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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: October 25, 2024
2024-10-26
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22:36 Russians attacked Kiev with drones, a fire broke out in an apartment building in Solomensky district and apartments on the 17th, 18th and 19th floors of a 25-story apartment building were partially damaged, the State Emergency Service reported. Residents of the building are being evacuated, information about the victims is being clarified, said the head of the Kyiv City State Emergency Service Sergey Popko. In addition, debris fell in an open area in the Shevchenkivsky district, according to preliminary data, without casualties.

21:17 Zelensky said in an evening video address that civil society will be involved in working on an internal "victory plan." The president also said that he had instructed the development of a technological headquarters format: "The highest priority is drones, of course. Including drones that can shoot down "shahids" and other attack drones." In addition, Zelensky instructed the Main Intelligence Directorate, together with the Security Service of Ukraine, "to especially address the issue of releasing civilians from Russian captivity - the results are currently insufficient."

18:08 Scholz called on India to help in the political settlement of the war in Ukraine: "Russia's aggressive war against Ukraine affects Germany and India in many ways. No one can turn a blind eye to this conflict. That is why I insistently advocate that India should advocate for a lasting and just peace."

17:10 North Korea will soon send a second group of its soldiers to Russia for the war against Ukraine, Bloomberg writes, citing South Korean intelligence. Moscow plans to supply the North Koreans with weapons and combat uniforms, as well as fake IDs so that they appear to be residents of Russia's eastern regions.

16:49 Deputy Foreign Minister of North Korea Kim Jong-gyu stated that "if" the DPRK decided to send its military to Russia, it would comply with international law. At the same time, he noted that the DPRK Foreign Ministry has no direct relation to the activities of the country's Defense Ministry, and stated that he does not feel the need "to confirm anything separately."

16:27 Russia produces only 30% of the ammunition it uses in the war against Ukraine, with North Korea supplying another 60% and Iran supplying 10%, Bloomberg writes. According to the agency, North Korea has already supplied Russia with 8 million 122mm and 152mm artillery shells, about 100 Hwasong-11 missiles and Bulsae-4 ATGMs.

16:21 Polish President Andrzej Duda said that Ukraine had asked for weapons that Warsaw had bought from South Korea, but he had refused: "There is no scenario in which we would hand over to anyone weapons that we recently bought for billions of zlotys from the pockets of our taxpayers. These weapons must serve the security and defense of the Republic of Poland."

16:15 About 2,000 soldiers from the DPRK are already heading to the west of Russia to the border with Ukraine after completing training in the Far East, the Japanese agency Kyodo reports, citing a source among the Ukrainian military. According to him, the advance group consists of about ten officers.

14:56 Agence France-Presse writes that Zelensky refused to allow UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to visit Ukraine after his participation in the BRICS summit in Russia.

14:28 Syrsky denied Putin's statement about the alleged encirclement of Ukrainian troops in the Kursk region. The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine called this "blatant disinformation that does not reflect the real situation." According to Syrsky, Ukrainian troops continue active operations in the Kursk direction, destroying the enemy's combat potential for the third month in a row.

According to the Commander-in-Chief, from August 8 to the present, Russian troops in the Kursk region have lost 17,819 people , of which 6,662 were irretrievable losses, 10,446 were medical losses, and 711 were captured. During this period, the Russian army also lost 45 tanks, 256 armored combat vehicles, 565 vehicles, 99 artillery systems, and five multiple launch rocket systems.

14:09 Peskov called the Wall Street Journal's information about contacts between Putin and Musk false. The Kremlin spokesman said that Putin and Musk called each other only once, before the invasion of Ukraine, their conversation was "introductory in nature", they talked about the future and technologies. After that, there were no contacts. Peskov believes that this is a "plant" related to the US elections.

14:01 On the night of October 25, the Defense Forces hit an enemy Buk-M3 anti-aircraft missile system and destroyed the 9S36 radar target illumination and missile guidance station of the Buk-M2 air defense missile system. The targets were located in the temporarily occupied territory of the Luhansk region, several dozen kilometers from the line of combat, the General Staff reported.

13:22 Ukraine, through the mediation of Qatar, received from the Russian side lists of missing servicemen, as well as letters from Ukrainian prisoners of war to their relatives, Ombudsman Dmitry Lubinets reported. The parties also discussed the possibility of accelerating the process of exchanging prisoners of war and providing assistance to civilians who find themselves in difficult life situations, in particular assistance in restoring personal documents.

13:03 The first North Korean troops will be used by Russia in combat zones as early as October 27-28, Zelensky said, citing intelligence data. "This is an obvious escalatory step by Russia, which is significant, unlike all the disinformation that has been heard in Kazan these days. The actual involvement of North Korea in combat operations should be met not with closed eyes and confused comments, but with tangible pressure on both Moscow and Pyongyang for the sake of compliance with the UN Charter and punishment for escalation," the head of state emphasized.

The president also said that he had heard Syrsky's report on the situation at the front, with special attention to the Pokrovsky, Kurakhovsky and Limansky directions. "It's tough in Donetsk, but our combat brigades are holding their positions and doing everything possible to destroy the occupier," Zelensky added.

In addition, the president commented on the progress of the Kursk operation: "We are implementing our tasks. The buffer zone on Russian territory protects Ukraine from Russian attempts to expand the war in the east of our country and ensures tangible Russian losses. The commander-in-chief reported on the fulfillment of tasks by our units in certain areas of the Kursk region."

12:50 Putin said that Moscow is "ready to seek reasonable compromises to resolve the Ukrainian crisis," but that "any outcome of the settlement must be in Russia's favor and be based on the realities on the battlefield." Putin also praised the West for changing its "rhetoric on the situation in Ukraine, and for beginning to realistically assess the situation." He added that the degree of confrontation between Russia and the West is not decreasing, and that they continue to supply weapons to Ukraine.

Putin also said that Turkish partners have repeatedly approached Russia with proposals for initiatives allegedly from the Ukrainian side, but when Russia agrees to consider such initiatives, "Kyiv refuses them, this has happened twice."

12:34 Erdogan, after visiting the BRICS summit in Russia, said that "Putin is striving for a permanent ceasefire." According to the Turkish president, this was also confirmed by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during a meeting with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan in Istanbul. Erdogan also said that he discussed the exchange of prisoners between Moscow and Kiev with Putin in Kazan, and Ankara will continue diplomatic efforts.

12:25 Russians are shelling Selidovo in Donetsk Oblast with CABs, drones, and artillery, but are not destroying it completely - probably in order to use the city's infrastructure and geographic location in the future for an offensive on Pokrovsk, said Vitaly Milovidov, press officer for the 15th Brigade of the Kara-Dag National Guard.

"Selidovo is a very large city with many basements where it will be possible to quarter a huge number of personnel and hide equipment. In fact, Selidovo will improve their logistics and allow them to bring in more manpower and equipment in order to conduct further assault operations on Pokrovsk," explained Ruslan Mikula, an analyst for the Deep State monitoring project.

11:36 German defense concern Rheinmetall reported that it has transferred another 20 Marder infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine. The Marder 1A3 version supplied by Rheinmetall to Ukraine is equipped with additional laser rangefinders, which allows it to effectively and accurately hit targets. The total number of combat vehicles sent to Ukraine under the so-called "ring exchange" agreement will reach about 200 units, of which more than 100 are Marder 1A3 models.

10:38 Air defense destroyed 36 of 63 Russian UAVs (Shahed and unspecified types) in the Odessa, Kyiv, Mykolaiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Vinnytsia, Kirovohrad, Zhytomyr, Khmelnytskyi, Cherkasy, Lviv, Rivne and Poltava regions at night. Most of the enemy drones were shot down in the Odessa and Kyiv regions, the Air Force reported. In addition, 16 Russian drones were lost.

09:57 The Wall Street Journal writes that Elon Musk has been in regular contact with Putin since late 2022. According to sources, Putin and Musk discuss personal matters, business, and geopolitical tensions in private conversations. This worries the White House, since Musk has access to certain classified information, and the United States is heavily dependent on the space developments of SpaceX.

In addition, after 2022, Musk communicated with several Russian officials, including the first deputy head of the presidential administration of the Russian Federation, Sergei Kiriyenko. Also, according to the newspaper, Putin asked Musk not to activate Starlink satellite communication terminals in Taiwan in late 2023 in order to do a favor to the leader of the PRC, Xi Jinping.

09:33 The head of the Zaporizhia OVA Ivan Fedorov called to "prepare for the worst" this winter: "We must prepare for the fact that there will be no electricity at all. Maybe they don't like it, because we operate with such categorical things. But let's prepare for the worst. It will be better - it will be super." According to Fedorov, in Zaporizhia there may not be a centralized power supply to water pumping stations, and cogeneration units will be installed at all major boiler houses of the city.

08:45 In the morning, Russian troops attacked the center of Kherson. An apartment building was hit, two people were injured, OVA reported. Over the previous day, five people were injured as a result of Russian shelling in the region.

08:16 Five people were killed in Donetsk Oblast as a result of Russian shelling on October 24: two in Alekseevo-Druzhkovka, two in Zelenoe and one in Dachenskoye. Another person in the oblast was injured in the past 24 hours, said OVA head Vadim Filashkin.

07:52 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of October 25:

  • personnel - about 685,910 (+1,630) people,

  • tanks - 9097 (+7),

  • combat armored vehicles - 18,287 (+33),

  • artillery systems - 19,753 (+34),

  • MLRS - 1238 (+2),

  • air defense systems - 982 (+1),

  • aircraft - 369 (+0),

  • helicopters - 329 (+0),

  • Operational-tactical level UAVs - 17,670 (+73),

  • cruise missiles - 2625 (+0),

  • ships/boats - 28 (+0),

  • submarines - 1 (+0),

  • automotive equipment and tank trucks - 27,365 (+79),

  • special equipment - 3535 (+22).

06:46 Russia attacked Kiev with drones at night, up to 15 enemy UAVs were neutralized, said the head of the Kyiv State Air Defense Forces Sergey Popko. In the Darnitsky district of the capital, the debris of the downed drones caused a fire in an open area of ​​trees and grass. The fire was quickly extinguished, no information about casualties was received.

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Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: March 1, 2024
2024-03-02
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22:05 The first batch of shells contracted by the Czech Republic may arrive in Ukraine in just a few weeks, said Director General for Defense Policy Jan Ires.

21:34 The IAEA said that on the morning of February 28, agency experts heard an explosion some distance from the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, which was likely followed by small arms fire near or on the site.

21:26 Russian propagandists are again announcing the Russian army’s march on Kiev. Bloomberg writes that Putin has not abandoned his original goals of capturing major Ukrainian cities such as Kyiv and Odessa. Meanwhile, several defense lines with a length of about a thousand kilometers have been created around the Ukrainian capital. Read more in the article New Russian campaign against Kiev .

20:52 Argentine President Javier Miley ordered the transfer of two helicopters to Ukraine, writes the Financial Times. Earlier, media reported that Argentina intended to transfer to Ukraine two Mi-171E multi-purpose helicopters, which were purchased from Russia.

20:42 On March 7, Macron gathers party leaders from the French parliament to discuss “the situation in Ukraine,” writes Le Figaro.

19:57 Switzerland has joined the 13th package of EU sanctions against Russia, the measures came into force on March 1, the Federal Council announced.

18:29 Canada has banned the indirect import of Russian diamonds weighing more than a carat, the country's Foreign Ministry reported. This restriction is in addition to the ban on Russian diamonds announced in December 2023.

18:23 Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Alexander Syrsky, Air Force Commander Nikolai Oleshchuk and Defense Minister Rustem Umerov held a special military briefing for Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on the situation at the front, Zelensky said.

17:38 The Netherlands announced a new package of military assistance to Ukraine. It will include, in particular, highly maneuverable rubber and patrol boats, as well as landing ships. The Netherlands also allocated 250 million euros to the Czech initiative to order artillery shells for Ukraine.

16:54 Zelensky said that together with Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte in Kharkov, he inspected buildings damaged as a result of Russian shelling and paid tribute to the memory of children who died due to Russian aggression. The President emphasized that since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion in Kharkov, more than 20 thousand buildings have been destroyed, including schools, universities, houses, kindergartens and churches.

16:47 Zelensky said that he and Mark Rutte signed a bilateral security agreement between Ukraine and the Netherlands. According to the president, the document provides for 2 billion euros in military assistance from the Netherlands this year, as well as subsequent defense assistance over the next ten years. The agreement also defines assistance priorities in the field of air defense, artillery, naval and long-range weapons, with a special emphasis on strengthening the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

In addition, the agreement formalizes the principled position of the Netherlands to strengthen sanctions against the Russian Federation, force it to compensate for damages and hold it accountable. According to the document, the Netherlands also supports Ukraine's future membership in the EU and NATO.

16:16 Defense forces destroyed an X-59 missile in the Krivoy Rog region, the Shid Air Command reported.

15:31 Crimean public pages write about explosions in Sevastopol and the Saki region, as well as about a hit on the base in Gvardeyskoye, after which the power went out in the village. “Governor” of Sevastopol Mikhail Razvozhaev announced the work of air defense in Sevastopol, as well as the alleged use of standard camouflage equipment by the military.

15:24 France will not send combat troops to Ukraine, Foreign Minister Stephane Sejournet said. “The French will not die for Ukraine,” he emphasized.

14:46 The Russian army is making a powerful push towards Chasov Yar, said Ilya Yevlash, spokesman for the Khortitsa group of troops. According to him, Russian troops consider this settlement key for continuing the offensive against Konstantinovka and the Kramatorsk-Slavyansk agglomeration. At the same time, Yevlash added that several defense circles have been erected around Chasov Yar. There are also minefields in this direction - both anti-tank and anti-personnel. Anti-tank ramparts and embankments have also been installed to prevent the advance of heavy equipment.

14:11 Biden expects the G7 countries to make progress on the issue of transferring Russian assets to Ukraine by the June summit, Bloomberg writes, citing sources. We are talking about the use of $280 billion of assets of the Russian Central Bank, in particular, the use of money as collateral to attract debt or issue guarantees.

13:25 The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense confirmed an attack on the Russian missile and gun complex Pantsir S-1 in the Belgorod region. After the strike, the complex was disabled and two members of its crew were injured. The S-1 shell is designed to cover military and military-industrial facilities; its cost is about $15 million.

13:04 In the Avdeevsky direction, the operational situation is dynamic, said Commander Tarnavsky. The defense forces continue the defense operation and in some places are restoring lost positions, setting up additional squad positions, firing positions, and observation posts. At the same time, the Russians are increasing the intensity of artillery shelling, have a significant advantage in ammunition, are increasing the number of assault groups - up to a battalion-tactical group, are throwing new reserves into action, and therefore “have some local successes.”

12:47 Ukrainian pilots are already practicing striking targets on the F-16, said Air Force spokesman Ignat.

12:23 Chinese Foreign Ministry speaker Mao Ning, after yesterday’s threats from Putin with nuclear weapons towards the West, said that there will be no winners in a nuclear war: “There will be no winners in a nuclear war, China calls on all parties to maintain restraint.” She also recalled that in January 2022, the leaders of the five nuclear-weapon states made a joint statement that “a nuclear war cannot be won and cannot be started.”

12:16 Responsible for the Russian special operation Maidan-3 against Ukraine are Putin’s former assistant Vladislav Surkov and deputy head of the Kremlin administration Sergei Kiriyenko, said GUR representative Andrei Yusov. According to him, people who are in Ukraine and act as objects of influence are involved in this campaign to undermine the situation inside Ukraine, they are being checked.

12:07 Canada can send military personnel to Ukraine, but not to participate in hostilities, Defense Minister Bill Blair said. According to him, we can talk about sending a limited number of military personnel to train Ukrainians on the territory of Ukraine, provided that such an operation will be carried out far from the front line.

11:58 This year, a new curriculum will be introduced in seven vocational schools in the Lviv, Dnepropetrovsk, Kiev, Kirovograd, Nikolaev, Sumy and Chernihiv regions - Civil Drone Operator, said the head of the Ministry of Digital Development, Mikhail Fedorov. According to him, thanks to the support of the European Union, drones have already been purchased for practical training and teachers have been trained.

11:39 Ukraine has already signed security agreements with six countries: Great Britain, Germany, France, Denmark, Canada, Italy, Zelensky said.

11:32 The blocking of the Lithuanian-Polish border by Polish farmers is similar to the Kremlin’s attempts to quarrel between Ukraine’s two biggest supporters, said Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte. She recalled that similar attempts had been made before. For example, it was stated that Ukrainian refugees receive more support than native residents of the countries. “I would like to draw attention to the fact that protests by farmers in the European Union are one of the most discussed topics in the programs of Russian propagandists,” the prime minister added.

11:11 Ukrainian Ombudsman Dmitry Lubinets called the report of his Russian colleague that the Russian Federation is allegedly ready to transfer to Kiev the bodies of prisoners killed in the Il-76 accident as speculation. According to him, Moscow has still not handed over the official lists, has not confirmed the fact, and has not provided international organizations with access to the site of the tragedy.

“I emphasize that Ukraine’s position is unchanged: we demand a transparent investigation, access to the crash site, and from the first day we demanded official lists and repatriation of bodies and relevant examinations (if confirmed),” Lubinets wrote.

11:02 Russia is ready to transfer to Ukraine the remains of Ukrainian prisoners who died in the Il-76 crash in the Belgorod region, Russian Ombudsman Tatyana Moskalkova said: “Yes, we are ready, for this we have everything necessary from a procedural point of view... The bodies can be transferred according to the procedures that exist." According to her, Kyiv has already contacted Moscow regarding the transfer of bodies. The Ombudsman added that the Russian side has the DNA of all the victims.

10:24 Ukraine will become a member of NATO, but it is not yet possible to say when, said Deputy Secretary General of the Alliance Mircea Joan: “We cannot say when exactly, but one day a sovereign Ukraine will become part of both NATO and the EU. This war will probably continue "For some time, NATO will therefore continue to support Ukraine and avoid escalation in relations with Russia."

10:08 The British government has privately called on Germany to provide Kiev with Taurus long-range missiles, Bloomberg writes, citing sources. According to them, senior British ministers and officials have repeatedly made it clear to Germany that Ukraine is in dire need of Taurus missiles.

09:59 Air defense at night destroyed all four Shahed-type attack UAVs, which Russia attacked from Primorsko-Akhtarsk and Kursk, the Air Force command reported. The drones were destroyed within the Kharkov and Dnepropetrovsk regions. In addition, at night the Russian Federation attacked with five S-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles from the occupied Donetsk and Belgorod regions.

09:35 Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Petr Fiala said that “no one in Europe” is going to send troops into Ukraine. According to him, the overwhelming majority of participants at the summit in Paris came to the conclusion that the issue of sending troops would not be discussed and considered further.

09:06 In the Kharkov region, the Russians dropped ammunition from a drone in the village. Mitrofanovka, Kupyansky district - two people were wounded, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA. Another person was wounded as a result of enemy shelling by a UAV in Volchansk. In addition, as a result of enemy air strikes by FAB-500 in the village of Osinovo, Kupyansky district, one person was wounded.

08:58 As a result of yesterday's rocket attack on Yulyevka, Zaporozhye region, one person was killed and one was wounded, said the head of the OBA, Ivan Fedorov.

08:39 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of March 1:

  • personnel - about 414,680 (+920) people,

  • tanks - 6610 (+17),

  • armored combat vehicles - 12,582 (+30),

  • artillery systems - 10 106 (+36),

  • MLRS - 1000 (+0),

  • air defense systems - 691 (+1),

  • aircraft - 345 (+3),

  • helicopters - 325 (+0),

  • UAV of operational-tactical level - 7794 (+26),

  • cruise missiles - 1912 (+0),

  • ships/boats - 25 (+0),

  • submarines - 1 (+0),

  • automotive equipment and tank trucks - 13,206 (+54),

  • special equipment - 1611 (+10).

08:32 Over the past 24 hours, 83 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report . In particular, in the Novopavlovsk direction, the enemy tried 30 times to break through the defenses of Ukrainian troops in the areas of Krasnohorivka, Georgievka, Pobeda, Novomikhailovka of the Donetsk region. Another 25 enemy attacks were repelled in the Avdeevsky direction in the Berdychi, Orlovka, Tonenky, Pervomaisky, Nevelsky districts of the Donetsk region.

