Ukraine - Russia's perfidious attack, a chronicle of events

[Alex_Sor]

The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 13.10 were approximately:

Operational information as of 06.00 on 13.10.2022 regarding the Russian invasion
The two hundred and thirty-second day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian nation to the large-scale Russian invasion has begun.
The enemy is trying to hold the temporarily captured territories, is concentrating its efforts on trying to disrupt the counteroffensive actions of the Defense Forces in separate directions, and at the same time is trying to conduct offensive actions in the Bakhmut and Avdiiv directions.
The enemy is shelling the positions of our troops along the contact line, carrying out engineering equipment of positions and defense lines in separate directions and conducting aerial reconnaissance.
Violating the norms of International Humanitarian Law, the laws and customs of war, it strikes critical infrastructure and the homes of the civilian population.
Over the past 24 hours, the occupiers have launched 3 rocket and 21 air strikes, launched 104 attacks from multiple rocket systems.
Objects and civilians in more than 40 settlements were hit by the enemy. The enemy struck, in particular, in the districts of Mykolaiv, Vinnytsia, Cherkassy, Chernyakhov, Bilogorivka, Spirnyi, Pavlivka, Myrnyi and Davydovoy Brod.
For this, he used winged, aviation, anti-aircraft guided missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles of Iranian production.
The situation in the Volyn and Poliske directions has not changed significantly.
The enemy fired in other directions:
in the Siverskyi direction - from mortars and barrel artillery, in the areas of Myropillya, Seredyna-Buda, Stukalyvka and Pavlivka settlements;
in the Slobozhansk direction - from artillery of various types, in the areas of the settlements of Bugruvatka, Hryanikyvka, Dvorichna, Nova Vovcha, Strilecha, Udy, and Chervona Zorya;
in the Kramatorsk direction - from tanks, mortars, barrel and rocket artillery, along the entire line of contact. In particular, near Bilogorivka, Zarichny, Novoehorivka, Serebryanka, Spirny, Terni, Torsky and Yampolivka;
in the Bakhmut direction - from tanks and artillery of various calibers, along the entire line of contact. In particular, in the areas of the settlements of Bakhmut, Bakhmutske, Zelenopilya, Soledar, Mayorsk, New York and Yakovlivka;
in the Avdiivka direction - from tanks, mortars, barrel and rocket artillery, in the Avdiivka, Krasnohorivka, Maryinka, Nevelsky and Pervomaisky districts.
On the Novopavlivskyi and Zaporizhzhya directions, the enemy shelled more than 15 settlements. Among them are Bogoyavlenka, Vremivka, Zaliznychne, Mykilske, Novopil, Novosilka and Poltavka.
Areas of more than 20 settlements along the contact line were damaged by fire in the South Buzka direction.
Over the past 24 hours, units of the Defense Forces repelled the attacks of the occupiers in the areas of the settlements of Bakhmutske, Ozaryanivka, Ivangrad, Bakhmut and Maryinka.
In some areas of hostilities, in particular in the Donetsk region, enemy units began to receive orders from the top management to temporarily stop offensive operations. The main reason is the extremely low morale and psychological condition of the recruits, numerous facts of desertion from among the mobilized and non-fulfilment of combat orders.
According to available information, in the area of the city of Tokmak, Zaporizhia region, our units hit three S-300 anti-aircraft missile complexes of the enemy along with personnel. The injured occupiers were transported to a local hospital. In the Kherson region, as a result of point fire damage in the Tokarivka area, the losses of the enemy amounted to 150 people killed.
It is also known that the repair base of the occupiers in the area of the settlement of Kalanchak accepts up to thirty units of damaged armored vehicles that are suitable for repair every day.
Aviation of the Defense Forces carried out 32 strikes during the past 24 hours. More than 25 areas of concentration of weapons and military equipment, as well as 7 anti-aircraft missile systems of the enemy, have been damaged. In addition, our air defense units shot down 4 enemy helicopters and 26 unmanned aerial vehicles.
Over the past day, missile forces and artillery hit 6 control points, 7 areas of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment, and 4 ammunition depots. Enemy artillery positions, EW and other military targets also fell into the fire damage zone.

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[Alex_Sor]

The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 14.10 were approximately:

 

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As a result of the morning shelling of the Kyiv region by Russian occupiers, an energy infrastructure facility received significant damage.

This was reported by the press service of NPC "Ukrenergo".

"Today, the enemy made another barbaric attack on critical infrastructure. As a result, the energy infrastructure facility in the Kyiv region was severely damaged. Specialists of NPC Ukrenergo are already working to restore the reliability of power supply to Kyiv and the central region," the report says.

At the same time, the Ukrenergo dispatch center warns of possible applications of emergency shutdown schedules.

Local residents are urged to follow the messages of oblenergos (distribution system operators).

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In the Russian Federation, the prepared mobilization resource is up to 2 million people.

The Commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Lieutenant-General Serhiy Naev, said this on the air of the information marathon.

Naev said that the enemy would not stop there after the announcement of partial mobilization.

"He will continue to mobilize. In general, the Russian Federation has prepared a mobilization resource of about 2 million people. In total, their mobilization resource is about 29 million people," Naev said.

"Therefore, the Russian Federation, in an effort to resolve the war according to the goals that they set for themselves, they will increase the number of mobilized. Therefore, we must expect such a situation and be ready to resolve it on our terms," Naev emphasized.

