Read also: Experienced soldier. Volunteer from Sweden, who fought on the side of Ukraine since 2022, died at the front — media Tindall-Draper attended Duke's College in Stoke Climbsland, Sky News reports. “ He was loved and respected by his colleagues, he did not shy away from causes he believed in, and played an important role in the collection of three minibuses with humanitarian equipment for the civilian population, which students assembled when the war in Ukraine had just begun,” the Academy of Military and Security Services of the college noted. After graduating, Tyndall-Draper worked in the National Health Service ( NHS) before joining the International Legion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine . Russians are trying to envelop Kurakhovo in a "pincer"; enemy FPV drones are already operating in the city — 79th Airborne Assault Brigade According to him, mechanized Russian attacks continue daily, and the occupiers are actively using tanks and other armored vehicles. "The day before, our paratroopers burned two armored vehicles with infantry, destroyed one tank and knocked out another. And now, while we are talking, our soldiers are repelling another mechanized attack. We already know about the destruction of Russian equipment," Drimalovskiy said, adding that the exact figures for enemy losses will be announced later. A representative of the press service of the 79th Airborne Assault Brigade emphasized that the Russians are trying to encircle the city of Kurakhovo as deeply as possible and form a “ pincer ” force . “The occupiers are trying to cut off our logistics, trying to increase the work of their attack drones, FPV drones, which are already actually operating in the city of Kurakhovo and on the approaches to it,” Drimalovskiy said. Movement, he said, is difficult for both Ukrainian defenders and invaders. The Ukrainian command sees all the threats and takes all necessary measures to disrupt the enemy's plans. The situation on the front in Donetsk region - latest news On October 30, President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that in some areas of the front, the ratio of Ukrainian and Russian troops is 1 to 8 , so the Ukrainian Armed Forces are forced to retreat from their positions. On October 31, DeepState reported that the Russians had captured Selidovo . The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine stated that the Defense Forces had repelled attacks in the direction of the city. In the Toretsk direction, the Ukrainian Defense Forces have stabilized the situation and are not allowing Russian occupiers to advance further in Toretsk, reported the press secretary of the OTU Lugansk Anastasia Bobovnikova. According to the Welt newspaper, Russian occupation forces captured 470 square kilometers in eastern Ukraine in October. According to Estonian intelligence, Russian troops occupied about 150 square kilometers in the Donetsk region last week. Ukrainian Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrsky said on November 2 that Ukrainian defenders are now holding back one of the most powerful enemy offensives since the start of the full-scale invasion. On November 10, DeepState analysts reported that the occupiers had advanced into Kurakhovo, Grigorievka, and near four other settlements in the Donetsk region.