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Russia's military is facing a mental health crisis with well over 100,000 personnel suffering PTSD - and soldiers unfit to fight being sent to the frontline

Now where did I put my Captagon?
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#1  I don't recall anybody ever saying that war is healthy.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 10/11/2023 12:00 Comments || Top||

#2  So, looking back, knowing the depths that the Red Army had to wade through in WWII, how likely is it that some Russian alcoholism is partially a result of PTSD? (just a stray thought)
There's an intel process called "walking back the cat": examining yesterday's events in light of today's knowledge. Mostly used for examining security leaks, but fits in all kinds of places.
Posted by: ed in texas || 10/11/2023 15:55 Comments || Top||


Russians attacked the Chernihiv region three times in a day, hit the logistics infrastructure in Odesa, - OVA
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[LB] Dnipropetrovsk, Sumy, Luhansk, Kherson, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhya, and Kharkiv regions were also attacked.

by Iryna Lysohor


The enemy struck the Chernihiv region three times a day (19 explosions). The Russians shelled the Chernihiv and Novgorod-Siversky districts from AGS, launched unguided aerial missiles. No information was received about losses among the local population or damage to civil infrastructure. The data is being verified, says the summary from OVA as of this morning.

In Mykolaiv night, air defense forces and means destroyed one Shahed-136/131 type attack UAV. Yesterday afternoon, the enemy fired artillery at Dmitrivka of the Kutsurub community, as a result of which the administrative building, school, private houses and farm buildings were damaged. There are no casualties.

In Donetsk, the Russians fired 12 rounds at populated areas of the region. Type of weapons - air strike (missile type not established), Grad anti-aircraft missile system, artillery/mortar, tank. Avdiivka, Toretsk, Dachne, Diliivka, Elizavetivka, Kostyantynivka are under the fire of the Rashists. Six residential buildings were damaged (one of them is an apartment building), a gas station at a bus station was damaged. One person died, four were injured.

The Russians launched three mortar attacks on the border near Sumy at night. 21 explosions were recorded. Shalyginsk (six explosions), Krasnopilsk (11 explosions) and Khotynsk (four explosions) communities were shelled. No consequences. Yesterday, during the day, the Russians carried out five shelling of the border. 17 explosions were recorded. The communities of Bilopolsk (aeronautical shelling from a helicopter of the National People's Army), Khotynsk (aeronautical shelling from a helicopter of the National Army), Krasnopilsk (mortar shelling), Velikopysarivsk (artillery and mortar shelling) were shelled. No consequences.

In Luhansk, our troops repelled seven more enemy assaults on Makiivka. The Russians shelled Nevsky with artillery, where six explosions were recorded. Belogorivka was damaged by enemy fire and aviation. During the day, the enemy fired 157 rounds (548 shells).

In Kharkivskain the Slobozhansk direction, the enemy maintains a military presence in the border areas, continues shelling of populated areas from Russian territory, increases the density of mine and explosive barriers along the state border of Ukraine. Kozacha Lopan, Vovchanski Khutory, and Okhrimovka were subjected to artillery and mortar fire there. In the Kupian direction, our defenders repelled five enemy attacks in the areas of Sinkivka and Ivanivka settlements. The enemy carried out airstrikes in the vicinity of Kindrashyvka, Petropavlivka and Pishchany. More than 15 settlements, including Dvorichna, Petropavlivka, Kislivka, Synkivka, were hit by artillery and mortar attacks. In Kindrashivka, a private household was damaged by enemy shelling. No casualties.

In Zaporizhzhia last day, the Rashists opened fire on 21 populated areas of the region - 117 hits were made. 95 artillery shells were recorded on the territory of Gulyaipol, Orikhov, Zaliznychny, Robotyny, Novoandriyivka, Biloghirya, Stepovoy, Kamiansky, Lobkovy and other frontline towns and villages. The enemy hit Novodanilivka with two aerial bombs, carried out nine MLRS attacks on Orikhov, Novodanilivka, Preobrazhenka, Malya Tokmachka, and Levadny, as well as 11 BpLA attacks on Chervony, Charivnoy, Novodanilivka, Malya Tokmachka, Shcherbaki, and Maly Shcherbaki. 29 reports were received about the destruction of residential buildings, farm buildings and infrastructure facilities. The civilian population was not harmed.

In Odesa at night, the enemy repeatedly attacked with attack drones for three hours. Our air defense forces destroyed 23 "shahedis" over the region. There are hits on the logistics infrastructure. There are no casualties. Data on the consequences are being clarified.

In Dnipropetrovsk this morning, the aggressor hit Nikopol again. Currently, all information regarding the consequences is being clarified. Yesterday, from morning to evening, the enemy was roaming around the Nikopol district. Shelled the area five times. The Russian army covered Nikopol with fire from heavy artillery. A hotel and six private houses were damaged. Two farm buildings were destroyed, five were mutilated. Affected gas furnaces and power lines. From "Hrad" the aggressor hit the Marganets community. He beat the dispensary, four local houses and the same number of farm buildings. People survived.

In Khersonskaduring the day, the enemy carried out 79 shellings (443 shells) in the region, of which 10 shellings (28 shells) were fired at Kherson. The rioters targeted the districts of 28 settlements of the region, the library building in Kherson, the cultural center in Beryslav district. A citizen of Kherson was injured due to the Russian shelling. Yesterday, the occupying forces hit one of Kherson's libraries. A 55-year-old man received minor injuries. He was given medical assistance. The Russians also shelled the village of Kindiyka. A 63-year-old woman in the house was hit by an enemy attack. The victim was taken to the hospital in an ambulance in a moderate condition. Yesterday afternoon, the enemy shelled Zimivnyk. An 85-year-old woman was injured. An 83-year-old woman was injured as a result of artillery fire in Kherson. In a day, four people were injured due to Russian aggression.

It will be recalled that 39 combat clashes took place during the past day . In general, the enemy launched one missile and 63 air strikes, carried out 47 attacks from rocket salvo systems both on the positions of our troops and on civilian objects of our state. Private residential buildings and other civilian infrastructure were destroyed and damaged.

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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: October 10th, 2023
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Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.

[Korrespondent] 22:16 An enemy Su-25 fighter was shot down in the Avdeevsky direction, the General Staff reported.

