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[Regnum] Security forces in the Donetsk People's Republic detained a Ukrainian on suspicion of organizing a contract killing.
We are talking about the contract killing of the director of one of the manufacturing enterprises in Mariupol.
“The detainee, while abroad, organized the assassination attempt. Operational measures made it possible to prevent the murder and detain the customer,” explained the FSB Directorate for the Republic.
The investigation is processing the submitted materials to make a procedural decision.
As Regnum reported, investigators opened a criminal case against a Moscow resident, a taxi driver who hired a killer to kill his former employer and his entire family.
The 56-year-old man hired a “hitman” and said that the target was a former boss, after killing whom his money could be stolen. The person whom the taxi driver asked for help in implementing the plan reported this to the police.
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[LB] The Sumy, Chernihiv, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhya, Kherson, and Mykolaiv regions were also attacked.
by Iryna Lysohor
In the Kyiv region, anti-aircraft defense was working at night during an attack by drones. Preliminary – there are no casualties or damage, says the summary from OVA as of this morning.
In Cherkassk, air defense was working. There is a fall of fragments of "Shaheda" in the private sector of Zolotoni District, as a result of which several buildings were damaged. People were not injured.
In Sumy yesterday, during the day, the Russians carried out seven shellings of border territories and settlements. 41 explosions from mortars and artillery were recorded. Bilopolsk, Yunakivsk, Krasnopilsk and Novoslobidsk communities came under fire. No consequences.
In Chernihivska, there were 10 shellings (115 explosions) per day. The enemy shelled the Novgorod-Siverskyi, Koryukivskyi and Chernihivskyi districts. He used artillery, mortars, rocket systems of salvo fire, AGS. No information was received about losses among the local population or damage to civil infrastructure. The data is being verified.
In Luhansk yesterday, the Russians stormed in the direction of Stelmakhivka and Novoyehorivka, our defenders repelled all these attempts. The enemy launched airstrikes on Bilogorivka. There were artillery and mortar attacks on Makiivka, Nevsky and Bilogorivka. During the day, the enemy fired 129 rounds (534 shells).
More than 13 settlements were hit by enemy artillery and mortar fire in the Kharkiv and Slobozhan areas, including: Izbytske, Staritsa, Ternova, Kupyansk, and Borova. The enemy carried out airstrikes on Kurylivka. In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy carried out unsuccessful assaults in the area of the Sinkivka settlement, where Ukrainian defenders repelled seven enemy attacks. In Kupyansk, three private houses and a garage were damaged as a result of the enemy shelling of the "Uragan" anti-aircraft missile system, emergency and rescue operations were carried out.
In Zaporizhzhia, rioters struck 111 attacks on 24 settlements in the region. The enemy shelled Novodarivka, Verkhnya Tersa and Chervone with anti-aircraft missiles, attacked Novodanilivka, Chervone, Malynivka, Mali Shcherbaki, Stepove and Lobkovo with drones, and also hit Novodarivka with aerial shells. 101 artillery shells fell on the territory of Gulyaipol, Orikhov, Zaliznychny, Malaya Tokmachka, Charivny, Priyutny, Poltavka, Lugivskyi, Pyatikhatok, Kamianskyi, Lukyanivskyi and other front-line towns and villages. The population was not injured, but as a result of enemy strikes, residential buildings were damaged - eight reports of destruction were received.
In Dnipropetrovsk , Nikopol survived two artillery fire yesterday. Damaged utility company, six private houses, two farm buildings, gas pipeline, power lines. People were not injured. At night, the aggressor hit Myrivska and Chervonogrigorivska communities in the Nikopol district. Used heavy artillery. Three private houses and the same number of greenhouses were damaged. A broken farm building. People survived. The occupiers targeted the area in the morning as well. They again caught the Myrivska community. The consequences are clarified. Defense forces destroyed a missile over the Dnipro district.
In Donetsk, the Russians fired 16 rounds at populated areas of the region. Under fire: Avdiivka, Orlivka, Zalizne, Oleksandropil, Solovyove, Kurakhivka, Illinka, Pivdenne, Kurdyumivka. 16 residential buildings, power lines were damaged. In Donetsk region in a day: two wounded.
In Mykolayivska, during the night, air defense forces and means destroyed one Shahed 131/136 type attack UAV. Yesterday, artillery shelling was recorded in the water area of Ochakivska hromada. There were no casualties. Also yesterday, the enemy fired artillery at Dmytrivka of the Kutsurub community. There were no casualties.
In the Kherson region, the enemy fired 97 rounds (475 shells) during the day, including four rounds (19 shells) at Kherson. The Rashists targeted the districts of 28 settlements. Yesterday morning, the enemy attacked Dniprovskyi. A 50-year-old woman received non-life-threatening injuries as a result of the shelling. The occupiers also shelled the Korabelny district of Kherson. The church, apartment buildings, premises of the inviolability point, an educational institution and garages were damaged. A 72-year-old man died. At the time of the shelling, he was on the balcony. Three men were moderately injured. They are provided with medical assistance. A 39-year-old volunteer was also injured as a result of the attack on the educational institution. Now he is also in the hospital. At noon, the Russians attacked Zolota Balka from a drone.
As a result of dropping explosives from a drone, a religious building came under fire. Windows and doors were damaged in the building. The enemy also hit the store and cars parked nearby. There are no casualties among civilians. A 52-year-old man received moderate injuries as a result of enemy shelling in Yantarny. Yesterday evening, the enemy carried out a missile attack on Kruty Yar (probably X 31). There is no information about the destruction of infrastructure facilities and victims. In total, two people were killed and five were injured in the region during the day.
It will be recalled that 69 combat clashes took place during the past day . In total, the enemy carried out 2 missile and 26 air strikes, carried out 62 attacks from rocket salvo systems on the positions of our troops and populated areas.
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[VESTI] During this time, the Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed over 100 enemy tanks and 250 other armored vehicles
Today is exactly one month since the Russians began to actively storm the outskirts of Avdeevka in the Donetsk region: during this period, the Russian Federation lost about 10 thousand soldiers in this direction.
Source: Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny. Quote from Zaluzhny: “It’s been a month since the enemy began to actively storm Avdievka. A month of fierce battles, endurance and victory of our defenders, who continue to heroically hold the defense.”
Details: the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said that during this time our soldiers destroyed over 100 enemy tanks; 250 other armored vehicles; about 50 artillery systems and seven Su-25 aircraft. The enemy's total losses in manpower amount to about 10,000 people.
The Commander-in-Chief expressed gratitude to the brigades, our units, infantry, artillerymen, tank crews, reconnaissance officers, UAV operators, doctors: “Every defender, every defender who defends Avdievka.”
#5
Not sure it matters how many Ukrainian casualties. They can either die fighting or under occupation. Not much of a choice, so they'll keep it up so long as the weapons keep coming.
