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Russia-Ukraine SITREP for 21 SEP 2023 23:59* - Russian Defenses at Verbove are Cracking
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SITREP 502 is 53 pages long and is a full report.
What's the big story? Ukrainian forces make additional gains at Verbove and to the eastern edge of Novoprokopivka.
What's the second story? Mr. Zelenskyy goes to Washington (that's an old movie reference) with questions growing if the world really meant "as long as it takes." Also, the diplomatic spat between Poland and Ukraine appears to be cooling down.
What's the bonus story? Confirmation that Ukrainian forces have moved north of Klishchiivka and might have a bigger goal in mind than Zaitseve.
Summary
- Ukrainian advances in the areas of Klishchiivka, Andriivka, Verbove, and Novoprokopivka were recorded on the war map
- Ukrainian forces have moved past Klishchiivka and Andriivka
- A Russian attack on Kurakove wounds 13 civilians
- Russian troops and engineers are building new defenses west of Mariupol, including dragon teeth
- Ukrainian forces have consolidated control of parts of the Surovikin Line west of Verbove and advanced further south, east of Novoprokopivka
- The September 19 Storm Shadow missile strike in Melitopol hit the headquarters of the Russian 58th Combined Arms Army
- Russian positions in Tokmak, Rozivka, Terpinnya, Melitopol were hit by artillery, HIMARS, and missiles
- In Occupied Crimea, a Russian P-800 Oniks cruise missile failed at launch near Cape Fiolent
- Sattelite images verified the Russian C3 headquarters in Verkhnosadove was heavily damaged by Storm Shadow cruise missiles
- A Russian cruise missile hit a resort in the Belgorod-Dniestrovsky district of Odesa
- Widespread attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure continued in Kherson
- Search and rescue operations ended in Cherkasy with 11 people injured and no fatalities
- Kyiv is considering reopening points of invincibility
- Ukrainian officials confirm that the Pepsi bottling plant and distribution center in Vyshneve took a direct hit from a Russian cruise missile
- A power transformer blew up in Tula, Russia, and it was no big deal until Russian officials had to go and open their mouths up
- The United States announced another $325 million PDA military aid package
- Sweden delivered ten Stridsvagn 122 main battle tanks to Ukraine
- Germany announced another military aid package was delivered
- No, Poland is not cutting off military aid to Ukraine
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with U.S. political and military leaders in Washington, D.C.
- U.S. President Joe Biden said no ATACMS for Ukraine – for now
- Russian drone operators targeted a civilian ambulance in the Kherson region
- In Mariupol, Russian occupiers are still gathering books written in Ukrainian for destruction
- A study concluded that since September 21, 2022, the average lifespan of a Russian mobik is 4.5 months, with 20% dying within the first 60 days
- Russian court records show that 3,000 criminal cases have been filed against deserters since January 1, 2023
- Families of mobiks staged an act of civil disobedience on the Russian social media platform VK
- State Duma deputies have been barred from traveling to the occupied territories of Ukraine
- United Russian State Duma Deputy Lieutenant General Andrey Gurulyov called for the mobilization of the unemployed and a wartime economy with all Russian citizens working 12 to 15 hours a day, seven days a week
- Russia has declared September 30 the “Day of Reunification"
- The promises to solve the Russian fuel crisis in two weeks fell flat, forcing Russian officials to ban fuel exports temporarily
- Kadyrov – dead – alive – between?
- Twenty-four-hour security had to be posted at Yevgeny Prigozhin’s grave due to vandalism and theft
- U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres accused Russia of extrajudicial killings in Ukraine
- The diplomatic row between Poland and Ukraine over grain appears to be simmering down
- Norway plans to block cars with Russian vehicle registrations from entering the country
- The United Arab Emirates is considering cracking down on gray market exports of sanctioned and dual-use goods to Russia
- Slovakia and Ukraine have come to a resolution that ends their grain dispute
- India says “nope” to buying more Russian diamonds for the next 60 days
Podcast
The Malcontent News Russia Ukraine War Podcast for September 21 includes the full war report with Marina Yervshan and Zarina Zabrisky reporting from Kherson.
- Today's Assessment
- Kharkiv
- Northeast Donetsk
- Southwest Donetsk
- Zaporizhzhia
- Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant update
- Black Sea
- Romania
- Temporarily occupied Crimea
- Kherson
- Western and central Ukraine
- Kyiv
- Russian frontTheaterwide events
- Zarina Zabrisky - the untold story behind the civilian-led defense of Bilozerka in Kherson during March 2022 and how they helped save the cities of Mykolaiv and Odesa
- The New York Times, the September 6 Kostyantynivka missile strike, and why you should always ask critical questions when being told a narrative
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Comments
AnaR737
I am loving to have a daily podcast again. I really hope the spat with Poland gets patched up. It is a real problem for both, that is undeniable. But the amplification has Russia's fingerprints all over it...
Ukraine is apparently timing the deep fires targeting Russian C2 with the apparent breach of the Surovikin line with armored vehicles, most likely to limit Russia's ability to react to the developing situation. At least that's what I would do....
