[Moscow Times] The head of Russia’s notorious Wagner mercenary group Yevgeniy Prigozhin said on Thursday that he’d been cut off from all government communication channels following his recent public plea to the Ministry of Defense to supply his fighters in Ukraine with urgently needed ammunition.
"In order to stop me from asking for ammunition, they turned off all special [government] phone lines in all of the offices and [Wagner] units ... and blocked all [my] passes to the agencies responsible for making decisions," Prigozhin said in a message posted on his Telegram channel.
Prigozhin made headlines last month when he accused Russia's top brass of committing "treason" by intentionally depriving his fighters in eastern Ukraine of ammunition supplies.
He subsequently called on ordinary Russians to help him put pressure on the country's regular army to share their supplies of ammunition with Wagner mercenaries.
Though Prigozhin subsequently announced that ammunition shipments to Wagner had resumed, in his Thursday message he revealed that the ammunition shortage "situation" hadn’t, in fact, seen much improvement.
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[Vesti] Experts talk about ineffective but powerful strikes by the RF Armed Forces, but what is their meaning?
While the hardest battles for Bakhmut are going on, the outcome of which remains unclear, military operations on other, until recently secondary sectors of the front, are gaining importance. Firstly, near the city of Vuhledar, which is important for the Russian Federation, since it is located in the eastern part of the "land corridor" to Crimea and closes the railway logistics of the Russian Armed Forces in the region (control over the city means that Russia will close the Donbass-Azov region route, improving the supply troops).
Secondly, near Avdievka, the most fortified "fortress" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Donbass, standing on a hill just 10 km from Donetsk.
Thirdly, in the Liman-Kupyansk direction, where the RF Armed Forces are trying to attack in the very north of the Luhansk region. Vesti.ua analyze these potentially hot spots of the front.
SHOIGU AND SOLOVYOV'S VISITS
Events near Vuhledar in the Donetsk region began to accelerate last weekend, when the head of the Russian Defense Ministry, Sergei Shoigu, arrived in the war zone. There, according to Russian media reports, he held a meeting with General Rustam Muradov - it is he, judging by many testimonies, who is responsible for the Ugledar direction in the RF Armed Forces. And, accordingly, he is responsible for the failure in the attack on the city in mid-February, which Vesti.ua already wrote about in military analytics. For the failures, Muradov was subjected to heavy criticism from military bloggers associated with the Wagner PMC - they became the backdrop for Shoigu's visit.
According to the American Institute for the Study of War, the visit could have had two purposes: to assess the suitability of Muradov himself, and also to consider the possibility of moving reserves to the city to resume the offensive there.
"The trip did not involve the commander of the RF Armed Forces, Chief of Staff of the Russian Federation Valery Gerasimov, to whom Muradov is directly subordinate," analysts say. "This may indicate distrust of Gerasimov, who probably had to make this front-line visit himself, or at least accompany Shoigu."
It should be noted that Gerasimov took up his position in early January, after Sergei Surovikin vacated the position (he was appointed Gerasimov's deputy). But in the footage from Shoigu's recent meeting with the generals, held after the trip to Ugledar, both Gerasimov and Surovikin are present, so the true positions of the "commander" of the war on the Ukrainian front are unclear.
But there is another significant moment: a day later, "heavy artillery" of the Russian media, TV presenter Vladimir Solovyov, who is known for his anti-Ukrainian position, arrived near Vuhledar. He held a meeting with marines from the 155th Brigade (Pacific Fleet), the same one that had been defeated the day before by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and he himself came under fire - later, on the air, he suspected someone in the headquarters ("counterintelligence will figure it out").
Important: Solovyov himself, in the conflict between the General Staff and PMC Wagner, rather supports the head of the PMC, Yevgeny Prigozhin, so the trip can be considered as a media attack on the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces.
ATTACK ON UGLEDAR
The results of Shoigu's trip to the front became known at the beginning of the week. In a video circulated through social networks, servicemen of the 136th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces (created at one time for the war in Chechnya) turned to the command for additional artillery ammunition.
"It is they who will replace the 155th Naval Infantry Brigade of the Pacific Fleet of the RF Armed Forces, which suffered a crushing defeat (in mid-February. - Auth.)," the Institute for the Study of War notes. "But it is unlikely that the 136th Brigade will be able to achieve a tactical offensive near Ugledar, which neither the 155th Naval Infantry Brigade, nor the 40th Naval Infantry Brigade, nor other formations of the Russian Federation could achieve."
The second signal: information about the transfer of the latest T-80 and T-72 tanks through Mariupol towards Vuhledar, as announced by Petr Andryushchenko, adviser to the mayor of the port city. "Two days ago, at least 14 of these tanks were transported through the city. The next day, we recorded about 10," he says.
At the same time, the Russian Aerospace Forces began to actively use bombers. Judging by the video in social networks filmed by Ukrainian soldiers at positions in Vuhledar, at least two heavy bombs were dropped on the city (which modification is unknown). All these signals in the Defense Forces of the Taurida direction are considered insignificant against the background of the losses suffered by the RF Armed Forces in February - early March. “There can be no talk of an offensive, because the enemy suffered quite significant losses,” says Alexei Dmitrashkovsky, head of the united press center of the direction. It is known that the moral and psychological state of the military of the Russian Federation has completely fallen.
As an example, Dmitrashkovsky cites the case of the commander of the 155th Naval Infantry, who, according to Ukrainian intelligence, was taken to Rostov because of his refusal to obey the orders of the command.
"Also, the Steppe and Tiger units refuse to participate in hostilities. It is known about the 126th Brigade, in which 20 people wrote a refusal and said that they would rather serve time in prison than be cannon fodder (most likely, we are talking about the 136th Brigade, which is located in Ugledar. - Auth.)," Dmitrashkovsky clarifies.
AVDIEVKA: AN ATTEMPT TO GO TO THE REAR
Frontline Avdiivka became the second hot spot. On the night of March 8, the RF Armed Forces launched heavy artillery strikes on the city, damaging several buildings and completely destroying the entrance of a five-story residential building. Also, a powerful blow fell on the plant management of Avdiivka Coke.
"They fought with the buildings of the AKHZ plant management, filled up most of the building. We managed to dig up all four victims, one of them is heavy, they are taking them to the hospital," Musa Magomedov, the people's deputy, the former general director of the plant, said in Telegram, emphasizing that only civilians were at the plant, about than the Russian military knows. On March 10, Avdiivka was again struck at least six times.
"The main forces of the RF Armed Forces are concentrated in the Limansky, Kupyansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Shakhtyorsky directions - this is a "fiery arc," and it has already begun to stir in other directions, not only in Bakhmutsky," said military expert, reserve colonel Oleg Zhdanov.
"The situation is critical ... The village of Veseloe near Avdievka has been captured, and they are trying to improve their position there. Active assaults on our positions have been going on for several days continuously, the enemy has deployed large forces there. He is also successful north of Vodyanoye."
Veseloye was de facto in the "gray zone" (it overlooks Peski and the Donetsk airport), and Vodyanoye is located to the northwest of it - and to the west of Avdievka itself. If the Russian Armed Forces can build on their success by moving north, they will succeed in encircling Avdievka, which will be a very important victory for the Russian Federation from a media point of view. However, the city itself is located on a hill, and the surrounding settlements are shot from above.
"Important: the enemy continues to hold the initiative along the entire "arc of fire" - from Kupyansk to Ugledar. For them, the capture of Ugledar and Maryinka is the main task, we must not forget about this, and taking Avdievka into the ring is the main thing, because if it is captured, will become an automatically ready springboard on the front line, while the enemy is making incredible efforts there."
The intensity of the attacks is as dense as possible.
"They are just throwing corpses at our territory," says Vitaliy Barabash, head of the Avdievka city military administration. “They have enormous losses in equipment, they fight with tanks and armored personnel carriers of the 1950s, but this does not affect the intensity of the work of their artillery and aviation."
It is Avdievka that receives the most intense fire from the air, including high-explosive bombs: there are videos on social networks with planes flying over the city, and in the very center there is an unexploded M62 FAB-500 bomb (such Russian Armed Forces used in Izyum, Kharkov, Sumy).
STRATEGICALLY IMPORTANT KUPYANSK
Finally, in the north of the "fiery arc," in the Kupyansko-Limansky direction, the RF Armed Forces activated a couple of weeks ago.
"There are no hostilities on the territory of the Kharkiv region today. But the enemy is covering with artillery fire the settlements that are adjacent to the front line,” said Serhiy Cherevaty, speaker of the eastern group of troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine."
At the moment, hostilities are taking place much south of Kupyansk and east of the Liman. "In fact, the fighting is now taking place in the forests of Kremennaya, near Makiivka and Ploshchanka (villages in the Lugansk region north of Kremennaya, on the border with the Kharkov region. – Auth.) There the enemy has a partial success, moving into the depths of our defense," he says Oleg Zhdanov.
Kupyansk itself, liberated by the Armed Forces of Ukraine last fall during the defeat of the defense lines of the RF Armed Forces in the Kharkiv region, is also important from the point of view of logistics - on its territory and near Kupyansk there is a large railway hub, strategically important (it was there, for example, that the RF Armed Forces stored ammunition, transported by rail).
And today the city itself and its suburbs are subjected to heavy shelling. The situation there is so complicated that local authorities announced the evacuation of children and people with limited mobility in early March.
"It is extremely important for the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation to ensure a serious advance in this area in order to further secure the movement of their troops, which will implement Putin's main mission - to take control of the entire territory of Donetsk and Luhansk regions by the end of March," military expert Vladislav Seleznev explained the strategic importance of the direction.
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[Korrespondent] 23:22 The Government of Canada has announced a ban on the import of Russian steel and aluminum.
22:08 Finland could, together with other allies, consider providing fighter jets to Ukraine, Prime Minister Sanna Marin said. At the same time, she added that all talk about fighter jets is at an early stage, and this issue will require extensive cooperation between Western allies.
