Ukrainian Armed Forces destroy 3 Russian command posts and hit 4 air defence systems in south of Ukraine

OLHA HLUSHCHENKO – FRIDAY, 14 OCTOBER 2022, 04:38

The Armed Forces of Ukraine have destroyed three command posts of the 35th Combined Arms Army of the Russian Federation and struck four Russian air defence systems in the south of Ukraine.

Source: Operational Command Pivden (South) on Facebook

Quote: "Now and again the enemy deploys sabotage and reconnaissance groups (SRGs) in order to uncover our positions. Today, for example, an enemy SRG came upon our observation post. Following the gun battle that ensued, the enemy sustained losses (enemy troops were wounded and killed) and retreated.

In the afternoon, [the Russians] deployed multiple-launch rocket systems [MLRS] to attack the Apostolove hromada [an administrative unit designating the city of Apostolove and its adjacent territories - ed.] in Kryvyi Rih Oblast. There were no casualties."

Details: Operational Command Pivden (South) additionally reported that Russian forces deployed naval-based Kalibr cruise missiles to attack Ukraine on the evening of 13 October. Ukraine’s air defence forces shot down one of the missiles, which targeted Odesa Oblast.

Russian aircraft (an assault jet and a helicopter) carried out two airstrikes on the positions of Ukrainian forces near Davydiv Brid. The Ukrainian forces sustained no losses in the attack.

The command added that Ukrainian aircraft carried out more than three times as many airstrikes which were, moreover, of more effective orders of magnitude: four Russian air defence systems were struck in the Beryslav and Kakhovka districts, as well as three concentrations of manpower, weapons and equipment in the Mykolaiv, Bashtanka and Kherson districts.

Ukraine’s Rocket Forces and Artillery carried out more than 190 firing missions, destroying two Uragan and Grad MLRS and a [TOS-1] Solntsepyok MLRS, an electronic warfare system, two 120-mm mortars, three tanks, and three command posts of the 35th Combined Arms Army.

Ukrainian forces shot down two Russian Orlan-10 UAVs, which Russian forces deployed to conduct aerial reconnaissance.

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