Key Takeaways
It is still unclear whether Russian forces will defend Kherson City despite the ongoing withdrawal of some Russian elements from northwestern Kherson Oblast.
Russian forces prematurely deployed newly mobilized personnel to offensive operations in western Donetsk Oblast in the pursuit of minimal and operationally insignificant territorial gains.
Russian outlets continued to publish contradictory and confusing reports about the dismissal of Colonel General Alexander Lapin from the position of CMD commander or commander of the Russian “central” forces.
Russian authorities may be setting conditions to imminently transfer the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant to the Russian power grid.
Russian sources claimed that Ukrainian forces continued to conduct counteroffensive operations in the direction of Kreminna and Svatove.
Russian forces continued offensive operations around Bakhmut, Avdiivka, and Donetsk City.
The Russian military continues to face pronounced issues in the supply of critical military equipment.
The Russian Ministry of Defense is likely continuing mobilization efforts covertly.
Russian occupation officials continued forced evacuations in Kherson Oblast.
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⚡️ UK intelligence: Russia faces difficulties in finding artillery ammunition, armored vehicles.
Over the last weeks, Russia has acquired at least 100 additional tanks and infantry fighting vehicles from Belarus, while Russian forces are losing about 40 armored vehicles a day in Ukraine, the U.K. Defense Ministry reported on Nov. 3.
⚡️ Switzerland to provide $106 million for Ukraine's energy infrastructure recovery.
⚡️ Energoatom: Russia tries to connect Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant to occupied territories.
Russian forces at the occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant will soon try to connect the plant's communication lines to annexed Crimea, occupied parts of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts, according to state nuclear operator Energoatom.
⚡️ Over 80% of Ukrainian refugees in Netherlands find jobs.
⚡️ Ukraine returns 107 POWs from Russian captivity.
"We've managed to exchange those who were seriously wounded in Mariupol... boys with shrapnel wounds in their arms and legs," Yermak said.
⚡️Ukraine returns 1,138 POWs from Russian captivity since March.
⚡️ IAEA finds no evidence that proves Russia's 'dirty bomb' accusations.
⚡️Official: Russian troops step up attacks on civilians in occupied Mariupol, arrest locals.
The Russian forces continue patrolling the city and conducting ID checks, as well as checking residents' houses and personal phones for pro-Ukrainian photos, symbols, or posts on social networks, Petro Andriushchenko, adviser to Mariupol mayor, said on Nov. 3
⚡️Zelensky says he won’t participate in G20 summit if Putin attends.
⚡️Bulgarian parliament votes to provide military aid to Ukraine.
Bulgarian lawmakers voted in favor of sending military aid to Ukraine on Nov. 3, giving the government a month to create a plan for what weapons the country could hand over to Kyiv.
⚡️Zaluzhnyi: Russian troops tripled intensity of hostilities in some areas of Ukraine.
Valerii Zaluzhnyi, commander-in-chief of Ukraine's Armed Forces, told NATO's Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, U.S. Army General Christopher Cavoli, that Russian forces carry out up to 80 attacks daily in certain areas on the front line.
⚡️Reuters: G7 coalition has agreed to set fixed price cap on Russian oil.
⚡️All civilians have been evacuated from Donetsk Oblast's Mariinka.
Ukraine's National Police reported on Nov. 3 that 100% of civilians have been evacuated from the city of Mariinka, located 33 kilometers west of the Russian-occupied Donetsk. All the dwellings in the city, once home to almost 10,000 residents, have been damaged or destroyed, according to police.
Polish minister: 650,000 Ukrainians employed in Poland.
Pentagon: US has no evidence of American aid embezzlement in Ukraine.
The U.S. personnel in Ukraine have conducted multiple inspections of American security assistance supplies over the last couple of months, Voice of America reports.
Losses: 850 personnnel again :o and 28APV, 17 artillery units