Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the president of Ukraine, stated that the situation in Maryinka and the neighboring town of Avdiivka remained “especially harsh. several assaults from Russia. However, our positions are still in place. The devastated town of Avdiivka, which is seen as the entryway to retaking Russian-held Donetsk and the remainder of Donbas, which is made up of the Donetsk and Luhansk areas, has been targeted by Russian forces in a series of violent and desperate lunges.
Ukrainian forces in Kherson have reportedly crossed to the Russian side of the Dnipro River to take up new positions and chase Russian forces, according to the US-based Institute for the Study of War. At Kherson, the east bank is now occupied by Russian forces, while the west bank is still free and under Ukrainian control, despite continued Russian shelling throughout the weekend. According to Russia, there were attempts to enter into Ukraine.
The six victims of a Saturday Russian missile attack on a postal distribution center in the Kharkiv district were all postal workers, ranging in age from 19 to 42. Seven of the 17 injured people are reportedly “fighting for their lives” and are in critical condition.
The attack was denounced by Bridget Blink, the US ambassador to Ukraine, who posted on X that “The Kremlin’s disregard for life is for all to see.”
Mitch McConnell said he and the president were generally “in the same place” on the $106 billion (£87 billion) aid package from the Biden White House to Israel and Ukraine.
On Sunday, three missiles aimed at the Crimean peninsula were shot down by Russian military, a Russian official reported. According to AFP, the peninsula, which Moscow took from Ukraine in 2014, is essential to Russia’s military offensive since it allows it to launch missile attacks from the sea and supply troops in southern Ukraine.
According to the most recent assessment from the UK Ministry of Defence, Russia has probably sustained 150,000–190,000 permanent casualties (dead or chronically injured) since the Ukraine War started. The MoD stated on X that this number would increase to 240,000–290,000 if the temporary wounded (those who have recovered and are expected to return to the combat) were included.
Overnight on October 22, Russian military stormed the village of Stanislav in the Kherson region, damaging approximately 30 homes but causing no recorded casualties.
The spokeswoman for Sergei Lavrov’s ministry has announced that Lavrov will travel to Tehran on Monday to meet with regional counterparts. The foreign ministers of Russia, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia had been invited to the discussions, according to earlier reports from Iran’s official IRNA news agency. Western nations have charged Tehran of supplying Russia with a significant number of drones and other weapons in order to bolster its invasion in Ukraine.
Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the president of Ukraine, reported that he had spoken with Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, the Emir of Qatar, to express gratitude for Qatar’s humanitarian support and mediation in bringing back illegally deported Ukrainian children.
According to the BBC, Ukraine worries about a lack of drones as a result of China’s decision to impose export limitations. Drones have never been utilized so extensively in an armed battle, and both sides are using them in the fight in Ukraine. Because so many people have been killed in the conflict, many of them are manufactured commercially in China and purchased off the shelf. New supplies are therefore essential.
In an effort to make up for the loss of the majority of its European clients, Russian gas producer Gazprom will provide Hungary and China with additional gas. Viktor Orbán, the prime minister of Hungary, is the only EU leader to have remained friendly with Putin. He is viewed as the main potential opponent to a decision due in December on whether to begin EU accession talks with Ukraine, which would require the support of all 27 EU members.