Bob Homans October 30
20221030
Ukraine – 10/30/22 Sitrep
Compiled by: Robert Homans
Twitter:@rhomansjr
October 30, 2022
Halloween in Ukraine
Andrey Kurkov, Ukraine’s most famous novelist, describes how life continues in the midst of the war (attached).
They Came From Shangri-La
Saturday morning’s attack on ships of the Black Sea Fleet in the harbor of Sevastopol, Occupied Crimea by unmanned seagoing drones reminds me of when, after the bombing of Tokyo by Col. Doolittle’s B-25s flying off the flight deck of the aircraft carrier “Hornet,” someone asked Pres. Roosevelt where the bombers came from. Pres. Roosevelt’s answer was, “they came from Shangri-La.” Later, the U.S. Navy christened an aircraft carrier the U.S.S. Shangri La.
The loss of ships of the Black Sea Fleet, even if temporary, will reduce the number of cruise missiles Russia can launch against cities in Central and Western Ukraine.
News From the Battlefield
“Reporting From Ukraine” covers a theater that has not received much attention, the fighting west of Donetsk City. He describes encounters going back and forth, with dangers to Ukraine. Some background:
· The fighting is taking place in an area between 8 and 16km west of Donetsk City (5-10 miles).
· As was mentioned in the video, over the past 8 years since Russia’s first invasion of Donbas, Ukraine has built up substantial defense lines in this area.
· There are substantial production facilities in this area, including the Avdiivka Coking Plant.
The video illustrates an advantage Ukraine has, their ability to move forces around over shorter distances, important when they had to correct a mistake as was the case in the recent fighting.
The Latest Denys is full of news, including:
· Ukraine has captured an Iranian drone intact, and Ukraine is conducting a detailed inspection to determine the nature and sources of the components. This drone is a stand-off drone, with rockets under the wings, and not a kamikaze drone.
· 12,000 Russian troops assigned to defend the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad were sent to Ukraine and, according to Denys, most of them were killed.
· The Chernobaivka Airfield, near Kherson City, has apparently been abandoned by Russia.
· Russian intelligence is trying to de-stabilize the Pro-Western Government of Moldova, Headed by Maia Sandu. For those of you not familiar with Maia Sandu, here is her commencement speech she gave last May, at the Harvard Kennedy School. Worth watching. This is potentially serious, because there are over 1,000 Russian “peacekeepers” in the enclave of Transnistria, plus a large cache of ammunition.
· According to German intelligence, Russia is looking at alternatives to contaminate military installations in Germany so they cannot be used.
· Denys is enjoying describing new Belarusian armor.
· Tanks from Slovenia and microwave transmitters from the U.S.
10/30 Sitrep (my comments in bold face)
Russian Invasion of Ukraine 12:00 noon October 28 to 12:00 noon October 30, 2022
Abbreviations:
RMA = Regional Military Administration SBU = Security Service of Ukraine
INTERNATIONAL
October 30
11:46: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken had a phone conversation with Indian Foreign Minister Subramanyam Jaishankar, according to the State Department's website.
· It is noted that the diplomats discussed regional and global issues, including cooperation in the fight against terrorism and Russia's aggression against Ukraine.
11:35 Bild - Ukrainian Ambassador to Berlin: If Germany really wants to help Ukraine win the war with Russia, it must quickly transfer modern tanks
· "Instead of quickly giving us something that would really help in the fight against the Russians, we have been explained for weeks why our demands cannot be met under any circumstances. This lasts for several weeks or months, and in the end Germany helps – but only when it is almost too late," Makeyev said.
11:25 British Intelligence: Some of the convicted Wagner PMC recruits will initially be involved in the construction of a 200-kilometer defensive line in eastern Ukraine.
· If in previous military campaigns Prigozhin adhered to relatively high standards of recruitment, then with the beginning of Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine, the situation changed. Accepting inmates with serious medical problems is indicative of an approach that now prioritizes quantity over experience or quality.
· There was a report in today’s Kyiv “Independent” that Ukrainian special forces eliminated the deputy commander of Wagner Group’s forces in the Donbas.
10:00 Bloomberg: Russia's neighboring countries began to import washing machines, refrigerators and other household appliances in large volumes from Europe.
· This raises concerns among European officials: they believe that Russia could use some of the components of them for military purposes.
09:54 Head of the European Diplomacy: The EU calls on Russia to reconsider its decision to suspend participation in the agreement on the export of Ukrainian grain.
09:14 Daily Mail: Russia’s secret service hacked Liz Truss’ mobile
· The publication writes that Russian agents hacked Liz Trass's phone while she was in the post of foreign minister.
· Hackers have gained access to the politician's correspondence over the past year. It contained details of negotiations with allies, data on the supply of weapons to Ukraine and other classified information.
00:54: Ukrainian veterans arrived in Washington to participate in the U.S. Marine Corps Marathon
· Four Ukrainian soldiers who were injured and underwent a rehabilitation course will join the 47th US Marine Corps Marathon (MCM - 2022), which will take place on Sunday through the streets of Washington, DC.
00:34: Lithuania called for military support to ships with Ukrainian grain
· This was reported by Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielus Landsbergis on Twitter.
· "Negotiations with Russia do not work. Putin is violating agreements and blackmailing us all. If it continues to jeopardize grain exports from Ukraine, the free world must unite to protect transportation through military escorts. Let's bypass blackmail," the minister wrote.
00:23: Russia's decision to suspend participation in the grain export agreement is outrageous, says US President Biden.
· In turn, a spokeswoman for the National Security Council said that such a step by Russia was the use of "food weapons".
October 29
23:27: Theater "Berezil" from Kharkov won the Grand Prix at the festival in Baghdad
· The actors showed the play "Caligula" based on the play by Albert Camus, the theater reported on October 29.
· Also, theater actor Maxim Sterlik won in the nomination "Best Actor".
22:44 Social Networks: Ukrainians come to a rally in London in support of people fighting terrorist authorities in Iran.
20:36: The Netherlands sends 120 thousand tulip bulbs to Ukraine as a sign of support
· "The Netherlands supports Ukraine – both with weapons and money, but we need moral support and a few colors. We hope that in May we will be able to celebrate the victory and enjoy beautiful tulips," said Emil Bernard de Sevren Jaquet, Honorary Consul of Ukraine in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, in The Hague.
