Footage showing Ukrainian Storm Shadow cruise missile hits on Russian Karakurt-class small missile corvette Askold on Zaliv shipyard in Kerch after pic.twitter.com/7jlUfbBEM8
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So they won a minor naval battle in a land war.
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"Alexander III was nicknamed ‘The Peacemaker’" with three in current service and three more to be built. Successful launch of Bulava ICBM traveled several thousand miles and hit targeted area. So they have strength on land and sea. Terms negotiated with strength. Victoria will still pursue forever wars. Just print more money.
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[LB] "...The village is empty. There is no one, silence all around," said "Maestro".
by Vera Perun
Stormtrooper 80 Separate Air Assault Brigade Mykola with the call sign "Maestro" took part in the liberation of Klishchiivka.
As "Ukrainian Witness" told, several months ago he went on his first assault. Currently, "Maestro" commands the unit.
According to the soldier, it was very difficult to free Klishchiivka.
"I lost a friend and comrades. The commander reported on the radio that "Boroda" (call sign) was "two hundredth". It was difficult to hear that, and then to see him," said "Maestro".
The fighter recalled that he and his comrades captured the commander of the assault group of the "Akhmat" battalion.
"After the assault, we covered the sappers. Suddenly we heard: someone was crawling behind us. Maybe he thought it was his own, or maybe he was following us. But he still won't tell the truth," the soldier added.
"Maestro" said that there are currently no residents in Klishchiivka.
"When you enter Klishchiivka, it becomes eerie. Not because there might be a flight, but because the village is empty. There is no one, silence all around," the fighter added.
It will be recalled that the settlement was liberated in September by the 80th Assault Brigade, the 5th Assault Brigade, and the "Lyut" Brigade.
Subsequently, the Armed Forces reported that the de-occupation of Klishchiivka created a springboard for the further offensive of the Defense Forces. This allowed Ukrainian units to control the logistical routes by which the Russian army supplies captured Bakhmut.
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[LB] Chernihiv, Sumy, Luhansk, Odesa, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhya, and Mykolaiv regions were also attacked.
The Russians conducted one shelling (three explosions) in the Chernihiv region during the day - in the Chernihiv district near Senkivka, the Horodnya community was hit with mortars. There was no information about losses among the local population or damage to civil infrastructure . The data is being verified, says the summary from OVA as of this morning.
In Sumy at night, the Russians carried out a machine gun attack on the Bilopol community. Five machine gun rounds were recorded. No consequences. Yesterday, during the day, the Russians carried out 23 shellings of the border territories and settlements of the Sumy region. 85 explosions were recorded. Myropilsk, Bilopolska, Krasnopilska, Yunakivska, Shalyginska, Seredino-Budska, Esmanska communities came under shelling.
In the Myropilska community, a private residential building, a utility room, and a gas pipe for domestic gas supply were damaged as a result of mortar shelling (six explosions). Seredyno-Budsk community: one apartment building, 29 private residential buildings, a garage, an administrative building, and seven garage spaces were damaged as a result of shelling from multiple rocket systems (nine explosions).
In Zaporizhzhia , rockets hit 23 settlements in the past day - 159 hits were recorded. The enemy carried out two MLRS attacks on Robotyny and attacked Zaliznychne, Novodarivka, Novodanilivka, Robotyna, Charivne, Poltavka and Mala Tokmachka with 12 drones.
A total of 145 artillery shells were fired on the territory of Gulyaipol, Orikhov, Malynyvka, Novoandriivka, Levadny, Lugiv, Kamian, Pyatikhatok, Stepovo, Plavni, Primorsky and other front-line towns and villages. Five reports were received about the destruction of residential buildings and infrastructure facilities. The local population was not injured.
At night, Russian terrorists attacked Odessa with various types of missiles and attack drones. Five local residents were injured. They are trained. Rockets hit the city center and an industrial building that was no longer in use. The blast wave damaged several high-rise residential buildings and a museum in the historic part of the city (a UNESCO World Heritage Site). The Russians directed the Shahed-131/136 attack drones at the port infrastructure of Odesa. 15 drones were destroyed by our air defense forces. The impact damaged warehouses, special unloading equipment, and cars with grain.
In Luhansk, Nadiya and the territory of Serebryan Forestry suffered blows from the sky on Sunday. The Russians shelled Nevsky and Bilogorivka with mortars, jet and barrel artillery. During the day, the enemy fired 144 rounds (567 shells).
In Kharkiv, the enemy launched artillery and air strikes on at least 15 settlements. The following were hit by airstrikes: Sinkivka, Ivanovka. Pletenivka, Nesterne of Chuguyiv district, Stroivka, Topoli, Dvorichna, Synkivka, Petropavlivka, Ivanivka, Berestovka of Kupian district came under artillery fire.
In Dnipropetrovsk , the enemy struck the Nikopol district with artillery at night. Myrivska and Marganetska communities were shelled. More than half a dozen shells were fired. No victims. Yesterday, the occupiers shelled the communities of the district four times. More than two dozen shells were fired. They beat Nikopol, Myrivska, Marganetska and Chervonogrigorivska communities. Two men, 30 and 58 years old, were injured in the shelling in Myrivska hromada. They were hospitalized in moderate condition. Infrastructural and agricultural enterprises were damaged. A 77-year-old man died as a result of the attack on the villages of Marganetska and Chervonogrihorivska communities. At night, an enemy drone was shot down over the Pavlograd district.
In Donetskia, six settlements were under the fire of the Rashists of the past era: Avdiivka, Toretsk, Chasiv Yar, Ocheretine, Novokalynove, Semenivka. Seven residential buildings (two of them multi-apartment buildings), a transformer substation were damaged. In Donetsk region in a day: one person was injured.
In Mykolaivska at night, the enemy made artillery strikes on Dmytrivka of the Kutsurub community. There are no casualties. Also tonight, enemy shelling was recorded in the water area of Ochakivska hromada. No casualties.
In Khersonska during the day, the enemy fired 132 rounds (640 shells), of which 18 rounds (58 shells) were fired at Kherson. The Rashists targeted the districts of 35 settlements of the region; a store in Beryslav; territory and buildings of two private enterprises in Kherson. Yesterday, the enemy covered the Dnipro district of Kherson with fire. Hit a residential building. As a result of shelling, the second floor of the house was destroyed. A 61-year-old man was injured. The shipping district of Kherson is again under fire from the Russian occupation forces. In the afternoon, the Russians hit residential buildings in a residential quarter. Four people were injured.
The occupiers dropped an explosive device near a grocery store in Beryslav yesterday afternoon. Two people were injured. In the evening, Russian terrorists launched a rocket attack on the center of Kherson. As a result, high-rise buildings were damaged. Information about the victims and destruction is being established. During the day, eight people were injured in the region.
We will remind you that in total, the enemy launched six missile and 70 air strikes, launched 76 attacks from rocket salvo systems on the positions of our troops and populated areas.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22:47 The head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Igor Klimenko, said that Zaluzhny’s assistant died as a result of the explosion of one of the “new Western-style” grenades given to him for his birthday.
