According to the Ukrainian Air Force, Russia launched at least 4300 Shahed-type drones and other UAVs that imitated Shaheds between August 2024 and October 2024.
This is a significant increase compared to the earlier months when 1,133 drones of the type Shahed were launched from Ukraine between May and July.
October was also a record month for Russia’s drone deployments, with over 2,000 drones being launched. President Volodymyr Zelensky called on Western allies for more sanctions to be applied against the suppliers of components used in Russian Drones.
Zelensky stated in his evening speech on Nov. 2 that “this volume of ‘Shahed” drones represents over 170,000 parts that should have been prevented from reaching Russia.” “Microchips and microcontrollers are vital for this terror.”
Zelensky said that “all of these are supplied by companies in China, Europe and America, which unfortunately contribute to Russia’s ongoing terrorism.”
Between August and Oct., Ukrainian air defense forces destroyed 3,063 out of 4,300 drones. This was achieved through coordinated defense efforts, which resulted in a 71% success rate. During the same time period, the Air Force reported that 1,052 of 4,300 drones launched were “locally” lost, disappearing from radar, presumably because of electronic warfare measures or disruptions.
The General Staff noted only five percent of Russian Drones reached their targets during this period, although drones that are shot down by air defenses may still cause damage or destroy upon falling.
Since the fall of 2022, Russia has launched tens and thousands of cheap but highly effective drones of the type Shahed designed by Iran against Ukraine.
According to the Ukrainian Air Force, Russia launched at least 4300 Shahed attack drones or similar UAVs that imitated Shaheds between August and October of 2024. This is a significant increase in comparison to earlier months.
The FBI announced that Russian email domains appear to be the source of bomb threats against polling stations in multiple states. The FBI clarified that these threats were not deemed credible.
The Ukrainian Prosecutor General‘s Office announced on Nov. 5 that Russian troops shot six captured Ukrainian Armed Forces Soldiers in the Pokrovsk Sector of the Front Line in Donetsk Oblast.
Due to the activation by electronic warfare systems when air raid alarms sound, users in Ukraine are experiencing more frequent automatic time change on their smartphones.
The statement was signed by South Korea as well as Australia and New Zealand.
According to preliminary data, Moscow attacked the Shevchenskyi area with a drone of the type Shahed at around 5 p.m. local.
According to Rustem Umerov, Ukraine’s Minister of Defense, the clashes were not large-scale.
In a statement released on the eve before the election, U.S. Intelligence agencies predicted that Russia would intensify its efforts to undermine the U.S. election on election day. They would focus on swing states.
Bloomberg reported that the United Kingdom was unable to retrieve weapons from floating armories, which offered weapons and accommodation to guards protecting Russian oil tankers.
According to reports, Russian forces targeted an infrastructure facility and started a fire. The full extent of the damage is still being determined.
Dmitry Peskov, Kremlin spokesperson, said: “She is not the president of her own country, as far we understand. The majority of the population in her country did not vote for it.”
Politico reported that the European Union’s antifraud agency has opened an investigation into possible exports of rebranded Russian crude oil via Turkey to the EU. The report was based on two unnamed sources.
Ukrinform reported that the recruitment center for the Ukrainian Legion in Poland had received more than 500 applications from Ukrainians in 30 different countries in just one month, citing officials at the center.
Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal said on November 4 that the country aims to narrow voting rights in local elections in order to exclude Russians and Belarusians in order to counter Russian influences.
Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association, the authors of this complaint, said that the ruling set a precedent to better protect voting secrecy.
Overnight, Russia launched 79 drones of the type Shahed and other drones as well as guided bombs as well as two Kh-59/69 air missiles.
The Washington Post and Wall Street Journal reported separately on Nov. 4 that Russia may be behind the dispatch of flammable packages via freight planes in Europe as preparations for similar operations to take place in North America.
Krzysztof Gawakowski, Polish Deputy Premier, said that Zelensky wanted Poland to fire missiles over Ukraine. This meant he wanted Poland to join the war.
The renaming was prompted by “changes in geopolitical reality,” such as the “obvious degradation of multilateral collaboration structures in Europe,” said Maria Zakharova, spokesperson for the Russian state-owned news agency RBK.
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