Ukraine – 9/6/2023 Sitrep
By: Bohdan Chomiak & Robert Homans
September 6, 2023
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Chornobyl (Article in Atlantic)
For those who subscribe to the Atlantic, there’s a fascinating article in a recent issue about the Russian occupation of the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone during the Russian assault on Ukraine starting in the early morning of February 24, 2022. During Russia’s occupation of the Exclusion Zone they made a series of idiotic and potentially catastrophic mistakes, one of which directly contributed to Russia’s defeat in the Battle for Kyiv.
As the Atlantic article describes, not long after Russia’s takeover, power to Chornobyl was cut, leaving the facility to rely on back-up generators to continue to cool the reactor core. They had 14 hours of diesel at the plant after which, unless there wasn’t an alternative source of power, there was a risk of a catastrophic meltdown. The plant manager in charge told the senior Russian officer present that they would need a massive amount of diesel fuel to keep the back-up generators running. It turned out “the massive amount” was roughly equal to 50% of the diesel supplies that was intended for Russian troops fighting around Kyiv, and likely contributed to the famous “40-mile back-up” of Russian supply vehicles. Had the Russians in places like Makariv, Bucha, and Irpin gotten the diesel that they were expecting to get, the outcome might well have been different.
According to the article, residents of the small town of Chornobyl, within the Exclusion Zone, were taking the extreme risk of calling people in the neighboring town of Slavutych, where the plant workers lived, using land lines as there was no cell reception inside the Exclusion Zone. From there, information was supplied to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Bridges connecting the plant to the town Slavutych had been blown, leaving local fishermen to ferry replacement workers to the plant, to relieve those who had been there operating under a great deal of stress.
Eventually, the Russians were able to connect the plant with the power lines extending into Belarus, but by then the damage to the Russian offensive around Kyiv had been done.
News From the Battlefield
The latest “Reporting From Ukraine” covers continued fighting south of Robotyne, along the 2nd Russian defense line that has now been partially breached.
The “Latest Denys” covers the same area, but he has better maps showing the positions of the Russian defense lines south of Robotyne. He includes the loss of a British Challenger II tank due to hitting a mine, knocking out a tread. From the information on the map, the loss of the tank didn’t seem to slow down the Ukrainians.
9/6/2023 Sitrep
Russian Invasion of Ukraine 12:00 noon September 5 to 12:00 noon September 6, 2023
Abbreviations:
RMA = Regional Military Administration SBU = Security Service of Ukraine
RASHISTS = russian Facists/all russian invaders
INTERNATIONAL
Wednesday, September 6
8:15 am: The British government will include Private Military Company "Wagner" in the list of terrorist organizations, said the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Suella Braverman, the BBC reports.
8:15 am: China is creating a new $41 billion sovereign wealth fund to boost chip production, - Reuters.
8:15 a.m.: The U.S. notified Russia of an unarmed ballistic missile test overnight, CNN reported, citing the Pentagon.
Tuesday, September 5
12:11 pm: The EU plans to take advantage of Xi Jinping and Putin's absence from the G20 summit in India to approve the African Union's bid for permanent G20 membership, Bloomberg.
● It said it would give the African Union the same status as the EU, meaning more voting rights.
● "The bloc of 27 countries is keen to show that it is serious about revising its partnership with Africa, despite the heavy legacy of colonialism," the newspaper writes.
12:28 pm: Germany handed over ammunition for Gephard anti-aircraft self-propelled guns, newly produced on the restored production line, to Ukraine, — the German Ministry of Defense.
● The department noted that the construction of a production line for the manufacture of ammunition was successfully completed earlier within the ambitious timeframe, which allowed the first delivery of a five-digit number of shells to Ukraine.
10:26 pm: The priority of the Netherlands is for F-16 fighters to appear in Ukrainian skies as soon as possible.
● This was stated by the new Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, Hanke Bruins Slot, during her first telephone conversation with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Dmytro Kuleba, reports the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.
10:50 pm: OSINT analysts GeoConfirmed the detonation site of a Russian drone in Romania.
● The Romanian border village of Plauru is located less than one and a half kilometers from this place.
● But Romanian President Klaus Iohannis said that "not a single Russian drone fell on the territory of Romania."
