254th day of fighting: the main thing

"Mediazona" * and the Air Force estimated Russian losses at 8,294 people Putin allowed conscripts convicted of serious crimes to be drafted detachments” ISW : there is no exact data on the withdrawal of Russian troops from Kherson yet

• Mediazona* and the Air Force , with the help of volunteers, confirmed the death of at least 8,294 Russian soldiers, 115 of them mobilized. Over the past two weeks, there have been reports of the death of 472 Russian soldiers. The last time, on September 21, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu reported 5,937 dead Russian soldiers in Ukraine.
• Washington has announced a new $400 million military aid package to Ukraine. According to the Air Force , it includes 45 T-72 tanks, 250 M1117 armored personnel carriers, 40 armored boats, and 1,100 Phoenix Ghost drones.
• Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law allowing to call for military service to mobilize citizens with an unexpunged or outstanding criminal record. The changes will affect those convicted of serious crimes, including murder, robbery, robbery, and drug trafficking.
• According to Putin , a total of 318,000 people were mobilized. The number of those called up turned out to be more than the previously announced required 300 thousand reservists, since "the number of volunteers is not decreasing"‎. At the same time, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on November 1, during the first announcement of the completion of mobilization , said that 87 thousand mobilized were sent to the combat zone. On the same day, Alexander Tulyaganov, head of the second department of the main organizational and mobilization department of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces, estimated the number of volunteers in Ukraine at 15,000 people.
• Kiev fears a trap set by the Russian army in Kherson. Yesterday, the authorities of the Kherson region announced the transfer to the left bank of the Dnieper. The evacuation of civilians continues. However, Natalia Gumenyuk, a spokeswoman for the Southern Military Command of Ukraine, said that this could be a Russian trap and disinformation, while Russian troops are preparing for street fighting at this time.
• In Ukraine, Russian servicemen were convicted . For violating the laws and customs of war, two received sentences: the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine accused them of ill-treatment of civilians and sexual abuse of minors. These crimes were recorded in March in the Chernihiv region. The officers settled in one of the houses, and one of the soldiers repeatedly tried to rape a 16-year-old girl. Her brother was kept in the backyard of the house in the cold. The court found the Russians guilty and sentenced them to 12 and 10 years in prison. The verdict was passed in the absence of the defendants.

Two more servicemen, on charges of the Prosecutor General's Office, took civilians hostage in one of the districts of Kiev, treated them inhumanely, robbed the civilian population. Two suspects raped a pregnant woman - she then lost her child. Currently, other servicemen of the Russian Federation involved in these crimes are also being identified.

The Russian Defense Ministry denies the participation of Russian soldiers and officers in war crimes.

• British intelligence writes that the Russian military can organize "detachments"‎. These units threaten to shoot the retreating soldiers to force them to continue their advance. Lately, Russian generals have probably wanted their commanders to use weapons against deserters, including perhaps allowing them to be shot after a warning. The generals could also seek to maintain the defense at any cost.
• Analysts at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believe that Russian forces are withdrawing some units from the northwest of the Kherson region, but it is not yet clear if they will fight for Kherson. Russian troops are taking up defensive positions northwest of Kherson and are moving additional mobilized forces there. Some Russian elite units, such as airborne troops and marines, continue to operate on the right bank of the Dnieper, and their complete withdrawal from the northern part of the Kherson region will be a clearer indication that Russian troops will not fight for Kherson or settlements on the right. shore.

* "Mediazone"‎ The Ministry of Justice of Russia considers it a "foreign agent"‎.