[Korrespondent] 23:17 Zelensky said in an interview with Reuters that during the counter-offensive in the Kharkiv region, the Ukrainian military captured hundreds of invaders: "I'll tell you frankly, this operation made it possible to seriously replenish this fund ... In any case, I'll tell you frankly, the Russians there are more of our prisoners than we have - Russian military or mercenaries working for the Russian Federation, terrorists. Therefore, our task is to replenish this fund."
22:28 In an evening video message, Zelensky compared Nazis and Rashists: “They don’t make soap out of people, they don’t make lampshades out of leather ... The scale is not for the whole of Europe ... But the principle is the same. Camps where people gather to kill. Deportations. Burnt cities and villages, completely destroyed - nothing remains alive after rashism. Rocket terror. Mass graves. Torture. The most cruel mockery of still living people. And the boundless, undisguised hatred with which they justify this war, which they started ... Torture was a widespread practice in the occupied territory. That's what the Nazis did. That's what the Rashists do. And they will respond the same way - both on the battlefield and in the courtrooms."
22:14 The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine confirmed the information of the General Staff that four powerful explosions were recorded in the warehouse of Alcoreresurs LLC of the Kherson Cotton Mill, where the personnel and equipment of the occupiers were located. It is known about the death of about 180 invaders, who were taken out of the city by three refrigerators. Several dozen more were delivered to medical institutions in Kherson in critical condition.
It is also known about the consequences of attacks by the Ukrainian Defense Forces on the locations of the invaders in the Zaporozhye region: in the area of the settlements of Kamenka, Hulyaipole, Pologa and Horse Rozdory - up to 80 wounded; in the area of Vasilyevka - up to 15 dead Kadyrovites, who recently arrived with the aim of carrying out "filtration". In the occupied Perevalsk, Luhansk region, after being hit by six rockets, heavy losses were noted in the units of the occupiers - the bodies were taken by several cargo Urals to the morgue of the Alchevsk hospital, an identification procedure is underway.
In Dokuchaevsk, Donetsk region, the food warehouse of the invaders, which was created on the territory of the mechanical repair center, was completely destroyed. In the village of Sadok, Kherson region, Ukrainian artillery fire destroyed four MLRS Grad of invaders.
21:59 Shooting is heard in the center of Kherson, local publics report. The "authorities" assure that the "liquidation of the DRG" is underway.
20:58 Another torture chamber has been discovered in the Kharkiv region - in the basement of the so-called "people's police" in the village of Cossack Lopan, the Office of the Prosecutor General reports.
19:13 In the Kherson region, due to the destruction of crossings across the Dnieper by the Defense Forces, the occupiers are preparing retreat routes for themselves. So, in the area of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric station, for the construction of a crossing in the future, they flooded nine wagons, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in the evening report. Also confirmed the destruction of more than 180 invaders in Kherson. The blow was struck on September 10 on the building of Alcoreresurs LLC, where the personnel and military equipment of the enemy were located. For five days, units of the Russian Guard and the FSB cleared the rubble and took out the bodies of the dead, trying to hide the losses.
Over the current day, units of the Defense Forces repelled enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Bakhmut, Zaitsevo, Pervomayskoye, Nikolaevka Second and Novomikhailovka.
19:01 Donbass.Realii published a photo from the basement of the military registration and enlistment office in the village of Shevchenkovo, Kupyansky district, where the Russians tortured people. According to the police, ten torture chambers were found in the territories of the de-occupied Kharkiv region.
18:32 In Crimea, cars were set on fire near the dacha of Russian TV presenter Dmitry Kiselev. According to local media, the incident took place last night. An unknown person in shoe covers and a medical mask entered the territory of the house and burned two cars. He is wanted by the "police" of the peninsula.
17:49 The IAEA has announced that the ZNPP
| ... the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station in southeastern Ukraine is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe and among the 10 largest in the world, so reconnecting it and placing it back under trained supervision is a good thing... |
17:18 As a result of rocket attacks on Kramatorsk, five people were injured, including one child. The Russians again hit the private sector with S-300 missiles, damaging 31 houses, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the UVA, said.
16:39 In the village of Bogatyr in the area of the Molochny estuary, where the occupiers relocated part of their military equipment and personnel, five explosions sounded, Mayor of Melitopol Ivan Fedorov said: Rashist bases. So we collect information about the losses of the enemy."
16:34 In Melitopol, guerrillas blew up the railway track, which the invaders are carrying weapons and fuel for military equipment from the Crimea, RIA-Melitopol writes. The receiving and departure track of the Nizyany station was destroyed, and 25 sleepers and rails were damaged. There are no dead or injured.
16:27 Spain sent Ukraine five transport aircraft with ammunition for large-caliber artillery systems, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported. This is the fifth flight with weapons transferred to Ukraine by Spain in recent days. Four such flights were made last week. A total of 75 pallets of large-caliber ammunition were delivered.
