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A few days ago during an attack on another offshore platform as part of a boat raid on Crimea, a manpad was shown being launched at an attacking Su-30. The Ukrainians claimed a hit that damaged the aircraft. Video could not verify it since any hit occurred beyond the frame.
[NYT] Torture perpetrated by Russian officers against Ukrainian civilians and prisoners of war has reached such a level that it is clearly a systematic, state-endorsed policy, a United Nations expert on torture said Saturday.
Witnesses shared accounts that were credible, said Alice Jill Edwards, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on torture, and that confirmed a consistent pattern of torture, including rape and beatings, in different detention facilities under Russian occupation and among Ukrainian soldiers captured by Russian forces. She spoke in an interview on Saturday as she wrapped up a seven-day visit to Ukraine.
"This is not random, aberrant behavior," Ms. Edwards said. "This is orchestrated as part of state policy to intimidate, instill fear or punish to extract information and confessions."
Her comments were one of the strongest condemnations implicating the Russian leadership by an independent expert since Russia’s full-scale invasion last year. She said she had reached out to Russian authorities at least seven times since receiving her mandate a year ago, drawing attention to the behavior of its troops and personnel in its detention facilities, but had received no response. Moscow has denied it practices torture, she said, but its refusal to address the issue, and the accumulating cases, amounted to tacit approval of its use.
"Russian authorities have failed so far to send a directive to their soldiers and the military command informing them that torture and such types of detentions and interrogations are not acceptable," she said. "They deny they do it, but show me the military directive where torture is prohibited."
[Youtube] Max Nefyodov was in government for 6 1/2 years - an unusually long time for a Ukrainian politician - and was instrumental in creating and passing into law ProZorro (Transparent), which is a groundbreaking anti-corruption website which Ukraine has since exported to other countries. He is also the co-Head of damaged.in.ua, which scientifically estimates the cost of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title
[Korrespondent] 23:08 F-16 fighters may be in Ukraine as early as February 2024, writes The Wall Street Journal. Ukrainian officials estimate that the United States can train its first group of pilots in five months. This group of up to ten pilots will soon begin training at Morris Air National Guard Base in Tucson, Arizona.
However, the newspaper notes that the American side is more reserved in its forecasts, since F-16s require approximately 16 hours of maintenance on the ground for every hour of work in the air, so training technical personnel may be more difficult than training pilots.
22:39 Zelensky said in an evening video message that over the past week there has been progress at the front: “There is movement in the Tauride directions. There is movement in the Bakhmut direction. Kupyanskoe, Limanskoe directions, Avdeevka, Maryinka - we are holding positions there. Every week the initiative is constant. in the hands of our soldiers, behind Ukraine."
21:17 Zelensky said in an interview with The Economist that he is “emotionally ready” for a long war. At the same time, he considers it a “bad idea” to try to put pressure on Kyiv for the purpose of negotiations with Moscow against the background of the difficulties of advancement at the front, because Putin also sees these difficulties. According to the president, Putin's goal now is to turn Ukraine into a dysfunctional country with depopulation, refugees from which create problems for Europe. He also seeks to recreate the USSR.
Zelensky is convinced that Trump will not support Putin, because “this is not what strong Americans do.” As for Biden, if he wins, "he doesn't want Afghanistan 2.0, does he?" At the same time, Zelensky said that he does not consider diplomacy a mistake, but “diplomacy with Putin is a mistake.” He once again emphasized that the war will not end until Russia leaves the entire territory of Ukraine, and any agreement now will not be permanent.
According to the president, a war of attrition will be a fork in the road for the country, because it will be a large loss of people and the need to militarize the economy. Zelensky stressed that the authorities must speak honestly about risks with citizens. “This option will be considered if further Western support is in question. So far there is no such risk,” the head of state added.
The President noted that Ukraine has high hopes for a new strategy of attacks on the territory of the Russian Federation, because the Russians will have a question - why their country does not guarantee 100 percent security. As for the situation at the front, Zelensky said even limited progress is important and a breakthrough is still possible. “If you put pressure on the Russians in the south, they might run,” he believes.
According to Zelensky, there is slow progress around Bakhmut. At the same time, he emphasized that the return of territories must be balanced with preserving the lives of military personnel, and if Ukraine had followed the advice to use even more soldiers, it would have lost thousands. The president acknowledged that victory will not be quick, but Ukraine deserves it, and the West must support it in this. In turn, the Russians are losing many soldiers and constantly transferring reserves to stop the Ukrainian advance, “and that means they will lose.”
20:52 Agreements between Ukraine and Sweden on the joint production of CV-90 infantry fighting vehicles suggest the “immediate goal” - the production of 1000 such infantry fighting vehicles for the Ukrainian army, said Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar.
20:37 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken believes that Kiev is ready for negotiations, unlike Moscow: “As for negotiations, it takes two to tango. And so far we have not seen any signs of interest in diplomacy on the part of Vladimir Putin. If he " .
19:21 As a result of assault operations, the defense forces have partial success in the areas of Kleshcheevka, Donetsk region and Rabotino, Zaporozhye region, displacing the enemy from their positions and gaining a foothold on the achieved lines, the General Staff reported.
18:39 Biden is close to making a decision to send ATACMS missiles to Ukraine, the Financial Times writes, citing a senior White House official. According to him, a decision could be made “in the near future.” The newspaper notes that the United States began to consider this step due to the fact that the war dragged on.
18:02 The Russians struck the Suvorovsky district of Kherson, one person was injured, the OVA reported.
17:44 Russian tactical aviation has intensified in the direction of Zmeiny Island, said OK Pivden speaker Natalya Gumenyuk. According to her, the Russians from time to time drop guided bombs on the island. They do this to put pressure and intimidate civilian ships in the Black Sea that use the humanitarian corridor.
16:31 In the Donetsk region, two foreign volunteers were killed and two more were wounded as a result of Russian shelling, the Spanish Foreign Ministry reported. The day before, four members of the Road to Relief team left Slavyansk in the direction of Bakhmut to find out the needs of civilians. After they drove through Chasov Yar, their car came under fire from Russian troops. The dead were Spanish citizen Emma Igual and Canadian Anthony Ignat. The wounded were German volunteer medic Ruben Mavic and Swedish volunteer Johann Mathias Thier.
