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Russia-Ukraine SITREP for 29 OCT 2023 22:45 PDT - Russian General Fired over Kherson
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SITREP 535 is 40 pages and a full report.
What's Happening
What's the big story? The Kremlin fired the Russian general in charge of the Dnipro Group of troops. Something to do with Ukrainian forces creating a bridgehead in Kherson.
What's the second story? Russia continues to expand its military product capabilities and dodge sanctions while Ukraine's allies leave Kyiv waiting.
Summary
- There are map updates
- Ukrainian forces made marginal gains near Kupyansk
- Fighting continued near Raihorodka
- Russia made its daily report of fighting near Dibrova
- There were no reports of fighting north of Bakhmut
- Mutual fighting continued in the Klishchiivka AO
- Ukrainian forces continue to hold their defensive lines in the Avdiivka AO
- Russian forces are attempting to advance on Novomykhailivka from northern Marinka
- Fighting continued throughout the Orikhiv AO with no change in the situation
- Russian Colonel-General Oleg Makarevich was relieved of command of the Dnipro Group due to the Ukrainian offensive at Kherson
- Colonel-General Mikhail Teplinsky was named the new commander of the Dnipro Group
- Ukrainian forces have partial control of Krynyk on the left bank of the Konka River
- Russian forces in Kherson report that troop and vehicle movements are nearly impossible during the day due to Ukrainian drones
- Russian ground troops on the left bank report that the requests to the VKS for close air support are being denied because they are under orders to attack civilians and civilian infrastructure on the right bank of the Dnipro River
- Russian air defense shot down Ukrainian drones or missiles over Rostov-on-Don, Russia
- Ukrainian drones struck the Afip Oil Refinery in Krasnodar Krai, Russia
- An oil storage depot in the Russian Republic of Komi exploded
- Ukrainian air defense goes five for five against Shahed-136 kamikaze drones
- Russia has expanded another factory for missile production
- Russian troops are using a new Lancet kamikaze drone, which reportedly has inertial guidance and AI capabilities
- Russia claims they are starting serial production of a BMP-3 with a smaller version of the 125 mm main gun turret from the T-14 Armada tank
- Russian occupiers couldn’t suppress the news of a massacre in occupied Volnovakha, where Chechen troops are accused of executing a family of nine
- Ukrainian officials said that at the end of 2024, they will not renew their contract with Gazprom for the transit of Russian natural gas to Europe
- Hungary and Slovakia have 14 months to sort out new supplies of natural gas
Malcontent News Russia Ukraine War Podcast for today is live.
Marina Yevshan covers the events that happened on and off the battlefield.
- 01:32 Today's Assessment
- 03:08 Brief Updates
- 03:44 The Donbas - Luhansk
- 04:22 The Donbas - Northeast Donetsk
- 05:02 The Donbas - Southwest Donetsk
- 07:59 Zaporizhzhia
- 08:33 Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant Update
- 09:31 Kherson
- 11:36 Khmelnytskyi Nuclear Power Plant Update
- 12:21 Theaterwide
- 14:31 Russian Mobiks, Mobilization, and Mir
- 18:04 Geopolitics and Economics
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Comments
From The Guardian: “Russia blames Ukraine for antisemitic riot at airport in Dagestan Foreign ministry says Kyiv played ‘direct and key role’ after mob stormed planes in search of Israeli passengers”
NOT THE POSITION OF MALCONTENT NEWS OR THE EDITORIAL BOARD: Hi! David here! I've had the exact same thought. * Russia partners with Iran in August 2022 for military tech * Iran backs Hamas * Hamas starts preparing on October 7, around the same time * US and EU military support falls into question at the end of September 2023 * October 7, 2023 - world attention shifts to Israel * The largest disinformation campaign I have ever seen starts targeting Israel * Hamas and Iran go to Moscow for "negotiations" and have their PR pictures taken by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. That's a lot of coincidence - but it does require accepting that Russia was smartly playing 3D chess and contained all leaks out of the Kremlin when they have repeatedly demonstrated they're not very good at playing 3D chess and the Kremlin is a leaky sieve when it comes to information security.
I keep wondering if the Israeli war is a Russian backed distraction from Ukraine. ?? Because it certainly is a distraction.
