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[LB] Sumy, Mykolaiv, Luhansk, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhya and Kherson were also attacked.
At night, the enemy launched a rocket attack on the Myrhorod district of the Poltava region . According to preliminary information, there were no casualties, no damage to civil or critical infrastructure was recorded. The data is being verified, says the summary from OVA as of this morning.
In Mykolaivska , forces and means of air defense destroyed an attack UAV of the Shahed-131/136 type at night. Yesterday, the enemy launched artillery strikes on the water area and the city of Ochakiv. There are no casualties. Also yesterday, shelling was recorded in the direction of the Solonchaky village of the Kutsurub community. No casualties.
In Sumy yesterday, during the day, the Russians carried out 16 shellings of border territories and settlements. 103 explosions from mortars, artillery and grenade launchers were recorded. Krasnopilsk, Bilopolsk, Putivlsk, Seredino-Budsk, and Shalyginsk communities came under fire.
There were eight shellings (68 explosions) in Chernihivska during the day. The enemy shelled the Chernihiv, Novgorod-Siversky and Koryukiv districts, used AGS, mortars, and barrel artillery. No information was received about losses among the local population or damage. The data is being verified.
In Luhansk, the Russians carried out airstrikes on Serebryan Forestry. Nevske and Bilogorivka were hit by artillery and mortars. During the day, the enemy fired 147 rounds (541 shells).
In Kharkivska, the enemy shelled Vovchansk that night, the company's administrative building and gas stations with fuel were damaged. As a result of the repeated shelling of Vovchansk, a private home, a garage and a car were damaged. In Senkov, an infrastructure facility was damaged as a result of an enemy strike. Yesterday, the enemy fired mortars at the Veterinary. As a result of the impact of the "Grom E-1" missile near Osynovo, an infrastructure facility was damaged.
Also yesterday, the enemy fired mortars at Ivashki in the Bogodukhiv district, damaging a gas distribution pipe. As a result of shelling from Perovsky mortars, three private houses were damaged. Four cars were damaged as a result of the shelling of Kupyansk from rocket launchers. With the "Smerch" anti-aircraft missile system, the raiders fired at Borova of the Izyum district, damaging two multi-story buildings.
In Zaporizhzhia last day, rioters used all kinds of weapons: 148 strikes were recorded on 27 settlements. 119 artillery shells fell on the territory of Gulyaipol, Orikhov, Zaliznychny, Robotyny, Levadny, Chervony, Novodanilivka, Uspenivka, Poltavka, Gulyaipilsky, Stepovoy, Pyatykhatyk, Primorsky and other front-line towns and villages.
The enemy launched a missile attack on Zaporizhzhia, carried out 22 UAV attacks on Novodarivka, Charivny, Levadny, Malya Tokmachka, Poltavaka, Zatyshsh, Kamianskyi, Maly Shcherbaky and Lukyanivskyi, five RSZV attacks on Magdalinivka, Orikhov, Robotyny and Malynyvka , and also used an air projectile on Novodarivka. 13 reports were received about the destruction of residential buildings and infrastructure facilities. Civilians were not injured.
In Dnipropetrovsk, seven kamikaze drones were sent by the enemy to Nikopol yesterday. He beat the city with heavy artillery. A five-story building, 18 private houses, 12 farm buildings, two cars, solar panels, gas furnaces, power lines, a shop and a building of a religious organization were mutilated.
The Russian army also shelled Myrivska and Marganetska communities. People are unharmed. Yesterday evening, the enemy fired heavy artillery at the Marganets community. And three times at night - in the district center itself. The summer kitchen and utility building were occupied. Rescuers put out the fire, eight private houses, four solar panels and a car were damaged. Damaged power lines. Rescuers continue to survey the territory of the city. It passed without any deaths or injuries.
In Donetsk , the Russians launched 23 shellings on populated areas. 19 settlements were under the fire of the Rashists: Avdiivka, Zalizne, Kurakhove, Chasiv Yar, Velyka Novosilka, Gostre, Kurdyumivka, New York, Severnye, Berdychi, Voskhod, Komar, Karlivka, Maksimivka, Markove, Skudne, Novoocheretuvate, Novoselivka Persha, Selidove . 36 residential buildings (one of them multi-apartment), three military vehicles, nine railway tracks, four power lines, an economic building, a TPP transformer, a TPP switchboard, a correctional facility, a preschool education facility, and two industrial base buildings were damaged. In one day in Donetsk region: one person was injured.
In the Kherson region, the enemy fired 98 rounds (447 shells) during the day, of which 10 rounds (36 shells) were fired at Kherson. Two Lancet unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down. A 63-year-old man was injured as a result of artillery shelling in Zimivnyk. He was taken to the hospital in a moderate condition. Beryslav was also under fire. A 44-year-old woman and a 46-year-old man were injured on the way out of the city. Now they are in the hospital, doctors are providing assistance to the victims.
The enemy attacked a critical infrastructure facility. Electricity supply disappeared in Beryslav, Novoberyslav, Tomariny and Shlyakhovo. The occupiers also shelled Bilozerka with artillery. Private houses, a veterinary clinic and vehicles were damaged. A 57-year-old man was wounded in the yard of his own house. He was taken to the hospital in a moderate condition. A 53-year-old man was also injured. As a result of enemy shelling of a shuttle bus in Kherson, five people were injured. A 36-year-old woman and a 49-year-old man were seriously injured. Two people who were on the street at the time were also injured. All victims are provided with the necessary medical assistance.
