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NASAMS (National/Norwegian Advanced Surface to Air Missile System) is a distributed and networked short- to medium-range[5]: 4 ground-based air defense system developed by Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (KDA) and Raytheon.[6] The system defends against unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), helicopters, cruise missiles, unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs), and aircraft.[5]: 11
NASAMS was the first application of a surface-launched AIM-120 AMRAAM (Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile). NASAMS 2 is an upgraded version of the system capable of using Link 16, which has been operational since 2007. As of 2022 NASAMS 3 is the latest upgrade; deployed in 2019, it adds capability to fire AIM-9 Sidewinder and IRIS-T SLS short-range missiles and AMRAAM-ER extended-range missiles, and introduces mobile air-liftable launchers. NASAMS has proven interoperability with longer range systems such as Patriot.[7]
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[RusOnline] Mobilization will have a serious effect on the front-line situation. The training of specialists within the framework of partial mobilization is unlikely to be quick, military observer Alexander Artamonov believes.
He believes that the leadership of the RF Armed Forces will follow the long-standing practice, when it took three months to train reservists in most specialties, Ukraina.ru writes.
The expert believes that this will be of great importance for the course of the special operation, expressing confidence that the difference between the current state of affairs and the future will be significant. "I bet that the first good changes will begin in late November - early December, before Catholic Christmas," he said.
Artomonov noted that it is more likely that the first changes will begin before November 20th, and decisive changes are expected before December 25th.
According to him, by this time there may be a decisive change in the situation at the front - the return of previously lost settlements will begin. The expert believes that the mobilization was announced because there are not enough physical infantry to contain the front line. It is more likely that the veteran units will line up along the line of contact, while the mobilized ones will occupy the second line. Sounds to me like the Russians will set up switchlines for the movement of fire brigades/quick reaction forces to threatened areas of the front. It will be interesting to see if they can implement the system in a mobile environment, not just in a defensive or static one.
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they haven't been able to do it yet, what are the chances they will fare better with drunk conscripts?
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The Russians can transfer troops currently trained / equipped from eastern Russia to jump off points for the SMO and backfill them with recent mobilization callups. That would accelerate the availability of forces available for use in Ukraine or other recently developing hotspots.
Russian authorities detain more than 700 people at protests against partial mobilization ordered this week by President Vladimir Putin, according to independent monitoring group OVD-Info. #UkraineRussiaWarhttps://t.co/M4NhNsfUHZ
[ALARABUYA] The stridently pro-Kremlin editor of Russia’s state-run RT news channel expressed anger on Saturday that enlistment officers were sending call-up papers to the wrong men, as frustration about a military mobilization grew across Russia.
This is what happens when you can only get Chinese computer chips instead of the good stuff.
Wednesday's announcement of Russia’s first public mobilization since World War Two, to shore up its faltering invasion of Ukraine, has triggered a rush for the border by eligible men, the arrests of over 1,000 protesters, and unease in the wider population.
Now, it is also attracting criticism of the authorities from among the Kremlin’s own official supporters, something almost unheard of in Russia since the invasion began seven months ago.
"It has been announced that privates can be recruited up to the age of 35. Summonses are going to 40-year-olds," the RT editor-in-chief, Margarita Simonyan, railed on her Telegram channel.
"They’re infuriating people, as if on purpose, as if out of spite. As if they’d been sent by Kyiv."
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More like the other way around. Ukraine sent it's untrained men into the meat grinder to bide time. Spent, overextended and broke. October will have the western media have a crying fit. It is so absurd to believe in any other consequence of Western mismanagement. Just another Biden dirty attends. "Chaotic mobilization" hardly, recruitment of formerly military men. Western propaganda is so obvious. Say what you will but in October things will happen fast as Russia directs its focused efforts. Heavy rail traffic occurring now. The gloves are off. You wish Putin gone but his replacement will be far more strident. This is a vast complex operation. Ukraine is just a very small prick in world events.
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Say what you will but in AprilMayJune... September October things will happen fast as Russia directs its focused efforts
Sure, Dale
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Meduza reports from its sources that all men of military age (18-50) are to be banned from leaving Russia when the sham referendums in the occupied regions of Ukraine end, likely on Sept 28 - three days from now
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Finland moves to block more Russians on eastern border
Finland is going to "significantly" restrict the entry of Russian citizens to its territory by refusing access to those with tourist visas from any European country in the Schengen area.
"Those who cross the border for tourism will be prevented from entering. There will have to be another reason," he explained.
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Finland is going to "significantly" restrict the entry of Russian citizens to its territory by refusing access to those with tourist visas from any European country in the Schengen area.
The Nordic nation, which has seen an increase in Russians entering its land border since Moscow announced the mobilisation of reservists for the war in Ukraine, is aligning itself with the decision taken at the beginning of September by Poland and the three Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania), the four other European Union countries bordering Russia.
Finland has the EU's longest border with Russia at over 1300km.
"After the government's decision, it can come into force very quickly," Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto said at a Friday press conference, without giving a specific date.
"Those who cross the border for tourism will be prevented from entering. There will have to be another reason," he explained.
The new Finnish decision applies both to visas granted by Finland and those issued by any other Schengen country, the Finnish diplomatic chief said.
[REGNUM] The President signed a law establishing punishment for looting in the form of imprisonment for up to 15 years. The law also introduces penalties for desertion, non-appearance for military service on conscription, voluntary surrender, or refusal to participate in hostilities. These crimes are punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
Amendments have been made to the Criminal Code to the effect that the commission of any crime during the period of mobilization, martial law, combat operations or in the context of an armed conflict is an aggravating circumstance.
For refusal to participate in military or hostilities and non-execution by the subordinate of the order of the chief, given in the same conditions, which entailed “serious consequences”, punishment is provided in the form of imprisonment for up to 10 years.
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[An Nahar] Russian forces launched new strikes on Ukrainian cities Saturday as Kremlin-orchestrated votes continued in occupied regions of Ukraine to pave the way for their annexation by Moscow.
Zaporizhzhia Gov. Oleksandr Starukh said the Russians targeted infrastructure facilities in the Dnieper River city, and one of the missiles hit an apartment building, killing one person and injuring seven others.
The Russian forces also struck other areas in Ukraine, damaging residential buildings and civilian infrastructure.
The British Defense Ministry said that Russia was targeting the Pechenihy dam on the Siverskyy Donets River in northeastern Ukraine following previous strikes on a dam on a reservoir near Kryvyi Rih, causing flooding on the Inhulets River.
"Ukrainian forces are advancing further downstream along both rivers," the British said. "As Russian commanders become increasingly concerned about their operational setbacks, they are probably attempting to strike the sluice gates of dams, in order to flood Ukrainian military crossing points."
Amid the fighting, voting continued in Kremlin-organized referendums in occupied areas — votes that Ukraine and its Western allies dismissed as a sham with no legal force.
