[National Pulse] Anti-Russia warmonger and recent Biden-Harris official Victoria Nuland has admitted that Ukraine and Russia were approaching a peace deal in 2022 but that the United States blocked the deal, claiming it was unfair to Ukraine.
Nuland was questioned about claims first reported by Raheem Kassam, Editor-in-Chief of The National Pulse, suggesting that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson had encouraged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to reject a potential peace deal with Moscow in 2022.
This was later confirmed by Russian President Vladimir Putin during an interview with Tucker Carlson earlier this year.
Nuland explained that foreign leaders involved in the negotiations believed the parties were close to reaching an agreement. However, the terms of the proposed deal, especially those regarding military constraints on Ukraine but not on Russia, were an issue for Western powers.
"Putin’s main condition was buried in an annex," she said, referring to restrictions on Ukraine’s future military capabilities while similar limits were not imposed on the Russian military.
She admitted, "People inside Ukraine and people outside Ukraine started asking questions about whether this was a good deal, and it was at that point that it fell apart."
"Russia wasn’t required to pull back... wasn’t required to have the same constraints on its military facing Ukraine," she stated.
The peace deal aimed to establish Ukraine as a permanently neutral and non-nuclear state that would not join military alliances like NATO or host foreign military bases.
Nuland’s admissions highlight that Western powers were concerned with ensuring Russia remained weakened, even at the expense of immediate peace.
Since 2022 attempted peace negotiations, estimates claim as many as hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian and Russian troops have been killed in the conflict.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 21:38 Iran's Foreign Ministry has summoned the ambassadors of Britain, France, Germany and the Netherlands to condemn their "destructive statements and actions" over accusations of transferring missiles to Russia. Tehran says the statements are "baseless and false" and advocates a "peaceful resolution" to the war in Ukraine.
21:30 A strike on a grain carrier carrying wheat bound for Egypt was carried out in Romania's exclusive economic zone, the BBC reports, citing the Romanian Coast Guard. According to the agency, at around 23:00 local time on Wednesday, while in Romania's exclusive economic zone, about 55 km from the Romanian port of Sfantu Gheorghe in the Danube Delta, the vessel reported an explosion on board to the local coast guard post. The vessel maintained its speed and was able to reach the large port of Constanta.
20:27 The number of people injured as a result of the shelling of Borovaya in the Kharkiv region has risen to nine, the regional prosecutor's office reported.
The head of the Kharkiv OVA Oleg Sinegubov reported that the Russians struck Kharkiv and Dergachi in the Kharkiv district. In the Kievsky district of Kharkiv, a private house was damaged, rescuers unblocked a woman with a child, there is no threat to their life and health. In the Malodanilovskaya community of the Kharkiv district, trees and a fence in the Ecopark were damaged, no casualties.
20:16 Zelensky said that he had met with the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim Khan, and stressed the importance of observing the Rome Statute and "not allowing the court's decisions on arrest warrants for Russian war criminals to be ignored."
Meanwhile, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry reported that it had announced a demarche to the Mongolian side in connection with Putin's visit to Mongolia: "Ukraine will not leave such actions without a proper response. The decision taken by Mongolia will be taken into account in the further policy of developing bilateral relations with Mongolia and in developing Ukraine's position regarding support for this country in international formats."
20:03 The Times writes that the US may allow Ukraine to use British and French long-range missiles for strikes deep into Russia, but not American ones.
19:42 Putin stated that if Ukraine starts using Western long-range precision weapons against the Russian Federation, this will mean direct participation of NATO countries in the war: "This will mean that the US, NATO and European countries are directly fighting Russia, which already significantly changes the very essence, the nature of the conflict. And if this is so, we will make appropriate decisions."
Putin claims that Ukraine itself, without the help of NATO countries, is “not capable” of carrying out strikes with modern, long-range, high-precision weapons; this is supposedly only possible with the use of intelligence data from satellites, which Kyiv does not have.
18:21 Among the seven wounded as a result of the Russian strike on the urban settlement of Borovaya in the Izyum district of the Kharkiv region, three rescuers, the prosecutor's office reported. The Russians shelled the settlement in large numbers, causing residential buildings to catch fire. When the rescuers arrived at the scene, the enemy launched a second strike. Two people were killed in the attacks.
18:04 A group of Ukrainian pilots has begun training on F-16 fighter jets in Romania, Defense Minister Rustem Umerov said following a telephone conversation with his Romanian counterpart Angel Tilvar.
17:59 The Red Cross has confirmed the shelling of its humanitarian aid vehicle in Verolyubovka, Donetsk Oblast, killing three and wounding two of the organization's employees. "I condemn the attacks on Red Cross personnel in the strongest possible terms. It is unimaginable that shelling is taking place at an aid distribution site," said ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric. According to the Red Cross, local residents were not harmed because the aid distribution had not yet begun. The distribution was to be of wood and coal briquettes.
