Russia Launches Offensives Across The Whole Front

The Fall | "The Drowned Man" Will Drown His Insane Hopes In Dnieper. Military Summary For 2023.10.15

Battles at Verbove: Landing forces destroy the enemy on the Zaporozhye front
Airborne troops fire to suppress enemy firing points, strongholds and hidden manpower at a range of up to 7 kilometers.
Mortar crews accurately hit enemy infantry trying to take cover in the trenches.

WAR UPDATE: Russia's COUNTERATTACK Near Verbove; Minor Gains Near Pryyutne

The Belarusian Security Forces channel has published new evidence of the use of mock-ups of various weapons systems by Russian troops in the NWO zone.
The photo shows an imitation of a towed gun, made of improvised materials, equipped with protective nets for the entourage. Although the false target was clearly not detailed, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fell for the trick and struck it with artillery and drones.

The practice of using layouts has already proven to be effective. The use of more accurate replicas with simulators of thermal and other signals will partially reduce the effectiveness of Western space reconnaissance, which will make it even more difficult to distinguish real equipment from wooden ones.
And this, in turn, can have a positive impact on the actions of the Russian Armed Forces not only at the tactical and operational, but even at the strategic level.

Kupiansk sector: transfer of Ukrainian reserves to Kupyansk
situation as of 13.00 October 16, 2023

🔻 Near Kupiansk, units of the “West” group of troops of the Russian Armed Forces continue their offensive. Russian troops, with the support of artillery and aviation, are gradually advancing in the direction of Synkivka, where the defense is held by the forces of the 105th Brigade of the AFU Territorial Defense.

▪️ Due to the rather difficult situation of the AFU, they transferred tank units of the 40th rifle battalion of the 41st Mechanized Brigade brigade to Dvurechnaya. From there, enemy tanks fire at the Russian Armed Forces positions on the opposite bank of Oskol, as well as near Novomlynsk.

▪️ In addition, in the vicinity of Dvurechnaya, mechanized detachments of the 3rd battalion of the 54th Mechanized Brigade of the AFU arrived. According to some reports, the command of the AFU intends to conduct a counterattack to regain lost positions.

▪️ A similar transfer is noted in the southeast of Kupyansk. Up to 150 people from the so-called “Ukrainian Volunteer Army” arrived at Novoosinovo, Petropavlovka and Peschany. And for the continuous supply of the group, pontoon crossings have been restored in Kupyansk and Kupyansk-Uzlovoy.

Kherson direction: attempted attack of the AFU on Krynki
situation as of 15.00 October 16, 2023

Yesterday evening, a Ukrainian sabotage group landed on the left bank of the Dnieper. The recon groups, operating from a bridgehead north-west of Podstepnoye, attacked positions near Kozachi Laheri.

Another unit, which had landed the day before on Frolov Island, began shelling the village of Krynki. As a result of the fighting, the attacks were repulsed. The group that operated on Aleshkinsky Island retreated to its western part, and the one that was on Frolov Island came under attack.

On the eve of this, on October 13 and 14, the Armed Forces of Ukraine transferred up to 80 people on 16 boats to the islands of Aleshkinsky, Alekseevsky, Antonovsky, Melky and Frolova. In some places, this was due to reinforcement, but in other places it was due to the rotation and evacuation of the wounded and killed due to regular strikes by the Russian Army.

🔻 Now the situation in the Dnieper is relatively stable. However, the AFU have noticeably increased the number of attacks on Russian positions on the left bank, using HIMARS MLRS and cluster munitions.

Mortar crews of the 35th Separate Infantry Brigade are deployed in Poniatovka, which indicates the transfer of the forces of the Katran strike group to the front line. Along the Ingulets River, there is a movement of columns, probably brigades of marines.

This indicates the imminent activation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Kherson. Yesterday's sortie and the appearance of barges in the Dnieper-Bug estuary, apparently, were a test of the state of defense near the Dnieper, and in the future such attacks will become more frequent.

Ukraine suffering 'massive losses' in counteroffensive, Putin says
Earlier, the Russian leader pointed out that Ukraine’s counteroffensive had completely failed, even though Kiev was planning more offensive operations in some areas

MOSCOW, October 16. /TASS/. The troop losses that Kiev is suffering in its counteroffensive are eight times as high as Moscow’s, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview with China Media Group.

"They launched an active military operation, the so-called counter-offensive. It has continued since 4 June. No results achieved so far, only massive losses. The losses are simply huge, at a ratio of one to eight," the Russian head of state noted.

Earlier, Putin pointed out that Ukraine’s counteroffensive had completely failed, even though Kiev was planning more offensive operations in some areas. He added that Russian forces were conducting "active defense," improving their positions along almost the entire line of contact in the special military operation zone, including the Kupyansk, Zaporozhye and Avdeyevka areas.

At Rabotino and Verbovoy, landing forces and infantry continue counterattacks, destroying and capturing Ukrainian Armed Forces militants
▪️On the Zaporozhye front, our units again carried out daring counterattacks on the Kopani-Rabotino-Novoprokopovka-Verbovoe line, seizing the initiative.
▪️As we reported yesterday, several units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were surrounded, those who refused to surrender were destroyed, and the wiser ones surrendered.
▪️Today the counterattacks continued, a new portion of prisoners were captured.
▪️Among today’s prisoners there are mostly “mobs”. And in the photo, Ukrainian Armed Forces militants were taken from positions recaptured by the landing force near Verbov. One of the militants in the photo recently recorded a video about how difficult it was for them to hold back the pressure of our units.
▪️The fighting continues, ours and the enemy are actively using artillery. We'll tell you more in the next report.

