[Korrespondent] 22:28 Slovenia and Germany have agreed on a circular exchange scheme, as a result of which Ukraine will receive 28 modernized M-55S tanks, the office of the Slovenian Prime Minister reported. Thus, in exchange for the tanks transferred to Ukraine, Slovenia will receive 35 German trucks and five tank trucks.
22:13 Entry into Svyatogorsk, Donetsk region, will be banned in the near future, said the head of the Donetsk OVA Pavel Kirilenko: "Svyatogorsk has been liberated. Now a set of stabilization measures is underway. I signed an order according to which entry into the city will be prohibited until these events are completed. This has been done, in order not to put at risk those people who plan to enter Svyatogorsk. We have prepared food, medicines, etc. We also carried out work in Svyatogorsk to resume the operation of critical infrastructure."
21:42 Ukraine has lost up to 10 million tons of potential crop in 2022 due to the occupation of territories by Russia, said First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Taras Vysotsky.
21:05 From September 19 to 23, the 77th UN General Assembly will be held in New York, within the framework of which Ukraine will present initiatives to create an International Tribunal for Crimes of the Russian Federation, Deputy Minister of Justice Irina Mudraya said: "Ukraine will require UN support for these initiatives and decisive action "The moment has come when the UN must prove the purpose of its creation, namely the maintenance of international peace and security, the prevention and elimination of threats to peace, the suppression of acts of aggression and other violations of the peace."
20:53 Zelensky said in an evening video message that the Ukrainian Defense Forces are stabilizing the situation and firmly holding positions in the Kharkiv region: “So firmly that the occupiers are noticeably panicking. We are confident that the occupiers will have no support on Ukrainian soil. what matters is the pace. The pace in stabilization in the liberated areas. The pace in the movement of our troops. The pace in restoring normal life in the liberated territory."
The President said that today he held a new meeting of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief: “We gather every time there is significant news from the front line. It is very important: we considered the situation on the state border, the protection of our border at the Headquarters. The head of the State Border Service reported. The state will provide all the necessary power for protection our border. We listened to the commander-in-chief, the commanders of operational areas. We are very carefully engaged in providing our soldiers before the winter."
20:25 Pushilin said that he discussed with Pasechnik the appeals of the "public chambers" of the "DPR" and "LPR" and the need to synchronize further actions to hold "referenda".
20:11 The supply of electricity to the Kherson region from the ZNPP and the Zaporizhzhya thermal power plant was stopped "due to damage to the power lines as a result of Ukrainian shelling," the occupying "authorities" said.
19:46 The Russian occupiers are trying with all their might to hold their positions in the Zaporozhye direction and have switched to radical measures. The enemy launched four missile and nine air strikes, the infrastructure of 24 settlements was damaged, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports in an evening report . In turn, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Nikolaevka Vtoraya, Kurdyumovka and Zaitsevo.
19:24 In the event of missile attacks on the dam of the Kiev hydroelectric power station, its breakthrough is unlikely, Ukrhydroenergo said. So, the dam is in proper technical condition, sabotage on it is excluded, and it was built in the 60s taking into account military threats, that is, missile strikes will not damage it.
19:05 The "Public Chamber of the DPR" also turned to the "head of the republic" with a request to immediately hold a "referendum" on joining the Russian Federation.
18:42 "Deputy head of administration" of the occupied Kherson region, Kirill Stremousov, said that the inhabitants of the region "want to hold a referendum as soon as possible in order to receive guarantees for the region to join the Russian Federation."
18:26 Russia planned to hold a "referendum" in the occupied territories of the Kharkiv region from November 1 to November 7. According to the plan, 75% were supposed to "support" the proposal to become part of the Russian Federation, Radio Liberty writes, citing the "strategy" of the Russians, which was at the disposal of journalists. The "document" says that a total of 142,000 people should "vote" - more than 100,000 of them should have voted "for". The "strategy" indicates the front line as of August 24th.