15:46 Defense forces occupied part of the village of Opytnoye near Avdeevka, Donetsk region, said the head of the Avdeevka city military administration, Vitaly Barabash: “Two days ago, when the Russian military were concentrated north [of Avdeevka] in assault operations, the guys carried out a lightning assault operation and part They occupied the experienced one, secured a foothold, and fighting is already underway in the populated area.”
15:30 In the Kiev region, four people were injured as a result of a night attack, the OVA reported. In one district of the region, more than 100 private houses and 30 apartments in seven high-rise buildings were damaged by the blast wave. The blast wave damaged the premises of a school, a kindergarten, a village council, a hospital, an educational and rehabilitation center, a bus station, two shops, a warehouse, etc.
15:01 The war in Ukraine is the first during which absolutely all types of weapons were used, Budanov said: “What kind of escalation can we talk about if absolutely all types of weapons are involved - from submarines to strategic bombers. We need to change the logic: not everything is in our hands Russian Federation, and not everything is in the hands of other players on the world stage, something also depends on us.” According to the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate, in terms of creativity and flexibility, Ukraine is still defeating Russia, but one should not underestimate the enemy.
14:27 The Romanian Foreign Ministry called the Charge d'Affaires of the Russian Federation because of the found drone debris. The Romanian side protested the violation of its airspace after the discovery of “fragments of drones similar to those used by Russian troops” in the war against Ukraine. They also condemned the “systematic, unjustified and cruel” attacks of the Russian Federation on the Ukrainian population and civilian infrastructure.
14:09 South Korea will provide Ukraine with an additional $2.3 billion in reconstruction assistance, said President Yoon Seok-yeol. According to him, $300 million will be allocated for humanitarian needs in 2024, the remaining $2 billion will be transferred in 2025 as long-term support for social and economic infrastructure.
13:12 In the Donetsk region on September 9, as a result of Russian shelling, three people were killed and six were wounded, the Office of the Prosecutor General reported. In particular, near the village. In the Ivanovsky Bakhmutsky district, the Russians hit a civilian car with an anti-tank guided missile - two people were killed, two more were wounded. As a result of artillery shelling of the New York town of Toretsk, one person was wounded. During rocket attacks. One person was killed and one was injured in the Shakhtarsky Volnovakha district. Two more people were wounded as a result of shelling of the town of Zarechnoye, Liman community, and the village. Ekaterinivka of the Maryinsk community.
11:20 The Ukrainian military liberated about another 1.5 square meters. km of territory in the Rabotino region of the Zaporozhye region, said Alexander Shtupun, spokesman for the Tauride Defense Forces.
10:46 Ukraine has 30-45 days left for a counteroffensive, says the head of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mark Milley. According to him, the cold weather will make it much more difficult for the Ukrainian Armed Forces to maneuver. He also admitted that the offensive has been slower than expected. At the same time, according to Milley, it is too early to talk about the failure of the counteroffensive, since Ukraine is “moving at a very steady pace through the Russian front lines.”
In turn, Budanov said that Ukraine’s counteroffensive will continue after the onset of cold weather, although fighting will become more difficult: “Combat operations will continue one way or another. It is more difficult to fight in the cold, in dampness and mud. Combat operations will continue. The counteroffensive will continue.” The head of the Main Intelligence Directorate also admitted that progress was slower than desired. In addition to the high concentration of mines, he cited a large number of small Russian kamikaze drones among the obstacles - this is “the key factor that has so far slowed down Ukraine’s progress.”
At the same time, Budanov is convinced that the war will not be long: “I do not share the opinion that it will be a long war. This is my personal opinion, which is based on an analysis of the data that we have primarily regarding the enemy.”
10:17 Russia has concentrated more than 420 thousand of its military personnel in the temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories, including Crimea, said Vadim Skibitsky, a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate. He also said that the Russian Federation has deployed 46 launchers of the Iskander missile system along the Ukrainian border.
10:03 In the Kiev region, as a result of a night attack by drones, an infrastructure facility was damaged, there were no casualties or injuries, said the head of the police department, Ruslan Kravchenko. The blast wave damaged eight private houses, as well as the premises of a school, kindergarten, village council, and educational and rehabilitation center.
09:40 Brazilian President Lula da Silva intends to “put Zelensky and Putin at the negotiating table” at the UN General Assembly: “We will have the UN General Assembly on September 19. This is a place to discuss war. This is a place to discuss peace. This is a place to seat Putin and Zelensky to the negotiating table."
The Brazilian leader once again emphasized that his country “will not be drawn into war,” but intends to attend peace negotiations. He also said that Putin would not be arrested in Brazil if he attended the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro next year.
09:03 In the morning, the Russians hit an educational institution in the center of Kherson and fired at a residential building - one person was injured, OVA reported. Over the past 24 hours, one person has died as a result of Russian shelling in the region.
08:36 During a night attack, air defense destroyed 26 of 33 attack UAVs of the Shahed-136/131 type , which Russia launched across Ukraine from the northern direction (Kursk), the Air Force command reported. All drones were flying in the direction of the Kyiv region.
08:23 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of September 10:
personnel - about 268,630 (+490) people,
tanks - 4554 (+10),
armored combat vehicles - 8755 (+16),
artillery systems - 5811 (+22),
MLRS - 760 (+3),
air defense systems - 509 (+1),
aircraft - 315 (+0),
helicopters - 316 (+0),
UAV of operational-tactical level - 4593 (+5),
cruise missiles - 1455 (+0),
ships/boats - 19 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 8338 (+40),
special equipment - 872 (+2).
07:45 Over the past 24 hours, more than 30 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report . In the Kupyansky, Limansky and Bakhmutsky directions, the Russians unsuccessfully tried to break through the defenses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of Berestovo, Orekhovo-Vasilevka, Bogdanovka; There are fierce battles in the Kleshcheevka area.
In the Avdeevsky, Maryinsky and Shakhtarsky directions, the Defense Forces hold the initiative and repelled about 15 enemy attacks in the Maryinka area. In the Melitopol direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are conducting an offensive operation.
06:37 The Russian Ministry of Defense announced the destruction of eight “Ukrainian drones” over the Black Sea near Crimea, as well as three “US-made” boats near Zmeiny Island, which were allegedly heading in the direction of Crimea.
