[Gateway] A growing number of Americans are tired of seeing our leaders in Washington send mountains of cash to Ukraine when there are so many serious problems here at home.
According to Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, there are some people in Washington who are getting that message and the movement is growing.
It’s maddening to see America’s problems ignored, week after week.
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Yes, like absolutely everything, the Ukraine "current thing" has a shelf life and a tipping point. I think when it tips, that will be a tipping point for something else. Then perhaps dominoes.
One can always hope.
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Syngman Rhee didn't sign the Korean Armistice Agreement. The UN command did. Rhee was pretty much like the present authoritarian leader in the Ukraine. At some point it may well have to be forced in a similar manner.
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[LB] The Russians unsuccessfully tried to restore the lost position in the area of Hryhorivka, Klishchiivka, Andriivka, Avdiivka, and Lastochkino.
by Iryna Gamalii
The Defense Forces of Ukraine continue to conduct defense in the east and south of Ukraine, offensive operations in the Melitopol direction and offensive actions in the Bakhmut direction, destroy the enemy, step by step liberate the temporarily occupied territories, consolidate at the reached borders.
This was announced on Facebook by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the morning of the 587th day of the large-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine.
During the past day, 57 combat clashes took place at the front. In general, the enemy launched five missile and 60 air strikes, carried out 47 attacks from rocket salvo systems both on the positions of our troops and on civilian objects of our state. As a result of Russian terrorist attacks, unfortunately, there are dead and wounded among the civilian population. Private residential buildings and other civilian infrastructure were destroyed and damaged.
In addition, tonight, the invaders attacked Ukraine, using 29 attack UAVs of the "Shahed-136/131" type. Our air defense destroyed 24 enemy "Shaheds".
The following areas were hit by airstrikes: Sinkivka, Podoli, Kharkiv region; Kuzemivka, Novoselivske, Belogorivka, Luhansk region; Siversk, Spirne, Khromove, Chasiv Yar, Ivanivske, Klishchiivka, Toretsk, Oleksandro-Shultine, Avdiyivka, Maryinka, Novomykhailivka, Zolota Niva, Urozhaine, Staromayorske of the Donetsk region; Mala Tokmachka, Orihiv, Robotyne of the Zaporizhzhia region; Kozatske, Mykolaivka, Olhivka, Kherson region.
More than 140 settlements in the Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhya and Kherson regions came under artillery fire.
In the area of responsibility of the "Pivnich" OSUV in the Volyn and Poliske directions, the operational situation remains without significant changes.
In the Siverskyi and Slobozhanskyi directions , the enemy maintains a military presence in the border areas, conducts active diversionary activities in order to prevent the transfer of our troops to threatening directions, increases the density of mine-explosive barriers along the state border in the Belgorod region.
In the zone of responsibility of the "Khortytsia" air defense system in the Kupyansk direction, the Defense Forces repelled an enemy attack in the area north of Zybiny, Kharkiv region.
In the Lyman direction, the Defense Forces repelled 7 enemy attacks in the areas east of Makiyivka in the Luhansk region and northwest of Dibrova in the Donetsk region.
In the direction of Bakhmut, the enemy unsuccessfully tried to restore the lost position in the areas of Hryhorivka, Klishchiivka and Andriivka settlements of the Donetsk region. The defense forces continue their assault south of Bakhmut in the Donetsk region, inflict losses on the enemy in terms of manpower and equipment, and secure themselves at the achieved boundaries.
In the area of responsibility of the "Tavriya" anti-aircraft missile defense system in the Avdiyiv and Maryinsky directions, the enemy unsuccessfully tried to restore the lost position in the Avdiyivka area of the Donetsk region and to improve the tactical position in the Lastochkino area of the Donetsk region. The enemy carried out more than 15 unsuccessful attacks in Maryinka and Krasnohorivka districts of Donetsk region.
In the Shakhtarsky direction, Ukrainian soldiers repelled enemy attacks in the Zolota Niva and Rivnopil settlements of the Donetsk region. In the Zaporizhzhia region, the Defense Forces successfully repelled enemy attacks in the Novodarivka, Verbovoy, and Robotyny districts of the Zaporizhzhia region.
The Defense Forces of Ukraine continue to conduct an offensive operation in the Melitopol direction, offensive (assault) actions in the Bakhmut direction, inflict losses in manpower and equipment on the occupying troops, continue to entrench themselves on the occupied borders and exhaust the enemy.
In the area of responsibility of the "Odesa" anti-aircraft missile defense system in the Kherson direction, the Defense Forces continue to conduct a counter-battery fight, destroy warehouses and inflict successful damage on the enemy's rear.
During the past 24 hours, the Air Force of the Defense Forces carried out 13 strikes on areas where the enemy's personnel, weapons and military equipment are concentrated. Units of the missile forces damaged the command post, three areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment, 10 artillery pieces and the enemy's ammunition depot.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22:28 White House Speaker Karine Jean-Pierre announced a new package of military assistance for Ukraine from the United States as part of the regular program. It will be officially announced soon.
22:25 Britain will provide Ukraine with a new package of humanitarian aid, the country's government announced. It provides £34 million for the UN and charities providing Ukrainians with shelter and warm winter clothing; 10 million for electricity; 500 million to pay benefits for 3 million families in winter.
22:22 Zelensky said following his visit to Spain that Ukraine will have more air defense: “There are clear agreements. This is very important before winter. Spain, Italy, France, Germany, Britain - thank you! Our soldiers will have more artillery. There will be more long-range weapons."
21:50 Zelensky said that he met with King Philip VI of Spain: “I thank King Philip, the royal family of Spain and the entire Spanish people for their continued support of Ukraine. We appreciate the assistance from Spain provided from the first days of the full-scale invasion of the aggressor state in the fight of Ukraine for our common European values."
20:47 Emergency rescue work in the village. The storm in the Kupyansky district of the Kharkov region is over: 51 people were killed , including a child born in 2017, and six more people were injured, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported.
20:39 Putin said that several thousand former mercenaries of the Wagner PMC signed contracts with the Russian Ministry of Defense. At the same time, he added that the Russian authorities do not have a common opinion whether Russia needs private military companies, and Wagner’s experience was “clumsy” because it was not based on the law.
Putin also said that the Wagner PMC command that died in the plane crash probably blew itself up: “Fragments of hand grenades were found in the bodies of the victims. There was no external impact on the plane. This is the result of an examination by the Investigative Committee... Unfortunately, for the presence of alcohol or drugs "There was no examination of the funds in the blood of the victims, although we know that after the well-known events at the company in St. Petersburg, the FSB discovered not only 10 billion in cash, but also five kilos of cocaine."
