Posted on 09/20/2023 6:29:09 PM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
Update from Ukraine | Kaboom day for Ruzzia. They lost military base, jets and fuel facility
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iB_KEQEvXjQ
The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the recent developments on the battlefield, as of 20th September 2023 – 22:00 (Kyiv time). [NOTE: two summaries per week, released on Wednesday and Sunday]
https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-574-summary/
*** Great interactive maps with viewer controlled Map magnification tool to use for each Front!
https://militaryland.net/maps/
Update from Ukraine | Kaboom day for Ruzzia. They lost military base, jets and fuel facility
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iB_KEQEvXjQ
The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the recent developments on the battlefield, as of 20th September 2023 – 22:00 (Kyiv time). [NOTE: two summaries per week, released on Wednesday and Sunday]
https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-574-summary/
*** Great interactive maps with viewer controlled Map magnification tool to use for each Front!
https://militaryland.net/maps/
ARTICLE
The use of veto power requires reform, and this can be a key reform in the UN – address by the President of Ukraine at the UN Security Council meeting [excerpt]
President of Ukraine Official Website
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
20 September 2023 - 19:24
https://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/zastosuvannya-prava-veto-potrebuye-reformuvannya-i-ce-mozhe-85745
Distinguished Prime Minister Rama!
I am grateful to the Albanian Presidency for arranging this meeting.
Mr. Secretary-General!
Ladies and gentlemen!
Five hundred seventy-four days of pain, losses, and struggle have already passed since the start of the full-scale aggression launched by the state, which, for some reason, is still present here among the permanent members of the UN Security Council. Russia has killed at least tens of thousands of our people and turned millions into refugees by destroying their homes.
Most of the world recognizes the truth about this war. It is a criminal and unprovoked aggression by Russia against our nation, aimed at seizing Ukraine’s territory and resources. But it is not just that. With its aggression, the terrorist state is willing to undermine all the dams of international norms meant to protect the world from wars.
And I am grateful to all those who have recognized the Russian aggression as a violation of the UN Charter.
Ukraine exercises its inherent right of self-defense. Helping Ukraine with weapons in this exercise, imposing sanctions and exerting comprehensive pressure on the aggressor, as well as voting for relevant resolutions, mean helping to defend the UN Charter.
The resolutions of the General Assembly have clearly recognized the fact that the only source of this war is Russia. But, this has changed nothing for Russia in the United Nations. However, these are the situations that have changed everything for the UN. We should acknowledge that the Organization finds itself in a deadlock on the issue of aggression. Humankind no longer pins its hopes on the UN when it comes to the defense of the sovereign borders of nations. World leaders are seeking new platforms and alliances that could reduce the disastrous scope of problems. Those problems that are met here, within these walls, with rhetoric, rather than real solutions, with aspirations to compromise with killers, rather than to protect lives. Life should be defended uncompromisingly to ensure successful protection.
But I would not be here today if Ukraine had no proposals precisely regarding solutions.
Yesterday, in my address to the UN General Assembly, I said that the Ukrainian Peace Formula had become the basis to update the existing security architecture in the world, in particular – to restore the real power of the UN Charter and the rules-based international order. [Excerpt]
VIDEO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CecR04xh6PQ
VIDEO - ARTICLE
Ukrainians LAUNCH A MASS DRONE ATTACK & WIPE OUT RUSSIAN TUNNEL BASES in Soledar | Ukraine War
Divine Justice
183K subscribers
9-20-2023 4:00 a.m. EDT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwsWjMawY4o
The balance of the war between Ukraine and Russia is constantly changing. While a few days ago the Black Sea and the Crimean peninsula were shaken by Ukrainian attacks, today the intensity of the clashes returned to the front lines of the Donetsk region. Ukrainian forces last liberated the settlement of Andriivka in this region as a result of operations carried out by the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade, the Azov Special Forces. Following this critical success, Kiev shifted its offensive operations from the southern flanks of Bakhmut to the northern lines of the city. The most important clash areas in the northern part of Bakhmut are the settlements of Yahidne, Berkhivka, Blahodatne and Soledar.
