[NY Post] Ukrainian soldiers battled North Korean troops along the Russian border on Monday, the first skirmish since the foreign fighters were deployed to help Moscow’s forces in Kursk, officials said.
Andriy Kovalenko, of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, claimed that some of the 10,000 North Korean troops sent to Russia are now active in Kursk, where Kyiv holds several cities after mounting a surprise counter-invasion earlier this year.
"The first North Korean troops have already come under fire in the Kursk region," Kovalenko wrote on Telegram without elaborating further.
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[NewsFront] 23:59 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 11/04/2024 to 00:00 11/05/2024.
8 cases of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC over the past 24 hours.
There were reports of two civilians being injured.
DAMAGED:
No damage to residential buildings or civil infrastructure facilities was recorded.
Six artillery attacks in the Gorlovka direction,
One artillery attack in the Kurakhovo direction,
One artillery attack in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
A total of 15 units of various ammunition were fited.
21:05 Calculation of unmanned aerial vehicles of the Dnepr group of troops inflicted fire damage to the strongholds of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the right bank of the Dnieper.
19:54 A ZU-23-2 anti-aircraft gun crew from the Center group of forces shot down an enemy UAV in the Krasnoarmeysk direction –video.
18:31 Engineers of the separate engineering and sapper battalion of the "West" group of forces, during the execution of combat missions in the zone of the SVO, made passages in the enemy's minefields and thereby gave the assault groups the opportunity to move forward -video.
18:20 An exhibition of captured equipment captured by servicemen of the North group of troops in the Khar'kov and Sumy directions during a special military operation opened on Monday in St. Petersburg on the territory of the Russia – My History museum and exhibition center –photo.
17:37 The Russian Armed Forces are fighting in the center of the settlement of Trudovoye, reported war correspondent Timofey Ermakov.
There is information about battles being conducted by the Russian Armed Forces in the center of the village of Trudovoe. The main operational target is located behind it - this is the village of Uspenka. Its liberation will create a critical situation for the enemy garrison in Annovka, Romanovka, Elizavetovka and Vesyoly Gai.
16:30 UAV operators of the 64th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade are destroying manpower, vehicles and the Ukrainian Armed Forces' Starlink.
16:11 Destruction of armored personnel carrier of Ukrainian militants in the area of the settlement of Tsukurino
The 112th Motorized Rifle Rifle Regiment of the 51st Guards Combined Arms Army set up a minefield in the area of the village of Tsukurino, where they successfully destroyed an armored personnel carrier of Ukrainian militants along with its crew.
15:26 Attack aircraft crews on Su-25 aircraft struck armored vehicles and personnel of Ukrainian Armed Forces units in the border areas of the Kursk region.
15:02 The gun crew of the 691st Separate Howitzer Division, together with the ZALA UAV operators of the 40th Guards Naval Infantry Brigade, destroyed a group of Ukrainian infantry in vehicles during an attempt at rotation –video.
14:21 Chronology of the advance of the Russian Armed Forces in the Kurakhovsky direction –video.
14:05 The Russian Armed Forces hit a Ukrainian Armed Forces vehicle in the Kursk region using the Lancet –video.
13:34 Over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have lost more than 350 militants and four tanks in the Kursk region. The total losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amount to more than 29,600 people, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
The Russian Armed Forces repelled two counterattacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the direction of Novoivanovka, and attacks near Leonidovo and Plekhov were thwarted, the department noted.
13:07 Drones of the Dnepr military group struck enemy stronghold on the right bank of the Dnieper
In a similar way, UAV operators destroy objects and personnel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kherson region every day. Operators work in pairs: one prepares the drone, and the other searches for the target. After launching the FPV drone, the second operator adjusts its flight for a precise strike. With the help of drones, they also observe the right bank of the Dnieper, track enemy movements and direct artillery to targets.
11:58 Real-time UAV calculationsare watching beyond the right bank of the Dnieper, where the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are located, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
After adjusting the operator's work on approaching the target, we recorded the FPV drone hitting a Ukrainian Armed Forces strongpoint.
11:44 The Russian Armed Forces' aviation continues to apply fire damage to the PVD and UAV launcher of the 115th Territoriaql Defense Brigade in Senkovo. Two private houses occupied by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were destroyed.
