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5 October 2023
2 events recorded (1 confirmed), and 1 statement counted apart.
October 2023 in brief
A missile hit a wake in the village of Hroza, killing 59 civilians; the UN monitoring mission found no military target nearby and reasonable grounds to believe Russia carried out the strike, while Russia's UN representative called the gathering a legitimate military target. [1] UN monitors said more than 1,000 civilians were killed in the six months to July, almost six deaths a day, and documented torture and ill-treatment of civilians and prisoners of war by Russian authorities. [1] Missiles killed five people in an apartment block in Zaporizhzhia and workers at a postal depot near Kharkiv, where the toll rose to eight, according to regional officials, and WHO recorded attacks on health care in Kramatorsk Raion. [1][2][3] Russian forces launched a large assault to encircle Avdiivka, where AFP reported about 2,000 of 31,000 pre-war residents remained. [1] Ukrainian forces crossed to the Russian-held east bank of the Dnipro in Kherson oblast and entered the village of Krynky, according to geolocated footage analysed by the Institute for the Study of War. [1] Russian drones hit grain storage in Izmail district, a drone attack set fire to the Afipsky oil refinery in Russia's Krasnodar region, and the Leiden dataset records damage to the gas pipeline and telecom cables between Finland and Estonia. [1][2][3] Russia's parliament voted to revoke its ratification of the nuclear test ban treaty, and Putin said hand grenade fragments had been found in the bodies of those killed in the Prigozhin crash. [1]
Said
At the Valdai forum in Sochi, President Putin said the head of the Investigative Committee had told him fragments of hand grenades were found in the bodies of those killed in the Prigozhin crash and that there had been no external impact on the plane; he gave no detail on how grenades could have detonated on board.
Government of Russia
5 Oct · to a mixed audience
Reported by Al Jazeera
Unresolvable
Confirmed
Reported
Said: 1 statement, not counted as events
Said
Government of Russia: At the Valdai forum in Sochi, President Putin said the head of the Investigative Committee had told him fragments of hand grenades were found in the bodies of those killed in the Prigozhin crash and that there had been no external impact on the plane; he gave no detail on how grenades could have detonated on board.