Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22:39 Kiev public pages publish a video with the sound of new Russian drones flying over . According to eyewitnesses, these UAVs have a completely different sound than the “shaheds”. If the latter ones sound like a moped, then the new ones sound like a lawn mower. The KGVA reported on the work of air defense.
21:11 The German budget lacks 5 billion euros to help Ukraine, writes Bild. The publication explains that military support for Ukraine is paid from the general financial management budget, and in it the German Ministry of Finance has allocated 4 billion euros for assistance to Ukraine for 2024. Of this, 3.1 billion euros are planned for previously promised assistance, 770 million euros for the Foreign Ministry, and only 120 million euros remain for new military projects. But Ukraine’s needs, according to the German Ministry of Defense, are much higher: Kyiv expects additional support from Germany in the amount of 5.22 billion euros to counter Russian aggression.
19:54 Zelensky announced in an evening video message that “the coming week will add more opportunities for Ukraine - for our defense, for our defense against Russian terror, for our Peace Formula, which continues to unite the world.”
17:03 The United States began transferring to Israel “tens of thousands” of 155-mm artillery shells intended for Ukraine, writes The New York Times. The Pentagon promised that the flow of arms to Israel would be stable, so experts predict compromises in supplies for both countries. Stocks of 155-mm shells and other weapons systems “have already been depleted, and manufacturers are struggling to meet demand,” the publication’s interlocutors note.
In addition, the United States will try to differentiate supplies depending on the nature of the wars. Thus, according to the newspaper's sources, Washington may provide Israel with precision-guided projectiles to hit targets in densely populated urban areas, while cluster munitions sent to Ukraine may be more effective against positions scattered across the battlefield. At the same time, there are three more types of weapons that both countries lay claim to: “smart” bombs, Stinger missiles, the reserves of which are “extremely limited,” as well as missiles for the Patriot air defense system.
16:27 The Russians attacked a number of settlements in the Donetsk region - two people were killed, three were injured, the prosecutor’s office reported. In particular, one person died in the village. Kalinovka, another one - in the village. Vasyukovka, Bakhmut district. In the village One person was wounded in Netailovo, Pokrovsky district, and two more were injured in the city of Toretsk.
15:58 Ukraine, using ATACMS missiles, destroyed nine Russian helicopters at airfields in occupied Berdyansk and Lugansk and damaged 15 more, OSINT analysts from the Oryx project report . According to their information, as a result of the strikes, seven Ka-52 Alligator helicopters and two Mi-8 helicopters were destroyed. Another 15 helicopters - eight Ka-52 and seven Mi-8 - were damaged.
15:34 The Russian Army attacked the village with FAB-250. Kurilovka, Kupyansky district, Kharkov region, one person was injured, the prosecutor’s office reported.
15:01 The number of victims as a result of the Russian strike on the Nova Poshta terminal has increased to 17 - another employee of the enterprise received minor shrapnel wounds, the prosecutor's office reported.
14:40 Zelensky said that he had a conversation with the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani - thanked him for humanitarian assistance, for his mediatory role in the return of illegally deported Ukrainian children and participation in the negotiations on the Peace Formula, in particular, for his willingness to take part in the meeting in Malta next week.
12:09 The Russians began producing unidentified drones using engines from AliExpress, said Yuri Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. However, he added that such drones, despite their primitiveness, still pose a danger, since they can carry several kilograms of explosives.
10:56 According to British intelligence estimates, since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia has lost from 150 to 190 thousand soldiers killed and wounded, and the total figure (including the wounded who returned to the battlefield) ranges from 240 to 290 thousand. At the same time, the intelligence added that these data do not include wounded and dead mercenaries of the Wagner PMC. Analysts note that after the start of the assaults in the Avdeevka area, Russian losses increased by 90%.
09:41 In the Kherson region, the Russians used a record number of aerial bombs over the past 24 hours, said Natalya Gumenyuk, speaker of the Southern Defense Forces: “During this 24-hour period, an actual record number of aerial bombs was recorded - 36. In the Kherson region, the enemy fired 2-4 aerial bombs at one settlement "For a village, this is a very large power, when a 500-kilogram equivalent of TNT crashes into the ground, leaving multi-meter craters."
