[ZH] On Sunday Russia's defense ministry (MoD) announced that over 100 Ukrainian drones were downed over several regions of Russia overnight, as Kiev's cross-border drone operations have persisted and even been ramped up. Some apparently made it through, however.
The military and its anti-air defense systems had thwarted "an attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack using an aircraft-type UAV against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation," the ministry said.
Most of the inbound drones were intercepted over the Kursk region, scene of Ukraine's cross-border ground assault which has been unfolding since August.
In particular the MoD tallied that it intercepted or destroyed 110 UAVs, and nearly half of these were downed over Kursk not far from the border.
Dozens of other drones were intercepted over Lipetsk Region, and Nizhny Novgoro and Oryol Regions. One was also downed near Moscow.
The intended targets of the Saturday night attacks included more energy infrastructure and military sites and likely airports.
But there are reports that some of the drones made it through Russian defenses, including on Russia's "largest explosives factory". Located in Nizhny Novgorod, the sprawling state-owned complex appears to have been hit:
A source in Ukraine's SBU security service told Newsweek that drones belonging to the agency, as well as Kyiv's special operations forces and its GUR military intelligence arm, "struck the Sverdlov plant" in the city of Dzerzhinsk overnight, just west of the regional capital in Russia's Nizhny Novgorod region.
Nizhny Novgorod Regional Governor Gleb Nikitin said on Sunday that air defenses and electronic warfare systems had repelled a drone attack around the "industrial zone" in Dzerzhinsk. He did not specify the target of the attack.
Several Russian Telegram channels, often used as sources of information in lieu of official statements, reported that Ukraine had targeted the Sverdlov explosives, chemicals and ammunition factory in Dzerzhinsk.
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"intercepted or destroyed 110 UAVs, and nearly half of these were downed"
Yep, that's how a surged attack works. Give 'em lotsa targets to shoot at, they can't get 'em all.
You'll note the target got hit.
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[Korrespondent] The General Staff informed about the most difficult directions on the front. The hottest part is in the Kurakhovsky direction, where 13 armed clashes are ongoing in the areas of the settlements of Gornyak, Novodmitrovka, Maksimilianovka, Antonovka, Kurakhovo, Vodyanoye.
Since the beginning of the day, the total number of combat clashes along the entire front line has increased to 95. The Russians continue to use aviation, including dropping UABs, and carry out attacks in all directions of the east and south of our country, especially actively in Pokrovskoe and Kurakhovskoe. This is stated in the report of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Sunday, October 20.
Russian troops do not stop using artillery on the territory of Chernigov and Sumy regions. According to the information available at present, the enemy carried out seven air strikes on the territory of Kursk region of the Russian Federation, using 17 UAB.
Three combat clashes took place in the Kharkov direction today. Our troops repelled two Russian attacks in the Volchansk area. Another combat clash is still ongoing.
Two assault actions of the invaders were repelled by our soldiers near Golubovka and Novoosinovy in the Kupyansk direction . Near Kolesnikovka and Lozovaya, three more battles are underway.
In the Liman direction, the enemy is attacking in the areas of Grekovka, Novomikhaylovka, Yampolevka, Novosadovoy and Zarechny. In total, since the beginning of the day, there have already been 15 combat clashes in this direction, two of which are still ongoing.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the enemy once attempted to advance on the positions of the Ukrainian defenders in the Stupochki area; the attack was repelled.
In the Toretsk direction, the enemy, with the support of aviation, twice unsuccessfully attacked the positions of our troops in the Toretsk region. The enemy also dropped an aerial bomb in the Leonidovka area.
In the Pokrovsk direction, in the areas of the settlements of Selidovo, Luch, Sukhoi Yar and Mikhaylovka, nine combat clashes continue. At present, Ukrainian defenders have repelled 15 enemy attacks in the areas of Vozdvizhenka, Mirolyubovka, Novotroitskoye, Luch, Selidovoye and Mikhaylovka.
The hottest part is in the Kurakhovsky direction , where 13 combat clashes are ongoing in the areas of the settlements of Gornyak, Novodmitrovka, Maksimilianovka, Antonovka, Kurakhovo, Vodyanoye. And another thirteen enemy assaults have already been repelled by our defenders.
