Invading Russian troops try to disrupt Ukrainian Armed Forces in certain directions - Ukrainian Armed Forces General Staff

The General Staff states in the morning report on October 2.

Russian invading forces did not stop trying to occupy Donetsk region, keep the captured territories, as well as disrupt the active actions of the Ukrainian Defense Forces in certain areas.

In particular, Russians launched 4 missile and 16 air strikes, conducted more than 75 rounds of anti-aircraft fire at military and civilian objects on the territory of Ukraine. In addition, the enemy uses the Iranian-made "Shahed-136" unmanned aerial vehicle for attacks on infrastructure facilities.

More than 30 settlements were damaged by Russian strikes in the last 24 hours. Among them are Bilogorivka, Bakhmut, Krasnohorivka, Maryinka, Vodyane, Trudove, Bogoyavlenka, Novoukrainka, Orihiv, Zaliznychne, Illinka, Nikopol, Blagodativka, Mykolaiv, Ochakiv and Odesa.

In the Volyn and Poliske directions, the situation has not changed significantly.

In other directions, Russian occupying forces continued shelling from tanks, mortars, barrel and rocket artillery:

in the Seversky direction - in the settlements Seredyna Buda, Fotovizh and Budka of the Sumy region;

in the Slobozhansk direction - in Vovchansk and Gatishche settlements of the Kharkiv region;

in the Kramatorsk direction – Hryhorivka, Bilogorivka, Verkhnokamianske and Rozdolivka;

in the Bakhmut direction – Soledar, Bakhmut, Bakhmutske, Odradivka, Opytne, Yakovlivka, Yuryivka and Novoselivka;

in the Avdiyivka direction – Avdiyivka, Krasnohorivka, Opytne, Pervomaiske, Maryinka, Novomykhailivka and Vodyane.

On the Novopavlivskyi and Zaporizhzhia directions, Russians inflicted fire damage in Novoukrainka, Paraskoviivka, Prechistivka, Pavlivka, Neskuchne, Shakhtarske, Velyka Novosilka, Novoandriivka, Zaliznychne, Gulyaipole, Gulyaipilske, Poltavka, Novopil and Vremivka.

Areas of twenty-eight settlements, which are not far from the contact line, were shelled by tanks, mortars and barrel artillery in the South Bug direction.

Russians continue to suffer losses on Ukrainian soil as a result of the effective actions of the Ukrainian Defense Forces. The ammunition warehouse was destroyed after a fire attack on September 30 in ​​Chernihivka settlement of Zaporizhzhia region and about 50 people were injured.

Units of Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled enemy attacks in Kozacha Lopan, Vyimka, Bakhmutske, Bakhmut, Vesela Dolyna and Pervomaiske settlements in the last 24 hours.

In support of the actions of the ground groups, the Air Force of Ukrainian Defense Forces conducted 29 strikes in the last 24 hours. The defeat of the enemy's stronghold, 22 areas of concentration of weapons and military equipment, as well as 6 anti-aircraft missile systems of the enemy was confirmed.  In addition, Ukrainian Air Defense Units shot down 2 unmanned aerial vehicles.

Ukrainian missile troops and artillery struck 8 command posts, 10 areas of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment during the day.  In addition, 3 warehouses with ammunition and 2 S-300 anti-aircraft missile complexes fell into the affected area.