[AlJazeera] Two diplomats will be expelled for working with Robert Shonov, a former US consulate worker accused by Moscow of spying.
Russia has said it is expelling two United States diplomats for allegedly “liaising” with a Russian national it accuses of collaborating with a foreign state.
On Thursday, Russian authorities said two US embassy staff would be expelled for working with Robert Shonov, a former US consulate worker accused by Moscow of spying.
The Russian foreign ministry said in a statement that it had summoned US envoy Lynne Tracy and told her that embassy first secretary Jeffrey Sillin and second secretary David Bernstein must leave Russia within seven days.
“The named people conducted illegal activity, maintaining contact with Russian citizen R Shonov, accused of ‘confidential cooperation’ with a foreign state,” the ministry said.
“The US ambassador was told that Sillin and Bernstein must leave the territory of Russia within seven days under the status of persona non grata,” it said.
Robert Shonov, a Russian national who worked for the US consulate in the eastern Russian city of Vladivostok, was charged with allegedly passing information about the conflict in Ukraine to American diplomats, a claim the US has rejected.
He was employed by the US Consulate General for more than 25 years until Russia in 2021 ordered the termination of the US mission’s local staff.
Tensions between Russia and the US have been deteriorating for years, and both sides have expelled diplomatic staff.
The move by Russia is the latest indication of heightened tensions between the two states, particularly in the wake of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, launched in February last year.
Earlier this year, the US denounced the detention of US citizen and Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, with the State Department declaring he had been “wrongfully detained” by Russian authorities on charges of espionage.
The US has also urged Russia to free another one of its citizens, former US Marine Paul Whelan, who was sentenced in 2020 to 16 years for espionage.
The US strongly condemned Shonov’s arrest in May, accusing Russia of using “increasingly repressive laws against its own citizens”.
The US in August accused Moscow of attempting to intimidate and harass US employees after Russian state media reported that Shonov had been charged by security services with collecting information on the war in Ukraine and other issues for Washington.
Russian state news agency TASS quoted the Federal Security Service (FSB) as saying that Shonov relayed information to US embassy staff in Moscow on how Russia’s conscription campaign was impacting political discontent ahead of the 2024 presidential election in Russia.
The FSB had said it planned to question US embassy employees who were in contact with Shonov, who has been under arrest since May.
The foreign ministry on Thursday said Shonov had been paid to complete tasks aimed at damaging Russia’s national security and that any US embassy interference in its internal affairs would be suppressed.
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Shonov worked for the Consulate in Vladivostok for 25 years and the crack FSB guys just figured out he was talking to our "cultural" attache's? Wow, those guys are good!
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[LB] In the Avdiyivka direction, our troops are holding the defense and have successfully repelled a number of enemy attacks in the Lastochkino and Avdiyivka areas, as well as about 10 Russian attacks in the Maryinka area.
by Vera Perun
As a result of the assault actions, the Defense Forces have partial success in the districts of Klishchiivka and Andriivka of the Donetsk region, dislodge the enemy from the occupied positions and secure themselves at the achieved boundaries.
This is reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine .
In the Avdiivka direction, the Ukrainian military is on the defensive and successfully repelled a number of enemy attacks in the areas of Lastochkino and Avdiivka. In addition, about a dozen attacks by Russians in the Maryinka area were repelled .
During the day, the Air Force of the Defense Forces made 10 strikes on the areas where the personnel of the enemy's weapons and military equipment were concentrated.
Units of the missile forces struck the control post, two anti-aircraft missile systems, five artillery pieces and the enemy's ammunition depot.
Russia launched missile and 44 air strikes, carried out 37 attacks from rocket salvo systems.
The operational situation in the east and south of Ukraine remains difficult.
The situation at the front as of 18:00 on September 14 is as follows:
on the Volyn and Polissky directions, the operational situation has not changed significantly. There were no signs of the formation of offensive groups. Certain units of the armed forces of Belarus perform tasks in the border areas with Ukraine;
in Siverskyi and Slobozhanskyi , the enemy maintains a military presence in the border areas, continues sabotage and intelligence activities, carries out shelling of populated areas from the territory of Russia, unsuccessfully tries to carry out armed provocations in violation of the state border of Ukraine. The enemy carried out airstrikes in the areas of Strelecha, Pletenivka, Kharkiv region. More than 15 settlements, including Bleshnya, Karpovychi, Gremyachka, Hay of the Chernihiv region, were hit by artillery and mortar attacks; Stara Huta, Ulanov, Machulyshche, Grabovske, Ponomarenky of the Sumy region and Neskuchne, Okhrimivka, Nesterne, Budarky of the Kharkiv region;
on Kupyansk, the enemy carried out airstrikes in the areas of Stepova Novoselivka, Kotlyarivka of the Kharkiv region and Nadia, Novoyehorivka of the Luhansk region. The settlements of Kucherivka, Kislivka, Ivanivka, Synkivka, and Berestov in the Kharkiv region were hit by artillery and mortar attacks;
on Lymanskyi, such settlements as Nevske, Bilogorivka of the Luhansk region and Torske, Verkhnyokamianske, Spirne of the Donetsk region were affected by the enemy's artillery and mortar shelling;
on Bakhmutsky, the enemy carried out an airstrike in the area of the settlement of Klishchiivka, Donetsk region. More than 10 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire, including Orihovo-Vasylivka, Hryhorivka, Chasiv Yar, Ivanivske, North Donetsk region;
in Avdiivsk, the enemy fired artillery and mortar attacks near Panteleimonivka, Keramik, Lastochkino, Avdiivka, Severny, and Pervomaisky in the Donetsk region;
on Maryinsky, the enemy carried out an airstrike in the area of Krasnohorivka, Donetsk region. About 10 settlements, including Krasnohorivka, Maryinka, Pobyeda, Novomykhailivka, Elizavetivka of the Donetsk region, were hit by artillery and mortar attacks;
on Shakhtarsk , Vodyane, Prechistivka, Novomayorske and Staromayorske of the Donetsk region were hit by enemy airstrikes. The enemy shelled about 10 settlements with artillery and mortars, including Vodyane, Vugledar, Prechistivka, Shakhtarske, Zolota Niva, Urozhane of the Donetsk region;
in Zaporizhzhia, the enemy carried out an air strike near Robotiny, Zaporizhzhia region. More than 15 settlements, including Malynivka, Gulyaipole, Gulyaipilske, Novoandriivka, Pyatikhatky, Kamianske of the Zaporizhzhia region, were hit by artillery and mortar attacks;
in Khersonsk, more than 10 settlements were subjected to enemy artillery and mortar fire, including Havrylivka, Zmiivka, Tokarivka, Antonivka, Veletenske, Stanislav of Kherson region and Pokrovske of Dnipropetrovsk region.
The Defense Forces of Ukraine continue to conduct an offensive operation in the Melitopol direction, offensive (assault) actions in the Bakhmut direction, destroy the enemy and step by step liberate the occupied territories.
We will remind you that from the evening of September 13 and the night of September 14, the Russians attacked the territory of Ukraine with two groups of Shahed-136/131 type attack drones. Air defense forces were able to destroy 17 out of 22 enemy drones.
Meanwhile, counter-intelligence of the SBU and the Navy conducted a special operation in the Yevpatoria region of occupied Crimea. It was possible to destroy the Russian anti-aircraft complex "Triumph" worth $1.2 billion.
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Ukrainians claim destruction of the 72nd Brigade in Andriivka:
The enemy brigade's reconnaissance chief.
Three battalion commanders.
