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[Regnum] Russian law enforcement officers have detained several members of a criminal group suspected of kidnapping and murdering two Russians in the United Arab Emirates for cryptocurrency. This was reported on November 7 by Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs spokesperson Irina Volk.
"According to available information, in October of this year, the suspects kidnapped a man and his wife in a foreign country in order to extort cryptocurrency. The perpetrators subsequently killed both victims and buried their bodies in a deserted area," Volk stated on MAX.
I imagine there are lots of deserted areas in the UAE…
Arrests took place in St. Petersburg, the Krasnodar, and Stavropol regions. A criminal case has been opened under Article 105, Part 2, Item "a" of the Russian Criminal Code ("Murder of two or more persons"). The participants have been taken to investigative authorities, and the investigation is ongoing.
Earlier, the Oktyabrsky District Court of St. Petersburg remanded three defendants in the case — Konstantin Shakht, Yuri Sharypov, and Vladimir Dalekin. Shakht pleaded not guilty, Sharypov partially admitted his guilt, and Dalekin fully admitted his guilt and did not object to pretrial detention. All three have been remanded in custody until December 28, 2025.
Earlier, the Russian Investigative Committee published a theory that the couple was scheduled to meet with unidentified investors in the city of Hatta on October 2. A personal driver drove them to a parking lot near a lake, where they transferred to another car and drove off to the meeting. After that, contact with them was lost.
Earlier, media reported the disappearance and murder of a married couple in the UAE: crypto trader Roman Novak, convicted of large-scale fraud, and his wife Anna.
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[Regnum] November 11 marks the 204th anniversary of the birth of writer Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky. His work reveals the depths of the human soul, touching on themes of conscience, faith, compassion, and moral choice. His works reflect on the times and continue to provoke readers to ponder the eternal questions of good and evil.
Nearly 200 events dedicated to Dostoevsky have already been added to the Kultura.RF portal's schedule. Lectures, tours, and poetry readings, as well as concerts, performances, and competitions, will be held in more than 40 regions across the country. They can be attended free of charge with the Pushkin Card, part of the national "Family" project. Each year, young people aged 14 to 22 receive 5,000 rubles on the card. These can be used to purchase tickets to cultural institutions. More than 12,000 institutions across the country—from small regional institutions to major federal museums and theaters—are already participating in the program.
Materials about Dostoevsky's life and work are also available on the Kultura.RF portal: here you can read a biographical article and explore the special project "Fyodor Dostoevsky: in Life and Literature," watch lectures from the educational course "Dostoevsky," and in the LIVE section, you can find more than 33 broadcasts of themed performances, poetry readings, and other events.
You can learn about the writer's life and work at the Dostoevsky House in Moscow (a branch of the V. I. Dahl State Museum of Russian Literature and Literature), located in the building where he was born. This small apartment, attached to the Mariinsky Hospital for the Poor, was never rebuilt. The layout remains as it was during the writer's lifetime. The original interior has been restored, and the rooms contain authentic Dostoevsky family items: furniture, portraits of the writer's parents and other relatives, business cards, and Fyodor Mikhailovich's inkstand.
"The museum works with living meanings. Take the "Dostoevsky's Moscow" tour—it's not just a stroll through memorable sites, but a way to see how urban impressions were transformed into the pages of his novels. Or the program about women in the writer's life—we don't retell biography, but show how real characters became literary figures. And the lecture about Prince Myshkin is an opportunity to discuss whether an 'absolutely good person' can exist beyond books," noted Pavel Fokin, director of the Dostoevsky House in Moscow.
The Omsk Dostoevsky Museum offers a glimpse into the writer's ordeal, his four-year exile. It opened in 1983 in the former fortress commandant's house. The museum's exhibits recount the writer's life in Omsk prison. One of the six rooms is designed as a prison cell, complete with bunks, shackles, overalls, and the everyday objects of an exiled convict.
"You can explore the museum's exhibits independently, use an audio guide, or book a tour. Payment is accepted with a Pushkin Card. Our visitors actively use this form of payment and enjoy the services of guides, including participating in a variety of museum events: lectures, discussions, creative meetings, and presentations designed for a wide range of age groups," noted Viktor Vainerman, Director of the Omsk State Dostoevsky Museum.
The memory of the great Russian classic is carefully preserved in Novokuznetsk, Kemerovo Region, where the Dostoevsky Literary Memorial Museum opened in 1980.
"Most of us are familiar with the works of Fyodor Dostoevsky, at least from our school curriculum. However, not everyone knows that the fate of the author of Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, and The Brothers Karamazov is closely connected to Kuzbass. It was here, in Kuznetsk (today Novokuznetsk), while in exile, that Fyodor Mikhailovich married his beloved Maria Isaeva. This event took place on February 6, 1857. It was the writer's first marriage, and it played a significant role in his life," noted Emilia Shestakova, director of the Dostoevsky Literary and Memorial Museum in Novokuznetsk.
