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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: November 1, 2026
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[Korrespondent] 21.57 The Russian military carried out drone strikes on the village in the evening. Vasishchevo Kharkiv district. The head of OVA, Oleg Sinegubov, spoke about the legacy of the black attack.

An encounter was recorded at the top of the five-top vein budinku.

As a result of the shelling, 18-year-old boys and 48-year-old, 67-year-old, 33-year-old and 71-year-old women suffered.

We will provide all the victims with the necessary medical assistance.

20.29 The Swedish government was trying to secure the dry land on the island of Gotland near the Baltic Sea, but the ship was released after the first leaf fall. TV4 channel reports about this.

Sukhovantazh is suspected of having possible links to Russian intelligence operations. TV4 indicates that other vessels of the same company previously figured in investigations into the appearance of unmanned aircraft over European countries. In one version, they could be used as floating bases for launching drones.

19.33 President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that he is ready to align with Russian leader Volodymyr Putin near Turechchyna. He hopes that the head of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, will help organize negotiations. The head of state made this statement in an interview with CNN Turk.

18.13 At the establishment of the six-day truce in the occupied areas, Oleshok was able to play the role of Pope Leo XIV. Due to the fire, thousands of civilians refused the opportunity to resist and evacuate. The newspaper La Stampa writes about this.

According to the information, on June 16, just three days after the operation to remove swelling on his legs, Leo XIV spoke by phone with the head of the Russian Federation, Volodymyr Putin, and then with the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky. Surely, the pontiff telephoned them back from the medicine.

The Pope asked Putin for a truce, so that the peaceful population could be denied humanitarian aid, and people could safely evacuate. According to La Stampa, the ruler of the Kremlin decided to support the initiative of the Vatican. The next day, the pontiff was discharged from the doctor's office.

17.37 In Vinnytsia, a Russian drone entered the territory of a vocational school. Two people died. The press service of the DSNS informed about this.

As the head of OVA Natalya Zabolotna clarified, the situation was between a group of residents and one of the initial deposits on the territory of the Kozyatyn community.

“The man died at the scene. The woman was in intensive care, but, unfortunately, she died,” Zabolotna said.

So there are three children at the doctor's office - two five-digit children and one sixteen-year-old boy. All with injuries of moderate severity. They are given the necessary medical assistance.

17.11 Internet resources of the Federal Service of State Statistics of Russia (Rosstat) detected cyber attacks. RosZMI is informed about this.

On the main portal and the websites of regional departments, there appeared information from the hacker groups “CyberPartisan BY” and Silent Crow, which are recognized as extremist organizations in Russia. Unfortunately, the hackers deprived the Belarusian mine of the message: “No one will lose their identity.”

The press service of Rosstat stated that the attacks were carefully prepared and were carried out overnight in as many direct directions as possible - from the 29th of the month to the 1st of leaf fall. According to the data of the Russian department, they received a number of fakivts of different profiles, since the attacks were geographically concentrated.

15.00 Zhovtnya Russia has seen record losses in its special warehouse. Defense forces increased to occupy more territories that the Russians could take. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky stated this on Telegram.

“In one month, Russia lost 54,400 of its troops killed and seriously wounded. This is a record for all months of a full-scale war,” the head of state wrote.

According to the president’s words, the record of the Russian army’s expenditures became a record - 21 years of military service, reaching 2,250 military units. The military leveled so much - like nine parades on Chervonia Square, 200 metro cars or the population of Chukotka.

“It’s important that we continue to turn our backs. During the last century, the Defense Forces acquired 96.2 sq. km of Ukrainian land, which is 10.4 sq. km more than the occupiers managed to grab in this hour,” said the Ukrainian leader

14.19 Ukraine launched an attack on the Kamensky plant near the Rostov region of the Russian Federation, which was aimed at producing missiles for the Russian defense-industrial complex.

The Pantsir-S anti-aircraft defense complex and the S-400 Triumph command and staff vehicle were also hit. The total cost of production of PPO facilities is estimated at approximately 70 million dollars.

13.27 The ruler of Russia, Volodymyr Putin, is not at all impressed by the differences with the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky. The Kremlin official reports that the Ukrainian leader is calling you. This was stated by the Russian dictator’s aide Yuri Ushakov.

He was asked that Putin responded to Zelensky’s phone call. The assistant to the Russian ruler let it go, so I’ll take the rumor.

“I think it’s true, it’s clear. Putin has never been able to see the prospect of growth,” Ushakov said.

13.01 Evening of the 31st Evening Rumunia has reached its peak through the destruction of the damaged area by drones.

The radar systems of the defense department detected two drones that had unauthorizedly crossed the state cordon and entered the expanses of Romania. The command took to the skies aviation forces: both F-16 aircraft and the IAR-330 SOCAT helicopter.