Nearly the entire infantry of the 72nd Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade, along with officers and a significant amount of equipment.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title
[Korrespondent] 22:26 Zelensky said that he held a meeting with Defense Minister Rustem Umerov, especially noting his joint work with Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Dmitry Lubinets on the creation of the institution of a military ombudsman: “This is really necessary. It is necessary that there is a powerful system for the human rights protection of soldiers in the sector itself defense."
22:15 Zelensky, in an evening video message, thanked the SBU and the Navy “for this triumph today: the air defense system of the occupiers on the land of our Crimea was destroyed.”
21:54 A meeting between Zelensky and Biden is expected next week, Reuters reports citing a US official. Earlier, the media wrote that Zelensky would attend a meeting of the UN General Assembly in New York.
21:50 The Defense Council of the Kherson region decided on the mandatory evacuation of families with children from settlements that are constantly under fire from the enemy. The duration of the curfew has also been changed, now its period is from 20:00 to 6:00, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin.
21:43 Ukraine will have a special US representative for economic recovery. Penny Pritzker will work with the Ukrainian government, international partners, and the private sector to accelerate our country's economic transformation. About who Pritzker is and what she will do in Ukraine, see the material Controller from the USA .
20:39 German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said that long-range Taurus missiles are not the most important thing that Ukraine needs now, and the outcome of the war does not depend on their supplies. He also expressed doubts that the Ukrainian Armed Forces will be able to “correctly use” these missiles.
According to the minister, Ukraine now needs the air defense systems that Germany supplies it much more. Pistorius said that a decision on the missiles has not yet been made, and Kyiv, according to him, allows itself “inappropriate appeals” when it speaks unflatteringly about Berlin’s actions.
20:23 While the mastery of F-16 fighters by Ukrainian pilots is burdened with a lot of bureaucratic procedures, representatives of the Ukrainian Armed Forces have already become acquainted with the Swedish Gripen. True, Sweden is still considering sending planes to Ukraine. About what they are - in the material Gripen Fighters - How will they help the Ukrainian Armed Forces?
20:18 In the Kupyansky and Limansky directions the situation is unchanged, but the intensity of hostilities has decreased somewhat compared to a few weeks ago, Anna Malyar said. At the same time, the enemy does not abandon his offensive plans, and shelling continues. The Russian Army unsuccessfully tried to advance in the areas northeast of Berestovoye in the Kharkov region, Belogorovka in the Luhansk region and Bogdanovka in the Donetsk region.
In the Bakhmut direction, on the northern flank, Ukrainian fighters are defending previously occupied positions from the enemy, and on the southern flank they are advancing. Fighting is taking place in the area of Andreevka, Kleshcheevka, Kurdyumovka, there is progress.
In the South, the enemy unsuccessfully attacked in the areas of Malaya Tokmachka and Verbovoye, Zaporozhye region, and suffered losses. In the Melitopol direction, the Defense Forces continue their offensive, Russian troops are suffering significant losses.
19:47 Biden appointed former US Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker as special representative for the economic recovery of Ukraine.
19:35 In the morning, the Defense Forces attacked two patrol ships of project 22160 type Vasily Bykov of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in the southwestern part of the Black Sea, “there is some damage,” the Strategic Communications Directorate of the Office of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (StratCom) reported.
18:46 The Russian Ministry of Defense announced an attempt by the Ukrainian Armed Forces to attack the Samum hovercraft of the Black Sea Fleet with an unmanned boat in the Black Sea. The boat was allegedly destroyed by fire from the ship's standard weapons.
18:38 The United States has imposed sanctions against more than 150 companies and individuals involved in the supply of American and other Western technologies and goods to the Russian Federation, in particular, by circumventing sanctions. The sanctions included companies and individuals that help the Russian military-industrial complex, are involved in the production of missiles, attack UAVs, and also supply electronics and components, without which the weapons production process would be impossible, the Presidential Office reported.
In particular, the list included the founder of the Russian Copper Company Igor Altushkin, the chairman of the board of directors of Transmashholding JSC Andrey Bokarev, the founder of the Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company Iskander Makhmudov and his son Jahangir Makhmudov. Also under sanctions were, in particular, AvtoVAZ, Moskvich, Rosavtodor, NPO Saturn, Cinco-Bank, three auto repair plants, as well as the Ulyanovsk Cartridge Plant, the Rostov Institute of Radio Communications and other companies. In addition to Russian ones, companies from Belgium, the United Arab Emirates, Slovenia, Turkey, the Central African Republic and others were subject to sanctions.
18:13 Ukraine destroyed the second Russian S-400 anti-aircraft missile system in Crimea. The first Triumph air defense system, which provided control of the air situation over the western part of the Black Sea, was eliminated on August 23. The S-400 complex is considered the “calling card” of Russian air defense systems, and the destruction of two such systems leaves a huge “hole” in the air defense of the invaders in Crimea. Read more in the material Attacks on Crimea .
18:07 Zelensky said that he met in Kiev with the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport of the Republic of Korea Won Hee Ren and representatives of Korean business, and called for active work in the Ukrainian market.
17:29 Anna Malyar clarified regarding the information about the liberation of Andreevka: “I do not post such information without coordination and agreement with the military. Currently, there has been a communication failure between several sources of information that report directly from the scene of events. There is some success in Andreevka , but as of now there are heavy battles ."
17:16 Anna Malyar denied her own statement about the release of Andreevka. She corrected her message in the telegram as follows: “Andreevka. The situation is very difficult and changeable. Let’s keep our fingers crossed for our people.”
Soldiers of the 3rd separate assault brigade also called the statement about the capture of Andreevka “false and premature.” According to them, there are now “serious and heavy battles in the areas of Kleshcheevka and Andreevka.”
16:39 Deputies of the German Bundestag Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann (Free Democrats), Anton Goffreiter (Greens) and Andreas Schwarz (Social Democrats) sent a letter to Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, in which, in particular, they demand to transfer to Ukraine Taurus long-range missiles, Tagesschau reports.
According to the deputies, representatives of the Ukrainian government assured them in personal conversations that these missiles would be used exclusively on Ukrainian territory.
16:07 South Korea has had evidence for a long time that Russia is receiving weapons from North Korea and using them in the war against Ukraine, Yonhap reports, citing a representative of the Office of the South Korean President.
The office representative also noted that it is too early to assess the results of Kim Jong-un’s visit to the Russian Federation, since it is still ongoing. In particular, on September 15-16, the DPRK leader plans to visit two more Russian cities where important military installations are located. South Korean President Yoon Seok-yeol is expected to raise the issue of military exchanges between North Korea and Russia in his speech at the UN General Assembly next week.
15:58 Defense forces have liberated Andreevka, Donetsk region , and are consolidating their positions, reported Anna Malyar. In general, according to her, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are moving forward in the Bakhmut direction. On the northern flank, the enemy is trying to recapture lost positions, and on the southern flank, the Defense Forces are successfully advancing. The main battles are taking place in the areas of Andreevka, Kurdyumovka, Kleshcheevka.
15:26 The fall of Russian drone debris in Romania is not an attack on a NATO country, said Alliance Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoana: “We do not have a deliberate attack on a NATO ally. Incidents can happen, have happened before and can happen again in the future. Such events should be classified "as incidents rather than as deliberate attacks. NATO takes measures to protect allied territory, including in the case of Romania."
15:22 Radio Liberty showed a satellite image showing the consequences of a strike on the positions of Russian S-400 air defense systems near Yevpatoria.
15:04 The field office of the International Criminal Court began work in Kiev - this is the largest representative office of the ICC outside The Hague. The work of the office will increase the efficiency and speed of response to crimes of the Russian Federation against Ukraine and Ukrainians, said Prosecutor General Andrei Kostin.
