Attack on Tyshchenko, downing of a Russian attack aircraft and shooting in Volnovakha: highlights for October 29
In the Lviv region, MP Mykola Tyshchenko was attacked, border guards shot down a Russian attack aircraft near Avdiivka, and in Volnovakha the Russian occupiers shot 9 people in their own home. We have collected the main news for October 29.
Attack on Tyshchenko
In Briukhovychy, Lviv region, an attack occurred on MP Mykola Tyshchenko (expelled from the Servant of the People faction) on October 29. Tyshchenko himself stated that the attack on him was carried out by a man who introduced himself as an “Interpol employee”.
Tyshchenko filed a statement with the police and they began a pre-trial investigation under Article 125 (intentional minor body injury) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. Currently, law enforcement officers are establishing the circumstances of the incident.
The parliamentarian said that workers and patients of the nursing home allegedly approached him with a request to protect them from raider takeover, threats to life, and eviction to the street. They say that unknown armed people illegally seized two hectares of communal land in Briukhovychy in the suburbs of Lviv.
Shooting in Volnovakha
In temporarily occupied Volnovakha, Donetsk region, Russian occupiers killed 9 people in a house, including a 4th-grade student and a preschool boy, Ukrainian Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets said.
According to him, the occupiers deprived the life of the entire Kapkanets family, who were celebrating a birthday and refused to give up their own home to the Chechen occupiers. Gunshot wounds were found on the bodies of the dead.
The Investigative Committee of Russia has admitted information about the murder of 9 residents of Volnovakha, but does not indicate that this was the work of the Russian military. It declares that the circumstances of the crime are being established and a criminal case has been initiated.
Attack on an oil refinery in Russia
The Security Service of Ukraine is behind the attack on the Afipskyi oil refinery in the Krasnodar Krai of Russia. The company provided fuel to Russian troops, an informed source in law enforcement agencies said in a comment to hromadske.
The plant was attacked by two drones. As a result of the special operation, it was possible to hit several new installations at the plant where fuel was processed.
Downing an attack aircraft
On 29 October, the State Border Guard Service downed a Russian aircraft in the Avdiivka sector. The information was confirmed in a comment to hromadske by the spokesperson for the State Border Guard Service, Andrii Demchenko.
According to preliminary data, it was a Su-25 attack aircraft. It was hit by a man-portable air defence system of a border guard unit. An anti-aircraft missile fired by the border guards hit the air target. The Russian aircraft started to smoke, lost altitude and disappeared over the horizon, Demchenko said.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces defeated a convoy of Russians
Ukrainian defence forces defeated a convoy of Russian occupation troops trying to break through Ukrainian defences near the village of Krasnohorivka, Pokrovsk district, Donetsk region. The artillery of the 31st Separate Mechanised Brigade, 110th Separate Mechanised Brigade, 116th Territorial Defence Brigade, and and the Separate Presidential Brigade named after Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky is allegedly operating there.