22:08 A new “grain corridor”, training of Ukrainian pilots and military assistance are the main topics of today’s negotiations in Bucharest. According to Romanian media, Zelensky was personally invited to Bucharest by President Iohannis to demonstrate his support for Ukraine, as well as to discuss new projects at the highest level. However, the arrival of the Ukrainian president to Romania was not without scandal. Read more in the article What Zelensky agreed on in Romania .

21:23 A new US military aid package for Ukraine worth $200 million could be announced as early as Wednesday, October 11. According to Voice of America, the package will include AIM-9 and TOW missiles, HIMARS ammunition, precision aircraft munitions, and 155mm and 105mm projectiles.

20:31 The Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled all Russian attacks near Avdeevka, said Alexander Shtupun, speaker of the Tauride Defense Forces. According to him, “there was no loss of boundaries and positions.”

20:22 The Russians fired artillery at the village. Nelepovka, Bakhmut district, Donetsk region, one person was injured. Two more people were injured as a result of shelling in Krasnogorovka and Yekaterinivka, including a 16-year-old teenager, the prosecutor’s office reported.

19:45 The UN General Assembly did not support the election of Russia as a member of the Human Rights Council.

19:34 Turkey, Romania and Bulgaria are planning to create a special unit to clear mines in the Black Sea, Bloomberg reports, citing sources. Countries are working out the details and could create it as early as next month. The joint project is planned as a peaceful mission and is not a NATO operation.

19:28 The Russians shelled the village of Ugroedy, Krasnopolsky community, Sumy region, a child born in 2009 died, the OVA reported.

19:23 Germany will send ten more Leopard1 A5 tanks to Ukraine in the coming weeks, the country’s Ministry of Defense reported. In addition, Berlin will donate additional Patriot and IRIS-T, three Gepard anti-aircraft guns, 15 armored vehicles and 20 ambulances. The total cost of the package is 1 billion euros.

18:39 Local authorities of Avdiivka report massive attacks on the city. The Russian army began attacking the settlement at approximately five o'clock in the morning on October 10. The occupiers are constantly firing artillery, tanks and aircraft, and heavy fighting is taking place north of the city. There is information that the Ukrainian Armed Forces have already lost several positions in this area. Read more in the material Aggravation in Donbass .

18:20 The 16th meeting of the Contact Group on the Defense of Ukraine in the Ramstein format will take place in Brussels on Tuesday, October 11. US Representative to NATO Julian Smith noted that decisions on air defense, ammunition and “a number of other systems that Ukraine now needs” are expected from this meeting. “We want to make sure that Russia’s attempts to leave Ukrainians in the dark and cold will not succeed,” she emphasized.

17:31 In the Avdeevka area, the enemy has concentrated a strike fist and is trying to break through the defenses of Ukrainian forces, including in the area of ​​the settlements of Vodyanoye and Krasnohorivka, reported journalist Andrey Tsaplienko. Russian public pages, meanwhile, write about the offensive of the Russian army north-west of Avdeevka with the aim of cutting off the communications of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and taking the city into a semi-circle.

16:23 A pilot training center will be created in Romania, and Ukrainian pilots will be included in the first wave of F-16 training , Zelensky said following a meeting with Romanian President Klaus Iohannis. The parties also discussed the possibility of speeding up this preparation. In addition, Zelensky thanked for all the support packages provided by Romania and announced “good news on artillery and air defense.”

Another topic that was discussed in Bucharest was the grain corridor, which will soon begin operating from Ukraine through Moldova to Romania. “Ukraine and Romania together are important donors in the matter of security, in particular food security. We are working with various partners to strengthen our air defense both in the country as a whole and in the Odessa region. In the Ukraine-Romania-Moldova triangle we are able to create a very powerful the basis for the development of not only our countries and peoples, but also our entire Europe,” Zelensky emphasized.

During the meeting, Zelensky and Iohannis signed a bilateral declaration, which sets out the key points of interaction between the two countries: cooperation in the field of security, in particular in the Black Sea region, support for the Ukrainian Peace Formula, expansion of economic and logistics interaction, transport links, simplification of border crossing procedures, opening new checkpoints on the border. Zelensky stressed that Ukraine and Romania had reached an agreement on a strategic partnership.

15:44 Russian Z-publics publish a video of the shelling of residential areas in Avdeevka by the Russian army.

15:40 Minister of Defense Rustem Umerov said that he visited the positions of the Defense Forces in the south-eastern direction, met with the commanders of the operational groupings of the Tavria and Zaporozhye troops, and talked with the soldiers.

15:33 Exactly a year ago, on October 10, 2022, Lukashenko announced that he had agreed with Putin on the deployment of the so-called regional grouping of troops of the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation. The official reason was given as a military threat that arose near the borders of the so-called “union state,” but in reality the regional group was needed to cover the training of mobilized Russians.

At the beginning of July 2023, the training of Russian conscripts at Belarusian training grounds was stopped. According to estimates by the monitoring group Belarusian Gayun, in total, from October 2022 to July 2023, at least 15 thousand military personnel of the Russian Armed Forces could have passed through training camps on the territory of the Republic of Belarus, who then went to fight in Ukraine.

14:42 The German concern Rheinmetall reported that it has received another large order for 150 thousand artillery shells for Ukraine. The contract provides for the supply of more than 100 thousand 155-mm shells, as well as additional high-explosive fragmentation shells DM 121. Several tens of thousands of shells are planned to be delivered in 2023, the rest in 2024.

14:10 British intelligence is confident that the Kremlin will try to minimize unpopular political steps during the preparation for the Russian presidential elections, and therefore will almost certainly not conduct a new wave of mobilization until March 2024.

13:54 The Center for National Resistance under the Special Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine claims that agreements have been reached between the FSB of the Russian Federation and the KGB of the Republic of Belarus to conduct a false flag operation against one of the objects on the territory of Belarus, in order to then blame Ukraine for this. The Brestoblnefteprodukt oil depot near the settlement of Priluki, Brest Region, located 2 km from the Belarusian-Polish border, is currently being considered as a target for a terrorist attack. The object is planned to be attacked from a UAV. According to information from the Belarusian underground, aerial reconnaissance of the proposed objects was carried out by the Wagnerites in August of this year.

