Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[LB] The defense forces struck four areas of concentration of personnel, weapons, and military equipment, and two enemy artillery pieces.
The 1,345th day of the Russian Federation's large-scale armed aggression against Ukraine has begun. Ukrainian defenders are steadfastly holding back the onslaught of the occupiers, inflicting significant losses on the enemy. In total, 172 combat clashes were recorded over the past day.
The General Staff reported this.
Yesterday, the enemy carried out 80 air strikes, dropped 177 guided bombs, carried out 4,323 attacks, including 98 from multiple rocket launchers, and engaged 5,671 kamikaze drones to destroy them.
Airstrikes were carried out in the areas of the settlements of Pokrovske in the Dnipropetrovsk region; Zaporizhzhia, Orikhiv, Kamianske in the Zaporizhzhia region; and Olhivka in the Kherson region.
Over the past day, the Defense Forces' aviation, missile forces, and artillery have struck four areas of concentration of personnel, weapons, and military equipment, as well as two enemy artillery pieces.
Five combat clashes took place in the North Slobozhansk and Kursk directions over the past day. The enemy carried out 9 air strikes, dropped 24 guided bombs, and carried out 194 shellings, including six from multiple launch rocket systems.
In the South Slobozhansk direction, Ukrainian soldiers repelled five attacks near the settlements of Vovchansk and Kamyanka.
Yesterday, 15 attacks by the invaders took place in the Kupyansk direction. Our defenders repelled the enemy's assault actions near the settlements of Pishchane, Hlushkivka, Stepova Novoselivka, and Bohuslavka.
In the Lyman direction, the enemy attacked 17 times, trying to penetrate our defenses in the areas of the settlements of Drobysheve, Torske, Zarichne, Koroviy Yar, Ridkodub, Karpivka, Stavky, and Novoselivka.
In the Slavyansk direction, our soldiers stopped seven enemy attacks in the direction of the settlements of Yampil, Serebryanka, Viyimka, and Pereyzne.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the Defense Forces successfully stopped two enemy attempts to advance, near Stupochky and in the direction of Vyrolyubivka.
In the Kostyantynivka direction, the enemy carried out 24 attacks in the areas of Predtechyny, Shcherbynivka, Pleshchiivka, Berestok, Rusyny Yar, Sofiivka, and towards Kostyantynivka.
In the Pokrovsk direction, our defenders stopped 55 assault actions of the aggressor in the areas of the settlements of Shakhove, Dorozhne, Nykanorivka, Rodynske, Zvirove, Kotlyne, Molodetske, Udachne, Novopavlivka, Novoekonomichne, Chervonyi Liman, Mirnograd, Balahan, Lysivka, Pokrovsk, Filiya, Kucheriv Yar, Dachne.
In the Oleksandrivka direction, the enemy carried out 21 attacks over the past day in the areas of the settlements of Myrne, Sichneve, Novoselivka, Ternove, Sosnivka, Stepove, Verbove, Rybne, Pryvillya, Novohrygorivka, Vyshneve, Pryvilne.
In the Hulyaipil direction, the Defense Forces repelled one enemy attack in the area of the settlement of Zeleny Hay. In the Orikhiv direction, five combat clashes took place - the enemy tried to advance near Stepovoye, Novodanylivka, Kamyanske, and Stepnohirsk.
In the Dnieper direction, Ukrainian units repelled four enemy assaults in the direction of the Antoniv Bridge.
No signs of the formation of enemy offensive groups were detected in the Volyn and Polissya directions.
Our soldiers inflict significant losses in manpower and equipment on the occupation forces, actively undermining the enemy's offensive potential in the rear.
The losses of the Russian invaders over the past 24 hours amounted to 960 people. Ukrainian soldiers also neutralized two tanks, three armored combat vehicles, 25 artillery systems, one multiple launch rocket system, two air defense systems, 340 operational-tactical unmanned aerial vehicles, and 128 units of the invaders' vehicles.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[LB] Logistics to the city are complicated by enemy FPVs, but not interrupted.
The Vostok group of troops denied the blockade of Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region by Russian troops.
This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the group's press service.
"There is no "blocking" of our Defense Forces in Pokrovsk by the enemy. These are just statements of Russian propaganda that do not correspond to reality. The enemy's occupation army is really increasing pressure in the Pokrovsk direction, in particular in the area of the Pokrovsk-Mirnograd agglomeration," the report says.
