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[LB] The Sumy, Luhansk, Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv, and Kharkiv regions also suffered enemy attacks.
The Russians carried out eight shellings (84 explosions) in the Chernihiv region . The enemy fired in the Chernihiv, Novgorod-Siversky and Koryukiv districts. Fired from mortars, tank weapons, grenade launchers, mortars and AGS. No information was received 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 shelled the Yunakiv community with salvo rocket systems. 11 explosions were recorded. In advance - without consequences. Yesterday, during the day, the Russians carried out 26 shelling of the border territories and settlements of the Sumy region. 108 explosions were recorded. The Bilopolska, Krasnopilska, Yunakivska, Velikopysarivska, and Seredino-Budska communities came under fire. Two private houses were damaged in the Velykopisarivsk community as a result of artillery shelling (three explosions).
In the Kherson region, the enemy fired 108 shots (538 shells) during the day, including four shots (16 shells) at Kherson. The Rashists targeted the districts of 32 settlements of the region; the territory of the plant in Kherson; engineering building in the Kherson district. In Beryslav, a 45-year-old man was moderately injured as a result of being dropped from an enemy VOG drone. Yesterday, a Russian mine blew up a tractor in a field near the village of Kachkarivka in Beryslav District. Due to the detonation of explosives, the tractor driver received non-life-threatening injuries. In general, one person was killed and one was injured in the region during the day.
In Zaporizhzhia , the enemy hit 25 settlements in the region, 157 strikes were recorded. On the territory of Novoandriivka, Malynyvka, Biloghirya, Poltavka, Levadny, Verkhnya Tersa, Stepovoy, Plavny, Stepnohirsk, Kamiansky, Pyatikhatky and other front-line towns and villages 127 artillery shells were fired.
The enemy carried out four MLRS attacks on Robotyny and Malaya Tokmachka, two missile strikes on Vilnoandriivka, 22 UAV attacks on Gulyaipol, Zaliznychny, Novodanilivka, Novodarivka, Charivnoy, Levadnoy, Temyrivka, Novoivanivka, and Maly Shcherbaki, and also hit Orikhov with two aerial shells. Local residents - men aged 27 and 54, were injured as a result of the shelling on the Verkhnia Terrace. They were sent to a medical institution. 22 reports were received about the destruction of residential buildings and objects.
In Luhansk , Belogorivka and Nevske came under fire. Yesterday, the Russians tried to advance in the Serebryan Forest, where they were once again stopped by our defenders. The enemy also attacked Nadiya and forestry from aviation. During the day, the enemy fired 140 rounds (555 shells).
In Kharkivska on Slobozhansk direction, more than 20 settlements were hit by enemy artillery and mortar attacks, in particular: Dvorichna, Sinkivka, Petropavlivka, Ivanivka, Berestov, Vovchansk. The enemy actively used airstrikes on Petropavlivka, Ivanovka, Pishchany and Stepovoy. In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy carried out unsuccessful assaults in the vicinity of the settlements of Synkivka, Ivanivka and Berestov, where Ukrainian defenders repelled six enemy attacks.
A 42-year-old householder received shrapnel wounds to his right limb as a result of an explosion of a dangerous object in Rubizhny Chuguyiv district. Hospitalized in the regional hospital. A civilian was killed in Kupyansk-Vuzlovo as a result of enemy shelling from the Uragan MLRS.
In Dnipropetrovsk that night, the aggressor again terrorized the Nikopol district. Targeted the area twice. A dozen shots from heavy artillery were fired at Chervonogrigorivska and Marganetska communities. The consequences of the shelling are being clarified. People are unharmed. The Nikopol district was also under artillery fire yesterday afternoon; the aggressor directed three kamikaze drones there.
A 31-year-old woman was injured in the district center. She will be treated on an outpatient basis. 27 private houses, 14 farm buildings, two cars, gas furnaces, power lines, and five solar panels were damaged. The Marganets community also came under attack. There is a mutilated infrastructure object.
In Donetskia, nine settlements are under the fire of the occupiers: Ocheretyne, Berdychi, Bagatyr, Lysivka, Yurkivka, Toretsk, Kurakhove, Zalizne, Avdiivka. 26 residential buildings (six of them multi-apartment), four civilian cars were damaged. In Donetsk region in a day: three dead.
In Mykolaivska yesterday, enemy shelling was recorded in the water area of Ochakivska community. There are no casualties. Also, the water area of the Kutsurub community was under artillery fire last night. No casualties.
We will remind, the Defense Forces of Ukraine continue their assault operations south of Bakhmut . In the Bakhmut direction, the enemy conducted unsuccessful assaults in the Klishchiivka, Andriivka and Bohdanivka districts of the Donetsk region, where Ukrainian soldiers repelled six enemy attacks.
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[LB] A total of 45 combat clashes, offensive actions of the Defense Forces, losses of occupiers, enemy shelling, consequences of the attack of the Armed Forces on the enemy's command post on the Arabat arrow.
The occupiers attacked a village in Donetsk region, probably with a "Smerch", three people died , the Prosecutor General's Office reports.
According to the investigation, on November 7, 2023 at 7:45 p.m., the Russian army struck the village of Bagatyr, Volnova district, probably from the "Smerch" rocket salvo system. In the epicenter of the hit was a dense residential building, next to which there are no military facilities. As a result of the explosions, more than a dozen private houses were damaged and destroyed.