21:43 The Russians fired at the Nikopol district of the Dnepropetrovsk region four times during the day: two people were killed, five were injured, four of them were in serious condition, the head of the Nikopol RVA Yevgeny Yevtushenko said.
21:02 Norway has launched a program of long-term budget support for Ukraine in the amount of $7 billion for five years, Zelensky said. "We discussed additional steps that we can take together with Norway so that this spring is successful both for Ukrainian defense and for the prospects for pan-European security. We are starting to communicate with Norway about the possibilities of a training mission for our pilots," the president added.
20:51 Russia has requested a meeting of the UN Security Council on March 14 regarding "Russophobia in Ukraine and the West," Russian media report, citing the Russian permanent mission.
20:44 Japan will consider the possibility of exporting weapons to countries that are fighting the invasion. In particular, this applies to Ukraine, the country's government said. So far, Japan has only sent bulletproof vests and other non-lethal equipment to Ukraine. According to current rules, Tokyo can only transfer weapons to countries that jointly develop and produce equipment, writes Nikkei Asia. Japan's government and ruling coalition will start discussing arms exports after local elections in April.
20:22 An American expert doubts the effective work of Patriot against a Russian missile, and in Ukraine they say that everything needs to be tested in practice. For more details, see Patriot vs. Daggers .
20:17 Zelensky said in an evening video message that he had held a meeting of the Stavka: "The Commander-in-Chief, the commanders of the directions reported on the situation on the front line, in general, in protecting the state. East and South, the border. Bakhmut and our ability to strengthen there. Our responses to terrorist strikes. Defense of Kherson and the communities of Dnepropetrovsk, Chernihiv, Sumy regions. Our needs for ammunition and supplies."
19:23 Norway, in cooperation with the United States, will send two NASAMS air defense systems to Ukraine, Defense Minister Bjorn Arild Gram said during a visit to Kiev. In addition, according to him, Norway will train the Ukrainian military in the use of this air defense. The Minister also recalled that earlier Oslo helped the United States with the supply of American NASAMS systems to Ukraine.
18:38 The Russians fired on the Krasnogrigoryevsk community in the Nikopol district of the Dnipropetrovsk region: two people were killed, three more were injured. A transport company, a three-story building and seven private residential buildings were damaged, said Serhiy Lysak, head of the OVA.
18:11 Kuleba said that after yesterday's Russian strike on the energy system of Ukraine, a G7+ meeting was held, which was convened by Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and chaired by US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken. "The energy coalition is ready to meet urgent needs, prepare for the next winter season and invest in the long-term modernization of Ukraine's energy sector," the head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said.
18:09 The Legion of Freedom of Russia claims that on the night of March 10, partisans set fire to a Su-27 fighter of the 22nd air regiment of the Russian Aerospace Forces, based near Vladivostok.
18:04 Sunak and Macron announced that they had agreed to jointly train Ukrainian marines.
17:58 Zelensky said that he had met with Norwegian Defense Minister Bjorn Arild Gram: "Our key priority remains unchanged: strengthening the Armed Forces. Both increasing the supply of weapons and accelerating the receipt of already announced assistance."
17:45 Lukashenka signed a decree on calling up reserve officers for military service. According to the document, they are going to call up to 230 men under the age of 27, as well as up to 20 people to the border service.
17:34 The Russians hit the Tauride microdistrict of Kherson from artillery - one person died, the OVA reported.
17:26 The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry called on the international community to condemn the trial of Maxim Butkevich and two other Ukrainians, to demand from the Russian Federation their release, as well as other citizens of Ukraine illegally imprisoned in the temporarily occupied territories and in Russia, and to take effective measures to counter Russian aggression against Ukraine.
17:12 The situation in Bakhmut is aggravated, the enemy continues the offensive and is trying to break through the defense of the Ukrainian troops, said Anna Malyar, Deputy Defense Minister. "Our soldiers are doing everything possible to prevent the enemy from realizing their plans," she added.
16:57 Russia seizes weapons that partners transfer to Ukraine and sends them to Iran, CNN reports, citing its sources. The United States believes that Tehran will try to redesign these weapons.
More Iranian ghost weapons to come? How exciting. Still, it will keep them busy and out of trouble, possibly for years to come.
Over the course of the year, Western officials documented several cases of Russian troops seizing weapons, notably Javelins and Stingers. Subsequently, they were transported to Iran for dismantling and analysis. Sources believe that the continued supply of seized weapons will motivate Tehran to continue to support Russia's war against Ukraine.
16:43 Zelensky said that Ukraine has nothing to do with blowing up the Nord Stream gas pipelines. According to him, such rumors are beneficial only to those who are trying to slow down assistance to Kiev: “This plays into the hands of Russia or business groups interested in not introducing powerful sanctions, because their business is suffering ... They can be not only on the territory of Russia. "We are fighting the enemy. He is the only one - Russia. And we are also fighting those who see nothing but money. Their business is suffering because trade with the terrorist state has decreased."
“There are states that allow Russia to bypass sanctions. On the one hand, they support Ukraine, our sovereignty, they even give something to Ukraine “for show”, and on the other hand, they circumvent sanctions, where they earn tens of billions of dollars and, compared to the pre-war period, have an increased trade with Russia," the president said, adding that there are also such countries among the members of the EU and NATO.
16:28 Finland is preparing the 14th package of military assistance to Ukraine, Prime Minister Sanna Marin said at a joint press conference with Zelensky in Kiev. She noted that the military support of Ukraine from her country today is 750 million euros, which makes Finland one of the largest suppliers of military assistance to Kyiv.
16:04 Ukraine would like to have strategic security guarantees while it is moving towards NATO membership, Zelensky said at a press conference with Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin in Kiev: "We need strategic security guarantees. And even if we cannot to be in NATO during the war, we would like to have appropriate security guarantees on the way while we are not yet in NATO. And it is precisely the corresponding reciprocal steps from the NATO member states that are opposite to Ukraine to guarantee its security that we expect at the Vilnius summit."
15:19 France and Britain support Ukraine and seek to provide it with additional support, which will be decisive on the battlefield, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said during a meeting with Macron.
15:01 The Russians fired from the MLRS Hurricane Konstantinovka in the Donetsk region - at least six wounded are currently known, private houses and a gas pipeline are damaged, said the head of the OVA Pavel Kirilenko.
14:43 Ukrainian forces "virtually destroyed" PMC Wagner, said the speaker of the Eastern Group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Serhiy Cherevaty: "Prigozhin has a desire to maintain his military-political subjectivity, to become a powerful figure influencing the adoption of processes in the Russian Federation, but this is hindered by the valor and skill of the Armed Forces of Ukraine , which actually destroyed the Wagner grouping. It suffered significant losses, and, one might say, most of it perished on the Bakhmut fields. "
14:16 Russia attacked Ukraine on March 9 with missiles that it was able to produce in a month, Andrey Yusov, a spokesman for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the MOU, said: "We can say that they have been accumulating forces for a month, in particular, production has been working. In fact, what they could have produced in a month, was spent on Ukrainian transformers".
According to Yusov, Russian stocks of many types of missile weapons are "critically low": "They have 7% of the calibers left at the beginning of the full-scale aggression. They cannot even make up for such costs by production." At the same time, he added that Russia is trying to use all approaches to circumvent sanctions, in particular smuggling, "gray" schemes for the supply of necessary components for the production of weapons.
13:44 In the Kherson region, in the village of Ishchenko, Veliko Oleksandrovsky community, a car was blown up by a Russian mine - two people were killed, two more were injured, the OVA reported.
13:27 The Russians have suffered significant losses near Avdiivka, Marinka and Ugledar, so there is no talk of an attack on Ugledar yet, said Aleksey Dmitrashkovsky, spokesman for the Tauride Defense Forces: “Now we can’t talk about an offensive, since the enemy has suffered quite significant losses. Over the past week, he has been very actively attacking positions on Ugledar, Marinka, Avdeevka, using his best units, but today it is known that the morale of the Russian military has completely fallen.
Dmitrashkovsky also noted that recently the enemy has somewhat reduced its activity in the Donetsk direction - this is due to the fact that Ukrainian units are destroying logistics warehouses, accumulations of personnel and equipment in the Zaporozhye direction. At the same time, although the Russians have reduced their activity, they continue to storm, so the situation remains difficult.
13:06 Prime Minister of Finland Sanna Marin arrived in Kiev. Together with Zelensky, she honored the memory of the deceased hero of Ukraine Da Vinci.
12:32 Orban said that Hungary and the Vatican are the only states in Europe that stand for peace. He also believes that Western leaders are "in a war fever": "The Germans started with helmets, now they are on tanks, and now they are talking about sending fighter jets." In this regard, Orban did not rule out that Western countries could send their military to Ukraine. "We have never been so close to turning a local war into a world war," the Hungarian prime minister added.
12:08 "Supreme courts" of the self-proclaimed "LDNR" issued "sentences" to three Ukrainian servicemen. In particular, Maksim Butkevich, a Ukrainian prisoner of war, human rights activist and founder of Hromadske Radio, was sentenced to 13 years in prison. He was found guilty of alleged "war crimes".
Butkevich joined the Defenders of Ukraine in early March 2022. Russian propagandists reported that he had been taken prisoner in the area of the captured points of Zolote and Gornoe in the Luhansk region on June 24, posting a video of the interrogation.
In addition, the "courts" sentenced to imprisonment two more Ukrainian military prisoners - Viktor Pokhozey and Vladislav Shel (8.5 and 18.5 years in prison, respectively). Shelya is called a fighter of Azov.
11:47 Peskov said that relations between Russia and Ukraine are inevitable in the future, "because we are neighbors."
11:39 Finland will allocate an additional 29 million euros of assistance to Ukraine, the country's Foreign Ministry said.