Russia, on the other hand, is working against a clock. At some point they'll lose enough men that continuing the war becomes politically untenable. That is going to be a huge number, but it's still attainable.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 21:40 The Odessa City Council clarified that the attack was carried out by two missiles. One was fired from a tactical aircraft from the Black Sea and hit a dacha cooperative, where three people were injured. The second missile - probably a supersonic Onyx - hit the port infrastructure, no people were injured there.
21:34 The Russians attacked the Odessa region: as a result of two hits in the Odessa region, three people were injured. Meanwhile, attack drones are flying in the direction of the Odessa region, said Oleg Kiper, head of the OVA.
20:33 Canada has imposed new sanctions against nine individuals and six companies from the Russian Federation. The list of restrictions included, in particular, the REN-TV channel and the Izvestia newspaper.
20:28 Zelensky said that he had a meeting with the Minister of Defense of Lithuania Arvydas Anusauskas - they discussed further defense cooperation, including work on the supply of armored medical evacuation vehicles for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
20:22 Russian landing boats hit in the area of Uzkaya Bay in Crimea were completely destroyed, reports the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense. According to new intelligence data, two boats were hit: one of the older Project 1176 Akula, the second newer of Project 11770 Serna. As a result of the attack, both ships sank: Shark - immediately, Chamois - a little later, but also sank.
19:09 Lithuania transferred two NASAMS missile launchers and the necessary equipment for them to Ukraine, the country’s Ministry of Defense reported.
18:27 The Russians began to actively storm Avdiivka exactly a month ago, Zaluzhny said. According to him, during this time the Defense Forces destroyed more than 100 enemy tanks, 250 other armored vehicles, about 50 artillery systems and seven Su-25 aircraft. The enemy's total losses in manpower are about 10 thousand people.
17:43 The number of those wounded as a result of the Russian shelling of Novoraisk, Kherson region, has increased to five, one person died, said the head of the OVA Alexander Prokudin.
16:45 Air raid alerts in Ukraine will last longer, warned the speaker of the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Yuriy Ignat. He explained that Russian MiG-31K fighters are practicing in-flight refueling and other maneuvers, so they will fly twice as long. Previously, when they practiced takeoffs and landings, the alarm lasted an average of 20 minutes, but now it lasted more than two and a half hours.
16:32 Zelensky said that he held a meeting of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, at which, in particular, specific decisions were made on the defense of Kherson: “There will be strengthening of air defense, counter-battery systems, electronic warfare and reconnaissance.” In addition, the participants discussed “the strategic vision of the de-occupation of our land and concrete steps for its implementation.” Another question is the military budget for next year. “The emphasis is on becoming more self-sufficient in terms of projectiles, missiles, drones, armored vehicles,” the president said.
16:24 During the day, the Russians continued to shell settlements in the Kherson region: one person was wounded in Tyaginka, two more in Novoraisk, the OVA reported.
16:21 The Czech Ministry of Defense published a classified list of military equipment that was transferred to Ukraine. According to it, during the period from February 2022 to October 2023, Ukraine was supplied with four Mi-24 Hind helicopters, more than 4.2 million cartridges for handguns, 128 mortars and 17,400 mortar shells, 62 tanks, 13 self-propelled howitzers, 131 infantry fighting vehicles and other military equipment. The total value of the military equipment provided is more than 241 million euros.
16:13 The Russians hit Nikopol with two kamikaze drones - one person was killed, one was wounded, said the head of the Dnepropetrovsk OVA Sergei Lysak.
15:29 The EU is unlikely to fulfill its promise to supply Ukraine with a million ammunition by March 2024 - this information was conveyed by the European External Action Service to diplomats of the bloc countries, Bloomberg reports, citing sources. More than half of the planned period has already passed, and only 30% of the shells have been delivered. At the same time, the EU leadership does not have a complete picture of supplies, as some member states are “reluctant to disclose details.”
15:22 Scholz called for preparations for a “very long” war in Ukraine, since there are no signs that the Kremlin will stop the war and withdraw its troops. At the same time, the chancellor added that the war has already lasted longer than Putin expected.
15:20 The UK has already trained 30 thousand Ukrainian military personnel, completing the plan seven weeks earlier than planned, Defense Minister Grant Shapps said. Thus, according to him, by the end of the year the plan will be exceeded.
14:46 Training of Ukrainian pilots on the F-16 is going according to plan, said the speaker of the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Yuriy Ignat. Some pilots are already undergoing “in-the-sky training” on combat aircraft, he said. Ukraine, according to him, is still doing its “homework” to receive F-16s at airfields.
14:07 They managed to return two more children to Ukraine - they came with their grandmother from occupied Crimea, the Presidential Office reported.
13:40 The Netherlands plans to deploy 18 F-16 aircraft in Romania by the end of the year to train Ukrainians, said the commander of the country's armed forces, Onno Eichelsheim.
12:53 The Russian army fired artillery at Kindiyka, Kherson region: one person was killed, one was wounded, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin.
12:24 The war in Ukraine has already passed the 70% mark before its completion, says the head of the Presidential Office Andriy Ermak: “I think no one knows when the war will end. It will end very suddenly. But still, if you compare it with a race of 100 meters, then I believe that we have already run 70 meters. But these last 30 are the hardest." He also emphasized that Ukraine is not going to surrender the territory, and “under this president there will be no Minsk-3.”
11:45 In Mariupol, on Metallurgov Ave., the car of one of the “policemen” was blown up, said advisor to the mayor of the city Pyotr Andryushchenko. He promised to provide details later. In the morning, the Mariupol resistance reported that it had “already given a gift” for the celebration of Police Day in the Russian Federation.
11:29 Orban said that the European Union should not begin negotiations on membership with Ukraine: “Negotiations on membership should not begin - this is the clear position of Hungary ... I would like to make it very clear that Hungary’s refusal to begin negotiations on membership with Ukraine in the EU is not the subject of a commercial agreement... This cannot be related to the question of the funds that Hungary is entitled to receive."
10:56 As a result of a strike on the location of the military investigative department of the Russian Investigative Committee in Skadovsk, Kherson region, on November 9, ten people were killed and 11 were injured, reports the opposition Russian publication Astra, citing its sources. The strike hit a two-story building on Portovaya Street, 59, in which Russian military investigators were located. The building was completely destroyed.
10:23 As a result of a night operation in Crimea, small landing ships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet of Project 11770 (Serna class) were hit. The ships carried a crew and loaded armored vehicles, in particular BTR-82, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense reports. Russia actively used these boats during the occupation of Zmeiny Island to transport military equipment and troops. In addition, the Russians placed Tor-M2 anti-aircraft missile systems on board the boats to provide mobile cover for their group on the island and in the Black Sea.
