Russia-Ukraine SITREP for 16 SEP 2023 23:59* - Kremlin Continues to Dismantle PMC Wagner (Patreon)
Downloads
Content
Are you new to our Patreon? You need to click on the link to download the PDF attachment, which has links to all the videos referenced.
Announcement
The regular war reports for the podcast will return the week of September 18 with our latest team member, Marina Yevshan. 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, and her official introduction is on Monday.
It's going to be a big week. The 500th full SITREP and the restart of the full war report will provide the breadth of coverage and analysis on what is happening in Ukraine and the depth of coverage of important news and human interest stories.
Today's Report
This is Report 496, which is 41 pages.
What's the big story? Private Military Company Wagner Group writes out a detailed update on the situation in the company, and Russia's rapidly growing military footprint in Africa.
What's the second story? The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine dropped a hint about Klishchiivka.
Summary
- The city of Kharkiv has been attacked three times in the last 24 hours by Iskander-K and S-300 antiaircraft missiles
- A Russian command and control base was destroyed in occupied Svitlodarsk
- There was limited fighting in Kharkiv, Luhansk, and northeastern Donetsk
- Russian and Ukrainian sources are reporting that Russian troops are no longer in Klishchiivka
- Russian forces committed fratricide in Andriivka when soldiers tried to surrender
- The Russian 82nd Airborne Assault Brigade was withdrawn from the Klishchiivka area of operation (AO)
- Limited fighting continued in the Avdiivka Marinka, Vuhledar, and Staromlynivka AOs
- The Ukrainian 46th Airmobile Brigade reported that in the Orikhiv AO, units have entered an operational pause
- A Russian firebase in Kamyanka-Dniprovska was destroyed
- Russian military assets and bases in Tokmak were heavily shelled
- Two bulk carriers crossed the green shipping corridor established by Ukraine and docked in the port of Chernomorsk
- Three large landing ships of the Black Sea Fleet were deployed to the Sea of Azov
- Odesa was attacked by up to ten cruise missiles and six drones, with grain and agricultural facilities struck
- Poland is building an upgraded wall along its border with the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad
- Moscow was attacked by at least two drones, forcing the closure of regional airports
- In the Oryol region of Russia, a Ukrainian drone struck a fuel storage tank at an oil depot
- The commander of the Ukrainian 47th Mechanized Brigade was relieved of command
- The United States has provided industrial 3D printers to make replacement parts on the battlefield
- Errors and omissions: the number of factories that produce 155 mm shells in the United States
- Update: Belgium support for training F-16 pilots
- The commander of the Russian 247th Air Assault Brigade was killed in action on September 11
- Russian forces have fielded another orphan military platform – 14 BMP1-U Shkval captured in Georgia in 2008
- The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for the United States military believes that North Korea will provide ammunition to Russia
- Private Military Company Wagner Group provides an update on how the Kremlin continues its work to destroy the mercenary group
Podcast
The Malcontent News Russia Ukraine War Podcast for September 15 includes a frontline report from the Kupyansk area of operation, a discussion on the Ukrainian offensive, Ukrainian military analyst Alexander Kovalenko, and Rosh Hashanah celebrations in Uman You can listen to the podcast through the Megaphone web app and your favorite podcast provider, including,
- Apple Podcasts
- Google Podcasts
- Spotify
- Amazon Music, Audible, InTune+, and Alexa
- TuneIn+ Alexa
- Podcast Republic
- Stitcher
- Pocket Casts
- Castro
- iHeart Radio
- Deezer
Malcontent News cannot operate without your support, and we sincerely appreciate your generosity. Maybe share the report with a friend - if each Patreon brought in one more subscriber - ahhh - a Chief Content Officer can dream.
Thank you for your continued support!