Thursday, October 13. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information From Ukraine

Dispatches from Ukraine. Day 232.

As Russia’s attack on Ukraine continues and the war rages on, reliable sources of information are critical. Forbes gathers information and provides updates on the situation.

By Polina Rasskazova

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) unanimously adopted a resolution that recognizes Russia as a terrorist regime and called for providing Ukraine with air defense systems. Key points of the document include recognition that the Russian regime is terrorist one; for the first time in history, the Council of Europe declared that weapons — air defense systems — should be given to a nation; it is noted that Russia’s presence in the UN Security Council is not legal; a call to establish an international tribunal as soon as possible.

Mykolaiv.

At night, the Russian army attacked the city of Mykolaiv with eight S-300 missiles. As a result of the shelling, a five-story building was damaged. “…the two upper floors were completely destroyed, the rest were under rubble. Previously, two people were injured,” reported the head of the Mykolaiv Regional State Administration. Among the wounded was an 11-year-old boy who spent 6 hours under the rubble. According to preliminary information, there may be 7 residents of the five-story building under the ruins of the building. Rescuers are searching for them and analyzing the destroyed structures.

Donetsk Region.

During the day, Russian forces shelled 13 towns, damaging residential buildings in the area and killing and wounding local residents, reported the National Police of Ukraine. The Russian troops fired from artillery batteries, tanks, a rocket salvo system and mortars. According to police, “24 civilian objects were destroyed and damaged — 13 residential buildings, a school, a boiler house, trade pavilions, a shop, and farm buildings.”

Dnipropetrovsk Region.

During the night, Russian troops attacked the city of Nikopol with 60 rocket salvo system missiles, 15 bursts of barrel artillery were also recorded, according to the head of the Dnipropetrovsk State Administration, Valentin Reznichenko. As a result of the shelling, one person was injured––a 59-year-old man, listed as in serious condition. The attack damaged more than 30 high-rise and private buildings, gas pipelines and power lines, and around 2,000 families were left without electricity.

The Russian occupation authorities of the city of Melitopol treat wounded Russian soldiers with fraudulently obtained blood donated by local residents. Advertisements are posted around the city about the need to donate blood, allegedly for the needs of women in labor and cancer patients. “However, taking into account that refrigerators are constantly brought to Melitopol with the bodies of Russian soldiers eliminated in the Kherson direction and wounded from the entire region of hostilities, we understand for which ‘patients’ blood is needed,” wrote the mayor of Melitopol, Ivan Fedorov, on his Telegram channel.

Moreover, in the Melitopol district, hospitals are mostly closed. More than 50% of doctors have left Melitopol. Russian occupation forces did not deliver medicines to hospitals for 7 months. A month ago, they blocked the delivery of medicines from Zaporizhzhia. In a few weeks, Melitopol will run out of rare medicines. “People will start to die or leave,” Fedorov said, “and unfortunately there is no way to leave the city today.”