Russian Defense Ministry said on Oct. 31 its forces carried out 148 strikes in
the previous 24 hours against Ukrainian transport infrastructure, storage and
launch sites for drones and unmanned ground vehicles, ammunition depots, and
temporary deployment points for Ukrainian troops and foreign mercenaries. The
ministry said Russian air defenses shot down 604 fixed‑wing drones and reported
Ukrainian losses of about 1,220. It also said Russian drones hit a Kyiv‑area
thermal power plant serving a military logistics facility and equipment storage,
multiple workshops producing Ukrainian weapon components, and a dry‑cargo ship
supplying Ukrainian forces. The Ukrainian Air Force said Russian forces launched
134 drones from Oct. 30 18:00 to Oct. 31 08:30 and that Ukrainian air defenses
had shot down or suppressed 105; it said Ukrainian missile and artillery units
struck one Russian command post and three drone control points and put Russian
casualties at about 1,670.
