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2022-10-18 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Russian Perspective: Operation to Denazify Ukraine: Operational Brief October 17th (updated)
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Kindly note that several entries in this article were removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.

[NewsFrontInfo] 23:31 The Prime Minister of Ukraine said that today strikes were made on the energy infrastructure in Kyiv, in the Sumy and Dnipropetrovsk regions. Ukrainian media write that an air raid alert was announced throughout the country. In Lvov, in Rivne and in the Khmelnytsky region there were blackouts, in Kharkov the subway did not work.

23:08 The intensity of Ukrainian shelling of the Kherson region has fallen - probably due to a lack of ammunition, Stremousov said.

22:17 During the day, the Russian armed forces continued to strike with high-precision long-range air and sea-based weapons at military command and control facilities and the energy system of Ukraine, all designated facilities were hit.

21:46 In Ukraine, in the Kirovohrad, Zaporozhye and Dnipropetrovsk regions, after the effective operation of attack drones and the WTO database, rolling blackouts begin

21:45 They report a powerful explosion in the White Church in the Kiev region. Also, a high probability of a UAV attack in the Cherkasy region

21:38 The information that papers are being hung in the entrances of the capital with a request to apply to the military enlistment office is incorrect, informed RIA Novosti Military Commissar of Moscow, Colonel Maxim Loktev.

Earlier, information appeared on the network that after the announcement of the completion of mobilization in the capital, papers were hung at the entrances with a request to contact the military enlistment office.

"Mobilization measures in Moscow are over. No papers with a request to apply to the military registration and enlistment office are not hung at the entrances," Loktev explained.

19:45 Air alert announced in Kyiv for the third time in a day - city administration

18:30 Summary of retaliation strikes as of 18:30 Moscow time on 10/17/2022

The intensity of strikes decreased again in the evening, and infrastructure facilities were hit. In several cities, the consequences of morning and afternoon raids have not been eliminated.

At the moment, it is known about arrivals in:

— Vinnitsa (infrastructure facility)
— Odessa (Odessa Oil Refinery and an unnamed facility)

17:33 Moscow's military registration and enlistment offices receive requests from volunteers with a request to be sent to the zone of a special military operation, personal decisions will be made on them, the military commissar of the capital said.

17:33 Iranian made Geranium drones are reported to be flying towards Odessa.

16:23 In the south of Ukraine, the regrouping of enemy forces continues. This mainly concerns the Nikolaevsky direction. The Armed Forces of Ukraine, having a numerical superiority, are again forming a shock fist for the offensive. Let me remind you that the recent enemy attack in the Kherson direction bogged down.

It is reported from the field that foreign mercenaries arrived in Nikolaev to help the Ukrainian military: Poles, English-speaking citizens, and today it became known about the arrival of the French.

16:23 Ukraine will soon receive the first NASAMS air defense systems. This was stated by the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov.

15:20 Ukrainian media report explosions in Lviv and Ternopil regions

15:20 The authorities of the Vinnytsia region of Ukraine announced an explosion at a critical infrastructure facility

14:56 A series of explosions occurred in the Vinnitsa region of Ukraine, the Ukrainian agency UNIAN reported. The exact location of the explosions and their consequences are not specified.

At the moment, an air alert has been declared in all regions of Ukraine.

14:55 Explosions occurred in the Khmelnitsky region in the western part of Ukraine, said the head of the regional administration, Serhiy Gamaly.

Earlier, the Ukrainian edition of "Strana" reported on explosions in the Chernihiv and Zhytomyr regions. In addition, the mayor of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, also reported about the explosions in the city.

13:39 The main thing from the new briefing of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:

▪️Russian troops prevented an attempt by the Armed Forces of Ukraine to break through the defenses in the Kherson region;

▪️The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation pushed back the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to their starting lines after an unsuccessful attempt by the enemy to advance in the Lisichansk direction;

▪️The Russian Armed Forces defeated the Ukrainian battery of the Smerch MLRS, as well as the battery of American M777 howitzers in the Kharkiv region;

▪️Aviation and artillery of the Russian Federation in the Kupyansk direction defeated two mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, destroying about 160 servicemen;

▪️The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed the repair base of weapons and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Nikolaev region.


12:40 Defense of the left bank of the Dnieper reinforced along the entire line of contact with the armed formations of Ukraine, said the commander of one of the divisions of the National Guard

12:39 Morning strikes on energy infrastructure in Kyiv, Sumy and Dnepropetrovsk regions confirmed by Prime Minister of Ukraine

Earlier, residents of Ukraine reported strikes in Kyiv, the Odessa region and the temporarily controlled independent territory of the Zaporozhye region. In the Sumy and Dnipropetrovsk regions, the strikes led to a power outage, and infrastructural facilities were damaged in other settlements.

