The 228th day of the Russia-Ukraine War: official operational information by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on 09.10.2022.
The Russian army is trying to hold the temporarily captured territories, is concentrating its efforts on attempts to disrupt the active actions of the Defense Forces of Ukraine in certain directions, and at the same time is conducting offensive actions in the Bakhmut and Avdiyivka directions.
Russians shelling the positions of Ukrainiantroops along the entire contact line, carrying out engineering defense equipment in certain directions and conducting aerial reconnaissance.
There remains the threat of air and missile strikes on the entire territory of Ukraine.
During the day, Russian troops launched 5 rocket and 12 air strikes, launched more than 30 MLRS attacks.
The population and facilities of more than 30 settlements were affected by Russian strikes. In particular, Bereznehuvate, Makiyivka, Spirne, Bilohorivka, Zelenopillia, Vremivka, Maryinka, Novomykhailivka, Vuhledar, Davydiv Brid, Nova Kamianka, Trifonivka.
Russian soldiers used twenty cruise, aviation and anti-aircraft guided missiles to strike Zaporizhzhya. In addition, the Russian army continues to use Iranian-made Shahed-136 unmanned aerial vehicles. One of them was destroyed by Ukrainian air defense forces and means in the Black Sea.
In the Volyn and Polissya directions, the situation remains without significant changes.
On the Siverskyi direction, shelling from mortars and barrel artillery was recorded in the areas of Myropillya, Mezenivka, Vorozhba, Slavhorod, Seredyna Buda and Starykovo settlements of the Sumy oblast. Without crossing the state border, Russians launched airstrikes, using army aircraft.
Areas of 30 settlements were shelled with mortars, barrel and rocket artillery in the Slobozhansk direction. Among them – White Well, High Ravine, Raisin, Neskuchne, Ridkodub, Red Dawn. Russian troops also used attack UAVs.
In the Kramatorsk direction, Russia fired from tanks, mortars, barrel and rocket artillery along the entire line of contact. In particular, in the areas of the settlements of Bilohorivka, Hrekivka, Ivanivka, Nevske, Pershotravneve, Serebryanka and Terny. Mass mining of bridge crossings, crossings and suburbs of settlements is carried out.
In the Bakhmut direction, Russian military fired from tanks, mortars, barrel and rocket artillery along the entire line of contact. In particular, in the areas of Andriyivka, Bakhmut, Bakhmutske, Zaytseve, Zelenopilya, Soledar, Yakovlivka, Mayorsk and New York.
In the Avdiyivsk direction, the areas of Avdiyivka, Vodyane, Krasnohorivka, Maryinka, Pervomaiske, and Novomykhailivka were damaged by fire.
Russians did not carry out offensive actions in the Novopavlivsk and Zaporizhzhya directions. More than 30 settlements were subjected to Russian shelling from tanks, mortars and barrel artillery. Among them are Hulyaipilske, Vilne Pole, Vugledar, Vremivka, Novosilka, Poltavka and Charivne.
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Areas of more than 35 towns and villages along the entire line of contact were affected by fire in the South Buh region. So, in the Mykolayiv oblast 38 objects were hit, none of them military. These include, in particular, 24 residential buildings, 3 critical infrastructure and life support facilities, and 7 industrial facilities.
Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine have repelled Russian attacks in the areas of Budarky, Terny, Soledar, New York, Pervomaiske, Nevelske and Pobyeda settlements.
The leadership of the Russian Federation is taking measures to find additional resources for waging war. At this time, negotiations are underway with third countries regarding the procurement of artillery shells, mortar mines and components for rocket launcher systems. Military warehouses and arsenals of the Republic of Belarus remain another source of supplies. In the near future, it is planned to move 13 more echelons with ammunition and material and technical means to the territory of Russia.
During the current day, the aviation of the Defense Forces of Ukraine made 9 strikes. It has been confirmed that 7 places of concentration of weapons and military equipment, as well as 3 Russian anti-aircraft missile systems, have been destroyed. In addition, Ukrainian air defense units shot down 2 UAVs, one Russian aircraft and one X-59 guided air missile.
Missile troops and artillery hit 3 control points, 2 areas of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment. Radio-electronic warfare complexes and self-propelled artillery positions also fell into the zone of fire damage.
Source: The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
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