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Russian Perspective: Operation to Denazify Ukraine: Operational Brief September 14th (updated)
2022-09-15
Direct Translation via Google Translate.

Kindly note that several entries in this article were removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.

[NewsFrontInfo] 23:37 The Ukrainians landed five boats with troops on the Kinburn Spit, but they were already waiting. The attack was repulsed by the troops of the national guard with the support of artillery.

23:14 AFU began shelling of Nova Kakhovka in the Kherson region. An air raid alert was announced in the city - eight explosions were heard.

Now the Russian air defense system is operating in the village, which shoots down Ukrainian missiles, according to the Telegram channel of the city administration.

21:55 All reports about the "capture of Kiselevka" in the Kherson direction are just another Ukrainian fakes. On the Internet, they have already taken it 3 times in the last couple of weeks. Our fighters hold the defense there, the village is controlled, videos are released from there every day - Colonelcassad.

19:05 According to preliminary information, the city Krivoy Rog TPP could become the target of a missile attack in Krivoy Rog. It is the third largest thermal power plant in Ukraine.

19:00 After the strike of the RF Armed Forces, water supply was lost in Krivoy Rog. Residents buy drinking water in stores. The water level in the Ingulets River also rose sharply.

17:35 Third explosion in Krivoy Rog.

17:11 Rocket strikes were carried out in Krivoy Rog.

15:32 The situation in the Nikolaevsko-Krivoy Rog direction as of 14.30 September 14, 2022:

At the moment, the front line has remained unchanged. The Armed Forces of Ukraine made yet another failed attempt to attack Russian positions yesterday.

In the Andreevsky sector, the Ukrainian command, after an unsuccessful assault on the positions of the Russian Armed Forces in the Bruskinsky area, is evacuating the wounded, as well as regrouping forces and means.

Units of the 46th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine withdrew subordinate forces from the Belogorka region to reserve positions on the opposite bank of the Ingulets River to restore combat capability.

Servicemen of the 35th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine hold positions in the vicinity of Andreevka. Armaments, ammunition and medicines are supplied to the strongholds under cover of artillery fire.

In the Posad-Pokrovsky sector, units of the 59th Brigade and 24th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, after the failure of the offensive on Ternovye Pody, took up defensive positions.

At the turn of Novogrigorovka - Mirnoe, the rotation of the Ukrainian personnel of the 59th Brigade is being carried out. A Ukrainian UAV operates in the vicinity of Maksimovka.

In addition, in the afternoon of September 13, Ukrainian units in the amount of 60 people, four infantry fighting vehicles and three tanks tried to gain a foothold at Davydov Brod. During a short clash, the assault was repulsed, the Armed Forces retreated with losses.

It’s calm in the Snigirevsky sector: the Armed Forces of Ukraine are not making any offensive attempts.

On the Olginsky sector of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, with the help of a company of the 60th Brigade and two tank platoons of the 17th Brigade, an attempt was made to storm Kostyrka. And the military personnel of the 3rd combined battalion of the 60th Brigade were advancing on Mirolyubovka-Osokorovka with the support of the DRG in the vicinity of Novopetrovka.

Before that, Ukrainian aviation and artillery shelled Russian positions in Novopetrovka, Arkhangelsk, Novovoznesensk and Veremiyevka.

Russian troops launched massive strikes against the advancing forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Ukrainian troops suffered losses and retreated to the Potemkino area. Damaged equipment was evacuated to Malaya Kostroma.

15:21 About 5,000 Ukrainian servicemen have already been trained in the UK. This is reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. They were trained by instructors from Canada, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Ukraine and the United Kingdom itself. Ukrainian soldiers received basic knowledge, skills and abilities of tactical medicine, engineering, fire, psychological and tactical training, including offensive and defensive operations in urban areas.

The General Staff added that in the near future it is planned to start a training course for the training of junior commanders of military units and units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Recall that only today it became known that Denmark is ready to train the Ukrainian military on its territory.

14:55 Electricity and water supply cut off in Kherson, correspondent reports RIA News.

14:11 Ukrainian artillery shelled the border village of Krasny Khutor in the Belgorod region. The shells hit the center of the village and damaged several houses.

13:30 Ukrainian Armed Forces carried out missile strikes on a ferry crossing in Kherson - Deputy Head of the Kherson Regional State Administration Kirill Stremousov

"Once again, a ferry crossing across the Dnieper, in the area of ​​Antonovsky Bridge, was shelled," the deputy head of the Regional State Administration wrote in his Telegram channel.

According to him, there were no casualties.

13:19 The Armed Forces of Ukraine unsuccessfully tried to advance in the Nikolaev-Krivoy Rog direction, eight Ukrainian tanks and over 150 military personnel were destroyed - the Russian Ministry of Defense.

13:10 Report of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation on the territory of Ukraine on September 14:

The Russian Aerospace Forces, missile troops and artillery deliver massive fire strikes on units and reserves of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in all operational areas of combat operations.

