Kiev [Ukraine], November 2: Yesterday, Ukraine recorded that Russia deployed an artillery "carpet" campaign against more than 100 settlements within 24 hours, marking the heaviest day of bombardment so far this year.
"In the past 24 hours, Russia shelled 118 settlements in 10 provinces. This is the highest number since the beginning of the year in terms of the total number of cities and villages attacked within a day," AFP quoted the Interior Minister as saying. Ukraine IgorKlymenko. According to Kyiv, Russian forces simultaneously attacked a Kremenchuk oil refinery in central Ukraine.
On the same day, the Ukrainian Air Force announced the interception of 18 out of 20 Russian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). "The target of the UAV swarm is the Poltava region, and occurs in waves," Reuters quoted Ukrainian Air Force spokesman YuriyIhnat. Governor AndriyRaikovych of Kirovohrad province said that the railway lines in the area were damaged by UAV bodies falling during Ukraine's interception. The Russian Ministry of Defense announced that it shot down two Ukrainian UAVs in the Bryansk and Kursk regions of Russia bordering Ukraine .
On November 1, the Office of the Chief of General Staff of the Ukrainian Army said that Russian forces continued to fail in their efforts to recapture areas near the villages of Klishchiivka and Andriivka, south of Bakhmut City, and near the village of Robotyne (Zaporizhzhia province). Ukraine also recorded about 68 skirmishes with Russia within 24 hours from last night. The British Ministry of Defense's intelligence agency believes that Russia mobilized units from at least eight brigades in the Avdiivka campaign but so far has not been able to control this village.
Russia has not commented on the above information but said the Ukrainian army had brought Leopard 2 tanks to Donetsk in the hope of saving the front line situation, according to TASS. Meanwhile, Ukrainian President VolodymyrZelensky warned the West not to expect too much of a quick victory as Ukraine launched its counteroffensive campaign. The leader also closely monitored the situation in Avdiivka and Kupiansk, the two places where the fiercest fighting occurred in the past few weeks.
At a time when the war in Ukraine continued to be tense, the Republican-controlled US House of Representatives announced a bill proposing $14.3 billion in separate aid to Israel in the conflict with Hamas in the Gaza Strip, without mentioning Ukraine. The White House immediately announced that US President Joe Biden would veto the bill that only provides security aid to Israel and excludes Ukraine, according to The Hill newspaper. In the previous proposal, President Biden's administration lobbied the US Congress to combine aid to Israel and Ukraine.
Source: ThanhNien Newspaper
