[Vest] October 19 is the 238th day of the war between Russia and Ukraine. Briefly about the main thing that happened in the country on that day, about the situation in the regions, the exchange of prisoners, as well as all the relevant information from key departments - online Vesti.ua .
6:00 a.m. The main thing from the morning summary of the General Staff:
During the day, the Russians launched 10 missile and 18 air strikes, carried out more than 76 attacks from the MLRS. More than 10 settlements of Ukraine were affected. Russia used 14 Iranian-made Shahed-136 drones, 10 of which were shot down by units of the Defense Forces.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled the attacks of the Russian Federation in the areas of the settlements of Ogirevo and Dvuhletnaya in the Kharkiv region; Belogorivka in the Lugansk region; Novokalinovo, Mayorsk, Odradovka, New York, Novomikhailovka, Nevelskoye, Poprosnoye and Maryinka, Donetsk region.
Aviation of the Defense Forces of Ukraine carried out 24 strikes. The defeat of 16 areas of concentration of weapons and military equipment, a stronghold, as well as 8 positions of the air defense systems of the Russians was confirmed.
Air defense units shot down five cruise missiles and a Su-25 aircraft.
Warriors of the missile forces and artillery hit: four command posts, five areas of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment, two air defense facilities, one artillery, two ammunition trains, a RES station.
7:00 am . Crimea . A drone was shot down in Sevastopol.
Zaporozhye region. Shelling of Energodar has been going on since night. The city is partially without electricity and water. S-300 missiles attacked a critical infrastructure facility in one of the villages of the Zaporozhye region. A fire broke out, quickly extinguished by rescuers. There were no casualties.
Dnipropetrovsk region. In the Krivoy Rog region, the Russians were hit by missiles on the energy infrastructure. Cities, villages and one of the districts of Krivoy Rog were left without electricity . The pumping stations of local water utilities are de-energized, there are interruptions in water supply. In Krivoy Rog, a two-story house was destroyed as a result of a rocket attack. Initially, there were no casualties. The Nikopol region was shelled from 122mm BM-21 rocket artillery "Grads", 220mm BM-27"Hurricanes" rocket artillery and heavy artillery (about 60 shells) all night long. Residential buildings damaged.
Donetsk region. During the day, the Russians killed four civilians of Donbass: in Kurakhovo, Bakhmut, Kurdyumovka and Seversk. Another 12 people were injured. In Liman, another eight civilians were found killed by the Russians during the occupation.
Nikolaev region. At night, Russia attacked the region with Shahed-136 kamikaze drones. 13 drones were shot down by air defense and the National Guard.
8:00 a.m. Kiev. President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed Ukraine's ambassador to Kazakhstan, Petro Vrublevsky. Earlier, Astana asked Kyiv to replace the ambassador for his statement "The more we kill Russians now, the less our children will have to kill them."
9:30 a.m. Kherson region About 50,000-60,000 people are planning to move from Kherson to the left bank of the Dnieper and to other regions of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Saldo, appointed by the Russian Federation, "acting governor" of the region. According to him, the "movement" will take about six days, and the battle for Kherson will begin in the near future.
10:30 . Kherson region. AFU shot down a Russian Ka-52 helicopter in the Berislav region. Entry for civilians to the part of the region controlled by the Russian army is closed for seven days. All divisions of the so-called. "civil administration of the Kherson region" are moving to the left bank of the Dnieper.
11:15 am . Zaporozhye region. Eight civilians were injured as a result of shelling from Orekhov MLRS . The shelling lasted about seven hours. Private houses, the city council building, and an educational institution were destroyed. There is no electricity and water supply. Gulyaipole was bombarded with S-300 missiles . The local school was destroyed. According to preliminary information, there were no casualties.
13:30 . Chernihiv and Poltava regions. Explosions are reported. Preliminary - air defense is working.
Zhytomyr region. Missile reported.
13:40 . Kiev region. Air defense works.
Vinnitsa region. Explosions are reported.
14:20 . Kiev. Air defense works.
Ivano-Frankivsk region. Explosions are reported.
14:50 . Putin introduced martial law in Kherson, Zaporozhye, Donetsk and Lugansk regions
Kiev region. A rocket was shot down over Kyiv.
15:00 . Vinnitsa region. It is reported about the arrival at power facilities.
15:15 . Kiev region. Explosions are reported in Kyiv. Shahed-136 drone shot down.
The air defense forces eliminated 12 air targets as of 15:00. We are talking about four cruise missiles and eight UAVs, the Center Air Command reports.
15:50 . Chernihiv region. Three injured in a kamikaze drone explosion in Chernihiv. The explosion occurred on the territory of one of the enterprises, all the wounded (three men with head injuries) were taken to the regional hospital.
