US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced the imminent delivery of M1A1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine. Possibly the same as in the photo taken in Germany in 1986


The German Bundestag spoke in favor of sending Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine.
“In the near future, Taurus missiles will be reprogrammed and ready for delivery to Ukraine. The decision on deliveries will be made at a meeting between Biden, Scholz and Zelensky. This was discussed yesterday on a talk show in Berlin. Sarah Wagenknecht was categorically against it, while the rest participants spoke in favor of supplying missiles to Ukraine"
https://t.me/dr_alex_sosnowski/23725
"The United States has no chance of winning a proxy war in Ukraine against Russia", former US Marine Brian Berletic is convinced.
In an interview with journalist Danny Haiphong, he said that Western countries cannot conduct large-scale and protracted battles due to the lack of a trained and well-equipped regular army, as well as problems with weapons.
“In the short or even medium term, the collective West will not be able to produce enough artillery shells for Ukraine,” @ino_tv quotes him as saying.
This applies to the production of missiles, tanks and ammunition, Berletik added, noting that Russia does not have such problems with the military-industrial complex, despite the sanctions. The only option for the United States is to “try to trip it up,” distract or provoke it, but the Russian Federation will not fall for this, he believes.
t.me/rt_russian/172388
The only option for the United States is to leave Ukraine.
The tragedy in temporarily occupied Ukraine, Konstantinovka, which killed 17 people, occurred due to an abnormal launch of a Ukrainian 9M38 anti-aircraft missile from the Buk air defense system of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Experts and analysts at The New York Time came to this conclusion.
Or maybe these scum launched the missile on purpose; for Bandera’s followers, all residents of Donbass have always been strangers.
https://t.me/breege_time_20zz/25755
Exactly on the day of Zelensky’s arrival in the States, pro-Trump resources exploded with a message: the famous blogger and TV presenter Jack Posobiec is included in the Ukrainian “Peacemaker” list for destruction! There he is called an “anti-Ukrainian propagandist,” a “provocateur,” a “pro-Russian activist,” and “the king of fake news.” Wow!
In response to the threat, Posobiec said "After the collapse of his counteroffensive, Zelensky's biggest threat isn't me, it's his own intelligence services. Hope you don't get put on the CIA's Early Retirement Plan, Volod. Drop the receipts on the Bidens and we'll find you a nice McMansion in Sarasota."
https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1703966787270848661?t=qpfgUnBpsPf6vUa0AEf0bw&s=19
Abrams tanks will soon be delivered to Ukraine.
Pentagon chief Austin
https://t.me/SolovievLive/210003
Usually, the United States announces arms supplies to Ukraine when these deliveries have already begun. A war with Russia in Ukraine is America's choice. I very much doubt that this is the choice of the Americans.
Highlights of Russian Military Operation in Ukraine on September 18
▪️Russian forces continue to launch regular strikes on rear military targets in Ukraine.
In the Khmelnytskyi region, targets in the vicinity of Starokostyantyniv, where a major Ukrainian military airfield is located, were hit.
▪️Strikes on port infrastructure along the Danube River in the Odesa region continue.
Several kamikaze drones of the Geryan type targeted multiple dual-purpose objects in the city of Kiliya.
▪️Units of the Ukrainian Special Operations Forces (SSO) and the Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) attempted another landing operation at Cape Tarkhankut in Crimea.
An airstrike was carried out against a group of boats, resulting in the destruction of two watercraft, while the remaining units chose to retreat.
▪️Simultaneously, the adversary attempted to divert attention from the landing operation with another drone attack on the peninsula.
In total, five AFU UAVs were neutralized by air defense and electronic warfare means in the airspace over Crimea.
▪️Intense fighting continues to the south of Bakhmut on the Klishchiivka-Andriivka line.
Russian artillery consistently fires on Ukrainian units attempting to establish positions in the destroyed settlements.
▪️The AFU launched another attack on Russian positions in the southern outskirts of Staromaiorske on the Vremivka Salient.
As before, frontline fighters repelled this attempt, forcing Ukrainian units to retreat to their original positions.
▪️Fierce fighting on the front line continues in the area between Verbiv and Rabotyno on the Orikhiv sector.
The AFU persist in their unsuccessful attempts to break through Russian defenses and advance towards the key heights near Kryva Balka.
#digest #Russia #Ukraine #video
‼️💥Powerful strikes were carried out on enemy targets in the center of Kharkov
Authorities report flights to unnamed targets in the city center.
Information also appeared about the destruction of an object in the Kholodnogorsk region.
Videos of missile launches in Kharkov are published by Russian resources.
#source (https://t.me/RVvoenkor/53289?single)
