Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 21:58 NATO cannot confirm the involvement of North Korean troops in the war in Ukraine on Russia's side and is waiting for information from South Korea, Secretary General Mark Rutte said. He added that an information meeting would be held at NATO early next week: "Then we will see whether North Korea really does or does not support the criminal Russian war in Ukraine. If this is confirmed, if they really send troops to Ukraine, this will mean a significant escalation."
19:16 The US and other G7 members have agreed on a loan to Ukraine by 99%, with repayment coming from income from frozen Russian assets, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said.
19:04 Ukraine has information about the training of two units of North Korean military in Russia, maybe even two brigades of 6,000 people, Zelensky said: "This is a challenge. But we know how to respond to this challenge. And it is important that our partners do not hide from this challenge. If North Korea can interfere in the war in Europe, then the pressure on this regime is definitely not enough. And if Russia can still make this war larger and longer, then everyone in the world who still does not help force Russia to peace is really helping Putin fight. Criminals must be stopped. We expect a tough, concrete reaction from the world. Preferably, not just words."
18:20 By the end of the year, Germany, with the participation of Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Iceland, will fully staff one of the brigades of the Defense Forces, Zelensky said.
17:08 Zelensky reported that he held a meeting of the National Security and Defense Council on the situation with medical and social expert commissions and abuses by officials of various government agencies in obtaining disability benefits.
"Many facts of violations and obviously false disabilities of officials have been established. The National Security and Defense Council has defined a list of decisions that will restore justice. I approved them by decree. But I believe that responsibility for the situation now should be personal. I have instructed the Prime Minister to solve the problem at the level of central executive authorities, in particular, the relevant ministries. Personnel decisions are needed. There should also be political responsibility of the Prosecutor General for the situation in the prosecutor's office of Ukraine," the President emphasized.
Following this, Prosecutor General Andrei Kostin announced that he had resigned.
16:57 Andrey Polukhin, the spokesman for the 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade, denied the information from his colleague from the brigade's press service, Ivan Petrichak, that Russian troops have penetrated the Ukrainian line of defense in the area of Chasov Yar. "As we have said before, Russian small infantry groups are entering there. They enter and do not leave because they are blocked by our drones. The occupiers are there temporarily, our guys immediately drive them out... That is, this cannot be called a consolidation or a penetration, some kind of movement along the defense line," Polukhin explained.
16:39 In addition to ground troops, North Korea sent its pilots to Russia last month, South Korean TV Chosun reported, citing a local official. This could be related to training on Russian combat aircraft supplied to the DPRK, but it is also possible that Russia, which suffers from a catastrophic shortage of pilots, has asked for help. Newsweek notes that in this case, this would be the first overseas deployment of DPRK combat pilots since the Vietnam War.
15:46 The number of people wounded as a result of enemy shelling of Zaporizhia on October 21 has increased to 20, three people have died, reported the head of the OVA Ivan Fedorov.
15:37 In the morning, Russians dropped a KAB-250 on a five-story building in Mirnograd, Donetsk region - one person is known to have died and two wounded, reported OVA head Vadim Filashkin.
15:33 Zelensky expects that partners will extend Ukraine an invitation to join NATO within internationally recognized borders. The President stressed that "no matter what path we take," legally "no one will recognize the occupied territories as territories of other states." The head of state also claims that Ukraine is not discussing NATO membership in exchange for territories.
According to Zelensky, most NATO countries support inviting Ukraine to the Alliance, but "we will have to work hard with Germany." The president reiterated that Ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons, and now "we need NATO, because we do not have weapons that can stop Putin."
15:21 Russians fired artillery at the Nikopol district of the Dnipropetrovsk region: one person was killed in Marganets, another was wounded in Nikopol, reported the head of the OVA, Serhiy Lysak.
14:49 Since the start of the full-scale Russian invasion, Ukraine's population has fallen by nearly 10 million people, said Florence Bauer, the UNFPA regional director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia. She said a significant number of people have left the country, "the population is aging, and young people are looking for opportunities elsewhere and leaving."
Bauer notes that the birth rate in Ukraine was low before the war, and has now become one of the lowest in the world: about 1.0 children per woman, while 2.1 are needed to renew the population.
14:12 Russian troops have penetrated the Ukrainian line of defense in the area of Chasov Yar in Donetsk Oblast, but there is no talk of losing the city, said Ivan Petrichak, a spokesman for the press service of the 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade named after King Danylo. According to him, the Russians used the change in weather to cross the canal, and now it is blocked. "Work on localization is ongoing, and now all the brigade's forces are set to destroy the occupier in the square where he is currently blocked," Petrichak said.
