Bob Homans October 2

20221002

Ukraine – 10/2 Sitrep
Compiled by: Robert Homans
Twitter: @rhomansjr
October 2, 2022

Reviewing the Bidding

Everywhere one looks, Russia seems to be stymied in the Ukraine Theater.   However, Tom Friedman, in his latest column in the NY Times, calls for an “off-ramp,” and the Pope calls for negotiation.  In his sermon today the Dean of Grace Church in New York City, the Reverend J. Donald Waring compares recent cases of wanton violence on the streets of New York City to Putin’s wanton violence in Ukraine.  Indeed, it seems that criminal gangs claiming “turf” in American cities like New York or Los Angeles, or groups of criminals breaking into stores on Union Square in San Francisco, aren’t much different from Putin claiming that 4 Ukrainian oblasts are Russian territory “forever.”

It is important to understand that Ukraine is now fighting against 3 different Russian forces, all 3 under independent command: The regular Russian Army under the command of Vladimir Putin; Wagner Group under the command of Yevgeny Prigozhin; the Chechins under the command of Ramzan Kadyrov.   They operate independently of each other.   As will be seen, this compounds the problem Russia is facing in defending their positions in Ukraine.

The Russian Defense Minister, Sergei Shoigu, appears to have been sidelined.   He appeared last Friday, at Putin’s speech in the Kremlin announcing the annexation of 4 Ukrainian oblasts into Russia, dressed in a dark suit instead of his preferred military uniform.

Overall, the Russians seem to be either falling back, as in the Northeast, going nowhere as in Dontetsk, trapped, as in Kherson, or harassed, as around Melitopol.   With yesterday’s fall of Lyman, formerly occupied by units of the Russian Army, much of the rest of Luhansk Oblast that Russia temporarily occupied after February 24th will likely be re-taken.  This includes the twin cities of Lysychansk and Sievierodonetsk that Russia took last June with a large loss of life.   Direct rail and road links between Luhansk Ciity and Belgorod, Russia, will be severed.

According to the video “Reporting from Ukraine,” the new Russian conscripts made an appearance in front of Lyman.  It was a part of a failed effort by Russia break the Lyman encirclement.

In Donetsk, the Wagner Group forces that includes paroled prisoners, continue to attempt to break through Ukrainian defensive position with little to show for their efforts.   Putin, or even a senior Russian general officer with any intelligence, might’ve at least considered re-deploying these troops to either defend Lyman or try to free the Russians trapped on the Right Bank of the Dnieper River, in Kharson.   Instead, as portrayed in the movie “Animal House,” in Donetsk the Russians willingly march into a blind alley ending with a brick wall, led by a strange individual in a brown overcoat known as “Stork.”

Around Melitopol, and the area between Mariupol and Kherson Ukraine, after executing a feint that resulted in the redeployment of Russian troops from the Northeast making it easier for Ukraine to re-take territory there, are leaving the Russian troops to the tender mercies of the Partisans who continue to blow up Russian military assets and kill individual Russian soldiers and collaborators.

In Kherson, on the Right Bank of the Dnieper, 25,000 Russian troops remain trapped.   They are probably the best soldiers in the Russian Army, they’ve had time to dig in and, at the time Ukraine blew up the Dnieper bridges, they were well supplied.   The supplies will eventually run out.

News From the Battlefield

Lawrence Freedman – Freedman’s Substack blog includes 2 maps, one of Ukraine showing the parts of the 4 oblasts that Russia claims it has “annexed” that are in fact controlled by Ukraine.   As “Report From Ukraine” and Denys both argue, the fall of Lyman opens Luhansk to 2 Ukrainian advances, one toward Lysychansk/Sievierodonetsk, and the other to the north, closer to the Russian border.

Times Radio – London Times reporter Askold Krurshelnycky discusses the implications of the liberation of Lyman.  There are also interesting clips of demining operations and wrecked Russian equipment.   According to reports, there were anywhere between 2,000 and 5,000 Russian troops in Lyman.  It is unclear how many were captured or killed, or how many escaped the encirclement.

“Reporting From Ukraine & The Latest Denys – “Reporting From Ukraine” describes the botched Russian effort to break the encirclement of Lyman, and how the fall of Lyman sets up Ukraine for further advances to the south and east, toward Lysychansk and Sievierodonetsk.

The Latest Denys – He also describes the liberation of Lyman and details of the encirclement.  His tactical map shows how close Ukraine is to Lysychansk and Sievierdonetsk.   Loss of these two cities will be a severe psychological blow to Russia.  Sievierodonetsk was the capital of Luhansk Oblast, after Luhansk City was captured in 2014.

10/2 Sitrep

Russian Invasion of Ukraine 12:00 noon October 1 to 12:00 noon October 2, 2022

Abbreviations:

RMA = Regional Military Administration             SBU = Security Service of Ukraine

INTERNATIONAL

October 2

11:55: Decisions on Ukraine's possible accession to NATO should be made by all 30 Allies, US Department of Defense Chief Lloyd Austin said at a joint press conference with his Australian counterpart Richard Marls in the state Hawaii.

·        "We are committed to supporting NATO's 'open door' policy, but the way this happens is really an issue that is being addressed by the 30 voting countries," he said.

11:33 BGNES: Early parliamentary elections are taking place in Bulgaria today – this is the fourth vote in less than two years caused by the resignation of Kirill Petkov's government.

10:33 Polish special services: Poland has completed the construction of fences on the border with Belarus.

·        "Illegal entry into Poland is currently impossible. The Polish border today is the most secure in Europe," he tweeted, posting pictures of the wall.

08 :52 Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Fake referendums and Statements by Russia about attempts to annex the occupied territories are evidence of Russia's fear of the success of the armed forces of Ukraine's counteroffensive.

·        "We must give Ukraine as many weapons as we can" – Edgars Rinkevichs

08:00 Australian Foreign Ministry: Australia will impose additional targeted financial sanctions and a travel ban on 28 Russians related to referendums held in the DPR, LPR, Kherson and Zaporizhia regions.

October 1

23:53: Ukraine's Foreign Ministry, commenting on the coup d'etat in Burkina Faso, said the presence of Russian mercenaries in West Africa undermines its peace and security.

·        "Alarming reports of a new coup d'état in Burkina Faso. The presence of Russian mercenaries in West Africa significantly undermines its peace and security and plans for Burkina Faso's transition to democracy," said Oleg Nikolenko, spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.

22:13: The party of Latvian Prime Minister Krišjanis Karinš wins parliamentary elections, according to exit polls.

·        The political force "New Unity" received 22.5% of the vote and for the first time in more than 10 years moved the pro-Russian party "Zlagoda" out of first place.

21:57 Minister of Culture: At the World Conference on Cultural Policy and Sustainable Development, UNESCO member states called on Russia to leave the territory of Ukraine.

·        "We call on Russia to immediately go beyond Ukraine's internationally recognized borders and demand an immediate cessation of aggression against Ukraine in order to guarantee protection against further damage to Ukraine's natural, immovable and movable cultural heritage in all its forms," the UNESCO member states said in a statement.

20:37 German Interior Minister: Germany, Denmark and Sweden are going to set up a joint investigation team to find the reasons for the damage to the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines."

19:51: Armenia has announced that it can withdraw from the CSTO amid the escalating conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

·        According to the country's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, he did not receive guarantees that the Armenian border is a red line for the CSTO. (CSTO is a Russian led regional security organization – ed)

20:03 Reuters: The United States sells a 168-foot superyacht associated with sanctioned Russian billionaire Igor Kesaev, for 29.5 million euros.

·        The EU and the U.K. imposed sanctions on Kesayev in April following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, citing his involvement in military weapons production and ties to the Russian government. The United States did not impose sanctions on Kesayev, the newspaper reports.

19:41 Council of Europe President: EU leaders will discuss the security of their critical infrastructure next week.

·        "Sabotage of Nord Stream pipelines is a threat to the EU. We are determined to ensure the security of our critical infrastructure. The leaders will discuss this issue at the next summit in Prague," Michel wrote.

19:19 Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine: Ukraine counts on a positive change in the position of NATO members who were previously skeptical about its accession to the Alliance, because "the situation has changed radically".

·        "The future of the Euro-Atlantic space is being decided in Ukraine. Euro-Atlantic security is impossible without Ukraine's victory," Kuleba said.

19:02: The International Atomic Energy Agency has established that the kidnapped Director General of the Zaporizhzhia NPP, Igor Murashov, is "temporarily detained."

·        This information was obtained after the IAEA contacted the "relevant authorities".

18:22 Le Monde: France is ready to transfer to Ukraine a significant part of the requested 15 artillery self-propelled guns Caesar - from 6 to 12.

·        To do this, France cancels the supply of part of the self-propelled artillery installations ordered by Denmark back in 2017.

