A #Russian missile hits a postal distribution center in #Ukraine’s second largest city Kharkiv, killing six people and injuring 14, Kharkiv region governor Oleh Synehubov says.https://t.co/6XZ77bJaGk
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 21:26 Biden said the world needs a new world order: “We lived in the post-war period for 50 years, and it worked well, but it kind of fizzled out. We need a new one - a new world order in some sense, similar to the one that was".
According to the American president, the fate of the next 4-5 decades is now being decided: “We are at a turning point in history. And this means that the decisions that we make in the next four or five years will determine what the next four or five decades will look like.” ". Biden also said that if the United States stops helping Ukraine, Russia will win.
20:08 Zelensky, in an evening video message, thanked Biden for preparing a new package of “long-term and reliable support for Ukraine.” “I think that not only Ukrainians, but all peoples - all the free peoples of Europe - expect the preservation of American unity with our protection. The world needs American leadership, and I am grateful to both parties in Congress who understand this, who support, in particular, the fight of our people for their independence,” the president emphasized.
He also said that Ukraine is preparing for a new summit of the Crimean Platform at the parliamentary level, which will be held in the Czech Republic. According to the head of state, “the number of participants is very serious.”
19:57 Today in Donetsk, a military unit of the Russian Federation was struck in the Motel area, hidden among the residential sector, said Advisor to the Mayor of Mariupol Pyotr Andryushchenko. Meanwhile, Russian propaganda media write about fragments of HIMARS found in the Budennovsky district of Donetsk.
19:29 Russian oligarch Magomed Musaev became the shadow owner of the global media group Forbes. Previously, he officially became the owner of the Russian division of the business magazine, writes The Washington Post. Formally, the agreement was signed to American Austin Russell, who, according to documents, paid $800 million for a controlling stake. The seller was the Hong Kong company Integrated Whale Media Investments, which bought Forbes Media back in 2014.
18:16 Russian troops in the Avdeevka area of the Donetsk region began to dig tunnels and use special remote-controlled vehicles to deliver ammunition, said Anton Kotsukon, speaker of the 110th separate mechanized brigade named after General Mark Bezruchko.
“They are blowing up tunnels closer to our positions. Firstly, in terms of camouflage, and secondly, in order to emerge somewhere closer to our positions unexpectedly... And our intelligence officers also recorded the use by the Russians of robotic machines that perform the function of such remote-controlled transport vehicles, ammunition is being delivered," he said.
16:37 Zelensky said that he had a telephone conversation with Erdogan, they discussed the next round of negotiations on the Peace Formula, which will take place in Malta, and food security.
14:45 Germany will provide Ukraine with 200 million euros of financial assistance, State Secretary of the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development Jochen Flasbarth said during a visit to Kiev. The funds will be used for education, healthcare, drinking water supply and urban reconstruction.
13:58 The Russians hit Nikopol with heavy artillery, one person was killed, said the head of the Dnepropetrovsk OVA, Sergei Lysak.
11:06 British intelligence believes that Putin’s statements about MiG-31s equipped with Daggers patrolling over the Black Sea are aimed at a domestic audience. “This statement is consistent with typical Russian rhetoric aimed at a domestic audience, which calls the West an aggressor, and presents Russia’s actions as necessary to defend the state,” analysts note. The intelligence also added that the Daggers are actually still in the operational testing stage, and their effectiveness in Ukraine has so far been low.
10:30 Soldiers of the 80th Airborne Assault Brigade showed what Kleshcheevka, deoccupied a month ago, now looks like. The video shows that all the houses have been destroyed, and the remains of broken equipment lie on the streets.
09:44 During the night attack, Russia simultaneously launched cruise missiles and guided aerial bombs (KAB) into Ukraine for the first time, said Natalya Gumenyuk, spokesperson for the Southern Defense Forces. “This is clearly an attempt by the enemy to carry out a missile strike as effectively as possible for himself, because they know that we cannot work on the KABs,” she explained.
According to Gumenyuk, that night, guided bombs were almost simultaneously launched from tactical aviation aircraft at front-line territories and cruise missiles of the X-59 type were launched at the territories of the second echelon of training, for example, Krivoy Rog, Nikolaev region. Attack drones were also used. “In fact, everything was simultaneously aimed at depleting the air defense and achieving maximum results,” Gumenyuk added.
09:21 Boryspil airport will resume operations “a month after the end of the war,” CEO Alexey Dubrevsky said in an interview with Politico.
08:48 The EU is intensifying work on the 12th package of sanctions against the Russian Federation, Bloomberg writes. According to the agency, the new package may include a ban on the supply of Russian diamonds, further limiting the Russian Federation’s ability to circumvent sanctions and inclusion in the list of companies in third countries that help Moscow in this. In addition, the EU wants to expand the list of prohibited goods that Russia can use for military purposes.
