Bob Homans October 19
20221020
Ukraine – 10/19 Sitrep
Compiled by: Robert Homans
Twitter: @rhomansjr
October 19, 2022
Victoria Zamchenko
Victoria Zamchenko, along with her husband Bohdan and their unborn child, was killed in one of the drone strikes that hit Kyiv in the early morning hours last Monday. They lived in a 120-year-old residential building on Zhylanska Street, in Central Kyiv. The building has survived WW-I, the Russian Civil War and the Great Patriotic War, but it didn’t survive Russia’s latest atrocity.
Victoria was the sommelier at GoodWine, a gourmet market in Kyiv owned by Sergey Gusovsky, a friend of mine. In addition to GoodWine, Sergey owns several restaurants in Kyiv, the most famous of which, at least for expats, is Pantagruel located on Zoloti Verota Square (Golden Gate), the location of the main gate to ancient Kyiv. I spent many enjoyable afternoons on their patio. Pantagruel used to have a resident cat, who was killed many years ago in a kitchen fire at the restaurant. Regular patrons commissioned a bronze bust of the cat, with a regal bearing and a long full tail. The bust is located outside the restaurant. Stroking the cat’s tail has become a popular activity for tourists visiting the Golden Gate.
When someone is killed so senselessly, as Victora was, having had encounters with that person as I did with Victoria, most recently selecting wine for my 70th Birthday, makes her death that much more difficult to accept. GoodWine was the first wine store in Kyiv to sell California wines which, as a 5th Generation Californian, was very welcome. Victoria treated all her customers with the same care, whether you were looking for the less expensive wine, as I usually was, or the finest varietals.
Victoria, rest in peace with your husband and child. We, especially your customers, won’t forget.
Tim Ash on Ukraine’s Reconstruction
Tim Ash is the leading expert on Ukraine’s financial matters. This is his very detailed Substack analysis on how Ukraine’s reconstruction can be addressed. Some random thoughts:
· Matters like reconstruction always spawn high-level conferences held in fancy places, like the one a few months ago held in Lugano, Switzerland. A couple of years before Russia’s latest invasion, an investment conference was held in Mariupol. They should do it again, so participants can see the damage Russia has done to Mariupol. Another possibility in Kharkiv, which has suffered from major destruction. With Kharkiv it won’t be necessary to wait for liberation, as is unfortunately the case with Mariupol. Of course, another candidate is Bucha.
· Participants need to leave any patronizing attitude toward Ukraine at the door. Of course, there is corruption in Ukraine, lack of judicial independence, and many other issues. However, every day on the battlefield Ukrainians show their leadership skills and, as they like to say at business schools, their decision-making under uncertainty.
· Ukrainians aren’t waiting for the high-level conferences, to get on with rebuilding. As the Latest Denys shows, at 12:15 into the video, Ukrainians aren’t waiting around for the successor to the Marshall Plan to rebuild. Last night, a friend of mine told me that the occupants of her building have already raised enough money to rebuild the damaged parts of the building in Kyiv where she lives.
News From the Battlefield
Reporting from Ukraine describes yet another battle in Kharkiv/Luhansk, this time near the Russian border. At some point, I think that the outcome of these battles will cause the Russian Army to crack. This may already be happening in Kherson where, as Denys reports, there are Russian troops and civilian officials trying to evacuate across the Dnieper, and out of danger from advancing Ukrainian troops.
One of the effects of Russian evacuation of the Right Bank of the Dnieper, will likely be Ukraine turning off the water tap to Crimea. Crimea gets most of its water via the North Crimea Canal, which starts at the Nova Khahovka Dam.
10/20 Sitrep (my comment in bold face)
“Looks like the Orcs (a very derogatory term for Russians) are running from Kherson, but, according to Mykoliav RMA - VItaliy Kim, they are also building artillery pits aimed at the city.”
Another term now in favor to refer to Russians is “Horde,” as in Mogol Horde. Russia is the direct descendent of the Mongol “Golden Horde.”
Russian Invasion of Ukraine 12:00 noon October 18 to 12:00 noon October 19, 2022.