He explained that the prepared mobilization resource of the Russian Federation is those people who were recently transferred to the reserve, but also those who took part in training events, military training under the programs that operate in the Russian Federation.

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Elon Musk, the founder of SpaceX and Tesla, said that Russia is actively trying to kill Starlink in Ukraine.

He announced this on Twitter.

"There is a big difference between civilian communications and communications at the front. Starlink is the only communication system that is still working at the front - the rest are dead. Russia is actively trying to kill Starlink. To protect SpaceX has directed huge resources to defense. Despite this, Starlink is still could die," Musk said.

Musk also complained that Starlink satellite communications in Ukraine cost the company about $20 million a month.

"In addition to terminals, we have to create, launch, maintain and replenish satellites and ground stations and pay telecommunications companies for access to the Internet through gateways. We also had to defend against cyber attacks and obstacles that are becoming increasingly difficult," the billionaire said.

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During the day, Ukrainian defenders destroyed 12 enemy ammunition depots and shot down 9 drones.

This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the morning report.

"The defense forces managed to successfully repel enemy attacks in the Donetsk region. In particular, in the areas of the settlements of Berestovoye, Yakovlevka, Bakhmutskoye, Bakhmut, Opytnoye, Ivangrad, Disputed, Nevelskoye, Maryinka, Belogorovka, Terny, Novomikhailovka and Krasnogorovka," the statement said. .

According to the General Staff, over the past day the aircraft of the Defense Forces have dealt about 30 strikes. The defeat of 25 areas of concentration of weapons and military equipment, as well as three anti-aircraft missile systems of the enemy was confirmed. “In addition, our air defense units shot down 9 UAVs,” the report says.

The General Staff also reported that missile forces and artillery hit four command posts, 15 areas of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment, 12 ammunition depots, one artillery mount and 20 other important targets in a day.

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The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 15.10 were approximately:

Operational information as of 06.00 15.10.2022 regarding the Russian invasion
The two hundred and thirty-fourth day of the Ukrainian nation's heroic resistance to the Russian large-scale invasion has begun.
The aggressor continues to focus his efforts on attempts to reach the administrative border of Donetsk region, as well as holding captured districts of Kharkiv, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhya, Mykolaiv and Kherson regions.
The enemy does not stop striking the critical infrastructure and civilian facilities of our country. During the past day, the infrastructure and civilians of Kharkiv, Kostyantynivka, Soledar, Bakhmut, Chumaki, Lebedynskyi, Zaporizhzhia, Davydovo Brod and Mirnyi were affected. Dnipropetrovsk region and the city of Ochakiv were hit by Iranian attack UAVs. Our defenders managed to knock down six out of nine.
The enemy continues to use winged, aviation, anti-aircraft guided missiles and attack UAVs for their crimes.
Over the past 24 hours, the occupiers have launched six rocket and thirty air strikes, carried out forty-eight attacks from rocket salvo systems.
The situation in the Volyn and Poliske directions has not changed significantly.
The enemy fired in other directions:
in the Siversky direction - from rocket artillery, in the area of Rozhkovichi settlement of Sumy region. The occupiers also conducted reconnaissance in the area of Bleshnya, Chernihiv region, using an unmanned aerial vehicle, which was shot down;
in the Slobozhansk direction - from mortars and barrel artillery, in the areas of the settlements of Gatishche, Vovchanski Khutory, Staritsa and Dvorichne;
in the Kramatorsk direction - from mortars, barrel and rocket artillery, in the areas of Verkhnokamianske, Vyshneve, Grekivka, Hryhorivka, Zarichne, Kovalivka, Makiivka, Nadiya, Novovodyane, Olhivka, Pershotravneve, Rozdolivka, Tabaivka, Terny and Yampolivka settlements;
in the Bakhmut direction - from tanks, mortars, barrel and rocket artillery, in the areas of the settlements of Bilogorivka, Yakovlivka, Soledar, Bakhmutske, Bakhmut, Opytne, Klishchiivka, Odradivka, Zelenopillia, Kurdyumivka, Mayorsk and New York;
in the Avdiiv region - from tanks and artillery, in the areas of Kamianka, Tonenke, Avdiivka, Pervomaiske, Vodyane, Opytne, Nevelske, Maryinka and Krasnohorivka settlements.
In the Novopavlovsk and Zaporizhzhya directions, the enemy did not conduct offensive actions and continues to engineer defensive lines and positions. Fired mortars, barrel and rocket artillery on more than twenty districts of populated areas. Among them are Velyka Novosilka, Vremivka, Zolota Niva, Vugledar, Pavlivka, Mykilske and Novodanilivka.
More than thirty settlements along the contact line were hit by fire in the South Buz region.
According to available information, a large number of wounded people are being admitted to medical facilities in the temporarily occupied territories. So, in one of the hospitals of the city of Donetsk, about 100 wounded people arrived this week. Hospitals are overcrowded in the city of Tokmak, Zaporizhzhia region. According to information from local residents, civilians are not accepted in hospitals due to the workload of doctors and the lack of beds. Due to the low quality of medical care and the refusal of the command of the Russian occupying forces to evacuate the seriously wounded to the territory of Russia, the mortality rate among them exceeds 50%.
According to the updated information, the destruction of the enemy's personnel and equipment in the previous days in the Zaporizhzhia region was confirmed. Thus, as a result of the effective actions of the Defense Forces in the areas of the settlements of Orihiv, Kinski Rozdory and Tokmak, about 100 occupiers were injured. Among them, more than 25 have just been mobilized. 4 S-300 complexes were destroyed in the area of Berdyansk.
The defense forces successfully repelled enemy attacks in the Donetsk region. In particular, in the areas of the settlements of Berestov, Yakovlivka, Bakhmutske, Bakhmut, Opytne, Ivangrad, Spirne, Nevelske, Maryinka, Bilogorivka, Terny, Novomykhailivka, and Krasnogorivka.
During the past 24 hours, the Air Force of the Defense Forces carried out about thirty strikes. It was confirmed that twenty-five areas of concentration of weapons and military equipment, as well as three anti-aircraft missile systems of the enemy, were destroyed. In addition, our air defense units shot down nine unmanned aerial vehicles.
Missile troops and artillery struck four control points, fifteen areas of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment, twelve warehouses with ammunition, one artillery installation and twenty other important targets during the day.