“First, the son took the ammunition in his hands and began to twist the ring. Then the serviceman took the grenade from the child and pulled out the ring, provoking a tragic explosion. In the apartment, the police found five more such unexploded grenades. They will be sent for examination. The police found a fellow soldier who gave the fatal gift. A search has already been carried out in his office and two more similar grenades were seized. Primary investigative actions are ongoing," the minister said.
22:35 The head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, called for a reduction in attention to Ukraine and the unity of the allies in supporting it: “If Ukraine loses, we will lose too. We must maintain unanimity and unity in supporting Ukraine.”
21:44 Zelensky said that he held a meeting of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief: “The first question is the tragedy with the soldiers of our 128th separate mountain assault brigade. The military, the Minister of Defense, the head of the Security Service of Ukraine reported. Specifics - what has already been found out from the circumstances tragedy, whose orders created the conditions for a tragedy to occur. The brigade commander has been suspended for the duration of the investigation. The whole situation is being examined minute by minute. And it will be established who specifically violated the rules for the safety of people in the area of enemy aerial reconnaissance access. No avoidance of responsibility."
The second issue at Headquarters, according to the president, is the reports of the commander-in-chief, the commanders in the directions of the main battles, as well as the intelligence report. “Avdeevka, Kupyansk, Kherson are the main focus today. And our operations in the Black Sea. I thank everyone who ensured the successful defeat of the Russian ship at the plant in Kerch,” Zelensky added.
21:36 Zelensky said in an evening video message that now is not the time for elections: “Now is the time of defense, the time of battle on which the fate of the state and people depends, and not the time of stuffing that only Russia expects from Ukraine. I believe that now is the election not at the right time. And if you need to put an end to this or that political dispute and continue to work only in unity, then the state has structures that are capable of putting an end to it and giving society all the necessary answers. So that there is no space left for conflicts and someone else’s game against Ukraine ... Now, in wartime, when there are many challenges, it is completely irresponsible to somehow... frivolously and playfully throw the topic of elections into society.”
Earlier, People's Deputy Alexei Goncharenko said that Zelensky allegedly decided to hold presidential elections in March 2024.
20:59 Zaluzhny reported the death of his assistant Gennady Chastyakov. According to the commander-in-chief, he died “under tragic circumstances on his birthday surrounded by his family.” An unknown explosive device went off in one of the gifts.
20:34 The Department of Strategic Communications of the Ukrainian Armed Forces showed a photo of the Russian Askold launch vehicle damaged as a result of the Ukrainian strike. According to available information, the ship was significantly damaged and may be beyond repair.
18:58 Ukraine received from its allies the entire promised list of air defenses, but this is not enough, said Air Force Speaker Yuriy Ignat: “Today we received from the West virtually all the air defenses that we were promised, one of the best air defenses in the world. But the word “all” Here you need to divide - into the nomenclature of receipt and the quantity." According to him, Ukraine needs significantly more air defense systems, such as Patriot, SAMP/T, IRIS-T or NASAMS.
17:56 The Russians hit a residential building in Tomina Balka, Belozersk community, Kherson region, one person was wounded, OVA reported.
16:37 The head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, will recommend starting negotiations with Ukraine on joining the EU this week, Reuters writes, citing sources. According to them, on Wednesday, November 8, she will publish a positive report on the reforms carried out by Ukraine, on the basis of which she will recommend that EU national leaders at the summit in December approve the start of negotiations with Kiev on accession to the EU.
15:48 The new Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico said that the ban on the export of weapons to Ukraine applies only to state stocks, and not to the products of private defense companies: “We are talking about weapons, about ammunition from the warehouses of the Slovak army, about government materials. If any the company will want to make weapons and send them somewhere, no one will interfere with this."
14:55 Ukroboronprom in January-September 2023 increased the production of equipment and weapons by 62% compared to last year, General Director German Smetanin said in an interview with Economic Pravda. “I think this figure will be higher in the fourth quarter,” he added.
Smetanin also said that licensed production of three models of FPV drones from private companies has been launched at the facilities of Ukroboronprom.
14:03 The Russian Army fired at an enterprise in Zelenovka, Kherson community, three people were injured, the OVA reported.
13:34 In the morning, the Russians fired artillery at the civilian infrastructure of the city of Seredina-Buda, Sumy region, one person was killed, the prosecutor’s office reported.
13:16 The State Bureau of Investigation reported that it is investigating the missile attack on soldiers of the 128th brigade under the article of negligence in service. The perpetrators face up to eight years in prison. The bureau clarifies that it is checking the commanders who organized the formation of the fighters.
12:58 Germany has still not decided on the issue of supplying Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine, said Defense Minister Boris Pistorius. He also expressed doubt that these missiles could radically change the situation at the front.
12:43 In Odessa, as a result of a night attack, 32 residential buildings were damaged - ten in the Primorsky district, 22 in Khadzhibeysky, the city council reported.
12:04 As a result of the Russian strike in the Zaporozhye region, 19 servicemen of the 128th separate mountain assault brigade were killed , the unit reported.
11:49 Ukrainians are buying candles and “preparing for the most terrible winter,” Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said in an interview with Die Welt: “We are preparing for the most terrible winter in history. Therefore, we will close our eyes if we do not get Taurus, but we will get air defense systems. "We are trying to protect our power plants as best we can. But the Russians are learning."
11:08 Serial production of a new kamikaze drone has already begun in Ukraine, and the Defense Forces are already ordering it, said General Director of Ukroboronprom German Smetanin in an interview with UP: “There are many state and private manufacturers in Ukraine. We have an analogue of the “shaheed”, and there are "More powerful models, because the bombs don't fly that far. We are now focused on producing more complex and expensive projects with high performance." He clarified that the Ukrainian kamikaze drone has already hit Russian targets, the record combat range is about 1000 km.
11:02 Currently, Russia has about 870 high-precision missiles in its reserves, which can hit targets at a distance of more than 350 km, said Vadim Skibitsky, a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense. He clarified that this includes approximately 165 Calibers, 160 Kh-101, Kh-555 and Kh-55 missiles, 290 Iskander-M and Iskander-K missiles, 80 Daggers and 150 Kh-22/Kh-32 missiles.
Skibitsky clarified that last year the figures were almost the same. This indicates that the Russian Federation managed to establish missile production and maintain it at a sufficient level to accumulate a stock of missiles.
10:57 The “Governor” of the occupied Zaporozhye region, Yevgeny Balitsky, announced the start of construction of a railway from Rostov through the Donetsk and Zaporozhye regions to Crimea.
10:51 Zelensky introduced bills to the Rada to extend martial law and general mobilization for another 90 days.
10:12 The Office of the Prosecutor General showed a photo of the consequences of the night attack in Odessa, as a result of which, in particular, the National Art Museum was damaged:
09:34 Over the past 24 hours, the enemy fired 87 aerial bombs into populated areas of the Kherson region - this is the largest number of all time, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported.
09:18 The number of victims as a result of the night attack in Odessa has increased to eight, said the head of the OVA Oleg Kiper.