In the five-day voting in the eastern Luhansk and Donetsk regions and Kherson and Zaporizhzhia in the south that began Friday, election officials accompanied by coppers carried ballots to homes and set up mobile polling stations, citing safety reasons. The votes are set to wrap up Tuesday when balloting will be held at polling stations.
The voting was also was held in Russia, where refugees and other residents of those regions cast ballots.
Russian President Vladimir Putin ...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances... has said that Moscow will heed the residents' will, a clear indication that the Kremlin is poised to quickly annex the regions once the voting is over.
Ukraine and the West said the vote was an illegitimate attempt by Moscow to slice away a large part of the country, stretching from the Russian border to the Crimean Peninsula. A similar referendum took place in Crimea in 2014 before Moscow annexed it, a move that most of the world considered illegal.
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What's the problem. Staged votes are illegitimate here. The new normal.
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[Korrespondent] 22:55 The UN Security Council on Tuesday, September 27, will discuss holding Russia's "referenda" in the occupied territories of Ukraine, the department's secretariat reported. The initiative was taken by Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN Serhiy Kyslitsa, who also asked UN Secretary General António Guterres to provide information on the situation in the temporarily occupied territories in connection with the "referenda". The meeting is scheduled for September 27, 22:00 Kyiv time.
22:47 The occupational "authorities" of Melitopol announced an "attempt of sabotage" at an electrical substation: an improvised explosive device allegedly went off, the damage is minor, there are no victims or injured.
22:23 Lavrov said at the UN General Assembly that Russia in the current situation "will not take the first steps towards a dialogue with the West." He also stressed that Moscow does not refuse negotiations with Ukraine, "but the longer Kyiv refuses, the more difficult it will be to negotiate."
22:13 Podolyak said that in response to the announcement of partial mobilization in the Russian Federation, Ukraine's partners should provide Kiev with twice as many HIMARS and shells, as well as ATACMS tactical missile systems with a range of 300 km.
22:10 A powerful explosion thundered in the northern part of Melitopol. According to the mayor of the city, Ivan Fedorov, "resistance forces again do not allow the occupiers to sleep peacefully." According to eyewitnesses, a fire truck drove to the scene.
22:02 Zelensky again addressed the Russians in Russian: “It was not by chance that the criminal mobilization announced by Russia was immediately called a grave by the citizens of Russia themselves. Russian commanders do not care about the lives of Russians - they just need to fill in the empty spaces left after the dead, captured Russian soldiers... A key moment has come for you: right now it is being decided whether your life will end. It is better not to take a summons than to die on foreign soil as a war criminal. To escape from criminal mobilization is better than to be maimed and then answer to the court for participation in an aggressive war. Surrendering to Ukrainian captivity is better than dying under the blows of our weapons."
9:18 pm US congressmen are preparing a bipartisan appeal to Biden calling for Russia's exclusion from the UN Security Council, Republican Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick said.
20:49 The Russians forced the Ukrainian prisoners of war, who are being held in the colony in Yelenovka, to take part in the "referendum" and join the "Cossack battalion named after Bohdan Khmelnitsky." According to Russian media, 57 prisoners of war with Ukrainian passports, which bear a mark of registration in the Donetsk region, took part in the "referendum". Also, according to propaganda, they allegedly themselves turned to the "People's Council of the DPR" with a request to join the "Cossack battalion named after Bogdan Khmelnitsky" being formed.
20:45 The procedure for "entry" into Russia "DNR", "LNR", Kherson and Zaporozhye regions may take place on September 30, Russian media write, citing sources in the State Duma.
20:24 The bodies of five children were found in a mass grave in Izyum, said the head of the investigative department of the police of the Kharkiv region, Sergei Bolvinov. According to him, 447 bodies of the dead were found at the mass grave site. Of these, 194 are civilian men, 215 are women, 22 are military men, and five are children. In 11 bodies, the sex has not yet been determined. “Many of the dead are missing limbs, their hands are tied, there are shrapnel wounds, head and chest injuries, missing genitals, broken ribs, stab wounds, penetrating bullet wounds, ropes around the neck,” Bolvinov said.
20:12 In the area of the settlements of Yuryevka and Urzuf of the Mariupol region, two powerful explosions thundered, and in Mariupol itself, air defense, which stands right in the city, worked, said the mayor's adviser Petr Andryushchenko. "Good harbingers of returning home. To Ukraine," he wrote.
19:48 Bills on the annexation of the occupied territories of Ukraine to Russia will be submitted to the State Duma on September 28 - the day after the end of the "referenda". They can be considered and voted on September 29, TASS reports.
19:37 In Russia, they will pay a one-time payment of 300 thousand rubles to mobilized citizens. The corresponding bill has already been submitted to the State Duma by deputies from United Russia and the Communist Party.
19:21 The Armed Forces of Ukraine repulsed the attacks of the invaders in the areas of the settlements of Petropavlovka, Vyemka, Bakhmutskoye, Zaitsevo, Experienced, Otradovka, Nevelskoye and Novomikhailovka, the General Staff said in the evening report . Ukrainian aviation attacked 14 areas of concentration of manpower and military equipment of the Russian Federation and five positions of anti-aircraft missile systems. Air defense units destroyed four enemy aircraft and a cruise missile.
18:16 Poland does not intend to open borders for Russians who evade mobilization, Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau said in an interview with PAP. According to him, this is "highly undesirable" both from a security and moral point of view. However, he allowed an exception for those Russians who actually opposed the war or participated in protests.
17:31 On September 20, 130 League PMC mercenaries arrived in Minsk with personal weapons and ammunition that can be involved in organizing provocations on the Ukrainian border, the National Resistance Center of the MTR reported, citing information received from the Belarusian underground. Already on September 22, 300 units of Ukrainian military uniforms were delivered to the territory of the Belarusian private security company Gard Service, where the mercenaries are located, which the Russians seized in warehouses in the Kherson region. Possible sabotage is expected in the area of the settlements of Pinsk, Ivanovo and Kobrin.
17:08 Zelensky awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine to the deceased military Serhiy Owl, whose body with blue and yellow bracelets on his arm was found during exhumation in Izyum.
16:26 Putin signed laws on imprisonment for up to ten years for refusing to participate in hostilities, voluntary surrender, desertion, non-appearance of military personnel for conscription service, etc.
15:50 In Crimea, 80% of all handed subpoenas were received by Crimean Tatars. Therefore, they are forced to leave the peninsula, the UP reports with reference to interlocutors among the Crimean Tatars. Human rights activists Crimea SOS note that the mobilization of the Crimean Tatars can lead to genocide. According to their estimates, the Crimean Tatars received about 90% of the subpoenas in Crimea.
