Gaza's Ministry of Interior announced that two Hamas security officers were killed and two others injured in a clash with wanted individuals in the city centre of Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, yesterday.

Security personnel attempted to arrest a man, but were met with resistance after he, assisted with others, opened fire on the officers. Hamas has launched an investigation into the incident to identify and prosecute those responsible.

It is currently unknown if the wanted individuals were affiliated with any Israeli-backed armed group, but within the same statement, Hamas re-affirmed its commitment to confronting attempts by Israel and it's Palestinian proxy groups to destabilise the situation in the Gaza Strip.

The IDF continued heavily targeting Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad operatives across the Gaza Strip over the past four days.

The IDF claims to have struck the following targets:

- October 22: A Hamas engineering commander in Gaza City.

- October 22: A weapons storage facility used to store various types of weapons, including rocket launchers, rockets, and Kalashnikov rifles.

- October 23: A militant who attempted to cross the Yellow Line in the northern Gaza Strip.

- October 23: A militant who attempted to cross the Yellow Line in the southern Gaza Strip.

- October 24: A commander in Hamas' military intelligence apparatus in Gaza City.

- October 25: Three fighters exiting a tunnel shaft in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip. The tunnel shaft reportedly contained weapons, resulting in secondary detonations following the strike.

- October 25: The head of an elite Hamas "Nukhba" cell in the northern Gaza Strip.

- October 26: Three PIJ operatives, including a sniper, in the northern, central, and southern Gaza Strip.

- October 26: A building used by militants as a sniper position in the northern Gaza Strip, near the Yellow Line.

In addition to this, the IDF claims to have killed cell commander in Hamas' Gaza City Brigade, and a PIJ operative in the Nuseirat area of the Central Gaza Strip involved in transferring funds to Hamas' Al-Qassam Brigades, during strikes on October 20-21.

One of the targets of last night's Russian missile attack on Kyiv was the CHP-5 Combined Heat and Power Plant.

5 Iskander-M ballistic missiles and 1 Rm-48U modified S-400 ballistic missile were used to target the facility. The blast wave damaged metro infrastructure and other parts of the neighbouring "South" Bridge, resulting in traffic across it being restricted.

Russia continued to attack Zaporizhzia City with Geran-4 jet-drones last night.

Strikes were carried out on the southern suburbs, as well as in the nearby city of Vilnyansk.

Russia continued attacking the western regions of Ukraine with Geran-4/5 jet-drones last night.

Vinnytsia Oblast was one again hit.

A fire broke out at an industrial facility in the city centre of Lozova, Kharkiv Oblast, as a result of Russian Geran-2/4 drone strikes.

Explosions were heard in several different towns and cities across western Ukraine last night, as Russia continued their heavy Geran-4/5 jet-drone strike operations, primarily targeting railway and energy infrastructure.

Explosions were reported in/near the following locations:

- Yampil, Vinnytsia Oblast
- Mohyliv-Podil's'kyi, Vinnytsia Oblast
- Zoziv, Vinnytsia Oblast
- Kozyatyn, Vinnytsia Oblast
- Vinnytsia City
- Kel'mentsi, Chernivtsi Oblast
- Kitsman, Chernivtsi Oblast
- Dunaivtsi, Khmelnytskyi Oblast
- Tovste, Ternopil Oblast
- Halych, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
- Sarny, Rivne Oblast

These only include locations in the western regions where explosions were heard since yesterday afternoon. There were numerous other cities also hit in the central, southern, northern, and eastern regions.

Regarding the Oleshky ceasefire.

The ceasefire came into effect around 3.5 hours ago, and no violations have been reported so far. The ceasefire is only relevant for the city of Oleshky itself, and not the nearby areas. Both Russian and Ukrainian drones are operating in the skies over the region, at roughly similar levels.

Oleshky is one of the main staging grounds for Russian drone operators, and provides adequate cover for their operations. The presence of the ceasefire for the next four days means that Russian drone operators within the city limits will not be able to carry out their operations, providing Ukraine with a window of opportunity to conduct rotations, bring forward reinforcements and supplies, and evacuate wounded personnel, as there will be less Russian drones in the sky than usual.

Already, there are unconfirmed reports of Ukrainian forces conducting rotations and resupplying forces along the western bank of the Dnieper throughout the night.

A Russian Tu-160M strategic bomber departed from Ukrainka Airbase in the Far East this morning, and is redeploying to Engels-2 Airbase in Saratov Oblast, where it will land in the next hour.

It will be equipped with Kh-101 cruise missiles at Engels-2 Airbase, before subsequently redeploying back to Ukrainka Airbase in the evening.

This is the fourth Tu-160M to carry out this flight in the last two weeks, and is part of the ongoing preparations for the next large-scale, combined missile and drone attack on Ukraine involving strategic aviation.

4-6 Tu-95MS strategic bombers are also expected to be used in this upcoming attack, which are likely already being equipped with Kh-101 cruise missiles at Ukrainka Airbase.