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2022-10-28 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: October 27th, 2022
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
[Korrespondent] 23:19 The first NASAMS systems will be transferred to Ukraine, as expected, in early November, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said.
22:41 The head of the Pentagon, Lloyd Austin, during the presentation of the new US defense strategy, said that Russia is an acute threat to the US and its allies. He listed the risks posed by the Russian Federation: nuclear threats, long-range cruise missile threats, cyber and information operations, counter-space threats, chemical and biological weapons, submarine warfare, and broad campaigns in the gray zone, directed, in particular, against democracies.
22:13 A Russian drone hit an energy infrastructure facility in the central region of Ukraine, which was being completed repairs after previous attacks. Due to new destruction, Ukrenergo dispatchers were forced to give an order to limit the consumption of Kyiv, Kiev region, Chernihiv region, Cherkasy region and Zhytomyr region. "A new terrorist attack has complicated the situation in the energy system of Ukraine, and we must be prepared to limit more consumers," Ukrenergo said.
21:18 The Kyiv OVA published an instruction on what is necessary to overcome the consequences of the occupiers' attacks on the energy infrastructure:
20:37 The United States will respond in the event of Russian strikes on commercial satellites, said John Kirby, a spokesman for the US National Security Council. According to him, any attack on US infrastructure will meet with an appropriate response. He also stated that there is indeed public evidence that Russia is seeking to acquire anti-satellite technology.
20:16 In Kiev, more than 40 streets, alleys and squares have been renamed, the names of which are associated with Russia and the Soviet past, the Kyiv City State Administration reported. In particular, streets appeared in the capital in honor of the fallen defenders of Ukraine: military Denis Antipov, photojournalist Max Levin, actor Pavel Li, General Sergei Kulchitsky.
19:24 The lack of warm clothes from the Russian military has led to an increase in the number of cases of theft and looting in the Kherson region, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in the evening summary. In addition, according to the General Staff, the mobilized military who arrived in the area of combat missions did not undergo appropriate training, do not have practical skills in using the main types of weapons, which leads to significant losses of the enemy in manpower.
And the unsatisfactory condition of military equipment removed from storage and arrived to make up for losses was the result of frequent cases of desertion and surrender of the invaders to the Defense Forces of Ukraine. According to preliminary information, a significant part of the weapons and military equipment sent by the invaders to the Donetsk and Novopavlovsk directions is limited or completely unsuitable for combat use. In particular, we are talking about T-62 tanks removed from long-term storage.
19:13 The Pentagon said they see no signs that Russia or Ukraine is planning a "dirty bomb" incident.
18:54 Putin said that the main goal of the "special operation" is to help Donbass, "and when our troops approached historical Novorossia, how could we not respond to the aspirations of local residents."
18:45 Putin said that Russia does not need a nuclear strike on Ukraine, "there is no point - neither political nor military." At the same time, according to him, "as long as nuclear weapons exist, there is always a danger of their use." There was no military expediency for the United States to use nuclear weapons against Japan - "they did it because they thought it was in their interests," the Russian president added.
He also stated that "Kyiv is now doing everything to cover up the traces" of the "dirty bomb" preparation. According to Putin, it was he who instructed Shoigu to call foreign colleagues and warn them about the "threat of provocation."
As for relations with the US, Russia is "ready to resolve any issues," Putin stressed.
18:28 Putin said that the only real guarantor of Ukraine's sovereignty could be "only Russia, which created it." Ukraine, in his opinion, "historically took shape as an artificial state." At the same time, according to Putin, one can only treat the fact that Ukrainians consider themselves a separate people with respect.
Commenting on his decision to launch a "special operation," Putin said that "a few more years, and the situation for Russia would be completely different, given the supply of weapons there and the construction of fortified areas." He noted that Russia "had to do something with the Donbass, it was necessary to decide something for itself." But “recognizing independence and abandoning it,” he said, is unacceptable, “independent Donbass would not have survived without its inclusion in Russia.”
Answering the question whether what is happening between Russia and Ukraine can be considered a civil war, Putin said: "In part, yes." Because "the Russian and Ukrainian peoples are united, this is a historical fact."
18:09 Putin spoke at the Valdai discussion club, accused the West of "igniting war" in Ukraine, creating a tense situation in Taiwan and a food crisis, as well as destroying the Nord Stream gas pipelines. According to him, "the world is standing at a historical turning point, ahead of the most dangerous, unpredictable and important decade since the Second World War: the period of undivided dominance of the West in world affairs is coming to an end."
