Ukraine – 10/7/2023 Sitrep
By: Bohdan Chomiak & Robert Homans
October 7, 2023
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From Bohdan
Yesterday, a Ukrainian tank commander called the ruzzian designer of the T72 to complain that he and his crew spend twice as much time fixing the tank as actually using it in battle. Following that he called the factory director that produced the tank. In both cases the directors listened and took notes saying that they would get back to him on Monday with advice about field fixes.
The tank in question was captured from the ruzzians in Kharkiv Oblast. The Ukrainian tank commander called the numbers listed in the manuals.
After getting their promise of help he called them back and told them he is Ukrainian, the tank he was inquiring about was captured. He ended with the proverbial Slava Ukrainy.
News From the Battlefield
Recipients from countries in Sub-Saharan Africa should pay particular attention to the latest “Reporting From Ukraine.” During the first 1:20 of the video, he describes how Ukraine has opened a corridor in the western portion of the Black Sea for the passage of grain carriers, re-opened their ports, including the Port of Odesa, and has driven the Russian Black Sea Fleet out of the area. During the same segment he reports on Russian drone attacks against grain storage facilities, grain destined for buyers in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia.
At 1:45 into his video, “Reporting from Ukraine” describes 2 recent Russian attacks against civilian targets by Iskander ballistic missiles, in the center of Kharkiv City, and the other against the village of Hroza, 70km east of Kharkiv. The second attack resulted in the deaths of approximately 50% of the town’s population.
Later in this email, at the beginning of the section called “10/7/2023 Sitrep,” our readers can find a map showing the major mass killings of Ukrainians by the Russian Federation since the war started. All of this should be noted by those who may be considering voting in favor re-admission of Russia to the UN Human Rights Council.
Destruction of Russian Artillery – In the next section there is a very interesting graph showing the substantial increase in the destruction of Russian artillery batteries by Ukrainian forces, this is the result of a combination of the extensive use of drones, use of superior counter-battery radar, and superior artillery, including HIMARS and 155mm howitzers from the U.S., France and other allies.
10/7/2023 Sitrep
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Russian Invasion of Ukraine 12:00 noon September October 6 to 12:00 noon October 7, 2023
Abbreviations:
RMA = Regional Military Administration SBU = Security Service of Ukraine
RASHISTS = russian Facists/all russian invaders
INTERNATIONAL
Saturday, October 7
12:50 AM: A photo of an F-16CJ pilot wearing the "Ghost of Kyiv" patch of the 480th Fighter Squadron, 52nd Fighter Wing of the US Air Force at Fetești Air Force Base, Romania has surfaced online.
8:14 AM: On Monday, the UN Security Council will discuss a missile strike by Russian troops on the village of Groza in the Kharkiv region, because of which more than half a hundred civilians were killed, the Secretariat of the Security Council.
8:14 AM: Next week, the US will announce another $200 million aid package to Ukraine, - Reuters.
9:47 AM: Slovak authorities announced a complete suspension of military aid to Ukraine — Politico
● Earlier, the Ministry of Defense of the country considered the possibility of sending a new aid package.
10:50 AM: The Israeli army announced the start of the "counter-terrorist" operation "Iron Swords" in the Gaza Strip, local media reported.
Friday, October 6
12:38 PM: Sweden has announced the transfer of a new package of military aid to Ukraine, - Swedish Defense Minister Paul Jonsson.
● The cost of the aid package is SEK 2.2 billion - EUR 143 million. The main part of the package is ammunition, but it also includes spare parts for armored vehicles. Communications and infantry equipment will also be provided.
● Jonsson announced that the government has officially instructed the armed forces to check whether Sweden can send Gripen fighters to Ukraine.
2:30 PM: The Russian ambassador was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Austria in connection with a rocket attack on a cafe in the village of Groza in the Kharkiv region.
● "Attacks on civilians are a war crime. Those responsible must be brought to justice," the ministry said.
8:33 PM: The Netherlands allocates the third package of support for Ukraine for €102 million, writes the press service of the government.
● €60 million will go to support Dutch companies that want to contribute to the reconstruction of Ukraine.
● At the same time, €30 million will be allocated to the purchase of gas and the supply of parts for power networks, so that Ukraine can prepare for winter. The rest of the amount will go to support the de-occupied territories and the IMF.
8:51 PM: The owner of PMK "Wagner" Prigozhin planned to stage a coup d'état in Moldova in early 2023 to remove the current president from power.
● This was stated by the President of Moldova, Maia Sandu, in an interview with the Financial Times.
● According to her, Russia used various methods to bribe voters and protesters and continues to do so.
9:08 PM: Rheinmetall has received a new framework contract to produce 155-mm artillery ammunition, according to the company's website.
