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[Regnum] According to Roshydromet forecasts, heavy snowfall, blizzards in some areas, winds with gusts of up to 12–14 m/s, and icy roads are expected in Moscow from the evening of November 3 until the morning of the following day. This was warned by the press service of the capital's Emergencies Ministry.
In this regard, the agency recommends that when driving in bad weather, you reduce your speed and increase the distance from the vehicle in front. You should avoid sudden overtaking and lane changes, and do not park your car near trees.
Pedestrians are advised not to walk under billboards and shaky structures, and not to take shelter from bad weather under trees. They should also be careful and not leave children unattended, the ministry's website says.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, leading specialist of the Phobos weather center Evgeny Tishkovets reported about the imminent warming in Moscow. According to him, at the end of the week the air temperature in the capital will rise to +5…+10°С, instead of snowfalls there will be rain, and all the fallen snow will melt.
Earlier, the scientific director of the Hydrometeorological Center of Russia Roman Vilfand warned that from November 3 to 5, the weather is expected to deteriorate in the Southern and North Caucasian Federal Districts. According to the forecast, the wind in Kabardino-Balkaria will reach 30 m/s, in other regions - up to 25-27 m/s.
Forecasters have released the weather forecast for November 4
Temperatures at night will range from 3° to 2° below zero, in the northern part 0-5° above zero; during the day 4-9° above zero, in the south of the country 8-13°.
In the eastern and north-eastern regions of Ukraine on November 4, forecasters predict wet snow and rain. While in the rest of the territory there will be light rain, in places with wet snow. This was reported by the Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Center on Sunday, November 3.
Southwest wind changing to northwest, 7-12 m/s, in Ukraine, except for Transcarpathia, gusts of 15-20 m/s.
Level I danger has been declared.
Temperatures at night will range from 3° to 2° below zero, in the northern part 0-5° above zero; during the day 4-9° above zero, in the south of the country 8-13°.
Earlier it was reported that it would gradually become cooler and rainier in Ukraine.
Let us recall that in Kiev, meteorological autumn began two weeks later than the climatic norm.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Russian spies have been accused of trying to derail Moldova's election with a failed 'bomb threat' plot at British polling stations for Moldovan ex-pats.
Moldova went to the polls yesterday in a knife-edge election, which the pro-Western president Maia Sandu appears to have narrowly won.
However, the campaign was marred by alleged election meddling by the Kremlin in an apparent attempt to skew the vote towards Ms Sandu's more Putin-friendly opponent, intelligence experts last night feared.
That interference has not taken place exclusively within Moldova, with the nation's foreign ministry claiming polling stations for ex-pats in the UK and Germany had been targeted by bomb threats that were 'intended only to stop the voting process.'
In the UK, election centres in Liverpool and Northampton were reportedly impacted, with the Liverpool location being forced to move to Manchester over security fears.
Now a former British spymaster has claimed Kremlin operatives working as part of the secretive GRU agency in Russia may well have been behind the hoax threats.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 15:45 Google Maps after updating maps of Ukraine showed the deployment of Ukrainian military systems. As reported by the head of the Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council Andriy Kovalenko, Ukraine contacted Google to correct this, but the company responded only after public disclosure.
09:38 Air defense destroyed 66 out of 96 enemy drones (Shahed and unspecified types) in Kyiv, Sumy, Khmelnytsky, Zhytomyr, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Kirovohrad, Poltava, Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv regions at night, the Air Force reported. Another 27 drones were lost, one flew to Belarus, two remain in the air. In addition, at night Russia launched a strike with an Kh-59/69 guided air missile, which was also shot down by air defense.
09:34 Russians hit a car with a drone in the village of Bely Kolodets, Chuguevsky district, Kharkiv region, two people were injured, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov.
09:22 Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said the day before that Ukraine is allegedly "effectively sabotaging" the process of exchanging prisoners of war. And Russian Human Rights Commissioner Tatyana Moskalkova called on the Ukrainian side to return to "constructive dialogue" and speed up the prisoner exchange. She also claims that of the 935 Ukrainian servicemen offered for exchange, Ukraine allegedly agreed to take only 279 people.
In turn, Ukrainian ombudsman Dmitry Lubinets said that he wants to receive from the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation all lists of Ukrainian prisoners of war that Russia is ready to urgently return. He emphasized that Ukraine is always ready to accept all lists and all its citizens and is always ready to conduct prisoner of war exchanges, but, as a rule, Moscow slows down these processes and uses this as a method of influencing Ukrainian society.
