Who is this entire armada going to fight with?
In support of Israel's upcoming ground operation in the Gaza Strip, the Americans deployed the 354th Squadron with A-10C Thunderbolt IIs to Jordan (Muwaffaq Salti/Al-Azraq Air Base).
The British sent the 494th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron there with F-15Es.
And two B-1B Lancer strategic bombers from the Ninth Expeditionary Bombardment Squadron from Dyess Air Force Base (Texas) were transferred to England at Fairford Air Force Base.
https://t.me/zimovskyAL/27415


#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Kurakhove
🕰 Date: ~15.10.2023
📌 Coordinates: 47.990816, 37.290462
📝 Description: The Russians destroyed the Ukrainian Armed Forces' ammunition depot in Kurakhove.
🖥 id: 15102023.1604
✉️source: https://t.me/chvkmedia/84681


#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #ChasivYar
🕰 Date: ~15.10.2023
📌 Coordinates: 48.595462, 37.885992
📝 Description: Russian FPV drones destroyed five units of Ukrainian Armed Forces equipment on the outskirts of Chasiv Yar.
🖥 id: 15102023.1611
✉️source: https://t.me/sudoplatov_official/640


#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Kopani
🕰 Date: ~15.10.2023
📌 Coordinates: 47.497000, 35.770500
📝 Description: The Russians using TOS1a attack the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Kopani.
🖥 id: 15102023.1612
✉️source:https://t.me/rusich_army/11341


#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Vasiukivka
🕰 Date: ~15.10.2023
📌 Coordinates: 48.7412240, 38.0103142
📝 Description: The Russian military destroyed the Ukrainian Armed Forces' ammunition depot in Vasiukivka.
🖥 id: 15102023.1631
✉️source: https://t.me/verumreactor/6646


#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Avdiivka
🕰 Date: ~15.10.2023
📌 Coordinates: 48.1060816, 37.7751657
📝 Description: Russian FPV drones destroy a large number of Ukrainian Armed Forces positions in Avdiivka.
🖥 id: 15102023.1634
✉️source: https://t.me/sudoplatov_official/641


Hezbollah fired at surveillance cameras on the Lebanese-Israeli border in the Metula area.
This will make it easier to transport the DRG into Israeli territory.
@Slavyangrad
The US administration plans to request funds from Congress to supply arms to Israel and Ukraine, National Security Advisor to the American President Jake Sullivan said on Sunday.
"The amount being asked will be substantially higher than that," Sullivan said on CBS when asked if it was true that the amount being sought would be $2 billion.
@Slavyangrad
FPV drone hit Ukrainian T-72AMT
@Slavyangrad
Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv is under missile attack.
@Slavyangrad
The operator of one of the remote-controlled machine guns fires on Hamas. The footage is from October 7th.
@Slavyangrad
The number of Palestinians killed as a result of the Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip exceeded 2.6 thousand people
This was reported by the Palestinian Ministry of Health in the region.
The Israeli TV channel i24 News reports about 1.4 thousand Israelis died during the escalation of the conflict.
@Slavyangrad
Death of a Hero: A Russian fighter blew himself up during the enemy’s storming of the dugout and took the Nazi “Azov” with him
Enemy resources write about the circumstances in the video:
“Militants from the 3rd Assault (UAF brigade - former Azov ) demanded that the Russian soldier come out of the trench and surrender. But when one of ours went down inside, the Russian blew himself up, killing our soldier too,” says the caption to the video.
@Slavyangrad
Andrei Medvedev writes (https://t.me/MedvedevVesti/15561)
With the IDF operation in the Gaza Strip, things seem to be quite complicated. If Hamas prepared for the defense in the same way as for an attack on Israel, then the Israeli military may face serious problems.
And it’s not even about the Palestinian militants, but about the mood of the Israeli army. From the outside - I may be wrong - everything looks like the IDF command still believes that Palestinian militants are very mediocre opponents, unable to inflict serious damage given Israel's air superiority.
