Seven civilians have been killed and 13 injured in Russia’s shelling of the Donetsk region’s Lyman, according to the updated information. Two people are now in critical condition.
Russian troops attacked Lyman–Kupyansk direction more than 20 times over the past day which testifies to their efforts to achieve at least some intermediate success.
The defenders of Ukraine destroyed three enemy tanks, an armored personnel carrier and shot down a Su-25 attack aircraft in Kupyansk–Lyman direction over the past day.
For several weeks, Russian troops have been firing artillery mostly in Lyman–Kupyansk axis. More than 400 artillery strikes have been recorded there today.
Fierce fighting continues in eastern Ukraine, with the Russian army making powerful attempts to break through the defenses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, particularly in the Lyman sector.
Ukraine’s Defense Forces have repelled all attacks by Russian invaders in the Lyman and Avdiivka directions over the past day. Additionally, the Ukrainian military launched 11 air strikes on enemy positions.
The Security Service of Ukraine intercepted a phone call of a Russian soldier, which confirms that the invaders killed civilians and raped women while retreating from Lyman in Donetsk region.
The Russian troops continue to focus their efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Bakhmut and Lyman directions, and hold the defense in the Novopavlivka and Kherson directions.
The Russian troops continue to focus their efforts on Bakhmut and Avdiivka directions and try to improve their tactical position in Kupyansk and Lyman directions.
The Russian troops are attempting to regain the lost position in the Lyman direction. In other directions, the invaders are focusing efforts on restraining units of Ukraine’s Defense Forces.
The police have completed exhumation procedures at the largest mass burial site in the Donetsk region’s Lyman. A total of 111 bodies of civilians and 35 of the Ukrainian military were recovered.
On October 17, at 1:30 p.m., a briefing will be held on the topic: "Preliminary conclusions of the exhumation in the de-occupied Lyman; humanitarian situation in Donetsk region".