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October 31. At least 28 residential buildings and two enterprises were damaged in a Russian missile attack on Selydove, Donetsk region.
"At least 28 houses were damaged as a result of a missile attack on Selydove... In addition to residential buildings, two enterprises, three cars and a power line were damaged. Fortunately, there were no casualties," Ihor Moroz, acting head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration, posted on Facebook.
Today in the morning, the Russians fired three Iskander missiles at the town, hitting the private sector.
"Such strikes on towns relatively far from the front are not uncommon in Donetsk region," Moroz added.
October 31. Two employees of a vehicle depot in Kherson have been injured in a Russian missile attack on the enterprise.
Oleksandr Prokudin, head of the Kherson regional military administration, said this in a post on Facebook, and published a video from the scene of the shelling.
"The video shows a vehicle depot in Kherson after Russian shelling. As a result of the rocket attack, warehouses were completely destroyed, and at least five vehicles were damaged. Two employees were injured," the post reads.
Prokudin clarified that a 34-year-old driver suffered injuries to his legs and a 58-year-old janitor had a head injury. Both are now in the hospital.
October 31. The United Nations human rights office said on Tuesday it had found "reasonable grounds" to conclude a missile strike that killed 59 people in a cafe in the Ukrainian village of Hroza, Kharkiv region, was launched by Russia.
Liz Throssell, spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, told this to journalists in Geneva, Ukrinform reports, citing Reuters.
"Today, we are publishing a report into the events of October 5 that concludes there are reasonable grounds to believe that the missile was launched by Russian armed forces," Throssell said.
She added that "there was no indication of military personnel or any other legitimate military targets at or adjacent to the café at the time of the attack."
According to Reuters, the findings were published in a report based on two fact-finding missions to Hroza by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), where it interviewed 35 people, including local residents, witnesses, two survivors, medical staff and morgue employees.
The report says that those killed – 36 women, 22 men and an eight-year-old boy - were all civilians, attending the reception after the funeral and re-burial of a local man who was a member of the Ukrainian armed forces. The blast completely destroyed the café and a small shop.
As a result of the missile strike, 15 families lost two or more family members. In many cases, identification relied on DNA tests of bodily remains.
"The report says that the Russian armed forces either failed to do everything feasible to verify that the target was a military objective, or deliberately targeted civilians or civilian objects. Either scenario would be in violation of international humanitarian law," the UN human rights office said in a press release.
October 31. Russian forces shelled Kutsurub community in Mykolaiv region, injuring two civilians.
Vitaliy Kim, the head of the Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration, said this in a post on Telegram.
"In the morning, two people were injured in enemy artillery shelling of populated areas of Kutsurub community," the report says.
October 30. The Kherson Regional Military Administration showed the consequences of a Russian attack on Bilozerka.
The relevant photos were published on Facebook.
"Photos show Bilozerka after the Russian army strikes," reads the post.
An ambulance, a veterinary clinic, and the homes of local residents were hit by enemy shells.
October 30. Kherson showed the consequences of the nighttime massive shelling of the city, which injured a 36-year-old woman, and damaged high-rise buildings and a social institution.
Roman Mrochko, the head of the Kherson City Military Administration, reported this on Facebook, according to Ukrinform.
October 30. The Russian army launched a missile strike on the outskirts of Zaporizhzhia.
Yuriy Malashko, the head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration, said this in a post on Telegram.
"Around 11:28, the enemy launched a missile attack on Zaporizhzhia district. According to preliminary information, Russian military personnel used ballistics," he wrote.
The missile strike destroyed a social infrastructure facility. Specialists of the State Emergency Service are working at the scene, eliminating the consequences of the attack. No casualties have been reported.
Acting Zaporizhzhia Mayor Anatoliy Kurtiev added that the premises of a municipal institution were damaged.
October 30. The number of those injured in a Russian missile attack on a shipyard in Odesa district on Monday morning has grown to four.
This is reported by the Odesa Regional Prosecutor's Office.
"As a result of the enemy attack, four employees of the enterprise received injuries of varying degrees of severity. Two victims have been hospitalized," the report said.
The prosecutor's office also informed that measures are currently being taken to identify other persons who suffered physical or other damage following enemy strikes.
"Under the procedural guidance of prosecutors of the Odesa Regional Prosecutor's Office, a pre-trial investigation has been launched into the fact of violation of the laws and customs of war (part 1 of Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine)," the regional prosecutor's office added.
October 30. The Russian army hit a shipyard in the Odesa district with missiles this morning, wounding two people.
Odesa region governor Oleh Kiper said this in a post on the Telegram .
"In the morning, Russian terrorists attacked еру Odesa district with missiles. The enemy targeted a shipyard," the report said. Kiper noted that the attack caused a fire, which was quickly extinguished by rescuers. The administrative building and equipment of the enterprise were damaged.
"Two people were injured. A man born in 1961 and a woman born in 1966 were taken to the hospital in a moderate condition. They are being provided with all the necessary medical assistance," he added.
October 30. Russian troops have launched 95 shelling attacks on the Kherson region in the past 24 hours, killing two people.
Oleksandr Prokudin, head of the regional military administration, announced this on Facebook.
"Over the past 24 hours, the enemy launched 95 shelling attacks, firing 514 shells from mortars, artillery, Grads, tanks, UAVs and aircraft. The enemy fired 46 shells on the city of Kherson," he said.
According to Prokudin, Russia launched 42 KAB bomb strikes on settlements in the Kherson region, including in the Beryslav and Kherson districts.
He said that the Russian military had targeted populated areas, the premises of a medical institution, the territory of an educational institution in the Beryslav district, and a community center in Kherson.
Two people were killed and four others injured as a result of Russian aggression, Prokudin added.
October 30. Around 00:00 (midnight), October 30, 2023, Russian troops shelled Kherson’s Tsentralnyi district. One civilian was reported killed and three injured.
The relevant statement was made by Kherson City Military Administration Head Roman Mrochko on Telegram.
“Around 00:00 (midnight), the Russian army shelled the city’s Tsentralnyi district from the temporarily occupied left bank. In particular, apartment blocks were damaged,” Mrochko wrote.
Following the enemy attack, one of apartments caught fire. A woman, 85, was killed. Another woman, with burns and poisoning by combustion products, was taken to hospital.
A man, 68, and a woman, 36, were also injured and taken to hospital in moderately grave condition.
October 29. Three women and two men have been injured in Russia’s shelling of the Kherson region over the past day.
The relevant statement was made by the Ukrainian Internal Affairs Ministry.
“Over the past day, Russian troops have attacked communities in the Beryslav, Kakhovka and Kherson districts. In Kozatske, a woman, 67, was injured. Another woman, 60, and a man, 41, received injuries in Ivanivka. In the Korabelnyi district, a woman, 82, was injured, and a man, 53, received serious injuries,” the report states.
Additionally, a police car was damaged in Russia’s air strike on Beryslav. Law enforcement officers remained unharmed.
The enemy shelling also affected over 20 houses, shops, cars, office premises, administrative buildings, and a school.
A reminder that, during a nationwide telethon earlier today, Head of the United Coordinating Press Center of the Southern Defense Forces Natalia Humeniuk stated that, over the past day, Russians had dropped 32 guided bombs on the Kherson region.
October 29. Russian strikes damaged six houses in Nikopol community, Dnipropetrovsk region.
"Four strikes overnight. The Russians pummeled Nikopol district with heavy artillery. Six houses were struck in the district center. An administrative building and a private enterprise were damaged," Head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration Serhiy Lysak posted on Facebook.
As noted, enemy shells also slammed into Myrove community. The territory is being examined. Nobody was injured.
October 28. The Russian army shelled Nikopol town and Chervonohryhorivka community. Destruction was reported.
"Today, the enemy hit Nikopol district with heavy artillery twice. First, the district center was struck. Three private houses and a power line were damaged in the town," Head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration Serhiy Lysak posted on Facebook.
October 28. Three civilians were injured as Russian troops opened fire on the Kherson region’s Ivanivka and Kozatske.
The relevant statement was made by Kherson Regional Prosecutor’s Office on Facebook, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.
“Around 12:30 p.m., the occupiers shelled the Darivka community’s Ivanivka. Two civilians were injured and taken to hospital,” the report states.
Additionally, the enemy attacked the village of Kozatske with aircraft. A woman, 67, received injuries.
A pre-trial investigation was launched over the violation of laws and customs of war (Part 1, Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
October 28. Russian troops attacked 21 settlements in the Zaporizhzhia region 156 times on October 27.
The relevant statement was made by Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration Head Yurii Malashko on Facebook.
According to Malashko, Russians launched 17 drone attacks on such settlements as Huliaipole, Novoandriivka, Charivne, Malynivka, Robotyne, Kamianske, Mali Shcherbaky, and opened fire with multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) on Novodarivka, Temyrivka, Mala Tokmachka and Charivne.
The enemy also launched 135 artillery strikes on Orikhiv, Zaliznychne, Robotyne, Levadne, Poltavka, Bilohiria, Verkhnia Tersa, Stepove, Piatykhatky, Lobkove, and other frontline settlements.
Fortunately, civilians remained unharmed. Five reports were submitted on the damage caused by Russian attacks to residential houses.
Malashko also mentioned that two more civilians had evacuated from Stepnohirsk.
October 27. The Russian army shelled Kherson, in particular, the central part of the city.
"The Russian army continues to attack Kherson! Currently, the central part of the city, in particular, is under massive fire," Roman Mrochko, Head of the Kherson City Military Administration, posted on Telegram.
He urged local residents to move to safer places, stay away from windows.
Later, the Head of the Kherson City Military Administration posted on Facebook that several people had been injured in the evening shelling of Kherson.
"More than a dozen residential buildings in the center of the city were damaged as a result of the recent shelling of Kherson by Russian enemy troops! So far, several victims are known. One was hospitalized," the post reads.
October 27. The Russian army shelled Nikopol with artillery. A 5-year-old boy and a woman were injured.
Serhiy Lysak, the head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration, reported this on Facebook
"A child was injured. The boy is only five years old! And also a 58-year-old woman. They are in the hospital in moderate condition," he wrote.
It is also reported that 10 private houses were damaged. One outbuilding was destroyed. Another 13 were smashed. 20 solar panels and cars were smashed. Power lines were also damaged.
Earlier it was reported that the enemy army shells Nikopol almost every day. The shelling is carried out from the occupied shore of the Kakhovka reservoir (the Vasylivka district, the Zaporizhzhia region).
October 27. In Kherson region, a man was killed as the Russian military targeted a residential building in Zelenivka, and a 36-year-old man was injured by shelling in the center of Kherson.
Oleksandr Prokudin, the head of the regional military administration, said this in a post on Telegram.
"A person was killed in an enemy strike," he wrote, noting that his identity is being established.
A 36-year-old man was injured in the shelling in the center of Kherson, not far from an educational institution. He was hospitalized in moderate condition.
October 27. In Ukraine, as of the morning of October 27, 510 children were killed and 1,139 others were injured as a result of the full-scale aggression of the Russian Federation.
The Office of the Prosecutor General reported this on Telegram.
"More than 1,649 children have been injured in Ukraine as a result of the full-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation. As of the morning of October 27, according to official information from juvenile prosecutors, 510 children were killed and more than 1,139 were injured of varying severity," the statement reads.
These numbers are not final. Work is underway to establish them in the areas of hostilities, on the temporarily occupied and liberated territories.
Most children were injured in the Donetsk region - 492, Kharkiv - 304, Kherson - 132, Kyiv - 129, Zaporizhzhia - 99, Mykolaiv - 97, Dnipro - 96, Chernihiv - 72, Luhansk - 67.
October 27. The enemy army attacked the Zaporizhzhia region again. Over the past day, 133 attacks were made on 19 settlements.
Yuriy Malashko, the head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration, reported this on Facebook.
"Not a single Russian missile or aerial vehicle fell on the territory of the region over the past day, but the enemy continued to fire artillery, MLRS and use drones. 19 settlements were under the terror of the Russian military, 133 strikes were made against them," he wrote.
It is noted that the enemy carried out 20 UAV attacks on Hulyaipole, Novodarivka, Charivne Bilohirya, Mala Tokmachka and Mali Shcherbaky, as well as six MLRS attacks on Bilohirya and Mala Tokmachka.