19:41: Joint Coordination Centre in Istanbul calls on all parties to the "grain initiative" to refrain from any actions that could jeopardize the implementation of the agreements
· "The Black Sea Grain Initiative is the most important humanitarian initiative, which clearly has a positive impact on access to food for millions of people around the world," the center said.
18:58: Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba called on the international community to demand that Russia fulfill its obligations to ensure the operation of the "grain corridor".
· "We warned about Russia's plans to disrupt the Black Sea grain initiative. Now Moscow, under a contrived pretext, is blocking the grain corridor, which ensures the food security of millions of people," Kuleba stressed.
18:38: Ukraine expects Turkey and the UN to respond to Russia's statement to suspend the "grain agreement", presidential spokesman Sergei Nikiforov said in a comment to Supilny.
· He stressed that Ukraine had not directly signed any documents with Russia. The signatories are Turkey and the United Nations.
16:18 Italian Senator Massimiliano Romeo believes that the fate of Ukraine should be collectively decided by the world community. With this statement, he despises Ukraine and negates its international position as an independent state.
· Italian Deputy Prime Minister Mateo Salvini opposes sanctions against Russia. The politician spreads the Russian narrative that sanctions do not work. He believes that "the tool that was supposed to convince Putin ultimately benefits his economy."
· Thus, despite the spread of Russian narratives by the Italian Liga party, Italian Prime Minister George Meloni continues to support Ukraine and respects the "unconditional right of Ukrainians to determine their future."
13:30: Elon Musk, who bought Twitter, announced the creation of a special content moderation board on social media.
13:00 Lithuanian Defense Minister: Lithuania will repair at least 12 PzH2000 howitzers damaged in the war. Two are already on the way back to Ukraine.
11:50: The White House has officially announced US President Joe Biden's visit to Bali, Indonesia, from November 13 to 16 to attend the G20 leaders' summit.
09:42 NRK: Norwegian investigators have revealed the real name of a man suspected of spying for Russia
· The detainee had Brazilian documents named José Asis Jammaria, but it turned out that his name was actually Mikhail Vladimirovich Mikushin.
09:25: The American company Westinghouse Electric will build Poland's first nuclear power plant, says Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.
· "We confirm that our nuclear energy project will use a reliable and secure Westinghouse Nuclear technology".
00:52: President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy awarded Prague the title of "Savior City".
· This was reported on the website of the Official Website of the President of Ukraine.
00:14: Poland has begun equipping its army with Bayraktar TB2 drones. Today, the country adopted the first six copies, - WPTech.
· In total, under a contract with a Turkish company, Poland should receive four complexes, which include 24 drones.
· In addition to drones directly, the complexes are equipped with mobile control stations, radars, simulators and spare parts.
October 28
11:21: Nine countries have withdrawn from the Alliance of Independent Press Councils of Europe along with the Ukrainian Commission on Journalism Ethics in support of Ukraine.
· They demand that mentions of their press councils be immediately removed from the alliance's website and will not change their decision until Russia remains part of the alliance and until Ukraine returns there.
· The corresponding statement was signed by the press councils of Armenia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Ireland, Moldova, Norway and Sweden.
10:02: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces the start of issuing Canadian government "Ukraine's Sovereignty Bonds", which aim to support funding for assistance to Ukraine in the war with Russia.
· The term of the bonds will be five years, and the Canadian government will direct the proceeds from them to help Ukraine through a special account administered by the International Monetary Fund.
· Funds from there go to needs such as the payment of pensions and the purchase of fuel on the eve of winter.
21:43: The UK government will impose a ban on imports of Russian liquefied natural gas from January 1, 2023, the United Kingdom's Foreign Ministry said.
21:31: German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier called on the Germans to have a spirit of resistance, strength and will to confront Russia: "Germany played by the rules, Russia did not. Putin not only did not play by the rules, but also overturned the chessboard."
· Steinmeier said in an address to the German nation that "there should be no fictitious peace" with Russia because it would "only increase the famine" of Russian dictator Putin.
· According to Steinmeier, now, against the backdrop of the global crisis, Germany "can rely on the power and strength it has accumulated over the past few years", but something needs to be added to these strengths – "we must become capable of conflict, both internal and external".
20:10 Reuters: Italy is going to double gas production to reduce dependence on Russia.
· Trying to reduce the country's energy dependence on the Russian Federation, Italy plans to double its national production of blue fuel – up to 6 billion cubic meters per year, said Industry Minister Adolfo Urso.
· "One of our goals is to develop a plan that will make us less dependent as quickly as possible and will further transform us into the energy center of the Mediterranean" he said.
19:59: The EU called Putin's speech in Valdai a misrepresentation of facts and far-fetched accusations, EU spokeswoman Nabila Massrali.
· "For me, President Putin's speech is something like (works - ed.) Orwell. In this speech of Putin, the false is true, the true is false, in his speech the truth is false, and the lie is the truth. Let me remind you of some facts.
· It is a fact that Russia is waging a criminal and unprovoked aggressive war against Ukraine. It is a fact that Russian troops are behind atrocities and war crimes against civilians in Ukraine, against women and children," Massrali said.
19:47 The Washington Post: Russian intelligence services are developing a plan to overthrow the Moldovan authorities because of its active European course.
· It is for this purpose that Putin's loyalists use the local opposition, which organizes protests in Chisinau against the country's President Maya Sandu.
18:58: Canada has imposed sanctions on Russian Deputy Prime Ministers Alexander Novak and Denis Manturov, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said.
· According to him, a total of 35 citizens of the Russian Federation, including the heads of Gazprom, were included in the new sanctions list. Also, sanctions were imposed against the companies "Lukoil", "Transoil", "SOGAZ".
18:51: The Pentagon will allocate a new $275 million military aid package for Ukraine, U.S. Department of Defense spokeswoman Sabrina Singh said.
· The package will include:
o ammunition for HIMARS;
o 500 shells of high-precision guided artillery;
o remote anti-tank mining systems;
o light conveyors HMMWV;
o small arms/ammunition.
18:00: Sweden, Norway and Finland should create a joint army after joining NATO amid tensions with Russia.
· This was stated by the former Minister of Defense of Sweden and the current head of the country's defense committee Peter Hultqvist in an interview with Dagens Nyheter.
17:53 Wall Street Journal: The United States and its allies do not plan to set price caps on Russian oil until the midterm congressional elections, which will take place on November 8.