Rashists shelled the cemetery in Kindiyka. A 63-year-old woman died. A 62-year-old man was hospitalized in a moderate condition. He is given medical assistance. A 65-year-old man received moderate injuries as a result of the shelling of Veletenskyi. The occupiers fired at one of the most popular libraries in Kherson. The impact caused a fire on the top floor. The fire was extinguished by firefighters who promptly arrived at the scene. People were not injured as a result of this blow. In one day in the region: one person died, 16 were injured.
We will remind, Khmelnytskyi OVA reported that at night the enemy again attacked the region with "shahedes". Air defense was working. In total, the enemy launched seven rocket and 90 air strikes, launched 82 attacks from rocket salvo systems on the positions of our troops and populated areas. As a result of Russian terrorist attacks, unfortunately, there are dead and wounded among the civilian population. Private residential buildings and other civilian infrastructure were destroyed and damaged.
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[Korrespondent] 22:17 Pentagon Speaker Pat Ryder said that training of Ukrainian pilots on the F-16 could last five months or longer, depending on the speed of progress.
21:46 Air defense destroyed two Shahed-type UAVs in the Dnieper and Krivoy Rog regions, the Air Force command reported.
21:34 Three Russian citizens in the United States were accused of smuggling electronics for the Russian army worth $10 million, the US Department of Justice reported. During the year, they organized the shipment of more than 300 shipments of prohibited goods, a significant part of which went to the needs of the Russian army. Some of the components imported into the Russian Federation were later found in Russian equipment on the battlefield in Ukraine.
20:03 Russia has already spent $22.8 billion on missile attacks on Ukraine and continues to increase production, Forbes reports. As of October, the Russian Federation had launched more than 3,000 missiles into Ukraine, and between $500 million and $1 billion are spent on missile attacks every month. According to the latest General Staff estimates, Russia has increased its production volume in 2023 to 100 missiles per month, and the intensity of use of Shahed-136 has increased sixfold compared to 2022.
19:31 The draft 12th package of EU sanctions against Russia will be announced to member states next week, Radio Liberty correspondent Rikard Jozwiak reported. According to him, a significant part of the package consists of measures against circumvention of sanctions, sanctions on dual-use goods and a ban on Russian diamonds.
19:19 Russian public pages write that the Atal battalion from Chuvashia was almost completely destroyed in Ukraine as a result of HIMARS strikes, more than a hundred people were killed or injured.
18:50 Public reports about a strike on a train carrying fuel in the Budennovsky district of Donetsk.
18:17 In the Netherlands, a Russian received 18 months in prison for supplying microchips to the Russian Federation in circumvention of sanctions, NOS reports. He spent seven months sending chips to defense companies through Maldivian shell companies. He was also awarded a fine of 200 thousand euros.
17:48 The EU plans to add more than 100 individuals and 40 legal entities to the list as part of the 12th package of sanctions against the Russian Federation, Bloomberg writes. Restrictions may affect chemicals, welding machines, technologies used for military purposes, processed metals, and software licenses. In total, more than $5 billion worth of exports and imports will be affected.
16:59 Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin said during a speech in the Senate that Russia will win the war if the United States stops supporting Ukraine. According to him, the current wars, including in Ukraine, “will determine global security in the coming years,” and Washington’s actions will help shape the world that children and grandchildren will inherit.
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken will today try to convince Congress to approve a single $106 billion package to support Ukraine, Israel and US border security.
15:40 For the first time, a trial was held in Uzbekistan in the case of participation in the war in Ukraine. As reported by Radio Liberty, 38-year-old Ildar Khairulin was sentenced to five years in prison under the article on mercenarism. He fought in Donbass against the Ukrainian Armed Forces in 2014-2015.
15:01 The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights confirmed that the missile attack on the village of Groza in the Kharkov region on October 5 was carried out by the Russian army, and all 59 victims were civilians.
14:55 The Russians hit a motor depot in Kherson, two of its employees were injured. As a result of the missile strike, warehouses were completely destroyed and at least five vehicles were damaged, said the head of the OBA, Alexander Prokudin.
14:19 Zelensky said that he held a “long and important” meeting of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief. We discussed security in the Black Sea region, the work of the grain corridor, the protection of energy facilities and port infrastructure in the Odessa region, and strengthening air defense. They also discussed the situation at the front, increasing domestic production of artillery systems and artillery shells of NATO standard, and delivery schedules from partners.
12:53 The FSB announced “irrefutable evidence” of the involvement of Ukrainian special services in the assassination attempt on ex-People’s Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada Oleg Tsarev. The coordinator of the crime was allegedly a resident of Yalta, who, “on instructions from the SBU,” organized surveillance of Tsarev and equipped a cache of weapons. The FSB claims that he was detained and gave “confession”; the search for the perpetrator of the assassination attempt continues. The FSB also reported that Tsarev’s health condition is satisfactory and there is no threat to his life.
11:58 In Russian Solikamsk, an explosion occurred at the Ural explosives plant. The Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation stated that no one was injured, the enterprise is operating normally. At the same time, a high column of smoke rises above the plant, local residents write that after the explosion, windows in neighboring houses were broken.
11:40 Russian media reported that Colonel General Oleg Makarevich, who commanded the Dnepr group, was replaced by the commander of the Airborne Forces, Colonel General Mikhail Teplinsky. British intelligence believes that this is an indicator of increased pressure on Russian forces in the occupied territory of the Kherson region. Intelligence reports indicate that fighting in the area has intensified in recent weeks.
