#5
'the war is not going too well for Russia right now'
A hundred billion dollars worth of technologically advanced American military hardware coupled with intel from American satellites will do that.
OK. The United States possesses awesome power in the form of a military/industrial complex that is second to none in the entire world. It'd be nice if we could be responsible with it instead of constantly going around the world butting into other peoples' business, starting wars and getting thousands of people killed just because we can.
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#6
Imagine what a tiny fraction of what has been sent to Ukraine it would take to seal the US border tighter than a drum.
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#7
I understand that Biden and Milley don't care about the casualties as long as they don't have to answer to the American public for the deaths of Americans. That way they can use Ukrainians as cannon fodder to advance their dream of expanding NATO and their globalist ideology all the way from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
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#8
And I don't wanna hear about fighting for Democracy from a crooked president who lies, cheats and rigs American elections.
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#9
Yes, democracy, like "bi-partisanship" means "what the left wants. When those words are mouthed by a GOPe individual, they mean "what the left wants after I bend over and grasp my ankles."
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#10
'the war is not going too well for Russia right now' yes, but...
the war is going great for defense contractors and money launderers
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Because the British media is stating that the war is not going well …for Russia;
Lets all take a moment to remember the Ghost of Kiev, and bless his publicist, and, let’s not forgets about Putin dying of cancer and the other mental conditions... He must be dead by now /S
Brainwashing Americans Anglo style. 😂 😂 LOL
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Note that the rail map is out of date but still worth looking at the analysis.
A thread on Russia's rail supply lines to its occupying forces in Ukraine - how these have been affected by the recent Kharkiv offensive, and what's likely to happen next if, as I expect, Ukraine moves next to retake northern Luhansk oblast. 🧵 pic.twitter.com/eT80j1WmW5
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Some logistics issues are constants. To adequately support a static position of a brigade you need a minimum of one fully functional rail line. The volume of material (POL, ammunition, food & water, etc.) is inefficient to be moved solely by road. A unit in contact / moving forward needs two lines (preferably not parallel). For a basic introduction to logistics see the classic “Supplying War” by van Creveld.
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Somehow we did without the rail line along to Gulf in Saudi up to Kuwait in the first war. Then again we also had massive a logistic lift that other nations lack.
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[Vesti] The Armed Forces of Ukraine delivered a precision strike on the bus station in Svatovo, Luhansk region, where the Russian military armies were stationed. This was announced by the head of the Lugansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai.
"Bavovna" in Svatovo. The bus station where the Rashists lived. Now 200, 300…" he wrote in his telegram channel.
Recall that on September 16, an explosion occurred in the office of the "Prosecutor General" of the so-called "LNR" Sergei Gorenko in captured Lugansk. According to preliminary data, someone brought explosives into the building.
[Vesti] A thermal power plant in Slavyansk, Donetsk region, was fired upon by Russian troops on September 17, said Pavel Kirilenko, head of the Donetsk Regional Military District.
"Slavyanskaya TPP was fired upon by the Russian occupiers this morning (September 17 - ed.). The equipment on the territory of the station was damaged. The fire caused by the shelling is now tamed by rescuers," Kirilenko wrote on Facebook.
Because of the shelling in the city of Nikolaevka, interruptions in water supply began.
Kirilenko noted that the occupiers deliberately target infrastructure facilities in the region, trying to cause as much harm as possible to the civilian population.
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[Korrespondent] 22:27 Putin "fails all his military-strategic goals" in Ukraine, said the head of the British Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Tony Radakin, in an interview with BBC News: "At the very beginning, we said that this is President Putin's strategic mistake, and strategic mistakes lead to strategic consequences. And in this case it is a strategic failure. Putin is failing in all his military-strategic goals, he wanted to subjugate Ukraine, this will not happen. He wanted to take control of the capital, we saw that he was defeated earlier. We saw that he wanted to weaken NATO. Now NATO is much stronger, Finland and Sweden are joining us."
Radakin emphasized that Putin's army has always had problems with equipment and does not have enough manpower: "His forces are weak on the ground. And we also see the wonderful Ukrainian armed forces that show courage, they fight for their country and enjoy international support, which we provide everything." But despite all this, the war will continue for a long time, Radakin believes.
22:20 The "authorities" of the occupied Kherson region announced that classes in schools, universities and kindergartens were canceled in Kherson from September 19 to September 21 due to the "danger of shelling."
22:12 Zelensky said in an evening video message that he began today, as always, with a morning conference call: "Commander-in-Chief, Minister of Internal Affairs, intelligence leaders, Minister of Defense, Minister of Infrastructure, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, Security Service, Head of the Office ", Ukroboronprom and some others who are responsible for the most important areas of assistance to our defenders. This is how my every day begins. Often with the same questions, often with similar answers."