Under the rubble of one of them, in the brick basement, during the search and rescue operations, the bodies of three dead civilians were discovered - a 58-year-old man, his 60-year-old wife, and their 33-year-old neighbor.
Meanwhile, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports that 45 combat clashes took place last day.
In total, the enemy launched six missile and 50 air strikes, fired 64 salvo rockets at the positions of our troops and populated areas. As a result of Russian terrorist attacks, unfortunately, there are dead and wounded among the civilian population. Residential buildings and other civilian infrastructure were destroyed and damaged.
In the zone of responsibility of the "Tavria" anti-aircraft missile defense system in the Avdiivsk direction, the enemy does not stop trying to surround Avdiivka. Our soldiers firmly hold the defense and inflict significant losses on the enemy. The defense forces repelled 14 enemy attacks near Stepovoy, Avdiivka, Tonenko, and Pervomaisky, Donetsk region. In the Marinka direction, the enemy conducted unsuccessful assaults in the Maryinka district of the Donetsk region, where our defenders repelled 17 attacks.
The Defense Forces of Ukraine continue to conduct an offensive operation in the Melitopol direction, inflict losses in manpower and equipment on the occupying forces, and exhaust the enemy along the entire front line.
In the area of responsibility of the "Odesa" anti-aircraft defense unit in the Kherson direction, Ukrainian soldiers are conducting a counter-battery fight, inflicting fire damage on the enemy's rear.
Last day, the aviation of the Defense Forces made 17 strikes on the areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment, and four - on the enemy's anti-aircraft missile systems. The units of the missile forces hit seven artillery pieces, two control points, a warehouse of fuel and lubricants, an area for the concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment, an anti-aircraft defense device, two radar stations and an enemy radio-electronic warfare station.
The General Staff also informs that the total combat losses of the Russian Federation from February 24, 2022 to November 8, 2023 approximately amounted to 307,640 people. During the day, the Defense Forces eliminated another 780 people, 8 tanks, 22 armored vehicles, and 29 artillery systems.
Other enemy losses are in the news.
On November 1, three senior officers of the Dnipro headquarters were killed as a result of an attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the enemy's command post on the Arabatskaya arrow. This was reported by Ukrainian journalist Yurii Butusov with reference to recent obituaries of Russians. The same information was confirmed by the occupiers in pro-Russian telegram channels.
"It's just brilliant! On November 1 at 11:00 a.m., the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched a missile attack on the control center of the "Dnipro" troop grouping of the Russian Armed Forces, which is responsible for combat operations in the south of Ukraine in the Kherson region. The command post was disguised and located in the "Yuny" and "Blakytne polumya" boarding houses near the village of Strilkove of the Heniche district, on the Arabatskaya strelka," the report says.
It is noted that the "Dnipro" group was formed by the headquarters of the Airborne Forces of the Russian Armed Forces, the group is commanded by the commander of the Airborne Forces of the Russian Federation, Colonel-General Teplinsky.
Fresh obituaries from the Russian Federation show that the Armed Forces received reliable and verified intelligence about the location of the Dnipro headquarters and precisely planned the missile strike.
More information - in the news.
Mykhailo Filiponenko, the former head of the "people's militia" of the terrorist "LPR" died in Luhansk as a result of a car bombing .
This was reported by "Meduza" with reference to the local "deputy" Yuriy Yurov, as well as to the son of the deceased. In particular, Filiponenko's son said that his father died due to the detonation of an explosive device in the car.
US State Department spokesman Vedan Patel said he was not aware of any talks with Ukraine regarding negotiations with the Russian Federation outside the framework of the Ukrainian peace formula.
Patel said at the briefing that any negotiations are Ukraine's business. He emphasized that nothing can be discussed about Ukraine without its participation. "We are not aware of any talks with Ukraine about negotiations outside the framework of the peace formula, which, as you have seen, there are a number of engagements going on. But it is still incredibly clear that the Kremlin is not interested in negotiating or ending this war, and we are committed to support our Ukrainian partners," he said.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22:21 In Russia, the first - and so far cautious - manifestations of dissatisfaction with the war are being recorded. Thus, on November 7, in the center of Moscow, about 20 mobilized wives joined the action of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation in honor of the 106th anniversary of the Bolshevik coup. The women demanded that the Russian president carry out a rotation of military personnel. Read more in the article In Moscow they are rebelling against the war.
21:30 Today’s Russian attack on the port infrastructure of the Odessa region became the 21st targeted attack after Moscow’s withdrawal from the grain agreements. During this time, the Russian Federation damaged more than 160 infrastructure facilities and 122 vehicles, said Infrastructure Minister Alexander Kubrakov. According to him, the civilian ship damaged today, flying the Liberian flag, was supposed to transport iron ore to China.
21:18 Ukraine is losing five times fewer people at the front than Russia , Zelensky said at the Reuters Next conference: “Some leaders say that Russia is four times larger. But you should know: I cannot share with you our victims, our losses, but I can say that today there are at least five times less."
21:10 Russia is asking other countries to return the weapons they sold due to huge losses in Ukraine, The Wall Street Journal writes, citing sources. According to them, the current supplier of helicopter engines, ODK-Klimov, is unable to replace large-scale losses, so Moscow is negotiating with countries such as Pakistan, Egypt, Belarus and Brazil about the return of important spare parts. Thus, in April, the Russian delegation asked the Egyptian President to return engines for Mi-8 and Mi-17 helicopters.
