Russian occupiers forcibly relocate residents of 2 villages in Luhansk Oblast – General Staff report

THURSDAY, 22 SEPTEMBER 2022, 06:49

Russian occupying forces have forced residents of Honcharivka and Kuzmenivka, two villages in the Svatove district in Luhansk Oblast, to abandon their homes and have relocated them further east, deeper into the Russian-occupied territory of the oblast.

Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 06:00 on 22 September

Quote: "Violating the norms of international humanitarian law and the laws and customs of war remains the norm for Russian military personnel on the temporarily occupied territories [of Ukraine].

For example, the occupiers have forcibly relocated residents of Honcharivka and Kuzmenivka in the Svatove district further into the occupied territory of Luhansk Oblast in order to conceal the fact that they are undertaking measures to reinforce their positions there.

The occupiers captured milk trucks in several hromadas [administrative units designating a city, town or village, or a group of villages, and their adjacent territories - ed.] in Mykolaiv Oblast and are using them to covertly transport fuel to areas of hostilities."

Details: Russian forces carried out eight missile strikes, 16 airstrikes and 115 attacks using multiple-launch rocket systems (MLRS) on military and civilian targets across the territory of Ukraine over the course of 21 September. Russian attacks damaged infrastructure in more than 40 cities, towns and villages, including Siversk, Marinka, Vesele, Neskuchne, Yehorivka, Bezimenne, Bilohirka, Myroliubivka and Vysokopillia. There is an ongoing threat of airstrikes and missile strikes across all of Ukraine.

There were no changes on the Volyn and Polissia fronts. On other fronts, the Russians continued to fire on military and civilian targets using tank guns, mortars and various types of artillery:

• On the Sivershchyna front: areas in and around Senkivka and Huta-Studenetska (Chernihiv Oblast);

• On the Slobozhanshchyna front: areas in and around Strilecha, Hlyboke, Morokhovets, Hatyshche, Vovchansk, Kamianka, Kupiansk and Osykove;

• On the Kramatorsk front: Sloviansk, Korovii Yar, Bohorodychne, Oleksandrivka, Yarova, Pryshyb, Dibrova, Donetske and Raihorodok;

• On the Bakhmut front: Mykolaivka, Soledar, Bakhmutske, Bakhmut, Rozdolivka, Opytne, Yakovlivka, Bilohorivka and Maiorsk;

• On the Avdiivka front: Krasnohorivka, Avdiivka, Kamianka, Opytne, Marinka and Vodiane;

• Around 16 cities, towns and villages came under Russian fire on the Novopavlivka and Zaporizhzhia fronts, including Vuhledar, Prechystivka, Huliaipilske, Neskuchne, Vremivka and Novopil;
• On the Pivdennyi Buh front, Russian forces fired on over 25 towns and villages along the entire line of contact and made over 30 UAV sorties in order to adjust fire and carry out strikes on civilian infrastructure targets.

Over the course of 21 September, Ukrainian forces have repelled Russian attacks near Zaitseve, Odradivka and Novomykhailivka. Ukrainian aircraft carried out 41 airstrikes on Russian positions, striking 21 areas where Russian military personnel and equipment were concentrated, four strong points and 15 anti-aircraft defence systems.

Ukraine’s rocket and artillery units struck 24 Russian targets over the course of the day, including four command posts; four areas where Russian military personnel, weapons and equipment were concentrated; seven ammunition, fuel and other storage points; and four anti-aircraft and artillery systems.

Russia’s total losses have yet to be confirmed.

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