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Situation Summary
In the Donetsk region, Russian forces reportedly made advances in the areas of Bakhmut and Avdiivka. Clashes also took place along the frontline in the Zaporizhia region, on both sides of the Donetsk-Zaporizhia administrative boundary, and along the Kreminna-Svatove-Kupiansk line in the Luhansk and Kharkiv regions. Fighting increased on the southern bank of the Dnipro river in the Kherson region.
Russian shelling and airstrikes reportedly killed around 20 civilians in the Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Kharkiv, Kherson, and Sumy regions. On 21 October, Russian missiles hit a postal service building in Korotych near Kharkiv city, killing seven civilians and wounding 16 others. Further away from the frontline, Russian forces targeted the western region of Khmelnytskyi with missiles and drones several times during the week – on 25 October, the debris of intercepted Russian drones wounded 18 civilians in Slavuta in this region. Russian drones were also shot down in the capital city of Kyiv and the central region of Vinnytsia.
