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⚡️📣Russia Fires BM-27 "Uragan" Rockets On Kharkov Ukraine⚡️📣
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In this report, the Russian Army Fires BM-27 "Uragan" Rocket system On Ukrainian Army Positions In Kharkiv / Kahrov Region Of Ukraine.
They walk us through the process of targeting to firing AND I confront them on Ukraine reports of civilians being targeted
The BM-27 Uragan is a self-propelled 220 mm multiple rocket launcher designed in the Soviet Union. The system began its service with the Soviet Army in the late 1970s, and was its first modern spin and fin-stabilized heavy multiple rocket launcher.
Much of The Kharkiv region of Ukraine was taken controll of by Russian Forces back In February and March but in September Ukraine took control of much of it. Since then Ukraine and the western media have been trying to portry that Ukraine is in total control of the region but that is far from true. Now Russia taking back many border areas of Kharrkov Ukraine while wiping out large groups of Ukraine soldiers daily with heavy daily artillery attacks. In the last weeks, several areas have come back under Russian control.
Now Kharkov is by far not the only front line. There is the front line of Ukraine's struggle on the Kherson direction where for weeks Russia has been evacuating civilians from huge areas and Russian President Vladimir Putin said civilians must be evacuated from the Kherson war zone. Russian flags slowly started to come down from the administration buildings. Russia has now evacuated the city completely and Ukraine is now in control
As Russia digs in just across the river from Kherson seems to be setting the scene for possibly huge battles across the area.
If our team is needed there we will go but for now we are in Kharkov and the Lugansk People's Republic(internationally recognized as the Lugansk region).
The front is not only the hot area of debate of course.
Kyiv Mayor Klitschko warns of evacuations if power lost is this a cover for something more important?
Republicans vow to cut funding to Ukraine after the Midterm Elections as Uk seems to be following. The new British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says he intends to significantly reduce aid to Ukrainian refugees and Ukraine itself in the face of a budget deficit
According to Daily Mail columnist Dan Sales, Sunak and Treasury Secretary Jeremy Hunt have found a £50bn “black hole” in the British treasury that they are “desperately trying to fill”.
On the other hand the war is not hurting everyone equally.
US oil producers have raked in more than $200bn in profits since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as they cash in on a period of geopolitical turmoil that has shaken up the global energy market and sent prices soaring.
Again we can not cover every story from every place but we can do our best and of course, always bring you our reports with full English and Russian translations.
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The Situation Post-Kherson by Grigori, Slavyangrad
It is time to move on from any disappointment you had concerning the Kherson withdrawal (which I explained here (https://t.me/Slavyangrad/19866)). Together, let us assess the situation going forward.
The East Bank of the Dnieper
Now that NATO have the west bank, it is unlikely they will freeze the conflict. Instead, expect them to begin terrorising the cities and towns on the east bank with artillery and sabotage units (like we already see on the Kinburn Peninsula and at Energodar). Do not be surprised to see more civilian evacuations and possibly even a No-Man's Land of sorts created on our side of the river. Pressure on Energodar will increase but will hopefully be countered with our newly available resources.
The Kinburn spit (the tip of the peninsula) is a matter for separate discussion. Like the Zmeiny (Snake) island, it has been the land of the damned for some time. Like Snake island, whoever controls the Kinburn spit does so mostly on paper. This has always been the case, with only small Russian patrol units regularly walking the perimetre—as larger groupings face inevitable targeting by NATO artillery. The same is true for NATO, as they cannot do anything more than send a few guys to plant a quick flag. Yes, planting a flag on the sandy delta of the Dnieper is only Tik-Tok warfare, but expect NATO to try to accomplish this veritable feat at the first opportunity they get.
Zaporozhye
The majority of the 30,000 Kherson garrison is now free to link up with, among others, the mobilised forces finishing their training in Melitopol. The advantage here is that we do not have our backs against a bridge and logistics are much more favourable. The early information I have is that NATO have now relocated the 98th Azov Battalion from the Kherson line to Zaporozhye; suggesting that this is indeed the next area to watch. I will likely do a later post specifically on NATO redeployments post-Kherson.
Military logistics at Melitopol are fed both from Crimea—along the rail and the highway being freshly repaved and widened—and from mainland Russia, through Mariupol and southern DPR, along the major automobile transit paths that run through the area and originate in Krasnodar and Rostov Oblasts. It is the Crimean path that is most susceptible to NATO strikes, and we are likely to see Russia reorient its communications network to run east to west.
