Ukraine – 9/19/2023 Sitrep
By: Bohdan Chomiak & Robert Homans
September 19, 2023
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Kherson Retrospective
These are 2 recent articles from the Kyiv “Independent.” The first article, entitled “General: Some bridges in south were not mined, most weren't destroyed ahead of Russian invasion,” attempts to address the of why Russia was able to quickly take over Kherson City and much of Kherson Oblast in the first week of the war. The other, entitled “How Russia's humiliating defeat in Kherson came to be,” describes Russia’s retreat from Kherson, and Ukraine’s liberation only 8 months after it was captured. The accounts of the first 2 months of Ukraine’s Kherson counteroffensive mirror the accounts of the pundits, covering Ukraine’s current counteroffensive in the south, toward Melitopol, but making absolutely no reference to events in Kherson that took place only months before, events that have substantial parallels with Ukraine’s current counteroffensive.
The Bridges – People talk about the War in Ukraine only lasting 5 days. In Kherson, starting on February 24, 2022, the war actually didn’t last much longer than 5 days. Many people, me included, wondered how it was possible that Russia was able to take over most of Kherson Oblast, including Kherson City, so quickly. Here are some answers:
· According to the article the Chongar Bridge joining Crimea with southern Ukraine not far from Berddyansk, was mined before Russia’s invasion, but it was not blown up. Gen. Andrii Sokolov, in an interview for Ukrainska Pravda, said that the mines should’ve been detonated before Russia began its assault. When Russia moved troops to the southern end of the bridge it was too late.
· Neither the Antonovskyi nor the Nova Khakovka Bridges, crossing the Dnipro, the former terminating just in front of Khearson City, weren’t mined at all.
· Gen. Sokolov stated that at the beginning of the war 20,000 Russian invaders entering Kherson Oblast from Crimea were opposed by 1,500 Ukrainians.
There were other developments not covered in the Kyiv Independent article:
· Ukraine made no attempt to mine or interdict the causeway connecting western Crimea with Kherson oblast. Russians simply drove across and met minimal resistance.
· There have reported instances of treason among senior Ukrainian commanders responsible for Kherson Oblast, including 1 suicide.
As a result, Russian troops, having taken Kherson City, nearly took Mykolaiv. It was only because of a few brave Ukrainian soldiers in places like Voznesansk, joined by civilians, who blew up a bridge across the Southern Bug River that Russia was unable to advance further, toward Odesa and the Southern Nuclear Power Plant. The Wall Street Journal also published a detailed article about what happened in Vozznesansk.
Liberation of Kherson - It’s almost possible to take part of “How Russia’s Humiliating Defeat in Kherson Came to be” and transpose it into the accounts by the pundits on Ukraine’s current counteroffensive. Some excerpts:
· The Ukrainian offensive followed a months-long campaign to target Russian command and control units, logistics and maintenance centers, munitions depots, ground lines of communications, and most importantly — the Dnipro River crossings.
There have also been attempts to make tactical gains on the southern bank of the Inhulets River, some 60 kilometers northeast of Kherson.
· On Aug. 29, 2022, Ukraine went on the offensive with a large force all along the 100-kilometer frontline section between the Dnipro delta and the Kakhovka Reservoir to the east.
Ukrainian forces were engaging and looking for weak spots in Russian defenses. Incremental tactical gains followed in early September. Yet, no serious breakthroughs that could seemingly evolve into operational or strategic success were spotted. (my emphasis)
· Amid months of devastating Ukrainian strikes and preparations, the Russian command bought the idea of Kherson being Ukraine’s main and only goal.
In anticipation, Russia sent the strongest reinforcements to the Kherson area, having deployed most of its best Airborne Forces, such as the elite 76th and 106th Airborne Divisions.
And when the time came, Ukraine effectively isolated some 30 Russian battalion tactical groups on the Dnipro west (right) bank. The Antonivsky Bridge and the Kakhovska dam, the only local crossings for the 600-meter-wide river, were rendered totally unusable for significant and fast transportation.
· Ukraine continued engaging the Russian grouping in Kherson, not letting parts of it fill the gaps on other front lines. Instead of costly Russian-style ground maneuvers and massive frontal assaults, the Ukrainian command slowly and steadily undermined the Russian ability to continue fighting.
