[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Footage showed the burning Russian defence ministry aircraft at Ayni airbase near capital Dushanbe in ex-Soviet republic Tajikistan. It is also known as Gissar air base.
The plane's registration number was initially not disclosed, according to Telegram channel reports.
But the wrecked plane is believed to be RF-86900 - used previously to supply Putin's war effort via Belarus.
Details of its cargo have not been disclosed 'for wartime political reasons', according to a comment from a source.
He also said the plane may have belonged to Vladimir Putin's elite Pskov airborne troops. They are reported to have lost five Il-76s in strikes by Ukraine.
'If it's Pskov regiment then it's a real disaster - we have lost five already,' he said.
The enormous jet is the second Il-76 to explode on the runway in the past month.
In September, another one of the Russian-made planes was filmed as it careered off a runway in Africa and exploded into a fireball amid suspicions the jet was linked to the Wagner army.
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[LB] The operation to capture Avdiyvka was long overdue: the Russians failed to storm head-on numerous long-standing positions at Promka, Vynogradniki (a private garden society), "Tsarsky polyuvanna" (a former elite entertainment complex); they carried out raids from Vodyanyi back in the summer. True, unsuccessful. But when did that stop the Kremlin crazies?
The 110th Separate Mechanized Brigade named after Major-General Mark Bezruchka is fighting in the Avdiiv direction.
You remember, at that time, north of Vodyanyi, a column of naval infantry of the 36th Naval Infantry Brigade jumped on a support. Without artillery support. They marched without deploying into battle formations.
Our naval infantry unwound them with "Javelins" and mines - they killed five vehicles and a T-80BV.
The enemy's plans are quite obvious: our drones are circling over Donetsk, then large calibers will fly there - cutting the railway, warehouses and locations. Guided projectiles for communication nodes and kungs are also obtained. Mr. HIMARS also enters.
The question is no longer about reputation - it is about the stability of the front, since the Defense Forces are attacking both on the left bank of the Dnieper and near Robotyn - Verbov, and are pressing behind the Bakhmut railway.
It is necessary to deal with shelling of Donetsk, because it is a large logistics hub.
This time they decided to throw firewood from the north to the railway, and to attack directly near the "Tsar's Hunt" in order to tie up the reserves with a battle - so as not to help the troops at the neck of the ridge.
It is quite logical: what is the point of attacking a multi-year front if you can bypass it and take control of the supply lines?
The Russians, of course, trot out endless stories of concrete pillboxes and fortified areas in the sector to justify the 19-month failure. Unfortunately for them, if in Avdievka there was a VOP with pillboxes, then only in the second line, it is impossible to pull a mixer with a tap on a run or a garden society.
That's why there are no multi-story bunkers - at most the technical passages of the coke farm, shelters in Avdiyivka and strongholds along the line.
Naturally, minefields, dugouts, crevices, basements, and the elbow system of fire, when from the neighboring pillars create killboxes on the spot. That is why the battles for Promka and Vynogradniki were not crowned with success for the enemy during the months-long fighting of the ATO/OOS.
It is still extremely difficult to defeat a well-prepared defense that relies on artillery behind dense buildings, with counter-battery radars, eye drone flights and barrage ammunition.
But even from the north, it is not easy to bypass Avdievka - there is a coke-fired railway that goes through the Berdychi station. Near its embankment there are various concrete showers and shelters that are used by FPV drone teams, ATGM groups, and adjusters.
And the front itself relies on a system of slightly protruding eyes and secrets. Koksokhim, technical ponds and a 40-meter tericon create natural obstacles for an attack in this sector.
Moreover, the terrikon itself is not used as a support point - the rock and its flat top turn everything into a swamp in any rain. Plus there are no natural shelters: trees, bushes, only dead rock.
That is, it is realistic to be on the Avdiiv territory to launch a bird from your hand or deploy a camera, but not so much to place at least rack-mounted grenade launchers, ATGMs and supply them in this sticky mess.
The Russians decided that it was a good idea to saddle the dominant height: between technical ponds and dumps, along the shot road, let the column go, without even deploying in battle formations. Why not?
What can go wrong?
On October 10-13, the enemy struck after powerful artillery preparation and dozens of sorties by army aircraft.
At the same time, he tried to expand the bridgehead from Pisky to Pervomaiskyi and advanced from Vodyanyi in the southern section, bypassing Tonenkye and Severnyye.
In the northern direction, they tried to capture the tericon, break through the railway and bypass Berdychi, also covered by a chain of ponds, to squeeze between the station and Novokalinov.
The units of the DPR, well-acquainted with the sector, were widely used: "Sparta", "Kalmius", "Pyatnashka". Plus the strengthening of the Russians - the 114th and 9th Separate Mechanized Brigade. Altogether at least five brigades, including support, up to four battalions participated in direct assault operations.
When immediately (still behind the enemy's battle line) the enemy lost their equipment due to our artillery and drones, because the Russians persistently ignore even the Soviet instructions to go to the lines of deployment and attack, get lost in columns, then assault groups went forward in the style of Bakhmut.
For this, numerous units of reservists and TrO collaborators were used - motorized units from the forcibly mobilized.
It was very expensive: two battalions, in fact, ceased to exist, a combatant in one was killed, in the other he was wounded, only part of the command and rear survived - without injuries or contusions. Donetsk hospitals are full, the Russians are recruiting volunteer doctors from the Russian Federation.
Most of the equipment was hit at the advance stage: two tanks, four armored "Urals" were knocked out in a column under a terrikon, and a dozen and a half armored personnel carriers and BMPs were dismantled. The last "Tiger" was shot at the very foot of the tericon.
Assault groups of Russians jumped onto the flat, like a table top and came under heavy fire from mortars and 155 mm artillery. They were finished there after a flanking counterattack - partly above, partly in the neighboring plantation, they remained on the field for less than a day.
That's it, they experimentally found out why blunt dills have not made a fortification there since 2014. They expanded the gray zone around the territory, from where our advanced groups came out, but they could not take the territory under control.
