Special military operation in Ukraine September 19, 2023: live online broadcast
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Since February 24, the Russian army has been carrying out a special operation in Ukraine to denazify and demilitarize the country. The KP.RU website publishes online the latest news about Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine starting September 19, 2023.
Elite units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine asked to be withdrawn from the front line in the Orekhovsky direction of the Zaporozhye line, Vladimir Rogov said.
According to Rogov, the militants of the elite 47th separate mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine “Magura” were simply “exhausted.”
Ukrainian President Zelensky acknowledged the difficulties of the Ukrainian troops’ offensive and noted that it is progressing slowly. He also drew attention to Russian minefields and artillery, which stopped the advance of armored vehicles supplied to kyiv.
Military Watch magazine, citing Lieutenant Colonel Vitaly Berezhny of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, stated that Ukrainian troop losses among conscripts in some units reach 90 percent.
The Russian Defense Ministry reported on the results of the air defense system at the sites of the special operation. Thus, in the last 24 hours, 27 Ukrainian drones were destroyed and suppressed.
On the night of September 18, Russian aviation carried out a precision strike against Ukrainian Armed Forces warehouses storing key Western weapons, such as long-range Storm Shadow missiles, depleted uranium shells and others, the Russian Ministry of Defense.
The transmission is being updated.