"The West is incapable of single-handedly governing humanity, but it is desperately trying - and most of the peoples of the world no longer want to put up with it, this is the main contradiction ... The situation is revolutionary - the tops cannot, and the bottoms do not want to, in the words of a classic," Putin said. .
17:37 Poland will help Ukraine restore damaged airports, as well as expand rail links. This was discussed during a conversation between Deputy Minister of Funds and Regional Policy of Poland Marcin Goraly and Ambassador of Ukraine Vasily Zvarych, the Polish agency reported. In particular, the parties discussed the deepening of cooperation in the implementation of the high-speed railway project between the two countries and the related revision of the trans-European transport network TEN-T.
In addition to the Warsaw-Kyiv railway link via Jagodin, Poland wants to offer a new route that will connect many Polish and Ukrainian cities. Thus, it is planned to build a railway link Lublin - Zamosc - Belzec to the border. Such a route from the Ukrainian side of the border can be laid through Rava-Ruska to Lvov and Kyiv, and in the future - from the Carpathians to the Black Sea ports in Ukraine and Romania.
17:26 In occupied Melitopol, collaborating teachers are fleeing schools, Mayor Ivan Fedorov said. So, in the 13th school, almost all the "teachers" quit, in other institutions the occupiers have a total shortage of personnel. For example, in the 16th school, a Chechen military man and a student of a fake university, which the Russians opened on the basis of captured Melitopol universities, became class teachers. According to Fedorov, more than 90% of Melitopol teachers did not cooperate with the invaders.
17:05 Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson plans to promote the "Marshall Plan" for Ukraine in the international arena, writes The Telegraph. To do this, he has already opened an office in Westminster, where he hopes to establish a fund to support Ukraine.
16:54 Belarus currently does not have a strike force that would be properly equipped for an offensive, at the same time it is conducting exercises to divert the attention and forces of Ukraine from the east and south, representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense Andrei said in a comment to RBC-Ukraine Chernyak. “Of course, there is a potential danger from Belarus for Ukraine. From the territory of the Republic of Belarus, strike UAVs are launched, which Russia bought from Iran, MiG-31K planes that can carry Kinzhal missiles have been moved there,” he specified.
In addition, Russia sends its recently mobilized citizens to Belarus, who also do not have proper weapons or equipment, Chernyak noted: "They are brought in by rail. At the same time, tanks and armored personnel carriers repaired in Belarus are sent, on the contrary, to Russia."
16:27 Zelensky said in an interview with Corriere della Sera that the invaders did not retreat from Kherson: “I don’t see them fleeing from Kherson. This is an information attack. This is such an attack for us, so that we go there to transfer troops from other dangerous directions. This was their information operation, they are not ready to leave Kherson. But they know that if we succeed, they will not be able to leave."
16:13 Zelensky said in an interview with Corriere della Sera that Ukraine hopes to receive SAMP-T air defense systems from Italy and has already asked the Italian government about it: "Because we want our people to return home from abroad, so that their children could go to school, university, etc. But without security, without air defense, we cannot provide this. Very few countries produce air defense - not only have, but also produce. Italy, together with France and Germany, produces the SAMP-T complex. And we need them."
16:02 In the occupied part of the Zaporozhye region, a restriction on the sale of alcohol has been introduced, the sale to military personnel is strictly prohibited, the "authorities" reported.
15:59 The "authorities" of the occupied Shakhtyorsk, Donetsk region, said that a fire started as a result of a Ukrainian strike on an oil depot, four people were injured.
15:48 In Crimea, an increase in the intensity of the movement of Russian military equipment along the Taurida highway is recorded, Krym.Realii reports. At road junctions and at the congresses, banners were placed that the Kerch bridge was open "only for passenger cars." Echelons were seen heading towards Kerch, while most of the military equipment is heading towards mainland Ukraine. In most cases, we are talking about military trucks and tankers.
Advisor to the Mayor of Mariupol, Petr Andryushchenko, also reports on the movement of vehicles through the city center in the direction of Zaporozhye. "Heavier than usual," he said.
15:06 Tougher restrictions on the supply of electricity today are applied in Kiev, Kiev, Zhytomyr, Chernihiv and Cherkasy regions. Outages can last longer than four hours, but power engineers are doing their best to stabilize the system, the OP said.
