Only one of its six reactors remained in operation, it said. The actual impact of the hack, and what computer systems were breached, is unclear. Russian forces operating in the East are believed to include regular Russian troops, mobilised servicemen, Wagner private contractors, Chechen units and personnel from the so-called Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics. The main house had its windows blown out, leaving huge holes in the brick wall and shrapnel embedded inside, among family photographs. She and her husband drag the body to the field at the back of their home and dig a grave, on top of which they place the green flak jacket. Since 2014, the United States has sent Ukraine more than $32.4 billion in security assistance, and while the transfer of equipment is important in Ukraine's defense, the training aspect of this aid may have longer term implications. Ukraine's forces have had "successes" in Kherson, a local official has said amid a reported counteroffensive in the Russian-occupied region. As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 372nd day, we take a look at the main developments. The president announced a wave of new sanctions against Russia on Friday. "Can I go? Choose which Defense.gov products you want delivered to your inbox. The weapons we received from our partners started working very powerfully, he said. "It would make no sense for the Ukrainian army to go military to military against the Russians. "That is going to be the way of the future.". Co-ordination and communication between military and civilian teams meant that the time was used well. "Now is the time to support our armed forces Now is not the time to talk about the specific successes of our lads," he said, echoing the Ukrainian military's insistence on a near-total information blackout about the offensive. XakNet has had access to data belonging to an organization that was likely hacked by a Russian cyber espionage group, suggesting a possible link between XakNet and the Russian government, said Alden Wahlstrom a senior analyst at US cybersecurity firm Mandiant, which has investigated some of XakNet's activity. As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 373rd day, we take a look at the main developments. Two more missiles were destroyed by units. Russian troops withdrew from the key towns of Izyum and Kupiansk, saying that the retreat would allow its troops to "regroup". Ukraine's success in Kherson resulted "in large part from the Ukrainian Armed Forces' (UAF's) innovative use of the US-provided Himars precision rocket system", according to Institute for the Study of War (ISW). Now this is just a normal commute from Kyiv toward Hostomel, Irpin and Bucha the sites of some of the worst atrocities Russians troops committed in Ukraine. Ukraine's success illuminates a strategy that has allowed a smaller state toso faroutlast a larger and much more powerful one. Local citizens constantly monitored the movement of Russian troops and passed co-ordinates to Ukrainian gunners. Can Nigeria's election result be overturned? Russia says the top diplomats spoke on the move at a G20 meeting in India but did not hold Ukraine negotiations. Neymet has family in the US and in Europe. Top stories of the day in Ukraine Ukranews.com Fresh news from the information Agency Ukrainian news, the events of the day - news video and photos. A U.S . The destruction of Russian ammunition appears to be part of a larger plan for a southern counteroffensive. Is that OK?" He took a road map, divided it into four parts and appointed units and commanders responsible for each section. Plans for a referendum on Kherson joining Russia had been paused because of the security situation, Russian state-owned news agency TASS quoted Kirill Stremousov, deputy head of the administration, as saying. To help uncover what happened, the BBC has spoken to military officers, politicians and activists. He came to kill us." Immediately, Mr Danilov contacted the head of the security services, the interior minister, prime minister and President Volodymyr Zelensky himself. ButTserkovnikovasaid she will not challenge the guilty verdict decided by the court. ", Contributor/Getty Images; Contributor/Getty Images, Wagner Group, a Russian paramilitary unit, to achieve new victories, increasingly critical of Kremlin leadership, among Russian troops was "exceedingly low. But her voice trails off as she's enveloped by weeping. Please enable JavaScript for a better experience. The ultimate goal of the counterattack is to retake the strategic city of Kherson, with a population of about 300,000, from the Russians the first significant urban centre to fall after the invasion on February 24. Read about our approach to external linking. They fled from Hostomel on March 4, the day after the Russians bombed their garden, destroying her brand-new jewelry workshop as well as a neighbors house. To indicate which parts of Ukraine are under control by Russian troops we are using daily assessments published by the Institute for the Study of War with the American Enterprise Institute's Critical Threats Project. "This house was burning just here." Ukraines armed forces have reported other similar successes against Russian ordnance depots, including on the eastern front, where panic among Russian forces may have made