AUC3I Daily Briefing 10-13-2024 On the WAR in Ukraine

Understanding The War In Europe _ Analyzing the situation on the ground with by way of an introduction, 3 points, and a conclusion #blackops6 #modernwarfare

COMBAT BRIEFING NUMBER 963

Colonel A.C. Oguntoye on the progress of the special military operation as of October 13, 2024, can be summarized as follows:

1. **Ongoing Conflict and Geographical Spread**: The Russian Armed Forces are engaged in a widespread military operation across multiple regions including Kharkiv, Sumy, Luhansk, Donetsk, and Zaporizhia in Ukraine, and in the Kursk region in Russia. The operation spans various strategic directions: North, West, South, Center, East, and Dnepr, along with additional operations in the Kursk region against Ukrainian forces.

2. **Significant Military Engagements and Outcomes**:
- **North Group of Forces**: Achieved victories against the Ukrainian 57th Motorized and 129th Territorial Defense Brigades, capturing key settlements and destroying significant military assets including vehicles, artillery, and a UAV warehouse.
- **West Group of Forces**: Improved strategic positions and inflicted heavy losses on multiple Ukrainian mechanized and territorial defense brigades, repelling counterattacks and destroying diverse military equipment.
- **Southern Group of Forces**: Advanced into enemy defenses, overcoming multiple Ukrainian brigades, and repelled counterattacks, leading to substantial Ukrainian casualties and the destruction of critical equipment.
- **Center Group of Forces**: Liberated a settlement and successfully repelled numerous counterattacks across various districts, dealing heavy losses to Ukrainian forces.
- **East Group of Forces**: Occupied advantageous positions, defeated Ukrainian brigades, and repelled multiple counterattacks, with significant enemy losses.
- **Dnepr Group of Forces**: Engaged in combat resulting in the destruction of military assets and infrastructure, with enemy casualties.

3. **Kursk Region Counter-Offensive**: The briefing detailed an ongoing operation to defeat Ukrainian forces that have penetrated into Russian territory. Russian forces in the Kursk region engaged in offensive operations, repelled enemy counterattacks, and inflicted significant casualties and equipment losses on the Ukrainian forces.

4. **Casualties and Equipment Losses**: The report highlights substantial losses inflicted on Ukrainian forces across all fronts, including the destruction of hundreds of servicemen, tanks, armored vehicles, artillery units, and other military equipment.

5. **Strategic Military Actions**: The Russian Armed Forces utilized operational-tactical aviation, missile forces, and artillery to target military infrastructure and concentrations of enemy forces, alongside successful engagements by air defense systems against enemy rockets and UAVs.

6. **Overall Impact**: The operation has resulted in extensive damage to Ukrainian military capabilities and strategic assets, with ongoing efforts to continue these engagements across the conflict zones.

The briefing portrays a comprehensive military campaign by the Russian Armed Forces aimed at neutralizing and repelling Ukrainian military operations within contested regions. The focus is on strategic territorial gains, significant degradation of enemy capabilities, and robust defensive actions against counterattacks.