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2023-10-14 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: October 13th, 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] 22:32 NATO assistance to Israel will not undermine Kiev’s support, said Alliance Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.
21:30 Ukrainian pilots will begin training on the F-16 next week, Politico reports, citing sources.
20:51 Ukraine asked some partner countries to lend it air defense systems for the winter, Zelensky said: “There are systems that will come and we will have, and there are systems that we are looking for and have found to take them for the winter period.”
20:45 As a result of the Russian strike on Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, one person was killed and 24 were injured , the prosecutor’s office reported.
20:43 The United States has information that the DPRK has transferred a thousand containers with “military equipment” to Russia, and in exchange expects to receive heavy weapons, including aircraft, said John Kirby, coordinator of the White House National Security Council. He clarified that the deliveries took place between September 7 and October 1.
20:36 In the Avdeevka direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are holding the line, repelling ten enemy attacks in the Avdeevka area and more than 15 attacks in the Keramika, Tonenky, Severny, Pervomaisky, Netaylovo areas of the Donetsk region, the General Staff reported in the evening report.
In just one day, 68 military clashes took place at the front. In the Kupyansk direction, the Defense Forces repelled 12 enemy attacks in the Sinkovka, Ivanovka and Kislovka areas of the Kharkov region; on Limansky - in the Makeevka area of the Lugansk region; on Maryinsky - in the Marinka area of the Donetsk region; on Shakhtarsky - in the Staromayorsky district of the Donetsk region; in Zaporozhye - in the Rabotino district of the Zaporozhye region. At the same time, the Defense Forces continue their offensive in the Melitopol and Bakhmut directions.
20:25 Within a day, the defense forces destroyed the Russian Su-25 fighter and the Orlan-1 operational-tactical UAV, the General Staff reported.
20:07 Zelensky said that Ukraine and Moldova signed a Protocol on joint border control at the checkpoint for the Kuchurgan-Novosavitskaya railway. This is another route for Ukrainian exports, an additional transport corridor, “which will definitely strengthen our entire region,” the president emphasized.
19:40 Zelensky clarified in an evening video message that the Netherlands will transfer additional missiles to Ukraine for the Patriot air defense system. During negotiations with Prime Minister Mark Rutte, the parties paid special attention to the protection of Odessa and the entire south of Ukraine - from the Danube ports to the ports of Greater Odessa. “The world recognizes the global role of Ukraine as a guarantor of food security. And it clearly supports the fact that we must preserve and strengthen this importance,” the president emphasized.
18:54 Zelensky said that Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte is visiting Odessa with him today. According to the Ukrainian president, the Netherlands made a new decision to strengthen Ukrainian air defense. They also discussed further possible steps on the F-16 coalition, tightening sanctions against Russia and the use of frozen Russian assets.
18:18 Ukraine damaged two ships near Sevastopol - the Buyan cruise missile carrier and the patrol vessel Pavel Derzhavin. Both targets were hit by Ukrainian experimental drones - “sea babies”. About the details of the joint operation of the SBU and the Navy - in the material New strike on Russian ships .
18:00 Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin said that the United States has the strength to simultaneously support both Israel and Ukraine: “The United States is the most powerful country in the world. And we remain fully capable of projecting power, honoring our commitments and directing resources to several battlefields. We will support Israel just as we support Ukraine."
17:43 Members of the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) - a group of ten northern European states led by Britain - invited Ukraine as an observer to their exercises in 2024 and 2025 and condemned Russian aggression. In addition, the leaders of the JEF member states, in their joint statement, pledge to support Ukraine on the path of Euro-Atlantic integration until future NATO membership, since “the security of Ukraine is an integral part of the security of the Euro-Atlantic region.”
17:24 Zelensky said that he was on a visit to Odessa and held a meeting with the military leadership, heads of law enforcement agencies and regional authorities. The focus is on preparing for winter, protecting the local population, infrastructure and energy from Russian attacks.
16:50 Germany transferred another package of military assistance to Ukraine, which included, in particular, four Bandvagn 206 tracked all-terrain vehicles, four vehicles for border guards, two HX81 tractors and two trailers for them, 82 SatCom satellite communication terminals, 50 systems for detecting drones.