05:29 At night, the Russians attacked Kiev with drones, probably Shahed. Drones entered the capital in groups from different directions. The air defense forces managed to destroy more than 20 enemy UAVs, said the head of the KGVA Sergei Popko. Debris fell in several areas. In Shevchenkovsky, an apartment in a high-rise building was damaged, but most of the debris fell on an open area. Cars, trolleybus power lines, and road surfaces were damaged. One casualty is known.
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The Ukrainian attack on Optyne (near Avdiivka and opposite Donetsk city) seems to have gone well. Panicked Russian bloggers are claiming the Ukrainians are about to reach Donetsk airport, but that should be taken with large amounts of skepticism as that would require the Ukrs to cross a canal/river. It has also panicked the Russians into killing their own retreating troops.
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The video in the second link may not be from Robotyne. The incident is well reported. After the battle had ended, Ukrainians captured one wounded Russian marine from the 810th Marine Brigade. The Russian soldier claimed that when his unit decided to retreat, their own artillery started firing right behind them, creating a fire wall in the back, and forcing the soldiers to stay and fight for the positions. Eventually, that was what got him wounded and his friends killed.
He said that he had no doubt that it was not an error because the artillery was hitting correct targets initially, and only after they started retreating, the shelling shifted towards them. All of this was happening under the constant supervision of Russian drones that were constantly correcting the fire.
Text taken from Russian ministry of defense website (available only through a VPN)
[EngMilRu] Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation (10 September 2023)
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In the Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Group of Forces, jointly with aviation and artillery, repelled two attacks launched by assault groups of the 53rd and 110th Mechanised Brigades of the AFU close to Vodyanoye and Krasnogorovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
In addition, AFU personnel and military hardware were hit near Kleshcheyevka, Krasnoye, and Maloilyinovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
During the combat actions, the enemy lost up to 260 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, and five motor vehicles.
In Zaporozhye direction, as a result of active action by units of the Russian Group of Forces, supported by aviation and artillery fire, six attacks launched by assault groups of the 65th Mechanised Brigade of the AFU near Rabotino (Zaporozhye region) have been repelled during the day.
In addition, enemy personnel and hardware were inflicted fire damage close to Novoandreyevka, north of Rabotino and north-west of Verbovoye (Zaporozhye region).
Up to 80 Ukrainian servicemen, two armoured fighting vehicles, and two pick-up trucks have been neutralised during the day.
In counterbattery warfare, the following vehicles were eliminated: one Akatsiya self-propelled artillery gun; U.S.-made M198, M119, and M777 howitzers, as well as 152mm Msta-B and D-20 guns.
Also, a Swedish-made ARTHUR counterbattery radar station was destroyed near Shirokoye (Zaporozhye region).
Ammunition depots of the 82nd Air Assault Brigade and the 9th Army Corps of the AFU were obliterated near Trudovoye and Rizdvyanka (Zaporozhye region).
In South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok Group of Forces repelled an attack by units of the 37th AFU Naval Infantry Brigade near Novodonetskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
In addition, air strikes and artillery fire struck clusters of manpower and equipment of the 72nd Mechanised Brigade and the 38th Naval Infantry Brigade of the AFU close to Nikolskoye, Novomayorskoye, and Ugledar (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy's losses in this direction totalled over 130 Ukrainian servicemen, four motor vehicles, and one 152mm Msta-B howitzer.
In Krasny Liman direction, units of the Tsentr Group of Forces, in co-operation with aviation and artillery, repelled an attack launched by an assault group of the 67th Mechanised Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic).
Fire also damaged hardware and personnel clusters of the 12th Azov Special Forces Brigade, the 5th Ukrainian National Guard Brigade, and the 67th Mechanised Brigade of the AFU in the vicinity of Kuzmino and Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic).
Over 50 Ukrainian troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, two pickup trucks, two Gvozdika self-propelled launchers, and a 122m D-30 howitzer were neutralised.
In Kupyansk direction, units of the Zapad Group of Forces, supported by air and artillery fire, repelled two attacks launched by assault groups of the 25th Airborne Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Kuzemovka (Lugansk People's Republic).
The AFU losses totalled up to 35 troops, one tank, two motor vehicles, and one 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery gun.
In addition, an ammunition depot of the 1st Special Forces Brigade of the AFU was wiped out near Volchanskiye Khutora (Kharkov region).
Over 20 Ukrainian personnel, two motor vehicles, and two 122mm D-30 howitzers have been eliminated by fire in Kherson direction during the day.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Armed Forces' groups of forces engaged manpower and military hardware of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 117 areas.
In addition, a P-18 air target detection and tracking radar station was destroyed at a position uncovered by reconnaissance means near Lukashevo (Zaporozhye region).
Fire struck command and observation posts of the 77th Airmobile, 93rd Mechanised, 100th Territorial Defence brigades, and 15th Regiment of the Ukrainian National Guard in the vicinity of Spornoye and Serebryanka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The Russian Naval Aviation detected and destroyed three U.S.-made Willard speedboats in the Black Sea at night, each carrying up to 36 members of the AFU special operations forces in landing groups.
Air defence and electronic warfare systems destroyed and suppressed 42 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the areas of Ocheretovatoye, Novoye, Ulyanovka, and Kharkovo (Zaporozhye region), Ploshchanka, Belogorovka, and Rubezhnoye (Lugansk People's Republic), Spornoye, Soledar, and Gorlovka (Donetsk People's Republic), Novaya Mayachka and Velyka Lepetikha (Kherson region).
In total, 467 airplanes and 248 helicopters, 6582 unmanned aerial vehicles, 436 air defence missile systems, 11773 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1149 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 6319 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 12883 units of special military hardware have been destroyed during the special military operation.
FSB Colonel Krasikov is serving a life sentence in Germany for the murder of Chechen commander Zelimkhan Khangoshvili. Americans Paul Whelan and Evan Gershkovich are accused by the Kremlin of espionage.
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[NewsFront] 23:58 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 09/10/2023 to 00:00 09/11/2023
Over the past 24 hours Representative office reported about 70 facts of firing by the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces.
Over the past 24 hours, information has been received that three civilians were injured in Alexandrovka, Chervonogvardeysky Makeevka area.
