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Russo-Ukraine War - 30 October 2024 - Day 980

A number of claims and counterclaims are being made on the Ukraine-Russia conflict on the ground and online. While GlobalSecurity.org takes utmost care to accurately report this news story, we cannot independently verify the authenticity of all statements, photos and videos.

On 24 February 2022, Ukraine was suddenly and deliberately attacked by land, naval and air forces of Russia, igniting the largest European war since the Great Patriotic War. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a "special military operation" (SVO - spetsialnaya voennaya operatsiya) in Ukraine in response to the appeal of the leaders of the "Donbass republics" for help. That attack is a blatant violation of the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine. Putin stressed that Moscow's goal is the demilitarization and denazification of the country. The military buildup in preceeding months makes it obvious that the unprovoked and dastardly Russian attack was deliberately planned long in advance. During the intervening time, the Russian government had deliberately sought to deceive the world by false statements and expressions of hope for continued peace.

"To initiate a war of aggression... is not only an international crime; it is the supreme international crime differing only from other war crimes in that it contains within itself the accumulated evil of the whole." [Judgment of the International Military Tribunal]

The UK Ministry of Defence reported that according to the Russian Investigative Committee General-Major Alexander Ogloblin has been arrested and is being held in pre-trial detention for allegedly accepting 10 million rubles in bribes from a telecommunications company, as an inducement to secure Russian Ministry of Defence contracts. Ogloblin had previously been sentenced to four and a half years in prison in February 2022 in relation to separate embezzlement charges. He was granted early release after testifying against his former superior Deputy Chief of the General Staff, and Head of the Main Communications Directorate, General-Lieutenant Vadim Shamarin, who was detained in May 2024.

Ogloblin's second arrest demonstrates that Russian authorities continue to enthusiastically pursue corruption charges against serving and former defence officials (appointed in the era of former Minister of Defence, Sergei Shoigu), even after achieving initial convictions. The goal of Russian authorities is almost certainly not the eradication of corruption entirely; this behaviour is fundamental to the functioning of the regime. Instead, Russian authorities are likely seeking to limit corruption to more manageable levels that have a less drastic impact on the functioning of the department.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that so far, there have been 134 combat clashes. The hottest remained the situation on the Kurakhiv and Pokrovskkomu directions.

For today, Russian forces launched on the territory of Ukraine one missile and 58 aviation strikes (actions, in particular, one missile and 68 KAB), used 663 kamikaze drones to impress. Made more than 3,800 shelling of the positions of Ukrainian troops and settlements.

In the Kharkiv direction, Russian forces once attacked nearby vovchans атаka. To the same, the occupiers actively applied aviation in this direction, in particular the areas of the settlements of Mali Prohody, Kudiivka and Cossack Lopan were subjected to bombardment.
In the kupâns дняkomu direction Russian forces during the day 20 times tried to advance to Ukrainian positions near synkívka, novoosinovogo, kolisnikívki, peršotravnevogo, sand, kruglyakivki, green grove, cherry, boguslavka, petropavlivka, vine and zagrizovogo. Currently, there are two clashes.
In the Lyman direction, the Russian zagarbnytsky army attacked 11 times in the areas of Katerynivka, Grekivka, Terniv, Zarichny, Druzhelyubivka and in the serebryans разkomu forestry. Still sharpening one battle, the rest - Ukrainian warriors stopped.
In the Siversky direction, Russian forces twice during the day tried to break through Ukrainian defense in the areas of the settlements of Verkhnyokamianske and Bilogorivka.
In the Kramators .komu direction, the Russian activity poured into one combat near the Time Yar.
On Toretskyi - there were no attacks, but Russian forces made an aviation strike nekorovanimi missiles on the settlement point of friendship.
Russian forces tried to infiltrate Ukrainian defense 26 times in the Intercession direction. Since the beginning of the day, Russian forces in the areas of the settlements of Mirolyubivka, Rumin, Myrnograd, Lisivka, Suhiy Yar, Novogrodivka, Vyshneve, Krutiy Yar and Selidove 22 times received a hard cut off from Ukrainian defenders. Four attacks are ongoing so far.
The Russian enemy suffers significant losses - according to preliminary information, today Ukrainian warriors damaged more than 220 invaders in this direction, 115 of them - irrevocably. Two tanks, one artsystem, two units of automobile equipment and one BPLA of the Russian occupiers were destroyed, also one unit of automobile equipment, two battle armored vehicles and one artsystem were damaged.
In the Kurakhivka direction, Russian forces attacked Ukrainian positions near Novoselidivka, Novodmitrivka, Illinka, Maximilyanivka, Gostrogy, Elizabeth, Dalniyo, Antonivka, Kurahivka, Kreminnoí̈ Balka, Voznesenka and Katerynivka. At the moment Ukrainian warriors have fought 26 attacks, 13 boêzítknen да is still ongoing.
In the vremívs -komu direction, Ukrainian troops repelled the Russian attacks, near the Epiphany, Maksimivka and Novoukrainka - five attacks repelled, one - ongoing.
In the direction of Gulyaipil, Russian forces made one futile attempt to appease Ukrainian defenders from the occupied borders near the Charivne settlement. The situation is under control.
In the Orihiv direction, Russian forces caused aviation strikes on the settlements of Mala Tokmachka and Preobrazhenko. A total of 14 air bombs were used.
The Defense Forces of Ukraine continue its operation in the Kursk region, so far 19 strikes have been launched on its territory by 20 Russian-controlled air bombs.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that In Kharkov direction, the Sever Group of Forces defeated formations of 3rd, 116th territorial defence brigades, 4th and 5th border detachments of the Ukrainian border service near Shestakovo, Volchansk, Odnorobovka, and Goptovka (Kharkov region).

