Bob Homans September 28
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Ukraine – 9/28 Sitrep
Compiled by: Robert Homans
Twitter: @rhomansjr
September 28, 2022
“I have young children. Unfortunately, they were born at the wrong time. If they were born earlier, they would be mobilized.”
Margarita Simonyan, Head of Russia Today
As reported by Julia Davis, in an article in the “Daily Beast.” When she was in secondary school Simonyan was an exchange student at a high school in Bristol, New Hampshire. I have been waiting patiently for some enterprising reporter to go up to Bristol and write about Simonyan’s time as a student in the United States. Bristol is north of Concord, NH, on Interstate 93, and west of Lebanon/Hanover, NH. Perhaps this is something for the Dartmouth College student newspaper. Ironically, the New Hampshire State Motto is “Live Free or Die.”
The Latest Lawrence Freedman
Freedman starts his latest Substack blog with a passage from Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Part 1 –
Prince Henry
But tell me, Jack, whose fellows are these that come after?
Falstaff
Mine, Hal, mine.
Prince Henry
I did never see such pitiful rascals.
Falstaff
Tut, tut; good enough to toss; food for powder, food for powder; they'll fill a pit as well as better: tush, man, mortal men, mortal men.
William Shakespeare: Henry IV (Pt 1), Act IV, Scene II
Freedman believes that Russia’s objective in ordering the “partial mobilization” is to draw out the war, by causing problems for Ukraine to break through Russian defense lines, hoping to get to the point, next year, where the West will tire of the war and force Ukraine to negotiate.
Some passages:
“Russia is already digging deep into reserves of weapons and equipment, and there are few spare officers available to undertake their instruction. Nonetheless despite those protesting and escaping many have turned up as required, however fatalistic their mood. Some of these will be better prepared than others, especially those who have recently completed their period of conscription. We should not assume therefore that those turning up will all be unwilling or incapable of fighting.”
“Against prepared defensive positions backed by artillery such attacks invite carnage and ‘cannon fodder’ becomes an appropriate term. But used defensively they might complicate Ukrainian plans and make it harder to take places where Russians are already well dug in.”
“Meanwhile a comparable situation is developing around Lyman in Luhansk, where Russian forces have been fighting off the Ukrainians but now risk getting caught by an envelopment operation. A number of significant advances have been made in recent days, and this may be where Russia is most vulnerable to a further conspicuous defeat which would cast doubt on all its current efforts to demonstrate that it has a route to victory. Newly drafted men pushed into this fight have already been killed or captured. A village was reportedly taken because the defending soldiers were drunk. ‘The ones who were sober ran away, and the ones who were drunk didn’t even realize that the village was being attacked, and got caught.’ “ More on Lyman below.
News From the Battlefield
The latest “Reporting From Ukraine” focuses mostly on Kherson, where Ukraine is facing slow going and the Russians from lack of supplies. I don’t quite understand the report about Russian reinforcements into the Right Bank of the Dnieper. Ukraine has destroyed the bridges across both the Dnieper and Inhulets Rivers. To get across, reinforcements must use ferries that are open to Ukrainian attacks.
Parts of Kherson that I have been to, going toward Mykolaiv, are as flat as a billiard table and without much foliage. There are a lot of vegetable farms, much of it tomatoes, that serve a big tomato processing plant that is located in this area. It would be hard for offensive operations, especially creating any sort of artillery fire bases, making stand-off weapons like HIMARS more important.
Going toward Kherson City and the Dnieper is more rolling country, but still without much foliage. Kherson City itself sits on a bluff overlooking the Dnieper River. I have fond memories of Kherson City. As with all other towns and cities that Ukraine is liberating, I hope Kherson is re-taken, without significant damage.
The Latest Denys is mostly about Ukraine’s offensive around Lyman, in the Donbas, where Russians holding Lyman are at risk of being surrounded. Ukraine appears to be intent on completing its liberation of all the Kharkiv Region and moving on to Luhansk Oblast. The military reporter Illia Ponomarenko sent out a recent Tweet, stating, “The possibility of major Russian defeat in the Lyman-Yampil area is now very high.” Taking the portion of Luhansk Oblast that Russia occupied after February 24th will create difficulties for Putin from achieving his goal of taking all of Donbas.
