[HotAir] Ukraine may or may not have killed the Russian admiral in charge of their Crimean headquarters, as they first claimed, but their attack succeeded nonetheless. The Ukrainians "severely" damaged both the HQ and two ships undergoing repairs in a series of attacks on the key port of Sevastopol, endangering Russian navy operations in the Black Sea.
Now, satellite and intel data show that the Russians have retreated to lesser ports in Crimea and in Russia proper, putting them out of range of attacks on Ukrainian merchant-marine commerce:
Russia has withdrawn the bulk of its Black Sea Fleet from its main base in occupied Crimea, a potent acknowledgment of how Ukrainian missile and drone strikes are challenging Moscow’s hold on the peninsula.
Russia has moved powerful vessels including three attack submarines and two frigates from Sevastopol to other ports in Russia and Crimea that offer better protection, according to Western officials and satellite images verified by naval experts. The Russian Defense Ministry didn’t respond to a request for comment.
The move represents a remarkable setback for Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose military seizure of Crimea in 2014 marked the opening shots in his attempt to take control of Ukraine. His full-scale invasion of last year has now boomeranged, forcing the removal of ships from a port that was first claimed by Russia in 1783 under Catherine the Great.
A few weeks ago, the Ukrainians began an offensive on Russian positions in Crimea, mainly focused on the strategic naval base in Sevastopol. The cruise missile and drone attacks have continued, and have been remarkably surgical — even as the Russians admitted two weeks ago, when they lost both their HQ and their backup communications center in Sevastopol:
Friday’s attack is Kyiv’s third major success in 10 days. During that time, Ukraine destroyed a Russian submarine and a large landing ship by hitting a dry dock in Sevastopol, and blew up the Black Sea Fleet’s backup communications headquarters situated in a bunker on the outskirts of the city.
The Russian-appointed governor of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhaev, said no civilian areas had been damaged by the attack. The Russian Ministry of Defense, which routinely minimizes or denies Russian losses, said a service member was missing after the attack on what it described as the "historic headquarters" of the fleet. The ministry said Russian air defenses intercepted five missiles.
This demonstrates the skill and intel-gathering of Ukrainian forces in the Crimea campaign. It also exposes just how difficult the Russian position is on the peninsula now, and how poor their screening defenses are for their naval assets. Given how small or basically non-existent Ukraine’s navy is, one would have expected the Russians to bolster these defenses before the invasion, especially since a naval blockade would have been an obvious choice to force Kyiv into an eventual surrender.
Now, it looks like the Black Sea fleet will be limited to missile and drone attacks on land-based targets:
The immediate military effects of the move are limited, as the ships will still be able to fire cruise missiles on civilian infrastructure such as ports and power grids, naval experts said. Ukraine’s strikes had already broken the fleet’s blockade of Ukrainian ports, denying Russian access to parts of the Black Sea and opening a new corridor for Ukraine to dispatch economically vital grain shipments. ...
Ukraine’s breaking of Russian military dominance in the Black Sea could also boost the Ukrainian economy. Ukraine opened up a new maritime corridor for civilian ships transiting to and from Odesa as an alternative to the Turkish- and U.N.-backed agreement. The new shipping lane hugs Ukraine’s coastline, which is protected by the Ukrainian military, before entering the coastal waters of Romania and Bulgaria, which are members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
The first ship to leave via the corridor sailed in August, with a series of ships entering and leaving the shipping lane at an increasing pace in recent days. Another 12 ships were waiting to enter the corridor as of Wednesday, the Ukrainian navy said.
Don’t expect the Russians to resupply their fleet, either. Turkey has closed the Bosphorus to all military vessels except its own under a 1936 treaty which allows them to control that traffic. Unless Russia builds new ships in its own Black Sea ports, they cannot replace any losses.
The news is just as bad on land for Russia. Ukraine announced yesterday that they are "starting to liberate Crimea," and had landed commando forces that were already pushing Russian troops into retreat, or worse. Ukrainian forces have been doing this for a while, but yesterday’s announcement gave the strongest suggestion yet that this is now a campaign rather than recon-in-force operations.
That, combined with the Russian retreat from its main naval base, sends a deliberate signal to Moscow that Putin is failing:
"It’s a very good sign [that] we are starting to liberate Crimea," Ukrainian lawmaker Oleksandr Merezhko told the Washington Examiner on Wednesday. "Crimea used to be a symbol of Russian success. And when we are putting this into question, when we are liberating it, it sends a very strong signal that Putin didn’t deliver, that he totally failed in his strategy and his policy."
On the other hand, Russian ships appear to have retreated, according to private-sector satellite imagery analysis and Western officials, in the wake of Ukrainian strikes on their fleet headquarters and dry docks that mangled a Russian attack submarine and landing vessel.
Bear in mind that the claims about commando operations are still largely unconfirmed, except for the videos which can’t show the scope of the campaign. However, the Russian navy’s retreat from their main base is confirmed by independent sources — and it’s not too difficult to imagine that Ukraine would press their advantage in Russia’s disarray.
The news looked equally grim for Moscow in the Bakhmut area, according to ISW, which also covered the naval retreat in last night’s assessment:
Ukrainian forces continued offensive operations near Bakhmut and in western Zaporizhia Oblast and marginally advanced on October 4. Ukrainian forces continued ground attacks towards the rail line between Klishchiivka (7km southwest of Bakhmut) and Andriivka (10km southwest of Bakhmut), and the Ukrainian General Staff stated that Ukrainian forces achieved partial success near these settlements.[7] Geolocated footage published on October 4 indicates that Ukrainian forces marginally advanced east of Novoprokopivka (5km southeast of Robotyne) in western Zaporizhia Oblast, and the Ukrainian General Staff also reported that Ukrainian forces achieved partial success west of Robotyne.[8] Some Russian sources claimed that Ukrainian forces advanced up to a Russian trench line on the Robotyne-Kopani line (5km northwest of Robotyne).[9]
If that’s grim for Moscow, it’s frustrating for Kyiv and their allies, too. They had hoped to see Ukraine break through the lines in this region and force Russian troops into a rout, but that hasn’t happened — yet, anyway. With the autumn rain season coming, the lines will likely firm up for a while, as ISW covers in another section. However, the continued pressure along the Donbas lines prevents Russia from reinforcing Crimea, and the earlier seizure of Kherson makes that difficult even if they had spare troops to send.
How long can the Russians play defense in both theaters? The retreat of Russia’s navy from Sevastopol might give us a hint of an answer.
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If you sail out to re-dock your ships at ports outside of missile and drone range, is that a retreat? I guess, maybe, but feel repositioning might be a better word for it.
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Actually, a rational response when it's been shown you're on the target list.
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Rational, yes.