17:34 EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs: "Annexation" by Russia of the "DPR", "LPR", as well as parts of the Zaporizhia and Kherson regions not controlled by Ukraine makes it impossible to end the conflict around Ukraine.

17:23 General Staff of the Armed Forces: Spain has sent a military medical transport aircraft with medicines to Ukraine.

·        The C-295 took off from Spain towards Poland on Friday, where it will pick up eight wounded Ukrainians and subsequently transport them to Spain.

·        The plane also transports 300 kg of medicines to Ukraine.

17:13 Reuters: Russia is not re-elected to the council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) at the UN.

17:00 Turkish President: Turkey will maintain its position on Sweden and Finland's accession to NATO until the authorities of these countries fulfill the promises made to Ankara.

16:40: Large-scale protests continue in Iran.

·        According to media reports, protesters set fire to police stations, banks and equipment of security forces.

15:04: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine condemns the illegal detention by the Russians of the Director General of the Zaporizhzhia NPP Igor Murashov and demands his immediate release. His abduction in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was called another manifestation of state terrorism by the Russian Federation.

·        "We call on the international community, in particular the UN, the IAEA and the G7 , to also take decisive measures to this end. Once again, we emphasize the urgency of maximizing the mobilization of the efforts of the world community to ensure the demilitarization and de-occupation of ZNPP, and its return to Ukraine's control as the only way to eliminate it. current threats in the field of nuclear safety," the Foreign Ministry said.

14:19 Reuters: The IAEA demands explanations from Russia regarding the detention of ZNPP Director General Igor Murashov.

13:34 Swedish Foreign Minister: Denmark and Sweden, in a joint letter to the UN, announced that two detonations that occurred underwater and damaged the Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 pipelines. These explosions likely occurred due to "several hundred kilograms of explosives.”

·        Copenhagen and Stockholm claim that the strength of the explosions was 2.3 and 2.1 on the Richter scale.

13:28 German Defense Minister: Germany welcomes Ukraine's decision to apply for Ukraine's accession to NATO.

13:20 Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Turkey does not recognize Russia's decision to annex the Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhia regions of Ukraine.

12:55 President of the European Commission: The gas pipeline between Bulgaria and Greece is operational today. The IGB interconnector will change the rules of the game in the market and allow you to get rid of dependence on Russian gas.

12:41 Reuters: Accidents at the Nord Stream gas pipeline system in the Baltic Sea resulted in probably the largest methane release in history. This is damaging the climate, representatives of the UN Environment Program said.

12:01: Today, Poland began to receive gas from Norway through the newly built Baltic Pipe gas pipeline, the Polish gas pipeline operator Gaz-System said.

NATIONAL

October 2

11:28: In the seven months of the war, you had to understand that we would not give you a single meter of our land. No matter how much meat comes to the Ukraine – it will not change anything – Ukrainian border guards appealed to partially mobilized persons from Russia.

10:55 Chairman of the Board: Russian Gazprom has not yet informed NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine about the decline in gas supplies to Moldova.

10:03 British Intelligence:

·        The Russian forces that left Lyman on October 1 apparently consisted of understaffed units of the Western and Central Military Districts of Russia, as well as contingents of voluntarily mobilized reservists.

·        They suffered heavy losses when they withdrew on the only road from the city that was still in the hands of the Russians.

·        Operationally, control by of Lyman is important as a key road passes through it through the Seversky Donets River, beyond which Russia is trying to strengthen its defenses.

·        " Russia's withdrawal from Lyman is also a significant political failure, given that it is located in the Donetsk region, a region that Russia allegedly aimed to "liberate" and tried to "liberate" illegally annex," analysts said.

·        The withdrawal of Russian troops from Lyman has led to another wave of public criticism of the Russian military leadership by high-ranking officials.

·        "Further losses of territory in the illegally occupied territories will almost certainly lead to increased public criticism and increase pressure on the senior command," the intelligence said.

08:42 Air Force Command: On the night of October 2, Russian troops attacked the Mykolaiv region with 7 Kamkaze drones "Shahed-136.

·        5 out of 7 such drones were destroyed by servicemen of the Odesa and Kherson Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigades.

08:36: Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba discussed with NATO Secretary General Jens Stolteneng Ukraine's application to join the Alliance.

·        "We agreed to maintain contact on this issue and discussed further practical steps by NATO to support Ukraine in countering Russian aggression," Kuleba said.

08:23 Institute for the Study of War: The failure of the Russian army in the northern regions of Ukraine and the insufficient defense of the occupied sections of the front indicate that the content of the south is much more important for Putin, so he is ready to sacrifice the Donbas region.

