Russia has attacked five regions of Ukraine: there are fatalities, injuries and destruction. VIDEO+PHOTOS
Russian shelling of the Sumy, Chernihiv, Kharkiv, Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions has resulted in deaths and injuries. Residential buildings, cars, educational establishments, infrastructure facilities and a veterinary centre have been damaged.
This was reported by Censor.NET.
Sumy region: eight people injured
Over the past 24 hours, Russian forces have shelled 31 settlements in the Sumy region. According to police, a 41-year-old man and an 85-year-old woman were injured in the Sumy community as a result of attacks by Russian drones. In the Putivl community, a 40-year-old man was wounded.
The highest number of casualties was recorded in the Shostka community: a 55-year-old woman and men aged 32, 57, 48 and 40 were injured.
A shop, cars, a garage, and blocks of flats and private houses were also damaged. Damage was reported in the Berezivska, Verkhnosyrovatska, Seredynobudska, Trostyanetska and Mykolaivska communities.
Chernihiv region: attacks by FPV drones and a strike on an animal rescue centre
Over the past 24 hours, Russian troops have attacked civilian vehicles in Semenivka with FPV drones on four occasions. A ‘Gerbera’-type drone also struck an administrative building, according to Vyacheslav Chaus, head of the regional military administration
In the Koryukivka community, an FPV drone attacked foresters’ vehicles.
In the evening, Russian troops struck the ‘Step Towards Animals’ veterinary and sterilisation centre in Chernihiv, presumably with ‘Banderole’-type munitions. Extensive damage was recorded on the centre’s premises.
Three women aged 18, 40 and 59 were injured. Over 100 animals that were at the centre were taken to a temporary shelter.
On the morning of 29 October, Russian troops attacked Semenivka again. The strike hit a private property, damaging a house and a car.
Kharkiv region: one person killed, eight injured
Over the past 24 hours, Russian troops shelled Kharkiv and 19 settlements in the region. One person was killed and eight others were injured, including a child, according to Oleg Synyegubov, head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration.
A 38-year-old man was killed in Kharkiv. Men aged 46, 55 and 41, as well as a 48-year-old woman, were injured. Another woman, aged 72, suffered an acute stress reaction.
In the village of Mala Danilivka, a 42-year-old woman and a 13-year-old girl were injured. In Staryi Saltiv, a 75-year-old man was injured.
According to regional authorities, Russian forces deployed four guided aerial bombs, one ‘Geran-2’ UAV, four ‘Molniya’ drones, seven FPV drones and 19 unmanned aerial vehicles, the type of which is yet to be determined.
In Kharkiv, an educational establishment, postal warehouses, a utility building, six lorries, two buses, a gas tanker and a semi-trailer were damaged.
Damage was also reported in the Bohodukhiv, Kupiansk, Izium, Kharkiv and Chuhuiv districts. Residential buildings, outbuildings and vehicles were damaged.
Zaporizhzhia region: 849 strikes in 24 hours
Over the past 24 hours, Russian troops carried out 849 strikes on 44 settlements in the Zaporizhzhia region, according to Ivan Fedorov, co-chair of the regional defence council.
According to regional authorities:
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20 air strikes were carried out on a number of settlements in the region;
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662 attacks were carried out using various types of drones, predominantly FPV drones;
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settlements were shelled six times using multiple launch rocket systems;
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161 artillery strikes targeted settlements near the front line.
As reported by the head of the Regional State Administration, Mykhailo Semikin, on the morning of 29 October, the Russians attacked a municipal bus in Zaporizhzhia using an FPV drone.
According to preliminary reports, a woman and a man were injured. They are receiving medical treatment.
Donetsk region: residential buildings, a bank and public infrastructure damaged
Over the past 24 hours, Russian troops carried out 1,578 strikes along the front line and in residential areas of the Donetsk region. Eight settlements came under fire, the regional police reported
One person was injured in Kramatorsk. An apartment block and five private houses, a bank branch and a lorry were damaged.
In Malotaranivka, a civilian was injured and a private house was damaged.
Russian troops carried out ten strikes on Sloviansk. An apartment block and four private houses, a shop, equipment belonging to a municipal utility company, infrastructure facilities and a car were damaged.
In Bilenke, two private homes were damaged; in Stepanivka, one; and in Mykhailivka, nine homes, two clinics, a community centre and a church.
