Russia-Ukraine Reports - 2023-10-29
Arab sources: So far, 6 Kornet missiles have been fired at tanks and armored vehicles of the Israeli army in the north of the Gaza Strip.
#source (https://t.me/iran_daily24/34420)
#IsraelHamasWar
🌐 Place: #Gaza
🕰 Date: ~27.10.2023
📌 Coordinates: 31.333987, 34.232607
📝 Description: Israel forces ship striking targets in Gaza.
🖥 id: 28102023.0850
#IsraelHamasWar
🌐 Place: #Gaza
🕰 Date: ~27.10.2023
📌 Coordinates: 31.514053, 34.450083
📝 Description: Israeli troops shell residential areas in Gaza.
🖥 id: 28102023.0832
#IsraelHamasWar
🌐 Place: #Gaza
🕰 Date: ~25.10.2023
📌 Coordinates: 31.587016, 34.502565
📝 Description: Israeli military equipment entered Gaza.
🖥 id: 28102023.0902
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Pervomaiske
🕰 Date: ~28.10.2023
📌 Coordinates: 48.0964402, 37.5880389
📝 Description: The Russian military destroyed an ammunition depot of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Pervomaiske with a precise strike.
🖥 id: 28102023.1445
✉️source: https://t.me/RtrDonetsk/21192
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Malynivka
🕰 Date: ~28.10.2023
📌 Coordinates: 47.686058, 36.474834
📝 Description: The Russian military sent the LMUR directly to the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Malynivka.
🖥 id: 28102023.1450
✉️source: https://t.me/voin_dv/5706
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Marinka
🕰 Date: ~28.10.2023
📌 Coordinates: 47.9576207, 37.4770558
📝 Description: Russian artillery attacked the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the outskirts of Marinka.
🖥 id: 28102023.1456
✉️source: https://t.me/rusich_army/11532
Ukrainian_Guide (http://t.me/ukrainian_guide) reports that missile attacks were carried out at night on the places of concentration of militants of the 1st brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine in Volchansk (Kharkov region)
In the village of Podliman MLRS "Tornado" was used targeting the reserves of the 66th brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
@Slavyangrad
Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation (28 October 2023)
▫️In Kupyansk direction, units of the Zapad Group of Forces supported by aviation and artillery repelled three attacks of the AFU 43rd, and 68th jaeger brigades near Sinkovka (Kharkov) and Nadiya (LPR).
▫️The enemy lost up to 50 servicemen and three pickup trucks.
▫️In Krasny Liman direction, units of the Tsentr Group of Forces, helicopters, and artillery repelled two attacks of assault groups of the AFU 63rd Mechanised Brigade and 15th National Guard Regiment close to Chervonaya Dibrova (LPR) and Grigorovka (DPR).
◽️ AFU 63rd, 67th mechanised brigades' units have been hit near Yampolovka (DPR) and Serebryansky forestry.
▫️Up to 100 servicemen, one tank, two AFVs, and three motor vehicles were neutralised.
▫️In Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Group of Forces supported by aviation and artillery repelled three enemy attacks and inflicted fire damage on AFU manpower and hardware near Krasnoye, Andreevka, Kurdyumovka, Kleshcheyevka, and Maryinka (DPR).
◽️ Up to 160 servicemen, two AFVs, and four motor vehicles have been eliminated in this direction during the day.
▫️ In the course of the counter-battery warfare, one HIMARS MLRS and one U.S.-made M119 howitzer were hit .
▫️ In South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok Group of Forces, helicoptes, and artillery inflicted fire damage on clusters of manpower of AFU 72nd mechanised and 128th territorial defence brigades near Vodyanoye and Staromayorskoye (DPR).
▫️ The enemy lost up to 120 servicemen and three pickup trucks.
▫️In Zaporozhye direction, units of the Russian Group of Forces supported by aviation and artillery repelled four attacks at AFU 65th, 118th mechanised brigadesnear Rabotino (Zaporozhye), and inflicted fire damage on the enemy units close to Verbovoye (Zaporozhye).
▫️ Up to 80 servicemen, one German-manufactured Leopard tank, four AFVs, three motor vehicles, and one U.S.-made M119 howitzer were neutralised.
◽️ In Kherson direction, up to 110 servicemen, four motor vehicles, and several Giatsint, Msta-B howitzers were 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 117 areas during the day.
▫️ One air traffic control tower of the Ukrainian Air Force has been destroyed at the Kanatovo airfield (Kirovograd).
◽️Russian air defence means have shot down Su-25 and MiG-29 aircraft of Ukrainian Air Force near Daryevka (Kherson) and Ternovka (Dnepropetrovsk).
◽️Air defence systems have intercepted four ATACMS operational-tactical missiles, two JDAM guided bombs, three HARM anti-radiation missiles, and eight U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles during the day.
◽️36 UAVs were neutralised near Proletarka, Sagi (Kherson), Valeryanovka, Veseloye, Spornoye (DPR), Verkhnekamenka (LPR), and Tokmak (Zaporozhye).
Russian Defence Ministry (https://t.me/mod_russia_en)
Enemy inspection of two destroyed M1126 Strykers in the Zaporozhye direction.
Apparently, this is the same pair of American armored personnel carriers that were burned by fire from the Kornet ATGM in the Orekhovsky direction. The first car was partially burned out, while the second was utterly burned out.
@Slavyangrad
New photos of burnt Merkava tanks have appeared
@Slavyangrad
Avdeevka is under threat of encirclement - Bild
According to the military expert of the publication Julian Röpke, the Russian Armed Forces reached the railway line in the north of the city and approached the village of Severnoye in the south. This led to a narrowing of the corridor through which the Ukrainian Armed Forces can receive supplies in Avdeevka from 9 to 7 kilometers.
