I have been a bit absent as I am working on some longer posts that you will greatly enjoy, but also trying to determine what is happening on the fronts – there is no point in launching a world-leading analytical masterpiece like Budanov just to have it torn apart and burned up the following week.
The question now is whether Ukraine will start/has started a broader offensive or if it is still local counteroffensives.
In the northeast of Pokrovsk, UA counteroffensive has been named “Dobrophilia” and has been ongoing for over a month. It involves qualified units and RU is also carrying out counterattacks in the area. They have not exactly overrun the Russian defense, even though it is definitely heading in the right direction.
I dare not speculate on the number of RU brigades that have fought there, but it has been chaotic and deadly for both sides – more so for RU. Many of the DPR brigades were wiped out there.
In Pokrovsk, GUR has attacked to stabilize the situation, and even airborne operations have been used – this is something we have long discussed that UA has the capability for.
It’s a bit different from the Russian sniping and crawling, isn’t it, to swoop in on a helicopter; they must be extremely jealous as they hobble along in the mud 😄
Previous counterattacks in Kupiansk failed, but now the telegram channels are buzzing with news of further counterattacks, and Zelensky or Sirsky has announced that there will be further counterattacks in both Pokrovsk and Kupiansk.
When Ukraine attacked in Kursk, it was preceded by weeks of mine clearance, but I guess there is much less fieldwork in these areas – and they are the most urgent ones.
You know, if you’ve read the posts, that Ukraine has a strategic offensive reserve.
You also know that both sides are holding back their mechanized units.
Previously, Russia, through China’s assistance, has sorted out its digital battlefield and kill chain, which was very unfortunate – it’s a 20-30km wide area at the fronts that is directly unattractive to linger in.
The Russian ground forces are in the same chaos as before, only with fewer mechanized units lying in wait.
The mechanized assaults carried out by RU recently always end in a lot of casualties – no real increase in capability there at all.
We know that Ukraine has received a lot of heavy vehicles, more aircraft, its own drone weapons, plenty of mine clearance equipment, night vision devices, and the ability for amphibious warfare and airborne operations.
Especially in night combat, Ukraine is likely to excel since the Russian ground forces almost entirely lack that capability.
Yes, China has the digital battlefield, but not the ground forces.
Now UA has anti-drone drones out in various forms, the example may not be optimal, but they are available now.
Of course, the next step in the constant whack-a-mole game is anti-drone drones. If UA can gain an advantage in that for a few months, they will be able to leverage their significantly better ground forces capability to bring about change.
So far, the counterattacks have been painful for UA – they are also taking losses.
RU is attacking on all fronts, everywhere, simultaneously.
All RU front commanders seem to have been ordered to go on the offensive, and there is fighting on the northern front, northern Luhansk, Donetsk front (darkest Donbass), on the southern front. You may remember that I mentioned RU crossing the Dnieper, which no one wanted to acknowledge; you should take note of what is being written and not start questioning everything just because others are not writing about it yet 😄
RU has weakened at the Dnieper front where all task forces have been moved to the Pokrovsk area, with only the 98th AD remaining, but then only two brigades from what I can see.
The Dnieper has never been weaker than it is now since the fall of 2022 when the USA prevented Zalihzny from winning the entire war.
Crimea has already been prepped – the LV down there are endangered species.
Ukraine always has a plan for an offensive, they had it in the fall of 2024 as well, but Trump sabotaged it just as Biden sabotaged everything before that.
Has Ukraine stopped listening to the USA and stopped sharing battle plans with its allies – we sincerely hope so.
RU is attacking everywhere, which means they are consuming resources like crazy, and Ukraine’s strategic drone warfare is also depleting resources.
What will determine the outcome is whether RU has overextended itself or if our friends UA can shift from being reactive to being proactive.
Currently, a Ranger regiment and GUR are fighting in Pokrovsk, so they have thrown in their best.
These are the most crucial months of the war because if Ukraine repeats the spring offensive of 2023 or RU manages to keep pace and plug the gaps, this war could end in a way that is unattractive to us.
The second step is that as soon as things start going south for the bunker dwarf, he will start screaming for a ceasefire, and Trump will demand it on the spot.
Then it will be crucial for Europe to support Ukraine all the way to the finish line because a ceasefire is the worst thing that could happen, especially if Ukraine has momentum.
