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General Staff Update:
Day 1701 of the Russian-imposed war on Ukraine noted that 269 combat engagements were recorded.
Russia lost approximately 1,820 personnel, while damage or destruction was caused to 11 tanks, 16 armoured combat vehicles, 44 artillery systems, one multiple launch rocket system, two air defence systems, four ground-based robotic complexes, 1,820 unmanned aerial vehicles, 407 automobiles, and two units of special equipment.
Ukraine’s Defence Forces meanwhile struck a cluster of Russian personnel and equipment, two UAV control points, and another important Russian target.
Russia launched 86 airstrikes, which saw 302 guided aerial bombs dropped, while more than 9,757 kamikaze drones and 2,735 shelling attacks were registered, including 13 uses of MLRS.
UAF update:
The Ukrainian Air Force reported that from 6pm on October 20 to 8:30am on October 21st, Russia had launched 186 aerial drones, including 88 jet drones, noting that 150 were intercepted by various means, but 27 impacted at locations, while debris fell at another 13 locations.
Chernihiv:
A woman was injured as a result of the strikes in the region, with fires breaking out in two settlements of Novgorod-Siverskyi following Russian strikes on residential buildings, while dry vegetation caught fire due to a Russian strike in the Koryukivka district.
Dnipropetrovsk:
Russia struck the outskirts of Dnipro yesterday morning, breaking windows and doors, while damaging road surfaces and fences, as the local administration reported 10 damaged houses from the strike, and residents captured images of a crater around 2m deep.
Two people died as a result of the strike on warehouses in the suburbs of Dnipro, reported head of the regional military administration, noting that bodies were found while fires were being extinguished by rescuers.
A facility belonging to Gazmerezhi in the region was damaged overnight, causing a transformer to explode while damaging the walls and roof, but there were no employees in the facilities, and no one locally was harmed.
Russia launched attacks on the Synelnykove district yesterday, resulting in a 65-year-old man taken to hospital in a moderate condition, while houses and infrastructure were damaged.
A 41-year-old man was injured and will be treated as an outpatient in the Nikopol district, as houses, a business and nearby cars were damaged in Nikopol, Marganets, Chervonohryhorivka and Pokrovska communities.
Damage was caused to a private residential home in the Hrushiv community of the Kryvyi Rih district, resulting in a 66-year-old admitted to hospital in a moderate condition.
One person was injured during the overnight attacks in the Nikopol district, where private homes, cars, and farm machinery were damaged, fires broke out, and the 50-year-old man was admitted to hospital in a moderate condition.
Damage was caused to a dormitory building in Dnipro, while the district centre and the Mykolaiv community of the Synelnykove district were struck, causing a business and a private house to sustain damage, while fires also broke out.
Head of the Regional Military Administration Vadym Filashkin said that four people had died in Kramatorsk over the previous day, while eight residents from Sloviansk and Kramatorsk were injured.
Donetsk:
Russian forces struck Kramatorsk with guided aerial bombs, killing three men who were employees from one of the city’s heating companies, who were doing field work inspecting the heating networks ahead of the heating season, reported Head of the Kramatorsk City Military Administration Alexander Goncharenko.
The Regional Prosecutor’s Office later confirmed that along with those killed, two women and three men had been injured with shrapnel wounds and mine-blast injuries.
Damage was recorded to four multi-story buildings, while a fire broke out at the site of the attack, and firefighters also extinguished a fire on two balconies of a 5-story building, while also clearing the entrance door to an apartment on the first floor to free a trapped woman.
The Donetsk Police did a final area check and reported that fifteen multi-story buildings had sustained some damage, along with two educational institutions, commercial and non-residential premises, along with two civilian vehicles, during the morning strikes by Russia.
A Russian FPV drone damaged two operational vehicles of the State Emergency Services on Tuesday afternoon while performing their duties, but no personnel were injured as a result of the strike, reported the Main Directorate of the State Emergency Services in Ukraine for the Donetsk region.
Kharkiv:
Zolochiv was under a drone attack for the first half of October 20, according to Head of the City Military Administration Viktor Kovalenko, who reported damage to a civilian vehicle and a building housing a children’s youth creative centre, but no civilians were harmed.
Russia launched a missile on the Novobavarsky district of Kharkiv at around 3:30pm, causing damage to a residential area in the process, reported Mayor Ihor Terekhov.
Nine people were injured due to shrapnel injuries, while private homes and a civilian business were damaged, according to Head of the Regional State Administration Oleg Syniehubov, adding that at least two private houses were destroyed beyond repair.
Kharkiv State Emergency Services noted that Russia had struck Novobavarsky with MLRS rockets, noting that 150 windows and balcony glazing had been shattered, along with damage to eight roofs, while the gas and electricity networks also suffered damage, reported Head of the District Tatyana Tsybulnyk.
During the evening of October 20th, a family medicine vehicle was damaged, and a passenger car was destroyed in Kolotchev, according to head of the local military administration Viktor Kovalenko, who reported no civilians were injured.
Throughout the night, the Russians subjected Korotych to an heavy attack, killing two people and injuring eleven others, reported Syniehubov, noting that the man and woman who had been killed had been recovered from the rubble by services.
On the morning of October 21st, a drone hit the Osnovyansky district of Kharkiv, according to Mayor Terekhov, noting that the day before nine people were injured following a Smerch MLRS strike on the Novobavarsky district.
An 80-year-old woman was injured as a result of air strikes on Pisky-Radkivkskyi, according to the Borivska military administration, who reported that the village suffered around 10 aerial strikes, destroying or damaging six houses, while another guided aerial bomb hit a garden in the village of Bakhtyni.
Russia struck a village store in Shestakovo in the Starosaltivska community, which resulted in an injury to a 42-year-old woman.
