Regarding the colossal amount of Russian losses reported by the Ukrainian General Staff, this is due to a combination of continued and abnormally aggressive Russian assaults in certain directions, specifically Dobropillia and Huliaipole; the falling of the leaves, which both help to actually eliminate more Russian resources but also help to verify them, which is a condition to add them to the daily count; and, very likely, some exaggeration.

I agree. This is a common trend for this time of the year, where all the usual movement and infiltration routes are all of a sudden very exposed due to falling leaves. This, combined with unusually intense Russian offensive operations, is naturally going to create such an effect. I expect casualties will begin to decrease over winter.

Of course, as Playfra rightly points out, these numbers provided by the Ukrainian General Staff are exaggerated. In my opinion, the claims of 3k Russian casualties in a day (KIA + WIA) are a significant exaggeration. Claims that they have videos of all the FPV strikes are just claims, and there is no way to verify these numbers when we only see a small fraction of this supposed total.

And one must also ask, if Russia is suffering such heavy casualties due to these abnormally large offensive operations, then how many casualties is Ukraine suffering due to these same abnormally large offensive operations, which are naturally supported with larger-than-usual strike campaigns.

A car bombing in St Petersburg has killed an unspecified Russian colonel. There are mixed reports on whether he held a high-ranking role in the Army or Air Force.

The explosion was reportedly caused by a remotely-detonated device attached to the underside of the car. One family member in the car with him was injured in the blast. A criminal case has been opened into the matter.

The Russian Ministry of Defence issued a statement regarding their overnight combined missile and drone attack on Ukraine.

In Kyiv City, they claimed to have struck a factory involved in the production of "Hornet" mid-range drones.

In Kyiv Oblast, the MoD claims that three enterprises used to produce UAVs of various types, components for solid fuel rocket boosters used in tactical ballistic missiles, and solid-fuel boosters for UAVs, were hit.

In Zhytomyr City, they claim to have targeted 330 kV and 110 kV electrical substations.

The MoD also claims that a dry cargo ship was struck in the western Black Sea, which was allegedly transporting military cargo to Odesa Port.

Footage showing the impact of two Russian KAB glide-bombs on the outskirts of Zaporizhzhia City last night.

Zaporizhzhia City and its surroundings have come under significantly intensified Russian KAB glide-bomb and Geran-4 jet-drone strikes in recent days.

Zelesnky reports that renewed restrictions on Starshield have been imposed in the last few days, with drones once again being restricted to speeds of 161 km/h.

He claims that there have been successful Russian Geran drone strikes due to Ukraine's interceptor drone operations being disrupted.

Russian Geran-4 jet-drone strikes on the Kremenchuk Oil Refinery, a (claimed) drone launcher, a logistics centre, and a 110 kV electrical substation.

One of the most vindicating things for me this year has been watching the pro-Russians, who claimed to support my work when Russia was doing well on the frontline, turn on me and do the exact same thing Nafo and the pro-Ukraine fanatics have done for years, the second I begin reporting on Ukraine’s recent frontline successes.

Am I at all surprised? No.

You fanatics truly are all the same. Stupidity and extreme bias unite you more than the opposite sides you support separate you.