In the Kupyansk direction, the Defense Forces repelled two enemy attacks in the Petropavlovka and Tabaevka areas of the Kharkov region; in Limansky - 12 attacks in the areas of Ternov, Yampolevka of the Donetsk region and Belogorivka of the Lugansk region; in Bakhmutsky - two attacks in the Ivanovsky and Kleshcheevka districts of the Donetsk region; on Orekhovsky - one attack in the Rabotino area of ​​the Zaporozhye region. In the Kherson direction, the Defense Forces continue to hold positions and repelled four assaults by Russian troops on the left bank of the Dnieper.

08:25 As a result of shelling in the Belgorod region, the Pantsir-S1 air defense system was damaged and two servicemen were wounded, reports the opposition Russian publication Astra. According to sources, four drones attacked the area near the village of Golovchino in the Grayvoronsky district at noon on February 29. The drones exploded, causing damage to the Russian self-propelled anti-aircraft missile and gun system Pantsir-S1.

In addition, the Russian Ministry of Defense stated that drones were allegedly shot down and intercepted over the Belgorod and Nizhny Novgorod regions at night. The authorities of Nizhny Novgorod Dzerzhinsk said that three drones were shot down over the city at night, there were no casualties or destruction, “the factories are operating normally.” This city is home to a large explosives production plant.

08:13 The Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked a BC warehouse near Mariupol, said advisor to the mayor of the city Pyotr Andryushchenko. He clarified that the attack was carried out on the Russian base in the northwest in the direction of the village. Old Crimea - Kamenskoye - Kalchik. After another explosion on the afternoon of February 29, ambulances were seen leaving the area towards Melekino.

06:00 Japan introduced a new package of sanctions against Russia - the list included 12 individuals and 36 organizations. In particular, the concerns Kalashnikov, Almaz-Antey, Uralvagonzavod, Atomflot and others were included in the sanctions list.
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Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: November 28th 2023
2023-11-29
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 21:39 Kuleba held his first meeting with the new head of the Slovak Foreign Ministry, Yuri Blanar. The Ukrainian minister called the meeting “constructive” and thanked his colleague for his unequivocal support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine within internationally recognized borders. “It is also important that Slovakia will continue to participate in joint work on the Peace Formula and is ready to support the EU’s decision to begin negotiations on Ukraine’s accession to the EU in December,” Kuleba added.

20:52 Zelensky said in an evening video message that he held a meeting of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief. The first issue is fortification, which will be significantly strengthened. The President assured that “all the finances are there, all the solutions are there - there must be full appropriate work in the communities.”

In addition, the meeting participants analyzed recent attacks against Ukraine, air defense defense tactics: “There is a clear need - the development and strengthening of our mobile fire groups, as well as all the most effective air defense systems. We separately analyzed the work of the “patriots” and “nasams” - everything is very effective.” .

As for the situation at the front, the most intense military clashes are taking place in the Donetsk axes: Avdeevka, Maryinka, and the Bakhmut area.

The president held a separate meeting with the minister for strategic industries: “You can call him optimistic. We are preparing, in particular, good long-range things so that the occupiers can feel Ukrainian strength.”

20:35 The United States wants to buy 75 thousand shells from Greece for Ukraine, writes the Greek publication Ekathimerini. According to him, we are talking about 50 thousand artillery shells of 105 mm caliber, 20 thousand shells of 155 mm caliber and 5000 shells of 203 mm caliber. The price will be 47 million dollars.

20:24 On Tuesday, November 28, it became known that the wife of the head of Ukrainian intelligence Kirill Budanov, Marianna, was poisoned. Later it became known that several high-ranking military intelligence officials could also be poisoned. More details can be found in the article Poisoning in the power steering department .

20:18 Kuleba said that he “does not feel any pressure” from Western partners on the issue of starting negotiations with Russia.

18:43 China approved the provision of lethal aid to Russia earlier this year and planned to disguise military equipment as civilian property, The Washington Post reports, citing classified Russian intelligence documents intercepted by the United States. The White House said it had "seen no evidence that China provided weapons or lethal assistance to Russia" but was continuing to monitor developments.

17:45 The Russian information operation “Maidan-3”, which Zelensky spoke about, is aimed at inciting hostility, exacerbating contradictions in Ukraine, as well as spreading fear and panic, GUR representative Andrey Chernyak told Babel. According to him, this is the most expensive campaign of the Russian Federation since 2014 and the Revolution of Dignity: its total budget reached 1.5 billion dollars, and 250 million were allocated for the operation in Telegram. Moscow’s goal is to shift the emphasis of Ukrainians from an external threat to internal contradictions.

17:39 The United States and Germany are still reluctant to support Ukraine's early entry into NATO, Euractiv writes, citing several Western diplomats. On Wednesday, November 29, NATO and Ukraine are expected to sign a list of reforms that Kyiv must implement for future accession to the Alliance. According to the publication, the move should give Kyiv an impetus to reform its military and other security areas, as well as provide a checklist that NATO members can monitor. The document will not be public.

17:28 Next week, an EU mission will visit Kiev to discuss with the Ukrainian side proposals on security obligations for Ukraine, Borrell said.

17:02 Borrell denied allegations of Ukraine fatigue in the EU: “Of course, the aspect of the war in Ukraine is one of the most serious of those that we are dealing with. But I will be honest: there are no signs indicating what you call fatigue, "I don't see it from the EU member states. Everyone recognizes the successes of the Ukrainians. Some people don't talk about because you concentrate on military achievements. But what is it worth just for success in exporting grain from Ukraine, which works." The chief European diplomat also expressed confidence that member countries will continue to help Ukraine, because “this is an existential issue for us too.”

16:55 The EU Council decided to allocate additional funds for the training of the Ukrainian military as part of the EU training mission: funding will increase by 194 million euros to a total amount of 255 million euros. Funds are allocated through the European Peace Fund.

16:19 The Russians fired from MLRS at the civilian infrastructure of the city of Seredina-Buda, Sumy region. As a result of the attack, at least five private houses were destroyed - two people died under the rubble, two more were injured. In addition, a man and his seven-year-old stepdaughter were injured in their own car; the girl later died in hospital, the prosecutor's office said.

15:31 The Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked a building in the center of occupied Tokmak, Zaporozhye region, which the Russians used for their own purposes. The exact number of killed and wounded is being clarified, said Melitopol Mayor Ivan Fedorov.

15:27 Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said that he will not go to North Macedonia for the meeting of OSCE Foreign Ministers, which will be held from November 30 to December 1, since Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will take part in it. After this, Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia also refused to participate in the meeting due to Lavrov's presence.

14:46 The battalion of Russian mercenaries Hispaniola, part of the Redoubt PMC, began hiring women for the war in assault troops, writes the Russian opposition publication Important Stories. Women are offered to “realize themselves” in sniper business, medicine, communications, in attack aircraft formations, electronic warfare, electronic warfare and UAV units.

14:39 The Russians launched an airstrike on the territory of an enterprise in Toretsk, Donetsk region, wounding four female workers who were in one of the workshops. The explosion damaged industrial buildings, the prosecutor's office said.

14:34 GUR representative Andrey Yusov, in a comment to Radio Liberty, confirmed media information about the poisoning of Budanov’s wife Marianna. According to him, she was indeed poisoned by heavy metals and is now undergoing treatment, which is already being completed. More information will be released later. UP writes, citing its sources, that not only Marianna Budanova was poisoned, but also several other representatives of the Main Intelligence Directorate.

13:48 An office of the European Parliament will be opened in Kiev, said EP President Roberta Metsola during the visit of the head of the Verkhovna Rada Ruslan Stefanchuk to Brussels. According to her, the parties signed an updated memorandum of parliamentary support for democracy between the parliaments of Ukraine and the EU. Metsola also reported that the Conference of Presidents of the European Parliament has publicly advocated for the European Council to confirm the start of negotiations on Ukraine's accession to the EU. The Conference of Presidents is a body that unites the leadership of the EP and all political groups.

13:10 The Russian army continues to attack populated areas of the Kherson region, reports OVA. Two people were wounded - in Dudchany and Berislav.

12:59 Historical names in the Crimean Tatar language will be returned to geographical names in Crimea, reports the Ministry of Reintegration. The decision is being prepared in pursuance of the law on the condemnation and prohibition of propaganda of Russian imperial policies in Ukraine and the decolonization of toponymy. Mechanisms are currently being agreed upon to allow place names to be written using the Latin script in media and scientific works, as well as on road signs and in the production of maps.

12:42 Iran will receive Russian Su-35 fighters, Mi-28 attack helicopters and Yak-130 combat training aircraft, said the country's Deputy Defense Minister Mahdi Farahi.

12:10 Ukraine and Italy have begun the first round of consultations on concluding a bilateral agreement on security guarantees, the Presidential Office reported.

11:38 The Russian army shelled the village of Lvovo, Tyagin community, Kherson region, one person was wounded, the OVA reported. In addition, at night the Russians shelled the Dnieper district of Kherson - one person was wounded and died in the hospital in the morning.

11:29 The heads of the Russian occupation administrations in the occupied Ukrainian territories were given the task of bringing the level of forced passportization to at least 85%. According to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, such an order was announced at a closed meeting in the Kremlin by the deputy head of Putin’s administration, Sergei Kiriyenko. He announced directives as part of strengthening preparations for the presidential elections in the Russian Federation.

In addition, the Gauleiters are instructed to allocate social assistance to voters from local budgets and to intensify propaganda about the supposed “improvement” of the Russian economy and people’s living standards.

10:52 At night, the air defense destroyed one Shahed-type attack UAV, and in the morning, in the south, an Orlan-10 operational-tactical level reconnaissance UAV, the Air Force command reported. Also at night in the eastern direction, the enemy used an aircraft missile, and in the morning attacked Zaporozhye with a ballistic missile (probably Iskander-M).

10:47 Czech President Petr Pavel criticized the West for unfulfilled promises to supply weapons to Ukraine: “Unfortunately, our supplies of military equipment are not enough for Ukraine to continue a high-intensity operation. We did not keep our promises to supply Ukrainians with artillery ammunition, training for The F-16s didn't start as quickly as they should have."

He said winter would give Russia time to recover: “If we miss the opportunity to maintain our support for Ukraine, next year could be even more favorable for Moscow. This year is key to laying the foundations for success, next year will be more difficult.”

10:21 In the morning, the Russian Army fired artillery at Nikopol, Dnepropetrovsk region. A shell hit a five-story building, killing one person and injuring two. There may be people under the rubble, said the head of the OVA, Sergei Lysak.

10:18 In the morning, the Russians launched a missile strike on the territory of an enterprise in one of the districts of Zaporozhye. According to preliminary information, it was one of the modifications of the Iskander ballistic missile. One casualty is known; a store was damaged by the blast wave, said the head of the OVA, Yuri Malashko.

09:59 The wife of the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, Kirill Budanov, was poisoned , Babel reports, citing intelligence sources. Marianna Budanova was diagnosed with heavy metal poisoning - these substances are in no way used in everyday life or in military affairs. After a prolonged deterioration in her health, Marianna Budanova was hospitalized. She is already completing her course of treatment and will be under observation. An attempted murder is being investigated.

09:01 Late in the evening of November 27, the Russian army attacked the village of Kovsharovka, Kupyansky district, with a pre-controlled aerial bomb. The bomb fell between residential buildings, no people were injured, said the head of the Kharkov OVA Oleg Sinegubov.

08:35 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of November 28:

  • personnel - about 326,440 (+860) people,

  • tanks - 5523 (+3),

  • armored combat vehicles - 10,285 (+3),

  • artillery systems - 7876 (+1),

  • MLRS - 907 (+0),

  • air defense systems - 597 (+0),

  • aircraft - 323 (+0),

  • helicopters - 324 (+0),

  • UAV of operational-tactical level - 5905 (+0),

  • cruise missiles - 1565 (+0),

  • ships/boats - 22 (+0),

  • submarines - 1 (+0),

  • automotive equipment and tank trucks - 10,302 (+3),

  • special equipment - 1113 (+0).

08:12 In the Khmelnytsky region, air defense worked during the morning attack - debris fell on the roof of a private house in the Khmelnytsky district, no people were injured, the OVA reported.

07:58 Over the past 24 hours, 84 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report . In particular, the Defense Forces repulsed 28 enemy attacks in the Bakhmut direction (near Bogdanovka, Ivanovsky, Kleshcheevka and Andreevka in the Donetsk region) and 23 attacks in Avdeevsky (east of Novobakhmutovka, northeast of Berdychi, Avdeevka, Opytny, Severny and south of Tonenky in the Donetsk region) .

In the Kupyansky direction, enemy attacks were repelled in the Sinkovka and Petropavlovka areas of the Kharkov region; on Limansky - in the areas of Stelmakhovka, Serebryansky forestry of the Luhansk region and Ternov, Yampolevka, Torsky of the Donetsk region; on Maryinsky - in the Marinka and Novomikhailovka districts of the Donetsk region; in Zaporozhye - near Rabotino and Novoprokopovka, Zaporozhye region. The enemy did not conduct offensive actions in the Shakhtarsky direction.

At the same time, the Defense Forces continue the offensive operation in the Melitopol direction and south of Bakhmut, Donetsk region, and in the Kherson direction they hold their positions on the left bank of the Dnieper.

07:37 At night, the Russian Federation launched a missile strike on Krivoy Rog, all the details are now being established, said the head of the Dnepropetrovsk OVA, Sergei Lysak.

00:49 US House Speaker Mike Johnson said that aid to Ukraine is a priority and Putin should not be allowed to “march through Europe.” He also expressed the opinion that Congress would approve the provision of additional aid to Ukraine by Christmas.

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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: July 8th, 2023
2023-07-09
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[Korrespondent] 23:12 Zelensky, together with the commanders of Azov in Lviv, spoke to reporters. "We continue the fight and we will definitely have our say in the fight," Denis Prokopenko told Radis.

22:50 Zelensky announced the appointment of a new head of the National Guard of Ukraine - Hero of Ukraine Oleksandr Pivnenko.

22:37 Zelensky in Lviv took part in a prayer service on the occasion of 500 days of a full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation.

20:53 The Legion of Freedom of Russia is preparing another raid on the territory of the Russian Federation, its commander with the call sign Caesar said: “There will be another surprise within the next month or so. This will be our third operation. After it there will be a fourth, and a fifth. ambitious plans. We want to liberate all of our territory."

19:58 Peskov said that the return of the commanders of Azov from Turkey to Ukraine is a "violation of the terms of the agreements" on the part of both the Turkish side and Kiev. He recalled that under the terms of the agreements they had to stay in Turkey until the end of the war. Peskov also said that no one informed Russia about the transfer of the defenders of Mariupol from Turkey to Ukraine.

18:16 The head of the Spanish Ministry of Defense, Margarita Robles, said she was against the transfer of cluster munitions to Ukraine. At the same time, she added that she respects the decision of a sovereign country. In turn, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak stressed that he "does not encourage" the use of cluster munitions, and recalled that Britain had signed a convention to ban them.

17:39 Reznikov said that the task of protecting the sky of Kiev from Russian missiles is practically solved - now the military is working on protecting Lviv, Kharkov, Dnipro, Zaporozhye and Odessa from missile attacks.

17:04 The defenders of Mariupol, the command of the Azov Regiment and the 36th Marine Brigade are returning to Ukraine from Turkey: Denis Prokopenko, Svyatoslav Palamar, Sergei Volynsky, Oleg Khomenko, Denis Shlega. They flew out of Turkey with Zelensky.

14:38 As a result of the shelling of the Liman of the Donetsk region, the death toll increased to eight, 13 people were injured , the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported.

14:29 Zelensky said that he had a telephone conversation from Turkey with Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte, fixed the dates for the start of the training mission for Ukrainian pilots on the F-16, coordinated positions on the eve of the NATO summit.

14:11 Zelensky said that he had a telephone conversation from Turkey with Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa: “We coordinated positions on the eve of the NATO Vilnius summit. He emphasized the importance of the Alliance’s decisive position on the future membership of Ukraine. peace formulas: about food and energy security, as well as about ecocide".

The president's office said that during the conversation, the parties adopted a common declaration of support for Ukraine's membership in NATO. Thus, Portugal became the 23rd country to join such a declaration.

13:30 UNESCO declared a violation of the International Convention on World Heritage as a result of the Russian strike on Lviv: "This attack is the first since the start of the war on February 24, 2022 on the territory protected by the World Heritage Convention and is a violation of this Convention, as well as the Hague Convention 1954 of the Year on the Protection of Cultural Property in Time of Armed Conflict. The organization clarified that as a result of a missile attack, a historic building located in the buffer zone of the Ensemble of the historical center of Lviv was damaged.

12:49 Zelensky said that during his visit to Istanbul, he took part in a memorial service for the victims of the war in Ukraine in St. George's Cathedral. The President also met with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to discuss the implementation of the Peace Formula and the return to Ukraine of children illegally deported by Russia.

11:53 PMC Wagner was sent on vacation until the beginning of August, and now the withdrawal of mercenaries to Belarus is being prepared, Anton Elizarov (Lotos), one of the PMC commanders, said in an interview with Russian military commissars. "We have to prepare the bases, training grounds, coordinate with local self-government bodies and administrations, organize interaction with the law enforcement agencies of Belarus and arrange logistics," he said.

11:25 In the morning, the enemy fired from the MLRS Liman of the Donetsk region: at least six people were killed, five were injured , said the head of the OVA Pavel Kirilenko.

10:58 The Russians continue to mine the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant and objects on the territory of the station. Mines and explosives are now being delivered to the ZNPP territory, according to Ukrainian military intelligence. Mine-explosive barriers are installed in the technical rooms and machine rooms, which consist of remotely controlled and unguided directional anti-personnel mines. Mainly used are directional mines of the Soviet type: MON-50, MON-90, MON-100, MON-200.

09:52 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, five people were injured, in Zaporozhye - two, in Kherson, Kharkiv and Dnepropetrovsk - one each, according to the OVA.

09:45 The invaders are planning to take away the housing of Energodar residents in order to encourage the Russians to work at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense reports. On Thursday, July 6, Sergei Kiriyenko, First Deputy Head of Putin's Administration, arrived at ZNPP. The official purpose of the visit is to get acquainted with the state of affairs at the station and check the general safety. Unofficially - he had to demonstrate the absence of panic, and also try to solve problems with staffing the station.

After the invasion began, most of the station's qualified personnel either left the occupied territories or refused to sign agreements with Rosatom. An attempt to attract Russian employees also did not give the expected result. Kiriyenko and Gauleiter of the Zaporozhye region Yevgeny Balitsky held a meeting on additional incentives for potential workers from Russia. To do this, it is planned to provide Russians with housing seized from Ukrainians who left Energodar. They expect that up to 4,500 Russians will be resettled in this way. However, there are few people who want to go to the Zaporizhzhya NPP, the GUR notes.

09:41 Reznikov named five key principles that Ukraine will adhere to when using American cluster munitions:

1. Ukraine will use these munitions only for the de-occupation of its internationally recognized territories. These ammunition will not be used on the officially recognized territory of the Russian Federation.

2. The Armed Forces of Ukraine will not use cluster munitions in urban areas and cities in order to avoid risks to the civilian population. Cluster munitions will be used only in places where the Russian military gathers to break through enemy defense lines with minimal risk to the lives of Ukrainian soldiers.

3. Ukraine will keep a strict record of the use of these weapons and local areas where they will be used.

4. After de-occupation, these territories will be priority for demining purposes. This will remove the risks associated with unexploded elements of cluster munitions.

5. Ukraine will report to its partners on the use of these munitions and on their effectiveness.

09:29 At night, the Russians attacked with Shahed-136/131 strike drones from the southeast direction (Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Krasnodar Territory). Five UAVs were destroyed, another part could not be intercepted, the Air Force command said. Drones hit industrial and infrastructure facilities in the Dnepropetrovsk and Kirovograd regions. First, no casualties.

09:13 Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar named the main events in the 500 days of a large-scale war:

  • 497 days ago, Ukraine destroyed the expectations of "Kyiv in three days" and the myth of the "second army of the world."

  • 462 days ago we liberated the Kiev region and northern Ukraine, the Russian media for the first time spoke of their retreat as a "goodwill gesture."

  • 451 days since we sent the cruiser Moscow to the bottom.

  • 380 days ago - received the first Himars from the allies.

  • 373 days since the Snake Island was liberated.

