(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Ukraine Invasion Day 585: continued counteroffensive operations plus sad RU fakery [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2023-09-30 Ukrainian forces continued counteroffensive operations in western Zaporizhia Oblast and near Bakhmut on September 30. Surovikin line of Kremlin defenses breached by heavy armour and Romania has announced it will acquire 48 F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters. The Ukrainian General Staff reported that Ukrainian forces continued offensive operations in the Melitopol direction (western Zaporizhia Oblast) and near Bakhmut.[1] The Kremlin has seemingly not yet clarified what Ukrainian territories it claims that Russia has annexed, leading to continued confusion among Russian government and occupation officials a year after the illegal annexation of occupied territories. Russian President Vladimir Putin gave a speech in honor of the so-called “Day of Reunification of the Donetsk People’s Republic, Luhansk People’s Republic, Zaporizhia, and Kherson Oblasts with Russia” on September 30 in which he reiterated boilerplate rhetoric about the international legitimacy of the illegal Russian annexation referenda, the West’s alleged role in starting the war in Ukraine, and the unity between Russia and occupied Ukraine.[5] Sevastopol occupation governor Mikhail Razvozhaev posted a map on his Telegram channel in honor of the holiday that showed the entirety of Crimea and Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhia, and Kherson oblasts as Russian territory.[6] The Kherson Oblast occupation administration posted a different map that showed Russian territory roughly extending to the current frontlines in the four most recently annexed territories.[7] Russian Security Council Deputy Chairperson Dmitry Medvedev, a notable nationalistic and extreme voice in the Russian government, ambiguously claimed that the war in Ukraine will continue until “the original Russian territories are liberated.”[8] Medvedev’s unclear statement and occupation officials’ disparate maps indicate that the Kremlin has yet to clarify what territories it claims to have annexed or intends to annex. www.understandingwar.org/... “It's the ideology of humiliated people who want to humiliate others and force their superiority upon them for therapeutic purposes” - Russian writer Dmitry Glukhovsky about current Russian ideology. x Since last February, nearly 20,000 Ukrainian children have been identified as abducted from Russian-occupied territories and sent to other Russian-controlled areas of Ukraine, or to Russia itself. Russia is quite literally abducting Ukraine’s future.https://t.co/s6sD2R0wGV — The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) September 30, 2023 x Romania’s Defense Ministry reveals that Russia is waging electronic warfare against Romania. Daniel Petrescu, the Army Chief of Staff of Romania, says Russia is “actively & constantly” jamming GPS communications of ships in Romanian waters, increasing the risk of collisions. 🇷🇴 pic.twitter.com/aCtzggNZhZ — Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) September 30, 2023 U.K. Secretary of Defense, Grant Shapps has told The Telegram that British Troops may soon be Deployed to Ukraine to continue a Training Mission for the Ukrainian Armed Forces which has been taking place in other Counties and Bases across Europe; Shapps also stated that while he was in Kyiv recently he had discussed the possibility of the Royal Navy entering the Black Sea in order to Defend the Commercial Shipping of the Region. https://t.co/7887w6vitl x The Bundestag said that #Ukraine will have the right to attack the territory of occupied #Crimea with Taurus missiles This was stated by the Chairman of the Defense Committee, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann.#Germany has not yet officially announced the transfer of Taurus… pic.twitter.com/JA7KfasK8U — NEXTA (@nexta_tv) September 30, 2023 x Supporting Ukraine is a once-in-a-generation chance to make the world safer. Ending that support is recklessness for which we will suffer in all the conflicts that the Ukrainians are preventing or making less likely. Let us help those who help us. — Timothy Snyder (@TimothyDSnyder) September 30, 2023 Key Takeaways: Ukrainian forces continued counteroffensive operations in western Zaporizhia Oblast and near Bakhmut on September 30. The Kremlin has seemingly not yet clarified what Ukrainian territories it claims that Russia has annexed, leading to continued confusion among Russian government and occupation officials a year after the illegal annexation of occupied territories. Russian forces conducted a series of drone strikes primarily targeting Vinnytsia Oblast on the night of September 29 to 30. Russian milbloggers claimed on September 30 that the Russian military command removed the commander of the Russian 205th Motorized Rifle Brigade following recent outrage from milbloggers about the brigade’s command. An organization with alleged ties