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August 23, 2023

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Indeed, how is it possible that there is a war in the Middle East without the USA? The United States also wants to take part in this war:

A group of senators in the US House of Representatives is developing a bill that would allow US President Joe Biden to use force against various Middle Eastern groups, including the Hezbollah movement, said the head of the US House Foreign Policy Committee Michael McCall.

https://t.me/bbbreaking/167753

ATACMS supplies to Ukraine cause harm and create an additional threat, but the Russian Federation will be able to repel such attacks - Putin

In Ukraine they are thinking about the negotiation process, this is a transformation in the right direction, I will praise you for this, but this is not enough - Putin

We talked with Xi Jinping face to face over a cup of tea, discussing confidential issues - Putin

@belarusian_silovik

Strikes from American long-range missiles harm Russia, but that’s not scary. In Ukraine they are thinking about negotiations to stop the Russian SMO, this is good. I hope the tea was delicious.

Is this an asymmetrical response from Russia to attacks on its territory by American ATACMS missiles?

Putin: “The Russian Aerospace Forces are starting constant patrols over the Black Sea by aircraft with the Kinzhal complexes - to “control with weapons what is happening in the Mediterranean Sea”

https://t.me/EvPanina/11455

The war had not yet begun. Both sides known to you pretend that there is no war between them. This will happen before the first nuclear strike.

Statements by Vladimir Putin at a press conference in China:

ATACMS deliveries to Ukraine are harmful and create an additional threat, but the Russian Federation will be able to repel such attacks;

Putin on the new actions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson direction: there are no results, but there are losses;

Putin: The Russian Aerospace Forces are beginning to patrol the airspace over the Black Sea on a permanent basis, the aircraft are equipped with the Kinzhal system;

In Ukraine they are thinking about the negotiation process, this is a transformation in the right direction, I will praise you for this, but this is not enough;

Putin on US statements that the conflict in Ukraine was “lost by Russia”: since it is lost, let them take away the weapons.

https://t.me/ukraina_ru/173557

There has been a response to the Israeli propaganda argument that there is no visible crater on the hospital grounds: the video shows the detonation of a GBU-32 guided bomb (available to the IDF) in the air. In this case, a crater is not formed.

https://t.me/infantmilitario/110393

The Russian troops are working on the positions and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from all barrel artillery of various calibers.

Biden is delusional again. This time he said he was born in Israel

LoW

A Su-30MK2 naval aviation fighter of the PLA Navy fires off heat decoys 250 meters from a US Navy reconnaissance aircraft over the East China Sea near the Taiwan Strait.

July 12, 2023. Russia and China entered into a contract for the supply of Su-30MK2 in 2003. These fighters have an expanded range of weapons and improved avionics to destroy both air and surface targets. A total of 24 aircraft of this modification were delivered to China.

LoW

President Erdogan:

“The international media has entered a race to whitewash human killings with its biased and hypocritical publications.”

🌟 Artyomovskoe direction

🔴 In recent days there has been very little information from this direction. There are fighting positions and no significant territorial changes.

🔴 Both sides carry out attacks on both the southern and northern flanks. All types of weapons work: heavy artillery, MLRS (various modifications), aviation (army, assault and tactical).

🔴 In the near future, we do not see any significant territorial changes on either side. The meat grinder is in progress...

#source (https://t.me/rezervsvo/33860)

Israel bombed a bakery in the Gaza Strip that supplied bread to 100 thousand people.

#source (https://t.me/sepah_pasdaran_ru/2770)

🔴 The second "Poseidon" in the direction of the Black Sea. The enemy is clearly preparing something bad...

#source (https://t.me/rezervsvo/33862)

“The West’s desire to support Israel undermines support for Ukraine from developing countries”: Support for Israel has undermined all Western efforts to pull the countries of the “global South” to the side of Ukraine - everything that Russia was accused of is encouraged in Israel.

“The West is accused of hypocrisy because Israel is clearly violating the rules of war, and Russia is being blamed for this. “We have definitely lost the battle in the Global South. All the work we did with the Global South on Ukraine was lost,” said a diplomat from a G7 country.

“What we said about Ukraine also applies to the Gaza Strip. Otherwise we will lose all our authority. Brazilians, South Africans, Indonesians: why should they even believe what we say about human rights?” the diplomat added.

"I think what's happening is damaging because Russia is taking advantage of the crisis and saying, 'Look, the global order that was built after World War II is not working for you,' and appealing to a billion people in the Middle East or the Arab world." , said a senior EU official."

#Article (https://www.ft.com/content/e0b43918-7eaf-4a11-baaf-d6d7fb61a8a5)

@Slavyangrad

Patrolling the neutral waters of the Black Sea by MiG-31 with "Daggers" will make it possible to more quickly identify and destroy low-flying cruise missiles and drones, Doctor of Military Sciences Konstantin Sivkov explained to RIA Novosti.

We are talking primarily about Western missiles in service with the Ukrainian Armed Forces, for example Storm Shadow, which can be launched from 250-300 km or more. American drones that regularly patrol in this area will not be touched - “after all, we are not at war with the USA”

rian_ru

Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation (18 October 2023)

Part I (see Part II (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/10374))

▫️In Kupyansk direction, units of the Zapad Group of Forces supported by aviation and artillery repelled 13 attacks of assault detachments of the AFU 14th, 32nd, 43rd, and 115th mechanised brigades near Sinkovka, Ivanovka, Pershotravnevoye, Orlyanskoye (Kharkov region), and Sergeyevka (Lugansk People's Republic).

▫️Helicopters and heavy flamethrower systems delivered strikes on manpower and hardware of the AFU 68nd Jaeger Brigade and 103rd Territorial Defence Brigade near Nadiya (Lugansk People's Republic) and Berestovoye (Kharkov region).

▫️AFU losses amounted to up to 80 servicemen, three tanks, one U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier, three armoured fighting vehicles, two pick-up trucks, as well as one Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system.

▫️In Krasny Liman direction, units of the Tsentr Group of Forces, helicopters, and artillery repelled one attack of an assault detachment of the AFU 63rd Mechanised Brigade close to Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic).

▫️Ground-attack aircraft and helicopters launched strikes at manpower and hardware of the AFU 67h Mechanised Brigade, 5th National Guard Brigade, 1st Special Operations Brigade, and 110th Territorial Defence Brigade close to Grigorovka (Donetsk People's Republic), Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic), and Serebryansky forestry.

▫️The enemy losses were up to 60 servicemen, two armoured fighting vehicles, and two pick-up trucks.

▫️In Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Group of Forces supported by aviation and artillery inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 28th, 42nd, 67th, 93rd mechanised brigades, 112th Territorial Defence Brigade, and 79th Airborne Brigade close to Kurdyumovka, Andreyevka, Kleshcheyevka, Khromovo, and Mariynka (Donetsk People's Republic).

▫️The enemy in this direction lost up to 115 servicemen killed and wounded, two armoured fighting vehicles, two pick-up trucks, one D-20 howitzer, and one Msta-B howitzer.

▫️In South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok Group of Forces supported by helicopters and artillery repelled one attack of an assault detachment of the AFU 102th Territorial Defence Brigade close to Chervonoye (Zaporozhye region).

▫️Ground-attack aircraft and helicopters launched strikes on manpower and hardware of the AFU 79th Airborne Brigade, 72nd Mechanised Brigade, 58th Motorised Brigade, 107th and 128th Territorial Defence Brigade near Novomikhailovka, Pavlovka, Staromayorskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).

▫️The enemy's losses amounted to up to 170 servicemen, two pick-up trucks, as well as one Rapira anti-tank gun.

Russian Defence Ministry (https://t.me/mod_russia_en)

Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation (18 October 2023)

Part II (see Part I (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/10373))

▫️In Zaporozhye direction, units of the Russian Group of Forces supported by ground-attack aircraft, helicopters, and artillery repelled one attack of an assault detachment of the AFU 71st Jaeger Brigade close to Verbovoye (Zaporozhye region).

▫️In addition, strikes were delivered at manpower and hardware of the AFU 82nd Airborne Brigade and 116th Mechanised Brigade near Uspenovka (Zaporozhye region).

