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[LB] This offensive on Avdiivka is the largest since 2014.
Iryna Gamalii
Despite the huge losses, the Russian troops do not stop their assaults in the Avdiivka area of the Donetsk region. Many shellings and bombings by aircraft were recorded yesterday.
Vitaliy Barabash, head of the Avdiiv city military administration, announced this on the air of the telethon.
"The gunfights do not stop around the clock. The Russians throw in large forces with infantry and armored vehicles, their losses are crazy, but this does not stop them, the assaults continue. They crawl like crazy, lie down in dozens and after a while leave again. There are a lot of them," he said Head of MBA.
According to him, in recent days, the enemy began to use less armored vehicles due to increased humidity.
We will remind, in the morning briefing, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are holding the defense in the Avdiivka area , inflicting significant losses on the enemy. The offensive actions of the enemy were unsuccessful in the districts of Keramik, Stepovoy, Avdiivka, Tonenko, Opytny, and Nevelsky of the Donetsk region, where the Defense Forces repelled more than 20 Russian attacks over the past day.
Last week, the Russians stepped up their offensive on Avdiivka. According to Vitaly Barabash, it is the largest since 2014.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22:55 The CIA has been developing Ukraine's intelligence services for almost ten years. The Americans “rebuilt from scratch” the Soviet system in the SBU and GUR, and now Ukrainian spies are carrying out incredible large-scale operations. Read more in the article Shadow War of Ukraine .
21:47 Russia has concentrated more than 400 thousand soldiers on the territory of Ukraine, said Andrey Yusov, a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate.
18:54 Zelensky said that he had a telephone conversation with the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Muhammad bin Salman al Saud, thanked for his personal efforts in organizing a successful Formula Peace meeting in Jeddah and invited a representative of Saudi Arabia to take part in the next round of negotiations in Malta.
17:49 Kherson OVA announced mandatory evacuation in a number of settlements due to constant Russian shelling. We are talking about the settlements of Dudchany, Kachkarovka, Mylovoe, Novokairy, Zolotaya Balka, Mikhailovka, Osokorovka, the city of Berislav, Zmievka, Novoberislav, Tyaginka, Burgunka, Lviv, Nikolaevka, Otradokamenka, Olgovka, Krasny Mayak, Vesele, Kozatskoye, Antonovka, Kamyshany, Garden, Priozernoe.
17:41 In the last month alone, the Ukrainian Armed Forces, using FPV drones, destroyed more than $140 million worth of Russian equipment, Forbes calculated. The most expensive recorded loss of the Russian Federation over the past month was the Tor air defense system worth $60 million.
17:33 Zelensky said that he held a regular meeting of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief Headquarters: “Important Headquarters. Exclusively about the front, exclusively about our offensive and defensive actions. We received all the current information, gave instructions to the military and intelligence. We continue to work on the liberation of our land.”
16:57 Hungary again did not allow the allocation of 500 million euros from the EU fund, which helps Ukraine with weapons, Radio Liberty journalist in Brussels Rikard Jozwiak reported: “The Hungarian OTP Bank was removed from the blacklist of companies that continue to operate in Russia, but Budapest wants legal guarantees, that this decision is permanent."
16:00 As a result of another Russian strike on the Kherson region, power lines were damaged, Berislav, Novoberislav, Shlyakhovoye, Tomarino were left without power. Power engineers are already working and repairing the damage, OVA reported.
15:56 The Washington Post reports, citing sources, that the underwater drones that Ukraine used to attack the Crimean Bridge were allegedly developed with the support of the CIA and other Western intelligence agencies. Ukraine organized the first detonation of the bridge using explosives in a truck itself, and Washington “expressed concern” about this. But then “these fears apparently dissipated,” and nine months later the second strike was carried out with the support of the United States, the newspaper claims.
15:47 For the last two days, Russian troops have been trying to attack the Kiev region with new drones. Users have already dubbed them “lawn mowers” or “chainsaws” because of their characteristic sound. But, despite the noise and “handicraft” production, these UAVs cause trouble for the Ukrainian air defense system. Read more in the article Cheap, but dangerous .
15:34 On the evening of October 22, the Russians fired from aircraft at the village of Ivanovka, Daryevsk community, Kherson region. This afternoon, rescuers recovered the bodies of two people from the rubble. Search and rescue efforts were complicated by repeated enemy attacks on the populated area, prosecutors said.
15:26 The Washington Post writes, citing sources, that the murders of Daria Dugina and Vladlen Tatarsky were an operation of the SBU. According to the newspaper, the SBU has been preparing for these and other operations for almost ten years - after the annexation of Crimea - in close cooperation with the CIA. The United States spent tens of millions of dollars on this training, provided Kyiv with advanced surveillance systems and intelligence, and trained recruits.
The officials, anonymously, say the CIA maintains a significant presence in Ukraine, but Kyiv's penchant for "lethal operations" has complicated its cooperation with the CIA, raising concerns about the agency's complicity.
