Ukraine/Russland/NATO – der Sammler am 22. April 2022 (Updates: Abendbriefings Kiew, Moskau)

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Im andauernden russischen Angriffskrieg auf die Ukraine gibt es weiterhin Kämpfe vor allem im Osten des Landes, aber noch nicht die erwartete russische Großoffensive. Eine – unbestätigte – Meldung aus Moskau deutet auf sehr hohe russische Verluste hin. Der Sammler am 22. April 2022:

• Eine neue Meldung zu russischen Zahlen von gefallenen und vermissten Soldaten: Mehrere Beobachter der einschlägigen russischen Messengerdienste und Informationskanäle, darunter der US-Journalist Kevin Rothrock, berichten von einer Meldung, die offensichtlich schnell wieder gelöscht wurde:

Sollte das russische Verteidigungsministerium tatsächlich mehr als 13.000 Gefallene und 7.000 Vermisste eingestanden haben, käme das schon recht nahe an die von der Ukraine veröffentlichten Zahlen heran – und läge auf jeden Fall weit über dem, was von russischer Seite bisher bekanntgegeben wurde. Ob diese Meldung stimmt, warum sie zunächst veröffentlicht und dann wieder gelöscht wurde, bleibt allerdings unklar.

• Das Morgenbriefing des ukrainischen Generalstabs:

The fifty-eighth day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to a russian military invasion continues. A russian federation continues its full-scale armed aggression against Ukraine and launches missile and bomb strikes on military and civilian infrastructure.
In the Volyn and Polissya directions, russian enemy did not take active action, no signs of the formation of offensive groups were noted. Measures are being taken to strengthen the coverage of the state border in the western and north-western directions. The air defence forces have been transferred to reinforced duty. The protection of headquarters, communications centres, military camps, arsenals, bases and warehouses for weapons, military equipment and fuel and lubricants has been strengthened.
In the Slobozhansky direction, russian enemy, with forces of up to seven battalion tactical groups from the 6th Combined Arms Army, coastal troops of the Baltic and Northern Fleets, continues to partially block the city of Kharkiv, firing on units of our troops and critical infrastructure.
In the Izyum direction, russian enemy concentrated up to 25 battalion tactical groups from the 1st Tankr Army, the 20th and 35th Combined Arms Armies and the 68th Army Corps of the Eastern Military District, and airborne troops of the russian federation Armed Forces.
russian enemy is trying to launch an offensive in the direction of the settlement of Zavody. russian enemy went to the northern outskirts of Dibrovny, trying to gain a foothold on the frontier.
In the Donetsk and Tavriya directions, russian occupiers intensified hostilities along the entire line of combat during the day. The russian enemy carries out assault operations in the area of ​​the settlement of Zarichne and, with forces to the battalion, tries to advance in the area of ​​the settlement of Rubizhne.
Defensive battles with russian enemy continue in the direction of the settlements of Novtoshkivske and Popasna.
russian enemy continues to try to support the artillery in the area of ​​Marinka.
At the same time, russian enemy strengthens the grouping of troops in the Zaporizhzhia direction. Measures for the logistical support of the occupying forces are underway.
In the South Buh area, the enemy continues to fire on units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine, tried to conduct reconnaissance by fighting in the Trudolyubivka area, suffered losses, and retreated to previously occupied positions.
russian enemy continues to suffer losses. According to the available information, on April 20 this year, another consignment of wounded servicemen of the Armed Forces of the russian federation (about 220 people) and more than 50 bodies of the killed invaders were taken to the central district hospital of Novoaydar.
In addition, the battalion tactical group of the 136th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 58th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District, operating in the Kurakhiv area, suffered significant casualties (up to 250 men) and lost up to 10 rocket and artillery.
Also, according to available information, the personnel of the 150th Motorized Rifle Division of the 8th Guards Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District, which was involved in hostilities on the territory of Ukraine, did not receive the so-called „combat“ funds for March. Because of this the servicemen express their dissatisfaction and indignation.
In order to prevent the disruption of the spring conscription campaign in the temporarily occupied territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea from April 30 this year, russian occupiers will be banned from leaving and entering the peninsula.
In the temporarily occupied territories, russian enemy units continue to block the movement of local people, looting and hand-made approaching the humanitarian crisis – destroying critical infrastructure and blocking the delivery of humanitarian goods from Ukraine. There have been cases of executions of civilians and volunteers.
Ten attacks by the russian occupiers were repulsed in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts over the past 24 hours, six tanks, eight armoured units and fifteen vehicles, and four artillery systems were destroyed.
Fifteen air targets were destroyed by the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, together with anti-aircraft gunners of the Land and Assault Forces, Marines and the National Guard, in the previous day: nine UAVs, three planes and three helicopters.

