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[LB] The situation on the front line remains tense. Ukrainian defenders continue to actively oppose the Russian aggressor, causing him losses in manpower and equipment.
A total of 80 combat clashes took place since the beginning of the day, according to the General Staff report.
Border settlements of Sumy, Chernihiv, and Kharkiv regions continue to suffer from artillery shelling from the territory of the Russian Federation. Areas of the settlements of Stukalyvka, Bobylivka, Vidrodenivske, Timofiivka, Novodmytrivka, Malushyne, Svoboda, Obody, Brusky, Velika Pisarivka were affected by the fire of barrel artillery and MLRS. Also, the aggressor carried out airstrikes in the areas of Studenok, Kucherivka, and Budivelne settlements, using seven anti-aircraft missiles.
The Russians are bombing the Kursk region of the Russian Federation: according to available information, nine strikes by twelve guided aerial bombs have been made on its territory.
In addition, in the Kharkiv direction, the Russian occupiers unsuccessfully attacked the defense lines of Ukrainian units near Burguvatka, Starytsia, and Vovchansk seven times, and two skirmishes are still ongoing.
In the Kupyansk direction, Ukrainian soldiers repelled five enemy attacks near Synkivka, Novoosynovo, Hlushkivka, and Vyshnevo, two more skirmishes continue near Kruglyakivka.
In the Lymansky direction, the invading army carried out 14 attacks during the day near Grekivka, Makiivka, Nevsky, Novosadovo, Dibrova, Serebryanka, Hryhorivka and in the Serebryansk Forestry. Ten clashes have ended at this time, four more are ongoing. The enemy used aviation in the Serebryansk forestry area, dropping more than 60 unguided air missiles.
The enemy carried out two offensive actions in the Siversk direction in the areas of Verkhnokamianske and Bilogorivka settlements, Ukrainian defenders repelled both enemy attacks. The enemy also carried out an air strike in the Siversk area, using six air bombs.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the invaders, supported by aviation, carried out two assaults on the positions of our troops near Chasovoy Yar. One battle is over, one more is in progress.
In the Toretsk direction, ten enemy attacks took place in the Toretsk, Zalizny, Nelipivka, Shcherbinivka districts. The aggressor launched an air strike on Kostyantynivka, having already used three aerial bombs.
In the Pokrovsky direction, since the beginning of the day, the occupiers have made 13 attempts to dislodge our defenders from their occupied positions in the areas of settlements, Novotoretske, Sukha Balka, Mykolaivka, Selidove, and Mykhailivka. The defense forces restrained the onslaught and repelled seven enemy attacks, six clashes are still ongoing. Enemy losses are being refined.
In the Kurakhiv direction, the occupiers carried out eight unsuccessful attacks near Georgiyivka, Kostyantynivka and Katerynivka, launched an air strike in the Shevchenko area, using four anti-aircraft missiles.
In the Vremivsk direction, units of our troops repelled six Russian assaults near Vugledar, Bogoyavlenka, and Zolotaya Niva. The occupiers carried out airstrikes in the areas of Novodonetske, Tamarivka, Novodarivka and Bogoyavlenka settlements, a total of 21 air bombs were dropped.
In the Orichiv direction, the enemy made one unsuccessful attack on the positions of our defenders. At the same time, the enemy carries out airstrikes and artillery fire on the positions of our troops and populated areas. A total of 10 anti-aircraft missiles and 7 aerial bombs were used in the areas of Mala Tokmachka, Pyatikhatka and Veselyanka settlements.
At the moment, no enemy offensive actions have been recorded in the Gulyaipil and Prydniprovsky directions.
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[Korrespondent] 20:25 The G7 foreign ministers issued a joint statement reaffirming that they will never recognize Russia's annexation of Ukrainian territory. "This war of aggression can end now if Russia immediately, completely and unconditionally withdraws its troops from all of Ukraine to its internationally recognized borders, renounces its claims to the annexation of the Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhia regions, as well as the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, and respects the sovereign rights of Ukraine as an independent state," the statement said.
20:04 The next meeting in the Rammstein format in Germany will be "special", Zelensky said in an evening video address. Earlier it was reported that the meeting will take place on October 12 at the level of heads of state and will be chaired by Biden. "From our side, our partners receive all the details, all the arguments on how to ensure results in the coming months both at the front and in diplomatic work. The power of arms and the power of diplomacy always work effectively only together, and this is how we expect, this is how we must implement the victory plan. We also expect specific things from our partners," the Ukrainian president emphasized.