Victory's fate has already been decided, it is ours. The question is when?
In the south, the situation is similar: the last destroyed Russian vehicles were in the direction of Tonkoya stream, when the enemy tried to cover the village; three tanks and numerous armored vehicles were killed just in the field. Objective control of mine explosions, defeats with anti-tank missiles and FPV drones.
Opposite the "Tsar's Hunt", the enemy captured a network of secrets and advanced observation posts, but our armored groups stopped it, treated it with cluster shells, "Grads". He also suffered considerable losses there.
Because it is extremely difficult to secure and bury oneself in the ground, bring water and evacuate the wounded under fire at the same time from the flanks and large calibers from the depth.
Of course, it was not an easy walk: we have people killed and wounded by artillery, killed in shooting battles and on the NP from tank fire.
The enemy's artillery worked for three days, and it was not possible to shut it up (because the barrel was based on numerous reserve positions behind dense buildings). Numerous aircraft sorties, winged bombs, attacks by attack helicopters are a classic joint military operation.
Perhaps with an eye on the result, as in Luhansk region - small successes here and there, flanks, and then gradual pushing, despite losses.
But the enemy has more than 150 dead tanks, armored personnel carriers, BMPs, armored vehicles, trucks, and kungs. It is impossible to ignore it.
With targets hit in depth - under 200 units of destroyed, damaged and abandoned equipment, finished off.
Terrible losses, no worse than Vugledar and the famous failed attempt to force the Donets near Bilogorivka.
Positional impasse in the palm of your hand: mechanized groups from the hot 80s of the last century cannot overcome the maneuvering defense of drones, high-precision self-propelled guns and barrage ammunition. So far they can't.
Tensions have eased, but fighting continues in the sector.
Obviously, the attacks will continue - there is a lot at stake, and Avdiyivka is a strategic position for us to control by fire the main city in the region, on which the enemy forces rely.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. That'll teach 'em! [VESTI] The establishment just celebrated its 50th anniversary in September.
As a result of a Russian missile strike, a school in Konstantinovka, Donetsk region, was destroyed.
Quote (report from the Donetsk OVA ): “A school in Konstantinovka again became a target of Russian terrorist troops. Before the invasion, this institution worked according to the standards of the “New Ukrainian School”, had modern equipment. 650 students studied here and 50 teachers worked. In September of this year, the school celebrated anniversary - 50 years. But there will be no more holidays - this is the second blow to this educational institution, and now it is almost completely destroyed ."
Details : Authorities note that the school came under fire for the first time last year. On the night of October 20 this year, the Russians hit the school with two S-300 missiles. The OVA showed what was left of the school.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 21:38 Russian media write that General Viktor Afzalov became commander of the Russian Aerospace Forces instead of Sergei Surovikin.
21:07 The Russians launched a missile attack on a dacha cooperative in Krivoy Rog: one person was killed, one was wounded, said the head of the OVA, Sergei Lysak.
21:01 The White House proposes to reduce monthly financial support for Ukraine from $1.1 billion to $825 million. This proposal is contained in a letter from the White House to the interim speaker of the lower house of the US Parliament, Patrick McHenry.
18:42 “Governor” of the occupied Kherson region Vladimir Saldo said that “at least 10-15 missiles, including converted S-200s,” were allegedly fired at the region and Crimea. He also claims that “five missiles were shot down over the territory of the Kherson region alone: three in the Kakhovka region and two in the Henichesky district.”
In turn, the “governor” of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhaev, said that the smoke in the Sevastopol Bay area is “the military using standard means of camouflage.” Air defense is also operating in the city - according to preliminary data, a missile was allegedly shot down over the sea in the Lyubimovka area.
17:49 The White House reported that Biden has asked Congress for additional funding for Ukraine and Israel. The amount is not named, but The Washington Post writes that we are talking about $106 billion, of which $61.3 billion is provided for Ukraine. The funds are intended for military assistance: additional weapons and equipment, replenishment of Pentagon stocks, intelligence and other defense support, investments in the defense industrial base, etc.
This amount also includes funds for non-military assistance: direct budget support, investments in critical infrastructure, support for law enforcement agencies, mine clearance, support for Ukrainian refugees in the United States.
17:18 The third peace summit with the participation of foreign policy and national security advisers to world leaders on the Ukrainian Peace Formula will take place on October 28-29 in Malta, the country’s Foreign Ministry reported.
17:03 Biden will ask Congress for $60 billion for Ukraine and $14 billion for Israel, Reuters reports, citing sources. In total, the head of the White House will request $100 billion. Of this, 10 billion will go to humanitarian assistance, 14 billion to border security and 7 billion to the Indo-Pacific region. Half of the $60 billion for Ukraine is earmarked for replacing and modernizing U.S. weapons stockpiles.
17:00 Zelensky said in an evening video message that during today’s meeting with the military in a narrow circle, they discussed the situation in Kherson and the region, in general in the South, as well as in the Donetsk region - primarily in Avdiivka. “These days, Russian losses are truly impressive, and these are precisely the losses of the occupier that Ukraine needs,” the president added. We also discussed the Kupyansk direction in the Kharkov region.
16:56 Zelensky said that he had a telephone conversation with Scholz: “Our agreements in Granada are being successfully implemented. I am especially grateful for the recent large package of military assistance, which contains Patriot and IRIS-T systems, as well as ammunition for them.” The president also told the chancellor about the situation at the front, including the unsuccessful offensive attempts of the Russian Federation and its “catastrophic losses” near Avdeevka. Particular attention was paid to the next round of negotiations on the World Formula in Malta, as well as the Ukraine Reconstruction Conference, which will take place in Germany in November.
16:25 Germany transferred another batch of military aid to Ukraine, which included, in particular, three Gepard anti-aircraft guns, 20 RQ-35 Heidrun unmanned reconnaissance systems, 20 Vector light reconnaissance UAVs, a Biber bridge laying aircraft, and artillery smoke shells.
