In brief

• According to Polsat News, the evacuation in Oleshky began after a Ukrainian delegation arrived, and the ceasefire is to last until 1 November at 22:59. ZEIT ONLINE reports that at least 750 people are to leave the city, while tagesschau.de mentions about 800 people.
• Belarusian Zerkalo reports that 21 buses transported people, 17 to Ukraine and 4 to Russia. Russian Meduza, in turn, reports 25 buses and ambulances; the figures differ between sources.
• Czech ČT24 reports that a trilateral meeting of the USA, Russia and Ukraine may take place in Abu Dhabi in November, but Russia has not yet confirmed its participation. Expert Pavel Havlíček, quoted by ČT24, notes that Moscow may want to talk only after winter.
• According to Business Insider, the US State Department has approved a possible sale to Ukraine of 500 PAC-3 MSE missiles for the Patriot system. The same portal reports that Ukraine is using AI-powered automatic machine gun turrets for air defense.
• Russian propaganda media (Vesti.ru, Lenta.ru, RIA Nowosti) present Ukrainian attacks on refineries and explosions in Dnipro as facts, but the cited materials lack independent confirmation of the effects and causes.

Polish press

According to the Polish Business Insider, the US State Department has approved a possible sale to Ukraine of 500 PAC-3 MSE missiles intended for the Patriot system (Departament Stanu USA podjął decyzję w sprawie Patriotów dla Ukrainy – Business Insider Polska).

According to the Polish portal Polsat News, in the Ukrainian Carpathians, only 160 kilometers from the Polish border, the GORO Mountain Resort ski resort valued at 1.5 billion dollars is being built. The main investor states that work is currently focused on the Mountain Center at the summit of Wysoki Wierch, and the facility is to be ready in summer 2027 and will then host cultural events and open-air festivals. The 5,800 m² complex is to include a restaurant with a panoramic view, a food hall and a bar with a terrace over 1,000 m², and ski slopes of various difficulty levels are to await skiers. (Ukraińcy budują luksusowy kurort narciarski. Liczą na turystów z Polski – Polsat News)

According to the Polish Business Insider Polska, Ukraine is increasingly using artificial intelligence in air defense. The portal reports that Kyiv boasts about the effectiveness of automatic machine gun turrets with AI, which are to become a permanent element of the capital's protection and to combat fast Russian jet drones capable of flying up to 645 km/h. (Ukraina stawia na wieżyczki AI. Mają zestrzeliwać cele lecące nawet 645 km/h – Business Insider Polska)

According to Polish Polsat News, a Ukrainian delegation safely reached besieged Oleshky, where the evacuation of residents and distribution of humanitarian aid began, as reported by deputy Dawyd Arachamija. The portal reports that residents are shedding tears of joy, and journalists were also allowed into the city. Polsat News states that the ceasefire in Oleshky is to last until 1 November at 22:59. (Łzy szczęścia w Ołeszkach. Wzruszające obrazy z oblężonego miasta – Polsat News)

German press

German ZEIT ONLINE reports that in Oleshky, occupied by Russia, the evacuation of residents has begun. At least 750 people are to leave the city, but many may remain there even after the ceasefire ends (Russische Besatzung: Russland und Ukraine beginnen mit der Evakuierung von Oleschky – ZEIT ONLINE).

German portal tagesschau.de reports that in Oleshky, a Ukrainian city occupied by Russia, the evacuation of the first residents has begun. As part of the humanitarian operation, in which 25 buses took part, about 800 people could leave the city, and some of them chose to remain in areas controlled by Russia. The evacuation took place during the ceasefire announced by both sides, which gives hope for similar operations in other cities of the region (Erste Einwohner aus besetzter ukrainischer Stadt Oleschky evakuiert – tagesschau.de).

