Russian foot soldiers in Kherson are “disguised as civilians” and in position for “street battles,” according to the Ukrainian military after the Kremlin warned others to leave the area.
According to Reuters reports, the Ukrainian military claimed that Russian forces, “disguised as civilians, occupy civilian premises and internal positions to fight street battles. “
Russian forces have also been “involved in looting and robbing citizens and infrastructure sites and are bringing equipment, food and cars into the Russian Federation. “
Heavy fighting is expected after the Kremlin warned the Russian occupiers to leave the town of Kherson.
The Ukrainian counteroffensive focuses on retaking the city because it is the area of Russian-controlled territory on the western bank of the Dnieper River that divides Ukraine in two.
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Putin announced on Friday that a total of 318,000 troops had been mobilized during Russia’s partial mobilization period.
Of those newly recruited troops, 49,000 are already in combat.
Despite the announcement of the end of the partial mobilization, Putin signed a law allowing citizens convicted of serious crimes to be called up for military service, according to Russian state media TASS.
Russian infantrymen fighting in Pavlivka, Ukraine, criticized their “incompetent” generals as “cannon fodder” in a letter.
This comes amid growing reports of Russian forces staging mutinies at various locations in Putin’s increasingly unpopular and costly war.
They state in the leaked letter: “Once again, we were launched into an incomprehensible attack through Generals (Rustam) Muradov and (Zurab) Akhmedov, so that Muradov can get bonuses from (Chief of Staff Valery) Gerasimov and his promised hero. of Russia (medal).
“So we and the Kamchatka Marines advanced towards Pavlivka.
“As a result of the ‘carefully prepared’ attack through those ‘great commanders’, we lost another three hundred people in 4 days, killed, wounded and missing.
“We lost 50 percent of our military equipment, and that’s just our brigade. “
Since the beginning of Putin’s bloody invasion of Ukraine, the British army has been in charge of Ukrainian troops.
But what do those brave fighters receive?
Well, today, the UK Ministry of Defence took to Twitter to talk about the education program.
According to the Ministry of Defense, Ukrainian troops receive:
Ukraine’s ambassador to the UK said he hoped Kyivan citizens would not have to evacuate after Putin’s specific moves in Ukrainian infrastructure.
Speaking on Sky News, Vadym Prystaiko echoed Vitali Klitschko this morning, saying: “I hope this doesn’t happen, and we are looking to renovate all the force facilities, the power plants, the conversions, all that.
“If that happens, we will have to move them from west to west of Ukraine, Lviv and all places in the European Union.
“You have to locate many other people, but Ukrainian winters can be quite harsh. We want to think about how we do it. “
The UK Ministry of Defence has released its latest update.
It turns out that Putin keeps the Donbass region as his main target with several likely lines of advance.
Ukraine continues to make progress in Kherson amid reports of Russia’s withdrawal from TheArray
Russia’s state-run Tass news reported that Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić hopes the Battle of Kherson will be the decisive occasion in the war in Ukraine.
He is quoted as saying: “We have a complicated era ahead of us, next winter will be even more complicated than this, because we are facing the Stalingrad war, the decisive war of the war in Ukraine, the Kherson war, in which both sides use thousands of tanks, planes, artillery.
The West thinks that in this way it can destroy Russia, Russia thinks that in this way it can do what it took at the beginning of the war and end the war. This will create more mess everywhere.
According to Kyiv Independent, the Russian-backed mercenary company, the Wagner Group, is about to set up “training centers” on the border with Ukraine.
The report states that the centers will be located in “the Kursk and Belgorod regions and will be composed of citizens of those regions. “
The British Ministry of Defence has released its intelligence update on the war in Ukraine.
The ministry said Russia faces a “lack of air superiority” due to its “poor education and loss of experienced crews. “
The ministry tweeted: “On November 3, 2022, the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, said that Russia lost more than twice as many aircraft in Ukraine as in the Soviet-Afghan war. This is equivalent to 278 aircraft lost in Ukraine compared to 119 in Afghanistan.
“While we cannot independently determine those figures, Russia’s continued lack of air superiority is likely exacerbated by poor training, loss of experienced crews, and the increased dangers of achieving close air in dense areas of air defense.
“This is unlikely to be replaced in the coming months. The losses of Russian aircraft greatly outweigh their ability to manufacture new airframes. The time required to exercise competent pilots reduces Russia’s ability to regenerate its combat air capability. “
Ukraine won its first of the Nasams and Apside air defense systems.
Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov tweeted: “We will continue to shoot down enemy targets attacking us. Thanks to our partners: Norway, Spain and the United States. “
In the Ukrainian president’s late-night speech on Sunday, he said Ukraine faces “a repeat of major attacks” that can cripple the country’s infrastructure.
Zelensky: “We also perceive that the terrorist state is concentrating its forces and means for an imaginable repetition of major attacks on our infrastructure. First, energy.
“In particular, for this, Russia wants Iranian missiles. We must respond. “
Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke for the first time on the issue of confrontation since the beginning of the war in Ukraine.
President Xi condemned nuclear weapons, addressing German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and saying, “The foreign network Array. . . they jointly oppose the use or risk of the use of nuclear weapons, advocate the non-use of nuclear weapons and the non-waging of nuclear wars, in order to avoid a nuclear crisis in Eurasia.
While he did not directly condemn President Putin for his invasion of Ukraine, as China and Russia have very close ties, the comments may backfire not only on Ukraine, but also potentially on Taiwan, as he called for global unity at a time of crisis. . crisis. “Change and upheaval”.