He also announced the preparation of another security agreement, this time on the 27th. In addition, Zelensky said that today he held a meeting of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief's Headquarters, where they discussed the staffing of brigades, the purchase and supply of weapons and equipment for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Another meeting was with Commander-in-Chief Syrsky and Chief of the General Staff Bargilevich, who reported on each of the front-line areas. "A very difficult situation. The most important thing is to put pressure on Russia by all means, all instruments, in order to achieve our goal as soon as possible - a real and fair peace for Ukraine," the head of state noted.
18:08 Russians struck a team of power engineers in the Dnipropetrovsk region, hitting a service vehicle, DTEK reported. The repair team, which was working near the front line, managed to take cover and was not injured. The drone hit the service vehicle and completely destroyed it.
16:43 September was the first month since the start of the war during which Russia attacked Ukraine with Shahed drones daily, writes ArmyInform. According to Air Force statistics, in September the enemy launched a total of 1,339 Shahed attack UAVs at Ukraine, of which 1,107 were shot down, and some were suppressed by electronic warfare. On average, the Russians launched 44 Shaheds daily, and the largest number of attack drones was launched on September 14 - 72.
16:07 Stoltenberg said that NATO has not recorded any changes in Russia's nuclear doctrine "that would require any changes on the part of the Alliance."
15:34 The Ministry of Justice assured that Ukrainians who were forcibly given Russian passports in the occupied territories will not be held accountable. "Article 40 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, in the presence of evidence of the use of psychological coercion, provides them with full legal protection in court," the department said.
15:18 In the Donetsk region, near Chasovy Yar, another Russian "war correspondent" was wounded, Izvestia newspaper employee Denis Kulaga, Russian media write. He was riding an ATV when an FPV drone flew into him. Kulaga received shrapnel wounds to both legs, burns and fractures of his lower limbs, but his life, as stated, is not in danger.
13:59 Putin signed a decree on the autumn draft: from October to the end of December, 133 thousand people are planned to be called up. The General Staff of the Russian Federation emphasized that conscripts "will not be involved in the implementation of tasks within the framework of the SVO in new regions."
12:45 Peskov called for "not excessive appeals" to changes in the Russian nuclear doctrine in the context of the war in Ukraine, which "continues on its own course." At the same time, he added that the decision to adjust the nuclear doctrine "is important, all changes will be formalized accordingly."
12:36 In the morning, Russians struck Kupyansk in the Kharkiv region with an FPV drone, one person was killed, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov.
11:48 For Ukrainians who are in the temporarily occupied territories, a service called Ty v Ukrainั has been created. The service includes a free VPN and a special browser for residents of the temporarily occupied territories. Thanks to it, Ukrainians will be able to stay in touch with Ukraine, even if the occupiers block Ukrainian sites or introduce their local Internet. Registration on the website tyvukraini.com.
11:27 The European Union will introduce a new sanctions regime against Russia, RFE/RL Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiak reported: "EU ambassadors will agree on a new thematic sanctions regime on Wednesday, targeting Russia's hybrid threats. It will be formalized next week. There are no names yet, but they will be added in the future." The journalist added that the EU initially wanted to introduce a general sanctions regime, but eventually agreed that it would focus on Russian threats.
11:04 In Sumy Oblast, nine people were wounded as a result of Russian shelling over the past day, the National Police reported. The enemy carried out 280 strikes on 50 settlements.
10:56 Russians have been attacking the Kherson region since the morning: three people were injured in Velyka Oleksandrivka, two more in Kherson, OVA reported. In addition, three residents of the region who were injured yesterday due to Russian UAV strikes sought hospital treatment: in Berislav, Belozerka and the Belozerskaya community.
10:13 In the Kiev region, debris from downed "shaheeds" fell in six districts: grassy areas caught fire, a private house caught fire, and a cemetery was damaged. No one was hurt, OVA reported.
09:28 In the Kherson region, over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, one person was killed and 12 were injured, reported the head of the OVA, Oleksandr Prokudin.
09:17 In Donetsk Oblast, two people were killed as a result of Russian shelling on September 29 - in Lisovka and the village of Shevchenko. Three more people in the region were injured in the past 24 hours, reported OVA head Vadim Filashkin.
09:10 In the Kharkiv region, over the past day, four people were injured as a result of Russian shelling - two in the village of Boguslavka in the Izyum district and two in the village of Odnorobovka in the Bogodukhovsky district, reported the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov.
09:04 The victory plan will be presented to the public for review, but some of its points are secret, said the head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak: "Everything that becomes public is heard not only in our country, but also by the enemy. And therefore, of course, some details of this plan are closed."
08:46 Air defense destroyed 67 of 73 Shahed-type attack UAVs at night, the Air Force reported. One drone flew in the direction of Belarus, three more were lost in the northern regions of Ukraine. One UAV remains in Ukrainian airspace, combat work is underway.