17:35 If elected US President, Trump could offer Kiev and Moscow a freeze on the current front line and Ukraine's refusal to join NATO, said Republican vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance. "It would probably look something like the current demarcation line between Russia and Ukraine. It would be like a demilitarized zone that would be heavily fortified so that the Russians wouldn't invade again," he explained.
At the same time, Ukraine, according to Vance, will retain its sovereignty, but will undertake to maintain neutrality, refusing to join NATO and other military-political alliances. And Germany and other European countries will have to take financial responsibility for the restoration of Ukraine, Vance added.
17:19 The West is limiting Kiev in long-range missile strikes not only on the territory of the Russian Federation, but also on the territories of Ukraine occupied by Russians, Le Monde writes, citing its sources. According to them, "several mistakes" by the Ukrainian Armed Forces have made the West more cautious. In particular, this concerns the June strike on a military base where Russian "early warning" radars are located - part of the Russian nuclear program. The West is worried that the war "will spread beyond Ukraine, to Poland and Latvia", so it is delaying the decision to allow strikes deep into Russia, the newspaper writes.
17:06 Russians dropped two guided aerial bombs on civilian infrastructure in the urban settlement of Yampol in the Shostka district of the Sumy region; one person was killed, the regional prosecutor's office reported.
16:21 On September 11, war criminals were blown up in Yekaterinburg - the explosion occurred near the checkpoint of the military unit where the Russian Guard servicemen are based, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense reported. According to intelligence, "the act of retaliation against those involved in organizing torture chambers in the occupied territories of Ukraine" was carried out in cooperation with the Main Intelligence Directorate by representatives of the underground operating in the territory of the Russian Federation.
An explosive device weighing 6 kg was hidden near the checkpoint of the Russian Guard. As a result of the detonation, enemy personnel were blown up and vehicles were damaged. Russian special services and ambulances arrived at the scene to eliminate the consequences of the explosion, and a medical evacuation helicopter was sent into the air.
16:02 Russians fired an FPV drone at the city of Ochakov in the Nikolaev region from the temporarily occupied territory of the Kinbur Spit; a 16-year-old girl was wounded, reported the head of the OVA Vitaly Kim.
15:58 Lithuania plans to purchase short-range anti-aircraft missile systems for Ukraine's air defense systems, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said during a joint press conference with Zelensky in Kyiv. Nauseda noted that within two to three weeks "we will get a positive result and will be able to transfer these systems to Ukrainians as soon as possible."
15:53 Russia launched a missile strike on a civilian vessel in the Black Sea that was transporting wheat for Egypt , Zelensky said and showed a photo. The strike was carried out immediately after the vessel left Ukrainian territorial waters. According to preliminary data, no one was hurt. "Ukraine is one of the key global donors of food security. Our food supplies to countries in Africa and the Middle East are critical. We are waiting for the world's reaction. Wheat and food security should never be a target for missiles," the president emphasized.
15:47 Zelensky, during a press conference with his Lithuanian counterpart Gitanas Nauseda in Kiev, confirmed that Russian troops have launched a counteroffensive in the Kursk region, and added that "everything is going according to our Ukrainian plan."
15:44 Zelensky reported that he had a meeting with Estonian President Alar Karis, where they discussed defense support, Ukraine's restoration, and the path to the EU. The Ukrainian president thanked Estonia for its decision to allocate 0.25% of its GDP annually for Ukraine's defense needs, which is enshrined in a bilateral security treaty.
15:36 As a result of today's Russian artillery shelling of the village of Verolyubovka in the Kostiantynivka community of Donetsk Oblast, three Ukrainian citizens - regular employees of the ICRC - were killed, and two more employees of the organization were wounded, Ombudsman Dmitry Lubinets reported. According to him, the ICRC representatives were in a truck in which they were transporting humanitarian aid.
Lubinets emphasized that the shelling was already known, but the International Committee of the Red Cross, as well as the International Federation of Red Cross Societies, were silent. "No reaction, condemnation or expression of compassion. Thus, this silence only covers up the criminal policy of the Russian Federation," the human rights commissioner noted and called on the ICRC to officially and publicly recognize Russia's violation of the Geneva Conventions.
15:27 In Borovaya, Izyum district, Kharkiv region, the death toll has increased to two - a body was recovered from under the rubble, reported the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. According to preliminary information, the enemy used cluster munitions on a residential area, at least five houses are burning.
14:41 Zelensky reported that he had a meeting with Latvian Prime Minister Evika Siliņa, where they discussed strengthening military-technical cooperation, implementing a bilateral security agreement, and preparing for the Second Peace Summit.