The President noted that perhaps now it seems to someone that after a series of victories a certain lull has come: “But this is not a lull, this is preparation for the next series of very important words for all of us, which must be heard ... Izyum, Balakleya, Kupyansk and Kharkiv are the cities and communities that we have liberated. These words are heard now. They are heard everywhere. Mariupol, Melitopol and Kherson are also heard, but will be heard even more often and louder when we liberate them. Donetsk, Gorlovka and Luhansk - and they are will sound. Dzhankoy, Yevpatoria, Yalta - and they too. Definitely. We don't talk about someone else's. Only our words, Ukrainian words, sound."
21:14 A powerful explosion in the courtyard of a high-rise building in the center of Melitopol is a likely result of the FSB's purge. According to preliminary data, during the showdown they wanted to eliminate one of the police collaborators - the so-called "head of the State Police of the People's Militia" Denis Stefankov, Mayor Ivan Fyodorov said. Russian media write that no people were injured in the explosion.
20:09 A powerful explosion thundered in Melitopol. According to preliminary data, explosives went off in the very center of the city - in one of the yards on Yaroslav the Wise Street. "We are waiting for details from the resistance forces," Mayor Ivan Fedorov wrote.
19:35 Units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Kupyansk, Goptovka, Nikolaevka Second, Vesela Dolina, Odradovka, Maryinka, Novomikhailovka and Pravdino, the General Staff said in the evening report .
19:06 The Armed Forces of Ukraine crossed Oskol, now the Ukrainian military controls not only the right, but also the left bank of the river in the Kharkiv region, the StratCom of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported.
18:54 Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Dmitry Lubinets commented on the information about another shelling of the colony in Yelenovka, in which the "DNR" again accused Ukraine: "It surprises no one that not a single representative of the occupiers was injured, and the Russian Federation again accused Ukraine of shelling We already heard this in the summer." According to him, at the moment, Kyiv has not received information about the names of the victims, but is making a request about this both directly to the Russian Ombudsman Moskalkova, and through the UN and the ICRC.
Lubinets stressed that he was ready to personally arrive in Yelenovka to assess all the facts and communicate with witnesses of the shelling, wounded and detained citizens.
18:29 Iranian cargo planes regularly made flights to Russia this week. According to the Flightradar service, at least four flights of airlines associated with the Iranian military arrived from Tehran to Moscow these days.
18:13 OK Pivden speaker Natalya Gumenyuk said that the shooting in Kherson is a provocation of the Russians: "If the event has not yet ended, and the Russian television correspondent is in the center of events, please draw conclusions." She explained that the invaders are trying to discredit the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the eyes of the residents of the city, to build a picture as if the Ukrainian army does not liberate Kherson, but captures it. That is why shooting and explosions in the middle of the city are instantly covered by Russian propaganda.
18:01 Russia will continue its offensive in the Donbass, regardless of any losses, according to a secret NATO intelligence report, the details of which became known to Business Insider. According to the expectations of alliance experts, the Russian Federation will intensify hostilities, especially with the use of conventional weapons, destroying infrastructure in all directions.
17:20 As a result of today's shelling of the Nikopol district of the Dnipropetrovsk region, two people were killed, three were injured, the head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko, said. The Russians hit four times from Gradov and heavy artillery on three communities of the region - Pokrovskaya, Krasnogrigorevskaya and Nikopolskaya.
16:47 Military hospitals of the Russian Federation refuse to treat the so-called "volunteers" wounded in Ukraine. According to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, the number of conflicts between the units of the occupying forces is increasing due to inequality in the attitude of the command. Thus, the hospital in Rostov-on-Don refused to treat the wounded soldiers of one of the battalions of the "Union of Donbass Volunteers" due to the fact that the unit does not have the status of a regular armed formation - it was formed under the voluntary mobilization program of the BARS (military army reserve). In all such cases, doctors refer to a direct order from the command.
A conflict is also brewing between representatives of the RF Armed Forces and those “mobilized” from the territory of the “LDNR”, whom the Russians, during the retreat, left in positions without support and help. Because of this, losses in units sometimes reached 100% of the personnel.
16:19 NASAMS anti-aircraft missile systems will strengthen the air defense of Ukraine, but it’s not worth talking about “closing the sky” after receiving them, Yuriy Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said: “NASAMS could strengthen the existing air defense system, but we can talk about materiality only when there are enough of these complexes, batteries, etc., which can be dispersed throughout the country, covering both large cities and important state facilities." Today, it is hardly possible to say that Ukraine will have many of these complexes, Ignat added.
