Bob Homans September 22
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Ukraine 9/22 Sitrep
Compiled by: Robert Homans
Twitter: @rhomansjr
September 22, 2022
News From The Battlefield
There are two important points in this video, called “Reporting From Ukraine.” First, at around 1:45 into the video, there is a map showing the borders of the 4 Ukrainian oblasts where Russia wants to hold referenda. In each case the referenda are supposed to apply to the entire oblast. The borders of each oblast are outlined in purple. The orange line shows the portion of each oblast controlled by Ukraine. Ukraine still controls around 50% of Donetsk Oblast, 1/3rd of Zhaporizhzhia Oblast, and almost none of Kherson and Luhansk Oblasts. However, in both Kherson and Luhansk Oblasts, Ukraine is launching counteroffensives, and there is increasing partisan activity in all 4 oblasts. Partisans will likely be targeting election workers and polling places. They’ve already attacked facilities where ballots were stored. I don’t understand his theory about the ability of Russia to release more troops into Ukraine, especially given the reaction to the call-up in many Russia cities.
The second point, also covered in the Latest Denys, is the situation around Lyman, in Luhansk Oblast. Since Russia captured Lyman late last Spring, it has been a major re-supply area for Russian operations in Donetsk, and there is still a large concentration of Russian troops in and around Lyman, troops who are now at risk of being surrounded.
9/22 Sitrep (my comments in bold face)
Russian Invasion of Ukraine 12:00 noon September 21 to 12:00 noon September 22, 2022
Abbreviations:
RMA = Regional Military Administration SBU = Security Service of Ukraine
The evil gnome in Moscow finally admitted he is losing on the ground, sees no prospects of winning there, and lacking a way out is back to lying and bluffing.
As always, the first lie was from the chorus. We want to join Russia was chanted in unison from occupied Ukrainian territories to Moscow’s television stages. Having set the scene, the gnome appears, and in a tremulous soprano, sings, “Come home children, and I will protect you with my brand-new army of gnomes armed with nuclear weapons”.
Really? You can raise a new army the world asks? Do you think to scare us with your bombs?
Given the stir created by bluff and lie, today only, the news will have an additional section:
Gnomish Tales.
After 22:00 The gnome’s tales disappeared off the wire, as Ukraine secured the release of more than 200 hostages held by the gnomes henchmen.
21:46 New York Times Ovid-Info: At the actions against mobilization in Russia, more than 1,252 detainees in 38 cities
· The highest number of arrests was recorded in Moscow and St. Petersburg (about 400 people in each of the cities). However, this figure is constantly growing.
· Since the start of the invasion almost 16,500 people have been detained for anti-war protests.
21:18 Social Networks: In St. Petersburg, security forces caught up with demonstrators who opposed mobilization and brought them to their knees.
21:10: Russians are massively buying tickets for flights, prices have risen sharply.
· Despite this, today all tickets for direct flights to the most popular destinations have already been sold out. The price of the ticket Moscow - Yerevan is now 5224$ with an average price of 250$ (non-mobilization period).
21:04: Footage of police using force against protesters against mobilization in St. Petersburg.
20:38: The host of the "Popular Politika" channel called the son of Putin's press secretary Dmitry Peskov under the guise of an employee of the military registration and enlistment office and announced his mobilization.
· "If you know that I am Mr. Peskov, you have to understand how wrong it is for me to be there. In short, I will solve it on another level," the interlocutor replied.
20:25: The Armed Forces of Ukraine will destroy all those who will fight against them - both volunteers and mobilized - Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny in his telegram channel.
· "A full-scale enemy offensive did not frighten us. What's more, we united and met the enemy with dignity. The announcement of mobilization in Russia is proof of this.
· Hundreds of thousands of men and women defend their native land, their homes, their children and the future of Ukraine. Therefore, no statements by the military-political leadership of the aggressor country will affect our readiness to fight for our freedom.
· We will destroy all those who come to our land with weapons - whether voluntarily or for mobilization," he wrote.
20:15 Social Networks: Police forcefully try to disperse a rally against mobilization in St. Petersburg.