14:54 The Russians fired four aerial bombs at the Berislavsky district of the Kherson region, one person was wounded, the OVA reported. The enemy dropped explosives from a drone on Berislav itself, injuring two people.
13:53 Russia is suffering serious losses, but is constantly rebuilding its troops using reserves, said the commander of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexander Syrsky: “The situation on the Eastern Front remains quite difficult. The enemy continues to conduct offensive operations virtually along the entire strip, concentrating the main efforts on Kupyansky and Bakhmut directions. The enemy suffers serious losses, primarily in personnel, but constantly restores them by moving reserves, including from the territory of the Russian Federation."
13:16 Ukraine received the ninth tranche of macro-financial assistance from the EU in the amount of 1.5 billion euros, Shmyhal said. In general, EU budget support in 2023 amounts to 18 billion euros, of which Ukraine has already received 15 billion. Work is currently underway on a new long-term Ukraine Facility program with a total volume of 50 billion euros. Next year Ukraine expects 18 billion of this amount.
12:29 The Russians shelled Daryevka, Kherson region, one person was wounded, said the head of the OVA Alexander Prokudin.
12:04 Considering Putin’s “obvious joy” in connection with events in the Middle East, the EU is monitoring the situation in Ukraine even more closely, said German Foreign Minister Annalena Bärbock.
10:37 Russian troops are trying to cut the road to Avdiivka, said the head of the city military administration, Vitaly Barabash. According to him, constant shelling of the road complicates the evacuation and delivery of humanitarian aid to the city.
10:20 The first sea bulk carrier entered the port of Mariupol, said advisor to the mayor of the city Pyotr Andryushchenko. According to him, the first sea-class vessel (not river-sea) moored yesterday at the pier of the Shipyard. The bulk carrier class vessel has its own cranes, and its total load is much more than 5,000 tons, as in the RM-3 class vessels.
“This is very bad news... What was brought by the bulk carrier is still unknown - we continue to monitor. Considering that in Mariupol there is nothing to load with such weight, delivery to Mariupol and unloading is the goal. What exactly is not difficult to guess. Definitely not houses for Mariupol residents ", Andryushchenko noted.
09:41 In the Donetsk region over the past 24 hours, three people were killed as a result of Russian shelling - in Avdeevka, Kalinovka and Vasyukovka; three more were injured, the OVA said.
09:18 The Russians fired at one of DTEK’s thermal power plants on the evening of October 22, the company reported. No people were injured, but the attack seriously damaged the company's equipment.
09:13 In the Kharkov region over the past 24 hours, two people were wounded as a result of Russian shelling - in the village. Kurilovka and the town of Dvurechnaya, Kupyansky district, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA.
09:08 At night, the Russians attacked several settlements in the Berislavsky district of the Kherson region with controlled aerial bombs; one person is currently known to be wounded, the prosecutor’s office reported.
08:30 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of October 23:
personnel - about 294,700 (+870) people,
tanks - 5093 (+12),
armored combat vehicles - 9653 (+22),
artillery systems - 7057 (+25),
MLRS - 825 (+0),
air defense systems - 551 (+2),
aircraft - 320 (+0),
helicopters - 324 (+0),
UAV of operational-tactical level - 5345 (+6),
cruise missiles - 1536 (+1),
ships/boats - 20 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 9419 (+15),
special equipment - 998 (+7).
08:14 Russia attacked the Odessa region at night with attack drones, air defense forces destroyed nine suicide bombers. In the Odessa region, debris from one of the drones damaged the roof of a port infrastructure warehouse. A fire broke out on the spot and was promptly extinguished, said Oleg Kiper, head of the OVA.
08:09 In the Avdeevka direction, the enemy is not abandoning attempts to encircle Avdeevka, but Ukrainian forces are holding the line, the General Staff said in its morning report . In particular, more than 20 enemy attacks were repelled in the Keramik, Stepnoy, Avdeevka, Tonenky, Oprosny, Nevelsky districts of the Donetsk region.
In total, over the past 24 hours, more than 90 military clashes took place at the front. In the Kupyansk direction, the Defense Forces repelled enemy attacks in the Sinkovka and Ivanovka areas of the Kharkov region; on Limansky - in the areas of Nadezhda and Serebryansky forestry of the Lugansk region; on Bakhmutsky - in the Bogdanovka, Khromovo, Ivanovsky, Andreevka, Druzhba districts of the Donetsk region; on Maryinsky - in the districts of Marinka, Pobeda and Novomikhailovka of the Donetsk region; on the Shakhtarsky and Zaporozhye directions - in the areas of Prechistovka, Zolotaya Niva of the Donetsk region and Verbovoy, Rabotino of the Zaporozhye region.
At the same time, the Defense Forces continue their offensive in the Melitopol direction and assault operations south of Bakhmut, Donetsk region. In Nova Kakhovka, Kherson region, the enemy has stepped up security measures: the “police” throughout the city are looking for up to 60 Russian deserters.