08:49 Die Zeit writes that Ukraine and Russia are allegedly conducting non-public negotiations to determine possible concessions. According to the publication's sources, the parties are discussing, in particular, mutual refraining from attacks on energy infrastructure, prisoner exchange, the return of Ukrainian children and a grain agreement. The confidential negotiations are taking place at the level of political advisers and concern such issues as the fate of Crimea and the willingness of the parties to compromise.
The publication writes that such meetings were held in Copenhagen, Kyiv, Davos, Jeddah and other places with the participation of the G7 countries and China. Journalists believe that "the question is no longer whether peace talks will take place, but when and how."
08:36 In the Kherson region, over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, one person was killed and ten were injured, including three children, reported the head of the OVA, Oleksandr Prokudin.
08:27 Head of the Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council Andriy Kovalenko reported that shooting down "shahids" has become more difficult, in particular due to the low altitude of their flight and the change in Russian tactics. He also noted that the Russians are trying to bring drone strikes "almost to a round-the-clock format." Kovalenko explained that such attacks have both military purposes in order to save missiles and reconnaissance ones. In addition, this is an attempt to constantly put psychological pressure on the population in order to break the motivation to resist. "However, new methods of shooting down "shahids" are on the way," Kovalenko added.
08:18 In Donetsk Oblast, two people were killed as a result of Russian shelling on November 2 - in Ivanopol. Another person in the region was injured in the past 24 hours, reported OVA head Vadim Filashkin.
08:13 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of November 3:
personnel - about 699,090 (+1410) people,
tanks - 9182 (+12),
combat armored vehicles - 18,523 (+36),
artillery systems - 20,086 (+10),
MLRS - 1244 (+0),
air defense systems - 994 (+0),
aircraft - 369 (+0),
helicopters - 329 (+0),
Operational-tactical level UAVs - 18,187 (+70),
cruise missiles - 2629 (+1),
ships/boats - 28 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 28,160 (+46),
special equipment - 3584 (+1).
07:55 Russia attacked Kiev with drones again at night - they were launched mainly from the north-east direction, approached the capital on different courses at very low altitudes, said the head of the Kyiv State Defense Army Sergey Popko. The defense forces neutralized all the drones, falling debris was recorded in the Shevchenkivskyi and Holosiivskyi districts. In the Shevchenkivskyi district, the road surface, a lighting pole and power lines were damaged. At least in five buildings, the blast wave damaged the window glazing, no one was hurt.
02:36 Ukrainian OSINT project DeepState reports that the Russian army has occupied Kurakhovka and Shakhtarskoye in Donetsk Oblast, and has also advanced near Maksimilianivka, Verbovoye, Novoselidovka, in Volchenko and Maksimivka. In addition, the enemy has restored the situation near Sheptukhovka in Kursk Oblast.
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[Korrespondent] The enemy shelled Dnepropetrovsk region.
Russian troops attacked the area with heavy artillery. And they also targeted a kamikaze drone and dropped ammunition from the UAV.
As a result of the shelling of Nikopol, Marganets and Pokrovsk communities in Dnipropetrovsk region, private houses, the administrative building of a sanatorium and power lines were damaged. This was reported by the head of the Dnipropetrovsk OVA Serhiy Lysak on Sunday, November 3.
Russian troops attacked the area with heavy artillery. They also hit it with a kamikaze drone and dropped ammunition from a UAV.
"The sanatorium's administrative building, a dozen houses, three outbuildings, and the same number of greenhouses were torn apart. Power lines were also damaged. No people were affected," Lysak noted.
Also, private buildings caught fire due to the shelling. Rescuers subsequently extinguished the fire.
Let us recall that yesterday Russian troops launched two missile strikes on a police station in one of the districts of Kharkov.
Also, on the night of October 31, Russian troops attacked the Cherkasy region.
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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Kharkov region, units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations of the 47th Mechanised Brigade, 17th Tank Brigade of the AFU, 4th Border Detachment of the Ukrainian Border Service, and foreign mercenaries near Malinovka, Makarikha, Odnorobovka, and Goptovka (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses amounted to more than 30 troops, two motor vehicles, and two 122mm D-30 howitzers.
Units of the Zapad Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the 30th, 60th, 63rd, 92nd, 116th Mechanised brigades, and 3rd Assault Brigade of the AFU near Petropavlovka, Golubovka, Pershotravnevoye, Kupyansk (Kharkov region), and Terny (Donetsk People's Republic).
