Ukraine/Russland/NATO – der Sammler am 1. Oktober 2022 (Nachtrag: Lambrecht)

Im andauernden russischen Angriffskrieg gegen die Ukraine haben die ukrainischen Truppen einen Tag nach der russischen Ankündigung einer Annexion von Teilen des Landes eine weitere Stadt unter ihre Kontrolle bringen können.   Der Sammler am 1. Oktober 2022:

• Den ukrainischen Truppen ist es gelungen, eine weitere operativ wichtige Stadt im Osten der Ukraine unter ihre Kontrolle zu bringen. Das russische Verteidigungsministerium bestätigte den Abzug aus Lyman (s. unten), um eine Einkesselung seiner Truppen zu vermeiden. Aus der Zusammenfassung der New York Times:

Russian forces withdrew from the strategic eastern city of Lyman on Saturday, a significant setback just a day after President Vladimir V. Putin’s internationally derided declaration that the region where it lies was now part of Russia.
Hours after Ukraine’s defense ministry said its forces were entering the city, Russia’s Ministry of Defense said it had made the decision to pull out of Lyman. Confirmation of the withdrawal staved off a potential worst-case scenario for the Kremlin in which Russian troops were trapped in the city.

• Das britische Intel Update:

On 30 September 2022, Russian forces almost certainly struck a convoy south-east of the town of Zaporizhzhia. Local authorities report 25 civilians killed. The munition involved was likely a Russian long-range air defence missile being used in a ground attack role.
Russia’s stock of such missiles is highly likely limited and is a high-value resource designed to shoot down modern aircraft and incoming missiles, rather than for use against ground targets.
Its use in ground attack role has almost certainly been driven by overall munitions shortages, particularly longer-range precision missiles.
On the same day, President Putin signed annexation agreements for Zaporizhzhia and other parts of occupied Ukraine.
Russia is expending strategically valuable military assets in attempts to achieve tactical advantage and in the process is killing civilians it now claims are its own citizens.

• Das Morgenbriefing des ukrainischen Generalstabs:

Operational update of General Staff of the UAF regarding the russian invasion as of 06:00, on October 1, 2022
The two hundred-twentieth (220) 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 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.
Over the past day, the enemy launched 4 missile and 15 air strikes, carried out more than 85 MLRS attacks on military and civilian objects on the territory of Ukraine.
More than 50 settlements were affected by enemy strikes. In particular, Bilohorivka, Novomykolaivka, Blahodativka, Sukhy Stavok and Odradivka.
The situation in the Volyn and Polissya directions has not changed significantly.
In other directions, the enemy shelled populated areas with tanks, mortars, barrel and rocket artillery, namely:
in the Slobozhanskyi direction – in the areas of the settlements of Strilecha, Ridkodub, Kuchkivka, Okhrimivka and Vilkhuvatka;
in the Kramatorsk direction – in the areas of Hryhorivka, Bilohorivka, Ivano-Daryivka, Zakytne, Rozdolivka and Spirne settlements;
in the Bakhmut direction – in the areas of the settlements of Bakhmut, Zaitseve, Mykolayivka Druha and Paraskoviyivka;
in the Avdiyivka direction – in the areas of Maryinka, Vodyane and Oleksandropil settlements;
in the Novopavlivskyi direction – in the areas of Novosilka, Novopil, Prechystivka and Pavlivka settlements.
In the Zaporizhzhya direction, shelling was recorded in the areas of Mala Tokmachka, Zaliznychne, Hulyaipole and Novoandriyivka settlements.
Areas of more than twenty-five settlements along the contact line were shelled by tanks, mortars, and barrel artillery in the South Buh direction. Among them are Stepova Dolyna, Myrne, Sukhy Stavok, Olhyne and Arkhangelsk.
Due to the significant lack of human resources, primarily officer personnel, the russian military leadership is forced to prematurely engage cadets of military schools. Early graduation of cadets will be held at the Tyumen Military School. Graduates are planned to be assigned to primary officer positions in military units equipped with a mobilization reserve. The cadets of the final courses of the Ryazan Airborne Training School are sent to train mobilization reserve regiments, which is carried out on the basis of training fields near Ryazan, Omsk, Pskov, Tula and other cities. For the specified units, they are planning preparation and coordination activities for a period of no more than one month, with subsequent deployment to the area of hostilities on the territory of Ukraine.
Over the past day, units of the Defence Forces of Ukraine repelled enemy attacks near New York, Zaytseve, and Soledar.
During the past 24 hours, the aviation of the Defence Forces has carried out eleven strikes. It was confirmed that the enemy’s stronghold, six areas of concentration of weapons and military equipment, as well as four enemy anti-aircraft missile systems were hit. In addition, our air defence units shot down three UAVs and a Ka-52 helicopter.
Missile troops and artillery, over the past day, hit eleven control and command points of various levels and eight areas of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment. Also, fourteen more enemy military objects – warehouses with ammunition, anti-aircraft missile complexes, crossings, electronic warfare and intelligence stations – were hit in the affected area.

