UKRaine’s Forces Hold the Line On Avdiivka Front, Repelling 15 RUssian Assaults; UKR Repels Around 50 RU Attacks on 6 FrontS; UKR KillS 1,000+ RUs and Destroy 150 Pieces of Equipment; UKR Hits 2 RU Ships; Destroys Important Bridge in Donetsk Region, LIVE UPDATES and MORE

Ukraine’s defence forces hold the line on Avdiivka front, repelling 15 Russian assaults – General Staff report:

Ukrainian forces are continuing to hold the line on the Avdiivka front and to advance on the Melitopol and Bakhmut fronts.

Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 18:00 on 14 October

Details: Over the course of the day, Ukraine’s defence forces clashed with Russian forces 43 times. Russian forces carried out two missile strikes and 37 airstrikes and deployed multiple-launch rocket systems (MLRS) 47 times to attack the positions of Ukrainian troops and civilian settlements. Russian attacks killed and injured a number of civilians in Ukraine and damaged residential buildings and civilian infrastructure facilities.

The situation in Ukraine’s east and south remains tense.

There were no significant changes on the Volyn and Polissia fronts. There is no evidence that Russia is forming new offensive units on these fronts, but units of Belarusian armed forces continue to carry out military operations in areas near the Belarusian-Ukrainian border.

Russia continues to maintain its forces near the Ukrainian border on the Sivershchyna and Slobozhanshchyna fronts, continues to shell Ukrainian settlements from Russian territory, and is amassing mines and other defensive constructions along the Ukrainian border. Over 15 Ukrainian civilian settlements came under Russian fire, including Karpovychi, Zaliznyi Mist and Hremiach (Chernihiv Oblast) and Iskryskivshchyna, Volfyne, Mohrytsia, Stepok, Pokrovka and Slavhorod (Sumy Oblast).

On the Kupiansk front, Ukrainian forces repelled five Russian assaults near Synkivka and Ivanivka (Kharkiv Oblast). Russian aircraft struck areas near Holubivka, Kupiansk, Petropavlivka and Podoly (Kharkiv Oblast), and the Russians deployed mortars and artillery to attack more than 10 settlements, including Synkivka, Kucherivka, Ivanivka, Kyslivka and Berestove (Kharkiv Oblast). —>READ MORE HERE

Ukrainian defenders repel around 50 Russian attacks on 6 fronts – General Staff report:

Ukrainian troops repelled dozens of Russian attacks on the Kupiansk, Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Marinka and Zaporizhzhia fronts, and 64 combat clashes took place at the front over the past day.

Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 06:00 on 13 October

Details: In total, the Russians launched four missile strikes and 65 airstrikes, and fired 54 times from multiple-launch rocket systems on positions of Ukrainian troops and on settlements. Private residential buildings and other civilian infrastructure facilities were destroyed and damaged.

The Russians carried out airstrikes on dozens of settlements, and about 100 settlements in Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson oblasts came under artillery fire.

In the area of responsibility of the Khortytsia Operational Strategic Group on the Kupiansk front, Ukrainian soldiers repelled five Russian attacks near the settlements of Synkivka and Ivanivka in Kharkiv Oblast.

On the Lyman front, Ukraine’s Defence Forces are holding back the Russian offensive near the settlements of Makiivka and southwest of Kreminna and Serebrianka Forest in Luhansk Oblast, where Ukrainian defenders repelled over five Russian attacks.

On the Bakhmut front, Ukraine’s Defence Forces continue their assault operations south of the city of Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast, inflicting losses on the Russians in terms of manpower and equipment and consolidating their positions.

In the area of responsibility of the Tavriia Operational Strategic Group on the Avdiivka front, the Russians kept trying to break through the Ukrainian defence, but to no avail. Ukrainian defenders repelled over 20 Russian attacks near Avdiivka, Lastochkyne, Tonenke, Pervomaiske and Nevelske in Donetsk Oblast. —>READ MORE HERE

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