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Russia-Ukraine SITREP for 22 SEP 2023 23:59* - Operation Crab Trap
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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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Comments
Thank you very much for this special assessment! It’s something that mainstream media have missed, for the most part. This type of thoughtful, innovative and clear analysis is why I keep coming back here. The potential implications for the other famous asymmetrical naval situation (Taiwan vs. China) make this story even more important.
AnaR737
I think it is also very important to note that this operation in Crimea has been in the works for months and that it was carried out successfully even with the recent changes in the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense. This indicates that they are able to carry on these complex operations even while fighting corruption and replacing personnel at the higher levels. The whole world should be impressed.