▫️The enemy lost up to 85 servicemen, two armoured fighting vehicles, two motor vehicles, and one U.S.-made M119 howitzer in this direction.

▫️In Kherson direction, actions of four Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups were foiled close to Podstepnoye and Poyma (Kherson region).

▫️Up to 70 servicemen and two motor vehicles have been neutralised by fire.

▫️In the course of counterbattery warfare, one U.S.-made M777 artillery system and two D-30 howitzers were wiped out.

▫️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 147 areas during the day.

▫️In addition, one air-delivered ordnance depot of the Ukrainian Air Force was destroyed at Lozovoye airfield (Dnepropetrovsk region).

▫️Command and observation posts of the AFU 67th Mechanised Brigade and 102nd Territorial Defence Brigade were destroyed near Serebryanka (Donetsk People's Republic) and Malinovka (Zaporozhye region).

▫️The Black Sea Fleet units neutralised one AFU uncrewed surface vehicle in the Black Sea waters.

▫️Air defence systems have shot down four HIMARS MLRS shells and one U.S.-made JDAM aerial guided bomb.

▫️Moreover, 51 unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down near Donetsk, Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic), Losovoye (Donetsk People's Republic), Kamenskoye, Chervonogorka, Novofedorovka (Zaporozhye region), and Kazachi Lageri, Sagi (Kherson region), and Zhovtnevoye (Kharkov region).

Russian Defence Ministry (https://t.me/mod_russia_en)

⚡ In the Sevastopol area, a Ukrainian anti-ship missile "Neptune", converted to hit ground targets, was allegedly shot down

#source (https://t.me/ukraina_ru/173588)

The bridge in Konstantinovka was successfully hit by the Russian Aerospace Forces.

Video https://t.me/voin_dv/5513

boris_rozhin

Turkish President threatens to intervene in Arab-Israeli conflict:

“I call on all humanity to take action to stop this unprecedented brutality in the Gaza Strip. If not, we will do it,” Erdogan said.

polk105

Richard Medhurst’s Newsletter

❗️Air defense and air raid alerts are reported in the Sevastopol area.

Footage has already appeared on the network, presumably from the site of a Ukrainian missile crash in the Balaklava region.

milinfolive

🔴 URGENTLY

In the Novogrodovka area in the temporarily occupied part of the DPR, our air defense shot down an enemy MI-8 helicopter. LIT

Information from the field

rezervsvo

The air raid siren in Sevastopol has stopped. However, considering that we're seeing the largest number of NATO reconnaissance drones in the Black Sea since the beginning of the SMO, I would doubt that we can relax just yet. Most likely that initial attack was foreplay.

-Zin

The United States provided Ukraine with the original old version of the ATACMS missile (MGM-140A) with classic inertial guidance, without GPS.

There is, of course, one reason: the successful jamming of most GPS-guided weapons by Russian electronic warfare systems,” wrote German propagandist Julian Röpke in H.

Well , are there two reasons: the Americans simply handed over another outdated piece of rubbish to the Armed Forces of Ukraine - we added

And our President said it best:

- American supplies of ATACMS missiles will simply prolong the agony of Ukraine, they are generally not able to change the situation at the front

polk105

⚡️The attempts of the Ukrainian army to gain a foothold on the left bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region did not bring results, and the Armed Forces of Ukraine suffered heavy losses.

This was stated by the regional governor Vladimir Saldo.

#source (https://t.me/ukraina_ru/173604)

🔴 It is reported that military service has begun in the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions of the DPR and LPR. The guys started receiving summonses.

The guys will serve on the mainland, throughout the Russian Federation.

#source (https://t.me/rezervsvo/33913)

Biden read directly from a script during his most important moment in Israel today.

CFP

BREAKING: The U.S. has an independent assessment that it was a Palestinian Islamic Jihad group rocket that misfired and hit the hospital in Gaza Source: Two senior U.S. Officials. 4

MarioNawfal

And we now have footage of the (partially) burnt-out parking lot at the Ahli Hospital in Gaza. Overall damage to the structures in the complex appears to be limited, a clay-tiled awning adjacent to the parking lot is still mostly intact.

Osinttechnical

Reported image of the impact point. Image reportedly from Reuters.

AuroraIntel

A nice lancet hit on a pair of fuel tankers at Artemovsk

GammonBadge

#UkraineRussiaWar

🌐 Place: #Konstantynivka

🕰 Date: ~18.10.2023

📌 Coordinates: 47.871672, 37.409221

📝 Description: Russian aviation destroyed an important bridge for the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Konstantynivka.

🖥 id: 18102023.1719

✉️source: https://t.me/voin_dv/5513

#UkraineRussiaWar

🌐 Place: #Avdiivka

🕰 Date: ~18.10.2023

📌 Coordinates: 48.1097383, 37.7704077

📝 Description: A Russian FPV drone attacked the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the outskirts of Avdiivka.

🖥 id: 18102023.1649

✉️source: https://t.me/creamy_caprice/2702

#UkraineRussiaWar

🌐 Place: #DnieperIsland

🕰 Date: ~18.10.2023

📌 Coordinates: 46.6629208, 32.8045652

📝 Description: The Russian Iskander hit the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the island of Dnieper River.

🖥 id: 18102023.1850

✉️source: https://t.me/gefestwar/1255

#UkraineRussiaWar

🌐 Place: #DnieperIsland

🕰 Date: ~18.10.2023

📌 Coordinates: 46.6629208, 32.8045652

📝 Description: Almost in the same place. One more Russian Iskander became a nightmare for Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers near the Dnieper River.

🖥 id: 18102023.1655

✉️source: https://t.me/voenacher/54643

#UkraineRussiaWar

🌐 Place: #Pershotravneve

🕰 Date: ~18.10.2023

📌 Coordinates: 49.381100, 37.850900

📝 Description: The Russian military, using FAB, attacked the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Pershotravneve.

🖥 id: 18102023.1858

✉️source: https://t.me/btr80/11457

#UkraineRussiaWar

🌐 Place: #Petropavlivka

🕰 Date: ~18.10.2023

📌 Coordinates: 49.726060, 37.711628

📝 Description: The Russians destroyed a Ukrainian Armed Forces ammunition depot near Petropavlivka.

🖥 id: 18102023.1922

✉️source: https://t.me/natoptishh/1977

#UkraineRussiaWar

🌐 Place: #Novomykhailivka

🕰 Date: ~18.10.2023

📌 Coordinates: 47.82989, 37.49324

📝 Description: Russian TOS1-a attacked the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the forest south of Novomykhailivka.

🖥 id: 18102023.1931

✉️source: https://t.me/ChDambiev/26226

NGP Exploration:

⚠️ Upon the activation of the enemy in the Kherson direction.

The appearance of the enemy in the area of the railway bridge north of Peschanovka was not unexpected, since the enemy’s DRGs had long chosen the area of Aleshkinsky Island, and up to 3 platoons of personnel were stationed in this area almost on a permanent basis.

On the evening of October 16, in the period from 20:00 to 21:00, 2023, sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the 35th and 36th brigade infantry regiments with a total number of 60 people set out from the area of the railway bridge and attempted an attack on the village of Peschanovka, as well as tried to advance to the settlement of Aleshki, were unsuccessful and retreated back to their positions, but by nightfall they received reinforcements, while individual subjects with access to telegrams practiced digital verbiage, claiming that “there are no battles.”

On October 17, the crests resumed their offensive with the support of artillery groups and kamikaze drones, and by mid-day they managed to occupy the village of Poyma, and also reached the northern outskirts of the village of Peschanovka, where they shot at civilian cars and killed civilians.

In parallel, in preparation for expanding the bridgehead on the left bank, enemy forces transported weapons, ammunition and provisions across the Dnieper using high-speed vessels.

As of October 18, the enemy continued to prepare for an attack on Peschanovka and Cossack Camps, trying to expand the occupied bridgehead. This initiative does not yet pose any strategic threat to the enemy, however, the enemy continues to accumulate forces and is preparing for an amphibious operation with limited objectives. Since the summer, exercises have been conducted in the area of the Ingulets River on establishing pontoon-bridge crossings and landing in conditions of fire resistance.