16:13 Zelensky held a meeting with the military in the Kherson region: “A special format. The key issue is the situation on the main directions of the front. Our military actions. Avdiivka. Kupyansk direction. South.” After this, the president went to the Nikolaev region.
15:07 Zelensky said that he was on a visit to the Kherson region and held a meeting with border guards about the current situation and conditions of service in the front-line regions.
14:12 Romania will soon receive a modern defense system against drones after a number of incidents with falling debris from Russian UAVs, HotNews reports citing sources. The new system will be installed on the border with Ukraine. Romania will receive this system with the consent of NATO on the basis of an intergovernmental agreement with one of the partner countries. The publication's sources clarified that we are talking about one of the most powerful anti-drone systems in Europe.
13:19 China still supplies Russia with weapons and dual-use goods, the Pentagon report says. According to the results of the analysis of Russian customs data, deliveries are carried out by both state and private companies of the PRC. We are talking about drones, small arms, navigation equipment, spare parts, and protective equipment. In just nine months of 2022, $12 million worth of drones were sold.
12:55 The night explosion in Melitopol was the work of partisans who blew up a car with occupiers, said the mayor of the city, Ivan Fedorov. According to him, these Russians regularly monitored and robbed empty apartments. The explosion occurred in the Aviagorodok area, while the loot was being loaded into a car.
12:27 Radio Liberty correspondent for European affairs Rikard Jozwiak reported that consultations between the European Commission and EU countries regarding the details of the 12th package of sanctions against the Russian Federation will begin soon and should be completed in November-December.
11:53 Ukraine, together with its partners, is working on the 12th package of EU sanctions against Russia. “It is necessary to strengthen restrictions. Russian energy, the military-industrial complex, as well as technology are important components,” the President’s Office said.
11:40 In the Diya application you can now find the nearest Invincibility Point and check if everything you need is there. You can also build a route. The service is available in the Services menu. For security reasons, Indestructibility Points in the Kherson, Donetsk, Zaporozhye and Lugansk regions will not be displayed, and in the Kharkov, Chernihiv, Dnepropetrovsk, Nikolaev regions they will be partially displayed.
11:34 In the morning, the Russians fired at the village. Kucherivka, Kupyansky district, Kharkov region, one person was injured, the prosecutor’s office reported.
11:09 According to British intelligence, as a result of a Ukrainian strike using ATACMS on the airport in Berdyansk, nine Russian military helicopters were hit, and five in Lugansk. However, analysts added that the extent of the damage has not yet been confirmed. Intelligence predicts that this strike will force Russia to once again move its bases of operations and command centers further away from the front lines, increasing the strain on supply chains.
10:41 The Russians launched an airstrike with four guided bombs on Berislav, Kherson region, one person was killed, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin. Also, two KABs hit Novoberislav, the scale of destruction there is being clarified. Over the past 24 hours, seven people were injured as a result of Russian shelling in the region.
09:38 Around midnight, the enemy launched a missile attack on the village of Kupyansk-Uzlovoy, Kupyansk district, Kharkov region. The rocket hit the ground, surrounding shops were damaged, but there were no casualties, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA. Over the past 24 hours, the Russian army has shelled settlements in the Chuguevsky, Izyumsky and Kupyansky districts. As a result of shelling in the city of Volchansk, Chuguevsky district, a children's and youth arts center and four residential buildings were damaged, and two people were wounded.
09:19 Croatia transferred all its Mi-8 helicopters to Ukraine, Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin said during a meeting with Croatian Defense Minister Mario Banozic.
08:39 The mayor of Melitopol, Ivan Fedorov, said that several explosions occurred outside the city at night, the most powerful in the Aviagorodok area, where the Russians set up their military base at the captured airfield. Local residents also reported hearing the hum of machinery.
08:18 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of October 20:
personnel - about 292,060 (+1380) people,
tanks - 5047 (+55),
armored combat vehicles - 9557 (+120),
artillery systems - 7012 (+29),
MLRS - 822 (+4),
air defense systems - 548 (+0),
aircraft - 320 (+0),
helicopters - 324 (+0),
UAV of operational-tactical level - 5326 (+8),
cruise missiles - 1535 (+1),
ships/boats - 20 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 9370 (+33),
special equipment - 985 (+0).
07:35 In the Avdeevka direction, the Russian army has resumed offensive operations and is not abandoning attempts to encircle Avdeevka, the General Staff reported in its morning report . The Ukrainian Armed Forces are holding the line and have also repelled enemy attacks in the Novokalinovo, Stepnoy and Northern Donetsk regions. Over the past 24 hours, enemy losses in this direction amounted to almost 900 people killed and wounded, almost 50 tanks and more than 100 enemy armored vehicles were destroyed or damaged.
In total, 90 military clashes took place at the front over the past 24 hours. In the Kupyansk direction, the Defense Forces repelled enemy attacks in the Sinkovka and Ivanovka areas of the Kharkov region, as well as near Nadezhda, Lugansk region. In the Liman direction, Ukrainian forces did not allow the loss of positions in the Makeevka area of the Lugansk region. In the Bakhmut direction, the enemy unsuccessfully tried to restore the lost position in the Kleshcheevka area of the Donetsk region. In turn, the Defense Forces continue assault operations south of Bakhmut, Donetsk region, and consolidate on the achieved lines.
In the Maryinsky direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled Russian attacks in the Maryinka area of the Donetsk region; on Shakhtarsky - in the Zolotaya Niva and Staromayorsky districts of the Donetsk region; in Zaporozhye - in the Verbovoy district of the Zaporozhye region. Also, the Ukrainian Defense Forces continue their offensive in the Melitopol direction.
03:56 Biden, in his address to the nation, said that it is necessary to continue assistance to Ukraine and Israel. "Hamas and Putin pose different threats. But they have something in common: they want to completely destroy the neighboring democracy. For Hamas, the purpose of its existence is the destruction of Israel and the murder of Jews. At the same time, Putin denies that Ukraine was ever a state. He claims that the USSR created Ukraine,” the American president noted.