19:55 Ukraine and Great Britain will continue and expand defense cooperation, Zelensky said following a meeting with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. They also discussed ways to export grain and agreed on the need to protect freedom of navigation in the Black Sea.
19:13 Spain will transfer six launchers for the Hawk air defense system to Ukraine, the country’s government announced following negotiations between Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and Zelensky.
19:10 Germany is working on transferring an additional Patriot system to Ukraine before the winter months, Zelensky said following a meeting with Scholz.
18:57 In the Kharkov region, three days, from October 6 to 8, will be declared days of mourning, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OBA.
18:50 Ukraine has “almost fulfilled” seven recommendations of the European Commission and is ready to begin negotiations on accession to the EU this year, Zelensky said following a meeting with President of the European Parliament Roberta Mezola. They also discussed further sanctions and steps to counter Russian propaganda.
18:41 In a cafe in the village of Groza, Kharkov region, which was hit by a Russian missile, a funeral service for a serviceman was held, half of the village was present, said Dmitry Chubenko, press secretary of the regional prosecutor’s office. At the same time, according to him, among the 51 dead there were no military personnel. Chubenko also admits that the strike was carried out following a tip from one of the local residents.
18:35 Putin said that the war in Ukraine is not over territory, but over “the principles of a new world order.” According to him, “lasting peace will only be established when everyone feels safe, understands that their opinions are respected and that there is a balance in the world, when no one is able to force others to live as the hegemon pleases.” According to Putin, Moscow “faces the task of building a new world.”
Putin also said that spending on defense and security in Russia has approximately doubled - now about 6% of GDP. In addition, he claims that the Russian Federation has successfully tested the Burevestnik nuclear-powered missile. At the same time, he does not consider it necessary to lower the threshold for the use of nuclear weapons in military doctrine, since “today there is no such situation that anything threatens the existence of the Russian state.” “No person in his right mind would think of using nuclear weapons against Russia,” said the head of the Kremlin.
18:08 One of those wounded as a result of Russian shelling died in the hospital. Thunderstorm in the Kupyansky district: the death toll has risen to 51 , the prosecutor's office reported. The Ministry of Internal Affairs notes that the strike was very accurate - it was probably corrected by one of the local residents. In total, there were about 60 people at the scene of the impact. The strike on Groza became the most massive in terms of the number of deaths in the Kharkov region since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation, said Elena Shapoval, spokesman for the head of the OVA.
17:52 Zelensky met with the President of the European Council Charles Michel, discussed the counter-offensive and priority defense needs of Ukraine, as well as the Peace Formula and preparations for the Global Peace Summit.
17:27 Zelensky said that he had a meeting with Macron, they discussed strengthening Ukraine’s air defense, as well as the security of the Odessa region and the Black Sea. “All our preliminary agreements to strengthen the defense of Ukraine are being implemented. There will be even more good news for our soldiers,” the Ukrainian president noted.
17:13 The death toll in the village of Groza has increased to 50 people. According to preliminary data, the cafe was hit with an Iskander, said the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Igor Klimenko. The Kharkov OVA clarified that at that time there was a memorial dinner in the cafe, which is why so many people gathered there. In total, about 300 people live in the village.
16:21 For the first time in history, a missile defense system was deployed over Warsaw, said Minister of Defense Mariusz Blaszczak. The basis of the Vistula missile defense system is the American Patriot. Combat duty will begin on October 6.
16:09 The number of people killed as a result of a Russian strike on a cafe-shop in the village. The storm in the Kupyansky district increased to 49, among them a child, seven people were injured, the prosecutor's office reported.
15:54 The head of the Kharkov OVA Oleg Sinegubov clarified that today at about 13:15 the Russian army fired at a cafe and a store in the village. Thunderstorm in the Kupyansky district, where there were many civilians.
15:50 The Russians fired at a civilian facility in the village of Groza, Kupyansky district, Kharkov region: 48 people are preliminary known to have died , including a six-year-old child. Six people are also known to be wounded, and clearing of the rubble continues, the Office of the President reported.
15:48 Zelensky said that he had his first meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. The President emphasized that Ukraine is interested in stability in the South Caucasus.
15:46 Zelensky said during the summit of the European Political Community that, despite the political storm in the United States, he is confident in America: “These are strong people, a strong society, strong institutions, strong energy of democracy... I was recently in Washington. I talked "With President Biden. I've spoken with members of Congress - both parties, both chambers. They absolutely support the defense of freedom and understand that Russia and other enemies of our way of life want to take advantage of the consequences of political storms."
15:22 The Ukrainian IT Army hacked the Russian Leonardo air ticket booking system, as a result of which the work of the largest airports in the Russian Federation was stopped, said the head of the Ministry of Digital Development, Mikhail Fedorov. According to him, the IT army is actively working, almost every day Russian websites go down, data leaks, and the work of government agencies is paralyzed.
14:43 The SBU drone attack left important enemy military installations in the Kursk region without electricity, a number of Ukrainian media reported, citing sources in the Security Service. Military facilities of the Russian Federation were connected to an electrical substation in the settlements of Sudzha, Lyubimovka and Glushkovo. This is not the first blackout in the Kursk region from the SBU. The previous one was on the 29th, and before that on September 26th. Then the electrical substations that supplied power to important Russian military installations were hit. In total, the SBU has already organized seven similar attacks on enemy infrastructure.
14:35 Russia may try to freeze the war in Ukraine in order to restore military potential until 2028, Zelensky said during the third summit of the European Political Community: “Russia is now considering different scenarios for the coming years, one of them is especially dangerous. If this aggression against Ukraine will have any pause, freezing of the situation, there will be a new critical moment - 2028. If Russia is allowed to adapt now, the Kremlin will be able to restore its military potential by 2028. Then Russia will have enough strength to attack countries that are the focus of Russian expansion.Except Ukraine "These are definitely the Baltic countries and countries where the Russian contingent is present. This is clear information from our intelligence. Russia is looking for opportunities to freeze the situation, adapt and is preparing to move on."
14:32 Zelensky discussed strengthening Ukrainian air defense and priority defense needs with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. The future Italian presidency of the G7 was also discussed. Meloni assured that supporting Ukraine would be Italy’s top priority. The president also thanked Italy for its readiness to take patronage over the restoration of Odessa.