Analysts recall that Teplinsky was responsible for the “relatively successful” withdrawal of Russian forces from Kherson and the right bank part of the region.
11:28 The Russian Army fired at the Kherson region - on the highway in the direction of the village. A passenger car came under enemy attack in Naddnepryanskoye, the driver died, the prosecutor's office reported. According to the OVA, over the past 24 hours, one person was killed and 16 were injured as a result of Russian shelling.
11:16 In the morning, the Russians fired artillery at the settlements of the Kutsurub community of the Nikolaev region, two people were wounded, said the head of the OVA Vitaly Kim.
11:11 As a result of the Ukrainian missile attack on Crimea on October 30, the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system was damaged in the area of the village of Molochnoe, Saki region, reports the opposition Russian telegram channel ASTRA, citing sources. A diesel generator was also destroyed as a result of the attack, but there were no casualties.
10:29 The Defense Forces have “good results” on the left bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region, but it is impossible to talk about them yet, said Natalya Gumenyuk, speaker of the Southern Defense Forces. According to her, “The Ukrainian Armed Forces forced the Russian Army to pull back its positions on the left bank.” Because of this, the number of artillery shellings on the right bank decreased, but now the enemy began to attack by air more often. Gumenyuk added that the Kherson direction is now not a priority for Russian troops, although “enough forces” are still concentrated there.
09:36 On the evening of October 30, the Russians fired at one of DTEK’s thermal power plants in the front-line region, the company reported. As a result of the shelling, equipment was seriously damaged, which left residents of one of the settlements near the station without electricity and water. No people were hurt.
08:59 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports that Russian troops are using Storm-Z air assault units, made up primarily of former prisoners, for "meat assaults." A Russian military blogger claims that Storm-Z assault troops in the Avdeevsky direction and on the southern flank of Bakhmut are often destroyed after several days of active operations and on average lose from 40% to 70% of their personnel. ISW analysts recall that they have repeatedly reported on the ineffectiveness of Storm-Z units.
08:27 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of October 31:
personnel - about 300,810 (+870) people,
tanks - 5211 (+21),
armored combat vehicles - 9804 (+29),
artillery systems - 7227 (+25),
MLRS - 844 (+10),
air defense systems - 562 (+3),
aircraft - 321 (+0),
helicopters - 324 (+0),
UAV of operational-tactical level - 5440 (+21),
cruise missiles - 1546 (+2),
ships/boats - 20 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 9590 (+35),
special equipment - 1016 (+2).
07:36 Over the past 24 hours, 36 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report . In the Kupyansk direction, the Defense Forces repelled enemy attacks in the Sinkovka area of the Kharkov region; on Bakhmutsky - in the Kleshcheevka area; in Avdeevsky - in the districts of Avdeevka, Tonenky, Pervomaisky of the Donetsk region; on Maryinsky - in the Marinka and Novomikhailovka districts of the Donetsk region; on Shakhtarsky and Zaporozhye - in the Staromayorsky district of the Donetsk region.
At the same time, the Ukrainian Defense Forces continue their offensive in the Melitopol direction and assault operations south of Bakhmut, Donetsk region.
06:28 At night, the Russians launched a missile attack on the Mirgorod district of the Poltava region. According to preliminary information, no damage to civilian or critical infrastructure was recorded, no people were injured, said the head of the OVA, Philip Pronin.
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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Kupyansk direction, the Zapad Group of Forces supported by aircraft, artillery, and heavy flamethrower systems repelled five counter-attacks of the AFU 54th Mechanised Brigade near Sin'kovka (Khar'kov region).
Up to 60 Ukrainian troops, four tanks, with two German-made Leopard tanks of them, three armoured fighting vehicles, two motor vehicles, and one 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system were eliminated.
In Krasny Liman direction, well-coordinated actions of the Tsentr Group of Forces, aviation strikes and artillery fire repelled three attacks launched by assault groups of the 21st and 24th Mechanised Brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic) and Yampolovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 250 Ukrainian troops, one tank, two armoured fighting vehicles, two pick-up trucks, as well as two U.S.-made M777 artillery systems.
In Donetsk direction, the Yug Group of Forces' units supported by artillery and heavy flamethrowers inflicted fire defeat on AFU manpower and hardware of the 42nd and 93rd Mechanised Brigades close to Kleshcheyevka and Kurdyumovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy has lost up to 170 Ukrainian personnel, three tanks, two Bradley IFVs, three armoured fighting vehicles, and two motor vehicles.
Moreover, in counterbattery warfare, the Russian troops hit U.S.-made M198 and M119 howitzers, 152mm D-20 and 122mm D-30 howitzers; Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery system, 152mm Akatsiya and 122mm Gvozdika guns, along with two 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS launchers.
In South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok Group of Forces, helicopters and artillery inflicted damage on clusters manpower and hardware of the AFU 72nd Mechanised Brigade and 128th Territorial Defence Brigade near Ugledar and Staromayorskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
Up to 160 Ukrainian troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, seven motor vehicles, and one 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system were eliminated.
In Zaporozhye direction, units of the Russian Group of Forces supported by aviation, artillery, and heavy flamethrower systems repelled an attack launched by an assault group of the AFU 118th Mechanised Brigade close to Rabotino (Zaporozhye region).
The AFU losses amounted to over 140 Ukrainian troops, five armoured fighting vehicles, six pick-up trucks, as well as two Paladin M109 howitzers.