11:05 The Vostok group announced the liberation of eight settlements in a month. According to the deputy commander of the group of forces, Roman Grekov, the enemy is retreating, but still resisting.
10:50 The Russian Armed Forces strike enemy targets in the city of Sumy.
10:44 The Russian Armed Forces captured 20 buildings in Terny, drove the enemy out of seven strongholds and repelled two counterattacks by Ukrainian militants. The enemy lost up to 20 people during the counterattacks, as well as a tank during the transfer of reserves.
Units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the 120th Territorial Defense Brigade arrived in the village of Novoye to replenish losses in critical areas.
10:20 Situation in the Krasnoarmeysk direction:
West of Selidovo, around Vishnevoe, Russian troops are entrenching themselves in forested areas, reports Dnevnik Desantnik.
The western and central parts of Novodmitrovka are in the grey zone. South of the village, the Russian Armed Forces have expanded their control of the territory by two km.
They also developed an offensive to the north in the direction of Novoalekseevka.
09:57 Enemy reports: “Russian Armed Forces have advanced near Maksimovka, Yasnaya Polyana, Bogoyavlenka and in Kremennaya Balka.”
09:30 Su-35s crews carry combat duty in the border areas of the Kursk region.
During the flight mission, radiation from an enemy air defense radar station was detected.
The purpose of combat duty in the air is to provide cover in a given area of operations for bomber and attack aircraft, as well as army aviation helicopters, when carrying out air strikes on military facilities and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
09:15 Operational information is coming in from the field that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are leaving Novoselidovka and moving through the fields to the railway. A retreat to Ilyinka is impossible, since Russian troops entered there tonight, writes military correspondent Sinyaya Z Boroda.
08:16 Destruction of positions of Ukrainian Armed Forces UAV operators in Kursk region.
Fighters from one of the special units of the Russian National Guard identified and immediately destroyed a position from which the enemy was controlling unmanned aerial vehicles for the purpose of conducting surveillance and attacking our positions.
During the combat mission, several kamikaze drone strikes were carried out, as a result of which the drone operator discovered the silhouette of a camouflaged enemy vehicle. This vehicle was also hit during the mission. After the first strike, the ammunition stored in the building caught fire.
08:09 Russian military killed 11,800 Ukrainian soldiers on the LPR borders in a week, repelled 45 counterattacks of the Ukrainian army. This was reported by military expert Andrey Marochko.
08:06 During reconnaissance, a Supercam UAV crew from the West Forces group discovered an enemy command post made of concrete shelters and transmitted the coordinates to the control post, where a decision was made todestructiontargets using aerial bombs. The defeat was confirmed by objective control footage.
08:00 Group of forces "East" during the day stopped rotation and deployment of Ukrainian Armed Forces reserves in several areas, said the head of the group’s press center, Oleg Chekhov.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 20:47 Russia has already transferred 11,000 North Korean troops to the Kursk region, Zelensky said following the report of the Main Intelligence Directorate and the Foreign Intelligence Service. "We see an increase in the North Koreans, but we do not see an increase in the reaction of our partners, unfortunately," the president emphasized. The head of state also noted that the Kursk operation, which has been going on for almost three months, helps maintain a "sanitary zone" in certain areas near the Ukrainian state border. In addition, the Kursk operation is extremely important for replenishing the exchange fund and has greatly helped in the release of Ukrainian people from Russian captivity, Zelensky added.
19:54 Ukraine and Lithuania signed a Memorandum of Cooperation in the Defense Industry, Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov reported. In particular, the document provides for the joint production of UAVs and components, ammunition and components, electronic warfare systems, and the development of advanced technologies. Umerov also reported that Lithuanian Defense Minister Laurynas Kasciunas, during his visit to Kiev, handed over to the Ukrainian Armed Forces an aid package within the framework of the Mine Action Coalition - 230 pickups and 240 mine detectors.
18:35 The first NASAMS air defense system ordered by Canada has been sent to Ukraine - it should arrive by the end of this year, Zelensky said following a telephone conversation with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
18:17 Germany will increase humanitarian aid to Ukraine by an additional 200 million euros for emergency winter support, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock announced during a visit to Kiev.