This latter possibility may well have been the reason for the renewed push at Pavlovka and Ugledar. It is only by securing this area that Russia can ensure the safety of the rail traffic from Donetsk to Mariupol, which is vital to reliable rail supplies to Melitopol and Berdyansk if and when the route through Crimea is imperilled.
Crimea
By severing the Antonovsky Bridge, we have fortified Crimea against any assault coming from the western side of The Ukraine. The idea that Kherson was the gateway to Crimea ended entirely with the bridge. To even have a shot at Crimea, NATO now needs to come down from Zaporozhye and first take Melitopol. As I mentioned above, Melitopol is nowhere near the logistical nightmare that Kherson was, with the ability to be easily supplied from both Crimea, Berdyansk, and down the east-west route from Krasnodar and Rostov Oblasts, eventually even by rail—replacing entirely the Crimean path.
Combine all of this with my previous post about the Kherson withdrawal (https://t.me/Slavyangrad/19866), and it becomes very clear that perhaps Surovikin and those on the frontlines know a thing or two more than we do about what Russia needs to win this war.
As I have said many times, it is not the mistakes that matter, but rather the lessons we take from them, and then what we do to improve.
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⚡️ (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/4997) Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine (14 November 2022)⚡️
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
💥 In Kupyansk direction, 2 company tactical groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) made unsuccessful attempts to attack Russian forces towards Kuzemovka (Lugansk People's Republic).
◽️ Firepower operation has resulted in halting and driving the enemy units back to their initial frontier.
◽️ Over 120 Ukrainian personnel, 6 tanks, 5 armoured fighting vehicles, 3 armoured personnel carriers, and 5 motor vehicles.
💥 In Krasny Liman direction, intensive action of Russian forces has resulted in repelling an attack launched by 2 mechanised infantry companies of the AFU, reinforced by foreign mercenaries, towards Chervonopopovka (Lugansk People's Republic).
◽️ Over the past 24 hours, the enemy has lost up to 90 personnel and militants, 5 armoured fighting vehicles, and 6 pickups in the abovementioned direction.
💥 In South Donetsk direction, intensive action of Russian forces and artillery units has resulted in the prevention of an attempt made by a mechanised infantry company of the AFU to launch an attack towards Novosyolka (Donetsk People's Republic).
◽️ Over 80 Ukrainian personnel, 1 tank, 2 infantry fighting vehicles, 2 armoured personnel carriers, and 3 motor vehicles have been eliminated.
💥 Operational-Tactical and Army Aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery have neutralised 3 AFU command posts near Kupyansk (Kharkov region), Stelmakhovka (Lugansk People's Republic) and Chernobayevka (Kherson region), as well as 54 artillery units at their firing positions, manpower and hardware in 174 areas.
◽️ 2 U.S.-manufactured AN/TPQ-50 counterbattery warfare radars have been destroyed near Zelyony Gai (Kharkov region) and Aleksandro-Kalinovo (Donetsk People's Republic).
◽️ 1 radar for Ukrainian S-300 air defence missile has been destroyed near Volnyansk (Zaporozhye region).
◽️ 1 armament and hardware depot of the AFU has been destroyed near Lvovo (Kherson region).
◽️ 1 storage of fuel for AFU hardware has been destroyed near Kharkov.
💥 Within the counterbattery warfare, Russian artillery has neutralised 2 batteries of HIMARS and Olkha multiple-launch rocket systems (MLRS) near Kirpotino (Zaporozhye region) and Borozenskoye (Kherson region).
💥 Air defence facilities have destroyed 6 unmanned aerial vehicles near Krasnorechenskoye, Peschanoye, Zolotoye (Lugansk People's Republic), Valeryanovka (Donetsk People's Republic) and Burchak (Zaporozhye region).
◽️ Moreover, 3 rocket-propelled projectiles launched by HIMARS MLRS have been intercepted near Melovatka (Lugansk People's Republic).
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An Explosion in Istanbul: Did the US Frame the Kurds?