  • 305 days ago, they launched a counter-offensive in the Kharkiv region - an unprecedentedly fast offensive with a cascading collapse of the Russian defenses, which amazed the whole world.

  • 273 days since they struck the first blow on the Crimean bridge to break the logistics of the Russians.

  • Kherson was returned 239 days ago.

  • 113 days ago, they obtained a warrant for the arrest of Putin in The Hague.

  • 80 days since we received powerful air defense systems from our partners - the Patriot system.

  • 65 days since the first Russian "supersonic" Kinzhal missile was shot down.

  • Right at this moment, Ukrainian soldiers in heavy fighting are liberating the occupied lands in the east and south.
  • Very soon, we will start training pilots on the F-16.

  • Ahead is victory.

09:07 Governor of the Belgorod Region Vyacheslav Gladkov said that the authorities are suspending the return of residents to Shebekino from temporary accommodation centers due to new shelling allegedly from the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

08:42 Zelensky said that today, on the 500th day of a full-scale war, he visited Serpent Island: "I am grateful to everyone who fought here against the invaders. We honored the memory of the heroes who gave their lives in this battle - one of the most important during the full-scale war" .

08:30 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of July 8.

  • personnel - about 233,440 (+630) people liquidated,

  • tanks - 4074 (+4),

  • armored combat vehicles - 7953 (+9),

  • artillery systems - 4346 (+16),

  • MLRS - 661 (+3),

  • air defense systems - 410 (+2),

  • aircraft - 315 (+0),

  • helicopters - 309 (+0),

  • UAV operational-tactical level - 3666 (+14),

  • cruise missiles - 1271 (+0),

  • ships/boats - 18 (+0),

  • automotive equipment and tankers - 6914 (+16),

  • special equipment - 619 (+7).

08:17 The Russian army is concentrating its main efforts on the Kupyansky, Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions. Over the past day, there have been 36 combat clashes, the General Staff said in the morning summary .

07:42 At night, the Russians hit Krivoy Rog with drones, hit an agricultural enterprise, one person was injured, said the head of the OVA, Sergei Lysak.

04:15 The United States can provide Ukraine with security guarantees similar to Israel, which do not involve joining NATO, Biden said. He clarified that this is a ten-year commitment that the United States is taking on: "It provides for the provision of military and financial assistance packages, as well as the possibility of joint production."

At the same time, Biden believes that the issue of Ukraine's accession to NATO can only be considered after the end of the war: "Ukraine is not ready for NATO membership now, in the midst of the war. There is no unanimity among the members of the Alliance about admitting Ukraine to NATO now." At the same time, he stressed that the United States and NATO allies will continue to provide Ukraine with the weapons necessary to end the war with Russia.

As for the supply of cluster shells to Ukraine, according to Biden, this decision was not an easy one, but the need for them in the Ukrainian army is obvious. According to him, the Ukrainian military is running out of ammunition: "I discussed this with our allies. We are in a situation where Ukraine is being brutally attacked - this is one reason. The second is that the Ukrainians are running out of ammunition for 155-mm howitzers. This is a war related to ammunition ".

Biden suggested that cluster munitions would help the Armed Forces of Ukraine break through the fortifications of the Russian army. He added that the shipment of cluster munitions to Ukraine would continue during a "transitional period" until the US ramps up production of 155mm rounds.

00:47 Erdogan said at a joint press conference with Zelensky that Ukraine deserves NATO membership. "No one will lose in the creation of a just world ... From the annexation, contrary to international law, to this day, we declare our support for the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine. One of the important reasons why we look with confidence at the future of Ukraine is the fact that the Crimean Tatars are stubbornly fighting for the freedom of their country," Erdogan said.

The Turkish President also said that his country would help Ukraine "get back on its feet": "Our construction companies, which are leaders in this market in Ukraine, will help our Ukrainian friends in restoring the country."

Erdogan said that he expects an official visit from Putin in August. Among the main topics that Erdogan plans to discuss with the head of the Kremlin are the grain agreement and the exchange of prisoners between the Russian Federation and Ukraine.

00:35 The Ministry of Strategic Industries of Ukraine signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Industry and Technology of Turkey in the field of strategic industries.

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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: December 28th, 2022
2022-12-29
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[Korrespondent] 23:13 The mayor of Kharkov, Igor Terekhov, announced the second enemy strike on the city in a day, this time - presumably by kamikaze drones. According to him, one of the infrastructure facilities is targeted.

22:34 The air force shot down five enemy drones in the Dnipropetrovsk region, presumably Iranian Shahed, the air command of Skhid reported.

21:42 PMC Wagner mercenaries made an insulting appeal to the head of the Russian General Staff Valery Gerasimov. The reason for dissatisfaction is the poor provision of the units participating in the assault on the Ukrainian Bakhmut. PMC founder Yevgeny Prigozhin supported his fighters and confirmed the lack of ammunition. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has already intervened in a public conflict between various Russian law enforcement agencies and sent his PMC to the Donbass. More details - in the material The split in the Russian army.

21:04 Polls of Ukrainian servicemen who returned from captivity indicate that conditions in the colonies have partially improved, said Oleksandr Kononenko, a representative of the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Verkhovna Rada in the security and defense sector. According to him, this was the result of pressure from Ukraine and the international community.

At the same time, he acknowledged that it is extremely difficult to establish the whereabouts of prisoners of war, because Russia does not provide this information. It also does not provide access for representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross to all places of detention of prisoners. In addition, the Russian Federation does not undertake to deliver letters, even if Ukraine knows the whereabouts of the prisoners. Thus, the Russian side does not want to officially confirm the captivity.

20:58 Russia has assembled a group of troops in Belarus in the amount of 10,200 people, head of the State Border Guard Service Sergei Deineko said. According to him, this grouping is unable to fulfill the task of re-advancing into the territory of Ukraine.

20:47 The situation in the energy system of Kiev is stabilizing, outages are becoming more predictable, in the near future it will be possible to return to the schedules, Yasno CEO Sergey Kovalenko said. He also said that the city authorities of Kyiv received 107 applications from condominiums for compensation of 70% of the cost of purchasing generators for houses. These generators can power water pumps, elevators or other equipment.

20:25 Zelensky said that he had met in Kiev with French Minister of the Armed Forces Sebastien Lecornu: "He spoke about the security situation at the front and about the defense needs of Ukraine. We discussed further steps to strengthen the defense capability of our state with the support of France."

19:54 The United States is ordering automated fire control systems for 18 new HIMARS, which will be transferred to Ukraine, Military reports with reference to a contract posted on the US government's public procurement portal. These systems make it possible to bring together information from intelligence, infantry, artillery, aviation, etc., which gives a common understanding of the operational picture of battles and fire support.

19:18 Lavrov said that the United States explained to the Russian Federation through diplomatic channels that they did not plan to send American specialists to Ukraine to control Patriot systems.

19:13 The enemy is forced under the pressure of fire control in the south of the country to constantly relocate, look for new places. The work is aimed at ensuring that the invaders move their combat positions as far as possible from the coast, said Natalya Gumenyuk, speaker of OK Pivden. "Thus, the ability to hit our targets and settlements on the right bank is reduced," she explained.

19:08 Special acoustic sensors will be installed in the Kiev region - this will make it possible to detect Russian drones or missiles even in places where there are no people, said Andrei Nebytov, head of the Kiev region police.

18:19 In the occupied territories of the Zaporozhye region, Russian servicemen and mercenaries are leaving their places of service en masse. For search activities, separate units of the Russian Guard were sent to the city of Primorsk. According to preliminary information, more than 200 people are wanted, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in an evening summary.

18:10 Vice-Chancellor of the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Märt Volmer said that most of the member states of the UN Security Council do not share Ukraine's desire to exclude Russia from this body: "It would be possible if a very large number of states considered, like Ukraine, that Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union, it received this status outside the procedure and illegally, and this needs to be reconsidered somehow. But in fact, there are no states that would consider that this is possible and necessary."

18:04 The first deputy head of Putin's administration, Sergei Kiriyenko, visited the Zaporizhia NPP. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine stated that such an illegal visit is another gross violation of international law and Ukrainian legislation. The Kremlin's move also demonstrates its complete disregard for the requirements of three IAEA Board of Governors resolutions requiring Russia to immediately withdraw its military and other personnel from the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, the Foreign Ministry noted.

The agency called on partner states and EU institutions to expand sanctions against the Rosatom corporation, its affiliated companies, as well as other key representatives of the Russian nuclear industry. "We separately emphasize the need to work out mechanisms for the complete cessation of cooperation with the Russian Federation in the field of nuclear technology, as well as limiting Russia's rights and privileges in the IAEA," the statement says.

17:55 Zelensky, during a speech in the Verkhovna Rada, presented the commander of the Ukrainian HIMARS battery, Captain Pavel Chernyavsky, with an award from Biden, MP Oleksiy Goncharenko said. Earlier, Zelensky awarded the commander with the Military Merit Cross, but he asked to pass his award to Biden during the visit of the Ukrainian president to Washington.

17:43 The return of Kremennaya in eastern Ukraine will be another step in the Ukrainian campaign to return major cities captured by Russia after its invasion, writes The New York Times. Read more about where the Armed Forces of Ukraine are moving forward in the material Gates to Donbass .

17:39 The UK will provide the Armed Forces with Sea King helicopters, which will be used for search and rescue operations, the country's Ministry of Defense said. According to the agency, the Royal Navy has already conducted training on Sea King helicopters for ten crews of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

17:08 Since February 24, explosions and fires have occurred on the territory of Russia, as well as in Crimea, on the territory of 72 military registration and enlistment offices, military bases, warehouses and other military facilities, Nestka calculated based on open data. Most often - 44 times - military registration and enlistment offices and recruiting offices were set on fire. Other facilities, including military units, ammunition depots, airfields and other buildings associated with the military-industrial complex, have burned at least 28 times since February 24.

16:37 Shoigu sent his private military company Patriot to fight near Ugledar, Donetsk region, said Sergey Cherevaty, spokesman for the Eastern Group of Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to him, against the backdrop of an unsuccessful campaign in the direction of Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Vuhledar, as well as in the Lugansk region, the Russians are trying to break through and achieve at least some result, throwing all their forces into battle.

He noted that militants of the private Patriot army, affiliated with Shoigu, appeared in the Stepnoye region near Vuhledar - it was created as a counterweight to the Wagner PMC. "Wagner PMC and Patriot PMC are competing structures. Wagner is in Bakhmut, under Ugledar Patriot. There is no direct interaction between them, they are autonomous structures," Cherevaty said.

16:23 The occupiers once again fired at Oleshki, Kherson region, as a result, one person died, the mayor of the city Yevhen Ryshchuk said.

16:19 During mass attacks, Russians launch three waves of kamikaze drones - in this way they are trying to destroy Ukrainian air defense and strike at critical targets, said OK Pivden speaker Natalya Gumenyuk. "They launch the first wave precisely to identify air defense systems, the second wave - to hit these objects, air defense systems. Already the third wave, as a rule, is directed at critical and energy infrastructure facilities that were the target of destruction," Gumenyuk explained.

16:04 In Odessa, they began to demolish the monument to Catherine II. After dismantling, it will be transferred to the Odessa Art Museum, said Deputy Mayor Oleg Bryndak.

15:58 There are signs of the creation of new, more powerful units of enemy troops in the Zaporozhye direction, but there are no signs of the formation of a strike force capable of conducting offensive operations, said Yevgeny Yerin, spokesman for the Defense Forces of the Tauride direction. According to him, everything speaks of preparing the enemy for positional defense. In particular, new minefields are being created, engineering positions are being equipped, etc.

15:29 Ukraine is developing air-to-air drones that will fight Iranian Shahed kamikaze drones, Digital Transformation Minister Mikhail Fedorov said in an interview with Associated Press. According to him, Ukraine has already purchased about 1,400 drones, mostly reconnaissance ones. Fedorov explained that after meeting the needs for reconnaissance drones, the next stage will be the development and purchase of strike UAVs. "I can already say that in February-March the situation with drones will change dramatically," the minister announced.

15:25 The Russians struck the first blow to the energy infrastructure of Ukraine on September 11 - then they hit the Kharkiv thermal power plant. Since then, Ukrainian air defense has shot down more than 420 missiles and 430 kamikaze drones, Yuriy Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said.

15:19 Russia has already deported more than 13,000 Ukrainian children, Reznikov said.

15:06 Zelensky, in his speech at the last meeting of the Verkhovna Rada this year, said that Ukraine has become one of the leaders of the free world and has helped the West to unite, find itself again and stop being afraid of Russia. The theses of the President's speech are given by the People's Deputy Yaroslav Zheleznyak.

Zelensky also noted that the Ukrainian military-industrial complex will be one of the most progressive in the world. He is sure of victory, because now there is a national unity, a functioning state and support for peace. In addition, according to the President, Ukraine will become a leader in building green energy and will develop its own nuclear generation.

More than 1.2 trillion hryvnias were allocated for defense during the year, and this money is only from internal taxes and duties, while international assistance goes to humanitarian purposes, the president noted. Separately, he stressed the need to release all Ukrainians from captivity and said that 1,456 of our people had been returned since the beginning of the war. In addition, it will be necessary to return the Ukrainians who are now abroad, because they should not remain refugees.

Zelensky is convinced that the restoration of Ukraine will be the largest economic project in Europe. He called on the deputies to develop a legislative framework to encourage foreign businesses to enter Ukraine now, especially for companies that have left the Russian Federation.

14:22 Swiss OSINT analyst Benjamin Pitt has published satellite images showing how the invaders are digging in in the south of Crimea. In particular, the photo probably shows the location of the trenches near the radar station near the village of Lazurnoe.

13:49 Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto believes that Russia can use nuclear weapons in case of defeat in the war: "The use of tactical nuclear weapons is planned by Russia. For us it is unthinkable, but for Moscow - yes, if the point of no return is passed, if they risk to be defeated. In short, the danger is potentially there, although very unlikely."

At the same time, Crosetto assured that Italy would continue to support Ukraine, including by providing military assistance: "If possible, we will certainly help them defend themselves: Russia has crossed a border that it should not have crossed."

13:28 Danilov said that Ukraine has come half way to victory, but the most difficult stage is ahead: "Russia continues to set maximalist goals in the war with Ukraine - the elimination of statehood, the destruction of Ukrainians as a nation. The time of maximum concentration - we have passed half the way to victory. But the most difficult period lies ahead - to finally kick the aggressor off our land and punish him for his crimes."

12:57 Putin's decree approving simplified procedures for renouncing Ukrainian citizenship and acquiring Russian citizenship is void and indicates Russia's unwillingness to negotiate, its leadership's desire to continue the war, the absorption of the territory of Ukraine, the forced assimilation and genocide of the Ukrainian people, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

"The procedure for issuing Russian passports to Ukrainian children and adolescents from 14 to 18 years old, which was introduced without the consent of the recipients, is a flagrant violation of fundamental human rights and proof of the genocide of Ukrainians committed by Russia. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine regards it as another crime of Russia against sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, grossly violating the Constitution and laws of our state, the current norms of international law and the international obligations of Russia," the statement reads.

12:51 Peskov said that "no peace plan for Ukraine can exist if it does not take into account the entry into Russia of four new regions."

12:46 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) suggests that the Russians' attempts to capture Bakhmut are close to climax. The troops of the invaders have noticeably degraded, they lack personnel and ammunition. Combat losses force the Russian military to use detachment-sized assault groups. Analysts recall that this was already observed in August in the Kherson region - then the Russian forces also degraded from company and battalion tactical groups to separate detachment groups.

According to ISW, the Russian advance in the Bakhmut area will continue to slow down, and possibly even stop, if the Russian troops do not receive significant reinforcements in manpower and ammunition in the near future.

12:39 Russians shelled the village of Kizomys, Kherson region: three people were injured, including a 14-year-old child, the President's Office reported.

12:18 French Defense Minister Sebastian Lecornu arrived in Kyiv , TF1 reports.

11:57 Not only the military command of the Russian Federation, but also the Russians who came to work in the city have already left Kremennaya in the Lugansk region, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Gaidai. According to him, when the Armed Forces of Ukraine de-occupy Kremennaya, the turn of other Lugansk cities will come, because they are so destroyed that they are not suitable for defense. According to Gaidai, after the liberation of Kremennaya, there are two options for the development of events: go to Starobelsk, the main logistics center of the region, or help Bakhmut and go to Rubizhnoye and Severodonetsk in order to split the group of invaders in this direction.

11:26 On December 27-28, Budanov visited the forward positions of the Ukrainian Defense Forces in Bakhmut, where special intelligence officers work, the press service of the Main Intelligence Directorate reported. He listened to the report of the commanders of the units of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, defined tasks and awarded the soldiers.

11:12 In the Kharkiv region, in the area with. Bugaevka, Chuguevsky district, two people, including a seven-year-old child, were blown up by an explosive device in the forest, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said. Both received blast injuries and were hospitalized.

10:55 As of December 28, the shortage of electricity in the system has increased - this is due to the shutdown of some blocks of power plants due to the shelling of gas infrastructure in the eastern region, Ukrenergo reported. At the same time, due to relatively warm weather, consumption restrictions have not been applied at night for the fourth consecutive day. The available capacity in the system is not enough to meet all the needs of consumers in the country, so consumption limits have been brought to all regions.

10:43 Over the past two weeks, Ukraine has agreed to supply more than 600 generators, Kuleba said. Seven autotransformers will come from the governments of Lithuania, Ireland and Poland; 543 generators with a capacity of more than 100 kW - from Germany, Norway and Spain; 24 transformers - from Finland; 45 transformers - from Azerbaijan; 19 powerful generators - from Israel.

10:40 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of December 28.

  • personnel - about 103,770 (+550) people liquidated,

  • tanks - 3017 (+1),

  • armored combat vehicles - 6037 (+13),

  • artillery systems - 1999 (+1),

  • MLRS - 418 (+0),

  • air defense systems - 212 (+0),

  • aircraft - 283 (+0),

  • helicopters - 267 (+0),

  • UAV operational-tactical level - 1707 (+0),

  • cruise missiles - 653 (+0),

  • ships/boats - 16 (+0),

  • automotive equipment and tankers - 4660 (+8),

  • special equipment - 179 (+0).

10:29 British intelligence predicts that Russia will make it a priority to hold the front line near Kremennaya, given the importance of the area for the logistical support of its troops in the Donbass. In recent days, Russia has reinforced the front line in the Kremennaya Lugansk region amid increased pressure from Ukrainian forces. Analysts recall that Kremennaya became quite vulnerable after the Ukrainian Armed Forces moved forward west through Liman in October.

10:06 As a result of the morning strike on Kharkov, one person was wounded, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.

09:24 The head of the Kharkiv OVA, Oleg Sinegubov, announced a missile attack on the Sloboda district of Kharkov. In many areas of Ukraine air raid alert.

09:21 In the Kursk region, two employees of the FSB border department were blown up by a mine, ASTRA reported. According to journalists, an armored personnel carrier with border guards ran into a mine near the Krupets checkpoint.

09:18 Over the past day, three people were injured in the Donetsk region, two in Kharkiv (one of the wounded was blown up by an explosive device), in Kherson - also three, the OVA reported.

09:04 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) notes that the Russian authorities are trying to force the West to make concessions and put pressure on Ukraine for negotiations. Analysts say the Kremlin is likely to continue to focus its grievances on the West and ignore Ukraine as a sovereign entity while supporting ongoing information operations.

Moscow routinely portrays Ukraine as a pawn of the West, devoid of any actual sovereignty, in order to deprive Ukrainian officials of the right to participate in future direct negotiations and instead present negotiations with Russia as the responsibility of Western officials, the ISW says. The Kremlin will constantly portray Ukrainian officials as dragging out the war while reiterating its military goals by trying to influence Western officials to force Ukraine to negotiate on more favorable terms for Russia, analysts have concluded.

08:56 The Gomel regional court passed a sentence on three Belarusians accused of sabotaging the railway, along which trains with Russian military equipment were traveling to participate in the war against Ukraine. Three residents of Svetlogorsk were sentenced to 21 to 23 years in prison with a fine and confiscation of property. At the moment, this is the most severe sentence in cases of sabotage on the railway.

08:47 Danilov said that Ukraine will be able to get Russian planes in the Far East: "The enemy began to hide them. They understand that Ukraine can get them deep in the territory of the Russian Federation, and there are not so many bombers left. We are talking about Tu-95MS bombers and Tu-22MZ. Now the Russians have overtaken them to Primorsky Krai, but if necessary, we will get to the Far East."

