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Russia-Ukraine SITREP for 12 OCT 2023 23:59* - Ukraine Makes the Impossible, Possible

Added 2023-10-13 10:56:37 +0000 UTC

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SITREP 518 is 43 pages long, combat only

What's Happening

What's the big story? In the face of the largest Russian offensive in Avdiivka since February 2022 and the largest artillery battle in Zaporizhzhia since June 4, Ukrainian forces made significant tactical gains in the Klishchiivka AO and marginal gains at Robotyne while holding Russian forces back theaterwide.

What's the second story? Wagnerites are back, and they're being used just as we assessed - cannon fodder.

Summary

There are updates to the war map
While fighting remains intense, the situation in Kupyansk is stable
Fighting continued near Svatove and Kreminna in the Luhansk region, with no change in the situation
Ukrainian forces have made tactical advances east of Klishchiivka and Andriivka and marginal gains towards Opytne, Zelenopillya, and Kurdyumivka
Wagnerites are back in the Klishchiivka AO but fighting for Storm-Z and at the bottom of the pile in the who is in charge hierarchy
Chechen Akhmat is also back in the Klishchiivka AO as blocking troops for Storm-Z units
Near Krasnohorivka, Russian forces reached as far as the railroad tracks east of Stepove but were pushed back
The E-50 Highway Bridge that was destroyed on October 11 will have a significant impact on Russian logistics
Russian forces also reached the approach of the terrikon north of the Avdiivka Coke Plant but were pushed back to Vesele
Russian forces used thermite and white phosphorus munitions on Avdiivka
Russian forces are trying to bypass Sivierne by advancing in the direction of Lastochkyne
Russian forces attempted to advance in the direction of Pervomaiske and Nevelske from Pisky, and it was a disaster
The Russian offensive in Avdiivka is now the third-largest loss of armored vehicles in 72 hours since February 24, 2022
Fighting continued in and near Marinka, Pobieda, and Novomykhailivka
In occupied Mariupol, someone set fire to the barracks of combat engineers
In Zaporizhzhia, Russia and Ukraine engaged in the largest artillery duel since June 4
Fighting continued at Verbove and Novoprokopivka with no changes
Ukrainian forces made marginal gains west of Robotyne
A fifth Russian Shahed-136 kamikaze drone struck Romania
Kherson continues to be destroyed bomb by bomb and shell by shell, with OVA Alexander Prokudin making a deeply personal appeal for civilians to evacuate
Russian forces shelled the Children’s Hospital in Kherson
Ukrainian drones struck a factory in Bryansk, Russia
Former reporter Marina Ovsyannikova, who lives in Paris after fleeing Moscow, was potentially poisoned as part of an assassination attempt
The GUR confirms that one of their commandos was captured in Crimea on October 4
Ukraine has developed IMF-compliant short-range ballistic missiles and has started production
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that Türkiye had promised to ratify Sweden’s accession to the Alliance
The United States is preparing to transfer a “significant” number of Switchblade 600 kamikaze drones to Ukraine
The Netherlands will transfer 12 to 18 F-16s to Romania in the "next few weeks” to support Ukrainian pilot training

Malcontent News Russia Ukraine War Podcast for October 12 is live.

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

01:35 Today's Assessment
03:46 Kharkiv
04:15 The Donbas - Luhansk
05:15 The Donbas - Northeast Donetsk
05:49 The Donbas - Southwest Donetsk
10:23 Zaporizhzhia
14:21 Black Sea
15:23 Odesa
15:57 Kherson
16:55 Central and Western Ukraine
1804 Northern Ukraine - Sumy
18:51 Russian Front
20:29 Theaterwide Events

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