Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22:39 Kiev public pages publish a video with the sound of new Russian drones flying over . According to eyewitnesses, these UAVs have a completely different sound than the “shaheds”. If the latter ones sound like a moped, then the new ones sound like a lawn mower. The KGVA reported on the work of air defense.
21:11 The German budget lacks 5 billion euros to help Ukraine, writes Bild. The publication explains that military support for Ukraine is paid from the general financial management budget, and in it the German Ministry of Finance has allocated 4 billion euros for assistance to Ukraine for 2024. Of this, 3.1 billion euros are planned for previously promised assistance, 770 million euros for the Foreign Ministry, and only 120 million euros remain for new military projects. But Ukraine’s needs, according to the German Ministry of Defense, are much higher: Kyiv expects additional support from Germany in the amount of 5.22 billion euros to counter Russian aggression.
19:54 Zelensky announced in an evening video message that “the coming week will add more opportunities for Ukraine - for our defense, for our defense against Russian terror, for our Peace Formula, which continues to unite the world.”
17:03 The United States began transferring to Israel “tens of thousands” of 155-mm artillery shells intended for Ukraine, writes The New York Times. The Pentagon promised that the flow of arms to Israel would be stable, so experts predict compromises in supplies for both countries. Stocks of 155-mm shells and other weapons systems “have already been depleted, and manufacturers are struggling to meet demand,” the publication’s interlocutors note.
In addition, the United States will try to differentiate supplies depending on the nature of the wars. Thus, according to the newspaper's sources, Washington may provide Israel with precision-guided projectiles to hit targets in densely populated urban areas, while cluster munitions sent to Ukraine may be more effective against positions scattered across the battlefield. At the same time, there are three more types of weapons that both countries lay claim to: “smart” bombs, Stinger missiles, the reserves of which are “extremely limited,” as well as missiles for the Patriot air defense system.
16:27 The Russians attacked a number of settlements in the Donetsk region - two people were killed, three were injured, the prosecutor’s office reported. In particular, one person died in the village. Kalinovka, another one - in the village. Vasyukovka, Bakhmut district. In the village One person was wounded in Netailovo, Pokrovsky district, and two more were injured in the city of Toretsk.
15:58 Ukraine, using ATACMS missiles, destroyed nine Russian helicopters at airfields in occupied Berdyansk and Lugansk and damaged 15 more, OSINT analysts from the Oryx project report . According to their information, as a result of the strikes, seven Ka-52 Alligator helicopters and two Mi-8 helicopters were destroyed. Another 15 helicopters - eight Ka-52 and seven Mi-8 - were damaged.
15:34 The Russian Army attacked the village with FAB-250. Kurilovka, Kupyansky district, Kharkov region, one person was injured, the prosecutor’s office reported.
15:01 The number of victims as a result of the Russian strike on the Nova Poshta terminal has increased to 17 - another employee of the enterprise received minor shrapnel wounds, the prosecutor's office reported.
14:40 Zelensky said that he had a conversation with the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani - thanked him for humanitarian assistance, for his mediatory role in the return of illegally deported Ukrainian children and participation in the negotiations on the Peace Formula, in particular, for his willingness to take part in the meeting in Malta next week.
12:09 The Russians began producing unidentified drones using engines from AliExpress, said Yuri Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. However, he added that such drones, despite their primitiveness, still pose a danger, since they can carry several kilograms of explosives.
10:56 According to British intelligence estimates, since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia has lost from 150 to 190 thousand soldiers killed and wounded, and the total figure (including the wounded who returned to the battlefield) ranges from 240 to 290 thousand. At the same time, the intelligence added that these data do not include wounded and dead mercenaries of the Wagner PMC. Analysts note that after the start of the assaults in the Avdeevka area, Russian losses increased by 90%.
09:41 In the Kherson region, the Russians used a record number of aerial bombs over the past 24 hours, said Natalya Gumenyuk, speaker of the Southern Defense Forces: “During this 24-hour period, an actual record number of aerial bombs was recorded - 36. In the Kherson region, the enemy fired 2-4 aerial bombs at one settlement "For a village, this is a very large power, when a 500-kilogram equivalent of TNT crashes into the ground, leaving multi-meter craters."
09:04 At night, the enemy launched an airstrike on an idle mine in Toretsk, Donetsk region. Rescuers extinguished a fire in the roof of a three-story administrative building and a fire in a lifting mechanism, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported. In addition, three private houses in Konstantinovka were damaged as a result of the missile strike. According to the OVA, over the past 24 hours, three people were wounded as a result of Russian shelling in the region - in Voskhod, Ocheretino and Avdeevka.
08:57 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of October 22:
personnel - about 293,830 (+980) people,
tanks - 5081 (+18),
armored combat vehicles - 9631 (+19),
artillery systems - 7032 (+15),
MLRS - 825 (+3),
air defense systems - 549 (+1),
aircraft - 320 (+0),
helicopters - 324 (+0),
UAV of operational-tactical level - 5339 (+9),
cruise missiles - 1535 (+0),
ships/boats - 20 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 9404 (+13),
special equipment - 991 (+1).
