Komyshuvakha death toll rises to 43 as search enters fourth day

Civilian casualties of russian strikes on 5 November and the night to 6 November, as reported by the authorities; the data are incomplete and may rise. No morning reports of casualties from the night to 6.11 were found in the material read:

• Komyshuvakha (Zaporizhzhia region), strike of 2.11 — 43 killed as of 5.11, 14:19 (Zelensky, Facebook, via Ukrinform); injured not given; aerial bombs on an underground school housing a resilience point; search continues
• Dnipropetrovsk region, 5.11 — 0 killed, 7 injured (1 of them a child); over 30 attacks in a day, houses, a hotel and a school damaged (regional governor Oleksandr Hanzha, via Ukrinform, 18:56)
• Bucha district (Kyiv region), 5.11 — 0 killed, 2 injured; strike on a business (Ukrinform, 19:28)
• Vinnytsia region, 5.11 — 0 killed, 3 injured; civilian and critical infrastructure damaged (Ukrinform, “Battle for Ukraine. Day 1716”, 21:52)
• Kirovohrad region, 5.11 — casualties reported (number not given); a house caught fire (Ukrinform, 20:48)

Komyshuvakha (Zaporizhzhia region), strike of 2.11; on 5.11 the search was in its fourth day. russia reportedly dropped nine aerial bombs on an underground school housing a resilience point, where humanitarian aid was being handed out. The death toll kept rising: 40 (4.11) → 42 (National Police, 5.11 10:54) → 43 (Zelensky, 5.11 14:19). Four law-enforcement officers are among the dead (as of 4.11); the National Police estimated up to 33 more people could be under the rubble; bodies are being identified. A woman thought missing was found alive. About 200 residents remain in the village and are being urged to evacuate. Separately, on 1.11 a drone wounded police officers near Komyshuvakha; two later died in hospital. The number of injured and whether children are among the victims are not given in the material read.

188 clashes on 5 November — 9% below the weekly average (206), according to Ukraine’s General Staff (as of 08:00 on 6.11, Ukrinform 08:37; the evening report at 22:00 on 5.11 had 167). Shelling rose: 2,794 attacks, 14% above the weekly average and the most since 31 October; plus 79 air strikes with 235 guided bombs and 7,093 kamikaze drones. The named directions account for only 47 of the 188 attacks. Attacks by direction:

• Pokrovsk — 16
• Kostiantynivka — 11
• Huliaipole — 9
• South Slobozhanskyi — 4
• Lyman — 3
• Kupiansk, Sloviansk — 2 each
• Orikhiv — attacks on Lukianivske, number not given
• Kramatorsk, Oleksandrivka, Prydniprovskyi — no assaults

673 vehicles and fuel tankers in 24 hours to 6 November — twice the weekly average (318) and the most since 5 October, according to Ukraine’s General Staff (Ukrinform 07:41). Artillery: 54, the most since 24 October; personnel: 2,440, 18% above the weekly average. Total personnel losses: about 1,601,830. Not independently confirmed; figures are being updated:

• Personnel: +2,440
• Tanks: +2 (12,456)
• Armoured vehicles: +8 (25,651)
• Artillery: +54 (51,956)
• Air defence systems: +6 (1,744)
• Operational-tactical drones: +1,395 (597,616)
• Vehicles and fuel tankers: +673 (170,929)
• Special equipment: +5 (4,878); UGVs: +8 (3,085)
• No increase given: MLRS 2,254, aircraft 452, helicopters 356, cruise missiles 5,192, ships/boats 35, submarines 2

unverifiedUkraine’s military intelligence (HUR) reported an operation code-named “Cheburechna” in Sumy region: over 600 hectares cleared (Ukrinform, 5.11 20:46). No details or independent confirmation in the material read; no front-line changes confirmed by the General Staff were found for the day.

227 strike drones on the night to 6 November — 75% more than the night before (130) and in line with the weekly average (238). 196 (86%) were shot down or jammed; about 15 were still in the air at 08:00. Hits at 14 locations — the fewest since 29 October — and debris at 8. 86 of the drones were jet-powered; Gerberas and Parodiya decoys were not counted separately, and the report lists no missiles.

Kyiv was without water for almost a day because of power cuts: 104 generators were brought in to restore supply, and trains on the Red metro line were briefly halted (Ukrinform, 5.11). Whether this was the result of a strike or a breakdown is not stated in the material read.

🔥unverified📏 185 km from Ukrainian-held territory ≈Night to 6.11, the Afipsky oil refinery in russia’s Krasnodar region: according to ASTRA (via Ukrinform, 08:54), a tank farm is on fire after a drone attack, with smoke over the main part of the plant. The Kuban regional emergency headquarters acknowledged a fire at an enterprise in Afipsky “caused by falling drone debris” but did not name the site. No official confirmation from the General Staff, SBU, HUR, SSO or USF had been found by the morning of 6.11 — the strike is unconfirmed. It is the second night in a row with a fire at a russian refinery.

local authorities: indirectLocal authorities (Kuban regional emergency headquarters, 6.11): fire at an enterprise in Afipsky caused by falling drone debris; site not named