14:27 Ukrainian pilots were allowed to conduct test flights on Swedish Gripen fighters, Swedish Defense Minister Paul Jonson said. According to him, the pilots underwent familiarization training, which included test flights both on the aircraft and in the simulator, as well as briefings for ground staff. Next, we need to study the possibility of transferring such fighters to Ukraine.
14:18 Peskov confirmed that Putin “accepted with gratitude” Kim Jong-un’s invitation to visit the DPRK.
13:55 Ukraine filed a lawsuit against two Western military companies that did not fulfill contracts for the supply of military equipment, Newsweek writes, citing a source in the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense. Unlike other companies that for some reason were unable to fulfill the order, these two did not want to return the funds paid.
According to the publication, six foreign companies, two of which are American, did not fully or partially fulfill their obligations under some contracts, but made partial deliveries or fully returned funds. But two European companies did not deliver the goods and did not return the advance payment.
13:27 After Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russian oligarchs withdrew at least $50 billion from the EU, Bloomberg writes.
12:49 11 children were returned from the occupied left bank of the Kherson region, the OVA reported. Among them, two are deprived of parental care, the remaining nine have parents. The youngest child is three years old. In total, since the beginning of this year, 112 children from the Kherson region have been returned to the controlled territory.
12:05 In the morning, the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked the location of Russian surface-to-air missile systems near Yevpatoria in Crimea , the Strategic Communications Department of the Office of the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported.
11:48 Ermak announced “important sanctions news.”
11:22 UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres intends to discuss the renewal of the grain agreement on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly next week. According to him, for this he intends to meet with Zelensky, Erdogan and Lavrov.
10:50 On the night of September 14, the military counterintelligence of the SBU and the Ukrainian Navy conducted a special operation near Yevpatoria - they destroyed the Russian Triumph air defense system worth $1.2 billion, the UP reports citing a source in the Security Service. According to him, drones and Neptune missiles worked effectively on the target.
First, the SBU drones hit the complex’s radars and antennas, and after the radar stations were disabled, the Navy units used two Neptune cruise missiles to hit the S300/400 Triumph launch complexes.
10:32 Lukashenko flew to Russia to meet with Putin, negotiations are scheduled for September 15, the press service of the Belarusian president reports.
10:10 Between Yevpatoriya and Uyutny, where explosions were heard today, there is a Russian military radar station. And near Zaozerny, where explosions were also reported, there is a Russian air defense base and a P-400 (RT-32) radio telescope, Radio Liberty reports.
09:29 By the end of September, a new Pentagon team will begin working in Ukraine to monitor the use of American aid, CNN reports, citing the US Department of Defense Inspector General. This decision was made in response to calls from Republicans to strengthen control over Ukraine's use of US funds.
08:43 At night, the Russians fired artillery at the village. Novodmitrovka, Belozersky community, Kherson region. The shells hit a private house and its territory, killing a six-year-old child and wounding four other people, including a 13-year-old child, the prosecutor's office said.
Over the past 24 hours, as a result of Russian shelling in the Kherson region, one person was killed and eight were injured, the OVA reported.
08:37 OK Pivden speaker Natalya Gumenyuk, commenting on the explosions in Yevpatoria, said that the Defense Forces are working against enemy targets: “The concentration of military facilities, the presence of an airfield nearby - all this suggests that the work is being carried out absolutely as planned. The goals are legal, the goals are military. ".
08:31 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of September 14. The item "submarines" has been added to the list:
personnel - about 270,970 (+620) people,
tanks - 4599 (+15),
armored combat vehicles - 8810 (+18),
artillery systems - 5944 (+42),
MLRS - 769 (+3),
air defense systems - 517 (+0),
aircraft - 315 (+0),
helicopters - 316 (+0),
UAV of operational-tactical level - 4697 (+47),
cruise missiles - 1455 (+0),
ships/boats - 20 (+1),
submarines - 1 (+1),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 8458 (+14),
special equipment - 889 (+5).
08:06 At night, air defense destroyed 17 of 22 enemy Shahed-136/131 attack UAVs , the Air Force command reported. Russia attacked Ukraine with several groups of attack UAVs from three directions: Cape Chauda - Crimea; Yeisk, Kursk - Russian Federation. The drones were launched in the direction of Nikolaev, Zaporozhye, Dnepropetrovsk and Sumy regions.
07:52 The General Staff clarified that on September 13, the Russians attacked Ukraine with 47 kamikaze drones of the Shahed-136/131 type, of which 35 were destroyed.
Over the past 24 hours , 29 military clashes took place at the front . In the Kupyansky and Bakhmutsky directions, the enemy is not abandoning attempts to break through the defenses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas northeast of Berestovoye in the Kharkov region, Belogorovka in the Lugansk region and Bogdanovka in the Donetsk region. In turn, the Defense Forces had partial success in the areas of Bakhmut, Kleshcheevka, Andreevka and Kurdyumovka of the Donetsk region.
Over the past 24 hours, near Marinka, Donetsk region, the enemy has made 14 unsuccessful attempts to oust Ukrainian units from their positions. All enemy attacks were also repelled in the Malaya Tokmachka and Verbovoye areas of the Zaporozhye region. At the same time, in the Avdeevsky, Maryinsky and Shakhtarsky directions, the Defense Forces hold the initiative and carry out assaults. In the Melitopol direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces continue their offensive.
07:38 Crimean publics report explosions in Yevpatoria, probably in the Zaozerny region. Presumably, the attack was carried out on an air defense base between Molochny and Uyutny. The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that air defense forces allegedly destroyed 11 Ukrainian drones over Crimea. Moscow also claims that Ukraine tried to attack the Black Sea Fleet patrol ship Sergei Kotov in the Black Sea with five unmanned naval boats; all of them were allegedly destroyed.
02:09 Kim Jong-un invited Putin to visit North Korea, and the Russian president accepted the invitation, North Korean news agency KCNA reported.
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[Korrespondent] We are talking about trucks, closed wagons and tracked vehicles. The partisans note that the equipment is old.
In temporarily occupied Crimea, at the Dzhankoy railway station, partisans noticed Russian military equipment, which was probably heading to mainland Ukraine. This was reported by the partisan movement ATES.
“Our agent reports that there is a train of Russian military equipment at the Dzhankoy railway station. It is heading, perhaps, towards mainland Ukraine,” the message says.
We are talking about trucks, closed wagons and tracked vehicles. The partisans note that the equipment is already old.
“Due to significant losses in equipment, the Russians are forced to reactivate old junk. They put their military on equipment that has a high chance of breaking at the most inopportune moment for them. But the Russians do not value the lives of even their own people,” the partisans say.
Earlier, partisans reported low turnout at the “elections” in Crimea
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[Korrespondent] Defense forces have had "partial success" in Andreevka, a village on Bakhmut's southern flank near Kleshchievka.
Today, Deputy Minister of Defense Anna Malyar announced in advance the liberation of Andreevka, a village on the southern flank of Bakhmut near Klishchievka in the Donetsk region. The attack aircraft serving on this section of the front reacted quite aggressively to the official’s post. What is known about the situation and whether Ukrainian forces have really advanced in Andreevka, read the story.
Andreevka is a strategic settlement for the de-occupation of territories south of Bakhmut, so information about the liberation of this village became resonant. However, Malyar quickly corrected her words and wrote: “Andreevka – the situation is very complex and changeable, let’s keep our fingers crossed for ours.”
She explained the incident with the premature notification of the liberation of the settlement as a “communication failure” between several sources of information.
“Let me clarify about the information about the liberation of Andrievka. I do not post such information without coordination and agreement with the military. Currently, there has been a communication failure between several sources of information that report directly from the scene. There has been some success in Adrievka and heavy fighting continues now.”, the official added.
