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Ukraine shoots down 4 Russian helicopters in just 18 minutes
[NYPOST] Ukraine claimed Wednesday that it shot down at least four Russian helicopters — possibly Ka-52s nicknamed "Alligators" — in a span of just 18 minutes.

"From 08:40 to 08:58 on October 12, anti-aircraft missile units of the Air Force destroyed at least four enemy attack helicopters (probably Ka-52s), which were providing fire support to the ground occupation forces in the southern direction," the air force said on its Telegram channel.

According to preliminary reports, one of the downed choppers crashed in an unspecified part of southern Ukraine that had been recently reclaimed by Kyiv’s forces from the Russians, while the other three landed somewhere behind the front line.

The air force also revealed that Ukrainian forces fired on two more Russian helicopters, so it’s possible the number of downed aircraft will increase.

Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense trolled the Russian military by tweeting: "Productive morning, Ukrainian style. Today, in just 18 minutes, service members of #UAarmy shot down 4 russian [sic] helicopters that were spoiling beautiful autumn skies in the south of Ukraine.

"No place for Alligators here. The local climate is hostile towards them."

The Ka-52 "Alligator" is a two-seat, all-weather attack helicopter, which was first introduced in Russia in the late 1990s.

According to the Ukrainian military’s estimates, which The Post could not independently verify, since the start of the war on Feb. 24, Kyiv’s forces have destroyed around 235 enemy helicopters and 268 airplanes.

Posted by: Fred || 10/13/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats


Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Kerch bridge damage and Russian Refueling Logistics-Peter Zeihan
Posted by: DarthVader || 10/13/2022 07:45 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:



Smeared with jam and wrapped in bandages
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Commentary by Russian military journalist Andrey Chervonets

When red shorts are no longer in fashion

Staged footage of victims after blows (real blows) of the RF Armed Forces in Kiev.

It is clear that there are such people who died from the arrivals, but surprisingly (and fortunately) despite hundreds of missiles, only a few died, despite such a massive attack. Because they don't hit people. And apparently UkroSMI has a shortage of plaintive pictures. So they went to the direct forgery.

Well, one person was so wounded. It could be attributed to an individual reaction. But two in one place. With head wounds, having lost at least a glass of blood, and the bleeding is such that they could not stop it before bandaging and all the bandages were soaking wet. And both, absolutely hearty give a press conference.

When you are in such a state - a lacerated wound from a fragment (unlike a cut one, it immediately causes severe pain) and severe bleeding, the last thing that comes to your mind is an interview and self-promotion.

And the woman is not only being filmed with a crowd of onlookers, she herself is cheerful and active, better than any healthy one, she asks for a photo session while she is in character in order to send photos to her sister. Although the aunt looks as if half her skull was blown off and they tied it to her jaw so that it would not fall off.

And least of all, she looks like an ordinary person who, along with the injury, just experienced a decent shock. This is just a cheap game. Moreover, this face is really familiar, it is not the first time that it shines as a "victim of brutal shelling." Unless, of course, she has twenty twins across the country.

In addition to the fact of working for the camera on this video, I will pay attention to one more, not related to it, but important point. This is me about the damage to the building of the regional office "Samsung".

Air defense missiles generally fall quite enough in the city, it is quite difficult for them, among skyscrapers, to select targets. So here, in the area of ​​​​the high-rise, an anti-aircraft missile from the Buk air defense system of the Armed Forces of Ukraine fell, which was then identified by the characteristic striking elements found at the place of arrival.

For reference:

Recent rocket hits in the city of Zaporozhye on a residential building were also caused by air defense missiles. On the spot, fragments of the third stage of the old version of the S-300 missile were found, just those that are in service with the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

When launching an air defense missile, the target is acquired and tracked by an air defense missile ... But due to low flight, the target is periodically covered by terrain and buildings. The missile loses its target, and flies wherever it pleases in inertial coordinates.

The seeker itself at this time is trying to acquire the target. Looking for. If it does not find it by timeout, it will self-destruct. And if it finds something similar, it flies to another target. In a city environment, this is a disaster.

Posted by: badanov || 10/13/2022 06:20 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:


US considering giving obsolete Hawk Missiles to Ukraine
[Twitter]


Taiwan responded that they have 249 Hawks fully upgraded and due for disposal next year so they are leaning toward quickly giving them to Ukraine too. The USA has 10,000s in storage last upgraded in 1995
Posted by: 3dc || 10/13/2022 05:39 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life,

#1  Is 'gifting' deductible?
Posted by: Skidmark || 10/13/2022 8:33 Comments || Top||

#2  IHawk might be somewhere in someone's inventory. The unimproved Hawks required too much time related maintenance to be nothing more than a display item today. And its a point defense system.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 10/13/2022 9:27 Comments || Top||

#3  And the system requires both an acquire and paint radar system. Great targets for anti-radiation missiles.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 10/13/2022 11:44 Comments || Top||

#4  Nike missiles next?/arc off
Posted by: borgboy || 10/13/2022 13:25 Comments || Top||

#5  I-HAWK is nearly ideal for the role of cruise and short range ballistic missile interceptor. Their are thousands of them in storage, has good range and some models can even interface with modern radars. It could saturate a country like Ukraine and leave the more modern IADS to take down Russian aircraft and more challenging missiles.
Posted by: Snash Shairt9621 || 10/13/2022 21:33 Comments || Top||


Russia 'is rounding up HOMELESS people as part of its military mobilisation': Men 'are grabbed while queueing up for food and forced onto buses'
  • Witnesses have described homeless men being loaded onto buses in Moscow

  • They are then taken to military enlistment offices and made to sign up to fight

  • Moscow recruitment officers also said to be targeting hotels for workers

  • This comes weeks after Putin declared a 'partial' mobilisation
Posted by: Skidmark || 10/13/2022 01:16 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Hey, Eric!
Posted by: Skidmark || 10/13/2022 1:24 Comments || Top||

#2  A T-72 is a home.
Posted by: Besoeker || 10/13/2022 1:51 Comments || Top||

#3  A home that can have the thermostat turned up to "Incineration"
Posted by: DarthVader || 10/13/2022 8:25 Comments || Top||

#4  But, Putin calls Ukraine NAZI run?
Posted by: NN2N1 || 10/13/2022 9:13 Comments || Top||

#5  Its a home, and a job.

Swiss: You have a thermostat?!

Build a Leg a fire, and he'll be warm for the night; put him in The Armor, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life?
Posted by: swksvolFF || 10/13/2022 10:27 Comments || Top||

#6 

Posted by: M. Murcek || 10/13/2022 10:36 Comments || Top||

#7  Find a home in the army.
Posted by: Gromble Dribble4342 || 10/13/2022 10:44 Comments || Top||

#8  The Moscalis are getting rid of the non-Russian squatters that have come to Moscow over the years for work. Lots from the 'Stans. Same as Moscow drafting disproportionately from the non-Russian republics. Ethnic cleansing by other means.
Posted by: Snash Shairt9621 || 10/13/2022 20:08 Comments || Top||

#9  Ethnic cleansing by other means.

Permanently removing a portion of the faster growing competition is not going to result in a higher — replacement-plus — birthrate for the native Russians.
Posted by: trailing wife || 10/13/2022 21:50 Comments || Top||

#10  Up to a million young Russians already left to escape mobilization. They had to have to means to travel and live outside Russia or find work for an extended time, so they will be disproportionately the educated middle and upper middle classes. The exact people Russia can't afford to lose.
Posted by: Snash Shairt9621 || 10/13/2022 21:58 Comments || Top||


Russia To ‘Modernize' 800 Vintage T-62 Tanks Due To Ukraine Losses: Report
[The Drive] Russian plans to return hundreds of Cold War-era T-62s to service points to serious attrition, supply chain, and industrial capacity problems.
In response, Ukraine resurrects the Boys antitank rifle.
The Russian military is reportedly set to receive some 800 refurbished and possibly upgraded T-62 tanks in the next three years to try to help make up for severe losses it has already sustained in its ongoing all-out invasion of Ukraine. Many of the nearly antique T-62s have already been pulled out of deep storage and sent to Ukraine, where they have shown to be of debatable utility.

If the situation is as it is reported to be, the decision to reactivate hundreds of these remarkably old Cold War-era tanks offers fresh evidence that western sanctions and other factors are hobbling Russia's arms industry. It also provides more evidence as to the poor state of Russia's more advanced armor, with many hundreds of tanks destroyed, damaged, or captured and others sidelined due to being worn out or without high-tech replacement parts after nearly nine months of continuous combat.

Gurulyov reportedly said that the T-62s in question would be modernized with new thermal and night vision optics and additional armor and other defensive features, particularly to help protect against anti-tank guided missiles like the U.S.-made Javelin. He does not appear to have provided any granular specifics about these planned upgrades. There was no mention of updating the tank's armament, which consists of a 115mm main gun, a co-axial 7.62x54mm machine gun, and a 12.7mm machine gun on top of the turret.