🛢️unverified📏 465 km from Ukrainian-held territory ≈Night to 5.11 (alert from about 02:00), Ryazan: a mass drone attack. According to ASTRA (via Ukrinform, 10:02), the Ryazan refinery (Rosneft) is on fire and a Wildberries warehouse is “probably” burning — ASTRA could not verify eyewitness photos. Governor Pavel Malkov confirmed the attack, debris damage, fires at industrial sites and power cuts in part of the city, but did not name the refinery. No General Staff confirmation in the material read. For scale: according to HUR, Ukrainian strikes have already put 15 of russia’s 38 main refineries out of action (data as of the end of September).

local authorities: indirectLocal authorities (Ryazan region governor Pavel Malkov, 5.11): mass drone attack, debris, fires at industrial sites, power cuts; refinery not named

💥📏 40 km from Ukrainian-held territory ≈A site for storing, preparing and launching attack drones in occupied Crimea, a drone depot in Melitopol, and depots, a mobile fire team and repair units in Donetsk and Luhansk regions were hit on 4.11 and the night to 5.11, according to Ukraine’s General Staff (Telegram, via Ukrinform, 5.11 12:43, “being updated”); no details of the damage. No statements by the occupation authorities about these sites were found in the material read, and there are no independent images.

local authorities silentLocal authorities (occupation authorities of Melitopol and Crimea, 4–5.11): no statements about these sites found in the material read

Ukrainian strikes have put 15 of russia’s 38 main oil refineries out of operation, with damage of over $23bn, according to an estimate by Ukraine’s military intelligence (HUR; data as of the end of September). Not independently verified.

Reinhard Wolski, chair of the Berlin Security Conference, expects little from the Abu Dhabi talks, Ukrinform reports (5.11): in his view russia is not interested in an agreement and wants to keep up its offensive. This is one expert’s assessment.

There is no new monthly UN OHCHR report since the September one (15.10). The UK MoD, the IAEA and other monitors were not checked for this issue.

Four days before the talks in Abu Dhabi (10–11 November, mediated by the US — confirmed by Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff, according to Ukrinform), Zelensky set out what he expects from security guarantees: the outcome must spell out who will act, with what and when, if russia attacks again (TSN broadcast, 5.11 23:19). In Brussels on 4–5.11 representatives of the EU, NATO and the US discussed the guarantees; beforehand Zelensky had spoken with Witkoff and Jared Kushner.

At the White House on 5.11 Ukraine’s human rights commissioner Dmytro Lubinets presented Melania Trump with the Order of Princess Olga for humanitarian support and the return of children, and handed her a letter from Zelensky (Ukrinform, 19:13). At the same time, according to Ukrinform, Ukrainian and russian representatives met there about the local truce in occupied Oleshky. Zelensky said Ukraine will propose to the US and russia that the Oleshky evacuation model be extended to other areas (6.11 00:22). No official outcome of the meeting in the material read.

The EU paid Ukraine €4.36bn under the Ukraine Support Loan (energy, air defence, drones) and plans almost €1bn in winter energy support; Switzerland joined the EU sanctions package against russia and Belarus. Japan lodged a protest with russia on 6.11 over Putin’s decision to place the assets of Japan Tobacco International under temporary management (Ukrinform).

🤝“There will be a big deal,” Trump told reporters at the White House when asked about a meeting with Kirill Dmitriev, Putin’s envoy for economic cooperation (the date of the meeting was not given): the deal would concern Ukraine and probably all of Europe; he did not say what it would contain. He also said the war would be settled “pretty soon”, that 25,000 people die every month, that he raises civilian Ukrainian deaths with the russian side, and called the fighting a “bloody slaughter” (per Ukrinform, 6.11 03:40; the English original was not read).

🗳️unverified Iran. According to Ukrinform’s summary of a Reuters report (5.11; Reuters report of 4.11), Trump acknowledged that the US–Israeli war against Iran partly contributed to the Republicans’ defeat in the midterm elections. The Reuters original was not read; no new statements by Trump on Iran in the past day were found.

No verified light-hearted (“fun”) story was found for the day, so the slot is skipped.

unverifiedReuters (4.11, as summarised by Ukrinform): the new US Congress, where Democrats will set the agenda from January, could override Trump’s veto and approve aid to Ukraine. Trump has in effect halted direct aid and recently lifted sanctions on russian diesel. Congressman Gregory Meeks, the likely chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, has introduced a bipartisan bill to stop russian diesel returning to the world market.

unverifiedUkraine’s chargé d’affaires in the US: the Starshield contract expires next year (Ukrinform, 6.11 00:46). According to CNN (as summarised by Ukrinform), the Senate will investigate the Starshield restrictions and the trade in russian diesel, and Republicans plan to start impeachment proceedings against defence secretary Pete Hegseth next week — a summary; the original was not read. Zelensky: Ukraine will have to fight for $16bn in suspended US aid (5.11 22:35).

No statements on the war by official China in the past day were found in the material read.

🗣️unverifiedNo new statements by Putin, Lavrov, Medvedev or Ushakov for 5–6.11 were found in the material read. The latest dates from 3.11: Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov (per Gordon) confirmed russia will take part in US-mediated talks with Ukraine in the UAE on 10–11 November; according to Gordon, the delegation will be led by Putin’s aide Vladimir Medinsky. Almost all delegation members, Peskov said, “report to the president on current matters” and take instructions from him.

🗣️Putin decided to transfer the assets of Japan Tobacco International to temporary management by the company “Industrial Assets” (Ukrinform, 5.11). This is an action, not a statement; Japan protested (6.11).