In addition, at night Russia attacked with one Kh-59/69 guided air missile (it was also shot down), as well as one Iskander-M ballistic missile and one Kh-31P anti-radar missile. Air defense forces operated in the Kyiv, Cherkasy, Vinnytsia, Kirovohrad, Zhitomir, Poltava, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkov, Dnepropetrovsk and Nikolaev regions.
08:14 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of September 30:
personnel - about 653,060 (+1250) people,
tanks - 8874 (+5),
combat armored vehicles - 17,503 (+27),
artillery systems - 18,822 (+27),
MLRS - 1204 (+0),
air defense systems - 963 (+1),
aircraft - 369 (+0),
helicopters - 328 (+0),
Operational-tactical level UAVs - 16,224 (+38),
cruise missiles - 2610 (+0),
ships/boats - 28 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 25,548 (+53),
special equipment - 3313 (+16).
07:35 In the Bashtansky district of the Nikolaev region, as a result of a night Russian attack, a fire broke out at a critical infrastructure facility; information about the victims is being clarified, reported the head of the OVA Vitaly Kim.
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[EngMilRu] Russian Federation Armed Forces continue the special military operation.
In Liptsy and Volchansk directions, the Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations of the 57th Motorised Infantry Brigade of the AFU, 36th Naval Infantry Brigade, and 113th Territorial Defence Brigade near Liptsy, Volchansk, and Volchanskye Khutora (Kharkov region).
Up to 75 troops, one infantry fighting vehicle, and nine motor vehicles of the enemy have been neutralised.
The Zapad Group of Forces has improved the situation along the front line and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of 14th, 44th, 53rd and 63rd Mechanised brigades of the AFU, 117th Territorial Defence Brigade, 1st National Guard Brigade near Berestovoye (Kharkov region), Nevskoye, Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic), Serebryanka, and Torskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
Two counter-attacks launched by assault groups of 14th and 116th Mechanised brigades of the AFU were repelled. The AFU sustained losses amounted to up to 425 troops, one tank, five motor vehicles, one Polish-made 155mm Krab self-propelled artillery system, two UK-made 155mm FH-70 howitzers, one 152mm D-20 howitzer, one 122mm D-30 howitzer, and two Anklav-N electronic warfare stations. Five ammunition depots were eliminated.
The Yug Group of Forces took more favourable lines and defeated formations of the 24th, 30th, 54th, 72nd Mechanised brigades, 56th Motorised Infantry Brigade, 143rd Infantry Brigade, 128th Mountain Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and 119th Territorial Defence Brigade near Konstantinovka, Fyodorovka, Zaliznyanskoye, Mayskoye, Orekhovo-Vasilyevka, Druzhkovka, and Chasov Yar (Donetsk People's Republic).
One counter-attack launched by a unit of the 5th Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was repelled. The AFU losses amounted to up to 560 troops, one tank, eight motor vehicles, two U.S.-made 155mm M-777 howitzers, one UK-made 155mm FH-70 howitzer, one 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system, one 152mm Msta-B howitzer, one UK-made 105mm L-119 howitzer, one U.S.-made 105mm M-119 gun, and Nota electronic warfare station.
The Tsentr Group of Forces has liberated Nelepovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
In addition, they inflicted damage on manpower and hardware of the 47th, 150th, 151st Mechanised brigades, 95th Air Assault Brigade, 25th Airborne Brigade, 68th Jaeger Brigade of the AFU, 109th, 116th, 119th Territorial Defence brigades, 12th and 15th National Guard brigades near Kleban-Byk, Selidovo, Dzerzhinsk, Nikolayevka, Lysovka, Tsukurino, Sukhaya Balka, Druzhba, and Shevchenko (Donetsk People's Republic).
Nine counter-attacks launched by assault groups of the 28th, 47th, 150th, 151st, 154th Mechanised brigades and 25th Airborne Brigade of the AFU were repelled. The AFU losses amounted to up to 630 troops, two Kozak armoured fighting vehicles, six motor vehicles, one 152mm Msta-B howitzer, and one 122mm D-30 gun.
The Vostok Group of Forces improved the tactical situation and hit manpower and hardware of the 72nd Mechanised Brigade, 58th Motorised Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and 127th Territorial Defence Brigade near Dobrovolye, Zolotaya Niva, and Rovnopol (Donetsk People's Republic).
Two counterattacks launched by assault groups of the 72nd Mechanised Brigade of the AFU were repelled. The AFU losses amounted to up to 120 troops, one infantry fighting vehicle, eight motor vehicles, and one 122mm D-30 howitzer. Two ammunition depots were wiped out.
The Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations of the 35th Naval Infantry Brigade, 39th Coastal Defence Brigade, and 108th and 124th Territorial Defence brigades near Malaya Tokmachka (Zaporozhye region), Antonovka (Kherson region), and Kherson.
