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2023-09-27 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: September 26th, 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] 21:52 The United States intends to establish joint production with Ukraine of some types of military equipment on its territory, said Deputy Minister of Defense Bill LaPlante.

21:46 The Netherlands intend to transfer the first batch of F-16 fighters to Ukraine in 2024, Defense Minister Kaisa Ollongren said. According to her, the specific timing will depend on the duration of training for Ukrainian pilots, which can last from six to eight months. Currently, work is underway to create a training center in Romania.

21:29 On the morning of September 26, Russia attacked with suicide bombers not only the infrastructure of the port on the Danube River, but also the ferry checkpoint on the border with Romania. As a result of the strike, the work of the checkpoint was stopped for the whole day, and the situation itself irritated local Romanians. Read more in the article Russia's strike on the Danube .

20:48 Russia is distributing a document among UN member states calling for support for its election to the Human Rights Council, from which it was expelled in April 2022 due to the invasion of Ukraine, the BBC reports, citing a number of UN diplomats. According to them, Russia is waging an “aggressive campaign”, offering grain and weapons to small countries in exchange for their votes. Therefore, they do not rule out that the Russian Federation may indeed return to the Council.

19:55 Zaluzhny said that he had a final telephone conversation with the head of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mark Milley, and his successor in this post, Charles Brown. "We discussed the situation at the front with our partners. We informed about the progress of defensive and offensive operations. The situation is controlled. Our soldiers did not allow the loss of a single position. In some directions, despite the fierce resistance of the enemy, we continue to move forward. He also spoke about the basic needs of our army - These are air defense systems, artillery and ammunition,” said the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

19:07 The Russians fired artillery at Volchansk, Kharkov region, one person was wounded, the prosecutor’s office reported.

18:23 Zelensky said that he had a meeting with the President of the National Council of Austria Wolfgang Sobotka. We discussed, in particular, the implementation of the Peace Formula and the involvement of Austrian business in the restoration of Ukraine.

17:45 As a result of a recent operation by fighters of the Russian Volunteer Corps, fighting on the side of Ukraine against the Russian Federation, several FSB officers, Russian border guards and military personnel were eliminated in the Kursk region, Budanov told NV. According to the forecasts of the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate, the scale of actions of Russian volunteers will grow: “The activities of the RDK and other units will develop, as well as the scale of events related to these activities.”

17:34 Norway will allocate an additional $92 million to provide vital assistance to refugees and internally displaced persons in Ukraine, the country's government announced.

16:58 The Russians fired at residential areas of Kherson, three people were injured, the OVA reported.

16:31 A group of deputies submitted to the Bulgarian parliament a draft resolution on the transfer of unsuitable S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems to Ukraine, mainly for use as spare parts. The document also provides for the transfer to Ukraine of excess 5.56 caliber cartridges from the reserves of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. If the project is approved by the parliamentary committee of the Bulgarian Ministry of Defense, it will decide on the number of air defense systems and ammunition to be transferred to Ukraine.

15:52 An SBU drone dropped an explosive device on an electrical substation in the Kursk region, a number of Ukrainian media reports citing sources in the Security Service.

15:43 Special operations forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that they are clarifying information about the liquidation of the commander of the Black Sea Fleet Viktor Sokolov: “As a result of a missile attack on the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation, 34 officers were killed. Available sources claim that among the dead is the commander of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation. Many are still killed "It was never possible to identify them due to the scattered fragments of the bodies. Since the Russians were urgently forced to publish a response with Sokolov supposedly alive, our units are clarifying the information."

15:39 The United States announced the introduction of additional sanctions, including against companies involved in the production of UAVs Orlan, Shahed and others. We are talking about companies from Europe, Asian countries and the Russian Federation. In particular, sanctions were imposed against six Russian enterprises associated with the military-industrial complex, and export restrictions were also introduced against five large companies, including the largest titanium producer in the Russian Federation.

15:13 The Russian Ministry of Defense showed an image of the supposedly living commander of the Black Sea Fleet, Viktor Sokolov, at a meeting - after the Ukrainian MTR reported his liquidation. The media noticed that in the video recording of the meeting Sokolov looked completely motionless on the screen.

14:46 The Romanian Ministry of Defense condemned the Russian attack on the port infrastructure of the Odessa region, including the ferry crossing across the Danube between the Ukrainian Orlovka and the Romanian Isaccea. The department noted that during the attack they monitored the air situation near their borders in real time.