“Why is this important for America? History teaches that when dictators do not pay for aggression, they bring more chaos, terror and more destruction. They continue, and the threat to America and the world grows,” Biden emphasized. He explained that if the United States does not stop “Putin’s thirst for power and control over Ukraine, he will not limit himself to just one country.” In this regard, the head of the White House called assistance to Ukraine a “smart investment” that will bring dividends to future generations.
Biden also said that on Friday, October 20, he will send an "urgent budget request" to Congress to "fund America's national security needs to support our critical partners, including Israel and Ukraine."
03:28 Putin visited Rostov-on-Don, where he visited the headquarters of the Russian Armed Forces, Peskov said. There, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov reported to the head of the Kremlin about the progress of the war. In particular, Gerasimov told Putin that the combined group of Russian troops “is solving the problem in accordance with the special operation plan.”
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[RIA] Colonel General Viktor Afzalov was appointed commander-in-chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS), a source familiar with the situation told RIA Novosti.
“Colonel General Viktor Afzalov was appointed commander-in-chief of the Aerospace Forces. Before his appointment, he was acting in this position,” the agency’s interlocutor said.
Before Afzalov, the commander in chief of this type of troops was Army General Sergei Surovikin.
Colonel General Viktor Afzalov is a graduate of the Pushkin Higher Military School of Air Defense Electronics. In 2000 he graduated from the Air Defense Military University, and in 2010 from the Military Academy of the General Staff. Promoted positions from chief of crew of the combat control department of a group of anti-aircraft missile divisions of the air defense corps to chief of staff - first deputy commander of the air force and air defense army. In July 2017, he was appointed commander of the Air Force and Air Defense Army of the Eastern Military District, and in August 2018 he received the post of chief of the main staff of the Russian Aerospace Forces.
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[EngMilRu] In the period from 14 to 20 October 2023 the Russian Armed Forces have carried out four group strikes by precision weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles at the AFU missile and artillery weapons, military-technical hardware, production workshops of enterprises manufacturing weapons and military equipment, as well as accommodation points for Ukrainian servicemen, nationalists, and foreign mercenaries.
As a result of the strikes, a storage warehouse for uncrewed boats, workshops for the manufacture of explosives, a workshop for the assembly of operational-tactical missiles, as well as units of the Azov Special Forces Brigade, foreign instructors, and mercenaries have been eliminated.
In Kupyansk direction, the Zapad Group of Forces' units have repelled 61 counter-attacks by AFU units.
Aviation and artillery have launched attacks at AFU 25th airborne, 14th, 43rd, 44th, and 115th Mechanised, 68 Jaeger, 95th Air Assault Brigade close to Sinkovka, Ivanovka, Timkovka (Kharkov region), Makeyevka (Lugansk People's Republic). As a result of the combat operations, the Russian Group of Forces improved the situation along the front line.
The enemy losses were more than 995 servicemen, 10 tanks, 27 armoured fighting vehicles, 20 motor vehicles, as well as 18 field artillery guns.
In Krasny Liman direction, units of the Tsentr Group of Forces, aviation, artillery, and heavy flamethrower systems have repelled 18 attacks of assault groups of AFU 63rd, 67th Mechanised Brigades and the 12th Special Forces Brigade.
The enemy's casualties were more than 940 Ukrainian personnel, 21 armoured fighting vehicles, 14 motor vehicles, and five guns.
In Donetsk direction, the Yug Group of Forces' units have inflicted fire damage on AFU 28th, 56th, 67th, and 93rd Mechanised Brigades' combat groups near Kurdyumovka, Andreevka, Kleshcheyevka, and Maryinka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Over the past week, 25 attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been repelled. The enemy losses were more than 2,065 servicemen, four tanks, 14 armoured fighting vehicles, 27 motor vehicles, and 28 field artillery guns.
Aviation and Missile Troops have destroyed five depots with ammunition and hardware.
In South Donetsk direction, units of the Russian units have captured more favourable positions and repelled two attacks by assault groups of AFU 58th Motorised Infantry, 72nd Mechanised, 128th Territorial Defence Brigades close to Ugledar, Urozhaynoye, and Staromayorskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy losses were more than 1,010 servicemen, nine armoured fighting vehicles, 19 motor vehicles, eight field artillery guns, and one MLRS.
In Zaporozhye direction, units of the Russian Group of Forces have carried out intensive defence, during which have repelled 10 attacks of the AFU units near Verbovoye and Rabotino (Zaporozhye region).
The enemy losses were more than 475 servicemen, 11 tanks, 22 armoured fighting vehicles, 18 motor vehicles, and 14 field artillery guns.
In Kherson direction, the enemy units have made unsuccessful attempts to capture bridgeheads on islands and the left bank of the Dnepr by AFU 36th, 38th Naval Infantry Brigades.
As a result of preventive actions by the Russian forces and artillery fire assaults, AFU have lost up to 345 servicemen, 11 field artillery guns, 48 boats and 38 motor vehicles.
Fighter jets and air defence units have effectively eliminated 12 aircraft (ten MiG-29, two Su-25 fighter jets) and two Mi-8 helicopters over the past week.
Over the past 24 hours, air defence systems have shot down seven AFU MiG-29 aircraft.
In addition, 314 Ukrainian UAVs have been destroyed, 35 HIMARS projectiles, five operational-tactical missiles, two S-200 converted surface-to-surface missiles, and six JDAM guided bombs have been shot down over the week.
In total, 500 airplanes and 252 helicopters, 8,104 unmanned aerial vehicles, 441 air defence missile systems, 12,778 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,165 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 6,837 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 14,463 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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[NewsFront] 23:55 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 10/20/2023 to 00:00 10/21/2023
Over the past 24 hours Representative officereportedabout 23 facts of firing by the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces.
Information has been received about the death of a civilian, a man, in the Kuybyshevsky district of Donetsk.
Two residential buildings were damaged in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk and Lugansk, as well as three civil infrastructure facilities.
Areas of five settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Luhanskoye, Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Kievsky, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district).
