Main events for Wednesday 4 November: almost 180 engagements, airstrikes on Sloviansk and Kramatorsk, attacks on Odesa region

Combat operations in Donetsk region, 179 engagements, enemy shelling. How the 1715-th day of the full-scale war will be remembered.

The death toll from the Russian strike on Komyshuvakha in Zaporizhzhia region has risen to 40 people. Search-and-rescue operations at the impact site have been ongoing for a third day.

All necessary services have been involved in the work, but the operation is taking place under the threat of further Russian strikes. Some bodies have not yet been identified. More than 30 people may still be under the rubble.

According to President Zelenskyy, the international reaction to the attack so far is insufficient. Zelenskyy stressed that Russia must be held accountable for its war crimes, and called on partners to strengthen support for Ukraine with air defense systems.

Meanwhile the General Staff of the Armed Forces reports that as of 22:00 4 November, 179 battles have occurred on the front since the start of the day.

The most attacks were recorded on the Pokrovsk and Kostiantynivka directions.

More on the operational situation as of the evening of 4 November — in the news.

Russian forces on the day of 4 November carried out an airstrike on the Kramatorsk community in Donetsk region. Two women were killed and another was injured as a result of the attack, reported Kramatorsk military-civilian administration head Oleksandr Honcharenko.

According to him, at 15:50 Russian forces dropped two FAB-250 aerial bombs on the private sector of Yasnohirka.

In Odesa region, another Russian strike damaged the building of a logistics company's distribution terminal.

A truck trailer also caught fire. According to preliminary information, there were no casualties.

A few hours earlier Russian forces attacked warehouse premises used for commercial purposes in a suburb of Odesa where shoes were manufactured. The strike caused fires and destroyed two vehicles. Two people were injured — a 38-year-old woman and a 65-year-old man.

Russian forces on 4 November carried out an airstrike on Sloviansk in Donetsk region. A FAB-250 aerial bomb hit a non-operational medical facility.

The old wing of the Sloviansk hospital, which is an architectural monument, was damaged.

The medical facility has been hit by Russian shelling before. This time other hospital buildings and private residential houses were also damaged.

There were no casualties.

Russia again attacked Kyiv with drones. Wreckage from shot-down drones fell in two districts.

More details — in the news.

The Security Service of Ukraine detained and notified three organizers of the unrest in Petropavlivska Borshchahivka on 2 November.

According to the case materials, one of the detained Kyiv region residents agreed for monetary compensation to organize the removal of a National Guard serviceman from the unit’s deployment point.

On 2 November a fake medic began spreading manipulative information on social networks to provoke public outrage and incite people to riot.

In addition, investigators detained another active participant in the clashes. According to law enforcement, she called to block and damage a National Guard bus.

The SBU has sent motions to the court to impose pretrial detention on the suspects. Law enforcement also plans to notify another active participant of suspicion and identify others involved in the provocations.

Under the charged articles, the defendants face up to eight years in prison.

More information — in the news.

SBU head Oleksandr Poklad dismissed two senior SBU officials who became figures in an NABU and SAP investigation as part of operation "Carthage."

The agency said it is providing full support and assisting with all necessary procedural actions in the criminal proceedings.

More details — in the news.

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