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Russia-Ukraine SITREP for 17 SEP 2023 23:59* - Attack of the Drones

Added 2023-09-18 09:20:10 +0000 UTC

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Announcement

The introduction interview has already been recorded with our new podcast co-host, Marina Yevshan, so tune in tomorrow.

This is Report 497, which is 58 pages.

What's the big story? Russia and Ukraine trade multiple drone attacks across a wide area with a lot of fog of war.

What's the second story? For Russia, things are definitely not going to plan. There is a lot in the Russian Mobilization, Mobiks, and Mir section.

Summary

Ukrainian forces liberated Klishchiivka
A kamikaze drone washed up on the shores of Bulgaria
Positional fighting restarted in Kharkiv and Luhansk
Russian forces attempt to advance toward Bohdanivka
A Russian counterattack on Andriivka fails as a video shows the railroad grade east of the hamlet is littered with dozens of Russian corpses
Russian forces try to push Ukrainian forces back from Kurdyumivka
A Russian attempt to improve their tactical positions in western Marinka failed
Intense fighting continues in the Orikhiv area of operation (AO) on the western edge of Verbove, northeast of Novoprokopovka, and north of Kopani
British intelligence reports that Russian troops are strengthening the defenses at Tokmak as regular artillery shelling continues
Russia claimed it shot down numerous drones over occupied Crimea without evidence
The bridge that connects the Arabat Spit to Henichesk, which was badly damaged on August 6, has been repaired
Russia appears to have lost its 44th Ka-52 Alligator attack helicopter
Russian kamikaze drones attacked the ports of Reni and Izmail and the settlement of Vylkove in Odesa
Five Russian kamikaze drones were shot down over Mykolaiv, causing a fire near Snuihurivka
One civilian was killed another was wounded in the Velyka Pysarivka hromada of Sumy due to Russian shelling
The illegitimate self-declared president of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, declared that his nation is the “most peaceful nation on earth”
An armed private military company stormed an oil field in the Krensky District of Irkutsk, Russia, in a dispute over control
Russian officials claim that drones were downed in the Kaluga, Tver, Tula, and Voronezh regions
Partisans in Moscow, Russia, set fire to a Russian military truck parked at a repair depot
The former head of the Kherson Regional State Administration, Gennady Laguta, died
Canada committed to providing another $24 million in military aid to bolster Ukrainian air defense
Four United States Senators wrote a letter to President Joe Biden appealing for Ukraine to receive ATACMS missiles
The Russian commander of the 31st Guards Air Assault Regiment was killed during a Ukrainian air strike
Russian milblogger Andrei Morozov, better known as Murz, reported there are ammunition shortages
Families of Russian soldiers attached to the 1307th and 1442nd Motorised Rifle Regiments and the 89th Tank Regiment appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin for better treatment
A Russian court has sentenced a pregnant woman to six years in a penal colony for not reporting to the commissariat for mobilization
Russian State Duma Deputy Andrey Gurulev and Russian propagandist Alexander Sladkov appealed to the Ministry of Defense to stop lying and to end the culture of deceit
Russia wants to ban YouTube but concluded it can’t
Russian forces bombed a medical facility in Mykilske, Kherson
The Red Cross confirmed that the mayor of Kherson, Igor Kolykhaev, has been in Russian custody since June 2022
The United Nationals International Court of Justice will continue hearings about Ukraine’s lawsuit against the Russian Federation under the Genocide Convention
Poland closed its border to cars with Russian vehicle registration
The Russian State Duma suggested passing legislation to completely close the border with Europe, restoring the Iron Curtain
U.S. President Joe Biden will call for the expansion of the U.N. Security Council and changes to how vetoes are handled
President of Türkiye, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is ready to give up on E.U. accession and suggests that Anarka will block Sweden from joining the NATO Alliance
Russian fuel prices continue to spiral upward, with Russian transport companies asking for government intervention

Podcast

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