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On the other hand, let’s chat about the depletion of targets for these weapons
Seems Russia should start running short of targets for the Ukrainians to shoot at
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It comes as a defence minister warned Nato's stockpiles were 'insufficient'
'Insufficient' versus what opponent? At the current rate Russian (and allies) will run out of AFVs before all of the stockpiles of Javelins, HOTs, Milans and other sort of ATGMs get used up ...or does he have a relative that wants a Cost Plus Triple Overtime RUSH contract?
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Given as how you can whack a tank from a couple of clicks away even in a combined arms environment with infantry and close air support, I have half a meeting next to say that tanks are obsolete and it’s time to move back to small unit tactics with fire and manuvuer coordinated artillery and close air support
Of course the MANPAD has almost taken close air support off the table
Seems that we are back to Franco-Prussian warfare
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NATO's weapons stocks have always been insufficient. Tragedy of the Commons in action. It's 10X worse when it comes to expensive precision guided weapons. They have always relied on the kindness of Uncle Sugar if push came to shove.
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Problem with infantry sans armor is that artillery will decimate them from afar and machine guns from close in. The USA solved the CAS dilemma with stealth aircraft operating at medium altitude above MANPAD range combined with SEAD/DEAD.
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Has the US Congress passed any spending bills to replace what we have given to Ukraine?
Yes. Most of the spending in the aid packages is actually for the US defense industries to replace what is being shipped over. The rest is credit so other countries in Europe can get paid for the military gear they ship.
The gap we see in the US is the between shipping gear out and getting new stocks.
#10
they could get their 3rd symbol bathroom elite fighting force to grease their assholes up dig pit traps and have the tanks fall in their poop shoots barrel first!
#11
the UK won't be able to replenish its supplies of the weapons
a defence minister warned Nato's stockpiles were 'insufficient'
Makes perfect sense: deplete our own defenses while we throw $66 billion into a corrupt shithole that has fuck-all to do with our own security.
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Clownshow, Part MDXXIV:
“The Biden Administration’s new 2022 National Security Strategy (NSS) mentions climate or climate change at least 63 times; clean energy, air or water another 19 times; and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (“DEI”), or its components, 37 times.
To bring these values to the world and “uphold the rights of all Americans,” the NSS pugnaciously proclaims that “we must proactively shape the international order in line with our interests and values,” and be prepared to use all of America’s power to “center” equity and inclusion, reduce fossil fuels, and promote the green agenda. …”
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As of the evening of October 28, the road between Svatove and Kreminna in Luhansk Oblast is under full fire control of the Ukrainian military. This information was confirmed by the spokesman of the Eastern Group of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Serhiy Cherevatyi.
Route through the New Territories of Russia This trip also had an applied purpose. Is it possible to get from one Russian region through several republics and regions at once to another. And it's not about the Moscow-Yalta trip. I started in Belgorod, where I left the special operation zone to repair the car and understand that the Belgorod region has become as much an integral part of the NVO as the Donbass.
Stop in Lugansk, then in Donetsk.
I left the capital of the DPR the next morning to the roar of artillery and the noise of garden blowers, which "blow" the fallen leaves from the sidewalks onto the lawns. War is war, and, as my army platoon commander used to say, "order must be in the unit."
Throw on Mariupol along the highway, which was the front line for eight years. This can be seen today from rusty gas stations overgrown with weeds, and already patched up holes in the asphalt. And here it is - the entrance to the Zaporozhye region. Through an ordinary checkpoint, where a queue of trucks and cars with Russian numbers connects the mainland with the "new territories". There are no more borders. But martial law provides for the verification of documents and cargo.
My route ran through the entire Zaporozhye region. Russia has already managed to “treacherously break in” here, leaving behind an almost perfect autobahn, on which my spare tire, which reacts to the slightest bump, has stopped rattling. Refueling ended exactly in front of the Kherson region. Along with the autobahn.
The last gas station playfully blinked its neon lights, urging them to stop. But I decided that a 100-liter reserve in canisters in the trunk, plus hope for the best, is not a reason to fill half a tank 140 km from the target. In the end, I did not know that this was the last gas station, after which the perfect canvas was replaced by a washboard. And the faceless roadside was “painted” with burnt Ukrainian equipment.
On the Other Side of the Dnepr
“Just don’t drive on the bridge,” the Russian Guards advised at the entrance to the Dnieper.
At one point of the Antonovsky Bridge, Kyiv managed to plant more than 50 high-precision American missiles, disrupting communication between the two banks. And to get to the other side, now you have to stand in line at the ferry crossing. 10 minutes of "water excursion", and I enter Kherson.
Somewhere in the distance, explosions hoot, and an old trolleybus serenely passes by in the opposite direction. There are not very many people on the streets - more than 70 thousand people have left here in recent days. But those who remain evoke the already familiar feeling of amazement.
Well, what else needs to happen so that you still take your children and the elderly under your arms and urgently go to a safe zone? Moreover, all the possibilities for this have been created. There are options for temporary accommodation on the left bank, there are subsidies for the purchase of housing in other regions of Russia. The scale of the calls for evacuation and their importunity clearly hint that in the coming days in that city there will be no time for the usual peaceful routine.
But on the right bank, it seems, they are not yet fully aware of the risks that threaten Kherson in the coming days.
"Wait" and Store Shelves
I saw the first harbingers of trouble immediately, at the entrance to the supermarket. The shelves in the pharmacy kiosk were half empty. Against the backdrop of Ukrainian shelling, the supply of goods from the left bank was seriously disrupted.
The day before, the Minister of Defense of Ukraine happily announced that he was controlling all crossings across the Dnieper with artillery fire. And although this is not entirely true, but the consequences of this are felt. Starting with drugs and ending with food. Yes, at first glance the shelves are filled with goods. But in the dairy department it is clearly empty, a meager assortment of sausages ...
And so far there is no reason for optimism. Shops and cafes are gradually closing in the city. Transport stops working. Gradual deprivation of habitual conveniences creates the illusion of their temporality. I remember this from Slavyansk, Donetsk, Luhansk... Many later regretted that they had not left on time and taken their families away.
Although from Kherson, after all, most of the pro-Russian residents left. Therefore, the concentration, as they say here, of “waiters” (people waiting for the return of Ukrainian power) has increased. It is expressed, for example, in the overvaluation of the hryvnia against the ruble. Or completely refusing to accept Russian currency.
My colleague, who has been working in the Kherson region for the past eight months, counted several dozen such points. This is not an indicator of political preferences - pure economics. It just seemed to someone that now the ruble mass will begin to sag. In the same way, during the Russian offensive, traders preferred the promising ruble. The commandant's office, of course, is now trying to take action. But she has enough worries without it.