Foreign Election Observers for Russia’s “Referendums”
Yes, there are a few
9/28 Sitrep – starts on the next page (My comment in Bold Face)
Abbreviations:
RMA = Regional Military Administration SBU = Security Service of Ukraine
INTERNATIONAL
September 28
11:30 ERR: Estonia proposes to include Patriarch ROC Kirill in the EU sanctions list.
· Estonian Foreign Ministry Urmas Reinsalu noted that such an initiative was caused by statements by the patriarch praising a "genocidal war."
· Long overdue. The United States should immediately do the same.
10:41 Novosti Gruziya: Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili said her country does not recognize the so-called "vote" on the pseudo-referendum, which is just another manifestation of Russia's "cynical actions".
10:23 Reuters: The European Union will step up the protection of its energy infrastructure after incidents that caused a leak from the Nord Stream gas pipeline.
· "All available information indicates that these leaks are the result of intentional actions," Borrell said in a statement.
· He said the EU would support any investigation aimed at obtaining full clarity about what happened and why and would take "further steps to increase our resilience in the field of energy security."
10:13 CNN: The Biden administration is asking congress for an additional $35 million for nuclear safety for Ukraine.
· Funds should be allocated to the U.S. National Nuclear Safety Administration "for joint U.S. efforts to support Ukraine's nuclear preparedness, including the purchase and maintenance of additional sensors, and evaluation. and data analysis, as well as providing the National Guard of Ukraine with protective equipment at nuclear power plants."
08:56 Politico: The European Commission today will put forward proposals for new sanctions against Russia, including a cap on oil prices.
08:50: French experts will help to investigate Russian crimes in Izyum.
· "Investigators of the National Gendarmerie have just arrived in Ukraine. Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna presented them to Prosecutor General Andrei Kostin. Tomorrow they will be deployed in the Izyum district," the French Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
08:43 Canadian Prime Minister: Canada will impose additional sanctions on Russia over "referendums" in Ukraine.
08:22 Associated Press: Warships of Russia and China spotted near Alaska.
· The U.S. Coast Guard noted that the ships did not violate international law but promised to respond.
08:11 French Foreign Minister: Ukraine will receive more than a ton of humanitarian aid from France. France will also take over the cost of delivering Ukrainian wheat to Ethiopia and Somalia.
07:59 Reuters: The Taliban and Russia have signed an agreement to supply Afghanistan with gasoline, diesel fuel, gas and grain.
07:59 IRNA: Protests in Iran over the death of Mahsa Amini, who died in police custody for violating strict dress code, have been going on for the 12th day: human rights activists say 76 dead.
00:57: Estonian Foreign Ministry warns its citizens about the dangers of traveling to Russia
· "In connection with Russia's military actions, we advise you not to travel to Russia unless absolutely necessary and completely avoid traveling to areas bordering Ukraine. We ask Estonian citizens temporarily residing in Russia to weigh the importance of their stay in Russia and return to Estonia if possible," the statement said.
00:34 AFP: The European Union will impose sanctions against the organizers of the so-called referendums in the four occupied regions of Ukraine, which Russia is carrying out for the purpose of annexation.
· "There will be consequences for all people participating in illegal, illegitimate referendums," he said.
00:27 Israeli Ambassador: The Ukrainian Army is receiving from the United States means to combat Iranian kamikaze drones.
· Iranian kamikaze drones are a copy of American ones shot down by Iran on Syrian territory.
· "Undoubtedly, the Israeli industry that operates in this sector is actually all joint companies with the United States. And, according to my information, we are already getting what we need from the United States. Again, not without Israel's consent," he said.
September 27
23:48 Spiegel: The CIA warned Germany of threat of attacks on pipelines in the Baltic.
· The threat of attacks on a network of pipelines and underwater cables in the Baltic and North Seas was considered by military ministries even before the start of a full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine.
· "Global underwater networks are extremely important for energy supply, as well as for the stability of the Internet, but despite their significance, they are still poorly protected from attacks or acts of sabotage," a Bundeswehr spokesman told the publication.
22:54 Air Force Command: The U.S. will provide up to 16 NASAMS installations to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
· "Two batteries will be transferred first. The battery can have up to eight launchers, as well as a command post, and an air search radar that will see targets."
22:48 CNN: At a meeting of the UN Security Council, the United States plans to present a resolution condemning Russia for the so-called "referendums" in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.
