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2023-09-23 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: September 22nd, 2023
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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] 21:07 Canada will provide long-term assistance to Ukraine in the amount of 650 million Canadian dollars (approximately 482.6 million US dollars), calculated for three years, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said. Part of the money will go towards the construction of 50 armored vehicles and 50 ambulances. Canada will also send its instructors and technicians to train Ukrainian pilots on the F-16.
20:03 Zelensky said that he had “fruitful as always” negotiations with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Among the main issues are Ukraine's defense needs, continued financial and humanitarian support, economic and investment cooperation.
19:52 Zaluzhny said that he had a telephone conversation with the head of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mark Milley, and discussed the situation at the front, the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, especially in terms of air defense and artillery. Milley's term in office expires this month, so he introduced Zaluzhny to his successor, Charles Brown. We agreed to maintain a high level of communication and hold negotiations in the near future.
19:27 As a result of the Russian strike on Kremenchug, at least 15 people were wounded, one of them was a child, and another person was killed , said the head of the Poltava Regional Police Department, Dmitry Lunin.
19:23 The Office of the President warned that Russia is now preparing an information campaign, the purpose of which is to discredit Zelensky and his team abroad. In particular, Russian propagandists will talk about the crisis in Kyiv and the authorities’ loss of trust among the political elites; about the scandal with Poland, which allegedly proves that there is no unity between Europe and Ukraine; about the “usurpation of power” in Ukraine and the cancellation of elections; about the benefits for the West of dealing with a “stable” Russian Federation, especially after Putin’s re-election.
19:15 At the beginning of September, the first ten Leopard 1 tanks, donated by Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands, arrived in Ukraine. Later, the German publication Spiegel stated that Kyiv refused to accept this batch due to their poor condition and the need for repairs. And then the Danish Ministry of Defense confirmed: the equipment is so worn out that it cannot be used. For more details, see the article Ukraine abandoned tanks .
18:48 The Czech Republic is negotiating with Sweden regarding the possible training of Ukrainian pilots on Gripen fighters on its territory, Defense Minister Jana Chernokhova said. She recalled that about 2,000 Ukrainian military personnel trained in the Czech Republic in the spring and summer. In total, the Czech Republic wants to train about 4,000 Ukrainian military personnel on its territory by the end of 2023.
18:42 The Russians launched missile attacks on Kremenchug, Poltava region. Air defense forces shot down one missile, and also hit civilian infrastructure. According to preliminary information, there are dead and wounded, said the head of the OVA, Dmitry Lunin.
18:37 The Ukrainian Armed Forces continue successful strikes on the temporarily occupied Crimean peninsula. This time, a missile strike hit the headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol. NSDC Secretary Alexey Danilov sees two future options for the Russian Black Sea Fleet - voluntary or forced self-liquidation. For more details, see the article Attack on the Black Sea Fleet headquarters in Sevastopol .
18:20 Luxembourg handed over an additional package of military assistance to Ukraine, which included, in particular, nine Primoco One 150 reconnaissance drones, 3.2 million rounds of 12.7 mm ammunition, 16 armored ambulances, 800 helmets, 150 night vision devices.
17:59 Biden promised Zelensky a small number of long-range ATACMS missiles, NBC News reports, citing sources.
17:27 Western media associate the dispute between Warsaw and Kiev with Polish domestic politics, but fear that the confrontation could negatively affect the supply of weapons to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Read more in the material Conflict between Poland and Ukraine .
16:52 StratCom of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed that today at about 12:00 the Defense Forces attacked the headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet command in Sevastopol.
16:09 Russia plans to increase defense spending next year from the current 3.9% of GDP to 6% ($112 billion), Bloomberg writes. Defense spending will exceed social spending, despite the presidential elections in March. Also, classified expenses will almost double - from 6.5 trillion rubles to 11.1 trillion, amounting to 30% of total budget expenses.
16:06 One of the Russian “military correspondents,” citing his own sources, said that mercenaries of the Wagner PMC allegedly arrived in the combat zone in the Kherson region. The speaker of the Southern Defense Forces, Natalya Gumenyuk, believes that the Russians will deliberately spread such rumors in order to raise the morale of their troops and stop deserters.
15:34 The Russian Ministry of Defense clarified that as a result of the attack on Sevastopol, one serviceman “went missing, not died.”
