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2024-10-12 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: October 11, 2024

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] 22:30 Denmark plans to create a fund to finance weapons production in Ukraine, the country's Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said. According to him, the fund should pool investments from different countries to speed up production.

22:21 Lithuania will transfer 5,000 FPV drones of its own production to Ukraine, the country's Defense Ministry reported. The UAVs were purchased from five Lithuanian manufacturers. "We are buying more than 2,300 Lithuanian drones for our own Armed Forces, and we will also supply about 5,000 of these drones to Ukraine, which will strengthen both our and Ukrainian defense," the report says. The approximate cost of the kamikaze drones that Ukraine will receive is $5 million.

20:13 Zelensky said that during the meeting with the Pope, he agreed that Ukraine would hand over to the Vatican a list of journalists held in Russian captivity. "We discussed in detail the return of civilians, the return of deported children. And we hope for support. We are preparing a meeting in Canada this month on this very point of the Peace Formula, on humanitarian issues. I invited the Vatican to participate," the president said.

19:54 The World Bank Board of Directors has approved the creation of a special financial trust fund for Ukraine worth at least $10 billion, Shmyhal said. The main donors will be the United States and several other countries, and the size of the fund may be increased in the future when other donors join. According to the Prime Minister, the funds will primarily be used to support the budget - wages and social expenses, as well as critical recovery needs.

18:22 In the village of Tetkino in the Kursk region, Ukrainian FPV drones destroyed enemy communications equipment, a vehicle and a building with personnel of the Russian army, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense reported and showed a video:

16:58 Zelensky said at a press conference with Scholz that he would like to end the war no later than 2025. According to the president, he will present the chancellor with a plan "on how to force Russia to peace." At the same time, Zelensky clarified that "this plan is not in exchange for our peace initiative, but to strengthen Ukraine's position in order to get closer to peace. We can do this in cooperation."

16:10 Germany has provided Ukraine with a new military aid package worth 600 million euros, Scholz said at a joint press conference with Zelensky. The package includes the fifth Iris-T SLM air defense system, tanks, howitzers, drones, etc.

In addition, Scholz announced the allocation of another 1.4 billion euros in military aid to Ukraine in 2024 together with Belgium, Denmark and Norway: "By the end of the year, with the support of our partners Belgium, Denmark and Norway, we will also provide Ukraine with another package of military support worth around 1.4 billion euros." He specified that this support includes additional IRIS-T and Skynex air defense systems, Gepard anti-aircraft tanks, self-propelled guns, main battle tanks, armored vehicles, combat drones, radars and artillery ammunition.

15:59 Journalist Victoria Roshchina, who died in Russian captivity, was held in pretrial detention center No. 2 in the city of Taganrog in the Rostov region. Former prisoners say that this detention center is known for its brutal torture, said Tatyana Katrichenko, executive director of the public organization Media Initiative for Human Rights .

"Taganrog is known as one of the most brutal places of detention for Ukrainians in the Russian Federation. It is called hell on earth. In particular, defenders of Azovstal are held in Taganrog. Those released tell of terrible torture. There, everyone who they want to make criminals out of confesses to crimes - incriminates themselves. Then they are transferred to Rostov and tried," the human rights activist said.

15:48 Zelensky arrived in Germany for talks with Chancellor Olaf Scholz, German media report.

14:26 Zelensky said that during the meeting with Pope Francis, the main issue was the return of Ukrainians from captivity. "We count on the Holy See's assistance in returning home Ukrainians captured in Russian captivity," the president emphasized.

13:57 The conference on the restoration of Ukraine will be held in Rome on July 10-11, 2025, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced.

13:29 The Russian army has advanced slightly in Toretsk, said Anastasia Bobovnikova, spokesperson for the Lugansk group of forces. According to her, the most difficult situation now is near Toretsk and New York. In addition, the Russians are not giving up on attempts to break through the defense in the Chasov Yar area. "There, despite the reduction in the number of assaults, the enemy is bringing new reinforcements to the forward positions. And we think that this is the calm before the storm, and they will intensify assault operations in this direction," Bobovnikova noted.

13:15 The World Bank will create a fund for Ukraine, which will be financed by the United States, Canada and Japan as part of a $50 billion G7 loan, Reuters writes, citing three sources. The financial institution's president, Ajay Banga, noted that the World Bank has successful experience in managing large non-military funds and can repeat this in the case of Ukraine.

12:53 Russia is losing one soldier per 2.5 square meters on the front, said Natalia Kostenko, Deputy Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the International Organizations in Vienna. According to her, these figures confirm Russia's attempts to seize Vuhledar.

12:34 As a result of the Ukrainian strike on the Khanskaya airfield in Adygea on the night of October 10, four missiles, 15 aerial bombs and 41 UMPK were destroyed, the opposition Russian publication Astra reports, citing sources. The runway was also partially destroyed. According to the publication, one of the drones hit an ammunition depot, as a result of which the X-31 missile, three X-35 missiles and 15 UMBP aerial bombs detonated. Also lost were 41 unified planning and correction modules (they are installed on aerial bombs, which increases the range by tens of kilometers): 20 UMPK-500M, 16 UMPK-500 and five UMPK. Another UAV hit the runway.

