Over the past 24 hours, Russia launched 81 attack UAVs (74 jet-powered) and other drone types against Ukraine, with 62 UAVs (56 jet-powered) reportedly intercepted/suppressed. Ukraine conducted missile and drone strikes on Russian energy and military-industrial facilities. The situation in Ukraine’s energy system is critically complicated due to widespread damage.
1. Kinetic Strike Log (5W)
- [Ukraine | Day] Where: Vinnytsia Oblast, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Kharkiv Oblast, Odesa Oblast, Kyiv Oblast, Sumy Oblast, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Poltava Oblast, Cherkasy Oblast, Zhytomyr Oblast
Who/With What: Russian forces with Shahed-136/Geran-2 UAVs, Kh-101 cruise missiles, Kh-69, Kh-59, ballistic missiles (including 4 ‘Zircon’), FAB-3000, FAB-500 guided aerial bombs.
Effect: Strikes on energy infrastructure, including Ladyzhynska TPP (1800 MW), Kryvorizka TPP (2800 MW), Prydniprovska TPP (1765 MW), Kharkivska TPP (86 MW), Zmiivska 330 kV substation, Losevo 330 kV substation, and an Ukrenergo substation in Rivne Oblast. Significant damage reported, leading to emergency power outages in Kyiv and other regions, and disruptions to water supply and public electric transport in Kyiv. A logistics center of ‘Nova Poshta’ in Berdychiv, Zhytomyr Oblast, used for storing Western military cargo, was hit. A dry cargo ship carrying military equipment and dual-use goods was struck 24 km south of Odesa in the Black Sea. In Kamyshevakha, Zaporizhzhia region, a temporary deployment site of Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel (identified as UAV operators of the 128th Separate Mountain Assault Brigade) was hit by a FAB-3000 with UMPK, resulting in 31 confirmed deaths, 5 injured, and nearly 50 missing. A 14-year-old child was killed and their mother injured in a drone strike on a private house in Khotiv, Obukhiv district, Kyiv Oblast. A hospice, 20 residential buildings, a gymnasium, kindergarten, and music school were damaged in Dnipro, with 2 deaths and 21 injured. One person was killed and five injured in a Russian airstrike in Yasnohirka, near Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast. [B2] (Source: infomil_live, ramzayiegokomanda, operativnoZSU, astrapress, Slavyangrad, CenterCounteringDisinformation, mediazzzona)
- [Russia | Day] Where: Rostov Oblast (Kamensky Combine), Samara Oblast (Samara oil pumping and dispatch station (LPDS)), Yaroslavl Oblast (Yaroslavl Oil Refinery), Belgorod Oblast (Belgorod, Vvedenskaya Gotnya, Novostroyevka-Pervaya, Glotovo, Grayvoron, Rzhevka, Voznesenovka, Nikolayevka, Borisovka, Kazinka, Borki), Kursk Oblast (Tyotkino)
Who/With What: Ukrainian forces with Neptune cruise missiles, drones, FPV drones, unspecified UAVs.
Effect: At least three production workshops of the Kamensky Combine, a major chemical plant, were damaged by missile and drone strikes. The Samara oil pumping and dispatch station (LPDS), one of Europe’s largest fuel storage facilities, continued to burn for a second day after a drone attack, with previous strikes confirming destruction of four RVS-50000 tanks. The Yaroslavl Oil Refinery (‘Slavneft-YANOS’) sustained serious damage with at least six fires, marking the ninth successful strike on this facility. In Belgorod Oblast, a drone hit a multi-story building in Belgorod, damaging the facade and glazing. A microbus was attacked by a UAV in Vvedenskaya Gotnya, Rakityansky district, injuring four people, including three children (10-year-old girl, 16-year-old boy with shrapnel wounds, woman and 5-year-old girl with concussions). Drones attacked 10 settlements in Belgorod Oblast, damaging private houses, a garage, trucks, a car, and a power line. In Tyotkino, Glushkovsky district, human remains of Russian military personnel were found among destroyed houses due to intense combat. [B2] (Source: noel_reports, liveuamap, astrapress, ToBeOr_Official, belpepel, yigal_levin, OSINTWarfare)
- [Persian Gulf | Night] Where: Persian Gulf, Eastern Strait of Hormuz, near Qeshm Island, Bandar-e Khamir
Who/With What: IRGC forces with electronic warfare (EW) and 358/359 loitering surface-to-air missile (SAM).
