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Monday, November 2
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.
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
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.
'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.
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.
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.
About Donetsk Oblast
The Kyiv Independent's news and on-the-ground reporting from Donetsk Oblast, covering 26,517 square kilometers (10,239 square miles) in Ukraine’s East with a pre-war population of approximately 4.1 million. The administrative center is Kramatorsk, as Donetsk city has remained under Russian occupation since 2014. Donetsk Oblast has been the scene of intense fighting, for example, around the cities of Bakhmut, Avdiivka, and Vuhledar, as Moscow attempts to capture the entire region.
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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressed uncertainty about whether a negotiated peace deal between Ukraine and Russia is possible, speaking at a G20 foreign ministers meeting on Oct. 31.