However, RU has just announced broadly that they have encircled UA in Pokrovsk and Kupiansk, so it would be a nice blow to Russian morale to hit back hard.
For me, it’s too difficult to see through the fog right now – Ukraine is probably under heavy pressure in both areas, and I guess GUR’s intervention was necessary to stabilize the situation so they wouldn’t end up with a few brigades stuck.
If there are major counterattacks, it could signal that Ukraine is choosing to take the initiative – apparently, RU is starting to smell the diesel engines revving in the forests on the opposite side of the field because they are screaming on Telegram. But they did that last fall too, and nothing happened.
It’s almost a bit scary, but a few hundred thousand Ukrainian riflemen stand between peace in our time and a global conflict – since China has not started and RU has not escalated further, it might still be possible to extinguish this IF Ukraine succeeds.
Especially if the upcoming financial crisis can be directed towards China so they take the big hit and lose interest in waging aggressive wars because they are hungry instead.
What Europe does or doesn’t do here, I would argue, is absolutely crucial now that the USA has backed out – so we actually determine our children’s future in the coming months.
It’s easy to forget that these are soldiers who may have been fighting since 2022 and spend six months at a time in a drone swarm.
It’s truly incredible how resentful the Ukrainian spirit is towards Russia because many wars have ended long before attempting the 10th try to break the back of their much stronger opponent (Russia + China) and only see past setbacks as valuable lessons.
It’s also easy to forget that the Russian team is a mosaic of army commanders doing their best, and the only thing they have been really bad at is quick maneuvers.
Probably the digital battlefield will prove to be weak when there is a lot of movement.
It’s just like with ground troops, it’s easy to log fixed targets and set a FAB in them.
It’s a qualified guess that RU strength is now under their own offensive as everything is predictable.
Then UA has shown the ability to fight with “combined arms warfare” and they have now sorted out the command chain and structure that was their major weakness – that Sirsky would micromanage everything.
Their offensive strategic reserves have also been allocated resources and personnel.
My guess is that it is the night battle that will prove to be UA’s major advantage this time IF they can neutralize China’s digital battlefield.
But it’s a minor hell trying to fight in a drone-saturated area and then fighting in urban areas is the worst.
I thought months ago that the RU attack wedge west of the Oskil River would be overrun without any problems, shooting from the wrong side of a river.
The fact that it hasn’t happened and that GUR has problems in Pokrovsk shows how difficult this new drone environment is to handle.
Because it’s not the snipers or the crawlers that put up violent resistance.
We can consider ourselves lucky if Ukraine takes the sacrifice so we can avoid it because I don’t think we would have done particularly well in this new combat environment – we would have had a much steeper learning curve and our governments would also have had to try to fend off the full Russian subversive activity when brigades are pulverized early in that learning curve.
It would be appropriate if Ukraine could sort this out for us because it seems that we actually can’t get organized unless there’s a crisis – my European self-image is starting to get a bit bruised.
The EU has recently announced that Ukraine is still on track to become full members of the EU, which is welcome.
Putin has at least gone all in, must be incredibly costly in terms of personnel and resources to attack everywhere.
They of course intend to balance it with mobilization but there is a low point somewhere and if what we hear is true, the soldiers at the fronts are not so keen on the Russian defense forces anymore.
Desertions and refusal of orders are examples that abound.
Unfortunately, it seemed that the FSB sniffed out the next attempted palace coup as well, it was out recently.
But if everyone – somewhere and some constituent republics declare war as well, maybe it can work?
But they probably won’t do that unless it looks like Ukraine is winning the war.
As they say, the most important months of the war.
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Thank you for today’s front analysis, always appreciated! 👍👍👍
It is very difficult to read the situation but my assessment is that both Kupiansk and Pokrovsk will fall.
However, I do not see it as something war-decisive.
Both cities are of course strategically important, if Kupiansk falls, it will then be much easier for Russia to clear the rest of the area east of Oskil. Pokrovsk, on the other hand, has been important both as a communication hub and also to keep the roads nearby clear.
It would of course be a major setback, but it is not about the entire front collapsing. Ukraine retreats and the Russians will continue to grind on.
The loss is rather a psychological one. For Ukraine, it is of course bitter if they are once again forced to give up cities to the Russians. For Russia, it is of course a major propaganda victory internally, but perhaps worst of all, it will be used to try to get the West to give up. The narrative that Russia cannot be defeated, that it would be best if Ukraine completely surrenders, that it is wasted to support them will gain new strength.
