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This Friday marks 233 days since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began. The Russian Army has launched in the last 24 hours dozens of air and missile attacks that have hit some areas of the region of Kyiv and even in the city of Zaporizhia, which seek to destroy key infrastructure in the country. In total, the Ukrainians have counted 15 air strikes and another 22 with MLRS missiles (Multiple Launch Rocket Systems) in one day, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported, according to the local Interfax agency. “The enemy continues to attack the critical infrastructure and civilian property in Ukraine. Facilities and civilians in Nalyvaikivkain the kyiv region, and in the cities of Mikolaiv Y Nikopolboth in the south, were attacked”, they specify. According to the General Staff, the enemy has used Iranian-made cruise missiles, aircraft, surface-to-air missiles and drones for these attacks. “The threat of air and missile attacks from the airspace and territory of Belarus is maintained,” adds the military report.
Russian troops advance towards the center of Bakhmut, according to British Intelligence
Russian troops continue to advance slowly in the center of the donbas, in eastern Ukraine, as the Ukrainian counteroffensive gains ground on the northern and southern flanks, according to the UK Ministry of Defense. The Kremlin forces aim to take the city of Bakhmut as a first step towards advancing towards the key towns of Kramatorsk and Slovyanskaccording to the latest British Intelligence report, issued this Friday.
Latest Defense Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine – 14 October 2022
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Russia accuses Ukraine of destroying an ammunition warehouse in Belgorod
The Russian authorities have denounced this Friday that there several dead and wounded due to an explosion in an ammunition warehouse in the Belgorod region, located on the border with Ukraine, following an artillery attack by Ukrainian forces. The Russian Investigative Committee has indicated that the event took place in the town of Oktiabrski and has highlighted that “as a result of an artillery attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, an ammunition warehouse has exploded”, according to the Russian agency TASS. “According to preliminary data, there are dead and wounded,” he said, before specifying that among the fatalities there are members of the National Guard. For this reason, the chairman of the Russian Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, has ordered the opening of a criminal case.
Two months in preventive detention against five defendants for the explosion on the Kerch bridge
A court of crimea has ordered this Friday that five of the eight detainees for their alleged relationship with the explosion recorded last week on the Kerch bridge, which connects the peninsula – annexed in 2014 by Russia – with Russian territory, remain in custody for a period of two months. Sources quoted by the Russian news agency Interfax have indicated that “all of them are suspects” and have added that “it has been determined that they remain detained until December 8.” Those affected by the measure have been identified as Artem Azatián, Georgi Azatián, Roman Solomko, Vladímir Zlob and Artur Terchanián. According to the Federal Security Service (FSB), all the detainees, among whom there are also citizens of Ukraine and Armenia, participated in some way in the preparation of an action that partially destroyed the bridge and left at least three dead.
The US will host a meeting of allies to discuss sanctions on Russia
The United States has reported today that it will host a meeting of more than 30 allied countries that have imposed sanctions on Russia for the invasion of Ukraine, in which its effects on the Russian economy and society will be examined. In a statement, the Treasury Department has indicated that the meeting in Washington it will be chaired by the Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, Wally Adeyemo; Assistant Secretary of Commerce Don Graves; and Deputy Director of National Intelligence Morgan Muir. The meeting will be attended by representatives of finance ministries and other government departments from more than 30 countries that are applying sanctions to Moscow in a coordinated manner.
Kherson evacuees from the Ukrainian advance begin to arrive in Russia
Evacuees from the Kherson region in the southern ukraine, began arriving in Russia on Friday, Reuters reports, after a Moscow-based official suggested residents should leave for safety, a sign of the Kremlin’s weakening in territory it claims to have annexed. “We suggest that all residents of the Kherson region, if they wish, to protect themselves from the consequences of the missile attacks, go to other regions”, said the head of the Administration of the region, installed by Russia, Vladimir Saldo, in a video message. People should “go with their children.”
