Russia-Ukraine Reports - 2023-10-23

Su-34 with 59 stars on board, which corresponds to 590 combat sorties.

Since there is no end in sight for the SMO, what will they do when the space for stars runs out?

(https://t.me/LexKitaev/1960)

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red. media (https://t.me/theredstream/5558)'s colleague in Gaza was at the devastating scene of Israeli airstrikes on two family homes in Deir al-Balah. Footage shows children, women and the elderly being pulled out of the bombed homes of the Abu Muailiq and Al Masry families who say they received no warning of the strikes.

Multiple families in Deir al-Balah have been hit by Israeli bombs since yesterday. Yesterday evening the entire Abu Asad family was hit near the Al-Aqsa Hospital which Israel had earlier threatened to bomb directly. Their home was located just 200 metres away from where Red Crescent crews are based.

In 15 days, the death toll from Israel's onslaught on Gaza is already 84% higher than the total number of Palestinians killed in the 50-day conflict in 2014, the UN reports.

@Slavyangrad

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#UkraineRussiaWar

🌐 Place: #Tokarivka

🕰 Date: ~22.10.2023

📌 Coordinates: 46.75000, 32.948600

📝 Description: Russian FAB-500 attacks positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Tokarivka.

🖥 id: 22102023.1229

✉️source: https://t.me/voenacher/54877

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#UkraineRussiaWar

🌐 Place: #Malynivka

🕰 Date: ~22.10.2023

📌 Coordinates: 47.675700, 36.479900

📝 Description: The Russian LMUR visited the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Malynivka.

🖥 id: 22102023.1526

✉️source: https://t.me/voin_dv/5589

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#UkraineRussiaWar

🌐 Place: #Pervomaiske

🕰 Date: ~22.10.2023

📌 Coordinates: 48.0856201, 37.6179932

📝 Description: A Russian drone destroyed a Ukrainian Armed Forces pickup truck in Pervomaiske.

🖥 id: 22102023.1619

✉️source: https://t.me/voenacher/54871

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#UkraineRussiaWar

🌐 Place: #Kharkiv

🕰 Date: ~22.10.2023

📌 Coordinates: 49.966711, 36.008387

📝 Description: The Russians hit a post office which provides logistical support for UAF on the outskirts of Kharkiv.

🖥 id: 22102023.1640

✉️source: https://t.me/supernova_plus/25117

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Precise strikes: Yug Group of Forces' anti-tank guided missile system units eliminate infantry groups of AFU 80th Separate Air Assault Brigade

Kleshcheyevka Region

@Slavyangrad

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Kharkov direction, Kupyansk region, 22nd October, 18:20 Moscow time.

Following the reinforcement of enemy units by their defensive forces, enemy attacks have become more frequent.

Nevertheless, our mortar and artillery strikes consistently compel the enemy to disassemble the remnants of their fortified positions.

Firefights continued throughout the day, with 20mm and 30mm calibers being employed against the AFU shelters.

#source (https://t.me/frontbird/4119)

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Training footage of former Ukrainian soldiers now serving in the Russian army.

Their relatives are in Luhansk region and they are not going to fight against their own people

@Slavyangrad

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Sevastopol Alert Reports indicate that naval air defense operations are underway in the Black Sea.

There have been enemy Neptune missile launches.

Urgent:  The Crimean bridge is temporarily closed to traffic due to a missile threat.

#source (https://t.me/rezervsvo/34524)

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The American plane "Poseidon" corrects the strike.

#source (https://t.me/frontbird/4119)

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"Neptune" missiles in the Black Sea have been intercepted, with two targets successfully shot down.

Furthermore, the Naval Air Defense is actively engaged, and a coordinated strike remains a possibility.

UPD: The situation in Sevastopol is currently calm. The air defense system intercepted missiles approximately 60 kilometers from the coast as they were heading towards the Crimean Bridge.

#source (https://t.me/rezervsvo/34527)

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‼️🇷🇺Battles near Avdeevka: ours destroy infantry and positions, breaking into the defenses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces

▪️1487 Regiment with precise strikes from ATGMs and FPV drones cover the accumulation of forces, enemy strongholds and firing points, before attacks by our attack aircraft.

▪️The offensive operation near Avdeevka continues, from time to time moving into the stage of positional battles. Fierce fighting is taking place.

