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Russians struck five times a day in the Sumy region, 18 people were injured in the Kherson region, - OVA
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[LB] Chernihiv, Donetsk, Luhansk, Mykolaiv, Zaporizhzhya, and Kharkiv regions were also attacked.

The Russians fired three times a day (17 explosions) in the Chernihiv region . The enemy fired mortars and barrel artillery in the Chernihiv and Novgorod-Siversky districts. No information was received about losses among the local population or damage to civil infrastructure. The data is being verified, says the summary from OVA as of this morning.

Yesterday, during the day, the Russians carried out five shelling of the border near Sumy . 34 explosions were recorded. The communities of Krasnopilsk, Velikopysarivsk, and Esmansk came under fire. No consequences. In the morning, the Russians shelled the Khotyn community. Four mortar explosions were recorded. Without human losses and infrastructure damage.

In Donetskia, four settlements were under the fire of the Rashists of the past era: Kostyantynivka, Avdiivka, Kurdyumivka, Lastochkine. 29 residential buildings (of which 10 are multi-apartment buildings), a civilian car, power lines, a gas pipeline, and a boiler house were damaged. In Donetsk in a day: four wounded.

In Mykolaivska yesterday afternoon, the enemy fired artillery on the open territory of the Kutsurub community. There are no casualties.

In Luhansk, the enemy continues its attacks on Makiivka - just yesterday, four assaults on the territory near the village were repelled. The occupiers opened fire on Bilogorivka and Nevsky with artillery and mortars. Two more houses were destroyed in Nevsky. Racists are destroying this settlement, as well as others near the front. During the day, the enemy fired 154 rounds (564 shells).

In the Kharkiv and Slobozhansk directions, the enemy maintains a military presence in the border areas, continues shelling of populated areas from the territory of the Russian Federation, and increases the density of mine and explosive barriers along the state border of Ukraine. About 10 settlements, including Kozacha Lopan, Vovchansk, and Okhrimivka, were hit by artillery and mortar attacks. In the Kupian direction, our defenders repelled three enemy attacks near Synkivka and Ivanovka. More than 15 settlements, in particular, Kamianka, Dvorichna, Synkivka, Kislivka, were subjected to enemy artillery and mortar attacks. In Vovchansk, Chuguyiv district, at least seven private houses were damaged due to the blows of the occupiers. A 65-year-old woman died.

In Zaporizhzhia last day, rioters carried out 77 attacks on 16 settlements of the region. 74 artillery shells fell on the territory of the front-line towns and villages, in particular Gulyaipol, Zaliznychny, Malya Tokmachka, Malynyvka, Novodanilivka, Preobrazhenka, Pyatikhatok, Lobkovy and Stepovy. The enemy also carried out an airstrike on Orikhov and Robotyn and shelled Stepnohirsk with anti-aircraft guns. 11 reports were received about the destruction of residential buildings and infrastructure facilities. No casualties.

In the Kherson region, the enemy fired 59 rounds (402 shells) during the day, including five rounds (18 shells) at Kherson. The invaders hit the village of Kindiyka. An 11-year-old girl was injured. The girl is in a coma. Doctors are fighting for the little girl's life. Three elderly women were also injured in the shelling of the village. The fire spread to the area near the church. They have minor injuries. They sought medical help on their own. The enemy shelled Beryslav. A 72-year-old man received moderate injuries. Also in Kherson, 45-year-old and 61-year-old men were injured. A 50-year-old man died as a result of enemy shelling in Antonivka. In general, in one day in the region: one person died, another 18 were injured, two of them children.

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#1  I'm burning with envy - nobody can tell Russians to stop.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 10/10/2023 2:34 Comments || Top||

#2  It might be a STD.
Posted by: Skidmark || 10/10/2023 8:58 Comments || Top||

#3  #1 I'm burning with envy - nobody can tell Russians to stop.

Russians are on the verge of capturing the Avdievka fortified area.
Posted by: badanov || 10/10/2023 9:36 Comments || Top||


Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: October 9th, 2023
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.

[Korrespondent] 22:48 Russian Ombudsman Tatyana Moskalkova announced a major exchange of prisoners with Ukraine. According to her, the exchange work goes on every day.

21:46 Further support for Kiev will depend on the choice of the new speaker of the House of Representatives of the Congress, Western media state. Read more in the article Help for Ukraine is at stake .

19:34 Peskov said that events in Israel will not affect the course of the war in Ukraine, “this is an independent process, everything is going according to plan.”

