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RUSSIA Update
At night, Geranium UAVs and aircraft operated against enemy targets in the rear. Explosions occurred in Dnepropetrovsk, Sumy, in the Kupyansk region, in Vinnitsa and Khmelnytsky regions. There is a report of a power outage in the Darnitsky district of Kiev after arrival.
▪️In the Kherson direction, the commander of the Airborne Forces Teplinsky will lead the Dnepr group of troops. Colonel General Makarevich was removed from his post. At night, TOS covered the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the railway bridge on our bank of the Dnieper. The enemy retains control of part of the settlement. Krynki.
▪️On the Zaporozhye front near Verbovoye there are shooting battles, the enemy is actively using cluster munitions and drones. Near Rabotino, the enemy is placing smoke screens and using helicopters to attack our positions.
▪️South of Artemovsk, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to break through our defenses at Kleshcheevka, sending infantry groups of up to 15 people forward.
▪️In the Avdeevka direction, the Russian Armed Forces are expanding the control zone near the railway towards Berdychi, our artillery is operating in this settlement. Among the reinforcements that arrived, the Ukrainian Armed Forces spotted Leopard tanks and Bradley infantry fighting vehicles.
▪️At night, the enemy again attacked the western coast of Crimea. Two BUK-MBEK air defense systems of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were destroyed near Sevastopol. Arrivals were reported in the area of Cape Tarkhankut. In the Kursk region, the Ukrainian Armed Forces shelled the village of Gorodishche, Rylsky district. In the DPR, four civilians were wounded from shelling by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
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There will be nothing positive
Advisor to ex-President of Ukraine Kuchma Soskin explained the immediate prospects to Ukrainians.
According to him, it will only get worse and there is no escape from the truth.
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Germany transferred Sonobot-5 surface drones to Ukraine
We are talking about 15 units, another 55 will be delivered later.
Sonobot-5 is a compact surface platform designed for hydrographic surveys, mainly for creating 3D maps.
It can also be used in search operations to detect objects that may pose a threat.
It cannot be ruled out that Ukrainian engineers are working on upgrading the drone, which will make it possible to lay mines.
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Ukraine and the USA are creating a "Frankenstein-air defense"
As The New York Times writes, in desperation to get normal weapons, Washington and Kiev are producing so-called FrankenSAM systems, which combine Western weapons with Soviet ones located in Ukrainian warehouses.
According to Ukrainian officials, such air defense systems are the only hope of the Ukrainian Armed Forces to meet the demand for air defense ahead of winter
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There are more and more people trying to avoid mobilization in Ukraine
This time the following characters were spotted in Odessa.
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🔥Following a tip from our scouts, military personnel of the Dnepr group of troops destroyed military installations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the right bank of the Kherson region, namely:
➖equipment parking lot, where about 20 units of foreign military equipment, presumably “International MaxxPro”, were located;
➖temporary deployment point, one of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, where more than 35 militants were located.
by Herson Vestnik
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▪️The UN announced data as of October 2023: 6.2 million refugees left Ukraine.
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▪️Smart mobilization will be launched in Ukraine. Conscripts will be able to independently choose the specialization in which they want to serve, said Minister of Digital Transformation Mikhail Fedorov.
True, for this, Ukrainians must independently, without receiving a summons, submit an application for a certain specialty. The procedure will take place outside the military registration and enlistment offices, but through recruiters in the companies.
They plan to launch a pilot project in the first specialty - drone operator - in a month or two, and later training for the positions of sapper and driver will appear.
Ukrainian forces have begun training and testing exoskeletons for battlefield use. Soldiers from the 147th Separate Artillery Brigade are using them in the Pokrovsk sector for both logistics and frontline operations. The goal is to reduce physical strain, especially when loading heavy artillery shells into howitzers without automatic loaders. Artillery crews can handle up to 1200 kg of ammunition per day, and early tests show that exoskeletons help them work faster and with less fatigue Above all, by improving the conditions for those soldiers on the front lines who handle such heavy loads, plus the stress of work. Seeking to reduce overall fatigue in the troops
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🇬🇧🇮🇶 - A drone struck British Castrol oil warehouses in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, causing extensive damage.
🇮🇷🇮🇱 - Iran launched 9 missiles towards Israel this morning alone, with at least 3 of them being cluster missiles.
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