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The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 16.10 were approximately:

Operational information as of 06.00 on 16.10.2022 regarding the Russian invasion
 The two hundred and thirty-fifth day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian nation to the large-scale Russian invasion has begun.
The enemy is trying to hold the temporarily captured territories, is concentrating its efforts on trying to restrain the actions of the Defense Forces in certain directions, and at the same time is trying to conduct offensive actions in the Bakhmut and Avdiiv directions.
The enemy is shelling the positions of our troops along the entire contact line, carrying out engineering equipment of defensive positions and lines in separate directions and conducting aerial reconnaissance. Violating the norms of International Humanitarian Law, the laws and customs of war, it strikes critical infrastructure and the homes of the civilian population.
Over the past day, the enemy launched 5 missile and 23 air strikes, launched up to 60 attacks from rocket salvo systems.
Objects and civilians in the areas of more than 30 settlements were hit by the enemy. In particular, these are Nikopol and Shakhtarske of the Dnipropetrovsk region; Hlushkivka in Kharkiv Oblast; Orykhiv and Mali Shcherbaki of the Zaporizhzhia region; Dmytrivka - Kyivska; Bilogirka in Kherson Oblast and Vugledar in Donetsk Oblast.
In the Volyn and Poliske directions, the situation remains without significant changes. The threat of missile and airstrikes, as well as the use of "Shahed-136" attack UAVs from the territory of the Republic of Belarus, remains.
The enemy fired in other directions:
in the Seversky direction - from artillery of various types, in the areas of Mykolaivka settlements of Chernihiv region and Pokrovka of Sumy region. He also used shock UAVs;
in the Slobozhansk direction - from tanks, mortars, barrel and rocket artillery, in the areas of the settlements of Strelcha, Ohirtseve, Staritsa, Gatishche, Pishchane, Kamianka and Dvorichna;
in the Kramatorsk direction - from tanks and various caliber artillery along the entire line of contact. In particular, in the areas of the settlements of Bilogorivka, Charivne, Mala Tokmachka, Novoyehorivka, Rozdolivka and Serebryanka;
in the Bakhmut and Avdiiv directions, the enemy fired from tanks, mortars, barrel and rocket artillery along the contact line.
in the Novopavlovsk and Zaporizhzhya directions, the enemy shelled more than 15 settlements. Among them are Vugledar, Vremivka, Paraskoviivka, Prechistivka and Shcherbaki.
More than 25 settlements along the contact line were hit by fire in the South Buz region.
Violations of international humanitarian law, laws and customs of warfare in temporarily occupied territories have become the norm for the Russian occupying forces. In the village of Rubizhne, Luhansk region, military personnel from the Chechen Republic, who arrived to reinforce the group, began evicting civilians from private homes to house their officers.
According to the specified information, the results of the enemy's fire damage have been confirmed. As a result of point strikes by the artillery of the Defense Forces, an ammunition depot was destroyed and more than 20 occupiers were injured in the village of Marfopil, Zaporizhzhia region. In the settlement of Tokmak, 10 units of military equipment were destroyed and up to 40 servicemen were injured. Up to 30 injured occupiers in the settlement of Pology. In Kamianets-Dniprovska, 7 units of military equipment were destroyed and about 40 enemy servicemen were wounded. The number of dead, which the occupiers are trying to hide carefully, is being clarified.
Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled enemy attacks in the areas of Torske and Spirne settlements in the Kramatorsk direction, Berestov, Soledar and Bakhmut in the Bakhmut direction, and Maryinka, Pobieda and Nevelske in the Avdiyiv direction.
Aviation of the Defense Forces carried out 32 strikes during the past 24 hours. It has been confirmed that 24 areas of concentration of weapons and military equipment, as well as 8 positions of the enemy's anti-aircraft missile systems, have been hit. In addition, our air defense units shot down 6 UAVs and 1 enemy helicopter in different directions.
Over the past day, missile forces and artillery hit 3 areas of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment, one ammunition depot, 7 enemy air defense facilities and other military targets.

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Today, October 17, in the morning, Russian invaders attacked Kyiv with Iranian kamikaze drones, several explosions thundered in the center of Kyiv. Then there was a fire.

According to the adviser to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Anton Gerashchenko, in Kyiv, an Iranian drone hit a multi-storey residential building.

Also in Kyiv, traffic was blocked on the section between Khreshchatyk Street and the Railway Station. As a result of the arrival of kamikaze drones, an office building burst into flames.

