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[LB] During the day, more than 20 combat clashes took place at the front.
by Vera Perun
As a result of the assault actions, the Defense Forces of Ukraine have partial success in the districts of Klishchiivka of the Donetsk region and Robotyny of the Zaporizhzhia region, dislodge the enemy from the occupied positions and secure themselves at the achieved boundaries.
This is reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
During the day, the Air Force of the Defense Forces carried out eight strikes on the areas of concentration of enemy personnel and military equipment. Units of the missile forces hit two artillery pieces, an ammunition warehouse, a control post and an anti-aircraft missile complex of the Russians.
More than 20 combat clashes took place at the front. In total, the enemy launched three missile and 25 air strikes, fired 36 salvo rockets at the positions of our troops and populated areas.
The operational situation in the east and south of Ukraine remains difficult.
The situation at the front as of 18:00 on September 12 is as follows:
on the Volyn and Poliske directions, the operational situation has not changed significantly;
in Siverskyi and Slobozhanskyi , the enemy carried out airstrikes in the Popivka, Stepok, Myropillya, Grabovskyi districts of the Sumy region. More than 20 settlements, including Gremyach, Kamin of Chernihiv region, Stepne, Popivka, Grabovske, Velyka Pisarivka of Sumy region and Kozacha Lopan, Gatyshche, Vovchansk, Vovchanski Khutory, Odradne of Kharkiv region, were hit by artillery and mortar attacks;
on Kupyansk, the enemy carried out an air strike in the Kislivka area of the Kharkiv region. The settlements of Dvorichna, Berestov, Sinkivka, Kislivka of the Kharkiv region were affected by artillery and mortar shelling;
Nadiya, Dibrova of Luhansk region and Spirne of Donetsk region were hit by airstrikes in Lymanskyi . More than 10 settlements were affected by artillery and mortar shelling, among them Bilogorivka of Luhansk region and Verkhnokamianske, Spirne of Donetsk region;
on Bakhmutsky Defense forces successfully hold back the enemy in the Orikhovo-Vasylivka area of the Donetsk region. Klishchiivka, North of Donetsk region, was hit by airstrikes. More than 10 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire, including Ivanivske, Klishchiivka, Andriivka, New York of the Donetsk region;
in Avdiivskyi, our defenders successfully repelled about 10 enemy attacks in the Avdiivka district of the Donetsk region. Novokalynov, Stepove, Avdiivka, Severna, Tonenka of the Donetsk region were subjected to artillery and mortar shelling;
on Maryinka during the day, our soldiers neutralized more than 10 enemy attacks in the Maryinka area. About 10 settlements, including Krasnohorivka, Maryinka, Georgiivka, Pobyeda, and Novomykhailivka of the Donetsk region, were hit by enemy artillery and mortar attacks;
on Shakhtarsky, all enemy attacks in the Novomykhailivka area were successfully repulsed. About 10 settlements, including Vugledar, Prechistivka, Zolota Niva, and Urozhane of the Donetsk region, were hit by artillery and mortar shelling;
in Zaporizhzhia, our soldiers repelled enemy attacks in the area south of Novodarivka, Zaporizhzhia region. The enemy launched an airstrike near Robotiny, Zaporizhzhia region. 15 settlements, including Malynivka, Chervone, Gulyaipole, Charivne, Robotine, Kamianske of the Zaporizhzhia region, were hit by artillery and mortar attacks;
in Kherson , the enemy carried out an airstrike in the Odradokamyanka area of the Kherson region. Antonivka, Kherson, Bilozerka of the Kherson region were subjected to artillery and mortar attacks.
The Defense Forces of Ukraine continue to conduct an offensive operation in the Melitopol direction, offensive (assault) actions in the Bakhmut direction, destroy the enemy and step by step liberate the occupied territories.
We will remind you that in the temporarily occupied Tokmak of the Zaporizhzhia region, the Russians are installing more anti-tank hedgehogs, checkpoints and defensive structures. They also record an increase in the number of personnel and military equipment of Russians in the city and district against the background of the offensive of the Defense Forces of Ukraine.
In addition, due to significant losses, the Russians plan to mobilize up to 700,000 people. Forced mobilization will be carried out in Russia and in the occupied territories of Ukraine.
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The northern part of Klishiivka abuts against a Russian defensive built into a railroad embankment. That makes it easy for Russians to infiltrate into Klishiivka.
In Andriivka, the Ukrainians waited until they cleared the Russian RR defensive line abutting the village before entering it in force.
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Every day I read this section of Rantburg and it's always the same damn thing: attack and counter attack with dead bodies strewn all over the field but nobody's going anywhere. It's World War I in muddy trenches all over again.
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/\ War really hasn't changed much Abu, just different people going at it.
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[LB] Chernihiv, Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, Luhansk, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhya, Mykolaiv, Donetsk were attacked by the enemy.
The Russians fired seven times (44 explosions) in the Chernihiv region during the day. The enemy shelled the Novgorod-Siverskyi and Koryukivskyi districts with mortars, artillery and AGS. Launches of unguided aerial missiles were also recorded (explosions on the territory of the Semeniv community of the Novgorod-Siversky district). No information was received about losses among the local population or damage to civil infrastructure. The data on the consequences are being clarified, according to the summary from OVA as of this morning.
During the night on Sumy , the enemy carried out two attacks on the Znob-Novgorod community. Ten explosions were recorded. Previously - without human losses and destruction of civil infrastructure. Yesterday, during the day, the Russians carried out 25 shelling of the border. A total of 122 explosions were recorded.
The communities of Krasnopilsk, Yunakivsk, Khotynsk, Velikopysarivsk, Esmansk, Bilopolsk, Znob-Novgorodsk, Seredino-Budsk, Putivlsk, and Mykolaiv came under fire. Velikopysarov community: as a result of shelling, a private home was damaged. Znob-Novgorod community: six mortar explosions were recorded. There were also 10 explosions from multiple rocket systems from the territory of the Russian Federation. As a result of the shelling, a local resident received a contusion and bruises. A private house was damaged.
In Dnipropetrovskyesterday in Nikopol, a 24-year-old man received serious injuries to both legs. He is in serious condition. Doctors provide all necessary assistance. Two more men, aged 47 and 56, were hospitalized in moderate condition.
During the day, the enemy shelled Nikopol four times with artillery and "Grad". As a result of the shelling, two fires broke out, which were extinguished by rescuers. A utility company, a store, two private companies, an educational institution, a five-story building, five residential buildings, five farm buildings, a bus, three cars and a gas pipeline were damaged.
Yesterday evening, the enemy once again hit Nikopol with artillery. We kissed at the local store. Fortunately, no one was hurt. Towards nightfall, the Rashists attacked Marganets of the Nikopol district. Seven private houses, two farm buildings were damaged, three power lines and three gas pipelines. There were no casualties or injuries. The enemy also attacked the Velikymykhailiv community of the Synelnyk district.
In Mykolaivska tonight and yesterday morning, the enemy struck the water area of Ochakivska community. There were no casualties. Yesterday, the enemy shelled Ochakiv, as a result of which residential buildings and infrastructure objects were damaged. There are no casualties. Also yesterday, enemy shelling on open territory was recorded between the settlements of the Kutsurub community. No casualties.
In Luhansk yesterday evening, the occupiers kissed Makiivka. One person died. The enemy also carried out airstrikes near Nadia, Novoyehorivka, Dibrova, and Belogorivka. Belogorivka was also affected by artillery and mortar attacks. Our defenders continue to successfully restrain the enemy in the Novoselyvskyi area. During the day, the enemy fired 143 shots (537 shells).
In Kharkivska on Slobozhansk direction, the enemy fired more than 15 artillery and mortar attacks on civilian infrastructure and the population of the border areas. In the Kupian direction, the enemy launched airstrikes near Synkivka and Ivanovka. In Snizhkivka, on the banks of the Donets River, a 71-year-old man was blown up by an anti-personnel mine "Peliustka", he received moderate injuries, his lower leg was amputated, and he was hospitalized.
In Zaporizhzhia, 103 shellings on 26 settlements were recorded over the past day. The Rashists carried out seven airstrikes on Orikhov and Malynivka and shelled Stepnohirsk with anti-aircraft missiles. Eight enemy UAVs attacked Novodanilivka, Biloghirya, Pyatikhatki, Plavni and Kamianske.
A total of 87 artillery strikes hit the territory of Gulyaipol, Orikhov, Zaliznychny, Novodarivka, Levadny, Pavlivka, Robotyny, Maly Shcherbaki, Stepovoy, Lugovy, Lobkovy and other towns and villages in the line of fire. 32 infrastructure objects, including residential buildings and commercial buildings, were destroyed. It passed without casualties or injuries.