Two counter-attacks of the AFU 82nd Air Assault Brigade were repelled.

The AFU losses were up to 70 troops, four motor vehicles, and three 122-mm D-30 howitzers.

The Zapad Group of Forces liberated Kruglyakovka in Kharkov region.

Russian units engaged 14th, 63rd, 92nd mechanised brigades, 3rd Assault Brigade near Petropavlovka, Berestovoye (Kharkov region), Nadiya (Lugansk People's Republic), and Serebryansky forestry.

Five counter-attacks of 14th Mechanised Brigade, 77th Airmobile Brigade of the AFU, and 1st National Guard Brigade were repelled.

The enemy lost up to 410 troops, two infantry fighting vehicles, a Kazak armoured fighting vehicle, six pick-up , a 152-mm D-20 gun, a U.S.-made 105-mm M119 gun, a 122-mm Verba MLRS, an Anklav-N electronic warfare station. Five ammunition depots were destroyed.

The Yug Group of Forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defence, hit 30th, 33rd, 54th, 72nd mechanised brigades, 46th Airmobile Brigade, 79th Air Assault Brigade, 143rd Infantry Brigade, 10th Mountain Assault Brigade of the AFU, and 18th National Guard Brigade close to Aleksandro-Shultino, Zaliznyanskoye, Sukhiye Yaly, Chasov Yar, Markovo, Dalneye, Romanovka, Kurakhovo, Nikiforovka, Reznikovka, Seversk, and Slavyansk (Donetsk People's Republic).

Two counter-attacks by AFU 24th and 28th mechanised brigades were repelled.

The enemy's losses amounted to up to 520 troops, a U.S.-manufactured M113 and a 155-mm M777 howitzer, a Kazak armoured fighting vehicle, seven motor vehicles, a French-made 155-mm Caesar self-propelled artillery system, two Anklav-N electronic warfare stations, and two ammunition depots.

The Tsentr Group of Forces liberated Selidovo (Donetsk People's Republic).

Russian units hit 114th Mechanised Brigade, 95th Air Assault Brigade, 25th Airborne Brigade, 68th Jaeger Brigade, 38th Marine Brigade, 109th and 122nd territorial defence brigades close to Promin, Rozovka, Lysovka, Vishnyovoye, Leninskoye, Druzhba, Aleksandropol, and Dimitrov (Donetsk People's Republic).

Ten counter-attacks of the AFU 93rd, 100th mechanised brigades, 49th Assault Battalion, 35th, and 37th marine brigades were repelled.

The AFU losses amounted to up to 515 troops, an armoured personnel carrier, two armoured fighting vehicles, three motor vehicles, and a 122-mm D-30 howitzer.

The Vostok Group of Forces improved the situation along the front line, defeated 21st National Guard Brigade and 35th Marine Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine close to Ravnopol and Oktyabr (Donetsk People's Republic).

Two counter-attacks of AFU 425th Assault Battalion and 113th Territorial Defence Brigade were repelled.

The AFU losses amounted to up to 115 troops, a tank, eight motor vehicles, and a French-made 155-mm Caesar self-propelled artillery system.

The Dnepr Group of Forces engaged the manpower and hardware of the 82nd Air Assault Brigade of the AFU, the 35th Marine Brigade, the 110th, 124th, and 126th territorial defence brigades near Belogorye (Zaporozhye region), Nikolskoye, Tokarevka, and Otradokamenka (Kherson region).

The AFU losses amounted to up to 55 troops, three motor vehicles, a French-made 155-mm Caesar self-propelled artillery system, and two Anklav-N electronic warfare stations.

Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack drones, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged the infrastructure of military airfields; the oilbase used to fuel AFU positions in Zaporozhye and South Donetsk directions; ammunition depots; temporary deployment areas; and clusters of enemy manpower and military hardware in 147 areas.

Russian air defence have shot down a U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectile, a French-made Hammer aerial guided bomb, and 67 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.

In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 647 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 34,850 unmanned aerial vehicles, 584 anti-aircraft missile systems, 18,911 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,482 MLRS combat vehicles, 16,989 field artillery guns and mortars, and 27,755 units of support military vehicles have been neutralised.