Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22:06 Tomorrow is the Day of Defenders and Defenders of Ukraine, Zelensky recalled: “Tomorrow we will especially thank all our defenders and defenders. Tomorrow we will especially honor the memory of those who gave their lives for Ukraine. For the first time, this day - Intercession - will be on October 1. And let's make our new tradition for this day. October 1. Nine in the morning. Wherever you are - on the main street of your city or just at home - let's stop for a minute and honor in silence the memory of our fallen defenders and defenders and think about those who now in battle, on combat missions, at posts. Who saves lives. Who protects - in every sense of the word - our people and state. There would be no strength and will of Ukraine if not for everyone who stood up for the defense of Ukraine. Thank you. We respect. We remember. All together."
22:02 The lower house of the US Congress approved the Republican Party's bill to prevent a shutdown - aid to Ukraine was removed from the document, which ensured Republican votes. The bill must now be approved by the Senate. If approved, the government will receive short-term funding for 45 days.
21:57 The Ukrainian military lacks cheap drones due to restrictions on the export of components introduced by China since September 1, writes The New York Times. Now Chinese manufacturers willing to sell UAVs require buyers to use a complex network of intermediaries, and in some cases Ukrainians have to resort to smuggling.
The British Royal Institute of Defense Studies estimates that Ukrainian troops use about 10 thousand drones every month. Replenishment is becoming increasingly difficult, and this gives Russia an advantage. According to customs reports, direct deliveries of Chinese drones to Ukraine from January to June amounted to about $200 thousand, and Russia purchased similar drones for $14.5 million over the same period.
21:49 The Russians launched an airstrike on Konstantinovka, Donetsk region, using KAB-500. They hit the territory of a transport enterprise and a residential area - a 13-year-old child was injured. Two more people were wounded as a result of artillery attacks in the villages of Lastochkino, Pokrovsky district, and Novoukrainka, Volnovakha district, the prosecutor’s office reported.
21:42 Zelensky in an evening video message announced the beginning of a new stage in the development of the Ukrainian defense industry. He called the Defense Industries Forum very successful and emphasized that it was “only the first such Forum.” More than 250 companies took part in it, including dozens of Ukrainian ones.
“Our state will become one of the world’s key producers of weapons and defense systems. And this is no longer just an ambition or a prospect, it is a potential that has begun to be realized. Now Ukraine is a recipient, a recipient of assistance. But our state can and will definitely become a donor to global security. In particular, thanks to our defense industry,” the president emphasized.
20:01 The UN will provide Ukraine with $123 million to get through the winter period. Assistance will be provided from September 2023 to February 2024. It is assumed that they can be provided in cash to cover the costs of electricity and rent. The organization will also distribute heaters, non-food items and provide housing.
18:35 During the full-scale war in Ukraine, 37 military factories were damaged by Russian strikes, Shmygal said: “We understand that our defense industry remains one of the main targets for Russian missile attacks. 37 enterprises suffered from such attacks. We are now working on additional proposals for their restoration."
18:32 The Czech Republic will provide Ukraine with a license to produce CZ BREN 2 assault rifles, and will also help establish the production of ammunition for them, the country’s Ministry of Defense reported. The production of CZ BREN 2 at Ukrainian facilities is called one of the flagship projects of Ukrainian-Czech cooperation, which was discussed at the International Forum of Defense Industries in Kyiv. Assault rifles from Česká zbrojovka will be produced in Ukraine under the Sich brand.
18:05 French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu, together with the Nexter company, announced the supply of six additional CAESAR self-propelled guns to Ukraine. In addition, CEFA is to donate eight mine clearance robots to SDZ and eight amphibious ferry robots to EFA - these allow the tank to cross a river without slowing down combat operations.
17:36 The head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, said that he is on a visit to Odessa.
16:49 In the first days of a full-scale invasion, 90% of the Ukrainian air defense in the Kharkov region was destroyed, said the head of the Kharkov garrison, Sergei Melnik. According to him, the Russians knew the location and diagrams of all air defense command posts built during the USSR, and the first missiles flew precisely at these coordinates. Journalist Dmitry Komarov presented another documentary project called Year. Kharkov region.
16:26 The head of the Bundestag Defense Committee, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, once again called on the German government to immediately provide Ukraine with Taurus long-range missiles. She also emphasized that international law allows Ukraine to attack military targets on Russian territory, “regardless of where these weapons were produced and who supplied them.”
15:57 Africa is interested not only in purchasing Ukrainian weapons, but also in placing their production on its territory, Kuleba said. According to him, Africa was one of the largest markets for Ukrainian military products before the start of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation, and today it is waiting for Ukrainian companies to return to this market to sell weapons. “This is a new trend,” the minister noted and added that “the demand for the sale and production of weapons produced in Ukraine will be very high.”
15:31 The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense conducted Operation Barynya, as part of which they recruited a Russian lieutenant. In three months, he persuaded 11 Russian servicemen to surrender, said intelligence representative Andrei Yusov. Russian lieutenant Danil Alferov himself said that he contacted the Ukrainian side through the I Want to Live project and has been collaborating with Ukrainian intelligence services since June 2023. When Alferov’s life was threatened, he was evacuated to Ukrainian-controlled territory.
14:10 The Russians launched two missile attacks on the territory of the Matveevsky community of the Zaporozhye region. According to preliminary information, five houses and a critical infrastructure facility were damaged, five people were injured, said the head of the OVA, Yuri Malashko.
13:29 On October 4, Belarus intends to organize a visit by representatives of the foreign diplomatic corps accredited in Minsk to the “places of residence, education and rehabilitation” of Ukrainian children taken from the cities of Lisichansk and Severodonetsk temporarily occupied by Russia. The event aims to legalize the illegal movement of Ukrainian children, and in accordance with international law, the forced deportation of children can be classified as a war crime, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
In this regard, Kyiv called on foreign states whose diplomatic missions received appropriate invitations in Minsk to refrain from participating in the propaganda trip of the Belarusian regime.
