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Afghanistan
Taliban and Russia Agree to ‘Special Discount’ on Purchase of Gas, Oil, and Wheat
[KhaamaPress] The Taliban
...Arabic for students...
Ministry of Commerce and Industry stated that an agreement was inked to purchase and import wheat, gas, and oil from Russia to Afghanistan.

According to Abdul Salam Jawad Akhundzada, a front man for the Taliban Ministry of Commerce and Industry, products including gasoline, diesel, gas, and wheat will be purchased at a "special discount" in Russian currency.

The Taliban Acting Minister of Commerce and Industry, Nooruddin Azizi also told Rooters that the Taliban government was offered these items at a lower cost than the global market prices.

According to the agreement, Russia will supply a million tons of petrol, one million tons of diesel, 500,000 tons of liquefied gas, and two million tons of wheat to Afghanistan, said the Taliban official, Azizi.

The deal, he continued, will be put into effect for an unspecified trial period, following which, if both parties are content with it, they will sign a long-term contract.

While he stated that Russia had agreed to a discount on items supplied to Afghanistan, the Taliban official did not provide further information on the pricing and payment methods.

Afghanistan has been in an economic downturn ever since the Taliban took back control as a result of reduced development aid and sanctions that have largely frozen the financial sector.

The deal comes as a technical team from Afghanistan remained in Moscow, the Russian capital, after engaging in lengthy negotiations.
The Islamic Emirate has been negotiating with Russia and Iran for more than a year to reach a deal for imports of commodities
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Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
The latest member of Russia's suspicious suicide squad? Railway executive, 52, is found shot dead on the balcony of his Moscow home
  • Pavel Pchelnikov, 52, found dead at his home in Moscow on Wednesday morning

  • Pchelnikov, a railway PR executive, found with gunshot wounds on his balcony

  • Death has been deemed a suicide, but investigators have not disclosed motive

  • He is at least the tenth Russian executive to die in suspicious circumstances since Putin invaded Ukraine in late February
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/29/2022 13:51 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  He was just so despondent about the poor showing of Russia's mighty army.
Posted by: DarthVader || 09/29/2022 16:19 Comments || Top||

#2  Factional infighting for when / if Putin "retires for his 'health'"?
Posted by: magpie || 09/29/2022 16:57 Comments || Top||


National nuclear plants operator Energoatom denies information about fire at 2nd unit of Zaporizhzhia power plant
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Posted by: DarthVader || 09/29/2022 09:14 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:


'Honestly, they're all going to die' What Russian soldiers who have already fought in Ukraine think about Putin's mobilization effort
[Meduza] Russia’s mobilization campaign has been going on for roughly a week now. Some new conscripts have already been sent to the front without any training whatsoever; others are sleeping on the ground in barracks that look more like prison cells. Many have been forced to purchase basic medical supplies and uniforms on their own dime, and in some cases, draftees have been issued rust-covered weapons. Meduza asked Russians who have already taken part in the country’s war against Ukraine — as contract soldiers and mercenaries — to tell us what they think of the mobilization effort.
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#1  Meanwhile in Dagestan:

Posted by: badanov || 09/29/2022 21:44 Comments || Top||


Rare Russian R-330ZH Jammer Destroyed by BTR-4
Posted by: DarthVader || 09/29/2022 08:32 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:


US Embassy in Russia Warns Americans to Flee 'Immediately'
[Townhall]
Posted by: Frank G || 09/29/2022 07:04 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  If you are an American or hold dual citizenship and are still there, you are wrong.
Posted by: DarthVader || 09/29/2022 8:56 Comments || Top||

#2  wrong is an understatement. If you are an American or hold dual citizenship and are still in Russia you are a fool or gambling with your life for big profit or something.

If you are a patriotic Russia you should give up your American citizenship at the Russian Armed Forces recruiting debot.
Posted by: ruprecht || 09/29/2022 10:40 Comments || Top||

#3  The whole idea of dual citizenship is weird. Pick a side, dammit!
Posted by: SteveS || 09/29/2022 10:43 Comments || Top||

#4  DV nails it. Add Zim, Bots, SA, Malawi, Mog, Cuba, Mexico, Afg, Iran, and California to the list.
Posted by: Besoeker || 09/29/2022 10:51 Comments || Top||


Russian Perspective: Operation to Denazify Ukraine: Operational Brief September 28th (updated)
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Kindly note that several entries in this article were removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.

[NewsFrontInfo] 22:41 The offensive of the Ukrainian troops on Krasny Liman in the DPR failed, the losses among the Ukrainian forces amounted to more than 70 people killed.

22:15 The Russian Aerospace Forces hit a plant with more than 90 tanks of Ukraine with a precision strike in Kharkov, the RF Ministry of Defense reported.

21:07 Ukraine and the Russian Federation are negotiating the exchange of prisoners of all for all, - the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine, Kirill Budanov.

20:31 As a result of the impact of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on a residential building in Kherson, a large fire started - there are dead

19:28 Ukrainian nationalists launched a missile attack on the complex of the Polytechnic University in the center of Kherson. The building was destroyed, there are victims, said a spokesman for emergency services.

18:11 Eight explosions thundered in Melitopol and its suburbs, details are being specified

17:46 In the Belgorod region in the Valuysky urban district, due to the human factor, a detonation of ammunition occurred, there are victims - 14 people - governor

Injuries of varying severity. All necessary medical assistance is provided.

17:46 "Ukraine will not stop the counteroffensive and is ready for nuclear strikes" - Zelensky

16:18 Ukrainian terrorists destroy Kherson infrastructure

The blow was struck at the Kolos hotel in the city of Alyoshki near Kherson. There are casualties among the civilian population.

15:17 The Armed Forces of Ukraine are using heavy mortars 70 years ago.

Footage with the M-240 gun, adopted by the USSR in 1950, publishes@oboronka_channel.

