Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22:01 Partners have raised more than $4 billion to restore Ukraine's energy sector, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said. According to him, Germany, the Netherlands and other countries have announced new contributions in the last month alone.
21:50 The number of victims as a result of the Russian strike on Zaporozhye has risen to 22, the State Emergency Service reported.
21:42 Zelensky reported that he met with Scholz: "We talked about how to bring a fair world closer. The main thing is to maintain unity. Our Peace Formula was created precisely for this, and we held a successful first Peace Summit." In turn, Scholz said that lifting restrictions on strikes deep into Russia "is incompatible with my personal position."
21:05 Denmark has allocated 16 million euros to restore Ukraine's energy sector, the country's Climate Ministry reported. The package is one of the largest on the part of the state. It was announced during a meeting of the G7 working group on Ukraine's energy security.
20:48 Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said that Tehran is allegedly ready to sit down at the table with Europeans and Americans to conduct dialogue and negotiations on ending the war in Ukraine. "We have never approved of Russian aggression against Ukrainian territory," he added.
19:03 Russians have struck the Zaporizhia region and a critical infrastructure facility in Zaporizhia - according to preliminary information, two people were wounded, said the head of the OVA Ivan Fedorov.
18:37 Every second ammunition at the front is of Ukrainian production. If in 2023 the Ukrainian share of ammunition was 18%, then in 2024 - 41%, said Defense Minister Rustem Umerov. He also said that this year Ukraine has increased its long-range capabilities several times. In 2024, the Defense Ministry alone contracted drones for more than UAH 21 billion and ammunition for them for another UAH 9 billion. In total, more than 1 million drones were purchased. In addition, the minister emphasized that Ukraine was the first in the world to introduce the "drone swarm" technology. Over the past year alone, more than 200 targets on enemy territory have been destroyed or damaged.
17:46 The Russian "shahed" has again flown near the Khmelnitsky NPP. According to Energoatom, the flight path indicates that Russia was probably trying to simulate an attack directly on the NPP by sharply deviating from the initial trajectory towards the plant.
17:10 In Omsk, two schoolchildren burned a helicopter at a local airbase. They were promised $20,000 for the arson, Russian media write. The schoolchildren entered the airbase on the evening of September 21, threw a bottle of Molotov cocktail at the Mi-8 helicopter and fled the scene. However, they were soon detained. The teenagers said that they received the task to burn the helicopter via Telegram, and were promised a large sum for the work - however, they were never paid. A few days ago, teenagers burned a helicopter in Noyabrsk.
16:24 According to Forbes, Russia is capable of producing over 500 "shaheeds", 40-50 ballistic and 90-115 cruise missiles per month. The Russian Federation also has a stockpile of 60 North Korean missiles and 55 Kinzhals. The Russians add one or two units to the latter every month.
15:49 Ombudsman Dmitry Lubinets reported that during his visit to Odessa Oblast, he held a meeting with the families of Ukrainian defenders who are in Russian captivity or are missing. More than 400 people joined the meeting, but the ICRC representatives once again did not come, ignoring the official invitation.
15:36 Russians shelled Shakhove in Donetsk Oblast - seven people were wounded, including two children, reported OVA head Vadim Filashkin. The strike damaged 24 private homes, three administrative buildings and a social institution.
14:52 British intelligence reports that Russian troops have advanced in the Kharkov region - west of the village of Peschanoye. They now occupy a small ledge 3.5 km from the Oskol River. The invaders are probably trying to reach the eastern bank of the Oskol River in this way, to use it as a natural defensive barrier and create conditions for future operations, analysts predict.
14:45 Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has stated that it is necessary to lift restrictions on Ukraine's use of long-range weapons. According to her, "the most important red line has already been crossed - this happened when the Russians entered Ukrainian territory." In her opinion, allowing Ukraine to use Western missiles to strike Russian territory does not mean escalation and will not draw Kiev's allies into the war.
14:33 Russians shelled Kramatorsk in Donetsk Oblast - one person was killed, three were wounded. Eight private houses were damaged, said OVA head Vadim Filashkin.
14:27 In the morning, Russians fired Tornado-S missiles and cluster munitions at the village of Stary Saltiv in the Vovchansk community of the Kharkiv region - three police officers were wounded, official vehicles were damaged, the National Police reported.
14:16 Peskov said that the Kremlin will study Zelensky’s plan if it is in official sources.
13:22 The number of victims as a result of the night strike on Zaporizhia has risen to 21, reported the head of the OVA Ivan Fedorov.
12:39 Zelensky received the Golden Plate Award in the United States - an award from the American Academy of Achievement. For 60 years, it has been recognizing contributions to the development of humanity.
Zelensky also said that the next few months will be decisive: "In this war - Russia's war against Ukraine and all of you, because this is Russia's war against freedom itself - we have little time to determine what the outcome will be. And we must determine it. Not Russia, not their bloody allies. We must act quickly. We must not lose the next few months in the war, so as not to lose the next decades."
11:50 The Russian army hit a bus in the Miropol community of Sumy region with an FPV drone in the morning, two local residents were injured, OVA reported.
11:31 The number of victims as a result of airstrikes in Zaporizhia and its suburbs has risen to 17, including a 15-year-old teenager, the prosecutor's office reported.
11:25 In the morning, Russians launched another attack on Kupyansk in the Kharkiv region, one person was killed, reported the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov.
11:18 The Ukrainian Armed Forces have broken through another section of the border with Russia, the press service of the 95th separate Polesie airborne assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported. This is already the second successful operation to break through the Russian border since the beginning of the operation in the Kursk region. The paratroopers showed a video that shows the development of passages in engineering barriers, the entry of airborne assault units into enemy territory and the first battles in the border zone, where the airborne assault tankers destroyed an enemy stronghold. The brigade did not specify the details of the operation.