22:39: Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke at a meeting of the UN Security Council convened due to pseudo-referendums in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine
· Zelenskyy said that the so-called referendums do not change anything, and after the annexation, he has nothing to talk about with Putin.
22:26 German Ambassador: Ukraine will receive an air defense system, which is not even in the Bundeswehr.
· IRIS-T air defense systems are manufactured specifically for Ukraine and are not in service with the German army.
22:19 Reuters: Swedish seismologists believe the incidents on Nord Streams are related to explosions, not earthquakes.
· Experts believe that the second explosion on gas pipelines in terms of power was equivalent to an explosion of more than 100 kg of dynamite
22:00 Israeli Ambassador: Israel recognizes Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity and does not recognize the results of "referendums" on the territories in eastern Ukraine.
21:37: The Polish Foreign Ministry recommends that its citizens leave the territory of Russia. This is stated in the statement of the press service of the diplomatic department.
20:49 Local Media: Georgian opposition movement Droa announces protest near the Russian-Georgian border, which will be directed against the flow of Russians fleeing from mobilization.
20:44 US Secretary of State: The United States does not object to Kyiv using western weapons against regions that may become part of Russia after referendums.
· In addition, the German Ambassador to Ukraine noted that Germany does not put demands on Ukraine not to use the supplied weapons against Russia.
20:24 Reuters: Due to Russia's war against Ukraine and drought, world grain stocks will fall to their lowest in 10 years.
19:58 Minister of Foreign Affairs: We continue working with France to obtain Caesar howitzers.
· "I have no doubt that by joint efforts we will bring this contract to success, and this will further strengthen Ukraine's defense capabilities," Kuleba said at a press conference with French Foreign Minister Catherine. Column in Kiev.
19:12 NATO Secretary General: After reassuring President Zelensky of NATO support, said that fictitious referendums conducted by Russia have no legitimacy and are a gross violation of international law. These lands are Ukraine, says Jens Stoltenberg
19:04 Meta press service: Facebook exposed a massive Russian disinformation network on its site masquerading as prominent Western Newspapers.
· The sites posted articles criticizing Ukraine and Ukrainian refugees, praising Russia and claiming that Western sanctions against Russia would have the opposite effect.
18:58: The NATO Secretary General convenes an emergency meeting of national weapons directors to call on allied countries to replenish stockpiles as soon as possible.
· "Increasing NATO's arsenals will allow us to continue to support Ukraine," he said.
17:25: The Bulgarian Foreign Ministry asks its citizens to urgently leave the territory of the Russian Federation, using all possible means of transportation due to complicated circumstances.
17:18 Tagesspiegel: The Swedish Seismic Center reported that powerful underwater explosions were recorded around gas leaks on the Nord Streams.
· In Europe, there is suspicion that the accident was deliberate sabotage.
· Due to the cessation of gas supply through the Nord Stream, the price of gas in Europe is already approaching $ 1900 per thousand cubic meters.
15:53 Belaruski Gaiun: The Belarusian Railways is preparing to receive military echelons from the Russian Federation.
· The railway continues to check loading points at stations, repair loading platforms and automotive approaches, as well as develop a schedule for the movement of military echelons.
15:30 Lithuanian Foreign Minister: Russians could overthrow the regime of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin if they decide to do so.
· "Lithuanians have overthrown the Soviet regime, Ukrainians have got rid of Yanukovych, Iranian women have rebelled against the brutality of the regime in Iran, and the Russians can overthrow Putin. Do not underestimate the power of freedom," he wrote.
15:15 First British Steel Forum: UK steelmakers insist on tougher sanctions on imports of Russian-origin steel: recycling of semi-finished products in a third country changes their origin and gives a loophole to circumvent sanctions.
14:46 Australian Associated Press: The New Zealand government has expanded sanctions on Russians. The list includes about 1000 people, 19 of whom are "members of Putin's inner circle", they will be affected by both financial sanctions and travel restrictions.
15:06: The simultaneous destruction of three strands of the gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea is unprecedented, Nord Stream AG, the operator of Nord Stream 1, said.
· "The destruction that occurred on the same day simultaneously on three threads of offshore gas pipelines of the Nord Stream system is unprecedented. The timing of the restoration of the operability of the gas transmission infrastructure is still impossible to estimate".
