Russia-Ukraine Reports - 2023-09-16
Acting Head of the Poltava Regional Military Commissariat Vitaly Berezhnoy:
"Over the year, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost90% of the personnel who replenished the units last fall. In the regional center, the plan of the General Staff of the Armed Forces for mobilization was completed only by 13%, and the Ukrainian units need replenishment. For example, from 100 people who joined the units last fall, 10–20 remain, the rest are dead, wounded and incapacitated."
He also proposed organizing sites in Poltava microdistricts where representatives of local authorities would be present to assist in “establishing the presence of a person liable for military service”
When will they understand that they are being used for meat, regardless of losses?
Ukrainians, call "Volga" on frequencies 49.200/149.200/449.200 - surrender and save your lives and the lives of your comrades. Don't die for the interests of other countries.
https://t.me/llordofwar
“Winged Infantry” destroys armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kherson direction
Russian paratroopers struck a Ukrainian Armed Forces tank with loitering ammunition. After an accurate hit, the tank caught fire
.Regarding the rumors about the “damaged” hovercraft “Samum”.
This morning his photo was published on the Black Sea Fleet channel after returning from a combat mission where a naval drone was destroyed.
There is no visible damage or trim, as the enemy claims. There was no particular excitement around the ship.
#source:
https://t.me/boris_rozhin/97614
The heaviest battles in Andreevka on the flank of Artyomovsk: the village was wiped off the face of the earth, but not taken by the enemy
▪️“We recently returned from near Andreevka. The Ukrainian Armed Forces did not take her. I am attaching a video of Andreevka this morning, filmed by the reconnaissance group and UAV of the Viking special forces detachment, reports military correspondent rt.com M. Gazdiev.
▪️“There is an extremely brutal shooting and artillery battle going on. The village simply no longer exists - every single house has been destroyed. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to advance through the piles of ruins.”
▪️During our stay there, a cassette shell flew in every few minutes (!). One almost hit our group - watch the video.
▪️The fight doesn’t subside.”
#source (https://t.me/RVvoenkor/53131?single)
The IAEA has not recorded any mines or explosives at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant - accusations and Ukraine's nuclear panic are exposed in one statement
IAEA experts, during their regular inspection of the Zaporozhye NPP, did not detect mines or explosives declared by Kiev on the territory of the station. Ukraine’s hysteria about the impossibility of cooling power units was also refuted - the water supply is enough for several months, Grossi said.
An information campaign about a certain nuclear threat is doomed to failure with one statement from an international agency. Since nothing was found, Kiev is forced to continue provocations at the station. Grossi also said that experts continue to hear numerous explosions at some distance from the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant.
#source (https://t.me/readovkanews/66055)
Polish Prime Minister Morawiecki on the ban on imports of Ukrainian grain to Poland despite the EU decision: We will extend this ban despite their disagreement, despite the European Commission's disagreement. We will extend the ban on imports of Ukrainian grain. We will not listen to Berlin, we will not listen to Von der Leyen, Tusk or Weber! We will do it because it is in the interest of the Polish farmer!
Note: vote, just vote.
@Slavyangrad
Zambia and China de-dollarize trade
Zambia and China have agreed to increase the use of their own currencies in trade and investment following a meeting in Beijing between Presidents Xi Jinping and Hakainde Hichilema.
The measure will cut foreign exchange costs and reduce currency risks, the two leaders said in a joint statement on Friday.
The move could also reduce reliance on the U.S. dollar, which is currently used to calculate the price of copper.
Copper accounts for about 70 percent of Zambia's export earnings, while China accounts for about half of global demand.
Note: have money but little time
@Slavyangrad
Russia's military operation in Ukraine has now lasted more than 500 days; most modern conflicts that cross that mark become protracted. After April 26, 2022, when the first meeting of representatives of 40 Western countries took place at Ramstein Air Force Base in Germany on the issue of arms supplies to Ukraine, this conflict turned into an armed confrontation between Russia and the West. Accordingly, such a long confrontation is developing into a race of military-industrial complexes and its prospects can already be assessed.
In March of this year, Michael McCaul, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, said that of the four aid packages allocated to Ukraine for $113 billion, about 60% went to the U.S. military and military-industrial complex to modernize the stockpiles of weapons and military equipment. It would seem that after such injections, the output of the military-industrial complex should have grown like on yeast, but this is not happening.