At the moment, the enemy does not have enough forces and means to cross the Dnieper with large forces and carry out a deep offensive operation, but he does not pursue such a goal, there is an attempt to expand and maintain the bridgehead.

#source (https://t.me/negumanitarnaya_pomosch_Z/11420)

🌟 Zaporozhye direction

Orekhovsky section

🔴 Today our army carried out a powerful counterattack north of Verbovoy towards Malaya Tokmachka. We managed to advance 500 meters.

#source (https://t.me/rezervsvo/33921)

Reach of Russian missile systems in the Eastern Mediterranean

https://t.me/infantmilitario/110440

Geraniums are reported to the north in the Chernigov region, heading towards Kiev, as well as to the south in the Kherson region, in the direction of Nikolaev.

@Slavyangrad

Another wonderful Chub L post. Here with the American M777 155mm howitzer. Hey

@ArmchairW

you were an artillery officer. What fuck up did they make here and how do you fix it?

RadarFennec

Map of military operations and the situation on the fronts on the evening of October 18

😌 The lack of clear results from the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Zaporozhye led the Ukrainian command to attempt to cross the Dnieper. The enemy managed to cross east of Kherson and even gain a foothold on the outskirts of the village of Peschanovka. Now the main task of the Russian army in this area is to prevent the enemy from creating a bridgehead on our shore. Now there are no large forces, fortifications or mines there, so it is necessary to quickly knock out the Armed Forces of Ukraine from recently occupied positions and drown the enemy potential in the river, even if it has become shallow.

⚔️The situation on the fronts over the past 24 hours:

⚫️Svatovo-Kremennoe direction

In the Kupyansky sector, battles near Sinkovka and Liman Pervoy do not stop. In addition, ours advanced in the Makeevka area.

⚫️Bakhmutskoe (Artemovskoe) direction

In Kleshcheevka , the Ukrainian Armed Forces managed to advance in the area of the railway; heavy fighting is taking place. In Andreevka , the Russian army continues to hold the defense.

⚫️Donetsk direction

The Russian army attacked in the Stepnoye area and expanded the zone of control at Severnoye and Pervomaiskoye. At the Maryinsky site there were no major changes during the day.

⚫️ Zaporozhye direction

In the Orekhovsky sector, Russian army fighters counterattacked in the direction of Novodanilovka , southwest of Rabotino , and also in the Verbovoy area.

⚡️ The Russian army worked on enemy infrastructure in Kharkov. Apparently, the strike hit a local substation in the Industrial District, after which power and water were lost. In addition, the Elektrotyazhmash plant, which is used to repair Ukrainian tanks, is located in this area.

#source (https://t.me/readovkanews/68047)

✍️⚡️ The situation in the Bakhmut (Artemovsk) and Avdeevka directions as of 10/19/2023 - analysis from @Multi_XAM

The offensive of the Russian Armed Forces, during which it was supposed to take Avdeevka into the operational encirclement in a wide way, blocking the largest fortified area of the AFU, encountered reinforced enemy defenses. A couple of months ago, the Russian Armed Forces carried out reconnaissance in force, attacking the positions of the AFU southwest of Avdeevka in the Lastochkino area and in the northeast - in the Krasnogorovka area, where they managed to advance. Then our units encountered organized resistance from the enemy, which is not surprising - the AFU have been strengthening here since 2014. The Avdeevka fortified area is not just a “headache” for Donetsk, where all the shelling comes from. Avdeevka is the most important node in the defense of the AFU in the Donetsk operational direction, which is connected through Pokrovsk with Kramatorsk and Konstantinovka. Uninterruptedly functioning logistics of the AFU in this area, which we are already talking about!!! tired of talking, ensures the operational transfer of reserves in the defense zone from Kurakhovo to Konstantinovka and Chasov Yar with access to the southern flank of Bakhmut.

In the battles for Avdeevka, large units are involved, which significantly distinguishes the fighting here from other sectors of the front (Zaporozhye, Vremevsky salient, Bakhmut flanks). Although, with a smaller number of units in the Rabotino-Verbovoye area, a higher intensity of combat operations was noted with a smaller number of attacking and defending units. The most acute situation remains in the Krasnogorsk sector, where our units came close to the railway a few days ago, creating a threat of cutting off supplies to Avdeevka in the industrial area.

Over the past three days, the enemy has been actively gathering reserves into a 30-km reserve basing area. Moreover, attention is drawn to the fact of the transfer of reserves from Kramatorsk through Alekseevo-Druzhkovka to Konstantinovka, with the subsequent movement of fresh units and supplies to Avdeevka. In parallel with this, the enemy is regrouping forces and assets in the zone from the northwestern outskirts of Bakhmut to Toretsk with the concentration of units of the 17th separate tank brigade, the 5th separate assault brigade, the 113th, 118th and 241st separate territorial defense brigades (TrD). Formations of the 93rd, as well as the 28th mechanized brigade, the 104th separate TrO brigade and the 24th separate mechanized brigade stretched in the southwestern direction. Some of the fairly battered units from under the southern flank of Bakhmut are being withdrawn for reorganization, despite the victorious reports of the enemy’s media resources. The enemy boldly paints over Kleshcheevka with the colors of his zone of control, which is not true. This is something we have repeatedly talked about, noting that this territory is a “gray zone” under the fire control of the artillery of the Russian Armed Forces.

@Multi_XAM

✍️⚡️ The situation in the Bakhmut (Artemovsk) and Avdeevka directions as of 10/19/2023 - analysis from @Multi_XAM

On October 3, we wrote about the enemy’s plans in the Bakhmut direction, where, in fact, little has changed, noting that the main goal of the AFU at the moment is to block our logistics along the Bakhmut - Gorlovka route. The command of the AFU suggested that it would be problematic for us to concentrate a strike force in the Avdeevka area if combat-ready units got stuck on the southern flank of Bakhmut, with a breakdown in logistics and the localization of our units on a threat-producing sector of the front.

The conclusion is simple - the strike on Avdeevka will be much more effective if we shift the focus of attention from the front line to the reserve echelon with an eye on Pokrovsk and further on the Pavlograd junction and the Slavyansk-Kramatorsk group. A strike on logistics should have preceded a strike on the Avdeevka fortified area.

At the same time, we reserve the right to operate with the conclusions of military analysts, without claiming the level of combat planning)))

@Multi_XAM

💥In the village of Stepovoe, Nikolaev region, there are drone flights to storage facilities. Presumably the ammunition is detonating. Authorities ask not to approach the site of the strikes.

#source (https://t.me/voenacher/54667)

Israel Bombs Gaza Hospital, Killing 500 Civilians | Why I Am Leaving YouTube

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2 years ago · 5 likes · 2 comments · Richard Medhurst

The perfect CBF, launch Binan-3 and leave. Good luck finding the actual operator, because he might be sitting somewhere in Krym and not on the frontline.

_Surovikin_

Verbove...BMD-4 from indirect fire position+kamikaze drones achieving direct hits on chubs in the AT ditch..it is what it is

GammonBadge

The easing of US sanctions against Venezuela will be reversible. A high-ranking Washington administration representative told reporters this at a special telephone briefing.

Other statements by the US administration:

☑️ The US is easing sanctions against Venezuela, mainly in the oil and gas sector;

☑️ The new US decisions on Venezuela do not affect its frozen assets abroad and the oil company Citgo;

☑️ The US easing of sanctions against the oil and gas sector of Venezuela does not apply to Russian-owned or operated structures.