13:49 French Foreign Ministry: A mission of French specialists arrived in Ukraine to help Ukrainian colleagues with documentation of crimes in the Izyum area of the Kharkiv region.
13:30 Spiegel: German law enforcement officers searched one of the largest megayachts in the world, "Dilbar", which belongs to the Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov.
13:15 Georgian Interior Minister: Georgia has no grounds to restrict entry of Russians or close the border.
12:59 ERR: Estonian border guards have detained a 38-year-old Russian citizen who illegally crossed the border because of mobilization announced in Russia.
· A citizen of the Russian Federation was detained on the morning of September 27. He illegally crossed the Estonian border at the mouth of the Narva River. The man who committed this act because of Russia’s mobilization announced was sent back the same day.
12:36 Japan Times: Japan demands an apology from Russia for detaining a diplomat accused of espionage. Japan also accused Moscow of putting pressure on its diplomat.
12:19: The Bulgarian Foreign Ministry calls for refraining from traveling to Russia and recommends that its citizens consider the possibility of urgently leaving the territory of the Russian Federation due to the circumstances.
12:14 Polish Radio: The Baltic Pipe gas pipeline, laid between Norway and Poland, will open today. The ceremony will be attended by representatives of three countries - Norway, Denmark and Poland.
· The total capacity of Baltic pipe is 10 billion cubic meters per year.
12:10 Prime Minister: The Czech Republic will increase defense spending amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
· "Next year, defense spending will reach 1.5% of national GDP. This is a big step towards ensuring that in 2024 defense spending is at the level of 2% of GDP."
12:06 Kazakhstan's Interior Minister: Kazakhstan will extradite citizens to Russia for evading mobilization if they are wanted.
NATIONAL
September 28
10:47 Ministry of Infrastructure: Four more dry cargo vehicles left odesa ports, carrying 115 thousand tons of agricultural products for Africa, Asia and Europe.
10:17 British Intelligence: Russia has begun to establish substantial defenses on the northern front line of the Luhansk region, as the advance of Ukrainian troops now threatens Russian units in the Luhansk region, where the so-called "vote" on joining Russia took place.
10:16 Ministry of Internal Affairs: In the liberated territories of the Kharkiv region, National Police investigators have already recorded more than 582 war crimes committed by Russians.
09:10 The Institute for the Study of War:
· Ukrainian forces are strengthening their positions near Lyman in the Donetsk region and continue to approach this city.
· The Armed Forces of Ukraine are close to cutting off supply routes of the Russian Federation and taking it to the operational encirclement.
07:42 Operational Command South: Yesterday, in the south, 5 strikes were carried out by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Russian troops. Air defense units destroyed an unmanned reconnaissance aircraft of the "Orlan-10" type in the Kherson region, and later in the Bashtansky district of the Nikolaev region, an Attack Aircraft of the Russian Federation Su-25 was shot down.
· Ukrainian missile and artillery units completed 250 firing missions, hitting the control and observation post and ammunition depot in the Beryslav district of the Kherson region.
· The confirmed losses of the Russian Federation are: 58 soldiers, a tank and 7 units of automotive equipment. The rest of the results are reported.
07:07 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine:
· Over the past day, Russia launched 10 missile and 17 air strikes, carried out more than 105 shellings from the MLRS. More than 40 settlements were damaged by enemy fire.
· During the current day, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repulsed attacks in the areas of the settlements of Zaitseve, Mayorsk, Zalizne, Mykolaivka Druha, Pervomaiske, Pobeda, Novomykhailivka and Bezimenne.
· The Air Force of the Defense Forces launched 17 strikes. The destruction of 14 areas of concentration of manpower and military equipment of the Russian Federation, 3 strongholds and 7 positions of anti-aircraft missile systems was confirmed.
· In addition, within a day, Ukrainian air defense units destroyed the aircraft, 6 UAVs and 1 guided aircraft missile Kh-59 of the Russian Federation.
· Rocket troops and artillery hit 12 areas of concentration of russian manpower and equipment, 4 ammunition depots, positions of air defense and electronic warfare, in particular, the automated interference station "Resident". Total losses are currently being clarified.
00:19 Radio Svoboda - NSDC Secretary: The National Security and Defense Council has developed a detailed instruction for Ukrainians in case the Russian Federation use of tactical nuclear weapons.
· The action plan developed by the National Security and Defense Council in case of a tactical nuclear strike will be made public as soon as possible in the coming days.
