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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:47 Kadyrov said that another 70,000 Chechen fighters are ready, if necessary, to join the 10,000 who are fighting now.
The head of the Chechen Republic said that more than 20,000 fighters of elite units took part in the festive event on the occasion of Vladimir Putin's birthday in Chechnya.
18:08 Explosions are heard in Zaporozhye. Attacks are made on enemy military targets.
15:11 The Ministry of Defense reported that in the Krasnolimansky direction of the Armed Forces of Ukraine they tried to force the Zherebets River, but the attempts failed - more than 30 militants, two infantry fighting vehicles, five armored vehicles and five pickups were destroyed. The offensive actions of the nationalists are stopped here.
14:44 Report of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation on the territory of Ukraine on October 7. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue a special military operation.
In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy, with the help of two reinforced battalions, made an unsuccessful attempt at offensive operations in the directions of Pershotravneve, Kislovka, Tabaevka, Berestovoe.
The active actions of the Russian troops repelled all attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. More than 80 servicemen of the Ukrainian armed forces, five tanks, four infantry fighting vehicles, ten vehicles, as well as a German self-propelled artillery mount with precision-guided munitions were destroyed.
In the Krasnolimansk direction, when Russian troops tried to cross the Zherebets River, more than 30 Ukrainian servicemen, two infantry fighting vehicles, five armored vehicles and five pickup trucks were killed. The offensive actions of the enemy in this direction have been thwarted.
In the Nikolaev-Kryvyi Rih direction, the enemy, with the forces of up to five battalion tactical groups, tried to conduct offensive operations in the directions of the settlements of Pyatikhatki, Sadok, Ishchenko, Bezymennoye, Kherson region, and also Ternovye Pody, Nikolaev region.
By decisive actions of the Russian troops, all attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and foreign mercenaries were repelled. The enemy was driven back to their original positions.
In total, more than 300 Ukrainian servicemen, seven tanks, 13 armored combat vehicles and 17 vehicles were destroyed in the Nikolaev-Krivoy Rog direction in a day.
A high-precision strike by the Russian Aerospace Forces in the Khmelnytsky region at the Shepetovsky repair plant destroyed the workshops for the repair of rocket and artillery weapons of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The strikes of operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery hit six command posts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 53 artillery units in firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 162 districts.
Two warehouses of ammunition and rocket and artillery weapons of the 56th mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed near the city of Zaporozhye.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 315 aircraft, 158 helicopters, 2,164 unmanned aerial vehicles, 379 anti-aircraft missile systems, 5,448 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 862 multiple rocket launcher combat vehicles, 3,453 field artillery and mortar guns, as well as 6,360 units of special military vehicles.
12:30 Ukraine still will not receive lethal weapons from Austria, the supply of helmets and body armor will continue, said Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer.
10:28 Missile strikes are carried out on the objects of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Zaporozhye. The air raid alert went off after the first of them. Hear the work of air defense. Pillars of smoke are visible in several districts of the city, Vladimir Rogov, a member of the main council of the Zaporizhzhya Regional State Administration, reports.
10:15 According to available information, up to two Polish brigades are fighting on the side of the Ukrainian Nazis on the territory of Ukraine. They operate under the guise of PMCs and "holiday workers" in the breakthrough areas.
08:15 Geran-2 kamikaze birds also flew to the military facility in Nikolaev.
08:11 For the first time, Zaporozhye was attacked by Shahed-136 drones, Governor Oleksandr Starukh said. There were two raids. Hits on infrastructure facilities in two districts of the city were recorded. There is one victim, he is hospitalized.