Bob Homans November 10

20221111

Ukraine – 11/10 Sitrep
Compiled by: Robert Homans
Twitter: @rhomansjr
November 10, 2022

Meeting With the Mayor of Irpin

Meeting Oleksandr Markushyn, the Mayor of Irpin, last Tuesday in Washington, DC reminded me of one of my favorite quotes.  It goes like this: “Dear Coleridge—Did you seize the opportunity of seeing Kosciusko while he was at Bristol? I never saw a hero; I wonder how they look.” —Charles Lamb, in a letter to Samuel Taylor Coleridge June 24, 1797.

Charles Lamb was an English essayist, poet, and antiquarian, best known for his Essays of Elia and for the children's book Tales from Shakespeare, co-authored with his sister, Mary Lamb.   Samuel Taylor Coleridge was an English poet, most famous for his poem, “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.”   Tadeusz Kosciusko was a Polish General who led the 1784 Polish uprising against Imperial Russia.

Having met Mayor Markushyn, I’ve now seen how a hero looks.  During last March, Irpin along with its nearby city, Bucha, was the site of extensive atrocities committed by Russian troops.   Mayor Markushyn led the defense of Irpin and, in doing so, he almost certainly prevented Russian forces from entering Kyiv.   Here is an interview with Mayor Markushyn done by a reporter from the Milwaukee “Independent.”   It is well-worth reading.

Markushyn was in Washington, along with hie immediate predecessor as Mayor, a Member of the Irpin City Council, and Maryan Zablotskyy, a Member of Parliament.   This is a Podcast interview with Zablotskyy, conducted last year.  It is well worth the listen.   During the interview, he talked a lot about his role in the liberalization of Ukraine’s agricultural land market.   Zablotskyy is a member of Pres. Zelenskyy’s faction in Parliament, and he would be considered a Libertarian if he was an American.

I arranged a meeting with the foreign policy adviser to Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI.  Last week, Sen. Whitehouse was in London and the Hague, at the Headquarters of the International Criminal Court (ICC), working war crimes legislation.   Therefore, the meeting with Mayor Markushyn and his team was very timely.  

The most interesting part of the meeting was Markushyn’s and Zablotskyy’s description of the arrangement that the City of Irpin has concluded with the City of Miami, Fl., whereby guns that the City of Miami has purchases through its gun buy-back program are going to be transferred to the City of Irpin.   Today, the Mayor and his team are in Miami, to sign a sister city agreement with Miami.   There is a similar arrangement under discussion with the City of Houston, Tx.

The Mayor said that the reason that there were so many Russian atrocities in Irpin, Bucha, and many other towns is because the citizens were unarmed.   Until the enactment of legislation that Zablotskyy sponsored, allowing individual Ukrainians to own firearms, was passed in Parliament and signed by Pres. Zelenskyy, individual ownership of firearms in Ukraine was illegal.  

The Mayor is convinced that the Russians will try to come back, a concern that is real, and he wants residents of Irpin to be armed and prepared to defend themselves.   What he wanted to discuss with Sen. Whitehouse’s office was the possibility of some U.S. Federal support for organizing grass roots civil defense organizations in Ukrainian cities that would allow residents to be protected against future Russian assaults.   He said that if the Russians knew that everyone was armed, they’d less inclined to try to commit murder, torture, and rape.  This is a story not too dis-similar to the movie “Magnificent 7,” where the residents of a Mexican village hire 7 cowboys to teach them how to defend themselves against a gang of bandits.

Senator Whitehouse’s foreign policy adviser said that the United States can only have assistance arrangements with national governments.  However, Ukraine has a decentralization program where, before the war, 50% of State revenues to back to local governments but, according to the Mayor, the decentralization program is not being used to bring wartime funding that Ukraine is getting from allied countries and international donor agencies down to local government.   It was a very interesting discussion.

More takeaways:

·       Mayor Markushyn said that they are getting tired of the photo-ops from visitors from any number of heads of state, and celebrities like Bono, that take up his time but doesn’t result in any reconstruction money for his city.