11:24 Podolyak said in an interview with La Stampa that the counter-offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will begin in two months: "We need long-range missiles. We need to increase the supply of heavy artillery shells of 155 mm caliber. We are not in a hurry, we will reorganize over the next two months. We will exhaust Russians in Bakhmut, and then we will concentrate elsewhere."
10:58 Pope Francis said that behind the war in Ukraine is the confrontation of "several modern empires." The pontiff also reiterated his readiness to speak with Putin to call for peace: "Putin knows that I am available. But there are imperial interests, not only of the Russian Empire, but also of other empires. It is typical for an empire to put nations in second place."
The pope considers what is happening to be a new world war, and Ukraine, according to him, is the battlefield of this war: “In a little more than a hundred years, three world wars began: on the 14-18th, 39-45th and this one, which is also a world war. war. It started little by little, and now no one can say that this is not a world war. All the great powers are involved in it. And Ukraine is their battlefield. Everyone is fighting there."
10:37 After yesterday's Russian attack in Zhytomyr and Kharkiv, some consumers are still without electricity. The critical infrastructure of these cities operates mainly from autonomous power sources, Ukrenergo reported. In addition, on March 9, the enemy continued shelling Dnepropetrovsk and Zaporozhye, which is why emergency shutdowns operate in these regions.
10:33 The British government suspects the Russians of using local firms to launder money earned from the war in Ukraine, Bloomberg writes, citing sources. In particular, one of the companies owns a vessel that was probably used to illegally export grain from Ukraine.
10:25 Russia now does not use the airspace of Belarus for attacks on Ukraine, Yury Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said: “Probably, a few months ago, there were launches of “Shaheds” from Belarus, along the Dnieper they went to the Kiev region, they were shot down. Now "Belarus, its airspace is not used. Even for the same strikes with S-300, S-400 missiles. Therefore, today we have launches from the Ryazan region, also from the eastern, southern direction."
10:19 Poland has begun to install anti-tank fortifications on the border with Belarus, Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said. He also recalled that in February the construction of fortifications on the border with the Kaliningrad region began. "This is part of our defense and deterrence strategy," the Polish minister explained.
10:14 Sunak and Macron will hold a British-French summit for the first time in five years, at which they are going to agree, in particular, on the joint development of a new generation of long-range weapons to counter the threat from Russia, the British Cabinet reports.
10:08 British intelligence believes that the interval between missile attacks on Ukraine is growing because Russia now needs to accumulate a critical mass of newly produced missiles before it can mount a powerful enough attack to reliably suppress Ukrainian air defenses.
09:37 Ukraine received one of the two Patriot air defense systems promised by the US and Germany, but it has not yet been put into operation, writes the Financial Times.
09:35 SBU reported the suspicion to the general director of the State Enterprise Antonov, his deputy and the head of the aviation security unit, whose actions led to the destruction of the Mriya aircraft. According to the materials of the investigation, on the eve of a full-scale invasion, officials did not allow the National Guard troops to enter the territory of the Gostomel airport to prepare for its defense. This led to the capture of a strategically important airfield, surrounding settlements and the destruction of the An-225 Mriya aircraft.
09:08 In the Kherson region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, four people were killed, three were injured. In the Donetsk region, one dead (in Volchenka) and two wounded, according to the IVA.
08:47 At night, the Russians hit the Nikopol district of the Dnipropetrovsk region with rockets and heavy artillery, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Lysak. No people were hurt, but businesses and homes were damaged. In the Pokrovskaya community, as a result of the shelling, there was severe destruction at the energy facility, three settlements of the district were partially de-energized. Also, the enemy fired twice at the Krasnogrigoryevsk community from heavy artillery - the transport and agricultural enterprises, the administrative building were damaged.
08:35 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of March 10.
personnel - about 156,990 (+870) people liquidated,
tanks - 3448 (+7),
armored combat vehicles - 6742 (+6),
artillery systems - 2475 (+10),
MLRS - 491 (+3),
air defense systems - 256 (+2),
aircraft - 304 (+1),
helicopters - 289 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 2107 (+9),
cruise missiles - 907 (+34),
ships/boats - 18 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 5337 (+6),
special equipment - 240 (+3).
08:18 The Russian army does not leave attempts to surround Bakhmut. The main efforts are focused on conducting offensive operations in the Kupyansky, Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Shakhtyorsky directions. Over the past day, the Defense Forces repelled 102 attacks by invaders against them, the General Staff said in the morning report .
07:53 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believes that Russia launched the largest missile attack on Ukraine this year only to achieve the goals of state propaganda. The attack, which the Russian Defense Ministry called "retaliation for the terrorist attacks" in the Bryansk region, will not affect or improve Russia's position on the front line, experts say.
In particular, analysts say the Kremlin deliberately fired missiles that Ukrainian air defenses cannot intercept despite stockpiles being cut to appease Russian pro-military and ultra-nationalist circles, which have overwhelmingly called on it to avenge the incident in the Bryansk region. However, most Russian bloggers did not support the March 9 strikes, noting that the Kremlin needs to fundamentally change its tactics for delivering them, given that Ukraine has adapted to the established pattern of attacks.
The ISW also said that Russian forces are preparing to resume offensive operations in the Ugledar region, but constant problems with personnel and ammunition will hold back their advance. In particular, the 155th Naval Infantry Brigade suffered catastrophic losses during the culminating three-week offensive in February against Ugledar. And now Russian troops are likely to rotate the 136th motorized rifle brigade to replace a badly degraded formation, hoping to resume the offensive near Ugledar. At the same time, ISW experts do not believe that the Russians will be able to strengthen their offensive potential in this direction through rotation.
Moreover, the resumption of expensive offensive operations around Vugledar would be a misallocation of already depleted forces to increasingly pointless operational efforts, but the personal motivation of the commander of the Eastern Military District, Rustam Muradov, may encourage Russian troops in the area to resume offensive operations nevertheless, analysts conclude.
02:12 The United States and allies will make every effort to ensure that missile and air attacks from Russia on Ukraine do not become the norm, as the aggressor wants, State Department Speaker Ned Price said. He added that the Ukrainian people, for their part, also very clearly showed that they would not obey, but would continue to defend their country with the support of the United States and partners around the world.
The head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, also condemned Russia's missile strikes against Ukrainian civilian targets: "Russian targeted strikes against the civilian population and the energy system are a war crime. This strengthens our common determination to continue pushing reforms in Ukraine on its European path."
00:07 Prigozhin complained that he was turned off special communications and stopped being allowed into the ministries. The leader of the PMC, Wagner, explained that he was blocked from accessing the departments because he asked for ammunition for his mercenaries.
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[RIA] The English press marks the anniversary of the economic anti-Russian blitzkrieg with mournful articles. "Hellish sanctions" brought a paradoxical result. Russia opened up new development opportunities for itself, but Britain, which for a long time positioned itself as one of the richest countries in the world, did not survive the sanctions regime.
According to IMF forecasts , in the next two years the Russian economy will grow faster than the British one. In England, last year they recognized the beginning of a recession, that is, an economic downturn.
This year it will only get stronger.
Behind beautiful formulations such as "negative growth" (this is how British experts call the fall in GDP) and "crisis in the cost of living" lies a dull everyday reality. The British began to eat less, dress worse, wash less and heat their homes. This is not yet post-war Britain with food cards and a black market, but it is no longer the glamorous financial paradise that Margaret Thatcher tried to build.
All those outcomes in Britain are the result of deliberate “Green” policies, meant to fix the nonexistent carbon dioxide/global warming problem. As far as I can see, Britain’s Russia sanctions have very little impact in comparison.
The popular tabloid Daily Mail,
...where America gets its news, and clearly Russia as well...
responding to inquiries from the masses of readers, issued a "report" from Russia, stating the obvious: vaunted Western sanctions designed to punish President Putin have failed. Russians still eat well, dress well, drive private cars, and don't suffer from the cold in unheated rooms.
A well-deserved reward for not going green. But they’re still pulling WWII-vintage tanks out of storage to put up against Ukraine, so life continues imperfect in the former Soviet Union.
Supermarkets in Perm (English journalists collected material by communicating with Perm residents on social networks) are bursting with the freshest local and imported products. At this very time, British supermarkets are limiting the sale of cucumbers, tomatoes and sweet peppers in the classic "two pieces in one hand" style. Another deficiency is eggs and chicken. The fact is that poultry and greenhouse vegetables require increased energy costs, and its cost has increased significantly in Britain over the year.
To give greater credibility, the authors of the Daily Mail quote a certain John and his Russian wife Elena from Perm. John is a researcher, Elena is a university teacher. Here's what they allegedly told the paper: "The average Russian only cares about having a warm home, food on the table, a glass of vodka
...just one glass? I am truly shocked, though the same could be said about beer in Britain...
and safety on the streets. We have all that. The conflict (in Ukraine) hasn't changed anything."
"A glass of vodka" sounds good, the only thing missing is a bear with a balalaika. But there is another cranberry in the material. John and Elena claim that they pay 11,500 rubles a month for a "communal apartment" in their "kopeck piece". This figure is obviously false: in fact, Permians pay two or even three times less for a "kopeck piece". But where did she even come from? And it was English journalists who took the official size of the minimum "communal" in England (excluding London , of course) and converted it into rubles - so that British readers would not be upset at all.
However, the overall picture, despite these machinations, is conveyed correctly. The Daily Mail also notes a 13% income tax (as opposed to 45% in Britain), and free medicine, and low transport costs for Russians. And it turns out the obvious: in terms of the "price - quality of life" ratio, Russia, moreover, provincial, is far ahead of Britain.
Owners of agencies and financial institutions may push the UK into the top ranks of the international rankings, but the truth of life is that, as a result of the economic blitzkrieg, the Russians live better than the British and the vast majority of Europeans. It only remains for us to overtake America , as Nikita Sergeevich bequeathed.
Good luck with that, guys. Truly.