08:42 At night, the Russians fired one X-59 guided aircraft missile across Ukraine from a Su-34 aircraft from the airspace of the Zaporozhye region - it was destroyed by air defense forces, the Air Force command reported. The enemy also launched two UAVs of an unidentified type from the northern direction and three attack UAVs of the Shahed-136/131 type from the area of Cape Chauda (Crimea). All three "martyrs" were destroyed. In addition, over the past 24 hours, three Lancet-type attack UAVs were destroyed in the south of the country. Eight launches of S-300 missiles were also recorded from the Belgorod region and the temporarily occupied territory of the Donetsk region.
08:39 As a result of a Russian missile attack from the S-300 air defense system on the Nova Poshta terminal in the village of Korotich, Kharkov region, six people were killed, 16 were injured , two of them in extremely serious condition, six in serious condition. The terminal building was destroyed and a fire broke out, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OBA.
In addition, in the morning the enemy shelled the city of Kupyansk - they hit residential buildings, three people were wounded, among them two teenagers, 15 and 17 years old.
07:46 In the Avdeevka direction, the enemy is not abandoning attempts to encircle Avdeevka, but Ukrainian forces are holding the line, the General Staff said in its morning report . Over the past 24 hours, the Defense Forces have repelled more than 15 enemy attacks in the Keramik, Avdeevka, Stepnoy, Tonenky and Pervomaisky districts of the Donetsk region.
In total, over the past 24 hours, more than 80 military clashes took place at the front. In the Kupyansk direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled enemy attacks in the areas of Sinkovka, Ivanovka, Kharkov region and Nadezhda, Luhansk region; on Limansky - in the areas of Belogorovka, Luhansk region, Serebryansky forest and Spornoye, Donetsk region; on Bakhmutsky - in the Vasyukovka and Andreevka districts of the Donetsk region; on Maryinsky - in the areas of Marinka, Krasnogorovka and Pobeda of the Donetsk region; on Shakhtarsky and Zaporozhye - in the areas of Prechistovka, Zolota Niva, Staromayorsky, Donetsk region and north of Priyutnoye, Zaporozhye region.
At the same time, the Ukrainian Defense Forces continue their offensive in the Melitopol direction and assault operations south of Bakhmut, Donetsk region.
02:51 Photos of the destroyed Nova Poshta terminal in the Kharkov region appeared in the media:
01:19 Nova Poshta reported that the terminal workers did not have time to run for cover because “the siren sounded a second before the impact.”
00:38 The Russians launched a missile attack on the Nova Poshta terminal in the Kharkov region: six people were killed, 14 were wounded , said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OBA. All the dead and injured were employees of the enterprise who were inside the Nova Poshta terminal. Among the wounded, seven are in serious condition. Debris clearing continues at the site. According to preliminary data, the enemy fired S-300 missiles.
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[Korrespondent] During the day, 82 military clashes occurred
In particular, the Russians attacked in the Kupyansky, Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky, Maryinsky, Shakhtarsky, and Zaporozhye directions.
Within 24 hours, the Russians attacked immediately in almost all directions of the front. A total of 82 military clashes occurred. This was announced by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the evening report on October 22.
It is noted that in the Kupyansk direction, Ukrainian soldiers repelled 15 attacks of the invaders in the Sinkovka and Ivanovka areas of the Kharkov region.
In particular, the enemy carried out air strikes in the areas of the settlements of Ivanovka and Kurilovka, Kharkov region. About 10 settlements were subjected to artillery and mortar shelling, in particular Dvurechnaya, Petropavlovka, Kucherivka, Ivanovka, Kislovka, Berestovo in the Kharkov region.
At the same time, as stated by the General Staff, in the Liman direction the Defense Forces repelled three enemy attacks in the Nadiya area of the Luhansk region. The enemy carried out air strikes near Nadiya, Nevsky, Lugansk region and Spornoye, Vyemka, Donetsk region. About 15 settlements were damaged by artillery and mortar shelling, including Nevskoye, Kremennaya, Belogorovka in the Lugansk region and Novosadovo, Torskoye, Spornoye in the Donetsk region.
In the Bakhmut direction, Ukrainian soldiers reportedly repelled all enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Bogdanovka, Khromovo, Andreevka, Druzhba in the Donetsk region. The enemy launched air strikes near Klishchievka and New York, Donetsk region. About 20 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire, including Kalinovka, Ivanovskoye, Klishchievka, Andreevka, Odradovka, Kurdyumovka in the Donetsk region.