In the Vremovsky direction, two enemy assaults near Bogoyavlenie have been stopped, another assault is ongoing. The enemy launched an airstrike with NARs on Novodarovka.
In the Orekhov direction, two enemy attacks have been repelled by our defenders in the Rabotino area, and another one is ongoing.
In the Dnieper direction, our soldiers repelled attacks by Russian invaders on Ukrainian army positions three times.
Let us recall that the Defense Forces carried out three strikes on areas where enemy personnel and equipment were concentrated, and three guns in firing positions and another important occupier facility were also hit.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 21:23 Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said that he had spoken to Putin on the phone for the first time in two and a half years and thanked him "for providing Serbia with sufficient gas this winter." He also "expressed hope, as he did two and a half years ago, that Serbia will not impose sanctions against the Russian Federation."
21:10 Ukraine has clear information that people are being supplied to Russia from North Korea - "and these are no longer just workers for production, but also military personnel," Zelensky said in an evening video address. "In fact, this is the entry of another state into the war against Ukraine... If the world remains silent now and if we have to face soldiers from North Korea at the front as constantly as we defend ourselves from "shahids," then this will definitely not benefit anyone in the world and will only prolong this war. A war that must be ended fairly and as soon as possible," the president emphasized.
The head of state also noted that this week Kyiv received support from partners in the "victory plan" - in particular, from France, Lithuania and other EU allies. "There are very good signals from the United States - we hear the rhetoric, its changes. We are expecting the arrival of the team from Washington to work on the points of the victory plan at all working levels," Zelensky added.
20:18 France will transfer another 12 Caesar self-propelled guns to Ukraine at the expense of Russian assets, Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu said. According to him, France "returned" 300 million euros in interest from frozen assets to buy military equipment for Ukraine at the end of the year. Lecornu also noted that inviting Ukraine to NATO depends on the next US administration: "Everything depends on which administration will be in the White House. In principle, we in France are not against it. But we also have to be innovators."
18:32 An examination of the North Korean KN-23/24 missile shot down in Ukraine has revealed numerous recently manufactured Western components, Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha said: "Putin and Kim still have access to them. We call on our allies to give a decisive response, to strengthen sanctions and export controls, to strengthen our air shield."
17:11 The IMF forecasts in its report that the war in Ukraine will last until the end of 2025 at best. "The war is expected to continue over the next year, creating pressure on rising costs and opening up additional financing needs," the document says. At the same time, experts are confident that Ukraine will be able to maintain basic economic growth during this period.
"In line with the opinion of security experts and government budget planning, the program now envisages a gradual end to the war in the last quarter of 2025 in the baseline scenario and by mid-2026 in the negative scenario," the report says.
16:29 South Korean satellite records movement of North Korean troops to Russia. South Korea's National Intelligence Service reported that North Korea has decided to send about 12,000 troops to Russia to support its war against Ukraine and has already deployed 1,500 special forces in Vladivostok.
In addition, South Korean intelligence identified a North Korean missile engineer who was stationed at Russian positions near the front line in eastern Ukraine and observed missile launches into Ukrainian territory. The program found a more than 80% match between the man in the photo from Ukraine and the engineer who accompanied Kim Jong-un on an inspection of a weapons factory last August.
15:28 In the morning, Russians fired artillery at civilian infrastructure in the Shalygin community of the Shostka district of the Sumy region; one person was killed, the prosecutor's office reported.
14:07 The Defense Forces attacked the infrastructure of the Lipetsk-2 military airfield at night, the General Staff reported. In particular, the targets were ammunition depots, fuel and lubricant storage areas, and aviation equipment. It is known that the airfield is home to Su-34, Su-35, and MiG-31 aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces.
In addition, the General Staff confirmed that the Defense Forces attacked the Sverdlov plant in the city of Dzerzhinsk in the Nizhny Novgorod region, where chemicals for artillery ammunition and high-explosive aerial bombs are produced. According to available information, guided aerial bombs were also stored on the territory of the plant. Numerous explosions were recorded in the areas of both facilities, as well as active work of enemy air defense. The results of the attacks are being clarified.
11:07 Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin said he could not confirm reports of North Korean troops being sent to Russia: "I cannot confirm those reports at this time. That is something we will continue to investigate." According to the US Defense Secretary, if this were true, "such a move would be concerning."
