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[Regnum] Daria Trepova (a person included in the list of terrorists and extremists), accused of committing a terrorist attack in a St. Petersburg cafe, which resulted in the death of military correspondent Maxim Fomin ( Vladlen Tatarsky), knew what exactly was in the figurine that she gave to the journalist. This was confirmed by the polygraph data, which the girl failed. This was reported on November 14 by the 78.ru TV channel.
When Trepova was asked whether she knew what she was bringing to Tatarsky in the cafe, the indicators of her condition changed dramatically. The test results indicated direct intent and further proved her involvement in the explosion.
The terrorist attack, which resulted in the death of military correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky, occurred in St. Petersburg on April 2. According to investigators, Trepova committed the crime on instructions from the Ukrainian special services. She brought a journalist to a creative evening and gave him a figurine filled with explosives. As a result of the explosion, the military commander was killed and 42 more people were injured.
As Regnum reported, Chairman of the Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin said that Trepova insisted that until the last moment she did not know what was hidden in the “gift” and that an assassination attempt was being prepared. According to him, the girl thought that the figurine contained a tracking device. At the same time, investigators established that she actually knew that she was handing over a figurine with explosives to the military correspondent.
The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case of murder, which on April 3 was reclassified as a case of terrorism. Trepova was arrested. At a meeting of the Moscow City Court on April 24, she said that she “madly” regretted what happened.
On August 23, it became known that the suspect would be transferred from Lefortovo to Shpalerka (SIZO-3 in St. Petersburg).
Investigators also established the involvement of journalist Roman Popkov (a person included in the list of terrorists and extremists), who lived in Ukraine, in the terrorist attack; he corresponded with Trepova and gave her instructions. Another person involved in the case, Ukrainian citizen Yuri Denisov , according to investigators, arrived in Russia in February 2023 and handed over a figurine with explosives to the performer.
Daria Trepova realized the danger of her actions in the cafe on Universitetskaya embankment. Forensic experts came to this conclusion. The girl was declared sane.
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[LB] Sumy, Mykolaiv, Kherson, Luhansk, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv were also attacked.
In the Chernihiv region, the Russians conducted four shellings per day (25 explosions). They hit the Novgorod-Siversky and Chernihiv districts with barrel artillery, mortars and AGS. There are no data on losses and damage to civil infrastructure, the data is being verified, says the summary from OVA as of this morning.
In Zaporizhzhia, the enemy struck 135 attacks on 23 settlements. The Russians carried out 14 drone attacks on Gulyaipol, Novodarivka, Charivny, Chervnomou, Kalynyvka, Robotyn and Levadny, four attacks from rocket systems of volley fire on Robotyn, Novodanilivka and Orikhov, and also struck from aviation on Orikhov and Novodarivka. 115 artillery shells were fired on the territory of Gulyaipol, Zaliznychny, Novoandriyivka, Malaya Tokmachka, Biloghirya, Shcherbaki, Pyatikhatok, Kamiansky, Lobkovo, Plavni and other settlements. 11 reports of destruction have been received.
In Sumy at night, the Russians pounded the Krasnopil community with mortars (five explosions). According to preliminary data, without consequences. Yesterday, the enemy carried out 16 shelling of border areas and settlements. 103 explosions were recorded. Krasnopilsk, Myropilsk, Bilopolsk, Yunakivsk, Velikopysarivsk, Novoslobidsk, Shalyginsk, Seredino-Budsk communities came under fire. The mobile phone tower and power line in Novoslobidska were damaged.
In Dnipropetrovsk, the Russians fired heavy artillery at night in the Nikopol district. First - in the Marganets community, then - in the district center. Three houses, an outbuilding, a car and a greenhouse were destroyed. Defenders shot down an unmanned aerial vehicle over the Pavlograd district. Yesterday afternoon, the Russians pounded Nikopol and Pokrovsk with heavy artillery. Around Nikopol - also with an attack drone. The resident was injured - he is in the hospital in a moderate condition. A utility company and an infrastructure object, three private houses, farm buildings, garages, a gas pipeline and a power line were damaged.
Nevske and Bilogorivka came under enemy fire in Luhansk yesterday. Serebryansky forest was under enemy air pressure. He tried to conduct assaults in the direction of Nadia and Novoyehorivka, where several Russian attacks were repulsed. During the day, the enemy fired 127 rounds (524 shells).
In Kharkivska yesterday evening, the enemy struck Andriivka with the help of six Shahed kamikaze drones. Four drones were shot down by air defense forces. As a result of hitting two drones, a civilian enterprise was damaged and a fire broke out. No casualties. During the day, the Russian occupiers fired artillery, mortars and other weapons at the front-line and border settlements of the region. In particular, Kozacha Lopan, Staritsa and Vovchansk, Dvorichna, Synkivka, Petropavlivka, Ivanivka, Berestov and other settlements were under the fire of the occupiers. As a result of the shelling of Kupyansk, the buildings of the milk plant were damaged.
In Donetsk region, the Russians carried out 21 shellings on populated areas. Under fire, Avdiivka, Krasnohorivka, Selidove, Velyka Novosilka, Gostre, Severnye, Orlivka fell. Objects of 10 residential buildings were damaged (two of them are multi-apartment buildings). In Donetsk region, three people were injured in one day.
In Mykolaivska yesterday afternoon, the forces and means of anti-aircraft defense destroyed an enemy reconnaissance UAV. Yesterday, Rybakivka of the Koblivska hromada was hit by a rocket, about ten residential buildings, as well as farm buildings and garages, were damaged. There are no casualties.
The enemy fired 124 rounds (618 shells) at Khersonsk during the day, of which 12 rounds (69 shells) were fired at Kherson. The rioters targeted the districts of 34 settlements of the region, a medical institution, an educational institution, an administrative building, a commercial port and a public catering establishment in Kherson, the territory and factory buildings in Beryslav. Yesterday, the occupiers shelled Shlyakhove of the Beryslav community. Homes of local residents, cars, and farm buildings were damaged by enemy fire. There are no casualties among civilians. Also yesterday, Russian artillery hit a car on the outskirts of Kherson. In a moment, the car was engulfed in flames. Three people were injured. A 36-year-old woman was seriously injured, and her two-month-old daughter was moderately injured. Doctors are now fighting for the life and health of both. The driver of the car, the child's 64-year-old grandfather, died. A 70-year-old woman was injured as a result of an enemy attack on Beryslav. She was diagnosed with an explosive injury and leg injuries. Now the victims are receiving medical assistance.
Doctors also provided assistance to a 49-year-old man on the spot. He has a concussion and an explosive injury. After lunch, the enemy covered the central part of the city with fire from barrel and rocket artillery. Eight vehicles, including an ambulance, an administrative building, a hospital and at least 15 houses were destroyed or damaged. With these strikes, the Russians killed two people and injured ten others. As a result of the attack on the hospital, two female medical workers, aged 24 and 41, as well as an 81-year-old patient of the medical facility were injured. All of them have mine-explosive injuries. In one day, three people were killed in the region, another 15 were injured, one of them was a child.
We will remind, in the morning Khmelnytskyi OVA informed about the night work of air defense. There is no damage data.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22:07 Zelensky, in an evening video message, reported on “very intense Russian assaults,” especially in the Donetsk region: “Russia is already losing soldiers and equipment near Avdiivka faster and on a larger scale than, in particular, near Bakhmut. It is extremely difficult to withstand this onslaught.” difficult... The more Russian forces are destroyed now near Avdievka, the worse the general situation, the general course of this war will be for the enemy.”
