(Bloomberg) — President Volodymyr Zelenskiy replaced the commander of Ukraine’s special operation forces on Friday, with no reason given. The move was announced in a pair of decrees on the presidential website. Major General Viktor Khorenko, who’d held the post since July 2022, will be succeeded by Colonel Serhiy Lupanchuk. Ukraine’s special ops unit conducts actions that include reconnaissance, intelligence gathering and sabotage.
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Ukraine relaxed delivery terms for domestically-made weapons, the defense ministry said in a statement that described new, simplified testing requirements for military equipment and ammunition. The changes, effective Nov. 1, are designed to help Kyiv’s troops more quickly receive supplies, including armaments and military vehicles as Ukraine looks for a breakthrough against Russia’s 20-month invasion.
Russia launched its biggest drone attack on Ukraine in a month, with as many as 40 UAVs sent in several waves across at least ten regions covering most of the country, as authorities brace for stepped-up strikes on key infrastructure heading into winter. Some 24 drones and a cruise missile were intercepted in the overnight barrage. Drones were targeted at the Kharkiv region in the northeast, sparking several fires, and at the Lviv region about 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) to the west. Drones were also intercepted in the Odesa and Dnipropetrovsk regions, local authorities said.
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