A total of 17 house buildings were damaged in the Kiev, Voroshilovsky, Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk, Aleksandrovka, and Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka.
Four civil infrastructure facilities were damaged in the Voroshilovsky and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk and the Central City district of Gorlovka.
Areas of six settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), Shirokaya Balka, Panteleimonovka, Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Voroshilovsky, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Kievsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeisky district).
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 47 attacks from MLRS and 155mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead.
At Gorlovske there were 21 artillery attacks from 152mm and 155mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead.
On Yasinovatsky there were two artillery attacks from 155mm artillery. Having released 244 units of various ammunition.
A previous 80 artillery attacks were recorded from the VFU per day.
21:05 Ukrainian troops fired two 155mm cluster rounds at Donetsk, reports representation DPR at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).
19:19 Velikaya Znamenka under fire by Ukrainian Armed Forces militants
Today, from 15:30 to 16:00, the village of Velikaya Znamenka, Kamenko-Dneprovsky district, Zaporozhye region, was shelled by the Nazis. In total, six strikes from heavy weapons were carried out on this one.
The Nazis targeted schools and residential buildings on Gogol, Limannaya and Zaporozhskaya streets. Several households were damaged.
19:09 The center of Donetsk is under fire, said the mayor of the city, Alexey Kulemzin. Eyewitnesses publish video consequences of arrivals in residential areas.
18:55 Militants of the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired 15 rockets from the MLRS at the Kuibyshevsky and Kievsky districts of Donetsk - representative of the DPR JCCC.
18:46 The sound of an explosion was heard in Melitopol. The air defense system worked, the city was under reliable protection.
18:25 Vremyevsky sector: withdrawal of two brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to the rear and preparation for a new attack on Novomayorskoye situation as of 18.00 September 10, 2023:
The enemy continues the attack on the Novodonetskoye-Novomayorskoye line, launching three attacks during the night alone. The tactics of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are the same: enemy armored vehicles deliver infantry to forest belts, after which assault groups try to enter the positions of the Russian Armed Forces.
However, these forays ended in nothing for the Ukrainian formations: Russian troops constantly watched the front line and inflicted fire damage, forcing the Ukrainian Armed Forces to retreat.
At the same time, the Russian Armed Forces worked on targets near the front line, inflicting manpower losses and suppressing the mortar crew. Soldiers of the 394th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 127th Motorized Rifle Division destroyed an electronic warfare station south of Rovnopol, and a salvo of heavy flamethrower systems destroyed an Ukrainian Armed Forces stronghold near Priyutnoye, in which there were 13 members of Ukrainian formations.
Information also appeared about the withdrawal of units 23 and 31 from the front line, which, after summer battles and significant losses, went to restore combat capability in Mezhevaya and Georgievka in the Dnepropetrovsk region.
At the same time, the enemy does not intend to abandon a further offensive in the Vremevsky sector - at the moment we are only talking about changing the direction of the attack from Staromlynovka to Novomayorskoye. For these purposes, in Prechistovka, Ukrainian formations made up for the losses in the assault groups of the 35th InfantryRegiment.
18:20 The Ukrainian Armed Forces are faced with a shortage of sappers in Zaporozhye: analysis Military chronicle:
The situation for Ukrainian troops in the Rabotino-Verbovoe sector is complicated for several reasons.
Firstly, all active movement of Ukrainian units is limited to an area of 105-110 square kms in the triangle between Novodanilovka, Orekhov and Malaya Tokmachka. However, it cannot be called safe: the entire area is covered by cannon and rocket artillery of the Russian Armed Forces.
Secondly, minefields are still an unsolvable problem for Ukrainian Armed Forces units. Remote mining systems continue to allow the Russian Armed Forces to complicate the entire logistics of Ukrainian ground forces in the area. It is impossible to clear the newly installed barriers: regular military sappers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are eliminated by reconnaissance groups and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces.
It is impossible to train new sappers and quickly send them to the battlefield. As a result, the key formations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' vanguard in this direction, including the 46th Special Airborne Brigade, the 82nd Specialized Aviation Brigade and the 47th Mechanized Infantry Brigade, faced a sharp shortage of sappers.
The situation with minefield clearance is partially resolved through so-called live mine clearance, when mobilized recruits are sent to an unexplored offensive area in pickup trucks. The experienced sappers remaining at the disposal of the Armed Forces of Ukraine often work without fire cover and equipment, which is why they quickly die from artillery fire or during incursions by special forces units of the Russian Armed Forces.
Thirdly, the terrain features also affect the losses of sappers. The entire attack vector of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in this area was built to bypass the main heights occupied by the Russian army. As a result, Ukrainian troops are forced to advance in the lowlands (mainly only along the remaining part of the asphalt roads), which is under the fire control of the Russian Armed Forces. Due to the peculiarities of the terrain and the well-built surveillance system of the Russian Armed Forces, any activity of Ukrainian troops, including attempts to clear mines, is quickly discovered and stopped by Russian troops.
18:05 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for September 10, as of 18:00, information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
n.p. Makeevka (Chervonogvardeisky district): - on the street. Kalmiusskaya, 117, a man born in 1962 was wounded.
Additional information has been received about damage as a result of artillery attack by the AFU in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kyiv district): - st. Tishchenko, 4 – direct hit on a private residential building.
n.p. Alexandrovka: - st. Shevchenko, 230 – private residential building, a fire was recorded.
17:40 Consequences of artillery attack of the Kyiv region of Donetsk by Ukrainian militants -photo.
17:10 Ukrainian Armed Forces militants inflicted strike on a private house in Makeyevka, inside of which there were children and pensioners - a man received severe shrapnel wounds
Ukrainian militants do not stop terrorizing the civilian population of Donbass. Today at about 15:00 they struck a private residential sector, hitting a house. At the time of the shelling, there were two little girls inside - fortunately, neither of them were injured.
As a resident of the house said, she was also lucky - the shell arrived almost immediately as soon as she went under the roof. However, her husband remained on the porch and suffered severe shrapnel wounds to his abdomen, face and arms.
“I shout: “Are you alive?”, and he says: “I’m alive, but wounded,” the woman recalled the first minutes of arrival.
16:35 In the Kremen forests, the Russian Armed Forces stopped the counterattack of the 3rd Assault Brigade “Azov", and resumed the offensive.
