Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 21:42 Zelensky announced that on Thursday, November 7, he will take part in the summit of the European Political Community in Budapest. "We will discuss security challenges in Europe, as well as new opportunities for all partners. There will be a number of meetings, a number of agreements with European leaders," the president announced.
18:57 European leaders will gather in Budapest on November 7-8 to discuss Trump's victory and the war in Ukraine. The European Political Community summit will take place on November 7, with an informal meeting the following day. Both events will be hosted by Viktor Orban. He insists on changing the EU's strategy on Ukraine after Trump's victory. According to the Hungarian prime minister, after Trump's return to the White House, American aid to Kiev may be suspended, so "there are serious doubts" whether Europe will be able to cope with this on its own.
17:38 Law enforcement officers are investigating 49 criminal cases on the facts of the murder of 124 prisoners of war by Russians on the battlefield, the Prosecutor General's Office reported. They noted that the rapid increase in cases of murders of Ukrainian defenders during their surrender began at the end of last year and has reached unprecedented proportions this year. Most of the cases have been recorded in the Donetsk region.
16:19 The Atesh partisan movement reports that its agents have recorded the movement of a Palantin electronic warfare column, consisting of seven mobile systems, from St. Petersburg towards the border with Ukraine to combat drone attacks.
15:06 Since November 1, the duration of basic combined arms training has increased from 30 to 45 days in all training centers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, said Igor Palahnyuk, a representative of the General Staff. He specified that the new basic program has increased by 78 hours. In particular, fire training has increased by 33 hours, and the number of training exercises - from 23 to 45.
14:27 The Russian Foreign Ministry has announced its readiness to cooperate with the Trump administration, but on the condition that Russia's goals in the war in Ukraine are achieved: "Russia will work with the new administration when it "settles" in the White House, firmly defending Russian national interests and focusing on achieving all the goals of the special military operation." The statement said that Moscow "has no illusions" about Trump, "who is well known in Russia," since the American elite, "regardless of party affiliation, adheres to anti-Russian attitudes and a line of containing Moscow."
13:12 GUR drones have hit enemy ships in the Caspian Sea for the first time, Ukrainian media write, citing sources in the special services. As a result of the special operation, the Russian flotilla in the Caspian Sea was defeated. The distance from the Ukrainian state border to the target is about 1,500 km. In particular, the Tatarstan and Dagestan missile ships were probably hit, and small missile ships of Project 21631 could also have been damaged.
12:24 Peskov, commenting on Trump's election as president, said that "the US is an unfriendly country that is directly and indirectly involved in the war against Russia," and that "the Ukrainian conflict cannot be ended overnight." At the same time, he once again repeated that Moscow is ready for dialogue, but the US is currently demonstrating the opposite position.
12:16 Head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak said that Zelensky and his team had a "good meeting" with Trump in September. "Then we managed to discuss in detail the plan for Ukraine's victory, the strategic partnership between Ukraine and the United States, and ways to end the war. The presidents also had good working relations during Donald Trump's first term. It is important that Ukraine has bipartisan support in the United States," Yermak said.
12:01 Trump said during his nightly speech that he intends to stop wars in the world: "They said: he will start a war. I am not going to start a war, I am going to stop wars."
11:29 In Zaporizhia, one of those wounded in yesterday's Russian strike has died. Thus, the death toll has risen to eight, said OVA head Ivan Fedorov.
10:55 The head of the Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council, Andriy Kovalenko, reported that a port was attacked in the Russian city of Kaspiysk.
10:17 Zelensky congratulated Donald Trump on his "impressive" victory in the US elections: "I appreciate President Trump's commitment to the "peace through strength" approach in global affairs. It is this principle that can really bring a just peace to Ukraine closer. I hope that together we will bring it to life. We look forward to an era of a strong United States of America under the decisive leadership of President Trump. We count on continued strong bipartisan support for Ukraine in the United States."
09:34 Zelensky signed laws extending martial law and general mobilization for 90 days - until February 7, 2025.
09:25 Drones attempted to attack the main base of the Russian Navy's Caspian Flotilla in Dagestan, local publics write. Head of the Republic of Dagestan Sergey Melikov reported that a drone was shot down in Kaspiysk, but local residents report that there were several of them. Publics note that this is the first time drones have attacked Dagestan.
09:19 In Kharkiv, the number of casualties as a result of yesterday's Russian drone strike on the Shevchenkivskyi district has increased to two, reported the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. Another three people were injured as a result of the enemy attack in the village of Kapitolovka in the Izyumsky district and two died in the village of Glushkovka in the Kupyansky district.