A terrorist attack in Turkey's biggest city killed six people and 81 more are declared as injured. Turkish authorities quickly identified the suspect who planted the explosive device and were able to apprehend her just hours after the incident. Police examined data from 1,200 cameras and conducted operations at 21 addresses on the same day, apprehending 46 suspects. One of them was allegedly intended to eliminate the perpetrator herself.
Ankara immediately claimed that the Kurdistan Workers' Party, recognized as a terrorist not only in Turkey but also in the West, was involved in the attack. According to Turkish intelligence agencies, the terrorist was an PKK member and had arrived in Turkey from Syrian Afrin.
However, the PKK has not carried out terrorist attacks in a long time - the last major attack was in 2016, and right now the Kurds have no need to draw attention to themselves.
Negotiations for Finland and Sweden to join NATO are still ongoing. The only thing blocking them from joining the alliance is Turkey's position, which does not approve of Scandinavian support for the PKK. The Turks are seeking the extradition of PKK activists, but the parties have not yet reached an agreement. At a time like this, it makes no sense at all to stage a terrorist attack against civilians. Turkey has an ideal trump card to prove that PKK = IS (banned in Russia).
However, the situation is becoming more and more confused. The head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Turkey has declared today: "We don't accept and reject condolences of the USA embassy in connection with act of terrorism in Istanbul... The insincerity of some of our so-called allies is obvious who either harbour terrorists at themselves, or allow them to exist in the territories occupied by them, or officially send them money from their senates".
Only the PKK leadership has publicly denied any involvement in the bombing.
Why would the U.S. organize a terrorist attack in Turkey? Perhaps the purpose was to provoke Erdogan into a crackdown on the Kurds and thereby reduce his chances of re-election in 2023. How this attack will affect Turkey's relations with the US and its NATO allies remains to be seen.
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Russia and the US - contacts continue. It sounds very interesting, but nothing is clear.
The fog is thickening on the backdrop of the G20 summit in Indonesia. According to Kommersant, the unannounced US-Russia talks are taking place in Ankara today.
The composition of the delegations is interesting: Russia is represented by Sergei Naryshkin, Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service, while the US side is represented by CIA Director William Burns, according to Reuters. Although this information has not yet been confirmed by either side, flytracker data suggests that the plane carrying the head of the SVR may well have indeed left for Turkey today. Of course, the details of such negotiations are unlikely to be known to us. We can assume that this is heading towards a much-needed freeze in the conflict, but the rhetoric of other Western 'partners' suggests that escalation rather than reconciliation is more likely.
Meanwhile, events are also unfolding at the summit itself in Indonesia, where Biden and Xi Jinping met to discuss pumping US weapons into Taiwan, red lines in relations between the two countries were outlined, and the final statement contained thesis on avoiding a nuclear conflict. Another statement by Xi was also interesting: according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry, the Chinese president hopes that NATO, the EU and the US will engage in a comprehensive dialogue with Moscow.
At the same time, Zelensky, who visited Kherson today, suddenly started talking about the Ukrainian side's readiness for peace. We must understand that such statements on behalf of the puppet really are made by the host himself, whose identity is more than obvious. It is worth recalling that the White House did not deny the recent intensification of contacts with the Russian side. We have previously written about possible START-3 talks and the shuttle diplomacy of Biden's adviser Sullivan.
It seems that the world has indeed approached the era of great achievements, or if not so, then very dangerous times are ahead.
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Destruction of Amphibious assault Forces of the Ukrainian Army on the Kinburn Spit: details
On November 13, three groups of servicemen from the 73rd Center for Special Naval Operations of the AFU attempted to attack Russian army positions on the Kinburn Spit (80 km from Mykolaiv).
At 04:00, a Ukrainian sabotage group on three boats was detected by the RF Armed Forces using the optical-electronic surveillance complex "Irony" (capable of detecting enemy equipment at a distance of 7 km) and the mobile reconnaissance radar "Sobolyatnik" near the coast near the village of Pokrovsky.
The Ukrainian saboteurs were destroyed at the landing site by fire from an APC-82A and a BMP-3M. A large quantity of explosives was found during the examination of the boats and the bodies of dead Ukrainian AFU soldiers and officers, suggesting that a major sabotage was being prepared.
According to the 'Military Chronicle,' at least 20 fighters from the 3rd reconnaissance detachment and the 2nd underwater demining and water barrier-breaking detachment of the 73rd Special Operations Centre were killed in the raid.
