Girkin is apparently commanding in some active direction in Ukraine as per today's message:
— Dmitri (@wartranslated) October 18, 2022
"Igor Strelkov got in touch. Alive and healthy, although the battles are difficult, and the losses are heavy. But his location is a mystery. You yourself understand why." pic.twitter.com/YDd1Ep40Ak
#Russia’s FM Lavrov said that there was no sense for Moscow to maintain diplomatic presence in Western countries at previous levels.
— Alex Kokcharov (@AlexKokcharov) October 18, 2022
The Kremlin is finally realising that there is no going back to “business as usual”.
https://t.co/Wxi0HmvzNN
Kots says this is what happened to the 27th Motorized Rifle Brigade near Svatove, which is manned with mobilized soldiers. He says some mobilized soldiers arrived at the front without training. He also notes that other units use cloud cover to move.
— Rob Lee (@RALee85) October 19, 2022
Looks like the Russians finished creating a barge bridge over the #Dnipro near #Kherson in the past 24 hours. Imagery from Oct 18 show a barge pushing the last parts into place at 0814 UTC. This allows Russia to resupply faster or to evacuate quickly. It's also an easy target.? pic.twitter.com/MKbRu1RzPV
— Tim Ehrhart (@ArtisanalAPT) October 19, 2022
And on the 17th there was more activity of Russian military vehicles waiting while others crossed by ferry. Same waiting location in a field around 46.7 32.8, just north of Prydniprovs'ke, east of #Kherson. Lots of trucks headed away from Kherson. pic.twitter.com/zSTcjJVEVa
— Tim Ehrhart (@ArtisanalAPT) October 19, 2022