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The Ukrainian military continues to report heavy fighting in the Donetsk area. Kiev claims to have repelled a new attack from Russia. The Ukraine war in the news.
- “No loss of positions”: Ukraine reports defense against Russian attacks
- Weight losses for Russia: Kyiv publishes current figures
- The information processed here comes from international media and news agencies, but also from the belligerent parties, Russia, Ukraine and their allies. In particular, information about the losses suffered by the armies involved in the Ukrainian war cannot be independently verified.
Update October 11, 6:35 p.m.: According to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, the US does not want to give up its support for Ukraine, despite the announced aid to Israel. The United States remains capable of providing crisis management capabilities “across multiple theaters,” Austin said Wednesday following a meeting of the International Contact Group on Coordinating Arms Supply to Ukraine in Brussels. “Therefore, we will stand firm with Israel while continuing to support Ukraine.”
Update October 11th, 2:10 pm: The Ukrainian military claims to have repelled further serious Russian attacks on the town of Avdiivka in the Donetsk region, which has been under dispute for months. The Ukrainian General Staff said in its situation report on Wednesday morning that the Russian military went on the offensive with a force of up to three battalions supported by tanks and armored vehicles. “Our defenders repelled all enemy attacks and did not allow any positions to be lost.” Moscow military bloggers had already talked about Russian territorial gains. These reports cannot be independently verified.
The Institute for War Studies (ISW) in Washington also reported an increase in Russian attack efforts around Avdiivka. However, there is currently no confirmation of the land gains claimed by Moscow, according to the analysis.
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Russian soldiers in Ukraine in psychological crisis
Update October 11, 10:05 am: According to British intelligence experts, tens of thousands of Russian soldiers are in a psychological crisis. Around 100,000 military personnel have been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder by the end of 2022, according to the Defense Ministry’s London daily intelligence report on the war in Ukraine. This number is likely higher now because the Russian military no longer allows battlefield rotation and recovery.
“Psychological crisis”: Russian soldiers in northern Crimea. (File image) © Konstantin Mihalchevskiy/dpa
A Russian official who pointed out the problem has been replaced, the statement said. There is also additional evidence that doctors were sending soldiers to the front who were unable to fight. The number of appeals to the Russian military medical commission is greater this year than last year. Many applications would be rejected. Given this low level of concern for soldiers’ mental health and their ability to fight, Russia’s combat effectiveness remains “at a suboptimal level,” the British experts concluded.
Heavy losses for Russia: Kiev publishes current figures
Update October 11, 9:45 am: In the south of the country, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s army is expected to continue to suffer heavy losses. According to the Ukrainian armed forces, Kiev managed to put 820 Russian soldiers out of action in the last 24 hours. However, this information about Russia’s losses in the Ukrainian war cannot be independently verified. The numbers in parentheses are the changes from the previous day.
- Soldiers: 283,900 (+820)
- Tank: 4863 (+34)
- Armored combat vehicles: 9220 (+91)
- Artillery systems: 6731 (+18)
- Various Rocket Launchers: 809 (+1)
- Air defense systems: 545 (+1)
- Airplanes: 316 (+1)
- helicopter: 315
- Drones: 5226 (+19)
- Long-range missiles: 1530
- Ships and boats: 20
- Submarines: 1
- Vehicles and tankers: 9145 (+20)
- Special vehicles: 965 (+4)
- Source: Ukrainian General Staff as of October 11, 2023. Information cannot be independently verified.
Ukrainian War: intense fighting in the Donetsk region
Update October 10, 9:45 pm: Ukraine has reported particularly violent Russian attacks on the town of Avdiivka in the eastern region of Donetsk, which has been under dispute for months. “Heavy fighting continues north of the city,” the head of the Avdiivka military administration, Vitaly Barabash, said on Tuesday, according to Ukrainian media. The head of the presidential office in Kiev, Andriy Yermak, also spoke of “massive Russian artillery strikes”.
