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SHOTLIST:

DONETSK OBLAST, UKRAINE (OCT. 22, 2025) (RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY - RESTRICTED)

1. GRAD MULTIPLE LAUNCH ROCKET SYSTEM FIRING MISSILES

2. DRONE FOOTAGE SHOWING STRIKE AREA NEAR KLEBAN-BYK RESERVOIR

3. VARIOUS OF ROCKETS BEING LAUNCHED FROM VEHICLE

4. SMOKE RISING OVER WOODED AREA BY RESERVOIR

5. GRAD SYSTEM FIRING FROM DAYTIME UNTIL NIGHT (TWO SHOTS)

6. AERIAL THERMAL IMAGES SHOWING IMPACT POINTS NEAR KLEBAN-BYK RESERVOIR DONETSK OBLAST, UKRAINE - OCT. 22 - RESTRICTION: USERS MUST CREDIT “RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY” HANDOUT, MUST NOT OBSCURE LOGO —EDITORIAL USE ONLY— The Russian Defense Ministry said Wednesday, Oct. 22, its forces destroyed fortifications and drone control points on the northern bank of the Kleban-Byk reservoir in Ukraine’s Donetsk region.

According to the ministry, Grad multiple launch rocket systems from the 150th Division of the Southern Group of Forces carried out the strike in the Konstantinivka direction.

The ministry said the operation targeted fortified positions and command sites in the area.

Moscow has repeatedly claimed territorial gains in recent months, particularly in Donetsk, where fighting has intensified around Pokrovsk.

Russia started its "special military operation" in Ukraine in February 2022 to "denazify" and "demilitarize" Ukraine.

According to its memorandum for the settlement of the conflict, Moscow has demanded a ban on Kyiv joining military alliances and withdrawal of Ukraine's troops from Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson, the regions it annexed after a referendum in September 2022, among others.

Ukraine has called the terms an "ultimatum" and has called for a ceasefire as a prerequisite for meaningful talks.