Russian forces continue to conduct strikes against Ukrainian energy infrastructure and military targets. Ukraine reports significant damage to power generation facilities and increased drone activity. Iran claims to have shot down multiple US drones. NATO aircraft are conducting reconnaissance flights over the Black Sea.
1. Kinetic Strike Log (5W)
- [Ukraine | Day] Where: Oskil (Kharkov Oblast), Preobrazhenka (Zaporozhye Oblast), Kamyshevakha (Zaporozhye Oblast), Izyum (Kharkov Oblast), Chizhovka (Zhitomir Oblast), Dubrovytsia (Rivne Oblast), Oleksandriia (Kirovohrad Oblast), Odesa, Poltava, Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Kovel (Volyn Oblast), Lutsk (Volyn Oblast), Lyuboml (Volyn Oblast), Ternopil, Svitlovodsk, Sumy
Who/With What: Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) with FAB-3000 guided aerial bomb, OFAB-250-270 aerial bombs, Geran-2 UAVs, Geran-5 K5-K jet-powered UAVs, ‘Filin’ missile, unspecified UAVs.
Effect: A single FAB-3000 guided aerial bomb struck a Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU) crossing near Oskil. Four OFAB-250-270 aerial bombs struck a temporary deployment site of a unit from the AFU’s 65th Separate Mechanized Brigade in Preobrazhenka. A FAB-3000 JDAM hit a UAV operator position in Kamyshevakha, an underground facility previously a school, resulting in 40 reported deaths and over 30 potentially under rubble. Strikes on Izyum hit an SBU building and a Nova Poshta branch used as a logistics hub. Substation 110 kV north of Zvyagel (Zhitomir Oblast) was hit, causing power outages. Another strike on an energy object was reported in Dubrovytsia (Rivne Oblast) using a ‘Filin’ missile. A ‘Geran’ drone attacked Oleksandriia, reportedly hitting a 150 kV traction substation. In Odesa, a ‘Geran’ hit the territory of a shopping center where UAV components were stored, and a military cargo ship was damaged in the port. A ‘Geran’ strike also affected an industrial zone in Poltava. Ukrainian nuclear power plants reduced generation capacity due to Russian strikes. Kyiv’s TEC-4, TEC-5, and TEC-6 generation facilities were reportedly destroyed, with only 10-15% recoverable. Emergency power outages were introduced in Kyiv and Dnipropetrovsk. Three guided aerial bombs (KAB) struck Sumy and its suburbs, hitting infrastructure objects without casualties. A Russian Geran-5 K5-K jet-powered UAV crashed and exploded in an open field in Volyn Oblast. A ‘Shahed-agitator’ drone carrying propaganda material and a cyber-phishing QR code was shot down near Kyiv. [B2] (Source: IntelSlava, Rybar, Slavyangrad, astrapress, operativnoZSU, eRadarrua, robert_magyar)
- [Russia | Day] Where: Belgorod Oblast (Shebekino, Voznesenovka, Nova Tavolzhanka, Nezhegol, Krasnoyaruzhsky District, Otradovsky, Krasnaya Yaruga, Bytsenkov, Valuysky District, Kazinka, Borki, Borisovsky District, Striguny, Rakityansky District, Soldatskoye, Grayvoronsky District, Grayvoron, Kosilovo, Zamostye, Rzhevka, Nizhneye Berezovo-Vtoroye, Arkhangelskoye, Novostroyevka-Pervaya, Gora-Podol, Glotovo, Oktyabrsky, Novaya Berezovka), Omsk
Who/With What: Ukrainian FPV drones, unspecified UAVs.