Effect: Interception and downing of a US MQ-9A Reaper unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) and two US LUCAS (Low-cost Uncrewed Combat Attack System) one-way attack drones. The MQ-9A Block 5 Extended Range (ER) was carrying an external fuel tank and M299 launchers with AGM-114 Hellfire missiles. [A1] (Source: OSINTWarfare, intelslava, new_militarycolumnist, DDGeopolitics, RezistanceTrench, infomil_live)
- [Ukraine | Day] Where: Kharkiv Oblast (Prikolotnoye), Donetsk Oblast (Starorayskoye, Druzhkovka), Zaporizhzhia direction
Who/With What: Russian FPV drone operators, 150th Motorized Rifle Division, 114th Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment, 6th Army of the Western Group of Forces.
Effect: Destroyed a Ukrainian Kozak armored vehicle near Prikolotnoye. Three ‘Baba Yaga’ heavy UAVs were destroyed in Starorayskoye and Druzhkovka. Strikes on Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel in the Zaporizhzhia direction. In the Kupyansk direction, up to 50 Ukrainian personnel, one armored vehicle, one EW station, one mortar, three vehicles, one quad bike, 10 unguided rockets, and one ammunition depot were destroyed. [C3] (Source: boris_rozhin, two_majors)
- [Ukraine | Day] Where: Donetsk Oblast
Who/With What: Operators from Ukraine’s 3rd Assault Brigade (Skyfom platoon of the Unmanned Systems Battalion) with medium-range strike drones.
Effect: Hit Russian logistics, targeting armored vehicles, trucks, and other transport carrying Russian personnel. [B2] (Source: noel_reports, yigal_levin, warriorsukrainian)
- [Ukraine | Day] Where: Bryansk region
Who/With What: Ukraine’s 114th Territorial Defense Brigade.
Effect: Destroyed a Russian Msta-B howitzer. [C3] (Source: warriorsukrainian)
- [Ukraine | Day] Where: Dnipropetrovsk
Who/With What: Russian forces with Kh-101 cruise missiles.
Effect: Strikes on the Dniprovska Thermal Power Plant. DTEK announced extensive damage and complete cessation of operations at this and multiple other facilities. [B2] (Source: intelslava, kalibrated)
- [Latvia | Day] Where: Balvi region
Who/With What: Unidentified flying object.
Effect: Detected by Latvian Ministry of Defence, prompting deployment of intercept drones and NATO air policing fighters on alert. Object crashed in Balvi region, search operations ongoing. [C3] (Source: Slavyangrad)
- [UK | Day] Where: Tring, Hertfordshire
Who/With What: Palestine Action activists.
Effect: Damaged equipment at an Ultra Intelligence & Communications facility, reportedly intended for Ukraine. Three activists arrested. [C3] (Source: yigal_levin, RVvoenkor)
- [Luhansk People’s Republic | Day] Where: Sverdlovsk district, Novoaydar municipal district, Stormovo, Pervomaisk-Stakhanov highway, Kremensky municipal district, Slavyanoserbsky municipal district, Lysychansk, Pervomaisk, Starobelsky, Sverdlovsky, Belovodsky, Antratsitovsky municipal districts
Who/With What: Ukrainian forces with unspecified weapons.