20:52 A US adviser on infrastructure projects as part of reconstruction will appear in Ukraine - Robert Meriner will be appointed to this position, US Transport Secretary Pete Buttigieg said during a visit to Kiev.
20:23 The first F-16s transferred to Ukraine by the Netherlands arrived at the Romanian training center yesterday, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said.
19:51 A representative of Georgia took part in a meeting of advisers in Malta on the Ukrainian peace formula, Zelensky said following a telephone conversation with Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili. The Ukrainian president also spoke with his Moldovan colleague Maia Sandu, and congratulated each other on the published report of the European Commission.
19:42 The Russians fired an X-31P anti-radar missile in the direction of one of the ports of the Odessa region from tactical aircraft in the Black Sea. According to the Southern Defense Forces, the missile hit the superstructure of a civilian ship flying the Liberian flag as it entered port. The pilot was killed, the crew members - citizens of the Philippines - were injured, and one port worker was injured.
19:18 During the day, the Russian army attacked the Nikopol district of the Dnepropetrovsk region eight times with kamikaze drones and artillery, said the head of the OVA Sergei Lysak. Nikopol, Mirovskaya, Krasnogrigoryevskaya and Marganetsk communities came under attack. One person was injured, the administrative building and infrastructure facility, 14 private houses, outbuildings, and several power lines were damaged.
18:54 European Commissioner for Finance Johannes Hahn said that Hungary alone will not be able to block an increase in the EU budget, in particular to allocate a package of 50 billion euros to Ukraine for four years. According to him, the European Commission has workarounds for approving the revised budget, which do not require the support of Budapest.
18:43 Kiev and the European Union hope that they will be able to begin negotiations on Ukraine’s accession to the bloc, but permission must be given by all EU members. Read more in the article Who can disrupt negotiations .
17:55 In Russia, they handed a summons to the army to a minor from Mariupol, Bogdan Ermokhin, whom the occupiers took from the city along with other orphans, said Advisor to the Mayor of Mariupol Pyotr Andryushchenko. He must report to the Moscow military registration and enlistment office a month after his 18th birthday.
Despite the presence of a legal guardian, in the Russian Federation he was illegally transferred to the guardianship of a Russian family. According to Bogdan himself, he was given a Russian passport and arranged for training. The guy tried to return to Ukraine, but he was detained at the border with Belarus and returned back to his foster family. According to Russian law, there is currently no way for Ermokhin to cross the border before he comes of age, and after he comes of age, he will no longer be able to do so because of his summons to the army.
17:37 Zelensky said that he held a meeting in Kiev with US Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg: they discussed the restoration of Ukrainian infrastructure, the development of transport capabilities for exporting goods to international markets, and the prospects for joint defense production.
16:59 The Russian Army struck the Dnieper district of Kherson, one person was wounded, the OVA reported.
16:04 The Rheinmetall concern announced that it has received an order for Ukraine for 100 thousand shells for 120 mm mortars. This order from the German government is part of a recent €400 million military aid package.
15:56 The new government of Slovakia blocked the 14th package of military assistance to Ukraine in the amount of 40.3 million euros, which was prepared by the previous leadership of the Ministry of Defense.
15:19 The UK has imposed sanctions against 29 individuals and legal entities in the gold and oil sectors of the Russian Federation. The new lists included both Russian oligarchs and businessmen, as well as collaborators from third countries, the government reported.
14:02 The European Commission officially recommends starting negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova on accession to the EU - “with the understanding that a number of reforms will be implemented,” said EC head Ursula von der Leyen. She noted Ukraine's progress in implementing reforms and called for the negotiation process to begin in parallel with the implementation of further reforms, as well as to establish a framework for these negotiations. According to von der Leyen, Ukraine has completed 90% of the reforms that the EU expected from it.
13:55 The Rada supported the redirection of the “military personal income tax” to the defense of the country - now part of the funds is taken from local communities. From October 1 to December 31, 2023, the “military personal income tax” will be sent to the state budget in a 50/50 ratio: the State Special Communications Service will receive 13 billion hryvnia for drones, and the same amount will be sent to the Ministry of Defense for the purchase of artillery systems.
“Billions of hryvnias from paving stones will be spent on drones, weapons, ammunition and real money to the accounts of military units to quickly resolve current issues. At the same time, all communities, especially front-line ones, will receive a resource that will be no less than in 2021. In fact, we returned to the military what rightfully belongs to them,” commented the head of the Servant of the People faction, David Arakhamia, on the parliament’s decision.
13:43 Zelensky said that he had a conversation with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, and welcomed today’s statement by the G7 foreign ministers, who confirmed their unwavering support for Ukraine. We agreed to expand bilateral cooperation, in particular, work on security guarantees and a conference on the restoration of Ukraine, which will be held in Japan in February 2024. Separately, the President thanked Japan for significant assistance in the field of energy, in particular for the provision of powerful turbines and transformers, as well as for the resumption of the JICA office in Kyiv.
13:07 The liquidation of collaborator Mikhail Filiponenko in Lugansk is a joint special operation by the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense and the resistance movement, Ukrainian military intelligence reported. According to her, the “LPR deputy” from the Russian LDPR party was involved in organizing torture centers in the occupied territories of the Lugansk region and personally brutally tortured Ukrainians.