All five rooms tell the story of the writer's "Kuznetsk love drama." They contain documents and photographs, antique furniture, tableware, and icons.
Selected programs and events dedicated to Dostoevsky are available through the Pushkin Card and at museums in Staraya Russa, Novgorod Oblast. From 1872 onward, the writer visited there every summer with his second wife, Anna, and their children. The couple called the two-story wooden building on the banks of the Pererytitsa River "our nest." In Staraya Russa, Dostoevsky worked on his novels "Demons," "The Adolescent," and "The Brothers Karamazov." And the provincial town from "The Brothers Karamazov" bears many resemblances to Staraya Russa.
"The F. M. Dostoevsky Museum branch in Staraya Russa comprises two museum sites: the F. M. Dostoevsky House Museum and the Museum of the novel 'The Brothers Karamazov.' They tell the story of the great writer's biography and work in Staraya Russa. We strive to make our exhibits interesting and accessible to a variety of visitors," said Yulia Yukhnovich, director of the F. M. Dostoevsky Museum in Staraya Russa.
The Brothers Karamazov Museum, opened in 2018, offers a quest program called "Secrets of an Old Mansion," which introduces visitors to the traditions and everyday life of 19th-century noble and merchant families, as well as the characters and plot of Dostoevsky's seminal novel.
"The exhibition, housed in a historic building from the first third of the 19th century, introduces not only the plot and characters of the writer's final work but also his creative laboratory. Here you can learn about the key stages of Dostoevsky's biography, the historical and cultural context of his era, discuss key themes of his novel, such as free will, moral choice, and spiritual quest, and see how the author's ideas are reflected in the characters' lives," added Yulia Yukhnovich.
The Dostoevsky Museum on Kuznechny Lane in St. Petersburg offers a chance to experience Dostoevsky's world one-on-one. Its central exhibition is the writer's memorial apartment. Dostoevsky lived here at the beginning of his writing career, working on the novella "The Double," and he also spent the last years of his life there, finishing his novel "The Brothers Karamazov."
"The house where Dostoevsky wrote The Brothers Karamazov and where he died on January 28, 1881, was divided into apartments for many years, housing ordinary people. The museum literally began from scratch, in the basement where we collected exhibits and discussed the plan for the future museum while the writer's house was being built. The museum only opened in November 1971. Now it's impossible to imagine our city without it," says Natalia Ashimbaeva, director of the F. M. Dostoevsky Literary and Memorial Museum.
The museum has recreated the interiors of the living room, dining room, nursery, and bedroom, based on archival plans and the memoirs of the writer's wife and contemporaries. In Dostoevsky's study, you can see his library, desk, where he kept his pen and quill, a medicine box, and his wallet.
As Regnum reported, the national "Family" project has become a significant step in promoting culture among young people. The "Pushkin Card" program offers young people the opportunity to experience the country's rich heritage free of charge. To continue exploring Russian culture through the Pushkin Card in 2026, it must be renewed, as VTB will become the program's operating bank starting next year. Until December 28, 2025, users can apply for a card through the "Gosuslugi Kultura" or "Pochta Bank" apps, and from January 1, through "Gosuslugi Kultura" or "VTB Online" (for VTB clients). Post Bank cards issued will be valid until the end of 2025.
[Red State] Once upon a time, there was a cadre of Soviet Union specialists, mostly pedigreed through Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service, whose sole function in life seemed to be to look at video and images of public events and read boring, brain-bleeding memoranda in Russian and then, sacrifice a black rooster under a full moon, dance around naked for a while, and then proclaim which Soviet leader or functionary was up, which was down, and which was out, sometimes the out meant out of a hotel window. Those guys are retired these days and suffering through the temporary interruption of their SNAP accounts, while others perform the same analysis of Communist China.
That's too bad. We could use a handful of them right now.
The rumor intelligence network, or RUMINT, is making a strong case that Putin's éminence grise, his factotum, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, is out. No one is claiming the out is permanent, but in Putin's Russia, successful acts are much more rare than hitting a 10.0 score from hostile judges on a dive from a sixth-story balcony 10-meter board.
Lavrov hitched himself to Putin's rising star through his role as Permanent Representative to the UN. He was appointed Foreign Minister in 2004 and has been joined at the hip with Putin ever since.
This is the story.