The enemy suffered losses of up to 85 troops, ten motor vehicles, one U.S.-made 155mm Paladin howitzer, and one Anklav-N electronic warfare station.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have hit: an ammunition depot, a missile-artillery ammunition depot, airfield infrastructure, a military echelon in the offloading site, as well as clusters of enemy manpower and military hardware in 124 areas.
Air defence units shot down four U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles and 24 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 646 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 32,527 unmanned aerial vehicles, 579 anti-aircraft missile systems, 18,460 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,469 MLRS combat vehicles, 15,400 field artillery guns and mortars, and 26,741 units of support military vehicles have been neutralised.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the operation to neutralise an enemy group, which broke into the territory of Kursk region.
The Sever Group of Forces continues the offensive operation and engaged formations of 21st, 22nd, 115th Mechanised brigades, 17th Tank Brigade, 82nd and 95th Air Assault brigades of the AFU, 1st National Guard Brigade, 36th Naval Infntry Brigade, as well as 103rd and 129th Territorial Defence brigades near Lyubimovka, Daryino, Novy Put, Nikolayevo-Daryino, and Plekhovo.
Over the past 24 hours, the Group's units repelled two enemy counterattacks in the direction of Lyubimovka and Plekhovo, and thwarted the enemy's attempts to attack in the direction of Olgovka and Kamyshevka. As a result, the AFU losses amounted to up to 60 troops killed and wounded, two armoured fighting vehicles, and a motor vehicle.
With the support of Army Aviation and artillery fire, five AFU attempts to break through the border of the Russian Federation towards Novy Put were foiled. The AFU sustained losses of more than 30 troops killed and wounded; three armoured fighting vehicles, one motor vehicle, and one U.S.-made M-88 recovery vehicle were eliminated.
Army aviation and artillery strikes inflicted losses on manpower and hardware clusters of the 22nd, 41st, 61st, Mechanised brigades, 17th Tank Brigade, 80th and 95th Air Assault brigades, 1st and 17th National Guard brigades, 36th Marine Brigade, 103rd and 129th territorial defence brigades of the AFU near Bogdanovka, Bondarevka, Daryino, Kubatkin, Kurilovka, Knyazhy Pervy, Kazachya Loknya, Lyubimovka, Malaya Loknya, Martynovka, Mikhaylovka, Makhovka, Novy Put, Novaya Sorochina, Orlovka, Plekhovo, Pravda, Russkoye Porechnoye, Tolsty Lug, and Cherkasskoye Porechnoye.
Operational-Tactical Aviation and Missile Troops have inflicted fire damage in Sumy region on concentration areas and reserves of the 21st, 41st, 47th, and 115th Mechanised brigades, 80th and 95th Air Assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the 1st National Guard Brigade, as well as the 101st, 103rd, and 107th Territorial Defence brigades close to Belovody, Budivilnoye, Glukhov, Kiyanitsa, Klevan, Kucherovka, Makeyevka, Obody, Pavlovka, Peremoga, Revyakino, Rechki, Studenok, Shalygino, and Yastrebshchina.
In the past 24 hours, the AFU losses amounted to more than 350 troops, eight armoured vehicles, including an infantry fighting vehicle, an armoured personnel carrier, and six armoured fighting vehicles, as well as four artillery guns, one Tunguska anti-aircraft missile gun system, one Israeli-made Rada SAM radar, one U.S.-made M-88 recovery vehicle, and 12 motor vehicles.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have lost more than 18,900 troops, 133 tanks, 65 infantry fighting vehicles, 98 armoured personnel carriers, 856 armoured fighting vehicles, 562 motor vehicles, 150 artillery guns, 33 MLRS launchers, including eight of HIMARS and six of MLRS made by the USA, nine SAM launchers, five transport-loading vehicles, 38 electronic warfare stations and nine counter-battery radars, three air defence radars, 19 engineering and other vehicles, including 11 counterobstacle vehicles, one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle, and two armoured recovery vehicles.
The operation to neutralise the AFU units is in progress.
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[NewsFront] 21:35 Telegram channel ยซFishermanยป:
South Donetsk direction: assault on Ugledar and advance along the Vodyanoye-Katerinovka line.
Russian troops continue to advance in several areas of the South Donetsk direction.
โ In Ugledar, several high-rise buildings on the western outskirts have come under the control of the Russian Armed Forces; footage of Russian flags over multi-story buildings No. 9 and 10 on Molodezhnaya Street has appeared online. In the south of the city, a sleeping and medical building has come under the control of the Russian Armed Forces. Thus, only the central part of the city remains under enemy control, the remaining roads to which are under fire control.
โ At the same time, fighting continues on the eastern outskirts of the city; according to our information, small groups of the enemy are trying to retreat by landing to the north, but overall the Ukrainian Armed Forces are still managing to hold the defense.
