KYIV. Nov 2 (Interfax-Ukraine) – According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the enemy is trying to hold the temporarily occupied territories and is concentrating its efforts on deterring the actions of the defense forces in certain areas. Conducts offensive operations in the Bakhmut, Avdiyivka and Novopavlivsk directions.
"Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces repelled attacks by invaders in the areas of the settlements of Makiyivka, Nevske and Bilohorivka in Luhansk region and Verkhniokamianka, Bakhmut, Mayorsk, Pervomaisk, Novomykhailivka, Vodiane, Pavlivka and Prechystivka in Donetsk region," the AFU said in the morning report on Facebook.