16:49 Head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak claims that Ukraine is not holding any negotiations with the Russian Federation: "This is definitely not true. What is happening: we held thematic conferences. The first conference was on energy security, it was online, but Qatar was a co-organizer. All these thematic conferences - without Russia. After that, we established the principles: if today Qatar, for example, or another country is ready to implement these agreements through agreements with Ukraine separately, and separately with the Russian Federation - please. What I know today: so far no one has any agreements. If such agreements are reached, Ukraine is ready to consider them, because this is absolutely consistent with the principles laid down in the Peace Formula."
15:28 Russia is currently using about ten times more "shahids" than last fall, Zelensky said following a meeting of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief's Headquarters. In particular, the president heard a report from Acting Air Force Commander Anatoly Krivonozhko on strengthening air defense in regions that need it most, developing new solutions to combat KABs, and strengthening mobile fire groups.
There were also reports on domestic production of shells, weapons, equipment, electronic warfare systems, and drones. In particular, they reviewed 3-5-year contracts offered to Ukrainian manufacturers of strategic-level drones. Syrsky reported on the use of such long-range drones, determining priorities, and planning operations.
14:50 Radio Liberty journalists have reviewed the draft of the "peace agreement" that Russia offered to Ukraine after the invasion in 2022. The publication received the draft agreement from a Ukrainian source, and a Russian source close to the negotiations confirmed its authenticity.
The project entitled "Treaty on the settlement of the situation in Ukraine and the neutrality of Ukraine" dated March 7, 2022, was handed over to the Ukrainian delegation during the third round of negotiations in Belarus. The document envisaged, in particular, the reduction of the Ukrainian Armed Forces to 50 thousand people, Ukraine's refusal to use weapons with a range of over 250 km, the "independence" of the so-called "DPR" and "LPR" within the administrative regions of Ukraine, the restoration of the infrastructure of Donbass at the expense of Kyiv, the lifting of all sanctions against the Russian Federation, granting the Russian language the status of a state language, etc.
The draft treaty that Russia offered to Ukraine in the first days of the full-scale invasion / Radio Liberty
13:42 Head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak stated that North Korean soldiers "will die first in Kursk region, because they, like the Russian army, pose a threat to Ukraine." He added that the DPRK military is present in Kursk region, "and, of course, they will die."
13:17 Zelensky announced "important shifts" in the supply of partners for the front: "We are recording an increase in supplies in accordance with support packages. The best results were in artillery supplies." The President also said that he instructed the Minister of Defense to further increase orders for Ukrainian drones for specific Ukrainian operations. According to the head of state, the approved plans for the supply of Ukrainian-made drones for the Defense Forces are being fulfilled.
As for the situation at the front, which the president also discussed during a meeting with Commander-in-Chief Syrsky, Chief of the General Staff Bargilevich and Defense Minister Umerov, the greatest attention was paid to the Pokrovsky, Kurakhovsky, Toretsky and Kupyansky directions. There was also a separate report on the Kursk operation and the destruction of Russian forces in certain areas near the Ukrainian border.
12:56 EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell said that during a meeting with South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul, he called on Seoul to increase support for Ukraine: "Russia's aggression against Ukraine is an existential threat. The Republic of Korea understands this better than anyone. We are united in our support for Ukraine. I called on them to increase this support."
11:39 Russia will pay soldiers from the DPRK for participating in the war against Ukraine about $2,000 per month, The Korea Herald writes, citing South Korean intelligence. Workers from North Korea will receive $800. The DPRK will also receive about 700,000 tons of rice to partially cover its million-dollar production deficit, and possibly advanced space technology to launch its reconnaissance satellite.
At the same time, experts admit that "the most pleasant part of the deal" that Pyongyang may receive is the opportunity to force Russia to fight on its side in the event of unforeseen circumstances on the Korean Peninsula. And Russia will try to use the DPRK as a "bargaining chip" in negotiations with the United States, analysts believe.
10:18 German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock announced that she had arrived in Kiev.
09:40 In the Kherson region, over the past 24 hours, as a result of Russian shelling, four people were injured, reported the head of the OVA, Oleksandr Prokudin.
09:04 On the evening of November 3, Russians attacked Kharkov - 15 people were wounded, including four police officers, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. As a result of the shelling, the glazing of the windows of an infrastructure facility, four retail pavilions, two supermarkets, a house, a laboratory, a cafe, 21 retail kiosks, a shopping center, and two residential buildings were damaged. In addition, in the evening, the enemy struck a five-story residential building in the village of Kovsharovka in the Kupyansk district - according to preliminary information, three people are under the rubble.