14:04 The United States has supplied Ukraine with more than a million Iranian ammunition confiscated in the Persian Gulf. About how this became possible, see the article about Kiev receiving ammunition from Iran .
13:55 The Russians carried out five airstrikes in the Berislav area of the Kherson region, a direct hit was recorded in the hospital, said the head of the Air Force, Alexander Prokudin. The fourth floor was completely destroyed, another one was partially destroyed. Emergency vehicles were also damaged. Two medical workers were injured, information is being clarified.
13:47 Borrell said that Europe will not be able to replace US support for Ukraine: “Ukraine needs the support of the European Union, but also the support of the United States. Will Europe be able to fill the gap left by the United States? Of course, Europe cannot replace the United States.” At the same time, the European diplomat called the increased confrontation in Washington regarding assistance to Ukraine “bad news.” He expressed the hope that this is not the final position of the United States.
13:14 Spain will provide Ukraine with a new package of defense support, which will include additional air defense systems, artillery and anti-drone systems, Zelensky said following a meeting with Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. “We are preparing to begin negotiations on Ukraine’s accession to the EU under the chairmanship of Spain. We also discussed the provision of energy equipment to Ukraine before the winter period and the work and protection of the grain corridor,” the president noted.
12:26 About 11 thousand civilians and 15 thousand military personnel are currently considered missing under special circumstances, said Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Leonid Timchenko. According to him, information about each missing person is entered into the register. The Ministry of Internal Affairs is cooperating on this issue with the National Police and the Main Intelligence Directorate.
11:58 Russia will station ships of the Black Sea Fleet at a base in occupied Abkhazia, the head of the occupation administration of the region, Aslan Bzhania, said: “We have signed an agreement, and in the near future there will be a permanent base for the Russian Navy in the Ochamchira region.”
11:10 The Save Ukraine organization reported that it took another 19 Ukrainian children from the temporarily occupied territories as part of the 12th rescue mission. In total, the team returned 196 children to Ukraine.
10:42 The German concern Rheinmetall reported that it has transferred SurveilSpire systems to Ukraine to combat drones. The complex consists of an observation tower with a day and night vision camera, autopiloted minidrones for patrol flights and a control system.
10:38 During his visit to the headquarters of the joint group of forces, Shoigu said that nine reserve regiments have been formed for all groupings of troops and are undergoing training.
10:33 Zelensky said that he is on a working visit to Granada, Spain , participating in the summit of the European Political Community. “Ukraine, along with other nations in our common European home, takes part for the sake of security and stability on the continent. There will be work in joint formats and important bilateral meetings. The key for us, especially before winter, is strengthening air defense, and there is already a basis for new agreements with partners. We are preparing to confirm and implement them,” the president noted.
Also among the topics discussed are the strengthening of the existing security architecture in Europe and the situation in the Black Sea region.
10:30 In the morning, the Russians fired artillery at Nikopol, Dnepropetrovsk region, one person was wounded, said the head of the OVA Sergei Lysak.
10:19 The Russians shelled the center of Kherson, killing two people. One of the dead was a utility worker who was trimming trees, the President's Office said.
09:26 In the Kirovograd region, air defense forces shot down nine drones during a night attack, but they also hit an infrastructure facility, said Andrey Raikovich, head of the Air Defense Forces. No people were injured and no civilian infrastructure was damaged.
09:03 The British Foreign Office stated, citing intelligence data, that Russia intends to install sea mines in the path of civilian ships exporting Ukrainian grain. Not wanting to openly fire on merchant ships, the Russian leadership will act secretly, and will try to shift the blame for this onto Ukraine.
08:59 In the Zaporozhye region over the past 24 hours, two people were wounded as a result of Russian shelling - in Orekhovo and Kamensky, said the head of the OVA Yuriy Malashko.
08:47 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports, citing satellite images, that Russia has transferred at least ten ships of the Black Sea Fleet from Sevastopol to Novorossiysk.
08:28 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of October 5:
personnel - about 280,470 (+580) people,
tanks - 4757 (+12),
armored combat vehicles - 9052 (+26),
artillery systems - 6643 (+31),
MLRS - 804 (+2),
air defense systems - 540 (+0),
aircraft - 315 (+0),
helicopters - 316 (+0),
UAV of operational-tactical level - 5121 (+8),
cruise missiles - 1530 (+0),
ships/boats - 20 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 8980 (+18),
special equipment - 948 (+2).
08:07 At night, the Russians attacked the south-eastern regions of Ukraine with Shahed drones, there were hits on an infrastructure facility in the Kirovograd region, the Southern Defense Forces reported. The fire that started was quickly localized; there were no reports of casualties.
07:59 Air defense at night destroyed 24 of 29 Shahed attack UAVs , which Russia attacked from the south (Cape Chauda, Crimea), the Air Force command reported. Enemy drones were destroyed within the Odessa, Nikolaev and Kirovograd regions.
07:52 Over the past 24 hours, 57 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report . In the Kupyansky direction, the Defense Forces repelled enemy attacks in the area north of Zybino, Kharkov region; on Limansky - in areas east of Makeevka, Luhansk region and north-west of Dibrova, Donetsk region; on Bakhmutsky - in the areas of the settlements Grigoryevka, Kleshcheevka and Andreevka in the Donetsk region; on Avdeevsky and Maryinsky - in the areas of Avdeevka, Lastochkino, Maryinka and Krasnogorovka of the Donetsk region.
In the Shakhtarsky direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Zolotaya Niva and Rivnopol, Donetsk region, in Zaporozhye - in the areas of Novodarovka, Verbovoy and Rabotino, Zaporozhye region. At the same time, the Defense Forces continue their offensive in the Melitopol and Bakhmut directions.
06:43 Governor of the Kursk region Roman Starovoyt announced an attack by Ukrainian UAVs on infrastructure facilities in three areas, there are power outages.
05:56 Washington is working with European partners to find a legal framework for using frozen Russian assets to restore Ukraine, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said: “This is about $300 billion, and most of it is in Europe, not in the United States. So What we're looking at is what legal powers we and the Europeans can have to actually use these assets for Ukraine."
02:10 Bloomberg writes that Turkey is preparing a new international meeting on Ukraine in October, which will be held in Istanbul. According to the agency, Russia will not be invited to attend, and whether there will be someone from China is still unknown. The meeting in Istanbul will be held by analogy with the negotiations on Ukraine in Copenhagen and Jeddah, at which the Zelensky Peace Formula was discussed.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] The Russians hit a cafe-shop in the middle of the day with a rocket in the village of Groza, Kupyansky district, Kharkov region.
