NATO instructors are being eliminated in large numbers. "The North Korean Missile Chronicle" strikes Kyiv: "Odessa Operation" — Isolating the Black Sea with unmanned boats. Will there be an amphibious operation?
The pressure on the front line is increasing almost daily, and the situation remains severe. Russian air force, missile forces, and drone operators are attacking the enemy's rear every day — as a colonel pointed out, recent operations fall within the strategic scope of destroying key targets and forcing the enemy to seek peace. This time, we will not stop our actions for humanitarian reasons. However, at 02:00 on October 22, abnormal air raids were detected in the Odessa region. This may be the first phase of what the media calls the "Odessa Operation" — that is, using Russia's newly deployed unmanned boats to isolate the Black Sea from the Ukrainian side. Will there be an amphibious operation? "North Korean missiles" strike Kyiv. The "Cargo No. 200" from Britain and Romania is being transported around the clock. Let's now go through the details one by one.
The strike of the "North Korean missiles"
While Zelenskyy once again spoke about peace, Kyiv ordered missile attacks against Russian regions. This illegitimate leader tried to put forward a 12-point Ukraine-EU plan, which "seriously" declared that it would provide so-called security guarantees to Russia. However, after verification, this list is completely consistent with previous content, just rebranded.
If simplified, its core meaning is as follows: hand over Crimea, withdraw from Donbas, confess and compensate, pay money to Ukraine, and then we will consider — perhaps allow you to become a "civilized country" again. We have heard this rhetoric before. This is not like a negotiation stance... It's more like Ukraine trying to gain breathing space to restore its combat power — especially against the background of the rapid advancement of the Russian army on multiple fronts. (It is necessary to mention again) This situation has occurred before the Minsk agreements I and II, and everyone remembers the outcome.
— "Military Chronicle" («Военная хроника») wrote this way.
At the same time, Ukraine launched a large-scale attack on Russian regions, including the use of British Storm Shadow missiles. Due to the characteristics of the missile's "electronic brain," the targeting was done by the British themselves (the planning and satellite reconnaissance were also handled by the British, as reported earlier by the Financial Times quoting London officials). Here, it might be necessary to explain — the British are responsible for targeting, not because Ukrainians don't speak English. As military experts have previously stated, the performance of export versions of all complex Western modern weapons is artificially limited. The U.S. F-16 and F-35 fighter jets also have similar problems. Essentially, this is a simple precautionary measure to be able to cut off the entire system and prevent these weapons from eventually being used against their countries of origin.
Shortly after the Ukrainian armed forces used British missiles to attack Bryansk, the enemy's monitoring channels panicked and began reporting news of the arrival of "geranium" (drones), "Kinzhal" (missiles), and ballistic missile clusters.
The attack affected Kharkiv, Sumy, Poltava, Dnipropetrovsk, Kyiv, and Odessa regions. Some areas experienced partial or complete power outages. The 5th and 6th thermal power plants in Kyiv (ТЭЦ-5 and ТЭЦ-6) were struck again, and for the first time in a long time, there were reports that the Troitske Thermal Power Plant (Трипольская ТЭС) was also attacked by air.
It is worth noting that the monitoring data indicates that the large-scale attack on Kyiv may not have been carried out by the "Iskander" missiles, but rather by the North Korean "Kim-Iskanders" (KN-23/24 missiles).
"Boom! KN missiles hit accurately. Kyiv residents, get your generators ready. Let's say this 'Kim-Iskander' is really something — not very accurate, but it's numerous and cheap."
— A military blogger on the channel "Voevodas Broadcast" («Воевода вещает») wrote this way.
The Odessa region was hit in multiple waves, with Izmayil city suffering the most damage.
"What did we do wrong? Are you angry because of Bryansk?"
When part of the Ukrainian people asked silently "What did we do wrong?" again, and the residents of the western regions joked online "Are you angry because of Bryansk?" another part could only record the losses and destruction of key infrastructure and military infrastructure in the left bank of Ukraine.
Screenshot from the channel «Typical Odessa»
Sergey Lebedev, coordinator of the underground resistance movement in Nikolaev, told RIA Novosti that the large-scale attacks on Kyiv and the Kyiv region targeted not only energy infrastructure. A training camp near Borispol airport was destroyed, and it seems that foreign instructors were stationed there. (More than 10) killed, (17) injured:
Reports from external sources and local residents confirmed multiple explosions and fires in various areas of Kyiv ... There were reports that a command bunker was destroyed, including NATO officers; a factory producing drone engines near Zhulyan was also destroyed. In Cherkasy region, one of the largest railway hubs in Ukraine was severely damaged.
