[BBC] I’m sitting in a courtroom in the town of Pushkin, 400 miles north-west of Moscow.
Opposite me is the "aquarium" - the glass and metal box where the defendant is locked, the courtroom cage that makes anyone on trial in Russia look like a dangerous criminal.
Behind the glass is Anna Alexandrova. The 46-year-old hairdresser has been charged with "the public dissemination of knowingly false information about the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation".
Put simply, spreading fake news about the Russian army. The charge relates to messages and social media posts she has been accused of sending.
The key prosecution witness is here, too - Anna’s neighbour.
Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine there have been regular reports of Russians reporting neighbours, colleagues and acquaintances to the police over alleged anti-war statements.
Denunciations have led to arrests, prosecutions and, in some cases, long prison sentences.
But why has snitching become commonplace? And what are the implications for Russian society?
To find out, I have spoken to a number of Russians caught up in this, including a doctor informed on by her patient and an 87-year-old man who was forced off a bus and dragged to the police.
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Didn't Tampon Timmy Walz set up a Covid snitchline in Minnesota? Why yes, he did.
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Hardened criminals released from prison to make room for 12 year olds protesting against being groomed and murdered as British Government faces 'Enemies Within'.
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I would suggest a Greek blogger located in England. Alexander Mercouris or Alex Christoforou of Cyprus - The Duran. Alexander Mercouris legal background takes time to ignore frequent unusual gestures. Sebastian Sas is another and seems to have a lighter humor.
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I can read the Ukrainian perspective and the Russian perspective. I know they're both biased in their own different ways. But are they as biased as ABC/CBS/NBC/CNN? Gosh, that's a tough one.
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If you read the Sarcastasaurus and simplicius substacks you can figure the “truth” is about halfway between them. Since the winners write the history books you have a few years to wait
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If a site is measured by the caliber of its readers, badanov… And you do do good work.
A hearty welcome to our Russian coterie! I would wish that what you find here will be as illuminating for you as it has been for me. I can personally recommend a tour of the site archives, which go back to 9/11, and have paid attention in real time to Russia’s war against your local jihadis from very early on. It will be of particular interest, I imagine, to compare to your own records — and we welcome any additions and corrections that you are able to share (only open source, remember. We don’t traffic in secrets).
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Fairbanks, I do apologize—unlike your previous submission, I didn’t have enough information to find a link for the interview, though I assume it was on Fox News.
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Can’t find it. It might be on The Ingraham Angle - Friday, September 13 somewhere, but it asks me to log in to my service provider. I can’t even program my DVD-surrogate, nor could I program the VCR, back when we had those, sorry.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 21:43 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that Ukraine should be allowed to strike deep into Russia, despite Moscow's threats to drag NATO into a war with Russia.
21:35 The Red Cross will suspend operations of its office in Dnipro after the attack on the organization's mission in Donetsk Oblast, said Oleksandr Vlasenko, a representative of the ICRC delegation in Ukraine: "We have offices in Kharkiv, Dnipro, and Odessa, as well as a head office in Kyiv and an office in Lviv, and on the opposite side in Donetsk and Luhansk. For now, our Dnipro office has stopped operating for a while. We will conduct our own investigation of this situation and try to understand whether there were any mistakes on our part."
21:26 US President Joe Biden plans to meet with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer today. However, following their meeting, one should not expect Ukraine to be granted permission to carry out long-range strikes on Russian territory, said White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby. "There is no change in our view on giving Ukraine the ability to carry out long-range strikes inside Russia. I would not expect any major announcement on that," he said.
According to Kirby, the United States took seriously Putin's warning that he would consider the West a direct participant in the conflict if such permission was granted to Kyiv. At the same time, Kirby added that this is not the first time Russia has used such talking points: "This is not rhetoric that we have not heard from him before. He has obviously proven himself capable of aggression... Yes, we take those comments seriously."
20:40 The Cabinet of Ministers approved the draft state budget for 2025, Shmyhal said. It is expected that defense spending will increase to at least UAH 2.22 trillion. In particular, it is planned to increase funding for the production of Ukrainian weapons, equipment, and drones.
20:34 Iran and Russia signed a contract for the delivery of missiles in the winter of 2023, and in the summer the Iranians taught the Russians how to use them, said US Ambassador to the UN Robert Wood. According to him, China and Russia maintain friendly ties, and Russia secretly receives raw materials, electronics, drones, and technology for the production of cruise missiles from China.
19:55 Ukraine currently has more Patriot systems in service than officially reported, but they are still few in number, as are the missiles for them, Zelensky said.
19:36 GUR cyber specialists attacked the Russian federal certification center Osnovanie, which issues electronic digital signatures. Among the center's clients are banking, military, and other state and private institutions involved in waging war against Ukraine, intelligence reported. As a result of the attack, terabytes of important data were destroyed, and a database of 1.5 million electronic digital signatures was obtained. The Ukrainian hackers intend to put the array of data they obtained up for sale, and transfer the proceeds to the needs of the Defense Forces.
18:32 Over the past few weeks, more than 70 Russian UAVs and more than 30 cruise missiles have flown near Ukrainian nuclear power plants, Energoatom reported.
18:21 Zelensky reproached NATO countries for the fact that so far only Belarus has decided to shoot down Russian drones: "So far only Belarus has distinguished itself by shooting down Russian 'shahids'. I didn't think it would be in this format. I think it is simply humiliating for a strong democratic world."
