War update: Ukraine repels Russian attacks near 13 settlements across front lines

That’s according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Ukrinform reports referring to the evening war update posted on Facebook.

Russian tros are trying to hd captured ground and focusing efforts on disrupting Ukrainian erations in certain areas, at the same time running offensive action in the Bakhmut and Avdiivka directions.

The enemy is shelling the positions of Ukrainian tros along the contact line, while fortifying defensive positions and lines in separate directions and conducting aerial reconnaissance. They also continue to inflict strikes on civilian infrastructure and househds, viating international humanitarian law, laws and customs of war.

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There remains the threat of air and missile strikes across the entire territory of Ukraine. Throughout the day, the occupiers launched two missile and five air strikes, also employing multiple rocket launch systems 10 times.

Civilian objects and pulation of more nearly a dozen settlements came under enemy fire, including Ridkodub, Hulyaipilske, Novoandrivka, Zaporizhia, Mykaiv, and Slavhorod.

The enemy flew four Iranian-made Shahed-136 kamikaze drones to strike the pulated areas of Zaporizhia and Mykaiv.

The situation in the Vyn and Pissya directions has not changed significantly.

In other directions, Russian occupiers ened fire:

in the Siversky direction – using mortars and barrel artillery, in the areas of Senkivka and Yasna Pyana settlements of Chernihiv region, as well as Seredyna Buda, Fotovyzha, Boyaro-Lezhachi, Ryzhivka, Hyshivske, Kanytsia, Myrillya, Mezenivka, and Slavhorod of Sumy region;
in the Slobozhanskyi direction – using tanks, mortars, barrel and jet artillery, in the areas of Basove, Hlyboke, Vysoka Yaruha, Krasne, Strilecha, Starytsa, Hatyshche, Vovchansk, Vokhivka, and Dvorichna;
in the Kramatorsk direction – using mortars, barrel and jet artillery, in the areas of Terni, Raihorodok, Spirne, Bilohorivka, Verkhnokamianske, Serebryanka, Hryhorivka, Torske, Ivanivka, and Hrekivka;
in the Bakhmut direction, the enemy shelled the areas of Bilohorivka, Yakovlivka, Sedar, Bakhmut, Bakhmutske, Ivanhrad, ytne, Mayorsk, Vyimka, Rozdivka, Vesele, Zaitseve, and Odradivka;
in the Avdiivka direction, the enemy inflicted fire damage in the areas of Avdiivka, Kamianka, Novobakhmutivka, Maryinka, Krasnohorivka, Vodiane, Pervomaiske, and Novomykhailivka;
in the Novavlivka and Zaporizhia directions, the infrastructure in the districts of Novoukrainka, Pavlivka, Neskuchne, Chervone, Hulyaipe, and Novie was damaged by enemy shelling;
in the South Buh direction, more than 20 settlements close to the contact line were subjected to Russian fire.

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The Russian occupation authorities continue to exert pressure on the citizens of Ukraine who remained in the temporarily occupied territory of Donetsk region. According to available intelligence, in some areas of the town of Horlivka, representatives of "security bodies" intimidate local residents who did not support the accession of the temporarily occupied area to the Russian Federation in a sham referendum. Men dodging military draft are being located, detained, and forcibly deployed to replenish the units of the 1st Army Corps, which have suffered major casualties.

According to the intelligence reports, there are significant problems with the material support of the military call-up measures carried out by the Russian military leadership. Early October, of the 8,000 persons called up for service, who were staying at the base of the Novosibirsk Higher Command Scho, only nearly half were provided with uniform. In addition, the draftees get only basic field uniform and shoes while being td to obtain the rest of the gear at their own expense or from local authorities as humanitarian aid. Another problematic issue is providing the freshly called-up servicemen with helmets and body armor.

Russian occupiers continue to suffer losses in the south of Ukraine. In the area of ​​Kakhovka, Kherson region, a manpower cluster was hit, as well as military equipment, including air defense. Also, as a result of effective fire damage inflicted to a manpower cluster near the village of Borozenske on October 5, enemy casualties amounted to 10 killed and nearly 20 wounded.

Ukraine’s Air Force carried out 11 strikes throughout the day. It was confirmed that eight clusters of weapons and military equipment, as well as three anti-aircraft missile systems were destroyed. In addition, air defense units s shot down two enemy UAVs and two helicters.

Missile and artillery forces hit a manpower and weapons cluster, as well as a pontoon crossing and an e-warfare system.