The small landing ship of the Serna class has high speed, can accommodate up to 45 tons of cargo and 92 armed troops. Russia uses these boats to disembark advanced groups of marines or evacuate them. And in the conditions of the virtual absence of shipborne air defense systems among the Russians after a number of Ukrainian attacks, such boats with air defense systems on board served as cover for the ships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in roadsteads.
09:48 Russia increased budget spending for this year by $37 billion (3.4 trillion rubles) due to the war, writes the Financial Times. The publication notes that this further increases inflationary risks in the economy and highlights the growing cost of the war in Ukraine.
09:22 Ukraine will soon receive a third Patriot division, said Air Force Speaker Yuriy Ignat.
09:07 The UAE has agreed to limit the export to Russia of goods used in military operations in Ukraine, Bloomberg reports. The restrictions will cover both direct export and re-export. In addition, according to the agency, Turkey is also considering applying similar measures. The share of the UAE and Turkey in Russia's bypass of Western sanctions is 4% and 6%, respectively. More than 80% of Russian purchases of high-priority goods come from China and Hong Kong.
08:59 At night, the Defense Forces hit two Russian high-speed landing boats in the Crimean village of Chernomorskoye, Ukrainian media reported, citing the representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense Andrey Yusov.
08:36 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of November 10:
personnel - about 309,520 (+800) people,
tanks - 5317 (+1),
armored combat vehicles - 10017 (+3),
artillery systems - 7489 (+14),
MLRS - 877 (+2),
air defense systems - 578 (+1),
aircraft - 322 (+0),
helicopters - 324 (+0),
UAV of operational-tactical level - 5595 (+2),
cruise missiles - 1558 (+1),
ships/boats - 20 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 9876 (+23),
special equipment - 1060 (+1).
08:18 Air defense at night destroyed five of the six Shahed-136/131 attack UAVs, as well as one X-59 guided missile, the Air Force command reported. The Russian Federation attacked with drones from the Primorsko-Akhtarsk region (Krasnodar Territory), and one Kh-31 guided missile and one Kh-59 missile were fired from the airspace of the occupied Kherson region. Air targets were destroyed within the Dnepropetrovsk, Kharkov, Nikolaev, Poltava and Kyiv regions.
07:22 Over the past 24 hours, 69 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 Stelmakhovka and Novoehorivka, Lugansk region; on Bakhmutsky - in the Bogdanovka, Kleshcheevka and Andreevka districts of the Donetsk region; on Avdeevsky - southeast of Novokalinovo, Avdeevka, Pervomaisky, Donetsk region; on Maryinsky - in the Marinka and Novomikhailovka districts of the Donetsk region; on Shakhtarsky - south of Zolotaya Niva and Staromayorsky, Donetsk region; in Zaporozhye - in the Verbovoy and Rabotino districts of the Zaporozhye region.
07:15 Crimean publics report an attack on the barracks in the village of Chernomorskoye, rescuers are clearing away the rubble. In addition, divers began working at sea - two boats were probably hit. The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that at night the air defense allegedly intercepted two Ukrainian drones over the territory of Crimea, and another UAV was destroyed over the territory of the Tula region.
02:19 Peskov said that after his visit to Kazakhstan, Putin allegedly stopped in Rostov-on-Don, where he visited the headquarters of the Southern Military District and heard reports on the progress of the war in Ukraine.
00:43 The United States will continue to transfer military aid packages to Ukraine, but they will be smaller, said Pentagon Deputy Speaker Sabrina Singh. In this regard, she called on Congress to pass additional funding as soon as possible. Singh also clarified that the United States has already used more than 95% of the total amount of $62.3 billion that was allocated to support Ukraine since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion. She recalled that the administration has already used all Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) funds and has about $1 billion in reserve for packages within the framework of presidential powers (PDA).
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[KavkazUzel] The reason for the arrests in Kadi-Yurt
... a Chechen village near the border with Dagestan ...
could be a reaction to the Palestinian events, but there is no reliable information about the reasons for the raid by security forces, noted human rights activists interviewed by the Caucasian Knot. They were divided over whether Chechen security forces were ready to carry out Kadyrov's order to "shoot in the forehead" in the event of unrest.
As the "Caucasian Knot" wrote, in the village of Kadi-Yurt, Gudermes district, security forces carried out a raid on November 8, during which the settlement was completely cordoned off and blocked. Sources reported the detention of several dozen local residents; according to them, one of them spoke out in support of Palestine.
On October 31, the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, ordered security forces to shoot to kill those participants in unauthorized rallies who refuse to obey them. He said that first it is necessary to fire several warning shots in the air, and if the protesters do not respond to the demands of the security forces, then shoot “at them in the forehead.”
Mass protests in the current situation in Chechnya are impossible, said the President of the Assembly of the Peoples of the Caucasus Ruslan Kutaev, commenting on the information about the detentions in Kadi-Yurt.
“There may be some local discontent. For example, when too many young people from one village were mobilized for a military operation in Ukraine. And now, probably, this could be connected with the events in Palestine. But if the protests were massive, then about such phenomena it would have been audible," he said.
At the same time, according to Kutaev, even some activity on the part of young people shows that the situation can change. “Despite all the threats, criminal penalties, incitement of independent-minded people to emigrate, children grow up and have their own convictions. They have their own sense of justice, a sense of who is right and wrong. The events in Palestine can be a detonator for a surge of feelings. Others I don’t see any reason now,” says Kutaev.
In his opinion, Kadyrov’s statement about a “shot in the forehead” is a threat that not everyone is ready to implement. “Among the Chechen security forces there are a few who are ready to kill Chechens without right. Everyone knows them, they have everything in common. But this does not mean that everyone who serves is ready to carry out these instructions,” Kutaev explained.
In principle, the youth of Kadi-Yurt could speak out, believes Chechen human rights activist Oyub Titiev. “But there is no accurate information, except that the village was really blocked. Local residents are afraid to tell how many people were taken,” Titiev said.
In his opinion, the operation of the security forces was targeted. “Most likely, there were addresses of individual people. Perhaps someone was detained earlier, and then their acquaintances were detained through telephones and connections. And the village was blocked so that those who came to detain would not run away. According to one version, young people could have been detained who were planning to go to Palestine. But whether this is true or not is impossible to say,” Titiev said.
He doubts that all security forces will shoot in the event of protests. “In previous cases of protests, no one shot in the head. Yes, they can take them away and then even kill them, but not so openly,” Titiev believes.
During the Russian-Chechen wars, residents of Chechnya were very active in protests, despite the dangers, but now they are hardly ready for mass protests, says Svetlana Gannushkina, chairman of the Civic Assistance Committee.
“Then, apparently, it was easier to resist against “outsiders” than it could be against conditionally “our own” in small Chechnya. It is difficult to expect mass protests against the regime of Ramzan Kadyrov now. Everyone is too interconnected,” says Gannushkina.