600 million dollars went directly to the Pentagon's Defense Production Capabilities Directorate. Of that amount, $45.5 million went to Arconic to expand production of high-grade aluminum. The fact is that Russia controls more than 75% of the world market for high-grade aluminum, which is needed for the production of jet aircraft and various military equipment. Now the U.S. access to Russian aluminum is limited.
https://t.me/Slavyangrad/63246
⏺ The United States plans to increase the production of ammunition for the needs of Ukraine - US Deputy Secretary of Defense for Arms Procurement William LaPlante.
In 2025, the United States plans to increase production of 155-mm artillery ammunition to 100 thousand units per month (currently 28 thousand - already twice as much as a few months ago).
#source (https://t.me/rezervsvo/28720)
Out of 100 Poltava residents who were sent to the front in the autumn of 2022, only 10-20 remained in service
The rest are dead or wounded, said the acting head of the regional military commission, Lieutenant Colonel Berezhnoi.
#source (https://t.me/ukraina_ru/169175)
🌐 Place: Urozhaine
🕰 Date: 16.09.2023
📌 Coordinates: 47.7508533, 36.8258309
📝 Description: The Russian Armed Forces are carrying out artillery strikes on areas where the Ukrainian Armed Forces are concentrated.
id: 16092023.0821
https://t.me/militarysummary/3907
🌐 Place: Petropavlivka
🕰 Date: 16.09.2023
📌 Coordinates: 49.7175481, 37.7111138
📝 Description: The Russians bombed Ukrainian positions with FAB.
id: 16092023.0820
https://t.me/militarysummary/3911
🌐 Place: Klishchiivka
🕰 Date: 16.09.2023
📌 Coordinates: 48.53952, 37.97044
📝 Description: Movement of the RF Armed Forces in Klishchiivka.
source: https://t.me/creamy_caprice/2136
id: 16092023.0817
https://t.me/militarysummary/3914
🌐 Place: Robotyne
🕰 Date: 16.09.2023
📌 Coordinates:
47.4450663, 35.8368602
47.4471484, 35.833889
📝 Description: The Russians Bombed Ukrainian positions in Robotyne.
id: 16092023.0811
id: 16092023.0756
https://t.me/militarysummary/3917
🌐 Place: Orikhiv
🕰 Date: 16.09.2023
📌 Coordinates: 47.5598743, 35.7805640
📝 Description: The Russians Bombed Ukrainian positions in Orikhiv with FAB
id: 16092023.0807
https://t.me/militarysummary/3921
🌐 Place: Pervomaiske
🕰 Date: 16.09.2023
📌 Coordinates: 48.1035555, 37.5801824
📝 Description: The Russians attacked Ukrainian shelter with FPV drone.
id: 16092023.0759
https://t.me/militarysummary/3927
🌐 Place: Robotyne
🕰 Date: 16.09.2023
📌 Coordinates: 47.44599, 35.81599
📝 Description: The Russian Armed Forces are conducting artillery strikes on the forward positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the western flank of Robotyne.
Source: https://t.me/creamy_caprice/2146
id: 16092023.1611
🌐 Place: Robotyne-Verbove
🕰 Date: 15.09.2023
📌 Coordinates:
47.4358042, 35.8956365
47.4549843, 35.9119989
47.4549435, 35.9124221
47.4549843, 35.9125696
47.4621477, 35.8728236
📝 Description: Destruction of Ukrainian Armed Forces equipment on the road of death.
id: 15092023.1734
https://t.me/militarysummary/3934
Highlights of Russian Military Operation in Ukraine on September 15
▪️In the southwestern part of the Black Sea, the Russian small missile ship Askold discovered an uncrewed AFU boat.
The enemy's watercraft was promptly destroyed by regular weapons fire.
▪️Russian troops have used drones to hit enemy targets in western regions of Ukraine.
In Khmelnytskyi region, a series of explosions took place in Starokostyantyniv: according to some reports, a local airfield was hit.
▪️On the southern flank of Bakhmut's defenses, the AFU continues to try to expand its zone of control near Klishchiivka and Andriivka.
Russian troops are launching massive strikes against the enemy assault groups, preventing them from breaking through to the railroad.
▪️The fighting north of Opytne in the Avdiivka sector has finally gained a positional character.
Nevertheless, the AFU command continues to pull significant forces to the front line and is preparing to resume attacks.
▪️In the Vremivka sector, the enemy again made several attempts to attack Russian positions in the forest belt north of Pryyutne.
Each of them was met with concentrated small arms fire and resulted in AFU groups retreating.
▪️Attacks by the AFU continue in the Orikhiv sector in the direction of Verbove.
Russian troops are firmly holding their defenses, preventing the AFU from making further advances.