09:03 Over almost three months of the Ukrainian Armed Forces operation in the Kursk region, as of November 5, the enemy's losses in personnel amount to 20,842 people, of which 7,905 were eliminated, 12,220 were wounded, and 717 were taken prisoner, Syrsky reported. During this period, 1,101 units of enemy weapons and military equipment were destroyed, including: 54 tanks, 276 combat armored vehicles, 107 guns and mortars, five MLRS and 659 units of automotive equipment.
Russia has now concentrated about 45,000 troops in the Kursk direction and is trying to increase their number, including by bringing in troops from North Korea. About 2,000 Ukrainian servicemen have been awarded state awards for their heroism and successful actions during the Kursk operation.
The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine also recalled that in May of this year, intelligence confirmed the enemy's plan to attack in the Sumy direction from the Kursk region to create a so-called buffer zone in the north of Ukraine - this was supposed to be a continuation of the Russian operation in the Kharkov direction. That is why a decision was made to conduct an offensive operation ahead of the curve with the transfer of military actions to the enemy's territory in the Kursk region.
08:17 In the Kherson region, five people were wounded as a result of Russian shelling over the past day, reported the head of the OVA, Oleksandr Prokudin.
07:56 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of November 6:
personnel - about 702,900 (+1250) people,
tanks - 9214 (+6),
combat armored vehicles - 18,592 (+11),
artillery systems - 20,170 (+20),
MLRS - 1245 (+0),
air defense systems - 996 (+0),
aircraft - 369 (+0),
helicopters - 329 (+0),
Operational-tactical level UAVs - 18,366 (+57),
cruise missiles - 2631 (+0),
ships/boats - 28 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 28,333 (+55),
special equipment - 3588 (+1).
07:44 Air defense destroyed 38 out of 63 Russian drones (Shahed and unspecified type) in Odessa, Mykolaiv, Kyiv, Sumy, Kirovohrad, Zhytomyr, Cherkasy, Chernihiv and Zaporizhia regions at night, the Air Force reported. Another 20 enemy drones were lost, two remain in Ukrainian airspace. In addition, at night, the Russian Federation struck Odessa region with two guided air missiles Kh-59 and Kh-31P.
07:21 In the Nikolaev region, as a result of a nighttime enemy attack on the energy infrastructure, some subscribers were de-energized, reported the head of the OVA Vitaly Kim.
07:08 In Zaporozhye, the number of victims as a result of yesterday's Russian strike on a critical infrastructure facility has increased to 25, seven people have died, reported the head of the OVA Ivan Fedorov.
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[Korrespondent] Ukrainian Armed Forces Contain Russian Attacks in Eastern and Southern Ukraine.
The most tense situation is in the Kurakhovsky direction. So far, fighting continues in 21 locations.
Since the beginning of the current day, 99 combat clashes have occurred on the front. The hottest ones are now in the Pokrovsk and Kurakhovsky directions, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in a report as of 16:00 on Wednesday, November 6.
Thus, in the Kharkov direction, Russian invaders stormed the positions of Ukrainian units in the Staritsa area. At present, all attacks have been repelled.
In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy advanced six times in the areas of the settlements of Kucherivka, Petrovpavlovka and Kruglyakovka, where they received a worthy rebuff.
In the Liman direction, the Russians are trying to advance near Druzhelyubovka, Grekovka, Torskoye and Terny. Seven armed clashes have occurred, two are still ongoing.
In the Seversky direction, two combat clashes continue near Belogorovka. One attack has already been repelled.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the invaders once stormed near Kleshchievka.
In the Toretsk direction, the number of enemy attacks has increased to four - near Toretsk, Dilievka and Shcherbinovka. The Ukrainian Armed Forces have repelled two attacks, and two more are ongoing.
In the Pokrovsky direction, the aggressors carried out 24 attacks in the areas of Mirolyubovka, Promin, Grigoryevka, Selidovo and Novoalekseyevka. At the moment, 19 enemy assaults have been stopped, five combat clashes are ongoing.
The situation is also tense in the Kurakhovsky direction. There, the Russians attacked 39 times near Ilyinka, Kremennaya Balka, Novoselidovka, Novodmitrovka, Maksimilyanovka, Antonovka and Katerinovka. Currently, fighting continues in 21 locations.
In the Vremevsky direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled two attacks in the areas of Trudovoye and Maksimovka. Four clashes continue near Trudovoye.
In the Orekhov direction, our defenders are repelling an assault in Novoandreyevka.