assaults easier. Only military vehicles can easily traverse terrain so taxing, and the deteriorating conditions will challenge even these. Read about our approach to external linking. His relatives in Russia have likely no idea of his fate or how he met his end on this mangled, broken bus at the end of a road pitted with vehicle carcasses. "It is the human dynamic that is actually tipping the scales on victory versus failure out on that battlefield," he said. Ukraine Marks Successes, Mourns Losses as War Enters Second Year Zelensky pledges to pursue victory against Russia this year as Western weapons flow to Ukraine Workers in Kyiv, Ukraine,. "Right now, drones and ammunition are being used there like expendable material," he said. When they returned at the end of May, they couldnt believe their house was still standing and that the Russians hadnt gotten inside. Theres a traffic jam heading into the Ukrainian city of Hostomel today, made worse because the bridge over the Irpin river was destroyed as the Russians advanced back in the early days of war. He looked on wearily as the work is carried out. One lesson of the conflict in Ukraine is that government and military leaders must prioritize the training, development and education of service members, he said. Such X-22 missiles were created to attack aircraft carriers and other large military ships, and the Russian army used it against an ordinary building with ordinary civilians, a nine-story building, Zelensky added. The situation in Ukraine is fast moving and it is likely there will be times when there have been changes not reflected in the maps. They set up anti-tank groups armed with grenade launchers and organised signal posts to warn when Russian tanks approached. Ukraine news live: Large fire breaks out on key bridge linking Russia to Crimea. Counterattack on Russian-held territory in southern Ukraine has succeeded in wrestling back towns from Moscow's troops, president says. Sabotage efforts in the occupied south have also stepped up. Earlier in October, Russia appeared to shift tactics, targeting Ukrainian cities further from the frontline, with missile strikes for the first time in months. And this significantly reduces the offensive potential of the Russian army.. Newsweek reached out to the Russian Ministry of Defense for comment. The Russian military is still officer centric. "Everything that they did in that curriculum and the syllabus was directly adapted from the NATO model to be able to go ahead and create interoperable NCOs Ukrainian NCOs to be able to go ahead and partner and train with other NATO entities, even though they're not part of NATO," he said. Continue reading your article witha WSJ subscription, Already a member? "I went around petting it like a cat, calling it 'my darling; well repair you, my darling,'" said Titova now, laughing at her own fondness for this place she calls home. The Institute for the Study of War (ISW), a U.S.-based think think, also assessed last November that morale among Russian troops was "exceedingly low.". Russian President Vladimir Putin expected an easy and quick war on Ukraine, U.S. officials have said. Russian forces used Shahed-136 drones recently purchased from Iran in the attacks, as well as ballistic and cruise missiles. Russias ability to concentrate its firepower has been key to its ability to claw away territory in the eastern provinces of Luhansk and Donetsk. A cyberattack hit a Ukrainian broadcast company on March 1, the same day as a Russian missile strike against a TV tower in Kyiv, the report said. Russia is firing approximately 20,000 152mm [5.98-inch] shells per day compared with Ukraines 6,000, with an even greater proportional disparity in multiple rocket launchers and missiles fired, says the RUSI report. Still, he said these conditions are "not a guarantee" when faced with "the most persistent and professional" Ukrainian troops. Xi Jinping's power grab - and why it matters, Street fighting in Bakhmut but Russia not in control, Saving Private Ryan actor Tom Sizemore dies at 61, The children left behind in Cuba's mass exodus, Snow, Fire and Lights: Photos of the Week. We have heard many times that the West wants to fight us to the last Ukrainian. Although Girkin, a self-described Russian nationalist, does not oppose the Ukraine war, he has grown increasingly critical of Kremlin leadership in recent months as the war stagnates. DPR authorities said that the three men were foreign fighters who had been apprehended by Russian forces in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol in April. It will take several months at least, said Berezovets. From CNN's Jonny Hallam and Josh Pennington. The pace of the counteroffensive will likely change dramatically from day to day as Ukrainian forces work to starve the Russians of necessary supplies, disrupt their command and control, and weaken their morale even as counteroffensive ground assaults continue.. "Their fighter jets flew in and dropped a whole bunch of bombs, blowing up everything. Instead, she tells us how a Russian soldier had run into her yard days earlier, trying to hide from the onslaught. This includes two advanced anti-aircraft and aerial defense systems, called the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS). The Ukrainian military acknowledged Wednesday that