15:28 Russia is throwing missiles from St. Petersburg towards Ukraine, the Finnish edition of Yle writes, citing satellite images. In particular, all missile platforms were removed from the battery of the 500 anti-aircraft missile regiment near the village of Kerstovo.
15:05 Melitopol collaborators are in a panic, the traitors no longer want to cooperate with the invaders, waiting for the arrival of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said the mayor of the city Ivan Fedorov. According to him, a list of 118 collaborating police officers was published yesterday, some of them are now not going to work, hiding and waiting for the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
14:37 Russian media write that six powerful explosions thundered in the center of Kherson.
14:06 Borrell in his column for Le Jourlnal du Dimanche writes that only Ukrainians will determine the future conditions of the world. At the same time, he emphasizes that the war will not end soon: "Let's not have any illusions. Putin will not surrender voluntarily. And the war can last a long time. Of course, after the war there will be peace. But before making peace, you must end the war."
Borrell urged the EU to step up assistance to Ukraine, continuing the course chosen on February 24: "Not to be directly involved in the conflict, but to mobilize huge economic and military resources to allow the Ukrainians to restore their trampled sovereignty."
13:59 Podolyak commented on yesterday's shooting in Kherson: "Large-scale shooting in the center of Kherson is another manifestation of the growing tension between PMCs, convicts, Kadyrovtsy, the military of the Russian Federation and the FSB. The number of "domestic conflicts" is increasing. The parties are aggressively dividing the loot against the background of the news about the approach of the Armed Forces of Ukraine".
13:56 The European Commission has proposed to freeze payments to Hungary from the EU budget by about 7.5 billion euros due to corruption, said EC spokesman Eric Mamer.
13:38 As part of the work of the Coordination Headquarters, a Single Center and a round-the-clock hotline for receiving applications from the Russian military and their families have been launched. The state project I want to live is designed to help the Russian army to safely surrender to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The Russians are guaranteed maintenance in accordance with the norms of the Geneva Conventions, and Ukraine needs to replenish the exchange fund. For information on how to surrender, Russian servicemen or their relatives and friends should call: +38 066 580 34 98; +38 093 119 29 84. Also, information about the surrender in Russian is on the telegram channel https://t.me/hochu_zhyt
13:06 The "DNR" stated that the colony in Yelenovka was fired again - allegedly by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. As a result of the shelling, a Ukrainian prisoner of war was killed, four more were wounded. "DPR Ombudsman" Daria Morozova expressed hope that the death and injury of Ukrainian prisoners in Yelenovka on September 18 "will push the members of the UN mission to a more active position." She also stated that the new shelling of the colony speaks of the need for "at least a rare presence" of the UN mission in the "DPR". At the same time, Morozova added that the date of the visit of the UN mission to the colony in Yelenovka is unknown.
12:55 In Svatovo, Lugansk region, a blow was struck at the bus station where the Russian military was based, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Gaidai.
12:32 In the Kharkiv region, during the evacuation of a mental hospital in the village of Strelechya, doctors and patients came under fire, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said. According to preliminary data, four medical workers were killed and two patients were injured. It was possible to evacuate 30 people, in total, more than 600 patients are treated in the institution.
11:49 A group of 20 Ukrainian soldiers will arrive in Spain tomorrow to learn how to work with Western tanks, artillery and anti-aircraft batteries, writes Infodefensa. The training will last almost a month and will take place at the San Gregorio training ground near Zaragoza. The purpose of the course is not only to develop skills in handling weapons of NATO standards, but also to learn the rules for storing and transporting ammunition.
11:26 The "authorities" of the occupied Nova Kakhovka said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are shelling the city, air defense is working.
10:38 At night, the Russians fired at a hotel in the center of Kramatorsk, one person was injured, the mayor of the city Alexander Goncharenko said.
10:35 British intelligence writes that over the past seven days, Russia has increased the number of strikes on civilian infrastructure in Ukraine - in particular, on power grids and a dam on the Ingulets River in Krivoy Rog. Faced with setbacks at the front, Russia has likely expanded the number of places it is prepared to strike in a direct attempt to undermine the morale of the Ukrainian people and government, analysts say.
10:29 Forced mobilization has begun in the Mariupol region. The first "capture" of men took place yesterday in Mangush, said Petr Andryushchenko, adviser to the mayor of Mariupol. According to his forecast, the same expects Mariupol in early October.
Andryushchenko also said that on the border of the Donetsk and Zaporozhye regions in the area with. Starodubovka at about 23:00 was recorded the launch of five missiles, previously - air defense.
