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2026-11-03 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Latest information on the situation on the front line as of November 2 (updated)
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
[NewsFront] 20:24 During the day, from 8:00 to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense forces on duty destroyed 22 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk, Oryol, Rostov regions and the Moscow region.

18:23 Operators of unmanned aerial systems of the 56th Airborne Assault Regiment of the Sever group worked out on equipment, support and manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

16:39 Drone operators from the Rubicon Center in cooperation with the Russian Aerospace Forces crews destroyed equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Those hit were:

UAV control points,
temporary personnel deployment areas, and
equipment parking camouflaged in the forest.

13:57 Fighters of the Novorossiysk Airborne Forces unit caught rotation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Orekhov direction.

12:05 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (as of November 2, 2026)

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation.

Units of the North group of forces occupied more advantageous lines and positions.

In the Khar'kov region, the manpower and equipment of units of two mechanized brigades, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a National Guard brigade were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Kolodezne, Shipovatoe, Vodyane, and Martovoe in the Khar'kov region.

In addition, in the Sumy region, the formations of the mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the territorial defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Ivolzhanskoye and the city of Sumy.

The enemy lost up to 110 servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, five cars and an electronic warfare station.

Units of the "West" force grouping improved their position along the forward edge. They defeated the personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades, an assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a naval infantry brigade near the settlements of Studenok, Glushchenkovo, and Vishnevka in the Khar'kiov region and Rubtsy in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 115 servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, eight cars, and an artillery piece.

Units of the Southern Group of Forces improved their tactical position. Three mechanized brigades, a mountain assault brigade, and a territorial defense brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated near the settlements of Kramatorsk, Slavyansk, Nikolaevka, and Vasilevskaya Pustosh in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 150 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles and 25 cars.

Units of the Center Group of Forces occupied more advantageous positions and lines. They defeated the manpower and equipment of three mechanized brigades, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a special forces brigade, and a National Guard brigade near the settlements of Stepanivka, Sergeyevka, Krinitsy, Kamyshevakha, Andreyevka, and Kamenka in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to 335 military personnel, 11 combat armored vehicles, seven cars, an artillery piece, and two electronic warfare stations.

Units of the "East" force group advanced deep into the enemy's defenses. They defeated the personnel and equipment of a mechanized infantry brigade, two airborne assault brigades, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a naval infantry brigade near the settlements of Novorosivka and Tersyanka in the Zaporizhzhia region, and Pokrovskoe, Ivanivka, and Pavlovka in the Dnipropetrovsk region.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 195 servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, three cars, and a field artillery gun.

Units of the Dnipro Forces Group have improved their position along the forward edge. Formations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' mechanized brigade and territorial defense brigade were defeated near the villages of Preobrazhenka and Orekhov in the Zaporizhia region.

Up to 20 military personnel and eight vehicles were destroyed.

11:36 Air defense crews of the Varyag shot down enemy drones over the Novorossiya highway.

Among the destroyed targets:

kamikaze drones Trust, Rubaka, Hornet, long-range Anubis, FP-1, B-2;
Maya decoy drones.

10:12 In the rear areas of Ukraine, operators of the Geranium strike missiles of the separate brigade of unmanned aerial systems "Varyag" hit an arms depot, a logistics center used for transporting military cargo, a production building of the Ukrspetssvyaz plant, which produces military and dual-use products, and an electric locomotive on one of the railway sections.

08:30 During the past night, air defense forces on duty intercepted and destroyed 212 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type flew over the territories of the Bryansk, Belgorod, Kursk, Kaluga, Tula, Voronezh, Pskov, Oryol, Lipetsk, Saratov, Samara, Ryazan, Tambov, Rostov regions, the Moscow region, Krasnodar Krai, the Republic of Crimea and over the waters of the Black and Azov Seas.

07:51 During the night, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continued application of strikes by unmanned aerial vehicles on port infrastructure facilities used in the interests of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and on sea vessels used for the transportation of military cargo.

As a result of the strikes, a shelter and storage site for launchers of the Neptune anti-ship missile systems near the village of Tuzly in the Odessa region was damaged.

In addition, a dry cargo ship carrying cargo intended for the Ukrainian Armed Forces was hit while crossing the sea 58 km south of Odessa.

06:31 Artillerymen of the 20th Guards Combined Arms Army of the West group fired from the 152mm 2S19 Msta-S howitzer are working onat UAV control points, shelters and ammunition depots of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Special Operation zone.

05:01 Eastern 122mm BM-21 "Grad" MRL collapsed on the accumulation of Ukrainian Armed Forces manpower in the area of the village of Barvinovka.

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