08:39 Air defense destroyed 50 out of 80 Russian drones (Shahed and unspecified types) in Kyiv, Sumy, Odesa, Kherson, Mykolaiv, Zhytomyr, Cherkasy, Chernihiv and Kirovohrad regions at night. Another 27 enemy drones were lost, the Air Force reported. In addition, at night the enemy launched an Iskander-M ballistic missile strike on Dnipropetrovsk region and attacked Kharkiv region with guided air bombs.
08:17 In Donetsk region on November 3 as a result of Russian shelling two people were wounded - in Mirnohrad and Kurakhovo, reported the head of the OVA Vadim Filashkin.
08:03 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of November 4:
personnel - about 700,390 (+1,300) people,
tanks - 9193 (+11) units,
combat armored vehicles - 18,538 (+15),
artillery systems - 20,121 (+35),
MLRS - 1245 (+1),
air defense systems - 994 (+0),
aircraft - 369 (+0),
helicopters - 329 (+0),
Operational-tactical level UAVs - 18,280 (+93),
cruise missiles - 2629 (+0),
ships/boats - 28 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 28,237 (+77),
special equipment - 3587 (+3).
05:11 At night, the Russians attacked Kiev with drones, all of them were neutralized, said the head of the Kyiv State Military Aviation Service, Sergey Popko. In the Desnyansky district, the debris fell in an open area, without casualties or damage.
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[LB] Since the beginning of the day, the number of combat clashes along the entire front line has increased to 132.
by Ivanna Kapustyanska
Since the beginning of the day, the enemy continues offensive actions, the number of combat clashes along the entire front line has increased to 132. The enemy is most active in the Kurakhiv and Lyman areas.
This is stated in the summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Sumy and Kharkiv regions continue to suffer from artillery shelling from the territory of the Russian Federation. Thus, areas of border settlements came under the influence of enemy fire. Among them are Pavlivka, Oleksandrivka, Vidrodenivske, Rogizne, Zhuravka, Znob-Trubchevska.
In the Kharkiv direction, four enemy attacks are currently underway in the Vovchansk region. Two more attacks have already been repelled.
In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy began storming the positions of our units nine times near Kindrashyvka, Kucherivka, Petropavlivka, Kolisnykyvka, Zagryzovy, Veshnevoy, Lozovay, Kruglyakivka. Three of them are ongoing.
In the Lymansky direction, the invading army carried out 18 attacks on Ukrainian positions in the direction of Cherneshchyna, Grekivka, Makiivka, Terniv, Zarichny, and Torsky during the day. Five clashes have ended, 13 are ongoing.
On the Siverskyi direction, the invaders once unsuccessfully stormed the position of our defenders in the Bilogorivka area.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the occupiers attacked five times in the Chasovoy Yar and Stupochky areas. Two clashes are still ongoing.
In the Toretsk direction, the enemy, with the support of aviation, tried five times to improve their position in the areas of Dachne, Toretsk and Shcherbynivka settlements. Ukrainian soldiers gave a worthy rebuff. The occupiers dropped two aerial bombs in the Diliivka area.
Since the beginning of the day, the invaders have already made eleven attempts to dislodge our defenders from their positions in the Pokrovsky direction. Fighting continues near Promeny, Lysivka, Selydovoy, Yuryivka and Vyshnevoy. Kalinove was hit by KAB and NAR.
The hottest now is in the Kurakhiv direction, where 51 enemy attacks have already been recorded in the areas of the settlements of Vovchenka, Illinka, Kreminna Balka, Novoselidivka, Novodmytrivka, Gostre, Maksimivka, Antonivka, Dalnye, Katerynivka, and Elizavetivka. In the area of Kreminnaya Balka, the occupiers are making the main efforts - they have conducted 19 assaults, nine of which are ongoing.
Two skirmishes are ongoing in the Vremivsk direction near Trudovoy. Three attacks today have already been repelled by Ukrainian defenders.
In the Orihiv direction, the occupiers attacked five times in the directions of Novodanilivka, Novoandriivka, Stepovoy, and Orihiv. The enemy dropped five guided aerial bombs along Tavriyskyi and in the area of Malaya Tokmachka.
One enemy assault was successfully repulsed in the Dnieper direction. At the same time, the enemy carried out an airstrike on Mykolaivka by NARs.
