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Calling someone a RuZZian on FR is considered an insult.
Calling someone a Comrade on FR is considered an insult.
Summarizing this war:
A tragedy for Ukraine.
A disaster for RuZZia.
A strategic win for the USA. The biggest winner of the war.
“More than three decades after Reagan left office, most Republicans still believe that America is a force for good.”
“Ukrainian forces may be attempting to breach the Russian tank ditch between Verbove and Robotyne. Quick Thread. NASA’s VIIRS sensor picked up heat anomalies next to a segment of the tank ditch on August 27 near 35.9136801°E 47.4222758°N.
Imagery collected on August 28 shows extensive brush burns marks near the tank ditch and even some burns between the ditch and the dragon’s teeth (circled in red).
An alternative hypothesis is that these observed burns could be from Ukrainian indirect fire against Russian forces in the area, but I think that’s unlikely given Russian forces are deployed in the hedgerows and fighting positions largely separate of the tank ditche
Russian sources also report a Ukrainian advance. Wargonzo reported on AUG 27 that that the current Ukrainian frontline is 4km from Verbove following a Ukrainian advance. The observed burns are consistent with this Russian report & are almost exactly 4km west of Verbove.
Russian milblogger Rybar’s latest map from August 28 paints a similar story, showing Ukrainian forces closer to Verbove. The map notably shows Ukrainian forces right up against the Russian tank ditch, in the same area where the observed burn marks are.”
https://twitter.com/georgewbarros/status/1696222619224129977
“Russian miliblogger Romanov with an update on the Verbove axis. He is calling it ‘a very dangerous situation’.”
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1696408995466977679
“”Ukrainian troops are having success in the direction of Verbove on the southern front,” Spokesman of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Andriy Kovalev, said.”
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1696404545998397878