#source (https://t.me/RVvoenkor/55393)

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🇺🇸🇺🇦🇮🇱The United States confirms that it has begun transferring “tens of thousands of shells” intended for Ukraine to Israel - New York Times

▪️"After promising to send more weapons to both Ukraine and Israel, President Biden on Thursday sought to make clear that the United States is not prioritizing one war over the other.

▪️But a few hours earlier, the Pentagon announced that tens of thousands of 155-mm shells promised to Kyiv would be redirected to Israel,” writes the NYT.

▪️The Pentagon promises that the flow of weapons to Tel Aviv will be “sustainable.” Stocks of 155mm shells and other weapons systems have “already been depleted” and it will now be more difficult to supply both countries.

▪️There are 3 more types of weapons that both countries claim. These are “smart” bombs, Stinger air defense missiles, the reserves of which are “extremely limited,” and Patriot air defense systems, which require expensive missiles.

#source (https://t.me/RVvoenkor/55390)

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NGP Exploration:

⚠️ On the Zaporozhye Front.

To the north-west of Verbovoye, fighting continues, the crest is trying to cling to the former forest plantation, which during the summer battles was plowed up and down by artillery, at the moment there is practically nowhere to hide in this planting, except in shell craters - this is where the enemy comes every day drives the infantry into meat assaults, but even having managed to cling to this line, they will not be able to reach Verbovoy, since they will run into the next line of defense and will be forced to continue bloody battles.

The Ukrainians place the main emphasis on accurate and long-range artillery, but even so, over the past 3 months their infantry has advanced only 2 kilometers to Verbovoy. To put it very mildly, given the price the enemy paid for this, this is not an achievement, but a crime of the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine against its own soldiers.

But it’s too early for us to celebrate victory, the enemy TCC catches new cannon fodder on the Ukrainian streets every day, they will not give up their attempts to reach Verbovoy, and they should not be allowed in there, at least until they kill a couple or three more mechanized brigades against him.

#source (https://t.me/negumanitarnaya_pomosch_Z/11552)

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The threat of encirclement of Avdeevka is real! It started the same way in Bakhmut

Caramel cuts the truth...

#source

(https://t.me/rezervsvo/34454)@Slavyangrad

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Practically Nothing Left of Ukrainian Armed Forces Personnel: Continuing Denazification of ATO participants

At the outset of the SMO, the AFU had slightly over 260,000 personnel, with 78,000 actively engaged in the so-called ATO. Following the start of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, the Kiev regime implemented several waves of mobilization, leading to reports that approximately a million people were mobilized.

In his calculations, dillfrash relies on President Zelensky's official statement, which indicates that over 700,000 individuals currently serve in the AFU.

Taking into account the fact that during the year and a half of the war, there was hardly anything left of the core army, we assume that only 30 percent of the core personnel remain in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, comprising roughly 52,000 individuals who have been engaged in battle with the Russian army from the very beginning. As for ATO participant, we also use an average of 30 percent of their pre-SMO numbers, amounting to 15,600 people.

This indicates that regular military personnel make up just 7.43 percent of the total Ukrainian army, with even fewer ATO members number at 2.23 percent.

What does this reveal? A majority of the Donbass punitive forces, responsible for harming the civilian population of the LPR and DPR before the start of the SMO, have been eliminated. Practically no ATO personnel remain, as most of them were eliminated over the course of the year and a half of the war.

The denazification process in Ukraine is ongoing.

#source (https://t.me/ukraina_ru/174128)

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In Israel, a female journalist lies on the pavement and claims she is under fire. At the same time, in the background, Jews are calmly walking and riding bicycles

Always work from the same scripts.

@Slavyangrad

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Ukrainian telegram channel "Resident": If we compare the mobilization processes in Ukraine and the Russian Federation, they are strikingly different.

If in Ukraine there is a mass exodus of men of military age using a number of corruption schemes to avoid going to the front or going abroad, then in the Russian Federation the army continues to grow at the expense of contract soldiers. Thus, only since the beginning of 2023, 357 thousand people have been accepted into the Russian army. Moreover, this number included not only those who were in the reserves and signed a contract, but also volunteers.

In Ukraine, there are virtually no “volunteers” left—there are no queues at military registration and enlistment offices (as was the case in the first months of the military conflict). Now military commissars are forcibly dragging people to the TCC - the mobilization resource in the country is almost exhausted, so the capture of almost every man of military age is more reminiscent of footage from an action-packed film.

That is, the potential of Russia and Ukraine in military terms is simply not comparable, and the current situation with mobilization processes in the two countries suggests that Ukraine has no chance of surviving a resource war.

https://t.me/rezident_ua/20205

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The results of the North Korean leader's visit to Russia are emerging in the public sphere. Shells produced by the DPRK were seen in service with Russian artillerymen.

