Russia-Ukraine SITREP for 14 SEP 2023 23:59* - Andriivka is Ukraine (Patreon)

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Announcement

The regular war reports for the podcast will return the week of September 18 with our latest team member, Marina. Marina was born and raised in Ukraine and is based in the Kyiv area. We are excited to have her join the team and share the microphone with Zarina. Stay tuned.

Today's Report

This is Report 494, which is 48 pages combat and a full report. 

What's the big story? Andriivka is Ukraine, and with it, a wedge has been driven through the railroad grade.

What's the second story? The Kremlin continues to slowly crush the remains of PMC Wagner Group.

• The Military Terms document has been updated 
• Positional fighting continued in the Luhansk region
•  Russian troops in Soledar are under constant drone and artillery attacks
•  The clearing of Klishchiivka continues
•  Multiple Russian units are complaining about ammunition shortages and the withdrawal of Chechen troops in the Bakhmut AO
•  Positional fighting continued in the Avdiivka and Marinka AOs
•  Operational security remains tight in the Orikhiv AO, where Russian reinforcements have likely slowed Ukrainian advances
•  Ukraine claims it damaged two Russian Project 22160 large patrol ships using uncrewed surface vessels
•  Analyst H.I. Sutton reported that Ukraine attempted to target the Russian tanker Yaz and the gunrunner Ursa Major during the attack
•  Former British Defense Minister Ben Wallace reported that a September 22, 2022, incident between a KC-135 Rivet Joint surveillance aircraft and two Russian Su-27 fighter planes was more serious than initially reported
•  Romania has expanded its no-fly zone on the Ukrainian border in response to Russian drone incursions
•  One part of the damaged Kerch (Crimea) Bridge has been reopened
•  Satellite images confirm that Ukraine destroyed at least one S-400 antiaircraft missile launcher
•  High-resolution satellite images and an on-site video confirmed the large landing ship Minsk was destroyed and the submarine Rostov-on-Don suffered “catastrophic damage”
•  Analysts believe that the Oleksandrivsky graving dry dock at Sevmorzavod in Sevastopol won’t be restored
•  The PMC Wagner Group camp at Tsel, Belarus, continues to be dismantled
•  Russia’s Shahed-136 kamikaze drone attacks are on the same pace as May 2023
•  The Office of the President of South Korea claimed that North Korea has been providing munitions to Russia for “a long time”
•  Bundeswehr Major General Christian Freuding said that Berlin is prepared to support Ukraine’s military efforts through 2032
•  The United Kingdom transferred Mallory heavy lift drones to Ukraine
•  Ukrainian pilots and ground crews completed familiarization training on the Saab JAS 39 Gripen fighter plane
•  The Pentagon has sent a team of monitors to Kyiv
•  The Russian 8th Motor Rifle Regiment complained about massive losses and a lack of ammunition
•  Former PMC Wagner mercenaries are reporting they can’t find jobs, and their pardon papers are worthless
•  Newly minted civilian Serhei Surovikin was spotted in Algeria
•  The Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Defense Committee, Yuri Shvytkin, said that Russia does not have to do another round of mobilization this fall – just like he claimed in September 2022
•  The Defense Council of Kherson has called for the mandatory evacuation of families with children in 30 settlements
•  NATO Deputy Secretary-General Mircea Joane was in Moldova, meeting with government and military leaders
•  Brazil is considering withdrawing from the Rome Statute
•  The Russian Foreign Ministry declared two U.S. embassy employees persona non grata
•  Slovakia expelled a Russian embassy employee, with Moscow promising retaliation
•  The joint project between Russia and Türkiye to build a natural gas shipping hub is dead
•  British American Tobacco is divesting its business in Russia and Belarus
•  Russia will reach a final ending of World War II with Japan if Tokyo drops all sanctions first

Podcast

The Malcontent News Russia Ukraine War Podcast for September 13 discusses Ukraine's secret weapon against Russian aggression. Women. Today's podcast includes Armed Forces of Ukraine Director of Comms for Operational Command South, Nataliya Humenyuk, Armed Forces of Ukraine soldier Anna Grechishkina, hospital volunteer Tamara, and Viktoriya, who aided the Ukrainian resistance in Kherson, is aiding reconstruction, and helped convert a women's clothing factory to supporting the war effort by producing military uniforms. WBHG News journalist Katie Livingstone also joins Zarina.

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