“We buried the myth of the invincibility of the Russian army” – DW – 10/14/2022
On the 233rd day of Russia’s full-scale military invasion of Ukraine, Russian troops continue to maintain control over the capture of the settlements of the neighboring country. The Armed Forces of Ukraine and the territorial defense detachments are resisting aggression. It is not possible to check for signs of detection by source detection. According to the UN, about 14 million Ukrainians have already left their homes. DW is watching for possible events on Friday, October 14 (Moscow time).
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In Lithuania, self-propelled vehicles were repaired in service with the Ukrainian army artillery installations (ACS) Panzerhaubitze 2000that were damaged during the hostilities. Lithuania has already returned them to Ukraine, Lithuanian Defense Minister Arvydas Anusauskas said on Twitter. He did not specify how many installations he was talking about. ACS Panzerhaubitze 2000 Ukraine transferred to Germany.
Crimean bridge to be repaired by July 2023
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Repair work on the Crimean bridge, which was severely damaged in an explosion expected by July 1, 2023. The corresponding appeal signed by the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin was published on the official portal of the alleged information. On the morning of October 8, explosions of a truck were discovered on the automobile part of the Crimean bridge, after which the fuel tanks of the food composition caught fire. Two spans of the roadbed of a branch that goes from Krasnodar to Kerch collapsed. The automobile thread from Kerch to Taman survived. Russia accused Ukraine of organizing the explosion of the Main Directorate of Intelligence, but Kyiv denied involvement in the rejection.
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Russian laws recruit retired pilots from Belarus to participate in the war against Ukraine. As reported in the Telegram channel “Belarus of the brain”, the expected former pilots will be followed by offers with the promise of double pensions and emissions. According to the authors, out of 60 reports by retired pilots, only two have been proposed so far.
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Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces General Valery Zaluzhny congratulated the citizens of the country on the Day of Defenders and Defenders. “The winter of 2022 is already part of world history,” he wrote on his Telegram channel, posting a congratulatory video. In fierce battles, under the steel rain of Russian shells, we held on to every piece of our land. now we’re getting ours back. No one and nothing will stop us,” Zaluzny said.
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Russian troops continue tactical offensive in the center of the city of Bakhmut in the Donetsk region, according to a British intelligence statement. It is indicated that the unit under the command of PMC Wagner has achieved some results in this ministry. The British Ministry of Defense believes that Moscow probably considers the capture of Bakhmut as preparation for an offensive in accordance with Kramatorsk and Slavyansk. The ongoing offensive operations of the Russians in the central Donbass are holding back the pressure of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the northern and southern flanks, as well as an acute shortage of human rights activists and manpower.
Railway traffic suspended in Belgorod region
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Train traffic in the Belgorod region is temporarily suspended in “because of the debris of rockets that fell near the railroad tracks.” This was announced by the head of the region Vyacheslav Gladkov in his Telegram channel.
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Russian troops shelled the headquarters of the Dnepropetrovsk region at night with the help of kamikaze drones, “Grads” and commercial artillery, the head of the Dnipropetrovsk OVA, Valentin Reznichenko, said on Telegram. According to him, one of the enterprises and residential buildings was damaged, one person was taken to the places with the wounded.
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Near 400 foreign fighters arrived in the annexed Crimeareported in summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. “In the future, they plan to involve them in military operations on the territory of Ukraine,” the message says. In addition, the Russians, according to the General Staff, are expanding the personnel of the unit on the territory of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) and are strengthening control at checkpoints around Melitopol by attracting FSB officers.
ISW: In Russia, the military command is criticized because of the coverage of mobilized
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Information about the first cases of detention critic of the command among propagandists and military bloggers in Russia, a statement in a report by the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW). The latter write that the number of killed and wounded among the mobilized is higher due to their unpreparedness, the place of equipment, the cohesion of units and commanders, as well as the place where illegal mobilization is spread.