14:33 Russians have struck the urban settlement of Borovaya in the Izyum district of the Kharkiv region - one person has died, seven have been injured, the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov reported. There are fires in houses and shops, the enemy has used a double strike tactic.
14:25 During today's night attack, a Russian Shahed-type attack UAV flew in close proximity to the Khmelnitsky nuclear power plant. Later, this "shahed" was shot down by air defense forces, said the head of the OVA, Serhiy Tyurin.
14:12 Russians have struck Verolyubovka in the Konstantinovka community of Donetsk Oblast - three people were killed and two were wounded, said OVA head Vadim Filashkin. One of the shells hit the territory of an enterprise where people were located, and a truck with humanitarian aid was destroyed.
13:26 The Kharkiv regional authorities have decided to forcibly evacuate 269 children from 29 settlements in the Kupyansk district, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the Kharkiv Regional Police. In particular, 158 children must be evacuated from ten settlements in the Kupyansk community, 41 children from six settlements in the Kurilovsk community, and 70 children from 13 settlements in the Kondrashevsk community. Ten families have already been evacuated to date.
13:20 Russians shelled Krasnoyarskoye Dobropolskaya community of Pokrovsky district of Donetsk region - as a result of a shell hitting a private house, one person was killed, four were wounded, reported the head of OVA Vadim Filashkin. Two more people were wounded in Konstantinovka - seven houses, a power line, a gas pipeline were damaged there.
13:11 The Baltic states have called on NATO to strengthen the air defense of member states bordering Russia amid a critical shortage of long-range missile defense systems in the Alliance, Bloomberg writes. "It is obvious that the border countries are in a critical situation. If the border countries are protected, then, of course, Berlin and Paris will also be much safer," Estonian Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur explained in an interview with the agency.
13:03 Estonian President Alar Karis said that he arrived in Kiev and "looks forward to all the meetings and discussions."
12:59 In Konstantinovka, Donetsk region, the Pension Fund is suspending its work due to the deteriorating security situation, said the head of the OVA Vadim Filashkin. Residents of Konstantinovka can receive services at service centers in Kramatorsk, Druzhkovka, Slavyansk, Liman, Dobropolye and Aleksandrovka.
12:55 Zelensky, in an interview with the Brazilian newspaper Metrópoles, criticized and called destructive the "peace plan" of Brazil and China to end the war in Ukraine: "The Chinese-Brazilian proposal is also destructive, it is simply a political statement. And I told Lula, and we conveyed to the Chinese side: Let's sit down together, let's talk together. You are not our enemies, we are not your enemies. Why did you suddenly decide that you should take Russia's side or be somewhere in the middle?"
Zelensky is also convinced that the Chinese-Brazilian "peace plan" was agreed upon with Moscow in advance. The president called the Brazilian government pro-Russian and called on it to do more to support Ukraine.
12:42 Peskov again stated that Moscow will "respond appropriately" to Kiev's permission to strike deep into Russian territory. He also admitted that Ukraine will try to strike social facilities when attacking Russia.
In turn, Lavrov stated that Moscow "has no doubt" that the decision to lift restrictions for Kyiv on the use of long-range missiles on Russian territory was made long ago, "now they are trying to formalize it beautifully." The head of the Russian Foreign Ministry also once again stated that Russia allegedly wants to end the war, but the West "is not ready for honest diplomacy."
12:05 Over the past 24 hours, the enemy attacked energy facilities in six regions: Donetsk, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kherson, Chernihiv and Dnipropetrovsk. Industry and the population were cut off from power, the Ministry of Energy reported.
11:58 The White House is finalizing a plan to ease restrictions on Ukraine's use of American weapons to strike Russian territory, Politico writes. Bloomberg, in turn, reports that a decision on the West easing restrictions on long-range weapons strikes against targets in Russia is unlikely to be made before the meeting of world leaders at the UN General Assembly in the United States at the end of the month.
11:46 A thematic conference on the fourth point of the Peace Formula, “Release of prisoners and deported persons,” will be held in Canada on October 30-31, the Office of the President reported.
11:27 The work of the airports of Murmansk and Apatity is limited for the second day in a row, Russian media write. According to publics, two drones were shot down 7 km from the Olenya airfield in Olenegorsk, Murmansk Region. Earlier, the regional authorities introduced the "Carpet" plan at the airports of Murmashi and Khibiny. Flights for departure and arrival have been delayed. Telegram channels also claim that the region is allegedly experiencing high activity of reconnaissance aircraft from Finland, Sweden and Norway.
10:56 In Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, Russian troops destroyed the Dmitrovsky Bridge, which connected the city with Mirnograd, publics write. The Pokrovsk GVA confirmed that over the past 24 hours, Russian troops hit infrastructure facilities twice.