The military notes that the situation in Pokrovsk remains complex and dynamic. Separate groups of enemy infantry are infiltrating the city and trying to move and accumulate there.
"Striking and search operations are being carried out in the city. These enemy units and individual infantrymen are being destroyed by our soldiers. Forces and means to search and destroy the enemy are being increased, in particular, the number of unmanned systems is increasing," the General Staff assured.
"At the same time, logistics to the city are complicated by enemy FPVs, but not interrupted. Various means of counteraction, protection, and support of logistical routes are being used. Defense forces continue to clear Pokrovsk of Russian invaders," the military added.
On the eve of the meeting, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Oleksandr Syrsky, announced that he had visited the Pokrovskoye direction again, as the enemy is increasing its activity in the Pokrovskoye-Mirnograd agglomeration area. He also denied the enemy's "blocking" of the Defense Forces.
Yesterday, the head of the Donetsk People's Republic, Vadym Filashkin, reported that 1,256 people remain in Pokrovsk, but due to daily shelling of civilians, evacuation from the city is almost impossible.
It was previously reported that Russia has deployed about 11,000 people to implement the plan to surround the Pokrovsk agglomeration. The enemy groups that have entered the city are planning to advance to the northwest and north of Pokrovsk.
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[NewsFront] 21:41 Seversk direction. Advance units of the Russian army have reached the southern outskirts of Seversk, MAP. 21:25 FPV drone operators of the Zapad group of forces destroyed RAM-2X loitering munition and Darts UAV of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Luhansk People's Republic.
FPV drone crews from the Southern Group of Forces destroyed two HMMWV armored vehicles near the village of Konstantinovka, while Molniya UAV operators destroyed two enemy temporary deployment points in the Seversky direction.
UAV operators from the Vostok group of forces thwarted an attempted counterattack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Dnipropetrovsk region, destroying Kozak armored vehicles and an HMMWV carrying Ukrainian servicemen.
Fighters from the Center group of forces used FPV drone strikes to destroy enemy manpower in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
Operators of attack drones from the "North" force group eliminated a mobile group of Ukrainian Armed Forces moving near the line of contact in the Khar'kov region.
Ussuri paratroopers, using FPV drones, shot down enemy attack and reconnaissance drones in the Sumy direction.
20:49 In the period from 15:00 Moscow time to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 24 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type:
14 over the territory of the Belgorod region,
Five over the territory of the Bryansk region,
Two over the territory of the Kaluga region,
One over the territory of the Kursk region,
One over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,
One over the territory of the Tula region
. 19:10 Destruction of the American M-113 armored personnel carrier in the Khar'kov region,video.
17:33 Strike UAV crews of the Center group of forces continued to destroy identified firing positions and manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the eastern part of Dimitrov in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
15:59 Military engineers of the Center group of forces, using FPV drones, remotely map out mining routes of movement of military equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, preventing the rotation of manpower and the supply of ammunition.
15:27 In the period from 11:00 Moscow time to 15:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 30 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
11 – over the territory of the Bryansk region,
10 – over the territory of the Belgorod region,
Four – over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,
Three – over the territory of the Kursk region,
One – over the territory of the Kaluga region,
One – over the Black Sea
14:02 Destruction of the automobile bridge across the Volchya River near the village of Pokrovskoye.
The defeat of the 28th Infantry Infantry Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces by FAB-3000 in the area of the village. Konstantinovka.
The 57th Separate Air Defense brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was hit by an Kh-38 missile in the area of the village of Seversk,video.
13:14 Seversky direction. Minor advance west of Vyemka, –MAP.
12:46 Dnepropetrovsk direction
Troops from the East and Center groups continue their offensive in the Dnipropetrovsk region. After capturing Vyshneve, units of the East Group of Forces are advancing westward, coordinating with units attacking Danilovka from the Yehorivka area. They have also advanced northward toward Novooleksandrivka, capturing an enemy stronghold.
Further south, the village of Krasnogorskoye, near the border with Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, came under the control of our troops. Up to Danilovka, the entire right bank of the Yanchur River came under the control of the Russian Armed Forces.