12:45 At the close of the International Forum of Defense Industries, the declaration was signed by 38 companies from 19 countries, said Minister of Strategic Industry Alexander Kamyshin. During the Forum, Ukrainian companies signed 20 agreements of various levels with foreign partners. We are talking about agreements and memorandums on the production of drones, repair and production of armored vehicles and ammunition. Formats of cooperation - joint production, exchange of technologies, supply of components.
Now the Ministry of Strategic Industry, together with the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Economy, are starting to work on creating a special economic regime for the defense industry - it will be presented before the end of the year.
11:39 The Turkish company Baykar, which produces Bayraktar drones, is investing $100 million in three projects in Ukraine, in particular in the construction of a plant for the production of UAVs, said company CEO Haluk Bayraktar: “We have three main investments in Ukraine. One of them is plant. Then we have a service center, and also the head office here... This is an investment that is about 100 million dollars, and the process has already begun. Construction has already begun. It will take about a year and a half to complete. We plan to have work here at least 300 people. Cooperation continues."
Bayraktar emphasized that production will be self-sufficient, environmentally friendly and mutually beneficial, because Ukraine has unique technologies for producing engines, and the Turkish side has drones on which these engines are installed.
11:14 The Main Intelligence Directorate and the Ministry of Internal Affairs returned two Ukrainian paratroopers who had been in the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine for a year and a half, the Navy reported. At the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation, they were seriously injured and could not leave the occupied territories on their own. There they hid with the help of local residents. A few weeks ago, the Naval Intelligence Directorate received information about them. The operation was carried out in a short time by the special naval unit Angel.
10:56 Zelensky said that he had a meeting with the Minister of Defense of Slovakia Martin Sklenar, they discussed the situation at the front, the priority needs of the Ukrainian Defense Forces, and humanitarian demining.
10:31 At the first International Forum of Defense Industries, Zelensky announced the creation of the Alliance of Defense Industries. Manufacturers of weapons and military equipment from all over the world can join his basic declaration and demonstrate that they are ready, together with Ukraine, to build the “arsenal of the free world,” the president emphasized. This declaration has already been signed by 13 well-known companies.
“For us, the priority is the development of defense production using modern technologies, the production of shells, missiles, drones in Ukraine in cooperation with world industry leaders... Now, for decades to come, it is being determined what the most powerful defense-industrial complexes will be, what their priorities and what will be the standard of defense. It is in Ukraine that this is determined," Zelensky noted.
He added that Ukraine is ready to offer special conditions to companies that express their readiness to jointly develop defense production. A defense fund will also be established, which will provide additional resources, in particular for the development of military production and support for related cooperation, the creation of new military facilities and programs for defense.
The President held meetings with representatives of defense companies and associations of the USA, Great Britain, Germany, France, Turkey, Sweden and the Czech Republic, and discussed the prospects for partnership and joint production of weapons.
09:39 Air defense during a night Russian attack shot down 30 of about 40 Shahed-131/136 attack UAVs , the Air Force command reported. The enemy attacked from the southern direction (Cape Chauda, Crimea).
08:43 The Russians attacked the southern regions of Ukraine with Shahed drones at night, the Southern Defense Forces report. They managed to destroy 20 attack UAVs in the Vinnitsa region, six in the Odessa region, and four in the Nikolaev region. As a result of the hit in the infrastructure of the Kalinovskaya community of Vinnytsia region, a large-scale fire broke out; there was no information about casualties.
08:22 At night, the Russians hit Kramatorsk in the Donetsk region with two missiles, a parking lot with 20 cars and a dormitory were damaged, one person was wounded, the city military administration reported.
08:07 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of September 30:
personnel - about 278,130 (+470) people,
tanks - 4691 (+4),
armored combat vehicles - 8984 (+12),
artillery systems - 6447 (+38),
MLRS - 796 (+2),
air defense systems - 537 (+1),
aircraft - 315 (+0),
helicopters - 316 (+0),
UAV of operational-tactical level - 5006 (+15),
cruise missiles - 1529 (+0),
ships/boats - 20 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 8854 (+18),
special equipment - 932 (+2).
07:23 Over the past 24 hours, 44 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report . In the Bakhmut direction, the enemy unsuccessfully tried to restore the lost position in the Kleshcheevka area of the Lugansk region; on Avdeevsky, Maryinsky, Shakhtarsky - made more than 20 unsuccessful attacks in the areas of Tonenky, Maryinka, Novomikhailovka and Staromayorsky of the Donetsk region, and also unsuccessfully tried to restore the lost position southwest of Avdeevka, Donetsk region.
In the Zaporozhye direction, the Russian army unsuccessfully tried to restore the lost position in the Rabotino and Verbovoy districts of the Zaporozhye region. At the same time, the Defense Forces continue their offensive in the Melitopol and Bakhmut directions.
05:10 The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that the air defense allegedly shot down nine Hurricane multiple launch rocket system shells over the Belgorod region.
02:12 The Russians attacked an infrastructure facility in the Vinnytsia region with drones, said the head of the OVA Sergei Borzov.
01:04 Governor of the Bryansk region Alexander Bogomaz announced a “Ukrainian attack”, as a result of which the power supply was disrupted in the village of Pogar.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Elena Karaeva
[RIA] The heads of the defense departments of Europe - Britain and France - went to Kyiv with a special order, and NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg supported them on the flanks. High-ranking officials wanted to see with their own eyes the “success of the counteroffensive” and ask how and with what militarily those who have been trying for months to break through at least the first line of our defense in the Northern Military District zone are being supplied. NATO members, regardless of which country they have a passport in their pocket, are really curious about how this entire armada of high-tech weapons sent to destroy Russian soldiers turned out to be absolutely useless and meaningless, disintegrated into parts, screws and dowels. The multi-billion dollar militaristic Godzilla ran into something.
We furious Rooskies are funny:
"Huge waste of American money!"
A relative pittance
Of upfront remittance...
And back flies our prodigal sonny.