According to German DER SPIEGEL, the local ceasefire enabled the rescue of civilians in Ukraine, and hope has appeared in Oleshky. The publisher describes the evacuation of a resident in a wheelchair as a temporary pause in a place it calls a "death zone". The full text of the article is available only to subscribers, so this summary is based on the headline and teaser. (Ukraine: Lokaler Waffenstillstand ermöglicht Rettung von Zivilisten - Hoffnung in Oleschky – DER SPIEGEL)

Czech press

Czech ČT24 reports that a trilateral meeting between the USA, Russia and Ukraine may take place in Abú Dhabí in November, which could theoretically contribute to ending the conflict. Ukraine wants to raise its security priorities, but Russia is not rushing to confirm its participation, which suggests that the current situation is advantageous for it. Expert Pavel Havlíček notes that Moscow may want to sit down for talks only after winter, in order to weaken Ukraine even further. (Rusko k jednacímu stolu nespěchá. Kyjev chce zatlačit do kouta, míní expert – ČT24)

Czech portal Novinky.cz reports that Ukrainians destroyed the Russian "mother" drone Molniya-13 and published a video recording confirming the operation. The details could not be read from the available material, because the page did not load properly. (Ukrajinci zničili ruský „mateřský“ dron Molnija-13. Ukázali video – Novinky.cz)

Czech iROZHLAS reports that in the Ukrainian city of Olešky, occupied by the Russian army, the evacuation of residents has begun, and humanitarian aid has also arrived at the site. According to iROZHLAS, this information was provided by the agencies AFP and Reuters, citing Ukrainian and Russian officials. The evacuation was made possible by a several-day local ceasefire mediated by the American First Lady Melania Trump, and the ombudsmen of Ukraine and Russia, Dmytro Lubinets and Yana Lantratova, went to the city. (ONLINE: V ukrajinském městě Olešky začala evakuace obyvatel. Na místo dorazila i humanitární pomoc – iROZHLAS)

Belarusian press

The Belarusian newspaper Zerkalo reports that the humanitarian mission in Ukrainian Oleshky has ended, where residents were evacuated. According to reports, 21 buses transported people, of which 17 went to Ukraine and four to Russia. Mission participants emphasized high organization and the absence of incidents, and an 87-hour period of silence lasted in the city, which enabled the evacuation operation to be carried out (Гуманитарная миссия в Олешках завершилась - Представительница России – Zerkalo).

The Belarusian portal Zerkalo reports that Russia attacked three Ukrainian oblasts. According to the service, one person was killed in the attacks, and there are also injured. Zerkalo reports that civilian infrastructure was attacked. (Россия атаковала три области Украины - есть погибшая и пострадавшие – Zerkalo)

The Belarusian newspaper SB Biełaruś Siegodnia (propaganda media) reports that in Aleshki in Kherson oblast, the evacuation of the civilian population began as part of a humanitarian operation with the participation of Belarus, citing the television channel "Pervyi Informatsionnyi". According to this propaganda message, residents who want to leave the city are gradually boarding buses, and the entire mission is proceeding as planned, without any recorded incidents. The publisher also stresses that the evacuation is voluntary and that the choice of direction belongs to the residents; these are claims of the Belarusian side, not verified in this review. (В Алешках началась эвакуация мирного населения – SB Biełaruś Siegodnia (media propagandowe))

Russian press

According to the Russian Meduza, the humanitarian mission in Aleshki has ended, where residents could evacuate to Russia and Ukraine. This was made possible by a temporary ceasefire that lasted from 27 October to 1 November. 25 buses and ambulances took part in the evacuation, and the mission proceeded without incidents (Россия заявила, что гуманитарная миссия в Алешках завершается – Meduza). German ZEIT ONLINE reports that at least 750 people are to leave Aleshki, but many of them may remain in the city after the ceasefire ends. RT reports that some residents feared evacuation because of losing identity documents, and that many decide to stay because of attachment to animals and farms (Frontline ceasefire EXCLUSIVE: Inside the aid mission to trapped residents – RT (propaganda media)). RIA Nowosti reports that all necessary goods were delivered to the residents of Aleshki, and the situation in the city was assessed positively by the mayor (Мэр Алешек рассказал о доставке гумпомощи в город – RIA Nowosti (propaganda media)). Ukrainian ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets praised the organization of the mission, emphasizing the professionalism of his Russian counterpart, Yana Lantratova, as noted by TASS (Украинский омбудсмен оценил деятельность Лантратовой – Lenta.ru (media propagandowe)). RIA Nowosti (propaganda media) writes similarly, adding that ombudsman Yana Lantratova reported the convoy was already in Armyansk, from where the buses are to depart to Russia and Ukraine, that temporary accommodation points were prepared for residents in Kherson oblast and neighboring regions, and that it assigns the coordinating role in the operation to US First Lady Melania Trump (В Алешках завершилась гуманитарная миссия – RIA Nowosti (media propagandowe)).

