Zitat:Zwangsmobilisierte, die ohne Versorgung in einem eingekesselten Katastrophengebiet zurückgelassen wurden, werden wenig Motivation aufbringen können, lange Widerstand zu leisten.

Zitat:Die ausfallende AKW-Kühlung ist hier das Schwert des Damokles

Zitat:Kaum Unterstützung durch Jets

London: Russland verliert viele Kampfhubschrauber

Seit Beginn seiner Invasion der Ukraine kann Russland keine dauerhafte Überlegenheit in der Luft herstellen. Stattdessen werden zahlreiche Kampfjets und Helikopter abgeschossen. Laut britischen Angaben büßt Russland mehr als ein Viertel seiner Vorzeige-Kampfhubschrauber Ka-52 ein.

Im Angriffskrieg gegen die Ukraine verliert Russland nach britischer Einschätzung besonders viele Kampfhubschrauber. Seit Beginn der Invasion im Februar gebe es mindestens 23 bestätigte Verluste des russischen Kampfhubschraubers Ka-52 (NATO-Code: HOKUM-B), teilte das Verteidigungsministerium in London unter Berufung auf Geheimdiensterkenntnisse mit. Das entspreche mehr als einem Viertel der in Betrieb befindlichen Flotte von 90 Ka-52 und fast der Hälfte der gesamten Hubschrauberverluste Russlands in der Ukraine. Die belaufen sich derzeit auf 54 Hubschrauber.

Zitat:Russian mercenary group constructs anti-tank fortification, satellite images show

CNN — An almost two-kilometer fortification has been constructed outside the Russian-occupied town of Hirske, in eastern Ukraine, new satellite images from Maxar Technologies show.

The fortification comprises of four rows of cement pyramids that the Russians hope will stop any Ukrainian vehicles and tanks from moving eastward. A large trench is located behind the anti-tank fortifications. Additional satellite imagery from the European Space Agency shows that the trench digging was conducted in two parts: the first section of trench was dug starting on September 25; the second section of trench was dug sometime between September 30 and October 5. [...]

Although the fortification could help defend against a frontal attack, there’s nothing stopping Ukrainian forces from just travelling around the fortifications, which only stretch 1.6 kilometers or just over a mile. RIA/FAN, a Russian tabloid, published a map on Wednesday claiming that the Wagner group would continue building their “line” until it stretches east from the Russian-Ukrainian border to Kreminna, and then south to Svitlodarsk. A CNN analysis of the map showed that a fortification that long would stretch roughly 217km, or 135 miles. [...]

It’s not the first time the Wagner Group has utilized trenches to fortify their positions. In 2021, the mercenary group constructed roughly 40 miles, over 70 km, of trenches across the Libyan desert to stop ground attacks on their positions there.

Zitat:Pekings Verständnis für Putin bröckelt

Peking (dpa) - Chinas Rückendeckung für Russland nach dem Einmarsch in die Ukraine hat Risse bekommen. Die Führung in Peking steckt im Dilemma: Die Gegnerschaft gegen die USA eint beide Länder - aber je länger der Konflikt dauert, desto stiller wird die Unterstützung für Moskau. Kritische Stimmen werden lauter. [...]

"Russlands Verhalten bei Beginn und Durchführung des Krieges beweist, dass sein militärisches Abenteuer rücksichtslos ist und seine konventionellen Streitkräfte schwach sind", sagt etwa der Professor für internationale Beziehungen, Shi Yinhong, von der Volksuniversität in Peking, der Deutschen Presse-Agentur. [...] Mit den Rückschlägen der russischen Streitkräfte auf dem Schlachtfeld habe sich Chinas Position "schnell auf eine neue Stufe entwickelt", glaubt Professor Shi Yinhong. Die Annexion der besetzten Gebiete in der Ukraine nach den Scheinreferenden habe die Unterstützung offenbar weiter schwinden lassen. [...]

Hat China den Krieg nicht kommen sehen?

"Er muss gedacht haben, dass der Krieg schnell vorüber ist", glaubt der Experte Richard McGregor vom australischen Lowy Institute. "Jetzt muss er nachkalibrieren." China habe den Krieg offenbar nicht kommen sehen, obwohl sich Xi Jinping noch mit Putin zum Auftakt der Olympischen Winterspiele in Peking traf, als dieser schon die Truppen aufmarschieren ließ. "Es ist zu früh zu sagen, ob die Chinesen denken, dass sie eine Fehleinschätzung gemacht haben. Aber ich denke, sie sind definitiv dabei, sich zu drehen und zu winden." Der Konflikt in der Ukraine habe sich für Putin schlecht entwickelt. "Aus Xi Jinpings Perspektive ist es sicher auch nicht gut gelaufen", sagte McGregor, der Peking für "extrem beunruhigt" hält.

Zitat:Russia’s Medvedev Threatens Defense Industry Arrests During Tank Plant Visit

With weapons running low, Russian industry officials could be charged criminally for missing ‘contract requirements’ amid sanctions. [...]

