The 232nd day of the Russia-Ukraine War: official operational information by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on 13.10.2022.
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 Kherson, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, and Mykolaiv oblasts. Russia continues to resist, pulls up reserves, conducts mobilization.
Russian soldiers fire at the positions of Ukrainian troops along the entire contact line, carry out engineering equipment of the positions in certain directions and conduct aerial reconnaissance.
Russia continues to attack critical infrastructure and civilian objects of Ukraine. In particular, the objects and civilians of the settlements of Nalyvaikivka, Kyiv oblast, Mykolaiv and Nikopol were affected. For strikes, the Russian army used cruise, aviation, anti-aircraft guided missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles of Iranian production.
In general, during the current day, Russian troops launched 1 missile and 15 airstrikes, and carried out 22 attacks from rocket launchers.
The situation in the Volyn and Polissya directions has not changed significantly. The threat of missile and air strikes from the airspace and territory of the Republic of Belarus remains.
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Russian military fired in other directions:
- in the Siversky direction – from mortars and barrel artillery, in the areas of Atynske and Velyka Rybytsia settlements;
- in the Slobozhansk direction – from mortars, barrel and rocket artillery, in the areas of Hryanikyvka, Gatyshche and Strilecha settlements;
- in the Kramatorsk direction – from tanks and artillery of various types, along the entire line of contact. In particular, in the areas of the settlements of Bilohorivka, Terny and Yampolivka;
- in the Bakhmut direction – from tanks, mortars, barrel and jet artillery, in the areas of the settlements of Bakhmut, Bakhmutske, Zelenopillia, Soledar, Mayorsk, Ivanhrad and Yakovlivka;
- in the Avdiyiv direction – from tanks and various caliber artillery, in Maryinka, Nevelske, Pervomaisky and Zolota Nyva districts.
Russian troops did not carry out offensive actions in the Novopavlovsky and Zaporizhzhia directions. The settlements of Stepnohirsk, Orihiv and Komyshuvakha were shelled.
In the Southern Buh direction, Nikopol was subjected to shelling from MLRS.
Russian soldiers continue to take away Ukrainian children from the temporarily occupied territories. So, since the beginning of October, according to available information, about 170 children have been taken out of the city of Kherson.
Representatives of the Russia’s private military companies continue to recruit prisoners for war on the territory of Ukraine. According to available information, on October 11-12, 385 prisoners were recruited in correctional colony No. 16 of the city of Salavat of the Republic of Bashkortostan.
The Russian army suffers daily losses. Aviation of the Defense Forces of Ukraine carried out 19 strikes during the day. Damage to more than 13 places of concentration of weapons and military equipment, as well as 6 anti-aircraft missile systems of Russian troops was confirmed. In addition, Ukrainian air defense units shot down 8 unmanned aerial vehicles. Six of them are “Shahed -136”.
Ukrainian missile troops and artillery during the current day hit 2 control points, 3 areas of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment, and 2 ammunition depots.
In addition, it was confirmed that on October 12 of this year, two Russian military facilities were damaged by fire in the Burchak settlement of the Zaporizhzhia region. The losses of Russian military are being specified.
Source: The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
See also: Russian troops raze to the ground the liberated villages in the Luhansk region
