Russian forces receive orders to suspend offensive operations on several fronts – General Staff report
UKRAINSKA PRAVDA – THURSDAY, 13 OCTOBER 2022, 07:36
Russian forces have begun to receive orders from top military leaders to suspend offensive operations on several fronts – in particular, in Donetsk Oblast.
Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 06:00 on 13 October
Details: The General Staff explained that low morale among the recently arrived reinforcements, numerous acts of desertion by the recently conscripted soldiers, and refusal to carry out orders are among the reasons for the decision to suspend offensive operations.
Ukrainian units struck three S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems and their crews near Tokmak in Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Wounded Russian soldiers have been taken to a local hospital. Up to 150 Russian soldiers have been killed as a result of Ukrainian forces’ precision attacks in the vicinity of Tokarivka in Kherson Oblast.
The Russians carried out 3 missile strikes and 21 airstrikes, as well as around 104 attacks using multiple-launch rocket systems [MLRS].
More than 40 cities, towns and villages came under Russian fire, including Mykolaiv, Vinnytsia, Cherkasy, Cherniakhov, Bilohorivka, Spirne, Pavlivka, Myrne and Davydiv Brid. The Russians deployed cruise, air-to-surface, and anti-aircraft missiles, as well as Iranian-made unmanned aerial vehicles, to carry out these attacks.
There were no significant changes on the Volyn and Polissia fronts. On other fronts, the Russians continued to fire on military and civilian targets:
- On the Sivershchyna front: Russian forces deployed mortars and tubed artillery to fire on areas in and around Myropillia, Seredyna-Buda, Stukalivka and Pavlivka;
- On the Slobozhanshchyna front: the Russians used various types of artillery to fire on areas in and around Buhruvatka, Hrianivka, Strilecha, Dvorichna, Nova Vovcha, Udy and Chervona Zoria;
- On the Kramatorsk front: the Russians used tank guns, mortars and tubed and rocket artillery to fire along the entire line of contact, in particular on the areas in the vicinity of Bilohorivka, Zarichne, Novoyehorivka, Serebrianka, Spirne, Terny, Torske and Yampolivka;
- On the Bakhmut front: Russian forces deployed tanks and artillery of various calibres to fire along the entire line of contact. In particular, Bakhmut, Bakhmutske, Zelenopillia, Soledar, Maiorsk, New-York and Yakovlivka came under Russian fire;
- On the Avdiivka front: the Russians fired on areas in and around Avdiivka, Krasnohorivka, Marinka, Nevelske and Pervomaiske using tank guns, mortars and tubed and rocket artillery;
- On the Novopavlivka and Zaporizhzhia fronts: 15 Ukrainian towns and villages came under Russian fire, including Bohoiavlenivka, Vremivka, Zaliznychne, Mykilske, Novopil, Novosilka and Poltavka;
- On the Pivdennyi Buh front, Russian forces fired on areas in and around more than 20 towns and villages situated along the contact line.
Ukrainian forces repelled Russian attacks in the vicinity of Bakhmutske, Ozarianivka, Ivanhrad, Bakhmut and Marinka.
Ukrainian aircraft carried out 32 airstrikes on 12 October, striking over 25 areas of concentration of Russian weapons and equipment and 7 anti-aircraft defence systems. Ukraine’s air defence units shot down 4 Russian helicopters [note that the Ukrainian Air Force reported that 5 Russian helicopters have been struck – ed.] and 26 UAVs.
Ukraine’s Rocket Forces and Artillery struck 6 Russian command posts, 7 areas where Russian military personnel, weapons and equipment were concentrated, and 4 ammunition storage points. Russian artillery and electronic warfare systems, as well as a number of other military targets, also came under Ukrainian fire.
The General Staff additionally reported that up to 30 damaged armoured vehicles arrive for repairs at a Russian repair workshop near Kalanchak in Kherson Oblast every day.
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