12:38 So in looked like a morning blow retribution from the Kyiv courtyard - eyewitnesses filmed the moment of the explosion

The footage shows how the Ukrainian army randomly shoots in an attempt to hit the Iranian made Geranium-2 drone, but in the end the drone still hits the target and hits it.

11:45 In the Odessa region in Ukraine, as a result of Russian shelling, one infrastructure facility was damaged, said the head of the Odessa regional administration Maxim Marchenko.

11:45 The Prime Minister of Ukraine said that on Monday the energy infrastructure in Kyiv, Sumy and Dnipropetrovsk regions was attacked

10:39 Explosionin the Volnogorsk region of the Dnipropetrovsk region, a thick column of black smoke rises on the spot

10:39 The subway does not work in Kharkiv, the city subway reports.

Ukrainian media also report that, according to local residents, power went out in some areas of the city.

10:31 Effects of work on fuel tanks in Nikolaev. The fire was extinguished only in the morning.

10:30 French journalists captured the moment of arrival of the Shahed-136 kamikaze UAV in Kyiv close-up.

09:29 Ukrainian media write that an air alert has been announced throughout the country.

09:02 Aerial footage: Russian paratroopers destroy enemy sabotage groups hiding in a forest belt

Using UAVs, the Airborne Forces unit discovered sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and armored vehicles camouflaged in the forest belt. The servicemen struck with artillery and anti-tank missile systems.

As a result of the strike, six tanks, eight armored fighting vehicles, six vehicles, as well as enemy manpower were destroyed. Video Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

08:38 The Russian Navy fired five Caliber missiles from the Black Sea.

The blows were inflicted on Kyiv, Dnepropetrovsk and Sumy regions.

08:31 Soldiers of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the National Guard destroyed dozens of Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the area of ​​the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, using anti-drone guns and firearms, said the commander of one of the units of the Russian Guard. Video RIA Novosti.

08:19 Published on social networks frames, presumably, explosions in Kyiv.

08:15 Arrivals at critical infrastructure facilities in Kyiv and Sumy region.

08:00 In the settlement of Kupyansk, the arrival of three civilian refrigerator trucks with the bodies of Ukrainian servicemen was noted.

This cargo arrived tonight on the highway H-26 Starobelsk - Chuguev. Reports officer of the NM LPR Andrey Marochko.

07:58 A strong fire was recorded at an energy infrastructure facility in the Dnipropetrovsk region of Ukraine - the head of the region.

07:55 An explosion occurred at a critical infrastructure facility in the Romensky district of the Sumy region of Ukraine - authorities.

07:52 Ukrainian media report clouds of smoke near the Ukrenergo building in Kyiv.

07:15 Minus six Ukrainian tanks, eight armored vehicles and six vehicles: footage of the defeat of saboteurs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the air

With the help of UAVs, Ukrainian DRGs were found in the forest belt. The airborne troops delivered powerful artillery strikes.VideoTK Zvezda.

07:08 The mayor of Kyiv reports another explosion in the Shevchenko district.

07:02 Kyiv Mayor Klitschko announced an explosion in the capital of Ukraine.

Details are not given. Earlier, an air alert was announced in the city and several regions of the country.

06:57 An air raid alert has been announced in Kyiv and the Kyiv region, local authorities have reported. Air raid alert also operates in Zhytomyr, Vinnitsa, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Mykolaiv and Odessa regions of Ukraine.

06:38 At night, a powerful blow was dealt to enemy targets in Zaporozhye.

There were at least eight explosions.

06:34 According to media reports, an air raid also operates in the Zhytomyr, Vinnitsa, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Nikolaev and Odessa regions.

05:45 We work with surgical precision: the crews of the Iskander missile systems of the Western Military District continue to strike at the objects of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

At the command post of the Iskander missile system, the coordinates of the target were received. The command is instantly transmitted to the mobile launcher.

The target is received, and the Iskander moves out of cover to the firing position in order to launch the missile. Despite its impressive size, the complex moves off-road easily and quickly.

Despite the fact that the installations are nearby, the goals of the two Iskanders are different. After launches - immediate curtailment.

The Iskander ultra-precise complex has no analogues in the world in terms of its equipment and variability of use.VideoMinistry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

04:17 Air raid alert in Mykolaiv, Poltava, Kharkiv, Cherkasy, Odessa, Sumy and Dnepropetrovsk regions of Ukraine.

01:09 Destruction of Ukrainian tank by fighters of the 36th Brigade.

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