Ukraine Downs Over 300 Kamikaze Drones as Russia Starts to Actively Use Them; Armed Forces of Ukraine are Successfully Operating in Zaporizhzhia Oblast; US Troops Checking Ukraine Weapons Delivery Sites Against Theft Threat; Putin Battling Cancer and Parkinson Disease, Leaked Emails Claim, LIVE UPDATES and MORE

Armed Forces of Ukraine are successfully operating in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, while occupiers have personnel problems:

The Russian invaders are looking for someone to fill vacant positions in their illegal “government” in the occupied territories of Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

Source: report of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as of 18:00 on Wednesday, 2 November

Quote: “According to the updated information, as a result of the successful actions of the defence forces units in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, over the previous days, the occupiers brought about 100 seriously wounded [soldiers -ed.] to hospitals in Tokmak and Melitopol.

Due to the regular deaths of collaborators and their refusal to perform their duties, the enemy is holding competitions to fill vacant positions in the occupation authorities in the temporarily occupied territory of Zaporizhzhia Oblast.”

Details: In general, the Russian Federation is trying to hold the temporarily occupied territories, focusing its efforts on deterring the actions of the Ukrainian defence forces on certain fronts. The Russians are conducting offensive actions on the Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Novopavlivka fronts.

Russian troops are attacking units of the defence forces along the contact line, carrying out fortification equipment along the borders on certain fronts, and conducting aerial reconnaissance. The invaders continue to strike critical infrastructure and civilian housing in violation of international humanitarian law, and the laws and customs of war.

Over the course of the day, the Russians carried out one missile and 12 air strikes. and more than 25 MLRS attacks. —>READ MORE HERE

Air Force: Ukraine downs over 300 kamikaze drones as Russia starts to actively use them:

The Ukrainian military has downed more than 300 Iranian-made Shahed-136 drones since Russia started to use them in its war in Ukraine. Six of them were shot down overnight on Nov. 1, according to Ukraine’s Air Force spokesman Yurii Ihnat.

“Unfortunately, in the past 24 hours, there have been several (successful) hits,” Ihnat said, not specifying the areas affected.

According to the Ukrainian military, Russia has already used over 400 kamikaze drones for its war in Ukraine.

Russia could have ordered as many as 2,400 Shahed-136 drones from Iran, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky. Iran continues to deny supplying weapons to Russia. —>READ MORE HERE

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