(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . More Russian stuff blowing up: Fog provides cover for a Ukrainian attack near Robotyne [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2023-10-23 Must have been a lot of ammunition on board. x Russian tank vs Ukrainian FPV drone https://t.co/uCdMxMT0FJ pic.twitter.com/POil75zf57 — Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) October 23, 2023 Thank goodness for fog. x Oct. 23, 2023: Update on the #Robotyne Sector, #Zaporizhia AO 1) This morning, under the cover of heavy fog and intense artillery, the AFU conducted a surprise offensive strike against the Russian lines between Robotyne and #Kopani. AFU tanks, Bradleys and infantry are advancing… pic.twitter.com/h7n2MU2Hd9 — OSINT (Uri) 🇺🇦 (@UKikaski) October 23, 2023 1) This morning, under the cover of heavy fog and intense artillery, the AFU conducted a surprise offensive strike against the Russian lines between Robotyne and #Kopani. AFU tanks, Bradleys and infantry are advancing and heavy fighting continues. Russian sources state the the fog makes if nearly impossible to locate targets and direct fire on them. Fog=Nature's Smoke Screen, NATO Armor = Thermal Imagery and Sights 2) During the week, the AFU made small but significant advances toward #Novofederivka north of #Verbove. The location of the red circle is the Russian position on the bluff which, if captured, would substantially weaken Russia's ability to defend Verbove. 3) Yesterday, the Russians conducted several local strikes to recapture portions of the lines between Robotyne and Verbove. They had a couple "successess" and were able to reoccupy at least two small areas of the grey zone SW of Verbove. This is a rather long description (included below) of the situation at Avdiivka. x This is a helpful report by the Ukrainian journalist Butusov on the battle of Avdiivka as of late 22 October. It goes over the military formations involved in the battle from both sides and touches upon the current situation. In short, Ukrainian forces withstood what no one else… pic.twitter.com/1DxeNL0tKS — Dmitri (@wartranslated) October 23, 2023 After defeating massive attacks by columns of armored vehicles on October 10-14 and 19, the Russian command continues assault operations with infantry forces. On October 22, Russian infantry launched 5 attacks north of Avdiivka - all attacks were repulsed. The maximum advance of Russian troops - up to 1.5 km in depth on the front up to 1 km in width. The enemy reached a narrow section of the railway line and the foot of the Avdiivka waste heap. The Russians cannot occupy the heap itself - it has become a gray zone that can be seen and fired at. Russian assault groups climbed it several times, but most of the storm troopers were destroyed, and the Russians could not gain a foothold on it, having to sit at the foot of it. Russian troops crawled into a narrow pocket in the lowlands, which is fire-controlled. And now the Russians have to make a rotation, a maneuver with heavy losses. The Russians will not be able to hold their positions in the lowlands if they are under such constant fire. Let me remind you that the 114th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation launched an offensive north of Avdiyivka on the villages of Stepove- Berdychy with the aim of cutting the main road connecting the city with the city on October 1. On October 10-14, the Russians launched additional forces into the attack - two fresh motorized rifle brigades - the 15th and 21st. On October 19, the fourth brigade - the 30th motorized rifle brigade - was thrown into the breakthrough. On October 20-22, the Russians stopped massive attacks with armored vehicles due to heavy losses. To continue the assault operations, collective assault units are being formed from the composition of four brigades and other divisions of the 1st Corps, including the "Pyatnashka" special forces brigade. The Russians are pulling up additional reserves from the 106th Airborne Division and separate tank battalions. More than 200 units of Russian armored vehicles were destroyed and damaged in the zone of the 110th brigade and attached forces alone. Phenomenal numbers. Hundreds of corpses are lying on the plantations and fields, the count continues, but the occupiers lost at least 800 killed. 30 Russian stormtroopers were captured - they look well motivated and prepared, but raised their hands because they made a wise choice and will live. Ukrainian soldiers proved to be stronger. Ukraine owes the holding of Avdiivka to the personnel of the 110th mechanized brigade and the attached forces - the 2nd battalion of the Presidential Brigade, which took the brunt of the attack, separate battalions from the 116th and 129th TDF brigades, the 1st tank brigade, the 31st mechanized brigade, 52nd separate rifle battalion, 105th border detachment of the DPSU. There are no words to describe the heroism of the soldiers of the 110th mechanized brigade. This brigade has been defending Avdiivka without any rotations at all for one and a half years! A significant number of