15:38 Borrell said in an interview with the BBC that the European Union should take Putin's threats to use nuclear weapons seriously and come to a diplomatic solution, "but with one indispensable condition: it must preserve the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine." Otherwise, according to him, "we can end the war, but we will not have peace, but there will be another war."
According to a European diplomat, the war has reached a "dangerous moment" because "the Russian army is cornered and Putin's reaction - the threat of using nuclear weapons - is very bad."
15:19 Russian opposition media report, citing their sources, that the Russian Federation will close the state borders on September 28 - immediately after the "referenda" in the occupied territories of Ukraine. In particular, according to Iznanka's sources, all men and women who may be subject to mobilization will be prohibited from leaving. According to the publication, the relevant bill will be considered at a meeting of the State Duma and adopted with lightning speed - just as it happened before the announcement of mobilization.
At the same time, several Russian regions have already banned the departure of those liable for military service outside the city or region. Restrictive measures have been introduced in the Amur, Voronezh, Kurgan, Kursk, Lipetsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Samara, Smolensk, Rostov, Sverdlovsk, Tver, Chelyabinsk regions, as well as in North Ossetia, Dagestan, Tatarstan and Yakutia.
14:41 The "DPR" once again accused Ukraine of shelling the center of Donetsk - this time in the area of Vatutina Avenue and Rosa Luxembourg Street. Pushilin said that as a result of attacks on the city, one person was killed and three were wounded.
13:58 In Mariupol last night, the occupation administration was reprimanded for an ultra-low turnout at the "referendum", so this morning began with a forced vote. According to Petr Andryushchenko, an adviser to the mayor of the city, mobile teams were waiting for workers at their workplaces with the condition - you vote or you lose your job and salary. Several tents were also set up in places of concentration of people, but even here there were few people willing. Many evade voting, including leaving the city for the coast.
13:34 The Iranian Foreign Ministry, in response to the restrictions imposed by the Ukrainian side on the work of the Iranian embassy in Kiev, said that Tehran "regrets" Kiev's tightening of diplomatic cooperation, but considers this measure "based on unconfirmed reports and caused by the creation of a media space by a foreign country" . The statement also emphasized that Iran stands for "political settlement of disputes in a non-violent way."
12:49 After the scandals with the provision of the Russian army and the mobilized, the Deputy Minister of Defense of Russia, General Dmitry Bulgakov, who was responsible for logistics, was dismissed. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that he "was relieved of his post in connection with the transfer to another job." Instead, Colonel General Mikhail Mizintsev was appointed.
The Western press calls Mizintsev the "Mariupol Butcher" and the "Syrian Executioner". It was he who was behind the bombing of Aleppo and gave orders to bomb the maternity hospital and drama theater in Mariupol.
12:36 Erdogan's speaker, Ibrahim Kalin, said that initially the Turkish and Ukrainian presidents coordinated the exchange of 15 commanders with Azovstal, but they managed to agree on only five - Denis Prokopenko, Sergey Volynsky, Svyatoslav Palamar, Denis Shleg and Oleg Khomenko. The discussion of release from captivity lasted about three and a half months.
12:08 The United States raised aircraft tracking strategic nuclear weapons into the sky at night , reports flightradar24.
10:48 Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis said that his country will not provide asylum to Russians fleeing mobilization: "Lithuania will not provide asylum to those Russians who simply run away from responsibility and try to evade mobilization. The Russians must stay and fight. against Putin.
10:15 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of September 24th. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Kramatorsk and Donetsk directions.
personnel - about 56,300 (+240) people liquidated,
tanks - 2262 (+8),
armored combat vehicles - 4807 (+11),
artillery systems - 1361 (+6),
MLRS - 327 (+1),
air defense systems - 170 (+0),
aircraft - 255 (+1),
helicopters - 220 (+1),
UAV operational-tactical level - 956 (+6),
cruise missiles - 240 (+0),
ships/boats - 15 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 3681 (+22),
special equipment - 126 (+0).
10:04 Over the past day, the Russians fired at the settlements of the Kharkiv region, located near the border with the Russian Federation and the collision line. The Kupyansky district suffers the most from shelling. Over the past 24 hours, five people were injured there, including two children, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the Kharkiv OVA.
10:01 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of enemy shelling, two civilians were killed - in Bakhmut and Krasnogorovka. Three more people were injured, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
09:57 Russians fired from Gradov and Hurricanes Marganets and Krasnogrigoryevsk communities of the Nikopol district of Dnepropetrovsk region in the morning. In Marganets, two people were injured, more than 20 private and multi-storey buildings, a bakery were damaged, said the head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko.
09:42 British intelligence believes that Russian troops are striking at the dams - Karachunovskaya near Krivoy Rog and Pechenezhskaya near Kharkov - as Ukrainian troops are moving down the Ingulets and Seversky Donets. Thus, Ukrainian forces are moving further down both rivers. As Russian commanders become more concerned about their operational setbacks, they are likely trying to hit dam locks to flood Ukrainian military checkpoints, analysts say.
At the same time, intelligence considers it unlikely that the attacks caused a significant disruption in Ukrainian operations - due to the large distance between the damaged dams and combat zones.
09:38 Putin took over strategic control of the invasion, writes The New York Times. The command of the troops is not happy - he did not allow the withdrawal of troops from Kherson, because he does not want reputational losses. The publication notes that Putin has no military flexibility. At critical moments in decision-making, he procrastinated, refusing to face reality as the situation for the troops worsened.
09:34 The National Anti-Terrorist Prosecutor's Office of France (PNAT) is investigating seven cases of crimes committed against the French during Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. As the head of the department, Jean-Francois Ricard, told in an interview with AFP, the crimes concern, in particular, the death of the French-Irish journalist Pierre Zakrevsky in Gorenka near Kyiv and the journalist of the BFMTV channel Frederic Leclerc Imhoff.
“We are extremely determined. We are not opening an investigation for the sake of formality, just to announce it. We are opening an investigation in order to finally identify those responsible and so that trials take place - in France or somewhere else,” Ricard stressed.
09:22 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) states that partial mobilization in the Russian Federation already in the first days faced serious and systemic problems that cause discontent among the population and create conditions for the formation of a mobilization reserve that is unable to fulfill its tasks. And different processes of mobilization in different regions of Russia can further exacerbate social tension in the country. Analysts note that disagreements with the decree on mobilization and statements by Putin and Shoigu about the categories of men exempted from mobilization cause anger and distrust towards the Russian subjects of the federation and the Kremlin itself.
The Russian occupation authorities began voting in their fake annexation referenda on September 23 with overt coercion and voter turnout fraud, ISW notes.
08:48 One of the Russian missiles fired at Zaporozhye tonight was shot down by air defense forces. The fragments of the shell fell outside the city, there were no casualties, said the head of the OVA Alexander Starukh.
07:51 In the occupied territories of the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, the occupiers hand over subpoenas to men of military age with Russian passports, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported.