07:22 Operational information from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine:

·        Over the past day, the Russians inflicted 4 missile and 16 air strikes, carried out more than 75 shelling from mlrs on military and civilian targets on the territory of Ukraine.

·        Last day, more than 30 settlements were affected by Russian strikes.

·        The destruction of the Russian ammunition depot after the September 30 hit by Ukrainian rockets near the settlement of Chernihivka, Zaporizhia region, and the injury of about 50 people were confirmed.

·        Since September 30 this year, Russian military units based in occupied territory of Crimea have been put on alert "full", measures are being taken to disperse

·        It is known about the formation of a motorized rifle division on the territory of the peninsula at the expense of the mobilized male population of the autonomous republic of Crimea, the Krasnodar Territory and the Republic of Adygea.

·        The arrival at the permanent deployment point of the 810th separate brigade of the Marine Corps of the Russian Federation, based in the city of Sevastopol of about 2000 mobilized persons, is marked

·        In the city of Budyonnovsk, Stavropol Territory, to the 205th separate motorized rifleof the Iletsk brigade of the 49th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District of the Russian Federation, about 5 thousand people arrived for mobilization

·        It is known that about 3 thousand are located at the point of permanent deployment of the unit, the rest - in the tent camp at the Nikolo-Alexandrovsky training ground. preparation.

·        During the day, units of the Defense Forces repulsed Russian attacks in the areas of the settlements of Kozacha Lopan, Viyimka, Bakhmutske, Bakhmut, Vesela Dolyna and Pervomaiske

00:59 Servant of the People party leader: Ukraine will insist on the transfer of HIMARS missile systems and other Western weapons "now", not in several years. (Servant of the People is Zelensky’s party.

·        "Manufacturers were not ready for such mass orders, so any purchase is at least six months. The maximum is one and a half or two years. 

October 1

22:03 Welt: German Defense Minister Christina Lambrecht suddenly visited Odesa.

·        German Defense Minister Christina Lambrecht has promised that IRIS-T air defense systems will be put in Ukraine "in the coming days".

23:16: Defender of Mariupol Dmytro Kozatskyi ("Orest"), who returned from captivity, became the first winner of a special prize for his contribution to the development of documentary filmmaking founded by the Kharkiv MeetDocs Film Festival.

·        He received an award for the short film "The Last Day at Azovstal."

23:02 Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration: Ukraine's application for NATO membership is already on the way to Brussels.

·        "Everything is formalized, the appeal will soon be sent to the headquarters and allies of the Alliance."

22:46: The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine sent a statement to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation after the successful capture of Lyman by Ukrainian troops:

·        "I thank the "Ministry of Defense" of Russia for the successful cooperation in the organization "Izyum 2.0". Almost all Russian troops sent to Lyman were redeployed either in bags for corpses or in Ukrainian captivity. Just one question: don't you want to repeat it?" the Ministry of Defense wrote on Twitter.

21:31 President's Office: If the world does not respond harshly to Russia's nuclear blackmail, nuclear wars will follow.

·        "Otherwise, every ambitious dictator will try to obtain nuclear weapons, and every country that does not have them will seek to acquire them for self-defense. Agreements on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons will be useless. Then there will be nuclear wars with millions of victims," Yermak added.

21:25 Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Russia's attempts to annex the sovereign territories of Ukraine are legally null and void.

·        The Ministry of Foreign Affairs stressed that the illegal attempt to annex Ukrainian territories is part of Russia's aggressive war against Ukraine and the deliberate destruction of the UN Charter.

20:46 Ministry of Finance: The "Customs Visa-Free Regime" has come into force, in Ukraine and from Ukraine, cargoes are already heading under the procedure of joint transit to the EU.

·        The possibility of international movement of goods with 35 other participating countries under one transit document has opened up for business.

20:28: The head of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, (Moscow Patriarch), Petro Lebed, known as Metropolitan Pavlo (Pasha Mercedes), was detained at the border, according to the media.

·        He was caught trying to smuggle out church valuables. He wrote official church documents giving himself ownership of state-owned church property.

·        Pasha Mercedes was caught trying to escape to Moldova.

20:12: Shakhtar's players entered the latest game wearing T-shirts with the inscription "Glory to the Heroes of Azovstal" and emblazoned with a photo of Azov warrior captain Mykhailo Dianov.

18:58: Russian missile strikes over the past two days have completely disabled two Ukrenergo substations in southern Ukraine, the company said.