In Kherson direction, units of the Dnepr Group of Forces jointly with helicopters and artillery inflicted damage on clusters manpower and hardware of the AFU 35th and 36th Naval Infantry Brigades near Alekseyevsky Island and Berislav (Kherson region).
The enemy's losses, as a result of the fire strike, included up to 125 military personnel killed and wounded, along with two motor vehicles, one 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, and one 122mm D-30 howitzer.
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged AFU manpower and hardware in 132 areas during the day.
Moreover, manufacturing sites of unmanned aerial vehicles and unmanned boats were effectively destroyed close Malodolinskoye (Odessa region).
Russian air defence means have shot down MiG-29 airplanes and one Mi-8 helicopter of Ukrainian Air Force near Privetnoye (Zaporozhye region) and Verovka (Kherson region).
Eight Storm Shadow cruise missiles, two Neptune anti-ship missiles, and six HIMARS projectiles have been intercepted.
Moreover, 33 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down close to Zolotaryovka (Lugansk People's Republic), Podgornoye and Kleshcheyevka (Donetsk People's Republic).
In total, 518 airplanes and 254 helicopters, 8,464 unmanned aerial vehicles, 441 air defence missile systems, 13,044 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,172 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 6,929 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 14,797 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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[NewsFront] 23:57 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 10/31/2023 to 00:00 11/01/2023
Over the past 24 hours, the Representative Office reported 47 incidents of firing by the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces.
Information has been received about the death of two people in the Budennovsky district of Donetsk.
A total of 14 people were injured of varying degrees of severity in the Budennovsky district of Donetsk, Staromikhailovka and Novolugansk.
Three house buildings were damaged in the Budennovsky district of Donetsk and Novolugansk, as well as four civil infrastructure facilities.
Districts of six settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Novoluganskoe, Gorlovka (Tsentralno-Gorodskoy, Nikitovsky districts), Golmovsky, Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Budennovsky, Kievsky, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Staromikhailovka.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 19 attacks from MLRS, incl. with cluster warhead, 155mm artillery, incl. with a cluster warhead, an attack UAV.
At Gorlivske there were 26 artillery attacks from 152mm artillery.
At Svetlodarsky there was one artillery attack from 155mm artillery.
On Yasinovatsky there was one artillery attack from 155mm artillery.
A total of 168 units of various ammunition were fired.
In the previous day, 29 attacks were recorded from the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces.
21:50 The situation in the Zaporozhye direction is reported Front bird
To say that the intensity of artillery impact has noticeably decreased is a lie. But it became a little quieter in some areas. Now the enemy’s influence is not carried out along all lines.
The collective weapons of the Vsushniks are trying to cover the lack of constant artillery impact, but the warriors who were here at the very peak of the “counterattack” immediately noticed this nuance.
We don’t know what is happening: rotation or transfer of larger forces to another direction. Weather conditions still allow for a lot of movement, both on equipment and on foot. Both sides mitigate this using their “golden hour”.
21:25 Su-34 Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed positions of Ukrainian militants in the special operation zone
The crews of fighter-bombers perform air patrol missions and cover the actions of units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation at any time of the day and in any weather conditions.
During the next flight, aerial bombs destroyed the fortified positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kherson direction.
20:35 NGP intelligence reports on Avdievka:
1) The offensive follows the principle of “one step back, two steps forward.” As I understand it, there will be no dashing assault, there will be a long, painstaking, dull siege. The assault groups proceed carefully, a teaspoon per hour. Constantly digging in. To prevent them from being covered with artillery, our artillery is working, fortunately they have once again delivered a lot of rounds,
2) A lot of aviation, a lot of FABs - apparently, VKS has an absolute priority in processing applications from the Avdeevsky direction.
3) Large quantities of FPV drones have finally begun to arrive at 1AK units; we definitely have more of them than the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
4) It’s true about the tunnels that our people are digging in this direction. But they don’t say where, who, where and why.
5) In terms of losses in people - “it’s been worse.”
20:05 According to operational linesThe JCCC of the DPR on October 31, as of 19:30, received additional information about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
n.p. Novoluganskoe:
– a woman born in 1989 was wounded.
Additional information has been received about damage as a result of artillery attack by the Air Force in the cities of the Republic:
Information about the consequences of the artillery attack continues to arrive.
19:30 RF Ministry of Defense: On October 31, at about 19.00 Moscow time, an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack by an aircraft-type UAV on targets on the territory of the Russian Federation was stopped.
On duty air defense systems destroyed a Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle over the territory of the Belgorod region.
18:55 In the special operation zone took place teleconference between military personnel of the “Western” group of troops and members of their families from the Leningrad region.
Before the start of the conversation, military personnel were awarded departmental awards - medals “For Military Distinction”. Relatives could watch the ceremony live, and after it was over, congratulate their heroes.
All participants in the teleconference received a lot of positive emotions from communicating with loved ones and left the screen with a smile. At the end of the event, the servicemen thanked the command of the Western Military District and the administration of the city of St. Petersburg for the opportunity to see their relatives in real time for the first time in a long time.
18:30 Kherson direction:
Our aviation in this sector of the front constantly uses FAB with UMPC against the enemy. Including FAB-1500 -video.
18:00 RF Ministry of Defense: On October 31, at about 16.00 Moscow time, an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack by an aircraft-type UAV on objects on the territory of the Russian Federation was stopped.
On duty air defense systems destroyed a Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle over the territory of the Bryansk region.
17:30 Ukrainian Leopard 2A6 undergoes “frying” in the Avdeevsky direction -high quality photo.