12:49 Data on more than 236 thousand Russian military personnel have been entered into the interdepartmental War Criminal database, 2,100 of them have been identified and they have been informed of suspicion, Head of the National Police Ivan Vyhovsky said in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine.

11:35 The number of deaths in the village of Groza, Kharkov region, as a result of the Russian strike on October 5 increased to 53 people, said the head of the Investigation Department of the regional police, Sergei Bolvinov. According to him, the death toll may still increase as DNA examinations of the remains of the bodies continue. Five people are still considered missing.

11:22 Since five in the morning, the Russians have been continuously shelling Avdeevka, Donetsk region - attacking residential buildings with both artillery and aircraft, said Advisor to the Mayor of Mariupol Pyotr Andryushchenko.

10:34 Zelensky said that he is on an official visit to Bucharest, Romania. In particular, the president will meet with his Romanian counterpart Klaus Iohannis to discuss a “wide range of topics” - cooperation on security issues, the development of aviation and other defense coalitions, strengthening Ukrainian air defense, the overall security architecture in the Black Sea region and relations with partners.

09:45 The White House is considering the possibility of combining funding for Ukraine and Israel into one request to Congress in the hope that this will increase the chances of approval of assistance to Kiev, the Washington Post writes, citing sources.

09:36 In the morning, the enemy launched a missile strike, preliminarily with an S-300 air defense system, on the village of Velikiy Burluk, Kupyansky district, Kharkov region, three people were wounded, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov.

09:25 Zelensky signed a decree that put into effect the decision of the National Security and Defense Council to allocate more than 21% of GDP from the state budget for defense. Thus, when finalizing the bill on the state budget for 2024, the government must provide for a total financial resource for defense of at least 21.6% of GDP.

09:13 During a night drone attack in the Odessa region, a hit was recorded on the logistics infrastructure, no people were injured, said Oleg Kiper, head of the OVA.

08:52 US senators from both parties intend to approve in the coming weeks an annual aid package for Ukraine worth from 60 to 100 billion dollars, which is significantly more than Biden requested, The Wall Street Journal writes.

08:19 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of October 10:

  • personnel - about 283,080 (+450) people,

  • tanks - 4829 (+6),

  • armored combat vehicles - 9129 (+3),

  • artillery systems - 6713 (+7),

  • MLRS - 808 (+0),

  • air defense systems - 544 (+1),

  • aircraft - 315 (+0),

  • helicopters - 316 (+0),

  • UAV of operational-tactical level - 5207 (+17),

  • cruise missiles - 1530 (+0),

  • ships/boats - 20 (+0),

  • submarines - 1 (+0),

  • automotive equipment and tank trucks - 9125 (+12),

  • special equipment - 961 (+2).

07:41 Air defense at night destroyed 27 of the 36 Shahed attack UAVs with which Russia attacked southern Ukraine. The launches took place from Cape Chauda, ​​Crimea, the Air Force command reported. Enemy drones were destroyed within the Odessa, Nikolaev and Kherson regions.

07:20 Defense forces continue assault operations south of Bakhmut, Donetsk region, and have partial success in the Andreevka area. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are also continuing their offensive in the Melitopol direction, the General Staff said in its morning report .

Over the past 24 hours, 39 military clashes took place at the front. In the Kupyansk direction, the Defense Forces repelled enemy attacks near Sinkovka and Ivanovka, Kharkov region; in the Liman direction - in the Makeevka area of ​​the Lugansk region; on Bakhmutsky - not far from Kleshcheevka, Donetsk region; on Avdeevsky and Maryinsky - in the areas of Maryinka and Novomikhailovka; on Shakhtarsky - near Staromayorsky, Donetsk region; in Zaporozhye - in the Levadny district of the Zaporozhye region.

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Author of the history textbook promised to change the paragraph about the deportation of the peoples of the Caucasus
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[KavkazUzel] After outrage from politicians, scientists and activists from the North Caucasus, changes will be made to the Russian history textbook, which explains the deportation of the peoples of the Caucasus by their collaboration with the fascists. But we are talking about only one paragraph, said one of its authors, Anatoly Torkunov.

As the "Caucasian Knot reported, in September the "Russian Congress of the Peoples of the Caucasus" and the Council of Ingush Elders criticized the new school textbook on the history of Russia, in which the deportation of the peoples of the Caucasus was explained by their collaboration with the fascists. The "Congress of the Karachay People" demanded that the circulation be confiscated. On October 5, scientists from Chechnya noted that the authors of a history textbook, blaming the peoples of the Caucasus for their deportations, provided false data without thinking about how this information would affect students.

There was no mass support for the German fascists in the North Caucasus, and the version of the Soviet authorities about collaboration, which became the reason for the deportation of the Chechens and Ingush, is unfounded, historians Pavel Polyan and Pieter van Huis previously pointed out. The historians' arguments are confirmed by Wehrmacht archival documents analyzed by the "Caucasian Knot", cited in the article " Operation Shamil: how the failure of the Abwehr became the reason for the deportation of the Vainakhs."

After outrage from politicians, scientists and activists from the North Caucasus, changes will be made to the history textbook, but this is only about one paragraph, said one of its authors, MGIMO rector Anatoly Torkunov.

“A textbook will appear for fifth to ninth grades by the new year,” RIA Novosti quoted Torkunov as saying today.

The history textbook has been rewritten 40 times, he added. “And in tsarist times, it was also rewritten many times, and our great historians, starting from Karamzin, Solovyov, Klyuchevsky, also made corrections, additions, changes in their time. So, of course, they will be made to this textbook both now and to the new academic year, when he will go to the 10th and 11th grades,” Torkunov said.

The scientist noted that amendments to the history textbook will be made in the future, as new data appears. “Especially when it comes to modern history, history continues, it doesn’t stop there,” noted the MGIMO rector.

The textbook says that based on the facts of cooperation with the occupiers (all repressed peoples are listed), the State Defense Committee in 1943-1944 decided to liquidate state entities and subject these peoples to collective punishment - deportation, the scientist Abdulla Bugaev said earlier.