There is nothing surprising in this: our country is rich in resources, we have a luxurious agricultural industry, an educated population, a rich range of high technologies and a mobile, enterprising business that can instantly find new counterparties and establish mutually beneficial cooperation. Our only problem was that the international financial institutions rated us with obvious bias. For decades, we were underestimated, the same Britain was overestimated. But today it became clear that the English king is naked.
Ewwwwwww!! Somebody fetch the brain bleach!
The decline of the British economy is perfectly logical. Back in the 1970s, the population of the island lived very poorly. Since Thatcher's time, they have managed to inflate financial institutions, build a "service economy", and collect loans. This created the appearance of well-being. But at the very first crisis - and it began back in 2020 - all these Potemkin villages began to collapse. Anti-Russian sanctions ruined them completely.
Today, the average salary of a Londoner in the field, for example, IT, is from three to four thousand pounds per month. The bus driver - the legendary red double decker - receives about two thousand. And the average rent of an apartment in London has already crept up to 2,500 pounds - 250,000 rubles for our money. Add hundreds of pounds for transport, hundreds of pounds for food, hundreds of pounds for "communal".
What the heck is a communal?
Even if you have your own apartment, you won’t run away for an average salary. What if you pay by the hour?
The popular masses in Britain are asking a natural question: why are we, as a result of these sanctions, living worse than in Russia? This is the question that the Daily Mail carefully tries to formulate in its publication. How is that, really? We were going to punish Putin and "make Russians suffer", but as a result, for some reason, we suffer ourselves.
Russian runners-foreign agents offer to be patient for this. “You don’t have to look at your watch every five minutes, waiting for the sanctions to work,” Vladimir Milov consoles the British *. “Exercise strategic patience.”
The British can't stand it. They organize large-scale strikes, go to demonstrations, try to somehow fight. But the country's authorities continue to stubbornly starve them to death in order not to lose to Russia in Ukraine. Although, in fact, they have already lost everything, including their own people.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:14 Reported strong explosions in the Kupyansky district of the Kharkov region. 21:26 Tank support combat vehicles are activeapplyin the battles for the liberation of the occupied territory of the LPR.
20:36 A blow against the enemy in the Maryinsky direction. Russian artillery is actively involved in the destruction of the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Maryinka area.
19:33 Ukrainian military trade Western-supplied ammunition
The minimum batch of ammunition that the Ukrainian military offers to purchase to the buyer is 20 pieces. But at the same time, the enterprising representative of the Kyiv regime is ready to sell a thousand mortar mines.
18:45 Personnel combat work of the calculation of the anti-aircraft missile system "Tor-M2U" ZVO in the zone of the special operation
Every day, day and night, the crews of the Tor anti-aircraft missile systems of the Western Military District "scan" the sky. As soon as the zone of responsibility includes any air object that does not respond to the “friend or foe” request, the crews take it for escort and are ready to hit the target.
The detection station scans the sky at 360 degrees and at a distance of more than 30 kilometers. The main tasks of "Thor" - the protection of strategically important objects or military units.
SAM "Tor" can shoot simultaneously at four targets or four missiles one at a time.
It has no analogues in any other army in the world. In the special operation zone and border areas, Torahs work around the clock, saving combat positions of units and civilians from air attacks.
18:44 In Slavyansk lit ammunition depot
As a result of the missile attack, the object of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, equipped at the former Slavyansk plant of high-voltage insulators, was hit. Local residents report explosions and a strong fire.
17:34 Rocket arrival in Slavyansk near the industrial zone
16:26 Powerful explosions in Slavyansk
According to "Go and look", powerful explosions are heard in Slavyansk. Currently, Slavyansk is under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
16:26 Armed Forces of Ukraine shelled the village of Belevitsa in the Bryansk region - governor
"Today, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired artillery at the village of Belevitsa, Pogarsky district. There were no casualties or damage to civilian infrastructure. Operational services are working on the spot," Alexander Bogomaz wrote on his Telegram channel.
16:25 Personnelcombat work of 122mm BM-21 multiple launch rocket systems "Grad"
15:22 Destroyed Ukrainian BTR-4 Bucephalus in the area of Artemovsk (Bakhmut)
15:22 Attack aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces inflict strikes against strongholds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction
14:50 Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation shared personnel of combat work of airborne units
Soldiers destroyed groups of Ukrainian militants moving near Russian positions.
13:20 Highlights from the new briefing of the RF Ministry of Defense:
◾️The RF Armed Forces have destroyed 400 Ukrainian aircraft since the beginning of the special operation;
◾️The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed over 120 military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction in a day;
◾️The Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a Su-27 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force near Marinka in the DPR;
◾️The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnolimansky direction per day amounted to 120 military personnel and 4 pieces of equipment;
◾️The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the Yuzhno-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions destroyed over 50 military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine;
◾️The Russian Armed Forces hit the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the DPR;
◾️The RF Armed Forces destroyed 20 military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and a Gvozdika self-propelled gun in the Kherson direction;
◾️Up to 40 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed in the Kupyansk direction per day;
◾️Russian air defense systems shot down nine HIMARS MLRS shells and destroyed seven APU drones.
12:50 In Zhytomyr and Kharkiv, part of the population is still without electricity
According to Ukrenergo, after yesterday's strike by the RF Armed Forces, the critical infrastructure of these cities operates mainly from autonomous power sources.
In Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporozhye regions (on the territories occupied by the Armed Forces of Ukraine) there are emergency shutdowns.
12:49 Artillery duel in Kherson region
According to "Go and look", the artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation conducts a powerful shelling of the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the other side of the Dnieper.
"Artillery hits the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the other side. They (APU. - Ed.) fire back," said the source of the channel.
At the moment, the positions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson region are shared by Dnipro.
12:46 A series of powerful explosions in Kherson
According to "Go and look", loud explosions are heard in Kherson.
"Arrivals in Kherson. Apparently, they are hitting the infrastructure of the Armed Forces of Ukraine," said the source of the channel.
Currently, the city is under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
11:42 Timely support: calculations of 122mm BM-21 multiple launch rocket systems "Grad" of the Central Military District attacked the positions of Ukrainian troops in the NVO zone
Having made a high-speed march to the starting positions from the combat duty area, the artillerymen of the Central Military District deployed and aimed the Grad installations according to the intelligence of the drone crews.
During the fire defeat, the platoon stronghold and manpower of Ukrainian nationalists were destroyed.
Having completed the fire engagement of targets, the crews change position, leaving from under the possible return fire of the enemy.
The Grad crews work in close conjunction with the infantry. After artillery preparation, motorized rifle subunits move forward to further clear enemy lines. As the artillerymen themselves say: “We have heard flattering words more than once from the infantry, from reconnaissance units, from tankers. We work out, they see how the enemy is running, leaving their positions.”
10:40 Russian Armed Forces inflicted a series of strikes in the Kharkiv region
According to "Go and look", Ukrainian positions and deployment sites were hit in Kupyansk and Volchansk, Kharkov region.
"There are many arrivals during the night. There are losses among the Armed Forces of Ukraine," said the source of the channel.
According to him, explosions were heard in Kharkov itself.
10:40 Fighters of the OBTF "Cascade" destroyed APU pickup
10:40 Air alert announced throughout Ukraine
09:39 New techniques are coming to replace tying up to poles. In Khmelnitsky, serfs are brought up with a whip and a hammer. At the same time, local policemen record the process of "punishment" on camera.video. 18+ contains profanity.
08:57 Several explosions sounded in the city of Zaporozhye, controlled by the Kyiv regime. At the same time, the air raid alert was not announced either before or after the explosions. This was announced by the chairman of the movement "We are together with Russia" Vladimir Rogov.
08:17 Work crews of helicopters Ka-52 "Alligator" of the army aviation of the Western Military District of the Russian Aerospace Forces.
08:10 Combat work calculation of the Tor-M2U air defense system of the Western Military District in the zone of the special military operation.
08:00 Ivanovo paratroopers destroy an enemy group that was spotted not far from our positions. The fighters worked out for the Armed Forces of Ukraine from grenade launchers, 57-mm S-60 air defense systems and small arms.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 22:05 Started battle for the center of Artyomovsk. 21:08 Work Aviation of the RF Armed Forces in the Avdeevsky direction.
Russian aviation strikes various targets of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Avdeevka direction when corrected from the ground. Various types of aircraft and helicopters are used.
19:46 Russian troops are advancing near Belogorovka in the DPR. North of Donetsk Belogorovka, Russian units resumed their offensive in several directions.
"The advance of the enemy has been recorded," Ukrainian military analysts admit.
To the north of the village of Berestovoe, the Russian infantry attacks with the aim of advancing towards the village of Spornoye. Both sides are actively using artillery, there is a counter-battery fight.
19:29 In Ugledar VSU understand that they will lose, therefore they hide behind detachments of mercenaries and national battalions.
As the commander of the group of snipers with the call sign Yary said, among the nationalists there are also members of Aidar banned in Russia. He added that our military, in preparation for the assault, are working in the mines where the enemy hides artillery.
18:55 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for March 10, additional information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Petrovsky district):
- on the street. Worsted, 43 "a" as a result of an explosion at the GP, a woman born in 1960 was wounded.
Additional information was received about damage as a result of the artillery attack of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district):
- st. Ship, 79 - a direct hit in a private residential building, followed by fire, a car was also destroyed;
- st. Legal, 82 - a private residential building.
18:37 Ukrainian troops fired at the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, firing 10 rockets from the MLRS, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported. The artillery attack of the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk was also recorded, the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired four rounds with a caliber of 155 mm.
18:05 It is reported that a car with civilians was blown up by a mine in Kherson. Two people died and two others were hospitalized. This happened in a field located near the village of Ishchenko.
17:44 Ukrainian troops fired at the Kiev region of Donetsk, firing five rounds with a caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
17:27 Residents of Artemovsk told about the crimes of Ukrainian militants.
Ukrainian snipers fired on civilians, Ukrainian fighters, together with foreign mercenaries, opened apartments and garages. And all this under the artillery attack of Ukrainian artillery, which has been destroying Artyomovsk since April 2022.