According to military data, one of the drones has been flying outside the territory of the country for a year. Another drone was recorded in the area between the districts of Vaslui and Bacau.

12.38 In the Ostrozky district of the Rivne region, as a result of the Russian attack, a wine was burned in a living room. The borrowing area became 100 square meters. m. Four people suffered from the inheritance.

12.24 At the beginning of the first leaf fall, Russian troops attacked the energy infrastructure of several regions of Ukraine. Hundreds of thousands of homelands will soon be left without electricity.

Substations, transformers and power transmission lines in the Dnipropetrovsk, Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr and Khmelnytsky regions collapsed under the impact. Repair crews are working on the ground to help restore electrical power.

11.50 Russian troops hit the Lviv community with drones. Five residential buildings and a car at the Agrokhimik cooperative were damaged. At Ryasny-Rusky, he fell into the martyrdom of not having enough budins.

Near Pidryasny Street, a Russian drone damaged two private cars, one passenger car and an empty warehouse. There are no casualties. The fire was also not recorded.

11.13 The forces of unmanned systems recordedof enemy manpower during the hour of the great war. There are about 16.8 thousand Russian military forces. SBS commander Robert “Madyar” Brovdi told about this.

According to this data, the unmanned systems forces hit 64,807 hostile targets. The average one has 2091 targets to get - or one skin 41 seconds.

10.29 Inheritance of Russian attacks on energy infrastructure facilities on the morning of the 1st leaf fall, part of the inhabitants of Zhytomyr, Donetsk, Zaporizkaya, Kievskaya, Dnipropetrovsk, Sumy, Cherkasy and Kharkiv regions.

The most difficult situation with electricity supplies is in the Dnieper and Kiev regions. The energy infrastructure of these regions has experienced large-scale deterioration.

9.20 Russian troops massively attacked the Vinnytsia region at night, hitting energy infrastructure facilities. There is also damage to mobile communications, private warehouses, windows in a large number of overhead booths, as well as parts of public transport and cars near Vinnytsia.

8.39 During the last battle, 264 combat operations were recorded at the front. The largest number of assault operations were recorded on the Pokrovsky direct, where Ukrainian soldiers launched 55 attacks.

8.20 The legacy of recent Russian attacks on the energy sector of the Dnipropetrovsk region without light will result in the loss of up to 100 thousand residents in the Dnipro, Pavlograd and Samarivo regions. More than 70 emergency teams are working on the renovations.

7.55 At the beginning of the first leaf fall, Russia attacked Ukraine with 433 attack UAVs of the Shahed type (64 of them are reactive), Gerbera, and simulator drones of the Parody type.

The anti-aircraft defense shot down/suppressed 371 UAVs of the Shahed type (47 of them are jet), Gerbera, drones of other types, over 40 attack drones are still in the air, the combat robot is in trouble.

An accident was recorded at 16 locations, as well as a fall of downed people (tricks) at 14 locations.

7.39 From February 24, 2022 to the 1st leaf fall of 2026, military expenditures to the special warehouse of the Russian troops on the territory of Ukraine amounted to approximately 1,590,270 osіb (+2100 per addition).

5.37 Drones attacked the Lukoil-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez oil refinery plant near the Russian town of Kstovo, Nizhny Novgorod region. Local residents recorded in photos and videos the moments of attacks on the territory of their business. This is reported by the Exilenova+ and Supernova+ monitoring channels.

3.47 US President Donald Trump will request Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to attend the G20 summit, which will be held in Miami. The US leader “don’t give anyone else a problem.” About this, check out the post Rapid Response 47 from social media X.

2.36 Ukraine will “not be in NATO” in the short term, and Russian dictator Volodymyr Putin may not like the prospect of membership in the Alliance. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio pointed this out, wrote Radio Liberty journalist Alex Raufoglu in social media X.

1.59 During the Great War, the Russians killed approximately 120 representatives of the Ukrainian clergy and destroyed or damaged approximately 800 religious disputes. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated this in an interview with This Week on Capitol Hill.

0.58 A Russian airstrike was carried out to awaken the local commander in the Kramatorsk Donetsk region. The head of the Kramatorsk MBA, Oleksandr Goncharenko, told us about this on Facebook.

0.39 President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that Ukraine will finance the purchase of 500 Patriot missiles from the United States to support Europe. Currently, in order to increase these supplies, we plan to rely on them under the guarantee of future supplies from the United States. The head of the state informed about this during the break-up with the media in Turechchyna, Ukrinform reports.

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Latest information on the situation on the front line as of November 1 (updated)
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[NewsFront] 20:15 Severyan drones are identifying and destroying small groups of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Sumy and Khar'kov regions.

Frames: Video of the 71st Motorized Rifle Division and special forces of the Sever group at work.

