Week 10.10 - 16.10: Total casualties from Kyiv's attacks on civilian population in Russia-controlled regions and elsewhere.
An extended summary of all intentional attacks on civil infrastructure and population executed by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, 10th to 16th of October.
The report presents an extended summary of all intentional attacks on civil infrastructure and population in the regions of Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporojye and Kherson, Belgorod and others, executed by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the week from the 10th to 16th of October.
Popular or official local telegram channels were used to obtain information on the attacks (see list at the end of report).
Since the war broke out on the 24th of February, the Ukrainian Army, under the command of General Valeryi Zaluzhnyi, has been indiscriminately shelling civilian buildings (markets, schools, residential housing), civilian gatherings and other facilities of non-military use, predominantly in the Donbass region, pursuing sole purpose of inflicting as much damage to the non-combatant population as possible.
Some notable examples are the shelling of Kramatorsk train station on the 8th of April, the Donetsk indoor market attack on the 22nd September, as well as the recent bombing of civilian transport heading for Russia-controlled part of Zaporojye on 30th of September.
37 people were killed and at least 51 injured from 3rd to 9th of October.
FULL LIST OF DOCUMENTED UKRAINIAN ATTACKS ON CIVILIANS FROM 10th TO 16th OCTOBER
TOTAL KILLED: 21
TOTAL WOUNDED: at least 69
*Most missiles fired by Kiev are successfully intercepted. Had they not been the total figure for casualties would have been significantly higher.
MONDAY 10th OCT
General
Location: Donetsk Republic (Donetsk, Gorlovka, and other towns)
Time of Day: all-day
Target: Civilian infrastructure, residential districts, indiscriminate.
Shells deployed: 217 in total. MRLS “Grad”; 155mm, 152mm and 122mm caliber. Mortars 120mm caliber.
Civilians killed / wounded: 1 / 19
Damage inflicted: 15 residential houses. 72 electricity substations.
Location: various towns, Luhansk Republic
Time of Day: nighttime
Target: residential districts
Shells deployed: 3 HIMARS (1) (2)
Civilians killed / wounded: -/-
Damage Inflicted: houses damaged
Location: various settlements, Belgorod Region
Time of Day: morning
Target: residential buildings, indiscriminate
Shells deployed: Tochka-U missile, other.
Civilians killed / wounded: 1/-
Damage Inflicted: at least 18 residential houses damaged
Specific
Location: Tetkino village, Kursk Region
Time of Day: daytime
Target: residential areas, indiscriminate.
Shells deployed: -
Civilians killed / wounded: -/2
Damage Inflicted: residential building
TUESDAY 11th OCT
General
Location: Donetsk Republic (Donetsk, Gorlovka, and other towns)
Time of Day: all-day long
Target: Civilian infrastructure, residential districts, indiscriminate.
Shells deployed: 148 in total. 1 AGM-88 HARM, tanks; 155, 152mm caliber. Mortars of 120mm caliber.
Civilians killed / wounded: 1 / 5
Damage inflicted: 17 residential buildings; at least 800 households without electricity.
Specific
Location: Troitskoe village, Luhansk Republic
Time of Day: evening
Target: residential district
Shells deployed: HIMARS: 3 M31 GMLRS
Civilians killed / wounded: 1/1
Damage Inflicted: house damaged
WEDNESDAY 12th OCT
General
Location: Donetsk Republic (Donetsk, Gorlovka, and other towns)
Time of Day: all-day long
Target: Civilian infrastructure, residential districts, indiscriminate.
Shells deployed: various; petal landmines
Civilians killed / wounded: 2 / 4 + 1 from petal landmine
Damage inflicted: 1500+ households without electricity
Specific
Location: Avdeevka* (Donetsk Republic, Kiev-controlled)
Time of Day: morning
Target: street market, residential buildings
Shells deployed: cluster munitions, tanks
Civilians killed / wounded: 7/11
Damage Inflicted: street market site, other residential buildings
Location: Artemovsk town, Luhansk Republic
Time of Day: nighttime / early morning
Target: residential district
Shells deployed: HIMARS: 1 M31 GMLRS
Civilians killed / wounded: 1 / -
Damage Inflicted: 7 houses damaged
THURSDAY 13th OCT
General
Location: Donetsk Republic (Donetsk, Gorlovka, and other towns)
Time of Day: morning, daytime
Target: Civilian infrastructure, residential districts, indiscriminate.
Shells deployed: 281 in total. 155mm, 152mm, 122mm calibers; 120mm mortar.
Civilians killed / wounded: 2/4
Damage inflicted: 27 residential buildings; 21 electricity substations
Specific
Location: Belgorod City, Belgorod Region
Time of Day: daytime
Target: residential buildings
Shells deployed: -
Civilians killed / wounded: -/-
Damage Inflicted: residential building
FRIDAY 14th OCT
General
Location: Donetsk Republic (Donetsk, Gorlovka, and other towns)
Time of Day: all-day long
Target: Civilian infrastructure, residential districts, indiscriminate.
Shells deployed: 208 in total
Civilians killed / wounded: 1 / 6
Damage inflicted: ‘Donbassgaz’, ‘Don Fuel’, 22 residential buildings, kindergarten, electricity substations.
SATURDAY 15th OCT
General
Location: Donetsk Republic (Donetsk, Gorlovka, and other towns)
Time of Day: all-day long
Target: Civilian infrastructure, residential districts, indiscriminate.
Shells deployed: 175 in total, 155mm and 152mm caliber
Civilians killed / wounded: 1 / 4
Damage inflicted: 12 residential buildings; 5251 households without electricity
SUNDAY 16th OCT
General
Location: Donetsk Republic (Donetsk, Gorlovka, and other towns)
Time of Day: all-day long
Target: Civilian infrastructure, residential districts, indiscriminate.
Shells deployed: 171 in total: calibers 155, 152,122. MRLS: HIMARS, Grad. Mortars:120mm.
Civilians killed / wounded: 3 / 8
Location, (1): Belgorod Region (Belgorod city, Shebekino and other towns)
Time of Day: daytime
Target: residential districts, indiscriminate.
Shells deployed: -
Civilians killed / wounded: - /4
Damage inflicted: many houses damaged
Specific
Location: City of Donetsk, Donetsk Republic
Time of Day: morning
Target: city administration
Shells deployed:
Civilians killed / wounded: -/5 (already counted under ‘general’)
Damage Inflicted: city administration building
TOTAL KILLED: 21
TOTAL WOUNDED: at least 69
Methodology:
I did not attempt to count the total of shells fired, (nor the total of shels by type), as this information is often incomplete.
Not all attacks may have been recorded: the relatively minor ones, or those intercepted, may have unintentionally been omitted.
The total number of casualties is, most likely, an underestimate.
Telegram channels accessed:
Donetsk and Luhansk Republics: https://t.me/dnronline ; https://t.me/chp_donetsk_vz ; https://t.me/obstanovkalnr Kherson Region: https://t.me/NSDVCH ; https://t.me/VGA_NovayaKahovka ; https://t.me/VGA_Kherson Zaporojye Region: https://t.me/nsdelzap1 ; https://t.me/vrogov Belgorod Region: https://t.me/vvgladkov; https://t.me/belgorod01 Kursk Region: https://t.me/gubernator_46