In Donetskia, 14 settlements were under the fire of the rasches of the past era: Avdiivka, Velyka Novosilka, New York, Kurdyumivka, Staromayorske, Novoselivka Persha, Novoukrainka, Zhelanne Pershe, Klishchiivka, Yurkivka, Orlivka, Diliivka, Lastochkine, Predtechine. Eight private residential buildings, two hangars, and two farm buildings were damaged. In one day, one person died in the region.
In Khersonskaduring the day, the enemy launched 75 shellings (386 shells) in the region, including three artillery shells (14 shells) at Kherson. The rioters targeted the districts of 22 settlements of the region, a critical infrastructure facility, an administrative building, a dispensary building, and an educational institution in the Kherson district. Rashists also attacked the central part of the village of Kizomys: four "arrivals" were recorded in the settlement.
In particular, the occupiers hit the administrative building. There are no local residents injured. The enemy fired at the dispensary in the village of Stanislav. Two women - a 33-year-old paramedic and a 63-year-old patient - were injured in the shelling of the medical facility. The windows and roof of the medical facility were damaged. Due to enemy shelling of Bilozerka, a fire broke out in one of the houses, and an educational institution was also damaged.
Two men were injured. A 53-year-old local resident was diagnosed with a mine-explosive injury and an acute stress reaction. A 48-year-old man was hospitalized in a moderate condition. A 50-year-old man was injured during the shelling of Sadovoy by Russian troops. In just one day, six people were injured due to Russian aggression.
It will be recalled that 30 combat clashes took place during the past day. The enemy launched 10 rocket and 53 air strikes, carried out more than 56 attacks from rocket salvo systems both on the positions of our troops and on civilian objects.
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[Korrespondent] 22:29 Zelensky will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a meeting of the UN General Assembly in New York, said Israeli Ambassador to Ukraine Michael Brodsky. The General Assembly meeting will take place on September 19.
21:56 The Russian army shelled the village of Sadovoe in the Kherson region in the evening, two people were wounded. Another person was injured as a result of the shelling of Ponyatovka in the Daryevskaya community, the OVA reported.
21:38 Romania began building concrete bomb shelters near the border with Ukraine after the discovery of debris from Russian drones. According to the country's Ministry of Defense, they are intended to protect residents of the Plauru region, which borders Izmail in the Odessa region.
20:57 Biden will soon make a decision on providing Ukraine with long-range ATACMS missiles, CNN reports, citing officials familiar with the discussions. They say they are much more likely to be transmitted than before, although a final decision has not yet been made.
According to the channel, ATACMS was recommended to be transferred to the White House by the State Department and the Pentagon after months of requests from Ukraine. However, it is not yet clear how many missiles the United States will provide to Ukraine.
20:16 Another 13 children from the occupied Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporozhye regions were returned to Ukraine, the Save Ukraine charity organization reported. In just 11 rescue missions, 176 children were returned.
19:59 Zelensky put into effect the decisions of the National Security and Defense Council of August 30 on checking the decisions of military medical commissions after the start of a full-scale Russian invasion.
19:24 The community of railway workers of Belarus reports that at the end of August - beginning of September the next stage of importing components of Russian tactical nuclear weapons into the territory of the Republic of Belarus began. For maximum secrecy, the delivery of tactical nuclear weapons components is carried out in small batches, and the number and index assigned to the train are changed several times. Since August 26, at least five trains have been recorded.
The final destinations of the trains are Baranovichi-Polesskiye and Luninets stations. In Baranovichi there is an airfield and the 61st fighter aviation base, as well as the 120th anti-aircraft missile brigade. Luninets is also home to an airfield and the 56th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment. Also in October-November, about three shipments of tactical nuclear weapons are expected to the Prudok station, where the 2631st air base of missile weapons and ammunition is located.
18:55 The Russians shelled the village of Makeevka, Luhansk region - one person was killed, one was injured, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported.
18:47 International partners have already allocated $2.3 billion to Ukraine for the restoration of energy facilities and their protection, Shmygal said. The prime minister also noted that “serious and systematic work” is now underway to protect strategic energy facilities. In particular, the Cabinet of Ministers recently allocated an additional 9.7 billion hryvnia to protect the critical infrastructure of the fuel and energy sector.
18:38 Ukraine will consider acceptable “any tribunal that will lead to a truly fair verdict for all murderers and, accordingly, for the leadership of the Russian Federation, which gave these shameful orders,” Zelensky said in his speech via video link to students of Dutch universities. “Any name in the tribunal. You and I understand that nothing in essence or content depends on the name. The main thing is the result,” the president emphasized.
18:15 Belarus has created its own military company and is actively recruiting former mercenaries from the Wagner group. Work in the new PMC GardService is provided to those militants who refused to sign contracts with the Russian Ministry of Defense. About where and to whom Prigozhin’s ex-subordinates will now “serve” - in the material New brand of Wagner PMC .
17:53 The German defense concern Rheinmetall handed over a mobile field hospital to Ukraine for 9 million euros. It is designed for 32 beds, equipped according to NATO standards: there is an operating room, the necessary X-ray and CT machines, and its own laboratory. Equipped with its own water supply and heating system.
17:28 Denmark announced its largest package of military assistance to Ukraine, worth 5.8 billion kroner (about $833 million). The country's Ministry of Defense reported that the package will include, in particular, infantry fighting vehicles, tank ammunition and anti-aircraft guns. The total amount is distributed over three stages: DKK 4.3 billion this year, DKK 1.4 billion in 2024 and DKK 52 million in 2025.
Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said that after more than a year and a half of war, Denmark has practically exhausted its defense reserves, so it is now considering the possibility of “more targeted joint procurement and international cooperation that meets the needs of Ukraine here and now.”
16:59 US Senator Elizabeth Warren is demanding an investigation into SpaceX after it emerged that Elon Musk blocked Ukraine's access to Starlink to prevent an attack on Russian warships off the coast of Crimea.
16:01 In Energodar, the local resistance movement and special forces from the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Moscow Region blew up the “passport department” on the street. Stroiteley, 22, at a time when the occupiers were celebrating there “the day of units on migration issues of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation.” As a result of the explosion, a fire broke out in the building and several ambulance crews arrived at the building, Ukrainian military intelligence reports.
Almost simultaneously, the occupiers' radio communication point, located on the technical floor of a 14-story building, was hit. Also, a blow was struck against Russian army officers who were housed in two cottages on the outskirts of the city. The number of wounded and dead occupiers is being clarified; no civilians were harmed.
The “authorities” of the occupied Zaporozhye region on Monday, September 11, stated that Ukraine attacked Energodar with at least four drones, two of which hit a residential multi-story building, and another hit the “passport office.”
15:08 The Swedish authorities will soon instruct the military to study the possibility of transferring Gripen fighter jets to Ukraine, Radio Sweden reports, citing sources. In particular, the government wants information on how the transfer will affect Sweden's defense capabilities and how soon the country will be able to receive new Gripen aircraft as compensation. Also, the Swedish government must determine how Ukrainian pilots and other ground personnel will be trained on these aircraft.
14:56 The Russians fired artillery at the town of Kazachya Lopan in the Kharkov region - the State Emergency Service unit came under attack, the State Emergency Service reported. The glazing of the windows and the service vehicle of the fire and rescue post were damaged, but there were no casualties.
14:02 British authorities had to cut the military training program for Ukrainians at a military base in Kent by 30% due to complaints from local residents about explosions and smoke, The Times writes. Lydd City Council received several letters demanding action, after which the MoD agreed to limit noise and reduce the number of exercises.
13:47 The Antonov company has created a drone center, reports Reuters. The center was opened with the aim of expanding UAV production capabilities and supporting private manufacturers in terms of expertise and services.
13:19 In order to avoid breaking through its line of defense, the enemy is regrouping troops between operational directions and transferring reserves to the front from deep within Russian territory. At the same time, the enemy increased the intensity of the use of guided aerial bombs, Lancet loitering munitions and Shahed attack UAVs, the Ministry of Defense reported.
12:35 Russia is saving missiles for massive autumn-winter attacks on critical infrastructure, but now it will continue to attack the Odessa region and other regions with kamikaze drones, predicts OK Pivden speaker Natalya Gumenyuk.
12:23 In the morning, the Russians fired artillery at Krasnohorivka, Donetsk region: as a result of a shell hitting a private house, two people were killed and one was wounded. Two more people were wounded during the shelling of Avdiivka, the prosecutor's office reported.
12:07 Zelensky said that he held a meeting of the military cabinet in a narrow circle: “Today we talked only about the front: the continuation of our offensive, directions, forecasts, supplies, weapons and ammunition, our own production, intelligence information. And also preparation for the enemy’s counter actions: construction of fortifications, strengthening of our defenders in the relevant areas, intelligence data on dates and directions.”
11:48 In Russia, about 270 thousand people have “voluntarily” signed contracts for military service over the past 6-7 months, Putin said. He also stated that Russia “seems to be being provoked into striking nuclear facilities in Ukraine.” According to him, Ukrainian saboteurs allegedly tried to blow up power lines near a nuclear power plant and then, during interrogation, “admitted” that they had trained under the guidance of “British instructors.”