08:39 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of November 6:
personnel - about 305,970 (+880) people,
tanks - 5288 (+4),
armored combat vehicles - 9958 (+5),
artillery systems - 7389 (+14),
MLRS - 867 (+0),
air defense systems - 570 (+0),
aircraft - 322 (+0),
helicopters - 324 (+0),
UAV of operational-tactical level - 5554 (+20),
cruise missiles - 1556 (+2),
ships/boats - 20 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 9744 (+14),
special equipment - 1047 (+0).
08:28 On the evening of November 5, the Russians launched a missile attack on the center of Kherson. Multi-storey buildings were damaged, information about casualties and damage is being established, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin. In total, eight people were injured as a result of Russian shelling in the region over the past 24 hours.
08:14 Air defense during the evening attack destroyed 15 of 22 Shahed-136/131 attack UAVs and one X-59 guided missile , the Air Force command reported. The enemy launched drones from the area of Cape Chauda (Crimea). In addition, the Russian Army fired one X-31 and X59 guided aircraft missile each from the airspace of the occupied Kherson region, as well as a P-800 Oniks anti-ship missile and an Iskander-M ballistic missile from the territory of Crimea.
07:41 Over the past 24 hours, 53 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report . In the Kupyansky direction, the Defense Forces repelled enemy attacks in the Sinkovka, Petropavlovka and Ivanovka areas of the Kharkov region; on Bakhmutsky - in the districts of Kleshcheevka, Andreevka, Bogdanovka, Khromovo and Pivdenny, Donetsk region; in Avdeevsky - in the Stepnoy, Avdeevka, Severny, Pervomaisky districts of the Donetsk region; on Maryinsky - in the area of Marinka and Novomikhailovka, Donetsk region; on Shakhtarsky and Zaporozhye - north-west of Verbovoy, Rabotino, north of Nesteryanka and Pyatikhatki of the Zaporozhye region.
At the same time, the Ukrainian Defense Forces continue their offensive in the Melitopol direction and assault operations south of Bakhmut.
07:13 On the evening of November 5, the Russians attacked Odessa with various types of missiles and attack drones, five people were wounded, said the head of the OVA Oleg Kiper. Missiles were recorded hitting the city center and an industrial building that was no longer in use. The blast wave damaged several multi-storey residential buildings and a museum in the historical part of the city.
The Russians sent Shahed-131/136 attack drones across the port infrastructure of Odessa, and air defense destroyed 15 drones. The hit damaged warehouses, unloading special equipment, and cars with grain. The fire was quickly extinguished.
02:19 In Odessa, a Russian missile hit near the National Art Museum, which turns 124 years old on November 6. This architectural monument is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The walls of the building were damaged, some windows and glass were broken, said Oleg Kiper, head of the OVA.
00:21 On the evening of November 5, Russia attacked Odessa, five people were injured, said Oleg Kiper, head of the OVA.
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“Now is the time of defense, the time of battle on which the fate of the state and people depends, and not the time of stuffing that only Russia expects from Ukraine. I believe that now is the election not at the right time. And if you need to put an end to this or that political dispute and continue to work only in unity, then the state has structures that are capable of putting an end to it and giving society all the necessary answers. So that there is no space left for conflicts and someone else’s game against Ukraine ... Now, in wartime, when there are many challenges, it is completely irresponsible to somehow... frivolously and playfully throw the topic of elections into society.”
Goodness no. You don't want the people to have a say in how the war is being conducted...or whether there should even be a war. That is much too important a decision for the people who are doing the fighting and dying. What do you think this is? A democracy?
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See: Gen. Jack Ripper explaining war to Group Capt. Mandrake, Dr. Strangelove
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Rain in forecast for late this week and beginning of next week for much of Eastern and Southern Ukraine.
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[Korrespondent] The Russian Federation rocket Askold received significant damage and may not be repairable.
The Askold missile ship, after a strike on the Zaliv shipyard in Kerch, occupied Crimea, received significant damage and is probably beyond repair.
The Directorate of Strategic Communications of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed the defeat of the Russian Askold launch vehicle in Crimea, temporarily occupied by the Russians. Stratcom announced this on Monday, November 6, on Facebook.
“Confirmed. The Russian Askold launch vehicle, the latest ship of the Karakurt project with stealth technology, was damaged as a result of the AFU hitting the maritime and port infrastructure of the Zaliv plant in temporarily occupied Crimea,” the message says.
Let us recall that on November 4, the Ukrainian military struck the Zaliv shipyard in Kerch in occupied Crimea. On its territory at that moment stood Askold, one of the most modern ships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet.
Askold is a 22800 Karakurt-class small missile ship that can carry up to eight Caliber missiles.
As we already wrote, an air raid warning was announced in Crimea . The Russians set up a smoke screen near the Crimean Bridge and in Sevastopol Bay, and explosions were heard. The occupation authorities traditionally announced the successful operation of air defense. Later on social networks it was reported that the strike hit the shipyard and the small missile ship Askold.
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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Kupyansk direction, the Zapad Group of Forces units supported by aviation and artillery repelled six enemy attacks near Timkovka and Zagoruikovka (Kharkov region). The enemy losses were up to 135 servicemen, two armoured fighting vehicles, and three pickup trucks.
In Krasny Liman direction, units of the Tsentr Group of Forces, helicopters, and artillery launched attacks at manpower and hardware of AFU 24th, 47th mechanised brigades close to Rozovka and Petrovskoye (Lugansk People's Republic). Up to 100 Ukrainian troops, four armoured fighting vehicles, five motor vehicles, and one D-30 howitzer were destroyed.
In Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Group of Forces supported by aviation and artillery repelled two enemy attacks and inflicted fire damage on AFU manpower and hardware near Kurdyumovka, Andreevka, and Kleshcheyevka (Donetsk People's Republic). The enemy has lost up to 220 Ukrainian personnel, as well as two armoured fighting vehicles, and three motor vehicles.
In South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok Group of Forces, helicoptes, and artillery inflicted fire damage on clusters of manpower of AFU 79th air assault and 128th territorial defence brigades near Novomikhailovka and Staromayorskoye (Donetsk People's Republic). The enemy's losses totalled up to 115 Ukrainian troops killed and wounded, as well as two motor vehicles.
In Zaporozhye direction, units of the Russian Group of Forces supported by aviation and artillery repelled one attack of the AFU 65th Mechanised Brigade near Rabotino (Zaporozhye region), and inflicted fire damage on AFU 33rd, 118th mechanised, 82nd air assault brigades' units close to Verbovoye (Zaporozhye region). The enemy losses were up to 160 Ukrainian servicemen, three motor vehicles, and one U.S.-made M777 artillery system.
In Kherson direction, five enemy attempts to land on the left bank of the Dnepr were thwarted by fire.
The enemy has lost up to 130 Ukrainian troops killed and wounded and three motor vehicles. One U.S.-made M777 artillery system, one D-20 howitzer, and three D-30 howitzers were hit during the counter-battery warfare.
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 117 areas during the day.