07:58 At night, air defense destroyed all enemy air targets: 13 Shahed drones, one X-59 missile and one attack UAV of an unknown type , the Air Force command reported. The enemy attacked with “shaheeds” from the south (Cape Chauda, Crimea), sending them in different directions - the southern, eastern and central regions of Ukraine. The Kh-59 missile was fired from a Su-34 aircraft from the airspace of the temporarily occupied territory of the Zaporozhye region, and an unidentified drone was probably launched from the northern border.
07:22 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports that Russia is moving new forces to Avdiivka , despite heavy losses and difficulties in storming the positions of the Ukrainian Defense Forces.
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[Korrespondent] Since 2014, the CIA has begun a large-scale transformation of the Main Intelligence Directorate and the Security Service of Ukraine, and now Ukrainian agents are carrying out high-profile operations, writes The Washington Post.
The US Central Intelligence Agency has been developing Ukraine's intelligence services for almost 10 years. The Americans “rebuilt from scratch” the Soviet system in the SBU and GUR and now Ukrainian spies are carrying out large-scale and incredible operations. The Washington Post spoke about this in its article . In addition, the material reveals details of high-profile special operations of Ukrainian agents.
The article, the journalists say, is based on interviews with more than two dozen current and former Ukrainian, American and Western intelligence and security officials who spoke on condition of anonymity.
CIA-UKRAINE PARTNERSHIP
According to the publication, cooperation between the CIA and Ukraine began after political protests in 2014, which forced pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych to flee the country, and Russia annexed Crimea and armed separatists in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions.
As Ukrainian and American agents said, at first the United States feared that the SBU was “still heavily operated by the FSB,” so the CIA collaborated with the Ukrainians to create an entirely new department that would focus on so-called “active measures” operations against Russia and would be isolated from other departments of the SBU.
The new unit was dubbed the Fifth Directorate to distinguish it from the four long-standing units of the Ukrainian service. A Sixth Directorate has since been added to deal with the British intelligence agency MI6, officials told the publication.
Overall, the CIA has spent tens of millions of dollars since 2015 to turn Ukraine's Soviet forces into powerful allies against Moscow, journalists say. The agency provided Kiev with advanced surveillance systems, trained recruits at facilities in Ukraine as well as the United States, built new headquarters and shared intelligence on a scale unimaginable before Russia annexed Crimea.
TRANSFORMATION OF UKRAINIAN MILITARY INTELLIGENCE
In parallel with the processes in the SBU, the CIA decided to start a more ambitious project with the military intelligence of Ukraine, notes The Washington Post.
"We figured that the GUR was a smaller, nimble organization where we could have more influence. The GUR was our little baby. We gave them all new equipment and training," said a former US intelligence official who worked in Ukraine.
According to him, the GUR officers “were young guys, not Soviet-era KGB generals,” “while the SBU was too big to reform.”
Beginning in 2015, the CIA began such a large-scale transformation of the GUR that within a few years, “we rebuilt it from scratch,” the former US intelligence officer added.
Newcomers were trained at facilities in Ukraine and, subsequently, in the United States. They were trained from "clandestine maneuvers behind enemy lines" to "armed platforms and explosives" schemes.
Concerned that outdated GUR facilities were likely compromised by Russian intelligence, the CIA paid for new headquarters buildings for the GUR's "special forces" unit and a separate directorate responsible for electronic espionage.
Thanks to the re-equipment, revolutionary capabilities have appeared in the power steering. In one day, the service could intercept 250–300 thousand individual messages from the Russian military and the FSB. There was so much information that the operatives could not manage it. These data sets were transferred to the CIA and NSA. Investments in the project amounted to millions of dollars.
Subsequently, the GUR developed networks of sources in the Russian security apparatus, including the FSB unit responsible for operations in Ukraine.
LIQUIDATIONS IN RUSSIA
As the publication writes, citing sources, over the past 20 months, the SBU and the Main Intelligence Directorate have committed dozens of murders of Russian officials in the occupied territories, possible Ukrainian collaborators, officers behind the front line and known supporters of the war in the depths of Russia.
Among those liquidated, according to American journalists, are the former commander of the Krasnodar submarine of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Navy, Sergei Rzhitsky, and the Russian military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky.
The publication spoke in detail about the operation of the SBU and the Main Intelligence Directorate to eliminate Russian propagandist Daria Dugina, daughter of propagandist and “Putin ideologist” Alexander Dugin, near Moscow.
The article says that the purpose of the deal was to eliminate Dugin himself. He and his daughter were expected to travel together, but the propagandist got into another car. Despite this, Ukrainian officials noted that Daria was not a harmless victim, because she supported the war against Ukraine, like her father.
Journalists claim that the explosives were smuggled into Russia in a hidden compartment in a cat box in the car of Natalia Vovk and her 12-year-old daughter. Investigators in the Russian Federation named the woman as the main suspect. However, the publication did not indicate whether she was directly involved in the explosion.