17:07: Norway has expanded sanctions against Russia, Foreign Minister Anniken Heitfeldt said in a commentary to the local publication E24.
· According to her, the new package of sanctions provides for further restrictions on the introduction of goods and services important for Russia. Another 30 people and seven organizations have been added to the sanctions list. In total, more than 1260 people and 115 legal entities are currently subject to sanctions from Norway.
15:44: The EU has frozen the assets of Russians for 17.5 billion euros, European Commission spokesman Christian Wigand said, reports ORF.
· We are talking about accounts, real estate, yachts and other property of 1350 individuals and legal entities against whom restrictions have been imposed due to Russian aggression in Ukraine.
· Most of this amount was frozen by seven EU countries: Germany, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Ireland, Italy and Austria.
15:25: On November 14, the UN General Assembly will consider the need to create an international compensation mechanism for damages caused to Ukraine by Russia, deputy minister of justice Iryna Mudra said.
· "This resolution will provide for the recognition of the need to create an international compensation mechanism for losses in cooperation with the Government of Ukraine and will provide recommendations to the participating countries on the creation of the International Register of Losses," Mudra said on the air of the telethon.
15:16: Lithuania will transfer equipment worth 100 thousand euros to Ukraine to repair power plants and gas pipelines damaged by Russian shelling, the operator of the Litgrid electricity transmission system said.
14:30 Montenegro and Polish President press conference: Russia is defeated on the battlefield in Ukraine, and therefore tries to freeze hostilities at all costs, using nuclear intimidation tactics.
· The West should not succumb to blackmail but should continue to help Ukraine until Russia leaves the occupied territories of Ukraine.
· This was stated during a joint press conference with the President of Montenegro Milo Djukanović on Thursday in Warsaw by the head of Poland Andrzej Duda
· "Thanks to their heroism, Ukrainians today have a great chance to return Kherson. This is absolutely strategically important for the continuation of this conflict and for the liberation of Ukraine from the hands of Russians," Duda stressed.
· According to him, Russia is now defending itself, and the sanctions imposed by the West on Russia are so effective that Moscow is currently unable to produce modern weapons, and therefore uses weapons from the stockpiles of the 60s of the last century, and maybe even older.
14:16: The UN says there is no evidence of biological weapons in Ukraine despite Russia's accusations.
· "It does not matter how many meetings Russia is trying to convene on this issue. And it doesn't matter how much she spins her propaganda machine. We must not divert UN resources to a baseless investigation. And we must not allow Russia's tactics to distract us," said U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield.
13:57 Reuters: EU plans to invest in Argentine shale gas
· Josep Borrell announced the preparation of an agreement with Argentina. According to him, the upcoming memorandum will be of key importance because the country "is an energy state that gives hope."
NATIONAL
October 30
10:55 Air Force Command spokesman: The Armed Forces of Ukraine have selected a group of pilots who are ready to learn how to work on western-style fighters
· "The question is to decide on the equipment that partners can provide us. Pilots are young, promising, with combat experience, with knowledge of English, ready to learn," said Yurii Ignat.
08:30 Operational Command South: Confirms the following results from yesterday:
· Eliminated:
o 57 Russians
o self-propelled artillery and mortar installation "Nona"
o self-propelled howitzers "Acacia" and "Msta-S"
o howitzers " D-20" and "Msta-B"
o anti-aircraft missile and gun complexes "Tunguska" and "Pantsir-S1"
o tank
o 7 units of armored vehicles
· Confirmed information about the evacuation of local residents in the occupied Nova Kakhovka
· "Under the pretext of preparing for the defense of Nova Kakhovka, the Russian military is conducting a forced evacuation of the local population from the streets located on the coast of the Dnieper River," the message.
· Such measures continue in other settlements of the Right Bank.
08:00 Embassy of Germany: Germany transferred 14 generators of various capacities to the units of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine.
08:00 24ur. com: Ukraine received 28 M-55C tanks from Slovenia.
08:50 Institute for the Study of War: The Russian attacks on Bakhmut are slowing
· Meanwhile, the Defense Forces of Ukraine consolidated the result in the east of Luhansk region and continued counter-offensive operations on the Svatove-Kreminna line.
07:20 Operational information from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine:
· During the day, units of the Defense Forces repulsed Russian attacks in the areas of settlements: Yakovlivka, Bakhmut, Bakhmut, Alexandropol, Kamyanka, Avdiivka, Pervomaisk, Krasnohorivka, Marinka, Novomikhailovka of the Donetsk region.
· Over the past day, the Russians launched 5 missile and 23 air strikes, carried out more than 100 shellings from the MLRS
· More than 45 settlements suffered from this criminal activity. Among them are Sloviansk and Seversk of the Donetsk region, Zaporozhye and Novooleksandrivka in the Kherson region.
· Russia continues to transfer certain units to the territory of Belarus
· So, on October 26, the arrival at the Brest railway station of a train of military equipment from the Russian Federation was noted. Together with the servicemen of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the so-called "Kadyrovites" arrive. In addition, the Russian military was spotted in settlements between the cities of Brest and Malorita.
· According to available information, during the activities of the so-called "evacuation" from the correctional colony No. 90 of the city of Kherson, the Russians removed the prisoners. The territory of this correctional institution is used by the Russian troops to accommodate personnel and military equipment
· In settlements near the city of Kherson, Russians are taking measures to prepare for defense. The arrival from the city of Grozny to the settlement of Kalanchak about a hundred "Russian Guards" was noted.
· On the territory of the city of Nova Kakhovka, Russian special services are actively listening to telephone conversations of the civilian population
· In the village of Velyka Znamenka, Zaporizhia region, Russians continue to deploy personnel in the homes of local residents.
· Aviation of the Defense Forces during the day inflicted 32 strikes on the Russians
· Of these, 23 - in the areas of concentration of weapons and military equipment, 3 - in platoon strongholds, and 6 - in the positions of air defense of Russians. Ukrainian air defense soldiers shot down an Iskander-K missile and 2 Orlan-10 UAVs
· Units of rocket troops and artillery for the current day hit 6 areas of concentration of weapons and military equipment, 3 ammunition depots, 2 air defense systems and 9 other important military facilities of the Russian Federation, - General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
October 29
22:28: Ukraine will switch to winter time this night
· On October 30, at 4 o'clock Kyiv time, Ukraine will switch to winter time. The hands of the clock will be transferred back one hour.