“In the Avdeevsky direction, the enemy carried out unsuccessful assault operations with the support of aviation in the areas of the settlements of Keramik, Stepnoe, Avdeevka, Tonenkoye, Opytnoye, Nevelskoye, Donetsk region. Here, the Defense Forces repelled about 20 enemy attacks. The enemy also carried out an air strike near Novokalinovoy and Orlovka, Donetsk region More than 10 settlements were subjected to artillery and mortar shelling, including Keramik, Stepnoe, Avdeevka, Opytne, Severnoye, Tonenkoye in the Donetsk region. The defense forces repelled more than 20 enemy attacks. About 10 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire from the occupiers, in particular, Krasnogorovka, Alexandropol, Georgievka, Maryinka, Novomikhailovka, Ekaterinivka, Donetsk region,” the report says.
In addition, in the Shakhtarsky direction, Ukrainian soldiers repelled all enemy attacks in the Prechistovka and Zolotaya Niva areas of the Donetsk region. About 20 settlements were subjected to artillery and mortar shelling, in particular, Vodyanoye, Ugledar, Prechistovka, Zolotaya Niva, Blagodatnoye, Urozhaynoye in the Donetsk region.
In the Zaporozhye direction, Ukrainian soldiers repelled enemy attacks in the Verbovoy and Robotiny areas of the Zaporozhye region. The enemy launched an air strike near Malaya Tokmachka. More than 15 settlements were subjected to artillery and mortar shelling, in particular Belogorye, Orekhov, Novodanilovka, Novoandreevka, Malye Shcherbaki, Pyatikhatki in the Zaporozhye region.
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[KavkazUzel] The court placed under arrest four policemen from Malgobek, suspected of torturing a detained local resident.
As the "Caucasian Knot wrote, on October 20, investigators announced the detention of four police officers suspected in a criminal case of abuse of power with the use of violence.
According to investigators, on October 5, four employees of the Malgobeksky Ministry of Internal Affairs department groundlessly detained and took a 31-year-old local resident to the police department. Then, according to the case file, they used violence against him, demanding that he confess to involvement in drug trafficking. Investigators also believe that the police extorted money from the detainee.
At the request of the investigator, the court chose a preventive measure in the form of detention against four suspected police officers, the ICR department for Ingushetia reported today.
The case is being investigated under points “a”, “d”, “e” of Part 3 of Article 286 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (exceeding official powers with the use of violence by a group of persons by prior conspiracy out of mercenary or other personal interest), the message on the department’s website notes. Part 3 of Article 286 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation provides for from three to 10 years of imprisonment with deprivation of the right to hold certain positions for up to three years.
The fact of “possible commission of illegal acts” was identified by internal security operatives of the republican Ministry of Internal Affairs together with employees of the FSB Directorate for Ingushetia and the Main Directorate of Internal Security of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs reported on October 20, noting that the case was opened on October 19.
“An internal audit is being carried out. If the guilt of the employees is confirmed, they will be dismissed from the internal affairs bodies on negative grounds and held accountable in the manner prescribed by law,” says a message on the ministry’s website. The department, as of 18.05 Moscow time, did not report on the further progress of the inspection.
[KavkazUzel] Volgograd activists at the “Return of Names” action read out the names of victims of Stalin’s repressions. Modern society should recognize the mistakes of the past and stop wars and persecution of dissidents, they said. As the "Caucasian Knot" wrote, on October 22, 2022, the "Return of Names" event took place in Yerevan. Its organizers and participants said that the memory of Stalin's repressions is preserved in Armenia thanks to the enthusiasm of activists, while the authorities do not pay due attention to this topic. A similar action was carried out on October 29, 2022 by several dozen people in Tbilisi. They read the names of people repressed during Stalin's times.
Since 1991, October 30 has been celebrated in Russia as the Day of Remembrance for Victims of Political Repression. In 2021, in particular, residents and guests of Sochi laid flowers on this day at the monument to victims of repression. The era of the 1930s in the USSR can be compared with modern times, when people end up in prison for their political views, Sochi residents interviewed by the Caucasian Knot pointed out.
Today at 15.20 Moscow time in Volgograd, at the foot of the monument to victims of repression “Going to Heaven,” 10 participants of the all-Russian action “Return of Names” gathered: activists, members of the Yabloko party and the Memorial initiative group. They laid flowers and posters at the foot of the monument with the inscriptions: “I don’t need a dictatorship,” “Article 29 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation . Stand for it to the death,” “Every person has the right to hold his own opinion.”
For half an hour, activists took turns reading out the names of the repressed, their details, and the time of their arrest and execution. These were mainly the names of Stalingrad residents - engineers and factory workers sentenced to capital punishment in the second half of the 1930s, as reported by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent who was present at the scene of the action.
Activists of the Volgograd Regional Association of Victims of Political Repression restored the names of 250 thousand repressed fellow countrymen; the rehabilitation process was completed only by 2016.
