🇷🇺🇺🇦 Russian President Vladimir Putin made several statements during the Russia-Central Asia summit in Kazakhstan on the course of the SMO.
🔻Putin on the course of hostilities and missile strikes: (1/2)
Russia has not given itself the task of destroying Ukraine.
There is no need for massive strikes right now. In the recent attacks, only 7 of 29 targets were not hit. Work will continue on the remaining targets.
🔻Putin on the course of hostilities and missile strikes: (2/2)
What is happening now is not pleasant, but has become a necessary measure.
A direct clash of NATO troops with Russian Armed Forces is a dangerous step, it will lead to a global catastrophe.
🔻 Putin on mobilization: (1/3)
Partial mobilization is almost over, in about two weeks it will be complete.
222,000 people have been mobilized of an estimated 300,000. The Defense Ministry had originally expected to draft less than 300,000 people through partial mobilization.
🔻 Putin on mobilization: (2/3)
Preliminary training of mobilized recruits takes 5-10 days, followed by 5-15 days in military units and additional integration with the troops.
33,000 mobilized men are already in units, 16,000 are performing combat missions.
🔻 Putin on mobilization: (3/3)
The line of contact in Ukraine is 1,100 km long, and it is impossible to hold it only with professional soldiers.
The Russian Security Council will be instructed to inspect the process of mobilization in the country.
🔻Putin on the grain deal:
If it turns out that the explosives to blow up the Crimean bridge were taken from Odessa through the grain supply corridor, the grain deal will be in doubt.
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🇷🇺🇺🇦 Chronicle of strikes and mutual shelling in the SMO zone on the night of October 15-16, 2022
Ukrainian formations struck Belgorod again. Some of the targets were shot down by air defense forces, but according to preliminary reports, one missile fell in the vicinity of the local airport.
Russian troops fired at Ukrainian positions in Mykolaivka, Chernihiv Region, and Pokrovka village, Sumy Region.
In Kharkiv Region, Russian missile troops and artillery hit targets in Hlushkivka, Ohurtseve, Staritsa, and Hatishcha.
🇷🇺 Fakes, disinformation and silencing of sensitive topics - notable actions by foreign agents and undesirable organizations in Russia in the past week
Early in the week, Telegram was shaken by footage from Kupyansk published by former Azov regiment commander Maxim Zhorin, showing the bodies of civilians being thrown into a mass grave with their hands tied.
Zhorin wrote that the video shows the massacre of Kupyansk residents and promised "retribution" to all disloyal people. After a media backlash, he edited the post and emphasized that the video was taken "from an occupier's phone,"
❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦 On AFU plans in the Mykolaiv-Beryslav direction
🔻The AFU have been regrouping troops in the Mykolaiv-Beryslav direction for the past few days.
A convoy of wheeled vehicles arrived from Ochakiv to Mykolaiv. On the way it was joined by several trucks with ammunition and MLRS. In the city itself, it was joined by dozens of armored vehicles transferred from northern Mykolaiv Oblast.
(FWD from Kontora Pishet)
Analyzing the constructive dispute between Khardingush and Rybar, Kontora deems it necessary to contribute somewhat, and to express its position regarding the photo-imaging of missile systems.
Not just about SAMs, but also ground-based tactical missile systems.
You see, the peculiarity of these kinds of weapons is that they are not barrel artillery with compasses and tables.
You can't just go to any dandelion-covered clearing, deploy the complex and bang the target to pieces with high accuracy, and then fall over backwards into the flowers, enjoying the triumph.
❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Battle of Kherson: Situation on the Andriivka and Beryslav sectors
As of 12:00 am Kyiv Time October 16, 2022
🔻 Early in the morning, after a brief preparatory artillery strike, AFU used two battalion-tactical groups to attack the Dudchany-Mylove-Novohryhorivka line from Nova Kamianka. 60th Inf. and 17th Tank brigades and 140th Spec Ops Regiment were used. The attack was unsuccessful.
The Ukrainian command took no offensive action from the side of Davydiv Brid.
The special military operation in Ukraine is now in its ninth month. Unfortunately, it will not end in the near future.
Ukrainian units, with the full support of Western countries, have been shelling civilians not only in Donbas, but also in the Bryansk, Kursk and Belgorod regions bordering Ukraine.