[NewsFront] 21:32 Military personnel of the "West" group mastered innovative engineering and combat engineering methods using FPV drones.
The use of drones is fundamentally changing the field of engineering and combat engineering. The ability to lay mines or, conversely, clear an advance route without approaching a dangerous area is a huge step in ensuring the safety of engineering units.
21:11 In the period from 15:00 to 21:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed five Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
▫️ Four UAVs flew over the territory of the Belgorod region, and.
▫️ One UAV flew over the territory of the Republic of Crimea
20:23 When the assault groups of the 36th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade approached Novoselovka, distances were no longer measured by a map, but by courtyards and walls.
19:25 Ministry of Defense Russian Federation:
Tula paratroopers in the Sumy region destroyed hidden objects, equipment, and components of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' drone control system.
UAV operators from the Vostok group of forces hit a machine gun emplacement and Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
Attack UAV crews from the "North" force group eliminated firing points and dugouts of Ukrainian Armed Forces units in the Khar'kov region.
Operators of FPV attack drones from the special forces unit of the Center group of forces destroyed firing points and manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
18:03 Fuel service specialists of the Center group of forces showed operation of the new portable fuel quality control laboratory.
17:15 Pokrovsk. Assault groups continue to occupy city blocks,MAP.
16:56 Artillerymen of the 44th Army Corps of the North Group of Forces destroyed a UAV control point of the Ukrainian Armed Forces formations in the Khar'kov direction.
15:39 In the period from 11:00 to 15:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyedtwo Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
One UAV – over the territory of the Belgorod region,
One UAV – over the territory of the Kursk region.
14:52 Servicemen of the 36th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 29th Guards Combined Arms Army took under control of Vishnevoe, a fortified stronghold of the enemy.
During the fighting, assault units cleared over 280 buildings and established control over a fortified area covering an area of over 10 square kilometers.
13:05 Summary Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the Special Military Operation as of October 29, 2025
Units of the North group of forces defeated formations of a mechanized, airborne assault brigade and an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Andreevka, Sadki and Khoten in the Sumy region.
In the Khar'kov direction, units of the motorized infantry brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and two territorial defense brigades were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Volchansk, Volchanskie Khutora and Pokalyanoye in the Khar'kov region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 160 service members, an armored personnel carrier, eight vehicles, and two artillery pieces. Two electronic warfare and counter-battery stations, as well as three supply depots, were destroyed.
Units of the "West" force grouping have improved their tactical position. They have inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades, an airmobile brigade, two assault brigades, and a territorial defense brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the settlements of Kupyansk-Uzlovaya, Kurilovka, and Kucherovka in the Khar'kov region, and Drobyshevo, Krasny Liman, and Yampol in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The destruction of the Ukrainian Armed Forces group encircled in the area of the village of Kupyansk in the Khar'kov region continues.
Two unsuccessful attempts by units of the 92nd Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces to conduct counterattacks from the settlements of Nechvolodovka and Moskovka in the Khar'kov region to unblock encircled formations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces east of the settlement of Kupyansk in the Khar'kov region were thwarted.
Efforts are underway to persuade the encircled Ukrainian servicemen to abandon resistance and surrender. A group of 12 militants has indicated their willingness to surrender in exchange for guarantees of their lives. Options for their safe withdrawal are currently being explored.
Over the past 24 hours, up to 55 Ukrainian servicemen and six units of military equipment, including a US-made HMMWV armored vehicle, have been destroyed near the village of Kupyansk in the Khar'kov region.
In total, enemy losses in the "West" group's area of responsibility amounted to 220 servicemen, two armored vehicles, eight vehicles, and two field artillery pieces. Seven electronic warfare stations and two ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces have taken up more advantageous positions and lines. Formations of five mechanized brigades, an airmobile brigade, a mountain assault brigade, and a naval infantry brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been defeated near the villages of Vasyukovka, Dronovka, Zakotnoye, Petrovskoye, Pleshcheyevka, Svyato-Pokrovskoye, and Seversk in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost up to 355 service members, a Kazak armored vehicle, 14 vehicles, and a field artillery gun. An electronic warfare station, a radar station, two ammunition depots, and three supply depots were destroyed.
