🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️ — Key takeaways from Russian Armed Forces’ General Staff Chief Army General Valery Gerasimov’s statements:

▪ From September 1, the Russian Armed Forces have taken control of more than 1,800 square kilometers and 92 settlements.

▪️ In September and October, the battlegroup Center liberated 15 settlements.

▪️ In September and during the first two weeks of October, Russian servicemen seized control of nearly 500 square kilometers and 23 DPR settlements.

▪️ The Russian military has liberated Dobropolye in the DPR and is finishing the elimination of isolated Ukrainian units there.

▪️ Russian servicemen also liberated DPR’s Alekseyevo-Druzhkovka.

▪️ The Russian Armed Forces thwarted Ukrainian attempts to drive Russian troops out of Kupyansk.

▪️ Russian servicemen are now five kilometers from the southern outskirts of Zaporozhye.

▪️ Russian forces are fighting Ukrainian troops in Orekhov.

▪️ The Russian Armed Forces have reached the outskirts of Kramatorsk.

▪️ The 3rd Army is advancing in the suburbs of Slavyansk, Nikolayevka, where more than 50% of the settlement’s territory is under the control of Russian forces.

▪️ Russian servicemen are relentlessly advancing on Sumy.

▪️ In September, the Russian military shot down over 15,000 aerial targets.

▪️ The Russian Armed Forces have launched massive strikes against Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.

▪️ As a result, the Ukrainian military’s ability to produce cruise missiles has significantly decreased.

▪️ Nine Ukrainian metallurgical plants have been hit, halting production.

▪️ The Ukrainian military redeployed units of nationalists and foreign fighters to the Krasny Liman area to launch counterattacks but failed to achieve their goals.

▪️ The Russian Armed Forces struck 76 logistics centers and 93 vessels in Ukraine.

▪️ Ukraine lost over 3,500 troops during the fall campaign.

@IntelSlava