The concentration of equipment along Gaza is reminiscent of preparing for a parade. Howitzers, heavily armored vehicles, armored personnel carriers, and tanks lined up in neat rows make an excellent target. Both near Gaza and along the Lebanese border. And it is obvious that if Hamas had artillery and drones, and Hezbollah had the desire (it has artillery and drones if anything), the Israeli army would have suffered serious losses. Well, actually, in the military channels of both Russia and Ukraine, these parade formations have already been discussed in detail.
The main question is what Hamas has prepared for urban battles. However, it is already obvious that airstrikes do not greatly affect the combat effectiveness of the Palestinians, and the level of hatred among the civilian population of Gaza is increasing day by day.
@Slavyangrad
❗️At the Rabotino-Verbovoye line, the Armed Forces of Ukraine focused on attacks towards Kopanei. They managed to penetrate the defenses of the Russian Armed Forces on the approaches to the village, and artillery is currently actively operating in the area.
The Russian Armed Forces are counterattacking near Novoprokopovka and Verbovoy. It was possible to occupy several forest plantations. The fighting continues.
In general, today the Armed Forces of Ukraine are striving to fulfill the task of expanding the “ Rabotinsky salient ” and improving their positions within the autumn-winter period
@rabotyno
@Slavyangrad
Hezbollah announced the destruction of two Israeli Merkava tanks using ATGMs
@Slavyangrad
The Armed Forces of Ukraine faced the “Bakhmut problem” near the village of Rabotino:
In the last four weeks, the infantry of the 116th, 117th, and 118th mechanized brigades, used in “meat assaults” for the sake of saving the 47th Mechanized Infantry Brigade “Magura” and the 82nd Airborne Assault Brigade, began to die en masse while trying to bypass the main minefields, prepared even before the start of the war. active phase of the Ukrainian offensive.
At first, the scale of the explosions was large, but not critical, but the situation is rapidly deteriorating.
The problem began to manifest itself in full force after the start of repeated mining of the territories, an attempt to “grope” for a safe passage without involving sappers, who are often nowhere to be found in positions, leads to the fact that anti-tank ditches are increasingly chosen as shelters.
In some cases, these structures are left intentionally, since the tactics of flexible defense of the Russian Armed Forces in this area allow you to choose which areas included in the killing zones to launch the Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry, which can later be destroyed by artillery.
In the last three weeks, 152-mm howitzers have been used less and less for such tasks: due to the widespread use of remote mining systems "Agriculture", as well as the regular work of sappers and Russian special forces, anti-tank ditches are full of many anti-personnel mines.
Armed Forces platoons caught in such positions are almost guaranteed to die, unable to get out or receive the minimum necessary medical care.
Even in the case of indirect contact with a mine, a moderate injury quickly becomes severe due to the lack of equipment for evacuation, as well as due to the terrain controlled by drones and Russian artillery.
Given the relatively dry weather in Zaporozhye over the past three weeks and the general losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area, such difficulties may seem insignificant, but soon everything may change.
Starting from October 16, precipitation is expected in Zaporozhye, and all dug but uncovered trenches and abandoned anti-tank ditches will gradually fill with water. In such conditions, for the Ukrainian infantry, any injury is fraught with rapid death due to the entry of microbes into the blood.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine already experienced similar difficulties in Artyomovsk - then the filling of the trenches with water and impassable mud led to the fact that local morgues and hospitals were filled to capacity and the wounded had to be transported to neighboring Kramatorsk, Slavyansk, Konstantinovka, and Druzhkovka.
In Zaporozhye, the Ukrainian Armed Forces do not have the ability to redirect the flow of wounded, as well as to promptly and safely pull them out of the trenches after being wounded.
#source (https://t.me/milchronicles/2736)
It seems that this time Biden's security aide Sullivan cannot avoid a major scandal.
Senator Marsha Blackburn sent a letter to the head of the United States demanding the dismissal of National Security Assistant Jake Sullivan. Blackburn believes Sullivan misled Biden about Hamas' plans to attack Israel.
“Sullivan regularly misleads the entire government about the state of security threats around the world. Just eight days before Hamas launched its barbaric surprise attack on Israel, he declared that “the Middle East is calmer today than it has been in two decades,” Blackburn said in the letter.