10:19 Russia has finally remembered the existence of the Kursk region. The analytical portal DeepState reported that Russian troops have begun active assault operations in the region. The Russians are trying to attack Ukrainian forces from several directions. The situation on the left flank of the Ukrainian group has worsened. More details about the situation in the Kursk region are in the article The beginning of the Russian counterattack .
09:38 In Donetsk Oblast, six people were killed as a result of Russian shelling on September 11: three in Konstantinovka, two in Konstantinopole, and one in Zvezdnoye. Another 13 people in the oblast were injured in the past 24 hours, said OVA head Vadim Filashkin.
He also said that it is currently impossible to resume the work of the modular filtration station, thanks to which Pokrovsk has recently received water and which was stopped due to Russian shelling. Currently, 75 wells for general use have been drilled in the Pokrovsk community at the expense of the local budget, as well as 250 wells near multi-story buildings at the expense of the condominium association. The community has organized the delivery of drinking water and installed eight reverse osmosis units, from which people can collect water for free. At the same time, water supply continues in Rodinskoye.
09:36 During an operation in the Black Sea, soldiers of the special unit of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense destroyed a Russian Su-30SM combat aircraft with a hit from a MANPADS, intelligence reported and showed a video. The fighter that fell into the sea belonged to the 43rd separate naval aviation regiment of the Russian Aerospace Forces, based at the airfield of the city of Saki in Crimea.
09:25 Air defense destroyed 44 out of 64 Shahed-type attack UAVs at night, the Air Force reported. Three enemy drones flew back to Russia, and four more were lost on Ukrainian territory (no information was received about casualties or damage). As of 09:00, four attack UAVs remain in Ukrainian airspace, and combat operations continue. Air defense was operating in the Kyiv, Kherson, Khmelnytskyi, Cherkasy, Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, Kirovohrad, Zaporizhia and Poltava regions.
In addition, during the night attack, Russia struck the Chernihiv region with two Iskander-M ballistic missiles and one Kh-59/69 guided air missile, as well as two Kh-22/32 cruise missiles. Due to the active counteraction of the Defense Forces, most of the enemy missiles did not reach their targets.
The head of the Chernihiv OVA Vyacheslav Chaus reported that the shelling has intensified, in 24 hours the enemy shelled the settlements of the region 29 times - in particular, border areas and the Nizhyn district. There are hits on infrastructure facilities.
08:36 At night, Russians launched a massive air strike on energy and civilian infrastructure facilities in the Konotop community of Sumy Oblast, injuring 14 people, OVA reported. Konotop Mayor Artem Semenikhin clarified that in addition to strikes on infrastructure, a hit was recorded in an apartment building, where people were injured. After the strike, the city lost power, and the situation with electricity and water supply is critical. Also, as a result of the attack, a tram line was destroyed in Konotop.
08:23 In the Kherson region, over the past day, 11 people were wounded as a result of Russian shelling, including one child, reported the head of the OVA, Oleksandr Prokudin.
08:17 In the Khmelnytsky region, air defense forces destroyed ten enemy Shahed-type UAVs at night, a fire broke out in one of the furniture storage warehouses, reported the head of the OVA, Serhiy Tyurin.
07:51 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of September 12:
personnel - about 630,200 (+1270) people,
tanks - 8653 (+11),
combat armored vehicles - 16,955 (+17),
artillery systems - 18,009 (+73),
MLRS - 1184 (+2),
air defense systems - 945 (+2),
aircraft - 369 (+1),
helicopters - 328 (+0),
Operational-tactical level UAVs - 15,033 (+43),
cruise missiles - 2591 (+0),
ships/boats - 28 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 24,481 (+93),
special equipment - 3061 (+2).
06:13 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports that the Russian army has probably captured two villages in the Pokrovsk direction - Lisovka and Marinovka. At the same time, analysts do not see any signs that the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Ukrainsk (southeast of Pokrovsk) are under threat of encirclement. The Ukrainian OSINT project DeepState also reports that Russian troops have occupied Lisovka, and have also advanced near Lisovka, Kleshcheyevka, Nevelskoye, Ukrainsk and the surrounding areas.
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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Volchansk and Liptsy directions, units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations of the AFU 22nd Mechanised Brigade of the AFU, 36th Naval Infantry Brigade, and 113th Territorial Defence Brigade near Vysokaya Yaruga, Liptsy, and Volchansk (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 155 troops, two 122mm D-30 howitzers, and one Anklav-N electronic warfare station. One AFU field ammunition depot was destroyed.