10:54 Zelensky's victory plan envisages providing Ukraine with security guarantees from Western countries, "similar to the mutual defense pact when joining NATO," The Times writes. In addition, the document contains a clause on international financial assistance for the restoration of the Ukrainian economy, the provision of modern weapons, and the continuation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' operation in the Kursk region.
10:26 Biden said that he did not give Ukraine permission to use Western long-range weapons to strike Russian territory. Answering the question, the US president said briefly and categorically: "No."
09:47 Late in the evening of September 22, Russians shelled the KAB village of Sheykovka in the Izyum district, two people were injured, reported the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. Two more people were injured the day before as a result of shelling of the urban-type settlement of Kupyansk-Uzlovaya.
09:33 Three people were killed in Donetsk Oblast as a result of Russian shelling on September 22: two in Myrnohrad and one in Novoukrainka, reported OVA head Vadim Filashkin. Another ten people in the region were injured in the past 24 hours: six in Kramatorsk, three in Slovyansk and one in Nikolaevka.
09:12 In the morning, Russians attacked an ambulance from a drone near Romashkovo, Belozersk community, Kherson region - a paramedic and a driver were injured, OVA reported. Over the previous day, as a result of Russian shelling in the region, one person was killed and seven were injured.
08:45 Russians attacked the center of Zaporizhia at night, 16 people were injured, said the head of the OVA Ivan Fedorov. 13 multi-story buildings, educational institutions, and private houses were damaged. The enemy carried out at least seven airstrikes on Zaporizhia and the Zaporizhia region. The police specified that the enemy used KABs for the strikes.
08:04 Russia attacked at night with two Kh-59/69 guided air missiles and four Shahed-type attack UAVs. Air defense destroyed three drones, and the remaining air targets - one Shahed and two guided air missiles - did not reach their targets due to electronic warfare countermeasures, the Air Force reported.
07:57 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of September 23:
personnel - about 643,750 (+1330) people,
tanks - 8784 (+16),
combat armored vehicles - 17,252 (+30),
artillery systems - 18,414 (+81),
MLRS - 1197 (+2),
air defense systems - 949 (+0),
aircraft - 369 (+0),
helicopters - 328 (+0),
Operational-tactical level UAVs - 15,699 (+71),
cruise missiles - 2595 (+0),
ships/boats - 28 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 25,102 (+79),
special equipment - 3145 (+1).
07:13 Zelensky said that he began his visit to the United States with a visit to a plant in Scranton (Pennsylvania), which produces 155-mm artillery shells for Ukraine. The president also announced agreements on expanding cooperation between Pennsylvania and Zaporizhia.
02:26 As a result of the Ukrainian strike on September 21 on the 23rd arsenal of the Main Missile and Artillery Directorate of the Russian Defense Ministry near the village of Oktyabrsky in the Tver region, more than 58 warehouses were destroyed, several open areas with ammunition, a railway was damaged and trains with ammunition were destroyed, American OSINT analyst MT_Anderson reported, citing satellite data.
01:38 The UN General Assembly adopted the main document of the Future Summit - the Pact for the Future, despite Russia's protest. Russia's amendments were rejected by 143 votes, and General Assembly President Philemon Young declared the Pact adopted and signed it. The document contains a list of countries' intentions to solve global problems - from military conflicts and climate change to artificial intelligence and reforming the UN and global institutions.
In particular, the section on peace and security notes that "the scourge of war is taking on new and more dangerous forms." Today, "the world is closer to a nuclear confrontation than at any time since the end of the Cold War." The pact also notes that countries commit to act "collectively to maintain and restore international peace and security on land, at sea, in space, in cyberspace, and in other emerging areas." Zelensky welcomed the adoption of the pact and stressed that a secure future is possible only if the war in Ukraine ends.
00:20 Macron said that after the war in Ukraine, it will be necessary to rethink the relations of all of Europe with Russia: "This is undoubtedly the greatest challenge of today, because our current order is incomplete and unfair. Incomplete because it was conceived at the end of the Second World War, and therefore did not have at its heart the problems that subsequently emerged and became dominant." In particular, according to the French president, "most of the countries on this planet and many of the most populous countries did not exist when the seats were allocated," so the international order in which the world lives today is "blocked."
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[Korrespondent] Ukrainian Armed Forces Contain Russian Attacks in Eastern and Southern Ukraine.
Russian troops are again attacking mostly in the Pokrovsky direction, where 18 assaults have been repelled since the beginning of the day.
Since the beginning of the current day, 89 attacks by Russian troops have occurred on the front. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as of 16:00 on Monday, September 23.
Thus, in the Kharkov direction, the enemy once stormed Ukrainian positions in the Liptsy area.
In the Kupyansk direction, the Russians carried out four assaults near Glushkovka and Stelmakhovka.
In the Liman direction, enemy units continued their attacks in the areas of the settlements of Cherneshchina, Druzhelyubovka, Nevskoye, Makeyevka, Dibrova, Torskoye. Six assaults were repelled, and six more battles are ongoing.
In the Seversky direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces successfully repelled one attack near Fedorovka.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the invaders carried out four attacks near Kalinovka, Kleshchivka, Belaya Gora and Predtechino. The clashes continue near the latter.
In the Toretsk direction, the enemy carried out 13 attacks near Dachnoye, Toretsk and Nelipovka. Five attacks were stopped, seven more clashes are continuing.
In the Pokrovsky direction, the occupiers made 18 attempts to attack our defenders in the areas of Vozdvizhenka, Grodovka, Orlovka and Marinovka. All assaults were repelled.
