Russian special military operation in Ukraine #61

Summary of the Russian Ministry of Defense on the progress of repelling the attempted invasion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine into the territory of the Russian Federation in the Kursk region (as of October 25, 2024)

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue their actions to defeat the enemy group that has entered the territory of the Kursk region.

The units of the North group of forces continued to conduct offensive operations, during which they defeated the formations of the 22nd, 41st and 115th mechanized, 17th tank, 82nd and 95th airborne assault brigades, 36th Marine Brigade, 112th and 129-The 1st Brigade of the Territorial Defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Darino, Zeleny Shlyakh, Nizhny Klin, Novoivanovka and Plekhovo.

The units of the group reflected five enemy counterattacks in the direction of the settlements of Alexandria, Novoivanovka and Plekhovo. The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 30 people killed and wounded, destroyed a tank, two armored combat vehicles and a car. Three servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine surrendered.

In addition, an attempt by the Armed Forces of Ukraine to break through the border of the Russian Federation in the direction of the settlement of Novy Put was prevented. The enemy's losses amounted to about 15 personnel killed and wounded, two armored combat vehicles were destroyed. One soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine surrendered.

Army aviation strikes and artillery fire defeated concentrations of manpower and equipment of the 21st, 22nd, 41st, 47th, 61st and 115th mechanized, 17th tank, 80th, 82nd and 95th airborne assault brigades, 36-the 1st Marine Brigade, as well as the 103rd, 112th and 129th brigades of the Territorial Defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 17th Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Bondarevka, Viktorovka, Gogolevka, Guevo, Darino, Zeleny Shlyakh, Kazachya Loknya, Kolmakov, Lebedevka, Loknya, Martynovka, Makhnovka, Mirny, Nikolaevo-Darino, Nikolsky, Novoivanovka, Novy Put, Oleshnya, Plekhovo, Sverdlikovo and Cherkassk Porechnoye.

Tactical aviation and missile forces attacked the areas of concentration in the Sumy region and the reserves of the 41st, 61st and 115th mechanized, 95th airborne assault brigades, as well as the 103rd, 107th and 129th territorial Defense brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 1st Brigade the National Guard of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Basovka, Velikaya Pisarevka, Zhuravka, Miropole, Pavlovka, Shalygino.

During the day, the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to more than 300 servicemen, ten armored vehicles were destroyed, including a tank, an armored personnel carrier and eight armored combat vehicles, as well as three artillery pieces, five mortars, three cars and an electronic warfare station. Four servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine surrendered.

In total, during the fighting in the Kursk direction, the enemy lost more than 26,550 soldiers, 177 tanks, 93 infantry fighting vehicles, 105 armored personnel carriers, 1003 armored combat vehicles, 686 vehicles, 229 artillery pieces, 38 multiple rocket launchers, including nine HIMARS and six MLRS manufactured by the United States, nine anti-aircraft launchers missile systems, five transport-loading vehicles, 57 electronic warfare stations, 11 counter-battery radars, three air defense radars, 22 units of engineering and other equipment, of which 13 engineering barrier vehicles, one UR-77 mine clearance unit, as well as three armored recovery vehicles.

The operation to destroy the AFU formations continues.

https://function.mil.ru/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12534395@egNews

Complete capitulation means, let's be serious, an end of Ukraine as an entity. For this to happen means to keep on advancing on the frontline up till the end. For this to happen means keeping Volodymir enraged and upset in a warmongering attitude. At the same time, keep VVP with his cool, calm and collected stance, while showing interest but maintaining a delayed posture over peace talks coming along all over, now that Ukros are being inevitably defeated by force.

Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (as of October 25, 2024)

From October 19 to 25, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out 42 group strikes with precision weapons and strike unmanned aerial vehicles, as a result of which oil and gas industry and energy facilities that provided the work of enterprises of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine, the infrastructure of military airfields, production workshops and storage sites of attack unmanned aerial vehicles were hit. In addition, ammunition depots, fuel bases, as well as temporary locations of AFU units, nationalist formations and foreign mercenaries were hit.

During the week, the units of the North group of forces continued to carry out an operation to destroy the AFU formations in the Kursk region. Air strikes, unmanned aerial vehicles and artillery fire defeated the manpower and equipment of the tank, six mechanized, three airborne assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a marine brigade, four air defense brigades and two National Guard brigades. Formations of the motorized infantry, airborne assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and two air defense brigades were defeated in the Kharkiv direction. During the week in the area of responsibility of the North group of forces, enemy losses amounted to over 2,720 soldiers, 10 tanks and 74 armored combat vehicles, including four Bradley infantry fighting vehicles and two M113 armored personnel carriers manufactured by the United States. 47 field artillery guns, 42 vehicles, 11 electronic and counter-battery warfare stations, as well as four field ammunition depots were destroyed.