Units of the Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the 14th, 44th Mechanised brigades, 3rd Assault Brigade of the AFU, and 1st National Guard Brigade near Kupyansk (Kharkov region), Novoyegorovka (Lugansk People’s Republic), and Serebryansky forestry. Three counterattacks launched by assault detachments of the 4th National Guard Brigade were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 445 troops, two U.S.-made M-113 armoured personnel carriers, three motor vehicles, one U.S.-made 155mm M-777 howitzer, one 152mm D-20 howitzer, one 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, one 122mm D-30 howitzer, and four UK-made 105mm L-119 howitzers. Anklav-N and Kvertus electronic warfare stations as well as two field ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the Yug Group of Forces continued to advance to the depth of the enemy’s defences and inflicted losses on formations of the 24th, 42nd Mechanised brigades of the AFU, and 116th Territorial Defence Brigade near Konstantinovka, Grigorovka, and Chasov Yar (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 745 troops, one U.S.-made M-113 armoured personnel carrier, 26 motor vehicles, two U.S.-made 155mm M-777 howitzers, two UK-made 155mm FH-70 howitzers, one 152mm D-20 howitzer, one 122mm D-30 howitzer, and one UK-made 105mm L-119 howitzer. One field ammunition depot and one Anklav-N electronic warfare station were destroyed.
Units of the Tsentr Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front line and inflicted losses on formations of the 32nd Mechanised Brigade, 95th Air Assault Brigade of the AFU, and 109th Territorial Defence Brigade near Nelepovka, Druzhba, Rozovka, and Dobropolye (Donetsk People’s Republic). Eight counter-attacks launched by assault detachments of the 32nd Mechanised Brigade, 144th Infantry Brigade, 25th Airborne Brigade of the AFU, 2nd and 14th National Guard brigades were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 495 troops, one tank, two armoured fighting vehicles, four pickup trucks, one 152mm D-20 howitzer, two 122mm D-30 howitzers, and one 100mm Rapira anti-tank gun.
Units of the Vostok Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions and inflicted losses on formations of the 72nd Mechanised Brigade of the AFU, 108th Territorial Defence Brigade, and 21st National Guard Brigade near Oktyabr and Ugledar (Donetsk People’s Republic). Two counterattacks launched by assault detachments of the enemy were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to more than 120 troops, seven motor vehicles, and one U.S.-made 155mm M-777 howitzer. Two Nota electronic warfare stations were destroyed.
Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware clusters of the 39th Coastal Defence Brigade and 108th Territorial Defence Brigade near Belogorye and Malaya Tokmachka (Zaporozhye region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 40 troops, one U.S.-made M-113 armoured personnel carrier, six motor vehicles, one 152mm D-20 gun, and one Anklav-N electronic warfare station.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces struck infrastructure objects on airfields, objects of power infrastructure supporting operations of the AFU, as well as engaged AFU manpower and hardware clusters in 134 areas.
Air defence units shot down two U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles and 59 unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, 642 airplanes and 283 helicopters, 31,457 unmanned aerial vehicles, 579 air defence missile systems, 17,993 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,452 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 14,488 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 25,945 units of support motor vehicles have been destroyed during the special military operation.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to crush the enemy’s grouping of troops, which broke into the territory of Kursk region.
During offensive actions over the past two days, units of the Sever Group of Forces have liberated 10 settlements: Apanasovka, Byakhovo, Vishnyovka, Viktorovka, Vnezapnoye, Gordeyevka, Krasnooktybrskoye, Obukhovo, Snagost, and Desyaty Oktyabr.
Over the past 24 hours, units of the Sever Group of Forces repelled two enemy counter-attacks in the direction of Fanaseyevka and Snagost, as well as thwarted an enemy’s attempt to launch an attack in the direction of Olgovka.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 20 troops killed and wounded; one armoured fighting vehicle and one motor vehicle were destroyed. One Ukrainian serviceman surrendered.
With support of Army Aviation and artillery, four attempts of the enemy to break through the border of the Russian Federation in the direction of Novy Put and Medvezhye were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 55 troops killed and wounded; four tanks, three armoured personnel carriers, eight armoured fighting vehicles, and two counterobstacle vehicles were destroyed.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue reconnaissance and search operations in forestry areas to locate and eliminate enemy sabotage groups, which attempted to get to the depth of the Russian territory.
Army Aviation and artillery strikes and active efforts of the Russian troops inflicted losses on manpower and hardware clusters of the 22nd, 41st, 61st, 115th Mechanised brigades, 17th Tank Brigade, 80th, 82nd, 95th Air Assault brigades of the AFU, 1st National Guard Brigade, and 129th Territorial Defence Brigade near Borki, Guyevo, Daryino, Zeleny Shlyakh, Kositsa, Lyubimovka, Malaya Loknya, Melovy, Martynovka, Novaya Sorochina, Novoivanovka, Orlovka, and Uspenovka.