20:07 Social Networks: A crowd at a rally against mobilization in Moscow chanted, "Putin in the trenches!".
19:51 Social Networks: In Moscow on the Arbat, during a rally against mobilization, protesters became a "chain" and chanted: "No to war,".
19:45 p.m.: At protests against mobilization in Moscow, a man in a press vest convinces mothers of that mobilization is correct: "An entire NATO bloc is already near our borders," he says.
19:35: During a rally against mobilization in the Russian Federation, police officers mistakenly detained their employee in civilian clothes.
19:24: Chechen security forces detained participants in a rally in Grozny against the mobilization of men for the war against Ukraine.
· The human rights movement "1ADAT" reports that the participants of the rally began to be detained almost as soon as they began to gather in the center of Grozny. They were put in a car park and taken to city hall.
19:12: A Telegram channel close to the Kremlin advises its Russian colleagues not to fuel panic over mobilization in Russia.
19:09: Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba called for doubling support for Ukraine as a response to Russia’s recent actions.
· "The only adequate response to Putin's belligerent threats is to double the stake in support of Ukraine. New sanctions against Russia. Ukraine has more weapons," he tweeted.
19:01: In St. Petersburg, people go to St. Isaac's Cathedral, rallying against mobilization in the Russian Federation and chanting "No to war."
18:38 Mayor: The mayor of occupied Melitopol, against the background of mobilization in the Russian Federation, called on men of draft age to immediately leave the city.
18:23: Pope Francis called it crazy to think about the possible use of nuclear weapons.
· Putin spoke about the possibility of using nuclear weapons in his address today. But Francis did not mention him directly in his speech.
18:09 Social Networks: Footage of arrests at a rally against partial mobilization in Yekaterinburg.
18:04: Russians are leaving en masse for Finland after the announcement of partial mobilization," said the head of the consular department of the Finnish Foreign Ministry in a comment to Helsingin Sanomat.
18:00 Coordinator of the National Security Council: The United States takes Putin's words about nuclear weapons seriously, but so far does not see the need to increase the readiness of strategic deterrence forces.
17:52 p.m.: Estonia will not provide asylum to Russians who want to avoid partial mobilization, the country's prime minister, Kaya Kallas, said.
17:34 Vesna movement: Protests against mobilization have been announced today in all the cities of the Russian Federation.
17:17: Volunteers of the "Ukrainian Team" in response to mobilization in the Russian Federation announced a national fundraising drive for drones.
· One drone can provide delivery of "tickets for the Kobzon concert" in the form of mines and shells for 3-10 Russian troops in one flight.
· "Our defenders use drones equipped with an ammunition drop system. Given that Russia plans to mobilize 300 thousand people, we foresee a full house at a concert with the favorite russian performer Iosif Kobzon," said the head of the Ukrainian team Artur Palatny.
17:07 Bild: Partial mobilization in Russia and holding "referendums" will not affect Ukraine's intentions to de-occupy the territories.
· In his opinion, Putin simply decided to drown Ukraine in the blood of his soldiers.
16:41: Against the background of Putin's announced partial mobilization, the Embassy of Kyrgyzstan in the Russian Federation reminded its citizens that for participating in armed conflicts or hostilities on the territory of foreign countries faces imprisonment of up to 10 years with confiscation of property.
· "In case of receipt/receipt by citizens of the KR of conscription to participate in any hostilities, the embassy asks to immediately contact the diplomatic mission of the KR in the Russian Federation," the embassy added.
16:28 DW: The German Foreign Ministry does not rule out visa liberalization for Russians who evade mobilization and want to emigrate to Germany.
16:24 NATO Secretary General: Russia will not be able to win the nuclear conflict.
· He noted that Russian troops are poorly equipped, they lack proper command and control.
· "Putin miscalculated about Ukraine, he made a big mistake," Stoltenberg added.
16:18: The occupation authorities send notifications about the holidays to residents of the Kherson region from September 22 to September 28 in connection with the "referendum" on joining the Russian Federation.
16:05: Moscow's prosecutor's office threatens to imprison protesters for 15 years who intend to go to rallies against mobilization.
