Operational update regarding the russian invasion as of 06.00, on October 31, 2022

Glory to Ukraine! The two hundred-fifty (250) day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to a russian military large-scale invasion continues.

The enemy is trying to hold the temporarily captured territories, concentrates efforts on restraining the actions of the Defense Forces in certain directions, while at the same time not stopping offensive operations in the Bakhmut and Avdiivka directions.

During the day, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled the attacks of the occupiers in the areas of Zelene settlements of the Kharkiv region; Biloрorivka, Mykolaivka and Novoselivske in the Luhansk oblast; Avdiivka, Bakhmutske, Vesele, Vodyane, Mayorsk, Maryinka and Novobakhmutivka of the Donetsk oblast.

The enemy continues shelling units of the Defense Forces along the contact line, carries out fortification equipment of the lines in separate directions and conducts aerial reconnaissance. Strikes critical infrastructure and civilian homes, violating international humanitarian law, laws and customs of war.

Over the past 24 hours, the enemy has launched 4 missile and 5 air strikes, launched more than 90 MLRS attacks.

Areas of more than 20 settlements were hit by enemy attacks. Among them are Kupyansk in Kharkiv oblast, Siversk in Donetsk oblast, Nova Kamianka in Kherson oblast and Bereznehguvate and Ochakiv in Mykolaiv oblast.

In the Volyn and Polissya directions, the situation remains without significant changes. The republic of belarus supports the armed aggression of the russian federation against Ukrainians. The russian federation continues to transfer individual units to the territory of this country. The threat of missile strikes and the use of attack UAVs from the territory of the republic of belarus remains.

The enemy shelled in other directions:

in the Siversky direction - from mortars and barrel artillery, in the areas of the settlements of Halahanivka, Chernihiv oblast, and Pokrovka, Sumy oblast;

in the Slobozhanskyi direction - from tanks, mortars, barrel and rocket artillery, in the areas of Hatishche, Kamianka, Krasne, Ohirtseve and Starytsa settlements of the Kharkiv oblast;

in the Kupyansk and Lyman directions - from artillery of various types, in the areas of Tabayivka and Terny settlements of the Kharkiv oblast; Hrekivka, Kovalivka, Karmazynivka, Makiivka, Novoyehorivka, Nevske, Ploschanka and Chervonopopivka in Luhansk oblast and Zarichne and Yampolivka in Donetsk oblast;

in the Bakhmut direction - from tanks, mortars, barrel and rocket artillery in the areas of Andriivka, Bakhmut, Bakhmutske, Bilohorivka, Verkhnyokamianske, Mayorsk, Opytne, Siversk, Soledar, Spirne and Yakovlivka settlements of the Donetsk oblast;

in the Avdiivka region - from tanks and artillery of various calibers, in the areas of Avdiivka, Vodyane, Krasnohorivka, Maryinka, Novomykhailivka, and Pervomaiske settlements of the Donetsk oblast;

in the Novopavlivsky and Zaporizhzhia directions - from tanks, mortars, barrel and jet artillery, in the areas of Vremivka, Vuhledar, Mykilske, Pavlivka, Paraskoviivka and Prechystivka settlements of the Donetsk oblast and Dorozhnyanka, Malynivka, Novodanylivka, Olhivske and Pavlivka in the Zaporizhzhia oblast.

About 20 settlements along the contact line were hit by fire in the South Buh direction. Among them are Bilohirka, Davydiv Brid, Myrne, Nova Kamianka, Pravdyne and Chervone in the Kherson oblast and Kiselivka and Ternovi Pody in the Mykolaiv oblast.

In the temporarily occupied territory of the Kherson oblast, the occupiers continue to dismantle and remove the equipment of cellular communication towers to the Donetsk oblast in order to establish and expand the coverage of the so-called national communication operators.

Preparations for the evacuation of individual units and military equipment of the enemy from the right-bank part of the Kherson region are ongoing. For this purpose, the availability of watercraft of the river fleet is verified, pontoon crossings are installed, and the serviceability and readiness of barges are periodically checked. The other day, two of them were successfully destroyed by units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine in the area of the Antonivsky Bridge.

According to detailed information, damage to the enemy's manpower and equipment in the previous days has been confirmed. Thus, in the Kherson oblast, a column of enemy military equipment was destroyed, in Zaporizhzhia - an ammunition depot, 5 units of weapons and military equipment of various types were destroyed and wounded to 120 military personnel.

During the day, the aviation of the Defense Forces struck the enemy 21 times, of which: 15 - on the areas of concentration of weapons and military equipment, 2 - on platoon strongholds, and 4 - on the positions of the enemy's air defense complexes. In different directions, our air defense units shot down 1 enemy helicopter and 1 Su-25 attack aircraft.

Over the past day, soldiers of the missile troops and artillery hit the control post and the anti-aircraft missile installation.

We believe in the Armed Forces! Together we will win! Glory to Ukraine!