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[Regnum] The body of a 62-year-old man with multiple injuries consistent with a bear attack was discovered in the taiga in the Tomsk region. Emergency services reported this on November 2.
Rescuers found the body of a local resident near the village of Orekhovo in the Pervomaisky district, a TASS source clarified.
According to regional authorities and the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the death toll from bear attacks in Russia in 2026 rose to 30. Three of these deaths occurred in the Tomsk region.
In Siberia and the Far East, bears have become increasingly common in their presence near populated areas. The bear population has grown significantly in recent years, and this year has been a lean year in the taiga. In search of food, the predators are approaching people, increasing the risk of attacks.
On October 29, a polar bear mauled Vitaly Elfimov, one of the best hunters, in the Krasnoyarsk Territory. The exact cause of the bear attack remains unknown. The day before, a polar bear attacked a 23-year-old worker on the Taimyr Peninsula in the Krasnoyarsk Territory. The man suffered scalping wounds to his head, back, and hands. He was airlifted to the hospital.
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[Korrespondent] 22.28 In the Buchansky district of the Kiev region, during the Russian attack, 2 leaves fell, affecting the 15-river sublime. The wounded left hand was removed and he was hospitalized. The head of the Kiev Regional Military Administration, Timur Tkachenko, announced this. What are leaves in this context, badanov?
22.02 Ukrainian intelligence provides information about Russia’s preparation of a new massive attack on Ukraine. The main goals may be energy infrastructure and logistics. In the face of ongoing Russian attacks, President Volodymyr Zelensky instructed the government to renew the program of thousands of additional payments for energy workers and repair crews. The head of the state informed the evening animal about this on Monday, 2 leaves fell.
21.36 In the Zaporizhzhya region, 3 leaves fell as a day of complaint for those who died as a result of the Russian attack on the village of Komishuvakha. According to the remaining data from the authorities, there are 26 dead, five injured and 27 people who are considered unknown.
20.21 Ukraine carried out a large-scale operation to protect Kiev from Russian jet drones Shahed from distant locations. A system of radio-electronic warfare systems was fired up all over the place, as soon as the connection between drones and Russian operators was limited. According to the words of the president's longtime adviser Sergiy Beskrestnov, nicknamed "Flash", the operation forced Russia to slow down the development of new technologies, modernize drones and explore other solutions.
He called the conflict in the air over Ukrainian places part of the so-called “local war” and noted that the defense of the capital from the jet fighters Shahed from distant Keruvans became one of the most important special operations.
19.26 Russian troops launched several strikes with ceramic aerial bombs on the village of Komishuvakha, Zaporizhzhya region. They were taken into custody from the school, as if they were fighting for the distribution of humanitarian aid. After the first strike, the occupiers dropped nine more air bombs - in the area where people were walking. At the time of notification, we became aware of 18 dead and five wounded. Another 27 people are respected by the unknown. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky announced this.
18.06 Russian troops on Monday, 2 leaf falls, around 10:00 launched an airstrike on residential areas of the Slovyansk Donetsk region. As a result of the attack, a 68-year-old woman died, and six other civilians were injured. According to law enforcement officials, the Russian military dropped two FAB-250 aircraft bombs with universal planning and correction modules (UMPC) onto the site. As a result of the attack, nine apartment buildings, a postal department, an administrative office, a store and two civilian vehicles were destroyed.
17.59 In Ukraine, they plan to create a humanitarian center for the reconciliation of displaced communities from the currently occupied territories (TOT). Having informed the Supreme Court for Human Rights, Dmytro Lubinets at the press conference on the results of the humanitarian operation in Oleshki, Kherson region.
17.40 Russian troops on Monday, 2 leaf falls, before the artillery strike on Nikopol in the Dnipropetrovsk region. Two boys were injured as a result of the attack. As the head of the Dnipropetrovsk OVA, Oleksandr Ganzha, reported, the 4-year-old boy was hospitalized. The 10-year-old brother's doctors gave him additional help at the hospital and ordered him to stay at home. Also, as a result of the shelling, a private booth was damaged.
