The 233rd day of the Russia-Ukraine War: official operational information by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on 14.10.2022.
The Russian army continues to focus its efforts on attempts to implement plans to enter the administrative border of Donetsk oblast, as well as to maintain the captured districts of Kharkiv, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv and Kherson oblast.
Russia does not stop striking the critical infrastructure and civilian facilities of Ukraine. During the current day, the infrastructure and peaceful citizens of Kostyantynivka, Chumaky, Lebedynske, Zaporizhzhia, Davydiv Brid, Myrne and Ochakiv settlements were affected.
For its crimes, the Russian army used cruise, aviation, anti-aircraft guided missiles and strike unmanned aerial vehicles of Iranian production.
In general, during the current day, Russian troops launched three rocket and ten air strikes, and fired up to ten MLRS strikes.
The situation in the Volyn and Polissya directions has not changed significantly.
The leadership of the Republic of Belarus continues to provide assistance to the Russian Federation for carrying out military aggression on the territory of Ukraine. Thus, according to available information, another echelon with weapons, military equipment and ammunition arrived from Gomel to the temporarily occupied territory of the Republic of Crimea.
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Russian troops also shelled:
- in the Siverskyi direction – from mortars and barrel artillery, in the areas of Ukrainske and Atynske settlements of the Sumy oblast;
- in the Slobozhansk direction – from mortars, barrel and jet artillery, in the areas of the settlements of Strilecha, Krasne, Ohirtseve, Vovchansk, Zelene, Starytsa, Dvorichna and Hryanikyvka;
- in the Kramatorsk direction – from artillery of various types, in the areas of the settlements of Pershotravneve, Nadiya, Novoyehorivka, Olhivka, Hrekivka, Yampolivka, Terny, Zarichne, Torske;
- in the Bakhmut direction – from tanks, mortars, barrel and rocket artillery in the areas of more than fifteen settlements along the entire line of contact. In particular, Siversk, Bilohorivka, Hryhorivka, Soledar, Bakhmutske, Bakhmut, Kostyantynivka, Opytne, Ivanhrad;
- in the Avdiivka region – from tanks and artillery of various calibers, in the areas of Berdychi, Avdiivka, Pervomaiske, Vodyane, Opytne, Nevelske and Maryinka settlements.
- In the Novopavlivskyi and Zaporizhzhia directions, Russian military did not conduct offensive actions and continues to set up positions for defense. Fired mortars, barrel and rocket artillery on more than twenty districts of populated areas. Among them are Novosilka, Vremivka, Novopil, Neskuchne, Zolota Nyva, Vuhledar, Kamianske and Bilohirya.
More than thirty settlements along the contact line were hit by fire in the South Buh region.
In the temporarily occupied city of Kherson, Russian troops seized 13 out of 15 barge-type watercraft for transporting personnel and equipment across the Dnipro River from the local river port.
In the temporarily occupied territory of the Ukrainian Crimea, Russian authorities issued an order specifying the procedure for evacuating museums. In particular, internal (within the occupied region) and external (to the territory of the Russian Federation) evacuation plans have been approved for the museums of the temporarily occupied region. Exhibits with the greatest material value are subject to priority evacuation.
According to detailed information, the destruction of a significant number of Russian personnel in the previous days has been confirmed. Thus, as a result of the effective actions of the Defence Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Khlibodarivka of the Donetsk oblast, Tokmak of the Zaporizhia oblast, and Tokarivka of the Kherson oblast, the Russian army lost up to 150 people dead and about 100 wounded. Three S-300 complexes were also destroyed and up to 10 units of other weapons and military equipment.
According to preliminary information, in the area of the railway station in the city of Antratsyt, Luhansk oblast, Ukrainian soldiers destroyed a significant part of the Russia’s weapons and military equipment transported by rail. The number and nature of injuries are being clarified.
During the current day, the aviation of the Defence Forces of Ukraine made thirteen strikes. It has been confirmed that twelve areas of concentration of weapons and military equipment, as well as one anti-aircraft missile system of the Russian army, have been destroyed.
Ukrainian missile troops and artillery hit three control points, eight areas of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment, and three ammunition warehouses.
Source: The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
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