Ukraine/Russland/NATO – der Sammler am 19. September 2022

Im andauernden russischen Angriffskrieg gegen die Ukraine soll es russischen Beschuss eines weiteren Atomkraftwerks gegeben haben. Nach britischer Einschätzung greift die russische Luftwaffe mehr als bisher in die Kämpfe am Boden ein, muss aber auch höhere Verluste hinnehmen. Der Sammler am 19. September 2022:

• Die Gefahr, dass Atomkraftwerke in der Ukraine durch die Kampfhandlungen beschädigt werden, scheint größer zu werden. Nach ukrainischer Darstellung wurde das AKW Süd-Ukraine, das zweitgrößte des Landes nach Saporischja, von russischen Truppen beschossen.

• Das britische Intel Update:

Russia has highly likely lost at least four combat jets in Ukraine within the last 10 days, taking its attrition to approximately 55 since the start of the invasion.
There is a realistic possibility that this uptick in losses is partially a result of the Russian Air Force accepting greater risk as it attempts to provide close air support to Russian ground forces under pressure from Ukrainian advances.
Russian pilots’ situational awareness is often poor; there is a realistic possibility that some aircraft have strayed over enemy territory and into denser air defence zones as the front lines have moved rapidly.
Russia’s continued lack of air superiority remains one of the most important factors underpinning the fragility of its operational design in Ukraine.

• Das Morgenbriefing des ukrainischen Generalstabs:

Operational update regarding the russian invasion as of 06:00, on September 19, 2022
The two hundred-eighth (208) day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to a russian military large-scale invasion continues.
The enemy continues to focus its efforts on attempts to fully occupy the Donetsk oblast, organize defence and hold the captured territories, as well as disrupt the active actions of the Defence Forces in certain areas. It fires at the positions of our troops along the contact line, carries out measures to regroup its units in separate directions, introduces reserves and does not stop conducting aerial reconnaissance.
The enemy continues to shell the houses of civilians and civilian infrastructure objects, violating the norms of International Humanitarian Law, the laws and customs of war.
Over the past day, the enemy launched 3 missile and 22 air strikes, carried out more than MLRS 90 attacks on objects on the territory of Ukraine. Since the beginning of this day, the enemy has carried out three more missile strikes.
The infrastructure of more than 30 settlements was damaged. These are, in particular, Mykolayiv, Zaporizhzhya, Soledar, Bilohirya, Novopil, Pershotravneve, Temyrivka, Sukhy Stavok, Myrolyubivka, Petrivka, Bereznehuvate, Bilohorivka, Spirne, Krasnohorivka, Stepove and Olhivske.
There remains the threat of air and missile strikes throughout the territory of Ukraine.
The situation in the Volyn and Polissya directions has not changed significantly.
In other directions, the enemy fired from tanks, mortars and artillery, namely:
in the Slobozhansk direction – in the areas of the settlements of Hoptivka, Huryiv Kozachok, Kamyanka and Kupyansk;
in the Kramatorsk direction – Svyatohirsk, Rayihorodok, Serebryanka and Bilohorivka;
in the Bakhmut direction – Siversk, Rozdolivka, Soledar, Bakhmutske, Bakhmut, Vesela Dolyna, New York, Yuryivka, Rozivka and Zayitseve;
in the Avdiyivka region – Avdiyivka, Opytne, Karlivka, Kostyantynivka, Maryinka and Pervomayiske;
on the Novopavlivsk and Zaporizhzhya directions – Vuhledar, Velyka Novosilka, Mali Shcherbaky, Myrne, Vilne Pole and Vremivka.
In the South Buh direction, the enemy was shelling along the entire contact line. More than 18 settlements were affected by fire. Among them are Bila Krynytsia, Myrolyubivka, Visokopillya and Andriyivka.
In connection with the significant shortage of both human and material resources, the russian occupiers continue to resort to non-standard ways of replenishing them. For example, 400 people who are in prison serving sentences for criminal offences, were sent from the russian city of Tambov to strengthen units fighting in Ukraine. In the Krasnodar region, public organizations of „Afghan soldiers“ received the task of collecting money from the local population for the purchase of warm clothes for the regional volunteer battalion.
Over the past day, units of the Defence Forces have repelled enemy attacks in the areas of Mykolayivka Druha, Vesela Dolyna and Bakhmut settlements.
During the day, the aviation of the Defence Forces carried out 21 strikes – it was confirmed that 16 areas of concentration of enemy manpower and strongholds and 5 positions of anti-aircraft missile systems were hit.
Over the past day, missile forces and artillery have fired at more than 14 enemy targets. In particular, for 6 command and control points, 3 support points and areas of concentration of personnel and military equipment. Objects of air defence, electronic warfare and 3 ammunition warehouses fell into the affected area.

