Over the past 24 hours, Ukraine faced significant drone and missile attacks, with Russia launching 64 airstrikes, 223 guided aerial bombs, and 5881 kamikaze drones. Ukrainian forces engaged in 229 combat clashes, destroying or suppressing 80 UAVs. Diplomatic efforts continue with US envoy Witkoff meeting Ukrainian and European leaders in Oslo, then traveling to St. Petersburg to present peace proposals to Russia. Key discussions included security guarantees, Starlink functionality, and Patriot missile deliveries. Meanwhile, the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement between Türkiye, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia is moving towards ratification, aiming to create a joint defense architecture in the region.
1. Kinetic Strike Log (5W)
- [Ukraine | Day] Where: Dnipropetrovsk region, Kirovohrad region, Odesa region, Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, Mykolaiv region (Pervomaisk), Kyiv (Nyvky substation, Northern Bridge area), Lviv Oblast, Volyn Oblast, Rivne Oblast, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Kharkiv Oblast (Izium, Nova Vodolaha, Novobavarskyi district), Sumy Oblast (Yastrebine), Donetsk region (Chystiakove, Ftykom internet service provider), Kherson (Korabelnyi district), Prymors’k, Volodymyrivka
Who/With What: Russian forces with Geran-2 (Shahed-136) UAVs, Gerbera UAVs, reactive drones, guided aerial bombs (UMPK-5, FAB-500 M62 with UMPK), artillery, FPV drones.
Effect: In Dnipropetrovsk and Kirovohrad regions, railway logistics and metallurgy-related objects were struck, impacting train loading with heavy equipment and AFU personnel. In Odesa, port infrastructure was targeted, damaging at least seven locomotives. Kyiv experienced strikes on the Nyvky substation, causing power outages and disrupting metro services, and damage to several warehouses and medical facilities. Lviv, Volyn, Rivne, Khmelnytskyi, and Ivano-Frankivsk oblasts reported power outages and strikes near border crossings and substations. Kharkiv Oblast saw attacks on residential areas, civilian infrastructure, and a central park in Nova Vodolaha, resulting in 6 deaths (including an infant and an 11-year-old girl) and at least 15 injured. Izium reported 5 injuries and damage to homes, outbuildings, an administrative building, and cars. In Kherson, artillery shelling injured 4 civilians (a 36-year-old woman and three children aged 12-13). In Zaporizhzhia, an FPV drone hit a municipal bus, injuring one person, and a drone attacked a bus at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, causing vehicle damage but no casualties. In Mykolaiv region, a Geran drone struck the Epicenter shopping center in Pervomaisk. In the occupied Donetsk region, strike drones attacked energy facilities in Chystiakove and the Ftykom internet service provider in Donetsk, injuring one person. Russian forces also struck a logistics hub ‘Epicenter-K’ in Rivne region, destroying a large warehouse complex used by Ukrainian formations. In Prymors’k and Volodymyrivka, Russian trucks were targeted by Ukrainian drones. [B2] (Source: rybar, operativnoZSU, astrapress, Slavyangrad, DDGeopolitics, BSKY: euromaidanpress, BSKY: scaratlas, BSKY: blinzka, dva_majors, voenacher, boris_rozhin, ourwarstoday, geopolityka, ukrbavovna, warriorsukrainian, Crimeanwind, eRadarrua)
- [Yemen/Saudi Arabia | Day] Where: Jizan and Asir border fronts
Who/With What: Ansar Allah (Houthis) with Rajum hexacopters carrying DIO M48 HE bombs and locally-made bombs.
Effect: Precision strikes against Royal Saudi Land Forces (RSLF) personnel, pickup trucks, and at least one M60A1/A3 Main Battle Tank. [B2] (Source: OSINTWarfare, war_noir, bayraktar1070)
- [Sudan/South Sudan | Day] Where: Abyei region
Who/With What: Unidentified drone strike.
Effect: A drone strike on a fuel depot at a market killed at least 153 people. [C3] (Source: ourwarstoday, boris_rozhin)
- [Russia | Day] Where: Rostov-on-Don, Michurinsk (Nikolskaya line transmission station), Alchevsk (Luhansk-Perevalsk highway near Mykhailivka), Belgorod Oblast (Kazinka, Maslova Prystan)
Who/With What: Ukrainian UAVs, FPV drones.
