Russian War Report Russia lost the most troops in a single war so far in 2023

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International response John Kirby, strategic communications coordinator for National Security Council at the White House, confirmed at an Oct. 26 press conference that Russian officers shot soldiers because they refused comply with orders to attack, according U.S. reports. Although largely devastated by the fighting, Avdiivka is a strategically important city and could open a path for Ukrainian forces into the southern parts of Donetsk Oblast. Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, commander of Ukraine’s Tavria operational-strategic group, said in a post on Telegram on October 28 that Russian losses were increasing. Also on October 28, British intelligence said it believed the Russian command had sent at least eight brigades to attack Avdiivka. This resulted the most significant losses suffered by the Russian Armed Forces in a single war so far 2023. At the same time, the Russian military launched four Iskander-K cruise missiles into Ukrainian territory. The Ukrainian Air Force intercepted three of them, while the fourth missile reportedly missed its target. On October 29, Ukrainian army reported that the Russian army continued offensive activities in area around Kupiansk, Avdiivka, Marinka and was trying to retake lost positions near Andriivka Robotyne. It was reported by the Ukrainian army on October 28 that Russian attacks would resume in all regions except Lyman, where Russian Armed Forces units had been regrouped. The most intense es took place in the area around Avdiivka and Marinka. On evening October 30, General Staff Armed Forces Ukraine noted that intensity Russian attacks had decreased compared to previous days. In particular, there were no attacks in the Lyman or Zaporizhia regions, but five battles took place near Avdiivka and ten near Marinka. The AFU Air Force reported that all twelve Shahed unmanned aerial vehicles fired over Ukraine on 29-30 October were shot down, as well as Kh-59 missiles. On October 30, the Russian army hit the Odesa region with Onyx anti-ship missiles. According to information received from the regional administration, a ship repair shop was damaged and two business employees were injured. The commander of Ukraine’s Eastern Group troops, Oleksandr Syrskyi, said that Russian forces brought reinforcements the Bakhmut region and tried to regain the lost positions by moving from defense attack. In particular, Russian airborne troops and the so-called “Storm Z” units, consisting of former prisoners conscripted in lieu of imprisonment, are actively used. The situation is also complicated in the Kupiansk region, where Russian troops are trying to advance in many directions at once. On October 30, local residents reported hearing explosions and seeing smoke overhead after missiles flew over occupied Sevastopol. Occupation officials reported that the attacks were carried out with Storm Shadow cruise missiles. The Strategic Communications Directorate Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Ukraine confirmed on its Telegram channel that an air defense facility belonging to Russian occupation forces in Crimea was hit on October 30. In the same Telegram post, the ministry also confirmed that on October 25 it had destroyed an S-400 air defense missile system in occupied Luhansk, which until then had only been rumored. Meanwhile, on international engagement front, Ukrainian officials continued to engage with officials from allied countries, including the United States and United Kingdom. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with a bipartisan U.S. congressional delegation on October 30 to brief them on the situation at the front and discuss additional needed assistance to Ukrainian armed forces. A few , on October 28, the New York Times reported that US experts had modified the Soviet-made Ukrainian Surface-to-Air Missile system to fire Patriot missiles. Such “hybrid” SAMs will help Ukraine defend itself against Russian missile attacks. Elsewhere, on October 26, AFU commander-in-chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi held a meeting with NATO’s European Commander General Christopher Cavoli and British chief of the defense staff Admiral Tony Radakin. Together they discussed situation at the front, supply of ammunition to Ukraine and air defense equipment. A few days later on October 30, the British defense minister said his government would provide more military aid to Ukraine and would not let other countries forget about the war. Finally, Azerbaijan sent a large shipment of humanitarian aid to Ukraine, including cables needed to repair the electricity grid, which is a critical need before the arrival of winter. —Ruslan Trad, security research assistant, Sofia, Bulgaria In an interview with Wall Street Journal on October 25, two days after signing of a defense cooperation agreement with France, including an unprecedented agreem

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