• Das Briefing des russischen Verteidigungsministeriums:

Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine (September 19, 2022)
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
Russian Aerospace Forces have launched attacks with high-precision armament at the manpower and military equipment concentration areas of 53rd, 58th and 93rd mechanised brigades near Toretsk, Zaytsevo, Nikolayevka, as well as of 80th Airborne Assault Brigade near Seversk (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The attacks have resulted in the elimination of over 200 Ukrainian servicemen and 11 armoured vehicles.
High-precision attack launched at a manpower and equipment concentration area of 46th Airmobile Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) near Belogorka (Kherson region) has resulted in the elimination of 3 armoured vehicles and up to 15 Ukrainian servicemen.
Massive fire attack launched at a provisional base of the units from 59th Mechanised Infantry Brigade near Pershotravnevoye (Dnepropetrovsk region) has resulted in causing casualties of over 30 Ukrainian servicemen killed and more than 50 wounded.
Massive fire attacks launched at manpower and equipment concentration areas of 128th Mountain Assault Brigade near Dolinka, 102nd Territorial Defence Brigade near Rybnoye (Zaporozhye region), as well as at a provisional base of Karpatskaya Sech nationalist battalion in Zaporozhye have resulted in the elimination of over 70 Ukrainian servicemen and militants, as well as of 4 armoured vehicles.
Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile troops and artillery have neutralised 7 AFU command posts near Verkhnekamenskoye, Viyemka (Donetsk People’s Republic), Poltavka, Charivnoye (Zaporozhye region), Kostomarovka (Kirovograd region), Barmashovo (Nikolayev region), as well as 52 artillery units, 134 AFU manpower and military equipment concentration areas.
High-precision attack launched by Russian Aerospace Forces has resulted in the destruction of the workshops at Iskra plant located in Zaporozhye and tasked to maintain U.S.-manufactured HIMARS multiple rocket-launching systems.
Russian air defence facilities have shot down 1 Su-25 airplane of Ukrainian Air Force near Aleksandrovka (Kherson region).
Moreover, 14 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have been shot down near Lidiyevka, Novomikhaylovka, Chkalovo, Novobakhmutovka, Ryasnoye, Verkhnetoretskoye, Zavitne-Bazhannya, Lyubovka (Donetsk People’s Republic), Snigiryovka (Nikolayev region), Chernyanka, Maksima Gorkogo (Kherson region), as well as in Dorozhnyanka (Zaporozhye region).
2 U.S.-manufactured HARM anti-radar missiles have been intercepted near Novaya Kakhovka (Kherson region).
In addition, 2 Tochka-U ballistic missiles have been intercepted near Belozyorka and Chervony Mayak (Kherson region), 24 rocket-propelled projectiles launched by HIMARS and Olkha multiple rocket-launching systems have been intercepted near Volnovakha, Korsun (Donetsk People’s Republic), Kherson, Tavriysk, Berislav, Vesyoloye and Novaya Kakhovka (Kherson region), as well as near Chervony Promin (Nikolayev region).
In total, 294 airplanes and 155 helicopters, 1,995 unmanned aerial vehicles, 375 air defence missile systems, 5,028 tanks and other armoured combat vehicles, 839 combat vehicles equipped with MRLS, 3,401 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 5,692 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.

