Night air attack, 145 combat encounters, battles in the Pokrovsk and Kurakhovsk directions, losses of occupiers, enemy shelling, operation in the Kursk region.
Consequences of the shelling of Kharkov
As of this morning, 34 people are known to have been injured as a result of the Russian strike on the Saltovsky district of Kharkiv, the head of the Kharkiv OVO Oleg Sinegubov reported this in advance. One person was killed, including a 12-year-old child.
The body fragments recovered from the rubble belong to an already identified person. Therefore, as of this morning, there is one known victim, not two, as was previously reported.
It is also known that a 15-year-old boy is under the rubble – he is being rescued.
A fire broke out at the site of the “landing”, almost the entire entrance of the building was destroyed, and civilian cars were damaged. In turn, the mayor of Kharkov, Igor Terekhov, reported that the Russian strike completely destroyed floors from the 6th to the first floor of a 9-story building.
The deceased child is a boy. He was freed from under the rubble with severe head injuries and fractures. Doctors tried to resuscitate him, but the injuries he received as a result of the strike were too severe.
Meanwhile, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports that a total of 145 attacks have been recorded over the past 24 hours, 41 of which were in the Kurakhovsky direction.< /p>
The situation in the Pokrovsky and Kupyansky directions remains tense.
The operation in the Kursk region continues; over the past 24 hours, the Russians have carried out 19 strikes with 20 guided aerial bombs and 133 artillery attacks on Russian territory.
More details about the operational situation are in the news.
Other enemy losses are in the news.
In the Podolsk district of Kyiv, drone debris fell in an open area. Grass caught fire in the open area, and windows were damaged in two two-story houses and an administrative building. There is also information about damage to a high-voltage transmission line. In total, the capital was subjected to 20 air attacks in October. And in 31 days, an air raid alarm was not declared only once. The head of the Kyiv Metropolitan Military District called on citizens to take shelter.
On the night of October 31, Ukraine's air defense shot down two guided air missiles and 17 “Shaheds”.
As reported by the Air Force, the enemy attacked the bridge across the Dniester Estuary in the Gulf in Odessa region. The occupiers launched two Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles from Crimea and eight Kh-59/69 guided air missiles from tactical aircraft over the Black Sea.
The Russians also struck Kramatorsk with two Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles from the Rostov Region.
From the Kursk and Orel directions, the enemy attacked with 43 Shahed-type attack UAVs and unidentified drones. In addition to two Kh-59/69 guided air missiles shot down in the evening in the Odessa region, as of 08:00, 17 enemy UAVs were confirmed to have been shot down. 23 drones were lost, and three more Russian UAVs left controlled airspace in the direction of Russia and the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine.
Air defense was in effect in the Odessa, Kyiv, Cherkasy, Kirovograd, Kharkov, Zaporizhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk and Poltava regions.
The Russian army occupied Selidovo in the Donetsk region, Deep State analysts reported.
The Russians also captured Vyshneve and Zvezdnoye and advanced near Novoukrainka, Novodmitrovka and Kurakhovka. All of these settlements belong to the Donetsk region.
Official sources have not yet confirmed the information about the capture of Selidovoye.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin from his post.
This is stated in the text of decree No. 745/2024, published on the presidential website.
The decree was signed on October 31.
The Ministry of Culture and Strategic Communications has published a response to the European Commission's conclusion on the progress of candidate states for EU accession, which contained criticism of the “Unified News” telethon.
As the department noted on its website, “the European Commission's recommendations on “Unified News” have been taken into account.” At the same time, Minister Nikolai Tochitsky continues to insist that the telethon will not end its work until the end of the Russian-Ukrainian war.
According to the official, “the state plans to stop supporting the marathon after martial law ends, focusing on the ongoing development of media infrastructure.” The ministry is currently engaged in “daily work to create a space for truth and freedom of speech.” are moving to the Kursk region of Russia.
According to The Guardian, the US Secretary of Defense said at a press conference following a meeting with his counterpart from South Korea that he estimates the number of soldiers from the DPRK at 11,000. Their involvement in combat operations is “extremely likely,” which, according to Austin, “could widen and prolong the conflict” and “prompt some allies to take the necessary measures.”
Austin also explained to journalists why the Russians are bringing fighters from the DPRK to the front: “Putin has lost a lot of his own troops and had to choose between this option and declaring mobilization.” website.
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