MILITARY REACTION
The command of the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade , now fighting in the Bakhmut direction, officially denied Malyar’s information, calling it “false and premature.”
“Serious and heavy fighting continues in the areas of Kleshchievka and Andreevka. Such statements are harmful, threaten the lives of personnel and harm the performance of combat missions,” the brigade said in a statement.
CLEANUP IN PROGRESS
According to DeepState , yesterday attack aircraft of the 3rd Special Brigade actually entered the village and drove out part of the Russian troops from there, but some are still “settled underground” and are not allowing Ukrainian fighters to gain a foothold.
“The 3rd Brigade has a sufficiently developed media component so that it can independently report the capture of a populated area,” one of the brigade’s fighters anonymously told the public.
The community is currently designated as a gray zone on the DeepState map, but it is noted that the village is "being cleared of the enemy."
This information is confirmed by the General Staff. In his evening report, he noted that as a result of the assault operations, the Defense Forces had partial success in the areas of Kleshchievka and Andreevka. Now the Ukrainian Armed Forces are displacing the enemy from their positions and consolidating their positions, the report says.
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[EngMilRu] Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation (14 September 2023)
In Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Group of Forces utilising the results of aviation, heavy flamethrower systems, and artillery strikes repelled eight attacks of assault detachments of the AFU 80th Airborne Assault Brigade and 59th Motorised Brigade near Klescheevka, Berdichi, Pervomayskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy's losses for the day have amounted to around 350 Ukrainian troops killed and wounded, three armoured fighting vehicles, five motor vehicles, three U.S.-made M777 and M109 howitzers, and one 122mm D-30 howitzer.
One ammunition depot of the AFU 28th Mechanised Brigade has been hit close to Dileevka (Donetsk People's Republic).
In Zaporozhye direction, units of the Russian Group of Forces supported by Army aviation, artillery, and heavy flamethrower systems repelled three attacks by the AFU 82nd Airborne Assault Brigade and 71st Jaeger Brigade close to Verbovoye (Zaporozhye region).
Up to 95 Ukrainian personnel, one tank, two armoured fighting vehicles, and three motor vehicles were neutralised.
In the course of counterbattery warfare U.S.-made M777 and M119 artillery howitzers, one UK-made FH-70 howitzer, one 152mm Msta-B, one 152mm D-20 and one 122mm D-30 howitzers were wiped out.
In South Donetsk direction, the Tsentr Group of Forces' units, aviation, artillery, and heavy flamethrower systems repelled one attack of an assault detachment of the AFU 128rd Territorial Defence Brigade close to Priyutnoye (Zaporozhye region).
Up to 140 Ukrainian personnel, one tank, two armoured fighting vehicles, and three motor vehicles were neutralised.
In Krasny Liman direction, the Tsentr Group of Forces' units, aviation, artillery, and heavy flamethrower systems repelled one attack of an assault detachment of the AFU 63rd Mechanised Brigade close to Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic).
In addition, strikes were delivered at clusters of enemy manpower and hardware near Seversk, Grigorovka, and Serebryanka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Up to 55 Ukrainian troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, three motor vehicles, and one 152mm D-20 howitzer were destroyed.
In Kupyansk direction, the Zapad Group of Forces units, air strikes, and artillery fire repelled one attack of the AFU 30th Mechanised Brigade near Sin'kovka (Khar'kov region).
The enemy suffered up to 130 Ukrainian troops, two infantry fighting vehicles, and three motor vehicles in this direction during the day.
In addition, in the course of counter-battery warfare, one AFU M777 artillery howitzer, one M109 Paladin artillery system, as well as one US-made AN/TPQ-36 counter-battery radar station were neutralised.
Two AFU ammunition depots were annihilated close to Berestovoye and Tikhoye (Kharkov region).
In Kherson direction, up to 70 Ukrainian troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, seven motor vehicles, as well as one D-30 howitzer, were neutralised by fire.
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Group of Forces have engaged AFU manpower and hardware in 143 areas during the day.
In addition, one P-18 air target detection and tracking radar station was destroyed near Novopavlovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Two control posts of the AFU 100th Territorial Defence Brigade and the 15th regiment of Ukraine's National Guard were hit near Serebryanka and Krasny Liman (Donetsk People's Republic).
One AFU ammunition depot was wiped out close to Trudovoye (Zaporozhye region).
Fighter aviation of Russian Aerospace Forces shot down one Mi-8 helicopter of Ukrainian Air Force near Krasny Liman (Donetsk People's Republic).
Russian air defence units intercepted four HIMARS MLRS projectiles during the day.
Furthermore, during the day, 53 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were neutralised and suppressed by radio electronic warfare means close to Verkhnekamenka, Topol'evka (Lugansk People's Republic), Peski, Vasil'evka, Krasnaya Gora (Donetsk People's Republic), Novofedorovka, Vasil'yevka (Zaporozhye region), Aleshki and Novaya Kakhovka (Kherson region).
In total, 467 airplanes and 249 helicopters, 6,759 unmanned aerial vehicles, 437 air defence missile systems, 11,826 tanks and other armoured combat vehicles, 1,150 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 6,374 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 12,982 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation
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It sure looks like the pendulum has swung over to Ukraine. Steadily, the west is outfitting Ukraine more and more while Russia cannot replace equipment fast enough.
Vladimir Vladimirovich assumed the west would remain asleep like we tend to do a lot, he was wrong AND he has awoken Europe from slumber. German output is astonishing, an industrial juggernaut.
We watch two different wars. What I see is inconsequential in moving the LOC. Your pendulum swing is not much more than media hype and their positive spin for UKR's most recent offensive.
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[NewsFront] 23:55 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 09/14/2023 to 00:00 09/15/2023
Over the past 24 hours Representative office reported about 70 facts of firing by the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces.
Information was received about the injury of two civilians in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk and Vesely.
Six residential buildings were damaged in the Kievsky district of Donetsk and Valeryanovka, as well as two civil infrastructure facilities.
The areas of eight settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Gorlovka (Tsentralno-Gorodskoy, Kalininsky, Nikitovsky districts), Gol'movsky, Zaitsevo, Mikhailovka, Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Kievsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district ), Valeryanovka.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 47 attacks from 155mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead.
At Gorlivske there were 17 artillery attacks from 152mm and 155mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead.
At Yasinovatsky there were five artillery attacks from 155mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead.
At Volnovakha one artillery attack from 155mm artillery. 224 units of various ammunition were produced
IN the previous 24 hours, 57 attacks were recorded from the VFU.
21:00 Crews of T-90M “Breakthrough” tanks from one of the tank units of the Central Military District inflicted fire defeat of enemy strongholds and manpower in the Krasnolimansk direction.
19:25 Fights on the South Donetsk Front: the Ukrainian Armed Forces continue their deadlock offensive:
The Ukrainian command continues to please with its strategic decisions: despite the serious problems in the main sector of its offensive, the Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to disperse their forces and from time to time launch attacks in the Priyutnoye-Staromayorskoye-Novodonetskoye-Novomayorskoye area (at the same time, for some reason, storming the ruins near Artemovsk and above Donetsk).
In the Novodonetskoye-Novomayorskoye area, the enemy reduced its ardor, and the fighting took on a positional character. However, sometimes it makes unsuccessful attacks. At the Priyutnoye-Staromayorskoye line, the enemy’s activity is higher, but the assault actions are not effective. So, today another attack by the terrorist defense was repulsed, the enemy suffered losses in equipment and manpower.
