Ukraine/Russland/NATO – der Sammler am 14. Oktober 2022

Zum andauernden russischen Angriffskrieg gegen die Ukraine der (aus technischen Gründen knappe) Sammler vom 14. Oktober 2022:

• Das britische Intel Update:

In the last three days, pro-Russian forces have made tactical advances towards the centre of the town of Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast.
Elements of 2nd Army Corps, the pro-Russia militia of the Luhansk region, likely advanced into the villages of Opytine and Ivangrad to the south of the town.
There have been few, if any, other settlements seized by regular Russian or separatist forces since early July.
owever, forces led by the private military company Wagner Group have achieved some localised gains in the Donbas: Wagner likely remains heavily involved in the Bakhmut fighting.
Russia likely views seizing Bakhmut as a preliminary to advancing on the Kramatorsk-Sloviansk urban area which is the most significant population centre of Donetsk Oblast held by Ukraine.
Russia continues to prosecute offensive operations in central Donbas and is, very slowly, making progress.
However, its overall operational design is undermined by the Ukrainian pressure against its northern and southern flanks, and by severe shortages of munitions and manpower.

• Das Morgenbriefing des ukrainischen Generalstabs:

Operational update of General Staff of the UAF regarding the russian invasion as of 06:00, on October 14, 2022
The two hundred-thirty-third (233) day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to a russian military large-scale invasion continues.
The aggressor continues to focus his efforts on attempts to implement his plans to enter the administrative border of Donetsk oblast, as well as to maintain the captured districts of Kherson, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, and Mykolaiv oblasts.
The enemy is shelling the positions of our troops along the entire contact line, carrying out engineering equipment of the positions in separate directions and conducting aerial reconnaissance, raising reserves, carrying out mobilization, and recruiting mercenaries.
The enemy does not stop striking the critical infrastructure and civilian facilities of our country. During the past 24 hours, objects and peaceful citizens of the settlements of Brody, Nalyvaykivka of the Kyiv region, Mykolaiv and Nikopol were damaged.
The enemy used cruise, aviation, anti-aircraft guided missiles and strike unmanned aerial vehicles of Iranian production to carry out the strikes.
In general, over the past day, the occupiers have launched 2 rocket and 16 air strikes, carried out more than 70 MLRS attacks.
The situation in the Volyn and Polissya directions has not changed significantly.
The enemy fired in other directions:
in the Siversky direction – from mortars and barrel artillery, in the areas of the settlements of Ukrainske, Atynske, Velyka Rybytsia of the Sumy oblast and Mykolaivka of the Chernihiv oblast;
in the Slobozhansk direction – from mortars, barrel and jet artillery in the areas of the settlements of Strilecha, Ohirtseve, Starytsa, Hatyshche, Dvorichna and Hryanikyvka;
in the Kramatorsk direction – from artillery of various types, in the areas of the settlements of Spirne, Terny, Zarichne, Nadiya, Olhivka, Torske, Bilohorivka, Yampolivka and Travneve;
in the Bakhmut direction – from tanks, mortars, barrel and rocket artillery along the entire line of contact. In particular, in the areas of the settlements of Bilohorivka, Yakovlivka, Bakhmutske, Bakhmut, Ivanhrad, Zelenopillia, Soledar, Mayorsk, Chasiv Yar and Opytne;
in the Avdiivka direction – from tanks and artillery of various calibers, in the areas of Avdiivka, Krasnohorivka, Vodyane, Maryinka, Novomykhailivka, Nevelske, Pervomaiske, and Zolota Nyva settlements.
On the Novopavlivskyi and Zaporizhia directions, the areas of the settlements of Vuhledar, Novoukrayinka, Vremivka, Novoandriivka, Novodanylivka, Dorozhnianka, Hulyaipole and Komyshuvaha were shelled.
Areas of settlements near the contact line were damaged by fire in the South Buh direction. Nikopol and Vyshchetarasivka were directly affected by the fire of the occupiers.
In the city of Enerhodar, on October 10-11, an increase in the personnel of the russian occupying forces was noted on the territory of the nuclear power plant. According to the available information, the occupiers use the station as a base for the placement of personnel, due to the fact that the object is not fired upon.
The enemy is intensifying regime measures. At the checkpoints around Melitopol, to conduct thorough searches, representatives of the russian federal security service (fsb), together with ordinary military personnel, are present.
To replenish the losses in manpower, the russian military leadership does not stop the practice of recruiting mercenaries. In particular, citizens of other countries. It became known about the arrival of about four hundred foreign militants on the temporarily occupied territory of the Republic of Crimea on October 9 of this year. In the future, it is planned to involve them in hostilities on the territory of Ukraine.
In addition, in Primorsko-Akhtarsk of the Krasnodar Territory, the sending of demobilized persons to the training centers of the armed forces of the russian federation has been suspended until November 1. All because these institutions are not ready to accommodate, train and comprehensively provide a large number of personnel.
Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces repelled enemy attacks in the direction of Terny, Opytne, Vesele, Nevelske, Odradivka, Ivanhrad, Bakhmut, Nova Kamianka and Suhy Stavok settlements.
During the past 24 hours, the Air Force of the Defence Forces carried out 25 strikes. Damage to more than 19 areas of concentration of weapons and military equipment, as well as 6 anti-aircraft missile systems of the enemy, has been confirmed. In addition, our air defence units shot down 5 cruise missiles and 9 UAVs.
Missile troops and artillery hit 3 control points, 5 areas of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment, and 2 ammunition depots during the day. An enemy electronic warfare station also fell into the zone of fire damage.