🔹After the collapse of the Soviet Union, these mortars went to Ukraine only in the form of monuments in the museum of the Second World War.

They are not in warehouses or in military units.

🔹This means that the mortar was sent to the line of contact directly from the museum.

By the way, recently they also did it with the ACS-85, taken from the monument in Kremenchug. True, it served as a false target for aviation.

🔹The practice of using museum exhibits has been known since 2014.

Unlike the guns themselves, old ammunition for them is still stored in Ukrainian warehouses.


15:17 Personnel exclusively 18+, this material is not recommended for pregnant women, minors and those with an unstable psyche!

This is a clear result of the work of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, together with the allied forces of the NM LDNR, to denazify the ukronism from the 65th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

14:36 ​​On Wednesday, Ukrainian troops launched a missile attack on the city of Alyoshki near Kherson, the air defense system was working, a representative of the emergency services of the Kherson region told reporters. Three civilians wounded

13:27 The main thing from the new briefing of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:

▪️The offensive of the Ukrainian troops in the Krasnoliman direction failed, the enemy lost more than 70 people killed;
▪️The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation liquidated more than 150 military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with a massive strike in the Kharkov region;
▪️Fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a Ukrainian Su-24 aircraft in the Kharkiv region;
▪️The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation struck at the equipment repair point of the EnergoMekhKomplekt plant, 10 guns were destroyed, including two American M777 howitzers;
▪️The radar station of the Ukrainian S-300 complex was destroyed in the Nikolaev region;
▪️The Russian Aerospace Forces in the area of ​​the city of Kharkov hit the production shops of the armored plant, where there were more than 90 tanks;
▪️The Russian Armed Forces struck at the point of temporary deployment of Ukrainian military and foreign mercenaries near Nikolaev, more than 90 militants were eliminated;
▪️The Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed more than 100 servicemen of the Ukrainian tactical group "Chaika" and the 56th brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye region.


12:45 Servicemen called up from the reserve as part of partial mobilization, started classes in firearms training and military medicine at the training ground in the Kaliningrad region.

12:45 Russian "Hurricane" works on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kharkiv region.

11:57 Nuclear Shield: Russian Fleet replenished nuclear submarines "Prince Oleg" and "Novosibirsk"

▪️The submarines made the transition from the Northern to the Pacific Fleet and arrived at the point of permanent deployment in Kamchatka. A significant part of the route, almost 5,500 miles long, the nuclear-powered ships passed under the ice of the Arctic.
▪️"Novosibirsk" from the Chukchi Sea made an underwater launch of the Oniks anti-ship cruise missile at a sea target.


11:57 Fighters Battalion "Vostok-Akhmat" of the RF Ministry of Defense, under the leadership of their commander Aslanbek "Sunset" Saliev, give a tough rebuff to Ukrainian formations on the line of contact.

10:54 Armored car of the Armed Forces of Ukraine captured as a trophy

The Kozak taken in the Zaporozhye direction will serve the benefit of the 123rd Regiment of the NM DPR.

10:54 Ministry of Defense has reduced the number of residents of the Belgorod region who should have been called up at this stage of partial mobilization, now only 120 people remain to be called up - Gladkov

The governor of the Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, said that only 120 people remained to be called up in the region today, and everyone who receives summons “above the norm” will have them canceled.

09:30 Combat work of crews of Buk-M3 anti-aircraft missile systems of air defense units of the Central Military District in the NVO zone. During combat duty, air defense crews detect, escort and destroy various aircraft around the clock, providing reliable air cover for the positions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, as well as the most important administrative and industrial facilities.

Buk-M3 is equipped with improved electronics and new anti-aircraft missiles, the number of which has increased to six. It is capable of destroying any aircraft, as well as low-flying cruise missiles. The crews of the anti-aircraft missile brigade, armed with the latest Buk-M3 systems, regularly shoot down shells from the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system. Video Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

07:02 Night Work: with the help of Matrice 30T, the fire of the wonderful artillerymen from Krasnodar is corrected on the enemy manpower and their dugouts. District n.p. Experienced.

06:31 UAV units of the Airborne Forces discovered the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with personnel and equipment hiding in a forest plantation.

After receiving the exact coordinates of the targets, the artillery of the Airborne Forces launched a massive artillery strike on them. Grenades dropped from quadrocopters were also used.

As a result of the fire damage, not only manpower was destroyed, but also two pieces of equipment, including one Grad MLRS. Video Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

05:01 Combat sorties by crews of Su-35S ZVO fighters. To destroy aircraft of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, destroy radar stations and air defense systems, the crews use guided high-precision air-to-air and air-to-surface missiles.

“The aircraft is multifunctional. It not only works as an air-to-air fighter, it also operates air-to-surface guided missiles, it also carries out bombing with various types of ammunition, ”said Alexander, commander of the aviation link on Su-35S aircraft.

Before departure, aviation equipment undergoes comprehensive training by specialists of the engineering and technical staff. The work of all systems of aviation complexes, the suspension of weapons of destruction and the refueling of aircraft are being checked. To solve the assigned tasks, operational-tactical aviation aircraft sorties are carried out from temporary airfields in daylight and at night in any weather conditions.VideoMinistry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

0:08 The AFU militants fired on Tokmak twice in the evening. APU shelling Tokmok. Recorded four hits in the granary on the street. January 9, the recycling warehouse was significantly damaged. The caretaker was injured. She was taken to the hospital, receiving medical care.

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#1  At Torske, the last retreat route from Lyman is mined by German MLRS dropped mines.
In the area of Torske, occupants' roads are blocked by German mines DM1399

There are an estimated 3000 Russian/DNR/LPR troops in the Lyman pocket.