Operational-Tactical Aviation and Missile troops inflicted losses on concentration areas and reserves in Sumy region of the 21st, 22nd, 41st Mechanised brigades, 17th Tank Brigade, 82nd Air Assault Brigade of the AFU, 1st National Guard Brigade, 101st, 103rd, 106th, 116th, 119th, and 129th Territorial Defence brigades near Belopolye, Boyaro-Lezhachi, Glukhov, Dolzhik, Zhuravka, Obody, Kondratovka, Semyonovka, Stepanovka, Sumy, Svessa, Pavlovka, Pustogorod, Radyanskoye, and Yampol.
The AFU losses amounted to more than 300 troops and 24 units of hardware, including five tanks, six armoured personnel carriers, 13 armoured fighting vehicles, as well as two artillery guns, nine motor vehicles, two counterobstacle vehicles, and two electronic warfare stations.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk region, the AFU losses amounted to more than 12,500 troops, 101 tanks, 42 infantry fighting vehicles, 83 armoured personnel carriers, 669 armoured fighting vehicles, 410 motor vehicles, 92 artillery guns, 26 MLRS launchers, including seven of U.S.-made HIMARS system and five of MLRS system, eight SAM launchers, two transport-loading vehicles, two air defence radars, ten engineering vehicles, including four counterobstacle vehicles and one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle.
The operation to neutralise the AFU units is in progress.
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[NewsFront] 21:00 Army aviation crews on Ka-52M helicopters struck manpower and armored military equipment of Ukrainian Armed Forces units in the border area of Kursk Oblast. 19:54 Russian troops are fighting on the western and northwestern outskirts of Lyubimovka in the Kursk region.
Also, according to operational information, the Russian Armed Forces fighters, moving along the Snagost River, were able to break into the village of Tolsty Lug and take control of most of the village. The fighting continues.
19:35 Russian paratroopers launched a precise artillery strike on a mortar section of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the right bank of the Dnieper.
18:50 Russian Armed Forces advanced northwest of Kalinovka along the Seversky Donetsk-Donbass Canal.
17:50 Footage of combat work of drone operators of the Army Special Forces to destroy enemy positions in the Zaporizhzhya direction
17:47 Crews of BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicles of the Pacific Fleet Naval Infantry Brigade of the Vostok Group of Forces during fire support of assault units inflicted fire damage to Ukrainian Armed Forces positions in the Ugledar area.
16:57 The Russian Armed Forces have liberated ten settlements in the two days of the offensive in the Kursk region, the Ministry of Defense reported.
These are Apanasovka, Byakhovo, Vishnevka, Viktorovka, Vnezapnoe, Gordeevka, Krasnooktyabrskoye, Obukhovka, Snagost and 10th October.
16:26 Successful destruction control point of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' UAVs in the Krasnogorovka area.
During the mission to ensure the advancement of the 5th Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces in the area of the settlement of Krasnogorovka, the 238th Artillery Brigade, with the help of a UAV crew from the Grachi Special Forces detachment, destroyed the UAV control point of Ukrainian militants.
15:57 Russian National Guard servicemen destroyed a Ukrainian Armed Forces warehouse in Chernihiv Oblast using FPV drones –video.
15:49 The advance in the Kursk direction is not only from Glushkovo; on the southern side, the Ukrainian Armed Forces' strongholds are coming under the control of Russian troops. The enemy is surrendering en masse
15:35 Russian military using anti-tank missile systems destroyed two Ukrainian tanks in the border area of the Kursk region.
14:47 Liberation of Prechistovka allowed the Vostok group to “cut off” the enemy’s supply routes, but the Russian naval infantry continued to advance to “tighten the pincers” around the enemy garrison in Ugledar.
14:32 Strike by FAB with UMPK on enemy targets in Kupyansk –video.
14:20 Enemy reports:
"In the Pokrovsk direction (on the northern flank), the Russian Armed Forces are advancing west of Novogrodovka, having advanced about one and a half kilometers toward Lysovka. This is already a direction directly to Pokrovsk, but this could be another flanking maneuver - enveloping Selidovo from the north and northwest, as is now being done with Ukrainsk.
On the southern flank, the Russian Armed Forces are advancing in Ukrainsk, which is caught in a pincer movement and is currently expanding their zone of control in the eastern and southern quarters of the town.
In addition, the Russian Federation is storming the northern outskirts of the neighboring mining town of Gornyak. If the Russian Armed Forces take Gornyak and Ukrainsk, this could be a harbinger of disaster for the Ukrainian front.
Further here, the only strong defensive positions are the railway line, based on Tsukurino and the old mines north and southeast of this settlement. And then, across the steppes, there is an exit to the rear of Kurakhovo and the Kurakhovsky fortified region of the Ukrainian Armed Forces."
