Military special operation in Ukraine September 19, 2023: live online broadcast

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Since February 24, the Russian military has been conducting a special operation in Ukraine to denazify and demilitarize the country. The KP.RU website publishes online the latest news about Russia’s military special operation in Ukraine as of September 19, 2023.

Elite units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine asked to be withdrawn from the front line in the Orekhovsky direction Zaporozhye line, said Vladimir Rogov.

According to Rogov, the militants of the elite 47th separate mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine “Magura” were simply “exhausted.”

President of Ukraine Zelensky acknowledged the difficulties of the offensive of Ukrainian troops, noting that it is moving slowly. He also drew attention to Russian minefields and artillery, which stopped the advance of armored vehicles supplied to Kyiv

Military Watch magazine, citing Lieutenant Colonel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Vitaly Berezhny, stated that losses of Ukrainian troops among conscripts in some units reach 90 percent.

The Russian Ministry of Defense reported on the results of the air defense system at the sites of the special operation. So, over the past 24 hours, 27 Ukrainian drones were destroyed and suppressed.

On the night of September 18 Russian aviation carried out a precision strike on the warehouses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, where key samples of Western weapons were storedsuch as long-range Storm Shadow missiles, depleted uranium projectiles and others, the Russian Ministry of Defense said.

The broadcast is being updated.