17.09 The Ukrainian PPO destroyed over 4,800 Russian attack drones of the “shahed” type. I informed the ZSU General Staff about this. The effectiveness of the antidote against jet strike drones became 66%, and for emergency drones - up to 90%.
17.02 Respect of the Supreme Court for the sake of human rights Dmytro Lubinets, declaring that there is no other way to achieve the return of the Ukrainian citizens, other than direct relocation from the Russian side. In other words, during such contacts, diplomatic etiquette should be maintained in order to increase the chances of a positive result. Lubinets spoke about this at the press conference, indicating that he squeezed the hand of the Russian ombudsman Yana Lantratova.
Surely diplomatic etiquette should always be maintained, no matter what else is being done in the background.
16.18 Aggressor country Russia does not plan to conduct new “humanitarian operations” beyond the evacuation of the immediately occupied Oleshki in the Kherson region. Kremlin spokesman Dmitro Peskov said this in comments to Russian propagandists.
15.37 Ukraine and Russia do not note the number of people who fled the occupied Oleshok in the Kherson region during the humanitarian operation. Recently, the parties decided to deliver the bodies of the dead, who still lived in Ukraine, to the territory under the control of the Ukrainian government. Having informed Dmytro Lubinets of the Supreme Court for Human Rights during the press conference on the results of the humanitarian operation in Oleshki.
15.23 Signs of a targeted, coordinated media campaign against the Ukrainian defense company Fire Point. Anatoly Amelin, the director and director of the Advanter Group analytical center, wrote about this on Facebook.
14.55 At least 40 people were injured near the Kharkiv region due to Russian shelling on Monday. The local government agency and the National Police reported this.
As a result of the shelling, a large number of apartments and private residential buildings, shops were damaged, and civilian vehicles were burned.
14.24 Russia officially withdrew from the European Convention on the Prevention of Catuvans. Through this, the European Committee for the Protection of Katuvannya (KZK) can no longer verify the place of liberation in the country.
The KPC guessed that after the beginning of Russia's large-scale invasion of Ukraine in the brutal year of 2022, the number of reports about the global war and the violent outbreak on the side of the Russian settlers in the localities was withdrawn lack of freedom both in the occupied Ukrainian territories and in Russia itself.
14.02 The occupying army of the Russian Federation stopped over 4,000 jet drones against Ukraine. The price of a new record was announced by the riverman of the ZSU Military Forces Yuriy Ignat on air at the telethon.
In just two minutes, the enemy was stagnated over a thousand UAVs. Ale tse buli is important to drone with the engine of internal turmoil, then the original “martyrs”.
13.55 The security service identified five more pro-Kremlin agitators in various regions of Ukraine. The criminals publicly vindicated the brutal aggression of the Russian Federation, spread false news about the Defense Forces and called out the enemy until new shellings took place.
13.03 Russian fire fighters popped up near settlements in Gulyaypil and Girka Zaporizhzhya regions. This was reported by the OSINT project DeepState.
The occupation area increased by 4.84 sq. km during the mining period, and the penetration area (sira zone) decreased by 2.44 sq. km.
12.48 The number of victims of the wounded airstrike on Izyum in the Kharkiv region continues to grow; 15 people have already recovered due to medical assistance, one person has died. One of the victims, an 11-year-old boy, recognized an acute reaction to stress.
12.07 At the Akhtubinsk military airfield in the Astrakhan region of the Russian Federation, there was a surge in the decline of the new Su-57 aircraft. This was reported to the Head Intelligence Directorate (GUR) of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.
11.48 On Monday, in nine regions of Ukraine, new light connections were recorded due to Russian attacks on civil energy infrastructure. It is possible for energy workers to pay off everything in order to heal the most likely possible for all their frantic companions, they sang in Ukrenergo.
11.33 Urants on Monday The Samara region of the Russian Federation became aware of drone attacks. The most powerful method of attack was the Samara linear transmission control station (LVDS) near Prosvet, where after the attack the signal was burned. ASTRA told about it.