Five counterattacks launched by assault detachments of the 14th, 44th Mechanised brigades, and 3rd Tank Brigade of the AFU were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 460 troops, one infantry fighting vehicle, three motor vehicles, one U.S.-made 155mm M-198 howitzer, and one UK-made 105mm L-119 gun. Three ammunition depots were wiped out.
Units of the Yug Group of Forces continued advancing to the depth of the enemy's defences and inflicted losses on formations of the 23rd, 28th, 33rd, 54th, 67th, 72nd Mechanised brigades, 3rd Tank Brigade, 46th, 81st Airmobile brigades, 79th Air Assault Brigade of the AFU, and 119th Territorial Defence Brigade near Andreyevka, Konstantinovka, Dalneye, Chasov Yar, Ilyinka, Berestky, Kurakhovo, Seversk, and Dronovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Four counterattacks launched by units of the AFU 33rd Mechanised Brigade were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to more than 520 troops, 12 motor vehicles, one U.S.-made M-113 armoured personnel carrier, two U.S.-made 105mm M-119 guns, two 122mm D-30 howitzers, and two ammunition depots.
As a result of active offensive operations, units of the Tsentr Group of Forces liberated Vishnevoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
Losses were inflicted on manpower and hardware of the 32nd, 93rd Mechanised brigades, 25th Airborne Brigade, 68th Jaeger Brigade of the AFU, 35th Naval Infantry Brigade, and 122th Territorial Defence Brigade near Dimitrov, Petrovka, Novoselidovka, Shcherbinovka, Dzerzhinsk, and Nelepovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Ten counterattacks launched by formations of the 35th, 42nd, 100th, 117th, 150th Mechanised brigades, 152nd Jaeger Brigade, 49th and 425th Assault battalions of the AFU were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to more than 500 troops, one tank, one UK-made Spartan armoured personnel carrier, one Kozak armoured fighting vehicle, four pickup trucks, one 152mm Msta-B howitzer, one 122mm D-30 howitzer as well as one M-113 armoured personnel carrier, one MaxxPro armoured fighting vehicle, and one 105mm M-119 gun made by the USA.
Units of the Vostok Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front line and inflicted losses on formations of the 152nd Jaeger Brigade of the AFU, 37th Naval Infantry Brigade, and 113th Territorial Defence Brigade near Uspenovka, Velikaya Novosyolka, Razdolnoye, Makarovka, and Ostrovskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
One counterattack launched by an assault battalion of the AFU 23rd Mechanised Brigade was repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 105 troops, one tank, three motor vehicles, and one French-made 155mm Caesar self-propelled artillery system.
Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the 110th Mechanised Brigade, 141st Infantry Brigade of the AFU, 124th and 126th Territorial Defence brigades near Nikopol (Dnepropetrovsk region), Ponyatovka, Tokarevka (Kherson region), and Nesteryanka (Zaporozhye region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 60 troops, two motor vehicles, and one ammunition depot.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces destroyed one U.S.-made AN/TPQ-37 counterbattery radar, struck one train with AFU hardware on a loading station, infrastructure of military airfields, power objects and oil base, which supply AFU, UAV workshops, as well as engaged manpower clusters and military hardware in 140 areas.
Air defence units shot down four U.S.-made ATACMS operational-tactical missiles, one U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectile, and 47 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 647 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 35,216 unmanned aerial vehicles, 585 anti-aircraft missile systems, 19,031 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,484 MLRS combat vehicles, 17,245 field artillery guns and mortars, and 27,956 units of support military vehicles have been neutralised.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the operation to neutralise an enemy group, which broke into the territory of Kursk region.
Units of the Sever Group of Forces continued offensive actions and inflicted losses on formations of the 21st, 22nd, 41st, and 115th Mechanised brigades, 17th Tank Brigade, 82nd, 95th Air Assault brigades, 36th Naval Infantry Brigade, 112th and 129th Territorial Defence brigades of the AFU near Daryino, Leonidovo, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Novoivanovka, and Plyokhovo.
Units of the Sever Group of Forces repelled three counter-attacks of the enemy towards Malaya Loknya, Novoivanovka, and Plyokhovo. The AFU losses amounted to up to 30 troops killed and wounded.