In Soledar, which is famous for its salt mines and underground tunnels, the clashes are much more intense than elsewhere. So the Soledar direction has become the focus of tension in recent days. After the disintegration of the Wagner forces, it is actually seen as a normal situation that Soledar has become the target of the Ukrainian Armed Forces again. Wagner mercenaries had occupied the city for a long time and Ukrainian troops had been pushed back to the very edge of the city’s salt mines. But today, with the clashes in the city shifting to the Ukrainian side, the Russian troops have begun to panic. According to Alexander Yaremchuk, a well-known military correspondent operating in the clash zone, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are using several dozen drones in each raid in the city of Soledar. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are carrying out attacks on the town with the help of both fpv drones and Maviks.
Today about 20 of them flew in a line in the sky over the settlement of Soledar. This Ukrainian drone army is destroying Russian military resources in Soledar. Numerous images have appeared on social media about this. In the footage that emerged after the drone strikes of Ukrainian forces in Soledar, it was quite noticeable that a large number of Russian soldiers were liquidated and the military equipment of the Russian army was destroyed. In one video in particular, the destruction of Russian bunkers with explosives dropped from the air by Ukrainian drones was the most concrete evidence of what was actually going on in the city. In the video, many such explosive munitions destroyed the tunnels and bunkers used by the Russians in Soledar, expanding the area of attack of Ukrainian troops in the settlement.
In addition to the drone strikes, soldiers of the 30th Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian army also managed to neutralize a large number of Russian soldiers in the trench lines in Soledar. The main reason for this situation is seen as the Russians losing their positions and shelters in the settlement. In other words, the soldiers of the 30th Brigade want to maintain their advantage in the city by starting trench clashes without even allowing the Russians to retreat. The Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to make serious military breakthroughs on the front lines near the city of Soledar. According to the military correspondent Alexander Yaremchuk, the Ukrainian forces are trying to use the drone army to counterattack the position of the 200th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade. This Russian brigade was located in the settlement of Berkhivka, southwest of Soledar. However, with the intensification of clashes in Soledar, this brigade allegedly moved to the vicinity of Soledar.
Alexander Yaremchuk says that the situation around Bakhmut is likely to change even more. Yaremchuk suggests that in the near future the Ukrainian army may try to attack positions on the flanks of Bakhmut using a double strike tactic. According to this view, probably in the very near future the Ukrainian army will refocus on positions on Bakhmut’s flanks with two close attacks. As you may be aware, the Ukrainians have been conducting drone strikes on positions, particularly in the Donetsk region, and then sending special units into the field as the Russians are stunned by these strikes. This tactic works very well on Ukraine’s eastern front lines. This is because the Russians often retreat to the defense after Ukrainian drone strikes in order to avoid further losses in the clash areas. The Ukrainian elite forces then manage to easily hunt down the exhausted Russian troops along most of the eastern front lines. So what measures are the Russian Armed Forces taking against the attacks of the Ukrainian drone army and elite special forces?
ARTICLE
Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Olaf Scholz
President of Ukraine Official Website
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
21 September 2023 - 00:06
https://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/volodimir-zelenskij-zustrivsya-z-olafom-sholcom-85761
The Head of State thanked Germany for a significant long-term support for Ukraine in countering Russian aggression, particularly noting the recent defense packages provided by Germany and the contribution to reinforcing the air defense of our country.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy briefed Olaf Scholz on the situation on the frontline and the priority needs of the Ukrainian defense forces. The President emphasized the importance of further bolstering Ukraine’s air defense to protect civilian infrastructure on the eve of winter and the functioning of the grain corridor. The Head of State emphasized that additional air defense capacities would allow enhancing the protection of the Black Sea ports and the historical heritage of Odesa.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy informed the German Chancellor about the preparation of the next meeting at the level of advisors to discuss the points of the Ukrainian Peace Formula and the Global Peace Summit.
The leaders paid attention to preparations for the International Conference on Ukraine’s Recovery to be held in Germany in the summer of 2024.
Gazzlight. It’s you got.
