Ukraine – 9/1/2023 Sitrep
By: Bohdan Chomiak & Robert Homans
September 1, 2023
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First Day of School
In Ukraine, September First is traditionally first day of school -
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“We Wanted What’s Best But it Turned Out as Always – A Brief History of the Ruble”/By Ekaterina Pavlova – Meduza IO
Pavlova is a professor at Princeton. She is author of “The Ruble – A Political History,” reviewed here by Alex Royt a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Pennsylvania. Pavlova argues that efforts to make the Ruble a currency independent of the State, have always been co-opted by Russian imperial ambitions.
Russia is not the only country that has financed wars by running the printing press, Germany did the same during WW-I, as did the United States during the War in Vietnam. In both cases, debilitating inflation ensued. However, one exception appears to be Ukraine, but only because of unprecedented financial assistance from the West. The performance of the National Bank of Ukraine during the War led to their being awarded “Central Bank of the Year” in 2022.
So far Elvira Nabiullina, the Governor of the Central Bank of Russia, as so far resisted the temptation to start running the printing press, the question is how long will this last? As Royt’s review points out, “While Nabiullina has succeeded in retaining her reputation, many (Russian) central bankers before her have failed. They have failed precisely during Russia’s many wars.”
News From the Battlefield
“Reporting From Ukraine” covers Ukraine’s continued offensive toward Tokmak. Reports state that Ukraine has pierced Russia’s 2nd line of defense. According to an article in today’s Wall Street Journal, Ivan Federov, the exiled Mayor of Melitopol, reported that Russian-installed public officials are leaving Tokmak.
At 8:00 into his video, the Latest Denys shows a tactical map from the Inst. for the Study of War containing Ukraine’s progress in severing Russia’s 2nd defense line.
9/1/2023 Sitrep
Russian Invasion of Ukraine 12:00 noon August 31 to 12:00 noon September 1, 2023
Abbreviations:
RMA = Regional Military Administration SBU = Security Service of Ukraine
RASHISTS = russian Facists/all russian invaders
INTERNATIONAL
Friday, September 1
12:54 am: About 200 Ukrainian soldiers have already completed training on M1 Abrams tanks at training grounds in Germany.
● The first ten "Abrams" should arrive in Ukraine in September. This was reported by Politico.
8:00 am: The US will purchase medium-range AMRAAM missiles for Ukraine. The US Ministry of Defense concluded a contract for 192 million dollars with Raytheon Missiles and Defense, the Pentagon.
8:00 am: Elina Svitolina, the number one tennis player of Ukraine, defeated the Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in three sets in the second round of the US Open tennis championship.
8:00 am: The European Union must prepare for a new enlargement, which will lead to the entry of 10 new states. First of all, this concerns the Balkan countries and Ukraine, - High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell.
8:00 am: The French pension reform, passed by the government without a vote in parliament, despite the opposition of 93% of the active population and millions of demonstrators in the streets, takes effect today, September 1.
10:25 am: The US Department of Defense has signed a $192 million contract to supply Ukraine with medium-range air-to-air missiles (AMRAAM).
● This is stated on the department's website.
● It is noted that advanced missiles will allow Ukrainian aviation to gain superiority in the sky. The transfer must be completed by November 29, 2024.
Thursday, August 31
3:54 pm: North Korea has simulated a tactical nuclear strike on South Korea during drills.
● This was reported by the Korean Central News Agency.
● This happened against the background of other exercises in the region with the participation of South Korea and the United States.
4:52 pm: The fifteenth meeting in the Rammstein format will take place on September 19 in an offline format, according to the press service of the US Air Force in Europe.
● the message states that the participants of the meeting will discuss "the current crisis in Ukraine and various security issues" faced by US allies and partners.
5:13 pm: The World Bank has allocated $232 million in aid to Ukraine for emergency repairs of war-damaged housing, according to a World Bank press release.
● This project will allow homeowners to make minor repairs, such as replacing broken windows or repairing a damaged roof.
● "Funds for repairs will also be provided to owners of apartments in multi-apartment buildings that have suffered moderate damage and do not require major repairs," the SB reports.