#source (https://t.me/izvestia/147727)

Special operation, October 18. Main:

▪️The US supplies of weapons, including ATACMS missiles, are only prolonging the agony of Ukraine, the Russian Armed Forces have ways to counter them, Putin said

▪️Putin said that another Ukrainian counter-offensive, this time in the Kherson region, brings losses to Kyiv, not results

▪️Putin invited the United States, confident that “the war was lost by Russia,” to take back the weapons supplied to Kyiv and invited Biden to a tea party with pancakes

▪️The Russian Aerospace Forces have begun patrolling over the Black Sea, they will also monitor the Mediterranean, MiG-31 aircraft are armed with Kinzhal missile systems, Putin said

▪️In Ukraine they are thinking about resolving the conflict peacefully, but “theatrical gestures” are not enough, Kyiv must cancel the decree banning negotiations, Putin emphasized

▪️Russia is strengthening its western borders in response to threats related to the supply of Western weapons to Ukraine, including the expected F-16 fighter jets, Shoigu said

▪️The Russian Armed Forces repelled 16 attacks in one day and stopped 4 DRGs in the Kherson region, the enemy lost up to 580 soldiers, the Ministry of Defense reported

▪️Russian aviation destroyed a warehouse of aviation weapons at an airfield in the Dnepropetrovsk region, hit command and observation posts in the DPR and Zaporozhye region, the Ministry of Defense reported

▪️Air defense intercepted 4 HIMARS shells, a JDAM guided bomb and destroyed 51 drones, the Ministry of Defense reported

▪️Russian air defense intercepted two S-200 air defense missiles converted into strike versions, which Kyiv fired into Crimea, the Ministry of Defense reported

▪️The New York Times reported that the condition for the US supply of about 20 ATACMS missiles was their non-use on Russian territory

▪️The Ukrainian army has adopted three modifications of Leopard tanks from Western partners, the Minister of Defense said

▪️A court in Odessa sentenced “to life imprisonment” the deputy head of the Kherson region administration, Kirill Stremousov, who died almost a year ago in an accident, Ukrainian media write.

LoW

A Pole are Ukrops...

The soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who, trying to repel the "Southerners" near Berestov, were killed.

LoW

It would seem that in a year and a half, the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine should have already realized that they only have to lay down their arms and raise their hands, as they will receive life. But... no, they are pulling machine guns behind them, pressing their hands to the ground. If the forelock has sprouted to the coccyx, that there is no other way out than to help them get to the shores of the Ghostly Dnieper, the Russian servicemen have no choice. The Ivanovo paratroopers show the last sadness of two soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. And then - the results of their educational work among the grudgers over the past few weeks.

LoW

❗️🇮🇱🇵🇸 Aggravation in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict zone

what is known by the end of October 18, 2023

Throughout the day, discussion continued about yesterday's attack on Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital: each side of the conflict continued to blame each other for what happened. However, initial reports of almost a thousand dead and the destruction of the hospital have not yet been confirmed.

Israeli troops routinely carry out strikes on the Gaza Strip - today there were several raids on Rafah. According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, at least 678 people have died in the region over the past 24 hours. There were no significant changes on the front near the enclave and the Lebanese border, and there were no reports of intense shooting battles.

Local media widely covered Joe Biden's arrival in Tel Aviv. The American president said he would ask the US Congress for an unprecedented aid package for Israel, and also promised to allocate $100 million in aid for the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.

It is noteworthy that during Biden’s stay in Tel Aviv, not a single missile was fired at him, although the visits of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz were carried out to the sounds of a missile alarm. At the same time, immediately after Biden’s departure, several rockets were launched into the city from the Gaza Strip.

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In the world 🌏

▪️🇺🇸 🇺🇦The New York Times news agency, citing sources, reports that the United States transferred about 20 ATACMS tactical ballistic missiles to Ukraine, having previously obtained a promise from Kiev not to use them against targets on Russian territory.

▪️🇩🇪 The DPA news agency reports that after the Hamas attack on Israel, the German federal government wants to give priority to arms exports to Israel. It is noted that companies’ commercial applications for arms exports will be considered and approved as a priority, taking into account the current situation.

▪️🇺🇸🇮🇱 US President Joe Biden arrived on an official visit to Israel, where he met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Biden said the US would ensure all aid needed for Israel's defense would flow. He also considered it not Israel, but the “other side” of the conflict, who was responsible for the attack on the Al-Ahli hospital in Gaza City.

▪️🇺🇦 Foreign Minister of Ukraine Dmitry Kuleba said that an international meeting at the level of national security advisers, at which ways to resolve the Ukrainian conflict will be discussed, will take place at the end of October, but not in Istanbul, as previously reported by the media. Later, the publication "European Truth" reported that the meeting would take place in Malta.

▪️🇮🇱 Israeli Army spokesman Daniel Hagari said an IDF investigation confirmed that the radical Islamic Jihad group was responsible for the October 17 Gaza hospital bombing.

▪️🇧🇪 Belgian Defense Minister Ludivine Dedonder said that the current Belgian government will take all the necessary decisions to send F-16 fighters to Ukraine in 2025, but the new cabinet, which will be appointed following the elections in 2024, will have to confirm the deliveries.

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⚡ In the direction of Kherson, Ukrainian formations, operating along the railway bridge, made a breakthrough and occupied the village of Poyma on the left bank of the Dnieper. After the reinforcements arrived, the Ukrainian armed forces moved on and managed to reach the northern outskirts of Peshchanovka. Fighting in that area continues

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18,10,23 Novomikhailovka.

Positional combat operations in the Novomikhailovka area.

The Russian Armed Forces are holding positions north of the settlement under fire from the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

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Hezbollah media published a video directed against Israeli soldiers under the slogan "Your tanks are your graves".

In the first seconds you can see the machine from the Kornet-E ATGM

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Jordan will not allow mass displacement of the Palestinian population to the country and will not let Israel expand the crisis into Jordan, Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said on Wednesday.

"We will never allow population transfer from Palestine into Jordan," Safadi told US media. "And that will just take the conflict into a whole new dimension that will be dangerous and disastrous for the whole area ... We will not allow Israel to transfer the crisis to Jordan."

Any attempt to move the Palestinian population to Jordan while neither Palestinians nor Jordanians want that could only expand the area of the conflict or even cause another one, the Jordanian foreign minister added.

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Kherson region

The information that became known by yesterday evening about the expansion of the zone of control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on our bank of the Dnieper indicates plans to create a real enemy bridgehead for further actions.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces have concentrated several brigades of marines to cross the Dnieper, the pontoon fleet (German production) is estimated at several hundred units, and there are countless boats on the other side.

The very fact of the presence of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on our shore is not news: the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been sitting and getting hit for months at the Antonovsky and Zheleznodorozhny bridges. However, the movement of reconnaissance, electronic warfare and communications systems to the front line of defense is a clear sign. Also, recently there have been attacks on our rear areas in order to disrupt logistics, communications and command and control of troops.

Of course, the command in the direction does not learn the news from Telegram; it has a plan and it strictly adheres to it. But the Ukrainian Armed Forces have not been fighting for the first day and are good at forecasting.

A new element of the situation is the presence of long-range missiles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which were used at the Berdyansk airfield. Now the enemy will try to launch diversionary strikes on the maximum accessible depth of defense in the southern direction, and a massive UAV raid tonight may indicate a clarification of the positioning areas of our air defense.

As always, there is nothing critical in the enemy’s actions, if you look at it situationally. The small forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, if they have not yet been knocked out after a night raid on our shore, are actively feeding on lead in occupied positions, and an attempt to bring in pontoons will be met from the sky by FAB with UMPC.

We assume on our side there is a clear and specific plan which will be put into action soon.

Two Majors (http://t.me/two_majors)

Killed at least 4.5 million people.

And cost over $8 trillion.

It's now called "rules-based international order".

Two Majors

❗️Vladimir Putin’s statements at a press conference in China in a nutshell:

▪️ATACMS supplies to Ukraine cause harm and create an additional threat, but the Russian Federation will be able to repel such attacks;

▪️Putin on new actions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson direction: there are no results, but there are losses;

▪️Putin: The Russian Aerospace Forces begin patrolling the airspace over the Black Sea on an ongoing basis, aircraft are equipped with the Kinzhal system;

▪️In Ukraine they are thinking about the negotiation process, this is a transformation in the right direction, I will praise you for this, but this is not enough;

▪️Putin on US statements that the conflict in Ukraine was “lost by Russia”: since it is lost, they should take away weapons;

▪️The volume of trade turnover between the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China is really impressive, Russia ranks high among China's trading partners;

▪️At an imminent meeting in Bishkek, the prime ministers of the Russian Federation and China will sign a plan for interaction between the two countries until 2030, Vladimir Putin said.