In general, the offensive in this area does not make sense: initially it was intended as a diversionary strike in order to hide from us that the main attack would be on Tokmak. After the offensive stalled in June, in the Staromayorsky area the enemy continued to advance for propaganda purposes, in order to show at least some result (in general, the tendency to media overreach and fear of media criticism is letting the Ukrainian Armed Forces down).
Since the direction is not the main one, the enemy advances with smaller forces than Rabotino (although he lacks them there too). What he can achieve here with such forces, given that the sea is approximately 70 kilometers away in a straight line, remains a mystery.
19:21 In the village of Liptsy, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are setting up models of military equipment. Dummies with false targets are installed on roads, including near the private sector.
According to incoming information, territorial defense fighters (114 and 125 TrO brigades) from the Kyiv and Lvov regions are concentrated in the village.
19:05 The Ukrainian Armed Forces are intensively sending soldiers to the Bakhmut direction, and also continue to try to cut off the land route to Crimea. Thus, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to strengthen their positions before the onset of cold weather. This was announced by the unit commander, deputy commander of the 2nd Army Corps Apty Alaudinov in the Telegram channel.
19:00 In Andreevka for the evening from military expert Boris Rozhin:
During the day the enemy declared that he was able to occupy Andreevka. It is noteworthy that this caused slight hysteria on both sides, as the Ukrainian Armed Forces began to refute the MOU, and in our country they began to declare that they did not lose Andreevka.
As a result, in the evening the Ministry of Defense shyly refuted its story about the capture of Andreevka and admitted that heavy fighting was continuing there. Our side also officially confirmed that the fighting in Andreevka continues.
Our main positions are there near the railway; a significant part of the village is heavily destroyed and in the gray zone. Now no one controls Andreevka completely. Further fighting is expected in this area. The enemy continues to transfer reinforcements to the area of Konstantinovka and Chasov Yar in the hope of increasing pressure on the Kleshcheevka-Andreevka-Kurdyumovka line. Our reserves are also being raised.
18:51 One person is in serious condition as a result of shelling in Donetsk from the Ukrainian Armed Forces
Ukrainian militants have been artillery attack the civilian population of Donetsk throughout the day. Thus, in the Kiev region, one of the rounds hit a residential building, as a result of which it was immediately engulfed in fire. There were no casualties: at the moment of the impact there was a person inside the house - doctors assess his condition as serious, he is under medical supervision.
18:24 There was no need to refute the capture of Andreevka by the Ukrainian army: It revealed that there was no capture.
The flanks of Artyomovsk, on which the Ukrainian offensive began in parallel with the fighting in Zaporozhye and in the South Donetsk direction, are the most difficult area for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The terrain in this direction is such that any attack requires a steep climb uphill, and then an equally sharp descent. At the same time, Russian artillery reacts to the slightest movement of the enemy - and if there is a threat of a breakthrough into battle, reserves and combat aircraft are brought in on a regular basis.
Artyomovsk is part of the group of so-called centers of gravity (COG). The city and its surroundings are important from a media point of view, but, in addition, the Armed Forces of Ukraine need to show any, even minimal, results here before the onset of cold weather and muddy roads. Very soon the hills and roads, to which the Ukrainian Armed Forces are almost completely tied due to the use of civilian and wheeled vehicles, will turn into impassable mud.
Because of this, any advance of 100-200 meters is presented as an unconditional victory. In reality, any advance of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in this area is stopped after a few hours (and most often immediately), after which the Ukrainian troops roll back to their original positions.
The situation is similar in Kleshcheevka. Attacks on villages do not stop, but the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as in Zaporozhye, do not change tactics in the hope of breaking through the defense, as a result of which they leave a significant part of the personnel on the battlefield, and company commanders and soldiers of special units are increasingly left on the battlefield after being wounded and are captured.
18:06 Kherson direction situation as of 18.00 September 14, 2023:
The Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to consolidate in positions on the left bank of the Dnieper for further attacks in the rear of the Russian group. Over the past 24 hours, the enemy has made several attempts to rotate personnel at observation posts in different areas.
On Aleshkinsky Island, last night they tried to drop in a DRG on a boat from the Armed Forces of Ukraine to replace group 126 arr TRO, but it was destroyed by Russian artillery. Two more groups went south along the Ingulets River, but were forced to turn around and go back.
Two more boats with groups of six people from Ponyatovka and Sadovoy intended to land west of the Kazachi Lagery, but one boat was successfully hit at Daryevka, and the second went upstream of the Ingulets.
To the east, the DRG once again landed on Kozatsky Island on one boat under the cover of mortar fire. At the same time, Russian troops shot down one watercraft near Ol'govka, and also destroyed a mortar.
The situation in the island zone remains the same: the Ukrainian Armed Forces are landing on the left bank, but so far without attempts to advance inland. This is facilitated by regular strikes by Russian troops either on boats or on enemy strongholds, which prevents Ukrainian formations from establishing supplies on the opposite side.
17:20 Situation in the Soledar direction:
Unprecedented enemy drone activity is being recorded in Soledar. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are carrying out strikes on the city both with the help of fpv drones and with the help of Mavikov, reports military correspondent Alexander Yaremchuk.
“Now about 20 of them flew in the sky in a line. They're hitting the city. Some kind of terrible drone invasion,” a man from the spot shared with me.
At the same time, the enemy is trying to counterattack the positions of the 200th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade. The situation is not the simplest, but it is under the control of Russian troops.
Presumably, in the very near future, the Ukrainian army will make another attempt to attack the positions on the flanks of Bakhmut with two converging attacks, but our guys are ready for this.
17:10 Ugledarsky section situation as of 17.00 September 14, 2023:
Against the background of activity in the south of Ukraine, the situation with Ugledar is knocked out of the information agenda. The last really serious clashes took place there several months ago.
First, Russian troops carried out an unsuccessful assault, attacking a large fortified area with completely mined approaches in a frontal attack, and then the Ukrainian Armed Forces did essentially the same thing.
And now in the Ugledarsky sector there are only positional battles, where Russian artillerymen are trying to hit the rear areas, creating problems in supplying the Ukrainian Armed Forces group.
Over the past 24 hours, the Russian army destroyed the deployment point for personnel of the 72nd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Ugledar, and two ammunition warehouses were hit at the Yuzhno-Donbasskaya mine. A similar firefight is taking place at the Mar'inka-Novomikhailovka line.
This will not somehow influence the situation at the front, but it will at least reduce the enemy’s operational capabilities to conduct attacks on Russian positions on the Pavlovka-Nikol'skoye line.
17:08 The statement about the capture of Andreevka is erroneous and premature, - the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade refuted the Malyar post.
16:25 Vremevsky section situation as of 16.00 September 14, 2023
After several unsuccessful and lengthy attempts to capture the villages of Novomayorskoye and Novodonetsk, enemy naval infantry units went on the defensive due to heavy losses. Currently, assault groups are being rotated and re-equipped along the site.
At the same time, Russian artillerymen are conducting an active counterbattery fight - a 122mm D-30 howitzer was destroyed in Bol'shaya Novoselka, and several personnel deployment points and several pieces of equipment were hit along the front line.
The main activity of the Ukrainian Armed Forces remained at the Priyutnoye - Staromayorskoye line, where the assault troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to take landings between populated areas.
However, soldiers of the Russian army, with the support of artillery, successfully repelled the attack, forcing the enemy to retreat to their starting points. In turn, Russian troops hit several rear positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which affects the ability to quickly make up for losses and go on the attack.
16:10 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for September 14, as of 16:00, additional information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
Yasinovatsky district (Veseloye village): - on the street. Sadovaya, 4, a man born in 1961 was wounded.