13:00 The Verkhovna Rada extended the martial law and general mobilization in Ukraine for 90 days - until February 14, 2024.
12:42 Ukraine needs not only taxes, but also income from Russian frozen assets, Kuleba said at a joint press conference with his Belgian colleague Adjei Lyabib: “Belgium has created a precedent, a very good precedent for excess profits. Now we need a broader legal framework for European Union level to allow all member states holding Russian sovereign assets to use them in a legally compatible manner with the aim of rebuilding Ukraine."
12:23 In recent weeks, Russia has attacked energy infrastructure facilities 60 times with various types of weapons. After each new attack, the need for energy equipment grows, so the assistance of partners to the Ukrainian energy sector is of great importance, said the head of the Ministry of Energy German Galushchenko.
11:57 The foreign ministers of the G7 countries were unable to agree on sanctions on the export of diamonds from Russia, the German Foreign Ministry reported following the meeting. For now, they have agreed only to “intensify consultations” on this issue.
11:19 The Russian army fired at one of the thermal power plants in the eastern region - there was damage to the equipment, but the thermal power plant is working and there were no outages, Ukrenego reported.
10:28 A collaborator was eliminated in the "LPR" - an explosive device went off in the car of a local "deputy", ex-head of the "people's police" department Mikhail Filiponenko, he did not survive, Russian media report.
09:52 On the evening of November 7, the Russians fired from the Smerch multiple launch rocket system at the village of Bogatyr, Volnovakha district, Donetsk region. The epicenter of the hit was a dense residential area; as a result of the impact, more than ten private houses were damaged and destroyed, three people were killed, the prosecutor's office said.
09:11 France will allocate an additional 200 million euros for the fund to support the Ukrainian army, Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu said.
08:49 Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev said that during the war Ukraine allegedly tried to attack three Russian nuclear power plants - Leningrad, Kalinin and Kursk.
08:37 The United States has imposed export restrictions on seven individuals and three companies for the supply of dual-use electronics to Russia. Four of the individuals live in the Russian Federation, two in Canada, and one in the USA. The companies against which sanctions were imposed are based in the United States and the United Arab Emirates. These individuals and companies were part of a complex global procurement scheme. They illegally obtained and purchased millions of dollars worth of dual-use electronics for military-affiliated end users in the Russian Federation.
08:19 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of November 8:
personnel - about 307,640 (+780) people,
tanks - 5301 (+8),
armored combat vehicles - 9996 (+22),
artillery systems - 7439 (+29),
MLRS - 872 (+3),
air defense systems - 572 (+2),
aircraft - 322 (+0),
helicopters - 324 (+0),
UAV of operational-tactical level - 5567 (+10),
cruise missiles - 1556 (+0),
ships/boats - 20 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 9814 (+47),
special equipment - 1054 (+5).
07:23 Over the past 24 hours, 45 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 areas of Sinkovka, Ivanovka, Berestovoy, Kharkov region; on Limansky - in the area of Serebryansky forestry; on Bakhmutsky - near Bogdanovka, Andreevka and Kleshcheevka, Donetsk region; on Avdeevsky - near Stepnoy, Avdeevka, Tonenkoy and Pervomaisky, Donetsk region; on Maryinsky - in the Marinka area; on Shakhtarsky - in the Staromayorsky district of the Donetsk region. In the Zaporozhye direction the enemy did not conduct offensive actions.
05:26 The United States did not hold consultations with the Ukrainian side regarding the possible start of peace negotiations with the Russian Federation, said Deputy Speaker of the State Department Vedant Patel. According to him, the US State Department knows nothing about such consultations and Washington is not going to push Kyiv into negotiations with the Kremlin.
"As we have said many times, nothing should happen about Ukraine without Ukraine. We are not aware of any conversations with Ukraine regarding negotiations outside the Peace Formula," Patel said. He also emphasized that any decisions on negotiations with Russia should be made by Ukraine, and the United States will continue to provide support to the Ukrainian people.
03:55 The Foreign Affairs Committee of the US House of Representatives voted with a majority of votes to support a bipartisan and bicameral bill on the use of frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine.
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[Korrespondent] President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine will try to achieve results on the battlefield by the end of 2023.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces have gained a foothold on the left bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region and seem to have transferred individual armored vehicles to a bridgehead established there, the Institute for the Study of War reports. Officially, the Ukrainian army is not yet talking about successes in the Kherson region.
The Institute for the Study of War has drawn attention to claims from Russian sources that the Ukrainian Armed Forces have allegedly moved a limited number of armored vehicles to the left bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region and are continuing larger-than-usual ground operations there, using a roughly battalion-sized force of light infantry.
On November 6, the so-called Russian “military correspondents” released a photo in which an allegedly Ukrainian tracked amphibious transporter transports an infantry fighting vehicle to the eastern bank of the Dnieper near Krynoki (30 km northeast of Kherson and 2 km from the Dnieper).
Other “military correspondents” stated on November 7 that a Ukrainian amphibious infantry fighting vehicle independently crossed the Dnieper near Krynoki, and on November 7 published separate footage allegedly showing a destroyed Western-style armored personnel carrier in an unspecified location on the eastern bank of the Dnieper.
Some Russian “military correspondents” also claimed that one or two Ukrainian amphibians crossed the Dnieper near Krynoki, while other bloggers stated that Ukrainian forces had deployed several unspecified armored vehicles into the area. According to Russian military sources, more than 300 Ukrainian military personnel (approximately one battalion) are operating on the left bank of the Dnieper in the Krynok region. “Military correspondents” continue to claim that the Ukrainian Armed Forces hold positions in the center of Krynki and surrounding areas.