·       Mayor Markushyn said the survived 3 assassination attempts, the last one involving a missile strike that destroyed his house.

·       Thanks to the defense put up by Mayor Markushyn and his militia, Irpin was never fully occupied by Russia.

·       Zablotskyy asked me about Tucker Carlson, and how influential he was.  I answered that he has several million regular viewers of his show.   I also told him that Tucker Carlson and I went to the same secondary school (although over 20 years apart), and I showed him a photograph taken on the set of his Show, of me sitting in Tucker Carlson’s chair and Tucker Carlson standing behind me.   I also mentioned that my wife and I visited Tucke Carlson’s house, in connection with a School alumni event, and we brought a box of Roshen chocolates as a gift.  I said that it was a lousy use of good Ukrainian chocolate.

News From the Battlefield

Naval Drone Attack on the Black Sea Fleet – An excellent article from the Kyiv “Independent,” describing Ukraine’s recent naval victory against the Russian Black Sea Fleet.   The victory is yet another example of how a country with limited resources, and in Ukraine’s case without an actual navy, can inflict extensive damage on a larger foe.   Another example took place on October 21, 1967, when 2 Egyptian patrol boats armed with 4 Soviet made “Styx” surface-to-surface missiles sank the Israeli destroyer “Eliat.”  The Styx used passive homing, meaning that they tracked the Eliat’s fire control radar.  The 4th missile landed where the Eliat once had been.   It was the first use of a cruise missile in combat.   In June 1969 I was commissioned as an officer in the Navy.   The U.S. Navy realized that our aircraft carriers had no defense against cruise missiles.   The assumption was that if Egypt had cruise missiles, so did North Vietnam.

Kherson – Both the Latest Denys and Reporting from Ukraine focus on Russia’s announcement, made yesterday, that they are withdrawing from the Right Bank of Dnieper River, including Kherson City.   Some key questions and takeaways:

·       Latest Denys describes how Russian artillery can fire at Ukrainians entering Kherson City from the Left Bank of the Dnieper.   Ukrainians are proceeding with caution.

·       Reporting from Ukraine covers continuing Ukrainian attacks in Kherson from multiple axes.  It seems that Russia is trying to undertake a “fighting retreat.”

·       Denys shows evidence that Russia is building defense lines near the access points to Crimea, something that Ukraine should’ve done in the weeks leading up to the start of Russia’s latest invasion.   Russia is also building defense lines in front of Mariupol.

·       What is Russia going to do about Nova Khahovka Dam?   If Russia blows the dam, the flood damage will be in the areas where Russia is setting up their new defense lines along the Left Bank of the Dnieper River, after retreating from the Right Bank.   Once Ukraine regains control of the dam, they will likely cut off Crimea’s surface water supply, coming via the North Crimea Canal that has as its source the reservoir behind the dam.

·       I still think that the next major Ukrainian offensive will be south, toward Melitopol, cutting off the Russians on the left bank of the Dnieper from their major source of supply now that the Kerch Bridge is heavily damaged.   It may not happen until the ground freezes, but at this stage I don’t put anything past the Ukrainians.

·       I asked Zablotskyy about his opinion of Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-IN) the only Member of Congress who was born in Ukraine.  I won’t repeat his response.

11/10 Sitrep (my comments in bold face)

“Western Military are surprised how quickly Ukrainian volunteer soldiers master sophisticated western military hardware.  In fact there should be no surprise, as Ukraine's recently enlisted soldiers are mostly highly motivated educated professionals or entrepreneurs who made the cut in the recruiting center.  Unlike Russia which has to force mobilization Ukraine's military recruitment service has the luxury of only having to choose the best applicants from a never ending stream of volunteers, increasingly of both genders.”

Russian Invasion of Ukraine 12:00 noon November 9 to 12:00 noon November , 2022

Abbreviations:

RMA = Regional Military Administration             SBU = Security Service of Ukraine

INTERNATIONAL

November 10

11:26: U.S. President Joe Biden expects that after the midterm elections, with any outcome, assistance to Ukraine will continue smoothly.

