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Russia-Ukraine SITREP for 29 OCT 2023 22:45 PDT - Russian General Fired over Kherson

Added 2023-10-30 05:42:42 +0000 UTC

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SITREP 535 is 40 pages and a full report.

What's Happening

What's the big story? The Kremlin fired the Russian general in charge of the Dnipro Group of troops. Something to do with Ukrainian forces creating a bridgehead in Kherson.

What's the second story? Russia continues to expand its military product capabilities and dodge sanctions while Ukraine's allies leave Kyiv waiting.

Summary

There are map updates
Ukrainian forces made marginal gains near Kupyansk
Fighting continued near Raihorodka
Russia made its daily report of fighting near Dibrova
There were no reports of fighting north of Bakhmut
Mutual fighting continued in the Klishchiivka AO
Ukrainian forces continue to hold their defensive lines in the Avdiivka AO
Russian forces are attempting to advance on Novomykhailivka from northern Marinka
Fighting continued throughout the Orikhiv AO with no change in the situation
Russian Colonel-General Oleg Makarevich was relieved of command of the Dnipro Group due to the Ukrainian offensive at Kherson
Colonel-General Mikhail Teplinsky was named the new commander of the Dnipro Group
Ukrainian forces have partial control of Krynyk on the left bank of the Konka River
Russian forces in Kherson report that troop and vehicle movements are nearly impossible during the day due to Ukrainian drones
Russian ground troops on the left bank report that the requests to the VKS for close air support are being denied because they are under orders to attack civilians and civilian infrastructure on the right bank of the Dnipro River
Russian air defense shot down Ukrainian drones or missiles over Rostov-on-Don, Russia
Ukrainian drones struck the Afip Oil Refinery in Krasnodar Krai, Russia
An oil storage depot in the Russian Republic of Komi exploded
Ukrainian air defense goes five for five against Shahed-136 kamikaze drones
Russia has expanded another factory for missile production
Russian troops are using a new Lancet kamikaze drone, which reportedly has inertial guidance and AI capabilities
Russia claims they are starting serial production of a BMP-3 with a smaller version of the 125 mm main gun turret from the T-14 Armada tank
Russian occupiers couldn’t suppress the news of a massacre in occupied Volnovakha, where Chechen troops are accused of executing a family of nine
Ukrainian officials said that at the end of 2024, they will not renew their contract with Gazprom for the transit of Russian natural gas to Europe
Hungary and Slovakia have 14 months to sort out new supplies of natural gas

Malcontent News Russia Ukraine War Podcast for today is live.

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

01:32 Today's Assessment
03:08 Brief Updates
03:44 The Donbas - Luhansk
04:22 The Donbas - Northeast Donetsk
05:02 The Donbas - Southwest Donetsk
07:59 Zaporizhzhia
08:33 Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant Update
09:31 Kherson
11:36 Khmelnytskyi Nuclear Power Plant Update
12:21 Theaterwide
14:31 Russian Mobiks, Mobilization, and Mir
18:04 Geopolitics and Economics

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