107 shelling incidents took place in frontline towns and villages, including Novoandriivka, Malynivka, Novodanylivka, Levadne, Poltavka, Robotyne, Kamianske, Pyatykhatky, Lobkove, Plavni and Prymorske.
There were six reports of the destruction of residential buildings and infrastructure. There were no casualties.
October27. In the Donetsk region, Russian invaders injured a civilian yesterday.
Ihor Moroz, the acting head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration, reported this on Facebook.
"On October 26, Russians injured one resident of the Donetsk region - in Avdiivka," he said.
In total, since the beginning of the invasion, according to the head of the RMA, the Russian army has killed at least 1,753 civilians in the region and injured at least 4,276 more. These numbers do not include casualties in Mariupol and Volnovakha.
October 26. A 59-year-old civilian was killed as a result of an airstrike on Beryslav district in Kherson region.
"A pre-trial investigation was launched into the violation of the laws and customs of war combined with intentional murder," the Kherson Regional Prosecutor's Office posted on Facebook.
According to the investigation data, around 13:20 on October 26, 2023, the Russian army launched an airstrike on Beryslav district of Kherson region. One of the aerial bombs was dropped near a cafe, killing a 59-year-old local resident.
Information on other victims is being clarified.
As a result of the attack, civilian infrastructure objects, including a kindergarten, were damaged.
October 26. As of October 26, 509 children have been killed and more than 1,139 injured in Ukraine as a result of Russia’s full scale invasion.
“More than 1,648 children in Ukraine have suffered from the full-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation. As of the morning of October 26, 2023, according to the official information provided by juvenile prosecutors, 509 children were killed and more than 1,139 received injuries of various degrees of severity,” the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine posted on Telegram.
It is noted that these figures are not final, as work is underway in the areas of active hostilities, in the temporarily occupied and liberated territories.
Most children were affected in Donetsk region - 492, Kharkiv region - 304, Kherson region – 132, Kyiv region - 129, Zaporizhzhia region – 99, Mykolaiv region - 97, Dnipropetrovsk region – 96, Chernihiv region – 72, and Luhansk region – 67.
On October 25, a 13-year-old boy was killed in a Russian shelling of Beryslav, Kherson region.
October 26. Russian troops fired 365 shells from various weapons at Kherson region over the past 24 hours, killing two civilians.
"Over the past day, the enemy launched 51 strikes, firing 365 shells from mortars, artillery, Grad MLRS, tanks, aviation and UAVs," Head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration Oleksandr Prokudin posted on Facebook.
At the same time, Prokudin clarified that the Russian military hit the residential areas of the populated settlements of the region.
"Two people, including a child, were killed and four more were injured due to Russian aggression," he emphasized.
October 26. Russian troops shelled Nikopol district of Dnipropetrovsk region twice at night.
"The aggressor does not stop terrorizing Nikopol district. In the evening, the district was struck twice. Nikopol and Myrove community were hit with heavy artillery, nearly a dozen shells were fired," Head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration Serhiy Lysak posted on Telegram.
According to Lysak, nobody was injured.
October 25. In Dnipropetrovsk region, the enemy launched three attacks from drones and artillery on Nikopol district during the day.
"In the morning, four residential buildings, two outbuildings, and fences were damaged due to a drone attack on one of the villages of Marhanets community," Head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Council Mykola Lukashuk posted on Facebook.
Nikopol town was hit with a kamikaze drone in the morning and with artillery in the afternoon. Three houses and an outbuilding were damaged. People were not injured.
The Russian army shelled Kherson city from the temporarily occupied left bank.
"In the evening, the Russian army shelled Kherson from the temporarily occupied left bank. Hits were recorded in residential neighborhoods in Dniprovsky district of the city. A private house was damaged. No one was injured," Head of the Kherson City Military Administration Roman Mrochko posted on Telegram.
The situation in other communities of the region was calm.
October 25. The Russian army shelled Kherson city from the temporarily occupied left bank.
"In the evening, the Russian army shelled Kherson from the temporarily occupied left bank. Hits were recorded in residential neighborhoods in Dniprovsky district of the city. A private house was damaged. No one was injured," Head of the Kherson City Military Adminis
October 25. At night, the Russian invaders shelled a community in Nikopol district of Dnipropetrovsk region with artillery.
"After midnight, the aggressor hit Nikopol district. Marhanets community came under artillery fire. More than half a dozen shells slammed into one of the villages there," Head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration Serhiy Lysak posted on Facebook.
According to his information, nobody was killed or injured.In other districts of Dnipropetrovsk region, no shelling was recorded at night.
October 24. Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Russia has damaged 1,449 medical facilities and completely destroyed another 190 across Ukraine.
"Among the medical infrastructure, the enemy has already destroyed 190 medical facilities and damaged 1,449 facilities. These are maternity hospitals, hospitals, outpatient clinics, polyclinics, etc.," the press service of the Ministry of Health said.
Medical institutions of Kharkiv, Donetsk, Mykolaiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, and Kyiv regions suffered the greatest losses.
In addition, since the war began, the Russian army destroyed 253 emergency medical vehicles and damaged 103 more. As many as 125 vehicles were captured by the enemy.
However, the Ministry of Health emphasizes that, despite systematic attacks and strikes, work on rebuilding the medical infrastructure continues in Ukraine. It has already been possible to fully restore 410 medical facilities, another 413 have been partially restored.
October 24. Over the past day, the Russians launched 152 strikes targeting 22 settlements across Zaporizhzha region.
This was reported on Facebook by the head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration, Yuriy Malashko.
"Russian multiple rocket launchers opened fire in Robotyne and Mala Tokmachka, as well as dropped bombs on Orikhiv, Rorobyne, Mala Tokmachka, and Piatykhatky. Twelve UAV attacks targeted Huliaipole, Novodarivka, Malynivka, Charivne, Mala Tomachka, Kamianske, Mali Shcherbaky, and Stepove," the report says.
Seventeen reports were filed of destruction to residential buildings and civil infrastructure.
October 23. Russian army shelled Kherson region 73 times, on October 22.
Oleksandr Prokudin, the head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration, said this in a post on Facebook.
"Over the past day, the enemy launched 73 shelling attacks, firing 469 projectiles from mortars, artillery, Grad MLRS, automatic grenade launchers, tanks, aircraft and UAVs. The enemy fired 46 shells at the city of Kherson."," he said.
The Russian military targeted the residential quarters of settlements, a critical infrastructure facility, an engineering structure, a utility company, an educational institution and a church in Kherson district, the territory of a transport company and a factory in Kherson.
October 23. As of October 23, 508 children have been killed and more than 1,138 injured in Ukraine as a result of Russia’s full scale invasion.
“More than 1,646 children in Ukraine have suffered from the full-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation. As of the morning of October 23, 2023, according to the official information provided by juvenile prosecutors, 508 children were killed and more than 1,138 received injuries of various degrees of severity,” the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine posted on Telegram.
It is noted that these figures are not final, as work is underway in the areas of active hostilities, in the temporarily occupied and liberated territories.
Most children were affected in Donetsk region - 492, Kharkiv region - 304, Kherson region – 130, Kyiv region - 129, Zaporizhzhia region – 99, Mykolaiv region - 97, Dnipropetrovsk region – 96, Chernihiv region – 72, and Luhansk region – 67.
October 23. The fragments of the downed enemy drone have damaged the roof of a port-adjacent warehouse facility in the Odesa region.
The relevant statement was made by Odesa Regional Military Administration Head Oleh Kiper on Telegram.
“Russian terrorists attacked the Odesa region with combat drones last night. Our air defense units destroyed nine Shahed drones,” Kiper wrote.
In the Odesa district, the downed enemy drone crashed into the roof of a port-adjacent warehouse facility. A fire broke out, but rescuers promptly extinguished it.
On the night of October 23, 2023, Ukrainian forces downed 13 enemy Shahed-type drones, one unidentified combat drone, and one Kh-59 guided air-launched missile.
October 22. In Toretsk, Donetsk region, rescuers spent 15 hours putting out a fire that broke out following an enemy attack on the territory of a coalmine.
In particular, a lifting mechanism caught fire due to the Russian shelling, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine reports. The fire covered 1,000 square meters.
The roof of a three-story administrative building on the entire area – 2,000 square meters – was also on fire. In addition, the fire spread to the third floor of the building.
"Rescuers spent 15 hours battling with fire and put it out at 14:15. Twenty-seven personnel and six units of equipment were involved," the State Emergency Service noted.
October 22. Russian invaders employed heavy artillery to strike the Nikopol district on Sunday.
No casualties were reported, according to the head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration, Serhiy Lysak, Ukrinform saw.
“In the afternoon, enemy’s heavy artillery targeted the Nikopol district. The district center came under fire. Four households, six outbuildings, a car, and a power line sustained damage. Fortunately, the shelling brought no casualties,” the administration chief wrote on Telegram, wishing residents a calm evening.
October 22. The Kharkiv region police showed the consequences of a Russian missile attack on Nova Poshta terminal which killed six people and injured 16 more.
The Main Directorate of the National Police in Kharkiv Region published a video shot by a drone on YouTube.
It is emphasized that investigators and criminalists worked all night at the scene of the war crime.
According to Oleksandr Kobylev, deputy head of the department for investigation into crimes committed in conditions of armed conflict at the investigative department of the regional police, the attack took place at 22:12 on Saturday, October 21.
"Russia has once again committed a serious war crime. It was an innovative cargo department of Nova Poshta. As a result of the attack, warehouses, trucks were damaged, workers were injured and some were killed. The roof of the department was breached, the walls were damaged," he said.
The police conducted a first inspection of the site, and missile fragments were removed. According to preliminary information, a Russian S-300 missile was fired.
As reported, the prosecutor's office launched a pre-trial investigation into the violation of the laws and customs of war combined with intentional murder (Part 2 of Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine) following the missile attack on the Nova Poshta terminal in Korotych, Kharkiv region.
October 22. Russian troops shelled Zaporizhzhia region 175 times over the past day, hitting 23 settlements.
"Over the past day, the enemy launched 175 attacks on 23 settlements of Zaporizhzhia region. 165 artillery strikes on the territory of Huliaypole, Orikhiv, Zaliznychne, Robotyne, Novoandriyivka, Poltavka, Preobrazhenka, Shcherbaky, Stepove, Pyatykhatky, Lobkove, Plavni and others frontline towns and villages were recorded," Yuriy Malashko, Head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration, posted on Facebook.
According to Malashko, the invaders also launched seven UAV attacks on Novodarivka, Bilohirya and Mala Tokmachka and shelled Malynivka, Novodanylivka and Kamyanske with MLRS.
Six reports on the destruction of residential buildings and infrastructure facilities were filed. Civilians were not injured.
October 22. at around 10:15 p.m. on Saturday, October 21, the Russian army fired two S-300 missiles at the Nova Poshta terminal in Korotych, Kharkiv region. Initially, six people were reported killed and 16 injured.
The number of people injured in a Russian missile attack on the Nova Poshta postal center in the village of Korotych, Kharkiv region, has increased to 17.
The Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office posted this on Facebook.
"As of now, the number of victims has increased to 17. One more employee of the company received shrapnel injuries," the report says.
According to the prosecutor's office, the victim refused hospitalization, he was provided with medical assistance.
October 22. More than 30 residential buildings were damaged as a result of Russian shelling of the village of Stanislav, Kherson region.
"At night, the occupiers hit Stanislav. More than 30 residential buildings were damaged," Oleksandr Prokudin, Head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration, posted on Telegram.
A lyceum, shops, a church, a utility company building, a power line and a gas pipeline were damaged.
Around 10:30, the enemy fired four KAB bombs at a settlement in Kherson district. Fortunately, there were no casualties.
October 21. Russian forces continue to shell Kherson region with multiple launch rocket systems, mortars, artillery, aircraft and UAVs. Civilian and residential infrastructure facilities in Beryslav, Kakhovka and Kherson districts came under enemy attacks.
The press service of the National Police of Ukraine reported this on its website.
"The enemy again launched airstrikes on residential quarters of Beryslav and Kozatske in Kakhovka district. As a result of the explosions of guided bombs in Beryslav, at least 17 houses were damaged and a 74-year-old woman was killed. In Kozatske, a grain complex was hit," the report says.
