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2026-11-01 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Latest information on the situation on the front line as of October 31 (updated)
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
[Korrespondent] 20:22 Artillery and FPV drone crews of the Southern group destroyed field ammunition depot and vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces

20:14 During the day from 8:00 Moscow time to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense forces on duty intercepted and destroyed 60 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were over the territories of the Belgorod, Vladimir, Kaluga, Kursk regions, the Moscow region and the Republic of Bashkortostan.

19:52 In the Bryansk region, a man died when an explosion occurred on a munition presumably dropped from a UAV

The tragedy occurred in a forest near the village of Babinka in the Karachevsky District. The deceased was 48 years old.

19:00 This morning the Russian Armed Forces inflicted strikes on coal enterprises of the Ukrainian energy company DTEK.

The company reported significant damage to technological facilities on the premises of its enterprises.

"The attack resulted in significant damage to the enterprises' technological facilities," DTEK stated.

18:59 RF Armed Forces inflicted new strikes hit the Khar'kov region's power grid, leaving parts of it without power. The Zmievskaya Thermal Power Plant and a facility near Chuguev were damaged.

18:41 Volchansk direction. Special forces of the 6th Guards Army of the "North" group revealed and destroyed an enemy self-propelled gun "Crab" of Polish manufacture in a forest near Berezniki.

17:28 Today afternoon the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continued strikes by unmanned aerial vehicles against sea vessels used for the transport of military cargo.

As a result of the strike at the sea crossing 37 km south of Odessa, a dry cargo ship carrying cargo destined for the Ukrainian Armed Forces was damaged.

16:43 Air Defense Forces for the day shot down about 90 Ukrainian Armed Forces drones over the LPR

"Over the past 24 hours, air defense systems and mobile task forces destroyed approximately 90 aerial targets over the territory of the Republic. In the urban district of Luhansk, enemy drones attacked vehicles, a truck parking lot, and civilian infrastructure," the press service of the LPR Head of Administration reported.

16:01 BPS crews of the 61st Naval Infantry Brigade of the Center group destroy targets on the ground and in the sky in the DPR.

15:21 RF Armed Forces struck Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel in forests and populated areas of the Khar'kov and Sumy regions.

14:25 Investigators from the Russian Investigative Committee will⚡️ investigate crimes committed by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kursk and Bryansk regions

According to local authorities, a man was injured in a UAV attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kursk region.

13:14 Crews of the Vakha battalion of the Akhmat special forces caught a rotation and destroyed several Ukrainian Armed Forces vehicles.

12:58 Armed Forces of Ukraine violated ceasefire in Aleshki

According to local authorities in the town of Aleshki, a Ukrainian drone attacked a civilian vehicle at the Nechaevsky intersection as it was leaving the town. The vehicle, which was carrying civilians, was heading toward the village of Radensk to buy groceries. Two civilians were injured in the attack:

- Ermakova Anna Anatolyevna, born May 28, 1986 (MVT, shrapnel wounds to the chin, left hand);

- Torchinsky Yaroslav Vladimirovich, born on 21.95.1996 (MBT, shrapnel wounds to the scalp, face, left forearm).

The injured were taken to the Aleshkinskaya Central District Hospital. Drone threats remain in the village. More than 24 hours before the agreed-upon ceasefire expired, which was scheduled to last until 10:59 PM Moscow time on November 1, the Ukrainian Armed Forces resumed attacks on civilians.

11:58 Ministry of Defense summary of the progress of the Special Military Operation as of October 31, 2026

Units of the "North" force group have taken up more advantageous positions and lines. In the Khar'kov region, personnel and equipment of the mechanized and motorized infantry brigades, the unmanned systems brigade, and the assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated near the villages of Duvanka, Velyki Prokhody, Tsupovka, Martovoye, and Velykiy Burluk in the Khar'kov region.

In addition, in the Sumy region, two mechanized brigades in the areas of the settlements of Khoten, Velyka Rybitsa, Osoyevka, Gnilitsa in the Sumy region and the city of Sumy.

The enemy lost more than 270 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle and eight vehicles.

Units of the "West" force grouping improved their position along the forward edge. They defeated the personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades, an assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and two territorial defense brigades near the settlements of Monachinovka, Smorodkovka, Glushchenkovo, and Studenok in the Khar'kov region and Bogorodichnoye in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 210 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, 21 vehicles, two artillery pieces, and four electronic warfare stations.

Units of the Southern Group of Forces improved their tactical position. Formations of two mechanized brigades, a mountain assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a naval infantry brigade were defeated near the settlements of Slavyansk, Kramatorsk, Druzhkovka, Vasilevskaya Pustosh, Semenovka, and Nikolaevka in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 190 servicemen, an armored personnel carrier, two armored combat vehicles, 20 vehicles, and a self-propelled artillery gun.

