Ukraine’s missile, artillery forces engage enemy targets 130 times in past day

That’s according to Operational Command South, Ukrinform reports.

"Our troops are holding ground and inflicting fire damage on the enemy in order to create conditions for further offensive operations. No significant changes in the condition, composition, and position of enemy troops were observed over the past day," the report reads.

Instead, the enemy continues to run an active defensive operation, trying to hold the occupied lines and exert a fire influence on our troops, employing its air force, jet and barrel artillery, mortars, and tanks to attack Ukrainian positions and adjacent territorial communities.

Throughout the day, the enemy six times attacked from the air the positions of Ukraine’s Defense Forces and the settlements of the Beryslav district liberated in October.

No casualties were reported as the Russians mortared a coastal strip of the Ochakiv community.

In turn, Ukraine’s missile and artillery forces performed 130 fire missions last day. Seven Russian servicemen were killed in action, as per confirmed reports.

In addition, a Russian Zoopark-1 radar station was destroyed in Kherson region.

As reported by Ukrinform, on October 23 units of Ukraine’s Defense Forces repelled attacks by Russian troops in the districts of Bakhmut, Klishchiivka, Novomykhailivka, Maryinka, Nevelske, Pervomayske, and Avdiivka in Donetsk region.

The Russian military death toll as of October 23 amounted to 67,470 people, including nearly 400 in the previous day alone, according to the latest report.