13:37 At a plenary session in Strasbourg, the European Parliament supported the mechanism proposed earlier by the European Commission for allocating a loan to Ukraine in the amount of up to 35 billion euros, to be repaid from income from frozen assets of the Russian Federation. 518 deputies out of 635 who voted voted for the proposal, 56 voted against, and 61 parliamentarians abstained. Now the decision must be finally approved by the European Council.
12:45 Russian opposition publication Astra has shown yet another confirmation of the presence of North Korean troops in the Primorsky Krai of the Russian Federation. Journalists geolocated a video that, as its authors claim behind the scenes, shows the arrival of soldiers from the DPRK at a military base. This is likely military unit 44980 of the 127th Motorized Rifle Division in the village of Sergeyevka in Primorsky Krai. The barracks complex in the video is the newest in Primorsky Krai; it was opened in July 2022.
12:03 In occupied Energodar, a propane tank caught fire as a result of a drone attack on a gas station, said Gauleiter of the occupied part of Zaporizhia Oblast Yevhen Balitsky. He also reported one fatality. There is currently no electricity in the city.
11:56 North Korea's UN envoy called reports of troops being sent to Russia "baseless rumors" during a meeting of the UN General Assembly's First Committee on Disarmament and International Security. Yonhap writes that this was the first public comment by a North Korean official after South Korean intelligence reported last week that about 12,000 North Korean troops had been sent to fight in Russia's war in Ukraine, of which 1,500 had already arrived in Vladivostok.
"My delegation does not consider it necessary to comment on such groundless stereotypical rumors aimed at denigrating the image of the DPRK and undermining the legitimate, friendly and partner relations between the two sovereign states," the North Korean representative said.
11:17 French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu called for a discussion on the deployment of "non-nuclear forces" in Ukraine after the end of the war. Commenting on Zelensky's "victory plan," the French minister noted that this is only "the beginning of the political path," and it is necessary to start thinking about what will happen next. "The idea of a ceasefire for Kiev raises the question of non-nuclear deterrence, which would prevent new Russian aggression, and this is an issue that needs to be discussed now," Lecornu said.
10:22 Head of the Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council Andrey Kovalenko stated that Russian distilleries are used to produce not only alcohol, but also fuel for military needs and explosives, so they are considered military facilities. According to Kovalenko, Ukrainian UAVs attacked four enterprises in Russia: Biokhim, Luzhkov Distillery, Yefremovsky Distillery, and an industrial enterprise in the Voronezh Region.
09:38 In the morning, Russians struck a public transport stop in the Dniprovsky district of Kherson with a UAV, one person was wounded, OVA reported. Over the previous day, nine people were wounded as a result of Russian shelling in the region.
09:27 At night, a Russian drone struck the village of Senkovo in the Kupyansky district of the Kharkiv region, one person was injured, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov.
09:16 India has already returned 85 of its citizens who were recruited by Russia for the war in Ukraine, said the country's Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri. He added that India is working on returning at least 20 more of its citizens who are still fighting in the Russian Armed Forces.
09:05 Air defense destroyed 42 of 60 enemy UAVs (Shahed type and unspecified type) in Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, Cherkasy, Donetsk, Zaporizhia, Kyiv, Kherson and Kharkiv regions at night. Most of the attack drones were shot down in Sumy region, the Air Force reported. In addition, ten Russian drones were lost, one flew to Belarus, and three more - back to Russia. One enemy UAV remains in Ukrainian airspace, combat operations continue.
08:41 Four people were killed in Donetsk Oblast as a result of Russian shelling on October 21: two in Myrnohrad, one each in Kurakhovo and Novoukrainka. Five more people in the region were injured in the past 24 hours, said OVA head Vadim Filashkin.
08:29 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of October 22. At the same time, the total number of cruise missiles was adjusted, and the losses per day are presented in the usual mode:
personnel - about 681,580 (+1,350) people,
tanks - 9079 (+8),
combat armored vehicles - 18,199 (+24),
artillery systems - 19,623 (+34),
MLRS - 1234 (+2),
air defense systems - 981 (+2),
aircraft - 369 (+0),
helicopters - 329 (+0),
Operational-tactical level UAVs - 17,404 (+71),
cruise missiles - 2625 (+0),
ships/boats - 28 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 27,111 (+77),
special equipment - 3499 (+20).
08:12 The UK will provide Ukraine with a loan of 2.26 billion pounds sterling (about 2.93 billion dollars), which will be repaid from the proceeds of frozen Russian assets. The British government said that Ukraine will be able to use these funds to purchase and develop air defense systems, artillery and other types of equipment and weapons.
