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Russo-Ukraine War - 04 November 2022 - Day 254

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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 due to low morale and reluctance to fight, Russian forces have probably started deploying "barrier troops" or "blocking units". These units threaten to shoot their own retreating soldiers in order to compel offensives and have been used in previous conflicts by Russian forces. Recently, Russian generals likely wanted their commanders to use weapons against deserters, including possibly authorising shooting to kill such defaulters after a warning had been given. Generals also likely wanted to maintain defensive positions to the death. The tactic of shooting deserters likely attests to the low quality, low morale and indiscipline of Russian forces.

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 Defense Forces in certain areas. Conducts offensive actions in the Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Novopavlivka directions. Russia is shelling units of the Defensive 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 day, the Russian occupiers launched 3 missile and 5 air strikes, carried out 2 MLRS. The settlements of Lviv, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia regions were affected by these actions. The threat of new strikes and the use of attack UAVs remains, such actions are also possible 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.

Russian forces shelled in other directions:

in the Siverskyi direction - from mortars, in the Tymonovychi district of the Chernihiv oblast;
in the Slobozhanskyi direction - from mortars and barrel artillery, in the areas of the settlements of Ambarne, Bolohivka, Stelmakhivka, Vovchanski Khutory, Hlyboke, Dvorichna, Zelene, Hatyshche and Chuhunivka;
in the Kupyansk and Lyman directions - from artillery of various types, in the areas of the settlements of Novoyehorivka, Siversk, Verkhnyokamianske, Vedmezhe and Bilohorivka;
in the Bakhmut direction - from mortars, barrel and rocket artillery, in the areas of Bilohorivka, Bakhmut, Andriivka, Klishchiivka, and Ivanhrad;
in the Avdiivka direction - from tanks and the entire range of artillery, in the areas of Avdiivka, Maryinka, Novomykhailivka and Paraskoviivka settlements;
in the Novopavlivsk direction - from artillery of various calibers, in the areas of Vodyane, Vuhledar, Pavlivka, Vremivka and Velyka Novosilka settlements;
in the Zaporizhzhia direction - from mortars, barrel and rocket artillery in the districts of Poltavka, Hulyaipole, Zaliznychne, Hulyaipilske, Dorozhnyanka, Novoandriivka and Olhivske.

Areas of settlements bordering the contact line were damaged by fire in the South Buh direction. The settlements of Tryfonivka, Kherson oblast, and Nikopol were directly affected by the fire of Russian rocket and barrel artillery.

Russian forces continue to die in Ukraine. The information regarding the Russian forces' losses as a result of fire damage to the administrative building in Holya Prystan, Kherson oblast, has been confirmed. According to available information, 18 Russian invaders were killed and 2 wounded.

Also, on November 2, in the area of ​​the city of Enerhodar, Zaporizhzhia oblast, an anti-aircraft missile complex S-300 and a truck with ammunition were destroyed, and about 20 enemy servicemen were wounded of various degrees of severity.
On November 3, in the city of Melitopol, fire damage was inflicted on the Russians' control point located in the building of the industrial zone. As a result, about 50 invaders were wounded and up to 10 pieces of military equipment were destroyed. In addition, about 80 units of military equipment of various types, which the enemy placed in hangars, were damaged.

According to the available information, in the settlement of Kamianka, Zaporizhzhia oblast, Russian forces moved the personnel of its units, closed checkpoints and the commandant's office.

The low level of morale and psychological state of the personnel of the Russian units located in the Zaporizhzhia region is noted. These are the consequences of unsatisfactory conditions of detention, poor equipment, constant delays and incomplete payments of financial support, as well as contemptuous attitude of the military leadership towards subordinates.

During the current day, the aviation of the Ukrainian Defence Forces struck the enemy four times. Two areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment, as well as two Russian positions of anti-aircraft defence equipment, were damaged. Ukrainian air defence units shot down two "Shahed-136" UAVs. Soldiers of missile troops and artillery of the Defence Forces of Ukraine struck the enemy's control post, five areas of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment and a number of other important military objects of the enemy during the day.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported on the defeat of military plants in Pavlograd and Kharkov with high-precision weapons. These enterprises carried out the production of rocket engines and rockets for multiple rocket launchers. In Nikolaev, a blow was struck at the headquarters of one of the units of foreign mercenaries.

Over 95 servicemen, 10 armored cars and another 10 vehicles for various purposes were destroyed during fire treatment of the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU).

In the past 24 hours, five enemy command posts, 87 artillery units, four ammunition depots, 179 areas of accumulation of manpower and equipment were hit.

Russian air defense forces intercepted four enemy drones and 12 rockets over the liberated territories.

Meanwhile, a round-the-clock curfew has been introduced in Kherson, the regional administration said. This step is motivated by the interests of the defense of the city.

The situation in the Donbass

The fighting in Pavlovka moved into a positional phase. A similar situation is observed in the districts of Novomikhailovka, Maryinka, Opytny, Vodyany and Pervomaisky. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation were forced to return to the tactics of gradually breaking into fortified areas.

Volunteer organization "Moscow - Donbass" delivered a batch of humanitarian aid to the settlement of Troitsko-Khartsyzsk for the families of the mobilized, children and the disabled. In particular, we are talking about food, stationery, medicines, household chemicals, etc.