In the Kurakhovsky direction, 12 armed clashes occurred in the areas of Tsukurino, Georgievka, Konstantinovka and Katerinovka. Four battles are still ongoing.
In the Vremevsky direction, the Russians launched an offensive four times near Ugledar and Pavlovka, near which a battle is currently taking place.
In the Orekhov direction, the enemy unsuccessfully attacked near Novoandreyevka.
Two enemy attacks were repelled in the Dnieper direction.
Let us recall that on September 22, Russian losses exceeded 1,300 people in one day. In total, since the beginning of the war, Russia has lost more than 640 thousand soldiers.
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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
Units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations of the 57th Motorised Infantry Brigade of the AFU and 113th Territorial Defence Brigade near Liptsy and Volchansk (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 105 troops, one armoured personnel carrier, four motor vehicles, two 152mm D-20 howitzers, three 122mm D-30 guns, and one 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system.
Units of the Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the 14th, 53rd, 116th Mechanised brigades, 3rd Tank Brigade of the AFU, and 116th Territorial Defence Brigade near Kupyansk, Pershetravnevoye, Vasilevka, Petropavlovka, Kruglyakovka (Kharkov region), and Serebryanka (Donetsk People's Republic). Four counter-attacks launched by AFU assault detachments were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 450 troops, one tank, eight armoured fighting vehicles, six motor vehicles, one UK-made 155mm FH-70 howitzer, three 122mm D-30 howitzers, and four U.S.-made 105mm M-119 howitzers. Two electronic warfare stations and one field ammunition depot were destroyed.
Units of the Yug Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front line and inflicted losses on manpower of formations of the 24th, 54th, 118th Mechanised brigades, 10th Mountain Assault Brigade, 143rd Infantry Brigade, and 56th Motorised Infantry Brigade of the AFU near Kirovo, Slavyansk, Konstantinovka, Kurakhovo, Grigorovka, Zaliznyanskoye, and Chasov Yar (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 600 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, eight motor vehicles, one U.S.-made 155mm M-777 howitzer, one Swedish-made 155mm Archer self-propelled artillery system, two UK-made 155mm FH-70 howitzers, three 122mm D-30 howitzers, two 152mm D-20 guns, three U.S.-made 105mm M-119 guns, one U.S.-made 227mm M-142 HIMARS MLRS launcher, one Anklav-N electronic warfare station, and one U.S.-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar.
Units of the Tsentr Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the 68th Infantry Brigade, 71st Jaeger Brigade, 5th Assault Brigade of the AFU, and 109th Territorial Defence Brigade near Kalinovo, Gorkogo, Mikhaylovka, and Rozovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Nine counter-attacks launched by assault detachments of the 25th Airborne Brigade of the AFU, 2nd, 12th, and 142nd National Guard brigades were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 440 troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, four motor vehicles, one Polish-made 155mm Krab self-propelled artillery system, one 152mm Msta-B howitzer, one 122mm D-30 howitzer, one U.S.-made 105mm M-101 gun, and one 100mm Rapira anti-tank gun.
Units of the Vostok Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front line and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the 58th Motorised Infantry Brigade of the AFU and 118th Territorial Defence Brigade near Dobrovolye and Zolotaya Niva (Donetsk People's Republic). One counter-attack launched by an assault detachment of the AFU 72nd Mechanised Brigade was repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 140 troops, three motor vehicles, one French-made 155mm CAESAR self-propelled artillery system, and one 122mm D-30 howitzer. Two Anklav-N electronic warfare stations were destroyed.
Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations of the 141st Infantry Brigade of the AFU and 39th Coastal Defence Brigade near Veselyanka (Zaporozhye region) and Kherson.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 60 troops, six motor vehicles, and one electronic warfare station.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces engaged AFU manpower and hardware clusters in 135 areas during the day.
Air defence units shot down one U.S.-made ATACMS operational-tactical missile, three Neptune long-range guided missiles, two French-made Hammer guided aerial bombs, one U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectile, and 35 fixed-wing UAVs.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 646 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 32,124 unmanned aerial vehicles, 579 anti-aircraft missile systems, 18,338 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,458 MLRS combat vehicles, 15,085 field artillery guns and mortars, and 26,401 units of support military vehicles have been neutralised.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are repelling an attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine against the territory of the Russian Federation.
Units of the Sever Group of Forces continued offensive actions and inflicted losses on formations of the 21st, 22nd, 41st, 115th Mechanised brigades, 17th Tank Brigade, 95th Assault Brigade, 36th Naval Infantry Brigade, 1st National Guard Brigade, 103rd, and 129th Territorial Defence brigades near Lyubimovka, Daryino, Novy Put, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Malaya Loknya, and Plekhovo.
Over the past 24 hours, units of the Sever Group of Forces repelled the enemy's attempts to launch attacks in the direction of Malaya Loknya and Plekhovo.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 25 troops killed and wounded; one Ukrainian serviceman was taken prisoner; two motor vehicles were destroyed.
With the support of Army Aviation and artillery fire, two AFU attempts to break through the border of the Russian Federation in the direction of Novy Put were foiled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 30 troops killed and wounded, one tank, two infantry fighting vehicles, one armoured fighting vehicle, and two motor vehicles.