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Ukrainian sources happily began posting footage of our pickup truck being hit by an FPV drone.

But attentive spectators slightly darkened their joy, noticing that in the back were four captured brothers-in-arms, whom their fellow countrymen had successfully “minus.”

Our driver and passenger survived. The driver had a slight shrapnel wound and the passenger had a concussion.

Bandera regime mercenary killing their own captured countrymen.

Orikhiv sector: 82nd Air Assault Brigade forays to Verbove
situation towards the end of October 16, 2023

🔻 From 11 am, Ukrainian formations began intensively striking at the front lines of the Russian Army near Verbove and not far from it. Cluster munitions from MLRS and missiles from aircraft were also used.

After artillery preparation and the destruction of strongholds of the Russian Armed Forces Forces in the hedgerows northwest of Verbovoy, assault detachments of the 82nd air assault brigade, under the cover of armored vehicles (Marder infantry fighting vehicles and Leopard tanks), went on the attack.

Ukrainian paratroopers (up to 6 company groups) made several attempts to storm the village, but most of them were repulsed. Detachments of the 82nd Air Assault Brigade were able to advance only to a position that was destroyed by artillery, but at the same time suffered losses of several dozen people.

At the moment, the enemy has suspended the offensive. However, attacks on the forward lines of the Russian Armed Forces continue. In addition, the AFU have at least one more battalion in reserve, which can be used for the next assault.

🔻 In this case, it is interesting that the attack on the Orikhiv sector took place almost at the same time as the landing of the AFU at the railway bridge across the Dnieper in the Kherson direction. Whether this was planned or a coincidence is difficult to say. But this option is quite possible: while demonstrative actions are taking place in one area, a springboard is being prepared in another for the development of an offensive.

The corrupt nefarious Bandera regime lead by puppet 🤡 diktat Zelensky is still stuck at Robotyne -Verbove line after months of fighting and suffering massive casualties....

Meanwhile, Bandera regime sympathizers, sycophants and propagandists continue to insist Ukraine is winning. 🤣

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Guards at Zaporozhye nuclear plant neutralize Ukrainian drones almost daily — Russian MFA
These days, on an almost daily basis, guards at the plant neutralize numerous aircraft launched by Ukrainian militants for the purpose of attacks and provocations against the plant, Konstantin Vorontsov said

UNITED NATIONS, October 17. /TASS/. Guards at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant neutralize Ukrainian drones almost every day, said Konstantin Vorontsov, a deputy director at the Russian Foreign Ministry’s department for nonproliferation and arms control.

"Since July 2022, there have been drone attacks and episodes of gunfire targeting the city of Energodar, which were carried out by Ukrainian forces," he said at a meeting of the UN General Assembly First Committee, which deals with disarmament and international security matters. "These days, on an almost daily basis, guards at the plant neutralize numerous aircraft launched by Ukrainian militants for the purpose of attacks and provocations against the plant."

"No attacks have ever originated on the territory of ZNPP. No heavy weapons or ammunition for them have ever been stored at the plant. There are no military personnel at the Zaporozhye NPP that could be used for attacks from the territory of the plant. The forces that are stationed at the Zaporozhye NPP are necessary to protect it and clean up any potential consequences of Ukrainian attacks," the diplomat said.

Russia says its forces foiled six Ukrainian attacks in Krasny Liman area
The battlegroup’s spokesman Alexander Savchuk also said that Ukraine lost about 60 servicemen

MOSCOW, October 17. /TASS/. Units of the battlegroup Center have foiled six Ukrainian attacks in the Krasny Liman area, Alexander Savchuk, the battlegroup’s spokesman, told TASS.

"In the Krasny Liman area, units of the battlegroup Center thwarted six attempted attacks by assault groups of the 63rd and 67th mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian armed forces and the 12th Azov Special Forces Brigade (the Ukrainian nationalist regiment Azov is recognized as a terrorist organization and banned in Russia) in the Torsky area and Serebryansky Forestry with the help of artillery fire and strikes of army and assault aircraft," he said.

He also said that Ukraine lost about 60 servicemen.

"Destroyed were a Kozak armored fighting vehicle and a pickup truck," Savchuk said.

Russia says its bombers struck two Ukrainian command posts in Donetsk republic
The spokesman Alexander Savchuk also said that counterbattery operations helped detect and suppress about 30 artillery units of the enemy

MOSCOW, October 17. /TASS/. Bombers of the battlegroup Center have delivered strikes on two Ukrainian command posts in the Donetsk People’s Republic, Alexander Savchuk, the battlegroup’s spokesman, told TASS.

"The bomber aircraft of the battlegroup struck two Ukrainian command and observation posts near the Serebryanka settlement of the Donetsk People's Republic," he said.

The spokesman also said that counterbattery operations helped detect and suppress about 30 artillery units of the enemy.

Busy with operation Mirny-13. Will return after mission completed.

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