enemy continues to carry out the tasks of complete occupation of Donetsk Region, organization of Defence and holding the captured territories, as well as disruption of active actions of the Defence Forces in certain areas - the General Staff of the UAF reports on Facebook.
The occupants fire at our positions along the contact line, take measures to regroup the troops and constantly conduct aerial reconnaissance.
The enemy does not stop striking the civilian infrastructure and the homes of the civilian population. The threat of air and missile strikes by the russian occupiers remains for the entire territory of Ukraine. Over the past day, the enemy launched 4 missile and 27 air strikes, carried out more than 75 MLRS attacks on military and civilian objects on the territory of Ukraine, violating the norms of international humanitarian law, laws and customs of warfare.
The enemy does not stop striking the civilian infrastructure and the homes of the civilian population. The threat of air and missile strikes by the russian occupiers remains for the entire territory of Ukraine.
Over the past day, the enemy launched 4 missile and 27 air strikes, carried out more than 75 MLRS attacks on military and civilian objects on the territory of Ukraine, violating the norms of international humanitarian law, laws and customs of warfare.
The situation in the Volyn and Polissya areas has not changed significantly.
In other areas, the enemy fired from tanks, mortars, and artillery of various calibers:
in the Siversky area - near Shalyhine, Myropilske, Volfyne and Yizdetske settlements of Sumy Region;
in the Slobozhansk area - near the settlements of Dubnivka, Hoptivka, Vovchansk, Kamianka and Kupyansk;
in the Kramatorsk area – Mayaki, Mykolaivka, Dibrova, Kryva Luka, Pryshyb and Siversk;
in the Bakhmut area - Soledar, Bakhmutske, Bakhmut, Vesela Dolyna, Zaitseve, Vesele, Bilohorivka and Yakovlivka;
in the Avdiyivka area – Krasnohorivka, Opytne, Maryinka, Novomykhailivka;
in the Novopavlivsk area – Vuhledar, Zolota Nyva, Neskuchne, Vremivka, Novoukrayinka, Velyka Novosilka;
in the Zaporizhzhya area, the enemy did not conduct active operations, but at the same time shelled the settlements of Mala Tokmachka, Nova Tokmachka, Mali Shcherbaky, Zelene Pole, Zaliznychne, and Rivnopillia with artillery.
More than 20 settlements were shelled in the South Buh area.
The enemy continues to suffer losses, in particular among the leadership. According to available information, the commander of the 144th Motorized Rifle Division of the 20th Combined Arms Army, Major General Tsokov, was wounded as a result of a fire attack in the area of the settlement of Svatove. He was evacuated on 20 September of this year.
From 19 to 20 September this year, 105 bodies of dead russian servicemen were delivered to the military hospital in Rostov-on-Don, preparations are underway to receive another 200 bodies soon.
To replenish manpower losses, the enemy continues forced mobilization in temporarily occupied territories. Thus, in Horlivka, on September 19, representatives of the 1st Army Corps detained and took ten men to military service, regardless of their age or health.
Between 18 and 20 September of this year, representatives of a russian private company unsuccessfully tried to recruit prisoners in the Luhansk pre-trial detention center.
As part of the implementation of partial mobilization measures, the occupying authorities of Crimea stated that the main number of reservists is planned to be recruited from among the employees of private security companies who have military service experience. In Sevastopol, some firms have already been instructed to prepare lists of all employees subject to the requirements.
It is also known about the early graduation in Smolensk of the cadets of the graduation courses of the Air Defence Military Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation named after Marshal Vasylevsky, and their subsequent placement in positions in the troops.
On the base of the moscow combined military command school, in the period from September 26 to October 24, the russian military leadership plans to hold a meeting with citizens who are in reserve.
During the day, units of the Defence Forces repelled enemy attacks in the areas of Kupyansk, Spirne, Mayorsk, Zaitseve, Avdiivka, Novomykhailivka, Opytne and Kamianka settlements.
Aviation of the Defence Forces hit 25 areas of concentration of enemy manpower and military equipment and 6 positions of anti-aircraft missile systems. In addition, our air Defence units, in different areas, destroyed the Mi-8 helicopter and 9 UAVs of the occupiers.
Over the past day, missile forces and artillery have inflicted fire damage, in particular, on 6 control and command points, 4 areas of concentration of personnel and military equipment, 3 air Defence positions, 3 artillery positions, as well as 3 ammunition depots.