General Staff: enemy conducted unsuccessful assaults in Donbas and Zaporizhzhia, Defense Forces destroyed occupants' warehouse and 8 artillery systems

38 combat engagements between the Defense Forces and Russian occupation forces took place over the last day. The enemy unsuccessfully attempted to attack in five directions, while our defenders inflicted new losses on the invaders.

This is stated in the evening report of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook on November 2. At the same time, Ukrainian forces continued their offensive in the Melitopol and Bakhmut directions.

Russian shelling and the situation at the front

In total, the enemy launched 4 missile and 44 air strikes over the past day, firing from multiple rocket launchers at Ukrainian troop positions and populated areas 59 times. Private houses and other civilian infrastructure were destroyed and damaged. Unfortunately, there are wounded among the civilian population.

The enemy maintains a military presence in the border areas in the Siversk and Slobozhansk directions, as well as conducts sabotage and reconnaissance activities, and shells settlements from the territory of the Russian Federation. The occupiers are also increasing the density of minefields along the state border of Ukraine.

The enemy conducted an air strike near Mohrytsia, Sumy region. More than 15 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire, including Yeline, Karpovychi, and Leonivka in the Chernihiv region; Volfyne, Mohrytsia, and Stepok in the Sumy region; Gatyshche, Vovchansk, and Ternova in the Kharkiv region.

The enemy conducted unsuccessful assault operations in the areas of Synkivka, Petropavlivka, and Ivanivka in the Kharkiv region in the Kupiansk direction. Our soldiers repelled 5 attacks there. The enemy launched air strikes near Petropavlivka, Kurylivka and Pishchane in the Kharkiv region. Dvorichna, Synkivka, Kyslivka and Berestove in the Kharkiv region came under artillery and mortar fire.

The enemy did not conduct offensive (assault) actions in the Lyman direction. They carried out air strikes in the areas of Serebriansky forest, Vyimka and Spirne in the Donetsk region. About 10 localities suffered from enemy artillery and mortar attacks, including Nevske and Bilohorivka in the Luhansk region and Torske, Serebrianka and Rozdolivka in the Donetsk region.

The enemy unsuccessfully tried to regain lost ground 6 times in the areas of Klishchiivka and Andriivka in the Donetsk region in the Bakhmut direction. They also conducted unsuccessful assault operations near Pivdenne, Donetsk region. They also carried out air strikes in the areas of Klishchiivka and Pivdenne, Donetsk region. About 10 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire, including Klishchiivka, Kurdiumivka, Bila Hora, and Chasiv Yar in the Donetsk region.

The enemy conducted unsuccessful assault operations in the vicinity of Severne and Tonenke in the Donetsk region in the Avdiivka direction, where the Defense Forces repelled 5 attacks. They carried out air strikes near Novobakhmutivka and Avdiivka in the Donetsk region. About 10 localities came under artillery and mortar fire, including Novokalynove, Stepove, Avdiivka and Pervomaiske in the Donetsk region.

The enemy conducted unsuccessful assault operations in the area of Marinka, Donetsk region in the Marinka direction.. Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled 18 attacks. The enemy also launched an air strike in the vicinity of Marinka. About 10 settlements in Donetsk region, including Krasnohorivka, Marinka, Peremoha, and Novomykhailivka, came under artillery and mortar fire.

The enemy conducted unsuccessful assault operations near Staromaiorske in the Donetsk region in the Shakhtarsk direction. They carried out air strikes in the areas of Vodiane and Staromaiorsk. About 10 localities, including Vodiane, Vuhledar, Prechystivka, and Urozhaine in the Donetsk region, came under artillery and mortar fire.

The enemy unsuccessfully tried to regain lost ground near Robotyne, Zaporizhzhia region, in the Zaporizhzhia direction. They launched air strikes near Novodanylivka and Robotyne in the Zaporizhzhia region. More than 20 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire, including Malynivka, Charivne, Robotyne, Mali Shcherbaky, and Kamianske in the Zaporizhzhia region.

The occupants conducted air strikes near the settlements of Respublianets, Antonivka, Novokaira, Prydniprovske, Tiahyntsi in the Kherson region in the Kherson direction. Antonivka, Kherson, Stanislav, Beryslav, Vesele, and Shyroka Balka in the Kherson region and Ochakiv in the Mykolaiv region came under enemy artillery fire.

Occupants' losses over the day

During the day, the aviation of the Defense Forces carried out 13 strikes on areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment and 2 strikes on enemy anti-aircraft missile systems.

Missile troops hit a control center, 3 areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment, an electronic warfare station, an ammunition depot, 8 artillery pieces, and another important enemy target.

As reported by OBOZ.UA:

- Ukrainian journalist and military correspondent Yuriy Butusov said that a critical situation has developed in Avdiivka, Donetsk region. There is a real threat for Ukraine to lose the city. To avoid this, it is necessary to stabilize the defense.

- The National Guard noted that the occupiers continue to use the tactics of "meat assaults " in the Avdiivka sector, trying to surround and capture the city. The enemy is inflicting the main blows on the flanks of the Defense Forces.

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