Potemkin Will Return Here
In recent days, monuments to Russian commanders have been removed from Kherson, which could come under fire during the alleged Ukrainian offensive. The monuments of Fyodor Ushakov, Alexander Suvorov were already moved from the city to the left bank ... Among the sights of Kherson was the monument to Grigory Potemkin, the Russian field marshal, who actually annexed Crimea and Novorossia to the Russian Empire. By decree of Catherine the Great, Grand Duke Potemkin-Tauride was buried in Kherson.
- Here is his burial vault, - Father Peter, rector of the Catherine's Cathedral of Kherson, shows me the tombstone.
Together with him we raise heavy stones hiding the burial place of the field marshal. Below them is a narrow passage to the crypt, in which until recently the coffin of the Prince stood. After it became clear that Kyiv would not stand on ceremony, the coffin with his ashes, like the monument, was evacuated from the city by ferry.
But he will definitely come back here. After all, Kherson was founded by Potemkin-Tavrichesky. Like Sevastopol, and Nikolaev, and Dnepropetrovsk (Ekaterinoslav) ...
#3
They also stole all the man hole covers and the coin washing machines in the laundromats. They also stole all the penny candy from the Variety stores and the bowling balls too. Also they stole all the shoe polish.
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[LB] In addition, the enemy fought in the Kharkiv, Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, Luhansk and Mykolaiv regions.
by Iryna Lysohor
The night was relatively calm in Volyn, Zakarpattia, Rivne Oblast, Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv, Zaporizhzhia, Chernivtsi, Kirovohrad, Odesa, Vinnytsia, Khmelnytskyi, Ternopil, Cherkasy Oblasts, Poltava Oblast, Zhytomyr Oblast and Kyiv Oblast.
In the Sumy region, yesterday the Russians shelled the territories of Novoslobidska, Bilopolska, and Khota communities . In the evening, mortars fired at the territory of the Znob-Novgorod community : a total of 16 "parishes" and the Velikopysarovsk community: eight "parishes" from the AGS. They also opened fire from machine guns. Information about the consequences is being clarified, says the message from OVA as of this morning.
In Dnipropetrovsk, during the night, the Nikopol, Marganets and Chervonogrigoriv communities suffered from shelling from the "Hradi" and heavy artillery . There are no injured. About a dozen high-rise and private buildings and power lines were damaged in Nikopol. In Marganetska and Chervonogrihorivska communities, power grids were also damaged. Up to a thousand families were left without electricity in the Chervonogrigorivska community. Emergency crews have already started work.
The occupiers also attacked settlements along the demarcation line in the Kupyan and Kharkiv districts. There are no casualties. Detailed information about the consequences is being clarified.
In the Luhansk region, the Russians were repulsed from Andriyivka and Bilogorivka , in Rubizhny, the occupiers are forming a maneuvering housing stock - they are moving militants and collaborators into empty apartments.
Over the past 24 hours, 21 areas of concentration of the enemy's manpower, weapons and military equipment, three strongholds and five positions of anti-aircraft missile systems have been hit. Ukrainian missile forces and artillery hit four areas of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment and a warehouse with ammunition of the enemy. The Russians shelled the villages of Makiivka and Nevske in the Kupyansk and Lymansk directions over the past day. In total, the enemy made 23 artillery strikes on the positions of the defenders of the region.
Yesterday evening in Donetsk, there was shelling of Kurakhovo and Zorya village of the Kurakhiv community . Private houses were damaged, one person died. At night, the villages of Torske and Zarichne were shelled. Shelling along the front line in the Ocheretyn community. Artillery shelling of the outskirts of Svitlodarska MBA and st. Majorsk.
At night, there are also isolated flights over the old part of Avdiivka. Along the line of defense around the city - more or less calm, in the morning - aggravation in the direction of Pisky, Opytne. Over the past day in the region: four dead, nine injured.
At night, Mykolaiv came under fire from the S300 anti-aircraft missile system. As a result of rocket attacks, a three-story administrative building was destroyed and a new multi-story building located nearby was damaged. The bakery was also damaged. One person received minor injuries. Yesterday evening - shelling of the outskirts of the Ingul community. There were no injuries or damage. Shelling of the territory and nearby settlements of the Berezneguvat community continues. Information on affected and damaged residential buildings is being clarified.
Active hostilities continue in the Kherson region. The occupiers shelled the peaceful communities of the Beryslav district with small arms fire and artillery. Civilian infrastructure was damaged or destroyed as a result of the projectiles hitting. There are victims among the civilian population.
Velika Oleksandrivka was also shelled. According to the information of OK "Pivden", the enemy continues active defense, is looking for ways to renew logistics and equip defensive lines on the left bank of the Dnipro River. Reports of looting by the occupying army continue to come to the police from recently liberated villages.
We will remind, the total combat losses of Russia from February 24 to October 28 approximately amounted to 69,700 people. Over the past day, 480 occupiers have been eliminated.
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[Vesti] October 28 is the 247th day of the war between Russia and Ukraine. Briefly about the main thing that happened in the country on that day, about the situation in the regions, the exchange of prisoners, as well as all the relevant information from key departments - online Vesti.ua .
7:00 am . The main thing from the morning summary of the General Staff:
The Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled attacks in the areas of the settlements of Andreevka and Belogorivka of the Luhansk region, Bakhmut, Bakhmutskoye, Vremyevka, Zelenopolye, Soledar, Mayorsk, Maryinka, Nevelskoye, Novobakhmutovka, Pervomayskoye and Yakovlevka of the Donetsk region.
During the day, the RF Armed Forces delivered 15 air strikes and 1 missile strike, and also carried out more than 40 attacks from the MLRS
Air defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine shot down two KA-52 helicopters and one SU-25 aircraft
8:50 am . Kharkov region. Russian troops continued shelling settlements located close to the line of confrontation and the border with the Russian Federation. In particular, the settlements of Chuguevsky, Izyumsky and Kupyansky districts were shelled from the territory of Russia: Olkhovatka, Volchansk, Okhrimovka, Staritsa, Druzhelyubovka and Petro-Ivanovka.
Demining continues in the liberated territories of the Kharkiv region. Over the past day, the pyrotechnic units of the State Emergency Service neutralized 247 explosive objects.
9:15. Nikolaevkskaya area. At night, Russian troops fired at Nikolaev from the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system. According to the head of the OVA, Vitaly Kim, a three-story office building was destroyed, and a nearby residential building and a bakery were also damaged. One person received minor injuries.
