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Ukraine: military situation update - Aug 15, 2023
••Denotes Transcribed Dialogue. Extras are just that - from other sites, or my comments marked (Edit: .... ) or { } or [ ].
Extra:
——> Ukraine Situation Report: NATO Official Suggests Surrendering Land To Russia For Membership <——
Ukrainian officials shot back at the idea that Kyiv would trade territory Russia still holds for membership in NATO.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/ukraine-situation-report-nato-official-suggests-surrendering-land-to-russia-for-membership
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——> Ukrainian Stryker Seen In Frontline Video For The First Time <——
The Stryker is seen being attacked by a Lancet loitering munition as it uses its high-speed abilities to traverse a road in the open.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/ukrainian-stryker-seen-in-frontline-video-for-the-first-time
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——> China Is Building A Runway On Its Closest Island Outpost To Vietnam <——
Triton is the westernmost island in the South China Sea’s strategic Paracel archipelago and added militarization of it has big implications.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/runway-being-built-on-chinas-closest-island-outpost-to-vietnam
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——> F-35s Keep F-16s In The Fight During Northern Lightning <——
An exercise in Wisconsin is highlighting how teamwork between stealthy and non-stealthy fighters will be critical in future major conflicts.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/f-35s-keep-f-16s-in-the-fight-during-northern-lightning
Reporting From Ukraine:
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
[ Russians Are Furious! Their Commander Leaked a Key Weak Spot in Defense ]
••Day 538: Aug 15
Today there are a lot of updates from the Kherson region.
Here, after Ukrainian forces established a bridgehead on the eastern bank of the river, they slowly started pushing Russians from the village of Kozachi Laheri.
What helped Ukrainians to capitalize on their recent gains so rapidly was the information that they got from the captured commander of the battalion that was responsible for holding this region.
Recently released footage showed a conversation between a Ukrainian fighter and the Russian battalion commander major Tomov.
Major Tomov said that his battalion fully consisted of mobilized soldiers and that he was mobilized last fall as well.
He said that his troops were untrained, which is why their battalion was doing some logistical tasks in the rear when suddenly, less than 2 weeks ago, they got deployed to the zero line.
When hit with reality, the soldiers got demoralized and refused to follow many orders.
That is why he very often had to go to each position and check on everything personally, which is exactly how he got captured.
Moreover, it turned out that as a result of the concentrated work of Ukrainian artillery and drone crews, the battalion lost 25% of its personnel just in the first 9 days, and after the Ukrainian attack, Russian losses exceeded 30%.
But the most important information that Ukrainians got was the disposition of Russian observation posts, command posts, defensive positions, and regular patrol routes.
Ukrainians got all the details marked on the map and immediately initiated the second wave of attacks.
Geolocated footage shows that Ukrainian drone operators quickly verified the received information by tracking down Russian troops, and after Ukrainian artillery crews received the coordinates, they unleashed precise and devastating fire on the western side of the village and pushed Russians to the eastern side.
Russian sources claimed that despite the challenging situation on the ground, Russian forces prevented Ukrainians from entering the settlement.
However, some analysts still alluded to the fact that the fighting is taking place inside the village itself.
It was reported that Ukrainian forces were moving on the river relatively freely, and just like they evacuated captured Russians to the Ukrainian rear, they also reinforced the region on the way back.
In order to hold the newly captured positions, Ukrainians deployed fighters from the 126th Brigade while special forces reportedly continued moving forward.
If Ukrainians manage to take Kozachi Laheri and start moving towards Oleshy, then a significant portion of the river will be completely out of Russian control, giving Ukrainians unlimited ability to reinforce their assault units.
And Russian forces would only be able to counterattack along 2 corridors because there is a huge sand desert national part in the middle.
The analysts concluded that Ukrainian success is, to a large extent, a result of powerful intelligence because the moment experienced Russian airborne forces were removed from the front and inexperienced mobilized soldiers assumed responsibility, Ukrainians immediately focused on destroying them.
The lack of experience of these troops and lack of familiarity with the region played a key role, and the whole battalion incurred substantial losses in less than 10 days, got demoralized, and was easy to break.
Interestingly, Russian forces recently tried to conduct a similar operation on a much smaller scale, possibly to shift the Ukrainian focus away from this region and force to devote resources to stabilizing the situation rather than developing the bridgehead.
Unfortunately for Russians, Ukrainian drone operators were closely monitoring the region and destroyed Russian boats with kamikaze drones already on the approach.
https://www.youtube.com/@DenysDavydov
Denys says:
[ Good News: Ukraine Reached The Main Russian Defense | Bad News: Minus S-300 ]
••Orikhiv:
Robotnye sector - the UA has come up against the main Russian defense line SE of the village.
