Posted on 02/24/2024 5:59:01 AM PST by SpeedyInTexas
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Nearly two weeks ago I wrote about the four Ukrainian cities which are about to fall to the Russian forces:
The political chaos in Kiev is reinforced by the catastrophic situation on the battle field. There are four significant population centers which are likely to fall under Russian control within the next month.
bigger1. Kupiansk ...
2. Siversk ...
3. Konstantinivka ...
4. Prokovsk (pre-war population 85,000) - Ukrainian defense lines around and within the city have broken down. Russian forces are already in the city. Supply and exit routes to the north and west are barely passable.
The Ukrainian forces lack infantry. Some Ukrainian brigades have less than 100 people to man several miles long defense lines. There is a severe lack of mortar and artillery ammunition. The Russian side has more and better drones available in higher numbers. The recent re-organization of the Ukrainian army into corps sized structures has only increase the organizational chaos.
The Ukrainian army, like the Ukrainian state, is in the process of falling apart.
Recent developments confirm that take.
During the last three days Russian forces achieved a major breakthrough. After the heavy bombardment of Ukrainian positions with over 1,300 FAB bombs Russian detachments moved north of the salient (green) they had built between the semi-encircled cities Pokrovsk and Konstantinivka.
They have reached and breached the well built second Donbas fortification line (in yellow) which had been dug over the last year.
The Ukrainian supply line along the T-05-14 road between Dobropilla and Kramatorsk has been cut. Beyond that line is open space.
Cont. reading: Ukraine - Russian Troops Breach Into Second Donbas Defense Line
Totally sounds like a “deal” 47 will jump at. As I said earlier, and this article confirms, 47 has already given Putin and Russia a major win by meeting on former Russian [ now American ] soil. Putin is out of the cold and the Russian crime families are looking forward to hoodwinking American businesses into very bad deals over rare earths, Arctic oils and other things.
The deal on Ukraine will follow suit, and more Ukrainians will die defending their country without US weapons support - as China watches eagerly from the sidelines ...
EU under pressure to both join secondary sanctions, and change their own policies on continued Russian imports, due to President Trump’s secondary sanctions on India.
Kyiv Independent (12 Aug):
“The European Union said it was preparing the next sanctions package (the 19th) on Moscow ahead of looming US-Russia peace talks...
...”More military support for Ukraine and more support for Ukraine’s budgetary needs and accession process to join the EU” are also part of the consensus, Kallas said...
...So far, however, the EU has been unable to reach a consensus on a Russian gas ban, and nuclear energy, fertilisers, and steel, due to the opposition from Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban...
...While big-ticket items seem unlikely, EU officials, however, privately acknowledge that there is a lot of room for the EU’s next sanctions package to move against third countries aiding Russia’s war, including India and China, which would help them align with Washington’s previous stance...
...Last week, Trump threatened steep new tariffs on India over its continued purchases of Russian oil. Brussels faced mounting pressure to clamp down on sanctions circumvention — or risk being forced by Washington’s more aggressive approach.
Trump vowed on Aug. 6 to impose “a lot more” secondary sanctions on countries enabling Russian trade, announcing that a 25% tariff on India is set to take effect in 21 days.
The move has been acknowledged in European capitals, which are grappling with how far to go in closing loopholes in their own sanctions regime.
Privately, EU officials acknowledge that Trump’s warnings are being taken seriously. One EU diplomat told the Kyiv Independent that while the bloc is not formally aligning itself with Trump’s strategy, “there is growing recognition that we may be forced to step up ourselves if the U.S. starts sanctioning Indian entities or shipping companies.”...
...Despite 18 EU sanctions packages and repeated vows to end reliance on Kremlin-linked hydrocarbons, Russian oil, gas, and LNG still flow into the European economy — partly due to exemptions for Hungary and Slovakia — raising uncomfortable questions about whether the EU itself could come under Washington’s scrutiny.
Some analysts have speculated that Trump could threaten measures against European companies that continue to import Russian energy or facilitate circumvention, if he follows through with his current course...
...EU foreign affairs ministers are expected to discuss sanctions enforcement together with further support for Ukraine at their informal gathering in Copenhagen in late August. While no major announcements are anticipated for the talks, EU diplomats say the groundwork may be laid for more concrete measures to follow in September.”
Breaking.
According to available information received through several channels, the Kiev regime is preparing a provocation in order to disrupt the Russian-American negotiations scheduled for August 15 of this year.
For this purpose, a group of foreign media journalists were delivered to the city of Chuguev in the Kharkov region by SBU vehicles on Monday, August 11, under the cover of "preparing a series of reports about residents of the city in the frontline zone."