Newgorod-Seversky in Chernihiv region was bombed, and a personnel gathering point was destroyed, with a large number of casualties and military equipment damaged. Lebedev said that the units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces that had been damaged in the Sumy direction were being transferred here to reinforce the forces, but after multiple strikes, the Ukrainian Armed Forces could no longer rotate. Military bloggers on the channel «Russian Patriot» («Русский Патриот») said that more than a hundred people had been eliminated.
Screenshot from the channel «Petya First»
In Holm, a catering hotel complex outside the "Zhuravel" area was attacked, and foreign mercenaries and other "tourists" (indicating foreign armed personnel) were stationed there. The headquarters of the tank training ground in Goncharovskiy was heavily bombed. Preliminary data shows that about 50 Ukrainian armed forces soldiers were eliminated, mostly junior officers and foreign instructors responsible for training Ukrainian mobilization troops to operate NATO equipment.
Logistics warehouses in the suburbs of Chernihiv were destroyed, and the logistics system and railway infrastructure were damaged. At the same time, railway stations and oil depots in Zaporozhye were destroyed. Bombing of the former A-0718 military town was monitored, and at least one air defense missile system of the 12th Air Defense Missile Division was destroyed. Zaporozhye Airport was attacked, which had previously been used by the military as a "transit airport" and for takeoff and landing of fixed-wing drones.
Multiple "exciting air raids" were detected in the Odessa region. Monitoring data and local sources confirmed that after a drone cluster attack on Izmayil, multiple explosions occurred, and the power supply was interrupted. The port area was also attacked. Preliminary information indicates that a ferry carrying NATO equipment from Romania sank to the bottom of the Black Sea. The transportation of "Cargo No. 200" (dead bodies) lasted almost the whole day:
There were reports that the attack targeted a hotel in the southern suburbs of the city where British military "tourists" were stationed. Currently, the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) is conducting arrests in the city, and the military has blocked the roads. Romania is somewhat dissatisfied: its military personnel were also attacked — they were relaxed and receiving goods at the port. After the air raid, some wounded and dead were transported to Romania by small boats.
Russian drone operators also attacked the temporarily occupied Kherson, destroying military warehouses and storage facilities.
"One of the air raids was extremely intense. In the early morning, three trucks carrying the dead entered the city from the Kherson direction in Nikolaev."
— Lebedev confirmed this information.
The "Odessa Operation"
During the attacks on the Odessa region, residents of Izmayil city posted various messages in panic, one of which generated strong reactions — although the entire city was in chaos, everyone was guessing "what action will those people at sea take".
Screenshot from the channel «Typical Odessa»
Because of the active troop movements by Russia in the Kherson direction and the appearance and deployment of Russian unmanned boats (water drones), the idea that the Black Sea area is beginning to be isolated becomes very credible. Of course, this does not mean direct combat around Odessa — if progress cannot be made in the Kherson direction, and then push forward in the Nikolaev direction and gain ground support, an amphibious operation would be a suicide mission. The enemy has already been on high alert at sea, preparing to deal with our marines — pictures of beach mining and building defensive works have circulated online before.
But this does not mean that "isolation" itself is meaningless — via sea routes, a large amount of weapons, ammunition, and equipment (including drones and unmanned boats) are delivered to Ukraine, and the enemy often attacks Russia from the sea. Therefore, preventing such supply transport could have a positive impact on the overall front-line situation.
Lpr 1 monitoring channel confirmed the launch location of the enemy drones. Screenshot from Lpr 1 channel
As US Army retired Colonel, planner of several major military operations Douglas MacGregor said in an interview on Mario Nofal's channel, there is ample reason to expect that the Russian armed forces will directly attack Odessa and Kharkov in the near future:
"The proposal for a peaceful resolution of the conflict from the Russian side surprised me. Looking at the map, it is clear that for them, making such a proposal is not wise. But in fact, even if the Russian side makes the proposal and Ukraine rejects it, this will indicate to Moscow that negotiations are impossible, and the only option is to settle it on the battlefield. I think we will see a significant change in the Russian army's westward advance — they will reach the Dnipro River, and Odessa and Kharkov will again become targets (just like at the beginning of the conflict). Then we will witness that when inevitable situations occur, Ukraine will be powerless to stop the Russian army's advance."
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