“But a fact translated from Latin - factum - made, that is, a fact is a reliably established event, real and not fictitious. There were manifestations of an anti-Soviet nature on the territory of the republic. But their scale is in no way comparable to similar relapses in other regions of the country. Statements of the authors textbooks about cooperation between Chechens and Germans are unfounded. This is what today's youth call fakes," he explained to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

The edition of the textbook, in which the deportation of the peoples of the Caucasus was explained by their collaboration with the fascists, caused a wide resonance in the republics of the North Caucasus, noted political scientist Ali Magomadov . “Such mass unity in the Internet space has not been observed for a long time. Almost everyone demanded that the entire circulation of the textbook “History of Russia 1914-1945” be withdrawn (authors V.R. Medinsky, A.V. Torkunov, publishing house “Prosveshchenie”, 2023). this is 755 thousand copies,” he told the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent.

Let us recall that on September 23, the speaker of the Chechen parliament, Magomed Daudov, said that the head of the republic, Ramzan Kadyrov , demanded to rewrite the chapter of the history textbook, co-authored by Vladimir Medinsky and Anatoly Torkunov. According to Daudov, he  brought this issue  to the head of the presidential administration department and to the co-author of the textbook, presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky, and Medinsky “admitted that this chapter was taken without changes from previous editions and assured of his readiness to put it in order.”

The "Caucasian Knot" also wrote that the historian, author of the biography "Stalin. The Life of One Leader" Oleg Khlevnyuk noted that under Stalin, entire nations were declared "hostile." You can read about these and other most famous myths and reliable information related to the role of Joseph Stalin in the events of the Great Patriotic War in the “Caucasian Knot” reference “10 myths about the role of Stalin in the Great Patriotic War.”

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Russian Perspective: Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation (10 October )
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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.

In Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Group of Forces, in cooperation with aviation and artillery, repelled two attacks by AFU units near Kleshcheevka (Donetsk People's Republic).

In addition, AFU manpower and hardware have been hit close to Kurdyumovka and Andreevka (Donetsk People's Republic).

The enemy losses were up to 165 Ukrainian servicemen killed and wounded, two armoured fighting vehicles, and three motor vehicles.

In South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok Group of Forces, in cooperation with helicopters and artillery, repelled two attacks by assault detachments of the 127th Territorial Defence Brigade near Priyutnoye (Zaporozhye region) and inflicted a fire defeat on Ukrainian units of the AFU 72nd Mechanised Brigade close to Novomikhailovka, Nikolskoye and Staromayorskoye (Donetsk People's Republic)..

The enemy losses were up to 200 Ukrainian servicemen killed and wounded, two motor vehicles, and one 152mm D-20 howitzer.

In addition, one field ammunition depot of the AFU 79th Airborne Assault Brigade has been destroyed near Novomikhailovka (Donetsk People's Republic).

In Krasny Liman direction, as a result of coordinated actions by units of the Tsentr Group of Forces, helicopters and artillery, two attacks by assault groups of the 12th Special Forces Brigade and the 63rd Mechanised Brigade of the AFU have been repelled south-east of Kuzmino and Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic).

In addition, strikes were delivered at clusters of enemy manpower and hardware near Kremennaya (Lugansk People's Republic), Torskoye and Grigorovka (Donetsk People's Republic).

The AFU losses amounted to more than 60 Ukrainian troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, three pickup trucks, as well as 122mm D-30 and 152mm D-20 howitzers.

In Kupyansk direction, units of the Zapad Group of Forces, supported by aviation and artillery, have repelled four attacks by assault detachments of the 115th Mechanised Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine close to Liman Pervy (Kharkov region).

The enemy losses were up to 25 Ukrainian troops and three motor vehicles have been neutralised.

In the course of counterbattery warfare, the Russian troops hit one U.S.-manufactured M777 artillery system, and two 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery systems.

In Zaporozhye direction, units of the Russian Group of Forces, aviation and artillery inflicted a fire defeat on manpower and hardware of 82nd Air Assault and 65th Mechanised Brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine close to Rabotino and northwest of Verbovoye (Zaporozhye region).

The enemy losses amounted to more than 80 Ukrainian servicemen, one tank, three pickup trucks, one 122mm D-30 howitzer, and one M-46 cannon.

In Kherson direction, the enemy losses were over 50 Ukrainian servicemen, and 12 motor vehicles.

Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged AFU manpower and hardware in 118 areas during the day.

One depot of missile and artillery weapons of Kherson combined group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has been destroyed close to Davydov Brod (Kherson region).

Command posts of AFU 67th and 118th Mechanised Brigades, and 15th Regiment of the National Guard of Ukraine have been eliminated close to Serebryanka (Donetsk People's Republic) and Odarovka (Zaporozhye region).

Air defence facilities have destroyed 19 unmanned aerial vehicles near Romanovskoye, Chervonogorka (Zaporozhye region), Kazachyi Lageri, Novaya Kakhovka, and Korsunka (Kherson region).

In total, 487 airplanes and 250 helicopters, 7,668 unmanned aerial vehicles, 441 air defence missile systems, 12,448 tanks and other armoured combat vehicles, 1,161 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 6,700 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 13,985 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.

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Current information on the situation on the front line: October 10 (updated)
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[NewsFront] 23:55 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 10.10.2023 to 00:00 11.10.2023

Over the past 24 hours Representative officereportedabout 24 facts of firing by the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces.

Information was received about the injury of two civilians in the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka and Mariupol.

Four residential buildings were damaged in the Kuibyshevsky and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk, as well as one civil infrastructure facility.

Areas of five settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), Golmovsky, Yasinovataya, Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kievsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts).

In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 14 attacks from 155mm artillery.

At Gorlovka there were seven artillery attacks from 152mm artillery and attack UAVs.

On Yasinovatsky there were three artillery attacks from 155mm and 152mm artillery. A total of 84 units of various ammunition were fired.

A previous 44 artillery attacks were recorded from the VFU per day.

22:00 Telegram channel “Two majors“: strategic offensive operation of the Russian Army

Such a loud headline was made based on the number of forces and means involved, as well as nearby targets being viewed.

Avdeevskoe direction (number 3 on the map) became the loudest. Trains of ammunition and aerial bombs literally fell on the enemy's most complex fortified area. The offensive of the assault detachments of the Russian Army is on the waste heaps (an artificial hill made of depleted and waste rocks) near Avdievka itself, from the south near Opytny, we are trying to cover Berdychi from the north with a claw.