Over the past two days, we have advanced approximately 500 meters, reports the Divanny General Staff.
16:00 From the Khar'kov direction (from the Kupyansk area) the Front Bird reports:
“After several weeks of active and systematic advance, the pace of liberation of the territories has slowed down somewhat for objective reasons. However, positive dynamics remain. The peculiarities of the enemy’s disposition of forces and his defensive lines make their own adjustments. Today we worked with 82mm mortars and birds on the Air Force holes. We continue to strictly move on.”
15:41 Latest report from the fronts from the Divan General Staff:
The Ukrainian Armed Forces carried out a counterattack near Opytny in the Avdeevsky direction.
Artyomovskoe direction. Andreevka is in the gray zone. It is expected that the new line of defense will pass along the railway. Most of Kleshcheevka is under the control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, ours hold the eastern part.
15:20 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for September 10, as of 14:30, information was received about damage as a result of artillery attack by the Air Forces of the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kyiv district):
– st. Studencheskaya, 10, 12 – private residential buildings, a car was also damaged;
– st. Vershigory, 2, 3, 4 – private residential buildings, power lines were also damaged;
n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): - st. Lysenko, 15 – private residential building
n.p. Shirokaya Balka: – the village is partially without power.
13:33 Zaporozhye direction. Rabotino/Verbovoe. Destruction of two Stryker armored personnel carriers at once -video.
13:10 Situation in the South Donetsk direction
In the Vremevsky sector, the enemy again tried to drive manpower to the northwestern outskirts of Novomayorsky. In addition, he continues to lose equipment in the forest belts on the way to the village. Naval infantry of the 40th Guards reported that they had identified cases of lads from the enemy’s 35th /infantry Regiment fighting infantry regiment refusing to continue the offensive;
during the night, near the platoon, the Armed Forces of Ukraine independently withdrew from positions in the forest belt and went towards Prechistovka. The enemy command is trying to force the soldiers to go on the attack, convincing them in the spirit of “go, there is no one there.”
On the western flank in the area of Priyutny-Zavetnye Zhelanii-Staromlynovka it is still relatively calm. There is no information about active enemy actions here. It seems that he even abandoned attempts to recapture the forest belts north of Priyutnoye that were lost a week ago.
No active enemy actions were also detected in the Ugledarsky sector. There remains a danger to our fighters from cluster munitions and FPV drones. We respond by identifying enemy positions and inflicting fire damage.
12:48 Video confirmation of the destruction of the second Challenger by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
On video, filmed by Ukrainian militants, depicts the Challenger 2, now a pile of scrap metal. This is the second such combat vehicle destroyed by the Russian army.
In addition to the Challenger, there are also piles of broken scrap metal that could not penetrate the Russian defenses.
12:25 Ukrainian Armed Forces militants attacked hit for civilian objects in Novaya Kakhovka
Today, Ukrainians fired at a vegetable storehouse and the city road maintenance service. Due to artillery attack from Ukrainian militants, a fire started on Fabrichnaya Street, fire services are already working at the scene.
11:35 The situation Boris Rozhin reports in the Orekhovsky direction:
Despite the transfer of brigades here from other directions (operational reserves are practically exhausted), the enemy was never able to achieve a significant breakthrough in our defense.
Most of Rabotino is in the gray zone (the enemy was never able to establish control over the village and Rabotino repeated the fate of Pyatikhatki). Verbovoye remained under the control of the Russian Armed Forces. Attempts to cling to the outskirts of Verbovoy led nowhere.
In the morning they reported that ours had even slightly improved their positions in the Verbovoy area, having fought back a couple of landings. The enemy continues to lose people, equipment and, most importantly, time, without ever reaching the first line of defense of the Russian Armed Forces in the Orekhovsky direction.
10:30 Frontline summary on the morning of 09/10/2023:
In the Zaporozhye direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces, with artillery support, attacked Kopani from the east and Novoprokopovka from the northeast. There is progress in the last section. In response, the long-range weapons of the Russian Armed Forces worked powerfully against Ukrainian positions in Krasnaya Krinitsa, Malaya Tokmachka, Zheleznodorozhny and Krasny.
In the Ugledarsky sector there is a counterattack of Russian troops near Novomayorsky. They managed to regain some positions. Under fire from the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Novodarovka, Staromayorsky and Urozhain. RF Armed Forces - in Priyutny, Zavetny Zhelanie, Staromlynovka, Kermenchik, Novodonetsky and Novomayorsky.
On the Donetsk front – assault actions of Russian troops in Mar'inka. With the support of artillery - near the city of Krasnogorovka and on the southern approaches to Avdievka. No success. Under fire from the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Paraskovyevka (not to be confused with the settlement of the same name northwest of Soledar), Stepnoy (not to be confused with the settlements of the same name in the Zaporozhye and Ugledar directions) and N'yu York. Ukrainian artillery hit Donetsk and Gorlovka.
In the Bakhmut direction, the Russian Armed Forces counterattacked at Kurdyumovka, Andreevka and Kleshcheevka. The Ukrainian Armed Forces went on the defensive. artillery attack of Ukrainian positions in Belaya Gora, Chasovoy Yar, Orekhovo-Vasilevka and Vesyol (a settlement northeast of Soledar). Russian ones - in Ozaryanovka, Kurdyumovka, Andreevka, Kleshcheevka and Bakhmut.
In the Lugansk direction, the Russian Armed Forces carried out offensive operations in the Serebryansky forest area towards Serebryanka. With the support of artillery, they stormed Novoegorovka. The Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked in the Sin'kovka area. Ukrainian positions in Zarechny, Torskoye, Yampolevka, Kislovka, Kupyansk and Petropavlovka are under fire.
09:19 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. Krynki 15 rounds;
-- n.p. Alyosha 12 rounds;
-- n.p. Podstepnoe seven rounds;
-- n.p. Saga eight rounds;
-- n.p. Peschanivka seven rounds;
-- n.p. Dnepryan six rounds;
-- n.p. Korsunka five rounds;
-- n.p. Velikaya Lepetikha seven rounds;
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village of Krynki, village. Peschanivka, Golaya Pristan, Podstepnoe, The Kazachi Lagery fired a total of 37 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being determined.