War in Ukraine: Germany announces new aid package worth billions
Update October 10th, 6:50 pm: Ahead of the Ukraine Contact Group meeting in Brussels, Germany announced a significant increase in military aid for the coming winter months in Ukraine. The air defense package, which includes the second Patriot air defense system promised last week, is worth around one billion euros, Defense Minister Boris Pistorius (SPD) said. In addition, there is a support package for Ukrainian special forces worth more than 20 million euros.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) promised Ukraine to deliver another Patriot system on the sidelines of the EU summit in Grenada. According to the Ministry of Defense, this second system has a significantly greater range than the first system delivered in April: in addition to the fire control center and the radar device, “eight additional launchers and probably more than 60 missiles will be delivered guided.” Training for the second Patriot system is scheduled to begin in the coming weeks.
The federal government also wants to deliver two more IRIS-T systems to Ukrainian air defense this month. The package also includes three additional Gepard anti-aircraft tanks. The package for Ukrainian special forces consists of vehicles, weapons and personal equipment, Pistorius explained.
Update October 10th, 1:30 pm: Russia will suspend ratification of the global nuclear test ban to catch up with the United States, but will only resume nuclear testing if Washington does so first, a top Russian diplomat said.
Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told reporters that Moscow would reverse ratification of the nuclear test ban treaty to “mirror” the US action, the Associated Press news agency reported. He added that if the US conducted a nuclear test, “we would be forced to do the same.”
Nearly 100,000 war crimes documented in the Ukrainian War
Update October 10th, 12:25 pm: Ukrainian police have documented nearly 100,000 war crimes committed by Russian forces in Ukraine, according to the agency’s head. Speaking to the Ukrainian news agency Interfax, Ivan Vyhovsky said that the evidence collected would serve as the basis for prosecuting the perpetrators in the future.
“We have material about rocket attacks, crimes committed by the Russian military in the occupied territories – violence, torture, rape,” Wyhovsky said. “In the overwhelming majority [der Fälle] We document, examine and deliver to the SBU [ukrainischer Sicherheitsdienst], because that is their responsibility.” So far, his agency has collected evidence of 96,500 war crimes.
War in Ukraine: Kamikaze drones over Odessa
Update October 10, 10:45 am: Southern Ukraine was once again the target of a massive attack by the Russian army in the early hours of the morning. Moscow used dozens of drones. In particular, 23 drones called kamikaze were shot down over Odessa. These belong to the Iranian Shahed model, as announced by the region’s military administration.
According to the Ukrainian military, a total of 36 Russian kamikaze drones were destroyed. The drones, which took off from the Russian-occupied Crimean peninsula, were largely intercepted by Ukrainian air defenses. Managed to shoot down 27 drones in the coastal regions of Odessa, Mykolaiv and Kherson.
Reports of Russian attacks also came from northern Ukraine. Two women and a police officer were injured in a rocket attack in a town near the frontline city of Kupyansk in the Kharkiv region. Ukrainian authorities said an S-300 missile was likely used. Independent confirmation of this information was initially not possible.
War in Ukraine: Ukraine captures Russian commander
First report: Kiev/Moscow – After calm initially returned to the small town of Bakhmut, which had been fought over for months, Ukraine and Russia are now once again involved in intense fighting in the Donetsk region. Now, the 3rd Separatist Brigade announced on its Telegram channel on Monday that its fighters had captured Russian Volunteer Battalion leader Alga. The name of the commander has not yet been released.
In an attached video purporting to show the moment the Russian commander was captured, Ukrainian soldiers can be seen taking the injured officer to a ruined building and giving him water. According to translations circulating in
Russian commander will help Ukraine in prisoner exchange
“A lot of people died here,” said the Russian commander when asked about the condition of his battalion. The reported capture, which could not be independently confirmed, comes as Kiev continues to make progress in its counteroffensive. The prisoner must now serve as “representative of the exchange fund among the high-ranking officers of the occupiers.” In August, Ukrainian intelligence spokesman Andriy Yusov said the number of Russian prisoners of war in its possession exceeded 200, as reported by Interfax-Ukraine, among others.
The industrial city of Bakhmut has been in Russian hands since May 2023, after months of brutal fighting. The site suffered sad notoriety due to the enormous extent of the destruction and the activities of the Wagner private militia. After the mercenaries withdrew, Ukraine gradually managed to recapture key villages south of the city, which once had a population of 74,000. (with agencies)