Russia is nowhere near a victory, but of course it is crucial that Europe stands firm in its support and does not start calling for peace because they think it would be best for Ukraine.
If we liken the war to a hockey match, Russia has barely left its own goal crease.
The comparison is of course silly, even if hockey seems to be a matter of life and death for some, the war in Ukraine is not a game, but serious. The above comparison applies to Russia’s lack of successes.
But to continue the analogy with hockey, there are a few examples that may be good to keep in mind, if one now thinks that things look so bleak for Ukraine.
Sweden – Finland, World Championship final 2003
Finland led 5-1 in the second period, Sweden scores 5 straight goals and wins.
USA – Soviet Union, Olympics 1980
“Miracle on Ice” A college team faces the reigning Olympic champions from the Soviet Union who dominate the game completely. USA wins in the end despite that.
Brynäs IF – Skellefteå AIK, Swedish Championship final 2012
Skellefteå was the stronger team and led 3-1 in matches, everyone had already given them the gold when Brynäs wins three straight matches.
Last but not least, do not forget that Ukraine regained a lot of territory during the autumn of 2022!
Do we define victory the same way as RU?
Yes, what Europe does or does not do will probably determine the outcome of this war
JEF is cool
Putin just needs to keep going – a win for him.
China wants an open conflict with Europe through RU so we stay occupied.
If it gets tight, Putin declares a ceasefire and then we’ll see what support Europe is willing to give.
Russian losses in the war in Ukraine:
Glory to Ukraine
154 combat clashes
Exciting, Johan, looking forward to reading!
The pressure on the front is decreasing, and the reduction is greater than what the reported total describes. The reason is the number of unlocalized attacks, which are not found in any of the front sectors reported by AFU. The difference between the sum of these and the reported total in the latest report is 25 battles, constituting about one-fifth of the total of 129 battles along the front. This total decreased from 142 yesterday.
The fact that the total is not decreasing as much but the battles along the front are, gives reason to assume that it is due to Ukrainian attacks. AFU reports Russian attacks along the front, while the total also consists of Ukrainian attacks. This is not confirmed but a reasonable assumption (see yesterday’s post).
So where have the counterattacks taken place? It is not unreasonable to assume that if one is on the defensive, one waits with counterattacks. The greatest decrease in battles along the front compared to how it has usually been is in Pokrovsk and the surrounding fronts of Kostyantynivka and Oleksandrivskij. All of these areas have had high pressure but it is decreasing. This would then reflect what has been reported by the general staff in recent days – that they are going on the offensive in Pokrovsk.
The pressure in the south has decreased. In the north, it is on the rise again and around Lyman, it is also on the rise.
N Slobozhansky-Kursk 0
S Slobozhansky 9💥↗️
Kupyansk 5↘️
Lyman 10💥
Slovyansk 17💥↗️
Kramatorsk 1
Kostyantynivka 11💥↘️
Pokrovsk 52💥💥💥↘️
Oleksandrivskij 15💥↘️
Huliaypillia 3↘️
Orikhivsk 3
Prydniprovskij/Dnipro 3
🇺🇦AFU:
Operational information at 08:00 on November 5, 2025, about the Russian invasion
Honor to Ukraine!
The 1,351st day of Russia’s large-scale armed aggression against Ukraine has begun. Ukrainian defenders are resisting the occupiers’ attacks and inflicting significant losses on the enemy.
A total of 154 battles have been registered in the last 24 hours.
Yesterday, the enemy carried out a rocket attack and 51 air strikes, used six rockets, and dropped 86 guided bombs. In addition, they conducted 4,618 shelling, including 133 with rocket artillery systems for salvo fire, and used 5,978 kamikaze drones to strike.
Air strikes hit areas around the settlements of Zemlyanka in the Sumy region, Tarasivka in the Chernihiv region, Pokrovske and Oleksiyivka in the Dnipropetrovsk region, as well as Solodke, Polohy, Ternuvate, and Rivnopillia in the Zaporizhzhia region.
In the last 24 hours, the air force, missile forces, and artillery within the defense forces struck five areas where personnel, weapons, and military equipment were concentrated, nine artillery installations, and another important enemy installation.
