In his evening address of October 20, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that Russia had launched 6,130 drones of the type Shahed since 2024.
Since the fall of 2022, Russia has launched thousands cheap but effective drones of the Iranian design Shahed against Ukraine.
In recent weeks, Russia increased its drone attacks. For the first time after the full-scale invasion they have targeted cities and towns in Ukraine on a regular basis since September began.
According to the Air Force, on Aug. 26 Russia launched its biggest attack against Ukraine yet with 127 missiles. Ukraine shot down 102 missiles. The Russians have targeted civilian, energy and fuel facilities including a dam at the Kyiv Hydroelectric Power Plant.
Zelensky reported that Russia has recently changed tactics and is now using more drones. In its attack on Oct. 18 earlier this week, the country used 129 Shahed type drones.
Zelensky, in his evening address, criticized the “indecision of the free world” in delaying additional defense systems.
“We need to put more pressure on Russia to stop producing these weapons.” We need to be able to destroy the entire infrastructure of the ‘Shaheds,’ including their production and logistics.
On October 9, Ukraine’s army struck a base that stored 400 Iranian Shahed drones near Oktyabrsky village in Russia’s Kranodar Krai.
In an August 2023 report the U.K. Defense Ministry stated that Russia began domestic production. Initially, they sourced Shahed-type Drones from Iran.
On October 20, a large rally in support for Georgia’s entry into the European Union took place in Tbilisi’s Freedom Square, ahead of the upcoming elections scheduled for October 26.
Belarusian Hajun, a monitoring group, reported that the Belarusian Air Force had downed an Russian Shahed drone in Belarus’ Homel Oblast over night on October 20. This is only the third time that a Belarusian aircraft downed a Russian drone that entered its airspace.
Sources told the Kyiv Independent that drones were used to target the large Sverdlov Plant, owned by the state and located in Dzerzhinsk, a city in the Nizhny Novgorod Region. This is about 900 kilometers into Russia.
Oleksandr Vilkul said that eight of the injured were currently hospitalized, but their condition is “moderate”.
This includes 1,340 casualties that Russian forces have suffered in the last day.
The upcoming presidential elections in Moldova and the EU referendum on October 20 are considered crucial for determining its future path towards European Union integration.
Regional authorities reported that Russian forces attacked Shostka in Sumy Oblast overnight on October 19 with guided bombs and drones. According to MykolaNoha, the mayor of Shostka, one civilian was killed and 11 others injured in the attack.
On October 19, Jean-Noel Barrot, the French Foreign Minister, said in Kyiv that a Russian victory would enshrine the law of the strong and bring the international order into chaos.
The National Police confirmed three air strikes by Russian forces on Zaporizhzhia, in the southeast of Ukraine, using high-explosive unguided bombs.
According to a joint statement released following their meeting in Naples, the G7 defense ministers reaffirmed their commitment towards supporting Ukraine’s inclusion into NATO.
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According to Dmytro Lubinets, it is likely that the actual number of cases is much higher because it is difficult for Russian war crimes to be documented without supporting evidence like videos of the executions.
This is the second violation of Romanian airspace this week.
According to Ukraine’s military intelligence, on October 19, Russian Major Dmitriy Privukha, who was allegedly involved in war crime against Ukraine, died in the center Russian-occupied Luhansk when his car exploded.
The Energy Ministry of Ukraine reported that on the morning Oct. 19, over 73,000 customers in three oblasts had been left without electricity as a result of recent Russian attacks.
“Kremniy EL”, one of the largest microelectronics factories in Russia, produces components that are widely used in Russian defence production. These include Pantsir air-defense systems and Iskander rocket systems.
According to the General Staff of Ukraine‘s Armed Forces, this number includes 1,380 casualties Russian troops suffered in the last day.
“Yesterday, after the inspection they told me I was leaving in 30 minutes, but they did not tell me where. On the way, we learned about the exchange.
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