· And amid such attrition, Russian front-line sectors again tended to slowly degrade and then collapse, ceding to Ukraine swathes of occupied territory. Thus in early October, Ukrainian forces managed to rapidly advance some 30 kilometers deep into the Russian-occupied territory between the key points of Davydiv Brid and Dudchany, in the northwestern part of Kherson Oblast.
Reading the accounts today by the pundits, likely fed by leaks by U.S. Government officials, it’s as if last year’s Kherson offensive never happened. The pundits could at least be asking the question – given Ukraine’s success in Kherson Oblast, where the counteroffensive started slowly, could Ukraine be using similar tactics today, around Robotyne?
It should be kept in mind that had there been more Ukrainian troops in Kherson Oblast at the time of Russia’s invasion, and had the bridges been blown when they were supposed to be, we might not be talking about a Russian “Land Bridge” or the Kherson counteroffensive, and there likely would be far fewer Ukrainian dead and wounded, both soldier and civilian.
News From the Battlefield
The “Latest Denys” talks about Ukraine’s effort to expand their perimeter around Robotyne, by moving against Verbove, slightly to the east. At around 6:00 into the video he also shows very interesting photos about the damage to the Kilo Class submarine “Rostov on Don.”
“Reporting From Ukraine” also covers the damage to the submarine and Ukraine’s continued air campaign. He said that, as a precaution, Russia closes the Kerch Bridge every time a Ukrainian Su-24 takes off. These are the planes that carry the Storm Shadow and Scalp missiles that Ukraine may use to further damage the bridge.
My own feeling is that the loss of the dry dock facilities at Sevastopol is far more significant than the loss of the 2 ships that were in the dry dock at the time of Ukraine’s strike. It renders Sevastopol substantially unusable, except as a base and, even then, with limited air defense.
9/19/2023 Sitrep
Russian Invasion of Ukraine 12:00 noon September 18 to 12:00 noon September 19, 2023
Ukraine is suing Russia for fabricating the lie that "Ukraine committed genocide against the people of Donbas" and using it as a pretext for a full-scale invasion. The International Court of Justice has begun hearings.
32 other states supported Ukraine.
If Ukraine wins the case, it will
- will receive legal recognition that the aggression was carried out under a fake pretext,
- will be able to use it in other courts,
- will be able to demand compensation,
- and will receive a diplomatic argument in communications with countries that are "neutral" - it is difficult to ignore the decision of the International Court of Justice.
No, Putin will not be imprisoned. This will be Ukraine's claim in other courts.Abbreviations:
RMA = Regional Military Administration; SBU = Security Service of Ukraine
RASHISTS = russian Facists/all russian invaders
INTERNATIONAL
Tuesday, September 19
12:34 am: Ukraine needs to expel more than 200,000 Russian soldiers to win, - Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley.
● He stated that Ukraine's complete victory over Russia may take a long time. After all, for a complete victory, it is necessary to drive out all the Russian invaders, and this is a "high bar".
● "The current offensive by the Armed Forces, while important, has limited operational and tactical goals. Even if they are fully achieved, the Armed Forces will not eliminate all Russians, which is the larger strategic goal set by President Zelensky," Milley said.
2:16 am: In New York, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi visited the Staten Island University Hospital clinic, where wounded Ukrainian servicemen are undergoing treatment and rehabilitation.
8:25 am: The US distrusts the statements of the Russian Federation and North Korea about the absence of agreements on the supply of weapons, and he warns that they will consider steps in this direction to be a violation of the UN Security Council resolution - so they will act accordingly. This was stated by the coordinator of the National Security Council of the White House, John Kirby, during a press briefing in New York.
8:25 am: Poland will not change its decision to ban the import of grain from Ukraine, despite our country's claim to the World Trade Organization.
● This was stated by the Polish government spokesman Piotr Muller on Polsat News.
8:25 am: Austria's State Security and Intelligence Service (DSN) has detained a 17-year-old Islamist on suspicion of planning a terrorist attack in Vienna. This was reported by the Federal Ministry of the Interior of Austria.
11:34 am: In Germany, the meeting started in the "Ramstein" format.