19:20 The third assault brigade reported that its fighters in the Bakhmut direction captured a Russian major, commander of the Alga 72nd Motorized Rifle Brigade volunteer battalion of the Russian Federation.

19:09 Zelensky will be visiting Romania on Tuesday, October 10, at the invitation of President Klaus Iohannis, the office of the Romanian president reported.

18:47 The war in Ukraine has been the focus of global media attention for the past 19 months, but that changed on October 7 after the Islamist militant group Hamas carried out its deadliest attack on Israel. The Kremlin has already openly stated that it hopes to reduce arms supplies to Kyiv due to the Hamas attack on Israel. Read more in the article How the Russian Federation is using the situation against Ukraine .

17:58 Ukrainian forces launched a missile strike on the forces and means of the Russian Armed Forces in occupied Dzhankoy, said Andrey Yusov, a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Moscow Region. He did not disclose details, since the data is being clarified and verified. Russian telegram channels reported that as a result of the attack, 21 special forces soldiers of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces were allegedly killed, and another 16 were injured.

17:33 The Russian army is shelling Kherson, three people are known to be wounded. The information is being clarified, said the head of the OBA, Alexander Prokudin.

15:10 The Russians fired at Kherson - they hit it near one of the local libraries, one person was wounded, the OVA reported. Another person was wounded as a result of shelling in the suburban village of Kindiyka.

14:36 ​​Zelensky replaced the commander of the TRO forces: instead of Igor Tantsyura, he became Major General Anatoly Bargilevich, who since 2022 had been the chief of staff of the Eastern Group of Forces, and before that - deputy commander of the Ground Forces.

13:57 Denmark is working to “expand and deepen” the coalition of countries that have pledged to supply F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, Prime Minister Matte Frederiksen said.

13:39 Zelensky, while addressing a meeting of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Copenhagen, called for unification and the fight against terrorism, comparing the tactics of Hamas in Israel with the tactics of Russia: “The same evil, and the only difference is that this is a terrorist organization that attacked Israel, and here is a terrorist state that attacked Ukraine."

12:44 The Russian GRU handed over to Hamas terrorists captured weapons made in the USA and EU countries that were captured during the fighting in Ukraine. Thus, Russia is using the attack by Hamas militants on Israel for a large-scale provocation against Ukraine, reports the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense.

The next step should be fake accusations of the Ukrainian military of allegedly selling Western weapons to terrorists on a regular basis. These fakes should form the basis of a number of “revelatory publications” and “investigations” in the Western media. To be convincing, the Russian special services intend to use the relevant comments of the traitor from the Ukrainian border service Ruslan Syrov, who recently fled to Moscow, the GUR warns.

11:52 In Kiev, shelters in preschool educational institutions will be inaccessible to outsiders - this decision was made by the Capital Defense Council. Now shelters in such establishments can only be used by staff and children. This is necessary for the safety of children, the KMVA explained.

10:15 In the village of Groza, Kharkov region, where 52 people were killed as a result of a Russian strike on October 5, five local residents are considered missing. So far, 49 bodies have been identified, said regional police chief Vladimir Timoshko.

09:41 Another reserve of manpower was transferred to Mariupol and the region - the arrival of newly formed and/or newly recruited Russian units in the amount of about 5,000 people was recorded. They are dressed in a completely new uniform, with two guns on their chevrons, said advisor to the mayor of Mariupol Pyotr Andryushchenko. According to him, the last such introduction of new reserves was recorded in April 2023.

08:52 Over the past 24 hours, the Russian army fired 96 shells at Kherson, hitting residential areas, a parking lot and a critical infrastructure facility in Kherson, as well as the territory of a church in the Kherson region. As a result of shelling in the region, one person was killed and 18 more were injured, including two children, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin.

08:49 On the evening of October 8, the Russians fired artillery at Volchansk, Chuguevsky district, Kharkov region, one person was killed, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA.

08:35 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports that Russian troops have increased mining in the Rabotino-Verbovoe area and are trying to pin down Ukrainian forces on front sectors away from the west of the Zaporozhye region.

08:06 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of October 9:

  • personnel - about 282,630 (+350) people,

  • tanks - 4823 (+2),

  • armored combat vehicles - 9126 (+3),

  • artillery systems - 6706 (+1),

  • MLRS - 808 (+0),

  • air defense systems - 543 (+1),

  • aircraft - 315 (+0),

  • helicopters - 316 (+0),

  • UAV of operational-tactical level - 5190 (+0),

  • cruise missiles - 1530 (+0),

  • ships/boats - 20 (+0),

  • submarines - 1 (+0),

  • automotive equipment and tank trucks - 9113 (+2),

  • special equipment - 959 (+0).

07:20 Defense forces continue their offensive in the Melitopol direction, having partial success in areas west of Verbovoye, Zaporozhye region. In the Bakhmut direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have had partial success in the areas of Kleshcheevka and Andreevka, the General Staff reported in its morning report.

Over the past 24 hours, 37 military clashes took place at the front. In the Kupyansk direction, the Defense Forces repelled enemy attacks in the Sinkovka and Ivanovka areas of the Kharkov region; on Limansky - in the Makeevka area of ​​the Lugansk region; on Bakhmutsky - north of Bogdanovka, Kleshcheevka and Andreevka; on Avdeevsky and Maryinsky - in the areas of Avdeevka, Maryinka and Novomikhailovka of the Donetsk region; in Zaporozhye - in the area north of Novoprokopovka, Zaporozhye region.

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#1  The war in Ukraine has been the focus of global media attention for the past 19 months, but that changed on October 7 after the Islamist militant group Hamas carried out its deadliest attack on Israel. The Kremlin has already openly stated that it hopes to reduce arms supplies to Kyiv due to the Hamas attack on Israel. Read more in the article How the Russian Federation is using the situation against Ukraine .

Zelensky is no longer center stage. He must be jealous. But, on the bright side, Israel's counter offensive probably won't take as long as Ukraine's.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 10/10/2023 12:35 Comments || Top||


Russian Perspective: Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation (9 October )
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.

In Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Group of Forces in cooperation with aviation and artillery repelled three attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Kurdyumovka and Vodyanoye (Donetsk People's Republic).

In addition, strikes were delivered at clusters of enemy manpower and hardware near Kleshcheyevka and Andreyevka (Donetsk People's Republic).

The enemy's lost up to 140 Ukrainian troops killed or injured, three armoured fighting vehicles, and two motor vehicles.

In Zaporozhye direction, the Russian Group of Forces supported by aviation and artillery neutralised manpower and hardware of the AFU 65th Mechanised Brigade near Rabotino (Zaporozhye region).

Also, during the day, actions of one Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group were foiled close to Verbovoye (Zaporozhye region).

Up to 15 Ukrainian troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, two motor vehicles, and one D-30 howitzer were wiped out.

In the Kupyansk direction, the Zapad Group of Forces units supported by aviation and artillery repelled five enemy attacks of the AFU 32th, 115th mechanised brigades, and 4th Tank Brigade near Sinkovka, Orlyanskoye (Kharkov region) and Makeyevka (Lugansk People's Republic).

The enemy's losses amounted to up to 170 Ukrainian troops, four pick-up trucks, and one Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system during the day.

In Krasny Liman direction, well-coordinated actions of the Tsentr Group of Forces, helicopter strikes, and artillery fire repelled two attacks launched by assault detachments of the AFU 63rd and 67th mechanised brigades near Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic).

In addition, strikes were delivered at clusters of enemy manpower and hardware near Torskoye, Grigorovka (Donetsk People's Republic) and Kuzmino (Lugansk People's Republic).

Up to 45 Ukrainian troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, two motor vehicles were neutralised.

In the course of counter-battery warfare, one Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system, as well as D-20 and D-30 howitzers, were destroyed.

In South Donetsk direction, the Vostok Group of Forces supported by helicopters and artillery repelled an attack of the AFU 128th Territorial Defence Brigade near Priyutnoye (Zaporozhye region) and delivered strikes at Ukrainian units near Staromayorskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).

Total losses of the enemy in the past 24 hours in this direction have amounted to over 200 Ukrainian troops killed and wounded, one infantry fighting vehicle, two armoured fighting vehicles, two motor vehicles, and one D-20 howitzer.

In Kherson direction, up to 60 Ukrainian troops, three motor vehicles, and one D-30 howitzer have been neutralised by fire.

Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged AFU manpower and hardware in 105 areas during the day.

An AFU depot of missile and artillery weapory has been destroyed near Priluki (Chernigov region).

Russian air defence units have intercepted one HIMARS MLRS projectile during the day.

In addition, 14 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have been destroyed close to Kremenets, Kurdyumovka (Donetsk People's Republic), Proletarka, Kazachi, Genichensk (Zaporozhye region), and Olshana, Berestovoye (Kherson region).