Also in Beryslav, the body of a woman was found during the dismantling of the rubble of a house destroyed by a Russian bomb. Police identified her. She was a 56-year-old local resident who was looking after the house and had come to feed the dogs at the time of the airstrike on October 19.
In Zolota Balka, two houses were heavily damaged by Russian artillery shelling. The owners were not in the houses at the time, there were no casualties.
In Kherson, the center, Korabelnyi and Dniprovskyi districts, summer cottages along the Dnipro River and the suburbs came under enemy fire.
In the regional center, multi-storey and private buildings were damaged, and fires broke out in some places.
Investigative and operational police teams worked at the sites of shelling, recovered fragments of enemy weapons and recorded crimes.
Over the past day, the police responded to 280 reports from citizens about criminal offenses and other events. As many as 13 criminal proceedings were launched under Article 438 "Violation of the laws and customs of war" of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
October 21. On Saturday, the Russian army attacked Nikopol district in Dnipropetrovsk region with heavy artillery and a kamikaze drone.
Serhiy Lysak, the head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration, said this in a Facebook pos.
"Today, the aggressor attacked Nikopol district, fired heavy artillery, dropped ammunition from an unmanned aerial vehicle and targeted a kamikaze drone. The Marhanets community and the district center came under attack," he wrote.
A private enterprise, two residential buildings, a garage and a solar panel were damaged.
As earlier reported, a 71-year-old resident of Nikopol was killed in enemy shelling.
October 21. On October 21, the Russian invasion forces opened fire at four settlements in the Beryslav district, Kherson region. In the town of Beryslav, an administrative building sustained damage.
This was reported by the chief of the Kherson Regional Military Administration, Oleksandr Prokudin.
Prokudin noted that since midnight, the enemy launched 24 guided air bombs across the region.
October 21. A man was killed as Russian forces shelled Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk region, with heavy artillery.
Serhii Lysak, the head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration, said this in a Facebook post.
"A loss again... The enemy hit Nikopol with heavy artillery, firing several shells at the city. A man was killed," Lysak wrote.
October 21. Russian forces again shelled the border area of Sumy region on October 20. Eight explosions were recorded in Shalyhyne community.
The Sumy Regional Military Administration said this in a Facebook post, Ukrinform reports.
"During the day, Russians shelled Shalyhyne community with mortars. Eight explosions were recorded," the report says.
October 21. At night on October 20, Russian troops fired artillery at the Ochakiv community in the Mykolaiv region.
Vitaliy Kim, the head of the Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration, posted this on Facebook.
"Tonight, on October 20, at 12:14 a.m., enemy artillery strikes were recorded in the waters of the Ochakiv community. There were no casualties," Kim said.
October 21. Russian troops fired at the territories and settlements in Sumy region close to the border with Russia 24 times.
At least 188 explosions were recorded, according to the Sumy Regional Military Administration.
The invaders fired grenades at the Yunakivka community, where eight explosions were reported.
The Russian army launched a combined strike at the Bilopillia community, employing grenade launchers, mortars, and artillery.
In the Krasnopillia community, targeted by Russian artillery and mortars, at least one civilian was wounded. The area also saw enemy drones drop at least six explosives.
The Russian forces fired mortars at the Shalyhine and Hlukhiv communities.
Russian mortars and artillery shelled the Velyka Pysarivka Pisar community suffered.
The Khotyn community was targeted by Russian artillery.
The Seredyno-Buda community came under Russian fire as the invaders launched AGS-32 grenades.
October 20. In Beryslav, in the Kherson region, the Russian military shelled the building of a pedagogical college.
This was reported on Facebook by the rector of Kherson State University Oleksandr Spivakovsky.
"Two hours ago... the main building of the Beryslav Professional Pedagogical College of Kherson State University was hit," Spivakovsky said.
He emphasized that the destruction of educational infrastructure is a crime against the future.
October 20. Last night, the Russian military fired four missiles at Kostyantynivka in the Donetsk region.
This was reported by Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko on Telegram.
According to him, "at night the enemy fired four missiles at the city of Kostyantynivka. Six apartment buildings and a school building were damaged."
Klymenko said that according to preliminary data, no one was injured.
October 20. The European Union has condemned the illegal conscription campaign Russia has launched in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, which is a blatant violation of international law.
That’s according to an EU statement, proclaimed during a meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna on Thursday, Ukrinform reports.
“On 1st October, Russia launched yet another illegal conscription campaign in the temporarily and illegally occupied territories of Ukraine. Russia is forcefully conscripting Ukrainian citizens into the Russian Armed Forces, thereby involving them in its war of aggression against their homeland. We condemn this reprehensible act and urge Russia to stop this blatant violation of international law,” the statement said.
It has been recalled that the EU does not and will not recognize the attempted illegal annexation by Russia of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson regions of Ukraine, as well as the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol.
"All these territories are and will always be Ukraine," the European Union said.
The statement also emphasized that the EU obligation to support Ukraine for as long as it takes "remains as rock solid as ever before."
"And our commitment has consistently been upheld by our deeds. The EU and its Member States are the first financial supporter of Ukraine, with their overall commitments reaching more than 82 billion euro. We will continue providing Ukraine with steadfast, long-term political, diplomatic, humanitarian, financial, economic, legal and military support against Russia’s illegal war of aggression," the statement reads.
It was also stated that the EU remains unwavering in its support for the independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders.
“No one desires peace more than the Ukrainians, and they are paying for their rightful self-defence with their lives. It is for Ukraine to determine the conditions allowing for negotiations in good faith. Any solution to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine has to be based on Ukraine’s independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity as protected by the UN Charter. President Zelenskyy's Peace Formula offers such a solution as it is fully premised on the UN Charter,” the EU said.
October 19. As a result of the morning artillery shelling of Kherson, three people were injured and private houses of civilians were damaged.
Oleksandr Prokudin, the head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration, reported this on Telegram.
"The enemy attacked the city with artillery. It hit a residential area. Three people were injured. Private houses were damaged," Prokudin said.
According to him, the 49-year-old woman has a concussion and mine-blast injury, shrapnel injuries. The woman's condition is serious. The men, aged 60 and 39, have shrapnel injuries.
October 19. Over the past 24 hours, the enemy struck 123 times at 21 settlements in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Yuriy Malashko, the head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration, reported this on Facebook.
"107 artillery attacks took place on the territory of Hulyaipole, Orikhiv, Robotyne, Levadne, Preobrazhenka, Malynivka, Mali Shcherbaky, Pyatykhatky, Kamianske, Prymorsk, Novoyakovlivka and other towns and villages close to the front line," he wrote.
The Russian military launched a missile attack on Zaporizhzhia, 11 UAV attacks on Hulyaipole, Novoandriivka, Novodanylivka, Novodarivka, Charivne, Malynivka, Mala Tokmachka, Robotyne and Zatyshshya, three MLRS attacks on Malynivka and Mala Tokmachka, and an air strike on Novodarivka.
October 19. Over the past day, on October 18, the Russian army fired 105 times at the Kherson region, killing two people and injuring four.
Oleksandr Prokudin, the head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration, said this on Telegram.
"Over the past day, the enemy carried out 105 attacks, firing 580 shells from mortars, artillery, Grad, AGS, ZU-23-2, tanks, aircraft and UAVs. The enemy fired 23 shells at the city of Kherson," the statement said.
The Russian military shelled residential areas in the region, a factory and a park in Kherson.
Two people were killed and four others were injured as a result of Russian aggression.
October 18. A number of explosions were heard in Pavlohrad, Dnipropetrovsk region, amid an air raid alert.
This was reported by the chief of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Admininstration, Serhiy Lysak.
"Blasts in Pavlohrad. All emergency services are on the scene," he wrote.
October 18. In Mykolaiv, 419 owners of apartments and houses will receive payments for housing repairs under the eRecovery program in the amount of more than UAH 15 million
This was reported by the Mykolaiv City Council.
"As of October 18, the owners of 419 apartments and houses have been approved for payments for repairs under the eRecovery program. Compensation for the consequences of enemy shelling of the housing stock will amount to more than 15 million hryvnias," the statement said.
The city council notes that a total of 709 applications have been submitted by Mykolaiv residents. Some of the program participants have already received funds to their accounts. We are talking about the amount of UAH 6.5 million.
Among the applications submitted, 354 were rejected. 15-20% of the applications contained false information about the property or the number of co-owners. In addition, review of 730 applications was suspended due to the lack of necessary documents or due to the applicants' request to postpone the review of the application.
Also, 123 houses are currently at different stages of reconstruction.
October 18. The Russians once again shelled the village of Odnorobivka in Bohodukhiv district, Kharkiv region, damaging houses, gas and power supply lines.
"The Russian occupiers once again shelled Zolochiv community. Around 14:00, the enemy launched artillery strikes on the village of Odnorobivka. As a result, three two-story residential buildings and two private houses, gas and power supply lines were damaged," the press service of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration posted on Telegram.
No casualties have been reported so far.
October 18. The number of victims of a rocket attack in the Dnipropetrovsk region has increased. Four people are currently known to be injured.
Serhiy Lysak, the head of the Dnipro Regional Military Administration, reported this on Telegram, Ukrinform reported.
"According to updated information, there are four victims in the Dnipro district. These are women - 56, 65 and 75 years old. And a 35-year-old man. Three of them are in the hospital in moderate condition," he wrote.
October 18. In Zaporizhzhia, about 50 residents of a house that was hit by a Russian missile at night were evacuated.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs reported this on Telegram, Ukrinform reported.
In Zaporizhzhia, as a result of a strike by Russian troops, the entrance of a residential building from the fifth to the third floor was destroyed.
Specialized services evacuated about 50 residents of the building.
The State Emergency Service added that, together with law enforcement and volunteers from 'Vognik Zaporizhzhia', they rescued the man, who was taken outside on a stretcher and handed over to doctors.
October 18. Over the past day, October 17, the Russian army launched 70 strikes on Kherson region, injuring six people.
"Over the past day, the enemy launched 70 strikes, firing 404 shells from mortars, artillery, Grad MLRS, IFVs, tanks, aircraft and UAVs. The enemy fired 16 shells at the city of Kherson," Head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration Oleksandr Prokudin posted on Facebook.
October 17. The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the UN estimate the amount of losses caused by the Kakhovka HPP destruction at more than $11 billion, the greatest direct damage was caused to the energy and housing sectors.
This is stated in the Post Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) report jointly prepared by the Government of Ukraine and the United Nations.
The report findings indicate that there was approximately $2.79 billion in direct damage to infrastructure and assets, with losses exceeding $11 billion, with a particularly long-lasting environmental impact. The energy and housing sectors were hit the hardest in terms of direct damage, with the energy sector suffering $1.26 billion in losses and housing damage amounting to over $1.1 billion.
It is underscored that the environmental and energy sectors also recorded the highest losses, which are vital for long-term stability and recovery.
October 17. At least one person was injured as Russian invaders fired at a transport company in Kherson.
Oleksandr Prokudin, the head of the Kherson regional military administration, said this in a Facebook post.
"Another hit. Now on the territory of a transport company,” the report says.
According to preliminary information, one person was injured.
October 17. A total of 508 children have been killed and over 1,136 injured in Ukraine since the Russian invasion started.
The relevant statement was made by the Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office on Telegram.
“As of October 17, 2023, according to the data from juvenile prosecutors, a total of 508 children were killed and over 1,136 received injuries of various severity levels,” the report states.
These data are not final, as they are being investigated within the areas of hostilities, temporarily occupied and liberated areas.
Currently, most casualties were recorded in the Donetsk region (492), Kharkiv region (303), Kyiv region (129), Kherson region (128), Zaporizhzhia region (99), Mykolaiv region (97), Dnipropetrovsk region (96), Chernihiv region (72), and Luhansk region (67).
October 17. Two civilians have been killed and one injured in Russia’s shelling of the Donetsk region over the past day.
The relevant statement was made by Donetsk Regional Military Administration Acting Head Ihor Moroz on Facebook.
“On October 16, 2023, Russians killed two civilians in the Donetsk region, namely in Pervomaiske. One more person was injured,” Moroz wrote.
