Victory Chronicles-DAY 978

An investigation is underway in Selydove, Donetsk region, after Russian forces reportedly attacked a civilian vehicle, resulting in casualties. According to the Prosecutor’s Office, the footage shows the aggressor state’s forces firing automatic weapons at the car, which had two occupants, injuring one. Additionally, the Armed Forces of Ukraine responded to the scene to provide first aid and evacuate the civilians. Separate reports also indicate that two women were fatally shot in the area, and several civilian bodies were discovered in parts of the city previously unaffected by heavy conflict. The Donetsk Regional Prosecutor’s Office is conducting a pre-trial investigation into these alleged violations of the laws and customs of war.

In an attack on the city of Chuhuiv in the Kharkiv region, Russians launched guided aerial bombs and used a Tornado-S multiple-launch rocket system. This attack resulted in 21 people being injured, including 5 children. The Shevchenkivskyi, Saltivskyi, and Kholodnohirskyi districts of Kharkiv were also targeted, causing destruction and damage to residential infrastructure. Preliminary investigations suggest that the Russians fired at Kharkiv using a FAB-250 from the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation.

During the night, Russian occupants targeted residential areas in Kherson, Ukraine, resulting in five fires in different parts of the city. The fires affected residential buildings, a multi-story building, as well as non-residential and outbuildings. Despite the challenging circumstances caused by ongoing shelling, firefighters managed to extinguish the fires through coordinated efforts. This incident adds to a total of eight fires that have been extinguished in Kherson and the surrounding region within the past 24 hours due to enemy attacks. The State Emergency Service of Ukraine has been actively responding to these incidents and working tirelessly to mitigate the damage caused by the shelling.

The war with the Russian occupiers continues not only on the ground but also in the sky. Enemy aircraft do not come close to Ukrainian positions, but drones, especially reconnaissance drones, are still causing significant problems for the Ukrainian military. Often invisible to the naked eye from the ground, they direct and adjust artillery and MLRS fire, and show the way for Iskanders and KABs. The 46th separate airborne brigade of the Airborne Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine showed how to destroy enemy drones.

Ukrainian forces recently advanced within the main Ukrainian salient in Kursk Oblast amid continued Ukrainian ground attacks in the area on October 27. Geolocated footage published on October 26 indicates that Ukrainian forces recently advanced southwest of Olgovka (east of Korenevo) and east of Kolmakov (east of Sudzha).

Russian sources, including the Ministry of Defense (MoD), claimed on October 27 that Ukrainian forces attacked southeast of Korenevo near Zeleny Shlyakh, Novoivanvoka, Daryino, Nizhny Klin, Pogrebki, and Nikolaevo-Daryino; and southeast of Sudzha near Plekhovo.

Russian forces recently marginally advanced within the main Ukrainian salient in Kursk Oblast. Geolocated footage published on October 26 indicates that Russian forces recently marginally advanced southeast of Martynovka (northeast of Sudzha). Elements of the Russian 137th Airborne (VDV) Regiment (106th VDV Division) are operating near Lyubimovka (southeast of Korenevo); elements of the 11th VDV Brigade are reportedly operating near Cherkasskaya Konopelka (southeast of Sudzha); and elements of the 810th Naval Infantry Brigade (Black Sea Fleet) and 155th Naval Infantry Brigade (Pacific Fleet, Eastern Military District [EMD]) are reportedly operating in unspecified areas of Kursk Oblast.

A Russian source claimed that Ukrainian forces attacked near Novy Put in Glushkovsky Raion, west of the main Ukrainian salient in Kursk Oblast, as of the evening of October 26.

Ukrainian fighter Serhii Kyriachok, with the call sign Matros, died on 27 February 2024 near the village of Minkivka, Donetsk region. The warrior received injuries incompatible with life as a result of an enemy mortar attack. The defender was 45 years old.

Serhii was born in the village of Opishnia, Poltava region. After graduating from high school, he entered National University ‘Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic’. In civilian life, he worked as a civil engineer. He lived with his family in Poltava. Since childhood, he loved sports, especially football.

During the full-scale invasion in 2023, he was mobilised to the 30th Separate Mechanised Brigade and served as a grenade launcher assistant shooter. According to the Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 346 of 04.06.2024, he was posthumously awarded the Order ‘For Courage’, III degree. ‘He was an extremely courageous man, he fought 50 meters away from the enemy, repeatedly saved his comrades,’ said his wife Yelyzaveta. Serhii was buried in his native village.

On 23 October 2024, a memorial plaque in his honor was installed on the facade of the school in Opishne where the defender studied. Serhii is survived by his parents, wife, and a minor son.

*Serhii’s story on the Heroes Memorial – a platform for stories about the fallen defenders of Ukraine.

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