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| Ukrainian military repelled enemy attacks near ten settlements in Donetsk region |
| 2022-10-31 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [LB] The occupiers took prisoners from the Kherson colony and set up a base there. by Iryna Gamalii The enemy is trying to keep the temporarily captured territories, concentrates efforts on restraining the actions of the Defense Forces in certain directions, does not stop offensive actions in the Bakhmut and Avdiiv directions. This was announced on Facebook by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the morning of the 249th day of the heroic resistance of Ukrainians to the Russian military invasion. During the day, units of the Defense Forces repelled the attacks of the occupiers in the areas of settlements : Yakovlivka, Bakhmut, Bakhmutske, Oleksandropil, Kamianka, Avdiivka, Pervomaiske, Krasnohorivka, Maryinka, Novomykhailivka of the Donetsk region. The enemy continues shelling units of the Defense Forces along the contact line, carries out fortification equipment of the lines in separate directions and conducts aerial reconnaissance. Strikes critical infrastructure and civilian homes, violating international humanitarian law, laws and customs of war. During the past day, the enemy launched five missile and 23 air strikes, carried out more than 100 attacks from rocket salvo systems . The districts of more than 45 settlements were affected by this criminal activity. Among them are Sloviansk and Siversk in the Donetsk region , Zaporizhzhia and Novooleksandrivka in the Kherson region. 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 Ukrainians. Russia continues to transfer individual units to the territory of this country. Thus, on October 26, the arrival of an echelon of military equipment from the Russian Federation at the Brest railway station was marked. Together with the servicemen of the armed forces of the Russian Federation , the so-called "kadyrovtsi" arrive. In addition, Russian soldiers were spotted in settlements between the cities of Brest and Malorita. The threat of missile strikes and the use of attack UAVs from the territory of the Republic of Belarus continues. The enemy shelled in other directions: in the Siverskyi direction - from mortars and barrel artillery, in the areas of settlements of Rozhkovichi, Budky, Mezenivka, Fotovizh, and Myropyllya of the Sumy region; About 20 settlements along the contact line were hit by fire in the South Buz direction . The settlements of Nikopol and Vyshchetarasivka in the Dnipropetrovsk region and Havrylivka in the Kherson region were hit by enemy shelling from rocket and barrel artillery. According to the available information, during the so-called "evacuation" from the correctional colony No. 90 in the city of Kherson, the occupiers took out the prisoners. The enemy is using the territory of the mentioned correctional institution for the placement of personnel and military equipment. In settlements near the city of Kherson, the enemy is taking measures to prepare for defense. The arrival of about a hundred "Rosguards" from the city of Grozny to the settlement of Kalanchak was noted. On the territory of the city of Nova Kakhovka, Russian special services are actively listening to the telephone conversations of the civilian population. In the settlement of Velika Znamyanka, Zaporizhzhia region, the enemy continues to place personnel in the homes of local residents. Aviation of the Defense Forces during the day struck the enemy 32 times. Of them, 23 – in areas of concentration of weapons and military equipment, three – in platoon strongholds, and six – in enemy air defense positions. Soldiers of Ukrainian air defense shot down an Iskander-K missile and two enemy Orlan-10 UAVs. During the current day, units of missile troops and artillery hit six areas of concentration of weapons and military equipment, three ammunition depots, two anti-aircraft defense facilities and nine other important military objects of the enemy. We will remind you that during the past week, the Armed Forces of Ukraine shot down more than 40 Iranian drones, six helicopters and several airplanes of the occupiers. |
| Posted by:badanov |