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Russia-Ukraine SITREP for 14 OCT 2023 23:59* - Shoigu! Gerasimov! Capture Donetsk Oblast or Else!

Added 2023-10-15 11:11:49 +0000 UTC

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SITREP 519 is 42 pages long and combat only.

What's Happening

What's the big story? Russian forces continue to suffer tremendous losses at Avdiivka, while Putin reportedly has ordered the capture of the Donetsk Oblast by December 31.

What's the second story? Russia has an artillery problem, but it isn't a shortage of artillery shells.

Summary

There are updates to the war map
Fighting continued in the Kupyansk AO where the situation for Ukrainian troops remains difficult
Russian forces continue to bang their head against the wall at Makiivka
Family members of mobiks in the Russian Tartastan Ballation appeal for their removal from the FLOT
Ukrainian forces continue to consolidate gains east of Andriivka and Klischiivka
Intense fighting continued in the Avdiivka AO, with Russian forces suffering massive losses
Yesterday, a rare Russian BTR-90 APC was spotted in the Avdiivka AO; today, it was an ancient BTR-50PK
Ukrainian forces completed 1,876 fire missions in Zaporizhzhia
Russian forces are suffering from a shortage of replacement barrels for artillery and powder charges
The work to repair the Kerch (Crimean) Bridge from the July 2023 attack has been completed
The Russian rescue tugboat Professor Nikolay Muru was damaged in an October 13 attack outside of Sevastopol, suffering mobility kill damage
ATESH claimed that a Russian ammunition depot in occupied Kherson was destroyed on October 10
RMOD claims 27 Ukrainian drones were shot down in the Belgorod, Bryansk, and Kursk regions
It is reported that Russian President Putin has ordered the capture of the Donetsk Oblast by December 31
The Romanian F-16 training center won’t open until the end of the year

Malcontent News Russia Ukraine War Podcast for October 13 is live.

Marina Yevshan covers the events that happened on and off the battlefield.

01:32 Today's Assessment
04:08 Kharkiv
04:50 The Donbas - Luhansk
05:21 The Donbas - Northeast Donetsk
06:31 The Donbas - Southwest Donetsk
11:56 Zaporizhzhia
13:28 Black Sea
15:27 Black Sea - Romania
15:23 Odesa
16:19 Kherson
18:15 Russian Front
19:07 Theaterwide Events
24:45 Executive producer and co-host Zarina Zabrisky - Reports from Kherson
26:36 Executive producer and co-host Zarina Zabrisky - David R. Marples, historian, who discusses Ukraine's complex World War II history and how it continues to echoes in the information space 80 years later

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