Front on 2 November: 191 clashes, hottest near Kostiantynivka

General Staff: 191 engagements, 44 airstrikes, 146 guided bombs and over 4,000 kamikaze drones. Nineteen assaults repelled on the Kostiantynivka axis.

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Overall picture

As of 22:00 on 2 November the General Staff reported 191 combat engagements since the start of the day. Russian forces carried out 44 airstrikes, dropped 146 guided aerial bombs, used 4,304 kamikaze drones and launched 1,946 shelling attacks.

Hot sectors

On the Kostiantynivka axis the Defence Forces repelled 19 assaults near Kostiantynivka and toward Novoselivka, Raiske, Sofiivka, Kucheriv Yar and Vilne. On the Pokrovsk axis there were 12 attacks near Molodetske, Novopavlivka, Chernihivka, Svitle, Dobropillia, Myrne and Serhiivka, with fighting ongoing. Preliminary counts there: 65 Russian troops killed and 14 wounded; equipment and shelters destroyed; 120 UAVs suppressed.

Southern Slobozhanshchyna saw 10 attacks, Lyman 6, Huliaipole 7. No assaults were recorded on the Kramatorsk, Oleksandrivka or Dnipro River sectors.

North and Kursk

On the Northern Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk sectors Russian forces launched eight assaults and 42 attacks on positions and settlements, four with MLRS.

Why it matters

More than 190 clashes and thousands of drones a day show pressure on Donetsk Oblast is not easing even as Russia hits the rear. Kostiantynivka and Pokrovsk remain key defensive hubs.

Sources

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