Russia certainly has many hundreds of T-62s in storage that it inherited from the Soviet Union, the vast majority of which are understood to be T-62M subtypes. The first T-62s entered Soviet service in 1961. In the 1980s, the Soviets had put thousands of these tanks through a broad modernization program that included adding more powerful engines, upgraded fire control systems, and new defenses. In terms of new defensive features, a number of different subvariants emerged, including ones with Kontakt-1 explosive reactive armor (ERA) packages and first-generation Drozd active protection systems.

Oryx (OSInt) has photo documented over 7,000 Russian vehicle losses of which 1328 are tanks.
Russia - 7022, of which: destroyed: 4240, damaged: 164, abandoned: 306, captured: 2312
Tanks (1328, of which destroyed: 757, damaged: 51, abandoned: 53, captured: 468)
Real losses are higher.
Posted by: Snash Shairt9621 || 10/13/2022 00:01 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Media only can accurately estimate Russia losses whereas Ukrainian losses minuscule. Just doing as America sending equipment near retirement from active service. Notice Russia had depleted ammunition and rockets back in February or March. Mystery is what they are throwing these last several days. Some say 80 rockets and others 300 a day. The gloves are off now and Russia and its many allies are now working together. This NATO and USA effort has been a severe miscalculation. Then they still have no political efforts to resolve this war but only continue. Only political changes in leadership will USA or NATO make any attempt of rapprochement.
Posted by: Dale || 10/13/2022 3:36 Comments || Top||

#2  In response, Ukraine resurrects the Boys antitank rifle.

The Red Army used an antitank rifle during WWII, but not the Boys.
Posted by: badanov || 10/13/2022 6:32 Comments || Top||

#3  They going to glue on the cardboard make believe reactive armor?
Posted by: Procopius2k || 10/13/2022 9:24 Comments || Top||

#4  The modern tanks got crushed, how well will the older ones do?

Seems the world is clearing out the inventories of weapons new and old. The question is do they all have money to restock the inventories with new stuff when its all over.
Posted by: ruprecht || 10/13/2022 11:43 Comments || Top||

#5  Cold War tanks for a revived Cold War that is suddenly getting a lot hotter.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 10/13/2022 12:36 Comments || Top||

#6  Barrel being mined, but not at bottom scraping yet. Russia still offers T55's for sale in the third world, so I figure they have a whole lot of T62's to work through.
Posted by: ed in texas || 10/13/2022 17:02 Comments || Top||

#7  Any one got a spare sPzB 41 lyin' around?
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 10/13/2022 17:29 Comments || Top||

#8  by the time the refurbished tanks are ready there may be almost no trained armor platoons left alive and uninjured
Posted by: Lord Garth || 10/13/2022 18:27 Comments || Top||

#9  Who said anything about refurbishment
Modernizing to a Russian means fuel and ammunition maybe stenciling on new unit designation
A T-62 is dead meat in today’s battlefield environment
I sometimes think the tank has been rendered obsolete and we are back to Chancellorsville
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom || 10/13/2022 18:44 Comments || Top||

#10  The modern tanks got crushed, how well will the older ones do?

It depends on what you do with them. Not the first choice for tank v tank, but dug in, hull down, they might make nifty mobile pillboxes. The Russians are going to be playing a lot of defense trying to hold on to what they have now.
Posted by: SteveS || 10/13/2022 19:46 Comments || Top||

#11  The modern tanks got crushed, how well will the older ones do?
Direct fire support in built up areas they will work just as well as the modern stuff ...until you run out of Chechens to do the house by house assaults I suppose. Improvise some reactive armor and go to it.
Posted by: magpie || 10/13/2022 20:05 Comments || Top||

#12  The modern tanks got crushed, how well will the older ones do?

RPGs and AT-4s will go the though the 4" of frontal armor like butter. On the other hand, no auto loader so not as many turret toss competitors. Youtube hardest hit.
Posted by: Snash Shairt9621 || 10/13/2022 20:15 Comments || Top||

#13  The Red Army used an antitank rifle during WWII, but not the Boys.

Best Foghorn Leghorn voice: It's a joke, son.
Posted by: Snash Shairt9621 || 10/13/2022 21:38 Comments || Top||

#14  Wikipedia seys: Russia – At least 2,000 were inherited from the Soviet Union. 761 were in active service in 1995. 191 were in active service and 1,929 in storage as of 2000. During 2013 all the tanks of the model and its modifications were allegedly scrapped – later it was found this was not true, as Russia reactivated numerous T-62s to resupply the Syrian Army. In 2022, Russia sent T-62 tanks to reinforce the Southern Ukraine offensive in Zaporizhzhia Oblast during the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine; reportedly up to 600 T-62s were taken out of long-term storage.

It looks like they are taking the entire inventory in use 30 years ago and trying to upgrade them. Russian night vision gear is pretty awful and the French stuff on the T-80s and T-90s embargoed. So the Russian upgrade is probably on par with what is on their upgraded T-72s.

The ERA tiles and Drozd won't provide protect against top attack missiles.
Posted by: Snash Shairt9621 || 10/13/2022 21:53 Comments || Top||


Ow! (briefly)
Posted by: Fred || 10/13/2022 00:09 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Speed bumps.
Posted by: Skidmark || 10/13/2022 0:55 Comments || Top||

#2  I can't even....All I can think of is.....

"Think of it as evolution in action"

*BOOM* "YOU! OUT OF THE GENE POOL NOW!"
Posted by: Silentbrick || 10/13/2022 2:10 Comments || Top||

#3  Needed...Combined Arms...Infantry dismounts. Someone paying attention!
Posted by: magpie || 10/13/2022 2:21 Comments || Top||

#4  ....Darwinovitch nods...

Mike
Posted by: MikeKozlowski || 10/13/2022 8:52 Comments || Top||

#5  Conscriptavitch was not given mine training it seems.
Posted by: DarthVader || 10/13/2022 8:56 Comments || Top||

#6  Everyone else turned left. Always follow everyone else.....at a safe distance.
Posted by: Besoeker || 10/13/2022 9:26 Comments || Top||

#7  #5 that was mine training for Russian conscripts.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 10/13/2022 9:29 Comments || Top||

#8  that was mine training for Russian conscripts.

Some survived so they pass. :D
Posted by: DarthVader || 10/13/2022 9:50 Comments || Top||

#9  "...and then you proceed to Intersection Albuquerque."
Posted by: swksvolFF || 10/13/2022 18:55 Comments || Top||


FSB reveals X-ray of '23-ton bomb that blew up Crimea bridge' as eight men are arrested and accused of helping Ukrainian spies carry out attack
  • FSB has arrested eight people it accuses of carrying out Crimean bridge blast

  • Five Russians and three people from Ukraine and Armenia detained, agents said

  • Security service claims explosives were disguised as a load of plastic sheeting, shipped from Odesa to Bulgaria, then to Armenia and through Georgia to Russia

  • Russia says truck carrying explosives blew up on bridge around 6am October 8
Posted by: Skidmark || 10/13/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  FSB Fake.
Posted by: Snash Shairt9621 || 10/13/2022 0:05 Comments || Top||

#2  If the trailer had such an x-ray taken at the checkpoint, why didn't the guards check out what would seem to me suspicious?

X-ray done on film? Fotomat closed?
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 10/13/2022 7:54 Comments || Top||

#3  I've seen this movie before.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 10/13/2022 8:16 Comments || Top||


Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled 8 Russian attacks and hit 20 areas of concentration of enemy military equipment
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[LB] Ukrainian air defense units shot down 10 UAVs and four helicopters of the occupiers.

by Iryna Gamalii


The enemy is trying to hold the temporarily captured territories, concentrates its efforts on attempts to disrupt the active actions of the Defense Forces in certain directions.

This was announced on Facebook by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the evening of the 231st day of the heroic resistance of Ukrainians to the large-scale Russian invasion.

At the same time, the enemy is trying to conduct offensive actions in the Bakhmut and Avdiiv directions.

The occupiers are shelling the positions of our troops along the entire contact line, carrying out engineering defense equipment in certain directions and conducting aerial reconnaissance.

The enemy continues to violate the norms of international humanitarian law, the laws and customs of warfare, strikes critical infrastructure and residential areas. During the day, the occupiers launched 3 rocket and 4 air strikes, fired up to 10 rounds of anti-aircraft fire.

Objects and civilians of more than 10 settlements were hit by the enemy. Among them are Mali Shcherbaki, Ochakiv, Nikopol and Myrne. Infrastructural facilities in Zaporizhzhya and Mykolaiv regions were affected. For strikes, the enemy used cruise, aviation and anti-aircraft guided missiles. In addition, the occupiers continue to use Iranian-made Shahed-136 unmanned aerial vehicles. Ten of them were destroyed by the forces and means of air defense of the Defense Forces of Ukraine.

In the Volyn and Poliske directions , the situation remains without significant changes. A comprehensive inspection of the armed forces of the Republic of Belarus with training and combat tasks is underway. The threat of missile and airstrikes, as well as the use of the "Shahed-136" UAV from the territory of the Republic of Belarus, remains.

