Disinfo Chronicles: Detector Media experts published an analysis of the most recent Russian propaganda narratives.
Detector Media, a media-monitoring NGO, known as “the watchdog of Ukrainian media” released an analytical video in English, exploring Russian propagandist narratives, fakes, disinformations, and manipulations.
In particular, the authors break down the process of spreading Russian fakes, first being posted on Russian government-owned-or-affiliated media, then being amplified by "pundits", platformed by major Western media. The same is true vice versa: Russians are widely practising cherry-picking opinions and presenting them as proven facts.
Detector Media expert pinpoints how Russian “media” are violating journalistic standards, exposing several such cases and dismantling Russian narratives.
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Civilian Statistics as of 10.18
Confirmed victims among civilians: 6,306 dead (397 of which were children), and 9,602 injured (723 of which were children) as of 10.17.2022 — Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights;
Victims among the children: 425 dead and 815 injured — Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine;
6,657,918 individual refugees from Ukraine recorded across Europe (11,150,639 border crossings from Ukraine; 4,767,914 border crossings to Ukraine) as of 08.17.2022 — UNHCR;
6,645,000 IDP Population; 5,545,000 Returnees Population (as of 07.23.2022) — IOM;
2,663 educational institutions damaged, 326 of which were fully destroyed — Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine;
906 medical facilities damaged, 123 of which fully destroyed (as of 08.18.2022) — Viktor Liashko, Minister of Health of Ukraine;
More than 3,5 million people, or 8% of the country's population, were become homeless (as of 07.31.2022) — Center for countering disinformation at the National Security and Defenсe Council of Ukraine; About 120,000 private homes and more than 20,000 high-rise buildings damaged or destroyed (as of 06.30.2022) — Oleksii Chernyshov, Minister of Ministry of Communities and Territories Development of Ukraine;
464 cultural heritage sites destroyed (as of 08.11.2022) — Ministry of Culture and Information Policy;
184,414 explosive objects and 1,047 kg of explosives neutralized since the beginning of Russia's large-scale military invasion — Ministry of State Emergency Service.
Yesterday Russia killed 20 civilians in Ukraine, 22 more were wounded
Deputy Head of the Office of the President Kyrylo Tymoshenko published such data of regional military administrations in Telegram, reports Ukrinform.
It is noted that in Donetsk region - 14 dead (including 8 killed earlier), 8 wounded, in Zhytomyr region - 1 wounded, Zaporizhzhia - 5 wounded, Mykolaiv region - 1 dead, Sumy region - 1 wounded, Kharkiv region - 3 wounded, in the city of Kyiv - 5 dead, 4 wounded.
Source: Deputy Head of the President’s Office
Kidnappings in Kherson region continue, the total population of the region has decreased to less than 100,000 people
The Kherson regional police report the kidnapping of two residents of Nova Kakhovka and Skadovsky district by Russian invaders. The further fate of the abductees is unknown. A pre-trial investigation is ongoing. Also, as reported by the head of Kherson's military administration, Halyna Luhova, she assumed that 70,000 to 80,000 residents remained in the city.
She said this in an interview with the Center for Journalistic Investigations, answering a question about the number of residents of the city after many months of Russian occupation. "People left by the thousands every day. There is no reliable data on how many of them are left in the city.” ”Taking into account how the traffic of cars has decreased, how many people can be seen there on the streets, it can be assumed that now there are less than 100 thousand people in Kherson. Maybe 70-80 thousand,”- Luhova said.
Sources: Kherson Region Police Department; Head of Kherson Regional Military Administration for Centre of Journalistic Investigations
The bodies of five murdered children were exhumed in liberated Lyman
Police Communication Department of the Donetsk Region confirmed this.
"The bodies of five murdered kids were exhumed in Lyman by authorities. Four children were discovered in a mass grave at the cemetery by detectives. Another boy was buried by his mother in her own yard. It has been confirmed that all of them died as a result of shrapnel wounds caused by Russian shelling," according to the report.
According to the article, authorities recovered girls born in 2021, 2019, and 2008, as well as boys born in 2011 and 2012. The two youngest girls are sisters. The children will be reburied following the forensic assessment.