Russian military bloggers write that fighting continued near Krynki, as well as near Poima (12 km east of Kherson and 4 km from the Dnieper), Peschanivka (13 km east of Kherson and 3 km from the Dnieper) and Podstepne (17 km to east of Kherson and 4 km from the Dnieper). It is not stated that the offensive attempts on November 6 and 7 by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were larger than in previous days.
Summarizing the events in retrospect, ISW analysts suggest that on October 17 and 18, the Ukrainian Armed Forces carried out an initial assault across the Dnieper to the eastern (left) bank of the Kherson region. In their opinion, if a battalion-sized Ukrainian Armed Forces group is indeed operating on the left bank, this indicates that Russia did not prevent Ukrainian forces from transferring additional personnel and, possibly, equipment to positions on the eastern bank. ISW emphasizes that it will not speculate regarding the prospects of the current Ukrainian campaign on the left bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region.
HOPE FROM ZELENSKY
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said that Ukraine has a specific plan for the return of its territory next year, however, he did not explain the details.
When asked how much land Ukraine will be able to return next year, Zelensky noted that we have not finished this year yet.
"We will try to show results this year too. But we lose people every day. This is not a show or a movie. We don’t need to surprise everyone in the world. But we need to try for ourselves not to lose a single day... For next year we have a plan , a very specific plan. But I’m sorry, I can’t talk about it,” Zelensky said.
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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Kupyansk direction, the active actions of units of the Zapad Group of Forces, supported by aviation and artillery, have repelled two attacks by assault groups of the 54th Mechanised Brigade of the AFU near Timkovka (Kharkov region).
In addition, manpower and hardware concentration areas of AFU 38th Mechanised and 68th Jaeger Brigades have been hit close to Zagoruikovka (Kharkov region), Novogorovka, and Stelmakhovka (Lugansk People's Republic).
The enemy losses were up to 30 soldiers, two armoured fighting vehicles, and three motor vehicles.
During counter-battery warfare, one U.S.-manufactured M114 howitzer, one 152mm Msta-B howitzer, one 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, and one 100mm D-44 gun have been hit.
In Krasny Liman direction, units of the Tsentr Group of Forces, Army Aviation and artillery have hit manpower and hardware concentration areas of the AFU 67th Mechanised Brigade and the 125th Ukrainian Territorial Defence Brigade close to Yampolovka and Serebryanka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy losses were up to 60 servicemen, two armoured fighting vehicles, and two pickup trucks.
In Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Group of Forces, in cooperation with aviation, artillery, and heavy flamethrower systems, have struck AFU 22nd, 54th, 93rd Mechanised Brigades and the 79th Air Assault Brigade close to Maryinka, Kleshcheevka, Andreevka, and Spornoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy losses were up ro 235 Ukrainian servicemen killed and wounded, three armoured fighting vehicles, and four motor vehicles.
In the course of counter-battery warfare, one 152mmMsta-B howitzer, one 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, and one 122mm D-30 gun have been destroyed.
In South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok Group of Forces, in cooperation with helicopters and artillery, have inflicted a fire damage on manpower and hardware of AFU 79th Airborne Assault and 58th Motorised Infantry Brigades, as well as 105th and 128th Territorial Defence Brigades near Novomikhailovka, Staromayorskoye, and Urozhainoye (Donetsk People's Republic), and Priyutnoye (Zaporozhye region).
The enemy losses were up to 145 servicemen, two armoured fighting vehicles, and seven motor vehicles.
In addition, in the course of counter-battery warfare, one Polish-manufactured Krab self-propelled artillery system, one British-manufactured FH-70 howitzer, and one 152mm D-20 howitzer have been destroyed.
One ammunition depot of the AFU 127th Territorial Defence Brigade has been destroyed near Bogatyr (Donetsk People's Republic).
In Zaporozhye direction, units of the Russian Group of Forces, aviation, artillery, and heavy flamethrower systems have repelled three attacks by assault groups of 33rd, 65th and 118th Mechanised Brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Rabotino and Novoprokopovka (Zaporozhye region).
The enemy losses were up to 80 military personnel, three tanks, five infantry fighting vehicles, three armoured personnel carriers, two armoured fighting vehicles, two pickup trucks, as well as one M109 self-propelled artillery system and one U.S.-manufactured M146 gun.
In Kherson direction, the enemy losses were up to 30 servicemen and four motor vehicles.
During counterbattery warfare, one U.S.-manufactured M777 artillery system, one 152mm Msta-B howitzer, as well as one 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system have been destroyed.
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have neutralised manpower and military hardware in 134 areas.
In addition, a joint command post of the 10th Army Corps of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has been hit close to Volnoandreevka (Zaporozhye region).
One radar station of the S-300 surface-to-air missile system has been destroyed near Artsiz (Odessa region).
Control points of the 67th Mechanised Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 31st Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine have been hit close to Serebryanka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Air defence facilities have shot down five AFU aircraft, including Su-27 near Kamenka (Donetsk People's Republic), two MiG-29s near Preobrazhenka (Donetsk People's Republic), and Krivoi Rog (Dnepropetrovsk region), as well as two Su-25s close to Pavlograd (Dnepropetrovsk region), and Tokarevka (Kherson region).