In the video, Assistant to the US President for National Security Sullivan is trying to explain his words a few days before the Hamas attack that “the Middle East is calmer than ever”
https://t.me/ramzayiegokomanda/5173
Russian FPV drone destroying a unmanned boat near Sevastopol
https://twitter.com/Cyberspec1/status/1713347824379978177
Rabotino
BOBRermination EW station Nyet!
Coordinates 47.481000, 35.809700
https://twitter.com/DrazaM33/status/1713318653616132582
Rybar Summary for October 15, 2023
▪️The main change at the front was the transition of the Russian Armed Forces to large-scale offensive actions. Among the officials, for some reason, only Russia’s permanent representative to the UN, Nebenzya, voiced this, which, on the other hand, will not give information reasons to the enemy if our offensive stalls.
▪️The main visible blow were actions in the Avdeevsky direction. The Russian Armed Forces began to crack open the most serious fortified area, which had been filled with concrete for years, with large-scale artillery attacks, and aviation quickly suppressed enemy firepower from the air. Assault units attack the enemy from all sides, while at the same time the task of forming a cauldron is traced. It is already being reported that all roads to Avdeevka are under the fire control of the Russian Armed Forces. However, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are transferring entire military units to the direction from other sectors of the front. The most difficult and bloody battles are taking place, and it is impossible to say that the Russian Army is doing everything as smoothly as on paper. The enemy, like us, had learned a lot over the months of fighting.
▪️At the same time, the Russian Armed Forces became more active in the Svatovo-Kremennaya direction, in the area of Makeyevka (LPR) and the Torsky ledge. The newly formed 25th OA Central Military District was brought into battle; the advance was up to several kilometers.
▪️The Kupyansk section of the front also began to move: the enemy is being pushed out of its positions at Liman Pervoy and Sinkovka, Kupyansk itself has been turned into a fortified area, which is constantly being subjected to serious attacks by aviation and artillery.
▪️The Zaporozhye front continues to rumble: the enemy is constantly trying to break through on the Rabotino-Novoprokopovka-Verbovoe line. Rabotino, by the way, is still in the gray zone; the Ukrainian Armed Forces failed to gain a foothold in the settlement. with great forces. But it is impossible to say that the enemy is weak. Yes, his much-hyped “counter-offensive” failed, but he still has enough strength. An example of this is the daring actions of his helicopter groups, which were twice documented in the Rabotinsky direction. Although the respected speakers have more than once “completely destroyed” all enemy aircraft.
▪️The Kherson direction is characterized by the enemy’s preparation for crossing the Dnieper, no matter how suicidal it may sound. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are counting on a huge number of watercraft and a lightning-fast landing force, which should completely capture the islands within a few hours, after which quickly deployable pontoon crossings will be put into operation. The latter, by the way, the enemy has been skillfully directing for months and immediately removing them across the river. Ingulets, incl. for the passage of columns with wounded from the Zaporozhye Front. Enemy forces are accumulating on its bank of the Dnieper, despite heavy artillery attacks and aerial bombs.
▪️In a number of areas, significant reserves of the Russian Armed Forces have not been brought into battle. Entire new divisions are still in the rear echelons, gradually learning the difference between training at the training ground and real arrivals from the enemy. Even if in many respects (not completely, by no means) they are formed from those personnel that were not a pity to give up, but we know the facts of the appointment of senior officers with extensive combat experience to combat leadership positions. In addition, the new units are more than half equipped with the latest technology like T-90.
▪️Along the entire front, the Russian Armed Forces are forced to maintain large formations to counter the enemy’s sabotage and terrorist activity: from Crimea to Bryansk, the border is being strengthened by troops and regional defense groups, which are already showing their effectiveness.
Battles for Belogorovka: 7th Brigade destroys the enemy in ruins
Artillerymen of the 7th brigade are working against the enemy on the Belogorovsky sector of the front.
The crews of the “Southern” group, in cooperation with UAV operators, destroy enemy firing points and positions with accurate fire.
