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Local authorities reported that Russia attacked a residential area in the Shevchenkivskyi District of Kharkiv in the evening of November 3, injuring 14 people at least.
The attack damaged a multi-story apartment building, commercial facilities and cars. Kharkiv Regional Police reported that at least 14 people, including four officers, were injured.
Ihor Terekhov, the mayor of the area, said that power lines were also affected. Rescue operations continue at the attack site.
The attack on the Kharkiv supermarket is just the latest in a string of devastating attacks that have been launched against densely populated residential areas in Kharkiv over the past few days.
On Nov. 1, Russia targeted a Kharkiv Police Station with two S400 missiles. A police officer was killed and 46 people were injured. Three people, including two young children, were killed and 35 injured in an attack on a building the night before.
A Russian bombing on October 28 damaged the Derzhprom Building (the State Industry Building), a historical landmark that has been protected by UNESCO since 2022. Just hours later, a bombing overnight killed four people and damaged several homes.
Over the past two full years of Russia’s war, Kharkiv in the northeast has been subjected to relentless Russian attacks. The recent escalation of aerial attacks is part of an ongoing pattern of intensifying strikes as the city prepares for winter.
According to the Moldovan election commission, Sandu is leading Stoianoglo by about 53% to 46% with over 96% votes counted.
U.S. U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink stated on Nov. 3, that the U.S. State Department funded 800 mobile fireteams in Ukraine which have shot down more than 200 Russian drones.
Roman Kostenko (secretary of the parliamentary defence committee) stated on November 2 that he believes it is necessary to mobilize at least 500,000 citizens in light of current battlefield conditions.
City officials reported that on Nov. 3, Russia launched its latest drone strike overnight on Ukraine. The attack lasted more than five hours and targeted the capital. Kyiv was rocked by several waves of explosions throughout the night.
On Nov. 3, Governor Oleksandr PROKUDIN reported that Russian troops shelled Bilozerka, a village in Kherson Oblast. A paramedic and a driver of an ambulance were wounded.
Hungarian Prime Minster Viktor Orban stated in a radio conversation on Nov. 3 that “Europe cannot remain anti-war” if Donald Trump is elected U.S. President, as reported by Telex. Orban was supposedly referring the EU’s military assistance to Ukraine which he has repeatedly criticized.
After “a public reaction,” Google representatives contacted the Ukrainian side, and the company is already working on fixing the issue, Andrii Kovalenko, the head of the counter-disinformation department at Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, said in a later update on social media.
According to President Volodymyr Zelensky, the majority of these strikes targeted critical infrastructure and civilian facilities.
The most casualties were reported in Kherson Oblast where Russian attacks resulted in the death of one person and the injury of another 10 including three children.
According to reports, Russia has also lost 9,182 tanks and 18,523 armored fighting vehicles that carry troops, 28,160 vehicles, fuel tanks and artillery systems. It also lost 1,244 multiple launch missile systems, 994 systems of air defense, 369 planes, 329 helicopters, 18,187 drones and 28 ships, boats and submarines.
The Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance-Reason and Justice (BSW), a new leftist populist German party, demands that mainstream parties stop military aid to Ukraine. Germany is Ukraine’s second largest military supporter.
Officials in Moldova have warned that Russia could orchestrate disruptive activities including bomb threats at polling stations throughout Western nations during Moldova’s presidential runoff elections on Nov. 3.
Dmytro Lubinets, Ukrainian Human Rights Commissioner, said on November 3 that Ukraine is still willing to receive its own citizens and blamed Russia as the reason for the slowdown in exchanges.
Officials in the United States believe that two more fake videos, which are now circulating on the internet and have been identified by the FBI as attempts to spread false information about election security, may be part of an influence campaign backed by Russia. The campaign seems to be intended to sway public opinion in advance of the presidential election on November 5.
Zelensky stated in his evening speech that “this volume of ‘Shahed” drones represents over 170,000 parts that should have been prevented from reaching Russia.” “Microchips are necessary for this terror. Microcontrollers, processors and other parts also play a role.”
On Nov. 2, Governor Serhii Lisak reported that a Russian attack damaged infrastructure near Dnipro.
Australian Defense Magazine reported Nov. 1 that Australia has provided glide bomb kits to Ukraine following the withdrawal of the Royal Australian Air Force from service.
Kyiv City military administration said that all drones that were threatening the city had been neutralized, without specifying how many drones were shot down.
“… “We face a pivot in history,” said U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. “If Ukraine falls into Putin’s boot then all of Europe will be under Putin’s shadow.”
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