08:27 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of October 21:
personnel - about 292,850 (+790) people,
tanks - 5063 (+16),
armored combat vehicles - 9612 (+55),
artillery systems - 7017 (+5),
MLRS - 822 (+0),
air defense systems - 548 (+0),
aircraft - 320 (+0),
helicopters - 324 (+0),
UAV of operational-tactical level - 5330 (+4),
cruise missiles - 1535 (+0),
ships/boats - 20 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 9391 (+21),
special equipment - 990 (+5).
07:46 Over the past 24 hours, more than 100 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report . In the Kupyansk direction, the Defense Forces repelled enemy attacks in the Sinkovka and Ivanovka areas of the Kharkov region, as well as near Nadezhda, Lugansk region; on Limanskoye - in the Nevelskoye district of the Lugansk region; on Bakhmutsky - in the Bogdanovka, Khromovo and Kleshcheevka districts of the Donetsk region; on Avdeevsky - in the Novokalinovo, Stepnoy and Pervomaisky districts of the Donetsk region; on Maryinsky - in the Marinka and Novomikhailovka districts of the Donetsk region; on Shakhtarsky - in the districts of Zolotaya Niva, Staromayorsky and Rivne of the Donetsk region; in Zaporozhye - in the Poltavka and Rabotino districts of the Zaporozhye region.
07:34 At night, the Russians again attacked Krivoy Rog with missiles and attack drones, said the head of the Dnepropetrovsk OVA Sergei Lysak. There was destruction at the industrial infrastructure facility, a fire occurred, which was quickly extinguished. No people were hurt.
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[Korrespondent] The Ukrainian Armed Forces have been fighting back against the invaders for 605 days.
In the Avdeevsky direction, the Defense Forces repelled about 15 enemy attacks, in the Maryinsky direction - more than 20 attacks by the invaders.
During the day, 68 military clashes took place at the front. The operational situation in the east and south of Ukraine remains difficult. This was stated in the evening report of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Saturday, October 21.
Russian troops carried out four missile and 33 air strikes, and carried out 24 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems on positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and populated areas. Russian attacks have resulted in civilian deaths and injuries.
In the Kupyansk direction, Ukrainian soldiers repelled more than 10 enemy attacks in the areas of Sinkovka, Ivanovka, Kharkov region and Nadiya, Lugansk region.
In the Liman direction, the Defense Forces repelled about 10 attacks by Russians in the areas of Belogorovka in the Lugansk region, Serebryansky Forest and Spornoye in the Donetsk region.
In the Bakhmut direction, Ukrainian soldiers repelled all enemy attacks in the Vasyukivka and Andreevka areas of the Donetsk region.
In the Avdeevsky direction, the enemy carried out unsuccessful assault operations with the support of aviation in the areas of the settlements of Avdeevka, Keramik, Stepnoe, Tonenkoe, Pervomaiskoye, Donetsk region. Here, Ukrainian defenders repelled about 15 enemy attacks.
In the Maryinsky direction, Russian troops conducted unsuccessful assault operations in the areas of Marinka, Krasnogorovka and Pobeda in the Donetsk region. Here the Defense Forces repelled more than 20 enemy attacks.
In the Shakhtarsky direction, Ukrainian soldiers repelled all attacks of the Russians in the areas of Prechistovka, Zolotaya Niva, and Staromayorsky, Donetsk region. And in the Zaporozhye direction - an enemy attack north of Priyutnoye, Zaporozhye region.
At the same time, the Ukrainian Defense Forces continue the offensive operation in the Melitopol direction, offensive (assault) actions in the Bakhmut direction, causing damage to the Russian troops in manpower and equipment, and depleting the enemy along the entire front line.
During the day, Defense Forces aircraft carried out 12 strikes on areas where enemy personnel, weapons and military equipment were concentrated.
The missile force units hit five artillery weapons, a radar station, an ammunition depot, an anti-aircraft missile system and two areas where Russian personnel, weapons and military equipment were concentrated.
Let us recall that since the beginning of the war against the Ukrainian people, Russia has lost 292,850 military personnel killed. Over the past 24 hours alone, about 790 occupiers were liquidated.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [KavkazUzel] Four employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs department in the Malgobek region of Ingushetia detained a local resident and then tortured him, demanding that he confess to involvement in drug trafficking, investigators believe.
According to investigators, on October 5, four employees of the Malgobeksky Ministry of Internal Affairs department groundlessly detained and took a 31-year-old local resident to the police department. Then, according to the case file, they used violence against him, demanding that he confess to involvement in drug trafficking. The investigation also believes that the police extorted money from him.
The suspects have been detained, and a criminal case has been opened against them under the article of abuse of power with the use of violence by a group of persons by prior conspiracy, TASS reported on October 20 from the press service of the investigative department of the Investigative Committee for Ingushetia.
There were no comments from the detainees or their representatives.
The "Caucasian Knot" also wrote that on October 17 it became known that employees of the migration department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ingushetia unlawfully fined a woman who was not involved in it for violating migration legislation.
