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Russo-Ukraine War - 25 October 2022 - Day 244

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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 there have been at least 23 verified losses of Russia's Ka-52 HOKUM attack helicopter in Ukraine since the invasion. This represents over 25% of the Russian Air Force's in-service fleet of 90 Ka-52s, and nearly half of Russia's total helicopter losses in Ukraine. Russian attack helicopters have likely suffered particular attrition from Ukrainian man-portable air defence systems (MANPADS), while the helicopters frequently operate with less consistent top-cover from combat jets than they would expect under Russian military doctrine.

Russia is still failing to maintain adequate air superiority in order to reliably carry out effective fixed wing close air support near the front line, and its artillery ammunition is running low. Russian commanders are likely increasingly resorting to conducting high-risk attack helicopter missions as one of the few options available to provide close support for troops in combat.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported Russia is trying to keep the temporarily captured territories, concentrates efforts on restraining the actions of the Defense Forces in certain areas. At the same time, Russia does not stop trying to conduct offensive actions in the Bakhmut and Avdiivka areas.

Russia is shelling the positions of our troops along the contact line, carrying out fortification equipment of the area in certain directions and conducting aerial reconnaissance. Violating the norms of International Humanitarian Law, the laws and customs of war, it continues to strike critical infrastructure and the homes of the civilian population.

During the current day, Russian forces launched 3 missile and 11 air strikes, carried out more than 25 MLRS from rocket salvo systems. Areas of 25 settlements were hit by enemy attacks. Among them are Nikopol of the Dnipropetrovsk oblast, Bakhmutske and Vuhledar of the Donetsk oblast, and Nova Kamianka in the Kherson oblast. The situation in the Volyn and Polissya directions has not changed significantly. The Republic of Belarus continues to support the armed aggression of the russian federation against Ukraine. The threat of missile strikes and the use of attack UAVs on Ukrainian territory remains.

The enemy shelled in other directions:

in the Siversky direction - from mortars and barrel artillery, within the settlements of Senkivka and Kamianska Sloboda of the Chernihiv oblast and Rozhkovychi, Basivka and Popivka of the Sumy oblast. Used shock UAVs;
in the Slobozhanskyi direction - with the use of mortars, barrel and rocket artillery, in the areas of the settlements of Dvorichna, Krasne, Ohirtseve, and Strilecha;
in the Kupyansk direction - from mortars, barrel and rocket artillery, in the areas of Vyshneve, Kislivka and Stelmakhivka settlements;
in the Lymanskyi direction - from mortars, barrel and jet artillery, in the areas of settlements of Novoyehorivka, Terny, Zarichne and Yampolivka;
in the Bakhmut direction - from the armament of tanks, mortars, barrel and jet artillery, in the areas of the settlements of Bakhmutske, Ivanhrad, Bilohorivka, Mayorsk, Soledar and Opytne;
in the Avdiivka direction, the enemy fired tanks, mortars, barrel and jet artillery at the areas of Avdiivka, Vodyane, Krasnohorivka, Maryinka and Pervomaiske settlements.

Russia did not conduct active offensives in the Novopavlivsk and Zaporizhzhia directions. Fired at the positions of the Ukrainian Defense Forces and civilian infrastructure in the areas of more than 20 settlements along the entire contact line.

More than 30 settlements were affected by fire in the Southern Buh direction. The Russian occupiers continue to mine areas along the coastline of the Dnipro River. They are trying to restore the affected pontoon-bridge crossings. To conduct aerial reconnaissance, the enemy made up to 55 sorties of UAVs of various types.

The Russian occupying forces continue forced mobilization measures to replenish current losses. In the temporarily occupied settlement of Khrustalnyi, Luhansk oblast, "mobile groups" detain and transport all men to the military commissariat. According to available information, another batch of prisoners came from Russia to Stanytsia Luhanska to replenish units of private military campaigns. The local so-called "law enforcement officers" are forbidden to intervene in case of violations by the arriving mercenaries.

To replenish the losses in the Zaporizhzhya region, another batch of russian servicemen has arrived in the settlement of Vovkivka, who are chaotically moving through the streets, looking for food and an opportunity to wash among the local population.