11:27 Putin said that about 160 cultural figures who do not agree with the position of the Russian leadership have gone abroad, and there they are “forced to criticize Russia and expose something.” At the same time, he added that “no one blocked the way back for those who left Russia.”
11:21 Putin said that if the United States believes that Ukraine is ready for negotiations, then “let them cancel Zelensky’s decree banning them.” He also called the allegations about Trump’s ties with the Russian Federation “complete nonsense and bullshit.” According to him, it was Trump who at one time imposed the most sanctions. Therefore, regardless of the results of the US presidential elections, “there will be no fundamental changes in the Russian direction in Washington’s foreign policy,” Putin added.
10:58 At night, the Russians fired artillery at the town of Znob-Novgorodskoe, Shostka district, Sumy region. Nine private houses and a dormitory of an educational institution were damaged, one house was completely destroyed, its owner was injured, the prosecutor's office reported.
10:54 The SBU exposed a prisoner FSB agent who helped prepare Russian attacks on the military and critical infrastructure of the Lviv region. While in a correctional colony, he tried to create his own network of informants, and had to transfer all the information received to his handler from the FSB. The attacker faces life imprisonment.
10:42 British intelligence reports that Russian authorities have deployed new air defense systems around Moscow to protect against drones. According to her data, at the beginning of September, Russian SA-22 air defense systems around the capital of the Russian Federation were placed on high-rise buildings. Previously, following strikes on air bases in Engels and Ryazan in December 2022, Russia also placed SA-22s on the roofs of official buildings in Moscow.
10:13 Russia has problems with transferring resources across the Crimean Bridge, because it does not work in full mode, said Natalya Gumenyuk, speaker of the Southern Defense Forces. According to her, the Crimean Bridge now operates from time to time in railway traffic, but road traffic there does not function normally. “There is a reverse movement and constant overlaps. Therefore, the enemy can still afford to pull up resources, but it is slow and does not meet the requirements of the development of combat events. That is why they are forced to maneuver between the forces and means that they already have on the mainland,” - Gumenyuk explained.
09:36 Putin submitted to the State Duma a project to establish on September 30 “the day of reunification of Russia and the DPR, LPR, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions.”
08:47 North Korean leader Kim Jong-un arrived in Russia, where he will discuss Russian arms supplies with Putin, Kyodo writes.
08:35 The Vatican's envoy for Ukraine, Matteo Zuppi, is leaving for negotiations in Beijing - this is the last stage of his mission, La Repubblica reports. In China, he will meet with Prime Minister Li Qiang. Before the trip, Vatican diplomacy consulted with the United States, NATO and Italy.
08:01 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of September 12:
personnel - about 269,760 (+550) people,
tanks - 4568 (+8),
armored combat vehicles - 8778 (+11),
artillery systems - 5872 (+33),
MLRS - 764 (+4),
air defense systems - 515 (+3),
aircraft - 315 (+0),
helicopters - 316 (+0),
UAV of operational-tactical level - 4645 (+17),
cruise missiles - 1455 (+0),
ships/boats - 19 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 8413 (+43),
special equipment - 881 (+4).
07:20 Over the past 24 hours, 30 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report . In particular, the Russian army is not abandoning attempts to break through the defenses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of Novoselovskoye in the Lugansk region, Orekhovo-Vasilevka, Kleshcheevka, as well as Avdeevka, Marinka and Novomikhailovka in the Donetsk region.
In the Melitopol direction, Ukrainian forces repelled more than ten enemy attacks in the Rabotino and Novodanilovka areas of the Zaporozhye region, had success in the areas south and southeast of Rabotino, and are consolidating their positions on the achieved lines.
06:36 The UN has confirmed the deaths of 9,614 civilians since the start of the large-scale war in Ukraine, and another 17,535 were injured.
04:24 The Ukrainian Armed Forces are actively replacing their military equipment on the battlefield with dummies so that the Russians spend shells on destroying false targets, CNN reports. An anonymous representative of a company producing dummies said that hundreds of replicas of various types of Western weapons have already been made, which were subsequently destroyed by Russian troops. Thus, a dummy of the British M777 howitzer is created from ordinary sewer pipes for less than a thousand dollars.
A company representative also said that at first the mock-ups were quite rough, and if the dummies did not attract the enemy’s attention for a long time, the engineers returned to the drawings to redo them.
02:23 Biden is close to making a decision on transferring long-range ATACMS missiles filled with cluster bombs to Ukraine, Reuters reports, citing four American officials. According to them, having seen the success of the Defense Forces' use of cluster munitions in recent months, Washington is considering the possibility of supplying long-range ATACMS and/or GMLRS systems with cluster bombs. If approved, any option will be available for fast delivery to Ukraine.
00:19 Governor of the Kursk region Roman Starovoyt said that a “Ukrainian drone” attacked Rylsk for the second time in the evening, the roof of the administrative building was damaged, there were no casualties. A little earlier, according to him, a “Ukrainian drone” had already dropped explosives in Rylsk, the regional center of the border Rylsky district in the west of the Kursk region, there were no casualties.
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Moscow urgently deploys to Ukraine frontlines its newly formed 25th army - British intelligence Moscow urgently transferred its newly formed 25th army to the front in Luhansk region, a forced move amid the lack of manpower reserves on the ground. That’s according to the UK Ministry of Defense citing intelligence data, Ukrinform reports.
"Elements of Russia’s new 25th Combined Arms Army (25CAA) have highly likely deployed to Ukraine for the first time. The formation is likely focused on Luhansk Oblast in the north-east of the country,” the report says. According to British intelligence, as recently as August 2023, recruitment ads for the 25th army claimed it would be deployed in Ukraine no earlier than December 2023.
Text taken from Russian ministry of defense website (available only through a VPN)
[EngMilRu] Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation (12 September 2023)
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Group of Forces, in cooperation with aviation and artillery, have repelled five attacks by assault groups of the 110th Mechanised Brigade and the 101st Guard Brigade of AFU General Staff close to Avdeevka, Mayorsk and west of Andreevka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy losses were over 255 Ukrainian servicemen, two infantry fighting vehicles, six motor vehicles, and one Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system.
In South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok Group of Forces have launched a fire attack on deployment sites of units of the AFU 128th Territorial Defence Brigade close to Staromayorskoye and Urozhainoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy losses were up to 140 servicemen, three armoured fighting vehicles, and two motor vehicles.
In addition, aviation has launched a strike on one ammunition depot of the 37th AFU Naval Infantry Brigade near Velikaya Novosyolka (Donetsk People's Republic).
In Zaporozhye direction, units of the Russian grouping of troops, aviation, artillery, and heavy flamethrower systems have repelled three attacks by 47th Mechanised and 71st Jaeger Brigades of the AFU close to Rabotino and Verbovoye (Zaporozhye region).
The enemy losses were up to 35 enemy servicemen, one tank, six infantry fighting vehicles, including three U.S.-manufactured Bradley armoured fighting vehicle and three vehicles.
The enemy losses were U.S.-manufactured M777 and M-119 howitzers, two 122mm D-30 guns, one 152mm Msta-B howitzer, and one Ukrainian Nota electronic warfare station.
In Krasny Liman direction, as a result of active action by units of the Tsentr Group of Forces, Army Aviation and artillery, one attack by an assault group of the AFU 12th Special Operation Brigade has been repelled south of Kuzmino (Lugansk People's Republic).
The enemy losses were up to 45 Ukrainian servicemen, two armoured fighting vehicles, three pickup trucks, and one 122mm D-30 howitzer.
In Kupyansk direction, as a result of actions by aviation and artillery of the Zapad Group of Forces, enemy manpower and hardware of the 68th Jaeger Brigade, 14th and 32nd Mechanised Brigades have been hit near Novoyegorovka, Sin'kovka, and Zagoruykovka (Kharkov region).
The enemy losses were up to 25 Ukrainian servicemen, three motor vehicles, two U.S.-manufactured M777 artillery systems, French-manufactured TRF1 and 152mm D-20 howitzers, one 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, and one Turkish-manufactured T-122 Sakarya MLRS combat vehicle.
In addition, one command and observation post of the 106th Territorial Defence Brigade has been hit near Novenkoye (Sumy region), and one ammunition depot of the 118th Territorial Defence Brigade of Ukraine near Gremyachka (Chernigov region).
In Kherson direction, the enemy losses were up to 80 Ukrainian servicemen and five motor.
In the course of counterbattery warfare, one U.S.-manufactured M777 artillery system has been hit, as well as 152mm Msta-B and 122mm D-30 howitzers.
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have neutralised two ammunition depots of the AFU 44th Mechanised Brigade and the 114th Territorial Defence Brigade of Ukraine, as well as enemy manpower and military hardware in 143 areas
Air defence facilities have intercepted four HIMARS and Uragan projectiles.