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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Kupyansk direction, units of the Zapad Group of Forces supported by aviation and artillery repelled five attacks of the AFU 43rd, 115th mechanised brigades, and 68th Jaeger Brigade near Sinkovka (Kharkov region) and Sergeyevka (Lugansk People's Republic).
The enemy lost up to 50 Ukrainian troops and three pickup trucks.
-- In Krasny Liman direction, units of the Tsentr Group of Forces, helicopters, and artillery repelled 10 attacks of assault detachments of the AFU 24th, 51st, 53rd, 110th Mechanised Brigades, and 1st Special Operations Brigade, as well as inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 21st and 67th Mechanised Brigades near Yampolovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
In addition, one field ammunition depot of the AFU 53rd Mechanised Brigade has been hit close to Pervomayskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy losses amounted to up to 100 Ukrainian troops killed and wounded, two armoured fighting vehicles, two motor vehicles, and one 122mm D-30 howitzer.
In Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Group of Forces supported by aviation and artillery inflicted losses on AFU manpower and hardware near Vasyukovka, Andreyevka, Razdolovka, and Kurdyumovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
?? The enemy's losses totalled up to 260 Ukrainian troops killed and wounded, as well as four motor vehicles.
In the course of counterbattery warfare, one U.S.-made M777 artillery system and one Grad MLRS were destroyed.
-- In South-Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok Group of Forces, helicopters, and artillery inflicted losses on manpower concentration areas of the AFU 72nd Mechanised Brigade near Ugledar and Vodyanoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy lost up to 140 Ukrainian troops and three motor vehicles.
In Zaporozhye direction, units of the Russian Group of Forces supported by aviation and artillery repelled three enemy attacks and delivered strikes on a unit of the AFU 118th Mechanised Brigade close to Verbovoye (Zaporozhye region).
Up to 20 Ukrainian troops, two tanks, and three motor vehicles have been neutralised.
In addition, in the course of counterbattery warfare, one UK-made FH70 howitzer, one 152mm D-20 howitzer, as well as one U.S.-made M119 howitzer were destroyed.
In Kherson direction, up to 30 Ukrainian troops, two motor vehicles, one 122mm D-30 howitzer, and one electronic warfare station were neutralised.
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged AFU manpower and hardware in 118 areas during the day.
In addition, ammunition and fuel depots of Ukrainian Air Force were destroyed at Dolgintsevo airfield close to Krivoy Rog (Dnepropetrovsk region).
Fighter Aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces intercepted one Su-24 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force close to Odessa.
Air defence units shot down one Su-24 aircraft, two MiG-29 aircraft, and one Mi-8 helicopter of the Ukrainian Air Force.
Four HARM anti-radiation missiles, two Neptune anti-ship cruise missiles, and one HIMARS projectile have been intercepted.
In addition, 23 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were neutralised near Belogorovka, Berestovoye, Spornoye (Donetsk People's Republic), Verkhnekamenka, Zolotaryovka (Lugansk People's Republic), and Ulyanovka (Zaporozhye region).
-- In total, 504 airplanes and 253 helicopters, 8,127 unmanned aerial vehicles, 441 air defence missile systems, 12,828 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,166 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 6,843 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 14,515 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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[NewsFront] 23:55 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 10/21/2023 to 00:00 10/22/2023
Over the past 24 hours Representative office reporte dabout 62 facts of firing by the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces.
Information was received about the injury of four civilians in the Kalininsky and Budennovsky districts of Donetsk
A total of 29 residential buildings were damaged in the Kuibyshevsky, Kalininsky and Budennovsky districts of Donetsk, Zaitsevo, as well as five civil infrastructure facilities.
Districts of six settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), Zaitsevo, Shirokaya Balka, Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Kalininsky, Budennovsky, Kievsky, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district).
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 49 attacks from 220mm BM-27 “Uragan” and M-142 “Himars” MLRS, 155mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead.
At Gorlivske there were eight artillery attacks from 155mm and 152mm artillery.
On Yasinovatsky there were five artillery attacks from 155mm artillery.
A total of 198 units of various ammunition were fired.
A previous 23 artillery attacks were recorded from the VFU per day.
21:41 The situation in the Zaporozhye direction is reported Front bird
Intense artillery duels end with attacks on our positions from the enemy.
Fire damage is inflicted on assault groups and suitable reserves.
19:37 Fixation of consequences of artillery attack of the Kalininsky and Budennovsky districts of Donetsk at 14:15 10/21/2023
Specialists of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC confirmed the facts of artillery attack in the Kalininsky and Budennovsky districts, and also clarified the direction of fire and the types of weapons used.
The enemy fired from their positions located in the area of ??the settlement. Arkhangelskoye, from the Himars MLRS using M-31 (fragmentation) missiles and 220mm BM-27 Uragan using 9M27K missiles (cassette).
