What old is new again. Pro Putin & isolationists take note. Just change the names. Be like them, be on the wrong side of history.
Posted on 08/27/2023 5:08:29 AM PDT by SpeedyInTexas
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That explains it. Nice doggy!
I look forward to your report every day...thanks.
Shortly. Last part coming into focus.
And why is that and who is responsible, have a feeling you will blame everyone but the one responsible
Funny fact none of what you project would be happening without a certain “SMO”
I do find the new organization of your post helpful - specifically by making it clearer to me who is talking (which side the source is on).
In the past, I would often have to do a double take when references to the enemy shifted from referring to Russia, to referring to Ukrainians. It is clearer to me now which sections are from Russian sources.
Thanks again.
Also curious do you have a similar graphic for Russians, imagine that number is pretty high as well, well maybe not for St. Petersburg or Moscow regions, but perhaps a poll of the eastern regions of the “brotherhood” might be enlightening
Q: What’s the difference between a Russian ruble and a penny?
A: Not much anymore.
Putin did that.
“Jakub Janovsky
@Rebel44CZ This was my final tweet before my 5-week vacation. From now on consider me AFK and please send any new content, corrections, etc. to other members of the Oryx Blog team.
I will be offline most of the time anyway (places like Yellowstone NP are not exactly known for 5G coverage).”
I think he will be in the USA most of the time, including in Texas.
Nope not meeting him though. I will be traveling overseas myself in a couple of weeks.
Putin in a panic and now redeploying his “elite” VDV units to get clustered and tungsten balled on his collapsing Zaporizhzhia front. Putin’s Land bridge panic needs more popcorn.
“The column of Russians near the Nova Kakhovka decided to stop, it was a bad idea 😁 #Ukraine #Russia
“Here is one car, second, third, and the whole column destroyed””
https://twitter.com/Heroiam_Slava/status/1695753956243165303
Hahaha. Hohoho.
“The Russian occupier held up a Ukrainian leaflet calling for surrender and was very offended by the phrase that while he is fighting, his wife in Russia is being F by a kadyrivets”
https://twitter.com/DevanaUkraine/status/1695692575162716407
“An equipment repair facility in Berdyansk, Russia, that reportedly housed orc equipment decided to demobilize itself today.”
https://twitter.com/UKikaski/status/1695753673693880364
“Kursk airbase got absolutely pummeled last night. 15+ drones targeted a collection of RU fighter jets, radar systems, and air defense units.”
https://twitter.com/IntelCrab/status/1695798589295939666
Waiting for the SAT Pictures...
Section 1 of 7 - Ukraine: Military Situation Update - Aug 27, 2023.
••Denotes Transcribed Dialogue. Extras are just that - from other sites, or my comments marked (Edit: .... ) or { } or [ ].
Excerpt:
One series of videos, originally published by the Operational News of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, shows a traditional tribute paid to the fallen pilots through a piano-burning: a ritual that is said to date back to the World War II-era U.K. Royal Air Force and which has since been adopted elsewhere, too.
The original tweet with those videos also revealed the callsigns of the other deceased pilots: “Minka” and “Prokazin.
Оперативний ЗСУ@operativno_ZSU
Minka... Prokazin... Juice...
Brothers say goodbye to the pilots.
Rest in peace, knights of heaven
https://twitter.com/i/status/1695511581889609947
Blue skies and tailwinds, Juice.
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Section 2B
——> Ukraine Situation Report: Claims Swirl Around What Destroyed S-400 In Crimea <——
Kyiv says a new weapon destroyed the Russian SAM system, others state it was a land-attack version of the Neptune missile.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/ukraine-situation-report-claims-swirl-around-what-destroyed-s-400-in-crimea
Excerpt:
Kyiv has previously hinted at new weapons used that will be used to conduct long-range strikes in occupied Crimea.
Ukrainian journalist Yuriy Butusov (@UButusov) now reports the S-400 strike used an R-360 Neptune anti-ship missile modified for a land-attack role.
Best known for its use in sinking the Black Sea Fleet flagship Moskva, Neptune’s legacy could be just beginning if converted to a land-attack cruise missile.
