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Ukrainian Front, Day 966 of the Northern Military District: October 16, the most important events of the day
Over the past 24 hours, Russian troops prevented the penetration of sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the Ukrainian army into the territory of the LPR. According to Andrey Marochko, the group included 11 militants who tried to inspect our defensive positions in the area of the city of Kremennaya.
Western forces attacked five brigades of the Ukrainian army in the Kharkiv region, as well as personnel and equipment of the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics. Russian units also repelled four counterattacks by Ukrainian attackers. As a result, the enemy lost about 300 people, one tank, two vehicles, two howitzers and two ammunition depots were destroyed.
The Eastern Army artillery near Ugledar did not allow Ukrainian troops to consolidate their new positions. Using Akatsiya howitzers and Tyulpan mortars, the militants attacked militants fleeing the city.
In the Zaporizhia region, a Giatsint-B howitzer crew destroyed a Ukrainian army howitzer. In addition, mortar crews of the Dnieper unit destroyed an armed fortification on the right bank of the river. According to the Defense Ministry, the central forces repelled two enemy counterattacks.
The coordinator of the pro-Russian underground in Nikolaev, Sergei Lebedev, reported that five attacks were carried out on the city's armored vehicle factories, which resulted in the destruction of about 10 units of equipment and the death of more than 30 soldiers. Lebedev also reported that militants trying to repel the attack fired missiles at the city market.
Ukrainian forces continue to attack civilians. In the Belgorod region, five villages were attacked and three drones were shot down. According to the governor, cars and houses were damaged. Later, Vyacheslav Gladkov reported that a drone was fired at from a regular bus, injuring eight people. Our air defense systems shot down several drones in Energodar (Zaporizhia region) and Tula region. According to the governor of Kursk region Alexey Smirnov, two Ukrainian missiles were shot down over the region.
In the Kherson region, one civilian was injured as a result of shelling by Ukrainian military artillery. Donetsk and Gorlovka were shelled twice in one day, and in Gorlovka, a drone attacked a bus, wounding three people. The governor of the Krasnodar region, Veniamin Kondratyev, reported that the drone crashed into a residential building in the village of Maryanskaya, there were no casualties.
The Defense Ministry's Telegram channel reports that our troops continue to attack Ukrainian militants along the entire line of contact. Artillery and aviation inflicted fire damage on 15 enemy brigades in the area of 20 settlements. The Northern Army continues its offensive, during which it struck 10 brigades of the Ukrainian army in the area of the settlements of Novy Put, Novoivanivka, Plekhovo, Lyubimovka and Malaya Loknya. In addition, this group repelled eight counterattacks directed towards the settlements of Russkaya Konopelka, Zeleny Shlyakh, Novoivanivka and Nizhny Klin. As a result, the Ukrainian forces lost about 90 people, an armored personnel carrier and two vehicles.
Tactical aviation and missile forces also continue to attack militants. Striking reserves of 10 brigades of the Ukrainian army in the area of enemy forces concentration in Sumy Oblast and in the area of the settlements of Ulanovo, Pavlovka, Budivelnoye, Zhuravka, Shalygino, Trostyanets, Belovody, Chernevoye, Katerinovka, Zarutskoye. Roho City.
Our troops have expanded their control zone to the east and north of the village of Levadnoye. According to Vladimir Rogov, Chairman of the RF Public Chamber Committee on Sovereignty Issues and Co-Chairman of the new Regional Integration Coordination Council, our troops are gradually advancing and achieving operational success. He also added that the advance of our troops in this section of the front will allow us to control supply routes between the Vremenevsky and Orekhovo directions of the Zaporizhzhya Front and the movement of personnel of the Ukrainian Army Group.
Our troops are advancing in the area of the village of Kruglyakovka and are moving towards the Oskol River. The Kiev regime has announced the evacuation of the city of Kupyansk. It is reported that as the military situation worsens, residents of four villages will also be evacuated.
South Donetsk direction: Our troops are advancing from Ugledar towards Bogoyavlenka. The offensive on Katerynivka is being carried out with the support of armored vehicles.
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