The sources also did not note where Natalya Vovk is now and whether she managed to leave Russia after Dugina’s bombing. According to the publication, Vovk was partly motivated by what the Russians did to her native Mariupol.
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[Korrespondent] The largest number of dangerous objects is in settlements captured by Russian troops, or where there were military operations
Ukraine has become one of the world's largest minefields. It will take decades to clear the country's mines.
In Ukraine, since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Russian occupiers, 261 people have died as a result of mines or explosive devices. The State Emergency Service reported this on Monday, October 23, on Telegram.
“Since the beginning of the full-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, 559 people have been injured of varying degrees of severity from mines and explosive objects, and another 261 people have died,” rescuers note.
At the same time, they clarified that among the victims there were 68 children, another 14 died.
The State Emergency Service emphasized that explosive objects can be found in fields, forests, shelterbelts, between bushes or in water bodies - especially in areas where active hostilities took place. They are disguised as ordinary household items, including toys or books.
Rescuers urge you to follow the main safety rules:
Do not walk on unknown or untested dirt roads.
Do not visit forests, shelterbelts, fields, floodplains and other open spaces, especially where hostilities took place.
If you see a suspicious object: do not approach or touch it. You need to call 101.
Earlier it was reported that in the Kharkov region a teenager was injured as a result of the explosion of a Russian petal mine.
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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Kupyansk direction, units of the Zapad Group of Forces exploiting results of aviation strikes, artillery and heavy flamethrower systems fire repelled nine attacks of assault groups of 32nd, 41st mechanised, 57th Infantry, and the 68th Jaeger brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Sin'kovka, Ivanovka (Khar'kov region), and Novoyegorovka (Lugansk People's Republic).
In addition, actions of one sabotage and reconnaissance group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been thwarted near Ol'shana (Khar'kov region).
Up to 195 Ukrainian troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, three motor vehicles, one 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS vehicle, along with one 152mm D-20 howitzer have been neutralised during the day.
An ammunition depot was annihilated close to Stepovaya Novosyolovka (Kharkov region).
In Krasny Liman direction, the Tsentr Group of Forces, as well as air strikes and artillery fire, repelled 12 attacks launched by the enemy close to Grigorovka, Kirovo (Donetsk People's Republic) and Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic).
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation inflicted fire damage on the manpower and hardware of the 63rd Mechanised Brigade close to Torskoye (Donetsk People's Republic) and the 15th National Guard Regiment close to Serebryanka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The losses of the enemy in the past 24 hours include up to 480 Ukrainian personnel killed and injured, four armoured fighting vehicles, three motor vehicles, and one 122mm D-30 howitzer.
In Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Group of Forces supported by aviation, artillery, and heavy flamethrower systems, successfully repelled one attack launched by units of AFU 77th Air Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine close to Bogdanovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
In addition, strikes were delivered at enemy manpower and hardware of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Usmanskoye, Semenovka, and Orlovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
During the day, a total of 165 Ukrainian troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, four motor vehicles, one 152mm Msta-B howitzer, and one 122mm D-30 gun have been neutralised.
An ammunition depot of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has been destroyed near Novomikhailovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
In South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok Group of Forces, ground-attack aircraft, helicopters, and artillery inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 65th, 72nd Mechanised, and 58th Motorised Infantry Brigades, as well as 128th Territorial Defence Brigade, near Ugledar, Staromayorskoye, and Urozhaynoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
Up to 160 Ukrainian troops, three motor vehicles have been neutralised in this direction during the day.
In Zaporozhye direction, seven attacks launched by assault groups of the AFU 82nd Air Assault Brigade near Rabotino (Zaporozhye region) were successfully repelled by skillful actions of the Russian Group of Forces supported by air strikes and artillery fire.
Clusters of AFU manpower and hardware were engaged close to Novodanilovka and Malaya Tokmachka (Zaporozhye region).
Up to 80 Ukrainian personnel, one tank, and three armoured fighting vehicles were eliminated.
In Kherson direction, up to 90 Ukrainian servicemen, three motor vehicles, one 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS launcher, and two 122mm D-30 howitzers have been neutralised by fire.
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged AFU manpower and hardware in 153 areas during the day.
Moreover, three AFU command posts (53rd Mechanised Brigade, 15th National Guard Regiment, and 38th Air Defence Artillery Regiment) were annihilated close to Usmanskoye, Serebryanka (Donetsk People's Republic), and Ingulets (Kherson region).
Nineteen Ukrainian drones were shot down by Russian Air Defence systems and small arms close to Verkhnekamenka, Kremennaya, Zolotarevka (Lugansk People's Republic), Kirillovka, Berestovoye, Spornoye (Donetsk People's Republic), and Krynki (Kherson region).
In total, 508 airplanes and 253 helicopters, 8,176 unmanned aerial vehicles, 441 air defence missile systems, 12,882 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,169 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 6,853 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 14,583 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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[NewsFront] 23:58 official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 10/23/2023 to 00:00 10/24/2023
Over the past 24 hours, the Representative Office reported 51 incidents of firing by the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces.