07:47 Drones attacked several enterprises in Russia at night. Thus, in the city of Rasskazovo in the Tambov region, as a result of the attack, a fire occurred at the Biokhim enterprise, Governor Maxim Egorov reported. The fire has been extinguished, there are no casualties. The Biokhim plant produces various types of alcohol.
Tula Region Governor Dmitry Milyaev reported that the UAV attack damaged the premises of the Yefremovsky distillery and the distillery in the village of Luzhkovsky in the Suvorovsky District. According to preliminary information, there are no casualties. Local residents also wrote about an attack on a thermal power plant in the Tula Region.
Voronezh Region Governor Alexander Gusev reported a fire at an industrial enterprise after a UAV attack. He did not specify what kind of enterprise. The Russian Defense Ministry said that Russian air defense destroyed 18 drones over the Bryansk, Belgorod, Kursk, Tula and Oryol regions overnight.
07:25 The number of victims as a result of yesterday's Russian strike on Zaporozhye has risen to 19, including an eight-year-old child, three people have died, said OVA head Ivan Fedorov.
07:08 At night, Russians struck a private residential sector in the city of Sumy with drones - three people were killed, including one child, OVA reported. In the morning, the enemy also struck a residential apartment building and critical infrastructure facilities, the consequences of the attack are being clarified. During the night, air defense forces have already shot down 25 "shahids" in the skies over Sumy region.
00:24 UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan said after a meeting with Putin that he is ready to support efforts to achieve peace between Russia and Ukraine. Reuters writes that the two leaders held an informal conversation at Putin's residence near Moscow. "We continue to make efforts through mediation in the exchange of prisoners. And I assure you that we will continue to work in this direction. We are ready to make any effort to resolve crises and in the interests of peace, in the interests of both sides," the UAE president emphasized.
00:16 South Korea is considering sending military and intelligence personnel to Ukraine, Newsweek reports. A South Korean intelligence official told local media that the personnel could conduct interrogations in Ukraine or provide translation services if North Korean soldiers are captured by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. They would also provide Kiev with information on North Korean military tactics, doctrine, and operations. The South Korean Defense Ministry later said it would consider measures to possibly supply lethal weapons to Ukraine with an "open attitude."
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[Korrespondent] Ukrainian Armed Forces Contain Russian Attacks in Eastern and Southern Ukraine.
The Pokrovsky direction has the largest number of clashes. The enemy is attacking in the areas of four populated areas.
Since the beginning of the current day, 73 combat clashes have occurred on the front. Almost 60% of the battles are being conducted in the Pokrovsk and Kurakhovsky directions, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in a report as of 16:00 on Tuesday, October 22.
Thus, in the Kharkov direction, the Russians stormed the areas of Staritsa and Vovchansk four times. Three combat clashes are ongoing.
In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy attacked six times near Peschanoye, Kolesnikovka and Lozovaya. The fighting continues.
In the Liman direction, the enemy advanced in the areas of Grekovka, Novomikhaylovka, Terny and Torskoye. Since the beginning of the day, seven attacks have been repelled. One combat clash continues.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the invaders are carrying out assault operations near Vasyukovka.
The Pokrovsky direction has seen the largest number of clashes since the start of the day - 26. The enemy is attacking in the areas of the populated areas of Mirolyubovka, Promin, Lisovka, Selidovo. Almost half of all clashes occurred near Selidovo. The defense forces repelled 16 assaults.
In the Kurakhovsky direction, the invaders attacked 15 times near Gornyak, Novodmitrovka, Ostroy, Katerinovka and Antonovka. The fighting continues.
In the Vremevsky direction, the Russians are trying to advance towards Bogoyavlenka from Ugledar and Vodyanoye.
The enemy carried out two attacks in the Dnieper direction. The clash continues.
Let us recall that on October 21, 134 combat clashes occurred on the front. The Ukrainian Armed Forces "minus" more than 1,300 Russian aggressors.
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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
The Sever Group of Forces in Liptsy and Volchansk directions hit formations of 57th Mechanised Infantry Brigade of the AFU and 125th Territorial Defence Brigade near Volchansk, Liptsy, and Russkaya Lozovaya (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 80 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, two motor vehicles, and a 122mm D-30 howitzer. One Anklav-N electronic warfare station and one field ammunition depot were destroyed.
The Zapad Group of Forces liberated Novosadovoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
The Russian units engaged AFU 60th, 67th Mechanised brigades, and 3rd Assault Brigade near Novoyegorovka (Kharkov region), Terny, Torskoye, and Krasny Liman (Donetsk People's Republic).
