By: Robert Homans & Bohdan Chomiak
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“Why Investors are Heading Back to Ukraine”/Wall Street Journal
In addition to the projects that are mentioned in this article, there are the following:
· The German defense company Rheinmetall has broken ground on a facility to build and repair tanks in Ukraine.
· The Turkish drone manufacturer Bayraktar has broken ground on a factory that will produce drones, with some of the models using engines produced in Ukraine.
· There are likely numerous western investments in Ukrainian drone manufacturers.
· EU companies that entered Ukraine before the war, including those making automobile components like harnesses, are continuing operations in Ukraine.
· The IT company, Miratech, with extensive operations in Ukraine, recently received a substantial investment from Horizon Capital and the International Finance Corp.
In the interest of full disclosure, both authors of these emails are involved in potential and existing investment projects in Ukraine.
“The Sky-High Costs of Abandoning Ukraine”/Timothy Ash via CIPA
In addition to the 4 reasons that Timothy Ash gives for not abandoning Ukraine, I would add a 5th – the high cost of a nasty guerrilla war on NATO’s eastern flank, because that will be what Europe and NATO will get if Ukraine fails to attain victory, consisting of the return of all of Ukraine’s pre-1991 territory. To fight a possible new guerrilla war, Ukraine will have modern weapons and, with physical borders with NATO countries, have substantial access to re-supply.
With little or no hope of re-supply, Ukraine fought a guerrilla war against the Soviets for nearly 10 years after the end of WW-II. This article, entitled “Ukraine’s Guerrilla War,” published in the “American Purpose” just after the start of Russia’s latest invasion, describes the guerrilla war against the Soviets that took place after WW-II. The author begins his article by stating, “The Russian army may prevail in a conventional war, but there has been little focus on past guerrilla wars against it in Ukraine. Twenty-first-century insurgencies have proven difficult to overcome in Chechnya, Colombia, and Yemen, while insurgencies in Ukraine and elsewhere in Eastern Europe lasted for years after World Wars I and II. A new Ukrainian insurgency, with readily available modern weapons, could be intense and long-lasting.”
Ukraine has no possible end game other than victory. Ukrainians will keep fighting until Russians are driven from their country. A possible guerrilla war will be very costly, not only for Ukraine, but for Europe, NATO, the US and, for that matter, Russia. Better that Ukraine wins now.
CIPA Forum 2023 With Sen. Mitch McConnell
For the reasons that Sen. McConnell gave in his interview with CIPA, the narrative that there is little or no Republican support for Ukraine is dead wrong.
During the previous debate over the continuing resolution the House voted 311 – 117 to provide $300 million in military assistance to Ukraine. The Republican support was split, but enough for substantial support. As Sen. McConnell pointed out, all the Chairs of the major Senate committees support continued assistance to Ukraine, as do the Chairs of the important House committees, Foreign Affairs and Armed Services.
Sen. McConnell also stated that Republican Party opposition to assistance to Ukraine comes from “the former President,” without mentioning Donald Trump by name. Most Republican members of Congress who support the former President therefore oppose support for Ukraine.
News From the Battlefield – the Dnipro Crossing
“Reporting From Ukraine” has reported in sick today. As both the Latest Denys and, at 12:15 into his video, “Military History” describe, Ukraine has now achieved a significant lodgment on the Left Bank of the Dnipro River (Zone C in Bohdan’s map), running downstream from below Nova Khakovka to almost the mouth of the river. These two experts agree that the lodgment has become more than just a temporary presence. The question now becomes, what will Ukraine do next? Bohdan and I spoke about this earlier today. Here are our conclusions:
· Ukraine is planning to build the Dnipro Lodgment into a major offensive, capable of going north toward the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, south toward Crimea or east toward Tokmak, and west to open up the Port of Mykolaiv.
· Ukraine needs to expand the lodgment enough to protect potential crossing points from Russian artillery.
· From Germany, Ukraine already has several military-style bridges capable of handling heavy equipment.
· Last week, it was announced that Ukraine is receiving several additional Gephardt mobile anti-aircraft systems from Germany.