16:21 The Russians fired at Kindiyka, Kherson region, two people were wounded, the OVA reported.
15:35 In Pokrovsk, a Russian missile hit the department of social protection of the population, where at that moment there were 51 people, the head of the institution, Irina Bonzyukh, told Radio Liberty.
15:29 Special operations forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported that in the morning they blew up a train of Russians in Melitopol, cutting them off from supplies of ammunition and fuel in the Zaporozhye direction.
14:58 In Nikopol, Dnepropetrovsk region, Russians fired at rescuers who were putting out a fire in a minibus after a previous shelling. Two rescuers were injured by shrapnel, and a fire-rescue vehicle was damaged, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported.
14:17 This morning, partisans blew up a train in Melitopol, which daily carried ammunition and fuel from Crimea to Melitopol and Dneprorudnoe, and in the opposite direction - damaged equipment, as well as iron ore, grain and other looted property. As a result of the explosion, 150 meters of the railway and a diesel locomotive were damaged, said Melitopol Mayor Ivan Fedorov.
13:31 According to preliminary information, Russia attacked Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, with two Iskander-M missiles, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported.
13:26 In the Netherlands, four companies, by decision of the prosecutor's office, must pay a fine totaling 160 thousand euros for assistance in the construction of the Crimean Bridge. In addition, eight people were sentenced to community service ranging from 20 to 60 hours. One of the companies received benefits from the supply of prohibited goods and services in the amount of 71,330 euros - it was seized by the prosecutor's office.
13:19 The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe recognized Russia as a dictatorship , Kuleba said. PACE also called on all states of the Council of Europe to recognize Putin as illegitimate after the end of his current presidential term. All delegations to PACE voted unanimously, supporting all Ukrainian amendments to the resolution.
12:40 The SBU and the Navy attacked the Buyan cruise missile carrier and the ship Pavel Derzhavin of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. For this purpose, they used sea drones “with experimental weapons,” a number of Ukrainian media reported, citing sources in the Security Service.
12:14 The Russians hit a kamikaze drone on a car with people in Berislav, Kherson region - one person was killed, one was injured. In addition, two people were injured as a result of a grenade being dropped from a drone, said the head of the OBA, Alexander Prokudin.
11:57 Telegram channel Crimean Wind clarifies that the ship that allegedly exploded in Sevastopol today is not an MRK, but a Project 22160 patrol ship of the Vasily Bykov type. It is located on the outer roadstead and appears to be intact. Presumably, the ship released black smoke from the chimney - a plume, and this moment coincided with the underwater explosion of the exercises that Razvozhaev spoke about.
11:49 The number of those wounded as a result of the Russian strike on Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, has increased to 13, one person died , the prosecutor’s office reported. According to the investigation, the Russian army fired missiles at the city center in the morning, the type of which is being established. As a result of the hit, one person was killed and three more were injured. In addition, an administrative building was hit. Eight government employees and two visitors were wounded there.
11:13 The Russians have deployed a lot of forces in the Avdiivka direction, they are using phosphorus ammunition, “they want to throw their meat at everything,” the President’s Office reported and added that the Ukrainian army is now “holding its position in difficult battles.”
11:04 Crimean publics report that a ship exploded in the roadstead of Sevastopol, a dull explosion was felt by residents of the city center, and car alarms went off. Probably, the small rocket ship of Project 21631 Buyan-M, the carrier of Caliber, exploded and is smoking. “Governor” of Sevastopol Mikhail Razvozhaev said that, according to information from the Black Sea Fleet, loud sounds in the area of the Northern Pier are “training of anti-subversive support crews.” Also, “search and rescue exercises” are allegedly being conducted in the Black Sea.
10:48 Zaluzhny reported that he had his first telephone conversation with the new head of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Charles Brown. I told him about the situation at the front and the needs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces - air defense systems, artillery systems and shells. We separately focused on the issue of training Ukrainian military personnel and restoring units.