In the aftermath of the Anchorage summit, Putin felt himself ascendant. He was treated like literal royalty by President Trump, and there was some chatter of a thaw in the relationship. But clearly, the matter was in flux because Trump made noises about transferring Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles to Ukraine. In what might be seen as a foreshadowing of Lavrov's downfall (if the story pans out), Dmitry Medvedev, a man whom Putin uses to send up trial balloons and threaten nuclear holocaust, delivered a predictable diatribe; see Kremlin Mouthpiece Warns US Sending Tomahawk Missiles to Ukraine May End Badly, Especially for Trump.
On October 15, President Trump had a phone call with Putin. The upshot of that phone call was shockingly optimistic given the actions by Russia in Ukraine: "President Putin and I will then meet in an agreed-upon location, Budapest, Hungary, to see if we can bring this 'inglorious' War, between Russia and Ukraine, to an end." He went on to announce that he would meet with Putin in Budapest, Hungary, to end the war, and the groundwork for that meeting was delegated to Secretary of State Marco Rubio; see Peace President Never Rests: Trump Announces Meeting With Putin to End ’Inglorious’ Ukraine War — RedState.
On October 17, Zelensky met President Trump at the White House; President Trump Meets Ukraine's President Zelensky - Topic, Russia — RedState. The optics were excellent, but the inside scoop from that meeting has Trump attempting to browbeat Zelensky into accepting Putin's maximalist demands.
The shoe dropped on October 21, when President Trump announced the Budapest summit was off; see Trump Cancels Budapest Summit After Russia Signals It Will Not Budge on Cease Fire Pre-Conditions — RedState.
This is where Lavrov comes in.
Apparently, the phone call between Rubio and Lavrov didn't go well. In fact, it went spectacularly bad and led the White House to conclude that Trump was being played because Russia had no desire to end the war; see Putin Is Using Muhammad Ali's Tactics When Dealing With Trump's Ukraine Peace Efforts — RedState.
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[Korrespondent] 21.26 Near Pologivskyi district of Zaporizhzhya region, as a result of a Russian drone strike on a car, a man and his squad died in a hospital. The head of the Zaporizhzhya Regional Administration, Ivan Fedorov, told us about the 7th leaf fall.
“Between two villages - Green and Gulyai-Polye - an enemy drone hit the car. As a result of the impact, the car was engaged. A man of 69 died, and a man of 67 was wounded,” he said.
20.16 President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky held a telephone conversation with the leader of Rumania Nicuşor Dan, and discussed strengthening the defense industry. Zokrema, I will further assist Ukraine in defense, require stronger PPO and the importance of initiating PURL.
There was talk about defense industry, especially about the possibilities of the country that Ukraine is ready to export to Romania, and other projects within the SAFE initiative.
19.01 The basic financial security for contracts at ZSU may be 50-60 thousand. UAH per month. President Volodymyr Zelensky said this at a briefing on the results of the meeting of the Supreme Headquarters.
18.53 Near the occupied Zaporizka nuclear power plant, a local fire suppression system was installed to repair the 330 kV backup power line that powered the station. Today, the white damaged plot began to undergo changes and other preparations and work, and the renewal of the line may print 8 leaves.
18.17 Ukraine opens two offices for the export of armored goods in Denmark and Germany. President Volodymyr Zelensky stated this.
"I have already been shown two first capitals, in which our platform will be open. These are Denmark and Germany, obviously, Copenhagen and Berlin. And today we have already opened the first office in Copenhagen. I am glad that “We’re collapsing so quickly,” said the head of state.
According to Zelensky, Ukraine plans to hold an investment forum for partners who want to cooperate closely with Ukrainian companies.
18.05 Ukraine has found an alternative to the Mavic UAV, which will become a mass production. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky reported the results of the meeting of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander on November 7.
“The Mavics...we were looking for alternatives. Alternatives will be found if there is a mass development of this alternative. Financial contracts will be immediately prepared,” Zelensky told the briefing.
In other words, before the system of additional points, it is necessary to obtain drones for evacuation; saving life is a priority.
17.53 Ukraine has reached homes in Sweden to localize the proliferation of Saab JAS 39 Gripen on its territory. Minister of Defense Denis Shmigal said this during a sleepover briefing with President Volodymyr Zelensky, reports Interfax-Ukraine.
17.35 Ukrainian troops are hovering around the place of Kup'yansk in the Kharkiv region. President Volodymyr Zelensky said this in an hourly meeting with journalists, informs Suspilne.
17.23 The military-industrial complex of Ukraine has a production capacity of approximately 35 billion dollars per river. With this, financing covers a maximum of half of the real production potential of the defense industry. This happened in a meeting between RNBO Secretary Rustem Umerov and the President of Ukraine's adviser for strategic affairs Oleksandr Kamishin and journalists, RBC-Ukraine reports. As it turns out, in 2026, the Ukrainian defense industry will have a long-term ability to transfer 35 billion dollars, while the foreign debt of Galuzia can account for 60 billion dollars.
