Russia carries out intense attacks on 5 fronts – General Staff

Russian occupiers have attacked Ukrainian positions on the Kupiansk, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Marinka and Shakhtarsk fronts, but failed to reach their goals, with a total of 57 combat clashes taking place on the front over the past day. Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 06:00 on 2 November Quote: "A total of 57 combat clashes took place over the past day.

In total, the enemy launched 5 missile strikes and 75 airstrikes, and fired 56 times from multiple-launch rocket systems on the positions of our troops and populated areas."

Details: In the area of responsibility of the Khortytsia Operational Strategic Group on the Kupiansk front, the Russians engaged in unsuccessful assault operations near the settlements of Synkivka and Ivanivka (Kharkiv Oblast) and Stelmakhivka (Luhansk Oblast) where Ukrainian defenders repelled 10 attacks. On the Bakhmut front, the Russian army failed in its attempts to regain its lost positions near Khromove, Klishchiivka and Andriivka, where Ukrainian defenders repelled 15 attacks. The Russians also tried to storm Pivdenne (Donetsk Oblast).

Meanwhile, the Ukrainian Defence Forces are carrying on their assault operations south of the city of Bakhmut (Donetsk Oblast), inflicting losses in military personnel and equipment on the Russians, and consolidating their own positions.  In the area of responsibility of the Tavriia Operational Strategic Group on the Avdiivka front, the Russians are persisting in their attempts to encircle Avdiivka. However, Ukrainian soldiers are holding the line, inflicting heavy losses on the Russian occupying forces.

A Russian offensive near the populated areas of Sieverne and Pervomaiske (Donetsk Oblast) failed, as the Ukrainian defenders repelled seven Russian attacks there. On the Marinka front, the Russians led unsuccessful assault operations near Marinka (Donetsk Oblast), where Ukrainian soldiers repelled over 20 Russian attacks. On the Shakhtarsk front, the Russians carried out an unsuccessful offensive near Staromaiorske (Donetsk Oblast).

Meanwhile, Ukraine's Defence Forces are pursuing their offensive on the Melitopol front, inflicting losses in military personnel and equipment on the Russian occupying forces and exhausting them along the entire frontline. In the area of responsibility of the Odesa Operational Strategic Group on the Kherson front, Ukraine's Defence Forces are leading their counter-battery operations, striking the Russian rear. On the Lyman and Zaporizhzhia fronts, the Russians did not carry out any offensive operations.

There were no significant changes in the area of responsibility of the Pivnich (North) Operational Strategic Group on the Volyn and Polissia fronts. On the Sivershchyna and Slobozhanshchyna fronts, Russian forces are maintaining their military presence in the border areas, undertaking sabotage activities to prevent Ukrainian troops from being deployed to vulnerable areas.   The Ukrainian Air Force delivered nine airstrikes on clusters of Russian military personnel, weapons and equipment over the past 24 hours, and three more strikes on Russian anti-aircraft missile systems.  

Units from Ukraine's Rocket Forces and Artillery struck five radar stations, two ammunition storage points, a cluster of Russian military personnel, weapons and equipment, two command posts, three anti-aircraft missile systems and 11 artillery pieces belonging to the Russians.

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