Russia's drone raid and exit from anti-torture convention
Russia sent 193 drones overnight, and its exit from the European anti-torture convention took effect. Kyiv also reported wider Starlink jamming and a UAH 43.8bn army food tender.
Russia launched 193 drones at Ukraine overnight, and the General Staff says most were downed or suppressed. Separately, Russia's withdrawal from the European anti-torture convention took effect, ending independent monitoring of its detention sites.
Russia leaves anti-torture convention
Russia's withdrawal from the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture took effect on 1 November, the Council of Europe's anti-torture committee (CPT) said, according to DeepState. Moscow gave notice on 30 October 2025. The CPT no longer has a mandate to monitor places of detention in Russia, and its president, Alan Mitchell, said this ends independent monitoring there. The committee had received numerous reports of torture and ill-treatment by Russian officials after the 2022 invasion, in occupied Ukraine and inside Russia.
Overnight drone attack
Ukraine's General Staff said Russia attacked with 193 strike drones overnight into 2 November, 75 of them jet-powered Shaheds. By 08:00, 154 had been downed or suppressed. "Suppressed" usually means diverted or disabled by electronic warfare. The report said strikes hit 26 locations and debris fell on nine, but gave no regions and no casualty figures. The figures are preliminary.
In the same article, military intelligence (HUR) described a larger Gerbera-2 drone, with a range of up to 1,200 km according to HUR. It also says one with a warhead was found on Poland's Baltic coast in mid-September. RealUA has not verified that claim.
Starlink jamming in Crimea
Communications expert Serhii "Flash" Beskrestnov says Russia is adding satellite electronic-warfare systems that jam Starlink. He says they now cover almost all key sites in Crimea and are used more often along the front line. Each system protects an area of roughly 25 square kilometres, he said. The claims come from his Telegram channel and are unverified. Starlink is widely used by Ukrainian units for communications, so the claim matters if it holds.
Army food tender for 2027
The Defence Ministry's procurement agency has announced a tender for army food in 2027 with an expected value of UAH 43.8 billion. The per-person food set is priced at UAH 181.74, up from UAH 171.48 in 2026. The ministry links the rise to energy costs and inflation. The final price will be set after the tenders, and the ministry gave no dates for bids or deliveries.
From the editor's desk
The drone figures and the convention news sit far apart, but both concern what Russia does when nobody is checking. Detention sites in Russia lose their last outside inspectors, and the Gerbera-2 is already turning up beyond Ukraine's borders, if HUR's account is right. I will be watching whether Beskrestnov's Starlink claims get confirmation from other sources, because the answer affects front-line communications.