17:00 The work of the team of doctors of the 20th Army of the Western group under the leadership of “Topol” daily saves the lives of both military and civilians who come under fire from Ukrainian militants -video.
16:25 The forces of the 114th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Donetsk 1st Army Corps destroyed the first Leopard-2A6 tank of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Avdievka -video.
16:00 In addition to the Bryansk and Kursk regions, Ukrainian formations also attacked settlements of the Belgorod region.
The city of Shebekino came under fire: there were no casualties, arrivals were recorded in the area of the industrial zone. Local sources write about a similar artillery attack of the village of Vyazovoe.
In addition, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported at least two episodes of the destruction of enemy UAVs in the skies over the region.
15:35 Analysis “Military chronicle“: how the tactics of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Zaporozhye direction have changed
The offensive on this section of the front is gradually declining. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to adapt to changescombat situation, but face serious difficulties.
What's happening?
From August to the end of October, there was a gradual decrease in the intensity of the use of artillery by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which may be due to a number of mutually influencing factors.
Main: during the first phase of the summer campaign, significant reserves of 155mm artillery rounds were expended and lost during strikes by the Russian Armed Forces, which were subsequently not replenished. Already on July 7, the United States announced the supply of DPICM cluster munitions to Ukraine. Such ammunition is poorly suited for a number of tasks, in particular the destruction of field and long-term fortifications, but for some time they made it possible to fill the shortage of conventional artillery ammunition.
However, after almost five months of active hostilities and against the backdrop of reduced supplies, the shortage of ammunition for field and self-propelled artillery has worsened.
In addition to 152/155mm high-explosive fragmentation ammunition, in a number of directions and areas there is a decrease in the activity of mortars of 120mm and 82mm caliber, which indirectly indicates a shortage and the need to save such ammunition. As a result, in a number of areas, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are forced not only to reduce fire support activity, but also to look for substitutes.
What are the Ukrainian Armed Forces trying to replace artillery with?
FPV drones and armored vehicles often act as ersatz artillery.
The equipment is usually used at night for direct fire at positions of the Russian Armed Forces. FPV drones are used against reconnaissance or detected targets within the range of the UAV.
However, due to design features, neither one nor the other type of weapon can fully perform the same tasks that artillery performs.
For example, single M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles of the 47th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine "Magura", some of which the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine transferred to Avdievka, are used as weapons of direct support for infantry.
This is connected not so much with the need to ensure a breakthrough or advance, but with the requirement to indicate the presence of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in any area. In other words, infantry fighting vehicles are used not for offensive actions, but for organizing harassing fire, which runs counter to the concept of their combat use.
What's wrong with this approach?
The main problem for the M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle, oddly enough, was combat operations at night. American vehicles are capable of firing at night, but crews in most cases use only the 25mm Bushmaster cannon for firing. It is not intended to destroy field fortifications and is of little assistance to the infantry units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. In addition, the use of small groups of equipment exposes combat vehicles to the risk of falling under return fire.
This is especially critical in cases with armored vehicles supplied from abroad, the losses of which the Ukrainian Armed Forces cannot replace.
In turn, FPV drones, due to the decrease in artillery activity, have turned into pure “front-line improvisation” for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Their effectiveness at the moment can be compared with French trench mortars from the First World War. The scope of these devices is narrow and their efficiency is low. At best, they can be used to solve very limited, specialized tactical tasks.
In any case, the trend indicates that the reserves of conventional ammunition of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are seriously depleted by the summer-autumn campaign - and in a number of areas they have to be seriously saved, while there is no shortage of ammunition on the Russian side.
14:30 RF Ministry of Defense: On October 31, at about 13.00 Moscow time, another attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack by an aircraft-type UAV on objects on the territory of the Russian Federation was stopped.
On duty air defense systems destroyed a Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle over the territory of the Belgorod region.
14:00 According to operational lines of The JCCC of the DPR on October 31, as of 13:00, received information about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
n.p. Staromikhailovka:
- on the street Lenin, one wounded, man born in 1980.
Information has been received about damage as a result of artillery attack by the AFU in the cities of the Republic:
n.p. Staromikhailovka:
– administrative building on the street. Lenin.
Information about the consequences of the artillery attack continues to arrive.
13:30 RF Ministry of Defense: On October 31, at about 11.30 Moscow time, an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack by an aircraft-type UAV on targets on the territory of the Russian Federation was stopped.
Duty air defense systems destroyed a Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle over the territory of the Belgorod region.
13:00 Ukrainian formations again inflicted attacks on the border areas of the Bryansk region.
The village of Aleynikovo came under fire: three administrative buildings, two cars, two residential buildings and outbuildings were damaged. There were no casualties.
There were problems with power supply in the village. Operational and emergency services personnel are working at the scene of the incident.
In addition, the village of Belaya Berezka came under mortar fire: several rounds fell near the Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker.
According to Mash, the Ukrainian Armed Forces also fired at Lomakovka and Kurkovichi from tanks: official authorities did not comment on these incidents.
12:30 The Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry fighting vehicle ran over its own Ukrainian Armed Forces fighters during the landing -video.
12:00 BMPT “Terminator” operates from all shafts along the APU in Serebryansky forestry.
11:00 “Today we neutralized the enemy - two machine gunners, two snipers”: results of combat work was told by a sniper with the call sign “Bek”
The serviceman arrived in the special operation zone voluntarily. "Russia is a great country! I’m proud of this and I’m ready to give my life, that’s why I came to serve here voluntarily,” “Bek” explained his decision.