10:22 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of September 18.
personnel - about 54,480 (+230) people liquidated,
tanks - 2210 (+8),
armored combat vehicles - 4718 (+17),
artillery systems - 1309 (+3),
MLRS - 312 (+0),
air defense systems - 168 (+0),
aircraft - 251 (+0),
helicopters - 217 (+1),
UAV operational-tactical level - 918 (+7),
cruise missiles - 238 (+2),
ships/boats - 15 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 3578 (+7),
special equipment - 122 (+1).
10:14 Yesterday, late in the evening, the Russians fired at Nikolaev. According to preliminary information, civilian infrastructure was damaged - a hospital and a car garage cooperative. Previously, no casualties or injuries were reported, the OVA said. In the Nikolaevsky region at night, the enemy continued shelling the city of Ochakov, as a result of which two people were seriously injured, residential buildings were damaged.
10:01 In Nikopol, three people were injured from night enemy shelling, said the head of the Dnepropetrovsk OVA, Valentin Reznichenko.
09:58 In the Donetsk region over the past day, five civilians were killed from Russian shelling - two in Bakhmut, two in Vugledar and one in Georgievka. Another 18 people were injured, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
09:54 The "authorities" of the occupied Zaporozhye region reported that they had decided to deport "unreliable citizens" to Ukraine for subversive activities. Four people were expelled the day before.
09:37 In the border village Arrows of the Kharkiv region, the invaders fired from a tank at a civilian car, killing two women, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinenubov. Five civilians were hospitalized with wounds in Kupyansky district, three wounded in Kharkov, two injured in Izyumsky district, one in Chuguevsky.
09:16 Orban said at a closed meeting that the war in Ukraine could continue until 2030, and Ukraine could lose a third or half of its territory, writes Szabad Európa. According to the Hungarian prime minister, the war would have been local, but the West intervened and made it global, and now Europe is "shooting itself in the foot" with sanctions.
07:42 Over the past day, the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Mikhailovka Second, Veselaia Dolina, Odradovka, Marinka, Novomikhailovka and Pravdino, the General Staff said in the morning report . According to the General Staff, the counteroffensive in the Kharkiv region caused the reduction of enemy brigades: in some of them only 10% of the personnel remained.
06:25 The Amekan Institute for the Study of War (ISW) writes that Russian forces continue to conduct pointless offensive operations around Donetsk and Bakhmut instead of focusing on defense against the Ukrainian counteroffensive. Analysts say the continuation of Russian offensive operations in the Donetsk region may indicate that Russian decision-making remains in question.
Russia's inability to send large-scale reinforcements to the eastern Kharkiv and Lugansk regions makes much of Russia-occupied northeastern Ukraine highly vulnerable to Ukrainian counter-offensives. Ukrainian forces are likely to expand their positions east of the Oskol River and north of the Seversky Donets River, which could allow them to encircle Russian troops around Liman. Further eastward Ukrainian advance along the northern bank of the Siversky Donets could render Russian positions around the Liman unusable and open approaches to Lisichansk and finally to Severodonetsk.
05:52 Zelensky, in an interview with Reuters, admitted that Ukraine would return Crimea through diplomatic means: “It is necessary to de-occupy the territories. It may happen that Crimea will return through the diplomatic path. It can happen. And of course, people in Ukraine, of course, would support diplomatic more way to resolve this issue.
04:13 Russia has caused serious damage to Ukrainian forces with the help of Iranian Shahed-136 drones, writes WSJ with reference to the Ukrainian military. Thus, according to the Ukrainian commander, Iranian drones destroyed two 152-mm self-propelled howitzers, two 122-mm self-propelled howitzers, and two armored personnel carriers in the zone of action of his brigade alone.
00:58 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Putin at the SCO summit in Uzbekistan that now is not the time for wars: "I know that today's era is not an era of war, and we have talked with you many times on the phone about democracy , diplomacy and dialogue - these are all things that concern peace ... We will definitely have the opportunity to discuss how we can take the path of peace in the coming days, I will also be able to understand your point of view. According to CNN, Modi's comment was made public a day after Putin acknowledged that China also had "questions and concerns" about the Russian invasion.
00:10 Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky called for the creation of an international tribunal because of the crimes of the Russian Federation in Izyum: "We must not leave this unattended. We stand for the punishment of all war criminals. I call for the speedy creation of a special international tribunal that will prosecute the crime aggression".
Kindly note that several entries in this article were removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 23:08A total of eightrockets of the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system in the area of Novaya Kakhovka and Kherson and a 155-mm howitzer M777 manufactured by the USA in the area of Kramatorsk were destroyed. 22:51 Ukrainian security forces struck a five-story building in Kuibyshevo, Zaporozhye region from the American HIMARS MLRS.
22:42 Ukrainian troops are shelling Novaya Kakhovka in the Kherson region, an air alert has been declared, air defense is working, the city administration reports.