According to him, the only access to Ukrainian-controlled territories remains through the village of Orlovka.
@Slavyangrad
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan blamed the West for the bloodshed in Gaza, calling it a massacre
He made this statement at a mass rally in support of Palestine, which was organized in Istanbul at Ataturk Airport.
https://t.me/rocknrollgeopolitics/8694
Scott Ritter on how Russian air defenses shot down (https://t.me/dimsmirnov175/57612) 24 planes in 5 days:
The Russians just launched what turned out to be the most sophisticated air defense program in history. We don't understand what happened. All we know is that planes are being destroyed. Despite the fact that we saturate the skies with our radars, we search for everything in the sky, but planes simply explode. The Russians came up with a solution. MiG-29s are exploding, and Su-24s with British missiles will explode. And they will also explode because they need to get even closer, and they will be caught. The Russians essentially neutralized the Ukrainian Air Force. And we want to send them F-16s. You can forget, even if they don’t even try to take off. But that is not all. Modern technology is not just about the F-35. This is Awacs; this is RC-135, every drone we have. If this system is what I think it is, it means the Russians have just guaranteed themselves air supremacy in the next conflict. We will raise our devices, and they will simply disappear. And we won't even know what's happening.
Will their system be able to intercept a ballistic or hypersonic missile? We don't know yet. But I know that the Russian defense industry is the most advanced in the world and has always been so. In Soviet times, the best minds worked for them. Here is a device from their ballistic missiles, we captured it, and opened it - this is the level of technological perfection. We showed this to an engineer who worked on the Apollo space program. He looked and said: “Yes, this is navigation, we flew to the moon with this one. We did this, but now we can’t.” It's like the battleships that we built for World War II - we can no longer make steel for them, we have lost the technology. And the Russians, you think: “What can they do?”, but they produce the best weapons in the world, and their engineers are real geniuses. What is most important is that they do not work for profit, they work for the benefit of their country. When a country says: “There are a lot of planes there that interfere with our lives,” they sit down and create new weapons.
Elon Musk announces the provision of the Starlink service to international humanitarian organizations in the Gaza Strip
@Slavyangrad
Destroyed Ukrainian BTR-70, American Stryker BTR, and abandoned T-72AV of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Rabotino area.
@Slavyangrad
The assembly of the NATO strike force in the Mediterranean continues: the British aircraft carrier R08 Queen Elizabeth has entered its waters
@Slavyangrad
Rubriqe Lost and Found
The American M2A2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle has lost its turret.
The owner can contact us for the location.
@Slavyangrad
Pushilin’s adviser said that Ukraine may not last until spring
The Russian military holds the offensive initiative at the front and is effectively moving forward; at this rate, Ukraine “may simply not make it until spring,” said an adviser to the head of the DPR, Yan Gagin.
“ Increasingly, assumptions are being heard from the White House that Russia will win many tactical victories at the front in the coming months and weeks and consolidate its initiative until spring. This is true. True, victories will go from tactical to strategic, in my opinion,” Gagin said.
@Slavyangrad
Large-scale rally in support of the Palestinian people in London
Currently, the action is taking place in the very center of the British capital, Sky News reports.
Thousands of people are calling for an end to the bloodshed in the Gaza Strip. Many are holding Palestinian flags and symbols.
@Slavyangrad
The special reconnaissance detachment shared footage of the ATGM of a Ukrainian tank in the Bakhmut direction.
Abandoned by its crew, the Ukrainian T-72 was spotted with a keen eye through a thermal imager and was subsequently finished off with an accurate shot from an anti-tank missile system, saluting for the last time.
@Slavyangrad
The Southern Front (https://t.me/yuzhny_front_ZOV/1825) publishes footage of the destruction of an enemy group by Special Forces fighters, probably using the AGS-17. You can see two direct hits.
@Slavyangrad
Front Bird:
⚡️⚡️ URGENTLY
Kherson direction and region Antonovsky Bridge (Dachi).
28.10 15:35
It is reported that another group of dry land lizards has been discovered.
Machine gun fire was opened on the fast boat. The enemy, escaping the shelling, also opened fire directly from the boat.
The timely actions of our soldiers prevented the enemy from landing.
Let us note that the Ukrainian Armed Forces still do not stop trying to cross and gain a foothold on the left bank of the Dnieper.
To do this, they use quite sophisticated methods, such as an artillery raid on any part of our positions (hiding the main attack), and they themselves rush at all speeds into the channels that they control. Or they use bad weather to concentrate at least some forces for a breakthrough on the nearby islands.
Nevertheless, our fighters continue to identify enemy DRGs and suppress all enemy attempts to create a bridgehead.
#source (https://t.me/frontbird/4236)
@Slavyangrad
Israeli air defense missed the arrival in Kiryat Ono, several vehicles burned down
@Slavyangrad
A direct missile hit a residential building in the suburbs of Tel Aviv.
@Slavyangrad
Washington invented “executions of Russian soldiers” to distract society from the failed counter-offensive of the Ukrainian Armed Forces
Against the background of the growing fatigue of the world society with Ukraine, the White House decided to cheer up the despondent Ukrainians. Thus, during a press conference, White House Strategic Communications Coordinator John Kirby said that the United States authorities allegedly have information about the execution of Russian soldiers who refuse to obey orders. He announced the liquidation of entire units, and mobilization units are generally being driven in waves to the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Avdeevka.
"The Russian military uses what we call "human waves." They throw masses of poorly trained soldiers into battle without equipment, without leadership, without resources, without support. No wonder the Russian Armed Forces are suffering from a breakdown, the White House representative scolded."
