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News From the Battlefield
“Reporting From Ukraine” covers the widening of the Ukrainian salient around Robotyne. He also reported on artillery strikes on Russian installations inside Tokmak, and sabotage operation on the main east-west rail line near Melitopol, that supplies Russian troops.
The “Latest Denys” covers continued fighting in Luhansk, around the cities of Kupiansk and Lyman. It has been reported for several months that Russia has over 100,000 troops in the Luhansk Region, opposite Kupiansk and Lyman, but in that time Russia has failed to make any significant advances.
According to information from the Defense Ministry of Ukraine, shown in the latest Sitrep below, Russian losses continue to be elevated. Yesterday, 880 Russian soldiers were lost.
10/15/2023 Sitrep
Abbreviations:
RMA = Regional Military Administration SBU = Security Service of Ukraine
RASHISTS = russian Facists/all russian invaders
INTERNATIONAL
Sunday, October 15
12:45 AM: Georgia's ruling party did not vote in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe for a resolution recognizing Russia as a dictatorship and calling on Putin not to be recognized as the legitimate president after his current term ends.
● This is reported by "Echo of the Caucasus".
● Only the representative of the opposition party "Citizens" Ketevan Turazashvili voted for this resolution in PACE. Members of "Georgian Dream" did not participate in the voting.
9:10 AM: Relations between China and the US have begun to stabilize — Chinese Foreign Ministry.
● Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that Beijing and Washington have recently held a series of high-level contacts, bilateral relations have stopped deteriorating and stabilized.
9:40 AM: Iran has sent a warning to Israel through the UN that it will have to intervene
● "Iran sent a message to Israel on Saturday stressing that it does not want a further escalation of the war between Hamas and Israel, but will have to intervene if the Israeli operation in Gaza continues," Axios reported, citing its sources.
10:55 AM: The long-awaited parliamentary elections have begun in Poland.
● According to the polls, the ruling PiS (Law and Justice) party has the highest rating of all, but not enough to get a monomajority.
Saturday, October 14
4:50 PM: In the center of Warsaw, an unknown person threatened to blow himself up in the middle of the square, Gazeta Prawna.
● A man climbed a monument to the victims of the Smolensk disaster and declared that he would blow himself up. After negotiations with the police, the man got down from the memorial and surrendered to law enforcement officers.
5:21 PM: Egypt, Israel and the US agree to open a "green corridor" for foreigners living in the Gaza Strip, The Times of Israel.
● "Israel has agreed to refrain from striking areas through which foreigners will pass on their way from the besieged Palestinian territory," a senior Egyptian official said.
● The deal does not cover hostages held by Hamas.
6:29 PM: Latvia bans flights on the border with Belarus, — Delfi.
● It is known that restrictions are introduced from the ground at a height of up to 2895 meters.
● Unauthorized and illegal drone launches may result in a warning or a fine: from 150 to 1,000 euros for an individual, and from 500 to 2,500 euros for a legal entity.
7:26 PM: The Human Rights Commissioner of the Verkhovna Rada, Dmytro Lubinets, arrived in the Egyptian capital to facilitate the evacuation of Ukrainian citizens blocked in the Gaza Strip.
● "The situation there is critical. People are without electricity and communications, in danger. Therefore, 243 Ukrainians, namely women and children, are in need of urgent evacuation," Lubinets writes.
● Now the ombudsman is cooperating with the national human rights commission of Egypt in order to help the citizens of Ukraine as soon as possible.
8:42 PM: The Israel Defense Forces are finalizing preparations for a major ground operation in the Gaza Strip, The Times of Israel.
● In a statement, the IDF said it was ready to expand the offensive by implementing "a wide range of offensive operational plans", which include a joint and coordinated attack from the air, sea and land.
● According to the Defense Forces, they are already finalizing the call-up of hundreds of thousands of reservists, and the Logistics Directorate is working to provide the troops with everything they need for the ground offensive.
10:12 PM: Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs revoked permission to evacuate Ukrainian citizens and other foreigners from the Gaza Strip two hours before the start for unclear reasons.
● This was stated by the ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets on the air of the telethon.
