Air Force strikes Russian positions 13 times in south

OLHA HLUSHCHENKO — SATURDAY, 15 OCTOBER 2022, 05:07 

Ukrainian soldiers have hit positions of Russian troops 13 times from the sky in the south of Ukraine. 

Source: Operational Command Pivden (South)

Quote: "Russians have intensified their air reconnaissance, especially in Bashtanka (Mykolaiv Oblast) and Beryslav (Kherson Oblast - ed.) districts, with the aim of locating the positions of our troops and correcting artillery fire. 

About a dozen shells were fired from Grad and Uragan multiple rocket launchers in the evening [of 14-15 October], hitting the cities of Marhanets and Dobra Nadiia in Nikopol district, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. The scale of the damage is being ascertained; as of now, no injuries have been reported. 

Attack and army aircraft struck the Davydiv Brid front six times."

Details: The Ukrainian Air Force struck 13 times in response, hitting Russian targets such as strongholds, areas of concentration of manpower, weaponry and equipment, air defence positions, command posts, and munition storages. 

Confirmed losses on the Russian side are 18 servicemen, 2 Msta-S self-propelled howitzers, 2 Grad multiple rocket launchers, 1 Pion self-propelled 203-calibre gun, 4 armoured vehicles, and 1 munition storage in Beryslav district. 

In addition, 3 Msta-S self-propelled howitzers and another Grad multiple rocket launcher, 1 Hyacinth-B large-calibre gun, 1 tank and other armoured vehicles were damaged. 

In the liberated settlements of Kherson Oblast, stabilisation measures are still ongoing and have turned up arsenals of weapons belonging to the occupation troops. 

These include more than 500 artillery shells, munitions for Grad and Uragan multiple rocket launchers, more than 100 anti-tank guided missiles and anti-tank mines. 

Meanwhile, the Russians are strengthening their verifications at checkpoints in the occupied territories. Their screening has also become tougher - they thoroughly scrutinise phones and other devices, search cars and personal belongings, and invade people's homes.

In the Skadovsk and Kherson districts, occupiers have kidnapped two people because of their pro-Ukrainian stance. 

In the centre of Kherson city, invaders have stolen uniforms, shoes, and money from one of the offices. 

In Beryslav district, they have stolen equipment, laboratory devices, household and office electronics, and other belongings from the property of an agricultural firm. 

All evidence of crimes, even within occupied territories, are being scrupulously documented and will be investigated by Ukraine’s law enforcement bodies and forwarded to international law institutions. 

Russia’s task force in the Black Sea consists of 12 vessels and boats that are manoeuvring near Crimea, hiding from storms and our weapons in Cape Tarkhankut. Three launch vessels, including one submarine, are ready to use; they are armed with partially used 12 Kalibr missiles. 

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