14:51 The Ukrainian company Ukrspetssystems has developed an unmanned aerial system SHARK , which can penetrate behind enemy lines and correct the work of HIMARS. The development of this reconnaissance UAV from the project to the first flight lasted less than six months. Now SHARK is completely ready for use in combat conditions.
14:29 Over the past week, the invaders have more than halved the number of missile strikes, all of them were aimed at destroying energy infrastructure facilities, said Alexei Gromov, deputy head of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to him, during the week Russia fired 52 missiles into Ukraine (compared to 146 a week earlier), but none of them were aimed at military installations.
14:27 Spain will provide Ukraine with a new package of military assistance, Reznikov said after a conversation with the head of the Spanish Ministry of Defense. He also thanked for providing Ukraine with Hawk air defense systems.
14:22 In Shakhtyorsk, the oil depot of the occupiers is on fire, local publics report. Advisor to the Mayor of Mariupol Petr Andryushchenko reports that from today in Mariupol there are again problems with fuel at gas stations.
13:53 Acting Head of the SBU Vasily Malyuk said in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine that the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate, Kirill Budanov, had nothing to do with the blowing up of the Crimean bridge, and the Russians were conducting a pseudo investigation: "They came to the conclusion that my colleague in the power unit Kirill Budanov and the Main Intelligence Directorate were allegedly involved in the blowing up of the bridge The Ministry of Defense as a whole. I assure you that this is not so. And we understand that the Russians are generally far from reality. And what really happened - we can talk about it in detail after the victory."
13:49 Due to significant damage to the power system, Ukrenergo introduces longer emergency power outages in Kiev and the region. According to the Kyiv City State Administration, as a result of enemy attacks, a number of critical facilities of the country were put out of action. In Kyiv and the region there was a power shortage of 30% of consumption. In order to prevent a complete blackout of the capital and central regions of Ukraine, Ukrenergo is introducing unprecedented emergency restrictions. Stabilization shutdown schedules drawn up the day before are no longer relevant. More stringent and longer power cuts will be applied in the coming days.
Ukrainians are asked to continue to consume electricity moderately - turn on energy-intensive appliances one by one, reduce electricity consumption as much as possible from 6:00 to 11:00 and from 17:00 to 23:00. Business clients are asked to limit the use of outdoor lighting in the facades of offices, restaurants, shopping centers.
13:43 In Ukraine, they do not plan to increase the pace of mobilization, which is carried out according to plan starting from February 24, said Oleksiy Gromov, deputy head of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
13:35 The representative of the "authority" of the occupied Zaporozhye region Vladimir Rogov announced the introduction of military censorship in the occupied territories based on Putin's decree on martial law. According to him, "selective preventive checks of citizens' mobile phones" have been launched in the region since today.
They will check for subscriptions to Ukrainian information resources, Rogov explained: "Those who are found to have them will receive a warning for the first time. In the future, violators will be fined. Criminal liability is provided for malicious violations of the requirements of the law on the activities of foreign agents."
13:19 Peskov said that Putin did not convey any "specific message" to Zelensky through the President of Guinea-Bissau, but simply informed him about the progress of the negotiations, which stopped due to Kiev's fault. At the same time, Russia allegedly remains "ready to secure its interests at the negotiating table and wants it."
Zelensky said the day before that the Russian side had submitted a request through the President of Guinea-Bissau to "build bridges" and "unblock relations."
13:11 The Russians have taken people out of the Popasnaya Lugansk region and are preparing the city for defense, said the head of the OVA, Sergei Gaidai. According to him, the Russian troops have closed the settlement and are creating a "fortress on ruins" out of it. He added that all the de-occupied villages in the region were almost completely destroyed.
13:05 Russia is going to send the bulk of those mobilized to the front within one and a half to two weeks, said Alexei Gromov, deputy chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to him, despite the Kremlin's statements about the completion of mobilization, in practice, mobilization activities continue. With the help of the mobilized, the Russian Federation will try to contain the Armed Forces of Ukraine in certain sectors of the front and strengthen them in other sectors, to understaff the units that have suffered significant losses, and to form completely new units, including tank, motorized rifle and artillery regiments.
12:44 Law enforcement officers are working out critical infrastructure facilities of Ukraine, including in the energy sector, for the presence of potential collaborators among employees, the acting director said in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine. Head of the SBU Vasily Malyuk: "Each place where our facilities are located is constantly being worked out as part of counter-sabotage and anti-terrorist measures. What does this mean? A specific location is taken, the forces of the Security Service of Ukraine, the National Police, the National Guard enter, and through such a phased" reseeding "we find those who are potentially ready to work with the enemy. As a rule, there are also those who are already really working for him."