The total number of casualties across the region does not include those in Mariupol and Volnovakha, Moroz noted.
October 17. Over the past day, October 16, the Russian army launched 32 strikes on Kherson region.
"Over the past day, the enemy launched 32 strikes, firing 158 shells from mortars, artillery, Grad MLRS, tanks, aviation and UAVs," Oleksandr Prokudin, Head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration, posted on Facebook.
According to Prokudin, the Russian military struck the residential neighborhoods of populated settlements, a healthcare facility in Beryslav.
October 17. More than 300 livestock farms have been destroyed or damaged in Ukraine as a result of the full-scale aggression of the Russian Federation.
Taras Vysotskyi, First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine said that about 7,000 cattle and 3.5 million poultry had died as a result of the invasion, Ukrinform reports with reference to the Ministry’s press service.
At the same time, according to him, Ukraine has all the prerequisites for the effective development of the meat industry and export potential.
For the successful development of the livestock industry, several challenges need to be overcome. One of them is energy.
"Animal husbandry is an industry where there can be no pause in production. For the sector to develop and be stable, we need a constant supply of animal feed and uninterrupted energy supply," the deputy minister emphasized.
He added that one of the important tasks of animal husbandry is the export of products. For nine months of 2023, the volume of meat exports increased by more than 10% compared to 2022. The export of pork increased almost 2.5-fold. According to the forecast, pork production this year will increase by 4% compared to the previous year.
October 16. Over the past week, Russian troops launched 21 missile strikes, 432 airstrikes, 386 MLRS attacks on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and civilian infrastructure objects. As a result of these attacks, nearly 30 civilians were killed.
Spokesman for the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Andriy Kovaliov said this during the United News telethon.
In particular, he noted that the Russian occupiers continued to ignore the laws and customs of war, used terror tactics, and fired both at military and civilian targets.
"Unfortunately, civilians were killed and injured. The main terrorist tactic of the Russian occupiers is to launch massive combined missile and air strikes on the territory of Ukraine to exhaust air defense systems, destroy energy facilities and ports of Ukraine. Over the past week, the enemy launched 21 missile strikes, 432 airstrikes, 386 MLRS attacks on the positions of our troops and civilian infrastructure objects. In addition, the occupiers launched missile attacks on Zaporizhzhia, Pokrovsk, and Bohodar, killing and injuring civilians," Kovaliov said.
According to him, "as a result of such cynical strikes, nearly 30 our compatriots, including a child, were killed, and more than a hundred civilians, including three children, were injured."
Kovaliov added that Ukraine’s Air Force had destroyed 55 out of 69 enemy Shahed 136/131drones over the last week and emphasized that "the probability of launching missile and air strikes throughout the territory of Ukraine remains high."
October 16. Russian invaders shelled 23 settlements in Zaporizhzhia region on October 15, injuring a 76-year-old woman.
Yuriy Malashko, the head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration, said this in a Facebook post.
"The occupiers launched 134 strikes on 23 settlements. As many as 111 artillery shells were fired at territory of Huliaipole, Orikhiv, Novoandriivka, Malynyvka, Bilohirya, Levadne, Robotyne, Kamianske, Stepove, Plavni, Mali Shcherbaky and other front-line towns and villages,” the report says.
The enemy launched missile strikes on Dniprovka and Prydolynivka, 7 UAV attacks on Huliaipole, Zaliznychne, Malynivka, Poltavka, Chervone and Stepove, 9 MLRS attacks on Orikhiv, Novodanylivka, Robotyne, Bilohirya and Mala Tokmachka, as well as 5 airstrikes on Orikhiv, Novodarivka and Mala Tokmachka.
A 76-year-old woman was injured in Russian artillery shelling of Mala Tokmachka.
Six reports were received about damage caused to residential buildings and infrastructure facilities.
October 16. Last night Russian invaders opened fire on the Dnipropetrovsk region’s Nikopol district five times, using heavy artillery and the Grad multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS).
The relevant statement was made by Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration Head Serhii Lysak on Telegram.
In the city of Nikopol, Russian attacks caused damage to two stores and a café, as well as a private enterprise, religious institution, transport object and park.
A 5-storey apartment block was seriously hit, as well as three detached houses, a household building, a car, and a public transport stop.
Enemy attacks also affected a gas pipeline and four power transmission lines. About 1,500 household consumers were left without electricity.
In addition, two houses, power transmission lines, and a religious institution were damaged in the Marhanets community.
Fortunately, no casualties were reported.
October 16. At night Russian troops attacked the Poltava region with missiles and loitering munitions. The fragments of enemy projectiles damaged several detached houses, causing casualties.
The relevant statement was made by Poltava Regional Military Administration Head Filip Pronin on Telegram.
“Last night the enemy attacked the Poltava region with missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles. In the Myrhorod district, explosions were heard. Fortunately, no civil or critical infrastructure objects were hit,” Pronin wrote.
However, in his words, the fragments of the Russian missile crashed into several detached houses.
October 14. Kherson city authorities have shared a video, showing the consequences of Russia’s recent attack on the Dniprovskyi market.
The relevant video was posted by Kherson City Military Administration Head Roman Mrochko on Facebook.
“Dismantling the rubble and swearing at the occupiers! The consequences of the recent enemy shelling are being eliminated at the Kherson-based Dniprovskyi market,” Mrochko wrote.
A reminder that, on the afternoon of October 14, 2023, Russian troops attacked the city of Kherson from the temporarily occupied left bank of the Dnipro River.
Fortunately, no casualties were reported as the enemy struck the Dniprovskyi market. According to eyewitnesses, the working hours were over, and barely any customers were around at the time of the enemy attack.
October 14. Russian troops attacked 22 settlements in the Zaporizhzhia region 150 times. A civilian woman was injured on October 13, 2023,
The relevant statement was made by Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration Head Yurii Malashko on Facebook.
According to Malashko, Russians launched 137 artillery strikes on Novoiakovlivka, Huliaipole, Orikhiv, Zaliznychne, Robotyne, Levadne, Poltavka, Malynivka, Plavni, Lobkove, Kamianske, and other frontline settlements.
A woman, 62, was injured in Russia’s shelling of Huliaipole.
Additionally, the enemy launched an air strike on Novodanylivka, five drone attacks on Chervone, Orikhiv and Novoandriivka, and seven multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) attacks on Novoiakovlivka, Robotyne and Mala Tokmachka.
October 14. Twenty-two civilians have been injured in Russia’s shelling of the Donetsk region over the past day.
The relevant statement was made by Donetsk Regional Military Administration Acting Head Ihor Moroz on Facebook, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.
“On October 13, 2023, Russians injured 22 civilians in the Donetsk region, namely 21 in Pokrovsk and one in Avdiivka,” Moroz wrote.
The total number of casualties across the region does not include those in Mariupol and Volnovakha, Moroz noted.
October 13. During the day, the enemy attacked Nikopol district, Dnipropetrovsk region. Houses and a utility company were damaged.
"Five artillery and two drone attacks. Today, the enemy continued to mercilessly pummel Nikopol district," Serhyi Lysak, Head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration, posted on Facebook.
According to him, a utility company, nine private houses and three outbuildings were damaged in the town. A car was destroyed and a power line was broken.
An agricultural company was destroyed in one of the villages of Marhanets community. In another, more than half a thousand bales of hay and straw caught fire. Firefighters put out the fire.
Seven houses, two outbuildings, cars and power lines were also damaged. People were not injured, Lysak added.
October 13. The number of people injured in the Russian shelling of Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, has risen to 14.
"As of 16:30, 14 people are known to have been injured. One person died in the hospital. There are nine employees of the social protection department and two female visitors, aged from 32 to 68, among the injured," the National Police posted on Telegram.
The administrative building of the social protection department, a social infrastructure facility, two medical facilities and two apartment blocks were destroyed.
As reported, the Russians struck Pokrovsk on the morning of October 13. According to preliminary data, Russia attacked the town with two Iskander-M missiles.
October 13. In Kherson, collectors that connect the main sewage pumping station with the city's wastewater treatment plant were damaged as a result of enemy shelling.
Roman Mrochko, the head of the Kherson City Military Administration, reported this on Facebook.
"As a result of another shelling of Kherson by the Russian occupation forces, collectors were damaged," the post reads.
It is noted that these are the collectors that connect the main sewage pumping station with the city's sewage treatment plant.
October 13. The Russian military fired from a drone at a car with civilians in Beryslav, in the Kherson region, causing one death and one injury.
Oleksandr Prokudin, the head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration, said this on Telegram.
"The Russian army fired on Beryslav. There is one dead and one injured," he said in a statement.
As noted, the occupants hit a car with people with a kamikaze drone. There were two local residents in the car.
A 34-year-old woman died on the spot due to numerous injuries. Her 36-year-old husband was hospitalized in an extremely serious condition.
Two people were also injured when a grenade was dropped from a drone. These are a 79-year-old woman who was hospitalized in moderate condition and a man who suffered an acubarotrauma, injuries to his limbs, head, and back.
October 13. One person was killed and 12 people were injured in the enemy shelling of Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, on Friday morning.
“In the morning, the Russians attacked Pokrovsk. According to preliminary information, as of 10:00, one person was killed. Twelve people were injured, two administrative buildings were partially destroyed,” the State Emergency Service posted on Telegram.
The units of the State Emergency Service rescued three people from the rubble.
October 13. As of the morning of October 13, 508 children were killed and 1,135 more were injured in Ukraine as a result of the full-scale aggression of the Russian Federation.
"More than 1,643 children were killed and injured in Ukraine as a result of the full-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation. As of the morning of October 13, 2023, according to the official information from juvenile prosecutors, 508 children were killed and more than 1,135 received injuries of various degrees of severity," the Prosecutor General's Office posted on Telegram.
The data are not final as work is ongoing to establish casualties in the areas of military operations, in temporarily captured and liberated territories.
Most children were killed and injured in Donetsk region – 492, Kharkiv region – 303, Kherson region – 130, Kyiv region – 129, Zaporizhzhia region – 99, Mykolaiv region – 97, Dnipropetrovsk region – 96, Chernihiv region – 72, Luhansk region – 67.
October 12. On October 12, the Russian army shelled Kherson region 100 times, killing two civilians.
Oleksandr Prokudin, the head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration, said this in a Facebook post.
“In the past day, the enemy launched 100 shelling attacks, firing 553 shells from mortars, artillery, Grad MLRS, tanks, automatic grenade launchers, antitank grenade launchers, aircraft and UAVs. The enemy fired 49 shells at the city of Kherson," Prokudin wrote.
October 12. Russian troops shelled four settlements in Donetsk region, killing two civilians and injuring seven more.
“Law enforcement officers opened criminal proceedings over the violation of the laws and customs of war (Parts 1, 2 of Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
According to the investigation data, on October 12, the Russian army shelled Avdiivka, as a result of which a 58-year-old man and a 61-year-old woman received shrapnel wounds,” the Prosecutor General's Office posted on Facebook.
The invaders launched rocket strikes on the village of Bahatyr in Volnovakha district. An 11-year-old boy was killed, his six-year-old brother was injured. The 31-year-old mother of the boys was hospitalized with multiple lacerations.
The village of Halytsynivka, Pokrovsk district, also came under Russian fire. A 32-year-old man and a 62-year-old woman were injured.
October 12. During the day, Russian troops shelled Nikopol district of Dnipropetrovsk region with heavy artillery and attacked with a kamikaze drone.
"The situation in Nikopol district was tense during the day. The enemy pummeled the district with heavy artillery and attacked it with a kamikaze drone," Head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration Serhiy Lysak posted on Facebook.
In Nikopol town, two hotels, a high-rise building, nine private houses, five outbuildings, a garage, gas pipelines and power lines were damaged.
In Marhanets community, five private houses, gas pipelines, and power lines were damaged. Nobody was injured.
October 12. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky thanked the PACE for recognizing the 1932-1933 Holodomor as genocide against the Ukrainian people.
“I am grateful to Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe for recognising the 1932-1933 Holodomor as genocide against the Ukrainian people. Restoring historical justice and paying tribute to Holodomor victims sends a message that justice is inevitable for all past and present Moscow’s crimes,” Zelensky posted on X.
