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Current information on the situation on the front line: October 30 (updated)
2023-10-31
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 23:58 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 10/30/2023 to 00:00 10/31/2023

Over the past 24 hours, the Representative Office reported 29 incidents of firing by the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces.

Information was received about the injury of a civilian, a man, in Vladimirovka.

Four residential buildings were damaged in the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka. No damage to civilian infrastructure was recorded.

The areas of four settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), the capital city of Donetsk (Kyiv, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Aleksandrovka, Vladimirovka.

In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 12 attacks from MLRS and 155mm artillery.

At Gorlivske there were 16 artillery attacks from MLRS and 152mm artillery.

At Volnovakha one artillery attack from 155mm artillery.

A total of 106 units of various ammunition were fired.

In the previous day, 64 artillery attacks were recorded from the AFU.

21:10 Job "Grad" through the eyes of the crew commander

Ugledar direction

19:27 Result of fire defeats artillery of the Russian Armed Forces positions of Ukrainian formations in one of the directions of the Northern Military District

19:26 Prisoner serviceman Ukrainian Armed Forces: officers do not know the situation and do not care about the lives of soldiers

Artem Artemenko is a reconnaissance shooter who was mobilized in June of this year. He and his colleagues were sent to carry out a rotation of military personnel on the front line, but everything did not go according to plan.

“We brought guys into positions, changed people. When they arrived, everyone there was already dead. On the way back we were captured by Russians,” said a Ukrainian Armed Forces serviceman.

19:25 An air raid alert has been declared in the Poltava, Dnepropetrovsk, Sumy and Kharkov regions of Ukraine, as well as in the part of the Kherson region controlled by Kyiv

18:29 503rd MSP works according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the night in the vastness of Zaporozhye.

18:29 Personnel work of anti-tank crew in the Krasnolimansk direction

18:28 The Russian army is advancing again near Bakhmut - Syrsky

According to the General of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Russian troops are trying to “restore the lost position” using airborne units. Assault groups are working in certain areas.

17:47 “Lancets” hunt for enemy air defense

The latest target of kamikaze drones was the British-made Stormer anti-aircraft complex.

17:46 Drones attack Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry in positions

Aeronautical reconnaissance is constantly present in the sky above enemy positions, tracking the movements of Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers.

Soldiers from the 36th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade and the 43rd Separate Special Forces Company are working on identified targets.

16:31 Combat Job engineering and sapper units of the Airborne Forces north of Artemovsk

16:30 The Ukrainian Armed Forces struck the village of Novaya Tavolzhanka, Shebekinsky District, a shell hit a residential building was recorded - Governor of the Belgorod Region Vyacheslav Gladkov

According to him, there were no casualties.

15:07 Information on Avdeevsky direction

In Avdievka, the Russian Armed Forces over the past 24 hours have seen the dynamics of assault groups advancing south of the waste heap and have caught on to the first houses of the settlement. Northern. Thus ensuring a narrowing of the “throat” around the city.
There are no assault operations on the southern outskirts of Avdievka. There is a counterbattery fight going on.
At the same time, according to intelligence data, the enemy left four large formations in Avdievka to hold the city.

14:22 The Russian Armed Forces attacked Ukrainian Armed Forces facilities in Kupyansk

By data “Come and See”, a series of attacks were carried out on military facilities and infrastructure of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kharkov region.

“In particular, the crossing over Oskol was destroyed. Warehouses in Kupyansk were hit,” the channel’s source said.

According to him, there are also losses among the personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

14:21 The main thing from the new briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense:

-- Over the past 24 hours, the Russian Armed Forces repelled nine attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kupyansk direction;

-- The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost up to 220 military personnel and two tanks, including one Leopard, in the Zaporizhzhya direction in one day;

-- The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to up to 285 military killed and wounded per day in the Donetsk direction;

-- Russian air defense systems destroyed 39 Ukrainian drones in one day;

-- The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the South Donetsk direction per day amounted to over 100 military personnel;

-- The Russian Armed Forces destroyed an arsenal of aviation weapons of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the village of Dubievka, Cherkasy region;

-- The Russian Armed Forces hit control centers of four Ukrainian brigades in the DPR, Kharkov and Nikolaev regions.

13:16 Job of tankers of the 291st Regiment of the “Volka” company at the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Rabotino-Kopani area.

13:15 The air defense system is working in Sevastopol, said Governor Razvozhaev, noting that all services are on alert

13:12 Situation in the Rabotino-Verbovoye section at 12:30

At the Rabotino-Verbovoye line, the enemy made a number of unsuccessful attempts to break through the defense line of the Russian Armed Forces. After the regrouping, additional formations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were sent to the line of combat contact.

With fire support from the 118th Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, assault groups with armored vehicles from the 33rd Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were sent west of Rabotino.

In the same direction, movements of the 3rd “Spartan” Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine were discovered, which had previously unsuccessfully tried to attack in the direction of Kopani.