Air strikes, artillery fire, and actions of the troops inflicted losses on manpower and hardware clusters of the 21st, 22nd, 41st, 61st, 115th Mechanised brigades, 17th Tank Brigade, 80th, 95th Air Assault brigades, 36th Naval Infantry Brigade, 1st National Guard Brigade, 103rd, 112th, and 129th Territorial Defence brigades of the AFU near Gornal, Goncharovka, Kurilovka, Kositsa, Kruglenkoye, Lyubimovka, Martynovka, Malaya Loknya, Melovaya, Malaya Obukhovka, Medvezhye, Mirny, Novy Put, Novoivanovka, Plekhovo, Russkoye Porechnoye, Tolsty Lug, and Cherkasskaya Konopelka.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, and Missile Troops delivered strikes in Sumy region at concentration areas and reserves of the 21st, 41st Mechanised brigades, 17th Tank Brigade, 95th Air Assault Brigade, 92nd Assault Brigade, 1st National Guard Brigade, 1004th Security and Service Brigade, 103rd, 110th, 116th, and 129th Territorial Defence brigades of the AFU near Belopolye, Budivelnoye, Bruski, Glukhov, Dibrovo, Zhuravka, Obody, Pavlovka, Rechki, Radkovka, Stukalovka, Sosnovka, Sumy, and Ugroyedy.
Over the past 24 hours, the AFU losses amounted to more than 340 troops and six units of armoured hardware, including one tank, three infantry fighting vehicles, two armoured fighting vehicles as well as eight artillery guns, one electronic warfare station, one counterbattery radar, and five motor vehicles. One AFU serviceman was taken prisoner.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost more than 16,400 troops, 127 tanks, 60 infantry fighting vehicles, 95 armoured personnel carriers, 797 armoured fighting vehicles, 497 motor vehicles, 132 artillery guns, 29 MLRS launchers, including eight of HIMARS and six of MLRS made by the USA, eight SAM launchers, five transport-loading vehicles, 32 electronic warfare stations and eight counter-battery radars, two air defence radars, 17 engineering vehicles, including ten counterobstacle vehicles and one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle, as well as one armoured recovery vehicle.
The operation to neutralise the AFU units is in progress.
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HERE is the only Russian perspective that counts. This man is Russian state TV, he's been told it's OK to say this. Putin is about to be executed or arrested, IMO:
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I am somewhat amazed the military mind is so filtered as a liberal mind. My simple test is to mention the new laser sub Russia has just introduced. Immediate response is it is Russian propaganda. State of the art and Russia has only working system to employ. Fire underwater or in the air. With Democrats you simply mention Trump and you get similar reactions.
Big meeting in DC Saturday regarding Z's request for various things. It seems back channel contact as in Cuban missile crisis with Russia caused a pause in arrangements. Our military advised against providing missiles. Biden in a fit charged out thwarted from singing documents. Our media speaks nothing about this. Russian propaganda I guess. Big party afterwards. They love their parties.
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[NewsFront] 23:59 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 09/23/2024 to 00:00 09/24/2024.
A total of 36 cases of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC over the past 24 hours.
There were reports of two civilians being injured.
DAMAGED:
One car,
Four residential buildings,
One civil infrastructure facility.
Seven artillery attacks in the Donetsk direction,
A total of 29 artillery attacks in the Gorlovka direction.
A total of 119 units of various ammunition were fired.
22:57 The enemy reports that the Russian Armed Forces have cut off the supply route between the settlements of Gornyak and Selidovo in the Donetsk People's Republic. According to enemy reports, Ukrainian units are planning to retreat to Tsukurino in the near future.
21:35 Arrivals in Zaporozhye.
Motor Sich was covered. There is serious damage and casualties.
20:46 Advance of the Russian Armed Forces – map.
- The Zhelennoye Btora has been released.
– The Selidovo-Tsukurino highway has been physically cut off.
The withdrawal of reserves from the Ugledar direction did not help the enemy stabilize the situation.
20:27 Kramatorsk – powerful explosion.
The Iskander ballistic missile hit a military facility and a nearby fuel and lubricants storage facility. This is the second powerful explosion in Kramatorsk in the last 24 hours. There were earlier reports of enemy equipment moving in the area.
19:55 Krasnoarmeysk - Nikolaevka.
Active military operations in the Krasnoarmeysky direction. Attack of the Russian Armed Forces by an infantry unit on the approaches to the settlement of Nikolaevka. The assault unit takes up positions in the eastern part of the settlement. artillery attack from the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Advancement of the Russian Armed Forces up to two km, new positions on the western bank of the Zhuravka River.
19:17 Crews of the 152mm Giatsint-B towed guns of the Zapad group of forces continue to suppress firing points, destroy guns and inflict losses on the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ manpower – video.
18:48 A UAV crew from the North group of forces destroyed a 155mm Bogdana self-propelled gun of Ukrainian militants with a Lancet loitering munition – video.
18:12 Telegram channel " Rybar ":
Kupyansko-Svatovskoye direction: a dash to Kruglyakovka.
In the Kupyansk-Svatovsky direction, the Russian Armed Forces continue to develop the offensive from the previously captured Peschanoye, attacking in several directions at once.
- To the northwest of the village, the Russian Armed Forces are consolidating new positions in forest belts, from where the outskirts of Novoosinovo are about six kilometers away. To the southwest, a significant advance of Russian troops has been recorded in the Peschanoye area.
– Judging by the objective monitoring footage, Russian troops are fighting on the territory of one of the large strongholds, from where the northern outskirts of Kruglyakovka are less than two and a half kilometers away.
– At the same time, there has been no information about the withdrawal of Ukrainian formations from the Vovchye forest and nearby ravines, just as there has been no information about the retreat of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the “pocket” near Berestovoye. Given the configuration of the terrain, it is quite possible that there will be a remaining focal presence of enemy forces in this area.
– To the north, the Russian Armed Forces have established full control over Kislovka, repelling several attacks in the direction of neighboring Kotlyarovka. They have also improved their tactical position in the forests near Sin'kovka, and the Aerospace Forces continue to systematically strike at the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ pontoon crossings on the Oskol River in the Kupyansk-Uzlovoye area.
