Important news by Wednesday morning, November 4: Air defense forces shot down 709 Ukrainian drones overnight over Russian areas, as well as the Azov Sea and the Black Sea, the Ministry of Defense reported. UAVs were intercepted, among others, over the regions of Saratov, Samara and Rostov, the Moscow region and Adygea. On Tuesday, Ukrainian drones attacked a gas station in Donetsk where buses were to be refueled. One driver was killed and three others were injured, Mayor Alexey Kolmezin reported. According to media reports, an office of a telecommunications company was attacked tonight and caused damage to the front. There are no reports of casualties from that incident. Russian armed forces continued night attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure and naval vessels used for the benefit of Ukraine's armed forces, the Ministry of Defense reported. In the Kyiv region, the Nalibaikovka power station was damaged, and in the Zhytomyr region, the Chizhovka substation was damaged. In addition, in the Black Sea southwest of Odessa, a dry cargo ship carrying military supplies to the armed forces of Ukraine was hit. The Kherson area is completely without electricity due to a technical fault, Khersonenergo reported. In Kursk, the memory of the heroes of the special military operation who won the title for liberating the region from the Ukrainian armed forces will be commemorated, announced Governor Hinstein. Any progress regarding the Ukrainian settlement is currently limited to the humanitarian track: exchange of prisoners, return of bodies and exchange of patients. At the same time, the political trajectory is not moving anywhere, Rodion Miroshnik told Izvestia ahead of a tripartite meeting between Russia, the US and Ukraine in Abu Dhabi. Four tankers hit mines in the southern part of the Strait of Hormuz, and two other vessels were detained, IRNA reported, citing a statement from the Revolutionary Guards.

Important news by Wednesday morning, November 4: Air defense forces shot down 709 Ukrainian drones overnight over Russian areas, as well as the Azov Sea and the Black Sea, the Ministry of Defense reported. UAVs were intercepted, among others, over the regions of Saratov, Samara and Rostov, the Moscow region and Adygea. On Tuesday, Ukrainian drones attacked a gas station in Donetsk where buses were to be refueled. One driver was killed and three others were injured, Mayor Alexey Kolmezin reported. According to media reports, an office of a telecommunications company was attacked tonight and caused damage to the front. There are no reports of casualties from that incident. Russian armed forces continued night attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure and naval vessels used for the benefit of Ukraine's armed forces, the Ministry of Defense reported. In the Kyiv region, the Nalibaikovka power station was damaged, and in the Zhytomyr region, the Chizhovka substation was damaged. In addition, in the Black Sea southwest of Odessa, a dry cargo ship carrying military supplies to the armed forces of Ukraine was hit. The Kherson area is completely without electricity due to a technical fault, Khersonenergo reported. In Kursk, the memory of the heroes of the special military operation who won the title for liberating the region from the Ukrainian armed forces will be commemorated, announced Governor Hinstein. Any progress regarding the Ukrainian settlement is currently limited to the humanitarian track: exchange of prisoners, return of bodies and exchange of patients. At the same time, the political trajectory is not moving anywhere, Rodion Miroshnik told Izvestia ahead of a tripartite meeting between Russia, the US and Ukraine in Abu Dhabi. Four tankers hit mines in the southern part of the Strait of Hormuz, and two other vessels were detained, IRNA reported, citing a statement from the Revolutionary Guards.