08:33 The enemy is conducting offensive operations in the Bakhmut and Avdeevsky directions and is trying to improve the tactical situation in the Limansky direction, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in the morning report . Ukrainian defenders repulsed the attacks of the invaders in the areas of the settlements of Ploschanka and Chervonopopovka in the Lugansk region and in the areas of Spornoye, Yakovlevka, Soledar, Bakhmutskoye, Podgorodnoye, Bakhmut, Andreevka, Kleschievka, Avdeevka, Vodyanoye, Maryinka, Pobeda and Zolotaya Niva in the Donetsk region.

According to the General Staff, in Sevastopol, the invaders stepped up campaigning for entry into military service under a contract in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

04:45 Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, 702 critical infrastructure facilities have been damaged, and more than 35,000 facilities have been destroyed in total, First Deputy Interior Minister Yevgeny Yenin said. Kharkiv, Donetsk and Luhansk regions suffer the most from shelling.

00:04 Repair of Ukraine's energy infrastructure is complicated by the shortage of necessary components and the incompatibility of components that Western partners can transfer to Kiev, CNN reports, citing an American source. According to him, the United States and partners are faced with the problem of disrupting the global supply chain for the equipment needed for repairs. Washington is trying to solve this problem together with the private sector.

In addition, some of the important network repair components that are used in the US are not suitable for Ukraine, as they are designed to work on other frequency bands.

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Russian Perspective: Operation to Denazify Ukraine: Operational Brief November 21st (updated)
2022-11-22
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 23:25 In the Kharkiv region, two installations of the Uragan MLRS were hit, from which the Belgorod region was shelled.

22:21 It is reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Artemovsk and Soledar abandoned offensive operations and went on the defensive. The reasons are heavy losses and mudslides.

21:57 In one of the schools in the village of Novy Svet, Starobeshevsky District, a medical examination of schoolchildren has been organized, which is taking place in accordance with the decree of the President of the Russian Federation.

Together with First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration Sergei Kiriyenko, we talked to doctors. They are satisfied with the working conditions and said that they see 60-65 children a day.

According to the results of medical examinations, pathologies are revealed, 512 children are hospitalized. According to the Minister of Health of the DPR Dmitry Gartsev, it is planned to examine 246,000 schoolchildren in the Republic by the end of May next year.

Sergei Kiriyenko suggested establishing a close relationship with parents and using volunteers to help children during examinations in order to organize the process more clearly.

20:10 Footage from the Soledar Front, in which the Luhansk "gods of war" razed the positions of the Ukrainians to the ground. Intelligence has traditionally been carried out with the help of quadrocopters
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20:04 Pinpoint strikes against Ukrainian military in Kharkiv region. Minus 10 manpower, fuel and lubricant depots and BC -video

18:27 In the Kherson region destroyed sabotage group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which tried to cross to the left bank of the Dnieper.

17:31 6th Regiment 2 AC LPR destroys the position of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the Soledar Front -video

17:02 The 11th Regiment of the DPR revealed and destroyed the stronghold of the enemy -video

15:39 Khudaynurov Rustam, the same military man who with his bare hands threw away several grenades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video

14:40 Ukrainian sabotage group destroyed when trying to cross to the left bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region

13:30 In Lviv, a Ukrainian woman who spoke Ukrainian was expelled from the bus because she defended Donbass -video

12:50 Another illegal armed formations, designed to stimulate separatism in Russia and recruit mercenaries for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Telegram channels linked to the SBU reported that a fugitive Kazakh opposition figure, Aidos Sadykov, who had dug in in Kyiv, had allegedly created the Turan Turkic battalion. The number of militants is no more than 20 people.

Almaz Kudaibek, a citizen of Kyrgyzstan, calls himself the commander, who worked as a hairdresser in Russia before the start of the NMD. In the video, the militants demonstrate the “wolf head” sign used by the Turkish nationalist group Gray Wolves. Probably the militants are counting on funding from Turkey, where the community of Turkish-speaking countries is called turan.

11:51 Ka-52 attack and reconnaissance helicopter destroys Ukrainian armored vehicles in the Svatovsky direction —video

11:38 Subdivisions of rocket artillery of the RF Armed Forces destroy Ukrainian nationalists -video

11:30 Destroyed by Russian artillery Ukrainian armored personnel carrier-4 "Bucephalus" -video

11:28 Calculations of "Solntsepekov" struck at the accumulation of Ukrainian militants in the Liman direction -video

10:49 Combat work of the 120mm mortar crew of the Southern Military District when performing fire missions in the zone of the special military operation -video

10:15 Calculations of the 300mm BM-30 MLRS "Smerch" "Brave" attack the Nazis -video

09:12 American New York Times reported, which confirmed the authenticity of video footage from the place of execution of Russian prisoners of war by the Ukrainian military.

08:53 Ukrainian entertainment. They put a peaceful person in a coffin, before wrapping it in a film -video.

08:45 “Everyone saw evidence of the execution of our servicemen by the Ukrainians – lying down, without weapons. This is how the fascists behave, ”writes today in his Telegram- channel speaker of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin:

“The heads of European states have not yet condemned these crimes. The same silence in the 30s of the last century led to the creation of a fascist state, the outbreak of World War II and the death of millions of civilians. History teaches nothing. Countries collaborating with the Kyiv regime must understand that they are supporting the Nazi state, sadists whose hands are up to the elbows in blood. Zelensky should be judged. He must be brought before the tribunal, ”the politician concludes.

08:42 Fighters of the "Brave" continue to force Ukrainian fighters to leave their positions and retreat -video.

In addition to destroying Ukrainan armored groups that attempted offensive actions, as well as holding the Svatovo-Kremennaya defensive line, our units inflict fire damage on the Armed Forces of Ukraine, located in positions near the captured settlements.

So, after the work of the mortars of the “O” group, the Ukrainian militants simply left their positions and retreated, leaving ammunition and equipment, which our scouts later captured.

08:38 Mortar units strike at the Nazis -video.

The crews support the main forces of the troops and regularly destroy manpower, command and observation posts and camouflaged equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine /Izvestia/.

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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: November 9th, 2022
2022-11-10
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[Korrespondent] 23:17 The UK has provided Ukraine with about a thousand additional surface-to-air missiles to protect infrastructure, Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said. The transferred anti-aircraft systems can be used in combination with the existing capabilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and are capable of shooting down air targets such as drones and cruise missiles. Wallace also said that Britain has already trained more than 7,400 Ukrainian recruits and more than 60 junior commanders of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

23:03 Kherson is the only regional center of Ukraine that the Russians managed to capture during a full-scale invasion. The Kremlin announced the annexation of Kherson, and now they are leaving the city. About how this will be explained - in the material of the Russian Federation NOT forever .

22:59 Zelensky warned "everyone in Moscow who makes the appropriate decisions": "Any attempt to blow up the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station and flood our territory and dehydrate the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant will mean declaring war on the whole world. Think about what will happen to you then" .

The President also said that at the Stavka meeting, they discussed the supply and production of Ukrainian weapons, the repair of equipment, the ongoing strengthening of air and missile defense, and the restoration of critical infrastructure.

22:54 Zelensky said that at today's meeting of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, the situation on the front line was analyzed in detail: "Now in the Donetsk region there is the greatest confrontation, very important, a lot is being decided there. Any losses there are losses further in the country. Therefore, we stand. We stand strong "We're not surrendering anything. South. We're moving a little, we're strengthening our positions step by step."

22:41 our defense operations. Those that are currently ongoing, those that are still planned.

22:15 On Thursday, November 10, scheduled power outages will be applied throughout Ukraine, Ukrenergo reported. The largest volume of restrictions will be introduced in Kyiv, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Zhytomyr regions. Scheduled outages will operate: from 6:00 to 24:00 in Kyiv, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Zhytomyr, Sumy, Kharkiv, Poltava and Donetsk regions; from 9:00 to 12:00 and from 16:00 to 21:00 - in all other regions of Ukraine. Emergency restrictions are not yet provided.

22:02 Nova Poshta reported that as a result of an enemy attack along the Dnieper on November 8, one of the company's depots was destroyed. Four employees are now in the hospital, the equipment and almost all the packages have been destroyed. The company promised to contact everyone about compensation, and deliver the surviving parcels on time.

21:54 Arakhamia said that a military operation continues in the Kherson region, and when the goals set in the south are achieved, "Ukrainians will learn about this from our government, and not from Shoigu." "We do not trust the enemy and will act in accordance with our plans to liberate the territories. But this does not deny the critical situation of the occupiers. Sooner or later they will either leave Kherson, Donetsk, Lugansk and Sevastopol, or be destroyed," Arakhamia said.

21:48 Putin signed a decree awarding Stremousov with the Order of Courage posthumously.

21:37 The Russian Foreign Ministry called "fake" reports of the supply of ammunition from the DPRK.

21:02 Shoigu ordered the withdrawal of troops from the occupied right bank of the Kherson region. The Armed Forces of Ukraine have already entered Snigirevka, which is located 50 km from Kherson. About what is happening near Kherson - in the material Withdrawal of Russian troops .

20:54 The statement of the Russian command about withdrawing from Kherson may be part of an information-psychological operation in order to create an erroneous impression of the true intentions, Natalya Gumenyuk, speaker of the OK Pivden, said. According to her, the Russians have created defense lines near Kherson, and the regular troops of the Russian Federation are on the ground and are ready to defend.

20:33 Ukraine considers Russia's latest attempts to invite it to the talks a "smoke screen", Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko said: "The statement of the Russian Foreign Ministry is another smoke screen. Russian officials begin to recall the negotiations whenever Russian troops are defeated on the battlefield. Moscow is not interested in restoring peace in Ukraine, feigning a readiness for dialogue, the Russian Federation is trying to buy time to regroup units, prepare newly mobilized Russians, solve the lack of weapons, eliminate logistical shortcomings, and then resort to new waves of aggression with renewed vigor. already passed in 2014-2015.

"Let me remind you that Ukraine has repeatedly proposed negotiations. But it has always received either a dismissive reaction and a demand to obey the Kremlin's ultimatums, or yet another act of genocide against Ukrainians," Nikolenko added.

20:26 The Russians hit the Krivoy Rog region, within a radius of up to 10 km from Lozovatka, probably with Smerch or Tornado S shells. Explosions were in the air, a large scattering of cluster munitions is possible, said Alexander Vilkul, head of the Krivoy Rog VA.

20:07 Putin will not go to the G20 summit, Russia will be represented by Lavrov, writes Bloomberg citing its sources. The decision to skip the summit would allow Putin to avoid a potential confrontation with other world leaders, including Biden, who called the Russian president a "war criminal."

19:31 "Ministry of Health" of the Kherson region confirmed the death of Stremousov as a result of an accident involving three cars, two more people were injured.

19:02 Zelensky said that he had talked with Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte: "We considered further cooperation to protect our territory, especially from the sky. We discussed the restoration of Ukraine's energy infrastructure and supported the extension of the grain agreement. I also count on the support of the Netherlands for our initiatives in the UN."

18:50 Stoltenberg said that NATO is aware of the statements on Kherson, but is waiting for information on the development of the situation on the ground.

18:47 Kadyrov said that Kherson is "a very difficult area without the possibility of a stable regular supply of ammunition and the formation of a strong, reliable rear." According to him, in this situation, Surovikin acted "wisely and far-sightedly - he evacuated the civilian population and gave the order to regroup."

18:42 The head of the IAEA, Rafael Grossi, at the 27th UN Climate Conference in Egypt, confirmed that there are no signs of preparations for the use of a "dirty bomb" by Ukraine: "In a few days, we assembled an inspection team that went to three sites. We confirm that there was no evidence of diversion or other misuse of nuclear material."

18:19 Podolyak said in a commentary to Reuters that it is too early to talk about the withdrawal of Russian troops from Kherson. According to him, some still remain in the city, and additional Russian labor is being drawn into the region. The adviser to the head of the Presidential Office emphasized that the words and actions of Moscow are different, and the Ukrainian armed forces are working according to their plan. Until the Ukrainian flag flies over Kherson, there is no point in talking about a Russian retreat, Podolyak added.

18:03 The Kherson OVA asks the residents of the region and everyone who has any information about the events on the southern front to observe informational silence: “Do not disclose anything about the actions of the Ukrainian Defense Forces. This is very important for our common victory. euphoria: no matter what the Russians say, trust only official sources of information."

18:00 Zelensky signed a decree on the creation of four military administrations in the Kherson region - Kakhovskaya, Dolmatovskaya, Golopristanskaya and Krestovskaya.

17:56 Zelensky held a regular meeting of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, the presidential press service reported. They discussed issues of liberation of Ukrainian territories from invaders, strengthening and protecting the state border, the state of providing units with weapons and ammunition, as well as preparing troops for the winter period. We also analyzed the progress in the restoration of energy facilities and measures for the air defense of critical infrastructure. We considered the issues of passing the winter period and ways to minimize the risks caused by Russian aggression.

17:50 Prigozhin said that the decision to withdraw troops from the right bank of the Dnieper "is not an easy one, but it shows the readiness of the command to take responsibility for the lives of soldiers." He called the withdrawal of troops with minimal losses "an achievement of Surovikin," who "acted like a man who is not afraid of responsibility."

17:19 Surovikin said that "the decision to defend on the left bank of the Dnieper is not easy, at the same time we will save the lives of our military and the combat capability of the group of troops." According to him, the forces released after the withdrawal from the right bank of the Dnieper will be used for offensive operations in other directions.

17:17 Shoigu agreed with Surovikin's "proposal" to organize defense along the line of the Dnieper River and ordered to proceed with the withdrawal of troops. Surovikin said that the maneuver of the troops would be carried out in the near future, the formations would occupy the prepared defensive lines on the left bank of the Dnieper.

17:15 Surovikin reported to Shoigu that "the situation in the area of ​​the special operation has been stabilized on the whole," Russian troops have resumed offensive operations in certain areas. In the Kherson direction, according to him, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation "successfully resist all attempts to attack the enemy." Surovikin said that "everyone who wants to" in the Kherson region, and this is more than 115 thousand people, left the area of ​​hostilities. According to him, Kherson and adjacent settlements cannot be fully supplied and function, "people's lives are constantly in danger."

Surovikin also announced Ukraine's alleged plans to "create a flood zone below the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station," which would lead to significant casualties among the civilian population. He declared the expediency of organizing defense along the barrier line of the Dnieper River, along its left bank.

Shoigu, in turn, said that "the defense in the Kherson direction is stable, but there are some peculiarities."

17:04 The Russians fired again at the Nikopol district of the Dnipropetrovsk region this afternoon, the head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko, said. As a result of the Gradami strike on the Marganets community, one local resident was killed - the shell hit a residential building directly.

16:31 Britain will give Ukraine winter equipment, the country's government said. In particular, the Armed Forces of Ukraine will receive 12,000 sleeping sets, 150 heated tents, and more than 25,000 sets of clothing for extreme cold weather. In addition, the Ukrainian military will receive another 7,000 cold weather kits as part of the Interflex exercises, which are taking place in the UK.

16:09 Against the backdrop of messages in telegram channels about the appearance of the Ukrainian flag in some settlements of the Kherson region, the head of the Nikolaev OVA asked "in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to maintain information silence in the direction of the south."

16:07 "Acting head" of the occupied Kherson region Vladimir Saldo confirmed that Stremousov died in an accident in the region.

15:56 The first deputy chairman of the Kherson Regional Council, Yuri Sobolevsky, said in a commentary to Suspilny that the information about the death of Stremousov has not been confirmed, a staging is possible. Meanwhile, the "Ministry of Health" of the occupied Kherson region stated that only the fact of an accident was confirmed, and Stremousov's condition was being investigated.

15:53 ​​The German government announced that it had transferred a new batch of military assistance to Ukraine, which included additional missiles for IRIS-T air defense systems, 30 Dingo armored vehicles, five tractors for M1070 Oshkosh tanks, 18 reconnaissance UAVs, anti-drone sensors, electronic warfare equipment and forklift. In the near future, it is planned to supply mine-clearing equipment and mobile reconnaissance systems.

15:38 Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that Russia is "still open" to negotiations with Ukraine - "of course, taking into account the realities that are developing at the moment."

15:15 "Deputy head of administration" of the Kherson region Kirill Stremousov died in an accident , Russian media report.

14:53 There are from 30,000 to 50,000 Russian soldiers in Kherson, and they are not retreating. It takes time to recapture Kherson, Vadym Skibitsky, a spokesman for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, said in an interview with La Repubblica. According to him, the Russians "evacuate" the population because it is easier to fight, and also to block the flow of information received by intelligence from local residents.

14:50 Israel cannot supply its air defense systems to Ukraine because it does not have sufficient capacity for their additional production, Defense Secretary Benny Gantz said: “It is clear that even if we decide to change our policy, it is impossible to deplete our stockpiles of air defense systems. We we check every day what can be done and how we can expand our assistance, but we must not forget that NATO is behind Ukraine."

14:46 The European Commission has officially unveiled a proposal to provide Ukraine in 2023 up to 18 billion euros in a new format of macro-financial support, said EC Executive Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis. Support must be accompanied by reforms aimed at strengthening the rule of law, good governance, and combating fraud and corruption in Ukraine.

14:35 Only five Russian mothers, at the suggestion of Ukraine, wanted to come and pick up their sons from captivity, said the speaker of the Odessa military administration, Sergei Bratchuk.

14:16 Yermak held a meeting via videoconference with representatives of Ukrainian and international human rights organizations dedicated to ensuring the rights of Ukrainian military and civilian prisoners held by the Russian Federation. The meeting participants decided to create an informational human rights headquarters, which will regularly publish information important for the world human rights community and the media on human rights violations during the Russian aggression. The headquarters will work continuously and will become a platform for information support of Ukrainian prisoners held by the Russian aggressor.

Yermak emphasized that the International Committee of the Red Cross did not agree to delegate its representatives to the mission, which was supposed to leave for the line of demarcation and demand that Russia provide access to places where Ukrainian captives are being held.

14:02 Deputy of the Kherson Regional Council Serhiy Khlan confirmed the information that the occupiers are undermining absolutely all the bridges that are on the right-bank part of the Kherson region. According to him, in this way they form a retreat for themselves and try to slow down the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The deputy also said that the occupiers left part of the settlements of the Kherson region, but they are reinforcing fortifications on other frontiers and pulling up personnel there.

13:47 Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev held Russian-Iranian security consultations in Tehran with his Iranian counterpart Shamkhani, Russian media write. He also met in Tehran with the Iranian president, discussed "issues of Russian-Iranian cooperation in the field of security and a number of international problems."

13:15 Podolyak commented on Patrushev's visit to Iran: "The Kremlin is exhausted. Russia's resources are reaching the limit. Hence the hysterical requests for a break ("negotiations"). Hence Patrushev's visit to Tehran: the search for a way to continue the war, get missiles/drones, overcome his attrition. Perfect time to double down on aid to Ukraine."

12:41 Residents of the Kherson region report in local publics that today several bridges were blown up at once in the rear of the Russian troops. According to some reports, the Russians themselves blew them up when leaving the right bank for the left. It is also reported that Russian flags have disappeared almost all over Kherson. There is no official information about this yet.

12:34 Partners do not persuade Ukraine to negotiate with the Russian Federation, the UE writes, citing sources close to Bankova and other interlocutors involved in international negotiations. "They do not incline to negotiations, but simply say that" it is desirable to send the Russians not so categorically, "so that the Europeans would live more peacefully," a high-ranking interlocutor of the publication explained.

12:07 For almost nine years of occupation, Russia has called up about 36,000 residents of Crimea to serve in its armed forces. In particular, the Russian Federation uses conscripts, especially illegally conscripted Ukrainians, in the war against Ukraine, Tamila Tasheva, permanent representative of the President of Ukraine in Crimea, said. At the same time, since 2015, the occupation courts have received almost 400 criminal proceedings under Article 328 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation for "evading conscription for military service." In these cases, almost a quarter - after February 24, 2022.

Tasheva also said that, despite Moscow's statements about the completion of the so-called mobilization, it continues in a covert mode, trying to return the soldiers who were injured and left the ranks of the Russian Armed Forces. In addition, the occupying administrations of Crimea are forcing the inhabitants of the peninsula to provide material assistance to the Russian army.

