[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Ukraine has destroyed one of Putin's newly-built warships in a daring missile strike in Russian-annexed Crimea.
The downed vessel was named as the newly-built Askold missile ship, one of the most modern in Vladimir Putin's navy.
Moscow admitted to losing a ship in an attack by 13 cruise missiles, but did not specify which one.
Footage shows the strike hit Butoma shipyard in Kerch, close to Putin's major bridge linking the annexed peninsula to Russia.
Since launching its counteroffensive against Moscow's forces this summer, Kyiv has ramped up attacks on the peninsula in a bid to suppress Russia's Black Sea naval fleet.
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It was a 200 ft patrol frigate, not even in service yet, sitting in the shipyard.
Not likely to ever enter service now.
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Kiev warmonger attacked Crimea shipyard, "The statement says 15 missiles($) were fired, 13 of which were destroyed in the air, while one hit a ship. Reuters could not verify the statement. It was also unclear what kind of ship took the hit" I prefer 24 hour wait. Moscow will just build more. In some areas of production they are seeing a seven fold increase over 2022.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 23:24 The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that the Ukrainian Armed Forces launched a strike with 15 cruise missiles at the shipbuilding plant named after. Butoms in Kerch, 13 of them were allegedly shot down by air defense systems. As a result of being hit by a cruise missile, “a ship located at the plant was damaged.”
23:05 The Department of Strategic Communications of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported that on November 3, in the Zaporozhye direction, the Russian army launched strikes on 26 settlements in the Zaporozhye, Pologovsky and Vasilievsky districts of the Zaporozhye region. In particular, the enemy hit the personnel of the 128th separate mountain assault brigade with an Iskander-M missile, “as a result of which the military personnel were killed, and local residents were also injured of varying degrees of severity.”
Defense Minister Rustem Umerov said that he had instructed the Main Inspectorate of the Ministry of Defense to conduct a full investigation into the tragedy.
23:02 One of those wounded as a result of the Russian strike on the Korabelny district of Kherson died in the hospital, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin.
22:49 Russia launched a missile attack on Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers in one of the front-line villages in the Zaporozhye region. They could be gathered in one place for awards on the Day of Missile Forces and Artillery. More than 20 military personnel were killed.
22:35 Commander of the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Nikolai Oleshchuk expressed hope that “another watercraft has followed Moscow,” and also thanked the tactical aviation pilots “for successful cruise missile attacks on the infrastructure of the Zaliv shipyard in Kerch, where one of the most modern ships was stationed The Russian Federation is the carrier of Caliber cruise missiles." “Well done, it’s like we walked through SCALP!” - wrote Oleschuk.
Meanwhile, social networks report that at least three strikes were carried out on the small missile ship Askold , the construction of which was being completed at the Zaliv plant. It was launched only in 2021. This ship was supposed to be armed with eight Caliber or Onyx missiles, as well as its own air defense system - the Pantsir-M air defense system and the Orlan-10 UAV complex for reconnaissance.
21:02 As a result of the Russian strike on the Mirgorod district of the Poltava region, at least nine private buildings were damaged, said the head of the OBA, Philip Pronin. Three people were injured, including two children. Specialists from the State Environmental Inspectorate have been involved in the work and will document the damage.
20:39 The Department of Strategic Communications of the Ukrainian Armed Forces confirmed a strike on the sea and port infrastructure of the Zaliv shipyard in Kerch.
19:50 The Air Force command clarified that in the evening the enemy attacked the Dnepropetrovsk and Poltava regions with cruise and ballistic missiles - they managed to destroy three Iskander-K cruise missiles.
19:47 Air defense forces shot down three missiles over the Dnieper region, said the head of the Dnepropetrovsk OVA, Sergei Lysak.
19:41 The Russian army struck the central part of Kherson, a shell hit near a grocery store. According to preliminary information, one person was killed and one was injured, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin.
19:36 The Russians attacked the Poltava region - according to preliminary information, rocket debris damaged several residential buildings in the Mirgorod region. It is known that there are victims, including two children. One person died, said the head of the OVA, Philip Pronin.
18:00 The Russians attacked an infrastructure facility in the Dnieper community, initially without casualties, said the head of the Dnepropetrovsk OVA, Sergei Lysak. The air force had previously warned of the threat of the use of ballistic missiles.
17:54 In the Yagodnoye - Kupyansk-Uzlovoy section, the Russian army suffered significant losses, stopped active operations and is now regrouping, said the commander of the Ground Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Alexander Syrsky. According to him, with the forces of the 6th combined arms and 1st tank armies, the enemy continues to conduct offensive operations in the area of the Kupyansky forest, Pervomaisky and Orlyansky. He is increasing his efforts to capture dominant heights, capture Sinkovka and create favorable conditions for the capture of Kupyansk.