● The head of the US Defense Ministry, Lloyd Austin, has already arrived at the meeting. Rustem Umerov, the new head of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, will take part in the meeting for the first time.
● "It will be a great meeting," General Mark Milley told reporters.
Monday, September 18
2:11 pm: South Korea to send two K600 "Rhino" mine-clearance vehicles to Ukraine, The Chosun Ilbo.
● It is noted that this vehicle is the most combat equipment that South Korea has so far sent to Ukraine.
5:18 pm: Prime Minister of Romania Marcel Colacu proposes to impose a ban on Ukrainian agricultural products for another 30 days, — RFI.
● "If there are requests for exports to Romania, I will definitely ask the Minister of Agrarian Policy and the Minister of Economy to pass a joint order that the restriction will be extended for a period of 30 days, until everything is clarified," Čolaku said.
● According to him, there are currently no relevant requests.
5:36 pm: Russian teams and clubs will return to European football only after the end of the war in Ukraine.
● This was announced by UEFA President Aleksandar Ceferin to the Serbian TV channel Sportklub.
5:54 pm: Poland will block Ukraine's accession to the EU if the grain export issue is not resolved.
● This was stated by the Minister of Agriculture of Poland, Robert Telus, reports TVN24.
● "If we do not create tools today, Poland will definitely not agree to Ukraine joining the European Union," Telus said.
6:11 pm: The EU is preparing the 12th package of sanctions against the Russian Federation, it may appear in the first half of October or be announced during the EU-US summit, — Bloomberg.
● "The new measures, which may be presented as early as next month, will probably include the long-awaited decision to use the profits received from the frozen assets of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation to help Kyiv," the agency writes.
● The new measures are likely to include an EU version of the upcoming G7 ban on Russian diamonds.
6:26 pm: After Ukraine's application for WTO arbitration due to the grain embargo, Poland, Hungary and Slovakia will stop participating in the work of the Ukrainian grain platform, PAP.
● "Poland, Hungary and Slovakia fear that Ukraine may use the information provided within the framework of the coordination platform against these three countries in the WTO procedure," PAP writes.
6:40 pm: An official of the Ministry of Defense was arrested in the Netherlands, he is accused of exporting aircraft parts to Russia through third countries, Euractiv.
● "Records, digital media and ammunition were seized from the residence. The man works at the Ministry of Defense," the Netherlands Fiscal Information and Investigation Service reports.
● The Ministry of Defense of the country has not yet commented on this information.
9:55 pm: Chinese restrictions on the export of drones seriously complicated their deliveries to Russia and led to a shortage of several components, — rosZMI.
● It is noted that major Russian manufacturers of drones have managed to create substantial stocks and hope that their suppliers in China will be able to obtain licenses to export to the Russian Federation, but the registration may take up to a year.
● To obtain a license, it is necessary to prove that the drone will not be used for military purposes.
10:12 pm: The number of Ukrainian refugees who have arrived on the territory of the EU since the beginning of the war is already 10 million.
● This was stated by the European Commissioner for the Internal Market, Thierry Breton.
10:31 pm: Ukraine nominated the documentary "20 Days in Mariupol" for the "Oscar" award in the "Best International Feature Film" category.
● The press service of the Ukrainian Film Academy writes about it.
● "The tape shows the beginning of a full-scale invasion, the bombing of a maternity hospital and the rescue of the author of the tape and his colleagues from the Associated Press from a city surrounded by Russian troops," the message reads.
10:52 pm: Volodymyr Zelenskyi has arrived in the USA, the president himself announced.
● According to him, he will first visit the soldiers undergoing treatment and rehabilitation in America.
● The head of state will also take part in the UN General Assembly, the UN Security Council meeting, and important bilateral meetings.
NATIONAL
Tuesday, September 19
12:04 am: An electronic register of conscripts will appear in Ukraine. The relevant draft law has been registered in the parliament.
● If it is accepted, the Ministry of Health will be able to transmit information about the state of health, the Ministry of Internal Affairs will send data about a criminal record or its absence, and the tax office will be able to send information about employment, including the place of work and position.
● Also, the database will have up-to-date phone numbers and e-mails of all conscripts.
1:22 am: Kirovohrad, Poltava regions - a ballistic threat, the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reports.