·       "In the field of foreign policy, I hope that we will continue this bipartisan approach to confronting Russian aggression in Ukraine. That's my expectation. So I would be surprised if Leader McCarthy (Republican leader in the House of Representatives - ed.) even with a majority, says that they are not going to finance Ukraine's legitimate defense needs," he said at a press conference in Washington.

10:43 Vozpopuli com: The Spanish armed forces will train Ukrainian snipers at a military base in Toledo under a program that trains 400 servicemen every two months.

·       A cooperation agreement between the Spanish Ministry of Defence and the Ukraine government was signed on Monday.

10:30 Ambassador of Ukraine to Canada: The community of the small town of Picton in southern Canada has gathered more than 100 thousand USD for the restoration of a school destroyed by Russian invaders in the Kyiv region.

·       "Another incredible story from the small Canadian town of Picton, 160 km from Toronto, which is home to 4700 people. The community of this town raised 102,000 Canadian dollars or almost UAH 2.8 million to support Ukraine, for the restoration of the school and the purchase of medical supplies," Kovaliv said.

11:16 British intelligence: Russia simply cannot keep its troops on the west bank of the Dnieper anymore because the Ukrainian Armed Forces are destroying supply routes.

·       Probably, the intelligence added, the "departure" will last for several days and will be accompanied by artillery fire.

·       "The loss of the west bank of Kherson is likely to prevent Russia from fulfilling its strategic desire to create a land bridge leading to Odessa."

·       A major question is how much artillery, other weapons, ammunition, and other supplies the Russians can take with them, given that all the bridges across the Dnieper River have either been damaged or destroyed.

10:04 British Ministry of Defence: The UK will provide Ukraine with another 1000 air defense missiles.

·       The transfer will be completed soon and Ukraine will be able to use missiles to protect its infrastructure.

·       11:33 a.m. Air Force spokesman: Russia is accumulating Iskanders and is likely preparing a massive missile attack on Ukraine.

09:55 Middle East Eye.: In recent months, Russia has sent more than 500 Syrian militants to the Luhansk and Donetsk regions, who had previously fought against the Islamic State, recruited through the Wagner PMC.

09:09: US President Joe Biden says Russia's decision to withdraw troops from the right bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region indicates that Moscow has "real problems" with the military.

·       "First, I find it interesting what they were waiting for before the election (to both chambers of the U.S. Congress) to make that decision. We knew for a while that they were going to do it. And this is proof of the fact that they have certain real problems - the Russian military," Biden said.

·       What is missing from Pres. Biden’s statement is any acknowledgement that the Ukrainian military has something to do with Russia’s retreat from the West Bank of the Dnieper.

08:47 Reuters: The Russian delegation will not travel to the G20 summit in Indonesia. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will join one of the meetings online.

08:39 French Armed Forces Minister: 6 additional Caesar self-propelled artillery mounts will be sent to Ukraine soon.

·       "France is not a party to the conflict, so arms supplies are not its escalation," Lecornue said.

08:16 US President: There is no strong alliance between China and Russia. Beijing does not respect Moscow too much.

·       The head of the White House said he was going to discuss relations with Russia with Xi Jinping at the G20 summit.

09:41 RTL News: The Netherlands will send up to 100 instructors to train Ukrainian soldiers as part of an EU mission.

·       This number does not include 90 Dutch servicemen who are already training the Ukrainian military.

08:00: More than 100 thousand Russian servicemen were killed and wounded in the war in Ukraine, said Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff.

08:00 CNN: Germany has banned the sale of a chip plant to China.

·       The publication reports that the ministry said in a statement that the acquisition of the plant "would jeopardize German public order and security."

00:42 U.S. President: There was no interference in electoral processes during the elections.

·       "I hope that after the elections we will be able to maintain a bipartisan consensus on Ukraine.

·       But it is not yet clear whether Ukraine is ready for a consensus with Russia.

·       I am willing to compromise with Republicans if possible and in the interests of the people, but I will block any initiative to nationally ban abortion in the U.S.

·       The policies of our administration will not change after this election," Biden said.

November 9

22:05 Reuters: The United Kingdom will strengthen its support for the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the winter amid the approaching important battle for Kherson.