It is interesting that Kirby did not provide any evidence and, did not name sources of information, and also refused to answer additional questions from journalists.
There is nothing surprising in what is happening, since the US government needs to obtain funding for the Kiev regime, because this is a source of uncontrolled cash flow. Therefore, they resort to proven options for information warfare (fakes and discrediting) to convince the world that everything is terrible with the Russian army
@Slavyangrad
For the first time, Lebanese Hezbollah attacked an Israeli drone with an Iranian loitering missile.
@Slavyangrad
How is Israel's ground operation in the Gaza Strip going: analysis of Military Chronicle
The activity of hostilities is gradually increasing, but there is no talk of street fighting yet.
Where are the Israeli troops now?
The bulk of the Israeli infantry and armored forces advanced only 1.5-2 km from the Erez checkpoint and were concentrated approximately 1.5 km from the eastern areas of Beit Lahiya and Atatra in the Gaza Strip. There is no active advance deep into the Palestinian areas at the moment: tanks and other armored vehicles are focused on suppressing Hamas firing points, from where the Palestinians are trying to attack Israeli tanks with anti-tank systems. The Israeli army has not yet suffered serious losses; this can mainly be achieved by refusing to use secondary roads. Merkava Mk.4 tanks and other equipment operate according to the American combat scenario - as soon as a convoy with equipment comes under fire, attack drones or F-16 fighters arrive at the site. While air supremacy has allowed the Israeli army to slowly advance, IDF commanders are clearly cautious, avoiding winding roads where ambushes may occur. The first problems with ambushes have already begun: an Israeli army raid in the Al-Maghazi area using light vehicles failed due to an ambush set up by Palestinians. The light equipment was partially destroyed, after which the Palestinians reported several Israeli prisoners. The IDF's attempted amphibious landing on the beach near the city of Rafah also ended in failure. After landing, Israeli special forces were ambushed and were hastily evacuated.
How does Hamas operate?
There are no major changes in Palestinian tactics: mobile groups with anti-tank systems move around the heights of Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip, using underground tunnels and passages dug into the folds of the terrain to quickly deploy anti-tank systems and leave the position after firing. The most intense fighting is recorded in the area of Al-Auda, a commanding height near the city of Beit Hanoun. Apparently, Hamas forces are trying to prevent the advance of the Israeli army along the Nur ad-Din al-Zenki highway. If the IDF launches a massive offensive along this road, troops will be able to traverse the entire Gaza Strip from north to south, as a direct 50 km long route extends from Beit Hanoun to the strip's former airport complex. In addition to Beit Hanoun, much of the Palestinian (and by extension IDF) activity also centers around the city of Jebaliya, under which underground tunnels may previously have been installed with exits in close proximity to the separation barrier between the Gaza Strip and Israel. On the afternoon of October 28, the Palestinian Al-Qassam Brigades said they fired rockets at the Israeli Zikim military base, 4 km north of the Gaza Strip. From a military and tactical point of view, the value of the strike is practically zero, but until recently there were Israeli reserves there, the status of which is currently unknown.
How do neighboring countries and groups react?
Gradually, the Lebanese Hezbollah begins to become involved in the fighting between Israel and Hamas. In addition to destroying Israeli tanks with anti-tank systems, the group is gradually using rockets and ballistic missiles. At the same time, the Yemeni Houthis began probing air defense forces of US ships in the Red Sea. The rebels are actively using Quds missiles, as well as Samad-3 UAVs. While their number is critically small for carrying out massive strikes, however, apparently, the Yemeni security forces are just feeling out the optimal route for their use.
https://t.me/SLGmaps/412
#source (https://t.me/milchronicles/2793)
In the SMO zone, compared to last year, the number of FPV squads has increased 10 times. And the number of combat use of drones has exceeded 5 thousand.
The figures are growing every month.
#source (https://t.me/notes_veterans/13190)
❗️Situation on the Rabotino-Verbovoye line
The Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to attack in the area west of Rabotino with infantry groups supported by tanks and infantry fighting vehicles. Over the past 24 hours, they have somewhat expanded the control zone along the route. Despite this, Rabotino is seriously damaged and for the most part lies in the gray zone. In such conditions, a large-scale offensive is difficult.
Also, periodic attacks towards Kopanei and Verbovoy have continued recently. There were no significant changes on the front line. Artillery continues to operate actively.
It is worth noting that despite the transfer of part of the forces to Avdeevka, the Ukrainian Armed Forces still have a group of troops sufficient for such actions. Therefore, after weather conditions return to normal, new attack attempts should be expected in the near future.
#source (https://t.me/polk105/12348)
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⭕ 24-hour flight and transfer of US and allied transport aircraft from CONUS to Eastern Med/CENTCOM, including C-17A (49!), C-5M A400M and C-130 with RCH/REACH callsigns to the Middle East and especially Tel Aviv
The above list does not include tankers or other aircraft.
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#source (https://t.me/iran_daily24/34585?single)
Blue_Beard_Z:
Review of Avdeevka.
Two days ago, our troops again attacked the forward positions of the AFU north and south of the Avdeevka district in the following directions:
Krasnogorovka - Stepnoye.
There Units of the 114th separate motorized rifle brigade of the 1st Army Corps (AK) of the 8th Combined Arms Army (OVA) operated. The success in taking the waste heap is known to everyone - the Nazis had the only sane supply route left - through Orlovka.
Near the village of Krutaya Balka , on the eastern outskirts of Avdeevka, units of the 114th motorized rifle brigade were also attacked. Ours managed to advance to the third headquarters, that is, to Avdeevka Ponds.
The segment Vodyanoye - Severnoye - Tonenkoye.