One counter-attack launched by an assault detachment of the AFU 14th Mechanised Brigade was repelled. The enemy lost more than 470 troops, three U.S.-made M-113 armoured personnel carriers, six motor vehicles, a Strela-10 anti-aircraft missile system launcher, a 152mm D-20 gun, a 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, and a 122mm D-30 howitzer. Three field ammunition depots were eliminated.
The Yug Group of Forces improved the situation along the front line and defeated the 23rd, 30th, 31st, 54th, 56th Mechanised brigades, 46th Airmobile Brigade, 5th Mountain Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and 18th National Guard Brigade near Serebryanka, Seversk, Petrovskoye, Mayskoye, Nikolayevka, Predtechino, and Yantarnoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
Two counter-attacks of the AFU 81st Airmobile Brigade were repelled. The AFU losses amounted to up to 900 troops, six motor vehicles, a 152mm Msta-B howitzer, a 122mm D-30 howitzer, and one 155mm Paladin and one 155mm M-198 howitzer made in the USA. Two AFU field ammunition depots were destroyed.
The Tsentr Group of Forces continued advancing to the depth of enemy defences. Russian units engaged 33rd, 151st Mechanised brigades, 25th Air Assault Brigade, and 119th Territorial Defence Brigade near Shcherbinovka, Dimitrov, Krasnoarmeysk, and Tsukurino of the Donetsk People's Republic.
Nine counter-attacks of assault groups 93rd, 100th, 150th Mechanised brigades, 68th Jaeger Brigade, 49th Assault Battalion of the AFU, and 38th Naval Infantry Brigade were repelled. The enemy's losses amounted to up to 430 troops, two U.S.-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, two armoured personnel carriers, including a U.S.-made M-113 armoured personnel carrier, a 152mm D-20 gun, and a 122mm D-30 howitzer.
The Vostok Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. Russian units hit formations of 72nd Mechanised Brigade, 58th Mechanised Brigade, and 127th Territorial Defence Brigade near Dobrovolye, Novoukrainka, and Shakhtyorskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
Two counterattacks of the AFU 5th Tank Brigade were repelled. The enemy's losses amounted to up to 110 troops, an armoured personnel carrier, three motor vehicles, and a French-made 155mm Caesar self-propelled artillery system.
The Dnepr Group of Forces engaged the manpower and hardware of the AFU 141st Infantry Brigade, the 124th Territorial Defence Brigade, and the 15th National Guard Brigade near Ilyinka (Dnepropetrovsk region), Gavrilovka, Antonovka (Kherson region), and Malaya Tokmachka (Zaporozhye region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 50 troops, eight motor vehicles, a 152mm D-20 gun, and a 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system. One electronic warfare station was eliminated.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces engaged AFU manpower and hardware clusters in 142 areas during the day.
Air defence systems shot down a French-made Hammer guided aerial bomb, four U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles, and 77 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 646 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 34,095 unmanned aerial vehicles, 583 anti-aircraft missile systems, 18,753 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,478 MLRS combat vehicles, 16,530 field artillery guns and mortars, and 27,468 units of support military vehicles have been neutralised.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the operation to neutralise an enemy group, which broke into the territory of Kursk region.
The Sever Group of Forces continued offensive actions and hit formations of 21st, 41st, and 115th Mechanised brigades, 17th Tank Brigade, 80th, 82nd, and 95th Air Assault brigades, 112th, 129th Territorial Defence brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 1st Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine close to Zelyony Shlyakh, Nizhny Klin, Novoivanovka, Novy Put, Plyokhovo, Sverdlikovo, and Cherkasskaya Konopelka.
The Group's units repelled two enemy's counterattacks in the direction of Zelyony Slyakh and Nikolayevo-Daryino. The AFU losses amounted to up to 70 troops killed and wounded, a tank, three U.S.-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicles. Four AFU servicemen surrendered.
Army aviation and artillery inflicted losses on manpower and hardware clusters of the 22nd, 47th, 61st, 115th Mechanised brigades, 17th Tank Brigade, 80th, 82nd, 95th Airborne Assault brigades, as well as the 112th and 129th Territorial Defence brigades of the AFU near Gogolevka, Guyevo, Daryino, Kruglenkoye, Kurilovka, Lebedevka, Loknya, Nizhny Klin, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Nikolsky, Novoivanovka, Novy Put, Oleshnya, Plyokhovo, Sverdlikovo, Staraya Sorochina, and Cherkasskoye Porechnoye.