In addition, there were explosions in Kyiv in the area of the central railway station.

The Kyiv city military administration confirmed the hit on a residential building in the Shevchenko district.

a woman who died in a house attacked by drones in Kyiv was over 60 years old. Debris clearing continues. Under the rubble of the house, as well as in the basement, people can remain.

 

Today at 10:50 - Patrol police officers, and a trooper fighter, shot down one Shahed drone over Kyiv on approaching the target from their machine guns and pistols today.

"It was the fourth drone. If the guys shot it down, it could get into the place where rescue work was carried out, and rescuers, doctors, policemen could die," Gerashchenko wrote.

The Russians are deliberately sending a second wave of drones to destroy the rescue workers. Russia is a terrorist state!

 

Pay attention to the inscriptions on the wreckage of drones: the Russians themselves launch rockets that fall on Belgorod before they take off, but they blame Ukraine for this.

 

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Before the strikes of the Russian invaders on the electrical infrastructure, Ukraine was on a record in terms of income from the export of electricity

Most of the electricity was supplied to Poland, Slovakia and Romania.

Ukraine in January-September 2022 increased its income from electricity exports to Europe by 2.3 times compared to the same period last year, earning $429.12 million.

This is evidenced by the data of the State Customs Service.

According to the report, following the results of 9 months of 2022, Ukraine supplied electricity to Poland 30.4% (for $130.4 million), to Slovakia 23.6% ($101.4 million), to Romania 20.4% ( by 109.7 million dollars) Exports to other countries amounted to 109.7 million dollars.

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Russian invaders modernized Iranian drones: they have become more dangerous

The Russians have upgraded Iranian Shahed-136 kamikaze drones, replacing the guidance system.
Thanks to the updated control unit, the accuracy of "Shahed-136" is greatly improved.

This was stated by the military-political observer of the Information Resistance group Alexander Kovalenko.

"As you know, these drones have an inertial guidance system. But, in the last downed drones, GLONAS control units were fixed. Thanks to this unit, the Shahed-136's accuracy is significantly increased. Previously, the effective range of their use was about 170-200 km, but now it has been increased , due to additional adjustments," Kovalenko explained.

According to the expert, this still does not allow the UAV to be controlled in real time and maneuver. Also, Kovalenko notes, due to the placement of an additional block, the warhead has decreased - in Shahed-136 with the GLONAS block it is about 30 kg of explosives.

"I would like to separately draw attention to the fact that the terrorist country Russia, in fact, took part in improving the characteristics of the UAVs of another terrorist country, Iran, through its GLONAS system," he said.

Kovalenko pointed out that Ukraine's and Israel's international partners should pay attention to this.

Iranian drones in service with the Russian Federation

In mid-August, it became known that Russia had acquired a thousand kamikaze drones from the Iranian side. In total, Russia ordered 2,400 drones from Iran, according to Ukrainian intelligence.

Officially, Iran continues to deny the provision of drones to the Russian Federation. Ukraine has asked Israel to share intelligence about any support Iran is providing to the Russian military in the war.

The defenders of Ukraine shot down the first Iranian drone on September 13 in the Kharkiv region. And on September 23, Ukrainian anti-aircraft gunners shot down a Mohajer-6 attack drone. Now this unmanned aerial vehicle is used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

On October 10 and 11, Russian troops massively attacked Ukraine. In addition to various types of missiles, kamikaze drones were also used. The enemy sent drones to attack critical infrastructure.

On October 16, information appeared in the media that Iran wants to transfer ballistic missiles to Russia for the war in Ukraine.

[Alex_Sor]

"Slaves are not allowed into paradise, but the one who fights wins!"

Today, the words of the Ukrainian, the commander of ancient times, Ivan Sirk, are more relevant than ever.

The truth is with us. Strength and will are with us.

The enemy's rockets will not kill the love for the Motherland and the desire to fight for the native land!

Let's stay in line!

 

 

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The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 17.10 were approximately:

Operational information as of 06.00 on 17.10.2022 regarding the Russian invasion
The two hundred and thirty-sixth day of the Ukrainian nation's heroic resistance to the Russian large-scale invasion has begun.
The enemy is trying to hold the temporarily captured territories, is concentrating its efforts on trying to restrain the actions of the Defense Forces in certain directions, and at the same time is trying to conduct offensive actions in the Bakhmut and Avdiiv directions.
The enemy is shelling the positions of our troops along the entire contact line, carrying out engineering equipment of defensive positions and lines in separate directions and conducting aerial reconnaissance. Violating the norms of International Humanitarian Law, the laws and customs of war, it strikes critical infrastructure and the homes of the civilian population.
Over the past day, the enemy launched two missile and twenty-six air strikes, launched more than eighty attacks from rocket salvo systems.
Areas of more than twenty settlements were hit by the enemy. In particular, Bilopillia in the Sumy Oblast, Slovyansk, Pavlivka and Novosilka in the Donetsk Oblast, Marganets in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Pravdyne and Biloghirka in the Kherson Oblast. The enemy attacked Mykolaiv with fifteen kamikaze drones, eleven of them were shot down by our defenders.
In the Volyn, Polis and Siver directions, the situation remains unchanged. There is still a threat of missile and air strikes, as well as the use of the "Shahed-136" attack UAV from the territory of the Republic of Belarus.
The enemy fired in other directions:
in the Slobozhansk direction - from mortars, barrel and jet artillery, in the areas of Veterinarne, Visoka Yaruga, Vovchansk, Vovchanski Khutory, Gatishche, Dvorichne, Zelene, Kozacha Lopan, Krasne and Ogirtseve settlements of the Kharkiv region;
in the Kramatorsk direction - from tanks, barrel and jet artillery, in the areas of Berestov, Petropavlivka, Pershotravneve settlements of the Kharkiv region; Grekivka and Novoyehorivka in Luhansk region and Zarichne, Terny, Torske and Yampolivka in Donetsk region;
in the Bakhmut direction - from tanks and rocket artillery in the areas of Andriivka, Bakhmut, Bakhmutske, Belogorivka, Vesele, Opytne, Soledar and Yakovlivka settlements of the Donetsk region;
in the Avdiyiv direction - from tanks, barrel and jet artillery, in the areas of Berdychi, Vodyane, Krasnohorivka, Maryinka, Nevelske, Novomykhailivka and Pervomaiske settlements of the Donetsk region.
The enemy did not conduct offensive operations in the Novopavlovsk and Zaporizhzhya directions. Fired artillery of various types in the areas of Bogoyavlenka, Velyka Novosilka, Volodymyrivka, Vugledar and Paraskoviivka settlements of the Donetsk region.
In the South Buz region, more than twenty-five settlements along the contact line suffered fire damage. In particular, Nikopol and Novokamyanka in the Dnipropetrovsk region, Ternovy Pody, Partyzanske, Shiroke in the Mykolaiv region, and Myrne in the Kherson region.
The occupiers are trying to replenish their losses in manpower and massively mobilize men in the temporarily occupied territories. Thus, according to the available information, in Stanytsia Luhanska, Luhansk region, employees of communal services were forcibly registered for military service under Russian legislation and conducted a so-called medical examination. According to his results, all were found to be suitable for military service.
It was confirmed that the enemy's manpower, weapons and military equipment had been destroyed in the previous days. As a result of accurate strikes by the Defense Forces, the enemy suffered the following losses in the populated areas of the Zaporizhzhya region: Molochansk - up to 40 wounded, Kamianka-Dniprovska - 5 units of weapons and military equipment and about 25 wounded, Energodar - up to 20 wounded, Orihiv and Gulyaipole - up to 5 units of weapons and military equipment and up to 50 wounded, Pology - about 7 units of military equipment and up to 30 wounded. The information is being clarified.
Over the past 24 hours, units of the Defense Forces repelled the attacks of the occupiers in the areas of Torske, Spirne, Soledar, Bakhmut, Mayorsk, Vodyane, Krasnohorivka, Maryinka and Novomykhailivka settlements of the Donetsk region.
Air Defense Forces have carried out more than thirty strikes in the past 24 hours. It has been confirmed that twenty-five areas of concentration of weapons and military equipment, as well as six positions of the enemy's anti-aircraft missile systems, have been hit. Also, our air defense units shot down fifteen enemy UAVs.
Missile forces and artillery hit two control points, one anti-aircraft defense position and one ammunition warehouse over the past day.

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In Kyiv, the bodies of three people were pulled out from under the rubble of a house that was hit by a drone of Russian invaders.

This was announced by the mayor of Kyiv Vitali Klitschko.

"During search and rescue operations in a residential building in the center, where the Russian drone hit, the bodies of three dead civilians were removed," Klitschko said. "Among them is a young couple, a husband and wife who were expecting a baby. The woman was 6 months pregnant," -.

 

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All Iranian kamikaze drones launched by the enemy over the past 24 hours flew from the south.

Yuriy Ignat, speaker of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

"According to updated information, nevertheless, all attacks today were from the southern direction. Today we have 85% of the destruction of all drones that were launched. Perhaps this figure will reach 90%," he said.

The speaker added that a total of 43 kamikaze drones were launched, of which 37 were destroyed by the air defense forces and means of all components of the Defense Forces.

“It is clear that the most destroyed anti-aircraft missile units of the Air Force. Also fighter aircraft, air defense of the ground forces and some moments of other Defense Forces. Actually, this is a good result from 21:30, when the attack began yesterday, at this minute on October 17. That is, this is the figure for night and morning time," the source added.

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The state concern Ukroboronprom reported that they are completing the development of an attack drone with a range of up to 1,000 kilometers.
"The range is 1000 km, the weight of the warhead (explosives) is 75 kg. We are completing development. ... We practically don’t tell you anything (it’s necessary, believe me), but this" nothing "works successfully on the battlefield, and some more " nothing "over and over again passes successful tests," the concern noted
and showed a photo of the new development hull.

 

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Russian missile attack on October 18: it became known about the victims and injured.

power equipment was seriously damaged.

On the morning of October 18, two energy enterprises of DTEK Energo suffered from Russian missile strikes.

One of the wounded died in the ambulance from the severe injuries received, the report says.

It is also noted that the power equipment was seriously damaged.

"After the shelling stops, the employees of the enterprises will be able to start work to eliminate the consequences and resume work. For safety, only critical employees are at the facilities, everyone is in shelters. Everyone else is working remotely," the company said.

Updated. According to preliminary data from the Office of the Prosecutor General, two people were killed and one more was injured from a rocket attack on an energy supply facility on the left bank of Kyiv.