16:00: President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an interview with Bild that he does not believe that Russia will use nuclear weapons in the war against Ukraine.
· Also, according to him, the decision on partial mobilization points to Russia's problem with military personnel.
15:54: Chechnya's chairman Ramzan Kadyrov says the decision to partially mobilize in Russia puts Ukraine and NATO in a "hopeless position."
· "Today's appeal to the Russians of Supreme Commander Vladimir Putin has put the Kyiv elite and all of NATO in a hopeless situation. The Head of State has launched large-scale actions to protect the integrity of Russia. These are necessary, important and, in particular, precautionary measures," Kadyrov said.
15:42: The procedure for consolidating the results of "referendums" in Donbas and the occupied territories of Ukraine, so that they become subjects of the Russian Federation, may take only a few days.
· This was stated by Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs Andriy Klimov.
15:36: The "referendum" on the issue of joining the Russian Federation will be held at 73% of the temporarily occupied territory of Zaporizhia region.
· The statement was made by the so-called "head of the region's administration" Vladimir Rogov.
15:31: Protests against mobilization began in Russia, Russian media write.
· Rallies are held in Irkutsk, Ulan-Ude, Khabarovsk and Tomsk. Ulan-Ude is the Capital of the Buratiya Region, home of the troops that were responsible for many of the atrocities in Bucha. Seems the Buratyians are having 2nd thoughts.
· In Irkutsk, the riot police dispersed the action, which gathered about 60 people. There are detentions.
15:10: Amid the announced mobilization, deputies of the Republic of Mari El in Russia are demanding Putin's resignation.
· Politicians said that Putin's actions harm Russia's security, and the announced mobilization would lead to a fall in the Russian economy and protest moods of citizens.
14:52: Ukrainian religious leader, Islamic scholar Saeed Ismagilov, who is fighting in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, appealed to the Muslims of Russia not to take part in the mobilization. 20% of Moscow’s population of 15 million is said to be made up of Muslims.
14:48 p.m.: Chinese President Xi Jinping urged the Chinese military to focus its attention on preparing for hostilities, Xinhua news agency writes.
· "It is necessary to conscientiously summarize and apply the successful experience of reforms, to own the new situation and understand the requirements of the tasks, to focus on preparing for wars, as well as to have the courage to explore and introduce innovations," he said.
14:22 Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs: Russia will be able to gather a maximum of 40-50 thousand soldiers during the first wave of mobilization.
· "We must understand that this mobilization (of 300 thousand reservists) does not mean that tomorrow they all appear on the contact line. First of all, they get military specialties, so I think this wave will be 40-50 thousand," Denysenko said.
13:45 European Commission spokesman: Russian President Putin has proved by announcing partial mobilization that he is not interested in ending the war and wants to deepen the crisis
· "President Putin's statements about referendums and partial mobilization are just another proof that Putin is not interested in peace. He is interested in escalating his war".
13:30: There were reports on social networks that Russians began to receive summonses through the Portal "Gosuslugi" (Russian Government e-portal - ed).
13:13 Reuters: China's foreign ministry has called on all parties to engage in dialogue and consultation to find a way to address the security issue after Russian President Putin warned the West of what he called "nuclear blackmail”.
13:01 Lithuanian Defense Minister: The Lithuanian Ministry of Defense has decided to put its troops on high alert due to partial mobilization in Russia.
12:49 Russian Media: A meeting of the Russian Security Council with Lukashenko's representatives on "security" issues is currently taking place in Moscow
12:48 Russian Defense Ministry: Shoigu instructed to begin implementing Putin's decree on partial mobilization.
12:19: British Defense Minister Ben Wallace says Russian President Putin's latest moves are de facto a recognition on his part that Russia has begun to lose.
· The partial mobilization order in Russia is a sign of panic in the Kremlin that should not be perceived as a direct threat of a full-scale war with the West. Rhetoric about nuclear weapons is something we've heard many times before.
12:16: "Putin's announced mobilization and nuclear threats will not help the aggressor in his desire to conquer and destroy Ukraine and Ukrainians. The civilized world must finally understand that evil must be destroyed radically, and not talk about some ghostly "peace negotiations", - Vitali Klitschko.