“We are returning the names of citizens who died in the meat grinder that the Bolsheviks staged for supposedly lofty goals, which were pure Satanism,” co-organizer of the action, member of the federal bureau of the Yabloko party, Alexander Efimov, told the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent.
Civil activist Kirill Vinnikov said that the monument to People's Artist of Russia Viktor Fetisov "Going into the Sky" was not chosen by chance as the location for the action. “This is a monument to those who died innocently. This is also a monument to those who came for one, and then came for them. If the rules of the game are established, when you can kill your political opponents, you never have to be sure that they won’t come for you. About this is often forgotten,” he told the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent.
The monument to the victims of political repression “Going to Heaven” was unveiled on December 24, 2008 at the intersection of Chuikov and Naumova streets. The monument was designed by People's Artist of Russia Viktor Fetisov. This composition consists of three granite slabs. One of them depicts people going into the sky - repressed citizens. On another, a small group of survivors returns from the Gulag camps. On the horizontal part of the monument there is an inscription: “To the victims of political repression.” The dates “1917-1956” are inscribed on the back of the monument. In August 2022, the condition of the monument and the threat of its destruction alarmed Volgograd activists.
Activist Tamara Grodnikova said that there were repressed relatives in her family, but her relatives did not tell Tamara their names, “because they were afraid.” “In those terrible years, people lost their lives because of their political convictions, because they saw their lives and the future of their children differently, because their opinions did not reflect the line of the only party at that time, because they loved their homeland in a to their own. They were called enemies of the people. But the people did not make decisions about their fate. There was no democracy in the country, there was a dictatorship," Tamara Grodnikova told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
The activist noted that modern society has not fully realized its tragic past and “has failed to recognize crimes as crimes.” “Without admitting their mistakes, the people and the country cannot develop. Degradation sets in,” she said.
“Every day we see how the past is knocking on our modern life, how the past has broken through into events in Ukraine, how the past has broken through now in Israel, we see that human life is again worthless. We see that the politicians of many states, including of our state, they talk about lofty matters, about geopolitics, forgetting about the fate of the common man, considering him raw material for their political games,” said Alexander Efimov.
The culmination of political terror in the country occurred at the end of the 1930s, but it began in the First World War and in the Civil War, when human life finally became devalued, said participant Andrei Bachman . “Wars are scary because of humanitarian devaluation. Contemporaries need to realize this and finally put an end to wars and repression,” he said.
The action took place without provocation. Passersby showed no interest in what was happening at the monument; there were no police nearby. The event ended at 16.00 Moscow time. According to the organizers, the action was not approved by the mayor's office.
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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Kupyansk direction, units of the Zapad Group of Forces exploiting results of aviation strikes, artillery and heavy flamethrower systems fire repelled three attacks of assault groups of AFU 32nd, 41st mechanised brigades and the 68th Jaeger Brigade near Sinkovka, Ivanovka (Kharkov region), and Nadiya (Lugansk People's Republic).
Operational-tactical aircraft inflicted fire damage on the enemy manpower and hardware near Liptsy (Kharkov region).
Up to 15 Ukrainian troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, and three motor vehicles have been neutralised.
In addition, one ammunition depot of the AFU 60th Mechanised Brigade was destroyed near Ogurtsovo (Kharkov region), as well as one electronic warfare station close to Borovaya (Kharkov region)
In Krasny Liman direction, the Tsentr Group of Forces' units, aviation, and artillery repelled one attack of an assault group of the AFU 67th Mechanised Brigade close to Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic).
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation inflicted fire damage on the manpower and hardware of 21th, 63rd, and 67th Mechanised Brigades' units and the 15th National Guard Regiment near Yampolovka, Torskoye, and Grigorovka (Donetsk People's Republic), and close to Serebryansky forestry.
Over 30 Ukrainian troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, and two motor vehicles were destroyed.
In Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Group of Forces supported by aviation, artillery, and heavy flamethrower systems repelled two attacks launched by units of AFU 54th mechanised, 5th Assault Brigades close to Bogdanovka and Kleshcheyevka (Donetsk People's Republic).
In addition, strikes were delivered at enemy manpower and hardware near Veseloye, Nikolayevka, Krasnoye, Kurdyumovka, and Vasyukovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Total enemy losses amounted to over 550 Ukrainian troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, and one 152mm Msta-B howitzer.
In South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok Group of Forces, ground-attack aircraft, helicopters, and artillery launched strikes at manpower and hardware of AFU 79th Air Assault, 72nd Mechanised, and 58th Motorised Infantry Brigade near Sladkoye, Ugledar, Novodonetskoye (Donetsk People's Republic), and Malinovka (Zaporozhye region).
Up to 105 Ukrainian troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, two motor vehicles, and one 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS have been eliminated during the day.
In addition, ammunition and fuel depots of the AFU 128th Territorial Defence Brigade were destroyed close to Voskresenka and Karla-Marksa (Donetsk People's Republic).
