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09:03 PM

Some Oleshky residents remain seeking evacuation, others still on the road to Ukraine, Lubinets says

The exact number of people still remaining in Oleshky cannot currently be verified, Lubinets said, answering a question from the Kyiv Independent. Ukraine also cannot reveal the number of evacuees as stipulated by an agreement with Russia, he added.

09:00 PM

Ukraine war latest: Russian bomb strikes kill 24 at humanitarian aid center in Zaporizhzhia Oblast

Key developments on Nov. 2: * Russian bomb strikes kill 24 at humanitarian aid center in Zaporizhzhia Oblast * Air raid alerts disrupt Ukrainian shopping malls for record one-third of operating hours in October * Russia adapts decoy drone for one-way attacks at ranges of up to 1,200 kilometers, HUR says * Su-57 destroyed in engine fire at Akhtubinsk airfield in Russia, HUR confirms * Nearly 800 people evacuated from Oleshky, Melania Trump says, as Kyiv, Moscow withhold figures * Russia ex

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Protesters, National Guard hold tense standoff over detainment of service members, draftees

Videos circulating on social media appear to show a tense standoff, with people demanding access to the building.

08:32 PM

'Exceptionally horrific strike' — Russian bombs hit school used as humanitarian aid center in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, killing 26

Following the initial strike, Russian forces dropped another nine aerial bombs on a shelter where people were taking refuge, Zelensky said.

06:58 PM

Kremlin rules out further humanitarian operations like Oleshky evacuation for now

Meanwhile, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview with Fox News that Ukraine would welcome further humanitarian ceasefires in other parts of the front line.

06:58 PM

Russian Defense Ministry to propose delaying troop salary payments, media reports

The Joint Group of Forces, the command currently fighting in Ukraine, would be exempted from the rule and receive their December pay before the new year, Verstka said.

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