NATIONAL
Friday, September 1
12:42 am: President Volodymyr Zelenskyi fired the head of the Ivano-Frankivsk RDA Oleksandr Yaroschuk for showing up to work in a drunken state.
● Yaroschuk has held this position since March 2021.
4:24 am: Kherson, Mykolaiv, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Dnipropetrovsk regions - missile danger. Alleged launch of Kalibr cruise missiles from the Black Sea - Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
4:33 am: Vinnytsia, Odesa regions - missile danger.
4:37 am: Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Poltava, Chernihiv, Sumy regions - missile danger.
4:49 am: Chernivtsi, Rivne, Khmelnytskyi regions – missile danger.
4:54 am: Uman - stay in shelters. High-speed targets in the direction of the western regions. The course may change.
4:57 am: Threat for Vinnytsia and neighboring regions. Ternopil region - missile danger!
5:35 am: Repulse of missile danger in all regions of Ukraine, - Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
6:09 am: Air alert in the Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions is related to the activity of enemy tactical aviation, - Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
7:08 am General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: During the past day, the enemy launched 1 missile and 44 air strikes, carried out 70 rounds of anti-aircraft fire at the positions of our troops and populated areas.
● More than 25 combat clashes took place during the past day.
● The Defense Forces of Ukraine continue to conduct an offensive operation in the Melitopol direction, are entrenched at the achieved boundaries, and carry out counter-battery countermeasures.
● During the past day, the aviation of the defense forces made 14 strikes on personnel concentration areas and 4 strikes on the enemy's anti-aircraft missile systems.
● During the past day, units of missile troops and artillery hit 1 artillery piece in a firing position and 2 radar stations of the enemy.
8:40 am: Air Defense forces shot down one Kalibr cruise missile tonight - Air Force.
● The second rocket hit one of the private enterprises in the Vinnytsia region. Property, private cars were damaged, and the injured are being assisted.
9:35 am: Ukrainian troops are making progress in the direction of Novoprokopivka on the southern front, said the spokesman of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Andriy Kovalev.
● "In the direction of Novodanilivka - Novoprokopivka, they were successful, they are entrenched at the achieved boundaries, they inflict fire damage with artillery on the identified enemy targets," the spokesman said.
10:17 am: Activity of enemy tactical aircraft is observed in the east, south-east direction.
● The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports the threat of using aviation weapons.
11:37 am: In Ukraine, men with limited fitness can be mobilized into the ranks of the Armed Forces, — Oleksiy Danilov.
● "There is a term in our legal documents that is eligible or conditionally eligible. We need to interpret who is conditionally eligible, where people who have such a prescription in their documents can be used. In order to close this issue once and for all, the decision The NSDC has been instructed to interpret this document so that there is no double-triple interpretation of this norm," says Danilov.
● As the Secretary of the National Security Council emphasized, "this issue will be resolved today."
Thursday, August 31
1:26 pm: Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a daily selector where he announced the successful use of Ukrainian long-range weapons: the target was hit 700 kilometers away!
● "Heard the report of the Central Committee on the situation on the battlefield. The Ministry of Defense - about the arrival of weapons and ammunition. The Ministry of Infrastructure is preparing the next steps within the "grain corridor". eliminating the consequences of enemy shelling, the security situation before the start of the new school year," the president wrote.
3:11 pm: Ukraine needs about 160 F-16 fighters, President Volodymyr Zelenskyi said in an interview with the Portuguese TV channel RTP.
● "In general, we need about 160 fighter jets in order to have a powerful air force that will not give Russia the opportunity to dominate the airspace," Zelenskyy said.
● When "Russians begin to respect our right to live on our land, and Russian forces leave our territory in full" then the war will end.
● The president added that the war may end this year, but it depends on a successful counteroffensive of the Armed Forces.
4:31 pm: Secretary of the National Security Council Oleksiy Danilov showed the launch of a new Ukrainian missile.
● "The missile program of Ukraine is in action. The tests are successful, the application is effective," wrote Danilov.