In the northern Slobozhansky and Kursk directions, the enemy carried out eight air strikes, dropped a total of 15 guided bombs, and conducted 163 shelling, including ten with rocket artillery systems.
In the southern Slobozhansky direction, our troops repelled nine enemy attacks in the areas around the towns of Vovchansk, Synelnykove, and Dvorichanske.
In the Kupiansk direction, five attacks by the invaders took place yesterday. Our defenders repelled the enemy’s storm attacks near the inhabited areas of Pischane, Borivska Andriivka, and Petropavlivka.
In the Liman direction, the enemy attacked ten times in an attempt to break through our defenses near the towns of Grekivka, Novoselivka, Koroviy Yar, Drobysheve, and towards Liman.
In the Slovyansk direction, defense forces repelled 17 enemy attacks near Serebryanka, Vyimka, Pereiznoe, Siversk, and towards Dronivka.
In the Kramatorsk direction, a battle took place in the area around the town of Stupochki.
In the direction of Kostyantynivka, the enemy carried out 11 attacks in the areas around the towns of Sjerbynivka, Pleshchiivka, Oleksandro-Shultyne, Ivanopilja, Jabluivka, and towards the towns of Berestok and Sofiivka.
In the direction of Pokrovsk, our defenders repelled 52 attacks from the attacker in the areas around the towns of Shakove, Nove Shakove, Chervonyi Lyman, Myrnohrad, Novoeekonomichne, Rodynske, Lysivka, Novopavlivka, Pokrovsk, Zvirove, Udachne, Molodetske, Novomykolaivka, Novoukrainka, Dachne.
In the direction of Oleksandrivsk, the enemy carried out 15 attacks yesterday against the inhabited areas of Yegorivka, Novoivanivka, Yalta, Sosnivka, Stepove, Verbove, and Novohryhorivka.
In the Huliaipole direction, defense forces repelled three attacks from the Russians in the area of Novomykolaivka.
In the direction of Orikhiv, the enemy made three attempts to break through our defenders’ positions in the areas around the inhabited areas of Stepove and Novoandriivka.
In the direction of Dnipro, our defenders successfully repelled three enemy attacks against the defense forces’ positions towards the Antonivsky bridge.
In the Volynskij and Polisskij directions, no signs of the enemy forming attack groups have been detected.
The losses of the Russian invaders in the last 24 hours amounted to 900 persons. Ukrainian soldiers also neutralized three tanks, three armored vehicles, 24 artillery systems, two air defense assets, 398 unmanned aerial vehicles at the operational-tactical level, and 70 units of the occupiers’ vehicle fleet.
Join the defense forces! Together we will prevail! Honor to Ukraine!
👍
💥🔥👍✊
“❗️At night, kamikaze drones again attacked the 750 kV “Vladimirskaya” substation in the 🇷🇺Vladimir region”
https://bsky.app/profile/militarynewsua.bsky.social/post/3m4uijssjoc2b
“The GUR MO strikes the headquarters of the elite Russian UAV unit “Rubicon” in the Avdiivka area, Donetsk region. The weapon used is the famous FP-2 (105 kg warhead). Thus, this weapon is already in the possession of the GUR, SSO, SBU, and SBS 🔥🔥🔥🔥”
https://bsky.app/profile/babayagafella.bsky.social/post/3m4tyuohb2s2f
“❗️During the night, the 🇺🇦Ukrainian military shot down 61 out of 80 🇷🇺Russian UAVs”
https://bsky.app/profile/militarynewsua.bsky.social/post/3m4uji4svo22b
💥🔥✊👍
“It is reported that the Orel Thermal Power Plant is subject to attack. Recently, the plant already got targeted by Ukrainian drones and missiles.”
https://bsky.app/profile/noelreports.com/post/3m4tmntiqx22i
OPERATION TURN OFF THE LIGHTS
Off-Topic:
“Don’t forget he ended the Bolivia/Armenia border dispute, the Swiss invasion of Japan, and the Nepalese attack on the Solomon Islands People are still checking on Nambia…”
https://x.com/JohnCleese/status/1985356909323461055
In the same Tweet, he reposts this from Saint Javelin (with accompanying video showing Trump pulling out his “cheat sheet”):
“Trump carries a sheet with him that lists how many wars he has ended.”
https://x.com/saintjavelin/status/1985276110486049087
Wrote a comment, was looking for a link, then the page did a self-update and what I had written disappeared. Other times it’s not possible to post because the button is dead. Now only after a short time and no other post updating in the background.