22:31 In the Nikolaev-Krivoy Rog direction, the enemy made unsuccessful offensive attempts, all attacks were successfully repelled, the losses of Ukrainian troops in this direction amounted to over 180 servicemen, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
21:50 Russian volunteers hold back the enemy in the Zaporozhye direction
Report by the press service of the NM DPR from the Zaporozhye direction, where the Cossack assault battalion "Tavrida" operates. Despite the constant shelling from the enemy, the volunteer Cossacks, who make up the backbone of this unit, skillfully maneuver and inflict fire damage on the enemy from heavy machine guns NSV "Utyos", automatic grenade launchers AGS-17 "Flame" and 120mm mortars, preventing him from even consider attacking.
20:57 A car with civilians was blown up in the center of Melitopol, an improvised explosive device went off, people are alive, a correspondent reports RIA Novosti
19:30 The administration of the Kursk region reported on incoming reports of volleys on the border of the Glushkovsky district and the Sumy region.
“Please do not worry, our military is working there. At the same time, a strong thunderstorm with squally wind passed in these places, as a result of which trees were broken, a break in the power line occurred in the village of Tyazhino, the roof was damaged on some houses, there are other damages. The power supply has now been restored.”
19:23 Ukrainian sources publish a photograph of the launcher of the Norwegian medium-range air defense system NASAMS , repainted in the Ukrainian "pixel". It is alleged that the photo was taken in the Nikolaev region. Earlier, the Pentagon said that the supply of NASAMS air defense systems for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will be carried out within the next two months.
19:11 In the Kupyansk region, the Russian Army destroyed the deputy commander of the 92nd Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Major Nikolai Koval.
This is far from the first destroyed representative of the senior officers of the Ukrainian army in the Kupyansk region. It is possible that the high losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in this area are associated with the activity of Iranian drones, which cause significant damage to the Ukrainian military.
17:31 It became known that on August 23, in the Kharkiv direction, Russian troops eliminated another foreign mercenary - Israeli citizen Andrei Glembotsky.
16:41 An air defense system is operating in Nova Kakhovka, the fourth air raid alert has been announced in a day - VGA.
16:08 In Kuibyshev, Zaporozhye region
The Armed Forces of Ukraine struck a five-story building, previously, from PC3O HIMARS, Vladimir Rogov said.
15:43 Administration of the Kherson region reports:
Today, at 14:40, Kherson was subjected to a rocket attack from Ukraine. Five explosions were recorded, of which four were the work of the city's air defense. The target of the attack was allegedly the Center for Humanitarian Aid of the United Russia Party, which is located in Yubileiny Park.
Fortunately, the missile did not hit the target. It is noteworthy that the target was a center for humanitarian aid, where dozens of residents of Kherson and the region apply every day. The rocket fell directly on the territory of the park, where hundreds and thousands of Kherson residents, including children, gather on Sunday. Luckily, no one was hurt. Nearby buildings sustained minor damage.
15:13 Six powerful explosions thundered in the center of Kherson.
14:12 German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht shares the point of view of Bundeswehr Inspector General Eberhard Zorn, who earlier urged not to consider the actions of the Ukrainian military as a full-scale counteroffensive.
13:34 Report of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation of September 18, 2022
- An attempt was made to attack the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Mirolyubovka, Malaya Seydeminukha and Belogorka of the Kherson region;
- In the area of Nikolaev, more than 180 militants of the 28th mechanized and 79th airborne assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were liquidated;
- Over 110 militants were killed during attacks on Ukrainian positions on the territory of the DPR;
- In the Kharkiv and Kherson regions, the places of concentration of manpower and military equipment of the 14th and 63rd mechanized brigades were hit - more than 150 militants were liquidated;
- 180 objects were hit by operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery, including. two ammunition depots;
- A US-made 155mm M777 howitzer, an S-300 air defense radar, and an air defense radar were destroyed;
- Eight Ukrainian UAVs were shot down.
13:20 The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost more than 180 people in the Nikolaev-Kryvyi Rih direction in a day, having made unsuccessful offensive attempts - the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
11:53 Schools in the Belgorod region, which are located in a 10-kilometer border zone, will switch to distance learning from tomorrow, said the governor of the Belgorod region Vyacheslav Gladkov. And only duty groups will work in kindergartens.
10:58 An air raid alert was announced in Nova Kakhovka in the Kherson region, the city's CAA reported.
09:15 How to drive two Mavic copters underground and bomb an enemy unit: the 247th Cossack Airborne Regiment is working in the Kherson region. Our guards-paratroopers diverted the attention of the enemy with one UAV, the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to shoot down one copter, at that time the 2nd drone flew and bombed through the pipe where the Armed Forces hid.