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Massive raid of kamikaze drones across Ukraine. Odessa, Nikolaev, Poltava, Kirovograd, Dnepropetrovsk and other regions are under threat.
According to preliminary data, more than 40 UAVs are participating in the raid.
For the third day in a row, kamikaze UAVs and missiles are flying across Ukraine.
Targets: storage hangars with aircraft equipment, airfields, port infrastructure, agricultural/grain infrastructure, warehouses.
#source (https://t.me/legitimniy/16277)
‼️🏴☠ Massacre at Kremennaya: “ The amount of irretrievably lost enemy manpower and equipment in the Kremenskaya direction has long exceeded all imaginable boundaries ,” Kadyrov
The footage shows that the forestry area is clearly visible from the air and, accordingly, delivering precise strikes is also not difficult for experienced UAV operators. This is how our guys work,” added the head of the Chechen Republic.
#source (https://t.me/RVvoenkor/53293)
⚡️ A group of UAVs "Geran" is heading to the Khmelnitsky region through the Vinnytsia region
#source (https://t.me/ukraina_ru/169633)
💥Explosions in the Khmelnitsky region. Presumably the drones are hitting the Starokonstantinov airfield, which was hit by a missile strike yesterday.
#source (https://t.me/svorezevv/11946)
⚡️ Ukrainian TG channels write about explosions in the Odessa region
Air defense operations are reported.
#source (https://t.me/ukraina_ru/169630)
💥Explosions near the city of Ochakov, Nikolaev region. Kamikaze drone raid.
💥A new series of missile strikes on targets in the Kharkov region.
#source (https://t.me/voenacher/52301)
A series of explosions occurred in Kharkov and the region, Ukrainian media reported
#source:
https://t.me/izvestia/143079
⚡️ Explosions are also reported in Reni
#source (https://t.me/ukraina_ru/169632)
⚡️ Ukrainian TG channels report powerful explosions in Krivoy Rog
⚡️ Ukrainian TG channels report about a group of UAVs "Geranium" flying to the Lvov region through the Ternopol region
#source (https://t.me/ukraina_ru/169637)
The moment of the explosion in Krivoy Rog - the sounds of arrivals were recorded by a video surveillance camera
Eyewitnesses reported that explosions were heard in different parts of the city. Local authorities confirmed the information about the arrivals.
#source (https://t.me/readovkanews/66214)
In Lvov, an AFU warehouse was hit at night. The powerful fire was not extinguished until the morning.
There were also strikes on military targets in the Slavyansk-Kramatorsk agglomeration, the Kharkov Armoured Armoured Plant and maritime infrastructure in Odessa Region.
#source (https://t.me/HersonVestnik/20839?single)
The Russian Armed Forces have pushed back the initial positions of the AFU in the Ugledarsk direction, and artillery destroyed enemy concentrations in areas in the forest belt.
This was reported by Denis Pushilin, the acting head of the DPR, on air of the Rossiya-24 TV channel.
He also stated that Klescheevka and Andreevka currently became a grey zone. The AFU is trying to gain a foothold there, but they are not succeeding.
#source (https://t.me/VESTIDONETSK/6)
Zaporozhye direction. Verbovoye / Rabotino. 10:10 (Moscow time) 19.09.23
The situation is challenging but under control. We managed to repel two waves of attacks by enemy armored vehicles.
Those who avoided being engulfed in flames and sought refuge in the forest belt are now under Grad action and artillery fire.
#source (https://t.me/frontbird/3506)
Footage of a night attack by "Geranium" near the port of Reni, Odessa Region
Ukrainian militants traditionally went on the hunt for drones, trying to shoot them down with small arms. But the "Geraniums" proved to be more nimble and reached the target (it can be seen at the end of the video).
At night it was reported (https://t.me/OstashkoNews/95993) that two Russian UAVs had broken through in Reni, neither of which were shot down by the Ukrainian air defence forces.
#source (https://t.me/OstashkoNews/96047)
Situation in the South Donetsk direction
▪️ In the Vremyevsky section, the enemy has completed the withdrawal of units from the north-western outskirts of Novomayorskoye; our artillery has added some excitement to this process. Otherwise, the Novomayorskoye-Novodonetskoye section remains calm. If the Ukrainian armed forces plan to attempt another breakthrough in this direction, we should anticipate increased shelling from their side, as it has been practically absent for the past two days. This is indirectly supported by the arrival of enemy reserves in the western districts of the Donetsk region. They could deploy these reserves both here and for attempts to breach the defensive line at Priyutnoye-Zavetnye Zhelaniya-Staromlynivka.
Not only the 127th Brigade but also their colleagues from the 129th Brigade have appeared near Staromayorskoye. We attribute this to an attempt to replace the 1st rifle battalion of the AFU's 1st Tank Brigade, which, in its efforts to dislodge our units from the southwestern border of the village, also suffered a loss in combat capability.
▪️ On the Ugledar section, our artillery targeted Ugledar, Vodyanoye, and Novomikhailovka, prompting the enemy to respond with cluster munition along the front lines. Routine activity.
#source (https://t.me/voin_dv/5012)


