Russo-Ukraine War - 14 September 2022 - Day 203
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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]
The UK Ministry of Defence reported that Russia has highly likely deployed Iranian uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAV) in Ukraine for the first time. On 13 September 2022, Ukrainian officials reported that their forces had shot down a Shahed-136 UAV near Kupiansk, in the area of Ukraine's successful ongoing offensive.
The Shahed-136 is a one-way attack UAV with a claimed range of 2,500 kilometres. Similar Iranian-manufactured systems have likely been used in attacks in the Middle East, including against the oil tanker MT MERCER STREET in July 2021.
Russia is almost certainly increasingly sourcing weaponry from other heavily sanctioned states like Iran and North Korea as its own stocks dwindle. The loss of a Shahed-136 near the front lines suggests there is a realistic possibility that Russia is attempting to use the system to conduct tactical strikes rather than against more strategic targets farther into Ukrainian territory.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that Russia continues to focus efforts on attempts to complete occupation of the Donetsk region, hold the occupied territories and disrupt the Defense Forces offensive actions in individual directions. Russian forces are firing the positions of Ukrainian units along the encounter line, attempting to recover lost position, mobilizing troops and conducting air reconnaissance. Russian forces continue to terrorize the civilians of Ukraine, breaking the laws and customs of warfare. The infrastructure of more than 15 settlements, including Bílogorívka, Spírny, Verkhnyokamiansʹkogo, Stepovoy, Dry Pond, Bilogirka, Nameless and Maloí хо Sejdeminuha. At night, Russian forces made rocket strikes on the civil infrastructure of Nikolaev and Kramatorsʹka. In total, during the current day, 8 rockets, 4 air strikes and 15 shelling from Russian battalion-fire jet systems were counted.
The threat of aviation and missile strikes throughout Ukraine remains.
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In Volyn and Polísʹkomu directions, the situation is without significant changes.
In the síversʹkomu direction, the opponent fired from tanks, mortars and artillery areas of the settlements of senʹkívka and fleas of chernihiv region and stepne and novovasilívka sumy region.
In the Kharkiv direction, the intensity of enemy shelling has significantly decreased. Basove and Kupyansk settlements suffered the fire impact.
In other directions, the opponent carried out shelling of military and civilian infrastructure from tanks, mortars and artillery, namely:
in the Kramatorsʹkomu direction - in the areas of Yaremivka, Tatyanivka, Raigorodok, Dronivka, Kriva Luka, Siversk, Verhnyokamianske, Zvanivka, Spírne and Bílogorivka;
In the bahmutsʹkomu direction - in the areas of the settlements of Nikolaevka, bílogorívka, yakovlívka, soledar, bahmutsʹke, grigorívka , bahmut, Nikolaevka second, zaitseve, New York, yurívka and merry;
in the avdííí діvsʹkomu direction-umansʹke, avdíí вvka, pervomajsʹke, water, opitne, Krasnogorívka, marinka and novomihaylivka;
in the Zaporizhzhya direction - settlements of Bogoyavlenka, Zelene Pole, Novopil, Vremivka, Velika Novosilka, Neskučne, Vuhledar, Pavlivka, Poltavka, Gulâjpole, Zaliznične, Nuts and Mali Cherbaki;
in the south direction - in the areas of the settlements of the highlands, zaríčne, stone, archangelʹsʹke, guerrillaske, andriíivka, bílogirka, dry pond, ternoví podi, graceful, peaceful and tavríjske.
As a result of the successful actions of the Ukrainian Defense Forces and the destruction of a large amount of Russian military force, the moral and psychological condition of the Russian forces is extremely low. The command of the Russian occupying forces units by threatening to send to the unarmed front line positions tries to force the personnel to participate in combat. As a result, up to 50 mobilized soldiers of the occupation troops from the city of Gorlivka wrote reports about refusal to further participate in combat.
In order to preserve individual samples of military equipment, Russia's air defense units command is trying to organize the evacuation of air defense systems deep into the temporarily occupied territories and into the territory of the Russian Federation. Yet, on the night of September 11 to 12, in Luhansk region, columns with C-300 and "Buk" complexes were seen moving from Lutugine settlement towards the Russian-Ukrainian border.
In the Donetsk direction, Russian forces do not leave an attempt to advance deep into our territory. Defense forces repelled enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of spírne, soledar, majorsk, zaitseve, odradivka, merry valley, vodâne and novomykhajlívka.
