8 October: The fire on the Crimean bridge, Zelensky and Putin accepted the invitation to the G20

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Situation summary of war in Ukraine by region for Saturday, October 8, 2022.
Krymskyi Bridge / TSN

Krymskyi Bridge / TSN

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By Pavlo Vitenko

Summary by regions

Luhansk Region

Over the past day, the Air Force of the Defense Forces of Ukraine carried out 30 strikes. It has been confirmed that 24 places of concentration of weapons and military equipment, as well as 6 enemy anti-aircraft missile systems, have been destroyed. In addition, air defense units shot down two enemy helicopters.

Over the past day, missile forces and artillery hit two control points, one area of ​​concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment, two areas of artillery firing positions, a radar station and an enemy radio-electronic warfare complex. 16 assault attempts by the defense forces were repelled. The enemy fired 20 artillery shells, 3 rockets and 1 air strike at the positions of our soldiers.

Donetsk Region

At night – artillery bombardment of Bakhmut. The administrative building of the district police department was damaged. The Russians also shelled Soledar, the village of Minkivka, and Yakovlivka. In the morning, shelling of the central part of Avdiivka.

The de-occupied Sviatohirsk community: a day without extraordinary events. The humanitarian coordination headquarters in the city of Sviatohirsk is operating, the VSP commandant’s office is open 24/7, and the citizens’ reception room is prepared for out-of-town receptions of the pension fund and social services. They are working on opening a mobile branch of Oschadbank and a local bakery. Over the past day, 6 people were killed and 17 injured in the Donetsk region.

Kharkiv Region

After midnight, the occupiers fired 4 rockets at the Saltivskyi district of Kharkiv. The S-300 missiles were launched from Belgorod, Russia. One missile attack was carried out in the Osnovianskyi district. The sports complex, non-residential buildings were damaged, and open areas were hit. Previously, a man was hospitalized with shrapnel wounds.

In the region, the occupiers struck the Kupiansk, Bohodukhiv, Kharkiv, and Izyum districts. During the day, 6 people were hospitalized in the region: 1 man in Kharkiv, 1 – Kharkiv district, 4 – in Izyum district due to mine explosions.

Sumy Region

Yesterday, Khotyn, Krasnopillia, Esman, Znob-Novgorod, Velyka Pysarivka communities came under enemy fire. The Krasnopillia community suffered the most destruction. Damaged houses, railway tracks. At night – without shelling.

Zaporizhzhia Region

Yesterday evening, the enemy shelled a village in the Zaporizhzhia region. One person was killed and four local residents were injured as a result of the strikes inflicted by the «Smerch» rocket salvo fire systems with cluster munitions.

Among them is a one-year-old child who suffered multiple landmine-explosive injuries. She is currently in a serious condition in the hospital. Other victims have no less serious injuries: contusion, shrapnel wounds, severed limbs, torn off fingers. Everyone is provided with the necessary medical assistance.

Dnipropetrovsk Region

In the Dnipropetrovsk region, the Russians again attacked the Nikopol district. They hit the Chervonohryhorivka, Marhanets and Myrove communities from «Hrad». Previously, people were not injured. Private houses, farm buildings and power lines were mutilated in the Marhanets community. Private houses, farm buildings, a bus stop, a gas pipeline, and electricity grids were damaged in the Myrove community. Almost 500 families were left without electricity in the Chervonogrihorivska community due to shelling. Energy workers are already repairing the lines.

Mykolayiv Region

At night – shelling of the Bashtan community, as a result of which the administrative building, kindergarten, school, and dispensary premises were damaged. Three residential buildings were also destroyed. There are no casualties.

Yesterday, from 10:24 p.m., the enemy struck the water territory of the Ochakiv community. There are no casualties. Also yesterday evening, as a result of the shelling of the Halytsynivska community, a residential building was damaged. No casualties. Yesterday evening, the enemy attacked Mykolayiv region and Odesa region with three «Shahed-136» kamikaze drones. All three drones were shot down by the forces and means of air defense of the «Pivden» air command.

During the past day, settlements of the Berezneguvat community were shelled. Information on affected and damaged residential buildings is being clarified. In Shyroke community, as a result of shelling during the day and evening, the stadium, open areas, and roads were hit. Also today, shelling was recorded in two settlements of the community. The agricultural enterprise, warehouses, and equipment suffered significant destruction. There are no casualties.

Kherson Region

The situation in the region remains difficult. Active hostilities continue. In the Kherson region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine liberated 29 settlements from the Russian invaders. At night, the enemy attacked the positions of the units of the Defense Forces and the recently liberated settlements of the Berislav district with guided anti-aircraft missiles S-300 systems. Without human losses. Our aircraft struck the deployment points of the enemy’s anti-aircraft missile defense systems in the Nova Kakhovka area.

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Naev for the first time told the details of the successful operation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kharkiv region: «Fiery bag for the occupiers»

The commander of the United Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces told how the occupiers tried to break through in the Izyum direction.

The commander of the United Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Lieutenant General Serhii Naev, told how the Armed Forces of Ukraine made a trap for the armed forces in the Kharkiv region.

In the direction of Izyum, the 1st and 20th armies of the Russian Federation were deployed, they tried to break through the defense of the Armed Forces, enter the Donetsk region and capture Slovyansk, then surround our groups in the Luhansk and Donetsk regions.

«It was decided to form a fire «bag» in the Izyum direction, and the enemy tried to advance to this fire «pocket», advancing with battalions, companies, and then, due to our resistance, he already advanced with formations, detachments, groups of infantry, but his attacks did not stop. This defense lasted for more than three months, the enemy lost up to 10 battalion-tactical groups during this offensive operation,» Naev said.

However, the enemy, realizing that he could not pass there, began to transfer his forces from the Kharkiv direction to other directions.

When the enemy forces first crossed the water obstacle – the Siverskyi Donets River and appeared in Bilohorivka, the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valerii Zaluzhnyi set a clear task – to knock the enemy out of Bilohorivka.

«Within an hour, I was told that the bridge was destroyed. For five days, the occupiers tried to continue their forcing. For four days, the occupiers tried to establish crossings – they were destroyed. The enemy realized that he could not hold on there and began to withdraw. In five days of such active actions, about 100 units of enemy equipment were destroyed. It became clear that they will no longer go in that direction,» summed up the commander of the United Forces of the Armed Forces.

By Pavlo Vitenko, Ukrainian Freedom News

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