– If the current pace of advance towards the section of the O-211942 highway on the Novoosinovo-Glushkovka-Kolesnikovka-Kruglyakovka line continues, then in the near future we should expect the Russian Armed Forces to reach the water barrier with a subsequent split in two of the Ukrainian group on the left bank of the Oskol River.
17:51 The crew of the Su-34 carried out a strike on a concentration of manpower and armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border area of the Kursk region – video.
17:22 During reconnaissance activities, servicemen of the North military group, using a UAV, detected the movement of a Ukrainian Armed Forces tank in the area of one of the settlements in the border region of the Kursk region – video.
As a result of a direct missile strike carried out by the crew of the Inokhodets strike UAV, the tank of the Ukrainian Armed Forces militants was destroyed.
16:54 Statements by representatives of the North, West, South, Center, East and Dnepr groups on the progress of the special military operation (as of September 23, 2024) – video.
15:57 Special military operation. Situation on September 23 – map.
15:04 The Russian Armed Forces have advanced in Dzerzhinsk south of the prison colony and have occupied a neighboring waste heap, which will facilitate further advancement in the city, where the advance toward the central part of Dzerzhinsk continues. The enemy is resisting fiercely, but cannot stop our advance.
The liberation of Dzerzhinsk should seriously improve the situation of heroic Gorlovka, which has been under fire for over 10 years.
14:53 It is reported that the village of Nevskoye on the border of the LPR and DPR has completely come under the control of Russian troops; the Russian flag was hung there the day before yesterday. The enemy has also lost a significant piece of territory between Nevskoye and Makeyevka. The liberation of the territory of the LPR that remains under enemy control continues.
14:11 Telegram channel " Rybar ":
South Donetsk direction: advance of the Russian Armed Forces along the Konstantinovka-Vodyanoye and Novodonetskoye-Prechistovka lines.
Russian troops continue to carry out a chain of offensive actions in several areas of the South Donetsk direction.
– At the Konstantinovka-Vodyanoye line, units of the Russian Armed Forces were able to advance in the forest belts in the vicinity of the Solyonenkaya ravine, having covered about half the distance to the southern outskirts of Katerinovka.
- In the area of Vodyanoye, Russian attack aircraft have reached the forest belt closest to the settlement from the west, and also continue to fight on the territory of the mine "Yuzhnodonbasskaya No. 3". By the morning of the current day, the enemy was finally driven out of positions on the territory of the industrial zone.
– Artillery and air strikes continue on Ugledar and its environs, as well as strike UAVs. There have been no reports of an offensive in the direction of the city itself from the south, which, however, is understandable given the experience of previous attempts. To the east, there are battles in dachas that the Russian Armed Forces fighters latched onto several days ago.
– West of Pavlovka, halfway to Prechistovka, a small advance of the Russian Armed Forces was again recorded. Judging by the footage on the Internet, Russian attack aircraft in armored personnel carriers dropped into a forest belt not far from the Berestovaya gully, which runs parallel to the Kashlagach River.
– On the Prechistovka-Novodonetskoye line, the front also began to move: some time ago, Russian troops began to advance in the area of ??the Mogila Shaitanka mound 167.7, and by the middle of the week they had captured several forest belts in the direction of Zolotaya Niva.
– The offensive was preceded by artillery preparation, including artillery attack from heavy flamethrower systems TOS-1A, and UAV operators hit the Caesar self-propelled guns. However, the Ukrainian Armed Forces were not able to break through the defenses everywhere, and some of the assault groups retreated to their original positions.
13:41 Selidovo – Tsukurino.
Active military operations in the Selidovo area. Attack by the Russian Armed Forces north of Tsukurino. Assault by the Russian Armed Forces of the motorized rifle unit on Ukrainian Armed Forces positions in the area of the railway to Kurakhovo. Landing of troops. Advancement of the Russian Armed Forces more than 3 km west of Ukrainsk.
13:03 Kherson direction. Right bank.
The Russian Aerospace Forces carried out a strike with several FAB-500 aerial bombs from the UPMK on a concentration of Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel and equipment. Su-34Ms worked. Operational control confirms the target was hit and the enemy forces were eliminated.
12:09 A crew of a 152mm howitzer "Msta-B" of the artillery unit of the "South" group of forces destroyed an M-777 howitzer of the Ukrainian Armed Forces with a precise hit in the area of ??the settlement of Kurakhovo - video.
Objective control means recorded the target's defeat.
11:44 In the Ugledar area, the enemy’s positions have sharply worsened – map.
The Russian Armed Forces are not only advancing in the area of the mines and Vodyanoye, but are also pressing the enemy near the city itself, and are also developing their success in the area of the Kashlagach River, where the positions of the 58th separate mechanized brigade were broken through.
11:11 Khar'kov region.
There are reports of night strikes by our ballistic and cruise missiles on Ukrainian positions in the Volchansk area. Iskander-K OTRK and tactical aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces carried out strikes with cruise missiles, including Kh-69.
10:55 Kupyansk – Kruglyakovka.
Positional combat operations in the Kupyansk area. The forward position of the Russian Armed Forces came under fire from a Ukrainian drone. The Russian Armed Forces took new positions in the vicinity of Kruglyakovka.
10:15 During the past night, an attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack using an aircraft-type UAV against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation was thwarted.
Air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 4 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over the territory of the Belgorod region and 4 over the territory of the Kursk region.
09:52 Military doctors on the front lines of the fight for the lives of soldiers.
In the medical platoon of the officer with the call sign "Professor", all paramedics and doctors are equipped with special backpacks with a set of medicines to provide assistance to the wounded. This is necessary, because they bear great responsibility for the health of the soldiers.
“We have to make decisions under time constraints, and often the health and lives of a large number of wounded guys will depend on these decisions,” he said.