Kherson:
A car was struck by a Russian drone on the road near Bilozerka in the region, causing a 66-year-old man to be admitted to hospital in a moderate condition.
The Regional Prosecutors Office revealed that six people had been injured as of 5:30pm, including three children and two adults in Kherson, along with another person was injured in Bilia Krynytsia.
Russia shelled a house in the Korabel district, resulting in a 36-year-old woman and three children admitted to hospital with mine-blast injuries and stress reactions, while the woman was also diagnosed with concussion.
Around 45pm, a 65-year-old man was injured when a Russian drone attacked Syroka Balka, and was taken to hospital in a serious condition, according to the Regional Military Administration.
Russian troops targeted 35 populated areas of the region throughout the day, injuring 13 people, including 3 children, while damaging 9 private houses and five cars, reported Olexandr Produkin.
A 44-year-old woman sought medical attention this morning for injuries sustained in an artillery barrage on the Korabel district, reported the City administration, noting the woman had a blast-related injury and a closed traumatic brain injury.
Kyiv:
Two people were killed when Russia struck the 20th floor of an apartment building with a drone, partially destroying the structure of the apartments, and as rescuers removed debris from the scene, they found the bodies of two people.
Seven parked cars caught fire following a drone striking the courtyard of an apartment building in the Desnianskyi district, and a missile strike was reported in an open area of the Solomianskyi district.
Lviv:
Russians targeted an energy facility in the Yavoriv community this morning according to the Head of the Regional State Administration Olexandr Kozitsky, noting that water supply was being maintained on emergency power sources.
Yavoriv City Council confirmed a police officer had been injured during the strike, while almost 16,000 people were left without electricity in the Yavoriv district, and around 1,200 people in Sheptytsky, but energy workers were doing all they could to restore power.
Mayor of Novoyavorivsk Volodymyr Matseliukh reported that the community was left without electricity due to the strike on the critical energy network, adding that specialists were working to restore supply.
Lviv’s State Emergency Services extinguished all fires at critical infrastructure facilities by the evening, noting that residential buildings and a car had been damaged, and rescuers had to retreat to a safe period from the fire due to the threat of repeat strikes.
Electricity supply was restored to the Sheptytskyi district in the evening, according to Kozitsky, but due to the damage of a critical infrastructure facility of Ukrenergo, almost 30,000 residents of Novoyavonsk were left without electricity or water supply.
However, by 8pm, more than 2,400 subscribers had their electricity restored in the Yavoriv district following the strikes overnight and in the morning, noting that 13,600 were still without power.
During the early morning of October 21st, all consumers who had been left without a supply due to the strikes yesterday were reconnected, according to Kozitsky.
Two people were injured following a drone strike on a facility in the Zhovkva community, which occurred between 3:33am and 3:58am, according to Kozitsky, who said that drone fragments also caused damage to a private house, damaging windows and destroying doors, while there was also a small crater nearby, but no one was harmed.
Mykolaiv:
Eight people were injured due to a Russian strike on the Epicentr shopping centre in Pervomaysk with a drone, reported Head of the Local Military Administration Serhiy Sakovsky, noting two women had been hospitalised in a moderate condition, and others would be treated as outpatients.
Russia also struck the Rybakivka community with drones, damaging houses on the territoy of a recreation base, but thankfully there were no injuries.
Odesa:
An explosion occurred in a seven-story residential building in the Primorsky district, caused by an unidentified object, which resulted in a large fire and significant damage to apartments, while a second explosion occurred as firefighters tackled the blaze.
Four people were reported injured, including three rescuers and a paramedic, as firefighters eventually contained and extinguished the fire.
Poltava:
Russia struck a building of an educational institution with a drone on October 20th, resulting in one person being injured, according to head of the Poltava Regional State Administration Vitaliy Diakivnych.
The State Emergency Services published images of the Kremenchuk university after it was struck overnight, confirming that another person who was injured had been treated by rescuers at the scene, taking the total to two injured in the strike.
Drone strikes were recorded at two locations throughout the day, resulting in damage to an administrative building and warehouse facilities in the Poltava community.
Rivne:
Three people were injured in a Russian strike on a shopping centre, reported Head of the Regional State Administration Oleksandr Koval, noting that two of the injured were hospitalised.
There was a strong fire that broke out at the scene which the State Emergency Services contained, but the smoke was spreading, so neighbours were advised to close their doors and windows temporarily.
Ukrzaliznytsia denied reports that a drone had struck the Dubno railway station in the region, advising people in a Facebook post to follow and rely on official sources and not to spread unverified information.
Rescuers published images showing the damage to a hypermarket in the region following drone strikes on October 20th.
Sumy:
A 21-year-old girl was injured as the result of a drone strike in the Sumy community, while a 9-year-old girl also sought attention after being injured during a drone strike on the night of October 20, Sumy Police reported, noting that an 86-year-old woman from the community was also injured.
Nearly 40 Russian shelling incidents were recorded in the past day, targeting 23 populated areas in 13 communities of the Sumy region.
Ternopil:
Russia struck the Kremenets district with a drone, causing an electricity supply interruption in 18 settlements, while there was also water disruptions in the district centre.
According to information from PJSC Ternopiloblenergo as of 6am, 21 settlements in the Kremenchuk district remained without electricity, seven partially without, affecting a total of 7,949 consumers.
Zaporizhzhia:
One person was killed and six others injured as Russia struck 59 settlements with at least 795 attacks, according to Head of the Regional State Administration Ivan Fedorov.
Russia launched 30 airstrikes, as well as 603 drones of various types, along with 156 artillery strikes and 6 multiple launched rocket strikes, resulting in 108 damage reports to residential buildings, vehicles, and infrastructure facilities.
