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Russo-Ukraine War - 23 September 2022 - Day 212

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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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The UK Ministry of Defence reported that in the last three days, Ukrainian forces have secured bridgeheads on the east bank of the Oskil River in Kharkiv Oblast. Russia has attempted to integrate the Oskil into a consolidated defensive line following its forces’ withdrawals earlier in the month.

To the south, in Donetsk Oblast, fighting is ongoing as Ukrainian forces assault the town of Lyman, east of the Siverskyy Donets River, which Russia captured in May.

The battlefield situation remains complex, but Ukraine is now putting pressure on territory Russia considers essential to its war aims.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that Russia continues to focus its efforts on attempts to fully occupy the Donetsk oblast, organize defence and maintain the captured territories, and also tries to disrupt the active actions of the Ukrainian Defence Forces in certain directions. It ires at Ukrainian positions along the contact line, takes measures to regroup his troops, and constantly conducts aerial reconnaissance. Russian forces do not stop striking the civilian infrastructure and the homes of the civilian population. The threat of air and missile strikes by the russian occupiers remains for the entire territory of Ukraine.

During the current day, Russian forces launched 1 missile and 2 air strikes, carried out more than 15 MLRS attacks on military and civilian objects on the territory of Ukraine, violating the norms of international humanitarian law, laws and customs of warfare.

More than 10 settlements were affected by enemy strikes, in particular, Pechenihy, Yatskivka, Yarova, Maryinka, Krasnohorivka, Bilohorivka, Myrolyubivka, Mykolayiv, Sukhy Stavok, and Novohryhorivka. The enemy used an attack UAV against an infrastructure object in the city of Odesa. In the Volyn and Polissya directions, the situation remains without significant changes.

In other directions, the enemy fired from tanks, mortars and artillery, namely:

in the Siversky direction - in the areas of Hremyach and Khotiyivka settlements of Chernihiv oblast and Novovasylivka, Nova Huta, Studenok, Shalyhyne, Andriyivka, Khotin, Myropilske and Yizdetske of Sumy oblast;
in the Slobozhanskyi direction - in the areas of Veterynarne, Kudiyivka, Hoptivka, Strilecha, Krasne, Hlyboke, Vovchansk, Budarky, Dvorichna, Kupyansk and Kamyanka settlements;
in the Kramatorsk direction – Bohorodychne, Pryshyb, Mayaky, Shchurove, Raihorodok, Stary Karavan, Dibrova, Ozerne, Kryva Luka, Mykolaivka, Siversk, Spirne, Rozdolivka, Vesele and Bilohorivka;
in the Bakhmut direction – Vyimka, Yakovlivka, Soledar, Bakhmutske, Bakhmut, Vesela Dolyna, Odradivka and Zaitseve;
in the Avdiyivka direction - New York, Kamianka, Yuryivka, Orlivka, Avdiyivka, Vodyane, Opytne, Krasnohorivka, Maryinka and Novomykhailivka;
in the Zaporizhzhya direction - Novomykolayivka, Zelene Pole, Vremivka, Velyka Novosilka, Novoukrainka, Zolota Nyva, Vuhledar, Neskuchne, Pavlivka, Hulyaipilske, Mali Shcherbaki and Mala Tokmachka.

In the South Buh direction, Russian forces were shelling along the entire contact line. More than 30 settlements were shelled. Among them are Nikopol, Myrolyubivka, Ukrainka, Shyroke, Dobra Nadiya, Ternovi Pody, Lymany, Stepova Dolyna and Myrne.

In the temporarily captured and occupied territory of Ukraine, the occupying power started holding so-called "referendums". Employees of the so-called "election commissions" conduct an active campaign to attract the maximum number of local residents to fake voting.

Residents of most settlements in the temporarily occupied territories were restricted from leaving, with the aim of their participation in the so-called "referendums" and further training of men of conscription age for forced mobilization into the occupation forces.

In connection with the forced mobilization of workers of the Alchevsk metallurgical plant in the Luhansk oblast, production at the enterprise has been completely stopped.