During the current day, to support the actions of ground groups, Ukrainian Defense Forces aviation carried out 11 strikes - six positions and locations of the enemy's manpower and equipment were hit, three positions of anti-aircraft missile complexes, and one enemy plane was shot down.
Missile Troops and Artillery units hit control points, manpower focus areas and enemy combat equipment. In addition, the destruction of four jet systems of the "hail" valley fire in the Kherson region that came into the affected zone on September 12 this year, and the food warehouse of the Russian forces in Dokuchaevsku.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation during the daily briefing reported on the unsuccessful offensive operations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Nikolaev-Kryvyi Rih direction. The RF Armed Forces destroyed 8 Ukrainian tanks, 13 infantry fighting vehicles, 11 other armored vehicles and over 150 Ukrainian servicemen in the Kherson and Nikolaev regions.
The official representative of the Russian Ministry, Igor Konashenkov, informed that high-precision strikes by Russian aircraft on temporary deployment points and combat positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Seversk, Verkhnekamenskoye, Nikolskoye, Avdeevka, Novokalinovo, Petrovskoye, Novosyolka and Vremyevka of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) were eliminated before 250 Ukrainian servicemen and more than 20 pieces of military equipment.
In addition, in the Zaporozhye region, the Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed up to 70 Ukrainian servicemen and 5 units of military equipment.
In the Kharkiv region, in the areas of the settlements of Dvurechnaya, Balakleya and Kupyansk, massive fire strikes were inflicted on manpower and military equipment of the 14th and 93rd mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The losses of the enemy amounted to 150 Ukrainian servicemen killed and wounded.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, during the fighting, four depots of rocket and artillery weapons and ammunition were destroyed in the areas of Seversk and Raygorodok in the DPR, as well as in Kharkov and Izyum. In the area of the settlement of Liman in the DPR, a Ukrainian combat vehicle of the MLRS "Hurricane" was liquidated.
In the areas of Lepetikha and Lozovoe, Mykolaiv region, the Russian Armed Forces destroyed a US-made counter-battery radar (AN / TPQ-64) and a radar for illumination and guidance of the Ukrainian S-300 anti-aircraft missile system.
Russian fighters destroyed a Mi-8 helicopter of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with a sabotage and reconnaissance group on board near the Kinburn Spit in the Kherson region.
DPR
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 160 ammunition from tanks, cannon artillery with a caliber of 155, 152 and 122 mm, as well as 120 mm mortars across the territory of the republic.
Shelling was carried out in areas of 12 settlements. As a result of the attacks, eight civilians were injured, including four children. 14 housing constructions and four civil infrastructure facilities were damaged.
Against the backdrop of reports of attempts to storm the Liman by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Izvestia correspondent Dmitry Zimenkin assured that the situation in the city is currently calm, the settlement is on the defensive.
According to RIA Novosti, the director of the Federal Bailiff Service (FSSP), Dmitry Aristov, on his first visit to the DPR, signed a memorandum of cooperation with the Minister of Justice of the republic, Yuri Sirovatko.
LC
According to RIA Novosti, investigators of the RF Investigative Committee and officers of the LPR representation in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) recorded the consequences of shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the city of Perevalsk. In the morning, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired six rockets from the HIMARS MLRS at the village. As a result of the attack, Perevalsky College was destroyed. One teenage student died. Six students and one teacher were injured, the victims were taken to the hospital. The building itself is destroyed.
Andrey Marochko, an officer of the People's Militia of the LPR, said that the allied forces completely control their territory of the republic. At the same time, according to him, the situation at the front is difficult, the line of contact has come very close to the borders of the LPR.
Ivan Filiponenko, a representative of the NM LPR, denied the fakes about the transfer of the city of Kremennaya under the control of Kyiv. The settlement is under the complete control of the forces of the republic.
Russia
According to the military-civilian administration (CAA) of the Kharkiv region, more than 20 thousand residents of Balakleya, Kupyansk, Izyum, Volchansk and other settlements of the region left for Russia.
The governor of the Belgorod region Vyacheslav Gladkov said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired on the village of Krasny Khutor. Destruction was recorded in the village. The villagers are being evacuated.
UN Secretary General António Guterres said that he discussed with Russian President Vladimir Putin the situation around the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, as well as the upcoming trip of the mission to investigate the facts of the shelling of the pre-trial detention center in Yelenovka
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