“The defense forces carry out their tasks professionally: over the last week in the Kupyansky direction, the occupiers’ losses in personnel reached 583 people, of which 220 were killed, 358 were wounded, five enemy servicemen were captured,” Syrsky added.
17:51 During the day, the Russians continued to shell the Kherson region, OVA reports. Thus, as a result of an attack on the Korabelny district of Kherson, three people were injured; in Berislav, Kachkarovka and Zmievka - one each. Over the past 24 hours, five people were injured as a result of Russian shelling in the region.
17:28 Crimean publics report explosions, the “head” of the occupied peninsula Sergei Aksenov said that in the area of the shipbuilding plant named after. Butoma in Kerch allegedly carried out air defense operations, some of the debris from the downed missiles fell onto the territory of one of the dry docks, but there were no casualties.
16:51 Ursula von der Leyen, during her speech in the Verkhovna Rada, said that next week the EU will announce a new 12th package of sanctions against the Russian Federation and “will impose sanctions until peace comes.” The President of the European Commission also expressed confidence that Ukraine “can achieve its ambitious goals and open the process of negotiations on accession to the EU this year.”
She also recalled that the EU is preparing a plan to provide Ukraine with 50 billion euros. “This is more than any country received after the Marshall Plan... An important task is to use this money as efficiently as possible. Therefore, we together developed a reform plan,” added the EC President.
16:26 Zelensky said that Ukraine “does not ask for any concessions” on its way to the European Union: “We have implemented the recommendations necessary to begin negotiations on membership. But Ukraine does not stop in transforming its institutions. Reforms will continue. Ukraine will be as ready as possible and to the start of accession negotiations with the European Union, and subsequently to full membership of the EU."
16:01 According to British intelligence estimates, during the assault on Avdievka, Russia lost about 200 armored vehicles. According to analysts, the Russian army suffered such losses due to the effectiveness of modern Ukrainian hand-held anti-tank weapons, mines, drones, and high-precision artillery systems. Intelligence notes that after this, Russian troops began using motorized infantry for attacks.
15:17 Zelensky said that he does not consider the situation at the front to be a stalemate, and Ukraine will not negotiate with Russia. According to him, to improve the situation at the front, F-16s are needed: “We must wait for the guys to learn, for when they return. When there is air defense at the front, the military goes forward and uses equipment.”
"Today time has passed - people are tired. Everyone is tired. But this is not a stalemate. Russia controls the sky. When we don’t control the sky, no one wants to just abandon them, like Russia abandons its people like meat. There are quick solutions. And they are not what “It’s space, technology, air defense,” the president said. He also expressed the belief that if Ukraine, hypothetically, gives up a third of its territories to Russia, the war will not end.
In addition, Zelensky said that no one insists on negotiations with Russia, much less on giving something to Russia. “I don’t know who publishes this. I don’t know why this is being done. I, as the person who bears this responsibility, will answer you very frankly: my attitude coincides with the attitude of Ukrainian society, and no one is putting pressure on me today,” - the head of state commented on foreign media publications about alleged discussions of peace negotiations with the Russian Federation.
12:29 Sweden transferred eight Archer self-propelled artillery systems to Ukraine, Defense Minister Paul Johnson said.
11:55 In Russia, unsuccessful tests of Yars and Bulava missiles, which are carriers of nuclear weapons, took place. According to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, on November 1, the Russian Federation launched an RS-24 Yars intercontinental ballistic missile from the Plesetsk cosmodrome (Arkhangelsk region) at a target at the Kura training ground (Kamchatka). The missile went off course, as it did during the October 25 exercise. The test launch of the RSM-56 Bulava ballistic missile from the submarine missile cruiser Borey also ended unsuccessfully on October 25.
In addition, Moscow is experiencing serious problems with the heavy silo-based RS-28 Sarmat ICBM - this is one of the key projects in the process of modernizing its strategic nuclear forces announced by the Russian Federation. The Sarmat missile has been in production in Russia since 2009 and was supposed to be put into service back in 2018, but the date was constantly postponed. As a result, the Sarmat was adopted only in September 2023 - after the first and only full test in April of this year. The Main Intelligence Directorate claims that, in fact, Sarmat is “an unfinished, imperfect, crude rocket.”
11:16 Ursula von der Leyen was met at the station in Kiev by Zelensky. “I am here to discuss Ukraine’s path to joining the EU. EU financial support for the restoration of Ukraine as a modern, prosperous democracy. And how we will continue to make Russia pay for its war of conquest,” the President of the European Commission wrote and published a joint photo.
09:08 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports that Russian troops are preparing for a third series of major assaults near Avdiivka. Now they are conducting a tactical regrouping, after which they plan to storm the coke plant.
09:00 President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen has arrived in Kiev and is expected to speak in the Verkhovna Rada, People's Deputy Yaroslav Zheleznyak said.