23:05 Ministry of Internal Affairs: Monastyrsky says Russians are now mining the territory twice as densely as in the Kyiv region
· "If earlier we could talk about demining in Luhansk and Donetsk regions, then, unfortunately, now we are forced to talk about it actually in most of the territory of our state. Indeed, virtually everything has been mined (in the recently occupied territories – ed.).
· According to the minister, in recent months, SES officers have found more than 250 thousand explosive objects, another 130 thousand were discovered by police officers.
19:09 Air Force spokesman: Ukraine is waiting for the supply of Norwegian NASAMS complexes in the near future, which can seriously strengthen air defense.
· At the same time, he added that the question remains in the number of Norwegian complexes that are to arrive in Ukraine.
18:28 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: Under the pretext of preparing for the defense of the city of Nova Kakhovka, the Russian military is forcibly evacuating the local population from the streets located on the coast of the Dnieper River.
· Vehicles that were communally owned by the city of Kherson were moved by the invaders to the temporarily occupied Crimea.
· Information on the export of medicines from most pharmacies in the city is confirmed. Since October 26 this year, the occupation authorities have suspended the medical staff of several city hospitals, from which the Russian occupiers removed medical equipment.
15:44 Pravda: 52 of our people - officers, medics, sergeants, and soldiers released
· Defenders of Azovstal, defenders of Mariupol and people who saved lives return home
14:59 Ukrenergo: On Saturday morning there were no rolling blackouts, as the peak of consumption was 4.6% lower than the day before on Friday
· Warm weather and a day off contributed to the fact that in the morning Ukrainians consumed less electricity than at the same time in previous days
13:11 press service: Ukraine National Railways, Ukrzaliznytsia, announced additional train service from Ukraine to European cities.
· Tickets for routes from Kyiv to Przemyśl (No. 90/89) via Vinnytsia, Khmelnytsky and Ternopil and from Kyiv to Chisinau (No. 351/352) are already available. In November, they will start selling tickets on the route Kharkiv – Chelm (Poland). In December, a new daily flight Vienna (Austria) – Chop will start running.
11:02 Ministry of Reintegration: Ukrainian passports expiring during martial law will remain valid
· We are talking about passports in the form of a card, as well as documents of the sample of 1994, in which photos were not pasted when a citizen reaches the age of 25 or 45.
· After the end or abolition of martial law in Ukraine, the owners of such documents must exchange them within 30 days.
10:43 State Border Guard: In the Seversky direction, border guards stopped the advance of Russian scouts.
· The enemy tried to scout the approaches to the position with the help of a drone. Fire was opened on the enemy copter, after which it began to decline sharply and fell.
· SBGS soldiers stopped the invaders from advancing with concentrated fire. The enemy did not make further attempts at reconnaissance in this direction, border guards say.
10:14 British Intelligence: The removal of Prince Grigory Potemkin's remains from the temporarily occupied Kherson underscores the weight Putin gives to the historic justification for a military invasion of Ukraine.
· "In Russia's national identity, Potemkin is closely linked to the Russian conquest of Ukrainian lands in the eighteenth century and underscores the importance Putin almost certainly attaches to the supposed historical justification for the invasion," the report said.
10:01: A large prisoner exchange of "all for all" does not yet suit the aggressor country Russia, but Ukrainian authorities are working on this issue, says Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Dmitry Lubinets.
· "The only thing I can say is that it is very difficult, because the approaches and conditions are changing (on the part of the Russians – ed.), anything is happening so that we definitely do not facilitate the work," Lubinets said.
07:31 Operational information from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as of 06.00 29.10.2022:
· Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces repulsed attacks by Russian troops in the areas of the settlements of Vodiane, Kamyanka and Nevelskoye in the Donetsk region.
· During the past day, the enemy inflicted 4 missile and up to 25 air strikes, carried out more than 70 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems.
· Enemy strikes were carried out by areas of more than 35 settlements. Among them are Siversk and Prechistovka of the Donetsk region; Mali Shcherbaki, Zaporizhia region; Davydiv Breed and Mala Seydeminukha in Kherson region and Kobzarka of Mykolaiv region.
· The enemy carried out shelling in many directions.
· in the Seversky direction – from mortars and barreled artillery, in the areas of the settlements of Hai, Khrinivka and Leonivka, Chernihiv region;
· in the Slobozhansky direction – using artillery of various types, in the areas of the settlements Veterinary, Dvorechnaya, Staritsa, Strelecha and Chuhunivka;
· in the Kupyansk and Liman directions – from mortars, barreled and rocket artillery, in the areas of the settlements Berestovo, Nevsky, Dispute, Olgivka and Novoegorivka;
· in the Bakhmut direction – from tanks and multi-caliber artillery, in the areas of the settlements of Bakhmut, Bakhmut, Bilohorivka, Chasiv Yar, Klishchiivka, Soledar, Zelenopillia and Yakovlivka;
· in the Avdiivka direction - from tanks, mortars, barreled and jet artillery, in the areas of the settlements of Avdiivka, Vodiane, Marinka, Novomykhailivka and Pervomaiske.
· In the Novopavlivske and Zaporizhia directions, the enemy shelled the positions of the Defense Forces and civilian infrastructure in the areas of Velyka Novoselka, Vremivka, Gulyaipol, Zheleznodorozhny and Pavlivka.
· In the South Bug direction, more than 20 settlements along the contact line were hit by fire. For aerial reconnaissance, the enemy made about 20 sorties of UAVs of various types.
· In the settlement of Beryslav, Kherson region, the occupiers are massively dressed in civilian clothes and settled in private apartments. Dressing occupiers, in this case serving Russian soldiers, in civilian clothing is a violation of international treaties.
· As a result of targeted strikes by units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine, around the settlement of Mayorsk, about 300 invaders were killed the day before, preparing for another attack. Another 60 lightly injured were taken the next day to medical institutions in the city of Gorlovka.
· In the settlement of Chervonopopivka, Luhansk region, up to 20 enemy servicemen were killed, and about 30 occupants were injured of varying degrees of severity.
· During the past day, the aviation of the Defense Forces inflicted 24 strikes on areas of concentration of weapons and military equipment, as well as positions of enemy air defense systems. In different directions, our air defense units shot down two Su-25 attack aircraft, one Mi-8 helicopter and one enemy UAV.