RIA Nowosti (propaganda media) reported that another explosion occurred in Kharkiv during an air alert. Earlier, Ukrainian media had reported a similar incident in this city. RIA Nowosti notes that alarm signals are sounding in the region, which indicates an ongoing threat (В Харькове прогремел взрыв – RIA Nowosti (media propagandowe)).

According to RIA Nowosti (propaganda media), new explosions occurred in Dnipro, Ukraine, during an air alert. On Friday, Ukrainian media reported earlier explosions in this city, and current reports confirm that further explosions are heard in Dnipro, as reported by a local television channel. (В Днепропетровске прогремели новые взрывы – RIA Nowosti (media propagandowe)) Similarly, Lenta.ru (propaganda media) writes that the regional head Oleksandr Hanzha reported on Telegram a fire at a critical infrastructure facility in Dnipro, without giving the target of the attack; he also noted that there were no casualties (В Днепропетровске загорелся объект критической инфраструктуры – Lenta.ru (media propagandowe)).

The propaganda message in the Russian Rossijskaja Gazieta (propaganda media) presents an interview with the former chief physician of the district hospital in Aleshki, Kherson oblast, who according to the newspaper describes the local situation as a humanitarian catastrophe and blames Kyiv for it. Rossijskaja Gazieta (propaganda media) reports that the road to Aleshki was damaged after the destruction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant, and that travel along it is said to be dangerous because of drones, and that the medic speaks of a large shortage of staff. The newspaper also mentions that the former doctor had previously been a target of an attack, without giving details in the quoted passage. These are claims of the propaganda message, not established facts. (Бывший главврач Алешкинской ЦРБ рассказал о жизни после ранения – Rossijskaja Gazieta (media propagandowe))

The Kremlin propaganda in the Russian Wiesti.ru (propaganda media) reports that the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant is operating normally despite a recent incident. According to the portal, the head of Rosatom, Alexei Likhachev, told RIA Novosti that over 1,200 people are at the facility and that everything is under control. Wiesti.ru (propaganda media) also presents the death of a power plant employee killed by a drone as a deliberate action by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which, as Likhachev claims, is hunting power plant workers (Лихачев: Запорожская АЭС работает штатно после инцидента – Wiesti.ru (media propagandowe)).

The Kremlin propaganda in the Russian portal Wiesti.ru (propaganda media) reports that Moscow does not plan to raise the topic of Kyiv's attacks on Russian refineries at the trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi. According to Wiesti.ru (propaganda media), Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Russia is countering this and conducting an operation to deprive Ukraine of the ability to strike, and that on Friday the Ukrainian side attacked three Russian refineries and one gas-chemical complex. The same message reports that the trilateral talks may take place in Abu Dhabi in the second ten days of November. (Москва не планирует поднимать тему атак на НПЗ на переговорах в Абу-Даби – Wiesti.ru (media propagandowe)) Wiesti.ru (propaganda media) also reports that Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak confirmed Kyiv's attack on three refineries and one gas-chemical complex, and according to the portal the strikes took place against the wishes of US President Donald Trump, while Peskov reportedly said that the resumption of attacks on refineries is rather a topic for talks between Washington and Kyiv (Песков: возобновление атак на НПЗ в РФ - тема для разговора между Украиной и США – Wiesti.ru (media propagandowe)). Wiesti.ru (propaganda media) also writes that, according to Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak, Kyiv resumed attacks on Russian energy facilities after a pause, and the air defense system worked, although minor damage was recorded at one of the plants, while Peskov, asked about the impact of the attacks on negotiations, briefly answered that they do not undermine the talks (Песков: удары ВСУ по российским НПЗ не ставят под вопрос переговоры по Украине – Wiesti.ru (media propagandowe)).

