Ukraine/Russland/NATO – der Sammler am 26. Oktober 2022

Im andauernden russischen Angriffskrieg gegen die Ukraine wiederholt die russische Führung unablässig ihren nicht belegten Vorwurf, die Ukraine plane den Einsatz einer schmutzigen Bombe mit radioaktiven Material – auch Präsident Wladimir Putin äußerte sich entsprechend. Der Sammler am 26. Oktober 2022:

• Die erwartete (und offensichtlich gegenüber den USA auch kurzfristig angekündigte) regelmäßige Übung der russischen strategischen Nuklearstreitkräfte wurde am (heutigen) Mittwoch von Putin persönlich befehligt, wie der Kreml mitteilte:

Der Oberbefehlshaber der Streitkräfte, Wladimir Putin, leitete eine Übung der strategischen Abschreckungskräfte zu Lande, zu Wasser und in der Luft, bei der praktische Starts von ballistischen und Marschflugkörpern durchgeführt wurden.
Eine ballistische Interkontinentalrakete vom Typ Yars wurde vom staatlichen Testgelände in Plesetsk auf dem Testgelände Kura in Kamtschatka und eine ballistische Rakete vom Typ Sineva von der Barentssee aus gestartet. Auch Langstreckenflugzeuge des Typs Tu-95MS waren an der Übung beteiligt, bei der Marschflugkörper aus der Luft abgefeuert wurden.
Im Verlauf der Übung wurden der Vorbereitungsstand der militärischen Führungsorgane und die Fähigkeiten des Führungspersonals bei der Organisation der Truppenführung überprüft.
Die im Rahmen der Übung zur strategischen Abschreckung vorgesehenen Aufgaben wurden vollständig erfüllt, alle Raketen erreichten ihre Ziele und bestätigten ihre spezifischen Eigenschaften.
(Übersetzt mit deepl.com)

(Für eine von deutschen Medien verbreitete Meldung, Putin habe diese Übungen selbst besucht und nicht nur aus dem Kreml per Video verfolgt, habe ich den entsprechenden Hinweis beim Kreml noch nicht gefunden)

Bei einer Videokonferenz mit den Leitern von Sicherheitsbehörden der so genannten Gemeinschaft Unabhängiger Staaten (GUS) sprach auch Putin die von der russischen Regierung seit Tagen verbreitete angebliche Drohung durch eine schmutzige Bombe in der Ukraine an, eingesetzt von der Ukraine selbst. Aus der vom Kreml verbreiteten Eröffnungsrede des Präsidenten:

Sie [die westlichen Staaten] schrecken nicht einmal vor direktem Umsturz zurück. Ich beziehe mich auf die Organisation von Explosionen an den internationalen Gasleitungen der Nord Stream-Pipeline. In der Tat geht es um die Zerstörung der europäischen Energieinfrastruktur. Und das, obwohl solche Methoden natürlich der europäischen Wirtschaft massiv schaden und die Lebensbedingungen von Millionen von Menschen erheblich verschlechtern. Und in der Tat schweigen sie darüber, wer dies getan hat und wer daran interessiert ist.
Die Taktik der Erpressung, des Drucks und der Einschüchterung wird von einigen Ländern seit langem auf dem gesamten GUS-Gebiet angewandt. So wird immer wieder versucht, Szenarien von „farbigen Revolutionen“ umzusetzen, die Karte des Nationalismus und Extremismus wird aktiv genutzt, und es werden bewaffnete Konflikte geschürt, die die Sicherheit aller Mitglieder der GUS unmittelbar bedrohen.
Was sie erreichen – diejenigen, die das tun – sehen wir am Beispiel der Ukraine, die zu einem Werkzeug der amerikanischen Außenpolitik geworden ist. Das Land hat faktisch seine Souveränität verloren und wird direkt von den Vereinigten Staaten kontrolliert, die es als Rammbock gegen Russland, gegen unseren Unionsstaat mit der Republik Belarus und gegen die OVKS und die GUS insgesamt einsetzen.
Die wahre Haltung der Vereinigten Staaten gegenüber ihren Satelliten ist klar erkennbar. Fast sofort wurde das ukrainische Territorium in ein Versuchsgelände für militärische und biologische Experimente verwandelt, und jetzt wird es mit Waffen vollgepumpt, auch mit schweren Waffen, und die Erklärungen des Kiewer Regimes über seinen Wunsch, Atomwaffen zu erwerben, werden ignoriert. Immerhin haben sich die Kiewer Behörden öffentlich dazu geäußert – nein, alle schweigen. Es ist auch bekannt, dass die so genannte schmutzige Bombe für Provokationen eingesetzt werden soll.
(Übersetzt mit deepl.com)

