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Slovakia has delivered to Ukraine two more Zuzana-2 self-propelled artillery units. Slovak Defense Minister Jaroslav Naď broke the news on Twitter Sunday, Ukrinform reports. "To mark his 70th birthday, we delivered yet another gift to aggressor Putin. Another two new Zuzana2 howitzers are now in Ukraine (and much more to come)" the minister wrote. As reported, early June, Minister of Defense of the Slovak Republic, Jaroslav Naď, said Slovakia had signed a contract with the Ukrainian side for the supply of eight Zuzana-2 self-propelled howitzers to counter Russian aggression. Read also: Lithuanian foreign minister: All weapon stocks of allies need…

A total of 421 children deaths have been confirmed across Ukraine as a result of Russia’s full-scale invasion. That’s according to the Prosecutor General's Office, Ukrinform reports. "As of the morning of October 9, 2022, more than 1,219 children casualties were recorded in Ukraine as a result of the full-scale armed aggression by the Russian Federation. According to the official report by juvenile prosecutors, 421 children were killed and 798 – injured," the statement reads. The report is yet to be updated as further work is underway to confirm casualties in active hostility zones, temporarily captured and recently liberated territories.…

Damage to the Kerch Strait Bridge will highly likely have a significant impact on Russia's already strained ability to sustain its forces in southern Ukraine. The UK Ministry of Defense said this in its latest intelligence update published on Twitter, Ukrinform reports. Following an explosion that damaged the bridge on October 8, two of the four carriageways of the roadway have collapsed in several places over a length of approximately 250m. It is almost certain that some vehicle transits via the other two carriageways have resumed, but capacity will be seriously degraded, the ministry said. "The extent of damage to…

Russian invaders have robbed a security firm, a notary's office, an office and a pharmacy in the temporarily occupied city of Kherson. Yaroslav Yanushevych, head of the Kherson regional military administration, said this in a Telegram post, Ukrinform reports. "In Kherson, the occupiers ransacked an office and a private security firm. They took away computer equipment, money, documentation. Cars were stolen from the territory [of the security firm]," Yanushevych said. He added that the invaders had robbed a pharmacy, taking away medicines and money, as well as a notary's office. In addition, in the Skadovsk district, the occupiers broke into…

The Russian forces are trying to hold the temporarily captured territories, focusing their efforts on attempts to disrupt the actions of the Ukrainian defense forces in certain directions, and are conducting offensive operations in the Bakhmut and Avdiivka directions. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said this in its latest operational update posted on Facebook, Ukrinform reports. According to the General Staff, the enemy is shelling the positions of Ukrainian troops along the contact line, fortifying defensive positions in certain directions and conducting aerial reconnaissance. The enemy continues to violate the norms of International Humanitarian Law, the…

Last night Russian troops opened fire on the Dnipropetrovsk region’s Nikopol district with heavy artillery and multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS). About 40 enemy projectiles struck the city of Nikopol. The relevant statement was made by Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration Head Valentyn Reznichenko on Facebook, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “Explosions were rocking the Nikopol district all night long. Russian occupation troops struck the district with MLRS and heavy artillery six times. According to the preliminary data, people remained unharmed,” Reznichenko wrote. In the city of Nikopol, several apartment blocks were damaged, as well as 10 detached houses, household buildings, transport…

Russian invasion forces have recently been weakened to a point where they no longer have the capacity to re-occupy Ukrainian territories, recently liberated by Ukraine's Army. That’s according to an update issued via Twitter, Ukrinform reports. “Current Ukrainian gains are very likely durable. Due to attrition and severely limited re-supply options, Russian forces lack the capacity to stage a counter-attack,” the agency wrote. Read also: Russia has few high-quality forces available to stabilize front - British intelligence It is noted that Russian forces have been pushed back more than 20 km in some sectors of the front north east of …

On Thursday, the Russian Federation struck Ukrainian cities with Iranian drones, which it uses daily, as well as with missiles. “Today, Russia launched another airstrike on Ukrainian cities. It used Iranian drones again. By the way, they are used every day, and so far Iran says every day that there are allegedly no such drones here. And again hit with rockets,” President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said in his address to the participants of the European Political Community summit in Prague. People were killed and injured, houses burned down in those strikes, he emphasized. After the first missile strike on…

On the morning of October 6, Russia launched an airstrike on the territory of Ukraine from the territory of Belarus. Oleksiy Hromov, Deputy Chief of the Main Operations Department of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said this at a briefing, Ukrinform reports. “This morning, four Tu-22M3 strategic aviation aircraft of the aggressor country launched an airstrike on the territory of Ukraine from the airspace of Belarus," Hromov said. At the same time, he did not specify which settlement was targeted by an airstrike from the territory of Belarus. Read also: Bodies of two victims found under…

Russian troops again struck Zaporizhzhia with missiles, the second such attack since Thursday morning. Oleksandr Starukh, the head of the Zaporizhzhia regional military administration, said this in a statement on Telegram, Ukrinform reports. "Another missile attack by the enemy. Stay in shelters!" he wrote. Earlier reports said that at 05:00 on October 6, the enemy fired S-300 missiles at the city. Two of them hit residential buildings, leaving two people dead and about ten wounded.