09:04 At night, the enemy launched an airstrike on an idle mine in Toretsk, Donetsk region. Rescuers extinguished a fire in the roof of a three-story administrative building and a fire in a lifting mechanism, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported. In addition, three private houses in Konstantinovka were damaged as a result of the missile strike. According to the OVA, over the past 24 hours, three people were wounded as a result of Russian shelling in the region - in Voskhod, Ocheretino and Avdeevka.
08:57 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of October 22:
- personnel - about 293,830 (+980) people,
- tanks - 5081 (+18),
- armored combat vehicles - 9631 (+19),
- artillery systems - 7032 (+15),
- MLRS - 825 (+3),
- air defense systems - 549 (+1),
- aircraft - 320 (+0),
- helicopters - 324 (+0),
- UAV of operational-tactical level - 5339 (+9),
- cruise missiles - 1535 (+0),
- ships/boats - 20 (+0),
- submarines - 1 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tank trucks - 9404 (+13),
- special equipment - 991 (+1).
08:42 At night, the Russians fired one X-59 guided aircraft missile across Ukraine from a Su-34 aircraft from the airspace of the Zaporozhye region - it was destroyed by air defense forces, the Air Force command reported. The enemy also launched two UAVs of an unidentified type from the northern direction and three attack UAVs of the Shahed-136/131 type from the area of Cape Chauda (Crimea). All three "martyrs" were destroyed. In addition, over the past 24 hours, three Lancet-type attack UAVs were destroyed in the south of the country. Eight launches of S-300 missiles were also recorded from the Belgorod region and the temporarily occupied territory of the Donetsk region.
08:39 As a result of a Russian missile attack from the S-300 air defense system on the Nova Poshta terminal in the village of Korotich, Kharkov region, six people were killed, 16 were injured , two of them in extremely serious condition, six in serious condition. The terminal building was destroyed and a fire broke out, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OBA.
In addition, in the morning the enemy shelled the city of Kupyansk - they hit residential buildings, three people were wounded, among them two teenagers, 15 and 17 years old.
07:46 In the Avdeevka direction, the enemy is not abandoning attempts to encircle Avdeevka, but Ukrainian forces are holding the line, the General Staff said in its morning report . Over the past 24 hours, the Defense Forces have repelled more than 15 enemy attacks in the Keramik, Avdeevka, Stepnoy, Tonenky and Pervomaisky districts of the Donetsk region.
In total, over the past 24 hours, more than 80 military clashes took place at the front. In the Kupyansk direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled enemy attacks in the areas of Sinkovka, Ivanovka, Kharkov region and Nadezhda, Luhansk region; on Limansky - in the areas of Belogorovka, Luhansk region, Serebryansky forest and Spornoye, Donetsk region; on Bakhmutsky - in the Vasyukovka and Andreevka districts of the Donetsk region; on Maryinsky - in the areas of Marinka, Krasnogorovka and Pobeda of the Donetsk region; on Shakhtarsky and Zaporozhye - in the areas of Prechistovka, Zolota Niva, Staromayorsky, Donetsk region and north of Priyutnoye, Zaporozhye region.
At the same time, the Ukrainian Defense Forces continue their offensive in the Melitopol direction and assault operations south of Bakhmut, Donetsk region.
02:51 Photos of the destroyed Nova Poshta terminal in the Kharkov region appeared in the media:
01:19 Nova Poshta reported that the terminal workers did not have time to run for cover because “the siren sounded a second before the impact.”
00:38 The Russians launched a missile attack on the Nova Poshta terminal in the Kharkov region: six people were killed, 14 were wounded , said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OBA. All the dead and injured were employees of the enterprise who were inside the Nova Poshta terminal. Among the wounded, seven are in serious condition. Debris clearing continues at the site. According to preliminary data, the enemy fired S-300 missiles.