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The General Staff of Ukraine began day 1708 of the Russian-imposed war on Ukraine with an update, revealing that 191 combat clashes were recorded in the previous 24 hours.
Russia reportedly lost around 1,510 personnel, while damage or destruction was caused to 21 artillery systems, seven ground-based robotic complexes, two missiles, 1,523 unmanned aerial vehicles, and 266 vehicles.
During yesterday, Russia launched three missiles and 68 air strikes, dropping 258 guided aerial bombs, while using 9,654 kamikaze drones, and carrying out 2,535 artillery strikes on populated areas and positions of Ukrainian troops, including 35 times with multiple launch rocket systems.
Overnight, the Ukrainian Air Force reportedly shot down 71 drones (31 jet drones) out of a total of 88 launched from Russian territory, (38 of which were jet drones), however, hits were recorded at 8 locations, and debris from downed drones fell at another two locations.
Donetsk: Russian forces double-tapped a site in the Donetsk region and struck a fire truck that was attending the scene of a fire that had broken out, reported the State Emergency Service.
“Firefighters were extinguishing a fire in the residential area of Kramatorsk after a drone strike – residential buildings were on fire, and domestic animals were inside one of them,” they said, adding: “During the firefighting operation, a Russian drone hit a fire truck.”
Russia struck the village of Novodonetske in Sloviansk during the evening, resulting in a woman being killed and another injured, according to the spokesperson for the Prosecutor’s Office Anastasia Medvedeva.
Two people died in the Donetsk Region as a result of shelling in the past 24 hours, according to Head of the Regional Military Administration Vadym Filashkin, noting that the victims were from Iverskyi and Novodonestke, while three injured people came from Sloviansk and Iverskyi.
Russia also struck Sloviansk with two glide bombs, recorded at around 21:00 in the evening, destroying a section of residential building and damaging other buildings nearby, but no civilians were killed during the strike.
Dnipropetrovsk: Explosions were reported in Dnipro around 4pm, followed by scenes of damage to a college, as at least six multi-story buildings and two lyceums in the Samara district of the city were damaged, according to Mayor Boris Filatov, stating that approximately two hundred windows were damaged in total.
During a separate attack on a critical infrastructure facility in Dnipro, three people were injured and received treatment, while a fire broke out at the scene, according to Head of the Regional State Administration Oleksandr Ganzha, noting that two men aged 34 and 74 had been hospitalised.
One person was killed, and a 46-year-old woman was hospitalised in a moderate condition, following Russian shelling of the Slovkansk community in the Synelnykove district, which resulted in damage to an administrative building, a car, and an apartment building, reported Head of the City Military Administration Mykola Lukashenko.
During the night, Russia struck four districts in the region more than 10 times with drones, artillery, aerial bombs and missiles, according to Ganzha, reporting damage to the infrastructure of the Dnipro district, and a private house in the Dubovyky community in the Synelnykove district.
Infrastructure was targeted in the communities of P’iatykhatka and Verkhivtsevska, as well as a fire damaging the dormitory of an educational institution following strikes on the District Centre, as well as the communities of Marganets and Chervonhryhorivka.
Kharkiv: Russian aerial bombs struck the outskirts of Chornohlazivka in the Zolochiv community at 6:50am on October 27th, according to Head of the City Military Administration Viktor Kovalenko, adding that damage was sustained to a cultural centre, three private houses, and outbuildings, as a result.
Two buildings were destroyed and more than 20 others were damaged following a Russian strike with Tornado MLRS at 9:30am, according to the City Military Administration, reporting damage to the power grid, which left some residents of the city temporarily without electricity.
A warehouse building was hit in Derhachi just after lunchtime yesterday, damaging the facilities, a gas station, and a car, reported the Head of the Regional Military Administration Oleh Syniehubov, adding that five people sought medical assistance due to the strike.
Following two Russian drone strikes in the Shevchenkivskyi district of Kharkiv, which were reported by Mayor Ihor Terekhov, one person was reported injured, while damage was recorded to the entrance of one of the metro stations, as well as a nearby car.
During the strikes on Kharkiv on October 27th, Russian forces also struck a non-operational building supply hypermarket in the Slobidskyi district, reported the Regional Prosecutor’s Office, noting that no one was injured in the attack, while Russian MoD claimed it was a military storage facility.
Five people were injured, including a four-year-old child, as Russia struck the Osnovyansky district of the city with Geran 4 drones, causing fires to break out at the scene, while damaging multi-apartment buildings, private homes, outbuildings, cars, and a production building.
Syniehubov confirmed that two women aged 32 and 65, along with a 56-year-old man, and a four year-old boy, had been injured during the strikes, noting that three people had been hospitalised, and added that a 65-year-old woman suffered a severe-stress reaction.
Russia struck the logistics centre of Lozova with a Molniya drone during the evening, reported Mayor Serhiy Zelensky, who said the impact damaged commercial facilities, office spaces, and an administrative building, along with windows in a nearby building, but no one was injured during the attack.
Kherson: Head of the Regional State Administration Oleksandr Produkin reported that there had been no Russian strikes recorded throughout the day, noting that critical and social infrastructure has been safe from Russian attacks in the past 24 hours, while noting that five people were evacuated from dangerous communities.
Kherson City Military Administration chief, Shanko, reported that medical assistance had been provided yesterday to four people who had been injured in previous attacks, but also confirmed that no Russian strikes had occurred within 24 hours.
Sumy: Two men were injured as Russian forces targeted 14 communities of the region at least 50 times in the past day, damaging residential buildings, cars, and civilian infrastructure, according to the Regional Military Administration.
A fire broke out at a civilian infrastructure facility in the Putivl community, as well as several vehicles, reported the State Emergency Services, who noted that all the fires had been extinguished as of this morning, and there had been no casualties or injuries reported at the scene.
Zaporizhzhia: A Russian FPV drone attempted to attack a municipal bus yesterday, according to the acting head of the Regional Military Administration, Mykhailo Semikin, noting that the drone became entangled in a net and detonated before reaching the vehicle, but the blast wave of the explosion caused minor damage.
Head of the Regional State Administration Ivan Fedorov reported that two people were injured during the past day, following 846 Russian attacks on 41 settlements of the region.
Russian forces carried out 17 airstrikes, used 619 various types of drones, launched 4 MLRS salvos and 206 artillery attacks, resulting in 69 reports of damage to residential buildings, vehicles, and infrastructure facilities.