12:26 Summary of the Russian Ministry of Defense on the progress of the special military operation as of October 30, 2025
In response to Ukraine's terrorist attacks on civilian targets in Russia, the Russian Armed Forces launched a massive strike tonight using long-range precision-guided air, sea, and land-based weapons, as well as strike drones, against Ukrainian military-industrial facilities, the energy infrastructure supporting their operation, and military airfields. The strike's targets were achieved, and all designated targets were hit.
Units of the "North" force group defeated formations of two mechanized brigades and an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the settlements of Pavlovka, Andreevka, and Kondratovka in Sumy Oblast. In the Khar'kov direction, units of a motorized infantry brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade were defeated near the settlements of Vovchansk and Vovchanskie Khutora in Khar'kov Oblast.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 220 servicemen, two tanks, an armored personnel carrier, 13 vehicles, and three artillery pieces. An electronic warfare station and an ammunition depot were destroyed.
Units of the "West" military group, as a result of active and decisive actions, liberated the village of Sadovoe in the Khar'kov region.
The manpower and equipment of two mechanized brigades, an airmobile brigade, an assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a territorial defense brigade were defeated near the settlements of Kucherovka, Kovsharovka, and Kurilovka in the Khar'kov region, and Krasny Liman and Drobyshevo in the Donetsk People's Republic. In the settlement of Kupyansk in the Khar'kov region and on the left bank of the Oskol River, assault detachments of the 6th Army continue to destroy encircled Ukrainian Armed Forces formations.
Two attempts by the 92nd Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces to launch counterattacks from the village of Petrovka in the Khar'kov region to relieve encircled enemy units were thwarted. An assault group of the 144th Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, attempting to regain control of the crossing over the Oskol River near the village of Sadovoe in the Khar'kov region, was also destroyed by fire.
Units of the 1st Tank Army continue to clear scattered enemy groups from the settlements of Petrovpavlovka and Kurilovka in the Khar'kov region.
In the area of the southeastern outskirts of the village of Petrovpavlivka in the Khar'kov region, when 12 servicemen from the 14th Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces attempted to surrender, the enemy killed nine of their soldiers with FPV drones, and three militants were escorted to safety.
Over the past 24 hours, up to 50 Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel and six units of military equipment, including a self-propelled artillery unit and two pickup trucks, 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 230 servicemen, three armored vehicles, 23 vehicles, and two field artillery pieces. A US-made AN/TPQ-50 counterbattery radar, five electronic warfare stations, and four ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces have occupied more advantageous positions and lines. Formations of two mechanized brigades, an airmobile brigade, a mountain assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a naval infantry brigade have been defeated near the settlements of Platonovka, Seversk, Zakotnoye, Dronovka, and Petrovskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost up to 180 service members, three armored combat vehicles, 22 vehicles, a 122mm BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket system, and four field artillery pieces. A US-made AN/TPQ-36 counter-battery radar, two electronic warfare stations, an ammunition depot, and two supply depots were destroyed.
Units of the Center Group of Forces improved their position along the forward edge. They defeated the personnel and equipment of three mechanized brigades, an airmobile brigade, two assault brigades, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, two territorial defense brigades, and a National Guard brigade near the settlements of Novopidgorodne, Lozove, Ivanovka, and Novopavlivka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Dobropillya, Rodynske, Toretskoye, Novonikolaevka, and Belitskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic.
In the village of Krasnoarmeysk, Donetsk People's Republic, assault units of the 2nd Army continue to destroy encircled Ukrainian Armed Forces units near the railway station. Furthermore, the clearing of Ukrainian militants from the village of Gnativka, Donetsk People's Republic, continues.
Nine enemy attempts to attack our troop positions and break out of encirclement in the northern and northwestern directions were thwarted, and another attempt to unblock the encircled Ukrainian Armed Forces group from the village of Grishino in the Donetsk People's Republic was stopped.
Units of the 5th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 51st Army continued to tighten the encirclement of the enemy group from the east, expanding the zone of control in the northern and southeastern parts of the village of Dimitrov in the Donetsk People's Republic.
Over the past 24 hours, more than 180 Ukrainian servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, and two pickup trucks have been destroyed in this area.