Effect: In Rostov-on-Don, plans are underway to build three new data centers after previous Ukrainian drone attacks on data centers in Russia. A diesel tank caught fire at a Transneft hub on the Druzhba pipeline, 400 km from the front. In Michurinsk, the Nikolskaya line transmission station is on fire. Near Alchevsk, a UAV attacked a long-distance intercity bus (Rostov-on-Don — Stakhanov), injuring four people. In Belgorod Oblast, an FPV drone attack in Kazinka injured a woman with shrapnel wounds, and a drone attack on an ambulance in Maslova Prystan injured a paramedic with acoustic barotrauma. Three cars and an ambulance were damaged. [B2] (Source: astrapress, BSKY: euromaidanpress, BSKY: maks23, obstanovkalnr, rybar, two_majors, rybar_in_english)
- [Gaza Strip | Day] Where: North Gaza City (near Sheikh Radwan bridge, near Shifa Hospital), Khan Yunis (Qizan al-Najjar area)
Who/With What: Israeli forces with Apache helicopter (Hellfire missile), drones.
Effect: Five fatalities in four attacks since morning. One killed and several injured (including a severely wounded released prisoner) in a strike on a tent near Sheikh Radwan bridge. Two killed in a drone strike in Qizan al-Najjar. Akram Yassin, a senior Hamas General Security mechanism official, and his wife Dina Abu Bakr were killed in an Apache helicopter strike on a residential apartment near Shifa Hospital. [C3] (Source: abualiexpress)
2. Identified Equipment, Armament, and Combat Modifications
- Model: Rajum Hexacopter Drone
Location: Yemen/Saudi Arabia. Description: Carries DIO M48 HE bombs and locally-made bombs. Used for precision strikes against RSLF personnel, pickup trucks, and M60A1/A3 tanks. Adopted by Houthis in 2021, capable of carrying 40 kg payload up to 10 km. [B2] (Source: OSINTWarfare, war_noir, bayraktar1070)
- Model: Gurzuf Defence heavy hexacopter
Location: Ukraine. Description: Modified for medical evacuation, capable of carrying a wounded soldier. Equipped with EW system and FPV drone counter-net. Used for the first recorded aerial drone evacuation of a wounded soldier from a combat zone. [B2] (Source: dva_majors, BSKY: osintradar, BSKY: blinzka, two_majors)
- Model: StarGate evacuation drone
Location: Ukraine. Description: More modified version of the Gurzuf Defence, equipped with a full evacuation capsule for seriously injured soldiers. [C3] (Source: dva_majors, two_majors)
- Model: MKE “HAR-66” LAW (Light Anti-Tank Weapon)
Location: Sudan. Description: M72 clone produced and supplied by Turkey, seen with a Sudanese Armed Forces fighter. [B2] (Source: war_noir)
- Model: K2GF Black Panther Main Battle Tank
Location: Poland. Description: Latest delivery arrived at the 9th Armored Cavalry Brigade. [C3] (Source: przemysl)
- Model: JAS-39 Gripen fighter jets
Location: Ukraine. Description: Ukraine expects to receive these from Sweden, potentially up to 150 units, to combat Russian drones. [C3] (Source: sily-zbrojne)
- Model: Leopard 2A8 tank
Location: Norway. Description: Norway has started receiving and will locally produce these tanks. [C3] (Source: news)
- Model: PAC-3 ACE missile
Location: N/A. Description: New budget missile for Patriot systems, costing $2-2.5 million (vs. $4-5 million for MSE). Features smaller range, shrapnel detonation, simplified engine and guidance radar. Fits M903 launcher (12 units) and works with IBCS/LTAMDS radars. Designed for aircraft, UAVs, cruise and short-range ballistic missiles. [C3] (Source: boris_rozhin)
- Model: AASM Hammer 250 XLR guided bomb
Location: France. Description: New modification with a miniature turbojet engine, increasing range from 70 km to 140 km. Considered by French Air and Space Force as a means to suppress enemy air defense systems and radar stations. [C3] (Source: yigal_levin)
- Model: NMESIS (Navy Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System) unmanned launchers with NSM (Naval Strike Missile)
Location: US Marine Corps. Description: USMC formed its first specialized missile battalion equipped with these launchers. NSM has a range of up to 185 km. Aims to increase mobility while maintaining firepower in the Pacific region. [C3] (Source: warhistoryalconafter)