08:15 Russian security forces destroyed a group of armed persons who resisted in Kherson, TASS reports. There are no dead or injured among civilians. The shooting in the city center has ended.
08:10 At night several powerful explosions sounded in Nikolaev.
#1
This is a sea change in Moscow state TV mindset. This is directly from the FSB pr program.
Gotta figure this is a precursor for the Kremlin trying to stop the war and find some crumbs( maybe internationally supervised plebiscites) for contentious areas?
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:04 The DPR reports that Ukrainian troops shelled Zaitsevo, Donetsk, Gorlovka, Makeevka, Yasinovataya, Novobakhmutovka.
21:37 There are fights in Krasnohorivka!
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are destroying and pushing back the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Aviation and artillery work closely. 21:16 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for September 18, receivedadditionalinformation on civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk, Kuibyshevsky district:
- a man born in 1963 was wounded.
As of 21:00, the total number of civilian casualties from AFU attacks on September 18, 2022 is 20 people (five killed, 15 injured, including three children). The information continues to flow.
Received additional information on damage as a result of shelling of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk, Kuibyshevsky district:
- st. Tumanyan, 8 - apartment building;
- st. Shakhtyorskoy Glory, 11, 13 - multi-apartment residential buildings.
Kyiv district:
- st. Gornaya, 6 - administrative building of the Institute of Railway Transport;
- st. Kuibysheva, 264 - apartment building;
- st. Artema, 290 - apartment building;
- st. Blagoveshchenskaya, 65 - a private residential building.
Kirovsky district:
- st. Dzhankoyskaya, 3 - a direct hit in an apartment building.
n.p. Makeevka:
Central City District:
- st. Engels, 192 - a direct hit in a private residential building.
Chervonogvardei district:
- st. Dunayevsky, 1"b "- a direct hit in the building 52 of the Fire and Rescue Unit of the State Budgetary Institution "PSO of the city of Makeevka of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the DPR".
For today, as of 21:00, the enemy fired 240 units of ammunition of various types, including 220mm MLRS BM-27 "Hurricane" and 122mm BM-21 "Grad", as well as artillery caliber155and152mm.
20:37 Kyiv district is again under the gun of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to the JCCC, at 20:16 a.m. Pervomaiskoye, three rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired. Eyewitnesses report arrivals at Privokzalny.
19:43 Makeevka is under fire again. Today, September 18, Chervonogvardeisky district was subjected to another artillery shelling from the VFU. As a result of the shelling, the Shcheglovskaya-Glubokaya mine was de-energized.
19:38 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Kirov district): three rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
19:08 Shelling from the Armed Forces of Ukraine was recorded in the following directions:
-- n.p. Netaylovo - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): five rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
-- n.p. Orlovka - n.p. Yasinovataya: three rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
18:45 According to the JCCC, the Ukronazis at 18:30 from n. n. Pervomaiskoye fired six rounds in the Kyiv region.
18:40 According to preliminary information, in the Kievsky district, the Tochmash area is being hit. The data is being specified.
18:18 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for September 18, received additionalinformation on civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk, Kirovsky district:
Injuries of varying severity received:
— teenage girls born in 2006 and 2007;
- man born in 1979;
- woman born in 1939
Kuibyshevsky district:
Wounded:
— girl born in 2012;
- man born in 1953
n.p. Makeevka:
- a woman born in 1969 was wounded.
n.p. Gorlovka (village of the mine named after N.A. Izotov):
Killed:
- women born in 1957, 1963, 1967 and 1968;
- male (personal data is being established).
Wounded:
- man born in 1954;
- women born in 1986 and 1962
Received additional information on damage as a result of shelling of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk, Kirovsky district:
- st. Dagestanskaya 42 - a direct hit in an apartment building;
- st. Prudovaya, 6 - a direct hit in an apartment building.
Kuibyshevsky district:
- st. Tumanyan, 18 "a" - MBDOU "Kindergarten No. 221 of Donetsk";
- st. Tumanyan, 9 - apartment building.
- n.p. Gorlovka (village of the mine named after N.A. Izotov):
- st. Dyatlova, 83, 85, 87 - private residential buildings;
- st. Chernyakhovsky - the bus of route No. 29 "b" was damaged;
de-energized three transformer substations of the village of mine named after. N. A. Izotova, without electricity are 778 subscribers.
17:41 Kyiv and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk: Privokzalny, Topaz, Slovakskaya, Galaktika, Mayak, etc. are at risk. It falls near the construction market at Privokzalny.
17:35 Ukrainian militants are again shelling the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka. A series of arrivals of enemy rounds is recorded in the village of the mine. N A. Izotov and near the village of Nikitovka station. Residents of these settlements and nearby settlements - to leave the streets and go to shelters - Prikhodko.
