173 battles on the front lines in the last day

The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said this in a statement situation update from 8 a.m. on Sunday, November 3, Ukrinform reports.

According to the update, Russian forces yesterday launched one rocket attack and 69 air strikes on the positions of Ukrainian armed forces and Ukrainian cities and towns, using one missile and 114 guided aerial bombs.

The invaders also launched more than 3,000 grenade attacks, including 112 MLRS attacks.

Russian airstrikes targeted Yunakivka, Zhuravka and Basivka from the Sumy region, Slatyne, Kozacha Lopan, Mali Prokhody, Pishchane, Synkivka, Holubivka and Terny from the Kharkov region, Toretsk, Kurakhove, Illinka, Uspenivka, Bohoiavlenka, Maksymivka and Velyka Novosilka of the Donetsk region, and Lobkove, Novodarivka, Mala Tokmachka and Yurkivka of the Zaporizhia region.

Over the past day, Ukrainian aircraft, rocket units and artillery units have hit six concentration areas of enemy personnel, weapons and military equipment, one artillery piece and two ammunition depots.

On the Kharkov axis, Russian forces, with aircraft support, attacked the Vovchansk sector eight times.

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During the day, about 13 enemy attacks were recorded in the Kupiansk sector. Ukrainian defenders repelled enemy attacks near Pishchane, Zahryzove, Petropavlivka, Zelenyi Hai, Kruhliakivka, Kolisnykivka and Lozova.

In the Lyman sector, the Russian army attacked Ukrainian positions fourteen times and tried to break the Ukrainian defense line at Hrekivka, Terny, Yampolivka, Torske and in the Serebrianskyi Forest. The invaders also made active use of aircraft, firing thirty unguided rockets and six guided bombs.

In the Siversk sector, Russian forces conducted seven offensive operations in the Ivano-Darivka and Vyimka areas.

In the Kramatorsk sector, the enemy launched one attack near Predtechyne.

In the Toretsk sector, the Russian army, with aircraft support, attacked Ukrainian positions near Toretsk and Shcherbynivka eight times, with most of the attacks targeting Toretsk.

In the Pokrovsk sector, Ukrainian forces repelled 23 enemy attacks on Mykolaivka, Promin, Krutyi Yar, Selydove, Sukha Balka, Myroliubivka, Sukhyi Yar and Novohrodivka.

Ukrainian defenders have repelled 51 enemy attacks in the Kurakhove sector. Russian forces most actively tried to advance outside Illinka, Novoselydivka, Novodmytrivka, Hostre, Maksymilianivka, Antonivka, Kostiantynivka, Kreminna Balka and Katerynivka.

In the Vremivka sector, Russian forces attacked Ukrainian positions at Trudove and Maksymivka twelve times.

In the Orikhiv sector, the invaders actively used aircraft for attacks near Novoandriivka, Robotyne and Mala Tokmachka.

In the Dnipro River sector, Ukrainian defenders repelled three enemy attacks outside Kozachi Laheri, Dnipriany and Kozatskyi Island.

There were no signs of enemy offensive groups being formed in the Volyn and Polissia sectors.

On the border with the Chernihiv and Sumy regions, Russian troops are actively attacking Ukrainian cities and towns with artillery and aircraft from Russian territory.

The Ukrainian operation in Russia’s Kursk region is ongoing.

“Our soldiers are inflicting significant losses of manpower and equipment on the occupying forces and are actively undermining the enemy’s offensive potential in the rear,” the General Staff said.