1:40 am: Vinnytsia, Cherkasy, Odesa regions - threat of attack UAVs, - Air Force.
3:10 am: Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia regions - missile danger. Ternopil region - threat of attack UAVs, - Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
3:24 am: Repulse missile threat, - Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
4:48 am: Attack UAVs in the airspace of Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, and Khmelnytskyi regions. Combat work continues, - Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
6:04 am: Countering the threat of attack UAVs in the regions, - Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
7:32 am: During the past 24 hours, the Air Force of the Defense Forces carried out 9 strikes on areas where personnel, weapons and military equipment are concentrated, - the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
● Units of missile troops hit 2 areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment, 3 anti-aircraft missile systems, 19 artillery pieces, 1 control point.
8:28 am: The air alert in the Zaporizhia and Donetsk regions is related to the activity of Russian tactical aviation in the eastern and southeastern directions, - Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
8:40 am: Air defense forces shot down 27 "shaheeds" and one reconnaissance drone, - Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
● A total of 30 attack UAVs were launched from the southeastern direction (Prymorsko-Akhtarsk - Russian Federation), as well as one Iskander-M ballistic missile, which the Russians fired from the territory of the temporarily occupied Crimea in the direction of Kryvyi Rih.
10:45 am: Attention! The activity of enemy tactical aviation in the eastern and south-eastern directions, - the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Monday, September 18
12:42 pm: There was an unprecedented number of Russian aircraft in the airspace that night, Yuriy Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
● "Tonight, there was such an unprecedented number of aircraft. Several dozens of aircraft were unusually in the air at night. These are both drones and tactical aircraft that attacked Ukraine together with cruise missiles and Shaheds," Yuriy Ignat said.
1:29 pm: During the week, the Defense Forces in the south released 5.2 kV.km. territory, - ex-Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Hanna Malyar.
● Currently, the Armed Forces are advancing in the direction of Melitopol. To the south and east of Robotiny, Ukrainian fighters had success. In general, more than 260 square kilometers have already been liberated during the offensive in the south.
● 1:50 p.m.: The SBU informed about the suspicion of a Russian soldier who tortured Ukrainians with electric shock during the occupation of Balaklia.
● The perpetrator is a 34-year-old Russian, Sultan Pashtov, a soldier of the Chibis battalion of the 16th separate brigade of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces (known as Gru).
● According to the investigation, Pashtov took a direct part in the punitive raids by the Russians and the subsequent torture of the victims.
2:09 pm: The air alert in the southeastern regions is related to the activity of enemy tactical aviation, — the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
4:01 pm: Ukraine returned two more children from temporarily occupied territories. These are two brothers - 13-year-old Kyrylo and 4-year-old Serhiy, reported Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets.
6:15 p.m.: Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia regions - threat of using ballistic weapons, — PS of the ZSU.
6:55 pm Operational information from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as of 18:00 on September 18:
● "More than 20 combat clashes took place during the day.
● Also, tonight the Russian Federation struck Ukraine with air-launched cruise missiles and attack UAVs of the Shahed-136/131 type.
● As a result of combat work [...] all 17 cruise missiles and 18 of 24 "shaheeds" were destroyed.
● "In general, during the day, the enemy carried out 17 missile and 33 air strikes, carried out 26 attacks from rocket salvo systems on the positions of our troops and populated areas."
10:53 pm: The launches of "Shahed" type attack UAVs from Primorsko-Akhtarsk were recorded, the Air Force of Ukraine reported.
11:20 pm: Poltava, Kharkiv, Kirovohrad, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhya, Donetsk - ballistic threat! - reported the Air Force.
MORDOR - ruZZia
Tuesday, September 19
7:13 am: The Kremlin continues to send military personnel from the territorial entities of the Russian Federation to the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.
● So, on September 15 of this year, about 100 conscripts from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic of the Russian Federation arrived at the local military airfield in the temporarily occupied city of Dzhankoy, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, to strengthen the protection and defense of the said object.
9:54 am: Information about clouds of smoke in the area of the Crimean bridge in the temporarily occupied Crimea appeared on the network.
Monday, September 18
11:26 pm: There are less than 1,000 Wagnerites left in Belarus, claims the Ukrainian Center of National Resistance.
