Russians forcefully register municipal workers for military service in Luhansk Oblast
UKRAINSKA PRAVDA — MONDAY, 17 OCTOBER 2022, 07:20
In Stanytsia Luhanska, Luhansk Oblast, the Russian occupiers are forcibly registering municipal service workers for military service, in accordance with Russian law.
Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces as of 06:00 on 17 October
Details: The Russians also gave the municipal workers a so-called medical examination, according to the results of which all were considered fit for military service.
The Russian forces launched two missile strikes and 26 air strikes, and also launched more than 80 salvos of anti-aircraft fire. The Russian army hit vicinities of more than 20 settlements, such as Bilopillia in Sumy Oblast, Sloviansk, Pavlivka and Novosilka in Donetsk Oblast, Marhanets in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Pravdyne and Bilohirka in Kherson Oblast. The Russian army attacked Mykolaiv with 15 kamikaze drones; 11 of them were shot down by Ukrainian defenders.
On the Volyn, Polissia and Sivershchyna fronts, the situation remains unchanged. The threat of missile and air strikes, and the use of Iranian-made Shahed drones from the territory of Belarus remains.
The Russian army opened fire on other fronts:
On the Slobozhanshchyna front – from mortars, tubed and rocket artillery; in the vicinities of the settlements of Veterynarne, Vysoka Yaruha, Vovchansk, Vovchanski Khutory, Hatyshche, Dvorichne, Zelene, Kozacha Lopan, Krasne and Ohirtseve (Kharkiv Oblast);
On the Kramatorsk front – from tanks, tubed and rocket artillery, hitting Berestove, Petropavlivka, Pershotravneve (Kharkiv Oblast); Hrekivka and Novoiehorivka (Luhansk Oblast); Zarichne, Terny, Torske and Yampolivka (Donetsk region);
On the Bakhmut front – from tanks and rocket artillery to fire on the areas of Andriivka, Bakhmut, Bakhmutske, Bilohorivka, Vesele, Opytne, Soledar and Yakovlivka (Donetsk region);
On the Avdiivka front – from tanks, tubed and rocket artillery, shooting on areas in and around Berdychi, Vodiane, Krasnohorivka, Marinka, Nevelske, Novomykhailivka and Pervomaiske (Donetsk region).
The Russian forces have not conducted any offensive actions on the Novopavlivka and Zaporizhzhia fronts. They fired artillery of various types in the areas of Bohoiavlenka, Velyka Novosilka, Volodymyrivka, Vuhledar and Paraskoviivka (Donetsk region).
On the Pivdennyi Buh front, more than twenty-five settlements along the contact line suffered fire damage – namely, Nikopol and Novokamianka (Dnipropetrovsk region), Ternovi Pody, Partyzanske, Shyroke (Mykolaiv Oblast) and Myrne (Kherson Oblast).
The Russian army is trying to conduct offensive actions on the Bakhmut and Avdiivka fronts.
There is information about Russian soldiers being killed, and Russian army weapons and military equipment being destroyed over the previous days. The Russian invaders have suffered losses in Zaporizhzhia: up to 40 were wounded in Molochansk; 5 units of weapons and military equipment were destroyed and about 25 were wounded near Kamianka-Dniprovska; up to 20 people were wounded near Enerhodar. In Orikhiv and Huliaipole, up to 5 units of weapons and military equipment were destroyed, and up to 50 fighters were wounded; in Polohy, about 7 units of military equipment were destroyed, and up to 30 people were wounded. The information is being confirmed.
Ukrainian forces repelled Russian attacks near Torske, Spirne, Soledar, Bakhmut, Maiorsk, Vodiane, Krasnohorivka, Marinka and Novomykhailivka, in Donetsk Oblast.
Ukrainian aircraft carried out more than 30 strikes. It was confirmed that 25 areas of concentration of weapons and military equipment, as well as six positions of the Russian forces' anti-aircraft missile systems, were hit. Additionally, Ukrainian air defence units shot down 15 drones launched by the Russians.
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