12:39 Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation, 28 exchanges have already been carried out and 978 people have been released, including 99 civilians, the Defense Ministry said.
12:27 Ukraine has strengthened its grouping in the northern region near Belarus in order to counter any possible resumption of the Russian attack across the border, said Alexei Gromov, deputy head of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He also suggested that during the retreat in the Kherson and Zaporizhzhya regions, the Russians could carry out terrorist attacks to blow up residential areas and a man-made disaster at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.
11:56 Since the beginning of the war, the SBU has opened 23 criminal proceedings against representatives of the UOC-MP, there are already 33 suspects - from classic agents for collecting in-depth information to banal fire spotters in cassocks, the acting director said in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine. Head of the Security Service of Ukraine Vasily Malyuk. According to him, this environment is an ideal field for the functioning of the enemy station.
11:39 The Lithuanian army handed over seven Toyota Land Cruiser 200 SUVs and other equipment to Ukraine, Defense Minister Arvydas Anašauskas said.
11:35 Zaluzhny said that over the past 24 hours, 18 out of 20 Shahed-136 UAVs used against critical infrastructure facilities have been destroyed by air defense forces and means.
11:29 The occupiers are bringing newly mobilized Russians to Kherson and are preparing for street fighting, Kirill Budanov, head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, said in a comment to CNN: "Russia is reinforcing Kherson with recruits who have recently mobilized. They are probably being used as cannon fodder."
At the same time, according to Budanov, the Russians are taking their puppets out of the city and surrounding areas. "The withdrawal of the occupying forces will accelerate when Ukraine takes the Novaya Kakhovka dam under its artillery control," he added.
11:21 The head of UN humanitarian aid, Martin Griffiths, said that he is "optimistic" on the issue of extending the grain agreement and does not exclude the involvement of the Nikolaev port in it.
10:53 In the Kherson region, during the demining of the de-occupied territory, the head of the explosive department of the regional police headquarters, police colonel Alexander Kozyura, was killed, the NPU reported.
10:48 Tonight, the Russians fired again at the energy infrastructure, as a result of which the equipment of the backbone network of the Ukrainian energy system in the central regions was damaged, Ukrenergo reported. In this regard, electricity consumption will be limited in Kyiv, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Cherkasy and Zhytomyr regions.
10:44 In the Kharkiv region, law enforcement officers discovered another mass grave of the Ukrainian military, 17 bodies of defenders may be in the mass grave, said the head of the Kharkiv region police Volodymyr Tymoshko. The soldiers died in April during the retreat.
10:30 On the evening of October 26, fuel tanks exploded in the occupied Shakhtersk, Donetsk region. Adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, Petr Andryushchenko, specified that 12 tanks burned down.
09:48 This morning, a unit of the Kherson anti-aircraft missile brigade of the Pivden Air Command shot down a Russian Ka-52 attack helicopter, and a unit of the Odessa anti-aircraft missile brigade shot down a Russian Su-25 attack aircraft.
09:35 US to deploy upgraded B61-12 tactical nuclear bombs in Europe ahead of schedule. They will be delivered in December, and not in the spring of 2023, writes Politico. The move is being made "to keep Moscow from crossing the red line."
09:27 At night, the Russians attacked one of the industrial enterprises of Kramatorsk, the mayor of the city Alexander Goncharenko said. There were no casualties, but there is destruction.
09:23 Israeli President Yitzhak Herzog said in an interview with CNN that his country cannot supply Ukraine with air defense systems because of secrecy: “There are weapons for which we don’t even have an export version. There are things that should not fall into the hands of our enemies "There are secrets we can't share. But wherever we can help, we try to help."
According to Herzog, Israel is analyzing the situation with Russia's use of Iranian-made drones. According to him, he does not have specific information about such a deal, but "there is no need for additional evidence that Iran poses a threat to world order and stability."
09:21 Russia said that American commercial satellites could become "legitimate targets" in the framework of the war in Ukraine. "We are talking about the use by the United States and its allies of civil infrastructure components in space, including commercial ones, in armed conflicts," said Konstantin Vorontsov, deputy director of the arms control department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, speaking at a meeting of the First Committee of the UN General Assembly. According to him, these satellites are "quasi-civilian infrastructure", so they may "be a legitimate target for a retaliatory strike."
09:17 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of October 27.