· The possible use of nuclear weapons will not stop Ukraine defending its territories.
September 27
23:54 Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War: 616 women remain in captivity of Russians, including pregnant women.
· Relatives were assured that the authorities were working informally and formally to free everyone.
23:11: The Russian army shelled 72 Ukrainian cities and territories on September 27.
· The Eastern Front accounts for 69% of today's shelled positions.
· In general, Donetsk region remains in anti-leaders, in particular the settlement of Avdiivka.
22:14 Operational Command South: Russians launched a missile strike on the Odessa region. Two Su-35 fighters from the Black Sea, 2 X-59 air-to-surface missiles were fired in the Crimean direction. Both missiles were destroyed in the air-by-air defense forces.
· Meanwhile, the Russians sent a attack against Kryvyi Rih.
· Another Su-35 fighter fired an X-59 missile in the direction of Melitopol.
22:03 Social Networks: Photos showing empty ballots being counted in the so-called "referendum.”
· There have also been reports of residents of temporarily occupied territories being forced to vote on behalf of relatives who have previously fled – another form of absentee voting.
20:05 Secretary of the National Security Council: Ukraine has always been ready to negotiate contributions and reparations. The longer the Kremlin regime delays these negotiations, the worse the conditions and the larger the amounts. The tasks of de-occupation of Ukraine and the defragmentation of Russia will be completed in full.
19:40: Ukraine’s high court closed all outstanding appeals and banned the progressive socialist party. The final hearing lasted seven hours.
19:30: Ukrainian military captured 15 Russians in the Kharkiv region, including 2 officers with the rank of major.
19:24: SBU releases video of destruction of Russian tanks using kamikaze drones
18:55 Ministry of Economy: The Cabinet of Ministers adopted a resolution "On the prohibition of the export of goods from Ukraine to the customs territory of the Russian Federation" - the resolution will be valid until the day of termination or abolition of martial law and termination of the use of unfriendly actions against Ukraine by the Russian Federation.
· The resolution provides for a ban on the export outside the customs territory of Ukraine of goods under foreign economic contracts, trade or the country of destination of which is the Russian Federation.
18:51 Azov press service: About 800 members of the Azov Battalion remain in Russian captivity, of which more than 40 are women, including pregnant women.
18:31 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine:
· During the day, The Russian Federation launched 2 missile and 6 air strikes, carried out more than 20 MLRS attacks on military and civilian targets. More than 15 settlements suffered from the fire damage of the Russian Federation.
· For the current day, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repulsed Russian attacks in the areas of the settlements of Soledar, Mayorsk, Kurdyumivka, Zaitseve, Bakhmut, Bakhmutske, Vyimka, Controversial, Pervomaiske and Kamyanka.
· To support the actions of ground groups, the aviation of the Defense Forces launched 10 strikes. The destruction of 7 areas of concentration of manpower and military equipment of the Russian Federation and 3 positions of anti-aircraft missile systems was confirmed.
· In addition, Ukrainian air defense units destroyed 1 Su-25 aircraft and 5 UAVs of various types.
· Missile forces and artillery hit 5 control points, up to 15 areas of concentration of Russian manpower and equipment, 2 air defense positions and 3 ammunition depots. Losses are being clarified.
17:50: Ukraine terminates the agreement on cooperation with Syria in the field of air services. The document has been in force since 1993.
17:39: Russia is going to massively mobilize Ukrainian men in the occupied territories on October 1 to make them a "human shield" to slow down the counterattack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
· According to political expert Alexei Golobutsky, Putin plans to destroy a maximum of Ukrainian men from the occupied territories by throwing them at the Armed Forces. mobilization. We are talking about a plan for the forced mobilization of men in all territories occupied after February 24, in Kherson and Zaporizhia regions.
16:45 SBU press service: The SBU detained an official of the Administrative Services Center. In the network, she created an account where, under the pseudonym "Alyona Donskaya", she called for the extermination of Ukrainians.
16:07 President’s Office: The accident on the Nord Stream 1 pipeline is man-made and that Russia intends to cause panic in the EU on the eve of winter.
· "A large-scale "gas leak" from Nord Stream 1 is nothing more than a terrorist attack planned by Russia and an act of aggression towards the EU. Russia wants to destabilize the economic situation in Europe and cause panic before winter.".