18:40 The Ukrainian Armed Forces hit Donetsk with cluster munitions –video.
On the road in the area of which one of the strikes occurred, here and there there are traces of explosions of submunitions of a cluster shell.
It’s a miracle that on a usually busy highway, all the damage consisted of several burnt out cars. According to information from eyewitnesses, no one was injured.
Well, as always, rescuers and utility services quickly arrived at the scene and immediately began to eliminate the consequences of the shelling.
18:00 Consequences of artillery attack of the Kalininsky district of Donetsk by Ukrainian militants, as a result of which warehouses and vehicles caught fire, and power lines of urban transport were damaged.
17:30 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for October 21, as of 17:00, information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk:
Kalininsky district:
- on the street Elevatornaya, 28, a woman born in 1968 was wounded.
– a woman born in 1980 was injured in the area of ??the Motel stop.
Budennovsky district: - on the street. Danilevsky, 40, a man born in 1964 and a woman born in 1965 were wounded.
Information has been received about damage as a result of artillery attack by the AFU in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk:
Kalininsky district:
– a car fire was recorded on Krasnogvardeisky Ave., 3 “b”;
– a fire was recorded on the street. Warehouse;
– a car fire was recorded on the street. Elevator.
Budennovsky district: – st. Danilevskogo, 34 – private residential building.
17:00 A HIMERS missile fired at the city by Ukrainian militants was shot down over the Budennovsky district of Donetsk -photo.
16:40 During the day, the enemy launched a number of attacks in the Orekhovsky direction. I tried to attack near Novoprokopovka and in the area between Kopani and Rabotino, where the Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to straighten the front in order to be able to establish full control over Rabotino.
The enemy had no success. According to preliminary data, he lost up to 30 people killed and one tank. No progress.
16:11 Operational information from the South Donetsk direction from the Divanny General Staff:
“Small advance of our guys north of Priyutnoye. Knocked out the enemy behind a chain of ponds.”
15:37 Consequences of Saturday's artillery attack of Donetsk. In the first case, it was hit in the area of a service station, in the second, an ambulance burned down and a fire truck was badly damaged, in the third, it landed in a commercial warehouse with household chemicals and food. As a result, according to eyewitnesses, there were casualties - RIA Novosti
15:20 RF Armed Forcesare advancing in the Avdeevsky direction.
From early morning, artillery in the Donetsk direction began to very actively bombard the Avdievka enemy grouping. The roar from the working guns does not cease even now. Artillery preparation is very serious.
The enemy is trying to hit back, but the frequency of artillery attack of the city and nearby settlements has noticeably decreased. A few minutes ago, air defense again worked in the sky over Donetsk, and smoke from the arrivals was visible in the northeast.
From the ground they report that there is progress from the northern side of this direction.
15:00 Personnel after the artillery attack of the Budennovsky district of Donetsk - Mayor of Donetsk Kulemzin
14:55 The Ukrainian Armed Forces hit the Budennovsky and Kalininsky districts of Donetsk with MLRS launchers. The DPR JCCC was informed.
14:40 The main thing from the new briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense:
The Russian Armed Forces repelled five attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kupyansk direction;
The Russian Armed Forces repelled ten attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnolimansk direction, the enemy lost up to 100 militants and five pieces of equipment;
The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donetsk direction amounted to up to 260 military personnel;
The Russian Armed Forces hit the personnel and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Yampolovka area in the DPR and destroyed an ammunition depot near Pervomaisky;
The Russian Armed Forces destroyed ammunition and fuel warehouses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the airfield in the Dnepropetrovsk region;
The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the South Donetsk direction per day amounted to up to 140 military personnel;
The Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a Ukrainian Su-24 aircraft near Odessa;
In one day, Russian air defense shot down a Su-24 plane, two MiG-29 planes and a Mi-8 helicopter of the Ukrainian Air Force;
In one day, Russian air defense intercepted four HARM missiles, two Neptune cruise missiles, and destroyed 23 UAVs.
13:39 The Divan General Staff spoke about the situation on the outskirts of Donetsk:
“Along Avdievka. Feel. South part.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces turned on the response and, starting at 0900 hrs, periodically poured in on the outskirts of Donetsk, Makeevka and Yasinovataya.
We received a series of blows from something heavy, most likely FABs, because... I can't hear outgoing ones.
The cannonade continues. Arrivals too.”
13:17 Donetsk and Makeyevka came under fire over 30 times in half a day. The Kyiv, Kuibyshevsky, Petrovsky districts of Donetsk, as well as the Chervonogvardeysky district of Makeyevka came under attack from the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
12:45 Kherson direction situation as of 12.00 October 21, 2023
Due to bad weather over the last two days, both the capabilities of the Russian Armed Forces for fire and reconnaissance, and the ability of Ukrainian formations to transfer reinforcements, have been reduced. While Russian troops successfully ousted the enemy near Peschanivka and Poyma, fighting continues in Krynki at this stage.
