The 234th day of the Russia-Ukraine War: official operational information by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on 15.10.2022.
The Russian army continues to focus its efforts on attempts to reach the administrative border of Donetsk oblast, as well as holding captured districts of Kharkiv, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv and Kherson oblasts.
Russia is shelling the positions of Ukrainian troops along the entire contact line, carrying out engineering equipment of the positions in certain directions and conducting aerial reconnaissance. Violating the norms of International Humanitarian Law, the laws and customs of war, it strikes critical infrastructure and the homes of the civilian population.
During the day, Russian military launched 4 rocket and 17 airstrikes, carried out up to 10 attacks from multiple rocket launchers.
The objects and civilians of more than 20 settlements were hit by the Russian army. Among them are Kostyantynivka, Bilohirya, Ivanivka, Nikopol, Bakhmut, Soledar, Yakovlivka, Davydiv Brid and Nalyvaikivka.
Infrastructural facilities in Zaporizhzhia, Kyiv and other regions were affected. For strikes, Russian troops used cruise, aviation and anti-aircraft guided missiles. In addition, they continue to use Iranian-made Shahed-136 unmanned aerial vehicles.
The situation in the Volyn and Polissya directions has not changed significantly. There remains the threat of missile and air strikes, as well as the launch of attack UAVs from the territory of the Republic of Belarus.
The Russian army fired in other directions:
- in the Siversky direction – from mortars, barrel and rocket artillery, in the areas of Senkivka, Progres of Chernihiv oblast and Pavlivka, Dmytrivka, Mezenivka, Bachivsk, Sosnivka of Sumy oblast.
- in the Slobozhanskyi direction – from tanks, mortars, barrel and jet artillery, in the areas of the settlements of Vovchanski Khutory, Hatyshche, Lyptsi, Ohirtseve, Starytsa, Udy. Russian troops also used UAVs to adjust artillery fire;
- in the Bakhmut and Avdiivka directions, the enemy fired from tanks and artillery of various types along the entire contact line.
Russian military did not carry out offensive actions in the Novopavlovskyi and Zaporizhzhia directions. More than 20 settlements were hit by fire from tanks, mortars and barrel artillery. In particular, Bilohirya, Vuhledar, Vremivka, Zaliznychne, Mykilske, Novoukrainka, Neskuchne, Orihiv, Charivne and Olhivske.
More than 35 settlements along the entire contact line were affected by fire in the South Buh direction. For air reconnaissance, Russian soldiers made more than 60 UAV sorties.
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In the armed forces of the Russian Federation, work continues on finding possible options for replenishment of units that have suffered losses in battles on the territory of Ukraine. Thus, according to the available information, the commanders of all levels of the Russian navy have begun campaigning with conscript service personnel regarding the prospects of transitioning to contract service.
Military personnel are offered high benefits, an improved social package and the assurance of service beyond the front line.
The issue of material support for servicemen of the Russian forces called up for mobilization remains problematic. Thus, the arrival of a unit of the Russian Federation, whose personnel is partially dressed in civilian clothes, was marked in the city of Polohy, Zaporizhzhia region.
Units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled Russian attacks in the areas of settlements of Novosadove in the Kramatorsk direction, Yakovlivka, Berestove, Bakhmut, Bakhmutske and Opytne in the Bakhmutske direction, Krasnohorivka, Nevelske, Pervomaiske, Maryinka and Pobyeda in the Avdiivka direction.
Aviation of the Defence Forces of Ukraine carried out 30 strikes during the day. It has been confirmed that 23 areas of concentration of weapons and military equipment, as well as 7 positions of Russia’s anti-aircraft missile systems, have been hit. In addition, Ukrainian air defence units shot down 6 UAVs and one Russian helicopter.
Over the past day, Ukrainian missile forces and artillery hit 5 control points, 7 areas of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment, and 3 ammunition warehouses. Russian artillery positions and other important military targets were also hit by fire.
Source: The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
See also: Russians shelled 11 settlements in the Donetsk region, there are civilian casualties
