ሰራዊት ኢትዮጵያ ካብ ዛላምበሳን ራማን ንደቡብ ተሰሒቡ ተባሂሉ፤ ሓይልታት ኤርትራ ኣብ ደቡብ ጉንደት ጉድጓድ ውግእ ይኹዕቱ ከምዘለዉ ተገሊጹ

TPLF spokesman Negash Hiluf said Tigray forces killed 1,511 Ethiopian federal soldiers and wounded 1,050 in fighting near Merena in central Tigray on 17 and 18 October. The claim could not be independently verified and the Ethiopian government did not respond to it. Anadolu Agency reported that the statement was made in a video briefing carried by Tigray Media Corporation.

ACLED reported that Tigray Defence Forces fighters were seen in the border town of Rama on 21 and 22 October. It said the Ethiopian army had left Rama earlier in the week and moved to Daero Tekli, between Adwa and Rama, and that neither the Ethiopian army nor the Tigray Peace Force is now present in Rama or the surrounding border areas.

ACLED said the Tigray Peace Force regained control of Abi Adi in Central Tigray at about 14:00 on 21 October, after Tigray Defence Forces who had taken the area on 14 October withdrew from the town. Ethiopian army drones continued to fly over Abi Adi.

ACLED reported that an Ethiopian air force jet flew over Mekelle early on Wednesday morning, alarming residents. Tigray Television, now under federal control, said the flight was routine monitoring and posed no military threat.

The Critical Threats Project's Ethiopia War Security Review of 20 October, citing pro-TPLF sources, said federal forces had pulled back south from Zalambessa and Rama near the Eritrean border, with no fighting reported there. It said the Ethiopian Conflict Map reported Eritrean forces digging trenches south of Gundet, and Ethiomapping reported federal forces taking Bizet and Inticho west of Adigrat. The reports could not be independently verified.