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All military hardware manned by Russian occupation forces in the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions has been deployed beyond the designated disengagement areas.
The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine is closely monitoring the situation near the state border with the Russian Federation and in the temporarily occupied territories of Crimea, Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
Russian occupation forces seven times violated the ceasefire in the Joint Forces Operation zone over the past day, November 2, including two times with the use of weapons proscribed by the Minsk agreements.
Ukrainian Defense Minister Andriy Taran has submitted a letter of resignation to the Verkhovna Rada.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken have discussed the situation in eastern Ukraine, defense cooperation and energy challenges.
02 November 2021
The Pentagon is closely monitoring the situation amid reports of a new buildup of Russian troops on the border with Ukraine, according to Pentagon spokesman John Kirby.
As of 7 a.m. on November 2, one ceasefire violation by the armed formations of the Russian Federation was recorded in the Joint Forces Operation (JFO) area in eastern Ukraine, Ukrinform reports, referring to the Defense Ministry.
Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin believes there is no immediate threat of a massive Russian invasion, while Ukraine needs to brace for a possible escalation and Vladimir Putin’s moves to raise stakes in his geopolitical game.
Between the evenings of October 29 and October 31, the OSCE SMM recorded 988 ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and 471 in Luhansk region.
01 November 2021
The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry has not recorded any additional movements of Russian units, weapons and military equipment along Ukraine's state border, and sees reports on troop redeployment as an element of information and psychological actions.
The full cycle of the Bayraktar UAV production will be launched in the short term – it is a matter of months, not years.
Although strike drones Ukraine uses were manufactured in Turkey, Ankara has nothing to do with their use by the Ukrainian Army.
USS Mount Whitney, the flagship of the United States Sixth Fleet, is heading for the Black Sea, according to the Twitter account of the Sixth Fleet.
Over the past 24 hours, on October 31, the Russian occupation forces committed 14 ceasefire violations, four of which included the use of weapons proscribed by the Minsk agreements.
30 October 2021
Over the past day, October 29, Ukraine reported 19 ceasefire violations by the Russian occupation forces in the Joint Forces Operation zone, including one such breach where the enemy employed weapons banned by the Minsk deal.
29 October 2021
The new Brimstone Sea Spear missile, developed by the MBDA defense firm, could be supplied to Ukraine to be used by the Armed Forces.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has said that German partners should, first and foremost, express concern over the use by Russian occupation forces of howitzers proscribed by the Minsk agreements.
The United States has reminded Russia that the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) is not a bargaining chip and Moscow should not use it in its conflict with Ukraine.
Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Valeriy Zaluzhny has met with Head of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine Epiphanius to discuss the situation in the area of the Joint Forces Operation.
In the past 24 hours, October 28, Ukraine recorded a total of 14 ceasefire violations by Russian occupation forces in the Joint Forces Operation zone in Donbas, five of which involved weapons proscribed by the Minsk agreements.
28 October 2021
Lviv Armored Fighting Vehicle Plant SE, which is a part of the Ukroboronprom defense giant, has restored more than ten BTS-4 armored medium hauling vehicles, improving their tactical and technical features as per defense ministry's order.
At the TCG meeting, the OSCE SMM reported heightened tensions along the contact line and an increased presence of heavy equipment in the exclusion zone.
Militants of the Russian-occupation forces did not allow the OSCE SMM members to cross the bridge near Stanytsia Luhanska for more than an hour and a half, trying to inspect their luggage.
The OSCE SMM recorded 435 ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and 20 ceasefire violations in Luhansk region on Tuesday, October 26.
On October 27, Russian-occupation forces fired on Triokhizbenka village in Luhansk region, using large-caliber artillery prohibited by the Minsk agreements.
On October 27, Russian occupation forces 15 times violated ceasefire, including three times using weapons proscribed by the Minsk agreements.
27 October 2021
Over the past day, OSCE SMM recorded 205 ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and three ceasefire violations in Luhansk region.
Over the past day, October 26, the Russian-occupations troops violated ceasefire in eastern Ukraine 13 times, using weapons banned under the Minsk agreements six times.
For the first time since Ukraine acquired Bayraktar TB2 reconnaissance and strike unmanned aerial vehicles, one of them engaged an enemy target in the Joint Forces Operation zone.