The death toll as a result of a Russian missile strike on the village of Groza in the Kharkov region has risen to 55. Several people are still considered missing. The Kharkov region police reported this on Thursday, October 5.
“The police identified 37 bodies of those killed in the village of Groza, Kupyansky district. In total, 55 people died from the impact, including an 8-year-old boy. Three people are considered missing, six victims are in the hospital,” law enforcement officers said.
As the police noted, there are very mutilated bodies, so to identify them it is necessary to conduct a DNA examination.
It is known that investigators and operatives are now looking for the gunners who provided the Russians with the coordinates of the strike. Searches are currently ongoing in the locality.
Let us note that at about 13.24 the Russian invaders fired a rocket at the village of Groza in the Kupyansky district of the Kharkov region. The rocket hit the building where there was a store and a cafe. According to the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Igor Klimenko, a wake was held there for a deceased fellow villager. In total, there were about 60 people on the territory of this facility.
It was previously reported that search work at the impact site had been completed.
A blow to Groza: three days of mourning were declared in the Kharkov region.
More from the V Kontacke page of Reports from the New Russia militia 05.10.23. A note from the resource "Donrf". Apparently, not the Live Journal blogger, whose work is featured today.
The incident is not quite the civilian massacre paid press would have you believe.
“⚡The Ukrainians confirm the version that in the village of Groza it was military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine who died (from natural causes).
According to my sources, in the village of Groza, Kupyansky district, they buried a militant Aidar. A flock of 100 brothers gathered for the wake. Thanks to my friends on the other side for the information. Isbushka is now turning the village around. #reports
In the village Groza of the Kupyansky district of the Khar'kov region On October 5, the funeral of an officer of the assault battalion "Aidar" (part of the 53rd separate mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, military unit A0536) took place - Andrey Viktorovich Kozyr, born 06/22/1978. Memorial events were held in the cafe. About 100 Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen were present.” The Russian Federation considers the Aidar Battalion as a terrorist organization, and a legitimate target.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Group of Forces, in cooperation with aviation and artillery, repelled two attacks by Ukrainian Armed Forces near Krasnogorovka and Pervomayskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
In addition, strikes were delivered at clusters of enemy manpower and hardware near Novomikhailovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy's losses were up to 210 Ukrainian personnel killed or injured, four armoured fighting vehicles, and six motor vehicles.
In counter-battery warfare, the Russian troops hit one U.S.-made M777 artillery system, one 152mm Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system, and one 152mm D-20 howitzer.
In Zaporozhye direction, the Russian Group of Forces supported by air strikes and artillery fire defeated manpower and hardware of the 65th Mechanised Brigade near Rabotino (Zaporozhye region).
Over 35 Ukrainian personnel, two armoured fighting vehicles, and three motor vehicles were eliminated.
In counter-battery warfare, the Russian troops hit two French-made Caesar self-propelled artillery systems, one U.S.-made M777 artillery system, one 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, two 122mm D-30 howitzers, as well as one 152mm Msta-B gun.
In Kupyansk direction, the Zapad Group of Forces supported by aircraft and artillery inflicted fire damage on manpower of the 25th Air Assault, 14th and 115th Mechanised Brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Novoselovskoye (Lugansk People's Republic), Timkovka and Sin'kovka (Khar'kov region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 170 Ukrainian troops killed and wounded, four pick-up trucks, two M109 Paladin howitzers, as well as one D-30 gun.
In Krasny Liman direction, well-coordinated actions of the Tsentr Group of Forces, helicopter strikes and artillery fire repelled two attacks launched by assault groups of the 63rd and 67th Mechanised Brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic).
In addition, strikes were delivered at clusters of enemy manpower and hardware near Kuzmino (Lugansk People's Republic), Torskoye and Grigorovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
During the day in this direction, the enemy suffered losses of up to 80 Ukrainian troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, two pick-up trucks, and one 122mm D-30 howitzer.
In South Donetsk direction, the Vostok Group of Forces supported by helicopters and artillery inflicted fire damage on assault detachments of the AFU 58th and 72nd Mechanised Brigades near Urozhaynoye, Nikol'skoye, Novomikhailovka (Donetsk People's Republic) and repelled one enemy attack launched by the 128th Territorial Defence Brigade close to Priyutnoye (Zaporozhye region).
The enemy's losses amounted to over 80 Ukrainian troops, two motor vehicles, and one 203mm Pion self-propelled gun.
In Kherson direction, up to 45 Ukrainian servicemen and two motor vehicles have been neutralised by fire.
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged AFU manpower and hardware in 107 areas during the day.
One AFU ammunition depot was wiped out close to Bogdanovka (Kirovograd region).
Air defence systems have intercepted one JDAM guided bomb and eight U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles during the day.
In addition, 27 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have been destroyed near Kremenets, Berestovoye (Donetsk People's Republic), Novaya Zburyevka, Proletarka (Kherson region), Pologi, Mirnoye (Zaporozhye region), Tavol'zhanka (Khar'kov region), and Svatovo (Lugansk People's Republic).
In total, 484 airplanes and 250 helicopters, 7,518 unmanned aerial vehicles, 440 air defence missile systems, 12,334 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,160 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 6,658 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 13,809 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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[NewsFront] 21:16 Air defense works in Kursk region - governor
“Due to the danger of self-destruction of downed Ukrainian UAVs, do not touch the wreckage or approach it! You can report your find by calling 112,” wrote Roman Starovoyt in his Telegram channel.
20:22 Russian Ministry of Defense published footage of the destruction of the position of the 10th Special Operations Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Spornoye area by artillerymen of the Southern Group of Forces.
19:12 Pushilin: three civilians were killed when the Ukrainian Armed Forces shelled Gorlovka with cluster rounds
19:12 Fiery personnel blowing up a Ukrainian M-109 self-propelled gun made in the USA by a Russian Lancet
18:48 Consequences of artillery attack of Gorlovka by Ukrainian militants using cluster munitions
18:47 Arrival of FAB at the temporary deployment point of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Berislav in the Kherson direction
17:22 Russian fighters destroyed armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Artemovsk direction. The artillerymen of the Southern group identified the firing position of the Ukrainian Armed Forces artillery near Zvanovka and with a precise strike destroyed the M109A6 Paladin self-propelled artillery mount. After an accurate hit, the NATO self-propelled gun's ammunition detonated, which led to its complete destruction.
