Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 23:01 At the beginning of September, the new Minister of Defense Rustem Umerov announced the introduction of an electronic register of conscripts and those liable for military service, and today the Minister of Digital Transformation Mikhail Fedorov said that the system is already functioning and is being filled with information. About when to expect the registry to fully operate, see the material Unified database for TCC .
22:44 Biden said he plans to give a “big speech” about supporting Ukraine. And when asked about providing ATACMS missiles to Ukraine, he replied: “I spoke with Zelensky. And we decided everything he asked for.”
22:37 A meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council was held in Brussels, reports the headquarters of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The participants discussed the implementation of the decisions of the Vilnius NATO summit and long-term support for Ukraine in its opposition to Russian aggression.
22:31 Berlin has not yet sent Kiev an official refusal to request the supply of long-range Taurus cruise missiles, but has made it clear that these weapons will not be supplied at this time, Bild reports, citing sources in government circles in Germany and Ukraine.
21:28 The UN states in its report that the ammunition that hit the colony in Yelenovka moved along a trajectory from east to west. Experts confirmed that the explosions were not caused by HIMARS missiles, as the Russians claimed.
21:12 Germany plans to transfer additional air defense systems to Ukraine to protect grain supply routes, Bloomberg reports, citing sources. According to them, Berlin will send one additional IRIS-T air defense system and more than ten Gepard anti-aircraft guns by the end of the year. They must provide cover for cargo heading to Romania.
20:55 Ukrainian special forces landed in Crimea and entered into battle with the invaders. According to military intelligence, a “fierce battle” took place as part of the landing. Details of the unique special forces operation are in the material of the Main Intelligence Directorate in Crimea .
20:03 The US Central Command stated that Ukraine has already been given a batch of confiscated Iranian weapons - 1.1 million rounds of machine gun ammunition (7.62 mm). They were confiscated last year on the MARWAN and became US property following a Justice Department lawsuit.
19:59 The UN recognized as authentic a video that captured the murder by the Russian military of an unarmed Ukrainian captive soldier Alexander Matsievsky, who before his death said “Glory to Ukraine!” This is stated in the report of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. The UN also considers the video where a Ukrainian prisoner’s head was cut off with a knife to be authentic.
In total, the UN confirmed six more cases of extrajudicial execution of Ukrainian military personnel. The report also says that Ukrainian prisoners of war were forced to deliver ammunition and other items to Russian positions through minefields and under fire. In addition, they were forced to take wounded Russian soldiers from the battlefield.
19:24 Zelensky, in an evening video message, called one of the main meetings of the day a meeting with the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate Kirill Budanov: “Substantive. About good things for Ukraine - we managed to do something important in security issues. Details - later.” The president also said that he is now expecting “certain decisions from our partners” to increase the number of air defense systems before the winter.
18:58 The Russians fired artillery at Nikopol, Dnepropetrovsk region, one person was wounded, the prosecutor’s office reported.
18:43 Ukraine and the United States have already begun work on the joint production of air defense systems, and the first results will be by the end of 2023, Alexander Kamyshin, head of the Ministry of Strategic Industry, told NV. “And other complex systemic things will happen in the coming years,” the minister added.
18:34 Ukraine and Sweden agreed to begin negotiations on concluding a bilateral agreement on security guarantees, Kuleba said following a conversation with his Swedish counterpart Tobias Billström.
18:31 Zelensky said in an interview with Sky TG24 that the main difficulties in the Ukrainian counter-offensive are minefields, lack of ammunition and anti-aircraft weapons. He clarified that air defense systems are needed both for the offensive and for the defense of cities. “Winter is another challenge for our population and the Ukrainian military. We must get through it without losing the initiative on the battlefield,” the president said.
He also allowed elections to be held in war conditions: “The situation is difficult, but elections in Ukraine can take place if the parliament manages to solve all the problems of ensuring access to voting. It is important to organize elections in a safe way for people who must vote without being attacked. We have There is this task, but if our country manages to make changes to the laws, then elections will be held in Ukraine."
18:20 The United States will transfer to Ukraine Iranian weapons and ammunition that were previously intercepted on the way to Yemen, CNN reports.