9:25 am . Updated battle map according to ISW data:
Ukrainian troops continue counter-offensive operations on the Svatovo-Kremennaya line
The Russian Federation sends atypical equipment to the Luhansk region, in particular, the TOS-1 thermoset multiple launch rocket system
Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled assaults near Bakhmut, near Soledar, near Ivangrad, Mayorsk, Krasnogorovka and Avdeevka
9:40. Dnepropetrovsk region. At night, the Russians from the Grad MLRS and heavy artillery once again fired at the Nikopol region, three communities came under fire: Nikopol, Marganetskaya and Krasnogrigoryevskaya. As a result of the shelling, a fire broke out. A dozen multi-storey and private houses were damaged, as well as the building of the employment center. There are no dead or wounded. Hit a power line. About a thousand subscribers - without electricity.
10:00. Donetsk region. At night and in the morning, the Russians continued to shell settlements on the front line. Marinka, Krasnogorovka and Maximilianovka of the Maryinskaya community came under shelling at night, and Avdiivka several times in the morning.
12:10. Kherson region. Explosions are reported in Kherson near the Antonovsky bridge.
16:45. Kyiv received new air defense systems to protect the facilities of the energy system of the capital
17:25. In Donetsk, the building of the Institute of Applied Mathematics came under fire.
18:50. Operational summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for the evening:
Russian troops continue to conduct offensive operations in the Bakhmut and Avdeevsky directions
during the day, Russian troops launched 3 missile and 14 air strikes, carried out more than 50 attacks from the MLRS
Ukrainian aviation hit 20 areas of concentration of weapons and military equipment and 4 positions of anti-aircraft missile systems, units of missile troops and artillery - 4 ammunition depots.
20:31. For the first time, a US military aid package for Ukraine will include satellite dishes. They are expected to help improve communication on the battlefield.
Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh, four satellite communications antennas that operate outside the Starlink system will be provided.
21:34. The Armed Forces of Ukraine have practically taken control of an important highway between the occupied cities of Svatovo and Kremennaya. This was stated by the head of the Lugansk regional military administration Sergei Gaidai.
22:23. The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine fixed electricity prices for the population until the end of the heating season. Preferential prices for electricity for the population will remain at least until March 31, 2023.
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[Korrespondent] 23:31 In the Kiev region, 1367 bodies of Ukrainians who died as a result of Russian aggression have already been exhumed, head of the Main Directorate of the regional National Police Andriy Nebytov said. Most of the dead have been identified, 200 bodies remain unidentified. Another 286 residents of the region are considered missing.
23:28 The United States does not rule out any options to deal with the supply of weapons to Iran, said State Department spokesman Ned Price. According to him, Washington has tools "that go beyond sanctions and other economic measures."
22:56 Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian, in a conversation with Kuleba, said that Tehran's position on the events in Ukraine is based "on the principle of refusing to send weapons to the conflicting parties," IRNA reported.
21:57 In Russia, the end of mobilization has been announced. Allegedly, 300 thousand people have already been recruited and that's enough. In the future, they promise to recruit troops only by accepting volunteers and contractors. But the Russians, for some reason, do not really believe in such statements by the authorities. Read more in the material The end of the grave?
21:48 Zelensky called the issue of Canadian sovereign bonds an "unprecedented act", all proceeds from the placement of which will be used to help Ukraine. According to the president, the volume of issued bonds will amount to $500 million, the securities will be available for investment not only in Canada, but all over the world. "This is a very powerful example for all our partners. Canada is the first country to offer such a support tool," the President stressed.
21:44 Russians in the occupied territory are dismantling the entire healthcare system - they are closing medical institutions, taking out equipment, ambulances; pressure on doctors who remained in the occupied areas to move to the territory of Russia. First of all, this concerns the Kherson region, Zelensky said.
21:42 As of this time, the power supply restriction has affected about 4 million Ukrainians, Zelensky said in an evening video message: "Kyiv and the region, Zhytomyr region, Poltava region, Rivne region, Kharkiv region, Chernihiv region, Sumy region, Cherkasy region, Kirovohrad region. Emergency shutdowns are also possible in others regions. We are doing everything so that the state has the opportunity to reduce such blackouts."
21:37 Zelensky said in an evening video message that the mobilized Russians are so poorly trained and equipped, so rudely used by the command that Russia may soon need a new wave of sending people to war: "We are preparing for this - we are preparing for that the current Russian leadership will look for any new opportunities to continue the war, including thanks to its accomplices - in Iran."
21:28 The community of railway workers of Belarus reported that in March-September 2022, 65,089 tons of ammunition (1940 wagons) were taken from Belarus to Russia. The least was exported in March (297 tons, 26 wagons), the most - in April (22,534 tons, 689 wagons), and also in September (14,479 tons, 442 wagons).
The Belaruska Gayun Monitoring Group clarifies that in addition to ammunition, the Lukashenka regime also transfers tanks and other equipment to the Russian Federation. In the last few weeks alone, at least 94 T-72A tanks and 36-44 Urals have been handed over.
21:21 Special Forces Hort reported that its fighters eliminated the deputy chief of staff of PMC Wagner. In close combat, they encountered a group of "Wagnerites", as a result, the entire enemy group was destroyed. Among the dead, the deputy chief of staff was identified.
20:44 The head of the Lugansk OVA, Serhiy Gaidai, said that the Svatovo-Kremennaya highway is "practically under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine."
19:55 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the launch of the Canadian Government Sovereignty Bonds of Ukraine, aimed at supporting financing of assistance to Ukraine in the war with Russia.
19:36 Kuleba said that Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahyan called him today: "During the conversation, I demanded that Iran immediately stop supplying Russia with weapons that are used to kill civilians and destroy critical infrastructure in Ukraine."
19:07 The head of the IAEA, Rafael Grossi, said that progress in creating a security zone around the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant is slow. In his opinion, the success of efforts to create such a zone is not guaranteed. Grossi also said that he intends to visit Moscow and Kyiv again to continue consultations on the security zone.
18:49 The Pentagon announced a new $275 million military aid package for Ukraine. It will include: ammunition for HIMARS; 500 high-precision guided artillery shells; remote anti-tank mining systems; light conveyors HMMWV; small arms and ammunition.
18:45 Svetlana Babayeva, head of the department of the propaganda publication Rossiya today in Simferopol, died in an accident at one of the training grounds in the Crimea, where she was engaged in military sports shooting. Media Director General Dmitry Kiselev said that the cause of death was a "stray bullet".
18:41 Of the 6,700 workers who remained to work at the Russian-occupied Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, only about a hundred signed contracts with Rosatom. Moreover, the overwhelming majority of those who did this "agreed" under pressure from the occupiers. Another 4,300 pro-Ukrainian ZNPP workers left for Ukraine-controlled territory, Energoatom said. At the same time, among those who agreed to work for the Russians, there are also volunteers, including from the management of the station.
In this regard, today, on October 28, the "head" of Crimea Sergey Aksyonov and the first deputy head of the presidential administration Sergey Kiriyenko arrived at the ZNPP. They must demonstrate at least some success and convince the station staff to sign contracts with the fake organization JSC Operating Organization Zaporozhye NPP , which is controlled by Rosatom.