While still a schoolboy, he practiced shooting and repeatedly won competitions. In the Northern Military District zone, he was offered to be a sniper, which the serviceman was very happy about.
10:25 Frontline reports: The Russian Armed Forces took active action and began storming the dam on the approach to the Avdeevsky coke plant.
09:48 Representation of the DPR in the JCCC per dayrecorded29 cases of firing by the Ukrainian forces, 106 rounds of ammunition were fired.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 12 attacks from MLRS and 155mm artillery.
At Gorlovsky - 16 artillery attacks from MLRS and 152mm caliber artillery.
On Volnovakha – one artillery attack from 155mm artillery.
The enemy fired at Donetsk, Aleksandrovka, Vladimirovka, Gorlovka.
Over the past 24 hours, information has been received about a civilian being wounded in Vladimirovka.
09:46 The criminal Kiev regime continues to shell the civilian infrastructure of settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired cannon artillery:
-- Dnepryan 7 rounds;
-- n.p. Krynki 11 rounds;
-- n.p. Alyosha 10 rounds;
-- n.p. Sagi six rounds;
-- n.p. New Camps six rounds;
-- n.p. Novaya Zburevka five rounds;
-- n.p. Kazachi Lagery nine rounds;
-- n.p. Korsunka 12 rounds.
As a result of artillery attack of the highway between the settlement. Novaya Lagery and Korsunka, one civilian died
As a result of artillery attack of the village. Alyoshki, two civilians were moderately injured.
As a result of the artillery attack of the village. Novaya Lagery, one civilian was seriously injured.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Novaya Kakhovka, n.p. Kakhovka, n.p. Staraya Zburevka, settlement Peschanivka, n.p. Krynki, n.p. Podstepnoe, Golaya Pristan, firing a total of 36 rounds from cannon artillery.
As a result of the artillery attack of the settlement. Novaya Kakhovka, one civilian was moderately injured
08:27 Summary on the morning of October 31, 2023
At night, the Russian Armed Forces launched an air strike on enemy targets in the Kupyansk and Kherson directions. Explosions also occurred in Mirgorod, Poltava region, and in Nikolaev and Khmelnytsky regions. Airfields of the Armed Forces of Ukraine became likely targets.
In the Kherson direction the enemy holds part of the settlement. Krynka, a heavy flamethrower system was working on it at night. The presence of the Ukrainian Armed Forces remains at the Antonovsky and railway bridges, the enemy is bringing in reinforcements of manpower to replace those destroyed.
On the Zaporozhye front near the village. Verbovoye artillery fire covers a concentration of enemy forces. The enemy still uses kamikaze drones and agricultural drone bombers. Enemy attacks at Rabotino were repulsed.
In the Avdeevsky direction, the Russian Armed Forces are breaking through to the Avdeevsky Coke and Chemical Plant with heavy fighting.
North of Artemovsk (Bakhmut) - battles near Berkhovka. On the Southern flank, enemy attacks were repelled near the railway near Kleshcheevka.
Over the past 24 hours, the enemy has once again attacked the western coast of Crimea and Sevastopol with missiles. In the Belgorod region, Novaya Tavolzhanka came under fire. The enemy fired more than 100 rounds at the civilian population of the DPR, a civilian was wounded.
08:09 Frontline summary for the morning of 10/31/2023
In the Kherson-Crimean direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces, with the support of artillery, are trying to break through the Russian defense line on the left bank near Poima and Peschanivka. Mirror actions in Krynki. There, the Russian Armed Forces, using long-range weapons, are trying to knock out Ukrainian units from this village, where they managed to create a bridgehead. Under fire from the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kherson, Antonovka, Pridneprovsky and Tyaginka. Ukrainian troops launched missile attacks on the Russian Armed Forces on the territory of Crimea in Elenovka, Novofedorovka and Sevastopol.
In the Zaporozhye direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces tried to advance at Nesteryanka, Kopanei, Novoprokopovka and Verbovoy. No success.
On the Donetsk front, Russian troops, supported by long-range weapons, continued the assault on Mar'inka. LBS has not changed. Similar actions in the Severny area (a settlement west of Avdievka) and at the Avdievka coke plant, which is located on the northwestern outskirts of the city, brought tactical success to the Russian troops. Ukrainian positions in Novomikhailovka, Pobeda, Georgievka, the city of Krasnohorivka, Netailov, Yasnobrodovka, Lastochkino and Keramika are under fire. Russian ones - in Staromikhailovka, Donetsk, Vodyanoye, Opytny and the village of Krasnogorovka.
In the Bakhmut direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces, with artillery support, attacked near Kurdyumovka. They also tried to advance beyond the railway line at Andreevka and Kleshcheevka. The Russian Armed Forces counterattacked from Berkhovka. Neither side was successful.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Sergey Adamov
It’s all in what factors one counts as important, I suppose.
[REGNUM] The Washington news magazine US News &World Report published a study in which it ranked the Russian army first in the world in terms of military power.
In the 2023 ranking, the armed forces of our country surpassed the armies of the United States and China.
In the published list, the US Army ranks second, the Chinese Armed Forces third. Also in the top 10 were South Korea, Israel, Ukraine, Iran, Great Britain, Germany and Turkey.
The authors of the study note that the power of the armed forces was assessed based on the responses of respondents: the compilers of the rating surveyed 17 thousand people around the world from March 17 to June 12.
Questions arise: what criteria were used to compile this survey, whether a relatively massive but not expert sample can be trusted, and, finally, how “weighty” is the American publication that published the rating. Let's start with the last question.