Medvedev drew specific attention to the potential consequences of failing to meet contract requirements during a visit to the country's main tank plant in Nizhny Tagil today. This comes amid reports that Russia has been digging deep into stocks of Cold War-era tanks that are virtually antiques to make up for the decaying readiness of high-tech armored vehicles and staggering losses in the fighting in Ukraine.

Medvedev described his visit to Nizhny Tagil – which he said came at the direction of Supreme Commander-in-Chief Putin – in a post on the Telegram social media network. This was accompanied by a short video showing T-72B3 and T-90M tanks are seen in various stages of production. The T-90M, examples of which have now been captured and destroyed by Ukrainian forces in the course of the conflict in that country, is the most advanced tank currently in active Russian service. [...]

Perhaps more tellingly, Medvedev – who toured the factory floor in a black leather trench coat that drew comparisons to Stalinist and fascist aesthetics – made clear what could happen to defense enterprises that perform poorly. [...] "The goal has been set for a scrupulous execution of the government’s defense contracts in all of its key parameters, [and] prevention of disruptions in the supply of equipment," he wrote on Telegram. "Attention has been drawn to the fact that all contractors could be held to account, including on criminal charges... Supervision over the execution will continue."

Zitat:+++ Russland droht mit Angriff auf kommerzielle Satelliten +++

Russland droht mit dem Abschuss kommerzieller westlicher Satelliten, wenn diese im Krieg genutzt werden. Sie seien legitime Ziele für Russland, sagte ein hochrangiger russischer Beamter bei den Vereinten Nationen (Uno). Konstantin Woronzow, stellvertretender Direktor der Abteilung für Nichtverbreitung und Rüstungskontrolle des Ministeriums, warf den USA und ihren Verbündeten vor, den Weltraum zu nutzen, um die westliche Vorherrschaft durchzusetzen. Die Nutzung von Satelliten zur Unterstützung der ukrainischen Streitkräfte sei ein »extrem gefährlichen Trend« und eine »Provokation«, sagte er.

Woronzow erwähnte keine spezifischen Satellitenunternehmen.

Zitat:Ukraine prepares for bitter urban fighting for Kherson

The prospect of bitter urban fighting for Kherson, the largest city under Russian control, has come closer as Ukraine’s forces have drawn ever closer in their campaign in the south that has seen Russian forces driven back.

With Russian-installed authorities encouraging residents to flee to the east bank of the Dnieper River, Oleksiy Arestovych, an adviser to the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, said there was no sign Russian forces were preparing to abandon the city.

Zitat:Fighting rages in Ukraine’s Bakhmut as battle for Kherson looms

Ukrainian president says fierce fighting is taking place in Bakhmut and Avdiivka in the east, as preparations for Kherson battle continue. [...]

Ukrainian troops are holding out against attacks by Russian forces in two eastern towns, while those on the southern front are poised to battle for the strategic Kherson region, which Russia appears to be reinforcing. [...] “The situation on the front line hasn’t changed significantly,” Zelenskyy said. “The fiercest battles are in the Donetsk region, towards Bakhmut and Avdiivka. [...]

Looming battle for Kherson

Much of the front line remains off limits to journalists, but in the main southern front, Russians were apparently fortifying their positions in Kherson city. At least 70,000 people have left their homes in Kherson province in the space of a week, a Moscow-installed official, Vladimir Saldo, told a regional TV channel. Ukraine has previously dubbed the evacuation “a propaganda show”. [...] Pro-Kremlin authorities have sought to move residents to the Russian-controlled areas on the left bank of the river but do not plan to pull out any forces, as Ukraine troops are expected to make a bid for the main urban area on the right bank. [...] At one section north of the Russian-occupied pocket on the west bank of the Dnieper, Ukrainian soldiers said Russian shelling was stepping up again after having tailed off in recent weeks, according to Reuters news agency.

Zitat:"Keine Chance zu fliehen"

Ukraine: Kontrollieren alle Dnipro-Brücken mit HIMARS [...]

Für die russischen Truppen am westlichen Ufer des Dnipro verschärfte sich die Lage. Nun verkündet der ukrainische Verteidigungsminister, dass alle Übergänge in Reichweite von Kiews Artillerie lägen. [...] Widriges Wetter und schwieriges Gelände erschweren der Ukraine nach eigenen Angaben die Rückeroberung der von Russland besetzten Gebiete in der Region Cherson. "Die Südukraine ist eine landwirtschaftliche Region mit vielen Bewässerungskanälen, die von den Russen als Schützengräben genutzt werden", sagte der ukrainische Verteidigungsminister Olexij Resnikow in einem Interview mit dem US-Sender Fox News. Außerdem bremsten schwere Regenfälle die Kampffahrzeuge mit Rädern aus.