17:22 An air raid alert has been declared in Sevastopol, Razvozhaev said
17:21 Three people were killed and eight more were injured when the area of the railway station was shelled by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Gorlovka.
According to the Telegram channel of the DPR representative office in the JCCC on issues related to war crimes of Ukraine, and the Telegram channel of the city mayor Ivan Prikhodko, among the dead are two women and one teenager.
16:05 On Thursday afternoon, Russian air defense shot down a Ukrainian drone over the Bryansk region, reportedMinistry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
“On October 5, at about 15.00 Moscow time, another attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack by an aircraft-type UAV on objects on the territory of the Russian Federation was stopped,” the message says.
“Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle was destroyed by air defense systems on duty over the Bryansk region,” the Russian Defense Ministry added.
15:22 Four children were wounded as a result of artillery attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces of Gorlovka
Due to strikes by NATO rounds, stores, recreation centers, and just the cars of ordinary civilians were also damaged. An unknown number of unexploded Ukrainian Armed Forces rounds, including cluster munitions, have accumulated in the area of the populated area.
15:21 New briefing from the Russian Ministry of Defense:
-- In the Donetsk direction, the losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces per day amounted to up to 210 militants killed and wounded, as well as four armored combat vehicles, a US-made M-777 howitzer, 152mm Akatsiya and 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled guns and a 152mm D-20 howitzer.
-- In the Zaporozhye direction, more than 35 militants, two armored combat vehicles, two CAESAR self-propelled guns made in France, an M777 howitzer made in the USA, a 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled gun, two 122mm D-30 howitzers and one 152mm Msta-B were destroyed.
-- In the Kupyansk direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 170 military personnel killed and wounded, two M109 Paladin howitzers, and a 122mm D-30 gun.
-- In the Krasnolimansk direction, the losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to up to 80 military killed and wounded, two armored combat vehicles and a 122mm D-30 howitzer.
-- More than 80 Ukrainian military personnel, as well as the 203mm Pion self-propelled gun, were liquidated in the South Donetsk direction.
-- Up to 45 Ukrainian military personnel were killed in the Kherson direction.
-- Air defense systems intercepted a JDAM aerial bomb, eight US-made HIMARS MLRS rockets and 27 UAVs.
14:31 Airstrike at the point of temporary deployment of Ukrainian Armed Forces militants in the Ugledar direction
14:30 Fighters from Yakutia and the Far East powerfully knocked out from the Leopard ATGM of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The media report that the military has already received their million rubles for the trophy.
14:29 One residential area, according to updated data, was left without power supply in Rylsk, Kursk region, after massive artillery attack from the territory of Ukraine, about 11 houses and five cars were damaged by rounds, a representative of the emergency services told RIA Novosti.
Earlier, the governor of the region, Roman Starovoit, announced the artillery attack of Rylsk with cluster munitions from Ukraine. The woman received moderate shrapnel wounds. In different parts of the city, houses, outbuildings and cars were damaged, and unexploded ordnance was found.
13:05 The Ukrainian military fired at the center of the city of Shebekino, Belgorod region, there was a direct hit on a bakery and a shopping center, there were no preliminary casualties, regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said in Telegram channel.
“Several settlements of the Shebekinsky urban district are under repeated artillery attack of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. According to preliminary data, no one was hurt... In Shebekino, some of the rounds flew into the city center. There is a direct hit on the building of a non-working bakery and a shopping center that is being renovated,” Gladkov wrote on his Telegram channel.
13:02 Ukrainian troops fired two more cluster rounds of “NATO” caliber 155 mm at Gorlovka, reported in Telegram channel representation of the DPR in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).
“Artillery attack was recorded from the armed formations of Ukraine in the direction: 11.20 – the settlement of Shcherbinovka – the settlement of Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): two rounds of 155 millimeter caliber (cassette) were fired,” the department said in a statement.
12:59 Russian troops occupy advantageous positions in the Rabotino area, the head of the Zaporozhye region, Yevgeny Balitsky, told reporters.
“Rabotino is a gray area, I think you know that. Our troops are calmly holding on the right and left hills from Rabotino. We work on the enemy. Today we have favorable positions, because, having a hollow between Rabotino and Verbov, the enemy is located in this lowland.
Accordingly, we now have a large number of concentrated forces and means, mainly artillery, which are working against the enemy. Having advantageous positions, we are satisfied with the position we have today,” Balitsky said on the sidelines of the Golden Autumn agro-industrial exhibition.
12:07 The Veteran Palace of Culture was damaged during artillery attack of Gorlovka by Ukrainian troops, the mayor of the city Ivan Prikhodko said inTelegram channel.
“The Veteran Palace of Culture (Kalininsky district of Gorlovka) was damaged by artillery attack by Ukrainian armed formations,” the mayor said in a statement.
12:07 Five civilians were injured as a result of artillery attack of Gorlovka by Ukrainian troops, the mayor of the city Ivan Prikhodko said inTelegram channel.
“As a result of the artillery attack of Gorlovka by Ukrainian armed gangs, five civilians were injured,” the message says.
12:05 Air defense systems destroyed a drone over the Belgorod region, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported
12:00 Ukrainian troops fired six cluster rounds of “NATO” caliber 155 mm at Gorlovka in five minutes, reported in Telegram channel representation of the DPR in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).
11:15 Russian military tracked down anddestroyedHummer of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of Malaya Tokmachka in the Zaporozhye direction
11:14 The Russian Armed Forces attacked the Malyshev plant in Khar'kov. Other objects were also affected.
10:33 The Ukrainian Armed Forces shelled the village of Shebekinsky in the Belgorod region, a shell hit a private house. There were no casualties, the power line and the bus near the house were damaged, four more houses received minor damage, regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov wrote in his Telegram channel.
09:20 In the Donetsk direction on September 27 there was liquidated American mercenary Dalton Medlin. He served in the US Army for four years.
At the beginning of 2023, Medlin, according to his friends, signed a contract with the Ukrainian Armed Forces. He fought as part of the mercenary group Chosen Company (“Company of the Chosen”), which is part of the 59th Separate Mechanized Brigade. The "chosen" squad consists of US Army veterans. They call themselves "volunteers".
The group became known in the summer of 2023, when two mercenaries from this detachment were eliminated - US Army officer Andrew Webber and American Lance Lawrence.