Zelensky visited the southern UA lines - something new may happen as a result.
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Russian attacks have fallen off due to lack of resources.
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Cossack Camp:
The initial landing was done by UA special forces trained with the UK SAS. Now, the UA is sending in regular troops. Russia has no tanks in the area. The few armored vehicles that appeared have been destroyed.
Both Orc reinforcement convoys were HIMARed
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Klishchiivka:
The UA is in the village. Russia used the ‘best tanks in the world’, T-90Ms to attack the village and lost them.
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Use of drone IR cameras has made the de-mining crews job much easier.
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Oryx losses 08/14-08/11
RU: 41. UA: 17
RU: 13 tanks. UA : 1 tank.
UA S-300PS: 2 launchers and 1 radar. They have been forced to move AD systems closer the front to stop the launch of Glide Bombs. System taken out by Orc Lancelot drones.
https://t.me/pilotblog/6050
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Unfortunately it was confirmed by Oryx and this video that we lost S-300 system (two launchers and the radar).
We have just few of the Soviet jets that are unable to fight effectively against the modern Ruzzian aviation that drops the gliding bombs on Ukrainian positions so the only way is to move the complicated air defence systems like S-300 close to the frontline.
Unfortunately it is very risky and we have losses of those. Hopefully F-16s will be delivered as soon as possible.
Yes I understand that those are not good news but it is truth as it is
https://t.me/pilotblog/6060
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Ukraine receives US weapons packages as equipment, not as money. The equipment is built by American workers. The money provides employment and income for skilled US workers.
If the US loses in Ukraine, then both China and Russia will be emboldened to take more territory. And then it becomes everyone’s problem.
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Shoigu said the main aim of the SMO is to free Russian POWs ...
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Sweden will be sending more military aid to Ukraine, $314 million
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More precision missile strikes on civilians in Lviv and Lutsk. Also a bearing factory was hit.
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Russian pilot training accident yesterday took the life of the chief training instructor. Huge loss for the pilot training program.
Denys Davydov Telegram Channel
https://t.me/s/pilotblog
The question is not whether there will be a nuclear war on the Korean Peninsula, but who will start it and when - North Korean Defense Minister Kang Sun-nam
He stated that it is impossible to solve the problem of the Korean Peninsula through negotiations, and now only force keeps from a nuclear conflict.
https://t.me/pilotblog/6048
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Bradley hit by Russian tank, Part 2
The second part of the video. Russia already said that their tank demolished this Bradley. But actually it runs great as you see
https://t.me/pilotblog/6052
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“Sea Baby” attacks the Kersh Bridge, video: [ This was the July 17th, 2023 attack]
Exclusive footage of the attack on the Crimean bridge using an experimental (!) naval drone
(Happened before) not a new attack
According to the head of the SBU, Maliuk, the drone was named “Sea Baby” (Sea Baby).
It delivered up to 850 kg of explosives to one of the bridge’s concrete pillars.
The video shows the moment when one UAV attacked the automobile part of the bridge and another attacked the railway part from the opposite side.
“We are working on a number of new interesting operations, including in the Black Sea. I promise you, it will be exciting, especially for our enemies,” - Malyuk.
t.me/pilotblog/6061
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The first ship left the port of Odessa after the termination of the “grain deal”
The container ship “Joseph Schulte” under the flag of Hong Kong is moving along the temporary corridor established for civilian ships to / from the Black Sea seaports of Ukraine.
On board - more than 30 thousand tons of cargo (2,114 containers), including food.
https://t.me/pilotblog/6071?single
BRIEFLY
https://t.me/briefsmi
The Wall Street Journal: A currency crisis in Russia may not fit the classic emerging market pattern. Instead of a sharp depreciation, we will see a slow but inexorable decline.
There is a resurgent debate about whether sanctions against Russia really work. The answer seems to be yes, but not quite as expected.
Going forward, the ruble exchange rate is likely to reflect the progressive deterioration of Russia’s productive capacity. Restrictions on the import of foreign technology are the sanctions that really work.
They, and the decision of many Western firms to leave the country, could impoverish the economy. Many branches of Russian industry have suffered. Much will be exacerbated as second-hand Western products age, as the example of Iran has shown.
Russia has an old problem: when economic growth recovers, imports increase more than exports, and the currency suffers. The value of the ruble has long been used by Russians as an indicator of a country’s wealth.
Putin’s political longevity can be partly attributed to his avoidance of the currency crises that characterized his predecessor.