@Slavyangrad
Map of military operations and the situation on the fronts in the evening of October 15
Footage appeared (https://t.me/readovkanews/67822) on the network showing the AFU trying to capture a Russian soldier, but our fighter refused to surrender and blew himself up with a grenade, taking one of the enemy's soldiers with him.
The situation on the fronts over the past day:
Svatovo-Kremennaya direction
At the Kupyansk site, the Russian army knocked out the AFU from a number of positions near the Liman Pervy. Our troops have also advanced in the area of Orlyanka and Stepnaya Novoselka.
Bakhmut (Artemov) direction
Heavy fighting continues south of Bakhmut (Artemovsk). In Kleshcheyevka and Andreevka there are counter battles in the area of the railway. The AFU is also attacking our positions in Kurdyumovka, but without success.
Donetsk direction
To the north of Avdeevka, the Russian army advanced in the area of a landfill located in the gray zone. In the southwest, our troops successfully attacked near Severnoye. On the Maryinka site, Russian soldiers are advancing at Novomikhailovka and Sladkoye.
Zaporozhye direction
At the Orekhov site, the AFU is again trying to break through the defense of the Russian army in the Kopany area. At Verbovoye, our guys counterattack, responding to AFU's attempts to storm. On the Vremyevsky ledge, our fighters stopped another attempt by the enemy to advance at Staromayorsky.
In Donetsk, a ten-year-old child discovered an American cluster munition and, deciding that the find was not dangerous, began to play with it. As a result, the shell detonated and the boy's arm was torn off. The father of the child told the military commander of Readovka Maxim Dolgov that he found the baby with severe bleeding and called an ambulance. But the doctors could not save him — the boy died on the operating table.
#source (https://t.me/readovkanews/67830)
NBC channel reported that the Rafah checkpoint will open tomorrow at 9 a.m. for foreign nationals to depart, and humanitarian aid will commence arriving at the same time.
#source (https://t.me/infantmilitario/110024)
The night began with arrivals on Dnepropetrovsk, Zaporozhye and Kirovograd.
While Geraniums were opening the way towards Nikolaev region, Mirgorod aeroport was hit at least twice.
And the night is still young.
@Slavyangrad
Russian troops have initiated a sustained offensive, effectively "encircling" the Ukrainian armed forces, as reported (https://www.economist.com/europe/2023/10/14/now-russia-is-fighting-to-gain-territory-in-the-east-of-ukraine) by The Economist.
After months of a slow Ukrainian counter-offensive, Russian troops commenced their own counter-offensive on October 9th, with a focus on the Avdeevka region. According to the influential British publication, this marks one of Russia's most significant offensives since the previous spring. Its objective is to trap the Ukrainian Armed Forces in a dire situation, and whether or not Avdeevka becomes part of the Russian Federation will have adverse repercussions for Ukrainians.
In the event that Ukraine needs to fortify the Avdeevka front, it will necessitate relocating some of the forces currently engaged in the south of Orekhovo. This, in turn, will further diminish the prospects of achieving a breakthrough.
@Slavyangrad
The Gaza Strip is now being hit with the heaviest strikes since the start of the conflict
#source (https://t.me/infantmilitario/110035)
The Israeli army has entered Beit Jala, and the IDF has initiated the most substantial airstrikes on the Gaza Strip since the commencement of the war in preparation for a ground operation.
Reports from Palestinian sources describe terrible explosions in various parts of the enclave, resulting in destroyed homes and people trapped beneath rubble.
The IDF is continuing to move military equipment toward Gaza while mobilizing its forces in readiness for a ground operation.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged Israel to permit the entry of humanitarian supplies into the Gaza Strip and for Hamas to release all hostages.
The Israeli army claims to have struck 250 targets in Gaza within a day and eliminated a commander from Hamas' southern Homeland Security district.
As per the Israeli TV channel i24 News, more than 600,000 Palestinians have evacuated from the northern Gaza Strip towards the south.