In addition, 41 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have been shot down close to Kodema, Lipovoye, Klenovoye (Donetsk People's Republic), Nikolayevka (Kherson region), and Ocheretovatoye (Zaporozhye region).
In total, 467 airplanes, 248 helicopters, 6,669 unmanned aerial vehicles, 437 air defence missile systems, 11,793 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,150 fighting vehicles equipped with MLRS, 6,346 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 12,927 special military motor vehicles have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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Is this photoshopped? If not, wow. Maybe he'd like some Russian Navy survives the invasion of Ukraine? The Black Sea fleet is going to be at the bottom of the Black Sea here in about 3 more months:
https://twitter.com/ianbremmer/status/1701966025095319756
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[NewsFront] 23:58 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 09/12/2023 to 00:00 09/13/2023
Over the past 24 hours, the Representative Office reported 98 incidents of firing by the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces.
Information has been received about the death of a civilian, a man, in the Kievsky district of Donetsk.
Four civilians were injured of varying severity in the Kiev region of Donetsk, Yasinovataya and Kremenchik.
Eight residential buildings were damaged in the Kiev, Kirov and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk, as well as two civil infrastructure facilities.
Districts of six settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky, Central City districts), Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Leninsky, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Kievsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district), Staromikhailovka, Kermenchik.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 68 attacks from MLRS and 155mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead.
At Gorlivske there were 23 artillery attacks from 152mm artillery.
At Yasinovatsky there were six artillery attacks from 155mm artillery.
At Velikonovoselkovskoe one artillery attack from 155mm artillery.
A total of 284 units of various ammunition were fired.
In the previous day, 108 attacks were recorded from the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces.
22:00 Ongoing intense fighting in the direction of Kleshcheevka. The Russian Armed Forces have deployed reserves and are seeking to counterattack in Kleshcheevka; at the moment, most of the village is in the gray zone. Near Andreevka, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to attack the positions of the Russian Armed Forces near the railway from the flanks, so far without success. Powerful artillery work is underway. The situation is steadily tense.
21:45 Wagner’s banner flies: Ukrainian Armed Forces militants showed shots from the center of Kleshcheevka
In fact, the enemy has been entering the center of the village for about a month and a half now; several times during counterattacks, ours picked out Nazis from there.
Now most of the settlement is in the gray zone, Russian troops hold the northeastern part
21:30 Special forces Akhmat knocks out the Ukrainian Armed Forces from positions near Kreminnaya -video.
21:15 TANK ACTION from the first person!
Russian tank crews continue to advance in Mar'inka, simultaneously attacking the Ukrainian Armed Forces -video!
20:50 Situation in the counteroffensive: Ukrainian Armed Forces militants are blown up by Russian mines one after another -video.
20:15 In the Kupyansky direction, Russian aerospace forces inflicted a series of strikes against Ukrainian terrorists:
The strikes were carried out on areas where personnel, military equipment and weapons were concentrated in the 14th Brigade and territorial defense units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Attack and bomber aircraft, as well as Ka-52 and Mi-28 helicopters, were involved in the strikes.
Enemy positions in the vicinity of the settlements of Sin'kovka, Berestovoe and Ivanovka were hit.
Enemy losses are estimated at two platoons of personnel; a T-72 tank of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was also destroyed.
19:30 Opytnoye under the control of the RF Armed Forces, are coming fierce battles.
18:55 Arrivals of FPV drones at Ukrainian positions -video.
18:30 Opytnoye under our control: units of the 1st Army Corps of the Russian Armed Forces confidently repulse attacks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and hold their positions
Ukrainian units constantly make attempts to break through the defenses, but as a result of unsuccessful assaults they only suffer huge losses.
Reconnaissance and UAV operators promptly detect the movement of militants, after which artillery strikes at enemy assault groups.
“In principle, they [the Ukrainian Armed Forces] have no chance,” the Russian fighter is sure.
18:00 More military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine gave up, captured during an unsuccessful offensive:
In the area of the settlement of Rabotino, Zaporozhye region, units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are suffering significant losses in manpower and military equipment, including Western-made ones.
The Kiev regime, in its attempts to carry out further assaults on the Orekhovsky tactical direction, has already lost hundreds of military personnel and dozens of pieces of equipment, but the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine does not stop sending its soldiers to certain death.
Most of the Ukrainian military personnel who surrender do not even enter into battle. When they see Russian fighters, they lay down their weapons and come out with their hands raised.
During the interrogation, the prisoners described the atmosphere in their units, why they decided to surrender, and how Russian servicemen treated them.
17:30 Well, now the exclusives of the work of our verticals. Ka-52 strength -video.
16:55 New prisoners arrived in the Artemovsk direction -video.
16:25 Kleshcheevka:
Our guys have brought up reserves to the Kleshcheevka area and are taking measures to restore control over the lost positions.
16:05 RF Ministry of Defense: September 12 this year At about 13.30 Moscow time, an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack by an aircraft-type UAV on objects on the territory of the Russian Federation was stopped.
Duty air defense systems destroyed an unmanned aerial vehicle over the territory of the Belgorod region.
15:00 Statement of Head of the press center of the Vostok group:
In the South Donetsk direction, advanced units of the Vostok group of forces, with artillery support, thwarted attempts by two groups of the Ukrainian Armed Forces to cross the Shaitanka River north of Novomayorsky. In the same area, aerial reconnaissance discovered areas where manpower had accumulated. The enemy was destroyed by artillery fire.
An attack by an enemy infantry group north of Priyutnoye was repelled.
An attempt to transfer Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry in the Prechistovka area was stopped. The armored fighting vehicle and manpower were destroyed.
Pick-up trucks with nationalists in the Urozhaynoye and Vodyanoye areas, as well as an ammunition depot in the Elizavetovka area were also destroyed.
The temporary deployment points of the 37th and 38th Naval Infantry Brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Novodonetsky, Urozhainy, the Oktyabr State Farm, Zolotaya Niva and the 79th Air Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Novomikhailovka were hit.
During the counterbattery fight, three towed 152mm Msta-B howitzers were destroyed in Novoukrainka, Temirovka and Novoselka, as well as mortar crews in the Ravnopol areas, north of Nikolskoye and north-west of Novodonetsk.
Aircraft hit places where Ukrainian Armed Forces were gathering manpower and equipment in the areas of Zolotaya Niva, Novomayorskoye, Staromayorskoye, Novoukrainka and Urozhaynoye.
The crew of the Osa air defense missile system shot down two reconnaissance UAVs "Valkyrie" and "Leleka".
Military personnel of the Vostok group of troops show courage and heroism when performing combat missions.
The senior gunner of the motorized rifle brigade of the group, Private Evgeniy Shniperov, as part of the unit, carried out tasks to engage firepower in the Ukrainian Armed Forces in one of the sectors of the South Donetsk direction.
During one of the battles, Private Shniperov, despite the fire from enemy artillery, managed to eliminate eight Ukrainian militants.
In addition, Evgeny Shniperov successfully evacuated several wounded colleagues from the line of combat contact.
14:35 Airborne attack aircraft captured stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and captured Ukrainian military personnel in the Artemovsk direction
The progress of the battle was controlled by the commanders of the assault squads using unmanned aircraft
The UAV crew of the Airborne Forces discovered a platoon stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The artillery worked according to the transmitted coordinates, after which the assault detachments of the “winged infantry” entered the battle.
Ukrainian soldiers fired back for a long time, trying to hold back the onslaught of airborne units, but after the first grenade flew into their trench, they decided to surrender.
14:10 Statement of Head of the press center of the "South" group:
Operational-tactical aviation of the “Southern” group of forces attacked the accumulation of weapons and military equipment of the 114th territorial defense brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, command and observation posts of the 77th and 93rd Airmobile Brigades in the areas of the settlement of Novy.
The assault and army aviation of the group of forces destroyed an ammunition depot of the 28th Motorized Infantry Brigade in Dyleyevka, and struck enemy personnel and armored vehicles in Sporny, Belogorovka, Kleshcheevka, Bogdanovka, Andreevka, Razdolovka, Novgorodsky and Avdievka.
The group’s artillery destroyed the temporary deployment point of a unit of the 79th Airborne Assault Brigade in Paraskovievka, five pickup trucks, two dugouts, and the position of an AGS grenade launcher crew in Vesely, Verkhnekamensky, Belogorovka, Perovmaisky.
During the counter-battery fight, the enemy lost eight vehicles, 122mm D-30 and 152mm Msta-B howitzers, an AN/TPQ-50 counterbattery radar station, five 120mm mortars, a warehouse with enemy ammunition in Novgorodsky, Georgievka, Ilyinka, Perezdny, Novokalinovo, Artyomovo, Krasnogorovka.
Crews of the Solntsepek heavy flamethrower systems inflicted fire on enemy manpower concentrations in Kleshcheevka and Maloliinovka, and FPV drones destroyed the enemy dugout in Vasyukovka.