07:45 Subdivisions of the Defense Forces repelled enemy attacks in about ten settlements in a day - Disputed, Soledar, Bakhmutsky, Odradovka, Kurdyumovka, Zaitsevo, Mayorsk, Kamenka, Avdiivka and Experienced, the General Staff reports in the morning summary .
05:59 The Russians fired at least five rockets at Zaporozhye at night. Infrastructure facilities were hit, one rocket hit the residential sector and caused a fire in a multi-storey building. As a result of enemy shelling, one person was killed and seven wounded, said the head of the OVA Alexander Starukh.
05:20 The United States will never recognize the occupied territories of Ukraine as Russian, Biden said in a statement: "Russian referendums are a fiction, a false pretext for attempts to annex parts of Ukraine by force, which is a flagrant violation of international law, including the UN Charter. <.. .> The United States, along with partners around the world <...> reject any fabricated results announced by Russia."
Biden stressed that the United States, together with its allies, intends to quickly prepare new sanctions against the aggressor state of the Russian Federation: "We will continue to support the Ukrainian people and provide them with security assistance to help protect themselves."
04:13 A Russian drone in southern Ukraine dropped containers with a poisonous substance onto the combat positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to OK Pivden, presumably, it was a K-51 chloropicrin grenade. Combat medics worked well, there were no casualties or critical conditions.
Kindly note that several entries in this article were removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 23:29 The authorities of the Zaporozhye region announced the neutralization of the Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group. 23:12 The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that Kyiv continued provocations in the ZNPP area - Bayraktar was shot down over the Kakhovka reservoir, Ukrainian artillery fired at a village near the nuclear power plant.
22:57 The Ministry of Defense of Russia reported that as a result of attacks on the deployment point of foreign mercenaries in the Nikolaev region, up to 300 militants were eliminated.
22:41 In Melitopol, an attempt was made to sabotage an electrical substation, an improvised explosive device went off, the damage was minor, the city authorities said. There are no victims or injured as a result of the sabotage.
21:49 An explosion sounded in Melitopol, the details are being specified,reported Volodymyr Rogov, chairman of the movement "We are together with Russia", a member of the main council of the administration of the Zaporozhye region.
“It is loud in Melitopol. An explosion sounded in the city. Details later,” Rogov wrote in his Telegram channel.
21:05 Russian military prevented a terrorist attack on power lines in the village of Akimovka in the Zaporozhye region - the authorities of the region
19:38 "Three hundred thousand is enough to reach Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk" -DeputyState Duma A. Boroday.
18:37 This morning, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation held a general meeting, where it reprimanded the military registration and enlistment offices for negligence, involving everyone indiscriminately and contrary to the official explanations of the department, writes Mash.
Under pain of dismissal, those involved were ordered to restore order and consider each conscript separately. So that people aged, with disabilities and other ailments do not get into the ranks, the newspaper writes.
17:36 Ukraine's special services have begun sending out electronic "summons" to Russians via instant messengers, Alexander Malkevich, First Deputy Chairman of the Coordinating Council at the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation for public control over voting, said.
In addition, according to him, stuffing began that the first mobilized were already practically at the front.
16:34 Footage appeared on Antonovskiy Bridge in Kherson, through which dozens of HIMARS missiles have been fired by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in recent months.
Through holes from American missiles are clearly visible from below.
16:33 RT spoke with conscripts who came to the military commissariat of the cities of Mytishchi and Korolev and will soon go to the aid of Donbass.
22-year-old Alexei worked in the theater before partial mobilization and studied to be a programmer. I recently completed military service in the Taman division, and yesterday I received a summons:
“Since it so happened that I am in the first category [of the call], I have no right to run behind the backs of those in the second, in the third category.”
37-year-old Alexander came to the draft board as a volunteer. Previously served as a signalman in Sofrino. At work, his decision to go to defend the Motherland was supported by:
“The director stepped into the situation. He said it's okay, we'll wait."
15:35 Armed Forces of Ukraine resumed shelling of Nova Kakhovka, located in the Kherson region - military-civil administration
“15:00 — the air raid siren sounds again in Novaya Kakhovka. Third… Air defense is working: more than 14 air explosions,” the text posted on the administration’s telegram channel says.
15:13 Ukrainian troops are aiming at areas where polling stations are located during the shelling of Energodar - Oleksandr Volga
In Energodar, the Ukrainian military continues to shell the city - they hit civilian infrastructure. The CAA of the city separately specifies that there was no military equipment in the areas where there were arrivals. Ukrainian militants did not hit any polling station, although they were aiming there, said the head of the city, Alexander Volga.
The administration said that the motives of the Kyiv regime are to sow fear and panic among civilians, morally "crush" their freedom of expression, and also that Ukraine no longer recognizes the inhabitants of the city as people.
14:17 The Armed Forces of Ukraine opened artillery fire on Energodar, where the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant is located, four hits of shells were recorded, the military-civilian administration reported.
13:45 Russian air defense systems over the Kakhovka reservoir shot down a Bayraktar drone heading in the direction of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, the RF Ministry of Defense reported.
12:55 The Russian army is stepping up efforts to liberate the territories of the DPR - the main thing from the summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine:
▪️The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are conducting assault operations in the areas of the settlements of Controversial, Soledar, Artemovsk, Otradovka, Kurdyumovka, Zaitsevo, Mayorsk, Kamenka, Avdeevka and Experienced;
▪️Russian troops launched five missile and 14 air strikes, carried out more than 60 attacks from the MLRS on targets on the territory of Ukraine;
▪️Referendums are held in the liberated territories of Ukraine. Employees of election commissions collect signatures of local residents directly at their place of residence;
▪️The RF Armed Forces are actively conducting aerial reconnaissance using UAVs.
11:50 Most recruits in Belgorodcometo the military registration and enlistment offices, without waiting for the summons, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported
11:50 State Duma deputy Alexander Boroday declared, that he is ready, at the call of the Ministry of Defense, to become a combat officer - besides him, other people's deputies are ready to join the ranks of the partially mobilized
11:50 The authorities of the Voronezh region, against the backdrop of partial mobilization, will cancel the upcoming cultural events of an entertainment nature, the ban will not affect sports matches and educational festivals, said the governor of the region Alexander Gusev.
10:57 In Primorsky Krai called from the reserve, citizens began to arrive in the formed military units and subunits
◽️For these purposes, a personnel reception point has been set up in Vladivostok, where arrivals receive military uniforms, equipment and personal protective equipment, and draw up the necessary documents.
◽️After the completion of the distribution of personnel among units and the resolution of organizational issues of setting up all types of allowances, the military personnel called up from the reserve will begin combat coordination exercises at one of the military training grounds.
10:56 In Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, personnel, called in the ranks of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, as part of partial mobilization, they were handed military weapons.