Army Aviation and artillery strikes inflicted losses on manpower clusters and hardware of the 21st, 41st, 47th, and 61st Mechanised brigades, 17th Tank Brigade, 80th, 82nd, 95th Air Assault brigades, 36th Naval Infantry Brigade, 1st Special Operations Brigade, 112th, 129th Territorial Defence brigades of the AFU, and 17th National Guard Brigade near Aleksandriya, Bondarevka, Guyevo, Daryino, Kazachaya Loknya, Kruglenkoye, Lebedevka, Leonidovo, Martynovka, Makhnovka, Melovy, Nizhny Klin, Nikolsky, Novoivanovka, Novy Put, Staraya Sorochina, and Plyokhovo.
Operational-Tactical Aviation and missile troops delivered strikes at concentration areas in Sumy region and reserves of the 21st, 22nd, 41st, 47th, 61st, 115th Mechanised brigades, 95th Air Assault Brigade, 1st Special Operations Brigade, 103rd, 106th, and 129th Territorial Defence brigades near Andreyevka, Basovka, Belovody, Zhuravka, Miropolye, Obody, Pavlovka, and Khoten.
Over the past 24 hours, the AFU losses amounted to more than 150 troops, one infantry fighting vehicle, one electronic warfare station, and five motor vehicles.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk region, the AFU losses amounted to more than 29,250 troops, 180 tanks, 102 infantry fighting vehicles, 106 armoured personnel carriers, 1,063 armoured fighting vehicles, 785 motor vehicles, 255 artillery guns, 40 MLRS launchers, including 11 of HIMARS and six of MLRS made by the USA, ten anti-aircraft missile launchers, seven transport-loading vehicles, 59 EW stations, 12 counter-battery warfare radars, four air defence radars, 25 units of engineering and other materiel, 13 counterobstacle vehicles, one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle, five armoured recovery vehicles, and one command post vehicle.
The operation to neutralise the AFU units is in progress.
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[NewsFront] 21:18 Russian pilots continue to destroy enemy strongholds in the border areas of the Kursk region. 20:46 Calculations of the 122mm BM-21 MLRS "Grad" continue to burn enemy positions with 122mm incendiary unguided rockets.
19:48 The situation in the Kurakhovsky direction was reported by Donbass partisan:
In the Kurakhovsky direction, Russian units continue to actively build on their success, occupying advantageous positions and strengthening their lines for further offensive.
Southern flank: on the Yasnaya Polyana-Konstantinovka line, Russian troops have achieved significant success, liberating the settlement of Maksimovka, where units of the 37th Separate Naval Infantry Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were previously located. The enemy, having suffered significant losses, was forced to retreat. The settlement is currently being cleared, which will allow Russian forces to consolidate their new positions.
Northern flank: on the Novodmitrovka-Novoselidovka line, Russian units continue to advance systematically, despite fierce counterattacks by the enemy. In the Ilyinka area, intense clashes are underway, where Russian assault units are actively expanding their control zone, putting pressure on the defensive lines of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Eastern flank: Russian troops continue offensive operations from Maksimilianivka in the direction of Kurakhovo and Dalne, increasing pressure on enemy positions. In the Antonivka area, Russian artillery effectively destroys the positions of the 123rd Separate Territorial Defense Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, ensuring the advance of Russian forces deep into the enemy's defense.
18:59 At the training grounds of the Zaporizhia region, servicemen of the assault groups of the Dnepr military groupare working offtactics of action based on the identified strongholds of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
18:35 In the Constantinople direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are running under the pressure of the assault aircraft of the 36th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade.
17:49 Destruction of positions of Ukrainian nationalists in the area of Chasov Yar.
UAV and kamikaze drone operators of the separate special forces unit of the 51st Guards Combined Arms Army of the Russian Armed Forces continue to selectively destroy the positions of Ukrainian nationalists; their high efficiency leaves the enemy no chance of resistance.
17:32 A UAV operator from the Aleppo detachment of the 1472nd Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment with the call sign “Crossbow” first spotted a hidden enemy, and then liquidated it.
16:57 Destruction of howitzers 122mm D-30 Armed Forces of Ukraine with high-precision munitions "Krasnopol".
During reconnaissance activities, servicemen of the Sever group of forces identified a 122mm D-30 howitzer of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Sumy region. After analyzing the intelligence data received, a decision was made to destroy the enemy's weapon. As a result of a precise strike, the weapon of the Ukrainian Armed Forces militants was destroyed along with the crew, which is confirmed by objective control footage.
16:31 Explosions thundered in Khar'kov, the Novosti Live publication reported.
15:57 At the training ground in the Kursk region, paratroopers of assault units from Feodosiaare improvingyour skills.
Experienced instructors with combat experience conduct classes in tactical, fire and medical training. The training program is designed taking into account the real situation on the contact line.