Immediately before the summit on Friday, the Ukrainian Armed Forces plan a strike using UAVs and missiles on one of the densely populated residential areas or a hospital with a large number of civilian casualties, which the Western journalists brought in should immediately "record." As a result of the Kiev regime's provocation, all responsibility for the strike and civilian casualties will be placed on the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in order to create a negative media background and conditions for disrupting Russian-American cooperation on issues of conflict resolution in Ukraine. Provocations are also possible in other populated areas controlled by the Kiev regime.
The credible threat of American secondary sanctions is influencing behavior and calculations globally. Deterrence.
Trump’s ‘Deadly Serious’ Russia Squeeze Shown in Big Tariffs on Ally India
OilPrice.com (11 Aug):
“Trump has doubled tariffs on Indian imports to 50% over New Delhi’s continued purchases of Russian oil.
The move risks nearly 1% of India’s GDP this year but underscores U.S. determination to coordinate with the EU on sanctions to weaken Russia’s economy and deter its geopolitical ambitions.
India, alongside China and Turkey, remains a top buyer of Russian oil, and Washington is preparing similar tariff threats...
“India is not only buying massive amounts of Russian Oil, they are then, for much of the Oil purchased, selling it on the Open Market for big profits,” U.S. President Donald Trump posted last week on Truth Social. “They don’t care how many people in Ukraine are being killed by the Russian War Machine. Because of this, I will be substantially raising the Tariff paid by India to the USA.” These words directly implicate buyers of Russian oil as accomplices in the murder of tens of thousands of Ukrainian people...
...Had these words been said in 2008 when Europe continued to buy Russian oil after it attacked Georgia, or in 2014 when the continent continued to buy Russian oil after it annexed Ukraine’s Crimea region, then the 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine might never have happened...
..Slightly in advance of the 8 August deadline imposed by Trump on Russia to make a peace deal with Ukraine, the U.S. doubled its tariffs on India to 50% — a rate that will come into effect on 27 August. The U.S. is India’s top export market, constituting 18% of its exports and 2.2% of its gross domestic product (GDP). Many of the country’s major exporting firms had already stated that they could not deal with the 25% tariffs, as they are too high to absorb, and passing them on to customers makes their products uncompetitive. Initial analysts’ estimates are that 50% tariffs could reduce India’s GDP by nearly 1% this year...
...according to a very senior European Union (E.U.) energy security source who spoke exclusively to OilPrice.com on the day of the new Indian tariffs announcement. “India is known as a key ally of the U.S. globally, and especially in Asia Pacific, and the thinking is that if he [Trump] is willing to do that to India, then he would be willing to do that to anyone else, and this is absolutely the case – he [Trump] is deadly serious on squeezing Russia’s economy...
...The U.S. has already warned China that ongoing imports of Russian oil could lead to huge tariffs being imposed on the country...
...The U.S. has also suggested to China that it may treat Beijing’s assistance to Russia in much the same manner as it has started to treat the same for Iran...
...“More is to come,” the very senior U.S. legal source told OilPrice.com at the time of the sanctions announcement and could include a dramatically increased list of blacklisted Chinese officials, businesses, banks, financial houses, ports, ships, and supportive infrastructure to the facilitation of Russian oil imports.”
Total conjecture, let’s see what happens many said that Trump would cut all aid once elected, didnt happen….
Hardly conjecture - Russian press is bragging about the victory Putin has already achieved.
“many said that Trump would cut all aid once elected, didnt happen”
As for aid - Vance is out there saying the US will not longer send military aid to Ukraine.
Kremlin snuffbox/Кремлевская табакерка - August 11, 2025
Source Who Said Putin Was Assassinated Makes New Alarming Claim
Internal enemies may organize a new assassination attempt on Vladimir Putin in order to prevent him from continuing the SVO until Victory, despite all the difficulties.
A high-ranking source in the Kremlin told us about this. He specifically contacted the channel so that we would publish his warning.
“In May, I told you [ https://t.me/kremlin_secrets/5715 ] how internal enemies organized an assassination attempt on Vladimir Vladimirovich in the Kursk region. They brought his helicopter under enemy drones and our air defense, but God saved the president. Now a new plot is being prepared. I know for sure - some advisers are suggesting that Vladimir Vladimirovich go on vacation to Sochi or Crimea. To show that he doesn’t care about enemy drones and missiles that will fly there. And, it turns out, he doesn’t care about Russia, because what kind of vacation can there be now, when our President is deciding the fate of the world and is going to a major international meeting with his American colleague for this purpose?