09:16 The battalion commander with the call sign “Yak” shared details of the capture of a fortified area of Ukrainian militants - video.
08:56 Telegram channel “ WarGonzo ”:
Frontline report for the morning of 09/23/2024
- Zaporizhzhya Front. No significant changes in LBS.
- Donetsk Front. The Russian Armed Forces continue to encircle Ugledar, there are more tactical successes. The settlement of Ostroe has been liberated. Also, information is coming in about the control of Russian troops over the settlement of Krutoy Yar.
Urban battles in Dzerzhinsk continue, there are more tactical successes of the Russian Armed Forces.
- Chasov Yar direction. No significant changes. Fighting continues in the eastern part of Chasov Yar. Also, Russian troops are trying to improve their positions on the flanks.
- Khar'kov Front. Fighting continues in Volchansk and in the Glubokoe area. No significant changes.
- Kursk region. The LBS has not changed significantly. The Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to try to push through our defense in the Glushkovsky district, but the Ukrainian Armed Forces are receiving serious resistance in this area. However, the enemy continues to concentrate serious forces and resources in this area.
08:00 Telegram channel " Rybar ":
Chronicle of the special military operation for September 21-22, 2024
– Russian troops hit enemy targets in the Khmelnytsky, Vinnytsia, Dnepropetrovsk and Khar'kov regions.– Ukrainian forces attacked the Crimean peninsula over the course of two days, and also hit ammunition depots in the Krasnodar Territory and Tver Region.
– In the Kursk region, fierce battles continue in the Glushkovsky district, where the Russian Armed Forces are preventing the enemy from advancing. In the Korenevsky and Sudzhansky districts, attacks are being carried out on Ukrainian Armed Forces equipment and strongholds in forest belts.
– In the Liman direction, Russian troops liberated Nevskoye, advancing west almost four kilometers and breaking the enemy’s defenses in the area of ??the Zhuravka ravine.
- In the Aleksandro-Kalinovsky direction, the Russian Armed Forces liberated Nelepovka and landed troops in the center of Leonidovka. In addition, there are successes on the approaches to the central part of the urban development of Dzerzhinsk.
– In the Pokrovsky direction, Russian troops liberated Krutoy Yar, advancing in the direction of Krasny Yar and Nikolaevka.
– In the Donetsk direction, the Russian Armed Forces liberated Ostroe, advancing towards the Selidovo penal colony, engaging in battles for it.
– In the South Donetsk direction, Russian troops are advancing northwest of Ugledar in the Prechystovka area and in the direction of Zolotaya Niva.
– In the Vrem'yevsk direction, the configuration of the front in the Makarovka area, where Russian sappers blew up the southern bridge at the entrance to the village, has been clarified.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Kirill Velesov
[REGNUM] Almost all residents of the Kursk region who directly or indirectly encountered the Ukrainian Armed Forces and foreign mercenaries during the invasion of the region tell of the militants' atrocities. They shot civilians, threw grenades into residential buildings and stole everything they could take away - from household appliances to awards for heroes of the Great Patriotic War.
A criminal case has been opened against Ukrainian military personnel involved in the shooting of residents of the Kursk region. This was reported on September 22 by the official Telegram channel of the military investigative bodies of the Investigative Committee.
According to the investigation, on August 8, 2024, Ukrainian militants fired from a tank and small arms at two civilian VAZ vehicles traveling along the road from the city of Lgov to the village of Pogrebki in the Sudzhansky District of the Kursk Region. A civilian was killed and two others were injured, the Investigative Committee clarified. One of the vehicles was destroyed, the other was damaged.
“During the preliminary investigation, all representatives of the armed formations of Ukraine who committed these crimes will be identified and brought to justice as provided by law,” the department added.
In turn, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, in an interview with kp.ru stated that the Ukrainian military took some of the civilians captured in the border settlements of the Kursk region outside of Russia. Their fate is currently unknown.
The diplomat also said that in the territory of Kursk Oblast captured by the Ukrainian Armed Forces there are several places that look like concentration camps. One of them is presumably located in the building of a social institution in the city of Sudzha, where Ukrainian militants are holding 70 to 120 people. Zakharova noted that Russian law enforcement agencies are currently investigating the situation.
"HATRED OF THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE AT THE GENETIC LEVEL"
Ukrainian troops attacked the Kursk region on August 6. Russian troops stopped the enemy in the border areas, preventing them from advancing deeper into the territory.
The "Kursk adventure" cost the Kiev regime dearly. According to the Defense Ministry on September 22, during the military actions in the Kursk region, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 16,000 servicemen, 126 tanks and 57 infantry fighting vehicles. Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov emphasized that the operation in the region will end with the defeat of the enemy and access to the state border.
From the first days of the attack, local residents and volunteers present in the region told of the atrocities of the attackers. A large number of testimonies were collected by the Regnum news agency.
One of the first to speak publicly about what was happening in the Kursk region was Roman Yatsenko, a resident of Sudzha. On August 6, he was in Moscow, where he worked as a security guard. When contact with his family was lost, the man went to Sudzha. He managed to get to Martynovka, a settlement five kilometers from Sudzha, by hitchhiking. There, Yatsenko met Russian soldiers. They warned him that a Ukrainian machine gunner was shooting at civilian cars. But the man still decided to break through to his family.
"When I heard the sounds of gunfire and the whistle of bullets above me, I realized that these were not ours. At that moment, I could not imagine this person, and then I learned that there were Poles and French in the Ukrainian group - not only the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Maybe it was a Pole - he could open fire on a woman with children, and on defenseless old people. They probably have a genetic hatred of the Russian people," Yatsenko said in a conversation with the editor-in-chief of the Regnum news agency Marina Akhmedova.