#source (https://t.me/RVvoenkor/55011?single)
@Slavyangrad
The Iraqi parliament has called for the activation and expansion of the Arab defence treaty (https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/iraqi-parliament-calls-for-activation-of-arab-defense-treaty-against-israel/ar-AA1ieVEc) against Israel
The Arab Defence Treaty was signed back in 1950, uniting several Arab countries with the common goal of promoting collective defence in the event of aggression against any member state.
They have called for an emergency session of the Arab League—a conglomerate of nations from North Africa, West Asia, and parts of East Africa. This session would be focused on condemning Israeli aggression and discussing potential responses.
@Slavyangrad
More than 20 airstrikes have just been carried out in the center of Gaza City, targeting roads and supply lines.
(https://t.me/svezhesti/90946)
Now, apparently, a massive raid of Geraniums has begun . The strike is expected both in Dnepropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhya and Kharkiv oblasts and, for example, in Kiev and Kiev oblast
TECH in Starokonstantinov.
-The building itself was destroyed by a hit from our Caliber at the beginning of the Northern Military District.
—At the same time, we can observe work on the restoration of aircraft equipment on the site in front of the remains of the building.
-Let me remind you that the Su-24M is the most formidable aircraft in the country 404 today, because it can carry Storm and Scalp missiles.
-The Ukrainian Air Force has about 10-12 live such aircraft at its disposal, and about 100 more in storage.
Active work continues on enemy airfields.
(https://t.me/ZOV_Voevoda/1641)During the night, Mirgorod, Dnieper, and Kirovograd were hit.
According to sources on the ground, both the runways themselves and the aircraft in storage are being broken up.
Everything that could fly, as always, is taken out of attack during launch.
(https://t.me/warhistoryalconafter/127145)
Ukrainian channels are still reporting Geraniums in flight over Ukraine.
threat on Geraniums 👉 Dnepropetrovsk, Kherson, Vinnitsa, Khmelnitsky, Zhytomyr oblasts
threat on Geraniums 👉 Vinnytsia, Kirovograd, Khmelnytskyi, Zhytomyr, Poltava oblasts
Also Ukrainian Air Force announces:
A missile in the direction of Myrhorod! Find Shelter now!
@Slavyangrad
Arrivals at Ozernoye airfield in Zhytomyr Oblast. Geraniums also fly to Kirovograd, Khmelnitsky oblasts and again to Mirgorod in Poltava oblast
The attack is on Starokonstantinov in Khmelnitsky region.
All attacks for today - only airfields (https://t.me/warhistoryalconafter/127147).
:UPDATE - An explosion went off for the second time overnight in Mirgorod in the Poltava region of Ukraine. This was reported by local media.
#video
(https://t.me/Ugolok_Sitha/16686)
Images of the destruction of an AFU ammunition depot.
@Slavyangrad
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is banking all he has on a single bet: that the U.S. will go the full nine yards in his madcap idea of a regional war between Israel and Iran’s proxies in the region.
For Netanyahu, this was always the plan from the very beginning. But it will take a series of stepping stones to get to this objective. First off is that he has to convince the Biden administration to join the IDF in its war within the Gaza Strip. And even that’s not going to be easy.
The temptation by Netanyahu to arrange a false flag attack on the Americans is too great (https://telegra.ph/Biden-Move-to-Send-Warships-to-Gaza-Coast-More-Dangerous-Than-We-Thought-10-13) if and when he sees the conflict not going his way 💢
💬 Read more by Martin Jay (https://strategic-culture.su/news/2023/10/13/biden-move-send-warships-to-gaza-coast-more-dangerous-than-we-thought/)


#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Kherson
🕰 Date: ~15.10.2023
📌 Coordinates: 46.6893469, 32.6598976
📝 Description: The Russian FAB inflicted heavy damage on the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the outskirts of Kherson.
🖥 id: 16102023.0653
✉️source: https://t.me/Dnepro_Rub/1379


#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Mykilske
🕰 Date: ~15.10.2023
📌 Coordinates: 46.7071643, 32.8413890
📝 Description: The Russian FAB destroyed the Ukrainian Armed Forces' ammunition depot near Mykilske.
