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[Korrespondent] 21:47 The promise of the new Slovak government to stop aid to Ukraine should concern only military supplies, and not commercial sales, said Slovak Parliament Speaker Peter Pellegrini.
21:21 Ukrainian media report, citing sources in the SBU, that the attempt on Oleg Tsarev was a special operation of the Security Service. Tsarev was hit by two shots from a firearm, his condition is critical.
21:15 The Defense Council of the Kharkov region decided to force the evacuation of families with children from the Kupyanskaya, Kondrashevskaya and Kurilovskaya communities of the Kupyansky district, which are under constant enemy fire. In particular, families with children from the following settlements are subject to evacuation: Kondrashovka, s. Tishchenkovka, Kupyansk, town Kupyansk-Uzlovoy, town Kovsharovka, s. Glushkovka, village Kolesnikovka, village Kurilovka, village Novoosinovo, s. Hemlines. Currently, there are 275 children in these settlements. In addition, children will be prohibited from entering these communities.
21:01 Zelensky said in an evening video message that he held a meeting of the military cabinet on the situation in the main combat directions: “Kupyansk, Bakhmut direction, Avdievka, Maryinka and Melitopol direction. Ensuring our defense and our offensive actions. In particular, with long-range weapons and missiles.” . According to the president, this week "significantly increased Russian losses."
A meeting was also held following the results of a complete audit of all shelters in Ukraine. “A special website has been created where you can see the state of shelters across the country and the state of work with shelters. The Ministry of Strategic Industry is responsible for control. In general, at the local level in most regions they reacted more responsibly to the issue of shelters. We must continue this work,” the head of state emphasized .
20:53 As a result of Russian shelling of the center of Kherson, seven people were wounded, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin. In addition, one person was injured in Berislav.
19:07 Air defense today destroyed three X-59 guided aircraft missiles in the Nikolaev region and two Lancet strike drones in the Kherson region, the Air Force command reported.
19:01 The US House of Representatives has elected a new speaker. He became Republican Congressman Mike Johnson, a key representative of Donald Trump’s group and a politician known for his critical attitude towards the need for assistance to Ukraine. However, Johnson's first statements in his new post are not so catastrophic for Kyiv. Read more in the article On whom US aid to Ukraine depends .
18:39 The Ukrainian IT army has stopped the work of the largest telecom operators and Internet providers in the temporarily occupied territories, said the head of the Ministry of Digital Development, Mikhail Fedorov. In particular, according to him, the companies Krymtelecom, Miranda-media and MirTelecom came under cyber attack. Now the communications of the Russian troops in Crimea and in the occupied territories of Kherson, Zaporozhye, Donetsk and Lugansk regions are partially paralyzed.
18:33 The Russians attacked Mikhailovka, Kherson region, from a drone, two people were wounded, the OVA reported.
18:12 Chief of Staff of the Aerospace Forces of the Russian Federation Viktor Afzalov has been appointed as the new commander-in-chief of the Aerospace Forces instead of Sergei Surovikin, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.
17:44 The Russians fired from MLRS at the village. Kondrashovka, Kupyansky district, Kharkov region - one person was injured, civilian infrastructure was damaged, the prosecutor's office reported.
17:17 EU leaders supported the use of proceeds from frozen Russian assets in favor of Ukraine, writes the Financial Times. The European Commission is expected to put forward relevant legal proposals in early December.
16:48 OSINT investigator MT Anderson published a satellite image of the Crimean airfield in Belbek, which shows that the Russians have drawn four Mig-31 fighters - there are no shadows around them.
15:51 Germany transferred another package of military assistance to Ukraine, which included, among other things, one IRIS-T SLM air defense system and missiles for it, one TRML-4D radar, four armored personnel carriers, five surface drones, M26 cluster munitions for HIMARS, etc.
15:33 The Russians fired artillery at Nikopol, Dnepropetrovsk region: two people were injured, including a five-year-old child, said the head of the OVA Sergei Lysak.
14:19 British intelligence states that Russian strategic aviation has not attacked Ukraine with cruise missiles for more than a month, and this is one of the longest pauses during a full-scale war. According to analysts, the Russian Federation is trying to replenish its reserves of Kh-101 cruise missiles in order to use them for winter attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure.
14:15 Russia has recently launched “shaheds” in small groups to collect information about the work of Ukrainian air defense, said Air Force spokesman Yuri Ignat: “This allows the enemy to draw conclusions about the forces and means that are located in a particular region, and take into account this information when planning subsequent attacks."
13:47 The defense forces stopped the enemy near Avdiivka and inflicted significant losses on him, amounting to at least a brigade of personnel , Zelensky said in a conversation with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. The parties also discussed further defense cooperation, in particular, strengthening Ukrainian air defense with missiles and anti-drone weapons.
“I informed Rishi about Russian actions in the Black Sea that threaten civilian shipping. The Ukrainian grain corridor will continue to operate no matter what,” the president added.
13:36 Fico and Orban do not completely rule out supporting Ukraine, Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov said: “They both did not refuse the possibility of providing assistance to Ukraine - even in the long term. The question is what types of assistance and how they are used, how the EU can be "I am confident that the assistance is being used effectively. This was the discussion yesterday."
13:14 Ukraine has returned the bodies of 50 dead soldiers, the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War reported.
12:40 Orban said that Ukraine will not be able to win on the battlefield: “All military experts are already talking about this, but only politicians in Europe do not dare to admit.”
12:13 Crimean “authorities” announced a massive external cyber attack on local Internet providers, warning of possible interruptions.
11:56 A representative of the “administration” of the occupied Zaporozhye region, Vladimir Rogov, said that ex-Verkhovna Rada deputy Oleg Tsarev was shot at and is in intensive care in serious condition.
11:12 The Russians fired at Zelenovka, Kherson region, one person was killed, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin. In addition, one person was injured as a result of shelling in the center of Kherson. Over the past 24 hours, one person was killed and two were injured from Russian shelling.
10:55 The Latvian Parliament adopted in the first reading a bill allowing confiscated cars with Russian license plates to be transferred to Ukraine. If the document passes the second reading, it will come into force on November 15.
10:19 Project 23040G mine-resistant ship Vladimir Kozitsky was blown up in Sevastopol, reports the Crimean Wind telegram channel. According to eyewitnesses, the ship suddenly exploded in the outer roadstead of Sevastopol Bay, where it had been sailing slowly for the last few days. Smoke was reported coming from the engine room. As a result, a tugboat was brought up to it and pulled towards Streletskaya Bay.
09:28 Hungary and Slovakia oppose the 50 billion euro aid package to Ukraine that the EU plans to allocate, Politico reports, citing a European diplomat. According to him, Orban said that EU support for Ukraine “does not work”, and Fico referred to problems with corruption in Ukraine.
09:05 Air defense at night destroyed five of the six Shahed drones that the Russian Federation attacked from the Primorsko-Akhtarsk region in the direction of the southern regions of Ukraine. The drones were shot down within the Kherson and Nikolaev regions, the Air Force command reported. In addition, at night the enemy used one Iskander-M ballistic missile from the Voronezh region in the direction of the Kharkov region.
08:52 China will not participate in the meeting of national security advisers in Malta, where more than 55 countries will discuss the Ukrainian Peace Formula, Bloomberg writes. The publication notes that Beijing's absence will be a disappointment for Zelensky, since China is one of the few countries that has some influence on Putin.
08:39 At night, the Russians launched a missile strike, initially from the S-300 air defense system, on Izyum, Kharkov region. The building of the fire and rescue unit of the State Emergency Service was damaged, eight rescuers who were on duty were injured, said the head of the Fire Department Oleg Sinegubov.
08:34 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of October 27:
- personnel - about 297,680 (+560) people,
- tanks - 5145 (+4),
- armored combat vehicles - 9726 (+11),
- artillery systems - 7162 (+7),
- MLRS - 834 (+0),
- air defense systems - 556 (+0),
- aircraft - 320 (+0),
- helicopters - 324 (+0),
- UAV of operational-tactical level - 5390 (+1),
- cruise missiles - 1538 (+0),
- ships/boats - 20 (+0),
- submarines - 1 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tank trucks - 9513 (+6),
- special equipment - 1011 (+1).
07:19 In the Avdeevka direction, the enemy does not abandon attempts to encircle Avdeevka, but the Ukrainian forces are holding the line and repelled more than 20 attacks in the areas of Stepnoye, Avdeevka, Tonenkoye, Northern Donetsk region, the General Staff reported in the morning report .
In total, almost 70 military clashes took place at the front over the past 24 hours. In the Kupyansk direction, the Defense Forces repelled enemy attacks in the area of Sinkovka and Ivanovka, Kharkov region; on Bakhmutsky - in the Bogdanovka, Khromovo, Kleshcheevka and Andreevka districts of the Donetsk region; on Maryinsky - in the Marinka and Novomikhailovka districts of the Donetsk region. In the Limansky, Shakhtarsky and Zaporozhye directions, the enemy will regroup.
At the same time, the Defense Forces continue their offensive in the Melitopol direction and assault operations south of Bakhmut, Donetsk region.
06:58 Speaker of the US House of Representatives Mike Johnson said that Putin cannot be allowed to win in Ukraine, but the White House must clearly account for how funds are spent to help Kiev: “We cannot allow Putin to win in Ukraine, because I do not believe that "This is where it ends. And it will push China to make a move toward Taiwan. We in Congress have a responsibility to manage the finances of the American people. We need to make sure the White House spends those dollars responsibly."
Johnson also said that the House of Representatives will consider new military aid to Ukraine and Israel in separate bills.
03:23 The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that air defense allegedly intercepted two Ukrainian drones over the Kursk region in the Kurchatov area, which is located next to the Kursk nuclear power plant.
02:11 Newly elected Speaker of the US House of Representatives Mike Johnson met with Biden. They discussed a request to finance Ukraine's military needs, Bloomberg reports. According to the agency, Biden and Johnson had a short conversation while the speaker was in the White House.