Ukraine’s Defence Forces continue to hold back Russian troops on various sections of the front and strike military targets in the enemy’s rear.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on the results of Ukrainian units’ combat operations for the period from 31 October to 7 November.
On the Southern Slobozhanshchyna axis, the 127th Separate Heavy Mechanised Brigade and the 57th Separate Motorised Infantry Brigade named after Kosh Otaman Kosti Hordiienko are demonstrating resilience in defence and well-coordinated action.
On the Oleksandrivka axis, paratroopers of the 95th Separate Air Assault Polissia Brigade are conducting offensive operations and destroying the enemy’s manpower and firepower. Working alongside them is the 37th Separate Marine Brigade, which holds the longest defensive sector on this stretch of the front and is building on the results of the spring–summer operation in Dnipropetrovsk region.
The airspace is covered by air defence troops of the 14th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade and F-16 pilots of the 107th Air Wing. They intercept Russian aerial attack assets.
In Donetsk region, in October operators of the 20th Separate Unmanned Systems Brigade and the “K-2” unit hit 5,654 enemy targets, fully destroying 2,370 of them. According to the General Staff, 1,561 Russian servicemen were also hit, 1,084 of them irrecoverably.
They separately highlighted the work of the combat crew of the Neptune coastal missile system. On the night of 31 October, Ukrainian missile troops struck the Kamensky plant in Russia’s Rostov region, which produces solid rocket and specialised fuel. And on the night of 7 November they struck a factory in Oryol that manufactures specialised microelectronics for ballistic and cruise missiles, including for the Iskander-M operational-tactical missile system.
The General Staff stressed that Ukrainian troops are striking Russian forces both on the front line and deep in the rear, including enterprises working to meet the needs of the Russian army.
- On the night of 9 November, operators of the 1st Separate Unmanned Systems Centre of the Unmanned Systems Forces, together with other components of Ukraine’s Defence Forces, struck the Morozov plant in Russia’s Leningrad region.
- The Defence Forces also hit a Russian Starlink satellite communications jamming station in Donetsk region.