10:46 Air defense destroyed 31 of 49 enemy drones in Vinnytsia, Khmelnytskyi, Zhytomyr, Lviv, Odessa, Sumy, Poltava, Cherkasy, Kyiv, Mykolaiv, Dnipropetrovsk and Donetsk regions at night, the Air Force reported. Another 13 drones were lost, two flew off in the direction of Belarus. Russia attacked with Shahed-type attack UAVs and drones of an unspecified type, as well as two Iskander-M ballistic missiles.
09:38 In the morning, Russians attacked the Romenskoye community of the Sumy region - critical infrastructure facilities were damaged, and several populated areas were left without power, OVA reported.
09:15 In the Kherson region, over the past 24 hours, as a result of Russian shelling, one person was killed and seven were injured, reported the head of the OVA, Oleksandr Prokudin.
09:03 In Donetsk Oblast, one person was killed as a result of Russian shelling on October 19 - in Yasnaya Polyana. Another person in the oblast was injured in the past 24 hours, reported OVA head Vadim Filashkin.
08:54 Syrsky reported that he worked in military units and subdivisions operating in the Sumy region and Kursk region. "Despite all the enemy's attempts to seize the initiative, the situation remains under our control. Taking into account the assessment of the situation, I made a number of decisions aimed at preventing the enemy's actions and inflicting maximum losses on him," the commander-in-chief said.
08:21 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of October 20:
personnel - about 678,520 (+1,340) people,
tanks - 9047 (+12),
combat armored vehicles - 18,111 (+39),
artillery systems - 19,565 (+17),
MLRS - 1232 (+0),
air defense systems - 978 (+0),
aircraft - 369 (+0),
helicopters - 329 (+0),
Operational-tactical level UAVs - 17,287 (+57),
cruise missiles - 2624 (+1),
ships/boats - 28 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 26,987 (+41),
special equipment - 3476 (+3).
08:13 The State Emergency Service reported that in Krivoy Rog, during the liquidation of the consequences of the attack, the enemy launched a second attack - among the 17 wounded, one rescuer, equipment was damaged.
07:41 Late in the evening of October 19, Russians attacked Krivoy Rog in the Dnipropetrovsk region with two ballistic missiles. Seventeen people were injured, a hotel, a store, an administrative building, an educational institution, and seven apartment buildings were damaged, said OVA head Serhiy Lysak.
07:27 In Dzerzhinsk, drones attacked the Sverdlov Plant, which produces explosives, Russian publics write. The authorities of the Nizhny Novgorod Region stated that four employees of the fire department located on the territory of the industrial enterprise were injured.
The Russian Defense Ministry announced the destruction of 110 drones during the night: 43 over the Kursk region, 27 over the Lipetsk region, 18 over the Oryol region, eight over the Nizhny Novgorod region, seven over the Belgorod region, six over the Bryansk region, and one over the Moscow region.
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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
The Sever Group of Forces in Kharkov direction engaged formation of the 57th Motorised Infantry Brigade and the 92nd Air Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Liptsy and Volchansk (Kharkov region). The AFU losses were up to 90 troops and a 122mm D-30 howitzer.
The Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation, inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the 54th, 60th, 67th, 116th Mechanised brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and 119th Territorial Defence Brigade near Kupyansk, Peschanoye (Kharkov region), Prishib, and Terny of the Donetsk People's Republic.Three counter-attacks launched by assault detachments of the AFU 14th Mechanised Brigade were repelled.
The enemy lost more than 450 troops, a U.S.-made M-113 armoured personnel carrier, one pick-up, a Polish-made 155mm Krab self-propelled artillery system, a 122mm D-30 howitzer, a U.S.-made 105mm L-119 gun, an Anklav-N electronic warfare station, and a U.S.-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery warfare radar.
The Yug Group of Forces improved the situation along the front line, engaging formations of the 10th Mountain Assault Brigade, 23rd, 54th, 116th Mechanised brigades, 56th Motorised Infantry Brigade, 79th Air Assault Brigade, and 46th Airmobile Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Reznikovka, Seversk, Verolyubovka, Dalneye, Kurakhovo, Dachnoye, and Konstantinovka (Donetsk People's Republic). Two counter-attacks of the AFU 81st Airmobile Brigade have been repelled.
