Ramzan #Kadyrov,
Head of the Chechen Republic.
October 1, 2022.
"I have always said: there is nothing better than the truth, however bitter or hurtful, but the truth. It is the only way to move forward.
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That is why I cannot keep silent about what happened in Krasnyy Liman.
Colonel General Alexander Lapin, commander of the Central Military District, led the defense of this area.
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This is the same Lapin who received the star of Hero of Russia for the capture of Lisichansk, although de facto he was nowhere near there. Lapin was also subordinated to the troops of the Western Military District.
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Lapin deployed mobilized fighters from the LPR and other units at all the Limansk direction, but did not provide them with the necessary communication, interaction and ammunition supply.
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Two weeks ago, Major General of Special Forces Akhmat, my dear BROTHER Apti Alaudinov, personally reported to me that our fighters could become an easy target.
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I, in turn, informed the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Valery Gerasimov, of the danger.
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But the general assured me that he did not doubt Lapin's military talent and did not think a retreat was possible in Krasny Liman and its environs.
8/17
A week later, Lapin moves his headquarters to Starobelsk, a hundred kilometers away from his subordinates, while he himself sits in Lugansk.
How can he manage his units efficiently when he is 150 kilometers away from them?
9/17
Because of the absence of basic military logistics, we have left several settlements and a large area of territory.
It is not that Lapin is untalented, but that he is pandered to by the leaders in the General Staff.
10/17
If I had a chance, I would demote Lapin to private, deprive him of his rewards and send him to the front line to wash his shame away with a sub-machine gun.
Army nepotism cannot lead to good things.
11/17
The army needs to appoint commanders with a strong character, brave and principled, who care about their soldiers, who fight for their soldier and know that their subordinates must not be left without help and support.
12/17
There is no place in the army for official patronage to the detriment of the state cause, especially in difficult times.
Wasn't the Izyum example enough for us?
13/17
Back then I said: fire at the enemy's military concentration in the neo-Nazi captured Izyum, especially since our artillery had that capability at the time.
14/17
In that case, we would have done away with the main Satanists and neo-Nazis at once. We should conduct a special military operation in the full sense of the word, not flirt with it.
15/17
Use every opportunity and every weapon to defend OUR territory. Donetsk is still being shelled. The inhabitants of the four regions that have joined want to be protected from Kiev's occupiers.
16/17
I do not know what the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reports to the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, but in my personal opinion, we need to take more drastic measures, up to declaring martial law in the border territories and using low-power nuclear weapons.
17/17
There is no need to take every decision with the Western American community in mind - they have already said and done a lot against us.
Yesterday a parade in Izyum, today a flag in Liman, and tomorrow what?
Everything would be fine if it wasn't so bad."
The officer of the 604th Special Purpose Center "Vityaz," Senior Lieutenant Alexander Potapov, was posthumously awarded the title Hero of π·πΊ #Russia.
Today in #Moscow, General Viktor Strigunov presented the star to the widow and mother of the fallen special forces officer. 1/5
2/5 Alexander died at the end of August 2022 in Izyum Kharkov region.
Armed formations of Ukraine opened fire on a residential area of Izyum using barrel artillery as well as American HIMARS MLRS. More than 20 shells fell on residential houses and streets of Ukrainian citizens.
3/5 At that time, not far from the place of shelling, a convoy of Russian soldiers was moving, returning after conducting special events.
Another attempted offensive by armed formations of the Kiev regime in the Kherson region.
They act in small groups. T-72M1 tanks are in the lead, followed by light armored vehicles: infantry fighting vehicles and U.S.-Dutch YPR-765 armored personnel carriers. 1/4
Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation in #Ukraine
October 1, 2022
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
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2/ π₯ Missile attack has resulted in the destruction of a provisional base of a unit from 14th Mechanised Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukrain (AFU) near Kupyansk (Kharkov region).
β½οΈ Over 50 militants and 12 units of special military equipment have been eliminated.
3/ π₯ Massive fire attacks launched at the positions of 66th and 93rd mechanised brigades of the AFU have resulted in the elimination of over 200 Ukrainian servicemen, 5 tanks and 9 infantry combat vehicles.
"The intensity of shelling of Energodar by militants of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has sharply increased.
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2/4 At the moment, there have already been more than 20 artillery attacks on the coastline and territory around the city, where the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant is located.
3/4 The area of the thermal power plant is also shelled.
Ukraine is taking revenge on Russia's new citizens for their choice.
The terrorist entity "Ukraine" must be destroyed!"
Situation in the Liman direction
as of 3 p.m. on October 1, 2022
By mid-afternoon it had become clear: the decision was made to withdraw troops and abandon Liman. 1/6
2/ After the video appeared from the eastern outskirts of Zarechnoye with the blown up bridge (49.021573, 37.952583), which was occupied by the AFU, it became clear that the entire "road of life" was already under AFU control.
3/ Russian artillery continues to work on suitable AFU units, but whereas previously the focus was on Liman, now the goal of Ukrainian formations is to blockade Kremenna and take control of the reservoirs on the Zherebets River.
π·πΊπΊπ¦πSiege of Lyman
Chronicle of Battles by the end of September 30, 2022
By the end of September 30, AFU had failed to complete the operation to physically encirclement Lyman. 1/7
2/7 βͺοΈ After retreating from Drobysheve and Yampil, the Russian Armed Forces' defences lineup along the outskirts of Lyman and the buffer zone around the Lyman β Zarichne β Torske road. Despite attempts by AFU to physically block the corridor, Russian forces repelled the attacks.
3/7 βͺοΈ AFU advance numbers at least 6,000 men: armoured groups attempt to advance from Drobysheve, Stavok, Dibrova and Yampil towards Lyman itself.