11:38 For the sake of negotiations with Ukraine, Russia is trying to put pressure on the international community, Vadym Skibitsky, a spokesman for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, told La Repubblica, commenting on the accusations regarding the "dirty bomb": "This is a high-level information campaign prepared at a high level, which is very disturbing. It reminds me the position of Russia on the use of chemical weapons in Syria and Libya, and we know how it was ... The purpose of the campaign is to put pressure on the international community to force us to negotiate, this is the old way of approach: when they no longer know what to do, they raise issues of nuclear and chemical weapons."

11:19 Ireland stands for Ukraine's early accession to the EU, Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said: "What motivates many Ukrainians is the dream of a different future. The kind of future we have today in the EU, in terms of peace, stability , prosperity, democracy and all that follows... But above all, a country that is now literally fighting for its survival against a military superpower must be able to hope for full EU membership, and not some partial membership or agreement about the neighborhood."

11:01 Russia could have lost half of its main battle tanks in the war against Ukraine and may have used most of its precision weapons, US Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Colin Kohl said: "More than 80% of their ground forces are mired in Ukraine. They spent most of their precision munitions, and sanctions and export controls will make it very difficult for them to restore their army to the way it was before the war."

10:54 The Russians began mining the suburbs of Mariupol. According to the mayor's adviser Pyotr Andryushchenko, the occupiers are installing "dragon's teeth" and fortifying the suburbs. Along the line Agrobaza - Berdyanskoye - Shevchenko - Priazovskoye, the Russians began mining dirt roads and fields. Everything points to an accelerated and intensified fortification of the city, Andryushchenko noted.

10:48 As a result of a multi-stage special operation in Kiev and the Sumy region, the SBU counterintelligence neutralized the enemy DRG, which was preparing the murders of the commanders of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The saboteurs reconnoitered the points of deployment and movement of Ukrainian troops in the capital and in the border regions of the north-east of Ukraine. One of their main tasks was to collect personal data and the locations of the commanders of the SOF combat units for further preparations for the physical liquidation of Ukrainian defenders and the destruction of their weapons and equipment. According to the investigation, the group was formed by a staff member of the FSB.

10:33 Deputy head of Putin's administration, Sergei Kiriyenko, said that Peskov returned from Lugansk tonight, where he conducted a "training program for the media."

10:24 Politico writes, citing sources, that Zelensky has softened his position on negotiations with the Russian Federation after the "push" of the United States. So, on Monday, Zelensky called five conditions for negotiations: “restoration of territorial integrity, respect for the UN Charter, compensation for all losses caused by the war, punishment of every war criminal and guarantees that this will not happen again.” In contrast to past statements, he did not say that Putin would have to step down to do this.

This change, according to one of the sources of the publication, came after several days of negotiations between Kyiv and Washington, in particular, after the visit of Biden's national security adviser Jake Sullivan. “This does not mean that they need to sit down at the negotiating table now. We don’t even think that now is the right time, based on what Russia is doing. But they must show a willingness to resolve the conflict, because no one wants this conflict to end , more than Ukraine," the official said on condition of anonymity.

09:53 The FSB announced the exposure of "the highest-ranking Ukrainian intelligence agent-illegal": a certain colonel of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense Shtyblikov received 19.5 years in prison. After 2014, he allegedly stayed in Crimea, received a Russian passport and got a job in the Black Sea Fleet, where he spied and prepared sabotage.

09:33 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of November 9th.

  • personnel - about 77,950 (+780) people liquidated,

  • tanks - 2801 (+15),

  • armored combat vehicles - 5666 (+12),

  • artillery systems - 1802 (+11),

  • MLRS - 393 (+2),

  • air defense systems - 205 (+2),

  • aircraft - 278 (+0),

  • helicopters - 260 (+0),

  • UAV operational-tactical level - 1483 (+7),

  • cruise missiles - 399 (+0),

  • ships/boats - 16 (+0),

  • automotive equipment and tankers - 4227 (+11),

  • special equipment - 159 (+0).

09:27 In the Kharkiv region, as a result of shelling in the Dvorichansky community, two people were injured, the head of the OVA, Oleg Sinegubov, said.

09:23 In the Donetsk region over the past day, three civilians were killed - in Konstantinovka, Chasovy Yar and Avdeevka. In addition, in Yampol, law enforcement officers found the bodies of three killed by the Russians during the occupation. Another 11 people were injured in the region, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.

09:12 British intelligence notes that the attack on the Crimean bridge disrupted Russian logistics to Crimea and southern Ukraine, reducing Russia's ability to move military equipment and troops to the area by rail or road. Bridge damage, the recent attack on the Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol, and a possible withdrawal from Kherson make it difficult for the Russian government to paint a picture of military success. Analysts believe that the Crimean bridge will be fully commissioned no earlier than September 2023.

08:44 Hungary told EU finance ministers at a meeting in Brussels that it would not support the necessary changes to prepare an aid package for Ukraine in the amount of 18 billion euros next year, Bloomberg writes, citing sources.

08:10 At night, the invaders massively attacked the Dnipropetrovsk region with kamikaze drones, five of which were destroyed by air defense. In Dnipro, drones hit a logistics company, four of its employees were injured, three in serious condition. The enemy strike caused a severe fire in more than 3,000 square meters. m. The fire has already been extinguished, the warehouses of the enterprise have been destroyed, said the head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko.

In the Nikopol district, the Russians fired with Grads and heavy artillery, people were not injured.

07:35 Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled attacks by invaders in the areas of the settlements of Belogorivka and Novoselovskoye in the Luhansk region and Bakhmut, Bakhmutskoye, Belogorovka, Vesele, Kleschievka, Mayorsk, Novomikhailovka, Experienced, Pavlovka, Pervomayskoye, Soledar and Yakovlevka in the Donetsk region, reported General Staff in the morning summary .

As part of the border troops of Belarus, units of strike UAV operators are being created. According to preliminary information, servicemen of the 38th Separate Guards Air Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus, as "fraternal" assistance, purchased for the needs of the personnel of the 15th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 2nd Motorized Rifle Division of the RF Armed Forces up to 100 sets of individual first-aid kits, tactical vests and other equipment . Law enforcement agencies of Belarus have tightened measures to search, identify and detain citizens with a pro-Ukrainian position or those who criticize the authorities or Russia's "special operation" in Ukraine.

05:16 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) suggests that Iran is trying to demonstrate the deepening of cooperation with Moscow by publishing information about the arrival of Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev. Thus, the Iranian state news agency Nour reported that Patrushev arrived in Tehran on November 8 "to discuss Russian-Iranian cooperation."

Meanwhile, the Wagner forces continue to inflate their territorial gains in the Donbass in order to further isolate themselves from puppet and conventional Russian forces. ISW recalls that Wagner took full credit for the Russians' success around Bakhmut in order to bolster his reputation as the Kremlin's favorite strike force, despite the fact that he is not the only force deployed in the area. The Institute suggests that Wagner is likely using Belogorovka to achieve a similar effect.

03:57 Washington, together with partners, is discussing opportunities to provide Ukraine with the necessary equipment due to the deliberate destruction of critical infrastructure by Russia, said Pentagon Speaker Patrick Ryder. In particular, possible deliveries of generators, water purification products, heaters, etc. are being considered.

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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: November 1st, 2022
2022-11-02
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[Korrespondent] 23:27 The EU will allocate 25.5 million euros to Ukraine to support the energy system, as well as provide energy equipment, the European Commission said.

23:26 After Russian shelling, Ukraine needs help in two areas: replacing damaged equipment and increasing the ability to import electricity from Europe, said Vladimir Kudrytsky, chairman of the board of Ukrenergo, following a meeting with European Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson.

According to Kudrytsky, now 500 MW is the maximum limit for electricity imports from Europe to Ukraine. "We would like this volume to be much larger, about 1000-1500 MW. Then we could potentially import electricity from European countries if necessary," he explained.

23:19 Germany transferred 17 bridge systems and 22 protected vehicles to Ukraine. According to the German government, another 478 vehicles are being prepared for shipment.

22:52 Zelensky said that during a meeting with European Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson, they discussed the initiative to create such a format as the military Ramstein, which will be able to work "for the sake of our common security, but precisely in the energy plane." "Means, technical support, transformers, generators, energy carriers - this is what is vital for our defense," the president stressed.

22:23 Turkey will continue to fulfill the agreements within the framework of the grain initiative in the same way as it did before the suspension of Russia's participation in it, said Defense Minister Hulusi Akar: "Immediately after the signing of the agreement, grain prices fell significantly. We strive for it to be so We, as Turkey, have fulfilled and will continue to fulfill our obligations in this regard."

The head of the Turkish Defense Ministry repeated that Ankara is negotiating with the Ukrainian and Russian sides on the full resumption of the grain agreement: "As of yesterday, the ships that left the Ukrainian ports and move to the sea continue on their way. There are no problems with the exit of Turkish ships. They will continue go out."

22:14 The British law firm McCue Jury & Partners announced that it has filed a lawsuit against Yevgeny Prigozhin and PMC Wagner due to participation in hostilities in Ukraine. The lawsuit is based on an illegal conspiracy between Prigozhin, PMCs and Putin's military machine to terrorize the Ukrainian people using illegal means. In particular, we are talking about the use of torture, murder and rape as a means of warfare to terrorize the civilian population in order to force them into obedience.

"According to our records, this is the first time in history that a private military company has been sued for using terrorism and conspiring with a rogue state that finances it to wage an illegal war," British lawyers say.

The lawsuit will first feature a "small group of plaintiffs" - citizens of Ukraine who suffered from the actions of PMC Wagner, and it will be financed through crowdfunding. If sufficient funds can be raised, the amount of refunds in question could reach billions of pounds.

21:41 The Pentagon is concerned about the possible intentions of the Russian Federation to acquire Iranian missiles, spokesman for the department Patrick Ryder said: "If we see that Russia is using such weapons in Ukraine, we will definitely take all measures to make this public. This information clearly indicates a conspiratorial nature relations between Russia and Iran in order to attack Ukrainian citizens".

21:28 The "authorities" of the occupied Kherson region announced that coercive measures would be applied from November 6 to evacuate residents from the Kakhovka region due to the "high level of military threat".

20:53 Shmygal urged Ukrainians to prepare for a difficult winter: "The state is preparing and stocking up on additional equipment, and Ukrainians should also prepare for a difficult winter and have stocks of everything they need."

20:32 The enemy is conducting offensive operations in the Bakhmut, Avdeevsky and Novopavlovsky directions, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in the evening summary . Meanwhile, the Russian occupation administration of Kherson was moved to the city of Skadovsk. The invaders continue the forced displacement of the population in the Kherson region, intimidate residents, spreading information about a possible undermining of the dam of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station. At the same time, the local population is deprived of means of communication.

19:41 The draft state budget-2023, which the Cabinet of Ministers submitted to the Verkhovna Rada, provides for more than 1 trillion hryvnias for the army and the country's security, Shmyhal said. Other key expenses are pensions, medicine and education. The budget deficit will amount to 38 billion dollars, negotiations are underway with the European Commission on a program of macro-financial assistance for 18 billion euros, similar amounts are planned to be raised from programs with the United States and the IMF.

19:29 The US is not looking for a conflict with Russia and wants a negotiated solution in Ukraine, said John Kirby, coordinator for strategic communications at the National Security Council: "The president's goals were clear from the very beginning. We do not want a conflict with Russia. This is number one."

Also among the tasks, Kirby listed strengthening the eastern flank of NATO and helping Ukraine so that it approaches negotiations with the Russian Federation in the most advantageous position: “So that they will be successful on the battlefield when this war comes to a negotiated resolution. The President is very keen to see that it's come to this."

19:13 Ukraine, Turkey and the UN decided to suspend the grain corridor on Wednesday, November 2. The UN office stressed that the suspension is temporary and urgent. The UN also reported that during Tuesday, November 1, UN and Turkish inspectors conducted 36 inspections of ships in Ukrainian ports, and reports on them were handed over to the Russian and Ukrainian delegations.

19:10 Moldovan President Maia Sandu said that the political parties that started the protests together with the special services of the Russian Federation are working to undermine the situation in the country: "We have evidence that a coalition of corrupt groups that have stolen a lot of money in Moldova and the Russian special services, pro-Russian parties in Moldova, all have a common goal - to destabilize Moldova. They use to their advantage the difficulties faced by citizens. We are determined to defend democracy."

19:05 In Kiev, about 1,000 heating points will be ready in case of emergencies in winter, Klitschko said. According to him, due to the aggressor's missile attacks on critical infrastructure facilities, local authorities are considering various scenarios for the development of events, the worst of which is when there is no electricity, water and heat supply at all. It is for this case that heating points are being prepared. For this, electric generators have already been purchased, water supplies and everything necessary for these points to receive people have been made. They will be able to warm up, drink tea, recharge phones, get the necessary help.

19:01 Russian media and telegram channels today massively published reports that Russian hackers allegedly hacked the secure Ukrainian military situational awareness system Delta. This is a fake and the Russian IPSO, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine said.

18:53 The Finnish police do not have specific facts of the transfer of weapons supplied to Ukraine to criminal groups from Europe. The previously voiced statement about this was based on an intelligence report that is not tied to specific cases, but is only the subject of an investigation, Markus Välimäki, deputy head of the Central Criminal Police, said: “We have signs that are being investigated. These links are based on intelligence information that is not possible here. disclose or identify. We are not aware that the weapons being transferred have fallen into the hands of criminals."

18:38 British insurance company Lloyd's Ascot suspends insurance coverage for new deliveries through the grain corridor after Rossi withdraws from the deal. "We are taking a break until we understand the situation," said Chris McGill, head of the company's cargo department. He clarified that already concluded insurance contracts remain in force.

18:01 Medvedev again threatens the world with nuclear weapons and declares that the West is pushing Russia to this: “If it is not Russia that wins, then, apparently, Ukraine. from Russia. This is a threat to the existence of our state and the collapse of today's Russia. And therefore, a direct reason for the application of paragraph 19 of the Fundamentals of the State Policy of the Russian Federation in the field of nuclear deterrence."

17:47 Putin, in a conversation with Erdogan, said that Kiev used the grain corridor "for strikes on ships in Sevastopol, which ensured the safety of the route." According to the Kremlin, the Russian president noted the need to obtain from Kyiv "guarantees not to use the gum corridor for military purposes."

17:40 In Ukraine, as a result of Russian shelling, about 40% of the entire energy infrastructure, in particular, thermal power plants, thermal power plants and hydroelectric power plants, was seriously damaged , Zelensky said during a meeting with EU Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson.

16:54 The Russian Foreign Ministry said that Ukraine should provide "guarantees not to use the humanitarian corridor in the Black Sea for military purposes."

16:52 Shmyhal said that yesterday's Russian attack is part of a large, pre-planned strategy of the Russian Federation to destroy the Ukrainian energy system: "And we must understand that strikes against our energy infrastructure will continue. There will be attempts to destroy both generation and distribution of electricity "There will be strikes against water and heating systems... Each of us must now accept this new reality and adjust to consume as little electricity as possible. Especially during peak hours in the morning and evening."

16:48 Shoigu held telephone conversations with his Turkish counterpart, discussed Russia's suspension of the implementation of agreements under the grain deal. The conversation was initiated by Ankara, the Russian side said.

16:46 In Kiev, from November 2, buses will operate on all trolleybus routes, Klitschko said: "We are doing this to reduce the load on the energy system and save electricity."

16:39 Macron said following a telephone conversation with Zelensky that he promised to help Ukraine survive the winter. According to him, France will help restore the water and energy infrastructure damaged by Russian strikes, as well as strengthen Ukraine's air defense. In addition, Macron said that an international conference will be held in Paris on December 13, the purpose of which is to support the civilian population of Ukraine in winter. A bilateral conference on December 12 will also be aimed at increasing support for Ukraine from French companies.

16:27 Kuleba said that there are formal grounds to consider Russian attacks against Ukrainian civilian infrastructure as part of genocide: "Their officials, TV presenters openly admit that their goal is to 'freeze' Ukrainian cities... Deliberate Russian strikes against Ukraine's critical civilian infrastructure - these are war crimes.Given their systemic nature and the comments that accompany Russian propaganda and officials, these strikes should be considered part of the genocide of the Ukrainian people.The 1948 Genocide Convention clearly states: deliberate influence on the living conditions of a certain group with the expectation of its physical destruction, part or all is genocide."

16:22 Ukrainian refugees who have returned home from Europe can again come to the EU for the winter, said Czech Interior Minister Vit Rakusan: "If someone left for Ukraine, but has already received temporary protection in one of the EU countries, he has the right to return to the EU to spend the winter."

16:03 The main ideologist and lobbyist for the destruction of Ukraine's energy infrastructure is Deputy Putin Administration Sergei Kiriyenko, Danilov said. He noted that Kiriyenko, from his work in Rosatom, is well versed in the energy sector. "Ukraine knows by name who and for what in the Russian Federation must answer," the NSDC secretary emphasized.

16:00 Erdogan and Putin discussed the situation around the grain deal by phone, the Turkish presidential office said.

15:56 About a hundred Ukrainian military in Germany are completing training with Norwegian instructors in the use of NASAMS air defense systems, which should be delivered to Ukraine in the coming days, writes The New York Times.

15:27 US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Karen Donfried is visiting Ukraine from November 1 to 2, the State Department said. During the visit, Donfried is scheduled to meet with members of the Office of the President of Ukraine, officials from the Foreign Ministry and other agencies to discuss ongoing efforts to provide security assistance and energy support, as well as to assist Ukraine in reform and reconstruction efforts.

15:22 Allies have provided Ukraine with weapons worth 86% of the military budget of the Russian Federation: the total military assistance provided by Western countries this year has reached 41.3 billion euros, said Ukraine's representative to the UN Serhiy Kislitsa. According to him, the largest percentage of Ukraine's own defense budgets was allocated by the Baltic countries and Poland. In particular, the undisputed leaders in this list are Latvia and Estonia, which provided Ukraine with weapons for amounts that make up 41% and 37% of their military budgets, respectively.

15:15 In early November, Iran plans to send a batch of more than 200 combat drones to Russia. In particular, it is planned to send Shahed-136, Mohajer-6 and Arash-2 UAVs, reports the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. According to intelligence, the delivery will be carried out by the Caspian Sea to the port of Astrakhan. Drones will arrive disassembled. In the future, they will be assembled on the territory of the Russian Federation, repainted and applied with Russian markings, in particular, Geranium-2.

Since September 13, when the occupants first used Iranian kamikaze drones against Ukraine, the Ukrainian Defense Forces have shot down more than 300 such UAVs.

14:34 Iranian ballistic missiles, which the Russian Federation plans to acquire, will presumably be placed on the northern border of Ukraine, Air Force spokesman Yuri Ignat said. According to him, we have no effective defense against these missiles. He also noted that Russian daggers in Belarus will not affect the course of the war, but this is a potential threat to the countries of Western Europe.

14:32 Zelensky said that he had an "extremely important and productive conversation" with Macron: "Concrete decisions to strengthen the defense capability of Ukraine. Concrete initiatives to restore the destroyed energy infrastructure. Thank you, friend, for your unrelenting support."

14:30 If Russia continues to damage the energy infrastructure of Ukraine and this will lead to an acute shortage of electricity, then the EU will help Ukrainians, said European Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson during a visit to Kiev.

14:21 Iran is preparing to send about a thousand more weapons to Russia, including short-range ballistic missiles of the ground-to-ground class and additional attack drones, CNN reports, citing officials from one of the Western countries. According to them, the latest shipment of weapons from Iran to Russia included about 450 drones. It is expected that the weapons will be delivered before the end of the year.

14:18 Erdogan plans to have a telephone conversation with Putin today or tomorrow about a grain deal, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said. They also announced the need to take concrete steps to resume the export of Russian grain and fertilizers.

14:13 The Joint Coordinating Center reported that three more vessels left Ukrainian ports after Russia suspended its participation in the grain initiative.

13:54 The monitoring group of Belarus Gayun reported that Belarus sent Russia the seventh batch of reactivated equipment, which included 20 BMP-2s, which set off in the direction of Luhansk. In total, in October, Belarus handed over to Russia 94 T-72A tanks, up to 44 Urals and 20 BMP-2s.

