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The Russian military has repelled yet another wave of attacks by Kiev forces, according to the September 13 briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense.
In the Donetsk direction, the Russian Yug Group of Forces repelled eight attacks by Ukraine’s 80th airborne assault, 3rd assault, 59th motorized infantry and 110th mechanized brigades close to Kleshcheevka, Andreevka, Pervomaiskoye and Krasnogorovka.
The ministry said that Kiev forces lost 140 troops, two infantry fighting vehicles, four motor vehicles and one Msta-B towed howitzer in this direction.
Moreover, one ammunition depot of the 79th Airborne Assault Brigade was targeted and destroyed close to Novomikhailovka.
In the South Donetsk direction, the Russian Vostok Group of Forces repelled two attacks by the 38th and 36th brigades of Kiev forces close to Novomayorskoye and Priyutnoye.
At least 235 Ukrainian servicemen killed and wounded during the fighting in this direction, the ministry said, adding that two armored fighting vehicles, three motor vehicles and one electronic warfare station were destroyed.
And in the Zaporozhye direction, two attacks by Ukraine’s 82nd Airborne Assault Brigade were repelled close to Verbovoye. In addition, gatherings of the 47th mechanized, 48th airmobile and 82nd airborne assault brigades were targeted near Rabotino.
Ukrainian losses in this direction amounted to 205 troops, one tank, three armored fighting vehicles and two motor vehicles.
American-made M777 and M119 towed howitzers, four D-30 towed howitzers, one D-20 towed howitzer, and one Msta-B towed howitzer were also destroyed by counter-battery fire.
In the Krasny Liman direction, the Russian Tsentr Group of Forces repelled two attacks by the 21st Mechanised Brigade and the 12th Azov Special Operations Brigade to the east of Yampolovka and Chervonaya Dibrova. Up to 65 Ukrainian troops and two armored fighting vehicles were neutralized during the fighting.
Meanwhile in the Kupyansk direction, the Russian Zapad Group of Forces targeted several Ukrainian gatherings of manpower and equipment close to Novosyolovskoye, Olshana and Kotlyarovka.
Kiev forces lost 85 troops, two armored personnel carriers and two motor vehicles in this direction, according to the ministry.
In addition, one Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer, one M777 towed and one American-made M109 self-propelled howitzer were destroyed in counter-battery fire.
An ammunition depot of the 114th Brigade of the Territorial Defense of Ukraine was also targeted and destroyed close to Glubokoye.
In the Kherson direction, a series of artillery strikes targeted gatherings of the 124th Territorial Defence Brigade near Alekseevsky Island. As a result of the strikes, over 80 Ukrainian troops, two motor vehicles and one M777 towed howitzer were neutralized.
The Russian MoD also provided the following details during its briefing:
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have neutralized Ukrainian P-18 and ST-68 radar stations for the detection and tracking of air targets near Lukashevo (Zaporozhye region) and Krutoyarovka (Dnepropetrovsk region), as well as enemy manpower and military hardware in 129 areas.
Air defense systems have shot down 5 projectiles launched by HIMARS systems.
In addition, 37 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have been destroyed and suppressed by electronic warfare stations close to Blagodatnoye, Zaitsevo (Donetsk People’s Republic), Verkhnekamenka, Novovodyanoye (Lugansk People’s Republic), Kardashinka, Sagi (Kherson region), Novogorovka and Tarasovka (Zaporozhye region).
In total, 467 airplanes, 248 helicopters, 6,706 unmanned aerial vehicles, 437 air defense missile systems, 11,811 tanks and other armored fighting vehicles, 1,150 fighting vehicles equipped with MLRS, 6,359 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 12,958 special military motor vehicles have been destroyed during the special military operation.
In addition, Russian news sources released videos showing recent failed Ukrainian attacks near Rabotino, Verbovoye and Klesheevka as well as three airstrikes that hit targets in Kherson, Malynivka and Marinka, including a P-18 surveillance radar station.
It’s worth noting that Ukraine attacked port infrastructure in the Crimean city of Sevastopol, which hosts Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, with cruise missiles and naval suicide drones in the early morning. Seven out of ten missiles were intercepted by Russian air defenses and all drones were destroyed by the navy. Two vessels of the navy were damaged and 24 people were wounded in the attack. The ministry said that both vessels will be repaired.