17:10 Artillerymen of the RF Armed Forces inflicted fire damage to the manpower of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Seversk direction.
17:00 Ukrainian military continue to flee from Artemovsk, filming their heroic retreat -video. 18+ contains profanity.
16:43 Accurate hit on the AFU group in the Marinka square -video.
16:29 Ukrainian troops fired at the Kiev region of Donetsk, firing eight rounds with a caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
16:08 Svatovo-Kremennaya: the combat potential of the enemy is decreasing. On the situation on the line of contact Svatovo-Kremennaya and the state of the armed formations of Ukraine on this sector of the fronttoldofficer of the western grouping of troops with the call sign "Kyiv".
16:05 Reported explosions in Slavyansk (the territory controlled by the Kyiv regime) Slavyansk is one of the cities where the Nazis are concentrating forces and means from Artemovsk.
15:47 Video the work of Russian intelligence officers in the "gray zone" near Ugledar.
15:29 Armed Forces of Ukraine fired at Energodar, at least seven arrivals were recorded in the area of the industrial zone and the embankment - Vladimir Rogov, chairman of the movement “We are together with Russia”.
15:12 Ukrainian troops fired at Yasinovataya, firing six rounds with a caliber of 152mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
15:02 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC on March 10, additional information was received about damage as a result of artillery attack of the Ukrainian cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district):
- Damage was recorded to the building of boiler house No. 605 on the street. Miner's Glory.
14:50 In Artemovsk destroyed a monument to a fighter, the fighting is already near the very center of the city. The “Airplane” area in the southwestern part of the city, assault groups of the PMC “Wagner” are fighting their way to it in order to cut off the forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the highway to Konstantinovka. All videos were filmed from the Ukrainian side, "Airplane" is still in the zone controlled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
On February 16, the leader of the Ukrainian militants with the call sign "Magyar" warned that journalists should not go to the "Airplane" area, it became dangerous there.
14:23 Ukrainian troops fired at the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, firing four rounds with a caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
14:20 Artillery of the Russian Armed Forces smashes Ukrainian fortifications in the Artyomovsky direction. Work is going on in this direction around the clock -video.
14:19 Ukrainian troops fired at the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, firing 10 rounds with a caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
14:00 Work shock drones of the Somalia battalion.
Attack drone operators of the Somali battalion of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps bomb the enemy manpower, supporting the actions of the assault groups.
13:43 Representatives of the DPR in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) recorded artillery attack from Ukrainian troops:
- Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, eight rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired;
– Valeryanovka, fired five rounds with a caliber of 155mm;
- Wide Beam, fired five rounds with a caliber of 152mm;
- Petrovsky district of Donetsk, five rounds of 155mm were fired.
13:24 The main thing from the new briefing of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:
- Losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasno-Limansky direction per day amounted to 120 military personnel and four pieces of equipment;
– In the South-Donetsk and Zaporizhia directions, artillery fire, strikes by missile troops and aircraft of the Air Defense Forces hit the manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Ugledar DPR, Gulyaipole, Preobrazhenka and Shcherbaki of the Zaporozhye region. More than 50 nationalists, one 122mm D-30 howitzer, one tank and three pickups were destroyed;
- The Russian Armed Forces hit the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the DPR;
- In the Kherson direction, the RF Armed Forces over the past day, as a result of fire damage, destroyed up to 20 Ukrainian militants. In addition, our servicemen destroyed four enemy vehicles, as well as a Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount.
13:10 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for March 10, additional information was received about damage as a result of artillery attack of the Ukrainian cities of the Republic:
n.p. Valeryanovka (included in the zone of responsibility of the administration of the Volnovakha district): - st. Lesnaya, 51 - a private residential building.
12:45 Ukrainian troops fired at the Kiev region of Donetsk, firing 5 rounds with a caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
12:42 Shock Volunteer Army Russian Brigade "Tsar's Wolves" destroyed the APU opnik near Maryinka -video.
12:32 Russian gunners destroyed a tank of militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction. The shooting adjustment was carried out by the UAV operator -video.
12:29 Ukrainian troops fired at the Kuibyshevsky and Kirovsky districts of Donetsk, firing 20 rockets from the MLRS, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
11:40 After the impact of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Korsunka, two residential buildings were destroyed.
Half of the house was destroyed at the address: Suvorov Street, 69. Also, the gas pipeline and electricity networks were interrupted there. House number 7 on Shkolny Lane is completely destroyed. There were no casualties.
11:30 In Artemovsk, assault groups of the Wagner PMC began an assault on the AZOM plant. The fighting is already on the territory of the enterprise. The plant is an important stronghold of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which covers the northwestern part of the city.
11:13 The 9th Brigade (the former 9th Regiment of the DPR) sends “gifts” to the Ukrainian occupiers from the sky in Pervomaisky -video.
11:03 Ukrainian troops fired at the Kiev region of Donetsk, firing three rounds with a caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
11:01 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for March 10, information was received about victims among civilians in the cities of the Republic:
n.p. Horlovka (village of Zaitsevo): — po ul. Karbysheva, 41, a man injured as a result of an explosion at the VOP, born in 1966.
Additional information was received about damage as a result of the artillery attack of the VFU cities of the Republic:
n.p. Gorlovka (Golmovsky settlement):
- st. Soviet Army, 64 - a private residential building;
- st. Nikitovskoe highway, 9 - apartment building.
10:37 Ukrainian troops fired at the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, firing four rounds with a caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
10:25 The realities of the road Chasov Yar - Artemovsk.
Video from the roads west of the city, which are under our fire control. More and more shots of equipment destroyed and thrown into the mud.
10:20 Yesterday, a 120mm mortar with ammunition and crew was destroyed by artillery fire near the village of Kizomys. The losses of the enemy amounted to five dead, three were injured of varying severity.
Tonight, an artillery strike was carried out on the ammunition depot of one of the brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which was located in the industrial area of Kherson. According to preliminary data, the losses amounted to:
- four units automotive technology;
- eight dead terrorists of the Armed Forces of Ukraine;
- nine terrorists were injured.
10:05 Artillerymen of the Southern Military District destroyed tank of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction. The shooting adjustment was carried out by the UAV operator.
10:00 On photographs- houses damaged by artillery attack from the positions of Ukrainian terrorists in the village of Golmovsky (Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka).
09:58 Police officers revealed eight caches of ammunition in the Kherson region in two days.
Police officers in the Skadovsk municipality discovered a cache near the Kherson-Kerch highway and seized a grenade, tracer, armor-piercing and conventional cartridges. A signal mine, a fuse, smoke bombs, rocket launchers, and cartridges were found in the garbage near a residential building in Skadovsk.
In Chaplinsky MO next to the village. Chaplinka found two caches of ammunition. Fuzes, mines, artillery rounds, a tank shell, tracer cartridges, and grenade launchers were confiscated.
Mines, grenades, machine guns and cartridges were seized in a cache near the village of Khorly in the Kalanchaksky municipal district.
In the Kakhovka municipal district near the residential building of the village. Lubimovka seized cases for grenades, fuses, cartridges, machine guns.
In the Novotroitsk municipal district on the territory of the agricultural complex with. Voskresenka confiscated cartridges and ammunition of various types.
In Genichesk MO near with. Novoivanovka found six grenade shots.
Systematic work to detect the suppression of illicit trafficking in weapons and ammunition continues.
09:34 Our scouts opened another Ukrainian position in the Kremennaya area and aimed artillery at the coordinates. During radio interception, it was possible to find out that four nationalists had undergone denazification.
09:26 Kremensky front. Combat work of artillerymen of the Airborne Forces using the 152mm Msta-B howitzer.
“The situation is moderately tense, but we manage on our own, with our own batteries. We are supported by our other neighbors, who also work, help us, and we, as usual, cope with our tasks, ”says a serviceman of the Russian Airborne Forces with the call sign “VARVAR”.
09:25 Another broken column of Nazi equipment in the Donbass -video. 18+ on the frames there is profanity.
09:15 VKS RF with pinpoint strikesdestroyedEnemy air defense in Avdievka.
Our aviation continues to methodically destroy targets identified by reconnaissance in the Avdeevka direction. The airstrikes hit several points of temporary deployment of the enemy, also destroyed three units of armored vehicles, four units of vehicles, and up to 40 personnel of Ukrainian nationalists.
09:07 Yesterday, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired 73 rounds at the civilian infrastructure of the Kherson region - a source in emergency services.
- Pokrovka: 12 cannon rounds;
- Vasilyevka: seven rounds from cannon artillery;
- Novaya Zburyevka: six cannon rounds;
- Cossack Camps: 14 cannon rounds;
- Zabarino: six rounds from cannon artillery;
- Grape: seven rounds from cannon artillery;
- Korsunka: six rounds from cannon artillery;
- Alyoshki: eight rounds from cannon artillery;
- Peschanovka: seven rounds from cannon artillery.
Also during the night, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired 47 cannon artillery rounds at peaceful villages.
09:01 A man lost his leg after being blown up by an unknown explosive device on the banks of the Seversky Donets River in the Popasnyansky district. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the LPR.
08:55 Information on the artillery attack of Gorlovka as of 08:00 on March 10, 2023
08:35 Operator of the Lancet kamikaze UAV of the OBTF Kaskad unit destroys M777 howitzer in the Ugledar direction.
08:13 On photographs- the consequences of the night artillery attack of the village of Golmovsky (Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka) by the VFU.
08:11 Sniper "OK" told about detachments of the Kyiv regime near Ugledar.
One of the participants in the battles for Ugledar, the commander of a group of snipers of the naval infantry of the Pacific Fleet with the call sign "Yary", told the details of the assault on the city. During one of the last offensives in the area of the Southern Dachas, our military managed to move deep into the enemy defenses and avoid losses.