Russian air defence forces intercepted two HIMARS MLRS projectiles. Moreover, 23 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down close to Svatovo, Kremennaya, Krivosheyevka (Lugansk People's Republic), Kurdyumovka, Vasilyevka, Kamenka (Donetsk People's Republic), Tokmak, Energodar, and Pologi (Zaporozhye region).
In total, 525 airplanes and 254 helicopters, 8,669 unmanned aerial vehicles, 441 air defence missile systems, 13,216 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,182 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 6,995 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 15,028 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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[NewsFront] 23:59 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 06.11.2023 to 00:00 07.11.2023
Over the past 24 hours, the Representative Office reported 55 incidents of firing by the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces.
Information was received about the injury of a civilian, a man, in the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka.
Three residential buildings in the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka, as well as one civil infrastructure facility, were damaged.
Districts of seven settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), Zaitsevo, Golmovsky, Yasinovataya, Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Kievsky, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeisky district).
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 22 attacks from 155mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead.
At Gorlivske there were 29 artillery attacks from MLRS, 152 and 155mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead.
On Yasinovatsky there were four artillery attacks from 155mm artillery.
A total of 168 units of various ammunition were fired.
In the previous day, 39 artillery attacks were recorded from the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces.
21:02 RF Armed Forces destroy militants of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Spornoye area
19:20 Ugledar direction in the report of the SVO Reports and Analytics channel:
It is reported that our guys today advanced north and northeast of Nikolskoye by 500-600 meters. At these moments, the guys are strengthening themselves in newly occupied positions and awaiting a counterattack from the enemy. Then they prepare to advance and expand the zone of control in the direction of Ugledar.
In the near future, this section of the front will be frequently included in reports. This direction is extremely promising for the Russian army.
19:11 NGP intelligence reports from the Avdeevsky direction:
Since the night, measures to “consolidate” the enemy’s manpower and equipment continued on the northern flank. Rocket artillery was very active in the area of Stepovoy and Berdychi, and army aviation fired guided missiles at strong points.
Enemy targets in New York were also hit by rocket artillery fire, the flights were good, large and dense, by the morning a heavy downpour began and relative calm established itself.
In the area of the railway northeast of Stepovoy, our forces have advanced in the area of ??the so-called gardens, and cleanup continues.
Also, over the past 24 hours, the enemy has increased its efforts in remote mining; mines are not installed without removal; destruction from a safe distance is the most prudent way to clear mines.
18:20 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for November 6, as of 18:00, information was received about damage as a result of artillery attack by the Air Forces of the cities of the Republic:
n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district):
– st. Galileya, 6/1 – private residential building;
– st. Sukhumskaya, 3/2 – private residential building, power lines were also damaged.
– the Komsomolets residential area was de-energized, power lines along the street were also damaged. Posmitny.
17:29 The Ukrainian Armed Forces fired at a residential building in Novaya Kakhovka, Kherson region, windows were broken in the building -photo.
17:20 Rescuers of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations worked several hours to remove from the rubble the bodies of a deceased couple of pensioners in a five-story building in Dokuchaevsk (DPR). Ukrainian nationalists fired at the rear city from the American HIMARS MLRS. There is not a single military installation nearby.
At least five MLRS missiles hit the peaceful city. Among the wounded is a ten-year-old girl. Her life is no longer in danger. The artillery attack of civilians does not stop.
16:28 Ukrainian troops fired three 155mm rounds at Gorlovka , the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported .
15:25 Naval infantry are hitting the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the right bank of the Dnieper:
In the village of Krynki, the enemy is trying to expand the bridgehead, for which purpose small assault groups of the Ukrainian Armed Forces make forays almost every day. In addition, the enemy actively uses the folds of the terrain to hide their equipment.
There are very active artillery duels going on, including in the rear areas. Remote mining is used. Fighters from the field report an exceptionally large number of different UAVs from the enemy - both FPV kamikazes and Baba Yaga.
Nevertheless, our guys give a serious rebuff to the enemy, striking both at Krynki itself and at the opposite bank of the Dnieper. Onframesyou can see how the Caspian Naval Infantry, namely, the mortar battery of the 1st battalion of the 177th Naval Infantry Regiment destroys enemy positions on the right bank.
14:20 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (as of November 6, 2023):
In the Kupyansk direction, units of the “Western” group of forces, during active operations with the support of aviation and artillery fire, repelled six enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Timkovka and Zagoruykovka, Khar'kov region. The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to up to 135 military personnel, two armored combat vehicles, and three pickup trucks.
In the Krasnolimansk direction, coordinated actions of units of the Center group of forces, army aviation strikes, and artillery fire defeated the manpower and equipment of units of the 24th and 47th Mechanized Brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Rozovka and Petrovskoye of the Lugansk People's Republic. Enemy losses amounted to up to 100 military personnel, four armored combat vehicles, five automobiles, and a 122mm D-30 gun.
In the Donetsk direction, units of the “Southern” group of forces, in cooperation with aviation and artillery, repelled two enemy attacks and defeated the manpower and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Kurdyumovka, Andreevka and Kleshcheevka of the Donetsk People’s Republic. The total enemy losses in this direction amounted to up to 220 military personnel, two armored combat vehicles, and three cars.
In the South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok group of forces, in cooperation with army aviation and artillery, inflicted fire on concentrations of manpower of the 79th Air Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the 128th Territorial Defense Brigade in the areas of the settlements of Novomikhailovka and Staromayorskoye of the Donetsk People's Republic. Enemy losses amounted to up to 115 military personnel killed and wounded, two vehicles.
In the Zaporozhye direction, units of the Russian group of troops, air strikes and artillery fire repelled an attack by the 65th Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the village of Rabotino, Zaporozhye region, and also inflicted fire on units of the 33rd, 118th Mechanized and 82nd Air Assault Brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Stepovoe, Rabotino and Verbovoye, Zaporozhye region. The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to up to 160 military personnel, three vehicles, as well as the US-made M777 artillery system.
In the Kherson direction, as a result of complex fire damage, five enemy landing attempts on the left bank of the Dnieper were prevented.
As a result of the fighting, the enemy's daily losses amounted to up to 130 military personnel killed and wounded, as well as three vehicles. During the counter-battery fight, the following were hit: a US-made M777 artillery system, a 152mm D-20 howitzer, and three 122mm D-30 guns.
Operational-tactical and army aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of groupings of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed storage sites for unmanned boats, as well as aviation ammunition, and damaged manpower and military equipment in 117 regions.
Air defense systems intercepted two rockets from the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system.
In addition, twenty-three Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Svatovo, Kremennaya, Krivosheevka of the Lugansk People's Republic, Kurdyumivka, Vasilyevka, Kamenka of the Donetsk People's Republic, Tokmak, Energodar and Pologi of the Zaporozhye region,
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 525 aircraft, 254 helicopters, 8,669 unmanned aerial vehicles, 441 anti-aircraft missile systems, 13,216 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,182 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 6,995 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 15,028 units of special military vehicles.
