💥 Varyag Brigade's air defence crews shot down enemy drones over Novorossiya highway.

The following targets were hit:

▫️ Trust, Rubaka, Hornet, long-range Anubis, FP-1 and B-2 kamikaze drones;
▫️ Maya decoy drones.

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The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.

📍 Units of the Sever Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions.

💥 In Kharkov region, strikes were delivered at manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades, one assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and one national guard brigade near Kolodeznoye, Shipovatoye, Vodyanoye, and Martovoye.

🔥 Besides, in Sumy region, strikes were delivered at formations of one mechanised brigade of the AFU and one territorial defence brigade close to Ivolzhanskoye and the city of Sumy.

▪️ The enemy lost up to 110 troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, five motor vehicles, and one electronic warfare station.

📍 The Zapad Group of Forces improved the situation along the front line. They inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades, one assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and one marine brigade near Studenok, Glushchenkovo, Vishnevka (Kharkov region), and Rubtsy (Donetsk People's Republic).

▪️ The AFU losses amounted to up to 115 troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, eight motor vehicles, and one artillery gun.

↗️ Units of the Yuzhnaya Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. Russian units hit formations of three mechanised brigades, one mountain assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and one territorial defence brigade close to Kramatorsk, Slavyansk, Nikolayevka, and Vasilevskaya Pustosh (Donetsk People's Republic).

▪️ More than 150 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, and 25 motor vehicles of the AFU have been neutralised.

📍 The Tsentr Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Manpower and hardware of three mechanised brigades, one assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, one special forces brigade, and one national guard brigade have been hit near Stepanovka, Sergeyevka, Krinitsy, Kamyshevakha, Andreyevka, and Kamenka (Donetsk People's Republic).

▪️ The AFU losses amounted to up to 335 troops, 11 armoured fighting vehicles, seven motor vehicles, one artillery gun, and two electronic warfare stations.

👉 See Part 2

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🎖🎖 by Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation as of 2 November 2026

Part 2 (👉 see Part 1)

↗️ The Vostok Group's units advanced to the depth of the enemy's defence. They inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of one mechanised brigade, one assault regiment of the AFU, and one marine brigade close to Novorozovka, Tersyanka (Zaporozhye region), Pokrovskoye, Ivanovka, and Pavlovka (Dnepropetrovsk region).

▪️ The AFU lost up to 195 troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, three motor vehicles, and one field artillery gun.

📍 The Dnepr Group's units improved the situation along the front line. The Group's units inflicted losses on the formations of one mechanised brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and one territorial defence brigade close to Preobrazhenka and Orekhov (Zaporozhye region).

▪️ Up to 20 troops and eight motor vehicles of the AFU have been neutralised.

✈️ Operational-tactical aviation, attack drones, missile troops, and artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have inflicted damage on the power and transport infrastructure facilities used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, production workshops and depots of unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 142 areas.

▫️ Air defence systems shot down 658 fixed-wing UAVs.

📊 In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the enemy has lost:

▫️ 674 aircraft,
▫️ 284 helicopters,
▫️ 277,381 unmanned aerial vehicles,
▫️ 672 anti-aircraft missile systems,
▫️ 31,502 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles,
▫️ 1,794 MLRS combat vehicles,
▫️ 36,859 field artillery guns and mortars,
▫️ 76,161 special military vehicles.

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▫️ Performing flawless job!

Servicemen of the 41st Motorised Rifle Regiment (the 44th Army Corps, the Sever Group of Forces) told about the liberation of Barilovka (Sumy region).

▫️ Before breaking through the enemy's defences, assaultmen, artillerymen, and UAVs worked as a single body and completely revealed the AFU's main defence nodes.

📍 Russian scouts found out exact coordinates of enemy strongholds, firing positions, and ‘nests’ with manpower. Then Russian artillery and FPV drones delivered concentrated strikes.

🔥 During the assault, the artillerymen frightened the enemy non-stop, burning down the militants' positions both in Barilovka and on the withdrawal routes behind the settlement, providing Russian servicemen with an advancement corridor.

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Neutralising on approaches 💥

Paratroopers from Novorossiysk thwarted the AFU's rotation in Orekhov direction.

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Anti-drone dome: Dnepr Group's servicemen continue to protect logistics routes.

📍 Kherson region

🛠 The 18th Combined Arms Army's engineers finished another stage of anti-drone tunnel system construction. The overall length of its protected routes is more than 200 kilometres.

