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The General Staff of Ukraine started the daily report on day 1,711 of the Russian-imposed war on Ukraine, noting that 173 combat engagements had occurred in the previous 24 hours.
Russia reportedly lost around 1,670 personnel, while damage or destruction was caused to three armoured vehicles, 19 artillery systems, one multiple launch rocket system, two air defence systems, six ground-based robotic complexes, 1,663 unmanned aerial vehicles, and 206 Russian vehicles.
The report claimed that Russia launched three missile strikes and 75 air strikes, during which they dropped 255 guided aerial bombs, while also using 9,189 various types of drones, and carried out 3,104 artillery strikes, including 15 times using multiple launch rocket systems.
During the previous day, the Ukrainian forces reportedly struck a Russian command post and three Russian UAV command posts.
According to the Ukrainian Air Force, Russia used 134 drones, 72 of which were jet-powered, stating that 105 drones were neutralised, but impacts were recorded in 20 locations, and debris fell at another 10 locations.
Chernihiv
Three people were injured as a result of attacks on the Nizhyn district, according to the State Emergency Services, which included a 71-year-old woman, and men aged 23 & 48, adding that nine garages and an outbuilding caught fire, which were quickly extinguished.
Dnipropetrovsk
Mayor Boris Filatov reported that at least five apartment buildings and a school were damaged in a morning attack on Dnipro on October 30th, shattering more than 300 windows, as residents were helped to deal with the consequences from local charitable organisations.
Russia struck the same railway station today as was struck yesterday, this time with several drones, causing a fire to break out at the scene, while an injured woman was taken to hospital, reported Head of the Regional State Administration Oleksandr Ganzha.
Ukrzaliznytsia also commented on the attack, stating several new strikes were carried out by the Russian forces, but an evacuation had been announced in advance which everyone had adhered to.
The rail company added that areas for extended stays had been set up for passenger safety in the underground sections of Dnipro railway station, and urged all people to remain in shelters until the air raid alerts end.
Emergency power outages were reported within 15 minutes of the strikes in the Dniproprovsky district, according to DTEK, who said that energy workers had been working for the second day, but had not yet been able to restore the supply, while repeat attacks on the facilities have exacerbated repair work.
DTEK showed damage to one of the energy facilities in the region, where a fire broke out after a strike on October 30th, causing damage to the power network and the equipment in the main grids of Ukrenergo.
Services continued their work, noting that priorities included restoring critical infrastructure, including water supply systems, as well as electricity to the homes of Dnipro.
A person was killed and a 60-year-old man was hospitalised in a moderate condition following strikes on the Nikopol district over the course of the day, reported Ganzha, adding that damage was caused to private homes, a retail kiosk, and farm machinery.
Warehouses were struck and a fire broke out in the Synelnykove district, while infrastructure was damaged in the Kamianske district, Ghanza added.
Russia continued their large-scale attack on Dnipropetrovsk overnight, with explosions heard in several districts of Dnipro, along with Kamianske, Pavlohrad, and Synelnykove, and the towns of Slobozhanske and Oleksandrivka.
The primary target appeared to be energy and railway infrastructure, including a road bridge in the town of Slobozhanske, and widespread power outages occurred across Dnipro and the region as a result of the attacks, which likely targeted substations alongside the railway.
A Russian Geran-4 drone struck what appeared to be a combine harvester on the northern outskirts of Dnipro, according to intel specialists, who added that it was unclear if this was a targeted attack or caused by falling debris.
Footage posted from residents waking up in Synelynykove this morning showed smoke rising following a series of Geran-4 drone strikes overnight, as Head of the Military Administration Mykola Lukaschuk reported that an 18-year-old man was hospitalised in a moderate condition following a strike on the Petropavlivska community.
Infrastructure was damaged in the communities of Vinohirsk, Bozhdarivska, and Kamianske, along with a private residence in Pavlohra, while fires broke out in the communities of Petrykivska, Slobozhanska, and Tsarychnska, where one person was reportedly killed, Lukashuk stated.
DTEK confirmed that Russia had struck two energy infrastructure facilities in Dnipro on the night of October 31st, seriously damaging the equipment, and one of the facilities is the power station that the engineers had been working for two days to restore, while the other is believed to be near the railway, which has been targeted three times.
A significant portion of Dnipro, Kamianske, as well as residents of Dniprovskyi and Samara districts, were still without electricity, but energy workers are still trying and doing their best to restore connections as soon as possible under constant threats of repeated strikes, while Ganzha confirmed more than 200,000 residents were currently without power.
Donetsk
Two attacks on the territory of Donestkoblgaz, which supplies gas to the Donetsk region, resulted in buildings and six service vehicles being damaged by the drones, but there were no casualties, the company reported on Facebook.
Russia launched an airstrike on Sloviansk on Friday afternoon, injuring two people, while damaging 30 private houses and a post office, reported the Head of the Solviansk Military Administration Vadym Lyakh.
Three volunteers were injured following an attack on an evacuation vehicle in Kramatorsk, reported volunteer Bohdan Zuiakov, while also publishing footage of the damage to the vehicle.
Lyakh issued an update in relation to the Sloviansk strike yesterday, saying that the number of fatalities had increased to five, because two others had died, while 12 were injured during the daily shelling.
Among the dead is a 16-year-old college student student at a railway college who was in a car that was struck by an FPV drone, and his parents are currently in hospital, Lyakh noted.
