Overview
- Ukrainian General Staff reported 167 combat engagements in the past day, with the Pokrovsk sector seeing 64 repelled assaults.
- Russian forces conducted two missile attacks and 63 airstrikes, launching six missiles and 148 guided bombs, alongside 4,110 artillery and mortar attacks, including 89 from MLRS.
- Ukraine said Russian troops also deployed 4,488 kamikaze drones over the reporting period.
- Ukrainian aircraft, missile units and artillery struck five areas of Russian manpower, weapons and equipment concentration.
- Heavy fighting was also recorded on the Kostiantynivka (25 attacks), Lyman (17), Southern Slobozhanshchyna (13) and Kupiansk (9) fronts, while no offensive actions were noted on the Kramatorsk and Dnipro River fronts, according to the 08:00 Oct. 22 update.