Overview
- Russian assault units reported seizing the bakery combine area in eastern Kupyansk and advancing along Dzerzhinsky Street, saying seven large buildings and one industrial facility were cleared.
- The Defense Ministry said an encircled Ukrainian grouping in Kupyansk is being routed and reported repelling breakout attempts, claiming dozens killed there and additional armored vehicles and EW assets destroyed.
- Separate daily tallies from the Russian military cited more than 130 Ukrainian personnel losses in the ‘Sever’ sector and up to 70 in the ‘Dnepr’ area, along with the destruction of an AN/TPQ‑36 counter‑battery radar.
- Following Russian strikes described as high‑precision and retaliatory, Ukraine’s Centrenegro reported generation stopped at all state thermal power plants and grid operator Ukrenergo reported regional outages.
- Ukraine’s commander‑in‑chief Oleksandr Syrskyi confirmed a November 1 Russian strike on troops gathered in Dnipropetrovsk region and linked it to a likely chat hack, as DNR chief Denis Pushilin reported clearing operations in Ivanopolye and blocked escape attempts near Krasnoarmeysk and Dimitrov.