Effect: Three people were killed and four wounded in drone attacks in Belgorod Oblast. In Voznesenovka, a man died when a drone attacked a truck. In Otradovsky, a man and a woman died when a drone attacked a car. In Nova Tavolzhanka, a man received shrapnel wounds from a drone explosion near a moped. A private house caught fire and a multi-apartment building’s roof was damaged in Nova Tavolzhanka. In Nezhegol, a drone damaged a private house. In Shebekino, a private house roof, commercial object, multi-apartment building glazing, and vehicles were damaged. In Kazinka, a man received a shrapnel wound to the cheek from a drone explosion, and a car was damaged. In Borki, a bus was attacked. In Striguny, a woman received a concussion from a drone attack on a private house roof. In Soldatskoye, a man received shrapnel wounds to the face from a drone strike on a car. In Grayvoron, a social object, private house, and car were damaged. In Kosilovo, a social object was damaged. In Zamostye, a drone attacked a private house, damaging a canopy, glazing, and a car. Later reports indicated five more people were wounded in Belgorod Oblast. In Rzhevka, a man received shrapnel wounds from a drone attack on a minibus, which burned down, and a private house was damaged. In Nizhneye Berezovo-Vtoroye, a woman received a concussion from a drone explosion, and a private house and outbuilding were damaged. In Arkhangelskoye, a man received shrapnel wounds from a drone attack on a car, and another drone damaged a car, private house, and outbuilding. In Novostroyevka-Pervaya, two women were wounded by a drone strike, and a private house was damaged. In Gora-Podol, a car was damaged. In Kosilovo, two drones attacked a commercial object, damaging its roof, facade, glazing, entrance, and walls. In Glotovo, a gas pipe and private house caught fire after multiple drone attacks. In Oktyabrsky, a private house, garage, fence, and car were damaged. In Novaya Berezovka, a car was damaged. Restrictions on takeoff and landing of aircraft were introduced at Omsk’s main airport due to a drone attack. [C3] (Source: belpepel, warmonitors, warriorsukrainian)
- [Yemen/Saudi Arabia | Day] Where: al-Jawf governorate, al-Qahmah (north of Jazan), Jazan, Najran, King Khalid International Airport (Riyadh)
Who/With What: Houthis (Ansarallah) with ballistic missiles, drones.
Effect: Houthis claimed a successful strike against Saudi troop concentrations in al-Jawf governorate with six ballistic missiles, claiming dozens of casualties. A drone strike was claimed against a radar in al-Qahmah, north of Jazan. A command and control center in Jazan was reportedly hit with a ballistic missile, claiming multiple casualties. A military camp in Najran was reportedly hit with a ballistic missile, claiming damage. King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh was reportedly struck with a ballistic missile, causing significant damage. [C3] (Source: GeoPWatch, FotrosResistancee)
- [Iran | Day] Where: Qeshm Island, Strait of Hormuz
Who/With What: IRGC with advanced air defense system.
Effect: IRGC claims to have shot down a 15th US MQ-1 drone over Qeshm Island using an advanced air defense system. The IRGC also claims to have downed a 56th US MQ-9 drone over the Strait of Hormuz. [C3] (Source: ClashReport, IntelSlava, GeoPWatch, RezistanceTrench, FotrosResistancee, geopolitics_prime, DDGeopolitics)
- [Lebanon | Day] Where: Qabrikha (southern Lebanon)
Who/With What: Israeli drone.
Effect: One person killed and another wounded in an Israeli drone strike targeting a motorcycle. The IDF stated it struck two suspects observing IDF forces in the Qabrikha area to remove a threat. [C3] (Source: IntelSlava, abualiexpress)
- [Russia | Day] Where: Kamensky Combine (Rostov region)
Who/With What: Ukrainian Defense Forces with missile and drone attack.