Eleven HIMARS projectiles and two U.S.-manufactured JDAM guided aerial bombs have been intercepted.
In addition, 31 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have been destroyed close to Tavolzhanka, Kotlyarovka (Kharkov region), Nyrkovo (Lugansk People's Republic), Novaya Kamenka, Pervomaiskoye (Donetsk People's Republic), Tarasovka, and Samoilovka (Zaporozhye region).
In total, 532 airplanes and 254 helicopters, 8,733 unmanned aerial vehicles, 441 air defence missile systems, 13,266 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,182 fighting vehicles equipped with MLRS, 7,016 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 15,086 special military motor vehicles have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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[NewsFront] 23:55 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 08.11.2023 to 00:00 09.11.2023
Over the past 24 hours Representative officereportedabout 22 facts of firing by the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces.
Five civilians were injured of varying degrees of severity in the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka and the Telmanovsky district.
Eight residential buildings were damaged in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk and the Central City district of Gorlovka, as well as one civil infrastructure facility.
The areas of four settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), Golmovsky, Shirokaya Balka, the capital city of Donetsk (Kalininsky, Kievsky, Kuibyshevsky, Petrovsky districts).
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 15 attacks from MLRS, 155mm artillery, and attack UAVs.
At Gorlivske there were seven artilery attacks from 152mm and 155mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead.
A total of 71 units of various ammunition were fired.
IN previous 24 hours, 57 attacks were recorded from the VFU.
21:50 NGP exploration reports: news from the Artemovsk direction. Kleshcheevka.
Our assault groups knocked out the enemy from a number of positions, carried out a clean-up operation and gained a foothold in the territory of the populated area. Fierce fighting is taking place.
21:35 Report by Rudenko: Ukrainian Armed Forces using artillery for the purpose of provocationstruck in temporarily controlled rear settlements of the DPR
The Nazis stationed in Kurakhovo (DPR territory temporarily controlled by Kyiv) carried out artillery artilery attack of the settlements of Alekseevka and Bogatyr under their control. These villages are the rear zone. At the same time, they withdrew their troops in advance. As a result of the strikes, civilians were killed!
Obviously, in this way the Kiev regime decided to organize an information campaign and accuse us of revenge for yesterday’s artilery attack of Donetsk, during which there were also civilian casualties.
21:25 Front-line soldier reports: The Russian Armed Forces advanced towards Rabotino and recaptured previously abandoned positions in the Novoprokopovka area.
20:50 Archival footage of the assault on the opornik from our brothers from the special forces -video.
20:20 Crews of the 220mm BM-27 Uragan MLRS of the Eastern Military District continue to effectively destroy strongholds of Ukrainian Armed Forces units
South Donetsk direction
The power of the MLRS is enough to destroy not only heavy equipment, but also fortified command posts and even fortifications with concrete walls.
Having worked on targets, the Uragan crews quickly change position, moving away from enemy drones, and again prepare to carry out the next fire mission -video report.
19:40 NGP explorationreports: a brief summary of the Kherson direction.
The enemy continues to hold a bridgehead in the village. Krynki, the transfer of reinforcements from the 35th and 36th Naval Infantry Brigades continues in the area of forest plantations south of Krynki.
Four assault groups were transferred to Aleshkinsky Island, two more groups from the 38th Naval Infantry Brigade were transferred to the north of the settlement. Podstepnoye, an attempt to attack this settlement is being prepared.
On the right bank there is high activity of enemy infantry, artillery is being pulled closer to the coastline.
Also, Ukrainian unmanned aircraft are active in the Black Sea, in particular reconnaissance UAVs are monitoring the area of Cape Tarkhankut. Another attempt to land Ukrainian troops in Crimea cannot be ruled out.
19:00 According to operational lines The JCCC of the DPR on November 8, as of 18:00, received information about casualties among civilians in the cities of the Republic:
Telmanovsky district:
– during road work, four workers were injured as a result of the release of high explosives from a UAV: ??men born in 1984, 1976, 1968 and 1980.
Additional information has been received about damage as a result of artilery attack by the Air Force in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk:
Kalininsky district:
– the infrastructure of DoKTMO named after. Kalinina.
Kuibyshevsky district:
– st. Makarenko, 11 – private residential building, a fire was recorded in the outbuilding.
n.p. Gorlovka (Central City district):
– st. Dundicha, 100, 112, 128 – private residential buildings;
– st. Soviet Army, 84 – gas pipeline damaged.
18:30 Front bird reports: Avdeevskoe direction. 08.11
And again our VKS are working, throwing UVAB-500 and other gifts behind the enemy’s collar.
Mi-28N helicopters cover our armored vehicles and personnel.
18:00 Frontline reports: The Russian Armed Forces have established a foothold in Kleshcheevki.
17:30 Frontline reports: as the guys report, there are six km left before the ring closes, in the Avdeevsky direction.
17:00 Front birdreports: DPR (Konstantinovka) 08.11
It is reported that during the day strikes were carried out by attack aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces on
enemy locations.
In addition, at least two explosions and a bright flash were also reported.
The enemy weapons depot was previously hit.
16:30 Front bird reports: Avdeevskoe direction. District Steppe. 08.11
According to incoming information, our units have advanced forward to a distance of one km. having previously knocked out the enemy from their positions.
They treated us with MLRS and mortars.
