Russian troop casualties continue to average 550 a day. Tanks and artillery losses likely from the battle in the Urozhaine area.
Posted on 08/14/2023 9:18:50 AM PDT by SpeedyInTexas
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“Ukrainian SOF captured two Russians on the left bank of the Dnipro. Lately, the AFU has become very active in the Dnipro river, creating problems for Russia.”
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1691002938884227073
“Units from the 92nd mechanized brigade destroyed a Russian T-72B tank.”
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1690988386469761024
“an explosive surprise to the occupiers “
https://twitter.com/antiputler_news/status/1691043118613770241
The war is all but over and Russia has the upper hand and will soon win. Your continued posting of propaganda is ridiculous.
Reporting From Ukraine:
Narrated by Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny.
Translated into 18+ languages.
Note: other versions of this report are found elsewhere on FR, but this is guaranteed to be the complete transcript - unlike the others.
https://www.youtube.com/@RFU
[ Ukrainians Penetrate Russian Defense by 3km in One Day ]
••Day 536: Aug 13
Today there is a lot of new from the Velyka Novosilka direction.
Here, after Ukrainians forces established total control over Staromaiorske, the next logical step became taking Urozhaine.
Last time I told you that Ukrainians somewhat decreased the intensity of ground attacks in this region as they noticed how Russians were pumping the salient with reserves.
Ukrainians understood that this was a perfect opportunity to cheaply destroy Russian forces with indirect fire. Geolocated footage from the region shows that Ukrainians were tracking Russian reinforcements and then targeting forces concentrations.
Recently, Ukrainian reconnaissance finally confirmed that Russians drained their reserves significantly, which is why Ukrainians started gradually increasing the intensity of ground operations once again.
At first, Ukrainian marines from the 35th and 36th Brigades launched a series of probing attacks from the north and northeast.
The operation was very successful, and by midnight Ukrainian forces already gained a foothold in the northern part of the village.
As could be seen from satellite footage, the northern part of the village actually consists of several strong points, as Russians dug several trench networks in advance.
Soon, Ukrainians tried to capitalize on their recent gains and started attacking other strong points nearby. Russian sources reported that Ukrainians rolled out their tanks and provided fire support from a distance.
Geolocated footage confirms that Ukrainian tanks hunted down Russian reinforcements and prevented Russians from moving through the village freely.
As a result, Russian forces did not receive the necessary help on time and had to retreat.
Because Russians only had trenches in the northern part of the village, once the defense line was breached, further movement of Ukrainian forces came much easier.
Nonetheless, Ukrainians were not in a hurry to move further and preferred to stay inside the trenches in anticipation of heavy artillery fire, which was inevitably conducted.
Instead, Ukrainians assumed a defensive stance in the northern part of the village while other marine units were preparing a surprise attack.
Suddenly, Ukrainians opened 2 more lines of attack: from the east and also from the west. As it turned out, Ukrainians hid pontoon bridges in the tree lines and, at night, created a passage over the river.
Russian forces in the southern part of the village got almost encircled, which is why they rapidly abandoned their positions and fled.
At first, Russian sources claimed that the settlement was still not lost and that Russian forces were preparing to make a counterattack in the northern part of the village.
Later geolocated footage showed that Russians actually lost the settlement and tried to gain a foothold in a desperate counterattack, but their assault units were quickly annihilated with cluster munitions.
Russians analysts immediately started blaming the commanders for the collapse of the defense line. In general, the analysts blamed the whole Russian 37th Brigade for the failure to organize a coherent defense.
It was revealed that the commanders failed to instill strict discipline and complained about the lack of troops, while in reality, Half of the Troops in the rear were Constantly Drunk.
Moreover, the cooperation between the troops was horrible, and Russian Tank Units frequently Refused to provide fire support to the infantry on the zero line.
That is why Russians lost the tactical heights around Staromaiorske and Urozhaine and wasted hundreds of troops in the meat grinder in the lowlands, until it was physically impossible to continue doing so.
Ukrainians are already capitalizing on the Russian retreat from this village and have even established control over several strong points south of the village.
The front line will continue collapsing, and the battle for Zavitne Bazhania has effectively already started.
••Poland:
Continues to deploy lots of tanks and artillery toward the Belarusian border - not a parade!