17:28 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Netaylovo - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): five rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
17:03 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Dyleevka - n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): four rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.
16:59 VFU wounded another civilian in the Kuibyshev district of Donetsk Ukrainian militants fired at the Kuibyshev district of the city. On st. Tumanyan, a man born in 1953 was wounded.
16:42 VFU wounded a civilian in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk
Ukrainian militants attacked the Kirovsky district of the city. On st. Dagestan wounded a man born in 1979
16:25 As a result of the shelling of the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka, three transformer substations were de-energized, 778 subscribers were left without electricity.
16:17 Ukrainian militants are shelling Gorlovka
VFU from positions in Dyleevka are shelling residential areas of the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka.
15:11 Kyiv district is under fire. According to the JCCC, at 2:55 p.m. Pervomaiskoye village fired three rounds with a caliber of 155mm.
15:00 According to preliminary information, as a result of the shelling of the Gorlovsky village of the mine named after. N. A. Izotov, on the part of the Ukrainians, the number of wounded civilians in Gorlovka increased to five. All the wounded are in serious condition, one person died. The number of victims is being specified.
14:50 Explosions in Kherson.
14:40 German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht shares the point of view of Bundeswehr Inspector General Eberhard Zorn, who earlier urged not to consider the actions of the Ukrainian military as a full-scale counteroffensive.
13:34 Report of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation of September 18, 2022
- An attempt was made to attack the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Mirolyubovka, Malaya Seydeminukha and Belogorka of the Kherson region;
- In the area of Nikolaev, more than 180 militants of the 28th Mechanized and 79th Airborne Assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were liquidated;
- Over 110 militants were killed during attacks on Ukrainian positions on the territory of the DPR;
- In the Kharkiv and Kherson regions, the places of concentration of manpower and military equipment of the 14th and 63rd mechanized brigades were hit - more than 150 militants were liquidated;
- 180 objects were hit by operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery, including. two ammunition depots;
- A US-made 155mm M777 howitzer, an S-300 air defense radar, and an air defense radar were destroyed;
- Eight Ukrainian UAVs were shot down.
13:50 Right now from the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, Karamzina street 18:
- Another Ukrainian war crime - the shelling of school No. 101 and the Palace of Culture. Petrovsky.
- three people were killed by Ukrainian strike.
13:48 The Russian Aerospace Forces in the Kramatorsk region destroyed a 155mm M777 US howitzer, an S-300 radar and an air defense radar station in the DPR.
13:00 One of the rounds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine flew under the building of a nursery-garden in Donetsk. Ukrainian militants shelled the central streets of the capital yesterday late in the evening, using rounds of 155mm caliber.
One of them fell near the nursery-garden No. 210 "Birch", it is located next to the "Star" cinema. Fortunately, the shell did not reach the kindergarten building, but now the glazing is damaged there. Nearby houses were also affected, where windows were also broken.
12:53 VFU continues shelling Chervonogvardeisky district of Makeevka
Ukrainian militants from positions in Orlovka are shelling residential areas of the Chervonogvardeisky district of the city using 155mm NATO artillery.
11:08 During the shelling of Yelenovka, the Ukrainian military killed one and wounded four prisoners of war, who are being held in the Yelenovskaya penal colony, the Headquarters of the Territorial Defense of the DPR said.
10:30 Ukrainian militants fired on the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, a girl was wounded. VFU struck at the Petrovsky district of the city. In the area of ??school number 101 on the street. Karamzin was wounded by a civilian born in 1991.
10:26 VFU wounded a civilian in Volnovakha. Ukrainian militants wounded a man born in 1970. on st. Telman.
10:25 AFU are shelling the Chervonogvardeisky district of Makeevka. Ukrainian militants from positions in Orlovka are shelling residential areas of the Chervonogvardeisky district of Makeevka. NATO artillery of 155mm caliber is used against the population.
09:40 According to the DPR JCCC, more than 15 rounds of 155mm caliber were fired at the Biryuzova microdistrict in half an hour. The shelling continues.
09:30 According to updated information, as a result of the shelling of the Petrovsky district, the buildings of the House of Culture of Petrovsky and school No. 101 were damaged. There are victims. The information continues to come in.
09:28 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Orlovka - n.p. Yasinovataya: three rounds fired with a caliber of 152mm.
09:13 During the shelling of Donetsk, the buildings of the Ministry of Emergency Situations and ambulance stations, as well as office vehicles of employees of the department and doctors, were damaged.
