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On September 16, the Russian military thwarted an attempt by Kiev forces to target the Kaluga and Tver regions with suicide drones.
“At night, [Russian air defense systems] thwarted the Kiev regime’s attempt to carry out a terrorist attack by two fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles at targets in the Russian Federation. The Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed by air defense systems on duty over the Kaluga and Tver regions,” the Russian ministry of defense said in a statement.
The press service of the Tver region administration said that a drone had been downed over the Konakovsky district. There were no casualties, however.
“The emergency services are working on site. Governor Igor Rudenya has instructed regional agencies to provide them with all necessary assistance,” the press service added.
No casualties or material losses were reported in the Kaluga region, where the second Ukrainian suicide drone was shot down.
Meanwhile in the special military operation zone, Kiev forces shelled the Kirovsky district of Donetsk with cluster munitions six times over one hour, according to the Donetsk People’s Republic mission at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to Ukrainian War Crimes.
Kiev forces also shelled the Kuybyshevsky district from the direction of Galitsynovka, firing a total of 14 projectiles at the area.
More shelling was reported in Kherson, where Kiev forces fired 32 projectiles at Novaya Kakhovka and nearby towns and villages.
“Overnight, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in Novaya Kakhovka, Kakhovka, Kazachyi Lagerya, Golaya Pristan, having fired a total of 32 shells from tube artillery,” a representative from the regional emergency services told journalists.
The last wave of Ukrainian attacks came as Kiev forces were struggling and suffering losses in the direction of Krasny Liman.
The Russian Tsentr Group of Forces repelled five ground attacks by Kiev forces in this direction between September 15 and 16.
“In the Krasny Liman direction in the areas of the Torsky sector and Serebryansky forestry, coordinated actions of units of the battlegroup Center in cooperation with artillery, assault and army aviation thwarted and repelled five attacks by assault groups of the 63rd, 67th mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian armed forces and the 5th brigade National Guard of Ukraine. Enemy losses amounted to about 40 militants, an infantry fighting vehicle and an electronic warfare station were destroyed,” Alexander Savchuk, a spokesman for the group, told TASS.
The spokesman added that a drone control center of Kiev forces was also destroyed by a high-precision Krasnopol projectile.
“During the counter-battery fight, up to 20 artillery crews were exposed and suppressed, and an enemy 120-mm mortar was hit,” Savchuk concluded.
The situation of Kiev forces was not much better in other directions. Russian news sources shared video footage showing a failed Ukrainian attack near Urozhayne in the direction of South Donetsk and recent artillery strikes on Kiev forces in Rabotino in the Zaporozhye direction.
Ukraine launched its counteroffensive nearly fifteen weeks ago after receiving massive military support from NATO and other allies. Kiev forces made very little gains in few directions despite sustaining heavy losses in manpower and equipment.
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le a zis pana si o femeie aici pe site sa nu m concentreze masini de lupta in camp deschis… am trairea ca lumea se distreaza pe viețile altora…
you can see that the ukros were trained by nato, they run like rabbits and abandon their comrades!
they do actually abandon comrades because their medevac procedures suck.
ukrop ofensive or how to deplete nato weapons arsenal..
tak to je ozaj sila. videli že bolo zasiahnuté vozidlo a nepomohli. nechali ich tam napospas osudu. potom tí chumaji museli zobrať nohy na ramená. to ich zrejme školil dáky inštruktor z afganistanu, ha, ha, ha … tam vojaci us army utekali, ako by ich niekto pritom kopal do zadku.