15:29 12 out of 20 Leopard 1A5 tanks transferred to Ukraine were found to have defects, TV2 reports, citing an explanatory note by Danish Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen. He notes that these defects are already being eliminated by the Ukrainian side. The minister also said that ten more Leopard 1A5 tanks are in Poland - two of them have serious defects.
15:11 Commander of the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Nikolai Oleshchuk commented on the strike on the headquarters in Sevastopol: “We promised that there would be a continuation... Therefore, while the invaders are coming to their senses in Melitopol, and in Sevastopol, air raid signals are still being heard, once again I will thank the Air Force pilots. “All the missiles were shot down!” I hope that next time the Russian air defense will not let us down again.”
15:03 The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that during the repulse of a missile attack on Sevastopol, five missiles were allegedly shot down by air defense systems, the “historic building of the Black Sea Fleet headquarters was damaged,” and one serviceman was killed.
14:48 The “head” of occupied Crimea, Sergei Aksenov, said that air defense forces allegedly shot down cruise missiles over the territory of the peninsula, and called for trusting “only official sources of information.” The “governor” of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhaev, claims that the civilian infrastructure around the fleet headquarters was not damaged, the people who were on the street at the time of the strike were not injured, and work to extinguish the fire at the headquarters itself continues. Local residents say the city's sirens went off half an hour after the impact.
Meanwhile, Crimean publics reported that “a mushroom of smoke is rising” in Bakhchisarai in the area of the military unit on the street. Simferopolskaya, 2. Aksenov said that grass is allegedly burning near Bakhchisarai from the debris of a downed rocket; reports of an arrival in the city are “stuffing and fake.”
14:35 Three more ships are heading towards Ukrainian ports to be loaded with export products, the Ministry of Infrastructure reported. Bulk carriers AZARA, YING HAO 01 and ENEIDA confirmed their readiness to use the temporary corridor for civil ships and are moving towards the ports of Yuzhny and Chernomorsk. After loading with more than 127 thousand tons of Ukrainian agricultural products and iron ore, the ships will sail towards China, Egypt and Spain.
13:58 Crimean public pages write that in the building of the headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol, after the Ukrainian missile strike, “a hole appeared.” Dozens of ambulances are traveling to the site of the impact.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces launched a missile attack on the headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in occupied Sevastopol
13:47 In October, the European Commission will recommend starting negotiations on Ukraine’s accession to the EU, Bloomberg writes, citing sources. European leaders could sign the recommendation at the summit as early as December. After this, Ukraine will have to complete reforms and bring the country’s legislation closer to EU standards in more than 30 areas.
13:25 “Governor” of occupied Sevastopol Mikhail Razvozhaev announced a missile strike on the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet, a fragment fell near the Lunacharsky Theater. Information about the victims is being clarified.
13:09 Ukraine received the eighth tranche of macro-financial assistance from the EU in the amount of 1.5 billion euros, Shmygal said.
12:44 Germany did not refuse to supply Ukraine with Taurus long-range missiles and is still studying the request, Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said: “We are studying the request and its consequences. For example, we need to take into account legal or technical aspects. I understand that this takes time ".
12:21 Shmygal said that the energy terror on the part of the Russian Federation did not begin yesterday, as Ukrenergo noted, but has been going on for two weeks: “We understand that the stage of energy terror in this heating season has already begun. We see this in the destruction of infrastructure, production, pumping , fuel storage. We see this in the first strikes on regional energy substations in the last two weeks."
According to the prime minister, Ukraine is better prepared for new Russian attacks in the current heating season, but the winter “will definitely be difficult, definitely not easier.”
11:39 The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that one Ukrainian guided missile and two drones were allegedly shot down off the western coast of Crimea. Earlier, a smoke curtain was used in Sevastopol, the Kerch Bridge was closed, and the movement of maritime passenger transport was stopped.
10:56 The Russians created a buffer zone in the Black Sea from civilian ships near the Kerch Strait in order to hide their warships behind them, said Natalya Gumenyuk, speaker of the Southern Defense Forces. In addition, according to her, the occupiers relocated large landing ships to Novorossiysk. Boats of the Russian Black Sea Fleet and the Border Service ply there.
10:24 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports that Ukrainian forces are moving forward and have already advanced beyond the last line of Russian defense in the Zaporozhye region. According to analysts, Ukrainian armor advanced south of Russian anti-tank ditches and "dragon's teeth" and entered the battle west of Verbovoy. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are using it for the first time outside the three-layer defense of the Russian Federation.
