Ukrainian Armed Forces repel Russian attacks near 12 settlements – General Staff report
OLHA HLUSHCHENKO – THURSDAY, 29 SEPTEMBER 2022, 07:18
The Armed Forces of Ukraine have repelled Russian attacks in the vicinity of Zaitseve, Maiorsk, Zalizne, Bakhmutske, Odradivka, Mykolaivka Druha, Ozerianivka, Pervomaiske, Pobieda, Novomykhailivka, Pavlivka and Bezimenne.
Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 06:00 on 29 September
Details: Over the course of the past 24 hours, Russian invaders carried out 3 missile strikes and 8 airstrikes, as well as over 82 attacks using multiple-launch rocket systems (MLRS) on military and civilian targets across Ukraine.
More than 28 Ukrainian cities, towns and villages came under Russian fire, including Siversk, Bilohorivka, Yurivka, Marinka, Kryvyi Rih, Vyshchetarasivka, Mykolaiv and Ternovi Pody.
There were no significant changes on the Volyn and Polissia fronts.
On other fronts, the Russians continued to fire on military and civilian targets using tank guns, mortars and artillery:
- On the Sivershchyna front: areas in and around Senkivka and Bleshnia (Chernihiv Oblast) and Seredyna Buda, Havrylova Sloboda, Khliborob, Myropilske and Riasne (Sumy Oblast);
- On the Slobozhanshchyna front: areas in and around Strilecha, Sosnivka, Krasne, Hrushivka, Senkove, Dvorichna and Kolodiazne;
- On the Kramatorsk front: areas in and around Novoselivka, Staryi Karavan, Shchurove, Zakitne, Dibrova, Ozerne and Verkhnokamianske;
- On the Bakhmut front: Soledar, Bakhmut, Bakhmutske, Odradivka, Zaitseve, Vesela Dolyna, Toretsk, Opytne, Ivanivske, Yakovlivka, Bilohorivka and Vesele;
- On the Avdiivka front: Avdiivka, Berdychi, Pisky, Pervomaiske and Marinka;
- Russian forces did not undertake active combat operations on the Novopavlivka and Zaporizhzhia fronts, but fired on areas in the vicinity of Novoukrainka, Neskuchne, Vremivka, Zaliznychne, Huliaipole, Charivne, Chervone, Novopil and Uspenivka;
- On the Pivdennyi Buh front, around 25 towns and villages in the vicinity of the line of contact came under Russian fire. Russian forces made over 45 UAV sorties in order to conduct aerial reconnaissance and carry out attacks on civilian infrastructure targets.
The Russian military command is continuing to undertake measures to replenish losses in military personnel. In particular, it deploys prisoners to staff its units. According to the information available, up to 400 of them have arrived at a military training centre in Rostov Oblast (Russia) and will undergo training until 30 September.
Recently conscripted, low-skilled Russian troops are being sent to the front. For example, two out of the seven tanks deployed to Lyman in Donetsk Oblast ended up in a road accident on their way there on 26 September. In addition, the newly formed tank crews have not undergone proper fire training with standard tank weapons.
Russia continues to suffer losses. Ukrainian defence forces [collective name for all Ukrainian military formations involved in the ongoing combat in this country - ed.] destroyed 3 Russian S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems near Tokmak on the Zaporizhzhia front on 27 September. Russia’s fatalities and casualties have yet to be confirmed.
Over the course of the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian defence forces repelled Russian attacks in the vicinity of Zaitseve, Maiorsk, Zalizne, Bakhmutske, Odradivka, Mykolaivka Druha, Ozerianivka, Pervomaiske, Pobieda, Novomykhailivka, Pavlivka and Bezimenne.
To support the actions of Ukrainian ground troops, Ukrainian aircraft carried out 16 airstrikes, striking 3 Russian strong points, 10 areas of concentration of Russian military personnel and equipment and 3 anti-aircraft defence systems.
In addition, Ukrainian air defence forces struck down 4 Russian UAVs and 4 Kh-59 guided cruise missiles.
Ukraine’s Rocket Forces and Artillery struck 2 command posts, 7 areas where Russian military personnel, weapons and equipment were concentrated, 1 repeater station, 3 electronic warfare stations, 2 ammunition storage points and a fuel and lubricants storage point.
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