Effect: The state-owned enterprise ‘Kamensky Combine’, a chemical enterprise and component of the Russian military-industrial complex, was struck. [C3] (Source: BSKY: imageryintel)
2. Identified Equipment, Armament, and Combat Modifications
UAVs
- Model: Russian FPV drones ‘Zhduny’
Positioned on high-voltage wires. [B2] (Source: infomil_live, warriorsukrainian, wartranslated)
- Model: Bayraktar TB2
Modified into a flying carrier for 16 Skydagger FPV attack drones, eight under each wing, and serving as a communications relay. Tested by Baykar, firing two at ground targets. [B2] (Source: Baykar, milinfolive, warhistoryalconafter, milinua, new_militarycolumnist, BSKY: hapsis)
- Model: RB-531B Infauna EW system
Mounted on a K1Sh1 wheeled chassis, operating with Russia’s Africa Corps in Mali. Designed to jam radio communications. [B2] (Source: OSINTWarfare)
- Model: US MQ-1 drone
15th unit reportedly shot down by IRGC over Qeshm Island using an advanced air defense system. [C3] (Source: ClashReport, IntelSlava, GeoPWatch, RezistanceTrench, FotrosResistancee, geopolitics_prime, DDGeopolitics)
- Model: US MQ-9 drone
56th unit reportedly shot down by IRGC over the Strait of Hormuz. [C3] (Source: IntelSlava, DDGeopolitics)
- Model: US MQ-9A Reaper, MQ-1C Gray Eagle
Two drones reportedly shot down by IRGC over Qeshm Island. [C3] (Source: IntelSlava)
- Model: Saudi ‘Wing Loong’ drone
10th unit reportedly shot down by Houthis since the conflict in Yemen restarted. [C3] (Source: GeoPWatch)
- Model: Russian Geran-5 K5-K jet-powered UAV
Crashed and exploded in an open field in northern Ukraine. [B2] (Source: warriorsukrainian, eRadarrua, BSKY: covertshores)
- Model: Russian ‘Shahed-agitator’ drone
Shot down over Ukraine (near Kyiv), carrying inciting propaganda material and a cyber-phishing QR code trap. [B2] (Source: warriorsukrainian, vanek_nikolaev, operativnoZSU, robert_magyar)
- Model: Russian BUK-M3
Discovered and struck by MURAMASA operators of the 21st separate regiment during operation ‘Vivaldi’ of the Third Army Corps. [C3] (Source: warriorsukrainian, BSKY: maks23)
- Model: Modified ‘Kub’ and ‘Buk’ anti-aircraft missile systems
Used by soldiers of the 156th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment of the Center Air Defense Command. ‘Buk’ acts as a radar station for target search and guidance, ‘Kub’ launches missiles. Over 150 air targets, including jet ‘Shaheds’, destroyed. [C3] (Source: warriorsukrainian, operativnoZSU, BSKY: maks23)
Aircraft
- Model: British RC-135W, American CL-650, Italian G-550 AWACS, E-3A AWACS, US Navy P-8A anti-submarine aircraft
Operating simultaneously in the western and central parts of the Black Sea, off the coast of Crimea and Krasnodar Region, for reconnaissance. [B2] (Source: rybar, rybar_in_english)
Naval Vessels
- Model: USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) carrier strike group, USS Chosin (guided-missile cruiser)
Spotted in the South China Sea by Chinese commercial satellite imagery, heading toward the Middle East. [A1] (Source: MizarVision)
- Model: New North Korean warship
Inspected by Kim Jong Un at Nampho Shipyard. South Korean analysts believe it is a 10,000-ton cruiser likely to carry cruise missiles. [C3] (Source: Faytuks_Network)
Missiles
- Model: Russian ballistic missiles (9M723 ‘Iskander-M’, RM-48U for S-400, 3M55 ‘Oniks’, 3M22 ‘Zircon’, Kh-47M2 ‘Kinzhal’), cruise missiles (Kh-101, 3M14 ‘Kalibr’)
Ukrainian intelligence (GUR) reports Russia’s reserves as of October 2026: up to 700 ballistic missiles and several thousand cruise missiles. Specific stockpiles: ~115 Iskander-M (monthly production ~65), ~400 S-400 RM-48U (monthly production ~40), >600 Oniks (monthly production >55 over 7 months), >120 Zircon (monthly production >30 in 2026). Production of Kh-47M2 ‘Kinzhal’ temporarily suspended due to accuracy issues. Monthly production plan for Kh-101 exceeds 80 units. Stocks of 3M14 ‘Kalibr’ are >450 (monthly production ~29). [C3] (Source: RVvoenkor, Slavyangrad, BSKY: wartranslated)
Vehicles
- Model: Bushmaster PMV
One unit destroyed by FPV drones from the ‘Vega’ unit of the 24th Special Forces Brigade. [B2] (Source: sashakots)