Units of the 1st motorized rifle brigade of the 1st AK of the 8th Army operated there. They acted successfully and advanced in a northern direction. In fact, in the direction to the village of Tonenkoye and near the neighboring village of Severnoye, our forward positions are already located in the same forest belt from the southern outskirts of both of these settlements.
At the Yasinovatskaya highway interchange towards the Avdeevka industrial zone , the attacking units of the 255th motorized rifle regiment advanced north of Yasinovsky Lane by about 500 meters. This is significant compared to the previous 10 years of “standing” near Avdos.
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Today, several things are also obvious regarding the planning and conduct of this operation on the part of our command. Now we can talk about it.
Firstly, the introduction of troops of the 1st AK 8 OVA, whose task was to initially undermine the defense system of the AFU in this direction. Yes, it took a lot of blood, but 10 years of head start on the construction of fortifications, equipment of positions and mining played their role.
The task set by the 1st AK 8th Army was to initially disorganize the defense system of the AFU in the Avdeevka direction and achieve some initial, tactical successes, and most importantly, to force the Ukrainian command to react in the way we need, so that it spends its operational reserves in this direction.
Secondly, in this context, it is now obvious why the dynamics in the Liman direction decreased significantly and the movement of reserves to the DPR was recorded. This was clearly done in a planned manner, counting on two things - to hide the real volume and number of troops that were planned to be deployed specifically near Avdeevka and the future scope and scale of the operation, as well as the direction, time and place of the attack.
And while the 1st Corps was operating, we disguised the movement of the 2nd and 41st Armies in this direction in order to strengthen the strike groups. And the fact that the planned volume and scope of the operation is much larger than it seems from the outside was carefully and very competently disguised.
We have learned, in short, secretive logistics and the accumulation of strike forces. And it is precisely this, and not the tactical advances in the Avdeevka sector, that can and should now be considered the main success.
But it's just begun. I continue to monitor.
#source (https://t.me/beardtim/13940)
🔴 There is a massive shelling of Gaza, and the use of phosphorus ammunition by Israel is also reported.
#source (https://t.me/rezervsvo/35404)
There are less than seven kilometers left before the pincers close into a finally formed cauldron around the city of Avdeevka.
crests, start chanting:
Avdeevka is another Bakhmut.
#source (https://t.me/polk105/12350)
❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Chronicle of a special military operation
for October 28, 2023
Large-scale artillery duels are taking place in the vicinity of Avdeevka . The enemy, with the support of aviation, is launching massive attacks on Russian positions near the previously occupied waste heap. The Russian Aerospace Forces, in turn, are covering the Avdeevsky coke plant, which is adjacent to the waste heap a little to the south, with fire. Colleagues from the NgP RaZVedka channel report that at night the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine evacuated headquarters from Avdievka in anticipation of active actions by the Russian Armed Forces.
In the Kherson direction, Russian military personnel managed to intercept another boat with a Ukrainian landing force in the Dach area. The Ukrainian Armed Forces also launched another foray towards Peschanivka , but were unsuccessful. At the same time, the enemy continues to hold a small bridgehead in Krynki .
In the Orekhovsky sector, Ukrainian formations attacked the positions of the Russian Armed Forces somewhat west of Rabotino , but retreated under artillery fire. Fighting also continues near Verbovoy , where Russian fighters managed to destroy at least three Leopards in one day.
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#Russian forces in #Zaporozjie found wounded and abandoned #Ukranian soldier and got him med evac
ArthurM40330824
Donald Trump's Attorney Played Video Of Over 4 Straight Minutes Of Nancy Pelosi/ Democrats & The Media Calling For Violence, Death, Destruction And Even His Assassination During Trial
WallStreetApes
We also have something to show. Russia showed at the UN Security Council fragments of Western-made ammunition used by the Ukrainian army of the United States and NATO. Among them are the American HIMARS, as well as the French-British Storm Shadow, which “clearly reads ‘Made in France’.” https://t.me/vicktop55/17975
Russian FPV drone lands on a busy and unsuspecting Ukrainian soldier
narrative_hole
“Fuck Joe Biden”
GuntherEagleman
DefiantLs
Families of #Israeli hostages in #Gaza block a street in #TelAviv. Reports stated that protesters chanted "all in exchange for all", demanding to release all nearly 8000 Palestinians from Israeli jails in exchange for all Israeli hostages in Gaza.
http://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses
There's ALWAYS a crucial Pipelineistan angle. As relevant as Israel aiming to steal the natural gas reserves offshore Gaza to become a major exporter, Israel can be easily deprived of at least 40% of its oil if The Sultan cuts off the tanker transport link from the BTC pipeline (a Brzezinski project, by the way). He won't do it. So all that condemnation of Israel as a "war criminal" nation is only empty posture.
https://x.com/IranObserver0/status/1718286366172127351?s=20
RealPepeEscobar
Russian drone operator hits a Leopard in a weak part, between the turret and the hull. These operators fly so many missions they become crazy skilled …
MyLordBebo
Lavrov on the settlement of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict: We call for an immediate cessation of hostilities. This is the difference between our resolution, which we twice proposed to the UN Security Council, and the American one, which does not talk about any cessation of hostilities, but only condemns Hamas - and “therefore Israel has the full right to self-defense by any means.” It is clear that this approach is also disastrous, because if Gaza is destroyed, if 2 million inhabitants are expelled from it, as some politicians in Israel and abroad are throwing forward, this will create a catastrophe for many, many decades, if not centuries.