09:10 The Russian crew of the 152mm Msta-B howitzer destroyed an artillery gun of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlement of Pyatikhatki, Zaporozhye region. This was reported to us by Dmitry Rogozin, a member of the Federation Council from the Zaporozhye region, the head of the military-technical center “Tsar's Wolves”, who took part in adjusting the fire.
He emphasized that further aerial reconnaissance confirmed the accuracy of the hit.
08:57 Russian Armed Forces bombers in the Krasnolimansk directioninflictedfour strikes on a temporary deployment point and three command and observation posts of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The artillery and aviation of the Center group inflicted fire on the assault groups of the 63rd Mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the 5th Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine. The enemy's losses amounted to more than 50 militants.
During the counterbattery fight, up to 25 enemy artillery crews were discovered and suppressed, and a 120mm mortar was also hit along with the crew.
08:17 Crews of "Hyacinths" in the Ugledar direction destroyed positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
The firing range of the Hyacinth is three dozen kilometers. Artillerymen reach nationalist command posts deep in the line of combat contact. Aerial reconnaissance guides and corrects. The terrain here is open, sparse forest plantations provide poor camouflage. Based on the coordinates of the targets, the artillerymen understand that they managed not only to suppress, but also to push back the enemy.
“We destroy infantry, artillery mounts, radar stations. We often hear that the target is hit, destroyed or suppressed. As they tell us, the targets are constantly moving meters, kilometers from the positions, i.e. are leaving,” said the senior battery officer with the call sign “Gyurza.”
08:16 A Ukrainian soldier, captured by Russian soldiers on one of the Kherson islands in the Dnieper delta, said that the command sends those mobilized to storm the islands without training, in conditions of understaffed units and without artillery support -video.
08:05 This night the Russian army worked on military targets in the eastern and central parts of Ukraine.
That night, explosions were heard in the Kirovograd, Odessa, Poltava, Khar'kov and Dnepropetrovsk regions - where Russian military personnel were actively working on Independence military facilities.
The Russian army launched combined strikes using UAVs and missiles. One of the targets was hit in Mirgorod, Poltava region, as well as in Kropyvnytskyi, Kirovograd region. The local authorities of the Ukrainian regions did not report which objects were under attack by our soldiers.
08:00 Kursk region, governor Roman Starovoyt: the border town of Rylsk was shelled with cluster munitions from Ukraine. A woman received moderately severe shrapnel wounds; she was taken to the Rylsk Central District Hospital and is receiving the necessary medical care. Houses, outbuildings and cars were damaged in different parts of the city. Unexploded ordnance has also been found and sappers are working.
07:55 The Ukrainian Armed Forces shelled the village of Suzemka, Bryansk region - Governor Bogomaz.
There were no casualties. As a result of the shelling, the power supply was disrupted.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Dmitry Taratorin
[REGNUM] One of the leading participants in the “Free Russia Forum” organized by Kasparov and his like-minded people, culturologist Mikhail Lotman, said an amazing thing at it: “Who is this bragging about sexual violence? Stalin, Brezhnev? No, this is Pushkin!
And Katya Margolis, an artist living in Venice, known until recently only in rather narrow circles, suddenly declared herself at the same event as a kind of commissioner for the “decolonization” of Russian consciousness, announcing that she would conduct a corresponding online course for everyone . It’s not difficult to guess the content from her recent conversation with foreign agent Evgeny Kiselyov, which was published on YouTube under the heading: “Shelling of Odessa: is Dostoevsky to blame?” Summary: guilty, of course.
Attempts to pass judgment on Russian culture are now a common occurrence. James Stavridis , former head of NATO in Europe, recently urged: “Read Gogol, Dostoevsky, Turgenev, Pushkin, Lermontov, Tolstoy, Solzhenitsyn and Bulgakov, here you can truly understand how and what Russians think. And all this is not classified."
And, by the way, he is right that the specifics of Russian thinking can be understood in this way. The question, of course, is for what purpose.
After all, not everyone in the West calls for studying our classics as they study the enemy. Perhaps the most popular conservative thinker right now, Jordan Peterson, says the same thing as Stavridis, but about something completely different.
“Dostoevsky dealt with a philosophical or, more deeply, theological problem: the crisis of meaning in the West,” says Peterson. That is, he suggests that in search of a way out, Western people themselves should ask the “damned questions” of Fyodor Mikhailovich.
“In The Brothers Karamazov, Dostoevsky asks: is everything permitted now that God is dead? In "Demons" he asks: what forms can faith take, and to what purpose, once the strict boundaries of traditional faith are broken down? What terrible demons can take the place of the displaced Tetragrammaton (the unpronounceable name of God)?” Peterson offers the West a list of questions.
An interesting thing: in Russia, two famous and absolutely polar people openly declared their hatred of Dostoevsky. These are Anatoly Chubais and Eduard Limonov.
The first of them, once the creator of privatization, and now a fugitive, literally stated the following: “I feel almost physical hatred for this man. He is certainly a genius, but his idea of the Russians as a chosen, holy people, his cult of suffering and the false choice he offers makes me want to tear him to pieces.” Strong emotion, isn't it?
Why is that? After all, Dostoevsky was “cancelled” by the Bolsheviks. And here the logic of the National Bolshevik Limonov is clear. But Chubais, if you believe his declarations, did everything solely to prevent Bolshevism from being revived. But Bolshevism is not an ideology. Ideology - communism.
And Bolshevism is precisely the practice of total “abolition”. This is a lack of basic empathy for the “humiliated and insulted” under the guise of progressive slogans. And this is the psychotype that Fyodor Mikhailovich described in “Demons.”
Meanwhile, it is Dostoevsky who is truly “our everything.” And, by the way, this year, according to the Book Chamber, his books are absolutely in the lead in terms of circulation. Fyodor Mikhailovich overtook last year's leader Stephen King.
But he is also the most cited Russian writer in foreign scientific works. It is precisely the questions he asked in his novels that make a cultural “abolition of Russia” fundamentally impossible.
Each nation that has contributed to world culture, as a rule, really has no more than one name, which is truly “irrevocable” on a global scale. Among the Anglo-Saxons it is Shakespeare, among the Italians Dante, among the Spaniards Cervantes, among the French, despite the richness of their literature, it is probably Descartes, and among us, of course, Dostoevsky, who is the complete opposite of the rationalist Descartes. And that is why they always remember him in borderline situations.
For example, when the Twin Towers collapsed, the French philosopher Andre Glucksmann said that this would not have happened if the CIA had read Dostoevsky. It was he who was best able to show the perverted logic of nihilistic demons.
