On day 979, Russia attacked the capital and the second-largest city of Ukraine with drones and missiles, causing significant damage.
In Kiev, a nighttime drone attack resulted in nine injuries. Debris from a drone hit a building, causing a fire. The attack damaged a gas pipeline, and several cars and a building caught fire.
In Kharkiv, the explosion of a missile killed four people and damaged several houses. This happened after a Russian bombardment in the evening destroyed the Derzhprom building, one of the most famous monuments in the city, known as the first skyscraper of the Soviet Union.
And in Kryvyi Rih, the hometown of the Ukrainian president, a Russian rocket hit a three-story building, killing one person and injuring at least 14 others.
On the other hand, a drone attack targeted the Chechen Republic for the first time during Russia’s war against Ukraine. The target was the building of the Russian special forces academy in the city of Gudermes.
South Korean intelligence services have learned that several high-ranking North Korean generals are expected to visit the front line in Ukraine, which could suggest Pyongyang’s interest in observing firsthand how the conflict unfolds and learning from Russian military experience.
The hottest spot on the front line remains Kurakhove, where around 50 attacks are recorded daily.
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### Latest Frontline Updates
– **Drone Hits Building in Kiev** – Russia attacked Kiev with drones on the night of October 29, injuring nine people, authorities reported, according to The Kyiv Independent. One of the injured is an on-duty police officer, according to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine. Fifteen people were evacuated from the attack site. Debris from a Russian drone hit a building in the Solomianskyi district of Kiev, causing a fire, announced Mayor Vitali Klitschko. The attack damaged a gas pipeline, leading to a gas supply interruption. Nearby cars and a commercial building also caught fire as a result of the drone attack. Serhii Popko, head of the city’s military administration, said emergency services were sent to the attack site due to the depressurization of the gas system. The on-site fire was extinguished, he said.
### What’s Happening in Russia
– **First Drone Strike in Chechnya** – A drone attack targeted the Republic of Chechnya in North Caucasus this morning, for the first time during Russia’s war against Ukraine. The target was the headquarters of the Russian special forces academy in the city of Gudermes, as reported by the independent publication Agentstvo cited by Kyiv Independent. Social media images show significant damage to the building and a strong fire in its main body. Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said the attack, which took place at 6:00 local time, hit the roof of the building, which was engulfed in flames, but no one was injured, and the fire was extinguished. The academy, which trains fighters for the Chechen armed forces, was visited by Vladimir Putin in August this year.
### Other Relevant Information
– **North Korean Generals Expected at the Frontline** – South Korean intelligence services have learned that several high-ranking North Korean generals are expected to visit the front line in Ukraine. The information was made public on Tuesday by South Korean parliamentarian Lee Seong-kweun, following a briefing from South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS), according to AFP. „The National Intelligence Service is analyzing the possibility that high-ranking North Korean military generals will go to the frontline areas,” said Lee Seong-kweun, according to a transcript obtained by the AFP news agency. The presence of North Korean generals at the front could suggest that Pyongyang is interested in observing firsthand how the conflict unfolds and learning from Russian military experience. Lawmakers did not provide a timeline, but the comments come as NATO confirmed the deployment of North Korean troops to Russia and said that military units were deployed in the Kursk region of Russia, near the border with Ukraine, Reuters notes. The Russian military is teaching military terminology to North Korean troops, said Park Sun-won, a member of a parliamentary commission.
– **Assistance from Sweden** – Sweden will allocate approximately $68 million in military aid to Ukraine, the Stockholm government announced on Monday. The announcement came as leaders of several Nordic countries gathered in Iceland for the fourth Ukraine-Nordic Europe Summit, during which Volodymyr Zelensky held discussions with the prime ministers of Iceland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Finland. Of the total $68 million, around $46.5 million will be allocated to initiatives supporting the Ukrainian armed forces, the Swedish government announced. Another $21.6 million will support the development of the Ukrainian defense industry.