▪️Russia is interested in developing the Chinese “One Belt, One Road” initiative.

Two Majors (http://t.me/two_majors)

U.S. President Joe Biden met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Biden's key statements:

◾️ Biden said he came to Israel as a sign of U.S. support;

◾️ the United States will ensure that all aid needed for Israel's defence arrives;

◾️ More than 1.3 people, including 31 U.S. citizens, were victims of attacks on Israel by the radical Palestinian group Hamas;

◾️ Biden blamed the "other side" of the conflict, not Israel, for yesterday's attack on the Al-Ahli hospital in Gaza;

◾️ Biden compared the Palestinian movement Hamas to the Islamic State terrorist group.

Netanyahu's key statements:

◾️ Netanyahu thanked Biden for unconditional U.S. support;

◾️ Israel is engaged in an existential struggle with the Palestinian Hamas and is fighting "on the side of civilisation", the whole world should unite around the Jewish state in this struggle.

@ukraine_watch

Russian Ministry of Defense about the Torsky salient and the Krasnolimansky direction:

▪️In the Krasnolimansky direction in the areas of the Torsky ledge and Serebryansky forestry, the actions of units of the "Center" group of troops, attacks by assault and army aviation, as well as artillery fire caused fire damage to the personnel and equipment of the 63rd, 67th mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and were also destroyed two command and observation posts.

▪️Enemy losses in this direction amounted to up to 115 military personnel. A Kozak armored fighting vehicle was destroyed.

▪️During the counter-battery fight, more than 20 field artillery crews of the Ukrainian troops were discovered and suppressed.

Two Majors (http://t.me/two_majors)

Russian Ministry of Defense, summary:

▫️ In the Kherson direction, the activities of four sabotage and reconnaissance groups in the areas of the settlements of Podstepnoye and Poima (https://t.me/dva_majors/27615) in the Kherson region were suppressed.

▫️ As a result of the fire, up to 70 Ukrainian military personnel and 2 vehicles were destroyed.

▫️ During the counter-battery fight, the following were hit: an M777 artillery system made in the USA and two D-30 howitzers.

Two Majors (http://t.me/two_majors)

Shoigu instructed to work out an appeal to Canada and Interpol for the extradition of former SS man Yaroslav Hunka, who was cheered by the Canadian Parliament.

“The facts of the direct participation of the Nazi Hunka in atrocities against the civilian Soviet population on the territory of the Lvov region, then the territory of the USSR, including the genocide of Poles and Jews, give us every reason to demand his extradition for prosecution.

The concealment of this Nazi criminal, or simply put, a fanatic, on whose hands the blood of hundreds, if not thousands of our citizens, including children, cannot be justified by any reason.

Hunka must bear full responsibility for his bloody crimes."

Two Majors (http://t.me/two_majors)

The MSM's Ukraine neo-Nazi Amnesia

April 5, 2022

As Russia invaded Ukraine, the entire MSM joined in lockstep to give us a narrative. An important part of the narrative was that Russia’s claim that Neo-Nazi’s are a force in Ukraine is a Kremlin lie. It is a narrative that is easily unraveled by the MSM’s own past articles. So far, no MSM outlets are willing to discuss this ugly truth today. Anyone interfering with the narrative is said to be ‘Speaking Putin’s Talking Points’.

Simplicius's Garden of Knowledge

🇵🇱🗳 If you look at how the regions in Poland voted, it is quite easy to notice a clear division. The former German possessions in the west actively supported the opposition, whose leader Donald Tusk was so persistently accused of having ties with Germany. At the same time, the majority of Eastern Poland supported the conservative Law and Justice (PiS).

🔻In general, the news is not good for PiS: in the previous parliamentary elections in 2019, the party won in most regions. Probably, the government's political strategists really underestimated the opposition. What’s even more interesting: there is a tendency for higher turnout in precisely those regions where opposition sentiments predominate.

🔻In this context , the updated scheme of regions, which is proposed by an expert on regional development and spatial policy, looks quite interesting. The scheme envisages a reduction of a total of regions to 12, with specialists being particularly active in the unification of the western states.

In the meantime, PiS is actively looking for someone to blame within the party. Leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski is said to be particularly dissatisfied with Premier Mateusz Morawiecki, who bore the brunt of the election campaign. In particular, it was Morawiecki who insisted on combining the elections with a referendum, which turned out to be an absolute disaster and did not receive the turnout necessary for legality.

@pl_syrenka

Two Majors (http://t.me/two_majors)

Governor of the Kherson region:

In the area of the villages of Podstepnoye and Poyma, Kherson region, the activities of four sabotage and reconnaissance groups were suppressed.

Their remnants requested evacuation and, under fire, retreated to the Dnieper along the Antonovsky railway bridge. The coastline and floodplains are littered with the bodies of Ukrainian militants.

Two Majors (http://t.me/two_majors)

Kherson region

We are informed from the ground about the situation with the enemy’s attempt to gain a foothold near the railway bridge, which we reported on today.

The enemy has been pushed back to the Dnieper, and is now grouped at the first and second pillars of the railway bridge. Boats have been moored to evacuate the wounded.

⭐️Ukros drowned, died, but continued to climb into the Dnieper.

Two Majors (http://t.me/two_majors)

— 🇮🇱/🇵🇸/🇱🇧 12th day of the war, October 18th, status update and major events:

– Many airstrikes on Gaza throughout the entire day, still a huge lack of food, water, medicine and electricity.

– Israel and the US now officially claim that the Al-Ahli hospital massacre was the result of a misfired PIJ rocket, not an Israeli airstrike.

– Sporadic rocket attacks by Hamas and PIJ on cities such as Ashkelon, Ashdod and Tel Aviv.

– Biden visited Israel, and announced that an agreement was reached to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza from Egypt through the Rafah crossing. He also discussed the details of a possible Gaza invasion with Netanyahu.

– Israel set up field hospitals near Lebanon, and Defense Minister Gallant said that the IDF needs to be ready for any scenario in the north.

– Throughout the entire day, a large amount of Hezbollah attacks on the IDF in settlements near the Lebanese border. Hezbollah carried out even more attacks than yesterday. They used ATGMs on Israeli tanks, launched mortars against IDF outposts, and disabled surveillance equipment by shooting with snipers and small arms.

– Furthermore, Hezbollah announced that 3 of their fighters had been killed, making the total amount of fighters killed 13.

– The Israeli army shelled South Lebanon with artillery in response to these attacks, and the Israeli air force carried out strikes on Hezbollah targets.

– Israeli public broadcaster Kann says that all preparations for an Israeli ground offensive into Gaza are complete.

– Israel's war cabinet held a meeting to make a final decision regarding the plans for a possible ground offensive into Gaza.

@Middle_East_Spectator

Front #Summary for 18 Oct 2023 by 19:16⚡️

🔹In #Kherson Direction, a new AFU offensive phase has begun. After several days of powerful artillery preparation, the enemy sent Marine assault groups to our #Dnieper side. For unknown reason our army was not ready, and the AFU was able to reach the #Poyma and #Peschanovka villages and started to entrench. Today, our artillery and UAV strikes inflicted significant damage, and the AFU withdrew with heavy losses back to the bridge, where fights now continue. The AFU deployed Marine Brigades, and a lot of boats, and pontoon-bridge equipment, so further attempts are awaited.

🔹In #Zaporozhye Direction, against the backdrop of improving weather, fighting continues, the AFU again bring in reserves. Our army is trying to seize the initiative, they counterattacked from #Kopani and near #Verbovoye, but so far without serious changes in the frontline.

🔹In #Donetsk Direction, the AFU command continues to reinforce significant the existing considerable forces. Our forces also increase the number of attack orders. Our units took new positions and try to expand bridgeheads on the southern and northern flank. At #Steponoye (#Petrovskoye), our forces run into strong AFU fortifications, but at #Pervomayskoye and #Severnoye we managed to advance a little. From #Spartak towards the Tsarskaya Okhota Restaurant, which have turned into a fortification, there are also constant attacks by our army. Field reports say that losses are heavy on both sides.