So, of course, you need to stop. And it is necessary to announce humanitarian programs to save the population that is under blockade: no water, no electricity, no food, no heat, there is none of this. Our draft resolution, which we, together with China and the Arab countries, promoted in the UN Security Council, was aimed exactly at achieving these goals, but the Americans vetoed it, thereby confirming that their task was to fully support Israel in any of its actions.
https://t.me/dimsmirnov175/57599
Iran and Russia plan to invest $38 billion in the development of the Trans-Caspian route as part of the North-South International Transport Corridor - Tehran Times
t.me/China3army/25355
Kherson region, railway bridge supports, our shore
5 Ukros are trying to find refuge from our FPV players. But it doesn't work. They died for Biden.
Two Majors (http://t.me/two_majors)
⚡️ (https://t.me/readovkanews/68524)🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ War Map and the Situation on the Fronts for the Evening of 28 Oct 2023; pub. 00:05⚡️
👍 In the Yasynuvatsky district, near the village of #Spartak, the AFUshniks attacked (https://t.me/readovkanews/68517) a civilian car with a kamikaze drone. On his way home, the civilian's navigator started malfunctioning, which put him near the line of contact. The enemy targeted the car. The driver died on the spot, and his mother, who was in the car, miraculously survived. But not enough, even a few days later a corrective UAV was hovering over the scene of the tragedy to prevent Russian fighters from taking the man's body.
⚔️ Situation on the Fronts over the past Day
🔹#Svatovo - #Kremennaya Direction:
▪️ The Russian army continues to advance in the #Kupyansk area. There is fighting near #Sinkovka and #Kislovka. In addition, there is an advance in the area of #Makeyevka.
▪️Near #Torskoye and in the #Serebryanskoye forest without changes.
🔹#Donetsk Direction:
▪️ In the #Avdeyevka section, fighting continues in the area of the railway near #Steponoye (#Petrovskoye). In the area of the #Slagheap, our fighters are consolidating their positions, which allows them to increasingly work on (https://t.me/readovkanews/68518) enemy positions in the city itself. Raids by Russian FPV drones have been particularly successful. In addition, our fighters are gradually advancing south of #Avdeyevka and in the #Severnoye area.
▪️ In the #Maryinka sector, there are successes at #Novomikhaylovka.
🔹#Zaporozhye Direction:
▪️ In the #Orekhov section the AFU tried to break through our defence between #Kopani and #Rabotino, but ran into the firepower of the Russian army. On the #Vremyevka ledge, our fighters counterattacked west of #Novodonetskoye.
⚡️ The Russian Army worked (https://t.me/readovkanews/68485) on 404 military infrastructure in the #Dnepropetrovsk and #Odessa regions. Facilities in Krivoy Rog were under attack, as well as in the #Izmail district, where the enemy's port infrastructure is located.
🔎 Map in Good Resolution
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⚡️ (https://t.me/sitrepmaps/4764)🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ #Chronicle of the Special Military Operation for 28 October 2023⚡️
🔹In the area around #Avdeyevka, massive artillery duels are taking place. The enemy, supported by aircraft, is launching massive strikes on Russian positions near the #Slagheap occupied earlier. The Russian Aerospace Forces, in turn, are covering the Avdeyevka Coke Plant adjacent to the #Slagheap to the south. Colleagues from the NgP raZVedka channel report (https://t.me/negumanitarnaya_pomosch_Z/11700) that during the night the AFU command evacuated its headquarters from #Avdeyevka in anticipation of active actions by the RF Armed Forces.
🔹In the #Kherson direction, Russian servicemen managed to intercept another boat with a Ukrainian landing force in the Dacha area. The AFU also made another sortie towards #Peschanovka, but did not succeed. At the same time, the enemy continues to hold a small bridgehead in #Krynki.
🔹In the #Orekhov section, Ukrainian formations attacked the Russian positions a little west of #Rabotino, but retreated under artillery fire. Fighting also continues near #Verbovoye, where Russian fighters managed to destroy at least three Leopards during the day.
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Hamas says Israeli ground operation in Gaza has failed.
The Israeli army's attempt at a ground attack on the Gaza Strip from three sides failed, and the Israeli side suffered heavy losses, Ali Baraka, a member of the leadership of the Palestinian Hamas movement abroad, told Al Mayadeen TV channel.
He added that the offensive took place last night. Also, Israel, according to Barak, used helicopters to evacuate the wounded and dead from the battlefield, RIA Novosti reports .
The Hamas movement said yesterday that the Gaza Strip was attacked by the Israeli army from land, sea and air.
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New camera footage of an armed Hamas UAV that crashed in Israel has been published. This is a relatively large drone carrying an RPG grenade. Its operator launched it from the area of a private home in the Gaza Strip.
For an unknown reason, the copter crashed into a piece of surrounding farmland, but the weapon did not explode.
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The Lebanese group Hezbollah is threatening to destroy Tel Aviv's high-rise buildings.
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“Counter-battery warfare is underway, we are working against them, they are against us”: Readovka report about artillerymen destroying the enemy in the Rabotino area
Every day in the Zaporozhye direction, artillery crews work on the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, destroying with targeted fire equipment, support workers, and personnel of the Ukrainian army. Readovka got to know the D-30 howitzer better and saw how the front-line everyday life of the artillerymen goes, who, with their daily work, help our infantry to feel confident on the front line. The main difficulty is the constant counter-battery fight, which does not allow us to relax for a minute. As soon as our artillery hits the targets, the enemy immediately responds.
Our UAV operators help us avoid wasting the lives of soldiers and equipment: they are responsible for adjusting fire, reconnaissance, and identifying priority targets for strikes. It is in the close interaction of artillerymen and drone operators, who accurately report the necessary coordinates, that good results are achieved. In just one day, our fighters destroyed four Western vehicles at once.
