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Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22:17 Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin announced that new military aid would be provided to Ukraine in the near future. He specified that "we are talking about artillery, air defense, armored vehicles, ammunition and other important weapons."
21:16 The United States has identified about 8,000 North Korean soldiers in the Kursk region who could take part in combat operations in the coming days, said US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Overall, the US estimates that there are about 10,000 North Korean troops in Russia. "If these troops take part in combat operations or operations in support of combat operations against Ukraine, they will become legitimate military targets," Blinken emphasized.
17:29 Zelensky said in an interview with the South Korean TV channel KBS that after the DPRK troops enter the war, Ukraine may file a request for the arrest of Kim Jong-un in the International Criminal Court, as was done with Putin. He also said that Kiev will officially ask Seoul for military assistance - in particular, artillery, air defense systems, etc. According to the president, Putin is now checking how the West will react to the participation of DPRK troops in the war against Ukraine. If the reaction is weak, Moscow will attract even more North Korean troops, Zelensky predicts.
He also stressed that if Trump, if elected US President, wants to end the war by forcing Ukraine to cede its territories, he will not succeed. As for the Kursk operation, according to Zelensky, Ukraine is ready to use it to end the war, diplomatic steps or military tactical steps on the battlefield, if it has an influential effect.
16:48 The first point of the internal "strengthening plan" that Zelensky recently ordered to be developed is the fight against disinformation, said the president's communications adviser Dmitry Lytvyn. "If people do not understand what is happening, or if partners do not understand Ukraine's position, then other points will be difficult to implement," Lytvyn explained. He added that the Main Intelligence Directorate, the Foreign Intelligence Service, and the Security Service of Ukraine will work on this point.
The second point, according to Litvin, is that "the state's activities should be understandable both for our people and for our partners." Litvin announced that the first draft of this plan could be presented in two weeks.
15:57 In Toretsk, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have stabilized the situation and are not allowing the Russians to advance, said Anastasia Bobovnovkova, spokesperson for the Luhansk operational-tactical group. At the same time, she added that the number of shellings is not decreasing, despite the smaller number of assaults.
14:24 In Kharkiv, the death toll from the Russian airstrike on a high-rise building at night has risen to three - rescuers have recovered the body of a 15-year-old teenager, the State Emergency Service reported. Another 36 people were injured, and rescue operations are ongoing.
13:41 In Kharkov, the death toll from the Russian airstrike on a multi-story building at night has risen to two - rescuers have recovered the body of the deceased, the State Emergency Service reported. Another 36 people were injured, and rescue operations are ongoing.
13:33 Norway's new €500 million aid package to Ukraine will include not only F-16s, but also NASAMS air defense systems, said Gennady Kovalenko, Director of the Defense Ministry's Department of International Defense Cooperation. In addition, according to him, Norway is ready to invest in the Ukrainian defense industry following Denmark's example.
12:06 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that a partnership agreement between Russia and Iran will be signed in the near future, and will confirm "the parties' desire for closer cooperation in the field of defense and interaction in the interests of peace and security at the regional and global levels."
12:02 Ukraine and Hungary are preparing a document on bilateral relations, which, in particular, will include a clause on joining NATO, Zelensky said. He clarified that Kyiv is asking Budapest not to block an invitation to the Alliance: "That is, not to support, not to vote for us, but not to block. Today, this clause is in our proposals, we would very much like Hungary not to block even such a clause. This is important for us."
11:34 The Russian army is preparing for an offensive in the Zaporizhia region and is conducting exercises with armored vehicles at one of the training grounds in the occupied territories, said Vladislav Voloshin, spokesman for the Southern Defense Forces. According to him, the Russians are planning to use this equipment in the areas of two populated areas.
11:25 Zelensky said that Ukraine had agreed with NATO to send planes to Poland so that it could hand over old MiG-29 fighters to Kiev, but Warsaw did not do so: "These are NATO planes. We really wanted to get MiGs from Poland, but they could not give them to us because they did not have enough of their own. Therefore, we agreed with NATO that they would provide them with a police mission, like our Baltic friends... And what after that? Did Poland give us planes? No. Was there another reason? Yes."
11:17 At night, Russians shelled Kramatorsk and Slavyansk in Donetsk Oblast, the heads of the city's military administrations, Oleksandr Goncharenko and Vadim Lyakh, reported. In Kramatorsk, the strike was aimed at the industrial zone, and in Slavyansk, at the administrative building of the Donfish Combine in the village of Mirny. In both cases, no one was hurt.
10:51 The General Staff claims that the Ukrainian Armed Forces have repelled enemy attacks on Myrolyubovka, Promin, Myrnohrad, Lysovka, Sukhoi Yar, Novogrodovka, Krutoi Yar, as well as Vyshneve and Selidovo in the Pokrovsk direction. OSINT analysts previously reported the capture of the latter two.
10:26 Syrsky reported that he discussed the situation at the front with the commander of the US Armed Forces in Europe Christopher Cavoli. According to Syrsky, the Russian army, taking advantage of its numerical advantage in personnel and equipment, continues intensive assault operations in several directions. Heavy, high-intensity battles are taking place along the entire front line.