17:47 The German Ministry of Defense announced that it will supply four more Panzerhaubitze 2000 self-propelled artillery mounts to Ukraine, which will increase their total number to 14. An additional package of ammunition will also be provided. Together with howitzers supplied by the Netherlands, the number of self-propelled guns of this type transferred to Ukraine will increase to 22.
17:39 Russian units in the south are sandwiched between the Ukrainian defense forces and the right bank, some commanders of the invaders are trying to get in touch with representatives of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in order to lay down their arms and surrender, Natalia Gumenyuk, press secretary of OK Pivden, said.
17:21 Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said that he agreed with Scholz in a telephone conversation on further military support for Ukraine: "We welcome the recent military successes of Ukraine. They show that international military support is working. We agreed that we will continue our support, including through the Dutch-German military cooperation on the war in Ukraine".
16:57 "The Public Chamber of the LPR" turned to the head of the "republic" with the initiative to immediately hold a "referendum" on recognizing it as a subject of the Russian Federation. The "Public Chamber" believes that joining Russia will secure the "republic", "will open up new opportunities on the way back to peaceful life."
16:16 The head of the Lugansk OVA, Serhiy Gaidai, said that Belogorivka has been completely cleared and is under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
15:40 "Court of the DPR" admitted as a defender in the process against a soldier from Morocco Saadoun Brahim, who fought for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, his father, Russian media report.
15:07 According to the United Jewish Community of Ukraine, 4,000 Hasidim have already arrived in Uman for the annual pilgrimage on the occasion of Rosh Hashanah, despite the war.
15:03 The "head" of the occupied Kherson region, Volodymyr Saldo, is at his workplace and has returned to his duties, the "administration" said.
14:51 In Kamianske, Dnepropetrovsk region, air defense went off - an enemy drone was shot down, the mayor of the city Andrey Belousov said.
14:23 The Russians destroyed a unique monument in the Kharkiv region - Polovtsian stone women, dated IX-XXIII centuries.
| The writer means 9th through 13th, not 23rd, but that’s just a typo. |
13:44 At night, the Russians fired at Zaporozhye with S-300 missiles. Two shells hit a transformer substation near a large housing estate in one of the districts of the city. Partially the area was de-energized, medical institutions were also under the threat of de-energization. There were no casualties, the power line was promptly restored, said the head of the OVA Alexander Starukh. In one of the villages of the Zaporozhye region, one person was wounded.
13:38 Ukrainian telegram channels report that the flag of Ukraine has been raised in the village of Yarovaya, Donetsk region.
13:27 Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar showed the reports of the Russians found by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the liberated settlement, in which they refuse to comply with the orders of the command, and reports on the termination of contracts.
13:18 "Mayor" of Donetsk Aleksey Kulemzin announced an alleged Ukrainian attack on the Square of Baku Commissars in the Kuibyshevsky district of the city. According to him, 13 civilians were killed.
13:16 The Russians fired on the Zelenodolsk community from heavy artillery, one person was injured, said the head of the Dnepropetrovsk OVA, Valentin Reznichenko.
13:12 In the village of Portovskoe, Mariupol region, the invaders went around the houses and forcibly gathered all the men under 40 years old. They were loaded onto a bus and taken to the side of Donetsk, and openly answered questions that they were in the army, said Petr Andryushchenko, an adviser to the mayor of Mariupol.
He also said that the invaders launched a complex operation to strengthen the regime. In Mariupol, the number of patrols and mobile checkpoints is rapidly growing. Men's documents are checked en masse. At the same time, bots in city publics distribute information about the start of mobilization in the city. There are also reports of the first arrests, including the author of the video with the riot of the inhabitants of the Left Bank.
13:06 The "Supreme Court of the LPR" sentenced OSCE employee Dmitry Shabanov to 13 years in prison for "treason". Shabanov was detained back in April. He was accused of having, being a security assistant at the Stakhanov Forward Patrol Base of the OSCE mission, allegedly handed over to the SBU "information about the movement of military equipment and weapons."