Operational-Tactical Aviation and Missile Troops attacked concentration areas of the Sumy region and reserves of the 47th, 115th Mechanised brigades, 82nd, 95th Air Assault brigades, 1st National Guard Brigade, 101st and 103rd Territorial Defence brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Zhuravka, Katerinovka, Krasnopolye, Pavlovka, and Pokrovka.
The AFU losses amounted to more than 340 troops, 13 armoured vehicles including three tanks, five infantry fighting vehicles, including three U.S.-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, five armoured fighting vehicles, five artillery guns, 11 motor vehicles, and two electronic warfare stations during the day. Six AFU servicemen surrendered.
In total, since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk region, the enemy has lost more than 25,662 servicemen, 172 tanks, 89 infantry fighting vehicles, 103 armoured personnel carriers, 982 armoured fighting vehicles, 675 motor vehicles, 221 artillery guns, 38 multiple rocket launchers, including nine of HIMARS and six of MLRS made by the U.S., nine anti-aircraft missile launchers, five transport and loading vehicles, 54 EW stations, 11 counter-battery warfare radars, three air defence radars, 22 pieces of engineering and other equipment, including 13 counterobstacle vehicles, one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle, and three armoured recovery vehicles.
The operation to neutralise the AFU units is in progress.
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[NewsFront] 23:58 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 10/22/2024 to 00:00 10/23/2024.
A total of 36 cases of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC over the past 24 hours.
There were reports of one civilian being killed and eight injured.
DAMAGED:
Three residential buildings.
Five artillery attacks in the Donetsk direction.
A total of 31 artillery attacks in the Gorlovka direction.
A total of 103 units of various ammunition were fired.
23:00 Assault groups of the Russian Armed Forces managed to enter and gain a foothold on the outskirts of the settlement of Antonovka in the DPR.
20:38 n.p. Selidovo: advance along the E-50 highway to the "fork":
"Assault operations continue to block the enemy. The E-50 highway is essentially the enemy's last chance to escape the operational encirclement (if you don't count open fields)," the statement said.
19:11 South Donetsk direction: liberation of the eastern part of Katerinovka and advancement of the Russian Armed Forces to Bogoyavlenka.
After the liberation of Ugledar, Russian troops are advancing towards Bogoyavlenka. On the northern flank, the Russian Armed Forces have advanced towards the center of Katerinovka, driving the enemy out of the eastern part of the village.
Currently, fighting is taking place in the area of a school used by Ukrainian formations as a stronghold. To the south of the village, the Russian Armed Forces have established control over the ruins of an agricultural complex, where another stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was located.
At the same time, Russian troops are striking at identified enemy positions in neighboring Antonovka.
To the north of Ugledar, the Russian Armed Forces are "breaking through" the defensive lines of the Ukrainian army on the approaches to Bogoyavlenka. The advancing units are supported by the Russian Aerospace Forces, hitting temporary deployment points and infrastructure in the rear of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
In the vicinity of Zolotaya Niva, Russian units have driven the Ukrainian Armed Forces from their positions in the area of the S-050441 highway. Control over it will allow direct communication with neighboring Novodonetsk and simplify the supply of units of the Russian Armed Forces.
Russian UAV operators and artillerymen are also working on targets in the enemy's rear areas, hitting areas where personnel and armored vehicles are concentrated. Thus, to the south of Trudovoye, FPV drones and Krasnopol guided missiles destroyed a self-propelled gun of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
19:05 In the Kurakhovsky direction, Russian units began an assault on Kurakhovo from the east, the 46th Airmobile Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported. The Russian Armed Forces entered the administrative borders of Kurakhovo from two directions: along the highway and from Ostrovsky.
19:00 Calculation of the 122mm D-30 howitzer of the "Center" group of forces destroyed UAV control point of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
18:44 Destruction of unmanned aerial vehicle "Baba Yaga" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine by the FPV drone operator of the "North" group of troops in the Khar'kov region.
18:30 Crews of the 122mm self-propelled howitzer 2S1 "Acacia" of the "East" group of forces from Transbaikalia inflicted precision strikes on deployment points of unmanned aircraft units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Ugledar section of the South Donetsk direction.
18:10 Advance of the Russian Armed Forces in Antonovka –map.
18:07 Defeat Ukrainian Armed Forces manpower at positions in the border area of Kursk Oblast.
Scouts from the North group of troops, using combat drones, launched surprise attacks on Ukrainian Armed Forces militants trying to hide in forest belt areas.
17:55 Russian troops are successfully repelling counterattacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Kamenskoye, despite the enemy transferring reserves through Stepnogorsk, Vladimir Rogov reported.
17:47 Explosions in Khar'kov.