18:16 Kamala Harris's campaign ad has appeared in the US, which features assistance to Ukraine and the importance of confronting Putin in his aggression. The ads, in particular, quote Trump about his "good relations" with Putin, as well as the fact that he will not help Europe, and emphasize that the US cannot stand aside from Russian aggression.
18:08 The number of people wounded as a result of the enemy attack on Yampol in the Shostka district of the Sumy region has increased to nine, two people have died, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported.
18:03 Permission for Ukraine to carry out long-range strikes on Russian territory would mean a direct war between NATO and Russia, Russia's Permanent Representative Vasily Nebenzya said at a UN Security Council meeting. According to him, this decision "will fundamentally change our relations with the Western camp," and Russia "will be forced to make appropriate decisions with all the ensuing consequences." He claims that only NATO military personnel can program long-range strikes on Russia.
17:57 The Second Peace Summit will be held in November, Russia will be invited to it, Zelensky said. According to him, the conference will define a vision for ending the war in Ukraine. "Such wars of conquest as Russia's war against Ukraine can end fairly in several ways: either the occupying army is driven out by force, or through diplomacy that guarantees the preservation of the country's real independence and its cleansing from occupation. In both cases, Ukraine needs a strong position. The United States can help with this," Zelensky said.
Zelensky also confirmed that he will meet with Biden in September to present a plan for Ukraine's victory. "This plan is about Ukraine, about our military. I cannot guarantee 100% that this will stop Putin, but it will definitely make Ukraine stronger," the head of state explained. After discussing with Biden, he will present the plan to US presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, as well as to Congress.
17:44 Zelensky said that the Russians have launched "rapid offensive actions" in the Kursk region, but have not yet achieved any serious results. According to the president, the Russian army plans to use about 60-70 thousand people, currently about 40 thousand are known to be there. "They wanted quick breakthroughs... They are doing this, we have not yet seen any serious successes. Our military is heroically holding on and doing everything necessary for our other steps, military and political ones," the head of state noted.
Zelensky also claims that the operation in the Kursk region has resulted in a decrease in the number of shellings in Donbass: "The situation in the Pokrovsk direction has been gradually leveling out over the past week. These are parallel things to the situation in Ukraine, or part of our operation in the Kursk region. These are related things. For example, we can see that the use of shells in Donbass, in the same Pokrovsk before the start of the Kursk operation was 1 to 12... today it is 1 to 2.5. This has not yet leveled out, we still need more weapons than the Russians."
16:37 As part of today's prisoner exchange, Russia, like last time, again applied for an exchange of those who surrendered in the Kursk region. All of them were in captivity for less than a month, while many "second-rate Russians" have remained in Ukrainian captivity for the third year, reports the state project I Want to Live .
"After the exchanges in 2022, when Russia returned its downed pilots, GRU officers, Kadyrovites and Putin's godfather Medvedchuk, it was precisely these second-rate soldiers who remained in captivity. The Kremlin's interest in holding exchanges has fallen sharply, which has led to months-long periods without any exchanges at all. The main reason is that for the Kremlin, prisoners of war are, first and foremost, a tool to put pressure on Ukraine," the report says. The project notes that much has changed after the Kursk operation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, since conscripts whom Putin promised not to send to war died and surrendered.
16:12 Putin's threats about drawing NATO and European countries into a war in the event of the use of long-range missiles on Russian territory will not change the EU's position on the issue of supporting Ukraine, said European Commission spokesman Peter Stano.
15:24 The Netherlands has transferred a Patriot radar to Ukraine and will send three units of this air defense system. The country's Defense Minister Ruben Brekelmans clarified that this is a complex that the Netherlands had previously promised to provide to Ukraine jointly with another country, but the ally recently announced that it would not fulfill this obligation. Other countries are looking for components to transfer the complete system to Kiev.
15:15 Head of the Azov patronage service Elena Tolkacheva reported that as part of the exchange, for the first time in a long time, it was possible to return 15 soldiers of the Azov regiment, who had spent more than two years in captivity - they are mostly women.
14:36 Forty-five Indian citizens who were misled when joining the Russian army have been dismissed, the country's Foreign Ministry reported. Another 50 Indians serve in the Russian army, and New Delhi is seeking their dismissal.
14:23 Russia has been producing attack drones with a range of 1,500 km for a year now and has already attacked targets in Ukraine, Reuters reports, citing sources. The drone is called Harpia-A1 and uses Chinese engines and components. From July 2023 to July 2024, 2,500 such drones were produced at a plant in Udmurtia.
14:09 Ukraine has returned 49 more of its citizens from Russian captivity , Zelensky reported. He specified that these are soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the National Guard, the National Police, the State Border Service, as well as civilians. Among them is a girl who was taken hostage by the Russians when she came to take care of her sick father, as well as a military medic. In addition, they managed to free some more defenders of Azovstal.
14:01 The EU intends to impose new sanctions on Iran that will affect the aviation sector, as well as participants in drone and ballistic missile development programs, Borrell said. According to him, this will be done in response to Tehran's missile supplies to Russia.
13:45 Finland announced a new aid package for Ukraine worth 118 million euros, which will include military equipment, but they did not specify what kind. In total, Finland has already transferred military equipment worth 2.3 billion euros to Ukraine.
13:32 The IAEA announced the expansion of its monitoring mission in Ukraine to substations associated with nuclear power plants. A group of agency experts has already visited one of the facilities attacked by Russia.
12:48 Peskov said that the issue of Crimea's ownership "belongs to the category of disagreements" between Russia and Turkey, "Moscow continues to explain its position." At the same time, he assured that Russia continues to develop partnership relations with Turkey. This is how the Kremlin spokesman commented on Erdogan's statement that Crimea should return to Ukraine in accordance with international law.