08:57 The head of the Zaporizhzhya Regional Police Department, Yuriy Malashko, clarified that as a result of yesterday’s Russian attack on Zarechny, nine people were injured.
08:53 NBC News claims, citing sources, that the United States and European officials are discussing the topic of peace negotiations with Kiev. Discussions are taking place behind the scenes, but may accelerate sharply at the beginning of 2024, the publication’s sources predict. A separate round of negotiations between the United States and Ukraine on this topic took place in October during the Ramstein meeting, where Zelensky and Ermak attended.
Consultations with Kiev "began amid concerns among American and European officials that the war has reached a stalemate and that they will not be able to continue providing assistance to Ukraine," NBC News notes.
08:42 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of November 4:
personnel - about 304,100 (+830) people,
tanks - 5276 (+11),
armored combat vehicles - 9939 (+38),
artillery systems - 7363 (+35),
MLRS - 861 (+7),
air defense systems - 568 (+2),
aircraft - 322 (+0),
helicopters - 324 (+0),
UAV of operational-tactical level - 5534 (+39),
cruise missiles - 1551 (+0),
ships/boats - 20 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 9716 (+25),
special equipment - 1038 (+4).
08:23 At night, the Russians attacked the Sumy region with two attack UAVs Shahed-136/131 from the Kursk region - both drones were destroyed, the Air Force command reported.
07:25 Over the past 24 hours, 66 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 near Sinkovka, Ivanovka, Kharkov region and Stelmakhovka, Lugansk region; on Limansky - in the Verkhnekamensky district of the Donetsk region; on Bakhmutsky - in the districts of Kleshcheevka, Bogdanovka and Khromovo, Donetsk region; on Avdeevsky - in the Stepnoy, Tonenky, Avdeevka, Severny, Pervomaisky districts of the Donetsk region; on Maryinsky - in the area of Marinka and Novomikhailovka, Donetsk region; on Shakhtarsky - near Staromayorsky, Donetsk region; on Zaporozhye - not far from Rabotino, Zaporozhye region.
At the same time, the Defense Forces continue their offensive in the Melitopol direction and assault operations south of Bakhmut, Donetsk region.
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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Kupyansk direction, units of the Zapad Group of Forces supported by aviation and artillery repelled five attacks of the AFU 54th Motorised Brigade and 57th Mechanised Brigade near Sin'kovka and north of Timkovka (Kharkov region).
Up to 210 Ukrainian troops, one tank, two infantry fighting vehicles, and three motor vehicles have been neutralised.
In the course of counterbattery warfare, the Russian troops hit one U.S.-made M777 artillery system and two Gvozdika self-propelled artillery systems.
In Krasny Liman direction, units of the Tsentr Group of Forces, helicopters, and artillery repelled two attacks of assault detachments of the AFU 24th Mechanised Brigade and 15th National Guard Regiment close to Novosyolovka and Grigorovka (Donetsk People's Republic), and inflicted losses on enemy manpower near Serebryansky forestry.
The enemy losses amounted to up to 100 Ukrainian troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, and three motor vehicles.
In addition, two U.S.-made M777 artillery systems and two Grad MLRS were destroyed.
In Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Group of Forces supported by aviation and artillery inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 42nd Mechanised Brigade to Kurdyumovka and Kleshcheyevka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy losses in this direction amounted to up to 140 Ukrainian troops, one Leopard tank, two armoured fighting vehicles, and three motor vehicles.
In the course of counterbattery warfare, one Uragan MLRS, two 152mm Msta-B howitzers, two122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery systems, two 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS, one 122mm D-30 howitzer, as well as one AN/TPQ-37 counterbattery warfare radar were wiped out.
In South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok Group of Forces supported by helicopters and artillery repelled one attack of the AFU 102nd Territorial Defence Brigade close to Marphopol (Zaporozhye region).
Strikes were delivered at manpower clusters of the AFU 72nd Mechanised Brigade near Ugledar (Donetsk People's Republic).
Up to 55 Ukrainian troops, two infantry fighting vehicles, three motor vehicles, and one 152mm D-20 howitzer have been neutralised in this direction during the day.
In Zaporozhye direction, units of the Russian Group of Troops supported by aviation and artillery repelled five attacks of assault detachments of the AFU 33rd, 65th, 118th Mechanised Brigades, and inflicted losses on a unit of the 82nd Airborne Brigade near Rabotino (Zaporozhye region).
Up to 30 Ukrainian troops, six armoured fighting vehicles, three motor vehicles, and one U.S.-made M777 artillery system have been eliminated in this direction during the day.
In Kherson direction, units of the Russian Groups of Troops repelled one AFU attack.
As a result of the strikes, the AFU losses amounted to over 60 Ukrainian troops killed and wounded, six motor vehicles, and one 152mm Msta-B howitzer.
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged AFU manpower and hardware in 118 areas during the day.
One AFU warehouse of missile and artillery weapons has been destroyed near Priluki (Chernigov region).