North of Alyoshki, Ukrainian formations managed to gain a foothold along the northern bank of the Konka River and continue to dig in. The Russian Armed Forces constantly fire at them with artillery and mortars.
There are battles in the west and east of Krynoki. To the south, Ukrainian formations control approximately 1 kilometer of forest belt. So far, the Russian Armed Forces have not been able to completely liberate the settlement.
Ukrainian formations are trying to rotate the units that entered Krynki, but due to bad weather, the moral and psychological state of the units is low: those units that were planned to be involved in the new assault at 0500 hrs refused to go on the attack.
12:37 Statement of Head of the press center of the Vostok group:
In the South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok group of forces, with artillery support, repelled an enemy attack in the direction of Priyutnoye.
Four attempts to rotate units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of Levadny, Urozhayny, Uglesborochnaya and north of Vladimirovka were thwarted.
An attempt to transport ammunition to the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Novomikhailovka area was thwarted. Vehicles and personnel were destroyed.
During the counterbattery fight, the enemy lost the 122mm BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket system, a 152mm D-20 artillery gun and four mortar crews.
Strikes by operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery hit areas of concentration of manpower and equipment of units of the 72nd Mechanized, 79th Air Assault, 58th Motorized Infantry Brigades, 102nd Territorial Defense Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of Novomikhailovka settlements , Urozhaynoe, Shevchenko, Ugledar of the Donetsk People's Republic and Malinovka of the Zaporozhye region.
12:28 The Russian Aerospace Forces strike the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of temporarily occupied Berislav.
12:00 They report about the extremely powerful work of artillery on targets in Avdievka. “It’s a nightmare what’s happening in Avdeevka”
11:58 Kherson region, our bank of the Dnieper, reports Call sign Ossetian:
“The enemy was driven out from the south of Krynok, several residential buildings in which the crest met were erased. There remains a very small part of the drg in the village itself.
To the north, the enemy is sitting in the island part and landing, so far not taking any action, evacuating the wounded, and KIAs. The situation remains steadily tense, but is already improving. We need to smoke.”
11:45 1st Tank Army of the Russian Armed Forces continues to contain enemy counterattacks in the Kupyansk direction.
“The situation is stable: we are working on the enemy, he is working on us,” says the commander of the mortar crew.
All forest plantations where our fighters are located are well targeted by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Therefore, after the mortar has worked, the response often arrives within two to three minutes. But everyone is in a fighting mood. Working in such difficult conditions became commonplace for the soldiers.
11:20 Statement of Head of the press center of the Center group:
In the Krasnolimansk direction, units of the Center group of troops inflicted fire on about 130 enemy targets.
Units of the 24th, 63rd and 67th Mechanized Brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the Torsky ledge and Serebryansky forest were hit by artillery fire, attack and army aviation strikes.
During the counterbattery fight, more than 20 field artillery crews of the Ukrainian troops were exposed and suppressed.
Enemy losses in this direction amounted to over 255 Ukrainian military personnel.
11:00 The criminal Kiev regime continues to fire at the civilian infrastructure of settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired from cannon artillery:
-- n.p. Knyaze-Grigorovka five rounds;
-- n.p. Malaya Lepetikha foir rounds;
-- n.p. Sergeevka six rounds;
-- n.p. Peschanivka nine rounds;
-- n.p. Velikaya Lepetikha 22 rounds;
-- n.p. Alyosha 13 rounds;
-- n.p. Krynki 15 rounds;
-- n.p. Kazachi Lagery seen rounds.
As a result of the artillery attack of the settlement. Peschanivka, one civilian died.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Novaya Kakhovka, n.p. Kakhovka, n.p. Podstepnoye, n.p. Dnepryany, n.p. Krynki, n.p. Proletarka, firing a total of 34 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being determined.
10:42 Situation on the Rabotino-Verbovoye section at 10.30:
Early in the morning, the enemy launched an attack south of Rabotino, throwing infantry into battle with the support of an armored group of 10 tanks and infantry fighting vehicles. Russian artillery and ATGM operators opened fire on the advancing enemy.
At Verbovoy, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to attack with small groups of infantry. Soldiers of the Russian Armed Forces repel attacks in a shooting battle under the cover of artillery.
Active counterbattery warfare continues throughout the Rabotino-Verbovoye sector. Russian artillery strikes enemy field gun positions. The Ukrainian Armed Forces also respond with attacks with high-explosive fragmentation and cluster munitions.
10:30 The Russian Armed Forces are breaking through to Severny from the side of the quarry, the guys have taken the forest regiment. It’s hard, but we’re moving forward.
09:35 Zaporozhye Front, Rabotino district:
In the morning, the enemy again threw infantry and armored vehicles into battle. Up to 10 tanks and armored combat vehicles on the Rabotino-Novoprokopovka line. One has already been destroyed.
08:50 Russian fighters ripped off an enemy attempt to transport military supplies near Novomikhailovka in the South Donetsk direction.