There are no significant changes in the rest of the directions.
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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Kharkov direction, the units of the Sever Group of Forces have defeated formations of the AFU 71st Airmobile Brigade, the 95th Air Assault Brigade, the 113h Territorial Defence Brigade, and the 5th Border Detachment of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine near Volchansk, Liptsy, Udy, and Odnorobovka (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses were more than 25 troops, three motor vehicles, two 152mm D-20 howitzers, and two 122mm D-30 howitzers.
The units of the Zapad Group of Forces have improved the situation along the front line, inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of AFU 43rd, 60th, 630th, 92nd Mechanised brigades, the 3rd Assault Brigade, 115th, 125th Territorial Defence brigades, and the 1st National Guard Brigade close to Borovskaya Andreyevka, Pershotravnyovoye, Kovsharovka, Senkovo, Boguslavka (Kharkov region), Petrovskoye (Lugansk People's Republic), and Terny (Donetsk People's Republic).
Four counter-attacks of the 3rd Tank Brigade and the 60th Mechanised Brigade's assault detachments have been repelled. The AFU losses were up to 440 troops, one tank, two motor vehicles, one 155mm M-198 howitzer, one U.S.-made 105mm M-119 gun, one 122mm D-30 howitzer, and two UK-made 105mm L-119 guns. Three ammunition depots and one Anklav-N electronic warfare station have been neutralised.
The units of the Yug Group of Forces continued to advance into the depths of enemy defences. Russian troops have inflicted fire damage on 30th, 33rd, 54th, 67th Mechanised brigades, the 46th Airmobile Brigade, 5th and 79th Air Assault Brigades of the AFU near Konstantinovka, Predtechino, Minkovka, Chasov Yar, Kurakhovo, Dalneye, and Seversk (Donetsk People's Republic).
One counter-attack of the AFU 33rd Mechanised Brigade has been repelled. The AFU losses were more than 490 troops, one Turkish-made Kirpi armoured fighting vehicle, two motor vehicles, one 122mm D-30 howitzer, two UK-made L-119 105mm guns, two ammunition depots, and six electronic warfare stations.
The units of the Tsentr Group of Forces have improved the tactical situation and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of 32nd, 110th Mechanised brigades, the 59th Motorised Infantry Brigade, the 25th Airborne Brigade, the 68th Jaeger Brigade, the 35th Naval Infantry Brigade, 101st, 117th, 119th Territorial Defence brigades, 12th and 14th National Guard brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine close to Dimitrov, Baranovka, Kleban-Byk, Dyleyevka, Novoselidovka, Dzerzhinsk, Berestki, Shcherbinovka, Mirolyubovka, Shevchenko, and Nelepovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
10 counter-attacks of 35th, 93rd, 100th, 117th Mechanised brigades, the 152nd Jaeger Brigade, 49th and 425th Assault battalions of the AFU, and the 37th Naval Infantry Brigade have been repelled. The AFU losses were more than 420 troops, one M-113 armoured personnel carrier, one U.S.-made HMMWV armoured fighting vehicle, one Kozak armoured fighting vehicle, three pick-up trucks, one 152mm Msta-B howitzer, one 152mm D-20 self-propelled artillery system, one 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, two 122mm D-30 howitzers, and one 100mm Rapira gun.
The units of the Vostok Group of Forces have improved the situation along the front line, inflicted fire damage on the 37th Naval Infantry Brigade and the 123rd Territorial Defence Brigade of the AFU near Uspenovka, Ostrovskoye, Velikaya Novosyolka, and Razdolnoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
Three counter-attacks of the AFU 23rd Mechanised Brigade and the 123rd Territorial Defence Brigade have been repelled. The AFU losses were up to 110 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, four motor vehicles, and two French-made 155mm Caesar self-propelled artillery systems.
The units of the Dnepr Group of Forces have engaged manpower and hardware of the 110th Mechanised Brigade, 124th, 126th, and 129th Territorial Defence brigades close to Nikopol (Dnepropetrovsk region), Oskorovka, Nikolskoye (Kherson region), and Kherson.
The AFU losses were up to 65 troops, two motor vehicles, and two ammunition depots.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged the infrastructure of military airfields, engergetic facilities and an oil refinery that supported the AFU, production plants and storage areas of uncrewed surface vehicles as well as clusters of enemy manpower and military hardware in 132 areas.