Abbreviations:
RMA = Regional Military Administration SBU = Security Service of Ukraine
INTERNATIONAL
October 19
08:05 Press service of the EP: The European Parliament has called on EU member states to allow Romania and Bulgaria to join the Schengen visa free area in early 2023.
08:05: Support for Ukraine in the EU is constantly growing - Speaker of the Parliament of Latvia.
· "Even those countries that initially spoke out and acted with restraint are already sending you weapons".
07:59 President's Office: Zelenskyy dismissed Ukrainian Ambassador to Kazakhstan Petro Vrublevsky.
· Earlier, Astana asked Kyiv to replace the ambassador because of Vrublevsky's statement that "the more Russians we kill now, the less our children will have to kill them."
07:51 German Government Website: Germany handed over another batch of military aid to Ukraine.
· Germany provided armored engineering vehicles, 35 forklifts and 4000 sleeping bags. The assistance package also included 10 Bergepanzer 2 armored evacuation vehicles and more.
00:45 Delfi: Lithuanian Defense Minister comments on the movement of military equipment in Belarus
· "Now the mobilized are being transported to the territory of Belarus. The paradox is that ammunition, equipment, tanks, armored vehicles and trucks are exported from Belarus, and slightly fewer tanks, armored vehicles and trucks are imported to the territory of Belarus. There is such a two-way movement. This suggests that they are still making efforts to prepare for further war with Ukraine."
October 18
22:51 US State Department: The United States intends to take aggressive measures amid reports of Iranian drone supplies to Russia.
· "The U.S. has a broad set of measures to disrupt Iranian arms sales."
21:41 Minister of Defense: Moldova will announce mobilization in case of radical changes during hostilities in Ukraine.
20:05 Ediot Ahronot: "Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid will hold a telephone conversation with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba this Thursday, during which Kuleba will submit to him an official application for air defense systems from Israel."
19:43 Reuters: EU countries are looking for consensus on how to deal with the energy crisis.
· Croatia and Lithuania are in favor of wholesale restrictions on gas prices, Slovenia - for restrictions only on liquefied gas, while Finland and Slovakia do not agree to direct subsidies.
· "Instead of subsidizing individual households, we should increase investment in green energy," said Finnish Minister for European Affairs and Property Management Tütti Tuppurainen. She added that it will also limit Europe's dependence on energy suppliers such as Russia.
20:18: The American company Google has blocked the accounts of the Council of the Russian Federation on YouTube due to sanctions imposed on Russia for its full-scale invasion of the Ukraine.
· "Google has blocked federation board accounts on YouTube. There were more than 200 thousand subscribers and 20 thousand videos on the channels," the message says.
20:28 Minister for Reintegration: Russians who illegally adopted Ukrainian children will be punished.
· The representative of the International Criminal Court said that their team has already received access to the materials of existing criminal cases from the law enforcement agencies of Ukraine and is engaged in systematization of data on such cases.
· "We already have the names of those Russians who do this. They will be held responsible.
19:53: Abducted activists from Melitopol and Kherson are being held in the temporarily occupied Crimea in inhumane conditions, says Tamila Tasheva, permanent representative of the President of Ukraine to the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.
· The occupiers are particularly hated by pro-Ukrainian activists and former servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. They are being taken to Crimea, which serves as a rear base for the Russian invaders, Tasheva said.
18:47 Alliance Secretary General: NATO will provide Kyiv with the means to combat UAVs in the coming days, with hundreds of active obstacle stations.
· NATO needs to take seriously the risk of using nuclear weapons in Ukraine, although it is low, he added.
17:50 German Defense Minister: NATO has no information about Russia's possible use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine but is closely monitoring all movements of its armed forces.
14:27 A Haber channel - Turkish Presidential Spokesman: There are currently no preconditions for a meeting between President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Putin in Turkey.
13:53 ERR: The Estonian Parliament has approved a statement condemning Russia's attempt to annex the occupied Ukrainian territories and declaring Russia a state sponsor of terrorism.
12:30 The Wall Street Journal: German investigators found that a series of explosions of the Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 submarine gas pipelines from Russia to Europe were sabotage.
· According to officials familiar with the investigation, this coincides with Sweden's previous findings. Moscow denies its responsibility and says the blasts were a terrorist attack against Russia's interests.