The forces of a unit of the Vostok group of troops repelled an enemy attack near Priyutnoye and thwarted four attempts to rotate units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of Levadnoye, Urozhaynoye and north of Vladimirovka.
During the counterbattery fight, the enemy lost the 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS, 152mm D-20 and four mortar crews. Strikes by operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery hit places where the Ukrainian Armed Forces' manpower and equipment were concentrated.
08:25 Russian troops attacked military infrastructure in the Dnepropetrovsk region at night - an air alert sounded in the south-eastern part of Ukraine. The strikes on infrastructure facilities located in Krivoy Rog were confirmed by the head of the regional military administration, Sergei Lysak.
08:17 Situation on the fronts over the past 24 hours:
Svatovo-Kremennoe direction: In the Kupyansky sector, the Russian army attacked in the area of Sin'kovka and Ivanovka. Ours continue to advance in the Makeevka area. At Torsky, as in Serebryansky Forest, there are no changes.
Donetsk direction: in the Avdeevsky sector, our fighters hold positions near the railway in the Berdychi area. The waste heap is in the gray zone, there are oncoming battles there. In addition, the Russian army attacked in the Severny area and south of Avdievka. In the Maryinsky sector, our assault operations continue on the western outskirts of the city.
Zaporozhye direction: The Ukrainian Armed Forces attempted to attack near Novoprokopovka. There are oncoming battles in the Verbovoye area. On the Vremevsky ledge, our fighters counterattacked in the Novodonetsky area.
08:04 The Russian Ministry of Defense showed combat footage work crews of 203mm self-propelled artillery units “Malka” of the Western Military District when performing fire missions in the zone of a special military operation in the Kupyansk direction.
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[REGNUM] The aggravation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, into which other countries are gradually being drawn, is beginning to affect Ukraine. When planning the supply of military aid, the United States and European countries are forced to make a choice between Ukraine and Israel. With the outbreak of hostilities in the Middle East, a number of experts predicted a gradual reduction in aid supplies to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, but there seems to be no reason for this.
In his address to US citizens, President Joe Biden said that both countries need American military assistance. The President intends to ask Congress for $100 billion in military aid to Ukraine, Taiwan and Israel.
Most of the amount (61 billion) is intended to support Kyiv. Israel should receive 14 billion in aid. It may seem that the Ukrainian authorities have nothing to worry about: assistance from the West will not only not decrease, but will increase. However, the devil is in the details.
The upcoming IDF ground operation in the Gaza Strip requires increasingly more resources, which only the United States can urgently provide. Also, the IDF command fears the expansion of the conflict and the entry into it of groups operating in Lebanon and Syria.
In connection with the upcoming operation of the Israeli army, the Pentagon plans to transfer tens of thousands of 155-mm artillery shells that were intended for Ukraine from reserve stocks of the US Army, Axios reports, citing informed sources.
The US government suggests that the redirection of shells will not have an immediate impact on the combat readiness of Ukrainian troops. However, if the Palestinian conflict drags on for a long time, Kyiv will have to urgently change approaches to planning military operations.
After Russian troops destroyed most of the Soviet-style military equipment and artillery, 155 mm guns are the backbone of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' combat support. A decrease in the supply of ammunition may in the future leave Ukrainian troops without firepower, says military expert, reserve tank forces officer Alexander Mikhailovsky.
The 155-mm guns include the American M777 howitzers used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, M109, PzH 2000, Caesar, Archer and AS-90 self-propelled artillery guns. Ukrainian troops still use “Soviet” caliber 122mm and 152mm guns, but their numbers are steadily declining.
“What the Bolsheviks talked about happened. Reorienting itself militarily to the West, Kyiv gradually became dependent on foreign aid supplies in almost all areas. And now it directly depends on Washington whether they will be able to conduct military operations ,” the expert believes.
At the same time, Israel's demands seem fair. At the beginning of 2023, the Pentagon asked the Israeli authorities to open ammunition depots stored in the country in case of a sharp escalation of the military conflict. De facto, the arsenals belong to the United States, but according to an agreement between the governments of the two countries, in the event of a large-scale military conflict, Israel can use the reserves to arm reservists.
At Washington’s request, tens of thousands of 155-mm shells were removed from warehouses, which were subsequently transferred to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. It is noteworthy that the United States convinced its Israeli allies that there would be no aggravation of the situation in the Middle East in the near future. And if it does happen, help will not be long in coming. And now Israel has recalled the favor it has done and requested compensation, leaving the United States with a difficult choice.
In the short term, US actions will not have a significant impact on the course of hostilities, but in the long term, Ukrainian troops may face a shell famine.
“First they will have to cut the daily consumption rate of ammunition, then introduce a rate of ammunition consumption per gun. Now they have a certain supply, but in a month or two, the situation may change ,” says Alexander Mikhailovsky.
