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2024-10-31 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: October 30, 2024
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 21:45 Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said he discussed a ceasefire in Ukraine with Putin during a phone call in October, but the Russian leader "expressed no interest" in the idea. Vucic also called on the West to end the war in Ukraine: "Make a ceasefire as soon as possible. Then there will be ways to achieve long-term peace - but make that first step as soon as possible."
21:38 South Korean Defense Minister Kim Yong Hyun supported sending military experts to Ukraine to study the actions of North Korean troops if they appear in the combat zone. "We have established that North Korean troops have been transferred to Russia. I believe that this could be an excellent opportunity for our analysts and observers to study the actions and trends of the North Korean army," he said at a joint briefing with Pentagon Secretary Lloyd Austin.
21:31 Russians shelled the Dnieper, a 14-year-old child was wounded, reported the head of the OVA, Serhiy Lysak.
21:23 During his visit to Odessa on October 29-30, Norwegian Defense Minister Bjørn Arild Gram announced additional military support for Ukraine related to the maintenance and use of F-16 fighters. Norway's new aid of up to 109 million euros will be allocated as a grant through the American JUMPSTART mechanism. The funds will be used to purchase weapons and spare parts for the F-16.
21:18 Head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak reported that during his visit to Canada he met with the Minister of State for International Cooperation of the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs Reem Al Hashimy. They discussed the implementation of the peace formula, the return of captives and children abducted by Russia, and the "victory plan."
20:35 The Russian army shelled the city of Kupyansk in the Kharkiv region - two police officers who were patrolling the city were injured, three more people were wounded. A police service car and private houses were damaged, the prosecutor's office reported. A little later, the enemy shelled the village of Kucherovka in the Kupyansk district - one person was killed, one was wounded.
18:57 Ukraine is already producing almost 20 Bohdan self-propelled howitzers per month thanks to assistance from Denmark, which is investing in Ukrainian defense production, Zelensky said in an evening video address. According to him, there are "good results in other areas" and there will be more such results - in particular in the production of shells, equipment, drones. The president said that he has already completed his visit to Iceland and is in Transcarpathia, where he met with Ukrainian businesses.
18:09 Lithuania has transferred a new batch of military aid to Ukraine, which included, in particular, shells, mortars and generators, the country's Defense Ministry reported.
17:36 Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast will be completely closed for entry and exit for defense purposes, said Sergei Dobryak, head of the city's military administration. According to him, Russian troops are already 6.7 km from one of Pokrovsk's outskirts. There are 11,900 residents left in the city, including 55 children. "We urge people to leave at least for the winter, because it will be very difficult in the cold. There will be no heating season, but there will be heating points," Dobryak emphasized.
17:28 The US Treasury Department announced new sanctions against 30 individuals and over 360 companies from 17 countries cooperating with the Russian military-industrial complex, including India, China, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey and Uzbekistan. The sanctions are aimed at combating the circumvention of previously introduced restrictive measures. The list also includes Russian companies and enterprises associated with the military-industrial complex, design bureaus and research institutes, as well as six deputy defense ministers of the Russian Federation.
17:21 The European Commission has approved the annual enlargement package, stating that Ukraine is making progress in meeting the criteria for EU membership and hopes to open cluster negotiations in 2025. At the same time, the European Commission noted that "despite progress in implementing fundamental reforms, further efforts are needed," in particular in the fight against corruption, reform of the judicial system, protection of the rights of national minorities, etc.
16:42 In the morning, Russians dropped a KAB on the Khotyn community of the Sumy district. The bomb fell on the territory of a local cemetery - one person was killed, one was wounded, the regional prosecutor's office reported.
16:15 The UN Security Council will meet today at the request of the Ukrainian delegation to discuss Russia's involvement of North Korean troops in the war against Ukraine.
16:07 South Korea is considering sending a military team to Ukraine to observe and analyze the expected deployment of North Korean troops by Russia on the front line, Reuters writes.
14:28 Zelensky said that Ukraine could have seized the Kursk NPP, but never wanted to: "Russia thinks that they are very strong, but if we wanted to seize their nuclear power plant, we would have done it. We could have done it, but we never wanted to."
The president also confirmed that, according to Ukrainian intelligence, about 3,000 soldiers and officers from the DPRK are on Russian territory and "preparing for battle." In addition, according to him, "additional thousands are already on the way." In total, about 12,000 soldiers from North Korea are preparing to participate in the war against Ukraine.
Zelensky also noted that this winter will be decisive and will be a big challenge for Ukraine, while some Western partners have not provided the promised assistance. In particular, Ukraine has received only 10% of the aid package that Congress voted for in 2024. "When they told us that they cannot accept us into NATO in a state of war, but promised 6-7 systems to protect the skies... You can't compare these things, but during the war we agreed because we need to preserve ourselves. And these systems are very important for us. But we still have not received and cannot count on this major air defense support during the heating season," the president noted.
14:16 Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico gave an interview to Russian propagandist Olga Skabeeva on the Rossiya 1 TV channel. In it, he repeated many Kremlin narratives, in particular that sanctions against Russia are not working, and the war could have been ended in the spring of 2022. According to Fico, Zelensky allegedly asked the EU to deploy nuclear weapons in Ukraine, but the allies refused due to the "instinct of self-preservation."
He also claims that the EU is allegedly tired of war, and Zelensky's "victory plan" is an escalation of the war, not a way to end it. In addition, Fico said that he would be "very happy" to come to Moscow for the May 9 parade next year and is ready to talk to Putin.