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 13 attacks from MLRS and 155mm artillery.
At Gorlivske there were six artillery attacks from 152mm artillery.
On Yasinovatsky there were three artillery attacks from 155mm artillery.
At Svetlodarsky there was one artillery attack from 155mm artillery.
A total of 76 units of various ammunition were fired.
A previous 36 artillery attacks were recorded from the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces per day.
21:14 Consequences of arrival of an FPV drone at an armored vehicle of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in one of the directions of the Northern Military District
19:41 Explosions in the Dnipropetrovsk region. Air defense operations are also reported.
19:40 Ukrainian Telegram channels report explosions in Krivoy Rog. Before the explosions, a missile threat was announced.
19:35 In the past hour, the enemy launched a major missile attack on Crimea and the Azov region. At least 10-15 missiles were launched, including converted S200s. This was announced by the Governor of the Kherson region Vladimir Saldo.
“Five missiles were shot down over the territory of the Kherson region alone: -- three in Kakhovsky and two in the Genichesk district. The air defense worked perfectly,” wrote Saldo in the Telegram channel.
18:25 The Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed the village administration building in the Pologovsky district of the Zaporozhye region with a missile attack.
Militants of the Kyiv regime launched a missile attack on the village of Verbovoye, Pologovsky district. The shell hit the administration building of the Verbovsky village council. The building cannot be restored. There were no casualties or injuries, the regional operational services clarified.
18:17 Ukrainian Telegram channels report explosions in Odessa and Krivoy Rog, while alarms are sounding in the Dnepropetrovsk, Kirovograd, Nikolaev and Odessa regions.
17:40 News from the front. Kherson direction. Krynki:
“The enemy is still trying to gain a foothold on the outskirts of the village of Krynki.
Tonight the soldiers of our 26th Moorized Rifle Regiment tried to knock out the enemy with the help of four tanks.
We made several advances, but unfortunately the enemy was firmly entrenched, + we had to immediately retreat with tanks, since the artillery immediately began to work on us.
There is still no connection, they put it down firmly. I don’t know how, but neither we nor the Storm Z units that are standing next to us have received communication. This is where the problem arises about timely reporting of enemy targets.
There are also reports about the build-up of enemy forces in the Oleshek area. We'll hold on for now."
16:29 Situation in the South Donetsk direction:
Platoon-scale battles resumed in the Vrem'evsky sector in the Staromayorsky area. Ours tried to improve their position to the southwest of the settlement, the enemy tried to do the same a little to the north. As a result, neither side achieved success. We had losses in equipment, but the crew, fortunately, survived. In the area of the enemy attack, the enemy foot group of up to 10 people was scattered, and after an attempt to evacuate the wounded, their losses increased.
There have been small successes in the Priyutnoye area; positions on the left and right have been improved. The progress is small, but without significant losses. Now let the enemy kill them in counterattacks, as he did before.
In the Ugledarsky sector, artillery fire disrupted the supply of ammunition southeast of Novomikhailovka and destroyed a truck. They also stopped the rotation of personnel in a stronghold north of Vladimirovka and killed up to five militants.
Over the past 24 hours, Arta has generally done a good job of targeting the enemy’s dugouts, knocking out a couple of defensive midfielders. Otherwise, the situation in this area remains without significant changes.
15:25 Consequences of artillery attack of the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk by Ukrainian militants, which resulted in the death of a man born in 1960. –photo.
14:20 Kherson region, our bank of the Dnieper, reports Call sign Ossetian:
“The situation has not changed overnight. In other places, no new landings were undertaken, the Ukrainian Armed Forces tried to carry out a rotation at Krynki a couple of times, but it didn’t work, artillery and airdrops were working. Smoking work continues.”
14:14 Ukrainian militants fired three rockets from the MLRS at the Kuibyshev and Kiev regions of Donetsk - representative of the DPR JCCC.
13:40 Russian Aerospace Forces inflicted strike on targets in Urozhainy using FAB-500M62 with UMPC
13:10 A civilian died during artillery attack of the Kuybyshevsky district of Donetsk by Ukrainian troops. The mayor of the city, Alexey Kulemzin, announced this on Friday.
“As a result of the artillery attack of the Kuibyshevsky district on Kurchatov Street, a man born in 1960 was killed,” the mayor wrote inTelegram channel.
12:55 Ukrainian militants fired two rockets from the MLRS into the Kuybyshevsky district of Donetsk - representative office of the DPR JCCC.
12:30 The Paratrooper’s Diary reports from the Zaporozhye direction:
For a week now, the enemy has been active to the west and north-west of Verbovoy, and the enemy’s artillery does not stop talking for a minute. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are sending more and more manpower to conduct reconnaissance in force, and daily they destroy more than a dozen militants of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
In shooting combat, the enemy is much inferior to our fighters, unfortunately, there are also losses on our side. All because of the activity of the enemy’s artillery and because of the abundance of ammunition and various types of artillery in the world, the enemy is conducting offensive operations under dense artillery cover.
Enemy kamikaze drones are still actively flying into our positions; the enemy has no problems with drones. Explosions of cluster munitions and MLRS do not stop; shell after shell is flying across forward positions and front-line rear areas. Enemy tanks also often come out and direct fire at our positions.
In response, the Russian Aerospace Forces are using FABs and cannon artillery against enemy positions on the front line and in the rear. We would like to note the crews of the BMD-4 and Drokov, our fighters bravely move to positions under heavy artillery fire and cover their comrades on the front line.
11:30 Situation in the Kherson direction:
In the Kakhovka direction, a strengthening of enemy forces was noticed, which indicates preparations for crossing the Dnieper, but it is not clear how the enemy is going to conduct attack operations without heavy weapons
Several enemy groups managed to gain a foothold in the village. Krynki.
The enemy is trying to transfer forces to the highway to Peschanovka, where fighting continues in the area of the settlement; in addition, there are DRGs operating near the southern outskirts of Peschanovka.