The enemy fired in other directions:

in the Seversky direction - from mortars and barrel artillery, in the areas of the settlements of Gai of Chernihiv region and Myropyllya, Stukalyvka, Seredyna Buda, Rozhkovichi and Pavlivka of Sumy region. The enemy also used strike UAVs;

in the Slobozhansk direction - from mortars, barrel and rocket artillery, in the areas of the settlements of Vovchansk, Strelecha and Uda. The UAV was used to adjust artillery fire;

in the Kramatorsk direction - from tanks, mortars, barrel and rocket artillery along the entire line of contact. In particular, in the areas of the settlements of Bilogorivka, Grekivka, Zarichne, Serebryanka, Spirne, Terny and Torske. The enemy mines bridge crossings;

in the Bakhmut direction , the enemy inflicted fire damage along the entire line of contact. In particular, in the areas of the settlements of Bakhmut, Soledar, Mayorsk, New York and Zalizne;

in the Avdiivsk direction - from tanks and artillery of various types, in the areas of Avdiivka, Vodyane, Nevelske, Pervomaiske, Oleksandropil, Novokalynove, Maryinka, Prechistivka, Zolota Niva and Tonenke settlements.

The enemy did not carry out offensive actions in the Novopavlovsk and Zaporizhzhya directions . More than 20 settlements were affected by fire. Among them are Novosilka, Zaliznychne, Biloghirya, Vremivka, Malynyvka, Neskuchne, Orihiv, Charivne and Olhivske.

More than 40 settlements along the entire contact line were shelled in the South Buz region. The enemy is trying to compensate for significant losses at the expense of new batches of mobilized citizens of the Russian Federation who have undergone accelerated training.

Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled enemy attacks in the areas of Novosadove, Bakhmutske, Ivangrad, Bakhmut, Soledar, Spirne, Mayorsk and Krasnohorivka.

Up to 500 mobilized servicemen from the 205th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 49th Combined Arms Army were deployed to the combat zone to replenish the enemy's losses in the temporarily captured territories. Characteristic signs of the so-called "young replenishment": protective equipment, Soviet-style helmets and AK-12 assault rifles, which have a very negative experience of use.

For reference: AK-12 was created by the concern "Kalashnikov" and presented to the general public in January 2012. It was fundamentally new, but implemented using the general scheme and technical solutions of the former AK. The experience of combat use during the battles in Ukraine turned out to be so negative that after a few weeks of real operation, it was proposed to actually de-modernize this type of weapon.

Training for 200 demobilized servicemen is ongoing at the base of the 3rd Guards Special Forces Brigade. In the brigade itself, after participating in the war against Ukraine, every second person wrote reports for dismissal or early termination of the contract.

Aviation of the Defense Forces made 27 strikes. More than 20 areas of concentration of weapons and military equipment, as well as 6 anti-aircraft missile systems of the enemy, were confirmed to have been damaged. In addition, our air defense units shot down 10 BpLA and 4 enemy helicopters.

Missile troops and artillery hit three control points, 10 areas of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment, and 4 ammunition depots. In addition, air defense and electronic defense positions and other military targets also fell into the zone of fire damage.

We will remind, during the invasion of Ukraine, Russia spent a significant part of its high-precision ammunition, at the same time, the Russian industry cannot produce weapons due to Western sanctions.

Posted by: badanov || 10/13/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:


Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: October 12th, 2022
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] 23:38 The US has updated the National Security Strategy . The main point in the document is containment of the danger from Russia, and among the priorities is effective competition with China.

23:31 Lithuania will provide Ukraine with winter clothing and equipment, as well as allocate funds for the purchase of armored vehicles, thermal imagers, drones and 120-mm mortars on the M113 platform for the Ukrainian Armed Forces next year, Defense Minister Arvydas Anusauskas said.

23:26 The UN General Assembly overwhelmingly condemned the "referenda" of the Russian Federation in the occupied territories of Ukraine. The resolution was supported by 143 of the 193 members of the UN General Assembly, five states (Russia, Belarus, Syria, North Korea and Nicaragua) voted against, the remaining 35 abstained.

23:23 Macron said that Ukraine will receive another batch of French military aid in the coming weeks - six Caesar howitzers and anti-aircraft missiles "to protect against missile strikes and drones."

22:50 Zelensky said in an evening video message that he took part in the second ministerial meeting of donor countries, the IMF and the World Bank, which help Ukraine maintain financial stability: "The key issue is covering our budget deficit and the rapid restoration of critical infrastructure, housing and social facilities that were destroyed or damaged by the strikes of the invaders. We are talking about significant amounts - tens of billions of dollars for the budget and Fast Recovery. But the potential of democratic countries is much greater than the current needs. Therefore, we are consolidating the support of partners for the sake of Ukraine. We are creating a "financial Ramstein" - a systemic tool to continually support our struggle for freedom."

As for today's meeting in the defense Ramstein format, the President called it "quite productive."

22:41 The international community should encourage the parties to the conflict in Ukraine to resume negotiations as soon as possible, said Deputy Permanent Representative of China to the UN at a meeting of the General Assembly. He also said that China would abstain from the voting of the special session of the UN General Assembly resolution on Ukraine.

22:26 The Ukrainian delegation at the Ramstein-6 meeting presented the arms control program, Reznikov said: "We presented to the Ramstein-6 participants the results of our efforts to ensure control over weapons received from international partners. The Logfas program, together with other tools, is already working ".

21:49 Air raids may last longer due to the use of Iranian kamikaze drones by Russia, Yuri Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said: “Why are the alarms so long? I will immediately explain this to residents of the western regions and others. Because the speed of the drone is low - 120 150 km per hour. And it flies for a long time and can correct the route. Thus, the alarm will be somewhat longer."

21:44 Tomorrow, PACE will vote on a resolution in which Russia's actions against Ukraine should be defined as terrorist for the first time, said the representative of Ukraine Yevgenia Kravchuk. Zelensky is also scheduled to speak online before the vote.

21:35 In the Zhytomyr region, the air defense forces worked on an unidentified aircraft, said the head of the IVA Vitaliy Bunechko.

21:11 A regular meeting in the Ramstein format was held in Brussels - the sixth in a row. Yermak called it historical. Read more about the decisions made in the material New weapons for Ukraine .

21:06 Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Novosadovo, Bakhmutskoye, Ivangrad, Bakhmut, Soledar, Disputed, Mayorsk and Krasnogorovka, the General Staff reports in the evening report . About 500 Russian mobilized servicemen left for the combat zone to replenish enemy losses in the occupied territories. Characteristic signs of the so-called "young replenishment" are protective equipment, Soviet-style helmets and AK-12 assault rifles, which have a very negative experience of use.

20:39 In the north of the Rivne region, air defense shot down a hostile target, said the head of the OVA Vitaliy Koval.

20:08 Zelensky signed a decree on the implementation of ten-year NSDC sanctions, in particular, against Kurchenko, Lebedev, Yanukovych and Deripaska.

20:04 In the UK, 10,000 Ukrainian soldiers have completed military training - now they are returning to Ukraine to go to the front, Visegrad24 reports. This is the second group of military personnel to complete their training in the UK.

19:58 The head of the Pentagon, Lloyd Austin, said that the new air defense systems will be provided to Ukraine as soon as they can be physically delivered. Also, according to him, the United States is seeking the West to jointly create an integrated air defense system in Ukraine and transfer missile systems of various ranges to Kyiv.

19:51 Yermak called today's Ramstein meeting historic for Ukraine, as decisions are being made to close the sky.

19:27 In the Kherson region, 75 settlements have already been liberated from Russian invaders, Yaroslav Yanushevich, the head of the Kherson OVA, said on the air of Suspіlny. According to him, in October alone, the Armed Forces of Ukraine returned 29 settlements under their control. At the same time, Yanushevich stressed that now it is necessary to maintain informational silence, but "to wait for good news every day."

19:24 If Russia uses nuclear weapons, it will "almost certainly entail a physical response" from Ukraine's allies or the entire NATO, Reuters writes, citing an official from the alliance. He stressed that any use of nuclear weapons by Russia would have "unprecedented consequences" for it. In his opinion, the Russian Federation uses nuclear threats to prevent countries from entering the war.

18:56 Estonia has closed ports for ships from the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping.

18:22 Since October 25, the Czech Republic has banned the entry of Russians with tourist Schengen visas into the country, Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky said.

18:15 IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi intends to meet with Zelensky again tomorrow after yesterday's talks with Putin, the agency said.

18:10 Shmyhal said that the minimum allowable temperature in apartments this winter would be 16 degrees, and the average - 18 degrees.

18:03 More than 120 bodies have already been exhumed in the de-occupied territories of the Donetsk region, of which 64 are civilian local residents. Among the dead civilians - 32 men, 29 women, the gender of three more people has not been established, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported.

17:42 Permanent representatives of the EU countries have agreed on the creation of a mission for training Ukrainian military in Europe, the final decision is expected on October 17. It is assumed that at the initial stage, 15,000 military personnel will be trained within the framework of the mission. The agreement provides for the establishment of headquarters and training centers in each host country of the mission. Poland and Germany have already announced their readiness to perform these functions.

17:38 The Russian military attacked the Vinnytsia region with two kamikaze drones, the air defense forces destroyed both attack drones, said the head of the OVA, Sergei Borzov.

17:33 An emergency session of the UN General Assembly on the situation in Ukraine has begun, the leaders of the countries criticize Russia's actions in Ukraine and call on the Russian Federation to stop the war.