Dazu gehört als Nachtrag ein Statement des Befehlshabers der russischen ABC-Abwehrtruppe, Generalleutnant Igor Kirillow, bereits am 24. Oktober veröffentlicht:

The Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation has information about Kiev regime’s planning to commit a provocation by exploding the so-called ‘dirty bomb’ or low-power nuclear warhead.
The provocation is aimed at accusing Russia of using mass destruction weapon at the Ukrainian theatre of operations that would launch a powerful anti-Russian campaign in order to undermine the confidence in Moscow.
It is to be recalled that the President Zelensky announced his intention to re-establish Ukraine as a nuclear-armed State at the Munich Security Conference dated 19 February 2022. (…)
We would like to recall the possibility of a complicated radiation situation that can evolve around the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, the largest nuclear plant in Europe.
From 24 February until now, the territory of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant has suffered 39 fire attacks launched by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), including 10 launched by unmanned aerial vehicles and 29 by various artillery systems.
The attacks launched by the AFU at the plant did not cause any anxiety of the world community as, according to various U.S. experts, an impact of large-calibre artillery shells to spent nuclear fuel containers will not cause a considerable risk, and the nuclear reactors are resistible to a civilian airplane crash.
However, the forecast of our experts about the radiation situation’s development furtherly confirmed by relevant European scientific organisations has shown that the release of radioactive substances will affect almost whole Europe. (…)
According to the available information, two organisations of Ukraine have been directly ordered to create the so-called ‘dirty bomb’. The works are at their concluding stage.
Moreover, we have information about contacts between the Office of the President of Ukraine and representatives of the United Kingdom regarding the possible reception of technologies to create nuclear weapons.
With this purpose, Ukraine has got relevant production and scientific capacities. (…)
The Kiev regime plans to camouflage the explosion of this kind of ordnance under an extraordinary effect of Russian low-power nuclear warhead that contains highly enriched uranium in its charge. The presence of radioactive isotopes in the air will be recorded by the sensors of the International Monitoring System installed in Europe with further accusation of the Russian Federation of using tactical nuclear weapons.
It is to be noted that this kind of information warfare technologies have already been used by the West in Syria when the White Helmets were filming propaganda footage about the employment of chemical weapons by the governmental forces there.

Das ganze Statement als pdf:
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• Das britische Intel Update:

On 24 October 2022, the governor of Russia’s Belgorod region announced that an explosive device had damaged the railway near the village of Novozybkovo, approximately 15km from the Russia-Belarus border. The line is the main rail link between Russia and southern Belarus.
The Russian anti-war group ‘Stop the Wagons’ (STW) claimed responsibility for the incident. This is at least the sixth incident of sabotage against Russian railway infrastructure claimed by STW since June.
This is part of a wider trend of dissident attacks against railways in both Russian and Belarus. The Russian authorities have previously clamped down on STW’s online presence.
The Russia military primarily relies on rail transport for deploying forces to Ukraine, but with a network extending to over 33,000km, largely transiting isolated areas, the system is extremely challenging to secure against physical threats.
The Russian leadership will be increasingly concerned that even a small group of citizens has been sufficiently opposed to the conflict to resort to physical sabotage.

• Das Morgenbriefing des ukrainischen Generalstabs:

Operational update of General Staff of the UAF regarding the russian invasion as of 06:00, on October 26, 2022
The two-hundred-forty-fifth (245) day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to a russian military large-scale invasion continues.
The enemy is trying to hold the temporarily captured territories, concentrates its efforts on restraining the actions of the Defence Forces in certain directions, at the same time, it does not stop trying to conduct offensive actions in the Bakhmut and Avdiivka directions.
Over the past 24 hours, units of the Defence Forces repelled the attacks of the occupiers in the areas of Ivanhrad, Bakhmut, Bakhmutske, Soledar, Kurdyumivka, Krasnohorivka, Novomykhailivka, Nevelske and Ternova settlements.
The enemy is shelling the positions of our troops along the contact line, carrying out fortification equipment of positions in certain directions and conducting aerial reconnaissance. Violating the norms of International Humanitarian Law, the laws and customs of war, it continues to strike critical infrastructure and the homes of the civilian population.
Over the past day, the enemy launched 5 rocket and up to 30 air strikes, launched more than 100 MLRS attacks.
Areas of more than 40 settlements were hit by enemy attacks. Among them are the city of Dnipro and the oblast, Prykolotne in the Kharkiv oblast and Velyka Oleksandrivka in the Kherson oblast.
The situation in the Volyn and Polissya directions has not changed significantly. The republic of belarus continues to support the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine. The threat of missile strikes and the use of attack UAVs on the territory of Ukraine remains.
The enemy shelled in other directions:
in the Siverskyi direction – from mortars and barrel artillery, in the areas of Starykove, Seredyna-Buda, Basivka, Mykolaivka, Ryzhivka settlements. Strike drones were also used;
in the Slobozhanskyi direction – with the use of mortars, barrel and jet artillery, in the areas of Vilkhuvatka, Budarka, Shevchenkove, Strilecha and Dvorichna settlements;
in the Kupyansk and Lyman directions – from tanks, mortars, barrel and jet artillery, in the areas of the settlements of Berestove, Pershotravneve, Nevske, Bilohorivka, Serhiivka and Spirne;
in the Bakhmut direction – from tanks, mortars, barrel and jet artillery, in the areas of the settlements of Bakhmut, Bakhmutske, Soledar, Ivanhrad, Klishchiivka, Kurdyumivka, Mayorsk and Odradivka;
in the Avdiivka direction – from tanks and artillery of various types, in the areas of Novomykhailivka, Pervomaiske, Avdiivka, Krasnohorivka, Nevelske, and Novokalynove settlements.
On the Novopavlivskyi and Zaporizhzhia directions, enemy shelled positions of the Defence Forces and civilian infrastructure in the areas of Vremivka, Vuhledar, Zaliznychne, Novopil and Poltavka settlements.
More than 15 settlements along the contact line were hit by fire in the South Buh direction. To conduct aerial reconnaissance, the enemy made up to 20 sorties of UAVs of various types.
In the russian federation, the search for additional sources of replenishment of combat losses is underway. Work with servicemen discharged due to injuries continues. They are offered retraining for accounting specialities that involve less physical work.
According to detailed information, as a result of point strikes by the artillery of the Defence Forces, an ammunition warehouse and more than 10 so-called „kadyrivets“ were destroyed in the settlement of Novoivanivka, Luhansk oblast. Up to 10 occupiers and about 5 trucks with ammunition were also destroyed in the settlement of Svatove.
Aviation of the Defence Forces carried out 21 strikes during the past 24 hours. It was confirmed that 17 areas of concentration of weapons and military equipment, 2 strongholds, as well as 2 positions of the enemy’s anti-aircraft missile systems were hit. Air defence units shot down 5 enemy UAVs.
Units of rocket troops and artillery hit the command post, two areas of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment, a radar station and other important military objects of the occupiers.

• Das Briefing des russischen Verteidigungsministeriums:

Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine (26 October 2022)
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy with the forces of a battalion tactical group and a company of foreign mercenaries, totaling up to 500 people, launched 5 consecutive attacks on the positions of Russian troops on a narrow front in the direction of the settlement of Kuzemovka (Lugansk People’s Republic). All the enemy attacks have been repelled. The enemy was driven back to the initial positions by Russia’s troops, artillery fire, army and ground-attack aviation, and heavy flamethrower systems. More than 160 militants, 5 tanks, 9 armoured fighting vehicles, and 10 pickup trucks have been neutralised.
In the Krasny Liman direction, Russia’s troops eliminated over 70 Ukraine’s personnel, 2 tanks, 5 infantry fighting vehicles, an armoured personnel carrier, and 5 pickup trucks.
In the Nikolayev–Krivoy Rog direction, the enemy, with up to 2 battalion tactical groups, failed attempts to attack in the directions of Ishchenka, Bruskinskoye, Pyatikhatki, and Koshara (Kherson region). The defeat resulted in destroying up to 125 Ukrainian servicemen, seven armoured fighting vehicles, and 13 vehicles.
Operational-tactical and Army Aviation, missile troops and artillery annihilated 2 command posts in Artemovsk (Donetsk People’s Republic) and Konstantinovka (Zaporozhye region) as well as 59 artillery units in firing positions, manpower, and military hardware in 177 areas.
A signal node of a Ukrainian group of troops has been destroyed near Prikolotnoye (Kharkov region). Close to Dnepropetrovsk, an oil terminal was destroyed, from which diesel fuel was supplied to the troops in Donbas.
Russia’s air defence systems shot down 10 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over the settlements of Egorovka, Zeleny Gai, Pavlovka, Nikolskoye, Zavitne Bazhannya, Kirillovka (Donetsk People’s Republic), Poltava (Lugansk People’s Republic), Novaya Tarasovka (Kharkov region) and Novaya Kamenka (Kherson region).
Moreover, 13 shells of the U.S. HIMARS MLRS were shot down over the settlements of Burgunka, Olgovka, Nikolayevka, Novaya Kakhovka, Ponyatovka, Nikolskoye (Kherson region) and Novonikolskoye (Lugansk People’s Republic).
In total, 326 airplanes and 162 helicopters, 2,349 unmanned aerial vehicles, 383 anti-aircraft missile systems, 6,084 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 874 combat vehicles equipped with multiple rocket-launching systems, 3,527 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 6,791 units of special military hardware 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 26, 2022
The two-hundred-forty-fifth (245) day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to a russian military large-scale invasion continues.
The enemy is trying to keep the temporarily captured territories, concentrates efforts on restraining the actions of the Defense Forces in certain directions. At the same time, he does not stop conducting offensive actions in the Bakhmut and Avdiivka areas.
During the day, units of the Defense Forces repelled the attacks of the occupiers in the areas of the settlements of Bakhmutske, Bakhmut, Ivanhrad, Andriyivka, Soledar, Kurdyumivka, Krasnohorivka, Novomykhailivka, Nevelske, Maryinka, and Kamianka of the Donetsk oblast.
The enemy is shelling the positions of our troops along the contact line, carrying out fortification equipment of positions in certain directions and conducting aerial reconnaissance. Violating the norms of International Humanitarian Law, the laws and customs of war, it continues to strike critical infrastructure and the homes of the civilian population.
During the day, the enemy launched a rocket attack and launched 11 MLRS attacks.
The situation in the Volyn and Polissya directions has not changed significantly. The republic of belarus continues to support the armed aggression of the russian federation against Ukraine. The threat of missile strikes and the use of attack UAVs from the territory of the republic of belarus remains.
The enemy shelled in other directions:
in the Slobozhanskyi direction – with the use of mortars, barrel and rocket artillery, in the areas of the settlements of Bochkove, Vilkhuvatka, Budarki, Chugunivka, Shevchenkove, Strilecha and Dvorichna;
in the Kupyansk direction – from mortars, barrel and jet artillery, in the areas of the settlements of Berestovka, Kislivka, Kotlyarivka, Pishchane, Pershotravneve, Fiholivka and Krokhmalne;
in the Lyman direction – from mortars, barrel and jet artillery, in the areas of Vyshneve, Hrekivka, Hryhorivka, Nevske, Serhiivka and Zarichne settlements;
in the Bakhmut direction – from tanks, mortars, barrel and jet artillery, in the areas of the settlements of Bakhmut, Bakhmutske, Soledar, Ivanhrad, Toretsk, Kurdyumivka, Mayorsk and Ozaryanivka;
in the Avdiivka direction, enemy shelling was recorded in the areas of Maryinka, Vodyane, Novomykhailivka, Pervomaiske, Avdiivka, Krasnohorivka, Nevelske and Novokalynivka settlements.
On the Novopavlivskyi and Zaporizhzhia directions, the enemy carried out artillery fire in the areas of the settlements of Orihiv, Vremivka, Vuhledar, Hulyaipole, Zaliznychne, Novopil, Neskuchne, and Poltavka.
Areas of settlements near the contact line were damaged by fire in the South Buh direction. The city of Nikopol was directly affected by the fire of enemy jet artillery.
The enemy continues to equip defensive lines on the left bank of the Dnipro River.
russian invaders are restricting the right of free movement of civilians in the temporarily occupied territories. So, local residents of Pershotravneve settlement of Kharkiv oblast are prohibited from leaving the village.
In the russian federation, work continues on replenishment of combat losses. The recruitment by representatives of private military campaigns of prisoners in prisons in the city of Bryansk and Bryansk region was noted.
According to the updated information, the results of fire damage to the enemy during the last days have been confirmed. Thus, in the districts of Korzhov and Mykolaivka settlements of the Luhansk region, the occupiers lost up to 60 people, including at least 10 officers.
During the day, the aviation of the Defense Forces struck the area where the enemy’s manpower, weapons and military equipment were concentrated.
During the day, units of missile troops and artillery struck 3 control points, 6 areas of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment, 2 warehouses with ammunition and 5 other important military objects of the enemy.