Effect: In Sverdlovsk district, one energy worker killed and three injured in a targeted strike on power grid workers. In Novoaydar municipal district, a targeted strike on a car killed two teenagers (14 and 16) and injured an 18-year-old. In Stormovo, a strike on a residential building injured two. On Pervomaisk-Stakhanov highway, a car attack killed two women (34 and 39). In Kremensky municipal district, an attack on a car injured three, and a strike on a residential building injured an elderly couple. In Slavyanoserbsky municipal district, a passenger ‘Gazelle’ was attacked, injuring one. Transport vehicles, communal, and civilian infrastructure were also hit in various municipal districts. Approximately 60 aerial targets were destroyed by air defense. [C3] (Source: nopasaran_2014)
2. Identified Equipment, Armament, and Combat Modifications
- Model: Geran-4 (UAV)
Used by the 50th Separate ‘Varyag’ Brigade for strikes on Ukrainian energy facilities (two 330 kV substations, one 150 kV substation) and a locomotive. [C3] (Source: infomil_live, warhistoryalconafter)
- Model: LUCAS (Low-cost Uncrewed Combat Attack System) (UAV)
One intact unit recovered from the Persian Gulf, apparently brought down by electronic warfare (EW). Two units intercepted over Bandar-e Khamir. [A1] (Source: OSINTWarfare, intelslava, RezistanceTrench)
- Model: MQ-9A Reaper Block 5 Extended Range (ER) (UCAV)
Intercepted over the eastern Strait of Hormuz by IRGC forces using a 358/359 loitering surface-to-air missile (SAM). The UCAV was carrying an external fuel tank and M299 launchers loaded with AGM-114 Hellfire missiles. [A1] (Source: OSINTWarfare, new_militarycolumnist, infomil_live)
- Model: PAC-2, PAC-3, IRIS-T (Missiles)
Germany is preparing a winter support package for Ukraine, including further air-defense assistance with these missiles. [C3] (Source: noel_reports, warriorsukrainian, maks23)
- Model: F-16 (Fighter Jet)
Germany is supporting Ukraine’s F-16 fleet with a new package. [C3] (Source: noel_reports, warriorsukrainian, maks23)
- Model: Blackbeard (Missile)
Marked ‘AHM-XXX’ (Air Hypersonic Missile), seen on an F/A-18 of a test squadron. Similar designation to AHM-4 HACM (hypersonic attack cruise missile). [D4] (Source: warhistoryalconafter)
- Model: ZIRKA (Interceptor Drones)
626 units with thermal imaging cameras and automatic target detection/tracking systems transferred to Ukrainian military by Serhiy Prytula Foundation. [C3] (Source: milinua)
- Model: Blyskavka (Strike UAV)
Vyriy Industries helped establish its serial production. [C3] (Source: milinua, militarnyi.com)
- Model: TOS-1 Buratino, TOS-1A Solntsepyok, TOS-2 Tosochka, TOS-3 Dragon (Heavy Flamethrower Systems)
One additional system neutralized by Ukrainian forces on November 2, bringing total losses to 138 since the full-scale invasion. [C3] (Source: GeneralStaffZSU)
- Model: MC 572 ‘Vysota’ (Carbine)
Developed by Rostec’s ‘Vysokotochnyye Kompleksy’ holding. Caliber 12.7×108 mm, effective firing range 1800 m. Features a barrel-block scheme for increased rigidity and accuracy. [C3] (Source: rybar_in_english)
- Model: MC 574 (Carbine)
Developed by Rostec’s ‘Vysokotochnyye Kompleksy’ holding. Caliber 8.6×70 mm, range 1200 m. Features a barrel-block scheme for increased rigidity and accuracy. [C3] (Source: rybar_in_english)
- Model: Mk 25 (Naval Bottom Mines)
American 900 kg naval bottom mines from WWII, containing 500-580 kg of explosives, being dismantled by Ukrainian military personnel to extract explosives for FPV drones and other munitions. [B2] (Source: infomil_live)
- Model: Tolga (Anti-drone system)
Turkish company MKE presented a new module with two 20 mm cannons for this system, successfully debuted in two Turkish army exercises. [C3] (Source: przemysl)
- Model: Z-10ME (Attack Helicopter)
Pakistan has started receiving deliveries of these Chinese attack helicopters, replacing US-supplied AH-1 Cobras. Twin-engine 6-tonne gunship, carries up to 16 anti-tank missiles, TY-90 air-to-air missiles, and CM-502KG air-to-surface missiles (range ~25 km). [C3] (Source: geopolitics_prime)
