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2023-09-25 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: September 24th, 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] 21:07 Zelensky, in an evening video message, reported on a productive week and announced the supply of “some other” types of weapons: “Defense packages. From the United States - this is artillery, the necessary shells, missiles for the Highmars, missiles for air defense, additional air defense systems, tactical vehicles and some other types of weapons that will assert themselves on the battlefield."

20:52 The number of victims as a result of the Russian strike on Kremenchug on September 22 increased to 55, of which 19 people are in hospital treatment, including one child. In total, six children were injured, as well as one pregnant woman, said the head of the Poltava Regional Police Department, Dmitry Lunin.

17:49 The enemy dropped two aerial bombs on Kherson: one hit an industrial zone in the Dnieper district, the second hit civilian infrastructure in the Korabelny district. One person was wounded, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin.

16:09 On the night of September 24, “unknown saboteurs” destroyed a fuel tanker on the territory of a military camp in the village of Kalininets, Naro-Fominsk district, Moscow region, as well as four units of vehicles with trailers on the territory of a military camp in Kaluga, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense reported.

15:32 Less than a thousand mercenaries of the Wagner PMC remain on the territory of Belarus, said the speaker of the State Border Service of Ukraine Andrei Demchenko. “As we remember, their number fluctuated around 6,000 when they arrived there. Intelligence units are closely monitoring what is happening on the other side of the border,” he added.

14:13 The Russians struck the center of Kherson, four people were injured, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin.

13:55 A Ukrainian drone hit the FSB building in the center of Kursk, the UP reports citing an intelligence source. Regional Governor Roman Starovoit said that as a result of the attack, “the roof of one of the administrative buildings was slightly damaged.” Later, there was another drone attack in Kursk, and a fire started. An intelligence source reported a hit on an oil refinery near the Kursk airfield.

13:26 “Head of the DPR” Denis Pushilin introduced official censorship with full FSB control of Internet traffic, as well as a curfew in the entire occupied part of the Donetsk region, said Advisor to the Mayor of Mariupol Pyotr Andryushchenko. He noted that in Mariupol the curfew was lifted almost a year ago, and now it has been returned. Simultaneously with the introduction of a ban on being on the street, any manifestations of public disobedience are officially prohibited.

12:31 On September 23, the Russians fired artillery at the civilian infrastructure of the Yunakovsky community of the Sumy region - a resident of the village was killed. Yablonovka, the prosecutor's office said.

12:24 The Russian Army launched an air strike on Berislav, Kherson region - one person was killed, three were wounded, including a policeman, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin. The enemy carried out another airstrike on the village of Lvovo, killing one person. Over the past 24 hours, one person was killed and three more were injured as a result of Russian shelling in the region.

10:29 The Ukrainian Armed Forces are cutting off the logistics routes of the Russians in the Bakhmut direction, said the speaker of the Eastern Group of Forces Ilya Yevlash. According to him, the Defense Forces are already reaching one logistics route of the occupiers - the Bakhmut-Gorlovka highway, and are working to cut off others.

09:37 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports that Wagner PMC mercenaries are returning to the front as part of a new “unknown organization.” According to analysts, the militants will not be able to significantly change the situation on the battlefield and will not show the same effectiveness as they had under the leadership of Prigozhin and Utkin.

09:05 In the Kharkov region over the past 24 hours, one person was wounded as a result of Russian shelling. Kotovka, Chuguevsky district, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov.

09:03 In the Zaporozhye region over the past 24 hours, one person died as a result of an artillery strike on Malaya Tokmachka, said the head of the OVA Yuriy Malashko.

08:51 The Russians attacked Nikopol in the Dnepropetrovsk region at night - they fired and dropped ammunition from a UAV. One person was seriously injured, said the head of the OVA, Sergei Lysak. A department store building and a kindergarten were damaged in the city. In addition, the enemy shelled the Krasnogrigoryevskaya, Mirovskaya and Pokrovskaya communities.

08:28 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of September 24:

  • personnel - about 275,850 (+390) people,

  • tanks - 4662 (+7),

  • armored combat vehicles - 8914 (+2),

  • artillery systems - 6233 (+23),

  • MLRS - 789 (+0),

  • air defense systems - 531 (+1),

  • aircraft - 315 (+0),

  • helicopters - 316 (+0),

  • UAV of operational-tactical level - 4888 (+21),

  • cruise missiles - 1518 (+0),

  • ships/boats - 20 (+0),

  • submarines - 1 (+0),

  • automotive equipment and tank trucks - 8734 (+18),

  • special equipment - 914 (+2).

07:35 Over the past 24 hours, more than 20 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report . In the Bakhmut direction, the enemy tried to restore the lost position in the Kleshcheevka area of ​​the Donetsk region, but was unsuccessful. The defense forces continue assault operations south of Bakhmut and consolidate on the achieved lines.

In the Avdeevsky direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled enemy attacks in the Avdeevka area, in Maryinsky - in the Maryinka and Pobeda areas of the Donetsk region. In the Shakhtarsky direction, Ukrainian forces are holding the defense, in the Melitopol direction they are continuing the offensive. In particular, in the Verbovoye area of ​​the Zaporozhye region they force the enemy out of their positions and consolidate on the achieved lines.