According to the updated information, the consequences of Russia's fire damage have been confirmed. As a result of point strikes by the artillery of the Defense Forces, up to 30 occupants were eliminated in the settlement of Kayiry, Kherson oblast, and more than a hundred Russian servicemen remained under the rubble. In the village of Hornostaivka, after the detonation of the ammunition warehouse, the movement of a large number of ambulances was observed. Losses are carefully hidden by Russia.

During the current day, the aviation of the Ukrainian Defense Forces made 15 strikes. It was confirmed that 12 areas of concentration of weapons and military equipment, 2 strongholds, as well as the position of Russia's anti-aircraft missile system were hit. Air defense units shot down the UAV. Ukrainian soldiers of missile troops and artillery hit the control post, 8 areas of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment, ammunition warehouse and other important Russian military objects.

Statements of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation

The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kupyansk and Nikolaev-Krivoy Rog directions were repelled during the day. Thus, the Ukrainian troops tried to advance on a narrow front in the direction of Kuzemovka (Luhansk People's Republic, LPR), but were driven back to their original positions. Attempts to attack the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the direction of Ishchenka and Bruskinskoye (Kherson region) were thwarted - the enemy lost up to 130 personnel and a large amount of equipment.

The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Limansky direction for the day amounted to more than 120 military personnel, 3 tanks, 2 infantry fighting vehicles, an armored personnel carrier, 3 pickup trucks, a car.

Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery strikes hit 4 command posts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), Kharkiv and Nikolaev regions, a helicopter parking lot in the Aleksandrovka region (DPR), 68 artillery units, manpower and military equipment in 182 areas. 2 depots of weapons and ammunition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed in the areas of Ugledar (DPR) and Zeleny Guy (Nikolaev region).

Operational-tactical aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the Nikolaev region shot down a MiG-29 of the Ukrainian Air Force. Air defense means destroyed 13 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the LPR, Kharkiv, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions. 7 shells of multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) HIMARS and Smerch were shot down in the air in the Kherson region and the LPR, as well as 3 HARM missiles in the LPR and the Kherson region.

Kherson region

More than 22 thousand people have already been taken from the right bank of the Kherson region to the left bank of the Dnieper, said Kirill Stremousov, deputy head of the regional administration.

The Ministry of Health of the region reported that the number of civilians killed in the shelling of a car by Ukrainian saboteurs the day before increased to 2 people.

The authorities of the Kherson region reacted to several cases with a refusal to accept rubles in Kherson. The administration reported that sabotage of the decisions of the leadership of the region will be punished up to expulsion to the territories controlled by Kyiv.

The Russian Guard took under protection the broadcasting tower and the regional television center in Kherson, the press service of the department reported.

Zaporozhye region

In the morning, a car bomb exploded near the office of the ZaTV television company in Melitopol. As a result of the incident, 6 people were injured, including a 12-year-old child. Several dozen apartments have been damaged, and their owners will be compensated.

The Zaporozhye region was connected to the unified gas transportation system of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Rogov, a member of the main council of the regional administration, said.

DPR

Since the beginning of the day on October 25, Donetsk and the settlements of Kashtanovoye, Mineralnoe, Yasinovataya, Yakovlevka, Gorlovka, Makeevka, and Krasny Partizan have been shelled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. As a result of attacks in Donetsk, at least 12 people were injured, during one of the attacks an American anti-radar missile HARM was used. It was also reported about the victim in Gorlovka. In addition, damage to residential buildings and civil infrastructure facilities was recorded.

Intense artillery duels are being waged in the Donetsk direction, the artillery of the Russian troops is supported by assault and army aviation. Allied forces storm the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Maryinsky direction.

LC

From the beginning of the day, Ukrainian troops opened fire on the settlements of Svatovo and Novodruzhesk. In the latter, a civilian was killed. In Svatovo, an apartment building was partially destroyed as a result of the attack.

Deputy Interior Minister of the LPR Vitaly Kiselev said that Russian troops dealt a crushing blow to units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine that were trying to break through in the direction of Kremennaya. According to him, the defense in this area is competently fortified, but the enemy does not leave attempts to attack.

"By radio interception, by the fact that prisoners were taken ... it was revealed from which direction this large-scale breakthrough would come. And, of course, our units were already ready for this ... As a result, more than 10 pieces of equipment were shot down, personnel were dispersed and destroyed, "he said.