Yatsenko fell to the ground when he heard the shots and made his way through the forest plantation running and in single file, trying to hide from the shooter. The man managed to get to Sudzha, find his family: they took documents, food, essential items, money and tried to leave the city. According to Yatsenko, a Ukrainian militant opened fire on them with a machine gun, after which the adults and children, on his command, fell to the ground and crawled away from the shooter. The family managed to escape through the fields towards Kursk.
"KILLED MY WIFE AND UNBORN CHILD"
When a shell exploded 150 meters from his home on August 5, another resident of Sudzha, Artem Kuznetsov, realized he had to run. The family packed up very quickly — in about fifteen minutes they loaded everything they needed into the car. Their son Matvey, who was only one year and eight months old, was put in a car seat.
They left in two cars: Artyom was driving one, and his pregnant wife Nina, her mother, and Matvey were in the other. They drove a few kilometers, and the man felt as if the car was being showered with stones. A moment later, a bullet whistled past his face, a few centimeters away. Artyom realized that they were shooting at the car. He ducked, and another bullet pierced the peak of his cap.
"I saw the one who shot," Artem told IA Regnum. "And he saw me, our eyes met. And he saw Nina, everyone. We opened the windows on purpose. I looked back, Nina was driving behind me. The car rushed to the side of the road. I ran out and ran to them."
Son Matvey was covered in blood, mother-in-law was screaming. Nina was literally wheezing, blood was gushing from the wound. Artyom tore off his T-shirt, tried to make a tourniquet out of it. Nina began to weaken before our eyes, the wound was very deep. The man grabbed his wife in his arms, carried her to his car. They literally flew to the hospital in Goncharovka. The woman was carried to the operating room on a stretcher.
It was not possible to save pregnant Nina.
"A Nazi killed my wife. Killed my unborn child. Killed the love in me. Shot her. Why did they shoot her? Matvey has three metal fragments in his back. They were a couple of centimeters short of his kidney," Artem said.
The man thought for a long time about why they, the Nazis, came to kill. Probably, he supposes, because we live well: "Russian people love, Nazism came to kill love."
"THEY GET PLEASURE FROM KILLING"
Yuri Sukhorukov, a resident of the village of Guevo in the Sudzhansky District, firmly decided to leave in the first hours after the invasion. He drove around the village, urging his fellow villagers to evacuate, but many did not listen - they thought that "they would shoot and everything would end." But the Ukrainian Armed Forces did not leave. Having already left Guevo, Sukhorukov notified local residents through a group in a messenger that he was preparing an evacuation. They had to leave at night, under fire: through forests and fields, 63 people, including children and elderly women, reached the Psel River. There, Yuri's acquaintances were already waiting for them, along with several boats on which people were ferried across the river.
"For Polish mercenaries, nothing is sacred. If a Ukrainian is still thinking about whether to shoot a peaceful woman or not, they won't even bat an eyelid," Sukhorukov told Regnum.
He also said that at 7 a.m., while passing through a checkpoint, the militants shot at a car, killing "our boy Misha." They saw that a civilian car was driving, but opened fire. And on the road to Kurilovka, they shot a young girl with a small child. In response to the question "Why are they doing this?" the man suggested that they "get pleasure from killing."
"There were several cases when Ukrainian Terrorist Defense troops came to us - they were more loyal to the civilian population than the Germans, Poles and French. The Ukrainians came in and let people get away from the mercenaries, they said directly: if these guys come, we won't be able to do anything," the man said.
When the mercenaries entered, looting began: they stole cars, ransacked stores, and literally scooped out appliances from houses, including refrigerators and washing machines.
"FOR 30 YEARS THEY MADE AN ENEMY OUT OF US"
Nikolai Rylsky, a resident of the Kursk region, tried ten times to get to Sudzha to take his parents out of there. He was unable to get through.
When Nikolai turned around and headed back, he saw a burnt-out car and two people: one was helping the other. The second person was covered in blood. It was war correspondent Yevgeny Poddubny, whose car was attacked by a Ukrainian drone. Nikolai offered help, put the wounded Poddubny in his car and drove him to the hospital in Bolshesoldatskoye. It was largely thanks to Rylsky that the war correspondent survived.
A few days later, Nikolai's parents safely left Sudzha. But the whole family will remember those days for the rest of their lives.
"The bulk of those who came in were not Ukrainians, but mercenaries. The guys I spoke to heard Polish, French, English and German speech. […] My friend Sasha was taken prisoner along with his wife. They tied his hands with zip ties. His hands and feet started to turn blue, then they loosened the zip ties. They said: sit here until we leave. Then they cut the zip ties and let him go. These were guys from Odessa, Ukrainians. We don't need you, they said. And another friend of mine, they told me, had two women killed and their stomachs cut open - the Poles," Rylsky told the Regnum news agency, suggesting that they had "such manic tendencies."
Nikolai is sure that the only fair punishment for the mercenaries can be the death penalty, because they knew what they were getting into. Rylsky admits that he does not want to think that the atrocities in the Kursk region were committed by Ukrainians, although he says that they were brainwashed for 30 years - they made an enemy out of us.
" I have hatred, but only towards the leadership, the government of Ukraine. The people were brainwashed to fight against us," says Rylsky.
"THEY TRIED TO DESTROY YOUTH AND CHILDREN"
During a visit to the Bryansk region, the editor-in-chief of the Regnum news agency, Marina Akhmedova, spoke with public figures who told the stories of residents of the Kursk region who were forced to leave their homes.
According to volunteer Yulia, everyone who directly or indirectly met with the Ukrainian Armed Forces speaks of the atrocities of Ukrainian militants. One of the pensioners who managed to leave Sudzha reported that the Ukrainian Armed Forces entered the settlement in uniform without identification marks.
