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Russo-Ukraine War - 08 October 2022 - Day 227

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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, following continued battlefield setbacks for Russia over the last two weeks, increasingly diverse actors within the Russian system have joined voices in criticism of the Russian MoD leadership. Critics have included Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, Wagner Group private military company owner Yevgeny Prigozhin, state-approved TV presenters, pop stars, and an increasingly vocal community of ultra-nationalistic military bloggers.

Kadyrov and Prigozhin are likely being perceived as informal figure heads of a ‘pro-war’ bloc whose criticism hinges on arguments for greater state commitment and willingness to escalate. Both likely achieve some credibility based on the significant deployment of both Chechen and Wagner combat units on the ground.

The criticism remains focused at the military high command rather than senior political leadership, but it does represent a trend of public voicing of dissent against the Russian establishment which is being at least partly tolerated and which will likely be hard to reverse.

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 counteroffensive actions of the Ukrainian Defence Forces in certain directions, at the same time, periodically conducts offensive actions in the Bakhmut and Avdiyivka directions. Russian forces fire at the positions of Ukrainian troops along the contact line, carries out engineering equipment of defensive lines and positions in certain directions, and conducts aerial reconnaissance by UAVs. Russian occupiers, in violation of international humanitarian law, laws and customs of war, continue to strike critical infrastructure and civilian housing.

There is a threat of Russian forces launching air and missile strikes on the entire territory of Ukraine. During the current day, the Russian occupiers launched three rocket and sixteen air strikes, carried out more than twenty MLRS attacks. More than fifteen settlements were damaged by fire. In particular, Bilovody, Hrabovske, Slavhorod, Udy, Chuhunivka, Kharkiv, Chasiv Yar, Bilohorivka, Krasnohorivka, Maryinka and Novomykhailivka.

The situation in the Volyn and Polissya directions has not changed significantly. In the Republic of Belarus, military inspections have been extended until October 15. Also, once again, the closure of the airspace in the southern regions of this country was continued.

In other directions, the enemy continued shelling with mortars and barrel artillery in the areas of populated areas:
in the Siversky direction - Senkivka, Bleshnya and Mykolaivka of the Chernihiv oblast as well as Bachivsk, Starykove, Kindrativka and Bilovody of the Sumy oblast;
in the Slobozhansk direction – Udy, Kozacha Lopan, Krasne, Hlyboke, Ohirtseve, Varvarivka, Neskuchne, Ternova and Dvorichna;
in the Kramatorsk direction - Terny, Novoyehorivka, Makiyivka, Yampolivka, Dronivka, Serebryanka, Bilohorivka, Vesele and Hryhorivka;
in the Bakhmut direction – Verkhnokamianske, Rozdolivka, Yakovlivka, Soledar, Bakhmutske, Bakhmut, Opytne, Mayorsk and New York;
in the Avdiyivka region – Pervomaiske, Nevelske, Krasnohorivka, Maryinka and Novomykhailivka.

Russian forces did not carry out offensive actions in the Novopavlivsk and Zaporizhzhya directions. The infrastructure of more than twenty settlements was damaged by Russian shelling. Among them are Temyrivka, Zelene Pole, Vremivka, Neskuchne, Vuhledar, Pavlivka, Olhivske, Zaliznychne, Hulyaipilske, Charivne and Myrne.

In the Southern Buh direction, more than forty settlements were shelled. In particular, Russian forces once again used Iranian kamikaze drones to attack the infrastructure of Nikopol and the territories of the Mykolayiv region.

Russian forces continue to suffer losses. Local hospitals in the temporarily occupied areas of the Kherson region cannot cope with the flow of wounded occupiers. Up to thirty wounded Russians have been confirmed to have arrived at the children's clinical hospital in the city of Lysychansk, Luhansk oblast. Additional medical personnel have been sent to the indicated institution.

During the current day, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Bilohorivka, Bakhmutske, Bakhmut, Mayorsk, Krasnohorivka, and Terny. During the current day, the aviation of the Ukrainian Defense Forces made seven accurate strikes against the enemy's anti-aircraft missile systems. In addition, Ukrainian air defense units shot down one Orlan UAV. Missile troops and artillery during the current day hit eight areas of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment, two warehouses with ammunition and ten other important objects.

During the briefing, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that by decision of the head of the department, Sergei Shoigu, General of the Army Sergei Surovikin was appointed commander of the Joint Group of Forces in the area of the special military operation.

During the day, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the Kharkiv region prevented the attempts of the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the direction of Pershotravneve and Yagodnoe. More than 100 Ukrainian fighters, 2 tanks, 5 infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) and 4 vehicles were destroyed. Also, massive strikes against the advanced reserves of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Petropavlovka area destroyed more than 110 servicemen of the 14th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 19th Terodefense Battalion.

In the Limansky direction, during another unsuccessful attempt to cross the Zherebets River by two reinforced companies of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the RF Armed Forces destroyed more than 30 enemy personnel, 3 infantry fighting vehicles and 5 pickup trucks.