Additional information has been received about damage as a result of artillery attack by the Air Force in the cities of the Republic:
n.p. Valeryanovka: - st. Stepnaya, 3 – private residential building, outbuildings and a car were also destroyed.
15:50 The Paratrooper’s Diary reports from the Zaporozhye direction:
In the area of the village Verbovoe 1.5-2 kms to the west.
The enemy, as before, is trying in groups of 5-20 people to advance to the positions of the Russian Armed Forces. Using new camouflage suits, the enemy is becoming increasingly difficult to detect, but the combined work of UAV operators and scouts helps to effectively identify such groups.
The work of artillery on this section of the front does not stop for a minute; the Paratroopers destroy enemy personnel in forest belts.
During their work, our assault troops discovered a huge number of enemy corpses, which the enemy abandoned on the battlefield and, as expected, has no plans to evacuate. The evacuation of the enemy's wounded is prevented by the heavy fire of our artillery.
There are also small advances on our part in clearing the areas near Verbovoye.
In the area of the village In Rabotino and Verbovoye, the enemy suffered losses during the morning: 19 confirmed manpower, one pickup truck, two quadcopters, one large homemade UAV dropping mines.
15:03 In Volchansk (Khar'kov region) at night caught the deployment point of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the district administration building.
In telephone conversations, the enemy confirms the loss of several pieces of equipment.
Several days ago the building was already struck, but the militants did not change their location.
14:50 There are two people in Donetsk wounded after a targeted “processing” of the yard where children are walking by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the old people do not have time to hide from Ukrainian rounds.
Elderly people do not always have time to hide when the Armed Forces of Ukraine begin another artillery attack of Donetsk - those who are younger have a better chance of running to the nearest basement. Despite the fact that Donetsk residents have been living under constant Ukrainian artillery for many years, they never know when the next terrorist attack will occur again.
Residents of the Petrovsky district told Readovka military correspondent Maxim Dolgov that during the last such artillery attack from the Ukrainian Armed Forces, two civilians were injured. People once again note that militants are increasingly using their favorite “toy” - cluster munitions.
14:20 The Front Bird reports from the Sumy region:
Our attack aircraft have completed their work. Another explosion was heard in the Sumy region. The air raid warning did not sound. The enemy continues to redeploy forces in this operational direction.
14:05 Statement of Head of the press center of the Vostok group:
In the South Donetsk direction, the forward units of the Vostok group of forces, with artillery support, repelled several attacks by enemy infantry groups in the areas of Novomayorsky and Novodonetsky.
The attack UAV hit the infantry fighting vehicle, more than half of the advancing manpower was destroyed, and some of the Ukrainian Armed Forces military personnel surrendered.
Two attacks by Ukrainian Armed Forces units were repelled in the Priyutnoye area. Having suffered losses in manpower, the enemy retreated.
Artillery fire thwarted attempts to rotate units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of Staromayorskoye and north of Nikol'skoye. Vehicles and personnel were destroyed. The electronic warfare station of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of ??Sovkhoz Oktyabr was destroyed.
During the counterbattery fight, the Rapier anti-tank gun in the Poltavka area and mortar crews in the Novodarovka, Novomikhailovka and Vodyanoy areas were destroyed.
A towed FH70 howitzer in the Elizavetovka area was destroyed by Lancet loitering ammunition. Bomber attack and army aviation hit places where Ukrainian troops and equipment accumulated in the areas of Staromayorsky, Novodonetsky, Urozhayny and an ammunition depot in Novomikhailovka.
13:35 Pacific Fleet naval infantry successfully fought off attacks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Ugledar direction.
Naval Infantry of the Pacific Fleet, supported by artillery fire, is stopping any enemy attempts to break through in the areas of the settlements of Novomayorskoe and Novodonetsk DPR.
13:23 The Russian Ka-52 destroyed a Ukrainian Armed Forces tank in the South Donetsk direction with a guided missile strike -video.
12:58 Khar'kov direction (area of Kupyansk settlement) 14.09 12:40
The dynamics in this area remain unchanged. Enemy activity is moderate, mostly the dry landers are holding on to fortified areas. We hit the enemy with mortars and were given several packets of MLRS. We are systematically knocking out manpower and equipment from the held positions. Our Su-25 Grach attack aircraft operated at night.
12:53 Powerful explosions in Kherson.
12:29 Shuttle bus hit under fire in Donetsk, a man and a woman were wounded, said city mayor Alexey Kulemzin
12:24 The Russian Armed Forces carry out strikes on the border areas of the Sumy region.
12:05 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for September 14, as of 12:00, information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kirovsky district):
- on the street Chopin, 15, a woman born in 1961 was wounded as a result of a cluster submunition explosion.
Information has been received about damage as a result of artillery attack by the AFU in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk:
Kyiv district:
– st. 50 years of Ukraine, 98, 100 – private residential buildings;
– st. Krupskaya, 127 – private residential building.
Petrovsky district: – minibus No. 93 was damaged.
Kuibyshevsky district: 8 transformer substations are de-energized. There are 1,300 subscribers without power supply.
11:29 Situation in the South Donetsk direction:
In the Vremevsky sector in the Novomayorsky area, yesterday the day passed without active enemy actions. I tried to compensate for the failures with dense artillery artillery attack of our positions in this area. At night, our guns dispersed several groups of infantry in forest belts who tried to get closer to Novomayorsky.
In the morning, one MRAP finally arrived at the north-western outskirts of the village, landed a group of infantry, while trying to pick up the wounded, got an FPV on board, began to hastily leave the place and was finished off by a second FPV as it retreated. The wounded troops scattered around the landing.
To the north-west of Novodonetsk, an attempt by a foot group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to enter the forest belt was stopped. Otherwise, no active actions.
North of Priyutnoye, the enemy is still throwing defensive defenses into small counterattacks on forest belts, suffering losses, and making no progress.
In the Ugledarsky sector, our guns dismantled several enemy air defense systems in Novomikhailovka and Konstantinovka. Army aviation helped them in this.
11:19 Personnel from the Ugledar direction: a destroyed British Mastiff armored car and an attempt by the Ukrainian military to evacuate.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces tried for several days to gain a foothold on the outskirts of Novodonetsk (DPR), there were even attempts to record a video that the village was allegedly occupied by them, but our military repelled all attacks.
11:07 Zherebyanki/Pyatikhatki the situation is calm. In this sector of the front, according to our observations, the counteroffensive finally fizzled out. We don't expect any breakthrough attempts. Months of attacks brought no results to the enemy.
10:49 Situation in the Zaporozhye direction:
The artillery has been working since night without a break, destroying troops in the landings. The enemy had three evacuation groups arrive; due to heavy shelling, nothing worked out for them - they left. In small assault groups, units of the Russian Armed Forces are clearing forest regiments. There are advances.
Also, during the assault on plantings and forest belts, many dead mercenaries were found, and soldiers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were also captured.
10:29 As a result of artillery attack of the city of Kremennaya in the LPR by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on September 13, 2023, a man born in 1951 was killed.
09:49 RIA Novosti correspondents report from the Rabotino-Verbovoye section, which has become the hottest section of the front in recent months -video.
The soldiers say that the Ukrainian Armed Forces practically do not use armored vehicles for attacks, but try to attack in groups on foot. The Russian special forces “Osman” are actively using FPV drones here, the main targets being lightly armored vehicles.
09:25 The criminal Kiev regime continues to fire at the civilian infrastructure of settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired from cannon artillery:
-- n.p. Alyosha nine rounds;
-- n.p. Kazachi Lagery 12 rounds;
-- n.p. Podstepnoe seven rounds;
-- n.p. Krynki nine rounds;
-- n.p. Korsunka eight rounds;
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement of Novaya Kakhovka, settlement. Kakhovka, Vasil'yevka, Sagi, firing a total of 32 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being determined.