• Das Morgenbriefing des russischen Verteidigungsministeriums:

Kalibr high-precision long-range missiles destroyed up to a battalion of enemy personnel with weapons and military equipment near Miliorativnoe railway station.
High-precision air-based missiles of the Russian Aerospace Forces hit 3 military assets of Ukraine.
1 Ukrainian S-300 anti-aircraft missile system was destroyed near Novoselka.
1 command post and 1 area of Ukrainian manpower and military equipment concentration near Aleksandrovka was hit. Up to 80 nationalists, as well as more than 23 armoured vehicles and cars, were destroyed.
In addition, 1 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle was shot down by high-precision air-to-air missile.
Operational-tactical aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces hit 58 military assets of Ukraine. Among them: 4command posts, 3 fuel depots, and 51 areas of Ukrainian manpower and military equipment concentration.
Missile troops and artillery carried out 1,285 firing missions during the night. Destroyed: 9 fuel depots, 37 command posts. 1,221 strong points, areas of enemy’s manpower and military equipment were hit.
Russian air defence means destroyed 7 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles near Staromaiorskoe, Yasinovataya, Staromikhailovka and Kalinovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic, as well as near Aleksandrovka and Tokarevo in Kherson region.
In addition, Buk-M3 anti-aircraft missile system crew shot down 1 Ukrainian Tochka-U tactical missile near Donetskoe.
In total, 140 aircraft and 106 helicopters, 520 unmanned aerial vehicles, 257 anti-aircraft missile systems, 2,448 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 271 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,062 field artillery and mortars, as well as 2,289 units of special military vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed during the operation.

• Eine der seltenen öffentlichen Lagebeurteilungen des Kriegs in der Ukraine aus dem deutschen Verteidigungsministerium:

Phase zwei im Ukraine-Krieg: Was Russland jetzt vorhat

• Die mehr oder weniger bekannten russischen Kriegsziele für den Osten der Ukraine, nämlich den Landkorridor von der Krim und die Kontrolle über den Donbass, hat ein Spitzenmilitär jetzt öffentlich näher erläutert. Aus dem Bericht der offiziellen russischen Nachrichtenagentur TASS:

Russian Armed Forces’ control over Donbass will enable to establish a ground corridor to Crimea and to gain influence over vitally-important Ukrainian military facilities, Deputy Commander of Russia’s Central Military District Major-General Rustam Minnekayev said on Friday.
„This [control over Donbass] will enable us to establish a ground corridor to Crimea and to gain influence over the vitally-important Ukrainian [military] facilities, the Black Sea ports, which service deliveries of the agricultural and metallurgical products to other countries,“ the general said at an annual meeting of the Union of Defense Industry Enterprises of the Sverdlovsk Region.

• Das Abendbriefing des ukrainischen Generalstabs:

The fifty-eighth day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to a russian military invasion continues. A russian federation continues its full-scale armed aggression against Ukraine and launches missile and bomb strikes on military and civilian infrastructure.
In the Volyn and Polissya directions, russian enemy did not take active action. There is an increase in electronic reconnaissance and electronic warfare systems in the border areas of Gomel region with Ukraine. Units of the 48th separate battalion of electronic warfare of the Western Operational Command of the Armed Forces of the republic of belarus have been set up in the districts of Klimovka and Dymamerky. In addition, the enemy conducted training of regular forces and air defence.
The threat of missile and air strikes on the objects of civil and military infrastructure of Ukraine from the territory of the republic of belarus remains.
In the Seversky direction, the federal security service and border service units of the russian federation continue to carry out enhanced protection of the Ukrainian-russian border in the Bryansk and Kursk regions. The regrouping of enemy troops continues.
In the Slobozhansky direction, russian occupiers continue to partially block the city of Kharkiv with units of the 6th General Arms Army, Baltic and Northern Fleets, and try to fire on units of our troops and critical infrastructure.
In the Izyum direction, russian enemy conducts air reconnaissance of the positions of our troops in order to determine possible directions of attack. To improve the tactical position of the units, russian enemy tried to carry out offensive operations in the directions of the settlements of Zavody and Dibrovne, but without success.
In the Donetsk and Tavriya directions, fighting took place along the entire line of contact.
During the day, russian enemy carried out assault operations in the direction of the city of Slovyansk, established itself in the village of Lozove. In the areas of the Zelena Dolyna and Kreminna, russian enemy continues to consolidate its occupied positions, regroup and prepare for offensive operations.
russian enemy strengthened the grouping of troops by moving from the territory of the russian federation of individual units of the 41st Combined Arms Army of the Central Military District. Unsuccessfully trying to gain a foothold in the village of Rubizhne.
In the area of ​​Popasna, russian enemy carried out assault operations in the direction of the settlement of Novotoshkivske and deep into the settlement of Popasna, without success. Established in the central part of the village Stepne.
In the Avdiivka and Kurakhiv areas, russian occupiers tried to carry out assault operations, but without success.
In the Mariupol direction, russian enemy continued to launch air strikes on Mariupol and blockade our units in the Azovstal area.
In the Zaporizhzhya direction, russian occupiers carried out assault operations in the direction of the settlement of Zelene Pole, without success. The enemy strengthened the group by relocating units of the 19th Motorized Rifle Division of the 58th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District. At the same time, the battalion tactical group of the 127th Motorized Rifle Division of the 5th Combined Arms Army lost its combat capability and was withdrawn to the recovery area.
In the direction of Pivdennobuzhsky, near the settlement of Oleksandrivka, russian enemy is defending the occupied positions. Conducts air reconnaissance. It is possible to carry out assault operations in order to reach the administrative borders of Kherson oblast.
According to available information, the personnel of a separate group of russian troops in the so-called „transnistrian-moldavian republic“ serve on a daily basis. At the same time, the possibility of using the territory of the unrecognized republic for aggression against Ukraine remains.

• Das Abendbriefing des russischen Verteidigungsministeriums:

During the day, 13 military assets of Ukraine were hit by high-precision air-based missiles of the Russian Aerospace Forces. Among them: 2 control points, 11 strong points and areas of Ukrainian manpower and military equipment concentration.
As a result of the strikes, up to 2 companies of nationalists were eliminated, as well as 27 Ukrainian armored vehicles and cars. In addition, 1 depot of missiles for Osa-AKM anti-aircraft missile systems was destroyed in Chervonnoe.
Operational-tactical and army aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces hit 26 military assets of Ukraine. Among them: 2 command posts and 21 areas of manpower and military equipment concentration. 3 missile and artillery weapons depots were destroyed near Toretskiy, Komar and Bogatyr.
During the day, missile troops hit: 1 command post, 5 areas areas of manpower and military equipment concentration, as well as 1 artillery battery. 1 Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter, 1 Buk-M1 anti-aircraft missile system, as well as 1 electronic warfare station were destroyed at the airfield near Barvenkovo.
Russian air defence means destroyed 3 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles near Bolshie Prokhody, Shurovka in Kharkov Region and Spartak in the Donetsk People’s Republic.
In total, 140 aircraft and 107 helicopters, 523 unmanned aerial vehicles, 258 anti-aircraft missile systems, 2,458 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 272 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,069 field artillery and mortars, as well as 2,305 units of special military vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed during the operation.
The situation in Mariupol has normalised. Residents were able to move freely through the streets without having to hide from Ukrainian Nazi shelling.
Humanitarian aid is delivered: food, water and basic necessities. Authorities of the Donetsk People“s Republic are organising the clearing of streets from rubble and the removal of damaged Ukrainian military equipment.
All remnants of the Ukrainian Azov Nazis, together with foreign mercenaries from the US and European countries, are securely locked inside the Azovstal plant.
Our demands that the women and children allegedly with them be released to travel freely in any direction are ignored by Nazis.
The procedure for civilians, if there are any, to leave Azovstal for further evacuation is reported to the Nazis every hour. This information is also reported to representatives of the Kiev regime through Deputy Prime Minister Vereshchuk.
The holding of civilian hostages, if there are any, by the Azov Nazis and foreign mercenaries proves that they are not „defenders“ but complete terrorists.
In this regard, the US State Department spokesperson’s attempts to lie about the Nazi allegedly keeping control over Mariupol are a fake and a direct abetment of terrorists at a high state level.
The State Department is habitually misinforming its own citizens, and everyone else.
Ukraine itself, its inhabitants in Mariupol and other cities, Washington is interested only in the profits from arms supplies and the fight against Russia at least „to the last Ukrainian“, as all its proxy states repeat behalf of the State Department.