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Russo-Ukraine War - 07 October 2022 - Day 226

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A number of claims and counterclaims are being made on the Ukraine-Russia conflict on the ground and online. While GlobalSecurity.org takes utmost care to accurately report this news story, we cannot independently verify the authenticity of all statements, photos and videos.

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 re-purposed captured Russian equipment now makes up a large proportion of Ukraine’s military hardware. Ukraine has likely captured at least 440 Russian Main Battle Tanks, and around 650 other armoured vehicles since the invasion. Over half of Ukraine’s currently fielded tank fleet potentially consists of captured vehicles.

The failure of Russian crews to destroy intact equipment before withdrawing or surrendering highlights their poor state of training and low levels of battle discipline. With Russian formations under severe strain in several sectors and increasingly demoralised troops, Russia will likely continue to lose heavy weaponry.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that Russia is trying to hold the temporarily captured territories, is concentrating its efforts on attempts to disrupt the active actions of the Ukrainian Defence Forces in certain directions, and at the same time is conducting offensive actions in the Bakhmut and Avdiyivka directions. Russia is shelling the positions of Ukrainian troops along the contact line, carrying out engineering equipment of defensive lines and positions in certain directions and conducting 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 day, Russian occupiers launched 2 rocket and 5 air strikes, launched more than 10 MLRS attacks. Objects and civilian population of more than 10 settlements were damaged by Russian strikes. Among them - Ridkodub, Hulyaipilske, Novoandriyivka, Zaporizhzhya, Mykolayiv, Slavhorod.

Russian forces used 4 Iranian-made Shahed-136 unmanned aerial vehicles to strike the populated areas of Zaporizhzhya and Mykolayiv. The situation in the Volyn and Polissya directions has not changed significantly.

In other directions, the Russian occupiers carried out shelling:
in the Siversky direction - from mortars and barrel artillery, in the areas of Senkivka and Yasna Polyana settlements of Chernihiv oblast, as well as Seredyna Buda, Fotovнzh, Boyaro-Lezhachi, Ryzhivka, Holyshivske, Kiyanytsia, Myropillya, Mezenivka and Slavhorod of Sumy oblast;
in the Slobozhanskyi direction - from tanks, mortars, barrel and jet artillery, in the areas of Basove, Hlyboke, Vysoka Yaruga, Krasne, Strilecha, Starytsa, Hatyshche, Vovchansk, Volokhivka and Dvorichna settlements;
in the Kramatorsk direction - from mortars, barrel and jet artillery, in the areas of Terny, Raihorodok, Spirne, Bilohorivka, Verkhnokamianske, Serebryanka, Hryhorivka, Torske, Ivanivka and Hrekivka settlements;
in the direction of Bakhmut, Russian forces shelled the areas of Bilohorivka, Yakovlivka, Soledar, Bakhmut, Bakhmutske, Ivanhrad, Opytne, Mayorsk, Vyimka, Rozdolivka, Vesele, Zaitseve and Odradivka settlements;
in the Avdiyivka direction, Russian forces inflicted fire damage in the areas of the settlements of Avdiyivka, Kamianka, Novobakhmutivka, Maryinka, Krasnohorivka, Vodyane, Pervomaiske and Novomykhailivka.

On the Novopavlivskyi and Zaporizhzhya directions, the infrastructure in the districts of Novoukrainka, Pavlivka, Neskuchne, Chervone, Hulyaipole and Novopole was damaged by Russian shelling.

In the South Buh direction, more than twenty settlements near the contact line were affected by fire.

Units of the Defence Forces of Ukraine repelled enemy attacks in the areas of Vyimka, Bakhmutske, Krasna Hora, Bakhmut, Mayorsk, Andriyivka, Pervomaiske, Vesele, Kamianka, Pobyeda, Nevelske, Novomykhailivka, and Ternovy Pody.

The Russian occupation authorities continue to put pressure on the citizens of Ukraine who remained in the temporarily occupied territory of the Donetsk oblast. According to available information, in some areas of the city of Horlivka, representatives of "security structures" intimidate local residents who did not support the joining of the temporarily occupied region to the Russian Federation in an illegal referendum. Men who avoid mobilization continue to be identified, detained and forcibly sent to units of the 1st Army Corps to replace casualties.

According to the available information, there are significant problems with the material support of the mobilization measures carried out by the military leadership of the Russian Federation. Thus, at the beginning of October, of the 8,000 demobilized persons staying at the base of the Novosibirsk Higher Command School, no more than half were provided with military uniforms. In addition, only field uniforms and shoes are issued to the specified personnel. The rest of the equipment must be bought at your own expense or try to get it from the local authorities as humanitarian aid. The issue of providing the mobilized with helmets and body armor remains problematic.

The Russian occupiers continue to suffer losses in the south of our country. Thus, in the area of Kakhovka, Kherson oblast, the destruction of personnel and military equipment, including air defence equipment, has been confirmed. Also, as a result of effective fire damage to the area of the Russian forces' concentration near the village of Borozenske, on October 5 of this year, the losses of the Russian forces amounted to 10 people killed and about 20 wounded.

Aviation of the Defence Forces carried out 11 strikes during the day. It was confirmed that 8 places of concentration of weapons and military equipment, as well as 3 anti-aircraft missile systems of the enemy were destroyed. In addition, Ukrainian air defence units shot down two UAVs and two enemy helicopters. Rocket troops and artillery hit one area of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment, a pontoon crossing and a WED complex in a day.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reports that as a result of offensives in all directions, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) have lost over 500 military personnel over the past day, as well as 81 pieces of equipment, including tanks, armored cars, trucks and a German self-propelled howitzer. However, all attacks failed. In addition, an attempt to force the Zherebets River by Ukrainian units was thwarted.

The RF Armed Forces dealt a high-precision strike on the shops of the Shepetovsky plant, where rocket and artillery weapons were being repaired. Six command posts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two ammunition depots, 162 areas of accumulation of manpower and equipment, 53 artillery units were also hit.

The air defense forces, in turn, shot down a Ukrainian Mi-8 over Toretsk, four drones and 21 rockets, as well as four American-made anti-radar missiles.

Today, the Armed Forces of Ukraine were attacking the positions of the RF Armed Forces from Dudchan. Artillery support is provided from Petropavlovka, while target designation is carried out by Turkish Bayraktar drones.

In parallel with this, mobile groups are trying to infiltrate through the defense line of Pyatikhatka - Sukhanovo, attacks are also continuing south of Davydov Brod. The attackers are constantly subjected to air and artillery strikes by the Russian army.

LDNR

Street fighting continues for the northern part of Pervomaisky northwest of Donetsk. The buildings here are predominantly brick, the parties are actively using artillery and reconnaissance drones.

In the Bakhmut direction, Russian units continue to clear the outskirts of the village of Zaitsevo, and are also advancing with heavy fighting towards the southern suburbs of Bakhmut.