18:33 Zelensky said that he had spoken with Italian Prime Minister George Meloni: "We talked about Ukraine's integration into the EU and NATO, and also discussed the current situation in our state. He invited me to visit Ukraine."
18:30 Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held a telephone conversation with Lavrov, following which Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said that Russia is ready to resume negotiations with Ukraine and the United States: "China welcomes Russia's readiness to engage in dialogue and resume negotiations with Ukraine and the United States ".
18:23 The Kedr group of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine on October 23, with the participation of the 5th company of the 66th brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, liberated the village of Nevskoye, Lugansk region. In the course of a lightning-fast offensive operation, the Ukrainian defenders defeated the superior forces of the invaders. 34 enemy shooters and three machine gun crews were destroyed. The surviving invaders abandoned their armored vehicles and retreated from the village. The scouts captured three Russian contract soldiers, a military KAMAZ with ammunition and two infantry fighting vehicles, the GUR reported.
18:19 The General Staff showed a photo of how Ukrainian servicemen are being trained in the UK. The instructors of the partner countries put special emphasis on the psychological readiness to perform tasks as intended. In particular, when providing first aid for injuries. The General Staff notes that the injuries and blood in the photo are artificial and are educational in nature.
18:04 DTEK reported that as a result of new damage to the country's energy system, a capacity shortage of 30% of consumption arose in Kiev. Therefore, Ukrenergo introduces unprecedented emergency restrictions. According to the head of the Kyiv OVA Oleksiy Kuleba, it is necessary to prepare for emergency power outages for an indefinite period. The schedules of emergency shutdowns drawn up the day before are no longer relevant. Tougher and longer shutdowns will be applied in the coming days.
DTEK is working on the preparation of new, "more convenient" schedules that will take into account the current state of the energy system. They will be released early next week.
17:38 UN High Representative Izuma Nakamitsu said the organization has not seen any evidence of biological weapons in Ukraine, which Russia regularly claimed in March and May.
And U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said the Russia-initiated UN Security Council briefing was a "colossal waste of time" used by the Kremlin to spread disinformation: car. We must not divert UN resources to an unfounded investigation. And we must not let Russian tactics be a distraction."
17:10 Shoigu reported to Putin that in the course of partial mobilization, 300,000 people had already been mobilized, 82,000 of them allegedly sent to the active troops after training. According to him, partial mobilization measures have been completed, 218,000 mobilized people are at the training grounds and in the process of combat coordination.
17:07 During a meeting of the UN Security Council, Russian representative Vasily Nebenzya said that the United States intends to use "combat mosquitoes" to carry biological weapons - "biological and immunobiological bacteria and viruses that could destroy the entire enemy personnel." He also once again accused Washington of experiments on the development of biological weapons allegedly in Ukrainian biological laboratories.
17:02 Local gauleiters of Melitopol announced that from October 30, all residents living in the captured settlements of the Zaporozhye region automatically become citizens of Russia. "The goal of the occupiers is traditional - intimidation and forced mobilization of residents," said the current mayor of the city, Ivan Fyodorov.
16:54 Klitschko said that new air defense systems have already been installed in Kyiv to protect energy infrastructure facilities. According to him, it takes 2-3 weeks to fully restore the power system of Kyiv.
16:20 Ukraine has already received kamikaze drones from partners and is expecting the latest Switchblade 600 drones, Yuriy Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said: "Unmanned aircraft have become an integral factor in military conflicts. We have a Bayraktar TB 2 strike type UAV. We have drones - kamikazes are also already provided to us by our partners, they are being used.And we are already waiting for the latest drone - we had a Switchblade 300, and partners will already give us several sets of Switchblade 600 shock UAVs. This is also the latest UAV, which has very powerful tactical and technical characteristics and, we hope, will prove themselves very well in combat operations in Ukraine."
Ignat added that there are some domestic developments in terms of unmanned aircraft, but so far we can only count on the help of partners.
15:58 Russia is running out of Iskander missiles, but there are enough X-22 and S-300 missiles, Yury Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said: "Iskander missiles are in a very serious shortage, they are already running out of stock, they have actually exhausted. Therefore they are trying to get ballistic missiles from Iran."
At the same time, according to Ignat, the Russians still have a sufficient number of X-22s, but "it is not clear what the state of the missiles is and how accurately they will fly." "And plus, let's not forget that they have thousands of S-300 missiles. The Russian Federation is the manufacturer of these missiles, and many are left in warehouses. These are anti-aircraft missiles, such as we have in service," he added.
15:41 Podolyak said that Moscow actually admitted to terrorism at the state level: "Fantastic! The Kremlin, through the mouth of Medvedev, directly stated: we will destroy the Ukrainian energy system and terrorize millions of people until Ukraine agrees to surrender. In fact, official recognition of terrorism at the state level "What kind of negotiations can we talk about here? With whom?"
15:23 Putin's speech at the Valdai Forum is an attempt to distort the real facts about Russia's aggressive war against Ukraine and present far-fetched accusations against Kiev to cover up the criminal intentions of the Kremlin itself, said EU representative Nabila Massrali.
"For me, President Putin's speech is something like Orwell. In this Putin's speech, the wrong is true, the right is wrong, in his speech the truth is a lie, and the lie is the truth. Let me recall some facts. The fact is that it is Russia who leads criminal and unprovoked aggressive war against Ukraine. The fact is that it is Russian troops who are behind the atrocities and war crimes against the civilian population in Ukraine, against women and children," Massrali stressed.
She noted that Russia continues to commit egregious violations of international law and is actually trying to destroy the UN Charter. It is Russia's actions that threaten peace and security, and not only in Europe, since Russian aggressive actions have grave consequences for the whole world, which is also a real fact.
14:56 Since September 13, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have shot down more than 300 Shahed-136 Iranian kamikaze drones, Yuri Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force Command, said. According to him, the enemy uses them in waves: “Obviously, not every day, because there are certain factors, some operational strategic tasks that he sets as his goal. It is clear that the depletion is primarily our air defense. The enemy sees the result, and it is clear that it monitors how these kamikaze drones are coping, sees that we are destroying them, looking for new tactics for their use, in particular using it at night, very often - from 12 to 2 in the morning, when you can only shoot down these drones fire weapons that have radar systems.
14:49 Steinmeier says Putin is personally to blame for reducing the European security order to ashes: "In his imperial obsession, the Russian president violated international law, seized land, questioned borders. The Russian attack is an attack on all the lessons the world has learned from two world wars.