15:55: "Russia has gone all-in," says People's Deputy, Secretary of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence, Colonel of the Security Service of Ukraine Roman Kostenko, commenting on the mobilization announced by our enemy on September 21st.
15:20 Minister of Energy: Ukraine expects to increase the reliability of gas supply after the launch of the Baltic Pipe gas pipeline with a capacity of 10 billion cubic meters per year from Norway to Poland. At the same time, it is too early to talk about specific figures.
15:00 President's Office: Since the beginning of the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kharkiv region, 454 settlements have been liberated.
14:55 Defense Ministry: Russian troops purposefully launched Iranian Kamikaze drones Shahed-136 at Uman to attack Hasidic Jews who are now celebrating the holiday of Rosh Hashanah in the city.
· According to the Intelligence Directorate, over the past few days in the south of Ukraine, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have shot down more than ten Shahed-136s.
14:24 SBU press service: According to the court decision, 4 more militants of terrorist organizations of the so-called "L/DPR" were sentenced to 10 to 15 years terms of imprisonment.
· The perpetrators, as part of the Russian occupation forces, fought in Kharkiv, Luhansk and Donetsk directions.
14:20 President’s Office: The EU was discussing disconnecting four more Russian banks from SWIFT: Gazprombank, Alfa-Bank, Rosbank and Tinkoff Bank.
12:50 SBU press service: SBU detains a Russian agent who "targeted" kamikaze drones in southern Odesa region.
· He explored the places of deployment and movement of the Defense Forces of Ukraine in the south, collecting information about the locations of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, law enforcement and law enforcement agencies, the number of personnel and military techniques.
MORDOR (Russia)
September 28
11:42 Russian Media: As a result of the mobilization announcement, the outflow of IT personnel from the Russian Federation may be two to three times more than in the spring of this year, market participants predict.
· The exact number of specialists who have left the country and are going to do so is unknown, but the head of the ANO "Information Culture" Ivan Begtin believes that 100 thousand potential IT specialists is the minimum.
11:05 Social Networks: There is a black minibus with the wording "military commissariat" at the Upper Lars checkpoint on the Georgian Russian border.
10:56 Astra: A military enlistment office was set on fire in Russian Vladivostok.
· On the night of September 28, unknown persons broke a window and threw a Molotov cocktail into the building of the draft commission of the Vladivostok military registration and enlistment office.
· The fire was extinguished before the arrival of firefighters, there are no casualties.
11:11 Adviser to the mayor of Mariupol: The so-called "ombudsman" of Donetsk Peoples Republic tells how she took 30 children from the temporarily occupied Mariupol and illegally attached them to families in Russia.
00:11: Votes in "referendums" for joining Russia (data from local occupation election commissions after processing 100% of protocols)
· 99.23% in self-proclaimed DNR,
· 98.42% in the self-proclaimed LNR,
· 87.05% in the Russian-occupied part of Kherson region,
· 93.11% in the Russian-occupied part of Zaporizhia region.
September 27
21:20 Russian Media: The pseudo-referendum is fabricated with meager vote figures.
· In the occupied part of Zaporizhia region, a total of 39,367 people "voted", and in Kherson region 32,933
19:53 Russian Media: New data appeared after counting 100% of the votes of the so-called "referendum":
· 98.69% of citizens of the so-called "DPR" voted for joining Russia;
· 97.93% of citizens of the so-called "LPR" voted for joining Russia;
· 97.81% voted for the entry of Zaporozhye Region into Russia - final data
19:48: Speaker of the Council of the Federation of Russia Matvienko says that on October 4, senators may consider the entry of the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine into the Russian Federation with a "positive result of referendums"
19:34: Minister of Internal Affairs in the Republic of Crimea, Lieutenant-General Pavel Karanda, was fired.
· One of the reasons for the dismissal was the information previously published in the media about the minister's corruption schemes and the cover-up of the crimes of his subordinates.
18:27: Gazprom says Moscow can impose sanctions against Ukrainian Naftogaz and ban all agreements with it "if this company does not stop trying to seek consideration of the dispute regarding transit payment in international arbitration."
18:04: Relatives of those mobilized in the occupied areas of the Donetsk region complained to the leader of the "DPR" Pushilin that the fighters were raped by "Kadyrovites".
· "For eight years we lived under the shelling of Ukrainian nationalists and waited for Chechens to rape our men," the appeal reads.