โ On the Konstantinovka-Vodyanoye line, Russian troops also advanced in several areas, taking a stronghold south of Katerinovka and forest belts south and north of the Solyonenkaya gully. Attacks by the Russian Armed Forces were also recorded north of Konstantinovka.
โ To the west of Prechistovka, Russian troops had already advanced significantly in the direction of Zolotaya Niva by September 29, advancing from the south and east. In all likelihood, battles for the village will begin in the near future.
20:59 Sumy and Poltava regions.
It is reported, that as a result of the night strike on military facilities, a Ukrainian Armed Forces vehicle parking lot and the Bukovel-AD radar station were hit. Russian aviation used Kh-59 and Kh-69 missiles against enemy targets.
20:20 They report, that they have also clung to the western outskirts of Ugledar. There is not much time left.
19:59 Ugledar.
Consequences of military operations in Ugledar. Servicemen of the Russian Armed Forces are installing the flag of the Russian Federation on a multi-story building in the western part of Ugledar, confirming confident control of this part of the city. The advance of the Russian Armed Forces towards Ugledar is more than 2 km from the western direction.
19:01 Rocket artillery crews of the Sever group struck a concentration of Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel and equipment in the Khar'kov region โvideo.
In real time, objective control means recorded the destruction of temporary locations of enemy personnel and military equipment.
18:48 Toretsk.
Advance of our troops have accelerated! The center of Toretsk is about 500 m - 1 km away.
18:12 Ka-52M crews struck at Ukrainian Armed Forces manpower and armored vehicles in the border area of Kursk Oblast โvideo.
17:50 Selidovo.
Active combat action in the Selidovo area. Attack of the Russian Armed Forces by motorized rifle units on the northern outreach of the city. artillery attack of assault equipment by the Ukrainian Armed Forces near a gas station on the highway to Krasnoarmeysk. Advancement of the Russian Armed Forces 1.5 km north of Selidovo.
17:14 Statements by representatives of the North, West, South, Center, East and Dnepr groups on the progress of the special military operation (as of September 30, 2024) โvideo.
16:41 Special military operation. Situation as of September 30 โmap.
16:06 Control and advancement zones of the Russian Armed Forces โmap.
โ Advance of the Russian Armed Forces south of the settlement of Plekhovo (another eight square kilometers of Kursk region territory were liberated in 24 hours).
โ Advance of the 144th Guards Motorized Rifle Division near Nevsky
. 15:52 Artillerymen use the tactics of a fire carousel in support of the offensive actions of assault units โvideo.
The task of the 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled gun crews is not only to destroy equipment and strong points, but also to generally disorient the enemy where the assault groups are going on the offensive.
15:15 Su-25 crews launched air-launched missiles at Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel and a stronghold in the border area of ??Kursk Oblast โvideo.
According to intelligence reports, the Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel and stronghold were destroyed.
14:47 Svatovo โ Makeyevka.
Positional military actions in the Svatovo area. The forward position of the Russian Armed Forces in the residential part of Makeyevka came under fire from the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The Russian Armed Forces advanced 600 meters in the village and took up new positions in the southern part.
13:37 RF Armed Forces officiall yreleased the village of Nelepovka between Novgorodskoye (former New York) and Dzerzhinsk (former Toretsk). Fighting for Dzerzhinsk and Leonidovka also continues.
13:21 An Iskander-M missile system launched a missile strike on a railway train unloading site in the village of Kazanka in the Nikolaev region โvideo.
As a result of the strike, 12 train cars containing ammunition, including Western-made ones, were destroyed.
12:49 Lancet strike: footage of a Ukrainian infantry group being hit by a loitering munition near the settlement of Volchansk in the Khar'kov region โvideo.
12:17 Footage of objective control of the destruction of ammunition depots of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
The Iskander-M operational-tactical missile system crew carried out a missile strike on the identified ammunition depots for the Ukrainian Armed Forces missile systems on the territory of the Yuzhmash plant in the village of Dnepropetrovsk.
11:53 Telegram channel ยซFishermanยป:
Aleksandro-Kalinovskoye direction: advance of the Russian Armed Forces in Dzerzhinsk and the outskirts of Novgorodskoye (New York).
Russian troops continue their offensive in the east and within the borders of Dzerzhinsk, driving out the enemy with the support of artillery and aviation.
- In the area of the block of multi-storey buildings on 91st Division Street, the enemy launched several fairly large-scale counterattacks, but was unable to hold on in the building. Now the Russian Armed Forces are breaking through to the northwest in the direction of Geroev Truda Street along several parallel streets from Kemerovskaya to Pushkarenko.
