Ukraine/Russland/NATO – der Sammler am 31. Oktober 2022

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Im andauernden russischen Angriffskrieg gegen die Ukraine gab es am 250. Tag erneut massive Luftangriffe auf die Energie-Infrastruktur größerer ukrainischer Städte. Obwohl nach ukrainischen Angaben der überwiegende Teil der Marschflugkörper, Raketen oder Drohnen abgeschossen wurde, führten die übrigen Geschosse zu schweren Schäden an Strom- und Wasserversorgung. Der Sammler am 31. Oktober 2022:

• Zu den Luftangriffen aus der Übersicht von AP:

A massive barrage of Russian cruise missile and drone strikes hit critical infrastructure in Kyiv, Kharkiv and other Ukrainian cities early Monday, knocking out water and power supplies in apparent retaliation for what Moscow alleged was a Ukrainian attack on its Black Sea Fleet. (…)
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said Russian missiles and drones hit 10 Ukrainian regions and damaged 18 sites, mostly energy facilities.
Hundreds of localities in seven Ukrainian regions were left without power, he said in a Facebook post, adding that “the consequences could have been much worse” if the Ukrainian forces hadn’t shot down most of the Russian missiles.

Nachtrag: Der Bürgermeister von Kiew, Vitali Klitschko, und der (neue) ukrainische Botschafter in Deutschland, Oleksii Makeiev, dankten nach den Luftangriffen ausdrücklich Deutschland für die Bereitstellung des Luftverteidigungssystems Iris-T SLM. Das System habe sich nach Angaben der ukrainischen Streitkräfte als 100 Prozent effektiv erwiesen:

• Das britische Intel Update:

Russia has deployed several thousand newly mobilised reservists to the front line in Ukraine since mid-October. In many cases they are poorly equipped.
In September, Russian officers were concerned that some recently mobilised reservists were arriving in Ukraine without weapons.
Open source images suggest that those rifles which have been issued to mobilised reservists are typically AKMs, a weapon first introduced in 1959. Many are likely in barely usable condition following poor storage.
AKM fires 7.62mm ammunition while Russia’s regular combat units are mostly armed with 5.45mm AK-74M or AK-12 rifles.
The integration of reservists with contract soldiers and combat veterans in Ukraine will mean Russian logisticians will have to push two types of small arms ammunition to front line positions, rather than one.
This will likely further complicate Russia’s already strained logistics systems.

• Das Morgenbriefing des ukrainischen Generalstabs:

Operational update regarding the russian invasion as of 06.00, on October 31, 2022
The two hundred-fifty (250) 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 of Ukraine repelled the attacks of the occupiers in the areas of Zelene settlements of the Kharkiv region; Biloрorivka, Mykolaivka and Novoselivske in the Luhansk oblast; Avdiivka, Bakhmutske, Vesele, Vodyane, Mayorsk, Maryinka and Novobakhmutivka of the Donetsk oblast.
The enemy continues shelling units of the Defense Forces along the contact line, carries out fortification equipment of the lines in separate directions and conducts aerial reconnaissance. Strikes critical infrastructure and civilian homes, violating international humanitarian law, laws and customs of war.
Over the past 24 hours, the enemy has launched 4 missile and 5 air strikes, launched more than 90 MLRS attacks.
Areas of more than 20 settlements were hit by enemy attacks. Among them are Kupyansk in Kharkiv oblast, Siversk in Donetsk oblast, Nova Kamianka in Kherson oblast and Bereznehguvate and Ochakiv in Mykolaiv oblast.
In the Volyn and Polissya directions, the situation remains without significant changes. The republic of belarus supports the armed aggression of the russian federation against Ukrainians. The russian federation continues to transfer individual units to the territory of this country. 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 Siversky direction – from mortars and barrel artillery, in the areas of the settlements of Halahanivka, Chernihiv oblast, and Pokrovka, Sumy oblast;
in the Slobozhanskyi direction – from tanks, mortars, barrel and rocket artillery, in the areas of Hatishche, Kamianka, Krasne, Ohirtseve and Starytsa settlements of the Kharkiv oblast;
in the Kupyansk and Lyman directions – from artillery of various types, in the areas of Tabayivka and Terny settlements of the Kharkiv oblast; Hrekivka, Kovalivka, Karmazynivka, Makiivka, Novoyehorivka, Nevske, Ploschanka and Chervonopopivka in Luhansk oblast and Zarichne and Yampolivka in Donetsk oblast;
in the Bakhmut direction – from tanks, mortars, barrel and rocket artillery in the areas of Andriivka, Bakhmut, Bakhmutske, Bilohorivka, Verkhnyokamianske, Mayorsk, Opytne, Siversk, Soledar, Spirne and Yakovlivka settlements of the Donetsk oblast;
in the Avdiivka region – from tanks and artillery of various calibers, in the areas of Avdiivka, Vodyane, Krasnohorivka, Maryinka, Novomykhailivka, and Pervomaiske settlements of the Donetsk oblast;
in the Novopavlivsky and Zaporizhzhia directions – from tanks, mortars, barrel and jet artillery, in the areas of Vremivka, Vuhledar, Mykilske, Pavlivka, Paraskoviivka and Prechystivka settlements of the Donetsk oblast and Dorozhnyanka, Malynivka, Novodanylivka, Olhivske and Pavlivka in the Zaporizhzhia oblast.
About 20 settlements along the contact line were hit by fire in the South Buh direction. Among them are Bilohirka, Davydiv Brid, Myrne, Nova Kamianka, Pravdyne and Chervone in the Kherson oblast and Kiselivka and Ternovi Pody in the Mykolaiv oblast.
In the temporarily occupied territory of the Kherson oblast, the occupiers continue to dismantle and remove the equipment of cellular communication towers to the Donetsk oblast in order to establish and expand the coverage of the so-called national communication operators.
Preparations for the evacuation of individual units and military equipment of the enemy from the right-bank part of the Kherson region are ongoing. For this purpose, the availability of watercraft of the river fleet is verified, pontoon crossings are installed, and the serviceability and readiness of barges are periodically checked. The other day, two of them were successfully destroyed by units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine in the area of the Antonivsky Bridge.
According to detailed information, damage to the enemy’s manpower and equipment in the previous days has been confirmed. Thus, in the Kherson oblast, a column of enemy military equipment was destroyed, in Zaporizhzhia – an ammunition depot, 5 units of weapons and military equipment of various types were destroyed and wounded to 120 military personnel.
During the day, the aviation of the Defense Forces struck the enemy 21 times, of which: 15 – on the areas of concentration of weapons and military equipment, 2 – on platoon strongholds, and 4 – on the positions of the enemy’s air defense complexes. In different directions, our air defense units shot down 1 enemy helicopter and 1 Su-25 attack aircraft.
Over the past day, soldiers of the missile troops and artillery hit the control post and the anti-aircraft missile installation.

• Das Briefing des russischen Verteidigungsministeriums:

Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine (31 October 2022)
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have continued launching strikes by high-precision long-range air- and sea-based armament at the military control and energy systems of Ukraine.
The goals of the attacks have been reached. All the assigned targets have been neutralised.
In Kupyansk direction, Russian forces have neutralised two company tactical groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) as well as two groups of foreign mercenaries near Orlyanka (Kharkov region), Nikolayevka and Kuzemovka (Lugansk People’s Republic).
Over 110 Ukrainian personnel and mercenaries, one tank, three armoured fighting vehicles, two pickups, and two motor vehicles have been eliminated.
In Krasny Liman direction, three company tactical groups attempted to conduct an offensive towards Makeyevka and Chervonopopovka (Lugansk People’s Republic).
All the attacks have been repelled.
Russian forces have eliminated over 170 Ukrainian personnel, three tanks, five armoured fighting vehicles, and nine motor vehicles.
In Donetsk direction, units of Russian army continued their intensive operation.
Assault and artillery units of Russian forces have eliminated over 60 Ukrainian personnel, one tank, two armoured fighting vehicles, and two motor vehicles.
In Nikolayev–Krivoy Rog direction, company tactical groups of the AFU made four attempts to launch attacks towards Pyatikhatki, Chervony Yar, Ishchenka and Zelyony Gai (Kherson region).
The enemy has been driven back to initial positions by fire and decisive action of Russian troops.
Over 70 Ukrainian personnel and mercenaries, five armoured fighting vehicles, seven motor vehicles and one German-manufactured Panzerhaubitze 2000 self-propelled artillery system have been eliminated.
Operational-Tactical and Army Aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery have neutralised eight AFU command posts near Omelnik, Preobrazhenka, Zaliznichnoye, Gulyaipole (Zaporozhye region), Bereznegovatoye, Kaluga, Chervony Yar, Murakhovka (Nikolayev region), as well as 57 artillery units at their firing positions, manpower and military hardware in 136 areas.
Four ammunition depots have been destroyed near Novaya Kamenka, Novoaleksandrovka (Kherson region), Terny and Kolodezi (Donetsk People’s Republic).
Air defence facilities have shot down 13 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles near Popasnaya, Novonikanorovka (Lugansk People’s Republic), Mechnikovo (Kharkov region), Volnovakha, Kirillovka, Nikolskoye (Donetsk People’s Republic) and Kazatskoye (Kherson region).
Moreover, four projectiles launched by HIMARS and Olkha MLRS, as well as seven HARM anti-radiation missiles have been intercepted near Novaya Kakhovka and Antonovka (Kherson region).
In total, 328 airplanes and 167 helicopters, 2,393 unmanned aerial vehicles, 384 air defence missile systems, 6,213 tanks and other armoured combat vehicles, 879 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 3,540 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 6,920 units of special military equipment 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 31, 2022
The two-hundred-fifty (250) 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 continues shelling units of the Defense Forces along the contact line, carries out fortification equipment of the lines in separate directions and conducts aerial reconnaissance. Strikes critical infrastructure and civilian homes, violating international humanitarian law, laws and customs of war.
In total, the enemy carried out up to 10 airstrikes and launched more than 20 attacks from rocket salvo systems. In addition, the infrastructure in the districts of Kyiv, Poltava, Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, Cherkasy, Chernivtsi and other regions suffered enemy rocket attacks. The enemy attacked military and civilian infrastructure facilities with 55 air-guided missiles, 45 of which were shot down by our defenders.
The situation in the Volyn and Polissya directions has not changed significantly. The republic of belarus supports the armed aggression of the russian federation against Ukraine. The russian federation continues to transfer individual units to the territory of the republic of belarus. The threat of missile strikes and the use of attack UAVs from the territory of this country remains.
The enemy shelled in other directions:
in the Siversky direction – from mortars and barrel artillery, in the area of Mezenivka, Sumy oblast;
in the Slobozhanskyi direction – from tanks, mortars, barrel and rocket artillery, in the areas of Dvorichna, Zelene and Kamianka settlements;
in the Kupyansk and Lyman directions – from mortars, barrel and rocket artillery, in the areas of Berestove, Hrekivka, Zarichne, Nevske and Stelmakhivka settlements;
in the Bakhmut direction – from tanks and artillery of various calibers, in the areas of the settlements of Bilohorivka, Klishchiivka, Mayorsk, Opytne, Spirne, Yakovlivka, and Zelenopillya;
in the Avdiyivka direction – from tanks, mortars, barrel and rocket artillery, in the areas of Vodyane, Novobakhmutivka and Pervomaiske settlements;
in the Novopavlivskyi and Zaporizhzhia directions – from tanks and artillery of various types, in the areas of the settlements of Vremivka, Vuhledar and Pavlivka.
In the South Buh direction, more than 30 settlements along the contact line suffered fire damage. Among them are Novodanylivka, Chervone and Zaliznychne.
Against the background of significant losses on the territory of Ukraine, the russian military and political leadership is looking for ways to replenish the occupying forces at the expense of private military companies. Despite significant image and political losses in the international arena, a decision was made to withdraw the contingent of private military campaigns from the Republic of Mali. In addition, russian military mercenaries are trying to create an aviation component that can be used in Ukraine. However, the efficiency and training of pilots who use different modifications of the Mi-8 does not allow them to perform their assigned tasks. In addition, the motivation of the flight crew is negatively affected by significantly reduced, compared to Syria, payments.
During the day, the aviation of the Defense Forces struck the enemy 14 times. 12 of them – in areas of concentration of weapons and military equipment; on the platoon support point, as well as the position of the enemy’s air defense complex. Ukrainian air defense units shot down 2 helicopters (Ka-52 and Mi-8) and 2 enemy UAVs.
Units of missile troops and artillery hit the command post, two areas of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment and other important military facilities.