Analysts of outcome maps of actions, pointing in particular to advancement of Ukrainian troops northwest of Svatovo, the ongoing defensive operations of the Russians in anticipation of attacks on the Kremlin and downward aggression in the north and northwest of the Kherson region. Damage to the Crimean bridge led to the delivery of goods and personnel from the Russian Federation to the south of Ukraine.
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As a result rocket attack on Zaporozhye In case of detection of signs of a fire, rescuers work there. This message was published by the head of the Zaporozhye military administration Oleksandr Starukh. He specified that three S300 missiles had flown into the city. According to preliminary information, there is no appearance.
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Russian troops on the morning of October 14 the city of Zaporozhye was subjected to rocket fire. “Attention! Enemy missile attack on the regional center. Head for shelters. Take care of yourself,” – warned the townspeople head of the Zaporozhye military administration Oleksandr Starukh. He did not provide details of the aftermath of the attack.
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Russia has increased the presence of its ship group in the Black Sea up to 15 units, they “continue maneuvers on the coast of the southern coast of Crimea”, reported on the social network Facebook Operational command “South”. According to him, there are currently three Kalibr long-range cruise missiles on combat duty, including one underwater. The total combination of the grouping is up to 20 missiles.
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Belarus introduced regime “counter-terrorist operation”. This was stated by the country’s Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei in an interview with the Russian newspaper Izvestiya. He substantiated this solution to the problem “that the sides of the neighboring states of Belarus are planning provocations, connected almost with the seizure of remote territories.” Earlier, oppositional Belarusian media reported that the ruler of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, made a fundamental decision to conduct covert mobilization in the country to increase the number of combat units.
Space X refuses to continue funding the Starlink service in Ukraine
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX The US Department of Defense announced that can no longer continue to fund the Starlink satellite communications service in Ukraine. In a letter from SpaceX’s director of government sales, who quotes the American television channel CNN, the company needs the Pentagon to recalculate the financial performance and military operations of the Ukrainian Starlink system, which, according to SpaceX, will cost more than $120 million by the end of the year, and in the future 12 months could cost about $400 million. “We are not in a position to further donate terminals or finance operating terminals to Ukraine for an indefinite period of time,” the document says. To date, SpaceX has donated about 20,000 Starlink units to Ukraine. Elon Musk himself said earlier that the operation has already cost his company $ 80 million.
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Spain sent Ukraine 4 Hawk anti-aircraft missile systems. This was announced by the head of the Ukrainian defense department Alexei Reznikov. He called the delivery of Madrid’s “quick reaction” to Kyiv’s request within the framework of the Rammstein 6 meeting arrangements. “Today, air defense is a priority not only for Ukraine, but for the whole of Europe,” Reznikov stressed.
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In Ukraine the head of one of the departments in the Moscow government died Alexey Martynov. About it reported on her Telegram channel Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the RT TV channel Natalia Loseva. According to her, 28-year-old Martynov was mobilized on September 23 and died on October 10. Loseva did not publish the circumstances of his appearance, but did not use the fact that Alexei Martynov had no combat experience and that he was sent to the front “almost a few days” after mobilization. According to the estimates of the Russian Internet publication Agencies, there are at least ten mobilized Russians at the front in Ukraine.
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Russia deployed to the border with Norwegian bomberscapable of carrying a nuclear weapon, claims The Faktisk.no sensor project, showing up on satellite imagery from Planet Labs. According to him, on October 7, seven Tu-160 Blackjack and four Tu-95 Bear-H aircraft were recorded at the Olenya air base on the Kola Peninsula. They are usually deployed at the Engels air base, 720 km southeast of Moscow. On a random analysis of satellite observations, the authors come to the conclusion that the detection of serious bombers on the Kola Peninsula is suspect.
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The Russian command believes that the mobilized Russians “will survive in the war for at least a few weeks,” after which new ones will be delivered to the front, they say. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky. “But during this time, additional pressure can be used on our defenders. This is tangible pressure,” Zelensky said at an evening meeting on Thursday, October 13.
He thanked the Ukrainian soldiers for their endurance. “I am also grateful to such partners who need assistance in the field of defense,” the President of Ukraine added.
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