11.00 Military counterintelligence officers tracked down an FSB agent in Odessa, who was directing Russian jet drones at the combat positions of the PPO, which protects the airspace of the regional center. The SBU reported this.
It is stated that the Russian intelligence service recruited a great sailor after he was decommissioned from the ship. In order to arrest the person before spivpratsia, the FSB identified someone he knew - a large policeman from Odessa, who had traveled to Russia.
10.35 In the Zhytomyr region, Russian troops attacked energy and logistics infrastructure facilities and living quarters. We know about three victims, among them one child.
10.30 Russian firemen ordered an airstrike on the place Izyum. One person died and others were injured, the head of the Kharkiv Regional Police Department, Oleg Sinegubov, reported on Telegram.
Vorozhiy KAB kisses at the 4-surface housing booths - burn cars, as well as a post office.
10.20 Russia has thoroughly examined Gerber's drones, which can now reach a range of up to 1,200 kilometers and carry an increased warhead of up to 25 kg. These drones were initially fragmented as predatory targets for the improvement of anti-anti-anti-aircraft defense. Step by step, this “filling” has begun to approach the equipping of significantly expensive UAVs: mesh modems, expensive cameras, etc.
Recently, Russians began to push forward with a larger version of Gerbery. The new aircraft has a wing span of 3 m and a fuselage length of 2.6 m. Thanks to the new fuel tank with a volume of 63 liters, the aircraft can travel up to 1200 km.
9.56 The flow of trains on parts of the “red” and “green” lines of the capital’s metro is temporarily slowed down due to significant voltage fluctuations.
"On the "green" line between the stations Osokorki - Chervony Khutir and on the ground route of the "Chervony" line, the train service is temporarily slowed down through the voltage levels external centers of life.
On the "red" line, trains run between the stations Akademmistechko - Arsenalna, the "blue" line operates in emergency mode.
9.35 Bila Tserkva of the Kiev region of Vranets 2 lost leaf fall without water supply. The reason for the lack of water supply in the area was the attack of the Russian Federation, which resulted in damage to the infrastructure. Until now, the city has been hearing about the current alarm of the next war - through the attack of drones.
9.23 As part of the humanitarian mission, during the hour of truce in the time-occupied Oleshki in the Kherson region, around 800 people were evacuated. This was stated by the first lady of the United States, Melania Trump, at the social media.
“The mission ended in success: vital aid was delivered to the region, and the evacuation of up to 800 people was ensured. In the name of America, I credit Russia and Ukraine for I will play this role within the framework of the Oleshki Peace Treaty,” wrote Donald Trump’s team.
Translating from English to Russian, then back to English (or any back and forth like that) results in such little oddities of vocabulary and grammar.
8.32 At the beginning of the second leaf fall, Russia attacked Ukraine with 193 attack UAVs of the Shahed type (75 of them are reactive), Gerbera, and simulator drones of the Parody type.
The anti-aircraft defense shot down/suppressed 154 UAVs of the Shahed type (58 of them are jet), Gerbera, drones of other types, over six attack drones are still in the air, the combat robot is in trouble.
An accident was recorded at 26 locations, as well as a fall of downed people (tricks) at nine locations.
8.00 As a result of the overnight Russian attack on Odessa, infrastructure facilities, living quarters and a garage were damaged. Vibukhova's blade knocked out the windows in the neighboring villages. Four people were injured.
7.40 The Russian military launched a fire suppression regime in the area of the timely occupied Oleshok in the Kherson region to rotate their units, strengthen positions, increase anti-drone protection on the roads and increased logistics. I informed the ZSU General Staff about this.
“As part of the regime’s request for fire for the humanitarian operation in Oleshki, the Ukrainian Defense Forces ensured the regime’s continued silence and operated inclusively within the reach of their homes...
The enemy has taken a humanitarian pause to clear out their positions. In an hour, the quiet regime recorded the rotation of Russian paramilitary forces, the strengthening of positions, the expansion of anti-drone capabilities on the roads and the increase in logistics, the strengthening of the supply of ammunition,” goes to informed
7.22 From February 24, 2022 to 2 leaf fall in 2026, military expenditures to the special warehouse of the Russian troops on the territory of Ukraine amounted to approximately 1,592,770 osib (+2500 per addition).