soldiers constantly live in their positions - without any exits from Avdivka, which is fired at from all types of weapons. More so, they live and continuously fight in the positions. It is even hard to imagine. Since September 30, the 110th brigade and attached units have been fighting continuously. These men of steel fight in conditions that no army in the world can withstand, the Russians simply run away in such conditions. Our soldiers are tired from long battles. The Russians also hope that the Ukrainians will get tired of killing them. The defenders of Avdiivka need to be replenished and strengthened in order to be able to gradually give rest to the soldiers during 23 days of continuous combat. Currently, the enemy is trying to ease the situation by creating an advantage in forces south of Avdiivka. The 9th, 110th and 55th motorized rifle brigades of the Russian Armed Forces are attacking here. The enemy is trying to break through the defense of the 53rd mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Vodyane-Opytne area. The enemy has an advance in this area. However, the Ukrainian troops reliably hold the flanks and inflict significant losses on the Russians. The 59th motorized infantry brigade reliably holds all positions and repulses all enemy attacks in the direction of Pervomaiske with significant losses for the Russians. South of Avdiivka, Ukrainian troops also have all the possibilities for successful defense and defeat of the Russian strike group. Everything depends on the timely and thoughtful use of reserves and military equipment. In general, the crisis in the Avdiivka region is not over. Holding the front and powerful strikes against the occupiers come at a high price for Ukrainian soldiers. The Ukrainian command received enough time to react and, of course, is raising reserves. All Russian attacks were repulsed, the Russian advance was dangerous, but the main line of defense held, and holding what the Russians had captured would be much more difficult than continuing to attack further. A Russian armored vehicle with troops on board is hit by a kamikaze drone. Soldiers keep falling off and the vehicle keeps driving. x 9 Orcs killed with one FPV kamikaze drone hit 😎 pic.twitter.com/DzxnB2fxdB — Getty (@region776) October 23, 2023 It’s always a good day when a TOS thermobaric system blows up. x Russian TOS-1A "Solntsepyok" go... BOOM 🔥 pic.twitter.com/eB80RJaf1a — MAKS 23 👀🇺🇦 (@Maks_NAFO_FELLA) October 23, 2023 More Russian infantry trying to advance in what remains of a tree line. x Did anyone remained? No Ukrainian field and Ruzsian corpses. Azov record the movement of Orcs infantry from the sky. We aim, adjust fire and shoot at the occupants with a 120-mm caliber. The Orcs is destroyed on the spot. pic.twitter.com/aA52ALLQs3 — Getty (@region776) October 23, 2023 The unit of Russians fighting for Ukraine launched an attack just inside the border with Russia and west of Kursk in the Bryansk region. x The village of Podyvotye in the temporarily occupied Bryansk region, where the forces of evil have settled in the form of Russian military and border guards. Our raid, jointly with an adjacent friendly group, made a splash behind enemy lines. The special military operation is… pic.twitter.com/UlBGDGZ05q — PStyleOne1 (@PStyle0ne1) October 23, 2023 Speaking of attacks inside Russia. x Russia, the resistance movement disabled the Ordzhonikidzev electric substation in Ufa 👀🔥 pic.twitter.com/cPgT9xQnka — MAKS 23 👀🇺🇦 (@Maks_NAFO_FELLA) October 23, 2023 The story of a teacher and her daughter who were held by the Russians. x The story of English teacher Viktoriia Shcherbak from Balakliia, Kharkiv region, who survived interrogations and threats in a torture chamber with her 16-year-old daughter and husband. 📹: Suspilne pic.twitter.com/X7oX2shrxb — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) October 23, 2023 There were many people in the neighboring cages, but we could see only one man, he was bloody all over. The others were hidden from us by partitions made from boxes for shells. They brought us in (with) bags on our heads, kept us here for several hours. The room was very narrow. We could only sit and stand. They did not give us food, water anything. We were here for a few hours, then we were taken again with bags on our heads to the prison, where we were kept. We had hardly eaten for three days. There was a huge stuffiness and we did not know what would happen to us. And there were people there. Girls were there, who were beaten or tortured to get some kind of confession from them. Before that they took my daughter for interrogation. When they began to threaten me with the fact that they would, well, my daughter in front of me … torture … I could not stand it anymore and fainted. When I regained consciousness, I saw that I was lying in a puddle of water and that there were doctors standing over me and one of them said that I had a pre-heart attack condition and I needed an IV because I had already had one heart attack. They said they knew me, I had one recently. And they took me in an ambulance