6:01 p.m.: The SBU has published footage of cardboard drones being tested that attacked the airfield in Kursk.
● According to our information, such drones are invisible to enemy radars. As the test showed, after the explosion, striking elements cover a large area, enough to damage even a large aircraft.
● It was with the help of these cardboard drones that military counter-intelligence officers of the SBU attacked the airfield in Kursk, Russia, on the night of August 27. Then they damaged four SU-30 aircraft and one MIG-29. The S-300 complex's radars and two "Pantsyri" are also among the targets hit.
7:47 pm General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: "During the day, the aviation of the defense forces struck 12 strikes on personnel concentration areas and 4 strikes on the enemy's anti-aircraft missile systems.
● During the day, units of rocket troops and artillery hit 1 artillery piece in a firing position and 2 radar stations of the enemy."
8:08 pm: Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny held a telephone conversation with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States, General Mark Milley.
● "We focused separately on the supply of weapons and ammunition. Strengthening our anti-aircraft defense is another important issue that was also meaningfully discussed," writes Zaluzhny.
8:27 pm: Verification confirmed that almost 180,000 citizens mistakenly receive payments as internally displaced persons.
● This was reported by the Deputy Prime Minister - Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories Iryna Vereshchuk.
● Of them: 109,000 are permanently abroad; almost 10,000 turned out to be listed as deceased in the registers of the National Statistical Service of Ukraine; almost 60,000 received payments due to errors in the register.
● According to Vereshchuk, all errors will be corrected, and payments to such persons will be stopped.
9:12 pm: Ukrainian defenders expressed gratitude to UNITED24 ambassador Mark Hamill.
● "Thanks to fundraising [...] $1,517,205 was collected for RQ-35 Heidrun reconnaissance drones.
● The purchased "birds" will help the military quickly collect information at a distance of up to 30 km, allowing the operator to be in a safe place," UNITED24 writes.
10:06 pm: Volodymyr Zelenskyi: Selector with military and government officials. Front. Our offensive actions. The results of our weapons, new Ukrainian weapons, are 700 kilometers. The task is more.
● Important news for the front line: it has been agreed to supply a large batch of armored "medevaks" to Ukraine. What the soldiers told me about when we visited combat brigades. The Ministry of Defense reported today.
● As always on the selectors, there were intelligence reports - GUR and foreign intelligence - about the plans of the occupiers. They have hopeless plans.
10:20 pm: Volodymyr Zelenskyi: He held a meeting regarding next week - our international events. There will be important things. Important negotiations for Ukraine.
● Another meeting is about tomorrow. It will be September 1, the beginning of the new school year. Deputy Prime Minister Fedorov and Minister of Forestry together with their teams are preparing a very positive innovation for our schoolchildren, for parents, for teachers. Something that will really help. Tomorrow we will present the first details.
11:21 pm: The breakthrough of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Verbovoy will open the way to Berdyansk and Mariupol, and the advance south of Robotino will allow the return of Tokmak, - The WSJ
● Although the offensive is already progressing better, there are still a number of problems. A Ukrainian officer said that the Russians dug in so well that the SSU found carpets and paintings hanging on the walls in the dugouts.
● Another problem is drones. According to fighters, there are so many drones flying in some places that Ukrainians call this phenomenon "Boryspil" in honor of the country's international airport.
MORDOR - ruZZia
Friday, September 1
6:43 am: "Carpet" mode has been introduced at two Moscow airports, - rosZMI.
● It is about "Vnukovo" and "Domodedovo". Some of the departure and arrival flights are delayed, a few more are canceled.
7:40 am: Two UAVs attacked the city of Kurchatov in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation, - the governor of the region.
● It is reported that an administrative building and a residential building were damaged.
11:06 am: The Main Directorate of Intelligence has shown how two Russian rotorcraft and a plane are chasing a Ukrainian drone in the area of Cape Tarkhankut in the temporarily occupied Crimea.
● "Despite continuous fire, our drone left the "battlefield" unscathed and successfully returned to the base," the intelligence agency reported.
