Russians push Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant staff to sign contracts with Rosatom – General Staff report

UKRAINSKA PRAVDA — MONDAY, 24 OCTOBER 2022, 07:15

The Russian occupiers have applied physical and mental pressure on employees of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant [ZNPP] to sign contracts with Rosatom [the Russian company that runs all nuclear power plants in Russia]; they also forbade the employees of the power plant to leave for the territory controlled by Ukrainian authorities.

Source: the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, on Facebook

Details: The Russians have rotated personnel at the Zaporizhzhia NPP.

Over the past 24 hours, Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled the attacks of Russian occupiers in the areas of Zemlianka and Chugunivka settlements (Kharkiv Oblast), as well as Soledar, Bakhmut, Andriivka, Klishchiivka, Novomykhailivka, Maryinka, Nevelske, Pervomaiske and Avdiivka (Donetsk Oblast)

During the same period, Russian forces carried out 2 missile strikes and 28 airstrikes,  as well as over 65 attacks with the use of multiple-launch rocket systems (MLRS). Civilian infrastructure facilities in the settlements of Bakhmut, Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv and Novotavrycheske of Zaporizhia Oblast came under Russian fire.

There is a threat of missile and air strikes on Ukraine’s critical infrastructure from the territory of Belarus; these also may include the use of Iranian-made UAVs.

There were no significant changes on the Volyn and Polissia fronts.

On other fronts, the Russians carried out attacks:

• on the Slobozhanshchyna front: from tanks, mortars, tubed and rocket artillery in the areas of Hryhorivka, Krasne, Ohirtseve, Staritsa, Petro-Ivanivka, Figolivka, Khatne, Chervona Zorya and Chuhunivka settlements;
• on the Kupiansk and Lyman fronts: from tanks, mortars, tubed and rocket artillery, near the settlements of Bakhmutske, Bakhmut, Bilogorivka, Vesele, Zelenopillia, Klishchiivka, Kurdyumivka, Niu-York, Ozaryanivka, Opytne, Soledar, Spirne and Yakovlivka;
• on the Avdiivka front: from tanks and artillery of various types, in the areas of Avdiivka, Opytne, Vodyane, Nevelske, Krasnohorivka, Kostyantynivka, Pervomaiske, Novomykhailivka, Maryinka, Prechistivka, Novopil, Novosilka and Zaliznychne settlements;
• on the Novopavlivka and Zaporizhzhia fronts: from tubed and rocket artillery near Velyka Novosilka, Vremivka, Vugledar, Gulyaipole, Zaliznychne, Malynivka, Mykilske, Olhivske, Pavlivka and Shevchenko;
• on the Pivdennyi Buh front, Russians shelled the areas of the settlements near the contact line. Among them were Shevchenkove, Ternovi Pody, Myrne, Novogrigorivka, Kvitneve, Kiselyvka, Blagodativka, Novopoltavka, Bilogirka, Davydiv Brid and Tryfonivka. The infrastructure of Nikopol and Ilyinka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast was damaged by artillery fire.

Russians are conducting offensive actions on the Bakhmut and Avdiivka fronts.

On October 22, the destruction of 3 BM-21 Grad MLRS and the evacuation of about 70 wounded Russian servicemen in the Mykhailivka area of Zaporizhzhia Oblast was confirmed.

The Ukrainian Air Force conducted 11 strikes. 11 clusters of weapons and military equipment of the enemy were destroyed. Air defence units shot down 12 Shahed-136 UAVs.

Over the past day, Ukrainian Rocket and Artillery forces hit 4 command posts, 5 clusters of manpower, weapons and military equipment, 4 ammunition depots, an anti-aircraft missile system, an area of ​​artillery firing positions and other important facilities of the invaders.

Inspections conducted by mobilisation staff continue in Belarus this month. Special groups have been created by local executive authorities to check and clarify information on potential conscripts. They identify the occupations of men of draft age as well as their military specialities and marital status.

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