The President of Greece, Kateryna Sakellarpoulou, and the Minister of Defense, Nikos Panayiotopoulos, arrived in Ukraine for a visit.
They have scheduled meetings with Volodymyr Zelenskyi and the head of the Ministry of Defense Oleksiy Reznikov.
#Zaporizhia NPP is completely disconnected from the Ukrainian energy system. The last two high-voltage communication lines of the nuclear power plant with the Ukrainian energy system were damaged.
#Moldova for the first time imported gas under the reverse scheme - from Slovakia through Ukraine. Now it will be much more difficult for 🇷🇺 to blackmail Moldova.
-Deputy Prime Minister Spinu
107 Ukrainian heroes got exchanged for 107 Russians. Welcome home heroes.
The IAEA found no signs of unregistered nuclear activity at Ukrainian facilities. That is, there is no "dirty bomb" in Ukraine.
Another Russian feint.
In Russia they found a replacement for the disgraced commander Lapin. Major General Alexander Linkov, who was previously responsible for mobilization, will temporarily act as commander of the troops of the Central Military District of the Russian Federation
➡️Mala Seidemynukha reportedly liberated. This town was already vacated by 🇷🇺 forces mid september (confirmed by RU sources) and under AFU control since beginning of october. Could have turned grey zone, but not 🇷🇺 controlled ever since.
➡️The Russian temporary rags were removed from the regional administration building in #Kherson
➡️"Most likely, our troops will go to the left bank" said Kirill Stremousov, appointed deputy head of the temporary occupied Kherson region, on Soloviev Live
➡️Locals from #Kherson report that 🇷🇺 has abandoned checkpoints in #Chornobaivka, #Stepanivka, #Bilozerka and #Korabelnyi district south of the Kosheva river.
➡️"Bravo", this is how locals respond to Russian absence at one of the checkpoints in #Kherson.
➡️Without giving away too much, the AFU is going on the offensive in Soledar/Bakhmut area. Russians have retreated further then initially communicated (2-5km east).
➡️In Opytne axis (south of Bakhmut) it is mainly artillery and pounding. 🇷🇺 ground offensive stalled.
➡️Russian offensive has stalled. It became know that Russian forces advanced no further then the outskirts of Pavlivka
➡️Footage showed the crew of a Russian T-80 tank getting obliterated south of Pavlivka
➡️Russia declared a pause due to bad weather 🤡
➡️Fighting reported near Orlyans'ke. Two days ago footage was published by Russian sources which showed a Ukrainian BMP being blown up with infantry behind it after it hit a mine. The fighting today continues in the same area.
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➡️Locals in #Chervonopopivka report that the town is abandoned. We need more verification.
➡️Pishchane today was subject to heavy shelling. Locals say it hasn't been so heavy in weeks. Which could hint towards AFU pressure.
Locals from #Kherson report that Russian forces have abandoned checkpoints in Chornobaivka, Stepanivka, Bilozerka and Korabelnyi district south of the Kosheva river.
This adds up to earlier reports of locals reporting the same.
An overview of daily events in #Ukraine. No detailed look at the front lines today as nothing has changed. But as i have stated today, things might change the upcoming days..
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We start with #Russian losses. What is striking is that in recent days (it seems that this is related to the increased number of Russians mobilized at the front) the number of casualties in men has been continuously above 650.
Meatgrinder coming into effect
During the night 12 out of 13 enemy shahed-136 drones were shot down. Just before i wrote this SitRep another wave of Drone attacks was reported. Probably tomorrow we will know the results.
Last week i received unconf. reports of 🇷🇺brigades being informed about preparations for a retreat to the left bank of the Dnipr, beginning no later then 6th of November. For me those reports were too vague at that time which i couldn't confirm and it was a single source of truth
But something has changed. In line with those early reports, the last couple of days pro-Russian accounts start sharing messages that 'worrying/bad' news is coming in the next days. Which could hint towards the start of a gradual military retreat from the right bank.
Now, this doesn't confirm anything yet, but it adds up to all the preparations that have been made by the Russians the last couple of weeks:
➡️Inhabitants forcibly evacuated
➡️Administration relocated
➡️Medical/Pharmaceutical supplies taken out
➡️Buses seized, transport stopped
An overview of daily events in #Ukraine. A day that began with heavy rocket attacks on Ukrainian cities in retaliation for the attack on the port of Sevastopol. And the grain corridor resumed with ships under UN/Türkiye protection
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Kirill Budanov, head and top man of Ukrainian intelligence, spoke in an extensive interview about the current military state of affairs in Ukraine, Putin's power and the possible use of nuclear weapons by Russia.
"Putin is unlikely to survive this war," Budanov said in an interview with military news website The War Zone. “At the moment there are talks in Russia about who should replace him,” he added. “The people of Russia will continue to support the government and its actions until...
Russia loses, immediately they will say that they have nothing to do with this and that their leaders were wrong.” Is there a chance that an attempt will be made to oust Putin? “Not now, but as soon as Russia suffers a defeat, it will happen quickly and Russia will change shape.”