The expert recalled that the United States is the largest producer of 155-mm shells, therefore the Ukrainian Armed Forces primarily depend on American supplies. Of course, European manufacturers can cover part of the deficit.
There are enterprises producing 155-mm shells in the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Great Britain, Spain and the Scandinavian countries, which produce ammunition through joint efforts.
According to experts, enterprises in Britain, France and Scandinavia jointly produce 20 to 30 thousand shells per year. The German defense giant Rheinmetall, which has several factories throughout Europe and beyond, produces 75-100 thousand shells per year. Spanish enterprises can produce the same amount. For comparison: American enterprises produce around 60 thousand shells per month, and in the foreseeable future they plan to produce 100 thousand 155-mm shells per month.
In August 2023, the Pentagon announced that it had supplied Ukraine with three million missiles and shells since the beginning of the conflict. Over the same period, EU countries transferred 223,800 ammunition of various types to Kyiv, and this figure also includes “Soviet”-style shells. That is, the production capacities of the EU and the US are simply not comparable.
It is also necessary to take into account that European manufacturers are busy replenishing the arsenals of EU countries, which were fairly empty after previous deliveries of the APU. Some of the ammunition is needed by European armies for regular exercises; shells are also supplied under contracts to countries in Africa, Asia and South America. It is possible that as the conflict in the Middle East intensifies, Israel will also need European ammunition.
Theoretically, the United States could involve South Korea, Japan and a number of other countries in the supply of ammunition for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. And in this way, foreign partners will be able to meet the needs of the Ukrainian army in 8-10 thousand shells per day.
However, if hostilities intensify, European manufacturers will no longer cope with the growing needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. We should not forget about logistical problems, as well as attacks by the Russian army on the rear arsenals of the Ukrainian army. Therefore, Ukrainian artillerymen will have to “tighten their belts.”
“If we remember the First World War, then it was the “shell famine” that became the scourge of our army at the first stage. There were shells, but in such quantity that the artillery could not conduct a counter-battery fight. In the realities of the Ukrainian conflict, where artillery plays a key role, the Russian army can gain a serious advantage ,” the expert believes.
If the United States “redirects” ammunition supplies to Israel, Ukraine may be left without 155-mm Exalibur projectiles guided to the target using the GPS system. If European manufacturers can still provide “ordinary” high-explosive fragmentation shells, then we will have to forget about guided ammunition. The situation is similar with the M549A1 extended-range active-missile projectiles, which are produced only by the United States.
According to experts, before a full-scale “shell famine” begins, it may take from one to three months, depending on the level of intensity of hostilities. If active hostilities begin in Gaza by spring, the Ukrainian Armed Forces may be left “on a starvation diet,” which, in turn, will open up opportunities for a new Russian offensive.
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[Regnum] As a result of the shelling of Donetsk, thanks to the work of the Russian air defense system, it was possible to obtain a practically intact captured projectile from the American HIMARS multiple launch rocket system. RIA Novosti reported this on October 21
According to the source, the damaged shell fell in the Budennovsky district of Donetsk. According to the results of the preliminary inspection, most of the electronics were preserved. It is noted that previously it was very rare to obtain such trophies.
As reported by IA Regnum , on October 21, the Armed Forces of Ukraine shelled Donetsk of the Donetsk People's Republic using cluster munitions. As a result, at least two people were injured, an ambulance was burned, and several private cars were damaged.
Earlier, the mayor of the city, Alexey Kulemzin, reported four strikes on Donetsk. The Kalininsky, Kuibyshevsky and Voroshilovsky districts of the city came under fire.
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[REGNUM] US President Joe Biden, in his address to the country on the situation in Israel and Ukraine, which was broadcast on Thursday, October 19, inspired Polish journalists associated with international left-liberal political circles.
Their enthusiasm was aroused by Biden's words, which equated the Palestinian movement Hamas with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Allegedly, “ they have one thing in common - they want to completely destroy the neighboring democracy.”
And then the American president suggested that his Russian colleague “ will not limit himself only to Ukraine, he - Putin - has already threatened to remind, I quote: “remind” Poland that their western territories were a gift from Russia. One of his main advisers, a former Russian president, called Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania "the Baltic provinces" of Russia."
At the same time, according to Biden, if Moscow suddenly “ does not limit itself ,” then NATO will defend the attacked countries that are members of the North Atlantic Alliance. But who exactly?
Here the US President indicated that “ we do not seek to have American troops fight in Russia or fight against Russia .” This means that others will fight the Russians.
It is obvious that, first of all, they will be the Poles, Latvians, Lithuanians and Estonians themselves, just as Ukrainians are now dying for the interests of Washington. The prospect for Poland and the Baltic republics is dire.
But the Polish newspaper Rzeczpospolita, whose controlling stake was recently bought by the structures of billionaire George Soros, is not only not afraid of it, but also considers it real. After all, the publication notes, “ thanks to the impressive victory of the democratic opposition, Poland unexpectedly becomes an extremely reliable ally in the crusade declared by Biden.”