 

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30% of power plants in Ukraine destroyed due to Russian strikes - Zelensky

Since October 10, 2022, Russian strikes on critical infrastructure in Ukraine have destroyed a third of power plants, causing large-scale power outages across the country.

This was stated by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky.

"Another type of Russian terrorist attacks: aimed at energy and critical infrastructure. Since October 10, 30% of Ukrainian power plants have been destroyed, which led to massive power outages throughout the country," Zelensky wrote.

Zelensky stressed that "there was no room left for the possibility of negotiations with the Putin regime."

On October 17, Russian invaders attacked the energy infrastructure in three regions of Ukraine. 5 drone strikes were recorded in Kyiv. Energy facilities and a residential building were damaged. The aggressor also launched rocket attacks on critical infrastructure in the Dnepropetrovsk and Sumy regions. Hundreds of settlements are de-energized as a result of the attack.

On October 18, 2022, the Russian invaders launched three attacks on a power supply facility on the left bank of Kyiv, as well as on an energy infrastructure facility in the Dnieper and a power supply facility in Zhytomyr.

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The Ukrainian military is destroying more than 85% of the Shahed-136 Iranian kamikaze drones, which the Russian invaders are trying to use in Ukraine.

Yuriy Ignat, speaker of the command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, announced this during the informational telethon.

“Basically, they launch them from the south. It can be either Crimea or the occupied territory somewhere in the Kherson region. But two attacks were from Belarus and from the Kursk region. Since Monday, 51 Shahed UAVs and 10 cruise missiles have been destroyed, and today we still have the Su-25 in our achievements. If we count in percentage terms, this is more than 85% of the Shaheds are still destroyed on their route," said Yuri Ignat.

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Russia will receive Iranian missiles Fateh-110 and Zolfaghar

Military expert Alexander Kovalenko explained what the new delivery of weapons to Russia from Iran testifies to. This time, the Iranians are preparing to send Fateh-110 and Zolfaghar missiles to Russia.

"For decades, Russian propaganda has been talking about what kind of "unparalleled" missiles they have in the world and how they are rapidly replacing the Tochka-U TRK with the Iskander OTRK. Only in late March - early April, the Russian invaders became more and more use the Tochka-U air defense system. In late spring and early summer, the Russians quite unexpectedly began to reconfigure the S-300 air defense systems from attacking air targets to attacking the surface, thereby trying to replace tactical and operational-tactical missile systems with them, " Kovalenko noted.

"And now Russian information platforms cannot get enough of another Iranian handout in the form of Fateh-110 and Zolfaghar. Interestingly, the Russians themselves understand how insignificant they look? Not so long ago, they frightened the whole world with their Iskander OTRK, they very quickly switched to Soviet TRK "Tochka-U", and then they tried to compensate for the lack of this weaponry with S-300 air defense missiles, and now they are begging for handicrafts from Iran. The demilitarization of Russia is going according to plan," Kovalenko added.
 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/10/16/iran-russia-missiles-ukraine/

 

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The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 18.10 were approximately:

Operational information as of 06.00 on 18.10.2022 regarding the Russian invasion
The two hundred and thirty-seventh day of heroic resistance of the Ukrainian nation to the large-scale Russian invasion has begun.
The enemy is trying to keep the temporarily captured territories, concentrates efforts on restraining the actions of the Defense Forces in certain directions, at the same time, it does not abandon attempts to conduct offensive actions in the Bakhmut and Avdiiv directions.
Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces repelled the attacks of the occupiers in the areas of Berestov settlements of the Kharkiv region; Bakhmutske, Ivangrad, Klishchiivka, Pervomayske and Maryinka of the Donetsk region.
The enemy is shelling the positions of our troops along the entire contact line, carrying out engineering equipment of defensive positions and lines in separate directions and conducting aerial reconnaissance. Violating the norms of International Humanitarian Law, the laws and customs of war, it strikes critical infrastructure and the homes of the civilian population.
Over the past 24 hours, the enemy launched 10 missile and 58 air strikes, and launched up to 60 attacks from rocket salvo systems.
Areas of more than 35 settlements were hit by enemy attacks. In particular, Kyiv and Odesa, Mykolaiv Oblasts; Bilogorivka, Terny, Krasnohorivka and Maryinka of the Donetsk region; Nova Kamianka and Biloghirka, Kherson region. For this, the enemy used cruise, aviation and anti-aircraft guided missiles. In addition, 43 Iranian-made Shahed-136 unmanned aerial vehicles were involved, 38 of which were shot down by Ukrainian soldiers.
The situation in the Volyn and Poliske directions has not changed significantly. The threat of missile and airstrikes, as well as the use of "Shahed-136" attack UAVs from the territory of the Republic of Belarus, remains.
The enemy fired in other directions:
in the Seversky direction - from artillery of various types, in the areas of the settlements of Senkivka of Chernihiv region and Seredyna-Buda and Dmytrivka of Sumy region;
in the Slobozhansk direction - from tanks, mortars, barrel and rocket artillery, in the areas of the settlements of Khatne, Staritsa and Strilecha;
in the Kupyansk direction - from mortars, barrel and jet artillery in the areas of Berestov, Hryanikyvka, Dvorichna, Kotlyarivka, Serebryanka and Stelmakhivka settlements;
in the Lymansky direction - from artillery of various calibers, in the areas of the settlements of Bilogorivka, Grekivka, Zarichne, Nadiya, Novoehorivka and Terny. Here the enemy also used shock UAVs;
in the Bakhmut and Avdiiv directions, the enemy inflicted fire damage from tanks, mortars, barrel and rocket artillery along the contact line.
On the Novopavlivskyi and Zaporizhzhya directions, the enemy shelled more than 15 settlements. Among them are Biloghirya, Bogoyavlenka, Vugledar, Malynivka, Orihiv and Shevchenko.
In the South Buz direction, the occupiers fired at military and civilian infrastructure. Areas of more than 20 settlements along the contact line were damaged by fire. The enemy made more than 30 UAV sorties to conduct aerial reconnaissance.
Violating all norms of international humanitarian law, laws and customs of warfare, the Russian occupiers are building fortifications at the expense of looting the local population. Thus, in the settlement of Blagodatne, Kherson region, building materials and metal constructions of estates for the equipment of engineering fortifications are taken from private households of civilians.
Aviation of the Defense Forces carried out 22 strikes during the past day. It was confirmed that 18 areas of concentration of weapons and military equipment, a support point, as well as 3 positions of the enemy's anti-aircraft missile systems were hit. Air defense units shot down 3 cruise missiles.
Missile troops and artillery hit the control post, the area of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment, two air defense and artillery facilities, one ammunition depot and other military targets of the enemy.