It has been reported by some sources that three Storm Shadow missiles were intercepted over Melitopol, and another of the same type was intercepted over the Genichesky district.
The target was the Crimean Bridge, which is now obscured by a smoke screen. We've seen this before – the smoke screen is a standard procedure in such an attack, so everything is likely normal.
#source (https://t.me/warhistoryalconafter/122168?single)
Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation (19 September 2023)
▫️ In the Donetsk direction (https://t.me/mod_russia/30615), units of the Yug Group of Forces, in close co-operation with aviation and artillery, repelled 2 attacks by AFU assault groups near Mayorsk and Kamenka (DPR).
The enemy's casualties were more than 225 servicemen killed or injured, 2 AFVs, and 3 motor vehicles.
In counter-battery warfare, the Russian troops hit a Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery system, 2 U.S.-made M777 artillery systems, and 1 Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer.
▫️ In Zaporozhye direction (https://t.me/mod_russia/30616), units of the Russian Group of Forces supported by helicopters, artillery, and heavy flamethrower systems repelled an attack by the AFU 71st Jaeger Brigade close to Verbovoye (Zaporozhye).
Clusters of AFU manpower and hardware were engaged close to Charivnoye, Belogorye, and Novodanilovka (Zaporozhye).
Over 175 servicemen, 2 AFVs, and 2 motor vehicles have been eliminated in this direction during the day.
In counter-battery warfare, the Russian troops hit 2 Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery systems, 1 U.S.-made M777 artillery system, 1 Akatsiya self-propelled howitzer, 2 D-30 howitzers, as well as 1 Msta-B and 1 D-20 guns.
▫️ In Krasny Liman direction (https://t.me/mod_russia/30617), well-coordinated actions of the Tsentr Group of Forces, strikes by Army Aviation and artillery fire repelled 3 attacks by assault groups of the 63rd and 67th mechanised brigades of the AFU near Torskoye (DPR) and south of Chervonaya Dibrova (LPR).
Up to 65 servicemen, 2 AFVs, 2 pick-up trucks, and 1 D-20 howitzer were neutralised.
▫️ In South Donetsk direction (https://t.me/mod_russia/30618), units of the Vostok Group of Forces repelled one AFU attack close to Staromayorskoye (DPR).
In addition, air strikes and artillery fire struck the personnel and hardware of the 110th Territorial Defence Brigade near Priyutnoye (Zaporozhye region).
Over 115 servicemen, 3 AFVs, 5 motor vehicles, and 1 Msta-B howitzer were destroyed.
▫️ In Kupyansk direction (https://t.me/mod_russia/30619), aviation and artillery of the Zapad Group of Forces inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of the AFU close to Tabayevka, Cherneshchina (Kharkov), and Stelmakhovka (LPR).
Up to 20 servicemen and 2 motor vehicles have been neutralised. In counter-battery warfare, Russian troops struck AFU's D-20 and D-30 howitzers.
◽️ In Kherson direction, (https://t.me/mod_russia/30616) up to 25 servicemen, 2 motor vehicles, and 2 U.S.-made M777 artillery systems have been eliminated during the day.
▫️ Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Group of Forces have engaged AFU manpower and hardware in 127 areas during the day.
▫️ 2 ammunition depots of the AFU's 57th Motorised Infantry and 35th Marine brigades were hit near Slavyansk and Bogatyr (DPR).
3 command posts of the 67th, 100th, and 109th Territorial Defence brigades were hit in the areas of Serebryanka, Grigorovka, and Aleksandropol (DPR).
Russian air defence facilities have shot down one Su-25 airplane of Ukrainian Air Force near Novopokrovka (Zaporozhye).
In addition, 16 HIMARS and one Uragan projectiles have been intercepted during the day.
38 UAVs were shot down near Novovodyanoye, Zolotarevka (LPR), Berestovoye, Aleksandrovka, Yevgenovka (DPR), Novomikhailovka (Zaporozhye) and Kairy (Kherson).
Russian Defence Ministry (https://t.me/mod_russia_en)