21:55 Slovakia will finance the production of two Bozena-4 mine clearance vehicles for Ukraine - they should arrive in the Kherson region at the beginning of 2024. Slovakia will also donate humanitarian aid for the winter period and share its experience in mine clearance, said the country's Foreign Minister Juraj Blanar.
21:46 In early November, in a front-line village in the Zaporozhye region, the enemy launched a missile attack on Ukrainian military personnel who had been gathered to present awards. Everything that is known about this is in the material Death of soldiers of the 128th brigade: new details .
21:08 Zaluzhny reported that, together with Chief of the General Staff Sergei Shaptala, Air Force Commander Nikolai Oleshchuk and Naval Forces Commander Alexei Neizhpapa, he had a telephone conversation with the Chief of the Joint Staff of the French Armed Forces, Thierry Burcart. We discussed the progress of military operations and possible plans of the Russian Federation, the importance of finding technological solutions to gain an advantage in the air, remote demining and fire destruction of enemy targets. Separately, we focused on the issues of strengthening air defense systems, training Ukrainian military personnel and restoring the combat effectiveness of units.
21:01 Defense forces shot down a Russian Su-25 near Avdeevka, said Alexander Shtupun, spokesman for the Tauride Defense Forces.
19:15 The Save Ukraine organization reported that it was able to return four more children along with their families from the temporarily occupied territories.
18:49 The Russian Army is advancing simultaneously in several eastern directions, said the commander of the Ground Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Alexander Syrsky. In particular, despite heavy losses, the Russians attack in the Kupyansk area. In addition, the enemy has increased the use of kamikaze drones.
To the north and south of Bakhmut, Russian troops are trying to seize the initiative by launching counterattacks, but the Defense Forces are successfully resisting them. According to Syrsky, the enemy is losing its offensive capabilities every day. Thus, in two weeks in the area of responsibility of the Khortytsia group, Russian troops lost more than 4,000 people, more than 500 units of military equipment of the invaders were destroyed and damaged.
17:53 There are about 800 employees left at the Zaporozhye NPP who have not signed contracts with Rosatom, said Energoatom President Petr Kotin. According to him, this is the most qualified personnel, whose services the occupiers cannot refuse. “It is on them that nuclear and radiation safety at Zaporizhzhya NPP now rests,” Kotin emphasized.
At the same time, he noted that the number of Ukrainian personnel at ZNPP who signed contracts remains at 3,000 people. Kotin emphasized that there are not enough workers at the plant, Ukrainian personnel are under pressure from the occupiers, and “Russian personnel are not too willing to listen to Rosatom to go to Zaporizhia NPP.”
17:40 Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport has installed a defense system against drones, Russian propaganda media report. The ENOT-SD radar-optical complex was installed “in order to ensure a high level of flight safety,” according to airport documents.
17:07 Ukraine is already developing new models of surface drones with “surprises” for the Russians, said the head of the Ministry of Digital Development, Mikhail Fedorov: “The production of surface drones is actively scaling, we have already switched to mass production. Quite a lot of them are being produced now. New models with certain “surprises” are being developed "So I think that Russian ships will feel quite restless in the Black Sea."
16:20 Defense Minister Rustem Umerov said that the investigation established minute by minute the events that resulted in the death of soldiers of the 128th brigade in the Zaporozhye region on November 3. According to him, the fighters were indeed gathered in the courtyard of the house for the award ceremony, but they ignored all the rules of camouflage. They were spotted by a Russian reconnaissance drone, and when the “missile danger” signal went out across the region, they did not respond to it. The investigation is ongoing. The Minister instructed the General Staff to check the implementation of security protocols in all units.
15:38 Stoltenberg said that the West does not see Putin’s desire to negotiate a solution acceptable to Kiev, “so the only way is to strengthen Ukraine’s military capabilities in order to convince Putin that he will not win on the battlefield.”
14:36 Ermak said that the Defense Forces have already recaptured about 50% of the previously occupied territories, but today the number of the Russian group in Ukraine is three times larger than at the beginning of the aggression, so the country needs to maintain international support.
14:29 The European Commission announced that it is allocating an additional 110 million euros for humanitarian support to Ukrainians affected by a full-scale war.
14:03 The Ukrainian government has signed a contract with the Rheinmetall concern for the supply of Leopard 1 tanks, the German company reported. We are talking about 32 armored vehicles, including 25 Leopard 1A5 main battle tanks, five Bergepanzer 2 recovery vehicles and two driver training tanks. The order, funded by the German government, also includes training, logistics, spare parts, maintenance and other support services.
Delivery should take place in 2024. Currently, Leopard 1 is undergoing a major overhaul at Rheinmetall factories. The company added that they are ready to supply 20 more Marder infantry fighting vehicles as soon as they receive the corresponding order. Previously, an agreement had already been reached on the supply of 80 such infantry fighting vehicles, most of them already in Ukraine.
13:52 Slovakia will no longer send weapons to Ukraine, but is ready to provide humanitarian and civilian assistance, the country’s Ministry of Defense said.
13:04 The Russian Army has increased the number of assaults near Avdeevka, Kupyansk and in the Donetsk direction , Zelensky said following a daily conference call. At the same time, he emphasized that the Defense Forces “hold their positions and do not stop offensive operations.”
The president also said that the decision of the last Supreme Commander-in-Chief Headquarters “substantially strengthened” the defense capabilities of the Kherson region in reconnaissance, counter-battery, electronic warfare and air defense.
In addition, the military is constantly analyzing changes in enemy tactics for using UAVs and making adjustments to the air defense system. As for the work of the grain corridor, according to Zelensky, “we are currently overcoming the mark of 4 million tons of cargo and maintaining positive dynamics.”
12:11 Air defense forces shot down an X-59 guided missile over Kropyvnytskyi, said the head of the Kirovograd Air Defense Forces Andrey Raikovich. There were no injuries, windows and balconies were damaged in several houses, and several garages and cars were also damaged by debris.
11:56 The head of the Presidential Office, Andrei Yermak, said during a visit to Washington that the next year will be decisive in the course of the war. “The turning point in the war is approaching,” he noted. According to Ermak, the counter-offensive of the Ukrainian Armed Forces is advancing, and in the south, Ukrainian troops have already gained a foothold on the left bank of the Dnieper, which until recently was completely controlled by Russian forces.
11:52 The Russian army fired artillery at a private residential sector in the town of Kazachya Lopan, Kharkov region, wounding three people, the prosecutor’s office reported.
11:49 Germany has transferred another package of military assistance to Ukraine, the country’s government reported. It included, in particular, ten Leopard 1A5 tanks, a Winsent 1 engineering vehicle, tracked all-terrain vehicles, ten VECTOR reconnaissance unmanned systems, more than a thousand 155-mm shells, 1.4 million rounds of small arms ammunition, etc.
11:45 The Russians hit Nikopol with three kamikaze drones - one person was killed, one was wounded, said the head of the Dnepropetrovsk OVA Sergei Lysak.
11:31 The war in Ukraine may drag on, said NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg: “We must be prepared for a long journey. Wars are unpredictable by nature. What we know for sure is that what happens at the negotiating table is inextricably linked with the situation on the field battle."
