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Latest information on the situation on the front line as of November 4 (updated)
2026-11-05
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
[NewsFront] 20:51 Three civilians, including an eight-year-old child, died during an attack by a Ukrainian drone on a civilian minibus in the Belgorod region

20:08 During the day from 8:00 Moscow time to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense forces on duty destroyed 46 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type flew over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk, Samara, Saratov, Sverdlovsk, Tyumen, Ulyanovsk regions, the Moscow region, Perm Krai, the Republic of Bashkortostan, the Republic of Crimea and the Republic of Tatarstan

18:56 In the Khar'kov region, the Russian Army leads offensive at Bugayevka, Prikolotnoye, Garbuzovka and Maly Burluk

More than 70 Ukrainian servicemen were killed in the area of responsibility of the North group of forces.

18:15 Investigators from the Russian Investigative Committee will investigate more crimes committed by Ukrainian armed forces against civilians in the Belgorod region and the LPR

According to government authorities, three civilians were killed and four others were injured in attacks by Ukrainian drones in the Belgorod region.

In the Luhansk People's Republic, two people were killed and five others were injured as a result of Ukrainian Armed Forces strikes.

17:43 Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue strikes by unmanned aerial vehicles against sea vessels used to deliver military cargo to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

This afternoon, a dry cargo ship carrying military equipment and dual-use cargo to Ukraine was hit in a strike in the port of Odessa.

17:28 Strikes by UAVs of the Vostok group liquidat edenemy reserves in the Zaporizhzhia region.

17:00 In the Tyumen region, there was no damage to industrial facilities following the attack by Ukrainian UAVs and no casualties.

16:33 In the border zone, Severyan reconnaissance opened a well-camouflaged ammunition cache belonging to a Ukrainian Armed Forces unit. A crew from the Vakha Battalion of the Akhmat Special Forces destroyed the enemy ammunition depot.

15:04 FPV drone of the special forces crew of the 6th Guards Army of the "North" group destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces pickup truck.

14:30 Investigators from the Russian Investigative Committee will investigate crimes committed by Ukrainian armed groups in the Ryazan, Bryansk, and Belgorod regions and the Donetsk People's Republic

According to government authorities, one man was injured in drone attacks in the Donetsk People's Republic. Additionally, two civilians were injured in a direct drone strike on a passenger bus in the Central City District of Horlivka.

A civilian was injured in a Ukrainian Armed Forces drone attack in the Ryazan region.

In the Bryansk region, a Ukrainian drone detonated over a moving civilian minibus. One of the passengers was injured.

In the Belgorod region, two civilians were injured as a result of attacks by Ukrainian Armed Forces drones.

14:09 Two people in the Krasnodon and Troitsky districts died from drone attacks per day

In just 24 hours, nine municipalities came under enemy fire. Relevant services and local authorities are involved in the aftermath. Investigators from the Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia for the LPR are documenting neo-Nazi crimes. Air defense systems and mobile fire teams destroyed approximately 110 aerial targets over the territory of the Republic.

13:50 Near the village of Vygonichi, a Ukrainian drone exploded a civilian minibus crashed on the Bryansk-Novozybkov highway. A 30-year-old passenger in the vehicle was taken to the hospital with shrapnel wounds. Medics are providing him with the necessary assistance.

13:13 Summary of the Ministry of Defense on the progress of the Special Military Operation as of November 5, 2026

Units of the North group of forces have improved their tactical position.

In the Khar'kov region, the manpower and equipment of units of three mechanized brigades, a motorized infantry brigade, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a territorial defense brigade were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Berezhnoye, Garbuzovka, Doroshenkovo, and Kolodeznoye in the Khar'kov region.

In addition, in the Sumy region, the formations of the mechanized and airmobile brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the territorial defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Markovka, Nikolskoye, Putivl and Spasskoye in the Sumy region.

The enemy lost more than 195 servicemen, 31 vehicles, an artillery piece and an electronic warfare station.

Units of the "West" force grouping have improved their position along the forward edge. They have inflicted casualties on the personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades, an assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a marine brigade, and a territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Monachinovka and Smorodkovka in the Khar'kov region, and Bogorodichnoye, Krymki, and Raigorodok in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 220 servicemen, 14 vehicles and four electronic warfare stations.