13:30 Statement of Head of the press center of the Center group:
In the Krasnolimansky direction, units of the Center group of forces, in cooperation with artillery, assault and army aviation, repelled and thwarted six attacks by assault groups of the 63rd mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the Torsky ledge, as well as the 67th Mechanized Brigade and the 12th Special Purpose Brigade "Azov" in the Serebryansky forestry area.
Enemy losses in this direction amounted to about 40 militants. An armored combat vehicle and a Pickup vehicle were destroyed. Two Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down by air defense systems.
Bomber aircraft of the Russian group carried out four strikes on two enemy command and observation posts and two temporary deployment points in the areas of the settlements of Kirovsk and Serebryanka.
12:45 Exactly at target:
The UAV crew identified a camouflaged infantry fighting vehicle of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The Ukrainian militants' infantry fighting vehicles were hit by Lancet loitering ammunition. As a result of the strike, the enemy combat vehicle was destroyed.
12:00 Statement of Head of the press center of the “West” group:
During the fighting in the Kupyansk direction, motorized rifles of the 1st Tank Army, with the support of aviation and artillery fire, repelled two attacks by assault groups of the 25th Airborne Brigade in the direction of Berestovoye.
The crews of attack helicopters Ka-52, Mi-28 and attack aircraft of the West group of forces carried out twenty-four missile and bomb attacks on the accumulation of manpower, weapons and military equipment of the 14th Separate Mechanized Brigade and territorial defense units in the area of the settlements of Sin'kovka, Berestovoe and Ivanovka.
During the counterbattery fight, the group’s artillery destroyed a 122mm 2S1 “Gvozdika” self-propelled artillery mount and an ammunition supply point in the area of the settlements Peschanoye and Sin'kovka.
An unmanned aerial vehicle of the Valkyrie type was destroyed by air defense systems in the area of the settlement of Ploshchanka.
The total enemy losses amounted to two platoons of manpower and one T-72 tank.
11:25 Deputy Head of the DPR for the Russian Guard and commander of the Vostok battalion Alexander Khodakovsky:
In the area where the enemy surrendered today, there was first a clash, which resulted in the surrender. But for some reason some Ukrainian Armed Forces fighters remained in the forest belt in the gray zone. Most likely due to injury.
After some time, our observers saw four thugs, without hiding at all, coming from the enemy’s side and finishing off their own. Just this morning we received a newsletter that the enemy began to actively use psychotropic drugs to suppress the instinct of self-preservation - perhaps we observed them in action. What we saw again brings us back to the numerous conversations that the enemy is using barrier detachments from the most “Svidomo” to keep all those forcibly mobilized in obedience.
11:00 Russian fighter “Shepherd” told How the British “Challenger 2” was destroyed:
At the beginning of September - the crew of the Kornet ATGM of the 108th Airborne Regiment of the 7th Guards Air Assault Division. The DShD destroyed the British Challenger 2 tank with one shot.
10:25 Analysis of situations at the front from enemies: the enemy does not abandon attempts to counteroffensive
The main conclusions of the American Institute for the Study of War:
Russian troops launched an offensive on the Kupyansk-Svatovo-Kremennaya line, in the Bakhmut area, on the Avdievka-Donetsk line, in the west of Donetsk and the eastern border of the Zaporozhye region, as well as in the west of the Zaporozhye region and advanced in certain areas.
Ukrainian troops carried out unsuccessful attacks in the Kremennaya area. Russian troops repelled attacks by three Ukrainian assault groups west of Dibrova (five kms southwest of Kremennaya).
Ukrainian troops unsuccessfully attacked northwest of Novomayorsky, in the area of Novodonetsk (12 kms southeast of Velikaya Novoselka) and north of Priyutnoye (16 kms southwest of Velikaya Novoselka).
10:00 Situation on the fronts over the past 24 hours:
Zaporozhye direction
It is calmer in the Orekhovsky sector - large losses due to attacks in Rabotino and Verbovoy reduced the activity of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Ours successfully counterattacked from Novofedorovka and recaptured several forest plantations.
On the Vremyevsky ledge, Ukrainiuans are unsuccessfully killing themselves against our positions at the Urozhaynoye-Staromayorskoye line.
Attempts to break through in the area of Novodonetsky and Novomayorsky did not bring any results to the Ukrainian.
Svatovo-Kremennoe direction
Ours continue to advance towards Kupyansk, establishing control in the area of Sin'kovka and Petropavlovka.
Artyomovskoe direction
Russian fighters are advancing in the area of Orekhovo-Vasil'ievka and Berkhovka.
South of Artyomovsk there are fierce battles in the southern part of Kleshcheevka.
It is reported that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are entering Andreevka, but our guys are holding positions in the village.
Donetsk direction
In the Opytny area there were oncoming battles: ours successfully counterattacked and drove back the militants.
In Mar'inka, our people are storming the western outskirts.
09:10 Summary on the morning of September 12, 2023
Fighting continues on the Zaporozhye front near Rabotino. Over the past 24 hours, three Bradley infantry fighting vehicles with personnel were hit on the approach to a populated area. Near the village Verbovoe, another enemy assault group in armored vehicles is covered by fire from our MLRS and artillery. The enemy did not break into the settlement.
To the east of the Vremevsky direction, near Novomayorsky and Novodonetsky, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are throwing infantry into battle under the fire of our artillery, while simultaneously building up forces in the rear of the sector.
In the Kherson direction, fighting continues on the islands. The Ukrainian Armed Forces hold a small piece of land near the Antonovsky Bridge at the cost of constant losses, unable to expand the zone of control. Under mortar and artillery fire from the Russian Armed Forces, arriving small landing groups suffer constant losses.
In the Avdeevsky direction, the enemy has been active for several days near Opytny, trying to gain a foothold on the outskirts of the village. He deployed tanks and infantry fighting vehicles, suffered serious losses, and heavy fighting continues.
In the forests near Kremennaya, the Russian Armed Forces covered enemy positions with incendiary rounds from MLRS. Six attacks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were repelled on the Torsky ledge and in Serebryansky forestry.
In Rylsk, Kursk region, UAVs attacked an administrative building twice at night; there were no casualties. In the Belgorod region, the Krasnoyaruzhsky district was under fire, and an enemy drone was shot down in the Valuysky urban district. In the Zaporozhye region, the Ukrainian Armed Forces hit Energodar with four drones: a residential building and a passport office. The enemy fired 338 rounds at the civilian population of the DPR, four civilians were wounded.
09:08 The criminal Kiev regime continues to fire at the civilian infrastructure of settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired from cannon artillery:
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement of Novaya Kakhovka, settlement. Kakhovka, Kazachi Lagery, Dnepryany, Sagi, Podstepnoe firing a total of 39 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being clarified.
08:06 We identify, report, destroy -video
Russian intelligence officers can boast not only of their vigilance, observation and intelligence, but also of modern technical means. With their help, it is possible to find any skillfully disguised target.
A serviceman with the call sign “Prince” spoke about how to properly use a video surveillance camera in combat conditions.
08:04 Frontline summary for the morning of 09/12/2023
In the Zaporozhye direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces, with the support of artillery, reached Novoprokopovka and attacked in a forest plantation one and a half kilometers north of the village. The Russian Armed Forces shelled Ukrainian positions in the settlements of Kamenskoye, Pyatikhatki, Novodanilovka, Rabotino, Omelnik, Malaya Tokmachka, Gulyaypole and Ol'govskoye. The Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked the Russians in Zherebyanki, Nesteryanka, Kopany, Ilchenkovo, Verbovoy and Novopokrovka.In the Ugledarsky sector, Russian troops, supported by aviation, counterattacked at Staromayorsky. After the artillery shelling, the Ukrainian Armed Forces continued their attack on Novodonetskoye and Novomayorskoye. The Russian Armed Forces are holding their positions. Russian artillery worked against the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Levadny and Zolotaya Niva. Ukrainian - according to the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in Priyutny, Zavetny Zhelanie, Staromlynovka and Kermenchik.
On the Donetsk front, Russian units, supported by artillery, tried to advance in Marinka. No success. But similar actions on the part of Opytny and Spartak allowed them to regain a number of positions lost the day before. At Novokalinov, the Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled the attack, despite the heavy artillery fire of the Russian Armed Forces. Ukrainian units are under attack in Novomikhailovka, Antonovka, Pobeda, the city of Krasnohorivka, Pervomaisky, Severny (a settlement west of Avdievka), New York and Severny (a settlement northwest of Gorlovka). Russian - in Aleksandrovka, Donetsk, Opytny, Makeevka, Yasinovataya and Gorlovka.