Units of the Center Group of Forces occupied more advantageous positions and lines. They defeated the personnel and equipment of a mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, and four National Guard brigades near the settlements of Belozerske, Shilovka, Andriivka, Rohanske, and Starovarvarovka in the Donetsk People's Republic, and Novopavlivka and Mezhevaya in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to 340 military personnel, six 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. They defeated the personnel and equipment of two airborne assault brigades, an assault brigade, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a naval infantry brigade near the villages of Serhiivka, Barvinovka, Vasilevskoye, Tersyanka, and Volnyanka in the Zaporizhzhia region.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 190 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, eight vehicles, and an electronic warfare station.

Units of the Dnipro Forces Group improved their position along the forward edge. They defeated formations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' mountain assault brigade and territorial defense brigade near the villages of Orekhov, Yurkivka, and Preobrazhenka in the Zaporizhzhia region.

Up to 20 military personnel and five vehicles were destroyed.

11:32 On civilian objects in the Belgorod region over the past day, the Armed Forces of Ukraine released at least 370 UAVs. Five civilians were injured, one was killed. The highest number of drone strikes per day were recorded in the Graivoronsky, Belgorodsky, and Shebekinsky municipal districts. The Ukrainian Armed Forces used barrel artillery to strike targets in the Graivoronsky (46 shells fired in 8 attacks), Krasnoyarsk (3 attacks, 20 rounds fired), and Shebekinsky municipal districts (4 rounds fired in 4 attacks). As a result of the criminal actions of the Banderites, at least five civilians were injured and one was killed:

A man was injured in a drone attack on agricultural equipment near the village of Pulyayevka in the Belgorod Municipal District. He was hospitalized at Belgorod City Hospital No. 2.

A married couple was injured in a car attack by an FPV drone in the village of Khotmyzhsk in the Grayvoronsky District. The woman was hospitalized, and the man received medical attention. The car was damaged.

A woman sustained acupuncture as a result of a drone attack on a private home in the village of Dalnyaya Igumenka. She was hospitalized in Belgorod.

A woman was injured in a drone explosion in the city of Shebekino. She continues to receive outpatient treatment.

10:46 Crew of the Geran-4 Seeker UAV from the Rubicon Center destroyed enemy radar station P-18 "Malachite" in the village of Nadiya, Zaporizhzhia region.

9:45 Enemy hit a suicide drone which struck a private home in the village of Klimovo in the Bryansk region. A 30-year-old woman and a 41-year-old man were killed. Our deepest condolences to their families and friends.

Five civilians were wounded—four women and a man. A 73-year-old resident of Pogar was wounded in an attack by Ukrainian fascists.

A 19-year-old man and a 40-year-old man were injured in the village of Voronok in the Starodub district. All were given necessary medical care and hospitalized.

Over the past 24 hours, air defense units of the Russian Ministry of Defense, mobile fire groups of the BARS-Bryansk brigade, the mobile task force of the Bryansk LO of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs for transport, and special units of the Russian National Guard for the Bryansk Region destroyed 29 enemy aircraft-type UAVs over the territory of the Bryansk region.

9:10 Summary about the operational situation in the Kursk region over the past 24 hours.

In total, 143 enemy drones of various types were shot down between 9:00 AM on October 30 and 9:00 AM on October 31. The enemy used artillery on evacuated areas 27 times. Drones attacked our territory 12 times with explosive devices. Two people were injured: a 64-year-old man in the village of Chernitsyno in the Oktyabrsky District and a 45-year-old man in the city of Lgov.

As a result of the attacks in the Rylsk District, power was disrupted in eight settlements; backup power was restored. In the city of Rylsk, the facade and windows of a house and a car were damaged.

In the village of Vysokonskiye Dvory in the Medvensky District, the facade of an administrative building was damaged, two service buses were damaged, and a KAMAZ truck was destroyed. In the village of Aleksandrovka in the Korenevsky District, a combine harvester was damaged.

A house was damaged in the village of Chernitsyno in the Oktyabrsky district.

In the village of Ilek, Belovsky District, a house, garage, outbuilding, and truck were damaged. There were no casualties.

8:52 During the past night, air defense forces on duty intercepted and destroyed 433 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk, Kaluga, Tula, Oryol, Lipetsk, Voronezh, Smolensk, Tambov, Volgograd, Rostov, Penza, Samara, Saratov, Orenburg, Ulyanovsk regions and the republics of Tatarstan and Bashkortostan.

8:03 Tonight, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continued strikes by unmanned aerial vehicles against logistics and energy infrastructure facilities used in the interests of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine, as well as against sea vessels deployed for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

As a result of the strikes, the following were damaged:

in Kyiv:

- a combined heat and power plant (CHP-6) that supplies electricity to military logistics facilities, storage areas for weapons and military equipment;

in Khar'kov:

- workshops on the territory of the Proton industrial zone, where components for weapons and military equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were produced;

- warehouse premises equipped for assembly and storage of unmanned aerial vehicles.

In addition, a dry cargo ship carrying cargo intended for the Ukrainian Armed Forces was hit while crossing the sea 18 km south of Odessa.

7:14 Air cover groups of the "East" intercepted an attack by Ukrainian Armed Forces drones in the Dnipropetrovsk region.

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