17:59 Zelensky said that he had a telephone conversation with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and thanked him for the significant humanitarian assistance, including in the energy sector with winter approaching.
17:37 Since the beginning of the full-scale war, the SBU has exposed 68 clerics of the UOC-MP who worked for Russia, sold weapons and child pornography. Of these, 14 are metropolitans of the church. Among the solved crimes are 20 facts of treason, collaboration and complicity of the Russian Federation. Suspicion was reported to 26 persons involved, 19 have already received court sentences. Two convicted clergy collaborators were exchanged for captured Ukrainian military personnel.
16:54 According to estimates by the OSINT community GeoConfirmed, Ukraine is ahead of Russia in the use of FPV drones. The graph shows the number of geolocated FPV drone strikes by month. Blue color is Ukrainian, red color is Russian.
16:32 Ukrainian military near the village of Rabotino, Zaporozhye region, advanced to a distance of 100 to 600 meters, said Alexander Shtupun, spokesman for the Tauride Defense Forces. In addition, according to him, the Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to put pressure on the Melitopol direction: over the past three days they managed to capture 25 Russian military personnel. “But the enemy does not give up and is trying to restore the lost position. In particular, to the west of Verbovoy and southeast of Malaya Tokmachka. The enemy is already throwing the elite - airborne troops - into the assault. But he is suffering losses,” the speaker added.
15:27 Zelensky said that at the daily conference call, its participants discussed the needs that the military in the Kharkov region told the president about yesterday. I also heard intelligence reports and current results of the SBU counterintelligence activities. “I separately held a long meeting with Kirill Budanov. There is something to talk about, but later,” Zelensky added.
14:54 Representative of the GUR MOU Andrey Yusov said in a commentary to the UP that after completing the mission in Crimea, having inflicted losses on the enemy, a group of special forces retreated with certain losses: “There was a battle with the Russian invaders, there were many dead and wounded from the invaders’ personnel. Unfortunately ", there are losses among the Ukrainian defenders, which are still not comparable to the Russian ones."
14:16 The Main Intelligence Directorate stated that special forces from Stugna and Brotherhood as part of Timur’s special forces landed in Crimea and inflicted fire on the invaders. The scouts also showed a video:
14:07 The Biden administration believes that offensive operations on the front in Ukraine are possible for another one and a half to two months, said White House National Security Council Coordinator John Kirby: “Time is not on our side. We still have 6-8 weeks of good weather there, for now.” the situation will not become more difficult for both sides." At the same time, he expressed hope that the Defense Forces will be able to achieve some success before the cold weather.
13:35 Last week, the Ukrainian and Western media space was stirred up by the so-called letter of reforms for Ukraine from the White House. This was so unexpected that until confirmation from Washington, doubts arose about the authenticity of the document. For at first it was reported that the letter contained “conditions for military assistance,” but these rumors were later dispelled by officials from both countries. Read more in the article Letter from the White House to Kiev .
12:58 On the night of October 4, SBU drones hit the Russian S-400 Triumph air defense system in the Belgorod region, a number of Ukrainian media reports, citing sources in the Security Service.
12:49 The US House of Representatives will not be able to pass new laws, including on assistance to Ukraine, until a new speaker is elected, said the Ukrainian Ambassador to Washington Oksana Markarova. She also noted that the House of Representatives plans to return to work no earlier than October 10, and before that there will be discussions about possible candidates.
11:55 Since April, 856 children have been relocated to safe regions of Ukraine as part of forced evacuation, the Ministry of Reintegration reported. In particular, as part of three forced evacuations from 34 settlements in the Donetsk region, 524 children with accompanying persons were evacuated to safe regions.
In the Kharkov region, two mandatory evacuations were carried out - 79 children were evacuated from 17 settlements in the Kupyansky district. In addition, in July-August, 194 children were displaced from Volchansk and nine villages of the Volchansk community of the Chuguevsky district. In August-September, 59 children with accompanying persons were evacuated from the town of Stepnogorsk, Vasilyevsky district, and four settlements of the Pologovsky district, Zaporozhye region.
10:47 British intelligence reports that on September 28, Russian air defense forces “with a high probability” shot down their Su-35 aircraft over Tokmak. According to analysts, its loss was an extraordinary event, because it is the most advanced model of Russian combat aircraft and, perhaps, only the fifth time the Su-35 has been lost.