Russian forces had "partial success" in advancing on some parts of the front west of Donetsk city. By Abdujalil Abdurasulov. How Russia's 35-mile armoured convoy ended in failure, Why so many Russians turn a blind eye to war, Bakhmut attacks still being repelled, says Ukraine, Saving Private Ryan actor Tom Sizemore dies at 61, Alex Murdaugh jailed for life for double murder, The children left behind in Cuba's mass exodus, Xi Jinping's power grab - and why it matters, Snow, Fire and Lights: Photos of the Week. The Russians have suffered heavy losses since the invasion began and significant quantities of Russian weaponry have also been destroyed or captured. "Significant losses on the battlefield, mobilization to the front lines without proper training, and poor supplies have led to cases of desertion," the ISW wrote. The documents they find on him show he's 30 years old and from Moscow. Russian forces are continuing to conduct ground attacks near Bakhmut and Siversk.Ukraine says it has successfully held off the latest assaults, with intense fighting concentrated on the road network. The mood in the Ukrainian capital was of pride and defiance, with the national opera theater holding a concert called Ukraine: Free and Unbreakable. The Polish prime minister and other high-level foreign delegations flocked to the city, on the heels of this weeks visits by President Biden and by the prime ministers of Italy and Spain. Ukraine. He's around the same age as her own son. After the . She's only just retired from farming and probably looked forward to some relaxing time after a lifetime of hard graft. The fastest way to level the playing field is to enable Ukraine to strike Russian artillery logistics., Russia unwittingly helped Ukraine do so in April, says RUSI, when civilian contractors were brought in to move ammunition from railheads to the divisional rear, with military units then shifting ammunition to large ammunition depots behind the main artillery concentrations.. They use tactics that haven't changed since World War II. We needed concrete blocks and anti-tank 'hedgehogs' - in half a day, it was all done.". By David Brown, Bella Hurrell, Dominic Bailey, Mike Hills, Lucy Rodgers, Paul Sargeant, Alison Trowsdale, Tural Ahmedzade, Mark Bryson, Zoe Bartholomew, Sean Willmott, Sana Dionysiou, Joy Roxas, Gerry Fletcher, Jana Tauschinsk, Debie Loizou, Simon Martin and Prina Shah. There are a quite shocking number of Russian corpses left in the wake of the Ukrainian blitz on their eastern front. They warned that the president's life was under imminent threat. Their tactic was to bypass large cities, encircle them and move on. The current Russian push towards Bakhmut followed a major defeat in the east in September when Russian units were forced back in the Kharkiv region. Some 100 souls attended the evening event, supplemented by . The Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman Ramn "CZ" Coln-Lpez said that looking at a year of conflict in Ukraine since Russia invaded, he has been convinced of "the decisive advantage that the human brings" to combat. They are charged under the same articles as the three previously convictedmercenaries. This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. During a telephone briefing last week, John Kirby, National Security Council coordinator for Strategic Communications at the White House, said that "we do not assess that [the Russians] have actually unilaterally taken both cities," referring to Soledar and Bakhmut. Britain will train 10,000 Ukrainian soldiers over the next few months, Ukraine reported a high number suggesting that Ukraine may be keeping large forces in reserve for its counteroffensive. Girkin on Sunday said low morale among Russian troops makes it "impossible" for the Kremlin to attain successful offensives in Ukraine nearly 11 months after Putin launched the "special military operation. Never," President Joe Biden declared from Kyiv on Feb. 21. The Ukrainian military was still very "officer-centric" and not responsive or agile. Areas in the west of the country, including Lviv, have seen missile attacks but no attempt by Russian forces to take and occupy ground. Still, Russia with more money had the advantage there, as well. So, we had to do everything manually, like in T-34 tanks during World War Two.". The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Today, Tymoshenko wrote on Facebook over a photograph of three soldiers on rooftops, one of them fixing a Ukrainian flag. An EU official also said China providing arms to Russia would be an absolute red line and lead to sanctions: Report. The rest of his unit sitting atop their armoured personnel carrier are equally undeterred by the nuclear threat. Ukrainian troops have won a major victory against Russia, taking control of the western Kherson region, including Kherson city. Russia close to encircling Ukraine's Bakhmut after months of fighting, Hong Kong court convicts 3 members of Tiananmen vigil group for security offence, Reporting by Max Hunder Ukraine and Russia had many of the same capabilities, including T-72 tanks, BMP infantry fighting vehicles, air defenses and more. Ukrainian forces conducted a bombing of Kherson airport on July 5, crippling a likely Russian logistics lifeline. "[Mykolaiv Governor] Vitaliy Kim was amazing at communicating with people to organise help," Maj Gen Marchenko remembers. Ukraine developed three service-specific NCO training centers. "An investigation is now underway against British mercenaries Dylan Healy and Andrew Hill. Why Alex Murdaugh was spared the death penalty, Why Trudeau is facing calls for a public inquiry, The shocking legacy of the Dutch 'Hunger Winter', Why half of India's urban women stay at home. "The NCOs were not empowered, they were not entrusted, and they were not properly trained or educated to be autonomous on the battlefield," he said. He's a warm, friendly face to her in the midst of this horror. Igor Girkin, a former Russian commander, explained on Sunday why Russian President Vladimir Putin's success in Ukraine is "impossible" after nearly 11 months of combat. They are charged under the same articles as the three previously convicted mercenaries. US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said Russia is also making preparations in this direction. Help from Beijing could be a crucial boost for the Kremlin's hopes of success as the war grinds into a second year . The administration of Russian-occupied Luhansk oblast said Russian forces are forcibly conscripting men by issuing them summonses after they are called in to work. "When you have a combat proven system that is out there and in the news - [] The latest Ukrainian advance came after months of successful attacks. BBC News While Russian troops in the north and east of Ukraine have struggled to seize important targets, including the capital Kyiv, their advance into southern Ukraine appears to be more. At least four of HIMARS have already entered the fight against Russia. Russia continues its attacks across multiple areas of Ukraine. Critics have argued it was precisely because of that Russian dominance that the bridge should have been destroyed. The SEAC who spent most of his career in special operations noted that the No. "We needed excavators - they quickly went and dug [trenches and ditches]. Russia has previously said it destroyed HIMARS launchers but a US defence official denied that. The Russian army has not solved the existing problem with the enemys long-range weapons, the blogger said. The pockmarked yellow bus we are nearby has the body of a Russian soldier hanging out of the driver's seat. A bridge to the largely Russian-occupied Kherson region in southern Ukraine has been shelled by Ukrainian forces for two days in a row, according to Russian state news agency TASS. More background: Pro-Russian investigators in DPR said earlier Friday that they have charged another two British citizens with being "mercenaries," according to the Donetsk News Agency. That indicates Ukraine had concentrated a large number of troops near Crimea. Kyrylo Tymoshenko, deputy head of the presidents office, posted an image of troops on Sunday raising the Ukrainian flag over a village he said was in the south, which is the main focus of the counterattack. On July 8, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed that Western-supplied weapons are key to such attacks. As a result, they had to retreat from the region right from the start. Ukraine War: Putin is a student of history - so what can that tell us about the possible outcomes of Russia's invasion? "Our partners are listening, and they're wanting to learn, and a lot more officers are being open to the idea that maybe we need to start educating [NCOs] more, so that they're critical thinking thinkers on this hybrid battlefield," the SEAC said. Alex Crawford Special correspondent @AlexCrawfordSky Monday 10 October 2022 17:50, UK 3:52 The Ukrainian counteroffensive is making verifiable progress in the south and the east, said the Institute for the Study of War, a Washington, DC-based think-tank. Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February, but Ukrainian forces retook large areas around Kyiv in early April after Russia abandoned its push towards the capital. The Ukrainian Resistance Centre says partisans in Kherson blew up a railway bridge between Bohdanivka and Troitske on July 7, hampering Russian logistical efforts. As the US prepares to send a new shipment of ammunition to Ukraine for the High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) advanced rocket system, a senior US defense official says Ukrainian forces are having a good deal of success using the system to target Russian command posts and degrade their capabilities on the battlefield. "Right now, their basic training is about 2 1/2 to three months in duration, and it heavily focuses on the critical combat skills," Coln-Lpez said. The Russians still use conscription. The idea was to empower junior leaders, to have them operate within the commanders' intent, to display initiative, and to accomplish the missions. With higher prices, it's harder to buy and sell at the market. ", The combat action in Ukraine has many military leaders looking. As we followed their route through the village of Yampil and on to Torske on the edge of the Luhansk border, we saw scores of burnt military vehicles and scorched forest trees, which highlighted the ferocity of the battle. Ukraine war: Shocking number of Russian corpses a grim illustration of Ukrainian battlefield success Kyiv's troops are moving so fast and methodically, there's no time to collect the enemy's dead.