Night air attack, 197 combat clashes, battles in the Pokrovsk and Kurakhovsky directions, losses of the occupiers, enemy shelling, the new CEO of Ukroboronprom, elections and a referendum in Moldova.
Consequences of the strike on Zaporizhia on October 21
Today, On October 21, Russian occupiers attacked a residential area of Zaporizhia.
“A 49-year-old man and a 48-year-old woman are in serious condition. Three more people are in moderate condition. Doctors are providing them with all the necessary assistance,” said Ivan Fedorov, head of the Zaporizhia OV.
The blast wave damaged nearby houses. According to the State Emergency Service, a kindergarten was also hit.
“This morning, Russian troops launched another missile strike on the residential sector of the city. A two-story kindergarten building was partially destroyed. The blast wave and debris damaged nearby cars. Firefighters put out the fire in two metal garages,” the rescuers reported.
On the night of October 21, during a five-hour alarm, fragments of enemy drones fell in three districts of Kyiv.
As reported by the Kyiv Metropolitan Military District, the occupiers launched about a dozen enemy UAVs at the capital. Russian drones approached the capital from different directions. The defenders destroyed them all.
Falling fragments were recorded in the Dniprovsky, Goloseevsky and Solomensky districts of the city.
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In the Kyiv region, Russian UAV debris damaged houses, a market, and cars.
An apartment in one of the multi-story buildings was partially destroyed.
Meanwhile, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports that a total of 197 combat clashes were recorded over the past 24 hours. Most of them were in the Pokrovsk and Kurakhovsky directions.
In the Pokrovsk directionOur defenders repelled 46 attacks over the past 24 hours. The enemy attempted to advance near the settlements of Mikhailovka, Vozdvizhenka, Mirolyubovka, Novotroitskoye and Sukhoi Yar. The enemy concentrated its main efforts in the areas of Selidovoye and Luch, where 22 and 9 combat contacts occurred, respectively.
The Defense Forces continue to hold back the enemy in the Kurakhovsky direction. In the areas of the settlements of Gornyak, Novodmitrovka, Kurakhovka, Konstantinovka, Maksimilianovka, Antonovka, Kurakhovo, Vodyanoye, the occupiers attempted to break through the Ukrainian defense lines 59 times.
The Ukrainian Defense Forces continue to conduct an operation in the Kursk direction, where the enemy carried out 41 airstrikes over the past 24 hours, using 72 guided aerial bombs.
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The General Staff also reports that over the past 24 hours, the Defense Forces eliminated another 1,710 occupiers, 24 tanks, 64 armored combat vehicles, and 24 artillery systems. The total combat losses of enemy personnel from 24.02.22 to 21.10.24 were approximately 680,230.
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On the night of October 21, Russia attacked Ukraine with various types of missiles, Shahed-type attack UAVs, and unspecified drones.
As reported by the Air Force, as of 09:30, radio-technical troops detected and escorted 119 enemy air attack vehicles.
Currently, there is confirmation of the downing of 59 enemy UAVs in the Odessa, Nikolaev, Kherson, Vinnytsia, Khmelnytsky, Zhytomyr, Kyiv, Sumy, Kirovohrad, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Poltava regions.
In addition, 45 Russian drones have been lost, and 10 enemy UAVs are still present in the airspace of Ukraine. There are several UAV hits on civilian infrastructure in Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reported that a total of 3,767 Ukrainians have been returned from Russia.
“We managed to bring home 3,767 Ukrainian men and women. Almost all of them needed long-term treatment and rehabilitation. Russia illegally holds thousands more of our people and continues the forced displacement of children,” the president wrote in his Telegram channel.
He recalled that Ukrainian people are in Russian prisons and camps because of torture, humiliation and hunger, so Ukraine is counting on the help of the Vatican and partners to bring its citizens home.
Oleg Gulyak, former commander of the Logistics Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, has become the new CEO of the joint-stock company “Ukrainian Defense Industry”, the joint-stock company reported in Telegram. He was acting. Since then, CEO German Smetanin has been made Minister for Strategic Industry.
About 20 candidates applied for the position of the new chairman. Three made it to the final of the competitive selection, conducted by the Ukrainian representative office of the international recruiting company Odgers Berndtson. Interviews with the finalists were conducted by representatives of the embassies of Great Britain, the USA, and France.
“Oleg Gulyak knows the urgent needs of the army well, he is an experienced leader. The main tasks that now face him are to increase production volumes further, complete the reform of the state sector of the defense industry and build an effective anti-corruption infrastructure,” Smetanin said.
In Russia, war criminal Dmitry Golenkov, involved in missile strikes on Ukrainian civilian targets, has been eliminated.
In particular, the Amstor shopping center in the city of Kremenchuk in the Poltava region. At the time of the attack on June 27, 2022, there were about 1,000 people in the shopping center. As a result of the war crime, 22 people were killed and dozens were injured. Golenkov is also responsible for the missile strike on a residential building in Dnipro on January 14, 2023, which killed 46 Ukrainian civilians, including 6 children. The body of the Russian war criminal was found with multiple head injuries, probably caused by a hammer. Golenkov is a pilot of the 52nd heavy bomber aviation regiment of the Russian Aerospace Forces (military unit 33310), based at the Shaikovka airfield and armed with Tu-22M3 bombers, held the position of chief of staff of the Russian aviation squadron.
“MsoNormal”>”The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reminds ― there will be fair retribution for every war crime,” the intelligence service noted.
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has arrived in Kyiv.
“I have returned to Ukraine for the fourth time as Secretary of Defense, demonstrating that the United States, together with the international community, continues to support Ukraine,” Austin wrote on social media.
As the publication notes, the Pentagon chief arrived “with a message of strong U.S. commitment to Ukraine's military efforts, but without new military aid or permission for its forces to use long-range missiles in Russia.”
In Kyiv, Austin will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Defense Minister Rustem Umerov.
The Central Electoral Commission of Moldova has processed 97% of the protocols for the presidential elections and the constitutional referendum on EU accession.
As NewsMaker writes, according to preliminary calculations, Maia Sandu from Action and Solidarity is leading in the elections. She received 41.86% of the vote. Second place is occupied by Alexandru Stoianoglo from the Party of Socialists. 26.32% of voters voted for him.
Among those who took part in the referendum, 50.10% voted against introducing the European vector into the Constitution, and 49.90% support this decision. The Central Election Commission has already processed 97.7% of the votes.
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