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The morning roundup from day 1706 of the Russian-imposed war on Ukraine included a report from the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reporting that Ukrainian defenders inflicted significant losses to the invaders on all fronts during a total of 177 combat clashes reported throughout the previous 24 hours.
During the past day, Russian focus lost around 1,990 personnel, while damage or destruction was caused to one tank, four armoured combat vehicles, 18 artillery systems, two multiple launch rocket systems, one air defence system, one ground robotic complex, 1,656 unmanned aerial vehicles, 322 vehicles, and two units of Russian special equipment.
Russian forces launched 64 airstrikes dropping 224 guided aerial bombs, as well as using 9,296 kamikaze drones and carried out 2,451 artillery attacks on populated areas of Ukrainian troops.
Ukrainian forces reportedly struck a concentrated area of Russian personnel, an artillery system, and a UAV command and control point.
The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russia had launched one anti-radiation missile (Kh-31P) and three guided air-to-surface (Kh-59/69) missiles from Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia and Kherson, as well as 140 attack drones, which included 70 jet-powered drones, from the territories of Russia and Crimea.
Between the hours of 6pm on October 25th and 8am on October 26th, Ukrainian air defences had successfully intercepted three air-to-surface (Kh-59/69) missiles and 112 drones, of which 56 were powered by jets, but hits were recorded at 15 locations, and drone debris fell at another four locations.
Chernihiv: A man was left injured following a Russian strike on a private warehouse in the Pryluky district, while a woman was injured when a grain storage building caught fire in the Novgorod-Siverskyi district, and a large fire broke out in a warehouse following a drone strike in the Koryukivka district, along with dry vegetation in the Chernihiv district, reported the State Emergency Services.
Dnipropetrovsk: One person was killed on October 25th, as Russia targeted three districts of the region more than 40 times using drones and artillery, reported the Head of the Regional Military Administration Oleksandr Ganzha.
A 30-year-old woman was admitted to hospital in a moderate condition following a strike on the Mykolaiv community of the Synelnykove district, while damage was caused to infrastructure in Dnipro, along with a private house in the Solonyanske community of the Dniprovsky district, and infrastructure in the Mykolaiv community.
Russian forces also targeted the district centre, as well as the communities of Marganets, Mozolevsk, Myrivsk, Tomakivka, Chervonohryhorivka, and Pokrovsk, damaging private homes, infrastructure, agricultural machinery, and a passenger bus.
Head of the Regional Military Administration Mykola Lukashuk reported that Russian forces targeted the communities of Nikopol, Chervonhryhorivska and Pokrovska with FPV drones overnight, resulting in damage to an administrative building and an apartment building, but noting there were no casualties from the strikes.
Donetsk: One person died in Kramatorsk in the past twenty-four hours as a result of Russian strikes in the region, reported Head of the Regional Military Administration Vadym Filashkin, who said ten residents were also injured in communities of Sloviansk, Donetsk, Serhiyivka, Kramatorsk, and Dmytro-Darivka.
Kharkiv: Russian forces struck a residential property in the village of Zolotchev with an FPV drone at around 2;30pm, reported Head of the City Military Administration Viktor Kovalenko, noting that no one was injured.
Emergency services worked in enhanced mode at the site of a Russian strike in the Novobavarskyi district with a drone, reported Oleh Syniehubov, the Head of the Regional Military Administration, noting that a 14-year-old received medical assistance for a stress reaction.
Efforts were under way after eliminating fires to clear up the scene of the attack, reported head of the district administration Tetiana Tsybulnyk, noting that representative from the district administration, the Department of Housing and Communal Services, municipal enterprises, the police, and the State Emergency Services, were all operating on the scene.
The Osnovyanskyi district was struck with a drone at 6pm in the evening, according to Mayor Ihor Terekhov, who reported that a second explosion had occurred around 15 minutes later, adding that initial information indicated the residential areas had been targeted.
Russia struck a residential building in Kotlyary with a drone overnight, along with a production building in Vilshany, and a building in Dherhachi caught fire, reported the State Emergency Services.
A fire broke out in an outbuilding in Lymanivka, while 2 people were injured and damage was caused to shops, a non-residential building, and windows of an apartment building in Krasnopavlivka.
Fires broke out in a residential building in Mykolaivka, as well as in the Kholodnohirsky district of Kharkiv, but despite the threat of repeated strikes by Russian forces, the State Emergency Services and the local fire departments worked to tackle and eliminate the consequences of the strikes.
