Ukraine/Russland/NATO – der Sammler am 27. September 2022

Im andauernden russischen Angriffskrieg gegen die Ukraine richtet sich der Blick auf die – erwartbaren – Ergebnisse der Schein-Referenden in den russisch besetzten Gebieten der Ukraine. Bei Energie-Infrastruktur im Norden Europas passieren merkwürdige Dinge. Der Sammler am 27. September 2022:

• Es ist – noch? – kein Hinweis auf hybride oder gar militärische Angriffe auf die Energieversorgung des Westens – aber was im Norden Europas abläuft, ist zumindest ein Merkposten. Zu den zeitgleichen Lecks in gleich drei Gas-Pipelines in der Ostsee aus der Übersicht von Reuters:

European countries on Tuesday raced to investigate unexplained leaks in two Russian gas pipelines running under the Baltic Sea near Sweden and Denmark, infrastructure at the heart of an energy crisis since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Experts and also Russia, which built the network, said the possibility of sabotage could not be ruled out.
Sweden’s Maritime Authority issued a warning about two leaks in the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, shortly after a leak on the nearby Nord Stream 2 pipeline was discovered that had prompted Denmark to restrict shipping in a five nautical mile radius.

Bereits am Vortag hatte Norwegen vor Bedrohungen seiner Bohrinseln gewarnt:

Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) on Monday urged oil companies to be more vigilant over unidentified drones seen flying near Norwegian offshore oil and gas platforms, warning they could pose a risk of accidents or deliberate attacks.
The warning came after the country’s largest oil and gas firm Equinor recently said it had notified authorities of sightings of drones of unknown origin flying near some of its platforms.

Update: Die Mitteilung des dänischen Verteidigungsministeriums:

Following the three gas leaks on the Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea, prohibition zones have been established around the leaks for the sake of the safety of ship and air traffic.
Nord Stream 1 has two leaks northeast of Bornholm, Nord Stream 2 has one leak south of Dueodde. The leaks were discovered by the Danish Defence F-16 interceptor response unit.
The defense is supporting in connection with the authorities‘ efforts regarding the leaks on the Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea. The frigate Absalon and the pollution control vessel ship Gunnar Thorson are on their way to carry out water monitoring at the exclusion zones, and the Danish Defence are also supporting with a helicopter capacity. In addition, the patrol ship Rota was in the area last night.
The Danish Defense has no further comments at this time.

Inzwischen gilt als gesichert, dass die gleich drei Lecks durch Explosionen verursacht wurden – über den Urheber gibt es keine Klarheit.

• Das britische Intel Update:

President Putin is scheduled to address both houses of the Russian parliament on Friday 30 September.
There is a realistic possibility that Putin will use his address to formally announce the accession of the occupied regions of Ukraine to the Russian Federation. The referendums currently underway within these territories are scheduled to conclude on 27 September.
Russia’s leaders almost certainly hope that any accession announcement will be seen as a vindication of the ‘special military operation’ and will consolidate patriotic support for the conflict.
This aspiration will likely be undermined by the increasing domestic awareness of Russia’s recent battlefield sets-backs and significant unease about the partial mobilisation announced last week.

• Das Morgenbriefing des ukrainischen Generalstabs (eine englische Fassung liegt bislang nicht vor; die Übersetzung aus dem Ukrainischen):