08:07 A group of eight neo-Nazis in a pickup truck in the Ugledar direction undertook another attempt under the cover of night to replenish stocks of ammunition and "cannon fodder". Soldiers of the OBTF DNR "Kaskad" carefully observed the actions of the enemy, whose car detonated and the "warriors of light" dematerialized.
08:05 Frontline summaryon the morning of 10.03.2023:
In the Uludar sector, Russian troops, supported by artillery, resumed offensive operations against the city. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation fired at positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Novopol, Novosyolka, Vremevka, Bolshaya Novosyolka, Zolotoy Niva and Prechistovka.
On the Donetsk front, Russian units attacked near Novomikhailovka and continued assault in Maryinka. With the support of artillery, they carried out offensive operations in the area of ??Nevelskoye and Pervomaisky. From the side of Experienced Russian troops put pressure on the Ukrainian defense in the direction of the North. They also seek to break into Kamenka.
These two directions are an attempt to cover the Ukrainian garrison in Avdievka from the west and north, respectively. Artillery worked closely in the fortified area of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Also, Russian troops shelled Pobeda, Georgievka, the cities of Krasnogorovka, Karlovka, Lastochkin, Alexandropol and New York. The Armed Forces of Ukraine carried out strikes on Volnovakha, Donetsk and Horlivka.
South of Bakhmut, the Ukrainian army hit Ozaryanovka and Kurdyumovka. Russian - along Dyleevka. PMC "Wagner" conducted offensive operations on Aleksandro-Shultino. To the south-west of Bakhmut, the Wagner operators continued their attacks on Ivanovskoye. In the city itself, with the support of artillery, as a result of the assault, they established control over its eastern part.
The Ukrainian garrison withdrew across the Bakhmutka River. From the north PMC "Wagner" is advancing from Yagodny. And to the north-west, the “musicians” established control over Dubovo-Vasilyevka, cutting off the defensive ledge of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. They also continued offensive operations on Orekhovo-Vasilyevka. Russian artillery hit Bogdanovka, Grigorovka and Zheleznyansky. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation launched an attack on the Disputed.
In the Luhansk direction, Russian units traditionally tried to attack Belogorovka. APU traditionally managed to fight back. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation also attacked in the area of Ternov, Nevsky and Makevka.
07:45 In the vicinity of Kremennaya, Russian forces successfully are moving forward thanks to the well-coordinated and efficient work of the soldiers of a separate rifle battalion of the 2nd Army Corps.
07:10 It became known about the elimination of two more Ukrainian pilots - pilots of the Su-24M / MP front-line bomber of the 7th tactical aviation brigade of the Ukrainian Air Force, shot down in the Artemivsk direction. The destroyed pilots are: Colonel Viktor Volynets and Senior Lieutenant Igor Solomennikov.
06:40 Commander ATGM detachments showed how an anti-tank missile works.
"This is our Metis anti-tank missile system. The missile is installed very easily and quickly, it is always controlled during movement," said the soldier.
05:55 Tank units with the support of the crews of the BMP VVO of the Russian Armed Forces inflict crushing blows on the positions of Ukrainian nationalists in the South-Donetsk direction.
05:20 Ours at the front near Khersonhunton the fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Scouts on Mavic 3 quadcopters calculate enemy shelters and positions off the banks of the Dnieper.
04:29Ukrainians shelled the village of Golmovsky (Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka) at night.
Damaged house at the address: st. Golovanov, 25 as a result of the arrival of an enemy shell into the yard.
Damaged house, gas pipeline, power lines at the address: st. Soviet Army, 65.
Also, due to the rupture of a Ukrainian shell, a house and power lines were damaged at the address: st. Nikitovskoe highway, 7.
01:30 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 03/09/2023 to 00:00 03/10/2023
Over the past day, the Representation reported 13 facts of firing by the AFU.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 9 attacks from 155mm artillery.
On Gorlovsky 3 artillery attack from 155mm artillery.
On Volnovakhsky 1 artillery attack from the Himars MLRS. By releasing 46 units of various ammunition.
The region of three settlements of the Republic came under enemy fire: Horlovka (Nikitovsky district), the capital city. Donetsk (Kyiv, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Volnovakha.
Over the past day, information was received about the death of a civilian - a man, in the previously liberated Volnovakha.
Four civilians received injuries of varying severity in the Kirovsky and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk, previously liberated Volnovakha.
Four housing constructions were damaged in the Kirovsky and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk, as well as two civil infrastructure facilities.
In the previous day, 17 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU.
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[REGNUM] If NATO countries supply fighter jets to Ukraine, this will mean the direct involvement of the alliance in the conflict. This was warned in our permanent mission to the UN - and this is far from the first warning from Russia. The NATO countries are clearly ignoring them - the transfer of Polish and Slovak aircraft to Kyiv is already at the final stage.
Possible deliveries of Western fighter jets to Ukraine would lead to NATO's direct involvement in the conflict. This was stated on March 9 by Dmitry Polyansky, First Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN, in an interview with American journalist Jackson Hinkle on The Dive YouTube channel.
But these deliveries are practically a fait accompli. On the same day, March 9, NATO member Poland agreed to the proposal of another member of the alliance, Slovakia, to transfer batches of MiG-29 fighters to Ukraine. We are talking about the aircraft that were in service with these two states, explains RT .
The dispatch of NATO aircraft to Ukraine was known in advance. The head of the Slovak Ministry of Defense, Yaroslav Nagy, informed about this back in January and additionally reminded a week ago. Thus, one of the NATO countries responded to the request of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The United States has already launched a program to train Ukrainian pilots for F-16 fighter jets.
Warnings to the West, similar to what Polyansky did, came from the Foreign Ministry more than once, including in recent weeks. On March 2, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said: "The increasing involvement of the United States and NATO in an armed confrontation in Ukraine "is fraught with a direct military clash of nuclear powers with catastrophic consequences."
Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev spoke more harshly in the Telegram channel: “If we imagine that NATO aircraft delivered in the future will be serviced by their military on the territory of some overgrown Poland, this will be a direct entry of the Atlanticists into the war against Russia with all the ensuing consequences” .
But, judging by the statement of the head of the NATO military committee , Rob Bauer , the alliance is ready for a direct confrontation with Moscow. At the same time, it follows from the words of Admiral Bauer: NATO does not believe that the supply of weapons to Kyiv in itself is an escalation of the conflict with Russia.
One gets the impression that Washington and Brussels (and hence the Eastern European members of NATO) are ignoring the warnings coming from Moscow. “The situation when our opponents do something, we warn, but they do it anyway, creates an indifferent attitude to any warnings,” Sergei Chernyakhovsky , professor at the Department of History and Theory of Politics at the Faculty of Political Science of Moscow State University, stated in a commentary to REGNUM news agency.
The criteria for NATO's "direct involvement" in the military conflict should be determined, stresses a member of the State Duma Committee on Defense, Lieutenant General of the Reserve Andrey Gurulev.
"The whole question is where the same MiG-29 fighters will start from. If from Ukrainian airfields, this is one topic. These planes will be shot down. If the fighters take off from the airfields of NATO countries, then it will be possible to talk about the direct involvement of the North Atlantic Alliance in the conflict," Gurulev told REGNUM.
The second option, according to the interlocutor, is quite realistic, given that “Ukrainian infrastructure is not ready at this stage to receive these aircraft,” which means that NATO infrastructure may be involved.
By themselves, the supply of MiG-29s to Kiev, according to the deputy, “is not a threat to which it would be worth reacting sharply,"
The red line should not be the presence of aircraft in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, but the inadmissibility of flights of aircraft transferred to the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the airfields of NATO countries, the lieutenant general points out.
In this case, "the airfields of the NATO countries become a legitimate target for our strikes, and the high-precision weapons that we have are quite enough for all these airfields," Gurulev emphasizes. The logical consequence of such actions of the alliance are strikes on airfields in the same Poland and Slovakia, Chernyakhovsky also points out. He noted that this is what Israel would have done.
But there is definitely a difference. Neither Israel nor its opponents are among the nuclear powers. The prospect of Russia delivering a retaliatory strike on a Polish or Slovak airfield, that is, on the territory of a NATO member country, is fraught with a real clash between the Russian Federation and the alliance (read - the Third World War with the use of strategic nuclear weapons), in theory should be a deterrent for the alliance.
A weighty argument for the West could be a quick and convincing completion of the NWO, Chernyakhovsky added. In the meantime, it is obvious that specific actions should follow the warnings, “otherwise they will simply stop paying attention to the warnings,” the political scientist concluded.
WHERE TO HIT
A concrete action quite accessible to the Aerospace Forces and the ground forces is strikes against aircraft deployment facilities in Ukraine itself, military experts agree with Deputy Gurulev.
Only a few airfields are suitable for this purpose, a REGNUM source, a combat veteran and an expert in the Air Force, explained. These are: the Mirgorod base (Poltava region), Ozernoe (Zhytomyr region), Voznesenskoye (Mykolaiv region) and Starokonstantinov (Khmelnytsky region), as well as the mixed-based airfield of the city of Lutsk.
"Given that Mirgorod and Voznesenskoye are too close to Russian territory, only bases in the center and west of Ukraine remain," our source said. You can “work” from there, but it turns out too far. Conclusion: they need to create a new facility that will be both far enough from the front, and at the same time close enough so that aviation can perform operational tasks.
The interlocutor believes that the planes transferred by the alliance will most likely be deployed in central Ukraine.
"It is possible to put into operation bases in Vasilkovo and Belaya Tserkov (Gayok airfield). And yet, what the hell is not joking, you can try to place military equipment at the airports of Kyiv. At least, the Kiev region is most densely covered by air defense systems, and the deployment of aircraft there looks logical," the expert said.
It should be expected that both fighters and attack aircraft will be handed over to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the source added to REGNUM news agency. This is evidenced by the publication of Politico on March 7, which said: American AIM-120 air-to-air missiles are being prepared for delivery to Ukraine.