Oh no, you still have problems with the button dying. I thought it had been resolved.
I’ll have to dig deeper and see if I can find anything else (made some adjustments in the JavaScript earlier where I suspected it might cause trouble).
There are no functions that should make the page auto-refresh by itself.
But of course, it could be something similar for other reasons.
If the server is busy and there has been a post or page load before, and it hasn’t completely delivered everything, the page generation might be completed much later.
I’ll check some logs and see if the site might have any performance issues.
Something I’ve experienced (actually earlier today) is that some ads lock up the page, the content is displayed but the page still stands and loads because it can’t fetch the ads from the ad network.
When I’ve posted when that’s been the case, the page often just turns white afterwards and I have to manually refresh it, but it doesn’t sound like the same problem you’ve had, but maybe it’s the same root cause but manifests a bit differently depending on the web browser or device.
Otherwise, something else that can happen is that the user session/authentication expires before you’ve finished writing, then of course you also lose what you’ve written because you get logged out and have to log in again. But that’s something completely different and is normal behavior that can’t be changed. It shouldn’t happen too often either, but I thought I’d mention it in case someone experiences it.
Had it for a while
Off-Topic, politics in the USA
It’s completely insane how they choose to manipulate electoral districts to increase their chances of winning the election. Now it was the Republicans in Florida and later in Texas who started with this tactic, and the risk is that even more will follow suit and do the same.
Now, the issue with electoral districts is not the worst part.
Republicans have already resorted to a worse method before this, which is closing down polling stations to have as few as possible and keeping them as remote as possible, of course in the districts where they are at a disadvantage (areas with a majority of non-white and often economically weaker groups).
The hope, of course, is that as few people as possible will take the time to vote (not everyone can spend almost a whole day voting, or even get time off to do so). Who wants to stand in line for 6-8 hours?
No, this is not propaganda from the Democrats but is well-documented.
Until 2013, there was a law called the Voting Rights Act, but it was removed, and since then, states can decide on their own election laws. This, of course, means that the ruling parties in the states can make changes that protect themselves. Such as redrawing electoral districts and closing polling stations.
The most noticeable closures of polling stations have been in states with a history of discrimination.
A report has shown, among other things, that in “non-white” districts, there are on average 74% more voters per polling station than in “white” districts.
Those who believe that the USA today has no problems with racial discrimination, while at the same time doing everything possible to prevent non-white people from exercising the most important right of all, the right to vote, are simply wrong.
“California voters voted to redraw the state’s electoral districts in favor of the Democrats, a decision praised by Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom, TT writes.
– We stood upright and unwavering against Donald Trump’s recklessness, says Newsom.
The proposal was a response to a similar maneuver that the Republicans pushed through in Texas.
The fact that the proposal was passed means that Newsom emerges as an increasingly strong contender for the presidency in the next election, says Democratic political strategist Celinda Lake to AP. She points out that he now has a concrete victory to point to.
– Democrats think that someone finally stands up and is creative, thinks outside the box, and fights back. It gives him a very strong profile, she says.”
https://omni.se/segern-i-kalifornien-starker-newsom-slar-tillbaka/a/alrbka
Gerrymandering?
Haven’t R and D always done that?
Well, it has happened before but the Republicans are leading big in that area.
They are up to 15 states now. (Texas has also redrawn its map three times).
The Democrats have done it in 3 states before (+ 4 states that can be discussed but where there seems to be a certain bias in their favor).
Regardless of whether it has happened over a long period or not, it’s completely crazy no matter which side it concerns.
Then of course, I think the voting restrictions are almost worse. It makes it difficult for people to even make their voices heard.
A relatively restrained update today. Probably making Budanov scratch his head. He prefers it when someone stands out and it’s easy to trip them up. Yes, The Old Man, who has now experienced Budanov and constantly gets tripped up, has almost been broken for the first time in a war.
Counteroffensive:
Pokrovsk: Z was in Bakhmut and handed out medals a few months/some half a year before the bastion fell. What suggests that it will be different in Pokrovsk?
