War

A team of 11 staff of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is ready in Donetsk to visit any prisoners of war held in the area, including at the Olenivka penal facility.  This is stated in the ICRC’s news release published on Sunday. As noted, their mission would be to check on the conditions of internment and treatment, deliver essential supplies, and ensure the prisoners of war can contact their families. “Our team has been ready for months, but to this day does not have at the same time both the minimal security guarantees on the ground and…

Artillery and missile units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine performed 160 fire missions targeting enemy positions in the southern direction. The Operational Command South said this in a Facebook post, Ukrinform reports. "Last night our artillery and missile units performed about 160 fire missions targeting enemy positions and areas of manpower and equipment build-up. Two ammunition depots were destroyed in the Beryslav district,” the report reads. The command also added that explosions rocked temporarily occupied Kakhovka. As reported by Ukrinform, Ukraine's Armed Forces aircraft launched 13 strikes on the enemy's strongholds, areas of manpower, weapons and equipment build-up in…

It is the responsibility of the democratic world to immediately provide Ukraine with air defense systems or interceptor aircraft and early warning radars. This was stated by Vice Speaker of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania Paulius Saudargas, who made a comment to Guildhall, Ukrinform reports. “The recent attacks on innocent people and ordinary cities in Ukraine have once again confirmed that, without any shadow of doubt, Russia is a terrorist state. This is the assessment of the democratic world,” the parliamentarian said. “And our responsibility and duty are to immediately provide Ukraine with everything that is necessary in…

For Russia, the war has reached a stage of a strategic zugzwang, where each move worsens the situation, bringing it closer to the end. That’s according to Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Chief, Oleksiy Danilov, who made the statement on Facebook, Ukrinform reports. He went on to explain his point, offering five arguments to back it. “Putin's mobilization turned into the fleeing of more than 500,000 Russians, demonstration of how rotten the Russian system is, deaths of untrained conscripts, growth of indignation of the grassroot population, decline in support for the war, and, most importantly, it became a powerful factor…

The invaders are running disinformation and manipulation campaigns in the temporarily occupied territories of Zaporizhia, Kherson, Donetsk, and Luhansk regions. That’s according to an update by the Center for Countering Disinformation, Ukrinform reports. In Berdyansk, the occupiers are compiling a list of vacant apartments, allegedly for the restoration of gas supplies. In fact, families of the invading forces are being moved into these premises. In other cases, such apartments are subjected to looting. Meanwhile, RT Arabic released a "report" that claims to describe the situation of the occupied Nova Kakhovka. The propagandists used in the report the old footage of…

The Iranian authorities are preparing to transfer to Russia a batch of ballistic missiles, which are likely to be used in the war against Ukraine. This was reported by the Washington Post, according to Ukrinform. According to U.S. security officials and those of the allied states, who agreed to speak on condition of anonymity, this is about the supply of surface-to-surface ballistic missiles, such as Fateh-110 and Zolfaghar, capable of hitting targets at a range of 300 km to 700 km, respectively. The Washington Post notes that on September 18, Iran deployed to Moscow a delegation that agreed to increase…

Russian missiles have destroyed two schools in the Zaporizhzhia region’s Polohy district. The relevant statement was made y Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration Head Oleksandr Starukh on Telegram, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “Last night the occupiers struck a school in the village of Vozdvyzhivka with two missiles. The educational institution was ruined almost completely. Another missile hit a local park. Destructions were also recorded in the neighboring detached houses,” Starukh wrote. In addition, Russian missiles struck a school in the village of Dobropillia. No casualties were reported. According to the data from the Main Department of the National Police of Ukraine…

Six more bodies of civilians who had been killed by Russian invaders were found in the Donetsk region’s Lyman. The relevant statement was made by Donetsk Regional Military Administration Head Pavlo Kyrylenko on Telegram, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “On October 15, 2022, Russians killed one civilian in the Donetsk region, namely in Bakhmut. In addition, six more bodies of civilians who had been killed by Russians during occupation were found in Lyman. Three more people were injured yesterday,” Kyrylenko wrote. Additionally, it is now impossible to count the exact number of casualties in Mariupol and Volnovakha, Kyrylenko noted. mk

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the Russian Federation has carried out 620 attacks on health services in Ukraine since the full-scale invasion began. Hans Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe, said this on Friday at a press conference on the health impacts of the war in Ukraine, Ukrinform reports with reference to CNN. According to him, key priorities for WHO include the health needs of those in Ukraine and “anticipating and preparing for challenges winter will bring,” he said. “Wintertime challenges, and the recent escalation in fighting, could add to significant internal displacement with an anticipated two to…

  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his Lithuanian counterpart Gitanas Nauseda have discussed Ukraine's defense needs and its further Euro-Atlantic integration. According to Ukrinform, Zelensky announced this on Twitter. "In touch with our friend, President of Lithuania Gitanas Nauseda. We've talked about the situation on the battlefield, Ukraine's defense needs, and further Euro-Atlantic integration," he said. Zelensky also received congratulations from Nauseda on the Day of Defenders and Defendresses of Ukraine. Lithuanian Defense Minister Arvydas Anusauskas has recently announced a new military aid package for Ukraine. Lithuania’s Minister of Defense, Arvydas Anusauskas, announced that the PzH 2000 self-propelled howitzers, repaired…