17:30 Canada announced a new aid package to Ukraine for 47 million euros, which will include, in particular, 500,000 units of winter military clothing, artillery shells in the amount of $15.2 million, provision of satellite communications in the amount of $2 million.

17:24 The Ukrainian authorities were preparing for a possible shelling of important infrastructure facilities by Russia and were working out a plan of action for this case, Shmygal said: "The necessary backup equipment has been purchased, and now the State Emergency Service, if necessary, provides socially important facilities with mobile power plants in cities where there is still no electricity" . According to the prime minister, Ukraine has not requested emergency assistance from its European neighbors, there is no shortage of capacity, just repair work is underway.

At the same time, Shmyhal stressed that Ukrainians should be prepared for temporary power outages: "This is a military reality. Where necessary, in order to avoid overloading energy networks, the lights are turned off according to the schedule. We ask everyone to treat this situation with understanding."

17:13 The Netherlands will supply Ukraine with missiles for anti-missile and anti-missile defense worth 15 million euros, the Ministry of Defense of the country has requested.

17:07 Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation for Foreign Policy Yuri Ushakov said that, as expected, at a meeting in Astana, Erdogan will officially outline Ankara's ideas on Ukraine to Putin.

16:56 Russia has used up a significant part of its precision-guided munitions, Reuters reports citing a senior NATO official. He also recalled that the Russian military industry, due to sanctions, does not have the opportunity to recreate all types of ammunition or weapons systems.

16:31 The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine originally thanked France for the CAESAR self-propelled guns and asked to send more.

16:27 The German Ministry of Defense announced that in the next few weeks Ukraine will receive additional MARS II multiple launch rocket systems and PzH 2000 artillery mounts. The agency did not name the exact number.

16:25 Shmyhal once again appealed to the Ukrainians with a request to reduce electricity consumption in the evening. According to him, over the previous two evenings, the total savings amounted to 10%, and in order to avoid planned outages, it is necessary to achieve a conscious reduction in electricity consumption from 17:00 to 22:00 in Ukraine as a whole by 25%. The prime minister also urged businesses to join the conscious consumption and turn off outdoor illuminated electrical advertising and other energy-consuming devices during the specified period.

16:17 The Ukrainian military, with the help of weapons received from the West, changed the dynamics of the war, Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin said during the opening of the Ramstein-6 meeting: “Putin is trying to mobilize more forces and declare that the sovereign territories of Ukraine belong to Russia. He is attacking civilian targets and infrastructure in Ukrainian cities. He uses irresponsible threats and rhetoric."

16:08 The head of the Zaporozhye OVA, Oleksandr Starukh, said that the Defense Forces of the Zaporozhye Territory had created mobile and stationary units to combat kamikaze drones, so during their attack on public infrastructure, small arms and anti-aircraft installations could be fired - like outside the city, as well as within it. Residents are asked not to worry too much about the sounds of machine-gun fire and anti-aircraft guns.

15:36 Today, from 8:00, Ukraine consumes 6% more electricity than yesterday, so Ukrenergo was forced to apply consumer restrictions in Kiev and the Kiev region, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Zhytomyr, Kharkiv and Sumy regions, the company said. The main reason for the restrictions is the need to reduce the load on the main networks so that repairmen have time to repair equipment damaged by rocket attacks. The more consumption, the more restrictions there will be.

Ukrenergo asks Ukrainians to voluntarily reduce electricity consumption in the morning from 8:00 to 11:00 and in the evening from 17:00 to 23:00. The lowest level of electricity consumption is at night, so it is then that it is better to use heaters, washing machines, turn on boilers, dishwashers and other energy-consuming appliances. During the day, it is advisable not to turn on several powerful electrical appliances at the same time, and in the morning and especially in the evening, minimize the use of electricity.

15:27 The European Investment Bank transferred an additional 550 million euros to Ukraine to restore the energy infrastructure, Shmyhal said.

14:54 In Kiev, rescuers will cut locks from shelters if balance holders do not open them during an air raid, the Kyiv City State Administration said. Balance holders must provide the population with access to civil protection shelters around the clock in case of air threat signals.

14:29 Three IRIS-T air defense systems promised by Germany will be delivered to Ukraine next year, German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht said. She also confirmed that one IRIS-T has already been delivered to Ukraine.

14:17 Putin said that Russia is ready to supply energy resources to Europe, including the current autumn-winter, "the ball is on their side": "If they want, let them just open the tap and that's it." He also said that it is possible to repair the Nord Stream lines, but it will only make sense if they continue to operate and ensure safety. Putin called the Nord Stream explosions "an act of international terrorism."

13:52 Speaker of the Odesa OVA Sergey Bratchuk is convinced that there will be no second front from the side of the so-called Transnistria, and if the Russians decide on this, Ukraine will give a worthy rebuff.

13:38 Anti-aircraft missile units of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine this morning in 18 minutes (from 8:40 to 8:58) destroyed at least four enemy attack helicopters (probably Ka-52) that were providing fire support to the ground occupation forces in the southern direction. According to preliminary data, one helicopter fell on the territory liberated from the invaders, the rest - behind the front line. Combat work was carried out on two more helicopters, so it is likely that the number of confirmed downed helicopters will increase, the Air Force said.

13:31 The Russians brought Iranian instructors to the territory of the Kherson region and Crimea to launch the Shahed-136 kamikaze drones, the National Resistance Center under the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports. According to the Center, the Iranians are based in the settlements of Zhelezny Port, Gladovtsy in the Kherson region and in Dzhankoy. They teach Russians how to use drones and directly control the launch of UAVs at Ukrainian facilities in the rear - in particular, in Nikolaev and Odessa.

13:18 In Lviv, after the shelling, water and electricity supply has been completely restored, public transport also runs as usual, the city council said.

13:10 In Melitopol, the Russians, by coercion and deceit, collect the blood of local residents for the wounded occupiers. According to Mayor Ivan Fedorov, they are forcing collaborators - employees of the public sector and housing and communal services to donate blood without fail. In addition, every day, almost every pole posts announcements about the need to donate blood, supposedly for the needs of women in labor and cancer patients. However, given that refrigerators with the bodies of liquidated Russians and the wounded are constantly brought to Melitopol, it becomes clear which "sick" people need blood for, Fedorov stressed.

13:03 The Russians fired artillery from their territory on infrastructure facilities in the Sumy region. In Sumy and Shostka districts - an emergency power outage, said the head of the OVA Dmitry Zhivitsky.

12:57 In the morning, the Russians hit the energy infrastructure in the Kamensky district of the Dnipropetrovsk region - there is a strong fire and destruction, said the head of the OVA Valentin Reznichenko and urged residents of the region to save electricity wherever possible.

12:55 Stoltenberg said that military supplies to Ukraine will now focus on air defense systems. The Secretary General called on NATO countries to provide Ukraine with more such systems: "We need different types of air defense systems - short-range, long-range, air defense systems against ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, drones."

12:47 As a result of the morning shelling of Avdiivka, at least seven people were killed, eight were injured. The Russians struck at the central market, where at that time there were many people, said the head of the OVA, Pavel Kirilenko.

12:39 If Ukraine loses, Russia will dominate Europe and impose its values ​​on it, Podolyak said in an interview with Le Figaro. According to him, the only way to win the war unleashed by the Russian Federation is to stop being afraid of Russia and multiply Ukraine's tactical victories.

12:35 Peskov spoke about Putin's negotiations with the UAE President: they discussed Ukraine, the UAE plays an important role in the exchange of prisoners, President Al Nahyan informed Putin about the position of the Ukrainian side, Moscow expressed interest in continuing Abu Dhabi's mediation efforts.

12:24 "The head" of the occupied Zaporozhye region Yevgeny Balitsky said that a security zone around the ZNPP cannot be created until the front line is pushed back at least 100 km, "otherwise it is not safe."

12:20 In Ternopil, after recent shelling, emergency power outages began, Mayor Sergei Nadal said. According to him, the city is cut off from power plants and receives electricity from backup transformer substations. This is the reason for spontaneous outages that cannot be calculated according to the schedule.

12:17 Lavrov's statements that Moscow is ready for negotiations with the West are "postering," State Department spokesman Ned Price said. He recalled that Lavrov made this statement a few hours after Russia's massive missile strike on Ukraine: "Playgrounds and schools, apartment buildings, roads, bridges, thermal infrastructure were hit. When you evaluate these comments, you must take this context into account. And I think when you take that context into account, it tells you everything you need to know about the Russian position and Russia's posturing. We see it as posturing."

12:15 The enemy is using chemical hand grenades, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported. Thus, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye region, using electronic warfare, neutralized an enemy unmanned aerial vehicle that carried a K-51 tear gas grenade.

12:06 British intelligence believes that Russia is not capable of inflicting significant damage with Iranian Shahed-136 drones. The Russian Federation has been using Iranian UAVs since at least August. These drones are slow and fly at low altitudes, making them easy to spot. Despite a claimed range of 2,500 km, the Shahed-136 only carries small explosives.

It is unlikely that this drone is capable of satisfactorily performing the deep-strike function for which Russia was likely seeking to use it, analysts say. Since Russian aircraft have limited influence, the lack of an operational-level strike capability is probably one of the most significant gaps in Russia's capabilities in Ukraine.

