Ministry of Defense: On October 14, at about 7.10 Moscow time, another attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack using a UAV on targets on the territory of the Russian Federation was stopped. 👍

On duty air defense systems destroyed two unmanned aerial vehicles over the Black Sea near the coast of the Krasnodar Territory.

Fwd from @dva_majors
#Morning summary October 14, 2023

▪️The Russian Armed Forces continue to break through the defenses of the Avdeevsky fortified area. The artillery fire of our guns does not subside, aviation is constantly working. From the north-west, with heavy fighting, the Russian Armed Forces are advancing from the direction of Kamenka, from the south-west there is an attack from the direction of Vodyanoye, from the south-east - from the direction of Opytny. Our troops are fighting for Berdychi - they reported that our forces were consolidating on the outskirts of the village. There is a clear plan to tighten the ring in all directions around the Avdeevsky fortified area. Predictably, difficulties are created by the powerful concrete fortifications of the AFU. The enemy is transferring reserves.

▪️ In the Kherson direction, both sides conducted artillery shelling. They write from our shores that the actions of the 8th Guards Artillery Regiment and military pilots are being noted for the better. Targets were hit within 24 hours in Berislav, Kherson, as well as in enemy rear areas. However, the enemy continues preparations for crossing the Dnieper.

▪️ On the Zaporozhye Front, the AFU attempted offensive actions, but were not successful. An interesting element is the daring use of helicopters by the AFU at ultra-low altitudes in the Robotyne - Novoprokopivka - Verbove area. A possible solution could be to assign our MANPADS crews to frontline units.

▪️ In the Kupiansk direction, the Russian Armed Forces are conducting an offensive near the First Liman. The advance was up to 1 kilometer, 10 enemy strongholds were occupied. Heavy flamethrower systems are actively used.

▪️ Yesterday in the Black Sea, the AFU used an underwater drone to attack the patrol ship Pavel Derzhavin. In the Belgorod region, the enemy shelled the outskirts of Demidovka and Grafovka - Krasnoyaruzhsky district. In the Kursk region - Kozino, Rylsky district and Popovo-Lezhachi, Glushkovsky district. In the DPR, four civilians were wounded by enemy shelling.

The summary was compiled by: Two majors

Russian ATTACK South of Novomykhailivka; Ukrainian ADVANCE Towards Kopani

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The Fighting Near Avdiivka Does Not Stop Even For A Second. Military Summary And Analysis 2023.10.14

British howitzers fall silent in Ukraine because of ‘catastrophic’ shortage of shells
Soldiers have been reduced to firing weapons less than once a day and some are resorting to using Second World War-era field guns instead


Ukraine’s 80th Air Assault Brigade received part of a batch of 36 L119 Howitzers supplied to Kyiv by Britain last year

British artillery guns supplied to Ukraine are falling silent on the battlefield because of a lack of ammunition for them, front-line troops have told The Telegraph.

Ukrainian soldiers trained by Nato on L119 howitzers have been reduced to firing them less than once a day because of a “catastrophic” shortage of shells.

One front-line unit said they had ended up using a Second World War-era field gun instead, as it still had stocks of shells available.

The revelation comes after Nato’s most senior military official warned last week that the alliance was fast running out of artillery shells to give to Ukraine.

Rob Bauer, the Dutch admiral who chairs Nato’s Military Committee, told the Warsaw Security Forum that “the bottom of the barrel is now visible”.

The acuteness of the shortfall has been laid bare by troops from Ukraine’s 80th Air Assault Brigade, who received part of a batch of 36 L119 Howitzers supplied to Kyiv by Britain last year.

“Miron”, an artillery commander stationed near Bakhmut, told The Telegraph: “The British L119 is a nice gun, very comfortable to work with and accurate to fire. But we don’t have enough shells for it – last week, we fired only five shells all week.

“It is catastrophically limited. When we are in battle, we are having to weigh up very carefully whether we should use a shell or not.”

Miron and his comrades were sent to Germany for training on the L119 during the summer. The weapon should make them much more effective in punching through Russian lines.