Krym, yes why does UA continue to fight LV? Tatarigami confirms:
Times of Waiting
There you go! Ukraine is now becoming a formal partner of JEF! 👍👍👍
https://www.nrk.no/nordland/ukraina-blir-formell-partner-av-forsvarsalliansen-jef-1.17640206
Ukraine seems to be joining JEF!
Good news is worth repeating! 👍
NOW DAMN 💥💥💥💥
(who suggested it back in 2022 🧐)
We have a non-aggression pact with them and are going to war now, right?
“They’ve wrecked us, those damn Khokhols!” – Russians are reporting strikes on their strongpoint and bunkers with caponiers.”
“Captured Russian soldier Mikhail Krasnachokov, taken by Ukrainian paratroopers, confessed that his path to war began not with patriotism, but with vodka “I was at home drinking, woke up the next morning, still drunk, and went to enlist,” he recalled”
All prisoners are always victims really always
“🔥 Kursk region. Strike on location of the Russian military deployment. Everything burned down.”
https://bsky.app/profile/maks23.bsky.social/post/3m4uslu6fuk2o
Is there something going on in the north? Seen other notices in that direction.
Seems a bit tricky, it will be exciting to see if Ukraine once again intends to put pressure there!
That’s what I’m wondering about – wider offensive or not.
UA always cuts in on the flanks IF it’s happening
“⚡️Norway to allocate $7 billion in aid to Ukraine in 2026”
https://bsky.app/profile/kyivindependent.com/post/3m4uyoexkjs2l
They are starting to get nervous about RU in the northern Arctic or whatever it’s called?
It has reached them and then they open their wallets
Regarding JEF sitting in the car, but surely it starts to apply when the firing ceases?
and then at the fronts as they have frozen?
RU worst nightmare or is it watered down?
JEF seems to work fine but can’t succeed with the link on the phone, but that will probably be “our NATO” in the end.
If we can just solve UA and the Baltics, then we’re done.
After that, the Nordic countries will take this seriously.
Good.
Agree with JEF.
What’s happening in Venezuela? You don’t sail there with such a large fleet just for fun. There’s something fishy going on here.
Could it be a diversionary maneuver to regain control of the Panama Canal along with the ports of Cristobal and Balboa, which is the real objective?
Glöde thanks Johan, 205, and MXT for very interesting reading.
Have the units left the area that was critical in Pokrovsk?
All the way down to Myrnohrad and southwards?
Was it as was guessed an effort by GUR to keep the corridor open so that one could retreat?
GUR active:
But Oh!
Already in the 16-report we are up to 84 combat engagements in Pokrovsk! Lyman has also climbed to a level that has not been surpassed in a long time.
🇺🇦AFU at 16:00.
Operational information at 16:00 on November 5, 2025, about the Russian invasion
Defense forces are taking measures to prevent the enemy’s advance into Ukrainian territory.
Since the beginning of the day, 205 battles have taken place.
…
In the Lyman direction, the invading army carried out 23 attacks against Ukrainian units’ positions near the towns of Grekivka, Novoyegorivka, Karpivka, Derylove, Myrne, Shandryholove, Zarichne, and towards the towns of Korovin Yar and Drobysheve. Seven battles are still ongoing.
…
In the direction of Kostyantynivka, the enemy carried out 29 assaults in the areas around the towns of Oleksandro-Shultyne, Pleshchiivka, Shcherbinivka, and Rusyn Yar. Seven battles are still ongoing.
In the Pokrovsk direction, the Russian invaders attempted 84 times to push back our defenders from their positions in the areas around the inhabited areas of Majak, Nikanorivka, Fedorivka, Chervonyi Lyman, Myrolyubivka, Pokrovsk, Lysivka, Zvirove, Novopavlivka, Kotlyne, Udachne, Novoserhiivka, Muravka, Filia, and Yalta. The defense forces are holding back the attack and have already repelled 68 enemy attacks, 16 battles are still ongoing.
Measures are being taken to block the enemy, who is trying to penetrate and gather in the city of Pokrovsk. Active countermeasures against attempts from the enemy infantry to fortify their position continue.
In Pokrovsk, Ukraine’s defense forces are conducting offensive search operations. This includes assault troops from 425 OSP, operators from SBS, composite groups from SSOP, VSP ZSU, SBU, NGU, and GUR MOU. The military units defending the city have been reinforced.