▪️In the Kherson direction, enemy reconnaissance groups again attempted to entrench on islands in the Dnipro delta.
Russian troops destroyed boats carrying AFU landing troops near the islands of Oleshky and Kozats'ki.
#digest #Russia #Ukraine #video
Situation on settlements as of 11-00 (Moscow time) 16.09.2023
Zaporozhye direction and Vremyevsky protrusion.
1. Pyatihatki - grey zone
2. Rabotino - north and part of the centre is under the AFU control, further grey zone, Russian Armed Forces mantain control at the southern outskirts.
3. Verbovoye - under the control of the Russian Armed Forces
4. Priyutnoye - under the control of the Russian Armed Forces
5. Staromayorskoye - mostly under AFU control, partly grey zone
6. Urozhaynoye - under AFU control
7. Zavetnoye Zhelanie - under the control of the AFU
9. Novodonetskoye - under the control of the AFU
10. Novomayorskoye - under the control of the Russian Armed Forces.
Artemovsk.
1. Kleshcheyevka - the south and centre are under AFU control, the rest is grey zone.
2. Andreyevka - most of the village is grey zone.
3. Kurdyumovka - under the control of the Russian Armed Forces
4. Berkhovka - under the control of the Russian Armed Forces
5. Zheleznodorozhnoye - under the control of the Russian Armed Forces
In general - in the southern direction, after the next wave of offensive was smothered, the enemy is regrouping in order to resume attacks in the coming days, at the same time preparing for defence in a number of areas.
In the Artemovsk area, the enemy continues to try to ram the defence on the Kleshcheyevka-Kurdyumovka line. The most difficult situation for us here is at Andreevka and Kleshcheyevka.
#source (https://t.me/boris_rozhin/97660)
T-80BV with its “barbecue” and corral on the tower of the 30th mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the front line.
But as fools grinned at the screens above the turrets of the tanks of the Russian Armed Forces, now there are new realities, new rules for tank building.
#source (https://t.me/milinfolive/106502?single)
‼️🏴☠️🇺🇦 “If I had done what the NATO military taught me, I would have been dead,” the Ukrainian Armed Forces special forces commander spoke about the mortal danger of following the tactics of Western instructors
▪️Military training in the West is not adapted to the realities of the war in Ukraine, - FT
▪️ “ If I only did what the Western military taught me, I would be dead ,” said the commander of the special forces of the 78th regiment “Gerts” as part of the Air Assault Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces “Suleman”. Causes:
▪️in basic courses abroad, instructors do not use small reconnaissance drones like the DJI Mavic, which are ubiquitous on the front line;
▪️in the conditions of total mining and powerful defense lines of the Russian Armed Forces, they “discovered that it was impossible to follow the NATO doctrine on combined arms war ”;
▪️in the West they gave “bad advice”, for example, how, in their opinion, the enemy’s trenches should be cleared.
#source:
https://t.me/RVvoenkor/53145
Arrival footage in Kharkov
Judging by the abundance of smoke, the arrival was right on target.
#source (https://t.me/smotri_z/19815)
❗The arrival of Iskander and S-300 missiles at the reinforced concrete products plant is recorded in Kharkov.
The Kharkov armored plant was also hit. Local sources confirm the defeat of one of the plant’s workshops.
Zin Note: So first the Iskander, followed by the chaser: your own air defense 🙄
#source (https://t.me/ukraina_ru/169208?single)
Ukrainian channel Rezident:
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Our source in the OP said that
The British were unhappy with the loss of their Challenger 2 tank, which was caught on video. They demand that Bankova not send their tanks into the meat grinder - this damages the image of the British military-industrial complex. Earlier, the Germans with their “leopards” made a similar demand. That’s why the Americans are dragging their feet with the Abrams, although they could have given them even earlier and significantly more.
#source (https://t.me/rezident_ua/19685)
I love this habit of the usa to say everything openly and in reports.
The U.S. Army War College* has released a brief overview of "Lessons from the War in Ukraine".
In particular, it has a forecast of US casualties and mobilization reserves in a conflict of this level.
Thesis:
- military doctors project a [KIA and WIA] casualty rate for the US Armed Forces of 3,600\day.
- The combat replenishment rate is 25% or 800 troops per day.
- In 20 years of combat in Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. has lost about 50,000 people.
In a conflict of the Ukrainian level, the U.S. would suffer such losses in 2 weeks.
- The recruitment shortage is a major problem.