German DM1399 mine
Posted by: Snash Shairt9621 || 09/29/2022 2:56 Comments || Top||

#2  Unsourced but could have big consequences: Dagestani communities have started referring to mobilization officials as 'enemies of Allah' and have ordered all citizens to resist:
Posted by: Snash Shairt9621 || 09/29/2022 3:05 Comments || Top||

#3  Interesting times for all involved, Snash Shairt9621.
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/29/2022 3:10 Comments || Top||

#4  reports from last night are that Russia is getting ready to retreat from Lyman (what the Russians call Krasny Liman in the article), a key logistic hub in Donetsk which Russia seized back in May
Posted by: Lord Garth || 09/29/2022 6:04 Comments || Top||

#5  Is there where Vlad intends to declare victory and end the "Special Military Operation?

Aljazeera - Russia poised to annex 4 Ukraine regions after ‘sham’ referendum
Posted by: Besoeker || 09/29/2022 6:11 Comments || Top||

#6  Anyone curious what “undersea target” the submarine Novasobirsk fired at? If under the ice it was probably a stalker drone. I think if they fired on another sub it would be obvious

The Russian report format is very repetitive and easy to miss items like this nonchalant aside
Posted by: Slenter Panda4300 || 09/29/2022 6:40 Comments || Top||

#7  A fourth leak on the Nord Stream pipelines has been reported off southern Sweden.

Some European officials and energy experts have said Russia is likely to blame for any sabotage — it directly benefits from higher energy prices and economic anxiety across Europe — although others cautioned against pointing fingers until investigators are able to determine what happened.

Is this a capability demonstration? Are undersea communications cables or Starlink the next targets ?

Posted by: Besoeker || 09/29/2022 6:55 Comments || Top||

#8  Ukrainian military control Seredne village near Lyman
Posted by: DarthVader || 09/29/2022 8:44 Comments || Top||

#9  Anyone curious what “undersea target” the submarine Novasobirsk fired at?

Oniks is an anti-ship cruise missile. It would wave fired at a preselected target as an exercise.
Posted by: Snash Shairt9621 || 09/29/2022 9:00 Comments || Top||

#10  Ukrainian military liberated Shandryholove, Donetsk region

Not fully confirmed
Posted by: DarthVader || 09/29/2022 15:06 Comments || Top||

#11  A fourth leak? I am wondering if this an unintentional blunder like Chernobyl...? Something like a pressurized pipe, under external water pressure, can function for long periods of time if left alone to operate at optimum pressure. Then somebody starts stresses it by 'shutting it down' and restarting -or- doing 'pressure checks' (like Chernobyl, perhaps).

As an initial operating hypothesis I favor 'happenstance' over diabolical plotting -- because mostly people are too stupid to do things Mother Nature can.
Posted by: magpie || 09/29/2022 17:05 Comments || Top||

#12  The war is not in Dnipro for the American lovers of Russia like Tucker Carlson and the Russian agents like Badanov:

https://twitter.com/olya_rudenko/status/1575619198830903297
Posted by: Omineling Forkbeard1962 || 09/29/2022 22:29 Comments || Top||


Perspective from the Breakaway Republics: Invasion of Ukraine: September 28th, 2022
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
[NewsFrontInfo] 22:21 Russian troops repelled an attack in the village of Spornoye in the DPR, Kadyrov said.

20:52 Ukrainian troops fired on the village of Panteleimonovka in the DPR, firing nine rounds of the "NATO" caliber of 155 millimeters in 25 minutes,reported representation of the DPR in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).

“The shelling was recorded from the side of the armed formations of Ukraine in the direction:

— n.p. Rozovka - n.p. Panteleimonovka: five rounds of 155mm caliber were fired
— n.p. Rozovka - n.p. Panteleymonovka: four rounds of 155mm caliber "...were fired," the message of the representative office in the Telegram channel says.

19:15 In the Leninsky district of Donetsk, an enemy UAV was shot down. On theplacethe specialists of the JCCC work.

17:37 Eyewitnesses report that a drone has fallen in the Leninsky district of Donetsk.

18:22 In the Leninsky district of Donetsk, an enemy UAV was shot down. On site work SCCC experts.

18:15 Yesterday from 07.30 to 18.00 Gorlovka was shelled 31 times. Today in the same period of time - five. Gorlovka Mayor Ivan Prikhodko reports.

17:37 Eyewitnesses report that a drone has fallen in the Leninsky district of Donetsk.

17:30 The Armed Forces of Ukraine began to use a new type of NATO ammunition near Krasny Liman - militants hit the village of Torskoye.

On cadres WarGonzo - new NATO cluster munitions with anti-tank mines-beacons. It was with them that the Ukrainian military hit the settlement of Torskoe near Krasny Liman today, where the Armed Forces of Ukraine were preparing a breakthrough earlier.

According to military correspondents, foreign markings are visible on the ammunition, which distinguishes the projectile from others - special antennas are installed on them, which, when in contact with metal, activate the mine.

17:01 Yasinovataya under fire from the Armed Forces of Ukraine

16:43 Regarding the situation at the front after the referendum, there will be positive trends, because at some key points some strategic and tactical measures will be changed, moreover, we will have additional forces and means that will allow us to fight the enemy counteroffensive more effectively.

Unfortunately, the enemy does not stop taking counter-offensive actions, this has already been going on for quite a long time, it is clear that there is a directive from Washington: to seize at least part of the territory of the LPR by any absolutely means.

The enemy does not take into account losses or other factors, he simply throws his personnel, equipment, which we successfully grind in many areas, like cannon fodder, informs military expert, Lieutenant Colonel Andrei Marochko.

16:30 APU destroyed the building of the Bryankovsky Gorgaz with the use of the M142 HIMARS MLRS. Four civilians became victims of Ukrainian aggression.

16:19 Personnel with the consequences of the strike of the Ukrainian troops on the communications facilities of Starobilsk.

16:18 Shelling was recorded from the side of the armed formations of Ukraine: - 15.45 a.m. Perevalsk using MLRS HIMARS (four missiles). Information about the victims and damage is being specified. Representation of the LPR in the JCCC.