In total, 487 airplanes and 250 helicopters, 7,649 unmanned aerial vehicles, 441 air defence missile systems, 12,425 tanks and other armoured combat vehicles, 1,161 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 6,692 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 13,949 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.

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Current information on the situation on the front line: October 9 (updated)
Direct Translation via Gooogle Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 23:55 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 10/09/2023 to 00:00 10/10/2023

Over the past 24 hours Representative officereportedabout 44 facts of firing from the AFU.

Information was received about the injury of two civilians in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk and the Kirovsky district of Makeyevka.

Four residential buildings in the Kirovsky district of Makeevka, as well as three civil infrastructure facilities, were damaged.

Areas of five settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), Golmovsky, Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kievsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Kirovsky, Chervonogvardeysky districts).

In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 30 attacks from MLRS and 155mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead.

At Gorlivske there were 12 artillery attacks from MLRS, 152mm and 155mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead.

On Yasinovatsky there were two artillery attacks from 155mm artillery. A total of 138 units of various ammunition were fired.

A previous 24 artillery attacks were recorded from the VFU per day.

21:08 Military personnel The crew of the 152mm towed howitzer 2A65 "Msta-B" of the Central Military District destroyed an enemy stronghold in the special operation zone with an accurate hit.

19:28 Explosions in the Zaporozhye region. Ukrainian channels reported this, without specifying in which part of the region the explosions occurred.

19:15 Zaporozhye Front, reports the Diary of the Paratrooper:

“In the Rabotino area. The movements of several enemy groups in vehicles were detected, after which our artillery fired at them. Enemy losses amounted to 15 KIAs, one howitzer and 2 pickup trucks were destroyed.

North-west of the village Verbovoe. Fierce fighting is taking place. Enemy artillery is firing, our positions are being bombarded with cluster munitions, and the enemy is also using kamikaze drones.

They scatter motion sensors in all directions, which record our movement and then the enemy actively begins to place artillery in this square.

We, in turn, are also actively working with artillery, tanks, Gorse, Grad, BMD-4M and small arms with the active support of aerial reconnaissance and aviation.

The latter, in turn, actively destroys the enemy’s rear positions. There are losses on both sides.”


19:00 Su-34 crew navigator told about combat work in a special operation zone

The crews of Su-34 fighter-bombers are on combat duty at their home airfields around the clock.

18:47 Battle for the railway in the Bakhmut direction -video.

18:40 Situation in the South Donetsk direction:

In the Vrem'evsky section there is an advance in the forest belt west of Novodonetsky, about 150 meters. The enemy tried to counterattack, but had no success, and stopped the counterattack by nightfall. The Armed Forces of Ukraine transferred a motorized infantry battalion to this area to make up for losses and increase their own stability

Enemy counterattacks continue in small groups north of Priyutnoye. It was also not successful.

In the Ugledarsky sector, a transfer of reserves from the western part of the Donetsk region to Katerynivka was noticed for actions in the direction of (presumably) Novomikhailovka. North of Nikol'skoye, the enemy brought an armored group consisting of a tank and two infantry fighting vehicles into the forest belt, opened heavy fire in the direction of Nikol'skoye, and after one infantry fighting vehicle was hit by artillery, the group rolled back. The fighting continues.


17:39 Fixation consequences of the artillery attack of the Kirovsky district of Makeevka at 10:15 10/09/2023

Specialists of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC confirmed the fact of artillery attack of the Kirovsky district of Donetsk using the HIMARS MLRS, and also clarified the direction of fire and the type of missiles.

The enemy fired from their positions located in the area of ??the settlement. Krasnoarmeysk, from the HIMARS MLRS using M-31 (fragmentation) missiles.

As a result of artillery attack on the street. Papanina, 26, a woman born in 1982 was injured.

Damage was recorded at 6 addresses:

– MBOU “Secondary school No. 21 Makeevka” on the street. Glinka;

– MBDOU “Kindergarten No. 29, Makeevka” and the Territorial Center for the provision of social services on the street. Chudskoy;

– st. Papanina, 26, 28, 75 – private residential buildings;

– st. Glinka, 31/32 – private residential building.

At the time of the shelling, classes were taking place at the school. Fortunately, no students or staff were injured. The children were evacuated to a safe place.

16:29 In the middle of the day there are intense fights in the Orekhovsky direction - here the enemy is trying to put pressure on us. The enemy also continues attacks south of Artemovsk in the area of Kleshcheevka and Andreevka.