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High ranking (ex-) KGB offices said, ‘Prigozhin has a good chance of becoming the next President of Russia or Putin could have him killed. These are the only two ways out for him’, he added.
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New Russian-made Shahid drones still use US, European, Chinese electronics.
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Kherson region:
2 ammo depots destroyed.
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Urozhaine:
Liberated & Russians run away. Lots of artillery and JDAMS. Infantry fled, but all heavy equipment left behind: tanks, trucks, IFVS, etc. After being Clustered, only a few troops of 30 made it to the Russian positions.
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The current offensive will slow down in November, so everyone is preparing for the 2024 Spring offensive.
••The 30th Separate Mechanized Brigade is conducting the annihilation of a Russian infantry fighting vehicle along with troops. Bakhmut direction. Video
https://t.me/pilotblog/5974
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Aerial reconnaissance of the 45th Airborne Brigade destroys an enemy T-80 near Klishchiyivka, Bakhmut direction. Video
https://t.me/pilotblog/5975
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The Russian armoured vehicle with infantry on top video. Kaboom.
https://t.me/pilotblog/5980
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The night attack by Russia on Odessa. Civilian infrastructure was hit
https://t.me/pilotblog/5984?single
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Another KA-52 lost.
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Damaged and abandoned at once three Russian tanks T-90M “Breakthrough,” MT-LB and BMP. Andreevka, Donetsk region: 48.502593, 37.973286
https://t.me/pilotblog/5991?single
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In Poland, two Russians were arrested for pasting stickers of the “Wagner” PMC in Warsaw and Krakow
This was announced by Polish Minister of Internal Affairs Mariusz Kaminski. Both were charged with espionage and arrested.
https://t.me/pilotblog/5994?single
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In Yuryevka, Donetsk region, Kaboom at the base of the occupiers in the Volna camp.
Not a single local was injured, except for the windows of the affected houses. However, the occupiers lost dozens already.
https://t.me/pilotblog/5998?single
BBC:
One in three Israelis are thinking of leaving the country because of controversial justice reform, according to poll. Experts who specialize in relocation say they have seen a surge in activity in the past few months.
“We are seeing a sharp increase in demand for information: where to start the process of moving.
People with passports are asking for advice,” says Shay Obazanek, CEO of Ocean Relocation, one of the major companies.
Portugal relocation specialist Ruth Nevo first worked with clients from Israel. It receives about 25 requests per day. These are judges, lawyers, policemen, teachers, IT specialists.
But global trends suggest that most politically motivated immigrants do not follow through. As power leans more heavily on ultra-Orthodox Jews and religious nationalists, secular Israelis are becoming a minority.
Although secular Jews bear the main tax time and serve in the army, while ultra-Orthodox do not serve in the military.
Alon Tal, chair of public policy at Tel Aviv University, says the potential population exodus could be devastating and disproportionately affect high-tech, medical and scientific fields. If the leading minds leave, it will be an economic collapse, he believes
More than 1.8 thousand cars are queuing in front of the inspection points on the Crimean bridge - the channel of the information center on the situation on the auto approaches to the bridge gives data at 13:00.
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What does the exchange rate of the dollar at 101 rubles and the euro at 111 rubles mean in a sociological sense? Further destruction of the middle class in the country, focused on the globalist path of development.
However, it is unlikely that the authorities are sad about this. To present the situation as panicky is to distort reality. There is no panic, as well as a special readiness of the regulator and the government to intervene.
This reinforces the point of view that the collapse of the ruble is planned, expected and inevitable. Not because they wanted to, but because there was nothing else they could do. Dmitry Mikhailichenko
Russia is preparing to close the “PMC Wagner Centers”
The Kremlin decided to go for the closure of at least part of the Wagner Centers, which are associated with Yevgeny Prigozhin and popularize the PMC Wagner.
The reason is the following - closed opinion polls, which were conducted by the Levada Center on the orders of the authorities.
The fact is that in Rostov, where Prigozhin’s army essentially took control of a million-plus city without a fight, the population was mostly on their side.
“41% of those polled supported Wagner. 33% supported the army. The rest are undecided. This is a very serious call to power,” the sociologist who worked on the study told us.