In addition, we all know how Russian resorts are being bombed and will be bombed [ https://t.me/kremlin_secrets/5987 ]. And they want to bring Vladimir Vladimirovich under these blows! I am sure he will not listen to such enemies. He will not go to dangerous places, he will even appear in Moscow less often. And then we will win,” our interlocutor noted.
He is also outraged that those who “organized the assassination attempt on the president in the Kursk region” have still not been found and punished. And he believes that it is necessary to carry out purges in the FSO, FSB and other security agencies.
The FSO confirmed to us that there are proposals for Putin to go to Sochi or Crimea. But they are unlikely to be implemented, since the Black Sea resorts are currently dangerous.
And it’s unlikely that Vladimir Vladimirovich will have time to rest in light of his busy schedule.
https://t.me/s/kremlin_secrets
All talk wasn’t Russian press just flaming Trump, just saying wait and see
When did we start accepting Russian press as accurate and truthful 😂
Btw, Russian press declaring something before it has happened is the definition of conjecture.
Remember Kursk liberated in days….🤔
Interesting detailed analysis. So perhaps Trump gets a hotel in Moscow, works some development deals in the high Arctic, but they leave the Ukraine situation alone. Putin can happily proceed with his fantasied conquest of Ukraine and then Europe, and Zelensky can continue with his war and the militarization of NATO and EU forces. Overall Trump win with this scenario. More thoughts after dinner, but a comment well worth more thought and evaluation.
Is there any possibility that Putin will defect to Trump when they meet. One way to avoid home grown assassination, and overthrow by angry citizens. He probably has access to lots of his ill gotten $billions to play with, perhaps even play with Trump and Co.
I think there is a better chance that you will eventually find the right medication and return to sanity.
"BREAKING: Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is completely covered in smoke"
(No radiation release detected)
Russian milbloggers, who often overinflate Russian advances, questioned Russia's ability to exploit the tactical penetration. Several Russian milbloggers urged caution on August 12, noting that Russian forces have yet to consolidate their positions and that the penetration is not a full-scale breakthrough yet.[8] A Russian milblogger and former Storm-Z instructor claimed that Russian forces infiltrated Ukrainian defenses in a “splayed” manner and that the depth of the penetration threatens Russia's ability to secure its flanks.[9] The milblogger expressed concern about Russia's ability to close the pocket in the area, given Russia's high losses. The milblogger complained that Russian forces had not adequately integrated strike drone units and assault groups and that the Russian groups infiltrated gaps in Ukrainian defenses, mostly using Russia's “usual” highly attritional, infantry-led assaults. Another milblogger claimed that the penetration has significantly stretched the frontline and that Russian forces will only be able to turn the penetration into a “success” if Russian forces have enough manpower to introduce operational reserves and advance “correctly and in time.”[10] A Russian source claimed that infiltration missions have serious risks, as the infantry far from the front can only receive supplies via drones, and the main forces cannot support isolated infiltration groups.[11] The source claimed that Russian forces will likely soon try to launch a subsequent attack with a larger group of forces to prevent Ukrainian forces from gaining the tactical initiative. A Ukrainian source stated that Ukrainian forces destroyed several Russian groups that had infiltrated the area and are gradually pushing back Russian forces that were trying to gain a foothold.[12]
The Russian tactical penetration in the Dobropillya direction was not immediate but came rather after months of Russian preparation and condition setting using new drone innovations and tactics at scale. ISW recently assessed that Russia's integration of combined drone strike tactics and adaptations in recent months has facilitated Russian advances on key Ukrainian towns.[13] Russian strike and reconnaissance drone adaptations are likely achieving some effects of battlefield air interdiction (BAI) - the use of airpower to strike targets in the near rear of the frontline to impact battlefield operations in the near term. A Russian milblogger claimed on August 12 that Russian forces in the Dobropillya area have “systematically” knocked out Ukrainian drone crews and had taken Ukrainian ground lines of communication (GLOCs) northwest of Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad (east of Pokrovsk) under fire control with drones.[14] The milblogger claimed that these Russian efforts isolated the combat zone. Another milblogger claimed on August 12 that Russian infantry infiltrated the Ukrainian near rear along previously reconnoitered routes.[15]
Russia's persistent drone strikes against Ukrainian GLOCs have likely impacted Ukraine's defensive operations, enabling the recent Russian sabotage and reconnaissance group penetration. Russian forces have increased their use of first-person view (FPV) drone strikes against the T-0514 Dobropillya-Lyman highway, and Russian drones have also been targeting Ukrainian vehicles along the T-0515 highway in Rodynske (north of Pokrovsk).[16] Russia's drone adaptations in recent months, including the use of repeater drones that extend the range of tactical drones, sleeper drones with modifications to operate on the ground in a low-power standby mode, and fiber optic drones that are resistant to electronic warfare (EW), have enabled Russian forces to threaten Ukrainian GLOCs deeper in the rear than before. Russia's partners, particularly the People's Republic of China (PRC), have provided drone components and production capabilities that have enabled many of these Russian drone adaptations. Russia tested many of its recent drone innovations during offensive operations to push Ukrainian forces from Kursk Oblast and began scaling up its production and deployment of modified drones in early 2025. Russia's use of sabotage and reconnaissance groups to conduct a tactical penetration is not intrinsically noteworthy, but Russia's drone innovations enabling strikes against Ukrainian GLOCs to achieve the effects of BAI will require a Ukrainian and Western response.