Our troops, in turn, crush the enemy in the Mar'yinsky and Avdeyesk directions, and also continue attacks in the Svatovo-Kupyansk direction.

16:06 A massive strike was carried out on Petropavlovka in the Kherson region in the morning using eight FAB-500s. The targets of the destruction were the temporary deployment points of Ukrainian Armed Forces militants (14th and 41st Mechanized Brigades) and the 15th Border Detachment “Steel Cordon”.

15:29 Over the past week, five civilians were killed and another 20 people were injured as a result of artillery attack by the VFU. This was reported to the Ombudsman's Office.

15:15 Consequences of the artillery attack of the Kirovsky district of Donetsk by Ukrainian militants, as a result of which social infrastructure facilities and residential buildings were damaged -photo.

14:46 Engineering units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in the Kupyansk region are creating a fortified area using railway cars filled with concrete. This was stated to TASS by the coordinator for interparliamentary relations with the People's Council of the LPR, State Duma deputy Viktor Vodolatsky.

“Now the engineering units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and mercenaries are trying to make a powerful fortified area out of Kupyansk. The work is carried out by units that create fortifications from cars, which are buried in the ground and filled with concrete. Create firing points. It’s on the outskirts of the city,” Vodolatsky said.

14:24 Statement Head of the press center of the Center group:

In the Krasnolimansky direction in the areas of the Torsky sector and Serebryansky forest, the actions of units of the "Center" group of troops, attacks by assault and army aviation, as well as artillery fire disrupted and repelled five attacks by assault groups of two mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 12th special purpose brigade "Azov".

The losses of Ukrainian troops amounted to about 50 military personnel.

During the counterbattery fight, up to 30 enemy artillery crews were exposed and suppressed.

A tactical aviation group carried out strikes on four command and observation posts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the village of Serebryanka, Donetsk People's Republic.


13:37 By mid-day RF Armed Forces continued pressure on enemy positions west of Svatovo and northeast of the outskirts of Kupyansk. During the day we took a couple more oporniks, the pace of progress was not high.

The enemy continues to strengthen the defenses of Svatovo and strives to maintain the current logistics through Oskol, which the Russian Armed Forces are striking at, destroying bridges and crossings.

12:35 APU are shelling territory of the DPR. rounds land on the border between Donetsk and Makeyevka.

12:28 Russian paratroopers during the battle north of Artemovsk (Ukrainian name - Bakhmut)have gained a foothold at the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and captured five Ukrainian servicemen. This was reported to the Russian Ministry of Defense.

11:32 Another explosion is reported on the eastern outskirts of the Sumy region. The air raid warning did not sound, writes Front Bird.

Our rocket scientists first worked out using ballistics.

10:50 The Russian Armed Forces repulsed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Ugledar.

According to the Telegram channel “Come and See,” Ukrainian troops tried to break through in the Ugledar direction. Currently, Russian artillery is targeting Ukrainian positions in Ugledar itself.

10:24 Statement of Head of the press center of the Vostok group:

In the South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok group of troops, supported by artillery fire, aviation and heavy flamethrower systems, thwarted attempts to attack enemy infantry in the direction of Nikol'sky and Priyutnoy, and opened and defeated infantry groups in the areas of Novodonetsky and Staromayorsky.

Also in the Priyutnoye area, a reconnaissance group of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was liquidated. Artillery fire destroyed ammunition depots in Novomikhailovka and north of Priyutnoye, as well as vehicles carrying nationalists in the areas of Katerynivka and Konstantinovka.

During the counterbattery fight, the enemy lost a 152mm D-20 artillery gun and four mortar crews.

Air strikes hit areas of concentration of manpower and equipment of units of the 79th Air Assault Brigade in Novomikhailovka, the 72nd Mechanized Brigade in Ugledar, as well as the 127th and 128th Territorial Defense Brigades in the Staromayorskoye and north-west of Priyutnoye areas.


10:05 The situation in the Zaporozhye direction at 10:00 the Archangel of Special Forces reports:

After the rains, the ground has turned to mush, the enemy is waiting for the soil to dry out, even pickup trucks move very rarely, not to mention tracked vehicles, artillery is working on planned targets at strong points and identified observation posts. Both sides are attempting to conduct aerial reconnaissance and are accumulating targets. Overall there is relative calm.

The same thing is happening on Verbovoy; according to information, there are wounded Ukrainian Armed Forces militants lying in the fields, whom they apparently don’t want to take away.