"Die Gegenoffensive auf Cherson ist schwieriger als die auf Charkiw." Dennoch würden die ukrainischen Streitkräfte "Schritt für Schritt" Fortschritte erzielen. "Wir kontrollieren alle Brücken über den Dnipro mit HIMARS und anderer Artillerie", sagte Reskow. Für die russischen Truppen sei es daher riskant, den Brückenkopf am westlichen Ufer weiter zu halten. "Sie werden keine Chance haben zu fliehen, wie sie es in der Region Charkiw getan haben", fügte er hinzu.

(28.10.2022, 08:16)Schneemann schrieb: so liefert (anscheinend) der BND auch Daten via der Aufklärungssatelliten SAR-Lupe nach Kiew...

Zitat:Russia says 82,000 conscripts from emergency draft already in Ukraine

Ministry of Defence says Russia relying on ‘poorly trained force’ as Kremlin seeks to consolidate gains. [...] Russia’s defence minister said 82,000 conscripts had already been sent to Ukraine, reflecting what the west called a desperate effort to halt Kyiv’s counter offensive with poorly trained troops.

Sergei Shoigu told president, Vladimir Putin, that a further 218,000 were being trained in barracks, and that the controversial “partial mobilisation” had concluded, although it was not possible to verify the figures cited. [...] The emergency draft began in September, after Ukraine won a string of victories in the north-west near Kharkiv, prompting some Russians to protest and others to flee the country. Dozens of conscripts have been killed after being thrown into the frontline to protect more experienced troops in the rear. [...]

Ukraine’s general staff said on Friday that up to 1,000 Russian conscripts had been sent across the Dnipro River to fortify Kherson, demonstrating that the Kremlin is unwilling to give up the city without some sort of a fight. The troops would be billeted in homes belonging to residents who had fled the war.

Zitat:Russia’s security service works to subvert Moldova’s pro-Western government

A trove of sensitive materials obtained by Ukrainian intelligence and reviewed by The Washington Post illustrates how Moscow continues to try to manipulate countries in Eastern Europe. [...]

CHISINAU, Moldova — When thousands of protesters gathered last month outside Moldova’s presidential palace calling for the country’s pro-Western leader to step down, the man behind the demonstration — an opposition party leader in exile in Israel — soon received plaudits from Moscow. [...] One senior Russian politician praised the protest organizer, Ilan Shor, as “a worthy long-term partner” and even offered the Moldovan region led by Shor’s party a cheap Russian gas deal, according to Shor’s press service. Referred to as “the young one” by Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), the 35-year-old Shor is a leading figure in the Kremlin’s efforts to subvert this former Soviet republic, intelligence documents and interviews with Moldovan, Ukrainian and Western officials show. [...]

The FSB has funneled tens of millions of dollars from some of Russia’s biggest state companies to cultivate a network of Moldovan politicians and reorient the country toward Moscow, the documents and interviews indicate. [...] Moscow has long supported a breakaway enclave inside Moldova’s borders that is occupied by Russian troops, and the frozen conflict there has been a brake on Moldova’s efforts to integrate with Western Europe. In the first months of the Ukraine war, officials said, the Moldova government feared Russian tanks would stream over its border, especially if the southern Ukrainian port of Odessa, 40 miles away, fell. [...]

In addition, intercepted communications show, the FSB sent a team of Russian political strategists to advise Shor’s party. And, according to the documents, the FSB oversaw a deal in which a Russian oligarch acquired one of Shor’s main assets, to shield it from the Moldovan authorities.

Zitat:interview in French with General Michel Yakovleff about the performance of the Russian military in Ukraine. Some highlights:

Zitat:How Is Russia Faring Against NATO Equipment In Ukraine? A Tally

Zitat:"Viele beim FSB halten den Krieg für verloren"

Stand: 29.10.2022 08:08 Uhr

Im Machtapparat des Kremls rumort es. Darauf deuten interne Informationen hin. Kontraste und die Deutsche Welle konnten erstmals mit einer Frau sprechen, die für den Inlandsgeheimdienst FSB gearbeitet hat.

Von David Hoffmann und Kaveh Kooroshy, rbb

Zitat:Ukraine army is now able to create one T-62 tank battalion thanks to tanks captured from Russian army

According to information published on Social Networks, the Ukrainian armed forces would have captured around 500 Russian Main Battle tanks (MBTs) including T-62M, T-62MV, T-64A, T-64BV, t-72A, T-72AV, T-72B, T-72B3, T-72-B3M, T-80BV, T-80 BVK, T-80U, T-80BVM, T-90A, and T-90M. Ukraine's army will be able now to form one T-62 tank battalion. [...] A few weeks ago the Russian army returned to service its old stocks of T-62 tanks including the T-62M and T-62MV versions due to the heavy losses of tanks in the combats in Ukraine. More than 800 T-62 tanks have also been modernized.

As of 7 October 2022, at least 17 T-62M and 2 T-62MV tanks have been captured from Russian forces by Ukrainian forces. All T-62 tanks in Ukraine's current military inventory have been captured during the Russian - Ukraine War 2022.