to Russian First Deputy Presidential Chief of Staff Sergey Kiriyenko is reportedly categorizing Russian internet user data in an effort to disseminate tailored information to specific domestic populations as part of a wider attempt to control the Russian information space. Russian forces conducted offensive operations near Kupyansk, Kreminna, Bakhmut, along the Avdiivka-Donetsk City line, and in the Donetsk-Zaporizhia Oblast border area and marginally advanced along the Avdiivka-Donetsk City line. Russian authorities have started to conscript citizens in occupied Ukraine who have Russian passports. Russian authorities continue to forcibly deport children from occupied Ukraine to Russia in order to assimilate Ukrainian children into Russian culture. x ⚡️ WAR IN #UKRAINE - SEP 30 ■ 2nd most engagements of Sep, 🇺🇦 strikes ⬆️, 🇷🇺 ⬇️ ■ Troop & equipment losses above 7-day average ■ Artillery, APVs & MLRS above average ■ 7-day artillery at record level ■ Oryx: 24 🇷🇺 19 🇺🇦 listed (16:2 net change) 📈 https://t.co/L9LFYyXdJt pic.twitter.com/7PC0s6hDEQ — Ragnar Gudmundsson 🇮🇸🇺🇦 (@ragnarbjartur) September 30, 2023 Russian Subordinate Main Effort #1 – Luhansk Oblast (Russian objective: Capture the remainder of Luhansk Oblast and push westward into eastern Kharkiv Oblast and northern Donetsk Oblast) Russian forces conducted offensive operations near Kupyansk and Kremmina on September 30 but did not make confirmed advances. ... Spokesperson Captain Ilya Yevlash stated that Russian forces resumed assault operations in the Kupyansk and Lyman directions and unsuccessfully tried to break through unspecified Ukrainian defenses twice over the past day.[24] Footage published on September 30 purportedly shows elements of the “Moscow” Volunteer Battalion assaulting and capturing a Ukrainian position near Kreminna.[25] The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) reportedly formed the “Moscow” Volunteer Battalion in January 2023, and the volunteer detachment consists of athletes and Russian soccer fans.[26] Footage published on September 30 purportedly shows elements of the 88th Motorized Rifle Brigade (2nd Luhansk People’s Republic Army Corps) operating in the Siversk direction (19km south of Kreminna).[27] The Russian military has reportedly deployed elements of the newly created 25th Combined Arms Army (CAA) along the frontline in the Kupyansk-Lyman direction. Yevlash reported on September 30 that Ukrainian forces have observed a total of 12,000 25th CAA personnel along the frontline in the Kupyansk-Lyman direction and that the 25th CAA consists of mobilized personnel and personnel from heavily degraded units that have completely lost their combat capabilities.[28] Yevlash also stated that the 25th CAA has unspecified weapons, logistics, and personnel problems.[29] www.understandingwar.org/... x ⚡️The 🇷🇺Russian military shows the consequences of the damage of the 🇺🇦Ukrainian JDAM-ER aerial bombs on their combat headquarters near Bakhmut pic.twitter.com/JvxT24qhtR — 🇺🇦Ukrainian Front (@front_ukrainian) September 30, 2023 www.understandingwar.org/... www.understandingwar.org/... x Turkey's Baykar, the manufacturer of Bayraktar TB2 UAV's, is investing $100 million in three projects in Ukraine, among them the construction of a drone production plant that will be completed in one-and-a-half years. pic.twitter.com/BS9e1e41dM — NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) September 30, 2023 Anton Gerashchenko @Gerashchenko_en Russian Investigative Committee has detected the theft of 80% of funds allocated for the repair of warships. The Investigative Committee of Russia has opened a criminal case on large-scale fraud against the Novik industrial group engaged in the repair of Russian warships, Russian media report. According to the investigation, the criminal schemes were coordinated by former MP of the State Duma Alexei Lyashchenko, who headed Novik from the company's formation in June 2009 until its bankruptcy in September 2016. According to the Kommersant newspaper, Mr. Lyashchenko is now hiding in the UAE because of a criminal case over non-payment of salaries to the company's employees. Last year, Moscow's Basmanny Court arrested Lyashchenko in absentia, but after an appeal, a Moscow City Court judge overturned the decision. Investigators believe the embezzlement was committed between 2014 and 2016, when Novik was engaged in the repair of warships under subcontracts with the Yantar, Sevmash, Northern Design Bureau, Granit, Zvezdochka and 35th ship repair plants. The heads of the plants transferred advances to Lyashchenko in the amount of 40-80% of the contract value, which were allegedly spent on Novik's risk insurance, but in fact, the insurance companies cashed in the money received and returned it to the alleged embezzlers after deducting interest, the Kommersant writes. [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/9/30/2196498/-Ukraine-Invasion-Day-585-continued-counteroffensive-operations-plus-sad-RU-fakery Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/