13:18 Yermak said that the Russians will not be able to reduce the military potential of Ukraine with their shelling: "In the Russian lunatic asylum, they no longer hide the fact that they are shelling the civilian infrastructure of Ukraine, which they call objects that affect our military potential. The terrorists officially signed war crimes, and genocide. We have recorded. The military potential of the lunatics will not be able to reduce, to break our people either. We will drive their army out of Ukraine. But then there will be something that neither these lunatics nor their children will like very much, who will also pay for their crimes nor generations of Russians who will be isolated. Madness always has consequences."

12:59 Peskov said that Putin's decree on the end of conscription as part of "partial mobilization" is not needed.

12:53 Shoigu said that by strikes on critical infrastructure, the Russian army "reduces the military potential" of Ukraine: "By strikes with high-precision weapons, we continue to effectively hit military infrastructure facilities, as well as facilities that affect the reduction of Ukraine's military potential."

12:50 Pentagon spokesman said he has no information yet that Iran is preparing to transfer ballistic missiles to Russia.

12:24 Shoigu said that out of 300,000 mobilized 87,000 people were sent to the combat areas.

12:00 In occupied Berdyansk, as a result of an explosion that occurred on October 31, "the first deputy head of the city administration for foreign policy and mass communications" Pavel Ischuk was wounded. He was hospitalized, the condition is assessed as serious, the head of the Berdyansk city military administration, Victoria Galitsyna, told Suspilny.

11:54 The United States will transfer eight NASAMS systems to Ukraine, the Pentagon said. Two of them will arrive in Ukraine in the near future, six more will be provided later. "We have also committed to providing drone countermeasures, including the VAMPIRE system," a US Department of Defense spokesman said.

11:25 In the Kiev region, institutions of general secondary education will work remotely on November 1 and 2. This decision was made at a meeting of the Operational Headquarters of the Regional Defense Council due to threats of enemy shelling on the territory of the region, the OVA reported. Until November 2, preschool educational institutions will work in the mode of duty groups.

10:54 In Russia, the autumn draft for military service has started, within the framework of which it is planned to call up 120 thousand people. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation assured that the draft campaign had nothing to do with the conduct of a "special military operation" in Ukraine. In the meantime, oppositional Russian media cite numerous examples of conscripts ending up in a combat zone. And the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) noted that the introduced martial law in the annexed territories will now allow conscripts to be sent to the combat zone without passing preparatory courses.

10:42 In Volnovakha, Ukrainian forces attacked the Akhtamar hotel on the Mariupol-Donetsk highway, where the Kadyrovites were stationed. As a result of the strike, about ten units of military equipment were neutralized, Piotr Andryushchenko, an adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, said, citing his sources.

09:57 As a result of night attacks of Nikolaev one person was lost, five are wounded, reported in the President's Office. Two people were released from the rubble, 12 people who were blocked in their apartments as a result of the explosion were assisted.

One of the missiles hit the building of the First Ukrainian Gymnasium. Arkas, three more rockets - on the territory of the Nikolaev Polytechnic Professional College. As a result of the shelling, a four-story college building was partially destroyed. Nearby private and apartment buildings were damaged. Fires broke out in the warehouse of the college and a five-story residential building.

09:50 British intelligence reports that Russia is deploying Kinzhal missiles and carriers in Belarus. So, on October 17 satellite images show two MiG-31K fighter-interceptors at the Belarusian airfield Machulishchi. Next to them, a large container is seen in a protective earthen mound. Analysts believe the canister is linked to the AS-24 KILLJOY air-launched ballistic missile, a large munition that the MiG-31K variant has been adapted to carry.

Given the missile's range of 2,000 km, deploying the Kinzhals in Belarus gives Russia a slight additional advantage in terms of hitting additional targets in Ukraine, intelligence notes. According to analysts, the deployment of missiles is linked to two goals - to send a signal to the West, and also to present Belarus as increasingly involved in the war.

09:16 To eliminate the consequences of enemy attacks, Ukrenergo provided regional energy companies with volumes to limit power supply to all categories of consumers in the Central (Kyiv, Kiev, Chernihiv, Cherkasy and Zhytomyr regions) and Northern (Sumy, Kharkiv and Poltava regions) regions of the country.

09:08 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of November 1. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Avdeevsky and Bakhmut directions.

  • personnel - about 72,470 (+650) people liquidated,

  • tanks - 2698 (+12),

  • armored combat vehicles - 5501 (+16),

  • artillery systems - 1730 (+2),

  • MLRS - 383 (+0),

  • air defense systems - 197 (+0),

  • aircraft - 276 (+1),

  • helicopters - 257 (+4),

  • UAV operational-tactical level - 1415 (+2),

  • cruise missiles - 397 (+45),

  • ships/boats - 16 (+0),

  • automotive equipment and tankers - 4143 (+15),

  • special equipment - 154 (+0).

09:02 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, three civilians were killed - two in Bakhmut and one in Kurakhovo. In addition, law enforcement officers found the body of one civilian who died during the occupation in Rubtsy. Three more people were injured yesterday, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.

08:53 At night, the Russians attacked Nikolaev with four S-300 missiles. The buildings of educational institutions were partially destroyed, a two-story house was completely destroyed, private houses were damaged, a fire broke out in a five-story residential building. One person died, said the head of the OVA, Vitaly Kim.

08:32 "Head" of the Kherson region Volodymyr Saldo said that up to 70 thousand residents are planned to be resettled from the 15-kilometer zone near the Dnieper, the process has already begun.

08:15 At night, Ukrainian defenders destroyed three enemy kamikaze drones over the Dnipropetrovsk region, said the head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko.

08:08 In Kiev, water supply has been completely resumed, said the mayor of the capital, Vitaliy Klitschko. The power supply in Kyiv has also been restored, but shutdowns are being enforced as the deficit in the power grid after enemy attacks remains significant.

07:55 In the Kherson region, the invaders are forcibly evicting the civilian population. So, in Kakhovka, citizens living along the banks of the Dnieper are forcibly evicted from their homes. Around civilian housing, Russian invaders are equipping engineering fortifications and minefields. In the village of Novochernomorye, Skadovsky District, Russian servicemen are psychologically and physically putting pressure on civilians. They are driven out of their own homes, and the vacated houses are planned for settlement by the occupiers, the General Staff said in a morning report.

07:38 The power supply line of the fourth power unit of the Zaporozhye NPP was stopped due to a mine explosion , said IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi. The explosion occurred on October 30 in the evening outside the ZNPP perimeter fence, as a result of which the 750 kV external power line between the station switchgear and the main electrical transformer of power unit No. 4 was disconnected. Unit 4 receives the electricity needed for cooling and other important nuclear safety functions from a standby line.

07:27 Reznikov, following a meeting with his Czech counterpart, announced more than 50 projects with the participation of the Czech Republic to strengthen the Ukrainian army: "A great meeting with my Czech colleague Yana Chernokhova. On the agenda: 50+ projects to strengthen the Ukrainian army with the participation of the Czech Republic. We discussed: the situation at the front; the supply of weapons and equipment; the possibility of expanding projects in the field of air defense."

Chernokhova, in turn, noted that the meeting discussed further humanitarian and military assistance in the fight against Russian aggression, as well as the participation of the Czech Republic in the post-war reconstruction of Ukraine.

06:14 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) states that Yevgeny Prigozhin is establishing himself as a political force, allowing himself to criticize the oligarchs and the elite of the Russian Federation. In particular, according to analysts, he is trying to raise his status among the Russian elites, for which he announced on October 31 the creation of a Wagner PMC center in St. Petersburg. He uses his status and affiliation with Wagner to criticize his opponents in elite circles and institutionalize his own authority. Prigozhin criticized the Russian oligarchs and the elite for "living in a state of comfort" and preventing the full mobilization of society.

In the meantime, the occupiers again changed their minds about the risk of the destruction of the Kakhovka dam by Ukrainian forces, ordering the evacuation of areas that could be flooded. There is no scenario in which Ukraine would benefit from the destruction of the dam, and this rhetoric is likely intended to speed up the evacuation and provide informational cover for the withdrawal of Russian troops from the West Bank, analysts say.

04:42 The head of the Poltava OVA, Dmitry Lunin, announced an attack by enemy drones on the region. Three UAVs were shot down, four enemy drones fell on civilian targets, and a fire broke out. According to preliminary information, there are no victims.

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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: October 2nd, 2022
2022-10-03
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[Korrespondent] 23:40 Boris Johnson will become the head of the party group Conservative Friends of Ukraine in the UK Parliament, writes The Daily Telegraph.

23:37 Speaker of the Eastern Group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Serhiy Cherevaty officially confirmed the liberation of the village of Torskoye near Liman: "Our military took the village of Torskoye, located on the way to Kremennaya, they are hitting with artillery fire an enemy unit that is trying to gain a foothold in Kremennaya and build a defense."

23:35 Zelensky, in an evening video message, announced the release of Arkhangelsk and Myrolyubovka, Kherson region.

23:24 Yermak, as part of his visit to Turkey, held a trilateral meeting with Erdogan's chief adviser Ibrahim Kalin and Biden's national security adviser Jake Sullivan. In addition, Yermak, together with the Ukrainian delegation, visited the facilities of Baikar. Zelensky stressed that this meeting "is not symbolic, but quite practical: we are preparing to create a training center and a plant of the Baikar company in Ukraine, as well as to jointly produce aircraft engines."

23:13 Zelensky, in an evening video message, spoke about the "important events" that took place today in Turkey: "As part of the visit of the First Lady of Ukraine, the Head of the Office and our other representatives ... the first corvette for our state was launched from those that must be built by the Turkish side. Corvette Hetman Ivan Mazepa... I consider it very symbolic that he received just such a name. Despite centuries of Russian false propaganda, historical truth and justice still win. And there is not a single reason that our project to build a new fleet has failed for Ukraine. We are implementing all our plans."

21:05 Over the current day, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Zaitsevo, Bakhmutskoye, Bakhmut, Odradovka, Pervomayskoye, Disputed and Vyemka, the General Staff said in an evening report . Against the backdrop of the successes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in certain sectors of the front, Russian troops began to surrender more often and are trying to leave the zone of active hostilities deep into the temporarily occupied territory.

20:43 Zaluzhny said that he had a telephone conversation with the head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States, General Mark Milley, and discussed issues of meeting the needs of the Ukrainian Defense Forces in repelling Russian armed aggression.

19:51 In the Kharkiv region, a car was found with five dead residents of Kupyansk, who tried to move to Kharkiv on May 6, but stumbled upon an enemy mine in a field near the village of Vasilenkovo, the National Police reported.

19:44 According to the bills submitted to the State Duma of the Russian Federation, the borders of the so-called "DPR" and "LPR", as well as the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, which the Russian Federation allegedly "annexed" to itself, will be determined by the borders that existed "on the day of their formation and adoption into Russia."

18:19 Zelensky said that he talked with Macron, discussed the importance of strengthening defense support for Ukraine, the situation at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, and the need for its immediate demilitarization.

17:58 Pope Francis appealed to the presidents of Russia and Ukraine with an appeal to end the war. He urged Putin to "stop the spiral of violence and death" in Ukraine "out of love for his own people" and denounced the threat of nuclear war as absurd. And the pontiff asked Zelensky "to be open to serious proposals for concluding peace." Both sides, he said, must find a way out of the crisis.

17:35 In Mariupol, an excavator blew up on a mine, which, while digging, hit a Russian shell or an air bomb. The explosion was so powerful that half of the city could hear it well, Petr Andryushchenko, an adviser to the mayor, said: "Russian weapons kill again. Fortunately, again Russian citizens or civilian occupiers. But the level of danger for Mariupol residents is difficult to overestimate."

16:21 The United States is ready to allocate $1.5 billion a month to Ukraine until the end of the war to finance the budget and urge the EU to do the same, writes Bloomberg.

16:19 Kuleba said that he had a conversation with Rafael Grossi and informed that Ukraine was ready to facilitate the rotation of IAEA experts at the ZNPP. Kuleba stressed that Russia should withdraw troops and military equipment from the station. Grossi, according to Kuleba, assured that the IAEA is making every effort to release the ZNPP director kidnapped by Russia.

16:09 Denmark, Norway and Germany will finance the production of Slovak self-propelled guns Zuzana 2 for Ukraine, the Danish Foreign Ministry said. In total, the countries agreed to donate about 92 million euros.

15:40 Podolyak said that the number of wounded Russian soldiers was three times more than those killed, that is, it reached about 180 thousand: “Everything is going according to plan, so the Russian death counter has turned a new page. 60,000 Russian marauders have already died on Ukrainian soil. There are three times more wounded It's time to ask the "armies" of rapidly mobilized office workers: where did the "second army of professionals" go?

15:27 Podolyak said that in 48 hours from the signing of Zelensky's application for NATO membership, ten countries of the bloc have already supported Ukraine's membership: "Basically, these are countries that remember the poisonous claws of the Russian Empire well. Thanks to the allies for demonstrating leadership and responsibility. History is being created today".

15:19 Putin submitted to the State Duma bills on the annexation of the "DPR", "LPR", Kherson and Zaporozhye regions. The decision of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation assumes that:

  • "DPR", "LPR", Kherson and Zaporozhye regions are considered "accepted" into the Russian Federation from the date of signing the agreements - September 30;

  • the transitional period for the "integration" of new regions into the economic, financial, credit and legal systems of the Russian Federation, as well as into the system of state authorities of the Russian Federation, is set until January 1, 2026;

  • new regions will retain their current names - "DPR", "LPR", Kherson and Zaporozhye regions;

  • the leaders of the "DPR" and "LPR" will be called "heads of the republics", Kherson and Zaporozhye regions - "governors";

  • Putin, within 10 days from the date of "acceptance" into the Russian Federation, appoints acting "leaders" of new subjects;

  • citizens of Ukraine and stateless persons residing in the territory of the occupied regions on the day of annexation are "recognized" as citizens of the Russian Federation;

  • the state language of the "LPR" and "DPR" is Russian; at the same time, the Russian Federation allegedly "guarantees" to all peoples in the "LPR", "DPR", Kherson and Zaporozhye regions "the right to preserve and study" their native language.

14:15 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced a missile attack on the building of the SBU in Dnipro.

14:02 The presidents of nine NATO countries from Central and Eastern Europe issued a joint statement condemning Russia's annexation of Ukrainian territories and urging the alliance to significantly increase military assistance to Ukraine. The leaders of the countries also supported Ukraine's membership in NATO. The statement was signed by the presidents of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania and Slovakia.

13:14 The Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation decided to recognize the "agreements" on the "acceptance of new subjects into Russia" as consistent with the constitution.

13:10 Zelensky said that as of 12:30 Liman was completely cleared.

12:22 The Australian government announced the introduction of individual sanctions against 28 Russian officials responsible for the annexation of Ukrainian regions. In particular, sanctions will be imposed against the mayor of Moscow, the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation, Putin's first deputy Sergei Kiriyenko, collaborators whom Russia has appointed heads of the occupation administrations, and others. Australia also joins Ukraine's genocide lawsuit against Russia.

11:43 Poland has completed the construction of a fence on the border with Belarus and today the Polish border is the best protected in Europe, Stanislav Zharin, the government's authorized representative for information space security, said. Construction cost 330 million euros.

10:41 British intelligence notes that the loss of Liman was a serious political setback for Putin and led to a new wave of public criticism of the Russian military leadership. The loss is especially noticeable due to the fact that Lyman is located in the Donetsk region, which Russia tried to annex. Further losses in illegally occupied territories will almost certainly lead to increased public criticism and pressure on the high command, analysts say.

10:37 This morning in the Akhtyrsky district of the Sumy region, a car of Ukrtelecom signalmen blew up on an enemy mine, which drove off to the side of the road near the TV tower. There were four people in the car, one died on the spot, three were hospitalized, said the head of the Sumy OVA Dmitry Zhivitsky.

10:33 In the Nikolaev area as a result of enemy attack with. Shevchenko of the Shevchenko community, two people were killed, a residential building was partially destroyed, said the head of the OVA Vitaliy Kim.

10:18 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, three civilians were killed - two in Avdeevka and one in Paraskoveevka. Nine more people were injured, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.

10:16 Russians struck at the residential quarter of Nikolaev. Currently, damage is known to four apartment buildings. Preliminarily, seven people were injured, said the mayor of the city Alexander Senkevich. One of the shells exploded on the territory of the hospital, the windows were shattered by the shock wave and debris. The transformer substation, power grids and gas pipeline were also damaged. Some houses were left without electricity and gas.

10:10 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of October 2. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Kramatorsk and Bakhmut directions.

  • personnel - about 60,110 (+500) people liquidated,

  • tanks - 2377 (+23),

  • armored combat vehicles - 4975 (+26),

  • artillery systems - 1405 (+8),

  • MLRS - 337 (+1),

  • air defense systems - 176 (+0),

  • aircraft - 264 (+0),

  • helicopters - 227 (+1),

  • UAV operational-tactical level - 1015 (+6),

  • cruise missiles - 246 (+0),

  • ships/boats - 15 (+0),

  • automotive equipment and tankers - 3796 (+10),

  • special equipment - 131 (+0).

10:04 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believes that Putin is probably more interested in keeping the territories of the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, rather than strengthening his position in the Lugansk region. According to analysts, this is evidenced by the defeat in Liman.

The ISW also believes that Russia probably wants to take legal responsibility for the Zaporizhzhya NPP, and it was for this reason that the director of the Zaporizhzhya NPP, Igor Murashov, was detained. The occupiers plan to transfer ZNPP under the control of Rosatom and create a new legal entity for ZNPP. Probably, the Russian Federation will try to use its control over the ZNPP to put pressure on the IAEA in order to legitimize the illegal annexation of the occupied territory.

Meanwhile, Russian troops made another unsuccessful attempt to attack Cossack Lopan in the north of the Kharkov region. Such attacks indicate that Putin likely retains a goal of regaining control of territory outside the occupied areas and is willing to commit military resources to such offensives rather than focusing on defense against the Ukrainian counter-offensive in Donbas.

09:55 Roskomnadzor has restricted access to the SoundCloud music service, the reason is "fake news about a special operation" in Ukraine, Russian media write.

09:43 The Washington Post writes that as part of the last big exchange of prisoners, the Russian oligarch Abramovich was an intermediary - he communicated with the head of the FSB and Yermak. According to the publication, the FSB was against the exchange of Azov, but Putin wanted to return Medvedchuk.

09:21 Russians attacked Krivoy Rog at night with a kamikaze drone that hit the building of a local lyceum in the city center. Two floors of the building were destroyed, a fire broke out, which has already been extinguished. There were no casualties, the head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko, said.

09:03 The air force reported that tonight they shot down five of the seven Shahed-136 kamikaze drones with which the enemy attacked Nikolayevshchina.

08:40 At night, the enemy attacked Zaporozhye and the suburbs with four S-300 missiles - the industrial infrastructure was destroyed, there were no casualties, the head of the OVA Alexander Starukh said.

08:01 During the day, units of the Defense Forces repulsed enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Kazachya Lopan, Vyemka, Bakhmutskoye, Bakhmut, Veselaia Dolina and Pervomayskoye, the General Staff said in the morning report.

00:36 The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine officially confirmed the capture of Liman: "The soldiers of the Airborne Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, together with brother-in-arms from the National Guard of Ukraine, liberated and took control of the settlement of Liman in the Donetsk region."
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Russian Perspective: Operation to Denazify Ukraine: Operational Brief September 29th (updated)
2022-09-30
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:17 The RF Armed Forces destroyed over 70 Ukrainian military at the temporary deployment point in Kupyansk, Kharkiv region.

22:21 The Russian military hit a battery of American M777 howitzers in the Zaporozhye region.

19:20 In the Kherson region, one of the leaders of the Odessa party organization "Sich", an instructor and militant of the 35th Separate Naval Infantry Brigade Ivan Funtovoy, was disposed of.

16:05 The servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine surrendered to the Russian army. The mobilized sergeant and private from Ukraine made a wise decision and came to the fighters of the RF Armed Forces themselves. Both served less than a year - the "“grenade launcher" was only from training, his senior comrade in the troops since the spring. They say that they "disappointed in the Ukrainian state."

15:50 There was only a short circuit and a slight smoke at the Zaporizhzhya NPP, the emergency situation was eliminated, everything is working as usual - head of the region's CAA Evgeny Balitsky.

