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Russo-Ukraine War - 11 September 2022 - Day 200

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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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As Russia's invasion of Ukraine entered its 200th day, Russia admitted retreating from key areas of northeastern Ukraine previously under its control. Ukrainian forces were reproted to have entered Kupyansk while operations to liberate villages and towns in that district and nearby Izyum were ongoing. As a result of Ukraine's counteroffensive, Ukraine's military chief, Gen. Valerii Zaluzhnyi, said that about 3,000 square kilometers had been reclaimed so fat since the beginning of the month, bringing Ukrainian forces within 50 kilometers of the border with Russia. Russia claimed that its troops' withdrawal from Izyum and other areas was intended to allow its forces to regroup and strengthen its efforts in neighboring Donetsk region.

The UK Ministry of Defence reported that over the last 24 hours, Ukrainian forces have continued to make significant gains in the Kharkiv region. Russia has likely withdrawn units from the area, but fighting continues around the strategically important cities of Kupiansk and Izium.

On 07 September 2022, President Putin said that only 60,000 tonnes of the grain exported from Ukraine since August had been sent to developing countries, and that the majority had been delivered to EU states.

Putin's claim is not true. According to UN figures, around 30% has been supplied to low and middle-income countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia. Russia is pursuing a deliberate misinformation strategy as it seeks to deflect blame for food insecurity issues, discredit Ukraine and minimise opposition to its invasion.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that Russia continues to focus its efforts on establishing control over the territory of Donetsk oblast, maintaining the temporarily captured territories and disrupting the offensive of Ukrainian troops in certain directions. It conducts aerial reconnaissance, continues fire damage to the positions of Ukrainian units, tries to take measures to restore the lost position by moving its troops.

A further threat of air and missile strikes remains on the entire territory of Ukraine. During the current day, Russian forces launched 16 missile and 3 air strikes on objects on the territory of Ukraine. They affected 15 settlements, including Derhachi, Kramatorsk, Kostyantynivka, Dnipro, Voznesensk and Mykolayiv.

The situation in the Volyn and Polissya directions has not changed significantly.

In other directions, Russian forces fired at military and civilian infrastructure from tanks, mortars, barrel and jet artillery:

in the Severskyi direction - in the areas of Seredyna-Buda, Bachivsk, Yastrubivka and Mayiske settlements of the Sumy oblast;
in the Kharkiv direction – Kostyantynivka, Baranivka, Svitlychne, Prudyanka, Dementiivka, Slatyne, Velyki Prohody, Borshchova, Ruska Lozova, Pytomnyk, Male Vesele, Rubizhne, Peremoha, Ukrainka and Stary Saltiv;
in the Slovyansk direction - Slovyansk and Stella;
in the Kramatorsk direction - in the areas of the settlements of Bohorodychne, Raihorodok, Hryhorivka, Mykolaivka, Kryva Luka, Siversk, Zvanivka, Ivano-Daryivka, Spirne and Rozdolivka;
in the Bakhmut direction - in the areas of Soledar, Bakhmutske, Bakhmut, Vesela Dolyna, Odradivka, Mykolayivka Druha, Zaitseve, Sukha Balka, Yuryivka, Rozivka and Opytne;
in the Avdiyivka direction, the settlements of Kamianka, Tonenke, Avdiyivka, Vodyane, Pervomaiske, Krasnohorivka and Maryinka were shelled;
in the Novopavlivskyi direction - in the areas of Shevchenko, Velyki Novosilky, Bohoyavlenka, Vuhledar and Mykilske settlements;
in the Zaporizhzhya region - in the areas of Komyshuvakha, Zelene Pole, Novopil, Hulyaipole, Poltavka, Rivnopil settlements.
In the South Buz region, the districts of Osokorivka, Novovoznesenskyi, Pervomaiskyi, Ukrainka, Murakhivka, Bilohirka, Shirokyi, Zori, Lyubomirivka, Lymaniv, Luparevo, Myrne and Sofiivka came under fire.

As a result of the successful counteroffensive of Ukrainian troops in the Kharkiv direction, the Russian troops frantically left their positions and fled with the loot deep into the temporarily occupied territories or into the territory of the Russian Federation. In particular, it became known that about 150 servicemen of the armed forces of the Russian Federation left in a convoy from Borshchova and Artemivka of the Kharkiv oblast two buses, one truck and 19 stolen cars. The same situation was observed in the city of Svatove, Luhansk oblast. The Russian occupiers hastily left the settlement in 4 Kamaz trucks, 20 Tiger armored cars and stole more than 20 cars belonging to local residents.

Russian forces continues to commit terrorist acts and places its soldiers in educational institutions. In particular, the school in the village of Lyubomyrivka, Zaporizhzhya oblast, was turned into a hospital and more than 100 wounded, about 10 units of military equipment are placed around the building.

Ukrainian defense forces have repulsed enemy attacks in the areas of Velyki Prohody, Kurdyumivka, Mykolayivka Druha, Zayitseve, Mayorsk, Ozeryanivka, Novobakhmutivka, Avdiyivka, Pervomayiske and Vodyane settlements.

The liberation of settlements from the Russian invaders continues. In the Kherson oblast, Russian forces also withdrew from their positions in some settlements. Due to heavy losses in manpower, the russian invaders expelled all local residents from the Central City Hospital in Nova Kakhovka and use it exclusively for their military.