This coincides with Putin’s claims of “thinly veiled threats on the road to Hiroshima,” a French government source told the Mail on Sunday: “The two presidents [Macron and Putin] have certainly discussed the threat of nuclear weapons.
“Obviously, Macron was alarmed,” the source said, “it seemed like a very strong clue that Putin might detonate a tactical nuclear weapon in eastern Ukraine, leaving Kyiv intact. “
The UK Ministry of Defence has released its latest update.
It turns out that Putin keeps the Donbass region as his main target, with several lines of advance likely.
Ukraine continues to make progress in the Kherson region amid reports that Russians are being suggested to withdraw from the region.
Following reports via the Washington Post that the United States is calling on Russia and Ukraine to start peace talks, one of Ukraine’s most sensible officials gave his opinion on the situation.
Mykhailo Podolyak took to Twitter to say: “Important: Ukraine has never refused to negotiate. Our negotiating position is open. 1. First, FR withdraws its troops from Ukraine.
“2. After everything else, is Putin ready?Obviously not. Therefore, we are constructive in our assessment: we will talk to the RF leader. “
As the United States prepares for midterm elections, a best friend of Vladimir Putin has admitted to interfering in the country’s democracy.
Russian businessman and founder of mercenary Wagner Yevgeny Prigozhin added that he will continue to interfere in the U. S. election.
“We have interfered, we are interfering and we will continue to interfere. Carefully, precisely, surgically and in our own way, as we know how to do,” he said in a statement.
The British Ministry of Defence has released its intelligence update on the war in Ukraine.
The ministry said Russia faces a “lack of air superiority” due to its “poor education and loss of experienced crews. “
The ministry tweeted: “On November 3, 2022, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valeriy Zaluzhnyi said that Russia lost more than twice as many aircraft in Ukraine as in the war between the Soviet Union and Afghanistan. This equates to 278 aircraft lost in Ukraine compared to 119 in Afghanistan.
“While we cannot independently determine those figures, Russia’s continued lack of air superiority is likely exacerbated by poor training, loss of experienced crews, and increased dangers of achieving closed air defenses in dense spaces.
“This is unlikely to be replaced in the coming months. The losses of Russian aircraft greatly outweigh their ability to manufacture new airframes. The time required to exercise competent pilots reduces Russia’s ability to regenerate its combat air capability. “
Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has claimed that 50,000 of the calls for the “partial mobilization” program are now in active combat.
“Now we have 50,000 in their combat units. . . the others are not yet in combat,” Putin was quoted as saying by Interfax.
More than 300,000 Russian reservists enlisted during the mobilization period, with Putin adding that 80,000 in addition to the 50,000 are being trained in Ukraine.
It is reported that 17 EU countries have sent a total of 500 turbines to Ukraine.
The turbines will help Ukrainians when facing power cuts due to Russian missile strikes.
Ukrainian leaders have called on citizens of the national capital to leave Kyiv.
The city’s mayor, Vitaly Klitschko, said: “If you have a long circle of relatives or friends outside Kyiv, where there is a self-contained water supply, oven, heating, keep in mind the option of staying there for a while. “. “
Ukraine’s ambassador to the UK, Vadym Prystaiko, subsidized the call, saying, “I hope it doesn’t come to that. If that happens, we will have to move them from west to west of Ukraine, Lviv and all the places closer to the European Union. “That’s a lot of other people to locate, however, Ukrainian winters can be quite harsh. We want to think about how we do it. “
Lately, Kyiv faces periodic major power cuts as the city seeks to fight Russia’s attacks on its force supply.
Russia has reportedly lost another 530 in the past 24 hours.
The total number of Russian casualties reportedly reached 76,460.
This comes as Ukraine strives to retake Kherson’s occupied territory.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić reported that the Battle of Kherson would be the decisive moment of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Quoted through Russian state media Tass, he said: “We have a complicated era ahead, next winter will be even more complicated than this, because we face the Battle of Stalingrad, the decisive war of the war in Ukraine, the Battle of Kherson, in which on both sides there are thousands of tanks, planes, artillery.
“The West thinks that in this way it can destroy Russia, Russia thinks that in this way it can do what it took at the beginning of the war and end the war. This will create more disorder everywhere. “
According to the UK Ministry of Defence, the UK has committed £2. 3 billion in the military to Ukraine, including:
The BBC reported that 1,500 graves were dug at a mass burial in Mariupol, southern Ukraine.
The new reports come from satellite photographs captured via the BBC, showing mass graves that “have been surging since spring. “
Ukrainian officials, another 25,000 people were killed in the fighting in Mariupol.
Speaking at the COP27 weather convention in Egypt, the country’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi called for an end to the standoff in Ukraine.
“The whole world is suffering because of the war between Russia and Ukraine,” Mr. Sisi.
“This war will have to stop, this war and the suffering it has caused will have to stop. “
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia is open to negotiating with Ukraine, but added that the time is not right.
“We have said that the Russian side remains open to achieving its goals through negotiations,” Peskov told reporters.
“We have also continuously drawn everyone’s attention to the fact that right now we don’t see that opportunity, because Kyiv has a law [its decision] not to continue with any negotiations. “
A video has emerged showing Maj. Gen. Kirill Kulakov, 53, interrupted by his own troops, as they criticize Putin’s regime for its treatment of Russian soldiers.
In the humiliating video, chants of “Get out of here!”, “Shame on you” and “Down with [Putin’s] regime!” can be heard.
You can notice a user yelling, “Damn general, you know where you’re sending us. “
While he was furious: “You are sitting comfortably in a warm place. “
Other accusations have been leveled at the general, that Russian troops are treated as “meat” and “cannon fodder. “
Watch the full video here.
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