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The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 19.10 were approximately:

 

Operational information as of 18.00 on 19.10.2022 regarding the Russian invasion
The two hundred and thirty-eighth day of heroic resistance of the Ukrainian nation to the large-scale Russian invasion continues.
The enemy is trying to hold the temporarily captured territories, concentrates its efforts on restraining the actions of the Defense Forces in certain directions, at the same time, it does not stop trying to conduct offensive actions in the Bakhmut and Avdiiv directions.
The enemy is shelling the positions of our troops along the contact line, carrying out engineering equipment of defensive positions and lines in separate directions and conducting aerial reconnaissance. Violating the norms of International Humanitarian Law, the laws and customs of war, it continues to strike critical infrastructure and the homes of the civilian population.
During the current day, the enemy launched four missile and eleven air strikes, launched more than ten attacks from rocket salvo systems.
The enemy has once again launched a massive strike with cruise missiles and Iranian strike UAVs on civilian infrastructure in Kyiv, Chernihiv, Vinnytsia, Ivano-Frankivsk, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhia, and Mykolaiv regions. At night, the occupiers also attacked Uman, Cherkasy Region, and Kobleve, Mykolaiv Region, with five Iranian-made Shahed-136 unmanned aerial vehicles. All of them were successfully shot down by the Defense Forces of Ukraine.
The situation in the Volyn and Poliske directions has not changed significantly. The Republic of Belarus continues to support the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine. During the day, the enemy used nine "Shahed-136" attack UAVs from the territory of Belarus. Eight of them were shot down.
The enemy shelled in other directions:
in the Siversky direction - from mortars and barrel artillery, within the boundaries of the settlements of Gai and Khrinivka of the Chernihiv region;
in the Slobozhansk direction - from mortars, barrel and jet artillery, in the areas of Vovchanski Khutory, Terny, Krasne, Ohirtseve, Strelecha and Khatne settlements;
in the Kupyansk direction - from barrel and jet artillery, in the areas of the settlements of Berestov, Dvorichna, Kamianka and Kislivka;
in the Lyman direction - from mortars, barrel and jet artillery, in the areas of the settlements of Grekivka, Hryanikyvka, Nadiya, Novoyehorivka, Zarichne, Serebryanka, Terny, Torske and Yampolivka;
in the Bakhmut direction - from tanks and artillery, in the areas of Andriivka, Bakhmut, Bakhmutske, Belogorivka, Mayorsk, New York, Opytne, Rozdolivka, Soledar, Spirne and Yakovlivka settlements;
in the Avdiivka direction - from tanks, mortars, barrel and jet artillery, in the areas of Avdiivka, Berdychi, Pervomaiske, Karlivka, Krasnohorivka, Maryinka, and Novomykhailivka settlements.
The enemy did not conduct active offensive actions in the Novopavlivskyi, Zaporizhzhya and Yuzhnobuzki directions. Fired in the areas of more than 45 settlements along the entire contact line.
The occupying leadership of the temporarily captured territory of the Zaporizhzhia region organized the so-called inventory of the housing stock and the "census" of the population. The measures are carried out with the aim of finding and alienating the housing of local residents who have left the captured territories.
Replenishment of the losses of units of the Russian occupation forces at the expense of prisoners caused additional problems to the command. Thus, recruited servicemen from prisons, after receiving weapons, leave their units and look for an opportunity to return to the territory of the Russian Federation. According to available information, after the damage to the warehouse with ammunition in the Kherson region on October 17 of this year, part of the unit involved in its protection was injured, and the rest managed to escape. Rosguard units, under the guise of fighting subversive and intelligence groups, conduct activities to search for deserters.
The occupiers continue the practice of forcibly recruiting the local population to carry out fortification works in the area of the city of Kherson, allegedly from among curfew violators and citizens disloyal to the occupation authorities.
Aviation of the Defense Forces carried out ten strikes during the current day. Damage to six areas of concentration of weapons and military equipment, as well as four positions of the enemy's anti-aircraft missile systems, was confirmed. Air defense units shot down four cruise missiles, one Ka-52 helicopter and thirteen "Shahed-136" UAVs.
Soldiers of the missile troops and artillery hit three control points, four areas of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment, an electronic warfare station, one bridge and one pontoon crossing of the enemy.

