Ukraine/Russland/NATO – der Sammler am 27. Oktober 2022 (Nachtrag: Transkript Putin)

Zum andauernden russischen Angriffskrieg gegen die Ukraine der Sammler am 27. Oktober 2022:

• Der russische Präsident Wladimir Putin hat die Vorwürfe, der Westen trage mit seinem globalen Machtstreben die Schuld am Krieg in der Ukraine, erneuert – und zugleich zumindest rhetorisch einen Atomwaffeneinsatz seines Landes ausgeschlossen. Aus der Zusammenfassung von Associated Press:

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday denied having any intentions of using nuclear weapons in Ukraine but described the conflict there as part of alleged efforts by the West to secure its global domination, which he insisted are doomed to fail.
Speaking at a conference of international foreign policy experts, Putin said it’s pointless for Russia to strike Ukraine with nuclear weapons. „We see no need for that,“ Putin said. „There is no point in that, neither political, nor military.“ (…)
Putin claimed, still without citing any proof, that Kyiv’s plan was to rig a missile with radioactive waste and to characterize its explosion as a Russian nuclear strike in an effort to isolate Russia in the global arena.

(Nachtrag: Die englischsprachige Fassung der Rede steht inzwischen vollständig als Transkript auf der Webseite des Kreml; die Sicherungskopie:
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• Das britische Intel Update:

On 24 October 2022, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said that Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin will coordinate the ‘development of security measures’ in Russia’s regions.
This followed Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decree introducing a new regimen of security alert levels.
This measure is likely to lead to a closer interlinking of regional governors into Russia’s national security system. It is a further measure to organise society as Russia’s war against Ukraine continues to be under pressure.
The greater involvement of regional officials is likely at least partially designed to deflect public criticism away from the national leadership.
The Kremlin pursued a similar approach during the COVID-19 crisis. However, it will likely make it more difficult for the Kremlin to insulate Russian society from the effects of the ‘special military operation’ in Ukraine.

• Das Morgenbriefing des ukrainischen Generalstabs:

Operational update of General Staff of the UAF regarding the russian invasion as of 06:00, on October 27, 2022
The two-hundred-forty-sixth (246) 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,
The enemy is trying to hold the temporarily captured territories, concentrates efforts on restraining the actions of the Defense Forces in certain directions, while at the same time not stopping offensive operations in the Bakhmut and Avdiivka directions.
During the day, units of the Defense Forces repelled the attacks of the occupiers in the areas of the settlements of Bilohorivka in the Luhansk oblast and Bakhmut, Ivangrad, Soledar, Mayorsk, Krasnohorivka and Maryinka in the Donetsk oblast.
The enemy is shelling the positions of our troops along the line of contact, carrying out fortification equipment of positions in certain directions, in particular, on the left bank of the Dnipro River, actively conducting aerial reconnaissance.
In violation of international humanitarian law, laws and customs of war, the russian occupiers continue to destroy critical infrastructure and civilian homes.
During the day, the enemy launched 18 air strikes and 4 missile strikes and carried out 56 attacks from rocket salvo systems.
The cities of Kupyansk, Druzhkivka and Zaporizhzhia were hit by enemy 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, providing its territory, airspace and infrastructure. There is still a threat of missile and air strikes, including the use of attack UAVs.
The enemy shelled in other directions:
in the Slobozhansk direction – from the territory of the russian federation, using mortars, barrel and rocket artillery, in the areas of Chuhunivka, Strilecha, Dvorichna, Kamianka, Krasne and Starytsa settlements;
in the Kupyansk direction – from tanks, mortars, barrel and rocket artillery, in the areas of the settlements of Berestovka, Kislivka, Kotlyarivka and Fiholivka;
in the Lymansky direction – from tanks, mortars, barrel and jet artillery in the areas of Hrekivka, Druzhelyubivka, Makiivka, Terny, Torske, Yampolivka, Spirne, Nevske, Verkhnyokamianske and Zarichne settlements;
in the Bakhmut direction – from tanks and rocket artillery, in the areas of Andriivka, Bakhmut, Bakhmutske, Soledar, Mayorsk, New York, Yakovlivka, Zelenopillia and Ozaryanivka settlements;
in the Avdiivsk direction, the enemy inflicted fire damage in the areas of Maryinka, Vodyane, Novomykhailivka, Pervomaiske, Avdiivka, Krasnohorivka, Oleksandropil and Novokalynove settlements.
On the Novopavlivsky and Zaporizhzhya directions, the enemy carried out artillery shelling in the areas of the settlements of Orihiv, Vremivka, Dorozhnyanka, Malynivka, Novoukrainka, Hulyaipole, Zaliznychne, Novopil, Neskuchne, Olhivske, and Biloghirya.
Areas of 20 settlements, not far from the contact line, were damaged by fire in the South Buh direction. Nikopol suffered from enemy jet artillery fire.
russian servicemen, mobilized a week ago, continue to arrive on the temporarily captured territory of the Zaporizhzhia region. The specified personnel lack motivation and desire to participate in hostilities on the territory of Ukraine, not the rare cases of desertion are recorded.
The enemy continues to replenish losses. According to available information, representatives of private military campaigns are recruiting prisoners in correctional facilities in the city of Ulyanovsk. Most of the persons of the specified category who agree to fight on the territory of Ukraine are convicted of murder, rape and sale of narcotics.
The enemy continues to suffer losses. Fire damage to the area of the concentration of weapons and military equipment, the enemy’s ammunition depots on October 25 of this year in the area of Beryslav settlement of the Kherson region was confirmed. Personnel losses are being clarified.
On October 24-25, about 100 wounded enemy servicemen were brought to the city hospital of the settlement of Holubivka, Luhansk region. Several surgical teams arrived from Luhansk and Kadiivka to provide assistance.
Aviation of the Defense Forces made 5 strikes during the past day. It has been confirmed that the area where the enemy’s manpower, weapons and military equipment are concentrated, 3 strongholds and an anti-aircraft missile complex have been destroyed. During the previous day, air defense units shot down an enemy Ka-52 helicopter, an Kh-59 missile and 17 enemy attack UAVs.
During the day, soldiers of the missile troops and artillery struck 4 control points, 8 areas of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment, 3 warehouses with ammunition and 6 other important military objects of the enemy.

• Das Briefing des russischen Verteidigungsministeriums:

Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine (27 October 2022)
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy, with up to two company tactical groups reinforced by mercenaries, attacked Russia’s positions in the direction of Nikolayevka and Orlyanka, Kharkov region. All the enemy attacks have been repelled. Up to 60 Ukrainian personnel and militants, 1 tank, 6 armoured fighting vehicles, and 3 pickup trucks were eliminated.
In the Krasny Liman direction, the battalion tactical group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine attempted an offensive in the direction of Chervonopopovka of the Lugansk People’s Republic. Russia’s troops impeded the hostile advancing units. As a result of the fire damage, more than 120 Ukrainian personnel, 3 tanks, 4 armoured combat vehicles, and 4 pickup trucks were annihilated.
In the Nikolayev–Krivoy Rog direction, two reinforced company tactical groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked the positions of Russian troops in the direction of Malaya Aleksandrovka (Kherson region) and Ternovye Pody (Nikolayev region). The enemy’s offensive was upset by Russia’s firepower. The AFU troops were driven back to the initial positions.More than 60 Ukrainian servicemen, 7 armoured fighting vehicles, and 4 cars were destroyed.
Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile troops and artillery neutralised four AFU command posts close to Stepovaya Novosyolovka (Kharkov region), Kolodezi (Donetsk People’s Republic), Trifonovka, Andreevka (Kherson region), as well as 62 artillery units in firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 186 areas.
A Ukrainian defence enterprise producing solid rocket fuel, explosives, and gunpowder for the Armed Forces of Ukraine was wiped out near the city of Pavlograd (Dnepropetrovsk region).
Russian Aerospace Forces have shot down 1 Mi-8 helicopter of Ukrainian Air Force near Novotroitskoye (Zaporozhye region).
In the past 24 hours, Russia’s air defence systems have shot down 4 unmanned aerial vehicles over Olgovka, Tyaginka, Lvov, Kherson region, Zeleny Gai (Donetsk People’s Republic).
In addition, 6 shells of the US HIMARS MLRS were intercepted close to Antonovka (Kherson region).
In total, 326 airplanes and 163 helicopters, 2,353 unmanned aerial vehicles, 383 anti-aircraft missile systems, 6,104 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 876 combat vehicles equipped with multiple rocket-launching systems, 3,531 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 6,805 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 27, 2022
The two-hundred-forty-sixth (246) 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 efforts on restraining the actions of the Defense Forces in certain directions, while at the same time not stopping offensive operations in the Bakhmut and Avdiivka directions.
During the day, the enemy carried out three airstrikes and launched three MLRS attacks from rocket salvo systems.
In the Volyn and Polissya directions, the situation remains without significant changes. The republic of belarus continues to support the armed aggression of the russian federation against Ukraine, providing its territory, airspace and infrastructure. There is still a threat of missile and air strikes, including the use of attack UAVs.
The enemy shelled in other directions: the Slobozhanskyi direction – from the territory of the russian federation, using different types of artillery, in the areas of Chuhunivka, Strilecha, Dvorichna, Kamianka, Krasne, Starytsa settlements;
in the Kupyansk direction – from tanks, mortars, barrel and rocket artillery, in the areas of Berestov, Kislivka and Figolivka settlements;
in the Lyman direction – from tanks and artillery of various calibers, in the areas of Makiivka, Terny, Torske, Yampolivka, Spirne, Nevske and Zarichne settlements;
in the Bakhmut direction – from tanks, mortars, barrel and rocket artillery, in the areas of Andriivka, Bakhmut, Bakhmutske, Kramatorsk, Soledar and Yakovlivka settlements;
in the Avdiivka direction, the enemy inflicted fire damage from mortars, barrel and rocket artillery in the areas of Avdiivka, Krasnohorivka, Maryinka, Novomykhailivka, and Pervomaiske.
On the Novopavlivskyi and Zaporizhzhia a directions, the enemy launched artillery fire in the areas of Bilohirya, Vremivka, Zaliznychne, Novopol, Novosilka, Olhivskyi, and Orihiv.
Areas of more than 15 settlements near the contact line were affected by fire in the South Buh direction.
The issue of material and technical support of units of the russian occupying forces, which take direct part in hostilities on the territory of Ukraine, remains problematic. Thus, according to available information, the lack of warm clothes led to an increase in the number of cases of theft and looting by servicemen of the armed forces of the russian federation in the temporarily occupied territory of the Kherson oblsast.
Mobilized military personnel who arrived in the area to perform combat missions did not undergo appropriate training and lack practical skills in the use of basic types of weapons. This leads to significant losses of enemy manpower.
The unsatisfactory condition of the military equipment that was removed from storage and arrived to replenish current losses was the result of rare cases of desertion and surrender of the occupiers to the Defense Forces of Ukraine. According to preliminary information, a significant part of the weapons and military equipment that the occupiers sent to the Donetsk and Novopavliv directions are of limited or completely unsuitable for combat use. In particular, we are talking about T-62 tanks removed from long-term storage.
During the previous days, the destruction of two ammunition warehouses and a pontoon crossing with military equipment of the enemy in the Kherson oblast was confirmed.
The aviation of the Defense Forces, of the current day, made 14 strikes on the areas of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment of the enemy. During the day, air defense units shot down an enemy helicopter and a plane – according to preliminary information, a Ka-52 „Alligator“ and a Su-25 attack aircraft.
Units of rocket troops and artillery hit two areas of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment of the occupiers.