[bear buys more war, vinegar, Hunny]
#3
From the author's prospective the West, underline West, is something foreign -- perhaps tangential is better said -- to Russia and Russians. This fact of life is something well known to Europeans who, given their proximity, are aware of the history of that Oriental Despotism. However, it is still little understood in America.
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[KavkazUzel] The death of at least 2,602 fighters from the regions of southern Russia in the military operation in Ukraine has been officially confirmed, including 1,307 from the North Caucasian Federal District and 1,295 from the Southern Federal District. Dagestan remains the leader among the regions of southern Russia in terms of the number of deaths in military operations.
As the "Caucasian Knot" wrote, by September 24, representatives of the authorities and law enforcement agencies officially confirmed the death of at least 2,550 fighters from the North Caucasian Federal District and Southern Federal District in the military operation in Ukraine. The largest number of dead soldiers (614) was in Dagestan.
The "Caucasian Knot" maintains a name list of residents of the North Caucasian Federal District and Southern Federal District who died in the military operation in Ukraine. The list was compiled on the basis of data officially announced by government officials and law enforcement agencies.
The authorities and law enforcement agencies acknowledged the death of at least 2,602 fighters from the regions of the North Caucasian Federal District and Southern Federal District in the military operation in Ukraine. According to official data, by September 30, at least 1,307 fighters from the North Caucasus regions had died in the military operation.
The largest number of deaths from the North Caucasus Federal District, as before, is in Dagestan: 622 people. In addition, the deaths of 212 fighters from North Ossetia, 170 from the Stavropol Territory, 133 from Chechnya, 107 from Kabardino-Balkaria, 40 from Ingushetia and 23 from Karachay-Cherkessia were confirmed.
At least 1,295 fighters from the regions of the Southern Federal District died in the military operation. Including the confirmed deaths of 510 fighters from the Volgograd region, 298 from the Rostov region, 201 from the Astrakhan region, 219 from the Krasnodar region, 34 from Adygea and 33 from Kalmykia.
Let us recall that the first Russian loss in a military operation officially recognized by the authorities was an officer from Dagestan Nurmagomed Gadzhimagomedov. His death was announced on February 26, 2022 by the head of the republic Sergei Melikov. On February 15, 2023, Ramzan Kadyrov said that regional heads should not report data on the number of deaths in Ukraine. The head of Chechnya urged “not to comment on the losses,” although he himself had previously reported on the death of Chechen fighters.
Caucasian experts previously interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" pointed to a lack of information about the number of deaths in Ukraine. The true scale of losses in a military operation cannot be assessed until its end, said, in particular, Alexey Malashenko. Akhmet Yarlykapov linked the significant number of losses among natives of Dagestan to the fact that residents of poor regions most often go to contract service.
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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, have successfully repelled seven attacks by AFU units close to Kleshcheevka, Maryinka, Vodyanoye, and Khimik (Donetsk People's Republic).
In addition, enemy manpower and military hardware concentration have been eliminated near Bogdanovka and Kurdyumovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy losses were up to 430 Ukrainian servicemen killed and wounded, four armoured fighting vehicles, and two motor vehicles.
During counter-battery warfare, one U.S.-manufactured M777 artillery system, one Polish-manufactured Krab self-propelled artillery system, and one 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system.
In Zaporozhye direction, units of the Russian grouping of troops, aviation and artillery have inflicted a fire defeat on enemy near Verbovoye (Zaporozhye region).
The enemy losses were over 30 Ukrainian servicemen, two armoured fighting vehicles, and three motor vehicles.
In addition, in the course of counterbattery warfare, one U.S.-manufactured M119 towed howitzer, one UK-manufactured FH70 artillery system, as well as two 122mm D-30 and one 152mm Msta-B howitzers.
In Kupyansk direction, units of the Zapad Group of Forces, in the course of active operations, supported by aviation and artillery, have inflicted a fire defeat on the enemy close to Stepovaya Novosyolovka (Kharkov region).
The enemy losses were up to 20 Ukrainian servicemen and two motor vehicles have been eliminated.
In addition, one U.S.-manufactured M777 artillery system, one 152mm Msta-B gun, and one 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system.
In Krasny Liman direction, as a result of coordinated actions by units of the Tsentr Group of Forces, Army Aviation and artillery, two attacks by assault groups of 21st and 67th Mechanised Brigades of the AFU have been repelled iclose to Yampolovka (Donetsk People's Republic) and Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic), and enemy manpower and hardware have been defeated near Kuzmino (Lugansk People's Republic) and Grigorovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy losses were up to 50 Ukrainian servicemen, two armoured fighting vehicles, three motor vehicles, and one 122mm D-30 howitzer.
In South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok Group of Forces, in cooperation with Army Aviation and artillery, have inflicted a fire defeat on AFU assault detachments close to Nikolskoye (Donetsk People's Republic) and repelled two attacks by 127th and 128th Territorial Defence Brigades near Rovnopol (Donetsk People's Republic) and Priyutnoye (Zaporozhye region).
The enemy losses were over 120 Ukrainian servicemen, two pickup trucks, one U.S.-manufactured M777 artillery system, and one Polish-manufactured Krab self-propelled artillery system.
In Kherson direction, the enemy losses were up to 40 Ukrainian servicemen, as well as three motor vehicles.
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have neutralised manpower and military hardware in 102 areas.
In addition, three ammunition depots of 124th and 126th Territorial Defence Brigades and the 81st Airmobile Brigade of the AFU have been destroyed close to Kiselyovka, Shlyakhovoye (Kherson region) and Kramatorsk (Donetsk People's Republic).
Air defence facilities have intercepted nine Uragan MLRS projectiles and one U.S.-manufactured HIMARS MLRS projectile.
In addition, 25 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have been shot down close to Belogorovka, Chervonopopovka (Lugansk People's Republic), Kamenka, Zaitsevo, Vasilyovka (Donetsk People's Republic), Tokmak, Pologi (Zaporozhye region) Peschanovka, Krynki (Kherson region), and Liman Pervy (Kharkov region).