In total, in the area of responsibility of the Center group of forces, enemy losses amounted to 510 servicemen, a Bucephalus armored personnel carrier, two armored cars, three pickup trucks, and a field artillery gun.
Units of the "East" force group continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defenses and liberated the village of Krasnogorskoye in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Formations of two mechanized brigades, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Danilovka, Nechayevka in the Dnipropetrovsk region, Veseloye, Sladkoye, Novoye and Uspenovka in the Zaporizhzhia region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 265 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, 19 vehicles, a US-made 155mm M-777 howitzer, and a 122mm D-30 howitzer.
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 Antonovka in the Kherson region, Orekhov and Preobrazhenka in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Up to 80 military personnel, two artillery pieces, 13 vehicles, four electronic warfare stations and an ammunition depot were destroyed.
11:27 In the period from 8:00 Moscow time to 11:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed three Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the airplane type over the territory of the Kursk region.
11:04 Soldiers of the 64th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the "East" group of forces told details of the liberation of the village of Yegorovka in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
09:22 A crew of the Skat-350M reconnaissance UAV of the Sever group of forces during combat duty missions discovered camouflaged positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Khar'kov direction.
The enemy coordinates were transmitted to the artillery firing position.
The identified targets were destroyed by a series of precise strikes.
08:00 During the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 170 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles:
48 over the Bryansk region,
21 over the Voronezh region,
16 over the Nizhny Novgorod region,
15 over the Kaluga region,
14 over the Rostov region,
10 over the Kursk region,
Nine over the Moscow region, including 6 flying to Moscow,
Nine over the Tula region,
Five over the Ryazan region,
Five over the Volgograd region,
Five over the Novgorod region,
Four over the Belgorod region,
Four over the Oryol region,
Four over the Republic of Crimea,
One over the Lipetsk region.
07:53 Liman direction. Assault groups entered Maslyakovka in the eastern part of Liman,MAP.
07:46 Crew of the self-propelled artillery unit 240mm 2S4 "Pion" of the "West" group of forces destroyed temporary deployment point, equipped firing positions and observation posts of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
07:33 Changes on map over the past 24 hours:
Vishnevoe was liberated
Expansion of the control zone in Pokrovsk
Russian Armed Forces entered Zvanovka
Advancen in Mirnohrad
Expansion of the control zone southeast of Seversk
Advance in Pokrovsk
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Sergey Adamov
[REGNUM] "In two places—in the towns of Kupyansk and Krasnoarmeysk—the enemy has found itself surrounded," Supreme Commander-in-Chief Vladimir Putin emphasized while speaking with soldiers undergoing treatment in Moscow after being wounded.
On October 26, Chief of the General Staff Valeriy Gerasimov reported to the president that Ukrainian Armed Forces groups had been encircled in the Krasnoarmeysk-Dimitrov agglomeration area (Pokrovsk-Mirnograd in Ukrainian terminology) and in Kupyansk.
Since then, according to the Ministry of Defense, the enemy has made several attempts to break out of the encirclement, but all have been thwarted. Meanwhile, Kyiv is diligently pretending that "nothing is happening" on these sections of the front.
According to the president, Russian military personnel are prepared to allow foreign journalists into the area to verify what is happening. The issue was raised in a conversation with the commanders of the Russian army groups blocking the Ukrainian troop formations.
"They are not opposed to allowing media representatives, foreign journalists, and Ukrainian journalists into enemy encirclement zones," Putin said.
THEY FALL QUICKLY
Experts estimate that 25-30 Ukrainian Armed Forces battalions, totaling up to 5,500 troops, may be encircled in the Krasnoarmeysk area. At least, that's the number of forces deployed to defend the city.
Why did the enemy, who had at his disposal a powerful and prepared fortified area and such solid forces, fail to hold the front?
This situation arose due to the successful advance of Russian troops on the western outskirts of Krasnoarmeysk and the liberation of most of the city of Rodinskoye, located to the north.
This allowed access to two key enemy supply routes: the T0515 road to the Kharkiv region via Dobropillya and the E50 highway to Dnepropetrovsk via Pavlograd.
Analysts speculate that some Ukrainian troops may have retreated before the "cauldron" was fully formed, and the actual size of the encircled force may be smaller. However, encirclement of any forces would be a serious setback for the Ukrainian Armed Forces, both militarily and ideologically.