12:27 Russians dropped four guided aerial bombs on civilian infrastructure in the urban settlement of Yampol in the Shostka district of the Sumy region - two people were killed, six were wounded, including a four-year-old child, OVA reported.
In addition, as a result of the Russian strike on the city of Akhtyrka in the Sumy region, two people from the Akhtyrka nursing home for the elderly and disabled were killed, said the director of the nursing home, Viktor Tokarev.
11:19 In Ivano-Frankivsk region, an industrial facility was damaged due to a drone attack. According to the Ministry of Energy, an overhead power line was turned off during the firefighting, household consumers were de-energized, but power has already been restored. Over the past 24 hours, Russia attacked energy facilities in six regions: Donetsk, Sumy, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Odessa and Ivano-Frankivsk.
10:23 Russian troops fired at the Vostochny overpass in Pokrovsk; so far, only one side is open to traffic, the city military administration reported.
09:50 Air defense destroyed 24 of 26 Shahed-type attack UAVs at night, the Air Force reported. The drones were shot down within the Mykolaiv, Odesa, Khmelnytskyi and Ivano-Frankivsk regions.
09:42 The Ukrainian Armed Forces struck a Russian warehouse with ammunition and missiles for air defense systems in the village of Glubokoe near Mariupol at night, said Petro Andryushchenko, an adviser to the city mayor. The detonation lasted until five in the morning, and preliminarily, the air defense crew may have been hit.
09:34 At night, Russians attacked Odessa and the region with attack drones, one person was injured as a result of falling debris, said the head of the OVA Oleg Kiper.
09:18 As a result of yesterday's air strikes on the Kievsky district of Kharkov, five people were injured, including a ten-year-old child, reported the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. The number of people injured as a result of yesterday's strikes on the village of Borovaya in the Izyum district has grown to ten, of which three were rescuers, four people died. Another three people were injured as a result of enemy shelling of the city of Dergachi in the Kharkov district and one in the village of Morozova Dolina in the Bogodukhovsky district.
09:03 In the Kherson region, over the past 24 hours, as a result of Russian shelling, one person was killed and ten were wounded, reported the head of the OVA, Oleksandr Prokudin.
08:52 In Donetsk Oblast, four people were killed as a result of Russian shelling on September 12: three in Verolyubovka and one in Krasnoyarsk. Another ten people in the region were injured in the past 24 hours, said OVA head Vadim Filashkin.
08:37 In Nikolaev, during the night Russian attack, the wreckage of a downed UAV fell on the territory of a food enterprise - a fire started, which was quickly extinguished, no one was hurt, said the head of the OVA Vitaly Kim.
08:21 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of September 13:
personnel - about 631,420 (+1220) people,
tanks - 8671 (+18),
combat armored vehicles - 17,003 (+48),
artillery systems - 18,061 (+52),
MLRS - 1185 (+1),
air defense systems - 945 (+0),
aircraft - 369 (+0),
helicopters - 328 (+0),
Operational-tactical level UAVs - 15,113 (+80),
cruise missiles - 2591 (+0),
ships/boats - 28 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 24,560 (+79),
special equipment - 3071 (+10).
07:36 As a result of another Russian shelling of Nikopol in the Dnipropetrovsk region, one person was wounded, reported the head of the OVA, Serhiy Lysak.
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According to Kirby, the United States took seriously Putin's warning that he would consider the West a direct participant in the conflict if such permission was granted to Kyiv.
That's the only intelligent thing I've ever heard Kirby say.
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That's the only intelligent thing I've ever heard Kirby say.
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[Korrespondent] 17:44 Zelensky said that the Russians have launched "rapid offensive actions" in the Kursk region, but have not yet achieved any serious results. According to the president, the Russian army plans to use about 60-70 thousand people, currently about 40 thousand are known to be there. "They wanted quick breakthroughs... They are doing this, we have not yet seen any serious successes. Our military is heroically holding on and doing everything necessary for our other steps, military and political ones," the head of state noted.
Zelensky also claims that the operation in the Kursk region has resulted in a decrease in the number of shellings in Donbass: "The situation in the Pokrovsk direction has been gradually leveling out over the past week. These are parallel things to the situation in Ukraine, or part of our operation in the Kursk region. These are related things. For example, we can see that the use of shells in Donbass, in the same Pokrovsk before the start of the Kursk operation was 1 to 12... today it is 1 to 2.5. This has not yet leveled out, we still need more weapons than the Russians."
09:19 The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine stated that the operation in the Kursk region is continuing, Ukrainian troops are inflicting "significant losses in manpower and equipment on the Russian army and are actively undermining the enemy's offensive potential in the rear."
08:55 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports that Russia has begun redeploying more experienced units to the Kursk region. In particular, we are talking about additional units of the 106th Airborne Division. Units of the 137th Airborne Regiment, which includes the 106th Division, were operating in the Severny direction in Ukraine as of late August. According to analysts, Russia may begin redeploying more experienced forces to support its current counterattacks and upcoming counteroffensive operations against Ukrainian forces in Russia.
At the same time, ISW believes that the current Russian counterattack in the Kursk region has only minor successes, while the Ukrainian Armed Forces are advancing. Thus, Russian troops continued to counterattack in the Kursk region on September 12, but achieved only minor successes. The reason, most likely, is the Ukrainian offensive operations and defensive counterattacks in this area, experts believe.