Stoltenberg will discuss the situation in Ukraine today with the defense ministers of the EU countries. "I expect that during the meeting we will review the situation in Ukraine, where intense fighting continues. The situation on the battlefield is dire, and that is why it is so important that we continue and increase our support for Ukraine. We cannot allow Putin to win. Ukraine must remain as a sovereign independent state in Europe, and it is in our interests to support Ukraine,” the Secretary General said.
11:18 German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius admitted that the EU will not be able to transfer the promised million ammunition to Ukraine by March 2024. “It is safe to assume that the million rounds target will not be achieved,” he said. At the same time, the minister added that EU countries will continue to increase production.
11:13 Active construction of a plant for the production of Shahed attack drones is underway in Russia, Reuters reports citing satellite images. The construction of other structures and new security perimeters with checkpoints is already visible in the area. The Institute of Science and International Security emphasizes that the West has not yet imposed sanctions against the owner of the plant in Tatarstan - JSC Alabuga - or companies associated with it.
10:54 In the morning, the Russians fired at residential buildings in the Korabelny district of Kherson, one person was wounded. Two more people were injured as a result of enemy shelling of Osokorovka, Novovorontsovsk community, the OVA reported.
10:08 The United States is tightening control over the price ceiling for Russian oil. The country's Ministry of Finance has requested information about 100 ships suspected of violating Western oil sanctions, writes Reuters. Messages were sent to ship management companies in 30 countries. This is the biggest step by the United States since Washington and its allies introduced a price ceiling to limit Russia's oil revenues.
09:20 On the evening of November 13, the enemy launched a strike with six Shahed kamikaze drones in the Izyum district of the Kharkov region. As a result of the hit, a civilian enterprise was damaged, a fire occurred, no people were injured, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA.
09:03 Kuleba said that the “deplorable state of the defense industry and warehouses, bureaucracy and a large number of unsynchronized things” are preventing the European Union from fulfilling its promise to supply Ukraine with shells.
08:52 A drone stuffed with explosives was allegedly discovered in the Bryansk region of the Russian Federation on the night of November 14, Russian public pages report. According to them, in the village of Seltso, on the territory of the Bryansk Chemical Plant, an aircraft-type UAV filled with explosives was found. The roof of the workshop was broken in three places, but there were no injuries. In addition, in Kolomna near Moscow in the morning, explosions were reported in the area of the Mashinostroenie Design Bureau.
The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that four “Ukrainian UAVs” were allegedly destroyed over the territories of the Moscow, Tambov, Bryansk and Oryol regions.
08:25 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of November 14:
personnel - about 313,470 (+920) people,
tanks - 5362 (+8),
armored combat vehicles - 10,086 (+7),
artillery systems - 7589 (+20),
MLRS - 882 (+1),
air defense systems - 580 (+0),
aircraft - 322 (+0),
helicopters - 324 (+0),
UAV of operational-tactical level - 5649 (+15),
cruise missiles - 1561 (+0),
ships/boats - 22 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 9973 (+24),
special equipment - 1081 (+2).
07:44 Over the past 24 hours, 80 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report . In the Kupyansky direction, the Defense Forces repelled enemy attacks in the areas of Sinkovka, Petropavlovka, Ivanovka, Kharkov region; on Limansky - in the area of Nadezhda, Novoyehorivka, Lugansk region and Torskoye, Donetsk region; on Bakhmutsky - near Ivanovsky, Kleshcheevka and Andreevka, Donetsk region; on Avdeevsky - south of Novokalinovo, Avdeevka, Severny and east of Pervomaisky, Donetsk region; on Maryinsky - in the Marinka and Novomikhailovka districts of the Donetsk region; on Shakhtarsky - south of Zolotaya Niva, Donetsk region; in Zaporozhye - in the Rabotino district of the Zaporozhye region.
At the same time, the Defense Forces continue their offensive in the Melitopol direction and assault operations south of Bakhmut, Donetsk region.
07:32 On the afternoon of November 13, the Russians launched a missile attack on the village of Rybakovka, Koblevo community, Nikolaevsky district - about ten residential buildings were damaged, no people were injured, said the head of the OVA Vitaly Kim.
07:18 At night, the Russian Federation attacked Ukraine with attack drones, ballistic and guided missiles, the Air Force command reported. Launches of nine Shahed-136/131 attack UAVs were recorded from the Primorsko-Akhtarsk area (Krasnodar Territory of the Russian Federation). An Iskander-M ballistic missile was launched from the Dzhankoy region (Crimea), and a Kh-35 guided aircraft was launched from the airspace of the temporarily occupied Zaporozhye region. Air defense forces managed to destroy seven attack UAVs.
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[Korrespondent] The Russian Federation has still not agreed on its internal rhetoric regarding the Ukrainian Armed Forces' bridgehead on the left bank, and this threat to the occupying forces remains a very irritating factor.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces' bridgehead on the left bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region remains one of the hottest spots at the front. On November 13, Russian state media published and immediately denied a report about a “regrouping” of Russian forces on the left bank of the Kherson region. But experts believe that discussions about a retreat in the Kherson region are actually being conducted within the Russian military command.
POOR PROSPECTS FOR RUSSIANS
BBC sources in the Russian army confirmed that the Ukrainian Armed Forces not only crossed into Russian-occupied territory and took a bridgehead on the carefully defended left bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region, but also began transporting military equipment there. From these positions, the Ukrainian military can launch a larger offensive - dividing Russian troops and cutting off their supply line.
The length of the Dnieper coastline, which the invaders are forced to defend from the tip of the Kinburn Spit to Energodar, is about 300 km; an amphibious operation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces is possible in any area, and the Russian military does not have many reserves and they are not very mobile.
DISCUSSING RETREAT?
The canceled messages may indicate real discussions taking place in the highest echelons of the Russian military command, the Institute for the Study of War suggests. They noted that in the original messages there was a phrase that the commander of the joint group of forces agreed with the arguments of the group’s command and ordered the redeployment of troops, and such a decision would supposedly help “free up some of the forces for an offensive in other directions.” Therefore, ISW analysts note that if we consider the message to be true, but released prematurely, the Russians could compare the costs of retaining front-line units of the Russian Federation in the Kherson region with the benefits of redeploying these units to other sectors of the front - and decide that the current Russian group in the rear areas of the Kherson region will be sufficient to protect against Ukrainian operations on the eastern bank.
INFORMATION OPERATION?
At the same time, the Russian military command may have deliberately instructed state media to publish and then withdraw these reports. Then this would be an information operation aimed at forcing the Ukrainian Armed Forces to underestimate the available amount of Russian manpower on the eastern shore of the Kherson region. On November 13, the Ukrainian Center for National Resistance announced that there were no signs of the withdrawal of Russian forces from positions on the eastern bank.
The CNS considers the reports from TASS and RIA Novosti to be part of a Russian information operation to divert Ukrainian forces. ISW emphasizes that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are unlikely to make any operational-level decisions based on limited media reports about the Russian regrouping. Therefore, if the messages are part of an information operation, then the Russians most likely will not be able to mislead the Ukrainian command.
The head of the joint press center of OK South, Natalya Gumenyuk, noted that the occupiers’ reports of retreat are an attempt to measure the readiness and method of response of Ukrainian fighters.