·       7.4 thousand Ukrainian soldiers and more than 60 junior commanders have already been trained in the UK, Ben Wallace said during a visit to the training center.

19:27 Interfax-Ukraine: NATO Secretary General responds to Russia's statements about the withdrawal of Russian troops from the right bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region.

·       "We have seen the announcement (about the withdrawal of Russian troops to the left bank of the Dnieper - ed.), but, of course, we will wait and see what exactly happens on the ground. What we know is that Russia is being pushed back, first in the north around Kyiv, then in the east around Kharkiv. Then we see how Ukrainians are able to push back Russian troops also in the south around Kherson," Jens Stoltenberg said.

18:07 Bloomberg: Russian President Putin will not travel to the G20 summit in Indonesian Bali next week.

·       According to him, instead of the president from the Russian Federation, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will go to the summit.

17:01: Germany has sent a new tranche of military assistance to Ukraine. This is evidenced by the data of the FRD government.

·       In the list of transferred weapons:

o   30 бронеавтомобілів Dingo;

o   missiles for Iris-T;

o   18 systems of protection against drones and interference creation;

o   18 reconnaissance drones;

o   5 heavy tractors M1070 Oshkosh;

o   3 forklifts.

16:49: A rare emerald from a ship that sank 400 years ago will be sold to help Ukraine.

·       The gem will go under the hammer at Sotheby's Magnificent Jewels auction at prices ranging from 50,000 to 70,000. An emerald weighing 6.25 carats was on the Spanish ship Nuestra Señora de Atocha, which sank during a hurricane in 1622.

16:28 The Jerusalem Post - Israeli Defense Minister: Israel cannot supply Ukraine with its air defense systems because it does not have sufficient capacity for their additional production.

·       "It is obvious that even if we decide to change our policy (regarding the supply of weapons to Ukraine - ed.), it is impossible to empty our stockpiles of air defense systems. We check daily what can be done and how we can expand our assistance, but we must not forget that NATO is behind Ukraine," Gantz said.

15:32: Sweden's parliament on November 16 will vote on constitutional amendments to strengthen anti-terrorism laws - a key requirement of Turkey to approve Stockholm's application for NATO membership.

·       This is stated in a statement by the constitutional committee of the Swedish parliament.

14:42: King Charles III of Great Britain and his wife were egged at the opening of the Elizabeth Il monument in York.

13:57 Foreign Minister: Ireland supports Ukraine's accession to the EU as soon as possible.

·       "What motivates many Ukrainians is the dream of a different future. This is the future that we have today in the EU, in terms of peace, stability, prosperity, democracy and everything that follows from it," Coveney said.

13:31: The U.S. will enter the "cause" as soon as Russia uses nuclear weapons, says Ben Hodges, former commander of U.S. forces in Europe.

·       Hodges said if Russia dares to use nuclear weapons against Ukraine, the United States will come into play, after which most of the Russians' military capabilities will be destroyed.

12:00 UBN - ukrayina.pl: Ukrainians in Poland have paid €2B in taxes, three times more than the country spends on refugees. This data was provided by Professor Maciej Duszczyk from the Migration Research Center of the University of Warsaw. Duszczyk believes Poland has no right to complain that helping Ukrainians costs the country. "We spent 3.5 billion zlotys (€750M) to help Ukrainians, but the calculations of the vice president of the Polish Development Fund, Bartosz Marchuk, show that we received 10 billion zlotys (€2B) from the taxes they paid," the expert noted.

NATIONAL

November 10

10:58 Vice-President of the National Academy of Sciences: Ukraine already needs about UAH 1 billion to restore scientific institutions damaged due to the war.

·       "400 million is what the equipment has been destroyed, and 500 million in order to restore it. This is about a billion, and this is very roughly estimates, because there are our institutions in the occupied territories," he said.

08:32 Institute for the Study of War: The retreat of Russian troops from Kherson to the left bank of the Dnieper was the result of successful operations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, not the trap of the Russians.