🖥 id: 16102023.0654
✉️source: https://t.me/c/1683923516/4724


#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Malynivka
🕰 Date: ~15.10.2023
📌 Coordinates: 47.686371, 36.473590
📝 Description: Russian LMUR successfully attacked a temporary deployment point of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Malynivka.
🖥 id: 16102023.0656
✉️source: https://t.me/voin_dv/5483


#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Pervomaiske
🕰 Date: ~15.10.2023
📌 Coordinates: 48.0951398, 37.5983738
📝 Description: Russian artillery destroyed a Ukrainian Armed Forces mortar in Pervomaiske.
🖥 id: 16102023.0657
✉️source: https://t.me/voenacher/54451


#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Kopani
🕰 Date: ~15.10.2023
📌 Coordinates: 47.49595, 35.76889
📝 Description: A Russian drone destroyed a T-72 tank of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Kopani.
🖥 id: 16102023.0917
✉️source: https://t.me/BOBRMORF/316


#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Kopani
🕰 Date: ~15.10.2023
📌 Coordinates: 47.4906307, 35.7565673
📝 Description: Another FPV drone strike in Kopani. The Ukrainian Armed Forces BMP was destroyed.
🖥 id: 16102023.0919
✉️source: https://t.me/BOBRMORF/318
The US Navy's aircraft carrier strike group, led by the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (https://t.me/OstashkoNews/100759), is taking cover from possible Hezbollah strikes near Cyprus
The group could come under fire from Hezbollah anti-ship missiles in the Eastern Mediterranean.
It is known from open sources that Hezbollah has in service Iranian-made Nur (better known as S-802) and Russian Yakhont (The P-800 Oniks, marketed in export as the Yakhont) anti-ship missiles with ranges of 120 kilometres and 300 kilometres respectively.
@Slavyangrad
One of the units of the Strela-10 anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) of Russian paratroopers near Artemivskoye (Ukrainian name - Bakhmut) has destroyed about 50 Ukrainian drones over the past month, the Russian Defence Ministry has told us.
The ministry added that to detect enemy drones, Russian paratroopers have set up a network of air surveillance points that detect enemy drones, after which they are destroyed using SAMs.
Video: Russian Defense Ministry
@Slavyangrad
U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham: Here is my message:
if Hezbollah, which is a proxy force for Iran, launches a major attack on Israel, I will consider it an existential threat to the state of Israel. I will introduce a resolution in the United States Senate that would allow the U.S. to engage in military action with Israel to knock Iran out of the oil business. Iran, if you escalate this war, we will come after you.
@Slavyangrad
A Russian Su-27 fighter jet alarmed a US Global Hawk strategic UAV over the Black Sea on Sunday, causing it to abruptly turn back on and head to a base in Sicily, as per an analysis of Flightradar24 data by RIA Novosti.
In March, a US long-range MQ-9 Reaper drone near Crimea, according to the Russian Defense Ministry, experienced "uncontrolled flight" and crashed into the water due to abrupt maneuvers when approached by a Russian fighter jet.
Following this incident, the Pentagon initially suspended Global Hawk flights over the Black Sea for an extended period and then adjusted their flight path away from Crimea.
#source (https://t.me/rian_ru/218449)
Zaporozhye Direction Situation at 13:00 Moscow time
At this moment, an intense counter-battle is taking place in the vicinity of Verbovoye and Kopani. Our forces are attempting to regain lost positions, while the enemy persists in their efforts to advance deep into our defenses.
Artillery is actively engaged, and the enemy is employing cluster munitions. Our aviation is conducting airstrikes using FAB-500s against enemy concentrations, and army aviation is destroying armored vehicles in the rear with "Vihr" guided missiles.
There have been no significant territorial changes.
#source (https://t.me/rezervsvo/33470)
Avdeevka Direction:
On the northern flank, we have some positive news. Today, our troops successfully breached several enemy fortifications and advanced by a kilometer. However, there are some Telegram channels spreading misinformation, claiming that our offensive has failed. I urge you to disregard such false reports!
Our troops continue to make progress. There is a carefully planned operation to encircle the Avdeevka group of enemy forces. This is a complex task and will not be completed in just a few days. Our soldiers are steadily advancing and capturing enemy fortifications while also repelling enemy counterattacks.