- personnel - about 69,220 (+320) people liquidated,
- tanks - 2631 (+3),
- armored combat vehicles - 5364 (+13),
- artillery systems - 1690 (+4),
- MLRS - 379 (+0),
- air defense systems - 192 (+0),
- aircraft - 271 (+0),
- helicopters - 249 (+1),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 1398 (+19),
- cruise missiles - 351 (+1),
- ships/boats - 16 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 4078 (+2),
- special equipment - 150 (+1).
09:08 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believes that Putin is not interested in negotiations with Ukraine and maintains the maximalist goals of the war. This is evidenced by his rhetoric. Thus, Putin said that Ukraine "has lost its sovereignty" and that the United States is using Ukraine to "ram" against Russia.
ISW also reports that Russian troops launched an offensive on Ternovaya, Kharkiv region, likely to block Ukrainian troops there and prevent them from reinforcing Ukrainian counter-offensive operations elsewhere.
09:00 British intelligence writes that on October 24, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said that Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin would coordinate the "development of security measures" in the regions of Russia. According to analysts, this will lead to a closer inclusion of regional governors in the Russian national security system. The greater involvement of regional officials is likely at least partly intended to divert public criticism from the Kremlin, intelligence said.
08:56 In the Donetsk region, as a result of enemy shelling, three civilians per day were killed - in Bakhmut. Two more people were injured yesterday, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
08:50 A drone attacked the Balaklava power plant in Sevastopol at night, one of the idle transformers caught fire, Mikhail Razvozhaev, the "governor", said. According to him, this incident does not affect the power supply of Sevastopol and Crimea.
08:11 At night, the enemy attacked the outskirts of Zaporozhye. According to preliminary information, he fired three shells of Smerch multiple launch rocket systems. There were no casualties, but the infrastructure facility was damaged. A fire broke out, which was liquidated by the employees of the State Emergency Service, said the head of the OVA Alexander Starukh.
07:42 During the day, units of the Defense Forces repulsed the attacks of the invaders in the areas of the settlements of Belogorovka, Lugansk region and Bakhmut, Ivangrad, Soledar, Mayorsk, Krasnogorovka and Maryinka, Donetsk region, the General Staff said in the morning report .
Russian servicemen mobilized a week ago continue to arrive on the territory of the Zaporozhye region. They have no motivation and desire to participate in hostilities, cases of desertion are recorded. Meanwhile, representatives of private military campaigns are recruiting prisoners in correctional facilities in the city of Ulyanovsk. Most of those who agree to fight on the territory of Ukraine are convicted of murder, rape and drug trafficking.
04:02 At night, the enemy struck at one of the communities of the Kiev region, the elimination of the fire and the consequences of the strike continues. There are no preliminary victims or injured, said OVA head Aleksey Kuleba. The air defense forces also eliminated enemy air targets.
02:37 From 22:00 to 24:00 on Wednesday, October 26, the enemy fired over 20 Shahed-136 kamikaze drones across Ukraine, of which 19 were shot down, the command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported. In the Odessa region, 15 drones were destroyed, in the Mykolaiv region - three, in Vinnitsa - one. In addition, in the area of responsibility of the air command Skhid, an anti-aircraft missile unit destroyed a Kh-59 guided missile.
01:48 The United States accused Russia of trying to intimidate the UN, as well as to avoid joint responsibility with Iran for violating Security Council resolution 2231 in connection with the use of Iranian drones to strike civilian targets in Ukraine. This was stated at a meeting of the UN Security Council by Deputy Permanent Representative of the United States to this organization Robert Wood. He explained that the Russian Federation is trying in every possible way to block the launch of an investigation under the auspices of the UN Secretary General regarding the violation of Resolution 2231, which refers, in particular, to a ban on Iran from participating in the trade or transfer of weapons, including UAVs. Iran violated the requirements of the resolution when it handed over combat drones to Russia, and the Russian Federation when it acquired these weapons and used them against peaceful targets in Ukraine.
Now, in order to divert the attention of the world from their malicious actions, the Russian delegation accuses the US and other countries initiating the investigation of violating Article 100 of the UN Charter. There is rhetoric on the Russian side that the US is trying to impose its will on the UN Secretary General.
00:04 CIA Director William Burns visited Ukraine in early October and met with Zelensky and other officials, two people with knowledge of the matter told CNN. According to them, the American official confirmed the US commitment to support Ukraine in its fight against Russian aggression, in particular by continuing the exchange of intelligence.
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