09:39 "Authorities" of occupied Berdyansk in Zaporizhia Oblast have announced an attack by Ukrainian kamikaze drones on the port. Schools and kindergartens in the city will not work today, residents are asked to stay home. Gauleiter of the occupied part of Zaporizhia Oblast Yevhen Balitsky said that three people were injured in the attack.
09:24 In the Kherson region, over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, one person was killed and six were injured, reported the head of the OVA, Oleksandr Prokudin.
09:03 Five people were killed in Donetsk Oblast as a result of Russian shelling on October 30: two in Zarechnoye, one each in Druzhkovka, Berestki and Uspenovka. Three more people in the region were injured in the past 24 hours, said OVA head Vadim Filashkin.
08:50 On the evening of October 30, the Russian Armed Forces launched a strike on the Saltovsky district of Kharkiv. An air-dropped munition landed between the third and fourth floors of a nine-story residential building. According to the prosecutor's office, a 12-year-old child was killed and 35 more people were injured, including an 11-year-old child. According to preliminary information, the city was struck by a FAB-500. OVA chief Oleg Sinegubov reported that 14 apartment buildings were damaged as a result of the shelling.
In addition, the previous day, Russians shelled the village of Kucherivka in the Kupyansk region - one person was killed, one was wounded.
08:38 At night, Russians attacked the bridge across the Dniester estuary in Zatoka, Odessa Oblast, with two Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles and eight Kh-59/69 guided air missiles, two of which were shot down, the Air Force reported. The enemy also struck Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast, with two Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles.
In addition, during the night attack, the Russian Federation used 43 drones - attack UAVs of the Shahed type and of an unspecified type. Of these, 17 were shot down in the Odessa, Kyiv, Cherkasy, Kirovograd, Kharkov, Zaporizhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk and Poltava regions. Another 23 drones were lost in location, three Russian UAVs flew in the direction of the Russian Federation and the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine.
07:54 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of October 31:
- personnel - about 694,950 (+1310) people,
- tanks - 9156 (+19),
- combat armored vehicles - 18,450 (+17),
- artillery systems - 20,013 (+58),
- MLRS - 1243 (+1),
- air defense systems - 994 (+8),
- aircraft - 369 (+0),
- helicopters - 329 (+0),
- Operational-tactical level UAVs - 18,063 (+84),
- cruise missiles - 2627 (+2),
- ships/boats - 28 (+0),
- submarines - 1 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tank trucks - 27,961 (+121),
- special equipment - 3570 (+3).
07:01 At night, Russia again attacked Kiev with drones, all of them were neutralized, said the head of the Kyiv State Air Defense Forces Sergey Popko. In the Podolsk district of the city, as a result of falling debris, a fire broke out in an open area, which was quickly extinguished. Windows in two two-story residential buildings and one administrative building were also damaged. A high-voltage power line was damaged, no information about casualties was received.
According to KGVA, the enemy attacked the capital with drones 20 times during October. Over the 31 days of the month, only one day was the alarm not declared in Kyiv. On average, sirens sounded in the city twice a day.
05:25 A DPRK military contingent of up to 12,000 people is undergoing training at five training grounds in the Eastern Military District of the Russian Armed Forces. This contingent includes at least 500 officers from North Korea, including three generals from the General Staff, Ukraine's Permanent Representative Serhiy Kyslytsya said at a meeting of the UN Security Council. He also named the generals: Deputy Chief of the General Staff for Special Operations, Colonel General Kim Yong Bok; Deputy Chief of the General Staff - Chief of Intelligence Lee Chang Ho; Chief of the Main Operations Directorate, Major General Shin Ham Chol.
According to the Ukrainian diplomat, it is planned to subsequently form at least five units or formations from the DPRK military personnel, each with 2,000 to 3,000 servicemen. One such unit is equivalent to a motorized rifle regiment.
It is assumed that the DPRK servicemen will wear Russian uniforms and will be provided with Russian identification documents. According to Kislitsa, in order to conceal the presence of the DPRK servicemen, they will be integrated into Russian units staffed by representatives of ethnic minorities from the Asian part of the Russian Federation. Among them, for example, is the "special Buryat battalion" of the 11th separate airborne assault brigade of the Airborne Troops of the Russian Armed Forces.
According to Kislitsa, from October 23 to 28, at least seven aircraft transported up to 2,100 troops from the Eastern Military District to the Russian border with Ukraine. The number of North Korean soldiers expected to be transferred from the Primorsky Krai of the Russian Federation by the end of October could reach 4,500. They will likely begin direct participation in military operations against Ukraine as early as November, the permanent representative added.
01:39 Pyongyang sent its troops to Russia in exchange for technologies related to nuclear weapons, the development of intercontinental ballistic missiles, reconnaissance satellites and nuclear submarines, according to South Korean Defense Minister Kim Yong.
00:06 Ukrainian OSINT project DeepState reports that the Russian army has occupied Selydove in Donetsk Oblast, as well as Vyshneve in Selydove urban community of Pokrovsky district and Zoryanoye in Maryinsky urban community of Pokrovsky district. In addition, the enemy has advanced near Novoukrainka, in Novodmitrovka and Kurakhovka in Donetsk Oblast.
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