02:22 The US is aware of Russian attempts to conduct counteroffensive actions in the Kursk region, but does not consider them large-scale, said Pentagon spokesman Patrick Ryder. "We see that at the current stage, Russian units are beginning, trying to conduct certain counteroffensive actions in the Kursk region," he said, adding that these actions are "insignificant." Ryder emphasized that the Pentagon is monitoring the development of events.
September 12
11:13 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports, citing geolocation footage, that the Russian army has pushed the Ukrainian Armed Forces back east of Zhuravli, northeast of Korenevo, and advanced north and northeast of Snagost in a company-sized mechanized offensive. However, it is not yet clear whether the Russian Federation has enough troops to push the Ukrainian Armed Forces out of the Kursk Region, analysts note.
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[EngMilRu] From 7 to 13 September 2024, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have carried out 39 group strikes with precision-guided weapons and strike drones, as a result of which the following have been hit: oil and energy installations used for Ukrainian defence Industry, airbases' infrastructure, workshops for manufacturing powder and operational missile components.
In addition, strikes were delivered at UAV assembly areas, arsenals, ammunition and logistic depots, repair bases of armament and materiel as well as temporary deployment points of AFU nationalists and foreign mercenaries.
Over the past week, units of the Sever Group of Forces continued the operation to eliminate the AFU formations in Kursk region.
Russian troops liberated ten settlements during offensive operations. They are as follows: Apanasovka, Byakhovo, Vichnyovka, Viktorovka, Vnezapnoye, Gordeyevka, Krasnooktyabrskoye, Obukhovka, Snagost, and Desyaty Oktyabr.
Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles and artillery strikes at manpower and materiel assembly areas disrupted attacks and reserves deployment of six mechanised brigades, one tank brigade, one assault brigade, three air assault brigades of the AFU, nine territorial defence brigades, and one National Guard Brigade.
In Volchansk and Liptsy direction, losses were inflicted on one motorised infantry brigade, two naval infantry brigades, three territorial defence brigades, and one national guard brigade.
Over the past week, the AFU losses in the area of responsibility of the Sever Group of Forces amounted to up to 3,520 troops, 25 tanks, 106 armoured fighting vehicles, 87 motor vehicles, two MLRS combat vehicles, and 26 field artillery guns. Six electronic warfare stations were eliminated.
Over the past week, the Zapad Group of Forces continued to advance into the enemy's defence, inflicted damage on formations of five mechanised brigades, one assault brigade, one airmobile brigade of the AFU, three territorial defence brigades, and one Azov Special Operations Brigade.
Russian units repelled 17 counter-attacks launched by assault units of the AFU and Ukrainian national guard.
The AFU losses amounted to more than 3,620 troops, two tanks, 13 armoured fighting vehicles, including one Bradley infantry fighting vehicle, four U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carriers, and 44 motor vehicles.
In addition, 47 field artillery guns and MLRS launchers were eliminated, with 32 of them were provided to the AFU by Western countries, 13 electronic and counter-battery warfare stations and 31 field ammunition depots.
As a result of active efforts, units of the Yug Group of Forces liberated Krasnogorovka and Grigorovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Russian troops launched strikes on manpower and hardware of five mechanised brigades, one motorised infantry brigade, two infantry brigades, one mountain assault brigade, one air assault brigade, and two airmobile brigades of the AFU. Russian units repelled nine counter-attacks of the hostile assault detachments.
The AFU losses amounted to more than 4,840 troops, nine armoured fighting vehicles, including a U.S.-made M-113 armoured personnel carrier, 81 motor vehicles, and 59 field artillery guns, with 26 of them manufactured by NATO countries.
Four electronic warfare and counterbattery radars as well as 15 field artillery guns were destroyed.
The Tsentr Group of Forces liberated Novogrodovka, Kalinovo, Memrik, Galitsynovka, and Dolinovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Russian units inflicted damage on formations of seven mechanised brigades, one motorised infantry brigade, two infantry brigades, two jaeger brigades, one airborne brigade of the AFU, one territorial defence brigade, four national guard brigades, and the Lyut Brigade of the National Police of Ukraine. The Russian Armed Forces repelled 50 counter-attacks launched by hostile assault detachments.
Over the past week, Ukrainian units have suffered losses of up to 3,670 troops, two tanks, 23 armoured fighting vehicles, including a Bradley infantry fighting vehicle, two U.S.-made MaxxPro armoured vehicles, 22 motor vehicles, and 42 field artillery guns.
As a result of cohesive actions, units of the Vostok Group of Forces liberated Vodyanoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
Russian units inflicted damage on manpower and materiel of one mechanised brigade, one motorised infantry brigade of the AFU, three territorial defence brigades, and one national guard brigade. The Russian Armed forces repelled 12 counter-attacks of the AFU.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 820 troops, 24 motor vehicles, and ten 155mm field artillery guns. Five electronic and counter-battery warfare stations were eliminated.
The Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted damage on formations of two mechanised brigades, one infantry brigade, one mountain assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, one naval infantry brigade, and three territorial defence brigades.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 490 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, 50 motor vehicles, two U.S.-made MLRS launchers, and nine field artillery guns.
Four electronic warfare stations and six field ammunition depots were eliminated.
Air defence units shot down nine U.S.-made ATACMS operational-tactical missiles, 30 French-made Hammer guided aerial bombs, 25 U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles, and 433 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles, with 237 of them outside the special military operation zone.
Over the past week, 49 Ukrainian servicemen have surrendered on the line of contact.
