The Russian invaders have begun the evacuation of “state institutions” from Kherson region to the temporarily occupied territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said this in its latest operational update posted on Facebook, Ukrinform reports.
According to data provided as of 18:00 on October 16, the enemy is trying to hold the temporarily captured territories, focusing its efforts on attempts to disrupt the actions of the Ukrainian Defense Forces in certain directions, and is conducting offensive operations in the Bakhmut and Avdiivka directions.
The Russian forces are shelling the positions of Ukrainian troops along the contact line, fortifying defensive positions in certain directions and conducting aerial reconnaissance.
Violating the norms of International Humanitarian Law, the laws and customs of war, the enemy continues to attack the civilian infrastructure and civilian residential areas.
During the current day, the occupiers launched 1 missile attack and 10 airstrikes, 8 MLRS attacks.
More than 10 settlements came under enemy fire, including Strilecha and Terny in Kharkiv region, Pavlivka and Novosilka in Donetsk region, and Pravdyne and Bilohirka in Kherson region.
In the Volyn and Polissia directions, the situation has not changed significantly. There is still a threat of airstrikes and missile strikes, as well as the deployment of Shahed -136 drones launched from the territory of Belarus.
In other directions, the enemy used tanks, mortars, and artillery of various types to shell settlements:
in the Siverskyi direction, the enemy shelled areas near the settlements of Senkivka, Hasychivka, Mykolaivka and Progres of Chernihiv region and Bachivsk, Sosnivka and Pokrovka of Sumy region;
in the Slobozhanske direction – areas near Kozacha Lopan, Strilecha, Ohirtseve, Hatyshche, Vovchanski Khutory, Zybyne, Lyptsi, Zarichne, and Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi of Kharkiv region;
in the Kramatorsk direction – areas along the contact line, including Hrekivka and Bilohorivka settlements in Luhansk region and Zarichne, Rozdolivka, Serebrianka and Yakovlivka in Donetsk region;
in the Bakhmut and Avdiivka directions, the enemy launched attacks along the entire line of contact.
in the Novopavlivske and Zaporizhzhia directions, the enemy shelled more than 25 settlements, including Vilne Pole, Vremivka, Velyka Novosilka, Novopil, Zolota Nyva and Vuhledar of Donetsk region and Zelenyi Hai, Shcherbaky, Orikhiv and Charivne of Zaporizhzhia region. ‘
In the Southern Buh direction, more than 35 settlements along the contact line came under enemy fire, including Bilohirka, Novooleksandrivka, Sukhyi Stavok in Kherson region and Shyroke, Kyselyvka, Ternovi Pody and Stepova Dolyna in the Mykolaiv region
It is noted that the invaders are toughening filtration measures in Kherson region and have begun the process of evacuating the so-called “state” institutions. Employees and property of banks and a pension fund are being evacuated from Kherson to the temporarily occupied territory of Crimea.
“The level of the moral and psychological state of the population in the border regions of the Russian Federation has significantly decreased. In particular, this is caused by the lack of medical care for civilians. According to the available information, due to the mobilization of healthcare workers and an increased flow of wounded, civilians are being denied medical care in the hospitals of the Belgorod region,” the report reads.
As reported by Ukrinform, the Armed Forces of Ukraine eliminated about 65,000 Russian invaders from February 24 to October 16.
source ukrinform