16.49 With the beginning of the ongoing battle at the front, 138 military operations erupted. I informed the General Staff of the ZSU about this in the operational level. The heaviest battles are focused on Pokrovsky, where the Russians are planning to advance in the areas of 20 settlements.
16.42 In Ukraine, the School of Instructors will soon be opened, which could become a platform for the exchange of combat evidence. The head commander of the ZSU Oleksandr Sirsky told us about the 7th leaf fall. In other words, the introduction of new technologies and tactics on the battlefield, as well as the expansion of kill zones, will ensure the continued thorough training of soldiers.
15.42 Russian zagarbniks
…a term related to soldiers, but beyond that I can’t find a definition…
have changed their activity near the town of Pokrovsk, Donetsk region. The enemy is replenished with the main forces, having defeated the 7th Corps of the Swedish Response Force of the DShV ZSU.
15.26 The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andriy Sibiga stated that at least 1,436 people from 36 African countries are fighting in the Russian army. He called on the powers of the African powers to publicly guard their citizens from entering the occupying army of the Russian Federation.
14.26 Mayor of Moscow Sergiy Sobyanin was informed in absentia about the suspicion that about 90 thousand people had “mobilized” for the war against Ukraine. Muscovites The SBU reported this. Posadovets vikoristovuyu power administrative resource to stop Russia's war against Ukraine.
13.39 The Russian Federation troops attacked Orikhiv Zaporizhzhya region with CABs. Having died, a 60-year-old worker of the municipal utility industry. A friend also suffered: a 54-year-old woman and a 57-year-old man. They hope for medical assistance.
13.30 Ukrainian troops attacked one of the key petrochemical plants in Russia. The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Moscow Region reported this. As a result of the blow at the Sterlitamak Petrochemical Plant, a fire broke out on the territory of the agidol production workshop.
13.06 Russian military rebels fired at the bus station in Novovorontsovets on the 7th of November. Kherson OVA informs about this on its Telegram channel.
The head of the Kherson OVA, Oleksandr Prokudin, reported that at approximately 09:30 the Russian military set the Dnieper district of Kherson on fire.
12.40 Russian occupiers looted the Ukrainian great landing ship Kostyantyn Olshansky, buried in 2014 in the time-occupied Sevastopol. This is reported by the monitoring Telegram channel Crimean Wind.
12.37 Near the Lozivsk community in the Kharkiv region, Russian troops targeted critical infrastructure. As a result of the attack, emergency light switching occurred in the territory. The head of the Lozivsk territorial community, Sergey Zelensky, announced this.
12.05 The European Union intensifies negotiations with Belgium for €140 billion of Russian assets for Ukraine. Today, the European Commission will try to develop Belgium's concerns about the legal and financial risks of reprofiling Russian assets. Politico informs about this in a letter sent to Dzherel.
11.27 In Sumy region, approximately 20 thousand people received a letter from the evacuation, not afraid to lose their homes due to unsafe conditions. The law does not allow Primus to be transported to the population. The head of the OVA Oleg Grigorov told about this in an interview with RBC-Ukraine.
11.14 Near Kiev, two men were caught staging a “laser battle” and swindling an American ZSU volunteer for over 3.2 million hryvnia. The capital's prosecutor's office reported this.
10.53 Russian aggressors attacked energy facilities in several regions of Ukraine. The electricity supply schedule for the population lasts until 21:00 throughout the country, the Ministry of Energy reported.
10.35 Train service in the Dnipropetrovsk region was changed on Friday, the 7th of November, due to the influx of military operations. Several lines to the Dnieper were cut off, reports AT Ukrzaliznytsia.
The following trains are not running today:
No. 7303 and No. 7304 Dnipro-Kamyanske-Dnipro;
No. 6010 Pyatikhatki-Dnipro.
10.32 Near the town of Kovel, near the Volinsk region, they spotted a militant from the armed forces of the Russian Federation, who fought in the Donetsk region. The man was planning to enter the EU, informed the SBU. Information is being verified about the possible affiliation of the suspect with the agents of the Russian special services.
10.03 Anti-aircraft defense forces eliminated 94 of the 128 drones with which Russian troops attacked Ukraine. The ZSU forces informed about this
9.59 Special operations forces struck the enemy’s logistics facilities on the territory of the immediately occupied Crimean Peninsula on the night before the 6th leaf fall. The MTR showed unique footage of the strikes on their Telegram channel and revealed details of the attack.
08.54 Russian troops shelled the Nikopol district of the Dnipropetrovsk region with artillery and attacked with FPV drones. The head of the Dnipropetrovsk regional military administration, Vladislav Gayvanenko, announced this.
