Russia fired eight cruise missiles at the Karachuniv Reservoir Dam earlier on Sept. 14, causing flooding and sending the Inhulets River to a historical high.
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Partial evacuation of Kryvyi Rih after dam attack
Partial evacuation of Kryvyi Rih announced after Russian missile attack on dam. Oleksandr Vilkul, head of the military administration of Kryvyi Rih, called for the evacuation of certain streets in the Central City and Inhulets districts due to the threat of floods.
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Oms in Ukraine: Russia will facilitate UN mission
He also said that Russia wouldn't put any obstacles to a UN fact-finding mission at the Olenivka prison in Donetsk Oblast, where over 50 Ukrainian prisoners of war were killed by an explosion on July 29.
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Guterres discusses fertilizer exports and Olenivka attack with Putin
Guterres holds phone talk with Putin over fertilizers, Olenivka attack. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that they discussed a possible deal to let Russia export its fertilizers.
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Fausses déclarations généralisées dans les unités russes
29/ The practice of false reporting is clearly widespread. It's been reported from Russian units on all fronts and of all specialisations, ranging from paratroopers to mechanised infantry. It likely also occurs in the navy, air and missile forces.
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Russian milbloggers condemn fake reports
On 23/ Russian milbloggers have condemned such false reporting. The Telegram channel Zа (V)Побѣду ("To (V) Victory") commented on this issue, which was said to be a problem on the Kharkiv front, a few days ago.
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Russian soldiers demoralized by false reports
This was profoundly demotivating for the soldiers, who felt they were being treated like cattle. Russian soldiers have complained about false reporting in phone calls intercepted and published by the Ukrainians.
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Soldier criticizes command’s rosy reports
20/ One soldier complained: "The army commander is feeding higher command a bunch of bullshit, saying everything here is fucking awesome, that everything is working, that we have plenty of people."
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Observations on underestimating damage and losses
As Shyaga notes, 'The superior commander believes that if all the targets were hit then he can send infantry with tanks to assault this area.' Soldiers were repeatedly sent into strongly defended areas that they were told had been cleared, suffering heavy casualties.
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Mission Report: Partial Success Presented as Total
15/ "Only one of the helicopters successfully fired at the objective. Not all the targets were hit. Or in fact, 80% of the targets were not hit. Yet this operation’s commander reported to his leadership that all is well and all the targets were hit…"