12:01 US Ambassador to Ukraine: Mobilization in Russia and so-called "referendums" in the occupied territories of Ukraine are signs of Russia's weakness and its failure in the war unleashed.
INTERNATIONAL
September 22
08:52: "While I'm talking in Ukraine new British weapons are arriving, including MLRS missiles. We will not calm down until Ukraine wins," British Prime Minister Liz Truss.
08:00: EU foreign ministers have agreed to prepare new sanctions against Russia and increase arms supplies to Ukraine, EU Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell told Reuters.
September 21
22:12 p.m.: The United States will destroy the Russian Federation's Black Sea Fleet if it uses nuclear weapons in Ukraine, says former NATO Europe Commander Ben Hodges.
22:06 Finnish Foreign Minister: Finland does not want to be a transit state for Russian citizens, soon new measures will be prepared to regulate the entry of Russians into the country.
22:01 British health minister: The UK has confirmed the release of its citizens sentenced to death in the DNR
· We are talking about Aiden Aslin, who fought on the side of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and was captured in April. In total, with the mediation of Saudi Arabia, five British citizens were released from Russian captivity.
21:28: Josep Borrell said he had convened an emergency meeting of EU Foreign Ministers on Ukraine. Foreign Ministers will discuss new sanctions against Russia in New York.
· The EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy also said that the UN Security Council would discuss a "new scenario" for the situation in Ukraine on September 22.
20:43 Social Networks: Footage of mass demonstrations in Iran.
20:34: Banks of Armenia, Vietnam and Kazakhstan have stopped accepting Russian Mir cards.
· On the website of the payment system "Mir" the section in which previously reported on the geography of card acceptance was closed. Previously, cards were no longer accepted in Turkey.
19:31: Today, in the capital of Armenia - Yerevan, during a rally for leaving the Russian Bloc, the flag of Ukraine was raised on the rostrum with words of support for the Ukrainian people.
· "I want to ask you to raise Ukrainian flag and carry it around the stage as a sign of respect for the Ukrainian people and the struggle of the heroic Ukrainian army. Glory to Ukraine! Glory to the heroes!", the appeal reads.
· Armenia today celebrates the 31st anniversary of the country's Independence Day.
18:44: Highlights from the speech of US President Joe Biden at the UN General Assembly:
· The United States will never recognize "referendums" in the occupied territories of Ukraine;
· Putin has made reckless nuclear threats;
· The U.S. advocates the inclusion of new members of the UN Security Council and the repeal of veto power;
· The United States is working closely with allies to prevent a potential Russian attack on NATO territory;
· The United States wants the war in Ukraine to end on fair terms.
18:19: During his speech at the UN General Assembly, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that Germany would continue to help Ukraine export agricultural products.
· He stressed that there are no obstacles to the export of Ukrainian grain and all responsibility at stopping the shipment of grain from Ukrainian ports, among other war crimes, lies solely with the Russian Federation.
17:01 NATO Secretary General: The war in Ukraine must end at the negotiating table, but NATO wants to help Kyiv ensure "good negotiating positions".
15:05 Ministry of Internal Affairs: Estonia will ban Russians who took part in hostilities in Ukraine from returning to the country.
NATIONAL
September 22
11:19 a poll by NDI and KIIS: Ukrainian electoral leaders - Zelensky, Prytula, Klitschko and Zaluzhny.
· 87% like Volodymyr Zelenskyi, and 77% of respondents like Serhii Prytula.
· Vitaliy Klitschko is sympathetic to 63% of Ukrainians, and Valery Zaluzhny - 62%.
· The leaders of anti-rating were Petro Poroshenko - 19%, Kira Rudyk - 19% and Yurii Boyko - 14%.
08:26 President’s Office: Among the exchanged Ukrainian military are those who survived the terrorist attack in Olenivka
07:26: Ukrainian soldiers returned home from Russian captivity are being distributed to hospitals to provide them with primary care, - Azovstal Defenders' Association.
07:20: Missile and artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine completed about 280 firing missions, as a result of which they hit:
· 2 command posts directly in Kherson;
· 2 control points in Novovoskresensk and Dudchany;
· 2 ammunition depots in Pyatykhatky and Kherson;
· 3 areas of accumulation of weapons, equipment and manpower in Dudchany and Nova Kakhovka;
· radar station "Zoo" in Kruty Yar.
07:16 Operational Command Pivden (South): The Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed 2 command and 2 control points of the Russian Federation.
· "Our aircraft inflicted 21 blows on the enemy from the sky, and the marines destroyed the enemy helicopter Mi-24 from the ground in the Kostromka area. When the enemy attempts to conduct air reconnaissance, our vigilant units found and destroyed 2 spies of the "Orlan-10" type," the message says.
07:07 Armed Forces: During the day, 4 warehouses of the BC, 1 base, 1 headquarters and 1 CP of the Russians were demilitarized.
01:25: SBU Head Vasyl Malyuk revealed details of Medvedchuk's exchange for Ukrainian heroes.
· "Medvedchuk is not just Putin's godfather, but a high-quality state traitor documented by us. His guilt is fully recorded in the relevant materials collected by the SBU. In addition, while working on Medvedchuk's cases, we neutralized more than one agent network, detained many state traitors and obtained a large amount of important information that we use in counterintelligence activities, and now, thanks to the exchange, we were able to pull out of Russian captivity the heroes who are so expected at home," Vasyl Malyuk said.
· By giving up so many Ukrainians in exchange for Medvedchuk, including the commanders of the Azov Battalion, perhaps Putin wants to avoid the likelihood of Medvedchuk unburdening himself in a public forum, about the details of his relationship with Putin, about Putin’s relationship with the “Godfather” Semion Moglievich, and other matters.
01:12: Turkish President Erdogan: The exchange of prisoners between Russia and Ukraine, mediated by Turkey, is an important step towards ending the war.
01:07: Biden's national security adviser Jacob Sullivan thanked Zelensky, Yermak and the Government of Ukraine for including two U.S. citizens on exchange lists with Russia
01:05: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that five commanders of the defenders of Mariupol will remain in Turkey until the end of the war.
· These were the conditions of exchange. In Turkey, they will be under the personal protectorate of the Turkish president and in comfortable conditions. They will also have the opportunity to hold face-to-face meetings with their famalies.
01:04: Svyatoslav Palamar "Kalina" in his address thanked all the soldiers who are now defending Ukraine
00:59: Andriy Yermak commented on Viktor Medvedchuk's exchange
· "We exchanged 200 of our heroes for Medvedchuk, who has already given all possible testimonies to the investigation.
· And 5 heroes-commanders of "Azovstal" - for 55 Russian prisoners who have no interest for us.
· A total of 215 people were exchanged.
00:55: President Zelenskyy confirmed that the exchange was made for the suspected treason of Putin's godfather Viktor Medvedchuk
· "We were ready to exchange it for at least one defender of Azovstal, but it turned out how many people to return," Zelenskyy said on the air of the telethon
00:47: The first commander of the Azov regiment, Colonel of the National Guard of Ukraine Andriy Biletsky had a telephone conversation with the liberated leaders of Azov
· "Now the guys are already at large, but in a third country, where they arrived according to the exchange agreements. They will be there for a while, but the main thing has already happened is that they are at free and alive."
00:43 President’s Office: 215 people were released from Russian captivity.
· Of these, 124 are officers. 108 fighters of "Azov" and other formations: national guard, ground forces, naval forces, border guards, police, territorial defense officers, SSU officers, civil transport officials and the State Customs Service.
· it was also possible to release three pregnant servicewomen - Mamonova Mariana, Shumovetska Yana and Chernenka Anastasia.
00:24: President Zelenskyy speaks in the format of a video message at the 77th session of the UN General Assembly.
· Ukraine will be the most important topic during the 77th session of the UN General Assembly in New York, said EU Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Borrell.
· Volodymyr Zelenskyy: Ukraine wants peace. Europe wants peace. the world wants peace. and we saw who is the only one who wants war.
