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What did Russia's strikes on 27 October 2022 target?
Summary
A look back at a day of attacks on Kyiv's energy facilities and on Zaporizhzhia, following a deadly strike on Dnipro.
What was Russia aiming at on 27 October 2022? As reported at the time, its forces struck facilities of Kyiv's energy system and launched BM-30 Smerch missiles at Zaporizhzhia. On the same day, Ukraine repelled attacks in the Donbas.
The pattern of that day followed the previous one. On 26 October 2022, a Russian missile strike on Dnipro killed two people, including a pregnant woman. Taken together, the two days show attacks reaching cities far from the front line, with civilians among the victims in Dnipro.
The strikes on Kyiv's energy facilities were part of the same campaign against targets deep in Ukrainian territory. Zaporizhzhia, hit by Smerch missiles, was another city exposed to long-range fire, while on the ground in the Donbas the fighting continued, with Ukrainian forces repelling the assaults.
The reports from these two days describe a war fought on two levels: ground combat in the east, and missile and rocket attacks on cities and infrastructure elsewhere in the country.