As reported, about 30 world countries, as well as the Catholic Church and the Ecumenical Patriarchate, officially recognized the Holodomor as the genocide against the Ukrainian people.
Today, the PACE adopted a resolution calling the Holodomor an act of genocide aimed at the destruction of the Ukrainian nation.
October 12. In the Sumy region, the territory of the former Seredyna-Buda forestry, which is now a structural unit of the 'Sveske Forestry' branch of the State Enterprise 'Forests of Ukraine', was shelled.
This was reported on Facebook by the Northern Forest Office.
"The arrival occurred around 9:00 a.m. According to foresters, the attack was from the sky, as a helicopter was clearly heard. At the time of arrival, there was no air raid alert, so the employees of the branch did not hide in the shelter. Fortunately, there were no casualties," the statement said.
October 12. Two civilians were injured and the building of a kindergarten and a private house were hit in Russian shelling of Bilozerka, Kherson region, on the night of October 12.
"In the urban-type settlement of Bilozerka, the occupiers hit a private house. A man and a minor girl sustained shrapnel injuries. They were given medical assistance at the scene," the press service of the Kherson Regional Prosecutor's Office said.
The prosecutor's office informed that as a result of the shelling of Chornobaivka and Bilozerka communities, private houses and farm buildings were damaged. In Chornobaivka, a local resident was killed.
A pre-trial investigation has been launched as part of criminal proceedings over the violation of the laws and customs of war (Part 1, Part 2 of Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
October 12. The Russian army fired five times at the border of the Sumy region during the day, four territorial communities came under fire.
The Sumy Regional Military Administration reported this on Facebook.
The enemy fired at the Znob-Novhorodske community with cannon artillery, four explosions were recorded. Russian troops fired mortars at the Seredyna-Buda community, five explosions were heard.
The Russians fired at the Druzhbivka community with cannon artillery, six explosions were recorded.
October 12. The number of people killed in Russia’s missile attack on the village of Hroza in Kharkiv region has increased to 56 - one of the injured died in the hospital.
Oleh Syniehubov, the head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, said this in a Facebook post.
"The number of people killed in the attack on the village of Hroza has increased to 56 people. A 53-year-old woman died in the intensive care unit yesterday evening," the official said.
As reported, on October 5, Russian troops launched a missile attack on a café in the village of Hroza in Kharkiv region, where people gathered to mourn a fallen Ukrainian soldier. More than 50 people were killed by the strike. According to law enforcers, the Russians hit the cafe with an Iskander-M missile.
October 12. On the night of October 12, Russian troops shelled Chornobaivka, Kherson region, killing an elderly man.
Oleksandr Prokudin, the head of the Kherson regional military administration, said this in a Telegram post.
"At night, the occupiers shelled Chornobaivka, hitting a residential sector. According to preliminary information, a 70-year-old man was killed,” Prokudin stressed.
October 12. The Russian military killed two residents and injured four others in Donetsk region in the past day, October 11.
Ihor Moroz, acting head of the Donetsk regional military administration, reported this on Facebook, according to Ukrinform.
"On October 11, Russians killed two residents of Donetsk region: in Avdiivka and Ocheretyne. Four more people in the region were injured,” he said.
Moroz emphasized that the data are not final as it is currently impossible to establish the exact number of casualties in Mariupol and Volnovakha.
October 12. Following Russia’s overnight drone attack on the Odesa region, warehouse facilities were damaged in the areas adjacent to the port, as well as detached houses.
The relevant statement was made by the South Operational Command on Facebook.
“Trying to bypass air defense systems, [enemy] suicide drones were moving from different directions, using complex trajectories and landscape peculiarities,” the report states.
Ukraine’s air defense units intercepted four Shahed-131/136 loitering munitions in the Mykolaiv region and 10 in the Odesa region.
Meanwhile, Russian drones caused damage to warehouse facilities situated in the port-adjacent areas in the south of the Odesa region, as well as detached houses. Fires broke out. One civilian was reported injured.
October 11. On Wednesday, Russian troops shelled Shyroke territorial community in Zaporizhzhia region, killing a 74-year-old woman.
"Under the procedural guidance of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Prosecutor's Office, a pre-trial investigation was launched into the violation of the laws and customs of war, combined with intentional murder (Part 2 of Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine)," the Zaporizhzhia Regional Prosecutor's Office posted on Facebook.
According to the investigation data, on October 11, 2023, the troops of the Russian Federation, disregarding the norms of international humanitarian law, shelled the territory of Shyroke territorial community in Zaporizhzhia region.
October 11. Two people were killed and a gymnasium was destroyed in Russian shelling of Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk region.
Minister of Internal Affairs Ihor Klymenko said this in a Telegram post.
"The enemy shelled Nikopol in Dnipropetrovsk region. The gymnasium was destroyed. Two people were killed. Rescuers are still searching for people trapped under the rubble. It has been established that the victims are employees of the educational institution. We are continuing search and rescue operations," he said.
As reported, Russian forces shelled Nikopol district, Dnipropetrovsk region, overnight Wednesday. Nikopol itself, as well as Marhanets and Myrove communities, came under heavy artillery fire. An elderly woman was injured in Russian shelling. She was provided with necessary assistance.
October 11. In the morning, the Russian military fired on a village in the Beryslav district of the Kherson region, injuring a 76-year-old woman, and an investigation has been launched.
The Kherson Regional Prosecutor's Office reported this on Facebook.
"A pre-trial investigation has been launched into the violation of the laws and customs of war," the statement reads.
According to the investigation, on October 11 at about 8:40 a.m., the enemy shelled a village in the Beryslav district with artillery. As a result of the shelling, a 76-year-old woman who was in the yard of her home sustained shrapnel injuries and was hospitalized.
According to the Kherson Regional Military Administration, the injured woman is in moderate condition. It is noted that the victim has an explosive injury, shrapnel wounds to the chest and shin.
October 11. Russian troops shelled Kherson region 82 times over the past day with various types of weapons, injuring a civilian.
“Over the past day, the invaders fired 435 shells from mortars, artillery, Grad MLRS, tanks, mounted and hand-held grenade launchers and drones at the region,” Oleksandr Prokudin, Head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration, posted on Telegram. The enemy hit the residential neighborhoods of the populated settlements of the region, an educational institution and the territory of an agricultural society in Beryslav district.
October 11. A total of 1,183 children have gone missing in Ukraine since February 24, 2022.
This was reported by the press service of the Ombudsman's Office.
"According to the report by the children's search portal, Children of War, as of October 11, 2023, a total of 1,183 children are missing, and 18,812 missing children have been located," the press service said.
As reported, PACE President Tiny Kox and numerous lawmakers took part in a joint Ukrainian-Latvian event where they discussed the crimes committed by the Russian Federation by abducting Ukrainian children.
October 10. Three people, including a 16-year-old girl, were injured in Russian shelling of Bakhmut and Pokrovsk districts of Donetsk region.
The Prosecutor General’s Office said this in a post on Facebook.
Under the procedural leadership of the Donetsk Regional Prosecutor's Office, pre-trial investigations have been launched as part of criminal proceedings over the facts of violations of the laws and customs of war (Part 1 of Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
According to the investigation, on October 10, the Russian army shelled the village of Nelipivka in Bakhmut district, presumably, using artillery. A 59-year-old local resident suffered a broken arm in the explosion in the yard of his home.
The invaders also attacked the town of Krasnohorivka and the village of Katerynivka. There, a 16-year-old girl and a 75-year-old woman sustained multiple shrapnel wounds.
October 10. A policeman is among those injured in the attack on Velykyi Burluk in Kupyansk district, Kharkiv region. Houses were damaged.
"The center of the settlement was hit. The occupiers again targeted exclusively civilian objects: shops, residential buildings, administrative buildings and private cars. Two women, 35 and 39, were injured. A policeman received a concussion," the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office posted on Facebook.
The strike occurred around 08:00. According to preliminary data, S-300 missile was fired. A pre-trial investigation was launched into the violation of the laws and customs of war (Part 1 of Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
October 10. The investigators have already vetted more than 50 residents of Hroza, the village in Kharkiv region where the Russian missile strike killed 53 people who gathered for a wake in a local café.
That’s’ according to Serhiy Bolvinov, the chief of the National Police Investigative Department in Kharkiv region, Ukrinform reports.
"I cannot officially confirm the report that someone specifically spotted the missile strike. We’re still working on that version," Bolvinov said.
"Urgent investigative actions and searches were carried out on the day of the tragedy and, as of now, this yielded no results, but this investigation is ongoing," Bolvinov added.
In particular, the owner of the cafe destroyed by the missile, who was previously prosecuted for "collaborative activity", was initially in the spotlight of law enforcers.
"One of the urgent searches that we conducted on the same day was in his home. We obtained no information that would confirm his involvement in spotting enemy fire. Therefore, there is no reason to claim that he is involved.
"If the investigation gets additional information about his or anyone else's involvement, we will, of course, check this evidence in due course. But it must also be added that the cafe owner's sister and niece also died in this particular tragedy," Bolvinov said.
October 10. At night on October 10, the Russian army carried out three mortar attacks on the border communities of the Sumy region.
This was reported on Telegram by the Sumy Regional Military Administration.
"At night, the Russians carried out three mortar attacks on the border. 21 explosions were recorded. The Shalyhyne (six explosions), Krasnopil (11 explosions) and Khotyn (four explosions) communities were shelled," the statement reads.
October 10. In the past day, the Russian military personnel opened fire on 21 populated areas of Zaporizhzhia region, launching 117 attacks.
Yuriy Malashko, the head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration, said this in a Facebook post.
"95 artillery strikes were recorded in Huliaipole, Orikhiv, Zaliznychne, Robotyne, Novoandriivka, Bilohirya, Stepove, Kamianske, Lobkove and other front-line towns and villages. The enemy dropped two aerial bombs on Novodanylivka, carried out 9 MLRS attacks on Orikhiv, Novodanylivka, Preobrazhenka, Mala Tokmachka and Levadne, as well as 11 UAV attacks on Chervone, Charivne, Novodanylivka, Mala Tokmachka, Shcherbaky and Mali Shcherbaky," the post reads.
October 10. The Russian army struck Ukraine's southern Kherson region 79 times on Monday, October 9, wounding four people.
Kherson region governor Oleksandr Prokudin announced this on Facebook.
"Over the past 24 hours, the enemy launched 79 shelling attacks, firing 443 projectiles from mortars, artillery, Grad multiple rocket launchers, tanks, aircraft, and UAVs. The enemy fired 28 shells at the city of Kherson," he said.
According to Prokudin, the Russian military hit residential areas in settlements, a library in Kherson, and a cultural center in the Beryslav district.
October 9. In Ukraine, as of September 29, 2023, 1,702 cultural infrastructure facilities were damaged as a result of full-scale Russian aggression.
The Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine reported this.
The greatest losses and damages to cultural infrastructure were incurred in the Donetsk, Kherson, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Mykolaiv, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia regions.
"The largest group of cultural infrastructure facilities that have been damaged or destroyed are clubs (49% of the total number of cultural infrastructure facilities that have suffered damage)," the ICIP noted.
In general, the following institutions were affected: clubs - 841; libraries - 601; art education institutions - 131; museums and galleries - 99; theaters and philharmonic societies - 30.
Cultural infrastructure facilities were damaged and destroyed in 262 territorial communities (17.8% of the total number of the territorial communities of Ukraine), in particular in the Donetsk (82%), Sumy (53%), Kharkiv (52%), Chernihiv (46%) regions, the Kherson (43%), Luhansk (42%), Mykolaiv (42%), Zaporizhzhia (36%), Kyiv (26%), Dnipropetrovsk (19%), Zhytomyr (12%), Odesa (8%), Khmelnytskyi (8%), Cherkasy (5%), Lviv (4%), Vinnytsia (3%), Zakarpattia (2%), Poltava (2%) regions and Kyiv.
October 9. Russian troops shelled the suburbs of Kherson after 1 p.m., a woman was injured.
The Kherson City Military Administration reported this on Telegram.
"After 1 p.m., Russian occupation forces fired on the suburbs of Kherson," the message says.
As noted, houses were damaged, a woman born in 1959 was injured. She is hospitalized in moderate condition.
October 9.The Russian army killed 506 children in Ukraine and injured another 1,133 children.
The Office of the Prosecutor General reported this on Telegram.