At the same time, they spoke pure Russian - many old people who refused to evacuate took them for Russian soldiers.
"They thought that Russian soldiers were walking and saying: "Are there young people, children?" They [the pensioners] thought that they were our guys. They said, yes, there are more, at the end of the street. Let us feed you, give you everything. But they [the Ukrainian Armed Forces] reached the end of the street and started blowing up houses. Where there were young people. They tried to simply destroy young people and children," the volunteer reported the pensioner's story.
THEY TRAMPLED THE RUSSIAN FLAG AND STOLE THE MEDALS OF THE HERO OF THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR
In September, during the clearing of one of the houses in the village of Snagost in the Kursk region, servicemen of the Russian Armed Forces found the backpack of a liquidated Ukrainian soldier, which contained the stolen medals of World War II veteran Nikolai Ptashkin.
Nikolai Andreevich Ptashkin went to the front in 1943 at the age of 19, where he served in the 16th rifle division. During the war, he was wounded in the right arm, which bothered him for the rest of his life. Nikolai Andreevich died in 1987, and his wife in 2007. After his death, the veteran's son and his family lived in the house in Snagosti.
The editorial staff of the Regnum news agency found relatives of the WWII hero whose house was looted by a VSU officer. The relatives said that during the invasion of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the first to enter their house were mercenaries from France and Poland, who trampled the Russian flag hanging on the house before the family's eyes.
"My uncle is Nikolai Andreevich's youngest son. He has lived in this house all his life. He is now 56 years old. After the Ukrainian Armed Forces arrived, he, his wife and 14-year-old daughter lived for two weeks under the control of the Ukrainian army. He said that the Poles and the French were the first to enter the village. At first, there were no Ukrainians at all. When they came to my uncle's house, they saw the Russian flag on the house. They took it down and started trampling on it, then laughed and threatened the family with weapons so that they would not leave the house. We persuaded my uncle to evacuate to Kursk. Two weeks later, at dawn, my uncle, his wife and daughter decided to escape," Tatyana said.
Nikolai Andreevich's son knew the area well and was able to find the shortest and safest route to Kursk.
"Early in the morning we went to the Seim River and walked along it for about five hours. The only things we had with us were our passports. I was most worried about my daughter - she is in the seventh grade, and it is unclear what would have happened to her if we had stayed in the house. For her sake, we had to take a risk. We heard that some people were shot when they tried to escape in boats. But we were saved by the fact that I am a hunter and fisherman and I know all these places well. I knew where the dams were, where the hidden paths and thickets were, and how to walk unnoticed," Nikolai told IA Regnum.
After five hours of travel through forests and rivers, the family reached the Emergencies Ministry station. Rescuers had already helped them get to Kursk.
Nikolai Ptashkin's granddaughter Tatyana still does not know what happened to their house in the village of Snagost, admitting that it was completely destroyed - there were fierce battles in the village. Now the Russian army has completely liberated the village from the invaders.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) are holding from 70 to 120 civilians in one of the social institutions in Sudzha. This was stated by Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry Rodion Miroshnik during a press conference.
"On the other side we have places where civilians have been forcibly driven, in particular Sudzha, one of the social institutions. According to our data, from 70 to 120 people are being held in this territory," he said.
According to him, up to 15 people are children.
Miroshnik added that it is currently known about 266 wounded and 56 killed civilians since the invasion of Ukrainian troops into the Kursk region. However, it will be possible to calculate all the data, establish all the consequences and initiate criminal cases only after the liberation of this territory from the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the diplomat added.
The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, reported that the Ukrainian military had taken some of the civilians captured in the border settlements of the Kursk region outside of Russia. Their fate is currently unknown, she added.
According to the Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia, Tatyana Moskalkova, since August 5, 2024, 1,118 requests have been received regarding the protection of the rights of civilians and military personnel captured in the Kursk region.
Earlier, the Russian Investigative Committee opened a criminal case against Ukrainian military personnel involved in the shooting of residents of the Kursk region. According to the investigation, on August 8, 2024, Ukrainian militants fired at two civilian VAZ cars in the Sudzhansky district using a tank and small arms. As a result of the incident, one civilian was killed and two more were injured.
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QFT: Almost all residents of the Kursk region who directly or indirectly encountered the Ukrainian Armed Forces and foreign mercenaries during the invasion of the region tell of the militants' atrocities. They shot civilians, threw grenades into residential buildings and stole everything...
As I said at the time, these were terror operations to bring the war to Russian Civilians.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) are holding from 70 to 120 civilians in one of the social institutions in Sudzha. This was stated by Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry Rodion Miroshnik during a press conference.
"On the other side we have places where civilians have been forcibly driven, in particular Sudzha, one of the social institutions. According to our data, from 70 to 120 people are being held in this territory," he said.
According to him, up to 15 people are children.
Miroshnik added that it is currently known about 266 wounded and 56 killed civilians since the invasion of Ukrainian troops into the Kursk region. However, it will be possible to calculate all the data, establish all the consequences and initiate criminal cases only after the liberation of this territory from the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the diplomat added.
The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, reported that the Ukrainian military had taken some of the civilians captured in the border settlements of the Kursk region outside of Russia. Their fate is currently unknown, she added.
According to the Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia, Tatyana Moskalkova, since August 5, 2024, 1,118 requests have been received regarding the protection of the rights of civilians and military personnel captured in the Kursk region.
Earlier, the Russian Investigative Committee opened a criminal case against Ukrainian military personnel involved in the shooting of residents of the Kursk region. According to the investigation, on August 8, 2024, Ukrainian militants fired at two civilian VAZ cars in the Sudzhansky district using a tank and small arms. As a result of the incident, one civilian was killed and two more were injured.
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