🔹In #Bakhmut Direction, the AFU still managed to advance near #Kleshcheyevka and cross the railway line, heavy fighting is ongoing. So far, our army has not managed to stop the enemy's advance.

🔹In #Svatovo Directions, the battles continue near Liman 1st and #Sinkovka, near the #Zherebets River in the area of #Sergeyevka and #Raygorodka. The AFU resists fiercely. In the area of #Makeyevka, our advance on #Borovaya was about a half km.

t.me/sitreports /@olegtsarov (https://t.me/olegtsarov/9054)/#smo/

SITREP 10/18/23: Israel + Ukraine War Mega-Update

It seems like the third time I’m starting a column with the report that Israel has cold feet. But this time there’s far more substantiation for it. Credible reports state that Israel’s true reason for getting cold feet is that it fears Hezbollah’s threat of activating the northern front if Israel were to commit into the bog of Gaza…

2 years ago · 229 likes · 291 comments · Simplicius The Thinker

Nikolaev region. Explosions. 19.10 08:30

It is reported that, as a result of the nighttime operations of our tactical aviation, two ammunition depots of the AFU, along with their adjacent supply rooms, were struck.

At least two powerful explosions followed by detonations were heard during the night.

#source (https://t.me/frontbird/4073)

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Four regions in Ukraine have declared air-raid alert: Sumy, Chernigov, Zaporozhye and Kherson.

Earlier, explosions were reported in Kharkov and Sumy region.

#source (https://t.me/rezervsvo/33992)

Winter is coming!

Germany is stocking up on Russian oil before the cold weather despite the embargo

At the beginning of September, the German General Customs Administration instructed the customs authorities in Berlin and Frankfurt am Oder to let oil for Rosneft Deutschland through "without delay", writes Süddeutsche Zeitung.

The Germans don't want to freeze in the name of American democracy...

#source (https://t.me/c/1910676462/502)

President Biden gave a bizarre interview to reporters in his pajamas near the restroom on a flight aboard Air Force One, while Secretary of State Blinken kept a watchful eye on the backup.

#source (https://t.me/SolovievLive/216070)

Night shift of the rocket artillery of the "🅾️" group

Our crews continue to cheer up Ukrainian fighters at night.

#source (https://t.me/btr80/11467)

Ukraine attempted an air attack on the Rostov region at 10:10 am Moscow time.

According (https://t.me/golubev_vu/898) to the Governor of Rostov region Vasily Golubev, all targets were successfully shot down by Russian air defence systems. There were no casualties or damage.

The clarification (https://t.me/rezervsvo/33983) came from the Rostov region. Our army shot down two S-200 ground-to-ground missiles. These missiles were heading for one of our airfields.

Air defence worked nicely.

@Slavyangrad

Avdeevka direction

Situation at 10:00 Moscow time

Yesterday, it was reported that a new phase of our army's offensive would commence in the coming hours. Our information has been completely confirmed.

Today, from the early morning hours, our army has advanced to the second stage of a large-scale offensive along the entire Avdeevka direction.

Starting at 6 AM Moscow time, we have launched powerful strikes targeting the enemy's military infrastructure in this direction. We are destroying firing positions, concentrations of enemy armored vehicles, fortifications, depots (ammunition and fuel and lubricants). Various types of weapons are in action, including heavy artillery of different calibers, multiple launch rocket systems (various modifications), and aviation (assault, tactical, and army aircraft).

At approximately 8:00 AM Moscow time, ground assaults began on both the southern and northern flanks. These assaults are progressing, and there is a clear plan to encircle this enclave.

#source (https://t.me/rezervsvo/33977)

Channel @Rabotyno

We haven’t talked about the Bakhmut direction for a long time.

There have been no significant changes here recently: fighting continues near

Orekhovo-Vasilevki;

Kleshcheevka;

Andreevka.

Andreevka and Kleshcheevka are still mostly in the gray zone and the main battles are taking place near the railway line. The fate of Orekhovo-Vasilievka is not completely clear; clashes are recorded on the outskirts of the settlement.

From the perspective: periodic attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the southern flank of Bakhmut are expected to continue with less frequency. Wider activation is unlikely at the moment, since the main reserves of the parties are being used in other areas.

We will inform you as the situation develops.

#source (https://t.me/rabotyno/448)

Israel's operation in the Gaza Strip will be characterized by "unprecedented ferocity", writes Reuters, citing informed sources.

“The operation, codenamed 'Iron Swords', will be characterized by unprecedented ferocity and will be unlike anything Israel has previously conducted in the Gaza Strip,” the material says.

According to the agency, Israel plans to “destroy the infrastructure of Gaza, even at the cost of large numbers of civilian casualties,” push the enclave’s residents to the border with Egypt and pursue Hamas by blowing up the network of underground tunnels used by the movement for its operations.

"Israeli officials say they have no idea yet what the future will look like after the war," Reuters added.

🇷🇺 Sofa General Staff

#source (https://t.me/jnb_news/36726)

Via Boris "Colonel Cassad" Rozhin:

The Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine continue to experiment with methods of landing troops on the shore, which is controlled by our forces. We already thought that it was a crazy idea for the power steering group to go out on jet skis towards the Crimea, but no.

Not long ago, the Ukrainian side apparently decided to give up on secrecy, and used a barge (damn it!) as a means of delivering personnel from Nikolaev towards the Kinburn Spit in the Kherson region for subsequent disembarkation. But something went wrong, and the barge was crammed with ATGMs, and then the artillery abandoned itself.

As a result: the landing was disrupted, the barge was hanging out at sea, permanently receiving ATGMs for two days in a row. What happened to those who were on it is not clear.

#source (https://t.me/boris_rozhin/101352?single)

🔴 Enemy aircraft observed in the Black Sea

#source (https://t.me/rezervsvo/34023?single)

We will find an antidote to ATACMS missiles. We have partly already found it. Because the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired six missiles, and we shot down three of them. Not a bad result for a start

Of course, there is a big task for intelligence here. We need to detect in time the launchers from which the enemy is firing these missiles. And now our intelligence is working in a regime of increased tension, says Komsomolskaya Pravda military observer, retired colonel Viktor Baranets.

He spoke about this in an interview with Ukraina.ru.

Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed aircraft pilots ... read more (https://telegra.ph/Polkovnik-Viktor-Baranec-Rossiya-kleshchami-vyrvet-VSU-iz-pary-mest-ustroiv-im-golod-s-bessonnymi-nochami-10-19)

- Viktor Nikolaevich, what exactly should our Ministry of Defense do in order not to allow NATO aviation to direct the aircraft to facilities in the Crimea and the coast of the Sea of Azov?

- Good question. I will answer from the end.

If NATO aviation with its AWACS aircraft or reconnaissance drones are circling over the Black Sea in neutral space, then there is nothing wrong with that. They can fly there 24 hours a day, and we cannot shoot them down, because this is a gross violation of international law.

But when one day the American drone climbed into our airspace, we screamed over it, and now it is carefully studied by our experts.

Now specifically about this decision of Putin. There are several signals from the United States and our enemies who today support Israel in preparing its fascist operation in Gaza.

Russia makes it clear that our Air Force in this difficult and explosive region is in constant combat readiness. Our planes will be constantly in a warm state, so that in case of violation of our airspace do not wait until the duty link rises and reaches the target, identifies it and asks what to do with it.

In addition, under the belly of these aircraft will be "Kinzhaly". This is a very serious weapon with a firing range of 2,000 kilometers. Even the schoolboy understands that our fighters and bombers will be able to get to the Mediterranean Sea, which is teeming with the US Navy today.

There are already two American aircraft carriers, another powerful ship from the UK is pulled up. I'm not talking about the whole brood of the ships that provide this group.

It is these two factors that determine Putin’s decision regarding permanent duty over the Black Sea.

We will not climb into anyone's airspace. We will not anger and provoke anyone. We will just be there constantly on duty.

By the way, there is already an exotic reaction of Kiev to this. They have already decided to announce airborne alarm after each take-off of our plane. If so, then Ukraine itself organized sleepless nights for its citizens and the armed forces.