According to ISW experts, this indicates that the Ukrainian Armed Forces have ensured a breakthrough of the first two lines of Russian defense enough to move their equipment forward. But it is too early to say that the last line has been completely broken.
10:17 The ship Aroyat under the flag of Palau with 17.6 thousand tons of Ukrainian wheat for Egypt left the port of Chernomorsk. This is the second ship that used the temporary corridor for civilian ships to enter the port of Chernomorsk in order to export agricultural products to Asian countries, the Ministry of Infrastructure reported. The crew of the vessel are citizens of Egypt, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Belgium and Albania.
09:43 In the morning, the Russians fired at residential areas of Kherson - one person was killed, one was wounded, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin. Over the past 24 hours, seven people were killed and another 12 were injured as a result of Russian shelling in the region.
09:19 Zelensky said that Ukraine will de-occupy Bakhmut “and two more cities.” “I won’t tell you which cities, sorry. We have a plan. A very, very detailed plan,” the president added.
09:14 On the evening of September 21, the Russians fired two Iskander missiles at a residential area in Kurakhovo, Donetsk region, wounding 16 people. One of the missiles hit a two-story residential building, the prosecutor's office said.
08:38 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of September 22:
- personnel - about 274,950 (+480) people,
- tanks - 4644 (+6),
- armored combat vehicles - 8891 (+8),
- artillery systems - 6177 (+40),
- MLRS - 785 (+4),
- air defense systems - 528 (+0),
- aircraft - 315 (+0),
- helicopters - 316 (+0),
- UAV of operational-tactical level - 4858 (+8),
- cruise missiles - 1517 (+38),
- ships/boats - 20 (+0),
- submarines - 1 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tank trucks - 8690 (+20),
- special equipment - 912 (+1).
08:17 Over the past 24 hours, 26 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report . In the Bakhmut direction, the Defense Forces repelled enemy attacks in areas northeast of Grigoryevka, as well as Andreevka, Donetsk region. At the same time, the Ukrainian Armed Forces continue their assaults south of Bakhmut.
In the Maryinsky direction, the enemy unsuccessfully tried to advance in the area of Marinka and Krasnogorovka of the Donetsk region, in the Shakhtarsky direction - in the Nikolsky area of the Donetsk region, in the Zaporozhye direction - in the Malaya Tokmachka and Rabotino areas of the Zaporozhye region. In the Avdeevsky and Shakhtarsky directions, the Defense Forces continue to hold the defense on occupied lines, and in the Melitopol direction they continue to advance.
In the Krasnodar Territory of the Russian Federation, in places of deprivation of liberty, prisoners are being agitated to sign a contract with the Russian Armed Forces in exchange for early release. The military command wants to equip units of the Airborne Forces with them. The validity period of such a “contract” is until the end of the war.
07:39 Zelensky arrived in Canada. He will meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Ottawa, deliver a speech in Parliament and then travel to Toronto, where he will meet with Canadian business leaders to strengthen private sector investment in Ukraine's future, the Canadian Prime Minister's Office said.
04:42 Ukraine and the United States agreed on the joint production of weapons and defense systems, in particular air defense. An industrial base is already being prepared for the production of air defense systems and other necessary things in co-production, Zelensky said following a meeting with Biden.
"This is a new level of our unity. Co-production in the defense industry with the United States is a historical thing. A new industrial base, new jobs - for both of our peoples. Ukraine will be able to produce, in particular, air defense. We are preparing to create a new defense ecosystem together with the United States States to produce weapons, together to further strengthen freedom and protection of life. This will have global positive results," the president said.
Zelensky also thanked for the new defense package - “exactly what our soldiers need right now.” In turn, Biden emphasized that the United States remains committed to supporting Kyiv in defending against Russian invasion. He also confirmed the long-term commitments to the security of Ukraine on the part of the United States and added that the United States has begun the process of formalizing these long-term commitments. In addition, Biden said that the first Abrams tanks will arrive in Ukraine next week.
01:56 The United States announced a new aid package for Ukraine worth $325 million. It will include:
- AIM-9M air defense missiles;
- additional ammunition for HIMARS;
- Avenger air defense systems;
- 50-caliber machine guns to counter drones;
- 155 mm artillery shells;
- 105 mm artillery shells;
- TOW missiles;
- Javelin and AT-4 anti-tank systems;
- more than 3 million rounds of small arms ammunition;
- 59 light tactical vehicles, etc.
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