Ukraine/Russland/NATO – der Sammler am 29. September 2022

Zum andauernden russischen Angriffskrieg gegen die Ukraine der Sammler am 29. September 2022:

• Die Ursachen für die aller Wahrscheinlichkeit nach durch Sabotage verursachten Lecks der beiden Gaspipelines Nordstream 1 und zwei in der Ostsee bleiben weiterhin unklar. Die schwedische Küstenwache teilte am (heutigen) Donnerstag mit, es handele sich insgesamt um vier Lecks, jeweils zwei pro Pipeline – und das sei eigentlich schon seit dem vergangenen Montag bekannt gewesen (warum bislang in der Öffentlichkeit nur von drei Lecks die Rede war, bleibt unklar):

There are currently two gas leaks in Swedish waters, a larger leak above North Stream 1, and a smaller leak above North Stream 2. Two leaks have also been reported in Danish waters. The number of reported incidents and observations have therefore not changed since the initial observations were reported Monday evening.
The distance between the two leaks in Swedish waters is one nautical mile (1.8 km)
The distance from the smaller Swedish leak on North Stream 2, to the closest leak in Danish waters is 2.6 nautical miles (4.6 km)
The Coast Guard received the first information concerning the gas leaks on the evening of Monday the 26th of September
Since Tuesday morning the Coast Guard vessel KBV 003 Amfritrite is in the vicinity of the two gas leaks. Amfritrite is equipped for operating in contamination, such as gas.
The crew of Amfritrite currently report a constant flow of gas to the sea surface. The crew are instructed to;
a) Monitor the leak to see if it in increases or reduces
b) Assist the maritime traffic in order for safe and secure passage in the area.
The Swedish Coast Guard would like to clarify that KBV 003 Amfritrite is in possession of an ROV (remotely operated vehicle). The information that there is a Coast Guard submarine operating in the area is therefore not correct. The Swedish Coast Guard does nor own or operate with submarines.

Update: Die Stellungnahme der NATO dazu – in der die Allianz Angriffe auf kritische Infrastrukturen ihrer Mitglieder ausdrücklich zu ihrer Angelegenheit erklärt (und darauf verweist, dass die NATO Invitees, also Schweden und Finnland, dem Statement zustimmen):

The damage to the Nordstream 1 and Nordstream 2 pipelines in international waters in the Baltic Sea is of deep concern. All currently available information indicates that this is the result of deliberate, reckless, and irresponsible acts of sabotage. These leaks are causing risks to shipping and substantial environmental damage. We support the investigations underway to determine the origin of the damage.
We, as Allies, have committed to prepare for, deter and defend against the coercive use of energy and other hybrid tactics by state and non-state actors. Any deliberate attack against Allies’ critical infrastructure would be met with a united and determined response.

• Das britische Intel Update:

In the seven days since President Putin announced the ‘partial mobilisation’ there has been a considerable exodus of Russians seeking to evade call-up. Whilst exact numbers are unclear, it likely exceeds the size of the total invasion force Russia fielded in February 2022.
The better off and well educated are over-represented amongst those attempting to leave Russia.
When combined with those reservists who are being mobilised, the domestic economic impact of reduced availability of labour and the acceleration of ‘brain drain’ is likely to become increasingly significant.

• Das Morgenbriefing des ukrainischen Generalstabs:

Оperational update of General Staff of the UAF regarding the russian invasion as of 06:00, on September 29, 2022
The two hundred- eighteenth (218) 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 and hold the captured territories, as well as disrupt the active actions of the Defense Forces in certain directions. The enemy 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.
Over the past day, the enemy launched 3 missile and 8 air strikes, carried out more than 82 MLRS attacks on military and civilian objects on the territory of Ukraine.
More than 28 settlements were affected by enemy strikes. In particular, Siversk, Bilohorivka, Yuryivka, Maryinka, Kryvyi Rih, Vyshchetarasivka, Mykolayiv and Ternovi Pody.
The situation in the Volyn and Polissya directions has not changed significantly.
In other directions, the enemy fired from tanks, mortars, barrel and rocket artillery:
in the Siverskyi direction – in the areas of Senkivka and Bleshnya settlements of Chernihiv oblast, as well as Seredyna Buda, Havrylova Sloboda, Khliborob, Myropilske and Ryasne of Sumy oblast;
in the Slobozhanskyi direction – in the areas of the settlements of Strilecha, Sosnivka, Krasne, Hrushivka, Senkove, Dvorichna and Kolodyazne;
in the Kramatorsk direction – in the areas of Novoselivka, Stariy Karavan, Shchurove, Zakitne, Dibrova, Ozerne and Verkhnyokamianske settlements;
in the Bakhmut direction – Soledar, Bakhmut, Bakhmutske, Odradivka, Zaitseve, Vesela Dolyna, Toretsk, Opytne, Ivanovske, Yakovlivka, Bilohorivka and Vesele;
in the Avdiyivka direction – Avdiyivka, Berdychiv, Pisky, Pervomaiske and Maryinka.
The enemy did not conduct active operations in the Novopavlivsk and Zaporizhzhya directions. At the same time, it carried out artillery shelling near Novoukrainka, Neskuchne, Vremivka, Zaliznychne, Hulyaipole, Charivne, Chervone, Novopole and Uspenivka.
Areas of about 25 settlements along the contact line were shelled in the South Buh direction. In order to conduct reconnaissance, adjust fire and strike at civilian infrastructure objects, the enemy made more than 45 sorties of UAVs in this direction.
russian military leadership continues to take measures to replenish manpower losses, in particular, to equip its units at the expense of prisoners. According to available information, about 400 people of the specified category arrived at the educational center in the territory of the Rostov region. Their preparation will last until September 30 this year.
Also, the enemy continues to send newly demobilized, low-skilled personnel to the areas of hostilities. So, on September 26, 7 units of tanks went to Lyman in the Donetsk oblast, 2 of which were involved in a road accident during the pursuit. In addition, the formed crews also did not undergo proper fire training using standard tank weapons.
It is known that two thousand people mobilized from Crimea were sent from Sevastopol to the Kherson oblast on September 27. In addition, the military commissars in the temporarily occupied territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea received an order regarding the priority of conscription of Crimean Tatars into the ranks of the russian occupying forces, with their assignment to combat units performing tasks in the areas of the most intense hostilities. During September 26 of this year, 21 persons of the specified nationality were mobilized only in Saky district.
The enemy continues to suffer losses. On September 27 of this year, in the Zaporizhzhya oblast, in the Tokmak settlement area, the Defense Forces destroyed three S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems. The sanitary and irreversible losses of the enemy’s personnel are specified.
Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces repelled enemy attacks in the areas of Zayitseve, Mayorsk, Zalizne, Bakhmutske, Odradivka, Mykolaivka Druha, Ozeryanivka, Pervomaiske, Pobyeda, Novomykhailivka, Pavlivka, and Bezimenne.
To support the actions of the land groups, the Air Force of the Defense Forces carried out 16 strikes during the day. The defeat of three strongholds, ten places of accumulation of weapons and military equipment, as well as three anti-aircraft missile systems of the enemy was confirmed. In addition, our air defense units, in different directions, shot down 4 UAVs and 4 X-59 guided air missiles.
Missile troops and artillery continue to inflict fire damage on enemy facilities. In particular, during the day, two command posts, seven areas of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment of the enemy, one repeater station, three electronic warfare stations, two warehouses with ammunition and one with fuel and oil were affected.

• Das Briefing des russischen Verteidigungsministeriums:

Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine (September 29, 2022)
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
High-precision attack launched by Russian Aerospace Forces at the positions of the units of foreign mercenaries from the ‚Foreign Legion‘ deployed near Nikolayevka (Donetsk People’s Republic) has resulted in the elimination of up to 80 militants.
Fire attack launched at a provisional base of 2nd Battalion from 92nd Mechanised Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine deployed near Kupyansk (Kharkov region) has resulted in the elimination of over 70 Ukrainian servicemen and 14 units of military equipment.
Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile troops and artillery have neutralised 6 AFU command post, including the command posts of 53rd Mechanised Brigade of the AFU near Yelizavetovka (Donetsk People’s Republic) and 14th Mechanised Brigade deployed near Dvurechnaya (Kharkov region), as well as 87 artillery units, 198 manpower and military equipment concentration areas.
1 rocket battery of U.S.-manufactured HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems has been neutralised near Pavlograd (Dnepropetrovsk region) within the counter-battery warfare.
1 artillery battery of U.S.-manufactured M777 howitzers has been neutralised near Gulyaypole (Zaporozhye region).
1 platoon of Giatsint large-calibre guns has been destroyed near Yevgenovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).
Moreover, 9 missile, artillery armament and munitions depots have been destroyed near Kolomiytsevo (Dnepropetrovsk region), Kotlyaryovo, Bereznegovatoye and Shevchenkovo (Nikolayev region), Lezhino (Zaporozhye region), as well as near Kramatorsk and Malinovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).
1 radar of Ukrainian S-300 air defence system has been destroyed near Vladimirovka (Nikolayev region).
Fighter aviation of Russian Aerospace Forces have shot down 1 MiG-29 of Ukrainian Air Force near Kurakhovo (Donetsk People’s Republic) and 1 Ukrainian Su-24 near Kaluga (Nikolayev region).
Air defence facilities have neutralised 8 unmanned aerial vehicles near Aleksandrovka (Nikolayev region), Bruskininskoye, Rayskoye, Sadok (Kherson region), Yasenpvka (Lugansk People’s Republic), Pavlovka and Petrovskoye (Donetsk People’s Republic).
Moreover, 17 projectiles launched by U.S.-manufactured HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems and 1 U.S.-manufactured HARM anti-radar missile have been destroyed in air near Novaya Kakhovka (Kherson region) and Kherson.
In total, 307 airplanes and 155 helicopters, 2,107 unmanned aerial vehicles, 377 air defence missile systems, 5,147 tanks and other armoured combat vehicles, 855 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 3,439 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 5,973 units of special military vehicles 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 29, 2022
The two hundred-eighteenth (218) 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 and hold the captured territories, as well as disrupt the active actions of the Defense Forces in certain directions. The enemy 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.
During the current day, the enemy launched 4 missile and 4 air strikes, carried out more than 28 MLRS attacks.
More than 20 settlements were affected by enemy strikes. Among them are Kramatorsk, Bakhmut, Kryvyi Rih, Dnipro, Mykolayiv, Nikopol, Pavlivka, Visokopillya, Myrne. Also, as a result of the attack on the Zelenodol TPP, more than 10 civilians were injured.
The situation in the Volyn and Polissya directions has not changed significantly.
In other directions, the enemy fired from tanks, mortars, barrel and rocket artillery:
in the Siversky direction – in the Senkivka district of the Chernihiv oblast;
in the Slobozhansky direction – in the areas of Veterynarne, Sosnivka, Strilecha, Krasne, Hlyboke, Kolodyazne, Dvorichna, Hrushivka, Senkove and Oskil settlements;
in the Kramatorsk direction – in the areas of Novy Mir, Katerynivka, Nove, Novoselivka, Bohorodychne, Pryshyb, Blakytni Ozera, Shchurove, Donetske, Stariy Karavan, Dibrova, Rayihorodok, Ozerne, Zakitne, and Verkhnyokamianske settlements;
in the Bakhmut direction – Rozdolivka, Vesele, Bilohorivka, Yakovlivka, Soledar, Bakhmutske, Bakhmut, Ivanovske, Vesela Dolyna, Odradivka, Zaitseve and Toretsk;
in the Avdiyivka direction – in the areas of Berdychi, Avdiyivka, Pervomaiske, Opytne, Pisky and Maryinka settlements;
in the Novopavlovsk direction – Vremivka, Velyka Novosilka, Novopil, Neskuchne and Novoukrayinka;
in the Zaporizhzhiya direction – Temyrivka, Yablukove, Uspenivka, Poltavka, Zaliznychne, Hulyaipole, Charivne, Dorozhnyanka, Kamianske, Mala Tokmachka, Bilohirya, Chervone.
Areas of more than 35 settlements along the contact line were shelled by tanks, mortars and barrel artillery in the South Buh direction. In particular, Nikopol, Visokopillya, Arkhanhelske, Osokorivka, Ternivka, Bilohirka, Suhy Stavok, Blahodatne, Olhyne, Lymany, Pravdyne and Myrne.
The leadership of the russian occupation forces continues to use all available means to restore the combat capability of units that have suffered losses in battles on the territory of Ukraine. Thus, in the temporarily occupied territory of the Donetsk region, the so-called „local authorities“ are conscripting and training 250 more prisoners. In the coming days, they will be sent to supplement the units that are in advanced positions.
The enemy continues to suffer losses. In particular, it was confirmed that the enemy’s concentration of manpower and military equipment in the Nova Kuban area of the Kherson region was damaged, which also led to the detonation of ammunition. Enemy losses are being refined.
According to detailed information, as a result of fire damage by the occupiers in the Sofiyivka district of Berdyansky district of the Zaporizhzhya oblast, the enemy lost more than 40 people wounded and about 15 killed.
In addition, more than 200 wounded invaders have been delivered to medical facilities in the city of Starobilsk, Luhansk oblast, in recent days.
During the current day, units of the Defense Forces repelled enemy attacks in the areas of Zaitseve, Mayorsk, Vesela Dolyna, Bakhmutske, Odradivka, Kurdyumivka, New York, Pervomaiske, Vyimka, Pavlivka and Bezimenne settlements.
To support the actions of the land groups, the Air Force of the Defense Forces carried out 7 strikes during the day. It was confirmed that one stronghold, ten places of accumulation of weapons and military equipment, as well as six anti-aircraft missile systems of the enemy were destroyed. In addition, our air defense units shot down an unmanned aerial vehicle.
Missile troops and artillery during the current day, in particular, hit 4 command posts, 15 areas of concentration of enemy manpower, weapons and military equipment, and 6 warehouses with ammunition and fuel and oil.