15:38 The Armed Forces of Ukraine struck with the help of a drone on the infrastructure of the ZNPP, the head of the State Administration of the Zaporozhye region said. There is no threat to a nuclear reactor.

14:06 Report of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation of September 29, 2022

- In the area of ​​​​Nikolaev, up to 80 foreign mercenaries from the "Foreign Legion" were liquidated;
- More than 70 militants and 14 units of military equipment were destroyed in the Kupyansk region;
- 301 objects were hit by operational-tactical and army aviation, missile troops and artillery, incl. radar station SAM "S-300";
- During the counter-battery fight in the Pavlograd region (Dnepropetrovsk region), the HIMARS jet battery was suppressed, and in the Gulyaipol region - the M777 battery;
- Ukrainian MiG-29 and Su-24 were shot down over the DPR and the Nikolaev region;
- Destroyed eight enemy UAVs;
- Seventeen HIMARS shells and an anti-radar missile "HARM" were intercepted in the area of ​​​​Kherson and Nova Kakhovka.


13:25 Chronicle of strikes and mutual shelling in the NVO zone during the night of September 28-29, 2022

▪️Russian artillerymen worked on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Senkovka and Bleshnya in the Chernihiv region, as well as in the villages of Seredina-Buda, Gavrilova Sloboda and Khleborob in the Sumy region.

▪️In the Kharkiv region, the RF Armed Forces hit the enemy positions in Strelechya, Sosnovka, Grushevka, Dvurechnaya and Kolodeznoy.

▪️At night, the RF Armed Forces carried out at least eight missile strikes on the facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Zaporozhye. At the same time, the allied forces worked on targets in Zaliznichny, Gulyaipol and Charivny near the line of contact.

▪️Russian troops also hit targets in Dnepropetrovsk, Krivoy Rog and Sinelnikovo in the Dnipropetrovsk region, where one of the largest railway junctions in eastern Ukraine is located.

▪️In the Nikolaev-Krivoy Rog direction, the RF Armed Forces attacked the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Nikolaev, Chervon Yar and Bereznegovat. At the same time, the parties continued to engage in artillery duels along the entire line of contact.

11:22 Ukrainian troops attacked a gas pipeline in the Kherson region, Novaya Kakhovka was left without gas.

10:33 At about 7:30 an explosion sounded in Melitopol, an improvised explosive device was attached to a tree. The car in which the director of the department of education Elena Shapurova was located was damaged. She is in a state of shock.

Another terrorist act of the Ukrainian special services, which requires a clear and quick response.

09:25 "We are well aware that on the territory of Donbass and Ukraine ... all NATO countries are fighting against us, using the citizens of Ukraine and the territory of Ukraine as a springboard for this war" - First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration Sergei Kiriyenko.

08:00 Social networks report strong explosions in Dnepropetrovsk and Zaporozhye.

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2022-08-31
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[Korrespondent] 23:15 UNESCO stated that it supports Ukraine's application for the inclusion of the center of Odessa in the World Heritage List. The organization said it had mobilized experts to support Ukraine so that the nomination could be considered as a matter of urgency.

23:12 "Referendums" in the occupied territories are being organized by Putin's First Deputy Chief of Staff Sergei Kiriyenko, said Vedant Patel, First Deputy Representative of the US State Department: "Kiriyenko is responsible for controlling the Russian-controlled territories before attempting to annex them to Russia, which if carried out would be illegal ".

22:39 The Armed Forces of Ukraine again attacked the Antonovsky bridge in the Kherson region, said the deputy of the Kherson Regional Council Serhiy Khlan: "Kherson region. Again, the arrival on the Antonovsky bridge! It seems that this is the final chord."

22:37 Zelensky said in an evening video message that the Russian military command was instructed to seize the Donetsk region by the end of August: "The end of August is already tomorrow. And in the Donbass - the Ukrainian flag and Ukrainian heroes."

22:03 Zelensky addressed the residents of Crimea in an evening video message: "Please stay as far away from Russian military installations as possible, stay away from Russian bases and military airfields and report to the special services of Ukraine all the information you know about the occupiers so that the liberation of Crimea happens faster" .

The President also stressed that the Russian army does not and will not have any safe base throughout the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine: “Our defenders will destroy all warehouses and headquarters of the occupiers, their equipment, wherever they are located. Near Sevastopol means, near Sevastopol. Near Luhansk means near Luhansk. This is Ukrainian land, and the occupiers can do only two things: escape or surrender. We leave them no other options."

21:59 The program of the IAEA mission at the Zaporozhye NPP is designed for one day, said the "head of the interim administration" of the occupied part of the Zaporozhye region Yevgeny Balitsky: "They must see the work of the plant in one day. Those elements that they say can be seen in the process. For now stated - to get acquainted with the work of the station.

21:54 Washington confirms that Iran delivered drones to Russia , White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said: "According to our assessment, Russia received Mohajer-6 and Shahed series UAVs from Iran in a few days in August. On Russian transport aircraft loaded UAV equipment at an airfield in Iran, then they flew from Iran to Russia. We see this, these are our estimates."

21:37 In August, Ukraine received a record monthly amount of foreign financial assistance - $4.6 billion, Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko said on the air of the telethon. This amount included $3 billion in grant funds provided by the United States through the World Bank. "We expect to receive $1.5 billion in grant assistance from the US in September - this is the last tranche, and we also expect to receive macro-financial assistance from the EU in September and early October," Marchenko added.

20:51 The Biden administration has been helping the Ukrainian military prepare for a counter-offensive in the south over the past two months by granting their specific requests for military assistance, CNN reports, citing a White House official. In particular, Washington granted Kyiv's requests for additional ammunition, artillery and Javelin anti-tank missile systems.

20:41 The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine and the Armed Forces of Ukraine published recommendations for covering hostilities:

20:13 The IAEA mission, consisting of 14 people, will arrive at the Zaporozhye NPP on Wednesday, August 31, reports The New York Times.

19:59 The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the evening report reported on the unsuccessful attempts of the Russian offensive in a number of areas, and also stressed that only military officials can comment on the situation at the front.

19:42 Russian military aviation does not fly into the zone of destruction of Ukrainian air defense systems for more than three months, Yuriy Ignat, speaker of the command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said on the air of the telethon.

19:31 Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion, international partners have allocated $17.5 billion to Ukraine, Shmyhal said. According to him, another 8 billion euros of macro-financial assistance from the EU is expected in the coming months.

18:58 IAEA experts arrived in Ukraine to visit the ZNPP, which is under shelling. About what their main task is and what to expect from this mission - in the material Mission Possible?

18:29 Zelensky met in Kiev with IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi. The President said that Ukraine is interested in the IAEA mission getting to the Zaporizhzhya NPP, and stressed the need for complete demilitarization of the station.

18:27 EU defense ministers agreed to begin work on the creation of a training mission for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Borrell said after an informal meeting in Prague: "All member states have agreed to start the work that is necessary to determine the parameters of the EU military assistance mission for Ukraine."

18:12 In the south of Ukraine, on the night of Tuesday, August 30, the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed about 160 Russian invaders, 60 units of enemy equipment, and also attacked three bridges in the Kherson region, the Operational Command Pivden reports.

18:07 Zelensky, during an appeal to the Movement of French Enterprises, said that the restoration of Ukraine after the end of the war would cost about 600-800 billion dollars. Right now, we should focus on restoring infrastructure, the president stressed.

18:04 Reznikov announced that he had taken part in a meeting of EU defense ministers. The issues of cooperation, the situation at the front and the priorities of the Ukrainian army for the complete liberation of the Ukrainian land were discussed.

18:00 Ukrainian authorities are developing evacuation routes for Crimeans , Podolyak said: “It is clear that for Ukraine the lives of citizens are an absolute priority. Therefore, we are already developing evacuation routes for residents of the occupied Crimea who want to leave the peninsula during active de-occupation. For now, we ask everyone to hold on as far as possible from military installations and check shelters."

17:51 In the Zaporozhye region, the Russians shot an evacuation column. As the mayor of Melitopol Ivan Fedorov said on the air of the telethon, on Monday, August 29, the occupiers released a large number of civilian cars from the captured Vasilyevka, who tried to evacuate to Zaporozhye. But as soon as the cars were in the gray zone, the Russians opened fire on them. The shelling was carried out from a distance of 50-100 meters. According to Fedorov, the occupiers are doing everything so that people do not want to leave the occupied territories in order to use them as hostages.

17:45 After the announcement of the counter-offensive in the South, Ukrainian officials and speakers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine called for informational silence and non-disclosure of the details of the operation. A day has passed, and, according to CNN, the Ukrainian military has already liberated four villages in the southern direction near Kherson from the invaders and broke through the Russian defense line in three places. About what else is happening - in the material Offensive in the South .

17:34 The Russians form large columns of equipment in the Crimea and send them towards the Kherson region, deputy of the Kherson Regional Council Sergey Khlan said: "It is important that this equipment is not transferred to the front line. And now we are seeing - again clear arrivals along the Antonovsky bridge."

17:26 German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht said that soon the supply of weapons to Ukraine from the warehouses of the Bundeswehr will become impossible: "I must admit, as Minister of Defense, that we are reaching the limit of what we can transfer from the Bundeswehr." She explained that the Bundeswehr must be able to guarantee national and NATO defenses, and as Minister of Defense she will ensure that this continues. At the same time, Lambrecht said that an exchange with Greece in support of Ukraine could take place in the near future, and she is "very optimistic" about this.

17:02 EU defense ministers reiterated their readiness to send as much assistance to Kiev as needed, and for as long as necessary, Borrell said.

16:47 Germany is suspending the visa facilitation agreement with Russia, Foreign Minister Annalena Burbock said.

16:36 Deputy head of the "People's Militia of the DPR" Eduard Basurin explained the slow advance of the militants in the Donbass: "During offensive operations, the superiority in manpower (according to military science) should be from 3.5 to 5 times. Our offensive operations take place in relation to the enemy less than 1. We are already making military history at the moment, so there is a delay in this."

16:10 The "authorities" of the occupied Nova Kakhovka say that about 100 Ukrainian rockets allegedly hit the city over the past two days. In particular, today Ukrainian troops allegedly launched a missile attack on the private sector from HIMARS, there are wounded, one person died.

15:59 Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov reported on the shelling of the Kiev region, which started a fire in a multi-storey building.

15:37 Mayor of Nikolaev Alexander Senkevich reported that as a result of today's attacks of the city one person was lost, one is wounded.

15:18 Security measures will be tightened in Uman from September 19 to September 30, as Russia can use the traditional arrival of pilgrims to the city to celebrate Rosh Hashanah for provocations, said the head of the Cherkasy OVA, Igor Taburets. In particular, during this period, any mass events, the sale of alcoholic (including low-alcohol) drinks and pyrotechnic products will be prohibited in the city. Access control and control over the movement of citizens will also be strengthened, access to places of pilgrimage will be limited.

14:47 According to the military intelligence of Ukraine, there are about 4500-5000 militants of private military companies in the occupied territories, primarily Wagner PMCs. They work in certain directions as assault detachments operating in the first line of offensive troops. According to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, covert mobilization in the central and southeastern regions of the Russian Federation is failing, so the Russian Defense Ministry decided to increase the number of PMC mercenaries participating in hostilities on the territory of Ukraine.

14:13 Iran, despite assurances, has sent combat drones of its own production to Russia for use in the war against Ukraine, American media write. The Russian army received two types of Iranian UAVs: Mohajer and Shahed. These drones are considered capable of both reconnaissance and strike missions. However, some of them turned out to be wrong. About whether they can change something at the front - in the material Against HIMARS .

13:48 This night, Zelensky had an off-the-record conversation with Macron, presidential spokesman Sergei Nikiforov said. The leaders of the two countries discussed the IAEA mission, its chronology, logistics and especially security issues. Nikiforov said that in the afternoon, Zelensky could hold a meeting with IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi, depending on when the mission leaves for the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.

13:44 Today, Russia hit the Shevchenkovsky district of Kharkov from the Pion large-caliber artillery system, said Dmitry Chubenko, spokesman for the Kharkov region prosecutor's office.

13:36 Podolyak explained why the Russians are shelling Energodar and its environs: “Everything is predictable. Russia is deliberately shelling the corridors through which the IAEA mission should reach the ZNPP. territory of Ukraine. Demilitarization of the nuclear power plant. Immediate withdrawal of Russian troops. There are only Ukrainian personnel at the plant."

13:14 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that in Krivoy Rog, the production workshops of the Intervzryvprom plant, where "explosives and other products for Ukrainian troops were produced," were allegedly destroyed by a missile attack.

12:51 Peskov, commenting on the publication of The Washington Post about the receipt of Iranian drones by Russia, said that "this publication has been publishing a lot of stuff lately."

12:36 Ukrainians are creating false MLRS made of wood, which, through the lens of Russian drones, cannot be distinguished from a real artillery battery. In a few weeks, the enemy fired at least ten Kalibr-type cruise missiles at such MLRS, writes The Washington Post, citing US and Ukrainian officials and evidence in the form of photographs. The destruction of the wooden spears may partly explain the Russians' excitement over the defeat of Western artillery, in particular HIMARS, experts say.

Similar camouflage tactics were used in other wars, the publication recalls. The Russians procured inflatable imitation MiG-31s, and Slobodan Milosevic's Yugoslav forces used mock tanks and decoys against NATO forces during the Kosovo War.

12:19 According to CNN, the IAEA mission consisting of 14 experts arrived in Kiev.

12:12 In the Kherson region, against the backdrop of the activities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the region, the occupiers have strengthened security measures in key settlements, warned the first deputy head of the regional council, Yuriy Sobolevsky. In particular, the number of patrols and checks of documents and contents of smartphones has increased.

12:09 In Slavyansk, Donetsk region, the invaders fired at the base of the evacuation detachment of the Ukrainian Red Cross, Taras Logginov, commander of the rapid response detachment of the Red Cross Society of Ukraine, said. According to him, as a result of shelling the building was destroyed, three cars were damaged. He stressed that this place is marked on all maps as the residence of the Red Cross, the Russian command knew about it. There were no military installations either at the base itself or in the neighborhood.

12:06 The Office of the Prosecutor General believes that ammunition from a flamethrower could have exploded in the colony in Yelenovka. This is stated in the response of the UCP to the DW request. In particular, based on the results of the analysis of freely available video recordings, the experts concluded that a thermobaric munition could have exploded, namely, a capsule with a combustible mixture of a thermobaric explosion of flamethrowers such as Shmel, Shmel-M, Lynx.

11:51 Serbia and Russia are discussing the transfer to Moscow of the former head of the Main Directorate of Internal Security of the SBU Andrey Naumov, who is in jail, in exchange for his testimony against Zelensky, writes The Insider. According to the publication, the Kremlin wants to hold a staged "trial" of the Ukrainian president. Law enforcers suspect that before the invasion of the Russian Federation on February 24, Naumov could transfer secret data about the Chernobyl nuclear power plant to the enemy.

11:18 The French gas network operator Engie announced that Gazprom informed the company about the reduction in gas supplies "due to disagreements between the parties on the application of contracts."

11:00 The death toll as a result of today's shelling of the central part of Kharkov has previously reached four people, at least nine more were injured, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said. According to Mayor Igor Terekhov, there was a blow next to a five-story residential building, as well as a preschool educational institution. After the shelling, a fire broke out in a residential building in the city center, according to rescuers, there are also victims there - thus their number is growing.

10:29 In Kherson, the car of the "chief" of the local duty department of the traffic police was blown up. The policeman himself, as well as his wife and seven-year-old daughter, were in the car, Russian Telegram channels write. As a result of the explosion, the car was damaged, but none of the passengers were injured.

10:25 A delegation of the Czech Armed Forces headed by Chief of the General Staff Major General Karel Rzhegki paid an official visit to Ukraine, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported. Rzegki during the visit said that the example of Ukraine in the war with Russia is an invaluable experience for the NATO countries.

10:21 Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov announced the shelling of the central part of the city. Information about the victims and injured is being specified.

10:19 Borrell said at a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Prague that the situation in the war zone in Ukraine remains very difficult, the country needs new assistance. He stressed that the decline in the volume of EU military supplies to Ukraine this summer is temporary and is associated with the exhaustion of stocks of free weapons, but the EU intends to continue helping Kyiv. The EU defense ministers will discuss the expansion of arms supplies to Ukraine and the creation of a training mission to train the Ukrainian military.

10:06 Residents of Kherson report strong explosions, the "authorities" of the city say that this is the work of air defense.

09:53 Serbia will be able to do without energy resources from the Russian Federation, President Aleksandar Vucic said: "We must pay the price of a war on European soil and take oil in Iraq. I will also try to talk with Venezuela. We can take from anywhere. We do not disdain."

09:30 In the morning, residents of Kherson heard the sounds of shooting. "Deputy head of administration" of the occupied Kherson region Kirill Stremousov said that the Ukrainian DRG was allegedly liquidated in the city.

09:28 Germany and France offer EU countries to launch an information initiative for Russians and Russian speakers "to combat Putin's propaganda," writes Bloomberg. So, soon it is planned to launch an Internet campaign to counter propaganda on YouTube, Facebook and TikTok.

09:24 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of August 30th. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Donetsk and Kurakhov directions.

  • personnel - about 47,550 (+450) people liquidated,

  • tanks - 1954 (+7),

  • armored combat vehicles - 4294 (+25),

  • artillery systems - 1079 (+19),

  • MLRS - 282 (+3),

  • air defense systems - 151 (+2),

  • aircraft - 234 (+0),

  • helicopters - 204 (+1),

  • UAV operational-tactical level - 847 (+3),

  • cruise missiles - 196 (+0),

  • ships/boats - 15 (+0),

  • automotive equipment and tankers - 3217 (+29),

  • special equipment - 103 (+2).

09:08 British intelligence writes that it is not yet possible to confirm the scale of Ukrainian achievements in the south. Since the beginning of August, Russia has made significant efforts to reinforce its forces on the western bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region. The 49th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District was most likely reinforced with components of the 35th Combined Arms Army of the Eastern Military District. Most units around Kherson are likely undermanned and dependent on fragile supply lines via ferry crossings and pontoon bridges across the Dnieper, analysts say.

Intelligence also states that the integration of units of the Southern Military District and the Air Military District implies a significant reorganization of Russian forces in Ukraine. There is a real possibility that Russia has taken steps to rationalize several semi-independent operational commands that contributed to its ineffective performance at the start of the invasion. If Ukraine succeeds in sustained offensive operations, the cohesion of this structure is likely to be a key factor in the sustainability of Russian defense in the south.

08:53 The Washington Post and CNN write, citing unnamed representatives of the Biden administration, that Russia has already received Iranian drones for the war in Ukraine. Moscow now has Mohajer-6 drones (a reconnaissance capable of carrying ammunition) and two varieties of Shahid - Shahed-129 (reconnaissance with ammunition) and Shahed-191 (strike missile UAV). Washington believes that Russia intends to import hundreds of such drones.

At the same time, US intelligence officials note that many of the Iranian drones that Russia has purchased have already begun to break down during testing, so it is not clear how much they will change the rules of the game in Ukraine.

08:42 In the Dnipropetrovsk region, Russian troops attacked three districts at night - Nikopol, Dneprovsky and Krivoy Rog. One person was wounded in the Krasnogrigoryevsk community, said the head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko. The enemy launched rocket attacks on the Krivoy Rog and Dnieper regions, the extent of the destruction is being clarified.

08:24 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of enemy shelling, two civilians were killed - in Razdolny and Severny. Four more people were injured, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.

08:00 Russian troops tried to conduct assault operations in several directions at once in the Donetsk region, but none of the enemy's attempts were successful, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports in the morning summary . In particular, the occupiers stepped up assault operations in the areas of Bakhmut and Avdiivka.

07:41 In Melitopol, Ukrainian forces blew up an enemy ammunition depot. The night before, the mayor of the city, Ivan Fedorov, announced a "hot night for the occupiers." And this morning, the head of the Zaporizhia OVA, Oleksandr Starukh, said that the occupiers went to see the fire in the warehouses, when "suddenly there was an explosion." "We are being informed and asked to 'congratulate' the Melitopol occupiers on the unsuccessful viewing of the film about flaming BCs... The resistance movement invites the occupiers who missed the screening to watch the next time," Starukh wrote.