MiG-29 fighters are poorly suited to adapt these missiles, so the Ukrainian Air Force needs to supply new aircraft. Therefore, the option is quite realistic, in which Kyiv will receive both obsolete F-15s and reactivated F-14s, as well as more modern F-16s, the source believes.
“Not 120-150, as Kiev asks, but 30-40 will be gained by the whole world, ” the interlocutor predicts. Like with tanks. Everyone laughed that "Leopards" deliver 10-15 pieces. And together you get hundreds. Therefore, if they prepare the bases and maintenance personnel, nothing further limits them from deliveries. This means that the only thing that can stop the process of militarization of Ukraine is our preemptive strike.”
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[REGNUM] The Security Service of Ukraine tried to organize a terrorist attack to assassinate the president of the unrecognized Transnistria, Vadim Krasnoselsky. The head of the PMR himself openly accused the secret service of the neighboring state in fact of an act of international terrorism.
Apparently, in Zelensky's office, this crime decided to launch a multi-stage scheme in order to save the Kyiv regime. But what will be the consequences of a terrorist attack and will Kyiv decide to make a new attempt?
The terrorists from the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) who penetrated into Transnistria planned not only to kill the head of the proclaimed Transnistrian Moldavian Republic (PMR) Vadim Krasnoselsky , but also to discredit Russian peacekeepers. This was announced on March 9 by the prosecutor of the republic, Anatoly Guretsky, in a film dedicated to the investigation into the assassination attempt on the president.
This movie, by the way, was promptly removed from YouTube by video hosting administrators. Removed "for violating the rules regarding insults and threats." "They were offended, probably in the SBU," the First Pridnestrovian TV channel comments on Telegram.
President Krasnoselsky said that in order to protect Pridnestrovie, he had already instructed the republic's Foreign Minister Vitaly Ignatiev to prepare a statement to all members of the UN Security Council. Ignatiev also intends to seek clarification from official Kiev.
Ukraine, however, has already responded - and responded predictably.
"The Security Service of Ukraine urges not to take nonsense seriously," the SBU said . And Mikhail Podolyak , an adviser to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky, generally said that the story of the assassination attempt is "“Russia's plan to attack Moldova" and that "we have something to do on the battlefield, and any terrorist attack on any other territory will not give us extra trump cards."
Chisinau limited itself to the same type of statements by Prime Minister Dorin Recean and officials of the "Bureau for Integration" that the Moldovan authorities do not have information about the terrorist attack, and that "competent national authorities are investigating the situation."
The mentioned authorities are now, however, more busy with searches in the offices of the opponents of President Maia Sandu. Former Moldovan President Igor Dodon called on the current leadership to prevent the republic from being drawn into a military conflict. Moldova, however, has already been involved in the terrorist attack, although, of course, Kyiv played the first fiddle.
WHAT IS KNOWN ABOUT THE PREPARATION OF THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT
The car of President Krasnoselsky was supposed to be blown up in the center of the Transnistrian capital, Tiraspol, with the help of another car filled with explosives and subversive elements, law enforcement officers of the PMR reported on March 9.
They put 8 kg of RDX (almost 14 kg of TNT) into the car, as well as bolts, nuts and wire. The radius of destruction of such an explosive device would be hundreds of meters. In addition to the head of the republic, ordinary residents were under threat.
"According to available information, this attack was authorized and prepared by the Security Service of Ukraine. All persons who have been detained and are on the wanted list are also directly related to the Security Service of Ukraine," said President Krasnoselsky himself.
The perpetrators of the potential attack were detained. TV channel "First Pridnestrovskiy " names six suspects. In particular, it is reported that a certain Vyacheslav Kisnichan , who received 2,500 dollars from the SBU, was supposed to set off the explosives.
Three accomplices are named citizens of Ukraine, all but one arrived in Transnistria under the guise of refugees. The terrorists received equipment and explosives from two curators from the SBU, Maxim and Aleksandr, who gave instructions via instant messengers, the TV channel reported. Explosives were transported through the territory of Moldova, according to the PMR special services.
The reaction of the Ukrainian authorities to the public accusation of international terrorism has already been mentioned above. But in fact, the logic of the Ukrainian authorities is obvious: the murder of Vadim Krasnoselsky should have brought them a lot of trump cards. In fact, it was supposed to give a chance to save the current Ukrainian government.
WHAT GOALS DID KYIV PURSUE
Kyiv has been planning a military operation in Transnistria for a long time. He needs it for two reasons.
Firstly, because of military warehouses near the village of Kolbasna, where tens of thousands of tons of ammunition have been stored since Soviet times. Yes, many of them are overdue, some even expired, but Kyiv, with its shell hunger, does not have to choose. And only a couple of kilometers of the Transnistrian territory separates it from this wealth.
Secondly, because of the desire to inflict an image blow on Russia. There are not only several thousand Russian peacekeepers in Transnistria, but also several hundred thousand holders of Russian passports. Each of which Moscow must protect according to the Russian Constitution.
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the invasion of Kiev troops into Transnistria was supposed to begin on February 24 in response to a provocation staged by the SBU - an alleged attack by Russian peacekeepers from Transnistria on the Ukrainian military stationed near the border. Kyiv was counting on a blitzkrieg.
"At that moment, the republic was absolutely unprepared for an invasion. The Pridnestrovian authorities did not show any activity at all in the military sphere for a year, including not organizing mandatory military training. Everything so that this is not perceived by Ukraine as some kind of preparatory measures before the invasion from the Pridnestrovian territory into the Odessa region," Igor Shornikov, director of the Institute for Socio-Political Research and Regional Development, former Deputy Foreign Minister of Pridnestrovie, explained to REGNUM news agency.
However, after the statement of the Russian Ministry of Defense, plans for the invasion were revised, and not only because the effect of surprise disappeared. In parallel, apparently, Russia conveyed to the interested parties the consequences of such an invasion - and it suddenly became clear that Kiev's plans were not supported either in Chisinau, or in Bucharest, or in the West.
COLLISION SCENARIO
Today, from the point of view of international law, Pridnestrovie is the territory of Moldova, which means that the Ukrainian leadership needs Moldovan permission for an operation in Pridnestrovie against Russian peacekeepers. And Chisinau does not want to give it simply because it does not want to be drawn into full-scale hostilities with Russia, which will come to the rescue.
"In the current situation, military intervention will most likely take place according to the scenario of fire impact on those units that will storm Pridnestrovie. Simply put, we will strike with missiles, air-to-ground, sea-to-ground weapons," explained the editor of the Arsenal of the Fatherland magazine, military expert Alexei Leonkov to REGNUM news agency.
Other analysts do not rule out other, larger-scale options for Russian intervention. "Russia will be able to help with troops. The first option is an airborne operation. Under the cover of aviation, air defense systems are suppressed and a contingent with equipment is unloaded at the airfields of Transnistria. The second is a naval operation with an amphibious landing in the south of the Odessa region, followed by an advance to Transnistria. We have both large landing ships and support ships for this," Andrey Klintsevich, head of the Center for the Study of Military and Political Conflicts, explained to REGNUM news agency .
Such an intervention, of course, takes time. Demands that the troops in Transnistria hold out for some time. And now, when the plans for the blitzkrieg were thwarted, when the effect of surprise is no longer there, they can survive.
"As for the resistance, there will be a united armed formation in the form of our contingent, the PMR army, plus those mobilized there. Reservists are already gathering in Pridnestrovie, exercises are underway. Yes, and combat coordination will not take much time - everyone knows who should do what," continued Klintsevich.
ROMANIA AND MOLDOVA DO NOT WANT WAR. BIDEN TOO
In this situation, the war in Transnistria may become protracted and cost the Moldovan leadership its posts.
"The internal political situation in Moldova is tense to the limit due to the difficult socio-economic situation and the provocative actions of the authorities to replace the Moldovan language with Romanian. Moldovans have been following the development of the conflict in Ukraine with great apprehension all this year. The last thing they would want is to involve their country in the war," explained Shornikov. "The escalation of tension on the Dniester is guaranteed to overwhelm people's patience. The power that will bring the country to war will be swept away. Maia Sandu and her team understand this very well," says Igor Shornikov. The Moldovans do not want the bombing of their cities, or even the aggravation of the economic crisis due to the war (for example, a significant part of the country's electricity is generated on the left bank of the Dniester).
And after Moldova, Romania will also be drawn into the war.
"Destabilization on the Dniester can provoke an internal crisis in Moldova, and Maia Sandu will have to turn to Romania for help. Chisinau has several security agreements with Bucharest, and Romanian President Klaus Iohannis recently confirmed to Sandu that Romania is ready to provide any assistance to Moldova. So, in the event of an unfavorable development of events, not only Moldova, but also Romania, a NATO member state, will be drawn into the conflict with Russia. Apparently, this is exactly what Kiev is trying to achieve, but neither Romania nor Moldova can and do not want to fight with Russia," Shornikov said.
Accordingly, the United States does not want the same - the Joe Biden administration is doing everything possible to avoid the direct involvement of NATO troops in the Ukrainian conflict (simply because then it has every chance of becoming nuclear). And, apparently, Russia's readiness to go all the way in protecting Transnistria was conveyed to the American side after the opening of the preparations for the Ukrainian provocation.
In addition, for the Americans, there is not only state, but also private interest.
"I think that Transnistria is linked to the grain deal. And if something starts there, then we will at least block the export of grain, and this will hit the Americans hard. To date, the United States is the main beneficiary of the deal - they bought up the fertile lands of Ukraine and receive income from it. Therefore, the US representative to the UN, having arrived in Ukraine last year, first of all visited grain elevators," said Klintsevich.
MY OWN GAME
So if Kyiv were completely under the control of the West, then the risks of a war in Transnistria would be minimal. Moreover, one of the bonuses in the form of warehouses near the village of Kolbasna disappeared - according to Klintsevich, they have already been mined and Ukraine will not get it under any conditions. If Kyiv had been guided by strictly military logic, then the risks would have decreased even more, because the Ukrainian regime does not need a protracted war in Transnistria either.