◽️The Commander of the Troops and Forces in the Northeast, Vice Admiral Alexander Yuldashev, noted that today the servicemen perform important tasks to protect compatriots and residents of Russia.
💬“... I am sure that you will fulfill your duty to the Motherland with honor and dignity and will not disgrace the glory of Russian weapons. I believe in your courage and your ability to defend the Motherland, to crush this fascist evil spirits…,” said the Vice Admiral, addressing the mobilized servicemen.
◽️In the near future, the personnel will start training in combat coordination of units at one of the military training grounds.
10:56 Offensive on Donbass: situation in eastern Ukraine by the end of September 23, 2022
🔻Border territories of the Russian Federation:
▪️Ukrainian formations fired at the villages of Shelaevo and Voznesenskoye in the Belgorod region, no one was injured.
🔻Liman direction:
▪️Attempts by the Ukrainian troops to storm Liman again failed, the RF Armed Forces managed to repulse all enemy attempts.
▪️The Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to try to take control of Drobyshevo, which is one of the key communications hubs northwest of Liman. Another attempt by the enemy to occupy the settlement was met with intense artillery fire, as a result of which the Ukrainian units retreated.
▪️In an effort to encircle the RF Armed Forces, the Ukrainian formations tried to break through the front in the area of Redkodub and Karpovka, but suffered losses and retreated to their original positions.
🔻Bakhmutskoe (Artemovskoe) direction:
▪️Positional battles continue in the area of Disputed, Belogorovka and Verkhnekamensky, as well as on the outskirts of Bakhmut and Soledar.
▪️Detachments of "PMC Wagner" continue the offensive in order to reach the southern outskirts of Bakhmut (Artyomovsk).
🔻Lugansk region:
▪️Ukrainian troops with the help of the HIMARS MLRS fired at the settlements of the Luhansk People's Republic, including Lisichansk, Gorskoe, Stakhanov, Rubizhne, Svatovo and Alchevsk.
🔻Donetsk direction:
▪️Ukrainian formations delivered numerous blows to the Donetsk agglomeration: Donetsk, Makeevka, Gorlovka, Yasinovataya and other surrounding settlements were again under attack.
🔻Zaporozhye direction:
▪️In the morning, the RF Armed Forces attacked targets in Zaporozhye: the places of temporary deployment of the tactical group "Chaika" and the nationalist battalions "Skif", "Dnepr" and "Gepard", as well as the location of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Ural barracks in Zaporozhye, were hit.
▪️Artillery duels continue along the entire line of contact.
10:55 Personnel combat work of Su-25 attack aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces
Attack aircraft crews in pairs from low altitudes launch missile attacks on military facilities and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Disguised fortified field positions and armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed.
10:55 Information has appeared about yesterday's enemy DRG, which leaked through the area of the settlement in two vehicles. Canopies in the direction of Rozovka.
She was captured at night. The characters were dressed in the uniform of the National Guard. According to the statement of the CAA of the Zaporozhye region, all Ukrainian terrorists have been eliminated.
09:30 Yes looks wholesale market in Nova Kakhovka (Kherson region) after yesterday's shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Five shops burned down, six buildings were destroyed, more than 15 were damaged. There were no victims or injured. RT in Russian.
09:20 Head of the Russian-controlled administration of the Zaporozhye region Evgeny Balitskyreportedon the opening in the region of a center for receiving applications for the Russian army.
09:10 Personnel combat work of Su-25 attack aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces. Attack aviation crews carried out rocket air strikes on military facilities and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Missile launches were carried out in pairs from low altitudes.
As a result of the combat use of aviation weapons, camouflaged fortified field positions and armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed. After the sorties, the engineering and technical staff completed the tasks of servicing aircraft and preparing aviation equipment for a second combat sortie. Video of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
07:10 The Russian Ministry of Defense published footage of the combat work of the S-300V anti-aircraft missile system division, which destroyed more than 200 air attack weapons of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, including the Tu-141 drone and aircraft.Video:Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
05:04 Ukraine hit the polling station in the Zaporozhye region. After the closing of the polling station in the village of Balki, Zaporozhye, the Armed Forces of Ukraine inflicted six blows on him from the American М777.
03:33 It's loud in Zaporozhye. In the regional center, temporarily under the control of the Zelensky regime, a series of explosions is heard - smoke is visible in several areas of the city.
#5
Putin is a disgusting bag of vomit. Look at this drunk Russian soldier. Probably got shot a second after this film stopped and I bet $ he was sent as a drafted replacement soldier from the current draft.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 21:38 Ukrainian troops fired on the Kyiv district of Donetsk on Saturday evening, firing three rounds with a caliber of 155mm, reported representation of the DPR in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine.
"Fire was recorded from the armed formations of Ukraine in the direction: 21.05 (coincides with Moscow time) - the settlement of Pervomaiskoye - the city of Donetsk (Kyiv district): three rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired," the mission's Telegram channel reported.
21:25 Most of the shelling of the territory of the Lugansk People's Republic falls on the territories of the republic liberated during the NVO, Andriy Marochko, an officer of the People's Militia of the Republic, told reporters.
“Over the past two weeks, most of the shelling (by the Ukrainian security forces – ed.) has been on the liberated territories (during the CVO – ed.),” Marochko told reporters.
20:28 When attacking the city of Yenakiyevo in the DPR, the Ukrainian military used the American high-speed anti-radar missile AGM-88 HARM, a Russian citizen was injured, informs representation of the Donetsk People's Republic in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine.
20:28 Kyiv security forces fired at the village of Novaya Astrakhan in the Kremensky district from a US-made HIMARS multiple launch rocket system (MLRS). This was reported by the representative office of the LPR in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).
19:33 Statement by the official representative of the NM DPR on the situation at 19.30 09/24/2022
Over the current day, according to information from the Representative Office of the JCCC in the DPR, the enemy fired more than 210 units of ammunition from HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems, tanks, barreled artillery of 155mm and 152mm caliber, as well as 120mm mortars.
The artillery was fired at the areas of ten settlements of the Republic. As a result of the shelling, one civilian was killed and seven were injured. Thirty-one housing constructions and seven civil infrastructure facilities were damaged. Additional information about the injured civilians and damage to infrastructure is being specified.
The complex of works on the clearance of anti-personnel mines PFM-1 "Lepestok" (PFM-1S) is ongoing.
19:18 Ukrainian militants wounded a woman in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk. VFU struck at the Kuibyshevsky district of the city. On st. Timur, a civilian born in 1979 was wounded.
18:52152mm Msta-S self-propelled guns of the Allied Forces suppress enemy in the Maryinsky direction. Allied forces continue to inflict crushing blows on the positions of Ukrainian militants.