14:47 DTEK is preparing new schedules of rolling blackouts in Kiev, said the company's executive director Dmitry Sakharuk: "They will not be pleasant. I warn you right away, because the number of hours during which you will need to remain without electricity, unfortunately, should be increased. Another There is no way out now until the infrastructure is restored. For sure, more than four hours. There will be restrictions until six hours." New schedules will be prepared within one or two days.
Sakharuk also explained why the lights are not turned off in all houses. According to him, there are houses where critical infrastructure facilities are located, so they cannot be disconnected from electricity.
14:44 According to the results of 2022, the real salaries of Ukrainians will be reduced by a quarter, the NBU reported. According to the regulator, the labor market has stabilized at a low level. Unemployment will remain high for a long time due to the effects of the war and significant structural imbalances. Despite a certain revival of economic activity, most enterprises are still operating well below the pre-war level of workload, the National Bank notes.
14:39 In the Kharkiv region, the Russians damaged one of the world's largest radio telescopes, the National Police reported. The building of the institution, located in the Chuguevsky district, is completely destroyed and, most likely, can no longer be restored. This is the largest radio telescope in Europe, covering more than 100 hectares. The occupiers lived at the station for several months, until the settlement was de-occupied. They dug trenches and left behind ammunition and the remains of them.
14:31 Steinmeier said that Germany should say goodbye to old patterns of thinking and hopes regarding the Russian Federation: "I know that many feel a connection with Russia and its citizens, love Russian music and literature... If you look at today's Russia, then old dreams there is no place. Our countries are in opposition today." According to the president, the Germans are grateful to Moscow for the peaceful unification of Germany, but with the outbreak of war in Ukraine, Gorbachev's dream of a common European home collapsed, and Germany plunged into a period of serious economic upheaval.
13:54 Norway has introduced a new package of sanctions against 30 Russian officials and seven organizations, the government said. In particular, the organizers of pseudo-referendums in the "DPR" and "LPR", Kherson and Zaporozhye regions were subjected to restrictions.
13:51 Medvedev said that Ukraine can improve the situation with electricity supply by giving Russia its territories: "We must recognize the legitimacy of Russia's demands within the framework of the NWO and its results, reflected in our constitution. And then things will get better with the light."
13:39 Ukraine is now experiencing the largest escalation since the start of the war with the Russian Federation, Stoltenberg said: “What we have seen over the past weeks and days is actually the most serious escalation since the invasion in February. Because if you put them together mobilization and the forces that they can now send to the front, with their partial now illegal annexation of part of Ukrainian territory and dangerous nuclear rhetoric - all this is the biggest escalation since the beginning of the war." According to the NATO Secretary General, the West in this situation should increase support.
13:28 Special forces of the National Guard of Ukraine defeated the enemy's DRG in the Donetsk direction and captured the "mobilized" so-called "DPR". According to him, he was recently mobilized and has already been sent along with other such men to the combat area. In one of the first clashes, their group was defeated.
12:59 The occupied territories of the Zaporozhye region will not switch to winter time this Sunday, the local "authorities" said.
12:57 At the training ground in the Arkhangelsk region, a 22-year-old military man on KamAZ rammed a convoy of 20 conscripts. As a result, two people died and 11 more were injured, Russian media write.
12:39 Lithuania sent Ukraine equipment to repair electrical substations and gas pipelines damaged by Russian shelling. The Lithuanian operator of the electricity transmission system Litgrid and the main operator of natural gas transportation in Lithuania Amber Grid sent Ukraine special equipment worth almost 100 thousand euros.
12:17 For the production of Iranian reconnaissance and strike drones Mohajer-6, used by Russia against Ukraine, household components are used, so they are significantly inferior to their competitors. Specialists of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine investigated the Mohajer-6 UAV and found out where the components of the drone come from, and also found parts marked in the official language of Iran - Farsi. All evidence will be transferred to international organizations.
12:06 In Russia, the courts have been instructed to refuse parole so that prisoners go to war or work double shifts in camps. Vladimir Osechkin, the founder of the Gulagu.net project, told the channel We can explain about this . According to him, both Prigozhin and recruiters from the Ministry of Defense are taking a large number of prisoners for their PMCs and assault squads. As a result, fewer workers remain in the industrial zones of the colonies.
Prisoners in the Russian Federation began to recruit in May. According to human rights activists, more than 20,000 have already been recruited to participate in hostilities in Ukraine.
11:34 According to the World Bank, 25% of Ukraine's population will be living in poverty by the end of this year (compared to just over 2% before the war), and by the end of next year this figure could rise to 55%.
11:10 British intelligence reports that Russia is moving to a long-term defensive position on most sectors of the front. According to analysts, the leaders of the Russian Federation have realized that the severely understaffed and poorly trained forces in Ukraine are only capable of defensive operations so far. But even if Russia succeeds in fortifying long-term defensive lines in Ukraine, its operational layout will remain vulnerable, intelligence said.
To regain the initiative, the Russian Federation needs to revive better, more mobile forces capable of dynamically resisting Ukrainian breakthroughs and conducting its own large-scale offensive operations, analysts say.
11:06 Biden said he was skeptical of Putin's statement that he did not intend to use nuclear weapons against Ukraine: "If he does not have such an intention, why does he continue to talk about it? Why does he talk about the possibility of using tactical nuclear weapons? He is very dangerous in his approach to it."
10:44 Turkish company Baykar plans to complete the construction of a plant in Ukraine in two years, CEO Haluk Bayraktar told Reuters. According to him, construction plans are moving forward, despite some obstacles created by the invasion of Ukraine.
10:37 The Russian Foreign Ministry said that during the implementation of the grain agreement, more than 70 ships were allegedly detained, and some were even suspended for non-compliance with navigation rules and "attempts to smuggle in specially equipped caches."
10:32 In Kiev, emergency blackouts continue, the Kyiv City State Administration reported. Stabilization shutdown schedules drawn up the day before are not relevant. Due to significant damage and imbalance in the power system, longer power outages are possible.
10:25 a.m. Republican Congressman Paul Gozar, who voted against Lend-Lease for Ukraine, published a letter inviting Putin and Zelensky to talks in the city of Phoenix, Arizona. “Global political and military leaders are refusing even to attempt to de-escalate the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Instead of engaging in peace talks, warmongers, neoconservatives and the Biden regime seem hell-bent on bringing all of humanity into a potential nuclear world war,” he writes. .
Judging by the addresses indicated in the letter, he sent it to the embassies of Russia and Ukraine in Washington.
09:52 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of October 28.
personnel - about 69,700 (+480) people liquidated,
tanks - 2640 (+9),
armored combat vehicles - 5378 (+14),
artillery systems - 1698 (+8),
MLRS - 379 (+0),
air defense systems - 192 (+0),
aircraft - 272 (+1),
helicopters - 251 (+2),
UAV operational-tactical level - 1401 (+3),
cruise missiles - 351 (+0),
ships/boats - 16 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 4088 (+10),
special equipment - 151 (+1).