- To the south, Russian troops are gradually expanding the control zone to the west of IK No. 2, several streets in the private sector have already been cleared of the enemy. At the same time, it is still not possible to occupy the waste heap to the south due to the high activity of Ukrainian UAVs.
โ In the Zabalka area, the Russian Armed Forces have apparently slowed down somewhat due to the continued presence of the enemy in the forests to the east and frequent counterattacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces from Shcherbinovka. There have been no reports or other evidence of progress for quite some time.
โ On the Leonidovka-Novgorodskoye (New York) line, several forest belts to the west of the Krivoy Torets River have come under the control of the Russian Armed Forces. The enemy here relies on heights 184 and 164 in the forest belts and on a chain of strong points.
If the offensive in this area is developed successfully, Russian troops will be able to increase the pressure on Leonidovka, which will improve the situation in Dzerzhinsk for the Russian Armed Forces.
โ Meanwhile, west of Novgorodskoye, the advance of the Russian Armed Forces is also being recorded in the direction of Sukha Balka, where a stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was taken, as well as Panteleimonovka, where the enemy was driven out of several wide forest belts.
11:11 Toretsk.
The persistent and gradual progress continues to advance assault units of the RF Armed Forces. At night and early in the morning, our troops managed to advance even closer to the center of Toretsk, taking several streets under fire control.
10:46 Novomikhaylovka โ Katerinovka.
Positional military actions in the Novomikhaylovka area. Russian military transport was fired upon from a Ukrainian drone at a position south of Katerinovka. New positions of the Russian Armed Forces to the west of Novomikhaylovka with an advance of at least 700 meters.
10:15 During the past night stopped an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack using an aircraft-type UAV against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation.
Two Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed over the territory of the Belgorod region by air defense systems on duty.
09:45 Crews of 152mm 2S19 self-propelled howitzers "Msta-S" destroyed UAV control point, armored vehicles and manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces
The scouts of the "West" group of forces identified a UAV control point, armored vehicles and Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel. The corresponding coordinates were transmitted, after which the artillerymen destroyed the identified targets with fire from 152mm self-propelled howitzers "Msta-S".
09:20 Improving the "birds"
- Donetsk direction
Near the front linedeployeda workshop where ammunition for quadcopter-type UAVs is modified.
Specialists have the ability to improve the attachment of charges to the body of drones, increase the power of drops, and combine types of damaging elements.
08:56 Telegram channel ยซWarGonzoยป:
Frontline report for the morning of 30.09.2024
- Zaporizhzhya Front. Mainly positional battles continue. Without significant changes.
โ Donetsk Front. Russian troops continue to storm Ugoedar. The logistics of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are extremely complicated, and the positions of Ukrainian troops in the city are being hit by long-range weapons of the Russian Armed Forces.
The movement toward Pokrovsk continues. There are reports that Russian troops have reached the approaches to Tsukurino from three sides, taking the settlement in a semi-encirclement.
In the Selidovo area, the Russian Armed Forces are also bypassing the settlement on the flanks. Fierce fighting continues in Dzerzhinsk.
- Chasovoyarsk direction. Fighting is underway in the eastern part of the city. Russian troops continue to improve their positions on the flanks.
- Khar'kov Front. No major changes in LBS. Fighting continues in Volchansk and in the Glubokoe area.
- Kursk region. Counter battles continue in Sudzhansky district. No significant changes in LBS. In Glushkovsky district, the Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to try to break through in the Vesyoloye area, but are rebuffed each time.
08:00 Telegram channel ยซFishermanยป:
Chronicle of the special military operation for September 28-29, 2024
โ Russian troops have hit the infrastructure of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in several regions of the so-called Ukraine and in the occupied territories of Russia. In Zaporozhye, the Motor Sich enterprise has come under attack again.โ Ukrainian forces carried out a massive UAV raid that affected seven Russian regions. Air defense systems intercepted 125 drones, there were no casualties.
โ In the Kursk direction, Ukrainian formations are not giving up their attempts to drive the Russian Armed Forces out of Veseloye; fighting has also been noted in the Sudzhansky district.
- In the Liman direction, Russian troops liberated Makeyevka and drove the enemy out of the surrounding forest belts. To the south, fighting is underway in the Nevsky area.
โ In the Pokrovsk direction, Russian troops have driven the enemy out of two strongholds north of Grodovka, effectively breaking through the Ukrainian Armed Forcesโ line of defense located there. According to some reports, the Russian Armed Forces have also established control over the Novogrodovskaya mine waste heap No. 2.
โ In the Donetsk direction, Russian troops have driven the Ukrainian Armed Forces out of several positions on the eastern approaches to Tsukurino and captured a district stronghold north of Gornyak. At the same time, information has emerged about the Russian Armed Forces clearing a โpocketโ in the Nevelskoye area.