In this area, the road to Avdievka was already behind us during the day; the supply route to the Ukrainian Armed Forces was cut off. Storm Z units and units that were previously part of the DPR army corps are showing themselves bravely.

To the south, on Mar'inka (4), the Russian Armed Forces transferred attack aircraft to the north, to the Krasnogorovka area. South of Mar'inka, two heights near Novomikhailovka have recently been occupied, the capture of which will help open the way to Ugledar from the northeast.

South of Svatovo (2) near Makeyevka (LPR), the new (formed in 2023) 25th Combined Arms Army of the Central Military District was introduced into battle. There is a successful advance of our troops, the enemy’s fortified areas are being captured in a pincer movement.

In the Kupyansk direction (1) there are battles near Sin'kovka, enemy strongholds are taken, targeted attacks are carried out in the rear after a couple of days of dense strikes, previously it was reported that a number of enemy crossings across the river were destroyed.

In the Orekhovsky sector (5) of the Zaporozhye Front, our paratroopers and motorized rifles, after heavy defensive battles, also carried out a number of counter-offensive actions, recapturing positions from the Nazis.

Our actions at Pyatikhatki (6) came as a surprise to the enemy. Without massive artillery support, the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in this settlement were successfully attacked.

Thus, the main long-term goal within up to two weeks will be the liquidation of the Avdeevsky fortified area of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Reserves have not been brought into battle in many sectors of the front; the offensive potential is great. Auxiliary strikes are carried out along the entire front line, pinning down the enemy’s forces and not giving him the opportunity to maneuver.

21:25 Telegram channel “NGP intelligence” writes, that today our soldiers in the Avdeevsky direction have done colossal work.

This applies primarily to the assault infantry, which occupied a number of extremely fortified enemy positions, showing in some cases such insolence that the enemy and the laws of military statistics could not even imagine.

The Gods of War carried out very significant work today; we personally have not seen such artillery barrage since the beginning of the Northern Military District, since the storming of Volnovakha.

Separately, I would like to note the pilots; bombers and rotorcraft provided invaluable support to the advancing infantry.

20:45 After a short smoke break, the artillery of the Russian Armed Forcescontinuesto create a nightmare for the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Avdeevsky direction.

20:20 It was also hot in Kleshcheevki today. RF Armed Forces we worked according to the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

19:30 RF Ministry of Defense: Today at about 17.10 Moscow time, an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack by an aircraft-type UAV on objects on the territory of the Russian Federation was stopped.

Duty air defense systems intercepted a Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle over the territory of the Bryansk region.

19:00 Russian UAV operators drop ammunition on groups of enemy infantry, destroying and putting them to flight -video.

18:30 Avdeevskoe direction: 114 Separate Mechanized Brigade entrenched at the dominant height of the waste heap near the Avdievka plant, cleanup is underway.

18:00 Telegram channel “Fisherman“:

In addition to intensifying efforts at the front, the enemy continues to strike the border areas in the Belgorod region.

The enemy shelled the village of Popovka in the Krasnoyaruzh region twice. One of the rounds hit a private house, the man died on the spot, and his wife died in the ambulance from severe shrapnel wounds.

The rounds damaged four residential buildings, power lines and a gas pipe, emergency services are working at the scene of the incident, and damage assessment continues.

Local residents reported arrivals on the outskirts of the village of Demidovka, Krasnoyaruzhsky district; there was no information about casualties or damage.

17:20 Telegram channel “Fisherman“: Svatovsky sector: advance of the Russian Armed Forces to Makeevka and battles near Nevsky, the situation as of 16.00 October 10, 2023

Russian troops launched a counterattack not only in the Orekhovsky and Donetsk directions: for several days now there has been an assault on enemy strongholds in the Makeevka direction.

As a result of fierce fighting, Russian units managed to advance on a broad front from Novovodyany and Ploshchanka, almost reaching the eastern outskirts of Makeyevka.

Also, fighters of the Russian Army approached Nevsky, where reinforcements from the 88th battalion of the 106th Territorial Defense Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were transferred to strengthen the defense.

The attack is difficult due to the large number of minefields at the Makeevka - Nevskoye line. In addition, the Ukrainian command continues to transfer reserves for defense in the area.

The day before, 200 people from the 44th Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces arrived in Peski-Radkovskie. They were trained and coordinated in Nizhyn. Also, formations of the 44th Mechanized Brigade were also noted in Borovaya, so the enemy still has reserves.

16:55 The Russian Armed Forces are working and are coming confident.

16:25 In the Krasnogorovka area (DPR. North of Avdievka) advance of troops of the Russian Armed Forces, occupied a forest plantation to the west of the settlement.

15:55 Soldiers of the 177th infantry fighting unit gouged from a 57mm S-60 automatic cannon in the Polozhsky direction

15:30 Telegram channel “Fisherman“: Orekhovsky area: activation of the RF Armed Forces near Zherebyanki, situation as of 15.00 October 10, 2023

Due to the lack of success at Orekhovo and the onset of the autumn thaw, the Ukrainian command concentrated on expanding the wedge zone between Rabotino and Verbov.

To strengthen the group, units of the Ukrainian 127th Territorial Defense Brigade were transferred from the Sumy region. Previously, TRO personnel will replenish the regular brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Also, after a little preparation at the Novodanilovka-Malaya Tokmachka line, the armored group of the 46th Tank Brigade, consisting of a reconnaissance platoon, two infantry fighting vehicles and one tank, tried to strike Novoprokopovka. But one infantry fighting vehicle was hit by artillery fire, and the other was unable to drive through the mud, causing the attack to stall.

But today the main attention is focused on the Kamensky sector, where Russian troops, simultaneously with the activation of the Russian Armed Forces near Avdievka, launched an attack from Zherebyanki. The soldiers of the Russian Army managed to occupy important landings to the north.

The offensive continues. Such activity of the Russian Armed Forces in several sectors of the front is important for achieving success. Simultaneous strikes constrain the enemy's capabilities, depriving him of the ability to maneuver.

15:05 Telegram channel “Rybar”: quite rare footage: Mi-28NM attack helicopters operating near Avdievka provide fire support to advancing Russian units and fire with guided anti-tank missiles practically from hover mode -video.