More: https://telegra.ph/Polkovnik-Viktor-Baranec-Rossiya-kleshchami-vyrvet-VSU-iz-pary-mest-ustroiv-im-golod-s-bessonnymi-nochami-10-19

@Slavyangrad

#UkraineRussiaWar

🌐 Place: #Dnieper

🕰 Date: ~18.10.2023

📌 Coordinates: 46.6637917, 32.8040774

📝 Description: Russian artillery continues to stop the formations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the Dnieper River.

🖥 id: 19102023.0631

✉️source: https://t.me/gefestwar/1262

#UkraineRussiaWar

🌐 Place: #Kozatske

🕰 Date: ~18.10.2023

📌 Coordinates: 46.7856903, 33.3294866

📝 Description: Russian FABs are hitting the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Kozatske.

🖥 id: 19102023.0635

✉️source: https://t.me/Dnepro_Rub/1399

#UkraineRussiaWar

🌐 Place: #Makiivka

🕰 Date: ~18.10.2023

📌 Coordinates: 49.2264601, 37.9931370

📝 Description: Russian artillery destroyed a Ukrainian Armed Forces pickup truck in Makiivka.

🖥 id: 19102023.0953

✉️source: https://t.me/Rubric_lossesvsu/8295

#UkraineRussiaWar

🌐 Place: #Malynivka

🕰 Date: ~18.10.2023

📌 Coordinates: 47.675200, 36.483000

📝 Description: The Russian military attacked the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and destroyed the Starlink satellite communication dish in Malynivka.

🖥 id: 19102023.0615

✉️source: https://t.me/remylind21/9477

#UkraineRussiaWar

🌐 Place: #Karlivka

🕰 Date: ~18.10.2023

📌 Coordinates: 48.1295062, 37.4898055

📝 Description: The Russians destroyed the M777 howitzer of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Karlivka.

🖥 id: 19102023.0616

✉️source: https://t.me/creamy_caprice/2709

#UkraineRussiaWar

🌐 Place: #OleksandroShultyne

🕰 Date: ~18.10.2023

📌 Coordinates: 48.4776163, 37.8071962

📝 Description: Another self-propelled howitzer of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was destroyed by the Russian military near Oleksandro-Shultyne.

🖥 id: 19102023.0623

✉️source: https://t.me/warhistoryalconafter/127677

#UkraineRussiaWar

🌐 Place: #DovhaBalka

🕰 Date: ~18.10.2023

📌 Coordinates: 48.483630, 37.578231

📝 Description: Russian Lancet destroyed refueling tankers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Dovha Balka.

🖥 id: 19102023.0628

✉️source: https://t.me/yuzhny_front_ZOV/1703

Rybar Digest October 19, 2023

▪️In the Kherson direction, the Russian Armed Forces yesterday countered the attempt of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to increase its presence on our bank of the Dnieper in the area of the settlement. Peschanivka and Podstepnoe. The enemy who advanced to the villages was covered with artillery fire and pressed against the Dnieper in the area of the railway bridge; the losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to more than 60 people on our bank alone. To defeat the enemy on the other side of the river, the Iskander tactical missile system was used. However, the enemy is increasing his efforts, skillfully trying to exploit Russian weaknesses.

▪️In the Verbovoy area on the Zaporozhye front, enemy activity was stopped by a strike from artillery and ATGM crews. An armored fighting vehicle of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a truck with personnel were destroyed. Mutual artillery shelling continues, the Ukrainian Armed Forces do not experience a shortage of ammunition, using 203-mm Pion cannons to destroy Russian field positions.

▪️The enemy transferred the 1st separate tank brigade, 45th and 63rd separate rifle battalions to the Avdeevsky direction. Russian troops are increasing the density of artillery fire and air strikes.

▪️Yesterday evening, the Ukrainian Armed Forces tried to attack targets in the Sevastopol area with Grom-2 and S-200 missiles. In the Belgorod region, an aircraft-type UAV was shot down, and villages were under fire. Dronovka of the Grayvoronsky urban district and Novaya Tavolzhanka. In the DPR, a civilian was wounded as a result of shelling by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Dmitry Medvedev wrote an article about the prospects for conflict in the Middle East:

...Now America is again following the usual path and relying only on force, trying to show who is boss in the region. Instead of attempts to somehow soften the severity of the confrontation using the levers of diplomacy, we see American aircraft carriers off the coast of Israel and a bill introduced in Congress to supply arms to this country for more than $2 billion (although the Israelis are already asking for ten).

Kyiv is frightened by the prospect of receiving less and less weapons and financial assistance when the puppet masters “need it more.” He is desperately jealous of Israel, begs and sheds crocodile tears.

The only way to solve the problem once and for all is to create a full-fledged Palestinian state and implement all the fundamental political decisions taken since 1947. Frankly speaking, the hope for success is illusory. Few people are currently interested in it at all, pursuing current military goals.

The alternative, however, is significantly worse: a war that will last another hundred years. Or worse yet: a short conflict involving the use of nuclear weapons by regional powers, with the prospect of intervention by great nuclear powers.

https://t.me/dimsmirnov175/57042

Russian Defence Ministry Report on the Progress of the Special Military Operation (19 October 2023)⚡️

▫️The RF Armed Forces continue the special military operation.

▫️In Kupyansk direction, units of the Zapad Grouping repelled 11 assault squad attacks of the 14th, 32nd, and 115th Mechanized, 68th Jaeger, and 95th Air Assault Brigades near Sinkovka, Ivanovka, Novoyegorovka, (Kharkov reg), and Makeyevka (LPR).

▫️Operational-tactical aircraft inflicted fire damage on the enemy troops and hardware near Nevskoye (LPR).

▫️Up to 70 troops, one tank, 2 AFVs, and 3 MVs were neutralised.

▫️Counterbattery warfare destroyed 1 Akatsiya SAU, and 1 Gvozdika howitzer.

▫️In Krasny Liman direction, the Tsentr Grouping repulsed 6 assault group attacks near Chervonaya Dibrova (LPR).

◽️ Operational-Tactical and Army aviation inflicted fire damage on troops and hardware of the 21th and 63rd Mechanized Brigades, and the 40th National Guard Regiment near Torskoye, Yampolovka, and Grigorovka (DPR).

▫️The enemy lost over 235 troops, 2 AFVs, and 3 pickup trucks.

▫️In Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Grouping repelled 1 enemy attack close to Kleshcheyevka (Donetsk People's Republic).

▫️Strikes were delivered at enemy troops and hardware near Andreyevka, Kurdyumovka, Yakovlevka, and Vasyukovka (DPR).

▫️ The enemy lost more than 260 troops, 1 tank, 2 AFVs, and 4 MVs.

▫️Counterbattery warfare hit 2 Msta-B guns, 1 D-20 gun, 2 D-30 howitzers, 1 Gvozdika SAU, and 1 US M119 howitzer.

▫️In South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok Grouping inflicted losses on troops and hardware of the 72nd Mechanized and 58th Motorized Infantry Brigades near Ugledar, Novomikhaylovka, and Staromayorskoye (DPR).

▫️The enemy lost up to 190 troops, 2 AFVs, and 3 motor vehicles.

▫️In Zaporozhye direction, 2 assault squad attacks of the 82nd Air Assault Brigade near Verbovoye (Zaporozhye region) were repelled.

▫️The RF Armed Forces inflicted fire damage on troops and hardware of the 65th Mechanized Brigade near Rabotino (Zaporozhye reg).

▫️ Up to 40 troops, 2 tanks, 5 AFVs, and 2 MVs were neutralised.

▫️Counterbattery warfare hit 1 German Panzerhaubitze 2000 SAU, 1 Msta-B gun, and 1 US M119 howitzer.

◽️In Kherson direction, up to 40 troops, 4 MVs, and 1 D-20 gun have been neutralised.

▫️Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, UAVs, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Grouping have engaged AFU troops and hardware in 154 areas.

▫️1 ammo depot of the 110th Mechanised Brigade was obliterated close to Avdeyevka (DPR).

