11:46
Judge from annexed Donetsk region shot and “in serious condition”
“On the evening of November 4, 2022, the Interior Ministry (…) received a message about an assassination attempt in the city of Vougleguirsk against the judge of the Supreme Court of the DNR Alexander Nikulin”, said announced the ministry, authority installed by Moscow.
11:35
A train from North Korea crosses the Russian border
A North Korean train arrived in Russia on October 4, two days after the United States said that Pyongyang was secretly supplying Moscow with artillery shells for the war in Ukraine, according to the American think-tank 38 North, quoted by Reuters.
Satellite images have shown this movement, the first since the pandemic. According to Russia, the route would have made it possible to transport horses.
The think-tank analyzes stresses that this “crossing comes as reports of arms sales from North Korea to Russia have been revealed and the resumption of trade between the two countries is expected”.
11:26
Update on the positions on the front
“The Russian army is probably trying to use the mobilized soldiers to relaunch the Donetsk offensive, but should still not be able to make significant progress on the ground,” says the Institute for the Study of War. Over the past 24 hours, fighting has been concentrated around Bakhmout and Avdiivka in the east, and around Davydiv Brid and Kachkarivka in the Kherson region.
11:06
New tanks for Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reacted this Saturday after the supply of 90 new tanks to his army. “We are sincerely grateful to the Netherlands, the United States and the Czech Republic for providing important and urgently needed support – 90 T-72 tanks. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are moving forward and need this equipment,” he said.
10:53
Iran admits supplying drones to Russia
Iran’s Foreign Minister acknowledged on Saturday for the first time that the country had indeed supplied drones to Russia. Hossein Amirabdollahian, however, insisted that this took place before the war in Ukraine, reports the AP agency and speaks of a “limited” number of drones.
10:41
In Ukraine, the fear of losing access to Starlink
Ukraine’s fears that its troops will lose access to Elon Musk’s Starlink service intensified last week after 1,300 military satellites were taken offline, according to two sources familiar with the matter, CNN reveals.
This Internet connection system, allocated free of charge by the billionaire to the Ukrainian army, allows the troops to remain connected despite the cuts in the local networks, largely destroyed by the war.
10:21
Release of 19 Ukrainian prisoners of war
Nineteen Ukrainian border guards have returned to the country after several months of captivity in Russia, announces the State Border Service of Ukraine.
“The long months of Russian captivity are over. 19 border guards have returned home. They will undergo a medical examination and rehabilitation. But the main thing is that they are alive and at home,” the statement read on Telegram.
10:05
Strikes in the Zaporizhia region
Several strikes took place in the night on the city of Vilniansk, several buildings and vehicles were damaged, report the Ukrainian authorities.
“The enemy continues to carry out insidious night attacks on the free lands of our region,” local governor Oleksandr Starukh reacted on Telegram.
09:52
Update on Russian losses according to the Ukrainian general staff
According to the Ukrainian army, more than 600 Russian soldiers have been killed in 24 hours, for a total of 75,440 fallen in combat since the start of the war. They also claim to have disabled eight additional tanks, without the exact veracity of the numbers advanced being able to be verified.
09:42
Difficulties continue for Russia, British intelligence says
In its daily update, the British Ministry of Defense assures that Russia is currently in difficulty, having difficulty in training its mobilized recruits.
“These issues will be compounded by the annual fall conscription cycle, announced September 30, 2022 and starting November 1, 2022, which is expected to attract an additional 120,000” to the Russian military, British intelligence said.
09:25
A continuous “secret” mobilization?
According to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), an American study group, Russian President Vladimir Putin is in the process of creating the conditions for a “continuous secret mobilization” of the men of the country, in particular “by attempting to encourage voluntary service or by establishing conditions for mobilizing convicts”.
09:11
A reward of 3000 euros for those mobilized
Among the many decrees signed this Friday by Vladimir Putin, one of them provides for the allocation of the sum of 195,000 rubles (a little over 3,000 euros) to each soldier mobilized since September 21, the date on which the Russian president ordered the partial mobilization.
08:55
Night shelling in the Dnipropetrovsk region
More than 40 shots against the city of Nikopol were recorded last night, according to the governor of the region, Valentyn Reznichenko. This caused two fires, now extinguished by firefighters, he said. Several buildings and infrastructures were affected, without causing any injuries.
08:40
“We are ready for peace”, assures President Zelensky
In his traditional daily speech, the Ukrainian president returned to the last days of fighting: “The fighting was concentrated in the Donbass this week, in Bakhmut and Soledar. We maintain our positions,” he said, stressing that the Ukrainians were “ready for peace. A just peace. We have said it many times. »
08:37
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