● The corresponding contract provides for the transfer to Ukraine of tens of thousands of 155-mm L15 artillery shells. Delivery is scheduled for 2024.
NATIONAL
Saturday, October 7
12:31 AM: Volodymyr Zelenskyi will visit Romania next week for the first time since the beginning of the war.
● This was reported by the local Digi24 TV channel with reference to sources.
4:40 AM: Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia region - missile danger, - Air Force Armed Forces of Ukraine.
7:43 AM: Defense forces of Ukraine have partial success north of Kopan and north of Novoprokopivka in the Melitopol direction, - General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
● While conducting offensive (assault) actions in the Bakhmut direction, eastern Andriyivka of the Donetsk region had partial success. Ukrainian soldiers inflict losses in manpower and equipment on the troops of the Russian Federation, continue to entrench themselves on the occupied borders and exhaust the Russians.
● During the past day, the aviation of the Defense Forces made 13 strikes on the areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment and 3 - on the anti-aircraft missile complexes of the Russian Federation, - the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
● The units of the missile forces hit the control post, the anti-aircraft defense system, 6 artillery pieces, the personnel concentration area and the electronic warfare station.
Friday, October 6
12:54 PM: Ukraine returned the bodies of 64 more fallen defenders home.
● This was reported by the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War.
2:48 PM: Fighters of the 47th OMBr in the Tavria direction hit a Russian tank with a kamikaze drone, — OPS "Tavria".
3:06 PM: The Verkhovna Rada adopted a draft law on increasing state budget expenditures in 2023 by 322.6 billion hryvnias, People's Deputy Yaroslav Zheleznyak reported.
● The largest amount was allocated to the Ministry of Defense (211 billion UAH), the Ministry of Internal Affairs (79 billion UAH) and the Ministry of Social Policy (16.5 billion UAH).
3:08 PM: Activity of enemy tactical aircraft in eastern, southeastern directions. The threat of the use of aviation weapons for front-line areas, — Air Force Armed Forces of Ukraine.
3:29 PM: According to the SBU, all assets of three Putin oligarchs worth more than UAH 17 billion have been seized.
● The court's decision concerns 20 companies and financial and credit institutions that the Kremlin oligarchs own as ultimate beneficiaries or through controlled offshore companies.
● The investigation was conducted under the procedural guidance of the Prosecutor General's Office.
4:30 PM: The SBU took out of Transnistria and detained an FSB special agent who wanted to recruit a female employee of the Security Service.
● According to the investigation, the enemy accomplice turned out to be a citizen of Ukraine who left for Moldova in the early 1990s, where he participated in the war on the side of the militants of the so-called PMR.
5:35 PM: The Kyiv Court of Appeal did not satisfy the complaint of Kolomoiskyi's lawyers — he will remain in custody with the right to a bail of UAH 3.9 billion, — mass media.
● At the court session, it was reported that the citizenship of Ihor Kolomoisky was terminated from July 17, 2022.
6:02 PM: NABU and SAP informed the former director of DK "Ukrspecexport" and the son of the former deputy secretary of the NSDC about the suspicion.
● They are accused of "organizing and committing abuse of official position, which caused losses to the state in the amount of almost 13 million hryvnias."
● According to the investigation, the former head of Ukrspecexport concluded a contract with a company controlled by the son of the former deputy secretary of the National Security Council for the purchase of on-board radio-electronic equipment at prices deliberately inflated by almost 7 times.
6:21 PM: The UN sent a team of experts to the village of Groza in the Kharkiv region, where more than half a hundred people died as a result of a Russian missile attack on October 5, — Sky News.
● Administration spokeswoman Elizabeth Trossell said that UN experts, while in the village of Groza, will talk with residents and victims and gather more information about the Russian shelling of this settlement.
7:24 PM Operational information from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as of 6:00 p.m. on October 6:
● "28 combat clashes took place during the day.
● The enemy carried out 2 missile and 57 air strikes, carried out 43 attacks from rocket salvo systems on the positions of our troops and populated areas.
● Also, the Russian Federation struck another blow against Ukraine, using 33 attack UAVs of the Shahed-136/131 type. The forces and means of air defense of Ukraine destroyed 25 enemy "shaheeds".
● "During the day, the aviation of the defense forces carried out 11 strikes on the areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment and 3 - on the enemy's anti-aircraft missile systems.
● Units of the missile forces hit 1 control point, 1 anti-aircraft defense device, 6 artillery devices, 1 area of concentration of personnel and 1 EW station of the enemy."
10:10 PM: The border guards did not let more than 2,000 officials go abroad, said Andriy Demchenko, the spokesman of the State Security Service.
