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The Russian army has begun offensives on the Lyman and Kupyansk fronts in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine’s Ground Forces commander, Oleksandr Syrskyi, said as quoted by the Military Media Center, on Oct. 14.

Russian invasion forces are resuming attacks in the Lyman-Kupyansk sector of the front, increasing the intensity of shelling and conducting air strikes, the Ukrainian military’s Eastern Grouping spokesman Ilya Yevlash said on Ukrainian national television on Oct. 11.

Ukrainian military sources noted that Kyiv forces continued successful offensive actions some eight kilometers southeast of Bakhmut, near Andriivka, according to the Institute for the Study of War.

Ukrainian troops have made advances on the western front line, according to the Institute for the Study of War maps.

A Kyiv military official reported that Russia has increased strikes in the Kharkiv and Luhansk regions in recent days.

Heavy fighting continues in the Bakhmut sector near the railroad there, Illya Yevlash, head of the press service of the Eastern Grouping of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, said during the national telethon program on Oct. 5.

Key developments on Oct. 5: Russia attacks the village of Hroza in Kharkiv Oblast, killing 51 people, injuring 6 Zelensky visits Spain for European Political Community Summit, receives more support from European officials Spain says it will provide Ukraine with more Hawk air defense systems Ukraine appoints 3 new new deputy defense ministers NGO rescues 19 more children from Russian occupation Russian forces hit a grocery store and a cafe in the village of Hroza, Kharkiv Oblast, killing 51 peopl...

UK Defence Intelligence has confirmed information that Wagner Group fighters have begun to be deployed in Ukraine again. Source: UK Ministry of Defence intelligence review on 29 September, as reported by European Pravda Details: The mercenaries are reported to be returning to Ukraine individually and in small groups, fighting against Ukraine on the side of various pro-Russian units.

Grant Shapps said he asked Ukraine’s president “what he needs to win.”

The Ukrainian Defence Forces are actively destroying artillery systems belonging to Russian occupiers on the Bakhmut front. Source: Illia Yevlash, spokesperson for the Eastern Grouping of Forces, on air during the 24/7 national joint newscast Quote: "The enemy continues to conduct artillery attacks along the entire line of contact in the area of responsibility of the Eastern Grouping of Forces.