The 229th day of the Russia-Ukraine War: official operational information by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on 10.10.2022.
The Russian army, having no achievements on the battlefield, uses terror tactics against the civilian population of Ukraine. Violating the norms of International Humanitarian Law, the laws and customs of warfare, it strikes critical infrastructure, as well as residential buildings.
Russia has once again launched missile and air strikes on populous peaceful Ukrainian cities. As a result of the massive missile strike, the infrastructure and civilians of more than 20 settlements were damaged during the current day. These are, in particular, Kyiv, Lviv, Rivne, Zhytomyr, Ternopil, Khmelnytskyi, Ivano-Frankivsk, Vinnytsia, Pryluky, Nizhyn, Konotop, Kharkiv, Kremenchuk, Dnipro, Kryvyi Rih, Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv, Odesa. Civilians died again.
During the day, Russian troops launched more than 84 rocket and air strikes. For attacks on cities and villages, Russians used cruise, ballistic, anti-aircraft guided missiles and attack unmanned aerial vehicles. The forces and means of the Air Force of Ukraine, as well as the air defence of the Land Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, destroyed 56 aerial targets: 43 cruise missiles and 13 unmanned aerial vehicles. The threat of launching air and missile strikes by Russian on the entire territory of Ukraine remains in the future.
At the same time, the Russian army is trying to hold the temporarily captured territories, is shelling the positions of Ukrainian troops, is concentrating its efforts on attempts to disrupt the active actions of the Defence Forces of Ukraine in certain directions, and is conducting offensive actions in the Bakhmut and Avdiivka directions.
In the Volyn and Polissya directions, the situation remains without significant changes. The regime of the self-proclaimed President of the Republic of Belarus continues to support Russia’s armed aggression, provides bridgeheads for launching strikes on the territory of Ukraine and weapons. At the same time, the formation of an offensive group has not been noted, there is no threat of an attack from the territory of the Republic of Belarus as of October 10.
Russian soldiers fired in other directions:
- in the Siversky direction – from mortars and barrel artillery, in the areas of Yanzhulivka, Tymonovychi, Mykhalchyna Sloboda, Virnopillya and Myropillya settlements;
- in the Slobozhansky direction – from mortars, barrel and jet artillery, as well as tanks, in the areas of the settlements of Ivashki, Strilecha, Hurivka, Kamianka, Dvorichna and Stelmakhivka;
- in the Kramatorsk direction – from tanks, mortars, barrel and rocket artillery, along the entire line of contact. In particular, in the area of the settlement of Bilohorivka;
- in the direction of Bakhmut, Russian military shelled the areas of settlements of Siversk, Soledar, Bakhmut, Mayorsk, Kurdyumivka and New York (Donetsk region);
- in the Avdiivka direction, the districts of Pervomaiskyi, Vuhledar, Nevelskyi and Maryinka were hit by fire from tanks, mortars, barrel and rocket artillery.
Russia did not carry out offensive actions in the Novopavlovsk and Zaporizhzhia directions. Zaliznychne, Biloghirya, Vremivka, Dorozhnyanka, Temyrivka, and Chervone came under fire.
In the South Buh direction, the Russian army intensified shelling from tanks, mortars, barrel and rocket artillery. During the current day, it carried out more than 93 artillery strikes, which is almost three times more than during the previous day. In addition to the positions of Ukrainian troops, populated areas were also affected by fire. Nikopol, Vyshchetarasivka and Novokyivka were the most affected.
Russian military personnel continue to suffer losses. According to detailed information, as of October 9, the battalion tactical group of Russian troops from the 150th motorized rifle division, operating in the Kherson direction and consisting mainly of demobilized servicemen, has already lost more than 520 people killed.
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To meet the needs of hospitals in temporarily occupied settlements, which are actively used by Russian military as hospitals, additional groups of medical workers arrive. In the children’s hospital of one of the settlements of Luhansk oblast, Russians placed their wounded, along with sick children. Among them are former prisoners, representatives of the private military campaign “Wagner”. There are rare cases when children are not treated and discharged to free up beds.
At the same time, the Russian army continues to cover itself with the population of the temporarily occupied territories, as a human shield. Thus, in some educational institutions of the Yasynuvata district of the Donetsk oblast, at the same time as the educational process, servicemen of units of the Russian forces continue to be accommodated.
During the current day, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled Russian attacks in the areas of the settlements of Bakhmut, Bakhmutske, Mayorsk, Soledar and Pervomaiske.
Along with the repulse of the Russia’s air attack, the Air Force of the Defense Forces of Ukraine during the current day struck 5 strikes. It has been confirmed that 3 areas of concentration of weapons and military equipment, as well as 2 anti-aircraft missile systems of the Russian army, have been destroyed.
Ukrainian missile troops and artillery hit the control post, three areas of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment and one S-300 anti-aircraft missile system of Russian troops in a day.
Source: The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
See also: 11 civilians died as a result of Russian terrorist attacks on Ukraine on October 10