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Almost 40% of Ukraine's energy infrastructure is seriously damaged

during the telethon, the adviser to the minister on energy issues, Alexander Kharchenko, said about it.

"Unfortunately, according to new data, about 40% of the total infrastructure is seriously damaged. Repair and connection work continues, however, today and tomorrow we must expect that there will be outages. There will be outages not only emergency, but also planned, with the aim of reducing the load on the network ", Kharchenko said.

He once again urged Ukrainians to save electricity and not to turn on unnecessary appliances.

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The fight against Iranian drones costs Ukraine more than the cost of the UAVs themselves

The price of shooting down kamikaze drones shooting at cities for Ukraine significantly exceeds the amount that Russia pays for the purchase and launch of cheap Iranian-made technology.

The Guardian writes about it.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/19/financial-toll-ukraine-downing-drones-vastly-exceeds-russia-costs#:~:text=The estimated cost to Ukraine,13 September and 17 October.

Given that the price of Iranian Shahed-136 aircraft is between 20,000 and 50,000 euros per aircraft, the total cost of Russia’s failed drone attacks on Ukraine in recent weeks is estimated by Molfar military analysts at $11.66 million and $17.9 million.

Ukraine has deployed a host of weapons to destroy drones, including MiG-29 fighter jets, S-300 cruise missiles, Nasams ground defense systems and small arms fire.

The estimated cost for Ukraine is more than $28.14 million, according to an analysis based on open sources. The data includes drones launched between September 13 and October 17.

It highlights the low financial cost to Russia of drone attacks that continue to spread terror in Ukraine, killing civilians and targeting the country's energy infrastructure.

Iran providing kamikaze drones to Russia: what is known

According to various estimates, Iran sold the Russian Federation from about 300 to several thousand kamikaze drones.

Iran has repeatedly denied exporting any weapons for use in the war in Ukraine. They also said they "regret" the deterioration of diplomatic relations between Iran and Ukraine. The Iranian Foreign Ministry advised the Ukrainian government "to avoid the influence of third countries seeking to destroy relations between the two countries."

In response, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said that the only "third party" is Iranian drones in the service of the Russian army, which Ukraine is already directly shooting down in its skies. The Foreign Ministry stressed that Tehran bears full responsibility for the destruction of relations with Ukraine. Also, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, on behalf of the president, decided to deprive the Iranian ambassador of accreditation, as well as significantly reduce the number of diplomatic staff of the Iranian embassy in Kyiv.

 

Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz confirmed that Jerusalem is monitoring Iran's involvement in the war in Ukraine, despite Tehran's objections to providing Shahed 131 and Shahed 136 kamikaze drones to Moscow. in the near future. The Iranians methodically lie about selling this equipment," Gantz said.

On October 16, The Washington Post, citing US and allied security officials, reported that Iran is stepping up its commitment to supply weapons to Russia for the war against Ukraine and is ready to transfer not only drones, but also ground-to-ground missiles.

On the same day, Israeli Minister of Diaspora Affairs Nachman Shai said that since Iran is transferring ballistic missiles to Russia, Israel should provide military assistance to Ukraine, as the US and NATO countries do. At the same time, Benny Gantz said that Israel would not provide weapons systems, but offered to help Ukraine develop an early warning system for missile threats.

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The Commissioner of the President of Ukraine for the Rights of the Child and Child Rehabilitation Daria Gerasimchuk told how many Ukrainian children were forcibly deported to Russia.

"Today, we have data on 8,709 children. These are children who, according to parents, according to acquaintances and relatives, were recognized as being forcibly deported or displaced," Gerasimchuk said.

She noted that the occupiers are trying to distribute the abducted Ukrainian children throughout Russia as much as possible, so that it is as difficult as possible to find them.

“Some children are placed in healthcare facilities, some in children’s institutions. They are scattered as much as possible throughout the territory of the Russian Federation to make it harder for us to find them. They are sent as far as possible from Ukraine, and this is a fact. They are trying to erase any belonging of the child to his native country "They are trying to erase his identity. Definitely, all we need to remember, why the Russians are essentially kidnapping Ukrainian children, is the act of genocide of the Ukrainian people for Ukrainian children," Gerasimchuk added.

The Presidential Commissioner for Children's Rights noted that, first of all, in order to return children, it is necessary to have broad information that will help to find them.

"In order for us to return the children back to Ukraine as soon as possible, we need to have as much information as possible about the child, that is, all his personal data. And if we are talking about these almost 9 thousand children, the figure is increasing daily, follow For this, you can use the Children of War portal (https://childrenofwar.gov.ua/)... to date, 96 children have been returned. This is a lot. Because behind each figure is the fate of a person," Gerasimchuk added.

According to her, the Ukrainian side is trying to attract all available opportunities to search for forcibly taken children, because there is currently no universal return algorithm.

"Today, we are transferring the lists of children that we have to the international community, international organizations, including the International Committee of the Red Cross. And we are trying to build cooperation, since this organization has a powerful mandate to search for children in other countries and monitor conditions their stay. Of course, we do not ask for help to return the children, we ask them to find them, and only then Ukraine will return its children with its own hands, possibly with the help of a third country. But at the moment, this cooperation is only being built. It is rather difficult to return the child, and, unfortunately, there is no universal algorithm," Gerasimchuk said.