Update regarding russian invasion (October 24, 2023)

Day 608 of the russian full-scale military aggression against Ukraine has begun.

The enemy continues to ignore the laws and customs of warfare, using the terror tactics, launching missile and air strikes, and firing multiple launch rocket systems not only at the military, but also at civilian targets across Ukraine.

During the day of October 23, there were 55x combat engagements. The enemy launched a total of 4x missile and 68x air strikes, 49x MLRS attacks at the positions of Ukrainian troops and various settlements. Unfortunately, the russian terrorist attacks have killed and wounded civilians. Residential buildings and other civilian infrastructure were destroyed or damaged. Also last night, russian occupants launched yet another air strike on Ukraine, using 6x Shahed-136/131 attack UAVs. Air defense destroyed all the attack UAVs.

Air strikes hit Syn’kivka, Petropavlivka (Kharkiv oblast), Serebryans’ke forestry (Luhansk oblast), Klishchiivka, New York, Avdiivka, Orlivka, Oleksandropil’, Mar’inka, Novomykhailivka, Urozhaine, Staromaiors’ke (Donetsk oblast), Novodarivka, Orikhiv, Mala Tokmachka, P’yatykhatky (Zaporizhzhia oblast), Zmiivka, Ol’hivka, L’vove, Tyahynka, Ivanivka, Mykil’s’ke, Sadove, and Prydniprovs’ke (Kherson oblast).

About 110x settlements in Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson oblasts came under artillery fire.

Pivnich operational-strategic group, Volyn and Polissya axes: no significant changes.

Sivershchyna and Slobozhanshchyna axes: the adversary maintains its military presence in the areas of russia bordering Ukraine. The enemy troops conduct active subversive activities in order to prevent the deployment of Ukrainian troops to threatened axes. The adversary increases the density of minefields along the state border in Belgorod oblast (russia).

Khortytsia operational-strategic group, Kup’yans’k axis: Ukrainian soldiers repelled around 5x enemy attacks in the vicinity of Ivanivka (Kharkiv oblast).

Lyman axis: the Ukrainian Defense Forces are standing their ground and successfully repelled all of the enemy attacks near Nadiya (Luhansk oblast).

Bakhmut axis: the Ukrainian defenders repelled all of the adversary attacks in the vicinities of Bohdanivka, Khromove, Klishchiivka, and Andriivka (Donetsk oblast). The Ukrainian Defense Forces continue assault operations south of Bakhmut (Donetsk oblast), inflict losses in manpower and equipment on the enemy, and consolidate their new positions.

Tavria operational-strategic group, Avdiivka axis: the enemy keeps trying to encircle Avdiivka, actively using its aircraft, but the Ukrainian soldiers are standing their ground, inflicting major losses on the enemy. The enemy’s offensive actions were unsuccessful in the vicinities of Keramik, Stepove, Avdiivka, and Tonen’ke (Donetsk oblast), where the Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled more than 10x enemy attacks.

Mar’inka axis: the enemy conducted unsuccessful assault operations in the vicinities of Mar’inka and Pobjeda (Donetsk oblast). The Ukrainian soldiers repelled around 15x attacks of the occupiers in that area.

Shakhtars’ke and Zaporizhzhia axes: Ukrainian defenders repelled all of the enemy attacks near Novomykhailivka (Donetsk oblast) and southeast of Mala Tokmachka (Zaporizhzhia oblast).

At the same time, the Ukrainian Defense Forces continue their offensive operation on Melitopol’ axis, had partial success south of Robotyne, inflicting losses in manpower and equipment on the occupation forces, exhausting the enemy all along the front line.

Odesa operational-strategic group, Kherson axis: the Ukrainian Defense Forces conduct counter-battery fire and strike behind the enemy lines.

During the day of October 23, Ukrainian Air Force launched 7x air strikes on the concentrations of troops, weapons and military equipment, and 3x air strikes on the anti-aircraft missile systems of the adversary.

The Ukrainian missile troops hit 8x artillery systems, 4x concentration of personnel, weapons, and military equipment, 1x electronic warfare station, 1x pontoon-bridge crossing of the russian invaders, and carried out remote mining in 2x areas.