In her opinion, the Chechen security forces are ready to carry out any order from Ramzan Kadyrov. “Kadyrov’s words are not just a threat, but, as Kadyrov’s people themselves say, “Ramzan’s order,” which cannot be ignored,” noted Gannushkina.
The "Caucasian Knot" also wrote that on January 18, the Memorial Human Rights Center reported that after an inspection, information from telegram channels opposition to the Chechen authorities about the abduction of at least 25 residents of the village of Alkhan-Kala by Chechen security forces was confirmed.
On April 24, human rights activists reported that a group of residents of the village of Alkhan-Kala, whose whereabouts were unknown after their abduction by security forces in January, was in one of the detention centers in Chechnya on charges of involvement in militants. Human rights activists interviewed by the Caucasian Knot noted that residents of Chechnya, whose relatives are being held by security forces, do not turn to human rights organizations for help, as they are afraid that this will worsen the situation of their relatives and the family itself.
Mass abductions in Alkhan-Kala began on the evening of January 7, a Memorial Center for Human Rights volunteer found out. According to him, the security forces took the abducted people away from the village in an unknown direction, but they did not introduce themselves or say which units they belonged to.
Human rights activists confirmed that among those abducted were 14 people, whose names were named in publications on telegram channels: Said-Magomed Ayubov, Turpal Batsaraev, Magomed Vatsiev, Ramzan Vatsiev, Samad Gerikhanov, Muslim Gerikhanov, Adlan Isaev, Usman Musaev, Khamzat Solsayev, Khalim Solsaev, Adam Solsaev (director of school No. 3), Usman Khatuev, Akhyad Khatuev and Bekhan Khatuev. Among the abducted there are close relatives (the Khatuev and Solsaev brothers), Memorial reported.
Open Caucasus Media, a client of the EU, Soros’ Open Society Foundations and a bunch of others, adds:
Heavily armed security forces are reported to have raided Kadi-Yurt, a Chechen village near the border with Daghestan, detaining ’at least 50’ individuals.
Chechen opposition Telegram channels 1ADAT and Niysoo on Wednesday announced that a raid had taken place in the village, with 1ADAT claiming that 50—60 people were detained in what they termed ’mopping-up operations’.
Footage published online appeared to show armoured vehicles entering the village and blocking the road entering it, with others showing security forces entering houses.
Ibragim Yangulbayev, head of the Chechen public movement 1ADAT and the corresponding Telegram channel, told OC Media that the raid began at around 17:00.
’Residents and their friends contacted us and said that raids with military equipment were currently taking place in the village of Kadi-Yurt’, said Yangulbayev. He stated that the reason for the raid was ’religious ideology’, as Sufism is considered the only permissible form of Islam in Chechnya.
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[EngMilRu] In the period from 4 to 10 November 2023, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted 11 group strikes with high-precision weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles on the military airfield infrastructure, arsenals, storage sites for artillery ammunition, weapons and military hardware, as well as enemy POL bases.
In addition, the units of Ukrainian servicemen, nationalists, and foreign mercenaries were defeated. All the assigned targets have been engaged.
In Kupyansk direction, the Zapad Group of Forces has improved the situation along the front line in several sectors and repelled 18 AFU attacks.
Air strikes and artillery fire hit the manpower and equipment of the 25th Airborne, 68th Jaeger, 14th, 54th and 67th Mechanised Brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine close to Sinkovka, Ivanovka, Zagoruykovka (Kharkov region), Sverdlovka and Stelmakhovka (Lugansk People's Republic).
The enemy losses were more than 710 servicemen, one tank, 11 armoured fighting vehicles, 18 motor vehicles, and 16 field artillery guns.
In Krasny Liman direction, the Tsentr Group of Forces supported by aviation, artillery fire, and heavy flamethrower systems, repelled nine attacks launched by assault groups of the 1st Special Forces Brigade, the 24th and 47th Mechanised Brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as the 15th Regiment of the National Guard of Ukraine.
In addition, cluster of manpower and hardware of the 67th Mechanised Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 125th Territorial Defence Brigade were defeated close to Yampolovka and Serebryanka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The total enemy losses during this period amounted to more than 725 troops killed and wounded, three tanks, 13 armoured fighting vehicles, 20 motor vehicles, six field artillery guns, and two MLRS launchers.
In Donetsk direction, the Yug Group of Forces inflicted fire damage on AFU manpower and hardware near Mariynka, Kurdyumovka, Bogdanovka, Andreevka, and Kleshcheyevka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Over the past week, Russian units have repelled 16 enemy attacks. The total enemy losses during this period amounted to more than 1,590 troops killed and wounded, three tanks, 14 armoured fighting vehicles, 32 motor vehicles, 17 field artillery guns, and three MLRS launchers.
In South Donetsk direction, the Vostok Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions, and also repelled three enemy attacks.
Air strikes and artillery fire defeated manpower and hardware of the 79th Air Assault and 72nd Mechanised, as well as the 105th and 128th territorial defence brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces close to Novomikhailovka, Staromayorskoye, Urozhaynoye (Donetsk People's Republic), and Priyutnoye (Zaporozhye region).
The total enemy losses amounted to more than 800 troops killed and wounded, one tank, 12 armoured fighting vehicles, and 22 motor vehicles.
During the counterbattery warfare, eight field artillery guns and one MLRS launcher were hit. In addition, one artillery ammunition depot of the 127th Territorial Defence Brigade was wiped out near Bogatyr (Donetsk People's Republic).
-- Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation
(4–10 November 2023)
Part II (see Part I)
In Zaporozhye direction, units of the Russian Group of Forces carried out intensive defence, during which repelled 14 attacks of the AFU units near Verbovoye and Rabotino (Zaporozhye region).
In addition, strikes were delivered at manpower and hardware of the AFU 33rd, 65th, and 118th Mechanised Brigades near Malaya Tokmachka and Stepovoye (Zaporozhye region).
The enemy's losses for the week amounted to 495 servicemen, five tanks, 32 armoured fighting vehicles, 13 motor vehicles, as well as six field artillery guns.
In Kherson direction, the enemy units made unsuccessful attempts to capture bridgeheads on islands and the left bank of the Dnepr by AFU 35th and 36th marine brigades. The enemy units were hit by firepower.
As a result of preventive actions by the Russian forces and artillery fire assaults, AFU have lost up to 505 servicemen, 18 field artillery guns, 15 boats, and 25 motor vehicles.
In addition, 26 Ukrainian servicemen have surrendered in this direction during the week.
On 9 November 2023, the personnel of the motorised rifle company of the Dnepr Group of Forces under the command of Senior Lieutenant Zolto Arsalanov neutralised the servicemen of the 36th Naval Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine while trying to gain a foothold on the left bank of the Dnepr River.
A unit under the command of Senior Lieutenant Zolto Arsalanov eliminated most of the militants and captured 11 Ukrainian servicemen.