16:16 Kyiv security forces shelled Starobelsk, damaged television and radio broadcasting equipment and communication facilities in the city, which caused problems with television and radio broadcasting and mobile communications in the northern regions of the Republic, the LPR Ministry of Communications reported.

Currently, employees of the State Unitary Enterprise LNR "KRRT" and LLC "MKS" (formerly "Lugacom") are carrying out the necessary work to quickly restore the equipment to working capacity.

14:51 Fixation of consequences of shelling of the Leninsky district of Donetsk on 27.09.2022

Military experts of the JCCC DPR confirmed the shelling of the Leninsky district of Donetsk, and also specified the weapons used and the direction of fire. Thus, VFU fired using the BM-27 "Uragan" multiple launch rocket system with a 9M27K cluster warhead, from the direction of their positions located in the area of the settlement. Alexandropol.

14:33 Consequences of shelling of armed formations of Ukraine in the city of Bryanka (LPR). As a result of the shelling of N. p. Bryanka using the American MLRS M142 HIMARS (in total, the enemy fired 12 missiles of the M31 GMLRS type), four civilians were killed and two wounded, the Bryankovsky section of the State Enterprise "Luganskgaz" was destroyed, 12 apartment buildings were damaged, the Bryankovsky Electromechanical College, Children's Art School No. 1 and grocery store. Representation of the LPR in the JCCC.

14:27 Fixation of consequences of shelling of the Voroshilovsky district of Donetsk on September 28, 2022

Military experts of the DPR JCCC confirmed the facts of shelling in Voroshilovsky district of Donetsk with the use of 155mm artillery, and also clarified the direction of firing. Thus, the VFU fired from the direction of their positions located in the area between the settlement. Desired First and n.p. Desired Second.

It has been established that the shelling of the central region of Donetsk by the VFU was carried out using weapons supplied by NATO countries. The countries of the collective West continue to terrorize peaceful citizens and destroy the social infrastructure of the Republic.

13:06 Head of DNR Denis Pushilin thinks that news of a new package of US military aid to Ukraine is part of the cover. According to him, "weapons have been supplied for a long time and have been used in the Donbass and other liberated territories for a long time."

Pushilin also confirmed that in different sectors of the front there is an increase in the number of foreign instructors who become the heads of units and lead them on the attack.

13:05 The situation on the Krasnoliman Front is becoming more tense every day. The night before, separate groups of the enemy probed the defense of Torsky, and today, according to information from local residents, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are lining up in assault columns from the side of the Kolodezi settlement, informs wargonzo.

12:10 The Armed Forces of Ukraine are preparing a breakthrough to Torskoye near Liman. Disturbing news is coming right now from the Krasnoliman Front. The enemy sent reconnaissance patrols to Torskoy from the side of the village of Kolodezi the day before. Groups were identified and discarded. However, according to civilians evacuating from nearby villages, neo-Nazis have already lined up assault columns and equipment for the march towards Torskoye in the Kolodezey area.

Recall that Torskoye is the main road junction through which you can get to Krasny Liman and Drobyshevo. In case of loss of control over it, our groups there run the risk of being surrounded. About it informs wargonzo.

11:50 Donetsk People's Republic as part of Russia will move to a new phase of warfare. The entire constitutional territory of the DPR will be liberated, said Denis Pushilin, head of the DPR.

11:02 Artillerymen of the 2nd Army Corps destroyed positions of the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

10:58 Effects of shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Staromikhailivka.

10:53 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for September 28, information was received about damage as a result of shelling of the cities of the Republic by the AFU:

Donetsk (Petrovsky district):

- st. Zheleznovodskaya, 37 - a private residential building;
- st. Zheleznovodskaya, 31 - the gas pipeline was damaged.

Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive.

10:44 Stormopnik of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the Artemovsk-Lysichansk highway in the area of Spornovo by BARS-18 fighters. First, the tank destroys the Ukrainian, then it is occupied by infantry on the BMP, which cleans the trenches and cracks with grenades, finishing off the survivors and those fleeing with small arms.

10:35 Statement by the official representative of the NM DPR on the situation as of 10.30 09/28/2022

The Ukrainian side continues to terrorize the civilian population of the Republic, inflicting massive artillery strikes on residential areas and civilian infrastructure, which are not military targets.

Over the past day, according to the information of the Representative Office of the JCCC in the DPR, the enemy fired 200 pieces of ammunition from barreled artillery with a caliber of 155mm, 152mm and 122mm, as well as tanks and mortars with a caliber of 120mm.

The fire was fired at the areas of twelve settlements of the Republic. As a result of shelling, two civilians were injured. Fourteen housing constructions and four civil infrastructure facilities were damaged. Additional information about injured civilians and damage to infrastructure is being specified.

Joint actions of the military personnel of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed the following enemy weapons and military equipment: three tanks, four armored personnel carriers, three unmanned aerial vehicles, five units of special vehicles and up to 70 personnel.

At present, a set of works on the clearance of anti-personnel mines PFM-1 "Lepestok" (PFM-1C) is ongoing.

10:31 Effects of night shelling of Lisichansk by Ukrainian troops: the building of the water utility was destroyed, vehicles were damaged.

10:29 More personnel the consequences of the morning shelling of Donetsk by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The Ukrainian military fired five 155mm rounds at the Voroshilovsky district of the city, Mayor Aleksey Kulemzin said.

10:11 Donetsk. The consequences of the shelling of the hotel with journalists by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Today in the morning, Ukrainian terrorists fired artillery at the center of Donetsk again. The Park Inn hotel, populated by foreign journalists and observers, was hit. This is nothing more than the powerless revenge of the Ukrainian neo-Nazis for the popular referendum held in the DPR. wargonzo project publishes personnel from the scene.

10:02 Under fire from the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the private sector in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk.

10:00 Statement by the official representative of the NM of the LPR, Captain Filiponenko I.M. as of September 28, 2022

Over the past day, during the active offensive operations of the units of the People's Militia of the LPR, the enemy suffered heavy losses in manpower and military equipment. Destroyed:

- up to 70 personnel;
- four artillery installations;
- seven armored personnel carriers;
— nine units of special vehicles.