In total, 642 airplanes and 283 helicopters, 31,501 unmanned aerial vehicles, 579 air defence missile systems, 18,130 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,454 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 14,563 field artillery guns and mortars as well as 26,047 units of support and motor vehicles have been destroyed during the special military operation.
The Sever Group of Forces carrying on offensive actions inflicted damage on the 22nd and 44th Mechanised brigades, 82nd and 95th Air Assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Lyubimovka, Daryino, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Pokrovsky, and Borki.
Over the past 24 hours, the Russian units have repelled a counter-attack launched by the enemy in the direction of Obukhovka, and thwarted two enemy's attempts to launch attacks in the direction of Kamyshevka and Borki.
As a result, the AFU losses amounted to up to 20 troops killed and wounded, one AFU serviceman were taken prisoner; two armoured fighting vehicles and one motor vehicle were destroyed.
With the support of army aviation and artillery fire, the Russian troops repelled three attempts of the enemy to break through the border of the Russian Federation in the direction of the Novy Put, Medvezhye, and Vesyoloye.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 50 troops killed and wounded; five tanks, two infantry fighting vehicles, one armoured personnel carrier, nine armoured fighting vehicles, two motor vehicles, and two counterobstacle vehicles.
Air strikes, artillery fire, and actions of the troops inflicted fire damage on clusters of manpower and hardware of the 22nd, 61st, 115th Mechanised brigades, 17th Tank Brigade, 80th and 95th Air Assault brigades, 1st National Guard Brigade, and 129th Territorial Defence Brigade near Borki, Guyevo, Daryino, Zeleny Shlyakh, Kositsa, Lyubimovka, Malaya Loknya, Martynovka, Novaya Sorochina, Novoivanovka, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Pokrovsky, and Uspenovka.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, and Missile Troops launched strikes in Sumy region to hit enemy's assembly areas and reserves of the 21st, 22nd, and 41st Mechanised brigades, 17th Tank Brigade, 82nd Air Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 1st National Guard Brigade, 1004th Security Brigade, 101st, 103rd, and 129th Territorial Defence brigades close to Belopolye, Glukhov, Zhuravka, Obody, Kondratovka, Katerinovka, Rechki, Stepanovka, Sumy, Pavlovka, Pustogorod, and Khoten.
Over the past 24 hours, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have suffered the following losses: up to 300 troops, 34 armoured vehicles including seven tanks, two infantry fighting vehicles, three armoured personnel carriers, and 22 armoured fighting vehicles as well as one artillery gun, one electronic warfare station, two counterobstacle vehicles, and eight motor vehicles.
Twelve Ukrainian servicemen surrendered into captivity.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have lost more than 12,795 troops, 108 tanks, 44 infantry fighting vehicles, 86 armoured personnel carriers, 691 armoured fighting vehicles, 418 motor vehicles, 93 artillery guns, 26 MLRS launchers, including seven of HIMARS and five of MLRS made by the USA, eight SAM launchers, two transport-loading vehicles, 25 electronic warfare stations and seven counter-battery radars, two air defence radars, 12 engineering vehicles, including six counterobstacle vehicles and one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle.
The operation to neutralise the AFU units is in progress.
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[NewsFront] 23:58 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 09/13/2024 to 00:00 09/14/2024.
Eight cases of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC over the past 24 hours.
There were reports of two civilians being injured.
DAMAGED:
No damage to residential buildings or civil infrastructure facilities was recorded.
Two artillery attacks in the Donetsk direction,
Six artillery attacks in the Gorlovka direction.
A total of 20 units of various ammunition were fired.
23:21 It is reported about the massive launch of Geraniums at Ukrainian Armed Forces facilities.
21:03 120mm mortar 2B11 crew of the Dnepr group covered enemy stronghold on the right bank of the Dnieper.
19:50 Strike by three FABs from the UMPK in the Kupyansk direction –video.
19:22 During reconnaissance in the area of the settlement of Romanovka, a squad of a serviceman with the call sign "Berkut" from the 238th Artillery Brigade discovered moving Strela-10 SAM system of the Ukrainian Armed Forces militants. The exact coordinates were transmitted to the artillery crew of a serviceman with the call sign "Mur" from the 238th Artillery Brigade, equipped with a 152mm 2A36 Giatsint-B gun. Thanks to coordinated work, the target was successfully destroyed, which supported the offensive actions of the 20th Motorized Rifle Division.
18:55 Crews of 240mm mortars 2S4 "Tulip" of the "Vostok" group destroyed fortified stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the South Donetsk direction.
18:10 The operator of the Army Special Forces drone records the fire damage to the Ukrainian Air Defense Forces in the Zaporizhia direction –video.
17:56 Su-34 struck accumulation of manpower and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces
The crew of the Su-34 multifunctional supersonic fighter-bomber of the Aerospace Forces carried out a strike on a concentration of personnel and military equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border area of the Kursk region.
The strike was carried out on reconnoitered targets using aviation bombs with a universal planning and correction module. This module allows for precise strikes from a safe distance from the combat contact line.
Having received confirmation from intelligence that the targets had been destroyed, the crews returned safely to their departure airfield.
16:44 Footage of destruction of the antenna and vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces at the Yuzhnodonbasskaya No. 32 mine by FPV drone operators, as well as the enemy’s machine gun crew in the same direction.
15:57 Summary of the Russian Ministry of Defense on the progress of the special military operation (for the period from September 7 to September 13, 2024)
From September 7 to September 13 this year, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out 39 group strikes with high-precision weapons and attack unmanned aerial vehicles, which resulted in the destruction of oil and gas and energy facilities that supported the operation of Ukrainian defense industry enterprises, military airfield infrastructure, gunpowder manufacturing workshops and production of components for operational-tactical missiles.