● "Yesterday there was permission to evacuate Ukrainian citizens. Today, two hours before this evacuation, for unknown reasons, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel announced that they do not guarantee safety and withdraw this permission. There is already an official statement from our Ministry of Foreign Affairs, our ambassador sent an official note of protest," he said.
10:51 PM: Thousands march in London in support of Palestine, Sky News.
11:11 PM: Finland may completely ban Russians from real estate deals
● The government of Finland plans to adopt several legislative projects that will be able to prohibit Russians from entering into real estate deals.
● "The assessment of real estate transactions with citizens of countries outside the EU, in particular with Russians, has been revised. During the winter, the possibility of a complete ban on these transactions or significant additional restrictions will be assessed," said Finnish Defense Minister Antti Häkkiänen.
11:39 PM: The first evacuation flight with 207 Ukrainian citizens took off from Israel, Nikolenko, the spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
● Among them - 63 children. According to him, the next flight is expected for tomorrow.
NATIONAL
Sunday, October 15
12:20 AM: Observed enemy tactical aircraft activity in the southeast direction.
12:27 AM: All conscripts in Ukraine need to report to the TCC to update their data. Including female doctors. This was reported in the press service of the Ground Forces.
12:39 AM: Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia regions - the threat of using ballistic weapons, - Ukrainian Air Command.
2:00 AM: Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhya, Kherson, and Mykolaiv regions - threat of ballistic weapons use, - Ukrainian Air Command.
7:11 AM During the day, the aviation of the Defense Forces made 12 strikes on the areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment, 2 more - on the anti-aircraft missile complexes of the Russian Federation, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
● Units of the missile forces hit the command post, 2 artillery pieces and the area where personnel, weapons and military equipment are concentrated.
8:10 AM: The Pentagon has sent a second aircraft carrier strike group to the eastern Mediterranean, off the coast of Israel, as Tel Aviv continues its operations in the Gaza Strip, CNN reported.
8:10 AM: China has called for an international settlement conference between Palestine and Israel, - China's Foreign Ministry.
8:10 AM: The Finnish government is planning to adopt several legislative projects that could ban Russians from entering into real estate deals. This was announced by Finnish Defense Minister Antti Häkkiänen, Helsingin Sanomat reports.
11:25 AM: Ukraine leases air defense systems to boost defenses in cold season.
● However, the countries that provide such a service are not disclosed.
● "We already have such a practice. It is clear that each country first of all cares about its own defense. No one will just give us their air defense. Why is it taking so long to supply air defense, why is it dosed? Because there is not enough of it in the world to give us to give," he said.
Saturday, October 14
12:15 PM: The occupiers have a dual goal in their offensive on Avdiivka.
● First of all, they believe that they will force the leadership of the Armed Forces to pull the reserves there a little from the southern direction or from Bakhmut.
● Secondly, they desperately need some kind of political statement, something to raze to the ground and formally take, - serviceman of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, political scientist Kyrylo Sazonov.
2:12 PM: Donetsk, Zaporizhzhya and Dnipropetrovsk regions - missile danger, - Ukrainian Air Command.
2:27 PM: Over the past three months, Russia has destroyed 300,000 tons of Ukrainian grain.
● "17 mass attacks since Russia's withdrawal from the Grain Agreement, a 40% decrease in the export potential of ports, almost 300,000 tons of destroyed grain - this is Russia's attempt to deepen the food crisis in those countries that depend on Ukrainian products," he said.
● However, according to him, ships continue to move along the grain corridor created after: "To date, 21 ships have used this corridor for export and 25 ships have entered the ports for loading.
4:11 PM: Kirovohrad and Dnipropetrovsk regions - missile danger, - Ukrainian Air Command.
8:56 PM: Activity of enemy tactical aviation in the eastern and southeastern directions, — Air Force of the ZSU.
● The threat of the use of aviation weapons for front-line areas.
9:21 PM Operational information from the General Staff of the Armed Forces as of 18:00 on October 14:
● "During the day, 43 combat clashes took place.
● The enemy launched 2 rocket and 37 air strikes, fired 47 rocket salvo fire strikes at the positions of our troops and populated areas.
● As a result of the Russian terrorist attacks, unfortunately, there are dead and wounded among the civilian population."