Gumenyuk added that for a long time in the public and information space the necessary resources have been fueled for such a statement to be made.
“But there was no reaction, they realized that they had the opposite effect, panic began in their army, discord intensified and they were forced to remove it,” she explained.
Gumenyuk emphasized that in the Russian units located on the left bank of the Dnieper, the moral and psychological situation is “close to critical,” since desertion is rampant among the occupiers and there is a lack of coherence.
This, she said, makes it difficult for the occupiers to work in conditions where the Defense Forces are putting pressure on their presence on the left bank. Gumenyuk also noted that she would not comment on any advance of Ukrainian troops in this area in order to protect units and local residents from the aggressive behavior of the Russians, since against the backdrop of the “excitement” around this topic, the enemy covered the coast of the Kherson region with powerful bombings, which is what primarily affects local residents.
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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Kupyansk direction, units of the Zapad Group of Forces supported by aviation and artillery repelled eight attacks of the AFU 32nd, 57th, and 67th Mechanised Brigades near Sinkovka and Zagoruykovka (Kharkov region).
The enemy lost up to 155 Ukrainian troops and two pickup trucks.
In Krasny Liman direction, units of the Tsentr Group of Forces, helicopters, and artillery repelled six attacks of assault detachments of the AFU 12th Special Operations Brigade near Kuzmino (Lugansk People's Republic).
The enemy losses amounted to up to 210 Ukrainian troops killed and wounded, one Bradley infantry fighting vehicle, three motor vehicles, as well as one U.S.-made M119 Paladin self-propelled artillery system during the day.
In Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Group of Forces supported by aviation and artillery repelled five attacks of the AFU 22nd and 24th Mechanised Brigades near Maloilyinovka and Kleshcheyevka (Donetsk People's Republic).
In addition, strikes were delivered at manpower and hardware of the AFU 30th Mechanised Brigade close to Vasyukovka and Kurdyumovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy losses in this direction amounted to 300 Ukrainian troops killed and wounded, two armoured fighting vehicles, three pickup trucks, and one 152mm Msta-B howitzer.
In South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok Group of Forces, helicopters, and artillery inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 79th Airborne Brigade near Novomikhailovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
In addition, strikes were delivered at manpower and hardware clusters of the AFU 128th Territorial Defence Brigade near Staromayorskoye and 58th Motorised Brigade close to Urozhaynoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy losses amounted to up to 60 Ukrainian troops, two armoured personnel carriers, two motor vehicles, as well as one 152mm Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system.
In Zaporozhye direction, units of the Russian Group of Forces supported by aviation and artillery inflicted losses on manpower and hardware clusters of the 33rd Mechanised Brigade near Rabotino (Zaporozhye region).
The enemy losses amounted to up to 75 Ukrainian troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, and two motor vehicles.
In the course of counterbattery warfare, one U.S.-made M777 artillery system, one 130mm M-46 towed gun, and one122mm D-30 howitzer were wiped out. First ever mention of the Russian 130mm towed field gun, normally a naval gun, rarely used in the Russian Army.
In Kherson direction, as a result of artillery and aviation strikes near Antonovka and Shlyakhovoye (Kherson region), the AFU losses amounted to up to 95 Ukrainian troops and four motor vehicles.
In the course of the counterbattery warfare, three Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery systems, two 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery systems, and one 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS were neutralised.
Operational-tactical and Army Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, missile troops and artillery of the Group of Forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed one command and observation post of the AFU 79th Airborne Brigade near Antonovka (Donetsk People's Republic), as well as manpower and military hardware in 82 areas.
Air defence units intercepted two HIMARS MLRS projectiles and one U.S.-made JDAM aerial guided bomb.
Moreover, 23 unmanned aerial vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were shot down near Raigorovka, Lisichansk (Lugansk People's Republic), Lipovoye, Pervomayskoye (Donetsk People's Republic), Novaya Zburyevka, (Kherson region) and Mirnoye (Zaporozhye region).
In total, 534 airplanes and 254 helicopters, 8,904 unmanned aerial vehicles, 441 air defence missile systems, 13,392 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,184 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 7,084 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 15,253 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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[NewsFront] 23:55 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 November 14, 2023 to 00:00 November 15, 2023
Over the past 24 hours, the Representative Office reported 11 incidents of firing by the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces.
Information was received about the injury of three civilians, incl. a four-month-old child (born in 2023) in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk and the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka.
Two residential buildings were damaged in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk and the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka. No damage to civilian infrastructure was recorded.
Districts of four settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), Golmovsky, Zaitsevo, the capital city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts).
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out four attacks from MLRS and 155mm artillery.
At Gorlivske there were seven artillery attacks from MLRS, 152mm and 155mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead.
A total of 52 units of various ammunition were produced.
In the previous day, 36 attacks were recorded from the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces.
21:02 Sole survivor. Captured Ukrainian soldier told about his last fight
Artyom Dadasyan, a soldier of the 32nd Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, captured by scouts of the 1st Guards Tank Army near the village of Ivanovka in the Kupyansky direction, said that he was the only one who survived the assault on Ukrainian positions.
“I was in Ivanovka. At the last position I was in, your people were in the same position as us, literally 150 meters away from us,” says the prisoner of war.
He clarified that his group’s tasks were to go to positions and conduct observation.
“At first there was fire from an RPG from a neighboring landing, drones were making drops, and then gunfire began,” recalls the Ukrainian fighter.
When he saw that most of his colleagues had died, the Ukrainian soldier decided to surrender.
On the northern flank of the Russian Armed Forces, constant attacks forced the enemy to retreat from the village of Stepovoe to nearby forest belts. In order not to expose our infantry to the fire of enemy artillery, which, after the retreat of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, began to erase the settlement to zero, our troops retreated from Stepovoye and took up safer positions. The settlement has moved into a gray zone; occupying it at the moment is not beneficial for either side.
In the area of the railway, north of the so-called gardens, the enemy was knocked out of the forest belt, the positions were cleared. Pursuing the retreating enemy, our troops attacked his positions in the area of ??the so-called islands, small forest plantations south of the village of Novokalinovo, the fighting continues.
Rocket artillery launched massive attacks on the settlements of Toretsk and Novokalinovo.
Cannon artillery, army aviation and aerospace forces carried out strikes on the territory of the AKHZ, and the course of grinding down the enemy's manpower and materiel remains the same.
18:10 Kherson direction: narrowing the battle zone in the vicinity of Krynki
The Russian group of troops "Dnepr" is leading counterfightsin the vicinity of the village of Krynki, where almost a month ago the assault units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces managed to enter and gain a foothold.
Despite the fact that a couple of days ago the Ukrainian Armed Forces managed to expand the zone of control in the forest plantations south of the settlement, Russian fighters squeezed the Ukrainian formations out of the plantations.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to attack in the eastern direction and expand the bridgehead, but due to the constant attacks of the Russian Armed Forces on enemy concentration areas, such attempts are frustrated. True, Russian troops are not yet able to clear the center of the village, although they are using cannon and rocket artillery and Solntsepek TOS.
At the same time, Russian troops thwarted the enemy’s next attempts to land sabotage and reconnaissance groups in the areas of the Antonovsky Bridge and the Small Railway Bridge and did not allow them to advance to Poima and Peschanovka.
17:35 In the Krynok area, the enemy tried to attack today in order to expand the bridgehead. The attack was repulsed, the enemy rolled back to their original positions.