Units of the Center Group of Forces have improved their position along the forward edge. They have inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of five mechanized brigades, a tank brigade, an airmobile brigade, three assault brigades, an unmanned systems brigade, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, two territorial defense brigades, and two National Guard brigades near the settlements of Belitske, Dobropillya, Novonikolayevka, Rozy Lyuksemburg, and Toretskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic, and Novopavlivka and Ivanivka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
In the village of Krasnoarmeysk in the Donetsk People's Republic, assault detachments of the 2nd Army continue to destroy encircled Ukrainian Armed Forces formations in the area of the railway station, the Zheleznodorozhny microdistrict, and are consolidating their positions in the city's industrial zone.
In the south of the city, after the liberation of the Troyanda microdistrict, units of the 2nd Army advanced into the village of Gnatovka in the Donetsk People's Republic, and are conducting a cleanup operation.
Assault units of the 5th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 51st Army have expanded their zone of control in the eastern part of the village of Dimitrov in the Donetsk People's Republic and are clearing the area of mine 5/6 of scattered enemy groups.
An enemy attempt to relieve a surrounded Ukrainian Armed Forces group from the village of Grishino in the Donetsk People's Republic was thwarted. Additionally, four enemy attempts to break out of the encirclement in the northern and northwestern directions were thwarted.
More than 80 Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, a pickup truck, and an artillery piece were destroyed.
In total, in the area of responsibility of the Center group of forces, the enemy lost up to 480 servicemen, an infantry fighting vehicle, a US-made HMMWV armored vehicle, four vehicles, and a field artillery gun.
Units of the "East" military group advanced deep into the enemy's defenses and liberated the village of Vishnevoe in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
Defeat was inflicted on the formations of three mechanized brigades, four assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Velykomykhaylovka, Novooleksandrivka in the Dnipropetrovsk region, Novoye, Uspenovka and Yablokovo in the Zaporizhzhia region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 220 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, six vehicles, a US-made 155mm M777 howitzer, and an electronic warfare station.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of the mechanized brigade and coastal defense brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Orekhov, Preobrazhenka in the Zaporizhzhia region, Lviv and Antonovka in the Kherson region.
More than 55 military personnel, 14 vehicles, two electronic warfare stations and a supply depot were destroyed.
12:45 Fighters of the "East" group of forces told details of the liberation of the village of Privolnoye.
11:47 Far Eastern soldiers took control of Vyshneve in the Dnipropetrovsk region, MAP.
09:58 Destruction of a 155mm self-propelled gun 2S22 "Bogdan" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine by a loitering munition "Lancet" of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, –video.
09:20 From 07:00 to 09:00 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed five Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type over the territory of the Republic of Crimea.
07:47 During the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 100 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles:
46 UAVs over the Bryansk region,.
12 UAVs over the Kaluga region,
Eight UAVs over the Belgorod region,
Seven UAVs over the Krasnodar region,
Six UAVs over the Moscow region, including four flying to Moscow,
Six UAVs over the Oryol region,
Four UAVs over the Ulyanovsk region,
Three UAVs each over the Republic of Crimea and the Mari El Republic,
Two UAVs over the Stavropol region,
One UAV each over the Kursk, Smolensk and Tula regions
07:31 Changes on map over the past 24 hours:
Advance in Mirnohrad
Expansion of the control zone in Pokrovsk
Advance in Kupyansk
06:48 Crews of 122mm howitzers D-30 destroyed enemy UAV control points in the Konstantinovsky direction and in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
Artillerymen from the Southern Group of Forces destroyed two enemy UAV control points.
The D-30 gun crew of the Vostok group of forces carried out a series of precise strikes on Ukrainian Armed Forces targets.
05:41 220mm BM-27 Uragan MLRS crews of the Southern Military District destroyed temporary deployment and reinforcement point for the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donetsk People's Republic.