10:26 In the morning, the Russians struck the city of Pokrovsk, Donetsk region. According to preliminary information, one person was killed, 12 more were injured, two administrative buildings were partially destroyed, the State Emergency Service reported.
09:57 British intelligence calculated that long-range aviation aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces did not strike Ukraine for 21 days - since September 21. The last such break was from March 9 to April 28, 2023, that is, it lasted 51 days. Then, probably, long-range aviation has practically exhausted its reserves of ammunition after massive attacks in the winter, experts say. This time, in their opinion, Russian long-range aviation is stockpiling supplies in anticipation of further attacks on Ukraine in the winter.
09:35 Russia plans to produce 2.1 million ammunition in 2024, but it will not do this alone, said Vadim Skibitsky, a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, in an interview with the UP. He also predicts that in the autumn-winter period the Russian Federation will again attack Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.
According to intelligence information, Russia has resumed production of Kalibr and Kh-101 missiles and is trying to increase volumes, “but, according to our data, not everything is working out - the plans they set are not being fulfilled.” Skibitsky noted a decrease in the use of air-launched missiles. At the same time, Russia began to more actively use both cruise and ballistic missiles of the Iskander complex. A representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate said that Ukraine is trying to defeat critical elements of the Russian military-industrial complex. According to him, some productions are “unique in their own way.”
According to confirmed data, the Russian Federation has been using about 15 thousand ammunition per day since the beginning of October, Skibitsky said. Also, according to him, Russia is restoring the 104th Airborne Division, and the formation of new armies is also continuing.
09:24 Kherson OVA expanded the list of settlements for mandatory evacuation of families with children. It included Stanislav, Shirokaya Balka and Aleksandrovka, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin.
Over the past 24 hours, as a result of Russian shelling in the region, two people were killed and six were injured, including one child.
08:21 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of October 13:
- personnel - about 285,920 (+1030) people,
- tanks - 4931 (+26),
- armored combat vehicles - 9313 (+49),
- artillery systems - 6807 (+44),
- MLRS - 811 (+0),
- air defense systems - 546 (+1),
- aircraft - 316 (+0),
- helicopters - 316 (+0),
- UAV of operational-tactical level - 5264 (+17),
- cruise missiles - 1531 (+0),
- ships/boats - 20 (+0),
- submarines - 1 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tank trucks - 9203 (+33),
- special equipment - 967 (+1).
07:23 In the Avdeevsky direction, the Russian army does not abandon attempts to break through the Ukrainian defense, but to no avail, the General Staff reported in its morning report . The defense forces repelled more than 20 enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Avdeevka, Lastochkino, Tonenkoye, Pervomaiskoye, Nevelskoye in the Donetsk region.
In total, 64 military clashes took place at the front over the past 24 hours. In the Kupyansk direction, Ukrainian forces repelled enemy attacks in the area of Sinkovka and Ivanovka, Kharkov region; on Limansky - in the areas of Makeevka, southwest of Kremennaya and Serebryansky forestry of the Lugansk region; on Maryinsky - in the districts of Marinka, Pobeda and Novomikhailovka of the Donetsk region. In the Zaporozhye direction, the enemy unsuccessfully tried to restore the lost position in the Rabotino region of the Zaporozhye region. At the same time, the Defense Forces continue their offensive in the Melitopol and Bakhmut directions.
04:31 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports that Russian troops near Avdiivka, Donetsk region, are suffering heavy losses. In particular, georeferenced footage shows that the Russian army lost an amount of armored vehicles equal to a battalion of a tactical group. Between 10 and 12 October, Ukrainian forces near Avdiivka destroyed 33 Russian armored vehicles and 15 tanks.
Analysts note that as of October 12, Russian troops have not made any significant breakthroughs near Avdiivka and are unlikely to be able to immediately cut off Ukrainian forces in the city. ISW believes that the Russian information space is exaggerating the level of its successes on the Avdeevsky front.
01:58 Biden next week will release his request for additional funding, including funds for Ukraine and Israel, White House Speaker Karine Jean-Pierre said.
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