In Zaporozhye direction, two attacks launched by assault groups of the AFU 82nd Air Assault Brigade near Verbovoye and Rabotino (Zaporozhye region) were repelled by skillful actions of the Russian Group of Forces supported by air strikes and artillery fire.
In addition, strikes were delivered at manpower and hardware of the AFU 65th Mechanised Brigade near Rabotino (Zaporozhye region).
The enemy's casualties were more up to 60 Ukrainian personnel, four tanks, two armoured fighting vehicles, and five pickup trucks.
In the course of the counterbattery warfare, one Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery system and one U.S.-made M777 artillery system were destroyed.
In Kherson direction near Pridneprovskoye, Tyaginka, Krynky, actions of AFU sabotage and reconnaissance groups to force the Dnepr River were thwarted.
The AFU 123rd Territorial Defence Brigade's manpower and water-crossing equipment have been hit near Stanislav (Kherson region).
In a result of fire defeat, up to 60 Ukrainian troops, three motor vehicles, one EV station, and one 152mm D-20 howitzer were neutralised.
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged AFU manpower and hardware in 147 areas during the day.
The 4th Tank Brigade's ammunition depots have been eliminated close to Krivoy Rog (Dnepropetrovsk region)
Aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force have been destroyed at the Starokonstantinov airfield (Khmelnitsky region).
One communication centre of the AFU 66th Mechanised Brigade was destroyed close to Podliman (Kharkov region).
Russian air defence means have shot down three MiG-29 aircraft near Blagodatnoye, Lozovoye (Dnepropetrovsk region) and Chuguyev (Kharkov region), as well as one Su-25 airplane north-western of Donetsk.
In addition, eight HIMARS and four 220mm BM-27 Uragan projectiles have been intercepted.
Moreover, 30 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down close to Lozovoye, Gornyak (Donetsk People's Republic), Kuzmino (Lugansk People's Republic), Ocheretovatoye, Novofedorovka, Kopani, Zhovtnevoye (Zaporozhye region), and Sagi, Rybalche (Kherson region).
In total, 508 airplanes and 253 helicopters, 8,157 unmanned aerial vehicles, 441 air defence missile systems, 12,869 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,167 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 6,847 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 14,567 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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[NewsFront] 23:50 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 10/22/2023 to 00:00 10/23/2023
Over the past 24 hours Representative officereportedabout 24 facts of firing by the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces. Information was received about the injury of a civilian, a woman, in the Chervonogvardeisky district of Makeyevka.
Two residential buildings were damaged in the Kirovsky and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk, as well as two civil infrastructure facilities.
The areas of two settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), the capital city of Donetsk (Kyiv, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts).
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 10 attacks from 155mm artillery.
At Gorlivske there were 14 artillery attacks from 152mm artillery.
A total of 90 units of various ammunition were fired.
A previous 62 artillery attacks were recorded from the VFU per day.
21:50 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for October 22 as of 21:00 arrived additional information about damage as a result of artillery attack by the Ukrainian Federal Army in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk:
Kirovsky district:
– House of Culture “Shakhty Lidievka” on the street. Pavel Kolodin.
Petrovsky district:
– st. Kosareva, 53 – multi-apartment residential building.
Information about the consequences of the artillery attack continues to arrive.
21:25 Commander of an armored group with the call sign “Stary” told about the tasks performed in the SVO zone
“We ensure the safety of our guys who are on the front line. They guard the defenders and prevent the enemy from advancing further. And we support the guys with fire and cover them,” the serviceman shared.
Some have been serving for a long time, some ended up in the “Old” unit as part of partial mobilization, but all the servicemen, shoulder to shoulder, unanimously carry out their assigned tasks.
They are helped to carry out their tasks by reliable equipment - the BMP-3.
“We really love these cars,” says a Russian serviceman.
20:50 NGP exploration reports: along the Zaporozhye Front
To the north-west of Verbovoy, fighting continues, Ukrainian Armed Forces militants are trying to cling to a former forest plantation, which during the summer battles was plowed up and down by artillery, at the moment there is practically nowhere to hide in this planting, except in shell craters - this is where every enemy the day drives the infantry into meat assaults, but even having managed to cling to this line, they will not be able to reach Verbovoy, since they will run into the next line of defense and will be forced to continue bloody battles.
The main emphasis of the Ukrainian Armed Forces militants is on accurate and long-range artillery, but even so, over the past three months their infantry has advanced to Verbovoy only two kilometers. To put it very mildly, given the price the enemy paid for this, this is not an achievement, but a crime of the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine against its own soldiers.
But it’s too early for us to celebrate victory, the enemy TCC catches new cannon fodder on the Ukrainian streets every day, they will not give up their attempts to reach Verbovoy, and they should not be allowed in there, at least until they kill a couple or three more mechanized brigades against him.