The Ukrainian special forces fighters killed near the village of Pokrovskoye were also supposed to clear the approaches to the Russian Armed Forces' positions for a landing operation to seize the Kinburn Spit, but were ambushed and killed before they could report to the scene.
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Pavlovka: Why was it so hard to take this settlement?
There were no fewer than forty (40) fortified strongpoints of the Ukrainian army in the tiny settlement of Pavlovka that was taken and finally mopped-up by the Russian army on November 14th, 2022. Each one had to be taken, one by one, by one, by one. Each with a squad of infantry, guns, ATGMs, ammunition.
This means the Ukrainians had at least forty fortified strongpoints in a village of:
— 2505 people (in 2001, likely less in 2022)
— 908 houses
Ukraine expected that one day an offensive would come—whether by Russia, the DPR/LPR, or all of them combined—and prepared accordingly. If this is what Ukraine set up in Pavlovka, then I invite you to consider the fortification that were prepared in places like Avdeevka, Maryinka, Peski, Ugledar, Popasnaya, and many others over the course of the past 8 years.
I find it difficult to come up with a thought experiment that would result in any other army in the world attacking this front with success. And yet the Russian Army is moving forward, slow, but steady.
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Footage of Ukrainian militants bullying the residents of Kherson began to appear on the Internet (https://t.me/vzglyad_ru/66968).
In this case, the reason for the capture of the citizen was the Soviet Military ID card, which many Ukrainians have, and almost a third of those mobilised into the AFU. But these reprisals are not random or spontaneous. They are organized by the occupation authorities in order to intimidate the population remaining in the occupied part of the Kherson region, to whom the AFU have a distrustful attitude.
Yesterday, the gauleiter of Kherson [pro-ukrainian major — trans.] announced that the city centre would be closed for demining operations. However, as it became known, the reason was not a demining works, but the arrival of Zelensky. It should be recalled that in Izyum the inhabitants did not welcome the buffoon too warmly, and there were some disapproving outcries towards him. To avoid such event, Kherson residents were not allowed into the city centre, but groups of Nazis and deputies of the party "Servant of the People" arrived from Kiev to play the part of an enthusiastic crowd. Hence the careful selection of journalists covering the event.
Incidentally, only those journalists, social activists and politicians whose names are on special lists, who have undergone special vetting and signed non-disclosure pledges, will continue to be allowed into the city. A strict curfew and a ban on entering and leaving the city have been imposed in the city, and water transport is banned until November 19 to prevent Kherson's residents from leaving for the left bank. The city has also urged residents to prepare to evacuate, due to the threat of "Russian shelling", and destroyed infrastructure. However, there is reason to believe that it is about relocating residents from these territories under such a plausible pretext.
Ukrainian politicians have previously disclosed plans to "reintegrate the territories", which involved deporting the local population and replacing them with "ethnically pure" residents of Western Ukraine. It is possible that Kherson is becoming an experimental site for the implementation of this project.
The mood of the Banderovites is evidenced by Rodion Miroshnik (https://t.me/miroshnik_r/9566). There is a statement done on the air of the Lvov's TV channel NTA by Olga Lakunova, a female combatant of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, who returned from an exchange of prisoners. She claimed that "All Russians must die, even the smallest children!", and to which the presenter remarked: "Sharp but fair". Another landmark event today was the holding of a "Day of the Dead" on St. Sophia Square in Kyiv by terrorists from Russia's banned Azov. Previously, this pagan ritual took place at the Azov headquarters in the village of Urzuf in the Donetsk region, where they had built a shrine for such rituals. Now they hold them on the square of the Mother of Russian Cities near the cathedral of St Sophia of Kyiv, demonstrating their superiority over Orthodoxy and the triumph of the old "gods".
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⚡️ (https://t.me/sitrepmaps/250)🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ Situation in the #Soledar Direction until 20:00 on 14 Nov 2022⚡️
🩸 Before regaining control of #Kherson, the Ukrainian leadership considered abandoning #Bachmut as it lacked the means to hold the city.
However, the withdrawal of Russian troops to the left bank of the #Dnipro river and the AFU's entry into the city without a fight and virtually without losses allowed the AFU to disperse the surviving units in other directions.
Now the command of the AFU Operation Task Group Soledar has received orders to hold #Bachmut with all its might. The Ukrainian government has promised to move reinforcements into the #Bakhmut area to deter a Russian offensive.
