With Russian and Ukrainian forces apparently bracing to battle for the city of Kherson, signs of Kremlin rule are disappearing from the city’s streets.
Russian soldiers, patrols and checkpoints have suddenly become extremely scarce, residents say. https://t.co/3Q4p1F2TqP
— The New York Times (@nytimes) November 4, 2022
Russia withdraws, likely planning a counterattack to prevent Ukraine from reclaiming Kherson:
-Russian soldiers, patrols and checkpoints have suddenly disappeared in the city center for the most part and most Russian civilians have left.
-The Russian flag was taken down from official administrative sites (not clear by who)
-Kremlin-appointed administrators have relocated to a site 50 miles away — after looting anything of value they could take, residents and Ukrainian officials said.
-Russian troops have not decamped from the area
-Ukrainian military intelligence says Russia has deployed some 40,000 soldiers to the western bank of the Dnipro River to stop the Ukrainian military from reclaiming Kherson.
-Vladimir Putin said on Friday that civilians in the Ukrainian region of Kherson must be removed from the conflict zone, state-owned news agency RIA reported.
-Vladimir Putin said “most dangerous actions” are happening in Kherson as he calls for people to leave.
Ukrainian forces are piling pressure on Russian troops in the southern region of Kherson that Moscow occupied in February at the start of its invasion of Ukraine. Here is why the region is strategically important for the course of Russia’s war in Ukraine https://t.co/HzI7Dnh6BY
— Reuters (@Reuters) November 4, 2022
Putin tries to freeze Ukrainians out:
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy has accused Russia of “energy terrorism,” with Russian strikes on the nation’s energy network leaving millions of people without power. Zelenskyy said 4.5 million people across Ukraine were without electricity. https://t.co/MHNlHShYif
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 4, 2022
-Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused Russia of engaging in “energy terrorism” after Russian strikes on Ukraine’s energy network left millions of residents without power.
-Russian has used drone/missile strikes to target energy infrastructure in recent weeks.
-On Thursday, Zelenskyy said about 4.5 million people were without electricity across the country. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said 450,000 apartments in the capital alone did not have on Friday.
Russia withdrew from the grain deal 4 days ago. The UN, Turkey and Ukraine called Moscow’s bluff, continuing the ship convoys regardless. Faced with the choice of sinking third-country merchant ships or an embarrassing climbdown, Putin chose a climbdown. https://t.co/Wvwat7m00p
— Yaroslav Trofimov (@yarotrof) November 2, 2022
Update: He says after the deal expires they could quit again (lol)
Russia said it had not committed to staying in the Black Sea grain deal, which has freed Ukraine’s grain shipments from a Russian blockade of its Black Sea ports, beyond its current expiry date of Nov. 19 https://t.co/dm5eq2YcEc pic.twitter.com/bd1zh8zdNL
— Reuters (@Reuters) November 3, 2022
-President Vladimir Putin reserved Russia’s right to withdraw again from an international agreement allowing Ukraine to export grain via the Black Sea
-If Russia did so, however, Putin said it would not impede shipments of grain from Ukraine to Turkey.
The official numbers for Putin’s recent draft are in:
⚡️ Putin: 318,000 men drafted in Russia for its war against Ukraine.
Vladimir Putin said on Nov. 4 that Russia had conscripted 318,000 citizens, 49,000 of which are already fighting in Ukraine, according to Russian state-controlled news agency TASS.
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) November 4, 2022
Xi warns Putin not to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine:
In his most direct criticism of Vladimir Putin so far, Chinese leader Xi Jinping had warned the Russian president not to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine.
He also called on German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who’s currently in Beijing, to push for peace talks.https://t.co/tbwWvzeUzw
— POLITICOEurope (@POLITICOEurope) November 4, 2022
Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina talks about spending two years in a Russian penal colony:
As U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner faces a Russian penal colony, Maria Alyokhina, a member of feminist art ensemble Pussy Riot who spent two years in one for a punk protest against President Putin, says a penal colony is no ordinary prison https://t.co/V11jd2uthp pic.twitter.com/1tusCrD9cc
— Reuters (@Reuters) November 4, 2022
Soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, not only brave warriors, but also wonderful cooks. Soldier’s cuisine in field front conditions🥗🪖 pic.twitter.com/Hjm5e3hAch
— Igor Kyivskyi (@Igor_from_Kyiv_) November 3, 2022
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