Shahed-136 drones unlikely to help Russia achieve its goals in Ukraine - British intelligence
The Iranian-made Shahed-136 drones are unlikely to be satisfactorily fulfilling the function which Russia aspired to use them for.
12 October 2022
The Iranian-made Shahed-136 drones are unlikely to be satisfactorily fulfilling the function which Russia aspired to use them for.
This morning, the Ukrainian air defense forces shot down nine enemy Shahed-136 kamikaze drones in the sky over Mykolaiv region.
The Russian troops killed six residents of Donetsk region over the past day.
During the night, the enemy fired about seven S-300 missiles at Zaporizhzhia city and its suburbs.
The Russians fired more than 100 shells at Nikopol. A child was seriously injured.
The military-industrial complex of Belarus is already involved in the repair of Russian equipment damaged during hostilities. In addition, the first batch of twenty T-72 tanks was removed from storage and sent to Russia’s Belgorod region.
Over the past day, October 11, the Russian aggressor launched 13 strikes on the territory of Sumy region, using aircraft, mortars, artillery, and prohibited weapons.
The Ukrainian military continues to control the situation in Southern Buh direction.
11 October 2022
If it were not for today's attacks, Ukraine would have already restored the energy supply, water supply and communications that the Russian terrorists damaged yesterday.
In Zaporizhzhia region’s Orikhiv, power engineers came under enemy shelling. Two of them were killed.
Over the past 48 hours, units of the anti-aircraft missile division shot down 9 out of 11 Shahed-136 drones launched by the Russian army.
Russian invaders are using missiles and suicide drones to attack Ukrainian cities, causing terror against civilians. The city of Zaporizhzhia is remaining under continuous enemy fire.
The United States is expediting delivery of two National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS) to Ukraine as quickly as possible.
The Russian troops shelled Orikhiv and Stepnohirsk of Zaporizhzhia region with MLRS and artillery, killing seven civilians.
A torture chamber used by Russian invaders has been discovered near one of the Donetsk region’s greatest monasteries, Sviatohirsk Lavra.
Ukraine’s Defense Forces have repelled enemy attacks near six settlements today. In addition, the Ukrainian anti-aircraft defense units destroyed 32 Russian air targets across different directions.
Another prisoner swap has been carried out between Ukraine and Russia, and Ukraine has managed to bring back 32 more servicemen and the body of the Israeli citizen, Dmytro Fialka.
A total of 78 bodies, including those of children, have been exhumed in the Donetsk region’s Sviatohirsk and Lyman, liberated from Russian invaders.
There are no current signs that Russia is mulling the use of nuclear weapons in the Ukraine war, the head of GCHQ, British signals intelligence agency said.
The Western response to Russian missile terrorism should manifest itself in the transfer of F-16 fighters and early warning aircraft to Ukraine.
Air defense units have already shot down eight kamikaze drones and 18 cruise missiles Russia launched across Ukraine on Tuesday.
The enemy army targeted the energy infrastructure in Pavlograd and Kamianka districts of Dnipropetrovsk region.
Russia’s missile strikes inflicted on October 10-11 obliterated four combined heating and power plants, which covered the region’s power demand and also exported power.
The International Criminal Court intends to investigate Russia’s massive missile attack across Ukrainian cities.
The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has said that by striking critical civilian infrastructure in Ukraine on October 10, Russia may have violated principles on the conduct of hostilities under international humanitarian law.
In the Kherson region, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are pushing the enemy back to positions they constructed earlier.
Russia's bombardment of Ukrainian cities is a war crime that is not subject to any statute of limitations and falls under the jurisdiction of international courts.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has held a meeting of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief to discuss the situation on the front line, the further de-occupation of Ukrainian territories, the preparation of the army for winter, and the issue of protecting critical infrastructure.
Russia has launched missile strikes on critical infrastructure in Lviv and the Lviv region.
Units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed three enemy missiles over the Odesa region on October 11.