· It was recently announced that some of the Ukrainian pilots have completed land training necessary to operate F-16s, and they will now begin flight training.
Based on the above, we believe that over the next 60-90 days Ukraine will continue to expand the lodgment. Once the F-16s are delivered, likely in early 2024, and they can protect the bridge crossings, for the reasons stated earlier Ukraine will launch an offensive across the Dnipro. This area is relatively mild and dry during the Winter; thus, mud will be less of a problem than is the case further north. Russia will then be forced to move troops from other fronts to stop Ukraine’s new offensive.
Russia seems to be coming to similar conclusions. “Military History” reports that Russia has moved their top-of-the line fighter, the MiG 31 to a base in southern Crimea, likely to eventually oppose the F-16s.
10/24/2023 Sitrep
Abbreviations:
RMA = Regional Military Administration SBU = Security Service of Ukraine
RASHISTS = russian Facists/all russian invaders
INTERNATIONAL
Tuesday, October 24
8:00 AM: EU agriculture ministers confirmed solidarity with Ukraine and readiness to promote grain exports. This was stated by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food of Spain, Luis Planas Puchades, following the results of the EU Council of Ministers on Agriculture and Fisheries in Luxembourg.
8:00 AM: the Russian Federation, even with the help of the DPRK, will not be able to maintain the previous intensity of fire, - ISW.
8:00 AM: The Israel Defense Forces, their political leadership, will make decisions about what, when and how to do it, - the representative of the US National Security Council, John Kirby, at a briefing, answering the question about the possible start of a ground operation in the Gaza Strip.
Monday, October 23
12:47 PM: Almost 340 Ukrainians have agreed to be evacuated from the Gaza Strip, said Yevhen Korniychuk, Ukraine's ambassador to Israel.
● "337 citizens of Ukraine volunteered for evacuation today. And our representative in Palestine just informed that another family of six people is preparing documents. But I think that probably half a thousand of our citizens are there. Not all of them volunteered to leave. The situation is very difficult," said Korniychuk.
1:08 PM: Ukraine received the ninth tranche of macro-financial aid in the amount of €1.5 billion from the European Union, — Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal.
● In general, EU budget support in 2023 already amounts to €15 billion.
● "Now, together with the European Commission, we are working on a new long-term Ukraine Facility program with a total amount of €50 billion. We expect to receive €18 billion from it next year," the Prime Minister said.
1:51 PM: Ukrainian military sailors take part in the multinational exercise "Joint Warrior -23-II", — Navy of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
● The training takes place within the territorial waters of Great Britain with the participation of the troops of Great Britain, as well as ships of the Netherlands, Belgium, Poland, Germany, Denmark and Ukraine.
4:37 PM: In Madrid, Spain, law enforcement officers detained a criminal group that illegally exported cultural values from Ukraine, the press service of the Spanish police.
● Spanish law enforcement officers also seized 11 gold articles worth more than 60 million euros, belonging to the historical heritage of Ukraine. All items belong to the Greco-Scythian culture of the VIII-IV centuries. B.C.
6:10 PM: Hungary is still blocking a tranche of €500 million for Ukraine from the EU fund, although the Hungarian OTP Bank has already been removed from the list of war sponsors.
● This was reported by Radio Svoboda journalist Rikard Jozwiak.
● "The Hungarian OTP Bank was removed from the "black list of those doing business in Russia", but Budapest demands legal guarantees that this is forever," the journalist writes.
7:10 PM: Turkish President Recep Erdogan submitted the protocol on Sweden's NATO membership to the parliament.
● The administration of the President of Turkey writes about this.
8:08 PM: Ireland is planning to change the support program for Ukrainian refugees — new arrivals will be given housing for only 3 months.
● This was reported by The Irish Examiner with reference to the Ministry of Integration of the country.
● It is known that the government should also consider the issue of reducing social benefits to Ukrainians, but not in the near future. Currently, the country pays 220 euros per week for refugees from Ukraine.
8:53 PM: From now on, Ukrainians in Lithuania can exchange driver's licenses according to a simplified procedure, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.
