Overview
- Russia’s Vostok grouping says it captured Novoalexandrovka and is moving toward the Ukrainian defensive hub of Pokrovske.
- The Defence Ministry reports its forces advanced several kilometers during the capture of Krasnogorskoye in Zaporizhia and consolidated on new lines.
- Air-defense authorities say 38 Ukrainian UAVs were downed late on October 31 over Belgorod, Voronezh and Crimea, and Moscow’s mayor reported additional drones shot down en route to the capital overnight.
- Regional officials report Ukrainian drones damaged a thermal plant in Orel and a power substation near Vladimir, with explosions also noted near a Yaroslavl refinery.
- Ukrainian regions issued widespread air-raid alerts with reported blasts in the Kyiv area and near Cherkasy, while Russia highlighted FPV strikes on Ukrainian vehicles and claimed severe losses in specific Ukrainian units on the Sumy axis.