11:54 The SBU exposed the metropolitan of one of the dioceses of the UOC-MP in the Vinnytsia region, who justified the aggression of the Russian Federation and incited sectarian strife among believers. The investigation found that even after the start of a full-scale invasion of Ukraine by the occupying forces, the clergyman supported the Kremlin's policy and approved of the actions of the Russian Federation. The Metropolitan on his own Internet resource posted publications containing calls for inciting interfaith hatred.

11:36 In the Luhansk region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are gradually moving forward, meanwhile the invaders are building a multi-layered defense line - they have mined the entire first section of the front line, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Gaidai. According to him, the Ukrainian military has already encountered the first wave of mobilized Russians - these are people of civilian professions, some served in the army. Gaidai also said that the Russians, under the guise of finding Ukrainian DRGs, are looking for their own deserters.

In the region, people leave the occupied cities for the countryside, where they occupy empty houses in order to spend the winter warm.

11:17 This morning, as a result of rocket attacks by Russian troops, the Dneprovskaya substation in the Dnipropetrovsk region was damaged. As a result, the ZNPP-Dneprovskaya 750 kV communication line was switched off in an emergency, and the Zaporizhzhya NPP turned out to be completely de-energized. The diesel generators were switched on automatically. Energoatom reported that it had prepared and sent another batch of diesel fuel to ZNPP, but as of 10:00 the Russian side did not let the convoy of the company's cars through.

10:43 Ukraine will receive 16 Zuzana self-propelled guns. According to the Federal Government of Germany, Germany, together with Denmark and Norway, will also provide Ukraine with 130 heating systems, 36 ambulances, 100,000 first aid kits, 405,000 dry rations and more.

10:39 DTEK reported that by order of Ukrenergo, due to a shortage of power, electricity supply to all three lines in Kiev and the region will be temporarily limited.

10:36 The FSB announced that it allegedly stopped the terrorist attacks with the Igla MANPADS, which were being prepared by Ukraine in the Moscow region, detained an "SBU agent" - a citizen of Ukraine born in 1972. According to "operational data", a man in a hiding place equipped in a car allegedly transported the Igla complex to Russia from Kyiv through Estonia in order to prepare terrorist attacks.

10:27 Russia is seizing ammunition and other materiel from Belarusian warehouse bases - this is incompatible with creating conditions for a large-scale Russian or Belarusian ground attack on Ukraine from Belarus, ISW analysts say. In their opinion, the movement of Belarusian equipment and supplies to the Crimea and the Rostov region indicate that Russian forces are less confident in the security of Russian land lines passing through the northern and western Lugansk region, given the Ukrainian counteroffensive.

10:12 Andrey Yusov, a representative of the press service of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, commented to Suspilny on the “accusations” of the FSB of blowing up the Crimean bridge: “All the activities of the FSB and the Investigative Committee are nonsense. These are fake structures that serve the Putin regime, so we definitely won’t comment on their next statements. It's amazing that no business card has yet been found in the area of ​​the Crimean bridge."

09:46 The mayor of Khmelnytsky Alexander Simchishin announced an emergency power outage for most consumers. Also, the water supply will be limited for an hour. Electric transport does not work. The head of the OVA, Sergei Gamaly, noted that an accident had occurred at energy facilities.

09:21 The FSB announced that it allegedly stopped the preparation by the Ukrainian special services of a "sabotage and terrorist act" at one of the transport and logistics terminals in Bryansk. A citizen of Ukraine, who allegedly arrived from Kyiv in transit through Estonia on the instructions of the SBU, was detained, an explosive device was seized.

09:15 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believes that Russia will not be able to wage war in Ukraine according to the Syrian scenario with carpet bombing, because it is not able to gain an advantage in the air. ISW notes that Russian air operations in Syria would be completely different if they were carried out in a more complex air defense environment, as is happening in Ukraine.

It is highly unlikely that Sergei Surovikin's role as commander of the occupying forces will entail a fundamental change in Russian air and missile operations in Ukraine as long as Western allies continue to supply air defense systems to Kyiv, analysts say.

The main goal of the massive shelling on October 10 in ISW ​​is an attempt to restore the public image of the Russian Defense Ministry. The attack was planned even before the appointment of Surovikin, and he could have been appointed precisely in order to revive the position of the Russian Defense Ministry after failures at the front.

09:11 The Bulgarian government said they rule out the possibility that a truck visited Bulgaria, which probably exploded on the Kerch bridge. The country's intelligence service conducted its own investigation, as a result of which the government stated that "in no case will it allow the name of the country to be associated with any involvement" in the explosion.

09:07 In the morning over Nikolayevshchina by forces and means of air defense of air command of Pivden nine enemy kamikaze drones Shahed-136 are shot down.

08:58 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of enemy shelling, six civilians were killed - four in Liman and two in Terny. Another person was injured, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.

08:55 During the night, the enemy shelled the Nikopol region seven times from Gradov and heavy artillery. In Nikopol, one of 100 shells hit a private house directly - three people were seriously injured, including a six-year-old child, said the head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko.

08:51 The FSB, together with the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, "established" that the organizer of the terrorist attack on the Crimean bridge was allegedly "the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, its head Kirill Budanov, employees and agents." According to the Russian investigation, the explosive device was camouflaged in rolls with polyethylene film on 22 pallets with a total weight of over 22 tons, and was sent from the port of Odessa to Bulgarian Ruse in early August. Citizens of Ukraine, Georgia and one citizen of Armenia were involved in the shipment of the cargo.

As part of the criminal case on the explosion on the Crimean bridge, five citizens of Russia, three citizens of Ukraine and Armenia were detained. Control over the movement of cargo, which was blown up on the Crimean bridge, was carried out along the entire route by an employee of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, who introduced himself to the participants in the scheme as "Ivan Ivanovich". For coordination, he used a virtual anonymous number purchased on the Internet, the FSB said.

08:35 Russian media write that in Melitopol, at the main entrance to the Riga market, an explosive device with striking elements went off, no one was injured.

08:02 Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces repelled the attacks of the invaders in the areas of the settlements of Nikolaevka, Soledar, Bakhmutskoye, Bakhmut, Mayorsk, Pervomayskoye and Krasnogorovka, the General Staff said in the morning report .

07:56 The Russians fired seven S-300 missiles at Zaporozhye and its suburbs at night. Two rockets hit one of the districts of the regional center, there were no serious damage. Five more rockets flew into the suburbs: three of them caused destruction in one of the villages close to Zaporozhye - a residential building was partially destroyed, rescuers got three people out of the rubble, there were no victims. Two more rockets landed in a field near another village, OVA head Oleksandr Starukh said.

05:50 The Armed Forces of Ukraine have consolidated their success in the liberation of Novovasylivka, Novohryhorivka, Novaya Kamenka, Trifonovka and Krasnoy in the Beryslavsky district of the Kherson region. Social and critical infrastructure is being restored there, OK Pivden reported.

04:34 Biden said that Putin "completely miscalculated" when he decided to invade Ukraine. He also stressed that he sees no point in meeting with Putin and will not negotiate with Russia to keep any part of Ukraine under its control. According to Biden, Putin is unlikely to use nuclear weapons.

02:57 The transfer of air defense systems by the West marked the beginning of a new era of air defense for Ukraine, Reznikov said: "A new era of air defense has begun in Ukraine. IRIS-T from Germany is already here. American NASAMS are approaching. This is just the beginning. And we need more." According to the minister, the moral duty of official Kyiv and the Armed Forces of Ukraine is to close the sky over Ukraine "in order to save our people."

00:40 In the UK, they believe that the forces of the Russian army are depleted, and the recent mobilization shows signs of desperation. According to the British intelligence services, the Russian command understands the deplorable state of their military machine, and the Russians are beginning to realize that Putin's decision to invade Ukraine was a mistake. More details - in the material The Russian Army is exhausted .

00:02 Four additional HIMARS systems have arrived in Ukraine, Reznikov said. According to him, this is "great news" on the eve of the Ramstein-6 meeting, in which he will take part on October 12.

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#1  Russia is attacking Nikopol city with incendiary munitions tonight.
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#2  Russians say it's sauce for the gander.
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#3  more fun and games with Ukraine’s Totenkopf-brandishing Nazi sympathizer—- from The GrayZone this morning:

Zelensky quietly deletes photo of his bodyguard’s pro-Hitler patch
ALEXANDER RUBINSTEIN
SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

The Ukrainian President published a photograph on his social media channels showing one of his security escorts bearing a patch referencing the personal bodyguard unit of Adolf Hitler.

Oy. YJCMTSU.

On September 13, Ukrainian President Vlodymyr Zelensky made a surprise trip to the city of Izyum in the Kharkov Region for a photo op following his military’s recapture of the town from Russian forces. During the visit, a soldier who appeared to be guarding
Zelensky was photographed wearing a Nazi-inspired patch on his uniform.