Source: Donetsk Region Police Department
The 26th victim of the civil column shooting by Russian military was found in the Kharkiv region
This is reported by the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine.
"On October 17, prosecutors of the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office together with investigators of the Security Service of Ukraine, taking into account the testimony of witnesses, found the 26th victim of the shooting of a car column by the Russian military - a 19-year-old boy. The tragedy occurred on September 25 near the village of Kurylivka in the Kupiansk district," the statement reads.
According to preliminary data, after the shooting of the column, the wounded boy walked about 1.5 km and died in the field. The body of the deceased was sent for forensic medical examination.
It was also established that two children - a one-year-old boy and a five-year-old girl - managed to escape during the shooting.
"Their parents were killed. The children were rescued by caring passers-by. Thanks to the prosecutors of the Kharkiv region, who appealed to the Ukrainian Red Cross Society, the children are safe and have already been handed over to their families," the statement said.
Source: Prosecutor General’s Office
Nearly 90% of houses in Lyman and Sviatohirsk are destroyed
The housing sector of de-occupied Lyman and Sviatohirsk in the Donetsk region is more than 90% destroyed.
This was reported by Pavlo Kyrylenko, Head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration.
"The Ukrainian authorities entered (the de-occupied territories - ed.) and started restoration works, these works continue. Despite the fact that the residential sector, especially the private sector in both Sviatohirsk and Lyman is more than 90% destroyed," said Kyrylenko.
According to Kyrylenko, representatives of the authorities are currently in the de-occupied settlements to control the restoration work. The situation is currently being assessed to find out how these communities can survive the winter period.
At the same time, residents of the Donetsk region are being evacuated, as the enemy keeps shelling the region.
Source: Head of Donetsk Regional Military Administration
251 Ukrainian children are considered missing
This was reported by the press service of the Office of the Ombudsman of Ukraine.
"Information according to the data of the state search portal for children "Children of war" as of October 18, 2022: 251 - disappeared, 8276 - deported, 6741 - found", - specified in the message.
Source: Ombudsman’s Office
President’s Office urges Ukrainians to be prepared for power, water, and heat outages
Deputy Head of the Office of the President Kyrylo Tymoshenko called on Ukrainians to prepare for possible power, water and heat supply cuts in connection with Russia's attacks on critical infrastructure. He stated this on the air of the national telethon, quoted by Ukrinform.
“We have a critical situation throughout the whole country because one region depends on another. It is not just a system where one object of energy supply helps only the city where it is located. The whole country should get ready for possible power, water, and heat outages,” Tymoshenko reports.
He stressed that Russia wants to intimidate the Ukrainian people, so in the nearest future, there may be hard times with electricity, water and heat supply.
“So everyone needs to get ready, first, for the economy of electricity, and secondly, rolling blackouts are also possible, if the strikes will continue,” Deputy Head of OP explains.
Source: Ukrinform, government-owned media
Outages of electricity supply were recorded in two districts of Kyiv region due to Russian shelling
This was reported by the Kyiv Regional Military Administration.
"Due to the hit to the critical infrastructure facility in the capital, there are power outages in the Kyiv region," the statement reads.
DTEK Kyiv Regional Grids reported a temporary blackout in the Brovary and Vyshhorod districts.
"2108 customers were left without electricity. DTEK specialists are making efforts to restore electricity supply to residents of the area as soon as they receive permission to carry out the work", the statement said.
Earlier it became known that in the morning of October 18 Russians again shelled two thermal power plants owned by DTEK Energy. As a result of the shelling, one person was killed and six were injured.
This was reported by the press service of DTEK.
"On October 18, Russia continued massive terrorist attacks on civilian and energy infrastructure. In the morning, two energy enterprises of DTEK Energy were again hit by shelling ", the statement said.
Kyiv Mayor Vitalii Klychko reported in his Telegram that two critical infrastructure facilities were damaged in the capital as a result of Russian missile attacks.
