{"id":1234522,"date":"2025-10-16T17:23:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T14:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1234522"},"modified":"2025-10-14T00:46:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T21:46:15","slug":"russian-forces-step-up-firepower-in-eastern-ukraine-shelling-up-by-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/russian-forces-step-up-firepower-in-eastern-ukraine-shelling-up-by-30\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian forces step up firepower in eastern Ukraine, shelling up by 30%"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Russian invading forces have significantly increased the number of fire strikes in the eastern sector of the front, with the intensity of shelling rising by 25\u201330% over the past ten days compared to the previous period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Captain Hryhorii Shapoval, Spokesperson for the<em>\u00a0East<\/em>\u00a0Group of Troops, reported this in an exclusive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukrinform.net\/rubric-ato\/4046902-russian-forces-step-up-firepower-in-eastern-ukraine-shelling-up-by-30.html\">comment to Ukrinform.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf we compare it with the previous ten-day period, the enemy has increased the number of fire strikes by roughly 25\u201330%,\u201d said the spokesperson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shapoval added that the situation in the eastern direction remains difficult but under control by Ukraine\u2019s Defense Forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, Ukrainian forces destroyed one and damaged two enemy tanks, eight armored vehicles, 12 pieces of special equipment, seven electronic warfare systems, and between 200 and 490 drones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read also:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/after-the-end-of-the-war-in-gaza-trump-instructs-witkoff-to-focus-on-russia\/\">After the end of the war in Gaza, Trump instructs Witkoff to \u201cfocus on Russia\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russian invading forces have significantly increased the number of fire strikes in &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":1234523,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[78],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1234522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","tag-homepage-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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