But you just ceded control of the western Black sea to Ukraine. Strategic retreat/repositioning? Yes. But with the oil rigs you have given Ukraine carte blanche to hit all of western and southern Crimea.
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Also think of this in game terms. You have to score 500 strategic points to win. This is worth 20-40. With the oil rigs, Russian navy gone and longer range anti ship and anti-air missiles being brought in Ukraine can ship grain unimpeded. The Russian blockade has gone from a farce to a complete joke and humiliation.
Wouldn't count out Russia in that area yet, but old Mr. 'Mo (momentum) has joined Ukraine and he is a bitch to get back on your side. Can happen. See the battle of Midway or Stalingrad, but hard to do and expensive in equipment and lives.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 23:01 At the beginning of September, the new Minister of Defense Rustem Umerov announced the introduction of an electronic register of conscripts and those liable for military service, and today the Minister of Digital Transformation Mikhail Fedorov said that the system is already functioning and is being filled with information. About when to expect the registry to fully operate, see the material Unified database for TCC .
22:44 Biden said he plans to give a “big speech” about supporting Ukraine. And when asked about providing ATACMS missiles to Ukraine, he replied: “I spoke with Zelensky. And we decided everything he asked for.”
22:37 A meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council was held in Brussels, reports the headquarters of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The participants discussed the implementation of the decisions of the Vilnius NATO summit and long-term support for Ukraine in its opposition to Russian aggression.
22:31 Berlin has not yet sent Kiev an official refusal to request the supply of long-range Taurus cruise missiles, but has made it clear that these weapons will not be supplied at this time, Bild reports, citing sources in government circles in Germany and Ukraine.
21:28 The UN states in its report that the ammunition that hit the colony in Yelenovka moved along a trajectory from east to west. Experts confirmed that the explosions were not caused by HIMARS missiles, as the Russians claimed.
21:12 Germany plans to transfer additional air defense systems to Ukraine to protect grain supply routes, Bloomberg reports, citing sources. According to them, Berlin will send one additional IRIS-T air defense system and more than ten Gepard anti-aircraft guns by the end of the year. They must provide cover for cargo heading to Romania.
20:55 Ukrainian special forces landed in Crimea and entered into battle with the invaders. According to military intelligence, a “fierce battle” took place as part of the landing. Details of the unique special forces operation are in the material of the Main Intelligence Directorate in Crimea .
20:03 The US Central Command stated that Ukraine has already been given a batch of confiscated Iranian weapons - 1.1 million rounds of machine gun ammunition (7.62 mm). They were confiscated last year on the MARWAN and became US property following a Justice Department lawsuit.
19:59 The UN recognized as authentic a video that captured the murder by the Russian military of an unarmed Ukrainian captive soldier Alexander Matsievsky, who before his death said “Glory to Ukraine!” This is stated in the report of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. The UN also considers the video where a Ukrainian prisoner’s head was cut off with a knife to be authentic.
In total, the UN confirmed six more cases of extrajudicial execution of Ukrainian military personnel. The report also says that Ukrainian prisoners of war were forced to deliver ammunition and other items to Russian positions through minefields and under fire. In addition, they were forced to take wounded Russian soldiers from the battlefield.
19:24 Zelensky, in an evening video message, called one of the main meetings of the day a meeting with the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate Kirill Budanov: “Substantive. About good things for Ukraine - we managed to do something important in security issues. Details - later.” The president also said that he is now expecting “certain decisions from our partners” to increase the number of air defense systems before the winter.
18:58 The Russians fired artillery at Nikopol, Dnepropetrovsk region, one person was wounded, the prosecutor’s office reported.
18:43 Ukraine and the United States have already begun work on the joint production of air defense systems, and the first results will be by the end of 2023, Alexander Kamyshin, head of the Ministry of Strategic Industry, told NV. “And other complex systemic things will happen in the coming years,” the minister added.
18:34 Ukraine and Sweden agreed to begin negotiations on concluding a bilateral agreement on security guarantees, Kuleba said following a conversation with his Swedish counterpart Tobias Billström.
18:31 Zelensky said in an interview with Sky TG24 that the main difficulties in the Ukrainian counter-offensive are minefields, lack of ammunition and anti-aircraft weapons. He clarified that air defense systems are needed both for the offensive and for the defense of cities. “Winter is another challenge for our population and the Ukrainian military. We must get through it without losing the initiative on the battlefield,” the president said.
He also allowed elections to be held in war conditions: “The situation is difficult, but elections in Ukraine can take place if the parliament manages to solve all the problems of ensuring access to voting. It is important to organize elections in a safe way for people who must vote without being attacked. We have There is this task, but if our country manages to make changes to the laws, then elections will be held in Ukraine."
18:20 The United States will transfer to Ukraine Iranian weapons and ammunition that were previously intercepted on the way to Yemen, CNN reports.
17:59 Zelensky said that he had a telephone conversation with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and thanked him for the significant humanitarian assistance, including in the energy sector with winter approaching.
17:37 Since the beginning of the full-scale war, the SBU has exposed 68 clerics of the UOC-MP who worked for Russia, sold weapons and child pornography. Of these, 14 are metropolitans of the church. Among the solved crimes are 20 facts of treason, collaboration and complicity of the Russian Federation. Suspicion was reported to 26 persons involved, 19 have already received court sentences. Two convicted clergy collaborators were exchanged for captured Ukrainian military personnel.
16:54 According to estimates by the OSINT community GeoConfirmed, Ukraine is ahead of Russia in the use of FPV drones. The graph shows the number of geolocated FPV drone strikes by month. Blue color is Ukrainian, red color is Russian.
16:32 Ukrainian military near the village of Rabotino, Zaporozhye region, advanced to a distance of 100 to 600 meters, said Alexander Shtupun, spokesman for the Tauride Defense Forces. In addition, according to him, the Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to put pressure on the Melitopol direction: over the past three days they managed to capture 25 Russian military personnel. “But the enemy does not give up and is trying to restore the lost position. In particular, to the west of Verbovoy and southeast of Malaya Tokmachka. The enemy is already throwing the elite - airborne troops - into the assault. But he is suffering losses,” the speaker added.
15:27 Zelensky said that at the daily conference call, its participants discussed the needs that the military in the Kharkov region told the president about yesterday. I also heard intelligence reports and current results of the SBU counterintelligence activities. “I separately held a long meeting with Kirill Budanov. There is something to talk about, but later,” Zelensky added.
14:54 Representative of the GUR MOU Andrey Yusov said in a commentary to the UP that after completing the mission in Crimea, having inflicted losses on the enemy, a group of special forces retreated with certain losses: “There was a battle with the Russian invaders, there were many dead and wounded from the invaders’ personnel. Unfortunately ", there are losses among the Ukrainian defenders, which are still not comparable to the Russian ones."