During the current day, in order to support the actions of the ground groups, Ukrainian aviation carried out five strikes. Four concentrations of enemy manpower and military equipment and one anti-aircraft missile complex were hit. Russian losses are being refined.

Missile troops and artillery of Ukrainian ground troops continue to perform tasks of counter-battery combat, fire damage to manpower and combat equipment, disruption of Russia's control system and logistical support, as well as support of counteroffensive actions of Ukrainian troops.

The Russian Ministry of Defense, during a daily briefing, reported that the Russian Aerospace Forces, missile forces and artillery are delivering precision strikes on units and reserves of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kharkiv region. During the day, the manpower and military equipment of the units of the 14th and 92nd mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Staroverovka, Chuguev and Volosskaya Balakleya, the 113th brigade of the defense in Novaya Vodolaga, and the mercenary deployment point in the Klugino-Bashkirovka area were hit. The losses of Ukrainian troops exceeded 200 servicemen and 20 units of military equipment.

Concentrated fire strikes in the areas of Pristen, Boldyrevka, Sinikha, Bely, Komarovka, Gorokhovatka, Kupyansk, Senkovo ​​and Podvysoky destroyed more than 250 Ukrainian militants, 12 armored vehicles, 3 field artillery guns, a multiple rocket launcher system (MLRS) and 17 vehicles.

In the Nikolaev-Krivoy Rog direction, high-precision missile strikes by the Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed the deployment point of the 36th Marine Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Nikolaev region, the enemy lost more than 100 military personnel, 15 vehicles and armored vehicles. Only in these two directions from September 6 to September 10, Kyiv's losses amounted to more than 4,000 killed and more than 8,000 wounded.

Aviation, missile forces and artillery hit 8 command posts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, including the headquarters of the 93rd and 24th mechanized brigades in the areas of Bakhmut and Raigorodka (Donetsk People's Republic, DPR), command and observation posts of the battalions of the 1st tank, 59th th motorized infantry, 60th infantry brigades and the 35th marines brigade in the areas of Kalinovsky, Maryansky (Dnepropetrovsk region), Kaluga (Nikolaev region) and Belaya Krinitsa (Kherson region), 43 artillery units, manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 103 districts. In the districts of Nikolaevka (DPR) and Voznesensk (Nikolaev region), ammunition depots were liquidated, in Staraya Bogdanovka (Nikolaev region) a radar station for detecting and tracking air targets was destroyed.

High-precision Iskander missiles hit the manpower and equipment of the 28th motorized infantry brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during unloading at the Krasnoarmeysk railway station (DPR). In the area of ​​Mirolyubovka (Kherson region), more than 50 servicemen and 7 units of military equipment were destroyed by Russian Aerospace Forces strikes on the positions of the 60th Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

A Mi-8 helicopter of the Ukrainian Air Force was shot down by means of air defense (air defense) in the area of ​​​​Vogledar (DPR). 4 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) were destroyed in the Kherson region, Mykolaiv regions and the DPR. 2 Tochka-U missiles and 2 American HARM missiles were shot down near the village of Udy (Kharkiv region). In the area of ​​Nova Kakhovka (Kherson region), 12 HIMARS MLRS shells and 9 Alder MLRS shells were intercepted.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation also reported that since September 1, the territory of the Zaporizhzhya NPP and the city of Energodar (Zaporozhye region) have been shelled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine 26 times. As a result of aimed fire at the transformer substation on September 6 and power lines on September 8, Energodar was left without electricity twice.

On the territory of the DPR, Ukrainian artillery repeatedly struck at 22 important power supply facilities in order to de-energize settlements, kindergartens, life support facilities for the population and industrial enterprises. On September 1, as a result of the attack, 3 mines of the Donetsk Coal Energy Company were de-energized, where dozens of miners were blocked underground. On September 10, due to the shelling of Donetsk, 19 transformer substations were de-energized, and more than 1,600 civilian facilities were left without electricity.

DNR

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

Shelling was carried out in the areas of 6 settlements. As a result of the attacks, a civilian was injured. 2 buildings damaged.

Militiaman Vladlen Tatarsky said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine began to remove minefields in the vicinity of Vuhledar, which may indicate the preparation of Ukrainian troops for an offensive in this direction. The Rybar Telegram channel draws attention to the fact that Kiev is concentrating reserves in this area.

In addition, the concentration of Ukrainian forces in the area of ​​Krasnogorovka was recorded . A tank attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was repelled near Peski, the Ukrainian military fled from the battlefield, leaving their wounded colleagues and burning equipment.

In the afternoon, local sources reported that the intensity of fighting in the Krasny Liman region had decreased. However, in the evening, information was received about an attempted tank attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in this area, which was repelled by allied forces.

The first batch of vegetables from the Kherson region arrived in the DPR. Vitaly Khotsenko , chairman of the government of the republic , said that from now on, deliveries will be carried out regularly.

LC

Residents of the boarding school in Kupyansk (Kharkiv region) were evacuated to Svatovo. 13 children have arrived in the Lugansk People's Republic (LPR), some of them are seriously ill. Now they are assisted, including teachers and psychologists.

LPR Ambassador to Russia Rodion Miroshnik said that several hundred refugees from the Kharkov region who decided to stay in the republic have already received a roof over their heads, food and medical care. Temporary accommodation centers are provided with everything necessary with the support of the authorities of the LPR, the Ministry of Emergency Situations and large volunteer organizations. The ambassador also added that by now the flow of people evacuating from the Kharkiv region has significantly decreased.