In the Nikolaev-Kryvyi Rog direction, during unsuccessful offensive operations, the 24th, 28th Mechanized, 46th Airmobile and 60th Infantry brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Mirnoye, Dry Stavok, Belogorka, Bruskinskoye, Olgino of the Kherson region and Ternovye Pody of the Nikolaev region were destroyed eight Ukrainian tanks, 13 infantry fighting vehicles, 11 other armored vehicles and over 150 Ukrainian servicemen.

High-precision strikes by Russian aviation on temporary deployment points and combat positions of units of the 53rd, 54th, 110th Mechanized brigades, the 128th Territorial Defense Brigade and the 68th infantry brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Seversk, Verkhnekamenskoye, Nikolskoye, Avdievka, Novokalinovo, Petrovskoye.

As a result of high-precision strikes by the Russian Aerospace Forces on the positions of the 65th mechanized and 68th infantry-jaeger brigades in the Novoselovka and Dobropolye regions of the Zaporozhye region, up to 70 Ukrainian servicemen and five units of military equipment were destroyed.

In the Kharkiv region, in the areas of the settlements of Dvurechnaya, Balakleya and Kupyansk, massive fire strikes were inflicted on manpower and military equipment of the 14th and 93rd mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The losses of the enemy amounted to 150 Ukrainian soldiers killed and wounded, as well as more than 10 units of military equipment.

Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery attacked combat positions and temporary deployment points of the 25th airborne brigade, the 9th Regiment of the National Guard, the 56th and 61st motorized infantry brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the 103rd brigade of the territorial defense, national formations "Kraken" in the areas of Zoryanoe, Nikolaevka, Krivaya Luka and Rai-Aleksandrovka of the Donetsk People's Republic, Kamyshevakh of the Zaporozhye region and Ternivka of the Nikolaev region.

In the districts of Lepetikha and Lozovoe, Mykolaiv region, a US-made counter-battery radar (AN/TPQ-64) and a radar for illumination and guidance of the Ukrainian S-300 anti-aircraft missile system were destroyed.

Fighter aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the area of ​​the Kinburn Spit of the Kherson region destroyed a Mi-8 helicopter of the Ukrainian Air Force with a sabotage and reconnaissance group on board.

During the day, air defense systems shot down four Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the areas of the settlements of Maxim Gorky, Ukrainka, Kherson region and Svetloe, Zaporozhye region, as well as a Tochka-U ballistic missile near Aleksandrovka, Kherson region.

In addition, 33 rocket launchers were intercepted during the day, including seven Alder shells in the areas of Kiselevka, Burgunka of the Kherson region and the city of Donetsk, as well as 26 HIMARS shells in the areas of settlements: Muzykovka, Novaya Kakhovka, Veseloe , Rakovka, Tomarino, Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station, Antonovsky bridge in the Kherson region.

In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 293 aircraft, 155 helicopters, 1,948 unmanned aerial vehicles, 374 anti-aircraft missile systems, 4,921 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 835 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 3,386 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 5,552 units of special military vehicles.

13:05 Up to 70 Ukrainian soldiers were destroyed by high-precision strikes on the positions of the 65th and 68th Ukrainian brigades in the Zaporozhye region - the Russian Defense Ministry.

12:18 “More than 15,000 Russian passports have already been issued in the Zaporozhye region,” Yevhen Balitsky said.

12:06 Law enforcement officers neutralized a grenade found by residents of Melitopol

A resident of the city applied to the duty department of the Department of Internal Affairs for Melitopol and the Melitopol region. The woman said that not far from the electrical substation, located on one of the streets of Melitopol, she found an F-1 grenade with a fuse with traces of rust. The grenade was defused, taken away by explosives for destruction.

11:13 In the Kherson direction, Russian troops liquidated a seasoned Ukrainian, a participant in the genocide of the Russian-speaking population in Donbas since 2014, who received the Order of the People's Hero of Ukraine for this, chief sergeant of the intelligence battalion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Ivan Bank.

09:47 Russian fighters do not allow Ukrainian fighters to continue the counteroffensive in the Kupyansk direction. The reconnaissance group discovered an accumulation of Ukrainian militants and equipment in the Kupyansk direction, regrouping to attempt a further counteroffensive. The fighters decided to inflict fire damage on Ukrainian fighters with the help of ATGMs.

09:30 Vladimir Putin still has a lot of military potential at his disposal, and not only for use in Ukraine - the White House.

08:14 Ukraine is entering the most difficult time for itself, the stage of hyperinflation and lack of money. Our source reports that in fact the country's gold and foreign exchange reserve no longer exists.

Posted by:badanov

#1   This is huge bad news in Moscow, if Russia is to come out of this war with any positives, it best be quick.
China now effectively the hegemon in old Soviet Asia, Turkey asserting her aspirations vis a vis Azerbaijan on Armenia, Finland and Sweden inside NATO, Ukraine soon to be and IMO, Belarus is going to follow Ukraine into NATO in a decade or less, etc:

https://twitter.com/lilygrutcher/status/1570405332693794817
Posted by: Omineling Forkbeard1962   2022-09-15 11:09  

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