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Russo-Ukraine War - 10 September 2022 - Day 199

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On 24 February 2022, Ukraine was suddenly and deliberately attacked by land, naval and air forces of Russia, igniting the largest European war since the Great Patriotic War. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a "special military operation" (SVO - spetsialnaya voennaya operatsiya) in Ukraine in response to the appeal of the leaders of the "Donbass republics" for help. That attack is a blatant violation of the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine. Putin stressed that Moscow's goal is the demilitarization and denazification of the country. The military buildup in preceeding months makes it obvious that the unprovoked and dastardly Russian attack was deliberately planned long in advance. During the intervening time, the Russian government had deliberately sought to deceive the world by false statements and expressions of hope for continued peace.

"To initiate a war of aggression... is not only an international crime; it is the supreme international crime differing only from other war crimes in that it contains within itself the accumulated evil of the whole." [Judgment of the International Military Tribunal]

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Ukraine announced major advancements in a strategic military counteroffensive against Russian forces. On Saturday, Ukraine announced it had retaken Izyum and forced thousands of Russian soldiers to retreat across the Oskil River and territory in northeastern Ukraine.

Russia's Defense Ministry confirmed its forces' pull out of Izyum, claiming the move was planned. Russia also confirmed that its troops were being regrouped from Balaklia and Izyum areas to the Donetsk region

Ukraine also claimed full control over the city of Balaklia in the northeastern region of Kharkiv, and that its forces had entered the strategic city of Kupyansk; a transportation hub in eastern Ukraine and strategically important for supplying Russian troops.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian forces were reported to be oursideLysychansk and fighting outside Lyman.

The UK Ministry of Defence reported that Ukrainian forces launched offensive operations in the south of Kharkiv Oblast on 06 September 2022. Lead elements have advanced up to 50km into previously Russian held territory on a narrow front.

Russian forces were likely taken by surprise. The sector was only lightly held and Ukrainian units have captured or surrounded several towns. A Russian force around Izium is likely increasingly isolated. Ukrainian units are now threatening the town of Kupiansk; its capture would be a significant blow to Russia because it sits on supply routes to the Donbas front line.

With Ukrainian operations also continuing in Kherson, the Russian defensive front is under pressure on both its northern and southern flanks.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that Russia continues to focus its efforts on establishing full control over the territory of the Donetsk oblast, maintaining the captured territories and disrupting the offensive of our troops in certain directions. Russian forces conduct aerial reconnaissance, continues to fire at the positions of Ukrainian units, takes measures to restore the lost position, and move troops for this purpose. The threat of air and missile strikes remains throughout the territory of Ukraine.

During the day, the Russian occupiers launched 9 missile and 10 air strikes on military and civilian objects of our State. In particular, the settlements of Slavhorod, Velyka Pysarivka, Velyki Prohody, Avdiyivka, Siversk, Kostyantynivka, Bakhmut, Nevelske, Maryinka, Velyka Novosilka, Dnipro, Neskuchne, Vilne Pole, Poltavka, Mali Shcherbaki, Mykolaiv, Biloghirya, Sukhy Stavok and Bruskinske were affected by enemy strikes.

In the Volyn and Polissya directions, the situation has not changed significantly. In order to maintain the troops of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus in combat readiness, the training period has been extended once again.