● "Currently, 200 of them remain as instructors in special units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Ministry of Defense of Belarus. The other remnants are those who do not want to be taken either to the new PMCs or to the MORF, the message of the Central Central Committee says.
● Radio Svoboda journalists compared the Planet.com photo taken on the morning of September 18 with a photo from September 9, which shows that all the tents were dismantled in the Wagner PMC camp in the Belarusian village of Tsel.
REGIONS
SUMY
Monday, September 18
1:13 pm Sumy RMA: At night, the Russians fired artillery at the Krasnopil community. 3 explosions were recorded.
KHARKIV
Tuesday, September 19
5:22 am: Air alert in Kharkiv Oblast is related to the activity of enemy tactical aviation, - Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Monday, September 18
7:28 pm: Thanks to the SBU, a collaborator who scattered self-tapping screws to slow down the convoys of the Armed Forces during the fighting for Liman was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
● "Counter-intelligence officers of the Security Service detained the attacker in Lyman during stabilization measures at the beginning of June this year," the press service of the SBU writes.
● The traitor also collected intelligence on the location of checkpoints of the Defense Forces and Ukrzaliznytsia facilities.
11:08 pm: The head of the Kharkiv region reports on the explosions in Kharkiv.
11:13 pm: Kharkiv is again under fire from Russian missiles. According to preliminary information, the central part of the city is under attack, writes the mayor of the city Igor Terekhov.
11:36 pm: the Russians targeted the production zone of Kharkiv's Kholodnohirsky district, said the mayor of the city, Igor Terekhov.
11:48 p.m.: Russian media outlets publish a video of a rocket launch over Kharkiv.
11:53 pm: There are currently no casualties as a result of the shelling by the Russians in Kharkiv, - Oleg Synegubov, head of OVA.
DONETSK
Tuesday, September 19
12:14 am Social Networks: Explosions are heard in Kramatorsk and Sloviansk.
10:44 am: The SBU detained a Russian informer in Slovyansk, who was spying on the movement of military equipment from the window of her own home
● The Russians were most interested in the routes of movement of the artillery of the Armed Forces, including the rocket salvo systems, which were involved in the counteroffensive near Bakhmut.
● In order to monitor the movement of Ukrainian troops, the defendant set up a kind of "observation point" in her own apartment. The perpetrator faces up to 8 years in prison.
11:48 am: Four S-300 missiles hit Sloviansk at night, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported.
● No casualties. An educational institution, a dormitory and a private house were damaged. "Tornadoes" covered the village of Bogatyr. Shells hit a private house and an outbuilding, wounding a person.
● Avdiyivka, Kurakhove, Chasiv Yar, the village of Kurdyumivka, Ocheretine, Severnye, the village of Druzhba, Lastochkine, and Torske were shelled in the Donetsk region during the day. Two people died, three were injured.
Monday, September 18
3:02 pm: Explosions rang out in temporarily occupied Donetsk.
● According to local media, explosions rang out near the administration building of the "head of the DPR" in the center of Donetsk. We are waiting for official information.
4:45 pm: Russian troops shelled Avdiivka and the outskirts of Toretsk in Donetsk region today, — Prosecutor General's Office.
● As a result of the enemy attack, two people died, another was wounded.
5:01 pm: As a result of the successful actions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the enemy's defense line near Bakhmut was breached, — Commander of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi.
● "Some of the most prepared and best units of the enemy - the 72nd separate motorized rifle brigade, the 31st and 83rd separate amphibious assault brigades - were defeated and completely disabled," the commander said.
ZAPORIZHIA
Tuesday, September 19
12:19 am: In the Tavria direction, during the past day, the enemy attacked Ukrainian positions 26 times and carried out 665 shellings, carried out 18 airstrikes, - the commander of the operational and strategic group of troops "Tavria" Oleksandr Tarnavskyi.
● Artillery units of the Defense Forces of the Tauriy direction performed 1,090 fire missions during the day. Over the last day, the Russian Federation lost 313 people. 31 units of Russian military equipment were destroyed.
9:28 am Social Networks: Explosions are heard in the temporarily occupied Tokmak of the Zaporizhia region.
9:33 am Social Networks: Explosions are heard in the temporarily occupied Melitopol of the Zaporizhzhia region.
