Russia tries to encircle Avdiivka again and attacks near Klishchiivka, Andriivka and Robotyne – General Staff

Russian occupiers have tried to regain lost ground near Klishchiivka, Andriivka and Avdiivka (Donetsk Oblast) and Robotyne (Zaporizhzhia Oblast). They have also attacked on several fronts but failed to reach their goals, with a total of 50 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 3 November 

Quote: "A total of 50 combat clashes took place over the past day. In total, the enemy launched 7 missile strikes and 70 airstrikes, and fired 93 times from multiple-launch rocket systems on the positions of our troops and populated areas."

Details: On the Bakhmut front, the Russian army failed in its attempts to regain its lost positions near Klishchiivka and Andriivka, where Ukrainian defenders repelled 10 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 Stepove, Tonenke, Sieverne and Pervomaiske (Donetsk Oblast) failed, as the Ukrainian defenders repelled about 10 Russian attacks there. On the Marinka front, the Russians led unsuccessful assault operations near Marinka and Novomykhailivka (Donetsk Oblast), where Ukrainian soldiers repelled over 20 Russian attacks. On the Shakhtarsk front, the Russians carried out an unsuccessful offensive near Prechystivka and Staromaiorske (Donetsk Oblast).

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, Petropavlivka and Ivanivka (Kharkiv Oblast), where Ukrainian defenders repelled 10 attacks. On the Zaporizhzhia front, the Russians tried to regain their lost positions near Robotyne (Zaporizhzhia 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 front, 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 13 airstrikes on clusters of Russian military personnel, weapons and equipment over the past 24 hours, and 2 more strikes on Russian anti-aircraft missile systems.   Units from Ukraine's Rocket Forces and Artillery struck a command post, four clusters of Russian military personnel, weapons and equipment, an electronic warfare system, an ammunition storage point, eight artillery pieces and another important facility belonging to the Russians.

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