The enemy lost up to 645 troops, two pick-ups, and a U.S.-made 105mm M119 gun.
The Tsentr Group of Forces continued to advance to the depths of the enemy's defence, engaged manpower and hardware of the 150th Mechanised Brigade, 25th Airborne Brigade, 59th Motorised Infantry Brigade, 5th Assault Brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and the 101st Territorial Defence Brigade near Dimitrov, Dzerzhinsk, Novotroitskoye, Shevchenko, and Tsukurino(Donetsk People's Republic).Russian units repelled nine counterattacks of 53rd, 93rd, 100th Mechanised brigades, 68th Jaeger brigade, 49th, 425th Assault Battalions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, 37th Naval Infantry Brigade, and the Lyut Brigade of the National Police of Ukraine.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 460 troops, a U.S.-made M117 armoured personnel carrier, two Kozak armoured fighting vehicles, five motor vehicles, a 203mm Pion self-propelled artillery system, and a 122mm Grad MLRS.
The Vostok Group of Forces seized more advantageous lines, inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 72nd Mechanised Brigade close to Dobropolye (Donetsk People's Republic). One enemy counter-attack was repelled.
The enemy losses were up to 110 troops, an armoured fighting vehicle, three motor vehicles, and a Polish-made 155mm Krab self-propelled artillery system.
The Dnepr Group of Forces engaged formations of 141st Infantry Brigade, 35th Naval Infantry Brigade, 124th and 126th Territorial Defence brigades near Kamenskoye (Zaporozhye region), Dneprovskoye, Nikolskoye (Kherson region), and Kherson.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 50 troops, seven motor vehicles, and one Plastun electronic signal intelligence station. Two ammunition and materiel depots were neutralised.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, UAVs, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Group of Forces have hit temporary deployment areas of foreign mercenaries, production facilities of unmanned aerial vehicles, training and launching sites in Sumy and Kharkov regions, as well as clusters of enemy manpower and military hardware in 131 areas.
Air Defence units shot down five U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles and 142 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 646 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 33,966 unmanned aerial vehicles, 582 anti-aircraft missile systems, 18,740 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,478 MLRS combat vehicles, 16,418 field artillery guns and mortars, and 27,430 units of support military vehicles have been neutralised.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the operation to neutralise an enemy group, which broke into the territory of Kursk region.
Units of the Sever Group of Forces continued offensive actions and inflicted losses on formations of the 22nd, 47th, 115th Mechanised brigades, 82nd, 95th Air Assault brigades, 36th Naval Infantry Brigade, 103rd and 129th Territorial Defence brigades of the AFU near Kolmakov, Kruglenkoye, Nizhny Klin, Nikolsky, Novy Put, Olgovka, Plyokhovo, Cherkasskaya Konopelka, and Cherkasskoye Porechnoye.
Over the past 24 hours, units of the Sever Group of Forces repelled one counter-attack of the enemy near Leonidovo.
Army Aviation and artillery strikes inflicted losses on manpower clusters and hardware of the 17th Tank Brigade, 41st, 47th, 61st Mechanised brigades, 80th Air Assault Brigade, and 103rd Territorial Defence Brigade of the AFU near Daryino, Zhuravka, Kruglenkoye, Lebedevka, Oleshnya, Olgovka, Porechnoye, and Sverdlikovo.
Operational-Tactical Aviation and Missile Troops delivered strikes at concentration areas in Sumy region and reserves of the 22nd, 61st Mechanised brigades, 17th Tank Brigade, 115th Assault Brigade, 95th Air Assault Brigade, 101st, 103rd, 112th, and 129th Territorial Defence brigades near Basovka, Belovody, Belokopytovo, Vodolagi, Pavlovka, Revyakino, and Studenok.
Over the past 24 hours, the AFU losses amounted to more than 270 troops and nine units of hardware, including three infantry fighting vehicles, one armoured personnel carrier, five armoured fighting vehicles as well as four artillery guns and three motor vehicles.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk region, the AFU lost more than 24,740 troops, 167 tanks, 82 infantry fighting vehicles, 102 armoured personnel carriers, 957 armoured fighting vehicles, 654 motor vehicles, 204 artillery guns, 38 MLRS launchers, including nine of HIMARS and six of MLRS made by the USA, nine anti-aircraft missile launchers, five transport and loading vehicles, 48 EW stations, ten counter-battery warfare radars, three air defence systems, 22 pieces of engineering and other equipment, including 13 counterobstacle vehicles, one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle, and three armoured recovery vehicles.