13:03 In Energodar, local residents report provocations by the Russian military, who are shelling the opposite bank of the Kakhovka reservoir and at the same time launching shells at the objects of the industrial zone of the city. As a result of these shellings, water supply was again lost in part of Energodar microdistricts, Mayor Dmitry Orlov said.
12:58 Peskov called statements about the mass killings of Ukrainians by Russian military in the Kharkiv region "lies": "This is the same scenario as in Bucha. Everything develops according to one scenario. This is a lie. Of course, we will defend the truth in this whole story" .
12:55 Peskov said that any claims to Russian territory, "including Crimea", will receive a "proper answer." He stressed that Crimea is an integral part of the Russian Federation. At the same time, Peskov added that "the republics of Donbass are independent states whose independence is recognized by the Russian Federation and which have requested assistance in ensuring their security from Russia, which Russia is doing."
12:38 In Nova Kakhovka, the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed another pontoon crossing of the enemy. According to the deputy of the Kherson Regional Council Serhiy Khlan, the occupiers used a pier near the fish guard and equipped floating facilities to transfer ammunition to the right bank of the Dnieper.
12:16 Law enforcement officers have already established 50 places of illegal detention of Ukrainians by the Russian military, Prosecutor General Andrey Kostin said in an interview with LB.ua: "There are five production facilities in filtration camps. In total, after February 24, 50 places of illegal detention were established, including those used in as filtration camps.
Kostin also said that about 34,000 war crimes committed by Russians have already been registered in Ukraine.
12:10 The head of the Nikopol RVA Yevgeny Yevtushenko urged residents to leave the streets in the coastal zone.
11:42 In the morning, the occupiers delivered a massive blow to the front-line Avdiivka, the city center suffered, said the head of the Donetsk Regional Military District Pavel Kirilenko. Also at night, an airstrike was carried out on the private sector of Toretsk, one person was killed. The day before, a school in Toretsk was damaged due to shelling, and the Russians destroyed a school in New York at night on the territory of the community. In addition, the invaders launched a missile attack on the college in Kramatorsk from the S-300 complex.
11:35 The head of the Lugansk OVA, Sergei Gaidai, confirmed the destruction of the Russian base in the Palace of Culture in Kadievka. He also said that equipment and personnel of the enemy were destroyed on the territory of the Novoaidar forestry.
10:58 Oschadbank and Privatbank resume work in the liberated territories of the Kharkiv region, the Ministry of Reintegration reports.
10:53 In the morning, the speaker of the Odesa OVA, Serhiy Bratchuk, announced a strike on the Russian base in Kadiyivka, Luhansk region. Journalist Denis Kazansky writes that the base of Wagner PMC militants has been destroyed in Kadievka. According to him, the blow was delivered in the early morning from the HIMARS installation.
10:24 Zelensky published a video of today's attack on the South Ukrainian nuclear power plant:
09:41 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of September 19.
- personnel - about 54,650 (+170) people liquidated,
- tanks - 2212 (+2),
- armored combat vehicles - 4720 (+2),
- artillery systems - 1313 (+4),
- MLRS - 312 (+0),
- air defense systems - 168 (+0),
- aircraft - 251 (+0),
- helicopters - 217 (+0),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 920 (+2),
- cruise missiles - 238 (+0),
- ships/boats - 15 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 3581 (+3),
- special equipment - 125 (+3).
09:34 British intelligence reports that Russian troops in recent days have probably lost at least four combat aircraft in Ukraine. This is partly a result of the Russian Air Force taking greater risks in trying to provide close air support to Russian ground forces under pressure from the Ukrainian offensive, analysts say.
Also, British intelligence reports that the situational awareness of Russian pilots often leaves much to be desired and it is likely that some aircraft got into denser air defense zones as the front line moved quickly. Russia's continued lack of air superiority remains one of the most important factors behind the fragility of its operational plan in Ukraine, intelligence said.