11:58 pm: The Mercedes-Benz Special Trucks company delivered more than 100 Zetros heavy-duty trucks to Ukraine. The delivery set includes several types of vehicles for military support and logistical tasks.
● Funds for the purchase of machines were provided by the German government.
NATIONAL
Wednesday, September 6
4:32 am: Threat of cruise missile launches from Tu-95MS aircraft from the north-eastern direction, - Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
4:48 am: Missile danger in Vinnytsia, Cherkasy, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Kirovohrad, Zhytomyr regions, where the alarm has been declared! The threat of cruise missile launches from Tu-95MS aircraft, - Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
6:41 am: Repulse of the threat - reported in the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
6:49 am: All enemy targets moving in the direction of the capital were destroyed by Air Defense forces and means, Serhiy Popko, head of the KMVA.
● "Previously, from the area of the Saratov region, the Russians fired cruise missiles of the Kh-101/555/55 type from Tu-95MS strategic aircraft. At the same time, missiles of a different type, probably ballistic, were launched over Kyiv. According to data now, in Kyiv without victims and destruction," Popko said.
7:06 am: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: During the day, the enemy carried out 40 airstrikes, launched 51 attacks from rocket salvo systems on the positions of our troops and populated areas.
● During the day, 28 combat clashes took place.
● 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 day, the aviation of the defense forces made 11 strikes on the areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment, 2 - on the enemy's anti-aircraft missile systems.
● During the day, units of missile troops and artillery hit 1 area of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment,
● 14 artillery pieces in firing positions, 1 ammunition depot and 1 enemy anti-aircraft missile complex.
7:55 am: All 8 missiles and 15 of 25 "shaheeds" over Ukraine were shot down - PS ZSU.
● In particular, shot down:
o ballistic missile "Iskander",
o 7 Kh-101/555/55 cruise missiles,
o 15 Shaded-136/131 drones.
8:15 am: Ukrainian troops continue to advance in the west of Zaporizhzhia region and advance along Russian fortifications, - ISW.
9:10 am: United States Secretary of State Anthony Blinken arrived in Kyiv on an official visit.
● As "European Truth" reports, this morning it became known that Blinken is already in the Ukrainian capital.
11:03 a.m.: Volodymyr Zelenskyi held a speech on preparing the power system for winter.
● The President noted that he listened to the reports of Shmyhal and Kubrakov, the entire energy sector, the State Special Forces, the General Staff and regional military administrations.
● "There is still work to be done. All participants in the process have received specific tasks with specific deadlines. Special attention will be paid to this topic," Zelenskyi said.
11:18 am: As of this morning, there are 9 enemy ships on combat duty in the Black Sea, 1 of them carrying cruise missiles "Calibre", a total volley of up to 8 missiles; in the Sea of Azov - 1 enemy ship, - the Navy of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Tuesday, September 5
12:22 pm: Activity of enemy tactical aircraft in the southeast direction. The threat of the use of aviation weapons, — the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
12:41 pm: There are 8 enemy ships on combat duty in the Black Sea - Naval Forces.
12:58 pm: A new function for students has appeared in the "Action" application — sending a copy of the student card to institutions in a few clicks.
● As the press service of the department notes, this will simplify registration in the systems of educational institutions, obtaining discounts and certificates.
1:59 pm: The Council dismissed Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov
● 327 People's Deputies voted for this decision.
2:32 pm: The Verkhovna Rada dismissed Rustem Umerov from the position of head of the State Property Fund
● 302 deputies voted for it. Umerov should become the new Minister of Defense instead of Oleksiy Reznikov.
3:20 p.m.: The SBI has announced a search for the ex-Deputy of the People's Republic of Ukraine from the banned OPZZ Vadym Rabinovych, — the press service of the SBI.
● Earlier, he was charged with treason for spreading anti-Ukrainian propaganda information among the population and political leadership of the European Union countries.
3:22 pm: Activity of enemy tactical aircraft in the southeast direction. The threat of the use of aviation weapons, — the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
4:02 pm: The Verkhovna Rada dismissed the head of the Antimonopoly Committee Olga Pishchanska.
● 306 deputies voted for it.
4:12 pm: The Cabinet of Ministers dismissed Pavlo Kyrylenka from the post of head of the Donetsk Regional Government, People's Deputy Zheleznyak reported.