18:01 Reconnaissance of the 51st Guards Army of the Center group worked our UAV operators who identified the enemy's drone control points and transmitted the coordinates to their fellow strike forces (Dnipropetrovsk direction).

The exposed targets were destroyed with a precise series of shots.

16:56 Today in the afternoon the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continued application of strikes by unmanned aerial vehicles on sea vessels used for transporting military cargo.

As a result of the strike at the sea crossing 16 km southeast of Odessa, a dry cargo ship delivering cargo for the Ukrainian Armed Forces was damaged.

15:33 In the area of the settlement of Krasnopolye, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have actively involved UAV crews which were deployed against Severyan positions. To destroy them, it was decided to use tactical aviation and guided missiles with UMPK systems.

12:08 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the Special Military Operation as of November 1, 2026

Units of the North group of forces occupied more advantageous lines and positions.

In the Khar'kov region, the manpower and equipment of units of three mechanized brigades, two motorized infantry brigades, an unmanned systems brigade, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a National Guard brigade were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Vodyane, Kolodezne, Ploske, Shipovatoe, Martovoe, and Velykyi Burluk in the Khar'ko region.

In addition, in the Sumy region, the formations of the mechanized and airmobile brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and four territorial defense brigades were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Ivolzhanske, Velyka Rybitsa, Belany, Korenek in the Sumy region and the city of Sumy.

The enemy lost up to 190 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, nine cars and an electronic warfare station.

Units of the "West" force grouping have improved their position along the forward edge. They have inflicted casualties on the personnel and equipment of four mechanized brigades, an assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a naval infantry brigade near the villages of Vishnevka, Grushevakha, Smorodkovka, and Glushchenkovo in the Khar'kov region and Vovchiy Yar in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 200 servicemen, two US-made HMMWV armored vehicles, 19 vehicles, two artillery pieces, and an electronic warfare station.

Units of the Southern Group of Forces improved their tactical position. They defeated formations of six mechanized brigades, a mountain assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Slavyansk, Kramatorsk, Druzhkovka, Vasilevskaya Pustosh, and Nikolaevka in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 210 servicemen, 33 vehicles, a US-made 155mm Paladin self-propelled artillery unit, a Polish-made 155mm Krab self-propelled artillery unit, and an electronic warfare station.

Units of the Center group of forces occupied more advantageous lines and positions.

The manpower and equipment of three mechanized brigades, an airborne assault brigades, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, four brigades of the National Guard and the Azov* special forces brigade were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Belozerskoye, Kamyshevakha, Andreyevka, Krinitsy, Starorayskoye, Krivorozhye, Sergeyevka, Verovka, Zelenoye and Kamenka of the Donetsk People's Republic.

The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to 350 military personnel, five armored combat vehicles, 10 cars, two artillery pieces, and an electronic warfare station.

Units of the "East" force group advanced deep into the enemy's defenses.

The manpower and equipment of two mechanized, three airborne assault, an assault brigades and an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Podgavrilovka, Kuninova, Sidorenko, Velikomykhailivka, Gavrilovka in the Dnipropetrovsk region, Novorosivka and Zheltaya Krucha in the Zaporizhzhia region.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 205 servicemen, four armored combat vehicles and seven cars.

Units of the Dnepr group of forces have improved their position along the front line.

Formations of the mechanized and mountain assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Orekhov, Yulievka, Kirovo, Kushugum and Preobrazhenka in the Zaporizhzhia region.

Up to 20 military personnel and eight vehicles were destroyed.

11:49 Russian Armed Forces FAB-500 aerial bombs hit temporary deployment points of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the DPR.

10:59 Drone operators and artillerymen of the Vostok group are leveling enemy strongholds with the ground.

08:38 Drone operators of the 72nd Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the "Southern" group liquidated a group of Ukrainian militants in the Kramatorsk direction.

08:27 During the past night (from 20:00 Moscow time on October 31 to 8:00 Moscow time on November 1), air defense forces on duty intercepted and destroyed 235 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type over the territories of Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Kaluga, Kursk, Lipetsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Oryol, Penza, Rostov, Ryazan, Saratov, Smolensk, Tambov, Tver, Tula regions and the Moscow region.

08:20 During the night, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continued application of strikes on unmanned aerial vehicles on logistics infrastructure facilities used in the interests of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and on sea vessels used to transport military cargo.

As a result of the strikes, traffic control facilities at the Konotop railway station in Sumy Oblast, which ensure the delivery of weapons and military equipment for the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the western regions of Ukraine, were damaged.

In addition, a dry cargo ship carrying cargo intended for the Ukrainian Armed Forces was hit while crossing the sea 69 km southwest of Odessa.

06:41 Tornado-S crew of the Sever group destroyed ammunition depot and logistics hub of the enemy (Khar'kov region).

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