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Russia says it fought off drones at night: UAVs were spotted in three regions Anastasia Lukashevskaya

Russia has announced an attack by UAVs on at least three regions. Moreover, most of the targets, according to the Russians, were allegedly shot down by their air defense.

This was reported by Channel 24 with reference to data from Russian media and statements from enemy structures.

Most of the UAVs were flying to Bryansk

We are talking about the destruction of as many as 19 Ukrainian drones. At the same time, 16 drones, according to the Russians, were directed at the Rostov region.

“19 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed by air defense systems,” the report says.

The following are reported to have been shot down:

• 16 UAVs – over the territory of the Rostov region,
• 2 – over the territory of the Belgorod region,
• 1 – over the territory of the Volgograd region regions.

Rostov Region Governor Vasily Golubev reported in a telegram that drones were shot down in Novoshakhtinsk, Kamensk and the Ust-Donetsk region. According to him, there were no casualties or damage as a result of the attack.

It was also loud on the evening of November 2 in Orel. Presumably, the region was attacked by drones. The road to Moscow runs through Orel Region. Therefore, it is not surprising that explosions have become more frequent there.

The Russian prosecutor's office is investigating a railway accident in Bashkortostan, where 22 cars loaded with coal derailed.

Railway accident in Bashkortostan on November 3: what is known

A railway accident in Bashkortostan occurred on the night of November 3.

There, on the Iglino – Dema section of the track, 22 cars loaded with coal derailed.

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The Ufa transport prosecutor's office says that a recovery train from Demy.

Train delays were avoided.

People, the transport prosecutor's office assures, were not hurt.

Law enforcement officers are currently checking whether the requirements of the legislation on the safety of movement and operation of railway transport were observed.

Bashkortostan on the map

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Trump vs. Harris: Why the US is choosing between the two in the elections and are there any other candidates Dmitry Usik

On November 5, the US will hold elections for the post of president of the country. The main competitors being considered for the position are Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.

However, although it is customary to remember only the candidates from the Democratic and Republican parties, in fact there are many more. Why the main fight is unfolding between Harris and Trump, 24 Channel explains.

Harris, Trump, or maybe someone else?

Yes, in the 2024 elections, in addition to Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, there are 16 more candidates, and there were even more. The most famous of those who withdrew was President John F. Kennedy's nephew, Robert Kennedy Jr., who is now campaigning for Trump, although his name remains on the ballot in some states.

In fact, anyone who meets the following criteria can run for office:

• the candidate must be born in America;
• he must be at least 35 years old;
• he must have lived in the United States for at least 14 years.

However, the chances of candidates who are not Democrats or Republicans (that is, “independents” candidates) are negligible. In the US, third parties are traditionally ignored, and the 2024 elections will be no exception.

But some can act as spoilers, that is, take votes away from the favorite in a particular state where they have local popularity. This can be a decisive factor in the so-called “swing states”.

During the shelling of Ukraine, which has been ongoing since 17:30 on November 2, the Russian army used a missile and 96 drones.

Shelling of Ukraine today

• Missile attack
• Drone attack

Missile attack

The missile attack was from the airspace of the Kursk region of the Russian Federation.

From there, the Russians launched a guided aircraft missile X-59/69.

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The defenders of the sky destroyed the enemy munition.

Drone attack

The drone attack was carried out from Bryansk, Kursk and Primorsko-Akhtarsk, which is in the Krasnodar Territory of the Russian Federation.

In total, the occupiers used 96 Shahed-type attack drones and drones of an unspecified type.

In the end, anti-aircraft missile troops, aviation, electronic warfare units, Mobile fire groups of the Air Force and Defense Forces of Ukraine shot down 66 UAVs.

Landed them in the Kiev, Sumy, Khmelnytskyi, Zhytomyr, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Kirovograd, Poltava, Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkov regions.

27 enemy drones were lost locally, one drone flew to Belarus.

Two attack UAVs remain in the air, so combat work continues.

Information is being clarified and updated.

The full-scale war in Ukraine has been going on for 984 days now.

You can monitor the situation in cities on the interactive map of military operations in Ukraine and on the map of air raids in Ukraine.

Ramzan Kadyrov canceled the order “do not take prisoners” Margarita Voloshina

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, said that he canceled his order to the Akhmat fighters not to take Ukrainian soldiers prisoner. He says he changed his position because he allegedly received more than two thousand letters from Ukrainian residents.

This was reported by 24 Channel with a link to his publication in Telegram. Kadyrov allegedly gave the previous order after the drone attack on the building of the Russian Special Forces University named after Putin in Chechnya.

Kadyrov changed his mind about not taking Ukrainian soldiers prisoner

A henchman of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin said that he changed his position because of an alleged request from Ukrainians and their letters sent to him. The appeal, according to him, was written by both women whose relatives were mobilized, and men who are on the contact line “not of their own free will.”