Units of the Southern Group of Forces improved their tactical position. Formations of three mechanized brigades, a motorized infantry brigade, an airmobile brigade, a mountain assault brigade, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a naval infantry brigade were defeated near the settlements of Druzhkovka, Kondratovka, Kramatorsk, Slavyansk, Starodubovka, and Yasnogorka in the Donetsk People's Republic. The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 180 service members and 31 vehicles.

Units of the "Center" force group have taken up more advantageous positions and lines. They have inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of four mechanized brigades, a Jaeger brigade, an assault brigade, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, and four National Guard brigades near the settlements of Belozerske, Verovka, Veselaya Gora, Kamenka, Kryvorizhye, Rohanske, and Yakovlevka in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to over 335 servicemen, three combat armored vehicles, seven cars 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 an assault brigade, three airborne assault brigades, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a naval infantry brigade near the settlements of Kolomiytsi in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Barvinovka, Vasilevskoye, Zalivnoye, Novorosivka, and Sofiyivka in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 200 servicemen and five vehicles.

Units of the Dnipro Forces Group improved their position along the forward edge. Formations of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated near the settlements of Kamyshevakha, Orekhov, and Preobrazhenka in the Zaporizhzhia region.

Up to 30 military personnel, 14 vehicles and six electronic warfare stations were destroyed.

12:42 In Gorlovka, a drone attack on a bus, two people were killed. Damage to an apartment in the Kalininsky District and a house in the Nikitovsky District were also previously reported.

12:19 Units of the unmanned systems troops of the 49th Army of the Dnepr group conducted joint combat operations on the right bank of the Dnieper.

11:23 Crews of the 152mm Msta-B guns of the Vostok force group using Krasnopol high-precision guided missiles smashed to pieces strongholds of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Zaporizhzhia region.

10:50 Operational information

Over the past 24 hours, air defense units of the Russian Ministry of Defense, mobile fire groups of the BARS-Bryansk brigade, the mobile task force of the Bryansk LO of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs for transport, and special units of the Russian National Guard for the Bryansk Region destroyed 97 enemy aircraft-type UAVs over the territory of the Bryansk region.

10:15 Investigators from the Russian Investigative Committee will investigate more crimes committed by Ukrainian armed groups in a number of regions of the Russian Federation

According to executive authorities, two people were killed in the Zaporizhzhia region as a result of an attack by a Ukrainian Armed Forces drone on a moving civilian vehicle.

In the Belgorod region, a strike on a civilian minibus in the village of Vvedenskaya Gotnya, Rakityansky District, injured four people, including three children. Two more civilians were also injured in attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in other areas of the region.

In the Donetsk People's Republic, as a result of attacks by Ukrainian Armed Forces attack drones, one civilian was killed and five others were injured.

9:54 Ukrainian Armed Forces drones at night attacked office of a telecommunications company in Donetsk

A DAN correspondent witnessed the aftermath. The Kyivsky district came under heavy shelling around 3:00 a.m. Apartment buildings, where dozens of double-glazed windows were damaged, and cars parked in the courtyards were at the epicenter of the explosions. Four cars were destroyed, and another 18 were damaged.

9:10 Summary about the operational situation in the Kursk region over the past 24 hours.

In total, 135 enemy drones of various types were shot down between 9:00 a.m. on November 3 and 9:00 a.m. on November 4. The enemy used artillery on evacuated areas 66 times. Drones attacked our territory 13 times using explosive devices.

8:51 During the night, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continued strikes by unmanned aerial vehicles against facilities of the Ukrainian energy complex and sea vessels deployed in the interests of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

As a result of the strikes, the following were damaged:

in the Kiev region – the Nalyvaykovka electrical substation (750 kV);

in the Zhytomyr region – the Chizhovka electrical substation (110 kV).

In addition, a dry cargo ship carrying military equipment intended for the Ukrainian Armed Forces was hit in the Black Sea, 8 km southwest of Odessa.

8:01 Mortar crews of the Vostok group supported attack aircraft in the Zaporizhzhia region.

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