07.24 From February 24, 2022 to November 7, 2025, military expenditures to the special warehouse of the Russian troops on the territory of Ukraine amounted to approximately 1,148,910 (+1,170) individuals. I informed the ZSU General Staff about this.
03.23 The Kiev City Council decided to release the people who suffered from Russian shelling by paying 70% of the service fee for updating documents. Rasht should direct 30% to the state budget, not the capital budget.
01.37 In Zaporizhzhya, as a result of the UAV attack, the windows in the living quarters and the children's nursery in one of the districts of the city were broken. There were no casualties.
01.10 Russian troops attacked Chuguiv, in the Kharkiv region, with drones. Over 10 UAVs flew to the site. Civilian enterprise and initial mortgages suffered. There is a strong fire in the localities.
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[NewsFront] 21:36 Operators of the Molniya-2 attack UAVs and FPV drones of the Vostok group of forces raisedinto the air strongholds of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Crews of the unmanned systems units of the Southern Forces Group shot down three enemy drone control antennas and also destroyed two HMMWV and a Kozak armored combat vehicle of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Molniya-2 crews from the 27th Guards Motorized Rifle Division of the Center group of forces suppressed firing points and positions of Ukrainian Armed Forces formations in the Krasnoarmeysk area of the DPR.
In the Zaporizhzhia region, drone operators from the Dnipro military group burned a Bogdana self-propelled howitzer and two enemy drone control posts, and also destroyed vehicles carrying personnel and a Ukrainian Armed Forces robotic platform.
FPV drone crews from the Rubicon Center destroyed equipment, artillery guns, ground-based robotic systems, elements of the communications and electronic warfare systems, and temporary deployment points of Ukrainian Armed Forces units in the special operation zone.
21:06 As of 20:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 11 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
Five UAVs – over the territory of the Belgorod region,
Three UAVs – over the territory of the Kursk region,
Three UAVs – over the territory of the Bryansk region.
20:26 Servicemen of the Tor-M2 air defense missile system crew of the 27th Guards Motor Rifle Division of the Center group of forces destroyed reconnaissance UAV "Shark" of the Ukrainian Armed Forces formations in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
19:43 Geranium strike missiles attack enemy targets in the Dnipropetrovsk region, video.
19:11 Intelligence of the Northern Guard is identifying and destroying Ukrainian warehouses of materiel, fuel and lubricants, and caches in abandoned buildings and forest plantations in the border zone,video.
18:50 A Ukrainian drone was spotted in the Kursk region which wounded12-year-old child.
A child was injured as a result of a Ukrainian Armed Forces drone attack on a moving vehicle in the village of Oktyabrskoye, Rylskoye. According to the governor, the 12-year-old boy suffered acupuncture and minor shrapnel wounds.
18:20 D-30 howitzer crews of the Sever group of forces hit camouflaged positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Sumy region,video.
Artillerymen from the "East" force group destroyed temporary deployment points of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Zaporizhzhia region.
17:51 In the period from 14:00 Moscow time to 17:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed six Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles were:
Three UAVs were flying over the Kursk region,
Two UAVs were flying over the Belgorod region, and
One UAV was flying over the Bryansk region.
17:08 Buk-M2 air defense missile system crews of the Vostok force group intercepted HIMARS MLRS shells in the South Donetsk direction.
16:28 Reconnaissance UAV "Orlan-10" provide effective work of the artillery of the Western group of forces.
15:16 Iskander-M missile system crew inflicted an attack on the area where personnel, weapons, and military equipment of the 411th Separate Unmanned Systems Regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are concentrated in the area of the village of Varvarovka in the Donetsk People's Republic in the Kramatorsk-Druzhkivka direction.
14:58 In the period from 9:00 Moscow time to 14:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed six Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
Five UAVs – over the territory of the Kursk region,
One UAV – over the territory of the Bryansk region.
14:06 During reconnaissance, a large warehouse of fuel and lubricants of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was discovered, video.
13:20 Selection of frames of defeats of enemy infantry by FPV crews of the Northerners.
12:43 Summary of the Russian Ministry of Defense on the progress of the special military operation from November 1 to 7, 2025:
In response to terrorist attacks by Ukraine on civilian targets in Russia from November 1 to 7, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out seven group strikes using high-precision weapons and attack drones. These strikes hit Ukrainian military industry enterprises and gas and energy facilities that supported their operations, as well as transport infrastructure used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, military airfields, a weapons and military equipment repair base, assembly shops, storage areas and launch preparation sites for attack drones, as well as temporary deployment points for Ukrainian armed forces, nationalists, and foreign mercenaries.
Over the course of the week, units of the "North" force group improved their tactical position. They inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of three mechanized brigades, a Jaeger brigade, an airborne assault brigade, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and three territorial defense brigades in Sumy Oblast.