The work is still in progress!
#source (https://t.me/rezervsvo/33474)




An extensively reconstructed bridge in Mariupol, near Azovstal, which had been destroyed during the city's battles.
Mariupol❤️❤️❤️
@Slavyangrad
Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation (16 October 2023)
Part I (see Part II (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/10322))
▫️ In Kupyansk direction (https://t.me/mod_russia/31524), units of the Zapad Group of Forces supported by aviation, artillery, and heavy flamethrower systems repelled 10 attacks of assault detachments of the AFU 68th Jaeger, 32nd, 44th and 115th mechanised brigades near Sinkovka, Ivanovka, Novoyegorovka, (Kharkov region), and Makeyevka (Lugansk People's Republic).
In addition, Russian forces delivered strikes on manpower and hardware of AFU 112th territorial defence, 14th mechanised, 95th air assault brigades near Petropavlovka, Kupyansk, and Petrovskoye (Kharkov region).
Up to 85 servicemen, two tanks, two armoured fighting vehicles, one D-20 gun, and two 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery systems have been eliminated in this direction during the day.
▫️ In Krasny Liman direction (https://t.me/mod_russia/31525), two attacks launched by assault detachments of the 67th Mechanised Brigade and the 12th Special Forces Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces close to Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic) and Serebryansky forestry were repelled by coordinated efforts of the Tsentr Group of Forces, helicopter strikes, and artillery fire.
In addition, AFU manpower and hardware have been hit close to Torskoye, Serebryanka, and Grigorovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 65 servicemen, two armoured fighting vehicles, one pickup truck, as well as two D-30 howitzers.
▫️ In Donetsk direction (https://t.me/mod_russia/31526), units of the Yug Group of Forces supported by aviation and artillery repelled 10 attacks of AFU assault detachments near Kleshcheyevka, Andreyevka, and Mariynka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Ground-attack aircraft launched strikes at manpower and hardware of the AFU 10th Mountain Assault Brigade, 53rd, 93rd, and 110th mechanised brigades close to Belogorovka, Kurdyumovka, Belaya Gora, and Georgiyevka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy's casualties were up to 460 servicemen killed and wounded, three tanks, two armoured fighting vehicles, and 12 motor vehicles.
In counter-battery warfare, the Russian troops hit two U.S.-made M777 artillery systems, one Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery system, two D-20 howitzers, and one Akatsiya self-propelled howitzer.
In addition, an ammunition depot of the 54th Mechanised Brigade of the AFU was destroyed near Slavyansk (Donetsk People's Republic).
▫️ In South Donetsk direction (https://t.me/mod_russia/31527), units of the Vostok Group of Forces, helicopters, and artillery inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of the AFU 58th ad 72nd mechanised, and 128th Territorial Defence brigades near Novomikhailovka, Ugledar, and Urozhaynoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
During the day, the enemy's losses in this direction have amounted to over 70 servicemen, two motor vehicles, one Giatsint-B howitzer, and one Msta-B howitzer.
Two ammunition depots have been annihilated close to Zelenyi Gai and Alekseyevka (Zaporozhye region).
Russian Defence Ministry (https://t.me/mod_russia_en)
Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation (16 October 2023)
Part II (see Part I (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/10321))
▫️ In Zaporozhye direction (https://t.me/mod_russia/31528), one AFU attack close to Verbovoye (Zaporozhye region) was repelled by actions of the Russian Group of Forces, air strikes and artillery fire.
In addition, AFU manpower and hardware have been hit close to Malaya Tokmachka and Novodanilovka (Zaporozhye region).
The enemy losses were up to 55 servicemen, two armoured fighting vehicles, and two pick-up trucks.
In counter-battery warfare, the Russian troops hit one U.S.-made M777 artillery system, one Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery system, and one Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer.
◽️ In Kherson direction (https://t.me/mod_russia/31528), up to 65 servicemen, 12 motor vehicles, one D-30 howitzer, as well as an electronic warfare radar.