09:00 In the South Donetsk direction, the Russian army defended an attempt to attack the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Novodonetsk area. This was announced by the head of the press center of the Vostok group, Oleg Chekhov.
According to him, the enemy suffered losses in manpower and was forced to retreat to their original positions. To the north-west of there, an ammunition depot and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were destroyed, and a militant dislocation point was hit by artillery fire.
During the counterbattery fight, several pieces of equipment were destroyed, and aviation hit areas where Ukrainian Armed Forces were gathering in the areas of Urozhainy, Staromayorsky and Prechistovka.
08:45 Over the past 24 hours, 80 incidents of firing from the AFU have been recorded.
Over the past 24 hours, information has been received about the death of two civilians in the Kiev and Kuibyshev districts of Donetsk. Five civilians were injured of varying degrees of severity in the Kiev district of Donetsk, Yasinovataya, Kalininsky district of Gorlovka. Six houses were damaged in the Kiev and Kuibyshev districts of Donetsk. Four civil infrastructure facilities were damaged in the Kiev region of Donetsk.
The areas of four settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Kievsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district).
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 65 attacks from 155mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead.
At Gorlivske there were 4 artillery attacks from 155mm artillery.
At Yasinovatsky there were 11 artillery attacks from 155mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead.
08:17 Senior gunner of the D-20 guntoldon the priority targets of Russian artillery
“They hit lightly armored vehicles, heavily armored vehicles, for example, infantry fighting vehicles, concentrations of infantry, three-seven howitzers, and it happened that they also worked on “Crabs” - Polish long-range artillery installations,” says an artilleryman with the call sign “Cat”.
08:07 Situation on the fronts over the past 24 hours:
Svatovo-Kremennoe direction: the Russian army fights for Sin'kovka, and also attacks in the direction of Petropavlovka. There are positional battles on the Karamzinovsky ledge. Torsky has no changes. Ours are also knocking out the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the forests near Kremennaya.Bakhmutskoe (Artemovskoe) direction: north of Bakhmut (Artemovsk), ours attacked in the Dubovo-Vasilievka area and continue to gain a foothold in the Berkhovskoe reservoir area. In Kleshcheevka the fighting does not stop; our people do not allow the militants to advance from the southern side of the village. Encounter battles were also recorded in Andreevka, part of which is located in the gray zone.
Donetsk direction: Russian army soldiers attacked on the southern outskirts of Avdeevka. In Marinka there are heavy battles on the western outskirts. The Russian army tried to advance in the direction of Novomikhailovka.
Zaporozhye direction: in Pyatikhatki no changes. Fierce fighting continues near Rabotino, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are unable to enter and gain a foothold in the village. All attempts to break through at Verbovoy were also stopped. On the Vremevsky ledge, Russian fighters counterattacked at Priyutny, and also held positions in the area of Urozhainy and Staromayorsky. In addition, the Russian Ministry of Defense confirmed the destruction of the second British Challenger in battles in this direction.
[Regnum] The Russian military has increased its effectiveness in destroying Western armored vehicles through the use of inexpensive Kornet anti-tank missile systems. This was stated on September 9 in an article published on the Military Watch Magazine portal.
“Western armored vehicles in Ukraine are breaking down at such a rate that we have to think about increasing supplies. However, their effectiveness in practice has been called into question,” the article says.
The authors noted that the Russian army successfully destroys Western equipment by burning through its armor with inexpensive domestic Kornet anti-tank missile systems. According to journalists, it is for this reason that the United States has long been wary of sending Abrams tanks to Ukraine. And the massive destruction of these combat vehicles could cause a significant blow to the image of the American military-industrial complex.
As reported by IA Regnum, on September 9, the head of the public movement “We are together with Russia” Vladimir Rogov reported that the second British Challenger 2 tank, destroyed during the fighting in the Zaporozhye region, was hit from the Kornet ATGM. He clarified that, according to preliminary data, the combat vehicle was knocked out by soldiers of the 104th regiment of the 76th Guards Air Assault Chernigov Red Banner Order of Suvorov Division.
The destruction of the first Challenger 2 tank in the Zaporozhye region became known on September 5. A British combat vehicle was hit in the Rabotino area.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] The Russian side has repeatedly stated its readiness to return to the Black Sea initiative. This will happen as soon as all obstacles to Russian grain exports are removed. The head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sergei Lavrov, stated this during a press conference on September 10.
He recalled the words of President Vladimir Putin that the grain deal can be resumed, but only in both parts: not only the export of Ukrainian grain, but also the removal of any obstacles to the export of Russian fertilizers and wheat.
“[Russian President Vladimir] Putin clearly and repeatedly said that at the moment when all the actions necessary to remove any obstacles to our exports are completed, we will return on the same day to the collective implementation of the Ukrainian part of the Black Sea initiative,” the minister emphasized .
He called unrealistic proposals to connect a subsidiary of the Russian Agricultural Bank to SWIFT to resume the grain deal.
As Regnum reported , the grain deal between Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and the UN has been in effect since July 22, 2022 and has been extended several times. The Russian Foreign Ministry has repeatedly stated that there are no grounds for further extension of the deal, since it has turned into a purely commercial export of food from Ukraine to “well-fed” countries. On July 17, the Kremlin announced the suspension of Russia's participation in the grain deal. Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov noted that the Black Sea initiative has effectively ceased to operate.
Moscow emphasized that none of the promises made to Russia at the conclusion of the agreement were ever fulfilled, while Ukraine and the West made money on the grain deal, and Kiev used sea corridors to prepare terrorist attacks against Russia.
Following negotiations with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan , which took place in Sochi on September 4, Putin emphasized that Russia is ready to return to the grain deal as soon as all its conditions are met. The Turkish leader recognized Moscow's position as fair.
Erdogan recalled that one of the conditions for extending the grain deal was the connection of Rosselkhozbank to the SWIFT system, from which Russian banks were excluded due to sanctions. The Turkish President said that UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres proposed a different mechanism for paying for Russian food as part of a grain deal, which would be derived from transactions via SWIFT.
The Russian Foreign Ministry, in turn, said that the last four UN proposals on the grain deal do not contain anything new. Diplomats emphasized that reconnecting the specialized Rosselkhozbank to SWIFT has no working alternatives - neither with the options of branches and subsidiaries, nor through a marginal channel with JP Morgan, which was closed after the collapse of the Black Sea initiative.