The operation to neutralise the AFU units is in progress.
Sorry it's so late edition.
[NewsFront] 19:42 Russian military from the first shot of a howitzer destroyed a moving enemy vehicle in one of the directions of the SVO zone. 18:40 Russian drone "VT-40" direct hit destroyed American armored personnel carrier M1117 Ukrainian Armed Forces.
17:48 Servicemen of the North group of troops destroyed Two heavy hexacopters "Baba Yaga" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Khar'kov region.
16:25 Ka-52M helicopter crews torn off rotation of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the border area of the Kursk region.
15:01 In the footage –arrivals Russian aerial bombs with the UMPK system, which flew at enemy targets in the city of Zaporozhye.
14:30 Direct hit: servicemen of the North group of forces destroyed armored personnel carrier "Stryker" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Khar'kov region
The reconnaissance unit detected the movement of a Ukrainian Armed Forces Stryker armored personnel carrier along a road along a forest belt in the Khar'kov region. After analyzing the intelligence data received, a decision was made to fire on the enemy armored personnel carrier.
As a result of a direct hit by an FPV drone, the US-made Stryker armored personnel carrier was destroyed. Objective control of the destruction of the Ukrainian Armed Forces militants' armored personnel carrier was carried out by means of aerial reconnaissance in real time.
13:25 Russian Defense Ministry report on the progress of repelling the attempted invasion of the Ukrainian Armed Forces into the territory of the Russian Federation in the Kursk region (as of October 20, 2024)
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue operations to defeat the enemy group that has penetrated into the territory of the Kursk region.
– Units of the North group of forces continued to conduct offensive operations, during which they defeated formations of the 22nd, 47th and 115th Mechanized, 82nd and 95th Airborne Assault brigades, the 36th Naval Infantry brigade, as well as the 103rd and 129th Territorial Defense brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Kolmakov, Kruglenkoye, Lyubimovka, Nizhny Klin, Novoivanovka, Novy Put, Plekhovo, Tolsty Lug, Cherkasskaya Konopelka and Cherkasskoye Porechnoye.
– Army aviation strikes and artillery fire damaged concentrations of manpower and equipment of the 17th Tank, 41st and 61st Mechanized, 80th Airborne Assault brigades, as well as the 101st Territorial Defense Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the populated areas of Alexandria, Viktorovka, Wolfino, Guevo, Dar'ino, Zeleny Shlyakh, Ivashkovsky, Kazachya Loknya, Kamyshevka, 2nd Knyazhiy, Kurilovka, Makeyevka, Maryevka, Oleshnya and Pogrebki.
- Operational-tactical aviation and missile forces carried out strikes on the areas of concentration in the Sumy region and reserves of the 22nd, 41st mechanized brigades, as well as the 101st, 103rd, 112th and 129th territorial Defense brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Bublikovo, Zhuravka, Iskriskovshchina and Pavlovka.
– Over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have lost more than 310 people, nine armored vehicles have been destroyed, including an infantry fighting vehicle, an M-113 armored personnel carrier, seven armored combat vehicles, as well as six guns and six vehicles, two Anklav electronic warfare stations and a counter-battery radar station.
– In total, during the military operations in the Kursk direction, the enemy lost more than 25,050 servicemen, 167 tanks, 83 infantry fighting vehicles, 103 armored personnel carriers, 964 armored combat vehicles, 660 vehicles, 210 artillery pieces, 38 multiple launch rocket system launchers, including nine HIMARS and six MLRS made in the USA, nine anti-aircraft missile system launchers, five transport and loading vehicles, 50 electronic warfare stations, 11 counterbattery radars, three air defense radars, 22 units of engineering and other equipment, including 13 engineering obstacle clearing vehicles, one UR-77 mine clearing unit, as well as three armored repair and recovery vehicles.
– The operation to destroy the Ukrainian Armed Forces formations continues.