At the same time, the accumulation of enemy personnel continues on the islands on the Dnieper and on the left bank in the Krynok region. Despite significant losses due to strikes by our artillery and aviation, as well as successful actions of assault groups, the enemy continues to actively compensate for losses using the resources of three marine brigades, which were withdrawn from the Zaporozhye direction and the Vremyevsky salient and are now being actively spent for active operations on the Dnieper together with attached units of the Volkssturm.
It is expected that in the coming days the enemy will try to remain active due to the redeployed reinforcements. Also, in turn, we can expect further intensification of attacks on the central part of Krynoki, as well as on coastal areas on the right bank of the Dnieper. The situation remains quite difficult.
17:09 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for November 14, as of 17:00, additional information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): - on the street. Stepana Babiya, 75, a man born in 1972 was injured as a result of an explosion on the PFM Lepestok mine.
As of November 14, 140 cases of bombing of civilians were registered, incl. 10 children, on PFM-1 Lepestok mines. Three of the victims died as a result of their injuries.
Additional information has been received about damage as a result of artillery attack by the Air Force in the cities of the Republic:
17:05 Avdievka on November 14: fighting gradually moving deeper into the administrative boundaries of the city. It is becoming increasingly difficult for the Ukrainian army to fight back. The positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces still have a margin of safety, but it is becoming increasingly difficult to manage it.
Northern flank: Active fighting continues near Stepovoy, west of the railroad. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are resisting and have transferred units of the 47th Magura Brigade to this direction. Also west of Krasnogorovka, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to gain a foothold on the Avdievka-Ocheretino highway, but these attempts lead to nothing. To the south of the waste heap, the 110th Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces suffered heavy losses: the denser the artillery fire, the more difficult it was for the Ukrainian military to stick out and move around.
Southern flank: battles for the Northern flank intensified. The advance of the RF Armed Forces in this area is approximately 100-150 m. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to snap back, but it’s getting worse. Fighting intensified on the south-eastern side of Avdeevka, west of the Yasinovatskaya junction. There, the fortified areas of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are no worse equipped than in the territory of the coking plant, but the lack of ammunition and losses are gradually taking their toll, due to which this area is defended a little worse and less densely than the rest.
16:37 In an abandoned house in Novopavlovka (Kherson region), law enforcement officers discovered a cache of ammunition from the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
In the Kalanchak district, members of the region's National Guard, together with police officers, discovered a cache of ammunition from the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Under the concrete slab of an abandoned house were:
— more than 200 cartridges for Kalashnikov assault rifles 7.62mm and 5.45mm;
— two RGD-5 grenades;
- one RGN and F-1 grenade each with five fuses for them;
— a set of camouflage uniforms with Ukrainian Armed Forces patches.
According to preliminary information, the cache was intended for participants in the DRG of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The contents of the cache were deemed unsuitable for further use and were therefore destroyed with an overhead charge of TNT.
15:24 Situation on the left bank of the Dnieper on November 14.
Alyoshki: starting Monday, fire control over part of the Antonovsky Bridge and dachas on the left bank of the Dnieper has been strengthened. The enemy is not showing increased activity in this area, but reinforcements and a minimum of supplies on rubber boats are present. Barrel artillery and mortars are actively operating on the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and aviation is operating on the right bank in the area of Pridneprovsky and Antonovka.
Kazachi Lagery/Krynki: The Ukrainian 38th Naval Infantry Brigade has been partially withdrawn for rotation; the main forces on the left bank at the moment are mobilized from the 86th battalion of the 106th Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Due to lower training, units suffer heavy losses and have difficulty organizing supplies. Active actions such as going deep into the territory under the control of the RF Armed Forces, as well as any other assault activities, are not observed.
Rybalche - Zabarino: the situation is the opposite. In this area, the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the right bank are regularly attacked by Russian DRGs; increased activity of operational-tactical and attack aircraft has been recorded.
Stanislavsky lighthouse: attempts by the Ukrainian Armed Forces to cross by boat are regularly stopped by ATGM duty crews and special forces units. Both special forces and artillerymen note that the problems of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the left bank are “incommensurate with the efforts expended.” Every week, Ukrainian troops need from two to four companies of varying sizes to maintain a presence on the left bank and create the appearance of activity.
14:30 The main thing from the new briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense:
The Russian Armed Forces inflicted fire on accumulations of manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Rabotin area in the Zaporozhye region, the enemy lost up to 75 military personnel;
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 300 military personnel in the Donetsk direction;
The Russian Armed Forces repelled five attacks by mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction;
The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kupyansk direction amounted to up to 155 military personnel and 2 pickup trucks;
In the Krasnolimansk direction, six attacks by assault groups of the Ukrainian Armed Forces special forces brigade were repelled;
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 210 military personnel in the Krasnolimansk direction;
The Russian Armed Forces hit the command and observation post of the 79th Air Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the DPR;
Air defense systems intercepted two HIMARS rounds, a JDAM guided bomb and destroyed 23 Ukrainian drones;
The Russian Armed Forces repelled an attack by Ukrainian Armed Forces attack aircraft in the Novomikhailovka area in the DPR;
The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson direction per day amounted to 95 military personnel.
13:24 In the Artemovsk direction, our guys walked 1.6 kilometers in depth. The Ukrainian Armed Forces retreated from their positions.
13:15 Ukrainian Telegram channels report the sound of an explosion on the eastern outskirts of the Sumy region.
The Russian Aerospace Forces continues to destroy enemy military infrastructure using various types of ammunition, writes Front Bird.
13:02 Statement of Head of the press center of the Center group:
In the Krasnolimansky direction in the area of the Torsky sector, the actions of units of the Center group of troops and artillery fire repelled attacks by assault groups of the 24th and 63rd Mechanized Brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
In the Serebryansky forestry area, the group's army aviation strikes defeated units of the 12th Special Forces Brigade "Azov" and the 15th Regiment of the National Guard of Ukraine. Artillery crews of the Russian group hit about 170 enemy targets in the areas of the settlements of Yampol, Torskoye, Grigorovka, Kirovsk.
Heavy flamethrower systems TOS-1A "Solntsepek" inflicted fire damage on two areas of concentration of manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Enemy losses amounted to up to 150 military personnel, a pickup truck.
12:14 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for November 14, as of 12:00, information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): - on the street. General Kondratenko, 223, a woman born in 1959 was wounded.
Information has been received about damage as a result of artillery attack by the AFU in the cities of the Republic:
On the southern flank, in the industrial zone, at these moments the enemy is attempting a counterattack, with infantry forces supported by artillery, in order to regain control over previously lost positions.
There is a fierce battle going on. Our soldiers show incredible resilience and courage.
11:34 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:
-- n.p. Krynki 15 rounds;
-- n.p. Alyosha 11 rounds;
-- n.p. Kazachi Lagery nine rounds;
-- n.p. Peschanivka 11 rounds;
-- n.p. Korsunka 10 rounds;
-- n.p. Velikie Kopani five rounds;
-- n.p. Dnepryan nine rounds;
-- n.p. Podstepnoe six rounds.
As a result of the artillery attack of the settlement. Velikie Kopani, one civilian was killed and one was seriously injured.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Novaya Kakhovka, n.p. Kakhovka, n.p. Radensk, n.p. Gornostaevka, n.p. Solontsy, n.p. Aleshki, Sagi village, firing a total of 29 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being determined.
