No decision yet on shipment of ATACMS missiles to Kiev — Kirby
Earlier, The Wall Street Journal, citing unnamed officials, reported that the Biden administration is considering the possibility of delivering ATACMS missiles to Kyiv this fall, but the final decision must be made by the president

LONDON, September 18. /TASS/. Washington has not yet decided to send ATACMS tactical ballistic missiles, capable of hitting targets up to 300km away, to Ukraine, US National Security Council Strategic Communications Coordinator John Kirby said in an interview for The Daily Telegraph.

"There has been a long conversation here in the United States about these long-range cruise missiles," he said. "No decision has been made yet. The President [Joe Biden] hasn’t said he’ll do it, but he continues to want the inter-agency - the Defense Department, the State Department, here in the National Security Council - to consider ATACMS."

On September 15, The Wall Street Journal reported citing unnamed officials that the Biden Administration considers shipping ATACMS missiles to Kiev this fall, but the final decision must be made by the president.

Axios reported, also citing its sources, that Washington does not plan to announce shipment of ATACMS missiles to Kiev during Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky’s visit to the US. The meeting between Biden and Zelensky in Washington is scheduled for September 21.

The Russians Launched A Series Of Successful Counterattacks. Military Summary And Analysis 2023.9.18

A Russian night attack in Klishchiivka was repelled by ADAM tactical group.

https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1703056944909402255

KHORNE group, part of the 116th mechanized brigade, targets Russian infantry and fortifications close to Novoprokopivka.

📍47.40753415398187, 35.89794842293278

https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1703316561694429618

BvS-10 (Bandvagn Skyddad 10) tracked armored all-terrain vehicle in service with the 38th Marine Brigade. These were donated to Ukraine by The Netherlands.

https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1703306315492217202

Wagner Returns? | Offensive Running Out Of Time | Ukraine Captures Klischiivka

Near Olenivka, occupied Crimea Russia blew up the sunken "Ibrahim-Yakim". The remains of this Turkish cargo ship that sank during a storm in 2010 was very popular among divers.

Why Russia decided to blow it up is unclear.

https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1703057514600783963

Impressive footage of four M142 HIMARS launchers firing simultaneously their missiles.

https://twitter.com/Tendar/status/1703216103072153844

Ukrainian BM-27 “Uragan” MLRS firing their missiles.

https://twitter.com/JDavidG_/status/1703217113354412441

TLDR:
Retiring Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen, Mark Milley gave an interview.
Ukrainian counter offensive making steady progress although a bit slower.
Ukrainian forces still have a lot combat power in them and not a spent force.
Ukrainian counter offensive has not fail and achieve partial success.
Ukrainian has demonstrated resilience, toughness, and courage.
It take a long time to push russians out of Ukraine.
Half the video also talk about Taiwan.

tampal and ketuk abit will be okay amirite

This post has been edited by KLthinker91: Sep 18 2023, 07:16 PM

Repelled attack of the AFU on Crimea

Yesterday, Ukrainian formations again tried to attack Crimea. Since noon, there was an active transfer of troops on boats to Zmeiny from Vilkovo, which at around 15-16 hours headed towards the Crimea through gas production installations and fields.

The movement of the landing forces of the main steering and special forces of Ukraine on 14 boats was detected in advance. Su-24 naval aviation aircraft of the Black Sea Fleet were sent to the area of their movement, which at 19.39 and 19.40 struck with four RBK-500 cluster munitions.

As a result, several watercraft were damaged, and the rest turned around and departed in the opposite direction. At the same time, the recon groups sortie was planned to be coordinated in time with the launch of drones on the peninsula.

🔻Units of the 31st Air Force and Air Defense Division, together with electronic warfare crews, shot down and suppressed five aircraft-type drones: two were landed by electronic electronic warfare at Cape Fiolent, two were destroyed on approach to the Belbek airfield, and another one was over the southwestern part of Sevastopol.

And in this situation, it is still unclear where the drones were launched from. Considering the areas where they were discovered in the west of Crimea, the takeoff was either from the Odessa region or from drilling rigs, the use of which, including for this purpose, we spoke (https://t.me/rybar/51781) a few days ago.

This post has been edited by Catnip: Sep 18 2023, 08:57 PM

About the shooting of military objects by TOPAZ satellites in Crimea

For the last ten days, Ukrainian formations have been carrying out attacks and incursions towards the Crimean peninsula almost every day. And in identifying targets they are helped not only by NATO reconnaissance aircraft, but also by a satellite constellation.

If you look at the map of images of the Earth's surface from TOPAZ military satellites for September 16-17, the number has increased noticeably - 33 images of various objects in Crimea, including the Crimean Bridge.

Particular emphasis is placed on the airfields where the Russian Aerospace Forces and Navy aircraft are based, as well as the locations of the proposed deployment of air defense systems. As a rule, first one of the areas is detected by reconnaissance aircraft, and then the information is confirmed/refuted by satellites.

❗️ Today the AFU tried to hit Belbek <Post #3852>, which is under surveillance not for the first time. And it is worth adding that a few days before the attack on both the ship repair plant and the S-300 air defense system position areas on Tarkhankut and Yevpatoria, the American “Topaz” did the same thing.

This post has been edited by Catnip: Sep 18 2023, 09:07 PM

am i right to assume that this kind of damage to the submarine is consider as in insurance terms "total loss" ?
i suspect the interior also would have SUBstancial damage as well.

Donetsk Oblast, a group of Ukrainian soldiers engage a Russian vehicle with an FGM-148 Javelin ATGM fired from a tree.

https://twitter.com/Osinttechnical/status/1...253850507911307

Near Bakhmut, AFU aerial reconnaissance units found two Russian infantrymen carrying a wounded third.

https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1703058299803799892

what happen to "No Limit" friendship?

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China imposed restrictions on the supply of drones weighing 4 kilograms or more, with a takeoff weight of 7 kilograms or more and a flight time of 30 minutes or more, as well as components for UAVs to the Russian Federation, on September 1.

China's Ministry of Commerce has imposed export controls on UAV's that can be used for military purposes on September 1. This seriously complicated deliveries to Russia and led to a shortage of a number of components, such as thermal imagers.

https://twitter.com/Heroiam_Slava/status/1703719950853017912

It is reported that Colonel Andrey "Dunai" Kondrashkin, commander of the Russian 31st Guards Air Assault Brigade, has died fighting in Ukraine.

https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1703499594645004756

Operation Overview:

https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1703498604768317688

https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1703498609784697012

see if you can get LTZ to answer
looks pretty fucked to me
the fire caused by the missile should have gutted the interior and may have warped the pressure hull