10:42 Hungary proposed dividing the EU aid package for Ukraine of 50 billion euros into two parts, Bloomberg writes. Budapest proposes to transfer 25 billion at the first stage, and then, “depending on needs,” to issue the rest.
10:28 Despite the situation with the resignation of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, bipartisan support for Ukraine will remain in the US Congress, said White House National Security Council Coordinator John Kirby: “Regardless of what happens in the House of Representatives, the entire leadership of the House supports continued assistance to Ukraine, and the vast majority of members of the House from outside Republicans support continued assistance to Ukraine."
Kirby acknowledged that there are a small number of very active members opposed to aid to Ukraine, but they do not represent their party.
09:57 Western countries are running out of ammunition reserves that could be provided to Ukraine, so it is necessary to increase production as soon as possible, said the head of the NATO military committee, Rob Bauer. “The bottom is already visible. We need the industry to increase production at a much faster pace,” Bauer emphasized. He added that NATO allies had increased their military budgets but not production capacity, pushing up prices.
09:34 Several weeks ago, the occupiers began to remove their “authorities” from Tokmak, Zaporozhye region, and a few days ago, Russian officers began to intensively evacuate their families, said the mayor of Melitopol, Ivan Fedorov. Schools, a college, a technical school are also being removed, and last night they announced that “administrative institutions,” shops and the market will not work today.
09:03 At night, the Russians attacked the village of Borovaya, Izyum district, Kharkov region, pre-controlled by an aerial bomb. A residential building, a kindergarten and an employment center building were damaged, one person was injured, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA.
08:56 Ukraine has the right to decide for itself where and in what circumstances to use Western weapons, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said: “Decisions on how to use Western military equipment and where to use them are made exclusively by Ukrainians. They must decide what is best "to defend their country, how best to return the lands. We leave this solely at their discretion, here our influence on the situation can only be advisory."
According to him, the United States is not going to encourage attacks on Russian territory and does not support such attacks. However, the final decision regarding these attacks remains with Ukraine and its military leadership, Blinken added.
08:44 On the evening of October 3, the Russian army attacked the village of Vyshneve, Selidovsky community, Donetsk region, the prosecutor’s office reported. The epicenter of the hit was the territory of one of the private enterprises. At the time of the attack, there were workers in the room who had just started their night shift, three of them were injured. As a result of the shelling, almost half of the workshop building was destroyed.
08:31 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of October 4:
- personnel - about 279,890 (+450) people,
- tanks - 4745 (+13),
- armored combat vehicles - 9026 (+18),
- artillery systems - 6612 (+47),
- MLRS - 802 (+1),
- air defense systems - 540 (+0),
- aircraft - 315 (+0),
- helicopters - 316 (+0),
- UAV of operational-tactical level - 5121 (+41),
- cruise missiles - 1530 (+1),
- ships/boats - 20 (+0),
- submarines - 1 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tank trucks - 8962 (+30),
- special equipment - 946 (+3).
07:28 During the offensive, the defense forces had partial success in the area west of Rabotino in the Melitopol direction, as well as Kleshcheevka and Andreevka in the Bakhmut direction, the General Staff reported in its morning report.
Over the past 24 hours, 43 military clashes took place at the front. In the Liman direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled enemy attacks in the Makeevka area of the Lugansk region; on Bakhmutsky - in the Andreevka area of the Donetsk region; on Avdeevsky - in the Pervomaisky area; on Maryinsky - in the Marinka and Krasnogorovka districts of the Donetsk region.
07:19 The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that at night 31 Ukrainian drones were allegedly intercepted and destroyed by air defense systems over the territory of the Belgorod, Bryansk and Kursk regions. Also, in the northwestern part of the Black Sea, an attempt to penetrate into the territory of Crimea by a landing group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, traveling in the direction of Cape Tarkhankut on a high-speed military boat and three jet skis, was allegedly stopped.
00:20 In all regions of Russia, a check of public warning systems will be held on October 4. Sirens and loudspeakers will be activated. The check will allow us to assess the performance of the warning systems and the readiness of the personnel on duty, explained the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation.