An improvised explosive device detonated in Berdyansk on October 31, seriously wounding the Russian occupation deputy mayor, likely in a partisan attack.
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Explosion seriously wounded Russian occupation deputy mayor of Berdyansk
IED likely from Ukrainian partisans filled with metal balls or nails
On the Novopavlivka and Zaporizhzhia fronts: ... and Dorozhnianka, Malynivka, Novodanylivka, Olhivske and Pavlivka (Zaporizhzhia Oblast).
Russian forces hit energy infrastructure in Zaporizhzhia, causing power outages that were partially restored.
On October 31, a car bomb was placed under the vehicle of Pavel Ishchuk, resulting in serious injuries and hospitalization.
in the Novopavliivka and Zaporizhzhia directions - from tanks, mortars, barrel and jet artillery, in the areas of Vremivka, Vuhledar, Mykilske, Pavlivka, Paraskoviivka and Prechystivka of the Donetsk region and Dorozhnyanka, Malynivka, Novodanilivka, Olgivske and Pavlivka in the Zaporizhzhia region.
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