In the Bakhmut direction, Russian troops counterattacked at Kurdyumovka, in Kleshcheevka and in the Orekhovo-Vasilievka area. The Russian Armed Forces attacked Ukrainian units in Ivanovo, Chasovy Yar, Khromov, Razdolovka, Vesyol (a settlement northeast of Soledar), Sporny and Verkhnekamensky. The Ukrainian Armed Forces fired at Russian troops in Ozaryanovka, Kurdyumovka, Kleshcheevka, Bakhmut and Soledar
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Oleg Krivoshapov
[REGNUM] A “big financial hole” formed in the state corporation Rusnano, which was led by Anatoly Chubais, who left Russia . President Vladimir Putin pointed this out on September 12 , speaking at the plenary session of the Eastern Economic Forum. The head of state suggested that this fact was the reason why the former top manager “fled” outside the country.
“They showed me some kind of photograph from the Internet, where he is no longer Anatoly Borisovich Chubais, but some Moshe Izrailevich, lives there somewhere... Why is he doing this, I don’t understand,” the president noted . The President expressed bewilderment at this and suggested that this behavior was connected precisely with the “hole” in Rusnano, which was headed by Chubais for many years. “I won’t give numbers now—big numbers,” Putin noted.
However, there are no criminal cases or any prosecutions against the former head of the unprofitable state corporation, the Russian President clarified. But the former head of Rusnano, as Putin concluded, fearing precisely this, went “illegal” in Israel.
In March last year, Chubais, we recall, left the post of special representative of the Russian President for sustainable development and went to Turkey, after which, according to some sources, he was in Italy, and subsequently in Israel.
The former head of Rusnano refused to comment on the words of Russian President Vladimir Putin about his activities in the state corporation.
CLAIMS HAVE BEEN BUILDING UP FOR A LONG TIME
Questions about the structure arose repeatedly. When it was created in 2007 (initially it was called the Russian Nanotechnology Corporation, after 2011 - Rusnano JSC), it received government guarantees for loans amounting to up to 182 billion rubles. Another 130 billion was invested in its capital.
It was assumed that state support would cease completely in 2016, but at the beginning of 2015, the head of Rusnano, Chubais, turned to the government with a request for additional support.
In December of the same 2015, the Accounts Chamber began an audit of Rusnano, which, since its inception in 2007, made a profit (8 billion rubles) only once - in 2014. Moreover, this profit was obtained solely due to the devaluation of the ruble. However, even then, experts compared the business of this structure “to a fund that invests money in very risky assets with a poorly predictable result in the medium term.”
Subsequently, materials appeared in the public domain that could indicate dishonesty in the management of the state corporation. Such statements, in particular, were made by lawyer Ilya Remeslo . He stated that he compared Chubais’ statement at a corporate event (when the head of Rusnano said that “we have a lot of money” and promised double bonuses to employees based on the corporation’s successes) with the company’s documents and came to the conclusion: for 2015, “Rusnano "not only failed to achieve the target for the sale of nanoproducts worth 300 billion rubles, but also "brings losses of tens of billions from year to year." To hide losses in the company, according to the lawyer, they manipulated “ financial statements, declaring losses as “net profit.”
After Chubais left Rusnano at the end of 2020, it turned out that the “flagship of scientific and technical thought” was in a pre-bankruptcy state, Komsomolskaya Pravda noted.
In March 2022, the new head of the company, Sergei Kulikov, turned to the Prosecutor General’s Office with a request to check the activities of Rusnano JSC in the period from 2010 to 2020.
A little later it became known that law enforcement officers suspect the ex-head of the corporation and his entourage of corruption. Witnesses are being interviewed, TASS reported on June 1, citing a source in law enforcement agencies.
But the question arises why all these complaints arose against the management of the company, which seemed to spend a lot of money only due to the special specificity of its field of activity.
NATURAL COSTS OR SYSTEM ERRORS?
The “big hole” in the budget of Rusnano could well have arisen as a result of a deliberate act, lawyer Andrei Grivtsov , a former investigator for particularly important cases of the main investigative department of the Investigative Committee, does not rule out.
But at the same time, the lawyer added, certain government projects are obviously unprofitable due to their specific nature. “Even if a certain state corporation gives the impression of being prosperous, it often happens that it is obviously subsidized,” Grivtsov told IA Regnum.
“To say that losses arose as a result of someone else’s actions, you definitely need to understand this and analyze the evidence. I’m not sure that Rusnano was profitable in principle.”
Of course, Rusnano could well have been unprofitable from the start. And this is normal, said Vladimir Shur , director of the Ural Center for Collective Use “Modern Nanotechnologies”, to IA Regnum . At least, he came to this conclusion while studying the practice of investing in nanotechnology in the United States.
Schur notes: Washington in the early 2000s allocated a gigantic amount for the development of this industry - $3.7 billion. But relevant projects in the United States are still rarely completed without the participation of private capital. “Innovation means that there are people who are willing to risk their money and invest in something new, while the share of profitable projects is sometimes only 5%,” says the expert. In Russia, one cannot count on the interest of private investors in such a “totalizator”, the expert emphasized.
At the same time, a state that seeks to develop the field of nanotechnology, in any case, needs an investment strategy designed not for 10–15 years, but for decades, Shur is sure.
The head of the Center for Political Economic Research at the Institute of a New Society, Vasily Koltashov , on the contrary, believes that the losses incurred by Rusnano are not a consequence of the natural costs of working with risky new technologies. The fact is that Chubais’ team chose the wrong strategy from the very beginning.
The problems of this state corporation lay precisely in the idea that technological advantages can be bought, Koltashov told IA Regnum . “That is why a gap arose between high expenses and the very dubious, obscure results of the work of the Rusnano management,” the expert pointed out. “ A fundamentally wrong concept underlay the work of the top management of this company; they focused on venture investments in enterprises.”
Venture investments, let us remind you, are deliberately risky investments in a new business, a new project, and the like. Initially, it is assumed that investments can either pay off many times over or turn out to be risky and lead to bankruptcy.
Chubais supported this strategy as an ideological neoliberal, Koltashov added.
Thus, the former head of Rusnano, in his position, could not only promote certain projects, the return on which was not initially guaranteed, but also, using the full trust of the state, manage investments in Rusnano, guided solely by personal stereotypes and personal interests.
But the question remains: if the claims were substantiated, why did they not lead to far-reaching legal consequences? And why are now inspections of Rusnano’s work in previous years being carried out again, although the previous ones did not lead to anything?
WHY DIDN’T THEY TAKE ON CHUBAIS RIGHT AWAY?
Inspections can be carried out for completely different reasons, says Pavel Zaitsev, a member of the presidium of the National Anti-Corruption Committee, a former senior investigator for particularly important cases .
“ Previously, checks may have been carried out on certain cases, but now on completely different ones ,” said the expert from IA Regnum . “And if previously they ended in vain, without bringing the perpetrators to justice, now facts of illegal actions may well be established ”
As for the former head of Rusnano, he, realizing that these checks could end negatively for him, may be preparing ways to retreat. The question is how legal his actions are,” Zaitsev noted.
Several competent authorities may participate in assessing the legality of the actions of the former management of Rusnano - including the above-mentioned Prosecutor General’s Office, the Investigative Committee and the Accounts Chamber, Oleg Sukharev, chief researcher at the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, noted in an interview with Regnum.
“We need primary information about non-budgetary, misuse of funds, ” the interlocutor pointed out. — For example, it was planned to create some kind of Russian tablet, iPhone or processor, billions of rubles were invested, but there was no development. There should be personal responsibility for this - maybe also criminal charges, if one is identified.”
At the same time, Sukharev does not rule out the need to investigate the actions of the former head of the state corporation Rusnano, Anatoly Chubais, as a possible foreign agent. “I will emphasize the word “possible” because it has not yet been recognized as such,” the expert clarifies.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin
[ColonelCassad] From Putin's statements at the WEF.
1. There will be no deprivatization in Russia and it is not planned. Business will not be a nightmare. (Well...)
2. Armenia's problems are caused by the fact that it recognized Karabakh as part of Azerbaijan (Armenia's main problem is Pashinyan, so Armenia will continue to experience dark days)
3. Enemy losses during the summer offensive amounted to more than 71,500 people. (of which 66,000 over the summer, and in September already 5,500)
4. Over the past 6-7 months, another 270,000 people signed up for contracts in the RF Armed Forces (not bad numbers; the desired 300,000 contract soldiers per year will be achieved by the end of the year)
5. Detainees in the Bryansk region, Ukrainian terrorists gave evidence; they were trained by British instructors (no one doubted)
6. Russia does not and will not create military alliances “against someone.” Including with China. (the position is identical to questions about the union with Iran)
7. About 170 cultural figures left the country. It’s better to let them crap there, not here (the non-living public get off the beach)
8. Russia will be self-sufficient, but not isolated (there will be no autarky for obvious reasons)
9. The elections in the United States will not affect relations between Russia and the United States. Trump is not a friend for Russia (there is no hope for Agent Donald)
10. The Russian economy needs migrants. Now there are few of them, only 3.7% of working citizens (the problem is not the number of migrants as such, but the ability to integrate them into society)
11. Chubais is Moisha Izrailevich, who fled to Israel and left behind a hole in Rusnano (it can’t be, why was he allowed to leave?)