17:34: A note was left at the grave of Putin's parents:
· "Dear parents! Your son is behaving terribly! Skips history lessons, fights with neighbors on the desk, threatens to blow up the entire school. Take action."
17:12 Local media: In Moscow, a 39-year-old man threw himself out of a window due to depression over mobilization.
· According to the family, after the announcement of partial mobilization , the man began to be depressed.
16:41: In Russia, the Novosibirsk military committee declared its readiness to mobilize the undeserved and limitedly fit.
· According to commissioner Yevgeny Kudryavtsev, first of all, men of the first category will be called up to 35 years old, but if the military registration and enlistment offices do not have enough people of certain positions, they will take people from the second category of older age.
16:36: In Moscow, employees of military registration and enlistment offices began to "seal" the doors of apartments which did not open when they knocked, according to local media.
16:25 Russian Media: Published interim results of "referendums" on the accession of the occupied territories of Ukraine to Russia:
· in "DPR" "for" - 97.91% (14% of votes processed)
· in "LPR" "for" - 97.82% (13% of votes)
· in Zaporizhia region "for" - 98.19% (18% of votes)
· in Kherson region "for" - 96.97% (14% of votes)
15:46 Local media: Men on the border with Georgia who were stuck in a traffic jam were handed military enlistment summonses.
· A military field registration and enlistment office was deployed at the Verkhniy Lars border crossing on the border with Georgia.
12:23 Social Networks: Conscripts mobilized to serve in the 1st Tank Regiment of the Russian Federation said online that they were told there would be no training and they were sent to the Kherson direction on September 29.
12:02 Social Networks: A video of a bus convoy of recently mobilized soldiers from temporarily occupied Sevastopol appeared online.
12:31 Russian Media: The American company Microsoft has limited Russians ability to upgrade computers from Windows 10 to Windows 11.
· Microsoft has not yet made official statements on this matter.
KHARKIV
September 28
08:39 Social Networks: A video of the Ukrainian military meeting civilians just after the liberation of Kupyansk-Knotovo in the Kharkiv region.
September 27
21:31 RMA: Russians hit Kholodnogorsky district of Kharkiv.
21:22: After the Russian shelling of Kharkiv, a fire broke out in the city.
21:13 Social Networks: Report a fifth explosion in Kharkiv.
20:58 RMA: Confirmed that the Russians attacked Kharkiv
21:08 Mayor: Announced four arrivals in the city. According to preliminary information, an infrastructure facility was damaged. In some areas of the city there is no light.
20:55 Social Networks: Report that electricity has disappeared in some areas of Kharkiv.
20:53: Report of an explosion in Kharkiv.
14:50: "Nova Poshta" reported on its official Twitter account that in one of the branches, in the territories of the Kharkiv region liberated by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Russians stole the toilet.
14:34 National Police: In Izyum district, forensic police officers from Kyiv found a former Russian "hospital" in the gym of one of the schools.
13:55 Social Networks: The military of the 92nd brigade captured a contracted resident of the Rostov region.
13:19 Kraken representative: Ukrainian Kraken special forces captured 15 Russian officers during the counterattack in the Kharkiv region.
· "We handed them over to Defense Intelligence. Therefore, we replenished the exchange fund in order to release our guys from captivity. Among the prisoners there was one collaborator who worked in the so-called "military administration" of Kupyansk."
LUHANSK
September 28
September 27
20:11 Luhansk RMA: Shoppers were forced to vote to be able to enter stores.
· "They said, 'We don't have passports.' And they were answered: "We are not interested in this." and in the second round they voted. And they walked around the apartments, intimidated that whoever did not vote would be mobilized. Let's go.
DONETSK
September 28
11:25 Adviser to the mayor: A Russian citizen, a representative of the civilian occupiers, simply talks about "promoting the voting" of Mariupol’s Russian residents. There are from 15 to 20 thousand Russians in Mariupol now, plus the Russian military, plus Donetsk traitors.".
11:20 Volyn RMA: As of September 28, curfews have been reduced in the Volyn region. Now it will last from 00:00 to 5:00.
09:20 RMA: In Mykolaivka in the Donetsk region, Russian troops shelled a school where a civilian shelter facility was located. At that time, there were 12 people in it, including two children and a person with a disability.