In the Dnieper direction the enemy attacked twice unsuccessfully.
Let us recall that in one day on November 5, the Ukrainian Armed Forces "minus" more than 1,200 occupiers. The total losses of the Russian Federation since the beginning of the war have already exceeded 700 thousand people.
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[Korrespondent] Ukraine Investigates 49 Cases of Russian Murders of 124 Prisoners of War.
In Ukraine, 49 criminal cases are being investigated regarding the murders of 124 prisoners of war at the front.
Law enforcement officers are investigating 49 criminal cases on the facts of the murder of 124 prisoners of war on the battlefield. This was reported by the head of the Department for Combating Crimes Committed in the Context of Armed Conflict of the Office of the Prosecutor General Denis Lysenko on air at Suspilne on Wednesday, November 6.
According to him, the rapid increase in cases of killings of Ukrainian defenders during surrender began in late 2023 and reached unprecedented proportions this year. Most cases were recorded in the Donetsk region.
The day before, two more cases of killing Ukrainian prisoners of war during surrender were registered in Donetsk Oblast. These events took place on October 23 in the eastern part of the city of Selydove, when three prisoners of war were killed, and on November 1 near the urban-type settlement of Vyshneve in the Selydove territorial community, when three more prisoners of war were shot by the occupiers.
Meanwhile, in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation, the Ukrainian Armed Forces captured a Russian captor who witnessed the murder of Ukrainian prisoners of war and the posthumous beheading of them, the Ukrainian Airborne Assault Troops reported.
A serviceman of the 155th separate marine brigade of the Russian Pacific Fleet admitted that in October 2022, while serving a sentence in one of the colonies, he agreed to sign a contract with the private military company Wagner. As part of its units, he first participated in the assault on the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Soledar and Bakhmut in the Donetsk region. In June 2023, he joined the "march" on Moscow, organized by the then leader of Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin.
According to the captor, in June of this year he signed a new contract and joined the 155th Marine Brigade of the Russian Federation. In August, when the brigade was transferred to the Kursk Region of the Russian Federation, he took direct part in the fighting as an assistant grenade launcher.
At the end of September, in the area of the village of Glushkovo, he witnessed the murder of two Ukrainian prisoners of war. According to the Russian, the unit commander gave the order for the execution and subsequent cutting off of their heads from their bodies. The prisoner of war named him, as well as the names of the soldiers who directly carried out this crime.
Let us recall that earlier in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation, Ukrainian fighters destroyed an assault group from a Russian brigade involved in the execution of Ukrainian prisoners.
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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation
In Kharkov direction, the Sever Group of Forces defeated formations of the 113th, 125th Territorial Defence brigades, 5th Border Detachment of the Ukrainian Border Service near Ternovaya, Kazachya Lopan (Kharkov region), Velikaya Pisarevka (Sumy region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 30 troops and three motor vehicles. One ammunition depot was wiped out.
The Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation and inflicted damage on manpower and materiel of the 30th, 60th Mechanised brigades of the AFU, 114th, and 116th Territorial Defence brigades near Golubovka, Petropavlovka (Kharkov region), and Terny (Donetsk People's Republic).
Two counterattacks launched by assault groups of the 28th Mechanised Brigade of the AFU were repelled.
The enemy sustained losses of up to 450 troops, a tank, a U.S.-made M-113 armoured personnel carrier, three motor vehicles, a Polish-made 155mm Krab self-propelled artillery system, and a UK-made 105mm L-119. One ammunition depot was wiped out.
As a result of the successful offensive, the Yug Group of Forces liberated Antonovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The Group also hit units of the 23rd, 28th, and 33rd Mechanised brigades, 46th Airmobile Brigade, and 79th Air Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine close to Shumy, Dyleyevka, Kurakhovo, and Dalneye (Donetsk People's Republic). One counterattack launched by an enemy assault group was repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 645 troops, an infantry fighting vehicle, six motor vehicles, a UK-made 155mm FH-70 howitzer, a 122mm D-30 howitzer, a U.S.-made 105mm M-119 gun, two Anklav-N electronic warfare stations. One ammunition depot was wiped out.
The Tsentr Group of Forces captured more favourable lines and inflicted losses on manpower and materiel of the 28th and 100th Mechanised brigades of the AFU, 101st, 111th Territorial Defence brigades, and 12th National Guard Brigade near Dzerzhinsk, Shcherbinovka, and Sukhaya Balka (Donetsk People's Republic). Six AFU counterattacks were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 510 troops, a tank, two armoured fighting vehicles, a U.S.-made 155mm M777 howitzer, two 152mm Msta-B howitzers, a 152mm D-20 howitzer, two 122mm D-30 howitzers, and a 100mm Rapira anti-tank gun.