·        As a result of the shelling, the main equipment of substations and other high-voltage network facilities was damaged. There are no casualties among the staff.

18:58: Russian missile strikes over the past two days have completely disabled two Ukrenergo substations in southern Ukraine, the company said.

·        As a result of the shelling, the main equipment of substations and other high-voltage network facilities was damaged. There are no casualties among the staff.

19:08 President’s Office: Revealed details of the shooting of civilian cars by Russians in the Kharkiv region, which killed 24 people.

·        "The local carrier organized an exit for the people, and the Russians shot the convoy from a nearby armored personnel carrier. To hide the consequences, the Russian military set fire to the cars," he said.

18:42: Operational information from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as of 18:00 on October 1:

·        The enemy inflicted 3 missile and 5 air strikes, carried out more than 16 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems. In addition, the enemy used UAVs to strike infrastructure.

·        More than 11 settlements suffered from enemy strikes. These are, in particular, Bakhmut, Trudovoye, Bogoyavlenko, Novoukrainka, Zheleznodorozhne, Illinka, Nikopol, Blagodativka, Mykolaiv, Ochakiv and Odesa.

·        During the day, the Defense Forces of Ukraine repulsed enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Kozach Lopan, Bakhmut, Vesela Dolyna, Zaitseve and Pervomaiske.

·        To support the actions of ground groups, the aviation of the Defense Forces inflicted 21 strikes during the day.

·        The defeat of the enemy's stronghold, 17 areas of concentration of weapons and military equipment, as well as 3 enemy anti-aircraft missile systems was confirmed. In addition, our air defense units shot down one UAV.

·        Rocket troops and artillery hit 4 command posts, 4 areas of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment. Also in the affected area got 2 warehouses with ammunition.

·        As a result of fire damage to an enemy object near Zolote, Luhansk region, the enemy lost about 60 people killed and wounded, as well as 4 units of military equipment.

·        According to available information, a bill on changes in the criminal code of the Russian Federation has been submitted for consideration by the State Duma of the Russian Federation, which provides for serving the sentence of convicts in the area of hostilities.

·        In occupied territory of Ukraine, the Russian occupation authorities, grossly violating the rules of warfare and human rights, have intensified measures to forcibly mobilize the male population of draft age to compensate for the losses of Russian military units.

·        For the timely implementation of mobilization measures and the suppression of resistance of the local population, additional units of the Rosgvardia arrived in the cities of Berdyansk and Melitopol.

18:37 1 + 1 TV - Military Intelligence: We expect the war should end after the end of winter.

·        "In winter, the war will subside to a greater extent. And now – after winter, the end of this conflict will begin with the entry at the first stage to the administrative borders as of 1991".

15:58: The National Security and Defense Council has imposed sanctions against 3600 Russian individuals and legal entities, according to the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine.

·        In the new sanctions list:

o   children and relatives of Vladimir Putin and his close associates;

o   representatives of regional elites and authorities of the Russian Federation;

o   oligarchs and their close associates;

o   artists and media workers, including citizens of Ukraine;

o   persons who have moved to the side of the Russian Federation;

o   high-ranking officials of state corporations;

o   representatives of the highest leadership of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation;

o   representatives of the "governments of the LPR/DPR", the "authorities" of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the heads of illegal armed groups operating in the uncontrolled territory of Ukraine.

15:19 Commander of the Joint Forces: Belarus has deployed up to 7 battalion tactical groups near the borders with Ukraine. Currently, there are continuing training of the military and the establishment of infrastructure for the Russian forces.

14:43 Minister of Foreign Affairs: Ukraine appealed to the International Court of Justice with a request to consider the case of Russia's attempted annexation of the occupied territories.

·        "After Putin's attempts to annex, Ukraine officially informed the International Court of Justice that this step grossly violates the legally binding order on interim measures issued on March 16. We ask the court to consider the case on the merits as soon as possible," he said.

14:14 Defense Minister: Ukraine is already cooperating with NATO in the defense sector deeper than some formal members of the North Atlantic Alliance, and will deepen this integration.

13:53 Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada: The U.S. Lend-Lease Law for Ukraine came into force today. This means that there are more weapons of different and high quality.

13:50 Secretary of the Council: The decision of Ukrainian authorities to abandon negotiations with Russia is final, it was unanimously supported at the last meeting of the National Security and Defense Council.

·        "We will negotiate only with another President of the Russian Federation. There is nothing to talk about with this inhuman at all."

13:42 Chairman of Naftogaz: By the next heating season, Ukraine plans to completely abandon the use of natural gas for heating and switch "to biomass, garbage." Zhytomyr demonstrates positive experience in this area."