But because of the shortage of Nato-issue 105mm shells, they have had to fall back on their existing Soviet-era howitzers instead. Among them is an ancient 85mm D-44, a gun used in the final clashes of the Second World War.

“It’s almost like a museum [piece], but we still use it, as at least we have more shells for it,” Miron said.

“This is a critical situation as this is an artillery war – not having enough shells costs our own soldiers’ lives.”

His comments highlight a long-standing complaint from Ukraine that it is being outgunned in terms of artillery power by Russia, which uses up to 20,000 artillery shells a day on the battlefield. A single Ukrainian field gun operator can easily use 100-plus shells in a day – if the supplies are available.


Increase production of artillery shells

Last Tuesday, Adml Bauer urged Western governments and defence manufacturers to increase production of shells to “a much higher tempo”.

He warned that many countries supplying artillery shells to Ukraine had already depleted more than half of their warehouse stocks.

Britain’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) said it had supplied more than 300,000 artillery rounds to Ukraine since the war began.

The UK’s biggest arms firm, BAE Systems, also plans to open an office in Ukraine to launch a joint weapons production partnership with local manufacturers.

A MoD spokesman said: “Tens of thousands of rounds of 105mm shells were gifted to Ukraine as part of the 300,000 shells we’ve already delivered.

“The UK will go further in the coming months in our priority support areas, including air defence and long-range strike capabilities, and training.”

However, the worry remains that with thousands of shells being fired on the battlefield every day, Kyiv is depleting stocks faster than its military backers can replenish them.

“We will be using bows and arrows next,” joked one of Miron’s comrades.


Meanwhile, Bandera regime sympathizers, sycophants and propagandist continue to insist that Russian economy is in shambles, they are running out of men, munitions and materiel and Ukraine is winning...

This post has been edited by Catnip: Oct 14 2023, 07:27 PM

Expectation from combat operations and reality
When presence in the war turned out to be not so hot for an Ukrainian woman.
There is audio in the second video, with the girl literally cringing as each shell explodes nearby. Not sure why it is muted. Perhaps hosting site censors certain videos?

Poor thing looks like the Joker in the second video. Duped by Bandera regime propaganda that Russia is weak and Ukraine is winning and forced into battles...
Meanwhile the US NeoCons are happy that no US soldiers are dying in their proxy war against Russia and this is worth it...

It will not be possible to avoid mobilization: new conscripts will be caught even if they are not in the Register of Persons liable for Military Service

➖ Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Natalya Kalmykova said that the state will take measures to “resolve the issue” with hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians who are creating conditions for themselves to avoid mobilization. First of all, this will affect the search for people who are not in the register of persons liable for military service through other state registers.
💬 "Unfortunately, we see a lot of situations where people are going to avoid mobilization in some way, the need to defend their country. There are a lot of people, this is measured in tens, hundreds of thousands of people, who create the conditions for themselves to avoid mobilization ", Kalmykova added.
☠️ She also stated that everyone would have to defend the country and encouraged them to come themselves and find the unit in which they want to die and mobilize.

Notice that in the video the Ukrainian Flag and the Flag of the Ministry of Defense are sandwiched between the EU and NATO flag of which Ukraine is neither a member...
Apparently, it is the corrupt nefarious Bandera regime lead by the puppet clown diktat Zelensky that is looking for cannon fodder.

Kherson direction: activity of Ukrainian recon groups along the Dnieper
situation as of 16.00 October 14, 2023

🔻 There is increasing activity of Ukrainian formations along the Dnieper coastline. Along the entire length of the river, in the shallow rear on the line Stanislav - Kiselevka - Limantsy, arriving units occupy private houses.

▪️ On the night of October 14, four boats with personnel from the Poniatovka area attempted to land on the islands of Aleshkinsky and Alekseevsky. Artillery strikes guided by UAVs knocked out two craft, and two more returned to Poniatovka.

▪️ However, the number of boats and boats in the direction has increased noticeably, despite regular attacks by the Russian Army. Probably, a new party reached the outskirts of Kherson from Nikolaev.