NATIONAL
October 19
08:26 Institute for the Study of War:
· Uneven "partial" mobilization in Russia causes social faults that push the Russian information space to further marginalize communities of ethnic minorities.
· Analysts also noted that Belarus continues to provide its territory and airspace to support Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but ISW estimates remains very unlikely, that the country will enter the war on the side of Russia.
· Iranian military teaches Russian troops in annexed Crimea to control kamikaze drones
· Analysts believe that members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the military branch of the executive branch in Iran, are in annexed Crimea. They apparently train Russian troops to fly drones- kamikaze.
· Analysts also suggested that any Iranian personnel in Ukraine were likely IRGC drone instructors, but it remains unclear whether the instructors themselves control the drones or engaged only in training the troops of the Russian Federation.
07:40 Operational Command South: Ukrainian aviation inflicted 15 strikes in the areas of strongholds and places of concentration of forces and means of the Russian Federation.
· Russian losses are:
o 84 Russian soldiers;
o 2 self-propelled large-caliber howitzers of the "Acacia" and "Msta-S" type;
o tank;
o 3 units of auto armored vehicles.
07:08 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine:
· During the day, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled Russian attacks in the areas of the settlements of Ogirtsevo and Biennial, Kharkiv region; Bilohorivka in Luhansk region; Novokalynove, Mayorsk, Odradivka, New York, Novomykhailivka, Nevelske, Opytne and Marinka, Donetsk region.
· Aviation of the Defense Forces of Ukraine during the previous day inflicted 24 strikes.
· The defeat of 16 areas of concentration of weapons and military equipment, a stronghold, as well as 8 positions of anti-aircraft missile systems of the Russian Federation was confirmed.
· In addition, air defense units shot down 5 cruise missiles and a Su-25 aircraft.
· During the day, Russia launched 10 missile and 18 air strikes, carried out more than 76 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems.
· Russian troops used cruise, aviation and anti-aircraft guided missiles.
· In addition, the Russians used 14 Iranian-made Shahed -136 unmanned aerial vehicles, 10 of which were shot down by units of the Defense Forces.
· The Russians are taking measures to covertly move military equipment and personnel. To this end, in the settlements of Tavriysk and Nova Kakhovka, Kherson region, Russians are blocking the work of mobile operators and the Internet.
· Soldiers of rocket troops and artillery hit 4 control points, 5 areas of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment, 2 air defense facilities and 1 - artillery, 2 ammunition depots, an EW station, as well as other military targets of the Russian Federation.
00:36 Ministry of Internal Affairs: Awarded police officers who shot down an enemy drone during shelling of the capital
· Senior operative police of Kyiv and three police officers of the Patrol Police Department of Ukraine received the badge "For courage in service".
October 18
23:54: The Orthodox Church of Ukraine allowed this year's Christmas service to be held according to the New Julian calendar — December 25
· The OCU explained that this decision was made, in particular because of numerous inquiries and discussions that have been going on in the church and in society for many years.
23:44: Maksym Dondiuk wins an annual grant from the Eugene Smith Memorial Fund in the field of humanistic photography in the amount of $40,000 for the Ukraine 2014/22 project.
· Dondyuk's project tells about Ukraine's long struggle for true independence, national identity and freedom from Russia.
23:26: The State Film Agency has allocated almost UAH 200 million for the creation and production of films.
· In total, it is planned to spend UAH 191.5 million on films that became the winners of last year's competitive selection from the State Film Agency. It includes animation, feature and non-fiction feature films.
23:05 Head of the Cybersecurity Department: Ukrainians sent more than 100 thousand messages to a telegram bot about the movement of the enemy.
· This made it possible to destroy hundreds of units of enemy equipment and even eliminate several Russian generals.
22:11 Air Force Command: During the day, the Air Force shot down 19 kamikaze drones and five Russian attack helicopters.
· Destroyed: 5 attack helicopters Ka-52, 17 kamikaze drones "Shahed-136" and 2 "Zala Lancet".
21:59: Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov had a phone conversation with German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht.