● "In the direction of Zaporizhzhia, the enemy tried 5 times to restore the lost position in the Robotyn region of the Zaporizhzhia region, without success."
● "During the day, the aviation of the defense forces carried out 12 strikes on the areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment, 2 - on the enemy's anti-aircraft missile systems.
● Units of the missile forces hit the control post and 2 artillery pieces of the enemy."
10:29 PM: The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine is testing two models of women's body armor.
● "The new development takes into account the peculiarities of the body structure of female military personnel," the ministry notes.
● According to the results of these tests, the Ministry of Defense will approve the standard samples, then the body armor will be considered accepted for provision in the Armed Forces.
11:31 PM: Over the past week, specialists surveyed and cleared 456 hectares of land
● A total of 5,949 explosive items were removed and neutralized last week.
MORDOR - ruZZia
Sunday, October 15
1:12 AM Social Networks: Explosions are heard in Kursk.
6:33 AM Social Networks: Explosions were heard in Belgorod, Russian Federation. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced that 2 drones were allegedly shot down over the Belgorod region overnight.
7:31 AM: The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced the downing of 27 Ukrainian drones.
● Of them, 18 were shot down over Kursk Oblast and 2 over Bilhorodsk.
8:16 AM Social Networks: Explosions are heard in temporarily occupied Sevastopol, local channels report.
11:10 AM: As of this morning, there are 6 Russian ships on combat duty in the Black Sea, including 1 carrier of "Calibre" cruise missiles - the Navy of Ukraine.
● There is 1 ship on combat duty in the Sea of Azov; in the Mediterranean Sea, 3 ships, including 2 Kalibr cruise missiles.
Saturday, October 14
2:59 PM: The risk of losing the Russian Black Sea Fleet exceeds Moscow's desire to block Ukrainian exports through the Black Sea, British intelligence said.
● According to intelligence, after a series of strikes in August and September, the Russian Black Sea Fleet most likely doubled its defenses. Russia relocated ships and submarines, including missile carriers, from Sevastopol to Novorossiysk.
6:51 PM Social Networks: Explosions are heard in temporarily occupied Sevastopol.
9:01 PM: Russia disperses its fleet and withdraws ships from Sevastopol to Novorossiysk, Feodosia and Kerch.
● This was stated by the spokesman of the Naval Forces of Ukraine Dmytro Pletenchuk.
● "But there are not enough piers to place these units. And as a result, they sent some of them back to Sevastopol. These are Serna boats and several tugboats," Pletenchuk added.
11:58 PM: The Navy of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed the attack on the Russian ship "Pavel Derzhavin"
● Navy spokesman Dmytro Pletenchuk said that the patrol ship was hit twice. The tugboat "Professor Nikolai Muru" was also damaged.
REGIONS
SUMY
Sunday, October 15
8:45 AM Sumy RMA: At night, the Russians shelled the Yunakiv community.
● 10 explosions from MLRS and 2 explosions from a mortar were recorded.
KHARKIV
Sunday, October 15
12:57 AM: Pensioners of the Saltiv district of Kharkiv congratulated Japanese volunteer Fuminori Tsuchiko on his birthday.
● With the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Tsuchiko specially came to Ukraine and opened a cafe at his own expense, where he organized daily free meals. Thanks to donations from Japan, Cafe Tsuchiko continues to operate.
10:40 AM Kharkiv RMA: At night, the Russians struck the village with a guided aerial bomb. Friendship 2 people died - a 57-year-old man and a 54-year-old woman. One woman received a shrapnel wound.
● During the past day, the enemy shelled the settlements of Kupyanskyi, Chuguyivskyi and Izyumskyi districts.
LUHANSK
Sunday, October 15
11:42 AM Social Networks: An explosion rang out in temporarily occupied Luhansk.
DONETSK
Sunday, October 15
8:10 AM: Defense forces advance north of Maryinka and Russians encounter resistance near Avdiyivka, — ISW
8:16 AM: Donetsk region - missile danger, - Ukrainian Air Command.
10:25 AM: Donetsk region - air alert! - OVA
11:51 AM Social Networks: Explosions are heard in Kostyantynivka, Donetsk region.