17:20 The left bank of Kiev is back with electricity, the breakdown has been fixed - DTEK.
17:47 The head of the Kherson OVA, Yaroslav Yanushevich, asks the inhabitants of the region to ignore the calls of the "authorities" appointed by the Russian Federation to evacuate.
"Citizens of Kherson, I urge you - ignore everything that the occupiers tell you or demand from you. They want to take our people hostage and use them as a "human shield". Do not let the evil empire hide behind you, your parents, children," he wrote on his Facebook page.
18:08 The hit on the Burshtynska TPP was confirmed by the head of the Ivano-Frankivsk OVA Svetlana Onischuk. Rescuers put out the fire. There are no victims. The road was closed in the area of ​​the TPP. Encouraged to save energy.
18:30 In Ulm, Germany, they are going to close gyms due to the influx of Ukrainian refugees.
18:51 Deputy Head of the Office of the President Kyrylo Tymoshenko confirmed the information that two people are in serious condition afterthe kamikaze drone attack in Chernihiv. In total, three were injured. There are no victims.
19:19 From 12:05, the Ukrainian military shot down fouur out of six missiles flying to Ukraine and 10 Shahed-136, - Air Force command:
"One missile was destroyed by fighter aircraft, one by an anti-aircraft missile unit in the zone of responsibility of the Center Air Command in the Kiev region and Vinnitsa region. Two more missiles were shot down by the air defense of the Ground Forces in the Chernihiv region."
19:41 The RF Armed Forces are conducting offensive operations in the Bakhmut and Avdeevsky directions. The main thing from the evening summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
19:59 During the day, the Russians launched four missile and eleven air strikes, made more than ten attacks from the MLRS.
20:21 Part of Lviv will be without electricity tonight. Power engineers plan to eliminate the consequences of missile attacks, - Lvivoblenergo.
20:48 The government has lifted restrictions on the number of trips abroad for citizens who, during martial law, accompany persons with disabilities, children with disabilities, and other persons in need of constant care.
21:11 The European Parliament awarded the Sakharov Prize to the Ukrainian people and Volodymyr Zelensky. The head of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola noted that the Zelensky and Ukrainian people stand up for what they believe in, fight for European values ​​and risk their lives for the sake of all Europeans.
21:40 A massive attack by cruise missiles and Iranian UAVs was inflicted on civilian infrastructure in the Kiev Chernihiv, Vinnitsa, Ivano-Frankivsk, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporozhye and Nikolaev regions. Uman, Cherkasy region, and Koblevo, Mykolaiv region, were also attacked at night by five Iranian-made Shahed-136 unmanned aerial vehicles. They were shot down by air defense.
21:59 Aviation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine since the beginning of the day has dealt ten blows to the concentration of weapons and military equipment of the Russian Federation.
22:22 In the Sumy region tomorrow there will be no water from 7:00 to 23:00. Electric transport and street lighting will not work. Such measures as part of energy savings were announced by Governor Dmitry Zhivitsky. He also asked manufacturing enterprises, restaurants and coffee shops to make October 20 a sanitary day or limit electricity consumption to the maximum.
22:40 President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky set the task of promptly creating mobile power points for the critical infrastructure of cities, towns and villages. The head of state gave the corresponding instruction on Wednesday, October 19, during a meeting on security at energy supply facilities.
22:59 More than 7,000 residents have already been moved to the left bank of the Dnieper since the beginning of the announcement of the evacuation in the Kherson region. This was announced by the Russian-appointed "acting governor" of the region Vladimir Saldo.
23:23 In Krivoy Rog, two days - October 20 and 21 - the radio will not work. The reason is technical work. This was warned by the head of the CAA Alexander Vilkul.
23:40 No damage or casualties were recorded during the air raid in Kiev, - Kiev city military administration.
There will be no curfew in Crimea and restrictions on entry and exit now, - Aksenov.
23:56 The European Union has imposed new sanctions against Iran due to information about Tehran's support for Russia in the war against Ukraine, DPA reports.
00:20 The supply of food and drinking water in each family should be for a week. Mayor of Nikolaev Senkevich appealed to the townspeople, warning that anything can happen.
00:40 In the Lviv region, curfew time has been reduced. Now it will last from 00:00 to 05:00. The order was signed by the head of the OVA Kozitsky. Previously, restrictions were in effect from 23:00 to 06:00.
01:00 Rolling blackouts are possibletoday and tomorrowin various regions of UkraineAlexander Kharchenko, adviser to the Minister of Energy, stated this on air of the telethon.
Putin found himself in a difficult position, the only tool of which is the mistreatment of Ukrainian citizens - Biden.