VIDEOS
1. EMPIRE OF LIES: Kremlin Paid 9 Billion Rubles to a Russian Fakes Factory for Sham Materials
UATV English
402K subscribers
Sep 20, 2023 4:00 p.m. EDT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qu-Sc__zUAg
The state-owned Russian company Dialog comes up with fake news about Ukraine and then distributes them on the Internet through a network of information resources. This year alone, the Russian fake factory received 9 billion rubles from the state budget - this is more than allocated to the federal Channel One, according to an investigation by the publications Important Stories, Meduza and The Bell.
2. Crimea’s Silent Resistance: Ukrainian Guerillas Hidden War Against Russian Army
UATV English
402K subscribers
Sep 20, 2023 8:00 a.m. EDT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=criy39pk-d8
“Gaslight”
No. I do not. You may try to label me with such a behavior but it would be false.
However, when an individual chooses to ‘gaslight’ another person, they often use sarcasm, or attempt to manipulate to undermine someone else. I choose to honor the freedom of thought and expression we all have.
Some individuals have a desire to subjugate the privilege of personal expression by others with their hostile, demeaning critical labeling. This is not helpful within any discussion or format.
Intellectual honesty demands for each of us to think and form our independent viewpoint based on our own perception of facts. That is the freedom I embrace for myself, as well as for other individuals.
True, my opinions differ from those you hold. I reject the Invasion of Ukraine by Putin. However, I have never rejected your right to hold a different perspective.
ARTICLE
Ukraine is set to deepen cooperation with Latin American countries – Zelenskyy
Tetyana Oliynyk
Wednesday, 20 September 2023, 23:37
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/09/20/7420728/
Zelenskyy met with the President of Chile. Photo: the President’s Office
At a meeting with his Chilean counterpart, Gabriel Boric, in New York, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stressed the need to deepen cooperation with Latin American states.
Source: Office of the President
Details: The presidents discussed the possibility of organising a Ukraine-Latin America summit for further rapprochement of the countries.
Zelenskyy also stressed the importance of Chile’s full involvement in the implementation of the Ukrainian peace formula and the country’s participation in the upcoming Global Peace Summit.
QUOTE Zelenskyy:
“Thank you for your position in support of our people, our sovereignty and territorial integrity. It is very important that you support our resolutions at the UN.”
BACKGROUND:
On 30 September, for the first time ever, Zelenskyy met with Penny Pritzker, US Special Representative for Ukraine’s Economic Recovery, and discussed with her the priorities for rebuilding the country’s regions as well as support for the most promising sectors of the Ukrainian economy.
VIDEOS
1. Ukraine counter-offensive puts ‘pressure’ on Putin | UN Western allies
Times Radio
536K subscribers
Sep 20, 2023 4:45 p.m. EDT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErDUS7EmRIs
“Ukraine’s counter-offensive has put Russia under pressure. The truth is this Russia knows the power of collective action because it tries so hard to weaken and divide the international community.”
2. Watch: Blinken accuses Russia of daily war crimes; Russian minister responds at U.N. meeting
CBS News
5.24M subscribers
Sep 20, 2023 4:00 p.m. EDT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrbNKLAJAhY
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken addressed the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday, accusing Russia of committing war crimes on a daily basis. Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergei Lavrov followed Blinken’s address with remarks of his own.
ARTICLE
Zelenskyy discusses priorities with US Special Representative for Ukraine’s Economic Recovery
European Pravda, Ukrainska Pravda
Wednesday, 20 September 2023, 21:28
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/09/20/7420717/
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Penny Pritzker, the US Special Representative for Ukraine’s Economic Recovery, in New York on Wednesday.
SOURCES: European Pravda, citing a report by the Office of the President of Ukraine
DETAILS:
Zelenskyy discussed with Pritzker the priority regions of Ukraine for reconstruction and support for the most promising sectors of the Ukrainian economy.
“I stressed the importance of American businesses taking part in rebuilding Ukrainian infrastructure destroyed by Russian aggression: schools, kindergartens, residential buildings, and energy facilities,” the president added on social media.
He also called on US companies to join the reconstruction of the Ukrainian energy system.
BACKGROUND:
- On 14 September, US President Joe Biden appointed Penny Pritzker as Special Representative for Ukraine’s Economic Recovery.