When the image drew criticism on social media, the Ukrainian president’s official Telegram and Facebook accounts quietly deleted it.
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#4  didn't see it mentioned above but there are reports that Iran has tech advisors on the ground in Russian controlled Ukraine

these tech advisors are training Russians how to best use the Iran manufactured UAVs that Russia has bought.
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#5  ^ Good. Kill them.
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Russian Perspective: Operation to Denazify Ukraine: Operational Brief October 12th (updated)
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Kindly note that several entries in this article were removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.

[NewsFrontInfo] 23:19 About 30 percent of Ukraine's energy infrastructure has been hit over the past two days, some cities are completely without electricity - the Ukrainian authorities.

22:52 Air defense forces of the Russian Federation daily work on enemy targets in the sky over the Zaporozhye region, Ukrainian militants have increased the intensity of shelling - an air defense officer.

22:21 The RF Armed Forces repulsed the attack of three Ukrainian companies on the village of Kislovka in the Kupyansk direction, the militants initially managed to penetrate the defenses, but later they were thrown back - the Russian Defense Ministry.

20:11 An air raid alert has been announced in Kyiv - the authorities.

19:08 Air defense systems are working on targets in the Cherkasy region. Fifteen minutes earlier, Ukrainian sources reported that a drone had flown south through the Chernihiv region.

19:07 The sounds of explosions were heard in the Vinnitsa region in Ukraine, an air raid alert was declared in the region - media.

17:53 An air raid alert has been declared in the Vinnytsia region, the sounds of explosions are heard, Ukrainian media report.

17:32 There are serious problems with the energy system in Kharkiv. According to Country V, due to rolling blackouts, the metro has stopped in the city, there is no electricity in entire areas.

"The work of the subway and electric transport has been disrupted, the light is cut off in some areas of the city," a channel source said.

According to him, a similar situation is observed in many large cities of Ukraine.

17:10 Ukrenergo called on Ukrainians to save electricity not only in the evening, but also during the day. Since 0800 hrs, Ukraine has consumed 6 percent more energy than yesterday, so restrictions have been introduced for consumers in some areas. Savings are encouraged in the morning - from 8:00 to 11:00, in the evening - from 17:00 to 23:00.

17:00 Ukraine must reduce energy consumption by 25 percent, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said. This is necessary so that there is no need for rolling blackouts. Just imagine, a quarter of the country needs to be cut off from the power supply. And this is just the beginning. I am very sorry that ordinary Ukrainians have to go through this. But this power must be demolished either by them or by us.

15:40 100th Brigade of the DPR leads active actions to break into the defense of the Ukrainians in the Avdievka direction of the front. Fire to defeat the enemy is carried out from all available guns.

15:32 Armed Forces of Ukraine threw troops into the attack near Kupyansk, Liman, in the Kherson region and Zaporozhye:

In the Kupyansk direction, the main efforts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the day were focused on taking the settlement.

Kislovka, which was attacked by the forces of three Ukrainian company tactical groups and foreign mercenaries simultaneously from three directions. The enemy managed to penetrate the defenses and reach the western outskirts of the settlement.

With the active actions of our troops and the concentrated fire of Russian artillery, Ukrainian units were driven out of the outskirts of Kislovka, dispersed and thrown back to their original positions. The position of the Russian units along the front line has been completely restored.

In addition, the enemy made unsuccessful attempts to attack with forces of up to three companies in the directions of the settlement. Tabaevka, Orlyanka of the Kharkov region and Kuzemovka of the Luhansk People's Republic. All attacks by Russian troops were successfully repelled.

The total losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and mercenaries per day in this direction amounted to more than 100 militants, four tanks, three infantry fighting vehicles and three Turkish Kirpi armored personnel carriers.

In the Krasnolimansky direction, new enemy attempts to force the Zherebets River in the areas of the settlement were thwarted.

Raigorodka, Karmazinovka, Rozovka, Makeevka and Novolyubovka of the Luhansk People's Republic. three infantry fighting vehicles, two armored vehicles and about 60 Ukrainian servicemen were destroyed.

In the Zaporozhye direction, near the settlement of Novodarovka, the RF Armed Forces repulsed an attempt to attack the Armed Forces of Ukraine with forces up to a platoon with the support of armored vehicles. Seven militants and an armored car were destroyed.

In the Krivoy Rog direction, the enemy attacked with forces of up to two battalions of the settlement. Novovoskresenskoe, Velyka Aleksandrovka and Sukhanovo Kherson region. Russian units successfully repelled all attacks. One tank, 16 armored fighting vehicles, four vehicles and more than 70 militants were destroyed.

In the Andreevsky direction, fire damage was inflicted on the advanced units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to attack in the direction of the settlements of Kostromka and Ishchenko, Kherson region. Two tanks, three armored vehicles, five technicals and more than 90 militants were destroyed.

In addition, four crossings of the Armed Forces of Ukraine across the Ingulets River, discovered by intelligence, were destroyed by preemptive fire damage and the transfer of reserves of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to the combat area was disrupted.

14:33 Strikes were made on the energy infrastructure in the Sumy and Shostka districts of the Sumy region. Also, the head of the Dnipropetrovsk region of Ukraine announced a new explosion on the energy infrastructure in the Kamyansky district.

13:33 Something is clearly wrong with the Kyiv hydroelectric power station - some areas of Kyiv adjacent to it have already been flooded. The SBU banned the publication of any data on the arrivals of Russian cruise missiles. It is quite possible that the hydroelectric power station itself or the dam could be damaged.

13:07 The authorities of the Sumy region of Ukraine report arrivals at infrastructure facilities, in a number of areas there was an emergency power outage.

13:05 On the eve of winter, the authorities of Lviv are stocking up on "bourgeois stoves" for the population against the backdrop of strikes on the energy infrastructure, writes Politico.

12:31 The regional state administration of Dnepropetrovsk confirmed new arrivals at energy infrastructure facilities in the Kamensky district of the Dnepropetrovsk region. One of the substations was seriously damaged.

12:11 A source in the OP said that the US Embassy in Ukraine demanded that Zelensky stop his rash actions on the territory of Russia.

Brigitte Brink conveyed to Yermak claims from the State Department regarding the explosions on the Crimean bridge and the murder of Dugina, all the initiative of the Office of the President greatly irritates the White House and takes the conflict with Russia to a new level, which is difficult to predict.

11:05 Insider Ukrainian TG channels again report a large-scale alarm on the territory of Ukraine.

10:18 Air raid alert sounds in central and southern Ukraine, including in Odessa, Ukrainian media report.

09:16 An explosion followed by a fire sounded in Volnogorsk, Dnepropetrovsk region. Presumably, the UAV worked.

09:11 Explosions are reported in Kyiv.

08:44 A Shahed-136 kamikaze UAV has been spotted over Krivoy Rog.

08:21 Explosions are heard in the Nikolaev region, Ukrainian media report. An air alert has been declared in the region. As of 06:35 (coincides with Moscow time), an air raid alert has been announced in eight regions of Ukraine.

08:15 Ministry of Defense demonstrates how Su-25 attack aircraft launch missile attacks on military facilities and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the special operation zone.

08:05 A third of Ukraine's energy infrastructure has been hit over the past two days, said Minister of Energy Galushchenko

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#1  Tulsi, Trump and Musk are riding a wave. Both the right and the left have turned against the idiot warmongers in DC.

Chief Idiot Alexandra Occasional-Cortex gets roasted at a town hall meeting:

Citizen Free Press
@CitizenFreePres

AOC humiliated at a Town Hall:

"You ran as an outsider yet you voted to start this war in Ukraine. You're voting to start a nuclear war with Russia and China!”
Posted by: Chaim || 10/13/2022 10:27 Comments || Top||

#2  Can you Russian agents come up with better pr? Russia started the war, everyone knows it, Ukraine is winning the war, everyone knows it.
If Putin doesn't pull something besides paying Russians like you and Badonov to make preposterous stories up, he's gonna have 0 soldiers left in Ukraine.

Kherson's puppet governor is ready for an evacuation, problem is, Ukraine screwed up all the bridges in the region so there is no evacuation possible. Thanks to the USA.

I guess messing with Badanov's "BULL" ain't that big of a deal cause Russia is so corrupt it's government has raped the nation, you people are born slaves and love being slaves and your Army sucks like your bag of vomit nation sucks:

https://twitter.com/Flash_news_ua/status/1580532883546329093
Posted by: Omineling Forkbeard1962 || 10/13/2022 10:59 Comments || Top||

#3  Maybe there is hope for Russia? Maybe some don't prefer slavery after all, unlike Badanov and his friends here:

https://twitter.com/WarMonitor3/status/1580495444152504320
Posted by: Omineling Forkbeard1962 || 10/13/2022 11:00 Comments || Top||

#4  Go away, you manic-obsessive buffoon
Posted by: Chaim || 10/13/2022 11:07 Comments || Top||

#5  Trump, Musk, Tulsi and the rest of the America First party will soon be joined by the left in opposing this pointless war that’s none of our business
Posted by: Chaim || 10/13/2022 11:07 Comments || Top||

#6  Dumbasses in Russia bombed their own people, this time accidentally. Putin had the FSB blow up civilians in apartments to gin up war fever on Chechnya in the 1990s on purpose:

https://twitter.com/Podolyak_M/status/1580513158027890688
Posted by: Omineling Forkbeard1962 || 10/13/2022 11:09 Comments || Top||

#7  Chaim,

I am obsessive for freedom and Ukraine will have it, you Russians can remain robotic slaves, why not leave everyone else alone? That way you can enjoy slavery without having to die to protect it?