13:35 Military expert Boris Rozhin on the main points during the special military operation by 13.24 Moscow time on November 6, 2023:
Zaporozhye direction: in the Pyatikhatki area - no changes. In the area of the Rabotinsky salient, the enemy continues periodic local attacks with limited forces in the area of the settlement. Kopani, Rabotino, Verbovoe and Nopoprokopovka. Doesn't have any significant results. Conducts rotation.
Kherson direction: the enemy continues to hold part of the village of Krynki on the left bank of the Dnieper and has not yet been completely able to dislodge it from there, as the enemy continues to transfer groups of infantry to replace the killed and wounded. The bridgehead is covered by the active work of drones and artillery. The enemy expects to hold out in Krynki, gradually accumulate forces there and try to expand the bridgehead. This threat cannot be underestimated.
Vremevsky salient: the situation is stable. Our troops remain active in the area of the settlement. Sheltered and Harvest.
The enemy is rotating and strengthening the defense in the area. Rivnopol and Urozhaynoe. The enemy has not carried out offensives with decisive goals for a long time.
Ugledar: fighting continues in the area of the settlement. Novomikhailovka. After the initial successes of our troops with the advance to Novomikhailovka, the pace of advance dropped and the battles again took on a positional nature, recording the tactical success of the Russian Armed Forces.
Otherwise, the situation in the Ugledar direction remains stable.
Avdievka: Fierce fighting continues north and south of the city. To the south in the area of the settlement. Northern and the remnants of the “Royal Hunt” we have no serious progress yet. To the north, fighting continues for the railway northwest of Avdievka. The enemy brings reserves into the battle for counterattacks. Our troops are expanding the ledge near the village. Krasnogorovka, and are also conducting preparatory work to advance to the Avdeevsky coke plant.
Both sides suffer significant losses in people and equipment in these battles. Most of the enemy headquarters and part of the rear lines have already been withdrawn from Avdievka through the settlement Orlovka.
Artemovsk: the enemy continued attacks on the settlement line. Kleshcheevka-Andreevka-Kurdyumovka, with the aim of breaking through our defenses near the railway.
Our troops are launching counterattacks to push back the enemy. Over the past few days, at least once, the enemy managed to cross the railway to the north of the village. Andreevka, but he was rejected. Attempts continue. N.p. Kurdyumovka is under our control. North of Artemovsk the front is stable.
Svatovo-Kupyansk: The Russian Armed Forces maintain the initiative west of Svatovo and northeast of Kupyansk.
The enemy was able to slow down the advance of our troops by transferring reinforcements from other directions, but the initiative is still in our hands, which results in the slow capture of the strongholds on the eastern bank of Oskol.
In Kupyansk, the enemy continues to evict civilians to accommodate troops in residential areas. A forced “evacuation” is underway in the Kupyansky district. The enemy also stationed serious forces in the village. and Stelmakhovka.
12:37 Statement of Head of the press center of the “West” group:
During the fighting in the Kupyansk direction, units of the West group of troops, using the results of air and artillery strikes, repelled two attacks by assault groups of the 57th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade in the Sin'kovka area.
In addition, the crews of the Ka-52 and Mi-28 helicopters of the army aviation attacked the concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment of the 57th Motorized Infantry and 67th Mechanized Brigades in the Sin'kovka and Kislovka areas.
During the counterbattery fight, the group's military personnel destroyed a Polish-made 155mm self-propelled artillery mount "Crab", a 122mm self-propelled artillery mount 2S1 "Gvozdika" and an ammunition supply point in the areas of Peschanoye, Lozovoye and the Dedovo tract.
The total enemy losses amounted to up to a company of manpower.
12:25 The Ukrainian Armed Forces communications station was destroyed destroyed after a meeting with the Lancet loitering munition -video.
12:00 Avdeevskoe direction. District settlement Step:
After aerial reconnaissance, we work on identified enemy concentrations with mortars and artillery, reports the Frontline Bird.
At night, our Mi-28N “Night Hunter” helicopters hit the armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine using LMUR “Product 305”.
11:22 Combat work of crews of 122mm D-30 howitzers of the Airborne Forces in the special operation zone in the Artemovsk direction -video.
11:10 The offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Zaporozhye analysis of the Telegram channel “Military Chronicle”:
Firstly, we are talking about the fact that the forces assembled by the Ukrainian Armed Forces for the counter-offensive are practically exhausted. For the last 3-4 weeks, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been launching infantry assaults without armored vehicles. The result is “meat assaults” that prevent serious success.
Secondly, now the attacks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are no longer breakthroughs - attempted attacks in the most favorable case for the Ukrainian Armed Forces turn into battles for a specific forest planting. Even if they manage to advance, after some time a counterattack by the Russian Armed Forces follows and the position is recaptured.
Thirdly, this does not mean that there are no battles in the Zaporozhye direction. Artillery activity, counter-battery warfare and reconnaissance work are not interrupted for a minute. For the troops, the current situation is still daily fighting, but with much less activity and intensity.
The situation on the Zaporozhye front is almost identical to what is happening on the Vremevsky salient. The initiative passed to the RF Armed Forces, and advancement in one landing for the Ukrainian Armed Forces ends with the loss of assault units and further advancement of the RF Armed Forces three landings forward, which makes the military actions of the Ukrainian side meaningless.
The command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is currently unable to offer the troops an alternative and, no less important, adequate plan of action. Available resources are practically exhausted, and each subsequent replenishment of personnel has many times less motivation, is less prepared and surrenders more often than the previous wave of mobilized ones.
10:55 Personnel attacks by Russian artillery units on positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Berestovoye area.
10:35 The criminal Kiev regime continues to shell the civilian infrastructure of settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired cannon artillery:
-- n.p. Krynki 20 rounds;
-- n.p. Podstepnoe eight rounds;
-- n.p. Kazachi Lagery nine rounds;
-- n.p. Malaya Kardashinka six rounds;
-- n.p. Alyosha 11 rounds;
-- n.p. Obryvka six rounds.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Novaya Kakhovka, n.p. Kakhovka, n.p. Dnepryany, n.p. Krynki, n.p. Kazachi Lagery, n.p. Aleshki, Peschanovka village, firing a total of 25 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being determined.
10:15 Situation in the Zaporozhye direction at 10:00:
At n.p. Rabotino’s troops of the Russian Federation confidently restrained the enemy’s attempts to attack, and in one of the areas they caught the enemy well and were able to counterattack. Thus, they took two enemy strongholds. The enemy uses technology much less often. Many silent Polish mortars appeared along the entire line of contact. They often use cluster munitions.
10:00 In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy is preparing an unscheduled rotation of one of the battalions of the 41st brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the Kirovograd and Odessa regions.
Over the past few days, the militants have suffered heavy losses north of the village of Stepovaya Novoselovka.
09:40 At the Ukrainian Armed Forces front, it is becoming increasingly difficult to show something serious, both due to the growing shortage of equipment and due to our pressure. Against this background, we can expect another attempt to strengthen the media component - by intensifying attacks on our rear. This, at a minimum, costs Western sponsors much less - it is cheaper to bring in another 20-30 missiles than to transfer equipment to arm a battalion.
