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[Korrespondent] 21:18 Russians have become more active on the Kinburn Spit, said Vladislav Voloshin, spokesman for the Southern Defense Forces. According to him, the situation there is currently quite tense: last week, Russian troops transferred a division of boats from Sevastopol, which will be used to control this territory.
20:54 Zelensky said in an evening video address that in the Kursk region "there were attempts by Russia to push back our positions, but we are holding certain lines." The President said that he had heard Syrsky's report on all frontlines: "The Pokrovsk direction is great. Every soldier, every sergeant, every officer who ensures the protection of our positions. In general, the Donetsk region and the Zaporizhzhya direction are very difficult conditions, tough actions by the enemy. But the resilience of our units is of decisive importance."
The president also noted that the Ukrainian industrial base "is capable of producing many more drones, shells, and military equipment than our state's financial capabilities allow." According to him, this week "we have added new agreements on weapons to Ukraine, and these are not only supplies, but also production. Every foreign visit is always a conversation about investments in Ukrainian industry."
19:21 The Norwegian Ministry of Defence has created the position of a defence attaché in Kyiv, who will be "responsible for communication and cooperation between Norwegian and Ukrainian scientists and industry in the field of defence innovation and industrial development", the country's Defence Minister Bjørn Arild Gram said. According to him, "Norwegian companies want to share knowledge, experience and solutions in both the short and long term - this is also what the Ukrainian side is asking for".
13:17 In Zaporizhia, the number of victims as a result of today's night attack has increased to four, reported the head of the OVA Ivan Fedorov. Three districts were damaged by the shelling - Shevchenkivskyi, Aleksandrovskyi and Voznesenovskyi. 26 private and three apartment buildings were damaged.
12:33 India has become the second largest supplier of banned technologies to Russia, Bloomberg writes. According to the publication's sources among Western officials, Indian exports of restricted goods such as microchips, circuits and machine tools exceeded $60 million in April and May, which is about twice as much as in previous months of this year, and rose to $95 million in July. Thus, almost a fifth of sensitive technologies entering the Russian military-industrial complex come through India. However, China remains the number one supplier of technologies to Russia.
10:16 The General Staff confirmed that the Defense Forces struck a fuel and lubricants depot near the town of Rovenky in the temporarily occupied territory of Luhansk Oblast at night. A fire broke out on the territory of the oil depot, the results of the attack are being clarified.
10:07 Air defense destroyed 24 out of 28 attack UAVs in Sumy, Poltava, Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv, and Kherson regions at night, the Air Force reported. Two more enemy drones were lost due to electronic warfare countermeasures. In addition, Russia attacked Ukraine with missiles of an unspecified type at night.
09:55 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports that several thousand soldiers from North Korea have already arrived in Russia. According to analysts, some of them are undergoing training in Russia for the expected joint deployment, which is planned for the end of the year. Another number of officers from the DPRK are studying the situation on the battlefield.
According to ISW experts, the deployment of North Korean troops in Ukraine could create opportunities for the Kremlin to release its own reserves, depending on their quality, structure and interoperability. Analysts predict that the DPRK troops could be sent to Ukraine or deployed along the Russian border, which would help Russia delay the end of the offensive operation "Summer 2024".
09:42 Russian troops attacked the Central District of Kherson the day before. Warehouses were hit, and a large-scale fire broke out at the site of the attack. Due to constant repeated attacks, rescuers had to retreat to a safe place several times and return to extinguish the fire. At present, the fire has been completely extinguished, no information about casualties has been received, said the head of the OVA Oleksandr Prokudin. Over the previous day, four people were wounded as a result of Russian shelling in the region.
09:29 A Ukrainian drone attacked an oil depot in the occupied Rovenki of the Luhansk region, the fuel tank caught fire, there were no casualties, local "authorities" reported. According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the fire was extinguished. The Russian Defense Ministry said that 47 drones were destroyed and intercepted overnight: 17 over the territory of the Krasnodar Territory, 16 over the waters of the Sea of ​​Azov, 12 over the territory of the Kursk region, two over the Belgorod region.
Krasnodar Region Governor Veniamin Kondratyev said that residential buildings were damaged as a result of the UAV attack. A powerful explosion was also heard in Kurchatov in the Kursk Region, where a nuclear power plant is located. Local publics write that the explosion occurred shortly after the alarm was raised due to the danger of UAVs.
09:13 During the day on October 11, Russians shelled Kupyansk in the Kharkiv region several times - one person was killed and five were injured, said OVA head Oleg Sinegubov. Another person was killed and two were injured in the village of Kazachya Lopan in the Kharkiv region. There was also one injured in each of the Kupyansk-Uzlovaya and Sheykovka villages in the Izyum region.
08:51 Three people were killed in Donetsk Oblast as a result of Russian shelling on October 11: two in Bogoyavlenka and one in Ivanopol. Another eight people in the region were injured in the past 24 hours, said OVA head Vadim Filashkin.
08:24 Late in the evening of October 11, Russians launched a missile attack on a residential area in Sumy, wounding one person, the OVA reported. Another person was wounded the day before as a result of artillery shelling in the Esman community.
07:48 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of October 12:
- personnel - about 667,630 (+1290) people,
- tanks - 8962 (+9),
- combat armored vehicles - 17,827 (+27),
- artillery systems - 19,381 (+59),
- MLRS - 1230 (+1),
- air defense systems - 976 (+0),
- aircraft - 369 (+0),
- helicopters - 329 (+0),
- Operational-tactical level UAVs - 16,947 (+110),
- cruise missiles - 2619 (+0),
- ships/boats - 28 (+0),
- submarines - 1 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tank trucks - 26,513 (+115),
- special equipment - 3434 (+38).
07:25 At night, the enemy attacked Zaporizhia, struck private homes and the production facilities of one of the enterprises. Three people were wounded, including an 11-year-old child, said the head of the OVA Ivan Fedorov.