The two hundred thirty-second (232) day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to a Russian military large-scale invasion continues.

The aggressor continues to focus his efforts on attempts to implement his plans to enter the administrative border of Donetsk region and maintain the captured districts of Kherson, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, and Mykolaiv regions. The enemy continues to resist, pulls up reserves, and conducts mobilization.

The invaders fire at the positions of our troops along the entire contact line, carry out engineering equipment of the positions in certain directions and conduct aerial reconnaissance.

The enemy continues to attack critical infrastructure and civilian objects of Ukraine. In particular, the objects and civilians of the settlements of Nalyvaikivka, Kyiv region, Mykolaiv, and Nikopol were affected. For strikes, the enemy used cruise missiles, aviation, anti-aircraft guided missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles of Iranian production.

In general, during the current day, the occupiers launched 1 missile and 15 airstrikes and carried out 22 attacks from rocket launchers.

The situation in the Volyn and Polissya directions has not changed significantly. The threat of missile and air strikes from the airspace and territory of the Republic of Belarus remains.

The enemy fired in other directions:

• in the Siversk direction - from mortars and barrel artillery, in the areas of Atynske and Velyka Rybytsia settlements;
• in the Slobozhansk direction - from mortars, barrel and rocket artillery, in the areas of Hryanikyvka, Gatyshche and Strilecha settlements;
• in the Kramatorsk direction - from tanks and artillery of various types along the entire line of contact. In particular, in the areas of the settlements of Bilohorivka, Terny and Yampolivka;
• in the Bakhmut direction - from tanks, mortars, barrel and jet artillery, in the areas of the settlements of Bakhmut, Bakhmutske, Zelenopillia, Soledar, Mayorsk, Ivanhrad and Yakovlivka;
• in the Avdiyiv direction - from tanks and various caliber artillery, in Maryinka, Nevelske, Pervomaisky and Zolota Nyva districts.

The enemy did not carry out offensive actions in the Novopavlovsky and Zaporizhzhia directions. The settlements of Stepnohirsk, Orihiv and Komyshuvakha were shelled.

In the Southern Bug direction, Nikopol was subjected to shelling from MLRS.

Russian occupiers continued to take away Ukrainian children from the temporarily occupied territories. So, since the beginning of October, about 170 children have been taken out of the city of Kherson.

Representatives of the enemy's private military companies continue to recruit prisoners for war on the territory of our country. According to available information, on October 11-12, 385 prisoners were recruited in correctional colony No. 16 of the city of Salavat of the Republic of Bashkortostan.

The enemy suffers daily losses. Aviation of the Defense Forces carried out 19 strikes during the day. Damage to more than 13 places of concentration of weapons and military equipment, as well as 6 anti-aircraft missile systems of the enemy, was confirmed. In addition, our air defense units shot down 8 unmanned aerial vehicles. Six of them are "Shahed -136".

Missile troops and artillery during the current day hit 2 control points, 3 areas of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment, and 2 ammunition depots.

In addition, it was confirmed that on October 12 of this year, two enemy military facilities were damaged by fire in the Burchak settlement of the Zaporizhzhia region. The losses of the occupiers are being specified.

Glory to Ukraine!