·       According to analysts, Ukrainian counteroffensive in the Kherson direction since August is a coordinated interception campaign. It was aimed at forcing Russian troops to withdraw beyond the Dnieper, without requiring major ground offensives. This campaign was most likely a success.

07:19 Operational information from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine:

·       Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repulsed Russian attacks in the areas of the settlements of Novoselovskoye and Makiivka in the Luhansk region and Soledar, Klishchiivka, Mayorsk, Yakovlivka, Andreevka, Bilohorivka, Vesele, Nevelskoye, Pervomaiske and Novomikhaylivka in the Donetsk region.

·       Over the past day, the Russians launched 11 missile and 22 air strikes, carried out more than 35 shellings from the MLRS. More than 30 settlements have suffered from this, -

·       According to available information, the internal affairs bodies of the Russian Federation in the city of Togliatti,  Samara region, received an order to recruit 1000 candidates for service in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine

·       At the same time, at the chemical enterprises of the city, work is being carried out on additional fundraising to support the regional unit. This causes outrage of workers, in which, even without this, funds are calculated monthly to support the mobilized who take part in the war on the territory of Ukraine.

·       Aviation of the Defense Forces of Ukraine over the past day inflicted 6 strikes on the Russians. 2 areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment, as well as 4 positions of enemy air defense equipment were hit. Over the past day, the Defense Forces in different directions shot down 5  Shahed UAVs and 3 Orlans, - the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.*

·       Over the past day, soldiers of the Ukrainian missile forces and artillery hit one control point, one area of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment, an ammunition depot and other important military facilities of the Russian Federation.

07:10 Operational Command South: On November 9, the Ukrainian military blew up an ammunition depot of Russian troops in the Beryslav district of the Kherson region. In addition, 125 Russian troops, 3 tanks and 5 units of armored vehicles were destroyed.

00:15 Forbes: In 3-5 years, Ukraine will be able to annually increase gas production by at least 25%, said the former chairman of Naftogaz Yurii Vitrenko.

·       From next year, the company plans to start using horizontal drilling technology. This is a new technology for Ukraine, which has long been used in the world," he said.

November 9

23:30 press service of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy: Dairy farms from the de-occupied regions received assistance from Switzerland.

·       The first phase of the Swiss humanitarian project, which covered 233 dairy farms in Chernihiv, Kyiv and Sumy regions, is coming to an end.

21:52: Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko responded to a statement by Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on readiness for negotiations "taking into account the realities at the moment."

·       According to a representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Russian officials begin to recall negotiations every time Russian troops are defeated on the battlefield, but Moscow is not interested in restoring peace in Ukraine.

21:27 Deputy Minister of Defense: There are no plans to announce an additional wave of mobilization in Ukraine, as there are enough conscripted citizens in the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

·       At the same time, she believes that it is necessary to be prepared for all scenarios, since everything depends on the situation at the front.

20:49 Spokesperson of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: Since the first use of Iranian Shahed-136 drones in the war against Ukraine, Russia has already fired more than 400 kamikaze drones on the country's infrastructure.

·       "Both cruise missiles and Shahed-136 were designed to overcome air defense systems, so the units achieve their goals," the spokesman said.

20:38 Ministry of Infrastructure: Today, 3 vessels out of 21.6 thousand tons  left the ports of Odessa, Chornomorsk and Yuzhny. tons of oil for Asia and Europe.

·       9 vessels are moving through the "grain corridor" to Ukrainian ports for loading.

19:07: Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a phone conversation with Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte.

·       "We considered further cooperation in protecting our territory, especially from the sky. They discussed the restoration of Ukraine's energy infrastructure and supported the continuation of the grain agreement. I also count on the Netherlands' support for our initiatives at the UN," Zelenskyy said.

18:57 Reuters - Adviser to the Head of the Presidential Office: It is too early to talk about the withdrawal of Russian troops from the temporarily occupied Kherson.

·       According to him, some Russians remain in the city, and Russian troops are pulling additional labor to the region.

18:23 Operational information from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as of 18:00 on November 9:

·       During the current day, the enemy inflicted 8 missile and 10 air strikes, carried out more than 4 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems.