According to the latest reports, the front line within Krasnoarmeysk runs along the railway and adjacent Olshanskaya and Shmidta streets. Russian troops are clearing the neighborhoods south of the railway, advancing toward the industrial zone and the city center.
Ukrainian sources have only recently begun to gradually acknowledge that the situation has become "complicated." Citing officers from two Ukrainian Armed Forces brigades in the area, it is reported that at least 250 Russian troops have infiltrated Krasnoarmeysk and are conducting small arms firefights in residential areas. They are breaking into Ukrainian Armed Forces positions and quickly eliminating Ukrainian troops, including drone operators.
Sources admit that all logistics in the direction of Krasnoarmeysk are under the complete control of our drones, forcing Ukrainian soldiers to walk 10-15 kilometers with ammunition and provisions. The infantry, which has been in position for up to three months, is virtually cut off from command, and evacuating the wounded is nearly impossible.
Kyiv media have admitted that Russian forces gained a foothold in the city's urban areas as early as mid-August, establishing staging areas along the railway line and in other areas from which to launch attacks and shelling. And all this time, the Ukrainian General Staff "ignored" the problem, issuing cheerful reports.
Ukrainska Pravda acknowledges that the village of Chervony Lyman, north of Krasnoarmeysk, and part of Rodynske are under Russian control. Ukrainian Armed Forces officers quoted by the publication note that "Pokrovsk is crumbling too quickly" and warn that its fall will create a hopeless situation for the garrison in neighboring Myrnohrad (Dymytriv), through which the units' logistics pass.
According to them, the Krasnoarmeysk-Dimitrov agglomeration, which was supposed to become another "fortress" in the part of Donbas occupied by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, has been in a "drone ring" for several months.
In the current situation, the Ukrainian Armed Forces still have the ability to retreat, even if the encirclement has not yet been fully established in some areas. However, the example of previous similar operations shows that Kyiv prefers to issue the retreat order at the very last moment, requiring troops to operate in a hopeless situation.
The enemy may attempt to consolidate its position in the city's industrial zone, forcing our troops into urban combat. However, in the absence of reinforcements and the total dominance of Russian air power and artillery, such actions are doomed to failure, a frontline source at Regnum News Agency is confident.
"There's no doubt we'll eventually finish the cauldron. There's no indication yet that the enemy will retreat, but that won't change much. Thanks to successful maneuvers along the lines of communication, we've achieved superiority in all directions, and they have no chance of holding the agglomeration," our source noted.
KUPYANSK: TIGHT BLOCKADE
In Kupyansk, the situation for the Ukrainian Armed Forces is even worse. According to the latest reports, Ukrainian troops held part of the urban area around the Kupyansk-Yuzhny station and the Yubileyny district in the west of the city. The total number of troops remaining in the city is estimated at 2,000-3,000.
However, a significant number of enemy fighters remain in their positions for several months without rotation. Many are forced to continue the defense with several wounds, as the wounded are rarely evacuated.
Meanwhile, Russian troops are tightly blocking the enemy's forces, dooming any attempt by the Ukrainian Armed Forces to relieve the city. On the left bank of the Oskol River, Russian forces are advancing in the Zaoskolye area, gradually encircling the city's industrial zone. The front line runs roughly along Svatovskaya Street and the Zaoskolye station area.
Russian troops also continue their offensive toward the large village of Kurilovka, advancing toward the strategically important Kupyansk-Uzlovaya railway junction. Kurilovka is essentially a district of Kupyansk, located southeast of the main city.
A breakthrough to the railway will lead to the complete collapse of the Ukrainian troop group on the left bank of the Oskol. This, in addition to the loss of Kupyansk, will completely remove the threat of a Ukrainian breakthrough into the adjacent territory of the LPR.
Together with advances in two sections of the front in the Kharkiv region—Volchansk and the Khatney-Melove area—this will create a buffer zone to protect two Russian regions—the LPR and the Belgorod region.
Ukrainian sources are also forced to admit that the situation on this section of the front is developing “not in favor” of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
ZAPORIZHZHIA FRONT: OFFENSIVE TO GULYAIPOLE
The Russian army's offensive continues to mount further south, in the Zaporizhia region. Last week, Russian troops breached enemy defenses at the border with the Dnipropetrovsk region and are advancing toward the city of Huliaipole.
