Ukrainian forces are utilising helicopters in the Robotyne area of the counter-offensive. This puzzles the Russians:

“News from the Zaporozhye Front, Robotyne area:

Helicopters of the Ukrainian Armed Forces flew freely, where did they come from? I don’t know, but they were noticed in Robotyne, they flew to the west, towards Kopan, they fired. And they went north."

It is clear that enemy helicopters are flying at extremely low altitudes, which means that the command will have to think about what means of destruction to bring to the forefront of our defense.

This is the second documented case of such a maneuver by the Ukrainian Armed Forces recently.”

https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1713118926421336279

A rather interesting breakdown of the Avdiivka operation from a Russian source. Long read, but useful for a layman like myself.
It's conclusions essentially come down to: the operation was well-prepared in advance, and caught Ukrainians off guard, but bogged down to Bakhmut pace due to timely Ukrainian reinforcements. Even if Avdiivka is taken now, costs are high.

https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1713102807203463567

A compilation video from SBU unit 'A'. They destroyed 57 pieces of Russian equipmentlately.

Among them 10 tanks, a BM-21 Grad MLRS, TOR air defense system, 7 BMP's, 4 MT-LB's, 3 APC's, 7 SPG's, 7 field guns, Tigr armored vehicle, 3 mortars, AD installation and 11 vehicles.

https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1713138312850923566

WAR UPDATE: Russia's "Retrograde" Attacks Near Synkivka, Major Avdiivka Update

Awesome video about the cooks of the Ukrainian 47th Brigade.

https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1713110555538386985

The first confirmed loss of a Russian BTR-50 APC- this one was destroyed during the ongoing offensive on Avdiivka, #Donetsk Oblast. A damaged T-64BV can be seen nearby too.

The Russian troops started to receive these rather old APCs in February of this year.

https://twitter.com/UAWeapons/status/1713192932906320385

The increased activity of Ukrainian formations is confirmed by the intensive work of the Topaz satellites in the Kherson region. Over the past three days, 43 photographs have been taken.

▪️ The Hola Prystan section aroused the greatest interest. Settlements in this area were monitored three or four times. And the number of shellings in this area remains at extremely high levels. According to rumors, the AFU are concentrating the recon groups just north of the Dnieper.

▪️ Monitoring of the rear facilities of the Russian Army at a distance from the line of contact was also carried out. To the north of Genichesk, settlements were photographed near logistics junctions along the routes to Novaya Kakhovka and Melitopol.

▪️ Among other things, the space group monitored the situation in the regions of Crimea bordering the Kherson region, namely the vicinity of Krasnoperekopsk, Armyansk and the Chongarsky Bridge.

🔻 Increased attention indirectly indicates a possible intensification of the attack on the left bank. The AFU are shelling rear areas, crossings and bridges, trying to secure an advantage for themselves.

Our troops respond in kind. They regularly hit boats and boats. And the other day, a successful strike was carried out on a cluster in Gavrilovka, where seven units of automotive equipment and up to 50 people of the AFU were hit.

Orikhiv sector: counterattack of the Russian Armed Forces in the “Rabotinsky Cauldron”
situation towards the end of October 14, 2023

🔻 In the last couple of days, Russian troops launched a counterattack on the strongholds of the AFU in the so-called “Rabotinsky cauldron” and west of Verbovoy with the support of artillery.

In the course of very skillful and coordinated actions, Russian fighters managed to repel several landings, despite the resistance of 82 Air Assault Brigade and the total mining of the area.

The assault on the Robotyne - Verbove line turned out to be beyond the power of the Ukrainian formations. The number of losses of both equipment and manpower is disproportionate to the successes achieved.

🔻 Because of this, the AFU shifted their attention to another area - Kopani. Today, during the day, units of the AFU Forces launched an attack on the positions of the Russian Army north-west of Kopani.

Due to the slight distraction of the Russian Armed Forces to storm the positions between Robotyne and Verbov, enemy units managed to advance west of Kopani. But after several artillery strikes, the AFU retreated to the landings to the north-west.

🔻Currently the situation is stable. But the movements of the AFU near Novodanilovka and Novoandreevka do not stop. The forward lines were occupied by the forces of the 65th Mechanized Brigade, which was armed with 205 UAVs of various types. And, apparently, attempts to break through to Kopany will continue in the near future.

The Fall | The Fighting Doesn't Stop For A Minute. Military Summary And Analysis For 2023.10.14

frontline update:

US Running Low on Weapons as Proxy Wars Target Russia, Iran, & China

Update on the conflict in Ukraine + Israeli-Palestinian conflict for October 14, 2023

- Ukraine’s offensive has culminated, in many areas is being overturned by Russian counter-offensives;

- Western military assistance continues to dwindle for Ukraine and is now being divided between both Ukraine and Israel;

- Israel’s military and political leadership have openly announced a deliberate intention to cut off civilians from food and fuel while bombarding them with military aviation and other long-range weapons;

- Israel is contemplating a ground operation into Gaza;

- The Middle East has been pivoting slowly away from US primacy, toward a Russian-Chinese led multipolar order;

- Hamas raids and Israel’s disproportionate response pose a danger to this process - forcing the region to be drawn into an armed conflict at risk of escalating;

- Hamas’ background and actions over the last 2 decades have served US foreign policy objectives, including supporting regime change attempts in Syria and to perpetuate, not end Israeli occupation and military aggression;

- Russia/China seek a two-state solution, in accordance with the UN, and seeks to reshape the region in a way that will make the two-state solution possible;