·       The enemy's strikes were carried out by areas of more than 15 settlements of Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Mykolaiv, Sumy regions.

·       During the current day, the aviation of the Defense Forces of Ukraine inflicted 4 strikes on the enemy.

·       2 areas of concentration of personnel, weapons, and military equipment, as well as 2 positions of enemy air defense equipment were hit. Also, our soldiers in different directions shot down 5 UAVs "Shahed" and 2 "Eagles".

·       Units of the missile forces and artillery of the Defense Forces for the current day hit 6 areas of concentration of manpower, weapons, and military equipment, 2 stations of electronic warfare and other important military facilities of the enemy.

·       From the city of Severodonetsk, Luhansk region, the Russian occupiers take out looted property and stolen cars.

·       Looting takes place under the guise and accompanied by representatives of the occupying so-called state security agencies.

18:18: The SBU identified eight traitors who voluntarily joined the "Main Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kherson region" created by the occupiers.

·       The Security Service of Ukraine has already reported suspicion under Part 2 of Art. 111 (high treason committed under martial law) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The SSU also established their places of stay and routes of movement and carried out comprehensive measures to bring the perpetrators to justice.

17:58: Zelenskyy signed a decree on the creation of four military administrations in the Kherson region.

·       We are talking about the Kakhovka, Dolmatovskaya, Holoprystan and Krestiv administrations.

16:38 press service of the State Film Agency: This year Ukraine will be represented by a separate program at the Stockholm Film Festival.

·       This program will consist of films, interviews with filmmakers and presentations of Works in Progress films. The presentation will be attended by 10 projects that are under production.

15:44: EU Ambassador to Ukraine Matti Maasikas took part in the writing of the radio dictation of national unity for the Day of Ukrainian Writing and Language.

·       "I am amazed that this tradition flourishes even in extremely difficult conditions. This is another sign of Ukraine's incredible resilience, another thing we can learn from you. The Ukrainian language unites and inspires!" said Maasikas.

15:20 Spokesperson of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office: Former head of the National Bank of Ukraine Kyrylo Shevchenko has been put on the international wanted list.

14:54 La Repubblica - representative of the Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine: Not only Iran, but also China, North Korea, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan are helping Russia.

·       "They also appealed to China and North Korea, possibly Kyrgyzstan, for the supply of weapons, including bullets for MLRS - Smerch and Hurricane.

·       There are countries like Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan that help Russia circumvent sanctions by selling them the American and Japanese civilian components needed to create missiles," Skibitsky said.

15:09 representative of the State Emergency Service of the capital: Over the past few days, three identical explosions and fires have occurred in Kyiv related to the use of tourist gas burners.

·       "Now people are looking for alternative sources of heating and cooking at home, as well as forgetting to turn off electric stoves, heaters and other appliances that light candles. Therefore, the fires have become more frequent," she said.

12:30: Ukraine calls on the U.S. to impose sanctions on Russian steel and include Ukrainian ore and other products in the western supply chain, replacing Russia in those markets.

·       This was discussed during a meeting of the First Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Economy of Ukraine Yulia Svyrydenko with the US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo.

·       According to her, it is also important to equate Ukrainian ore and cast iron with products from the EU and continue to exempt Ukrainian exports from tax tariffs.

12:27: President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy congratulated Ukrainians on the Day of Ukrainian Writing and Language.

·       "Independence, dignity, freedom, homeland, sacred duty, indestructibility are words that are important for every Ukrainian. Very soon we will hear new ones: victory, peace, justice, revival," Zelenskyy wrote in his Telegram.

MORDOR (Russia)

November 10

10:53 Local Media: Report explosions in Belhorod, Russian Federation approximately 30 km from Ukrainian border.

November 9

23:20: Putin posthumously awarded Ukraine's collaborator and traitor Kirill Stremousov with the Order of Courage.

22:24: Russians began digging trenches in the northern part of the temporarily occupied Crimea.

·       OSINT specialist Benjamin Pitt released satellite images showing that Russians began digging trenches in the northern part of the temporarily occupied Crimea, as well as near the Chongar checkpoint.