Russian advances in the Pokrovsk direction are also only the most recent result of over 17 months’ worth of protracted campaigning. Russia's recent tactical penetration should be viewed within the context of Russian forces’ significant resource expenditures to attrit Ukrainian forces in the Pokrovsk direction over the past year and a half. Russian forces have been fighting since February 2024 to advance west of Avdiivka. Russian forces, with their recent penetration near Zolotyi Kolodyaz have advanced 55 kilometers in depth over the past 17 months. Russian forces have lost well over five divisions’ worth of armored vehicles and tanks in Pokrovsk Raion since beginning their offensive operation to seize Avdiivka in October 2023 and during intensified Russian offensive operations in western Donetsk Oblast in the Summer 2024.[17]
Ukrainian intelligence indicated that North Korea recently deployed 11,000 soldiers to Russia to facilitate Russia's war effort in Ukraine, further demonstrating Russia's commitment to leaning on its anti-Western partners to protract the war in Ukraine. Ukrainian Main Military Intelligence Directorate (GUR) Deputy Chief Major General Vadym Skibitskyi reported on August 12 that there are roughly 11,000 North Korean troops at Russian training grounds located largely in western Russia, including in Kursk Oblast. Skibitskyi noted that the Russian military command appears to have defined North Korean forces’ areas of responsibility as Kursk and Belgorod oblasts. Skibitskyi reported that North Korea has agreed to send additional troops to Russia to support reconstruction efforts in Kursk Oblast, which coheres with Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu’s announcement in June 2025.[27] Skibitskyi noted that GUR is expecting the arrival of the first contingent of North Korean soldiers to Kursk Oblast to consist of approximately 1,200 soldiers. South Korean intelligence assessed in June 2025 that the Russian military command likely intended to leverage the deployment of North Korean troops to Russia in July or August 2025, and Skibitskyi's report coheres with these reports.[28] The Russian military command likely aims to leverage the influx of North Korean troops to pin Ukrainian forces to the Russian-Ukrainian border area as part of efforts to establish a buffer zone in northern Sumy and Kharkiv oblasts and to prevent the Ukrainian military command from redeploying manpower to reinforce Ukrainian defensive positions in other priority areas of the front.[29] Ukrainian Presidential Office Deputy Head Colonel Pavlo Palisa previously assessed that Russia likely seeks to create a buffer zone along the northern Ukrainian-Russian border by the end of 2025, and the Russian military command is likely aiming to exploit North Korean troops in pursuit of this objective.[30] It remains unclear whether North Korean troops will deploy to Ukrainian territory or remain in Russian border areas. North Korean troops deploying to Ukrainian territory would indicate a serious escalation in North Korea's commitment to support Russia's war effort, as North Korean troops have previously only fought on Russian territory. North Korean troops operating in Russian border areas would still free up Russian forces for deployment to the battlefield in Ukraine, however.
Belarusian International Military Cooperation Department Head Valery Revenko stated on August 12 that Russia and Belarus will conduct the combined Zapad-2025 military exercise in Belarus from September 12 to 16.[102] Revenko stated that the Zapad-2025 exercise will leverage the Union State's Regional Grouping of Forces, but did not confirm the total number of Belarusian and Russian personnel that will participate.
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-august-12-2025
Interesting that I find myself agreeing with Russian mil bloggers, it is one thing to penetrate in thin lines with exposed flanks, and consolidating those gains amd closing the encirclement.
Longer and more exposed supply lines or GLOC in an active combat operation are difficult to sustain, regardless this is not the liberation of Stalingrad
“Russian forces have lost well over five divisions’ worth of armored vehicles and tanks in Pokrovsk Raion since beginning their offensive operation to seize Avdiivka in October 2023”
The pre-war population of Pokrovsk was just 12,000.
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