Russia attacked the port infrastructure of the southern region of Odessa again this Thursday and continued the offensives on the eastern front, while Ukraine received a new military assistance package of almost 500 million dollars from its partners with which it seeks to cover the needs of its Armed Forces facing the winter.
“In the Izmail district, damage has been reported to port infrastructure and residential houses,” wrote the head of the Odessa Military Administration, Oleg Kiper. The drones injured an elderly woman and started a fire, he added.
During the attack, Ukrainian air defenses managed to shoot down ten of the drones launched by Russia against the Odessa region.
In total, Russia launched 33 Shahed kamikaze drones last night, 28 of which were shot down by Ukrainian defenses, the Air Force reported.
The Russian Defense Ministry acknowledged this Thursday the attack in Izmail, but assured that it was directed against a warehouse with Ukrainian war equipment.
“In the vicinity of the city of Izmail in the Odessa region, a warehouse with military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed,” said Defense Spokesman Igor Konahsenkov in the daily war report.
According to the spokesman, “aviation, drones, missile forces and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces caused casualties to (Ukrainian) manpower and military equipment in 129 areas.”
kyiv, for its part, reported having received new help from its allies. “We have received almost 500 million,” revealed Defense Minister Rustem Umérov. The new allied assistance seeks to cover the needs of the Ukrainian army during the winter, including ammunition and anti-aircraft defenses, he said.
“Speaking of deliveries, we are receiving everything on time,” Umerov said, quoted by the Ukrainska Pravda publication.
The Ukrainian minister also revealed some details of his meeting with the US Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin, in Brussels and assured that Washington will maintain aid to Ukraine “as long as it is necessary.”
Austin assured his Ukrainian colleague that the US is capable of providing military assistance to both Ukraine and Israel, amid fears that the war in the Middle East will undermine support for Kiev.
Simultaneously, the head of Ukrainian military intelligence, Kirilo Budanov, acknowledged today that the shipment of military material to Ukraine could decrease if Israel’s war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip is prolonged. Budanov also stated that Russia has the resources to extend armed actions until 2026.
The fighting for the eastern Ukrainian town of Avdivka continues to focus the efforts of both sides these days, with a Russian offensive underway within the framework of which Moscow’s troops advanced on the flanks of the city.
“Geolocated images from October 10 and 11 confirm that Russian troops advanced southwest of Avdiivka near Sieverne and northwest of Avdivka near Stepove and Krasnohorivka,” the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) notes in its daily report. ).
According to the analytical center, the Russian offensive operations in Avdivka demonstrate the ability of Moscow’s troops to learn from their mistakes on other fronts and apply the lessons learned.
At the same time, the ISW believes that the Russian army will have difficulties completing the encirclement of that Ukrainian stronghold in the Donetsk region, which is very well fortified and defended.
Meanwhile, its hypothetical capture will not give Moscow any new advantages in the future advance in Donetsk, ISW experts assured. kyiv in turn recognized the “tense” situation in Avdivka, but assured that its forces “maintain their positions” in the town, which once had more than 30,000 inhabitants.