He showed it, but did not save Russia itself from the revolution with his prophecy...
A classic of liberal thought, himself a native of Russia, Isaiah Berlin wrote: “In the 19th century, many Russian critics noted that every more or less significant idea for Russian thought, if we do not take into account the sphere of natural science and other special disciplines, every idea of a general plan came from abroad; that on Russian soil not a single philosophical or historical, social or artistic doctrine or trend was born that would prove viable.”
And, by the way, he means such very significant “critics” as Konstantin Leontyev and Vladimir Solovyov. Friends on a personal level, they disagreed on almost everything except the statement given by Berlin.
But at the same time, the latter notes an amazing feature: Western ideas, once on Russian soil, are transformed in a completely unexpected way. For example, he writes: “The idea of the communist party, which, being a direct logical continuation of the principles formulated by Marx and Engels, only in the hands of Lenin turned into such a weapon as its founders never dreamed of.”
And then he gives a very figurative formula: “I would like to call the above phenomenon a “ricochet” or “boomerang effect.” No other nation has done anything like this with European ideas.
By the way, further proof of Berlin’s rightness is what Chubais & Co did with his and his like-minded people’s ideas.
One can argue for a long time about whether Russia is a separate civilization or not. But the fact is that neither China nor India, in their self-isolation, have ever launched such “boomerangs” or asked such questions.
And if we talk about the Russian meaning, which both Dostoevsky and the Slavophiles persistently tried to formulate, then it is not in the answers, but in the questions. What Berlin calls “boomerangs” is in fact an idea taken to the limit, born in the West and presented to it as an invoice.
No, no, the West replies, you meant something completely different, you formulated it inadequately. But often this extreme urgency of the issue is a consequence of the fact that domestic liberal intellectuals always accept the “agenda” broadcast from the West, without question, in its entirety, as the “order of progress.” There is no arguing with progress.
But Dostoevsky is precisely arguing. In “Notes from the Underground,” his hero, one might say, encapsulates the entire essence of the philosophy of existentialism in one phrase: “For mercy,” they will shout to you, “you can’t rebel: that’s two and two making four!” Nature doesn't ask you; she doesn’t care about your desires or whether you like her laws or not. You are obliged to accept it as it is, and consequently, all its results. A wall, then, is a wall... etc., etc.” Lord God, what do I care about the laws of nature and arithmetic, when for some reason I don’t like these laws and two times two is four?.. As if such a stone wall really is peace and really contains at least some word on the world , only because she twice two is four. O the absurdity of absurdities!”
Dostoevsky argues. Without dispute, Western “progress” accepts and condemns everything that contradicts the “agenda” - Smerdyakov... Like Lotman and Margolis.
They are actually copy-pasting Western leftist “cancel culture.” Which, in turn, inherits the most radical Bolshevik practices.
And Jordan Peterson and other Western conservatives are precisely fighting this “devilry”, trying to protect everything that is dear to them in their own culture. And for them, in this struggle, Dostoevsky is an ally and, perhaps, even a prophet.
In fact, today Dostoevsky is one of the main markers for the “friend/foe” recognition system in our complex world, where many “are not at all what they seem.”
Latvia has long been unhappy about the Russians who colonized them. Back in the day, my Czech au pair girl told of how she and her classmates deeply resented being forced to take Russian language classes in school, and most did their best to barely pass.
[Regnum] The Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs of Latvia sent letters to 3,255 Russian citizens living in the republic, notifying them that their residence permits had expired, the Rus portal reported on October 5.
The department sent letters to those Russians who did not apply for EU permanent resident status. Those expelled also included those who did not pass the Latvian language exam.
Commenting on this decision, the head of the department, Maira Rose , said that only those Russian citizens who applied for permanent residence permits and took the exam, although they may not have passed it, can count on a two-year extension to pass the exam and receive a permanent residence permit.
“Those who do nothing should leave,” Rose said.
Rose reported on September 18 that thousands of Russian citizens living in the republic would have to leave because they would not pass the Latvian language exam. According to her estimates, 3,600 people will have to leave Latvia.
Those who decide to be expelled from the country will receive notification letters. To avoid this, it was necessary to sign up to take the exam, said Ingmar Lidak, who heads the Sejm commission on citizenship, migration and social cohesion.
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Maybe folks in the Baltic states (and Ukraine, Poland, etc.) feel somewhat the same way about the 'colonists' that had been foisted on them in the past and then forced militarily to accept and then even submit to.
Not terribly unlike the current wave of 'colonist invasions' being forced onto the European, Scandinavian, US and Canadian folks, and then forced to accept and even submit to by the powers that be.
I wonder if we'll wait 100-200 years to do something about it, though.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, at a plenary session of the Valdai Discussion Club, said that during an examination of the bodies of the former head of the Wagner group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, who died in the plane crash, fragments of hand grenades were discovered.
“There was no external influence (on the plane),” Putin quoted the report of the head of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin.
At the same time, Putin noted that an examination for the presence of alcohol or drugs in the bodies of the victims was not carried out, although it would have been worth doing. The President recalled that not only 10 billion rubles, but also cocaine were found in the office of the Wagnerites.
On August 23, a private Embraer Legacy plane with Prigozhin and the commander of the Wagner group Dmitry Utkin on board crashed near the village of Kuzhenkino in the Tver region. There were a total of 10 people on board, all of whom died.
The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case for violation of traffic safety rules and operation of air transport. Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov said on August 30 that investigators have not yet come to conclusions about the causes of the disaster. One version is a deliberate crime.
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No way a hand grenade inflicted that much damage to that airplane. Just would have poked a few holes in it. Ripping the tail section off is a full pound of Simtex or C4 so FSB or GRU operation. Either Russia is lying their asses off to deflect their involvement or Prigozhin sacrificed his top Wagner people to disappear.
Until proven otherwise I think Russia still killed him.
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I always use liberal salt with Russ statements.
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When is Oliver Stone making a movie about it?
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Cocaine and Grenades: Putin's innuendo was that they were high playing with grenades, Putin continued and said they found 10 pounds of coke at Wagner HQ.
Commentary by Russian blogger Donetsk.