“Today, there was an offensive again; we went from Rabotino, tried to enter Novoprokopovka, worked on targets, and destroyed two Leopards and two Bradleys. The artillery helped correct and cover our armored group for entry and destruction,” said the operator of the UAV platoon 1430th regiment with the call sign "Yakut."
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Reconnaissance activity of two American MQ-9A Reaper ER UAVs near the Gaza Strip this morning.
It is obvious that American drones are working in the interests of the Israeli army, which is conducting a ground operation in the northern regions of Gaza.
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Drones destroy enemy positions in the Spornoye area
Operators of the UAVs of the “Southern” group of forces, with precise drops, hit the positions of militants of the 108th OGSB of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, where their ammunition was stored.
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Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation (29 October 2023)
Part I (see Part II (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/10542))
▫️In Kupyansk direction, units of the Zapad Group of Forces, supported by aviation and artillery, have repelled two attacks launched by 14th and 43rd mechanised brigades of the AFU close to Sinkovka (Kharkov region), and Nadiya (Lugansk People's Republic).
The enemy losses were up to 165 servicemen, and two pickup trucks.
▫️In Krasny Liman direction, as a result of coordinated actions by units of the Tsentr Group of Forces, Army Aviation, artillery and heavy flamethrower systems, two attacks launched by assault groups of 21st and 63rd mechanised brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been repelled close to Yampolovka (Donetsk People's Republic), and Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic).
In addition, AFU 63rd and 67th mechanised brigades have been hit near Torskoye (Donetsk People's Republic) and Serebryansky forestry.
The enemy losses were up to 70 servicemen, two armoured fighting vehicles, and two pickup trucks.
▫️In Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Group of Forces, supported by artillery and heavy flamethrower systems, have struck AFU 28th mechanised and 3rd assault brigades close to Andreevka, Yakovlevka, Artyomovskoye, Kleshcheevka, and Kurdyumovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy losses were up to 110 servicemen, two armoured fighting vehicles, and two pickup trucks.
In the course of counter-battery warfare, one U.S.-manufactured M777 artillery system, and one D-30 howitzer have been hit. In addition, two command and control points for AFU drones have been destroyed.
▫️In South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok Group of Forces, in cooperation with Army Aviation and artillery, have repelled four attacks launched by assault groups of the 58th Motorised Brigade, the 79th Air Assault Brigade, and the 128th Territorial Defence Brigade close to Urozhainoye, Novomikhailovka, and Staromayorskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
Manpower concentration areas of the AFU 72nd Mechanised Brigade have been hit near Ugledar and Vodyanoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy losses were up to 130 servicemen, one armoured personnel carrier, two motor vehicles, and one D-20 howitzer.
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Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation (29 October 2023)
Part II (see Part I (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/10541))
▫️In Zaporozhye direction, units of the Russian Group of Forces, aviation, artillery, and heavy flamethrower systems have hit manpower of the 65th Mechanised Brigade of the AFU near Rabotino (Zaporozhye region).
The enemy losses were up to 40 servicemen, two armoured fighting vehicles, and eight motor vehicles.
In addition, one Bukovel electronic warfare station has been destroyed near Komsomolskoye (Zaporozhye region).
▫️In Kherson direction, the enemy losses were up to 55 servicemen, two motor vehicles, and two Msta-B howitzers.
▫️Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have neutralised manpower and military hardware in 124 areas.
One signal node of the AFU 66th Mechanised Brigade has been destroyed near Podliman (Kharkov region).
One command post of the AFU 79th Air Assault Brigade has been hit near Novomikhailovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
▫️Air defence facilities have shot down 44 unmanned aerial vehicles near Nyrkovo, Ploshchanka, Troitskoye (Lugansk People's Republic), Zolotaryovka, Verkhnetoretskoye (Donetsk People's Republic), Novofyodorovka, and Vasilyevka (Zaporozhye region).
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The Israeli Army has published new footage of the ground operation in the Gaza Strip
On them, armored vehicles and IDF soldiers continue to move around the territory of the enclave.
It is also reported that Israeli Air Force planes attacked Hamas military targets.
The fighters who shot at IDF soldiers were killed on the coastline in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army said.
/RT/
Street in the Gaza Strip today
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"Russian trap" - minus two ARVs and a T-64BV!
Soldiers of the Russian Army knocked out an enemy T-64BV with an ATGM . A day later, an ARV was brought to him for evacuation, but that was not the case! Another missile sent the second piece of equipment “to the hangar.”
Well, where is the second one, there is a third one.
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WARNING!!!EXTREMELY GRAPHIC VIDEO 🔞
We do not recommend watching to those with weak nerves and chronic conditions.
Al Hadat TV channel reports that in one day, the number of victims increased by more than 300 people.
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German-made Ukrainian Leopard 2A4 destroyed in the Russian army's Zaporozhye research and testing area.
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The Israeli army is expanding its foothold in the northern Gaza Strip as part of a ground operation.
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🇺🇦⚔️🇷🇺 The enemy is again throwing troops on the offensive near Rabotino and Verbovoy
Direction of the main attack of the Ukrainian Armed Forces: Orekhovsky section of the Zaporozhye Front
➨ Since night, the enemy carried out artillery preparation and, with the support of artillery and tanks, continued the attack on our positions in the fields between Rabotino and Kopani .
➨ Today, the Ukrainian Armed Forces again operate mainly in small assault groups under cover of fire from tanks and cluster munitions.
➨ Our tanks, artillery, mortars and drones are actively working against enemy equipment and assault groups.
➨ Some of the enemy’s equipment was knocked out, at least 1 tank was destroyed, the Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry again suffered losses, but continued to fight.