- Model: AH-64E Apache Echo attack helicopters
Location: Netherlands. Description: Two helicopters returned after modernization in the US, receiving new systems and composite blades. [C3] (Source: milinua)
- Model: FP-2 drone-mother
Location: Ukraine. Description: Intercepted drone-mother version for two FPV drones. Possible configurations include FP-2 acting as a relay with a Starlink terminal, or both FP-2 and FPV drones equipped with Starlink terminals. [D4] (Source: infomil_live)
3. Unit Dislocation and Activity (ORBAT Tracker)
- Unit Name/Number: 3rd Special Forces Regiment of Ukraine
Operations: Targeted Russian trucks with drones in Prymors’k and Volodymyrivka, Zaporizhzhia Oblast. [B2] (Source: BSKY: blinzka)
- Unit Name/Number: 18th Combined Arms Army of the ‘Dnepr’ Group of Forces
Operations: Drone operators conducted aerial reconnaissance and destroyed temporary deployment points for Ukrainian Armed Forces units and vehicles on the Kherson front. [B2] (Source: dva_majors, two_majors)
- Unit Name/Number: 61st Brigade of Marine Infantry and 177th Separate Regiment of Marine Infantry (Group ‘Center’)
Operations: Played a key role in the liberation of Dobropillya, destroying over 200 UAV control points, 20 ammunition/food depots, and 150 temporary deployment points/shelters. Coordinated with artillery and used drones to clear areas for advancing infantry. [C3] (Source: epoddubny, boris_rozhin)
- Unit Name/Number: 110th, 114th, and 5th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigades (Group ‘Center’)
Operations: Participated in the liberation of Dobropillya, resulting in the complete liquidation of encircled militants. [C3] (Source: epoddubny)
- Unit Name/Number: 2nd National Guard Corps ‘Khartiya’
Operations: Conducting underground operations, including flanking attacks with drones, in their area of responsibility. [C3] (Source: operativnoZSU)
- Unit Name/Number: 72nd Separate Mechanized Brigade
Operations: A PVD (temporary deployment point) and a UAV launcher of the 106th Territorial Defense Brigade were struck by Su-34 aircraft with FAB-500 UMPK guided bombs in Izbytske, Kharkiv Oblast. [C3] (Source: voenkorKotenok)
- Unit Name/Number: 106th Territorial Defense Brigade
Operations: A PVD and a UAV launcher were struck by Su-34 aircraft with FAB-500 UMPK guided bombs in Izbytske, Kharkiv Oblast. [C3] (Source: voenkorKotenok)
- Unit Name/Number: 3rd Assault Brigade
Operations: Reconnaissance units eliminated a Russian infiltration unit in the direction of the Izium-Slovyansk highway. [C3] (Source: r_combatfootage)
- Unit Name/Number: 154th Separate Guards Reconnaissance Battalion of the 104th Airborne Assault Division
Operations: Destroyed enemy vehicles near Grigorovske on the Zaporozhye Front using drones. [B2] (Source: two_majors)
- Unit Name/Number: GROUP 10 (Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine)
Operations: Conducted a special operation in Sumy Oblast, destroying 108 Russian military personnel, capturing 29, and hitting over 1100 targets. Cleared over 600 hectares of forest from Russians and transferred positions to Ukrainian Defense Forces, disrupting Russian offensive plans and securing logistics routes. [C3] (Source: insiderUKR)
- Unit Name/Number: 66th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the AFU
Operations: Deputy Commander (for armament) of the artillery division, Captain Mirkevich Sergey Anatolyevich, was eliminated on the Krasnolimansk direction on October 13. [C3] (Source: boris_rozhin)
- Unit Name/Number: 30th Marine Corps of the AFU
Operations: Unites 8 marine brigades, 2 artillery brigades, and other units involved in the defense of Mariupol, battles for Kherson, Krynky, Avdiivka, and Kostiantynivka. Will receive systemic legal support for servicemen and their families through the ‘Advokat+’ project. [C3] (Source: insiderUKR)
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