🛡 Specialised nets play a key part in ensuring defence and safety of movement of both military vehicles and civilian population living in the front line.

🤝 Keep working, brothers!

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Plowing enemy positions

The Rubikon Centre's UAVs cooperating with the Aerospace Forces' crews completely demolished enemy units.

💥 The following targets were hit:

▫️ UAV control posts,
▫️ a temporary deployment area,
▫️ a vehicle parking area camouflaged in the forest.

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❌ Enemy in the red: UAVs of the 56th air assault regiment (the Sever Group of Forces) delivered strikes at AFU hardware, stronghold and manpower.

📍 Sumy region

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Mowing enemy positions 💥

The Vostok Group's Malka self-propelled artillery systems took apart the AFU's strongholds in the forest area of Zaporozhye region.

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🔥 Pushing enemy 24/7: delivered UAV strikes at port infrastructure facilities used in the interests of the AFU and vessels used to transport military cargo.

🌪 Geran storm in enemy rear: the Varyag Separate Unmanned System Brigade's Gerans attack drones delivered strikes at the rear areas of Ukraine.

💥 Plowing AFU positions: the Rubikon Centre's UAVs cooperating with the Aerospace Forces' crews demolished UAV control posts, temporary deployment areas, and a vehicle parking area of the enemy.

🤝 Defeating enemy in Druzhkovka: the Yuzhnaya Group's D-30 howitzers and FPV drones hunted down enemy positions in Kramatorsk direction.

💬 Performing flawless job: servicemen of the 41st Motorised Rifle Regiment told about the liberation of Barilovka (Sumy region).

🛡 Anti-drone dome: Dnepr Group's servicemen continue to protect logistics routes in Kherson region.

⚓️ Heading towards Atlantic: frigate Admiral Golovko starts new long-distance mission.

We're getting stronger every day!

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A fiery Monday sets the tone for a productive week 🔥

Keep working ▫️

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❗️ Last night, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation delivered a massive strike by high-precision ground- and air-based weapons and long-range strike UAVs, as a result of which the following targets were hit:

▫️ power generation facilities of Ukraine in Vinnitsy, Dnepropetrovsk, and Kharkov regions that supply electricity to defence industry enterprises and the AFU,

▫️ port infrastructure in Odessa region and ships used for military purposes.

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❗️ Last night, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation delivered a massive strike by high-precision ground- and air-based weapons and strike unmanned aerial vehicles against power generation facilities of Ukraine in Vinnitsy, Dnepropetrovsk and Kharkov regions that supply electricity to defence industry enterprises and AFU facilities, as well as port infrastructure facilities in Odessa region used for military purposes.

📍 In Vinnitsy region, the following target was hit:

▫️ Ladyzhinskaya thermal power plant, with a capacity of 1,800 MW.

📍 In Dnepropetrovsk region, the following targets were hit:

▫️ Krivorozhskaya thermal power plant, with a capacity of 2,800 MW;

▫️ Pridneprovskaya thermal power plant, with a capacity of 1,765 MW.

📍 In Kharkov region, the following targets were hit:

▫️ Kharkovskaya thermal power plant, with a capacity of 86 MW;

▫️ Zmievskaya electrical substation, with a capacity of 330 kV;

▫️ Losevo electrical substation, with a capacity of 330 kV.

📍 In Odessa region, the following targets were hit:

▫️ at the port of Kiliya – port infrastructure facilities used in the interests of the AFU;

▫️ at the port of Yuzhny and in the Black Sea waters – two dry cargo ships delivering military equipment and dual-use cargo for the AFU.

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Strategic partnership between Russia and China has reached an unprecedented level — Andrei Belousov

🇷🇺🇨🇳 Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov held talks with Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the People's Republic of China General Zhang Shengmin as part of a working visit to the People's Republic of China.

'The strategic partnership between the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China has reached an unprecedented high level,' said Andrei Belousov.

❗️ The Russian Defence Minister noted that the partnership between the two countries is based on personal contacts between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

'I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate you on your election as a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China,' the Russian Defence Minister said.

▫️ In his turn, General Zhang Shengmin also noted that in recent years the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and the President of the Chinese People's Republic Xi Jinping have met many times.

'The heads of our states have outlined new strategic directions for the development of China-Russia relations. And today's meeting is a practical step towards implementing the important agreements reached by the heads of our states,' he stressed.