to our clinic here and I was under an IV for some time and Kadyrovites brought my daughter there later too and they ordered us to stay there, not to go anywhere. And every day they made sure we didn’t leave. She and I slept on the same bunk, ate from the same plate once a day. When she was taken for interrogation it was the most terrifying moment, perhaps in my entire life in general. And for three days while she was lying with me, while we were waiting, I told here how to behave during interrogation. I knew I could handle it but I wasn’t sure about her. She was just a child. Another story of torture. x It's not a recording of a hamas terrorist - it's the memoirs of a terrorist from Russia who tells about a Ukrainian who, on his arm, had "Glory to Ukraine" written, so they cut off his arm.#RussiaIsATerroristState #Russian #IsraelAttack #Isreal #Palestine #hamas #gaza #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/qCBCxy7GYl — Intermarium 24 (@intermarium24) October 22, 2023 This harvest is going to go on for many years. x Harvesting in Ukraine in 2023. pic.twitter.com/SLcHGSlIe9 — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) October 23, 2023 An account from a soldier of the horror of watching wave after wave of Russians dying in meat assaults at Avdiivka. x Said Ismagilov, one of Ukrainian Muslim spiritual leaders, about Russian "meat assaults" near Bakhmut. Russia threw soldiers to literally crawl over the dead bodies of the previous "batch". The same thing is now happening in the Avdiivka direction. pic.twitter.com/1WlEtVDmSp — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) October 23, 2023 I was mowing down those occupiers until I ran out of bullets, but they kept crawling over the bodies further and further. The previous shot ones aren’t dead yet, lying there crying while the new are stepping on them to march further. He was saying ‘I was telling myself I’m gonna go nuts. In one day I am going to kill so many people. These meat storm attacks are not single instances. people are telling about them dreadful things. First the Wagnerites were sending forth their unarmed men. They were simply running towards our positions unarmed. We would put them down and by that they would detect our shooters. They detected our firing position and then hit it in response. But to detect it they simply threw their unarmed men for us to kill. So when you describe something like that you understand how amoral your enemy truly is. Finally. x BREAKING: Turkey’s president, Recep Erdoğan, has submitted the bill for Sweden’s NATO membership bid to parliament for ratification. 🇹🇷🇸🇪 pic.twitter.com/KrZ0FJvHfW — Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) October 23, 2023 If he’s so oppressed by the EU, he should get out. NATO too. x Orban compared Hungary's EU membership to Soviet occupation He accused the #EU of wanting to strip #Hungary of its identity by imposing liberal democracy, which he said Hungarians reject. "Today things are appearing that remind us of Soviet times. Yes, it happens that history… pic.twitter.com/1jYqxd980v — NEXTA (@nexta_tv) October 23, 2023 x Hungary has blocked the provision of half a billion euros to Ukraine from the EU The Hungarian bank OTP has been de-listed from the Ukrainian "blacklist", but Budapest wants legal guarantees that this is permanent, Radio Liberty's special correspondent in Brussels, Rikard… https://t.co/dDGjjUyHds — NEXTA (@nexta_tv) October 23, 2023 I hope they don’t mind if I take a pass on this. x Retweet to join us in celebrating our Ally 🇭🇺 #Hungary as they commemorate Hungarian Republic Day@NATOHungary 🤝 #WeAreNATO pic.twitter.com/jYLhuKLdiE — NATO (@NATO) October 23, 2023 A Ukrainian drone takes a much needed smoke break in the trenches. I’m not sure what more can be said about this. x Ukrainian sniper armed with an Accuracy International AWM in the no man’s land on the edge of Bakhmut. pic.twitter.com/j9l0c3ufaB — OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) October 23, 2023 One of the Russians killed in the ATACMS strike on the helicopter air field at Berdyansk. x Major Жигулев Яков Владимирович (Zhigulev Yakov Vladimirovich), head of the technical and maintenance unit (Ka-52), was KIU on 19 October ’23 — probably as a result of the ATACMS strike on the Berdyansk airfield. Awarded for Syria@QalaatAlMudiq H/t @duke_garland_2 pic.twitter.com/AGBWtZNLzP — KIU ✪ Russian Officers killed in Ukraine 🇨🇿🇺🇦 (@KilledInUkraine) October 23, 2023 Rest in peace. x The military officer Mark Oz died. He became famous by posting a video in which he dance on the front lines. Maybe you will remember him. The defender is survived by his mother and brothers. Rest in Peace 🕊️ pic.twitter.com/zT2CYrOO08 — Oriannalyla 🇺🇦 (@Lyla_lilas) October 23, 2023 It’s a haunting piece played with great feeling. [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/10/23/2201158/-More-Russian-stuff-blowing-up-Fog-provides-cover-for-a-Ukrainian-attack-near-Robotyne?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web 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/