13:55 Calculation of the self-propelled gun "Malka" struck an area of concentration of manpower and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Avdeevka direction.
Artillerymen destroyed armored vehicles and a stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces with accurate shots. The strikes were adjusted with the help of a drone.
13:45 The Russian Armed Forces have completely liberated Krasnooktyabrskoye in the Kursk Region. The enemy fled the settlement, abandoning, among other things, an American MRAP MaxxPro –video.
12:59 Airborne artillerymen destroyed mortar section of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the right bank of the Dnieper
In one of the half-destroyed buildings on the right bank of the river, the enemy had set up a mortar section, where ammunition and other supplies were constantly delivered. From this point, fire was conducted at night on our positions in the island zone.
Having received all the necessary initial data and coordinates of the mortar section, the crews of the 152mm Giatsint-B guns of the Russian paratroopers launched an artillery strike and destroyed the mortar of the Ukrainian Armed Forces along with the crew and ammunition. The operators of the paratroopers' UAVs confirmed the target's defeat.
12:10 Kurakhovskoye direction - according to unconfirmed information, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have withdrawn from the "pocket" on the Georgievka-Krasnogorovka line, fortifying themselves in the settlement of Ostroye.
12:05 Summary of the Russian Ministry of Defense on the progress of the special military operation (as of September 12, 2024):
Units of the North group of forces in the Liptsov and Volchansk directions inflicted losses on formations of the 22nd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the 36th Naval Infantry Brigade and the 113th Territorial Defense Brigade in the areas of the settlements of Vysoka Yaruga, Liptsy and Volchansk in the Khar'kov region.
The servicemen of the "West" group of troops improved their tactical position, defeated the manpower and equipment of the 14th, 44th Mechanized, 3rd Assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 1st National Guard Brigade in the areas of the settlements of Kupyansk in the Khar'kov region, Novoegorovka in the Luhansk People's Republic and Serebryanskoye forestry. Three counterattacks of the assault groups of the 4th National Guard Brigade were repelled.
Units of the "Southern" group of troops continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defense, inflicting defeat on the formations of the 24th, 42nd Mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 116th Territorial Defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Konstantinovka, Grigorovka and Chasov Yar of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The fighters of the "Center" group of forces improved the position along the forward edge and defeated the formations of the 32nd Mechanized, 95th Airborne Assault Brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 109th Territorial Defense Brigade in the areas of the settlements of Nelepovka, Druzhba, Rozovka and Dobropolye of the Donetsk People's Republic. Eight counterattacks of assault groups of the 32nd Mechanized, 144th Infantry, 25th Airborne Brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the 2nd and 14th National Guard Brigades were repelled.
Units of the "East" group of forces occupied more advantageous lines and positions, defeated the formations of the 72nd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the 108th Territorial Defense Brigade and the 21st National Guard Brigade in the areas of the settlements of Oktyabr and Ugledar of the Donetsk People's Republic. They repelled two counterattacks by enemy assault groups.
The Dnepr group of forces defeated concentrations of manpower and equipment of the 39th Coastal Defense Brigade and the 108th Territorial Defense Brigade in the areas of the settlements of Belogorye and Malaya Tokmachka in the Zaporizhia region.
Operational-tactical aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, missile troops and artillery of the groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation hit infrastructure facilities at airfields, energy facilities supporting the activities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as concentrations of enemy manpower and military equipment in 134 districts.
Air defense systems shot down two US-made HIMARS rockets and 59 unmanned aerial vehicles.
11:42 Ukrainian channels reported that the Russian Armed Forces took control of the settlement of Lysovka in the Pokrovsk region.
11:37 Russian fighters destroyed dozens of Ukrainian military equipment, including an American Abrams tank, during the liberation of the village of Memrik in the DPR –video.
11:31 Kursk borderland: Russian Aerospace Forces aviation inflicts strikes on identified locations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, facilitating the work of the Northerners' assault groups.
11:20 The Russian Armed Forces are "cleaning up" the villages of Obukhovka and the village of Pokrovsky, located on the Snagost River in the Kursk Region, from the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Fighting is currently underway in the village of Lyubimovka, with Russian troops advancing from both Obukhovka and Olgovka-Kremyanoye.
10:45 The Ukrainian Armed Forces are retreating in the Krasnogorovka area; an area of approximately 30 km2 has come under the control of the Russian Army.
10:25 Sounds of explosions were heard in the Khmelnytsky region in western Ukraine.
10:14 The Russian Armed Forces continued the counteroffensive in the Kursk region and approached the settlement of Lyubimovka. The offensive is supported by the active work of the Russian Aerospace Forces.
10:05 A powerful fire started in the city of Starokostiantyniv after the “arrival” of Russian UAVs –video.
