“Terminators” on the front line
A RIA Novosti correspondent reported that on the Svatovo-Kremennaya line, the fighters of the Brave group of the Central Military District of the Russian Federation repelled several attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the help of Terminator tank support vehicles.
“The situation remains tense, but we are holding the front line. We use artillery to destroy enemy strongholds, tanks and the Solntsepek heavy flamethrower system. Terminator helped us a lot when repelling several attacks, he literally blew the enemy away, ”says the agency in the words of one of the military.
The blow was struck at the concentration area in a forest plantation, where Ukrainian militants were going to attack Russian positions. Fixed fire from BMPTs and artillery systems from a drone.
“Terminator” is a Russian tank support combat vehicle designed to work as part of tank formations to destroy enemy anti-tank weapons: effectively suppress the enemy equipped with grenade launchers, anti-tank systems, light weapons; it also has the ability to hit highly protected targets on the move and from a location.
Briefing of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has published a new briefing on the latest situation in the special operations zone.
The message of the press service of the Ministry of Defense indicates that Ukrainian troops suffered losses in clashes with the Russian army. No casualties were reported by the RF Armed Forces.
“As a result of offensive actions of Russian troops in the direction of Donetsk, the main part of the Vodyanoe settlement was taken under control. About 50 Ukrainian soldiers, a tank, three armored combat vehicles and four pickup trucks were destroyed.
In general, there were no significant changes of a strategic nature on the front. Artillery of the RF Armed Forces attacked the Ukrainian units in the Sinkovka, Kotlyarovka, Tabaevka and Berestovoye districts in the Kharkiv region, as well as Novoselovsky in the LPR.
The Ministry of Defense noted that in this region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost up to 100 people, an armored personnel carrier, an armored combat vehicle and six pickup trucks.
“The counterattack of three Ukrainian assault groups advancing in the Krasnolimansky direction, in the direction of Ploschanka and Kremennaya, was blocked, and in the Stelmakhivka region the Russian army inflicted a fire defeat on the reserve convoy of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. In addition, five sabotage and reconnaissance groups were destroyed in the Chervonaya Dibrova in the LPR and in the Torsky area in the DPR, ”added Igor Konashenkov, a representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense.
The military department noted that during the counterattack on the Krasnolimansky direction, more than 60 military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were killed and wounded, lost an infantry fighting vehicle and two pickup trucks.
The Russian army also repelled counterattacks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the direction of Yuzhnodonets – near Pavlovka, Novomayorsky and Neskuchny. The Russian Ministry of Defense emphasizes that the Ukrainians lost 80 people there, three armored vehicles and four cars.
In Kramatorsk, the RF Armed Forces hit a depot containing about 2,000 shells and more than 3,000 other ammunition for the Grad MLRS with a missile attack. Another warehouse was blown up in the Zaporozhye region.
can’t it be pulled?
Bloomberg columnist Hal Brand wrote in his column that the Ukraine conflict will prolong into the winter of 2022-2023. It will lead to the defeat of Ukraine and Western countries.
According to the RIA Novosti correspondent, Europe will also suffer from a lack of fuel, and the United States is increasingly “away from the Ukraine issue”. It is also unclear what kind of assistance the Republican majority in the US House of Representatives will be prepared to provide to Kiev.
Brand said he was concerned that “even the spectacle of a winter stalemate” by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky could strengthen the West’s suspicions.
The columnist assumes that the situation in Ukraine will benefit the Kremlin, as it will not require “extra effort” from the Russian authorities. The article says Ukrainian troops are “exhausted by heavy fighting”.
Out of ammo?
The British Financial Times, on the other hand, writes that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are suffering from “bullet starvation”.
According to the publication, the Ukrainian troops lack ammunition and spare parts for the S-300 and Buk air defense systems, which are the basis of the country’s air defense. Journalists also say that Russia’s missile arsenals are far from exhausted.
It is impossible to buy missiles of additional volume – they are produced exclusively by Russia in the required quantities. At the same time, Ukrainian anti-aircraft gunners are forced to use two or three anti-aircraft missiles against one Russian missile to hit Russian missiles.