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Russia-Ukraine SITREP for 22 SEP 2023 23:59* - Operation Crab Trap

Added 2023-09-23 10:50:02 +0000 UTC

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SITREP 503 is 46 pages long and is combat only.

What's the big story? Ukrainian forces strike the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet with three Storm Shadow cruise missiles.

What's the second story? Special Assessment - how Ukraine established parity in the Black Sea using asymmetrical warfare.

Summary

Russian forces launched a series of spoiling attacks north of Bakhmut
Russian forces are attempting to stop the Ukrainian advances from Andriivka
Positional fighting became intense in the Avdiivka area of operation (AO)
Heavy fighting continued south of Orikhiv from Novoprokpivka to Verbove
Special Assessment: How Ukraine achieved naval parity in the Black Sea without a traditional navy
Special Operation Crab Track successfully hit the main headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol with three Storm Shadow cruise missiles
Two cruise missiles struck near Zatoka in the Odesa oblast
Russian forces continued massive punitive artillery strikes on the right (west) bank of the Dnipro River
Debris from a Shahed-136 kamikaze drone landed on “critical infrastructure” in the city of Dnipro
Russian cruise missiles struck civilian areas of Kremenchuk, wounding 31 and killing one
Ukrainian air defense shot down 14 out of 15 Shahed -136 kamikaze drones
The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, praised Ukraine’s efforts to meet European Union requirements for accession to the economic bloc
The United States news agency NBC is reporting that U.S. President Joe Biden has authorized the shipment of a “small batch” of ATACMS missiles
Danish officials confirmed that 12 out of 20 Leopard 1-A5 tanks shipped to Ukraine were not combatworthy
Canada announced a three-year $428 million military aid package to Ukraine
Luxembourg announced a new military aid package for Ukraine
Thousands of newly produced 122 mm artillery rounds were delivered to Ukraine
The Czech Republic and Sweden are in discussions to provide Saab JAS-39 Gripen fighter plane training to Ukrainian pilots
The Russian Federation 2024 budget will increase military spending to 6% of GDP and dedicate 30% of the national budget to “classified” spending
Russia’s electronic subscription service is not ready for the biannual conscription, which is set to begin on October 1
Russian officials report that the demographic crisis is worsening, with the number of men from 30 to 39 shrinking by 30%

Podcast

The Malcontent News Russia Ukraine War Podcast for September 22 includes the full war report with Marina Yervshan and Zarina Zabrisky continuing coverage from Kherson.

01:36 Today's Assessment
04:15 Northeast Donetsk
06:14 Southwest Donetsk
07:35 Zaporizhzhia
10:51 Temporarily occupied Crimean
11:56 Odesa
12:22 Kherson
13:46 Western and central Ukraine
14:14 Kyiv
15:15 Theaterwide events
18:00 Russian Mobilization, Mobiks, and Mir
21:04 War Crimes and Human Rights
23:06 Geopolitics
25:57 Economics
27:24 Zarina Zabrisky - Another loud day in Kherson
28:51 Zarina Zabrisky: Donald Arleth, English language reporter for TVP World, discusses in-depth Polish and Ukrainian relations, upcoming elections, the grain dispute, and Poland's support of Ukraine
47:04 Zarina Zabrisky: Anton Kirichenko of Ukraine Animal Rescue about their work in Kherson and the needs of Ukraine's homeless companion animals

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