In total, 482 airplanes, 250 helicopters, 7,277 unmanned aerial vehicles, 438 air defence missile systems, 12,218 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,157 fighting vehicles equipped with MLRS, 6,598 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 13,605 special military motor vehicles have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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[NewsFront] 23:59 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 09/30/2023 to 00:00 10/01/2023
Over the past 24 hours, the Representative Office reported 18 incidents of firing by the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces.
Information was received about the death of a civilian, a man, in Olginka.
Six civilians were injured of varying degrees of severity, incl. child born 2004 #ChildrenNotTarget, in Ol'ginka, Novopetrikovka, Nikol'sky and Central City districts of Gorlovka.
Five residential buildings were damaged in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, the Chervonogvardeysky district of Makeevka and the Central City district of Gorlovka. No damage to civilian infrastructure was recorded.
Districts of six settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Gorlovka (Tsentralno-Gorodskoy, Nikitovsky districts), Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kievsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district), Nikolskoye, Novopetrikovka.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 10 attacks from 155mm artillery.
At Gorlivske there were five artillery attacks from 152mm artillery.
On Yasinovatsky there was one artillery attack from 155mm artillery.
At Volnovakha there were two artillery attacks from 155mm artillery.
A total of 60 units of various ammunition were fired.
In the previous day, 10 attacks were recorded from the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces.
21:17 The Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked the city of Trubchevsk in the Bryansk region with a drone, a local resident was wounded, regional governor Alexander Bogomaz said in hisTelegram-channel.
“Ukrainian terrorists attacked the city of Trubchevsk using a UAV. As a result of the attack on civilians, one resident was slightly injured. He is provided with all the necessary medical care. As a result of the release of an explosive device, the glazing and roofing of one of the administrative buildings was partially damaged. Operational and emergency services are working on the spot,” Bogomaz wrote.
19:45 Consequences of artillery attack of the Chervonogvardeisky district of Makeyevka by Ukrainian militants -photo.
19:10 North Ukrainian direction situation as of 19.00 September 30, 2023
After yesterday’s raids by the DRG to Lomakovka and Kamensky Khutor, the question of a possible attack by Ukrainian formations in the north-east of Ukraine once again arose. Unlike the May attack on Shebekino, this time the Ukrainian Armed Forces will try to act more widely.
This is confirmed by enemy activity not only in the Bryansk region, but also in the Belgorod region. Units of the so-called “Russian Freedom Legion” arrived at the border in the Sumy region.
Similar movements are observed in Sumy, where representatives from the “Russian Volunteer Corps” were transferred. One of the DRGs is already at Grabovsky, so a strike should be expected from there too.
In addition, electronic intelligence units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces intercepted information about the arrival of Colonel General Lapin in the Pogarsky district of the Bryansk region. The reconnaissance groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were tasked with determining his location and ambushing him.
The way Ukrainian formations are operating now is very similar to how they did everything in late May - early June: forays of PR troops across the border to create an information explosion and divert attention to this direction, while preparations for the main attack are going on in a completely different direction. .
And if then these were the Orekhovsky and Vrem'yevsky areas, now it may be something else, such as, for example, the Kherson direction, where brigades of naval infantry were transferred.
18:40 A Su-35S aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed an Ukrainian Armed Forces aircraft in an air battle. This was reported to the Russian Ministry of Defense.
It is clarified that the crews of Su-35S multirole fighters patrolled a given area, covering bomber and attack aircraft, as well as army aviation helicopters. During the next flight, pilots of the Russian Aerospace Forces promptly discovered and destroyed an enemy aircraft.
17:47 Zaporozhye direction situation as of 17.00 September 30, 2023
At the Rabotino-Verbovoe line the situation remains the same. The enemy's attempts to wedge between the villages did not bring the expected success to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Individual collisions are noted in the west of Verbovoy, as well as in plantings to the southwest.
Due to serious losses, units of the 3rd battalion of the 117th Infantry Brigade and the 82nd Airborne Assault Brigade were once again rotated. Replacement reinforcements arrived the other day, including the forces of the 65th Brigade.
It is with the forces of the 65th Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces that they plan to storm the heights south of Rabotino. Their location is advantageous for the defense of both Novopokropovka and positions in forest belts to the east, so the Ukrainian Armed Forces will concentrate their efforts on them.
And if the battles in the Orekhovsky sector have already become somewhat commonplace, then the activation of Ukrainian formations in the direction of Vasil'yevka and Pologi is a rather unique event for recent months.
In the area of Grigorovka, Stepnogorsk and Kamensky, the arrival of unidentified units is noted, which are equipping control points in these villages.
Also, several groups of the 82nd Airborne Brigade took up positions near Belogorye (our artillery is already working on them). And enemy aircraft from the airfield in Dnepropetrovsk began firing at rear targets, including Pologi.
Such activity of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in two areas indicates a possible attack on both Vasil'yevka and Pologi. And in principle, taking into account Orekhov’s problems, this option is quite logical for stretching the front. Another question is whether the Ukrainian Armed Forces have enough reserves for an offensive on a broad front.
17:45 Map Warehouses and arsenals of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed by the Russian Armed Forces for two weeks in September are published by the Informant:
On September 15, kamikaze drones “Geran” inflicted fire on the 20th arsenal of the Ukrainian Armed Forces engineering troops in the Kyiv region; the fire from scattered ammunition was extinguished for almost two days.
On September 26, the Russian Aerospace Forces carried out an airstrike on an ammunition depot of the southern group of troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kiselyovka, Kherson region. The explosion of ammunition damaged the railway covering, half of the houses were damaged.
On September 28, with the help of the Iskander OTRK, an ammunition warehouse was destroyed on the site of old warehouses for missile and artillery weapons of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the village of Zeleny Gai, Dnepropetrovsk region.
On the same day, kamikaze drones “Geran” struck the 62nd ammunition arsenal of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Bogdanovka, Kirovograd region. At least eight hits were recorded.