Ammunition supplies aren’t everything?

Railway traffic between the Russian Federation and the DPRK has intensified significantly. An unprecedented number of cars have accumulated at the Tumangan station - more than 70 units, which exceeds the pre-pandemic level. But Western observers from CSIS noted one feature - the trains are covered with tarpaulin. Military equipment and ammunition are often camouflaged in this way.

At the same time, there is no corresponding activity at the Russian Khasan facility - supplies come from the DPRK to Russia. Insiders report that in the next few months, eleven new rapid assembly plants will be launched in the Russian Federation together with the DPRK. Additional capacity will be used to produce in-demand shells - 155 mm ammunition, missiles for MLRS and howitzers for self-propelled guns.

https://t.me/razumrussia/6154?single

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US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered the deployment of US missile defense systems to the Middle East: "I have ordered the deployment of a THAAD battery and additional Patriot battalions to the region to enhance the protection of American forces. I have ordered preparations for the deployment of additional contingency troops to enhance readiness and rapid response capabilities if necessary."

https://t.me/dimsmirnov175/57176

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Ukrobanderites are driving around Donetsk Avdeevka in a tank and it is clear that there are no longer any entire buildings left.

And so that they won’t be able to ride so comfortably anymore, we’ll show our guys their route of movement. Let them be greeted with sparkle next time.

Monitoring Ukrainian tik-tok

@MilitaryThemeZ

#source (https://t.me/MilitaryThemeZ/11794?single)

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Zelensky and his regime have been called a “monkey with a grenade” due to their thoughtless use of ATACMS.

The Kiev regime can thoughtlessly attack Russian territory with American-supplied ATACMS missiles. Advisor to the head of the DPR, Yan Gagin, stated this in an interview with RIA Novosti.

“In general, the Zelensky regime is like a monkey with a grenade; they will probably thoughtlessly strike at all objects on the territory of the Russian Federation that they can reach,” the adviser said.

Gagin noted that Ukraine was supplied with a small batch of long-range missiles, but the Ukrainian Armed Forces will try to use them “to the fullest.” He also said that Russia has something to respond to such challenges.

#source (https://t.me/c/1046446760/129293)

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Military expert Boris Rozhin on the main points during the special military operation of the Russian Federation on the territory of the former Ukraine per day by 00.12 Moscow time on October 23, 2023, especially for the Voenkor Kotenok channel @voenkorKotenok :

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In the Pyatikhatki area - no changes.

Local attacks continued in the area of ​​Kopani and Verbovoy .

The front line is without significant changes.

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On the Vremevskaya ledge - no changes.

The front has stabilized.

Our troops are trying to improve their positions and are cultivating Urozhaynoe .

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Ugledar , Novomikhailovka , Marinka - without significant changes.

Positional battles.

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Avdeevka. Fierce fighting continues north and south of the city. To the south, no significant changes.

To the north, our troops continue to try to completely take control of the waste heap; the enemy has already retreated from it, but continues to fire heavily, preventing us from gaining a foothold.

Avdeevka itself is covered with artillery and aviation.

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Artemovsk.

To the north of the city the situation remains unchanged; positional battles are taking place. The enemy failed to regain the lost positions at Orekhovo-Vasilievka .

To the south of the city, fighting continues on the Kleshcheevka-Andreevka-Kurdyumovka line. The enemy cannot break through the railway. It is also impossible to establish complete control over Kleshcheevka and Andreevka and break into Kurdyumovka.

In recent days, the intensity of enemy attacks has decreased somewhat, but the enemy has not abandoned plans for a breakthrough south of Artemovsk .

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On the Seversky ledge and west of Kremennaya - without changes. Positional battles are underway.

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In the Svatovo-Kupyansk direction, the slow advance of our troops to the west of Svatovo continues, as well as pressure towards Sinkovki and Petropavlovka .

The enemy, in turn, tries to counterattack.

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In the Kherson direction, fuss continues on the islands and the enemy’s attempts to cling to the left bank in the style of the recent DRG raid on Krynki .

Much activity is expected on the river in the coming weeks.

#source (https://t.me/voenkorKotenok/51479)

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German special forces GSG-9 are reported to have arrived in Cyprus. They are likely to be deployed to rescue the hostages.