09:40 The EU mission to train the Ukrainian military was headed by a Polish general, commander of the 11th Lublin armored cavalry division Piotr Tritek. The corresponding decision was made by the Committee on Politics and Security (COPS) of the EU, reports RMF24. The start of the mission is scheduled for November, at its first stage 15,000 Ukrainian servicemen will be trained.
The mission's operational command will be located at the Novaya Demba training ground in the Podkarpackie Voivodeship of Poland, another operational headquarters will be based in Germany, and a third headquarters will be located in Brussels and will deal with administrative issues.
09:11 Kiev OVA warned that due to planned work today in Belotserkovsky, Buchansky and Vyshgorodsky districts, residents can hear the sounds of explosions.
09:09 The European Union has frozen Russian assets worth 17.5 billion euros, said European Commission Speaker Christian Wiegand. According to him, we are talking about the assets of 1,350 people and organizations included in the EU sanctions lists.
08:50 At night Russians fired at Nikolaev S-300 rockets - the three-storey office building is destroyed, the multystoried new building and a bakery is damaged. One person was slightly injured, the head of the IVA, Vitaly Kim, said.
08:48 Washington will announce a $275 million military aid package for Ukraine today, AP writes.
08:37 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, four civilians were killed - three in Bakhmut and one in Svyatogorsk. In addition, in Shandrigolovo, law enforcement officers found the bodies of five civilians who died during the occupation. Nine more people were injured yesterday, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
07:45 During the day, units of the Defense Forces repelled the attacks of the invaders in the areas of settlements: Andreevka, Belogorovka, Lugansk region; Bakhmut, Bakhmutskoye, Vremovka, Zelenopolye, Soledar, Mayorsk, Maryinka, Nevelskoye, Novobakhmutovka, Pervomayskoye, Yakovlevka of the Donetsk region, the General Staff said in the morning report .
In the Kherson region, the invaders continue to "evacuate", much attention is paid to the removal of medical equipment and property of "nationalized" enterprises. So, from Belozerka the equipment of the local hospital is taken out to Skadovsk and Genichesk. At the same time, the enemy is reinforcing its grouping on the right-bank part with mobilized military personnel numbering up to 1,000 people. They are settled in the dwellings of local residents who left these territories.
05:13 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) writes that Putin continues to reject the idea of Ukrainian sovereignty, which is incompatible with the negotiations between the Russian Federation and Ukraine, and aims to destroy the Ukrainian state.
01:37 IAEA head Rafael Grossi said that agency experts will visit Ukraine in the coming days in the context of Russian statements about a "dirty bomb". He also said that the IAEA will send experts to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the coming weeks to assess the security situation. Grossi expressed hope that the establishment of a security zone near the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant is "a matter of days."
00:21 Zelensky said in an evening video message that in two days the Russians had fired more than 30 drones in Ukraine, 23 of which were shot down. In total, since the beginning of the full-scale war, Russia has carried out 4,500 missile strikes and more than 8,000 air raids.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[KavkazUzel] Since the beginning of October, the Federal Security Service has reported three times that terrorist attacks have been prevented and members of three groups of supporters of radical movements have been detained. Twice, according to the security forces, supporters of the terrorist organization "Islamic State" * were detained, the last time to date, supporters of Ukrainian radical organizations were detained. Among the targets of the terrorists, the security forces named an administrative facility, a police department and a transport infrastructure facility.
The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that today the FSB reported on the arrest of four people who were planning a terrorist attack in the Stavropol Territory. According to the FSB, the detainees were supporters of Ukrainian radical organizations.
"Being supporters of the ideology of Ukrainian nationalist organizations,
... whatever that means, but at least they’re not calling them either Nazis or satanists. And they don’t seem to be accusing these particular miscreants of being Lions of Islam...
the detainees planned to commit a terrorist act at one of the administrative facilities in the region," the Center for Public Relations of the Federal Security Service said in a statement.
Four days earlier, on October 24, the security forces reported the arrest of two supporters of the banned Islamic State* terrorist organization. According to the FSB, they were preparing a terrorist act in the Pyatigorsk police department "at the direction of foreign emissaries."
The group, according to security officials, included people from Central Asia
... what does that mean?
who confessed. The FSB also released a video of the arrest. In the video, one of the detainees reports that he and his friend joined the IS and planned a terrorist attack. The second added that they had purchased components for a pipe bomb.
On October 7, the FSB reported that members of the Islamic State cell had been detained in the regional center. According to security officials, the detainees were planning a terrorist attack on a transport infrastructure facility.
During searches in the places of residence of the suspects, components and damaging elements for the manufacture of improvised explosive devices, and means of secret communications were found. The exact number of detainees was not reported, but from the frames of the released video it can be concluded that two men and women were detained .
We also recall that the FSB twice reported on the prevention of terrorist attacks in the Stavropol Territory in April. On April 25, the agency reported on the arrest of an IS supporter suspected of plotting a terrorist attack at a transport infrastructure facility in the Stavropol Territory. In the video, the detainee admitted that he joined the ranks of the Islamic State and planned a terrorist attack . On April 13, the security forces said that a supporter of the "Islamic state" * from Stavropol planned to commit a terrorist attack at the railway station, elements of an explosive device were confiscated from him.
The special services are motivated to disseminate doubtful reports about the detention of alleged terrorists in the Stavropol Territory in order to improve reporting and for propaganda purposes, journalist Yelena Suslova and human rights activist Arsen Sarkisov explained to the "Caucasian Knot".
Valery Ledovskoy, coordinator of the Center for Civic Initiatives of the North Caucasus Federal District, named a warning about the consequences of participation in radical organizations as a likely goal of such propaganda.
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 23:09 The air defense systems of the Russian Federation shot down a Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter, six HIMARS and Uragan MLRS shells and three drones. 22:48 Russian aviation, missile troops and artillery destroyed five ammunition depots of the Ukrainian military in the DPR, Kherson region and Nikolaev, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
22:15 The task of conscripting 300,000 people has been completed, no additional tasks are planned, the recruitment of troops will continue only at the expense of volunteers and contractors, Shoigu said.
19:50 An air alert has been declared in the Chernihiv region and Poltava.
19:23 In the Kyiv region, total energy savings have been introduced - the head of the regional military administration, Oleksiy Kuleba. In addition, DTEK Kyiv Electric Networks reported that Ukrenergo is introducing unprecedented emergency restrictions to prevent a complete blackout of the capital and central regions of Ukraine.
17:27 It will take two to three weeks to restore the energy system of Kyiv, the mayor of the city Vitaliy Klitschko said. The shortage of electricity in the Ukrainian capital sometimes reaches 50%.
