Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 20:59 Zelensky in an evening video message clarified that 66 states took part in the first day of the summit in Malta: “All continents are represented. Many states, different political traditions. And there is potential to expand the representation of states. The points of our Formula were created exactly like this, so that everyone in the world who truly values international law can express themselves and their values and support global efforts against aggression."
16:01 Armenia is taking part in the Ukrainian Peace Formula summit for the first time - Security Council Secretary Armen Grigoryan arrived in Malta, Radio Liberty reports.
15:42 The Russian Army attacked the village of Kazatsky, Kherson region, with aviation, one person was wounded. The enemy also shelled Ivanovka of the Daryevsk community, two people were injured, the prosecutor’s office reported. According to OVA, just since yesterday evening the Russians have dropped 24 guided bombs on populated areas of the region. Power lines were damaged, Kreshchenovka, Shevchenkovka and Petrovka of the Novovorontsovsk community were left without power.
15:05 The Russian Foreign Ministry stated that a “Ukrainian UAV”, which was intercepted by Russian air defense on October 26, allegedly crashed into the nuclear waste warehouse of the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant, damaging its walls, and two more drones fell on the station’s administrative building complex.
14:13 Ukraine, on the sidelines of a meeting of advisers in Malta, began consultations with the Netherlands on concluding a bilateral agreement on security guarantees, the Presidential Office reported.
10:34 The third meeting of foreign policy and national security advisers dedicated to the Ukrainian Peace Formula began in Malta. More than 65 countries are taking part in the event, including representatives of the Global South, the Office of the President reported. During the meeting, specific plans for the implementation of the five points of the Peace Formula will be presented and discussed: nuclear security, energy security, food security, humanitarian direction (the release of prisoners and deported Ukrainians), restoration of the territorial integrity of Ukraine and the world order.
10:00 Hungary will block the 12th package of EU anti-Russian sanctions if they affect energy, said the country's Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó: “If the next sanctions package contains something that contradicts our national interests, we will definitely not agree to its adoption. The red line for us concerns energy, gas, oil, nuclear energy." He also stated that Hungary is ready to host negotiations between Moscow and Kyiv, “if they want it.”
09:52 One of the four Iskander-K missiles with which Russia attacked the Dnepropetrovsk region at night exploded in the air over the Krivoy Rog region, said the chairman of the regional council Nikolai Lukashuk.
09:46 In the morning, the Russian army struck the Korabelny district of Kherson, one person was wounded, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin. Over the past 24 hours, as a result of Russian shelling in the region, 11 people were wounded, seven of whom were injured during shelling of the center of Kherson.
09:39 “Inhuman crimes” are being committed in the Berdyansk torture chamber, said Deputy Head of the District Council Viktor Dudukalov. According to him, one of the functions of the Russian special services is work on the territory of correctional colony No. 77, which is a torture facility and where hundreds of prisoners are kept. “People who come out of captivity know them by sight, know their call signs, know perfectly well what they are doing there - these are terrorist, inhuman crimes. Unfortunately, only after de-occupation will we know the scale of what they committed there. But people say that torture and what they have in prison are very professional,” said Dudukalov.
09:35 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports that the Russians are forcing Ukrainian prisoners to join their “volunteer forces.” In particular, Russian media reported on October 27 that the “volunteer battalion” Bohdan Khmelnytsky “recruited” about 70 Ukrainian prisoners of war from various Russian colonies, began training and, after completing training, will be deployed to an unspecified section of the front line. Analysts emphasize that this is an obvious violation of the Geneva Prisoners of War Convention.
09:19 Air defense at night shot down three of the four ground-based Iskander-K cruise missiles that Russia launched into the Dnepropetrovsk region from the Dzhankoy area. The fourth missile also did not reach its target, the Air Force command reported.
08:26 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of October 28:
- personnel - about 298,420 (+740) people,
- tanks - 5167 (+22),
- armored combat vehicles - 9749 (+23),
- artillery systems - 7180 (+18),
- MLRS - 834 (+0),
- air defense systems - 558 (+2),
- aircraft - 320 (+0),
- helicopters - 324 (+0),
- UAV of operational-tactical level - 5399 (+9),
- cruise missiles - 1541 (+3),
- ships/boats - 20 (+0),
- submarines - 1 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tank trucks - 9524 (+11),
- special equipment - 1011 (+0).
07:44 In the sky over the Dnepropetrovsk region at night, air defense forces shot down three Russian missiles, said the head of the Air Defense Forces Sergei Lysak. In addition, the enemy fired heavy artillery twice at the Marganets community of the Nikopol region, no people were injured.
07:19 In the Avdeevka direction, the Russian army does not abandon attempts to encircle Avdeevka, but the Ukrainian Armed Forces are holding the line and repelled enemy attacks in the Stepnoy, Avdeevka, Pervomaisky districts of the Donetsk region, the General Staff reported in the morning report .
In total, 60 military clashes took place at the front over the past 24 hours. In the Bakhmut direction, the enemy unsuccessfully tried to restore the lost position near Andreevka, in Maryinsky, he carried out unsuccessful assault operations in the areas of Maryinka and Novomikhailovka, Donetsk region. In the Shakhtarsky direction, the Defense Forces repelled enemy attacks near Vodyanoye, Zolotaya Niva and Staromayorsky, Donetsk region. In the Zaporozhye direction, the enemy tried to restore the lost position north-west of Verbovoy, Zaporozhye region, but was unsuccessful. In the Kupyansky and Limansky directions, the enemy did not conduct offensive actions and continued to regroup troops.
At the same time, the Defense Forces continue their offensive in the Melitopol direction and assault operations south of Bakhmut, Donetsk region.