·        According to him, we are talking about the construction of three CHPps in Zhytomyr, which will operate on RDF and wood chips. Their total capacity will be 50 megawatts.

13:08 Ministry of Infrastructure: Today, as part of the implementation of the "grain corridor", 11 vessels left the ports of Odessa, Chornomorsk and the port of Pivdennyi. On board 217.6 thousand tons of agricultural products for Africa, Asia and Europe.

12:36 Head of the Defense Intelligence: Urged Ukrainians not to be afraid of the mobilization announced in Russia. He called it a gift for Ukraine.

·        "Russia has driven itself into a dead end now. In principle, it is still possible to get out of it. It's a recognition that all this happened in error. They know how to show it, the mechanisms and model are worked out, we know it clearly. try to build some kind of dialogue with the whole world, but this automatically means the transfer of power".

12:11 Air Force Command: The Ukrainian military destroyed a Russian Ka-52 helicopter and 3 operational-tactical-level drones in a day.

MORDOR (Russia)

October 2

11:07 Russian Media: Commander of the Western Military District of the Russian Federation Alexander Zhuravlev was fired for failures at the front. Lieutenant-General Berdnikov Roman Borisovich was appointed in his place.

00:56: Russian propagandist Sladkov said on his blog that the situation in the Lyman direction of the Russian troops is uncontrollable. According to him, the military units of the Russian army there are cut off from the headquarters, they have no connection with the leadership.

00:50: Roskomnadzor, at the request of the Russian Prosecutor General's Office, blocked the website of the audio streaming platform SoundCloud.

00:38 Washington Post: Russian President Putin personally insisted on the exchange of captured defenders of Azovstal for Viktor Medvedchuk. He was warned of the consequences, but he did not listen to anyone. The federal security service of the Russian Federation also opposed the exchange.

·        Sources are American and Ukrainian officials who want to remain anonymous.

00:07 Social networks: Police in Yakutia went out to disperse a rally, which was canceled at the last moment, and therefore simply detained 23 girls.

October 1

18:16: The so-called "governor" of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhaev, commented on the explosions at the Belbek airport.

·        He claims that the reason for the "emergency situation" was allegedly that during landing the plane rolled out of the runway and exploded.

18:02 Social Network: In occupied Crimea, the Belbek military airport is on fire.

17:38: A mobilized Russian says live on RosTV that a girl asked him to register a marriage so that if he died in the war, she would receive payments.

17:08: Ramzan Kadyrov blamed Colonel-General Alexander Lapin, who commanded the defense of this section of the front, for the loss of Lyman.

·        The head of Chechnya claims that the colonel-general "put up mobilized fighters from the "LPR" and other units on all frontiers of the Liman direction, but did not provide them with the necessary communication, interaction and transportation ammunition."

·        Kadyrov also accused Lapin of moving the headquarters to Starobilsk, "a hundred kilometers from his subordinates" - and of the fact that the commander himself "sat in Luhansk."

16:51: The Russian Defense Ministry has officially announced the withdrawal of troops from Lyman, Donetsk region.

·        "In connection with the creation of a threat of encirclement, the allied troops were withdrawn from the settlement of Lyman to the 'more favorable frontiers,'" the department said.

14:04 Russian media: Alla Pugacheva and her husband Maxim Galkin, who left Russia abroad, decided to sell their legendary castle in the Moscow region.

·        "Alla Pugacheva put up for sale a castle in the village of Gryaz. For the legend of all the tabloids and the main attraction of Mud, Alla Borisovna wants 1 billion rubles. For this, she returned to Russia. Plus - to pick up the documents of children from school," the message says. (Pugacheva came to fame during perestroika and remain at the top of Russian pop charts to the mid 2010s)

13:14 Social Networks: In Russia, a bus with mobilized Russians got into an accident. According to the participants in the incident, the driver was intoxicated.

12:07 SBU press service: The SBU announced charges against 9 other organizers of illegal pseudo-referendums of the Russian Federation in occupied territories of eastern Ukraine

·        According to the SBU, the so-called head of the "LPR" Leonid Pasichnyk and 8 so-called "deputies of the people's council of the so-called DPR" were charged with collaboration.

KHARKIV

October 2

09:15 RMA: Russians shelled the city. Kupyansk and settlements of Kupyansk district - Vovchansk and villages; and Gatishche, Chuguev district

·        During the day, a 71-year-old woman was hospitalized with an injury in the Kupyansk district.