11:15 A massive strike is being carried out on the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kherson region
Berislavsky district, also a series of powerful explosions in the area of enemy concentrations. The FAB-1500 video conferencing system is operational, reports SVO.
10:45 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. Velikaya Lepetikha 24 rounds;
-- n.p. Kneze-Grigorovka 20 rounds;
-- n.p. Sergeevka nine rounds;
-- n.p. Alyosha 10 rounds;
-- n.p. Peschanivka six rounds;
-- n.p. Krynki 17 rounds;
-- n.p. Cossack Camps seven rounds;
-- n.p. Sagi four rounds.
As a result of the artillery attack of the settlement. Alyoshki and Peschanovka, two civilians were killed.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Novaya Kakhovka, n.p. Kakhovka, n.p. Aleshki, n.p. Dnepryany, n.p. Podlesnoe, firing a total of 24 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being determined.
10:25 Brief summary Avdiivka direction:
The night was sleepless, the fighting did not stop, now subsiding slightly, now increasing efforts. All types of artillery were at work. The morning is also active. At 7.58 and 8.08 am, our aircraft worked at the Avdeevsky coke plant.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces, as expected, “snarls”, trying to dislodge our troops from their occupied positions, using all their forces to do this. So, in the north, one mechanized battalion arrived as reinforcements. But the main forces and means are still being devoted to erasing the southern front.
As of today, we should not expect any big advances. We dig in and regroup.
09:51 Ukraine is using chemical weapons in the Donetsk and Artyomovsk directions. This was announced by the adviser to the head of the DPR, Yan Gagin.
09:28 Over the past 24 hours, the armed formations of Ukraine have carried out shelling in Makeevka, Gorlovka, Mineralny and Yasinovataya, as well as Kyiv, Kuibyshev, Kirov and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk.
One civilian was injured from these artillery attacks in Mineralny.
Residential buildings were damaged in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, as well as one civil infrastructure facility.
The artillery attack of civilian infrastructure was carried out using multiple launch rocket systems and artillery - RF Investigative Committee
09:05 Personnel combat work of the signal troops of the RF Armed Forces.
08:22 Kherson and Avdeevskoe directions in the morning report of the channel Svoboki and Analytics SVO:
Kherson: at these moments our tactical aviation is sending “FABs” to enemy concentrations on the right bank of the Dnieper, who are preparing to cross the Dnieper. Proactive work is underway. Fighting continued on our shore all night.
Our army inflicted fire defeat on the enemy landing force. Our artillery pinned down the enemy, preventing them from advancing deeper into our territory. In general, the fighting in this direction is gaining momentum. Squeezing the enemy out of the settlement area continues. Krynki.
Avdeevskoye: the night passed to the accompaniment of the work of our heavy artillery and MLRS, and our aviation worked periodically. Strikes continued against enemy military targets along the entire length of this direction. Our army continues to move forward. The united work of all branches of the military is underway.
08:11 Frontline summary on the morning of October 20, 2023:
In the Zaporozhye direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces, with artillery support, attacked near Novoprokopovka. Ukrainian positions in the settlements of Plavni, Kamenskoye, Orekhov, Rabotino, Novodanilovka and Malaya Tokmachka are under fire. The Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked the Russians in Lugovoi, Zherebyanki, Nesteryanka, Kopany, Sladkaya Balka, Il'chenkovo, Verbovoy and Novopokrovka. An increase in the intensity of mutual artillery attack on the western flank in the Vasil'ievka area may be a harbinger of intensified ground combat operations.
In the Ugledarsky sector, the Russian Armed Forces launched a counterattack from Novodonetsky. No success. Under the attacks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Blagodatny, Urozhainy, Zolota Niva, Prechistovka, Ugledar and Vodyanoy (not to be confused with the settlement of the same name northeast of Donetsk).
RF Armed Forces - in Priyutny, Zavetny Zhelaniya, Staromlynovka, Novodonetsky, Novomayorsky, Pavlovka and Nikolsky. Here mutual artillery attack intensified on the eastern flank. You can also expect activation on the ground.
On the Donetsk front, with the support of long-range weapons, Russian troops again carried out offensive operations in Mar'inka, in the Severny region (a settlement west of Avdievka), on the southern approaches to Avdievka, near Stepnoye (not to be confused with the settlements of the same name in the Zaporozhye and Ugledar directions) and Novokalinov. LBS has not changed.
Under artillery attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Novomikhailovka, Alexandropol (a settlement west of Donetsk), the city of Krasnogorovka, Nevelskoye, Pervomaisky, Berdychi and Ocheretin. RF Armed Forces - in Aleksandrovka, Staromikhailovka, Donetsk, Peski, Opytny and the village of Krasnogorovka.
In the Bakhmut direction - an attempt by Russian troops, with artillery support, to counterattack at the railway line in the Kleshcheevka area. Under attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Andreevka, Bogdanovka, Minkovka, Zvanovka, Vasyukovka, Razdolovka, Vesyol (a settlement northeast of Soledar), Vyemka, Sporny and Verkhnekamensky. RF Armed Forces - in Ozaryanovka, Kurdyumovka, Bakhmut, Yagodny, Berkhovka and Yakovlevka.
In the Lugansk direction, Russian troops launched an offensive near Makeyevka and Nadezhda. With artillery support, they attacked in the area of Ivanovka (a settlement east of Kupyansk) and Sin'kovka. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are holding their positions. The Russian Armed Forces attacked the locations of Ukrainian troops in Belogorovka, Berestovy, Peschany (a populated area southeast of Kupyansk-Uzlovy), Peschany (a populated area east of Kupyansk-Uzlovy), Podol and Petropavlovka.
08:05 Russian military recaptured 11 attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kupyansk direction - the total enemy losses amounted to 70 military personnel, a tank, an M113 armored personnel carrier, and three drones. This was reported to the Ministry of Defense.
