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Chronology of the war in Ukraine for Friday, October 21
2022-10-22
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Vesti] October 21 is the 240th 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 .

7:00 am . The main thing from the morning summary of the General Staff:

The Ukrainian military repelled attacks in the districts of Belogorovka, Luhansk region; Bakhmut, Krasnogorovka, Experienced and Marinka, Donetsk region.

During the day, the Russian Federation launched 11 missile and 28 air strikes, carried out more than 65 attacks from the MLRS. More than 25 settlements of Ukraine were under attack.

Aviation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine over the past day delivered ten strikes on the areas of concentration of weapons and military equipment of the Russian Federation.

8:00 a.m. Kharkov region. The Russian army shelled Kharkov in the morning. As a result of the arrivals, 5 people were injured. There is a destruction of the industrial infrastructure in the Kiev region.

Zaporozhye region. Rocket shelling of Zaporozhye.

9:30 a.m. Kherson region . On the Antonovsky bridge after the strike on October 20, there are already four dead, the Russian side claims. Among the victims are two employees of the Tavria TV channel.

10:20 am . Kharkov region. They report new arrivals in Kharkov.

11:00 am . Due to a sharp increase in electricity consumption, Ukrenergo introduces temporary shutdowns in Kyiv, as well as in Kyiv, Chernihiv, Cherkasy and Zhytomyr regions.

12:00 . Kharkov region. As a result of a repeated missile attack on Kharkov, 3 people were injured. The condition of the victims is moderate and light, there is no threat to life.

13:30 . Iran has advised its citizens to leave Ukraine "to preserve their lives and security." In recent weeks, Russia has been shelling cities across Ukraine on a massive scale, including with Iranian Shahed-136 kamikaze drones. At the same time, Tehran "strongly excludes statements about the transfer of drones to Russia for use in the conflict in Ukraine."

14:00 . Nikolaev region. In Nikolaev, the SBU detained a Russian agent during a meeting of the mayor Nikolaev Senkevich. We are talking about the head of the communal enterprise for the provision of funeral services. His task was to organize an agent network and "inform" the Russian Federation about the operation of Nikolaev's critical infrastructure facilities and other closed issues that were discussed during meetings in the City Council.

15:00 . Emergency shelters with beds and heaters have been deployed in Ukraine. 500 temporary accommodation points will appear in the Rivne region, 550 - in the Buchansky district of the Kyiv region (in addition to the existing 1,000 beds) and 600 - in the Kharkiv region. The points are equipped with showers, toilets, basic toiletries, and common places for gathering.

16:00 . Zaporozhye region. Four police officers (shrapnel) and one civilian were injured - the consequences of a morning rocket attack on Zaporozhye . The city was fired with S-300 missiles. six explosions were heard in different districts of Zaporozhye. One of the rockets hit the school territory, infrastructure facilities and a residential building were damaged (at least one apartment was destroyed).

17:00 . Nikolaev region. During an air raid over Nikolaev, a Russian Su-25 aircraft was shot down.

18:30 In the public domain of the Russian Federation, a large-scale fire is reported after the "arrivals" in the village of Shebekino in the Belgorod region. The governor of the Belgorod region confirmed the incident. According to him, a fire broke out at one of the industrial enterprises of the Shebekinsky urban district as a result of a direct hit by a shell. According to preliminary data, there is one victim. It is also reported that in some areas of the municipality there is no light because of the fire.

19:00 Operational summary of the General Staff as of 18:00 Friday, October 21, main:

The enemy is trying to hold the temporarily occupied territories, is concentrating its efforts on deterring the actions of the Defense Forces in certain directions, at the same time, it does not abandon attempts to conduct offensive operations in the Bakhmut and Avdeevsky directions.

Over the current day, units of the Defense Forces repelled the attacks of the Russian military in the areas of settlements of Ternov, Kharkiv region; Belogorivka and Zolotarivka, Luhansk region; Liman, Soledar, Ozaryanovka, Odradovka and Pervomaiskoye in the Donetsk region.

During the day, the Russian military launched four missile and 10 air strikes, carried out more than 30 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems. The areas of eight settlements fell under the blows of enemy aircraft and anti-aircraft guided missiles.

In the Pinsk and Stolin regions of Belarus, special services are tightening regime and administrative measures, it is forbidden to conduct any video filming, including the use of car DVRs.

In Beryslav, Kherson region, since October 19 of this year, all organs of the occupation authorities have ceased their activities. It is also known that collaborators who collaborated with the Russian occupiers along with their families and property continue to leave the city.

On October 19 this year, the fire defeat by the Defense Forces of Ukraine of a pontoon crossing under the Antonovsky bridge in the Kherson region was confirmed.

Aviation of the Defense Forces carried out 16 strikes during the day. The defeat of three strongholds and ten areas of concentration of weapons and military equipment, as well as three positions of anti-aircraft missile systems of the enemy was confirmed. The missile and artillery units hit the enemy's command post and anti-aircraft missile system S-300 in a day.

20:20 President Zelensky announced a meeting of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander. In addition, he talked about how the day went.

21:40 As a result of strikes by Ukrainian forces, 10 military instructors from Iran were eliminated. The Israeli media indicate that it was last week.

22:20 The Armed Forces of Ukraine have stabilized the situation in six liberated villages in the Kherson region. According to the operational command "South", in total, 88 settlements have already been liberated in the region, in which about 12,000 people live. And stabilization measures have been completed in Novodmitrovka; Kostyrka; Chereshnev; Novonikolaevka; Novopetrovka and Blakitny.

23:20 The German company HENSOLDT announced the transfer to Ukraine of four TRML-4D radar stations for the IRIS-T SLM air defense system. Three more will be delivered within a few months.

Posted by:badanov

#1   In addition, he talked about how the day went and how much he loved piña coladas and walks in the rain.
Posted by: SteveS   2022-10-22 09:59  

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