● The government also approved Philip Pronin for the position of head of Poltava OVA instead of Dmytro Lunin
4:35 pm: The Verkhovna Rada did not support amendment No. 371 on the immediate opening of declarations — by 199 votes out of 226 required.
4:56 pm: Council supports return of e-declaration, but returns will remain closed for another year.
● 329 People's Deputies voted "for".
5:16 pm: Threat of using ballistic weapons in the Kherson and Dnipropetrovsk regions, where the alarm has been declared.
5:40 pm: Holding elections in Ukraine during a war is quite difficult, because now millions of citizens are abroad, and they must be given the opportunity to vote.
● This was stated by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Dmytro Kuleba, in an interview with the French TV channel France 5.
● "The problem is not whether President Zelensky will win the next election or not. The question is different. According to our legislation, elections cannot be held in wartime conditions," Kuleba added.
5:56 pm: Activity of enemy tactical aircraft in the southeast direction. The threat of the use of aviation weapons - the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported.
6:00 pm: Volodymyr Zelenskyi officially nominated Rustem Umerov for the post of Minister of Defense of Ukraine.
● Umerov was born in Uzbekistan in a family of deported Crimean Tatars, grew up in Crimea.
● In 2022, he headed the State Property Fund, and before that he was a member of the Rada from the "Voice" and the secretary of the Committee on Human Rights and Deoccupation of the Occupied Territories.
6:46 pm: Threat of using ballistic weapons in Cherkasy, Dnipropetrovsk, Kirovohrad, Poltava, Zaporizhzhya, Kherson, Donetsk, Kharkiv, Sumy regions, where the alarm has been declared!
● The Air Force urged not to ignore the air alarm signals! Head for cover.
6:56 pm: Secretary of the National Security Council Oleksiy Danilov commented on the incident with the alleged fall of "Shaheed" in Romania, which the official Bucharest denies.
● "When Iranian and Russian Shaheds accidentally or not accidentally flew into Romanian territory and exploded there, then NATO calmly watches all this and says: "Well, nothing like this happened." Let it not happen.
● In this way, you can play with the fact that you will be boiling, and you will say that it is cold. These are very dangerous examples," Danilov said.
7:17 pm: Mykola Tyshchenko and Dmytro Mykysha voted "Against" amendment No. 371 on the immediate opening of declarations, media reports.
● However, in a news video, Tyshchenko says that he voted for the amendments and that he has nothing to hide.
7:35 pm: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: During the day, the enemy carried out 32 airstrikes, fired 39 anti-aircraft missiles at the positions of our troops and populated areas.
● Over 20 combat clashes took place during the 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 day, the aviation of the defense forces made 11 strikes on the areas of concentration of personnel, weapons, and military equipment and 2 - on the enemy's anti-aircraft missile systems.
● During the day, units of missile forces and artillery struck 1 area of concentration of personnel, weapons, and military equipment, 12 artillery pieces in firing positions and 1 enemy ammunition depot.
8:10 pm: The government will approve the draft state budget-2024 by September 15, said Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal.
● Its development is already at the final stage. The number one priority, as this year, will be the security and defense sector: equipment, weapons, drones, missiles, shells," he explained.
● The second focus of the budget, according to Shmygal, will be the salaries of doctors, teachers, and social benefits.
8:30 pm: Volodymyr Zelenskyi fired the head of the Donetsk Regional Government, Pavlo Kyrilenko.
9:28 pm: The Air Force warned of a ballistic threat in the Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava, Kharkiv, and Donetsk regions, where an air alert was declared.
10:35 pm: The launch of several groups of attack UAVs from the area of the Chauda training ground (Crimea) and Primorsko-Akhtarsk (Russian Federation) in the direction of the southern regions was recorded.
● There may be air alarms in the direction of movement of the strike UAVs.
● This was reported by the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
10:55 pm: Activity of enemy tactical aircraft in south-eastern and eastern directions. The threat of the use of aviation weapons - the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported.
11:42 pm: The pilot of the Russian Mi-8 helicopter transferred to Ukraine, 28-year-old Maksym Kuzminov, will receive a reward of 500,000 dollars in hryvnia equivalent, said Andrii Yusov, a representative of the State Administration of Ukraine.
● Ukrainian intelligence urges the Russians to follow this example.
MORDOR - ruZZia
Wednesday, September 6
12:17 am: Armenia recalled Viktor Biyagov from the post of permanent chairman of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO).