The explanation for the request in each statement is the same: surrendering to Russian fighters is the only way to stay alive for those who are sent to the trenches against their will… The order “not to take prisoners” given to the Akhmatovites earlier has been cancelled. Those who wish to surrender to Russian troops will live. I do not envy the rest, – Kadyrov wrote.

Recall that earlier, the self-proclaimed leader of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov said that on October 29 at 06:30 a drone attacked the Russian University of Special Forces in Chechnya. The attack set the roof of a supposedly abandoned building on university grounds on fire.

A 49-year-old Pole, Piotr Kucharski, who claimed that he fought against Ukraine on the side of Wagner mercenaries, was jailed in the UK.

The publication The Guardian.

Bragged about his participation in the Wagner PMC

So, on October 28 last year, Petr Kukharsky came to the event to reenact the Suffolk Viking battle in the village of Stongem-Aspal, dressed in combat clothing with the emblems of the banned Wagner PMC group.

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There, a man brandished a dagger in front of those gathered and made a gesture of allegedly cutting a throat. After this, Kukharsky was arrested.

Witnesses said Piotr Kukharski told them he had joined the Wagner Group and fought against Ukraine, a claim he repeated in several Facebook posts.

On Friday, the Old Bailey in England and Wales jailed Piotr Kukharski for two and a half years for admitting he was a member of the banned terrorist organisation Wagner. Kukharski had previously claimed he was only pretending to be a Wagner member.

Kukharski is known to have posed for a PA reporter wearing symbols associated with far-right ideology. He told police he had bought Wagner badges and pinned them to his clothes to provoke a reaction from people at the Suffolk Viking event over differences of opinion over Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The judge rejected the claim that Piotr Kukharsky acted only to provoke a reaction from people.

A photograph of Adolf Hitler, a copy of Mein Kampf and other items related to Nazism were found in the man's home.

On social media, Kukharsky distributed images of men in combat uniforms holding weapons and told friends that he was abroad and participating in the conflict.

Recall that in September 2023, the Wagner Group was recognized as a terrorist organization in the UK. Belonging to it or supporting it is now a criminal offence.

Counter-terrorism police said there was no evidence that Kuharsky was a member of the PMC or that he fought in Ukraine, but that his actions were still a serious offence under counter-terrorism laws.

There are opportunities: how South Korea and Japan can help Ukraine Angela Figin

Russia is bringing North Korean troops into the war against Ukraine. South Korea and Japan can help our country counteract the enemy's strengthened army.

Political scientist Taras Zagorodniy expressed this opinion to Channel 24, because for both of them, the risk has increased due to Russia's increased cooperation with the DPRK. By the way, the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine reported that more than 7 thousand North Korean troops are located near the border with Ukraine.

Why South Korea and Japan Should Get Involved in the War

Taras Zagorodniy noted that South Korea and Japan can help Ukraine together with the United States of America. However, there will be no reaction from the United States to the North Korean troops in Ukraine before the presidential elections, which will take place on November 5.

I think that there should be some kind of military solution, because there is an escalation and a violation of the rule that the conflict should not spread throughout the world, – said the political scientist.

At the same time, there is already tension on the territory of the Korean Peninsula. In addition, the head of the DPRK Kim Jong-un launched an intercontinental missile towards Japan, which can fly 7 thousand kilometers. That is, it can fly to Europe and the USA.

Important! The United States, South Korea and Japan have agreed to strengthen counteraction to nuclear and missile threats from the DPRK against the backdrop of increased military cooperation between North Korea and Russia.

First of all, South Korea and Japan can help with the military-industrial complex, in particular with electronics, which is sorely lacking. After all, the trend towards an agrarian state and deindustrialization have led to the fact that Ukraine does not even produce circuit boards.

All this must be returned and modernized with the help of South Korea. They have such opportunities, – noted Zagorodniy.

This issue should be pedaled with South Korea and China, because they did not want to provide military assistance to Ukraine, although they had such a position, and helped only on a humanitarian basis.

Now a lot is changing and we need to take advantage of this window of opportunity, – added the political scientist.

Let us note that South Korea will send specialists to Ukraine. This was announced by President Volodymyr Zelensky.

As of November 2, about 950 people remain in Toretsk, in the Donetsk region. Residents still have a partial opportunity to evacuate.

The head of the Toretsk city military administration, Vasyl Chinchyk, reported this on air at Suspilne. Studio.

Evacuation from Toretsk

According to him, it is becoming more and more difficult to evacuate local residents from Toretsk every day. It is best to evacuate under certain weather conditions.

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— We have to evacuate the population under favorable climatic conditions, when it is raining and cloudy. We manage to evacuate people at night as well. The enemy is actually monitoring the sky and any movement across the territory of the community is perceived by them as offensive actions, as an attempt to seize their positions, — noted Vasily Chinchik.

Russian military is using FPV drones and artillery to try to destroy any vehicles moving through the community. Unfortunately, there have been cases where evacuation vehicles and armored vehicles used to evacuate civilians have been damaged.