Damage to Russian facilities in the previous days has been confirmed. Namely: the ammunition warehouse in the area of Borozenske settlement of Kherson oblast and three areas of concentration of enemy personnel in Zaporizhzhya and Kherson regions. The losses of the Russian occupiers are up to 110 dead and over 120 wounded.

During the day, units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled enemy attacks in the areas of Spirne, Soledar, Bakhmutske, Odradivka, Kurdyumivka, Zaitseve, Mayorsk, Kamyanka, Avdiyivka and Opytne settlements.

During the current day, in order to support the actions of land groups, the aviation of the Ukrainian Defense Forces made 10 strikes. Damage to 6 areas of concentration of Russian manpower and military equipment and 4 positions of anti-aircraft missile systems was confirmed. In addition, Ukrainian air defense units destroyed the occupiers' helicopter. Missile troops and artillery continue to inflict fire damage on the enemy's facilities, the losses of manpower and equipment of the invaders are being clarified.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, during a daily briefing, announced the destruction of over 220 Ukrainian soldiers near Kramatorsk (Donetsk People's Republic, DPR). At the same time, in the areas of the city of Slavyansk and the settlement of Ozernoye, the RF Armed Forces liquidated more than 100 foreign mercenaries.

The Russian Aerospace Forces attacked the positions of the tactical group "Chaika" and the bases of the national battalions "Skif", "Dnepr" and "Gepard" in the vicinity of Zaporozhye, eliminating over 190 militants. In addition, the Russian military destroyed 130 enemy fighters in the areas of Bezymennoye and Ternovye Pody settlements (Nikolaev region).

According to the defense department, the RF Armed Forces hit four command posts in Kharkiv and Zaporozhye regions, and also suppressed 74 artillery units, manpower and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 142 districts.

The Russian Defense Ministry also informed about the destruction of three warehouses of ammunition and rocket and artillery weapons near the city of Zaporozhye, as well as the settlements of Monachinovka (Kharkiv region) and Donetsk (DPR). In the area of Nikiforovka (DPR), the Ukrainian Buk-M1 air defense system was hit.

“Fighter aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down one Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter in the air in the area of the settlement of Novoselovka in the Nikolaev region, as well as two Su-25 air forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Veseleye in the Kherson region and Kamyshevka in the Donetsk People’s Republic in the air in a day,” the defense agency reports. department.

referenda

In the morning in the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, referendums on joining the Russian Federation started. Voting will take place over five days. From September 23 to September 26, it will take place in the adjacent territories and by addressing residents, and on the 27th, residents will be able to express their position at polling stations.

High turnout is recorded in all regions. So, on the first day of voting in the LPR, it reached almost 22% by 20:00. Vladimir Vysotsky, chairman of the DPR CEC, also noted that the turnout at the referendum in his republic is very high and exceeds all expectations. According to the CEC of the DPR, 23.64% of voters expressed their position on the first day.

A similar situation exists in the areas liberated from Ukrainian Nazism. The head of the election committee of the Kherson region, Marina Zakharova, in a commentary to RIA Novosti, drew attention to the increased interest in the referendum: according to the results of the first day, 15.31% of the total list of voters expressed their will. Preliminary turnout in the Zaporozhye region amounted to 20.52%.

According to the VTsIOM poll, among those wishing to take part in voting for joining Russia, 97% of the residents of the DPR and LPR, 87% of respondents in Zaporozhye and 89% in the Kherson region, are in favor.

As the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov noted, if residents of the DPR, LPR, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions vote in referendums for joining Russia, the Russian Constitution will apply in these territories. According to him, the process of entry of these territories of Donbass into the Russian Federation should go quickly.

LDNR

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 50 ammunition from tanks, cannon artillery with a caliber of 155, 152 and 122 mm across the territory of the republic.

Shelling was carried out in the areas of 6 settlements. As a result of the attacks, one house building was damaged.

The representative office of the LPR in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) recorded a number of attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The militants fired at Stakhanov, Rubizhne, Svatovo and Alchevsk using HIMARS MLRS, firing a total of 24 rockets. In some cities of the republic, the voting ended ahead of schedule due to the threat of shelling.