Russia-Ukraine conflict: Kyiv troops advance as Putin air defences ‘struck in Crimea’

The White House has warned US House Republicans against “politicising national security” after they introduced a bill separating aid to Israel and Ukraine.

“Demanding offsets for meeting core national security needs of the United States — like supporting Israel and defending Ukraine from atrocities and Russian imperialism — would be a break with the normal, bipartisan process and could have devastating implications for our safety and alliances in the years ahead,” the White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said.

House Republicans, led by Speaker Mike Johnson, unveiled a $14.3bn spending bill only for Israel. The plan leaves out aid to Ukraine and Taiwan as well as humanitarian assistance to civilians in Israel and Gaza.

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has detained an confederate within the tried killing of a former Ukrainian lawmaker and pro-Russian politician, in accordance with Russian state media.

The FSB stated proof had been obtained in regards to the involvement of Ukrainian particular providers within the tried assassination of Oleg Tsaryov.

A Ukrainian intelligence supply stated on Friday that the try in Yalta, Crimea, had been carried out by the Security Service of Ukraine.

Hundreds of strikes had been carried out in Kherson and Zaporizhzhia over the past 24 hours, in accordance with regional officers.

The Russian navy carried out 148 strikes on 27 communities, stated Yuriy Malashko, head of the Zaporizhzhia navy administration.

And in Kherson, 98 assaults had been carried out, together with 447 shells from mortars, artillery, tanks, planes and drones, its regional administration stated. He added that the strikes killed one person and injured 16.

Ukrainian troops have made confirmed advances close to Bakhmut, Donetsk, and Robotyne, Zaporizhzhia, in accordance with the Institute for the Study of War.

“Geolocated footage posted on 30 October shows that Ukrainian forces have advanced northeast of Kurdyumivka (10km southwest of Bakhmut),” it stated.

Ukrainian forces have additionally “marginally advanced” west of Robotyne, Zaporizhzhia, in accordance with geolocated footage seen by the assume tank.

A Russian tycoon has been detained for questioning in France in reference to alleged tax evasion, money laundering and violating worldwide sanctions, the French monetary prosecutors’ workplace has stated.

Searches took place yesterday at Alexei Kuzmichev’s Paris home and within the Mediterranean Var area as a part of the investigation, in accordance with the workplace.

Russia will be capable of defend the rights of Russian businessman Alexey Kuzmichev, who has been detained in France, as soon as Paris offers detailed details about his case, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated.

Vladimir Putin has turned the Black Sea right into a “battleground” used for aggression and the curbing of freedom of navigation, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky stated.

“The Black Sea has strategic significance not just for its neighboring nations but for Europe, the Middle East, and global food security.

“Russia has turned it into a battleground, using it for aggression and threatening freedom of navigation. Today, we need to work together to restore the Black Sea as a zone of peace, trade, and development,” he stated on X, previously Twitter.

A riot which broke out in a Russian airport which noticed a violent mob looking for Israelis displays the rising radicalisation of Russian society, the Institute for the Study of War stated.

“The 29 October riots in Dagestan highlight the growing radicalisation and factionalism of Russian society resulting from the hyper-nationalist ideologies that the war in Ukraine has empowered,” it stated.

Russia’s inside ministry stated 60 folks had been arrested and 150 of “the most active protesters” had been recognized, who had shouted antisemitic chants, video exhibits.

The commander of occupied-Kherson and the japanese financial institution of the Dnipro River has been changed, the UK’s ministry of defence confirmed.

“The deputy commander of Russian forces in Ukraine, Colonel General Mikhail Teplinsky, has likely personally taken over Russia’s Dnipro Grouping of Forces,” the MoD stated on X, previously Twitter.

“He replaces Colonel General Oleg Makaevich. The force is responsible for the occupied areas of Kherson oblast, including the eastern bank of the Dnipro River.”

Russian forces allegedly gunned down a whole household of 9, together with two young kids, as they slept of their beds within the Russia-occupied city of Volnovakha in japanese Ukraine’s Donetsk, officers in Kyiv stated.

Ukrainian ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets stated Russian troopers killed all members of the Kapkanets household on 27 October after the civilians refused to provide them management of their home.

According to the Ukrainian prosecutor’s workplace in Donetsk, the attackers had been in military uniforms and had demanded the household home be vacated, resulting in an argument.