3. Unit Dislocation and Activity (ORBAT Tracker)
- Unit Name/Number: Norway’s air force, Garrison of Sør-Varanger
Deployed NASAMS air defense sensors to Kirkenes, near the Russian border, to detect stray drones. Over 30 soldiers reinforcing the Garrison of Sør-Varanger. [C3] (Source: Norwegian Ministry of Defense)
- Unit Name/Number: Russia’s Africa Corps
Operating in Mali, spotted with an RB-531B Infauna electronic warfare system. [B2] (Source: OSINTWarfare)
- Unit Name/Number: AFU’s 65th Separate Mechanized Brigade
Temporary deployment site in Preobrazhenka, Zaporozhye Oblast, struck by Russian aerial bombs. [B2] (Source: IntelSlava, Slavyangrad)
- Unit Name/Number: 14th Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine
Reported to have fled from a Russian drone, pushing each other to avoid impact. [C3] (Source: RVvoenkor)
- Unit Name/Number: ‘Roy Svaroga’ drone operator unit
Continuing to eliminate enemy equipment and shelters on the front, striking armored combat vehicles (BBM), unmanned ground vehicles (NRTK), dugouts, and a heavy UAV. [B2] (Source: warhistoryalconafter)
- Unit Name/Number: ‘Vega’ unit, 24th Special Forces Brigade
Drone operators destroyed three pickups, a Bushmaster PMV, a D-30 howitzer, 13 unmanned ground robotic complexes, and up to a squad of infantry. [B2] (Source: sashakots)
- Unit Name/Number: 1st Motorized Rifle Regiment of the Aerospace Forces
Drone operators detected and neutralized an enemy ground robotic complex (GRC) in the Velikoburluksk Direction. [B2] (Source: two_majors)
- Unit Name/Number: North troop group (NTG)
Continuing to establish a Buffer Zone in Kharkiv and Sumy regions. Assault units advancing in Sumy district (around Khoten) and Liptsy direction (southwards to Alyisyivka, over 300m advance). Advancing around Prykolotne, Harbuzyivka, and Shevchenkove Pershe in Vovchansk and Velykyy Burluk direction. Decimated numerous enemy groups in Konotop, Bunyachyne, Hrunyivka, Khoten, Radkyivka, Luzhki, Pechenyihy, Velykyy Burluk, Kolodzyane, Martove, Hnylytsya, Makarove, and Izbitske. [C3] (Source: two_majors)
- Unit Name/Number: 225th Airborne Assault Group
Developing drone-assault doctrine, with infantry working under aerial reconnaissance control alongside ground robotic complexes with combat modules. Drones now perform 50% of infantry work. [B2] (Source: DeepStateUA, warriorsukrainian)
- Unit Name/Number: 427th Separate Brigade of Special Operations ‘Rarog’ (Birds)
Shot down a Russian ‘Shahed-agitator’ drone near Kyiv. Claimed to have neutralized 2630 enemy personnel between November 1-4. [C3] (Source: vanek_nikolaev, operativnoZSU, robert_magyar)
- Unit Name/Number: 21st Separate Regiment (MURAMASA operators)
Discovered and struck a Russian BUK-M3 during operation ‘Vivaldi’ of the Third Army Corps. [C3] (Source: warriorsukrainian, BSKY: maks23)
- Unit Name/Number: 156th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment of the Center Air Defense Command
Using modified ‘Kub’ and ‘Buk’ anti-aircraft missile systems, which have destroyed over 150 air targets, including jet ‘Shaheds’. [C3] (Source: warriorsukrainian, operativnoZSU, BSKY: maks23)
- Unit Name/Number: 64th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade (military unit 51460, Khabarovsk Krai)
Captain Ruslan Vladimirovich Moskvichev, commander of the 5th Motorized Rifle Company, reportedly killed two servicemen of the 218th Tank Regiment (military unit 82588, Primorsky Krai) in Hulyaipole, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, and fled. [D4] (Source: warriorsukrainian, BSKY: maks23)
- Unit Name/Number: 255th Regiment of the 20th Division of the “Southern” troop grouping (motorized rifle battalion, fire support platoon)
Established a network of small anti-aircraft units to rapidly destroy Ukrainian drones. [C3] (Source: DDGeopolitics)
- Unit Name/Number: 91st Division, 769th Brigade, 869th Field Intelligence Battalion (IDF Northern Command)
Chief of the General Staff, LTG Eyal Zamir, visited the Northern Command and 91st Division, observing the ‘Combat Robotics Team’ model. The division is advancing a forward defense posture. [C3] (Source: idfofficial)
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