14:16 The Main Intelligence Directorate stated that special forces from Stugna and Brotherhood as part of Timur’s special forces landed in Crimea and inflicted fire on the invaders. The scouts also showed a video:
14:07 The Biden administration believes that offensive operations on the front in Ukraine are possible for another one and a half to two months, said White House National Security Council Coordinator John Kirby: “Time is not on our side. We still have 6-8 weeks of good weather there, for now.” the situation will not become more difficult for both sides." At the same time, he expressed hope that the Defense Forces will be able to achieve some success before the cold weather.
13:35 Last week, the Ukrainian and Western media space was stirred up by the so-called letter of reforms for Ukraine from the White House. This was so unexpected that until confirmation from Washington, doubts arose about the authenticity of the document. For at first it was reported that the letter contained “conditions for military assistance,” but these rumors were later dispelled by officials from both countries. Read more in the article Letter from the White House to Kiev .
12:58 On the night of October 4, SBU drones hit the Russian S-400 Triumph air defense system in the Belgorod region, a number of Ukrainian media reports, citing sources in the Security Service.
12:49 The US House of Representatives will not be able to pass new laws, including on assistance to Ukraine, until a new speaker is elected, said the Ukrainian Ambassador to Washington Oksana Markarova. She also noted that the House of Representatives plans to return to work no earlier than October 10, and before that there will be discussions about possible candidates.
11:55 Since April, 856 children have been relocated to safe regions of Ukraine as part of forced evacuation, the Ministry of Reintegration reported. In particular, as part of three forced evacuations from 34 settlements in the Donetsk region, 524 children with accompanying persons were evacuated to safe regions.
In the Kharkov region, two mandatory evacuations were carried out - 79 children were evacuated from 17 settlements in the Kupyansky district. In addition, in July-August, 194 children were displaced from Volchansk and nine villages of the Volchansk community of the Chuguevsky district. In August-September, 59 children with accompanying persons were evacuated from the town of Stepnogorsk, Vasilyevsky district, and four settlements of the Pologovsky district, Zaporozhye region.
10:47 British intelligence reports that on September 28, Russian air defense forces “with a high probability” shot down their Su-35 aircraft over Tokmak. According to analysts, its loss was an extraordinary event, because it is the most advanced model of Russian combat aircraft and, perhaps, only the fifth time the Su-35 has been lost.
10:42 Hungary proposed dividing the EU aid package for Ukraine of 50 billion euros into two parts, Bloomberg writes. Budapest proposes to transfer 25 billion at the first stage, and then, “depending on needs,” to issue the rest.
10:28 Despite the situation with the resignation of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, bipartisan support for Ukraine will remain in the US Congress, said White House National Security Council Coordinator John Kirby: “Regardless of what happens in the House of Representatives, the entire leadership of the House supports continued assistance to Ukraine, and the vast majority of members of the House from outside Republicans support continued assistance to Ukraine."
Kirby acknowledged that there are a small number of very active members opposed to aid to Ukraine, but they do not represent their party.
09:57 Western countries are running out of ammunition reserves that could be provided to Ukraine, so it is necessary to increase production as soon as possible, said the head of the NATO military committee, Rob Bauer. “The bottom is already visible. We need the industry to increase production at a much faster pace,” Bauer emphasized. He added that NATO allies had increased their military budgets but not production capacity, pushing up prices.
09:34 Several weeks ago, the occupiers began to remove their “authorities” from Tokmak, Zaporozhye region, and a few days ago, Russian officers began to intensively evacuate their families, said the mayor of Melitopol, Ivan Fedorov. Schools, a college, a technical school are also being removed, and last night they announced that “administrative institutions,” shops and the market will not work today.
09:03 At night, the Russians attacked the village of Borovaya, Izyum district, Kharkov region, pre-controlled by an aerial bomb. A residential building, a kindergarten and an employment center building were damaged, one person was injured, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA.
08:56 Ukraine has the right to decide for itself where and in what circumstances to use Western weapons, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said: “Decisions on how to use Western military equipment and where to use them are made exclusively by Ukrainians. They must decide what is best "to defend their country, how best to return the lands. We leave this solely at their discretion, here our influence on the situation can only be advisory."
According to him, the United States is not going to encourage attacks on Russian territory and does not support such attacks. However, the final decision regarding these attacks remains with Ukraine and its military leadership, Blinken added.
08:44 On the evening of October 3, the Russian army attacked the village of Vyshneve, Selidovsky community, Donetsk region, the prosecutor’s office reported. The epicenter of the hit was the territory of one of the private enterprises. At the time of the attack, there were workers in the room who had just started their night shift, three of them were injured. As a result of the shelling, almost half of the workshop building was destroyed.
08:31 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of October 4:
personnel - about 279,890 (+450) people,
tanks - 4745 (+13),
armored combat vehicles - 9026 (+18),
artillery systems - 6612 (+47),
MLRS - 802 (+1),
air defense systems - 540 (+0),
aircraft - 315 (+0),
helicopters - 316 (+0),
UAV of operational-tactical level - 5121 (+41),
cruise missiles - 1530 (+1),
ships/boats - 20 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 8962 (+30),
special equipment - 946 (+3).
07:28 During the offensive, the defense forces had partial success in the area west of Rabotino in the Melitopol direction, as well as Kleshcheevka and Andreevka in the Bakhmut direction, the General Staff reported in its morning report.
Over the past 24 hours, 43 military clashes took place at the front. In the Liman direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled enemy attacks in the Makeevka area of the Lugansk region; on Bakhmutsky - in the Andreevka area of the Donetsk region; on Avdeevsky - in the Pervomaisky area; on Maryinsky - in the Marinka and Krasnogorovka districts of the Donetsk region.
07:19 The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that at night 31 Ukrainian drones were allegedly intercepted and destroyed by air defense systems over the territory of the Belgorod, Bryansk and Kursk regions. Also, in the northwestern part of the Black Sea, an attempt to penetrate into the territory of Crimea by a landing group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, traveling in the direction of Cape Tarkhankut on a high-speed military boat and three jet skis, was allegedly stopped.
00:20 In all regions of Russia, a check of public warning systems will be held on October 4. Sirens and loudspeakers will be activated. The check will allow us to assess the performance of the warning systems and the readiness of the personnel on duty, explained the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation.
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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Group of Forces supported by aviation and artillery repelled four attacks of assault detachments of the AFU 5th Assault Brigade, 59th Motorised Infantry Brigade, 53th Mechanised Brigade near Adreevka, Vodyanoye, Nevelskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy lost up to 165 Ukrainian troops killed and wounded, three motor vehicles, two armoured fighting vehicles, one U.S.-made M777 artillery system, as well as one electronic warfare station.