• Das Abendbriefing des ukrainischen Generalstabs:

Operational update regarding the russian invasion as of 18:00, on September 19, 2022
The two hundred-eighth (208) day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to a russian military large-scale invasion continues.
The enemy continues to focus its efforts on the organization of defense and holding the captured territories, attempts to fully occupy the Donetsk oblast, as well as disruption of the active actions of the Defense Forces in certain areas. It fires at the positions of our troops along the contact line, takes measures to regroup his units in certain areas, introduces reserves and does not stop aerial reconnaissance.
There remains the threat of air and missile strikes throughout the territory of Ukraine.
During the day, the enemy launched 4 missile and 9 air strikes, carried out more than 11 MLRS attacks on military and civilian objects on the territory of Ukraine, violating the norms of International Humanitarian Law, laws and customs of warfare.
The infrastructure of more than 24 settlements was damaged. In particular, these are Siversk, Kramatorsk, Serebryanka, Bilohorivka, Spirne, Krasnohorivka, Avdiivka, Novomykhailivka, Stepove, Zaporizhzhya, Mykolayiv, Oleksandrivka, Olhivske, Sukhyi Stavok, Myrolyubivka and Petrivka.
The situation in the Volyn and Polissya directions has not changed significantly.
In other directions, the enemy inflicts fire from tanks, mortars and artillery, namely:
in the Siversky direction – in the area of Mykolaivka settlement of Chernihiv oblast;
in the Slobozhanskyi direction – in the areas of the settlements of Ivashki, Hoptivka, Huryiv, Kozachok, Kozacha Lopan, Kudiyivka, Kamyanka, Strelecha, Hlyboke, Kupyansk and Holubivka;
in the Kramatorsk direction – Sviatohirsk, Raihorodok, Serebryanka, Bilohorivka, Sosnove, Mykolaivka, Bohorodychne, Pryshyb and Hryhorivka;
in the Bakhmut direction – Siversk, Verkhnyokamianske, Rozdolivka, Soledar, Bakhmutske, Bakhmut, Vesela Dolyna, Odradivka, Vesele, Viyimka, Mykolaivka Druha, New York, Oleksandropil, Yuryivka, Rozhivka, Zaitseve and Yakovlivka;
in the Avdiyivka direction – Krasnohorivka, Maryinka, Novomykhailivka, Kostyantynivka, Avdiyvka, Semenivka, Opytne, Karlivka and Pervomaiske;
on the Novopavlivskyi and Zaporizhzhya directions – Vuhledar, Velyka Novosilka, Bilohirya, Novoandriyivka, Mali Shcherbaky, Prechistivka, Novomayorske, Myrne, Dorozhnyanka, Nove, Vilne Pole, Stepove, Mala Tokmachka, Novoyakovlivka, Chersovne, Zaliznychne, Malynivka, Pavlivka, Hulyaipilske, Hulyaipole, Novopil and Vremivka.
In the South Buh direction, the enemy was shelling along the entire contact line. More than 30 settlements were damaged by fire. Among them are Snihurivka, Shyroke, Blahodativka, Novovoznesensk, Suhyi Stavok, Myrolyubivka and Olgyne.
The enemy continues to take drastic measures to keep the situation under its control. The command of the 58th Combined Arms Army of the russian occupation troops held a meeting with the commanders of units and units operating in the Zaporizhzhya direction. According to the available information, at the specified event, attention was emphasized to maintaining the occupied positions and preventing the breakthrough of the Defense Forces deep into the occupied territory.
At the training field near the city of Torez, the occupiers set up a training camp for the training of personnel who arrived from prisons to supplement the units of the 1st Army Corps that suffered losses during the hostilities.
In the temporarily occupied territory of the Luhansk oblast, collaborators and local residents of the Bilokurakinskyi and Troyitskyi districts loyal to the occupiers, who actively cooperated with the occupation authorities, are moving to the territory of the russian federation. They are trying to take with them documents confirming their illegal activities as members of self-proclaimed authorities.
During the current day, the units of the Defense Forces repelled enemy attacks in the areas of Mykolayivka Druha, Kurdyumivka and Zaitseve settlements.
During the day, the aviation of the Defense Forces hit 11 areas of concentration of enemy manpower and military equipment, one position of an anti-aircraft missile system and one ammunition depot.
In addition, our air defense units destroyed the Su-25 aircraft, a guided air missile and three enemy UAVs in various directions.
Rocket troops and artillery inflicted fire damage on 5 strongholds and areas of concentration of personnel and military equipment, as well as 3 ammunition warehouses of the occupiers. The total losses of the enemy are being clarified.
The facts of damage to enemy personnel and facilities for September 18 of the current year in the Zaporizhzhya region have been confirmed. 10 artillery systems, 5 units of military equipment and enemy personnel were destroyed in the specified direction. According to available information, more than one hundred servicemen were injured.