There has been talk for some time that Ukraine was working to adapt Neptune for the precision land attack role, with more recent claims in defense circles that this was indeed a high-priority program.
Still, no proof that such a configuration exists.
[ Trapped Ukrainians Escape & Crush Russian Flanks ]
••Day 549: Aug 26
Today, there are a lot of important updates from the Kherson region.
Last time, I told you that Ukrainians identified an area where Russians relocated mobilized troops who turned out to be completely unfamiliar with the region, immediately exploited it by focusing on hunting down the inexperienced forces.
After the Russian battalion lost up to 25% of its personnel, Ukrainians conducted a landing operation, breached the Russian defense, and even took captive the commander of this battalion.
At first, Ukrainians were successfully advancing and even took half of the village of Kozachi Laheri.
As expected, such a development attracted a lot of media attention.
The overwhelming evidence of a Ukrainian presence on the eastern bank of the river undermined the official narrative and put significant pressure on the Russian commanders to resolve the issue by any means, so the Russian commanders flooded the region with reserves.
As mentioned previously, due to the sand desert in the middle, Russians would be very limited in their options as to how to reinforce this region.
Most of the Russian reserves came from the south and arrived at Pidstepne.
Unfortunately for Russians, just increasing the number of troops was not enough.
The Ukrainians have a tactical advantage - the western bank of the river is much higher, which is why it allows to control the Russian movement near the river completely.
Geolocated footage shows how Ukrainian drone operators started destroying the inflowing reserves before they even got to their positions.
Ukrainians released multiple videos of how they blew up Russian cars to the north of Pidstepne.
Russians lost so much equipment due to drone strikes that they brought into the region an armored recovery vehicle, BREM-1, to evacuate damaged equipment and an air defense system against low-flying aircraft.
Both pieces of equipment were also destroyed by Ukrainian drones.
In order to complicate Russian counterattacks, Ukrainians also conducted a HIMARS strike and destroyed a Russian ammunition depot.
Nonetheless, Russians continued to push and soon outnumbered Ukrainians at least 10 to 1.
Despite powerful cover from the hills of the western bank of the river, Ukrainian commanders had to reevaluate the situation.
The commanders discovered that in an attempt to stabilize the situation around Kozachi Laheri, Russian forces made a large overcorrection and increased the concentration of forces in this sector at the expense of other directions.
So after holding the bridgehead for almost a week, Ukrainians withdrew from the central part and immediately attacked Russians to the north and south.
This was a very good decision that immediately brought results.
As Russians relocated almost all of their resources to the central part of the region, Russian troops on the islands were left virtually with no artillery, mortars or drones.
Geolocated footage also confirms that Ukrainians destroyed multiple Russian mortars near Oleshky.
Such a setting allowed Ukrainians to conduct raids virtually with impunity - Ukrainians would launch artillery preparation, force Russians to hide while they got to the island on boats, assaulted their positions, and even took captives.
Russian soldiers became so desperate in the face of certain death that they started flooding Russian military bloggers with reports and evidence and asking them to raise this question as soon as possible in hopes that the public pressure would force the commander of the 205th Brigade to finally do something about it.
And the Russian commander of the 205th Brigade has already become notorious for killing some of the best fighters in suicidal assaults near the Antonivskyi Bridge.
Russian soldiers reported that none of the identified targets by the reconnaissance teams were hit by artillery because it was no longer present in the region.
This gave Ukrainians so much freedom for operations that eventually, Russians got stuck on the islands and received food only if they had a friend with a drone.
Only in this case, the drone operator would deliver some food and water with the drone.
Russian soldiers revealed that the average lifespan of a company under such conditions became 2 days, and Russians were losing more than 50 troops per day due to the constant raids.
And all commanders of the companies who refused to send their troops on a one-way trip were immediately fired.
One company stood up for their commander, but now they are facing criminal charges for mutiny.
Another commander who tried to evacuate his troops from the island was not only stopped, but sent to a psychiatric hospital.
In the papers, it was stated that he tried to save people who do not exist, because the island was supposedly empty.
Russian analysts said that such an unbelievable mess was caused by the brigade and battalion commanders, who got their positions not because of their military experience, which they do not have.