11:25 The Russian Armed Forces are developing an offensive near Avdievka. According to Come and See, the Russian army was able to advance along the flanks in the Avdeevsky direction.
“In the north there is progress in the area in Petrovsky. There are battles,” said the channel’s source.
According to him, the Russian Armed Forces are also establishing positions south of Avdievka. The situation for the Ukrainian Armed Forces may soon become critical.
10:39 Situation on the Rabotino-Verbovoye section at 10.30:
The enemy has become more active again, attacking our positions in small groups with the support of 1-2 units of armored vehicles, usually tanks or infantry fighting vehicles.
Near Rabotino, the Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to try to push through our defenses to the west of the village. Shooting battles continue on the line of combat contact, and artillery is working. Our soldiers call in air strikes from Su-25 attack aircraft at points where Ukrainian Armed Forces gather forces, preparing to launch an attack.
The enemy also persistently strives to reach the outskirts of Verbovoye, sending one wave of infantry after another to attack. Barrel artillery and MLRS are firing at the enemy, and aircraft are striking.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to shell our positions with cluster munitions, and also periodically launch attacks on populated areas.
10:11 The work of Trans-Baikal tankers from the 36th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade in the Ugledar direction -video.
10:05 Frontline summary on the morning of November 14, 2023:
In the Kherson-Crimean direction, fierce battles continue near Poima, Peschanivka, Podstepnoye and Krynoki. Ukrainian troops are seeking to expand their bridgehead on the left bank of the Dnieper.
In the Zaporozhye direction, the Russian Armed Forces activated a sector in the Pyatikhatki area and occupied a number of new positions. So far, we are not talking about serious attempts to break through the defensive positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. In turn, Ukrainian troops continued offensive operations at Kopani, Rivne, Novoprokopivka and Verbovoy. No success.
On the Donetsk front, the Russian Armed Forces stormed Marinka. There is tactical success. At Nevelskoye and Pervomaisky there are oncoming battles. At Severny (a settlement west of Avdeevka), on the southern, eastern and northern approaches to Avdeevka, at Stepnoy (not to be confused with the points of the same name in the Zaporozhye and Ugledarsky directions) and Novokalinov, Russian troops attack with powerful support from long-range weapons. The last of the listed settlements has progress. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are having a hard time holding the defense. At the same time, Donetsk, Vodyanoye, Opytny and the village of Krasnohorivka are being shelled.
In the Artemovsk direction, the Russian Armed Forces are counterattacking near Kleshcheevka, trying to knock out Ukrainian troops from the heights. No advance. But north of Bakhmut, they significantly expanded the zone of control at the Berkhovskoe reservoir in the direction of Bogdanovka.
In the Lugansk direction - positional counter battles in the Serebryansky forest in the Dibrova area. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to counterattack in the Raigorodka area. And the Russian Armed Forces are trying to advance at Petropavlovka and Sin'kovka.
09:27 Over the past 24 hours, Ukrainian armed formations have carried out shelling with the use of artillery, including cluster warheads, in populated areas of the Donetsk People's Republic. Three residential buildings and one civil infrastructure facility were damaged.
As a result of artillery artillery attack of the Kuibyshevsky and Kirovsky districts of Donetsk, a woman was killed among the civilian population, and four more people (one of them died in the hospital) were injured.
In Starobeshevsky district settlement Koloski, Ukrainian nationalists dropped an explosive device from an unmanned aerial vehicle, resulting in the death of one civilian.
One civilian was injured in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk as a result of an explosion on a Lepestok mine - RF IC
09:05 Zaporozhye Front, Regiment 1430 reports:
Over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian Armed Forces continued attacks on the Pyatikhatki-Rabotino-Verbovoye line in small groups. Soldiers of the 1430, 291, 70 Regiments and other units of the Russian Armed Forces repelled an attack by the assault group of the 65th Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Yesterday morning, west of Rabotino, Russian troops conducted a counterbattery fight, delivering massive strikes against detected concentrations of enemy personnel and armored vehicles. As a result of the attack on the Ukrainian Armed Forces, our fighters managed to move forward and capture a number of enemy positions.
In Verbovoy, the enemy, with the help of assault groups, made another massive breakthrough attempt, trying to advance to the outskirts of the village. After the artillery artillery attack with cluster munitions, air assault units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were sent into battle. Soldiers of the Russian Armed Forces repelled an enemy attack in a shooting battle.
During the day in Verbovoy, the enemy again launched a series of attacks with small assault groups with armored vehicles from the 82nd separate air assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Our fighters repelled this enemy onslaught. Throughout the day, during aerial reconnaissance, UAV operators identified concentrations of enemy manpower and artillery pieces, which were subject to massive strikes by our artillery and MLRS.
Aviation of the Russian Armed Forces inflicted fire on the personnel and armored vehicles of the 117th Mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine north of the settlement of Novopokrovka, Zaporozhye region. During the day of fighting, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 40 soldiers and two vehicles.
09:04 Ukrainian troops fired eight missiles from the MLRS at the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka - representative of the DPR JCCC.
08:40 In the Kupyansk direction, as a result of a preventive strike, the enemy’s attempts to regain previously lost positions were thwarted. This was reported by a military expert, retired Lieutenant Colonel of the LPR NM Andrey Marochko
“During aerial reconnaissance, several enemy groups were identified in the Sinkovka and Petropavlovka areas preparing for assault operations. The coordinates of the targets were promptly transferred to the artillery units, and fire damage was inflicted on the concentration areas. Ukrainian fighters, due to large losses in personnel and equipment, abandoned the assault and redeployed to shelters,” Marochko wrote in the Telegram channel.
08:19 152mm Giatsint-S crews thwarted the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ offensive in the Kupyansk direction. One of the crews fired 87 shots in just one day - the attack was prevented -video.
08:10 The activity of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the village of Urozhainoye in the South Donetsk direction has decreased significantly, said the commander of an artillery platoon of the operational combat tactical formation “Cascade” with the call sign “Zhuk” -video.
08:05 The Russian Ministry of Defense showedpersonnelcombat work of crews of 152mm self-propelled artillery units “Gyacinth-S”, performing tasks to destroy the firing positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kupyansk direction.
08:00 Morning summary November 14, 2023:
At night, the Russian Armed Forces launched strikes with Geraniums, aviation and artillery, as well as missile weapons against enemy targets in the Kirovograd, Cherkasy, Vinnitsa, Nikolaev, and Kherson regions. The energy infrastructure was damaged in the Pokrovsky district (the part of the DPR occupied by the Ukrainian Armed Forces).
In the Kherson direction, the enemy tried to expand the zone of control at Krynoki, and the destruction of the enemy on our bank of the Dnieper continues. From the ground they report strong enemy electronic warfare activity, disrupting the communications of our forward units and limiting UAV flights.
The Zaporozhye Front reported strong enemy attacks on the village. Verbovoe from several directions. The enemy tried to take our positions by storm with the support of artillery; the Russian Armed Forces used high-explosive bombs against the advancing Ukrainian Armed Forces. At Rabotino, in the morning, our units managed to move forward and take enemy positions.