Nach Angaben der ukrainischen Regierung wurde der (ukrainische) Chef des (russisch besetzten) Atomkraftwerks Saporischja von russischen Soldaten entführt:

Statement of the MFA of Ukraine on illegal detention of the Director General of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant by russia
MFA condemns in the strongest terms illegal detention of the Director General of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant Ihor Murashov by the russian occupants.
This crime is yet another act of the state terrorism by russia and it represents a grave violation of international law. russia must immediately release the Director General of the ZNPP.
We call on the international community, including the UN, the IAEA and the G7 also to take decisive actions to this end.
We emphasize, once again, the urgent need to mobilize international efforts with a view to demilitarize and de-occupy the ZNPP and return the facility under control of Ukraine as the only way to eliminate the current threats to nuclear security.
We expect the increased pressure on the aggressor state in order to end shelling by the russian occupants of the ZNPP and other civil nuclear facilities located on the territory of Ukraine as well as to prevent further abuse and repressions against the ZNPP personnel and their families.

• Das Briefing des russischen Verteidigungsministeriums kam ungewöhnlich spät am Tag – und enthält auch den Hinweis auf den Rückzug der russischen Streitkräfte bzw. der immer noch – trotz Annexion der Region – als Allierte bezeichneten Truppen der selbsternannten Volksrepubliken aus Lyman (russisch Krasny Liman):

Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine (October 1, 2022)
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
Missile attack has resulted in the destruction of a provisional base of a unit from 14th Mechanised Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukrain (AFU) near Kupyansk (Kharkov region).
Over 50 militants and 12 units of special military equipment have been eliminated.
Massive fire attacks launched at the positions of 66th and 93rd mechanised brigades of the AFU have resulted in the elimination of over 200 Ukrainian servicemen, 5 tanks and 9 infantry combat vehicles.
Despite the suffered casualties and having a considerable superiority in forces and means, the enemy sent reserve forces and continued the offensive at this direction.
Due to the risk to be encircled, the allied forces were withdrawn from Krasny Liman to more advantageous frontiers.
Russian forces repelled enemy’s attempt to launch an offensive at Nikolayev-Krivoy Rog direction and eliminated over 270 Ukrainian servicemen, 5 tanks, 6 infantry combat vehicles, 23 armoured combat vehicles and 11 motor vehicles.
Fire attack launched at the units from 110th Territorial Defence Brigade near Novopol (Donetsk People’s Republic) has resulted in the elimination of over 100 nationalists, 2 tanks and 6 motor vehicles.
High-precision attacks of Russian Aerospace Forces launched at provisional bases of 2nd Battalion and a rocket artillery battalion from 65th Mechanised Brigade of the AFU near Zaporozhye have resulted in the elimination of up to 60 servicemen and 10 units of military equipment, as well as of 2 U.S.-manufactured HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS).
Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile troops and artillery have neutralised 6 AFU command posts near Artyomovsk, Seversk (Donetsk People’s Republic), Novoandreyevka, Gulyaypole (Zaporozhye region), Poligon (Nikolayev region), as well as 68 artillery units, 153 AFU manpower and military equipment concentration areas.
4 missile, artillery armament and munitions depots have been destroyed near Rovnopolye (Zaporozhye region), Kramatorsk, Druzhkovka (Donetsk People’s Republic), Kalinovka (Nikolayev region), as well as 1 launching ramp of Buk-M1 air defence missile system near Grigorovka (Zaporozhye region).
Fighter aviation of Russian Aerospace Forces has shot down 1 MiG-29 of Ukrainian Air Force near Pavlovka (Nikolayev region).
Air defence facilities have shot down 14 unmanned aerial vehicles near Zagoruykovka, Kislovka and Nikolayevka (Kharkov region), Zalyony Gai, Novopetrikovka, Novotroitskoye, Volnoye, Krasny Liman and Novoandreyevka (Donetsk People’s Republic), Koshara, Kucherskoye, Sadok, Tsukury (Kherson region) and Shmidtovo (Nikolayev region).
7 projectiles launched by U.S.-manufactured HIMARS MLRS and 2 HARM anti-radar missiles have been destroyed in air near Novaya Kakhovka (Kherson region).
In addition, one Ukrainian Tochka-U tactical missile has been brought down over Liptsy (Kharkov region).
In total, 310 airplanes and 155 helicopters, 2,126 unmanned aerial vehicles, 378 air defence missile systems, 5,203 tanks and other armoured combat vehicles, 858 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 3,441 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 6,025 units of special military vehicles have been destroyed during the special military operation.