Air defence facilities have shot down four U.S.-manufactured HIMARS MLRS projectiles, one French-made Hammer aerial guided bomb, and 42 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 647 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 35,258 unmanned aerial vehicles, 585 anti-aircraft missile systems, 19,038 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,484 MLRS combat vehicles, 17,295 field artillery guns and mortars, and 27,972 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.
The Sever Group of Forces continued offensive actions, inflicted fire damage on units of 21st, 22nd, 41st, and 115th Mechanised brigades, the 17th Tank Brigade, 82nd and 95th Air Assault brigades, the 36th Naval Infantry Brigade, 112th and 129th Territorial Defence brigades near Daryino, Leonidovo, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Novoivanovka, and Plyokhovo.
The Group's units repelled two enemy counter-attacks in the direction of Novoivanovka, and thwarted AFU attacks in the direction of Leonidovo and Plyokhovo. The AFU losses were up to 30 troops killed and wounded, and two motor vehicles.
Army Aviation and artillery inflicted fire damage on clusters of manpower and hardware of 21st, 22nd, 41st, 47th, and 61st Mechanised brigades, the 17th Tank Brigade, 80th and 95th Air Assault brigades, the 36th Naval Infantry Brigade as well as the 1st Special Operations Brigade, 112th, 129th Territorial Defence brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and the 17th National Guard Brigade of Ukraine near Bogdanovka, Bondarevka, Guyevo, Daryino, Kazachaya Loknya, Kolmakov, Kruglenkoye, Lebedevka, Leonidovo, Martynovka, Nizhny Klin, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Nikolsky, Novoivanovka, Novy Put, Plyokhovo, Sverdlikovo, and Cherkasskoye Porechnoye.
Operational-Tactical Aviation and missile troops delivered strikes at concentration areas in Sumy region and reserves of 22nd, 47th, 61st, 115th Mechanised brigades, 82nd and 95th Air Assault brigades, the 1st Special Operations Brigade, 106th and 129th Territorial Defence brigades near Belovody, Zhuravka, Kiyanitsa, Miropolye, Obody, Pavlovka, and Khoten.
In the past 24 hours, the AFU have lost more than 350 troops, four tanks, four U.S.-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, one armoured personnel carrier, and 15 armoured fighting vehicles as well as four artillery guns, two mortars, one Osa anti-aircraft missile system, 23 motor vehicles, and one piece of engineering equipment.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk region, the AFU losses amounted to more than 29,600 troops, 184 tanks, 106 infantry fighting vehicles, 107 armoured personnel carriers, 1,078 armoured fighting vehicles, 808 motor vehicles, 259 artillery guns, 40 MLRS launchers, including 11 of HIMARS and six of MLRS made by the USA, 11 anti-aircraft missile launchers, seven transport-loading vehicles, 59 EW stations, 12 counter-battery warfare radars, four air defence radars, 26 units of engineering and other materiel, including 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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[Regnum] Tens of thousands of people in the Novgorod region were left without power supply due to bad weather. Power outages were recorded in 441 settlements. This was reported on November 4 by the region's governor Andrei Nikitin. Novgorod has been settled for over a millennium. How is it that they are not prepared for the beginning of winter?
"52 teams of 175 people and 54 units of equipment have been brought in to carry out emergency recovery operations. Teams from other Rosseti branches are on their way to provide reinforcements, " the head of the region wrote on the Telegram channel.
According to local authorities, the largest number of power grid shutdowns occurred in Novgorodsky, Shimsky, Batetsky, Starorussky, Volotovsky, Marevsky and Demyansky districts. A total of 18.6 thousand people were left without power.
The regional prosecutor's office reported that on the morning of November 4, 2024, due to worsening weather conditions, there was a mass power outage in 500 settlements in the region. Currently, restoration work is underway with the involvement of emergency services. The Novgorod branch of Rosseti North-West has mobilized all forces and resources. Specialists are clearing roads and power lines from fallen trees.
The supervisory authority organized an inspection of compliance with the requirements of the legislation on electricity supply.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on November 3, the scientific director of the Russian Hydrometeorological Center Roman Vilfand said that from November 5, up to 85% of Russia's territory will be covered with snow. At the same time, the forecaster specified that this snow cover will be temporary.