- every soldier not recruited today is a strategic mobility asset [IRR or reservists] that the US will not have in 2031**
- IRR was 700K in 1973, 450K in 1994, now at 76K.
- These numbers will not make up for the projected losses.
https://t.me/Slavyangrad/63288
️As of 15:00, difficult clashes continue on the southern flank of the Bakhmut direction. The Ukrainian Armed Forces have occupied parts of Andreevka and Kleshcheevka, and fighting is taking place directly in populated areas. The Russian Armed Forces are actively using artillery and trying to regain lost positions. In addition, the Ukrainian Armed Forces launched a number of attacks to the north, which were repulsed. We expect intense fighting to continue in this direction in the near future, the situation is quite tense...
#source:
https://t.me/rabotyno/228
The fighting in Kurdyumovka (DPR) is so intense that there is a maximum of half an hour of respite between shelling.
In this village, which is located on the same parallel with Klesheevka, RT military correspondent Vlad Andritsa works.
Almost everything prohibited in the world flies from the enemy’s side, as the fighters say. During the day there are a lot of kamikaze drones and cluster munitions.
“It is advisable not to go outside [from cover] at all [during the day], because one second can take your life,” says an attack aircraft with the call sign Angel.
Soldiers of the Akhmat special forces are working against the enemy in positions with the support of artillery of the Russian Armed Forces. All approaches to the village are mined so that not a single military serviceman will enter it.
The place is strategic: through Kurdyumovka the enemy is trying to get to the road to Artemovsk. But, as our soldiers say, we will not give up the village.
#source
(https://t.me/WarDonbass/127958)
Chaos and groans of the wounded: Ukrainian Armed Forces militants are trying to storm Verbove under fire
Footage of the offensive on the Zaporozhye front from that side. According to reviews from the Armed Forces of Ukraine, our artillerymen end up right in the trenches.
Judging by the barking talk, the militants are from the wild West of the western regions.
#source:
https://t.me/btr80/10635
Here, some meek village called Andreevka has resurfaced in the news, evoking long-forgotten place names like Kurdyumovka, Kleshcheevka, Champagne, and Provence...
In general, the AFU launched an assault on the Andreevka farm. I'll be considerate in my wording, as in Ukraine, they described it as "tearing apart" an unknown motorized rifle brigade of the RF Armed Forces.
To the credit of that Russian brigade, I must mention that the siege of the farm lasted for 2 months.
During this time, the AFU advanced approximately 4 endless kilometers (averaging 60 meters per day), despite the presence of the most audacious Azov members on this front, who were joined by the entire Third Brigade (along with two more brigades).
However, there was a broader strategic context on this segment of the Eastern Front, with the AFU attempting to isolate the Artemovsk group of the Russian army from the Donetsk group.
Such was the situation for both sides in terms of their positions in this battle.
#source (https://t.me/zimovskyAL/27053)
Footage of the fighting in Andreevka, filmed on behalf of the Nazis from the 3rd separate assault brigade "Azov" (a terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation).
It is clearly visible that at the moment the settlement actually does not exist.
#source (https://t.me/voenkorKotenok/50564)
Victoria's ISW Secret
I’m the sort of person who can’t stand getting ‘expert analysis’ from the same people who lied to me the last time. When I see a war article on the BBC, Fox, CNN, or MSNBC, I know I need to do my own research. When I see that all of the MSM agrees on something, I know it’s either true, or it’s some next level narrative.
There is information about large losses over the past two days in the 25th brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (Dnepropetrovsk region), which is drawing up reserves in the Kupyansk direction.
It is reported that shelling from the Tornado-S MLRS hit a concentration in the village of Grushevka of up to 100 militants who arrived to make up for the losses of one of the battalions of the 25th airborne brigade.
Also in the area of the village of Peschanoye, American Paladin artillery installations were seen as part of the brigade, one of which was hit by a missile strike yesterday.
#source (https://t.me/ukraina_ru/169235)
👼 URGENTLY!
Zaporozhye direction, settlement Verbovoe - the enemy attempted an offensive with 3 assault groups. It was defeated on the approaches to a populated area by artillery, FPV drones and airdrops.
Up to 8 Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers were captured.
Archangel of Special Forces.
#source (https://t.me/rusich_army/10881)
Due to losses, the Ukrainian Armed Forces began to use Western tanks only at long distances
After the destruction of at least two Challengers and repeated explosions of Leopards, the Ukrainian Armed Forces minimized their use on the front line in order to avoid reputational risks for the European military-industrial complex. Now they are trying to use the latest Western tanks outside the affected area.