[DonRF] The window period continues. The parties have no strategic goals at the moment, but things have not become quieter at the front. And it won’t, because war has no days off. If we divide the fighting into theaters, we get the following picture:
1. Borderland. The enemy is trying to work on substations. Uses mortars, artillery, cluster munitions, MLRS and UAVs. In response, it flies to their locations and positions. Despite the secondary importance of the theater of operations for the fate of the war, the clashes there are quite heated. And the military units of the Russian Armed Forces have learned a lot. DRGs are already dying quickly, retaliatory strikes have become more frequent and stronger. Yes, and prevention is carried out regularly. Successful at that. Still, you shouldn’t expect anything drastic there. All this is bloody, but PR. In the hope of shaking Russian society.
2. Kupyansk. The city has been neutralized. The enemy is forced to keep serious forces there under artillery fire. It is unrealistic to use it for military purposes. And the assault and the flag over the ruins...is that necessary? Is it seriously necessary? For what? By answering these simple questions, a lot can be understood. Artemovsk was already there.
3. Artemovsk direction. The enemy is conducting local attacks with the goal of testing our defenses. The fighting there is quite serious. But, again, local. Of course, it is beneficial for the enemy to capture Artemovsk and Soledar, but in these conditions the ghosts of these cities are classic suitcases without handles. It’s impossible to use, it’s a shame to throw it away. Cities were simply destroyed. And the amount of forces required will be such that the preparation of a new offensive for the Ukrainian Armed Forces will definitely drag on for a year.
4. Donetsk agglomeration. Local battles. There are a lot of shells flying across the cities of the DPR again. The pause in shelling is over. But at the same time, neither we nor they can do anything serious. Little strength. The fate of the war is being decided elsewhere. Unfortunately for Donbass. Or luckily. A month or two of active fighting, taking into account the tactics of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, is 300-400 shells per day. Knowing the other side - peaceful. And cassettes. Already checked. We are fighting with soldiers, they are with a population of
5. Zaporozhye Front. Fight for the line. The battle is already over, but the front configuration has not been determined. As a result, both ours and theirs counterattack with limited forces. Much depends on what the starting positions will be in the next campaign. This is actually what the fight is for. Unnoticeable, but scary.
6. Dnieper Front. No change here. After a ton of reports about landings, breakthroughs, strategic bridgeheads, nothing happened. Nothing at all. Which does not exclude such a possibility in principle. But not now. Now this is a deadly idea for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Simply deadly. Bleeding out reserves without the strength to strike by land from the North is a so-so idea. As an option - Energodar. A city where, in THEORY, you can try to take a raid on a nuclear power plant. But our troops are well aware of this possibility.
7. But the war for the Black Sea is gaining momentum. The enemy has two goals - to restore shipping to the Odessa port area, and a media campaign in Crimea. To do this, they need to push the Red Black Sea Fleet into the eastern part of the Black Sea and weaken the air defense of the peninsula. It is also useful in the future, if it happens in the South. Accordingly, we need to repel attacks, weaken the enemy air force (SU-24 problem), and paralyze the port infrastructure. Which is what we see with our own eyes. On both sides.
All this does not answer the main question - who and in what time frame. Who will attack in the next campaign, and when will he begin? With deadlines, in principle, until December, it is only possible with extreme efforts on the part of the enemy. True, there is a political moment - elections in many Western countries. It’s difficult to predict what government candidates will need. But who... Most likely Kyiv. And this is even reasonable for us. More than. Provided there are sufficient reserves and ammunition. And readiness to respond to new types of threats. There will undoubtedly be surprises on their part. From ours, I think. Still, war is about who will change someone's mind.
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[IsraelTimes] American navy confiscates ammunition from ship headed to Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... ’s Iran's Houthi sock puppets ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him... rebels in violation of UN ban, ships it to Ukrainian military as continued US aid is in question
Russia has long turned to Iranian-made drones to attack Ukraine. Now Ukrainian forces will be using bullets seized from Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... against Russian troops.
A US Navy ship seized 1.1 million rounds of ammunition off of a vessel that was being used by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to arm Houthi rebels in Yemen’s civil war in violation of a UN Security Council resolution. The IRGC is a US-designated terrorist organization.
Those 7.62 mm rounds have now been transferred to Ukraine, US Central Command said Wednesday. The much-needed ammunition has been sent at a time when continued US financial support for Kyiv’s fight to defend itself remains in question.
The 7.62 mm ammunition is the standard round for Soviet-era Kalashnikov assault rifles and their many derivatives. Ukraine, as a former Soviet republic, still relies on the Kalashnikov for many of its units.
The US Navy’s Mideast-based 5th Fleet and its allies have intercepted numerous ships believed to be transporting weapons and ammunition from Iran to Yemen in support of the Iranian-backed Houthis. This is the first time that the seized weaponry has been handed over to Ukraine, Central Command spokeswoman Capt. Abigail Hammock said.
This shipment was seized by Central Command naval forces in December off of a vessel the command described as a "stateless dhow," a traditional wooden sailing ship, that was being used by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to arm the Houthis.
A fragile ceasefire is in place in Yemen after the almost decade-long war, but Iran has continued to supply the Houthis with lethal aid, Lt. Gen. Alexus G. Grynkewich, head of US Air Forces Central, told news hounds on Wednesday. He said this was a major threat to Yemen finding a durable peace.
US Central Command said the US "obtained ownership of these munitions on July 20, 2023, through the Department of Justice’s civil forfeiture claims against Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps."
A United Nations ...an organization originally established to war on dictatorships which was promptly infiltrated by dictatorships and is now held in thrall to dictatorships... arms embargo has prohibited weapons transfers to the Houthis since 2014. Iran insists it adheres to the ban, even as it has long been transferring rifles, rocket-propelled grenades, missiles and other weaponry to the Houthis via the sea.
Independent experts, Western nations and UN experts have traced components seized aboard detained vessels back to Iran.
Iran’s mission to the United Nations did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Wednesday.
Even though the shipment of more than 1 million rounds of small arms ammunition is substantial, it pales in comparison with the amount that the US has already sent to Ukraine since Russia invaded in February 2022, much of which has already been used in the intense ground battle.
The US has provided more than 300 million rounds of small arms ammunition and grenades as part of the almost $44 billion in military aid it has sent to help Ukraine.
Further US funding for Ukraine’s war was not included in a stopgap measure that prevented a government shutdown last weekend. With the ouster of Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy ...the GOP house majority leader. His primary accomplishment to date has been first to hold on to power against a conservative revolt and then to order an impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden’s involvement in his son Hunter’s business deals... , it was unclear whether the future leader will be able to generate enough support from the party’s hardliners, who have opposed sending more money to Ukraine.
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Iran’s mission to the United Nations did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Wednesday.