05:56 The head of the US House of Representatives, Republican Kevin McCarthy, said that he would leave a provision for $300 million in aid to Ukraine in the Pentagon funding bill. According to him, it is becoming increasingly difficult to remove aid to Ukraine from the State Department budget and foreign operations, so he decided to leave funds for Ukraine in both budgets.

Next week, the House is scheduled to hold a single procedural vote on four appropriations bills, including funding for the Pentagon, State Department and overseas operations.

Posted by badanov 2023-09-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [16 views ]  Top

#1 The headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in the temporarily occupied Sevastopol was hit during a meeting of its leadership. This was the result of a successful operation by the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The soldiers of the Special Operations Forces transmitted data to the Air Force to launch a missile strike.


Another bold claim by this 🇷🇺 channel
(Telegram - Kremlin Secrets):
The strike killed at least 36 people, more than half of them officers. It has not yet been possible to establish the exact number of the dead, as only fragments of bodies remain from many of them … identification is being carried out.
Posted by Enver Slager8035  2023-09-25 00:42||   2023-09-25 00:42|| Front Page Top

#2 I found some evidence that Russia may be running low on replacement barrels for the 2S5 Giatsint-S (152mm, 54 caliber SPG). They have removed a lot of systems from three spots at the 94th Arsenal in Omsk and almost all of the remaining units have their barrels removed:

In total they had 298 2S5 at this base before the war, but on images from May 2023 I found 155 of which only 4 systems still had their barrel attached.
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The Russians are known to have problems producing the high quality steel required for cannon barrels.

They are thought to have ~500 2S5s in storage and have already cannibalized at least 60% of them for replacement barrels.
Posted by Enver Slager8035  2023-09-25 01:06||   2023-09-25 01:06|| Front Page Top

#3 Ukrainian Special Forces confirmed the death of Viktor Nikolayevich Sokolov, commander of the Black Sea Fleet. In total 34 officers were killed while another 105 Russians were injured.
Posted by Enver Slager8035  2023-09-25 08:24||   2023-09-25 08:24|| Front Page Top

#4 Russia hit an empty hotel building (in Odessa) and they claim it was a Ukrainian military HQ. This is a new level of cope.

Admiral Sokolov has been avenged!
Posted by Enver Slager8035  2023-09-25 08:34||   2023-09-25 08:34|| Front Page Top

#5 ^ LOL
Posted by Frank G 2023-09-25 09:14||   2023-09-25 09:14|| Front Page Top

#6 Russia hit an empty hotel building (in Odessa) and they claim it was a Ukrainian military HQ. This is a new level of cope.

Admiral Sokolov has been avenged!


Except the Russians never claimed that. Only western/Ukrainian intel agencies have curated that narrative.

Posted by badanov 2023-09-25 11:31||   2023-09-25 11:31|| Front Page Top

#7 According to Russkaya Vesna:

The target was both the port infrastructure and the sea terminal with a hotel standing by the sea - it is the one that is burning in the night videos from Odessa. The Ukrainian side tried to put a good face on a bad game, alternately claiming that they “missed the hotel,” “there was no one in the hotel,” and “the Russians hit a non-residential building.”

The statement from the Odessa city and regional authorities was rather meager and standard: “The strikes hit the warehouses of one of the enterprises, the port infrastructure and grain storage facilities.”

Considering that there was information that the Ukrainian Armed Forces and mercenaries were based at the hotel, there was every reason to strike the building.

Moreover, German hospitals have begun en masse accepting wounded American military personnel from Ukraine for treatment.

Posted by badanov 2023-09-25 11:35||   2023-09-25 11:35|| Front Page Top

#8 ^https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/23/us/us-soldiers-ukraine-hospital-germany.html
Posted by Grom the Reflective 2023-09-25 11:38||   2023-09-25 11:38|| Front Page Top

#9 Moreover, German hospitals have begun en masse accepting wounded American military personnel from Ukraine for treatment.

Not saying you're wrong...

Why would German hospitals accept Americans rather than US military accept? Are these Americans mercs?
Posted by Cleared Cookies Lost Nic 2023-09-25 11:42||   2023-09-25 11:42|| Front Page Top

#10 ^Because they've USA military hospitals in Germany since Vietnam Era.
Posted by Grom the Reflective 2023-09-25 11:46||   2023-09-25 11:46|| Front Page Top

#11 Not saying you're wrong...

Why would German hospitals accept Americans rather than US military accept? Are these Americans mercs?


Russian is not a terribly precise language, but when they say American military personnel, it does not necessarily means mercenaries, and it could mean both.

Posted by badanov 2023-09-25 11:50||   2023-09-25 11:50|| Front Page Top

#12 ^It's just Google Translate, Badanov.
Posted by Grom the Reflective 2023-09-25 11:56||   2023-09-25 11:56|| Front Page Top

#13 Ramstein?

$970M contract inked for new US military hospital in Germany, but wait time for completion extended
Posted by Abu Uluque 2023-09-25 12:11||   2023-09-25 12:11|| Front Page Top

#14 /\ Makes sense the US would treat wounded Ukies and Mercs at Landstuhl in Ramstein. They won't treat US mil retirees or their ailing wives (ask me how I know). Yes, I can see the pe
bastardized gov't logic.
Posted by Besoeker 2023-09-25 12:26||   2023-09-25 12:26|| Front Page Top

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