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Chronology of the war in Ukraine for Friday, October 7
2022-10-08
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[VESTI] October 7 is the 226th day of the war between Russia and Ukraine. Briefly about the main thing that happened in the country on that day, about the situation in the regions, the exchange of prisoners, as well as all the relevant information from key departments - online Vesti.ua .

6:00 a.m. Kherson region . On the evening of October 6, there was an arrival via a gas pipeline in the uncontrolled territory. There are no data on casualties. RosSMI reported that in Kherson itself, a bus was hit by a missile attack - 4 people were killed, 3 were injured.

Zaporozhye region . During the night , Zaporozhye was attacked for the first pptime with the help of Iranian drones . Infrastructure facilities in two districts of the city were hit. According to preliminary information, there is one victim.

Dnipropetrovsk region . The Nikopol region was under fire from MLRS and heavy artillery all night . Several high-rise buildings, more than 10 private houses, outbuildings, a transport infrastructure enterprise, gas pipelines and electricity networks were damaged. According to preliminary data, no victims.

Chronology of the war in Ukraine for Friday, October 7 - photo 1
9:50 am . Zaporozhye region . Zaporizhia was hit by a rocket attack .

Kherson region. A bus came under fire near the Daryevsky bridge in Kherson. RosSMI write that 5 people died, 5 more were injured.

10:30 am . Zaporozhye region . One of the rockets fell into the yard of a high-rise building in Zaporozhye - the house and utility networks were damaged. One victim is known to have shrapnel wounds. There is a possibility of repeated attacks.

11:40 am . The seal of the Zaporizhzhya NPP was stolen, it is no longer valid , Energoatom reported. And about. Director General of ZNPP Petr Kotin issued an order on the introduction of a new seal of the Zaporozhye NPP OP.

15:00 . Kherson region . The military of the Russian Federation fired at the de-occupied settlements of Kherson. There are dead. As a result of shelling, power lines were cut off, houses were damaged and destroyed, some of them caught fire.

17:00 . Zaporozhye region . Zaporizhia was hit by a rocket attack.

Kherson region . A video appeared on the network with the installation of the Ukrainian flag in the village. Great Alexandrovka.

Lugansk region . The head of the OVA, Sergei Gaidai, confirmed the liberation of the village of Grekovka (Svatovsky district).

18:00 Air defense forces shot down 3 missiles over the regional center of the Zaporozhye region. It was these sounds that people heard during the last air raid alert, Starukh, the head of the OVA, said. He clarified that as a result of the Russian strike, "there were no preliminary victims."

19:00 Operational summary of the General Staff as of 18:00 Friday, October 7, main:

The enemy is trying to hold the temporarily occupied territories, is concentrating efforts on attempts to disrupt the active operations of the Defense Forces in certain directions, and at the same time is conducting offensive operations in the Bakhmut and Avdeevsky directions. The enemy is providing engineering equipment for defense lines and positions in separate directions.

During the day, the Russian military launched two missile and five air strikes, carried out more than 10 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems. Objects and the civilian population of more than 10 settlements suffered from enemy strikes. For attacks on the settlements of Zaporozhye and Nikolaev, the enemy used four Iranian-made Shahed-136 unmanned aerial vehicles.

Subdivisions of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Vyemka, Bakhmutskoye, Krasnaya Gora, Bakhmut, Mayorsk, Andreevka, Pervomayskoye, Vesele, Kamenka, Peremoga, Nevelskoye, Novomikhailovka and Ternovye Pody.

In Gorlovka, representatives of "power structures" intimidate local residents who did not support the accession of the temporarily occupied region to the Russian Federation. The identification of men who avoid mobilization continues, they are detained and forcibly sent to units of the 1st Army Corps to replenish their losses.

In the area of ​​​​the settlement of Kakhovka, Kherson region, the destruction of manpower and military equipment, including air defense equipment, was confirmed.

Aviation of the Defense Forces carried out 11 strikes during the day. The destruction of eight places of concentration of weapons and military equipment, as well as three anti-aircraft missile systems of the enemy was confirmed. In addition, our air defense units shot down two UAVs and two enemy helicopters. Rocket troops and artillery hit one area of ​​​​concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment, a pontoon crossing and an electronic warfare complex per day.


19:30 In the evening, the Russians shelled the Nikopol district. They hit with Grads and heavy artillery. In the Krasnogrigoryevsk community, a 37-year-old man was killed, a 42-year-old man was wounded. He is in the hospital, said the head of the Dnepropetrovsk OVA Reznichenko.

20:30 The military of the Russian Federation fired 10 missiles in the area of ​​​​the settlement of Grabovskoye in the Sumy region. According to preliminary information, there were no casualties.

21:00 In Liman and Svyatogorsk, Donetsk region, the exhumation and reburial of those killed during the Russian occupation began. At the moment, two burials are known. One of them has about two hundred graves where civilians are buried. On the other side there is a mass grave.

21:55 President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, summing up the results of the 226th day of the war, told what was done by the central government today. In addition, the head of state gave new data on the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

22:00 Explosions were heard in Odessa, according to preliminary data, air defense is working. So far, there is no official information, but Bratchuk, the speaker of the Odesa OVA, says that traps are being prepared for "mopeds" in the south. “In the South, not all birds bring happiness and joy, but we are preparing traps for mopeds, and this is a harsh reality for Russians,” he said. By "mopeds" we mean Iranian UAVs - for their rather characteristic sound.

23:20 The Ukrainian military shot down one Iranian kamikaze drone Shahed-136, said the head of the Nikolaev OVA Kim ".

00:05 Less than 30 km are left from the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to captured Kherson, Oleksiy Arestovich, adviser to the Office of the President of Ukraine, said. “ But ours are already further, behind Posad-Pokrovsky. From this position, houses in Kherson can already be seen,” he said.
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