A publication with a 75-year history, US News & World Report plays on the same field as Newsweek and Time magazines, and positions itself as a serious media outlet that does not indulge in topics such as sports or gossip columns.
Various kinds of surveys and ratings (the best hospitals in the USA, the best cars, etc.) are a long-standing specialty of this magazine. USN&WR rankings of colleges and universities have a significant impact on the number of applicants - something that researchers from Harvard Business School have already noticed .
Every year the magazine creates a top list of “best countries”. The publication itself explains: the research is based on a model developed by analyst David Reibstein from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, together with US News & World Report.
“Best countries”, which are ranked according to several subcategories, including a global indicator - “strength”. The final score is based on an "equally weighted average score" on five values that indicate a country's "strength" - namely, the influence of a state's leader, economic influence, political influence, military strength and the country's participation in international alliances.
In the 2023 study, the publication ranked the United States and China first and second in the “power” subcategory, respectively. At the same time, Russia took first place in terms of the “power of the army” indicator.
Let us note once again that all US News &World reported ratings are based on opinion poll data. Respondents are asked to indicate which attributes of power they associate with a particular state.
This approach raises a number of questions for the compilers of the rating, since they do not refer to statistical data, research results or expert opinions, military expert Alexander Mikhailovsky told IA Regnum . However, on the other hand, any system of ranking states has its drawbacks.
“If we take it as a whole, then military power ratings are like “if a whale meets an elephant, then who will defeat whom?” There are too many factors that cannot be algorithmized . If such a rating had existed in 1939, Germany would definitely have been ranked below France, and perhaps Poland too. So here you need to be skeptical, of course,” says Mikhailovsky.
HOW OTHER “TOPS” ARE COMPILED
There are several rankings of countries in the world based on military power, which are based on various indicators. A number of American media, such as Business Insider, Forbes or Newsweek, refer to a ranking of countries by firepower, known as Global Firepower or GFP.
The ranking was compiled by American researcher Daniel Puchek based on a formula that takes into account: the amount of military equipment and troops each country has, as well as the financial situation of the countries, geographical factors and available resources. Information about which, we note, may be inaccurate. The rating also does not take into account the presence of a nuclear arsenal.
It is assumed (the authors themselves do not disclose the calculation methods) that more than 60 factors are used to calculate the Power Index, with stronger armies being closer to zero. For example, the US rating at the end of 2022 was 0.0712, and the Russian rating was 0.0714.
The top 10 GFP rankings for 2023 include the United States, Russia, China, India, Great Britain, South Korea, Pakistan, Japan, France and Italy.
The authors of the study noted, first of all, the number of military aircraft of the Russian aerospace forces and the presence of missile weapons, including hypersonic ones. At the same time, the researchers emphasized that in 2024 China could move Russia to third place.
There are other, more narrowly focused ratings. Thus, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) keeps statistics on the number of nuclear warheads in the arsenal of the “nuclear club” countries. There are also statistics on the number of tanks, warships, aircraft, artillery systems and other weapons. But all these studies are based on incomplete or outdated data.
“If we take the rating by the number of tanks, for example, then either we or the United States are always in the lead. But it’s unclear what data they operate with,” says Mikhailovsky.
You can, say, take approximate indicators of what is in warehouses, but these may be outdated machines or no longer suitable, the expert notes. The situation with aircraft-ships is different, “but again, any official military statistics are misleading the enemy.” Drawing conclusions based on it is reckless, the interlocutor explains.
One of the most authoritative rankings in the scientific community is compiled by the Stockholm Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
Researchers keep statistics on military expenditures of states in both absolute and relative (percentage of state GDP) values. The institute also annually publishes an analytical study of the global arms market, including statistics on the largest arms exporters and importers and arms production statistics.
This work is primarily based on three comprehensive open access databases: Arms Transfer Data, Arms Industry Data, and Military Expenditure Database.
The authors of the latest SIPRI report, published in March 2023, noted that Russia and the United States remain the leading powers in the global arms market. At the same time, the researchers noted that the United States is increasingly breaking away from Russia, while the gap between Russia and France, which ranks third in arms exports, is narrowing.
“THE CONCEPTS OF “RUSSIA” AND “MILITARY POWER” ARE CONNECTED”
Why did US News &World reported place Russia, and not the United States, in first place in terms of military power? The answer lies in the methodology used by the publication when compiling its ratings, says Alexander Mikhailovsky.
“The point here is that over the past year our country in the mass consciousness has become associated with military power. As an example, the use of the latest weapons, including hypersonic ones, in the Northern Military District. Of course, this is on everyone’s lips, which is why respondents associate the concepts of “military power” and “Russia,” the expert believes.
The specialist also noted that the rating took into account the point of view of residents of the Arab world, Africa, Asia and South America. Many countries have a positive attitude towards Russia's actions on the world stage.
This is evidenced, in particular, by calls from citizens of states such as Niger or Mali to Russia asking for help in the confrontation with France and the United States. The countries of the Arab world refuse to condemn Russia's actions on international platforms, thereby opposing the position of the West.
Therefore, changes in the American rating primarily indicate not a sharp change in the balance of power in favor of Russia, but rather a global change in point of view. After the collapse of the USSR, the US Army for 20 years in the public consciousness (not without the influence of cinema and the media) was perceived as the strongest army in the world, but today this point of view has changed. And in this sense, we can say that the United States is beginning to lose ground, first of all, in the minds of people, experts believe.