• Das Briefing des russischen Verteidigungsministeriums:

Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine (October 14, 2022)
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
An arsenal was hit by high-precision, long-range sea-based weapons in Brody (Lvov region), where significant stockpiles of weapons, military equipment and munition from Western countries was delivered and stored.
Military command and energy facilities have been hit by high-precision weapons used by the Russian Air Force in Kiev and Kharkov regions.
The enemy made three unsuccessful attempts to attack Russian positions towards Kupyansk. Russian artillery fire halted and eliminated the advancing AFU units on the far approaches. Over 30 Ukrainian personnel, 2 armoured combat vehicles and 4 pickup trucks have been eliminated.
AFU units attempted to conduct combat reconnaissance along the entire line of contact towards Krasnoliman. Russian troops, supported by artillery, inflicted fire on the enemy. The remnants of the Ukrainian units are pushed back to their departure ares. More than 120 Ukrainian servicemen, 5 armoured fighting vehicles, 4 pickup trucks and 4 vehicles have been eliminated.
While pursuing retreating AFU units, Russian troops seized dominant heights near Vremevka (Donetsk People’s Republic). More than 90 Ukrainian servicemen, 2 tanks, 6 armoured fighting vehicles and 3 pickups have been eliminated.
The enemy launched a number of unsuccessful attacks towards Nikolaev-Krivorozhsk neaR Dudchany, Pyatikhatki and Ischenko (Kherson region). All the attacks have been successfully repelled by Russian forces. More than 130 Ukrainian servicemen, 3 tanks, 11 armoured fighting vehicles and 7 vehicles have been eliminated by shelling.
Bases of units of the 59th AFU Mechanised Infantry Brigade and the Foreign Legion mercenary formation have been hit by Russian air force missile strikes near Nikolaev. The enemy losses were over 170 servicemen and fighters, 4 armoured combat vehicles, 3 pickup trucks and 6 vehicles.
Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile troops and artillery have neutralised 2 AFU command posts, 63 artillery units at their firing positions, 156 manpower and military equipment concentration areas.
6 munition depots have been destroyed near Kupyansk (Kharkov region), Krasnoye, Novosyolovka Pyervaya (Donetsk region), Gulyaypole (Zaporozhye region), Kalinovka and Novoaleksandrovka (Nikolaev region).
An Su-24 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force has been shot down by tactical and army aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces near Bereznegovatoye (Nikolayev region).
15 unmanned aerial vehicles have been shot by air defence forces shot down near Novaya Tarasovka (Kharkov region), Poltava, Sofiyevka (Lugansk People’s Republic), Petrovskoye, Staromayorskoye, Nikolskoye and Kodema (Donetsk People’s Republic), Energodar (Zaporozhye region), Respublikanets, Dmitrenko, Tomarino, Chaykino and Chkalovo (Kherson region), Tavricheskoye (Dnepropetrovsk region). 14 shells of HIMARS and Olha multiple-launch rocket systems have been destroyed near Tomarino, Otradokamenka, Novaya Kakhovka, Verovka and Vesyoloye (Kherson region).
In total, 322 airplanes and 161 helicopters, 2,226 unmanned aerial vehicles, 380 air defence missile systems, 5,753 tanks and other armoured combat vehicles, 869 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 3,473 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 6,560 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 October 14, 2022
The two hundred thirty-third (233) day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to a russian military large-scale invasion continues.
The aggressor continues to focus his efforts on attempts to implement his plans to enter the administrative border of Donetsk oblast, as well as to maintain the captured districts of Kharkiv, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv and Kherson oblast.
