Ukraine forces strike enemy positions in country's south about 180 times on Oct 31

Artillery and rocket units of Ukraine's Defense Forces struck Russian positions and areas of concentration of enemy forces in southern Ukraine about 180 times on October 31.

Ukraine's Operational Command South said this in a Facebook post, Ukrinform reports.

"The situation in our operational zone, in the Southern Buh direction, is difficult but confidently controlled by the Defense Forces. The main focus of the enemy is on holding occupied lines and remote actions - artillery and mortar attacks, air and missile strikes on our positions and peaceful settlements. The enemy continues to lay mines on the routes of a possible offensive of our troops and destroy critical infrastructure. It is setting up defensive lines on the left bank of the Dnipro," the report said.

Over the past 24 hours, the enemy struck territorial communities in the Bashtanka and Mykolaiv districts of the Mykolaiv region and shelled recently liberated settlements in the Beryslav district of the Kherson region along the contact line.

According to the report, the enemy is actively conducting aerial reconnaissance, including using attack drones. During a reconnaissance mission, enemy drones such as Lancet also drop explosives. This is how the enemy attacked the Mykolaiv district. No casualties were recorded.

The enemy fired heavy artillery and Grad multiple rocket launchers at the settlements of the northern Kherson region liberated this month. Several buildings and cars were damaged.

In the evening, Ukraine's air defenses destroyed two Russian Ka-52 "Alligator" attack helicopters in the sky over the Beryslav district of the Kherson region.

Ukrainian Armed Forces aircraft attacked a concentration of Russian manpower at an enemy stronghold outside Snihurivka in the Mykolaiv region.

The enemy lost 21 soldiers, a military vehicle and a mortar. The enemy's losses are still being verified.

Photo: AA