But because they never challenge the instructions given by the Russian Ministry of Defense, always produce good reports, and are excellent at hiding real losses.
This is extremely good news for Ukrainians, who are exploiting this opportunity to the fullest extent.
The goal here is to push the whole Russian 205th Brigade to the point where it completely loses its combat capability.
This will either force Russians to relocate troops from the Tokmak direction, or Russians will lose control over the eastern bank of the river entirely.
[ Russia Runs From The South. Ukraine Lost Pilots and Planes | Glory to Heroes ]
Section 4A:
Novoprokopivka:
See Section 4C, number 9 below for more
Russian forces physically run way from the village and into UA artillery barrages.
https://deepstatemap.live/en#14/47.4233/35.8316
Map has 2 day delay.
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Section 4B:
Once thought the main line - the most difficult part, the mine fields are far less because the Orcs now need to organize their defenses and supplies - extensive mine fields would prevent the organization.
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Section 4C:
Two vectors of attack, one from Robotnye and the other from the Orozhaine direction, forces the Orcs to split their forces.
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Section 4D:
Klischiivka:
The UA 3rd Assault Brigade controls the larger southern part of the village, and the Orcs the smaller northern section. The UA also holds the heights west of the village and can target all the Orc positions.
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Section 4E:
Kupyansk:
Orc forces rebuff, but sealed bridge just east of the town. UA supplies still getting through to front and other villages to the east.
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Section 4F:
“Juice” Memorial.
L-39 trainers collided. Andre had been selected for the F-16 program and was undergoing preliminary training.
Information about the accident was first released by Russian media which said the planes were MiG-29s.
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Section 4G:
UA has already made dozens of drone boats. Budanov said Russian ships may feel something in the near future.
Section 4H:
Russia pushes long term influence in social media [ and FR ] by citing conspiracy theories, Ukraine support & help, Ukraine corruption, Western money going to black holes of the elite.
Section 5A:
The command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, strengthening the defense of the Kupyansky district and did not follow the advice of the Pentagon - The New York Times
The Pentagon believes that the Armed Forces of Ukraine should form a single shock fist in one section of the front line. In its turn the Ukrainian command distributes troops in several directions - between the south and the east.
https://t.me/pilotblog/6327
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Section 4B:
“Better kill me, I must honestly say - Russia is on the brink of disaster. If all the screws are not adjusted today, the plane (Russia ) will fall apart.”
For some reason, those words of Prigozhin are not being mentioned by the Russian media. (Video)
https://t.me/pilotblog/6325
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Section 4C:
Summary for August 27, Konstantin Mashovets:
The Armed Forces of Ukraine expanded the contact area to the first positions of the main line of defense of the RF Armed Forces to a distance of more than 7 km and began fighting to capture them.
2) According to a number of reports from the field, units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine managed to penetrate to a depth of 1 km into the first position of the main line of defense of the RF Armed Forces.
3) After the liberation of Robotnye by units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in combat formations of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the direction of the village. Kopani created a gap.
4) Having liberated Robotnye, the Armed Forces of Ukraine overcame the local fortifications of the RF Armed Forces, tritely bypassing them from the east.
5) Now the Armed Forces of Ukraine have the opportunity to turn their right flank to the west and launch an attack on Kopani.
6) For this reason, the RF Armed Forces began moving their battalions from the Vasilyevsky direction to the Kopanei area two days ago and are now trying to organize defense there.
7) The most unpleasant things for the RF Armed Forces are happening between Novoprokopovka and Verbovo.
They still cannot stop the advance of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to the south.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine approached Novoprokopovka as close as possible - literally, to the first houses in the northern part of the village, they only had to overcome one field.
8) The Armed Forces of Ukraine are very persistently pushing out units of the 201st SME of the RF Armed Forces from the heights northeast of Novoprokopovka.
9) Less than 2 km left to the outskirts of Verbovoe Armed Forces.
The entry of advanced units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to it, will mean a breakthrough of the first position of the main line of defense of the RF Armed Forces.
The RF Armed Forces are reacting.
The recently relocated 201st SME has clung to the heights northeast of Novoprokopovka and is trying to hold them at all costs.