In the direction of Oleksandrivka, the enemy is trying to break through our defenders’ defense lines in the areas around the settlements of Zelenyi Hai, Ivanivka, Piddubne, Sichneve, Vorone, Sosnivka, Stepove, Verbove, Pryvilne, Novohryhorivka, and Pershotravneve. Our soldiers have repelled 23 enemy attacks, three more attacks are still ongoing.
197 out of 205 battles are reported as Russian offensives along the fronts. So it seems to mostly be about defense from the AFU’s side so far. 8 counterattack battles.
📺 WATCH | “The right decision would be to send Tomahawks [to Ukraine] now because that’s the sort of thing that Putin understands,” argues @JohnEdHerbst on @NewsNation.
Watch his take on the Trump administration’s latest stance over Tomahawk missiles for Ukraine⬇️
https://x.com/aceurasia/status/1985792492105617839?s=46
“Ukrainska anti-korruptionsmyndigheter har arresterat vice verkställande direktören för Atomenergomash, ett dotterbolag till det statliga kärnkraftsföretaget Energoatom, i en muthärva, rapporterade Ukrainas nationella Antikorruptionsbyrå (NABU) den 5 november.”
“‼️🔥 Today, in the Pokrovsk direction, near Myrnohrad, the Russians went on the assault. The soldiers of the “Perun corps” of the 79th ODShBr repelled the attack, including with drones on fiber optics. They destroyed several pieces of armor.”
https://bsky.app/profile/maks23.bsky.social/post/3m4vmixyd4c2e
Is Putin starting to get a little stressed?
“Putin Orders Nuclear Tests After Boasting of Nuclear-Powered Burevestnik Missile and Poseidon Torpedo”
https://united24media.com/latest-news/putin-orders-nuclear-tests-after-boasting-of-nuclear-powered-burevestnik-missile-and-poseidon-torpedo-13136
Is she a “NAFO Fella”?
“❤️🔥 American actress and UN Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie has reportedly visited children in Kherson, according to local sources.”
https://bsky.app/profile/united24media.com/post/3m4veu6rqhx2s
Probably someone who tipped off the Russians..
“🕯️💔 At least 8 dead, 6 missing and 40 wounded – losses after a ballistics strike on an event to award military personnel in the Dnipropetrovsk region, – Suspilne It was the anniversary of the creation of 35th Marine Battalion. The weather was bad, drones did not fly – someone gave the coordinates.” https://bsky.app/profile/maks23.bsky.social/post/3m4vmrv22mk2e
In Sweden, the law cannot prevent a Russian businessman from building a summer house near the Muskö base.
” a construction that in the long run will cover over 600 square meters, half of which will be underground. Here, the 52-year-old Russian businessman Stanislav Aleshchenko is building his new summer house.”
“In Russia, according to Expressen, Aleshchenko has had interests in companies that have done business with the state nuclear energy group Rosatom. He has also been a co-owner of a company that, according to Russian sources, has supplied components to the country’s nuclear weapons industry.”
https://www.fokus.se/aktuellt/ryskagt-bygge-vid-marinbasen-stat-och-kommun-handfallna/
😡😡😡
Quite incredible. Funny that one of Anders Jallais’ books* takes place in a property near Musköbasen, owned by Russians. *The illegalist?
Small incredible. Funny that one of Anders Jallai’s books* takes place in a property near Musköbasen, owned by Russians. *Illegalist?
https://x.com/andersjallai/status/1610562007085858816?s=46
Revealed by Expressen (or SKV) 2023:
https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/ryske-affarsmannen-ager-tomt-vid-muskobasen/
I saw that you replied above 205 – I think UA is withdrawing from the Myrnohrad area and south of it.
Everyone keeps quiet until it’s clear.
There is a logged RU position in the middle of Kozatzke from November 3 and a position in northern Pokrovsk from November 4.
And they are literally pouring in military equipment right now.
Has anyone heard from Gregg?
But he also has a 3-day delay on important things.
For Putin and the war, it’s good – they have something to show off so they can continue.
Kupiansk damn knows how the other counterattack went – looks a little better than Pokrovsk 😀
LV, Japan 🇯🇵
Japan’s enormous ship-mounted railgun just fired a historic shot
Compared to a conventional cannon, which uses fire and gas as propulsion for projectiles, railguns use electromagnetic force to accelerate a projectile.
