Ukraine Daily
Thursday, October 13
Russia’s war against Ukraine
Ukrainian adults and children visit the crater, occurred after the Russian missile strikes, at the Taras Shevchenko Park in Kyiv, Ukraine on October 12, 2022. Ukrainians visited and laid flowers at the attack site in memory of those killed and injured during the Russian missile strikes. After the attacks in different cities of Ukraine, the citizens of Kyiv are trying to maintain their apparent normality. (Photo by Jose Colon/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
General Staff: Belarus sends 20 T-72 tanks to Russia. Belarus has sent the first batch of 20 T-72 tanks to the Belgorod region, Ukraine’s General Staff reported on Oct. 12. The Belarusian defense industry is already involved in repairing some of the Russian military equipment damaged during the war in Ukraine, the General Staff stated.
Ukraine downs 4 Russian helicopters in 18 minutes. Ukrainian anti-aircraft missile units shot down at least four Russian attack helicopters (presumably Ka-52) in southern Ukraine from 8:40 a.m. to 8:58 a.m. on Oct. 12, Ukraine’s Air Force reported. Ukraine was trying to hit two more Russian helicopters, which means the number of confirmed downed helicopters may increase, according to the military.
Governor: Ukraine downs two kamikaze drones over Vinnytsia Oblast. The information was provided by Vinnytsia Oblast Governor Serhiy Borzov. Suspilne television reported explosions in Vinnytsia Oblast.
UK intelligence: Shahed-136 drones can’t fulfill deep strike function Russia wants. Iranian-made drones that Russia uses in Ukraine are “slow and fly at low attitudes”; they have a small explosive payload and can’t fulfill “the deep strike function which Russia probably aspired to use it for,” the U.K. Defense Ministry reported on Oct. 12. “The lack of a reliable, sustainable, and accurate operational-level strike capability is likely one of Russia’s most significant capability gaps in Ukraine,” reads the report.
PM: Electricity restored in almost 4,000 Ukrainian settlements. Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said that Ukraine’s energy system functions normally while repair work is ongoing. On Oct. 10, Russian forces hit infrastructure, including energy facilities, in 12 oblasts and Kyiv, causing more than 30 fires. Shmyhal said parts of Ukraine were cut off from electricity and that the Ukrainians should prepare for temporary power, water supply, and mobile network disruptions.
IAEA: Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant’s power supply restored. The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant has restored its external power supply after an outage on the morning of Oct. 12, according to Rafael Mariano Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). “We need a protection zone as soon as possible,” he said. The power outage happened due to Russian strikes at the Dnirpovska electrical substation in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, according to Energoatom, Ukraine’s state nuclear monopoly. Russia, which has been shelling Ukrainian positions from the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Russian-occupied Enerhodar, is accused of using it as a shield and a tool of blackmail.
Putin offers to supply gas via undamaged parts of Nord Stream 2. Russian dictator Vladimir Putin offered to resume gas supplies to Europe through parts of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline that were not damaged by explosions in September. He also suggested an alternative supply route through Turkey. “The ball is in the EU’s court. If they want to, then the taps can be turned on, and that’s it,” he said. Since Sept. 26, four leaks have been discovered in the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines. Following the leaks, several Western officials, including U.S. President Joe Biden, called them a “deliberate act of sabotage.”
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Amid Russian missile terror, NATO pledges more Ukraine aid. As Russia unfolds a massive bombing campaign against Ukraine’s vital public infrastructure, Kyiv’s international backers say they work to accelerate defense assistance — and provide Kyiv with air defense.
Photo: NATO press service
Ukraine war latest: Russia strikes crowded market amid battlefield setbacks. Russia’s morning strike on a crowded market in Avdiivka killed at least seven people and wounded eight on Oct. 12, Donetsk Oblast Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko reported.
Photo: Sofiia Bobok/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
Could mobilization, battlefield defeats cost Putin his regime? Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has raised the stakes in his war against Ukraine, and he may be paying the price.
Photo: Getty Images
In the shadow of war, Kremlin continues terrorizing Crimean Tatars. They usually come at four or five in the morning. Men in uniform and with guns pull up in large vehicles.