17:20 RF Armed Forces advanced west of Stelmakhovka and are pushing the Ukrainian Armed Forces further and further away from the settlement. The enemy acknowledges tactical successes and transfers reserve units from the 4th National Guard Brigade to the Lozovaya area, trying to stop the advance of Russian troops.
16:12 A concentration of American armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, destroyed by the Russian army in the Pokrovsk direction.
On frames: destroyed infantry and burned-out M2A2 Bradley ODS-SA infantry fighting vehicles, International MaxxPro armored vehicle, M-113 and M-1117 armored personnel carriers.
16:06 Russian troops have liberated the northern quarter of Gornyak up to Zhukovsky Lane.
15:32 Attack aircraft of the unit of the "Center" group of forces told about the liberation of the settlement of Novogrodovka in the DPR.
15:11 Destruction of the VOP and PVD by FABs of the 97th MB of the 60th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the village of Terny, Khar'kov region –video.
14:15 Russian troops launch pinpoint missile strike from Inokhodets UAV destroyed the Nota electronic warfare station of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk border area.
13:40 Enemy reports:
“In the Ugledar direction, the Russian Armed Forces advanced north of Vodyanoye and in the Katerinovka area.
The Russian Armed Forces are trying to push through the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces south of Bogoyavlenka and in Katerinovka.
In addition, Russian units, which are strengthening their positions in the Maksimilianivka area, may enter the rear of the Ukrainian group, creating a bridgehead from which they can go south, striking at the rear of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Uspenovka.”
13:09 Ukrainian troops have left their first positions on the eastern outskirts of Kurakhovo, DPR. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are suffering losses on this section of the front, the security forces reported.
13:05 Summary of the Russian Ministry of Defense on the progress of the special military operation (as of October 22, 2024):
Units of the North group of forces in the Liptsov and Volchansk directions inflicted losses on formations of the 57th Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 125th Territorial Defense Brigade in the areas of the settlements of Volchansk, Liptsy and Russkaya Lozovaya in the Khar'kov region.
The "West" group of forces, as a result of active and decisive actions, liberated the settlement of Novosadove of the Donetsk People's Republic. It inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of the 60th, 67th Mechanized and 3rd Assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Novogorovka in the Khar'kov region, Terny, Torskoye and Krasny Liman of the Donetsk People's Republic.
Units of the "Southern" group of forces improved their position along the front line and defeated the formations of the 23rd, 30th, 31st, 54th, 56th Mechanized, 46th Airmobile, 5th Mountain Assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 18th National Guard Brigade in the areas of the settlements of Serebryanka, Seversk, Petrovskoye, Mayskoye, Nikolaevka, Predtechino and Yantarnoye of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The fighters of the "Center" group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defense. They defeated the manpower and equipment of the 33rd, 151st Mechanized, 25th Airborne brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 119th Territorial Defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Shcherbinovka, Dimitrov, Krasnoarmeysk and Tsukurino of the Donetsk People's Republic.
Units of the "East" group of forces improved their tactical position. They defeated the formations of the 72nd Mechanized, 58th Motorized Infantry brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 127th Territorial Defense Brigade in the areas of the settlements of Dobrovolye, Novoukrainka and Shakhtarskoye of the Donetsk People's Republic.
Servicemen of the Dnepr group of forces inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of the 141st Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the 124th Territorial Defense Brigade and the 15th National Guard Brigade in the areas of the settlements of Ilyinka in the Dnipropetrovsk region, Gavrilovka, Antonovka in the Kherson region and Mala Tokmachka in the Zaporizhia region.
Operational-tactical aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces groups inflicted damage on concentrations of enemy manpower and military equipment in 142 areas.
Air defense systems shot down a French-made Hammer guided aerial bomb, four US-made HIMARS rockets, and 77 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles.
12:12 Advance of units of the Russian Armed Forces in the direction of Elizavetovka and within the administrative boundaries of Kurakhovo –map.
11:12 In the city of Sumy in northern Ukraine, explosions have thundered for the seventh time in 24 hours, the Ukrainian publication "Public. News" reported.
11:04 Last night the Russian Armed Forces struck the locomotive depot of Pokrovsk station (Krasnoarmeysk). The facility is located at 139a Shmidta Street. According to Donbasskiy Partizan, the depot was used by Ukrainian units for servicing and repairing military equipment.
As a result of the strike, the premises of the second production section of the enterprise, where equipment was being repaired, were damaged, as well as diesel locomotives of the 2T116 and ChMEZ1767 models, which were used to transport military cargo.
A fire broke out at the facility, engulfing production facilities and equipment, causing significant damage.