Turkish President Erdogan called on the leaders of the Group of Twenty (G20) to fulfill a number of Russian demands in order to resume the grain deal.
In September, the Ukrainian authorities submitted to Turkey a proposal to resume the work of the grain corridor in the Black Sea without the participation of Russia.
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#Russian Foreign Minister #Lavrov: "In the current situation, many billions of rupees have been accumulated, which have not yet found their use. Our Indian friends assured that they will offer promising areas where they can be invested."
Since the beginning of the war, the Russians have announced a policy of "dedollarization" and settlements in national currencies. Petroleum products were sold to India for rupees, which are almost impossible to convert into dollars due to sanctions. The Russians also cannot find a use for the stuck rupees.
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The Russians sold the Indians discounted (up to $30/bbl) oil for what is in effect unspendable IOUs. Meanwhile, the Indians refined that oil and sold it for hard currency on the international market.
Dedollarization in a nutshell. Russia's next super genius plan: invest in North Korea.
"This is a problem," Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters in the Indian state of Goa in May. "We need to use this money. But for this, these rupees must be transferred in another currency, and this is being discussed now."
In September, Lavrov appeared to admit that Moscow has all but given up on rescuing its rupee-denominated stash worth billions from India.
Aside from oil, Russia is one of India's top suppliers of weapons and military hardware. Between April 2022 and February 2023, India's imports from Russia reached $41.56 billion, including a more than 900% increase of crude oil imports year-on-year, according to Factly data. Meanwhile its exports to Russia amounted to just $3 billion.
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[Regnum] The Uralvagonzavod concern (part of Rostec) will resume the creation of T-80 tanks from scratch. The general director of the company, Alexander Potapov, announced this on September 10 on the air of the “Military Acceptance” program on the Zvezda TV channel.
He clarified that the Ministry of Defense set such a task for the concern.
“This is the task, at least the military set it for us,” Potapov pointed out.
He added that the company is now actively interacting and exploring these issues with the Ministry of Industry and Trade, because this requires new capacities.
The original version of the T-80 was mass-produced in the USSR from 1976 to 1978. They were equipped with tank units in Eastern Europe. The main distinguishing feature of combat vehicles of this family is the presence of a gas turbine engine. The car could move on the highway at a speed of 80 km/h. It is for this difference that the tank received the nickname “flying”.
It can also be refueled at any gas station with any fuel: diesel, gasoline and kerosene. It also has the ability to move through deep snow crust without falling through, and starts easily in low temperatures. "It's a floor wax AND a dessert topping!"
In 2019, Russia created the newest modification of the T-80U tank - T-80UE-1. The new fire control system will allow the modernized T-80 tank to conduct targeted fire, moving at a speed of 35 km/h, while the turret can be in any position. No tank in the world has this characteristic.
The combat vehicle will also receive a new multi-fuel gas turbine engine with a capacity of 1,250 horsepower. They also created a version of the engine with a capacity of 1400 horsepower.
As Regnum reported , in March, Russian soldiers actively used modernized T-80 tanks in the battles for Artyomovsk. Mobile, maneuverable T-80 BVM tanks are equipped with an all-weather thermal imaging sight and can operate in various conditions. The crew fires 60–80 shells at the enemy per day, the record is 128 shells.
The High-Precision Complexes holding of the Rostec state corporation reported that the Arena-M active defense systems will be installed on Russian T-80 and T-90 tanks in the future.
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The main problem for the Russians is that the French have cut off supply of the 2nd generation Catherine-FC thermal sight. The Russians have gone back to the 1970's era thermal sight. Crap thermals = crap situational awareness, target acquisition and targeting.
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The crew fires 60–80 shells at the enemy per day, the record is 128 shells.
As I recall these barrels are only good for 1-2000 rounds, and Soviet designs do not allow for barrel replacement. They only needed to last long enough to drive to the Atlantic, after all.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin
[ColonelCassad] Yesterday, at around 21.00, at least six boats with personnel from the main intelligence department and special operations forces of Ukraine set out from Zatoka in the direction of Crimea, who again wanted to land at Cape Tarkhankut.
But their plans were not destined to come true: a Su-24M naval aviation bomber was immediately sent in their direction, which dropped four RBK-500PTAB cluster bombs on a group of boats southeast of Zatoka -1M with anti-tank cumulative elements.
As a result, three enemy watercraft immediately sank to the bottom along with the landing party, and the rest turned around and departed in the direction of Vilkovo, where they returned by midnight, bypassing Zmeiny Island.
And from 3 am on September 10, the Ukrainian Armed Forces tried to attack military targets on Tarkhankut with attack drones, but the attack was repelled. Units of the 31st Air Force and Air Defense Division shot down eight drones: two were destroyed by Pantsir, four by rifle squads, and two more were suppressed by electronic warfare.
Probably, the enemy intended to combine an attack on Tarkhankut with a UAV raid - the boats would have just approached the shores of Crimea by the time the drones arrived, which would have had a better effect. But Russian troops once again successfully repelled the attack.
Moreover, the sortie was supposed to take place on Friday, September 8th. Then the DRGs were sent to Zmeinoye on boats, from where they were supposed to head to the Crimea. However, Russian Aerospace Forces aircraft struck with several FABs, hitting a cluster of power steering and special forces and foiling the enemy’s plans.
The 564th day of the special military operation in Ukraine (SVO) is marked by the news of the destruction of the landing groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in the western part of the Black Sea on the night of September 10. According to the Ministry of Defense, the enemy was traveling on three US-made Willard Sea Forc high-speed military boats and was overtaken by naval aviation aircraft of the Black Sea Fleet northeast of Zmeiny Island. It is also clarified that the boats were heading in the direction of the Crimean coast.
Eight Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) were also hit near the coast of Crimea. According to the Russian defense department, the Ukrainian Armed Forces tried to attack targets on Russian territory.
Meanwhile, in the area of Serebryansky forestry, aviation and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces inflicted fire on the assault groups of the 12th Special Purpose Brigade “Azov” (an organization whose activities are prohibited in the Russian Federation).