For example, in this video, the militants rolled the Leopard as far as possible and used the tank as artillery.
#source (https://t.me/smotri_z/19825)
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Piles of Ukrainian equipment near Andreevka
In the strategically senseless offensive near Artemovsk, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are suffering heavy losses in equipment. In the photo are BMP-2, BMP-1, BTR-4E and the American MaxxPro armored car.
#source:
https://t.me/btr80/10643?single
Russian Air Force hits the AFU deployment point on the right bank of the Dnepr River in Kherson region
#source (https://t.me/warhistoryalconafter/121808)
Details of the explosion in Zeleny Yar, Zaporozhye region
At approximately 16:45, an arrival struck on the former bone and tuberculosis dispensary, which has housed the Ukrainian Armed Forces' Department of Emergency Medicine for a year now.
As a result of the strike, over 10 armored vehicles and an ammunition depot was destroyed. The detonation lasted about an hour. After extinguishing the fire, the remains of the burnt equipment were taken out in the direction of Zaporozhye, scouts @treugolniklpr report.
The number of dead Ukrainian Armed Forces militants is very high. Local Gauleiter Yuri Malashko only said that “after the drone strike, a fire started.”
#source (https://t.me/ukraina_ru/169246?single)
More strikes on Kharkov. It is reported that a repeated detonation is heard at the arrival site.
An air raid alert has been declared in the Poltava, Kharkov and Dnepropetrovsk regions of Ukraine.
#source (https://t.me/vorposte/46058?single)
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The reconnaissance and strike complex of the Dnepr group destroys a temporary accommodation point for Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel on the right bank of the Dnieper.
#source (https://t.me/boris_rozhin/97709)
⚡️From Kharkov they report:
Four Iskander-class arrivals. The latter is especially close, after which the detonation continues for 20 minutes. Presumably a reinforced concrete building on the street. Kotlova or very close to it.
The main detonation has ended, the fire and single explosions continue.
#source (https://t.me/ukraina_ru/169298)
⚡️Middle Eastern sources report the advancement of units of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces in the direction of the line of contact with the Armenian Armed Forces in Nagorno-Karabakh.
⚡️The Defense Army of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic has been put on high alert amid the activity of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces on the contact line.
#source (https://t.me/new_militarycolumnist/117273)
Terrifying footage: 10 people killed in Russia by Ukrainian Armed Forces strikes
In the DPR, 9 civilians were killed and 8 wounded (including a child) per day.
In Svetlodarsk, Himars missiles killed 7 people, there was severe destruction in the city, and mangled cars.
In total, the enemy fired 144 152-155 mm shells (57 cluster) and 25 MLRS missiles (2 Himars at a residential building in Svetlodarsk) into the Republic.
A man died during shelling in the Kursk region
“Today the village of Plekhovo, Sudzhansky district, was shelled from the Ukrainian side. A 30-year-old man died on the spot from a shrapnel wound. I express my sincere condolences to his family and friends,” said Governor Roman Starovoyt.
#source (https://t.me/RVvoenkor/53206?single)
❗️⚠️ Ukrainian monitoring channels report missile launches from the Tu-95MS of the Russian Aerospace Forces! ❗️ ❗️❗️
🔺The X-101/555 missiles were previously launched by strategic aviation.
We are waiting at the borders 404:
~5:00 - 6:00.
Our birds of the apocalypse are approaching. 🤍💙❤️👊
#source (https://t.me/svorezevv/11669)
The Ukrainian Armed Forces tried to attack the Oryol region.
According to local residents, first the sound of an explosion was heard, and then a fire started, the Mash Telegram channel indicated. First, the tank with flammable liquid burns.
Video: Mash.
#source (https://t.me/tv360/125618)
❗️ An air raid alert has been declared throughout Ukraine
#source (https://t.me/ukraina_ru/169311)
Watch as another Ukrainian assault turns into DISASTER
A truckload of Ukrainians drive up in 4 American Oshkosh M-ATV east of Urozhaynoye
The same routes are used every day, Russians see the convoy long before it gets close. Artillery is coming down. One vehicle is blown up by a mine and everything goes south. The second one is swarmed by drones - meanwhile the horde of survivors keeps growing. A third one is wrecked out of the frame and by the end there’s a crowd running back - all in under 3 minutes
Every day rinse repeat
Ukrainian infantry group doesn’t make it after being discovered by a Russian ATGM crew
“I like the structural path we're on here, as long as we help Ukraine with the weapons they need and the economic support they will fight to the last person.”
— Lindsey Graham
