The death toll from the Russian air raid on November 2 in the village of Komyshuvakha, in the Zaporizhzia region, rises to 53. Search operations continue at the site of the attack, where another fifty people are still missing.
Russian armed forces attacked a power plant near the city of Sumy in eastern Ukraine with Fab-3000 aerial bombs and a Kiev contingent in the Zaporizhzhia region. This was reported by a press release from the Moscow Ministry of Defense. Energy infrastructures in the Kiev and Mykolaiv regions were also targeted: facilities "in the Bila Tserkva and Obukhiv districts were damaged following the enemy attack", an official said. A man was killed in an attack this morning by Russians in the Sarny district of the Rivne region. This was reported by the head of the regional military administration, Oleksandr Koval.
An oil refinery was attacked overnight by Ukrainian drones which triggered fires and explosions in southern Russia. According to Ukrainian channel Exilenova Plus, a fire broke out at the Afipsky oil refinery in the southern region of the Krasnodar Territory. Another wave of attacks hit the site in the early hours of the morning.
The Russian Presidential Envoy for Economic Cooperation and Direct Investment, Kirill Dmitriev, has not yet returned from the United States and has not yet reported to the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, the results of his meeting with the President of the United States, Donald Trump. This was stated by Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov. "No, he hasn't returned yet. Therefore, we still have no information on the details," Peskov was quoted as saying by Tass. Yesterday, November 5, the US president announced that he had received Kirill Dmitriev, without however revealing the topics discussed during the meeting. The Russian presidential envoy was in Washington to take part, together with human rights commissioner Yana Lantratova, in an event organized by the first lady, Melania Trump, dedicated to the recent humanitarian mission in Olesky, in the Kherson region.
Jared Kushner, son-in-law of US President Donald Trump and his negotiator, illustrated on The five goals, Kushner writes, are "permanent security consultations, reliable communication channels for crisis management, greater military transparency, mutual measures to reduce escalation risks, and a robust framework for long-term European security and stability." "Our goal - he continues - is to develop concrete agreements that respond to the security concerns of all parties, reduce the risk of future conflicts and create a more stable and predictable security context". "Any agreement - continues the US negotiator - will have to fully respect the sovereignty, territorial integrity and decision-making autonomy of each nation. Each country will maintain full authority over its own choices regarding security and alliances, and no state will be able to exercise a right of veto on the sovereign decisions of another. NATO will remain the pillar of European collective defense; this initiative will therefore develop in the wake of existing institutions and commitments". We will continue consultations through the 'Shell Bay' format with Ukraine, NATO, the EU and our European partners", Kushner said again, recalling that "next week, in Abu Dhabi, the United States will promote the first trilateral peace talks with Ukraine and Russia since February". "We will constantly consult with our European partners on the sidelines of the work and, if progress is made, we will aim to evolve towards a broader multilateral format, which includes their direct participation".
"As far as peace talks are concerned, we have to be realistic. We have to be very cautious about Russia's real intentions." Donald Tusk said this in a conversation with the newspaper La Stampa a few days before the negotiations scheduled in Abu Dhabi to put an end to the conflict in Ukraine. "In winter, Putin may have less incentive to reach an agreement," explains the Polish prime minister, convinced that he will use the colder season to intensify the fighting. "The last thing we want is for Western Europe to negotiate with Russia at the expense of Eastern Europeans, underlines the prime minister, not happy with the E3 format which excludes Warsaw from the talks. "We have many formats - explains Tusk - as the European Union, as the Coalition of the Willing. We have a clear position. I am fully involved in these processes." Starting next week, Poland will host the maxi-exercise of the Coalition of the Willing for a possible deployment to Ukraine, if and when there is peace. "The exercise does not mean that there will be a ceasefire anytime soon – the prime minister puts his hands forward – but we want to be ready. The exercise will help us practically prepare for potential security safeguards. Poland will play an important logistical support role but, as I have said many times, we will not send troops to Ukraine. Tusk then goes on to talk about the risk of possible sabotage actions or incursions: "We are quite prepared for this type of action. The problem is if Russia were to use drones massively against us, armed drones. This is why we are intensifying the defense systems in this field." The threat, according to Tusk, could materialize in several forms: "It is very difficult to distinguish between hybrid warfare, cyber warfare and these provocations near Kaliningrad. We can see all these things happening at the same time."
The emergency response center of the Krasnodar Territory in southern Russia reported that a fire broke out in one of the businesses in the town of Afipsky due to falling debris from a Ukrainian drone. Authorities did not specify which facility was damaged, but according to open information analyzes by Telegram channel Astra, the fire occurred at the Afipsky refinery, with a production capacity of 9.1 million tons of oil per year. According to the testimonies of local residents, the smoke enveloped the area around the refinery and the column of smoke reached the capital, Krasnodar, which is about 20 kilometers away.
Three people were injured in a night attack by Russian troops in the Kiev region. This was reported by the head of the Kiev regional military administration, Timur Tkachenko, on Telegram as reported by Ukrinform. In particular, a fire broke out in a private residential building and an outbuilding in the Boryspil neighborhood. Both buildings were completely destroyed. Three people were injured. "Two of them reported an acute stress reaction, another a head injury and abrasions to the limbs. No hospitalization was necessary." According to the official, "the energy infrastructure of the Bila Tserkva and Obukhiv districts was damaged following the enemy attack. Also in the Obukhiv district, the shock wave damaged the windows of the school building and the dormitory of an educational institution. Emergency services are working on site. Operations are underway to eliminate the consequences of the attack." The Russians also attacked an energy infrastructure facility in the Mykolaiv region with a Geranium-type attack drone. The Mykolaiv regional military administration released the news on Facebook, Ukrinform reported. Moscow also targeted with an FPV drone and a Molniya UAV in the town of Kutsurubsk, in the Mykolaiv district, a building annexed to the village of Dmytrivka which was damaged. In both cases there were no victims.
The United States held "productive and substantive discussions" with Ukraine, NATO and European partners yesterday in Brussels. This was reported by Jared Kushner, son-in-law of American President Donald Trump and with Steve Witkoff his envoy for Ukraine. In the meetings they talked about "two essential and interconnected elements of a lasting peace: security guarantees for Ukraine and a broader European security architecture", he wrote on