● This is stated in the decree of the President of the country Vahagn Khachaturyan, which was published on the website of the head of state.
● The Armenian authorities criticize Russia and the CSTO for inactivity and lack of reaction to Yerevan's request for help.
12:41 am: Ukrainians on the TOT are being forced to vote for "United Russia" at gunpoint. This was stated by ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets
● "I receive signals every day that citizens of Ukraine are being approached at gunpoint, not just forced to participate in the elections, but also directly told that they will vote for United Russia."
● All this is accompanied by additional pressure and distribution of Russian passports," he said.
Tuesday, September 5
1:43 pm: Russian general Sergei Surovikin, detained after the Wagner mutiny, has been released, The New York Times.
● Sources of the publication say that this happened three days after the fall of the plane with the beautiful woman on August 23. The general allegedly kept his rank, but no longer has "career prospects" in the army.
3:06 p.m.: The SBU informed about the suspicion of the Russian oligarch Mykhailo Fridman, who finances the aggression of the Russian Federation in Ukraine, the press service of the SBU.
● Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation, he "poured" about 2 billion rubles into several military factories of the aggressor country.
● He also used his own business resources for the mass distribution of dry rations, clothes and other products under the trademark "Army of Russia", which are supplied to the occupiers on the front lines.
● Along with this, Friedman organized the collection of material and technical assistance for the needs of the occupation groups of the Russian Federation fighting in Ukraine.
9:20 pm: CNN has published new satellite images of the Russian Engels Air Base in the Saratov region.
● They show two Tu-95 strategic missile-carrying bombers covered with car tires.
9:55 pm: "An ethnic Jew appointed by Western curators to head Ukraine covers up the heroization of Nazism," Putin said about Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi.
11:17 pm: The Russian occupier was captured by the Ukrainians for the second time and openly declared that when he is exchanged again, he will come again to kill Ukrainians.
REGIONS
KYIV
Wednesday, September 6
5:54 am: Air Defense works in Kyiv, - KMVA.
7:35 am: As a result of the fall of fragments of an enemy missile, a fire broke out in the Kyiv region, - State Emergency Service.
● It is noted that the fire was extinguished on the territory of the commercial enterprise, which arose because of the fall of fragments of an enemy missile. No victims or victims were found.
SUMY
Wednesday, September 6
10:31 am Sumy RMA: At night and in the morning, the Russians carried out 7 attacks on the border. 50 explosions were recorded. Krasnopilsk, Shalyginsk, Seredino-Budsk communities came under fire.
● According to the information of the Sumy OVA, previously - without human losses and destruction of civil infrastructure.
KHARKIV
Wednesday, September 6
9:25 am Kharkiv RMA: During the past 24 hours, the enemy continued to fire artillery, mortars, and aircraft at populated areas of Kharkiv, Chuguyiv, Kupyan, and Izyum districts.
● As a result of a guided aerial bomb attack on the village of Petropavlivka, Kupyan district, the house was damaged. In the village Vovchanski Khutory of the Chuguyiv district, private houses were damaged by shelling, and a large-scale forest fire broke out.
11:35 am Kharkiv RMA: This morning, Russian troops fired cluster munitions at the village of Nova Hnylytsia of the Chuguyiv district. A private residential building was damaged.
● A 50-year-old civilian was wounded by shrapnel. Hospitalized in a moderate condition. Currently, doctors are providing the victim with the necessary assistance.
Tuesday, September 5
1:30 p.m.: The security service detained another Russian informant who was filming strategic objects in Kharkiv under the guise of a "selfie".
● "It was at her coordinates that in the summer of 2022, the invaders launched a missile attack on the production workshops of the local plant of the energy industry of Ukraine," the press service of the SBU writes.
● Currently, the investigators of the Security Service informed the detainee of the suspicion, she faces up to 12 years in prison.
DONETSK
Wednesday, September 6
8:52 am Donetsk RMA: On September 5, the Russians injured 6 residents of Donetsk region: 4 in Kostyantynivka and 2 in Shakhtarsky.
● Currently, it is impossible to establish the exact number of victims in Mariupol and Volnovas.
Tuesday, September 5
1:15 pm Donetsk RMA: Ugledar suffered 3 airstrikes and 30 artillery shells.