"You need to understand that the main resource of the Ukrainian army is human. And it's not endless. On the line of clashes with the Russian army, Kyiv now needs every bayonet. And any weakening of the line of clashes due to the operation in Transnistria (which for Ukraine, in fact, is just a PR action) will lead to the corresponding consequences," said Leonkov.
However, the problem is that the Kiev regime very often plays its own game, and in this game (as the history of the defense of Artemovsk or the organization of terrorist attacks in Russia showed), the PR component is of tremendous importance. Ukraine, based on domestic political reasons, needs to inflict an image defeat on Russia in Transnistria.
In addition, the Ukrainian regime vitally needs Western intervention in the conflict, which will happen if a multi-stage escalation scheme is implemented in Transnistria. That is why the SBU is trying to create a new pretext for the Ukrainian invasion of the left bank of the Dniester. An occasion that will not require any permission from Moldova, or even permission from the United States. After all, officially, we are no longer talking about an attack on Russian peacekeepers.
THE THREAT OF ANOTHER TERRORIST ATTACK
For this reason, a terrorist attack against Vadim Krasnoselsky was needed.
"The fact is that a successful attack on Vadim Krasnoselsky would not only plunge the republic into administrative chaos, but would also become an official casus belli. It would give the Pridnestrovian military a reason to strike back at Ukraine as the organizer of the terrorist attack," Shornikov said.
Yes, the Pridnestrovian military would hardly have taken advantage of this casus belli. "They are not suicidal. However, the Ukrainian authorities could do this for them. In fact, Kiev wanted to repeat the provocation trick, only in this case the Ukrainian military would not be dressed up in the uniform of Russian peacekeepers, but in the uniform of Transnistrian soldiers allegedly avenging their president," Shornikov continued.
The attack was prevented. However, there are no guarantees that the Kiev regime will not try to arrange a new one. Appealing to Western “partners” to pacify Zelensky is not very effective, partly because of communication problems, and partly because the United States (let alone Europe) has limited ability to control Zelensky.
The Kiev regime is now, we repeat, fighting for its existence, and therefore it is vitally interested in the direct involvement of the West in the conflict with Russia. So, there is only one option for guaranteed prevention of escalation in Transnistria - cutting a long-term territorial corridor to the republic through the Odessa region. That is, the continuation of the NWO to the bitter end.
[REGNUM] The source told what will happen if Moldova and Ukraine attack Transnistria
In the event that both Moldova and Ukraine attack Pridnestrovie at the same time, the armed forces of the republic will not be able to resist, a former officer of the PMR guard, a participant in the 1991 clashes, told REGNUM on condition of anonymity.
The situation in comparison with the 1990s has changed significantly, since then Ukrainian volunteers also helped Pridnestrovie, but now the pressure on the republic is carried out from two sides at once, the officer noted.
Even if only Chisinau will send troops to Transnistria, and Kyiv will take the position of “pro-Ukrainian neutrality”, it will be difficult to cope with such an attack by the PMR, the source believes.
The army of the republic is compact, the deployment of units in battle formations can be carried out in a short time, but at the same time, outdated equipment is used in Pridnestrovie, and it will not allow to cope with the latest types of weapons that both Kiev and Chisinau may have, the agency interlocutor noted .
If Moldova decides to conduct such an operation, it will try to win quickly and not enter into a direct clash with the Russian peacekeeping contingent, the goal of the Transnistrian army, in turn, will be to create a powerful defense and draw the enemy into protracted battles, the officer believes.
The goal of Ukraine, in turn, may be warehouses with weapons in the vicinity of the village of Kolbasna. Kyiv is experiencing problems with ammunition and can expose Chisinau to such a "price" of its support, the source admits. Obtaining at the same time such significant volumes of ammunition, even obsolete ones, will seriously improve the situation with the supply of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, he added.
Commentary by Russian military blogger Andrey Chervonets
Chervonets is talking about the function equivalent of a modern NATO corps is gathering for what appears to be a counteroffensive. Chervonets is the go to guy for the "inside baseball" stuff we know about Russian military activities since 2014
What the "musicians" are sounding the alarm about, I told this morning
From open sources, I mean the Ukrainian TG channel "Resident" (this TG channel is definitely not for Zelensky and is always distinguished by truthful information and accurate inside information), reports on the preparation of a counteroffensive APU near Artyomovsk. Kyiv's goal is to prevent Wagner PMC (pictured) from encircling the city.
The APU strike is expected next week. Now the equipment from Zaporozhye is being transferred to the front of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Syrsky, the commander of the grouping in this direction, wants to use the experience of the Kharkov counteroffensive and deliver cutting blows to the rear of the RF Armed Forces along the flanks.
For these purposes:
In the Artyomovsk region, the Center group was concentrated, which should attack the front:
- 93rd Separate Mechanized,
- 56th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade,
- 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade,
- 77th Separate Airmobile Brigade,
- 46th Separate Airmobile Brigade ,
- 3rd operational Brigade,
- 4th operational Brigade,
- 226th Separate Artillery Brigade.
Group North in the Slavyansk direction is concentrated:
- 4th Separate Tank Brigade,
- 44th Separate Artillery Brigade,
- 95th Separate Air Assault Brigade,
- 67th Mechanized Brigade from the task of hitting the right flank (north of Bakhmut) from towards Soledar.
In Seversk, an additional group was formed to strike at Soledar, the 81st Separate Airmobile Brigade and part of the 10th Separate Mountain Assault Brigade.
Group South must unblock the roads to Artyomovsk, in the area of Konstantinovka and Belokuzminovka (towards (through Chasov Yar) Bogdanovka and Ivanovsky (Red)):
- 45th Separate Artillery Brigade,
- 80th Separate Air Assault Brigade,
- 47th Separate Mechanized Brigade,
- 28th Separate Mechanized Brigade,
- 17th Separate Tank Brigade.
Additionally In the area of Ivanpolye and Toretsk 5th Separate Assault Brigade.
There are 18 Brigades in total. Moreover, in its mass it is the best forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
All this information is from open sources. And without difficulty, AT DESIRE, checked, double-checked and double-checked again. I remember the "regrouping" near Kharkov. Only the lazy did not know about the preparation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for their counterattack. But the General Staff of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, as reality showed, did not own the real situation in this direction. I would not like a repetition.
Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner PMC, says that the situation with the supply of ammunition for the main positions has NOT CHANGED.
Previously, he talked about their lack. The head of the PMC of the Ministry of Defense himself was turned off all special telephones and his passes were canceled. That is, it turns out that coordination with the Ministry of Defense for Prigozhin is now blocked.
I'm wondering, those who gave the order to do so, do they adequately perceive both their actions and the surrounding reality?
Everyone is now running around with the Great Patriotic War, and the situation is reminiscent of the First World War. Brusilovsky breakthrough. When Brusilov rolled out the Austrians and Germans, but in conditions when he had four each! a shot on the barrel was forced to withdraw with heavy losses. And Kuropatkin (yes, the same one) and his comrades sat idle nearby with stocked warehouses and did not conduct military operations.
Prigozhin also says that the Armed Forces of Ukraine created four groups to strike the Wagner PMC on the flanks in order to unblock Artyomovsk (Bakhmut). In Slavyansk and Seversk, north of the city; in Hours of Yarei Konstantinovka, to the west and southwest of the city.
Evgeny Viktorovich is now knocking on all doors, sounding the alarm with ammunition and reinforcements, as well as so that the PMC, which surrounds the city, covers the flanks.
If, due to the inaction of the Ministry of Defense, another so-called "regrouping" occurs, it will be a complete ales. Near Kharkov, too, 2-3 weeks before the offensive, all the bells were sounded, but apparently telegrams are not read in the Ministry of Defense. And for some reason, the blow of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for the Russian generals turned out to be a complete surprise. How will it be this time?
By the way, there is one interesting TG-channel "Resident", Ukrainian, which always gave, ahead of many, truthful and repeatedly confirmed later information. There were sometimes such leaks of information that I thought that they were written by ours, but under the Ukrainian sign. However, later I realized that this was not the case.
Otherwise, the Russian General Staff would have had similar information. What is not observed. And an interesting situation looms when there is a lot of useful information in open sources, but no one checks data from open sources in the RF Ministry of Defense. Well, it seems to me, based on practice. And it is always much easier to double-check something than not to own the data at all, agree?
So, now the same source writes that Andriy Yermak assured Sullivan of the successful outcome of the counterattack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Bakhmut and of repeating the September scenario in the Kharkiv direction.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine have concentrated 12 Brigades and these are the MOST trained units of the Ukrainian army. The head of the President's Office focused on the contradictions between PMC Wagner and the Russian army, which should help the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the implementation of the Syrsky plan, which commands this direction.
The counterattack near Bakhmut has been postponed until next week, Syrsky is personally preparing units to attack Russian positions from three directions. The commander of the ground forces created three groups (North / Center / South), which, according to the plan, should cut the Russian troops and force them to retreat.
Why am I writing this? The situation with the cover of the flanks of the PMC "Wagner" in Artyomovsk worries me, so I react as best I can. Then, so that only Shoigu and Gerasimov would not say "we did not know" or "we had to regroup again." Because if, despite all the warnings, "thunder strikes" again (and this has already happened several times before), huge questions will arise, specifically for these two.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] The Nazis
...by which the good colonel means Ukrainians who actually fight against Russian rule., as opposed to actual Nazis — now all dead or in their dotage — or those poseur losers, the neo-Nazis, of which Russia also has a surplus...
destroyed the famous monument with an airplane in Artemovsk, where they liked to be photographed so much during the occupation of the city.
Most likely, they simply did not want to see footage of Wagner attack aircraft in the same place or photos with Prigozhin, as was already the case with the monument to tankers.
However, against the background of the ruins of the monument, it will also be very symbolic. We wait.
The monument itself will certainly be restored over time after the liberation of the city.
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