The enemy continues shelling civilian infrastructure facilities in LPR settlements. Over the past day, the armed formations of Ukraine fired at the settlement. Alchevsk, Kremennaya and Bryanka using the American M142 HIMARS MLRS and 155mm artillery mounts, firing 14 missiles and 6 rounds. As a result of shelling in N. p. Alchevsk, the premises of wholesale depots for trade in foodstuffs and industrial goods, as well as the territory of the city cemetery, were damaged.

Since the beginning of the current day, Ukrainian troops have been shelling N. p. Lisichansk using the American MLRS M142 HIMARS, firing four missiles. Information about the victims and damage is being specified.

Peaceful life is being restored in the territories of the Luhansk People's Republic liberated from Ukrainian nationalists: engineering and sapper units of the People's Militia of the LPR continue demining.

During September 27, they cleared more than six hectares of territory from explosive objects left by Ukrainian nationalists in the areas of the settlements of Gavrilovka and Nizhny Sukhodol. The forces of the NM of the LPR, together with public organizations, are delivering humanitarian aid to the residents of these areas.

09:21 AFU again bombard Donetsk with prohibited mines. Petals were found on the roof of one of the shops in the Voroshilovsky district of Donetsk.

09:12 Kyiv security forces damaged the administrative building of the water utility in Lisichansk by shelling - the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the LPR.

09:09 AFU tried to take control of the Liman-Svatovo road. The Armed Forces of Ukraine tried in small groups to enter Torskoye, located just at one of the main road junctions on the way from Svatovo to Krasny Liman. As a result, the enemy was thrown back and the road of life remains under our control, albeit in the zone of artillery destruction. This is reportedwargonzo

08:51 Additional information about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic on September 27 was received through the operational lines of the DPR JCCC:

n.p. Nikolskoye (included in the area of ??responsibility of the administration of the Starobeshevsky district):

- a man born in 1996 was wounded.

Thus, the total number of civilians injured by VFU attacks on September 27, 2022 is two people. The information continues to flow.

Additional informationon damages as a result of shelling of the VFU cities of the Republic:

Donetsk (Voroshilovsky district):

- blvd. Pushkina, 6 - MBOU "School No. 1 in Donetsk";
- blvd. Pushkina, 4 - Hotel «Park-Inn»;
- st. Universitetskaya, 13 - Shop "Decor Curtains";
- st. Universitetskaya, 2, 4, 6, 15, 17 - apartment buildings;
- st. Hero of the Russian Federation Nurmagomed Gadzhimagomedov, 4 - an apartment building.

Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive.

08:50 A man died, another one was injured during the detonation of an unidentified explosive object in the urban-type settlement of Stanytsia Luhanska. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the LPR.

The victim in serious condition was taken to the Stanichno-Lugansk Central District Hospital, an investigation is underway into the incident, the Ministry of Emergency Situations added.

08:48 The number of those killed in the shelling of Bryanka by the Kyiv security forces has increased to four people. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the LPR.

“On September 27 at 19:14, the fact of shelling with the use of HIMARS MLRS was recorded. As a result of the shelling, a man born in 1983 was injured, hospitalized in the Alchevsk Central City Hospital; four people died: men born in 1990, 1984, 1979, 1967. All are Gorgaz employees,” the department added.

08:17 Consequences of shelling from VFU Voroshilovsky district of Donetsk.

08:05 VFU attacked the Voroshilovsky district of Donetsk. On st. Universitetskaya damaged four apartment buildings, on blvd. Pushkin - two apartment buildings and the building of the Park Inn hotel. There were no casualties.

08:02 During the day, two people were injured on the territory of the DPR. Over the past day, from 08:00 on September 27 to 08:00 on September 28, two civilians were wounded as a result of shelling of the VFU in the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic.

08:00 Since five in the morning, Ukrainian militants have been shelling the Voroshilovsky district of Donetsk!

07:00 Summary of the Representative Office of the LPR in the JCCC for the past day, September 27. From the side of the armed formations of Ukraine, four shellings were recorded on the settlement.

Alchevsk, Kremennaya and Bryanka using the American M142 HIMARS MLRS (19 M31 GMLRS missiles) and 155mm artillery pieces (six rounds). As a result of shelling in N. p. Alchevsk, the premises of wholesale depots for trade in foodstuffs and industrial goods, as well as the territory of the city cemetery, were damaged. Information about the victims and damage is being specified. Representation of the LPR in the JCCC.

03:51 Shelling was recorded from the side of the armed formations of Ukraine: - 00.20 a.m. Lisichansk using MLRS HIMARS (four missiles). Information about the victims and damage is being specified. Representation of the LPR in the JCCC.

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The terrorist attack in Izhevsk: another plot of the struggle between good and evil
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The author ain't wrong.

by Andrey Safonov

Bloody attacks on educational institutions happen with deplorable frequency. From each such plot of the eternal struggle between good and evil, conclusions are drawn and measures are taken, the effectiveness of which varies. To combine in a single system the wisdom of Good with the ingenuity and rigidity of Evil, making the latter predictable, and therefore not omnipotent, is this not the main task of the current moment?

[REGNUM] The crime that occurred on September 26, 2022 in the city of Izhevsk, for all its exceptional ferocity, only continued the chain of similar events that happen with regrettable frequency and not only in Russia. Let us consider only some of the recurring features of such events. The names of the criminals will not be mentioned, so as not to perpetuate the memory of them once again.

Izhevsk, September 26, 2022. On Monday morning, a 34-year-old man came to the school located near his house, from which he graduated 16 years ago, and shot 40 people, of which 17 died to death. The first to die were two unarmed employees of a private security organization, then 11 children and 4 teachers. The attacker then shot himself.