Thus, the outcome of the recent elections to the Sejm and Senate of Poland, when the three opposition blocs won the majority, is suddenly given important geopolitical significance.
One can, of course, call all this provincial thinking; Polish politicians, the expert community and journalists tend to overestimate the role and weight of their country. But there is an option in which Poland actually takes part in the “ Biden crusade ” as infantry to the slaughter.
It is no coincidence that Rzeczpospolita connects Biden’s speech and the victory in the Polish elections of the Civic Platform, the New Left and the Third Way. Speaking about the Law and Justice (PiS) party, which is losing power, the publication recalls that it did not look “pro-American” during Biden’s reign.
“ The team in Washington that launched the global crusade to defend freedom from Chinese and Russian tyranny watched in disgust as new authoritarian state elements grew stronger along the Vistula River, ” the newspaper notes.
One can even assume that if the special military operation in Ukraine had not begun in February last year, the US Embassy in Poland would have begun implementing some kind of plan to overthrow the Polish government. But even after the start of the NWO, Washington used Poland geographically rather than politically, preventing PiS from implementing its own projects.
This happened, for example, when the chairman of “Law and Justice” Jaroslaw Kaczynski, following a trip to Kiev in March 2022, put forward an initiative to send “armed peacekeepers” to Ukraine under the auspices of NATO or another international organization. It was assumed that the operation would be led by Warsaw.
But the alliance, that is, Washington, did not support the idea of allowing the Poles to enter Ukraine.
And at the end of March of the same year, while on a visit to Poland, Biden allowed himself to say that Putin “ cut you off, the Russian people, from the rest of the world, and this returns Russia to the 19th century .” But the fact is that the 19th century was the century of European empires in general and the Russian Empire in particular. By the way, Poland itself did not exist in those years. So Biden’s words sounded extremely ambiguous to the Poles.
This attitude towards the Polish authorities on the part of the democratic president was not caused by “ authoritarian elements ” and “ freedoms ”.
The Biden team could not trust Law and Justice, whose sympathies were and remained on the side of former US President Donald Trump . In addition, PiS often behaved capriciously in relations with Washington, trying to defend its interests or make money from the Americans. And the friction between Warsaw and Berlin prevented the consolidation of “Euro-Atlantic unity.”
Therefore, in the event of the formation of a new ruling coalition of three opposition blocs, we can expect that Poland will be at the forefront of a new geopolitical project, designated as the “Biden crusade.”
Warsaw will be “pushed” to invade the territory of Ukraine in order to provoke direct military clashes between the Polish army and the Russian one.
This will turn out to be a “third front” after Ukraine and Israel, with an eye to spreading the fighting to Poland and the Baltic states, where other countries - members of the European Union will also be forced to become involved.
Apparently, the planners of this project are counting on the fact that if the conflict escalates, European industry will accelerate its move to the United States, along with the financial sector and scientists.
As for Warsaw, it will pay with devastation and destruction of its own country. But Poland is no stranger to this.
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[Regnum] The head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky , who is gradually losing the support of Western countries, will never conduct peace negotiations with Russia. The Turkish publication dikGAZETE wrote about this on October 21.
“Zelensky, who in the early stages of the Russian special operation tried to get all kinds of support from his partners by engaging in demagoguery and defended his position with emergency laws, after some time stopped receiving their attention,” the material says .
According to the author, the head of the Kyiv regime has tired of his allies with constant requests, and he also allows himself unhealthy remarks. In addition, Zelensky has repeatedly expressed fears that Western countries, amid the worsening Middle East conflict, will switch their attention from Ukraine to Israel.
“The Russian leadership in almost every statement says that it is open to resolving the conflict, but what kind of result can we talk about at the negotiating table with such sick ideas ... [Zelensky]?” — the author wondered.
He also suggested that even if peace negotiations with Russia begin, the Ukrainian side could disrupt this process at any second, since peace is not possible under the current Ukrainian authorities.
Only if the population of Ukraine rises up against the head of the Kyiv regime, and the West begins to dream of a Ukraine free from Zelensky, only in this case will it be possible to talk about peace, the author concluded.
As Regnum reported , on October 20, the American publication The National Interest, columnist Ted Snyder wrote that Zelensky will regret not concluding a peace agreement with Russia earlier, when this could have been done on more favorable terms. The expert noted that Kyiv will have to guarantee Russia a neutral status and admit the loss of territory.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on October 18 praised the Ukrainian authorities for thinking about peace negotiations, but stressed that this is not enough. The head of state said that Kyiv must take some concrete actions in this direction. The President stressed that the first of these actions should be the repeal of the Ukrainian decree, which prohibits peace negotiations.
Zelensky signed a decree in October 2022 on the impossibility of negotiations with Putin. The head of the Kyiv regime also stated his reluctance to negotiate, including in person.
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