14:25 Zelensky said that he held a meeting of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief. We discussed the situation at the front, the plans of the Russian Federation, providing the front with everything necessary, increasing its own production of weapons, especially UAVs. In addition, they heard a report from the Foreign Intelligence Service on the state of affairs in the Russian army and the prospects for the development of the Russian military-industrial complex.

13:34 Drone attacks on the territory of the Russian Federation are mostly aimed at enterprises in the missile industry of the Russian military-industrial complex, Budanov said in an interview with New Voice. According to him, a third of such enterprises are located in the European part of Russia and are accessible to “unknown drones.” “When we practice certain actions at the facilities of the military-industrial complex of the Russian Federation, we set only one goal: to slow down the production of Russian weapons,” noted the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate.

13:18 The Russians shelled Kiselevka in the Kherson region in the evening and in the morning, six people were wounded, said the head of the OVA Alexander Prokudin. In addition, a policeman from the Dnepropetrovsk region was injured as a result of the shelling of Berislav. Over the past 24 hours, six people were killed and ten were injured as a result of Russian shelling in the region.

12:37 Polish investigators came to the conclusion that the rocket that fell in Przewoduwa in November 2022 could not have been fired from Russia and was probably Ukrainian, writes Rzeczpospolita, citing sources. It was probably a S-300 anti-aircraft missile of the 5-55 series. The prosecutor's office allegedly knows from which position of the Ukrainian air defense forces it was launched. As a result of the fall of this rocket, two people were killed.

11:58 Russia struck missile assembly sites in Ukraine, NSDC Secretary Alexei Danilov said in an interview with ABC: “What I can tell you is that, unfortunately, Russia hit the assembly site of these missiles.”

11:26 The “authorities” of the annexed Zaporozhye region stated that Russia plans to build a new railway line through the occupied south of Ukraine. It must pass from Crimea through the Zaporozhye and Donetsk regions to the Rostov region, along the shores of the Azov Sea.

10:59 Defense forces hit the temporary control center of the occupiers near Kherson. The strike was carried out on a tip from the Security Service, the UP reports citing a source in the SBU. A HIMARS missile hit the headquarters during a meeting of Russian officers of the 24th motorized rifle regiment of the 70th motorized rifle division. The attack left eight officers dead and seven wounded.

10:13 British intelligence believes that after the attacks on headquarters in Crimea, the Russian Black Sea Fleet can still carry out basic operations such as security patrols and cruise missile strikes, but its ability to carry out more complex tasks - for example, long-range patrols or blockades of Ukrainian ports - has been significantly weakened.

09:37 The night Russian drone strike was aimed at the port and border infrastructure of the Odessa region, said Natalya Gumenyuk, speaker of the Southern Defense Forces. According to her, “there was a very serious risk for the passengers of the bus, which was preparing to cross the border, and the border infrastructure at the international checkpoint was damaged.”

Gumenyuk clarified that due to the night attack, the Orlovka-Isaccea checkpoint between Ukraine and Romania is not working. She also denied the information spread in telegram channels that the drones allegedly crossed the territory of Romania.

09:16 In the Zaporozhye region over the past 24 hours, as a result of Russian shelling, one person was killed in Plavny, another was wounded in Gulyai-Polye, according to the OVA.

08:52 At night, the Russians attacked the Cherkasy region with suicide bombers, an infrastructure facility was hit. According to preliminary information, no people were injured, said Igor Taburets, head of the police department.

08:45 Governor of the Kursk region Roman Starovoyt said that a “Ukrainian drone” dropped an explosive device on an electrical substation, cutting off power to seven settlements.

08:31 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of September 26:

  • personnel - about 276,670 (+400) people,

  • tanks - 4672 (+5),

  • armored combat vehicles - 8946 (+19),

  • artillery systems - 6299 (+39),

  • MLRS - 792 (+1),

  • air defense systems - 533 (+0),

  • aircraft - 315 (+0),

  • helicopters - 316 (+0),

  • UAV of operational-tactical level - 4924 (+29),

  • cruise missiles - 1529 (+11),

  • ships/boats - 20 (+0),

  • submarines - 1 (+0),

  • automotive equipment and tank trucks - 8763 (+17),

  • special equipment - 925 (+7).

08:17 During a night enemy attack, air defense destroyed 26 of 38 Shahed-type attack UAVs , the Air Force command reported. The drones were launched from the south-eastern direction (Primorsko-Akhtarsk - Russian Federation, Cape Chauda - Crimea).