"In Kyiv, as a result of rocket attacks by Russian barbarians, two critical infrastructure facilities were damaged. The liquidation of the emergency situation continues. Emergency rescue services are working on the ground. Currently, the provision of electricity and water supply services is partially limited in many buildings on the left bank of the capital. In some houses there may be a decrease in pressure in the water supply network, change of color and transparency of water," Klitschko said.
Sources: Kyiv Regional Military Administration; DTEK, a private energy company, owned by oligarch Rinat Akhmetov; Kyiv City Mayor
Russian missile strike left 11 settlements in Zhytomyr region without electricity
This was announced by the head of the Zhytomyr regional military administration, Vitaliy Bunechko.
"Currently, 11 settlements of the region are temporary without electricity. Emergency reconnection to backup networks is underway, which will allow restoring the supply of light to the communities", Bunechko said.
Source: Head of Zhytomyr Regional Military Administration
The Russians fired rockets at the Kurakhivska TPP
This was reported by the Mayor of Kurakhove, Roman Padun.
"The night from October 17 to 18 wasn’t peaceful. Yesterday and this morning, the enemy launched rocket strikes on the Kurakhivskaya TPP, the city of Kurakhove, and the village of Sontsivka," Padun wrote.
According to him, there are wounded and infrastructure damage.
Source: Kurakhove City Mayor
Russians hit the energy sector in Zhytomyr and Dnipro with four missiles
This was primarily announced by the deputy head of the Office of President Kyrylo Tymoshenko.
The head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration Valentin Reznichenko stated that certain districts of Dnipro, Synelnykove and Vasylkivka remained without electricity. One of the pumping stations of "Dniprovodokanal" was de-energized. Areas on the left bank of the city are experiencing water supply interruptions.
"All services will go to work as soon as the danger of new attacks passes. Please. Only economical consumption will help us. We need to save electricity wherever possible. Now it is very important," Reznichenko emphasized.
Source: Deputy Head of the President’s Office; Head of Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration
Since October,7 Russia has struck Ukraine around 190 times
16 regions and the capital were hit. The missiles and kamikaze drones were used for the strikes. The spokesman of the State Emergency Service, Colonel Oleksandr Khorunzhiy of the Civil Protection Service, said this during an online briefing, Ukrinform correspondent reports.
"According to operative information, in the period from October 7 to 18, Russia carried out about 190 massive strikes with missiles, kamikaze drones and artillery on 16 regions of Ukraine and the city of Kyiv. The greatest number of strikes during October 10, 11, 17, and 18 were inflicted on Kyiv region and Kyiv," he said.
According to Khorunzhy, these strikes were mostly aimed at critical infrastructure facilities, in particular energy facilities, and civilian facilities - both private and high-rise residential buildings. According to his data, more than 70 Ukrainians were killed, more than 240 people were injured and more than 380 objects were damaged as a result of the massive shelling of the Russian Federation during this period.
"And these are not only objects of critical infrastructure - many objects were precisely civilian. These are more than 140 private residential buildings, and apartment buildings and, of course, other buildings that came under fire from the Russian Federation," the spokesman of the State Emergency Service said. Separately, he informed that as a result of Russian shelling of energy facilities during this period, about 4 thousand settlements in 11 regions of Ukraine were cut off, in particular, we are talking about Poltava, Sumy, Lviv, Ternopil, Kharkiv, Vinnytsia, Khmelnytsky, Dnipropetrovsk, Zhytomyr and Donetsk regions.
"And currently, according to the Ministry of Energy, 1,162 settlements remain without power. These are Dnipropetrovsk, Zhytomyr, Kirovohrad, Kharkiv, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Luhansk, Mykolaiv, Kherson regions, including the occupied territories," he said.
Source: Spokesman for the State Emergency Service, quoted by Ukrinform, government-owned media
Kamikaze drone attack on Kyiv: some victims remain in hospitals
Some of the 19 people who were rescued on Monday in the capital after an attack by Russian kamikaze drones remain in medical facilities.
This was stated by the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Denys Monastyrsky, as informed by the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
"I can say that according to the results of the rescue work that we have been conducting all day, unfortunately, 4 dead people were pulled out from under the rubble. 19 were rescued, some of them received medical assistance and some remain in medical facilities," said the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
The Minister clarified that among the rescuers there are two wounded as a result of the repeated arrival of the drone - these employees of the State Emergency Service were working at the place where the explosion had previously occurred.
Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs
Missile attack on Zhytomyr: two civilians wounded
As a result of Russian missile strikes on the energy infrastructure of Zhytomyr, two people were injured.
This was reported on the air of the national telethon by Zhytomyr Mayor Serhii Sukhomlyn.
"Indeed, today there were three hits in Zhytomyr, on the energy infrastructure. The city was actually without electricity for an hour. Gradually, our emergency crews, our power engineers are doing everything possible to connect the city to the grid. And some districts are already connected. Unfortunately, we have two injured, one of them is hospitalized," said Sukhomlyn.
Source: Zhytomyr City Mayor, quoted by Ukrinform, government-owned media
Two people were killed when Russian artillery attacked a village in the Sumy region
Russian military shelled the Sumy region's border territory once more, killing two people and injuring one.
Kyrylo Tymoshenko, the Deputy Head of the President's Office, announced this.
"Russian terrorists continue to shell Ukraine's border. A couple of hours after the shelling stopped. The Sumy district's Yunakivska community came under attack. 14 hits were recorded," he stated.
According to Tymoshenko, Russians started the fire on the village center and its surrounds. The deputy head of the OP said that two people were killed and one was injured as a result of the shelling.
He also mentioned that the business and nearby structures had been destroyed.
Source: Deputy Head of the President’s Office
Russian troops destroyed warehouses with humanitarian aid in Kharkiv with a missile strike launched from Belgorod
This was reported by Serhii Tymoshko, head of the National Police Department in the Kharkiv region.
"At 8:20 a.m., an attack was made on one of the infrastructure facilities of Ukrzaliznytsia in Kharkiv. The strike was carried out by six missiles, the first being the S-300. As a result, the railway track and warehouses were slightly damaged. There was no damage to any military facilities on this territory, this territory was never used by the military at all, but there were warehouses with humanitarian aid," Tymoshko said.
According to him, six impact sites were found, two more missiles were shot down, and their fragments are located in other areas of the city of Kharkiv.
Source: Chief of Kharkiv Region Police Department
Eight missiles were fired at Kharkiv from the Russian city of Belgorod
This was reported by the Head of Kharkiv Regional Military Administration Oleh Syniehubov.
"Today (October 18 -ed.) at around 8:30 the enemy launched 8 missiles at Kharkiv from the Russian city of Belgorod. Preliminary, there are no casualties. The information is being clarified, the relevant services are conducting inspections, in particular in the Novobavarskyi, Osnovianskyi and Slobidskyi districts," the report said.
According to the regional Emergency medical center, a 64-year-old man was hospitalized with injuries in the Kupiansk district.
On October 17, in the Kupiansk and Chuhuiv districts, two men of 74 and 67 years old, who had been wounded earlier, sought medical help.
Source: Head of Kharkiv Regional Military Administration
Russians shelled 16 settlements in Donetsk region: civilian infrastructure and residential areas damaged
This is reported by the Main Department of the National Police in the Donetsk region.
Russian troops shelled the towns of Avdiivka, Bakhmut, Krasnohorivka, Soledar, Toretsk, Kurakhove, Chasiv Yar, Ocheretyne, Shcherbynivka, Vremivka, Novoukrainka, Karlivka, Orlivka, Kostiantynivka, Petropavlivka, Slovianka. Smerch and Grad MLRSs, artillery and mortars were used for shelling.
Forty-seven civilian objects were destroyed and damaged: 29 residential buildings, a coke plant, a power line, a water main, a thermal power plant, a hospital building, outbuildings, garage boxes and cars.
Reportedly, on October 17 Russians shelled Bakhmut six times with artillery. Three private and one apartment building were damaged, there are dead and wounded.
In Kostiantynivka village of the Marinka community, a child born in 2009 was wounded under artillery shelling.
In the village of Orlivka of the Ocheretyne community, Russian troops hit a private house with artillery, killing and injuring the residents.
Source: Donetsk Region Police Department
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