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[Regnum] The onset of meteorological winter is expected in Moscow in mid-November, when average daily temperatures will drop below zero. This was announced on Sunday, November 2, by Yevgeny Tishkovets, a leading specialist at the Phobos weather center.
"The meteorological autumn in Moscow will continue for about another 12 days, and in mid-November, the meteorological winter will begin, meaning the average daily air temperature will cross zero and fall below freezing," he told RIA Novosti.
According to the forecaster, during this period, the capital will experience sleet and snow, frosts, and icy roads. Tishkovets added that Moscow drivers have about two weeks to change their summer tires to winter ones.
"In the second half of this month, the atmosphere will enter the next, coldest climate season of the year," he explained.
Earlier on November 2, Roman Vilfand, scientific director of the Russian Hydrometeorological Center, announced that abnormally severe frosts are forecast for the Urals, Siberia, and the Far East in the first ten days of November. According to him, the sharp drop in temperature and the transition to winter weather in these regions will occur due to a powerful anticyclone.
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[Korrespondent] Currently, Russian units continue to infiltrate Pokrovsk, enemy infantry is penetrating the city, while the senior military leadership of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has taken control of the situation.
The enemy has advanced in Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region, as well as near Kamyanka in the Kharkiv region and Novohryhorivka in the Dnipropetrovsk region, DeepState reported on Sunday, November 2.
"The enemy has advanced in Pokrovsk, near Kamyanka and Novogrigorovka," the statement noted.
Analysts previously stated that Russian units were continuing to infiltrate Pokrovsk, with enemy infantry settling in on the city, while senior military leadership of the Ukrainian Armed Forces had taken control of the situation.
As a reminder, 143 combat clashes were recorded on the front over the past 24 hours . Defense Forces missile forces and artillery struck six Russian personnel concentration areas and two Russian artillery systems.
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[NewsFront] 22:01 The Russian army advanced in the northern part of Krasnoarmeysk (Pokrovsk), MAP. 21:25 FPV drone operators of the Eastern Forces Group burned vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces units attempting to deliver ammunition and supplies to forward positions in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
Attack UAV crews from the Northern Forces Group launched a temporary deployment site along with an enemy mortar crew in the Khar'kov region.
Drone operators from the 49th Combined Arms Army of the Dnepr Group of Forces destroyed enemy equipment on the right bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region.
20:47 From 15:00 Moscow time to 20:00 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 22 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
14 UAVs – over the territory of the Belgorod region,
Four UAVs – over the territory of the Bryansk region,
Four UAVs – over the territory of Kursk region.
19:32 FPV drone operators from the 4th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces destroyed a German Leopard 1A5 tank of the Ukrainian Armed Forces within the city limits of Konstantinovka, MAP.
19:09 The Russian Armed Forces are advancing in Ivanopol in the Konstantinovsky direction, MAP.
6:49 PM: Russian Armed Forces expanded their control zone in Krasnoarmeysk (Pokrovsk). Positions were taken near the railway station and the Dinasovo settlement. MAP.
18:16 Servicemen of the assault units of the North group of forces before carrying out combat missions at forward positions continue training and combat coordination as part of motorized groups at one of the training grounds in the rear area of the SVO zone.
17:17 Assault units are advancing east of Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk). Gnatovka has been liberated, and the clearing of Rog continues.MAP.
16:51 Hulyai-Polye direction. Russian troops are advancing west of Poltavka, MAP.
15:26 From 12:00 Moscow time to 15:00 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed eight Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
Five UAVs – over the territory of the Bryansk region,
Three UAVs – over the territory of the Belgorod region
. 14:53 Special Forces fighters took prisoners in the Liman area, video.
14:10 A Buk air defense missile system crew from the 52nd Separate Anti-aircraft Missile Division of the 3rd Army Corps of the Southern Group of Forces destroyed RAM-2 reconnaissance drone of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kramatorsk-Druzhkivka direction.
14:06 Zaporizhzhia direction (Volnyansky and Gulyai-Pole sections)
The Guards Forces "East" continues its offensive in the direction of Zaporizhzhia in the southern part of the Dnipropetrovsk region and is fighting for Uspenovka.
Most of Uspenovka is already under our control. The enemy is attempting a counterattack here from the direction of Novoye and Sladkoye.