12:08 Zelensky arrived in the Vatican, where he will meet with Pope Francis.

11:36 The Foreign Ministry has denied information from a number of Western media outlets about Ukraine's alleged readiness to make concessions to the Russian Federation at the expense of its territories. "Such statements are only perceived by the aggressor as a sign of weakness, giving it unjustified hope for the success of its aggression and the effectiveness of its ultimatums and blackmail," the ministry's statement reads. The Foreign Ministry also emphasized that the only realistic way to restore a comprehensive, fair and sustainable peace for Ukraine was and remains the "peace formula."

11:24 Air defense destroyed 29 out of 66 attack UAVs in Kyiv, Cherkasy, Vinnytsia, Sumy, Poltava, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Chernihiv and Zhytomyr regions at night, the Air Force reported. Another 31 enemy drones were lost in different regions of Ukraine, two drones turned towards Russia, four more are in Ukrainian airspace, combat operations continue. In addition to drones, Russia attacked Ukraine with an Iskander-M ballistic missile and an Kh-31P guided air missile at night.

11:12 The number of victims of the Russian missile attack on the port infrastructure in Odessa on October 9 has increased to nine people - another wounded person died in the hospital, reported the head of the OVA Oleg Kiper. Over the past two days, 13 civilians have died as a result of Russian attacks in the region, most of them young people.

10:40 France plans to transfer 12 to 20 Mirage 2000-5F fighters to Ukraine, Avions Legendaires writes. Deliveries are expected to begin in the first quarter of 2025. The aircraft are currently undergoing modernization, which should make them more "versatile." One of the main changes will be the Mirage's ability to carry and fire the SCALP-EG cruise missile, which is already in service with the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

09:51 About 40-50% of the territory of Toretsk remains under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said the head of the city military administration, Vasyl Chinchik. According to him, Ukrainian forces are holding their positions; over the past 24 hours, the Russians have failed to advance.

09:39 In the Kharkiv region, over the past day, one person was killed as a result of Russian shelling - in the village of Kruglyakovka, Kupyansk district, reported the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. Another five people were injured as a result of shelling in the village of Cherkasskaya Lozovaya, Kharkiv district (including three children) and one - in Kupyansk.

09:27 In Donetsk Oblast, one person was killed as a result of Russian shelling on October 10 - in Novoselidovka. Four more people in the oblast were injured in the past 24 hours, reported OVA head Vadim Filashkin.

09:04 Russia has transferred about 50,000 of its troops to the Kursk region, weakening its positions in other areas of the front in Ukraine, where the Russians were conducting offensive operations, said Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrsky. He specified that such actions by the enemy led to the weakening of its groups, in particular, in the Zaporizhia and Kherson regions and in the Kramatorsk direction. "This, of course, made it easier for us to conduct a defensive operation," Syrsky added.

08:42 In the Kherson region, over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, three people were injured, reported the head of the OVA, Oleksandr Prokudin.

08:28 Russia attacked the Odessa region with ballistic missiles - four people were killed, including a 16-year-old teenager, ten were wounded, said the head of the OVA Oleg Kiper. As a result of the attack, a two-story building in which civilians lived and worked was destroyed.

08:11 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of October 11:

personnel - about 666,340 (+1140) people,

tanks - 8953 (+8),

combat armored vehicles - 17,800 (+35),

artillery systems - 19,322 (+59),

MLRS - 1229 (+4),

air defense systems - 976 (+0),

aircraft - 369 (+0),

helicopters - 329 (+1),

Operational-tactical level UAVs - 16,837 (+70),

cruise missiles - 2619 (+0),

ships/boats - 28 (+0),

submarines - 1 (+0),

automotive equipment and tank trucks - 26,398 (+84),

special equipment - 3396 (+10).

07:49 Three people were injured as a result of yesterday's Russian strike on Nikolaev, OVA head Vitaly Kim reported. He said that the enemy launched a double strike with a 20-minute interval using ballistic missiles (preliminary - Iskander-M) on a critical infrastructure facility in the city. A fire broke out, which was quickly extinguished. Four apartment buildings and one private home were damaged.

01:07 Zelensky held talks with the head of the Council of Ministers of the country Giorgia Meloni in Italy. The President said that he presented her with his "victory plan": "We discussed all aspects of the plan very productively today. The main thing is to strengthen Ukraine's position and our relations with our closest partners in such a way that we create the necessary conditions, the necessary fair atmosphere for honest diplomacy." The parties also discussed the preparation of a new military aid package and a conference on the restoration of Ukraine, which will be held in Italy.

00:36 Ukrainian OSINT project DeepState reports that the Russian army has occupied three settlements in the area of the city of Mirnograd in the Pokrovsky district of Donetsk region - Nikolaevka, Krasny Yar, Krutoy Yar. Analysts note that "Nikolaevka is essentially the last settlement before Mirnograd. Therefore, soon the large city will feel attempts to pressure and break through to the southern outskirts."

Experts also report that the Russian army has "pushed through" the left flank of the Kursk group of the Defense Forces. According to analysts, the enemy has recently pulled in a large amount of equipment and manpower and is now trying to gain a foothold in the area of the settlements of Novoivanovka and Zeleny Shlyakh. "An extremely unreliable tactical situation has formed for adjacent units to the north," the analysts add.

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