On October 6, 2022, Russia increased the use of missile attacks against a series of Ukrainian command posts in Andriyevo-Kryvyi Rih, Kherson, Kharkov, Donetsk
The official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, announced on October 6 that the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) continuously made breakthrough efforts during the day in the Andreevo-Kryvyi Rih direction. , but was repelled by the Russians in all directions.
He said that Ukraine used the forces of four battalions to fight in the Andriyevo-Kryvyi Rih direction, repeatedly trying to break through the Russian defenses in the direction of the settlements of Dudchany, Sukhanovo, Sadok, Bruskinskoye, but all All attacks were repulsed.
Konashenkov also pointed out that, in the Andriyevo-Kryvyi Rih direction alone, Ukraine lost more than 100 soldiers, 6 tanks, 8 armored fighting vehicles, and 9 other vehicles were destroyed. Kyiv’s attempt to advance against Kherson failed miserably.
Meanwhile, missile and air strikes by the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) on enemy garrison targets killed more than 280 Ukrainian troops in the Kherson and Nikolaev regions ( Mykolaiv).
Accordingly, the VKS fired missiles at temporary deployment points of the 35th Marine Brigade of the AFU near the settlement of Davydov Brod, Kherson Region; AFU 46th Airborne Brigade near the settlement of Murakhovka, Mykolaiv Region; the 60th Infantry Brigade in the area of the settlements of Trifonovka and Novaya Kamenka in the Kherson region.
On the eastern front, two Ukrainian BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launcher (MLRS) batteries were destroyed during the fighting in the settlements of Dvurechnaya in the Kharkiv and Karpovka regions in the territory of the People’s Republic of China. self-proclaimed Donetsk people (DPR).
Also on October 6, the representative office of the DPR at the Coordination Center for Control and Coordination of Matters related to War Crimes of Ukraine announced that Kyiv forces had fired a high-speed anti-radiation missile. American AGM-88 HARM altitude into the Proletarsky district of Donetsk.
In addition to the VKS, the attacks of the tactical-tactical forces and the air force of the Russian army, rocket, and artillery forces hit 8 command posts of the Ukrainian army, 63 artillery units, manpower, and enemy military equipment in 173 districts (districts) every day.
Especially in the Novy Komar area in the territory of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), which Moscow recently annexed, the Russian air force attacked, causing Ukraine to lose 60 soldiers of the 56th Ukrainian motorized infantry brigade and 2 tanks destroyed
In addition, the Russian Defense Ministry on October 6 also announced that fighter jets of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down two Ukrainian planes, including a MiG-29 and a bomber. Su-24 in just one day.
Earlier, on October 5, Russia also announced the use of Iskander tactical ballistic missiles at the Voznesensk military airport in the Mykolaiv region, flattening the compound housing the attack drones. Bayraktar TB-2 of Turkey.
In addition, in the first days of October, Russian missile forces, tactical air forces and artillery continuously delivered precision strikes on the positions of foreign mercenary units in the Konstantinovka residential area of the Russian Federation. Donetsk region and locations in the city of Kharkov.
