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Russo-Ukraine War - 30 September 2022 - Day 219

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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 medical provision for Russian combat troops in Ukraine is probably growing worse. Some newly mobilised Russian reservists have been ordered to source their own combat first aid supplies, with the advice that female sanitary products are a cost-effective solution.

Medical training and first-aid awareness is likely poor. Some Russia troops have obtained their own modern, Western-style combat torniquets but have stowed them on their equipment using cable-ties, rather than with the Velcro provided - probably because such equipment is scarce and liable to be pilfered. This is almost certain to hamper or render impossible the timely application of torniquet care in the case of catastrophic bleeding on the battlefield.

Russian troops’ lack of confidence in sufficient medical provision is almost certainly contributing to a declining state of morale and a lack of willingness to undertake offensive operations in many units in Ukraine.

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 and hold the captured territories, as well as disrupt the active actions of the Ukrainian Defence Forces in certain directions. Russia is shelling the positions of our troops along the contact line, conducting aerial reconnaissance. Strikes civilian infrastructure and peaceful residential areas, violating international humanitarian law, laws and customs of war. There remains the threat of air and missile strikes on the entire territory of Ukraine.

Russia continues to focus its efforts on attempts to fully occupy the Donetsk oblast and hold the temporarily captured territories, as well as to disrupt the active actions of the Defence Forces in certain areas. The enemy is shelling the positions of our troops along the contact line, conducting aerial reconnaissance. Attacks civilian infrastructure and civilian homes, violating International Humanitarian Law, laws and customs of war.

Russian forces launched 3 missile and 5 air strikes, carried out more than 15 MLRS attacks on military and civilian objects on the territory of Ukraine.

In the morning of September 30, the Russian occupiers committed another act of terrorism, launched a rocket attack on a convoy of civilian vehicles moving for humanitarian purposes through the territory of the Zaporizhzhya oblast. The strikes were made by S-300 air defence missiles. According to preliminary information, at least 25 people killed, and many more were injured.

In addition, Russian forces continue to use Iranian-made Shahed-136 attack UAVs to destroy the civil infrastructure of cities. More than 25 settlements were affected by enemy strikes. In particular, Kostyantynivka, Zaporizhzhya, Mykolaiv, Hulyaipole, Rydkodub, Bilohorivka, Novoandriyivka, Blahodativka and Myrolyubivka. The situation in the Volyn and Polissya directions has not changed significantly.

In other directions, the enemy continues shelling populated areas with tanks and artillery of various types:
in the Slobozhansky direction - in the areas of the settlements of Uda, Strilecha, Zelene, Neskuchne, Prystin and Kupyansk;
in the Kramatorsk direction - in the areas of Bilohorivka, Verkhnokamianske, Blakytni Ozera settlements;
in the Bakhmut direction - Soledar, Spirne, Bakhmutske, Bakhmut, Zayitseve and New York;
in the Avdiyivka direction – Avdiyivka, Krasnohorivka, Vodyane, Karlivka, Pervomayiske, Tonenka, Maryinka and Novomykhayilivka;
in the Novopavlivskyi direction - in the areas of Novoukrayinka, Vuhledar, Prechystivka, Pavlivka, Vremivka, Neskuchne and Shevchenko settlements.

Russian forces did not conduct active offensives in the Zaporizhzhya direction. Fire damage was caused in the areas of Zaliznychne, Dorozhnyanka, Novopil, Temyrivka, Bilohirya, Hulyaipole, Mala Tokmachka and Kamiyanske settlements.

Areas of more than thirty settlements along the contact line were shelled by tanks, mortars and barrel artillery in the South Buh direction. Among them are Novohrihorivka, Partyzanske, Kiselivka, Blahodativka, Kalynivka, Visokopillya, Arkhanhelske, Osokorivka and Bila Krynytsia.

Partial mobilization continues in the Russian Federation. In the Khabarovsk Krayi, officials responsible for the selection and preparation of mobilization resources have established new corruption "tariffs". Thus, a postponement of mobilization costs 100 thousand rubles, which is an almost unattainable amount for the majority of the local population.

The Russian occupation command is trying to implement forced mobilization measures in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. Cases of detention of local men of draft age have become more frequent in Kherson. After a superficial determination of suitability for military service, they are sent to equip units that are planned to be used in the area of hostilities. In Berdyansk, employees of some enterprises that remained working in the occupied territory were forcibly demobilized. In addition, reinforced units of the russian guard arrived in the city in order to suppress the possible resistance of the local population.