The settlement of Novosadovoye in the Donetsk People's Republic has been liberated by the active actions of units of the Zapad group of troops. The manpower and equipment of the tank, seven mechanized, assault, airmobile brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the defense brigade were defeated. 20 counterattacks of the AFU assault groups were reflected. The enemy lost up to 3,180 troops, a tank, 11 armored combat vehicles, including four M113 armored personnel carriers manufactured by the United States, 28 vehicles and 30 field artillery guns, of which 19 were manufactured by NATO countries. Six electronic warfare and counter-battery warfare stations were destroyed, as well as eight field ammunition depots.

The units of the "Southern" group of troops continued to advance into the depth of the enemy's defense and liberated the settlements of Zoryanoye and Serebryanka of the Donetsk People's Republic. The formations of five mechanized, two motorized infantry, two infantry, assault, mountain assault, amphibious assault, two airmobile brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a defense brigade and a National Guard brigade were defeated. They repelled 11 counterattacks by the assault units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The enemy's losses amounted to over 5,410 military personnel, a tank, seven armored combat vehicles, including three M113 armored personnel carriers manufactured by the United States, 45 vehicles and 37 field artillery guns, of which 13 were Western-made. Five electronic warfare stations and 11 field ammunition depots were destroyed.


As a result of the decisive actions of the units of the Center group of forces, the settlement of Nikolaevka of the Donetsk People's Republic was liberated. The manpower and equipment of six mechanized, motorized infantry, two infantry, jaeger, airborne, amphibious assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two marine brigades, two defense brigades, two formations of the National Guard and the assault brigade "Lyut" of the National Police of Ukraine were defeated. In addition, 72 enemy counterattacks were repelled. During the week, the losses of the Ukrainian armed forces in this area amounted to 3,130 servicemen, 28 armored combat vehicles, including the VAB armored personnel carrier made in France, as well as those produced in the United States: four Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, seven M113 and M1117 armored personnel carriers and two HMMWV armored fighting vehicles. 35 field artillery pieces and 23 vehicles were also destroyed.

The units of the Vostok group of forces occupy more advantageous lines and positions. The formations of the mechanized, motorized infantry brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, three air defense brigades and a National Guard brigade were defeated. The enemy lost up to 750 soldiers, three armored combat vehicles, 21 vehicles and 16 field artillery pieces, including 13 self-propelled artillery units and 155-mm howitzers manufactured by NATO countries.

Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated the manpower and equipment of three mechanized, infantry, mountain assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two marine brigades, three defense brigades and a National Guard brigade. The enemy's losses amounted to up to 440 soldiers, 37 vehicles and nine field artillery pieces. The launcher of the IRIS-T anti-aircraft missile system manufactured in Germany and seven field ammunition depots were destroyed.

Russian Aerospace Forces aircraft shot down a MiG-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force. During the week, air defense means shot down three guided aircraft bombs "Hammer" made in France, 39 HIMARS rockets made in the United States and 521 unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type.

During the week, 55 Ukrainian servicemen surrendered on the line of contact, including 39 in the Kursk region.

In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 647 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 34304 unmanned aerial vehicles, 584 anti-aircraft missile systems, 18,871 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,478 multiple rocket launcher combat vehicles, 16,761 field artillery and mortars guns, 27,598 units of special military vehicles have been destroyed.

https://function.mil.ru/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12534393@egNews

Russian MoD reporting 15,630 Ukrainian casualties over the past 7 days.

The agreement between Russia and the DPRK contains an article on military aid, how the two countries will decide to deal with it is still a question - Putin

25.10.2024 12:14:09

      Moscow. October 25. INTERFAX - The implementation of the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Treaty between the Russian Federation and the DPRK is the sovereign right of the two countries, said Russian President Vladimir Putin.
      Putin recalled that the Treaty contains Article 4, which provides for military assistance.
      "What we will do with this article is still a question that we will decide in contact with our North Korean friends," Putin said in an interview with the Rossiya-1 TV channel (VGTRK).
      "If something needs to be decided, we will decide. Our friends from North Korea have a corresponding position," Putin continued.
      He emphasized that "this (the implementation of the Treaty, including Article 4) is our sovereign decision - whether we will use something or not, where, how, whether we need it or whether we will engage in exercises, training, transferring some experience - this is our business."
      "We are constantly told that this is Ukraine's business - how it will ensure its security - with NATO or without NATO," Putin concluded.

https://www.militarynews.ru/story.asp?rid=1&nid=630086&lang=RU

Where to post this story pls advise?

So now Isreali trade and shipping is global one? yay they are really modest.