At the same time, a battalion of three hundred to four hundred people in current conditions will quickly wear down in battles without a trace or meaning, and 20-30 missiles will be enough for 2-3 effective strikes, with several hits, the results of which can be sucked up for a long time in dreams of victory.
09:36 Over the past 24 hours, 39 incidents of firing from the AFU have been recorded.
Information has been received about the death of two civilians in Dokuchaevsk. Two civilians were injured of varying degrees of severity, incl. child born in 2010, in Dokuchaevsk and Petrovsky district of Donetsk. 27 residential buildings were damaged in Dokuchaevsk and Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka, as well as two civil infrastructure facilities.
The areas of three settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Gorlovka (Tsentralno-Gorodskoy, Nikitovsky districts), the capital city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Dokuchaevsk.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 14 attacks from 155mm artillery and attack UAVs.
On Gorlovsky there were 24 artillery attacks from 155mm and 152mm artillery.
On Dokuchaevsky one artillery attack from MLRS.
A total of 128 units of various ammunition were fired.
09:30 From the Kherson direction (Krynok district) the Front Bird reports:
“The enemy continues to hold part of the village and is trying to pull up even more assault groups, there are heavy oncoming battles, we are trying to throw the Nazis into the river. A large number of fpv drones with drops, also reconnaissance. drones correct enemy artillery and tanks operating on the right side of the Dnieper.
Our assault groups continue to crush the enemy house by house, and the artillery, in turn, suppresses the enemy at the crossings.
It is from this area that the enemy intends to create a bridgehead for a further offensive with large forces.”
08:39 Ukrainian militants at 8:00 fired 6 rockets from the MLRS at the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka - representative office of the DPR JCCC.
08:14 Frontline report for the morning 11/06/2023:
In the Kherson-Crimean direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fought back in Krynki. The Russian Armed Forces fired at Ukrainian positions in Belozerka, the city itself, Sadovoy, Tokarevka, Lvov, Kozatsky, Krasny Mayak, Respublikanets, Kachkarovka.
In the Zaporozhye direction, the RF Armed Forces became more active. Attack at Pyatikhatki and from Kopanei. With the support of artillery, the attack on Rabotino. Verbovoy also made an attempt to advance. Under attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Kamensky, Malaya Tokmachka, Gulyai-Polye, Krasny and Poltavka.
In the Ugledarsky sector, Russian troops, with the support of artillery, managed to reach Staromayorsky from the southwest. The Ukrainian Armed Forces have a problem here. Tactical for now. The Russian Armed Forces also counterattacked from the Cherished Desire. Long-range weapons of the Russian troops worked on Ukrainian positions in Blagodatny, Urozhainy, Zolotaya Niva, Prechistovka and Ugledar. Backfire on the Russian Armed Forces in Priyutny, Zavetny Zhelanie, Staromlynovka and Nikolskoye.
On the Donetsk front, after shelling, Russian troops carried out offensive operations near Novomikhailovka, in Marinka, near Pervomaisky, on the southern approaches to Avdievka, near Stepnoy (not to be confused with the settlements of the same name in the Zaporozhye and Ugledarsky directions). An attempt to advance at Yuzhny. Unexpected for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The Russian Armed Forces attacked Ukrainian troops in Paraskovyevka (not to be confused with the settlement of the same name southwest of Soledar), Pobeda, Georgievka, the city of Krasnogorovka, Netaylov, Tonenkoye, Berdychi, Keramika, Alexandropol (a settlement north of Donetsk), Sukhoi Balka and New York.
08:11 The tandem of a reconnaissance drone and a kamikaze drone of Russian troops tracked down and destroyed a Ukrainian infantry fighting vehicle carrying a large amount of ammunition -video.
08:00 Summary on the morning of November 6, 2023:
The Russian Armed Forces carried out a massive attack with missiles and a Geranium UAV at night. Enemy targets in Odessa were hit: warehouses with weapons and ammunition, factory premises and port infrastructure. The enemy's air defense failed, and an Ukrainian Armed Forces anti-aircraft missile fell to the ground in the city center.In the Kherson region, the Russian Armed Forces are destroying the enemy with artillery fire and air strikes in the areas of settlements. Lvovo, Tyaginka, Kherson, where the enemy concentrates forces before crossing the Dnieper. The enemy holds the same small areas of terrain on our shore as before, and fighting is going on.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces' infantry is supplied, among other things, by Baba Yaga drones; the enemy has no shortage of FPV drones and is hunting for our equipment. A new element is the concentration of the enemy northeast of the known combat zone in the area of the settlement Respublikanski (enemy bank of the Dnieper). The artillery of the Russian Armed Forces has also been working on these enemy positions in recent days.
On the Zaporozhye front - battles at Verbovoy. The enemy is trying to disrupt our defense system with artillery fire, and attack drones are constantly present in the air. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are concentrating strike forces in the Orekhov area, and a new wave of enemy attacks is expected.
Positional battles continue in the Vrem'evsky direction.
Local battles are taking place in the Avdeevsky direction. Enemy positions in the villages of Novokalinovo and Keramik on the northern flank are under massive fire from our MLRS. It is reported that units of nationalist formations and enemy special forces have arrived at the southern section of the Avdeevsky direction.
In the Kursk region, the Ukrainian Armed Forces shelled the village of Guevo, Sudzhansky district. In the Bryansk region, an aircraft-type UAV was destroyed over the Starodub municipal district by air defense systems. In the DPR, two civilians were killed by Nazi fire, one adult and a teenager were wounded.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Gevorg Mirzayan
[Regnum] Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance. Everyone knows the five stages of dealing with the inevitable. And if we look through this prism at the West’s attitude to the Russian-Ukrainian conflict (or rather, the process of accepting the inevitability of Russia’s victory in it), one may get the impression that our American and European “partners” are somewhere between the third and fourth stages.
For example, numerous publications in Western media about the lack of money and weapons in the US and EU to support the Kyiv regime speak in favor of depression. This same collection includes publications (including those authored by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny ) about the impossibility of defeating Russia on the battlefield. About the transition of the conflict to the stage of a “war of attrition”, where Moscow’s resources are an order of magnitude greater than the capabilities of Kyiv and the little that the war-weary West is ready to supply to Ukraine.
It would seem that behind-the-scenes diplomacy of the West can be considered evidence of bargaining. According to the NBC television channel, the United States and the European Union have already begun negotiations with Ukraine on the subject of what it is ready to concede in order to conclude a peace agreement with Russia. Negotiations that seemed unthinkable since the Americans broke down the Istanbul agreements in the spring of 2022 (they were supposed to end the conflict).
And in this regard, four questions arise. The first is how seriously the West is ready for the diplomatic process?
“Such messages are only testing the waters for the very possibility of negotiations in the future. But so far the West has not lost faith that Russia will lose on the battlefield. And rumors about negotiations are only a fallback option in case there is no victory ,” says Vadim Trukhachev , associate professor of the Russian State University for the Humanities, to IA Regnum.