09:22 Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar said that the Russians, in cooperation with some Ukrainian political forces, are trying to unleash a provocation about conflicts in the military-political leadership: “Last week, they launched this campaign again, again pitted Bankovaya and the Commander-in-Chief in order to weaken our decision-making centers. But except for three "bloggers", two "experts" and one "opinion leader" - no one got into this informational mud. Because our people have already learned well to distinguish what kind of information undermines the state during the war."
09:03 The Russians fired at the industrial zone of the South Ukrainian nuclear power plant at night - the rocket fell 300 meters from the nuclear reactors , Energoatom reported. The shock wave damaged the building of the nuclear power plant, more than 100 windows were broken. One of the hydroelectric units of the Aleksandrovskaya HPP, which is part of the South Ukrainian Energy Complex, has been switched off. Three high-voltage power lines were also switched off. All three power units of the nuclear power plant are operating normally, there are no casualties among the plant personnel.
08:59 At night Russians fired at Nikolaev. One of the rockets hit the courtyard of a private house, none of the residents were injured. Also, about 300 meters of the contact wire of the tram network were damaged in one of the sections, the mayor of the city Alexander Senkevich said.
08:54 At night, the Russians hit the Nikopol and Marganets communities of the Dnipropetrovsk region three times from heavy artillery and Gradov. Previously, people were not injured, but residential buildings, water supply and power lines were damaged. In the Marganets community, shelling left more than 2,500 families without electricity, said the head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko.
08:29 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, three civilians were killed - in Toretsk, Yagodny and Bogorodichny. Eight more people were injured, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
07:57 At night, the Russians launched a missile attack on Zaporozhye. According to preliminary information, seven missiles hit infrastructure facilities, said OVA head Alexander Starukh. In the morning, the enemy launched another missile attack - according to preliminary information, one missile hit the regional center, near the Dnieper River. Information about the victims is being specified. Also, the enemy fired near the regional center, in one of the villages of the Zaporozhye region, at least one person was injured.
07:40 Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces repelled enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Nikolaevka Second, Veselaia Dolina and Bakhmut. Aviation of the Defense Forces during the day dealt 21 strikes against the enemy, the defeat of 16 areas of concentration of manpower and strong points and five positions of anti-aircraft missile systems was confirmed, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in the morning report .
07:19 From Monday, September 19, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland will not let Russians with Schengen visas, including those issued in other EU countries. The Association of Tour Operators of Russia reported that in addition, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Denmark, Belgium and the Netherlands no longer accept documents for tourist visas from Russians.
For example, Italy, Spain, Greece, France, Hungary and Cyprus continue to accept documents - but with restrictions: the cost of a visa has risen, the terms have increased, multiple visas will be very small. In addition, the simplified visa regime for Russians, following the EU, was canceled by Switzerland today.
06:56 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) states that the Ukrainian counter-offensive in the Kherson region is progressing - the Russians are trying to slow it down and retreat to more protected positions, and not stop or repel it. Analysts say Ukrainian forces are likely to retake most, if not all, of western Kherson region in the coming weeks if they continue to cut Russian lines and push forward.
The Russians are trying to retreat to more secure positions as part of a controlled withdrawal to avoid a chaotic retreat, as in the Kharkiv region. At the same time, ISW notes that Ukrainian progress may be slow if the Russian forces act in a coordinated manner, but can also accelerate significantly.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian forces continue to fortify positions on the eastern bank of the Oskol River in the Kharkiv region, despite Russian efforts to contain them. The Donetsk region is the only region where Russian troops are still trying to carry out offensive operations. So far, there is no evidence that Ukraine is preparing a large-scale counter-offensive operation in the area.
According to ISW experts, Putin seems to be increasingly relying on irregular, poorly trained special volunteer and puppet units instead of rebuilding the battered units of the Russian ground forces.
00:44 Russia's war against Ukraine is in a new phase when Ukrainian forces have seized the strategic initiative, US General Mark Milley said after visiting a military base in Poland. According to him, "the war is not going too well for Russia now," and it remains unclear how the Russian Federation can react to the latest setbacks on the battlefield.