· I am addressing on behalf of a state that is forced to defend itself. But which has a formula for peace. It is a formula that punishes crime, protects lives, restores security and territorial integrity, guarantees security and assumes determination.
00:10: Mariupol defense leaders Denis Prokopenko "Radis", Sergey Volynsky "Volyn" and Svyatoslav Palamar "Kalina" also released from captivity
00:02 RBC-Ukraine: As part of the exchange, one of the leaders of the banned in Ukraine party "OPZZh" Viktor Medvedchuk was transferred to the Russian side.
September 21
23:37: British Prime Minister Liz Truss confirms the release of 5 British citizens.
23:07: Russian authorities handed over 10 foreigners captured in Ukraine to Saudi Arabia. The plane with them was already in the Arab country.
· The mediator in these talks was Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. It is noted that he communicated directly with the Kremlin and the Ukrainian side.
· It is also stated that the Russians handed over to Saudi Arabia five Britons, one Moroccan, one Swede, one Croat and two Americans
22:51Social Networks: Defender of "Azovstal" Kateryna Polishchuk "Bird" is also released from captivity.
22:24: The head of the patrol police of Mariupol, Mykhailo Vershinin, was exchanged from captivity.
· Mykhailo was captured together with the defenders of Mariupol, who were blocked on the territory of Azovstal in May this year.
22:45: The IAEA has started talks with Ukraine and Russia on the parameters of the safety zone around the Zaporizhzhia NPP, it is about specific aspects, says IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi.
19:59: Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Iryna Vereshchuk appealed to the Russian military and urged them to surrender in case of mobilization.
18:48 Operational information from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine:
· During the day, the enemy inflicted 5 missile and 11 air strikes, carried out 17 mlrs attacks on military and civilian targets on the territory of Ukraine, violating the norms of International Humanitarian Law, laws and customs of warfare.
· As a result of the strikes of Russian troops, the infrastructure of more than 30 settlements was damaged. Among them are Kharkiv, Sloviansk, Pechenegy, Pokrovsk, Poltavka, Bilohorivka, Nevelske, Marinka, Myrolyubivka and Vysokopillya.
· During the day, units of our troops repulsed enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Kupyansk, Vesele, Zaitseve, Kurdyumivka and Bakhmutske. General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: To support the actions of ground groups, the aviation of the Defense Forces launched 32 strikes on enemy positions
· The defeat of 17 areas of concentration of enemy manpower and military equipment, 4 strongholds, 10 positions of anti-aircraft missile systems and one warehouse with ammunition was confirmed.
· In addition, air defense units destroyed one cruise missile and 3 enemy UAVs.
· Rocket troops and artillery inflicted fire on 22 enemy targets - in particular, 7 control points of various levels and 13 areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment. Ammunition depots, air defense facilities and pontoon crossings of Russians fell into the affected area.
15:25: The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine in the first reading supported the bill on the voluntary registration of women in the military.
· "For" – 267 deputies
· According to the document, all women can register at will, except for those whose specialties and professions are related to medical activities.
15:20: The Verkhovna Rada supported the appeal on the inadmissibility of holding "referendums" organized by Russia in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.
· 277 people's deputies voted for the document.
15:16: The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has returned the excise tax on fuel.
· 255 people's deputies voted for the relevant law. According to the law, excise taxes are returned in the amount of:
o petrol 100€/1000 l;
o diesel 100€/1000 l;
o biofuel 100 €/1000 l;
o gas 52€/1000 l.
14:42: Volodymyr Zelenskyy appointed Halyna Luhova as head of the Kherson city military administration of the Kherson district of the Kherson region.
13:54: Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Liz Truss in New York discussed the development of bilateral cooperation, preparations for the heating season and the restoration of Ukraine.
· "The United Kingdom is ready to provide financial support to Ukraine for the purchase of gas and to promote the involvement of British business in the development of the Ukrainian gas production sector" Shmyhal.
MORDOR (Russia)
September 22
11:28 Social networks: In Togliatti, Russia, an unknown person threw a Molotov cocktail into the city administration building early in the morning.
11:25: At night, in the Lomonosovsky district near St. Petersburg, the Russian Federation, the military registration and enlistment office was set on fire.
