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Current information on the situation on the front line: October 30 (updated)
2024-10-31
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 23:57 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 10/30/2024 to 00:00 10/31/2024.

A total of 34 cases of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC over the past 24 hours.

There were reports of two civilians being injured.

DAMAGED:
Nine residential buildings.
Three civil infrastructure facilities.

A total of 34 artillery attacks in the Gorlovka direction.

A total of 116 units of various ammunition were fired.

21:50 Aerospace Forces crews strike at Ukrainian Armed Forces positions in Sumy Oblast.

19:28 Ukrainian naval infantry destroyed missile strikes in the Ivolzhanskoye area in the Sumy region. The equipment and fighters of the 36th Naval Infantry Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were located there.

19:17 UAV operators of the North group of troops destroyed stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces

19:05 Destruction of a Ukrainian Armed Forces pickup truck by fighters from the 16th Special Forces Brigade in the village of Golubovka –video.

18:50 Situation in the South Donetsk direction.

Fighting for Shakhtarskoye continues, the presence of the Ukrainian Armed Forces remains in the western part of the village and the surrounding forest belts.

There are also battles for Yasnaya Polyana and Novoukrainka. In Novoukrainka, Ukrainian units are sitting in the basements of northern houses and adjacent forest belts, trying to cling to a gas station in the northeastern corner of the village.

North of Dobrovolye, the assault aircraft of the Vostok group of forces reduced the distance to Trudovoye to less than two km. The forest belts to the west and northeast of the settlement were taken under control.

18:31 Su-35S crews provide cover for aircraft carrying out strikes against the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region. –video.

17:55 By air strike of the Russian Armed Forces destroyed PVD of units of the 106th MB of the 63rd Separate Mechanized Brigade in the settlement of Zarechnoye. Up to 15 militants occupying four buildings of private households were eliminated.

17:29 Russian troops are "cutting" the logistics of the Ukrainian Armed Forces to the north and south of Chasov Yar DPR. About thisreportedTASS in the security forces.

"The enemy's logistics are undergoing some cataclysms towards the northern and southern parts of Chasov Yar. They are simply being cut off. This applies to both full-fledged highways and secondary and even country roads," the security forces reported.

17:17 Crews of 122mm 2S1 self-propelled howitzers "Gvozdika" of Tula paratroopers prevented an attempt by Ukrainian Armed Forces equipment to break through into the Glushkovsky district of the Kursk region.

17:05 Servicemen of the "West" military group using attack drones applied strikes on the strongholds of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and puts Ukrainian nationalists to flight.

16:40 Kupyansk direction: confident offensive of the Russian Armed Forces on the southern section of the front

On the southern borders of the Kupyansk direction, units of the Russian Armed Forces continue confident offensive actions, actively advancing under the cover of artillery;

The Russian Armed Forces destroyed the defensive positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Glushkovka and Kolesnikovka areas;

Taking advantage of the withdrawal of Ukrainian units to reserve positions, Russian assault groups are expanding their zone of control, consolidating the results of the latest attacks;

Liberation of Kruglyakovka: units of the 1st Tank Army of the Russian Armed Forces liberated the settlement of Kruglyakovka. The offensive continues along the Oskol River in the direction of Zagryzovo, where the enemy is trying to hold its reserve positions in order to contain Russian assault units. A breakthrough in this direction allows for an expansion of the zone of control along important transport routes and pressure on the enemy's defensive lines;

Advance north of Vyshneve: Russian forces are advancing north from Vyshneve towards Kupyanskaya Lozovaya. During the assault, several strongholds were cleared and an enemy firing position was destroyed. Taking control of new lines strengthens the positions of Russian troops and creates conditions for further advances deep into the Ukrainian Armed Forces' defenses;

The offensive in the southern section of the Kupyansk direction demonstrates the targeted efforts of the Russian Armed Forces aimed at expanding the operational space and strengthening control along the Oskol River, which threatens the enemy's retention of key defensive lines in this area, reports Donbas Partisan.

15:42 Sumy region is under KAB shelling.

15:34 Operational data is coming in about the liberation of Martynovka near Sudzha in the Kursk region, wrote military correspondent Sinyaya Z Boroda.

15:16 90% of the village of Kolesnikovka in the Kupyansk direction is for the Russian Armed Forces, the Khar'kov direction reported.

15:05 Snipers of the Pacific Fleet naval infantry brigade helped advance of assault units of the "East" military group near Ugledar.

14:55 The Russian army is rapidly advancing in the direction of Kupyansk.

14:25 A Pantsir-S air defense missile and gun system crew from the Dnepr group of forces destroyed a foreign-made reconnaissance UAV of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Orekhov direction –video.

14:07 Crews of the 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled guns of the separate guards motorized rifle brigade daily are destroying armored vehicles and manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

14:00 One of the buildings of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kyiv was damaged after a UAV attack, — former MP Igor Mosiychuk.

13:50 In Donbass, Russian troops are “about to take Kurakhovo in pincers.”

Russian troops continue to approach Kurakhovo from the southwest, the Ukrainian publication Strana reported. From the east, they have already come very close to the city. This important stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces will soon be "taken in pincers" and cut off from supply routes.

13:49 The liberation of Kruglyakovka in the Khar'kov region by the Russian Armed Forces will block an important transit supply route for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

For the Ukrainian army, this also means the loss of access to the right bank of the Oskol River in this section of the front, said the head of the Khar'kov region Military State Administration, Vitaly Ganchev.

13:46 The result of the Russian Armed Forces' missile and artillery strike on the temporary deployment point of Ukrainian artillerymen. A vehicle and an American-made 155mm M-109 self-propelled gun were destroyed –video.

11:21 After taking an important height beyond Stelmakhovka in the Kupyansk direction, units of the Russian Armed Forces managed to build on their success and have already advanced 2.5 kilometers toward Lozovaya.

11:05 The 114th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces liberated most of Kurakhovka and the Kurakhovskaya Central Defense Plant, the Divan General Staff reported.

10:37 Another destroyed captured Turkish armored vehicle BMC Kirpi –photo.

10:00 The village of Novoukrainka has been cleared of the presence of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' Nazis. The Russian Army is approaching the "closing of the ring" around Kurakhovo from the southwest.

09:27 Russian aviation carried out strikes at night on enemy positions in the areas of Orekhov and Malaya Tokmachka in the Zaporizhia direction –video.

08:44 Ka-52 helicopter crews destroyed armored vehicles and personnel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border area of the Kursk region.

08:37 Russian Armed Forces strike targets in the Khar'kov region.

08:14 Assault groups of the 20th Motorized Rifle Division of the "Southern" group of Russian troops during the liberation of Katerinovka in the DPR discovered the enemy positions are mainly occupied by NATO weapons.

08:09 Video From liberated Selidovo to the DPR – Russian military destroys the enemy and takes dominant positions.

The footage shows attack aircraft from the 15th and 30th Motorized Rifle Brigades of the Center group of forces, operating in their areas of responsibility and with the support of an armored group, quickly penetrating forests and destroying the enemy in fortified positions. At the same time, attack drone crews strike at enemy personnel and equipment, which facilitates the advance of the attack aircraft.

08:04 The Russian Armed Forces took control of Bogoyavlenka and Novoukrainka, and also advanced into Selidovo and Yasnaya Polyana.

08:00 The Russian Armed Forces carried out a series of strikes on enemy targets in Kyiv throughout the night. Explosions were also heard in Poltava, in the Kramatorsk area (occupied DPR), Pavlograd in the Dnipropetrovsk region, Poltava region, Khar'kov region (numerous strikes throughout the night), and Khmelnytsky region.

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