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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: October 13, 2024
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title. [Korrespondent] 21:35 Zelensky in an evening video address stated the need "to prevent Russia and its accomplices from adapting to our capabilities. We see that the alliance between Russia and regimes like North Korea is growing. This is no longer just about the transfer of weapons. This is actually about the transfer of people from North Korea to the military forces of the occupier."  The President stressed that "in such conditions, our relations with partners need to develop, the front needs more support." "When we talk about greater range for Ukraine and more decisive supplies for our forces, this is not just a list of military means. This is about increasing pressure on the aggressor, which will be stronger for Russia than they can withstand. And this is about preventing a bigger war," Zelensky said. 19:35 Biden will arrive in Germany on Thursday, October 17, but a "quiet visit" is planned, without a meeting in the Ramstein format, German TV channel ZDF reports, citing diplomatic sources. According to media reports, the meeting of the contact group on the defense of Ukraine "definitely will not take place in the near future": further decisions in the Ramstein format will probably be made after the presidential elections in the United States. 17:59 The Washington Post writes that illegal Starlink terminals helped the Russian army advance on the front, including capturing Vuhledar. Ukrainian military officials told reporters that the Russian army's use of Starlink terminals was an important reason for capturing the city, along with a shortage of manpower and weapons. 15:13 The prosecutor's office has opened a case in connection with the execution of Ukrainian prisoners in the Kursk region, Prosecutor General Andrei Kostin reported. 14:36 Biden plans to visit Germany next week, writes Der Spiegel. According to the publication, on Friday, October 18, the US President will meet with Chancellor Olaf Scholz. The main topics of the talks are the war in Ukraine and support for NATO allies. 11:52 Ukrainian OSINT project DeepState reports that Russians have shot nine Ukrainian soldiers in the Kursk region. According to sources in the 1st OTBR, this happened on October 10 near the village of Zeleny Shlyakh. The Ukrainian soldiers "came to their positions thinking that they were in the relative rear," but due to a limited number of weapons they were forced to surrender, after which they were executed. Ombudsman Dmitry Lubinets reported that he sent letters to the UN and the Red Cross in connection with the shooting of soldiers in the Kursk region. 09:33 Bild writes, citing sources in the German Defense Ministry, that Germany will no longer send heavy military equipment to Ukraine. According to the publication, Germany still has about 300 Leopard 2 tanks, as well as an unspecified number of infantry fighting vehicles and howitzers. At the same time, Berlin "does not believe" that Ukraine will be able to carry out a counteroffensive any time soon. The publication also writes that during his last meeting with Zelensky, Scholz "did not give a positive answer" to the request to allow strikes deep into Russia and to supply long-range Taurus missiles, as well as to speed up Ukraine's admission to NATO. At the same time, the chancellor did not say a categorical "no". 09:08 Air defense destroyed 31 of 68 attack UAVs in the Kyiv, Poltava, Chernihiv, Sumy and Cherkasy regions at night, the Air Force reported. Another 36 Russian drones were lost in different regions of Ukraine, probably as a result of electronic warfare countermeasures, one UAV remains in the air, combat operations continue. In addition, at night the enemy struck the Poltava and Odessa regions with two Iskander-M ballistic missiles, and the Chernihiv and Sumy regions with two Kh-59 guided air missiles. 08:50 In the Kharkiv region, over the past day, four people were wounded as a result of Russian shelling: two in the village of Cherkasskaya Lozovaya in the Kharkiv district and two in the city of Kupyansk, reported the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. 08:39 The number of casualties as a result of yesterday's Russian strikes on populated areas of Donetsk Oblast has risen to 11, two people have died - in Kurakhovka and Ulakly, reported the head of the OVA Vadim Filashkin. 08:17 In the Kherson region, over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, three people were injured, reported the head of the OVA, Oleksandr Prokudin. 07:51 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of October 13:
05:47 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports that the Ukrainian Armed Forces likely shot down a Russian Su-34 fighter jet from an American F-16. Experts analyzed statements from Russian military publics on October 12, which reported that a Ukrainian F-16 allegedly shot down a Russian Su-34 fighter jet when it was dropping bombs at a distance of about 50 km from the front line. At the same time, ISW notes that they cannot independently confirm such statements. "However, if this is confirmed, the incident will be the first Ukrainian shootdown of a Russian manned aircraft from an F-16 fighter provided by the West," the ISW report says. Posted by: badanov 2024-10-14 |
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