00:40 Russian Media: Russian soldiers released from Ukrainian captivity as part of an exchange arrived at Chkalovsky airfield.
· RosSMI reports that 55 people were exchanged, one of them seriously injured.
September 21
23:31: Former FSB officer and former minister of defense of the so-called "DPR" Igor Strelkov-Girkin said that the number of mobilized should be increased several times.
· "300,000 mobilized will not be enough to defeat Ukraine, we need up to 1 million soldiers," he said.
22:28: The military commissars of Tatarstan, the Samara region and Dagestan signed orders for mobilization.
· Pavel Chikov, chairman of the Agora Human Rights Association, reports that similar orders "will appear in every region from day to day."
21:31 Social Networks: Explosions are heard in the Belgorod region.
17:44 Social Networks: In Sevastopol, in the temporarily occupied Crimea, a loud explosion from the sea was heard.
· The so-called "governor" of Sevastopol clarified that it was not a mine that exploded, as they wrote on social networks, but an underwater drone.
16:46: Famous Russian TV presenter Zhanna Agalakova disavowed all her state awards.
· On her social media, she explained her position as follows: "Mr. President, your leadership is leading the country to the abyss. I consider your rewards unacceptable."
12:33 Defense Intelligence: The Yenakievsky Metallurgical Plant in the so-called "DPR" stopped working due to the "mobilization" of workers.
· At the training ground near the temporarily occupied Torez, the Russians set up a training camp for convicts from the Russian Federation. Currently, the delivery of "personnel" to the camp is underway. The "recruits" are to replenish the composition of the so-called "Somali" battalion, the 100th separate motorized rifle brigade and the 9th separate motorized rifle regiment of the RF Armed Forces, the report said.
KHARKIV
September 22
September 21
21:39 RMA: The enemy continues to terrorize the Kharkiv region with shelling, because of the actions of the occupiers, children suffer.
21:23 Social Networks: Subscribers report explosions in Kharkiv.
16:36 President’s Office: The Russians launched 2 missile strikes on the Chuguev district of the Kharkiv region.
· As a result of the shelling at the Pecheneg dam, the upper gateway was destroyed. Fortunately, there are no casualties or casualties.
13:25 RMA: As of September 20, 263 bodies of the dead, including the bodies of two children, were seized from the mass grave site in Izyum in the Kharkiv region
12:36 SBU press service: The SBU neutralized a criminal group that robbed Kharkiv residents posing as law enforcement officers
· Gang members committed armed "raids" on citizens' homes and "knocked out" money and other valuables from them. The attackers intimidated people with weapons, used violence and threats of physical violence against them.
LUHANSK
September 22
September 21
14:03 RMA: On September 20, the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed the occupation commandant's office in the city of Svatove in the Luhansk region, according to preliminary information,
· 250 Russians received the statuses of "200th" and "300th". Most likely, Chechens were in the commandant's office.
DONETSK
September 22
September 21
23:56 Social Networks: Fire after Russian shelling in Kramatorsk.
20:56 Russian Media: Troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine entered Drobyshevo near Lyman.
· Earlier, the Armed Forces of Ukraine managed to occupy the neighboring Yarova.
ZAPORIZHYA
September 22
09:02 RMA: Russians killed 1 person in Zaporizhia with artillery shelling. Five were wounded.
· According to preliminary information, the occupiers shelled the city with S-300 missiles.
08:23 Social Networks: Residents report that light has disappeared in some areas of the city of Zaporozhye.
08:18 Zaporizhia City Council: Civilian infrastructure has been destroyed since today's shelling. Unfortunately, people suffered".
07:30 RMA: "The enemy struck the regional center. Information on the victims and destruction is being clarified
07:23 Social Networks: Residents report the sounds of explosions in Zaporizhia.
September 21
22:36 Social Networks: Subscribers report explosions in Zaporizhia.
16:56: Guerrilla movement in the temporarily occupied Berdyansk, Zaporizhia region released a video of targets they liquidated.
16:10 RMA: Today there were 5 arrivals in three districts of Zaporizhzhia.