- Model: AeroVironment LOCUST (Laser Counter-drone system)
At least one system mounted on a 4×4 Joint Light Tactical Vehicle seen near Trump’s estate, Mar-a-Lago, for defense. [C3] (Source: geopolitics_prime)
- Model: AN/TWQ-1 Avenger (Short-range air defense system)
Humvee-mounted systems deployed near Mar-a-Lago. [C3] (Source: geopolitics_prime)
3. Unit Dislocation and Activity (ORBAT Tracker)
- Unit Name/Number: 50th Separate ‘Varyag’ Brigade (Russian)
Operators of Geran-4 reactive kamikaze drones from this brigade conducted strikes on Ukrainian energy facilities and a locomotive. [C3] (Source: infomil_live, warhistoryalconafter)
- Unit Name/Number: 3rd Assault Brigade (Ukrainian)
Operators from the Skyfom platoon of the Unmanned Systems Battalion used medium-range strike drones to hit Russian logistics, targeting armored vehicles, trucks, and transport carrying personnel. [B2] (Source: noel_reports, yigal_levin, warriorsukrainian)
- Unit Name/Number: 114th Territorial Defense Brigade (Ukrainian)
Destroyed a Russian Msta-B howitzer in the Bryansk region. [C3] (Source: warriorsukrainian)
- Unit Name/Number: 1251st Regiment (Russian)
Drone operators attacked Ukrainian Armed Forces drone control points in the Blokitnoye village area, Zaporizhzhia direction. [C3] (Source: two_majors)
- Unit Name/Number: 18th Motorized Rifle Division, 11th Army Corps, ‘Sever’ Grouping of Forces (Russian)
FPV drone crews engaged and destroyed a Ukrainian Kozak armored vehicle near Prikolotnoye, Kharkiv Oblast. [B2] (Source: boris_rozhin)
- Unit Name/Number: 150th Motorized Rifle Division, 8th Guards Combined Arms Army (Russian)
Military personnel destroyed three ‘Baba Yaga’ heavy UAVs in the areas of Starorayskoye and Druzhkovka. [C3] (Source: boris_rozhin)
- Unit Name/Number: 114th Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment, 127th Motorized Rifle Division, ‘Vostok’ Grouping of Forces (Russian)
UAV operators conducted strikes on Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel in the Zaporizhzhia direction. [C3] (Source: boris_rozhin)
- Unit Name/Number: 6th Army, ‘Zapad’ Grouping of Forces (Russian)
Strike UAV crews engaged Ukrainian transport and positions in the Kupyansk direction, destroying up to 50 personnel, one armored vehicle, one EW station, one mortar, three vehicles, one quad bike, 10 unguided rockets, and one ammunition depot. FPV drone operators are active on the Kupyansk-Chuhuiv road. [C3] (Source: boris_rozhin)
- Unit Name/Number: 23rd Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine ‘Khortytsia’
Destroyed over 10,000 Russian drones since the beginning of the year in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, including 7,955 ‘Molniya’, 1,428 FPV drones, 289 Shahed and ‘Gerber’, 187 reconnaissance UAVs, and 148 ‘Lancet’. [C3] (Source: insiderUKR)
- Unit Name/Number: 128th Separate Mountain Assault Brigade (Ukrainian)
UAV operators from this brigade were located at a temporary deployment site in Kamyshevakha, Zaporizhzhia region, which was struck by a Russian FAB-3000. [C3] (Source: infomil_live)
- Unit Name/Number: 129th Heavy Mechanized Brigade (Ukrainian)
Responsible for the Prikolotnoye-Ambarnoye sector. Approximately 400 mobilized personnel were transferred from Honcharivske training ground (Chernihiv Oblast) to Pechenihy (Kharkiv Oblast) to reinforce this brigade, increasing its manning to 46%. The 2nd Battalion of an air force rifle brigade from the 16th Corps (Kharkiv) is planned to be moved to Shypovate by October 31 to further strengthen the brigade. [C3] (Source: warhistoryalconafter)
- Unit Name/Number: ‘Wormbusters’ Battalion, 414th ‘Birds of Madyar’ Brigade (Ukrainian)
Celebrated the elimination of 10,000 Russian personnel. [C3] (Source: in_factum)
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