Artillerymen of the Southern Military District, using 152mm 2S19 Msta-S self-propelled artillery mounts, destroyed the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Maryinsky direction with accurate strikes in order to discourage the enemy from attacking during the referendum.
18:41 According to the clarified data of military experts of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC, when attacking the peaceful city of Yenakiyevo, the enemy used the American high-speed anti-radar missile AGM-88 HARM. As a result of the attack, an employee of Avtodor State Enterprise, a citizen of the Russian Federation, born in 1969, was injured.
18:15 On a photoa house damaged as a result of armed aggression by militants of the criminal Kyiv regime in the village of Shirokaya Balka, st. Dam, 37.
18:12 Voenkor Pegovabout the situation in Red Liman.
17:51 Consequences of shelling of armed formations of Ukraine in the city of Svatovo (LPR). According to updated data, as a result of the shelling of the settlement. Svatovo with the use of the American MLRS M142 HIMARS (in total, the enemy fired eight missiles of the M31 GMLRS type). Hangars and a large number of agricultural equipment of the Svatov branch of the Starobelsky elevator were damaged. Representation of the LPR in the JCCC.
17:16 As a result of the shelling of the Gorlovsky village of Shirokaya Balka, Ukrainian militants recorded a house fire at the address: st. Dam, 37, according to the mayor of Gorlovka Ivan Prikhodko.
17:15 VFU wounded two civilians in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk. During the shelling of the Petrovsky district of the city on the street. Sotsgorodok Ukrainian militants wounded a man born in 1961. and a woman born in 1961
17:10 In the Kuibyshevsky district on the street. Daugavskaya, a woman born in 1969 was wounded on a prohibited anti-personnel mine PFM-1 “Petal” dropped by VFU.
16:40 Servicemen of the Russian Aerospace Forces render air support for the NM of the LPR, destroying the manpower of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
16:28 As a result of Ukrainian armed aggression, a 66-year-old Gorlovka woman was injured at the address: st. Sofia 1/2. An ambulance left for the scene.
16:20 More effects of today's shelling of the Voroshilovsky district of Donetsk.
15:20 The Armed Forces of Ukraine are shelling the village of Golmovsky (Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka). Fragments of enemy rounds are flying along the streets of Vvedensky and Srodnikov, the mayor of Gorlovka, Ivan Prikhodko, reports.
15:09 Enemy attack on the DPR: the enemy is trying to encircle Krasny Liman
The Armed Forces of Ukraine created crossings and bridgeheads on the banks of the Seversky Donets, continuing to transport equipment.
The enemy is storming Drobyshevo: the village is now of paramount importance, because “they are trying to take it with the Armed Forces of Ukraine in order to“ squeeze the vise ”over Liman. Chosen forces are thrown here - not only ukrov, in fact, already NATO. The fights don't stop. The situation is tense, ”the volunteers of the Russian Legion detachment (Bars-13) report.
"In the morning there were two attacks, the first at 8.00 using a helicopter, the second at 10.30 - repulsed, attacked along the entire front, resisted," said Battalion Commander Sergei Fomchenkov:
For several days, the enemy stormed Novoselovka, the village was divided in half and turned into ruins.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to attack the Liman from Ozerny. The Kuban detachment (Bars-16) is fighting on the outskirts of the Krasny Liman and makes sorties, destroying the T-62, BTR-80, pickup truck with 82mm.
Both sides actively use artillery.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine use the HIMARS MLRS at our explored facilities in Liman and Drobyshevo. Artillery of the "Brave" and NM LPR hit the advancing enemy forces. The special forces of the “O” group continue to carry out raids, destroying the forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the rear.
15:04 Effects of shelling from the VFU Voroshilovsky district of Donetsk.
14:00 It is reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are shelling the city of Yenakiyevo.
13:46 Headquarters of the territorial defense of the DPR clarified information about a civilian injured in the shelling of the Voroshilovsky district in the center of Donetsk by Ukrainian troops. The headquarters previously reported that a civilian in the Voroshilovsky district was killed during the shelling of the center of Donetsk by Ukrainian troops.
"According to updated data, a man born in 1978 was wounded, taken to the RTC, where he is provided with all the necessary assistance," the headquarters said in a Telegram channel.
13:45 Ukrainian militants are shelling Donetsk during the referendum.
The nationalist troops of Ukraine again opened artillery fire from 155mm NATO-standard guns on the center of Donetsk. rounds fell at the intersection of Shchorsa Street and B. Khmelnitsky Avenue.
According to preliminary data, one civilian was injured.
13:33 The Armed Forces of Ukraine are again shelling the Voroshilovsky district of Donetsk, hitting the roof of a residential building on Oreshkovo in the center.
13:28 Battle for Liman: Cossack Special Forces Detachment "Kuban" ("Bars-16")destroyedtank, BTR-80, pickup truck with 82mm and APU DRG. The losses of the enemy amounted to 27 people, the Kuban Cossacks had no losses.
13:18 Ukrainian artillery is chaotic shelling Donetsk right now, there are wounded.
13:00 The center of the capital of the Republic is again under a massive blow from the AFU
Under the fire of artillery of NATO caliber Voroshilovsky district of Donetsk. More than 10 rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
12:55 Effects shelling of Gorlovka by Ukrainian militants.
12:56 In Krasnodon, Head of the LPR, Chairman of the OD "Peace to the Luhansk Region" Leonid Pasechnik and Secretary of the General Council of the All-Russian Political Party "United Russia" Andrey Turchaksignedan agreement on cooperation between the WFP "United Russia" and the OD "Peace of the Lugansk region".
12:25 Effects of shelling of the city of Alchevsk (LPR) by the armed formations of Ukraine.
As a result of shelling, n.p. Alchevsk with the use of the American MLRS M142 HIMARS (in total, the enemy fired six missiles of the M-31 GMLRS type), five apartment buildings and two buildings of the Alchevsk Central City Multidisciplinary Hospital were damaged. Representation of the LPR in the JCCC.
12:18 The referendum in Donetsk is under fire from the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to disrupt the referendum by harassing Donetsk. The border of the Voroshilovsky and Kuibyshev regions came under fire. There are victims. A man's eyes were gouged out by shrapnel, and a woman was killed by a NATO shell. Special services are working at the place of arrival.
11:47 As a result of the shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine of the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, on the street. Czechoslovak woman born in 1958 died.
10:57 The AGS_Donbassa channel reports: the very center of Donetsk came under fire like a fan: the square of B. Khmelnytsky Ave., Vatutin Ave., per. Oreshkovo, st. R. Luxembourg, st. Shchors.
10:52 Krasny Lyman - the situation for the morning 09/24/22
Yesterday, the enemy continued attempts to break through the front line of the RF Armed Forces near Krasny Liman, but no significant results were achieved. Everywhere he ran into dense barrage fire, and attempts to break through in the Novoselovka-Drobyshevo area led to significant losses. Also, according to updated data, N. p. The enemy has not yet taken control of Koroviy Yar.