In the Avdeevsky direction, the Russian Armed Forces are fighting heavy battles in the southern direction in the industrial zone. On the northern ledge of the front, our units entrenched themselves on the outskirts of the village. Stepovoye, they are pushing the enemy out of the village, the situation is developing dynamically, positions are changing hands. The enemy is pulling reserves towards the direction, trying to make up for losses.
Yesterday the activity of our troops was recorded in the Bryansk direction. Our armored personnel carriers worked intensively on a wide front, and aviation was used.
Strikes continue on the border areas of the Belgorod region. In the Bryansk region, the village of Novenkoye, Suzemsky district, was shelled. In the Kursk region, near the village of Popovo-Lezhachi, Glushkovsky district, a UAV dropped an explosive device, one person received shrapnel wounds. Also, as a result of a drop from a UAV, a man was injured in the village. Gornal, Sudzhansky district. In the DPR, two civilians were killed and five were injured from Nazi shelling.
07:44 Ukrainian troops fired 10 missiles from the MLRS at the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka - representative of the DPR JCCC.
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[REGNUM] Attitudes towards abortion are a test of the traditional nature of society. Yes, exactly a test and specifically for traditionalism. Of course, not only this indicator matters. But it is the clearest and most unambiguous. Because, for example, the theory and practice of LGBT people can be denied not only based on the information that the Apostle Paul shares with us that “the homosexuals will not inherit the Kingdom of God.” But purely on the basis of concepts, non-standard orientations can be rejected. But in the case of abortion, the situation is fundamentally different.
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[Regnum] Russian special services stopped an attempted terrorist attack in Chelyabinsk using homemade incendiary grenades, the regional FSB department reported on November 14.
“As a supporter of the ideology of the Ukrainian nationalist organization, the specified person intended to commit a terrorist act ,” the report says.
According to investigators, the detainee was planning to throw a Molotov cocktail into one of the administrative buildings.
When detained, the man had a lighter and bottles of incendiary liquid on him.
A criminal case was opened against the attacker under the article of attempted terrorist attack. The detainee was placed in a pre-trial detention center. The circumstances of the incident are being established.
As Regnum reported, in June in the Chelyabinsk region, FSB officers stopped a terrorist attack against one of the territorial bodies of the Russian Ministry of Defense. According to investigators, the attacker planned to set fire to the military registration and enlistment office building in Magnitogorsk and a section of the South Ural Railway. The department stated that the attacker acted on instructions from the Ukrainian intelligence services.
In Gelendzhik in May, FSB officers detained a supporter of Ukrainian nationalists who was preparing a terrorist attack on a law enforcement facility. The man planned to detonate an improvised explosive device.
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[Regnum] First Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN Dmitry Polyansky predicted the US consequences of intercepting weapons going to Yemen in the Gulf of Oman and transferring them to Kiev. He announced this on November 14.
According to the diplomat, the failures of the Ukrainian Armed Forces should not become an excuse for such actions by Western Ukrainian partners.
“If Washington’s actions continue, this will have the most serious consequences,” Polyansky noted at a meeting of the UN Security Council.
He recalled Russia's repeated indications of the illegality of US actions that do not comply with the provisions and resolutions of the Security Council and international law. He called attempts to use sanctions against Yemen in his own interests particularly cynical.
“This conclusion is led by the outrageous way the American military treated military products intercepted in the Gulf of Oman last December, which were transported by Washington to Ukraine for the needs of the Kiev regime,” the diplomat concluded .
As Regnum reported, on January 10, the US Navy intercepted a ship in the Gulf of Oman, allegedly transporting Iranian weapons to Yemen - several thousand machine guns, cartridges and several dozen anti-tank guided missiles. The operation involved ships of the US Navy's Fifth Fleet; the carrier's crew consisted of six Yemeni citizens.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre admitted on October 2 that the United States does not have the funds to provide long-term assistance to Ukraine. According to her, the current budget takes into account only the urgent needs of Kyiv on the battlefield. The next day it became known that the US Department of Defense had $5.2 billion left at its disposal, which could be provided to Ukraine as military aid, which could be enough for about six months. A day later, White House spokesman John Kirby said that the US administration had funds to financially support Kiev for only two months. He clarified that the specific timing depends on the situation on the battlefield and the volume of military assistance packages.
As CNN reported on October 4, the United States will transfer thousands of intercepted Iranian weapons and ammunition to Ukraine to cover the most pressing needs of the Ukrainian military, which is awaiting additional funds and equipment from the United States.
Text taken from the V Kontakte page of Soviet truth. Age of Socialism. Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics.
[ColonelCassad] In Omsk, they poured orange paint over the figure of Kolchak (installed in 2002 near a restaurant) and added “Executioner.”
On the anniversary of the liberation of Omsk from Kolchak, no less.
Let me remind you that according to the conclusions of the military prosecutor's office of the Russian Federation, Kolchak is a war criminal.
November 14 is the day of the liberation of Omsk from the Kolchak regime.
November 14, 1919, during the Omsk operation of the Red Army, the 27th Infantry Division of the 5th Army (commander - M.N. Tukhachevsky) immediately crossed the frozen Irtysh River and occupied Omsk. The 30,000-strong Omsk garrison of A.V. Kolchak’s White Army surrendered without a fight.
The offensive of the Red Army began on November 4 after the end of the Peter and Paul Operation, which was successful for it. White troops were concentrated to defend Omsk along the Irtysh. The 5th Army of the Red Army advanced along the Trans-Siberian Railway, and the 3rd Army along the Ishim-Omsk railway.
At the same time, the 59th Infantry Division and the 13th Red Cavalry Division launched an attack on Kokchetav and Atbasar against the troops of A.I. Dutov. Due to ice drift on the Irtysh, which made crossing the river impossible, the white command considered the possibility of turning the army retreating to the east to the south, with the goal of then taking it to Altai.
On November 10, severe frost began, the Irtysh became clear and crossing it became possible. The White command decided to hastily complete the evacuation, destroy all military supplies in Omsk and withdraw the armies to the east; gather reserves on the Tatarsk line or on the Tomsk-Novonikolaevsk line in order to give a new battle there with all forces, including Pepelyaev’s 1st Army, previously withdrawn to the rear.
On November 13, five trains leaving Omsk formed the personal headquarters of the Supreme Ruler Admiral Kolchak, one of them with a gold reserve. Appointed commander-in-chief on November 4, K.V. Sakharov and his headquarters left Omsk for the east on November 14.
On the night of November 13-14, 1919, the 242nd Volga Rifle Regiment of the Red Army secretly crossed over the ice to the eastern bank of the Irtysh, the Red Army soldiers occupied the Omsk station and station buildings without firing a single shot, and by the morning they had disarmed 7 thousand white soldiers and officers who were in the trains. . On the morning of November 14, they captured the White Guard general Rimsky-Korsakov, who arrived at his place of duty.
The capture of Omsk was so unexpected that Kolchak’s institutions were captured during normal operation.
Soviet troops approached Omsk almost without resistance and occupied the city on November 15 without a fight. The 2nd and 3rd White armies retreated to Novonikolaevsk and Tomsk.
Thanks to the successful operation, the Red Army troops occupied grain-rich regions of Siberia and were given the opportunity to further advance against Kolchak’s troops.
From that moment on, Soviet power was firmly established in Omsk. The 27th Rifle Division of the Red Army was marked with the revolutionary Red Banner and received the honorary name of Omsk. Thousands of soldiers and commanders of the Red Army distinguished themselves in the battles for our city. According to research, there were more than 75 thousand victims of Kolchak’s rule in Siberia.