· "Today I had a productive conversation with my German colleague Christine Lambrecht. I want to thank you for your personal participation in the project on the development of Ukrainian air defense capabilities, which help keep our sky safe and sound!" he wrote.
19:34 National Anti – Corruption Bureau of Ukraine press service: Ex-MP Maksym Mykytas is charged with attempted bribery of Dnipro Mayor Borys Filatov for €22 million.
· According to the investigation, for 22 million euros he wanted to bribe the mayor of Dnipro Filatov to conclude a contract with the companies under his control for the construction of the metro in Dnipro out of competition.
18:51 Operational information from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine:
· During the day, units of the Defense Forces repulsed Russian attacks in the areas of settlements: Ogirtsevo, Kharkiv region; Bilohorivka, Luhansk region; Novokalynove and Marinka, Donetsk region.
· During the current day, the enemy has inflicted 9 missile and 10 air strikes, carried out more than 10 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems.
· The Russians hit areas of more than 10 settlements. Among them are Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Kryvyi Rih, Zaporizhia, Mykolaiv, Kurakhove, Donetsk region and Trykhaty in the Mykolaiv region. In one of the directions, Russian soldiers were involved 4 unmanned aerial vehicles of Iranian production "Shahed-136", 3 of which shot down units of the Defense Forces.
· In the Northern direction, Yunakivka, Sumy region, was shelled by barreled artillery;
· in the Slobozhansky direction - from mortars, barreled and rocket artillery, the settlements of Vovchansky Khutory, Grigorovka, Komisarovo, Ogirtsevo , Staritsa and Strelecha were shelled;
· In the Kupiansk direction - from artillery of various types, in the areas of the settlements Berestovo, Gryanivka, Dvorechnaya, Kamyanka, Krasne, Kyslivka, Kotlyarivka and Stelmakhivka;
· in the Liman direction - from mortars, barreled and rocket artillery, in the areas of the settlements of Bilohorivka, Grekivka, Zarichne, Kovalivka, Nadiya, Novoegorivka , Olhivka and Torske.
· In the Bakhmut and Avdiivka directions, the enemy was exposed to fire from tanks and artillery along the contact line. The settlements of Bakhmut, Soledar, Pervomaiske and Velyka Novoselka were directly affected.
· In the Novopavlovsk and Zaporizhia directions, the enemy fired mortars, barreled and rocket artillery at the settlements of Pavlivka and Prechistovka.
· In the South Bug direction, the enemy is trying to improve logistics support, shelling military and civilian infrastructure. Settlements along the contact line, including Abovetarasivka, Dnipropetrovsk region, were hit by fire.
· Despite the preliminary booking of the list of critical infrastructure workers of the Russian Federation, the heads of such enterprises still receive plans that they are forced to fulfill. Therefore, they send their employees to the military registration and enlistment offices.
· The replenishment of the losses of Russian units at the expense of prisoners continues. As of the beginning of October, of the total eight thousandth number of militants of the private military company "Wagner", more than half are mercenaries of the mentioned category.
· Aviation of the Defense Forces of Ukraine inflicted 20 strikes during the day. The defeat of 13 areas of concentration of weapons and military equipment, a stronghold, as well as 7 positions of enemy anti-aircraft missile systems was confirmed. In addition, air defense units shot down 5 cruise missiles.
· Soldiers of rocket troops and artillery struck two control points, two areas of concentration of manpower, weapons, and military equipment, two air defense and artillery objects, two ammunition depots and others military targets of the enemy.
18:37 ERR - Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine: Ukraine's accession to NATO is only a matter of time. Ukraine understands where it is moving, and its membership in the EU and NATO are the norms of the Constitution.
17:54 State Emergency Service: Russia made about 200 strikes on Ukraine in 11 days.
· "In the period from October 7 to October 18, Russia launched about 190 strikes with missiles, kamikaze drones and artillery in 16 regions of Ukraine and the city. Kyiv. The strikes were carried out on critical infrastructure facilities, on energy facilities and on civilian objects."
· More than 70 people died, more than 240 people injured, and more than 380 objects were damaged. These are more than 140 private and apartment buildings, and, of course, other houses that came under fire.