19:32: "Doctors officially confirmed the death of Kirill Stremousov, two more people were injured in an accident," the so-called "Ministry of Health" of the Kherson region.

18:47 Russian Media: Published footage from the scene of the accident in which Stremousov died.

·       According to their information, the driver of the truck, who made a dangerous maneuver, was probably the culprit of the accident.

17:42: Russia has accused Klitschko and Ukraine of being thrown out of the WBC by Russia.

·       "I believe that, most likely, the work was done by the Ukrainian side at the WBC congress. Of course, there are no good expectations from this WBC decision, because many of our leading boxers will fly out of the rankings. And it cost both effort and money. Let's hope that there will be no chain reaction from other organizations. And so, the Klitschko brothers paid too much attention to this, and the WBC, unfortunately, made such a decision," said Russian coach Eduard Kravtsov.

17:29: Russian Defense Minister Shoigu ordered to begin withdrawing troops from the temporarily occupied Kherson over the Dnieper River.

16:00: Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that "Russia is ready to negotiate with Ukraine, taking into account the realities that are developing now."

13:41 Representative of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea: The occupation administrations of Crimea are forcing residents of the peninsula to provide material assistance to the Russians.

·       "Despite the statements of the Russian Federation about the completion of the so-called mobilization, it continues to be carried out in a hidden mode," Tasheva said.

KHARKIV

November 10

11:56 Kharkiv RMA: Yesterday, the enemy shelled the cities of Kupyansk and Vovchansk, the villages of Dvorechnaya and other settlements of Kupyansk, Chuhuiv and Kharkiv districts.

·       Demining continues in the liberated territories of the region. During the day, SES employees neutralized 238 explosive objects.

LUHANSK

November 10

10:23 Luhansk RMA: Bilohorivka under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In this village, hostilities continue for the territory, because there is no settlement, everything is destroyed to the ground.

·       After Kherson, the occupiers began to call for evacuation from the Luhansk region - they were afraid that the Armed Forces of Ukraine were very close, - Gaidai stressed.

November 9

12:38 Luhansk RMA: Russians are increasingly storing ammunition in trucks because they are afraid to form warehouses.

·       Also in Svatove, employees who have left, their managers send SMS demanding to return to work. In case of refusal, they threaten dismissal.

DONETSK

November 10

08:24 Donetsk RMA: During the past day, the Russian military killed 3 civilians in the Donetsk region: 2 in Bakhmut, another 1 in Pavlovka. Another 12 people were injured.

·       In addition, law enforcement officers found the bodies of 5 Ukrainians killed by Russians during the occupation in Yarova.

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00:27 City Council: The Russian military has not yet cleared the temporarily occupied Mariupol. Locals continue to find explosive objects in the city, even on the roofs of their own homes.

November 9

23:48 Social Networks: Explosions are heard in the area  of Oleshok and Antonivka.

23:39 Social Networks: Explosions were heard in the temporarily occupied Donetsk, after which  a fire  broke out.

16:10 Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine: During the day, Russian troops shelled 13 settlements in the Donetsk region.

·       The Russians fired at the cities of Avdiivka, Bakhmut, Kramatorsk, Chasiv Yar, Kurakhove, Krasnohorivka, Bolshaya Novoselka, the villages of Berdych, Vesele, Karlovka, Druzhba, Krasnohorivka, Prechishevka.

·       As a result of the shelling, 50 civilian objects were destroyed and damaged - 32 residential buildings, a kindergarten, a school, a transformer, workshops of a coke oven and by-product plant and other facilities.

12:50 Advisor to the Mayor: The Russians have started mining the suburbs of Mariupol.

·       "Along the line Agrobase-Berdyanske-Shevchenko-Priazovskoye, the occupiers began mining unpaved roads and fields. Everything points to the accelerated and enhanced strengthening of the city," Andryushchenko reports.

ZAPORIZHIA

November 10

09:25 Zaporizhia RMA: At about 7 am, 2 missiles, probably S-300, exploded on the territory of an agricultural enterprise in the Zaporizhia region. Damaged outbuildings and equipment.