Two AFU ammunition depots were wiped out close to Nikolskoye and Kherson (Kherson region).
One AFU sabotage and reconnaissance group was disabled close on Korabelka Island.
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged AFU manpower and hardware in 119 areas during the day.
One P-18 air target detection and tracking radar station was destroyed near Sergeyevka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Missile-artillery armament depots and aviation fuel storage facilities were hit close to Khmelnitsky and on the airfield of Starokonstantinov (Khmelnitsky region). One communication centre was destroyed on the Mirgorod airfield (Poltava region).
Russian air defence means have shot down two Su-25 airplanes and MiG-29 of Ukrainian Air Force near Arkhangelskoye (Kherson region), Dmitrovka and Zvonetskoye (Dnepropetrovsk region). In addition, two HIMARS MLRS projectiles have been intercepted.
Moreover, 31 unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down near Berestovoye, Belogorovka, Vasilevka, Yelenovka (Donetsk People's Republic), Kamenskoye, Mirnoye (Zaporozhye region), and Aleshki and Krynki (Kherson region).
Russian Defence Ministry (https://t.me/mod_russia_en)
🪖 The Western partners forgot to talk about the blocked gaps, as well as the flow of communication into the depths of the defense. As a result, our opponents run single file after each other along a narrow passage.
The result is on video, but in general I could have remained alive, but I chose the wrong side...
Archangel of Special Forces.
#Source (https://t.me/rusich_army/11364)
The Saudi prince, Mohammed bin Salman, made Blinken wait all night for the meeting.
It was originally scheduled for the evening (Saturday), but the prince didn't show up until the next morning, as reported (https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/10/15/blinken-saudi-egypt-israel-gaza) by The Washington Post.
@Slavyangrad
Highlights of Russian Military Operation in Ukraine on October 13-15
▪️Enemy underwater drones attacked the patrol ship "Pavel Derzhavin" near Sevastopol Bay.
As a result of the incident, the ship received minor damage, and the tugboat that was coming towards it also suffered.
▪️Ukrainian units tried to attack the international airport in Sochi with six drones.
Russian anti-aircraft units intercepted all vehicles over the Black Sea, preventing damage and casualties.
▪️In Svatove sector of the front, Russian units continue to advance in the direction of Makiivka.
Despite the reserves redeployment to the front line, Ukrainian units fail to seize the initiative in the sector.
▪️In Donetsk direction, active fighting continues near the Avdiivka fortified area.
Despite the abandonment of part of the slagheap, Russian troops managed to establish fire control over the AFU group supply routes in the city.
▪️Ukrainian units continue to shell Donetsk agglomeration, including using cluster munitions.
Residential buildings and civilian infrastructure were damaged. Three people were killed and eight wounded.
▪️In Vremivka sector, AFU units made several attempts to attack near Staromaiors'ke.
Russian troops repelled all attacks, forcing the enemy to retreat to their original positions with losses.
▪️In Orikhiv sector, Russian assault groups advanced in forest lines at the Robotyne - Verbove line.
To the west, small arms and artillery fire suppressed the AFU's attempt to expand the control zone in the direction of Kopani.
#digest #Russia #Ukraine #video
🔴 Gaza Strip before and after...
@Slavyangrad
⚡️ Avdeevka direction 16.10 18:00
Our Air Forces continue to hit enemy rear positions using various types of ammunition.
In particular, UFABs and air-to-ground missiles are used.
The enemy today is trying to actively snap back and throw troops at our various positions.
AGS-17 copes well with such heroes.
Front bird.
#Source (https://t.me/frontbird/4040)
South Donetsk Direction, Ugledar Sector
Our army launched an active offensive against the enemy positions in the Zolotaya Niva and Prechstovka areas.
With the support of army aviation and heavy artillery, we successfully seized several enemy strongholds and fortifications.
#source (https://t.me/rezervsvo/33524)
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Russia-Ukraine Reports - 2023-10-17
Hamas has released the first clip showing one of the 200 or more Israeli hostages The short video (shown below) shows a young woman, 21-year-old Mia Schem, being treated after she was wounded in her arm, and later speaking to the camera.
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