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Russo-Ukraine War - 05 October 2022 - Day 224

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On 24 February 2022, Ukraine was suddenly and deliberately attacked by land, naval and air forces of Russia, igniting the largest European war since the Great Patriotic War. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a "special military operation" (SVO - spetsialnaya voennaya operatsiya) in Ukraine in response to the appeal of the leaders of the "Donbass republics" for help. That attack is a blatant violation of the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine. Putin stressed that Moscow's goal is the demilitarization and denazification of the country. The military buildup in preceeding months makes it obvious that the unprovoked and dastardly Russian attack was deliberately planned long in advance. During the intervening time, the Russian government had deliberately sought to deceive the world by false statements and expressions of hope for continued peace.

"To initiate a war of aggression... is not only an international crime; it is the supreme international crime differing only from other war crimes in that it contains within itself the accumulated evil of the whole." [Judgment of the International Military Tribunal]

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The UK Ministry of Defence reported that Ukraine continues to make progress in offensive operations along both the north-eastern and southern fronts. In the north-east, in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine has now consolidated a substantial area of territory east of the Oskil River. Ukrainian formations have advanced up to 20 km beyond the river into Russia’s defensive zone towards the supply node of the town of Svatove.

It is highly likely that Ukraine can now strike the key Svatove-Kremina road with most of its artillery systems, further straining Russia’s ability to resupply its units in the east.

Politically, Russian leaders will highly likely be concerned that leading Ukrainian units are now approaching the borders of Luhansk Oblast, which Russia claimed to have formally annexed last Friday.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that Russia is trying to hold the temporarily captured territories, concentrates efforts on attempts to disrupt the active actions of the Ukrainian Defense Forces in certain directions, does not stop attempts to conduct offensive actions in the Bakhmut and Avdiivka directions. Russia is regrouping units of his troops in separate directions. Russian forces continue shelling the positions of our troops along the contact line, carries out remote mining of the territory in separate directions and conducts aerial reconnaissance. Strikes civilian infrastructure and civilian homes, violating international humanitarian law, laws and customs of war.

There remains the threat of air and missile strikes on the entire territory of Ukraine. During the current day, Russian occupiers launched three rocket and two air strikes, carried out more than fifteen attacks from rocket salvo systems. Objects and civilian population of more than 20 settlements were damaged by enemy strikes. Among them are Bila Tserkva, Ridkodub, Siversk, Soledar, Bilohirka, Karlivka, Zaporizhzhia, Nikopol, Kryvyi Rih and Myrne. The situation in the Volyn and Polissya directions has not changed significantly.

The enemy fired in other directions:

in the Siversky direction - in the areas of Holyshivske and Pysarivka settlements of the Sumy oblast;
in the Slobozhansky direction - in the areas of the settlements of Ivashky, Huryiv Kozachok, Udy, Ridkodub, Vovchansk and Dvorichna;
in the Kramatorsk direction - in the areas of the settlements of Kivsharivka, Kamyanka, Novolyubivka, Terny, Torske, Ivanivka, Serebryanka, Spirne and Bilohorivka;
in the Bakhmut direction - in the areas of Rozdolivka, Bilohorivka, Yakovlivka, Soledar, Bakhmutske, Bakhmut, Opytne, Ivanhrad, Zaitseve, Odradivka, New York and Yuryivka settlements;
in the Avdiivka direction - in the areas of Avdiivka, Pervomaiske, Vodyane, Krasnohorivka, Maryinka and Novomykhailivka settlements.

Russian forces did not conduct active offensives in the Novopavlivsk and Zaporizhzhya directions. Fired in the areas of Volodymyrivka, Novosilka, Vremivka, Shakhtarske, Zolota Nyva, Prechystivka, Pavlivka, Vesele, Chervone, Dorozhnyanka and Mala Tokmachka settlements.

In the South Buh direction, Russian forces continue to take measures to regroup and withdraw his units. Fired more than 25 settlements along the contact line. In particular, Velike Artakove, Biloghirka, Blagodativka, Andriivka, Novohredneve, Sukhy Stavok, Luch, Stepova Dolyna, Soldatske, Pravdyne and Myrne.

During the current day, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled the attacks of the occupiers in the areas of the settlements of Vyimka, Bakhmutske, Bakhmut, Mayorsk and Novomykhailivka.

In the temporarily occupied city of Energodar, Russian occupiers continue to exert moral and psychological pressure on the workers of the Zaporizhzhya NPP. Thus, according to available information, employees are forced to obtain russian passports and enter into employment contracts with the state atomic energy corporation rosatom through threats.

As a result of the successful actions of the Ukrainian Defense Forces in the Kherson direction, Russian units suffered losses and are trying to evacuate the wounded and equipment to the nearest crossings across the Dnipro River. In particular, Russian forces moved up to 150 wounded servicemen and about 50 units of damaged military equipment to the settlement of Vesele, near the Kakhovskaya HPP.

In the temporarily occupied territory of the Luhansk region, due to the large number of wounded and the overloading of local medical institutions, Russian forces have equipped and are using a school as a military hospital. According to preliminary information, up to 200 wounded servicemen are there.

The command of units of the Russian occupation forces continues to recruit prisoners in order to replenish the losses of personnel. According to preliminary information, more than 650 prisoners from the strict-regime correctional colonies of the Stavropol region agreed to take part in combat operations on the territory of Ukraine.

