Three enemy Iskander-K missiles downed over Dnipropetrovsk region – Air Force
On the night of October 28, 2023, Ukraine’s East Air Command intercepted three Russian Iskander-K ground-launched cruise missiles.
28 October 2023
On the night of October 28, 2023, Ukraine’s East Air Command intercepted three Russian Iskander-K ground-launched cruise missiles.
In a phone call, Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov briefed U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on the situation on the battlefield.
On the night of October 28, 2023, Russian invaders dropped 16 guided bombs on the Kherson region.
As of 07:00 a.m., October 28, 2023, two Russian warships were on combat duty in the Black Sea, including one cruise missile carrier.
Over the past 24 hours, Russian troops launched 90 strikes on Kherson region, injuring 11 people.
From February 24, 2022 to October 28, 2023, the Armed Forces of Ukraine eliminated about 298,420 Russian military personnel, including 740 soldiers over the past day.
Ukraine’s air defense forces shot down three enemy missiles over Dnipropetrovsk region at night.
Over the past day, the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled 15 enemy attacks in Avdiivka direction. Russian troops suffered significant losses there.
Investigators have already documented more than 98,000 war crimes committed by the Russian army in the territory of Ukraine.
On Friday, Erik Møse, Chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, told the UN Security Council members about torture, killings, unlawful confinement and other offenses committed by Russian troops in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Minister of Defense of Ukraine Rustem Umerov discussed joint interaction in the face of Russian aggression and plans for the upcoming Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting in a phone conversation on Friday evening.
27 October 2023
In Kharkiv region, mandatory evacuation of families with children has been announced in three communities of Kupiansk district that are under constant enemy fire.
The White Wolf unit of the Special Operations Center "A" of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) destroyed 72 units of Russian military equipment.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has said that this week has significantly increased Russian losses.
The number of people injured in evening shelling of Kherson has grown to seven.
The Russian army shelled Kherson, in particular, the central part of the city.
During the day, the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled Russian attacks in Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Marinka, and Shakhtarske directions. The enemy regroups in Kupyansk and Lyman directions.
The enemy halved the number of strikes and used fewer drones in Kupyansk direction due to weather conditions.
In southern Ukraine, the defense forces destroyed three Kh-59 guided aerial missiles and two Lancet combat drones.
In September, the Russian occupation forces used about 500 drones to attack the territory of Ukraine. Currently, the number of drones used has decreased somewhat, which indicates that the enemy is accumulating them.
Germany has handed over another package of military aid to Ukraine.
The Russian army shelled Nikopol with artillery. A 5-year-old boy and a woman were injured.
The situation at the border remains difficult. The enemy conducts constant daily shelling of Ukrainian territory and launches drones for monitoring purposes.
In the village of Kindrashivka,in the Kupiansk district of the Kharkiv region, a 67-year-old woman sustained shrapnel injuries as a result of Russian shelling.
Soldiers of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine received 50 FPV drones.
A 41-year-old man injured in the shelling on September 14 in the Kherson region died in hospital.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky had a phone conversation with UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
In Kharkiv region, a kamikaze drone of the State Border Guard Service destroyed a Russian electronic warfare station.
The authorities showed a house destroyed in a Russian shelling of Zelenivka village in Kherson region, under the rubble of which the body of a dead man was found.
The bodies of 50 fallen defenders have been returned to the territory controlled by the government of Ukraine.