Development of battles (231st day): The Russians take out the howitzers that captured Berlin in 1945 from their warehouses – Diary N

From now on, you can also listen to the progress of the battles. The audio version is available for subscribers on the website or in the Denník N application. We always publish it with a new edition of the series. Forget the Armata, the Russians are taking scrap iron out of their warehouses – old tanks and howitzers. The attack on the bridge achieved its goal, Russian logistics in the south are collapsing. The front more or less stands still, the situation near Bachmut is tense. Map of the day – Bachmut. Videos of the Day – Museum Goes to War; the first dogfight between two drones; footage of a school that the Russians turned into a large ammunition depot; accidents of drivers of Russian armored vehicles. The information in this text is a summary of events for Wednesday, October 12. The current situation in some places may already be different. There is no evidence of a record number of downed helicopters. The Ukrainians announced on Wednesday afternoon that they had shot down four of Russia’s most advanced Ka-52 combat helicopters on the southern front within 18 minutes. Later came the clarification that there were even five of them and six for the whole day, including one other type. If true, it would be a daily record and a massacre of the Russian Air Force. But until now, not a single piece of evidence has appeared, no video, no photo. The news that generated a lot of interest yesterday must therefore be considered unconfirmed. If it were to be confirmed later, we would definitely return to it (unfortunately, two Ukrainian planes fell today). However, the ambiguity of this claim may serve as part of the narrative that even without such one-off successes, the Russian military is rapidly running out of steam. News comes from the battlefields about the first killed and captured mobilized Russian soldiers. Their stories are very similar – they mobilized us, let us fire a weapon a few times, and after one day of “training” we went straight to the front. And if the poor fellows knew what they were being sent there to fight, they would be even more terrified. Forget the Armata, the Russians are pulling scrap iron out of the warehouses. When they appeared in the summer This article is exclusive content for Denník N subscribers. Are you a subscriber? Log in