A command and observation post of the AFU 67th Mechanised Brigade was wiped out close to Serebryanka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Air defence units intercepted nine HIMARS projectiles over the past 24 hours.
Moreover, 43 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have been shot down close to Tavolzhanka (Kharkov region), Verkhnekamenka (Lugansk People's Republic), Kirillovka, Yalynskoye (Donetsk People's Republic), Sladkaya Balka, Novofedorovka, and Pshenichnoye (Zaporozhye region).
In total, 525 airplanes and 254 helicopters, 8,629 unmanned aerial vehicles, 441 air defence missile systems, 13,175 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,182 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 6,980 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 14,965 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 04.11.2023 to 00:00 05.11.2023
Over the past 24 hours, the Representative Office reported 8 incidents of firing by the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces.
There were no reports of civilian casualties.
Three residential buildings were damaged in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, as well as one civil infrastructure facility.
The areas of two settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Gorlovka (Tsentralno-Gorodskoy, Nikitovsky districts), the capital city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts).
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out four attacks from 155mm artillery.
At Gorlivske there were four artillery attacks from 152mm artillery.
A total of 28 units of various ammunition were fired.
In the previous day, 20 artillery attacks were recorded from the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces.
21:50 Powerful personnel: how Hero of Russia Sergeant Shcherbakov showed and told how his ATGM crew thwarted the offensive of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Artyomovsk
In that battle, Guard Sergeant Yuri Shcherbakov destroyed one enemy tank and two infantry fighting vehicles.
Yuri describes his feat briefly: “I heard in the radar that there was an attack on the neighbor on the right. I saw it myself, discovered it myself, opened fire. I brought the fire to the end - that’s it, the offensive was completely disrupted and stopped.”
The fighter was sent to this direction recently, but has already managed to “click” a lot of enemy equipment.
“We had just arrived in this direction, we didn’t yet know where and where the enemy was coming from, and we were just studying all the heights, directions from where he could come and where he would appear. In that battle I destroyed one tank and two infantry fighting vehicles. In general, at the moment I have destroyed three tanks, two2 American M113s, four Bucephalus and five infantry fighting vehicles,” Yuri said.
Our hero more than once had to work under fire; Yuri himself says that “It was very hard, scary, but you wonder: either you are theirs, or they are our boys. And so we had to work under mortar fire.”
The Minister of Defense presented Guard Sergeant Yuri Shcherbakov with the Gold Star medal.
21:25 Powerful arrivals at Mirgorod airfield: reports Telegram channel “War History Weapons”.
20:50 Reporting from Avdeevsky direction SVO:
All day long, our artillery and MLRS continued to fire at enemy positions and fortifications. It is reported that today several enemy artillery positions were covered in the Karlovka area.
Our assault groups today continued to build on their success on the northern flank in the area of the railway and on the northeastern outskirts of the AKZ. In the south, the slow advance north of Vodyanoye and Opytny continued.
In the near future, the enemy expects a resumption of a large-scale attack from our side.
20:20 Air defense forces defeated an attack from Ukraine on Melitopol, operational services report
In addition, the air defense shot down three Storm Shadow missiles that the Ukrainian Armed Forces launched at Berdyansk
19:30 Another explosion in the Dnieper -Ukrainian newspaper “Strana ua.”
19:00 There were powerful arrivals in Dnepropetrovsk -reports Telegram channel “War History Weapons”.
18:35 In the area of the shipyard named after. Butoma in Kerch air defense worked, part of the fragments of downed missiles fell onto the territory of one of the dry docks. There were no casualties.
About it reported Head of Crimea Sergei Aksenov
18:05 Reported about the end of the alarm over Genichesky and repelling the attack on the Crimean bridge
“Kerch. According to our information, there were no hits. There is damage (light) from shrapnel on the ground. The same is true in the Genichesk region. Everything is down. Total number of 12-18 missiles”
17:45 Three downings were reported in the Kerch area. Going attack on the Crimean bridge
17:35 Rostec showed unique footage of testing Proryv tanks. Subsidiary Uralvagonzavod demonstrated the operation of tanks at the test site.
“The vaunted Leopard 2 “cats” in the NWO zone showed themselves to be fat and clumsy. They cannot hide from our fast and agile tanks. Reviews about the Russian fighting beauties are only positive,” the company commented.
T-90M “Proryv” have proven themselves to be excellent in the air defense zone. These and other Concern vehicles continue to be modified taking into account combat experience and the wishes of tankers.
17:00 In Crimea and Sevastopol announced missile danger. Maritime transport traffic has been suspended. The Crimean Bridge is also closed to traffic.
About half an hour ago, four carriers of Storm Shadow/SCALP Su-24M cruise missiles took off from Starokonstantinov in the Khmelnitsky region.