The Russian army is advancing on the Kupiansk front, breaking through the defenses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
▪️ Troops of the "West" groupings, with the most powerful support of aviation, artillery and the TOS "Solntsepyok", attacked the enemy's defenses on the border of the Kharkiv region and the LPR.
▪️ "The Svatovsky segment - the Russians launched a massive offensive from Lyman Pervy and Orlyansky," Ukrainian military analysts reported the other day.
▪️ "West of the village of Orlyanske (Orlyanka), Russian troops have entrenched themselves along two forest belts in the gray zone," the enemy's resources are admitted today.
▪️ Near Lyman Pervyi, MLRS, howitzers and "Solntsepyoks" razed a number of enemy positions to the ground, blew up an ammunition depot and forced the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to flee from their positions.
❗️ In recent days, our attack aircraft have stormed more than 10 strongholds and advanced more than 1 km into the depth of the enemy's lines.
▪️ "Khokhol runs, throwing weapons and the wounded, when the stormtroopers of the 25th Guards 😄" , - the guys write from the place.
▪️ In neighboring areas, our troops are also supporting attacking operations, artillery and aviation are actively working.
▪️ TOS "Solntsepyok" launched 3 strikes on the concentration of forces in the shelters of the 32nd mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Tymkovka.
▪️ In the course of counter-battery combat with the artillery of the Western Military District 2S1 Gvozdika and Krab self-propelled guns, 155-mm M-777 and 4 mortar crews were destroyed near Novolyubivka, Novoserhiivka, Stepove and Novoselivka.
▪️ According to the Western Military District, the total losses of the enemy per day: more than 2 companies of manpower, a tank, a minibus, a pickup truck and a UAV.

An epic battle near Verbove: the enemy tried to storm the positions of the Airborne Forces, but the landing force counterattacked and destroyed the Ukrainian Armed Forces

Soldiers from the field say:
“The enemy tried to squeeze out our stronghold, but as a result of a counterattack he was brutally driven back. In the process of fleeing, all the infantry was destroyed. First, they were battered by our fighters, and then our artillery showed miracles.
The footage shows a direct hit on an infantry group, a direct hit on a Ukrainian Armed Forces tank.
And in the finale, they beautifully burned the remains of the enemy, this is not phosphorus, but incendiary shells that were completely permitted by the “коневской жевенцией”
The Nazis just pissed themselves with pleasure! The enemy will be defeated, Victory will be ours!"

Rybar Comics English version in pdf format.
First 2 issues posted in Post #3311 dated Sept 8th 2023
Third issue posted in Post #4011 dated Sept 22nd 2023

Issue #004 October 2023 <Download Link>


#Comic by Rybar #4: Once Upon a Time on the Russian-Ukrainian Border

It took us a little longer than we expected, but we've also increased the volume: in the fourth issue of comics by the Fisher's team, there are already 18 pages (for comparison: there were only 8 in the second issue).
This time, we decided to touch on the theme of national traitors and their use in shooting propaganda videos on the Russian-Ukrainian border for demonstrative raids. After all, even our TikToks are cooler than the enemy's. Isn't that right? 😉

Synopsis:
Several months have passed since the breakthrough of Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups near Belgorod in the Graivoron district. Despite a decrease in the number of shellings, the Russian border region is still the focus of the enemy's attention.
Both foreign mercenaries and nationalist formations operate from the nearby Sumy region. As a rule, attempts at sorties and ambushes are "legendised" as the activities of traitorous defectors with the aim of sowing confusion and destabilizing the situation in Russia.
Such raids and sorties are coordinated by British special forces from the Special Air Service (SAS): they do all the dirty work, while on the spot photo and video reports are shot by "traitors'" units.
In the summer, Chechen detachments of the National Guard of Russia from the Akhmat Regiment were redeployed to the Belgorod region. The British specialists decided to stage another attack near the Russian town of Kozinka, using Euro-Ichkerians from the "Sheikh Mansur Battalion"...

Another angle of the early morning UAV fly-by of Sochi, Russia. The UAV was taken down.

https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1713106353751785546

Snipers of the Ukrainian 47th Mechanised Brigade.

https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1713104784499077439

Next week, the first group of Ukrainian pilots who have finished their basic English language course, will start basic flying courses for the F-16 in Arizona.

https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1713147618858029190

A Russian T-72AV tank with a cope cage and a BTR-80 armored personnel carrier were destroyed by the Ukrainian army near Avdiivka, #Donetsk Oblast.

Another BTR-80 APC can be seen damaged too.

https://twitter.com/UAWeapons/status/1713179991641309527

Ukraine Unable To Rip Moscow's Defences, Calls-Off Counteroffensive; Russian Envoy Drops Bombshell

Russia's ambassador to the U.S. has said that Ukraine's counteroffensive has formally ended as it failed to rip through Russian defences in the last four months. "Instead of putting an end to the massacre of Ukrainians on the frontline, the West continues to feed them weapons, like a drug to an addict, thus prolonging his agony,” Vassily Nebenzia told the UN Security Council.

In the spring, a group of enthusiasts responded to our call for help to the front by making shanks, now the Technofront of RusVesna has more than 60 volunteers from Russia and Belarus, and our Kristina organizes their work and the transfer of products to the fighters.
Armed with 3D printers and machine tools, six months later, our technicians are handing over to the front drop systems, sapper crampons and probes, bomb cases, AK adapters and grenade launchers, bead lights, cases for detonators and medicines, armored glass.
The products are used from Kherson to Kupyansk by special forces, sappers, artillerymen, reconnaissance ... - it is the Technofront that processes the applications of fighters to our channel.
All these people are united by one thing - the desire to contribute to the common Victory, "bringing shells" and protecting the lives of our fighters.