If I were the Israeli hostages, I would be tense: once in 1972 in Munich, the Germans already tried to rescue Jews, and it did not work out well, to put it mildly Good enough

@Slavyangrad

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Good morning!

Explosions were reported in Kherson (https://t.me/rezervsvo/34596), while Nikolaev has an air-raid alert activated.

This night, round 01:20 Moscow time, there was an impact in the Odessa region, presumed to be in the vicinity of Ilyichevsk (Chernomorsk), as reported on the LPR 1 (https://t.me/treugolniklpr) Telegram channel.

The explosion took place underground, and its effects were felt throughout most of Odessa.

Ground vibrations were experienced without the typical sounds of an explosion.

Based on the described circumstances, it appears that the impact was within an underground storage facility for ammunition.

@Slavyangrad

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IDF spokesman: "A limited number of our troops entered Gaza to search for hostages"

Hamas is reportedly holding (https://t.me/OstashkoNews/102068) 222 people hostage. The IDF stated (https://t.me/OstashkoNews/102066) that their release is one of the conditions for the cancellation of the ground operation.

At the same time, at least 1 thousand captured Hamas supporters are in the hands of the Israeli military, among them there are dead, an IDF spokesman said.

It is also reported (https://t.me/OstashkoNews/102068) that the Israeli army has allowed 14 trucks with water, medicines and food to enter the southern part of the Gaza Strip.

@Slavyangrad

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The Gaza Strip last night

The IDF continues to strike residential buildings, as a result of which the number of civilian casualties is growing.

#source (https://t.me/boris_rozhin/101745?single)

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Four regions of Ukraine currently have air-raid alarm: Dnepropetrovsk, Kharkov, as well as those sectors of Donetsk and  Zaporozhye occupied by AFU.

Explosions are reported in Dnepropetrovsk and the region

@Slavyangrad

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Under the cover of fog, the enemy launched an offensive at Rabotino, deploying tanks, Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, and infantry

The main thrust of the AFU was directed at the Orekhov sector of the Zaporozhye Front.

In the morning, with strong artillery support, the AFU initiated an attack on our positions in the fields between Rabodino and Kopani.

Taking advantage of the fog, the enemy deployed armored vehicles and infantry in the lowlands. Weather conditions made it challenging to detect, monitor, and adjust fire on the advancing forces.

The attack involved tanks and American Bradley infantry fighting vehicles.

Fighters from the Southern Military District engaged in intense defensive battles, responding to the enemy with heavy fire. Fierce clashes are ongoing.

#source (https://t.me/RVvoenkor/55414)

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Arestovich continues to sow evil among Ukrainians, preparing for nomination as a spoiler candidate for Zelensky

Now we are savoring the heavy losses of the Russians at Avdeevka. But I want to remind you that the six previous times it ended with us losing the territories that we so brazenly began to defend.

The threat of encirclement and the loss of Avdeevka is absolutely real. It should not be underestimated. I am not the only one talking about this, but also many serious experts. We need to think about how this happens and why we have been caught in the same trap for the seventh time.

At the heart of it are our two attitudes, which are perfectly calculated by the enemy.

The first is a bet on heroism, that we "stand and will not surrender". The second is the bet that we don't want to give up a piece of our land even for the sake of a strategic maneuver.

@Slavyangrad

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The situation in the Kupyansk direction on 10/23/2023 - analysis from @Multi_XAM

Taking advantage of the lull in the Kharkov operational direction and the decrease in the intensity of the enemy's offensive in the Zaporozhye sector, the AFU began the reverse transfer of reserves to the Kupyansk direction.

In Zaporozhye (Rabotino-Verbovoye),  the enemy managed to gain a foothold, which allows field artillery to reach Tokmak.

The main task of the Kiev General Staff here remains cutting the route from Mariupol, blocking logistics and supplies of the Zaporozhye group. Having an advantage in the speed and continuity of maneuvering by reserve units in the Dnipropetrovsk region, the enemy pulled units of 72, 93 mechanized and 25 airborne assault brigades into Izyum (Kharkov region).

Currently, their equipment is secretly located on the southwestern outskirts of Izium in a wooded area, the personnel occupies private households left by the locals. Small groups of 10-15 people are being transferred to Kupyansk itself . The activity of the enemy is marked under the Sinkovka. One of the routes for the delivery of reserves is Staroverovka - Blagodatovka (from Dnepropetrovsk). Maneuverability of the AFU units when forcing the Oskol is ensured by the restored crossing near the railway bridge (49.704202, 37.622717), due to which the battered crossing was unloaded in the Kanzedalovsky area. Sabotage and reconnaissance groups of volunteer battalions "KRAKEN" and "Freikor" (operating under the supervision of the British SAS) were spotted in the forests near Sinkovka. Units of 14, 21, 32, 41 and 115 mechanized brigades, the Da Vinci Wolves group of 67 mechanized brigade, as well as 13 airborne assault brigade are concentrated in the strip from Petropavlovsk to Stepovaya Novoselovka.