During the week, units of the North group of forces continued the operation to destroy Ukrainian Armed Forces formations in the Kursk region. During the offensive, 10 settlements were liberated: Apanasovka, Byakhovo, Vishnevka, Viktorovka, Vnezapnoye, Gordeyevka, Krasnooktyabrskoye, Obukhovka, Snagost and Desyaty Oktyabr.
Over the course of a week, in the area of responsibility of the North group of forces, the enemy's losses amounted to 3,520 servicemen, 25 tanks, 106 combat armored vehicles, 87 cars, two combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems and 26 field artillery guns. Six electronic warfare stations were destroyed.
During the week, units of the Zapad group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defense, defeating formations of five mechanized, assault, and airmobile brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, three territorial defense brigades, and the Azov* special forces brigade.
As a result of decisive actions by units of the Southern Group of Forces, the settlements of Krasnogorovka and Grigorovka in the Donetsk People's Republic were liberated.
Units of the "Center" group of forces actively liberated the settlements of Novogrodovka, Kalinovo, Memrik, Galitsynovka and Dolinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic. They defeated the formations of seven mechanized, motorized infantry, two infantry, two ranger, airborne brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a territorial defense brigade, four brigades of the National Guard and the "Lyut" brigade of the National Police of Ukraine. They repelled 50 counterattacks of enemy assault groups.
As a result of coordinated actions by units of the "East" group of forces, the settlement of Vodyanoye in the Donetsk People's Republic was liberated. The manpower and equipment of the mechanized and motorized infantry brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, three territorial defense brigades and a national guard brigade were defeated. Twelve counterattacks by units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were repelled.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces inflicted losses on formations of two mechanized, infantry, mountain assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade and three territorial defense brigades.
Over the course of the week, air defense systems shot down nine US-made ATACMS operational-tactical missiles, 30 French-made Hammer guided air bombs, 25 US-made HIMARS rockets, and 433 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles, including 237 outside the special military operation zone.
Over the course of a week, 49 Ukrainian servicemen surrendered on the contact line.
15:05 Army aviation crews on Ka-52M helicopters struck personnel and armored military equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border area of Kursk Oblast. The personnel and armored military equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were destroyed.
14:47 Explosions occurred in the Kyiv-controlled city of Kherson, reported the Ukrainian Channel 24.
14:07 Artillery of the "North" group destroyed a concentration of Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel who took refuge in a forest belt in the Kursk region.
13:58 Destroyed BMP M-113 of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, American-made, in the Zaporizhia region.
13:40 Russian troops have established control over half of the village of Ostroye in the Kurakhovsky direction. This is evidenced by the data of objective control of the enemy during the attack on our positions on Pravda Street in the village.
13:14 Advance of the Russian Armed Forces near Peschanoye –map.
12:55 Enemy reports:
"In the Kurakhovsky direction, the Russian Armed Forces are storming Ostroe. The Russian Armed Forces have managed to consolidate their position on the outskirts of the settlement of Ostroe and are trying to develop their success to the west in the direction of the Volchya River. The fighting is very fierce.
In addition, Russian aviation is artillery attack Selidovo penal colony No. 82 west of Ostroy with FABs.
12:17 The Russian Armed Forces defeated formations of four brigades in the Kursk region and repelled a counterattack near Obukhovka, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.
12:05 The Ukrainian Armed Forces are withdrawing personnel from other areas to transfer them to the Kursk region, but their forces are running out, Alaudinov told TASS.
11:57 Soldiers of the 18th Army discovered and destroyed enemy manpower and vehicles in the village of Dneprovskoe on the right bank of the Kherson region –video.
11:34 Polish self-propelled gun "Crab" destroyed in the Kursk region by a strike from an X-51 ZALA/Lancet loitering munition.
10:45 Special forces of the Russian Guards destroyed In the Kursk region there are up to 50 Ukrainian military personnel, five strongholds and three electronic warfare stations, the department reported.
10:10 Situation in the Ugledar direction: the tactical position of the units of the Vostok group continues to improve west of Vodyanoye and the Yuzhno-Donbasskaya No. 1 mine.
09:52 Russian troops again struck enemy logistics routes in the Pokrovsky direction.
The attack significantly damaged the supports of the "Eastern Overpass" (Humpbacked Bridge), and partially destroyed the road surface. Although the bridge did not collapse, its use for transporting heavy cargo and armored vehicles is now in question.
The "Eastern Overpass" (Humpbacked Bridge) and the "Western Overpass" occupy key positions in the city's transport system, connecting it with important logistics routes and neighboring settlements. The destruction of these objects has already significantly limited access to the city. Additional difficulties for supplies are created by the destruction of the "Myrnohrad Bridge" on the eve, which was one of the main routes for the delivery of military cargo and supplies.
09:50 Statement of Head of the press center of the Dnepr group:
Units of the Dnepr group of forces inflicted losses on concentrations of manpower and equipment of the 39th coastal defense brigade and the 108th Territorial Defense Brigade in the Belogorye and Malaya Tokmachka areas.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 40 servicemen, an M113 armored personnel carrier, six vehicles, a 152mm D-20 gun, and an Anklav-N electronic warfare station.
09:32 Hit at night by FPV drone "VT-40" on the American IFV Bradley on the Khar'kov border.