13:57: The Verkhovna Rada adopted in general a law on conscription for urgent military service and the activities of conscription commissions, according to MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak.
· 318 deputies voted for the law. According to the law, during the martial law, conscription for military service is not carried out.
13:49: A bill has been introduced to the Verkhovna Rada to sever diplomatic relations with Iran and recognize it as a sponsor of terrorism.
13:41 Prime Minister: European partners provided another €2 billion to Ukraine.
· The money will be used to cover expenditures in the social and humanitarian spheres.
13:31 SBU press service: The Security Service of Ukraine found that officials of the state-owned enterprise Antonov, despite the warnings of state bodies, did not protect the An-225 Mriya aircraft from destruction during the Russian invasion.
· "Also, some employees of the enterprise for a long time interfered with the Defense Forces in organizing air and ground protection of the airport. All this led to the destruction of the An-225 and several other aircraft," the SBU said.
13:25: The Verkhovna Rada supported the recognition of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria as temporarily occupied by the Russian Federation and the condemnation of the genocide of the Chechen people. 287 votes in favor.
12:48: Civilian casualties as a result of Russia's armed aggression on 17.10.2022 according to regional military administrations.
· Donetsk – 14 killed, 8 wounded
· Zhytomyr – 1 wounded
· Zaporizhia – 5 wounded
· Mykolaiv 1 killed
· Sumy – 1 wounded
· Kharkiv – 3 wounded
· Kyiv – 5 killed, 4 wounded
12:14: Over the past 9 days, 30% of power plants in Ukraine have been destroyed," Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Twitter.
12:10 Air Force Command: Today, as of 10:00 a.m., 12 air targets have been shot down by forces and means of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: 6 Iranian kamikaze drones, 5 cruise missiles and a Russian Su-25 attack aircraft.
MORDOR (Russia)
October 19
08:20 Occupation authorities: A drone was shot down near the Belbek airfield in Crimea.
October 18
20:55: Commander of Russian troops in Ukraine Sergey Surovikin at a briefing:
· "Further actions regarding Kherson will depend on the military-tactical situation, and it is not easy, it is not excluded the adoption of difficult decisions."
· "The situation in the area of the SVO is tense, the RF Armed Forces are increasing its composition, creating reserves and building defensive positions along the entire line of hostilities," Surovikin said.
18:04 Social Networks: Air defense systems is firing in the Belgorod region, Russia.
13:19 Air Force Command: Russian strategic aviation no longer attacks Ukraine from the Caspian Sea region, but from the Rostov region.
· According to him, Russia's strategic bombers continue to fire Ukraine with Kh-101 and Kh-555 missiles. The missile flies at a speed of 900 km / h, and if it is launched from the Caspian Sea region, the air force has more time to react, and people to go down to shelter. Now the distance is smaller, and the time is less.
13:08 Belaruski Gayun: In Belarus, three supersonic fighter-interceptors MIG-31 were spotted landing at the airfield in Machulyshchi.
· Observers explain that these are not standard MIG-31s, but their special modification - MIG-31K. According to experts, it is this model of fighters that can carry hypersonic aero ballistic missiles Kh-47M2 "Dagger" and fire them at a distance of 2000 km.
12:53 Radio Liberty's Kyrgyz service: Several commercial banks in Kyrgyzstan have suspended servicing of Russian Mir cards.
KHARKIV
October 19
October 18
20:48 Social Networks: Explosions are heard in the Kharkiv region.
14:16 Attorney General's Office: Prosecutors of the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office together with SBU investigators on October 17 found another, 26th victim of the shooting of a convoy of cars by the Russian military, which occurred on September 25 near the village of Kurilovka, Kupyansk district. The deceased is a 19-year-old man.
· "According to preliminary data, after the shooting of a car convoy, the victim walked about 1.5 km and died. The body of the deceased was sent for a forensic examination."
12:35 Prosecutor General's Office: Prosecutors recorded the consequences of the morning shelling - the Russian military fired eight missiles at two districts of Kharkiv.
· Pre-trial investigations have been launched in two criminal proceedings on the facts of violation of the laws and customs of war (Part 1 of Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
LUHANSK
October 19
October 18
22:44 Luhansk RMA: The Russians pulled up a lot of equipment and mobilized people to the Luhansk region.