On September 30, kamikaze drones “Geran” paid a visit to the 48th arsenal of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kalinovka area of ??the Vinnytsia region. Both the warehouses themselves and the barracks came under attack.
As you can see, over the past two weeks, over a dozen attacks have been carried out on Ukrainian warehouses and arsenals throughout the country using operational-tactical missile systems, drones and aircraft. The report did not include smaller warehouses in the DPR and Zaporozhye region, which were also destroyed this week. We note that combat work is systematic, which is good news; the map will be updated over time.
17:40 Explosions are heard in the area of Berislav, Kherson region (occupied by the Ukrainian Armed Forces).
17:00 Today the Ukrainian Armed Forces hit Novaya Kakhovka, Kherson region, with a mortar.
On photo house No. 79 on Dneprovsky Avenue. One of the Ukrainian mines flew into it. Preliminarily, there were no casualties.
As a result of the shelling, the gas pipeline and power line at 122 Dneprovsky Prospekt were damaged. The APU strike also cut the wires near house No. 29 on Lenin Street.
16:45 Combat Job by 152mm self-propelled guns "Msta-S", 152mm "Gyacinth-S" and 152mm "Akatsia" in the Kupyansky direction
Self-propelled gun crews use high-explosive, high-explosive fragmentation, and high-precision ammunition to inflict maximum damage to fortifications, buried concrete fortifications, armored vehicles and enemy personnel.
16:25 The Ukrainian Armed Forces shelled a village in the Berdyansk district of the Zaporozhye region.
At about 15.00, the village of Berestovoe, Berdyansk region, came under rocket fire from militants of the Kyiv criminal regime.
Information about casualties and damage is being clarified, the regional operational services noted.
15:39 Personnel assault on a Ukrainian Armed Forces supporter by the Moskva battalion in the Kremennaya area.
First person video. The intensity of the battle is off the charts, which is clear from the almost continuous shooting. After a severe firefight, the Ukrainian Armed Forces could not withstand the onslaught of the Russian military and abandoned their positions, leaving a large number of wounded in the trenches and dugouts.
According to captured Ukrainian military personnel, problems with supply and management of units are also accompanied by difficulties with mobilization: a significant number of military personnel fighting for the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Svatovsky and Kremensky directions are men of pre-retirement age.
14:12 From the Zaporozhye direction from the Verbovoy area, the Front Bird transmits:
“We worked on several enemy armored vehicles. Then the Russian Aerospace Forces and UFABs got down to business.
Very soon, the respected public will be presented with new video materials from the series of series “How the Armed Forces of Ukraine got hit in the teeth.”
Destroyed Bradleys, blown up Cossacks, burning Strykers and other NATO junk - all this and much more awaits its viewer.”
14:07 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for September 30, as of 14:00, information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
n.p. Gorlovka (Central City district): - on the street. Tchaikovsky, 21, a woman born in 1957 was wounded.
14:04 Explosions occurred in the Sumy region of Ukraine and in Kherson, controlled by Kyiv. Ukrainian media reported this.
13:40 Destroyed equipment and personnel: consequences of Ukrainian Armed Forces attacks on our positions.
In the Mar'yinsky direction, a separate reconnaissance and assault detachment “Cluny” of the Volunteer Corps of the Southern Group of Forces repelled an attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the position of our troops, destroying enemy infantry and infantry fighting vehicles. This is not the first “meat assault” of the enemy on this position - all approaches are literally littered with bodies, some of which have already turned into skeletons.
13:29 In the Pologovsky district of the Zaporozhye region, a woman was killed during artillery attack by militants of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The day before, Ukrainian Armed Forces militants fired at the village of Verbovoye, Pologovsky district. As a result, a local resident born in 1941 died.
13:17 The results of the attack on the Zaporozhye region are reported by Svobodi and Analytics:
The missile strike was carried out on the suburbs of Zaporozhye in the area of the airport and the village of Matveevka (occupied by the Ukrainian Armed Forces). There were two arrivals of the Iskander OTRK. Several enemy concentration areas were destroyed.
12:47 Situation in the South Donetsk direction:
In the Vrem'evsky sector, the enemy tried to regain the positions north of Priyutnoye they had lost over the last few weeks, but were again repulsed. In total there were three attacks in groups of up to 15 people; they retreated with losses. The bomber and artillery continue to “raze to the ground” enemy locations and other objects on the front line and in the near rear.
In the Urozhainy area, the enemy is trying to accumulate in a populated area and move our units east of the populated area, at the moment in vain. Movements are uncovered and fire damage is applied to identified objects.
In the Novomayorsky area, tense silence remains. The enemy here is afraid to move again, since over the past week he was punished for even timid attempts at rotation.
There are no changes in the Ugledarsky section. Both sides are not taking active action. Everything is limited to artillery exchanges and mutual strikes by FPV drones/drops from copters. Unless our aviation continues to FAB houses with Ukrainian Armed Forces militants.
12:37 As a result of shellingA 19-year-old girl died in the Armed Forces of Ukraine of a village in the Kherson region
The secondary school building was also damaged and classes were suspended. During the inspection of the scene, fragments of unidentified artillery rounds were recovered.
12:24 Kherson direction situation as of 12.00 September 30, 2023:
In the island zone of the Dnieper, Ukrainian tactical groups (TG) continue to gain a foothold on the islands and on the left bank. TG units “Normandy” and “Grom” rotated forward groups on Alekseevsky and Aleshkinsky islands.
The main events took place on Cossack Island, where the Ukrainian Armed Forces began to set up positions on the river bed. However, a Russian reconnaissance group carried out a successful raid on Kazatsky, taking two people prisoner.
The rest of the 131st Reconnaissance Battalion of the Ukrainian Armed Forces fled to the northern part of the island and took up all-round defense. The evacuation group transferred reinforcements by boat, and on the way back to Nikolaevka it was sunk by artillery.
The activity of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the islands against the backdrop of a strengthening of troops in this direction is not surprising. By the time the naval infantry is deployed to cross the Dnieper, the Ukrainian Armed Forces should have a solid foothold on the left bank.