09:22 Special forces snipers of the 29th Army continue to "hunt" for enemy manpower in the Ugledar direction.
09:16 Explosions occurred at night in the area of ??the railway station in Odessa, where the Ukrainian Armed Forces warehouses were located, the pro-Russian resistance stated.
08:15 Units of the Russian Armed Forces captured and evacuated another US-made Bradley IFV in the Avdeevka direction. After repairs, specialists will decide how to use the American vehicle further.
08:12 Anti-tank crew of the Ukrainian Armed Forces tried to hide in the building, but he didn’t succeed.
During reconnaissance using an unmanned aerial vehicle, the servicemen noticed enemy movement on the line of combat contact. They transmitted the enemy coordinates to the operators of the attack drones and continued to observe.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces unit, leaving anti-tank weapons in position, took cover in an unfinished house, but an attack FPV drone caught up with them.
08:10 Footage of destroyed military equipment and manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces during the performance of combat missions by servicemen of the Marine Brigade of the North Forces Group in the border area of ??the Kursk Region.
08:07 Russian military have advanced in the Kremenskoye direction in the LPR. This was stated by Deputy Chief of the Main Military-Political Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces Apti Alaudinov.
08:04 Enemy reports:
"The Russian Armed Forces have advanced in Makeyevka, Krasnogorovka, Grodovtsy, as well as near Peschanoye and Prechistovka."
08:01 Crews of the 203mm 2S7 high-power self-propelled gun "Pion" of the "West" group of forces destroyed command post of the unit and the manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
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[Regnum] The Russian Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case against General of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) Dmitry Krasilnikov, who was involved in committing crimes in the Kursk region. This was reported on the agency's Telegram channel.
“The Main Military Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia has opened a criminal case against the commander of the operational-tactical department “Seversk” of the armed formations of Ukraine, Major General Dmitry Krasilnikov,” the department said in a statement.
According to the investigation, soldiers from the 22nd Separate Mechanized Brigade, the 80th Separate Airborne Assault Brigade, and the 61st Separate Mechanized Brigade, as well as other units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces under the command of Krasilnikov, illegally crossed the Russian border and attacked residential buildings and civilian infrastructure using missiles and drones.
In addition, Ukrainian military personnel have placed explosives on roads to prevent civilians from evacuating areas affected by the fighting.
“As a result of Krasilnikov’s criminal actions, a significant number of civilians were killed and wounded, residential buildings, civilian infrastructure facilities, and vehicles were destroyed and damaged,” the Investigative Committee notes.
At the same time, the department reported that Krasilnikov had been declared wanted. In turn, the court sentenced the military man to arrest in absentia.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, earlier the representative of the military investigative bodies of the Investigative Committee of Russia, Lieutenant Colonel of Justice Dmitry Goryachenkov reported that residents of the border areas of the Kursk region testified about crimes committed by the military of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the invasion. According to local residents, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired at houses, cars, and used FPV drones for this.
Before this, it became known that during the attack on the Kursk region, Ukrainian militants fired at and robbed civilians' cars. The looting is on footage from a reconnaissance drone of the 44th Army Corps.
Ukrainian troops in the Kursk region created something like concentration camps for civilians, according to a report by the Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Rodion Miroshnik.
It is noted that information about the actions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the captured territories was provided by witnesses and collected by the headquarters of the Russian Red Cross in Kursk, where relatives of missing people turned.
US imposes sanctions against the media group "Russia Today" and Dmitry Kiselyov
[Regnum] The United States of America imposed sanctions against the media group Rossiya Segodnya and its head Dmitry Kiselyov, the US Department of the Treasury reported on September 13.
The ministry issued a general license, which requires financial transactions with the media group to be completed by November 13.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, earlier on September 13, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, speaking to the media on September 13 ahead of a briefing, publicly accused the RT television channel of allegedly conducting covert operations to interfere in the affairs of other countries.
In August, the US Treasury Department expanded anti-Russian sanctions by adding 400 individuals and legal entities in Russia and abroad to the lists. In addition, sanctions were imposed on some citizens of Belarus, Italy, Turkey, Liechtenstein and China, as well as on 46 Chinese companies.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly noted that anti-Russian sanctions have had the opposite effect. The West expected the country's economy to collapse, but it is growing and developing.
The news is being updated.
More from regnum.ru Zakharova responds to Blinken's call to treat RT as intelligence
Official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova suggested treating the actions of US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, who accused the RT television channel of conducting secret operations to interfere in the affairs of other countries, as a blockchain.
“I propose treating Blinken’s actions like a blockchain,” she wrote on her Telegram channel.
Earlier in the day, Blinken publicly accused RT of conducting covert operations to interfere in the affairs of other countries, adding that the US, UK and Canada were launching a diplomatic campaign against the network and calling for it to be treated as an intelligence agency.
The Secretary of State also announced that Washington was imposing sanctions against three legal entities and two individuals who allegedly participated in such operations, in particular, in alleged interference in Moldova's internal affairs and future elections in the country.
As reported by the news agency Regnum, on September 11, 20 Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) officers came to search an RT employee working in Miami. It was reported that the woman was not allowed to get dressed, she was beaten and searched. After the search, the agency employee was interrogated for about five hours. The woman had to leave the United States for security reasons, the Russian consul helped her buy a plane ticket, and she flew to Russia via a third country.
Even more from regnum.ru Blinken Accuses RT of 'Secret Operations' Interfering in Countries' Affairs
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, speaking to the media on September 13 ahead of a briefing, publicly accused the RT television channel of conducting covert operations to interfere in the affairs of other countries.
