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What happened in the war on 28 October 2022?
Summary
A look back at a day marked by new US military aid and a Russian announcement on mobilization, after days of strikes on Ukrainian cities.
What did 28 October 2022 bring in the Russo-Ukrainian War? Two announcements, one from Washington and one from Moscow, set the day apart, and they followed several days of Russian strikes on Ukrainian cities.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced on 28 October 2022 that the United States would provide a further $275 million in military aid to Ukraine.
On the same day, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu announced the end of Russia's mobilization campaign, saying the target of 300,000 reservists had been reached.
The strikes before the announcements
The announcements came after a run of attacks. On 27 October 2022, Russian forces struck facilities of Kyiv's energy system and fired BM-30 Smerch missiles at Zaporizhzhia, while Ukraine repelled attacks in the Donbas.
On 26 October 2022, a Russian missile strike on Dnipro killed two people, one of them a pregnant woman.
Taken together, the reports from those days show a war in which Russia was hitting energy infrastructure and cities, Ukraine was defending in the Donbas, and the US was adding to its military assistance, while Moscow said its call-up of reservists was complete.