9:54 am: Local residents report more than 5 explosions, - the mayor of temporarily occupied Melitopol, Ivan Fedorov.
● "In the so far occupied Melitopol, the "peveo" of Rashists does not have time to work. The loudest was in the area of "Avtocolorlyt", the report says.
Monday, September 18
1:33 pm: Zaporizhzhia region - missile danger! — Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
1:53 pm Social Networks: Explosions are heard in the temporarily occupied Berdyansk district.
11:51 pm: Zaporizhzhia region - a threat of enemy use of attack UAVs, the Air Force reports.
DNIPRO
Tuesday, September 19
12:01 am: The Dnipropetrovsk region is a missile hazard, the Air Force reports.
12:03 am: Group "Shakhed" is moving in the direction of Kryvyi Rih! - reported the Air Force.
3:13 am Social Networks: Explosions are heard in Kryvyi Rih, local residents report. We are waiting for official information.
3:19 am: Chairman of the Kryvyi Rih Defense Council Oleksandr Vilkul confirmed the explosions in the city.
7:49 am: A Russian anti-aircraft missile was shot down in the morning over the Dnipropetrovsk region, - the head of OVA Serhii Lysak.
● From the evening, the Russians covered Nikopol itself and the Marganets community with artillery fire. A 71-year-old man was injured.
● At night, an explosion rang out in Kryvyi Rih. A multi-story building was occupied. The fire was extinguished. The blast wave damaged the facades of three multi-story buildings.
Monday, September 18
12:15 pm Dnipro RMA: This night, the Russians pounded Nikopol, Mirivska and Marganetska communities with heavy artillery.
● Damaged utility company. One farm building was destroyed, 6 were mutilated. 5 private houses were also damaged. And also solar panels. People are whole.
● In the morning, 2 cruise missiles were shot down over the region.
1:00 pm: The SBU detained an FSB agent in Dnipro who posed as a military man to spy on the Armed Forces without hindrance
● In the zone of special attention of the Russian agent were the routes of movement of railway echelons with the latest military equipment, weapons and ammunition of the Defense Forces. He also tried to identify the combat positions of the Ukrainian Air Defense Forces in the region of the regional center.
● The perpetrator faces life imprisonment.
KHERSON
Tuesday, September 19
12:07 am Social Networks: Explosions are heard in Kherson.
6:05 am: The air alert in the Kherson region is related to the activity of enemy tactical aviation, - Air Force of Ukraine.
9:45 a.m. Kherson RMA: Around 4 a.m., the Russian army from the temporarily occupied left bank shelled the village. Stepanivka
● There was a direct hit in a residential building. Damaged farm buildings. Many windows and doors were broken in the medical facility, there is no electricity. There was no information about the injured.
10:28 am: Russian troops fired at a trolleybus in Kherson, - the head of OVA Oleksandr Prokudin.
● Two passengers — men, 33 and 57 years old — were injured. They were hospitalized. The victims are examined and provided with medical assistance.
10:57 am: A 49-year-old police sergeant died this morning in Kherson as a result of Russian artillery fire, - the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ihor Klymenko.
● Two more civilians were seriously injured. Also, as a result of a Russian hit, a warehouse building caught fire. Rescuers are extinguishing a fire with an area of about 1,000 square meters.
Monday, September 18
12:03 pm Kherson RMA: the Russians searched the Kherson region all night.
● A 72-year-old man died in Kherson. Another one was injured, he was given help on the spot. A private house was hit in Kizomys. The elderly woman died on the spot. A 60-year-old man was taken to the hospital in moderate condition. A 63-year-old woman was injured in Olhivka. She was hospitalized.
ODESA
Tuesday, September 19
2:12 am Social Networks: Explosions are heard in Odesa.
11:14 am: The ship RESILIENT AFRICA with 3 thousand tons of wheat left the port of Chornomorsk and is moving towards the Bosphorus, - Minister of Community Development, Territories and Infrastructure Oleksandr Kubrakov.
● "This is the first of two ships that entered the port of Chornomorsk last week along the temporary corridor for civilian ships established by the Armed Forces Navy," the minister wrote.
● The second vessel is still in the port, loading Ukrainian wheat for Egypt.