One ammunition depot of the AFU 24th Mechanised Brigade has been destroyed close to Konstantinovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
In Krasny Liman direction, two attacks launched by assault groups of the 21st Mechanised Brigade and the 12th Azov Special Forces Brigade close to Yampolovka (Donetsk People's Republic) and Serebryansky forestry were repelled by coordinated efforts of the Tsentr Group of Forces, helicopters and artillery.
Up to 50 Ukrainian troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, two D-30 howitzers were neutralised.
In South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok Group of Forces repelled one attack of the AFU 127th Territorial Defence Brigade's assault groups close to Priyutnoye (Zaporozhye region).
In addition, the Group's ground-attack aircraft and helicopters delivered strikes at manpower and hardware of the AFU 72nd Mechanised Brigade near Novomikhailovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 185 Ukrainian troops killed and wounded, three armoured fighting vehicles, two motor vehicles, as well as one 152mm D-20 howitzer.
In Kupyansk direction, aviation, heavy flamethrower systems, and artillery of the Zapad Group of Forces inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of the AFU 25th Airborne Brigade, 32nd, 115th Mechanised Brigades, and 103rd Territorial Defence Brigades close to Sinkovka, Berestovoye (Kharkov region), Stelmakhovka and Artyomovka (Lugansk People's Republic).
Up to 30 Ukrainian troops, one tank, and two motor vehicles have been neutralised.
One U.S.-manufactured AN/TPQ-37 counterbattery warfare radar has been destroyed near Schiykovka (Kharkov region).
Moreover, one missile artillery ammunition depot of the AFU 41st Mechanised Brigade, as well as one ammunition depot of the 113rd Territorial Defence Brigade, were wiped out close to Kupyansk and Liptsy (Khar'kov region).
In Zaporozhye direction, the Russian Group of Forces' units supported by Ground-Attack and Army aviation hit manpower and hardware of the AFU 46th Airmobile Brigade and 15th Ukrainian National Guard Brigade near Malaya Tokmachka and northwest of Verbovoye (Zaporozhye region).
Up to 45 Ukrainian troops and two motor vehicles have been neutralised.
In the course of the counter-battery warfare, one 152mm Msta-B howitzer, one 122mm D-30 howitzer, and one U.S.-made M119 gun were neutralised.
In Kherson direction, up to 20 Ukrainian troops, two motor vehicles, one U.S.-made M777 artillery system, as well as one ammunition depot of the AFU 126th Territorial Defence Brigade, have been destroyed near Kherson.
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged AFU manpower and hardware in 114 areas during the day.
In addition, one P-18 radar station for the detection, identification, and tracking of aerial targets was destroyed close to Krinichki (Nikolayev region).
Command and observation posts of the AFU 79th Air Assault Brigade, 5th Assault Brigade,and 100th Territorial Defence Brigade have been obliterated close to Praskoviyvka, Krasnoye, (Donetsk People's Republic) and Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic).
Fighter Aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces intercepted one MiG-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force close to Soldatskoye (Dnepropetrovsk region).
Russian air defence forces have intercepted two Neptune anti-ship missiles, one U.S.-made JDAM guided bomb, as well as seven HIMARS and Grad MLRS projectiles during the day.
Furthermore, during the day, 74 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were neutralised and suppressed by radio electronic warfare means close to Vasilevka, Kropivnitskoye, Peski (Donetsk People's Republic), Verbovoye, Mirnoye, Ulyanovka, Ilchenkovo, Pologi, (Zaporozhye region), Krasnorechenskoye, Belogorovka (Lugansk People's Republic), and Veliky Vyselok (Kherson region).
In total, 484 airplanes and 250 helicopters, 7,491 unmanned aerial vehicles, 440 air defence missile systems, 12,326 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,160 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 6,642 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 13,789 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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[NewsFront] 23:55 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 04.10.2023 to 00:00 05.10.2023
Over the past 24 hours Representative officereportedabout 35 facts of firing by the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces. Information was received about the injury of two civilians in the Kuybyshevsky district of Donetsk. Three residential buildings in Yasinovataya and Aleksandrovka, as well as two civil infrastructure facilities were damaged.
Districts of six settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Gorlovka (Tsentralno-Gorodskoy, Nikitovsky district), Golmovsky, Zaitsevo, Yasinovataya, Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kievsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts).
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 18 attacks from 155mm artillery.
At Gorlovka there were 12 artillery attacks from 155 and 152mm artillery.
At Yasinovatsky there were five artillery attacks from 155mm and 152mm artillery.
A total of 118 units of various ammunition were fired.
A previous 31 artillery attacks were recorded from the VFU per day.
21:15 Destruction of Ukrainian Armed Forces facility using a light multi-purpose guided missile "Izdeliye-305" in the Ugledar direction
19:27 The Ukrainian Armed Forces may intensify “meat assaults” in the area of the village of Rabotino due to a shortage of equipment and resources: analysis Military chronicle.
The problem with the lack of equipment has been observed before, but with the advent of cold weather it may become worse.
Since October 2, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have not carried out serious attacks in the Rabotino-Verbovoye section. According to the Military Chronicle, this is due both to large losses of unit personnel and to an increasing shortage of resources: ammunition, medicine and fuel.
An acute shortage in a number of positions has already necessitated a change in tactics. Before the onset of cold weather, the command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces may try to carry out a series of powerful attacks using armored vehicles and tanks, similar to those that were repulsed over the previous four months.
The bulk of military equipment, primarily American M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles and MaxxPro armored vehicles, are either not used directly in the offensive or are used at night. A significant part of the ammunition, medicine, food and other supplies is delivered exclusively by civilian transport - unarmored pickup trucks and minibuses.
A significant part of such logistics takes place along roads under the fire control of Russian artillery, as well as along plantings that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to occupy in small groups. However, this opportunity may soon be lost: from the beginning of November the weather in Zaporozhye will deteriorate and rain will begin, due to which the routes used since the beginning of the offensive may become unavailable.
In addition, serious offensive actions require concentration of forces and means. Accumulating funds and supplying the group using “mosquito logistics” is difficult and extremely resource-intensive. Many pickup trucks and minivans require a significant number of drivers and fuel. Considering that the fuel and transport infrastructure has been subject to regular attacks since August, the Armed Forces of Ukraine may now already experience a shortage of gasoline and diesel fuel for both military equipment and vehicles.
There is no talk yet of a complete cessation of the offensive, but adjustments in plans due to the approaching thaw are inevitable. Firstly, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are already gradually revising plans for the work of “mosquito logistics” so as to be able to deliver to positions several times more weapons and ammunition than now. Apparently they plan to use them in reserve.