14:52 Assault units of the Russian Armed Forces have advanced into the settlement of Antonovka.
14:47 Footage of destruction of the Stryker armored fighting vehicle of the Ukrainian Armed Forces by an FPV drone operator of the North group of forces in the Khar'kov region.
Servicemen of the reconnaissance unit of the North group of forces, using a UAV, discovered an American-made Stryker combat armored vehicle that was transporting Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen in the area of the settlement of Volchansk in the Khar'kov region.
The detected target was attacked by an FPV strike drone. The drone's precise hit on the armored vehicle was recorded by objective control means in real time.
14:05 Russian aviation struck a one and a half ton aerial bomb on a temporary deployment point of Ukrainian militants in Volchansk
13:55 By the Russian Armed Forces Aviation destroyed seven private houses in Terny and positions in the forest occupied by personnel of the 60th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which indicates that the southern part of the settlement is being prepared for the entry of our assault groups.
13:44 Su-34 crew struck personnel and a stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border area of the Kursk region. The strike was carried out by aerial bombs with a universal planning and correction module.
13:08 War correspondent Kotenok reports on the situation in key settlements in the Donetsk direction:
Around Katerynivka and Antonivka, the enemy is losing ground faster every day. After taking Vuhledar, the Ukrainian Armed Forces seem to be "on skis."
The enemy is morally broken near Kurakhovo. They hold their positions in the settlement itself, but in the surrounding area everything is bad for them.
We practically "squeezed" the enemy out of Ilyinka, took Izmailovka. Novoselidovka is practically taken, artillery is working hard on Voznesenka.
After the capture of Selidovo and Novogrodovka, all forces of the Russian Armed Forces are aimed at Pokrovsk and Mirnograd. The Ukrainian command understands all this and is trying to build a line of defense.
12:49 The Russian Armed Forces recaptured five more strongholds from the enemy in Petrovpavlovka and repelled two counterattacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the northwestern part of the village, Napravilenc po Ukraine reported.
"The personnel of the 114th Terrritorial Defense Brigade, recently brought to the south of Petropavlovka, have been withdrawn to the rear. It is reported that officers of the brigade's command have arrived in Kupyansk-Uzlovaya, probably to conduct reconnaissance," the channel's message says.
11:46 Artillerymen of the "West" group of troops in 24-hour mode struck exposed positions, equipment and manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the special operation.
11:19 In the village of Malinovka in the Khar'kov region yesterday, Russian forces used two Iskanders to destroy a training camp for the 47th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The Ukrainian army suffered 120 irretrievable losses. According to intelligence, the militants were going to be sent to the Kursk region, the Ukrainian Directorate reported. The survivors were taken to the Khar'kov military hospital, 5 Kultury Street.
10:56 A group of Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers was surrounded near the village of Terny in the DPR in the Krasnolimansk direction, TASS reported, citing military personnel. It is indicated that up to several enemy platoons were "trapped".
10:22 Buk-M1 SAM system during the liberation of Ugledar with one of its missiles destroyed a whole package of Grad MLRS rounds of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
09:35 Continuous blows of FPV drones of the Russian Armed Forces on equipment and personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Kamikaze drone operators of the "Southern" group of the Russian Armed Forces continue their successful campaign to destroy equipment and personnel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces militants. Accurate and precise strikes by FPV drones systematically deprive the enemy of both vehicles and combat resources, significantly reducing its combat potential and effectiveness on the battlefield.
09:24 In the footage of "Solntsepek"burns out" temporary deployment point of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Seversk area. The crew of a heavy flamethrower system "covered" the positions of one of the nationalist motorized rifle brigades.
09:12 FPV drone operator from the Sever group in the Khar'kov region destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces vehicle.
08:12 In the area of the settlement Novosergeevka, Zaporizhia region, there was destroyed a multifunctional radar RADA "ieMHR" of Israeli production.
08:09 Enemy reports:
"The Russian Armed Forces took control of Kurakhovka, Shakhtyorskoye, and also advanced near Maksimilyanovka, Verbovoye, Novoselidovka, in Volchenko and Maksimovka, and also restored and improved their position near Sheptukhovka."
08:04 New tactics of Russian troops are forcing Ukrainian militants to leave their positions en masse, Vladimir Rogov reported.
According to him, the Russian Armed Forces have stopped using frontal attacks and are outflanking Ukrainian Armed Forces groups, forcing them to flee, abandoning equipment and weapons.
08:00 Destruction of a T-72 tank of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the village of Zarechnoye –video.
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