The command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces is replenishing the 82nd Separate Air Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and is also forming the Topaz tactical group consisting of the 78th Separate Assault Regiment and the 3rd battalion of the 80th Separate Air Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

In the Orekhovsky direction in the Malaya Tokmachka area, reconnaissance stations were set up to identify the positions of our fighters.

12:40 A loud explosion was heard in Zaporozhye

Local residents reported that explosions were heard in the city temporarily occupied by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Their consequences have not yet been reported.

12:39 Ukrainian troops fired at the Kiev and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk, Gorlovka and the village of Aleksandrovka near Donetsk, firing 18 rounds in two hours, they reportedrepresentative office of the DPRat the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).

12:36 Over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian military fired more than 40 rounds from artillery, mortars, MLRS and a tank into the territory of the Belgorod region, and there were also attacks from drones, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said inTelegram channel.

12:35 A fire occurred at a ship repair plant in Odessa, said the head of the regional administration Oleg Kiper. In the morning, a series of explosions occurred in the city.

According to him, the fire has now been extinguished. Keeper also stated that equipment was damaged.

11:24 The Russian Armed Forces destroyed Ukrainian DRGs in the Kherson direction

Bydata“Come and see,” the Ukrainian Armed Forces again tried to penetrate and gain a foothold on the left bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region.

“Several enemy DRGs were destroyed. One is in the Antonovsky Bridge area,” a channel source said.

According to him, Russian artillery is now firing at the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the right bank of the Dnieper.

11:22 Destroyed in the area of the Northern Military District there is an M113 armored personnel carrier, Oshkosh M-ATV and Kozak 2 armored vehicles, as well as a German Bergepanzer 3 “Büffel” ARV

10:32 Avdeevskoe direction:

The Ukrainian Armed Forces tried to occupy the waste heap, but it didn’t work out and they retreated.

Also, during the evacuation of the wounded, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost M113-2 units on their own mines.

The enemy is using foreign equipment on this sector of the front.

10:31 Smoke at the arrival site in the Odessa region..

09:41 According to Ukrainian sources, ours took another tactically important position near Avdievka, namely a quarry northwest of Opytne.

Previously, our sources stated that they controlled half of the quarry and continued fighting for it.

This is an important milestone in the battle for Avdievka.

09:40 Ours advanced to the North, taking old positions

08:11 Summary on the morning of October 30, 2023

At night, Geranium UAVs and aircraft operated against enemy targets in the rear. Explosions occurred in Dnepropetrovsk, Summy, in the Kupyansk region, in Vinnitsa and Khmelnytsky regions. There is a report of a power outage in the Darnitsky district of Kyiv after arrival.

In the Kherson direction, the commander of the Airborne Forces Teplinsky will lead the Dnepr group of troops. Colonel General Makarevich was removed from his post. At night, TOS covered the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the railway bridge on our bank of the Dnieper. The enemy retains control of part of the settlement. Krynki.

On the Zaporozhye front near Verbovoy there are shooting battles, the enemy is actively using cluster munitions and drones. Near Rabotino, the enemy is placing smoke screens and using helicopters to attack our positions.

South of Artemovsk, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to break through our defenses at Kleshcheevka, sending infantry groups of up to 15 people forward.

In the Avdeevsky direction, the Russian Armed Forces are expanding the zone of control near the railway towards Berdychi, and our artillery is operating in this settlement. Among the reinforcements that arrived, the Ukrainian Armed Forces spotted Leopard tanks and Bradley infantry fighting vehicles.

At night, the enemy again attacked the western coast of Crimea. Two MBECs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were destroyed near Sevastopol. Arrivals were reported in the area of Cape Tarkhankut. In the Kursk region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine shelled the village of Gorodishche, Rylsky district. In the DPR there are four wounded civilians from artillery attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

08:04 Frontline summary for the morning of 10/30/2023

In the Zaporozhye direction, Ukrainian troops continued attacks at Kopani, Novoprokopivka and Verbovoy. No promotion.
On the Donetsk Front, the Russian Armed Forces, with the support of long-range weapons, carried out assault operations in Marinka, near Pervomaisky, Severny (a settlement west of Avdievka), on the southern approaches to Avdeevka, near Stepnoy (not to be confused with the settlements of the same name in the Zaporozhye and Ugledarsky directions) and Novokalinova. Ukrainian positions in Novomikhailovka, Yekaterinivka, Pobeda, Georgievka and the city of Krasnohorivka are under fire. Russian ones - in Staromikhailovka, Donetsk, Opytny and the village of Krasnogorovka.

In the Bakhmut direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces tried to advance behind the railway line from Andreevka and Kleshcheevka. The Russian Armed Forces are holding their positions. Meeting battles in the Berkhovka area. Ukrainian units in Andreevka and Kleshcheevka are under attack. The artillery of the Ukrainian Armed Forces worked against the Russian Armed Forces in Ozaryanovka, Kurdyumovka, Bakhmut and Yagodny.

In the Lugansk direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces counterattacked near Raigorodka and managed to occupy a number of new positions. After artillery shelling, Russian troops attacked Stepnaya Novoselovka, Petropavlovka and Sinkovka. LBS has not changed.

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