The Russians are also trying to intensify air reconnaissance: but their 2 UAVs have 06:48 Social Networks: Explosions are heard in Zaporizhia region.

November 9

19:18: Russian invaders in the temporarily occupied territories of the Zaporizhia region have increased the number of checkpoints for inspections of Ukrainian car owners.

·       This was reported by the Center for National Resistance. During such inspections, Ukrainians are forced to seal the coat of arms of Ukraine on car numbers.

DNIPRO

November 10

10:16. Social Networks: Residents report that an explosion was heard in Dnipro.

·       According to preliminary data, the explosion is controlled, it sounded at one of the enterprises in the region. We are waiting for official information.

07:51 Dnipro RMA: The Russians targeted three communities - Marganetskaya, Krasnogrigorovskaya and  Nikopolskaya. Hit peaceful towns and villages with multiple launch rocket systems and heavy artillery

·       An 80-year-old woman was injured in Nikopol. She has received medical attention and is being treated at home.

November 9

19:39 Social Networks: Explosions are heard in Kryvyi Rih.

·       20:25: The head of the military administration of the city of Kryvyi Rih Oleksandr Vilkul confirmed the explosions in the city.

o   He reported on the possible dispersion of cluster munitions near the village of Lozuvatka near Kryvyi Rih.

21:35 Social Networks: Explosions are heard in Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk region.

17:11 RMA: Russian military again shelled the Nikopol district of Dnipropetrovsk region from Grad rockets.

·       The shell flew into a residential building in the Marganets community, one person was killed.

12:10 Social Networks: Explosions are heard in Kryvyi Rih.

KHERSON

November 10

08:53 Operational Command South: Fleeing from the temporarily occupied territories of the Kherson region, Russians are mining objects and territories. They continue blackmail with a man-made disaster.

·       The enemy continues defensive actions and fire damage on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

November 9

21:12 Social Networks: Explosions are heard in the temporarily occupied Kherson and Kakhovka.

21:04 Social Networks: A video from the village of Kalynivske, Kherson region, appeared on the network.

20:58 Social Networks: A video from the village of Pravdyne,  Kherson region,  appeared on the network.

15:22: Kirill Stremousov, appointed by the Russian authorities, was killed by the "zamglava" of the Kherson region, the press service of the region's "administration" confirmed.

·       According to media reports, Stremousov died in an accident near Genichesk.

·       15:51: " Doctors are working at the scene of an accident involving Stremousov, there is currently no official information about his death," says the so-called "Ministry of Health" of the Kherson region.

·       16:17: Information about the death of Stremousov was confirmed by the "head" of the Kherson region, Vladimir Saldo, appointed by the Russian authorities.

13:50 Social Networks: Explosions are heard in the temporarily occupied Nova Kakhovka, Kherson region.

12:16: According to preliminary information, when leaving Snihurivka in the direction of the temporarily occupied Kherson, the Russians blew up bridges across the canal.

MYKOLAIV

November 10

10:48 Social Networks: A video of Ukrainian soldiers from the liberated village of Snihurivka, Mykolaiv region.

10:11 Mayor: Last day, the enemy shelled Mykolaiv from the Smerch MLRS, injuring 1 person.

·       As a result of the shelling, a bakery and a private enterprise were damaged. Debris and a shock wave in 25 private houses damaged the roof.

November 9

13:19 President's Office: Footage of the aftermath of the night shelling of Mykolaiv by Russian troops has been published.

·       "3 arrivals were recorded. We got into private premises and enterprises," the message says.

ODESA

November 10

09:17 Odesa RMA: There are up to 12 enemy ships in the Black Sea: rocket carriers are hiding on bases.

SUMY

November 9

21:16 Sumy RMA: Incendiary ammunition was used by the Russians in the shelling  of the Esman community. One of the border villages was hit 20 times from a multiple launch rocket system."

Comparing Soviet invasion of Afghanistan to Russian invasion of Ukraine using Wikipedia and Ukraine Ministry of Defense Daily Bulletins. Soviet and Russian military losses not including captured equipment.

SOURCES

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/

https://euromaidanpress.com/

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