Secondly, in the rear areas of Orekhov and Malaya Tokmachka, the fleet of tracked vehicles is gradually being put in order, primarily MT-LB armored personnel carriers, which, presumably, will be entrusted with supplying the advancing units after the onset of rains and cold weather.
“Mosquito logistics” in civil transport existed only due to the higher speed of movement and frequent flights, however, with the onset of the thaw, it will be possible to use this option only within asphalt roads. An alternative method of supply can only be the movement of ammunition on foot groups.
According to Military Chronicle, the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is already preparing for an increase in losses in the Rabotino-Verbovoye section due to potential delays in logistics. Additional units for the 116th, 117th and 118th Mechanized Infantry Brigades have been formed since the beginning of September.
These brigades, consisting mainly of forced mobilizations, are the main formations used in “meat assaults” instead of elite formations: the 47th Mechanized Infantry Brigade “Magura” and the 82nd Specialized Shock Brigade. They, presumably, can receive an order to continue the assaults at any cost if the necessary logistics of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in this area are not provided due to the weather or strikes by the Russian Armed Forces.
19:11 Explosions occurred in the city of Nikolaev in southern Ukraine. This was reported by the Ukrainian publication “Strana”.
18:47 From the Zaporozhye direction from the Verbovoye - Rabotino area, the Front Bird reports:
“Again there is a definite movement of enemy forces in our direction.
Aeronautical reconnaissance closely identifies the Armed Forces of Ukraine and their armored vehicles. They just let them light a 122mm art. We will show the material of the liquidation of enemy manpower and equipment to the respected public very soon.”
18:27 Long-suffering Yasinovataya second day under fire by NATO rounds - there is almost no “living place” left in the city, and people have to flee to the basements
For the second day in a row, Yasinovataya is under massive fire from Ukrainian militants. As a result of today's strike, an apartment building and at least four private households were damaged - women and children had to take shelter from the rounds in the basements to avoid casualties. Also, due to the artillery attack, gas supply was disrupted on two streets.
This is what the city itself looks like now - destroyed garages, damaged high-rise buildings. In the last few hours alone, local residents have counted three or four arrivals. According to the JCCC of the DPR, over the past 24 hours, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired 23 155mm caliber rounds into Donetsk, Yasinovataya and Yasinovatsky district.
18:10 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for October 4, as of 18:00, information was received about damage as a result of artillery attack by the Air Forces of the cities of the Republic:
n.p. Alexandrovka:
– st. Lenina, 139 – a fire was recorded in a private residential building.
n.p. Yasinovataya:
– st. Karl Marx, 1 “a” – apartment building;
– st. Dachnaya, 4 – a private residential building, a fire was also recorded in an outbuilding, and a car was damaged.
n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district):
The village of Golmovsky has been cut off from power.
17:51 In Volchansk (Kha'rkov region) a missile strike a few hours ago struck deployment point of the national battalion “Wild Field”.
Khar'kov telegram channels are distributing photographs of a neighboring building that received minor damage.
There is also information that a large territorial defense RAV warehouse in the border village of Liptsy was destroyed at night.
17:18 Personnel destruction of the French wheeled self-propelled gun “CAESAR”.
16:34 “All targets were hit, they worked perfectly”: crews of Su-25 attack aircraft destroyed military facilities and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction.
As an attack pilot with the call sign “Lemur” said, the crews were tasked with supporting the ground forces.
Having taken off from the home airfield and reached the target area, the “rooks” launched missiles in pairs from low altitudes.
As a result of the strikes, the enemy's camouflaged fortified field positions and armored vehicles were destroyed.
16:31 Even Western equipment is not helping the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ attempts to cross the Dnieper - our army continues to suppress the activities of the DRG
“Now there is an attempt to increase the number of troops for a possible crossing of the Dnieper and transition to the left bank. It is confirmed. The process is underway, more Western equipment is being added,” said the head of the region, Vladimir Saldo.
In addition, the governor added that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are still trying to land in small groups on the islands in the Dnieper floodplain, but their attempts are being stopped by Russian forces.
15:30 Explosions are reported in Slavyansk.
In addition, alarms have been declared in the Poltava, Dnepropetrovsk and Kharkov regions.
15:05 An explosion occurred in Zaporozhye. Ukrainian TG channels report this.
14:25 The defeat of enemy command and observation posts and the downing of Ukrainian nationalist aircraft: the main thing from the briefing of the Russian Defense Ministry
In the Donetsk direction, the Russian Armed Forces repelled four attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Enemy losses amounted to up to 165 Ukrainian military personnel killed and wounded. In addition, in the Konstantinovka area, an ammunition depot of the Ukrainian Armed Forces brigade was destroyed;
In the Krasnolimansky direction, two attacks by assault groups were repelled, including the 12th Special Forces Brigade “Azov”* in the area of Yampolovka and Serebryansky forest. Up to 50 Ukrainian military personnel were destroyed;
In the South Donetsk direction, the Russian Armed Forces repelled an attack by an assault group of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Enemy losses amounted to up to 185 Ukrainian military personnel killed and wounded;
In the Kupyansk direction, up to 30 Ukrainian military personnel were destroyed. In addition, a US-made AN/TPQ-37 counterbattery radar station was destroyed in the Khar'kov region. In the areas of the settlements of Kupyansk and Liptsy, RAV warehouses, as well as enemy ammunition, were destroyed;
In the Zaporozhye direction, up to 45 Ukrainian military personnel and two vehicles were destroyed. During the counterbattery fight, the 152mm Msta-B and 122mm D-30 howitzers, as well as the US-made M119 gun, were hit.
In the Kherson direction, up to 20 Ukrainian military personnel, two vehicles, a US-made M777 artillery system, as well as an enemy ammunition depot in the Kherson area were destroyed;
The enemy's manpower and military equipment were defeated in 114 regions;
In the Nikolaev region, the P-18 air target detection and tracking radar was destroyed;
The command and observation posts of three enemy units were hit;
Fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a MiG-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force near the village of Soldatskoye, Dnepropetrovsk Region;
Air defense systems intercepted two Neptune anti-ship missiles, a US-made JDAM guided aerial bomb, as well as seven missiles from the US-made HIMARS and 122mm BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket systems. During the day, 74 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed and suppressed by electronic warfare.
14:05 Statement of Head of the press center of the "South" group:
In the zone of responsibility of the “Southern” group of forces, the enemy launched unsuccessful attacks in the areas of the settlements of Kleshcheevka, Andreevka, Krasnogorovka and Vodyanoye of the Donetsk People’s Republic, as a result of which he suffered significant losses in manpower and equipment.
Air strikes from the group of troops hit the temporary deployment points of the 4th rifle battalion of the 28th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the settlement of Aleksandro-Shultino, as well as the 108th battalion of the 10th Separate Mountain Assault Brigade of the enemy in the Zvanovka area.
