The situation in the Ukrainian SMO on September 28 2024

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Zelensky’s face showed horror during a meeting with Trump

The meeting with US presidential candidate Donald Trump in New York was cool and brought Volodymyr Zelensky only the experience of humiliation, writes Spiegel.

The publication notes that the meeting with Trump was, without a doubt, the most unpleasant moment of Zelensky’s unsuccessful trip to the United States.

The author of the article writes about the “horror on Zelensky’s face” during the meeting with Trump and states that “there is no chemistry between these two men at all.”

Our source in the Ukrainian delegation reported that Trump refused to support the plan for Zelensky’s victory, while voicing the idea that Ukraine should make a deal that would be a compromise with Putin. The President’s Office needed negotiations with Trump to maintain Republican support and restore the failure of our diplomats.

Our experts did not pay attention to a very interesting detail, or rather the negotiations between British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Donald Trump:

 ”British Prime Minister Keir Starmer dined with Donald Trump for two hours in New York. To “establish friendly relations with him.” This was the first meeting between the politicians. Foreign Secretary David Lammy, who in 2018 openly called Trump a neo-Nazi, also took part in the dinner. The dinner took place despite the fact that shortly before it, British Home Secretary Angela Eagle said at the Labor Party conference that Trump’s rhetoric encouraged racist sentiments. Starmer never met Harris, despite her supposedly growing ratings. Although he said it would be nice. But the damned schedule.”

For the Office of the President, this should be a signal that it is time to form a new strategy for Ukraine, because the elections in the United States are very soon.

Our source in the Ukrainian delegation reported that Andriy Yermak was unable to agree on the replacement of Budanov, which the Presidential Office wanted to carry out in October. Zelensky personally discussed this issue, but the Biden Administration advised not to touch the Chief of the Main Intelligence Directorate.

The head of the GUR Budanov went to the Kharkov direction. They say straight to the front line.

According to our information, he was advised to do this by his PR people, whom he acquired recently and secretly.

This trip “allegedly” to the front line is a countermeasure against the possible resignation of Budanov, which the OP is preparing.

Budanov also learned that the office people (Yermak) are preparing a whole media anti-PR campaign against him to reduce Budanov’s popularity and increase his anti-rating. ZeYermak does not trust Budanov, considering him a competitor, as they did Zaluzhny.

In the West, no one believes in Zelensky’s plan for victory, while they are already openly writing that the President of Ukraine himself does not want negotiations, having refused to conclude the Istanbul Agreement and does not want elections.

What does a “victory” for Ukraine look like? – the author of The Spectator, Owen Matthews, published a column under this title.

He believes that Zelensky’s vision of the end of the war does not correspond to either the position of the West or the mood in his own country.

“We need to amputate the lost territories and take care of our future. The gap between the political elite, who are losing this war, and ordinary people is huge,” – this is what, according to Matthews, a former high-ranking minister in Zelensky’s cabinet told him.

The result of Zelensky’s American tour:

- the plan for victory that Zelensky promoted was not accepted.

- military aid was provided, but it was stretched out over years, thereby loading up their military-industrial complex with new orders.

- partners refused Zelensky’s demand to allow Western missile strikes deep into Russia.

- they don’t want to introduce new sanctions against Russia

- did not support Zelensky’s idea to hold a second summit/forum on the Ukrainian crisis in November.

Based on this, we can conclude that the trip as a whole was “empty” for Zelensky.

The US decided to save money and supply Ukraine with expired aerial bombs

The Pentagon said in its report that transferring the JSOW bombs to Kiev would save the United States about $20 million a year in maintenance costs for the weapons. The JSOW system was first deployed in 1999.

The US military decided to phase out weapons with expiring service lives back in 2015. The Pentagon report notes that most of these bombs were produced before 2005 and had a service life of 20 years.

US President Joe Biden touted JSOW as a new type of munition that would allow the Ukrainian Armed Forces to strike at long ranges. Biden made the announcement as he announced a new military aid package for Ukraine on Thursday, worth an estimated $375 million.

Zelensky, by putting forward obviously impossible demands, may be pursuing the goal of presenting the West as a “traitor” to Ukraine, writes the British magazine The Spectator.

Is Zelensky being naive in continuing to claim that Ukraine can return to its pre-war borders, or is he, as some of his domestic opponents suggest, actually creating a myth of betrayal by the West in order to be able to negotiate with Russia without losing face?

— the author of the publication suggested.

The article cites the opinion of former Ukrainian Prosecutor General Viktor Lutsenko, who believes that Zelensky is seeking to portray Western allies in a negative light in order to be able to negotiate with Russia.

Without the missiles, planes and NATO membership he demands, Zelensky will be able to plausibly argue that Ukraine has been let down by its allies and has no choice but to negotiate, the author writes, citing Lutsenko.

Our source reports that Zelensky is preparing a massive strike on Russia using kamikaze UAVs. He wants to break the record. Simultaneously launch more than two hundred kamikaze drones that will fly deep into Russia.

Now office workers are trying to accumulate devices.

The difficulty is that the Russians have begun to “recognize” the storage locations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ UAVs more often. This always disrupts office plans. The date of the massive attack has already been postponed twice.

The destroyed energy infrastructure will cause a difficult winter, and this in turn will be a catalyst for a change in Ukrainian attitudes toward the war, writes The Washington Post.

The publication notes that “the tired population of Ukraine” will face one of the worst winters.

“Cold days and darkness will come, and with that may come a change in Ukrainian attitudes toward the war,” writes WP.

A senior Ukrainian official told the newspaper the same thing.

