1,165 political violence events
<1% increase compared to last week
71 incidents of violence targeted at civilians
12% decrease compared to last week
At least 39 fatalities from civilian targeting
36% decrease compared to last week
Key trends
- In the Donetsk region, Russian forces occupied 10 settlements last week, eight of them in the easterly directions of Ukrainian forces’ logistical hubs in Pokrovsk and Kurakhove. Russian forces also advanced north of Siversk and south-east of Velyka Novosilka.
- Along the Kharkiv-Luhansk administrative boundary, Russia seized three villages west of Svatove and continued to advance towards Kupiansk. Russian forces also made gains near Robotyne in the Zaporizhia region.
- ACLED records 19 Russian long-range missile and drone strikes, targeting the central Poltava and Dnipropetrovsk regions, the southern Mykolaiv and Odesa regions, the western Khmelnytskyi region, and the northern Kyiv region. Ukrainian forces also intercepted strikes in at least 44 instances, including over the regions of Ternopil, Kirovohrad, Vinnytsia, and Zhytomyr.
- Russian shelling, missiles, and drones killed at least 38 civilians across Ukraine. In addition, Ukrainian drone strikes and shelling killed four civilians in the Russia-occupied Horlivka and Donetsk city.
Key events
- 7 Oct. | Kherson – a car bomb severely wounds a Russia-installed chief of local police in occupied Novotroitske
- 8 Oct. | Kharkiv – Russian aerial bombs kill two civilians and wound 42 others in Kharkiv city
- 11 Oct. | Kharkiv – Russian airstrikes kill two civilians and wound 12 others in Kupiansk
Spotlight: Russia strikes foreign ships in Odesa ports
Russia targeted Ukrainian port infrastructure in the Odesa region several times throughout the week. On 6 October, Russian missiles and drones hit the port in Odesa city, damaging a Saint Kitts and Nevis-flagged civilian vessel loaded with grain for export. On the next day, Russia struck the port of Odesa again, hitting a Palau-flagged civilian ship. The attack killed a Ukrainian employee of a cargo-handling company and wounded five foreign crew members. On 9 October, Russian missiles struck the port of Izmail, killing nine civilians and wounding nine others, as well as damaging a Panama-flagged container ship. Between 24 February 2022 and 11 October 2024, Russian forces damaged 22 foreign civilian vessels.1Valerii Saakov, ‘Russia struck Odesa with ballistic missiles: a civilian vessel was damaged,’ DW, 8 October 2024 In the same timespan, ACLED records 38 events of Russian missiles and drones targeting port infrastructure and civilian vessels in the Odesa region.
One of the top grain exporters in the world prior to 2022,2BBC, ‘How much grain is Ukraine exporting and how is it leaving the country?,’ 2 April 2024 Ukraine continues to transport a part of its agricultural output through the Black Sea ports in the Odesa region, despite the sharp declines in both production and exports caused by Russia’s invasion.3Council of the European Union, ‘How the Russian invasion of Ukraine has further aggravated the global food crisis,’ 27 January 2024 International attempts to secure the sea route for Ukrainian grain exports through the Black Sea Grain Initiative broke down when Russia withdrew from the agreement on 17 July 2023. This led to intensified Russian strikes on ports and civilian vessels in the Odesa region, with over 85% of all attacks recorded after Russia’s withdrawal from the deal.
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