08:19 According to updated information, a woman born in 1952 was killed as a result of night shelling of the Voroshilovsky district, a man born in 1978 was wounded. In addition, damage to the glazing of three multi-apartment residential buildings and a hostel was recorded. Two cars destroyed and four damaged.
08:13 Head of the DPR Denis Pushilin on the situation:
About shelling: Ukraine continues to show itself as terrorists, and terrorists must be destroyed. It is fair that the methods of the allied forces are now beginning to change significantly.
Donetsk, Gorlovskoye, Ugledarskoye directions are unchanged, on Artemovsky – certain successes. The Krasno-Limansky direction remains the most difficult section . Dibrovo, Shchurovo - fighting continues, in the settlement. our divisions are located. In n.p. The enemy student tried to establish a water crossing, as a result of 18 units. enemy equipment and about 70 people were destroyed.
08:03 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): six rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.
"Kupiansk has surrendered. The enemy is on the left bank of the Oskil," the pro-Russian military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky told his 450,000 subscribers last nighthttps://t.co/AqAa1nNPw7pic.twitter.com/3kcZS0dY9z
The Russian army, seeking contract soldiers for what it calls the "special military operation" in Ukraine, is using mobile recruiting trucks to attract volunteers, offering nearly the amount a month as an incentive.
A special unit stationed one such truck in a central park in the southern Russian city of Rostov on Saturday and removed the sides to reveal a mobile office, Rooters reports.
Soldiers in camouflage and black masks showed their guns to interested passersby and handed out colour brochures titled "Military service on a contract - the choice of a real man."
Neither Russia nor Ukraine disclose their military losses, which Western intelligence agencies estimate at tens of thousands on both sides.
Moscow has not updated the official corpse count since March 25, when it said 1,351 Russian soldiers had been killed and 3,825 maimed. The Kremlin said last week there was no discussion of a nationwide mobilisation to bolster its forces. read more
But the recruitment drive shows Moscow needs more men. The officer in charge of the Rostov truck said Russians and foreigners aged from 18 to 60 with at least a high school education would be eligible.
"Patriotically-minded citizens are choosing to sign contracts for three or six months to take part in the special military operation," Major Sergei Ardashev said, promising training for everyone.
The minimum monthly wage on offer is 160,000 roubles ($2,700), which is almost three times the national average.
One potential recruit was musician Viktor Yakunin, who said he had always been attracted by the idea of military service and was now collecting necessary documents
"I would love to serve in the airborne troops," he said. "My parents brought me up since childhood to love my homeland, to protect the Russian world. I believe the power is with us."
Inside the truck, Yakunin sat down with Ardashev, who told him the next step would be a mental examination. If he passed that, there would be physical test of speed, strength and endurance.
If all went well, Yakunin would "arrive at a military unit, enroll in a specific division, (and) from that moment you begin military service".
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#Ukraine: For the first time ever the most advanced Russian main battle tank T-90M was captured by the Ukrainian army - presumably in #Kharkiv Oblast. This tank is also covered with Nakidka radar-absorbent and heat-insulating material. pic.twitter.com/EgS9gxnd3b
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The T-90 M is a significant upgrade of the Soviet-era T-72 tanks and has been equipped with a more powerful 1,300-hp engine which delivers top off-road speeds of 28 mph (45 kph).
The tank has a long-range panoramic sight with an additional thermal imaging channel. The multi-channel views make the gun suitable for operation at any time of the day. Additionally, it also deploys the Kalina automatic target tracker system that allows the gunner to lock onto the target and fire on the move.
The tank features additional steel plates called RELIKT, laser-warning systems, and smoke canisters for its own survivability. Specific protections are also in place against rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) in the form of nets on the lower side of the turret and in the rear.
The T-90M also features a special coating of thermal insulation material, dubbed Nakida, that significantly reduces the visibility of the tank in the radio thermal range band, protecting it from high-precision weapons.
According to estimates, the Russian Army has only about 100 T-90M tanks in service as the initial production batch had joined the ranks in early 2020.
[Ukrinform] The Ukrainian military have launched a precision strike on a bus terminal in the Luhansk region’s Svatove, where Russian occupiers were based.
The relevant statement was made by Luhansk Regional Military Administration Head Serhii Haidai on Telegram, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.
A reminder that, over the past day, Ukraine’s Air Force has struck 13 enemy personnel and military equipment clusters and three air defense missile system positions. In addition, the Ukrainian anti-aircraft defense units shot down five Russian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and one Ka-52 helicopter.
Ukraine’s missile and artillery units inflicted fire damage on more than 200 enemy objects, including 12 command posts, ammunition and fuel depots, artillery positions, personnel and military equipment clusters. Hoped the Ukrainian offensive would reach Svatove when the Russians abandoned it. Now they have to fight for it.
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