❗Highlights from the Russian Defense Ministry Press Briefing, October 19:

▪Russian forces liberated the Omelnik settlement in the Zaporozhye Region

▪Russian forces struck assembly, storage and launch sites for Ukrainian long-range drones over the past day

▪Air defenses shot down 405 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones in 24 hours

▪Ukraine lost around 1,235 troops in the special military operation zone over the past day