A railgun is significantly cheaper than today’s defense systems, with a cost per shot between 1/20 and 1/60 of what a missile costs. Additionally, railgun installations are smaller and cost less, making them an ideal choice not only for warships but also for ground-based operations. Railgun shots can reach speeds of 7,200 km/h, making them a highly sought-after military gadget and an ideal defense against the world’s fastest hypersonic missiles.
The railgun concept is nothing short of a science fiction idea, as the weapon essentially charges itself by absorbing a huge amount of electricity, storing it as a pulse, and then using it to accelerate a projectile up to Mach 6 speeds. Japan 🇯🇵 is one of the few countries continuing to research railgun technology.
Read more: https://www.slashgear.com/1966607/japan-warship-js-asuka-railgun-first-firing-military/
Hope it makes cool laser sounds, like in movies from the 1970s.
❗️Record-breaking day in terms of the number of Russian combat attacks. Already at 22:00, 260 battles. High pressure on several fronts:
AFU 🇺🇦 22:00
“Operational information at 22:00 on November 5, 2025, about the Russian invasion
A total of 260 battles have taken place since the beginning of the day.
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↗️↗️In the direction of Lymans, the Russian invaders attacked defense forces’ positions 26 times near the towns of Kolodyazi, Grekivka, Novoyegorivka, Karpivka, Derylove, Myrne, Shandryholove, Zarichne, and towards the towns of Korovin Yar and Drobysheve. The battles continue at eight locations.
↗️Ukrainian defenders repelled sixteen enemy troop storm attacks in the Slovyansk direction – the occupiers attempted to advance near Yampol, Dronivka, Siversk, Serebryanka, Pereizne, and towards Zvanivka. A battle situation is still ongoing.
↗️↗️Our defenders have repelled six hostile attacks near the towns of Orikovo-Vasylivka, Chasiv Yar, Fedorivka, and towards Stupochky, towards Kramatorsk.
↗️In the direction of Kostyantynivka, the Russians attacked Ukrainian unit positions 33 times in the areas around the towns of Oleksandro-Shultyne, Pleshchiivka, Shcherbinivka, and Rusyn Yar.
↗️↗️↗️In the direction of Pokrovsk, the occupiers have attempted to advance 93 times towards Ukrainian unit positions since the beginning of the day. The enemy attacked in the areas around the towns of Majak, Nikanorivka, Fedorivka, Chervonyi Lyman, Myrolyubivka, Pokrovsk, Lysivka, Zvirove, Novopavlivka, Kotlyne, Udachne, Novoserhiivka, Muravka, Filia, and Yalta. Battles are still ongoing in some areas.
Measures are being taken to block the enemy, who is trying to penetrate and gather in the city of Pokrovsk. Active countermeasures are being taken against attempts by enemy infantry groups to fortify their position.
In Pokrovsk, Ukraine’s defense forces are conducting offensive search operations. Including assault troops from 425 OSP, operators from SBS, composite groups from SSOP, VSP ZSU, SBU, NGU, and GUR MOU. The military units defending the city have been reinforced.
According to preliminary information, a total of 119 occupiers have been neutralized today in this area, 94 of them irreversibly. Ukrainian soldiers have also hit 12 personnel shelters, a UAV antenna, a ground-based unmanned system, and a unit of enemy vehicles.
↗️In the direction of Oleksandrivskij, the enemy attempted to break through our defenders’ defense 31 times in the areas around the settlements of Zelenij Gaj, Ivanivka, Piddubne, Sichneve, Oleksandrograd, Vorone, Sosnivka, Stepove, Verbove, Pryvilne, Novohryhorivka, and Pershotravneve. Battles are ongoing at seven locations.
↗️↗️In the direction of Gulyaypole, 12 battles have been registered in the areas around the towns of Novomykolaivka, Uspenivka, Okhotnyche, and Zelenyi Hai, and three battles are still ongoing.
Oops!
“Explosions and secondary detonation reported in Russian-occupied Ukrainian Donetsk.
There are reports that an ammunition warehouse might have been attacked.”
https://bsky.app/profile/antongerashchenko.bsky.social/post/3m4vxgbiwfs2f
Good morning!
1170 KWIA
6 AFVs
15 Artillery systems
172 UAVs
84 Vehicles & Fuel tanks
1 Special equipment
Slava Ukraini
https://bsky.app/profile/matsextrude.bsky.social/post/3m4wugjbudc2w