Of the features of clothing: a T-shirt with Nazi symbols and a balaclava mask. Armament: 2 Makarov pistols with barrels suitable for the use of silencers, allegedly converted from traumatic ones (which is unlikely, since not steel is used in the production of "injuries", but a "weaker" silumin - A.S.), and also at least 25 oddly designed ammo magazines (but obviously factory-made), 7 PM live rounds in each; only 175 rounds.

Plus a minimum of 41 rounds "used up" for murders and self-destruction. All stores are marked with red paint: “Hatred” (which is important, but more on that below). The attacker was registered in a psycho-neurological dispensary. In addition, according to the "siloviki" who visited his place of residence, he is also a pyromaniac ...

Responsibility for the shooting of schoolchildren in Izhevsk was claimed by the RAMP terrorist organization from the former. The Ukrainian SSR, since the beginning of September, has been organizing false mining of educational institutions throughout Russia and in the Donbass.

But here, as the Mnogonational telegram channel writes, it is important to understand that various similar organizations of that territory are now fighting for budgets for terror within the Russian Federation, therefore, if they take responsibility for something, this may be due to selfish considerations. However, “our” nationalists bought signal and pneumatic pistols for years in the former. Ukrainian SSR: they are better suited for conversion back into military weapons, since they are made on the same basis.

That is, the trace, perhaps, is more than true. In addition, it is known that the Volga Federal District is in the "focus" of the sight of the special services of the Kyiv regime and their curators. The reason for this is the exceptional importance of the region as a place of concentration of military-industrial complex enterprises, as well as its "multinationality," aggravated at the time by the policy of the federal center of those years in the spirit of "Take sovereignty as much as you can."

An indirect confirmation of this is the shootings in Kazan gymnasium No. 175 on May 11, 2021 (nine dead and 24 wounded) and Perm State University on September 20, 2021 (six dead and more than 20 wounded). In the first case, the shooter was 19, and in the second 18.

But the massacre at the Kerch Polytechnic College on October 17, 2018 is closest in terms of the totality of signs to the events described in Izhevsk. As a result of the explosion of an improvised explosive device and shooting, 20 people from among the students and staff of the educational institution were killed, 67 were injured. The terrorist, an 18-year-old college student, committed suicide.

Before committing the massacre, which, according to some reports, later faded into the background (the case was long before the start of the SVO - A.S.), he was in correspondence on social networks with nationalists from the former. Ukrainian SSR. Then based on the actions, several publications suggested that the attack was inspired by the famous 1999 Columbine School massacre in the United States. In particular, the terrorist was dressed in a white T-shirt with the inscription "Hatred", black trousers and berets, imitating the image of one of the killers in Columbine, embodied in the movies, with his appearance.

The same inscription "Hatred" is also present on the shops for the PM of the Izhevsk terrorist. It seems that the source (sources) of the "inspiration" of the terrorists are the same in Izhevsk and in Kerch, and one can only guess about their curators - apparently, a thick fog called "state secret" descended on that information.

Already on October 29, 2018, literally in hot pursuit, the REGNUM news agency launched the poll "Kerch tragedy - causes and conclusions", in which 30,000 readers took part.

An analysis of one-way responses then showed that only a third of those surveyed did not believe that there was any connection between the American cases and the crimes in Kerch. In this regard, noteworthy are the answers given to this question by US residents who participated in the survey (175 people), of which 58 percent of respondents reject the connection with similar American events.

No less remarkable are the answers of the inhabitants of the territories of the former. Ukrainian SSR (389 respondents), whose opinion by and large, practically coincides with the bulk of the respondents, of which 90 percent declared themselves as residents of Russia. Of the residents of the territories of the former. The Ukrainian SSR rejects the connection with similar American events by 38 percent of the respondents, which is very close to the general figure of 33.6 percent.

That is, the general information background, which puts pressure on the fragile or traumatized psyche of young people or those with developmental disabilities, was recognized by the survey participants as very important four years ago.

The tragedy in Kerch was preceded by several excesses in educational institutions in Russia, which led to human casualties. So, on February 3, 2014, two people died in one of the schools in Moscow, in 2017 there was an attack in the Moscow region, in 2018 there was an attack on a school in Ulan-Ude.

To the question “Have conclusions been drawn and all necessary measures taken to prevent similar incidents in the future?” a third of the respondents answered that no conclusions had been drawn from previous cases and no measures had been taken. Together with those who doubted the conclusions and measures taken, there were 45.9 percent of such respondents against 13 percent of the respondents who believe that the necessary measures were taken earlier.

Answers to the question “What measures, in your opinion, should be taken in the field of security to prevent such tragedies?” four years ago, they expressed the unanimity of the public and the law enforcement community, which is rare in modern times, representatives of which are also represented among the respondents.

Thus, the need to strengthen the work on identifying destructive communities in social networks and blocking them was then noted by 38.8 percent of respondents. 7.3 percent of the respondents, among whom there are many teachers, were in favor of blocking mobile Internet access on the territory of secondary educational institutions (which at least will allow schoolchildren not to be distracted from classes). That is, according to this group of respondents, numbering 46.1 percent, it is social networks that carry the main threat to both schoolchildren and the educational process as a whole.

A slightly smaller block of respondents (40 percent) notes the need for more careful control over the storage and, most importantly, the acquisition of weapons. 28.9 percent of the respondents, among whom, for obvious reasons, pre-conscripts are in a clear minority, would insist on a ban on the acquisition of weapons by those who have not yet served in the army or have not been trained at the military department of the university. That is, the so-called "white-ticketers", which seems more than logical.

The leadership of the National Guard then expressed the same vein, proposing practically the same thing: the sale of weapons not from the age of 18, but from the age of 21. It is noteworthy that the variant of the answer, which implies the organization of full-fledged operational-search activities in educational institutions, without which the identification and prevention of the preparation of actions similar to the Kerch tragedy, is extremely unlikely, was not left without attention.