08:00 Summary on the morning of October 20, 2023:
In the Kherson direction, where the enemy went on the offensive, fighting continued near the village by nightfall. Krynki, in which the remnants of the Ukrainian Armed Forces landing group were entrenched. By evening, the enemy had gained a foothold in the surrounding plantings and was pinned down in their occupied positions by the fire of our infantry and artillery. The points of presence of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the Antonovsky and railway bridges are also subject to constant strikes. Aviation operated at night along the enemy bank of the Dnieper. The enemy in the second echelon is preparing forces and means to cross the Dnieper.
In the Avdeevsky direction, where 10 days ago the Russian Armed Forces launched a large-scale offensive, heavy fighting is taking place. The waste heap north-west of Avdievka remains with our troops. Battles are taking place near Berdychi and the railway near this settlement, the front line is changing. On the southern flank there are battles near the Tsarskaya Okhota recreation center.
On the Zaporozhye front near Verbovoy there is constant mutual artillery shelling. Both sides are affected by the cold: you can’t warm yourself with stoves, reports the Front Bird: a shell immediately lands on the smoke.
Yesterday in the Belgorod region, an aircraft-type UAV was shot down by an air defense system. Two enemy missiles were shot down in the Rostov region. The enemy fired 127 rounds of ammunition at the civilian population of the DPR, one civilian was wounded.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] A court in Kazan was asked to arrest the editor of the Tatar-Bashkir service of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (a media outlet recognized as a foreign agent in the Russian Federation) Alsa Kurmasheva , suspected of violating the law on foreign agents. The press service of the Sovetsky District Court of Kazan reported this on October 20.
“The investigation asks to choose a preventive measure in the form of detention. She was detained as a suspect under Part 3 of Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation,” the TASS agency quoted a representative of the court’s press service as saying.
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Kurmasheva was detained on October 18 in Kazan on suspicion of violating the law on foreign agents. The editor was accused of evading the duties provided for by the legislation of the Russian Federation on foreign agents (Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).
According to investigators, Kurmasheva did not fulfill her obligation to provide documents necessary for inclusion in the register of foreign agents.
Local media outlet Tatar Inform reported that Kurmasheva could also be charged with publishing a book that casts a negative light on Russia's special operation in Ukraine.
In addition, the investigation put forward a version that Kurmasheva deliberately conducted a targeted collection of information about the activities of the RF Armed Forces via the Internet in order to transmit information to foreign sources.
She faces a fine of up to 300 thousand rubles or in the amount of wages or other income for a period of up to two years. She could also be sentenced to compulsory labor for up to 480 hours or forced labor for up to five years. Kurmasheva may also face imprisonment for up to five years.
The press service of the Khoroshevsky Court of Moscow on October 17 announced plans to consider on October 30 the administrative protocol drawn up against blogger Maxim Katz (an individual recognized as a foreign agent in the Russian Federation).
As noted in court, Katz, recognized as a foreign agent in July 2022, violated the law on foreign agents by failing to provide appropriate reporting.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] The Kaliningrad Regional Court began considering the case on recognition of the genocide of the Soviet people during the Great Patriotic War by the Nazis and their collaborators in the territories currently included in the Kaliningrad Region. The first meeting took place on October 20.
“The prosecutor's office of the Kaliningrad region has carried out work to study archival documents, materials of criminal cases, attract specialists, and testimonies of eyewitnesses of those events. Based on the results of this work, evidence of crimes was established ,” said Deputy Regional Prosecutor Evgeny Protsevsky.
The investigation was carried out on behalf of the Prosecutor General of Russia Igor Krasnov . The lawsuit includes archival documents; in total, the criminal case materials contain 15 volumes.
Investigators found that on the territory of the modern Kaliningrad region there were at least 56 camps for prisoners of war and forcibly resettled people. The Nazis kept Russian prisoners in the worst conditions. They had “SU” stripes on their uniforms, the food was extremely poor, they were forced to work for 14 hours, up to 500 prisoners were kept in barracks for 100 people, and no treatment was provided. For any disobedience they were severely beaten or executed.
The investigation also revealed the execution of 5 thousand prisoners in early 1945, when the Red Army was approaching. Prisoners were killed on the ice of the Baltic Sea, their bodies were drowned. Those who lagged behind when the prisoners were led to execution were killed along the way.
The court heard testimony from Lyubov Platonova , who was born in May 1944 in a Nazi camp. Her mother was driven to East Prussia from Bryansk. After birth, the baby was taken away by security; they were allowed to see the child extremely rarely, bringing him to the fence. According to the mother of the victim, it is known that experiments were carried out on children in the camp, irradiating them with X-rays.
Also at the trial, they got acquainted with a video recording of a survey of Anna Kuptsova , born in 1935, made in 2020 . She told how she and her mother and sisters were taken to East Prussia, where they were sold to a German merchant. They were forced to work a lot, were not paid, were fed poorly, and had to eat grass. The German beat the victim's mother so that she could not get up. The family was liberated by Soviet soldiers in 1945.
The next hearing of the Kaliningrad Regional Court was scheduled for October 24.
As Regnum reported, in March 2023, the State Duma adopted a statement on the genocide of the peoples of the USSR by Germany and its accomplices. The document states that the deputies made a decision based on the provisions of the UN Charter, the Charter and the verdict of the Nuremberg Tribunal, the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and the Convention on the Inapplicability of the Statute of Limitations to War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity.
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Kaliningrad is located between Lithuania and Poland. It is an exclave of the Soviet Union. And now, more than seventy-five years later the Soviets -- oops, excuse me, the Russians -- are considering this case? Why? Could it be there is local sentiment to leave Russia for good?
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] The LPR and DPR have convicted several Nazi criminals who were involved in the murders of the civilian population of Donbass.
The evidence collected by the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation was recognized by the Supreme Court of the Lugansk People's Republic as sufficient to convict the intelligence chief of the 87th Separate Anti-tank Artillery Division of the reserve of the 45th Separate Artillery Brigade, Captain Yuriy Rozhk. He was found guilty of committing crimes under Part 1 of Art. 356 (cruel treatment of the civilian population, use of prohibited means and methods in armed conflict) and Part 2 of Art. 167 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (intentional damage to someone else’s property in a generally dangerous way).