09:56 The Russian army destroyed an important element of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' logistics in the Pokrovsk direction. At night, at about 4:30, as a result of a missile strike, the Myrnohradsky overpass was destroyed — this was reported by the Donbassky Partizan channel.
As a result of the attack, one section of the bridge collapsed. Currently, the Pokrovsk-Mirnograd route along the T0504 highway is closed for use. This overpass was important for connecting enemy forces and assets in the Mirnograd and Pokrovsk agglomerations.
09:05 The Russian Armed Forces have occupied a significant part of Krasnogorovka and are preparing a "cauldron" in the Pokrovsk direction. Experts loyal to Kyiv have called the situation critical and for the first time have spoken about defending the Dnieper, the "Release the Kraken" channel reported.
08:11 Operators of FPV attack drones have detected and destroyed an enemy UAV crew in the Seversky direction –video.
08:09 Enemy reports:
"The Russian Armed Forces took control of Lisovka and advanced near it, as well as near Kleshchyivka, Nevelskoye, Ukrainsk and its environs."
08:07 In the Avdeevka direction, the crew of the T-80BVM tank of the "Center" force group fired from a closed firing position destroyed a stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Avdeevka direction of the Northern Military District zone.
08:00 Calculation of 152mm 2S3 "Hyacinth" destroyed The American-made M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Zaporizhia region.
Aerial reconnaissance detected a U.S.-made M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle. Its coordinates were promptly transmitted to the artillerymen. During the combat mission, the 152mm Giatsint-B gun crew delivered a precise strike on the identified target with aimed fire.
As a result of the strike on the combat vehicle, operators of unmanned aerial vehicles of the Dnepr troop group recorded the detonation of ammunition and the destruction of the BMP.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Saint Prince Alexander Nevsky is the guardian of Russian statehood and the savior of the Russian ethnic group. This was stated by President Vladimir Putin on September 12, after visiting the Annunciation Church in the Alexander Nevsky Lavra.
It is curious that it was to Alexander Nevsky that Tsar Peter I dedicated the first monastery, founded in a new place, on the site of the future capital, the head of state noted during a conversation with the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill.
“It is no coincidence, because he is the guardian of Russian statehood and, in essence, the savior of the Russian ethnic group, without any exaggeration,” Putin said.
Nevsky's relations with the Golden Horde created the conditions for preserving Russian identity, the Russian leader added.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on September 12, Putin and Patriarch Kirill arrived at the Holy Trinity Alexander Nevsky Lavra to mark the 300th anniversary of the transfer of the relics of Alexander Nevsky to St. Petersburg.
#1
He was locally in charge as long as the Mongols allowed. Just hope no Chinese get a leader interested in reclaiming 'occupied' traditionally Chinese territories.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Russian journalist Vladimir Pozner did not agree to work in the West because of the requirement to speak out about Russian President Vladimir Putin. This is reported by Forbes.
According to Pozner, he received offers from some media outlets, which he declined to name. However, the journalist was given a demand: to speak out "in a certain way" about Putin and his policies.
"I said, 'Listen, this isn't journalism, this is something completely different.' They said, 'These are the conditions.' I said, 'No. Thank you very much, I don't,'" the journalist added.
At the same time, Posner stated that he “dreams” of returning to television, but does not think that this will happen.
As reported by Regnum News Agency, Pozner also disappeared from the screens in 2022. His author's program "Pozner" stopped airing on Channel One, as did Ivan Urgant's program. In January 2023, Vladimir Pozner and his wife were spotted at the premiere of a play in Paris. The media also wrote that he moved to the United States.
Before this, Pozner stated that Russia had never been his home and he never felt Russian. He also said that Russia has long had an inferiority complex in comparison to Western countries.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics.
[ColonelCassad] On the US increasing production of ammunition, according to the US Department of Defense report
▪️155mm artillery ammunition - 40,000 per month (+178% compared to 2022)
▪️GMLRS missiles for HIMARS MLRS - 1,167 units per month (+40%)
▪️PAC-3 MSE missiles for Patriot air defense systems - 42 units (+50%)
▪️Anti-tank missiles for Javelin ATGM - 200 units (+14%)
▪️AIM-9X Sidewinder air-to-air missiles - 137 units per month (+18%)
Considering that the report is public, the actual data may vary, but the general situation is clear.
At the same time, Western commentators note that a number of these indicators are lower than the Pentagon initially planned. For example, American officials promised to produce 80,000 artillery shells by the fall of this year. And now the report states half as many.
This is true. But this should not mislead us. The growth in production is still colossal and it will continue to grow. Even if not exactly according to the original plan.
The war will last a long time, the volumes of military production will steadily increase. And this concerns us too, the current rates of production of equipment and ammunition must be increased.
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