During active operations, the Vostok Group of Forces liberated Maksimovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The Russian troops also hit the 33rd Mechanised Brigade, 128th Mountain Assault Brigade of the AFU, and 128th Territorial Defence Brigade close to Zelenoye Pole, Velikaya Novovselka (Donetsk People's Republic), and Terminovka (Zaporozhye region). One counterattack launched by an AFU assault group was repelled.
The AFU losses included up to 125 troops, one tank, one infantry fighting vehicle, two armoured fighting vehicles, four motor vehicles, and one U.S.-made 155mm Paladin self-propelled artillery system.
The Dnepr Group of Forces engaged manpower and materiel of the 110th Mechanised Brigade of the AFU, 124th and 126th Territorial Defence brigades close to Novoandreyevka (Zaporozhye region), Nikolayevka, and Tokarevka (Kherson region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 70 troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, and two motor vehicles. One ammunition depot was wiped out.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces delivered strikes at infrastructure of military airfields, a drone manufacturing shop, power and fuel industry facilities used to supply the AFU, as well as at manpower clusters and hardware in 146 areas.
Air defence units shot down one MiG-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force, eight French-made Hammer guided aerial bombs, four U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles, and 23 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 648 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 35,298 unmanned aerial vehicles, 585 anti-aircraft missile systems, 19,063 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,484 MLRS combat vehicles, 17,368 field artillery guns and mortars, and 28,010 units of support military vehicles have been neutralised.
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[NewsFront] 23:55 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 06.11.2024 to 00:00 07.11.2024.
Five cases of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC over the past 24 hours.
There were reports of two civilians being injured.
DAMAGED:
No damage to residential buildings or civil infrastructure facilities was recorded.
One artillery attack in the Novoselkovsky direction.
Four artillery attacks in the Gorlovka direction.
A total of 15 units of various ammunition were fired.
21:59 Nikolaev region. Night explosions.
It is reported that as a result of the night work of our tactical aviation, two Ukrainian Armed Forces weapons depots with adjacent supply facilities were hit.
20:56 Sumy region.They sounded repeated sounds of explosions in the eastern parts of the region.
However, no air raid alarm was sounded.
There is information about the destruction of several military facilities by UFABs from the Russian Aerospace Forces.
20:05 Chernigov region. Powerful explosion and detonation.
It is fixed defeat of an enemy warehouse in the Chernigov region.
18:55 490 km²liberatedThe Russian army in October, so far this is the maximum advance since October 2023.
The main actions took place in the Kurakhovo direction, where Russian troops are located nine km from the supply road to Kurakhovo from Zaporozhye.
Russian troops also successfully advanced in the Pokrovsky direction, liberating Selidovo and a number of important settlements.
17:42 Servicemen of the reconnaissance unit of the 25th Combined Arms Army of the West group of forces with the help of UAVs revealed movement of a pickup truck with Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel in one of the forest belts on the territory of the LPR.
The operator of the attack UAV, skillfully controlling the drone with a system for dropping ammunition, destroyed a pickup truck of the Ukrainian Armed Forces militants with a precise hit.
16:51 Merciless 220mm BM-27 "Hurricanes" are being destroyed manpower and armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The Uragan MLRS crews of the Vostok group of forces struck concentrations of Ukrainian Armed Forces manpower and armored vehicles in the Ugledar section of the South Donetsk direction.
15:20 Army aviation crew on the Mi-28NM helicopterinflictedan air strike with missiles on personnel and a stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border area of the Kursk region.
14:42 Russian Army raised flag over the village of Stepanovka, pushing back the enemy at the Kurakhovskoye Reservoir.
Soldiers of the 114th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 51st Army raised the Russian flag over Stepanovka, DPR.
13:37 Calculation of the 122mm D-30 howitzer of the motorized rifle unit of the "Center" group of forces destroyed armored vehicle "Kozak" and Ukrainian Armed Forces landing force in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
12:23 Airborne artillerymen destroyed UAV control point on the right bank of the Dnieper.
Having received all the necessary data, the crew of the Russian paratroopers' 152mm Giatsint-B gun launched an artillery strike and destroyed the enemy's UAV control center with three shots.
11:26 Attack aircraft of the "East" group of forces about the battles for Yasnaya Polyana
Assault units from Buryatiatookthe village of Yasnaya Polyana of the Donetsk People's Republic quickly, the element of surprise worked. With the liberation of the village from the formations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, our units gained access to the highway along which the enemy forces are supplied to Kurakhovo.