The Russian Aerospace Forces attacked the locations of the 17th tank and 92nd mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Seversk, Novy and Yampolovka (Donetsk People's Republic, DPR). More than 100 Ukrainian servicemen and 12 units of military equipment were destroyed. In the South-Donetsk direction, an attempt to counterattack units of the 115th mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 1st brigade of the President of Ukraine was repelled. More than 90 Ukrainian servicemen, 2 tanks, eight combat armored vehicles and 6 vehicles were destroyed.

In the Zaporizhia direction, the Russian Aerospace Forces delivered a precision strike on the deployment point of foreign mercenaries in Zaporozhye. More than 160 militants were destroyed.

In the Nikolaev-Krivoy Rog direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine attempted an offensive by forces of 3 battalion tactical groups, a tank battalion and a National Guard battalion that arrived from Western Ukraine. They acted in the directions of the settlements of Sukhanovo, Pyatikhatki, Sadok, Ishchenko, Bruskinskoye, Karlo-Marxovskoye and Malaya Seydeminukha (Kherson region). All attacks are repelled. More than 240 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 12 tanks, 14 combat armored vehicles, 8 vehicles and 4 artillery pieces were destroyed.

Aviation, rocket troops and artillery hit 54 artillery units, manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 174 districts. 4 ammunition depots were destroyed in the DPR, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions and in Nikolaev. In the area of the settlement of Vysheshe Solenoe (Kharkiv region), a communication center of the Ukrainian group of troops was destroyed.

Fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a MiG-29 aircraft of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye region. 12 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), 21 HIMARS multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) shells, and one Tochka-U missile were destroyed by means of air defense (air defense).

The Russian Defense Ministry also reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue shelling Energodar (Zaporozhye region) and the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant. During the day, 15 rockets were fired at the object from the direction of the settlement of Marganets (Dnipropetrovsk region). The enemy positions were destroyed by return fire from the Russian Armed Forces.

Crimea

The movement of trains and cars on the Crimean bridge has been re-launched after the morning state of emergency. On Saturday, a truck exploded at the facility, which damaged 2 auto spans, while the arch over the navigable part of the bridge was not damaged.

Following the incident, traffic on the structure was suspended. For the transportation of citizens and vehicles, the Kerch crossing resumed operation. A commission has been formed to find out the causes and eliminate the consequences of the incident, and preparations for restoration work are already underway.

Kherson region

In Skadovsk, a terrorist attack near the administrative building was prevented. According to representatives of the emergency services of the Kherson region, an explosive with a capacity of about a kilogram in TNT equivalent was found and defused near the object.

In addition, in the evening it became known about the prevention of another attack - this time in Kherson itself. According to representatives of emergency services, the attack was being prepared by militants of the Kyiv regime in one of the bank branches.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine are making attempts to attack the positions of Russian troops in the Snigirevka area. According to the Rybar Telegram channel, Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups conducted a sortie in the vicinity of Maksimovka, retreating after artillery strikes of the Russian Armed Forces.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine shelled Novaya Kakhovka, the air defense system went off in the city. It is known about at least 3 attacks by Ukrainian troops per day.

Zaporozhye region

Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi will soon visit the Russian Federation and then return to Ukraine to agree on the creation of a security zone around the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant. This was reported by the press service of the organization.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine damaged the last communication line connecting the ZNPP with the energy system of Ukraine. Volodymyr Rogov, a member of the main council of the administration of the Zaporozhye region, said this in the morning. According to him, the power transmission line Dneprovskaya with a capacity of 750 kV was damaged. Rogov clarified that the station automatically switched to the operation of diesel generators.

Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin signed a decree on the establishment of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Zaporozhye NPP". The Federal Property Management Agency was instructed to appoint the general director of the enterprise.

DNR

From the beginning of the day on October 8, Ukrainian armed formations opened fire in the direction of Donetsk, as well as the settlements of Yasinovataya, Makeevka, Gorlovka, Novobakhmutovka, Novoselovka, Ilovaisk, Aleksandrovka, Verkhnetoretskoye, Yakovlevka.

To attack Ilovaisk, the Armed Forces of Ukraine used the HIMARS MLRS, and the railway station was hit. In Donetsk, as a result of the shelling, a large fire broke out on the territory of a local printing house, the fire area reached at least 3 thousand square meters. It is known that 2 civilians from Donetsk became victims of Ukrainian attacks, a resident of Verkhnetoretsky and a resident of Andreevka were injured.

The operation to liberate the village of Pervomaiskoye in the suburbs of Donetsk is underway. The people's militia of the DPR reported that the allied forces are developing success in the area, the actions of the assault groups are supported by artillery. Fire is corrected with the help of drones.

LC

In the Lugansk People's Republic (LPR), saboteurs who were planning terrorist attacks on its territory were detained. The detainees intended to blow up civilian infrastructure, including kindergartens.

Rodion Miroshnik, head of the LPR office in Moscow, commented on the relationship between NATO and Kyiv, saying that it is unprofitable for the bloc to assume obligations to protect Ukraine. According to Miroshnik, the alliance will leave the country in the same way as it left Afghanistan earlier.

“NATO gets everything it wanted from Ukraine without its membership, even more. Ukraine provided its territory for a destructive war and its population for destruction. The Ukrainian people do not receive and will not receive any national interests or benefits, ”he is sure.