Ukraine/Russland/NATO – der Sammler am 28. Oktober 2022

Zum andauernden russischen Angriffskrieg gegen die Ukraine der Sammler am 28. Oktober 2022:

• In der offiziellen Liste der deutschen Waffenlieferungen für die Ukraine hatte es  eine auffällige Veränderung gegeben: Während am 18. Oktober der Posten 255 Schuss Vulcano Artilleriemunition 155 mm als Zusage für eine Lieferung der Industrie noch enthalten war, fehlt diese Präzisionsmunition in der – bislang letzten – Liste vom 26. Oktober. Auf Nachfrage die Erläuterung des Bundespresseamtes dazu:

In der am 26.10. aktualisierten Fassung der Liste wurde ein Posten von „6.100 Schuss Artilleriemunition 155 mm*“ neu aufgenommen. Dabei wurde von Ausweisung konkreter Munitionstypen abgesehen. Die Lieferung von Vulcano 155mm Munition ist weiterhin in Vorbereitung und in dem vorgenannten Posten enthalten.

(Danke für den Leserhinweis auf die fehlende Nennung der Vulcano-Munition)

• Die USA kündigten am Freitagabend weitere Waffenlieferungen an die Ukraine an (darunter auch, in der US-Liste gesondert ausgewiesen, 500 Schuss Präzisionsmunition 155mm für die Artillerie):

Today, the Department of Defense (DoD) announces the authorization of a Presidential Drawdown of security assistance valued at up to $275 million to meet Ukraine’s critical security and defense needs. This authorization is the Biden Administration’s twenty-fourth drawdown of equipment from DoD inventories for Ukraine since August 2021.
Capabilities in this package include:
Additional ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS);
500 precision-guided 155mm artillery rounds;
2,000 155mm rounds of Remote Anti-Armor Mine (RAAM) Systems;
More than 1,300 anti-armor systems;
125 High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWVs);
Small arms and more than 2,750,000 rounds of small arms ammunition; and
Four satellite communications antennas.
In total, the United States has committed more than $18.5 billion in security assistance to Ukraine since January 2021, including approximately $17.9 billion since the beginning of Russia’s unprovoked and brutal invasion on February 24, 2022. Air defense capabilities have been, and will continue to be, a U.S. priority for Ukraine. As Secretary Austin said, the two initial NASAMS that the United States has committed to providing will be ready for delivery to Ukraine early next month and the United States is working with our Allies to transfer air defense systems of their own to Ukraine.

Interessant ist dabei, neben der Artilleriemunition, die Erwähnung von Satellitenantennen – nach Angaben von US-Kollegen erstmals in diesem Zusammenhang und vielleicht auch im Zusammenhang zu sehen mit den Befürchtungen, die Aussagen von Tesla/Twitter/Starlink-Besitzer Elon Musk ausgelöst haben: sein Satellitensystem Starlink ist von entscheidender Bedeutung für die Kommunikation in der Ukraine, sowohl zivil wie militärisch.

• Das britische Intel Update:

Russia has likely augmented some of its units west of the Dnipro River with mobilised reservists. However, this is from an extremely low level of manning.
In September 2022, Russian officers described companies in the Kherson sector as consisting of between six and eight men each. Companies should deploy with around 100 personnel.
In the last six weeks there has been a clear move from Russian ground forces to transition to a long-term, defensive posture on most areas of the front line in Ukraine.
This is likely due to a more realistic assessment that the severely undermanned, poorly trained force in Ukraine is currently only capable of defensive operations.
Even if Russia succeeds in consolidating long-term defensive lines in Ukraine, its operational design will remain vulnerable.
To regain the initiative, it will need to regenerate higher quality, mobile forces which are capable of dynamically countering Ukrainian breakthroughs and conducting their own large-scale offensive operations.