12:49 The main points from the new briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense:
– The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 90 soldiers in the area of ??responsibility of the Northern Group of Forces;
– The daily losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of responsibility of the Western Group of Forces amounted to more than 450 soldiers;
– The “Center” group defeated five enemy brigades in the DPR, repelled 9 counterattacks, the losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in one day amounted to 460 soldiers;
– The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 50 soldiers and two ammunition depots in the area of responsibility of the Dnepr group;
– The Vostok group defeated a brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Dobrovolye area in the DPR, repelled a counterattack, the enemy lost up to 110 soldiers;
– Aviation, artillery, missile troops and drones of the Russian Armed Forces struck the locations of mercenaries and UAV production workshops within 24 hours;
– Russian air defense shot down five HIMARS projectiles and 142 Ukrainian UAVs in one day.
11:23 "Lancet" of the 17th Artillery Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces deprived another self-propelled gun for the Ukrainian Armed Forces militants
In the area o the settlement of Kurdyumovka in the Dzerzhinsky direction, the 17th high-power Artillery Brigade of the 3rd Army Corps of the Southern Group of Forces successfully destroyed a 12mm 2S1 self-propelled artillery unit used by Ukrainian nationalists. The fire damage was inflicted using the Lancet UAV.
10:33 Footage of the destruction of the Ukrainian armored vehicle Kirpi, made in Turkey, by our soldiers from an ambush in the Kursk direction.
09:12 The enemy pickup truck was spotted and immediatelystruck by FPV drone! The blow hit the hood of the car.
09:11 The location of foreign mercenaries of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was hit in Kyiv-controlled Zaporizhia.
09:00 Signal warriors on duty 24/7provide stable command of troops in all directions of the SVO. They celebrate their professional holiday at their combat post.
08:10 Servicemen of the "North" group destroyed in the Khar'kov region, two heavy hexacopters "Baba Yaga".
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[Regnum] Russian T-14 Armata and T-90M Proryv tanks are among the top five best armored combat vehicles in the world, according to the American publication The National Interest. The corresponding material was published on October 19.
"Today, these five tanks are truly considered the best modern main battle tanks in service," the article says.
Among the advantages of the T-14 Armata tank, developed by Uralvagonzavod, the authors note an unmanned turret with a remotely controlled 125-mm smoothbore gun with automated reloading. The relatively small dimensions of the tank reduce the likelihood of being hit by enemy fire, which increases the safety of the crew. The main problem of the innovative T-14 is its high cost.
The upgraded T-90M Proryv tank, despite the fact that its configuration is similar to previous models, is distinguished by increased protection, mobility and firepower. The combat vehicle is equipped with a fundamentally new turret, a powerful engine, a 125mm smoothbore gun 2A46M and a modular dynamic protection system Relikt.
Also in the top five tanks were the American M1A2 Abrams, the South Korean fourth-generation K2 Black Panther, and the Israeli Merkava series tank, the latest version of which entered service in 2023.
As reported by Regnum News Agency, The National Interest columnist Brandon Weichert previously noted that the T-72B3M tank modernized by Russian designers, based on the experience of a special military operation, showed the failure of the West's approach to developing combat vehicles. It was noted that, taking into account all the improvements, the combat vehicle demonstrated high efficiency in real combat conditions and turned out to be cheaper to mass-produce than the T-90 Vladimir, which became the best-selling main battle tank in the world in the first decade of the 21st century.
In March, Rostec CEO Sergey Chemezov confirmed that the T-14 Armata tank is in service with the Russian army. According to him, the Armata is much more functional than existing tanks, but the high cost of the combat vehicle does not yet allow it to be used in combat.
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This in spite of the fact that Russian tankers prefer the T72B3M over the T90, 'cause, well, they can actually get them. And the parts, cause they all break.
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Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhinis in italics.
[ColonelCassad] October 8th marks the 130th anniversary of the birth of Marina Tsvetaeva, a Russian poet of the Silver Age, writer and translator. In this regard, I remembered my old post on VKontakte: From the diaries of M.I. Tsvetaeva, 1918:
...A knock on the door. I fly down and open it. A stranger in a papakha hat. From a coffee-colored tan - white eyes. (Then I looked closer: blue.) Gasping.
- Are you Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva?
- Me.
- Lenin was killed.