To the south, our units are advancing from the direction of Poltavka and Malinovka towards Vesyoloye and Zeleny Gai.
To the north, the Russian Armed Forces are completing the cleanup of Rybnoye.
West of Yegorovka, our units entered Danilovka and are waging fierce battles for it.
West of Novoaleksandrovka, the Russian Armed Forces are fighting for Gai and advancing towards Otradnoye.
According to operational information, the enemy is already spotting our sabotage and reconnaissance groups in Aleksandrovka (actually a suburb of the urban-type settlement of Pokrovskoe on the left bank of the Volchya River).
In the area of Novoselovka and Sosnovka there are fierce counter-battles.
12:57Summary of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the Special Military Operation as of November 2, 2025
Units of the North group of forces defeated formations of two mechanized brigades, an airborne assault brigade, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Andreevka, Iskriskovshchina, Kondratovka, Pavlovka, and Sadki in the Sumy region.
In the Khar'kov direction, units of the mechanized and motorized infantry brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the territorial defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Volchansk, Dvurechanskoye and Okop in the Khar'kov region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 180 service members, an armored personnel carrier, nine vehicles, and two field artillery pieces. An Israeli-made RADA RPS-42 electronic warfare station and radar were destroyed, as were seven supply depots.
Units of the "West" force grouping have improved their tactical position. They have defeated the personnel and equipment of four mechanized brigades, an airmobile brigade, and a territorial defense brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the settlements of Kurilovka, Borovaya, Kupyansk-Uzlovaya, and Lesnaya Stenka in the Khar'kov region.
In the area of the village of Kupyansk in the Khar'kov region, assault detachments of the 6th Army continue to destroy the encircled enemy group.
An attempt by Ukrainian forces to break through to the Oskol River south of the village of Kupyansk-Uzlovaya in the Khar'kov region, aimed at breaking out of the encirclement, was thwarted. Fourteen fighters from the 43rd Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, three pickup trucks, and two ATVs were destroyed.
Three attacks by units of the 151st and 92nd Mechanized Brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were repelled near the settlements of Blagodatovka, Velyka Shapkovka, and Nechvolodovka in the Khar'kov region, with the aim of freeing encircled formations. Up to 20 militants and a Dzhura armored vehicle were destroyed.
Over the past 24 hours, in the area of the village of Kupyansk in the Khar'kov region, up to 50 Ukrainian servicemen, a Gvozdika self-propelled artillery unit, a Dzhura armored vehicle, two trucks, five pickup trucks, and two ATVs were destroyed.
In total, enemy losses in the West Group's area of responsibility amounted to 215 servicemen, a US-made M-113 armored personnel carrier, four armored combat vehicles, 18 vehicles, and four field artillery pieces. Seven electronic warfare stations, an electronic intelligence station, and three ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces have taken up more advantageous positions and lines. Formations of five mechanized brigades, two airborne assault brigades, an assault brigade, a mountain assault brigade, a territorial defense brigade, and a National Guard brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been defeated near the settlements of Ivanopolye, Kostyantynivka, Seversk, Slavyansk, and Reznikovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost up to 120 troops, a German-made Leopard tank, seven armored combat vehicles, and six pickup trucks. A US-made AN/TPQ-48 counter-battery radar, three supply depots, and a fuel depot were destroyed.
Units of the Center Forces Group have improved their position along the forward edge. They have inflicted casualties on the personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades, an airborne assault brigade, an assault brigade, three assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, three naval infantry brigades, a territorial defense brigade, and two National Guard brigades near the settlements of Belitske, Volne, Grishino, Kotlino, and Rodinske in the Donetsk People's Republic, and Ivanovka and Novopidgorne in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
In the village of Krasnoarmeysk in the Donetsk People's Republic, assault units of the 2nd Army continue to destroy encircled Ukrainian Armed Forces formations in the areas of the railway station and the industrial zone behind the railway.
The clearing of Ukrainian militants from the towns of Gnativka and Rog in the Donetsk People's Republic is nearing completion. Furthermore, the enemy has been driven out of a fortified stronghold in the southeast of the city.
Nine enemy attacks were repelled in the northern and northwestern directions with the aim of breaking out of the encirclement.
An attempt by militants from the 425th Assault Regiment "Skala" of the Ukrainian Armed Forces to break through in an armored combat vehicle toward the village of Grishino in the Donetsk People's Republic was thwarted. All militants were killed.