Information has been received about the death of a civilian, a woman, in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk.
Three civilians were injured of varying degrees of severity in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk.
Eight residential buildings were damaged in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, as well as 1 civil infrastructure facility.
The areas of four settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Kievsky, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district).
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 33 attacks from MLRS and 155mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead.
At Gorlivske there were 17 artillery attacks from 152mm artillery.
On Yasinovatsky there was one artillery attack from 155mm artillery.
A total of 172 units of various ammunition were fired.
In the previous day, 24 artillery attacks were recorded from the AFU.
21:50 Hard reflection of the APU attack near the road to Slavyansk in the Bakhmut direction a couple of days ago -video.
21:25 Heavy fighting at Rabotino: the enemy has been advancing all day, trying to break through the Zaporozhye Front
Direction of the main attack of the Ukrainian Armed Forces: Orekhovsky section of the Zaporozhye Front
In the morning, under the cover of fog, the Ukrainian Armed Forces, with the support of artillery, began an attack on our positions in the fields in the Rabotino and Novoprokopovka areas.
Tanks, American Bradley infantry fighting vehicles and infantry assault groups were thrown into the attack.
The enemy was able to approach our positions, moving along a fog-covered ravine, which greatly hampered the targeted fire of our artillery.
During the battles, several units of armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, including a tank, were hit.
Soldiers of the Southern Military District have been conducting heavy defensive battles all day, meeting the enemy with fire, and fierce clashes continue.
20:35 Front-line soldier reports: in the Avdeevsky direction, the Russian Armed Forces advanced and gained a foothold in the southwest of Krasnogorovka.
19:45 105 Airborne Regiment NM LPR reports: Russian paratroopers entered the village of Vasyukovka
The village is located north of Soledar towards Seversk.
Soldiers of the 106th Airborne Division regained some of our positions lost in the summer, took up positions in the forest belt, as well as at the stele and stop at the entrance to the village.
The enemy tried once again to break through to our positions. Once again I got hit in the teeth by ATGMs and our artillery.
In this case, artillery fire ceases for no longer than 3-5 minutes.
Sometimes it seems that the Ukrainian Armed Forces militants have an “unlimited” regime for cluster munitions.
18:25 Storm Ukrainian positions near Kreminnaya
In the morning, the assault detachment of group “O” after artillery preparation and during support tanks moved towards the enemy. The armored infantry approached the forest belt, parachuted in and immediately occupied the Ukrainian positions. The enemy tried to shoot back, but was suppressed by small arms fire and bombarded with grenades.
One of the militants tried to escape, but was cut off by machine gun fire (he later tried to crawl away, but he was unable to leave the battlefield; he had to surrender immediately).
At the end, you can see one of the militants throwing out a white flag. After our attack aircraft stopped shooting, he climbed out of the trench and was captured.
17:35 RF Ministry of Defense: On October 23, at about 15.15 Moscow time, an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack by an aircraft-type UAV on objects on the territory of the Russian Federation was stopped.
On duty air defense systems destroyed a Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle over the territory of the Belgorod region.
17:00 Frontline reports: The Russian Armed Forces returned after the assault near Verbov (without losses). They destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces militants and mercenaries. They took two surviving Polish prisoners. Accordingly, all this was recorded on a copter, the video will be uploaded soon.
16:20 Telegram channel “Fisherman“: Kherson direction: squeezing out the Ukrainian Armed Forces from Krynok
situation as of 15.00 October 23, 2023
After a rapid advance by the Ukrainian Armed Forces to Krynki, Russian troops counterattacked with the support of artillery and aviation and were able to push the Ukrainian Armed Forces out of a significant part of their positions in the village.
Despite this, the presence of the enemy still remains, but now the fighters of the Russian Armed Forces have managed to clear several landings, practically pushing the Ukrainian Armed Forces to the shore.
But the command of the Katran strike group at night transferred additional units to the islands of Melky and Frolov under the cover of mortar crews of the 35th Naval Infantry Regiment.
Also, four assault groups of the 88th battalion of the 35th Naval Infantry Regiment of the Ukrainian Navy were transported from Nikolskoye to the northeastern part of Aleshkinsky Island, where they dispersed and equipped observation posts.
Another advance group of the 36th Brigade arrived at the railway bridge. From there, together with the forces of the 35th Naval Infantry Brigade to the east, another attempt is planned to break through to Peschanivka and Podstepnoye.
Apparently, despite the losses, the enemy plans to continue to push through the defenses of the Russian Armed Forces on the left bank. Judging by the activity of the naval infanry both in the Krynok sector and at Peschanivka, the attack will be coordinated with the goal of sharply capturing a larger settlement, such as Radensk
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15:15 NGP exploration reports: Avdeevskoe direction
In the area of the waste heap, the enemy rotated 129 Territorial Defense Brigade to 25 baht of the 47th Separate Mechanized Brig. And, with fresh forces, he attempted assault operations in the period from 12:50 to 13:17 today. But after the operational training of our aviation, he abandoned this idea, falling back to his original positions and suffering losses.