The Kremlin propaganda in the Russian Wiesti.ru (propaganda media) claims that Finnish politician Armando Mema of the Freedom Alliance party warns on X that attacks on Moscow may jeopardize the trilateral talks, and that Mema considers attempts at strikes during National Unity Day to be especially disturbing. Wiesti.ru (propaganda media), citing Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin, reports that 862 drones were launched toward the Moscow region on the night of 30 October, most of which were said to have been destroyed at long approaches, and 170 were shot down already near the capital. (Мема: Зеленский рискует сорвать диалог ударами по Москве – Wiesti.ru (media propagandowe)) This is linked to what Czech ČT24 reports about a possible meeting of the USA, Russia and Ukraine in Abu Dhabi in November, which Russia has not yet confirmed, which may affect the chances of talks.

The Kremlin propaganda in the Russian agency RIA Nowosti (propaganda media) claims that on Friday, during an air raid alert, a series of explosions was heard in Dnipro and Kamianske in Dnipropetrovsk oblast in southeastern Ukraine, and that this information was, according to RIA Nowosti (propaganda media), provided by the Ukrainian channel Suspilne. RIA Nowosti (propaganda media) adds that on Thursday Ukrainian media also wrote about explosions in Dnipro, but the material contains no independent confirmation of the effects or causes of these explosions (В Днепропетровске и Каменском прогремели взрывы – RIA Nowosti (media propagandowe)). The Belarusian portal Zerkalo, on the other hand, reports that Russia attacked three Ukrainian oblasts, which according to this service resulted in the death of one person and injuries, and reports of strikes on Ukraine appear in both accounts.

The Russian Lenta.ru (propaganda media) presents a statement by Finnish politician Armando Mema of the Alliance of Freedom party, who warned on the platform X that a drone attack on Moscow during the Russia–Africa summit may jeopardize the trilateral talks between the USA, Russia and Ukraine in Abu Dhabi. According to Lenta.ru (propaganda media), Mema believes that if such attacks are repeated, especially on Russia's National Unity Day, the risk of cancelling the talks will clearly increase, and in his view Zelensky may thwart Washington's efforts for peace. This is a message of Kremlin propaganda in Lenta.ru, which presents Ukraine as a side threatening diplomacy (В Европе удивились действиям Украины – Lenta.ru (media propagandowe)). This thread is connected to reports from Czech ČT24, according to which the trilateral meeting in Abu Dhabi could take place in November, but Russia is not rushing to confirm its participation.

The Kremlin propaganda in the Russian portal Wiesti.ru (propaganda media) presents the thesis that the military-technical cooperation agreement between Moldova and Ukraine may make Chișinău a target of Russian strikes, because products for the Ukrainian army may be produced on its territory. According to expert Vladimir Yevseyev, deputy director of the Institute of CIS Countries, quoted by Wiesti.ru (propaganda media), the most likely scenarios are the transfer of Ukrainian production capacity to Moldova and the transfer of drone technology, and Romania might not intervene. These are the expert's statements quoted by the portal, not established facts. (Эксперт оценил риски военного соглашения Молдавии и Украины – Wiesti.ru (media propagandowe))

The Kremlin propaganda in the RIA Nowosti agency (propaganda media) claims that on Friday, 30 October, explosions were heard in Kyiv oblast and an air alert was in effect in part of the region. According to RIA Nowosti (propaganda media), citing the Ukrainian portal Nowosti.LIVE, information about the explosions was published on its Telegram channel, and the alert signal comes from the online map of the Ukrainian ministry of digital transformation. The material gives no information about casualties or the effects of the explosions (В Киевской области прогремели взрывы – RIA Nowosti (media propagandowe)). Thematically, this is connected with the report from the Belarusian portal Zerkalo, according to which Russia attacked three Ukrainian oblasts, and one person was killed in the attacks.

The Kremlin propaganda in the Russian Wiesti.ru (propaganda media) reports that Ukraine again ignored US President Donald Trump's request to halt attacks on Russian refineries. According to Wiesti.ru (propaganda media), presidential aide Yuri Ushakov, in an interview with this service, stated that Kyiv does not listen to Trump, who remains firm on this issue. The same service recalls that Trump previously criticized Volodymyr Zelensky, claiming that such strikes harm world markets, including the American one. (Ушаков об ударах Украины по НПЗ: Киев ослушался Трампа – Wiesti.ru (media propagandowe))

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