In the Khar'kov direction, the formations of the mechanized and motorized infantry brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and two territorial defense brigades were defeated.
Over the past week, in the area of responsibility of the "North" group of forces, the enemy has suffered losses of over 1,470 servicemen, nine tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 81 vehicles, and 19 field artillery pieces. Six electronic warfare and reconnaissance stations and 49 ammunition and supply depots have been destroyed.
Units of the "West" group of forces defeated formations of five mechanized brigades, two assault brigades, an airmobile brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, two territorial defense brigades, and three National Guard brigades.
Near the village of Kupyansk in the Khar'kov region, assault groups of the 6th Army and 1st Tank Army continue to destroy the encircled Ukrainian Armed Forces group. The villages of Kupyansk-Uzlovaya, Kurilovka, and Petrovpavlovka in the Khar'kov region are being cleared of scattered enemy groups.
In total, over the past week, six enemy attempts to relieve encircled Ukrainian Armed Forces units from the settlements of Blagodatovka, Monachinovka, Moskovka, Nechvolodovka, and Petrovka in the Khar'kov region have been thwarted, and three attempts by Ukrainian forces to regain control of the Oskol River crossing and break through the encirclement have been thwarted.
From November 1 to 7, in the area of the village of Kupyansk in the Khar'kov region, the enemy lost more than 345 personnel and 94 units of military equipment, including nine armored combat vehicles, 45 cars, 15 artillery pieces and mortars.
In just one week, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 1,540 service members, 33 armored combat vehicles, 138 motor vehicles, and 12 field artillery pieces in the "West" grouping's area of responsibility. Thirty-three ammunition depots and 49 electronic warfare and counter-battery stations were destroyed.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces have occupied more advantageous positions and lines. The personnel and equipment of five mechanized brigades, two airborne assault brigades, an airmobile brigade, an assault brigade, a mountain assault brigade, a naval infantry brigade, two territorial defense brigades, and a National Guard brigade have been defeated.
Over the course of a week, enemy losses in this area amounted to more than 1,095 troops, five tanks, including a German-made Leopard tank, and 27 armored combat vehicles. Seventeen field artillery pieces, 104 vehicles, nine electronic and counter-battery warfare stations, and 20 ammunition, fuel, and supply depots were destroyed.
Units of the "Center" force group improved their position along the forward edge. Formations of seven mechanized brigades, three assault brigades, two airborne assault brigades, two Jaeger brigades, an airborne brigade, an airmobile brigade, three assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, three naval infantry brigades, two territorial defense brigades, and two National Guard brigades were defeated.
In the village of Krasnoarmeysk, Donetsk People's Republic, assault groups of the 2nd Army continue to destroy encircled Ukrainian Armed Forces units in the eastern part of the Central District and in the western industrial zone. Furthermore, the villages of Gnativka and Rih, Donetsk People's Republic, are being cleared of Ukrainian militants; 45 buildings have been liberated in the past 24 hours.
Eleven enemy attacks from the area of the village of Grishino in the Donetsk People's Republic were repelled, aimed at relieving encircled Ukrainian Armed Forces units. Ukrainian fighters from the 32nd Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, supported by a tank, attempted to break out of the encirclement to the north. A Ukrainian T-72 tank was destroyed by a precise hit from an FPV drone. Enemy personnel were suppressed by small arms and artillery fire.
Units of the 5th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 51st Army have liberated 24 buildings in the village of Dimitrov in the Donetsk People's Republic and are continuing active offensive operations towards the Zapadny microdistrict.
In just one week, the enemy made 45 attempts to unblock the encircled group in the town of Krasnoarmeysk in the Donetsk People's Republic and 32 attempts to break through the encirclement.
In this area, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 1,460 servicemen, 14 armored combat vehicles, 13 vehicles, and six field artillery pieces. In just one week, Ukrainian armed forces in the Center Group's area of responsibility lost over 3,285 servicemen, 26 armored combat vehicles, 48 vehicles, and 10 field artillery pieces.
Over the past week, units of the Eastern Group of Forces continued to advance deep into enemy defenses and completed the liberation of the village of Uspenovka in the Zaporizhzhia region.
The manpower and equipment of two mechanized brigades, three assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and two territorial defense brigades were damaged.
In total, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 1,695 service members, two tanks, 11 armored combat vehicles, and 96 vehicles in this area. Eleven field artillery pieces, nine electronic warfare stations, and four ammunition and supply depots were destroyed.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of a mechanized, mountain assault brigade, and two coastal defense brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 455 servicemen, four armored combat vehicles, 75 vehicles, and seven field artillery pieces. Thirty-seven electronic warfare stations and 27 warehouses were destroyed.