In other directions, Russian forces fired at military and civilian infrastructure from tanks, combat vehicles, mortars, barrel and jet artillery, namely:
in the Siverskyi direction - near Bilopilla and Lynove of the Sumy oblast;
in the Kharkiv direction - in the areas of Lyutivka, Timofiyivka, Dementiyivka, Prudyanka, Zolochiv, Sosnivka, Duvanka, Udy, Kostyantynivka, Peremoha, Velyki Prokhody, Borshcheva and Zamulivka settlements;
in the Slovyansk direction - in the areas of the settlements of Slovyansk, Dolyna, Krasnopillya, Mykilske, Velyka Komyshuvakha, Dibrivne, Karnaukhivka, Dovhenke and Dmytrivka;
in the Kramatorsk direction - in the areas of Serebryanka, Kryva Luka, Rai-Olexandrivka, Piskunivka, Sydorove, Siversk, Ivano-Daryivka, Rozdolivka and Spirne settlements;
in the Bakhmut direction - in the areas of Zaitseve, Mykolaivka Druga, Vesela Dolyna, Soledar, Bakhmutske, Bakhmut, Bilohorivka and Vesele settlements;
in the Avdiyivka direction - near Krasnohorivka, Avdiyivka, Opytny, Vodyany, Karlivka and Pervomaisky;
in the Novopavlivskyi direction - near Maryinka, Novomykhailivka, Mykilske, Vugledar, Shevchenko, Velyka Novosilka, Bohoyavlenka, Neskuchne and Vremivka;
in the Zaporizhzhya region - in the areas of Novoandriivka, Hulyaipole, Charivne, Rivnopillia, Novosilka, Vilne Pole, Chervone, Malynivka, Orihiv, Novopil and Vremivka settlements;
in the Southern Buh direction - in the areas of Stepova Dolyna, Oleksandrivka, Myrne, Lyubomyrivka, Kiselivka, Vesely Kut, Velyke Artakove, Blahodativka and Vysokopilya settlements. In total, more than twenty settlements were hit by artillery fire in this direction.

Russian forces continue to suffer losses. In particular, as a result of the actions of the Defense Forces in the South Buh region, the losses of units of the 106th Airborne Division of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the previous day alone amounted to more than 58 people killed. The command of the Russian forces is carrying out measures to restore the combat capability of units of the 1st Army Corps by transferring personnel who survived the hostilities to other units. Thus, according to available information, the remnants of personnel from the so-called "khan" special purpose battalion were transferred to the 9th Marine Regiment.

The number of self-harms has increased among personnel arriving in Ukraine for reinforcements. The Russian leadership is constantly looking for new sources of replenishment of reserves. Promising a high salary and a social package, it tries to recruit "volunteers" among retired military personnel in the Kyrgyz Republic through social media groups.

In connection with the approach of units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces, the command of the Russian occupying forces in the Kherson region is trying to strengthen the city of Kherson by moving reserves. Thus, in the oblastr, new units of the enemy are recorded, whose servicemen are poorly oriented in the city.

Russian forces are trying to carry out work on the restoration of traffic across the Kakhovskaya HPP bridge, the section of which is under the fire control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In Nova Kakhovka, Russian forces intensified filtering measures with the participation of FSB officers of Russia - they check mobile devices, look for citizens who help the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The situation is similar in Energhdar, Zaporizhzhya region.

Ukrainian defense forces successfully repelled enemy offensives in the areas of Sosnivka, Mayorsk, Mykolayivka Druha, Zaitseve, Vesela Dolyna, Bakhmut, Pervomaiske and Novomykhailivka settlements.

The liberation of settlements that were temporarily captured by the rssian occupiers in the Kharkiv region and in the South Buh region continues.

During the day, in order to support the actions of the land groupings, the Air Force of the Ukrainian Defense Forces carried out more than 17 strikes on strongholds and places where Russian manpower and equipment are concentrated, as well as ammunition warehouses. Air defense units destroyed the UAV and shot down the Kh-59 air missile in the airspace of the Dnipropetrovsk oblast.

Missile troops and artillery of land groupings, continue to perform tasks of counter-battery combat, fire damage to command and C2 points, manpower and combat equipment, disruption of the Russia's control system and logistical support.
During the current day, as a result of artillery fire, damage was inflicted on two control points, eight areas of concentration of Russian manpower and military equipment, as well as a Russian forces' pontoon crossing.

The Ministry of Defense of Russia during a daily briefing reported that during the day, the headquarters of the 5th brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine, the points of deployment of units of the 92nd mechanized brigade and the nationalist formation "Kraken" in the Balakleya and Chuguev regions (Kharkiv region) were hit by high-precision weapons of the Russian Aerospace Forces , as well as the command post of the 54th mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of ​​​​the settlement of Ray-Aleksandrovka (Donetsk People's Republic, DPR). Up to 300 Ukrainian servicemen and up to 15 units of military equipment were destroyed.