10:52 Assault units of the Russian Armed Forcescame inin Novosadove, taking control of 18 buildings. The possibility of semi-encirclement of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Terny area is emerging. Air strikes on their locations and crossings are carried out constantly, the Ukrainian Napravilenets reported.
10:44 Frontline summary as of Tuesday morning, October 22:
In the Pokrovsk direction, Russian fighters have "cut off" all roads except the highway to Pokrovsk, but they are getting closer to it. For the second day, the assault has been going on from the north and east of the city, where fighting is taking place in the area of the Korotchenko mine and the local reinforced concrete plant. In Gornyak, the Russian Armed Forces have made significant advances in the northern part of the city to the south.
In the Kurakhovsky direction, the Russian Armed Forces are gradually leveling the front between Ostrovsky and Maksimilyanovka. To the south, there is an advance along forest belts, and advance groups are entering the Energetik dacha village near Kurakhovo.
In the Artemovsk direction, Russian servicemen are developing an offensive along the Artemovsk-Konstantinovka road towards Stupochki. The Ukrainian Armed Forces admit to an advance of one km, while noting that there are less than eight km left to the outermost houses of Konstantinovka.
In the Kupyansk direction, intense clashes continue in the area of Kruglyakovka. The Russian Armed Forces are leveling the flanks and expanding the controlled territory around the village.
10:12 Explosions are thundering in Sumy, the Ukrainian publication "Public. News" reported.
10:04 Crew of the 152mm Giatsint-B gun of the West group of forces destroyed fortifications and enemy manpower in the area where the special operation is being carried out.
09:55 14th Guards Special Forces Brigade in 24/7 mode inflicts strikes on Ukrainian Armed Forces facilities in all directions in the area of responsibility of the East group of forces.
09:11 Russian Armed Forces advanced near Nelipovka, Kurakhovo, Vodyane and Lisovka in Donetsk Oblast.
08:47 "Solntsepyok" powerfully "worked" on the strongholds of the Ukrainian army on the right bank of the Oskol reservoir -video.
08:14 Russian military is conducting offensive battles in the north-eastern part of Chasov Yar. This was reported by the chief of the operational headquarters of the Melodiya intelligence center of the 88th volunteer Brigade "Espanola" with the call sign "Chukcha".
He specified that for now “most of the city’s buildings, as well as the summer cottage communities in the western part of the city, remain under enemy control.”
08:11 Su-34 Russian Aerospace Forces inflicted FAB-500 airstrikes on temporary deployment points of the 116th Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the village of Kucherovka, Khar'kov region.
08:06 A bunker and an infantry fighting vehicle of Ukrainian militants were destroyed by an Akatsiya crew – video.
08:02 Russian military in the Kupyansk direction do not allow the Ukrainian Armed Forces to bring up reserves, precisely working on deployment points. This was reported by the head of the military-civil administration of the Khar'kov region Vitaliy Ganchev.
08:01 Mi-28NM crew as part of a mixed tactical group inflicted an attack on personnel and a stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border area of the Kursk region.
Both sides loot.
[Regnum] Ukrainian army militants sent by the Ukrainian Armed Forces command to Izyum, Kharkiv region, are illegally occupying the homes of local residents and are also engaged in looting and drunkenness, the press service of the Russian military-civil administration of the region reported on October 22, citing reports from local residents.
Men living in the city are forced to hide from military commissars, and checkpoints have been set up at the entrance to Izyum, where a fee is required for the opportunity to bring goods into the city, which negatively affects prices and assortment in Izyum stores, the report says.
"Nobody is restoring the housing stock of Izyum destroyed by the Ukrainian army in 2022. They only opened a few post offices, through which the "soldiers" send the loot to their homes. While there is a little time, the local Ukrainian authorities are stealing the city budget," the press service noted.
Ukrainian volunteer organizations operating in Izyum are laundering money, Ukrainian Armed Forces commanders and city leaders appointed by Kiev have established schemes for illegal enrichment, while both are well aware that local residents are waiting for the arrival of the Russian army, the report also says.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, Russian military personnel previously reported that during the attack on the Kursk region, Ukrainian militants fired at and robbed civilians' cars. The looting was recorded by drone cameras, the reports noted.
On October 17, the head of the Russian administration of the Kharkiv region, Vitaly Ganchev, reported that the Russian Armed Forces had taken the entire territory of the Kupyansk district near the Oskol River under fire control. The road along which the Ukrainian Armed Forces militants supply their units on the front line was also taken under fire control.
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[Regnum] For over two years, Western countries have been trying to assess the size of Russia's "shadow fleet" used to export energy resources. In 2023, the European Union became the largest buyer of Russian liquefied gas, paying over €6 billion for it, RIA Novosti reported.