Looks like your Army is running out of stuff, US stuff is so superior to the trash you people make isn't it?

https://twitter.com/WarMonitor3/status/1580563217503653889

https://twitter.com/WarMonitor3/status/1580563217503653889
Posted by: Omineling Forkbeard1962 || 10/13/2022 11:12 Comments || Top||

#8  wHatS thE fREquEncY KENnEtH???
Posted by: Chaim || 10/13/2022 11:15 Comments || Top||

#9  Here Chaim, your own propaganda staff in Moscow is becoming upset with the incompetence of Putin's Army.

I can't read this trash language, but, you can, you and Badanov your war mongering preacher:

https://t.me/akashevarova/5654
Posted by: Omineling Forkbeard1962 || 10/13/2022 11:18 Comments || Top||

#10  Silly. I am a preach mongering warrior.

When you find the FREQUENCY, Kenneth, do let us know.

The innernet’s on the fritz, the kettle’s on the boil and we’re so easily called away
Posted by: Chaim || 10/13/2022 11:21 Comments || Top||

#11  Look at the generosity of the Russian taxpayers, funding Ukraine's war for NATO membership. Ukraine also has more operable MBTs now than when Russia invaded Ukraine, thanks to Russian incompetence.

Chaim, why are you and Badanov not in the Russian Army? Are you cowards?
Check out the latest below, it's a HOLY WAR isn't it, Chaim? Why are you guys so obsessed with gay people? Most of you are atheists, so what gives here?

https://twitter.com/PaulJawin/status/1580445418525454336
https://twitter.com/PaulJawin/status/1580445418525454336
Posted by: Omineling Forkbeard1962 || 10/13/2022 11:32 Comments || Top||

#12  You guys are struggling to get trucks over the Kerch bridge aren't you, Chaim? Can't you people do anything good? Is exporting your slave mentality/rape/murder mentality all you Russians can do anymore?

Used to you guys could make good music as well as being slaves.
https://twitter.com/BenDoBrown/status/1580385992791334912/photo/1
Posted by: Omineling Forkbeard1962 || 10/13/2022 11:38 Comments || Top||

#13  Chaim,

Maybe you and Badanov should volunteer to teach your embarrassing Army how to train folks safely?

Watch closely, Chaim!

https://twitter.com/olex_scherba/status/1580551789509689344
Posted by: Omineling Forkbeard1962 || 10/13/2022 11:44 Comments || Top||

#14  If there needs to be a holy war, it needs to be on Russia from all humanity. Russia's culture is about what Canaanite culture was in 2000 BC:

https://twitter.com/StarskyUA/status/1580456280455778304
Posted by: Omineling Forkbeard1962 || 10/13/2022 11:57 Comments || Top||

#15 
Posted by: Omineling Forkbeard1962 || 10/13/2022 12:00 Comments || Top||

#16  Get a room
Posted by: Frank G || 10/13/2022 12:07 Comments || Top||

#17  Hello Chaim, isn't this what your nukes might do? I mean, you Russians allowed all the oligarchs to steal Russia's assets, so your military stuff has not been properly maintained at all:

https://twitter.com/AlexKokcharov/status/1580515682412027904
Posted by: Omineling Forkbeard1962 || 10/13/2022 12:10 Comments || Top||

#18  Bot-Wars! Two bots enter, one bot leaves then they just go on and on until everyone is bored.

Be insightful, be funny, or go home. (Bonus points if you can make it rhyme)
Posted by: SteveS || 10/13/2022 12:14 Comments || Top||

#19  More innocent civilians murdered by Russian troopers. All this is gonna come back on Russia's head and the people that support it are gonna regret it:

https://twitter.com/MFA_Ukraine/status/1580508823122763777
Posted by: Omineling Forkbeard1962 || 10/13/2022 12:16 Comments || Top||

#20  More innocent civilians murdered by Russian troopers. All this is gonna come back on Russia's head and the people that support it are gonna regret it:

https://twitter.com/MFA_Ukraine/status/1580508823122763777


Most of those casualties were caused by Ukrainian SAMs.
Posted by: badanov || 10/13/2022 12:28 Comments || Top||

#21  Look at these ridiculous Russians:

https://twitter.com/Flash_news_ua/status/1580515057338720258
Posted by: Omineling Forkbeard1962 || 10/13/2022 12:51 Comments || Top||

#22  You don't even believe your own lies, FSB boy. No one else will. I bet Ukraine just flattened Mariupol and other cities, too, right?

Did your ignorant, embarrassing Army do this yourselves or is this another success story of the Ukraine Army?

https://twitter.com/markito0171/status/1580594842815823877
Posted by: Omineling Forkbeard1962 || 10/13/2022 12:57 Comments || Top||

#23  Here's what Chaim and his FSB pal Badanov wish they could achieve. Make Hitler blush:

https://twitter.com/JuliaDavisNews/status/1579820810751324160
Posted by: Omineling Forkbeard1962 || 10/13/2022 13:17 Comments || Top||

#24  #22 You don't even believe your own lies, FSB boy. No one else will. I bet Ukraine just flattened Mariupol and other cities, too, right?

Did your ignorant, embarrassing Army do this yourselves or is this another success story of the Ukraine Army?

https://twitter.com/markito0171/status/1580594842815823877


Russians say that if those Russian cruise missiles did hit those victims, they would have been a red mist.

They don't say the missiles hit. They did. They are saying that Ukrainian SAMs ere launched against those missiles and either missed and hit a target that stood in the way, or the missiles went stupid and self destructed.

Posted by: badanov || 10/13/2022 13:21 Comments || Top||

#25  #23 Here's what Chaim and his FSB pal Badanov wish they could achieve. Make Hitler blush:

https://twitter.com/JuliaDavisNews/status/1579820810751324160


Gubarev is an even bigger political clown than Zhirinosky, if that is even possible.

Posted by: badanov || 10/13/2022 13:23 Comments || Top||

#26  This thread is like listening to a dumbass man and his dumbass wife who can't seem to get along so they insist on telling friends, family and neighbors all about it. So tedious.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 10/13/2022 13:24 Comments || Top||

#27  I don't know what they need - marriage counselors or divorce lawyers or what. It's just too damn bad they got Joe Biden instead.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 10/13/2022 13:35 Comments || Top||

#28  What we need is Ukraine wins and Russia loses and is broken into small parts. You guys need it, too. It's unhealthy not caring when mass rape and murder happens, kinda like you guys have ISIS mentality. I suppose you're "Republicans"?

https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1580464116258377728
Posted by: Omineling Forkbeard1962 || 10/13/2022 14:56 Comments || Top||

#29  Russia loses and is broken into small parts

Well this is its last century anyway. Right now the ethnic Russians are 87% of the population. With their demographic decline, by the end of the century they will only make up some 55%. And that is before the war and the loss of a chunk of their breeding population. You can't dominate the minorities when you are becoming the minority.
Posted by: DarthVader || 10/13/2022 15:05 Comments || Top||

#30  Tick tock.

Trump pushes for Russia-Ukraine talks, complicating GOP politics

BY BRETT SAMUELS 10/11/22 06:00 AM ET

Former President Trump has emerged as the most prominent advocate in the United States of negotiations between Ukraine and Russia to broker a cease-fire as hostilities between the two sides ratcheted up over the weekenD

Posted by: Billy B || 10/13/2022 21:16 Comments || Top||


Perspective from the Breakaway Republics: Invasion of Ukraine: October 12th, 2022
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
[NewsFrontInfo] 23:29 Russian units are evacuating residents of the areas under their control of Artemovsk (the Ukrainian name is Bakhmut), Soledar and a number of liberated villages in this region of the LPR.

22:38 The Russian military has equipped the defense lines in the Zaporozhye region, they are ready to go on the offensive - fighters from the Russian Federation.

22:07 The Armed Forces of Ukraine have recently stepped up shelling of the city of Yasinovataya in the DPR, destroying social infrastructure and preventing restoration work, said the head of the city administration Dmitry Shevchenko.

19:40 Unfortunately, as a result of the shelling of the Gorlovka village of the Russian Territory by Ukrainian neo-Nazis, two civilians died - Ch.S.V., born in 1982. and G. Ya. I., born in 1988, one resident of the village, born in 1975. wounded - Prikhodko.

19:37 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Kurdyumovka - n.p. Zaitsevo: four rounds of 122mm caliber were fired.

19:20 Shelling from the side of the VFU was recorded in the following directions:

-- n.p. Dyleevka - n.p. Gorlovka (Kalininskiy district): eight rounds of 152mm caliber were fired;
-- n.p. Dzerzhinsk - n.p. Golmovsky: fired five rounds with a caliber of 152mm.

19:01 Prikhodko: As a result of the shelling of the village of Russky Krai (Kalinin district of Gorlovka), a direct hit of an enemy shell on the house at the address: st. Gudkov 13, preliminary, 2 victims. We clarify the information.

18:01 The Armed Forces of Ukraine fired two Tornado M rockets at the city of Debaltseve. The nursing home was damaged.