12:00 Soldiers of the 218th Guards Tank Regiment of the 127th Motorized Rifle Division of the 5th Army of the East Group of Forces completed the battle for the liberation of Uspenovka, the largest fortified defensive node of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the left bank of the Yanchur River,MAP.
09:15 Zaporizhzhia direction. Advance of the Russian Armed Forces
Fierce fighting is underway near the village of Rybnoye. A Ukrainian Armed Forces BTR-4 and a T-62 tank are on fire.
According to operational information, the village of Sladkoe has come under Russian control. This village is less than 15 kilometers from Hulyaipole.
Thus, our troops managed not only to cross the Yanchur River, but also to begin an offensive after overcoming the water obstacle.
08:40 Work of the TOS-1A crews of the Sever group,video.
07:33 Changes onmapover the past 24 hours:
Advance in Kupyansk
Expansion of the control zone in Uspenovka
Advance in Pokrovsk
Expansion of the control zone in Kupyansk
Advance in the eastern part of Pokrovsk
07:12 During the past night, air defense systems on duty destroyed 11 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type:
Five UAVs over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,
Three UAVs over the territory of the Bryansk region,
Two UAVs over the territory of the Kursk region, and
One UAV over the territory of the Kaluga region.
05:02 Crews of the ZALA reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle systems of the UAV unit of the 68th Guards Army Corps of the Center group of forces continue systematic work to identify military facilities of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics:
[ColonelCassad] Russian troops liberated the important village of Uspenovka in the northeastern Zaporizhzhia region. According to the Russian Constitution, this is our territory.
After liberating Uspenovka, our troops, of course, didn't stop and continued their advance westward, engaging in battles for Novouspenskoe and Novoye today.
The primary interim objective is to reach the Pokrovskoye-Gulyaipole highway to block the Gulyaipole group's key supply line. After that, operations to block and liberate Gulyaipole can be expected.
"Over the past week, units of the Vostok group of forces continued to advance deep into the enemy's defenses and completed the liberation of the village of Uspenovka in the Zaporizhzhia region," the defense department said on its Telegram channel.
Russian forces destroyed the manpower and equipment of two mechanized brigades, three assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and two territorial defense brigades. Enemy losses in this direction amounted to 1,695 troops, two tanks, 11 armored combat vehicles, and 96 vehicles. In addition, the Russian Armed Forces destroyed 11 field artillery pieces, nine electronic warfare stations, and four ammunition and supply depots.
Related from regnum.ru Russian troops discovered dozens of bodies of Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers while capturing a stronghold.
Russian troops, while capturing a stronghold in the Zaporizhzhia area, discovered dozens of abandoned bodies of Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers, some of whom had been there for at least a year. This was reported on November 7 by a soldier with the 1430th Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment, call sign Ruban.
During the capture of a stronghold, the Russian Armed Forces discovered dozens of abandoned bodies of Ukrainian soldiers.
"It's bizarre to me. I've never seen so many bodies of Ukrainian soldiers in my life. They're not being collected at all, not even a single one. They're strewn everywhere. I walked from dugout to dugout, about 200 meters. There are dozens of bodies in those 200 meters," TASS reports the Russian serviceman as saying.
Ruban added that for him this was a rather terrifying picture.
Another serviceman, call sign Saval, said that the Ukrainian Armed Forces command refuses to collect the bodies of its soldiers, forcing Russian troops to bury them right in the combat zone. Furthermore, Ukrainian militants are preventing the evacuation of the wounded from the battlefield, including their own soldiers.
A source familiar with the situation previously reported that Ukrainian soldiers killed en masse during attacks by Russian forces in the special operation zone are being buried in mass graves, with 100 people in each. A special manual has been created for this purpose, for the so-called "grave hundred." According to Kyiv authorities, the grave should be 20 meters long, 2 meters wide, and 2.3 meters high at the bottom.
Ukrainian blogger Anatoly Shariy explained that fallen Ukrainian soldiers are buried as unknown to avoid compensating their families. He also drew attention to the problem with the chosen cemetery site. According to Shariy, high groundwater levels could eventually lead to the erosion of the soldiers' remains.
Text taken from the Telegram channel of project_nd
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics
[ColonelCassad] Brief details on Konstantinovka and the surrounding area today:
arious systems (aircraft, drones, artillery) are actively targeting Ukrainian Armed Forces positions in the city. The enemy can no longer comfortably occupy residential buildings and is forced to retreat to basements.– Russian Armed Forces assault aircraft have been within the city limits for an extended period, and fighting is underway for private housing.
The closure of the villages of Stupochki and Predtechino between Chasov Yar and Konstantinovka will be handled separately; don't get ahead of yourself.