In addition, a hangar with weapons and military equipment of the Ukrainian troops in the area of the settlement of Ivanovskoye, Donetsk People's Republic was destroyed by guided aircraft rounds.
The group's assault and army aviation defeated enemy personnel and armored vehicles in the Lisichansky, Soledaro-Artemovsky and Maryinsky directions.
Artillery strikes hit an ammunition depot in Sporny, a control and communications point of a Ukrainian Armed Forces unit in Chasov Yar, an enemy stronghold in the Kleshcheevka area, a control point for unmanned aerial vehicles in Kirovo, a pickup truck and a temporary deployment point of a Ukrainian unit in Lastochkino.
During the counterbattery battle at enemy positions, a 155mm Caesar self-propelled artillery mount, a 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer, a 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS combat vehicle and five 120mm mortars were destroyed.
As a result of fire damage in various sectors of the front, 28 enemy unmanned aerial vehicles of the following types were destroyed: Katana, Leleka-100, Valkyrie, Fury, FPV and Mayvik-3.
13:30 Three times in half an hour - at 12:15, 12:30 and 12:40 Moscow time Tokmak came under a missile attack from militants of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. All the rockets hit a field near a grocery store. There are no casualties or destruction.
12:50 Statement of Head of the press center of the Center group:
In the Krasnolimansky direction in the Chervonaya Dibrova area, the crew of the TOS-1A Solntsepek heavy flamethrower system of the Center group of troops inflicted fire on an enemy stronghold.
Artillery fire and air strikes from the Russian group thwarted and repelled seven attacks by assault groups of the 67th Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the 5th Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine in the Serebryansky forest area. Enemy losses amounted to more than 50 military personnel.
An unmanned aerial vehicle was shot down by air defense systems near the village of Kremennaya, Lugansk People's Republic. During the counter-battery fight, up to 20 enemy artillery crews were exposed and suppressed, and a 120mm mortar crew was hit.
The tactical aviation group carried out four strikes on command and observation posts and temporary deployment points of Ukrainian troops in the areas of the settlements of Torskoye and Serebryanka.
12:15 Situation in the South Donetsk direction:
In the Vrem'evsky sector to the north and north-west of Priyutnoye, the enemy remains active in the forest belts, trying to restore the lost position, but has had no success. Within 24 hours, units of the 5th Army repelled two attacks in the forest belt and destroyed up to 20 militants. At the same time, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to accumulate forces west of Staromayorskoye, presumably to attempt an attack in the direction of Priyutnoye. It is hit by fire.
To the east of Urozhainy, despite the unsuccessful attack by the Russian Armed Forces at the end of September, confirmations are coming about the advance of units of the 37th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade in forest belts to a depth of 100-150 meters. It is assumed that in this area, our military temporarily managed to improve the situation with electronic warfare, which made it possible to reduce the effectiveness of enemy FPV drones, which played a decisive role in repelling the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ attack in this direction on September 28.
Low-intensity artillery battles continue in the Ugledar sector. There is also regular fabrication along the Ugledar-Novomikhailovka line.
12:01 As a result of joint activities of the Russian FSB Directorate for the DPR and the Russian FSB Directorate for the Eastern Military District in an apartment building n. Vladimirovka village, Volnovakha district of the DPRfoundcache with ammunition and personal belongings of Ukrainian Armed Forces military personnel.
Found including:
— 6 units of PG-7V rounds;
— 3 F-1 grenades;
— 8 RGD-5 grenades;
— 720 rounds of 5.45 caliber;
— 880 rounds of 7.62 caliber;
— uniform of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
11:41 The Ukrainian Armed Forces opened fire on Gorlovka in the DPR five times in an hour. This was reported in the Telegram channel of the DPR representative office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine.
11:23 Destruction of APU warehouse in the village of Konstantinovka
According to intelligence data, Ukrainian militants hid and stored weapons and military equipment in it. With a targeted strike by aviation weapons, the pilots destroyed the warehouse and the weapons located in it.
11:00 Units of the Dnepr group of troops destroyed an ammunition warehouse and an observation post of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of Alekseevsky Island near Kherson within 24 hours, a representative of the operational services of the region said.
In the island zone, an electronic reconnaissance station with a crew was destroyed, and in the Kakhovsky direction - the position of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
10:45 The Ukrainian Armed Forces are conducting diversionary maneuvers in the South Donetsk direction of the front, preparing for active offensive actions within 5-7 days. This was announced by the head of the DPR Denis Pushilin on the Solovyov Live TV channel.
He clarified that the military command of the Russian Armed Forces sees the enemy’s maneuvers and is conducting appropriate preparations.
10:35 Explosion of warehouse with Ukrainian Armed Forces equipment in Konstantinovka through the eyes of a drone: Russian pilots carried out a precise strike on a terminal with hidden weapons.
10:00 Statement of Head of the press center of the “West” group:
In the Kupyansky direction, the crews of Su-34 fighter-bombers carried out three air strikes on temporary deployment points of units of the 66th Mechanized Brigade and the 7th rifle battalion in the Novolubovka, Nevskoye and Petrovskoye areas.
In addition, the missile forces of the “West” group of forces launched three strikes with the “Tornado-S” MLRS on the accumulation of manpower, weapons and military equipment of the 44th and 66th Mechanized Brigades in the Barovaya and Novoe districts.
During the counter-battery fight, the group’s artillery destroyed a 155mm towed howitzer M-777, a self-propelled artillery unit M-109 “Palladin” and a mortar crew in the Zeleny Gai and Kupyansk-Uzlovaya areas.
The total enemy losses amounted to more than a company of manpower, one KBB AN/TPQ-37 radar station, one Bukovel electronic warfare station, four UAVs, one truck.
09:55 Explosions in Kramatorsk (DPR territory occupied by the Ukrainian Armed Forces).
09:48 The criminal Kiev regime continues to 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:
-- n.p. Staraya Zburevka six rounds;
-- n.p. Dnepryan 13 rounds;
-- n.p. Krynki 21 rounds;
-- n.p. Kardashinka five rounds;
-- n.p. Alyosha 10 rounds.
As a result of the artillery attack of the settlement. Alyoshki received injuries of varying degrees of severity to two civilians.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Novaya Kakhovka, n.p. Kakhovka, n.p. Korsunka, n.p. Peschanivka, n.p. Proletarka, firing a total of 45 rounds from cannon artillery. Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being determined.
09:29 Airborne troops from Novorossiysk showed unique personnel battle near Rabotino.
The enemy was discovered in the Zaporozhye direction, after which additional reconnaissance was carried out using drones. The enemy did not have time to provide organized resistance and was destroyed by Russian paratroopers.