Therefore, the intensification of fighting on the islands is logical. By the way, in the last two days there has been no movement of columns from east to west: this means that the transfer of the naval infantry group has been completed.
12:00 Three enemy missiles were shot down today on the outskirts of Berdyansk, Zaporozhye region. There were no reports of casualties or damage.
11:46 In Vinnytsia region confirmed defeat of the 48th arsenal of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kalinovka area during night strikes. The object was hit by “Geranium”, after which a strong fire began.
11:37 Personnel assault by Russian motorized rifles on Ukrainian Armed Forces positions in Kleshcheevka through the eyes of a UAV operator.
10:50 The explosion occurred in the morning in the Dnepropetrovsk region, the Ukrainian publication “Zerkalo Nedeli” reported.
10:46 Consequences of artillery attack of the Paradise hotel in the village of Korsun, between Yenakiyevo and Gorlovka, artillery attack was carried out from the HIMARS MLRS. At the time of the shelling, the mayor of Gorlovka, Ivan Prikhodko, was inside.
10:31 They report about a powerful missile attack on Zaporozhye.
According to Ukrainian monitoring channels, Ukrainian Armed Forces facilities in the city, located 40 km west of the main offensive area of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, are being attacked, presumably by unidentified supersonic missiles. The air raid alert was announced after the first arrivals. According to preliminary data, at least two powerful explosions were recorded. Presumably, we may be talking about the use of the Iskander OTRK at military facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, where military equipment was repaired and ammunition was stored.
10:10 Frontline summary on the morning of 09/30/2023:
In the Zaporozhye direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces, with massive artillery support, are attacking Novoprokopovka and the approaches to Verbovoy. The Russian Armed Forces, in turn, are actively attacking their positions in the villages of Novodanilovka, Rabotino and Malaya Tokmachka. They also activated a new area on the LBS - they attacked near Krasny. The goal is to cut the rockade that passes through Gulyaypole with further access to the flank of the Ukrainian group in the Ugledarsky sector.
The Russian Armed Forces from Priyutnoye are conducting an offensive in the direction of Rovnopol. Also with artillery support, they are counterattacking in the Urozhayny area. Previously, Ukrainian troops tried to move here. Powerful attacks are being carried out on the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Staromayorsky. Similar actions of the Ukrainian army against the Russian ones - in Priyutny, Zavetny Zhelanie, Staromlynovka and Novodonetsk.
In the Donetsk direction, the Russian Armed Forces continue to hold the initiative. Assault operations on the approaches to Novomikhailovka and in Mar'inka. The Russian Aerospace Forces supported the offensive south of Avdievka. Missile strike of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on Gorlovka.
In the Lugansk direction, Russian troops resumed attacks on Ukrainian positions in Belogorovka. Under attack by Ukrainian Armed Forces units in Torskoye, Berestovoy and Kupyansk.
10:05 The situation in the Zaporozhye direction at 10:00, reports the Archangel of Special Forces:
In the morning, a cluster of two enemy assault groups was discovered; they were preparing for offensive actions, but our troops decided to stop this in its infancy. TOS “Solntsepek” was sent to the place where they were collected near the forest clearing. An evacuation vehicle arrived, did not stay at the scene for long and quickly retreated back.
Soldiers of the 47th Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were spotted at the front at the Rabotino-Novoprokopovka line; they may have withdrawn some of them, but not all of them.
The enemy continues to bombard rear areas with ammunition from Western countries.
09:48 Statement of Head of the press center of the Center group.
In the Krasnolimansky direction in the area of the Tor ledge, the actions of units of the Center group of troops, artillery fire, and attacks by assault and army aviation thwarted and repelled four attempted attacks by assault groups of the 63rd Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
A tactical aviation group carried out strikes on two enemy temporary deployment points in the area of the village of Torskoye.
During the counterbattery fight, more than 10 artillery crews of Ukrainian troops were exposed and suppressed.
Enemy losses in this direction amounted to up to 50 military personnel. An armored fighting vehicle was destroyed.
09:30 The criminal Kiev regime continues to shell the civilian infrastructure of settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired cannon artillery:
-- in the village of Korsunka seven rounds;
-- in the village of Kazachi Lagery nine rounds;
-- in the village of Krynki nine rounds;
-- in the village of Novaya Zburevka four rounds;
-- n.p. Dnepryan five rounds
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement of Novaya Kakhovka, settlement. Kakhovka, Krynki settlement, Dnepryan settlement, Krynki settlement firing a total of 24 rounds from barrel artillery
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being determined.
09:21 Zaporozhye direction. Verbovoe. Front Bird reports.
“Art. fighting from morning to night. Aerial reconnaissance is carried out between them all day long.
Forest planting - this word is already losing relevance at the forefront. Due to intense shelling, autumn began earlier for this category. The foliage has fallen, and in some places the trees have fallen along with it.”
09:00 Explosions near the city of Yuzhny, Odessa region. There was a missile strike and there was an air raid alert in the region.
08:20 Summary as of the morning of September 30, 2023:
At night, the Russian Armed Forces carried out strikes with Geranium UAVs on targets in the Vinnitsa, Nikolaev, Dnepropetrovsk and Cherkasy regions. In the Odessa region, the target was the enemy’s port infrastructure on the border with Romania: UAVs were recorded near the cities of Reni and Izmail.
In the Bryansk region, the enemy's DRG was driven out of the region's territory.
On the Zaporozhye Front, they report the withdrawal of the 47th Separate Mechanized Brigade “Magura” from the Rabotino area for replenishment due to losses. In general, the grouping of enemy troops at the front is estimated at 60,000 to 70,000 people, however, the intensity of enemy attacks has decreased somewhat. However, the enemy is launching artillery and missile strikes along the entire front line and hitting rear areas with long-range NATO ammunition.
Positional battles at Sin'kovka near Kupyansk and in Serebryansky forest near Kremennaya.
At Kleshcheevka and Andreevka south of Artemovsk the enemy is trying to break through to the railway.