According to Vasily Chinchyk, 15-20 people ask for evacuation every day. Some leave in their own vehicles, while others walk to safer places where they are picked up by authorities.

Toretsk Shelling

The city is suffering greatly from Russian shelling. The enemy is firing from all types of weapons, destroying all living things.

— Destroys and shoots residential buildings, apartment buildings, so the residents who remained in the community are forced to hide in shelters, basements, cellars and go outside as little as possible in order to survive, to survive in such a difficult time, – said Vasily Chinchik.

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Russian troops are using mortars, artillery, FPV drones and UAVs to shell the city. No locals have ever returned to Toretsk from evacuation, said MVA head Vasily Chinchik.

“Children Close Their Eyes”: Trump's Scandalous Gesture at Rally Goes Viral on Social Media Irina Chebotnikova

The US elections are getting closer, so Donald Trump is trying to please his voters even more. During one of the rallies, he made gestures that could be interpreted as obscene, but voters laughed.

24 Kanal writes about this with reference to The Times of India. The former president stops at nothing to maintain his image as a scandalous person. For example, he insulted Latin Americans, which caused him to be criticized.

What Trump did at the rally

During his speech in Milwaukee, the microphone was not working well, so people started shouting “Fix the microphone!” The candidate walked over his team responsible for preparing the equipment, promising to beat them up.

Trump took out the microphone and then demonstrated gestures that reminded Internet users of oral sex. This was how he allegedly showed that the microphone stand was too low.

I'm so pissed I'm just fuming here. I'm busting my ass with this stupid microphone. I tore my left arm apart. Now I'm going to rip my right arm apart and I'm going to rip my goddamn throat out too because of these stupid people. Imagine that you are listening carefully, and I will come back with a decent microphone, – he said.

Trump makes obscene gestures from the stage at the rally: watch the video

How Kamala Harris reacted and how people perceived Trump's gestures

Kamala Harris's campaign commented on the situation very succinctly and succinctly. They posted a video of Trump's rally, accompanied by a question mark.

But Trump's supporters rushed to the comments and began to defend their idol:

• He makes fun of Kamala and how her “career” began;
• He parodied Kamala?
• It's called having fun with the crowd;
• I can't wait until election day so the Harris HQ account can finally be deleted.

There were also some caustic comments, however, that were directed at Trump himself (there are significantly more of them at the time of publication, by the way):

• He recalls his meetings with Putin.
• We need his medical records ASAP!
• And then he asked a woman in the audience where she lived…
• He seems to be very good at both gestures.
• I can't unsee it!
• My eyes are bleeding from it!
• What a strange world… Children close their eyes…

What the media is writing

NYT continues Trump's words. He kept blaming his team.

There's nothing worse than me walking in like this and bending over – you noticed, I was bending over like this. And then everyone says, “There's something wrong with his back? What the hell is wrong with this guy?” They say, “He's cognitively and physically impaired, there's something wrong with him.” It's all because I have stupid guys there, – the ex-president said.

And The Atlantic column pointed out the danger from Trump.

“I don't know if this bizarre action will be able to take votes away from Donald Trump. It seems that nothing can shake the loyalty of his base. Trump voters are determined to minimize his terrible antics, or even erase them from their memory,” – it said there.

Journalists emphasized: in less than three months, Trump could get hold of the codes to the nuclear arsenal of the United States.

The tandem of Ukrainian Lyudmyla Kichenok and Latvian Elena Ostapenko started their performance at the WTA Finals in doubles with a defeat.

They lost to the Czech-American duo of Katerina Siniakova and Taylor Townsend in the tie-break with a score of 6:3, 3:6, 9:11.

WTA Finals: how the first match of Kichenok and Ostapenko went

The tennis players spent 1 hour and 38 minutes on the court, during which Kichenok and Ostapenko served five aces — as many as her opponents, made the same number of unforced errors as their opponents — each, but had fewer winners — 13 against 20.

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In the first set, the Ukrainian-Latvian duo took the lead with a break, 3:0, after which Siniakova and Townsend reduced the gap to 4:3. However, the next two games were won by Lyudmila and Elena.

The tennis players began the second set with an exchange of breaks, after which Siniakova and Townsend managed to make a breakthrough to 1:4. The Ukrainian and Latvian took two more games on their serves, but without a break. Thus, the Czech and American tied the score in sets.

The winners of the match were determined by a super tie-break. With the score 7:8, Kichenok and Ostapenko took two points in a row and served for the match, but the opponents turned the tide of the match and won a strong-willed victory 9:11.

According to the draw, Kichenok and Ostapenko ended up in the green group. Their rivals will also be the tandems of Taiwanese Xie Shuwei and Belgian Elise Mertens, as well as American Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Australian Ellen Perez.

To reach the playoffs of the WTA Finals, you need to finish first or second in the quartet.