They are flying in an easterly direction, and it is not yet clear whether they are going straight to launch missiles or will land at one of the airfields to load the Storms, as was the case the last time.
15:50 Metro in the Avdiivka direction: Soldiers are digging tunnels to take the enemy by surprise
“Combat tactics are being modernized not only above the ground, but also on it and even below it. It was possible to carry out a whole special operation and now a new metro has appeared near Donetsk,” reportsS. Pegov.
Soldiers from the “Wild Division” managed to dig a 160-meter long tunnel. This allowed us not only to get closer to the enemy for a further attack, but also to undermine the militants, which played into the hands of our soldiers in the offensive.
Earlier, the speaker of the 110th Infantry Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Anton Kotsukon, stated that near Avdiivka, Russian soldiers began to use “mole” tactics and were digging tunnels to secretly get closer to Ukrainian positions.
15:20 A new type of Lancet with a target acquisition function hit a Ukrainian FH-70 howitzer west of Kurdyumovka -video.
14:35 Summary of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (as of November 4, 2023)
– In the Kupyansk direction, units of the “Western” group of forces, during active operations with the support of aviation and artillery fire, repelled five attacks of the 54th Motorized Infantry and 57th Mechanized Brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Sin'kovka and north of Timkovka, Kharkov region.
The enemy's losses amounted to up to 210 military personnel, a tank, two infantry fighting vehicles, and three cars. During the counter-battery fight, the following were hit: a US-made M777 artillery system, as well as two 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mounts.
– In the Krasnolimansk direction, coordinated actions of units of the “Center” group of troops, army aviation strikes, and artillery fire repelled two attacks by assault groups of the 24th Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the 15th Regiment of the National Guard of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Novoselovka and Grigorovka of the Donetsk People’s Republic, as well as Enemy manpower was defeated in the Serebryansky forest area.
The enemy's daily losses amounted to up to 100 military personnel, two armored combat vehicles and three vehicles. In addition, two US-made M777 artillery systems and two Grad MLRS combat vehicles were hit.
– In the Donetsk direction, units of the “Southern” group of forces, in cooperation with aviation and artillery, defeated the manpower and equipment of the 42nd Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Kurdyumovka and Kleshcheevka of the Donetsk People’s Republic.
Enemy losses in this direction amounted to up to 140 military personnel, a Leopard tank, two armored combat vehicles, and three cars. During the counterbattery fight, the following were hit: a 220mm BM-27 Uragan MLRS combat vehicle, two152mm MSTA-B howitzers, two 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mounts, two 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS combat vehicles, a 122mm D-30 howitzer, as well as a US-made counterbattery counter-battery radar "AN/TPQ-37".
– In the South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok group of troops, in cooperation with army aviation and artillery, repelled an attack by the 102nd Territorial Defense Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of ??the village of Marfopol, Zaporozhye region.
In the area of the village of Ugledar, Donetsk People's Republic, fire damage was caused to concentrations of manpower of the 72nd Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Over the course of 24 hours, more than 55 military personnel, two infantry fighting vehicles, three cars, and a 152mm D-20 howitzer were destroyed.
– In the Zaporozhye direction, the Russian group of troops, with air strikes and artillery fire, repelled five attacks by assault groups of the 33rd, 65th and 118th Mechanized Brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and also inflicted fire damage on a unit of the 82nd Air Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the settlement Rabotino, Zaporozhye region.
Up to 30 military personnel, six armored combat vehicles, three cars were destroyed, and the US-made M777 artillery system was also damaged.
– In the Kherson direction, units of Russian troops repelled one enemy attack.
As a result of the fire damage, the losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to more than 60 military personnel killed and wounded, six vehicles, as well as an 152mm MSTA-B howitzer.
Operational-tactical and army aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of groupings of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation defeated the personnel and military equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in 118 regions.
In the area of the settlement of Priluki, Chernihiv region, the arsenal of missile weapons and ammunition of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was hit.
In the area of the village of Serebryanka, Donetsk People's Republic, the command and observation post of a unit of the 67th Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was hit.
Air defense systems intercepted nine HIMARS missiles during the day.
In addition, 43 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down in the areas of the settlements of Tavolzhanka in the Kharkov region, Verkhnekamenka in the Lugansk People's Republic, Kyrylivka, Yalynskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic, Sladkaya Balka, Novofedorivka and Pshenichnoye in the Zaporozhye region.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 525 aircraft, 254 helicopters, 8,629 unmanned aerial vehicles, 441 anti-aircraft missile systems, 13,175 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,182 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 6,980 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 14965 units of special military vehicles.
14:00 Avdeevskoe direction. T-90 in action.
Our tankers are heating up the northern flank, distributing life-giving cast iron to the Ukrainian Armed Forces militants.
Land mine is a very good argument in negotiations with the Nazis; this formula was developed by our grandfathers during the Great Patriotic War.
We remember, we follow, we practice -video.