Based on the realities of today, we can state that there are already successes in preventing such incidents. However, the "power" sphere of activity is not distinguished by verbosity, although they clearly have something to say. The author is aware of several cases of prevented excesses of unpredictable scale, prevented by the security forces of two different departments “at the junction” of their competencies.

Operational work, control of social networks, the use of SORM, whose effectiveness has increased many times over thanks to the Yarovaya Law (which has not been criticized by anyone), and interaction with school psychologists have played their role in successful interaction. As a result, no one, including failed juvenile "criminals", was harmed; moreover, they received the necessary help and psychological support.

However, terrorist attacks in educational institutions are committed not only and not so much by students: in almost all the cases mentioned above, they were not committed by children at all. But this is already a question of the quality of interaction between law enforcement agencies and the situation on the ground.

And if there has been a qualitative improvement with the issuance of licenses for weapons (the final one will come when the “evaders” and “white-ticketers” are deprived of that right), then the illegal circulation of weapons in the current conditions requires draconian decisions. The example of Izhevsk (the capital of weapons, including illegal trade in them and the provision of "garage services" for its modification to combat) cannot but "inspire" a true operative of any rank. Something needs to be done about this too.

Not to mention the fact that at present, especially after the start of the NWO, a global system of disinformation and neuro-linguistic programming is working against us, based on the comprehensive capabilities of the American National Security Agency (NSA), which means that the opinion of our respondents should have been to listen more than carefully. And to improve the interaction between the security forces, up to a possible merger of departments, and hence their information resources in order to prevent, and not just investigate crimes. The task is general. We'll make it - we'll survive. The enemy will not wait.
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Photo report: Sevastopol saw off the mobilized defenders of the Motherland
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Photos are at the link

[REGNUM] About 600 Crimeans and Sevastopol citizens, called up as part of partial mobilization, were solemnly escorted to service on September 27 at Nakhimov Square in Sevastopol.

The military personnel of the 47th Motorized Rifle Division will have training and combat coordination at the training grounds of the Black Sea Fleet over the next month, and then they will begin to fulfill the tasks of a special military operation.

The send-off ceremony was attended by Governor of Sevastopol Mikhail Razvozhaev, Head of the Republic of Crimea Sergei Aksenov, Commander of the Black Sea Fleet Vice Admiral Viktor Sokolov, Chairman of the Legislative Assembly Vladimir Nemtsev, Dean of the Sevastopol District Archpriest Sergiy Khalyuta, veterans, relatives of military personnel, members of the Yunarmiya, cadets, and youth organizations.

“Sevastopol is proud of its glorious military traditions. On the square. Nakhimov felt it like never before. There was a feeling that the whole city came to see off our soldiers. We are waiting for our defenders home. We are proud and believe in them!” - wrote the governor of Sevastopol Mikhail Razvozhaev in the telegram channel .

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#1  Make sure you have flower seeds in your pockets.
Posted by: DarthVader || 09/29/2022 9:16 Comments || Top||

#2  Brave soldiers of the 1052nd Volksgrenadier Division. Salute!
Posted by: magpie || 09/29/2022 13:55 Comments || Top||


What are the criteria for selecting citizens to be mobilized?
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[XN--90AIVCDT6DXBC] What are the criteria for selecting citizens to be mobilized?

All citizens of the Russian Federation who are in the reserve of the Armed Forces are subject to mobilization.

As a matter of priority, the following are called for:

privates and sergeants - up to 35 years;
junior officers - up to 50 years;
senior officers - up to 55 years.

Recruitment age limit:

for privates and sergeants - up to 50 years;
junior officers - up to 60 years;
senior officers - up to 65 years.

Only people who are fit for health reasons to serve in mobilization are subject to conscription. Eligible are people with the categories “fit” (A), “fit with minor restrictions” (B) and “limited fit” (C).

First of all, as part of the partial mobilization, citizens with popular military specialties will be called up: motorized riflemen, tankers, artillerymen, drivers, driver-mechanics.

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#1  Being non-Russian is high on the criteria list: Russians have issued at least 1,500 draft notices to Crimean Tatars
Posted by: Black Bart Smiter of the Veps3541 || 09/29/2022 2:32 Comments || Top||

#2  What are the criteria for selecting citizens to be mobilized?

"Breathing."

Mike
Posted by: MikeKozlowski || 09/29/2022 7:02 Comments || Top||

#3 
Remember, Cannon fodder only needs:
1 good eye
1 good arm with 2 working fingers and legs are optional.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 09/29/2022 8:20 Comments || Top||


#5  Reminds me of the bad old days during the Vietnam war when the US had a draft. The joke was that the draft physical was just a TPR physical:
Temperature - above room temperature
Pulse - yes
Respiration - yes

If you got all of those "correct" - you were qualified.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia || 09/29/2022 13:21 Comments || Top||

#6  Not being the child of an oligarch...
Posted by: magpie || 09/29/2022 13:33 Comments || Top||

#7  One of the Russian Duma deputies was filmed smuggling his kid out of the country to avoid the draft. He accompanied his kid to the airplane to make sure the border(?) police wouldn't give his kid mobilization papers.
Posted by: Snash Shairt9621 || 09/29/2022 13:40 Comments || Top||

#8  REF: #5
Hence, why there were Motivational platoons for Basic recycles, and no 365/200 in the AR-601-210 back 1964-74.

Posted by: NN2N1 || 09/29/2022 16:33 Comments || Top||


Mobilised Russians call hotline to ask how to surrender
[Ukrainska Pravda on Yahoo] Andrii Yusov, spokesman for the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, said that the ministry’s hotline has received many calls from Russians who had recently been called up and who are now asking how to surrender to Ukraine.

Residents of Russian-occupied Crimea and occupied territories in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts are also resorting to comparable actions.

Yusov added that Russia has run out of people who could be called up in the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts. The only men remaining are either sick or engaged in essential work that is vital to the region’s viability.

