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General Staff: 304 combat engagements were recorded in the previous 24 hours. Russia launched 83 airstrikes that dropped 271 guided aerial bombs, used 7,059 kamikaze drones, and carried out 2,551 shellings on Ukraine, including 76 times using multiple launch rocket systems. Ukraine’s Defence Forces struck a cluster of Russian personnel in the past day. Russia reportedly lost 1,790 personnel, as well as damage or destruction to 15 combat armoured vehicles, nine artillery systems, one multiple launch rocket system, one air defence system, six aircraft, three ground robotic complexes, 693 unmanned aerial vehicles, 230 units of trucks, and three units of special equipment.
UAF: Russia used 140 various types of attack drones overnight, of which 114 were shot down or neutralised by the Ukrainian Defence Forces, but 27 drones hit their targets in 24 locations, and debris fell at another 14 locations.
Cherkasy: Five people injured in Uman overnight, according to the regional military administration, noting a guardhouse nearby was destroyed and a man was rescued from the rubble, while an apartment building had been damaged during the strike. A fire also reportedly broke out at a commercial warehouse in another location, and a fire broke out on the territory of a private enterprise as a result of a falling drone, both of which were quickly extinguished.
Chernihiv: Rescuers recovered the body of a man while extinguishing a fire in a house in the Chernihiv region, while Russia reportedly struck three different areas of the Chernihiv border settlements with various types of munitions.
Dnipropetrovsk: A logistics company terminal, trucks, and an administrative building were damaged in the Dniprovsky district, along with an administrative building, while infrastructure, a logistics company branch, and a private house was damaged in Kryvyi Rih. Infrastructure, educational institutions, a sports complex, warehouse buildings, a shopping centre, apartment buildings and vehicles were damaged in the Nikopol district, and private homes were damaged in the Synelnykove district, reported Head of the Regional State Administration Mykola Lukashuk.
Donetsk: One person was killed in Kramatorsk due to Russian shelling, reported Head of the Regional Military Administration Vadym Filashkin, adding that three residents of Sloviansk and three residents of Kramatorsk were also injured in the past day. Russia shelled Sloviansk with various types of weapons during the past day, damaging private homes, cars, and a store. Kramatorsk reported that there was power outages this morning due to the overnight attacks. Russia had launched 15 strikes on Kramatorsk in the past day, using KAB glide bombs, Uragan MLRS and drones, damaging multi-story buildings and private homes, a cultural palace, an administrative building, an ambulance, and a civilian bus, reported the Donetsk Police, who said that 12 private homes and an infrastructure facility sustained damage in Starovarvarivka.
Kharkiv: Four people were injured or experienced stress reactions as a result of Russian strikes on Izium, reported Head of the Regional Military Administration Oleh Syniehubov, who noted one of them was a 105-year-old woman, and the city administration reported the city was shelled with guided aerial bombs and rocket artillery systems, damaging civilian infrastructure. A man who had sustained severe burn injuries due to a Russian strike on Derhachi on October 14th died in hospital, reported Head of the City Military Administration Vyacheslav Zadorozhnyi. More than 20 houses and administrative buildings were damaged in the villages of Zolotchev, Hnylytsia Persha, and Khotymilia, according to Syniehubov.
Kherson: Twenty areas of the region came under fire from Russian forces, killing two people and injuring 6 others, while also damaging 11 private houses and a private vehicle during the strikes. Five people were evacuated from liberated communities throughout the day, reported the head of the Regional State Administration Olexandr Produkin.
Kirovohrad: Russian forces struck a transportation company in the region, according to the regional military administration, noting that no one was injured as a result of the strike.
Kyiv: Russia reportedly shelled residential areas of the capital, causing a fire to break out in an outbuilding and a private home in the Shevchenkivskyi district of Kyiv, which was extinguished quickly by firefighters. During the night, another drone caused a fire to break out in an outbuilding in the Solomianskyi district.
Lviv: The entire city of Lutsk was experiencing a blackout this morning due to the Russian strikes over the previous day, and electricity is promised to be restored to residents by midnight, but due to the lack of electricity, there is also water shortages everywhere. A transportation crisis also began to unfold due to most trolleybuses being out of service, affecting people getting around the city, and crowds were seen at bus stops, despite multiple jet drones flying towards the Lviv region. Head of the Regional Military Administration Sadovyi said that a 34-year-old man in Dublyany sustained a shrapnel wound to the thigh following debris falling from a ‘Shahed’ drone.
Mykolaiv: Russia attacked the Kutsurub community yesterday, which resulted in a 45-year-old woman being hospitalised in Dniprovskyi, along with damage to a private house.
Odesa: 4 people were injured overnight, as well as damage to an energy infrastructure facility at the site of the strikes, and a manufacturing plant producing household goods also caught fire. Another attack this morning damaged 7 private residential buildings, but thankfully there were no casualties. Rescuers had to temporarily retreat to safe locations due to the threat of repeated strikes.
Rivne: Throughout the evening and into the night, multiple jet drones were recorded travelling at increased speeds of up to 700km/h through Zhytomyr towards the region, often causing explosions soon after air raid alerts were announced. Head of the Regional State Administration Oleksandr Koval said that Russia attacked the regional centre overnight, noting that civilian infrastructure and residential areas were damaged, as efforts were under way to eliminate the consequences. As of 9:30am, seven people had sought medical assistance due to the consequences, but none of the injured had been hospitalised, and constant air raid sirens were making it difficult for services to fully operate in areas that are affected.
Sumy: More than 70 strikes were reported in a single day according to the Sumy Regional State Administration, who said men aged 66, 48, and 53, along with women aged 24 and 50 had sustained injuries, and a 57-year-old man was injured in a drone strike in the Seredyno-Budska community. A Russian drone hit a shopping centre in Sumy which injured two people this morning, acting mayor Artem Kobzar reported, noting that Russia appeared to have used a Molniya-type munition with shrapnel.
Ternopil: As a result of overnight attacks, buildings at a manufacturing facility in Chortkiv were damaged, according to the head of the Regional State Administration Taras Pastukh, who said that the fire had been extinguished, and no information about casualties had been received. Mayor of Chortkiv said the the business that was almost destroyed was also the main employer and taxpayer in the area.
Zaporizhzhia: Rescuers extinguished a fire caused at a private enterprise by the fall of a drone, but there were no casualties, despite the firefighting operation being disrupted by the constant threat of further attacks, causing them to temporarily suspend work. Head of the Regional State Administration Ivan Fedorov reported that Russia carried out 669 attacks on 48 areas of the region, including 29 airstrikes, 472 drones, 16 attacks with MLRS and 152 standard artillery strikes, resulting in 78 reports of damage to residential buildings, vehicles, and infrastructure facilities, but no civilians were injured.
