Overview
- The humanitarian mission concluded on Saturday when evacuees from occupied Oleshky crossed into Chernihiv region and a reception hub was set up to provide medical care, hot food, shelter and pet support.
- Ukraine, Russia and international mediators implemented a temporary ceasefire, demining and escorted convoys after talks arranged with US first lady Melania Trump that enabled the safe corridor into and out of Oleshky.
- The General Staff reported a surge in combat activity with 173 engagements in the latest 24‑hour period, thousands of kamikaze drones employed, dozens of aviation strikes and hundreds of guided bombs used against Ukrainian positions.
- Ukrainian forces said they struck Russia’s Комбінат «Каменський» on the night of October 31 using strike drones and Neptun coastal missiles, and Kyiv’s General Staff published large, regularly updated estimates of Russian personnel and equipment losses.
- Russian attacks on energy infrastructure have caused widespread outages — about 200,000 households in Dnipro region and 80,000 in Kyiv region were left without power — while energy firm DTEK reported severe damage to substations and three injured employees, raising urgent winter humanitarian risks.