20:20 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for October 22 as of 16:00 arrived information on civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
n.p. Makeevka (Chervonogvardeisky district):
- in m-not. Kalininsky, 1, a woman born in 1987 was injured as a result of the detonation of a high explosive device.
Information has been received about damage as a result of artillery attack by the AFU in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk:
Kiev district:
– “First Republican Supermarket” on Partizansky Ave.
Kirovsky district:
– st. Pavel Kolodina, 15 – multi-apartment residential building.
Information about the consequences of the artillery attack continues to arrive.
19:35 Frontline reports: the situation in the Avdeevsky direction. The Russian Armed Forces attack the Armed Forces with MLRS.
18:45 Song and Dance Ensemble of the Central Military District spent concert for participants of a special military operation
On the field stage, the ensemble performed many musical and song numbers. The basis of the concert program was compositions by domestic rock performers and folk songs.
As one of the artists said, the front-line brigade constantly shuttles between units performing tasks in the special operation zone and performs for military personnel every day.
18:05 Telegram channel “Fisherman“: strike by the Russian Armed Forces on the Novaya Poshta terminal near Kharkov
At night, Russian troops attacked the terminal of the Ukrainian logistics company Novaya Pochta in the village of Korotych, west of Kharkov. The missile hit one of the two buildings and caused significant damage to it. Several workers inside were killed.
Both Novaya Poshta and other similar companies have long been providing logistics services to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, sometimes even delivering armored vehicles to the front lines. Therefore, their facilities have already become targets of Russian attacks several times in the past.
It is curious that during the night raid, an innovative terminal with automated equipment from the Dutch company Vanderlande, which was capable of sorting 8,500 parcels per hour, was hit.
We will see soon whether the terminal's failure will affect the speed of delivery of copters and other equipment to the Ukrainian formations to the front line in the Kharkov region.
16:55 NGP exploration reports: About the situation in the Avdeevsky direction
On the northern flank, the VKS and artillery continue to work on the enemy concentration in Avdievka, flying frequently and in dense groups.
A serious threat looms over the enemy of the final loss of control over the railway, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying with all their might to prevent this by throwing new reserves into the railway area, the reserves are being actively cleaned up, but so far the enemy has enough manpower to throw into the millstones.
There are no significant changes on the southern flank yet.
The telegram is now disseminating information that the Ukrainian Armed Forces have allegedly advanced in the area of Peski and Opytnoye - this is not true.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine have not advanced anywhere except their own fantasies; this is yet another virtual “victory”. What is happening now north of Sand, even the Ukrainian media machine is not able to pull “victories” onto the globe.
16:20 It’s very noisy in Donetsk: work all calibers in Avdeevsky direction
The fact is that at these moments the Ukrainian Armed Forces militants are trying to carry out a large-scale counterattack on the left flank of the Avdeevsky direction with the aim of hitting the flank of the southern strike force of the Russian Army.
A fierce battle is taking place in the area of Pervomaisky and Peski, the Russian Armed Forces are destroying the advancing enemy.
15:45 NGP exploration reports: according to the situation in the Kherson direction
In the area of Peschanovka, the Ukrainian Armed Forces launched another sortie, artillery inflicting fire on the enemy.
In the area of Krynki, Pridneprovskoye, Tyaginki, the enemy’s attempts to advance were stopped; at the time the report was published, the enemy had no success and was forced to roll back.
In the area of Aleshki, the enemy is actively using kamikaze drones, and the “Vampire” unit is operating.
In the area of Ol'govka-Korsunka, an enemy pontoon bridge built across the Dnieper was noticed, we previously wrote that on the right bank, since the summer, exercises were taking place to build pontoon-bridge crossings on the Ingulets River, the number of relevant messages coming from the loyal population of the Kherson region allowed to conclude that the exercises are taking place actively and frequently, apparently, the enemy has now decided to test his skills on the Dnieper.
14:30 Frontline reports: Kleshcheevka. The Russian Armed Forces knocked the Ukrainian Armed Forces out of the iron.
13:55 Avdievka: situation at 13.00 10.22.23
Today, by lunchtime, near Avdievka, the enemy’s plan to neutralize the threat of encirclement of the Ukrainian Armed Forces group in this city began to emerge.
All day yesterday, the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ artillery hammered at the southern “Russian claw.” In the evening, with an unexpected attack, he managed to advance along the reservoirs to Peski. And today in the first half of the day there is an attack on Opytnoye and pressure continues in the direction of Sand.
Obviously, the enemy’s plan is to cut off the base of the Russian southern “claw” in the area of Opytny and Peski and force us to retreat to positions a year ago, which will certainly remove the threat of encirclement of his group.
13:20 The LMUR Izdeliye-305 missile destroys a house with its 25-kg warhead entrenched in the APU. Malinovka —video.
12:40 Why is it difficult to take Avdievka - about the most powerful fortified area of the Ukrainian Armed Forces through the mouth of a soldier -interview project “through my eyes”.