14:35 Special forces are working!
On the eve of the holiday - Special Forces Day -show combat work of army special forces units of the Central Military District in the special operation zone.
A special forces group arrives in the combat area and secretly goes into the forest belt to conduct raids and sabotage on the line of contact with units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. A sniper pair works closest to the front line, conducting reconnaissance of firing points, sniper beds and drone take-off sites.
Sometimes snipers have to work at a distance of up to 250 meters from the enemy, which significantly increases the efficiency of completing assigned tasks. Including disruptions to the rotation of Ukrainian nationalist units on the front line.
Also, reconnaissance drones and “kamikaze drones” are actively used as part of the army special forces brigade. Groups of unmanned aerial vehicles are among the first to enter the mission area, reconnaissance of the area, accompanying assault groups, and also destroying enemy equipment and strongholds.
14:05 Front-line soldier reports: Kleshcheevka. The Ukrainian Armed Forces militants are again trying to gain a foothold on the piece of iron.
They have huge losses today. Just a lot. The surges continue.
13:35 Avdeevka. AKHZ territory last night -video.
13:05 Reaction in one MiG
Crews of MiG-31 aircraft continue to carry out air patrol tasks during a special operation.
The flight personnel fly combat missions, providing cover for troops and facilities. When air targets are detected, Russian Aerospace Forces crews guide and launch missiles to destroy the enemy.
12:30 Criminal Kyiv regimecontinuesto fire at the civilian infrastructure of settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired from cannon artillery:
As a result of artillery attack of the village. Knyaze-Grigorovka, one civilian died
As a result of artillery attack by Ukrainian Armed Forces militants on the Aleshki-Peschanovka highway, two civilians were injured of varying degrees of severity
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Novaya Kakhovka, n.p. Kakhovka, n.p. Lyubimovka, n.p. Gornostaevka, n.p. Rybalche, n.p. Kardashinka, firing a total of 25 rounds from barrel artillery
Civilian casualties and infrastructure damage are being determined
12:00 Frontline summary from Kherson direction on the morning of October 23, 2023.
Over the past 24 hours:
As a result of fire damage by formations of the Dnepr group of troops in the island zone, the following were destroyed:
– 122mm howitzer D-30 with ammunition;
Losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the railway station: three KIAs; four wounded.
As a result of fire damage by formations of the Dnepr group of troops in the Kherson direction, the following were destroyed:
-boat in the river bed Dnieper.
Losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the railway station: five KIAs.
– position of one of the units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, in the area of the settlement of Dneprovskoe .
Losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the railway station: seven KIAs; two wounded;
– position of one of the units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, in the area of the settlement. Concept .
Losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the railway station: five KIAs; three wounded.
As a result of fire damage by formations of the Dnepr group of troops in the Kakhovka direction, the following were destroyed:
– 122mm Self-propelled gun “Gvozdika” with ammunition
Losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the railway station: three KIAs; two wounded.
11:30 Smashed column of militants with reinforcements
During the Guard's offensive, Corporal Denis Maltsev, as part of the crew of a self-propelled artillery installation, carried out the task of destroying strongholds and fire weapons of the defending enemy.
Promptly adjusting the fire, the self-propelled gun crew suppressed several nationalist firing points.
Ukrainian artillery concentrated fire on the positions of the Russian self-propelled guns, but Denis Maltsev’s crew continued to work, thanks to which a convoy of enemy vehicles with reinforcements was destroyed.
Enemy units were forced to abandon their positions, which allowed Russian attack aircraft to occupy important enemy strongholds.
11:00 NGP exploration reports: according to the situation in the Avdeevsky direction
Over the past 24 hours: aviation continued to operate in the areas of Ocheretino and New York, it sounds, of course, good - the Russians are bombing New York.
A significant number of factories arrived on the territory of AKHZ.
On the northern flank, the Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry continues to cling to the western side of the railway, trying to hold onto strong points; during the day the enemy was on the defensive and did not show offensive activity.
In the South, no significant changes.
Now the weather is foggy, which each side will certainly take advantage of.
10:30 Telegram channel “Fisherman“: chronicle of a special military operation: events of October 20-22, 2023.
In the village of Korotych, Khar'kov region, the innovative terminal of Nova Poshta was struck: one of the eight advanced centers responsible for the logistics of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Ukrainian formations once again tried to attack the territory of the Rostov region. Air defense systems intercepted two air targets in the area of the Aksai Bridge.
In the Kupyansky sector, the Ukrainian command stabilized the front line thanks to the transfer of reserves. Russian troops are striking at the locations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and are preparing to resume the offensive.
Ukrainian formations are not giving up attempts to gain a foothold in Kleshcheevka and continue the operation to envelop Bakhmut from the south. Over the past weekend, Russian special forces units and FPV drone operators disrupted forays into the railway track several times.