• Das Morgenbriefing des ukrainischen Generalstabs:

The operational update regarding the russian invasion on 06.00, on October 28, 2022
The two-hundred-forty-seventh (247) 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, units of the Defense Forces repelled the attacks of the occupiers in the areas of populated areas: Andriivka, Bilohorivka, Luhansk oblast; Bakhmut, Bakhmutske, Vremivka, Zelenopillya, Soledar, Mayorsk, Maryinka, Nevelske, Novobakhmutivka, Pervomaiske, Yakovlivka of 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.
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 fifteen air strikes and one missile attack, carried out more than forty MLRS attacks. The settlements of Bilohirka, Nova Kamianka, Novohredneve in the Kherson oblast, Stepove in the Zaporizhzhia oblast, and Maryinka and Pavlivka in the Donetsk oblast were affected by this.
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:
in the Siversky and Slobozhansk directions – from the territory of the russian federation, using artillery of various types, in the areas of the settlements of Boyaro-Lezhachi, Vodolahi, Hirky, Pysarivka and Ryzhivka of the Sumy oblast and Vilkhuvatka, Vovchansk, Okhrimivka and Staritsa of the Kharkiv oblast;
in the Kupyansk and Lyman directions – from tanks, mortars, barrel and jet artillery, in the areas of Druzhelyubivka and Petro-Ivanivka settlements of the Kharkiv oblast; Zarichne, Yampolivka of the Donetsk oblast and Makiivka and Nevsky in the Luhansk oblast;
in the Bakhmut direction – from tanks and artillery of various calibers, in the areas of the settlements of Bakhmut, Bakhmutske, Verkhnyokamianske, Opytne, Rozdolivka, Soledar, Mayorsk and Yakovlivka;
in the Avdiivka direction, the enemy fired mortars, barrel and jet artillery near Avdiivka, Krasnohorivka, Maryinka, Nevelske, Novomykhailivka, and Pervomaiske in the Donetsk oblast.
On the Novopavlivsky and Zaporizhzhia directions, the enemy carried out artillery fire in the areas of 15 settlements. Among them are Bilohirya, Hulyaipole, Dorozhnyanka, Zaporizhzhia oblast, and Vuhledar, Novosilka, Pavlivka, and Prechistivka, Donetsk oblast.
Areas of 20 settlements near the contact line were damaged by fire in the South Buhka direction.
According to detailed information, damage to the enemy’s manpower and equipment in the previous days has been confirmed. Thus, 8 units of weapons and military equipment of various types were destroyed and up to 120 servicemen were wounded in the Zaporizhzhia oblast. On the temporarily occupied territory of the Kherson oblast, about 100 wounded occupiers were delivered to medical facilities.
The command of the russian occupying forces, in order to avoid panic among the personnel, tries by all means to hide the real losses of servicemen.
The so-called „evacuation“ from the temporarily occupied territory of the Kherson oblast continues. Considerable attention is paid to the export of medical equipment and property of, as the occupiers say, „nationalized“ enterprises. Thus, from the settlement of Bilozerka, the equipment of the local hospital is taken to the cities of Skadovsk and Henichesk. At the same time, the strengthening of the enemy group on the right-bank part of the temporarily occupied territory of the Kherson region by mobilized military personnel numbering up to 1,000 people is noted. They are resettled in the homes of local residents who have left these areas.
Aviation of the Defence Forces carried out 29 strikes during the past day. It was confirmed that 21 areas of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment of the enemy, 3 strongholds and 5 positions of anti-aircraft missile systems were destroyed. Air defence units shot down 2 enemy helicopters Ka-52 and one Su-25 attack aircraft.
Ukrainian missile forces and artillery struck 4 areas of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment and 1 warehouse with enemy ammunition.

• Das Briefing des russischen Verteidigungsministeriums:

Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine (28 October 2022)
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Kupyansk direction, up to 1 enemy reinforced battalion attacked the positions of the Russian troops towards Berestovoye (Kharkov region).
All the attacks have been repelled.
Over 150 Ukrainian personnel, 1 tank, 5 infantry fighting vehicles, 4 armoured personnel carriers and 9 pickups have been eliminated.
In Krasny Liman direction, 2 battalion tactical groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) were conducting an offensive towards Chervonopopovka (Lugansk People’s Republic).
Intense action of the Russian troops has resulted in halting the enemy.
Artillery and Army Aviation have eliminated over 50 Ukrainian personnel, 2 tanks, 3 armoured fighting vehicles and 2 motor vehicles.
In South Donetsk direction, a company tactical group of the AFU attacked the positions of the Russian troops near Vremevka (Donetsk People’s Republic).
Intense action of the Russian units and artillery has resulted in driving the enemy back to initial positions.
Over 30 Ukrainian personnel, 1 tank, 2 armoured fighting vehicles and 1 pickup have been eliminated.
In Nikolayev–Krivoy Rog direction, Russian artillery and Army Aviation launched concentrated strikes at the reserve forces of the Ukrainian troops that were redeploying from the depth, and sabotage groups near the contact line.
Over 180 Ukrainian personnel, 8 armoured fighting vehicles and 6 motor vehicles have been eliminated.
Operational-tactical and Army Aviation, missile troops and artillery have neutralised 6 AFU command posts near Kupyansk (Kharkov region), Nevskoye (Lugansk People’s Republic), Torskoye, Seversk, Zvanovka (Donetsk People’s Republic), and Nikolayev, as well as 74 artillery units at their firing positions, manpower and military hardware in 167 areas.
5 AFU ammunition depots have been destroyed near Vesyoloye (Donetsk People’s Republic), Davydov Brod, Novaya Kamenka (Kherson region), and Nikolayev.
Air defence facilities have shot down 1 Mi-8 helicopter of Ukrainian Air Force near Novaya Kamenka (Kherson region).
3 unmanned aerial vehicles have been intercepted near Nikolskoye and Berislav (Kherson region).
Moreover, 6 projectiles launched by HIMARS and Uragan MLRS have been shot down near Novaya Kakhovka, Tokarevka (Kherson region), and Pokrovskoye (Donetsk People’s Republic).
In total, 326 airplanes and 164 helicopters, 2,356 unmanned aerial vehicles, 383 air defence missile systems, 6,130 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 876 fighting vehicles equipped with multiple rocket-launching systems, 3,532 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 6,823 units of special military hardware have been destroyed during the special military operation.

• Das Abendbriefing des ukrainischen Generalstabs:

Operational update regarding the russian invasion on 18.00, on October 28, 2022
The two hundred forty-seventh (247) 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.
The enemy is shelling the positions of our troops along the contact line 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 current day, the enemy launched 3 missile and 14 air strikes, carried out more than 50 MLRS attacks.
Areas of 30 settlements in the Kharkiv, Donetsk, Kherson and Mykolaiv regions were hit by the enemy.
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 Ryzhivka, Ukrainian and Fotovyzh settlements of the Sumy oblast;
in the Slobozhansk direction – from mortars, barrel and jet artillery, in the areas of Vilkhuvatka, Vovchansk, Dvorichna, Krasne and Starytsa settlements;
on the Kupyansk and Lymansk directions – from mortars, barrel and rocket artillery, in the areas of the settlements of Nevske, Bilohorivka, Stelmakhivka and Yampolivka;
in the Bakhmut direction – from tanks, mortars, barrel and jet artillery, in the areas of the settlements of Bakhmut, Yakovlivka, Klishchiivka, Soledar and Mayorsk;
in the Avdiivka direction – from tanks and artillery of various calibers, in the areas of Vodyane, Pavlivka, Maryinka and Vesele settlements.
The enemy did not conduct active offensive actions in the Novopavlivsk and Zaporizhzhia directions. Fired at the positions of the Defense Forces and civilian infrastructure in the areas of more than 25 settlements along the contact line.
More than 25 settlements were affected by fire in the Southern Buh direction. The enemy continues the engineering equipment of the positions. Up to 30 UAV flights of various types were carried out to conduct aerial reconnaissance.
The so-called „evacuation“ from the temporarily occupied territory of the Kherson region continues. In the settlement of Kachkarivka, the occupiers gave the residents of the settlement two days to evict from their homes and evacuate. Additional roadblocks were set up on the „evacuation“ routes to the temporarily occupied Crimea, where careful care and checks of the civilian population were organized.
At the same time, another batch of mobilized russian servicemen arrived in the settlements of Chervonyi Mayak, Novoraysk and Zmiivka.
The occupiers have intensified filtering measures in the settlement of Velyka Bilozerka, Zaporizhzhia oblast.
According to the updated information, it was confirmed that the enemy’s manpower and equipment were damaged in the temporarily occupied territories of the Zaporizhzhia oblast. Thus, artillery units of the Defense Forces in the settlement of Novovodyane destroyed an ammunition warehouse, up to 5 trucks with ammunition and 3 D-30 guns. Up to 110 enemy servicemen were wounded in the areas of Tokmak, Molochansk and Kinsky Rozdory settlements. The number of dead is carefully concealed by the occupiers.
Aviation of the Defense Forces during the current day made 24 strikes. It was confirmed that 20 areas of concentration of weapons and military equipment and 4 positions of the enemy’s anti-aircraft missile systems were hit.
Units of missile troops and artillery hit the command post, 6 areas of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment, 4 ammunition warehouses and other important military objects of the occupiers.