Saturday, October 14
4:25 PM: Yesterday evening, Russia carried out an airstrike on a five-story building in Avdiivka, the building was destroyed, - MIA
● A man born in 1959 is believed to be under the rubble. It is currently impossible to retrieve the body.
10:53 PM: Central Asian migrants created two criminal gangs in Mariupol
● According to information from sources in the local underground, the occupiers brought more than 25,000 construction workers from Russia and the countries of Central Asia to Mariupol.
● "The enemy is solving the labor shortage problem, because local residents do not want to work for the occupiers, and at the same time it is changing the demographic composition of the city. Migrants have already created at least two ethnic gangs involved in arms and drug trafficking, smuggling, scrap metal collection, and illegal transportation and construction." , - writes the Center of National Resistance.
ZAPORIZHIA
Sunday, October 15
10:25 AM Zaporizhia RMA: Russian military personnel carried out 3 missile strikes on Zaporizhia.
● The Russians made 176 strikes on 24 settlements in the region. 6 reports were received about the destruction of residential buildings and infrastructure facilities. Local residents were not injured.
Saturday, October 14
5:18 PM Social Networks: Explosions are heard in the temporarily occupied Tokmak of the Zaporizhia region.
1:58 AM Social Networks: Explosions are heard in Zaporizhzhia.
DNIPRO
Sunday, October 15
7:50 AM Dnipro RMA: During the night, Russian troops fired heavy artillery in Nikopol.
● Almost 40 shells were directed at the district center and the Marganets community.
● A Russian drone was also destroyed in the sky over the region.
Saturday, October 14
2:35 PM: A platoon commander was detained in Dnipro for a bribe of 600,000 hryvnias, the press service of the DBI.
● He demanded money in order not to prevent the accrual of combat payments to subordinates who performed combat tasks. He demanded 150,000 hryvnias from each subordinate.
● On October 12, DBI employees together with the National Police Directorate in Dnipro arrested the officer "red-handed" immediately after receiving UAH 600,000.
7:54 PM Dnipro RMA: The Russian army again shelled Nikopol with heavy artillery, nearly three dozen shells were fired.
● "Six private houses, almost a dozen outbuildings, a greenhouse, several power lines were damaged. No one was hurt," Lysak writes.
KHERSON
Sunday, October 15
9:51 AM: Kherson region - Activity of Russian tactical aviation in the eastern and southeastern directions! The threat of the use of aviation weapons for front-line areas - the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
10:10 AM Kherson RMA: Around 1 am the Russians hit Kizomys.
● A 79-year-old local resident came under fire. He was hospitalized with serious injuries. Doctors performed an operation and continue to fight for his life.
10:25 AM Social Networks: Explosions rang out in Kherson. The light also went out in several areas.
11:40 AM Kherson RMA: About an hour ago, with a difference of 30 minutes, the Russian military with SU-34 launched an airstrike, previously 2 KAB, in the area of the critical infrastructure facility in Kherson.
Saturday, October 14
3:27 PM Municipal Military Administration: Russians hit Kherson from the occupied left bank.
● Local authorities say that there is a hit in the area of one of the markets. It is previously known about two wounded.
4:00 PM Kherson RMA: The Russian army struck near a supermarket in the Dnipro district of Kherson, without casualties.
4:46 PM: Kherson region - air alert, OVA.
6:58 PM Kherson RMA: Around 4:30 p.m., the Russians shelled Berislav, targeting residential buildings.
● At that time, a 42-year-old woman was on the balcony of her apartment, she died on the spot from her injuries.
● "And in a forest strip near Novovoznesensky, a 69-year-old man stepped on a stretcher. He is now in the hospital," the report says.
8:05 PM Municipal Military Administration: Explosions are heard in the center of Kherson.
9:33 PM Municipal Military Administration: Explosions are heard in the coastal areas of Kherson.
Comparing Soviet invasion of Afghanistan to Russian invasion of Ukraine using Wikipedia and Ukraine Ministry of Defense Daily Bulletins. Soviet and Russian military losses not including captured equipment.
SOURCES
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/
https://espreso.tv/
https://t.me/uawarinfographics
https://t.me/svoboda_radio