● We will remind that on January 27, 2023, the government prohibited officials from leaving Ukraine without valid reasons.
11:39 PM: Poltava, Kharkiv, Sumy, Chernihiv regions - missile danger, - Air Force Armed Forces of Ukraine.
10:48 PM: In temporarily occupied Sevastopol, an air alert was declared again, the so-called "governor" of the city Razvozhaev said.
11:11 PM: According to the SBU materials, a Russian informant was sentenced to 12 years in prison.
● "It was on his "guidance" last year that the occupiers fired at the local market "Barabashovo", which is the largest shopping center in Ukraine," the press service of the SBU writes.
● Employees of the Security Service detained the attacker in August 2022 during counter-subversion measures in Kharkiv.
MORDOR - ruZZia
Saturday, October 7
7:26 AM: On the night of October 7, the Anti-Aircraft Defense forces of the Russian Federation allegedly repelled an attack by a drone flying to Moscow - Mayor Sobyanin.
● "The Anti-Aircraft Defense Forces in the Istryna City District repelled an attack by a drone that was flying towards Moscow. According to preliminary data, there was no destruction or casualties at the place where the debris fell," the message says.
● In addition, the "Carpet" plan was announced in the Russian capital - Vnukovo and Sheremetyevo airports are temporarily closed, - rosZMI.
● At least nine flights were postponed, two more were canceled. Eight planes are now delaying their departure to Domodedovo and Sheremetyevo.
8:14 AM: The Russians have resumed their offensive in the Kupyansk area, but troops in this direction are likely to remain ineffective, - ISW.
11:25 AM: Russia is a barbaric country that is already falling apart - the head of the "Georgian Legion" Mamuk Mamulashvili
● The head of the "Georgian Legion", Mamuka Mamulashvili, told why he is currently fighting in Ukraine, and what special operations their Legion performs at the front. Has the Russian army evolved compared to the war in Abkhazia, what are the Kadirov soldiers actually doing in the war, and why are Ukraine and Georgia still not in NATO.
Friday, October 6
6:47 PM: An air alert has been announced in the temporarily occupied Sevastopol.
8:34 PM Social Networks: Explosions are heard in temporarily occupied Sevastopol.
9:48 PM: Last year, a Chinese firm sold PVK "Wagner" satellites for tracking Ukraine, — AFP.
● According to the publication, satellite images were also used to help "Wagner" mercenaries in Africa and even to carry out a coup attempt in Russia.
● "Beijing Yunze Technology Co Ltd sold two high-resolution surveillance satellites to Nika-Fruit," writes AFP.
11:30 PM: North Korea has begun supplying Russia with artillery for war against Ukraine, CBS News.
11:51 PM: On October 5, a loud explosion rang out near Minsk, Belarus. Unknown people blew up the railway at the Ozerishche station, "Belarusian Gayun" reports.
REGIONS
SUMY
Saturday, October 7
11:10 AM: In the morning, the Russians carried out 2 attacks on the border, - Sumy RMA.
● 10 explosions were recorded. Krasnopilsk and Druzhbivsk communities were shelled.
Friday, October 6
1:42 PM: At night and in the morning, the Russians carried out 4 attacks on the border, - Sumy RMA.
● 25 explosions were recorded. The communities of Bilopolska, Khotynska, Seredino-Budska, and Druzhbivska came under fire.
3:52 PM: The mayor of Sumy, Oleksandr Lysenko, was released on bail, the press service of the High Anti-Corruption Court reported.
● The amount of the bail amounted to 3 million hryvnias, it was paid on October 5, the press service added.
KHARKIV
Saturday, October 7
10:06 AM Social Networks: Explosions are heard in the Kharkiv area.
10:08 AM: "Kharkivians stay in shelters! The enemy is striking," warned Serhii Melnyk, the head of the Kharkiv garrison
11:05 AM: Kharkiv region - air alert! - RMA
● The air alert in the Kharkiv region is related to the activity of Russian tactical aviation along the border, - Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Friday, October 6
12:20 PM: The number of victims and victims of the morning attacks in Kharkiv is increasing, - Mayor of Kharkiv Ihor Terekhov.
● "Another body was found - a deceased woman, born in 1955. There are already 26 wounded, 12 of them are hospitalized," he said.
1:27 PM: Today, as a result of shelling by the Russian troops in Vovchansk, Chuguyiv district, a residential building with 3 apartments was destroyed, - the head of the Kharkiv RMA Oleg Sinegubov.
● 3 civilians living in the house were injured.
2:13 PM: The number of injured as a result of the attack on Kharkiv has increased to 30 people, RMA head Oleg Sinegubov said.
● According to his data, 20 men and 9 women aged from 18 to 85 years, and an 11-month-old boy were also injured. 2 people died: a 10-year-old boy and a 67-year-old woman.