12:10 NGP exploration reports: destruction of enemy forces
Today, at about 1000 hrs in the morning, in the district of n. New York, DPR, our aviation worked, six aircraft.
In this location there was an underground fortification, where up to 150 enemy personnel were located at a time. This shelter served as a concentration point for the Ukrainian Armed Forces before rotation.
11:35 From morning to evening: the crew number of the 152mm howitzer "Msta-B" spoke about combat work in the North Military District zone -video.
“We often have to work on goals: we start in the morning until the evening. The weapon is good. It hits the target exactly. We work quickly. Two days ago there was a case: only the third calculation worked, as for us it was an immediate arrival. It's good that we managed to get to the shelter. Our calculations are very good, we work harmoniously. That is, everyone understands each other, and we can determine by gestures what our comrade wants from us.”
11:05 Front-line soldier reports: Also, in the Avdeevsky direction there is progress, from Vodyanoy. Slowly, but confidently, the RF Armed Forces are advancing.
10:25 Frontline reports: Avdievka. The Russian Armed Forces advanced 1.5 km southwest of Krasnogorovka.
10:00 Frontline reports: in the Kupyansky direction, the Russian Armed Forces advanced towards Ivanovka. The Russian Armed Forces are also advancing from Yagodnoye and Orlyanka and took two forest plantations.
09:15 From morning to evening: the crew number of the 152mm howitzer "Msta-B" spoke about combat work in the North Military District zone -video
“We often have to work on goals: we start in the morning until the evening. The weapon is good. It hits the target exactly. We work quickly. Two days ago there was a case: only the third calculation worked, as for us it was an immediate arrival. It's good that we managed to get to the shelter. Our calculations are very good, we work harmoniously. That is, everyone understands each other, and we can determine by gestures what our comrade wants from us.”
09:14 Official summary of Representative offices of the DPR in the JCCC from 00:00 10/21/2023 to 00:00 10/22/2023
Over the past 24 hours, the Representative Office reported 62 incidents of firing by the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces.
Information was received about the injury of four civilians in the Kalininsky and Budennovsky districts of Donetsk
A total of 29 residential buildings were damaged in the Kuibyshevsky, Kalininsky and Budennovsky districts of Donetsk, Zaitsevo, as well as five civil infrastructure facilities.
Districts of six settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), Zaitsevo, Shirokaya Balka, Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Kalininsky, Budennovsky, Kievsky, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district).
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 49 attacks from the BM-27 “Uragan” and M-142 “Himars” MLRS, 155mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead.
At Gorlivske there were eight artillery attacks from 155 and 152mm artillery.
On Yasinovatsky there were five artillery attacks from 155mm artillery.
A total of 198 units of various ammunition were fired.
In the previous day, 23 artillery attacks were recorded from the AFU.
08:17 Airborne units destroyed several groups of Ukrainian militants north of Artemovsk -video
Servicemen of the Ivanovo Guards Airborne Unit received intelligence information that several armed groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were approaching the forest plantation to the outskirts of the city.
The crew of the 30mm automatic mounted grenade launcher AGS-17 “Plamya”, located in one of the high-rise buildings on the northwestern outskirts of Artemovsk, opened fire on the militants.
After a series of single shots, the paratroopers adjusted the fire and worked in bursts until the ammunition was completely consumed.
The enemy's advance was stopped. The surviving Ukrainian soldiers fled, leaving behind the dead and wounded.
08:07 Sightseeing summary as of October 22, 2023
A new element was the initial phase of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ operation to cross the Dnieper. Having realized the well-known plan for the lightning occupation of some islands in the floodplain of the river, the enemy tried to completely occupy Peschanovka and Podstepnoye, and was driven out of them to the railway bridge, where our artillery began to destroy it. However, the enemy managed to gain a foothold to the east, in Krynki, where fighting continues to this day.The tactics of the “meat assault” this time were supplemented by the introduction into battle of the special unit of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine “Kraken”. The situation is characterized by the enemy’s use of long-range artillery and an increase in the number of FPV drones deployed. Electronic warfare works on both sides, and in some places it jams our radio communications.
To date, the situation has been stabilized, but the Ukrainian Armed Forces are not abandoning plans to cross the Dnieper. However, the deadlines have been postponed again: just yesterday, more than 24 FABs with UMPCs were dropped on the heads of the fascists on its shore, and our OTRKs worked in the initial phase of the offensive.
On the Zaporozhye front, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are not exhausted and are constantly attacking two directions: Rabotino-Novoprokopovka and Verbovoye. Every day the Russian Armed Forces destroy enemy armored vehicles and enemy personnel. There were counterattacks and daring raids by our paratroopers on enemy positions, and prisoners were taken.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces used American ATACMS missiles at the airfield near Berdyansk, where our helicopters were based. However, the work of our helicopters continues. Apparently, already from other airfields.