● It is now possible to obtain a Lithuanian license without passing theoretical and practical exams. To use the service, you need to contact the branches of the State Enterprise REGITRA in Lithuania.
● Agreements on mutual recognition and simplified exchange of driver's licenses are in force with four other countries - Italy, Turkey, Spain and the UAE.
10:17 PM: US seeks confiscation of Russian oligarch Suleiman Kerimov's $300m superyacht, Sky News.
● The publication writes that the money from its sale can probably be transferred to Ukraine.
10:56 PM: Hamas is set to hand over 50 foreign hostages to the Red Cross within hours.
● This is reported by the Israeli portal i24news with reference to sources.
● So far, Hamas militants have announced that they released two hostages from the Gaza Strip, whom they wanted to hand over to Israel two days ago.
11:45 PM: The US military base in the area of the Al-Omar oil field in eastern Syria was attacked by a UAV, Al Mayadeen TV channel reports.
● According to the TV channel, the drones also struck the American base in Ash-Shaddad in the south of Haseke province.
NATIONAL
Tuesday, October 24
12:12 AM: Movement of attack UAVs in the territory of Vinnytsia region in the western direction. A threat to Khmelnytskyi, reports the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
12:30 AM: In Ukraine, since the beginning of the full-scale war, law enforcement officers are investigating about 8,000 cases of evasion of the draft.
● This was reported by representatives of the National Police.
● At the same time, only 2,015 people received suspicion. 1,877 indictments were submitted to the court.
12:43 AM: Khmelnytska, Donetsk region - Threat of using attack UAVs, - PS of the Armed Forces.
12:58 AM: Kirovohrad, Kherson, Mykolaiv, Cherkasy, Chernivtsi regions - Missile danger, - PS of the ZSU.
1:22 AM: Movement of attack UAVs in the territory of Khmelnytskyi region in the western direction. A threat to the Chernivtsi region, - PS ZSU.
1:48 AM: Ternopil, Rivne oblasts - Threat of using attack UAVs, - PS of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
2:16 AM: Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv, Kherson, Kirovohrad regions - Missile danger, - PS ZSU.
3:21 AM: Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv, Kherson, Kirovohrad, Vinnytsia, Cherkasy, Khmelnytsky, Ternopil, Chernihiv, Kyiv, Odesa, Zaporizhia regions - Threat of using ballistic weapons - Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
5:58 AM: Mykolayivska, Kherson region – Missile danger, - PS ZSU.
7:12 AM: Tonight, the Russians launched another air strike on Ukraine, using 6 attack UAVs of the "Shahed-136/131" type, - General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
● All attack UAVs were destroyed by anti-aircraft defense.
7:28 AM: Situation update of General Staff of UAF regarding russian invasion as of 6 a.m., October 24, 2023
● During the day of October 23, there were 55x combat engagements. The enemy launched a total of 4x missile and 68x air strikes, 49x MLRS attacks at the positions of Ukrainian troops and various settlements.
● Air strikes hit Synkivka, Petropavlivka (Kharkiv oblast), Serebryanske forestry (Luhansk oblast), Klishchiivka, New York, Avdiivka, Orlivka, Oleksandropil, Maryinka, Novomykhailivka, Urozhaine, Staromaiorske (Donetsk oblast), Novodarivka, Orikhiv, Mala Tokmachka, Pyatykhatky ( Zaporizhzhia oblast), Zmiivka, Olhivka, Lvove, Tyahynka, Ivanivka, Mykilske, Sadove, and Prydniprovske (Kherson oblast).
● About 110x settlements in Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson oblasts came under artillery fire.
Front Line Map as of 11:50 PM October 23, 2023
C Odesa Operational Theatre
Khortytsia operational-strategic group
Kupyansk axis: Ukrainian soldiers repelled around 5x enemy attacks in the vicinity of Ivanivka (Kharkiv oblast).
Lyman axis: the Ukrainian Defense Forces are standing their ground and successfully repelled all of the enemy attacks near Nadiya (Luhansk oblast).