Russian occupation authorities have said that they were planning to form "voluntary" battalions in the occupied territories in southern Ukraine. At the same time, however, Putin and other Russian officials are fearful of arming residents of the occupied territories of Ukraine.
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#2  Support for the war, err SMO, is dropping fast in Russia. Translated:

Levada Center:
The question of whether Russia should continue military operations, split the respondents into two groups. 48% believe that it is necessary to continue the war, 44% are sure that it is necessary to start peace negotiations.
Posted by: Snash Shairt9621 || 09/29/2022 19:33 Comments || Top||


Europe
'Move the front to the east.' NATO reveals plans for Europe
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[RIA Novosti] The European Union and NATO are strengthening cooperation in the defense sphere. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said it was time to sign a new declaration of the two friendly organizations. According to him, this will secure the Western world from Russia and China. Further militarization of Europe and an increase in military spending are expected.

NEW APPROACH
After a meeting with the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels, Stoltenberg recalled that the EU-NATO declaration was going to be signed back in 2021, but was postponed. Now, he is sure, it is impossible to delay.

The new European defense plan "Strategic Compass" and the NATO concept, adopted at the Madrid summit in June, involve the creation of an EU rapid reaction force that can operate autonomously.

According to European sources, the joint declaration will take into account the current "geopolitical context", as well as all areas of cooperation: cybersecurity, space security, harmful technologies, the impact of climate change on the environment, the fight against disinformation and interference in internal affairs, defense planning. However, many experts do not expect major changes.

US CREATURE
“The creation of the EU rapid reaction forces, operating independently from NATO, is directly directed against Russia,” explains military expert Alexei Leonkov. squadrons and 30 warships, fully ready for battle. The task is to slow down the advance of Russian troops as much as possible while NATO countries are mobilizing."

According to Leonkov, one of the main opponents of the West in the military campaigns of the past decades has become an impenetrable army bureaucracy. It was not easy to bring together the motley troops of different states in Iraq and Afghanistan, establish interaction between them, set up logistics and overcome the language barrier. The EU Rapid Response Force is a turnkey solution. The interethnic contingent will be formed and armed in advance in order to be activated instantly, without looking back at the overseas patron.

“It’s easier from the new NATO declaration - the EU will definitely not be for us,” adds Leonkov. “The West sees our partial mobilization, they understand that we will go to the end. And they react. NATO combat units are already deployed near the borders of Russia. They will be supported by EU troops, which can be quickly transferred to the most vulnerable areas. However, I have big doubts that it will be a European army. I am sure that the most combat-ready units will be led by American officers."

Other experts have no doubt that the United States is behind the European rapid reaction forces. Thus, Igor Korotchenko, editor-in-chief of the National Defense magazine, believes that the new structure will not have a significant impact on the geopolitical alignment in Europe, since, in fact, it will be the same NATO.

“The EU Rapid Response Force is a nesting doll inserted into a larger nesting doll - NATO,” he argues. “Militarily, Europe today is absolutely not self-sufficient. Its guaranteed protection against external aggression is provided only by American tactical nuclear weapons deployed in allied countries. And also the impressive contingents of the US military. The Ramstein base in Germany, for example, is run by the Pentagon. The US does not like competition and is unlikely to allow anyone to challenge its military dominance in the EU."

"FEED" THE DEFENSE
They tried to create a "European army" before. Since 2015, the idea of ​​a continental armed forces has been actively discussed. However, the matter did not go further than conversations. Only Germany and the Netherlands were able to form the 414th tank battalion in 2019 under a single command. However, language and cultural differences are too strong in the EU.

We returned to this project after the start of the Russian military special operation in Ukraine. And on March 25, it was actually approved. A set of agreed measures was formulated in a document called the EU Strategic Compass.

“Europe must be able to protect its citizens and promote international peace and security,” it says. “This is all the more important at a time when war has returned to the continent because of Russia. It is necessary to increase the strategic autonomy of the EU and the ability to cooperate to protect our values ​​and interests.

Thus, Russia is openly called the main enemy of the continental troops. But even on paper it doesn't look very impressive. Mention is made of a unit of up to 5,000 people to deal with "crises of various types." In addition, a task force of 200 specialists is expected, which can be sent to a hot spot within 30 days to act in "difficult conditions." What kind of specialists - is not specified.

The plan "Strategic compass of the EU" is calculated until 2030. It is unlikely that in such a period of time Europe will get rid of obsessive guardianship from across the ocean. The document was adopted even before large-scale arms supplies to Ukraine. The United States actively encouraged the European allies in this, promising to replace what was transferred to Kyiv with American counterparts.

As a result, many EU countries have already given away old Soviet weapons, but have not yet received new ones. And it is not known when it will arrive. According to analysts, the defense capability of Europe has seriously dipped. What plays into the hands of Washington is that it is possible to continue to control the allies. And the military-industrial complex is guaranteed orders for years to come and tens of billions of dollars.

In general, the European rapid reaction forces will become just another US tool to contain Russia and a source of income for the American defense industry. This concept does not take into account the interests of Europe itself.

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#1  US should have dropped out when the Soviet Union disassembled in the 90s.
Posted by: ruprecht || 09/29/2022 10:41 Comments || Top||

#2  ...where would all those general officer billets be if they did that?
Posted by: Procopius2k || 09/29/2022 15:32 Comments || Top||

#3 
Posted by: ruprecht || 09/29/2022 15:46 Comments || Top||

#4  Agree with #1 and #2... I also feel that all of that 'Jointness' required by the Goldwater-Nichols Act caused rank inflation because the other services got in a race to see who had the most gold braid...
Posted by: magpie || 09/29/2022 17:11 Comments || Top||

#5  Goldwater Nichols put SOF on the Klingon money and mission tit. Big Army keeps the roads and FOBs open. The Klingons handle the rest.
Posted by: Besoeker || 09/29/2022 18:17 Comments || Top||



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