09:11 In the DPR over the past 24 hours, eight civilians were injured from artillery attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
During this time, the JCCC_DPR recorded 57 shellings, 2/3 of them in Donetsk. Donetsk, Gorlovka, Makeevka were shelled with cluster munitions.
09:00 The Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed the ST-68UM radar station of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which makes it possible to detect low-altitude targets -video.
08:59 Telegram channel @condottieros reports from the Artemovsk direction:
The Ukrainian Armed Forces are rotating their units in the Artemovsk area after the failure of the offensive on this section of the front. Thus, the elite “NATO” 80th Airborne Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was transferred from near Kleshcheevka to Malaya Tokmachka in the direction of Rabotino to strengthen the counter-attack on Verbovoye.
You can temporarily forget about the Artemovsk military conglomerate for now. The operational-tactical situation in the southern and western outskirts of the city has been stabilized by the reserves of the 123rd Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces and the 76th Airborne Division. At the same time, the advance of the RF Armed Forces in the area of the Berkhovskoye Reservoir is also reduced in dynamics.
08:45 The Russian Ministry of Defense published personnel combat work of military personnel of one of the motorized rifle units controlling positions on the outskirts of the city of Artemovsk.
08:15 Frontline summary on the morning of September 14, 2023:
In the Zaporozhye direction, Ukrainian troops, after artillery shelling, continued attacks at Novoprokopovka and Verbovoy. The Russian Aerospace Forces attacked their positions in the village of Rabotino. The Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked Russian units in Kopany, Il'chenkovo and Novopokrovka.
In the Ugledarsky sector, Ukrainian troops, with artillery support, resumed their attack on Priyutnoye and continued on Novodonetskoye and Novomayorskoye. No advance.
The artillery of the Russian Armed Forces worked on the positions of Ukrainian troops in Novodarovka, Urozhainy, Prechistovka and Ugledar. Ukrainian Armed Forces - according to Russian ones in Zavetny Zhelanie, Staromlynovka and Kermenchik.
In the Bakhmut direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked and tried to gain a foothold in Kleshcheevka. Partially successful. But their units in the village are under heavy fire from long-range weapons of the Russian Armed Forces. As in the settlements of Orekhovo-Vasil'evka and Spornoye. Ukrainian artillery hit Russian positions in Kurdyumovka, Andreevka and Bakhmut.
In the Lugansk direction, the Russian Armed Forces attacked in the Serebryansky forest area from Dibrova, near Novoegorovka and Sin'kovka. The offensive actions were supported by artillery. Also under attack are Ukrainian units in Belogorovka, Makeevka, Myasozharovka, Starkhmalny, Kotlyarovka, Kislovka and Ivanovka.
08:10 Pacific Fleet naval infantry destroyed British armored car Mastiff in Novodonetsk
On the outskirts of Novodonetsk, militants have been desperately trying to gain a foothold in several buildings for several days. The drone operator transmits the coordinates of the target. The shelter becomes a trap for the nationalists.
08:01 Group of troops “Center” ripped off two attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the Tor ledge in the Krasnoliman direction hit units of the 67th Mechanized Brigade and the 12th Special Forces Brigade “Azov” near Serebryansky forestry, the Ministry of Defense reported. The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost an armored vehicle and about 40 servicemen
07:50 Chronicle of a special military operation: events September 13, 2023:
The Ukrainian Armed Forces launched a series of attacks using cruise missiles and unmanned boats in the Black Sea region. All surface targets were destroyed by the patrol vessel Vasily Bykov. Of the ten cruise missiles, seven were shot down by air defense systems. The rest managed to hit targets in Sevastopol. As a result of the attack, a landing ship and a submarine, which were being repaired in dry docks, were damaged. On the southern flank of the Bakhmut defense, Russian troops launched a series of successful counterattacks. The enemy was driven out of their positions in Kleshcheevka. At the same time, the village is currently undergoing massive artillery strikes from the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Ukrainian formations continue daily artillery attack of populated areas in Donbass. Donetsk, Makeevka and Gorlovka were under attack. Residential buildings were damaged. Six people were injured.
At the Vremyevsky salient, the Ukrainian Armed Forces resumed harassing attacks on Russian positions near Novodonetsky and Novomayorsky. Russian troops are successfully dealing with small enemy groups in this area.
A similar situation is developing near Priyutny, where two offensive attempts by the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been repelled over the past 24 hours. At the same time, Russian units regularly fire at enemy locations.
Russian troops again attacked port infrastructure in the Odessa region. In the ports of Izmail and Reni, Russian Geranium drones hit a number of military installations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Sofia Kapanina
[REGNUM] A monstrous story happened in Perm. Local resident Vladislav staged a bloody “cosplay”: inspired by the “feat” of Dmitry Grachev, who in 2017 cut off the hands of his wife Margarita, he also cut off the hand of his cohabitant Anastasia. He even warned her, telling Rita's story, that he would do the same to her.
[Regnum] American actor Sean Penn announced his desire to transfer Oscar figurines to Ukraine so that the Armed Forces of Ukraine would melt them into bullets. He spoke about this on September 14 in an interview with Variety magazine. Slugs for the 5.45mm, standard issue for the Russian and Ukrainian militaries, are made with steel, both the slug and the cartridge casing.
"I thought, 'Well, to hell with them, you know?' I will give them to Ukraine. You can melt them down into bullets to shoot at the Russians,” he said. Russians must be laughing their asses off at Penn.
Everybody laughs at Mr. Penn. Fortunately, actors are paid to pretend to be imaginary people, not to think, so he’ll be fine.
Penn also called Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky his friend and said that his brain is “completely filled with oxygen” and his “eyes are clear.”
Translation: the man is a flammable airhead. Or possibly an inflammable airhead, which means the exact same thing because English is a complicated language. Way ta go, Seannie!
As reported by IA Regnum , the actor previously presented a documentary film “Superpower” about tensions in relations between Ukraine and Russia. The film uses videos with Zelensky’s statements.
During a visit to Ukraine, Penn said he wanted to pick up a rifle and go into battle, probably without body armor. He explained the long duration of his trip with this desire.
He also called for the deployment of US troops to Ukraine now. If this is not done, then Russia may win the conflict, and then the West will be “covered,” the actor believes. He expressed himself emotionally, including using obscene words. Penn expressed confidence that if Russia wins, “all of us are finished.”
#3
You know, if we had a trebuchet we could just shoot Sean Penn at them.
If he didn't survive, well...
If he did survive, they'd have to deal with him.
I'm not seeing a down side here...
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#4
You know, if we had a trebuchet we could just shoot Sean Penn at them.
During a visit to Ukraine, Penn said he wanted to pick up a rifle and go into battle, probably without body armor. He explained the long duration of his trip with this desire.
Penn stormin' the Crimea from his frog boat like a 20 cent Commando. -Commando, Too- starring Jessie Ventura as the antagonist. Maybe as a lead draw more tickets than the million bought critics.
#8
While the Oscars are being melted down Sean should have pizza ovens put on the furnaces so there'll be pizza for everybody!
Thank you, Mr. Spicolli !!!
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin
Note that “Mouthpiece of Totalitarian Propaganda” is Rozhin's web page name.
[ColonelCassad] This is success.
“Mouthpiece of Totalitarian Propaganda” was included in the latest UAF Training Manual on national-patriotic training as a channel that negatively affects the Ukrainian military. At the same time, I was promoted to an employee of the Russian special services.