T-72B3 tanks cover our assault groups.
15:35 Throughout Ukraine announced air raid alert
The reason is the takeoff of the carrier of the Kinzhal hypersonic missile MiG-31K of the Russian Aerospace Forces.
15:30 — Did you surrender voluntarily?
- Yes.
- And why?
- I want to live.
The captured Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers were handed over to the Ukrainian leadership so that they would “be friendly with each other” and not throw people to their death. They didn’t like fighting with the Russian army -video.
15:00 According to operational lines The JCCC of the DPR on November 8, as of 15:00, received information about casualties among civilians in the cities of the Republic:
n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district):
- on the street Makara Mazaya, 25, wounded, man born in 1959.
Information has been received about damage as a result of artilery attack by the AFU in the cities of the Republic:
n.p. Gorlovka (Central City district):
– st. Dundicha, 138, 144, 146 – private residential buildings, power lines were also damaged, the street was partially de-energized.
Information about the consequences of the artilery attack continues to arrive.
14:30 They report a series of powerful arrivals in Nikolaevka (DPR).
According to "Military chronicle“, a missile strike was carried out on Ukrainian Armed Forces facilities in the warehouse area (12 km east of Slavyansk) on the southern side of the city. After the arrivals, a strong fire started and repeated detonations were heard. Apparently, an ammunition depot was hit.
13:55 Front bird reports: Sumy region 08.11 – 11:30
It is reported that several explosions were heard again in the southern and eastern parts of the region.
The enemy's military and critical infrastructure is under attack.
13:25 A mobile group of Russian paratroopers destroyed an enemy armored car in the Artemovsk direction
The reconnaissance UAV crew discovered a Western-made armored vehicle of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near a forest plantation. Having received the task of destroying it, the crews of mobile groups of the Airborne Forces promptly moved to the specified area.
By launching a guided missile from the Kornet ATGM, anti-tank paratroopers destroyed an enemy armored vehicle -video report.
12:35 Situation in recent days at the junction of Zaporozhye and the DPR: the enemy is trying to snap back, while our artillery is covering his positions with dense fire
Soldiers of the Vostok battalion report on the situation on this section of the front over the past couple of days:
“The situation has not changed. The weather has more or less improved – it’s not getting too bad. Our artillery has outdone itself today – we haven’t worked so hard for a long time. The enemy snapped back sluggishly - he was protecting the BC.”
“Looking at the weather, you just want to say: “Storm, a storm is coming soon.” If you do something, then it’s worth doing it while the weather permits. Then, until the frosts, the war will turn into a positional war anyway, regardless of politics.”
12:05 Front-line soldier reports: The RF Armed Forces advanced towards the North, entrenched themselves in forest belts.
11:30 Frontline reports: Kupyansk direction. The Russian Armed Forces took control of a section of the railroad from Kislovka to Khramalny. They established themselves along the railway road, in forest plantations.
10:55 Crews of the Tor-M2 air defense system continue to provide air defense in the Kupyansk direction
SAMs can hit all types of targets within their range of altitudes and ranges. “Tor-M2” knows every “air enemy” by sight - these are airplanes, helicopters, unmanned aerial vehicles and even ballistic missiles.
As soon as any air object that does not respond to a “friend or foe” request enters the area of responsibility, the crews take it under escort and are ready to hit the target. The footage shows how the Thor crew shoots down an enemy aircraft-type drone -video report.
10:25 Frontline reports: assault troops of the Russian Armed Forces, with the support of artillery and reconnaissance UAVs, successfully occupy the streets of Kleshcheevka.
09:54 Military personnel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces abandon their equipment and hide as soon as they hear the noise of our aircraft -video
The commander of an army aviation flight with the call sign “Leshy” spoke about the tasks facing him by his subordinates in the Northern Military District zone.
“We work both day and night, with night vision goggles. We destroy the enemy's armored vehicles, prevent the supply of reinforcements, and destroy strongholds. We carry out strikes with both guided and unguided aircraft missiles,” says “Leshy.” “As soon as they hear the noise of aircraft, movement begins on the other side, they hide, even to the point of abandoning the equipment,” notes the Russian pilot.
09:50 Official summary of Representative offices of the DPR in the JCCC from 00:00 07.11.2023 to 00:00 08.11.2023
Over the past 24 hours, the Representative Office reported 57 incidents of firing by the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces.
As of 00:00, data on three deaths were confirmed in the Voroshilovsky district of Donetsk.
A total of 30 civilians were injured of varying degrees of severity, incl. three teenagers born in 2006, 2007 and 2006. #ChildrenNotTarget, in Voroshilovsky, Kalininsky, Budennovsky and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk, Sovetsky district of Makeevka.
A total of 13 residential buildings in the Budennovsky district of Donetsk, as well as 8 civil infrastructure facilities, were damaged.
The areas of three settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Gorlovka (Tsentralno-Gorodskoy, Nikitovsky districts), the capital city of Donetsk (Voroshilovsky, Kalininsky, Budennovsky, Kievsky, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Sovetsky, Kirovsky, Chervonogvardeysky districts) .
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 34 attacks from MLRS and 155mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead.
At Gorlovka there were 23 artillery attacks from 152mm and 155mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead.
A total of 169 units of various ammunition were fired.
In the previous day, 55 artillery attacks were recorded from the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces.