▫️Fighter aviation downed 1 MiG-29 fighter near Troitskoye (DPR).

▫️Air defences shot down 1 Su-25 ground-attack aircraft in Dnepropetrovsk and 1 Mi-8 helicopter near Zagryzovo (Kharkov reg).

▫️1 JDAM bomb, 2 S-200 converted surface-to-surface missiles, as well as 10 HIMARS MLRS projectiles have been intercepted.

▫️61 UAVs were downed close to Olshana (Kharkov reg), Yegorovka, Soledar, Lyubovka (DPR), Kremennaya, Zhitlovka (LPR), Romanovskoye, Molchansk (Zaporozhye reg), Kazachy Lageri, and Sagi (Kherson reg).

📊 In total, 493 aircraft and 252 helicopters, 8,065 UAVs, 441 SAMs, 12,764 tanks and other AFVs, 1,163 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 6,823 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 14,438 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the SMO.

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🪖 They handed me a summons and then sent me to the front.

In general, that's what they all say. The memorized phrases are the same. These warriors were received in the Zaporozhye direction, now at least they can eat and drink water, because they were sitting there on starvation rations.

We'll give a more detailed interview soon. And this soldier has already been sent to our rear, is undergoing treatment and is thinking whether he needs to go for an exchange = return to the trenches, or stay in the Russian Federation until the end of the conflict.

Архангел Спецназа

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According to the Turks, over the past 10 days, the Russian army has destroyed at least four French 155-mm CAESAR howitzers using Lancet loitering ammunition.

In addition to the Lancets with a range of 40 km, systems with a range of about 70 km have also been put into operation.

Since CAESARs were usually fired near the limit of their range, they were safe from the early Lancet, but now they are quickly found and destroyed.

#source (https://t.me/infantmilitario/110525)

Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation (19 October 2023)

Part I (see Part II (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/10385))

▫️ In Kupyansk direction, units of the Zapad Group of Forces exploiting results of aviation strikes, artillery and heavy flamethrower systems fire repelled 11 attacks of assault detachments of the AFU 14th, 32nd, and 115th mechanised, 68th Jaeger, 95th Air Assault brigades near Sinkovka, Ivanovka, Novoyegorovka, (Kharkov region), and Makeyevka (Lugansk People's Republic).

▫️ Operational-tactical aircraft inflicted fire damage on the enemy manpower and hardware near Nevskoye (Lugansk People's Republic).

▫️ Up to 70 servicemen, one tank, two armoured fighting vehicles, and three motor vehicles were neutralised.

▫️ In counter-battery warfare, the enemy lost one Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system and one Gvozdika howitzer.

▫️ In Krasny Liman direction, coordinated actions of the Tsentr Group of Forces, as well as air strikes and artillery fire repelled six attacks launched by AFU assault groups near Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic).

◽️ Operational-Tactical and Army aviation inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of the 21th and 63rd mechanised brigades' units and the 40th National Guard Regiment have been hit near Torskoye, Yampolovka, and Grigorovka (Donetsk People's Republic).

▫️ The enemy losses were over 235 servicemen killed and wounded, three armoured fighting vehicles, and three pick-up trucks.

▫️ In Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Group of Forces supported by aviation, artillery, and heavy flamethrower systems repelled an attack launched by the enemy close to Kleshcheyevka (Donetsk People's Republic).

▫️ In addition, strikes were delivered at enemy manpower and hardware near Andreevka, Kurdyumovka, Yakovlevka, and Vasyukovka (Donetsk People's Republic).

▫️ The enemy's casualties were more than 260 servicemen killed or injured, one tank, two armoured fighting vehicles, and four motor vehicles.

▫️ In addition, two Msta-B guns, one D-20 gun, two D-30 howitzers, one Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, and one U.S.-made M119 howitzer were hit during counter-battery warfare.

▫️ In South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok Group of Forces, ground-attack aircraft, helicopters, and artillery inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 72nd Mechanised and 58th Motorised Infantry Brigade near Ugledar, Novomikhailovka, and Staromayorskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).

▫️ The enemy losses in this direction amounted to up to 190 servicemen, two armoured fighting vehicles, and three motor vehicles.

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Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation (19 October 2023)

Part II (see Part I (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/10384))

▫️ In Zaporozhye direction, two attacks launched by assault detachments of the AFU 82nd Air Assault Brigade near Verbovoye (Zaporozhye region) were repelled by skillful actions of the Russian Group of Forces supported by air strikes and artillery fire.

▫️ Moreover, the Russian Armed Forces inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of the 65th Mechanised Brigade of the AFU near Rabotino (Zaporozhye region).

▫️ Up to 40 servicemen, two tanks, five armoured fighting vehicles, and two motor vehicles were neutralised.

▫️ In the course of the counter-battery warfare, one German-made Panzerhaubitze 2000 self-propelled artillery system, one Msta-B gun, and one U.S.-made M119 howitzer were hit.

◽️ In Kherson direction, up to 40 servicemen, four motor vehicles, as well as one D-20 gun have been neutralised.

▫️ 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 154 areas during the day.

▫️ Moreover, an ammunition depot of the 110th Mechanised Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was obliterated close to Avdeyevka (Donetsk People's Republic).

▫️ Fighter aviation of Russian Aerospace Forces downed one MiG-29 fighter jet of Ukrainian Air Force near Troitskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).

▫️ Russian air defence systems shot down one Su-25 ground-attack aircraft in Dnepropetrovsk and one Mi-8 helicopter of Ukrainian Air Force near Zagryzovo (Kharkov region).

▫️ Over the past 24 hours, one JDAM bomb, two S-200 converted surface-to-surface missiles, as well as 10 HIMARS MLRS projectiles have been intercepted during the day.

▫️ Moreover, 61 unmanned aerial vehicles were downed close to Olshana (Kharkov region), Yegorovka, Soledar, Lyubovka (Donetsk People's Republic), Kremennaya, Zhitlovka (Lugansk People's Republic), Romanovskoye, Molchansk (Zaporozhye region), Kazachyi Lageri, and Sagi (Kherson region).

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Ukrop published on its resources a photo of the surviving on-board digital computer "Zarya-61M", used in the "Caliber" and "Iskander-K" cruise missiles. Chubaty notes with regret that all components are produced in the Russian Federation. That is, their hopes that we will run out of good and different missiles are crumbling with a deafening roar. This is wonderful 😊

🇷🇺 Sofa General Staff

#source (https://t.me/jnb_news/36732?single)

‼️🇮🇱🇵🇸🇱🇧 Israel's Iron Dome could collapse as the conflict escalates, - Bloomberg

Israel's high-tech Iron Dome air defense system risks being overwhelmed by missile attacks if the escalating war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip escalates into a wider regional conflict.

▪️Even a small reduction in the Iron Dome interception rate to around 80% would mean that many more missiles would fly by if Hamas or other organizations launched intense attacks.

"If Hezbollah enters an ongoing conflict, there is an absolute risk that the Iron Dome's defenses will be overwhelmed by missile fire," said Shaan Sheikh, a fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Affairs. Research in Washington.

▪️The publication notes that Hezbollah has about 100,000 missiles at its disposal.

#source (https://t.me/RVvoenkor/55230)

🌟 Kherson direction

Situation at 19:00

🔴 The enemy carries out attacks throughout the day in the direction of our coast, north of Aleshki. The bulk of the enemy infantry on the boat is trying to land on our shore in the area of the railway bridge. Trying to take and gain a foothold in the populated areas: Krynka, Peschanom and Poima.

🔴 According to information from the guys on the ground, the enemy is under the most powerful fire control of our army. Our heavy artillery and MLRS operate on a permanent basis. Operators of the UAV-KAMIKAZE destroy the enemy's floating assets and accumulations. The VKS works on an ongoing basis against enemy accumulations on the right bank and suppresses firing points. More than half of the FABs hit the target.

🔴 According to some reports, the enemy pulled up reserves and engineering equipment to the right bank. The enemy is definitely preparing something bigger. He will try to expand the bridgehead and draw back our forces in the Kherson direction.

Our Soldiers are ready for any development of events🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺

#source (https://t.me/rezervsvo/34058)

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