· In Kostyantynivka, 3 high-rise buildings and 3 private houses were damaged. In the Chasovoyarsk community, 5 private houses, 2 high-rise buildings and an industrial building were damaged. A house in Zarichny was destroyed, 3 houses were damaged in Torsky. 3 houses were damaged in Siversk.
2:18 pm: Volodymyr Zelenskyi together with General Syrskyi talked with commanders and soldiers in the Bakhmut direction.
● "Strong Ukrainians! Difficult tasks! And very significant results for Ukraine: our forward movement, the destruction of the occupiers. The 93rd Separate Mechanized Brigade, the 28th Separate Mechanized Brigade, the 92nd Separate Mechanized Brigade. Awarded the best soldiers," the president announced .
6:25 pm: The SBU arrested and informed about the suspicion of a militant of the Russian "Oplot", who was capturing Kherson.
● SBU military counterintelligence officers together with Ukrainian paratroopers captured the attacker during the fighting near Donetsk.
● He is currently in custody. He faces up to 15 years in prison.
8:55 pm: The Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed a warehouse of military equipment of the occupiers near the village of Myronivskyi, Donetsk region, — StratCom of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
ZAPORIZHIA
Wednesday, September 6
10:47 am: Over the past day, the enemy has carried out 94 attacks on 26 populated areas of the Zaporizhzhia region, - head of the OVA, Yuriy Malashko.
● 59 reports were received about the destruction of residential buildings, farm buildings and infrastructure facilities as a result of shelling by Russian military personnel.
Tuesday, September 5
3:37 pm: In the direction of Zaporizhzhia, DPSU soldiers planted an enemy attack drone, State Border Guard Service.
● "The anti-drone gun landed the drone so "softly" that it enables our soldiers to use it professionally against the enemy," the message reads.
DNIPRO
Wednesday, September 6
10:00 am Dnipro RMA: At night and in the morning, the Russian army shelled Nikopol. It used heavy artillery, Serhiy Lysak, head of Dnipropetrovsk OVA.
● She beat around Nikopol itself and the Marganets community. There are no dead or injured. The consequences of the attacks are being clarified.
KHERSON
Wednesday, September 6
10:16 am Kherson RMA: Over the past day, the enemy launched 65 shellings, firing 279 shells from mortars, artillery, Grads, UAVs and aviation. In the city of Kherson, the enemy fired 18 shells - OVA.
● As Oleksandr Prokudin reported, the Russian military targeted the residential quarters of the populated areas of the region; mobile tower in Beryslav district.
● As a result of Russian aggression, 3 people were injured.
Tuesday, September 5
2:46 pm Kherson RMA: The Russian army shelled Ivanivka, which is in the Berislav district.
● "Preliminarily, they fired mortars. Two women, 53 and 73 years old, were injured. They were in the yards of their houses during the shelling," the report says.
ODESA
Wednesday, September 6
12:36 am: Odesa region - a threat of enemy use of attack UAVs - reported the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
12:45 am: Movement of the Shahed type UAV in the direction of the south of Odesa. Izmail district - reported the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
12:59 am Social Networks: Explosions are heard in Odesa region. Previously - the work of Air Defense.
3:20 am: Countering the threat of attack UAVs for the Odesa region, - Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
6:06 am Odesa RMA: Russians attacked Izmail district of Odesa region for three hours, one person was killed.
● The head of the military administration, Oleg Kiper, said that an employee of the agricultural enterprise received serious injuries, from which he died in the hospital.
● In several settlements due to the attack of the Russians, destruction and fires. Objects of port and agricultural infrastructure were damaged: elevators, administrative buildings, agricultural enterprises.
KHMELNITSKY
Wednesday, September 6
11:50 am: The SBU in Khmelnytskyi took an FSB agent who was installing a "GPS beacon" for a Russian missile attack on the Ukrzaliznytsia facility.
● Vadym Vasylevsky is a pensioner, a resident of Slavuta. He worked as a director at the House of Culture. In the spring of this year, he was remotely recruited as a staff member of the "Crimean" department of the FSB. The task of the traitor was to install a GPS tracker near the target specified by the occupiers.
● According to the "beacon" signals, the enemy planned to adjust the rockets to hit the infrastructure object. The SBU worked ahead of time. The attacker is now in custody. He faces life imprisonment.
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://espreso.tv/
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