The 252nd day of the Ukrainian war. Latest information [papildināts 21:20]

Live text broadcast – short and concise about the most important thing in the Russian war in Ukraine on November 2. Ukraine has heroically defended its land from the invasion of the aggressor for eight months.

21:20. The United States on Wednesday accused North Korea of ​​sending significant quantities of artillery ammunition to Russia behind supplies to the Middle East or Africa. Information available to the United States shows that North Korea “secretly supplies Russia with a significant amount of artillery shells for its war in Ukraine, hiding the actual destination of arms deliveries behind apparent deliveries to Middle Eastern countries or of North Africa “. Kirby explained to reporters.

20:05. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s regime is currently in the same state as Hitler’s Third Reich regime in 1943, Russian opposition politician and former State Duma member Dmitry Gudkov said. “Everything that is happening around Putin is very reminiscent of the Third Reich, the year 1943. At a time when it was already clear that everything was going completely wrong as planned, that everything had gone wrong, that power was no longer enough. . This is how we are in 1943, the year, if you take the example of the Second World War, “Gudkov said in an interview with the Ukrainian news agency UNIAN.

7:00 pm. The Ukrainian side has warned Iran through diplomatic channels of the consequences if it will supply Russia with missiles and even more drones, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba announced Wednesday. The Ukrainian Foreign Minister stressed that when it comes to any country’s participation in Russian aggression and the killing of civilians, Ukraine will not be ruthless in its response.

17:24 The latest nuclear threats were put forward on Tuesday by former Russian president and vice-president of the Russian Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, who said that “the existence of our country would be threatened” by Ukraine’s efforts to recover all the territories occupied by the country. Russia, including the Donbass and Crimea.

16.57. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Wednesday that Russia could withdraw from the wheat deal again if Kiev fails to honor the guarantees it has provided.

“Russia reserves the right to withdraw from these agreements if Ukraine violates these guarantees,” threatened Putin.

15:59 Britain has imposed sanctions on four owners of Russian steel and petrochemical companies, including co-owners of steelmaker “Evraz” Alexander Abramov and Alexander Frolov, the British government announced Wednesday, announcing the latest sanctions against Russia for the his war in Ukraine.

14.01. In Belarus, neighboring Russia could build an infrastructure where the training of mobilized Russian soldiers takes place, Tom Rostock, director of the Center for Security and Strategic Research, expressed this opinion to the LETA agency.

The Belarusian National Resistance Center has announced that Russian army engineers are coming to Belarus to build barracks and camps. Most of the barracks should be built in the Brest area, where the Russian rear ends.

13.00. On Wednesday, Russia agreed to renew the country’s participation in the so-called grain deal, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced.

12.55. The security service of Ukraine has arrested a Russian KGB spy who tried to become a “double agent” and infiltrate the Ukrainian secret services. The woman contacted the security service of Ukraine and said she was ready to fight the attacking country and had up-to-date information on the Russian army. However, as it turned out, she was a Russian spy and she wanted to know the latest information about the Ukrainian army in order to pass it on to Russia, reports the portal pravda.com.ua.

11.54. On the morning of November 2, Ukrainian air defense forces shot down three Russian Kh-59 cruise missiles that were launched in the direction of the Odesa region, referring to the “Telegram” reported by the City Council of Odesa, portal pravda.com. ua informs.

10.08. The loss of Russian troops in Ukraine reached 73,270 soldiers on Wednesday morning, according to the Ukrainian army general staff. During the day, 800 invaders were destroyed, a plane and a helicopter were shot down, as well as 23 flying robots.

Since the reinvasion began on February 24, the Russians have lost 2,714 tanks, 5,525 personnel transport battleships, 1,733 guns, 387 multi-charge rocket launchers, 198 anti-aircraft artillery installations, 277 airplanes, 258 helicopters, 1,438 aircraft. unmanned vehicles, 397 cruise missiles, 4,153 cars and 16 tankers and, in addition to 154 units of specialized equipment.

29.09. Effective attacks by Ukrainian guerrillas are forcing the Kremlin to divert resources from front-line operations to securing rear areas, analysts from the US Institute for War Studies said. Guerrilla attacks limit Russia’s ability to defend itself against Ukrainian military counterattacks and to continue its offensive.

08.06. Russia is not as strong as it wants to present itself, but it is also not as weak as we would like to see it, foreign affairs expert Saeima member Andris Sprūds (P) gave this rating on Latvian radio. Sprud predicted that the West will be very reluctant to engage in negotiations with Vladimir Putin’s regime, even if dialogue cannot be done completely without it. In evaluating military activities, Sprud noted that Russia spares neither the lives of people of other nations nor its own citizens in war.

07.10. With its actions in Ukraine, Russia effectively threatens the development of nuclear energy in the world, Ukrainian Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko announced at a press conference after a meeting with the EU’s Energy Commissioner ( EU) Kadri Simsoni.

“Everything that existed in the world in terms of nuclear safety has been destroyed. And this does not apply only to the Zaporizhzhya and Chornobyl power plants. Russia today has effectively destroyed the structure of the development of nuclear energy. We have considered terrorist attacks, earthquakes as foreseeable threats. But, sorry, attacks on nuclear power plants with heavy use of weapons – no one in the world has considered such a thing in this context, “the minister noted.

05.00. From today until November 4, one of the SUVs donated in the “Twitter Convoy” campaign, used by soldiers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces to win battles against the Russian occupation forces, is on display at the Latvian War Museum, Ministry of Defense (MoD) informs .

According to the ministry, the exposed off-road vehicle was used by soldiers of the 93rd Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, who gave it the name “Orliks”.

00.10. Iran plans to send 1,000 missiles and drones to Russia, including 200 drones in early November, according to CNN.