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Joint Forces Operation Press Center: yesterday Russian forces opened fire 24 times. 2 Ukrainian soldiers were wounded.

Clashes near Dokuchaevsk

Heavy artillery reported near Kadiivka

OSCE SMM Report 30 Oct: An SMM mid-range UAV temporarily lost its GPS signal due to signal interference while flying near Mykolaivka (government-controlled, 40km south of Donetsk)

Avdiyivka: clashes to the South-East of the city

The European Commission believes that the upcoming elections at occupied part of Donbass contradict the Minsk agreements

Joint Forces Operation Press Center: yesterday Russian forces opened fire 21 times. 3 Ukrainian soldiers were wounded

US Department of State: An @OSCE_SMM drone that spotted an illegal convoy from Russia was jammed and then lost in Russia-controlled eastern Ukraine. Russia must provide the OSCE's SMM unfettered access to eastern Ukraine, and implement all Minsk agreement provisions.

UNSC briefings by @UN_DPA USG Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo and @UNOCHA ASG Ms. Ursula Mueller on Ukraine

EU current and incoming members of UNSC condemn plans for local elections on 11/11 by separatists in areas of Eastern Ukraine outside Kyiv's control Donetsk Luhansk; violate Minsk agreement

Ukrainian border guards held counter-assault training on the shores of Azov Sea

Clashes near Svitlodarsk, including with artillery

UNSC to convene today to discuss sham elections at occupied part of Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine

Joint Forces Operation Press Center: yesterday Russian forces opened fire 20 times. 1 Ukrainian soldier was wounded

Joint Forces Operation Press Center: yesterday Russian forces opened fire 19 times. 1 Ukrainian soldier was wounded

Clashes with artillery reported near Dokuchaevsk

Joint Forces Operation Press Center: yesterday Russian forces opened fire 15 times. 1 Ukrainian soldier was killed

An @OSCE_SMM long-range drone was downed after Russia jammed it with its EW systems while filming a convoy crossing from Russia into Ukraine at night. The OSCE recently relaunched its long-range drones after a couple years of inactivity (because Russia kept shooting/jamming them)

8 ceasefire violations, 2 Ukrainian soldiers were wounded

Ukrainian refugees in Russia tell Kommersant that they are increasingly under pressure to return to Ukraine. More than 100,000 Ukrainians have received temporary asylum in Russia since 2014, according to official Russian statistics

Ukrainian MFA condemned new illegal supply convoy, sent by Russian Federation to occupied part of Donbas

Lukashenko: Belarus is ready to help to resolve conflict at Donbas

Joint Forces Operation Press Center: yesterday Russian forces opened fire 17 times. 1 Ukrainian soldier was wounded.

The EP has just passed a resolution calling for potentially more sanctions on Russia over the Kerch bridge and Azov sea + a new EU special representative for Donbass and Crimea and widen the scope of OSCE mission to Ukraine to include maritime

Joint Forces Operation Press Center: yesterday Russian forces opened fire 14 times. 1 Ukrainian soldier was wounded yesterday, 1 wounded already last night

OSCE SMM Report 23 Oct: The SMM facilitated and monitored the recovery of the bodies of a man and a woman (both in their forties) from a location near the neighbourhood of Vilnyi

Joint Forces Operation Press Center: yesterday Russian forces opened fire 9 times. 1 Ukrainian soldier KIA

ICRC: Toretsk residents have been without water for 9 days, because of damage to water pipeline in a frontline area hard to access. We delivered 18 tons of potable water last Friday and on Monday. We plan to truck in additional supplies throughout this week.

12 ceasefire violations reported at Donbas in last 24 hours, no casualties among Ukrainian troops

OSCE SMM Report 21 Oct: The SMM followed up on reports that a woman and a man (both in their forties) had died in a location between Zolote-4/Rodina and Zolote-5/Mykhailivka