Bakhmut axis: the Ukrainian defenders repelled all of the adversary attacks in the vicinities of Bohdanivka, Khromove, Klishchiivka, and Andriivka (Donetsk oblast). The Ukrainian Defense Forces continue assault operations south of Bakhmut (Donetsk oblast), inflict losses in manpower and equipment on the enemy, and consolidate their new positions.
Tavria operational-strategic group
Avdiivka axis: the enemy keeps trying to encircle Avdiivka, actively using its aircraft, but the Ukrainian soldiers are standing their ground, inflicting major losses on the enemy. The enemy’s offensive actions were unsuccessful in the vicinities of Keramik, Stepove, Avdiivka, and Tonenke (Donetsk oblast), where the Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled more than 10x enemy attacks.
Maryinka axis: the enemy conducted unsuccessful assault operations in the vicinities of Maryinka and Pobjeda (Donetsk oblast). The Ukrainian soldiers repelled around 15x attacks of the occupiers in that area.
Shakhtarske and Zaporizhzhia axes: Ukrainian defenders repelled all of the enemy attacks near Novomykhailivka (Donetsk oblast) and southeast of Mala Tokmachka (Zaporizhzhia oblast).
At the same time, the Ukrainian Defense Forces continue their offensive operation on Melitopol axis, had partial success south of Robotyne, inflicting losses in manpower and equipment on the occupation forces, exhausting the enemy all along the front line.
Odesa operational-strategic group
Kherson axis: the Ukrainian Defense Forces conduct counter-battery fire and strike behind the enemy lines.
During the day of October 23, Ukrainian Air Force launched 7x air strikes on the concentrations of troops, weapons and military equipment, and 3x air strikes on the anti-aircraft missile systems of the adversary.
The Ukrainian missile troops hit 8x artillery systems, 4x concentration of personnel, weapons, and military equipment, 1x electronic warfare station, 1x pontoon-bridge crossing of the russian invaders, and carried out remote mining in 2x areas.
8:36 AM: Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhya, Kharkiv, Poltava, Sumy, Kherson, Mykolaiv, Kirovohrad, Cherkasy regions - East - threat of ballistic weapons use!
● Zaporizhzhia, Dnipro - you are in shelters! - Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
● South (Khersonsk, Mykolayivsk, Kirovohradsk) - the threat of using aviation weapons!
● Cherkasy region - missile danger!
9:10 AM: Air defense forces destroyed 6 attack UAVs, - Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
● All six strike drones were destroyed within Khmelnytskyi, Vinnytsia and Mykolaiv regions.
10:42 AM: It makes no sense to destroy the Crimean bridge to raise spirits, said Dmytro Pletenchuk, the spokesman for the Naval Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
● When it is necessary to make Crimea an island, it will definitely be done. Therefore, we should wait for the appropriate moment, Dmytro Pletenchuk added.
Monday, October 23
12:03 PM: This year alone, the budget of Ukraine received UAH 7 billion in taxes from the legal and transparent gambling business.
● "This amount could have been much larger if the state had effectively countered the illegal segment," Zoryana Toporetska, a doctor of legal sciences, is convinced.
● However, the share of illegal operators is only increasing. The reason is excessive tax pressure and unclear work rules.
● The state and the legal gambling business are interested in countering the illegal market, according to the doctor of legal sciences.
12:19 PM: Donetsk, Zaporizhia, Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv regions - air alert, OVA.
● The threat of the use of ballistic weapons in the areas where the alarm has been declared — the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
2:09 PM: Volodymyr Zelenskyi has reshuffled the leadership of the Security Service of Ukraine.
● The President of Ukraine appointed Andrii Shvets as the head of the Main Investigative Department of the SBU, Tamara Pashkovska - as the head of the Department of Work with the Personnel of the Security Service, Andrii Padalka - as the head of the Department of Economic Support of the SBU.
● Volodymyr Zelenskyi also dismissed Anatoliy Sandurskyi from the position of deputy head of the SBU.