07:21 Institute for the Study of War: Russian troops are likely making false claims about a successful offensive in the Bakhmut area of the Donetsk region to portray successes in at least one sector amid problems in northeastern and southern Ukraine.
· However, even the stated speed of the offensive would be considered a failure in another war, analysts say. Prigozhin, whose mercenaries largely achieved these minimal successes, recognized the advancement of only 100-200 meters a day, the authors of the review state.
· ISW considers Shoigu's report to Putin an attempt to restore the minister's authority and balance the growing influence of a pro-war group led by Wagner's CEC founder Prigozhin.
· They recall that the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, gave high praise to Prigozhin's units this week, once again coming down with criticism of the commander of the Central Military District, Alexander Lapin.
· A new round of criticism from Kadyrov, points to further fragmentation of supporters of the war, which could allow Prigozhin to gain more power in the long run
07:17 Operational Command South: Ukrainian aviation has inflicted 8 strikes on areas of concentration of enemy forces and weapons, deployment of air defense systems and a stronghold in Mykolaiv, Pervomaisky and Beryslav districts.
· In the Black Sea, the total number of enemy ship groups is 9 ships and boats, including 1 large landing craft, 2 surface and 1 underwater carrier of two dozen high-precision cruise missiles of the "Caliber" type.
00:46: The Russians caused $973 billion in damage to Ukrainian roads, said Andriy Ivko, First Deputy Chairman of Ukravtodor.
· "In total, 15 regions suffered infrastructural damage. Obviously, the regions that are close to the front line suffered the most. Therefore, in order to fully assess the damage caused by the Russians, for example, in Luhansk or Kherson regions, it is necessary to liberate the occupied regions," the representative of Ukravtodor explained.
00:30: President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy responded to a petition to terminate the citizenship of Supreme Court Justice Bohdan Lvov, who had a Russian passport.
· Thus, Zelenskyy instructed the Commission for the President of Ukraine on Citizenship to check the existence of grounds for the termination of citizenship of Bohdan Lvov. Based on the results of the consideration, it must make an appropriate decision.
October 28
23:02: Electricity tariffs will not change until the end of the heating season, says the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine.
· Electricity prices will persist until March 31, 2023. Currently, the tariff for the population is UAH 1.44 per kilowatt with consumption of up to 250 kilowatts per month and UAH 1.68 for the remaining kilowatts.
22:51: Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba during a telephone conversation demanded that Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian stop supplying weapons to Russia.
· "During the conversation, I demanded that Iran immediately stop the flow of weapons to Russia, which is used to kill civilians and destroy critical infrastructure in Ukraine".
22:20: The visit of the new British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to the Ukraine is already being prepared, says Ambassador of Ukraine to the United Kingdom Vadym Prystaiko.
· "During a conversation with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in particular, we agreed that Rishi Sunak would pay a visit to Ukraine. When will this happen specifically? We are already working on this with our colleagues from the British government," the diplomat said.
22:42: The former head of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine is suspected of abuse of power and official position.
· This was reported by the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office on Facebook.
· It is reported that the ex-head of the State Tax Service, together with the head of the First Department of Capital Construction of the Border Guard Service and the director of the developer company, in 2019 committed an illegal fraud with housing for border guards and their families.
22:29: Free firewood will be delivered to residents of the frontline areas next week, says the Ministry of Reintegration.
· Firewood will be delivered to the districts of 8 front-line regions: Donetsk, Zaporizhia, Mykolaiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk, Chernihiv.
· As reported, assistance will primarily be provided to vulnerable categories of citizens: the elderly, large families, and people with disabilities.
20:58 National Bank of Ukraine: By the end of this year, inflation will accelerate to 30%, and the economy will shrink by almost 32% due to the devastating consequences of Russian aggression. This was reported by the NBU in its quarterly inflation report for October 2022.
· According to the NBU forecast, next year inflation will begin to slow down, and the economy will grow, but at a moderate pace.
20:34 Prime Minister: Ukraine plans to receive $20 billion from the United States and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) next year.
· "To cover the budget deficit next year, Ukraine needs $38 billion from partners. President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said that the EU is working to provide Ukraine with 1.5 billion euros a month.
· We are sincerely grateful for this position. Ukraine plans to receive the rest of the funds (which is more than $ 20 billion) from the United States and the IMF. There is significant progress in these areas of work," Shmyhal said.
· Denys Shmyhal announced the allocation of more than UAH 320 million for the creation and expansion of new enterprises under the eRobota program.
· "We are strengthening the private sector to improve our resilience to challenges and create new incentives for economic recovery," Shmyhal wrote.
19:35: Another scheme was exposed in Bukovina: a customs inspector helped transport men to EU countries, according to the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine.
· According to the investigation, for 4800 euros per person, the woman organized the so-called "green corridor" to Romania for military servicemen. After the full calculation, the customs officer organized the escort of migrants to the contact line, and the actual crossing was provided by her accomplice. They were detained and notified of suspicion.
19:11 Operational Command East: Russia's task is to exhaust the Ukrainian military with numbers because it lacks the latest equipment.
· "The Russians have a critical situation with personnel. They take who they can, but they don't have enough clothing and ammunition to provide for the freshly mobilized. They take everyone, including criminals."
18:39 Operational information from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as of 18:00 on October 28:
· During the current day, the enemy inflicted 3 missile and 14 air strikes, carried out more than 50 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems.
· The enemy was hit by areas of 30 settlements in Kharkiv, Donetsk, Kherson and Mykolaiv regions.
· Aviation of the Defense Forces during the current day inflicted 24 strikes. The defeat of 20 areas of concentration of weapons and military equipment and 4 positions of enemy anti-aircraft missile systems was confirmed.
· Units of rocket troops and artillery hit the control point, 6 areas of concentration of manpower, weapons, and military equipment, 4 ammunition depots and other important military facilities of the occupiers.
· The defeat of enemy manpower and equipment in the temporarily occupied territories of the Zaporizhia region was confirmed.
· Thus, artillery units of the Defense Forces in the village of Novovodyanoye destroyed an ammunition depot, up to 5 trucks with ammunition and 3 D-30 guns.
· In the areas of the settlements of Tokmak, Molochansk and Kinsky Rozdory, up to 110 enemy servicemen were wounded. The death toll by the invaders is carefully hidden.