· that after a direct hit on the building, the walls collapsed, but the shelter survived. Most of the people who were there were not injured. The search for one school employee continues.
08:06 RMA: Russians killed five civilians in the Donetsk region. Another 10 people were injured.
September 27
22:31: Sounds of explosions in occupied Tokmak.
20:18: The Ukrainian military published a video with the state flag in Kupyansk-Knotovo, reporting on the liberation of the settlement from the Russian troops.
18:13 Social Networks: A video of Ukrainian military entering liberated villages Seldomdub, and Korova Yar Donetsk region.
16:21 Mayor: Russian troops intend to close residents in Mariupol to conduct forced mobilization in the city.
· "According to statistics, if a week ago about 80-120 people went to Ukraine a day, then last day eight people left Mariupol. This suggests that Mariupol is being closed," he said.
· The mayor called on men of draft age to leave Mariupol as soon as possible.
15:37 Social Networks: Explosions in Sloviansk.
15:25 Social Networks: Explosions in Kramatorsk.
12:45 Mariupol City Council: Mariupol residents receive a message asking them to appear at the military registration and enlistment office. The Russians justify the decision by the fact that Mariupol will be part of the Russian Federation according to the results of the pseudo-referendum.
ZAPORIZHYA
September 28
10:29 RMA: Three S-300 missiles hit the city center of front-line Gulyaipol.
September 27
19:42 Social Networks: Report explosions in occupied Melitopol.
13:10 Defense Intelligence: Russian military forces residents of Enerhodar to vote in a "referendum." Those who refused are threatened with mobilization.
· According to Ukrainian intelligence, Russians who control the situation in the temporarily occupied Energodar have banned residents from traveling to the territory controlled by Ukraine and generally outside the city.
· In addition, special control was applied to the operational shift workers of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.
DNIPRO
September 28
08:33 RMA: Russian troops hit Nikopol three times at night.
· As a result of the attacks, more than 10 multi-storey and private buildings, a lyceum, a transport stop, gas pipelines and 6 power lines were damaged.
00:05 Social Networks: Report of explosions in Nikopol.
KHERSON
September 28
September 27
21:55 Social Networks: Published an order of the so-called "head of administration" of the Kherson region Volodymyr Saldo to mobilize employees of enterprises and health care institutions in occupied territory of the Kherson region
16:12: In the Kherson region, units of the Anti-Aircraft Missile Odessa Brigade shot down an Attack Aircraft of the Russian Federation Su-25.
· Also, the Air Force destroyed three UAVs of the operational-tactical level.
14:40 Operational Command South: Today, at about 11.00 o'clock, the Ukrainian military shot down a Russian aerial reconnaissance drone in the Kherson region.
13:39: The so-called "head of administration" of the Kherson region, Vladimir Saldo, commented on the course of voting in the "referendum" on reunification with Russia:
· "The main thing is that the "referendum" is organized and our citizens have the opportunity to calmly come to the polling stations, so the count will be provided today."
MYKOLAIV
September 28
10:34 First Deputy Mayor: Soon, Mykolaiv will not be able to resume the supply of drinking water through the city water supply, even if the Armed Forces of Ukraine liberate Kherson.
· Also, First Deputy Sienkiewicz noted that the amount of work that is being done to maintain the city's water supply at the current level is already unprecedented.
OTHER REGIONS
September 28
11:25 Adviser to the mayor: A Russian citizen, a representative of the civilian occupiers, simply talks about "promoting the voting" of Mariupol’s Russian residents. There are from 15 to 20 thousand Russians in Mariupol now, plus the Russian military, plus Donetsk traitors.".
11:20 Volyn RMA: As of September 28, curfews have been reduced in the Volyn region. Now it will last from 00:00 to 5:00.
07:54 RMA: The day before, Russia attacked Odesa region: both Kh-59 missiles were destroyed by air defense forces
· He also noted that there are 3 missile carriers in the Black Sea.
September 27
23:06 Social Networks: In Uman, despite the ban on the use of fireworks, the Hasidim launched fireworks during the celebration.
22:08 Sumy RMA: After 15:00 there were two artillery attacks on the territory of the Mid-Buda community. No casualties or destruction.
20:53 Social Networks: Report repeated explosions in Odesa.
20:36 Social Networks: Report of an explosion in Odesa.
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.
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● https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/
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https://euromaidanpress.com/
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