For the courage and heroism shown in repelling the enemy attack, Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation General of the Army Sergei Shoigu presented the commander of the unit and the military personnel of the company with state awards.
Air defence systems shot down eight combat aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force during the week: four MiG-29 fighter jets, two Su-27 and two Su-25 ground-attack aircraft.
In addition, 32 HIMARS projectiles, 12 Storm Shadow and SCALP tactical cruise missiles, two Neptune anti-ship missiles, two JDAM guided aerial bombs, as well as 205 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down.
In total, 533 airplanes and 254 helicopters, 8,791 unmanned aerial vehicles, 441 air defence missile systems, 13,335 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,183 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 7,040 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 15,175 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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[NewsFront] 23:58 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 November 10, 2023 to 00:00 November 11, 2023
Over the past 24 hours, the Representative Office reported 26 incidents of firing by the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces.
There were no reports of civilian casualties.
Three residential buildings were damaged in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, as well as one civil infrastructure facility.
The areas of three settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), Verkhnetoretskoye, the capital city of Donetsk (Kyiv, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts).
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out seven attacks from 155mm artillery and attack UAVs.
At Gorlivske there were 18 artillery attacks from MLRS, 155mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead.
On Yasinovatsky there was one artillery attack from 155mm artillery.
A total of 98 units of various ammunition were fired.
In the previous day, 34 artillery attacks were recorded from the AFU.
21:05 A series of high-precision strikes were carried out in the Odessa region
Ukrainian TG channel “Legitimny” reports:
“Arriving in Odessa. It was loud at Zastava, locals write (this is an area of the city where there is an industrial zone and a railroad). Also arrival at the port. Previously, there was an arrival in Il'yichevsk using the air defense systems of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Recently, the Odessa region has been hit with radar missiles, radars and other radars have been picked up. The hunt for air defense continues. During the day, two reconnaissance drones flew over Odessa. It’s not just that they hit air defense systems and radar.”
19:30 News from the Avdeevsky direction is reported by the Front Bird.
The guys from the spot report progress in this area.
The enemy lost several armored vehicles and personnel. There is a breakthrough!
19:05 Russian troops entered the village of Stepovoye in the Avdeevsky direction:
The day before, they managed to take control and clear out SNT Tochmash in the north of Avdeevka.
This made it possible for the enemy to enter from the rear and continue moving toward Stepovoy from two directions.
“If we manage to cut the Avdievka-Orlovka road, it will be a critical situation for the Ukrainians. In the meantime, our fighters are striving not only to create a ring near Avdievka, but also to prevent the enemy from maintaining positions in the front-line rear areas in this direction,” Russian attack aircraft report.
18:30 The Front Bird reports from the Kherson direction:
It is reported that our anti-aircraft gunners (air defense) shot down an enemy aircraft in the late afternoon. Previously, the Su-25 attack aircraft.
18:15 Russian military personnel destroyed another Western-made self-propelled artillery unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video.
18:00 From the Avdeevsky direction, the SVO Svoboki and Analytics channel reports:
Today, the Russian army continued to develop its success in the Avdeevsky direction. All enemy counterattack attempts have been successfully repulsed!
Our army continues to advance on the northern and southern flanks. There are about six kilometers left before the two flanks meet. Third day running of the mention about the six kms gap at Avdievka.
At the moment, all roads are covered by our army. Supplying the enemy has become extremely difficult over the past week. The first reports are coming in that enemy columns on the march are constantly coming under fire from our artillery.
The situation in the Avdeevsky direction is extremely deplorable for the enemy.
17:27 Soldiers of the 218th Tank Regiment of the 127th Motorized Rifle Division shot down another "Baba Yaga".
17:10 Consequences of artillery attack of Kamenka-Dneprovskaya by Ukrainian Armed Forces militants
As a result of the Nazi artillery attack of the city of Kamenka-Dneprovskaya in the Zaporozhye region, a gas main was damaged and a fire occurred.
A house in Svetly Lane was destroyed, and private households on Usachev Street were also damaged.
At the moment, there have been no reports of casualties or injuries.
16:40 The main thing from the weekly report of the Russian Ministry of Defense:
Over the course of seven days, 11 group strikes were carried out on Ukrainian airfield infrastructure, arsenals, and weapons and equipment storage sites.
In the Kupyansk direction, the situation along the front line was improved, 18 enemy attacks were repelled, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 710 people. In the Krasnoliman direction, nine Ukrainian attacks were repelled; enemy losses amounted to more than 725 people.
In the Donetsk and South Donetsk directions, a total of 19 attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were repelled, which lost a total of more than 2,390 people killed and wounded.
In the Zaporozhye direction, Russian troops conducted an active defense, repelled 14 Ukrainian attacks in the Rabotino and Verbovoy areas, and the losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to 495 people.
Over the course of seven days, air defense systems shot down eight Ukrainian Armed Forces combat aircraft, 32 HIMARS rounds, 12 SCALP and Storm Shadow missiles, and two Neptune missiles.
16:20 The Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kherson direction have repeatedly tried to land on the left bank of the Dnieper during the week, their losses in seven days here amounted to 505 people, the Ministry of Defense reports.
On November 9, servicemen of the 36th Naval Infantry Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were destroyed while trying to gain a foothold on the left bank, 11 Ukrainian soldiers were captured.
For courage and heroism in repelling this attack, senior lieutenant Zolto Arslanov and other servicemen of his company were presented with state awards, the ministry noted.
15:50 Crews of 120mm 2S9 self-propelled mortars "Nona-SVK" of the Central Military District continue combat work in the special operation zone
Acting as part of fire platoons, artillerymen of the mountain formation of the Central Military District destroy lightly armored equipment and manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnolimansk direction.
During the execution of another combat mission, crews of Nona-SVK self-propelled mortars struck with rapid fire a mobile group of Ukrainian militants who were trying to carry out a rotation in a forest belt.
After this, the artillerymen, interacting with the UAV operators, transferred fire to the scouted alternate rotation route of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and destroyed the ammunition delivery group, as well as the enemy’s light wheeled vehicles.
15:35 Kamenka-Dneprovskaya under Nazi fire
Militants of the Ukrainian Armed Forces launched a missile attack on Kamenka-Dneprovskaya, Zaporozhye region. The strike was carried out from multiple launch rocket systems. At least five explosions were recorded. This was reported by Vladimir Rogov.
Information about casualties and damage is being clarified.
14:27 The British AS-90 self-propelled gun was destroyed by loitering ammunition.
On frames you can see how the drone is rapidly approaching the self-propelled gun, the crew of which does not have time to do anything.
14:10 Statement of Head of the press center of the Vostok group:
In the South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok group of troops, with artillery support, stopped an attempted enemy attack in the Staromayorsky area.