12. Russia’s lunar program will not be completed, despite the failure with Luna 25. (this is correct, the space program, with the proper approach, will pull other industries with it)
13. They wished Volozh a good life in Israel (may you be, ichthyander...)
14. Mass purchases of domestic cars for officials will begin soon. They may be worse than Western ones, but they are their own. Who is entitled to what will be determined. (Now they will start rewriting Maybachs for relatives)
And so on.
We are looking forward to negotiations with Kim Jong-un. Shoigu will also be at the meeting there, apparently the issue of shells, missiles and guns is among the priorities.
If the United States believes that Kiev is ready for negotiations, then let them cancel the decree of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky banning negotiations. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced this on September 12 .
“As for the negotiation process, if the United States believes that Ukraine is ready for negotiations, then let them cancel the decree of the President of Ukraine, which prohibits negotiations,” the head of state said at the plenary session of the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF).
As Regnum reported , earlier US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that if Russian President Vladimir Putin shows interest in the process of peace negotiations and makes such a proposal, the Ukrainian government will certainly support this initiative. Blinken added that Washington would also support peace talks following Kiev.
Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov said that he would not pin his hopes on the US role in resolving the conflict in Ukraine.
Until relatively recently, former colonialists brought people from Africa to Europe in cages and put them on display there. No one in African countries will forget about this, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on September 12 at the WEF plenary meeting.
“What did the former colonialists do? Back in 1957—they showed me photographs recently—people in cages were brought from Africa to European countries, say, Belgium,” Putin said.
He added that people were brought in as whole families, with children kept separately in cages. It’s impossible to look at such pictures without tears, and it’s impossible to forget. No one in Africa will forget this, the Russian leader emphasized.
Putin added that Western countries are still trying to command in Africa and pursue their neocolonial policies there. They drove African countries into trillions of dollars in debt, and built not even credit relationships, but “some kind of indemnity.”
Russia has completely different approaches, partnership ones. There were special relationships with some people in Soviet times, and with others they are being built now. There will be no big difficulties in this matter, the president concluded.
As Regnum reported, earlier at the Russia-Africa summit, Putin said that Moscow intends to continue to help the development of African countries and provide them with trade preferences. In particular, Russia will supply grain and other foods.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin
[ColonelCassad] Project "Square".
A special system installed on a drone automatically identifies and marks targets on the battlefield. Both people and technology. At the same time, it determines the distance to the target.
The effective implementation of such a system will allow progress towards the implementation of a multi-domain integration system and digitalization of the battlefield.
More information about the system here https://t.me/zsvyazist/82
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics.
[ColonelCassad] Military correspondent Alexander Kharchenko on the situation in the Rabotino area.
I haven't written for a long time. For a number of reasons beyond our control, I was not at the front for a certain amount of time. We just returned from Verbovoy and from near Rabotino.
I want to immediately praise Russian gunsmiths. OFABs with UMPC became frequent guests on the front line. It feels like at least eight such gifts per day land in the vicinity of Rabotino. You hear a familiar rustling in the sky and feel a little more confident.
There are hundreds of burnt armored vehicles around. And if in May I thought that the Ukrainian counter-offensive would resemble the “Kursk Bulge”, then upon closer examination I realized that we were facing the First World War, where instead of cold horses, the skeletons of armored cars were scattered around the area. The West relied on a breakthrough of armored fists, but, firstly, the Russian defense was already prepared and, secondly, FPV drones appeared on the battlefield, which Western generals did not take into account.
Why did armor lose its importance? A simple example that happened yesterday on the battlefield. As soon as Bradley approaches Rabotino, drones immediately begin to guide him. Dozens of people immediately run to ATGMs and FPV drone controls. Everyone wants a valuable trophy. As a result, having just entered a populated area, the American armor immediately gets hit in the face by a drone (dynamic protection is activated), and the driver quickly drives back, shooting off smoke. The evacuation mission was disrupted.
Despite all the criticism, Surovikin’s line still fulfills its purpose. Yes, the Ukrainians reached it in the Verbovoye area, but they stormed it on foot. The armored vehicles never broke through, which means that even after the loss of the first lines, the “dragon’s teeth” still perform their function.
As armored vehicles became a supporting element on the battlefield, infantry, artillery, drones and electronic warfare came to the fore. Whoever assembles the correct structure in this square will gain an advantage on the battlefield in the near future.
The Ukrainians and their handlers realized that we were now facing a trench-infantry war, and therefore they were increasingly using cluster munitions. According to my feelings, two cluster ammunition are now used for each high-explosive fragmentation ammunition.
The yellow blockades are rushing towards Novoprokopovka. As a result, their progress looks like this: they iron out the trenches with artillery for several days, during which time they accumulate in small groups in the basements of Rabotino. At the appointed hour they run to the assault on foot. If the assault on the next supporter fails, everything is repeated again and so on until the landing is wiped off the face of the earth.
This is the current situation on the front line. Later I will write about a couple more interesting points.
(c) Alexander Kharchenko
We spent several days in the vicinity of Rabotino and Verbovoy in Zaporozhye.
From observations. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to take care of the equipment - fortunately, the Russian Armed Forces burned it here before - they use it only for transporting infantry and evacuating the wounded. Their infantry movements occur in small groups, and not even five to 15 people, but in twos or threes.
The artillery is not silent on both sides. Every five to ten minutes the characteristic explosions of cluster munitions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are heard. In the vicinity of Verbovoy and Rabotino there is high activity of fpv drones. Both we and the Ukrainian Armed Forces are watching each other’s every move. Therefore, movements are minimal.
The battles in Zaporozhye for the Ukrainian Armed Forces dragged on for a long time, which is beneficial for the Russian side. So far, everything we have seen looks like their next preparation to attack, but the Ukrainians don’t have much time left.
(c) Sergey Shilov
Below, photographs from the NATO situation center, which coordinates the offensive of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Zaporozhye direction, including Rabotino.
The results of NATO leadership in the Rabotino region are especially clear. Apparently, US Army general Milley blew Ukrainian opsec in showing off his command center. See the photos at the link.
[Politico] Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday defended the United States’ decision to accept the joint statement from G20 leaders on Russia’s war in Ukraine that did not replicate the group’s previous stance condemning Russia for its invasion.
"The G20 countries in this statement all stood up for the importance of territorial integrity, sovereignty — and that’s very clear," Blinken said during an interview on CNN’s "State of the Union." However
The Ukrainian foreign ministry blasted the communiqué Saturday, calling the statement "nothing to be proud of."
House Foreign Affairs Chair Michael McCaul (R-Texas) agreed with Ukraine’s assessment, calling the statement "a real slap in the face to [Ukrainian President Volodymyr] Zelenskyy," during an interview on CNN’s "State of the Union."
[Bloomberg] The luxury armored train carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong Un crossed into Russia ahead of his summit with President Vladimir Putin, which the US said would focus on supplying weapons for Moscow’s war on Ukraine..
The summit between the two leaders who have faced international isolation and sanctions marks the first time Kim has left the Korean Peninsula since 2019, when he held his only other summit with Putin — in Vladivostok. The meeting offers a chance for Putin to obtain weapons to fuel his war of attrition in Ukraine and Kim a chance to win assistance for his beleaguered economy as well as expand his ability to deliver a nuclear strike.
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[REGNUM] On the morning of September 12, the armored train in which North Korean leader Kim Jong-un went on a visit to Russia from Pyongyang crossed the border with Russia in the south of Primorye, media reported. Later, information about the arrival of the North Korean leader was confirmed by the press secretary of the Russian president, Dmitry Peskov . It was previously reported that Kim plans to hold a number of meetings in our country, one of which, presumably, with Russian President Vladimir Putin , who, we recall, is now at the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) in Vladivostok.
For the current North Korean leader, who inherited power from his father, Kim Jong Il, in 2011, this will be only the second known visit to Russia. But the attention of the world media is focused on his trip not because of the frequency of travel of the “leader of the party, army and people” or their extravagance. Although, of course, the luxurious train on which the leader of the DPRK travels to Vladivostok attracts attention.
FORECAST: “STEEL RAIN”
The most likely topic for discussion among journalists and experts is the sale and purchase of military technologies and ammunition, with Western media focusing on Russia’s purchase of weapons, allegedly because of the devastated North Military District warehouses. “The topic under discussion is the sale of ammunition to Moscow,” writes The Financial Times.
“No one expected that there would be such a huge expenditure of shells. The conflict in Ukraine has shown that we need high-tech weapons much less than a large number of very cheap weapons,” The Washington Post quotes political scientist Sergei Markov. “ Very serious negotiations are underway, and if Kim comes, it will mean that they have already agreed.” I would argue that Russian expenditure of artillery shells is a major departure from top down Soviet supply planning.