Monday, September 18
2:45 pm: Another ship left the port of Odessa through a temporary corridor, the press service of the Ministry of Infrastructure.
● "The bulk carrier PUMA (Cayman Islands) has left the Odesa seaport and is now on its way to the Bosphorus. The vessel is loaded with 16,000 tons of metal and 14,000 tons of rapeseed," the message reads.
4:23 pm: According to the SBU materials, 8 more traitors who fought against the Armed Forces in Kherson region and Donetsk region face life imprisonment.
● Grenade throwers, a radiotelephone operator and machine gunners are among the detainees.
● Almost all of them are "experienced" militants, since even before the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation, they joined the terrorist groups "L/DNR" and fought against the ATO forces in the east of Ukraine.
CHERKASY
Monday, September 18
3:21 pm: Rosh Hashanah celebrations have ended in Uman, the State Emergency Service reports.
● "In order to reduce the risk of emergency situations in places of mass gathering of residents, seven posts of the State Emergency Service were on duty 24 hours a day, including four fire and rescue stations, two diving and rescue stations, and a radiation and chemical situation monitoring station," the message reads.
KHMELNITSKY
Tuesday, September 19
3:29 am Social Networks: Explosions are heard in Khmelnytskyi region.
3:42 am: Serhiy Tyurin, the first deputy chief of Khmelnytskyi OVA, confirmed the explosions in the region.
● "Khmelnytskyi region. Explosions are heard. Air defense forces are working. Stay in shelters," Tyurin said.
CHERNIVTSI
Tuesday, September 19
2:29 am: In the Chernivtsi region - threat of attack UAVs, - Air Force.
IVANO FRANKIVSK
Tuesday, September 19
4:09 am: Ivano-Frankivsk region - threat of attack UAVs. BpLA groups through the Vinnytsia and Khmelnytsky regions in the direction of the western regions, - the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
LVIV
Tuesday, September 19
3:46 am: Lviv region - threat of attack UAVs, - Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
5:07 am Social Networks: Explosions are heard in Lviv.
5:08 am: The head of Lviv OVA Maksym Kozytskyi confirmed the explosions in the city.
5:13 am: There is a threat of another attack. In the Lviv region, the PPO works - the mayor of Lviv, Andriy Sadovy.
5:14 am: Explosions are heard again in Lviv, subscribers report. We are waiting for official information.
5:22 am: The threat of "Shakhed" in the Lviv region remains. Air defense works - the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
5:32 am: Explosions are heard. As a result of the strike on the territory of Lviv, we are recording a fire at an industrial warehouse, - Mayor of Lviv Andriy Sadovyi.
● All relevant services went to the place. We work according to the protocol.
5:35 am: There are still targets in the sky over Lviv region for our air defense, - the head of Lviv OVA, Maksym Kozytskyi.
5:52 am: A woman was pulled out from under the rubble in Lviv, she was injured, - Lviv OVA
● "There is a significant fire at the warehouses. All specialized services are working on the spot. The air alert continues. The danger of new attacks remains," the message reads.
6:08 am: According to updated information, two people - a woman and a man - were found under the rubble in Lviv. The woman was previously uninjured. The man is in serious condition. More information later - the head of the Lviv OVA Maksym Kozytskyi.
9:11 am: There are three hits in industrial warehouses in Lviv. 18 drones flew in the direction of Lviv region. 15 of them were shot down - OVA head Maksym Kozytskyi.
● A 26-year-old boy who was in the warehouse at the time of the attack was injured. He was hospitalized. There was also a woman at the scene, she did not need hospitalization.
● There are fires in warehouses in four locations - these are industrial warehouses. The fire is still being extinguished.
10:01 am: The body of a dead man who worked in a warehouse was found under the rubble - Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovy.
10:10 am: 3 warehouses destroyed. These are warehouses with windows, household chemicals, as well as premises where humanitarian aid was stored by the charity mission CARITAS-SPES, - Mayor of Lviv Andriy Sadovy.
RIVNO
Tuesday, September 19
3:17 am: Rivne region - threat of attack UAVs, - Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
ZHYTOMYR
Tuesday, September 19
2:32 am: Zhytomyr region - threat of attack UAVs, - Air Force.
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