Three attempts to rotate units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area south of Novodarovka were also stopped. Manpower and vehicles were destroyed.
The activities of two enemy reconnaissance groups in the Staromayorskoe and Ravnopol areas were stopped.
The Lancet loitering ammunition destroyed the Grad rocket artillery combat vehicle and the M777 and Msta-B towed howitzers.
Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery inflicted fire damage on places of concentration of manpower and equipment of units of the 79th Air Assault, 72nd Mechanized, 58th Motorized Infantry Brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Novomikhailovka, Antonovka, Vodyanoye , Dobrovolye, Gosholz Oktobr, Urozhaynoe, Ugledar and Novoukrainka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy's losses in this direction were three armored combat vehicles, up to 130 militants and Ukrainian Armed Forces vehicles. Two Ukrainian servicemen surrendered.
14:00 T-80BVM tank crews carry out fire support for our attack aircraft in the Ugledar direction
Tankers from units of the 29th Combined Arms Army of the Eastern Military District continue to destroy manpower and armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as provide fire support to the assault units of the group of forces.
“Our task was to support the actions of attack aircraft and destroy enemy personnel... We did a good job. No losses, everything is of high quality,” said the commander of a tank company with the call sign “Palych”.
13:43 Ukrainian militants fired 10 rockets from the MLRS at the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka - representative of the DPR JCCC.
13:20 From the Zaporozhye direction the Front Bird transmits:
The weather has improved. But the fallout in the form of artillery rounds does not stop. We work on pauses and on moral-volitional ones.
The birds quietly identify positions, and only then it’s up to the skill of our art.
12:48 Kherson direction situation as of 12:00 November 10, 2023:
On the left bank of the Dnieper, in the village of Krynki, heavy fighting continues. Assault detachments of the Katran strike group of the Ukrainian Navy are storming the landings adjacent to the populated area.
The day before, as a result of the fighting, Ukrainian formations were able to partially gain a foothold in the forest belt to the south, occupying several positions and equipping observation posts on them.
Having achieved little success, the Marines of the 35th Infantry Marine Corps of the Ukrainian Armed Forces intended to advance deeper into the forest, but fell into an organized ambush. Three assault detachments of the Ukrainian Navy surrendered in the amount of 11 people.
12:30 Storm Ukrainian Armed Forces positions in the area of ??the Rabotino settlement:
Guardsmen of the combined arms formation of the Southern Military District destroyed an enemy stronghold in forest plantations in the Zaporozhye direction.
Russian military personnel suppressed firing points with strike drones and then quickly attacked units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Ukrainian soldiers made the only right choice - they surrendered.
12:22 Governor of the Kherson region Vladimir Saldo reports:
At night, the enemy carried out a terrorist attack on civilian infrastructure in Skadovsk, according to preliminary data - with Hymers.
Three missiles were shot down by air defense soldiers, one hit an empty house in a private residential area. There were no casualties.
12:05 The Ukrainian Armed Forces began to leave their positions en masse on the line of combat contact in the Donetsk region. Number of Ukrainian troops in this direction have been reduced by at least three times.
11:38 Personnel combat work of motorized rifle units of the Russian group of troops in the Zaporozhye direction of the special operation.
11:05 Ukrainian militants firedeight rockets from the MLRS at the Kuibyshev and Kyiv regions of Donetsk - representative of the DPR JCCC.
11:00 Episode of battle in the Seversky direction. A group of 2AK scouts from the Southern Group of Forces stormed an enemy stronghold in the forests in the Seversky direction.
10:39 Situation on the Rabotino-Verbovoye section at 1030 hrs:
After the overnight rain, the enemy became active again in the Rabotino-Verbovoye sector. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are massively artillery attack our positions with high-explosive fragmentation and cluster munitions, after which they attack with small groups of infantry.
At Rabotino, after a successful counterattack by the Russian Armed Forces, the enemy tried to recapture the lost positions and launched an assault. The Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry was covered by Russian artillery, and our fighters met the enemy with heavy fire.
North-west of Verbovoy, the enemy attacked with infantry supported by armored vehicles. ATGM crews and artillery struck tanks and infantry fighting vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
RF Armed Forces aviation strikes at concentrations of forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with FAB-500 bombs with UMPC, and long-range artillery and MLRS fire.
10:11 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. Peschanivka 10 rounds;
-- n.p. Dnepryan 11 rounds;
-- n.p. Krynki 15 rounds;
-- n.p. Novaya Mayachka six rounds;
-- n.p. Sag1 seven rounds;
-- n.p. Kazachi Lgerys eight rounds;
-- n.p. Alyosha 12 rounds.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell the civilian infrastructure of the village. Novaya Kakhovka, n.p. Kakhovka, n.p. Golaya Pristan, n.p. Kardashinka, n.p. Radensk, n.p. Krynki, Aleshki village, firing a total of 27 rounds from cannon artillery. Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being determined.
09:35 In the village of Blagodatovka at night, an accumulation of enemy reserves was attacked hit using MLRS “Tornado-S”.
In the area of Sin'kovka and Petropavlovka, temporary deployment points for militants of the 14th and 57th Brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were under heavy rocket and artillery fire using FAB-500s.
08:17 Frontal report as of the morning of November 10 from the Stepnoy Wind channel:
The Russian Armed Forces carried out a series of assault operations in the Kleshcheevka area. They were successful.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces carried out unsuccessful assault operations in the Serebryansky forestry area.
Russian troops inflicted fire damage on units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of Kleshcheevka, Kurdyumovka, Ivanovsky and Bogdanovka.
08:15 Frontline summary on the morning of November 10, 2023:
In the Kherson-Crimean direction, Ukrainian troops, supported by artillery, continued assault operations near Poima, Peschanivka, Podstepne and in the Krynok area. We can already talk about the successful transfer of armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces to the left bank. The Russian Armed Forces attacked Ukrainian troops in Belozerka, Kherson, Antonovka, Pridneprovsky, Sadovoy, Tyaginka and Novoberislav. Missile strike of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on Sevastopol. Artillery - in Aleshki, Kazachi Lagery and Korsunka.
In the Zaporozhye direction, Ukrainian troops, after artillery shelling, tried to attack at Kopani, Novoprokopivka and Verbovoy. Near the last of the listed villages there are battles for the heights to the northwest. Long-range weapons of the RF Armed Forces operated in the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the settlements of Pyatikhatki, Malye Shcherbaki, Rabotino, Malaya Tokmachka and Belogorye. Ukrainian - for Russian divisions in Nesteryanka, Rivne, Il'chenkovo and Novopokrovka.