· The so-called "evacuation" from the temporarily occupied territory of the Kherson region continues. In the village of Kachkarivka, the occupiers gave the residents of the settlement two days to evict from their own homes and evacuate.
· Additional checkpoints have been set up on the "evacuation" routes to the temporarily occupied Crimea, where careful care and inspection of the civilian population is organized. Another batch of mobilized Russian servicemen arrived in the settlements of Krasny Mayak, Novoraysk and Zmiyivka in the Kherson region.
· The occupiers strengthened filtration measures in the settlement of Velyka Belozerka, Zaporizhia region.
16:31 Company Chairman: Naftogaz of Ukraine resumes work in the de-occupied territories.
· According to him, because of this, Ukraine will receive an additional 500 thousand. cubic meters of gas daily.
16:21 Ministry of Infrastructure: Today 6 vessels out of 180 thousand. tons of agricultural products came from the ports of Greater Odessa to the countries of Africa, Asia and Europe.
· Since the release of the first vessel with Ukrainian food, 9.1 million tons of agricultural products have been exported. In total, 403 vessels left Ukrainian ports.
15:35 Air Force Command: The Ukrainian military has already shot down more than 300 Iranian Shahed-136.
· At the same time, he noted that the Russians had reduced the intensity of the drone attack.
14:51: Two MPs who were previously deprived of their citizenship should be deprived of their mandate - draft resolution in the Verkhovna Rada
· We are talking about Ihor Vasylkivsky ("Servant of the People") and Vadym Rabinovych (who was in the already banned party in Ukraine "OPZZh").
13:08: British intelligence says that due to understaffing and poor training, Russian forces are moving to the defense on most sections of the front line in Ukraine.
· British intelligence notes that Russia has strengthened some of its units west of the Dnieper with mobilized reservists, but this was due to the extremely low level of staffing.
12:53: The state online store selling firewood for the population "DrovaE" has started working in Ukraine
· To make an order, you need to log in through the bank you use.
· For 1 year, every citizen has the opportunity to order 15 m³ of firewood.
12:44 Health Minister: More than half a million Ukrainians have turned to psychologists and psychiatrists since the beginning of the war.
· "Since the beginning of the war, 650 thousand people have turned to psychologists and psychiatrists in the health care system, they have received help. Outside the health care system, there are also a large number of psychologists at different levels, both public and non-state," he said.
12:35: Ukrenergo will continue emergency power outages in seven regions today to address the consequences of yesterday's terrorist attack by Russia.
· The forced restrictions will apply to household consumers in Kyiv, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Zhytomyr, Sumy, Kharkiv and Poltava regions, whose networks suffered the most this week.
· The shutdown schedules for this case should have already been developed and published by regional power distribution companies.
12:16: The National Bank predicts that real wages will increase by 4.6% in 2023
· According to the forecast of the financial regulator, nominal salaries in Ukraine will fall by 12.3% this year; real, considering inflation - by 26.9%, and in 2023 will increase by 32.8% and 4.6%, respectively.
MORDOR (Russia)
October 30 & October 29
23:47 Social Networks: Explosions are reported in the temporarily occupied Sevastopol.
23:36: Roskomnadzor blocked the short Telegram domain - t.me.
· The reason for the blocking is unknown.
20:47 Russian media: Russia invited a meeting of the UN Security Council on October 31 in connection with the attack on the Black Sea Fleet.
20:22 Russian media: The wife of a Saratov prisoner, Sergei Serbezova citizen of Ukraine, is blackmailed by Wagner's PMC
· Mercenaries under the threat of murder took him to the front, after which they informed his wife that he had been shot as a deserter. Now she is required to pay money for the coordinates of the burial of the corpse
18:48: The governor of the Kursk region of the Russian Federation, Roman Starovoyt, said that today an electrical substation on the outskirts of the city of Suji was attacked with drones.
· No one was injured in the attack, he said.
15:07: Operational Command South suggest that the cause of Saturday's explosions in occupied Sevastopol could be the unsuccessful launches of air defense missiles by the Russian invaders
14:13 The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that the Armed Forces at 4 am on October 29 attacked occupied Sevastopol with drones, damaging the sea minesweeper "Ivan Holubets" and a barrier in the bay Southern Russia called it a "terrorist attack" prepared by "Ukrainian military under the leadership of British specialists"
13:21: Today's drone attack in the waters of Sevastopol was the largest since the beginning of the war, said the so-called "governor" of the city, Mikhail Razvozhaev.
· According to him, the purpose of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was the military facilities of the Black Sea Fleet.
12:46 Social Networks: Videos of an explosion in the bay of temporarily occupied Sevastopol at the base of Russian warships that night.
· Several ships of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation, including the frigate "Admiral Makarov", were damaged, - said journalist Tsaplienko.
08:00 Belaruski Gayun: Belarus from March to September sent more than 65 thousand tons of ammunition by rail to Russia.
07:51: Explosions were heard in the temporarily occupied Sevastopol in the morning, according to residents. We are waiting for official information. Videos from local social networks.
· 08:08: The wharf in Sevastopol is temporarily blocked, ferries and boats are not crossing the bay.
October 28
22:12: During a sports shooting training session at a training ground in Crimea, the regional head of "Russia Today" Svetlana Babaeva was shot dead.
18:08: The Zaporizhzhia NPP was visited by Putin's front men, who are trying to persuade staff to cooperate, Energoatom reports.
· It is noted that the unsuccessful campaign to sign contracts with Rosatom by ZNPP employees forced the occupiers to use "heavy artillery". Today, the so-called "head" of Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov, and the first deputy head of the Putin administration, Sergei Kiriyenko, arrived there.
17:39: Finnish tire manufacturer Nokian Tyres, as part of its exit from the Russian market, has agreed to sell its business in the Russian Federation to Tatneft for about €400 million.
17:12: Russian Defense Minister Shoigu, at a meeting with Putin, reported to him that the set task of conscripting 300 thousand people had been fulfilled and partial mobilization measures were completed.
· According to him, out of the total number 82 thousand conscripts were sent to war against Ukraine.
14:06: Iranian UAV "Mohajer-6" loses significantly to its competitors in terms of characteristics
· For the production of Iranian reconnaissance and strike drones "Mohajer-6", which Russia uses against Ukraine, domestic components are used. Therefore, the drone is much worse than the counterparts of its competitors.