08:59 National Police: Ukrainian sappers cleared a dam in the village of Velyki Prokhody, Dergachi district, Kharkiv region. During the work, 650 kg of explosives were found: TNT, mines and electric detonators.

October 1

18:58: Russian missile strikes over the past two days have completely disabled two Ukrenergo substations in southern Ukraine, the company said.

·        As a result of the shelling, the main equipment of substations and other high-voltage network facilities was damaged. There are no casualties among the staff.

19:08 President’s Office: Revealed details of the shooting of civilian cars by Russians in the Kharkiv region, which killed 24 people.

·        "The local carrier organized an exit for the people, and the Russians shot the convoy from a nearby armored personnel carrier. To hide the consequences, the Russian military set fire to the cars," he said.

16:25 RMA: Russian shelling of an evacuation column in the Kupyansk district of the Kharkiv region killed 24 people. Among the dead were 13 children and a pregnant woman.

·        The shelling took place on the morning of September 25.

15:53: SBU released a video from the location where Russian military shot a civilian convoy in the so-called "gray zone" between occupied Svatov, Luhansk region, and liberated Kupyansk in Kharkiv region.

14:36 SBU press service: The SBU is investigating another war crime by Russian troops. At least 20 people were killed, including 10 children.

·        At the end of September, the Russians completely destroyed a convoy of seven cars between occupied Svatov of the Luhansk region and the liberated Kupyansk in the Kharkiv region.

13:57 RMA: In the Kupyansk district of the Kharkiv region, a destroyed column of civilian cars was found with no one alive.

·        According to preliminary data, 20 people died in cars. Law enforcement officers and experts went to the scene, the details are being clarified.

LUHANSK

October 2

11:22 RMA: Russians continue to take orphans from the temporarily occupied Luhansk region to Russia. Only recently, Russians took 76 more minors to the Moscow region.

·        According to him, a total of another 104 children who are under supervision in social institutions of the so-called LPR are being prepared for "transfer" to Russian families.

October 1

17:43 Luhansk RMA: After the liberation of Lyman, we expect the beginning of the de-occupation of the Luhansk region.

DONETSK

October 2

11:43 RMA: Russian soldiers constantly shelled the Donetsk region during the day in the front lines from Kurakhove to Soledar. There are dead and wounded.

·        "In Bakhmut, one person was injured, 4 private houses and 2 high-rise buildings were damaged. In Soledar, 1 person was also injured," he said.

10:20 RMA: Report explosions in Kramatorsk and Sloviansk.

08:18 RMA: On October 1 , Russians killed 3 civilians in Donetsk region: 2 in Avdiivka and 1 in Paraskoviyivka. Another 9 people were injured

October 1

23:24 Mariupol Mayor: In occupied Mariupol, Russian power engineers accidentally detonated explosives left behind by Russian military on October 1. One of them died, the other is in serious condition.

22:30 Social Networks: A video appeared with the Ukrainian military in liberated Lyman.

18:31 Social Network: Ukrainian military dismantled Russian signs from the police department building in Lyman, Donetsk region.

16:30 Operational Command South: The Armed Forces of Ukraine are already in Lyman, there are fighting in the city now.

·        "The information and video you saw with the stele is true. We are already in the Lyman, but the fighting continues. Details will be later," he said.

15:15: Ukrainian military removed the Russian flag at the entrance to the liberated village of Shandryholove, Donetsk region.

15:09 Social Networks: Videos show destroyed Russian equipment and Russian soldiers on the Eastern front.

14:11 Social Networks: Photos of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in liberated Yampol, Donetsk region.

13:47 State Border Guard: In the Svyatogorsk direction, border guards captured the BMP-2 and BTR-82. – (armored personnel carriers – ed).

13:02: The Armed Forces of Ukraine hoisted the flag of Ukraine in Liman, Donetsk region.

ZAPORIZHYA

October 2

10:37 Social Networks: Report an explosion in Zaporizhia.

08:29 RMA: Four C300 missiles "arrived" in Zaporizhia and the suburbs. The industrial infrastructure was destroyed, there were no casualties.

06:59 RMA: Confirmed the explosions in Zaporizhia.

·        "The enemy attacked the regional center and the surrounding area. Data on victims and destruction are being clarified," he wrote in his telegram channel.

06:31 Social Networks: Report explosions in Zaporizhia.

October 1

23:34 Reuters: Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi plans to visit Ukraine and the Russian Federation next week.

·        During the visit, Grossi will discuss the creation of a nuclear and physical security zone around the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.