17:35 Shelling from the side of the VFU was recorded in the following directions:

-- n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Kirovskiy district): three rounds of 155mm caliber were fired;
-- n.p. Novgorodskoye - n.p. Wide Beam: fired five rounds of 152mm caliber.

17:15 Ukrainian militants attacked the Proletarian district of Donetsk, on the street. Janvarskaya wounded a woman.

17:02 Again, air defense is working over Donetsk.

15:24 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Orlovka - n.p. Makeevka (Chervonogvardeisky district): three rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.

15:05 AFU fired at the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, on the street. Severodvinskaya wounded a man. Also, the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked the Chervonogvardeisky district of Makeevka, on the street. Avdeevskaya wounded a woman.

14:50 In the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, a man was wounded as a result of the shelling of the VFU, in the Chervonogvardeysky district of Makeevka, a woman was injured - the Headquarters of the Terodefense.

14:40 An assassination attempt was made on the deputy head of the administration of Belozerka, Kherson region, Koshelev.

13:23 Near Artemivsk, a militant of the 93rd Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Dmytro Shtanko, the author of the scandalous "tapes of Yermak" with the conversations of the brother of the head of the President's Office Denis Yermak, who "sold" positions, was sent to Bandera. Shtanko was detained by the SBU on suspicion of fraud and incitement to a bribe.

On October 5, Shtanko, as part of a group of Nazis, tried to launch a counterattack, came under mortar fire and was killed. A group of 20 people was swept away, the counterattack did not work.

12:49 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC on October 12, additional information was received about damage as a result of shelling of the Ukrainian cities of the Republic:

Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district):
- st. Spartaka, 60 - a private residential building;
- st. Latvian, 32/1, 32/2 - private residential buildings;
- st. Coal, 26, 27 "a", 28 - private residential buildings.
Also damaged shop "Magazinchik".

n.p. Red Partizan:
Without gas supply 324 subscribers.

12:09 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Netaylovo - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): three rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.

11:34 Fire was detected from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Avdiivka - n.p. Yasinovataya: three rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.

11:21 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Netaylovo - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): three rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.

11:07 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Kurdyumovka - n.p. Zaitsevo: five rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.

10:50 Fire was detected from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Orlovka - Donetsk (Kyiv region): three rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.

10:29 Ukraine cut off the supply of electricity for the needs of the Zaporozhye NPP

The head of the Energodar administration Alexander Volga said that the station had switched back to reserve generation sources in order to ensure all the processes that are going on at the Zaporozhye NPP itself.

10:04 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for October 12, information was received about damage as a result of shelling of the VFU of the cities of the Republic:

n.p. Gorlovka:

Nikitovsky district:

De-energized Golmovsky village.

Panteleimonovka village:

- as a result of shelling on the street. Mayakovsky scattered PFM "Petal".

#petals, #interactive_map

09:38 In Ukraine, the US military Dane "Bird" Partridge from Idaho was eliminated. He arrived in Ukraine on April 27 and flew home on October 3 in a body bag. In the Donbass, he fought in Severodonetsk, but a week ago he received a serious head injury from shrapnel, he was put into a coma, but his brain died.

09:33 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Orlovka - Donetsk (Kyiv region): eight rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.

09:14 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Dyleevka - n.p. Gorlovka (Kalinin district): five rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.

09:04 AFU scattered banned PFM-1 in Panteleymonovka. Mines "Petal" found on the street. Mayakovsky.

08:41 As a result of the shelling of the settlement. Artemovsk with the use of the American MLRS M142 HIMARS (1 missile) killed a man born in 1955, and also destroyed a residential building - the Representative Office of the Luhansk People's Republic in the JCCC.

08:38 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Orlovka - Donetsk (Kyiv region): three rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.

08:17 According to the JCCC, there was shelling of the Kirovsky district. From n. n. Krasnogorovka, three rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired.

08:03 Five explosions thundered in Kherson, according to preliminary data, the air defense system went off - the media.

08:00 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Orlovka - Donetsk (Kyiv district): three rounds fired with a caliber of 155mm.

Posted by: badanov || 10/13/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:


Moment Putin gives his coat to ruler of Abu Dhabi to help him keep warm in chilly St Petersburg... while he tries to freeze millions across Europe
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Add little DMSO with a little ricin
  • Gave the Italian coat to Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed al Nahyan in St Petersburg

  • Sheikh from fourth wealthiest family on planet with estimated £27billion fortune

  • Comes as Putin is accused of using missiles to hit power supplies in Ukraine

  • His war in Ukraine is also pushing up energy bills across the continent
Posted by: Skidmark || 10/13/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats

#1  If the Euros are cold this winter, its a self inflicted wound.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 10/13/2022 18:31 Comments || Top||

#2  We (Obama III regime) helped. The US would be producing 2-3 million more barrels/day + 800,000 barrels from KeyStone pipeline. Then it would not matter what OPEC+ did to manipulate the oil market.

In addition the US would have more natural gas export terminals tbut the Biden regime shut down permits for their construction or conversion. The US has already committed to Europe to replace the equivalent of Germany's entire natural gas consumption (from all sources).
Posted by: Snash Shairt9621 || 10/13/2022 20:55 Comments || Top||

#3  from all sources = from Russia.
Did the initial conversion wrong.
Posted by: Snash Shairt9621 || 10/13/2022 20:59 Comments || Top||


News of Ukrainian terrorism
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin.

[ColonelCassad] FSB on the organizers of the terrorist attack on the Crimean bridge.

Theses from the FSB statement about the terrorist attack on the Crimean bridge:

▪️ the organizer was the main intelligence department of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, its head Kirill Budanov, employees and agents

▪️ the bomb was camouflaged in rolls with construction polyethylene film on 22 pallets with a total weight of 22 ,77 tons and in early August was shipped from the port of Odessa to the Bulgarian Ruse under contract No. 02/08/2022 between Translogistic UA LLC (Kiev) and Baltex Capital SA (Ruse)

▪️ Citizens of Ukraine Mikhail Vladimirovich Tsyurkalo (born in 1975), Denis Olegovich Kovach (1979) and Roman Ivanovich Solomko (1971).

Citizens of Georgia Sandro Inosaridze and a broker named Levan and a citizen of Armenia, Artur Terchanyan (1985)

▪️ from September 29 to October 3 in Yerevan at the Transalliance terminal, the cargo was cleared according to the rules of the EAEU, the documents were replaced, after which it was already sent by GU AR G GROUP LLC "(Armenia, city of Alaverdi), and the recipient is Lider LLC (Moscow)

▪️ on a DAF truck registered in Georgia, on October 4, the cargo crossed the Russian-Georgian border through Upper Lars and October 6 was delivered and unloaded at the wholesale base of Armavir in the Krasnodar Territory.

▪️ On October 7, with the assistance of Solomko, a citizen of Ukraine Vladimir Vasilievich Zlob (1987) and five other established citizens of Russia, the documents for the cargo were again changed, the sender was indicated LLC "TEK-34" (Ulyanovsk), and the recipient was a non-existent company in the Crimea.

▪️ Then, on the same day, the pallets were loaded into the truck of Russian citizen Makhir Yusubov (1971), who left for Simferopol, and on October 8 at 06.03, when following the Crimean bridge, an explosion was carried out.

▪️ Control over the movement of cargo along the entire route and contacts with participants in the criminal scheme was carried out by an employee of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, introducing himself as Ivan Ivanovich, who used for coordination both a virtual anonymous number bought on the Internet and registered to a citizen of Ukraine Sergey Vladimirovich Andreichenko (1988) from Kremenchug.

▪️ Five citizens of Russia, three citizens of Ukraine and Armenia who participated in the preparation of the crime were detained

▪️ Investigation is ongoing, all organizers and accomplices, including foreigners, will be held accountable in accordance with Russian law

https://t.me/boris_rozhin/66912 - zinc
https://t.me/boris_rozhin/66921 - photos of the sacramental

* * *

A Ukrainian terrorist with MANPADS was detained by the FSB; preparation by special services of Ukraine of sabotage and terrorist acts using high-precision weapons in the Moscow region was stopped.

In the course of the complex of operational-search measures, a citizen of Ukraine, born in 1972, was detained, who, on the instructions of the SBU, in a cache equipped in a car, delivered to Russia from Kyiv in transit through the territory of Estonia portable anti-aircraft missile systems "Igla" to prepare terrorist acts, and also picked up their place confidential storage.

The defendant has repented of his deed and is cooperating with the investigation. Two Igla MANPADS and means of communication confirming his criminal actions and contacts with SBU officers were confiscated from him.

https://t.me/boris_rozhin/66917 (video)

Plus, the detention of a Ukrainian terrorist who was preparing a terrorist attack at the terminal in Bryansk.

Video https://t.me/boris_rozhin/66919

PS. The SBU and the GUR MOU should be recognized as terrorist organizations.

Posted by: badanov || 10/13/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under:

#1  When one begins with an obvious fake vehicle X-ray then proceeds to an obvious fake Photoshop of a Ukrainian passport (w/ fake blood stains), then you might be an FSB dimwit.
Posted by: Snash Shairt9621 || 10/13/2022 0:10 Comments || Top||



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