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  • Situation update of General Staff of UAF regarding russian invasion as of 6 a.m., October 26, 2023
    Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, posted 26 October 2023 07:02

    Day 610 of the russian full-scale military aggression against Ukraine has begun.

    The adversary continues to ignore the laws and customs of warfare, using the terror tactics, launching missile and air strikes, and firing multiple launch rocket systems not only at the military, but also at civilian targets across Ukraine.

    During the day of October 25, there were 78x combat engagements. The enemy launched a total of 50x air strikes and 49x MLRS attacks at the positions of Ukrainian troops and various settlements. Also, during the day of October 25, the russian occupiers launched yet another air strike on Ukraine using Iranian Shahed-136/131 attack UAVs. The Ukrainian air defense forces and means destroyed all of the enemy Shaheds. Unfortunately, debris of the destroyed UAVs wounded civilians. 11x apartment buildings and 9x private houses, 2x educational institutions, 2x fire stations, and 1x police station were damaged in the cities of Slavuta and Netishyn (Khmelnytskyi oblast). Unfortunately, a guided aerial bomb strike on a residential area in the city of Beryslav and villages of Beryslav district (Kherson oblast) killed and wounded civilians. Private residential buildings and other civilian infrastructure were destroyed or damaged.

    Air strikes hit Novoselivske, Serebryanske forestry, Bilohorivka (Luhansk Oblast), Hryhorivka, Verkhnokamyanske, Khromove, Klishchiivka, New York, Avdiivka, Novobakhmutivka, Maryinka, Novomykhailivka, Staromaiorske, Volodyne (Donetsk Oblast), Novodarivka, Novodanylivka (Zaporizhzhia Oblast), Zmiivka, Beryslav, Novoberyslav, Odradokamyanka, Mykolaivka, and Olhivka (Kherson Oblast).

    More than 130x settlements in Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson oblasts came under artillery fire.

    Pivnich operational-strategic group, Volyn and Polissya axes: no significant changes.

    Sivershchyna and Slobozhanshchyna axes: the adversary maintains its military presence in the areas of russia bordering Ukraine. The enemy troops conduct active subversive activities in order to prevent the deployment of Ukrainian troops to threatened axes. The adversary increases the density of minefields along the state border in Belgorod oblast (russia).

    Khortytsia operational-strategic group, Kupyansk axis: Ukrainian soldiers repelled 13x enemy attacks in the vicinity of settlements of Synkivka, Petropavlivka, and Ivanivka (Kharkiv oblast).

    Lyman axis: the Ukrainian soldiers are standing their ground and successfully repelled all of the enemy attacks near Nadiya and Makiivka (Luhansk oblast).

    Bakhmut axis: the Ukrainian defenders repelled 10x adversary attacks in the vicinities of Bohdanivka, Ivanivske, Klishchiivka, and Andriivka (Donetsk oblast). In turn, the Ukrainian Defense Forces continue assault operations south of Bakhmut (Donetsk oblast), inflict losses in manpower and equipment on the enemy, and consolidate their new positions.

    Tavria operational-strategic group, Avdiivka axis: the enemy keeps trying to encircle Avdiivka, actively using its aircraft, but the Ukrainian soldiers are standing their ground, inflicting major losses on the enemy. The enemy’s offensive actions were unsuccessful in the vicinities of Stepove, Avdiivka, Tonenke, and Sjeverne (Donetsk oblast), where the Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled 15x enemy attacks.

    Maryinka axis: the enemy conducted unsuccessful assault operations in the vicinities of Maryinka and Novomykhailivka (Donetsk oblast). The Ukrainian soldiers repelled 20x enemy attacks in that area.

    Shakhtarske and Zaporizhzhia axes: Ukrainian defenders repelled all enemy attacks in the vicinities of Vodyane, Novoukrainka, Staromaiorske (Donetsk oblast), and Verbove (Zaporizhzhia oblast).

    At the same time, the Ukrainian Defense Forces continue their offensive operation on Melitopol axis, inflicting losses in manpower and equipment on the occupation forces, exhausting the enemy all along the front line.

    Odesa operational-strategic group, Kherson axis: the Ukrainian soldiers conduct counter-battery fire and strike behind the enemy lines.

    During the day of October 25, the Ukrainian Air Force launched 7x air strikes on the concentrations of enemy troops.

    The Ukrainian missile troops hit 3x ammunition depots, 6x artillery systems, and 1x radar station the adversary.

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