Photo: Taras Ibragimov
The human cost of Russia’s war
Russia’s attacks kill 6 in Donetsk Oblast. In the past 24 hours, Russian forces have killed six civilians and wounded one in Donetsk Oblast, not including Mariupol and Volnovakha, reported the oblast governor, Pavlo Kyrylenko, on Oct. 12. Russia also fired seven S-300 missiles at Zaporizhzhia Oblast, hitting a football field and damaging residential buildings, two educational institutions, and a medical institution.
General Staff: Russia has lost 63,380 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24. Ukraine’s General Staff reported on Oct. 12 that Russia had also lost 2,505 tanks, 5,181 armored fighting vehicles, 3,927 vehicles and fuel tanks, 1,507 artillery systems, 355 multiple launch rocket systems, 182 air defense systems, 268 airplanes, 235 helicopters, 1,129 drones, and 15 boats.
Russia hits Avdiivka in Donetsk Oblast, killing 7 civilians. Russian troops struck the central market in Avdiivka in the morning, killing at least seven people and wounding eight, Donetsk Oblast Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko reported on Oct. 12. “There was no military logic in this attack – only an unbridled desire to kill as many of our people as possible and frighten others,” said Kyrylenko.
Investigative journalists: Russia’s irrecoverable casualties in Ukraine reach 90,000 troops. iStories, a Russian independent investigative journalism project, cited an anonymous source at the country’s Federal Security Service and a former intelligence officer. The irrecoverable casualties include those killed in action, missing in action, those who died in hospital, and injured troops who cannot return to military service. In late August, U.K. Defense Minister Ben Wallace said Russia had lost over 80,000 troops in six months in Ukraine compared to the 15,000 they lost in a decade in Afghanistan.
International response
Stoltenberg: Air defense to be ‘top priority’ in NATO support for Ukraine. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg urged NATO Allies to provide air defense systems to Ukraine; he called it the “top priority” for those who attend meetings of NATO Defense Ministers and the U.S.-led Contact Group for Ukraine in Brussels on Oct. 12-13. “The horrific indiscriminate attacks against Ukrainian cities… demonstrate the urgent need for more air defense for Ukraine,” said Stoltenberg.
Germany to give Ukraine additional MLRS, howitzers. Germany will hand over to Ukraine “more” self-propelled artillery howitzers Panzerhaubitze 2000 and multiple launch rocket systems MARS II “in the next few weeks,” the German Defense Ministry tweeted during the sixth Ramstein format meeting in Brussels on Oct. 12.
Netherlands to supply surface-to-air missiles worth $14.5 million to Ukraine. Following Russia’s recent mass missile strikes on Ukraine, Defense Minister Kajsa Ollongren said on Oct. 12 that these attacks “can only be met with unrelenting support for Ukraine and its people.”
France to provide air defense systems to Ukraine. France will supply Ukraine with air defense systems, including radars and missiles, in the coming weeks, French President Emmanuel Macron said in an interview with French TV channel France 2 on Oct. 12. He didn’t provide details on what type of anti-aircraft missiles or how many would be transferred. Macron also confirmed that he had negotiated the delivery of six Caesar howitzers to Ukraine.
UK to supply air defence missiles to Ukraine. U.K. Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said the U.K. will deliver AMRAAM missiles to Ukraine. “These weapons will help Ukraine defend its skies from attacks and strengthen their overall missile defense alongside the U.S. NASAMS,” Wallace said, the Guardian reports.
Canada announces additional $47 million in military aid for Ukraine. Canadian Defense Minister Anita Anand said on Oct. 12 that the new military aid package would include winter clothing and equipment, artillery rounds, and communications technology. Earlier, she said that Canada’s military would deploy around 40 combat engineers to Poland to train Ukrainian troops in engineering skills, using explosives for demolition work, and demining.
Reuters: Washington to provide Ukraine with $4.5 billion budget support. The U.S. will provide Ukraine with $4.5 billion in direct budget support in the coming weeks, Reuters reports, citing the U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. “We’re committed to getting this funding to you as soon as possible because we know how important it is in supporting your brave resistance to Russia’s illegal invasion,” Yellen said.
UN condemns Russia’s illegal annexation of four Ukrainian oblasts. UN General Assembly passed a resolution condemning Russia’s illegal annexation of Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, Luhansk, and Kherson oblasts. Of the 193 member states, 143 voted in favour, Russia, Syria, Nicaragua, North Korea, and Belarus opposed, while 35 countries abstained. The rest of the countries didn’t vote.
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