The remains of 120 Red Army soldiers, imprisoned in the Kolchak prison and executed the day before the admiral’s escape from Omsk, are buried in the Revolution Fighters Square.
At the present time, the Trans-Baikal Military Prosecutor's Office and the Trans-Baikal Military District Court, as is known, refused to recognize the admiral as a victim of political repression.
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[REGNUM] Washington and New Delhi have agreed to jointly produce American Stryker armored vehicles in India. This was one of the results of the visit to India by Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin , accompanied by US State Department chief Antony Blinken.
Wheeled armored cars Stryker, note, are among the equipment that the United States supplied to the Ukrainian army. In February, Austin announced, among other things, the transfer of 90 units of these armored vehicles to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Kyiv used this technique in the summer-autumn “counter-offensive”. At the end of September , TASS reported that Strykers were among the weapons knocked out in battles near Rabotino in the Zaporozhye region.
Stryker “is valued in the US Army for its versatility - there are more than two dozen variants that perform, among other functions, infantry, reconnaissance platforms, medical and engineering support,” The Times of India explained to its readers .
The agreement to jointly produce combat systems was announced after a meeting between Blinken and Austin with Indian colleagues Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and Rajnath Singh .
ARMORED VEHICLES "WITH AN ELEPHANT"
Joint production of Strykers can begin quite quickly, but the timing of the start of work will depend on the level of localization of production, Vasily Kashin , senior researcher at the Institute of China and Modern Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences, expert at the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies, explained to IA Regnum .
If we are talking about the production of complex elements in India - engines, electronic components and remotely controlled weapons systems, it may take more time. If India produces low-tech elements of armored vehicles, it will be able to set up production faster.
New Delhi's interest in producing its Strykers is understandable. These are modern and relatively good wheeled armored personnel carriers that will surpass the Soviet-type vehicles used by India in armor protection, communications and surveillance equipment. The way these vehicles were used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces - as ordinary transport to transport soldiers to the line of contact or to attack them - “is strange,” Kashin notes.
But it is unlikely that in the foreseeable future we should expect the appearance of “Strykers” with the “made in India” mark in the Northwestern Military District zone. And the reason is not only politics. Although in it: Delhi distances itself from any form of support for the Kyiv regime and in contrast to neighboring Pakistan.
The main reason: from the moment the contract is signed until the production of armored vehicles begins, years will pass in any case, Kashin pointed out.
The fact is that the state program Make in India, which was approved by Prime Minister Narendra Modi , involves abandoning “screwdriver production” (in this case, simple welding of armored hulls) in favor of deeper localization. This implies the construction of factories with full-fledged production lines and the training of qualified personnel - and this is a matter of more than one year.
Thus, there is no need to fear that Indian-assembled American cars will fall into the possession of Kyiv. Another concern is the very growing pace of military cooperation between India and the United States.
“WE PLEDGED TO DEEPEN TIES BETWEEN THE MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX”
On November 8, the American and Indian sides held a meeting to mobilize private capital for defense startups, Nikkei reported.
These agreements are a logical continuation of the June agreements. Then Prime Minister Modi visited Washington to benefit the national military-industrial complex. The Indian Prime Minister and US President Joe Biden then agreed on a “road map” for cooperation between the two defense complexes.
For example, as part of the “map”, the aerospace division of the American General Electric signed an agreement with the Indian state-owned company Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd on the production of American F414 turbofan “engines” for promising Indian fighters - the fourth generation Tejas machines.
During Modi's top-level state visit, the two countries not only strengthened cooperation on aircraft engines and munitions, but also " committed to deepening defense industry ties, including intelligence, reconnaissance and surveillance technologies," The Times of India noted.
In addition to cooperation on aircraft engines and ammunition, the parties are “working to streamline regulation, licensing and export controls, as well as deepen ties between defense companies . ” This, among other things, implies contacts through military intelligence and underwater communications projects.
The Indian Army (4th in the ranking of the strongest armed forces according to Global Firepower) is planning to update its helicopter fleet: by 2027 it is planned to abandon the old Cheetah and Chetak aircraft. Yes, New Delhi expects to partially replace it with its own LUH light multipurpose helicopters. But it is also planned to turn to an external supplier - which, again, turns out to be the United States.
Open sources reported that in July of this year, the US Army received a request to lease twenty light helicopters for reconnaissance and surveillance.
WHY INDIA IS INTERESTED IN AMERICAN SUPPLIES
American arms exports to India are indeed growing, but this is mainly due to sectors where Russia has nothing special to offer, says Vasily Kashin.
These are basic patrol aircraft, heavy transport aircraft and armored personnel carriers. Our own program of the newest armored personnel carrier "Boomerang" is still delayed, and we continue to mass-produce the BTR-82, which is essentially a deep modernization of the BTR-80. In these conditions, the Indians are looking for other modern models of armored fighting vehicles, which are in great need, and the same Stryker is not the worst option for them.
The lack of armored vehicles in the Indian army is also confirmed by researcher at IMEMO RAS, Indologist Alexey Kupriyanov . The interlocutor points out that for obvious reasons we cannot compete with the United States in the export of modern models of armored transport and combat vehicles: armored vehicles are occupied on other fronts, in other directions.
At the same time, when the SVO is completed and its goals are achieved, a functioning industry churning out tanks, armored personnel carriers, shells and cartridges will obviously allow us to win back part of the market, Kupriyanov told IA Regnum .
RUSSIAN DEVELOPMENTS IN INDIAN DESIGN
At the same time, Kashin believes, joint Russian-Indian military projects are continuing now. But we cannot see many of them due to their closed nature due to sanctions. But we can talk about joint projects in the field of air and missile defense.
In addition, India clearly intends to continue strengthening its air force - on November 7 it became known about the creation of additional air brigades on the borders with China and Pakistan. Each brigade is expected to be equipped with 50–60 helicopters.
This circumstance opens a window of opportunity for continued contacts between India and Russia, despite the objective military rapprochement between New Delhi and Washington.
It is necessary to work out mechanisms for financing all these projects under conditions of extreme sanctions pressure. And at the same time take into account the mentioned Make in India program and the emphasis on the national military-industrial complex.
In this case, Moscow can integrate into joint production chains: R&D (research and development work) is carried out in Russia, production in India, and arms exports are carried out jointly.
Moscow and Delhi already have accumulated experience, including relatively recent ones: in the mid-1990s, the parties quickly agreed to create a joint aerospace venture, BrahMos Aerospace, which also produces missile weapons. Russia's role was in development, technology and R&D, while the Indian side was assigned the creation of the ground part of all systems.
However, the same Make in India project also involves cooperation of a similar format between the Indian military-industrial complex and the Americans or other Western gunsmiths. It is necessary to understand the percentage of localization of production and the markets where weapons will be exported, notes Kupriyanov.
It should be taken into account that India has been professing the principle of “multi-vector” weapons for quite a long time. Despite all the disadvantages (in terms of the interchangeability of parts and the difficulty of training military personnel to operate equipment), there are obvious advantages: this allows the Indians not to be left without spare parts and with outdated equipment in the event that something happens to the supplier - as happened with the Soviet Union. Russia, obviously, has to come to terms with the fact that our traditional partner will continue to diversify its arms purchases without clinging to one exporter.
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