variant is also possible. If the target to be hit was at a shorter distance than the maximum launch range, then the controlled aerial bomb could have sufficient altitude to go into dive mode - and this would allow it to descend vertically.
This version is supported by the possibility of launching at a target located in the rear hemisphere. After being reset or launched, “Thunder” - including its “bomb” version - can make a turn towards the target for its subsequent destruction.
It is also necessary to take into account the direct dependence of the payload and flight range: the larger the warhead, the shorter the range, and, conversely, the greater the range, the smaller the warhead, notes Vasiliev.
There is an opportunity to get closer and hit more effectively. If this is not possible, “we can shoot from afar, reducing the mass of the warhead, and install a propulsion system instead of an additional high-explosive fragmentation warhead.”
The last point that needs to be paid attention to is that if the “Thunder” appeared at the disposal of the active army, it was so far as a rather rare weapon. For obvious reasons, there are no figures on supplies and purchases in open sources, notes Sergei Denisentsev. But since the complex is new (the developers from KTRV finally completed testing in 2019), it is unlikely that quite a lot of units have already been produced “in the series,” the source believes.
But we are only talking about the beginning of the production of promising weapons, experts point out.
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[Regnum] Information about the penetration of saboteurs into Abkhazia has not been confirmed, reports Sputnik Abkhazia, citing the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Abkhazia Robert Kiut.
“The information about the penetration of saboteurs into the territory of Abkhazia has not yet been confirmed,” the agency quotes him as saying.
Earlier, the Minister of Internal Affairs of Abkhazia, Robert Kiut, said that security forces were searching for a group of armed people in the Gulrypshsky district. According to Kiut, local hunters spotted seven armed men near the village of Azanta.
As Regnum reported , South Ossetian President Alan Gagloev said that the radical forces of Georgia called on the current authorities in Tbilisi to resolve the issue of South Ossetia and Abkhazia by military means. As Gagloev clarified, since the beginning of the Russian special operation, the radical forces of Georgia, at the instigation of Western countries, periodically appeal to the current authorities of the country with an appeal to seize the moment and resolve the issue of South Ossetia and Abkhazia by force.
Russian Ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov said that the US authorities are escalating the situation around Abkhazia and South Ossetia, instead of focusing on working on security and stability in the Transcaucasus. The diplomat also called on the American side to stop trying to interfere with the establishment of ties between Russia and Georgia.
On July 10, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law ratifying the agreement with Abkhazia on dual citizenship. The document allows you to acquire citizenship of both countries without losing your original ones.
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[Regnum] The Nagatinsky Court of Moscow sentenced ex-Ministry of Internal Affairs employee Ivan Rybin and previously convicted Daniil Choudhury to 4 and 1 years in prison, respectively. Both defendants provided information about the car and place of residence of journalist Daria Dugina , who died as a result of the terrorist attack.
“The court found Rybin and Choudhury guilty under Art. 137 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (illegal collection or dissemination of information about the private life of a person). The court also found Rybin guilty under Part 1 of Art. 285 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (abuse of official powers). By partial addition of the sentences, the court decided to sentence Rybin to 4 years in a general regime colony, and Choudhury to 1 year in a general regime colony,” the court said.
In addition, Rybin was stripped of the rank of police major by a court decision. When imposing a sentence, the court took into account the presence of dependent parents, grandparents and minor children as mitigating circumstances.
The court also took into account that Choudhury is registered at the oncology hospital and is accused of fraud in another case.
As reported by IA Regnum , Daria Dugina was killed on August 20, 2022 in the Moscow region, by blowing up the car in which she was traveling from the Tradition festival. Law enforcement agencies found out that the attack was organized by Ukrainian special services.
The first suspect in the murder is Ukrainian citizen Natalya Vovk, who managed to leave Russia after committing the crime. According to investigators, she was helped by Ukrainian citizen Bogdan Tsyganenko , who provided her with fake documents and license plates.
In April 2023, it became known about the arrest of former traffic police officer Ivan Rybin. According to the investigation, from February to April 2022, Daniil Chowdhury, previously convicted of fraud, posted an announcement in a specially created Telegram messenger group about collecting confidential information about Dugina.
At that moment, Rybin held the position of state traffic police inspector and had access to the information system of the State Traffic Inspectorate. He received personal information about the Dugins (information about their place of residence, the make and number of the cars they owned, and other information) and sold them for 3,350 rubles. Chowdhury sent the information he received to unidentified persons. However, both claim that they were not aware of the impending murder.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin
[ColonelCassad] November 8 marked the 80th anniversary of the establishment of two iconic military orders of the USSR - Victory and Glory.
Over time, they became the standard symbols of that era and began to be replicated everywhere. Now they have firmly entered the cultural code of the nation.
But few people know that the final recipient of the design of the orders on the part of the “Customer” was Stalin personally, and the preliminary selection was carried out by A.V. Khrulev, through whom dozens of sketches went through. Moreover, it was Stalin who gave the final names to these orders, which at the initial stage were called “For Loyalty to the Motherland” (commander’s) and the Order of Bagration (soldier’s). Here is an interesting story about the final stage of development of the Order of Victory.
