Because the warfare enters its 607th day, these are the principle developments.
Right here is the state of affairs on Monday, October 23, 2023.
Preventing
- Russian forces saved sustained stress on Avdiivka in Ukraine’s east with the Normal Employees of Ukraine’s Armed Forces saying that Ukraine’s troops had repelled almost 20 Russian assaults across the largely ruined city. Russian air assaults additionally hit close by villages, it mentioned.
- Talking in his nightly video deal with, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy mentioned the state of affairs in Avdiivka and the close by city of Marinka was “notably robust. Quite a few Russian assaults. However our positions are being held”.
- Russia’s defence ministry mentioned it foiled a number of makes an attempt by Ukrainian models to cross the Dnipro River within the southern Kherson area. The ministry mentioned Ukrainian “sabotage and reconnaissance” groups have been stopped whereas attempting to cross the river close to the villages of Pridniprovske, Tiahynka and Krynky.
- Additionally in Kherson, regional Governor Oleksandr Prokudin mentioned a number of villages have been struck by Russian shelling. Transport and meals factories have been additionally hit in Kherson Metropolis, he added.
- Ukraine’s Air Pressure mentioned air defence programs destroyed six Russia-launched assault drones and a cruise missile in a single day.
- Vladimir Saldo, the Moscow-installed governor of the occupied areas of Ukraine’s Kherson area, mentioned Russia introduced down three Ukrainian missiles heading for targets in Crimea, which was annexed by Moscow in 2014.
Politics and diplomacy
- Russian Overseas Minister Sergey Lavrov is due within the Iranian capital Tehran on Monday the place he’s anticipated to carry talks with regional overseas ministers over points together with the Nagorno-Karabakh area. Russia turned to Iran for navy and financial assist because it started its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, triggering a raft of Western sanctions.