Recall that earlier candidates for the elections from United Russia were strongly advised to avoid military topics and focus not on assistance or participation in the NVO, but on domestic issues - housing and communal services, social programs, and so on.
That is, we are seeing a trend when interest in military topics in general is falling, but support for PMC Wagner has grown.
It was decided to gradually close the Wagner Centers, but, of course, they will start from distant regions such as Tyumen or Novosibirsk. Details are being discussed.
He notes that it might be possible that Russian forces surrender this settlement without a fight and retreat to the first line of defense near Staromlynivka.
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That would constitute a change in Russian tactics.
“Russia Calls Emergency Key Rate Meeting as Ruble Plunges”
Omitted this part. Sorry.
••Denotes Transcribed Dialogue. Extras are just that - from other sites, or my comments marked (Edit: .... ) or { } or [ ].
Excerpt:
A Russian warship reportedly intercepted and boarded a cargo ship in the Black Sea bound for the Ukrainian port of Izmail on Sunday.
The Russian Project 22160 patrol ship Vasily Bykov reportedly encountered the Palau-flagged merchant ship Sukru Okan north of Turkish waters, per the Russian Ministry of Defense. In a news release, Moscow claimed the Bykov hailed the 283-foot-long cargo ship, but the captain did not respond.
The patrol ship then fired warning shots from “automatic small arms” before a Ka-29 helicopter landed a Russian boarding party.
Video from aboard the ship shows the Ka-29 “Helix-B” twin-rotor helicopter hovering just above the Okan’s deck while a number of people believed to be the ship’s crew sit detained on one of the cargo hold doors.
After an inspection, the Russians left the cargo ship, per the Russian MoD. The boarding appears to be the first Russian interdiction of Ukrainian-bound shipping since Moscow abandoned the grain deal in July after a drone boat attack on the Kerch Strait Bridge.
Details of the incident remain uncertain, given the Russian Ministry of Defense is the only source at this time. Tracking data from MarineTraffic.com shows the Sukru Okan left the Greek port of Chalkis on August 7.
GLSDB will be arriving soon. Plentiful and cheap.
Lots of RuZZian Boys still got to die.
Celebrate. Sing and Dance!
You are seriously warped.
Peak China.
This looks like a big deal.
“China Finance Giant’s Missed Payments Alarm Regulators, Markets”
“Several firms saw overdue payments on Zhongzhi-linked products”
“Property crisis has spread to $2.9 trillion trust industry”
“One of China’s largest private wealth managers has triggered fresh anxiety about the health of the country’s shadow banking industry after missing payments on multiple high-yield investment products.
The turmoil at Zhongzhi Enterprise Group Co., a secretive financial conglomerate that manages about 1 trillion yuan ($138 billion), surged to the fore after several of its corporate clients disclosed overdue payments by a trust unit. In a sign that Chinese authorities are worried about potential contagion, the banking regulator has set up a task force to examine risks at Zhongzhi, according to people familiar with the matter.”
Thanks!
Shocked I tell you. Shocked.
“‘We Are Not Human to Them’: Life for Convicts in Russia’s Army”
“In an account provided to The Times, a Russian soldier describes his commanders’ casual disregard for the lives of inmates like him, and how they are pressured to re-enlist.”
“In a month spent at the front line, Aleksandr, an ex-convict serving in the Russian Army, hadn’t seen a single Ukrainian soldier and had barely fired a shot. The threat of death came from a distance, and seemingly from everywhere.
Sent to guard against a potential river crossing in southern Ukraine, his hastily formed unit, made up almost entirely of inmates, endured weeks of relentless bombardment, sniper attacks and ambushes. The marshy, flat terrain offered no cover beyond the burned-out hulks of cottages. He said he had watched dogs gnaw at the uncollected corpses of his dead comrades, drunk rain water and scavenged garbage dumps for food.”
Even more shocked...
“Aleksandr claims that out of the 120 men in his unit, only about 40 remain alive. These survivors are being heavily pressured by the Russian military to remain on the battlefield at the end of their six-month contracts, according to Aleksandr and accounts provided to The New York Times from two other Russian inmates fighting on the front line.”
“Property crisis has spread to $2.9 trillion trust industry”
How could I live without my daily dose of craptastic Ukrainian/Biden Regime propaganda? Thanks Speedy!
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