โ In the South Donetsk direction, Russian troops are advancing in the Katerynivka area. Further south, the assault on Ugledar continues, and a semi-ring of Russian troops is gradually tightening around the Ukrainian formations in the city.
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[REGNUM] Russian troops continue to push back the enemy along the entire front in Donbass. Heavy fighting, in particular, continues in the Toretsk area, where units of the Russian Armed Forces liberated the village of Nelepovka the day before. However, the key events are taking place in the Ugledar area.
The battle for the city has been going on for several years now, as the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been able to fortify this strategically important settlement. Several highways converge in the Ugledar area, including the route to Mariupol. Until the summer of 2024, the Ukrainian army command considered the Ugledar bridgehead as a starting point for a possible counteroffensive on Volnovakha or Mariupol.
At the same time, control over the city is extremely important for holding the front southwest of Donetsk. Using several multi-story buildings in the city center as observation points, the Ukrainian Armed Forces kept a large area of โโterritory under fire control.
Until recently, the Ukrainian army managed to organize defense in Ugledar and on the approaches to it. However, as the Russian army advanced in the area of โโPokrovsk and Kurakhovo, the Ukrainian Armed Forces garrison was under threat of encirclement.
According to information from the field, the 72nd Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which was holding the front section, suffered heavy losses, but the command preferred to send reserves to the Kursk region, thereby weakening the front in Donbass.
According to the latest information, Russian troops have broken through the front and penetrated the enemy's defenses north and west of Ugledar. There are also reports that fighting is already underway on the outskirts of the city itself. At the same time, the Ukrainian Armed Forces garrison has only one supply route left, since Russian troops previously occupied the road to Maryinka and took fire control of the road from Ugledar to Bogoyavlenovka.
Ukrainian troops are once again faced with a dilemma: to hold the city to the last in the conditions of a gradually forming encirclement or to retreat while there is still an opportunity. According to a source of the Regnum news agency located in the Ugledar direction, Ukrainian troops may decide to break through in the near future.
"There is essentially nothing to hold there. The private sector is destroyed, the positions in the five-story buildings were previously targeted by FABs by aviation, you can't hold there either. So, most likely, they will try to retreat, they may still try now. But let's be honest - they are facing a "road of death", because drones are working closely along the entire road. But they most likely will not fight to the end," the source predicts.
An information campaign to prepare public opinion for the surrender of Ugledar has already begun in the Ukrainian media. The publications note that the city has no strategic significance and the withdrawal of the garrison will improve the position of the Ukrainian army forces along the entire front.
In fact, the retreat of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from Ugledar could lead to the collapse of the entire Ukrainian defense on this section of the front, since the Russian army would have an opening to attack the settlement of Kurakhovo. Currently, military actions are taking place on the eastern outskirts of the city, but in the event of a breakthrough from Ugledar, the enemy forces in Kurakhovo would also be at risk of encirclement.
Fighting continues in the Pokrovsky direction, where Russian troops are preparing to fight for the village of Selidovo.
Earlier, the Defense Ministry reported that the settlement of Ukrainsk had come under the control of the Center group of troops. Later, it became known that the advancing troops also managed to advance westward and cut the highway between Selidovo and Kurakhovo.
And even before that, Russian troops liberated the village of Novogrodovka, located north of Selidovo, and advanced in the direction of the highway to Pokrovsk. In fact, the Ukrainian Armed Forces garrison in Selidovo is also threatened with encirclement. According to reports from the field, the Ukrainian military in the city are not preparing for protracted battles and will most likely retreat when the road to Pokrovsk is cut off.
The situation for the Ukrainian Armed Forces is even worse to the south, in the area of โโthe village of Gornyak, which is directly stated by Ukrainian resources. The day before, the DeepState portal published photos of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' defensive structures created in this area. Observers note that the quality of the fortifications does not allow for long-term defense.
At the same time, this section of the front has more powerful defensive lines, but there are not enough troops to hold them. The situation is similar in the entire Pokrovsk direction, observers note.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces units in the Gornyak area are facing the greatest difficulties, sources of the Regnum news agency report. If Ukrainian troops leave the village, encirclement threatens Ukrainian troops located north of Krasnogorovka.
"As for the possible "cauldron", there are some remnants of the 53rd brigade that left Krasnogorovka there now. But if they are left without supplies from Kurakhovo through Ukrainsk, they will not last long. We will continue to put pressure on them in this direction," the publication's sources say.
At the same time, Ukrainian sources are sounding the alarm, noting that Russian troops are only one and a half kilometers from Mirnograd, a northern satellite town of Pokrovsk.
German analyst Julian Rรถpke, analyzing footage published in open sources, came to the conclusion that Russian troops have already managed to liberate the settlements of Krutoy Yar and Krasny Yar.