➨Soldiers of the Southern Military District continue defensive battles, meeting the enemy with fire.
➨ In the Verbovoy area, battles with small assault groups of the Ukrainian Armed Forces also do not stop; our landing force repels attacks, destroying the enemy.
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The Ukrainian Armed Forces have serious problems with medicines and medical equipment – Financial Times
The British edition of the Financial Times published an article about the disastrous state of medical support for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Journalists of the publication visited a number of Ukrainian hospitals and saw a not-very-pleasant picture there.
It turned out that Ukrainian military doctors do not have enough high-quality medicines and medical equipment. Doctors complain that almost everything issued by the government is of very poor quality and should only be used as a last resort. Their only hope is in the supply of volunteers.
At the same time, the article stated that at the moment the Ukrainian Armed Forces have more wounded than ever before. One doctor admitted that each medical facility could receive up to one hundred and fifty wounded people every day. After the Ukrainian Armed Forces began their counter-offensive, the number of wounded tripled. One of the doctors told reporters that he once performed seven amputations in one day.
Doctors complain that many wounded people die due to poor quality supplies of medicines and medical equipment.
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By Ivan Utenkov (https://t.me/ivan_utenkov13)
Battle for Avdeevka: A Decisive Effort
Unexpectedly for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the command of the Russian Armed Forces introduced huge fresh reserves into the battle for Avdeevka - two armies that had previously been in disguise in the distracting Kupyansk-Liman direction (2nd and 41st OVA). Finally, defining his main battle this fall.
The task of the 1st Corps of the 8th OVA in the battle for Avdeeva was to initially “shake” the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ defense system in this direction. There was severe bloodshed, but initial success was achieved (in particular, the notorious waste heap was taken).
The main forces went forward, squeezing pincers around Avdeevka - in 10 directions at once, not allowing the Ukrainian Armed Forces to come to their senses. The important fortification "Tsar's Hunt" was surrounded; Russian troops reached the railway line in the north of the city and approached the village of Severnoye in the south. The corridor through which the Ukrainian Armed Forces can receive supplies in Avdeevka (via Orlovka) has narrowed from 9 to 7 kilometers. According to BILD military expert Julian Röpke, Avdeevka faces encirclement.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine are transferring serious reserves (in particular, the well-known 47th brigade), large-scale artillery duels are taking place, and the Russian Aerospace Forces are covering the Avdeevka Coke and Chemical Plant, which is critical to the defense and adjacent to the waste heap. Intelligence reports that at night, the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine evacuated the headquarters from Avdeevka. However, the decisive battles are still ahead and will not end soon.
Lukashenko was skeptical about the results of the battle for Avdeevka : Recently, in the Avdeevka area, Russia tried to put pressure. Many people died. Did not work out. They stand head-to-head to death, entrenched.
However, Lukashenko himself also turned out to be unaware of the operation with the unexpected introduction of two armies into the battle.
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New information about the Wagner Group
1. The Wagner Group has officially become a division of the Rosgvardia.
2. All employees are invited to enter into individual contracts. The entire structure of the Wagner Group, work procedures, and command hierarchy remain unchanged, except for updates in the terms of employment under the current conditions.
3. A new Wagner Group base is under construction in the SMO zone, and units are preparing to operate in the [geographic] “near” (within 6 months). Tasks in the “far" (within 9 months) and Belarus continue.
4. Employees from the reserve are recruites alongside with new recruits. Candidates must not have a history of [criminal prosecution], restrictions on leaving, active [arrest warrants] within the Russian Federation, or an outstanding criminal record. Contracts are available for all categories: Project-K, Umbrella, foreigners, with an age range from 20 to 55.
5. Contract signing follows approval for the position on the first day, with mandatory one-month training. Payment remains the same, while camp training - 80 (thousand roubles) on large terms contract - 170 (thousand roubles), on the active frontline - starting from 240 (thousand roubles).
Provisions, healthcare, and rehabilitation are provided in the same manner as for Rosgvardia servicemen.
P.S. Individuals who have transferred from the Wagner Group to the Ministry of Defense or volunteer detachments are not eligible for reenlistment [into the Wagner Group].
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Scott Ritter: Israel Faces ‘Near Impossible Task’ in Gaza
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Israel has conducted a series of ground incursions into Gaza over the course of the past week, each one building on the other, increasing in scope and scale. This appears to be part of an Israeli strategy to lean gradually into an operation that, when finished, falls just short of a general assault on Gaza.
At the end of the day, however, Israel will most likely not be able to defeat the military forces of Hamas and other Palestinian resistance forces defending Gaza. Israel will have to either seek to defeat Hamas by laying siege to the Gaza Strip or commit to a full-scale attack on Gaza designed to clear the territory of all Hamas fighters.
History suggests that any such assault will be extremely difficult to accomplish.
The example of Operation Hubertus, the final German assault on Stalingrad, stands out. The Germans brought in elements of seven elite “Pioneer” battalions — combat engineers with extensive experience in urban warfare, having paved the way for prior German victories in Rostov and Voronezh. The Pioneers were the masters of military demolition, highly trained specialists in house-to-house fighting and the use of explosives and flame throwers. Around 1,800 of these elite assault engineers were assembled for the final drive to push the defending Soviet soldiers from Stalingrad.
On the first day of operations, the Pioneers suffered nearly 30% casualties. After several days of fierce fighting, the Pioneers were stopped less than 100 meters from their objective. However, their forces suffered between 60-70% casualties, and could not proceed further.
Operation Hubertus was doomed to fail from the beginning. According to an account of the fighting, “The constant bombardment and artillery shelling created a battlefield in which the Soviet defenders largely held the advantage over the assaulting Germans. The fields of rubble and craters were perfectly designed for defensive actions and could be improved with relatively little effort. This also provided ample hunting ground for the ever-present Soviet snipers.”
