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[Korrespondent] 20:59 Zelensky said in an evening video message that this week was the week of strengthening Ukrainian air defense. "In addition to additional missiles for air defense, there will also be new launchers - we are working on different types of systems. There will be spare parts for systems already used by Ukraine. Of course, there will be artillery - shells first of all. Drones. Armored vehicles. All the leaders who help us are completely informed about the current situation on the battlefield,” the president added.
18:56 The Russian army struck Berislav, Kherson region, one person was killed, said the head of the OVA Alexander Prokudin.
15:37 The Russians fired at the village of Bogatyr, Donetsk region, from the Smerch MLRS: an 11-year-old child was killed, two more people were wounded, including a six-year-old child, the National Police reported. As a result of the shelling, 20 private houses, a church, a school, civilian vehicles and an electrical network were damaged.
14:59 The Russian military has once again been tasked with reaching the administrative borders of the Donetsk region - this time by the end of the year, said the head of the Avdeevka city military administration, Vitaly Barabash. According to him, the Russians understand: if they take the height of Avdeevka, then it will be easier for them to reach Pokrovsk and beyond. That’s why Avdeevka is so important for them.
Barabash noted that Avdiivka is strategically important for Ukraine because it is very close to Donetsk: “There are just over 6 km between the extreme streets of Avdiivka and Donetsk. And the most important thing is that this is a strategic height. All of Avdiivka and most of the territories around are dominant heights , and that's why it's important to us.
In addition, Barabash said that the Russians were waiting for the main blow of the Ukrainian counter-offensive specifically on Donetsk, so now they are presenting it in such a way that they warned the likely main attack of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. “The defense line held and is holding. They were unable to take any strategic height,” added Barabash.
13:46 British intelligence believes that for Russia the risk of losing the Black Sea Fleet exceeds the desire to block Ukrainian exports through the Black Sea. Analysts say the Black Sea Fleet may have doubled down on its defenses after a series of strikes in August and September. The Russian Federation relocated ships and submarines, including launch vehicles, from Sevastopol to Novorossiysk.
12:57 The Ukrainian IT army announced a cyber attack on a Crimean provider, the purpose of which was to disable CCTV cameras. “We hope that this was useful to our defenders on the western coast of Crimea,” the statement said. Judging by the published data, the attack on the Evpanet provider in Evpatoria took place on October 10. The provider itself admitted a large-scale cyber attack, and local residents complained about problems with the Internet.
12:33 The Russian patrol ship Pavel Derzhavin was hit twice on October 13, in addition to it, the tug Professor Nikolai Muru from the Russian Black Sea Fleet was also damaged, said the speaker of the Ukrainian Navy Dmitry Pletenchuk. However, he did not confirm the previously voiced information from sources that the Buyan cruise missile carrier was damaged.
11:58 The situation in the Kupyansky and Limansky directions has worsened significantly in recent days, said the commander of the Ground Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Alexander Syrsky. He said that the enemy, after the losses inflicted on him, recovered within two months and began active offensive operations in the Makeevka area, and subsequently in the Kupyansk direction. Heavy fighting is going on. According to Syrsky, the main goal of the Russian Federation is to defeat the group of Ukrainian troops, encircle Kupyansk and reach the Oskol River line. At the same time, he assured that the Ukrainian Armed Forces were ready for such a development of events and are repulsing the enemy, who is suffering significant losses and has not achieved significant successes.
11:10 The potential of Ukrainian ports fell by 40% after Russia’s withdrawal from the grain agreement, said Minister of Infrastructure Alexander Kubrakov. According to him, the reason for this was 17 massive attacks on ports, during which almost 300 thousand tons of grain were destroyed.
At the same time, Ukraine was able to create the opportunity to operate a temporary corridor for civilian ships: 21 ships have already used it for export and 25 ships have entered Ukrainian ports to load, the minister noted.
09:06 In the morning, the Russians fired at Berislav, Kherson region - they hit a private house, one person was killed, the OVA reported. Over the past 24 hours, one person was killed and five were injured as a result of Russian shelling in the region.
09:00 In the Zaporozhye region, one person was wounded as a result of artillery shelling of Gulyai-Polye, said the head of the OVA Yuriy Malashko.
08:57 In the morning, the enemy fired at the village of Kupyansk-Uzlovoy, Kupyansky district, Kharkov region, a five-story residential building was damaged, a fire occurred, no people were injured, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA. Over the past 24 hours, the Russian army has shelled settlements in the Chuguevsky, Kupyansky and Izyumsky districts.
08:33 The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that air defense systems allegedly destroyed two “Ukrainian drones” over the Black Sea near the coast of the Krasnodar Territory. Due to a drone attack, flights at Sochi airport were temporarily limited. Local public pages write that several explosions were heard in Adler, and some local residents lost power.
08:24 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of October 14:
- personnel - about 286,890 (+970) people,
- tanks - 4940 (+9),
- armored combat vehicles - 9337 (+24),
- artillery systems - 6833 (+26),
- MLRS - 811 (+0),
- air defense systems - 547 (+1),
- aircraft - 317 (+1),
- helicopters - 316 (+0),
- UAV of operational-tactical level - 5265 (+1),
- cruise missiles - 1531 (+0),
- ships/boats - 20 (+0),
- submarines - 1 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tank trucks - 9225 (+22),
- special equipment - 971 (+4).
07:43 In the Avdeevsky direction, the Russian army does not abandon attempts to break through the Ukrainian defense, but to no avail, the General Staff reported in its morning report . The defense forces repelled about 20 enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Avdeevka, Keramik, Tonenkoye, Severnoye, Pervomaiskoye, Netailovo in the Donetsk region.
In total, about 100 military clashes took place at the front over the past 24 hours. In the Kupyansk direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled enemy attacks near Sinkovka, Ivanovka and Kislovka, Kharkov region; on Limansky - in the Makeevka area of the Lugansk region; on Maryinsky - in the Marinka area of the Donetsk region; on Shakhtarsky - in the Staromayorsky district of the Donetsk region; in Zaporozhye - near Rabotino, Zaporozhye region.
At the same time, the Defense Forces continue their offensive in the Melitopol direction and are conducting assault operations south of Bakhmut, Donetsk region.
05:30 The new Russian offensive in the Donbass near Liman and Avdiivka was not a surprise, and the United States is confident that the Ukrainian Armed Forces will repel the enemy’s attack, said John Kirby, strategic communications coordinator for the White House National Security Council. "As was the case during Russia's failed winter offensive last year, the Russian military is using wave attack tactics, where they throw masses of poorly trained soldiers directly onto the battlefield without proper equipment," he said.
At the same time, Ukraine, according to Kirby, is fighting “effectively and intelligently,” and “the progress of Russian units, even where it is, looks very meager.” Kirby assured that the United States will continue to support Ukraine.