The enemy is attempting to disrupt the advance of assault groups; we are aware of the positions of Ukrainian Armed Forces drone control posts and equipment, and we are working on them.
Enemy vehicle movement within the city continues, despite fire control of the main supply roads. However, thanks to the saturation of the front with fiber-optic FPV, all movements of Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel have been reduced several times, even with the "artery" from Druzhkovka still operational.
Difficulties are arising in the Ivanopol region and the northern shore of the Kleban-Byk Reservoir, as despite the destruction of the main supply bridge, the Ukrainian Armed Forces command continues to push infantry into forested areas to hold their positions at all costs and prevent a breakthrough to the village of Berestok and Miroshnichenko Street.
A large fortified area is located in the forested areas on the northern shore of the Kleban-Byk Reservoir, and Ukrainian Armed Forces groups receive air cover from the residential areas on Gromova Street and adjacent areas.
Friends who participated in the battle for Ivanopol said it's truly difficult there—the enemy is clinging to it with all their might. Because if they lose Ivanopol, the Ukrainian Armed Forces will not be able to hold out for long north of the Kleban-Byk Reservoir or cover the southern outskirts of Kostiantynivka.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Vladimir Putin has increasingly ordered drone incursions in Europe over the last few months as Russia ramps up what officials say is its hybrid war with countries on the continent.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen described the pattern as 'hybrid warfare'. She said Russia's goal is to 'sow division' inside Europe.
She did not accuse Moscow of being behind every flight, but said the aim was clearly to unsettle European countries and weaken unity.
Yesterday, Brussels Airport, the busiest in Belgium, was forced to shut after drone sightings. Operations in a smaller airport in Liege also came to a halt after drones were spotted.
The country's defence minister, Theo Francken, was adamant that professionals caused the disruptions and said they were carried out to destabilise the country.
It led the interior minister, Bernard Quintin, to ask prime minister Bart De Wever to convene the National Security Council. He also stated that the incident necessitated a 'coordinated, national response'.
Although the airport reopened this morning, there are still major delays with thousands of passengers left stranded.
On Sunday, Francken said experts were probing drone sightings over the Kleine Brognel air base in north-east Belgium. Last week, there were two sightings over a military air base in the south-east.
The country also reported drones over a military base near the German border.
Since September, several countries have reported suspicious drone activities and illegal incursions into airspace.
At the end of last month, Polish MiG-29 fighter jets intercepted a Russian reconnaissance aircraft over the Baltic Sea. Days before that, the army had reported a similar incident.
During an attack on overnight attack on Ukraine on September 9, over 20 Russian drones crossed into Poland.
NATO responded by sending F-35 and F-16 jets, helicopters and a Patriot missile battery to reinforce the area. Warsaw also requested consultations under NATO's Article 4, which permits allies to discuss threats to their security.
On 19 September, Estonia reported that three powerful Russian MIG-31 fighter jets had violated its airspace and stayed there for a total of 12 minutes.
The incident sparked World War Three concerns when one of the falling drones that were shot down hit an elderly couple's home, destroying the roof.
Experts have acknowledged that war could have broken out between Russia and NATO had they been killed.
On September 10, the Czech army also reported a spike in unidentified drones over sensitive military facilities.
In Denmark, drone activity disrupted six airports that month, including Copenhagen Airport, the busiest travel hub in the Nordic region. It left around 20,000 passengers stranded.
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen called it a hybrid attack on her country. He also said it was 'the worst attack on Danish critical infrastructure to date.'
Lithuania was forced to close Vilnius Airport and nearby border checkpoints with Belarus on October 28, after strange aerial objects, including helium balloons, entered its skies. The country said this was one of four similar incidents in a single week.
The country also accused Russia of flying two military aircraft, a Su-30 fighter jet and an II-78 refuelling tanker, into its airspace for around 18 seconds in October.
Its president, Gitanas Nauseda, said: 'I strongly condemn the violation of Lithuanian airspace by the fighter jet and transport plane of the Russian Federation from a Kaliningrad region site.' He also called it a 'blatant breach'. Moscow has denied the report.
Germany has faced repeated reports of drones this autumn.
Airports in Berlin and Bremen briefly shut down after sightings, while Munich also saw suspicious activity.
A confidential police report mentioned multiple incidents at military sites, raising concerns about espionage or sabotage.
Officials in the northern state of Schleswig-Holstein confirmed drones had appeared overnight in late September and said the purpose was under investigation.
Elsewhere in northern Europe, Oslo Airport in Norway briefly paused landings after a drone was seen near the runway.
Last month, the country's army reported that two NATO F-35s were scrambled to intercept a Russian spy plane. The jets, from NATO's Quick Reaction Alert, identified an IL-20 COOT-A flying in international airspace above Finnmark.
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