What Others Are Writing About Russia – 4 November 2026

In brief

• According to the Czech iROZHLAS, a 70-year-old pensioner from Kherson refuses to evacuate from the city, where Russian attacks occur every day, despite requests from her grandson living in Prague.
• According to the Slovak SME.sk, the sponsors Škoda, Kaufland and Fortuna are not commenting on the possible return of Russia to the world hockey championship; Prime Minister Robert Fico supports the participation of Russians, while the Czechs have a different position.
• According to the Ukrainian Українська правда, drones attacked the Ozon logistics center in the Russian Republic of Adygea, causing a fire; all employees were evacuated, and the company's losses in the third quarter were reportedly 30.1 billion rubles.
• According to Ukrinform, ATESH is said to have reconnoitered military unit 85683, a radar regiment at Cape Fiolent in occupied Sevastopol, which detects air targets and passes data to Russian air defense.
• According to the Ukrainian NV, Ambassador Roman Bessmertnyj assessed that Donald Trump's actions regarding fuel supplies to Russia and Steve Witkoff's statement calling Putin a "humanist" affected voters in the US; TSN reports that Zelensky criticized Washington's arrangements with Moscow on Russian diesel fuel.

Czech press

According to the Czech iROZHLAS, a seventy-year-old pensioner from the Ukrainian city of Kherson refuses to leave the city, where attacks by the Russian army occur every day. The woman has already lost her apartment, spends most of her time in her new accommodation, and rarely goes out onto the street. Her grandson Andy, who lives in Prague, has repeatedly offered her evacuation and a place to live in the Czech Republic, but the grandmother does not want to leave, considering Kherson her home. (‚Stojí tam jako zeď.‘ Babička z ostřelovaného Chersonu odmítá odejít, vnuk jí nabízí domov v Praze – iROZHLAS)

Slovak press

According to the Slovak SME.sk, Škoda, Kaufland and Fortuna are for now holding back from commenting on the possible return of Russia to the world hockey championship, which may become a test for their sponsors. The same outlet reports that Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, together with Sports Minister Richard Huliak, supports the participation of Russians, while the Czechs have a different position on this idea (Škoda zatiaľ vyčkáva, mlčí Kaufland aj Fortuna. Návrat Ruska na MS v hokeji preverí aj sponzorov – SME.sk).

Ukrainian press

The Ukrainian Українська правда reports that in the Russian Republic of Adygea, drones attacked the Ozon logistics center, causing a fire. According to sources cited by the portal, including the Ozon press service, all employees were evacuated, and the company announced the removal from the marketplace website of goods located in the attacked complex. The newspaper also recalls that in the third quarter, Ozon's losses due to attacks on warehouses were reportedly 30.1 billion rubles. (У російському Адигейську дрони атакували логістичний центр Ozon – Українська правда)

According to the Ukrainian portal Ukrinform, ATESH conducted reconnaissance of the area of military unit 85683, that is, a radar regiment stationed at Cape Fiolent in temporarily occupied Sevastopol. As Ukrinform reports, the regiment detects air targets over the peninsula and the Black Sea and passes the data to Russian air defense forces to protect Sevastopol and the Black Sea Fleet. (ATESH identifies radar regiment positions at Cape Fiolent in Sevastopol – Ukrinform)

The Ukrainian NV (Nowe Wiadomości) reports that Ukrainian Ambassador Roman Bessmertnyj, in an interview on Radio NV, assessed that the diplomatic concession by Donald Trump regarding fuel supplies to Russia and the statement by his special envoy Steve Witkoff, who called Vladimir Putin a "humanist," affected voters in the US and contributed to the Republicans' defeat in the campaign before the midterm elections. (Дизельная сделка Трампа и заявление Виткоффа о «Путине-гуманисте» повлияли на электорат в США — Бессмертный – NV) Similarly, TSN reports that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky criticized Washington's arrangements with Moscow regarding Russian diesel fuel, called relations with Donald Trump emotional, and called on the US to increase support for Kyiv (Зеленський назвав відносини з Трампом емоційними та закликав тиснути на Путіна – TSN).

Belarusian press

The Belarusian portal Charter 97, described as independent, reports in its material from 4 November that Vladimir Putin is losing the war of attrition, and new record Russian losses may be bringing a turning point closer. (Путин проигрывает войну на истощение – Charter 97)

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