▪️ In addition, the number of shelling of Russian borders from the Otradokamenka-Nikolaevka position area in Novaya Kakhovka and further south has increased. In addition to the bridge near Tsukur, another bridge near Chernyanka was damaged.

🔻 Enemy activity is increasing. Now the main efforts of the AFU are focused on creating problems in logistics (attacks on bridges and crossings) at the line of contact and simultaneously preparing assault groups.

Due to the lack of people and short deadlines, the MTR detachments are supplemented with Territorial Defense personnel. The defense unit is assigned the role of reinforcement units, that is, “cannon fodder,” and the main force will be the Katran Marine Corps grouping.

Morning briefing of the Ministry of Defense of Russia (7 – 13 October 2023)
⚡️ Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation

(7 – 13 October 2023)

▫️ In the period from 7 to 13 October 2023, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out eight group strikes by Iskander-M operational-tactical system and unmanned aerial vehicles.

▫️ The strikes hit one warehouse of missile, artillery weapons, and military equipment, production workshops of enterprises manufacturing weapons and military equipment, as well as accommodation points for Ukrainian servicemen, nationalists, and foreign mercenaries.

▫️ As a result of the strikes, storage facilities for U.S.-made Willard motor boats, one field artillery depot of Kherson combined force grouping of AFU, one hardware depot at the 'Dunaysudoservice' ship repair plant close to Ilichevsk (Odessa region), and a fuel and lubricants storage base at the Uman airfield (Cherkassy region) were destroyed.

▫️ In Kupyansk direction, units of the Zapad Group of Forces supported by aviation and artillery captured more favourable positions. 46 AFU attacks were repelled close to Ivanovka, Sinkovka (Kharkov region) and Makeevka (Lugansk People's Republic).

▫️ In addition, AFU 25th airborne, 14th, 92nd mechanised brigades' manpower and hardware have been hit close to Sinkovka, Timkovka (Kharkov region) and Novoselovskoye (Lugansk People's Republic).

▫️ The enemy losses were more than 830 AFU servicemen killed and wounded, three tanks, four armoured fighting vehicles, 19 motor vehicles, and 17 artillery guns. Two missile artillery ammunition depots of foreign mercenaries and the 1st Special Operations Brigade were destroyed near Volchansk and Ogurtsovo (Kharkov region).

▫️ In Krasny Liman direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces using 5th national guard, 63rd and 67th mechanised brigades made unsuccessful attempts to regain lost positions near Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic) and Yampolovka (Donetsk People's Republic).

▫️ As a result of competent actions by units of the Tsentr Group of Forces, air strikes, artillery fire, and heavy flamethrowers, 22 enemy attacks were repelled. The enemy losses were more than 895 servicemen, four tanks, 11 armoured fighting vehicles, 19 guns, as well as one Czech-made Vampire MLRS.

▫️ In Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Group of Forces, in cooperation with aviation and artillery, repelled 17 attacks by Ukrainian Armed Forces near Vasilyevka and Vodyanoye (Donetsk People's Republic).

▫️ Over the week, the enemy has lost more than 1,580 servicemen killed and wounded, four tanks, 30 armoured fighting vehicles, 22 motor vehicles, 14 field artillery guns, as well as one Grad MLRS. In addition, two AFU sabotage and reconnaissance groups and five field ammunition depots were eliminated.

▫️ In South Donetsk direction, due to cohesive actions the Russian units have improved the situation along the front line and repelled eight AFU attacks. Three AFU sabotage and reconnaissance groups have been disabled.

▫️ Over the week, the enemy has lost more than 1,285 militants killed and wounded, ten armoured fighting vehicles, 22 motor vehicles, 14 field artillery guns, as well as one Grad MLRS.

▫️ In Zaporozhye direction, four attacks of assault groups of AFU 65th mechanised, 71st jaeger brigades were repelled by intensive actions of the Russian units, air strikes, and artillery fire near Verbovoye and Rabotino (Zaporozhye region). The enemy losses were more than 385 servicemen, three tanks, nine armoured fighting vehicles, 14 motor vehicles, and 14 field artillery guns.