It is worth noting that the enemy managed to restore the supply of the left bank of the Oskol, concentrating forces here sufficient to deter our actions in the Kupyansk direction.

@Slavyangrad

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Via Boris "Colonel Cassad" Rozhin:

About the realities of the future wave of meat mobilization in Ukraine, which are already openly depicted on Ukro-TV.

"We run out of soldiers every day"

"There are not enough people. We are running out of soldiers every day. Those who think they can sit out in the rear will not make it. There are not enough people, because we have a full-scale war, and for some reason the mobilization is not full-scale...

Everyone should go.

The authorities and the military-political leadership will come up with this sooner or later. And there is great hope for the new Minister of Defense that not only the introduction of some technologies in the life of the Defense Ministry and the troops in general will lead to mass mobilization, but also a tough approach to this matter."

(c) Company commander of the 80th separate assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Shevchuk

#source (https://t.me/boris_rozhin/101758)

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The salary of SMO participants in connection with the indexation of military pay in Russia will be from 210 thousand rubles per month and above.

Zin Note: This amounts to about $2200 per month.

#source (https://t.me/union_of_veterans31/4173)

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📌In the area of ​​Cossack Lopan (Kharkiv region), the Armed Forces of Ukraine are carrying out a controlled demolition of bridges and crossings.

Yesterday, in the village of Okop, a bridge over the Udy River, 2 kilometers from the Russian-Ukrainian border, was destroyed.

It is also known that the enemy has mined the crossings in Bugaevka, Alisovka and Kudimovka.

@ukrainian_guide

#source (https://t.me/ukrainian_guide/9229)

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📌In the area of ​​Cossack Lopan (Kharkiv region), the Armed Forces of Ukraine are carrying out a controlled demolition of bridges and crossings.

Yesterday, in the village of Okop, a bridge over the Udy River, 2 kilometers from the Russian-Ukrainian border, was destroyed.

It is also known that the enemy has mined the crossings in Bugaevka, Alisovka and Kudimovka.

@ukrainian_guide

#source (https://t.me/ukrainian_guide/9229)

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Ukrainian armed forces delivered aid to the Hamas people. Guys from the Israeli government, are you glad you supported them? Should have given them more of your weapons.

Corruption? What is corruption?

@Slavyangrad

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23,10,23 Alyoshki - Podstepnoe

Positional combat operations on the left bank of the Dnieper.

The use of an FPV drone of the Russian Armed Forces to destroy an infantry unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of ​​​​the settlement of Podstepnoye at fortified field positions.

46.68744, 32.87786

#source (https://t.me/creamy_caprice/2776?single)

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Highlights of Russian Military Operation in Ukraine on October 20-22

▪️Russian troops continue their fire damage in Kharkiv region: the strike fell on Korotych.

The innovative terminal of Nova Poshta was struck: one of the eight advanced centers responsible for the AFU logistics.

▪️Ukrainian units once again tried to attack the territory of Rostov region. Air defence intercepted two aerial targets.

▪️In Kup'yans'k sector, Ukrainian command stabilized the front line due to the reserves redeployment. At the moment, Russian troops are striking at the AFU locations.

▪️Ukrainian units do not abandon attempts to gain a foothold in Klishchiivka and continue the operation to envelope Bakhmut from the south. Over the past weekend, Russian special forces units and FPV-drones operators disrupted several sorties to the railway track.

▪️In Avdiivka sector to the southwest of Krasnohorivka, Russian troops cleaned up the slagheap and leveled the front line by rail. The fighting shifted to the eastern outskirts of Stepove.

▪️To the south, assault groups are trying to break through the AFU defence in the direction of Sjeverne and Tonen'ke.

▪️Ukrainian units do not stop shelling the cities of Donetsk agglomeration. Residential buildings and infrastructure facilities were damaged: one person was killed, four were wounded.

▪️In Vremivka sector, Russian troops expanded the control zone to the north of Pryyutne. Ukrainian units are counterattacking, trying to occupy tactical heights.