- Her responsibilities include working with the authorities of Ukraine, the US and partners, as well as the private sector.
VIDEOS
1. Russian Mobilization Affected Occupied Territories: Collecting Data On Men To Participate In War
UATV English
402K subscribers
Sep 20, 2023 5:30 p.m. EDT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cysuHWO7vBw
Russian occupation authorities in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine are collecting data on men in order to send them to the front. According to the Center for National Resistance, personal information is sent to so-called ‘military registration and enlistment offices.’ Ukrainians are forced to obtain Russian passports. And then they issue summonses.
2. “The main question in Russia is why it is taking so long” -Conflict Zone
DW News - DW is a German public broadcast service
4.75M subscribers
9-20-2023 8:00 p.m. EDT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stQHKRbEPuo
9/19/2023, 8:32:11 PM · 53 of 58Some of you may know, or perhaps have forgotten, the name "Jim Robinson".Enough! Discuss the issues all you wish but do not make it
personal. No insults. No threats. No doxing. If you cannot comply then stay off the thread.53 posted on 9/19/2023, 8:32:11 PM by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God.)
Who cares?
ARTICLE
Manpower and “expensive military systems” were struck in Crimea
Tetyana Oliynyk
Wednesday, 20 September 2023, 21:41
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/09/20/7420719/
The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has reported that, as a result of the attack on the command post of the Russian Black Sea Fleet near Sevastopol on the morning of 20 September, Russian personnel were killed and expensive military systems were destroyed.
SOURCE: Ukrainska Pravda sources in the SSU
DETAILS: As sources stated, a military base in Crimea was hit by missiles. The special operation was carried out jointly by the SSU, the Air Force and the Navy of Ukraine’s Armed Forces. The strike was carried out after the SSU confirmed that the military unit was hosting commanders of the Russian fleet.
QUOTE: “The Russian generals have designated this base as their backup command post, so that they could not be targeted at the main place of deployment.
Now not only Russia’s manpower is affected, but also the expensive military systems that were located at this base.”
BACKGROUND:
- Ukraine’s Armed Forces confirmed that on the morning of 20 September, a successful strike was carried out on the command post of the Russian Black Sea Fleet near Sevastopol.
- On the morning of 20 September, Telegram channels reported on the strike at a military unit near Sevastopol and explosions near the Belbek airfield and published a video of a trail of missiles.
“Who cares?”
Everyone should
ARTICLE - VIDEO “Russian partisan sabotage”
20 Sep: Ukrainian Saboteurs LAUNCH SURPRISE ATTACK & BLOW UP 2 Aircrafts in Moscow! | Ukraine War
Divine Justice
183K subscribers
9-20-2023 7:00 p.m. EDT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uk8a6fDYSqY
In the war between Russia and Ukraine, news like a bomb dropped on the agenda today. Russian territory has been shaken by surprise and striking raid attacks. The partisans’ sabotage attacks and the massive explosions that followed them targeted 2 different regions in Russia.
The FIRST region was the city of Moscow, described as the heart of Russia. The SECOND region was Krasnodar, located near Crimea and Azov. First of all, we immediately went to Moscow, where the most important sabotage attacks of the day took place. At Chkalovsky airport, a group from the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation reported a sabotage attack.
As a result, 2 fighter jets and 1 helicopter of the Russian army were seriously damaged. The attack caused great hysteria in the corridors of the highest Russian military base. According to reports of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, unknown persons planted explosives at the heavily guarded Chkalovsky airfield.
This sabotage attack blew up AN-148 and IL-20 aircraft, both belonging to the 354th Special Purpose Aviation Regiment of the Russian army, as well as an MI-28N helicopter, which was previously actively involved in the downing. These were referred to as attack aircraft in the Moscow region. The explosion also damaged the tail section of a helicopter at Chkalovsky airport.
Another AN-148, which was in the parking lot with the others, was slightly damaged. After the raid, a satellite image purportedly of the base was widely shared on social media. The airfield was a staging area for government planes and reconnaissance aircraft, the so-called doomsday fighter jets. The sabotage attacks therefore caused a serious panic in Moscow.