07:58 Over the past 24 hours, 25 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 the Kleshcheevka area, in Avdeevsky - in the Avdeevka and Severny areas, in Maryinsky - in the Maryinka and Novomikhailovka areas of the Donetsk region. In the Shakhtarsky and Zaporozhye directions, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are holding the defense on occupied lines, in the Melitopol direction they are continuing the offensive.

07:49 The Russians hit one of the enterprises in Krivoy Rog, the information is being clarified, said the head of the Dnepropetrovsk OVA Sergei Lysak.

07:26 At night, the Russians attacked the Odessa region with attack drones for two hours. Most of the drones were shot down, but there was a hit on the port infrastructure in the Izmail region, said the head of the OVA Oleg Kiper. Two people were injured, the building of the checkpoint, warehouses, and about 30 trucks were damaged.

Posted by badanov 2023-09-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11140 views ]  Top

#1 Very large ammo dump destroyed in Krasnodon near the Russian border (outside GMLRS range). Will hamper Russian operations in Kreminna, Bahkmut and south to Avdiivka and Marinka.

Igor Girkin got a severe beat down in Russian prison. Rumor a while ago was that he was housed with Ukrainian prisoners in hopes of Putin being relieved of his Girkin problem.

Russian VDV affiliated blogger complaining about Ukrainians taking half of Verbove and threatening to cut off Russian forces to the north in Novofedorivka.
Posted by Enver Slager8035  2023-09-27 10:47||   2023-09-27 10:47|| Front Page Top

#2 A Russian volunteer in the so-called “LPR” describes Russian counterattacks in Bakhmut no other than “Zerg rushes with no progress”. He says men are thrown into the meat grinder just to carve out a few decent looking headlines in the Russian media. Bakhmut and it’s satellites is now a trap for the occupiers.
Posted by Enver Slager8035  2023-09-27 10:55||   2023-09-27 10:55|| Front Page Top

#3 I presume Ukraine is working toward encircling Bakhmut.

Very slow going according to ISW maps even though there are no hard defense perimeters. Presume Russia is sending a lot of troops there.
Posted by lord garth  2023-09-27 13:19||   2023-09-27 13:19|| Front Page Top

#4 Hey, Enver, here's a twitter link for you featuring US Senator Rand Paul,

"If there's a shutdown, US government workers will NOT be paid, but Ukrainian workers will be paid by the US taxpayer"
Posted by Abu Uluque 2023-09-27 14:19||   2023-09-27 14:19|| Front Page Top

#5 Abu, why should Ukraine shut down their government when it is the US who can't get their act together. The Ukrainian budget for the next few months is already in the bank. The main budget sources for the Ukrainians comes from their taxes (100% used to fund the war), European aid and lastly US aid.

US aid amounts to $50 billion/year. Half is financial (appropriations), including some loans. The other half is military. Much of the military aid is overvalued surplus goods that the US military won't use and won't replace (Humvee, MRAP, M-113 APC, M1A1, M2A2, old SAMs, 105 and 203mm artillery shells). The other part is equipment and ammunition the US uses and will replace with new stock (155mm shells, small arms and ammo, GMLRS, Patriot, JLTV, Javelin, Stinger). For example, replacing 1 million 155mm frag shells will cost $1 billion or less. The replacement stock money is spent with US defense contractors employing US workers. The amount that actually comes out of the treasury is probably $30-35 billion/year, $40 billion w/ replacement of stock. Off setting that are the billions in increased energy and weapons sales to Europe. Even the Germans are buying F-35s from us, a move the Germans never thought they'd do. Compare with the $400 billion stolen from Covid relief aid.

In the meantime, the Europeans are spending 50% more, much of it real money financial assistance. They are also sending a lot more equipment w/o overvaluing their obsolete weapons. That doesn't count the billions spent to support several million refugee women and children in their countries.

As for packing our shit and going home, we can't. The Russians have already said this the first step of reassembling the Soviet empire. If not stopped in Ukraine, they will invade the Baltics, Poland, Moldova, Romania, Caucasus, and the Stans. Stationing in Europe 200,000 troops will cost at least $100 billion/year, not including equipement costs. Multiply that by 50 years like last time.
Posted by Enver Slager8035  2023-09-27 21:02||   2023-09-27 21:02|| Front Page Top

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