03.11.2024

AFP: Indonesia’s first joint military drills with Russia this week signal that new President Prabowo Subianto will seek a bigger role for Jakarta on the world stage as part of a significant foreign policy shift, analysts say.

The Kyiv Independent: Russia attacked a residential neighborhood in the Shevchenkivskyi district of Kharkiv on the evening of Nov. 3, injuring at least 14 people, local authorities reported.

UN: The Secretary-General is very concerned about reports of troops from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea being sent to the Russian Federation, including their possible deployment to the conflict zone. This would represent a very dangerous escalation of the war in Ukraine.

FT: Russian exporters have begun to turn to barter deals in a bid to resolve payment delays prompted by western sanctions over Moscow’s war in Ukraine (archive).

Reuters: Germany's new leftist populist party aims to exact a high price from mainstream parties for helping them govern three eastern states: demanding that their regional officials join calls to stop arming Ukraine.

The Kyiv Independent: Locations of Ukrainian weapons systems were shown in recently updated images on Google's free online map, Google Maps, Andrii Kovalenko, the head of the counter-disinformation department at Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council, reported on Nov. 3.

ISW: Ukrainian forces have reportedly struck seven Russian radars and air defense systems since the night of October 20 to 21. Further degradation of Russia's air defense umbrella, particularly over occupied Ukraine, may impact how close to the frontline Russian pilots are willing to operate and could limit Russia's ability to effectively use glide bombs against both frontline areas and rear Ukrainian cities.

Reuters: A Russian air attack on Kyiv damaged buildings, roads and several power lines in the city, the capital's military administration said early on Sunday, after the military said air defences were trying to repel a drone attack.

02.11.2024

Reuters: Russia is importing butter from the United Arab Emirates and Turkey, in a move aimed at containing soaring prices that have alarmed consumers.

The Kyiv Independent: Russian forces attacked Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on Nov. 2, injuring eight people, including two children, Governor Serhii Lysak reported.

Reuters: President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on Ukraine's allies to stop "watching" and take action to tackle the presence of North Korean troops in Russia before they start confronting his country in combat.

The Kyiv Independent: The Thales Belgium manufacturer agreed with the Ukrainian defense industry on a joint production of missiles to counter drones, Strategic Industries Minister Herman Smetanin said on Nov. 2.

POLITICO: Moldova is warning that Russia may attempt “disruptive activities” at overseas polling stations during the Moldovan runoff presidential election on Sunday, according to documents obtained by Welt am Sonntag.

The Kyiv Independent: Ukrainian troops are holding back one of Russia's "most powerful" offensives since the start of Moscow's full-scale war, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said on Nov. 2.

Reuters: Russia unleashed its latest overnight drone strike on Ukraine, targeting the capital Kyiv in an attack that lasted into midday and wounded at least one person, city officials said on Saturday.

The Kyiv Independent: The Polish government proposed to support Ukraine in the form of a "defense loan," Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said in an interview with Polsat News published on Nov. 1.

ISW: North Korean troops are unlikely to present Russia with a long-term solution to its manpower concerns, despite North Korean FM Choe Son-hui's comments about Pyongyang's indefinite commitment to Russia's war effort.

The Kyiv Independent: Australia is providing Ukraine with Joint Direct Attack Munition Extended-Range (JDAM-ER) glide bombs kits following their withdrawal from service from the Royal Australian Air Force, Australian Defense Magazine reported on Nov. 1.

01.11.2024

Reuters: A Russian missile attack on Kharkiv, Ukraine's second largest city, hit a location used by policemen on Friday, killing a senior officer and injuring 40 other people, the prosecutor general's office said.

ABC News: A New Jersey man who was among seven people charged with smuggling electronic components to aid Russia’s war effort pleaded guilty Friday to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and other charges, authorities said.

AP News: A video purporting to depict voter fraud in Georgia is fake and the work of “Russian influence actors,” U.S. intelligence officials said Friday as they warned that foreign efforts to undermine faith in the integrity of next week’s elections may persist long after votes have been cast.

Eesti Ekspress: Russia has a number of military bases behind the borders of the Baltic states and Poland. The war in Ukraine has depleted these bases, but recent satellite images show rapid infrastructure development at several of them. The bases right next to the Baltic states and Finland are planned to be expanded several fold in ongoing military reforms.

The United States announced Friday that it will provide an additional $425 million in military aid to Ukraine, a day after Washington said thousands of North Korean troops were ready to enter combat against Kyiv's forces.

The Kyiv Independent: Russia has seized more territory in its war with Ukraine over the past week than at any point in 2024, Bloomberg reported on Nov. 1, using Bloomberg Intelligence calculations based on the DeepState map service that tracks battlefield changes in coordination with Ukraine's Defense Ministry.

WIRED: A Russian disinformation campaign is using comment sections of pro-Trump news sites like Fox News, the New York Post and Breitbart to seed conspiracies, including recent claims about Tim Walz and ballots in Bucks County (archive).

The Kyiv Independent: Russian troops are not advancing in the embattled towns of Chasiv Yar and Toretsk in Donetsk Oblast, and the contact line has been stabilized, spokesperson for the Operational Tactical Group Luhansk Anastasia Bobovnikova, said on Nov. 1.

Reuters: European companies are not nearing a deal to replace Russian gas imports via Ukraine with supply from Azerbaijan, Slovak state-owned gas buyer SPP said on Friday, dismissing a media report that said a deal was close.

The Kyiv Independent: Poland has started building defensive lines on the border with Russia as part of the "East Shield" initiative, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Nov. 1.

WSJ: Both Russia and Iran have attempted in recent months to focus on specific slices of the electorate to influence voters toward their preferred outcome, according to U.S. intelligence officials and disinformation researchers (archive).

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