Be afraid.
And call “Volga” on frequency 149.200
Congratulations to my colleagues in the workshop of negative influence on the Armed Forces of Ukraine on their recognition.
The document was stolen by hackers from the Beregini group.
Commentary by Russian military correspondent Aleksandr Kots
[Facebook] I'm getting a message from Ashton Cirillo's transgender statement - it's a fake created by artificial intelligence that we've all bought into.
No, the disrespectful authors of the Telegram channel, whose name claims to be true in the last instance. Even if it is an AI product, it was posted in the verified speaker channel Ukrainian Armed Forces And without any objections. I personally made this screenshot, in case it removes the message.
And this means that it stands in solidarity with the fact that it may have created artificial intelligence. It re-broadcasted this information from the person (or the ass) of the state as the official spokesman for its armed forces. Retransmitted as from itself, not from an artificial intelligence. Therefore, no one is fake, but a direct threat of terrorist attacks to the Russian journalistic community from the Ukrainian authorities.
This is not a fake, because back in 2014 Kyiv openly announced the award for heads of reporters. Mine was then valued at $100,000.
This is not a fake, because in Ukraine, decks of death maps with images of soldiers were printed and distributed at checkpoints so that defenders could be easier to recognize.
It's not a fake, because with the beginning of the Independent Self-Determination, awards for arresting Russian reporters were announced. And shipping them alive or dead at Kyiv That includes me.
This is not fake, because they showed me the GUR interceptions in which they conveyed the coordinates of my alleged location in the area of the SO with the inscription "we've been hunting this b... for a long time ra".
Because Kyiv has already been killing our journalists and bloggers. And admitted it.
So, colleagues, I am not refusing my congratulations on the recognition of our professional merits. Let's work, brothers!
More from Aleksandr Kots:
Oh how Speaker of Ukrainian Armed Forces Sara Chirillo addressed me, confirming that the message of the talking ass Armed Forces of Ukraine about a quick interrogation of Russian journalists is not fake. And not even artificial intelligence.
Here, however, according to its gender-neutral habit, it turned on the rear one.
Well I was misunderstood. The trial will be fair and the punishment will be severe. What killings, we are Europeans. He ain't wrong.
But it’s an interesting precedent when Kyiv throws in a test ball. What will the white saib say about my new prank? Can I threaten Russian journalists with terror attacks? Offends - I'll say that it's not me, it's artificial intelligence.
But the white saib is silent. Not even in a hurry. For people like us, he came up with the definition of "an unprivileged participant of the conflict" in 2014. He may not be a combatant, but he can be thrown down.
PS Hello to the "professionals" at the Ministry of Justice.
[GlobalFreedomOfExpession] The English-speaking speaker of the Territorial Defense Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Sarah Ashton-Cirillo, in her characteristic eccentric manner, threatened a series of assassination attempts on “Kremlin propagandists.”
Mrs. Ashton, of course, kept silent about how these propagandists would be identified. They will probably be determined by class sense. The statement was made in English, that is, for an external audience, which means it will not get bogged down in the flow of discussions within Ukraine.
By the way, the assassination program, which the London Economist recently wrote about, also does not imply clear criteria. And no one needs them in our times - juntas based on paramilitary ultra-right formations, in principle, do not need either criteria or laws.
However, we are not talking about the criteria now, but about the seriousness of the statement and its possible consequences. Let's start with the reaction to the statement in the Russian Federation.
This is how the brain of the bearer of the Russian mainstream ideology works, that the statement of a transgender woman can only cause the latter to giggle in a moronic way. And it doesn’t matter that the Ukrainian special services have already managed to carry out a number of successful assassination attempts against Russian media personalities - in particular, Daria Dugina and Vladlen Tatarsky. Now everything is said openly.
The Ukrainian conflict has fundamentally changed traditional ideas about press freedom. The right-wing putsch, launched at the beginning of the century under the pretext of protecting the rights of journalists (the notorious Gongadze case), quite logically stomped to where wrong journalists like Ruslan Kotsaba become victims of repression, like Oles Buzina - victims of assassinations that no one is going to disclose, or intimidation - when unwanted journalists were arrested by the special services, and then disappeared forever from social networks, like Dzhangirov and Dudkin, or were exchanged on an equal basis with combatants. Georgiy Gongadze was a Georgian journalist who was disappeared and later found murdered by the Ukrainian government. See here. Murdering journalists seems to be a bit of a bad habit with the Ukrainians, even before the Maidan coup.
Even foreign origin did not help. French citizen Yuri Yurchenko, who worked as a military correspondent on the side of the self-proclaimed DPR, was captured in 2014 and subjected to torture for a long time. It is difficult to say how true the stories are that the Ukrainian military exposed him to fire, locked in a fireproof cabinet, but exchanged him with a broken leg and broken ribs.
Even European courts acquitted Ukrainian soldiers who committed crimes against European journalists. In particular, the appeal court in Italy acquitted Ukrainian National Guardsman Vitaly Markiv, who was sentenced to 24 years for the murder of Italian journalist Andrea Rocchelli in Donbass.
The basis for the acquittal was “reinforced concrete evidence” provided by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, which, as previously reported in the publication La Republica, put spokes in the wheels during the entire investigation, and the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Arsen Avakov did not hide his personal interest, calling the process a trial of Ukraine.
So it turns out that no matter how much you giggle here, the logical chain is quite obvious. At first, Ukraine was allowed to break all standards of press freedom - by the beginning of the war, there were no opposition TV channels left in the country, for example. Then they voiced her claims to the right to kill political opponents through the world press, as if having achieved tacit consent, and now they are openly voicing plans to kill unfriendly journalists at the level of official speakers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. And the gender of the speaker has no role.
On the eve of Ashton-Cirillo’s statement, literally the day before, an incident occurred in Donetsk, at the intersection of Artema Street and Shevchenko Boulevard (the most central intersection in the city).
Gennady Dubovoy, a war correspondent and member of the people's militia of the self-proclaimed DPR, died under the wheels of a car. The driver of the car was the commander of the commandant regiment (military police) Vyacheslav Snitkin, whose videos on social networks of high-speed driving around the city are well known.
The drama of the scene of Dubovoy’s death was added by a bouquet of flowers that the victim was carrying in his hands, and which were scattered along the road at the scene of the incident (Dubovoy allegedly met his wife, who was supposed to come from the Russian Federation).
Despite the obvious theatricality of the event, it would be difficult to interpret it as anything other than a chain of coincidences if not for Ashton-Cirillo’s statement made literally the very next day. That is, it turns out that the Ukrainians can do it anyway - either push someone in front of a car on the main street in broad daylight, or they have the entire chief of the Donetsk military police at their disposal.
And he received instructions on which military personnel to press there. Although, of course, all this is idle speculation, and the statement by the speaker of the Armed Forces of Ukraine’s Defense Forces can only create an additional dimension to the chain of coincidences.
To summarize all of the above, and regardless of the involvement of the Ukrainian special services in the event in the center of Donetsk, it should be recognized that, judging by the statement of Ashton-Cirillo, Ukraine has received a license from the conditional world community for terror. That is, the organization of sabotage, the target of which is non-combatants.
However, this is not the only such license to deviate from democratic standards. At the same time as Ashton-Cirillo, the main speaker of Bankova, Mikhail Podolyak, distinguished himself by questioning the creative and mental abilities of the peoples of Asia. In particular, Indians and Chinese. They supposedly lack an intellectual streak, and therefore they are only capable of imitating, says our main ideological worker. And the most amazing thing is that the world is ready to accept it. At least, there were no reports of his resignation following this enchanting crackdown.
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