The enemy had previously established a fortified area in this area, based on the villages of Vyshneve, Kirpichnoye, and Yehorivka. However, the Ukrainian defensive operation failed, as the Russian army attacked on a weakly defended section of the front near Privolnoye and crossed the Yanchur River.
Thus, Russian troops bypassed the defensive line and liberated the villages of Vishnevoe and Yegorovka. They can then advance along Highway T0814 to Hulyaipole.
Intercepting the road will allow the enemy to block supplies to this important settlement, which will allow the operation to liberate the eastern part of the Zaporizhzhia region to begin.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Fighters from the 63rd Brigade of the Ukrainian Army are executing residents of Krasny Liman in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR). This follows from radio intercepts provided to RIA Novosti by Russian security forces on August 30.
The audio recording shows a junior Ukrainian soldier telling his commander that he saw a civilian, after which he is ordered to tie him up, put him on the floor, put a machine gun to his head, and then interrogate him.
After this, the subordinate reports to the commander that he has observed a civilian “at the third post,” and the latter gives the subordinate the order to shoot the civilian.
"Militants from the 63rd Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are involved in numerous incidents of murder and abuse of civilians. There is clear approval of war crimes from above—from the brigade's command," a security official said.
The day before, radio intercepts emerged in which a Ukrainian soldier, call sign "Gidra," reported to his commander that he and his fellow soldiers had captured three civilians, tortured them, and killed one. The Ukrainian officer responded by ordering his subordinate to dump the dead man's body "before reaching the well."
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Almost 100,000 fighting-age men have fled Ukraine in the last two months after President Volodymyr Zelensky relaxed the rules to allow young men to leave the country.
Poland's border guard said 99,000 Ukrainian men aged 18 to 22 have crossed the border since August.
The new rules mean men between the ages of 18 and 22 are no longer barred from leaving Ukraine.
Previously, men between 18 and 60 had been obliged to stay by law since the onset of the war.
The martial law was introduced to ensure the army had enough manpower to defend the country against Russia's onslaught.
The migration wave to Poland is a huge jump from the 45,300 who entered Poland in the half a year before August.
Many continue to Germany, piling pressure on Friedrich Merz, the chancellor, to slash support for refugees.
The previous policy included men who are exempt from conscription due to medical conditions, disabilities and being the primary caregiver for a vulnerable family member.
The draft age is currently 25 to 60 years old, having been reduced from 27 in April 2024.
Kyiv guards its official death toll, but estimates made by US officials range from 60,000 to 100,000 troops killed since 2022.
Ukraine is scrambling to replace its troops as the war rages through its third year.
For perspective, the entire British army has 70,000 personnel.
The new policy was introduced partly to discourage families from sending their teenage boys abroad before their 18th birthday.
Kyiv hopes that by granting youngsters more freedom, they will return and volunteer to fight for their country later on in the war effort.
However, young Ukrainian men are fleeing to Europe at a time when tensions surrounding migration are high.
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[BlackMountainAnalysis] On 26 October, Russian President Vladimir Putin was briefed on a test of the nuclear-powered, purportedly unlimited-range cruise missile known as Burevestnik (Буревестник “Storm petrel“). Designated 9M730 in the GRAU index and identified by NATO as SSC-X-9 Skyfall, Russian authorities have presented the system as capable of defeating contemporary air- and missile-defense architectures and of delivering a nuclear payload across intercontinental distances.
Western analysts and media responded to the Burevestnik tests with notable alarm and skepticism. Jeffrey Lewis, a nuclear-nonproliferation scholar at Middlebury College, described the system provocatively as a “little flying Chernobyl,” calling its emergence “a bad development” for the United States and arguing that the weapon would be “destabilizing and difficult to address within arms-control frameworks.” The New York Times characterized President Putin’s announcement as “a stark signal to the West” following the collapse of a planned summit with former U.S. President Donald Trump. Norwegian military intelligence publicly confirmed that the tests occurred in the Novaya Zemlya archipelago in the Arctic Ocean; Vice Admiral Nils Andreas Stensenes, head of Norway’s intelligence service, stated that Norway “can confirm that Russia conducted a new test launch of the Burevestnik long-range cruise missile on Novaya Zemlya.”
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