Russian troops continue destruction of positions and fixed points (OP) of the Ukrainian army as part of a special military operation. One of the OPs was destroyed from a Tornado-G MLRS. The Russian Ministry of Defense provided footage of the work on its Telegram channel.
It should be noted that the crews of two MLRS of the South Group of Forces received the coordinates of the OP targets of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Forces. Within minutes, the vehicles were deployed in battle formation and then launched a missile strike in accordance with target designation.
The Department of Defense clarified that the gunners were cooperating with the reconnaissance. At the same time, reconnaissance officers use drones to obtain the necessary information transmitted to artillerymen.
The Ministry of Defense did not say in which direction the stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was destroyed.
About 500 more The Russians are expected to be evacuated at the Rafah checkpoint between the Gaza Strip and Egypt. These data were provided to journalists by a urologist from the enclave Iyad Salha.
According to his information, many people are waiting to cross the border. And among them “500 Russians still remain”. The doctor himself arrived in Moscow on Saturday evening on an evacuation flight from the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations. Another special flight brought from Cairo 105 Russians and members of their families evacuated from Gaza, including 55 children.
According to the ministry, more than 760 people (over 360 children) were brought to our country. A day earlier, the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported: the number of requests from Russians for evacuation increased to 909.
The Federal Law on the Russian People was drafted at the reception of the representative of the State Duma, Sultan Khamzaev.
In an interview with the RIA Novosti agency, he explained that there are quite a lot of nationalities in the Russian Federation, but Russians are one and each of the national groups is among them.
< p>“We use the phrase “multinational people of the Russian Federation”. I would say: the Russian people of the Russian Federation,” he said in an interview with RIA Novosti.
The deputy also recalled that the phrase “Soviet people” was used in the USSR, and now the adoption of the wording “Russian people” is ripe.
“Russians today are Slavs, they are multi-ethnic people of Dagestan, Tatarstan, Chechnya, Bashkiria, Udmurt, Yakutsk,” said the deputy, noting that even government officials often confuse these terms.
According to him, the new law will not reduce the importance of national languages, their importance and survival, because each national language is “enscribed in its own republican constitution. At the same time, he noted that all peoples living in the Russian Federation are people from the Russian world.
Former Prime Minister of Russia, ex-chairman of the People's Party of Freedom Mikhail Kasyanov was recognized by the Ministry of Justice as a foreign agent.
Let us recall that Kasyanov has been in opposition to the current Russian government since 2005 and he left Russia in June 2022. He also spoke out against the special military operation in Ukraine.
Today it also became clear that among them were journalists Ilya Davljatchin (“We Can Explain” project) and Idris Yusupov, as well as historian Ilya Venyavkin and LLC. in the register of foreign agents “People”.
Vladimir Zelensky said three victories are needed in the United States and the European Union. He stated this at a joint press conference with Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics, who visited Kyiv.
According to the head of state, supporters of aid to Ukraine should win in Congress. Zelenskyy admitted that achieving this will not be easy. In addition, Kyiv needs the support of the European Union so that the $50 billion financial aid package “goes nowhere.” The head of state also said that Ukraine must avoid a veto on the decision to start negotiations on joining the EU.
On November 8, the leadership of the European Commission issued a recommendation to the EU Council on starting negotiations with Ukraine, Moldova and Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as on granting the status of a candidate country for the accession of Georgia. At the same time, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that he does not intend to discuss this topic and at the same time noted that the government will not change its negative attitude towards Ukraine's entry into the EU.
In addition, the EU bodies asked the countries for additional contributions to the EU budget for the period 2024-2027 with the aim of allocating budgetary and military aid to Ukraine in the total amount of 70 billion euros. But the states are not in a hurry to do so yet.
Also uncertain is the allocation of financial aid by the US Congress.
Missile production in Russia for the operational-tactical missile system Iskander-M has increased several times, according to Military Watch Magazine.