11:20 a.m.: Andriy Yusov, the representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of the Russian Ministry of Defense, said that as a result of a nighttime UAV attack in the suburbs of Moscow, a fire broke out at a factory where Russians produce electronics for missiles.
● He noted that the mayor of Moscow Sobyanin lied, saying that their air defense had allegedly shot down everything.
Thursday, August 31
12:39 p.m.: The SBU has identified more than 3,500 organizers and participants of fake Russian "elections" in the temporarily occupied regions of Ukraine.
● It was established that the invaders promised representatives of the so-called "electoral commissions" a monetary reward in the amount of 10,000 Russian rubles.
In addition, the Russians are planning to conduct yard rounds of local residents' homes to collect signatures for "necessary candidates." They want to gather "votes" in the presence of armed representatives of the occupation police of the Russian Federation.
2:06 pm: The Russians have a so-called "shadow fleet" with the help of which they rob Ukrainian ports, Dmytro Pletenchuk, the spokesman for the Naval Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, said.
● "They use it with AIS turned off, violating international maritime law. They enter the ports of Berdyansk, Mariupol... They load grain and metal there. Then they transship it to their ports and in this way try to legalize it to export later," he said.
2:52 pm: Russia will be forced to beef up air defenses at its airfields to counter drone attacks, which were successfully attacked on the night of August 29-30, British intelligence said.
● Analysts note that many of the drones hit their targets, which could mean that Russian air defenses are having difficulty detecting and destroying such aerial targets.
● The latest strikes in Soltsy and Pskov show that drones have a considerable range, and it will not be easy to further protect them by deploying Russian aircraft in different places.
5:37 p.m.: The SBU reported the suspicion to Vadym Ovchinnikov, the commander of the Russian intelligence group, who ordered the shooting of a Ukrainian family during the occupation of Buchi.
● "As a result of Russian fire from automatic weapons, a man and his wife and their 15-year-old daughter were killed on the spot. Only the youngest 9-year-old daughter managed to survive," the SBU press service writes.
● According to the investigation, the criminal order to shoot local residents was carried out by 5 of Ovchinnikov's subordinates: Zharky; Harmatarov; Zvarychevsky; Belikov; Naghumanov.
7:07 pm: A few days ago, the first nuclear warheads were delivered to Belarus.
● This was stated by the head of Military Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Kyrylo Budanov.
● "Prior to that, there were large-scale trainings with nuclear simulators. I read the original documents based on the results of the trainings.
● According to the results [...] for the Iskander system, it was recognized that Belarus is completely unprepared for the use of such weapons," Budanov said.
9:03 pm Social Networks: Explosions are heard in Bryansk, Russia.
10:51 pm: New satellite images of the Pskov airfield after the drone attack appeared. At least two destroyed Il-76s can already be seen here.
● The pictures were taken a day and a half after the attack on the airfield.
● Damages are estimated to be about 200 million dollars.
11:38 pm: Russia withdraws Air Defense systems from the Kuril Islands. This was reported by the Kyodo agency with reference to Maxar satellite images.
● the Russian Federation removed numerous S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems, which were concentrated on the disputed islands of Iturup and Kunashir off the coast of Japan. Probably, they should be transferred closer to the border with Ukraine.
11:48 pm: The sounds of shooting are heard in Pskov. The UAV attack is reported on local social networks.
REGIONS (Next page)
KHARKIV
Thursday, August 31
1:12 pm Kharkiv RMA: Russians hit the center of Kupyansk. A man born in 1962 was wounded by artillery fire at 10:30.
● There is also damage to non-residential premises, administrative buildings and private residential buildings. Emergency services are on site.
DONETSK
Thursday, August 31
12:24 pm Donetsk RMA: Around midnight, the Russians damaged the building of the enterprise in Mirny.
● 10 houses were damaged in the Toretsk community. In the Chasovoyarsk community, 5 high-rise buildings and 5 private houses were damaged. A house in Siversk was also damaged.
● In just one day, the Russians killed 2 residents of Donetsk region and wounded 5 more.