4:10 PM: Russian troops massively shelled the Kupyan district. Two people were injured, the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
● In the village of Petropavlivka, a FAB-500 high-explosive bomb damaged residential buildings, farm buildings, garages, and electrical poles. 2 people were injured in the village of Shevchenko.
5:09 PM: Footage of emergency and rescue operations after the Russian attack on Kharkiv, captured on patrolmen's body cameras.
6:37 PM: As of 6:00 p.m., search and rescue operations in Kharkiv have been completed, — the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.
● As a result of the Russian missile attack, 2 people died, one of them a child. 30 people were injured, 12 of them were hospitalized.
7:10 PM: Rescuers and law enforcement officers have completed work at the site of the Russian strike in Grozny — four people remain missing, including two children.
● Serhii Bolvinov, head of the investigative department of the police of the Kharkiv region, announced this.
● "We will be able to say whether they also became victims of the enemy Iskander after the DNA analysis," Bolvinov noted.
DONETSK
Saturday, October 7
12:11 AM: The Ukrainian military has success in the Bakhmut direction, but the Russian army is unsuccessfully trying to storm Klishchiivka and Andriivka.
● Ilya Yevlash, the head of the press service of the Eastern group of troops of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, told about it.
Friday, October 6
1:56 PM: Russian troops have struck 15 strikes in Donetsk region, injuring two people, the National Police reported.
● During the past day, Russia shelled 10 settlements. 23 civilian objects were damaged.
ZAPORIZHIA
Saturday, October 7
8:49 AM: Today, at 8:00 a.m., the Russians shelled the village of Bilenke, Zaporizhzhia district. A woman died, 2 more people were injured, - the head of the RMA Yuriy Malashko.
● As a result of the Russian attack, a private house and commercial buildings were damaged. According to preliminary data, the Russian servicemen fired on a peaceful village with cluster shells from MLRS.
10:30 AM: Three Russian FPV drones were destroyed in the Zaporozhye direction, - State Border Service.
● Border guards landed the drones with the help of an anti-drone gun using small arms.
Friday, October 6
12:07 PM Social Networks: Explosions are heard in the temporarily occupied Tokmak of the Zaporizhia region.
1:11 PM: Russian military personnel opened fire on 23 populated areas of the Zaporizhzhia region yesterday - 156 hits were recorded, - RMA head Yuriy Malashko.
● 13 reports were received about the destruction of residential buildings and infrastructure facilities. Local residents were not injured.
6:45 PM: Zaporizhzhia region - missile danger, - Air Force Armed Forces of Ukraine.
DNIPRO
Saturday, October 7
8:45 AM: Dnipropetrovsk region - Missile danger, - Air Force Armed Forces of Ukraine.
9:14 AM: The Marganets community came under artillery fire at night. Almost one and a half dozen shells hit one of the villages - head of the Dnipropetrovsk RMA Serhiy Lysak.
● Rescuers are investigating the damage. People are unharmed.
Friday, October 6
6:50 PM: Today, the Russians struck Nikopol with four drones and covered the city with artillery fire three times.
● This was reported by the head of Dnipropetrovsk RMA Serhiy Lysak.
● A 44-year-old woman received shrapnel wounds and was hospitalized.
KHERSON
Saturday, October 7
10:10 AM: Over the past day, the Russians have carried out 52 shellings, firing 237 shells from mortars, artillery, Grads, tanks, aircraft, and UAVs. 20 shells were fired in the city of Kherson, - RMA head Oleksandr Prokudin.
● They aimed at the residential quarters of the settlements of the region; the territory of the plant in Kherson. 2 people were injured.
● 11:45 AM: Russians shelled the Dnipro and Korabelny districts. The injured man is the police of the Kherson region.
Friday, October 6
12:24 PM Social Networks: Explosions are heard in Kherson.
ODESA
Saturday, October 7
2:02 AM: Odesa region - threat of ballistic weapons - Air Force Armed Forces of Ukraine.
7:11 AM: At night, Russian troops shelled civilian and port infrastructure in Odesa, - RMA head Oleg Kiper.
● The boarding house building and a granary near the port were hit. Debris from the rockets and the blast wave caused a fire in the garage cooperative. Several apartment buildings were damaged. Broken windows.
● Four people were injured. They received minor injuries from broken glass.
POLTAVA
Saturday, October 7
12:05 AM Social Networks: Explosions were heard in Myrhorod.
12:44 AM: The enemy attacked Poltava Oblast. During the last air alert, the sound of an explosion was heard in the Myrhorod district, — RMA.
● Information regarding enemy hits on critical or civilian infrastructure is being ascertained.
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