The central bridge over the Oskol was blown up in Kupyansk
Also yesterday, air strikes disabled crossings in the towns of Nevskoye and Makeyevka.
#source (https://t.me/ukrainian_guide/8987?single)
Urgent: Kupyansk direction.
In the afternoon, our army recommenced large-scale offensive operations in the vicinity of the settlements of Sinkovka and Petropavlovka.
Currently, with the backing of armored vehicles and substantial infantry forces, we are advancing. Today, we have already captured over 10 enemy strongholds, and our heavy artillery and MLRS units are actively engaged.
Enemy reports corroborate our offensive.
#source (https://t.me/rezervsvo/29139)
American officer: The West can no longer hide the truth about the losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces
The West can no longer hide the truth about the Ukrainian conflict and failed US policies, writes retired US military officer Daniel Davis in an article for Newsweek (https://inosmi.ru/20230919/konflikt-265728712.html). He notes that Kiev paid an exorbitant price for minor territorial gains.
At the same time, American intelligence knew in advance that the counteroffensive “would largely not live up to the expectations placed on it .”
@Slavyangrad
🇷🇺🔞 Heavy casualties for AFU under Kleshcheevka: Russian fighters showed losses of Ukrainian militants
Fighting on the southern flank of Artemovsk continues
@Slavyangrad
A Storm Shadow missile heading towards the Crimean Bridge was shot down
The footage was published by eyewitnesses.
No official data has yet been received.
@Slavyangrad
https://t.me/militarysummary Military Summary



🌐 Place: Spirne
🕰 Date: ~19.09.2023
📌 Coordinates:
48.816526, 38.248326
48.821920, 38.236575
📝 Description: The Russians bombed the Ukrainian positions. Satellite photographs show the dynamics of shelling of Ukrainian Armed Forces positions.
🖥 id: 19092023.0807


🌐 Place: Kizomys
🕰 Date: ~19.09.2023
📌 Coordinates:46.553101, 32.318180
📝 Description: The Russians bombed Ukrainian positions with FAB-500.
🖥 id: 19092023.0745


🌐 Place: Robotyne
🕰 Date: ~19.09.2023
📌 Coordinates: 47.432959, 35.829437
📝 Description: The Russians bombed Ukrainian forces
source: https://t.me/rusich_army/10911
🖥 id: 19092023.1035


🌐 Place: Kryvyi Rih
🕰 Date: ~19.09.2023
📌 Coordinates: 47.9021719, 33.5212766
📝 Description: The Russians destroyed Ukrainian MIG-29 with Lancet strike in 70 km from their closest positions.
🖥 id: 19092023.1826
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Lancet strike on the MiG-29 of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the Dolgintsevo airfield in the Dnepropetrovsk region.
American media drew attention to high losses in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Military Watch Magazine reported that the average life expectancy of soldiers at the front is “about four hours.”
Journalists cite a statement from former US Marine Corps officer Troy Offenbecker, who spoke about the course of the battles near Artyomovsk.
The Marine also said that “confusion reigned” in the positions of the Ukrainian troops, which led to even greater losses.
As ANNA NEWS previously reported, losses among Ukrainian Armed Forces recruits are estimated at 80-90%. According to the Russian authorities, the losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces during the offensive in the Zaporozhye direction alone are estimated at 70 thousand people. https://t.me/vicktop55/17137
Svatovo direction. Good! More people saved …
“Help me” — Screams the scared man who does not want to die for Zelensky -> Your taxes pay the salaries of these military “recruiters” and this poor soul will be forced into a western armored car.