This critical sabotage attack by partisans was first reported by the Defense Intelligence of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry. It is known that a group from the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation is currently actively investigating the sabotage at Chkalovsky airfield. Ukrainian Intelligence reports that Russia’s criminal authorities are looking for unknown saboteurs, imposing restrictions on the dissemination of information about the sabotage incident in the media.
On the other hand, Anton Gerashchenko, advisor to Ukraine’s Interior Minister, shared critical assessments of the operation on X, formerly known as Twitter, citing information he attributed to the country’s military intelligence service. Anton Gerashchenko stated that unidentified saboteurs were responsible for the attack on what he described as a heavily protected airspace.
While Moscow was shaken by these striking sabotage attacks, more remarkable events were taking place in a different region of Russia. Very violent explosions occurred in the area of Sochi international airport and Rosneft gas station near the Krasnodar region of the Russian Federation. The massive explosions were followed by a large-scale fire, which engulfed a fuel tank.
Krasnodar Regional Governor Veniamin Kondratyev confirmed that a tank caught fire with diesel fuel in the Adler district of Sochi. In addition, the source of the Independent Russian journalist ASTRA stated that after the explosion, the tank near the Rosneft gas station on Aviatsionnaya Street was destroyed by fire. Later, other sources reported that this tank containing 1200 tons of paraffin was destroyed in a fire in Adler district, causing serious damage to the area in the region.
The Russian Emergencies Ministry arrived on the scene and extinguished the 100 square meter fire with the help of foam, ensuring that there was no danger of the fire spreading. Russian propagandists are already claiming that the facility may have been attacked by a drone. Russian Telegram channels also wrote about the emergency and posted images from the scene. According to reports from the scene, the explosions occurred at around 05.15 hours near the international airport of Sochi.
According to Russian sources, there are temporarily no casualties and there is no danger of the fire spreading. More than 60 people and 15 units of equipment are working at the site and the causes of the emergency are being investigated. The international airport where the explosions took place is located in the Adler resort area, 28 km from the center of Sochi. This is a very strategic and important area for the Russians. Therefore, a serious panic has gripped Russia due to these attacks.
“Gaslight” was a good movie and you should see it sometime so you can better understand the metaphor you’re misusing.
VIDEOS
1. Meet the Ukrainian honeytrappers ensnaring Putin’s lonely soldiers | Stories of Our Times
Times Radio
536K subscribers
Sep 20, 2023 2:15 p.m. EDT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEgyy__AZ9A
Ukrainian women are making fake profiles on dating apps, matching with Putin’s lonely troops and tricking them into revealing information that could help Ukraine win the war. We’ve spoken to one of the women. So how does it all work? What kind of profiles are the most successful? And how are the Ukranian intelligence services using the information gleaned by these women?
2. Ukrainians clearing out Russian forces | Military Mind
TVP World - TVP is a Polish public broadcast service.
421K subscribers
9-20-2023 Premiered 4:00 p.m. EST
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6njVK1TLz_Y
The British defense ministry, citing intelligence sources, has said that the liberation of Klishchiivka and Andriivka has brought Ukrainian forces closer to capturing a key resupply route for Bakhmut.
New video appears of Chechen leader with his sick uncle in Moscow hospital
STANISLAV POHORILOV
Wednesday, 20 September 2023, 19:41
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/09/20/7420700/
Another video has been posted on the Telegram channel of Ramzan Kadyrov, the Kremlin-controlled head of Chechnya, showing him supposedly visiting his “sick uncle” in a hospital in Moscow. Kadyrov claims in the post that he is “alive and well”.
SOURCE: Kadyrov’s Telegram channel
DETAILS:
The post says that Kadyrov’s sick uncle, Magomed Kadyrov, who is said to be on the mend, is in the Central Clinical Hospital in Moscow.
The Chechen leader personally visited his relative “at the first opportunity” during a business trip.
There is also a comment on Kadyrov’s health, allegedly made on his behalf.
“Praise be to God, I am alive and well, and I don’t understand why there should be a fuss even if I were ill.”
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