🤝 The Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the People's Republic of China expressed confidence in the further development of friendship and cooperation between the armed forces of China and Russia.

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Deep-fried enemy wings

💥 Giatsint-S gun crews of the Vostok Group of Forces destroyed enemy UAV control posts in Zaporozhye region.

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❌ End of the line: Geran UAV strikes hit four locomotives near Sumy, Dnepropetrovsk and Komsomolskoye in Kharkov region.

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The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.

📍 The Sever Group of Forces improved its tactical situation. In Kharkov region, Russian troops inflicted losses on formations of three mechanised brigades, one unmanned systems brigade, and one assault regiment of the AFU close to Aleksandrovka, Tomakhovka, Fedorovka, Bugayevka, Rubezhnoye, Sonino, and Primorskoye (Kharkov region).

💥 In addition, in Sumy region, strikes were delivered at manpower and hardware of one mechanised brigade, one airmobile brigade of the AFU, and two territorial defence brigades near Korenek, Gorki, Spasskoye, Putivl, Markovka, and Nikolskoye (Sumy region).

▪️ The enemy lost up to 140 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, 16 motor vehicles, and one artillery gun.

⏩The Zapad Group of Forces improved the situation along the front line. They inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of one mechanised brigade, one assault brigade of the AFU, and one marine brigade close to Izyum, Chervony Oskol, Ivanovka, Studenok, Monachinovka, Smorodkovka (Kharkov region), and Rubtsy (Donetsk People's Republic).

▪️ The AFU losses amounted to up to 210 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, eight motor vehicles, and two electronic warfare stations.

📍 Units of the Yuzhnaya Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. Russian troops inflicted fire damage on formations of two mechanised brigades, one motorised infantry brigade, one assault brigade, one airmobile brigade, and two assault regiments of the AFU close to Kramatorsk, Slavyansk, Nikolayevka, Druzhkovka, Vysokoivanovka, Krasnotorka, Starodubovka, and Kondratovka (Donetsk People's Republic).

▪️ The AFU losses amounted to more than 175 troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, 36 motor vehicles, one field artillery gun, and one electronic warfare station.

📍 The Tsentr Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. The Group's units inflicted damage on manpower and hardware of three mechanised brigades, two air assault brigades, one assault brigade, two assault regiments of the AFU, one marine brigade, and three national guard brigades have been hit near Krivorozhye, Golubovka, Yakovlevka, Andreyevka, Sergeyevka, Belozerskoye, Varvarovka, Shavrovo (Donetsk People's Republic), and Ukrainka (Dnepropetrovsk region).

▪️ Up to 340 troops, five armoured fighting vehicles, five motor vehicles, one Grad MLRS and one electronic warfare station have been neutralised.

👉 See Part 2

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🎖🎖 by Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation as of 3 November 2026

Part 2 (👉 see Part 1)

↗️ The Vostok Group's units advanced to the depth of the enemy's defence. Russian elements engaged manpower and hardware of two air assault brigades, one assault regiment of the AFU, and one marine brigade close to Barvinovka, Zalivnoye, Tersyanka, Listovka, Vasilevskoye, Sergeyevka (Zaporozhye region), Kolomiytsy, Gavrilovka, and Katerinovka (Dnepropetrovsk region).

▪️ The AFU losses amounted to up to 215 troops, three armoured personnel carriers, and five motor vehicles.

📍 The Dnepr Group's units improved the situation along the front line. Russian units hit formations of one mechanised brigade, one mountain assault brigade of the AFU, and one territorial defence brigade near Kamyshevakha, Grigorovka, and Orekhov (Zaporozhye region).

▪️ Up to 25 troops, 15 motor vehicles, and one electronic warfare station were neutralised.

✈️ Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack drones, missile troops, and artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have inflicted damage on port infrastructure facilities used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, launch and storage areas of unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 144 areas.

▫️ Air defence systems shot down four Neptune long-range guided missiles and 1,265 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.

📊 In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the enemy has lost:

▫️ 674 aircraft,
▫️ 284 helicopters,
▫️ 278,646 unmanned aerial vehicles,
▫️ 672 anti-aircraft missile systems,
▫️ 31,515 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles,
▫️ 1,795 MLRS combat vehicles,
▫️ 36,862 field artillery guns and mortars,
▫️ 76,246 special military vehicles.

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Hammered into the ground

🔥 Strike UAV operators of the Vostok Group of Forces eliminated enemy manpower.

📍 Zaporozhye region

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