Russian sources report Ukrainian attacks towards Kherson, while Ukrainian sources note high numbers of grenade and rocket strikes. Ukrainian armed forces remain silent, but claim to hold their lines against Russian advances in Bakhmut.
Several Russian sources report renewed Ukrainian attacks towards Kherson, and Ukrainian sources report an unusually high number of daily grenade and rocket strikes, but the Ukrainian armed forces remain silent on all operations.
Ukrainian military officials stated on October 16 that Russian forces falsely claimed to have taken several cities near Bakhmut in recent days, but Ukrainian forces held their lines against Russian attacks. Russian forces are likely fabricating claims of advances in the Bakhmut area to gain some gains in at least one sector amid ongoing losses in northeastern and southern Ukraine.
Russian drones attacking targets in Kiev. A series of explosions are being reported. Air defence seems... so-so pic.twitter.com/tRQV8pdhlZ
The Ukrainian intelligence service has put a $100,000 bounty on the capture of prominent Russian military blogger and former deputy commander Igor Girkin and confirmed his presence in Ukraine with the words: "It is known that one of the most famous Russian terrorists has decided to engage in the war against our state again."
Ukrainian sources report that Russian occupation authorities in the city of Kherson are intensifying filtering measures against Ukrainian partisans and accelerating efforts to evacuate important material and personnel from Kherson to Crimea.
Ukrainian artillery units are using M982 Excaliburs on a wide scale in Kherson Oblast, seen here destroying reportedly a Russian Tor SAM system in addition to 2 T-72B-series MBTs.#Russia#Ukrainepic.com/5zG9tsPQV0
