Ukraine loses over 1,100 Troops near Donetsk in a week. Depleted Uranium Stocks Wiped. Aerial Tension Russia-US over Barents Sea
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Ukraine’s armed forces have lost more than 1,100 troops in killed or wounded south of Donetsk over one week, the Russian Defense Ministry said, as reported by TASS Russian News Agency.
“Over the past period in that area, the adversary has lost over 1,000 troops, killed or wounded, 15 armored fighting vehicles, 22 vehicles and 7 artillery guns. Over a week, coordinated actions by Russian units have thwarted eight enemy attacks, continuing to deliver strikes on the concentrations of the Ukrainian army’s manpower and hardware,” it said in a statement.
The ministry noted that the surrendering Ukrainian soldiers complain of low morale among the personnel of the 36th and 38th Ukrainian marine brigades due to substantial losses.
The three-month-long counteroffensive attempt proved this line to be prophetic: having failed to reach its objectives the Ukrainian military has lost over 66,000 personnel and 7,600 weapons, according to calculations estimated up to a week ago
Source TASS Russian News Agency
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U.S. Navy R-8A Poseidon patrol aircraft driven away by a Russian MIG-31
On 18 September 2023, Russian airspace control systems detected an aerial target approaching the State border of the Russian Federation over the Barents Sea. To identify the aerial target and prevent a violation of the State border of the Russian Federation, a MiG-31 fighter aircraft from the air defence duty force of the Northern Fleet was scrambled.
The Russian fighter jet identified the aerial target as a U.S. Navy R-8A Poseidon patrol aircraft. As the Russian fighter approached, a foreign military aircraft made a U-turn away from the State border of the Russian Federation. There was no violation of the State border of the Russian Federation.
The flight of the Russian fighter aircraft was carried out in strict compliance with international rules on the use of airspace over international waters without crossing air routes or coming dangerously close to an aircraft of a foreign State.
Statement by Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation
Russia strikes Kiev’s depleted uranium stocks
Russian forces conducted a long-range strike on Ukrainian warehouses storing Western-supplied weapons, including long-range missiles and depleted uranium shells, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has said.
In a statement on Monday, the ministry said the military had conducted an overnight high-precision attack on Ukrainian facilities using air-launched assets and drones. The strikes targeted “the Kiev regime’s sites storing Storm Shadow cruise missiles, depleted uranium ammunition,” the statement said.
The ministry added that the barrage and the drone raid also hit Ukraine’s signals intelligence centers and facilities that train sabotage groups. “The strike’s objective has been achieved. All facilities have been hit,” it added.
Earlier in the day, the Ukrainian authorities reported several explosions in the western Khmelnitsky Region, which they said damaged a production facility. Local media also reported blasts in the port city of Izmail in the southern Odessa Region.
Ukraine received Storm Shadow missiles, which have a range of more than 250km, from the UK earlier this year and used them to attack civilian targets and infrastructure in Russia’s Crimean Peninsula and Donbass, according to local officials.
The decision to arm Kiev with depleted uranium shells was made by both the UK and US. The rounds, which have high armor-piercing capabilities, are meant to be used by British-made Challenger and US-designed M1 Abrams tanks.
Originally published by Russia Today
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Official Statement by Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation on September, 18, 2023
In total, 472 airplanes, 249 helicopters, 6,865 unmanned aerial vehicles, 437 air defence missile systems, 11,931 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,151 fighting vehicles equipped with MLRS, 6,426 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 13,121special military motor vehicles have been destroyed during the special military operation.
«Last night, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out a group strike with long-range airborne precision weapons and strike drones against places where the Kiev regime is storing Storm Shadow cruise missiles and depleted uranium ammunition, as well as centres for radio-technical reconnaissance and the training of sabotage groups of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The goal of the strike has been achieved. All the targets have been engaged» Ministry of Decence of Russian Federation reported in daily official statement.
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In Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Group of Forces in cooperation with aviation and artillery repelled six enemy attacks near Kleshcheyevka, Veseloye, Mayorsk, Maryinka, and Vodyanoye (Donetsk People’s Republic).
Up to 255 Ukrainian personnel, three armoured fighting vehicles, and seven motor vehicles have been neutralised. In counter-battery warfare, the Russian troops hit one U.S.-made M777 artillery system, one Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery system, and one D-30 howitzer.
Moreover, an ammunition depot of the 110th Mechanised Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has been obliterated close to Avdeevka (Donetsk People’s Republic).
In Zaporozhye direction, coordinated efforts of the Russian Group in combination with air strikes, artillery fire, and heavy flame-throwing systems defeated a cluster of manpower and hardware of the 71st Jaeger Brigade near Verbovoye (Zaporozhye region).
Up to 55 Ukrainian troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, three pick-up trucks, two D-30 howitzers, one U.S.-made M119 gun, as well as one AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar station have been eliminated.
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In Krasny Liman direction, two attacks launched by assault detachments of the 67th Mechanised Brigade and the 12th Special Forces Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces close to Chervonaya Dibrova and Serebryansky forestry were repelled by professional efforts of the Tsentr Group of Forces, helicopter strikes, and artillery fire.
The AFU losses amounted to more than 50 Ukrainian troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, three motor vehicles, as well as one D-20 howitzer.
In South Donetsk direction, the Vostok Group of Forces, aviation, artillery, and heavy flamethrowers inflicted a complex defeat on manpower and hardware of the 31st Mechanised Brigade and the 128th Territorial Defence Brigade near Staromayorskoye and Urozhaynoye (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to more than 180 Ukrainian troops killed and wounded, three armoured fighting vehicles, 11 motor vehicles, as well as one D-20 howitzer. Also, an ammunition depot of the AFU’s 38th Marine Brigade was destroyed near Prechistovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).
In Kupyansk direction, air strikes and artillery fire of the Zapad Group of Forces hit manpower and hardware of the 14th, 30th, 92nd mechanised and 25th airborne brigades of the AFU, as well as the 103rd Territorial Defence Brigade near Sinkovka, Berestovoye (Kharkov region) and Novosyolovskoye and Artyomovka (Lugansk People’s Republic).
Up to 20 Ukrainian troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, two motor vehicles, one U.S.-made M777 artillery system, and two Msta-B howitzers were destroyed.
In Kherson direction, over 80 Ukrainian troops, five motor vehicles, and two D-30 howitzers have been destroyed during the day. Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Group of Forces have engaged AFU manpower and hardware in 123 areas during the day.
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Also, four command posts of the 67th and 110th mechanised brigades of the AFU and the 100th and 112th territorial defence brigades were hit near Torskoye, Serebryanka, and Avdeevka (Donetsk People’s Republic).
Russian air defence forces have intercepted five HIMARS MLRS shells during the day. Moreover, 27 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were downed close to Spornoye (Donetsk People’s Republic), Chervonopopovka (Lugansk People’s Republic), Mirnoye, Proletarskoye, and Skelevatoye (Zaporozhye region), and Kokhany (Kherson region).
Statement by Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation
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