On the Donetsk Front, the Russian Armed Forces, with the support of artillery, carried out assault operations in Mar'inka and Pervomaisky. No success.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces similarly counterattacked northeast of Vodyanoy and regained some of the previously lost positions. North of Avdievka, Russian troops, after artillery shelling, secured a position on the railway line and reached Stepnoye (not to be confused with the settlements of the same name in the Zaporozhye and Ugledar directions). A serious tactical success. Under attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Pobeda, Georgievka, the city of Krasnogorovka, Netaylov, Avdievka and Berdychi. RF Armed Forces - Donetsk, Opytny, Kamenka and the village of Krasnogorovka.
08:11 Night hunting Ka-52 "Alligator" on the equipment of militants in the South Donetsk direction.
Army aviation pilots fired missiles at discovered Ukrainian equipment. The targets were destroyed by guided missiles. Helicopter crews also hit nationalist control points with unguided aircraft missiles.
The flights were carried out at extremely low altitudes in night conditions.
08:07 Over the past 24 hours, Ukrainian armed forces have carried out shelling with the use of artillery and multiple launch rocket systems, including cluster warheads, in populated areas of the Donetsk People's Republic.
In the Sovetsky district of Makeevka, as well as in the Petrovsky and Kirovsky districts of Donetsk, Ukrainian nationalists dropped explosive devices from unmanned aerial vehicles, as a result of which 5 civilians were injured
Two residential buildings were damaged from artillery attack by Ukrainian armed forces - RF IC
08:04 The Russian Ministry of Defense showed personnel combat work of crews of 122mm D-30 howitzers when performing fire missions to destroy military equipment and camouflaged enemy fortified areas in the Kupyansky direction.
08:00 Summaryon the morning of November 10, 2023:
At night, the Russian Armed Forces launched strikes from the Geranium kamikaze UAV on enemy targets in the Kyiv, Kharkov, Dnepropetrovsk, and Vinnitsa regions.In the north of the Avdeevsky direction, the Russian Armed Forces, with powerful artillery support, are pushing through the enemy’s defenses in the direction of the village Stepovoye. There are isolated reports of our forces entering the outskirts of a populated area. Attacks continue in the direction of the coke plant.
In the Kherson direction at night, the Russian Armed Forces hit the enemy in Krynki with heavy flamethrower systems, radio interceptions indicate significant enemy losses. A new element of the situation was information about the use of a helicopter by the Armed Forces of Ukraine the day before last, which came from the area of ??the settlement. Krynki hit our positions.
At Verbovoy's on the Zaporozhye front they reported mutual artillery strikes and the work of our ATGM crews on enemy armored vehicles. At Rabotino there are counter battles. On enemy concentrations - strikes from FAB with UMPC.
In the Ugledar direction, the Russian Armed Forces hit the Ukrainian Armed Forces with artillery and aviation, and tried to advance east of Ugledar and near Novomikhailovka. By evening there were reports of ongoing fighting.
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[REGNUM] “I bought dozens of candles. My father bought a truckload of firewood. We are preparing for a worse winter than ever. Therefore, we will close our eyes if we don’t get Taurus, but we will get air defense systems , ” head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Dmitry Kuleba begs, scaring the Germans, in a fresh interview with Die Welt. Preparation for winter in Ukraine has become a top topic since September. This is even talked about on morning television, where it is usually customary to spread positivity and show culinary delights.
The authorities report that, in general, the energy infrastructure is ready. Although this readiness is assessed differently: Prime Minister Denis Shmygal reported at the end of October that “repairs are underway at the thermal power plant,” almost 80% of the work on repairing the main networks has been completed, and high-voltage substations have been completely restored. They are protected by a structure made of special concrete and covered with gabions - meshes filled with stone. In addition to this, multi-level protection for energy facilities is being actively formed; they are protected by the very air defense systems that Kuleba is asking from Germany.
But Elena Zerkal, Advisor to the Minister of Energy, Head of the UNDP Critical Infrastructure Renewal Project , openly states that readiness for winter on a scale of 0 to 10 is “somewhere between three and four.” If the temperature dropped to a slight minus, Ukraine would immediately feel a shortage of electricity right now. The margin of safety that was there in winter last year is no longer there. Especially when it comes to the turbine rooms of thermal power plants, which need to be built anew.
Private individuals also see the situation less optimistically than the prime minister. Last year, missile and drone strikes were carried out on key autotransformers; according to energy expert Yuri Korolchuk , 30 out of about 90 substations were “taken out.” Many of them have a recovery rate of 30–40%. But it’s difficult to protect them; the gabions are beautiful, but they won’t save you from a direct missile hit. Power lines are also very vulnerable, the degree of restoration of which is not at all an indicator of strength.
As for generation, the mentioned destruction in thermal energy is not at all easy to eliminate . There are simply no technological capabilities for this. And without thermal power plants, it is impossible to balance the energy system with the resources of nuclear power plants alone: they provided only half of the current generation, and after the shutdown of the largest Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, NNEGC Energoatom lost a lot of capabilities.
Now the main load falls on it; it is expected that in November-December the remaining nine power units will be 100% loaded. To achieve this, the management of the state-owned company even took a risk by loading the reactors of the Rivne NPP ahead of schedule with American fuel, made literally on the knee: previously, VVER-440 reactors were supplied only by Russian TVEL. But this is still not enough without thermal power plants that cover consumption during peak hours.
“It has not yet been possible to provide critical infrastructure with gas generation and gas turbines. The reason is very slow processes. We spoke with international partners about the need for such a generation at the end of last year. At the beginning of 2023, they began to determine places where gas turbines could be installed. Even the American gas turbine, received by Energoatom back in February, still does not work - and it is not clear whether it will work before the winter, Elena Zerkal rages in an interview with Forbes. - Why? Nobody wants to go deep. In order for a gas turbine to operate, you need to purchase additional transformers and compressors. This equipment is currently not enough to connect an American turbine. Other turbines purchased by international partners will also require such equipment. For everything to work, you need not only to know the list of what is needed, but also to coordinate donors and partners who can provide the required equipment, and negotiate for speedy delivery.”
These are not the kinds of things that can be talked about on social networks, so no one wants to do them. However, the deficit cannot be covered by imports. According to the old Ukrainian tradition of putting selfish interest above public interest, the national regulator has set maximum prices, and at the peak of consumption, prices on the Ukrainian market are lower than on the markets of neighboring countries. Which traders will buy expensive European electricity in order to sell it to their fellow citizens at a loss?
At the same time, restrictions on supplies from Europe are set at 1,200 MW, and the decision to expand imports is made by the ENTSO-E club of network operators of the European Union. It includes a Hungarian operator, who also does not want to increase the throughput, they say, the transformers may overheat. The Ukrainian government cannot influence it without being a member of European governing bodies.
Therefore, group prayers for a warm winter are planned in OCU churches, and Ukrainians do the same as Kuleba.
A small survey conducted by Regnum among Kiev residents shows that almost everyone is busy accumulating candles and firewood. In early October, Energy Minister German Galushchenko advised Ukrainians to buy electric generators for the winter, but even without his advice, almost every second apartment has them.
