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Russo-Ukraine War - 03 November 2022 - Day 253

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A number of claims and counterclaims are being made on the Ukraine-Russia conflict on the ground and online. While GlobalSecurity.org takes utmost care to accurately report this news story, we cannot independently verify the authenticity of all statements, photos and videos.

On 24 February 2022, Ukraine was suddenly and deliberately attacked by land, naval and air forces of Russia, igniting the largest European war since the Great Patriotic War. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a "special military operation" (SVO - spetsialnaya voennaya operatsiya) in Ukraine in response to the appeal of the leaders of the "Donbass republics" for help. That attack is a blatant violation of the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine. Putin stressed that Moscow's goal is the demilitarization and denazification of the country. The military buildup in preceeding months makes it obvious that the unprovoked and dastardly Russian attack was deliberately planned long in advance. During the intervening time, the Russian government had deliberately sought to deceive the world by false statements and expressions of hope for continued peace.

"To initiate a war of aggression... is not only an international crime; it is the supreme international crime differing only from other war crimes in that it contains within itself the accumulated evil of the whole." [Judgment of the International Military Tribunal]

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The UK Ministry of Defence reported that Russian soldiers serving in Ukraine are likely frustrated that they are forced to serve in old infantry combat vehicles which they describe as aluminium cans. In mid-October, in the face of Ukrainian offensives, Russian armoured vehicles losses increased to over 40 a day: roughly equivalent to a battalion's worth of equipment.

In recent weeks Russia has likely resorted to acquiring at least 100 additional tanks and infantry fighting vehicles from Belarussian stocks. Armoured units and artillery are central to Russia's way of war; the force in Ukraine is now struggling partially due to difficulties in sourcing both artillery ammunition and sufficient serviceable replacement armoured vehicles.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that Russia is trying to keep the temporarily captured territories, concentrates efforts on restraining the actions of the Ukrainian Defense Forces in certain areas. Conducts offensive actions in the Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Novopavlivka directions.

Russia is shelling units of the Defense Forces along the contact line, carrying out border fortification equipment in separate directions and conducting aerial reconnaissance. It continues to strike critical infrastructure and civilian homes in violation of International Humanitarian Law, the laws and customs of war.

During the current day, Russian forces launched 3 missile and 16 air strikes, carried out more than 40 MLRS attacks. Areas of more than 25 settlements were hit by Russian attacks. In particular, these are Pavlohrad in Dnipropetrovsk oblast and Avdiivka and Vuhledar in Donetsk oblast.

The threat of new strikes and the use of attack UAVs remains, in particular from the territory of the Republic of Belarus. The situation in the Volyn and Polissya directions has not changed significantly. The Republic of Belarus continues to support the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine.

The enemy shelled in other directions:

in the Siversky direction - from mortars and barrel artillery, in the areas of Vilchyky settlements of Chernihiv oblast and Stara Huta, Sosnivka and Novovolodymyrivka of Sumy oblast;
in the Slobozhanskyi direction - in the areas of the settlements of Hatyshche, Kozacha Lopan, Ohirtseve and Strilecha. The enemy used an attack UAV;
in the Kupyansk and Lyman directions - from mortars, barrel and rocket artillery, in the areas of Verkhnokamianske, Spirne and Zvanivka settlements;
in the Bakhmut direction - from tanks, mortars, barrel and rocket artillery, in the areas of the settlements of Soledar, Opytne, New York, Ozaryanivka and Kurdyumivka;
in the Avdiivka direction - from tanks and various caliber artillery, in the areas of Maryinka, Novomykhailivka, Nevelske and Vodyane settlements;
in the Novopavlivsk and Zaporizhzhia directions - from artillery of various types, in the areas of the settlements of Vuhledar, Kamianske and Vremivka.

In the South Buh direction, more than 35 settlements along the contact line suffered fire damage. In addition, Russian forces continued to conduct aerial reconnaissance, actively using UAVs. Made more than 30 flies.

Despite the announced end of partial mobilization, the military leadership of the Russian Federation continues to recruit so-called "volunteers" to participate in the war on the territory of Ukraine. Military commissars received instructions on the further formation of so-called volunteer units. These "volunteers" can become men with cleared criminal records, without age restrictions and in any state of health, except for persons with official disabled status. In order to avoid legal and financial obligations, the conclusion of a contract with the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation with such persons is not envisaged.

Previously demobilized personnel have a low level of morale and psychological state, which leads to extraordinary events in places of deployment. Thus, in units of the 57th motorized rifle division of the so-called territorial troops, at the stage of reconciliation in Kazan, more than 15 soldiers and sergeants voluntarily left, and during the redeployment to Ukraine, two more mobilized committed suicide.

In addition, the main problem of already operating occupation units, in addition to private military campaigns, remains the low training of personnel and the rapid failure of military equipment that has been removed from storage and has not undergone appropriate maintenance.

Aviation of the Ukrainian Defense Forces struck Russian forces 12 times during the day. 8 areas of concentration of weapons and military equipment, as well as 4 positions of the Russias anti-aircraft defense equipment, were affected.
Units of missile forces and artillery of the Defense Forces were struck within a day 3 areas of concentration of manpower, 2 areas of accumulation of weapons and military equipment, 2 ammunition warehouses and other important military facilities of the Russian occupiers.

The Russian Ministry of Defense informed that as a result of fighting and air strikes in the Kupyansky, Limansky, Nikolaev-Krivoy Rog directions and in the Donbass, at least 600 soldiers were killed or wounded over the past day, seven tanks, 20 armored cars and 19 cars were destroyed.

Artillery and aviation hit the command posts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in Myrolyubovka and Zvanovka, an ammunition depot in Novaya Kamenka, 96 artillery units, 158 areas of accumulation of manpower and equipment. In Visunsk, the S-300 complex was destroyed, and in Toretsk, the AN / TPQ-37 counter-battery radar.

Fighter aircraft and air defense forces shot down a Mi-8 over Kostyrka, as well as eight drones and 12 rockets.

Today, in the area of ​​​​Kamianske, Zaporozhye region, an exchange of prisoners of war took place according to the scheme 107 for 107. At the same time, 65 men who returned to Russia are natives of Donbass. Ukraine, in turn, returned 101 privates and six officers
The situation in the Donbass

Two companies of foreign mercenaries attempted an attack on Novoselovskoe in the Luhansk People's Republic. Unsuccessfully. The same results were achieved by three reinforced battalions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which attacked in the direction of Makeevka, Ploschanka and Chervonopopovka.

Meanwhile, near Nikolsky and Rovnopol in the Donetsk People's Republic, the Ukrainian army organized a frontal counteroffensive against the attacking Russian troops. The Armed Forces of Ukraine were dispersed by artillery and aviation fire in the areas of Vodiane and Novoselka.

In addition, in Terny and Kirovsk, enemy military columns that advanced to the line of contact were defeated. Ukrainian losses amounted to more than 200 people killed, over 120 wounded, four tanks, nine armored cars and eight cars.