And now look at the path the Order of Victory took in the 4th iteration (it was submitted to Stalin for consideration already in the 2nd iteration):
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[REGNUM] After the President of the European Commission , Ursula von der Leyen , presenting a well-founded report on the enlargement of the European Union on November 8, said that she recommended opening negotiations with Ukraine on its accession to the EU, reactions to this decision began to come from European capitals.
In particular, Polish President Andrzej Duda responded . He said on social networks that “the enlargement of the European Union is one of the priorities of the Polish Presidency of the EU Council in 2025,” and therefore Duda welcomes the recommendation of the European Commission to begin negotiations with Ukraine on accession to the European Union.
However, the day before, Deputy Foreign Minister of Poland Pavel Jablonski set a strict condition on Radio ZET. According to him, without removing the topic of the exhumation of the victims of the Volyn massacre, Ukraine “ does not have to dream of joining the EU .” As the diplomat emphasized, without resolving this “ dispute ” it is impossible to talk about being in the same union and long-term reconciliation.
Given that Jablonski, like Duda, is associated with the Law and Justice (PiS) party, which, apparently, will cede power to three opposition blocs by the end of this year, questions arise as to who, the president or the outgoing deputy minister, is most accurate reflects the position of the still ruling party.
But first, let us reveal the important nuances of the statement of the head of the European Commission.
What is the point of entering into EU accession negotiations with a large country with a population of 40 million people, which is currently itself economically unviable and is also at war with Russia? - asks the Austrian newspaper Der Standard and answers. “The EC’s recommendation to start negotiations is a deeply political decision.”
This “deeply political decision” comes into conflict both with the formal rules of the European Union and with the economic interests of existing EU member states. Experts name several states that are likely to slow down the negotiation process with Ukraine. Firstly, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia.
Secondly, France. At the very least, notes the director of the French Institute of International and Strategic Relations (IRIS), Pascal Boniface, “as soon as Ukraine joins the European Union, it will destabilize it, absorbing a very large part of the loans and acting as a relay of US positions.” As a result, the EU will lose any chance of becoming a “global player”.
This is one side of the coin. But there is also a second one.
Certain forces in Brussels are using the Ukrainian issue as a battering ram to break the resistance of a number of European governments to the reform of the European Union, turning it into a centralized superpower.
Thus, approval of the ideas of the reformers will deprive EU member states of the right to veto this or that decision of the European Council, large states will strengthen their influence in the European Commission and the European Parliament at the expense of small ones, Brussels will take control of foreign and defense policy, as well as a number of other competencies , now owned by national governments.
“ Poland, which regained full sovereignty less than four decades ago, is finding it difficult to come to terms with this. Will she be able to overcome her deep fears in the name of the geopolitical revolution that Ukraine's admission to the European Union will entail? “- asks the newspaper Rzeczpospolita.
The answer will depend on who is asked to give it.
According to an employee of the University of Wroclaw, Karol Szczulc, the key game will be connected with Budapest and Warsaw. But if “ Hungary, as a mafia state at the moment, can be bought with appropriate promises,” then in the case of Poland, “ much depends on who will rule in our country.”
Law and Justice has consistently defended the concept of EU member states maintaining sovereignty and independence, advocating a “Europe of Nations” as opposed to a “United States of Europe.” As for the three opposition blocs, which together received about 60% of the votes in the elections to the Sejm of Poland, not everything is so simple with them.
The Polish Peasant Party, part of the Third Way coalition, for example, aligns itself with PiS in advocating for a “Europe of Nations.” However, there is reason to believe that the Civic Platform, whose head Donald Tusk is predicted to become the new Prime Minister of Poland, will meet the reformers of the European Union halfway.
In this situation, Yablonsky’s statement, which linked the consent of “Law and Justice” to Ukraine’s accession to the EU with the beginning of the exhumation of the victims of the Volyn massacre, looks like an attempt by PiS, during the transition to the opposition, to make it as difficult as possible for its replacements from among the opposition blocs to both dialogue with the Kiev regime and participate in negotiations on Ukraine's accession to the EU. Even if Polish President Andrzej Duda has the opposite opinion.
At the same time, one should not think that the exhumation of the victims of the Volyn massacre is something fundamental for Law and Justice.
The party played up this theme during the first term of government (2015–2019), when the Ukrainian president was Petro Poroshenko , to whom the head of PiS, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, declared that Ukraine with Bandera would not enter Europe.
Warsaw behaved differently with Vladimir Zelensky.
In April of this year, during a visit to Poland with his wife, neither Duda nor Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki particularly insisted that Ukrainian statesmen apologize for the Volyn genocide and give permission for Polish teams to carry out exhumations at the sites of mass graves.
The attitude towards the Volyn massacre is of an instrumental nature for most Polish politicians, including Law and Justice. Therefore, the public raising of this topic and its promotion in the media field will be a symptom of the processes associated with the current Polish-Ukrainian dialogue, as well as the exploitation of the Ukrainian issue in Warsaw’s game with the European Union.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
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trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