Sales of such equipment and charging stations from retailers increased two to three times already in August. As well as powerful power banks, various kinds of battery-powered lamps, water containers and gas cylinder stoves. People have learned from their mistakes and do not intend to repeat them. Although this brings with it the following challenge: demand for gasoline and diesel fuel in Ukraine increased by 20% last December, generators consumed a tenth of all fuel in the country. This winter this figure will increase even more, and gasoline and diesel engines are only becoming more expensive.
The only alternative is mobile heating points, where Wi-Fi is distributed and devices can be charged. They were already deployed last year right in the courtyards of multi-storey buildings, and all this stuff is again waiting in the wings. Water supply is a generally solvable problem. And the toilet issue, as one of the experienced interlocutors explains, is solved by digging a common hole, which a barrel comes to pump out. Public safety and assistance to all services in the dark city will be ensured by the formations of the terrorist defense, which will quickly set up a scheme of checkpoints.
Those who did not have suburban real estate have taken great care of this over the past year, finding village houses or cottages that are equipped with everything they need. “If the electricity and heating are cut off again, my family and I will go to the village, the windows are already there, I installed water, bought pipes for the sewerage. I’ll make a toilet in the house in a couple of days - my wife and children don’t need anything else,” says Andrey, who has a cooperation with his neighbor in the city, one generator for two apartments. But just in case, I found a house 80 kilometers from Kyiv, in the forest. Now you can't burn it with wood.
Both the authorities and citizens agree on one thing: there will definitely be blows to the infrastructure, and residents of Ukrainian cities will definitely have to sit without electricity and heating. But, of course, as the first one assures, “we will definitely win,” we will stand and the enemy will not break us. Only behind these optimistic words is a refutation of the cruel words of Vladimir Zelensky, which he said in August 2021 to the residents of Donbass.
“Without Ukraine, there will be no civilization on this territory, ” he said then. — Ukraine will grow upward and develop. Donbass in the form in which it is will not develop anywhere. Therefore, there will be no happiness for people here.” This formula was subsequently applied to the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, which Ukraine tried to turn into an environmental disaster zone, cut off communications and the Internet there, and made efforts to make people's lives unbearable.
Time puts everything in its place, getting used to generators and cesspools in the yard, citizens of Ukraine are increasingly realizing that with it there will be no civilization. No one will grow and develop: there is only a fall ahead. And the faster life improves in the new territories of Russia, the more obvious it will become to everyone that the path once chosen led Ukraine into darkness.
And we’re not just talking about rolling blackouts.
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[Regnum] At a mixed martial arts tournament held under the auspices of Fight Nights at the Live Arena in Novoivanovsky, Odintsovo district, Moscow region, a fight broke out between visitors, a TASS correspondent reported.
The brawl was started by the head of the Top Dog fist fighting league, Danil Aleev, and blogger Muhammed Nosayev . Then other spectators joined the fight.
The rowdies had to be calmed down by security and riot police. Later, Nosaev and Aleev left the arena.
As IA Regnum reported, in April a street fight took place in New Orleans after the Misfits Boxing tournament. The brawl was started by American mixed martial arts fighter and ex-contender for the UFC lightweight champion title Nate Diaz with his team partner Chris Avila . Diaz himself arrived at the tournament as a spectator or fan. Video footage of the brawl shows Diaz putting his opponent in a choke hold, known in MMA as a “guillotine,” before striking him with several knee strikes to the head and stomach.
Boys will be boys, from time to time. Or perhaps it’s better said that idiots will be idiots — and will have the black eyes and loosened teeth to show for it.
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Thinking at that level of reality gives me nightmares, Skidmark, which is why I never got past white belt in the several styles Mr. Wife exposed me to. I lack the necessary mental toughness.
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[Regnum] In Yakutia, a bear attacked two workers of RusGazBurenia at the Chayandinskoye oil and gas condensate field. The local publication SakhaLife wrote about this .
It is reported that company personnel noticed dogs chasing someone, after which a bear ran out from behind bags of chemicals. A field mechanic was next to the animal. The beast immediately attacked him.
Other workers tried to drive away the bear with fire extinguishers, but at that moment the animal attacked another employee. A hunter had to be called in to eliminate the beast.
According to local media, both victims had lacerations, one is in serious condition.
Earlier in the Krasnodar region, a deer attacked two mushroom pickers. Then it was reported that mushroom pickers had entered the territory of the enclosure, where wild animals were kept in semi-free conditions. After walking about a kilometer, they met a male red deer. Frightened, the mushroom pickers began to scream. They managed to escape, but were badly injured.
As Regnum reported, in September a bear attacked a man who was collecting nuts in the Ermakovsky district of the Krasnoyarsk Territory. The injured man had to be evacuated by a Mi-8 helicopter with rescuers on board. A similar incident occurred on September 1, when a bear mauled a man in the Primorsky Territory. The incident occurred in the vicinity of the village of Cheremshany not far from Dalnegorsk.
At the end of October, Krasnoyarsk police put the bear on the wanted list. It was reported that the duty unit that night received a message about the presence of a wild animal on the street of the city. Residents of the Zheleznodorozhny district of the regional center saw a bear in the courtyard of a residential building on Kopylova Street.
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[Regnum] The Supreme Court of the DPR sentenced paramedic of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Vitaly Matvienko , who participated in the execution of six civilians of Mariupol, to 30 years in a maximum security colony. The republic's prosecutor's office reported this on November 10.
“Taking into account the position of the state prosecutor, the court sentenced Matvienko to 30 years in prison to be served in a maximum security correctional colony,” the department said.
37-year-old Matvienko was found guilty of murder of two or more persons, attempted murder of two or more persons, as well as cruelty to civilians.
The court found that on March 29, 2022, Matvienko, together with other Ukrainian servicemen, received an order from the commander to shoot a car with a family in it from a machine gun. As a result, the woman died on the spot, the man was seriously injured and was able to escape with his son.
Two days later, they shot with machine guns a convoy of three cars, the mirrors of which had white ribbons on them, indicating that they were civilian vehicles. As a result, five civilians died on the spot, two men were able to escape.
Convictions have already been passed against his accomplices.
As Regnum reported , on November 7, the Supreme Court of the DPR sentenced Ukrainian sniper Igor Kleschunov , who shot four residents of Mariupol, to life imprisonment. He was found guilty of cruelty to civilians, the use of prohibited methods in an armed conflict and the murder of two or more persons.
On October 31, the Supreme Court of the DPR sentenced three servicemen of the National Guard of Ukraine: assistant machine gunner Denis Zalevsky , shooter Evgeniy Kiris and assistant grenade launcher Bogdan Kashpruk for killing civilians in Mariupol. They were sentenced to life imprisonment. The investigation established that they shot three cars with ten civilians in them, four of whom died on the spot.
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