Leading specialist of the Phobos weather center Evgeny Tishkovets reported that snowfalls are expected in a number of regions of the Russian Federation in the first days of November. According to him, autumn weather will persist only in the southernmost regions of the country.
About 300 residential buildings in St. Petersburg were left without electricity on October 19. The power went out in the Primorsky District of the city. The outage affected buildings on six streets. The large residential complex "Yubileiny Kvartal" was also without power.
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[Regnum] The head of the Synodal Department for Church Relations with Society and the Media Vladimir Legoida explained the words of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia regarding the death penalty and stated that the position of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) on this issue has not changed.
Legoida, commenting on the patriarch’s words about the death penalty, stated that some have given them a “scandalous dimension,” which creates the impression that the primate “almost supported the death penalty.”
In order to find out the church’s clear position on this issue, Legoida suggested finding the foundations of the Russian Orthodox Church’s concept on the Internet, which were adopted by the Bishops’ Council in 2000.
"There are no indications of the need to abolish it in the Holy Scriptures of the New Testament, nor in the Tradition and historical heritage of the Orthodox Church. At the same time, the Church often took upon itself the duty of intercession before the secular authorities for those sentenced to death, asking for mercy and mitigation of punishment for them," Legoida cited the text of the Fundamentals of the Social Concept of the Russian Orthodox Church in his Telegram channel.
The day before, Patriarch Kirill spoke at a meeting with participants of the program "Time of Heroes." He stated that the Russian Orthodox Church does not welcome the death penalty, but does not condemn it either. And the patriarch himself supports the fact that there is currently a moratorium on the death penalty in Russia.
“The death penalty itself is not condemned by the word of God, but society can, of course, refuse the death penalty if it considers it excessive punishment,” the priest said.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, in June, the Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia, Alexander Bastrykin, proposed considering the issue of a possible lifting of the moratorium on the death penalty. As one of the examples in which, in his opinion, the use of the death penalty is permissible, the Chairman of the Investigative Committee cited the terrorist attack in Crocus City Hall.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Western officials fear Russia has plans to plant bombs on passenger planes flying to the US and Canada after electronic massagers exploded in a warehouse.
The comments come after two incendiary devices were shipped via a DHL logistics centre on July 22 to Birmingham, England, and Leipzig, Germany, resulting in a fire.
Four people were arrested in connection with the blaze and charged with participating in sabotage or terrorist operations on behalf of a foreign intelligence agency.
No injuries were reported, with the incident dealt with by staff and the local fire brigade, but investigators believe there could have been far more serious consequences had the devices ignited while in flight.
The terrifying episode took place at the DHL centre in Birmingham on the ground of the depot.
The Wall Street Journal reports that Poland's prosecutor's office has now said: 'The group's goal was also to test the transfer channel for such parcels, which were ultimately to be sent to the United States of America and Canada.'
Head of Poland's foreign intelligence agency, Pawel Szota, blamed Russia, although the prosecutor's office statement did not name a foreign government suspected of directing the operations.
The secretive weapons were electronic massagers modified with a flammable magnesium-based substance, according to the WSJ.
Delay of the plane was referenced as fortunate, with experts warning there could have been a very different outcome had it taken off on time.
Concerns over Russia's suspected involvement come as Western officials are increasingly fearing the country may be responsible for similar sabotage acts. German intelligence service chief Thomas Haldenwang previously told a Bundestag committee that had the package ignited after the flight had taken off, the plane would have crashed.
The suspect package is believed to have been sent from Lithuania, before it exploded at the logistics centre, setting an entire freight container alight.
Foreign intelligence service chief Bruno Kahl added Putin was likely to further 'test the West's red lines', amid the increase in tensions between Russia and Nato over the invasion of Ukraine. He said there was now a willingness at a 'previously unknown level' to attempt sabotage from the Kremlin.
A warehouse in London belonging to a company with links to Ukraine caught fire in a a suspected deliberate attack in March.
Meanwhile in Germany a military base was the target of a suspected attempt to contaminate its drinking water in August.
US intelligence also uncovered a plot to murder Armin Papperger, the CEO of weapons manufacturer Rheinmetall, which has supplied vehicles and ammunition to Ukraine.
And Russia was accused of being behind a fire at a shopping centre in Warsaw by Polish prime minister Donald Tusk.
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.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