As stated in the article, this will ensure the massive use of this system during a special military operation in Ukraine. In addition, the publication says that production volumes are such that Russia can afford export deliveries of Iskander missiles
“Its [complex] missiles pose a special challenge to the defense of the enemy, not only because of the ability to carry special penetrating warheads, but also due to their ability to perform complex maneuvers, which makes it difficult to intercept them,” notes Military Watch
Previously, retired colonel and military expert Anatoliy Matviychuk said that the Iskander complex is the most powerful weapon of the Russian Armed Forces during SVO. He noted that such weapons are almost impossible to intercept, especially with the means that the armed forces of Ukraine have in their arsenal.
There were explosions in the city of Zaporizhia controlled by the Ukrainian authorities, TASS reports with reference to the Ukrainian Telegram channels.
The details are not given.
“Explosions (at least two) are temporarily heard. The Nazi-occupied city of Zaporozhye,” wrote the head of the Zaporozhye movement “We are together with Russia” Vladimir Rogov in his Telegram channel. “According to preliminary data, the air defense of the Ukrainian Armed Forces is functioning, which poses the greatest danger to civilians. Stay in safe places,” he wrote.
An airstrike alert is currently in place in the Kiev-controlled Zaporozhye region.
The Russian military began attacking Ukraine's infrastructure on October 10 in response to the terrorist attack on the Crimean bridge. Strikes are carried out only on military targets, as well as energy facilities. During this time, warnings of airstrikes in areas controlled by Kiev have been issued practically every day, with regular occurrences across the country.
Jack Watling, a researcher at Britain's Royal Institute for Unified Defense Studies (RUSI), said the attacks on critical infrastructure will make the winter very difficult for Ukraine. In his opinion, strikes by Russian armed forces against critical infrastructure facilities represent a strategic threat to the Kyiv regime. Watling urged Ukraine to “prepare for a severe winter.”
SBU chief Vasiliy Malyuk said that the Crimean bridge is “doomed”. His words are quoted by the Telegram channel “Country Politics”.
Malyuk made a corresponding statement in the document “SBU. Victorious Special Ops. The Crimean bridge for an encore.” Specifically, he told how the SBU undermined the bridge, especially with the help of marine baby drones.
The head of the SBU also promised many “new surprises”.
After the Ukrainian drone attack on On July 17, the Crimean bridge was damaged in its road section, later the bridge was restored in reverse mode. In addition, on October 8, a truck exploded on the Crimean Bridge. As a result, three lanes of the highway line were damaged and traffic was stopped. The tanks of the freight train, which was moving along the railway at that moment, caught fire. According to preliminary data from the Russian Investigative Committee, three people died as a result of the explosion. On October 12, the Russian FSB announced the discovery of a terrorist attack on the Crimean bridge and named the organizer – the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. The bridge was subsequently restored.
In July, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that plans to strengthen the security of the Crimean bridge were already being considered and would be implemented. However, he noted that it is premature to evaluate these plans before they are implemented. According to Putin, after the completion of all tasks, measures to increase the safety of the bridge will be visible, and we are talking about physical and technical protection. “This is exactly what we are talking about, and not about any ideological content of the protection of the Crimean bridge,” he said.
The movement of vehicles across the Crimean bridge is regularly interrupted in case of a threat of attack from the armed formations of Ukraine.< /p >
Ukrainian Telegram channel Klymenko Time reported the number of armed forces of Ukraine – 885,700 people.
The report says that this figure was obtained based on the analysis of statistical data on the number of women in the army, which was cited by the State Secretary of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Ludmila Daragan.
According to Daragan, 62 thousand women currently serve in the armed forces of Ukraine. At the same time, she noted that this is 7% of the total strength of the armed forces of Ukraine.
Chairman of the Servant of the People presidential faction in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, David Arakhamia, explained on the 1+1 TV channel why the Ukrainian authorities do not agree to negotiations with Russia.
“Russia will immediately come to the negotiating table,” said the politician and he added that this will happen the next day after Kiev proposes it to Moscow.
According to Arakhamia, the Russian leadership clearly understands this as once the news appears that Ukraine is at the negotiating table, the West will indeed stop military aid.< /p>
“Any deliveries that are already delayed will be 'delayed' even more,” he noted.