13:30 Frontline reports: in the Kupyansky direction, the RF Armed Forces advanced north-west of Orlyanskoye.
13:00 NGP exploration reports: according to the situation in the Kherson direction
The tense situation remains in the Krynok area.
The enemy continues to cling to the populated area, despite the known difficulties, he retains the ability to rotate personnel, replenish ammunition supplies and provisions on the left bank, all enemy activities are based on the islands.
It may seem to some that forces entrenched in the territory of one locality are not something worth paying attention to, but in fact this is not the case.
Even a small enemy unit trying to create a bridgehead is a factor of tension and forces the involvement of certain forces to control the situation, which in itself necessitates the liquidation of the enclave.
Moreover, there is currently a concentration of enemy infantry on the right bank of the Dnieper, in the areas of Ivanovka, Lvovo, and Olgovka.
It is not difficult to predict the enemy’s intentions; these settlements are located in the same area; when crossing the Dnieper, even with limited forces, the enemy may try to cut off the roads leading to Krynki from the west and east and significantly expand the occupied bridgehead.
With all this, such plans are quite a risky gamble, since the enemy relies on FPV drones and electronic warfare systems installed on the islands; if these objects are destroyed, the Ukrainian Armed Forces units located on the left bank will largely lose their shield and will be pressed to the shore by superior forces of the Russian Armed Forces .
A few cast iron bombs can multiply the entire epic with the landing counter-grunt by zero.
12:30 RF Ministry of Defense: On November 4, at about 11.00 Moscow time, an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack by an aircraft-type UAV on objects on the territory of the Russian Federation was stopped.
Duty air defense systems destroyed a Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle over the territory of the Belgorod region.
12:00 Frontline reports: Andreevka. The Russian Armed Forces are trying to knock the Ukrainian Armed Forces militants out of their last landing, but so far it has not worked; the Armed Forces of Ukraine are flying a lot of FPV drones.
11:30 RF Ministry of Defense: On November 4, at about 09.00 Moscow time, an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack by two aircraft-type UAVs on targets on the territory of the Russian Federation was stopped.
On duty air defense systems destroyed two Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over the territory of the Kursk region.
10:55 Front-line soldier reports: The Russian Armed Forces have improved tactical positions northeast of Priyutnoye in the direction of Staromayorsky.
10:25 Chronicle of a special military operation for November 3, 2023 from the Telegram channel “Fisherman“.
In the Kherson direction, Russian soldiers tried several times to drive the enemy out of Krynoki on the left bank of the Dnieper. They managed to achieve some success, but the Ukrainian Armed Forces still maintain a foothold in the center of the village. Now fierce fighting continues in the area, and unmanned aircraft are actively operating. In addition, the enemy maintains a bridgehead at the railway bridge to the west.
During the battle for Avdievka, the Russian Armed Forces expand the zone of control and consolidate in previously occupied positions near the railway track near Petrovsky (Stepovoy). On the southern flank, fighting continues near the Tsarskaya Okhota camp site and south of Severny.
At night, Russian troops again attacked the rear targets of Ukrainian formations. One of the targets was the Kanatovo airfield, where Storm Shadow cruise missile carrier aircraft are based. There is no exact information about the results of the defeat yet, but the enemy’s air defense was unable to intercept all targets. Several more targets were hit in Kharkov and its environs, as well as in the Ivano-Frankivsk, Odessa and Lvov regions.
Ukrainian formations, in turn, again attacked Crimea with a swarm of Mugin-5 PRO drones. 13 devices were suppressed by electronic warfare equipment near the village of Razdolnoye , two more were shot down by air defense systems.
10:00 RF Ministry of Defense: During the night of November 4, attempts by the Kyiv regime to carry out terrorist attacks by aircraft-type UAVs on targets on the territory of the Russian Federation were stopped.
Duty air defense systems destroyed four Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over the territories of the Belgorod and Kursk regions.
09:24 The pilot of the Su-25 attack aircraft with the call sign “Italian” spoke about the execution of a combat mission in the Krasnolimansk direction -video
“We made a combat flight as part of a strike group,” he says. – We worked on enemy personnel with unguided missiles. Everything went smoothly. Good mood. And this is how we work every day,” said “Italian”.
To effectively carry out combat missions, Su-25 crews work in pairs. “There is no need to evaluate ourselves, because we carry out tasks as part of a team, and we have common success. We are all good men with rich experience,” says the Su-25 pilot.
09:22 Official summary Representative offices of the DPR in the JCCC from 00:00 03.11.2023 to 00:00 04.11.2023
Over the past 24 hours, the Representative Office reported 20 incidents of firing by the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces.
Information was received about the injury of a civilian – a girl born in 2008. #ChildrenNotTarget, in Volnovakha.
Seven residential buildings were damaged in the Kirovsky, Petrovsky and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk, Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka, as well as four civil infrastructure facilities.