The enemy does not stop striking the critical infrastructure and civilian facilities of our country. During the current day, the infrastructure and peaceful citizens of Kostyantynivka, Chumaky, Lebedynske, Zaporizhzhia, Davydiv Brid, Myrne and Ochakiv settlements were affected.
For its crimes, the enemy used cruise, aviation, anti-aircraft guided missiles and strike unmanned aerial vehicles of Iranian production.
In general, during the current day, the occupiers launched three rocket and ten air strikes, and fired up to ten MLRS strikes.
The situation in the Volyn and Polissya directions has not changed significantly.
The leadership of the republic of belarus continues to provide assistance to the russian federation for carrying out military aggression on the territory of Ukraine. Thus, according to available information, another echelon with weapons, military equipment and ammunition arrived from Gomel to the temporarily occupied territory of the Republic of Crimea.
The enemy also shelled:
in the Siverskyi direction – from mortars and barrel artillery, in the areas of Ukrainske and Atynske settlements of the Sumy oblast;
in the Slobozhansk direction – from mortars, barrel and jet artillery, in the areas of the settlements of Strilecha, Krasne, Ohirtseve, Vovchansk, Zelene, Starytsa, Dvorichna and Hryanikyvka;
in the Kramatorsk direction – from artillery of various types, in the areas of the settlements of Pershotravneve, Nadiya, Novoyehorivka, Olhivka, Hrekivka, Yampolivka, Terny, Zarichne, Torske;
in the Bakhmut direction – from tanks, mortars, barrel and rocket artillery in the areas of more than fifteen settlements along the entire line of contact. In particular, Siversk, Bilohorivka, Hryhorivka, Soledar, Bakhmutske, Bakhmut, Kostyantynivka, Opytne, Ivanhrad;
in the Avdiivka region – from tanks and artillery of various calibers, in the areas of Berdychi, Avdiivka, Pervomaiske, Vodyane, Opytne, Nevelske and Maryinka settlements.
In the Novopavlivskyi and Zaporizhzhia directions, the enemy did not conduct offensive actions and continues to set up positions for defense. Fired mortars, barrel and rocket artillery on more than twenty districts of populated areas. Among them are Novosilka, Vremivka, Novopil, Neskuchne, Zolota Nyva, Vuhledar, Kamianske and Bilohirya.
More than thirty settlements along the contact line were hit by fire in the South Buh region.
In the temporarily occupied city of Kherson, the occupiers seized 13 out of 15 barge-type watercraft for transporting personnel and equipment across the Dnipro River from the local river port.
In the temporarily occupied territory of the Ukrainian Crimea, the occupying authorities issued an order specifying the procedure for evacuating museums. In particular, internal (within the occupied region) and external (to the territory of the russian federation) evacuation plans have been approved for the museums of the temporarily occupied region. Exhibits with the greatest material value are subject to priority evacuation.
According to detailed information, the destruction of a significant number of enemy personnel in the previous days has been confirmed. Thus, as a result of the effective actions of the Defence Forces in the areas of the settlements of Khlibodarivka of the Donetsk oblast, Tokmak of the Zaporizhia oblast, and Tokarivka of the Kherson oblast, the occupiers lost up to 150 people dead and about 100 wounded. Three S-300 complexes were also destroyed and up to 10 units of other weapons and military equipment.
According to preliminary information, in the area of the railway station in the city of Antratsyt, Luhansk oblast, our soldiers destroyed a significant part of the enemy’s weapons and military equipment transported by rail. The number and nature of injuries are being clarified.
During the current day, the aviation of the Defence Forces made thirteen strikes. It has been confirmed that twelve areas of concentration of weapons and military equipment, as well as one anti-aircraft missile system of the enemy, have been destroyed.
Missile troops and artillery hit three control points, eight areas of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment, and three ammunition warehouses.