UPDATED: Russia-Ukraine SITREP for 19 SEP 2023 23:59* - Trouble on the Black Sea (Patreon)

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Full War Report Podcast Starts on September 21

If you haven't listened to Russia-Ukraine War Report Podcast co-host Marina Yevshan's debut today, you're missing out. She has a remarkable story.

This is Report 500!* It is 43 pages, combat only. An audit discovered that there were two reports 471, which means that since 471, the count has been off. Today is report 500. I can't believe I've edited 500 full Situation Reports since March 12, 2022.

What's the big story? A Turkish-owned cargo ship struck a mine off the coast of Romania.

What's the second story? Mr. Storm Shadow and Mr. HIMARS visited two Russian HQs in occupied Ukraine.

Summary

Reminder - today is the last day of the bullet summary. The podcast restarts on September 21, and the recording session is on September 20. Yes. The daily war report is back. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

• There were minor updates made to the war map
• Russian VKS bombing of Kupyansk kills six civilians
• Russian counteroffensives at Klishchiivka, Andriivka, and Kurdyumivka failed
• Heavy fighting continued west of Verbove and south of Robotyne
• Up to five Storm Shadow cruise missiles hit a Russian command and control base in Melitopol
• The number of Black Sea Fleet large landing ships that remain seaworthy is smaller than we previously assessed
• The Turkish-owned Togolese-flagged cargo ship Seama struck a mine off the coast of Romania
• Russian forces unleashed the heaviest artillery barrage on free Kherson since November 2022, killing two and wounding four
• The headquarters for the Russian 7th Guards Air Assault Division was attacked
• Russian drones that struck Lviv on September 18 – 19 destroyed 300 tons of humanitarian relief provided by a Vatican-backed NGO
• At least four Shahed-136 kamikaze drones struck an oil refinery in Kremenchuk
• Two civilians in the Sumy oblast were wounded in an artillery strike
• Less than 1,000 Private Military Company Wagner Group mercenaries remain in Belarus
• Latvia closed the Silene border checkpoint on the Belarusian border
• A Ukrainian kamikaze drone destroyed a tank of aviation fuel at Sochi airport
• Ukraine was attacked by 24 Shahed-136 kamikaze drones, with 17 shot down
• Germany, Norway, the Czech Republic, Denmark, the Netherlands, Lithuania, and the United Kingdom announced new military aid packages for Ukraine
• Germany is not sending Taurus cruise missiles, and the United States is not sending ATACMS
• Ukraine rejected the delivery of ten Leopard 1A5 tanks because they were inoperable
• The United States has not started F-16 pilot training

Podcast

The Malcontent News Russia Ukraine War Podcast for September 18 includes the introduction of new co-host Marina Yevshan. Zarina Zabrisky talks with the director and film editor of the award-winning documentary Under Deadly Skies: Ukraine's Eastern Front. You can listen to the podcast through the Megaphone web app and your favorite podcast provider, including,

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