07:15 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) notes that Russia is trying to maintain the appearance of significant military successes in Ukraine. So, the Russian Defense Ministry on the evening of August 29 stated that the Ukrainian counteroffensive in the Kherson region was limited and unsuccessful. Russian bloggers have claimed that reports of a Ukrainian counter-offensive have been exaggerated or fake, and that Ukrainian forces are unable to break through Russian defenses. As ISW notes, "These insulting statements indicate that the Kremlin is keen to maintain a façade of Russia's significant military successes in Ukraine."

05:04 Tonight, the enemy launched a missile attack on Zaporozhye. According to preliminary information, there were no casualties, no significant damage was recorded at infrastructure facilities, said Alexander Starukh, head of the OVA.

04:09 "Deputy head of administration" of the occupied Kherson region, Kirill Stremousov, said that the region "does not threaten anything", several lines have been built to protect against possible "encroachments" from Ukraine. He also stressed that "the more the region is shelled, the more its inhabitants demand a referendum."

00:51 US National Security Council communications coordinator John Kirby called for a "controlled shutdown" of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant. According to him, this can become a guarantee of her safety in the short term.

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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: August 11th, 2022
2022-08-12
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[Korrespondent] 23:19 Zelensky said in an evening video message that no one except Russia has ever used a nuclear power plant so obviously to threaten the whole world and to put forward any conditions: "What is happening now around the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant is one of the greatest crimes of a terrorist state. ..And absolutely everyone in the world must immediately respond to drive the invaders out of the territory of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.This is a global interest, and not just a Ukrainian need.Only the complete withdrawal of the Russians from the territory of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant and the resumption of full control of Ukraine over the situation around the plant guarantee the resumption of the nuclear security for all of Europe."

23:07 The United States at a meeting of the UN Security Council on the situation at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant proposed to withdraw Russian troops from the territory of Ukraine, and also supported the idea of ​​sending an IAEA mission to the conflict zone, but "subject to the observance of Ukraine's sovereignty." Washington also called on Russia to transfer control over the ZNPP to Ukraine and create a demilitarized zone around the station. According to the US representative, the problems around the nuclear power plant will not stop until Russia withdraws its troops from there.

23:02 Amnesty International denied the data of the Center for Strategic Communications and Information Security under the Ministry of Culture and Information of Ukraine that the organization received evidence of the placement of weapons of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in residential areas from people held in Russian prisons or filtration camps. The organization claims that the researchers interviewed witnesses in the territories controlled by Ukraine, all the testimony was given "voluntarily and in safe conditions."

22:55 Reznikov, during a meeting with Ukraine's partners in Copenhagen, received a medal for outstanding leadership in wartime from his Danish colleague Morten Bodskov. The Ukrainian Minister of Defense became the first foreigner to receive this award.

22:14 The meeting of the UN Security Council on the situation around the Zaporozhye NPP has begun. The Permanent Representative of China, which chairs the organization, called on the "parties to the conflict" to sit down at the negotiating table.

22:11 Sumy region is the most mined in Ukraine: more than 47% of its territory is mined, Interior Minister Denis Monastyrsky said.

21:02 Yermak said that the international group on security guarantees will present recommendations to the world community in the near future: "We know enough to be sure that there is no such peace agreement under which Russia would put its signature and keep its word. Considering Russia's actions in Syria and its behavior after the capture of Crimea should be obvious: Russia is using the peace talks as a distraction and a trap, not seeking a compromise solution... Assurances do not work, guarantees are needed, because this is an opportunity for the collective West to resist barbaric ambitions Russia".

20:47 Medvedev said that he visited the "LPR", met with the "heads of the republics of Donbass", held a "security meeting". The Medvedev delegation also included Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Igor Krasnov, First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration Sergei Kiriyenko, Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev, Minister of Construction Irek Fayzullin, FSB Director Alexander Bortnikov, head of the Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin.

20:41 The United States supports calls for a demilitarized zone around the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, a State Department spokesman said, Reuters writes: "Fighting near the nuclear plant is dangerous and irresponsible, and we continue to call on Russia to stop all military operations at or near Ukrainian nuclear facilities and return to Ukraine full control, and also support Ukraine's calls for the creation of a demilitarized zone around the nuclear power plant."

20:04 The Russians have suffered losses in Avdiivka, Novopavlovsk, Zaporozhye and other directions. In particular, the Russian military unsuccessfully stormed the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Maryinka and Peskov, the General Staff said in an evening report .

19:45 Russia does not provide access to accurate information about the Ukrainian prisoners of war who died in Yelenovka, Deputy Defense Minister of Ukraine Anna Malyar said: “To date, there is no exact information about exactly who and how many died in Yelenovka. this information, despite Ukraine's appeals to international organizations that could help in this situation. That is, the process of establishing is ongoing."

19:37 Norway will join the training program for Ukrainian military personnel in the UK, said Defense Minister Bjorn Arild Gramm.

19:32 The invaders again fired at the territory of the ZNPP, hitting it near the first power unit, Energoatom reports. The pumping station for domestic wastewater was damaged, extensive smoke was recorded nearby.

19:18 The SBU has established that one of the high-ranking Ukrainian military in an interview with journalists voiced information that, according to certain signs, reveals statements about the strategic plans of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, issues of preparation and organization of hostilities, said Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar. According to her, the leak of this kind of information "frustrates the plans of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as the enemy corrects his actions and uses this information against us." An investigation is currently underway.

19:01 Shoigu and Gerasimov remain in their positions formally, Alexei Gromov, deputy head of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said: "According to reports, Sergei Shoigu and Valery Gerasimov remain in their positions solely to prevent discrediting the top military-political leadership of the Russian Federation. About 30-40 % of the generals and officers who participated in the planning of the war against Ukraine have been removed from their duties and are under investigation."

Gromov added that, taking into account the explosions at the airfields in Saki and Zyabrovka, new personnel decisions are expected for the leadership of the Russian army.

18:46 Podolyak showed how the Russians are placing Grads near residential buildings: "Everyday life of the war. The Russian military are placing Grads in the courtyards of residential buildings and shelling neighboring cities, using residents as hostages. Tell me, has Amnesty International already released another clickbait alarmist report? Or continue pretend like nothing's happening?"


18:24 At today's conference of the North European allies in Copenhagen, 1.5 billion dollars were collected for military assistance to Ukraine, Euronews reports. Danish Defense Minister Morten Bodskov announced the allocation of $110 million for the purchase of weapons and training for Ukraine. In addition, British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said that more rocket launchers and high-precision medium-range missiles would be transferred to Kyiv.

17:33 Ukrainian air defense destroyed today two Caliber missiles fired in the Kharkiv region from the Black Sea, the command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported.

17:18 After the explosions in Novofedorivka in Crimea, the intensity of enemy aviation in the southern direction decreased slightly, Alexei Gromov, deputy head of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said: "We observed that the enemy was trying to relocate his military aviation units from the central part of Russia to the temporarily occupied territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea ... At present, the enemy continues to carry out his tasks from the territory of the Crimea. But yes, in connection with these events, the intensity of the use of aviation directly in the southern direction has somewhat decreased."

17:10 Russia has lost two squadrons of the latest Su-35 fighter jets in Ukraine and allows the return of old Su-24M bombers to service, said Oleksiy Gromov, deputy chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: "Over the past week, the Ukrainian air defense forces have destroyed 27 air targets. In connection with significant losses of aviation equipment, the occupiers are considering the option of attracting obsolete bombers - the Su-24M, which were withdrawn from the combat strength of the aggressor during 2005-2018.

Gromov also said that Russia supplied Su-35 aircraft to China. Of the 24 units, only nine were operational, which indicates the low efficiency and unreliability of this technique. The largest number of failures during the operation of these aircraft accounted for on-board systems. "Su-35 aircraft also showed a low level of survivability. During the full-scale aggression, the invaders lost two squadrons of such aircraft, which is about 24 units," Gromov added.

16:59 Several thermal power plants in the Kharkiv region suffered from Russian shelling, so residents of the private sector should think about alternative sources of heating, OVA head Oleg Sinegubov said on the air of the telethon: “In a multi-storey building, pallets or potbelly stoves are unlikely to save the situation. But if this is a private house , then if it is possible to install an alternative source of heating and people have the means to do this, then, of course, they should do it."

Sinegubov specified that CHPP-5 and CHPP-3 came under fire. In addition, one of the thermal power plants in Chuguev was destroyed, which provided up to 40% of the heat supply in the city.

16:48 About 13,000 Belarusian military agreed to take part in the war against Ukraine, said Aleksey Gromov, deputy head of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: “Six battalions of the armed forces of Belarus are deployed along the state border of Ukraine and perform tasks in the areas bordering Ukraine. According to preliminary data, up to 13,000 people from active and former military units of the Belarusian special operations forces, as well as OMON, signed an agreement to participate in the war against Ukraine.

Gromov added that Russia invites foreign representatives from Syria, Mali, Laos and Uzbekistan to the training grounds of Belarus, who can also be thrown into battle against Ukraine: “There are suspicions that on the eve of the Independence Day of Ukraine, Russia may arrange a provocation death of foreigners, in order to demonize the Armed Forces of Ukraine and finally involve Belarus in hostilities."

16:27 The Russians again fired at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant and the territories near the station. According to Energoatom, five "arrivals" were recorded in the area of ​​​​the commandant's office of the nuclear power plant, next to the welding site and storage of radiation sources. Five more “arrivals” were recorded in the area of ​​the fire station, located not far from the ZNPP. As a result of the shelling at the station, it was not possible to carry out a shift change in time, and until the situation finally normalizes, the workers of the previous shift will continue to work. The situation at the station is now under control, Energoatom assured.

15:53 ​​The Putin administration has agreed on the creation of a new structure affiliated with the Russian special services, the main task of which will be to discredit Zelensky in the countries of Western Europe. According to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, a fake website of the so-called "Zelensky Fund" has already been created, on which an offer will be placed for foreign citizens and institutions to join its "activities". It is planned to create and subsequently publish the Fund's product line and register it on the European trading floors.

The work of the organizational structure of the "fund" in European countries is planned to be developed according to the principle of network marketing - this, according to the organizers, will allow to actively disseminate information in the European media space.

15:47 McDonald's announced that it will gradually resume work in Kiev and some western regions. In the near future, the delivery of products and the preparation of restaurants for the opening will begin.

15:43 Kuleba sent a letter to IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi and UN Secretary General António Guterres with a call to send an international mission led by the IAEA and with the participation of UN military experts to assess the threats to nuclear safety and security of the Zaporozhye NPP, which were caused by the occupation and militarization of the Russian plant army.

15:21 Among the main versions of the causes of the explosions at the Saki airfield are sabotage and a strike using long-range missiles. More details - in the material What happened in the Crimea .

15:05 Mandatory evacuation will be announced in several more regions of Ukraine. In particular, Irina Vereshchuk predicts a difficult winter and Russian shelling of thermal power plants and other infrastructure, in connection with which "some of the cities and villages of Zaporozhye, Kherson, Kharkiv regions may find themselves without means of livelihood - heating, light. Even those networks that are, even if only electric, will not withstand the load, and we are already predicting this."

14:39 UN Secretary General António Guterres called on the armed forces of Russia and Ukraine "to immediately stop all military operations in the immediate vicinity of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant and not to strike at its facilities or its environs." He also called on the "sides" to withdraw military personnel and equipment from the territory of the station and to refrain from further deployment of forces or equipment at the facility. At the same time, the Secretary General refrained from laying the blame for the attacks on nuclear power plants on someone in particular.

14:18 Scholz said that he does not support the idea of ​​a general ban on the entry of Russians into the EU, for example, for tourism purposes: "This is Putin's war. And therefore it is hard for me with this idea."

14:04 The Russian army uses outdated and ineffective weapons in Ukraine, its missiles hit targets only in 30% of cases. This is stated in the report of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, which was reviewed by The Times newspaper. The report is based on the studied captured equipment captured by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in particular near Kyiv.

13:47 Zelensky, during a speech at the Donor Conference of Ukraine's allies from the Nordic countries, said that Russia could provoke the largest radiation accident in history at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, "and in terms of actual consequences, this could be even more catastrophic than Chernobyl, but in fact - the same as the use of nuclear weapons by Russia, but without a nuclear strike."

"It is a duty to our countries and all future generations of free people to do everything to stop Russia, ensure that she loses this war and ensure that no state can repeat this terror," the president stressed.

13:39 Estonia has decided to close the borders for Russian citizens with Schengen visas issued by the republic, with some exceptions, the country's Foreign Ministry said.

13:11 As a result of explosions at an air base in Crimea, Russia suffered the largest loss of aviation during the day since the Second World War, writes CNN.

13:09 The Russian troops for 168 days of invasion did not fire at Nikolaev only 22 days, August 10 became one of such days, the mayor of the city Alexander Senkevich reported.

12:52 The invaders intend to arrange a "trial" over the Ukrainian defenders from Azov in Mariupol on Independence Day on August 24, said the mayor of Mariupol Vadym Boychenko. At the same time, he clarified that this is not yet a final decision, other dates are also being considered. Earlier it was reported that a chamber philharmonic society was being prepared for the "court", in particular, cages for Ukrainian prisoners of war were being built there. According to Boychenko, more than 10,000 people are kept in the "DPR" prisons, many of them military.

12:28 The Russian Foreign Ministry said that Switzerland cannot represent the interests of Ukraine in Russia, because it has "lost its neutral status."

12:25 A ship with Ukrainian grain could not leave the port of Chornomorsk due to weather conditions, the Turkish Defense Ministry said. In the meantime, two ships inspected yesterday are heading to Ukraine, loading operations in the ports continue.

12:16 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia announced that changes would be made to the legislation, according to which the inhabitants of the country would have to leave it in case of obtaining Russian citizenship.

11:47 The Latvian parliament has declared Russia a state that supports terrorism. He also called on EU countries to stop issuing visas to citizens of Russia and Belarus.

11:38 The Russian Foreign Ministry said that "Ukrainian shelling" of the territory of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant "could lead to a catastrophe worse than Chernobyl." Also, the Russian Foreign Ministry said that ships with Ukrainian grain go not to countries in need, but to the West, which "casts doubt on the sincerity of the theses about the problem with food." In addition, the Russian Foreign Ministry denied the information that the DPRK offered to provide Russia with 100,000 volunteers for the war in Ukraine, calling such reports fake.

11:13 CNN published an investigation in which experts categorically rule out the use of HIMARS in Yelenovka . Photographs of the aftermath of the fire show that the walls are still standing and most of the roof is intact. Experts say that the impact of HIMARS would cause much more damage.

10:54 A conference of northern European allies in support of Ukraine starts today in Copenhagen, in which more than 20 countries will take part. "We are looking forward to a very good conference today. I am pleased to welcome two of my colleagues and good friends - Secretary of Defense Ben Wallace and Secretary of Defense Alexei Reznikov. Together with our 23 colleagues, we will look at how we can find ways to increase our assistance to Ukraine" - said before the start of the conference its host, Danish Defense Minister Morten Bodskov.

10:36 Reznikov, in an interview with UP, explained what the forecasts for the end of the "hot phase" of the war mean: "The hot phase does not mean that we are leaving the trenches. The hot phase is, relatively speaking, we suffered the greatest losses in May. Now this is a multiple less, because, thanks to the new weapons, we managed to gradually inflict those pinpoint attacks on warehouses, command posts, and command posts, and their invasion stopped, the advance is rather slow. about the hot phase, this does not mean that the field, let's say, trench history will end.

10:27 The " authorities" of the occupied Zaporozhye region will name the date of the "referendum" when they will "ensure his safety," Vladimir Rogov, a member of the "main council of the administration," said.

09:40 IAEA chief Rafael Grossi will speak at a UN Security Council meeting requested by Russia. Grossi will talk about the situation at the Zaporozhye NPP and about the preparation of the mission to the ZNPP, which he will personally lead. The meeting is scheduled for August 11, 22:00 Kyiv time.

09:38 SBU detained a Russian agent who collected intelligence about the supply of Western weapons to Ukraine. The traitor turned out to be a resident of Kyiv, who positioned himself as a military expert. He was recruited by a career officer of the Russian special services to carry out reconnaissance and subversive activities in the capital region.

09:17 British intelligence doubts that Russia will be able to fulfill some export orders for armored combat vehicles, since the Russian Federation itself needs them in Ukraine. Analysts note that the Russian Federation has long considered the defense industry one of its most important export successes. Now, however, the credibility of many of Russia's weapons systems has been undermined by the failures of Russian forces in Ukraine.

09:06 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports that Russian officials "remain concerned" about the August 9 attack on the Saki air base, which destroyed at least eight Russian aircraft and several buildings. Analysts also believe that the occupying forces are likely to postpone the date of referendums on annexation in occupied Ukraine, since the annexation will interfere with negotiations to end the war on any terms.

Over the past day, Russian troops have carried out ground attacks west of Izyum, carried out numerous unsuccessful offensive operations north and northeast of Kharkov, and conducted unsuccessful combat reconnaissance in the northwest of the Kherson region.

At the same time, the occupiers continued limited ground offensives to the northeast and west of Bakhmut, and probably made little progress in these areas. Russian forces have also made minor gains northwest of Donetsk and continue to push northwest of the current footholds around Donetsk. Meanwhile, a "volunteer" battalion is being formed in the Oryol region of Russia.

08:56 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of August 11. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Donetsk direction.

  • personnel - about 43,000 (+200) people liquidated,

  • tanks - 1846 (+14),

  • armored combat vehicles - 4100 (+14),

  • artillery systems - 974 (+3),

  • MLRS - 261 (+0),

  • air defense systems - 134 (+1),

  • aircraft - 232 (+0),

  • helicopters - 193 (+0),

  • UAVs of the operational-tactical level - 772 (+6),

  • cruise missiles - 185 (+0),

  • ships/boats - 15 (+0),

  • automotive equipment and tankers - 3018 (+13),

  • special equipment - 90 (+1).

08:49 The Russians fired four rockets at Kharkov in the morning, Mayor Igor Terekhov said. One of the rockets hit the courtyard of a residential building in the city center in the Kievsky district, no one was injured.

08:43 In the Dnipropetrovsk region, the Russians attacked four districts at night, the head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko, said. In Nikopol, three people died, seven were injured, among the wounded was a 13-year-old girl. Rescuers are clearing the rubble and looking for people.

Also, the Krasnogrigoryevsk community, the Zelenodolsk community of the Krivoy Rog district, the Velikomikhaylovskaya community of the Sinelnikovsky district fell under shelling. The last one injured two people. In addition, a missile strike was inflicted on the Dnieper region, the extent of the destruction is being clarified.

08:35Reznikov said in an interview with UP that the Russians launched the invasion on February 24 without properly preparing and without forming strike groups: “As of February 24, strike groups in the full sense of military art were not created by the Russians. I didn’t come up with this myself as a civilian, it was the military who explained to me at the level of the General Staff that a strike force for an offensive involves certain signs: command and control agencies, and support agencies, and hospitals, and supply chains, and strike groups, etc. So, in all risky zones ... the Russians do not had signs of the completed formation of a large-scale strike group, that is, the Russians actually went on the attack without forming these strike groups.Chernihiv and Sumy regions.

07:59 In the Avdeevka direction, the Russian army is advancing in the directions of Maryinka and Peskov, the fighting continues. Also, hostilities continue in the Kramatorsk direction in the Ivano-Daryevka region, in the Bakhmut direction - in the areas of the villages of Vershina and Dacha, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports in the morning report .

07:49 The Ministry of Defense of Belarus commented on the information about the explosions near the Zyabrovka airfield in the Gomel region. According to the agency, on August 10, at about 23:00, "during the control run of one of the vehicles after the engine was replaced, it caught fire, fire extinguishing measures were taken by the personnel in a timely manner, there were no casualties."

06:03 Pushilin said that the date of the "referendum" on joining the "DPR" to Russia will be announced after the "complete liberation of the republic."

01:55 Belarusian journalist Franak Vechorka reported at least eight explosions in the Gomel region near the border with Ukraine. According to eyewitnesses, the explosions occurred near the Zyabrovka airfield, where Russian military aviation is often deployed.

00:32 The "DPR" declares that there were 32 people at the brewery in Donetsk at the time of the impact, one was killed, two were injured. On the territory of the brewery, plastic containers and pallets are burning, the fire area is 600 square meters. m, according to the "Ministry of Emergency Situations".
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