During the day, the aviation of the Ukrainian Defense Forces carried out more than ten strikes. The defeat of nine areas of concentration of weapons and military equipment, as well as two anti-aircraft missile systems of the enemy, was confirmed. In addition, Ukrainian air defense units shot down seven enemy UAVs. Six of them are of Iranian production. Missile troops and artillery during the current day hit two control points, twelve areas of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment, as well as ten other important Russian facilities.

The head of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin signed a constitutional law on the admission of the Lugansk and Donetsk people's republics, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions into Russia. Branches of the Federal Tax Service of the Russian Federation have already begun work on the territory of the regions. The Investigative Committee has begun to create investigative bodies in new areas.

Statements of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation

The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that up to 100 military personnel and 13 pieces of equipment were destroyed by missile strikes on units of the first echelon and reserves of the 92nd mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the day in the Kupyansk direction. In addition, during the hostilities in the Kharkiv region, the losses of the 14th mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to 15 servicemen killed and up to 40 wounded, 7 combat armored vehicles and 5 pickup trucks with heavy machine guns.

In the Limansky direction in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), a massive fire defeat was inflicted on the manpower and equipment of the 93rd mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. More than 90 Ukrainian servicemen and 7 armored vehicles were destroyed. Also, 2 Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups were destroyed by artillery fire in the DPR.

In the Lisichansk direction, the positions of the 54th mechanized, 80th air assault and 10th mountain assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were hit. Up to 70 militants, a tank, 3 combat armored vehicles and 6 pickup trucks with heavy machine guns were destroyed.

A missile attack on units of the 102nd Terodefense Brigade in the Zaporozhye region destroyed up to 30 militants and 7 vehicles.

In the Andreevo-Krivoy Rog direction, units of the RF Armed Forces hold their positions, repelling attacks by superior enemy forces. In the battles in the Kherson region, up to 30 nationalists, 2 tanks and 4 infantry fighting vehicles were destroyed per day. In addition, more than 120 military personnel, 2 tanks and 8 combat armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed by the strikes of the Russian Aerospace Forces on units of the 35th Marine Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the region. In just one day in the Nikolaev-Krivoy Rog direction, the losses of Ukrainian troops amounted to more than 230 personnel, 4 tanks, 18 armored vehicles, 2 Gvozdika self-propelled howitzers, 2 mortars and 20 vehicles.

10 command posts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kharkiv, Kherson, Nikolaev regions and the DPR, temporary deployment points of the 57th motorized infantry brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson region, units of foreign mercenaries and nationalist formations in the DPR and Kharkiv, 6 warehouses in the DPR were hit by air, missile and artillery strikes , Zaporozhye and Nikolaev regions.

In the Nikolaev region, a high-precision Iskander strike on the Voznesensk airfield destroyed a hangar with Bayraktar TB-2 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). A counter-battery radar station (AN / TPQ-36) manufactured by the USA in Murahovka was also destroyed.

Fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the Nikolaev region shot down a MiG-29 of the Ukrainian Air Force. Air defense assets destroyed 6 UAVs, 15 HIMARS multiple rocket launcher (MLRS) shells, an Alder MLRS shell and 2 HARM anti-radar missiles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Zaporozhye region

Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed to take the facilities of the Zaporizhzhya NPP into federal ownership. By his decree, he established the status of the operating organization of the facility.

Vladimir Rogov, a member of the main council of the administration of the Zaporozhye region, said that Kyiv was preparing a provocation with the flooding of the ZNPP. To do this, uncontrolled discharge of water at a number of hydroelectric power stations will be provoked.

Rosenergoatom said that Igor Murashov, ex-general director of the Zaporizhzhya NPP, who was expelled to the territory of Ukraine and admitted to having ties with Kyiv, handed over to the SBU all information about the plant, including those related to security.

Kherson region

The deputy head of the administration of the Kherson region, Kirill Stremousov, said that Russian troops had regrouped. In addition, there are reports of the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from three directions at once with the support of armored vehicles, artillery and aviation are working on the objects of the Ukrainian troops. According to the Rybar Telegram channel, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are increasing their grouping in the Aleksandrovsky, Posad-Pokrovsky and Snigirevsky sections.

In Kherson, the hotel was attacked by Ukrainian armed forces. During the attack, HIMARS MLRS was used, a civilian was killed.

The Security Service of Ukraine has charged Acting Governor of the Kherson Region Vladimir Saldo and his Deputy Ekaterina Gubareva with organizing events in support of the Russian Federation. In addition, the SBU accused officials of transferring the property of Ukrposhta to Russia.

DPR

Since the beginning of the day, Ukrainian formations have opened fire in the direction of Donetsk, as well as the settlements of Makeevka, Gorlovka, Yasinovataya, Staromikhaylovka, Novoselivka, Mineralnoye, Shirokaya Balka, Zaitsevo, Kashtanovoe. As a result of the shelling of Donetsk, 2 civilians were killed, 4 more were injured. It is also reported about one wounded in Staromikhailivka and one in Mariupol.

Acting head of the DPR Denis Pushilin said that the defense in the Liman direction is being strengthened. According to him, there are local successes in the Ugledar direction.

Customs control at the border of the DPR with another