The investigation and the court established that on June 20, 2022, Rozhok and his unit were located in a forest area about seven kms south of the city of Lisichansk, Lugansk People's Republic, where at that time there were civilians. Having received an order from the command of the 45th Separate Artillery Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces to shell the territory of the city of Lisichansk, Rozhok instructed his subordinates to fire four shots from a 100 mm MT-12 “Rapira” anti-tank gun using high-explosive fragmentation artillery shells for maximum coverage and destruction of infrastructure, residential buildings and hospitals. As a result of these criminal actions, a multi-storey residential building was damaged.
During the investigation, examinations were appointed and carried out, including construction and technical examinations to confirm the amount of material damage.
Rozhok fully admitted his guilt and repented of his actions.
The court sentenced him to 14 years of imprisonment to be served in a maximum security colony.
The evidence collected by the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation was recognized by the Supreme Court of the Donetsk People's Republic as sufficient to convict the servicemen of the 36th Separate Naval Infanry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Commander of the reconnaissance company Vladislav Stryukov, senior reconnaissance operator of the first section of the first platoon of the reconnaissance company Ilya Galchukov, gunner-operator of the second platoon of the reconnaissance company Artem Buchkovsky, commander of the first section of the first platoon of the reconnaissance company Vladislav Sergeychuk, commander of the watercraft platoon Sergei Knizhnik, steering mechanic Sergei Krivtsun and driver Alexander Matushansky, depending on the role of each, were found guilty of committing crimes under Part 1 of Art. 356 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (cruel treatment of prisoners of war and civilians in occupied territory), Part 3 of Art. 30, paragraph “g”, “l”, part 2, art. 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (attempted murder, that is, deliberate actions aimed at causing the death of another person, committed by an organized group, motivated by political, ideological hatred) and paragraphs “c”, “d”, “e”, “h” h .2 tbsp. 112 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (intentional infliction of moderate harm to health, committed with particular cruelty, by an organized group, motivated by political, ideological hatred, with the use of an object used as a weapon).
The investigation and the court established that from February to May 2022, servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, including Stryukov, Galchukov, Buchkovsky, Sergeychuk, Knizhnik, Krivtsun and Matushansky, occupied positions located on the territory and near the Azovmash machine-building plant in the city of Mariupol. One day, while monitoring the territory of the yard between residential buildings on Metallurgov Avenue, Stryukov discovered a civilian man who was not participating in the armed conflict and did not have a weapon with him.
However, believing that the civilian was supporting a special military operation and assisting the armed forces of the DPR and the Russian Federation, and also took a pro-Russian position, he ordered his subordinate Buchkovsky to shoot the man. Fulfilling this criminal order, Buchkovsky fired a Kalashnikov assault rifle at the victim, wounding him in the shoulder. Avoiding danger, the man managed to escape from the shelling zone, taking refuge in a safe place.
In addition, it was established that on March 30, 2022, military personnel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, while patrolling the territory adjacent to the Azovmash plant, detained a serviceman of the 1st Slavic Brigade of the DPR. At the time of his arrest, he laid down his arms and did not take part in hostilities, which, in accordance with international law, guaranteed him humane treatment as a prisoner of war.
At the same time, servicemen Krivtsun, Matushansky, Knizhnik, Sergeychuk, Galchukov and Buchkovsky realized that the victim was not resisting and did not pose a threat. However, they wanted to punish the latter for the actions, in their opinion, committed and the actions of other persons from among the military personnel of the DPR, LPR and the Russian Federation during the period of participation in the Northern Military District against an indefinite number of military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and also to obtain from him information that, in their opinion, he could possess.
Acting by applying violence and torture to a prisoner of war, executing criminal orders from the command, the accused systematically struck him with fists and a wooden bat over the course of two hours, repeatedly hitting him on the head, torso and limbs. As a result of their criminal actions, the victim received numerous bruises and fractures and dislocations. Subsequently, he was held as a prisoner of war on the territory of the Azovmash plant under the protection of other military personnel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The court sentenced Stryukov to 20 years, Galchukov - 16 years, Buchkovsky - 22 years, Sergeychuk - 16 years, Knizhnik - 16 years, Krivtsun - 16 years and Matushansky - 16 years in prison to be served in a high-security penal colony.
A number of other court cases involving war crimes by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the DPR and LPR are approaching sentencing.
Text taken from the dzen.ru page of Russian military correspondent Aleksandr Kots
Pot calling kettle black. How much of what was listed in Russian inventory before the Ukraine invasion turned out to be missing (presumed sold) or damaged beyond repair?
⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️The US Army has damaged spare parts for Abrams, Bradley and Stryker due to improper storage, Defense Express claims. The Pentagon inspected Defense Logistics Agency distribution centers, where about 2 million units of components worth $3.8 billion were located.
It turned out that 67% was spoiled. So 80 gas turbine engines worth $90 million lay in the open air for 3 years without packaging. Tank tracks and diesel engines were lying on the grass without proper preservation.
It’s not hard to guess who will get this illiquid property. The other day, the United States reported that a batch of 31 Abrams tanks had already arrived in Ukraine. On paper it looks formidable - almost like an American tank battalion! In fact, these cars are veterans from the time of Grandfather Reagan, who fought in Desert Storm.
If suppliers treated old tanks in the same way as spare parts for them, then Ukrainian rear officials may have serious problems maintaining the combat effectiveness of the Abrams. Something tells us that a lot of exciting adventures await American cars in the NWO zone.
Ukraine has these in service because they didn't get many of the newer models when the USSR split up. They do have some old T-72's and and upgraded T-62's (T-64).
Russia brought these old units back into service initially as 'mobile artillery', but now they are on the front lines due to depletion of their newer models.
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[Regnum] The Kaliningrad Regional Court began considering the case on recognition of the genocide of the Soviet people during the Great Patriotic War by the Nazis and their collaborators in the territories currently included in the Kaliningrad Region. The first meeting took place on October 20.