In the Avdeevsky sector southwest of Krasnogorovka, Russian troops cleared the waste heap and leveled the front line along the railway. The fighting shifted to the eastern outskirts of Petrovskoye. The Russian Armed Forces are knocking out suitable enemy reserves.
To the south, assault troops are trying to break through the defenses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces towards Severny and Tonenky.
Ukrainian formations do not stop striking the cities of the Donetsk agglomeration. Residential buildings and infrastructure were damaged: one person was killed and four were injured.
In the Vrem'yevsky sector, Russian troops expanded the zone of control north of Priyutnoye. Ukrainian formations counterattack, trying to occupy the heights to the northeast.
In the Kherson direction, enemy sabotage groups managed to create a bridgehead on the left bank of the Dnieper. If in the Peschanivka area the Russian Armed Forces pushed the enemy beyond the Konka River, then the center of the village of Krynki is still under enemy control.
On Friday and Sunday, Ukrainian formations did not give up attempts to hit Russian Armed Forces targets in the Kherson region and Crimea. In total, over 15 targets were shot down
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10:00 Frontline reports: The Russian Armed Forces are making progress in the area of the Berkhovskoye Reservoir. The guys destroyed the positions of the crests and took the forest belt
09:15 Calm, rhythmic, without fuss. This is how our troops solve all assigned tasks, this is how the next week of the Northern Military District begins. Step by step - to Victory -video
09:13 Official summary of Representative offices of the DPR in the JCCC from 00:00 10/22/2023 to 00:00 10/23/2023
Over the past 24 hours, the Representative Office reported 24 incidents of firing by the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces.
Information was received about the injury of a civilian, a woman, in the Chervonogvardeisky district of Makeyevka.
Two residential buildings were damaged in the Kirovsky and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk, as well as two civil infrastructure facilities.
The areas of two settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), the capital city of Donetsk (Kyiv, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts).
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 10 attacks from 155mm artillery.
At Gorlivske there were 14 artillery attacks from 152mm artillery.
A total of 90 units of various ammunition were fired.
In the previous day, 62 artillery attacks were recorded from the AFU.
08:06 Summary on the morning of October 23, 2023
At night, the Russian Armed Forces launched UAV and missile attacks on enemy targets in the Kirovograd and Odessa regions. The enemy air defense system operated in the Dnepropetrovsk and Khmelnytsky regions.
In the Kherson direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are not abandoning plans to cross the Dnieper in the near future. Enemy positions at the Antonovsky and railway bridges are maintained, and the enemy is being destroyed in the center of Krynoki. Against the background of the accumulation of enemy personnel on its bank of the Dnieper, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports that the Russian Armed Forces carried out air strikes on Olgovka, Lvovo, Tyaginka, Tokarevka, Poniatovka, Barvinka in the Kherson region within 24 hours. Artillery and mortar strikes were carried out on Ivanovka, Stanislav, Kherson region and the city of Kherson.
On the Zaporozhye front at Verbovoy there was the strongest artillery fire on our forward positions. The enemy is raining cluster munitions and long-range artillery. However, the enemy's attempts to break through to the populated area were unsuccessful. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are also trying to advance at Rabotino.
In the Avdeevsky direction there are the heaviest battles. On the northern flank near the railway, our troops are rushing forward; reports of the advance of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of ??Peski and Opytnoye have been denied on the ground.
South of Artemovsk, our troops knock out the enemy from positions near the railway near Kleshcheevka. Encounter battles are reported in Andreevka.
In the Kherson region, three missiles were shot down over the Genichesk municipal district, flying to Crimea. Missile launches from the Odessa region on the peninsula were also recorded. Tyotkino was shelled in the Kursk region. In the DPR, Gorlovka and Donetsk are under fire from the Ukrainian Armed Forces. A civilian was wounded.
08:04 Frontline summary for the morning of 10/23/2023
In the Zaporozhye direction, Russian troops counterattacked northwest of the village of Rabotino and in the Verbovoye area. Ukrainian positions in Pyatikhatki, Malye Shcherbaki, Novoandreevka, Orekhov, Novodanilovka, Malaya Tokmachka and Belogorye are under attack. Russian - in Nesteryanka, Kopany, Sladkaya Balka, Il'chenkovo, Novoprokopovka, Verbovoy, Novopokrovka and Novofedorovka.In the Ugledarsky sector, the Russian Armed Forces counterattacked in the area of Novodonetsky and Novomayorsky. Long-range fire weapons operated against the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Blagodatny, Urozhaynoy, Zolota Niva, Prechistovka, Ugledar and Vodyanoy (not to be confused with the settlement of the same name north-west of Donetsk). Ukrainian artillery hit the Russian Armed Forces in Priyutny, Zavetny Zhelanie, Staromlynovka, Novodonetsky, Novomayorsky and Pavlovka.