Districts of four settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Gorlovka (Tsentralno-Gorodskoy, Nikitovsky districts), Zaitsevo, the capital city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Volnovakha.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 13 attacks from 155mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead.
At Gorlivske there were six artillery attacks from 155mm artillery.
On Volnovakha one artillery attack from MLRS.
A total of 58 units of various ammunition were fired.
In the previous day, 48 artillery attack were recorded from the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces.
08:21 Russian howitzers are a bone in the throat of the Ukrainian Armed Forces -video
Crews of the 152mm Msta-S self-propelled guns of the Western Military District are destroying manpower and armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kupyansk direction.
Scouts uncover camouflaged positions, concentrations of armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and transmit coordinates for further destruction.
During combat missions, crews of 152mm self-propelled howitzers "Msta-S" use high-explosive, high-explosive fragmentation, and high-precision ammunition, which allows them to inflict maximum damage to fortifications, buried concrete fortifications, armored vehicles and enemy personnel. Fire is carried out at ranges of up to 30 kilometers.
08:05 Summary on the morning of November 4, 2023
The Russian Armed Forces launched a missile strike on enemy rear areas and reported explosions in Mirgorod (Poltava region). The likely target was once again the Ukrainian Armed Forces airfield.In the Kherson direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces hold part of the settlement. Krynki, heavy fighting is going on. TOS "Solntsepok" was once again used against enemy positions. The enemy infantry is destroyed at the Antonovsky and railway bridges by artillery fire and the use of drones. Despite the successful defense of the Russian Armed Forces, the persistence of problems with communications, interaction, and electronic warfare is noted from the ground.
On the Zaporozhye Front, battles for forest plantations west of Rabotino continue; the enemy changed the direction of attacks for about a week. Some of the positions have already changed hands many times, with both sides bringing small groups of infantry into the battle with powerful artillery support.
The offensive operation of the Russian Armed Forces continues in the Avdeevsky sector. On the northern ledge of the front near the settlement. Stepovoe our troops control the railway. From the southern ledge - fighting in the direction of the settlement. Northern, the Russian Army’s plan to close the pincers covering Avdeevka is visible. The southeastern flank of the front - heavy fighting near the Tsarskaya Okhota recreation center.
North of Kleshcheevka there are reports that the enemy has advanced along the forest plantation and is gaining a foothold in the area with the support of artillery fire.
In the Belgorod region, a village came under fire. Shebekino. In the Kursk region, the villages of Lokot, Rylsky district, and Uspenovka, Korenevsky district, were under attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. In Volnovakha (DPR), a girl born in 2008 was wounded as a result of artillery attackby the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Gevorg Mirzayan
[REGNUM] “I received a call from one of the heads of the leaders’ offices. They panic and ask: “What should I report to my leader? Are you really at a dead end? Is this the effect we wanted to achieve with this article?” This is exactly how the deputy head of Vladimir Zelensky’s office, Igor Zhovkva, commented on the article by the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny , which recently appeared in the Economist.
In it, we recall, Mr. Zaluzhny is extremely pessimistic about the prospects of inflicting a military defeat on Russia with the means that Ukraine now has and that are provided by the West.
ANALOGIES WITH THE FIRST WORLD WAR
The general is no less pessimistic about the further course of hostilities, which have taken on a positional character - just like in the First World War. “The biggest risk of a trench war of attrition is that it could drag on for years and wear down the Ukrainian state ,” he says.
Military experts agree with these theses of the general. A positional war really developed on the line of contact. For the same reason that it developed during the First World War - the superiority of defensive means over offensive ones.
There were no tanks in the First World War, so the infantry took the brunt of the attacks, and machine guns and powerful engineering structures stopped these attacks. Sometimes up to a hundred thousand fighters went on the attack - and they could not break through the front, Andrei Klintsevich, director of the Center for the Study of Military and Political Conflicts, explains to IA Regnum.
“Currently, heavy breakthrough technology is being leveled out by cheap, mass-produced and high-precision weapons - FPV drones, continuous mining. In fact, the tank does not have time to reach direct fire - it is already spotted from the air 20 kilometers in advance by a drone, after which the drones arrive and burn it,” says the expert.
Yes, there is a way out of the situation - defensive formations can be overcome by large forces and with powerful fire damage. There is an American concept of a breakthrough, when in the main direction of attack it is necessary to achieve a fifteen-fold superiority over the enemy, especially in an urbanized environment. However, operational excellence has not been canceled; the headquarters are working.
Although the possibility of deceiving the enemy has decreased, pulling apart and tapping the line of contact with further concentration of forces in the area is possible. “What works, first of all, is the concentration of firepower, when high-precision and other strikes are carried out on enemy strongholds, thus plowing up the enemy’s defense line in front of them, and only then infantry is brought in,” continues Andrei Klintsevich.