09:52 The Ukrainian Armed Forces are organizing additional defense lines on the eastern side of Kharkov

Additional engineering equipment and sapper units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, engaged in preparing trenches, arrived in the Shevchenkovo and Lebyazhye area. Trees are cut down in forest belts to equip dugouts.

Defensive engineering work is being carried out simultaneously with the intensification of hostilities near Kupyansk.

09:28 The criminal Kiev regime continues to shell the civilian infrastructure of settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired cannon artillery:

-- n.p. Kazachi Lagery 16 rounds;

-- n.p. Peschanivka seven rounds;

-- n.p. Aleshki 18 rounds;

-- n.p. Krynki 12 rounds;

-- n.p. Kardashinka five rounds.

During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Novaya Kakhovka, n.p. Kakhovka, n.p. Aleshki, n.p. Golaya Pristan, n.p. Kazachi Lagery, firing a total of 27 rounds from cannon artillery.

Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being determined.

09:27 Kherson direction and Antonovsky Bridge area (Dachi)

That night several enemy speedboats tried to conduct reconnaissance in force using a heavy machine gun, reports the Front Bird.

Having discovered enemy forces, our fighters hit them with grenade launchers and small arms. The landing attempt was stopped.

09:19 During the past 24 hours, the DPR representative office in the JCCC recorded 24 incidents of firing by the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces, and 75 ammunition were fired.

In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 16 attacks from 155mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead.

On Gorlovsky - four artillery attacks from 152mm and 155mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead.

On Yasinovatsky - four artillery attacks from 155mm caliber artillery. The enemy fired at Donetsk, Makeevka, Yasinovatsky district, Gorlovka.

There were no reports of civilian casualties.

Six residential buildings were damaged in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk and the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka.

09:05 Frontline summary for the morning of 10/09/2023:

In the Zaporozhye direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to expand the zone of active combat operations. With the support of artillery, they managed to advance a little towards Kopani with the goal of reaching the rear of the Russian fortified area in Nesteryanka. Similar actions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of Novoprokopovka and Verbovoy were unsuccessful.

A front to the east has activated. Encounter battles in the Marthopolis area. The initiative belongs to the Russian army. The Russian Armed Forces continue to carry out attacks on the main logistics route of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Novodanilovka and Malaya Tokmachka. Ukrainian artillery hits Nesteryanka, Sladkaya Balka, Il'chenkov, Novopokrovka, Romanovsky and Novofedorovka.

In the Ugledarsky sector, the Ukrainian Armed Forces, with the support of artillery, are trying to seize the initiative in the Priyutnoye area. No success. The Russian Armed Forces attacked from Novodonetsk and Nikolsky. No advance.

Ukrainian positions are under fire in Staromayorsky, Urozhainy and Vodyanoy (not to be confused with the settlement of the same name north-west of Donetsk), Russian positions in Volodin, Zavetny Zhelaniya, Staromlynovka, Novodonetsky and Novomayorsky.

On the Donetsk front, after airstrikes, Russian troops carried out offensive operations near Novomikhailovka and Mar'inka. They also attacked Ukrainian positions near the city of Krasnohorivka, Pervomaisky and on the southern approaches to Avdievka. Near the village of Krasnogorovka they managed to advance. The Russian Aerospace Forces attacked the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Antonovka.

In the Bakhmut direction there are oncoming battles for control of the railway line near Andreevka. Russian troops are attacking the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Kleshcheevka, Bogdanovka and Sporny. We ourselves are under fire in Ozaryanovka, Kurdyumovka, Bakhmut and Yakovlevka.

In the Lugansk direction, Russian troops occupied a number of new positions in the area of Nevsky, Makeevka and Ivanovka. The Ukrainian Armed Forces' fortified area in Sin'kovka is being attacked. Attacks on Ukrainian positions in Belogorovka, Novolubovka, Peschany, Kurilovka, Kupyansk and Petropavlovka.


08:14 Soldiers of the Southern Group of Forces thwarted a counterattack of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donetsk direction, destroying a building that served as a temporary deployment point for the Ukrainian military, said the commander of a platoon of UAV operators -video.

08:05 Summary on the morning of October 9, 2023:

The Russian Armed Forces in the Maryinsky direction stormed two heights south of Novomikhailovka. Several months ago, our attack on Novomikhailovka, which was supposed to open the road to Ugledar from the northeast, failed: assault groups of the Russian Army then broke into the populated area, but failed to gain a foothold. Now the offensive of the Russian Armed Forces in this direction is characterized as “creeping.”At Ugledar, attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were repelled in the area of the village. Nikol'skoye, enemy concentration areas were hit by artillery fire.