The occupation of these heights by the Armed Forces of Ukraine will make it very difficult for the enemy to organize defense in the most threatening direction.
10) The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation faced the problem of what, how and where exactly to take the positions of the main line of defense due to the fact that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are constantly expanding their penetration.
11) The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have not so many forces and means to stop the advance of the Armed Forces of Ukraine towards Tokmok.
12) The main question is how the Russian Armed Forces will use them and whether they will find anything significant to hold the main line of defense.
Cracking near Novoprokopovka and Verbovo is already heard in Tokmak.
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Section 4D:
[ Familiar refrains on FR; a blast from the past ]
American pacifist posters from World War II:
“Arm Britain - prolong the war”;
“Lend-Lease - loss of lives”;
“Why not make peace with Hitler?”;
“Hitler didn’t attack us. Why attack Hitler?”.
Sometimes history repeats…
https://t.me/pilotblog/6319
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Section 4E:
Armed forces of Ukraine have broken through the most difficult line of Russian defense in the south and can now move faster - Reuters quotes the words of one of the commanders fighting in Robotnye.
“We passed the main roads that were mined. We are entering the lines where we can go forward. I am sure that we will go faster from here,” the officer with the call sign “Rock” said.
Section 6A:
About Putin’s doppelgängers
Ukrainian intelligence launched a new wave of discussion of this topic, pointing to a video with a watch and allegedly strange behavior of Vladimir Putin.
We have repeatedly written and can responsibly declare: Putin does not have any twins . This is all conspiracy theories, nothing more.
You need to understand that people of this level are in the process 24/7, all this results in fatigue.
Plus, thePresident, although he looks cheerful, has a number of accumulated health problems.
This in no way means that he will die tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, but this is a factor that should be taken into account. Even though the president has access to the best medical technology.
Video of the doppelgängers who forgot the real Putin wears his watch on his right hand.
https://t.me/youlistenedmayak/28238
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Section 6B:
“Crimea will turn into ruins, there will be no living place left” - Erdogan
Before meeting with Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Vladimir Putin told his colleague through diplomatic channels that he did not want to give Crimea under Turkish control. He also doubts that he will agree to the resumption of the grain deal.
According to our source in the Kremlin, Erdogan gave a tough answer to this.
“The Turkish president said rather rudely that if Crimea remains under Russian control, it will be bombed. And so that there will be no living place left, the peninsula will simply turn into ruins.”
Moreover, he hinted that he would help Ukraine with intelligence information. And not only. “I asked Vladimir Vladimirovich to think seriously,” our interlocutor said.
He hopes that such harsh rhetoric will not derail the meeting between Putin and Erdogan.
Will Vladimir Vladimirovich make any concessions - the source refused to say.
==
Section 6C:
Who will get Wagner PMC?
The death of Yevgeny Prigozhin confused the cards in the context of the use of Wagner PMCs in the NVO zone and other places on the planet.
We immediately said that there would be no new campaigns against Moscow after the death of Prigozhin and Utkin.
There is simply no one to do it.
But another point is also interesting - Wagner PMCs occupy a whole niche of gray military units: those who perform tasks for the Kremlin, but are outside the law.
Rumors are already being launched that the remnants of the Wagner PMC will be placed under the control of Viktor Bout.
The same “weapons baron” that the Kremlin pulled out of an American prison.
Is such an option possible? Quite. But it is important to understand that now a line of oligarchs wants to pick up what is left of the Wagner PMC.
First of all, due to the fact that a structure has already been developed there, and there are certain connections and contacts established along the Wagner line.
And Shoigu and the generals from the Ministry of Defense were the first to join this game.
They tried to draw the Wagnerians into their units as much as possible, disperse them and complete the tasks of replenishing the troops with experienced fighters.
Next in line are a number of prominent oligarchs - the Rottenbergs, Kovalchuks, Lisin, Usmanov and more.
“The oligarchs realized that the best guarantee of a brighter future is having their own army.
Plus, many saw for themselves a corridor of opportunities and a niche that had become vacant. Especially in the context of resource-rich Africa,” says a business source.
That is, in fact, it is not so much the fighters of the PMC Wagner that are important, but the connections and the structural model that has already been set up.