▪️In Kherson direction, enemy sabotage groups managed to create a bridgehead on the left bank of Dnipro river. Russian Armed Forces squeezed the enemy out of Konka River near Pishchanivka, but the center of the village of Krynky is still under enemy control.

▪️On Friday and Sunday, Ukrainian units did not abandon attempts to hit the objects of Russian Armed Forces in Kherson region and Crimea: over 15 targets were shot down.

Rybar

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Боги войны. 💥 Боевая работа расчёта 2С7М «Малка» на Купянском направлении

видео: @mod_russia

@stepnoy_veter

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🇺🇦 A lot has been said about the preparation of total mobilization in Ukraine in recent months - the same eminent Western experts and theorists called (https://t.me/rybar/51958) it a prerequisite for the Kiev regime to continue hostilities.

Now this narrative is increasingly appearing in the Ukrainian media, and not only from the lips of politicians. An interview recently appeared with the commander of the 80th Airborne Brigade, who directly speaks about the need not only to tighten conscription, but also to recruit women.

A member of the Ukrainian Armed Forces also openly expressed support for the military registration and enlistment office employees who catch people on the streets: according to him, at the front, the Ukrainian formations have a daily shortage of people, so he does not intend to protect draft dodgers.

📌 The mobilization potential of Ukraine has not yet been exhausted, (https://t.me/rybar/51957) and they can still replenish the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in all available ways in Kiev. True, this will become increasingly difficult to do over time, and tension in society will grow, which will affect the combat effectiveness of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

At the same time, the West does not plan to abandon “war until the last Ukrainian.” This means that soon the Ukrainian media field can expect a massive information campaign, where stories about the inevitability and importance of a total war will be heard from every voice.

@rybar

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

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Avdeevskoye direction

Judging by the enemy's attacks (https://t.me/negumanitarnaya_pomosch_Z/11571) on the waste heap, the enemy really does not like the presence of our troops at this point.

Our offensive operation has been going on for 13 days, the enemy is constantly transferring reinforcements.

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

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Lord Bebo: BOMBSHELL: The Israeli President claims Hamas is preparing Chemical Weapons!

He shows what he claims to be proof.

https://twitter.com/MyLordBebo/status/1716181077339914646?t=Meui5yiYDhe7u_pjuTvdGA&s=19

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Republican leader in the US Congress Mitch McConnell: ...There is an axis of evil in the world: China, Russia, North Korea and Iran. And we need to confront the axis of evil rather than try to deal with them.

https://t.me/dimsmirnov175/57229

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Blinken says that there should only be one aggressor in the world and it is the United States.

Blinken: We should see continued strong, bipartisan support. Support from both Ukraine and Israel. We have two friends who are under attack in different ways, but you heard the President speak very powerfully and eloquently about this the other night to the American people. We know that if we allow aggressors to act with impunity, be it a state like Russia, be it terrorists like Hamas, we will open a Pandora's box of other aggressors around the world who will try to get away with the same actions. We need to support our friends.

https://t.me/dimsmirnov175/57232

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“The Ukrainian counteroffensive has run out of steam, and Russia understands it” - WSJ (https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/as-ukraines-counteroffensive-grinds-on-russia-seeks-to-advance-in-the-north-944d0877).

All Western analysts talk about the failure of the Ukrainian offensive. However, no Russian offensive is observed either. They talk about a deadlock in the war, but it is not a deadlock. Remember how, after the start of SMO, all Western embassies fled from Kyiv and Ukraine in general and Zelensky hid in a bunker? What did they expect from Russia? They expected Russia to destroy Ukraine as a state. That it is precisely at the foundations of the state that Russia’s blow will be directed. Russia has not done this and is not doing this. Russia argues with Ukraine at the UN. The war has been going on for almost two years. During this time, the US and NATO successfully transformed the Ukrainian army into the US and NATO army. This is what Russia is fighting with now. This is not Russia’s problem, the problem is that it still does not strike at the state structure of Ukraine. The Ukrainian state functions successfully and prospers, thanks to multi-billion dollar investments from the West. The entire transport system is functioning, there are no problems with the transfer of weapons and troops. Russia is fighting in Ukraine against the collective West, which is using the infrastructure and population of Ukraine for a war against Russia. If Russia makes the political decision to destroy the Ukrainian Nazi state and proceeds to carry it out, all Western "consultants" will flee Ukraine again and the war will quickly end with a Russian victory. There are no other options for ending the war. The question is the need for a political solution in Russia.

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