14:35 Upon arrival information, troops of the Russian Armed Forces entered and fortified one of the areas.

In Avdievka itself there is a large concentration of Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel to evacuate the wounded from the combat zone.

13:20 On the Zaporozhye front also Now The work of assault groups of the Russian Armed Forces is underway. There are advances.

12:55 Telegram channel “Fisherman “Battle for Avdievka: the coming encirclement of the Ukrainian garrison

Situation as of 12.00 October 10, 2023

Early in the morning, Russian troops began massive fire preparations against the Ukrainian fortified area in Avdievka. The number of rounds fired in one day was truly unique. Both artillery and FAB-1500 with UMPC were used.

Immediately after the artillery barrage, Russian assault troops launched an attack from the south from Spartak. According to preliminary information, the Russian Armed Forces occupied a section of the E50 road south of the fortified area.

The Archangel of Special Forces also reports that Russian paratroopers carried out an attack from Krasnogorovka in the direction of the railway. As a result, the Russian Armed Forces rushed through to Berdychi - fighting is taking place on the outskirts of it.

So far, the configuration of the front in the area remains foggy. It is possible that the soldiers of the Russian army broke through the defenses near the railway line and, skirting Petrovskoye, reached Berdychi. The Armed Forces of Ukraine have problems with communication between units.

Given the lack of clear coordination between Ukrainian formations, the attack was a surprise for them. However, reinforcements may be transferred in the near future to stabilize the front, so it is important to consolidate the success achieved.

After Berdychi, the most logical thing for Russian troops would be to dislodge the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the hills adjacent to the north-west. From them there is a view of the Orlovka - Lastochkino line, which, with simultaneous movement from the south (Opytnoe - Vodyanoe), will create big problems for the enemy at Avdievka.

12:25 Regarding Avdievka - don’t run faster than a steam locomotive. Ongoing massive artillery artillery attack of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Attack helicopters of the Russian Armed Forces worked.

11:55 Northeast of the village of Vodyanoye DPR RF Armed Forces attack positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

11:30 Avdeevskoe direction:

Storm Z assault units went on the attack. In certain sectors of the front there is an advance of the Russian Armed Forces: two of the three Ukrainian Armed Forces lines are occupied in the unit’s offensive sector. The enemy took helicopters into the air.

Our cannon and rocket artillery has not stopped talking since morning. Comrades familiar with the situation report that the Avdeevsky fortified area is characterized by powerful fortifications of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which cannot always be destroyed by aviation and artillery. This means there will be shooting battles at extremely short distances.

10:55 In Andreevka, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to gain a foothold behind a piece of iron in a forest plantation; AGS and mortars of the Russian Armed Forces are working on them.

Aviation and artillery with about 200 guns are in operation. Russian Army presses from the flanks. Advancement in these minutes up to 200m.

BC's interceptions are over.

The enemy is retreating...

10:25 On the Mariinsky and Avdeevsky directions coming massive artillery artillery attack of the Ukrainian Armed Forces position.

10:00 Criminal Kyiv 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. Knyaze Grigorovka 18 rounds;
-- n.p. Velikaya Lepetikha 20 rounds;
-- n.p. Golaya Pristan nine rounds;
-- n.p. Novaya Zburevka six rounds;
-- n.p. Kazachi Lagery 11 rounds;
-- n.p. Alyosha 10 rounds;
-- n.p. Gornostaevka seven rounds.

During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Novaya Kakhovka, n.p. Kakhovka, n.p. Krynki, n.p. Kardashinka, n.p. Aleshki, n.p. Podstepnoe, having fired a total of 25 rounds from cannon artillery.

Civilian casualties are being clarified; residential buildings and outbuildings in the village were damaged. Aleshki and Gornostaevka

09:40 Zaporozhye direction

Orekhovsky sector of the front

At these moments there is an intense artillery duel. The enemy is delivering powerful attacks on our positions, our artillery is destroying enemy firing points.

According to preliminary data, the enemy will in the next few hours carry out a powerful attack on our positions on this section of the front. The Ukrainian battle formations have already been lined up. Our fighters are in full combat mode.

09:37 Official summary of Representative offices of the DPR in the JCCC from 00:00 09.10.2023 to 00:00 10.10.2023

Over the past 24 hours, the Representative Office reported 44 incidents of firing by the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces.

Information was received about the injury of two civilians in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk and the Kirovsky district of Makeyevka.

Four residential buildings in the Kirovsky district of Makeevka, as well as three civil infrastructure facilities, were damaged.

Areas of five settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), Golmovsky, Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kievsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Kirovsky, Chervonogvardeysky districts).

In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 30 attacks from MLRS and 155mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead.

At Gorlivske there were 12 artillery attacks from MLRS, 152mm and 155mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead.

On Yasinovatsky there were two artillery attacks from 155mm artillery.

A total of 138 units of various ammunition were fired.

In the previous day, 24 artillery attacks were recorded from the AFU.

08:18 Summary on the morning of October 10, 2023

At night, the Russian Armed Forces hit enemy targets in the Nikolaev and Odessa regions. Explosions occurred in Odessa, n.p. Dachnoye, Vilkovo, Izmail district, port of Ochakov. Local residents again noted the incorrect operation of enemy air defense; Ukrainian missiles with a disrupted flight path were caught on video.

On the Zaporozhye front, the enemy concentrated fire on our positions northwest of the village of Verbovoe, cluster munitions and a large number of kamikaze drones are used. The main losses of our forces are associated precisely with enemy artillery fire.

Nevertheless, the Russian Armed Forces managed to carry out counteroffensive actions and knock the enemy out of their strongholds. There has been an increase in the use of Krasnopol precision-guided ammunition by the Russian Army. The autumn thaw has begun: enemy infantry is moving on pickup trucks, and Western-made armored vehicles have begun to be seen less frequently.

Dozens of our artillery units and MLRS have been working in the Avdeevsky direction since the morning. It is possible that this could be artillery preparation for offensive actions.

In the Kupyansk direction, local successes of the Russian Army are reported: several enemy strongholds near Sin'kovka are occupied. In the Kupyansk area - targeted arrivals at the locations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

South of Svatovo near Makeyevka (LPR), successful assault operations of the Russian Armed Forces against enemy strongholds are confirmed. Units of the 25th Combined Arms Army of the Central Military District, formed this year, are involved.

