Ukrainian authorities have announced that, starting November 1, a new 19-hour curfew lasting from 4pm to 11am will be implemented in all of Ukrainian-controlled Donetsk Oblast, except for the Oleksandrivka and Cherkaske Communities, due to the deteriorating security situation.

Civilians will not be allowed to leave their homes during this period, meaning that its likely most of the last remaining businesses in the region will close. The curfew will remain in place indefinitely.

The Oleksandrivka and Cherkaske Communities, which lie west of Slovyansk and Kramatorsk near the border with Kharkiv Oblast, will not be included in this curfew due to their longer distance from the frontline and the smaller number of Russian attacks.

Russian Geran-4 jet-drones struck an electrical substation, a logistics centre, a locomotive, an ST-68 radar system, and workshops of the "KSM Protek" fuels plant.

The Ukrainian General Staff claims that overnight mid-range drone strikes targeted the Russian Geran-2/4/5 drone launch point at Donetsk International Airport.

These updates have been delayed slightly due to some recent frontline developments that I must take into account.

The Ukrainian 7th Rapid Response Corps of the Air Assault Forces reports that Starlink disruptions are occurring in the Hulyaipole/Orikhiv direction, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, this morning.

The so-called Starshield package, which conducts data transferring for drone flights, has received limitations on speeds of 110-120+ km/h, where the connection can be lost for 10-20 seconds making it difficult to control the drones. Additionally, the launch of high-speed mid-range drones has become almost impossible.

Already, since this morning, some missions of the 7th Corps have had to be cancelled due to these Starlink restrictions and communications problems.

Ukrainian channel DroneBomber reports that Starlink disruptions, including connectivity issues with drones at speeds of 60-70 km/h, are now being recorded in all frontline sectors.

Previously, these issues were only affecting mid-to-long-range drone strikes. Now it seems to be affecting short-range FPV units as well.

The Financial Times, citing military personnel and senior Ukrainian officials, reports that the new Starlink restrictions have caught the Ukrainian military "off guard".

They report that frontline logistics and mid-range strike campaigns are "badly limited", and that this came with "no warning, just in the middle of the night".

Ukrainska Pravda reports that an "unknown assailant" opened fire with an automatic weapon in Kharkiv Oblast, killing five Ukrainian soldiers.

According to my information, the attack was likely carried out by an escaped Russian POW, who is now on the run in the area of the village of Kutuzivka. I was told this around an hour ago by a source on the ground. The five killed personnel were from the 72nd Mechanised Brigade. One other soldier belonging to a marine battalion was also injured.

The escapee was described as being dressed in civilian clothing with a backpack, carrying an assault rifle.

Ukrainian presidential advisor on the development of defence technologies Serhii "Flash" indicates that the Starlink disruptions are now also affecting interceptor drone activities, which are used to shoot down Russian Geran-2 drones and Geran-4/5 jet-drones.

The IRGC Navy announced that a container ship struck an Iranian naval mine while trying to pass through an unauthorised route in the Strait of Hormuz, resulting in a fire and the ship sinking.

The vessel was reportedly carrying more than 2,500 containers.

A Ukrainian FPV drone struck a Russian Mi-28NM helicopter in Voronezh Oblast.

It's claimed that this was the same incident as the helicopter crash on October 2, which killed all three crewmembers onboard.

Russian Geran-4 jet-drones struck two more cargo ships, in the Buh River Estuary and at Chornomorsk Port in Odesa Oblast.

A large fire is burning at an ATB supermarket in the city of Lutsk, Volyn Oblast, following a Russian Geran-4/5 jet-drone strike.

Compilation footage showing some of the overnight Russian ballistic and hypersonic cruise missile strikes on energy infrastructure in Kyiv.

Due to the widespread power outage in Kyiv from Russia's large-scale missile attack, all three of the city's metro lines have been halted.