Over the past day, units of the Defence Forces of Ukraine repelled enemy attacks in the areas of Mayorsk, Zaytseve, Odradivka and Bakhmutske settlements. Aviation of the Defence Forces made 9 strikes. It was confirmed that one stronghold, three areas of concentration of weapons and military equipment, as well as five enemy anti-aircraft missile systems were hit. In addition, Ukrainian air defence units shot down one UAV.

Missile troops and artillery hit six command posts, thirteen areas of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment, two warehouses with ammunition, one anti-aircraft missile complex and four means of enemy missile troops and artillery.

During the briefing, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that within a day, a high-precision strike of the Russian Aerospace Forces in Dnepropetrovsk destroyed the workshops for assembling operational-tactical missiles "Grom-2" and "Tochka-U" for the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the territory of the "Southern Machine-Building Plant" association.

In addition, missile strikes were carried out on the locations of units of the 81st Airborne Brigade and the missile and artillery weapons depot of the 80th Airborne Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Kramatorsk (Donetsk People's Republic, DPR). Up to 200 nationalists, 23 units of military equipment and more than 30 tons of ammunition for cannon and rocket artillery were destroyed.

Aviation, missile forces and artillery hit the positions of the 26th artillery and 59th motorized infantry brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Zakotny (DPR) and Nikolaev, the 128th mountain assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 121st territorial defense brigade in the areas of Osokorovka (Kherson region) and Vremyevka (DPR), the 66th and 93rd mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Redkodub region (DPR), as well as 61 artillery units in firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 148 districts. 6 weapons and ammunition depots were liquidated in Nikolaev, the DPR, Zaporozhye and Dnipropetrovsk regions, as well as 2 field points for refueling equipment of the 93rd mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the DPR.

In the area of ​​​​Chervony Stav (Nikolaev region), a mobile group of the electronic intelligence center of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed by the Russian Aerospace Forces. During the counter-battery fight in the Nikolaev area, a platoon of multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) HIMARS was hit.

Fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the area of ​​​​Kleshcheevka (DPR) shot down the MiG-29 of the Ukrainian Air Force. In addition, the Ukrainian Su-25 was destroyed by means of air defense (air defense) in the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe settlement of Ternovye Pody (Mykolaiv region).

Also, 5 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) were shot down by means of air defense of the Aerospace Forces of the Russian Federation in the areas of Urozhaynoye (Kherson region), Svatovo, Vladimirovka (Lugansk People's Republic, LPR), Petrovsky (DPR) and Novoegorovka (Kharkiv region). 18 HIMARS MLRS shells were destroyed in the air over Kherson, in the areas of Novaya Kakhovka and Chervony Mayak (Kherson region), 2 HARM anti-radar missiles were shot down over Novaya Kakhovka.
Events in Ukraine by 21:00 September 30: liberated territories within the Russian Federation, Kyiv again asks NATO for membership
Russia

The Kremlin hosted the ceremony of signing agreements on the entry into Russia of the Lugansk and Donetsk People's Republics, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions. The relevant documents were signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin, as well as the heads of these regions.

The ceremony was preceded by a speech by the Russian leader, in which he noted that the decision to unite was made on the basis of the choice of citizens who made their choice in recent referendums. The head of the Russian Federation added that Russia will also always remember the heroes of the Russian spring, who gave their lives for the right to speak their native language, preserve culture and faith.

Putin called on Kyiv to immediately stop hostilities and return to the negotiating table. At the same time, he added that the status of the liberated territories would not be discussed within the framework of this dialogue, since Russia intends to continue to ensure the security of the LDNR, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, as well as help in their restoration.

DPR

Intense fighting continues in the Liman area. The head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, said that the settlement is located in a semicircle. The road to it from Svatovo is controlled by allied forces, but is subjected to shelling by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Also, the tense situation persists in Yampol and Drobyshevo, where clashes are taking place. At the same time, information was received in the evening about the approach of the reserves of the allied forces to the Liman and the oncoming battle in this area.

The head of the republic signed a decree on the nationalization of the property of 142 individuals and 2 companies from Ukraine. In particular, the decision concerns the real estate of the oligarchs Rinat Akhmetov and Sergey Kurchenko.

LC

From the beginning of the day on September 30, Ukrainian troops opened fire on Severodonetsk. As a result of the attack, during which the HIMARS MLRS was used, the building where the office of the UN mission was previously located was destroyed.

A rally-concert was held in the capital of the LPR in support of the region's joining Russia. A large number of citizens came to the main square of Luhansk with Russian flags and posters. The event was held under the slogan "With Russia forever!".

The head of the republic, Leonid Pasechnik, after signing an agreement on the acceptance of the LPR into the Russian Federation, turned to the people of Luhansk.