French Minister for Ecological Transition, Energy, Climate and Risk Prevention Agnès Pannier-Runacher said that the highest level of transparency in the supply chain is needed to eliminate Europe's growing dependence on Russian gas.
According to Bloomberg, Russia is “using a network of shell companies” from Dubai to China to transport gas from the Arctic LNG 2 plant. The publication said that the opaque ownership structure is a typical feature of a shadow fleet. Novatek rejected this claim, emphasizing that it does not engage in such activities.
"It is completely unclear how this is possible. There is no bank of gas samples, and it is difficult to track the movement of tankers. However, in any case, the tougher the sanctions, the more expensive hydrocarbons are for Europe," admitted independent industrial expert Leonid Khazanov.
According to Pavel Maryshev, a member of the expert council at the Russian Gas Society, the existence of a “shadow fleet” is needed by someone, first and foremost by those who speak out loudest against Moscow.
As reported by Regnum, Politico learned about the EU's plans to impose sanctions against Russian LNG. According to journalists, in January 2025, EU countries will begin actively developing a new 15th package. For now, Hungary is significantly slowing down discussions of this kind, since it chairs the EU Council. Then the presidency will pass to Poland, which is much more negatively disposed towards Russia, which will speed up the process of adopting new sanctions, the article noted. At the same time, there is currently an increase in the volume of purchases of Russian LNG by European countries, it may even exceed the figures for 2023, despite the 14th package of sanctions, which was aimed precisely at reducing the volume of Russian energy exports.
Russia, expecting the West to tighten sanctions on liquefied natural gas supplies, is increasing its "shadow fleet", the British newspaper The Financial Times wrote in July. It was specified that the situation with sanctions against Russian LNG is ambiguous, since the EU, fearing a global market failure and a sharp shortage of gas in gas storage facilities, did not introduce a complete ban on gas from Russia.
[BBC] This week in the city of Kazan President Putin will greet more than 20 heads of state at the Brics summit of emerging economies. Among the leaders invited are China’s Xi Jinping, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.
The Kremlin has called it one of the "largest-scale foreign policy events ever" in Russia.
"The clear message is that attempts to isolate Russia have failed," thinks Chris Weafer, founding partner of consultancy firm Macro-Advisory.
"It's a big part of the messaging from the Kremlin that Russia is withstanding sanctions. We know there are severe cracks beneath the surface. But at a geopolitical level Russia has all these friends and they’re all going to be Russia's partners."
So, who are Russia's friends?
Brics stands for Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. The grouping, often referred to as a counterweight to the Western-led world, has expanded to include Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates.
Saudi Arabia, too, has been invited to join.
What Moscow really wants from US election
The Brics nations account for 45% of the global population. Added together, members' economies are worth more than $28.5tn (£22tn). That's around 28% of the global economy.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] A Russian air force commander who was blamed for a devastating attack on a Ukrainian shopping centre has been found bludgeoned to death with a hammer.
Col Dmitry Golenkov, a senior officer in Russia's 52nd heavy bomber regiment, has been eliminated with a 'hammer of justice', Ukraine's military intelligence said.
Golenkov, whose body was discovered outside the village of Suponevo in Russia's Bryansk region, is accused of ordering the bombing of a shopping mall that killed at least 14 people in June 2022.
The Amstor mall, in Kremenchuk, central Ukraine, was packed with civilians and Kyiv said there was no military target in the area.
Golenkov was also blamed for a bombing raid in Dnipro that killed 46 people in January 2023.
Ukraine said on Monday: 'A Russian Tu-22M3 pilot has been liquidated on the territory of the Russian Federation.
'His head was smashed with a hammer.'
Golenkov held the position of chief of staff of the aviation squadron, which meant he had an important role in the planning of strikes, Ukraine's military intelligence said, as first reported in The Telegraph.
'He was involved in missile strikes on Ukrainian civilian targets,' it said.
The commander ordered bomb attacks on Ukraine from his base in Kaluga.
A video, taken at night, shows the Russian pilot's body lying face down in shrubland, with his head drenched in blood.
At the time of the Kremenchuk attack, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said: 'The Russian strike today on the shopping centre in Kremenchuk is one of the most brazen terrorist acts in European history.'
Giant plumes of black smoke billowed from the shopping centre as it was engulfed in flames, as emergency crews rushed in and onlookers watched in distress.
Zelensky said the target presented 'no threat to the Russian army' and had 'no strategic value.'
He accused of Russia of sabotaging 'people's attempts to live a normal life, which make the occupiers so angry.'
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