"More than 1,639 children have been injured in Ukraine as a result of Russia's full-scale armed aggression. As of the morning of October 9, 2023, according to official information from juvenile prosecutors, 506 children were killed and more than 1,133 were injured of varying severity," the statement reads.
The numbers are not final. Work is ongoing to establish them in the areas of hostilities, on the temporarily occupied and liberated territories.
Most children were injured in the Donetsk region - 489, Kharkiv - 303, Kyiv - 129, Kherson - 130, Zaporizhzhia - 99, Mykolaiv - 97, Dnipro - 96, Chernihiv - 72, Luhansk - 67.
October 9. Russia's military launched 77 strikes on 16 settlements in the Zaporizhzhia region on Sunday, October 8.
Yurii Malashko, head of the regional military administration, said this in a Facebook post.
"Seventy-four cases of artillery shelling were recorded in the front-line towns and villages, including Huliaipole, Zaliznychne, Mala Tokmachka, Malynivka, Novodanylivka, Preobrazhenka, Piatykhatky, Lobkove, and Stepove," the post reads.
The enemy also carried out an airstrike on Orikhiv and Robotyne and shelled Stepnohirsk with multiple launch rocket systems.
October 9. The Russian army struck Ukraine's southern Kherson region 53 times on Sunday, October 8, killing one person.
Kherson region governor Oleksandr Prokudin announced this on Facebook.
"Over the past 24 hours, the enemy launched 53 shelling attacks, firing 288 projectiles from mortars, artillery, Grad multiple rocket launchers, AGS [automatic grenade launchers], tanks, aircraft, and UAVs. The enemy fired 96 shells at the city of Kherson," he said.
October 9. Since went for a full-blown invasion of Ukraine, the enemy has destroyed or damaged 315 agricultural enterprises, inflicting losses worth at least UAH 4 million.
This was reported on Facebook by the acting head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration, Ihor Moroz.
"...Russian occupiers destroyed and damaged the assets of 315 agricultural enterprises across Donetsk region, causing losses worth at least UAH 4.3 billion. Despite this, farmers undertake maximum efforts to grow and store agriproducts, providing the region with food," Moroz said.
According to his reports, the harvesting of late crops - sunflower, corn, vegetables, and fodder - is currently being completed in Donetsk region. At the same time, sowing of winter grain crops - wheat, barley, and rapeseed - continues. Some 46% of the 121,500 hectares projected for sowing have already been sown.
October 8. Since day-start on Sunday, 11 people, including two children, have been injured by enemy shelling in Kherson.
Roman Mrochko, Head of the Kherson City Military Administration, reported this via Telegram.
"As of this hour, 11 people are known to have been injured in Kherson as a result of Russian shelling. Among them are two children. A 9-month-old girl has already been discharged from hospital, but an 11-year-old girl is in an extremely serious condition," Mrochko wrote.
October 8. The Kherson Regional Military Administration showed the consequences of the Russian attack launched last night.
Oleksandr Prokudin, Head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration posted the video on Facebook
"High-rise buildings, private houses, cars in parking lots and near houses, shells sticking out of the ground. This is how streets of Kherson look like now," the post reads.
It is noted that the occupiers again pummeled Kherson all night. Some objects were targeted repeatedly.
As reported, the Russian army massively shelled Kherson region on the night of October 8, injuring dozens of people. Eleven civilians were injured in Kherson city. A 27-year-old woman and her 9-month-old daughter were hospitalized in moderate condition.
October 8. Over the past day, the enemy army launched 133 strikes on 21 settlements of Zaporizhzhia region.
"118 artillery strikes were launched on the territory of Bilenke, Malynivka, Bilohirya, Levadne, Preobrazhenka, Poltavka, Kamyanske, Stepove, Pyatykhatky, Lobkove, Plavni and other front-line towns and villages," Head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration Yuriy Malashko posted on Facebook.
Russian military personnel also launched six UAV attacks on Novodarivka, Novodanylivka, Charivne and Chervone; airstrikes – on Orikhiv, Robotyne, Novodarivka and Novodanylivka; five MLRS attacks – on Mala Tokmachka.
Eleven reports on the destruction of residential buildings and infrastructure facilities were filed.
Yesterday, the enemy hit the village of Bilenke. A 30-year-old man and a 35-year-old woman were injured. A 46-year-old woman and a 71-year-old man were killed.
October 8. In Donetsk region, the Russian invaders shelled the settlement of Kostyantynivka, launching an Iskander cruise missile. A 9-year-old child is among the four injured.
That’s according to the Donetsk Regional Prosecutor's Office.
"On October 8, at 06:25, the Russian army shelled the town of Kostiantynivka, likely using an Iskander cruise missile. Russian troops targeted a residential building. The explosion injured four residents: a 9-year-old girl, her 44-year-old mother, a 64-year-old woman, and her 41-year-old son," the report said.
According to the prosecutor's office, the affected civilians suffered, shrapnel injuries, bruises, and a concussion.
"At the time of the attack, people were in their homes as a Russian missile hit nearby," added the prosecutor's office.
In addition, 10 apartment blocks, 19 houses, a passenger car, a boiler room, a gas pipe, and a power line were damaged.
A pre-trial investigation has been opened into the violation of the laws and customs of war (Article 438 Part 1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
October 8. The Russian military killed one resident in Donetsk region in the past day, October 7.
Ihor Moroz, acting head of the Donetsk regional military administration, reported this on Facebook.
"On October 7, the Russians killed 1 resident of Donetsk region — in Dronivka," he posted.
Moroz emphasized that the data are not final as it is currently impossible to establish the exact number of casualties in Mariupol and Volnovakha.
October 8. The "Supreme Court of Crimea" sentenced Serhii Tsyhipa, a journalist, writer, activist, head of the NGO "Kakhovka Bridgehead", who was abducted by the invaders in Kherson region in March 2022, to 13 years in a penal colony.
"By the decision of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Crimea, Ukrainian citizen Serhii Vitaliyovych Tsyhipa, born in 1961, was found guilty of espionage. He was sentenced to 13 years in prison with a term to be sentenced in a high-security penal facility," reads the statement by the press service of Russia’s FSB, Interfax informs.
According to the Russian special services, Tsyhipa "gave representatives of the Security Service of Ukraine and the Armed Forces of Ukraine information about the deployment locations, numbers and routes of movement of units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the area of the special military operation and the types of military equipment and weapons used by them."
As reported, journalist, writer and activist, head of NGO "Kakhovka Bridgehead" Serhii Tsyhipa, who was abducted by the invaders in Kherson region in March, was checked by the FSB in temporarily occupied Crimea.
In October 2022, it became known that Tsyhipa was held in Pre-Trial Detention Center No. 1 in Simferopol.
October 7. Russian forces have shelled Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk region, three times with heavy artillery today. Casualties have not been reported.
Serhiy Lysak, the head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration, said this in a Facebook post.
“The enemy again hit Nikopol with heavy artillery. The city was shelled twice during the day and once again in the evening. A gymnasium and a utility enterprise were damaged. Eleven private homes and the same number of farm buildings were damaged… Power lines and a gas pipeline were broken,” Lukashuk wrote.
He added that the information about damage caused by the aggressor is still being clarified. No one was injured.
In other communities of the region, the situation was calm during the day.
October 7. In Mykolaiv region, a second strike was recorded. The same site was hit, according to preliminary information.
Vitaliy Kim, the head of the Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration, wrote this on Telegram.
"The same site was hit again," he wrote.
Earlier, Kim reported that an explosion had been heard in the region and the relevant services were on their way to the scene.
October 7. In Kharkiv region, 48 victims of the Russian attack on a cafe in Hroza village have been identified, and 79 samples from body fragments remain to be examined.
"Forty-eight people killed in Hroza village have already been identified. Our specialists continue their work, they have already selected and processed DNA samples of sixteen relatives. Another 79 samples from unidentified bodies and fragments of remains are analyzed with ANDE DNA system," Serhii Bolvinov, head of the investigative department of the National Police Department in Kharkiv Region, posted on Facebook.
He emphasized that the Russian missile mutilated people so heavily that forensic scientists and investigators have dozens of fragments of the bodies, all of which are being carefully examined.
As reported, on October 5, Russian troops launched a missile attack on a shop and cafe in the village of Hroza in Kharkiv region, when a funeral repast was held there for a serviceman reburied in his native village. As a result of the strike, 51 people were killed, including son, daughter-in-law and wife of the fallen soldier. One victim died in the hospital. Six more people were injured.
According to law enforcement officials, the Russians hit the cafe with an Iskander-M missile. Its fragments were removed from the scene of the tragedy.
Four people, including two children, are considered missing. They are probably among unidentified body fragments.
October 7. Russians launched a missile attack on the village of Peresichne in Kharkiv region.
"The Russians continue launching terrorist attacks on the civilian population of Kharkiv region. Today, the enemy launched a missile attack on Peresichne village in Kharkiv district," Oleh Syniehubov, Head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, posted on Facebook.
According to him, a missile hit between two two-story apartment buildings. The roofs and facades of the houses were damaged, the glass was broken, a fire broke out.
A 66-year-old man and a 64-year-old woman needed medical help due to an acute stress reaction.
"According to the investigation data, around 10:00 on October 7, the enemy launched a missile attack on the village of Peresichne, Kharkiv district. According to preliminary data, S-300 missile was fired," the prosecutor's office said in a report.
Under the procedural guidance of the Derhachi District Prosecutor's Office of Kharkiv region, a pre-trial investigation was launched into the violation of the laws and customs of war (Part 1 of Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
October 7. As a result of an enemy attack on a village in Zaporizhzhia region, two people were killed.
This was reported on Facebook by the local office of the State Emergency Service.
"As of 12:0o, as a result of the shelling of a village in the Zaporizhzhia district, two people were killed and two more were injured," the report says. It is noted that five households sustained damage.
October 7. The State Emergency Service of Ukraine published photos showing consequences of a Russian morning shelling of Bilenke village near Zaporizhzhia. A local woman was killed in the shelling.
The Main Department of the State Emergency Service in Zaporizhzhia region on Facebook.
"On October 7, around 07:45, the Russian army shelled one of the populated areas in Zaporizhzhia district. Arriving at the scene, rescuers found that the shelling had damaged five private houses," the post reads.
The incident is being investigated. Six rescuers are working at the scene.
October 7. In Poltava region, a Russian missile damaged nine private houses in Myrhorod district.
Dmytro Lunin, the head of the Poltava Regional Military Administration, reported this on Telegram.
"An enemy missile exploded in Myrhorod district. Nine private houses were damaged," Lunin wrote.
According to him, no casualties have been recorded.
October 7. 506 children have been killed in Ukraine as a result of Russia’s full scale aggression.
“More than 1,636 children in Ukraine have suffered from the full-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation. As of the morning of October 7, 2023, according to the official information provided by juvenile prosecutors, 506 children were killed and more than 1,130 received injuries of various degrees of severity,” the Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office posted on Telegram.
It is noted that these figures are not final, as work is underway in the areas of active hostilities, in the temporarily occupied and liberated territories.
Most children were affected in Donetsk region - 488, Kharkiv region - 303, Kyiv region - 129, Kherson region - 128, Zaporizhzhia region – 99, Mykolaiv region - 97, Dnipropetrovsk region – 96, Chernihiv region – 72, and Luhansk region – 67.
October 7. On the morning of October 7, the Russians shelled Sumy region with Grad MLRS and mortars.
"In the morning, the Russians launched two strikes on border areas. Ten explosions were recorded," the Sumy Regional Military Administration posted on Telegram.
In particular, Krasnopillia and Druzhba communities came under fire. The enemy shelled Druzhba community with Grad MLRS, six explosions were recorded. Krasnopillia community came under mortar fire. Four explosions rang out.
October 7. At night, Russian aggressors struck Odesa region with Oniks supersonic missiles.
"At night, the enemy attacked Odesa region with Oniks supersonic anti-ship missiles launched from the Bastion coastal missile system in the temporarily occupied Crimea," the Operational Command "South" posted on Facebook.
According to the military, a guesthouse in the recreation area and a granary of the port infrastructure were hit.
Missile fragments and the blast wave caused a fire in a garage cooperative, several apartment blocks were damaged.