▫️ In Kherson direction, the enemy units made unsuccessful attempts to capture bridgeheads on islands and the left bank of the Dnepr.

▫️ Over the week, more than 325 militants, nine field artillery guns, one Grad MLRS, and 53 motor vehicles have been eliminated. In addition, three ammunition depots and two sabotage and reconnaissance groups were eliminated on Alyoshkinsky and Pereyaslavskiy islands.

▫️ Fighter Aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down one Su-25 ground-attack aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force close to Preobrazhenka (Zaporozhye region).

▫️ Operational-tactical and Army Aviation, missile troops and artillery destroyed one Su-25 ground-attack aircraft at Dolgintsevo airfield (Dnepropetrovsk region), one Tochka-U missile system launcher near Peresechnoye (Kharkov region), one S-300 SAM system close to Nikolayev, as well as two ST-68U radar stations for the detection, identification, and tracking of aerial targets near Malovarvarovka (Nikolayev region).

▫️ In addition, air-delivered ordnance depots were destroyed near Dubievka (Cherkassy region) and Priluki (Chernigov region), as well as fuel depots at airfields Ozernoye near Zhitomyr and Mirgorod (Poltava region).

▫️ The Black Sea Fleet's naval aircraft destroyed one AFU uncrewed surface vehicle in the Black Sea waters.

▫️ Air defence facilities have intercepted 19 HIMARS, Olkha, and Uragan projectiles, seven JDAM aerial guided bombs, 12 HARM anti-radiation missiles, as well as two Neptune anti-ship missiles. 218 AFU unmanned aerial vehicles were eliminated.

📊 In total, 488 airplanes and 250 helicopters, 7,790 unmanned aerial vehicles, 441 air defence missile systems, 12,546 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,163 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 6,753 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 14,143 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.

Morning briefing of the Ministry of Defense of Russia (October 14, 2023) ❗Text only❗
⚡️Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation

(14 October 2023)

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.

▫️ In Kupyansk direction, in the course of active operations, units of the Zapad Group of Forces, supported by aviation and artillery, have repelled seven attacks by assault groups of 14th, 32nd, and 115th mechanised brigades of the AFU close to Ivanovka, Sinkovka, and Timkovka (Kharkov region).

▫️ The actions of one Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group have been disrupted close to Liman Pervy (Kharkov region).

▫️ The enemy losses were up to 215 Ukrainian servicemen killed and wounded, one tank, two infantry fighting vehicles, three pickup trucks, and one Polish-manufactured Krab self-propelled artillery system.

▫️ In Krasny Liman direction, as a result of coordinated actions of units of the Tsentr Group of Forces, Army Aviation and artillery, two attacks by assault groups of the 67nd Mechanised Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been repelled north of Serebryanka (Donetsk People's Republic).

▫️ In addition, AFU 21st, 63rd and 67th mechanised brigades have been hit close to Torskoye and Yampolovka (Donetsk People's Republic), and Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic).

▫️ The enemy losses were up to 30 military personnel, two infantry fighting vehicles, three armoured fighting vehicles, and two motor vehicles.

▫️ In Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Group of Forces, in cooperation with aviation and artillery, have repelled one enemy attack and also defeated AFU manpower and hardware near Andreevka, Kleshcheevka, Kurdyumovka, and Maryinka (Donetsk People's Republic).

▫️ The enemy losses were up to 185 servicemen, three armoured fighting vehicles, two motor vehicles, one U.S.-manufactured M777 artillery system, one D-20 howitzer, Akatsiya and Gvozdika self-propelled artillery systems, and one Bukovel electronic warfare station.

▫️ In South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok Group of Forces, in cooperation with Army Aviation and artillery, have inflicted one fire attack on manpower concentration areas of AFU 79th air assault and 72nd mechanised brigades near Ugledar and Nikolskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).