Aviation, missile forces and artillery hit 7 command posts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Rozovka, Ocheretino, Vodyany, Novomikhailovka and Vugledar (DPR), Snigirevka and Novonikolaevka (Nikolaev region), 48 artillery units, manpower and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 178 districts. 6 weapons and ammunition depots were liquidated in the districts of Kurakhovo, Konstantinovka and Seversk (DPR), Dnieper and Radushnoye (Dnipropetrovsk region), Gulyaipol (Zaporozhye region). In the Kaluga region (Nikolaev region), a radar station for detecting and tracking air targets was destroyed.

During the counter-battery fight, 2 platoons of reactive and 5 platoons of cannon artillery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were suppressed in the areas of Georgievka, Krasnogorovka, Antonovka, Romanovka, Ocheretino, Novgorodsky and Novoselovka 1st (DPR). A US-made 155-mm M777 howitzer was destroyed near Novoselovka 1st.

Air defense systems shot down 13 unmanned aerial vehicles in the Kherson, Kharkiv, Zaporozhye regions and the DPR. In the Kherson region, 5 shells of the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) were destroyed in the air.

 

The Ministry of Defense spoke about the current situation in the Kharkiv region. The department reported that in order to achieve the goals of the NVO to liberate Donbass, a decision was made to regroup Russian troops in the Balakliya and Izyum regions to step up efforts in the Donetsk direction. Therefore, within 3 days, an operation was carried out to curtail and organize the transfer of a group of troops to the territory of the DPR. In order to prevent damage to the RF Armed Forces, a powerful fire defeat was inflicted on the enemy using aviation, missile troops and artillery, more than 2,000 Ukrainian and foreign fighters were destroyed, as well as over 100 armored vehicles and artillery units.

The Defense Ministry said that the military of the Izyum-Balakley group, as part of the tasks of destroying enemy assets, hit the operators who controlled the Bayraktar UAV. In addition, the ministry emphasized that the artillery crews of the group showed courage and bravery in battles with Ukrainian units.

DPR

The people's militia of the DPR in the evening report reported that since the beginning of the day, Ukrainian troops had fired more than 100 ammunition from tanks, cannon artillery with a caliber of 155 and 152, as well as 120-mm mortars across the territory of the republic.

Shelling was carried out in the areas of 8 settlements. As a result of the attacks, 4 civilians were killed and 8 more were injured. 8 housing constructions and 2 civil infrastructure facilities were damaged.

There are reports of clashes in the vicinity of Liman. According to the Rybar Telegram channel, Russian units are repelling attempts by the Armed Forces of Ukraine to advance at the Stary Karavan-Brusovka-Dibrov line.

The Ministry of State Security of the DPR announced the elimination of 2 sabotage groups that planned terrorist attacks on critical facilities in the republic. The first of the DRGs was destroyed on August 26, it included Vyacheslav Matveev, Assistant Chief of Intelligence of the 5th Assault Regiment of the 1st Separate Brigade of the President of Ukraine named after Hetman Khmelnytsky of the Armed Forces of Ukraine . Filming from his personal camera made it possible to determine that Kyiv was planning the release of another group of saboteurs, which was subsequently ambushed and destroyed.

LC

Officer of the People's Militia of the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) Andrey Marochko denied media reports about the alleged entry of the Ukrainian military into the village of Svatovo.

"Regarding the settlement of Svatovo, I can assure you that this city is completely under our control. No Ukrainian troops crossed the border of the Luhansk People's Republic," he said.

LPR Ambassador to Russia Rodion Miroshnik also said that the entire territory of the republic remains under the control of Lugansk. According to the diplomat, Ukraine is spreading false information in an effort to sow panic.

Another convoy of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations arrived in Luhansk and Severodonetsk, delivering flour, water and other humanitarian cargo, including drinking water, school supplies and diapers.