“Today we announce that these Kremlin-backed media outlets are not only playing a role in efforts to undermine U.S. democratic institutions, but are also interfering in the internal affairs of nations around the world,” he said.
He said the new data, much of it allegedly obtained from the channel's employees themselves, showed that RT had the capacity to conduct cyber operations and had been involved in covert influence operations and military procurement.
The Secretary of State also announced that Washington was imposing sanctions against three legal entities and two individuals who allegedly participated in such operations. In particular, in the alleged interference in Moldova's internal affairs and future elections in the country. Moreover, he added, the United States, Great Britain and Canada were launching a diplomatic campaign against the TV channel and calling for its actions to be treated as intelligence.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on September 11, 20 Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) officers came to search an RT employee working in Miami. The woman was not allowed to get dressed, she was beaten and searched. After the search, the agency employee was interrogated for about five hours. The woman had to leave the United States of America for security reasons, the Russian consul helped her buy a plane ticket, and she flew to Russia via a third country.
On September 4, the United States imposed sanctions against the media group Rossiya Segodnya, RIA Novosti, Sputnik, as well as the RT television channel and its editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan. Washington explained this decision by the fact that the blacklisted media outlets were allegedly involved in interfering in the American presidential elections.
On September 6, Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov called the new US accusations and sanctions against Russia an attempt to put pressure on Moscow and the Russians. He stressed that Russia strongly condemns this line and considers it unacceptable.
Ambassador Antonov: Biden will allow American weapons to strike deep into Russia
[Regnum] Russian Ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov suggested that following the planned meeting between US President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, it could be announced that restrictions on their weapons strikes deep into Russia will be lifted.
Antonov noted that such a decision could be hasty.
“I don’t even rule out the possibility that during our conversation, breaking news will suddenly come out that the president has made this kind of decision,” the diplomat said on September 13 on the air of the Russia 24 TV channel.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, NATO will start a direct war with Russia if it allows Kiev to use long-range weapons on Russian territory, said Russia's permanent representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya. The permanent representative pointed to the extreme interest of the head of the Kiev regime, Volodymyr Zelensky, in involving NATO countries in a military conflict with Russia.
Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov, commenting on the meeting between Joe Biden and Keir Starmer, did not rule out that the decision to strike Russia with ATACMS missiles has probably already been made in the United States. According to him, Washington and European countries are trying to distance themselves from involvement in the conflict, but they are not very successful.
The United States takes seriously the statements of Russian President Vladimir Putin about the consequences of allowing Kiev to strike at Russian territory with long-range weapons. This was stated on September 13 by John Kirby, coordinator of strategic communications for the White House National Security Council.
More from regnum.ru US monitors Russia's position on consequences of participation in conflict in Ukraine
The statements of Russian President Vladimir Putin about the possible consequences of Western countries' participation in the Ukrainian conflict are being closely monitored in the United States. This was stated on September 13 by the official representative of the US State Department Matthew Miller.
“Of course, we pay close attention to everything he says,” Miller told reporters at a briefing, commenting on Putin’s corresponding statement.
Washington, despite the warning from the Russian leader, will continue to supply Ukraine with the necessary weapons and participate in the international coalition to assist the Ukrainian Armed Forces, he added.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on September 12, Vladimir Putin called the discussions on allowing the Ukrainian Armed Forces to use precision weapons for strikes deep into Russia a substitution of concepts. According to him, this issue is about making a decision on whether NATO countries will directly participate in the conflict or not. The head of state explained that this would mean nothing other than the direct participation of NATO countries in military actions in Ukraine and, accordingly, against Russia. Putin emphasized that the Russian Federation will take appropriate measures based on the threats that will be created.
Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to international organizations in Vienna Mikhail Ulyanov called Putin's statement a serious, delicate, but strict warning that should not be ignored.
The representative of the UN Secretary-General Stephane Dujarric noted that the rhetoric about allowing Ukraine to use long-range weapons to strike deep into Russia does not bring the world closer to ending the conflict.
Even more from regnum.ru Antonov urges US officials not to 'play with fire' after Putin's remarks
Former American officials asked Russian diplomats what exactly President Vladimir Putin meant in his statementwhen he spoke about possibly allowing Ukraine to strike deep into Russia. This was stated by Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov.
“Yesterday’s statements by Vladimir Vladimirovich were very carefully recorded here; several former officials called me and asked what was really behind these statements,” the diplomat explained on the air of the Russia 24 TV channel.
Antonov added that he simply told his colleagues “not to play with fire.”
As reported by the Regnum news agency, Vladimir Putin's statements about the possible consequences of Western countries' participation in the Ukrainian conflict are being closely monitored in the United States, State Department spokesman Matthew Miller admitted on September 13. Despite the Russian leader's warning, Washington will continue to supply Ukraine with the necessary weapons and participate in the international coalition to help the Ukrainian Armed Forces, he added.
The United States takes Putin's statements seriously about the consequences of allowing Kiev to strike Russia with long-range weapons, said John Kirby, coordinator of strategic communications for the White House National Security Council. He added that Washington has not changed its position on prohibiting the Kiev regime from using American-made long-range weapons deep into Russian territory.
On September 12, Vladimir Putin called the discussions on allowing the Ukrainian Armed Forces to use precision weapons for strikes deep into Russia a substitution of concepts. According to him, this issue is about making a decision on whether NATO countries will directly participate in the conflict or not. The head of state explained that this would mean nothing other than direct participation of NATO countries in military actions in Ukraine and, accordingly, against Russia.
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