A similar observation can be made regarding the Allied attacks on Monte Casino, in Italy, in early 1944. A massive aerial bombardment destroyed a 6th century abbey. Elite German paratroopers dug into the rubble, and for months successfully held off repeated attacks. There can be no doubt that the excessive bombardment of Monte Casino ended up strengthening the positions of the German defenders.
In the battle of Iwo Jima, it took US Marines more than a month to secure the tiny island, largely because the Japanese had dug some 18 kilometers of tunnels into the 21-square kilometer island, some of which were more than 70 meters underground, from which they rode out heavy bombing and shelling, only to emerge and ambush the advancing Marines.
If one combined the above ground rubble of Monte Casino with the below-ground tunnel network of Iwo Jima, you might approximate the hellish scenario awaiting Israel in Gaza.
Over 500 kilometers of tunnels dug in under the 360 square kilometers that comprise the Gaza Strip, these tunnels are purpose built, designed to serve as transportation corridors, command centers, supply depots, dormitories and hospitals, defensive positions, and in support of offensive action. Simply put, there has never been a military operation against a target such as the one presented by Hamas in Gaza.
Israel has trained a small number of its elite special forces to carry out limited-scope operations in an underground environment. These operations, typically involving hostage rescue or direct action (i.e., eliminating a high value target), are conducted under very controlled circumstances, with the attacking forces proceeding only when the circumstances support a favorable outcome. As such, the experiences of these troops are counterproductive when it comes to transferring knowledge to the conventional forces that would bear the brunt of any Israeli assault on Gaza.
Simply trying to navigate the rubble-strewn streets of Gaza will be a nearly impossible task for the Israeli troops. The going will be slow, and the Israeli infantry will have to operate dismounted, exposing themselves to sniper fire and ambushes. Israeli vehicles will find themselves hemmed in without the ability to maneuver, making themselves vulnerable to mines, improvised explosive devices, and anti-tank weaponry. Close air support under these circumstances will be very difficult, effectively neutralizing Israel’s greatest advantage.
If Israel does not sync its above-ground actions with a simultaneous effort to defeat Hamas’ underground tunnel-based defenses, then the situation above ground will become even more precarious, with Hamas emerging from tunnels behind the Israeli forces, cutting them off and inflicting heavy casualties. But Israel is going to be operating largely blind underground, probing into a tunnel network designed by Hamas to protect against any such effort. Israel’s best bet would be to simply locate tunnel entrances and seal them off, leaving the Hamas forces underground to die of thirst, hunger, oxygen deprivation, or disease. But this will require the physical occupation of every square meter of the city, an immensely difficult problem from both a logistical and operational standpoint. It will also expose more Israeli forces to harm, resulting in a dramatic increase in casualties.
By reacting to the Hamas attack of October 7 in the way it has, Israel has literally walked into a trap designed by Hamas to defeat any Israeli incursion. Israeli forces are neither trained, equipped, organized, nor motivated to carry out the kind of brutal, bloody, and physically demanding combat that will be required to defeat Hamas above and below the ground in Gaza. Israeli political and military leaders have boxed themselves into a corner with their aggressive winner-take-all rhetoric. But now that the time has come to pay the price of their collective verbiage, the question becomes is this a price Israel is willing and able to pay?
The answer is probably no. Israel has defined victory as being predicated on the total defeat of Hamas as a military organization. This is most probably a mission impossible. Hamas, therefore, emerges victorious simply by surviving. Given the strong defensive position Hamas finds itself in, through a combination of its immense tunnel network and the destroyed urban environment brought on by Israeli bombardment, it is highly likely that Hamas will be able to hold off a concerted Israeli assault until which time the Israel Defense Forces, like the German Pioneer battalions in Stalingrad, exhaust themselves on the field of battle.
🇺🇦🇷🇺 Summary October 28, 2023
▪️At night, the Russian Armed Forces attacked enemy targets in Krivoy Rog, Dnepropetrovsk and Izmail (Odessa region). A powerful explosion was reported on the outskirts of Kupyansk.
▪️In the Kherson direction, our aviation struck with FABs at a cluster of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Berislav on the right bank of the Dnieper. There are reports of enemy attempts to advance towards Peschanivka, as well as the enemy holding part of the settlement. Krynki. Despite the lack of success and losses, the enemy command is trying to expand the bridgehead on our shores and is transferring small landing groups from among the territorial defense units and marines. Radio interceptions indicate a lack of interaction between disparate units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
▪️On the Zaporozhye front near Rabotino, our anti-tank crews of the 42nd motorized rifle division and FPV drone operators of the Beaver detachment burned two units of enemy armored vehicles, incl. tank. The enemy carried out attacks from the direction of Novoprokopovka to the west of Rabotino. Verbovoy has mutual artillery strikes, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are actively using cluster munitions. There are oncoming battles in the forest plantations. The landing units of the Russian Armed Forces note the need to increase our efforts in counter-battery warfare and strengthen the work of electronic warfare, primarily against enemy FPV drones.
▪️A total of up to 35 thousand people were transferred to the Avdeevsky direction of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, removing units from the Slavyansk-Kramatorsk line and the Chernigov region.
▪️In the Vremevsky direction, the arrival of Ukrainian Armed Forces reserves in the Novomayorsky area is also noted.
▪️Shelling of border settlements in the Belgorod region continues. In the evening, a UAV of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was destroyed over the Kursk region. The Nazis fired 60 shells at the civilian population of the DPR, but there were no casualties.
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Russia-Ukraine Reports - 2023-10-30 (in progress)
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