10:53 T-90M "Breakthrough" inflicts precise strikes on the enemy's location
- Donetsk direction
Tankers of the separate guards motorized rifle brigade of the Southern group of forces carry out precise strikes on military facilities, positions, fortifications, combat equipment and manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
10:25 They were offered to surrender, but they refused.
Kursk region, Korenevsky district, north of the settlement Lyubimovka.
On frames from a soldier from the 137th Guards Parachute Regiment of the 106th Airborne Division fifteen bodies of Ukrainian Armed Forces militants who invaded the Kursk region and were eliminated during the fighting. The paratrooper speaks respectfully towards the enemy and notes that they were all asked to surrender.
09:51 Kamikaze drone of the 40th Naval Infantry Brigade took away the French-made CAESAR of the Ukrainian Armed Forces —video.
09:12 Iron "birds" support from the air:
Su-25 crews carried out missile air strikes on armored vehicles and personnel of Ukrainian Armed Forces units in the border areas of the Kursk region.
08:47 Telegram channel «WarGonzo»:
Frontline report for the morning of 06.11.2024
- Zaporizhzhya Front. No significant changes. Positional battles with the use of long-range weapons continue.
- Donetsk Front. The offensive of Russian troops continues in several directions at once. Russian troops have advanced south of Kurakhovo, entering Trudovoe, which in the long term opens the way to Uspenovka and threatens encirclement of Ukrainian troops in Annovka and Zeleny Gai. There are also tactical successes of the Russian Armed Forces north and east of the city.
- Chasovoyarsk direction. Fighting continues in the city limits and on the flanks. No significant changes.
- Kursk region. There are tactical successes of the Russian Armed Forces in the Glushkovsky district, where the remnants of Ukrainian troops were driven out of their positions in the Novy Put area.
08:00 Telegram channel «Fisherman»:
Chronicle of the special military operation for November 5, 2024
– Russian troops hit the workshops of the Motor Sich enterprise in occupied Zaporozhye, and once again attacked targets in Kyiv and other regions of the so-called Ukraine with drones.– In the Kursk direction, Russian troops expanded the control zone in the Glushkovsky district and hit several armored vehicles with the Inokhodets UAV in Sudzhansky.
– In the Kupyansk direction, Russian units are attacking in the direction of Zagryzovo and have expanded the zone of control south of Berestovoye.
– In the Liman direction, military operations continue in Terny, where Russian Armed Forces soldiers are fighting their way deeper into the village’s development.
– In the South Donetsk direction, the assault aircraft have significantly advanced north in recent days along the Bogoyavlenka-Novoukrainka line, and have also gained a foothold west of Trudove.
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[Regnum] Makhachkala airport has suspended operations in order to ensure the safety of civil aircraft flights, Rosaviatsiya press secretary Artem Korenyako reported on November.
“The airport is temporarily not accepting or sending flights,” Korenyako wrote on his Telegram channel.
The restrictions were introduced at 08:35 Moscow time; flight safety is the top priority, he added.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on the morning of November 6, air defense systems intercepted a drone over the city of Kaspiysk in Dagestan. The head of the republic, Sergei Melikov, said that the details of the UAV attack were being established and an operational headquarters was working. There were no reports of casualties or damage. This was the first time a drone attack was recorded in Dagestan.
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[Regnum] The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation has upheld the sentence of Igor Girkin (pseudonym Strelkov ) in the case of public calls for extremism, the court ruling says.
This decision was made after considering the cassation appeal of the convicted man’s lawyers.
“The cassation appeal will be dismissed,” the members of the panel of judges noted.
The court session was held on November 6 behind closed doors. Journalists were allowed to attend the reading of the operative part of the decision.
As reported by Regnum News Agency, Girkin was arrested in July 2023. In January 2024, the Moscow City Court sentenced him to four years in a general regime penal colony in January. The court ruling stated that Girkin called for extremist activity through the Internet.
At the end of May, the Court of Appeal upheld Girkin's sentence. The defense called the sentence unfounded and illegal. The prosecution insisted that the sentence should remain unchanged.
In mid-July, it became known that Girkin had been transferred to the IK-5 penal colony in Kirovo-Chepetsk. Former security officials serve their sentences in this facility.
From May to August 2014, Girkin commanded the Armed Forces of the Donetsk People's Republic. In May 2014, he was appointed Minister of Defense of the DPR. In August of the same year, Girkin was dismissed.
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