22:54 RMA: The death toll from the shelling of a civilian column in Zaporizhia by Russian troops has risen to 31."

22:26 Social Networks: Report explosions in Zaporizhia.

17:18 Social Networks: In occupied Energodar, more than 20 shells arrived recently.

15:41 BBC - Energoatom: Russia is trying to transfer the Zaporizhzhia NPP to Rosatom.

·        According to him, the Russians are trying to force Ukrainian staff to sign so-called "agreements" to work at Rosatom.

14:29 Melitopol Mayor: Russian troops are moving new S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems towards occupied Melitopol.

·        He stressed that the Russian troops do not have the opportunity for a breakthrough, their task is to maintain the occupied territories.

12:23 Melitopol Mayor: The number of injured by a Russian missile strike on a civilian convoy near Zaporizhia has risen to 118. 30 people died.

DNIPRO

October 2

07:55 RMA: Russians covered the Nikopol district with fire from "Hurricanes", "Grads" and heavy artillery

·        In Nikopol itself, private houses, outbuildings and power lines were damaged.

·        In the Chervonohryhorivska community, the scale of destruction is being clarified.

·        No dead or wounded.

·        An enemy kamikaze drone flew to Kryvyi Rih after midnight. He aimed at the building of a local lyceum in the center of the city. Destroyed two floors. There was a fire.

·        No one was injured.

01:59 City administration: In Kryvyi Rih, the Russian military used a kamikaze drone to strike a civilian infrastructure facility in one of the central districts of the city.

00:42 Social Networks: Report explosions again in Nikopol.

October 1

22:28 Social Networks: Report explosions in Nikopol.

KHERSON

October 2

11:50 Regional Council: The Russian military has made it much harder to leave the Kherson region by practicing so-called "special permits." Over the past day, only 11 people were able to leave.

·        At the same time, in addition to the fact that Russians require personal data to be provided, they "ask to explain as clearly as possible the reason for leaving the region," he said.

07:12 Operational Command South: The Russian Army continues to establish alternative crossings and repairs in the area of the Antonovsky and Kakhovka bridges.

·        During the day, Russia lost 64 troops and 16 tanks in the Ukrainian south.

October 1

11:41: At the ceremony of proclamation of the illegal annexation, which took place on September 30 in Moscow, Kherson priest Alexander Fedorov was spotted.

·        He is better known as the abbot of the Holy Assumption Cathedral in Kherson and the archimandrite of the so-called "UOC-MP" Alexy.

·        He sat in the front rows next to Ramzan Kadyrov, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin and other Russian politicians.

16:03 City Council: In occupied Kakhovka, Kherson region, Russian troops abducted a husband and wife on September 25 for refusing to vote on a pseudo-referendum.

·        "At present, the whereabouts of Vladislav Siberian and Anna Siberian are unknown."

14:23 Operational Command South: Today, at about 12.00 o'clock, in the Berislav district of the Kherson region, another Russian UAV "Orlan-10" was destroyed.

12:49 Kherson Police: In occupied Kherson, the Russian military captured 3 local volunteers who helped the townspeople throughout the occupation.

·        Law enforcement officers note that the circumstances of the abduction of volunteers are being established.

MYKOLAIV

October 1

17:54 Regional council: One victim was found under the rubble of an apartment building that came under fire in Mykolaiv.

·        "In Mykolaiv, one deceased was found under the rubble. She's a young woman"

15:34 Operational Command South: Six kamikaze UAVs, which Russia has been actively using on the southern front lately, attacked Mykolaiv twice tonight.

·        "Six drones hit administrative and warehouse buildings. The fire was promptly extinguished.

OTHER REGIONS

October 2

11:03 a.m.: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Denmark to Ukraine Ole Egberg Mikkelsen and Member of the Danish Parliament, Chairman of the EU Committee Eva Kier Hansen visited Bucha, according to the Bucha City Council.

·        They visited the Church of St. Andrew the First-called Apostle at the site of mass burial of citizens killed during the occupation.

10:41 Sumy RMA: The Znob-Novgorod community was twice under fire from a mortar and self-propelled guns overnight.

·        The Russians fired at the Khotyn community from the ACS.

·        No casualties or destruction.

10:28 Sumy RMA: On October 2, in the Okhtyrka district, a car of Ukrtelecom liaison officers exploded on a Russian mine. The cart pulled over to the side of the road near a TV tower.

·        There were 4 people in the car, three in hospital. One former driver died on the spot from his injuries.

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/

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