As the war enters its 607th day, these are the primary advancements.
Here is the scenario on Monday, October 23, 2023.
Combating
- Russian forces kept continual pressure on Avdiivka in Ukraine’s east with the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces stating that Ukraine’s soldiers had actually pushed back almost 20 Russian attacks around the mostly destroyed town. Russian air attacks likewise struck close-by towns, it stated.
- Speaking in his nighttime video address, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated the circumstance in Avdiivka and the close-by town of Marinka was “especially difficult. Many Russian attacks. Our positions are being held”.
- Russia’s defence ministry stated it foiled a number of efforts by Ukrainian systems to cross the Dnipro River in the southern Kherson area. The ministry stated Ukrainian “sabotage and reconnaissance” groups were stopped while attempting to cross the river near the towns of Pridniprovske, Tiahynka and Krynky.
- In Kherson, local Governor Oleksandr Prokudin stated a number of towns were struck by Russian shelling. Transportation and food factories were likewise struck in Kherson City, he included.
- Ukraine’s Air Force stated air defence systems damaged 6 Russia-launched attack drones and a cruise rocket over night.
- Vladimir Saldo, the Moscow-installed guv of the occupied locations of Ukraine’s Kherson area, stated Russia lowered 3 Ukrainian rockets heading for targets in Crimea, which was annexed by Moscow in 2014.
Politics and diplomacy
- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is due in the Iranian capital Tehran on Monday where he is anticipated to hold talks with local foreign ministers over problems consisting of the Nagorno-Karabakh area. Russia turned to Iran for military and financial assistance because it started its full-blown intrusion of Ukraine in February 2022, setting off a raft of Western sanctions.
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