Key developments for November 6:
Source: Ukraine strikes Russian naval base in Dagestan first time.
* Trump claims victory by saying, “I’m going stop the wars.”
Syrskyi: Kursk incursion foiled Russia’s plans to create a ‘buffer zone” in Sumy Oblast
The Prosecutor General’s Office has confirmed that Russia has executed at the very least 124 Ukrainian prisoners of war on the battlefield.
A source at the agency told The Kyiv Independent that Ukraine’s military intelligence had been behind a drone strike against the city Kaspiysk, in Russia’s Dagestan Republic. The attack was targeting a Russian navy base.
Sources said that at least two ships — the missile ships Tatarstan Dagestan — and possibly several smaller Project 21631 vessels were damaged.
Dagestan authorities reported intercepting an attack by a drone over Kaspiysk on Nov. 6, a port town at the Caspian Sea, about 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) from the frontline.
He said that “Russian Navy Ships are Stationed in Kaspiysk.” The base is also home to the Russian Caspian Flotilla as well as Russian Marines, Coastal Troops and Russian Marines.
Sources claim that the targeted fleet is involved in strikes against Ukraine and the 177th Marine Regiment, stationed in the area, was engaged in combat in the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia oblasts.
A video shared on social networks appears to show a second drone striking its target and causing a large explosion.
Mash News channel reported that the incident occurred 15 kilometers away from the local airport. The drone was identified as an A-22 Flying Fox drone, which is Ukrainian.
Local authorities have confirmed that the airport in Makhachkala has suspended its operations for an undetermined period of time due to this incident.
The Kyiv Independent was unable to verify the claims.
Trump declares victory by saying “I’m going stop the wars”.
Donald Trump declared victory in the U.S. Presidential election on November 6, shortly before crossing over the threshold of 270 Electoral College Votes needed to win.
“I want thank the American people for this extraordinary honor of being your 47th President, and your 45th President,” Trump said to a cheering audience in West Palm Beach.
The Republican nominee, who promised a “golden era of America”, said: “I won’t rest until I deliver a strong, prosperous and safe America that our children deserve.”
His return to the White House may spell trouble for Ukraine as there are fears that he could withdraw his support for the besieged nation and make a deal with Russia.
Trump did not mention Russia’s war on Ukraine in his speech, but said that “no wars were seen” by the U.S. during his first term as president.
“We did not have wars for four years.” Trump declared that “except we defeated ISIS.”
“They said that he would start a conflict. I am not going to do so. I will stop the conflicts.”
J.D. Vance, Trump’s running mate, said: “I believe we’ve just seen the greatest political comeback of American history.” Vance told the crowd of Republican supporters.
In his only debate on Sept. 10 with Democratic Party nominee U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris of the United States, Trump refused to state that he wanted an Ukrainian victory.
Trump said, “I believe it’s in the U.S. best interest to finish this war and just get it over with. Negotiate a deal.”
According to a report in October, Trump’s plan, which calls for the U.S. to “get out” of Ukraine and end the war in “24 hours”, would benefit Russia, as it would cede Ukrainian territory and create autonomous regions in eastern Ukraine.
In an interview with The Kyiv Independent, Evelyn Farkas said that Trump’s view was that he wanted to do all he could to help Putin, for whatever reason. He’s fascinated by Putin in particular.
“It will take all of the will and fighting of the people under him to continue the current policy of support for Ukraine, and to oppose Russia’s autocratic agenda.”
The American economy will suffer if Trump decides to cut U.S. assistance to Ukraine. The U.S. Defense Industrial Base has received more than $50 billion in investments due to America’s support for Ukraine. Billions of dollars have been sent to states like Arkansas, Alabama and Florida that helped Trump win the White House.
Syrskyi claims that the Kursk incursion has thwarted Russia’s plans to create a ‘buffer zone” in Sumy Oblast.
Ukraine’s commander-in-chief Oleksandr Syrskyi stated on Nov. 6 that Russian forces had suffered 7,905 deaths, 12,220 injuries, and 717 captures during the almost three-month-long Kursk incursion.
According to the commander, Moscow’s military lost 1,101 pieces over the same period. These included 54 tanks, 276 armored cars, 107 artillery and mortars and five anti-aircraft guns.
Early August, Ukraine launched its cross border incursion to prevent Russian cross border strikes and divert Russian forces from the embattled Donbas area where Moscow is steadily advancing.
According to Syrskyi’s statement, Russia has already gathered 45,000 troops to the Kursk Oblast in order to counter the Ukrainian incursion.
Moscow has also deployed thousands North Korean troops to the region. Some of them are reportedly already engaged in small-scale conflicts with Ukraine.
Syrskyi, citing intelligence reports dated May, said that the Kursk incursion also aimed to prevent a Russian invasion plan to invade Sumy Oblast in order to create a “buffer zone” in northern Ukraine.
Russia has increased pressure on the Ukrainian salient within the Kursk Oblast, while also advancing at a pace not seen since 2024 in Ukraine’s East. This has resulted in a steady retreat of Ukrainian defenders.
Prosecutor General’s Office: Russia has executed at minimum 124 Ukrainian POWs in battlefield
A senior representative of the Prosecutor’s Office stated on Nov. 6 that Kyiv is aware of 124 Ukrainian POWs who were executed on the battlefield by Russian forces throughout the full-scale conflict.
Ukrainian authorities receive regular reports of murders, torture and ill treatment of Ukrainian prisoners of War. These reports have increased in recent months. The majority of cases were reported in the embattled Donetsk Oblast.
Denyslysenko, head of the war crimes department, told national television that 49 criminal investigations are underway in relation to the execution of Ukrainian prisoners of war.
Prosecutors reported on November 5 that the most recent cases included the killing of six captured Ukrainians near Pokrovsk, in Donetsk Oblast.
“We are now analysing all these cases and looking for patterns… We consider all these cases comprehensively, and the involvement by a particular armed group is, of course analyzed in every case,” Lysenko stated.
According to Lysenko’s statement, prosecutors are building charges against representatives of the Russian leadership who could be involved in the organization of such executions or for failing to take steps to prevent them.
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