On the left flank of the Vrem'evsky direction, up to ten strongholds of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are occupied by our troops as a result of offensive actions.

In the Kherson direction, artillery duels and battles continue on the islands in the floodplain of the river. Dnieper.

In the evening, an enemy UAV was shot down over the Belgorod region. In the DPR, the enemy fired 124 rounds of ammunition, two civilians were wounded.

08:05 Frontline summary for the morning of 10.10.2023

In the Zaporozhye direction, the Russian Armed Forces carried out a counterattack near Novoprokopovka. The Ukrainian Armed Forces, in turn, are trying to expand their left flank in the area of ??the main attack. With the support of artillery, they managed to advance west of Novofedorovka. This does not pose a threat to the Russian garrison in Verbovoy, since to the south there is a powerful line of defense of the Russian Armed Forces. The Ukrainian Armed Forces also tried to move towards the village itself after the shelling. No success. Ukrainian positions in Lobkovo, Pyatikhatki, Stepnoe (not to be confused with the settlements of the same name in the Ugledar and Donetsk directions), Orekhovo, Novodanilovka, Malaya Tokmachka and Gulyaypole are under fire. Russian - in Zherebyanki, Nesteryanka, Kopany, Tokmak, Sladkaya Balka, Il'chenkovo, Pshenichny, Ocheretovaty, Novopokrovka and Romanovsky.

On the Donetsk front, the Russian Armed Forces attacked near Novomikhailovka. Powerful assault operations in Mar'inka. Another attempt to break through the Ukrainian defense on the southern approaches to Avdiivka.

In the Bakhmut direction there are fierce oncoming battles for the railway line near Andreevka and Kleshcheevka. The first of the listed settlements has this area partially in the “gray zone”. The Russian Armed Forces counterattacked from Dubovo-Vasilievka towards Bogdanovka.

In the Lugansk direction, Russian troops began large-scale offensive operations. They attack the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Makeevka, Ivanovka and Sin'kovka. Powerful armored groups have been deployed.


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'An unprecedented blow': what awaits the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the coming hours
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
by Sergey Adamov and Oleg Krivoshapov

[REGNUM] Since the beginning of the week, there have been reports of changes in two areas in the NWO zone.

Near Avdievka, north of Donetsk, Russian troops have reportedly broken through the defenses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. On October 10, RT reported about a breakthrough on the northern flank of the Avdeevka direction near the village of Berdich, citing sources in the 105th Motorized Rifle Regiment.

“There is a powerful battle going on near Avdievka, the Russian army is delivering an unprecedented blow,” the Telegram channel “Operation Z: Military Correspondents of the Russian Spring” reported .

Later, a source in the 105th Motorized Rifle regiment, commenting on the battles near Berdichi, reported that the Russian military also launched a counterattack on the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the southern flank of the Avdievka direction. Moreover, according to the source, things are “moving towards the creation of the Avdievka cauldron.”

From the early morning of October 10, Russian aviation, artillery, multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) and tanks began to fire at the enemy. It is reported that the Ukrainian Armed Forces batteries deployed in Avdeevka, which were shelling Donetsk, came under attack.

At the same time, it became known that the enemy was gathering additional forces to the north, in the Krasnoliman direction. In the area of ​​Serebryansky forestry and the village of Belogorovka, the arrival of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine equipped with armored vehicles was noted , said retired LPR Lieutenant Colonel Andrey Marochko.

Based on the number and composition of the enemy units, “we can conclude that they can be involved in both defensive and offensive actions,” the lieutenant colonel noted.

Even further north, in the Kupyansk direction, Russian troops in one day repelled four attacks by the 115th mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of ​​Liman Pervy (a village on the right bank of the Oskol River northeast of Kupyansk).

In sight - Avdeevsky fortified area
In the Avdievka area, the situation is really developing positively for the Russian troops, a source told IA Regnum - a fighter of the Donetsk 1st Army Corps, located in the vicinity of Donetsk.

In the previous weeks, the Ukrainian Armed Forces had noticeably weakened their presence in the area. Enemy reserves were transferred in two directions - to the approaches to Artyomovsk, where the Russian Armed Forces are holding the defense, and to the Kupyansk area, where Russian troops are trying to go on the offensive.

Losses in other directions forced Ukrainian troops to withdraw some large-caliber artillery from Donetsk, which is why the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were weakened. The created parity in artillery opens up opportunities for Russian troops to launch their own offensive in the area.

“Our artillery is now working on identified enemy positions in Avdievka and to the north, where they have communications and reserves. We try to maneuver to prevent return fire. We are identifying enemy artillery positions in order to suppress all the nits that are shelling Donetsk,” said a soldier of the Donetsk 1st Army Corps.

At the same time, the source urged not to trust numerous reports that Russian troops have already bypassed Avdievka from the north, cutting off the city from supplies. Now combat operations continue in this direction in the direction of the villages of Stepovoye and Berdich. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are putting up fierce resistance. If the operation is completed successfully, the Ukrainian Armed Forces contingent in Avdievka will be forced to either withdraw from the city or remain surrounded.

“It is premature to talk about successes. Real success will be the passage of our troops across the railway from Avdeevka to Ochertino and consolidation at this line. Whoever keeps the railway embankment will achieve success in this direction,” the interlocutor explained.

Earlier, Ukrainian sources reported the beginning of hostilities in the area of ​​the village of Stepovoe, north of Avdeevka, where a shooting battle was taking place.

“The Ukrainian command, of course, will now do everything to stop the threat in the Avdeevka direction. The enemy is aware that the encirclement here and, in general, a sharp deterioration in the situation will affect the general situation at the front,” military expert Vladislav Shurygin comments to IA Regnum .

But the question is what tasks the Russian command sets. “The further development of events depends on whether our attack on Avdievka is some kind of serious operation or a diversionary maneuver, an attempt to “delay” the reserves of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,” argues Shurygin.

“The strategic reserve was brought into battle”
Military expert Anatoly Matviychuk explained that Avdievka is a powerful fortified fortification with firing positions from which Donetsk is constantly being shelled, and it is extremely important now to push the threat of artillery shelling away from the city.