"No casualties have been reported," the Operational Command "South" added.
October 6. On Friday, the Russian military massively shelled the Kupiansk district, in particular, they dropped FAB-500 on Petropavlivka, damaging houses and power poles.
This was reported on Facebook by the press service of the Main Department of the National Police in the Kharkiv region.
"On October 6, at 4:00 a.m., the enemy fired a FAB-500 high-explosive bomb at the village of Petropavlivka, in the Kupiansk district. The attack damaged residential buildings, outbuildings, garages and power poles. There were no casualties," the statement said.
In addition, at about 9:10 a.m., the village of Shevchenkove, in the Kupiansk district, was shelled with a Tornado-S MLRS. It hit a vegetable garden and greenhouses on the territory of a private house. A 56-year-old man was injured.
In addition, a missile hit a field near the village.
According to the police, at 10:00 a.m., Russians fired again at Shevchenkove. Several hits were recorded: two within the village and one outside the village. A 54-year-old man was injured and taken to hospital.
Also, around 10:00 a.m., the village of Nechvolodivka was shelled with Smerch multiple rocket launchers. There were no casualties.
Investigators opened criminal proceedings over the violation of the laws and customs of war under Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
October 6. Seventy-two buildings in Kharkiv were damaged in a Russian missile strike on the city on Friday morning.
The press service of the Kharkiv City Council reported this on Telegram.
"As a result of the Russian missile attack on the central part of Kharkiv city, 72 buildings have been damaged. Of them, 69 are residential buildings," the report says.
According to the city council's preliminary calculations, 681 windows in apartments and 107 windows in other buildings, four roofs, have been damaged.
"Utility workers have already checked 12 buildings, the works are ongoing," the city council said.
As reported, on October 6, at about 6:45 a.m., Russian troops launched missile attacks on Kyivskyi and Osnovianskyi districts of Kharkiv city. A road near a residential area and a three-story residential building were hit.
The bodies of a 10-year-old boy and his 67-year-old grandmother were recovered from the rubble in Slobidskyi district. The victim's 11-month-old brother and parents were hospitalized with injuries. According to the prosecutor's office, the Russians struck with Iskander-M missiles.
October 6. As a result of the morning attacks on two districts of Kharkiv, 30 people were injured, most of them in moderate condition.
Oleh Syniehubov, the head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, said this on Telegram.
"A total of 30 people were injured: 20 men and nine women aged 18 to 85, and an 11-month-old boy, the brother of the deceased child, was also injured. The condition of most of the injured, including the child, is moderate. There are also several 'light' patients. They were treated on the spot," informed the head of the Military Administration.
According to him, most of the people suffered from explosive injuries, shrapnel injuries to their arms and legs, face, and bruises. Two of the victims had an acute stress reaction.
October 6. In the Donetsk region, Russian invaders shelled Vuhledar twice over the past day, and struck Novoukrainka with phosphorus ammunition.
This was reported on Facebook by the acting head of the Donetsk regional military administration Ihor Moroz.
"In the Volnovakha direction, Russians fired twice at Vuhledar and hit Novoukrainka with phosphorus ammunition," the head of the region wrote.
He noted that in the Donetsk direction one person was injured in Novomykhailivka of the Marinka community, Krasnohorivka, Zoryane, Katerynivka and Yelyzavetivka came under fire. The night before, the private sector of Kurakhivka came under fire, and in the morning Avdiivka came under massive artillery fire.
According to Moroz, in the Horlivka direction one person was injured and two houses were damaged in Pleshchiivka of the Illinivka community. In the Kostyantynivka community, 13 houses were damaged in Ivanopil, and the outskirts of Markove were shelled.
In the Toretsk community, a house in Druzhba was damaged, and the enemy dropped a bomb on Nelipivka, causing no casualties. Nine houses were damaged in the Chasiv Yar community. In the Soledar community, Rozdolivka and Vasyukivka were shelled.
In the Lysychansk direction, a house in Siversk was damaged. Pereizne in the Zvanivka community is under fire, and Torske, Zarichne and Yampil in the Lyman community.
October 6. More than 20 buildings were damaged in the morning on October 6 as a result of rocket attacks on Kharkiv by Russian troops, and the number of victims and whether there are any other victims besides the dead child are being determined.
Oleh Syniehubov, the head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, said this on the air of the 'United News' nationwide telethon, an Ukrinform correspondent reported.
"Now we are going door-to-door, as this is a residential area. This is almost the central, historical part of the city. There is a large amount of destruction: about 25 apartment buildings without windows," Syniehubov said.
He added that the city authorities are currently dealing with the resettlement of people from the destroyed houses.
"There are places for this, everything will be offered to people," said the head of the Regional Military Administration.
October 6. Russian troops fired at 23 localities in the Zaporizhzhia region. 156 attacks were recorded.
Yuriy Malashko, the head of the Zaporizhzhya Military District, reported this on Facebook.
"131 artillery attacks took place on the territory of Novoyakovlivka, Hulyaipole, Zaliznychne, Charivne, Chervone, Malynivka, Poltavka, Temyrivka, Kamianske, Stepove, Pyatikhatky, Lobkove and other frontline towns and villages. The enemy carried out 11 MLRS attacks on Orikhiv, Mala Tokmachka and Robotyne, nine UAV attacks on Robotyno, Novodarivka and Novoandriivka, as well as air strikes on Orikhiv, Robotyne, Novodarivka, Mala Tokmachka and Novodanylivka," he wrote.
There were 13 reports of destruction of residential buildings and infrastructure. No local residents were injured.
October 6. The Russian army shelled Kherson region 78 times, killing two people on October 5.
Oleksandr Prokudin, the head of the regional military administration, said this in a Facebook post, Ukrinform reports.
"In the past day, the enemy launched 78 shelling attacks, firing 330 projectiles from mortars, artillery, Grad MLRs, tanks, aircraft, and UAVs. The enemy fired 27 projectiles at the city of Kherson," the region’s head said.
According to Prokudin, the Russian military targeted residential quarters in populated areas, a medical facility in Beryslav, and a social and medical facility in Kherson district.
October 6. The Russian forces struck the central part of the city of Kharkiv. Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov reported this on Telegram.
"The city of Kharkiv is under fire. There is information about a strike on the central part of the city," he posted.
In turn, Oleh Syniehubov, the head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, called on residents to stay in shelters. At least three people have been injured.
"According to preliminary information, hits were recorded in Kyivskyi and Osnovianskyi districts of Kharkiv. Three people have been injured, they are in fair condition. Emergency services are working at the scene. Damage was caused to cars and buildings. The information is being updated,” he added later.
October 5. The Russians have struck a civilian facility in the village of Hroza in the Kupiansk district of Kharkiv Oblast. Early reports indicate that 51 people were killed.
Source: Oleh Syniehubov, Head of Kharkiv Oblast Military Administration; President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Telegram; Kharkiv Oblast Prosecutor's Office
"At about 13:15 the Russians struck a café and a store in a village in the Kupiansk district where a lot of civilians were concentrated. Rescue workers continue working at the site of the attack. As of now, 48 bodies, including that of a 6-year-old boy, have been retrieved from the debris. Six people were injured, including one child. They are receiving necessary medical treatment. The search and rescue operation is ongoing.
Kharkiv Oblast Prosecutor’s Office reported that as of 16:00, 49 people had been killed and 7 more injured.
Ihor Klymenko, Ukraine’s Minister of Internal Affairs, said on the national 24/7 newscast that a memorial dinner for a deceased resident was being held in the café when it was bombed by the Russians; a third of the villagers had come to the event (330 people are registered residents).
Later, Klymenko stated that the death toll in the village of Hroza had risen to 50 people. According to preliminary reports, the Russians targeted the café with an Iskander missile.
At 17:39, the official reported another casualty, bringing the number of people killed in the attack to 51.
"One of the injured people died while receiving medical attention. The rubble is being cleared," he wrote.
President Zelenskyy expressed his condolences to everyone who lost their loved ones and pointed out once again that the Russian terror must be stopped. He said that he was negotiating with European leaders about strengthening Ukrainian air defence and soldiers.
Quote from Zelenskyy: "A demonstrably brutal Russian crime, a missile attack on an ordinary grocery store, a completely deliberate terrorist attack. Kupiansk district in Kharkiv Oblast. As of now, more than 48 people have been reported killed. My condolences! The injured are receiving medical attention…
And we will respond to the terrorists. Absolutely fair. And powerful.
Anyone who helps Russia circumvent sanctions is a criminal. Everyone who still supports Russia is supporting evil. Russia needs this and similar terrorist attacks for one thing only: to make its genocidal aggression the new normal for the whole world. And I thank every leader, every nation that supports us in defending life!"
October 5. During the shelling of the city of Beryslav in the Kherson region, Russian troops hit a hospital, destroying the fourth floor and injuring two medical workers.
Oleksandr Prokudin, the head of the Regional Military Administration, reported this on Facebook.
"There was a direct hit to the hospital in Beryslav. The fourth floor was completely destroyed, another one was partially destroyed," he said in a statement.
The enemy fire also damaged the ambulances.
As noted, two medical workers were injured. The driver of the ambulance sustained a broken leg and a head injury, and the paramedic sustained a concussion. The information is being clarified.
According to the Kherson Regional Prosecutor's Office, an investigation into the shelling of the hospital and emergency station in Beryslav has been launched.
It is noted that at about 12:40 p.m., enemy shells hit the hospital and the emergency medical station. The hospital building was partially destroyed.
October 4. In the Donetsk region, Russian troops attacked the Selydove community the night before, injuring three people.
The Office of the Prosecutor General reported this on Facebook.
Allegedly, on October 3, at about 6:50 p.m., the Russian army attacked the village of Vyshneve of the Selydove territorial community. The territory of a private enterprise was in the epicenter of the attack.
At the time of the hostile attack, there were workers in the building who had just started their night shift. A 37-year-old woman and two men aged 27 and 33 were injured. They were hospitalized with multiple injuries and fractures.
As a result of the shelling, almost half of the workshop building was destroyed. Cars, cargo trailers, roofs and garage doors were damaged.
Under the procedural control of the Donetsk Regional Prosecutor's Office, a pre-trial investigation was launched in a criminal proceeding on the violation of the laws and customs of war (Part 1 of Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
October 5. Since February 24, 2022, 1,214 children have been reported missing in Ukraine.
This was reported on Facebook by the press service of the Ombudsman's Office.
"According to the state portal for searching for children 'Children of War', as of October 5, 2023, 1,214 children are considered missing in Ukraine, 18,650 children have been found," the press service said
October 4. Explosions have been heard in Kryvyi Rih after the air raid alert was announced.
Oleksandr Vilkul, chairman of the Defense Council of Kryvyi Rih, said this on Facebook.
"Kryvyi Rih. Explosions. We are not filming or posting anything on the Internet. Be careful, there are still high-speed missiles in our direction," he wrote.
The explosions occurred during an air raid alert.
October 4. Russian troops attacked the Kherson region 100 times, having fired 699 projectiles on October 3, 2023.
The relevant statement was made by Kherson Regional Military Administration Head Oleksandr Prokudin on Facebook.
According to Prokudin, the enemy used mortars, artillery, unmanned aerial vehicles, tanks, aircraft, BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicles, and the Grad multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS). Thirty-nine Russian projectiles were fired at the city of Kherson.
Enemy attacks targeted residential areas across the Kherson region’s settlements. An administrative building, educational institution, church, pharmacies and agricultural enterprise were hit in the Beryslav district, as well as a park and plant in Kherson.
Following Russian shelling, one person was reported killed and 16 injured.
October 4. Russian troops have attacked the Dnipropetrovsk region’s Myrove community with artillery.
The relevant statement was made by Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration Head Serhii Lysak on Facebook.
“Last night the enemy shelled the Nikopol district’s Myrove community with artillery. A dozen of [Russian] projectiles hit a local village,” Lysak wrote.
Following the enemy attack, two detached houses and a household building were damaged. Power transmission lines were seriously hit.
Fortunately, civilians remained unharmed.
In the rest of districts, no enemy shelling was recorded.
October 3. Russian troops again shelled Zolochiv border community in Bohodukhiv district, Kharkiv region. An administrative building, civilian enterprises and a cemetery were damaged.