Ukraine’s counteroffensive began well over three months ago. So far, Kiev forces have made very little gains and sustained heavy losses. Despite this, the counteroffensive is expected to continue until winter.
tak ukrajinská ofenzíva bude pokračovať až do zimy? hm … a potom čo? už im dôjde živá sila? alebo v zime sa nebojuje?
artemovsk standing tall. robotino holds. kupyansk to be liberated. kharkov next!
100,000 troops waiting for the order to capture kupyansk. then work their way south to encircle donbass and finally capture slavyansk and kramatorsk. kharkov can wait until after that. donbass and odessa are much more time important than kharkov.
ps (robotino holds lots of fried ukrops, its a no mans land, no buildings left)
in the current state the afu is in, afu stands no chance in a full fledged offensive by russia even a limited one.
ukrops getting absolutely pummeled trying to capture novoprokopivka and verboye. counteroffensive failing badly. so they are doing desperate missile and drone attacks against russia. terrorist tactics just like nusra using drones to attack airbase in syria.
russia needs to start deploying extra air defense in all vital areas: strategic airbases. naval ports, capital, major bases.
no matter how much air defense, some missiles always get through, especially once usa’s ground launched atacms arrive. russia has no choice but to take more territory , especially to odessa and down to the romania border to enlarge the protective zone around crimea. 2 big rivers to cross to do that, not easy. so the war will go on for long time.
such war is a dynamic action and the western action like sending atamcs provokes russian responce like using bigger bombs or precision strikes with kinshals on the nato personal in ukraine. it is simply escalation. it is not necessarily clever to gain more territory since you risk that exact these new gains will be especially exposed to strikes. it is also not clever to retreat too much to not give the enemy the chance to strike deep in your lands. you must find a compromise.
that thing in the last video was so carefully hidden i had a hard time spotting it. what was that? a cloak of invisibility?
likely a decoy. a p-18 radar has a large antenna array at the top and also requires a separate truck that carries other components of the system. this is just some thing in a field with a camo net.
none here compare other sources
then get out of here beast
near the end of the war, hitler was directing non existent pieces around the war room map. easier to lie to a dictator than be shot for the truth.
yes very good comparison. the worse the situation on the front , the more lies by the propaganda. see the failed “counter offensive” of the ukrops/west. robotyne , though nothing special in this war , is hyped to some decisive battle , which will be celebrated the next 200 years by the west. though , in reality it is simply the next meat grinder. the main defence line were broken , but nobody knows exactly where it is. i suppose in a month nobody will speak about robotyne.
if there were 70,000 dead ukrainian soldiers on the front from the last 3 months as the russian mod claims, there would be plenty of evidence in the era of hd drones. the ukrainians are much better at providing quality footage day in and day out and proving their claims.
i watch these ukrainian proofs carefully and don’t see this plenty of evidence . there is allready plenty of evidence how they lied in the past , see mh17 or bucha. they exaggerate gains in “counter offensive” endless , so that even the msm avoid to cite them. since the western media and entire propaganda supports the ukrainians , they deliver also these “daily quality footage” i guess. of course nothing about the dead and wounded on the front.
you get some impression of the numbers when you read in the msm about the “missing” ukrainian soldiers. there is also strict censorship in ukraine to report about burials of the soldiers , which is always the hint that the regime lies about the losses. finally you can watch the contradictions in the western reports about the ukrainian losses which also confirm the ukrainian data are fake.
one more point: from the history of wars we know that the offensive forces suffer usually more casualties than the defensive , especially if you consider how much time the russians got to prepare their defence lines and how superior is their air dominance in ukraine. it’s all your subjective view in times of war propaganda of course, but i believe rather the russian numbers are nearer the truth.
ukrainians has heavy western gear designed to protect the occupants. russian tanks throw their turrets 250ft in the air when blown up. also the cluster munitions provided by the usa are doing a good job of clearing russian infantry in trenches. there is no air dominance, russian jets stay far away from the front lines due to sam and manpads.
ukrainians are doing a good job being cannon fodder for anglo-america/nato.
you may not like it, and you may not believe it, but, this is why mankind will soon go extinct. 19 september 2023 • by peter koenig brics: a window to the light? or the latest make-believe deception?