However, the authors of the article from NBC claim that the West has realized that victory on the battlefield will no longer be certain. “These talks come amid concerns among US and European officials that the war has reached a stalemate and that they will not be able to continue providing assistance to Ukraine. <…> Representatives of the Biden administration are also concerned that Ukraine is running out of forces, while Russia’s reserves seem endless ,” NBC explains the reasons for these negotiations, citing its sources among Western officials.
The second question is how the West sees these negotiations? And here the opinion of Russian experts is generally unambiguous. If anyone believes that the United States and the EU are ready to accept the demands that Moscow puts forward for the end of the Northern Military District - demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine, as well as agreement with new territorial realities - then this is not so. This is possible only at the fifth stage of “accepting the inevitable,” which the Americans have not yet reached. So far, they understand by negotiations only the seduction of Russia into freezing the conflict.
“The West is trying to drag us into the negotiation process. He wants to return us to an even worse situation, when part of the Ukrainian territories will be pumped up with Russophobia and weapons, in order to subsequently resume the conflict. But in fact - not to stop the conflict, but to be able to manage it for diplomatic purposes ,” explains Dmitry Ofitserov-Belsky, senior researcher at IMEMO RAS to IA Regnum . “ The main goal of the West is still the same - a truce, pumping up part of Ukraine with weapons and creating a constant thorn in Russia’s side . ”
And for the sake of this freeze, the Americans are ready to make colossal, from their point of view, concessions. “Most likely, we are talking about stopping shelling of the “old” territory of Russia and abandoning Crimea, DPR and LPR. Apparently, the United States and the EU are ready to recognize Russia’s sovereignty over them. Over other territories - no ,” says Vadim Trukhachev.
Well, perhaps Washington is ready to replace the negotiator in Kyiv. “ The West is now imitating its readiness to dump Zelensky before the elections and pose the question to us: will Russia be satisfied with someone else?” - says Dmitry Ofitserov-Belsky. This may, in particular, explain the numerous articles in the Western press criticizing President Zelensky. And even, as in the case of Time, they present him as a crazy person who denies objective reality.
The third question is: is Ukraine ready to play along with the West? Apparently not. And here we are not even talking only about Zelensky himself, who will lose his post, reputation, financial income, career and life. This is exactly what the Ukrainian elite will lose with any more or less significant compromise between Moscow and the West. After all, this elite can only exist in conditions of a Russian-Western conflict - only then will the United States and the EU need it.
Yes, it seems that no one has canceled the conflict - we are talking only about a truce, and not about its end. However, in Kyiv they reasonably fear that the truce may well lead to a long-term freeze, and then the West will leave everything as it is due to being busy with other issues. Well, or during the calm, the Kiev regime simply cannot cope with the heap of internal political and economic problems.
Finally, the fourth question: is Russia ready to agree with the American negotiating narrative? Here, too, the unequivocal answer is no. “Apparently, the Russian authorities are interested in the international legal consolidation of new borders and the refusal of Ukraine’s membership in NATO. Perhaps also guarantees for the Russian language in Ukraine, refusal to persecute the canonical UOC and refusal to ban a number of political forces like the Party of Regions and the Communist Party of Ukraine ,” says Vadim Trukhachev.
The West can accept these conditions, moderate from the Russian point of view, only in the event of a complete military defeat of Ukraine. But it hasn’t come yet.
“Therefore, it makes sense to speak only after the liberation of Kharkov and Zaporozhye. Until then, there is no point in negotiations, because we will not be taken seriously ,” sums up Vadim Trukhachev. “ We don’t need to bargain at all ,” Dmitry Ofitserov-Belsky agrees with him. “ Our goals will be achieved, we are not going to retreat, there is nothing to talk about yet . ”
So Moscow intends to achieve its goals through military means. And wait until the West moves from the third or fourth to the fifth stage of accepting the inevitable.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Ukrainian militants carry out reprisals against residents of Zaporozhye for their pro-Russian position. A Ukrainian Armed Forces serviceman who was captured spoke about this in a conversation with RIA Novosti.
“ Because a lot of people (anti-Russian – editor’s note) came from the front. It won’t even reach the SBU: the militants will arrive and the conversation will end. People will give in. They will say that you speak for Russia, support it - and that’s all. The guys were disappearing ,” the Ukrainian fighter told the agency.
According to the serviceman, even conversations “among our own” can lead to reprisals.
“I talked, and two days later the man disappeared. They say that the soldiers who live in the village have stopped by. They took him to an educational conversation - and that’s it, he disappeared ,” added the Ukrainian Armed Forces prisoner.
The agency clarifies that before the start of the special military operation, the military man lived in the city of Zaporozhye and was mobilized in the summer of this year, but was soon captured at the front.
As reported by IA Regnum , earlier another prisoner of war of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said that a medical examination before being sent to the army is carried out in just 10 minutes. The Ukrainian fighter also added that in the training unit, most of the time, recruits “go into outfits and clean the territory.” He said that Ukrainian officers were engaged in extortion: they collected money to repair their cars, and those who did not obey were taken away and beaten. The military man said that after the extortions there was only enough money for cigarettes.
The prisoner also said that Ukrainian officers do not fight on the front line with the soldiers, but remain far in the rear.
As captured Ukrainian military officer Vladimir Murga reported on October 31 , the Armed Forces of Ukraine are experiencing a shortage of personnel, including sergeants and junior officers. As a result, the mobilized are led by the rank and file to carry out assaults.
He suggested that military personnel who actually do the work of junior officers are not given ranks in order to pay less money.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[REGNUM] The new, 621st day of the special military operation (SVO) is marked by the news of a complete stop to the counter-offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in the Zaporozhye direction.
The battles that are going on today near Rabotino, partially on Shcherbaki and on the Vremevsky ledge are practically the agony of the Ukrainian regime, Governor of the Zaporozhye region Yevgeny Balitsky told reporters on November 6. He also noted that the Western curators of Ukraine know how to count money: they do not feel sorry for the forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces at all, they only feel sorry for their equipment. It appears less and less frequently on front lines.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces have run out of “cannon fodder” that they could use for an offensive, former US diplomat Chas Freeman said on the Dialogue Works YouTube channel. He noted that in this regard, Ukraine faces the loss of even larger territories.
Meanwhile, in the Krasnolimansky direction in the Serebryansky forest area, units of the Center group of troops, with the support of aviation and artillery, defeated the assault groups of the 15th regiment of the National Guard of Ukraine.
More from Russian military correspondent Aleksandr Kots: Text taken from his dzen.ru page
⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️The counter-offensive of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has been completely stopped in the Zaporozhye region. This was stated by the head of the region, Evgeniy Balitsky. According to him, the enemy was exhausted not only at Rabotino, but also at all hot spots.
So, the Ukrainian offensive, which began on June 4, ended six months later.
The enemy lost hundreds of tanks, thousands of combat vehicles, tens of thousands of soldiers in our minefields, but made virtually no progress. He failed to occupy Tokmak and make deep breakthroughs towards Melitopol, Berdyansk and Crimea. How to achieve significant success in auxiliary directions - South Donetsk and Artemovsk.