· Three people were injured, one person was hospitalized with a contusion.
14:08 RMA: Reported that Russian missiles hit infrastructure in Zaporizhia.
13:57 Secretary of the city council: Arrivals were recorded in Zaporizhia. Details later.
13:35 Social Networks: Explosions are heard in Zaporizhia, according to subscribers.
DNIPRO
September 22
08:32 RMA: Around midnight, the Russians covered Nikopol with Grads. Fired 20 shells at the central quarters
· A 35-year-old man was killed.
· 17 multi-storey and private houses, gas pipeline and lines are damaged in the city
· Russian shells also flew to two hospitals, a school, a football field, a local history museum, an administrative building, several shops and a market.
· In Kryvyi Rih, a two-story building was burning due to an attack by a Russian kamikaze drone. People were not injured.
September 21
22:39 Social Networks: Report explosions in Sinelnikovsky district of Dnipropetrovsk region.
18:13 RMA: The Russians again struck the Nikopol district.
· Russian troops shelled the Chervonohryhorivska and Marganets communities. One person was killed. Previously, two were injured.
17:12 RMA: In the Sinelnikovsky district of the Dnipropetrovsk region, infrastructure facilities and an agricultural enterprise came under fire today.
· There is destruction, he said. Previously – without victims.
13:39 Social Networks: Report explosions in the Sinelnikovsky district of the Dnipro region, air defense also worked.
KHERSON
September 22
September 21
22:30 Social Networks: Report explosions in the temporarily occupied Nova Kakhovka, Kherson region.
20:51 National Police: In occupied Kherson, representatives of Russian security forces accused a 54-year-old man of "Nazism", searched his home, and took him in an unknown direction.
· Also, in the village of Nyzhni Sirogozy, a nurse from a local school was abducted.
19:39 Social Networks: Explosions are heard in the temporarily occupied Kherson.
16:51 National Police: Russian military fired mortars and artillery at six settlements in the Kherson region.
· As a result of the shelling, houses, transport were destroyed and damaged, and some villages were left without water and light.
14:57: The Kherson Regional Prosecutor's Office in absentia laid charges in absentia on the deputy head of the Federal Service of the National Guard troops of the Russian Federation in the Rostov region for ill-treatment of prisoners of war.
12:43 Social Networks: Activists of the Zhovta Lenta movement distribute pro-Ukrainian graffiti and leaflets in the temporarily occupied Kherson and Melitopol.
MYKOLAIV
September 22
11:35 RMA: In Mykolaiv, Russian S-300 missiles have flown into the territory of a sea commercial port, there is damage.
00:19 Social Networks: Report explosions in Mykolaiv.
September 21
13:33 RMA: In the Kherson region, Russian troops destroyed or damaged more than 2600 infrastructure facilities, including power lines, transformer substations, gas pipelines, water pipes, boiler houses, pumping stations.
13:09 Regional Prosecutor's Office: An informant of the Russian troops, who provided targeting for artillery fire, will be tried in Mykolaiv.
· The investigation established that in June and July this year, the accused repeatedly, on a systematic basis, collected and disseminated information about the locations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and territorial defense in the city of Mykolaiv.
OTHER REGIONS
September 22
September 21
23:52: The lightest bionic prosthesis in the world was installed at the National Rehabilitation Center "Indestructibles", located in Lviv
· The limb printed on a 3D printer was received by Yuriy, a Lviv resident, who lost his arm as a result of a mine-explosive injury.
19:18: The United States donated $1.3 million worth of equipment and pipes to Kyivteploenergo, the company's press service said.
· In total, more than 11 km of heating networks will be replaced. Of these, 7.7 km are central heating networks, almost 3.5 km are hot water supply.
18:30 Sumy RMA: The Russians shelled the border village of Volfino of the Bilopilska community. 10 mines flew to the homes of civilians.
· As a result, three dwellings were damaged by shell explosions. One house burned down. According to preliminary data, there are no casualties among local residents.
12:11 Sumy RMA: Yesterday, at about 23:00, the Russians shelled the territory of the Esman community. Russian troops fired 13 artillery shells. There were no casualties and destruction.
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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