However, there is another powerful factor - the potential of states. Both mobilization and from the point of view of the capabilities of the military-industrial complex, capable of multiplying the volume of equipment produced to create conditions for a breakthrough. And here the Ukrainian potential is hopelessly inferior to the Russian one. “Kyiv lacks the main resource in war - time. In ten years they can gather equipment and people, but in a month or two there will be nothing ,” continues Andrei Klintsevich. And Russia will have it. Has already.
KYIV AGAINST
However, the authorities not only refuse to recognize Zaluzhny’s theses, but also directly refute them. “ This is not a stalemate ,” Zelensky himself said. His persistence in denial can be explained by several factors.
First, we need to be held accountable for the current military failure. For trying the so-called. “summer offensive”, during which, according to Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu , 90 thousand Ukrainian soldiers were killed, 600 tanks and 1900 armored vehicles of various classes were destroyed. Moreover, all the losses turned out to be in vain: neither the notorious access to Crimea nor any other serious achievements were recorded.
“The failure of Ukraine’s promised military superiority strategy requires a search for those responsible. Since no one wants to become extreme, we see attempts to abdicate responsibility , ” Russian political scientist Anton Khaschenko explains to IA Regnum . Remove it and shift it to someone else, before they make Zelensky himself the culprit. Of course, you can transfer it to the West, and it will even be true.
The blame for the failure of the “counter-offensive” lies with the West: it did not provide Ukraine with the necessary means to break through our most powerful line of defense. The Americans believed that these lines could be broken through with heavy breakthrough divisions, and the main force was supposed to be helicopters and airplanes. Then there are artillery strikes, followed by mine clearance equipment, tanks, and only then light infantry. And NATO transferred everything to Ukraine for this offensive - except aviation. “The result was a defeat ,” says Andrei Klintsevich.
However, Ukrainians cannot blame the West, since it: a) gives money; b) gives weapons and c) is tired of Zelensky himself. Previous attempts to blame the United States for failure led to extremely harsh reactions from American politicians to such accusations. Therefore, Zaluzhny must be blamed, especially since the popular Ukrainian general is gradually becoming a “assembly point” for the president’s political opponents.
“The internal front sees a bifurcation point approaching and is using the period of Zelensky’s political and public weakness to present itself to Western partners and its potential voters - taking into account the hypothetical elections of the head of state next year,” says Anton Khashchenko.
FIGHT BETWEEN A TOAD AND A VIPER
Moreover, Zelensky needs to stop Zaluzhny here and now. After all, unfortunately for the Ukrainian leader, the general’s popularity will only grow.
Firstly, due to - oddly enough - the military successes of the Russian army. For example, Ukrainians know that General Zaluzhny is against the defense of Avdiivka. “Theoretically, it is now more profitable for Ukraine to withdraw the garrison from Avdiivka and surrender this fortified area. Otherwise, Avdiivka will turn into a bag of fire, into which Ukrainian units will be drawn in and die - as happened in Artemovsk ,” Andrei Klintsevich explains the logic of such a position.
Zelensky, for political reasons, holds on to Avdiivka, sacrificing (as in the case of Artemovsk) thousands of Ukrainian soldiers in order not to receive another surrendered “forte”. However, sooner or later Avdiivka will still be surrendered.
Secondly, it is necessary for his opponents to stop Zaluzhny due to the deradicalization of the position of the West and part of Ukrainian society. Military fatigue has clearly accumulated not only in the West, but also within Ukraine itself. And not only among the population, which has lost mobilized relatives and friends, money, as well as the ability to predict their lives. But also among the elite, a certain part of which would have been happy to make peace with Russia long ago.
The position of Zelensky, who, apparently, for purely psychological reasons, is unable to recognize the inevitable, is an anchor that needs to be gotten rid of, explains Anton Khashchenko. These people may be much closer to Zaluzhny’s pragmatic position than Zelensky’s stubborn one.
However, is this position closer to Russia? For Moscow, oddly enough, Zelensky is still more profitable. “I would not consider Zaluzhny’s candidacy more convenient for Russia than Zelensky. We already had young Zelensky against the annoying Poroshenko. At the same time, most likely, if the latter had retained power then, the SVO would have ended long ago. Zelensky is more of an ideologist of the confrontation with Russia, a “seller” of his ideas in the West. Zaluzhny is their implementer on the battlefield. I’m not sure that a practitioner is better for us than a theorist ,” says Anton Khashchenko.
In addition, as long as Zelensky remains in power in Ukraine, Kyiv will refuse any negotiations with Moscow on freezing the conflict. A freeze, which is disadvantageous for Russia, but to which some eastern partners will force it - the main thing for them is to somehow end the armed confrontation.
This means that thanks to Zelensky, Moscow has the opportunity to win the fight of attrition - that is, to defeat the Ukrainian army, liberate the territories, and then negotiate not about a freeze, but about a full end to the conflict on Russian terms.
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