Russia flattens Ukraine's General Staff; Kiev destroys Russian air defense system

Russia flattened the Ukrainian General Staff; Kiev destroyed the Russian air defense system... are the information about the Russia-Ukraine war situation on the morning of November 1.

Russia tightens Kursk, many Ukrainian soldiers killed

As Russia gradually tightened the siege at Kursk, the Ukrainian army decided to break the siege, but under enemy fire, Kiev soldiers suffered heavy losses.

In the Kursk region, although the Russian Army has not been able to completely encircle the northern Ukrainian army group, they have succeeded in dividing and blockaded many smaller areas.

At present, the situation shows that Ukrainian reinforcements are trying to attack the large Russian encirclement to break the encirclement and rescue the separated units. Meanwhile, the Russian Army is fiercely confronting Ukrainian reinforcements at weak points in the encirclement, while purging the separated Ukrainian forces inside.

In the Kursk region, although the Russian Army has not been able to completely surround the northern Ukrainian army group, they have succeeded in dividing and blockaded many smaller areas. Photo: TRT World

The Ukrainian army may have realized that the remaining units in the encirclement would not be able to hold out for long, so they began to counterattack and try to break the encirclement, while the Russian army also deployed missile forces, using ballistic missiles to directly attack villages in the Ukrainian-held Kursk region, in order to speed up the cleanup operation.

The fiercest battles are still taking place on the road from Darino to Novoivanovka, including the areas east and south of Lyubimovka where fierce fighting has also broken out. Ukrainian reinforcements are fiercely counter-attacking, but they have not yet reached the edge of the village before being pushed back.

According to observer Mikhail Zvinchuk, on October 29, the Russian army began a large-scale counterattack on the village of Novoivanovka after receiving reinforcements despite having been pushed out of the area. With the support of heavy artillery and armored vehicles, the Russian infantry successfully broke through from the western outskirts into the village.

Although the Ukrainians persisted in defending and using armored vehicles to counterattack, after losing a number of armored vehicles, their direct firepower was significantly reduced. The Russians took this opportunity to attack from the western area all the way to the eastern side of the village.

The Russians have now re-established their position in the western part of the village, but the position is still unstable, while the eastern part is in a stalemate. Due to the importance of this village, the Ukrainian army mobilized the 47th Mechanized Brigade to launch a fierce counterattack.

With half a company and armored support, the Ukrainians launched three attacks on the Russian positions. After losing 25 soldiers, they stopped the large-scale attack and switched to harassment tactics. According to initial estimates, the Ukrainians are mobilizing more forces and are expected to launch a new attack soon.

Near the village of Darino, after using thermobaric missiles and 3-ton bombs to attack the area, the Russian troops entered the western part of the village and advanced to the center.

Russia rains down UAVs on Ukraine's General Staff

Ramzan Kadyrov, leader of Russia's Chechen Republic, said Moscow's armed forces launched a UAV attack on a building belonging to the Ukrainian General Staff.

TASS news site quoted Mr. Kadyrov as saying that the Russian military's drone attack on the Ukrainian General Staff was in " retaliation for the Kiev UAV attack on the special forces training center in the city of Gudermes in Chechnya on the morning of October 29. "

“ The retaliation was carried out yesterday. At 4 and 5:30 a.m. on October 30, the Russian military carried out two attacks, using Geran UAVs, on the control center of the Ukrainian General Staff’s unmanned systems in the capital Kiev. It was from this center that the UAVs, controlled by the Ukrainian side, flew to the city of Gudermes on October 29, ” Kadyrov wrote on Telegram.

According to the Chechen leader, this attack has left at least 9 people dead and 17 injured. Ukraine has not yet commented on the information shared by Mr. Kadyrov.

Earlier, Mr. Kadyrov said that the Russian Special Forces University in Gudermes, Chechnya on October 29 was attacked by Ukrainian UAVs, and this was the first time the Chechnya region was attacked since the conflict between Moscow and Kiev broke out.

Ukrainian UAV destroys Russia's $25 million air defense system

Recently, Ukraine used the US-made Switchblade-600 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to attack Russia's $25 million Tor short-range air defense system.

According to Newsweek, Ukraine's 14th Unmanned Aircraft Systems Regiment released a video recording the Switchblade-600 UAV targeting and attacking Russia's Tor air defense system on the front line.

Ukraine said its military used two UAVs to destroy Russia's air defense system, but did not specify the time and location of the incident. Meanwhile, the Russian Defense Ministry has not commented.

According to the US-based Center for Strategic and International Studies, the Tor air defense systems, which NATO calls the SA-15 Gauntlet, are short-range mobile surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems capable of detecting and intercepting targets at a distance of more than 16km. Each Tor system costs about $25 million, according to the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense.

According to the 14th Regiment of Ukraine, the Tor system "is usually used to hunt UAVs". " But on a fine day, this role was reversed when the hunter became the prey ", the 14th Regiment emphasized.

Ukraine is said to have attacked several Russian air defense systems such as Tor, Buk, Pantsir, and S-400 during the conflict.

Russian Su-34 aircraft drops bombs that shake Kursk

In the Kursk area, thanks to a significant increase in support troops from Ukraine, the situation was dramatically turned around, although it did not relieve the army group north of Kursk, but prevented the Russians from narrowing the encirclement.

With the Russians also mobilizing more forces, the Ukrainian Army is concerned that, when Russia is strong enough, they will continue to launch a large-scale counterattack. Therefore, the Ukrainian Army wants to capture some important base points before the Russian support troops arrive, especially the line from Tolstoy Lug to Novovanivka.

The Ukrainian army has mobilized its best forces here, and spared almost no expense in bringing in heavy military equipment from the US and Germany.

According to observer Yury Podoljaka, on October 28, the Ukrainian Army launched seven attacks on Zelenyi Shlyakh, Novovanivka and surrounding areas. With the support of Panthers tanks (Germany) and Abrams tanks (US) along with Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, the Ukrainian Army launched a strong attack on the area west of Novovanivka village.

With strong direct fire, despite losing 2 Panthers tanks, the Ukrainian Army drove out the main force of the Russian Army in the western region and successfully controlled most of the village. However, there are still some houses controlled by the Russian army.

Meanwhile, the main Russian forces are regrouping on the western outskirts of the villages of Novovanivka and Zelenyi Shlyakh, calling in heavy mechanized forces for support. It is expected that the Russians will launch a counterattack soon.

Novovanivka village is located right next to the 38K-030 road. If the Ukrainians capture this village, they can encircle Zelenyi Shlyakh village, then control the 38K-030 road, and finally move north along this road to rescue the rest of the Ukrainian army group north of Kursk, and even coordinate with this group to counterattack the village of Orgovka.

Therefore, the Russians could not afford to lose Novovanivka at any cost. Meanwhile, the Russians intensified their attack on the remains of the Ukrainian army group north of Kursk, which was still hiding in the Skayaroshcha forest south of Orgovka.

In addition, the Russian army also intensified its attack on the village of Darino, south of Tolstoy Lug. If it captured this village, the Russian army could move closer to the village of Sverdlikovo and control the 38K-030 road from the south, completely blocking the Ukrainian army's advance towards Zelenyi Shlyakh and Novovanivka.

The Ukrainian army also understood this, so they continuously mobilized more reserve forces to the village of Darino. To capture this village, the Russian army used TOS-1A flamethrower tanks to fire here a few days ago, then mobilized Su-34 aircraft to drop heavy bombs.

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