Operative Informationen vom 27.09.2022 um 06.00 Uhr bezüglich der russischen Invasion
Der zweihundertsechzehnte Tag des heldenhaften Widerstands der ukrainischen Nation gegen die russische Militärinvasion hat begonnen.
Der Feind konzentriert seine Bemühungen weiterhin auf die vollständige Besetzung der Region Donezk und die Eroberung der eroberten Gebiete sowie auf die Störung der aktiven Aktionen der Verteidigungskräfte in bestimmten Gebieten. Der Beschuss der Stellungen unserer Truppen entlang der Kontaktlinie geht weiter, in einigen Gebieten versuchen die Besatzer, verlorene Stellungen wiederherzustellen, indem sie Luftaufklärung durchführen. Der Feind greift die zivile Infrastruktur und die Häuser der Zivilbevölkerung an und verstößt gegen die Normen des humanitären Völkerrechts, die Gesetze und Gebräuche des Krieges.
Auf dem gesamten Territorium der Ukraine besteht weiterhin die Gefahr von Luft- und Raketenangriffen. Zum Beispiel hat der Feind am vergangenen Tag 9 Raketen- und 22 Luftangriffe gestartet und mehr als 90 Angriffe mit mehreren Raketenwerfern durchgeführt. Am vergangenen Tag setzte der Feind UAVs im Gebiet der Siedlung Bilenke in der Region Odessa ein.
Mehr als 50 Siedlungen waren von dem Brand betroffen. Unter ihnen sind Sloviansk, Kramatorsk, Soledar, Avdiivka, Novopil, Zaporizhzhia, Marganets, Musiivka, Kryvyi Rih, Nikopol, Potemkine, Osokorivka, Mykolaiv, Ochakiv und Bilenke.
Die Situation hat sich in den Richtungen Volyn, Polis und Siver nicht wesentlich geändert.
In andere Richtungen beschoss der Feind weiterhin Panzer, Mörser und Artillerie, nämlich:
in Richtung Slobozhansk – in den Gebieten der Siedlungen Baranivka, Udy, Gatishche, Vovchansk, Dvorichne, Kucherivka, Petropavlivka und Senkove;
in Richtung Kramatorsk – Stary Karavan, Ozerne, Siversk, Spirne, Rozdolivka und Vesele;
in Richtung Bakhmut – Soledar, Bakhmutske, Hryhorivka, Bakhmut, Vesela Dolyna, Zaitseve, Mayorsk und Yuryivka;
in der Region Avdiiv – Avdiivka, Vodyane, Opytne, Krasnohorivka, Maryinka und Novomykhailivka;
in Richtung Nowopawlowsk – Zolota Niva, Vugledar, Pavlivka und Yehorivka;
in Richtung Zaporozhye – Novopil, Novosilka und Vremivka.
Mehr als 25 Siedlungen in der Nähe der Kontaktlinie wurden in der Region South Buz von Artillerie- und Mörserbeschuss getroffen. Insbesondere Chervona Dolyna, Shiroke, Andriivka, Biloghirka, Ternovy Pody, Lymany und Myrne.
Die Lage im KKW Zaporizhzhya bleibt angespannt. Stationsangestellte wollen nicht mit dem Feind kooperieren und versuchen, die vorübergehend von den Besatzern besetzten Gebiete zu verlassen. Der besetzte Teil des Cherson-Gebiets ist vollständig für die Ein- und Ausfahrt gesperrt.
Die erfolgreiche Niederlage des feindlichen Personals und der Ausrüstung in den vorangegangenen Tagen wurde bestätigt. So wurden in Cherson sieben Ural-Lastwagen zerstört und außer Gefecht gesetzt, in Melitopol wurden bis zu 10 Einheiten Waffen und militärische Ausrüstung und mehr als 20 Insassen zerstört. In den Siedlungen Tokmak und Tschernihiwka in der Region Zaporizhzhia, einem feindlichen S-300-Komplex, wurden 5 Einheiten militärischer Ausrüstung zerstört und mehr als 50 Insassen verwundet.
Tagsüber wehrten Einheiten der Verteidigungskräfte feindliche Angriffe in den Gebieten Soledar, Kurdyumivka, Zaitseve, Mayorsk, Bakhmut, Kamianka und Pervomaiske ab.
Die Luftfahrt der Verteidigungskräfte führte 28 Streiks durch. Schäden an mehr als 20 Konzentrationsgebieten feindlicher Arbeitskräfte und militärischer Ausrüstung sowie an 7 Positionen von Flugabwehr-Raketensystemen wurden bestätigt. Feindliche Verluste werden verfeinert.
Raketentruppen und Artillerie trafen 5 Kontrollpunkte, 12 Konzentrationsgebiete feindlicher Arbeitskräfte und Ausrüstung, 2 Positionen von Flugabwehrraketensystemen, 3 Lagerhäuser mit Munition sowie mehr als 10 separate wichtige Ziele.
(Übersetzt mit Google Translate)

• Das Briefing des russischen Verteidigungsministeriums:

Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine (September 27, 2022)
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
Attack launched by Russian Aerospace Forces has resulted in the elimination of up to 100 militants from 9th Special Regiment ‚Gepard‘ of Ukrainian National Guard, as well as of over 50 foreign mercenaries in Zaporozhye.
High-precision attack of Russian Aerospace Forces has resulted in the neutralisation of a provisional base of the units from 59th Mechanised Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in the industrial area of Nikolayev.
Up to 50 Ukrainian servicemen and 5 units of military equipment have been eliminated.
Massive attack launched at a provisional base of 81st Airmobile Brigade of the AFU near Konstantinovka (Donetsk People’s Republic) has resulted in the elimination of over 150 Ukrainian servicemen.
Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile troops and artillery have neutralised 6 AFU command posts near Shchurovo, Soledar, Bakhmutskoye, Verkhnekamenskoye, Artyomovsk (Donetsk People’s Republic) and Sukhoy Stavok (Kherson region), as well as 62 artillery units, 184 manpower and military equipment concentration areas.
The list of the destroyed targets includes 3 missile, artillery armament and munitions weapons near Monachinovka, Kupyansk (Kharkov region) and Brusin (Donetsk People’s Republic).
1 control station for Bayraktar UAVs has been destroyed near Lozovatka (Dnepropetrovsk region).
Fighter aviation of Russian Aerospace Forces has shot down 2 MiG-29 airplanes of Ukrainian Air Force ear Osokorovka and Rozovka (Kherson region).
Air defence facilities have shot down 7 unmanned aerial vehicles near Pershotravnevoye (Kharkov region), Charivnoye and Petrovskoye (Kherson region), Valeryanovka and Novoandreyevka (Donetsk People’s Republic).
Moreover, 1 Tochka-U tactical missile has been destroyed in air near Kupyansk (Kharkov region), as well as 17 projectiles launched by HIMARS multiple rocket-launching systems near Kherson, Otradokamenka, Novaya Kakhovka, Mikhaylovka (Kherson region) and Kupyansk (Kharkov region).
In total, 304 airplanes and 155 helicopters, 2,094 unmanned aerial vehicles, 377 air defence missile systems, 5,118 tanks and other armoured combat vehicles, 847 combat vehicles equipped with MRLS, 3,423 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 5,909 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 27, 2022
The two hundred-sixteenth (216) 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 holding the captured territories, attempts to fully occupy the Donetsk oblast, as well as disrupting the active actions of the Defense Forces in certain directions. It fires at the positions of our troops along the contact line, conducts aerial reconnaissance, and in some areas tries to restore lost positions.
The enemy continues to destroy civilian infrastructure and peaceful residential buildings. There remains the threat of air and missile strikes on the entire territory of Ukraine.
During the day, the enemy carried out 2 missile and 6 air strikes, carried out more than 20 MLRS attacks on military and civilian objects, violating the norms of International Humanitarian Law, laws and customs of warfare.
More than 15 settlements were damaged by enemy fire. In particular, Zaporizhzhya, Mykolayiv, Ochakiv, Avdiyivka, Krasnohorivka, Poltavka and Maryinka.
The situation in the Volyn and Polissya directions has not changed significantly.
In other directions, the enemy fired from tanks, mortars and barrel artillery:
in the Siversky direction – in the areas of the settlements of Huta-Studenetska, Mykhayilove, Sosnivka and Starosillia of the Chernihiv oblast and Prohody and Nova Huta of the Sumy oblast;
in the Slobozhansk direction – in the areas of Veterynarne, Udy, Vovchansk, Hoptivka and Strilecha settlements;
in the Kramatorsk direction – Holubi Ozera, Siversk, Verkhnokamianske, Dvorichne, Dronivka, Zakitne and Minkivka;
in the Bakhmut direction – Bakhmut, Bakhmutske, Vesela Dolyna, Soledar, Yakovlivka, New York and Rozdolivka;
in the Avdiyivka direction – Avdiyivka, Berdychiv, Opytne, Vodyane, Krasnohorivka, Maryinka and Novomykhayilivka;
in the Novopavlivskyi direction – Yehorivka, Vuhledar, Prechystivka, Bohoyavlenka and Pavlivka.
More than 20 settlements were shelled in the Zaporizhya direction. Among them are Novosilka, Stepnohirsk, Shevchenko, Novopil, Vremivka, Poltavka and Uspenivka.
More than 35 settlements along the contact line were hit by fire from tanks, mortars, and barrel artillery in the South Buh direction. In order to conduct reconnaissance, adjust fire, and strike at civilian infrastructure objects, the enemy made more than 50 UAV flies, in particular, the Iranian-made „Shahed-136“.
To replenish personnel losses, the military-political leadership of the russian federation is trying to organize the forced mobilization of Ukrainian citizens in the temporarily occupied territories.
During the current day, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Soledar, Mayorsk, Kurdyumivka, Zaitseve, Bakhmut, Bakhmutske, Vyimka, Spirne, Pervomatiske, and Kamianka.
To support the actions of the land groupings, the Air Force of the Defense Forces carried out 10 strikes. It was confirmed that 7 areas of concentration of manpower and military equipment of the enemy and 3 positions of anti-aircraft missile systems were damaged.
In addition, our air defense units destroyed 1 Su-25 aircraft and 5 UAVs of various types.
Missile troops and artillery hit 5 command and control points, up to 15 areas of concentration of enemy manpower and equipment, 2 air defense positions and 3 ammunition warehouses. Losses are being clarified.