▪️ Due to the danger of a breakthrough into the AFU defences near #Opytnoye, the tank reserve of the AFU's 53rd Mechanized Brigade has been moved to the southwest of #Bakhmut.
▪️ Assault groups of the 53rd Mechanized Brigade attempted an assault from pemplacements three kilometres west of #Otradovka and #Zaitsevo. The attack was repulsed and the Ukrainian formations were pushed back to their initial positions.
▪️ However, the AFU intends to continue attacks on the positions of the Wagner PMC fighters. 100 mobilised men have been moved to the sector from Chasov Yar after combat training.
▪️ Moreover, the AFU command considers an attack by Russian forces from the #Belarus area in the #Kiev region unlikely. Therefore, by 20 November, the AFU military defence units from the Kiev Garrison, which were previously supposed to take over the defence of the capital, will be transferred from #Kiev to #Bakhmut.
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⚡️ (https://t.me/sitrepmaps/251)🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ #Chronicle of the Special Military Operation for 14 Nov 2022⚡️
#Kursk and #Belgorod Regions:
▪️ In the #Belgorod region, Ukrainian militants shelled residential buildings and civilian facilities in the villages of #Borki, #Kozinka, #Shchigorevka and #Leninsky. There were no civilian casualties.
Air defence systems intercepted some shells of the enemy in #Belgorod, Belgorod region, #Valuysky and #Yakovlevsky urban districts. Four Russian soldiers of the motorized infantry were wounded.
▪️ In the morning, the enemy militants struck the village of Popovo-Lezhachi and the adjacent village of #Tetkino in the #Kursk region. Damage was caused to residential buildings and a sugar factory. There were no casualties.
➖ In the morning hours, a Russian Armed Forces sapper died after detonating a mine while reconnoitring the border area in #Kursk region. Two other soldiers were wounded.
➖ Later in the day, an Ukrainian drone dropped an explosive device on an apartment building in the village of #Zamostye. The explosion damaged the roof, windows and a car parked nearby car. Civilians were not injured.
#Starobelsk Direction:
▪️ In the #Lyman sector, Ukrainian units continue to advance on #Kremennaya from two directions. Russian troops are obstructing the enemy's advance and carrying out preemptive artillery strikes.
The Ukrainian command is moving reserves to compensate for losses and reinforce the advancing group.
#Soledar Direction (MAP (https://t.me/sitrepmaps/250)):
▪️ In the #Bakhmut area, assault units of the 53rd Mechanized Brigade made another offensive attempt against RFU positions west of #Otradovka and #Zaitsevo, which failed again.
▪️ The Ukrainian command moved a tank reserve of the 53rd Mechanized Brigade to the southwest of #Bakhmut, as a breakthrough into the AFU defensive positions near #Opytnoye was imminent.
#Lugansk People's Republic:
▪️ Ukrainian militants shelled the villages of #Vrubovka and #Volcheyarovka in the Popasnyansky district with cannon artillery and tanks. One man was wounded.
#Donetsk Direction:
▪️ Ukrainian militants shelled the #Donetsk agglomeration. Residential buildings and civilian infrastructure in #Donetsk, #Makeyevka, #Yakovlevka, #Yasynuvata and other localities in the region were hit. At the same time, Ukrainian HIMARS MLRS fired 14 missiles at the towns of #Ilovaysk and #Torez, damaging a hospital. There are civilian fatalities.
#Southdonetsk Direction:
▪️ Marines of the Pacific Fleet and the DPR OBTF have completed the cleansing of the #Pavlovka village.
▪️ Ukrainian artillery from positions at #Ugledar is regularly striking Russian forces and preventing further advance.
#Zaporozhye Direction:
▪️ The AFU command continues to move personnel and armoured vehicles to forward positions across the front.
▪️ Artillery duels continue along the line of contact. Russian forces shelled enemy positions in #Olgovskoye, #Zaliznichnoye, #Temirovka, #Gulyaypole and other places.
#Kherson Direction on Southern Front:
▪️ Zelensky and other Ukrainian politicians arrived in Kherson for events after the city came under AFU control.
▪️ Russian troops hit enemy facilities in the port area of #Ochakov.
▪️ Vessels and some of the personnel of a sabotage group that had tried to land on the Kinburn spit were destroyed.
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