Brigadier General Oleksii Hromov, Deputy Chief of the Main Operational Directive of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, warned that Russian forces may resort to a scorched-earth policy and terrorist attacks on residential areas during their withdrawal from Kherson Oblast. He also expressed concern that Russia might organize explosions at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant to cause a man-made disaster.

Brigadier General Oleksii Hromov stated that the Russian Federation may blow up residential areas and cause critical damage to infrastructure during its retreat from Kherson Oblast.

Hromov noted that it cannot be ruled out that occupiers may organize explosions at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant to provoke a local man-made disaster.

Russian forces had no military targets to hit with cruise missiles that week and their efforts were limited to the destruction of civilian infrastructure.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that reports of Russian troops preparing to withdraw from Kherson are disinformation intended to mislead Ukraine into redeploying forces.

Alexey Arestovych stated that Russian forces showed serious resolve and were not ready to retreat from Kherson.

Roman Kostenko assessed the condition of Russian occupation troops on the right bank of Dnipro in Kherson Oblast as unstable.

The Kherson regional police headquarters reported the death of their explosives department head, Police colonel Oleksandr Koziura, on October 27.