16:01 Putin will be forced to change the goals of the war in Ukraine, says Pentagon intelligence chief Scott Berrier. According to him, the goal of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine was to overthrow the government and seize the entire state. However, due to the fact that the Russian army is not able to achieve Putin's initial goals, they may change again in the near future: "We do not yet know exactly what Putin's decision on the war in Ukraine will be, but it will largely determine how long this conflict will continue.
15:55 U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink called "an absolute lie" rumors that the United States is inciting Ukraine to negotiate with Putin: "I can only repeat once again what our president, secretary of state and other high-ranking officials said. They said, that only the Ukrainians and the democratically elected leader of Ukraine - President Zelensky - can decide when and how this conflict should end. And when and how to start negotiations."
15:43 Shmyhal confirmed that the Ukrainian budget received a grant in the amount of $1.5 billion - this is the last tranche of US aid totaling $4.5 billion.
15:39 In Chuguev, an 11-year-old girl died, who was injured during the Russian shelling of the city, said the head of the Kharkiv OVA Oleg Sinegubov. It also became known about the wounded woman - her condition is assessed by doctors as moderate.
15:36 Adviser to the Minister of Defense of France Sebastien Lecornu hinted that his country could conduct exercises for the Ukrainian military. According to official data from the French government, France has trained 40 Ukrainian soldiers since the start of the war. Mostly they were trained to work with the French Caesar self-propelled guns. But Lecornu has hinted that other "specialized" French-led exercises may be taking place in secret: "The United Kingdom has decided to go ahead with basic training. We are doing more specialized training. We won't tell you everything we do."
15:19 The authorities of the Belgorod region said that during the shelling of the Belgorod village of Krasny Khutor, allegedly from Ukraine, one person died and two were injured.
14:10 "DPR authorities" said that the Ukrainian side fired at the central region of Donetsk with "NATO-caliber shells",
| ...what does that mean? |
killing four people. The building of the "Donbass post office" was also allegedly struck, no one was injured.
13:28 The Russians launched rocket attacks on Chuguev, said the head of the Kharkiv OVA Oleg Sinegubov. An 11-year-old child was injured and was hospitalized. According to preliminary data, there is damage from hits to critical infrastructure, the private sector, an enterprise, a gas station.
13:16 Germany has agreed to supply Ukraine with 18 RCH-155 self-propelled artillery mounts manufactured by Krauss-Maffei Wegmann. But the first units will be ready for shipment only after 30 months, tentatively in March 2025.
| One hopes most sincerely that by the time they are ready they will no longer be needed. Still, if this is something with which the German army is supposed to be equipped, by then they will be ready to receive it. |
12:23 The Russians fired at the Slavyanskaya TPP this morning, the equipment on the territory of the station was damaged, a fire broke out, the head of the Donetsk OVA Pavel Kirilenko said. Because of the shelling in the city of Nikolaevka, interruptions in water supply began.
11:28 Traitors en masse get in touch with the Ukrainian special services, Melitopol Mayor Ivan Fedorov said: "We see the following trend of recent days: first of all, collaborators get in touch with the Ukrainian special services regarding the conclusion of an agreement on the abolition, or postponement, or weakening of their responsibility, if they provide information and serve the state of Ukraine. Today we see such appeals on a massive scale."
He also said that in recent days there have been two tragedies on the "road of life" through the fault of the occupiers. A civilian car was blown up by a Russian mine. The occupants' UAZ
| ...a Russian car manufacturer that makes off-road vehicles, busses, and trucks... |
10:43 "Ministry of Internal Affairs" of the occupied Zaporozhye region stated that power lines were blown up in the southern part of Melitopol, two reinforced concrete poles were damaged.
10:41 A video has appeared on the network from the Ukrainian military, who claim that they have liberated Shchurovo and Dibrovo near Liman.
10:39 The head of the Nikolaev OVA Vitaliy Kim recommends leaving Nikolaev to everyone who does not have a job and does not help the army: "Everyone who has a job and can help the military, let them work together and help the soldiers win. If there is no work, then it is better to leave the region" .
10:35 Blinken said that after the discovery of mass graves in Izyum, it is necessary to increase support for Ukraine: "Reports of the mass grave of 440 men, women and children in Izyum are heartbreaking and should step up our support for the brave Ukrainians seeking to liberate their homeland. We support Ukraine in attracting accountable for these crimes."
10:29 British intelligence reports that Russian troops have established a line of defense between the Oskol River and the city of Svatovo and will conduct a stubborn defense in the area. Analysts say Russia likely sees it important to maintain control of the zone, as it is one of the few major supply routes from the Belgorod region that the Russian Federation still controls.
In addition, this line runs along the border of the Luhansk region, the capture of which is one of the immediate Russian goals of the war. Any significant loss of territory in the Lugansk region would definitely undermine Russia's strategy, experts say. Russia is likely to try to put up a stubborn defense in the area, but it's unclear if Russia's forward forces have sufficient reserves or sufficient morale to counter another concerted Ukrainian attack, the intelligence said. Meanwhile, offensive operations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the north-east of the country continue.