Russia Provided Targeting Data for Houthi Assault on Global Shipping

Moscow’s assistance in attacks that are disrupting trade shows how the Kremlin is seeking to tie up the U.S. in the Middle East

Russia provided targeting data for Yemen’s Houthi rebels as they attacked Western ships in the Red Sea with missiles and drones earlier this year, helping the Iranian-backed group assault a major artery for global trade and further destabilizing the region.

The Houthis, which began their attacks late last year over the Gaza war, eventually began using Russian satellite data as they expanded their strikes, said a person familiar with the matter and two European defense officials. The data was passed through members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, who were embedded with the Houthis in Yemen, one of the people said.

https://www.wsj.com/world/russia-provided-targeting-data-for-houthi-assault-on-global-shipping-eabc2c2b

A fixed 30 mm 2A42 cannon with 250 rounds of ammunition can be installed on the left side.

Exactly.

"who is legitimate"

In the end Russia will find someone who is willing to sign.

how the two countries will decide to deal with it is still a question

All the talk about NK troops in Russia is just a deflection from the real fear of the western elites:
Russian troops in NK in case of some western attack.

The helicopter used a similar gun to this 30mm but smaller caliber. Maybe 23mm. At the end being fixed didn't help, same will be with a 30mm.

A 100kg fab launched in the general direction of the drone would smash it easily.

If that helicopter tried to run the r-73 would have destroyed it.

Those drones are nasty, they can destroy your ships. Beter overkill them than fail to intercept them.

Russia Accuses MI6 of Training Ukrainian Saboteurs to Attack Nuclear Power Plants, by Anton Antonov for VZGLYAD. 10.25.2024.

Nebenzya reported that the West is training Ukrainian saboteurs to attack nuclear power plants in Russia.

Russia has information about Western intelligence services training Ukrainian saboteurs for provocations at Russian nuclear power plants, said Russia's Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya.

“We also have reliable information that Western intelligence agencies, primarily the British MI6, have been systematically training Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups to organize provocations at nuclear power plants in Russia,” Nebenzya noted.

According to the diplomat, such sabotage groups were trained for operations to blow up power lines connecting the nuclear power plant to the Russian energy system, RIA Novosti reports .
Nebenzya also pointed to “irrefutable evidence” of Kiev’s preparation of an attack on the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant, which, according to Ukraine’s plans, included “seizing and mining” the station.

As the Vzglyad newspaper wrote, the first deputy permanent representative of Russia to the UN, Dmitry Polyansky, reported that in October Russia planned two meetings at the UN on Ukraine: an informal one (according to the “Arria formula”) on October 25 and a meeting of the UN Security Council on the supply of Western weapons to Ukraine on October 31.

Let us recall that the Ukrainian Armed Forces tried to strike the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant. In addition to the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant, the Ukrainian Armed Forces also repeatedly fired at the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant. As a result of one of the attacks, a cooling tower caught fire.

https://vz.ru/news/2024/10/26/1294498.html

Terrorism will be the residual presence of the Ukr army after the current war. But Russia has had to deal with fallout from Chechnya and I do not
see the Ukr irregulars being somehow more capable. NATzO lost out in Ukria where it expected Russia to engage in land grabs and be exposed to
guerrilla warfare tactics.

kvs wrote:NATzO lost out in Ukria where it expected Russia to engage in land grabs and be exposed to
guerrilla warfare tactics.

The US/UK/EU was preparing to give Russia an "Iraq on steroids" featuring their beloved White ISIS 卐, what they got instead was WW1 with drones and hypersonic missiles. They weren't prepared for a war of attrition with Russia's industrial might vs NATO's financial witchcraft, propaganda and "Game Changer" Wunderwaffe.

JohninMK wrote:In a very significant move today the Washington Post, a staunch Democrat supporter and the generally recognised voice of the US Intel community, IC, announced that it would not be endorsing Kamala.

Not just that but Robert Kagan resigned from his senior position as well. Kagan leads the whole US war with Russia cult. His wife is Victoria Nuland. 

I think he’s furious because this non-endorsement is a de facto surrender by the IC when it comes to the Ukraine war, regime change in Russia and the entire color revolution project in Eastern Europe.

There seems to be little doubt now that Trump will win so I suspect that parts of the DC bureaucracy are positioning themselves in the expectation that Trump will want to pull the US out of Ukraine as fast as he can whilst blaming the whole fiasco, as per Afghanistan, on Biden.

Sorry for quoting you but this is huge. It sounds like indeed Kagan (of course the ultimate spook rag would have him at helm) resigned in protest. That is the rumor circulating. Billionaires are telling their neolib and neocon lackeys to shut it. This big.

But it is a bad sign that Trump sold out. I mean I knew he was not with us but I figured the lawfare against him would make the neocon/neolib establishment his enemy.