The question arises - what next? Obviously, the Ukrainians are now beyond the capabilities of another major offensive. It is necessary to mobilize reinforcements, repair broken equipment and replenish ammunition supplies. Our air superiority is one of the reasons for Kyiv's failure. Therefore, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces will most likely time a major strategic operation to coincide with the appearance of F-16 fighters at the front. That is, not earlier than late spring next year.
This is, of course, if we give the enemy such an opportunity. It is possible that the Russian army will make its move in the coming months.
#1
Zelinsky government announced for weeks that they were about to start a counter offensive earlier this year. Telling the enemy what your army is about to do is crazy stupid deadly and leads to total failure.
Text taken from the V Konytakte page of Strelkov Igor Ivanovich
The military situation is characterized by a continuing gradual deterioration in the position of the Russian Armed Forces on the Ukrainian front. Despite the generally successful repulsion of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ offensive during the summer-autumn campaign, the Russian Armed Forces continue to demonstrate growing weakness (compared to the enemy’s capabilities). The Russian Armed Forces were not only unable to proceed to broad offensive operations after the Armed Forces of Ukraine “self-destructed” during the battles of June-September of this year, but they were also unable to conduct and successfully complete even limited offensive operations for operational purposes. Thus, attempts to advance in the Kupyansk area ended in failure, getting stuck on the distant approaches to the city.
In general, the situation in the Krasnoliman direction remained unchanged, and the tactical successes of the first day of the offensive on Avdeevka remained tactical, did not receive further development, but led to very serious losses in manpower and equipment. Lasting for several days, the “Avdeevka” battles demonstrated the inability of the Russian Armed Forces to achieve superiority over the Armed Forces of Ukraine even on a very narrow sector of the front, despite careful preparation and good coordination of strike forces and means at the initial stage of the operation, as well as an abundance of ammunition unheard of since the assault on Bakhmut.
At the same time, against the backdrop of the failure of the attempt to push the Ukrainian Armed Forces away from Donetsk, the enemy began to demonstrate those tactical techniques that (apparently) they will use in the future throughout the autumn-winter campaign. Namely, to begin a relatively massive use of modern aviation and missile technology coming from NATO countries (primarily from the USA), the Russian Armed Forces were unable to stop the successful use of which everywhere.
The destruction of the airfield in the Berdyansk area followed - as a clear example of future increasing attacks (as missiles and aircraft continued to arrive). It seems that after (or even before) the New Year, when the Ukrainian Armed Forces are transferred to air units equipped with F-16 aircraft, the Ukrainian Armed Forces will undertake even more massive attacks - “injections” on the most painful points of the military and civilian infrastructure, and may also try to create a local advantage for a short period of time on any section of the front with the aim of new attempts to break through it.
At the same time, the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the coming months will be forced to place its main emphasis not on military equipment (due to its insufficient quantity), but on the simultaneous superiority in manpower and the number of military units and formations, which persists despite the significant losses suffered in the summer and ( due to the lack of mobilization measures in the Russian Federation) in the future the spring-winter campaign remains unchanged. A crisis with the replenishment of battered formations with manpower in the so-called “Ukraine” will certainly come, but not this year and, realizing this, the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is trying and will try to “have time” to realize its advantage before the onset of this crisis. Moreover, in completely barbaric ways: through widespread (along the entire front) attacking and exhausting actions, in which heavy losses on the Ukrainian side are, however, associated with serious losses of the Russian Armed Forces.
Apparently, the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine hopes that after many months of fighting they will be able to “knock out” and morally break the most persistent Russian front-line units and formations. And by “breaking it” you can achieve a breakthrough and advancement in the most promising areas. But even if such a strategy fails, it may well lead to the fact that by spring not only the Armed Forces of Ukraine will be exhausted, but also the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation will continue to be incapable of any broad offensive actions (which is more than satisfactory for the United States, whose advisers exercise actual control of combat operations). The bet that the maximum prolongation of the war will lead the Russian Federation to final defeat (and no one really cares about the so-called “Ukraine”, as long as it holds out until the specified moment) remains, apparently, unchanged.
However, this kind of “positional scenario” is not at all something guaranteed (“from the word at all”). The information reaching me allows me to at least fear that the enemy’s persistent attempts to “push through” the Russian forces, exhausted by months of fighting, may, unfortunately, be successful. If not strategic, then operational. In this regard, the Kherson (Dnieper) front still seems to me to be the most dangerous direction, where the combination of natural factors gives the enemy some objective advantages. It is on this front - in the swampy river floodplain - that the Ukrainian Armed Forces can (and are trying) to realize their superiority in the number of infantry, while the use of heavy military equipment (tanks and armored vehicles) in this area is difficult.
The enemy’s goal here is and remains the creation and expansion of bridgeheads on the left bank of the Dnieper, covered by artillery fire from the right bank. Bridgeheads threatening the Crimean isthmuses, based on the shortest distance to them. I can’t say for sure (there is little data), but the enemy apparently managed to create some tactical bridgeheads. But until they have grown to several kilometers in width and depth, and until heavy equipment is deployed on them, they cannot pose a serious threat to us. I assume that in the coming weeks the enemy will begin trying to create/expand such bridgeheads, without leaving active distracting actions on other sectors of the front. The operational goal of the Ukrainian Armed Forces for the autumn-winter campaign is unlikely to be a breakthrough to Perekop, but, most likely, to capture the Kinburn Spit.
(All of the above once again testifies to the deep mistake of abandoning the Kherson bridgehead last fall. A mistake, which, in my opinion, borders on betrayal. Unfortunately, since I am now confident in maintaining the current line of the Kremlin, striving by any means to “preserve the appearance of peacetime even at the expense of military expediency” - the command of the RF Armed Forces does not have any “counter-game”). Our troops will have to spend the rest of the autumn-winter campaign on the defensive, trying to the best of their ability to eliminate emerging operational crises. Worse, by the spring of next year, our active army will probably be even less capable of offensive operations than it is now, and the enemy will be seriously strengthened in military-technical terms, which will allow him to continue to try to control the strategic initiative. The “beautiful” dreams of one person, I call him “Tryndelo Terpilovich” and the Minister of Defense about hundreds of thousands of new contract soldiers for the next year will probably remain dreams. The potential of contract soldiers and volunteers who can be recruited at the front is almost exhausted. New large replenishments can only be obtained through new mobilizations, which are postponed “until the carrot plot” (that is, at least until the presidential elections).
[Delfi (original in Russian language)] Information was confirmed by the Hollow itself. „ Unexpressed pain and heavy loss for the Armed Forces of Ukraine and for me personally. Today, under tragic circumstances, on my birthday with my family, my assistant and close friend, Major Gennady Chastyakov, died. In one of the gifts, an unknown explosive device worked. Gennady left a wife and four children. My deepest condolences to the family ", — declared the head of the Armed Forces.
In turn, the representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Maryana Reva, said that in the village of Chaika „, a 39-year-old military man " was killed at home as a result of careless handling of ammunition.
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