09:48 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the enemy on the morning of September 17:
- personnel - about 54,250 (+200) people liquidated,
- tanks - 2202 (+3),
- armored combat vehicles - 4701 (+11),
- artillery systems - 1306 (+4),
- MLRS - 312 (+0),
- air defense systems - 168 (+0),
- aircraft - 251 (+1),
- helicopters - 216 (+0),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 911 (+3),
- cruise missiles - 236 (+3),
- ships/boats - 15 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 3571 (+21),
- special equipment - 121 (+0).
09:03 Among the bodies that were exhumed yesterday at the mass grave site in Izyum, 99% with signs of violent death, said the head of the Kharkiv OVA Oleg Sinegubov: "There are several bodies with their hands tied behind their backs, and one person was buried with a rope around his neck. Obviously, these people were tortured and executed. There are also children among the buried."
08:59 In the Lugansk region, the invaders are building defensive structures and intensively checking the phones of the population, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Gaidai. Meanwhile, the guerrillas, he said, are cutting the wheels of "people's militia" vehicles. As for the murder of the "Prosecutor General" in Lugansk, according to Gaidai, these are "the internal affairs of the murdered man with Pasechnik."
Gaidai also said that many collaborators were not allowed to enter the border with the Russian Federation - they have settled in settlements and are waiting for the moment to leave.
08:54 The Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed the enemy military base in the Radivonovsky reserve in the area of the Molochny estuary, the mayor of Melitopol Ivan Fedorov said.
08:50 In the Donetsk region over the past day, two civilians died from Russian shelling - in Svyatogorsk and Bakhmut. Another 11 people were injured, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
08:46 At night, the Russians attacked the Zaporozhye region, said the head of the OVA Alexander Starukh. The enemy fired four rockets at the village of Tavrichesky - a gymnasium, a sports club and a local house of culture were destroyed, no one was injured. Also, the high-rise buildings of the town of Stepnogorsk were subjected to shelling, without casualties. In the town of Orekhov, one person was wounded as a result of shelling.
08:39 Mexico plans to propose to the UN General Assembly a plan to achieve an immediate cessation of hostilities in Ukraine. It is assumed that a truce will be declared not only between Kyiv and Moscow, but in general between all the peoples of the world for at least five years, CNN reports.
| Romantic twaddle. If the Catholic Church could not impose such a thing in Europe during the Middle Ages, then in cannot be done. Though if it could, the powerless posturing palace that is the UN General Assembly is absolutely not the place to do it. |
Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador hopes this will start direct talks between Zelensky and Putin. He also criticized the sanctions against Russia and "mass deliveries" of weapons to Ukraine, calling them "actions that contributed to the ongoing confrontation, an additional dose of irrationality."
According to the State Emergency Service, one of the rockets hit the building of the enterprise in the Industrial District of the city, a fire broke out, it has already been eliminated. There are no victims or injured. Mayor Igor Terekhov also said that the rocket hit the Slobodsky district, next to a residential building. Four people were injured - two adults and two children. Also in the early morning there was shelling of the Kyiv region, there were no casualties.
07:53 The units of the Defense Forces repelled enemy attacks in a day, inflicting losses on him, in the areas of the settlements of Bakhmut, Zaitsevo, Avdeevka, Nikolaevka Second and Novomikhailovka, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in the morning report . The defeat of nine areas of concentration of manpower and military equipment of the enemy, three strongholds, a rear command post and two positions of anti-aircraft missile systems was confirmed.
07:19 Байден в интервью каналу CBS предупредил Путина о последствиях в случае применения Россией ядерного оружия: "Не делайте этого. Не делайте. Не делайте. Это изменит гримасу войны на то, чего не было со времен Второй мировой... Это будут иметь consequences. They will become more outcasts in the world than ever. And depending on the scale of what they do, the answer will be determined."
06:32 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) writes about the unification of Russian administrations around Kadyrov's call for "self-mobilization." Thus, the mayor's office of Vladivostok confirmed that the city administration sends letters to men from 25 to 63 years old with an invitation to join the BARS (Combat Army Reserve of the country) or the so-called volunteer units Tigr (marines). The Vladivostok statement indicates that the Russian municipal leadership may feel pressure from the federal authorities to create a certain number of "volunteer battalions", analysts say.
Other local leaders also announced the creation of new battalions in support of Kadyrov's draft. In particular, the governor of the Kirov region, the "head" of the Crimea, the governor of the Magadan region, the heads of the Voronezh, Chuvash, Kemerovo and Bashkir regions declared their support for this idea. Kadyrov himself announced on September 16 that his Chechen battalions Akhmat Vostok and Zapad were transferred to the Donbass regions. Kadyrov also announced that he had created another Akhmat-1 detachment of 2,000 men "armed to the teeth."
02:27 Since the beginning of the Russian invasion, the United States has provided Ukraine with modern weapons, military equipment and equipment worth about $15.8 billion. The Pentagon has published a complete list of transferred weapons .
00:27 Representatives of the West comment on the massacres in Izyum, for more details - in the material The world is shocked .