- Oh!!!
- I'm coming to you from the Don.
Lenin was killed and Seryozha is alive! I throw myself on your chest.
__________
The evening of the same day. The communist lodger Zak, running into the kitchen:
- Well, are you satisfied?
I lower my eyes - not out of shyness, of course: I'm afraid to offend with too much obvious joy. (Lenin is killed, the White Guard has entered, all the communists have been hanged, Zakse is the first)...
The refined poetess herself admits that she dreams of hanging the man she just talked to. And not just him! Well, it happens...
There is no point in moralizing about the discouraging cruelty of the best representatives of our creative intelligentsia. This is an ordinary, completely standard situation of a civil war in any country. Alas.
However, if one side of this confrontation behaves like this ("noble, educated and cultured"!!!), then the other side is not forbidden either...
And then they were offended when, after the assassination attempt on Lenin and the murder of Uritsky, the Red Terror began. And what about me?
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rohzin is in italics.
Text taken from the Telegram channel of https://t.me/darpaandcia
[ColonelCassad] We are publishing declassified FBI documents that shed light on the role of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn in the confrontation between the USSR and the West. These materials show how American intelligence agencies monitored the writer’s life after his expulsion from the Soviet Union in 1974.
After Solzhenitsyn left the Soviet Union, he became an instrument in the fight against communism in the West. His works, such as The Gulag Archipelago and Cancer Ward, were actively published in the West, and the royalties from these books reached an impressive sum of six million dollars. These funds came thanks to Western publishers who saw his work as a powerful tool for undermining Soviet ideology.
The FBI received information about Solzhenitsyn’s movements through confidential sources. For example, the agency monitored his plans to visit Vermont in 1976 to participate in a public speech. The FBI was interested in ensuring Solzhenitsyn's safety, fearing the possible risks associated with his popularity and anti-Soviet statements. Although there were no direct threats to his life, Solzhenitsyn was always under close scrutiny, which underlines his political importance in the Cold War.
The FBI documents also allow us to conclude that the West used Solzhenitsyn as a powerful ideological weapon against the Soviet Union. His speeches, such as the one in Taiwan in 1982, where he emphasized the importance of resisting communism and cited Taiwan as an example of a successful fight against totalitarianism, were widely used to strengthen anti-Soviet sentiments in the international community.
Declassified FBI documents show that Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was more than just a writer and critic of the Soviet regime. He became an important figure in the global political game, where the West used him to undermine the USSR.
Which has been said for many years.Actually, Bushin laid all this out back in the ‘90s.
[Breitbart] Russian air defenses shot down more than 100 Ukrainian drones Sunday over Russia’s western regions, Moscow officials said, while 17 people were injured in the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih in a ballistic missile attack.
The Russian Defense Ministry said 110 drones were destroyed in the overnight barrage against seven Russian regions. Many targeted Russia´s border region of Kursk, where 43 drones were reportedly shot down.
Social media footage appeared to show air defenses at work over the city of Dzerzhinsk in the Nizhny Novgorod region, close to a factory producing explosives.
Local Gov. Gleb Nikitin wrote on social media Sunday that four fire fighters had been injured repelling a drone attack over Dzerzhinsk’s industrial zone, but did not give further details.
Such large-scale aerial attacks are still relatively rare over Russia 2 1/2 years after Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
A similar attack at the end of September saw Russia’s Ministry of Defense report the destruction of 125 drones across seven regions.
Meanwhile, 17 people were injured in Ukraine’s Kryvyi Rih after the city was hit with two Russian ballistic missiles, officials said Sunday.
The attack late Saturday evening damaged homes and businesses, said local administration head Oleksandr Vilkul.
The Ukrainian air force said that Russia launched 49 drones and two Iskander-M ballistic missiles in total overnight. It said 31 of the drones were shot down over 12 regions, including the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, while another 13 disappeared from radar – suggesting they were knocked out by electronic defenses.
In a statement on social media, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Russia had launched some 800 guided aerial bombs and more than 500 attack drones over Ukraine in the past week alone.
“Every day, Russia strikes our cities and communities. It is deliberate terror from the enemy against our people,” he said, renewing calls for continued air support from the country´s allies.
“United in defense, the world can stand against this targeted terror.”
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