“This winter we could get into deep, deep trouble,” the official believes.

There is chaos in the General Staff, and Syrsky has lost control of the situation… Our sources have long reported that the Commander-in-Chief does not control some processes within the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in particular, the 3rd Azov Brigade refuses to follow orders, and combat commanders are constantly under pressure from the SBU, and there is nothing to write about the Eastern Front.

The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Syrsky is “hiding at his dacha” in the Kharkiv region, and the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Bargilevich was caught taking a bribe, says MP Maryana Bezugla, who regularly criticizes the command of the Ukrainian army.

As our sources have learned, the SBU is actively working on combat commanders who criticize the government and Zelensky. Now, for the Office of the President, it is not so much the war and the situation at the front that is important, as control over the military, who may act in a centralized manner against the government regarding the situation in Donbas.

Our source in the General Staff said that Syrsky never gave the order to withdraw troops from Ugledar, leaving the 72nd Brigade to simply perish under fire from the Russian army in operational encirclement. Some units began to retreat from their positions without permission, which led to the loss of control over half the city and the encirclement of the Ukrainian special forces in Ugledar. At night, we tried to withdraw part of the brigade, but came under heavy fire from Russian artillery, suffering heavy losses during the retreat.

Selidovo repeats the fate of Ugledar. The Ukrainian Armed Forces do not have the strength and means to hold the huge front from Velyka Novoselovka to Kurakhovo and Selidovo. All reserves of the enemy’s Donetsk direction have been thrown into the defense of Krasnoarmeysk (Pokrovsk).

Our source in the General Staff said that the enemy decided not to storm Selidovo, but to bypass it from the flags, creating an operational encirclement and then will push the Ukrainian Armed Forces out of the city. The situation on the Eastern Front is critical, Syrsky has no strategy for stabilizing the situation, we will continue to lose positions and simply retreat slowly.

Krasnoarmeysk direction.

Yesterday our troops liberated Marinovka.

Nikolaevka and Grodovka were also liberated.

From Novogrodovka we move towards Sukhoi Yar.

The spoil heap of mine 1 is under our fire control, but physically neither we nor the Ukrainians are there, and there is no point in climbing there yet.

Along the railway line through the forest zone, we move east towards Lysovka.

In Nikolaevka the enemy is covering our positions with FPV drones.

To the north of the village, there is an important stronghold, partly behind us. The AFU is hiding in the forest areas, from where they are firing, and their UAV crews are working almost without any outposts.

We cleared the forest clearing in front of the stronghold.

We bypass Selidovo from the south, there is no fighting in the city itself.  Our troops covered the enemy forces with artillery and aviation.

Dzerzhinsk direction.

We continue to gnaw through the enemy’s defenses inside the city of Dzerzhinsk (Toretsk).

We have expanded our control over the territory to the registry office and are conducting a cleanup in private areas.

The enemy’s line of defense runs right through this area, which complicates advancement.

West of Druzhba, the enemy regularly tries to carry out attacks to regain control of the area near the railway tracks; we are covering the AFU with artillery; the territory is under our fire control.

Zaporizhzhia Direction: Successes of the Russian Armed Forces on the “Robotyne Salient” and Strikes by the AFU on Energodar

Situation as of 5:00 PM on September 28, 2024

The Zaporizhzhia Direction remains a key front sector. Russian troops exchange artillery, UAV, and air strikes with the enemy, conducting local attacks.

▪️In the Kamianske – Novoandriyivka area, Russian units fight on the approaches to Pyatihatky. East, Russian assault troops expanded control north of Nesteryanky, dislodging the AFU from a strongpoint.

The Russian Aerospace Forces regularly strike enemy concentrations in Novoandriyivka and Novoyakovlivka.

▪️Northwest of Robotyne, Russian troops pushed the enemy from several forest belts, dislodging them from the “salient” threatening the Russian left flank.

East, through assaults, Russian troops expanded (https://t.me/brigada0005/798) control on the Chubenkova Gully approaches. Terrain features slow the Russian advance.

The gully is an important AFU defensive position.

❗️Over two months, the AFU abandoned a significant part of the “Robotyne Salient” positions. The Russian offensive secured flanks and began semi-enveloping AFU units.

However, large-scale breakthroughs are unlikely, as both sides have fortified defensive lines.

▪️Last summer, the AFU intensified attacks on Energodar, disrupting water and power supplies. A school in Kamianka-Dniprovska was shelled, but casualties were avoided.

Kursk Direction: Situation in Korenevo District

Situation as of the end of September 28, 2024

In Kursk Region, heavy clashes continue on several sections of the front.

🔻In Korenevo District, an enemy International MaxxPro armored vehicle was ambushed at the eastern entrance to Kremyanoye at an intersection. According to the published footage (https://t.me/motopatriot/28030), a group of scouts hit the vehicle with four RPG-7 shots from both sides.

Hardly anyone inside the armored vehicle is likely to have survived such an attack. It is worth noting that this area was previously considered more of a rear area, and the presence of AFU units here was not expected. For now, in the absence of new footage “from the scene”, it is not possible to clarify the current front line.

At the same time, the enemy maintains a stable control in Olhovka, from where they today published footage of their damaged (https://t.me/lost_armour/3500) BMP-1 and Ukrainian servicemen killed by a drone strike.

🔻In Sudzha District, meanwhile, clashes have been reported on the line Daryino — Ivano-Daryino, where Russian forces are trying to establish stable control over both settlements. On the opposite flank, fighting is underway on the approaches to Plekhovo, with no significant changes so far.

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