Text taken from the Telegram channel of PanzerWaffle
[ColonelCassad] A sign with Ukrainian Armed Forces artillery losses for 2023 is being distributed across the Internet. Since it was compiled on the basis of extremely inaccurate data, we consider it necessary to make a number of clarifications.
1. According to the Military Balance, as of the beginning of 2022, the Armed Forces of Ukraine had more than 1,994 units of cannon artillery, mortars and rocket artillery in combat units. Of these, barrel artillery and mortars - 1,544 units.
An unknown number of artillery systems were in the NSU, coastal defense, marines and air assault units.
It is also unknown the exact number of systems in storage. Military Balance gives only the number of 2S7 “Peony”, 83 units.
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2. According to the schedule, in 2023 alone, 1,863 Soviet-type artillery systems and 494 systems of foreign origin were destroyed. A total of 2,357 units.
That is, in 2023, more field artillery and Soviet-type mortars were allegedly destroyed than the Ukrainian Armed Forces had before the war.
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3. Foreign 155mm caliber artillery was promised 544 units. But promising does not mean delivering; in fact, delivery of approximately 250-260 units has been confirmed.
Artillery and mortars of other calibers were promised 240 units, 117 were delivered.
A total of 784 units were promised, 367-377 units were delivered.
Thus, more foreign artillery was allegedly destroyed in 2023 alone than was sent during the entire conflict.
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4. It can be assumed that, starting in 2022, the Armed Forces of Ukraine were gradually removed from storage and Soviet-type systems were transferred to the troops. To some extent, this assumption is true.
However, at the same time in Ukraine there was a destruction of the capabilities of the military-industrial complex and the destruction of combat systems.
Since the whole process was spread out over a year and a half, it turns out that if it was possible to exceed the number of 2 thousand systems in service, then for some short moment, when revenues covered the decline. But, mainly, the purpose of commissioning systems from storage was to compensate for wear and combat losses. Most likely, by the beginning of 2023, the Ukrainian Armed Forces did not have 1,863 Soviet-type artillery systems and mortars in service.
This hypothesis is confirmed ( https://t.me/panzwaffle/2245) and Cancian, who in January 2023 noted the shortage of 122mm and 152 mm ammunition and the decline in the value of Soviet-type artillery.
What conclusions can be drawn from all this?
Any numbers should be treated with a certain degree of caution and attentiveness.
For example, MO statistics - on the basis of which the graph was drawn up - provide generalized data in an extremely inconvenient form. For example, it combines tanks with other armored fighting vehicles, and writes “field artillery pieces and mortars” into artillery.
In other words, the final figure could include anything that is not an MLRS, from a 60mm mortar to a 203mm Pion. Apparently all guntrucks, self-propelled mortars, as well as large-caliber anti-aircraft artillery, such as Bofors or S-60, go there. Maybe even pickup trucks with chargers are included, since the Ministry of Defense takes into account only anti-aircraft missile systems separately, but not cannon ones.
Separately, let us note that the mere inclusion of any enemy artillery system in this report can mean anything: from the barrel being scratched and the knurling being pierced (and so on several times) to “exploded and smashed.” But in general, the number of irrecoverable losses should be cautiously assumed to be a multiple of less than the number declared.
We would not draw any conclusions based on such unclear data, at least without double-checking for sure.
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A good starting point when counting verified losses is Oryx. These are the minimum photo verified losses, not the whole picture. The site is especially for comparing loss ratios.
Ukrainian losses
Towed Artillery (159, of which destroyed: 88, damaged: 51, abandoned: 2, captured: 18)
Self-Propelled Artillery (215, of which destroyed: 145, damaged: 47, captured: 23)
Multiple Rocket Launchers (50, of which destroyed: 32, damaged: 9, captured: 9)
Artillery Support Vehicles And Equipment (23, of which destroyed: 10, captured: 13)
= 447 photo verified, 146 of NATO manufacture
Russian losses
Towed Artillery (297, of which destroyed: 169, damaged: 26, abandoned: 5, captured: 97)
Self-Propelled Artillery (514, of which destroyed: 370, damaged: 30, abandoned: 7, captured: 107)
Multiple Rocket Launchers (265, of which destroyed: 195, damaged: 16, abandoned: 2, captured: 52)
Artillery Support Vehicles And Equipment (107, of which destroyed: 53, abandoned: 2, captured: 52)
[Newsweek on MSN] A key Russian general who Russian President Vladimir Putin promoted this week views the invasion of Ukraine as a mere "stepping stone" to further conflict with Europe.
Putin launched the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, sparking fears from many analysts that the Kremlin may have greater ambitions beyond taking control of its former Soviet neighbor. Russian commentators and lawmakers have often heightened those fears with their anti-North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) rhetoric throughout the war—routinely encouraging direct strikes on European and even American targets.
This week, Putin promoted Lieutenant General Andrey Mordvichev to the rank of Colonel-General. The military leader had already been serving in the role of commanding the Central Military District and Russian Central Grouping of Forces in Ukraine.
In a recent interview with Moscow's state-run Russia-1, a clip of which circulated widely on social media Saturday, Mordvichev said he believes Putin's war will last quite a long time and expand in the future.
"I think there's still plenty of time to spend. It is pointless to talk about a specified period. If we are talking about Eastern Europe, which we will have to, of course then it will be longer," the general said.
"Ukraine is only a stepping stone?" the interviewer then asked.
"Yes, absolutely. It is only the beginning," Mordvichev responded, who went on to say that the war "will not stop here."
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Hell, at this point I'm not sure they wouldn't faint dead away if Poland got off the leash. After WWII, they didn't like the Germans....but the Russians, they hate with passion.
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A Stepping Stone because of NATA Eastward colonization and expansion.
UKR is the result of a bigger perceived problem, NATO expansion. Russia didnt invade UKR to invade EU, you fucknuts. They invaded to put a stop to nato bullshit expansion and colonization.
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There would have been no NATO expansion if the Russians weren't such complete untrustworthy, genocidal shit bags. NATO didn't go looking for new members. Each new member begged for entry into a reluctant NATO because they understood what the Russians were saying to each other about rebuilding their empire and experienced the subversion and threats.
Pity Ukraine and Georgia weren't invited entry with the rest of eastern European countries. A lot of blood and treasure would not have been spilled and the looming catastrophe for Russia would have been avoided.
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