• Das Abendbriefing des ukrainischen Generalstabs:

Operational update of General Staff of the UAF regarding the russian invasion as of 18:00, on October 1, 2022
The two hundred-twentieth (220) 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, to hold the captured territories, as well as to disrupt the active actions of the Defence Forces in certain directions. The enemy is shelling the positions of our troops along the entire contact line, conducting aerial reconnaissance. Attacks civilian infrastructure and civilian homes, violating international humanitarian law, laws and customs of war. There remains the threat of the enemy launching air and missile strikes on the entire territory of Ukraine.
The enemy launched 3 missile and 5 air strikes, carried out more than 16 MLRS attacks. In addition, the enemy used unmanned aerial vehicles to launch strikes on infrastructure facilities.
More than 11 settlements were affected by enemy strikes. These are, in particular, Bakhmut, Trudove, Bohoyavlenka, Novoukrainka, Zaliznychne, Illinka, Nikopol, Blahodativka, Mykolayiv, Ochakiv and Odesa.
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 area of the settlement of Fotovyzh, Sumy oblast;
in the Slobozhanskyi direction – in the areas of Ohirtseve, Okhrimivka and Budarka settlements of the Kharkiv oblast;
in the Kramatorsk direction – in the areas of Blakytni Ozera, Hryhorivka, Bilohorivka, Ivano-Daryivka, Zakitne, Rozdolivka, Vesele and Spirne settlements;
in the Bakhmut direction – in the areas of Soledar, Bakhmut, Bakhmutske, Odradivka, Opytne, Zaitseve, Yakovlivka, Yuryivka, Mayorsk and New York;
in the Avdiyivka direction – Avdiivka, Krasnohorivka, Opytne, Pervomaiske, Maryinka and Novomykhailivka;
in the Novopavlivskyi direction – in the areas of Novoukrayinka, Paraskoviyivka, Prechystivka, Pavlivka and Neskuchne settlements.
The enemy did not conduct active offensive operations in the Zaporizhzhya direction. Fire damage was inflicted by the enemy in the areas of sixteen settlements. Among them are Orihiv, Hulyaipole, Zaporizhzhya and Matviyivka.
Areas of more than twenty-five settlements near the contact line were shelled by tanks, mortars, and barrel artillery in the South Buh direction.
russian occupation forces continue to suffer losses in manpower, weapons and military equipment. Only as a result of fire damage to an enemy object in the Zolote district of Luhansk oblast, the enemy lost about sixty people killed and wounded, as well as four units of military equipment.
russian military leadership carefully tries to hide the loss of personnel in this war.
At the same time, the political leadership of the russian federation continues to search for ways to replenish losses in manpower. In particular, due to the legalization of the participation of prisoners in the war. According to available information, a draft law on changes in the criminal code of the russian federation, which provides for the serving of punishment in the area of hostilities, has been submitted to the State Duma of Russia.
In the temporarily captured territory of Ukraine, the russian occupation authorities, grossly violating the rules of warfare and human rights, intensified measures for the forced mobilization of the male population of conscription age to replenish the losses of russian military units. For the timely implementation of mobilization measures and suppression of the resistance of the local population, additional units of the russian guard arrived in the cities of Berdyansk and Melitopol.
During the day, the Defence Forces of Ukraine repelled enemy attacks in the areas of Kozacha Lopan, Bakhmut, Vesela Dolyna, Zaitseve and Pervomaiske settlements.
To support the actions of the land groups, the Air Force of the Defense Forces carried out 21 strikes during the day. It was confirmed that the enemy’s stronghold, 17 areas of concentration of weapons and military equipment, as well as 3 enemy anti-aircraft missile systems were hit. In addition, our air defence units shot down one UAV.
Rocket forces and artillery hit 4 command posts, 4 areas of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment. Also, 2 warehouses with ammunition fell into the affected area.

Nachtrag: Verteidigungsministerin Christine Lambrecht besuchte am (heutigen) Samstag erstmals die Ukraine und traf in Odessa mit ihrem ukrainischen Kollegen Oleksij Resnikow zusammen:

In der ARD sagte Lambrecht, sie habe unter anderem die baldige Lieferung des versprochenen deutschen Luftverteidigungssystems Iris-T SLM angekündigt.

Die Lieferung des Flugabwehrsystems hatte Bundeskanzler Olaf Scholz der Ukraine Anfang Juni zugesagt. Zunächst soll das Land eine Feuereinheit Iris-T SLM erhalten, mit drei Startfahrzeugen, so genannten Launchern, einem Radarfahrzeug und einem Führungsfahrzeug. Das System kann gegnerische Flugzeuge, Hubschrauber und Marschflugkörper bis zu einer Höhe von 20 Kilometern und einer Entfernung von maixmal 40 Kilometern abschießen. Damit ist das System leistungsfähiger als die Grundkonfiguration Iris-T SLS, das auf eine Reichweite von bis zu zwölf Kilometern ausgelegt ist. Eine solche Feuereinheit könnte, wie vom Kanzler angekündigt, als Schutz für eine Großstadt eingesetzt werden.

Die Produktionskapazitäten des deutschen Herstellers Diehl Defence sind derzeit auf zwei solcher Feuereinheiten pro Jahr ausgelegt. Die Ukraine soll ein bereits für Ägypten im Bau befindliches System erhalten, das Nahostland erhält das bestellte Waffensystem später.