Head of the Regional Military Administration Vadym Filashkin reported on Saturday that two residents of Sloviansk were killed as a result of Russian attacks, while also confirming 12 people were injured in Sloviansk, 2 people in Kramatorsk, and two people in Druzhkivka.
Kharkiv
During a busy Friday morning, Russia targeted the ‘Dafi’ shopping centre in Kharkiv at around 10am, reported Head of the Regional Military Administration Oleh Syniehubov.
Medical assistance was provided to a 39-year-old woman, a 41-year-old woman, and two 54-year-old women, Syniehubov added, noting that a jet drone had struck the shopping centre, which had to temporarily suspend its operations.
Head of the Zolochiv City Military Administration Viktor Kovalenko reported that Russia struck the village of Peremozha with a Lancet-type drone at around 10:40am, resulting in damage to a private house and car, but no one was injured.
Kharkiv State Border Guard Service reported that a Russian FPV drone struck a civilian vehicle travelling near the Gorokhovatska dam on Friday morning, killing Olena Luzanova from Borova, while injuring and hospitalising the 64-year-old driver.
A day of mourning has been declared for those killed in a Russian strike on Izyum, which resulted in the deaths of five people, and injuries to 14 others, according to Izyum City Military Administration.
Five employees of the Kharkiv Centre for Disease Control and Prevention were killed during the Russian strike using a guided aerial bomb on Izyum, reported the Regional Centre.
Overnight attacks by Russia struck the Novobavarskyi district, the Slobidskyi district, and left three people injured in the Osnovyanskyi district, reported Mayor Ihor Terekhov, noting that ten buildings had been damaged in Osnovyanskyi.
State Emergency Services reported that five people sustained injuries following a Russian strike on the Osnovyansky district, noting that a fire broke out on the roof of a private house at the impact site, and outbuildings were also on fire.
The Russian strike on the Slobidskyi district with a jet drone resulted in an impact on a production and warehouse building of a private business, and a fire broke out covering an area of 3,000 square metres, but rescuers extinguished the fire under the constant threat of renewed attacks, while adding that there was no casualties.
Kyiv
Around three Russian drones reportedly targeted the capital’s energy infrastructure overnight, causing damage to the windows of a 14-story residential building on the 6th and 7th floors of a building in the Shevchenkivskyi district, reported Mayor Klitschko, who said no one was injured and no fire broke out.
Pechersk, Minsk, Bereznyaky, Rusanivka, Livoberezhny, Borshchagivka, and Troy were experiencing power outages following the strike, which Ukrainian monitors reported to be in the vicinity of Troieschyna, and which Russian Ministry of Defence confirmed to have been TPP-6 power plant.
As a result of the power outages, water also started to disappear for many residents of Kyiv, and those who still had water were advised to stock up, as DTEK reported additional outages in the Obolonsky, Darnitsky, Desniansky, and Podilsky districts.
Poltava
Two people were injured in a Russian attack, which partially destroyed a garage building of a cooperative, and a fire broke out, while a passenger car had also caught fire, but the emergency services extinguished the consequences and sources of the fire.
Damage was also caused to four apartment buildings and eight private houses, including broken windows and roof, reported Secretary of the Poltava City Council Kateryna Yamschykova.
Head of the Regional State Administration Vitaliy Dyakivnych confirmed that two men aged 71 and 73 were injured, with one hospitalised after sustaining moderate injuries, while the other received assistance on the scene and refused hospitalisation.
During the evening, a drone struck the premises of a private property in the Khorol community of the Lubny district, partially destroying the house and causing a fire to break out, while also damaging adjacent buildings, but all emergency services worked the scene to deal with the consequences, and did not report any injuries.
Dyakivnych later reported that a drone had struck in the Pyryatyn community of the Lubny district, striking a private residence, damaging the windows and a power line, but there had been no injuries reported.
Sumy
Russian striking the Shostka community resulted in a 43-year-old woman being killed and 8 other people injured, while a civilian enterprise was hit by a Russian drone, and a fire broke out, as rescuers had to temporarily suspend work due to repeated threats, but eventually extinguished all sources of the fire.
As a result of a strike by a Russian FPV drone on a property in the Stretskovskyi community on Friday night, a woman was injured and was receiving medical assistance, while the State Emergency Service attended to a fire at the house caused by the impact.
Impacts were recorded in the Zarychnyi district overnight, hitting a non-residential building and the premises of a car wash, causing a fire to break out, but according to the Secretary of the City Council Artem Kozak, there were no injuries caused.
Sumy Police issued a daily update, stating that one person was killed and 12 were injured in Russian strikes on the region in the previous 24 hours, confirming that a 43-year-old woman was killed in Shostka, while seven men and three women sustained injuries.
A woman was injured when a drone hit a house in the Sumy community, along with a woman who was driving a car in the Krasnopillia community, and the car she was driving also sustained damage.
The regional military administration reported that 14 of the residents were injured and had sustained injuries over the past 24 hours.
Zaporizhzhia
One person was killed and two others injured as Russia launched 935 attacks on 51 settlements of the region.
Russia launched 15 air strikes, 745 various types of drones and 175 artillery strikes, resulting in 69 reports of damage to residential buildings, vehicles, and infrastructure facilities, reported Head of the Regional State Administration Ivan Fedorov.
Over the last 16 hours, Russia continued to carry out KAB aerial glide bomb attacks and used Geran-4 drones, striking the Zaporizhzhia-Live Railway station, resulting in a large fire breaking out, while at least 11 KAB bombs struck near the southern suburbs of the city and the nearby town of Rozumivka a short while later.