Units of the 5th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 51st Army continued to tighten the encirclement of the enemy group from the east, expanded the zone of control in the northern, eastern, and southeastern parts of the village of Dimitrov in the Donetsk People's Republic, and liberated 26 buildings.
Over the past 24 hours, up to 140 Ukrainian servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, and two pickup trucks were destroyed in this area, and two Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen were captured. In total, enemy losses in the Center Group's area of responsibility amounted to more than 520 servicemen, a US-made M113 armored personnel carrier, six Cossack armored combat vehicles, and six cars.
Units of the "East" group of forces continued to advance deep into the enemy's defenses, defeating formations of two mechanized brigades, three assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and two territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Danilovka, Orestopol, Tykhoye in the Dnipropetrovsk region, Hulyaipole, Novoye Zaporizhzhia, and Uspenovka in the Zaporizhzhia region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 240 servicemen, an armored personnel carrier, two armored combat vehicles, 13 cars, and an artillery piece.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of the mountain assault brigade and the coastal defense brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Lukyanivske, Stepnogorsk in the Zaporizhzhia region, Antonivka and Nikolske in the Kherson region.
More than 80 military personnel, 12 vehicles, five electronic warfare stations, an ammunition depot, a fuel depot, and two supply depots were destroyed.
12:25 From 9:00 Moscow time to 12:00 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed 15 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
14 UAVs – over the territory of the Krasnodar region,
One UAV – over the Black Sea.
11:42 To the volunteers of the BARS-9 detachment of the West group of forces, who distinguished themselves during the fighting in the Luhansk People's Republic,handed overstate awards.
11:12 Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed FAB-500 PVD of the 14th Separate Brigade of the Special Forces of the National Guard in the village of Rodinsko, –video.
09:50 Footage of destruction of the M113 armored personnel carrier of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Sumy region by paratroopers of the Sever group.
08:20 During the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 164 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles:
39 over the Black Sea,
32 over the Krasnodar Territory,
26 over the Republic of Crimea,
20 over the Bryansk Region,
Nine over the Volgograd Region,
Nine over the Rostov Region,
Nine over the Oryol Region,
Six over the Lipetsk Region,
Five over the Voronezh Region,
Three over the Sea of Azov,
Two over the Belgorod Region,
Two over the Kursk Region, and
Two over the Tula Region.
08:01 Ulyanovsk paratroopers destroyed temporary deployment points of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Orekhov direction, using the Krasnopol high-precision munition.
07:30 Changes on map over the past 24 hours:
Advance in Volchansk
Expansion of the control zone in Pokrovsk
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] Regarding reports that Syrsky is trying to assemble strike groups to lift the siege of the Krasnoarmeysk agglomeration. To expand the corridor and organize some kind of supply line, he needs to at least recapture Rodinskoye and occupy the Krasny Liman area, as well as attempt to push our units south of Grishino, occupy the Pokrovskaya mine, and so on.
Even so, the problem of controlling the enemy's logistics with our drones, which are burning a large number of vehicles northwest of Krasnoarmeysk and burning the remains of equipment within the agglomeration itself, remains unresolved. Of course, having assembled a force equivalent to 5-6 brigades, the enemy could attempt a breakthrough on one of the flanks (most likely to Rodinskoye).
This is entirely consistent with Syrsky's approach – recall the attempts to encircle Artemovsk from May to November 2023, where he consumed a huge number of reserves trying to break through to our group's key communications through Kleshcheyevka.
Since the enemy is withdrawing forces for similar attacks from other directions, we can expect our command to try to take advantage of this by striking at those sections of the front weakened by Syrsky. Given the current situation in Krasnoarmeysk, I don't think Syrsky will achieve anything significant with his counterattack plans. He might push back our units in some areas, but he won't change the outcome of the battle for the Krasnoarmeysk agglomeration.
All these belated counterattacks, strenuous helicopter landings, and the like are the moves of defeated players trying to turn a bad operational situation around with purely tactical methods. P.S. Meanwhile, the Russian Armed Forces today practically cleared the villages of Gnatovka and Rog near the southeastern outskirts of Krasnoarmeysk. Most of the city is already under Russian control. Russian Armed Forces are also advancing in Dimitrov. The death throes of the enemy's Krasnoarmeysk group are approaching their end.
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