In the morning (or rather, at night) from Kharkov to Izyum, huge columns of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces follow, which will obviously be thrown "on the last assault" on Liman, tomorrow at the most, in order to sweeten the pill of political defeat in connection with Russia's holding of referendums by taking control of this city .
10:49 Shelling was recorded from the side of the armed formations of Ukraine: - 02.45 a.m. Lower Duvanka with HIMARS MLRS (two missiles). Information about the victims and damage is being specified. Representation of the LPR in the JCCC.
10:45 The enemy again attacks the center of the capital of the Donetsk Republic. Under the fire of artillery of NATO caliber Voroshilovsky district of Donetsk. The shelling continues.
10:37 The head of the administration of Donetsk reports that the Oktyabrsky mine settlement in the Kuibyshevsky district was shelled. Several apartment buildings were damaged along Kremlin Avenue.
10:34 As a result of shelling from the armed formations of Ukraine in Gorlovka 24 transformer substations are de-energized. Partially without electricity w-you im. V. I. Lenin, as well as the villages of Nizhny Khutor, Pobedy, the district of the Experimental House. Total 2,374 subscribers.
10:33 It is reported that Putilovka, Kyiv district of Donetsk, under the shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
10:33 Statement by the official representative of the NM DPR on the situation as of 10.30 24.09.2022
The Ukrainian side continues to terrorize the civilian population of the Republic, inflicting massive artillery strikes on residential areas and civilian infrastructure, which are not military targets.
Over the past 24 hours, according to the Representative Office of the JCCC in the DPR, the enemy fired 251 pieces of ammunition from 122mm BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket systems, tanks, cannon artillery with a caliber of 155mm, 152mm and 122mm.
The fire was fired at the areas of eleven settlements of the Republic. As a result of the shelling, two civilians were killed and two were injured. Seven housing constructions and one civil infrastructure facility were damaged. Additional information about injured civilians and damage to infrastructure is being specified.
Joint actions of the military personnel of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed the following enemy weapons and military equipment: one armored personnel carrier, three UAVs, five vehicles and special equipment. Losses among the enemy personnel amounted to more than 50 nationalists.
Currently, a set of works is underway to clear anti-personnel mines PFM-1 "Lepestok" (PFM-1C).
10:11 The central districts of Gorlovka are under fire from the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The mayor of Gorlovka Prikhodko reports that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are shelling the village of Korolenko. Also under the fire of the Ukrainian Nazis, the residential area "Komsomolets".
10:00 Statement by the official representative of the NM of the LPR, Captain Filiponenko I.M. as of September 24, 2022
Over the past 24 hours, during the active offensive operations of the units of the People's Militia of the LPR, the enemy suffered heavy losses in manpower and military equipment. Destroyed:
- up to 30 personnel;
- three armored personnel carriers;
— five units of special automotive equipment.
The enemy continues shelling civilian infrastructure facilities in LPR settlements. Over the past day, the armed formations of Ukraine fired at the settlement. Stakhanov, Rubizhnoye, Svatovo and Alchevsk using the American M142 HIMARS MLRS, firing 24 missiles.
As a result of the attacks:
— in n.p. Stakhanov damaged the premises of the cultural and entertainment center "Nika" in the city park "Gornyak";
— in n.p. Rubizhnoye damaged two apartment buildings;
— in n.p. The granary and two cars were damaged in Svatovo.
Information about the victims and damage is being specified.
Peaceful life is being restored in the territories of the Luhansk People's Republic liberated from Ukrainian nationalists: engineering and sapper units of the People's Militia of the LPR continue demining. During September 23, they cleared more than seven hectares of territory from explosive objects left by Ukrainian nationalists in the areas of Nizhne and Bobrovo settlements.
The forces of the NM of the LPR, together with public organizations, are delivering humanitarian aid to the residents of these areas.
09:33 AFU shelled the Kyiv district of Donetsk. Ukrainian militants from positions in Orlovka opened fire on residential areas of the Kievsky district of the city. NATO artillery of 155mm caliber is used against the population.
08:58 Destruction of positions of VSU under Ugledar.
08:46 Consequences of shelling by Ukrainian troops of an apartment building in Donetsk. According to updated information, as a result of yesterday's shelling of the Petrovsky district, a man born in 1966 was killed, the mayor of the city said and publisheda photodestruction.
08:13 During the day, two people were killed on the territory of the DPR, two more were injured. Over the past 24 hours, from 08:00 on September 23 to 08:00 on September 24, as a result of shelling of the VFU in the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic, two people were killed and two more civilians were injured.
07:25 Ukrainian militants fired on the Gorlovsky village of the mine. N. A. Izotova.Damagedbus route N 2. In the building of the administration of the Nikitovsky district, located at the address: st. Chernyakhovsky, 58, the glazing on all floors is damaged, according to the mayor of Gorlovka Ivan Prikhodko.
07:00 Summary of the LPR Representation in the JCCC for the past 24 hours, September 23. From the side of the armed formations of Ukraine, four shellings were recorded on the settlement. Stakhanov, Rubezhnoye, Svatovo and Alchevsk using the American M142 HIMARS MLRS (24 M31 GMLRS missiles).
As a result of the attacks:
— in n.p. Stakhanov damaged the premises of the cultural and entertainment center "Nika" in the city park "Gornyak";
— in n.p. Rubizhnoye damaged two apartment buildings;
— in n.p. The granary and two cars were damaged in Svatovo.
Information about the victims and damage is being specified. Representation of the LPR in the JCCC.
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[REGNUM] The speedy achievement of victory on the territory of the former Ukrainian SSR requires a comprehensive and integrated approach: both increasing the number of troops and expanding the range of targets and geography for our long-range fire weapons.
On September 17, 2022, a meeting of the Military Committee of the North Atlantic Alliance was held in Tallinn. In his statement at a press conference after the conclusion of this event, the chairman of this NATO body, Admiral Rob Bauer, voiced an interesting fact.
According to Bauer, "there are 3.2 million military personnel and women (more to come soon) who will do everything possible to protect every inch of Allied territory and every one of the 1 billion citizens living in Allied territory."
The phrase "become more" is directly related to the upcoming accession to NATO of Finland with its armed forces of 23,800 people and Sweden - 14,600 people.
To this should be added the number of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, actually operating under the direct control of NATO, about 700,000 people. Together it turns out 3.94 million people.
Since November 2017, the authorized strength of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation has been set at 1,013,628 military personnel. From January 1, 2023, it should be increased by 137,000 to 1,150,628 military. Thus, comparing today the RF Armed Forces and the combined NATO Armed Forces + Armed Forces of Ukraine, we get a numerical superiority on the part of the alliance and its allied forces in Europe by 3.42 times. This corresponds to an offensive ratio of 3.42 to 1.