In the morning, as a result of an attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the village. The fire in the Bryansk region disrupted the power supply. In the Belgorod region, the Ukrainian Armed Forces dropped an explosive device on civilian vehicles near a private house in the village. Novostroevka-Second, Grayvoronsky urban district.
In the morning, nine 220mm BM27 Uragan MLRS rounds fired by Ukrainian Nazis at civilians were shot down over Belgorod and the Belgorod region. In the Kursk region, the Ukrainian Armed Forces shelled a village. Gogolevka in Sudzhansky district.
08:17 Destroyed UAZ “Bukhanka” and a pickup truck of Ukrainian forces in the Zaporozhye direction.
08:10 Combat crews of the Tornado-G MLRS of the 1st Guards Tank Army of the Western Military District are destroying equipment and strongholds with enemy personnel in the Kharkov region around the clock -video.
08:00 Russian Su-35S destroyedU krainian plane in the NWO zone.
The crews of multirole fighters practiced patrolling in a given area and covering the actions of bomber and attack aircraft, as well as army aviation helicopters when carrying out air strikes on military targets and equipment of Ukrainian militants.
07:50 Commander of the TOS-1A “Solntsepek” flamethrower platoon with call sign Samur told about combat work in the Northern Military District zone
“We work mainly on the most important targets,” he says, “on columns of equipment, strongholds and concentrations of enemy manpower.”
“The main thing is to do everything quickly: we arrived at the place, “attached”, the first shot, then adjustment, then the second shot to kill, we roll back. We constantly change places,” says the flamethrower.
Samur also spoke about the atmosphere in the unit: “Relations in the team, one might say, are like family, because we have been working shoulder to shoulder for a year and a half.”
07:47 The air defense system worked over the central regions of Donetsk. This was reported by a RIA Novosti correspondent.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Colonel and former adviser to the head of the Pentagon Douglas McGregor believes that the Kiev authorities should come to terms and make peace with Russia. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are rapidly losing strength.
An American officer believes that the losses of the Ukrainian army have reached a critical level. He wrote about this on the social network X, admitting that “the Ukrainian phase of the war has come to an end” and peace is needed.
“They are losing soldiers at a rate comparable to the losses of the Allied forces during the First World War on the Western Front. Every day in 1918 we lost an average of a thousand men a day,” McGregor wrote.
As Regnum reported , the Russian military is carrying out preventive strikes on targets in the territory of the Kherson region controlled by the Kiev regime in order to prevent the Ukrainian Armed Forces from crossing the Dnieper.
A Ukrainian victory in the combat zone is unlikely due to the proliferation of Russian kamikaze drones, says German journalist Julian Roepke.
When developing weapons in Russia, the ability to destroy Western equipment is taken into account, said former US intelligence officer Scott Ritter.
A Ukrainian Armed Forces military officer who was captured in the Zaporozhye direction spoke about dozens of deserters due to the situation at the front and the lies of the commanders.
“Morale is below average. There are suspicions (that the unit will die in battle), but they (the command) assure us, talk, and somehow they succeed,” RIA Novosti quotes him.
According to him, the military remains, trusts the commanders, but “everything is quite the opposite” is happening. He added that the decision to desert is made by those who have already been in battle and are faced with the real picture of what is happening.
“They didn’t say anything. They drank vodka for several days, then turned around, packed their things and went AWOL. There were enough of them. More than ten for sure. Maybe about 50,” said the prisoner.
This comes from the realization that he believes that the bosses are lying, all their conversations are not true.
“People think and understand that this is just a meat grinder,” the prisoner of war concluded.
As Regnum reported , due to the failure of the attacks at Rabotino and Pyatikhatki, the Ukrainian military decided to surrender to Russian soldiers, since the capabilities of the transferred Western equipment were exaggerated.
Since mid-July, about 10,000 Ukrainian military personnel decided to surrender and used the special open frequency 149.200 Volga. Only in the Rabotino area do Ukrainian Armed Forces fighters surrender in whole groups.
In Ukraine, only those who are fit for military service are sent to military service. Men with clinically cured tuberculosis, viral hepatitis with minor dysfunction, asymptomatic HIV, and diseases of the endocrine system are subject to mobilization.
Men with short-term manifestations of mental disorders and neurotic disorders will also be drafted into the army in Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on September 4 that the so-called “counter-offensive” of the Ukrainian Armed Forces is not even a slippage, but a real failure. During the attempted counteroffensive, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost 71,000 people in three months, from June to September 2023, the head of state added.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] US Secretary of State Antony Blinken allowed himself a blatant lie when speaking about the Soviet Union's alleged hushing up of the Babi Yar tragedy, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on September 30 in her Telegram channel.
She recalled that the Nazis, having occupied the territory of Kyiv, began sweeping operations and shot civilians on September 29–30, 1941 in the Babi Yar tract. Within a few days, tens of thousands of Jews, Gypsies, and Soviet prisoners of war were killed.
“On the 29th-30th alone, the German fascists brutally literally destroyed 34,000 people - this is exactly what Blinken remembered, cynically lying about the memory of this tragedy in the USSR, and also “forgetting” that the executions continued until the liberation of Kiev [by] The Red Army in November 1943,” Zakharova wrote.
In her opinion, the most blatant lie of the American Secretary of State is contained in the phrase, monstrous in its ignorance and cynicism: “The Soviets buried this story.” Zakharova emphasized that no other country in the world has so consistently accused National Socialism of the crimes of the Holocaust as the Soviet Union.
The diplomat clarified that in March 1945, Resolution of the Council of People's Commissars of the Ukrainian SSR and the Central Committee of the Communist Party (Bolsheviks) No. 378 “On the construction of a monumental monument on the site of Babyn Yar” was adopted, in accordance with which work began on creating a park and installing a monument at the burial site victims. It was opened on July 2, 1976 on the territory later named the National Historical and Memorial Reserve "Babi Yar" in Kyiv.
A representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry noted that for the Soviet people, Babi Yar was the same bleeding wound as Khatyn, Treblinka or Auschwitz, liberated by Soviet soldiers. Nationally known and recognized creators dedicated their works to this tragedy: Soviet writer Anatoly Kuznetsov, director Mark Donskoy, composer Dmitry Shostakovich, she noted. Don't forget Soviet writer Yevgeny Yevtushenko, who wrote a commemorative poem about Babi Yar.
“How did Blinken have the audacity to write that we supposedly don’t remember or didn’t remember the past, and even on the anniversary of the tragedy! On the other hand, what do we want from the US Secretary of State, who was declared by an Israeli publication one of the most influential Jews in the world last year, but who did not find words to condemn the honoring of a Nazi in the Canadian parliament?" - Zakharova concluded.
As Regnum reported , on September 22, Canadian parliamentarians, together with the head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky , who arrived on a visit to Canada, supported the 98-year-old SS man with applause. He was introduced to legislators as a veteran of the “struggle for Ukrainian independence against the Russians” during World War II.
Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov drew attention to the fact that many Western countries have raised a generation that does not know who fought with whom, this is fraught with the fact that fascism will appear here and there, it is trying to stand on its feet in the center of Europe.
Russians, Poles, Belarusians, Jews, and Gypsies became victims of Ukrainian nationalism. In 1941, several thousand Jews and hundreds of representatives of the Polish intelligentsia, including teachers and scientists, were killed in Lviv. On September 29, 1941, in the Kiev tract of Babi Yar, Bandera’s followers shot gypsies, Jews and Soviet prisoners of war. In one day, 33,771 people were killed. In total, according to various sources, from 100 to 150 thousand people were shot.
SS man Jaroslav Hunka and his family are in hiding after a scandalous incident in the Canadian Parliament. This was reported by the local CBC television channel.
CBC: Ukrainian SS man Hunka and his family go into hiding after scandal
According to family friend Barba Bonanfana, the Junca family is “afraid to show their faces.”
The woman admitted that she did not know about Hunka’s SS past. And his family did not know about the plans of the Canadian authorities to give him a reception with a standing ovation in parliament.
“They thought that he would be in the same room with Vladimir Zelensky,” Bonanfant added.
As Regnum reported, on September 21 , 98-year-old Hunka was invited to a meeting of the Canadian Parliament dedicated to the visit of the head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky . Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada Anthony Rota , to the applause of the audience, Zelensky and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, introduced Hunka as “a fighter for Ukrainian independence against the Russians during the Second World War.”
It occurs to me that my 97-year old mother was twenty years old when the war ended. Granted, she’d been running messages for the Dutch Underground for the previous several years, but I have to wonder how much National Socialist viciousness Mr. Hunka was able to get up to during the two years he wore the SS uniform. Still, perhaps he was a prodigy of evil.
The Kremlin, commenting on this scandal, stated that the fact that Zelensky applauded the fascists once again confirms the Kiev regime’s addiction to Nazi ideology.
Hunka told Canadian television that he wanted to leave Canada after the scandal broke.
The University of Alberta in Canada closed the educational foundation named after Yaroslav Hunka after an appeal from the Russian diplomatic mission.
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The massacre of Jews at Babi Yar and other locations did not fit into the official Soviet version of the war. The Soviets spoke of what they called “The Great Patriotic War” as a historic battle between fascism and communism, playing down the racial and ethnic chauvinism of Nazism.
Silence on Jewish victimhood also avoided difficult questions about the collaboration of ethnic Ukrainians and other Soviet citizens. In the Soviet myth, all citizens were equal victims of Nazi barbarism and could share in the ultimate victory of the Red Army over the German Wehrmacht, the armed forces of the Third Reich.
Tuesday afternoon's missile attack, which was targeting a nearby TV tower, killed five civilians.
Staff were initially unable to access the Babyn Yar site to assess the damage. However, it is now known that the most iconic memorials in the park are unscathed. These include a large menorah, newly built synagogue and a monument honouring the Soviet citizens and prisoners of war who died, which is located closest to the TV tower.
A museum building which was not yet in use caught fire, and there is damage across the 140-acre site, such as burnt and uprooted trees, the BBC has been told.
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Every Ukrainian claim that Russia targeted civilians has been shown to be false, by either a combination of civilians ignoring air raid warnings, or Ukrainian SAMs that went stupid, or were poorly aimed.
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[Regnum] The strategy of long-term resistance to Western sanctions and military pressure used by Russia will lead to Europe “exploding from within.” Rutgers University political science professor Michael Rossi says so.
The teacher noted that Russia always plays the long game, having all the resources for this.
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*Bah* Europe is already 'bleeding' from its self-inflicted Zero-Carbon Policies, de-industrialization, absorbing massive numbers of unskilled immigrants and their social spending spree ...oh, and global climate weirdness, I suppose. How do you parse out Russian Sanctions from that convoluted mess of causes as THE Cause?
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics.
[ColonelCassad] From Tymoshenko's revelations.
“And, of course, 2008, when I, as Prime Minister, submitted an application for Ukraine to join NATO, for the provision of an action plan for membership in the alliance. And if then they had listened to my proposal and Ukraine would have been given an action plan for NATO membership "If Ukraine had opened the doors to NATO membership in 2008, there would be no war today. Today Europe would be in peace, there would be hundreds of thousands of living people and today there would not be the consequences of the tragedies that all of Europe is feeling today , and the whole world from the war that is happening in Ukraine."
Video already is translated into English The desired moment at 07-14:
Another factual recognition of the huge losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which are measured in hundreds of thousands. Now there are estimates from 300,000 to 400,000 irrevocable losses. My best guess is that those numbers are inflated by a factor of two. They come from retired US Colonel Douglas MacGregor, and from his contacts within the Russian and European military greybeard community.
All that said, my other best guess is that the Ukrainian casualty numbers for the Russian military are inflated by a factor of at least seven. These people would be alive if not for the Euromaidan and NATO expansion to the east. Otherwise, hundreds of thousands more will die.
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