A unit from Ukraine's Special Operations Forces (SOF), acting jointly with the partisan movement Chornaya Iskra (Black Spark), struck a transport and loading vehicle used for the Iskander tactical missile system on the night of 3-4 October.

Russia‘s rough equivalent is its Kalibr missile, which it has frequently fired at Ukraine. Moscow has said it would damage relations with the U.S. if Trump greenlit the transfer of Tomahawks, and that it would be an “escalation” of the conflict because Kyiv would need U.S. assistance to use the missiles.

As of November 3, 2025, the total combat losses of Russian forces in the war against Ukraine are estimated at about 1,144,830 personnel, including 1,160 soldiers lost in the past 24 hours. — Ukrinform.

The footage shows how Ukraine is scrambling to defend the embattled city from brutal Russian assaults.

Ukraine pushes to save Pokrovsk: Kyiv rushed elite combat formations to defend Pokrovsk as the embattled city nears collapse. Battlefield assessment: Ukrainian defenses around Kupiansk also faced growing pressure, with Russian forces conducting overwhelming drone warfare operations and infiltrating the city.

Russia said on Wednesday that its forces were advancing north inside Pokrovsk in a drive to take full control of the Ukrainian city, but the Ukrainian army said its units were battling hard to try to stop the Russians from gaining new ground.

Ukraine has long needed an arsenal of interceptor drones to fight Russian Shaheds. It looks like it's finally ready to mass produce them.

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BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany plans to increase its financial aid for Ukraine by about three billion euros ($3.5 billion) next year, two government sources said on Tuesday, confirming a report in business daily Handelsblatt.

Video from Sterlitamak in the Bashkortostan region, which is around 1,000km (620 miles) away from the border with Ukraine, captured an explosion at a petrochemical plant. Regional governor Radiy Khabirov later said Sterlitamak was attacked by two drones and “debris fell in an industrial zone”.

During American actress Angelina Jolie’s humanitarian visit to Ukraine on November 5, military draft officers detained her driver, according to multiple reports. That evening, authorities stopped Jolie’s motorcade at a checkpoint in the Mykolaiv region and seized one of the drivers when he couldn’t produce the required documents,