13:41 Social Networks: Conscripts from Kalmykia cut off 4 fingers of a colleague, smashed the officer's nose and staged a massive fight with the Astrakhan Kazakhs.
13:15 Social Networks: Mobilized Russian soldiers are held in a barn.
· One of them complains that they are all sleeping on straw and many are already sick.
KHARKIV
October 30 & October 29
12:27 Social Networks: Explosions are heard in the Kharkiv region.
October 28
17:30: On the night of October 28, the Russian military once again shelled Kupyansk in the Kharkiv region, according to the regional prosecutor's office.
· An enemy S-300 missile hit the ground near a residential building, damaging its windows. At the site of the impact, a crater was formed with a depth of about 7 meters and a width of up to 10 meters.
13:24: During the occupation, the Russian military was on the territory of the research observatory in the Chuguev district. They damaged equipment and destroyed buildings. Law enforcement officers seized material evidence indicating military aggression of the occupiers.
· The building of the institution is completely destroyed and most likely can no longer be restored. It should be noted that this is the largest radio telescope not only in Ukraine, but Europe.
LUHANSK
October 30 & October 29
10:34 Luhansk RMA: In Bilovodsk, Russians live even in kindergartens, the occupation authorities allowed them to conduct searches in their homes without reason.
· "Along with the tightening of curfews in the occupied territory, the so-called law enforcement agencies have the right to conduct a personal inspection of people, their belongings, housing, vehicles, and, on the grounds, to detain citizens and vehicles," Gaidai reports.
00:40 Operational Command East: Strategically important for the supply of Russian troops route Svatovo-Kreminna in the Luhansk region is under fire control of the Ukrainian military.
· "According to the latest data, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have taken the track under full fire control and combat work is underway there, which will be reported later," Cherevy said.
October 28
18:23 Defense Intelligence: As a result of the operation carried out on October 23 to liberate the village of Nevsky in the Luhansk region, 34 occupiers and 3 machine-gun calculations were destroyed.
· Intelligence officers also captured three Russian "contractors", a KAMAZ military with ammunition and two infantry fighting vehicles.
DONETSK
October 30
11:06: The State Emergency Service of Donetsk region published a photo from the Svyatogorsk Lavra, where shelling destroyed one of the buildings.
· It is reported that a dead body was found under the rubble.
08:42: Roskomnadzor reported that blocking Telegram in Russia "is currently excluded."
· Immediately after this message appears, the domain t.me disappeared from the blocked registry.
08:16 Donetsk RMA: On October 29, it became known that 5 civilians of Donetsk region were killed by Russians: in Antonovka, Pervomaisky, Druzhba, Klishchiivka and Elizavetovka
· In addition, law enforcement officers found the bodies of 5 civilians who died during the occupation: 2 in Kovyna Yar, 2 in Svyatohirsk and 1 in Lyman.
· Another 8 people were injured yesterday.
00:43 Donetsk RMA: Lyman's key facilities already have electricity. We continue preparations for winter in the front-line and de-occupied territories
October 29
23:16: In Mariupol, Russians use martial law to plunder, free labor and mobilize men.
· This was told by the mayor of Mariupol Vadim Boichenko.
· "Collaborators use martial law to plunder, exporting surviving equipment and Ukrainian metal products. Attract residents to any work without paying wages. In addition, they plan to mobilize 10 thousand men," the city council said.
20:06: The Russian military has already caused $14.5 billion in damage to Mariupol in the Donetsk region. Such preliminary estimates were given by mayor Vadim Boichenko
· "Of the 2600 apartment buildings, half are destroyed. In total, according to our calculations, 33 thousand infrastructure facilities were damaged. Russia must pay reparations to our city," the mayor stressed.
12:10 Mayor: In Sloviansk, by November 3, gas will be supplied to all private houses, and if possible, multi-story buildings will be connected.
· He stressed that the city is preparing for the heating season, and a lot of work to ensure gas supply in the Donetsk region has yielded results. (we note that in areas occupied this year in Donetsk and Luhansk Regions natural gas for heating has not been connected – ed)
08:45 Donetsk RMA: During the day, three civilians were killed in the Donetsk region, eight more were injured.
00:41: Explosions are heard in the Donetsk region, according to subscribers. We are waiting for official information.
October 28
23:45 RMA: In the liberated territories of the Donetsk region, Ukrainian authorities, in coordination with the military, are building defensive fortifications.
· Kyrylenko also stressed that the challenges of a possible re-offensive of the Russians on the liberated Lyman were taken into account immediately after its de-occupation and the beginning of stabilization measures.
23:30: The military of the Ukrainian special unit "Greyhound" liquidated the Deputy Chief of Staff of the PMC "Wagner".
· In addition, the Armed Forces of Ukraine captured his weapons as a trophy - AK-12. This is a machine gun that has been in service with the Russian army since 2018.
16:49 SBU: Military counterintelligence officers destroyed a Russian EW "Silok-01" electronic jamming complex, which was disguised in one of the destroyed houses in the Donetsk region.
13:50: Mandatory evacuation of civilians to safer regions of the country continues on the territory of Donetsk region.
· Thus, during the past day, the personnel of the Main Directorate during the evacuation in the Pokrovsky district provided assistance to 139 people, including 15 children and 3 people with disabilities.
12:27: Kadyrov Chechens appropriate houses of Donetsk residents.
· In the village of Alexandrovka, the owner of the house returned after she took out the children. She found it occupied by Kadyrovites, a looted garage and a house full of Russian soldiers. Videos from local social networks
ZAPORIZHIA
October 30
11:15 IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi: The situation at Zaporizhzhia NPP remains "fragile and dangerous."
· "Interruptions in external power supply and shelling occur very often, and this is an unacceptable danger: a power failure can disrupt the cooling process, increasing the likelihood of melting the core reactor," Grossi explained.
October 29
20:27 Social Networks: Residents report an explosion in Zaporizhia.
12:48 RMA: Russian military shelled Zaporizhia: hit critical infrastructure, the consequences are being clarified.
12:30 Social Networks: Explosions are heard in Zaporizhia.
October 28
16:40: The absence of mass demand for Russian passports in the temporarily occupied regions, including Energodar, led to the fact that they decided to impose Russian citizenship on residents of these territories automatically, according to the mayor of Energodar Dmitry Orlov.
· Referring to propaganda channels, Orlov noted that from October 30 they will consider the residents of Enerhodar, who remain in the city, citizens of the Russian Federation. But in order to refuse it, you will need to submit a hand written refusal to the Russian Migration Service.