However, there has been a lull in this direction recently. It can be assumed that Russian troops will not begin a decisive assault on the city until large settlements are taken, where the Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to hold the line. First of all, we are talking about Selidovo.
If Kyiv continues to fail to send reserves to the Pokrovsk direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are threatened with a series of severe defeats, followed by the final collapse of the front.
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Russia surrounds key 'fortress town' in southern Donbas:
Ugledar as a city no longer exists, but its capture, even in this state, is the way to the complete liberation of Donbass, said military correspondent Dmitry Pavlenko.
"Ugledar has been on the front line for three years, there have been heavy losses. Ugledar's epic ends. In fact, the city as such does not exist, it is almost completely destroyed. But the capture, even of the ruins of the Coal Mine, will not only create the prerequisites for the final liberation of Donbass, but also move the front line away from one of the key Orthodox shrines of Donbass โ the Holy Dormition Nikolo-Vasilievsky Monastery, which is also almost completely destroyed," Pavlenko said on Sputnik radio.
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[Regnum] As part of the autumn conscription, 133,000 people will be accepted for military service, according to a decree by Russian President Vladimir Putin. "Welcome, Fodder Comrades!"
According to the document, the conscription into the Armed Forces will take place from October 1 to December 31, 2024 and will affect Russian male citizens aged 18 to 30. The president also ordered the discharge into the reserve of soldiers, sailors, sergeants and petty officers whose military service has already expired.
As reported by the Regnum news agency on September 30, as part of the autumn 2024 draft, Russian conscripts will be able to appeal the decision of military registration and enlistment offices in a pre-trial manner. This can be done both online (using the State Services portal) and in person.
On the same day, it became known that summonses for military service in the ranks of the Russian Armed Forces will be sent out in paper form. According to the deputy head of the main organizational and mobilization department of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Vice Admiral Vladimir Tsimlyansky, summonses will be handed to conscripts personally against a signature and by registered mail.
Russian conscripts will be able to appeal the decision of military registration and enlistment offices in a pre-trial manner. This was announced on September 30 by Vice Admiral Vladimir Tsimlyansky, Deputy Chief of the Main Organizational and Mobilization Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces.
โA special feature of the upcoming conscription campaign will be the possibility for conscripts to appeal decisions made by conscription commissions in a pre-trial manner,โ he explained.
Tsimlyansky clarified that conscripts will be able to challenge the decision of the draft boards both online and in person - electronically using the State Services portal or by personally contacting a multifunctional center.
The autumn conscription for military service in the Russian army will start on October 1 and will last until December 31, 2024. In the regions of the Far North, the conscription will be carried out from November 1 to December 31, which is due to the climate features of these regions.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on July 15, the spring conscription of 2024 ended in Russia, with 150,000 people sent to the troops.
The Ministry of Defense noted that the draft boards began work on time, on April 1. The sending of conscripts from assembly points of the subjects of the Russian Federation to the troops began on April 15. As in previous conscription campaigns, young people who arrived at the military commissariats of municipal entities could choose the type and branch of the military for service, taking into account their health and the results of professional psychological selection.
The department clarified that conscripts were not sent to the deployment points of units of the Russian Armed Forces in the new Russian regions - the DPR, LPR, Zaporizhzhya and Kherson regions - or to participate in the implementation of special military operation tasks there.
In Russia, from July 24, applications from IT specialists for a deferment from military service as part of the autumn draft began to be accepted. Applications could be submitted via the State Services portal until August 6.
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[Regnum] Specialists from the Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences discovered a treasure dating back to the last quarter of the 10th century during excavations in Veliky Novgorod.
โฆone of the oldest cities in Russia, it dates back to the 9th century AD and is a listed World Heritage Siteโฆ
This was reported on September 30 by the press service of the institution.
On their page on the social network VKontakte, representatives of the institute specified that the treasure was located on the Sofia side of the city. It contains about 1.9 thousand items, of which 1.8 thousand are silver coins.
The main coins in question are dirhams from the Arab Caliphate. According to archaeologists, the oldest of the coins was issued between 974 and 975. In addition, the institute's employees found about 80 pieces of jewelry.
The institution emphasized that the treasure was the fourth in a row, and also the largest in terms of silver weight and number of items among those discovered in the early cultural layers of Veliky Novgorod.
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Plunder of raids on Iberian Spain or Payment of members of Varangian Guard- "...dirhams from the Arab Caliphate. issued between 974 and 975...about 80 pieces of jewelry".
Wiki cite: "The dirham was struck in many Mediterranean countries, including Al-Andalus (Moorish Spain) and the Byzantine Empire (miliaresion), and could be used as currency in Europe between the 10th and 12th centuries, notably in areas with Viking connections..."
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