· The Russians also blew up several bridges to prevent a quick counterattack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Gaidai said.
· "Ukrainian artillerymen in the Luhansk region are clearly hitting the warehouses and command posts of the occupiers."
DONETSK
October 19
October 18
14:22 National Police: The bodies of 5 children were found by investigators in Lyman, Donetsk region
· "Four children were discovered by investigators in a mass grave in the cemetery. Another boy was buried by his mother in her own yard. It has been preliminarily established that all died from shrapnel wounds because of Russian shelling".
ZAPORIZHIA
October 19
08:10 Mayor: In Enerhodar, heavy shelling from the night, a city without light and water.
· One of the substations and the building of the city executive committee were damaged. There was no information about the victims.
October 18
23:17 Social Networks: Explosions are heard in Zaporizhia.
20:11 Social Networks: Report explosions in occupied Energodar. Zaporizhia region.
DNIPRO
October 19
04:40: Oleksandr Vilkul, head of the Kryvyi Rih Va, said that an energy infrastructure facility had been destroyed in the Kryvyi Rih district due to Russian shelling during the last air raid. Without electricity, there are many settlements of the district and the Ingulets microdistrict in Kryvyi Rih. Power engineers are working to fix the damage.
October 18
21:10 Dnipro Regional Council: Two missiles hit an energy infrastructure facility in Dnipro, there was a fire, there are serious damages.
· One man was wounded by debris and was hospitalized. Three dozen residential buildings, schools, and kindergartens were damaged in the city.
· During the day, some communities of Sinelnikovsky, Pavlograd, Novomoskovsk and some districts of Dnieper remained without light.
KHERSON
October 19
October 18
21:51 Melitopol Mayor: "The invaders ask residents of Kherson to leave the city, promise money and housing in Russia for this.”
· "The occupiers want to populate the city with military and traitors so that Kherson becomes an outpost of the "Russian world" in the south of Ukraine," Fedorov said.
· He also noted that "the occupiers have big plans for Melitopol."
13:59 Social Networks: Report explosions in occupied Nova Kakhovka and Beryslav district of the Kherson region.
12:58 Kherson regional council: The occupation authorities in the Kherson region ask prisoners to join the volunteer battalion.
· According to available information, the occupiers have very big problems with recruiting volunteers to the battalion they recently created. V.Margelova. The vast majority of Kherson residents share opposite moods and do not want and will not take up arms and fight against their people, their relatives.
MYKOLAIV
October 19
ODESA - October 18/19
20:41 Social Networks: Search by SBU officers in the office of the mayor of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Vitaliy Grazhdan
· He is reportedly accused of misappropriating funds allocated to repair the city after rocket attacks.
KYIV - October 18/19
13:46 DTEK reports: Power supply for 2108 families was restored in the Kyiv region after a missile strike on a critical infrastructure facility in the Desnianskyi district.
12:45 Kyiv City Prosecutor's Office: The morning attack on a critical infrastructure facility on the left bank of Kyiv killed two people and injured another person, according to preliminary data.
ZHYTOMYR - October 18/19
21:21 Mayor: The lights have already been turned on in part of Zhytomyr."
· Restoration work continues. At the same time, the launch of electric vehicles is much more difficult, the mayor said. According to him, the number of communal buses will increase in the city . The mayor called on citizens to save electricity.
18:10 Zhytomyr RMA: In Zhytomyr region, the energy infrastructure is gradually being restored after the morning strikes.
· He noted that out of more than 150 thousand subscribers who were left without electricity in the morning, more than half of the consumers managed to connect.
SUMY - October 18/19
23:35 Sumy RMA: During the day the Russians shelled the settlements of the region four times.
· They targeted civilians and civilian objects with mortars and artillery. A total of 64 attacks.
· There are dead and injured, damaged, residential, educational and administrative buildings.
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://euromaidanpress.com/
https://invite.viber.com/?g2=AQBD3wxTrZ6XUU7IdXeHUfjVCydekezQCCGuwYnT6qPd1r7n1aVbFIewa6ng6Lis