“North Korean ammunition could provide Russian troops with not entirely sufficient, but useful support,” an article with this title was published by Reuters on the day of the North Korean leader’s visit to Russia. The tone of the publications is as follows: the Kremlin wants to get more ammunition from the DPRK, since Russia's reserves are depleted, North Korea remains Moscow's only hope.
“North Korean weapons will allow Russia to prolong the rain of steel it has rained down on Ukraine, but they are probably not advanced enough to change the course of the fighting,” writes Bloomberg. Agency sources believe: “Ammunition from North Korea could buy time for Russia and give its domestic industry a chance to catch up with demand.”
The topic of Russia's purchase of North Korean weapons has been relished more than once by the Western press. Just a year ago , The New York Times , citing US intelligence, wrote that “ Russia is buying millions of artillery shells and missiles from North Korea, a sign that global sanctions have severely constrained its supply chains and forced Moscow to turn to military supplies.” to rogue states."
"SHELL" FOR THE JUCHE COUNTRY
Everything quoted above is nothing more than speculation. It is significant that Kim’s armored train is also carrying the deputy head of the Central Military Committee, Lee Byung Chol, and an extensive military-industrial delegation.
It is believed that the DPRK is showing interest in Russian space technologies (especially against the backdrop of the recent second unsuccessful attempt to launch a reconnaissance satellite), air defense systems, such as the S-300 and Pantsir MANPADS, as well as missile technologies. TASS, citing the American Center for Strategic and International Studies Beyond Parallel, reports: the DPRK military may test launch a submarine-launched ballistic missile on a new submarine equipped with nuclear weapons. Missile secrets will certainly be useful to Pyongyang if it modernizes its existing submarines and equips them with nuclear missiles.
The construction of a missile-carrying boat in the DPRK is just one of the steps in the North Korean submarine program, military expert Ilya Kramnik believes. “If the assumption is correct that the new boat is rather an experimental model, then we can expect that the submarines following it will have other architectural solutions that further reduce visibility,” explains the expert. “First of all, a larger hull diameter, which makes it possible to remove the launchers inside and improve the hydrodynamic characteristics of the boat, as well as make wider use of noise reduction means such as shock-absorbing platforms and vibration-isolating foundations of mechanisms.”
Note that Russia has a rich history of building and modernizing its submarine fleet, and many of these technologies have been well developed by Russian specialists.
At the same time, it is unlikely that Russia will openly transfer nuclear technology to Pyongyang, experts say. Firstly, Russia will not transfer them to anyone, and secondly, such a decision could lead to completely unpredictable consequences for the security of the region. Such a step is too risky in the current situation. Let's leave it to The New York Times and its writers to think that " Russia will provide technological support to North Korea's nuclear and missile programs in exchange for North Korean munitions, such as the artillery shells that Russia needs for its war in Ukraine."
Let us recall that UN Security Council Resolution 1718 of October 14, 2006 prohibits “ the supply, sale or transfer to the DPRK of any military equipment and weapons, as well as materials, equipment, goods and technologies that can be used in North Korean programs to create weapons of mass destruction. ” The question remains how neighboring countries will react to the transfer of highly sensitive technologies to Pyongyang.
DRONES AND PEOPLE'S VOLUNTEERS
As for the exchange of military-industrial complex products, Russia may be interested in supplies of North Korean drones like Saetbyol-4 and Saetbyol-9b, copies of American drones RQ-4 Global Hawk and MQ-9 Reaper, cannon and rocket artillery, spare parts for it, and artillery shells. Military expert Yuri Lyamin previously told IA Regnum about this . He noted that North Korea has sufficient industrial capacity to produce drones, guns and ammunition for them. “No matter what the skeptics say, the DPRK has been exporting arms for a very long time - more than half a century. Moreover, the production of weapons for sale is carried out on an industrial scale,” the expert noted.
One of the most pressing topics is, of course, the participation of Korean volunteers in the Northern Military District. Such information regularly appears in the media and also regularly receives refutations. Of course, it may be that after the upcoming negotiations, military personnel or volunteers from among the citizens of the DPRK will declare their desire to join the Russian Armed Forces, but for now the Korean People's Army ensures the security of its own country.
The Russian side has repeatedly emphasized that it does not need foreign supplies to conduct air defense in Ukraine, since the domestic defense industry is coping with its tasks, and North Korea has emphasized that it has never supplied Russia with weapons and does not plan to do so, but it’s worth waiting - perhaps the countries will decide neglect the resolutions of the UN Security Council, which are especially emphasized by Western countries.
Western commentators, however, are confident that the Russian president and the leader of the DPRK will discuss both military supplies and an increase in the number of North Korean “guest workers” in Russia.
RAW MATERIALS, MACHINES AND LABOR
The Washington Post writes about this, in particular. According to the publication, a large number of workers from the DPRK will help generate much-needed foreign currency for North Korea. This will supposedly be beneficial to the Russian side, since, as the authors of the material believe, our economy is experiencing a shortage of workers due to the increase in defense production and the participation of many able-bodied Russians in the military defense system.
Here, however, their forecast may be justified, Vasily Kashin does not rule out. Importing North Korean labor was indeed an important area for both countries, at least before the imposition of sanctions in 2017 and further until the COVID-19 quarantine. Perhaps the practice will be restored following a meeting between the two leaders.
Beyond the products of the military-industrial complex and labor migration resources, countries also have something to interest each other, Vasily Kashin, senior researcher at the Institute of China and Modern Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences, told IA Regnum.
“North Korea is, if we talk about civilian areas, a manufacturer of some types of industrial equipment, quite modern,” the expert pointed out. — And if we talk about dual-use products, they will probably supply some types of raw materials and semi-finished products for military production, which, in general, we are now importing from other countries. They have a demand for our industrial equipment, transport equipment and, accordingly, energy and food.”
WHITE HOUSE WARNS 'ROCKET KIM'
Judging by publications in the world press, the West is warning the Pyongyang “outcast” (“missile Kim” showed himself to be quite capable of negotiations in 2019, during a historic meeting with Donald Trump ) against too close contacts with Russia.
“Giving weapons to Russia will not reflect well on North Korea, and it will pay a price in the international community,” Joe Biden’s national security adviser Jake Sullivan warned last week.
In addition, judging by the tone of Western media publications, they are trying to convince North Korea’s neighbors (which includes South Korea and Pyongyang’s main patron, China) of the potential danger of Russian-North Korean contacts.
But, experts say, the nervous reaction conveyed by Sullivan has become yet another clear proof that the United States is losing control of the situation in certain regions of the world—in this case, East Asia.
Politically, a meeting between the two leaders will be a good step towards reducing US influence in the region. This is not about what someone wants to get, but about discussing a strategic problem related to a common threat, Korean scholar Konstantin Asmolov told IA Regnum .
CONFRONTATION OF TWO TRIANGLES
At the same time, the expert notes, the White House is using the very fact of contact between two equally hostile leaders for the United States to mobilize American allies in the region.
“Despite the loud cries, “oh horror, Russia and North Korea are probably selling weapons, there is no evidence, but we already understand everything,” the formation of an “Asian NATO” is underway - the Washington-Tokyo-Seoul triangle,” Asmolov said. This configuration is being built as a counterweight to another triangle, Moscow - Pyongyang - Beijing, the expert explained.
The union of the three Far Eastern neighbors is now taking shape forcedly, due to pressure from the United States, but in any case, there is a rapprochement between Russia, China and the main Chinese ward in the region - the DPRK, Asmolov argues. It is likely that a trilateral summit will be required to consolidate cooperation, the expert does not rule out.
Pyongyang does not want to limit itself only to its traditional ally, China, and therefore is looking for new formats and aspects of interaction, Kashin, for his part, notes. North Korea “ understands that if they reach a new level of interaction with Russia in the military and civilian sphere, their position in relations with all other partners will be strengthened. Now it is a definite problem for them that all their trade is essentially directed to China - this is 90% of trade turnover ,” the expert comments.
Romanian MFA just summoned the Russian ambassador Valery Kuzmin after the third drone penetrated Romanian airspace. Romanian army found a third drone inside Romania, 14 km inland. Air Force helicopter dispatched to area. Military sources: The danger for the population is real. Fragments could not have flown that far, the drone must have flown till the crash site
[RT] Kiev will lobby for its right to export grain into Poland under World Trade Organization rules, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmygal has declared.
On Tuesday, the chair of the Ukrainian government reiterated that Kiev does not want to harm Polish farmers, but warned that it would seek arbitration if Warsaw maintained a ban on imports. The current temporary restriction on sales of Ukrainian grain, which was imposed by the EU in May, is set to expire on Friday.
"We have no intention of harming Polish farmers," Shmygal stated on X (formerly Twitter). Warsaw’s stated policy of keeping the ban in place would be a "violation of trade law in the interest of political populism before the elections," he added.
Poland is set to hold a general election in October, with the ruling Law and Justice party seeking a third term at the hel "How to make friends and influence people" Ukrainian style?
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