Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 21:45 Energy workers and rescuers are working all day today in the Kherson and Donetsk regions to eliminate the consequences of Russian attacks on energy facilities, Zelensky said in an evening video message. He warned that there will be more such Russian attacks as winter approaches: “We must be prepared for this. We will strengthen our air defense as much as possible - as realistic as possible in the current conditions. Even more than realistic: we are agreeing with our partners on such steps in defense that have not been used before."
20:29 In the near future, forced evacuation of families with children from two more communities of the Donetsk region - Toretsk and Maryinsk will begin, said the head of the OBA Igor Moroz. According to him, there are now almost 240 children in the Toretsk community, and 19 in the Maryinskaya community.
19:11 Biden said in an interview with CBS that Washington can continue to simultaneously support Ukraine and Israel. He also noted that the United States is an “indispensable state” in ensuring international security.
18:17 It is becoming increasingly difficult for Ukraine to receive financial support from partners, as their attention is focused on the upcoming elections, said Finance Minister Sergei Marchenko: “I see a lot of fatigue, I see a lot of weakness among our partners, they would like to forget about the war, but the war it's still going on." According to him, Ukraine is now making twice as much effort to convince partners to provide support than before.
17:59 White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan confirmed that the Biden administration is considering combining aid packages for Ukraine and Israel. He added that the package would be “significantly larger” than $2 billion.
14:41 OSINT analyst Brady Efrik published a satellite image showing that the Russians have installed a barrier at the entrance to Sevastopol Bay. This is probably how they want to counter attacks from sea drones.
13:25 Ukrainian media sources in the SBU showed a video of a successful attack on the Krasnaya Yaruga electrical substation in the Belgorod region. In particular, Russian military facilities are connected to it.
12:48 The Russians fired at the Kherson region from aircraft in the morning. Two guided bombs hit the suburbs of Kherson, hitting residential buildings and infrastructure, OVA reported. Another 11 CABs were released in four settlements of the Berislavsky district. Power went out in some areas. Electricity supply in Kherson has already been restored, but short-term blackouts in areas are possible as adjustment work continues.
Ukrzaliznytsia reported that the entire city was temporarily without power, and the station switched to backup power. The shock wave damaged the vestibules of the 11th car of train No. 102 Kherson-Kyiv, passengers were not injured. Several windows were broken, but the train has already left the shelling zone and continues to move according to schedule.
11:03 Ukraine leases air defense systems to strengthen protection during the cold period, said Air Force Speaker Yuriy Ignat: “We already have this practice. It is clear that each country primarily cares about its own defense. Nobody has their own air defense for nothing. won't give it back. Why is it taking so long to supply air defense, why in doses? Because there is not enough of it in the world to give it to us."
At the same time, Ignat added that information about which countries are leasing air defense to Ukraine is sensitive, so it will not be disclosed. “Our partners especially didn’t want us to do voiceovers,” he explained.
09:40 At night, the Russians shelled Kizomys, Kherson region, one person was wounded, the OVA reported. Over the past 24 hours, two people were killed and two more were injured as a result of Russian shelling in the region.
09:13 The Russians are now actively carrying out air strikes at night, attacking residential areas and civilian infrastructure, while at the same time artillery shelling has decreased due to a lack of shells, said Natalya Gumenyuk, speaker of the Southern Defense Forces.
08:46 At night, the Russians attacked the village with a controlled aerial bomb. Druzhelubovka, Izyum district, Kharkov region. A private house was destroyed and a fire occurred. Two people were killed and another was wounded, said OVA head Oleg Sinegubov. Over the past 24 hours, the enemy also shelled settlements in the Kupyansky, Chuguevsky and Izyumsky districts.
08:31 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of October 15:
- personnel - about 287,770 (+880) people,
- tanks - 4948 (+8),
- armored combat vehicles - 9362 (+25),
- artillery systems - 6866 (+33),
- MLRS - 813 (+2),
- air defense systems - 547 (+0),
- aircraft - 317 (+0),
- helicopters - 316 (+0),
- UAV of operational-tactical level - 5269 (+4),
- cruise missiles - 1531 (+0),
- ships/boats - 20 (+0),
- submarines - 1 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tank trucks - 9249 (+24),
- special equipment - 976 (+5).
07:45 In the Avdeevsky direction, the Russian army does not abandon attempts to break through the defenses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, but to no avail. The defense forces repelled 15 enemy attacks in the Avdeevka, Tonenky and Pervomaisky districts of the Donetsk region, the General Staff reported in its morning report .
In total, about 60 military clashes took place at the front over the past 24 hours. In the Kupyansk direction, the Defense Forces repelled enemy attacks in the Sinkovka and Ivanovka areas of the Kharkov region; on Limansky - in the areas of Makeevka, Serebryansky forestry in the Lugansk region and Torsky in the Donetsk region; on Maryinsky - in the Marinka area of the Donetsk region; in Zaporozhye - in the Rabotino and Verbovoy districts of the Zaporozhye region.
At the same time, the Defense Forces continue their offensive in the Melitopol direction and assault operations south of Bakhmut, Donetsk region.
04:08 The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that air defense allegedly intercepted 27 Ukrainian aircraft-type UAVs at night, of which 18 were shot down over the Kursk region and two over the Belgorod region.