When carrying out missions, Russian fighters regularly use the tactics of covert movement in small groups. They remain invisible to the enemy and can get very close to his positions.
08:18 Frontline summary for the morning of 10/04/2023:
In the Zaporozhye direction, Ukrainian troops, with massive artillery support, are attacking Novoprokopovka. The Russian Armed Forces were forced to level the front line on the northern approaches to the settlement. In turn, they counterattacked from Verbovoy and Novofedorovka. In the first of the listed areas they managed to push back the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Ukrainian positions in Malaya Tokmachka are under heavy attack. Russian ones are in Kopany, Il'chenkovo, Verbovoy and Novofedorovka.
In the Ugledarsky sector, the initiative passed to the RF Armed Forces. They were already conducting offensive operations against Ukrainian positions northeast of Priyutnoye. In addition, counterattacks from the Zabetnoye Zhelanie on Staromayorskoye continued. Under attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Novodarovka and Urozhainy. RF Armed Forces - in Priyutnoye, Staroml'ynovka and Novodonetsky.
On the Donetsk front, Russian troops, supported by artillery, carried out assault operations on the approaches to Novomikhailovka and in Mar'inka. No promotion. The Ukrainian Armed Forces managed to occupy the “gray zone” from Nevelskoy. There is practically no one in this area now. This area is very important. Ukrainian troops are separated from the crossroads at Pesy by less than two kilometers. And the village itself is located behind a series of connecting ponds.
Russian troops also continued attacks on the southern approaches to Avdeevka and Stepnoye (not to be confused with the settlements of the same name in the Zaporozhye and Ugledar directions).
In the Bakhmut direction, the Russian Armed Forces again counterattacked near Andreevka. Ukrainian units in Belaya Gora, Kleshcheevka and Sporny are under attack. Russian ones are in Ozaryanovka, Kurdyumovka, Bakhmut and Berkhovka.
In the Lugansk direction - a ground attack by the Russian Armed Forces in the Makeevka area. Under fire from the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Liman, Torskoye, Cherneshchina, Ivanovka and Kupyansk.
08:05 Summary on the morning of October 4, 2023:
On the Zaporozhye front, the Ukrainian Armed Forces resumed “meat assaults”; now one of the directions of attack was the Rabotino-Kopani front section. At night there were heavy battles at short distances, the 291st Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 42nd Motorized Rifle Division took the main blow, which has been heroically holding the defense since the beginning of the strategic offensive operation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The Ukrainian Armed Forces also took attacking actions near Verbovoy.
The battles broke out with renewed vigor at Kleshcheevka and Andreevka south of Artemovsk. The enemy tried to gain a foothold near the railway, but air and artillery strikes prevented him from doing so.
In the Kherson direction, the enemy is conducting reconnaissance in the floodplain of the river. Dnepr, a 24-hour air presence of enemy reconnaissance copters from positions on its shore has been organized. Civilians and infrastructure suffer from enemy artillery fire.
Yesterday, a Ukrainian Neptune missile was shot down off the western coast of Crimea, and a UAV was shot down over Sevastopol. At night, the Belgorod region repelled Nazi UAV raids: drones were shot down over Belgorod, the Belgorod district, and the Grayvoronsky urban district (the Ukrainian Armed Forces also tried to hit it with MLRS).
In the morning, the city of Shebekino was shelled in the region. In the Kursk region - 15 arrivals to settlements. Kozino, Rylsky district. During the day the village was shelled. Tyotkino. In the Bryansk region, UAVs were shot down over the Starodub municipal district and the Bryansk region. In the DPR, four civilians were wounded by Ukrainian Armed Forces fire.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Sergey Adamov
[REGNUM] The Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) of Ukraine made another attempt to land saboteurs on the territory of Crimea. As reported by the Russian Ministry of Defense, a detachment on a boat and several jet skis approached the coast of Crimea at around two o'clock in the morning. Alerted aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces struck an enemy sabotage group, eliminating at least 13 servicemen. The department also noted that the saboteurs intended to land on Cape Tarkhankut on the western coast of the Crimean Peninsula. Later, the FSB published footage of the detention and interrogation of one of the saboteurs captured in Crimea. He identified himself as an ordinary employee of the Main Intelligence Directorate, Alexander Lyubas.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. During the attack on Sevastopol, Ukraine used a drone and a missile
[Regnum] In an attempt to attack Sevastopol on October 3, Ukraine used drones and missiles. As a Regnum news agency source reported , the Russian air defense system shot down all targets, but debris from the drone and missile fell on the city.
During the attack on Sevastopol, Ukraine used a drone and a missile
So, at approximately 20:23 on Tuesday, an air raid alert was announced in Sevastopol due to the threat of a missile strike. An hour later, a city resident contacted the police with a report that debris from a downed drone fell on the roof of her house, hitting a power line. The building was not damaged and no one was injured.
At the same time, another resident of Sevastopol reported that debris from a downed Ukrainian missile fell on four cars in one of the city’s districts. The vehicles, as it turned out, belong to SVO participants. The vehicles received various damage, but no one was injured.
According to preliminary data, the Ukrainian Armed Forces tried to strike with a Soviet-made missile.
The Ministry of Defense said that Russian air defense systems shot down a Ukrainian Neptune anti-ship missile off the coast of Crimea. On October 1, the Ministry of Defense reported that Russian air defense forces shot down two Ukrainian Grom-2 missiles over the Dzhankoy region.
[Regnum] The Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine published footage allegedly of the landing of a group of saboteurs in Crimea. The department posted the video on the Telegram channel.
At the same time, in the comments to the video it is stated that the landing was successful and the Ukrainian special forces completed the assigned tasks. The GUR does not provide evidence that the video was filmed in Crimea. In the footage, two participants in the attack are holding a Ukrainian flag while standing on the shore. One of them said that “Crimea will be either Ukrainian or deserted.”
At the same time, it is already known for certain that the next actions of the sabotage and reconnaissance group of Ukraine were stopped by Russian border guards, who discovered the enemy on the night of October 4. During the ensuing battle, one saboteur was captured, the rest suffered serious losses.
As IA Regnum reported , on October 4, the Federal Security Service announced the prevention of an attempt to penetrate into the territory of Crimea by a sabotage and reconnaissance group of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.
As a captured member of the sabotage and reconnaissance group said during interrogation, the group consisted of 16 people and planned to take photos and videos on the peninsula with the country’s flag unfurled. This was done in order, the private explained, to later declare that the GUR had “entered” Crimea.
The detainee added that members of the DRG set out from the Odessa region on a boat and jet skis. They planned to land at Cape Tarkhankut on the night of October 4.
As a Regnum news agency source reported , the saboteurs suffered serious losses. According to him, there were many wounded and dead from the enemy. According to some media reports, we are talking about the destruction of 13 Ukrainian saboteurs. At the same time, there were no losses on the Russian side.
Aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces stopped an attempt to land Ukrainian troops near Cape Tarkhankut on the Crimean peninsula. The Russian Ministry of Defense reported this on October 4.
The Ministry of Defense reported that the Aerospace Forces stopped an attempt to land troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Crimea
It is noted that the Ukrainian army attempted to carry out a terrorist attack on the night of October 4.
“In the north-western part of the Black Sea, the actions of Russian Aerospace Forces aircraft stopped an attempt to penetrate into the territory of Crimea by a landing group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,” the message says.
Ukrainian military personnel were moving towards Cape Tarkhankut on a high-speed military boat and three jet skis.
As Regnum reported , on September 10, the official representative of the Ministry of Defense, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov , said that the Russian Armed Forces destroyed three Willard boats in the Black Sea with a landing force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine totaling up to 36 people. The Armed Forces of Ukraine moved in the dark and were destroyed by naval aviation.
On August 30, a Russian Su-30 fighter jet destroyed a Ukrainian Armed Forces military boat with a landing force in the Black Sea near Zmeiny Island. And on the night of September 2, the Ukrainian military tried for the third time to attack the Crimean Bridge using an unmanned boat. The Russian military destroyed a Ukrainian drone.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Ukrainian authorities exterminated Russian culture in new regions of Russia when they were under the control of Kiev, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on October 4 during a conversation with finalists of the Teacher of the Year competition at the Sirius educational center.
He noted the key importance of education for the entire education system.
“This is especially true for the Donetsk Republic, Lugansk Republic, Zaporozhye, Kherson regions. In those territories where essentially all Russian culture, Russian language and literature were exterminated ,” Putin said.
The President recalled the sad fact that the Ukrainian authorities actually ban the Russian language.
As Regnum reported , on July 4, Putin called the destruction of Russian culture abroad an attempt at suicide . He emphasized that it has already become part of European and world culture. The President also stated that the culture of such a great people as the Russian one cannot be destroyed.
On September 20, Putin said that those who are trying to abolish Russian culture are robbing themselves . He noted the insignificance of such attempts against the background of the greatness of Russian art.
[RT] The Ukrainian government could face a shortage of money and be unable to pay salaries if the US Congress fails to approve another injection of funds into the Ukrainian economy, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
Citing both Ukrainian and American officials, the outlet noted that a sudden halt to funding could raise discontent in Ukraine and put pressure on President Vladimir Zelensky.
The Ukrainian government will reportedly have to decide what services and salaries to cut in order to stay afloat. The WSJ said the US and other donor nations currently pay the salaries of some 150,000 civil servants in Ukraine as well as over half a million teachers, professors, and school workers. Foreign financing is also covering expenses when it comes to health care and housing subsidies.
A US official told the WSJ that the US Agency for International Development will process an October funds transfer of $1.15 billion through the World Bank as long as Kiev can prove it appropriately spent the previous transfer.
But while Ukraine will likely have the necessary funds to last through October, it will have a harder time beyond that if foreign aid dries up. One Ukrainian official told the WSJ that the government will be able to use some reserve funds to make it through November and December. However, after that, the situation will turn dire without fresh cash injections, the official said.
The WSJ report comes after the US Congress passed a 45-day stopgap government funding bill last week that omitted any aid to Ukraine despite requests from the Biden administration to make sure the cash flow remains uninterrupted.
...Since the start of the Russia-Ukraine conflict in February 2022, Kiev has received over $185 billion from the US and the EU in military, humanitarian, and government aid. Nevertheless, Zelensky’s administration has asked for even more and expects another $42 billion from international donors next year, according to Ukrainian Finance Minister Sergei Marchenko.
However, as recently noted by Politico, international support for Ukraine may be waning. The US and EU have admitted that they have started to run out of weapons to send. Meanwhile, the failure of the US to include Ukraine aid in its budget, the vow by Slovakia’s new prime minister, Robert Fico, to stop assistance to Ukraine, and Ukraine's ongoing diplomatic row with Poland have all sent "a chilling message" that Kiev may soon have to consider negotiations with Moscow. The original WSJ article behind paywall. Also, Hillary doesn't want people quoting RT.
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Commentary by Russian military blogger Andrey Chervonets
The Ukrainian president is toxic - in two weeks he paralyzed the work of the parliaments of almost the entire continent - the parliaments of the United States and Canada have lost their speakers.
First, as we all remember, Zelensky, with Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau and Speaker of the Canadian Parliament Anthony Rota, essentially gave a shit to the Ukrainian Nazi, a veteran of the SS troops, whom the main Canadian parliamentarian recommended as a “Ukrainian hero.” The Speaker was later forced to resign.
And yesterday, our time on Wednesday night, another interesting episode happened.
The US House of Representatives dismissed its Speaker Kevin McCarthy and went into a forced recess for a week. Removal of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, incl. party members happened for the first time in US history.
Next Wednesday, the House of Representatives is scheduled to begin the process of selecting a new chairman.
Last time it turned out to be a very protracted action - it took 15 votes.
Now the situation could repeat itself again - and the procedure for selecting a speaker could drag on for a long time. the work of Congress is now de facto frozen in the absence of the Speaker.
Thus, the split around support for Ukraine moved from a rhetorical plane to a practical one and led to an acute crisis. And it is already clear that as the elections approach, the split in the United States over Ukraine will only grow.
What's next? Tom Emmer, third in the hierarchy of Republicans in the House of Representatives, has a good chance of becoming the new speaker.
But now things can go even more unpredictable. Fox News host Sean Hannity says that, according to his sources, immediately after Kevin McCarthy's resignation, a group of House Republicans contacted Donald Trump's campaign and invited him to take over as speaker. And he doesn’t seem to mind helping out fellow party members, at least temporarily.
It would seem that Trump is not even a congressman. But it's okay. US laws allow this post to be held by a citizen who is not a congressman. The ex-president's candidacy for the post of speaker has already been nominated by Congressman Troy Nehls.
P.S.
Walk like that! Now I look forward to Zelensky’s visit to the European Parliament. Whatever the Ukrainian president touches, everything turns shit
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] A drone called the T-600 -the same name as the Terminator - successfully launched a torpedo from the sky.
BAE Systems demonstrated the feat during a NATO training exercise, which saw a human controller fly the quadcopter strapped with the torpedo from a dock and over the ocean, where it let the weapon drop.
The electric-powered, car-sized T-600 has a payload capacity of 441 pounds, tops speeds of 87 miles per hour and has a range of up to 50 miles.
The demonstration aimed to showcase the anti-submarine warfare capabilities of the T-600 and its potential for automated logistics, resupply, casualty and evacuation.
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