14:09 Zelensky, in an interview with leading media outlets in Northern Europe, confirmed the NYT report that the request for Tomahawk missiles was one of the secret parts of his "victory plan." According to the president, this was confidential information that Kiev passed on to Washington. "How should we understand these messages? This means that there is nothing confidential between the partners," Zelensky added.
13:23 Russians shelled Nikolskoye, Daryevskaya community, Kherson region, one person was killed. Another person was injured as a result of the enemy attack in Priozernoye, OVA reported.
12:30 All of Ukraine's Nordic partners - Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Finland, Sweden - supported the "victory plan," Zelensky said following the fourth Ukraine-Northern Europe summit. These countries are also ready to increase support for Ukraine's defense, in particular, they discussed the possibility of transferring additional air defense systems. The summit participants agreed to increase defense production both in Ukraine and among partners, as well as to work on strengthening sanctions against the Russian Federation, in particular on limiting the ability to use a shadow tanker fleet to finance aggression.
12:17 Peskov said that Ukrainian troops must leave Russian territories, including "new regions of the Russian Federation." The Kremlin spokesman recalled that this was "a set of conditions that President Putin voiced, or rather, it was his peace initiative." Commenting on media reports about alleged negotiations between Russia and Ukraine to stop attacks on the energy structure, Peskov said that there are "many rumors that have no connection to reality."
11:08 About 3,000 North Korean troops are located 50 km from the border with Ukraine in the Kursk region, the Financial Times writes. According to South Korean intelligence, the first North Korean troops, who arrived in Russia in early October, belong to the elite 11th Army Corps of the North Korean army, known as the "assault corps." At the same time, Ukrainian intelligence expressed doubts about the combat capabilities of the North Koreans, calling them "inexperienced infantrymen."
10:24 Head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak discussed the situation on the front and the "victory plan" with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken during his trip to Washington. The parties also discussed the possibility of using frozen Russian assets, strengthening the sanctions regime against the Russian Federation, Euro-Atlantic integration of Ukraine, and support for the energy system in the autumn-winter period.
09:32 The death toll from the Russian strike on Krivoy Rog on October 28 has risen to two - one of the wounded died in hospital, said Serhiy Lysak, head of the Dnipropetrovsk OVA. Another 13 people were injured. A day of mourning has been declared in Krivoy Rog today.
09:27 On the evening of October 29, Russians shelled the village of Bezruki in the Kharkov district, three people were injured, including a ten-year-old child. Another person was injured as a result of a night attack in the village of Tsaredarovka in the Lozovsky district.
09:10 In the morning, Russian troops struck Antonovka in the Kherson region, wounding one person, the OVA reported. Over the previous day, three people were killed and 15 wounded as a result of Russian shelling in the region.
08:41 In the Khotyn community of Sumy region, two people were wounded as a result of a missile strike, OVA reported. Another person was injured in the Velykopisarevska community.
08:16 In Donetsk Oblast, one person was killed as a result of Russian shelling on October 29 - in Sukhi Yal. Another ten people in the oblast were injured in the past 24 hours, reported OVA head Vadim Filashkin.
08:09 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of October 30:
- personnel - about 693,640 (+1,560) people,
- tanks - 9137 (+8),
- combat armored vehicles - 18,433 (+29),
- artillery systems - 19,955 (+38),
- MLRS - 1242 (+1),
- air defense systems - 986 (+2),
- aircraft - 369 (+0),
- helicopters - 329 (+0),
- Operational-tactical level UAVs - 17,979 (+40),
- cruise missiles - 2625 (+0),
- ships/boats - 28 (+0),
- submarines - 1 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tank trucks - 27,840 (+91),
- special equipment - 3567 (+1).
07:28 Air defense destroyed 33 of 62 Russian drones (Shahed and unspecified types) in Kyiv, Cherkasy, Khmelnytsky, Kharkiv, Zaporizhia, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Sumy, Chernihiv and Poltava regions at night. Another 25 drones were lost, the Air Force reported. In addition, the enemy struck a private sector in Sumy region with an unspecified type of missile at night.
05:52 At night, the Russians attacked Kiev with drones - all of them were neutralized, but as a result of falling debris in the Solomensky district, a fire broke out in several apartments in a multi-story residential building, nine people were injured, including a child, said the head of the Kyiv State Air Defense Forces Sergei Popko.
01:50 Ukraine and Russia, with Qatar as the mediator, are holding talks to end mutual attacks on energy infrastructure, The Financial Times reports, citing sources. According to a senior Ukrainian official, Russia and Ukraine have already reduced the frequency of attacks on each other's energy infrastructure in recent weeks as part of an agreement reached by their intelligence services. At the same time, he noted that Kiev plans to continue to strike targets, including oil refineries, in order to force Russia to negotiate.
00:17 The US has called on China to put pressure on North Korea to withdraw its troops from Russia, CNN reports, citing sources. At the same time, the channel's interlocutors are "not optimistic" that Beijing will hinder North Korea's plans - in particular because it supports the Russian military-industrial complex.
00:06 US Defense Department spokesman Patrick Ryder announced the presence of a "small number" of North Korean troops in the Kursk region. According to him, initial signs indicate that Russia may use them as infantry against Ukrainian troops. At the same time, the Pentagon cannot confirm that North Korean troops are on the territory of Ukraine itself.
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