5.36 Russia was told about the evils of the Unified Power System for preventing and eliminating emergency situations. As Astra writes, hackers denied access to the official website of the “MNS of Russia” and regional channels of the agency in the MAX messenger.
The reports that spread through the official channels of the Ministry of Taxes and Taxes of the Russian Federation confirmed that nuclear warheads on P1-SUN carriers had been launched in all regions of Russia. Russians were called to stock up on hedgehogs and gather in the cellars.
4.33 President of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier informed about possible negotiations between China, Russia and the United States over the 100-year Russian-Ukrainian war. He spoke about this in an interview with the ARD TV channel.
According to Steinmeier, during the hour of negotiations in Beijing, the head of the People's Republic of China, Xi Jinping, clearly made it clear to him that all preparations should not be made before such negotiations. He also said that Europe may be waiting until a possible peaceful solution is formed.
1.12 The Russian military launched a massive blow to Izyum this week in the Kharkiv region, which stagnated, behind previous data, KABI. At least four people were injured. The Moscow military administration informed about this.
“We are aware of several injured people, and all of them are in need of medical assistance,” said the source.
Incidents were recorded in many areas of the city, including in the Nizhny district, the central part and the Kremyanets mountain.
0.43 Over the course of five months, the outstanding debt on loans from 22 great Russian infrastructure companies has grown more than double - up to 9 billion rubles. Banks provide contractors with new provisions and extended guarantees in case of problems with credit history. The Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine reported this.
At the end of the year 2026, the foreign debt ratio of these contractors increased by 16%, to 495 billion rubles, while debt for loans - by 11.8%, to 191 billion rubles.
The SZRU noted that their economy is suffering from a shortening of budget expenditures and a shortage of large payments. Since the start of the crisis, the Russian Federation's regional investments in infrastructure have fallen by 19.1%, to 1 trillion rubles.
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[NewsFront] 20:24 During the day, from 8:00 to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense forces on duty destroyed 22 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk, Oryol, Rostov regions and the Moscow region. 18:23 Operators of unmanned aerial systems of the 56th Airborne Assault Regiment of the Sever group worked out on equipment, support and manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
16:39 Drone operators from the Rubicon Center in cooperation with the Russian Aerospace Forces crews destroyed equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Those hit were:
UAV control points,
temporary personnel deployment areas, and
equipment parking camouflaged in the forest.
13:57 Fighters of the Novorossiysk Airborne Forces unit caught rotation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Orekhov direction.
12:05 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (as of November 2, 2026)
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation.
Units of the North group of forces occupied more advantageous lines and positions.
In the Khar'kov region, the manpower and equipment of units of two mechanized brigades, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a National Guard brigade were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Kolodezne, Shipovatoe, Vodyane, and Martovoe in the Khar'kov region.
In addition, in the Sumy region, the formations of the mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the territorial defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Ivolzhanskoye and the city of Sumy.
The enemy lost up to 110 servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, five cars and an electronic warfare station.
Units of the "West" force grouping improved their position along the forward edge. They defeated the personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades, an assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a naval infantry brigade near the settlements of Studenok, Glushchenkovo, and Vishnevka in the Khar'kiov region and Rubtsy in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 115 servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, eight cars, and an artillery piece.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces improved their tactical position. Three mechanized brigades, a mountain assault brigade, and a territorial defense brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated near the settlements of Kramatorsk, Slavyansk, Nikolaevka, and Vasilevskaya Pustosh in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 150 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles and 25 cars.
Units of the Center Group of Forces occupied more advantageous positions and lines. They defeated the manpower and equipment of three mechanized brigades, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a special forces brigade, and a National Guard brigade near the settlements of Stepanivka, Sergeyevka, Krinitsy, Kamyshevakha, Andreyevka, and Kamenka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to 335 military personnel, 11 combat armored vehicles, seven cars, an artillery piece, and two electronic warfare stations.