ZAPORIZHIA
Friday, September 1
12:18 am: Commander Tarnavsky reported that during the past 24 hours, the Russian army attacked Ukrainian positions in the Tauri direction 14 times and carried out 632 shellings, 3 missile strikes and 21 airstrikes.
● Artillery units of the Defense Forces of the Tauriy direction carried out 1,186 fire missions during the day.
● Over the last day, the enemy lost 181 people. 15 units of Russian military equipment were destroyed.
● 6 ammunition depots and 1 enemy control post were also destroyed.
4:04 am: Activity of enemy tactical aircraft. The threat of the use of aviation weapons (KAB/KAR) for the front edge of the Zaporizhzhia region, - the head of the Zaporizhzhia OVA Yury Malashko.
9:50 am Zaporizhia RMA: In the past day, 21 settlements were affected by the terror of Russian military personnel - 95 strikes were recorded.
● A 52-year-old woman and a 67-year-old man were injured as a result of the artillery strikes in Gulyaipol, in addition to this injury, a 59-year-old man who was hit by artillery fire in Orichov was injured - all were taken to a medical institution.
● 21 reports were received about the destruction of residential buildings and infrastructure facilities.
Thursday, August 31
2:31 pm: The defense forces of Ukraine advanced into the depth of the enemy's defense in the Melitopol direction.
● This was reported by acting director of the department of planning for the use of the National Guard of Ukraine, Colonel Mykola Urshalovych.
● "During the offensive, the guardsmen eliminated the invaders up to the company and captured their positions, and near Novoprokopivka they destroyed the enemy's MTLB," Urshalovych said.
7:16 pm: The air alert in the Zaporizhzhia region is related to the activity of enemy tactical aviation in the south-eastern direction - the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports.9:31 pm: The video shows one of the stages of today's rotation of IAEA representatives at the Zaporizhzhia NPP.
● Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, the commander of the operational-strategic group of troops "Tavria", published the footage.
● "The sappers from the units operating in the Zaporozhye direction neutralized 5 Russian anti-personnel mines on the way to the mission," writes Tarnavskyi.
DNIPRO
Friday, September 1
8:20 am Dnipro RMA: the Russians shelled Velikymykhailiv community of Synelnyk district at night. As a result of the impact, the power line was damaged.
● The Russian Federation targeted the same community again in the morning. The Nikopol district also came under fire, the consequences of the attacks are being clarified. Previously, there were no casualties or injuries.
Thursday, August 31
11:07 pm Dnipro RMA: During the day, the Russians shelled Nikopol with heavy artillery.
● "The shells damaged 4 private houses, an outbuilding, 2 power lines and a gas pipeline. People survived," Lysak writes.
KHERSON
Thursday, August 31
6:53 pm Kherson RMA: A 62-year-old tractor driver was blown up by Russian explosives near Novaya Kamianka, Kherson OVA reports.
● "The victim was hospitalized in the trauma department of one of the hospitals. Doctors are providing him with the necessary assistance," OVA writes.
● The regional military administration reminded that about 87% of the fields of the Kherson region are still littered with Russian explosives.
MYKOLAIV
Thursday, August 31
12:12 pm: The head of Mykolayiv OVA Vitaly Kim published the work of the patrol police in the southern direction.
VINNYTSIA
Friday, September 1
5:05 am: Explosions are heard in the Vinnytsia region. Previously, Air Defense works.
10:06 am: The Vinnytsia RMA confirmed information about a rocket hitting one of the enterprises.
● According to the head of RMA Serhii Borzov, property and private cars were damaged. There are also victims, they are provided with all necessary assistance.
10:49 am: As a result of the strike in the Vinnytsia region, eight people were injured by glass broken by the blast wave. They are provided with medical assistance, - "Public".
● It is known that a Russian missile attacked the Kaliniv community in Vinnytsia.
ZHYTOMYR
Friday, September 1
5:05 am: Explosions are heard in Zhytomyr region. Previously, Air Defense works.
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://cutt.ly/Blyskavka
https://t.me/uawarinfographics
https://t.me/svoboda_radio