MAP. War In Ukraine: Ukrainian Attacks On Crimea, Fighting In Avdiyivka… Update Of The Day

The Ukrainian President reiterated this Saturday, November 4, his position that now is not the time to negotiate with Russia. Volodymyr Zelensky also rejected comments from his own commander-in-chief, who said in an interview with The Economist newspaper that the war was at a stalemate. An adviser to the Ukrainian president, Ihor Zhovkva, also directly criticized the general “Makes the attacker’s job easier”.

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The situation in Ukraine this Saturday, November 4th. | INFOGRAPHY WEST FRANCE View in full screen mode

The situation in Ukraine this Saturday, November 4th. | INFOGRAPHY WEST FRANCE

According to NBC, discussions are ongoing

Ukraine’s presidency is in a bind after US broadcaster NBC revealed that talks were underway to outline what Ukraine might have to give up to reach a peace deal with Russia.

Representatives from more than 50 countries that support Ukraine, including NATO members, reportedly raised the issue last month, according to several senior U.S. officials. Ukraine’s American and European allies are reportedly increasingly concerned about the stalemate in the war as Ukraine’s counteroffensive has failed to achieve a breakthrough.

On November 2, it was Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov who announced this “No, the conflict is not at an impasse”.

Ursula von der Leyen in Kyiv

The President of the European Commission arrived in the Ukrainian capital this morning to talk to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky about EU enlargement, she announced on the social network X.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy give a joint press conference following their meeting on November 4, 2023 in Kyiv. | ANATOLII STEPANOV / AFP View in full screen mode

“I am here to discuss Ukraine’s path to EU membership” and financial support from the EU “rebuild Ukraine as a modern and prosperous democracy,” she said upon her arrival at the Kiev train station, where she was greeted by Volodymyr Zelensky.

On November 8, the Commission must present its report on the state of progress of Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia and decide whether or not to start accession negotiations with the EU.

Ukrainian attacks on shipyard in occupied Crimea

Ukraine claimed to have attacked a shipyard in Russian-occupied Crimea: “On the evening of November 4, Ukrainian armed forces successfully carried out attacks against the maritime and port infrastructure of the Zaliv Shipyard in the temporarily occupied city of Kerch.” announced the Ukrainian army.

Russian efforts focused on the city of Avdiyivka

For several weeks now, the Russian army has been on the offensive again around the Avdiivka fortress in the east. According to the mayor of the small industrial town (population 35,128 in the 2013 census), Vitaly Barabasch, Russian forces are now focused on capturing the coking plant.

According to British intelligence, the Russian attacks on the city would have been extremely costly. “Russia has lost almost 200 armored vehicles in an attack on the city in the last three weeks.” explained the official news channel of the British Ministry of Defense on X.