17:02 The shortage of electricity in Kyiv, depending on the time of day, reaches 25-50 percent - the mayor of the city. He also noted that new air defense systems arrived in the capital of Ukraine. The mayor did not name their type and number.
13:38 The 100th Brigade of the NM DPR is advancing on Nevelskoye. At the moment, the 100th Brigade is developing an offensive on Nevelskoye. Its capture will ensure the blocking of Marinka and Krasnogorovka. The task, in fact, is strategic, and indeed - no matter how small the settlement may be, “this is our land!” - says the Donbass front-line guard with the call sign "Carrier".
08:07 Exclusive personnel the work of units of the Far Eastern Special Forces Brigade from the “V” group in the Ugledar direction.
08:06 IAEA experts will visit Ukraine in the coming days in the context of statements about the "dirty bomb". Grossi specified that the IAEA would send experts to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant to assess the security situation.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 22:11 In the LPR, DPR and Kharkiv region, Russian troops destroyed more than 230 Ukrainian soldiers in a day, and more than 180 in the Nikolaev-Krivoy Rog direction. 21:30 At 21:16, Ukrainian fascists again fired at the Kyiv region from NATO-style artillery - two shells of 155 mm caliber were fired.
20:14 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for October 28, additional information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district):
- on the street. Luzin, a man born in 1999 died;
- A man born in 1981 died on Kolkhozny Ave.
-- n.p. Novoluganskoye (included in the area of responsibility of the administration of Debaltseve):
-- as a result of a mine explosion on the PFM "Lepestok", a man born in 2001 was injured.
As of 20:00 on October 28, 81 cases of undermining civilians have already been registered in the Republic, incl. three children, on mines PFM "Petal". One of the injured died in the hospital.
Additional information was received about damage as a result of the shelling of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk city (Kuibyshevsky district):
- Kolkhozny avenue, 1 - the building of the MBOU "School No. 41 of the city of Donetsk" was damaged;
- st. Luzina, 100 - a private residential building, the gas pipeline was damaged;
- Kolkhozny Ave., 5 "a", 7, 76 - glazing in multi-apartment residential buildings was damaged;
- Kolkhozny Ave., 110 - a direct hit in a private residential building;
- st. Kovalko, 102 - the glazing in an apartment building was damaged;
— 11 Kremlevskiy Ave. — glazing in a multi-apartment residential building was damaged;
- st. Timura, 12 - the roof and glazing of a private residential building were damaged.
19:42 A total of 22 destroyed Ukrainian militants are the result of the combat work of the intelligence officers of the special forces battalion. The Ukrainian command continues to send its soldiers to more and more suicidal attacks in the area of the Donetsk airport. As a result of the competent actions of the scouts of the special forces battalion of the NM DPR, the enemy suffered heavy losses and now the approaches to our positions are literally strewn with the bodies of the destroyed Ukrainian militants.
19:36 Kulemzin: Information continues to come in about destruction in the Kuibyshev region as a result of shelling by Ukrainian Nazis. So, it turned out that the glazing was broken in two more apartment buildings on the street. Collective farm. In total, five apartment buildings and four houses of the private sector were damaged.
19:30 Investigators recorded the consequences of the shelling of the city of Pervomaisk by Ukrainian troops from HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems.
19:25 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Avdiivka - n.p. Yasinovataya: fired five shells of 122 mmcaliber.
19:02 According to information received in the Kuibyshev district, a man born in 1981 also died as a result of a direct hit in a private sector house. Death occurred before the arrival of the ambulance - Kulemzin.
18:00 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Netaylovo - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): 10 missiles were fired from the 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS.
17:45 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Dzerzhinsk - n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): five shells of 155mm caliber were fired.
17:40 Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, in the risk zone, be careful.
17:32 Military experts of the DPR JCCC confirmed fact shelling of the Voroshilovsky district of Donetsk from the VFU, from the directions of their positions in the area of the settlement. Orlovka, and also specified the weapons used. Thus, the enemy fired using 122mm BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket systems. Area of responsibility of the 110th Separate Mechanized Brigade (commander - Colonel Kurash E.Yu.).
fixed damage Addresses:
- st. Roza Luxembourg, 72 — State Institution “Donetsk Institute of Physics and Technology named after I.I. A. A. Galkina, the glazing was damaged;
- st. Roza Luxemburg, 74 - a direct hit in the State Institution "Institute of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics", floor slabs, facade and glazing were damaged. The victims were avoided.
17:18 The shelling of Donetsk continues. According to the SCCC:
-- from n.p. Krasnogorovka in the Petrovsky district fired five shells with a caliber of 152mm.
-- from n.p. Orlovka, two shells with a caliber of 155mm were fired in the Kalininsky district.
17:00 Shelling from the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was recorded in the following directions:
-- n.p. Dzerzhinsk - n.p. Panteleimonov: three shells of 155mm caliber were fired;
-- n.p. Dzerzhinsk - n.p. Horlovka (Nikitovsky district): three shells of 155mm caliber were fired.
-- n.p. Orlovka - city Donetsk (Kyiv district): four shells of 155mm caliber were fired.
15:13 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Orlovka - Donetsk (Kyiv region): three shells of 155mm caliber were fired.
13:35 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for October 28, information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
n.p. Makeevka (Kirovskiy district):
- on the street. Akmola, a woman born in 1949 died;
- on the street. Semashko wounded a man born in 1955.
❗️Information was received about damage as a result of shelling of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kirovskiy district):
De-energized11 transformer substations, without electricity 1,000 subscribers and a boiler house in the village. Biryuzova.
n.p. Makeevka (Kirovskiy district):
- st. Semashko, 13 - a private residential building was destroyed.
13:12 The RT group came under fire in the Kirovsky district. Everyone is alive thanks to the armored car we were in.
13:00 AFU fired at the Antonovsky bridge in Kherson, all missiles were shot down by air defense.
12:00 VFU wounded two civilians in Makiivka. Ukrainian militants attacked the Kirovsky district of Makeevka. In the village Forest on the street. Akmola wounded a woman, on the street. Semashko was wounded by a man.
11:51 Employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations liquidated the fire in Shakhtarsk today at 7:22.
11:47 Donetsk Kuibyshevsky region powerful arrivals.
11:26 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Avdiivka - n.p. Yasinovataya: three shells of 152mm caliber were fired.
11:13 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Orlovka - n.p. Makeevka (Chervonogvardeisky district): three shells of 155mm caliber were fired.
11:01 Shelling from the VFU in the following directions was recorded:
-- n.p. Orlovka - n.p. Makeevka (Chervonogvardeisky district): three shells of 155mm caliber were fired;
-- n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Kirov district): six shells of 152mm caliber were fired.
09:45 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Orlovka - n.p. Makeevka (Chervonogvardeisky district): three shells of 155mm caliber were fired.
