Luhansk

The enemy is actively amassing equipment, ammunition and manpower in Luhansk region for new assaults. The Russians have switched from frontal attacks to using small sabotage and reconnaissance groups.

In the temporarily occupied territories, Russians demand a Russian passport to renegotiate heating contracts. This also requires re-registration of housing ownership under the laws of the occupiers.

In the occupied Pervomaisk gymnasium in Luhansk region, 16 students were forced to swear allegiance to Russia after a month of military exercises. The occupiers are also planning to expand the “cadet” corps in Starobilsk for 500 children aged 12 and older.

In the occupied Luhansk region, the Luhansk Character program is being implemented, forcing children to make trench candles for Russian troops. The occupiers plan to raise a loyal generation for further mobilization.

Russia creates special assault companies of prisoners with hepatitis B and C to be sent to Ukraine. The first units are being formed as part of the 1435th and 1437th motorized rifle regiments to be deployed in the occupied territories.

An artillery ammunition depot of the 123rd motorized rifle brigade of the Russian Federation was hit in the temporarily occupied Luhansk. Due to powerful explosions and smoke, the occupation authorities are evacuating the surrounding areas.

Three powerful explosions were recorded in Luhansk, probably at an ammunition depot. A column of smoke from the explosions is visible from all over the city.

The occupiers are forcibly buying sunflower from local farmers at low prices.

Partly cloudy weather with temperatures ranging from +10 to +18 degrees is expected in Ukraine on October 27. Light rains are possible in the east, while the rest of the country will remain without precipitation.

The occupation authorities in Luhansk have announced the start of heating, but schools and hospitals remain without heat. Employees of boiler houses have stopped working due to non-payment of salaries, and the start of heating has been postponed for three weeks.

The Ukrainian Defense Forces have successfully engaged a Buk-M3 anti-aircraft missile system and destroyed an enemy radar in the temporarily occupied territory of Luhansk region. The targets were located tens of kilometers from the front line.

In Starobilsk, the occupiers are increasing the number of students in the “Cossack cadet corps” from 100 to 500 children over 12. After graduation, they will be required to sign a contract with the Russian army.

The third 112 communication center, which serves 7 eastern regions of Ukraine, was launched in Dnipro. During the first month of operation, the operators received 200,000 calls, of which 40,000 required emergency response.

Estonia has fired an employee of the embassy in Turkey for her research on Kremlin narratives about Ukraine. The article calls the Revolution of Dignity a “coup d'etat” and the 2014 Russian invasion a “separation of republics.

The “LPR Archive Service” is accumulating evidence of war crimes committed by Russian troops in the Luhansk region. More than 300 documents have been collected, including military cards, letters, photographs, and written accounts of crimes.

The President of Ukraine announced the return of 95 Ukrainians from Russian captivity. Among those released are Azov fighters, defenders of Mariupol and other regions, and human rights activist Maksym Butkevych.

A car carrying Russian Major Dmitry Pervukha exploded in the center of occupied Luhansk.

The Russian invaders intend to conduct an “inventory” of 100,000 properties in the occupied Luhansk region by the end of 2024. The goal is to identify the property of Ukrainians who have not received Russian citizenship.

Ukraine has conducted the 58th prisoner exchange with Russia, returning 95 of its defenders. Among those released are defenders of Mariupol, Azovstal and other regions, many of whom have serious illnesses due to torture.

Ukraine has repatriated the bodies of 501 fallen soldiers from different areas of the war. Most of the bodies were returned from the Avdiivka sector - 382, there are also bodies from Bakhmut, Maryinka and other frontline areas.

The occupiers have tightened customs control between russia and the so-called “lpr”. In Luhansk, 40 apartments seized from Ukrainians are being demonstratively handed over to the militants, increasing the volume of “nationalization” of housing.

A propaganda event to promote military professions among children will be held in occupied Luhansk. Russia is trying to foster loyalty to the occupation regime and attract teenagers to serve in the army.

Robert Fico believes that the war in Ukraine may end soon. He supports the territorial integrity of Ukraine, but believes that Russia will not leave the occupied territories.

In schools in the occupied Luhansk region, children are given booklets with rules of communication with the Russian military. Occupants attacked Ukrainian positions in the Liman sector, Luhansk plans to raise fares.

The Russian occupiers are trying to make the most of the favorable weather conditions in the Donetsk region before the onset of frost. Ukrainian troops, unlike the enemy, are preparing for the winter period.

The Russian military faces problems of supply, lack of medical care, and salary delays. This leads to mass desertions and suicides among soldiers.

A court sentenced a Russian agent who spied in Volyn to 15 years in prison. The 40-year-old assistant head of a border guard detachment was collecting information about Ukrainian troops for the FSB.

The Prosecutor's Office of Donetsk region has served suspicion notices in absentia to four “deputies of the People's Council of the Donetsk People's Republic”. They are accused of collaboration and facilitating the occupation of Donetsk region by Russia.

In the occupied territories of Donetsk region, Russians systematically misappropriate student scholarships. In Makiivka, the director of a lyceum embezzled 175,000 rubles intended for student payments.

An oil depot is on fire in the temporarily occupied territory of Luhansk region after a suspected drone attack. The Russian Defense Ministry announces the destruction of 47 UAVs over Russian territory overnight.