“I believe that for a long time we could not approach it due to congestion in other directions - in the area of ​​​​Kupyansk, Artyomovsk, in the Zaporozhye direction. But the Ukrainian Armed Forces suffered quite heavy losses, and their pressure decreased significantly,” said expert IA Regnum.

At the same time, the Ukrainian side seeks to stabilize the situation in the Krasnoliman direction, as evidenced by the gathering of troops in this area and near Artyomovsk.

But due to the lack of reserves, Ukraine is suffering very heavy losses and cannot achieve results, the expert is convinced: “ There is a real “meat grinder” near Artyomovsk, and this is the last direction where they could imagine something in view of their counter-offensive, which eventually fizzled out.”

Now the Ukrainian Armed Forces simply have nothing to surprise the Russian troops with, Matviychuk noted.

“For this, as I understand it, they simply do not physically have enough reserves,” he concludes. “They brought the last strategic reserve into battle somewhere at the beginning of the month. They have something, but it is no longer capable of changing the balance of power. We “utilized” their strategic reserves."

The Palestinian-Israeli conflict , which recently flared up with renewed vigor in the coming weeks, according to the expert, will lead to drastic changes at the front. “There is already information that a transport plane from Polish Rzeszow, a transshipment point for the supply of Western weapons to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, takes weapons and leaves in a completely different direction,” Matviychuk noted.

Earlier, Regnum news agency reported with reference to the Ministry of Defense that the Russian Armed Forces inflicted a significant defeat on the manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Kleshcheevka and Andreevka in the (DPR). Enemy losses amounted to up to 140 people killed and wounded, three armored vehicles and two cars. In addition, three attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were repelled in the areas of Kurdyumovka and Vodyanoye (DPR).

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#3  It would not surprise me one bit if the massive Russian offensive on Avdievka was timed in coordination with the Iran/Hezbollah/Hamas attack on Israel so that the west wouldn't react as quickly for the Ukrainians.

And the satellites were pointed elsewhere and wouldn't detect a rapid buildup of forces.
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#4  ^ Except the Russians announced the deployment of the newly formed Russian 25th Army a few days before.
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Russian Su-25 attack aircraft was shot down in Avdiivka area
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Real power
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Commentary by Russian blogger Donetsk

[DonRF] One kilometer per battalion. This is what is prescribed by Soviet and Russian regulations in the offensive. When using tactical nuclear weapons - two km. That is, tactical nuclear weapons can only reduce the density of troops by half. But since the war is local and without tactical nuclear weapons, the offensive is a kilometer away. Not more. Provided that the enemy has a company at this kilometer. By the way, the enemy’s norm is exactly the same. And the words in the regulations are the same - first echelon, second echelon, mortar battery as a standard means of supporting the battalion.

It’s easier in defense - three kilometers per battalion. Three company strongholds. And the second battalion in the second echelon. Charters are just that: charters. Everything is clear there - defense, offensive, battalion tactical group, company tactical group, control and communications equipment, strongholds... Everything is laid out like clockwork. You just need to execute. Again - it is spelled out how. The concept of the battle, the formulation of combat missions, communications, reconnaissance, reserve and armored group. Mines and engineering obstacles.

What am I talking about? And to the quantity. Our front is a thousand kilometers long. Approximately. Actually longer, but somewhere it froze, somewhere a river, somewhere a forest. A thousand km. When advancing - a kilometer per battalion. A thousand battalions. In the first echelon. And in the second there are a thousand. And reserve. One battalion is 500 people. Half a million. Actually more. There is artillery. Air Force. Rear. Corps of Engineers. Intelligence service. Headquarters. Military police. And so on. With them for a full-scale offensive along the entire front - 1.5-2 million.

Well, technology for them. Lots of technology. Tank battalion - 31 tanks in the state. If separate - 40 tanks. A motorized rifle battalion is 39 infantry fighting vehicles or 44 armored personnel carriers. Well, so on. You need a LOT of equipment. But there is still new-fangled technology. There are different Mavics, FLV drones, Lancets, communications... Lots of things. For thousands of battalions. All this needs to be produced, issued to the troops, and people finally trained. And also trucks. Which require tires and spare parts. And also fuels and lubricants, and also...

War is generally expensive. And it's expensive. And it’s also costly for people. Because in the offensive there are suddenly more losses. And this also applies to the enemy. They have the same dilemma. When defending tightly, they need some measly 800 battalions. This is 400,000 people in the infantry. This is 32,000 armored fighting vehicles. This is aviation. Hundreds of cars. And artillery. Hundreds of trunks. These are tanks. Thousands of entak three tanks. Well, the readiness for this to be halved. Even if you find it. Which is problematic.

You can, of course, attack in certain areas. Hoping to break through. That's what the enemy did all summer. I chose a total of twenty kilometers, where 30-40 battalions would be enough, and butted heads. That's just the problem. More precisely, two at once. The first is the maneuver of reserves. If you fight in a narrow area, or rather in narrow areas, then the enemy transfers these same reserves there. And secondly, the enemy can attack where you yourself removed your reserves. And if you don’t break through the defenses in the first three days, then there will be battles to the slaughter.

Actually, that’s why it’s a war of attrition. No one will give Kyiv one and a half hundred planes and helicopters, 3,100 tanks, 30,000 armored fighting vehicles and more than a thousand guns at once. The West doesn’t have so many things. And Kyiv doesn’t have enough people to drive, connect and service it. Just physically not there. Well, don’t trust mobs that aren’t approved. They'll break it. Yes, and here... No, you can find approximately that much. And people can be mobilized. The price will be prohibitive. In all senses.

And Artemovsk will be released without regular numbers. Where the orchestra played beautifully. But if there were three times more of them than the enemy, the city would have been stupidly outflanked. After which the Ukrainian Armed Forces would leave him. But the Orchestra could not recruit three times more. For the reasons described above. And so it turns out that it turns out. Exhaustion. Who will collapse first? According to the statutes, nothing else is provided. There can be no other way. Because it's balance.

Py.Sy. Especially for LiveJournal censors - when writing, the Soviet charter was used, 1982, the part where the battalion and company are, and the Armed Forces charter, 2016. The first is no longer secret, the second cannot be secret in the Russian Federation. Please do not demolish the article, because paranoia is not good.

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