Russia bombed to areas of Izium at around 2:40am, according to the city administration, reporting that three people sought medical assistance, while damage was caused to residential buildings, a children’s & youth school, and the windows of water treatment facilities, and led to disruptions in electricity supply and internet services.
Drones struck a warehouse building, setting it on fire, in Barvinkove, as well as in the Kholodnohirskyi district of Kharkiv, reported Mayor of Kharkiv Ihor Terekhov.
Intel specialists reported that Russia carried out at least 9 strikes using guided aerial bombs on the Kharkiv region between 7:30am on October 25th to 7:30am on October 26th, as well as recording 4 strikes from rocket artillery systems or operational-tactical missiles, and a minimum of 37 strikes involving Geran/Lancet/Molniya drones.
Kherson: A Russian drone struck the Dniprovsky district of the region on the morning of October 25th, resulting in a 64-year-old woman being admitted to hospital with a concussion and mine-blast injuries, according to the Regional Military Administration.
The Russian forces also targeted a minibus in the Central district of Kherson, injuring six people with mine-blast injuries, reported the RMA, as footage published by the Head of the City Military Administration Yaroslav Shanko showed damage to several windows of the public transport vehicle, but one man born in 1959 died in hospital as a result of the injuries sustained in the strike.
Head of the Regional Military Administration Olexandr Produkin reported that one person was killed and eight others injured as a result of Russia attacking 31 settlements in the region, with damage caused to a store, a gas pipeline, a route bus, and private cars.
Mykolaiv: The Russian forces targeted the region with drones overnight, according to the Mykolaiv Military Administration, but no damage assessments or casualties were reported as of this morning, however, two cars were reported as damaged in the Halytsynivska community following an FPV drone strike, again without casualties or injuries.
Odesa: Russia targeted Odesa overnight, causing large-scale fires to break out and damage to an industrial enterprise and a garage cooperative after several strikes, but thankfully there were no injuries, and emergency services were tackling the consequences, reported Head of the Regional State Administration Oleh Kiper.
Poltava: A 52-year-old woman was injured and the Epicenter warehouse was destroyed in the Poltava region following an early morning attack on the facilities on October 25th, reported Head of the Regional Military Administration Vitaliy Dyakivnych, who stated the full extent of the damage was still being clarified.
Sumy: One person was injured following Russian strikes which caused damage to a civilian infrastructure facility, farm equipment, and a non-residential building in the Sveska and Stepankyvka communities, along with a private residence in Yampil, while all fires that broke out were suspended by emergency services despite repeated threats and temporary suspensions of duties.
Sumy Regional Police showed the consequences of a Russian attack on the Hlukhiv community, noting that a civilian infrastructure facility and a healthcare facility had been damaged, while five people had been injured, as Russia struck the community several times over the previous 24 hours.
Vinnytsia: Not only was the Epicenter warehouse and distribution facility damaged in the region in an early morning drone strike, but two people were hospitalised after a Russian drone struck a 5-story multi-story building, said Mayor Serhiy Morgunov.
Rescue workers continued to clear the rubble into the evening alongside municipal services, while utility workers restored power and gas supplies when the security situation allowed.
After completing search and rescue operations at the scene of the five-story apartment building that had been damaged, rescuers reported that nobody was found under the rubble, but the number affected throughout the day was a total of seven, and two of them had been hospitalised.
Zaporizhzhia: Two women aged 22 and 30, along with two men aged 40 and 61, were injured following Russian strikes, and all four had received medical assistance, reported Head of the Regional State Administration Ivan Fedorov.
State Emergency Services said that two windows of a hotel and two houses were damaged, while three private cars and dry vegetation nearby had caught fire, noting that damage was also caused to a private residential building and four outbuildings by the blast wave.
Fedorov reported this morning that eight people were injured in total during the past 24 hours, as Russia launched 857 attacks on 52 settlements in the region, including 2 missiles, 17 air strikes, 674 drones of various types, 2 attacks with MLRS and 162 with artillery systems, resulting in 60 reports of damage regarding residential buildings, vehicles, and infrastructure facilities.
Intel specialists reported that between 7:30am on October 25th and 7:30am on October 26th, Russia struck the region with at least 2 ‘Danya-T’ drones, as well as 14 strikes with guided aerial bombs, two strikes by MLRS/operational-tactical missiles, and a minimum of 51 strikes using Geran/Lancet/Molniya drones.
