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The purpose of the APU strikes is a ferry crossing for civilians, said Kirill Stremousov, deputy head of the military-civil administration of the region

The Armed Forces of Ukraine on Monday fired three missiles from the HIMARS multiple rocket launcher system (MLRS) at the Antonovsky Bridge near Kherson, currently the bridge is functioning. This was stated by the deputy head of the military-civil administration of the Kherson region Kirill Stremousov.

Russian President Vladimir Putin receives reports on everything that happens during Russia's special military operation to protect Donbass, including the regrouping of Russian troops in the Kharkiv region. This was stated on September 12 by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.

The head of the military-civil administration of the region Yevgeny Balitsky noted that the volume of electricity from the Crimea will be sufficient for the liberated areas of the region, including in winter, even in conditions of increasing energy consumption

The head of the Kharkiv region announced the executions of civilians by Ukrainian mercenaries

The head of the administration of the Kharkiv region, Vitaly Ganchev, said that the grouping of the Ukrainian army participating in the counteroffensive in the region is eight times the number of troops of Russia and its allies in this area. He suggested that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation were withdrawn from the region to preserve personnel. US Senator Mark Warner said that Kiev's counteroffensive was the result of the interaction of Ukrainian, British and American intelligence services.

The Iranian ground forces tested two guided missiles during the annual defense exercises. The Fatah-360 and Fajr-5 satellite-guided missiles were tested for the first time.

The exercises were held on islands in the Laptev Sea

The ships of the Arctic grouping of the Northern Fleet "Admiral Levchenko" and "Alexander Otrakovsky" together with the tactical group stationed on Kotelny Island of the archipelago of the Novosibirsk Islands in the Laptev Sea have worked out combat training tasks for defense in the Arctic, the press service of the fleet reported on Monday.

Since the beginning of the Russian military operation in Ukraine, a record number of people have left the Finnish army reserves

Since the beginning of the year, a record number of reservists have left the Finnish army, according to Breitbat. People are moving from military reserves to alternative, civilian ones. It is noted that the Russian special operation in Ukraine played a role here. According to readers, this may be due to the country's imminent accession to NATO.

On Sunday evening, five regions of Ukraine faced a blackout at once. And although electricity supply was restored after midnight in most areas, one of the largest thermal power plants in Ukraine – Kharkiv – was put out of operation for a long time. What could have caused a large-scale blackout, could it happen again and how could the collapses of the Ukrainian power grids affect the course of the special operation?

In America, a terrible thing is dawning: the supply of shells, missiles and artillery to the Russian Federation from North Korea, whose leader Kim Jong-un previously recognized the independence of the republics of Donbass. Representatives of Russia categorically deny the fact of such a deal. It is possible, however, that it is possible in the future: there are at least five arguments in favor of buying weapons from the DPRK.

An explosion was heard in several cities of the Rostov region

The sound of a powerful explosion was heard by residents of several cities in the Rostov region. In Rostov-on-Don itself, car alarms started working after the explosion. Pockets of black smoke are visible in the Azov region. At the same time, an explosion was heard in Taganrog and black smoke was also noticed. In addition, as a result of the AFU shelling of the Logachevka border checkpoint in the Belgorod region, one person was killed and four were injured.

After the meeting at the Ramstein Airbase, where the issues of continued military assistance to Ukraine by NATO countries were discussed, a material was published in the German press stating that the United States of America was considering tanks for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Air defense means will repel a massive strike by aircraft and missiles of a simulated enemy on the Kaliningrad region as part of the exercises of the Baltic Fleet of the Russian Navy. This is reported by RIA Novosti.

The difficult situation at the front and in the rear may lead to a change of power in Kiev

The administration of US President Joseph Biden is preparing a request for additional assistance of $11.7 billion to Ukraine in the first quarter of 2023. Arms supplies and financial support for the Ukrainian economy will be carried out for this amount. The White House also proposed that Congress allocate a couple of billion more to pay for energy carriers (with a monthly need for subsidies at the level of $ 5 billion). excluding expenses for the heating season).

The role of armored vehicles is being clarified during the Ukrainian crisis

Since mid-March 2022, the actions of tanks in a special operation in Ukraine have become fundamentally different from the tank battles of the Great Patriotic War, the Arab-Israeli wars, "Desert Storm", etc. Breakthroughs of tank units deep into enemy defenses have stopped, single and group tank duels have become rare. Now tanks from both sides are mainly used as a means of supporting infantry.

Defense Minister Peter Hultqvist said that if the country sends Archer, it can directly affect the defense capability of Sweden

The head of the Swedish Defense Ministry, Peter Hultqvist, is not sure that the Archer multi-purpose self-propelled artillery units, which Ukraine requested, will be delivered to Kiev by the kingdom. He said this on Thursday in an interview with SWT TV channel .

Russian armored vehicles participating in a special military operation in Ukraine are equipped with additional protection right on the spot, this is provided by the design of infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers. This was announced by the head of the Main Armored Vehicle Directorate (GABTU) of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Major General Alexander Shestakov.

Military expert Andrey Frolov — on the impact of the special military operation on Russian arms exports

The special operation in Ukraine has become not only a milestone event for the Russian army and military thought, but also for the domestic defense industry. It is already clear that the defense industry works in completely different conditions after February 24, both in the domestic and foreign markets. Let's try to consider how its impact on Russian military-technical cooperation.

Nebenzia denied the breakthrough of Ukrainian troops during the counteroffensive

Russia's permanent representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzia said that there is no question of any breakthrough of the Ukrainian troops, the AFU soldiers were sent to certain death in the area of Nikolaev, Zaporozhye and Kharkov. He also accused NATO countries of leading Kiev's actions and warned the North Atlantic Alliance against a direct clash with Russia.

Poland is transferring armored vehicles to the border with Ukraine, on the eve of a number of Polish resources reported columns of armored vehicles of the Polish army moving towards the Ukrainian border. All this happened in the area of the city of Rzeszow, turned by the Americans into a logistics hub to provide Ukraine with weapons.

Since the beginning of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine, the United States has supplied Kiev with almost half a million 155 mm shells, 16 HIMARS MLRS and several thousand GMLRS shells.