So far, the enemy has thrown 700,000 people of the Armed Forces of Ukraine against us - only 18 percent of the total. It should also be noted that the Russian group in the zone of a special military operation on the territory of the former. The Ukrainian SSR has an estimated 150,000-200,000 people with a front line length of more than 1,500 kilometers.
It is not surprising that during the recent counter-offensive in the Kharkiv region, our enemy was able to create a numerical superiority of seven to eight times in some areas, which largely determined the withdrawal of our troops from this region.
Let's add one more challenge here - the imminent formal entry into NATO of Finland and Sweden, this procedure is at the final stage. The common border of Russia with the North Atlantic Alliance will increase by the length of the Russian-Finnish border of 1,325.8 kilometers. It must be assumed that the regular increase in the RF Armed Forces from January 1, 2022 by 137,000 people is largely due to this fact.
But the partial mobilization announced on September 21, 2022 is directly related to the situation in the NVO zone. As Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu explained, the call for 300,000 reservists is necessary to control the 1,000-kilometer line of contact and the territory of the former Ukrainian SSR, liberated from the Kyiv Nazi regime. We add that it is necessary to cover the border line from the side of the Belgorod, Kursk and Bryansk regions.
How is the number of reservists for partial mobilization determined? Three factors play a major role here. The first is the needs of the front. The second is the ability of the Russian Defense Ministry and the Russian military-industrial complex to equip so many people with weapons, military equipment and everything else. The third is the ability to train and combat coordination of replenished and newly created subunits and units.
According to military expert Vladislav Shurygin, five full-fledged army corps can be formed out of 300,000 people. To equip them, you need at least 500 tanks, 500 infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers, about 1000 guns and mortars, as well as several thousand vehicles and thousands more tons of various equipment. We believe that this is not a complete list.
As Yury Baranchik, editor-in-chief of the analytical editorial office of IA REGNUM, notes in his telegram channel, “in theory, we had time to maximize the territory of the eastern and central former. Ukrainian SSR, pushing Ukrainians to Lviv and five to even regions in the west of the former. Ukrainian SSR, and lock them up there. So far it hasn't worked. One of the reasons, again inherited from the "blessed" 90s, is the insufficient number of ground forces - only 280,000.
Let me remind you that during the Great Patriotic War, only for offensive operations on the territory of such a republic as the Ukrainian SSR, from 500 thousand to 2 million people were required. And how much more was needed to maintain order in the liberated territories?
I will give just three examples.
During the Donbass operation (August 13 - September 22, 1943), the Red Army completely cleared the Donbass of the Nazis and began to push them beyond the Dnieper. The forces of the parties were significant: the USSR - 1 million people, 21,000 guns, 1,257 tanks, 1,400 aircraft. Germany has 540 thousand people, 5,400 guns, 900 tanks, 1,100 aircraft.
Chernigov-Poltava operation (August 26 - September 30, 1943). The forces of the parties: the USSR - 1.6 million people, 1,200 tanks and self-propelled guns, 30,300 guns and mortars, 690 rocket launchers, 1,450 aircraft. Germany - 700,000 people, 1,200 tanks and self-propelled guns, 7,200 guns, St. 900 aircraft. Losses: USSR - 427,952 people. Germany - 321,000 people.
Dnieper-Carpathian operation or the battle for the Right Bank of the Ukrainian SSR (December 24, 1943 - April 17, 1944). The forces of the parties: the USSR - 2 million people, 31,530 guns and mortars, 1,908 tanks and self-propelled guns, 2370 aircraft. Germany - 1.8 million people, 21,820 guns and mortars, 2,200 tanks and assault guns, 1,560 aircraft. Losses: USSR - 270,198 irretrievable (839,330 sanitary), Germany - 500,000 people.
The scale is clear."
By the way, Russia has a significant human resource to increase the size of its armed forces. According to Sergei Shoigu, the total mobilization resource reaches 25 million people.
However, the leadership of the Russian state is taking very balanced steps in this direction. The stability of our country in the confrontation with the West will be largely determined by the stability of the economy and the productivity of the defense industry. Therefore, we do not need an excessive number of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, since it will be a heavy burden on the state and will withdraw significant labor resources from the economic sphere.
In the published decree of the President of Russia “On the announcement of partial mobilization in the Russian Federation” dated September 21, 2022, the number of reservists called up is not disclosed. 300 thousand in his explanation was called by the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergei Shoigu.
At the same time, it must be understood that in the event of a further aggravation of the military-political situation and an increase in the level of military danger, the parameters of the call for partial mobilization may be increased. The ratio of the strength of the RF Armed Forces to the strength of NATO and its allies in Europe was given above. But there are still Far Eastern allies of the United States in the face of Japan and South Korea.
By the way, according to some military experts, for a decisive and quick victory over the former Ukrainian SSR, without stretching for years, up to 1 million people at the front and at least several hundred thousand people for military production and transport facilities will be required.
One should take into account the important fact that the RF Armed Forces currently have a serious advantage in long-range fire destruction. We can destroy targets to the depth of the entire territory of the former. Ukrainian SSR. And this advantage in the course of SVO is realized to a limited extent.
The entire former Ukrainian SSR has been turned by the West into a weapon against Russia, and the sooner this weapon is broken, the sooner our victory will be. There is such a thing - disorganization of the work of the control system and the rear of the enemy.
Infliction of intensive strikes on decision-making centers in the territory b. The Ukrainian SSR, both in Kyiv and in the regions, in terms of its transport, energy, fuel infrastructure, communication systems, data centers will allow us to achieve our goals much faster. However, the window of opportunity for the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation to carry out such activities is gradually decreasing as the Armed Forces of Ukraine are saturated with Western-made air defense, missile defense and fire destruction systems.
By the way, the defeat of the administrative and rear infrastructure of the Kyiv Nazi regime also optimizes our needs for the partial mobilization of reservists. Since missile troops do not require many people, they need large stocks of missiles.
Thus, the speedy achievement of victory on the territory of the former Ukrainian SSR requires a comprehensive and integrated approach: both increasing the number of troops and expanding the range of targets and geography for our long-range fire weapons.
Way ahead of you, Sergey
[REGNUM] Foreign journalists should learn Russian, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on September 24 at a press conference on the results of participation in the 77th session of the UN General Assembly. We could leave it at Journalists should learn, and be happy, but if they would take the time to learn the language and a bit of history, the profession would be much less of a laughingstock. Still, that’s why we have badanov and they don’t.
During communication with the press, Lavrov was asked a question in Russian, however, due to the large distance of the microphone from the speaker, the interpreter could not hear the journalist's question. Because of this, foreign journalists were outraged, calling for the microphone to be raised higher.
“Are you saying that you don’t understand Russian?” Lavrov noted.
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