In the Kherson direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are striking at the rear positioning areas of the Russian Armed Forces: they are trying to hit headquarters and communications centers, and disrupt the supply of troops. At Antonovsky and the railway bridges on our bank of the Dnieper, small zones of enemy control remain, which are subject to artillery strikes.

The tactic of luring our units under fire from the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the other side no longer works. In general, the enemy in the direction maintains plans for a large-scale crossing of the Dnieper and is making preparations, gathering forces and means.

In the Kupyansk direction, our troops are conducting active operations near Sin'kovka. In Kupyansk, where our artillery is firing accurately at the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, there are interruptions in water, electricity, and cellular communications. The city has been turned into an enemy fortified area.

The Russian Army is reported to be advancing near Makeyevka (LPR, south of Svatovo). In some areas - up to 1 km into the depth of the enemy’s defense.



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Peskov: Some Western weapons are sent from Ukraine to all over the world
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Some of the Western weapons supplied to Kiev are sent around the world, the Russian leader’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov said on October 9.

“It is obvious that hundreds of thousands of tons of weapons that the collective West sends to the territory of Ukraine do not completely end up there; some of them are sold by arms barons around the world,” Peskov said .

The Kremlin representative added that these weapons pose a mortal danger to different countries and regions of the world.

Peskov also called for waiting until information about this is accurately classified.

“It is obvious that the Israelis will study in detail the sources of these weapons in this region,” he added.

As Regnum reported, earlier the leader of the French Patriots party, Florian Philippot, said that American weapons supplied to Ukraine ended up in the Middle East and are now being used in bloody clashes.

On October 8, adviser to the head of the DPR, Yan Gagin , accused Kiev of the fact that the Ukrainian military and officials resell weapons to terrorists around the world. Gagin added that this happens without any control on a large scale.

More from regnum.ru
Russian Federation warned about the leakage of NATO weapons from Ukraine, Zakharova said

Over the past year and a half, Russia has repeatedly warned and cited facts of the uncontrolled proliferation of weapons supplied by the West to Ukraine, their spread across all continents, falling into the hands of organized crime and radicals, while the Western media completely ignored this information. Official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova wrote about this on October 9 in her Telegram channel.

“For a year and a half, at official briefings at the Russian Foreign Ministry, I talked about how NATO, primarily American, weapons supplied to Zelensky are spreading to “black markets.” She also named the reason - corruption in Ukraine and the corruption between Washington and Kiev,” the diplomat wrote.

She recalled that she spoke, warned and asked the world media to pay attention to this.

“Ask Bloomberg, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Politico, The Associated Press, The BBC and others, how many times have they cited or investigated our data? I suggest “not at all,” Zakharova noted, publishing evidence that Russia has appealed to the world community repeatedly and openly.

As Regnum reported , the leader of the French Patriots party, Florian Philippot , admitted that American weapons supplied to Ukraine ended up in the Middle East and are now being used in bloody clashes. He added that there are quite a lot of weapons that were supplied to Kyiv in the Middle East. The politician pointed out that all this leads to “organized world chaos.”

Earlier, the son of former US President Donald Trump Jr. pointed to American M4 assault rifles that were in the hands of Palestinians shown in footage after the start of the radical Hamas attack on Israel. Trump Jr. recalled that the machine guns that ended up with the radicals were not typical for local groups. They are more similar to American M4s than to the regular AK-47 that we are used to seeing in the Middle East, he clarified.

US House of Representatives member Marjorie Taylor-Green wrote on October 8 that Palestinian radicals could use weapons supplied to Ukraine by NATO countries in battles against the Israelis. The parliamentarian called for checking this information.

Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov said that some of the Western weapons supplied to Kiev are sent throughout the world. The Kremlin representative added that these weapons pose a mortal danger to different countries and regions of the world.

Posted by: badanov || 10/10/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [14 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Ukraine claims that they're weapons captured by Russians and sent to Paleos.
Ukraine also claims that they're beating Russia like a rug - killing 10 (cowardly asians) for every brave (because Arian) Ukrainian boy and capturing oodles of Russian weapons.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 10/10/2023 2:24 Comments || Top||

#2  Thanks for the reminder that you're a Putin bum licking idiot.
Posted by: Nero || 10/10/2023 16:43 Comments || Top||

#3  ^You Arians sure stick together.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 10/10/2023 16:48 Comments || Top||

#4  With Ukraine being the fabulously corrupt Ukraine that it is and the weapons trade being the weapons trade, it would be only be surprising if stuff was *not* getting 're-routed'. Globalization, man! It's all about flows.
Excuse me now. I have to go rewatch Lord of War.
Posted by: SteveS || 10/10/2023 17:03 Comments || Top||

#5  IIUC, there is a road literally named after John McCain.