DNIPRO
October 30
08:24 Dnipro RMA: The Russians covered Nikopol itself with heavy artillery fire. There were no casualties
· In the city, 10 multi-storey and private houses, outbuildings and a gas pipeline, a local enterprise for the removal of household waste and the company's cars were mutilated.
08:19: Head of the Nikopol RMA Yevhen Yevtushenko reports that the Russian’s are firing artillery temporarily occupied Energodar.
October 29
10:52 SBU press service: SBU detained a Russian agent who was spying on HIMARS positions and long-range M777 howitzers in the southern direction.
· In addition, the attacker corrected numerous missile strikes on Nikopol, in particular on energy infrastructure facilities, and "reported" to the occupiers about the consequences of air attacks, the SBU reports.
08:32 Dnipro RMA: reported on night shelling of the Nikopol, Marganetska and Myrivska communities.
· Nikopol suffered the most. A 39-year-old man was injured and was hospitalized. Condition of moderate severity.
· In the city, 8 multi-storey and private houses, several shops, a furniture factory, a hotel, a bus stop, a gas pipeline and power grids were damaged.
01:46 Social Networks: In Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk region, the sounds of explosions are heard.
October 28
11:41 The Drive - Main Intelligence Directorate: The operation to liberate Russian-occupied Kherson is likely to last until the end of November.
· Budanov believes that the most trained and combat-ready Russian units are now in the city.
· "A large part of them are amphibious troops, Russian special forces and marines, that is, the most combat-ready units that Russia has. These units form the backbone of the group, which is also strengthened by the mobilized," the GUR chief explained.
· According to the head of the Intelligence Directorate Kirill Budanov, about 40 thousand Russian troops are in the occupied Kherson region. At the same time, he added that even blowing up the dam of the Kakhovka HPP would not prevent the Ukrainian military from liberating Kherson. At the same time, the explosion of the dam may delay the advance of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to the eastern bank of the Dnieper after the liberation of the city.
15:51 Social Networks: Explosions are heard in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
13:33: In Kryvyi Rih, an oil depot was first shown, which the Russian army destroyed in early September.
KHERSON
October 30 & October 29
21:04 Social Networks: Explosions are reported in the temporarily occupied Kherson.
21:00 Kherson RMA: In the de-occupied Osokorivka in the Kherson region, Russians destroyed 80% of the infrastructure
· Of the about 2 thousand people who lived here before the full-scale invasion and Russian occupation, now only a tenth remain.
09:52: The Russians withdrew military equipment from the airfield in Chornobaivka.
· Satellite images purchased from SATELLOGIC were posted on Twitter by military blogger Tim Earhart.
· "Kherson airport near Chornobaivka is quiet today. The images from October 27 show that almost all vehicles were removed, only scars in the form of mud marks and vehicle trim remained," Earhart wrote.
October 28
21:54: In the temporarily occupied Kherson there is a shortage of products, a goods are marked up 150-200%, — First Deputy Chairman of the Kherson Regional Council Yuriy Sobolevsky.
· "In the remaining stores, there are tangible problems with the assortment, with stocks. Unclear prospects with further supply.
· It is of great concern that at least partially medical institutions may also be forcibly moved from the territory of the right-bank part of the Kherson region, primarily from Kherson, to the left bank," Sobolevsky said.
19:23 Operational command South: In the temporarily occupied territory of Kherson region, the so-called "authorities" have intensified the work of medical institutions. Additional beds were deployed due to the large number of wounded Russian soldiers.
17:24: Activists of the "Yellow Ribbon" movement distributed regular leaflets and graffiti in the temporarily occupied Kherson and the villages of the region.
14:45 Social Networks: There is a fire in the parking lot near the patrol police in occupied Kherson.
12:03 Social Networks: Explosions are heard in the temporarily occupied Kherson.
MYKOLAIV
October 30 & October 29
21:04 Social Networks: Residents report explosions in Mykolaiv.
October 28
14:56: The mayor of Mykolaiv showed the consequences of today's Russian shelling of the city with the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system.
· One person was lightly injured. An administrative building was destroyed and a nearby new multi-storey building and a bakery were damaged.
KYIV
October 30 & October 29
12:33: The risk to the capital has not disappeared. - said the head of the Kyiv City Military Administration.
· "I think that the Russian Federation, there is always a desire to seize the capital of Ukraine, and Russia has not abandoned it. We are ready for any actions of the enemy," he said.
11:21 Radio NV: The system of defensive lines and air defense will be improved in Kyiv, said the head of the Kyiv City Military Administration.
· According to him, now in Kyiv, in particular, various barriers are being equipped, including mine-explosive ones, a system of fire destruction has been created.
10:24 Kyiv RMA: Residents of the Kyiv region today can hear the sounds of explosions. In 3 districts, demining and destruction of explosive objects will be carried out.
October 28
17:46: Emergency blackouts are introduced in Kyiv indefinitely, DTEK Kyiv Grids reports.
· In the capital, the current capacity deficit is 30% of consumption.
16:58: Kyiv received a new air defense systems to protect the capital's power system facilities, said Mayor Vitali Klitschko.
· "The military assured me that now new air defense equipment has arrived in the capital. The sky will be more secure. We hope that attacks and provocations with kamikaze drones will no longer take place."
SUMY
October 30 & October 29
22:05 Sumy RMA Russians shelled the border of Sumy region 7 times during the day
· In total, there were 38 rounds of artillery, mortars and dropped explosives from the quadcopter. There were 5 communities under Russian fire: Belopolskaya, Seredno-Budskaya, Esmanskaya, Krasnopilskaya and Myropilskaya.
· In all cases, without casualties or destruction.
LVIV
October 30
00:03: Three more churches were digitized in the Lviv region within the framework of the SaveUkrainianHeritage project.
· 3D models of three Zhovkva temples were made by Skeiron. This was reported by the press service of the Lviv RMA.
· The Church of the Sacred Heart of Christ, the Church of the Holy Martyr Josaphat and the Church of St. Lawrence were digitized.
Comparing Soviet invasion of Afghanistan to Russian invasion of Ukraine using Wikipedia and Ukraine Ministry of Defense Daily Bulletins. Soviet and Russian military losses not including captured equipment.
SOURCES
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/
https://euromaidanpress.com/
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