This will allow the new owner to save time and strengthen his position by the time of the upcoming turmoil.
Section 7A:
Sunday, August 27, 2023, in the morning report to the President of Russia Vladimir Putin, the irretrievable military operational loss of manpower of the personnel of the RF Armed Forces is 270,079 people. Data as of 6:00 Moscow time today.
https://t.me/generalsvr2/518
I try to improve it every day. Would like to make sections clickable - but uncertain if the html would work in a post.
Putin traveling to Sochi later this week. Expected to meet with Erdogan on Sept. 4th.
More ramification continue to flow from the “Accident”. This time possibility effecting US troops stationed in Syria.
Prince Cherkassky
So, the situation with the Wagner group in Syria has been developing extremely rapidly over the past couple of days. And the situation is nothing short of breathtakingly critical, I wouldn’t call it. But let’s move on to the facts.
As everyone knows, the Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Mr. Yevkurov, is now on a tour of Libya and Syria.
The stated goals are the fight against terrorism and the strengthening of cooperation.
Then there will be the same tour in Africa, by a happy coincidence, exactly in those places where you know who are based.
I will not reveal any secret about the purpose of the visit if I voice what is already being circulated in social networks: Yevkurov was sent to squeeze the Wagners, replace them with new conditionally Defense Ministry “PMCs” and convince the locals to refuse cooperation.
Why convince the locals? Well, apparently, so that the initiative, as it were, came from the field.
An important point worth noting is that Yevkurov was sent before the disaster in Tver and his tasks, respectively, were known even before, since he managed to hold his first meeting with the Syrians before the crash, where he announced everything.
If we compare it with previous events, namely, the total blocking of African logistics to the “Wagners” through Syria (expulsion from Khmeimim, cancellation of all overflight permits for all aircraft through Damascus, etc.), then the conclusion is generally obvious.
By the way, in this matter, our Foreign Ministry, or rather our embassy, even overdid it, forbidding Syria to receive aircraft from the Ministry of Defense of the Central African Republic.
That even the USSR did not allow itself in relation to the allies in the best years of the Cold War.
This caused surprise among the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the CAR and the Syrians, who, of course, could ignore (after all, these are purely relations between the CAR and the SAR), but just in case, everything was blocked to the Africans.
Be that as it may, even before the death of the Wagner leadership, the trend was evident.
Moreover, after Yevkurov’s arrival in Syria and a series of meetings with the Syrian military leadership, representatives of the Wagners in Syria were urgently summoned to the Minister of Defense of the Syrian Arab Republic, Abbas, where they were presented with demands in an ultimatum form: to hand over weapons and equipment, and clear Syria by September 20 .
Meanwhile, Yevkurov flew further to Libya, where he met with Haftar and, according to my information, offered the Libyans the same thing, to which the Libyans agreed, but asked not to rush.
At this time, the Embraer takes off from Moscow, crashes and the entire Wagner leadership dies, aggravating the already difficult situation for the Wagner units in Syria and Africa.
Yevkurov returns to Syria and again meets with the Syrian office of Wagner, this time softening his rhetoric, apparently realizing that the situation is such that the escalation will provoke the collapse of the entire security architecture.
According to eyewitnesses, representatives of the Wagners asked him questions, to which Yevkurov admitted that there were still no first-person decisions on who would oversee them, but would be made soon, but for now they could recruit into new PMCs and prepare for an inventory of weapons and technology.
Here it must be said that events developed so rapidly that even the administration of the President of Syria (as they themselves claim) did not keep up with the events, drawing information from the military attaché of the Russian Embassy, who actively lobbied for the above-mentioned ultimatum.
Information began to diverge in Syria, causing nervousness among the Iranians, because behind the Euphrates, just ahead, there is a rotation of Americans with incomprehensible intentions.
And now, according to rumors, today the Iranians came to the local leadership of the Wagners, already knowing about the ultimatum and intending to occupy their territories and deposits when the Wagners were evacuated, stating that the Syrians, they say, were in the know.
This is, in short.
t.me/knyaz_cherkasky /1744
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/20973
This has been reported by several twitter accounts, however, the SBU is the source for all of the reports.
"Waiting for the SAT Pictures..."
Me too.
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