Theory was weapons going to Team Not-Assad for an overthrow were directed through Ukraine.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 10/10/2023 17:35 Comments || Top||


Russian Security Council: Anglo-Saxon PR structures were behind the provocation in Bucha
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Perild] Deputy Secretary of the Russian Security Council Oleg Khramov said that Anglo-Saxon PR structures acted as scriptwriters and directors of the anti-Russian provocation in Bucha last spring.

Khramov said this in a conversation with Rossiyskaya Gazeta.

According to him, the United States and Great Britain have created a multi-level system for processing public opinion with the aim of waging a hybrid war against Russia and China.

As an example, Khramov cited the activities of the Association for Public Relations and Communication, headquartered in London, which coordinates a certain segment of the Anglo-Saxon network for manipulating public consciousness.

“According to information from Ukrainian sources, they are the scriptwriters and directors of the most resonant actions similar to the events in Bucha,” he concluded.

In April, Russia’s permanent representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya showed journalists evidence of the staged nature of the situation in Bucha.

Journalists were shown a video in which Mayor Buchi looked happy and smiling.

On May 23, Nebenzya said that Western media, under pressure from facts, were forced to admit the death of many Bucha residents as a result of artillery strikes by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Posted by: badanov || 10/10/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [13 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life,

#1  Russians do have Anglo-Saxons as their bete noire. Possibly because they beat Germany several times and France once, but never England.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 10/10/2023 2:20 Comments || Top||


In Kyiv they said that because of the war in Israel, Ukraine needs negotiations with the Russian Federation
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] The outbreak of an armed conflict involving Israel, the main US ally in the Middle East, puts Ukraine in a position to ask for negotiations with Russia, Oleg Soskin, a former adviser to former Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma, said on October 9.

It is obvious that both the volume of assistance to Ukraine from the United States and the amount of attention that Washington pays to Kyiv will decrease, the expert explained.

“Against this background, of course, there is a complete collapse for Ukraine. It is clear that martial law must now be immediately lifted and negotiations between the governments of Ukraine and Russia must begin. There is no other option,” Soskin said during a broadcast on his YouTube channel.

Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin noted that Russia is ready for peaceful negotiations on the Ukrainian conflict. In order for such negotiations to begin, a corresponding decision must be made in the West, in addition, Kiev must cancel its decree banning negotiations, the president said. The condition of the negotiations is the fulfillment of all the requirements set before the start of the Northern Military District and the recognition of the return of the four regions to Russia, the Russian Foreign Ministry and the Kremlin noted.

On October 7, the radical Palestinian movement Hamas carried out a rocket attack on Israeli territory, and several settlements were also captured. Israel launched retaliatory strikes on the Gaza Strip. According to official data, more than 700 people were killed and more than 2,000 people were injured in Israel, and more than 100 people were captured. Palestinian authorities reported 560 people killed in the Gaza Strip, as well as 2,900 injured.

On October 8, the Israeli authorities announced the transfer of the state to a state of war. On the morning of October 9, the Israel Defense Forces announced that 300 thousand reservists had been called up for service and that the operation was moving “to the phase of the complete destruction of Hamas.”

Russian diplomats in Israel are working around the clock, interacting, among other things, with the Palestinian authorities; to date, there has been no information about injured Russian citizens, press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov previously said.

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict poses a great danger to the entire Middle East, since the United States, Russia, Syria, and Iran could be drawn into the confrontation, Simon Tsipis, an employee at the Institute for National Security Studies at Tel Aviv University , said earlier in an interview with a Regnum correspondent.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov doubted that the West was conducting an investigation into the incident in Bucha. The Foreign Minister said he constantly reminds UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres of the importance of clarifying the situation, but there is no response from him.

Posted by: badanov || 10/10/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [13 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life,

#1  And the example of Gaza (independent since 2005) shows Russians* what happens if you make concessions to an enemy for the sake of peace.


*Not that they need the lesson - see Minsk accords.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 10/10/2023 2:17 Comments || Top||



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