"The enemy once again struck Zolochiv community. Today at 14:00, the Russian occupiers shelled the village of Huryiv Kozachok with mortars. In total, about nine strikes were launched. As a result of the shelling, an administrative building was significantly damaged, and a field near the settlement caught fire," the press service of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration posted on Telegram.
In addition, the villages of Odnorobivka, where two houses were damaged, and Ivashky, where local enterprises and a cemetery were hit, came under fire.
"In both settlements, gas and electricity supply networks were damaged as a result of enemy strikes. As of now, no casualties have been reported," the Administration added.
As reported, on October 2, Russian troops massively shelled the border village of Huryiv Kozachok in Kharkiv region. At least 18 artillery strikes were launched.
October 3. Russian troops shelled the Dniprovsky district of Kherson, damaging private buildings.
Roman Mrochko, the head of the Kherson Сity Military Administration, wrote about it on Facebook.
"Around noon, Russian occupation forces attacked the Dniprovsky district of Kherson from the temporarily occupied left bank," the statement reads.
As noted, private houses were damaged.
October 3. Russian troops have massively shelled the Kharkiv region’s urban-type settlement of Kozacha Lopan. Many houses were damaged, and power supply services were partially interrupted.
The relevant statement was made by Derhachi Town Military Administration Head Viacheslav Zadorenko on Facebook.
“A few hours ago, the Russian army launched at least 10 strikes on civil infrastructure in the village. Up to 10 detached houses and household buildings were damaged, as well as power transmission lines,” the report states.
Some parts of Kozacha Lopan were left without electricity. Relevant services are working at the scene.
October 3. Russian invaders struck at Nevske and Novolyubivka in the Luhansk region, dropping guided aerial bombs.
Artem Lysohor, the head of the Luhansk Regional Military Administration, posted this on Facebook.
"Russians hit Nevske and Novolyubivka with KAB-500 bombs. Four times - on Novolyubivka, twice more - on Nevske. The occupants hit near the school they had destroyed earlier. Another 30 explosions were heard in the area around these settlements," said the head of the Luhansk region.
October 3. The enemy army attacked 22 settlements in the Zaporizhzhia region during the day.
Yuriy Malashko, the head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration, posted this on Facebook.
"128 strikes - the enemy attacked 22 settlements of the Zaporizhzhia region," he wrote.
Russian military conducted four MLRS attacks on Novodanylivka and Mala Tokmachka, ten UAV attacks on Hulyaipole, Novodarivka, Novodanylivka, Mala Tokmachka and Temyrivka, and five aerial attacks on Orikhiv, Novodarivka and Mala Tokmachka.
109 artillery attacks took place on the territory of frontline towns and villages, including Hulyaipole, Zaliznychne, Novoandriivka, Malynivka, Bilohirya, Preobrazhenka, Pyatikhatky, Lobkove and Kamianske.
There were 18 reports of the destruction of residential buildings, outbuildings and infrastructure. No local residents were injured.
October 3. The Russian army injured five residents of Donetsk region over the past day, October 2.
"On October 2, the Russians injured five residents of Donetsk region: two – in Novoukrayinka, one each – in Trudove, Avdiyivka and Yelyzavetivka," Ihor Moroz, acting head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration, posted on Facebook.
According to the published infographics, at least 1,729 people have been killed and 4,198 people have been injured in Donetsk region since the beginning of the full-scale war. However, the data are not final as it is currently impossible to establish the exact number of casualties in Mariupol and Volnovakha.
October 3. Over the past day, the Russian army launched 80 strikes on Kherson region, killing two people.
"Over the past day, the enemy launched 80 strikes, firing 502 shells from mortars, artillery, Grad MLRS, tanks, aviation and UAVs. The enemy fired 60 shells on the city of Kherson," Oleksandr Prokudin, Head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration, posted on Facebook.
According to Prokudin, the Russian military hit the residential neighborhoods of the populated settlements of the region; buildings of educational institutions, a church, a humanitarian headquarters, a shopping center, an auto center, a factory and a critical infrastructure facility in Kherson.
As a result of the Russian aggression, two people were killed and seven more were injured.
October 2. Russian troops have dropped a guided bomb on the Kharkiv region’s town of Kupiansk, causing damage to residential houses and civilian cars.
The relevant statement was made by Kharkiv Regional Military Administration Head Oleh Syniehubov on Facebook.
“The Russian army struck the town of Kupiansk. According to the preliminary data, it was a guided bomb. At least seven residential houses were damaged, and civilian cars were destroyed,” Syniehubov wrote.
In his words, no casualties were reported.
The Ukrainian State Emergency Service is eliminating the consequences of the enemy attack.
October 2. Russian troops massively shelled the border village of Huryiv Kozachok in Kharkiv region, there were at least 18 artillery strikes.
"Around 11:00, the enemy launched a massive artillery attack on the village of Huryiv Kozachok, Bohodukhiv district. At least 18 strikes were recorded," the press service of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration posted on Telegram.
As a result of the hits, a private house was destroyed, outbuildings were damaged. No civilian casualties were reported.
The enemy has recently intensified shelling of Zolochiv border community in Bohodukhiv district, Kharkiv region. Odnorobivka, Ivashky, Huryiv Kozachok, Basove and other settlements are under attack. There has been no electricity supply in Ivashky for several months.
October 2. In Kherson, since the day of de-occupation, nine employees of public utilities have been killed in the line of duty.
Roman Mrochko, the head of the Kherson City Military Administration, said this on Telegram.
"In total, in the Kherson city territorial community, since the day of de-occupation, November 11, 2022, nine employees of public utilities (transport, medicine, education, heat supply, etc.) have been killed in the line of duty and 27 have been injured," the statement said.
As noted, outside of work, the Russian army killed eight employees of Kherson utility companies and injured eight others.
October 2. Over the past week, Russia fired 39 times at the border of the Chernihiv region and hit 17 settlements.
Vyacheslav Chaus, the head of the Cherkasy Regional Military Administration, wrote about this on Telegram.
"Over the past week, the enemy fired 39 times at 17 border settlements of the Chernihiv region. 468 explosions were recorded. The enemy conducted two airstrikes using a helicopter. Civilian infrastructure was destroyed and damaged. Unfortunately, there is an injured person," Chaus wrote.
October 2. The Russian army killed 504 children in Ukraine and injured another 1,129 children.
The Office of the Prosecutor General reported this on Telegram.
"More than 1,633 children have been injured in Ukraine as a result of Russia's full-scale armed aggression. As of the morning of October 2, 2023, according to official information from juvenile prosecutors, 504 children were killed and more than 1,129 were injured of varying severity," the statement said.
The numbers are not final. Work is ongoing to establish them in the areas of hostilities, on the temporarily occupied and liberated territories.
Most children were affected in the Donetsk region - 488, Kharkiv - 300, Kyiv - 129, Kherson - 128, Zaporizhzhia - 99, Mykolaiv - 97, Dnipro - 96, Chernihiv - 72, Luhansk - 67.
October 2. The Russian army has resumed shelling Kherson, and loud explosions are heard in the city.
This was reported by the Kherson City Military Administration on Telegram.
"The Russian army has resumed shelling in the city of Kherson! Powerful explosions are heard in the city," the message says.
The population is urged not to go out unnecessarily, and to stay in safe places.
October 2. Two children and their mother were injured in Kherson as a result of a nighttime enemy shelling.
The Office of the Prosecutor General reported this on Facebook
Under the procedural guidance of the Kherson District Prosecutor's Office, a pre-trial investigation was initiated in criminal proceedings over violation of the laws and customs of war (Part 1 of Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
According to the investigation, on October 1, at about 11:40 p.m., the Russian military once again shelled residential areas of Kherson.
The artillery shelling caused a fire in a private house.
A 13-year-old girl sustained moderate injuries, and her 12-year-old sister was diagnosed with an acute stress reaction due to the shelling. The girls' mother also sustained shrapnel injuries.
The victims of the shelling were in their homes.
All night and in the morning on October 2, the invaders were shelling the central part of Kherson, the Prosecutor General's Office emphasized.
Houses, outbuildings, a church and other civilian objects were damaged.
October 1. Six strikes by the Russian invaders were recorded in Chernihiv region over the past day. A 16-year-old boy was injured.
"Over the past day, there were six strikes (51 explosions). The enemy fired mortars and artillery on Novhorod-Siverskyi and Koriukivka districts. The launch of unguided aerial missiles was also recorded," Head of the Chernihiv Regional Military Administration Vyacheslav Chaus posted on Facebook.
According to Chaus, a local resident – a 16-year-old boy – was injured in the artillery shelling of Semenivka territorial community. He was hospitalized.
October 1. On the morning of October 1, 2023, two Russian drones hit a residential house in the Donetsk region. Casualties among civilians were reported.
The relevant statement was made by Donetsk Regional Military Administration Acting Head Ihor Moroz on Facebook.
“Two Shahed drones have hit a house in Lyman this morning. Casualties were reported, further details are yet to be checked,” Moroz wrote.
In the Lysychansk direction, two infrastructure objects were damaged in Siversk and two houses in Zvanivka.
In the Volnovakha direction, one person was injured in Russia’s shelling of the Vuhledar community’s Novoukrainka. Such settlements as Prechystivka, Bohoiavlenka and Vuhledar also came under enemy fire.
October 1. Last night one Shahed-type suicide drone was downed over the Mykolaiv region, but the other hit an agricultural warehouse facility.
The relevant statement was made by Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration on Facebook.
“On the night of October 1, 2023, the air defense units and systems destroyed one Shahed-131/136 drone over the Mykolaiv region,” the report states.
Meanwhile, outside the Snihurivka community in the Bashtanka district, an agricultural warehouse facility and a fence were hit by an enemy drone.
“Additionally, dry grass caught fire, but it was promptly extinguished. No casualties were reported,” the regional authorities added.
October 1. On the night of October 1, 2023, Russian troops launched a missile attack on the city of Kharkiv. Three enemy S-300 missiles hit the territory of a civilian enterprise.
The relevant statement was made by Kharkiv Regional Military Administration Head Oleh Syniehubov on Facebook.
“Last night, around 01:00 a.m., the enemy launched a missile attack on Kharkiv. Three missiles, presumably S-300, hit the territory of a civilian enterprise. A fire broke out,” Syniehubov wrote, adding that further details are yet to be checked.
According to Syniehubov, over the past day, Russians have been shelling settlements in the Kharkiv, Bohodukhiv, Chuhuiv, Kupiansk and Izium districts with artillery, mortars, and other weapons.
Following Russia’s artillery attack on the Kharkiv district’s village of Kozacha Lopan, two household buildings were damaged, as well as a fence and a barn. A fire broke out.
In the Bohodukhiv district’s village of Basove, Russian attacks caused damage to a detached house and household buildings.
In the Kupiansk district’s Kindrashivka and Hlushkivka, following Russian shelling, dry grass caught fire in the field.
Additionally, near the Bohodukhiv district’s village of Oskil, a local man, 52, tripped over a ‘butterfly’ mine in the forest and was taken to hospital in moderately grave condition.
October 1. At night, the enemy army attacked Kryvyi Rih with drones.
"At night, the enemy attacked Kryvyi Rih with drones. Unfortunately, civilian infrastructure was hit," Serhiy Lysak, Head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration, posted on Telegram.
There is destruction, a fire broke out. In addition, the aggressor shelled Nikopol with heavy artillery and struck Velyka Mykhaylivka community in Synelnykove district. A power line and a gas pipeline were damaged. No casualties have been reported.
October 1. In Uman, Cherkasy region, enemy combat drones hit industrial infrastructure. One person was injured.
"At night, the enemy massively attacked Cherkasy region with combat drones. Unfortunately, industrial infrastructure in Uman was hit," Head of the Cherkasy Regional Military Administration Ihor Taburets posted on Facebook.
According to Taburets, fires broke out at warehouses, in particular those where grain was stored.
According to preliminary data, one person was injured.
Currently, the liquidation of the consequences is ongoing. All specialized services work on site. Law enforcement officers document yet another crime committed by Russian terrorists, the governor noted.
On the night of October 1, the Russians attacked several regions of Ukraine with combat UAVs and ballistic missiles, explosions were heard in several cities.
Read more: Chronicle of the russian federation Crimes in Ukraine (September 2023)