▫️ The enemy losses were up to 170 Ukrainian soldiers, one infantry fighting vehicle, two armoured fighting vehicles, and three motor vehicles.

▫️ In Zaporozhye direction, units of the Russian Group of Forces, in cooperation with aviation and artillery, have repelled five attacks by 23rd and 118th mechanised brigades of the AFU, as well as the 15th Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine close to Verbovoye and Rabotino (Zaporozhye region).

▫️ The enemy losses were over 35 Ukrainian servicemen, one tank, two armoured fighting vehicles, three pickup trucks, one Msta-B howitzer, and one U.S.-manufactured M119 gun.

▫️ In Kherson direction, the AFU 126th Territorial Defence Brigade suffered a fire defeat of manpower and hardware near Berislav (Kherson region).

▫️ In addition, the activities of one AFU sabotage and reconnaissance group on the island of Alyoshkinsky have been suppressed.

▫️ The enemy losses were more than 40 Ukrainian servicemen, eight motor vehicles, one Giatsint-B howitzer, and three D-30 guns.

▫️ Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have neutralised manpower and military hardware in 115 areas.

▫️ Air defence facilities have shot down 31 enemy unmanned aerial vehicles close to Nyrkovoye (Lugansk People's Republic), Berestovoye (Kharkov region), Verbovoye, Romanovskoye (Zapororozhye region), and Peschanovka (Kherson region).

📊 In total, 488 airplanes, 250 helicopters, 7,821 unmanned aerial vehicles, 441 air defence missile systems, 12,598 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,163 fighting vehicles equipped with MLRS, 6,764 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 14,230 special military motor vehicles have been destroyed during the special military operation.

Positions and militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are being destroyed near Avdiivka
Reconnaissance detects the accumulation of enemy forces and adjusts strikes.

Battles near Artyomovsk: Russian army destroys militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Operators of the UAV of the "Southern" group of troops strike at the shelters and trenches of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, destroying militants and forcing the survivors to leave their positions.

Meanwhile, the Former Advisor to the Office of the President of Ukraine Oleksiy Arestovych has this to say in his telegram channel:



“There will be no Crimea and borders of 91, only defense, blood, sweat and tears”: Arestovich called for Zelensky to be replaced, accusing him of strategic miscalculations

Now the situation regarding the war has reached a dead end, but if the Russian government is already making “decisions adequate to the current situation,” then the Ukrainian leadership is “corrupt and inadequate,” said the ex-adviser to the Ukrainian presidential administration."
Rightly so as pointed out many times by their masters in the West.

The corrupt nefarious puppet clown diktat Zelensky has nothing to offer Ukraine except death and destruction.

At Rabotino and Verbovoy, the landing forces and infantry launched counterattacks, driving back and destroying dozens of Ukrainian Armed Forces militants
▪️On the Zaporozhye front, our units conducted a series of powerful and unexpected counterattacks on the Kopani-Rabotino-Novoprokopovka-Verbovoe line, seizing the initiative.
▪️Several units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were surrounded, refused to surrender and were destroyed, some of the militants surrendered.
▪️The fighting continues, ours and the enemy are actively using artillery. We'll tell you more in the next report.

Footage of the battle: The Russian army continues to advance on the front near Kupyansk





▪️In the video, a rifle battle with Ukrainian infantry: the Armed Forces of Ukraine were abandoned during the retreat of the main forces, they were blocked in a forest under fire from Russian troops. Our troops pinned down the enemy units from both sides and covered them with fire.
▪️First, howitzers worked on the enemy, after which our attack aircraft went out to mop up./rt/

Fighting on the flank of Artyomovsk (Bakhmut): the 123rd brigade destroys enemy positions near Spornoye
Artillery of the 123rd brigade destroys infantry and positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Spornoye area

Destruction of assault groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Rabotino on the Zaporozhye front
Footage of the objective control of the Osman special forces from the Orekhovsky direction in the area of Rabotino and Novoprokopivka🫡
Spetsnaz adjusts the artillery of the 42nd Motorized Rifle Division of the 58th Army of the Southern Military District.

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

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.