09:31 A civilian died as a result of the shelling of Pervomaisk in the LPR by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the mayor of the city Sergey Kolyagin said.
09:15 Shelling was recorded from the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the direction: n.p. Netailovo - Donetsk (Kirov, Kuibyshevsky and Kyiv regions): six shells of 155mm caliber were fired.
08:47 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VU in the direction: n.p. Netailovo - Donetsk (Kyiv and Kuibyshevsky districts): four shells of 155mm caliber were fired.
08:35 Shelling from the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was recorded in the following directions:
-- n.p. Netailovo - Donetsk (Kyiv and Kuibyshevsky districts): five shells of 155mm caliber were fired;
-- n.p. Orlovka - n.p. Yasinovataya: three shells fired with a caliber of 152mm.
08:05 Shelling from the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was recorded in the following directions:
-- n.p. Orlovka - n.p. Yasinovataya: fired five shells of 152mm caliber;
-- n.p. Orlovka - Donetsk (Kyiv region): three shells of 155mm caliber were fired.
08:00 Shelling from the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the settlement was recorded. Pervomaisk using MLRS HIMARS (two missiles).
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin
[ColonelCassad] Partial mobilization ends
Due to the achievement of the planned targets for the call of 300,000 people, the notification of citizens about the conduct of partial mobilization is terminated from today.
After the start of partial mobilization, 95,000 people have already been sent to the NWO zone - 82,000 mobilized and 13,000 volunteers.
Another 218,000 mobilized continue to train and coordinate on military training grounds. The declared figure for the mobilization of 300,000 people has been reached. At the current rate of dispatch, we can expect a significant increase in manpower of the RF Armed Forces at the front in the second half of November.
Putin acknowledged the mistakes made during the partial mobilization, pointing out that they were inevitable.
It is necessary to modernize the entire system of work of military registration and enlistment offices, mistakes were inevitable, since mobilization has not been carried out for a long time (c) Putin
The system itself, in the form in which it is being activated now, has not been activated in our country since the time of Stalin. And if in the USSR, before the start of the collapse, it was still maintained in a more or less adequate state, then in the "holy 90s" and later, when "Russia went to the West", if they were engaged in it, then according to the residual principle, since to fight with the West was not supposed, and the war was looked at as conflicts of professional high-tech contract armies in third world countries.
There was practically no preparation for a big war in Europe on a front of 1000+ kilometers, which actually requires such measures, which causes many of the problems already identified (not only in mobilization measures). As usual, overcoming problems is already in the process. The fact that the authorities almost immediately recognized the existing jambs, which are objective, that's good. It would be much worse if they pretended that everything was fine.
Recognizing mistakes and problems is the first step to fixing them. And even now one can see how a number of problems identified at the beginning of the mobilization have either been eliminated or are in the process of being eliminated. Of course, there are still a lot of problems in terms of supply, organization and coordination. It is impossible to fix a problem that has decades of prerequisites in a month of active work.
The publications in Telegram with the questions “How to check whether 300,000 people were really called up for partial mobilization are smiling a lot? What if the authorities are hiding the TRUTH ?!”
In fact, in war conditions, mobilization issues are a matter of military secrecy and are part of a long-term strategy, where the least of all someone cares about the awareness of bored citizens from the Internet.
And in the conditions of war, any sane state deals with both the issues of concealing important military information and the issues of disinformation of the enemy. Therefore:
1. You can declare that you have scored 300,000, and call for 1,300,000
2. You can claim that you have scored 300,000, and call for 250,000.
250,000 or as many as 1,300,000.
4. You can declare 300,000, call for 300,000 and do nothing beyond that.
This can and should be done both to hide information about the real parameters of mobilization, and to misinform the enemy in order to cause him to underestimate or overestimate the parameters of mobilization. The effectiveness of such measures can have a significant impact on the course and outcome of hostilities.
War is a way of deception. Players with open cards do not live long in this world.
Commentary by Kherson
[ColonelCassad] A thoughtful operational game continues in the Kherson direction. From our side there is a wave of rumors about the abandonment of Kherson and the bridgehead on the right bank of the Dnieper. From the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Zelensky gang, it is exactly the opposite that no one is going to leave Kherson, and vice versa, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are lured there as part of some cunning plans.
At the same time, the usual work continues at the front to repel systematic enemy attacks in the Nikopol and Krivoy Rog directions. Of course, they are weaker than the recent attempt to break through the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Sukhanovo region (which ended badly for the attackers - a large number of killed, captured and destroyed equipment), but they support our front in constant tension, just after the losses incurred, the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine became a little more cautious about attempts to break through defense with unsuppressed artillery of the RF Armed Forces.
In Kherson itself, the evacuation of civilians was officially completed, but in practice, people are still moving. Antonovsky bridge and the crossing are traditionally hammered with "Khimarsami". The air defensemen repulsed the last blow - they shot down all 6 missiles.
[Diplomatic Courier] Less than a decade ago, critics of the Kremlin would have been hard to find in Ukraine. But now, more than six months into the war with Russia, 96% of Ukrainians surveyed by Gallup in September disapprove of Russia's leadership, and less than half of 1% of all Ukrainians approve, reports Julie Ray.
“Record inflation. Groceries up 13%. Gas up 36%. And crime is out of control. But instead of helping us, Joe Biden sent $66 billion to to Ukraine. Billions more on weapons. Instead of helping us.”
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“Record inflation. Groceries up 13%. Gas up 36%. And crime is out of control. But instead of helping us, Joe Biden sent $66 billion to to Ukraine. Billions more on weapons. Instead of helping us.”
^ That ad’s running during the Ohio State-Penn State game now, too
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Russian President has been called ‘a fighter against the Antichrist’ or ‘chief exorcist’ by Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Newsweek reports.
At the outset of the Ukraine War, Vladimir Putin called Russia’s invasion of its neighbour merely ‘a special military operation’ with the objective of ‘denazification’.
Eight months into the war and Russia is reportedly failing in all of its military objectives in Ukraine. Now, reports suggest that voices inside the Kremlin are whipping up bizarre theories in order to stir up domestic support.
Aleksey Pavlov, the assistant secretary to the security council of Russia, is said to claim the existence of satanic sects and a ‘satanic church’ in Ukraine which calls for ‘killing Russians’, Express reports.
‘HOLY WAR’
Increasingly more voices inside Russia are trying to elevate the discourse about the Ukraine War. What was merely a special military operation has now become a call to fight satanism and a ‘holy war’.
Such is the case of Ramzan Kadyrov, the Chechen leader and Putin ally who described the war in Ukraine as a ‘holy war against Satanism’.
Moreover, Patriarch Kirill recently told Russian citizens not to be afraid of death when going to fight in Ukraine.
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