On the Donetsk front, Russian troops carried out assault operations at Novomikhailovka, in Marinka and at Nevelskoye. The last of the listed settlements has progress. With the support of artillery and aviation, they also attacked in the area of Severnoe (a settlement west of Avdievka), on the southern approaches to Avdievka, near Stepnoe (not to be confused with the settlements of the same name in the Zaporozhye and Ugledar directions) and Novokalinov. At Stepnoye they managed to advance in the waste heap area and to the north. Ukrainian positions in Tonenkoye, Orlovka and New York are under fire. Russian ones - in Staromikhailovka, Donetsk, Opytny and the village of Krasnogorovka.
In the Bakhmut direction, the Russian Armed Forces, with the support of artillery, tried to recapture positions from Andreevka. They also counterattacked at Khromovoy and in the direction of Bogdanovka. Under attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Konstantinovka (not to be confused with the settlement of the same name southwest of Donetsk), Kleshcheevka, Ivanovsky, Kalinovka, Vyemka and Sporn. RF Armed Forces - in Kurdyumovka, Otradovka and Bakhmut.
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[Regnum] Publications by the American media about the involvement of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in the preparation of terrorist attacks by Ukraine against Russia are aimed at removing responsibility from the White House administration, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on the Moscow 24 TV channel.
“If now the American media suddenly begin to “see the light,” then there is a certain reason for this, it is obvious. Firstly, this is a desire to relieve oneself of responsibility; we are talking about the American administration, the Democratic Party. Secondly, this is, of course, the electoral cycle, which is now gaining momentum in the United States, and similar things will be used in their domestic political arrangements,” Zakharova said.
According to her, it’s no secret that behind the chain of a huge number of terrorist attacks both in Russia and near it are the security agencies subordinate to the Kyiv regime.
As Regnum reported, the American newspaper The Washington Post wrote on October 23 that since 2015, the US CIA has spent tens of millions of dollars to turn the Ukrainian intelligence services into its ally against Russia. Thus, the CIA provided Kyiv with advanced tracking systems, and instructors from the United States trained personnel of the Ukrainian special services. At the same time, the Americans did not participate in the planning of operations, but only improved the capabilities of the Ukrainian special services to collect information, the newspaper noted.
The material reports the involvement of the CIA in the development of drones involved in the attack on the Crimean Bridge. Also, the planned target of one of the operations of the Ukrainian special services was the philosopher Alexander Dugin, and not his daughter Daria, who died in his place.
In addition, the SBU was involved in the murders of the leader of the Ukrainian opposition public organization “Oplot” Yevgeny Zhilin and the commander of the “Somalia” battalion and hero of the DPR Mikhail Tolstykh (Givi). The newspaper also claims that Ukraine is behind the murders of the former commander of the Krasnodar submarine Stanislav Rzhitsky and military commander Vladlen Tatarsky, as well as dozens of other terrorist attacks committed on Russian territory.
According to the deputy director of the Institute of History and Politics at Moscow State Pedagogical University, political scientist Vladimir Shapovalov, the involvement of the United States and the CIA in the terrorist attacks of Ukrainian radicals is obvious to specialists, but when such information begins to be replicated in a foreign publication, this indicates preparations in the West for the formation of a new attitude towards Kiev. This will not significantly change the attitude towards the United States, especially since international human rights organizations rarely pay attention to the illegal actions of the American authorities, the expert assured.
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) is involved in the murders of the leader of the Ukrainian opposition public organization "Oplot" Evgeniy Zhilin and the commander of the "Somalia" battalion and hero of the DPR Mikhail Tolstykh (Givi). The Washington Post wrote about this on October 23, citing data from sources in the Ukrainian special services.
Specifically, the article states that over three years, at least half a dozen senior commanders from the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics were killed in circumstances that were attributed to internal score-settling. However, this was the work of the SBU.
“Among those killed was Evgeny Zhilin, who was shot in 2016 in a Moscow restaurant. A year later, a rebel commander known as “Givi” was killed in Donetsk, the newspaper writes.
The material also claims that Ukraine is also behind the murders of the former commander of the Krasnodar submarine Stanislav Rzhitsky and military commander Vladlen Tatarsky, as well as dozens of other terrorist attacks committed on Russian territory, including explosions on the Crimean Bridge and drone attacks.
In addition, according to the publication, the target of the operation of the Ukrainian special services, which resulted in the death of Daria Dugina , was her father, Alexander Dugin . According to the article, the bomb components for carrying out the explosion were transported by the perpetrator of the terrorist attack in a cluttered car, and the bomb was transported in a cat cage. The publication notes that many have questioned the “usefulness” of such decisions in Kyiv.
The Washington Post clarified that since 2015, the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has spent tens of millions of dollars to turn the Ukrainian intelligence services into its ally against Russia.
The former head of the SBU, Valentin Nalyvaichenko , previously told the Economist that the Ukrainian authorities in 2015 authorized the creation of a special department for murders in the department. According to him, such measures were resorted to to combat pro-Russian sentiments, since imprisonment under the article on “collaboration” did not help. The prisons were overcrowded, but few people were stopped by this, Nalyvaichenko assured.
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