Text taken from an article posted at dzen.ru by historian and journalist Aleksandr Stepanov About the excursion to Sandarmokh
Today is October 30th. Day of Remembrance for Victims of Political Repression. And so I read on social networks: “The Central Library of Kostomuksha invites schoolchildren from grades 9 to 11 to attend a bus excursion to the memorial site “Sandarmokh” (Medvezhyegorsky district). The excursion is dedicated to the Day of Remembrance of Victims of Political Repression.
We invite you to visit with us the place of memory established in honor of the people who gave their lives in those terrible and tragic years, to get to know the history of this day and this place. Payment for the ticket using the Pushkin card."
It's a long drive from Kostomuksha to Sandarmokh. The Karelian village of Rugozero will be closer, but there is also a grave of victims of political terror there. In 1921, during the so-called Karelian adventure, the whites there shot Karelians - supporters of Soviet power. Don’t these people look like “victims of political repression”? Are these the “wrong” victims?
Well, good, because in the Medvezhyegorsk district itself there is not only Sandarmokh. According to historians, in May 1919, when the Medvezhya Gora station was occupied by interventionist and White Guard troops, it became the site of massacres. A White Guard counterintelligence department operated here, and a concentration camp was created for captured Red Army soldiers, Red partisans, communists and Soviet activists. Many dozens of them died in the Medvezhyegorsk dungeons. After the liberation of the station by the Red Army, the victims of the White Terror were buried in a mass grave on the street. Kommunarov. The total number of those buried is unknown. Or are these also “wrong” victims? Or just “unpromoted”?
Unlike Sandarmokh, whose name, through the efforts of liberal propaganda, was simply hammered into the heads of a huge mass of people. Despite the fact that there are simply no six, seven and a half, and even more so nine and a half thousand people executed in Sandarmokh. This is just the opinion of Yuri Dmitriev, a defendant in a criminal case under pedophile articles of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. But it is in vain to try to extract from his fans at least one piece of evidence of these figures. They are silent.
Somewhere in the vicinity of Medvezhyegorsk, the so-called “Solovetsky stage” was actually shot. Now they take people there using the “Pushkin card,” which seems to have been created for the cultural education of young people. Forgetting to tell the backstory of this sad event. And forgetting to tell you that the largest category at this stage was made up of Ukrainian nationalists!
Yes, in the second year of the SVO and the fight against Ukrainian fascism, Russian schoolchildren are taken to the place of execution of “the flower of Ukrainian nationalism.” Which became one of the symbols of Bandera propaganda:
Once again I will give several examples from the list of those executed in Sandarmokh:
- Stepan Rudnitsky, author of the now popular book in Ukraine “Why we want an independent Ukraine.” It states that Ukrainians are a kind of special race, which is better not to mix with all sorts of Muscovites and Poles, and they also need their own state and living space: “...On the other hand, combinations with Poles, Muscovites, Romanians, Turko-Tatars, Jews, etc.” Who doesn’t understand now why citizen Rudnitsky faced such a fate in 1937?
- Minister of Education of the UPR Anton Krushelnitsky, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the UPR Nikolai Lyubinsky and Vladimir Chekhovsky, chairman of the Council of People's Ministers of the Ukrainian People's Republic were also shot in Sandarmokh. According to biographers, during the latter’s premiership, the UPR government approved laws on the state language of Ukraine (Ukrainian only) and on the autocephaly of the UOC. The topics are very relevant and very pressing, as if not even 100 years have passed since that time...
- Sadovsky Gennady Leonidovich. In 1919, military commandant of Zhitomir. It’s easy to find information about the events in Zhitomir on the Internet: “When Zhitomir fell into the hands of the Petliurites, they robbed, raped, tortured and killed Jews again and again. They burst into Jewish apartments shouting “Down with the communists!” or “Come on women!” Every day crowds of men were escorted to the station and there they were shot.”
Yes, on the list of those executed in Sandarmokh there are a lot of Petliura officers who in one way or another participated in the genocide of the Jewish population. (I already wrote about this topic in the publication: What’s wrong with Yuri Shevchuk’s grandfather? | Alexander Stepanov | Zen (dzen.ru)
Well, at least now there should be an understanding that inflating the topic of repressions, including Sandarmokh, was not necessary to preserve the memory of that part of the repressed who suffered in vain? This was necessary for the cultivation in the vastness of Eastern Europe of new forms of fascism, the most wretched in its provincialism. So you got it... And we still take excursions there using the “Pushkin map”... And here is a photo from the event in Sandarmokh on August 5, 2023:
You need to understand that the history of not a single modern state has been without political repression. And it doesn’t work out, as we can observe these days in various parts of the globe.
In this regard, it is very stupid to imagine our country as a unique “Mordor” in world history, which simply destroyed its own citizens. Did the new society created in our country since 1917 have real and numerous enemies? Were. Did they themselves want to carry out mass reprisals against their opponents? They wanted to, there is enough evidence for this.
Consequently, the Soviet government had every right to self-defense. After all, if the Whites had won, everything would have been much worse (See the publication HOW THE BOLSHEVIKS SAVED RUSSIA FROM BLOODY TERROR).
Do you want to celebrate October 30 as the day of remembrance for victims of political repression? Okay, but then on this day mention the many thousands of victims of the white terror, then don’t forget their graves. You can even start with those killed on Bloody Sunday...
Or is it impossible to do this for ideological reasons?
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^ Yeah, but contrast with Biden and his puppet masters who are still holding out for total victory. Can't believe they're really that stupid though so it must be something about all the profits for the defense contractors.
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