2:47 PM: The commander of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Colonel-General Oleksandr Syrskyi held a meeting with the commanders of brigades and units in the Kupyansk direction.
● This was announced by Volodymyr Fityo, head of the public relations service of the Ground Forces Command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
● "The commander of the Eastern group of troops issued certain orders, and a decision was also made to strengthen the maneuverable defense," Fityo said.
2:48 PM: Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv regions - Threat of using ballistic weapons in the regions where the alert has been declared - Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
3:10 PM: Zaporizhzhia, Poltava, Sumy, Kherson and Kirovohrad regions - missile danger, - PS of the ZSU.
3:42 PM: Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba advocated the introduction of multiple citizenship in Ukraine.
● "We should be guided not by the fear of giving out foreign passports in Ukraine, but by the power of the Ukrainian passport in Ukraine and in the world," the minister said.
● At the same time, he emphasized that the policy should be implemented wisely and dual citizenship with the aggressor state should be prohibited.
4:00 PM: Kherson and Poltava regions - missile danger, - PS of the ZSU.
4:17 PM: Over the past 20 months, the SBU and other special services have carried out dozens of liquidations of Russian officials in the occupied territories, collaborators, officers behind the front lines and in the rear, Washington Post.
● "All the targets hit by the SBU are completely legal," emphasized Vasyl Malyuk, head of the SBU.
● Washington Post journalists note that the US was initially concerned about the first detonation of the Crimean bridge because they were afraid of Russian escalation. But fears were dispelled when the Security Service of Ukraine launched a second strike on the bridge with the help of naval drones.
4:31 PM: Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv and Poltava regions - missile danger, - PS of the ZSU.
4:56 PM: The SBU detained an official of the Antimonopoly Committee, who set up a criminal mechanism for obtaining money from entrepreneurs.
● He demanded bribes from representatives of commercial structures in order to "close their eyes" to violations of the antimonopoly legislation found in them and not to apply administrative sanctions against them.
● The perpetrator faces up to 10 years in prison with confiscation of property.
6:38 PM: Kherson and Mykolaiv regions - Threat of using aviation weapons, - PS of the Armed Forces.
6:51 PM: Volodymyr Zelenskyi held a telephone conversation with the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Muhammad bin Salman al Saud.
● "I invited the representative of Saudi Arabia to take part in the next round of negotiations in Malta and noted the important role of the Kingdom in the preparation for the Global Peace Summit," Zelenskyy writes.
● The leaders also discussed, in particular, the situation in the Middle East.
7:27 PM: Operational information from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as of 18:00 on October 23:
● "38 combat clashes took place during the day.
● In total, the enemy launched 1 missile and 52 air strikes, carried out 15 attacks from rocket salvo systems on the positions of our troops and populated areas.
● As a result of the Russian terrorist attacks, unfortunately, there are dead and wounded among the civilian population."
● "During the day, the aviation of the Defense Forces made 7 strikes on the areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment, and 3 more on the enemy's anti-aircraft missile systems.
● Units of the missile forces destroyed 8 artillery pieces, an electronic warfare station, an enemy pontoon-bridge crossing and hit 4 areas of concentration of enemy personnel, weapons and military equipment."
9:18 PM: Kherson, Mykolaiv, Dnipropetrovsk and Donetsk regions - missile danger and the threat of using attack UAVs, - the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
9:46 PM: "Nova Poshta" published photos of trucks from the terminal destroyed by the Russians in Kharkiv.
● the Russian Federation claimed that "BMPs were allegedly hidden there."
● In the terminal, cargoes with products, suitcases with things, humanitarian aid, bicycles, tires and rims were sorted and sent.
11:12 PM: "Nova Poshta" will equip mini bomb shelters inside large sorting terminals.
● This was announced by the company's co-founders Vyacheslav Klymov and Volodymyr Popereshniuk.
● "We now have bomb shelters at all terminals, we have been building them. But now we are talking about building mini-bomb shelters inside the terminals so that people can be as close to it as possible," Popereshniuk explained.
11:17 PM: Cherkasy Oblast - Strike UAVs in Mykolaiv Oblast, moving in the direction of Kirovohrad Oblast, — PS ZSU.