Units of the "East" force group advanced deep into the enemy's defenses. They defeated the personnel and equipment of a mechanized infantry brigade, two airborne assault brigades, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a naval infantry brigade near the settlements of Novorosivka and Tersyanka in the Zaporizhzhia region, and Pokrovskoe, Ivanivka, and Pavlovka in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 195 servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, three cars, and a field artillery gun.
Units of the Dnipro Forces Group have improved their position along the forward edge. Formations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' mechanized brigade and territorial defense brigade were defeated near the villages of Preobrazhenka and Orekhov in the Zaporizhia region.
Up to 20 military personnel and eight vehicles were destroyed.
11:36 Air defense crews of the Varyag shot down enemy drones over the Novorossiya highway.
10:12 In the rear areas of Ukraine, operators of the Geranium strike missiles of the separate brigade of unmanned aerial systems "Varyag" hit an arms depot, a logistics center used for transporting military cargo, a production building of the Ukrspetssvyaz plant, which produces military and dual-use products, and an electric locomotive on one of the railway sections.
08:30 During the past night, air defense forces on duty intercepted and destroyed 212 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type flew over the territories of the Bryansk, Belgorod, Kursk, Kaluga, Tula, Voronezh, Pskov, Oryol, Lipetsk, Saratov, Samara, Ryazan, Tambov, Rostov regions, the Moscow region, Krasnodar Krai, the Republic of Crimea and over the waters of the Black and Azov Seas.
07:51 During the night, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continued application of strikes by unmanned aerial vehicles on port infrastructure facilities used in the interests of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and on sea vessels used for the transportation of military cargo.
As a result of the strikes, a shelter and storage site for launchers of the Neptune anti-ship missile systems near the village of Tuzly in the Odessa region was damaged.
In addition, a dry cargo ship carrying cargo intended for the Ukrainian Armed Forces was hit while crossing the sea 58 km south of Odessa.
06:31 Artillerymen of the 20th Guards Combined Arms Army of the West group fired from the 152mm 2S19 Msta-S howitzer are working onat UAV control points, shelters and ammunition depots of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Special Operation zone.
05:01 Eastern 122mm BM-21 "Grad" MRL collapsed on the accumulation of Ukrainian Armed Forces manpower in the area of the village of Barvinovka.
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[Regnum] Kyiv Prime Minister Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated on November 2 that if the US government wants attacks on Russian oil refineries to cease within a month, it must provide Ukraine with the required number of Patriot missiles for the same period.
"If you want us not to attack for one month, give me Patriot missiles for one month," Zelensky said in an interview with Fox News.
US President Donald Trump previously sharply criticized the Kyiv regime for attacks on Russian oil refineries, noting that such attacks lead to a rise in global oil prices.
Meanwhile, the Ukrainian Armed Forces continued attacks on oil refineries in Russia. Specifically, on October 30, Ukrainian drones attacked three Russian oil refineries and one gas chemical complex. One of the facilities was damaged, while the other attacks were repelled.
That same day, Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov stated that the Kyiv regime, with the support of European countries, was ignoring Trump's demands. President Vladimir Putin, for his part, noted that the Russian army would respond to Ukrainian strikes on oil refineries, logistics, and energy facilities. The Russian leader emphasized that Ukraine should have carefully considered the consequences before launching such attacks.
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[Regnum] Poland's 4th Warmia-Masuria Territorial Defense Brigade will be deployed to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast and will become a border defense brigade by the end of the year. Brigade commander Cezary Kiszkowiak announced this in an interview with RMF FM on November 2.
The brigade will monitor the situation on the border near the Suwalki Gap and, if necessary, participate in the defense, he said.
Kishkovyak added that the brigade's military personnel will be ready to support the border service and, in the future, will be able to assume responsibility for border defense without replacing border guards in matters of border protection.
It is expected that the brigade will achieve full readiness to perform new tasks within two years.
In October, Lithuania deployed military units to guard the border with the Kaliningrad region. Around 100 Lithuanian troops were deployed to mobile patrols and mobile observation posts.
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