In the rear of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, bridges near the city of Zaporozhye continue to operate across the Dnieper, along which enemy columns with equipment, personnel and artillery move every day. In military chats you can often come across the opinion that the destruction of bridges is a political issue, not a military one.
The true reasons are unknown, and various experts are only harping on old theses about the impossibility of destroying powerful structures built during the USSR. Referring to the great strength of Soviet infrastructure is also used to explain to the population why the enemy still has electricity after a year of bombing power infrastructure.
Encounter battles of local importance are taking place in the Vremevsky direction. Both sides are trying to improve their position using relatively small forces.
The heaviest bloody battles are taking place near Avdeevka, where our offensive began on October 10 using a huge amount of artillery and accumulated reserves of armored vehicles. There are no significant changes to the front line. All military channels reported about our occupation of the waste heap in the north-west of Avdievka and the battles in the south near the Tsarskaya Okhota recreation center.
On the Kleshcheevka-Andreevka line (south of Artemovsk), the enemy tries to cross the railway, bites into the ground, tries to gain a foothold where possible. Ours respond with artillery and aviation fire. FPV drones play an important role; open positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are hit by kamikaze drones.
In the Kupyansk direction and at the Tor salient, if you study the latest reports from the Russian Ministry of Defense, you can see that our troops have gone on the defensive. Reserves thrown into battle by the enemy, pulled up from other directions, are destroyed.
Strikes by both sides in the deep rear and front-line regions continue. The Russian Ministry of Defense reported on October 20 that “over the past week, 12 [AFU] aircraft were destroyed... In the last 24 hours alone, seven [enemy] Mig-29s have been shot down by air defense systems.”
In the Rostov direction, the enemy tried to attack the region for several days in a row, but our air defense forces intercepted all the missiles. The fight against UAVs continues in the Belgorod, Crimean, and Voronezh directions.
Weather conditions are increasingly influencing the course of hostilities and the life of our soldiers. The leaves have fallen, the smoke from the stoves becomes a sign of unmasking the position, and thermal imagers work with more contrast.
In general, the situation at the front remains in which neither side is able to instantly break through the enemy’s defenses, despite the development of weapons on both sides.
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[REGNUM] The remains of 11 Red Army soldiers who died in late September - early October 1943 during the breakthrough of the German “Wotan Line” on the Molochnaya River were solemnly buried today, October 22, at a memorial near the village of Mordvinovka near Melitopol.
As the director of the Melitopol Museum of Local Lore and the commander of the search party, Evgeny Gorlachev , told a Regnum correspondent, only one of the dead had a death medallion with him; he turned out to be Private Alexander Gavrilovich Sartakov from the 463rd Infantry Regiment, which captured the German bridgehead on the right bank of the Molochnaya. In total, search engines found the remains of 57 fighters during the season.
As you know, the section of the German Eastern Wall along the Molochnaya River was so important that it received its own name: “Wotan Line”. It provided cover for Nikopol, a source of manganese, and protected the railway running through Melitopol, the main supply line to the Crimea. The city became a key defense point, which Soviet troops stormed from September 26 to October 23, 1943. Now there are plans to create a new memorial here.
“This is for all residents of the Zaporozhye region, and soon for all residents of our large country, there will be an absolutely sacred place, comparable to the places of military glory in Rzhev, Sevastopol, Stalingrad, and the Kursk Bulge. These are places comparable in their importance for achieving victory in the Great Patriotic War , ” Nikolai Ovsienko , deputy chairman of the Russian Military Historical Society, told IA Regnum.
According to him, RVIO specialists are now assessing the scale of the work, and an international competition for the memorial project will be announced in the near future.
And for the Day of Liberation of Melitopol, a “city of military glory” stele was erected in its center and a T-70 tank was put into operation. RVIO specialists prepared the car for participation in the parade in honor of the 80th anniversary of the city’s liberation from the Nazis.
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[REGNUM] In Krasnoyarsk, law enforcement agencies are busy searching for the bear. It is reported that the duty unit received a message that night about the presence of a wild animal on the streets of the city. Residents of the Zheleznodorozhny district of the regional center saw a bear in the courtyard of a residential building on Kopylova Street. Now police are busy searching for him. The information is provided by the local Telegram channel MIA24 .
“A patrol squad was immediately dispatched to the scene,” the police said.
Law enforcement officers examined the area, but they were unable to detect the predator. The police then reviewed the video footage. So they were able to establish that the bear had gone towards the local park “Rattling Mane”. All local car patrols were informed about the clubfooted guest of the city. The search for him continues.
Another bear's trek through one of the cities of Primorye ended more tragically. He attacked a woman in the city of Artyom. The victim was hospitalized with lacerations. The wild animal was later neutralized. During the search by the police and employees of the Tiger center, this bear attacked the huntsman and caused him injuries.
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