11:30 PM: Ukraine doubted Russia's preparations for the invasion because it did not have access to all intelligence, — WP.
● According to WP, the Biden administration's warnings about Putin's intentions to overthrow the government in Kyiv were based primarily on separate streams of intelligence to which Ukraine did not have access.
11:33 PM: Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhya and Donetsk regions - Threat of using ballistic weapons, - PS of the Armed Forces.
11:47 PM: Poltava, Kherson regions - missile danger, - PS ZSU.
MORDOR - ruZZia
Tuesday, October 24
12:05 AM: Russian troops continue to send prisoners to "meat assaults" in the Kupyansk direction, but the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are actively defending this area.
● This was announced by Volodymyr Fityo, head of the public relations service of the Ground Forces Command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
4:14 AM: Explosions are heard in temporarily occupied Sevastopol, local residents report.
● The Black Sea Fleet is allegedly repelling a possible attack by Ukrainian submarine sabotage forces on an external raid in the city, said the so-called "governor" of Sevastopol, Razvozhaev.
9:17 AM: Explosions rang out in Rostov-on-Don, the local governor reported.
● "At 08:08, air defense systems were operating in the Don capital. They worked successfully on air targets in the "SVO" zone, outside the Rostov region," Golubev wrote.
Monday, October 23
1:29 PM: The Russian bulk carrier entered the port of temporarily occupied Mariupol for the first time. The full load of the ship is much more than 5 thousand tons.
● This was reported by Petro Andryushchenko, adviser to the mayor of Mariupol.
● "Considering the fact that there is nothing to load in Mariupol with such a weight, delivery to Mariupol and unloading is the goal. What exactly - it is not difficult to guess. Definitely not houses for the people of Mariupol," he wrote.
2:59 PM Social Networks: Explosions are heard in temporarily occupied Sevastopol.
3:18 PM: Explosions are heard in Rostov, Russia. Local residents report on the work of the Air Defense Forces.
5:48 PM: The SBU reported the suspicion to two generals and a lieutenant colonel of the Russian Federation, who commanded the shelling of Kherson and killed 24 civilians.
● We are talking about Colonel-General Oleh Makarevich, Lieutenant-General Arkady Marzoyev and Lieutenant-Colonel Dmytro Zharkih.
● According to the investigation, the order for enemy shelling of Kherson was given by General Makarevych. After receiving such a directive, his accomplice - General Marzoyev - was engaged in the preparation of a massive attack on the regional center, and another figure - Zharkih - directly commanded the enemy shelling.
10:34 PM: the Russians have concentrated more than 400,000 soldiers on the territory of Ukraine, Andriy Yusov, a representative of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, said.
● "The forces are sufficient for separate operations on separate sections of the front," Yusov said.
● According to him, there is a large amount of enemy weapons on the territory of Ukraine. At the same time, new weapons are uncanned and delivered to the front.
REGIONS
KYIV
Monday, October 23
6:36 PM: The court chose a preventive measure for the driver who hit a military officer to death at a checkpoint in Kyiv — detention for a period of two months.
● This was reported by the press service of the Kyiv City Prosecutor's Office.
SUMY
Tuesday, October 24
10:49 AM Social Networks: Explosions are heard in Sumy region.
11:00 AM Sumy RMA: In the morning, the Russians launched a mortar shelling of the Khotyn community, Sumy OVA.
● 5 explosions were recorded.KHARKIV
Tuesday, October 24
9:30 AM: Yesterday evening, the Russians shelled Borov village of Izyum district, the head of Kharkiv OVA Oleg Sinegubov said.
● A 2-story residential building was damaged, 4 people were injured. A 42-year-old woman, a 68-year-old woman, and a 65-year-old man were hospitalized in a moderate condition. A 67-year-old man is hospitalized in serious condition.
DONETSK
Tuesday, October 24
11:24 AM: Russians try to storm Avdiivka from several directions, but all attacks are repulsed.
● This was stated by the head of the Avdiiv MBA Vitaliy Barabash.