08:12 Summary on the morning of November 8, 2023
Positional battles are taking place in most areas of the Avdeevsky direction; advances of the Russian Armed Forces were reported in the area of ??the settlement. Stepovoe on the northwestern ledge of the LBS. There are powerful mutual artillery attacks, the enemy is massively using agricultural drones (the so-called “Baba Yaga”) to drop ammunition.
Our aviation destroys enemy FABs in their positions. Ukrainian analytical resources report that the Russian Armed Forces “are holding back reserves for now, in no hurry to bring them into battle, because they are waiting for the Northern [southern flank of the front] to be covered from the east and west.”
On the Zaporozhye front, the Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to try to break through to the west of Rabotino - yesterday 10 units of various enemy armored vehicles were spotted in the direction. Enemy MLRS and drone bombers were operating at our positions near Verbovoy.
The Kherson direction is characterized by the most active actions of the parties near the village. Krynki: mutual artillery shelling, infantry actively moving so as not to fall under each other's ammunition. Our TOS work regularly. The enemy's plan to expand its presence in forest plantations near a populated area is visible.
Artilery attack of the Russian border area continues. In the Belgorod region, the outskirts of the village of Dronovka, Grayvoronsky urban district, were shelled. The region is being shelled with mortars, artillery, LNG-9, and ammunition and IEDs are dropped from drones. In the Bryansk direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces conduct regular artilery attack of our positions in the front-line zone.
This may not be included in the governor’s reports, since peaceful villages do not receive damage during such shelling. Our soldiers grumble about the lack of return fire. In the evening, an aircraft-type UAV of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was destroyed over the Suzemsky region. Donetsk and Makeyevka were subjected to massive Nazi shelling. Three civilians were killed and thirty were injured, including three teenagers.
08:09 Frontline summary for the morning of 11/08/2023
In the Kherson-Crimean direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces, with fire support from the right bank of the Dnieper, attacked near Poima, Peschany, Podstepnoye. At least on the islands in the area of these settlements they have footholds. The Russian Armed Forces are trying to dislodge the Ukrainian marines from Krynok. Long-range weapons are used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. At the moment, the actions of the Russian Armed Forces are unsuccessful. Moreover, the “gray zone” in this settlement stretched along the left bank is expanding.In the Zaporozhye direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces, with the support of artillery, are trying to take the heights north-west of Verbovoy. The Russian Armed Forces withdrew from a number of positions. There is a ledge here and it is necessary for Russian troops to hold it, but it is difficult.
On the Donetsk front, Russian troops carried out assault operations in Marinka. No success. To the southwest of Avdeevka, the Ukrainian Armed Forces counterattacked and had partial success in the Vodyanoy area (not to be confused with the settlement of the same name northwest of Ugledar). But on the northern flank of the Russian Armed Forces, they moved the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the railway line near Stepnoye (not to be confused with the settlements of the same name in the Zaporozhye and Ugledarsky directions).
In the Bakhmut direction, Russian troops successfully counterattacked at Kleshcheevka and from Berkhovka. The second of the listed settlements has progress towards Bogdanovka. The Ukrainian Armed Forces have serious problems on the northern flank of Bakhmut.
The new regions being that part of Ukraine confiscated last year, when the grain planted by Ukrainian farmers was generously sold by Russia at considerably higher than usual prices to succor a world going hungry because Russia cut off Ukrainian grain shipments.
[Regnum] The grain harvest in Russia in 2023 amounted to 147 million tons, taking into account the harvest in new regions. This was stated by First Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation Oksana Lut at the plenary meeting of the Siberian Agrarian Week in Novosibirsk.
She noted that this year, taking into account new territories, 147 million tons of grain were harvested in Russia.
Lut added that taking into account the planned harvest volumes, Russia’s potential for the current grain export season is 65 million tons.
As Regnum reported, in June, the Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Patrushev, stated that the Russian agro-industrial complex was operating normally, and the country’s food security would be ensured.
According to him, agricultural organizations and food and processing industry enterprises provide the domestic market, all production chains function stably.
Russian President Vladimir Putin called for increasing the production of domestic goods for the agricultural sector.
In September, at a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan , Putin said that in 2023 a good grain harvest is expected in Russia - 130 million tons. The Russian leader also noted that Russia’s export potential will remain at the level of 60 million tons of grain. The head of state added that Turkey is a big partner of Russia with a large-scale flour-grinding industry.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] The security forces of Abkhazia are busy searching for armed people in the mountains of the country. The Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic, Robert Kiut, told RIA Novosti about this.
According to Kiut, local hunters reported that they saw seven armed people without any identification marks near the village of Azanta in the Gulrypsh district.
The people were armed with foreign weapons, presumably M-4 assault rifles. The men are dressed in black uniforms, wearing masks, helmets, and are well equipped.
In addition, the minister added, the armed group had a copter that flew over the area.
As Regnum reported, the Russian Black Sea Fleet will receive a new base. As the President of Abkhazia Aslan Bzhania announced on October 5, the government of the republic agreed with Russia on the creation of a naval base in the Ochamchira region.
The creation of a base in Abkhazia should be a response to NATO activity in the Black Sea.
Georgia is not abandoning revanchist plans to seize South Ossetia and Abkhazia, says military expert Alexander Artamonov.
#2
There was an old man of Abkhazia
Who suffered a moment of nausea.
"Twas altitude sickness...
Or maybe me quickness
To rat out that Orthodox razzia."
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