● Vitaliy Barabash said that the activity of the Russians does not stop "neither day nor night". They continue to shell Ukrainian positions with all available weapons.
ZAPORIZHIA
Tuesday, October 24
8:38 AM Social Networks: An explosion rang out in Zaporizhzhia.
10:28 AM Zaporizhia RMA: the Russians struck 152 strikes on 22 settlements in the Zaporizhia region, reported the head of the OVA, Yuriy Malashko.
● 17 reports were received about the destruction of residential buildings and infrastructure facilities. No casualties.
11:29 AM Social Networks: An explosion rang out in Zaporizhzhia.
Monday, October 23
12:34 PM Social Networks: An explosion was heard in Zaporizhzhia.
DNIPRO
Tuesday, October 24
7:45 AM Dnipro RMA: At night, the Russians hit Nikopol with heavy artillery.
● A dozen shells were fired at the Marganets community. The consequences of the shelling are being investigated. People are whole.
8:54 AM Social Networks: Explosions rang out in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
Monday, October 23
12:37 PM Social Networks: Explosions are heard in Dnipropetrovsk region.
KHERSON
Tuesday, October 24, 2023
8:45 AM: Over the past day, the Russians have carried out 101 shelling of the Kherson region. 30 projectiles were fired in the city of Kherson, reported the head of OVA Oleksandr Prokudin.
● They aimed at the residential quarters of the settlements of the region; a critical infrastructure facility and plant in Beryslav; the territory of the park in Kherson. 2 people died, another 14 were injured, including 1 child.
9:54 AM Kherson RMA: At about 3 am, the Russians shelled Bilozerka.
● They hit a residential building. 4 people from one family were injured. A 12-year-old boy has a traumatic foot injury and an acute stress reaction. Also, a 50-year-old woman and two men have a neurotic reaction.
10:04 AM Social Networks: Explosions are heard in Kherson.
11:44 AM: In the morning, the Russians hit Kozatskyi. Two women were injured, OVA.
● A 66-year-old local resident has injuries to the thoracic spine, mine-explosive and acubarotrauma. A 63-year-old woman has acubarotrauma, soft tissue damage.
● And because of the night shelling of Bilozerka, there is destruction in the hospital. More than fifty windows, roof, and doors were damaged in the building.
Monday, October 23
12:28 PM: A civilian came under fire from the Russians in the Kherson region, Oleksandr Prokudin, head of the OVA, reported.
● "This afternoon, a 49-year-old man was injured due to enemy shelling in Dar'ivka. He has a mine-explosive injury, traumatic amputation of the lower limb and shock," the message reads.
1:48 PM: Kherson region - missile danger, - PS ZSU.
2:33 PM Kherson RMA: Russians shelled Beryslavshchyna, 2 civilians were injured,
● "Four air bombs were fired at one of the community's villages. A 55-year-old man was injured as a result of the attack. The enemy dropped explosives from a drone directly on Berislav. A woman was injured," the message reads.
3:57 PM Kherson RMA: The Russian army struck Kherson Oblast again, power lines were damaged.
● Beryslav, Novoberyslav, Shlyakhove, Tomarine remained without electricity. Energy workers are already working and repairing the damage.
9:40 PM: Movement of attack UAVs from the Kherson region in the north-west direction, — Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
KIROVOHRAD
Monday, October 23
5:28 PM Social Networks: Explosions are heard in Kropyvnytskyi.
5:41 PM: The explosion in Kropyvnytskyi is not related to enemy aggression, — RMA.
VINNYTSIA
Tuesday, October 24
12:38 AM Social Networks: Explosions are heard in Vinnytsia region. Previously, the work of air defense.
12:54 AM: Vinnytsia - stay in shelters. The threat of attack UAVs, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports.
Comparing Soviet invasion of Afghanistan to Russian invasion of Ukraine using Wikipedia and Ukraine Ministry of Defense Daily Bulletins. Soviet and Russian military losses not including captured equipment.
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https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/
https://espreso.tv/
https://t.me/uawarinfographics
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