Posted on 04/10/2023 6:42:24 PM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
Update from Ukraine | A hard day for defenders | Bakhmut still Holds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHTAkwVArqE
****NEW SUMMARY Military MAPS & COMMENTS here:
Invasion Day 410 – Summary April 9, 2023 Jerome News
The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the last 48 hours, as of 2023 – 22:00 (Kyiv time).
https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-410-summary/
Update from Ukraine | A hard day for defenders | Bakhmut still Holds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHTAkwVArqE
****NEW SUMMARY Military MAPS & COMMENTS here:
Invasion Day 410 – Summary April 9, 2023 Jerome News
The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the last 48 hours, as of 2023 – 22:00 (Kyiv time).
https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-410-summary/
VIDEO WITH COMMENTARY
10 Apr: Ukrainians DESTROY RUSSIAN SNIPERS IN BAKHMUT | War in Ukraine Explained
Reporting from Ukraine
April 10, 2023 7:30 p.m. DST
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hV2pB-2ihhc
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I am a Ukrainian. My country has been invaded by Russia.
In this video I will tell you what happened on the four hundred and eleventh day of the war. Day 411: April 10
Last time I told you that the most important fights were taking place in the central part of the city, where Ukrainians were trying to conduct a careful withdrawal without allowing the front line to collapse. I also told you that there were some speculations that Russian forces managed to cross Korsunskogo Street and establish control over at least one block of houses.
The freshest reports indicate that Ukrainians are still holding these positions.
First of all, the fighter from the Aidar Battalion who published this information deleted the post.
Secondly, another Ukrainian fighter published a video that was filmed from a high-rise building that was supposedly captured by Russians or at least was in the grey zone. Based on his comments, it looks like Russians only shelled this region intensely but did not enter it.
Thirdly, the most recent video from this part of the region features a soldier that is driving a car near the red houses, which would be a suicide if Russians were holding the high-rise buildings. He also pointed his camera south and said that Russians are located behind the blue buildings, which means that the situation did not change and Ukrainians are still controlling the whole area.
And lastly, yesterday, a soldier from the Ukrainian 240th Assault Brigade reported that they destroyed 2 Russian snipers south of Korsunskogo Street, which would be impossible without holding control over the corner.
When it comes to the southeastern part of the city, some sources reported that Ukrainians finally withdrew from school #7 and the nearby buildings, and now they are holding the line along Kovalska Street. It is highly likely that Ukrainians mined this building because otherwise, Russians would have complete fire control over a vast area. Since most houses in this sector are small, giving Russians such powerful sniper positions would be self-destructive. Several Russian sources confirmed that certain newly captured streets are completely mined and that Ukrainians mined not only the buildings but also the streets. A lot of yards are filled with anti-tank mines, which is exactly where both sides are hiding their armor. Such a setting does not allow Russians to actively use armor along the whole contact line and increase the intensity of ground attacks rapidly.
When it comes to the central part of the city, intense fights here continue. Both sides circulated a video showing how a Ukrainian tank gets hit by Russians in front of the railways. Another video shows a burning tank near the intersection where the clashes are currently taking place. Judging by the fact that the tank aims to the east, it is highly likely a Ukrainian tank as well. Slightly to the east of this burning tank, the Ukrainian 93rd Mechanized Brigade managed to destroy a Russian assault unit by hitting them with artillery.
Russian forces are also using artillery quite intensely. In contrast to Ukrainians, they are conducting broad shelling on the estimated enemy positions. The Washington Post reported that, by contrast, Ukrainian forces are using one-third as many shells as Russian forces and that Ukrainian forces are conserving shells by carefully prioritizing targets. Ukrainian forces are more accurate in their targeting but also likely benefit from being on the defensive. The Institute for the Study of War assessed the situation and concluded that Russian forces are still heavily relying on artillery to offset key shortcomings in combat capability, including poor Russian targeting skills, insufficient ground assault capabilities, and inadequate availability of airpower.
Overall, the tempo of Russian advancement in the central part of the city has slowed down, and Ukrainians indeed established their next defense line along the railways. The decreased movement means that the situation solidifies, and Russians will not be able to cause unexpected shifts in the front line. However, the most important news is that Ukrainians are still holding defense on the outskirts, allowing the cars to use the roads leading in and out of Bakhmut and maintain supplies of ammunition for the soldiers on the zero line.
The Ukraine is dead. Stick a fork in it. If you believe that there is going to be a real spring offensive than you are a neocon moron.
VIDEOS
1. THE UNKNOWN STORY - HOW US HIMARS DESTROYED WHOLE RUSSIAN HQ’s || 2023
Warthog Defense
490K subscribers
Apr 10, 2023 7:15: p.m.DST
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmdDkcpuZVw
Ukraine military update.
2. Ukrainian marines destroy four Russian tanks using Javelin missiles
Daily Mail
2.27M subscribers
Apr 10, 2023 9:00 a.m. DST
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozZmv6s_zTU
Ukrainian marines destroy four Russian tanks using Javelin missiles. Javelin missiles fired by Ukraine’s 36th Marine brigade destroy four Russian tanks and armoured vehicles in this video. Drone video shows a Russian column advancing towards the Ukrainian marines in the Donetsk area. In quick succession, US-supplied Javelin missiles hit and destroy three tanks and Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFV).
ARTICLE
Russia wants to distribute draft notices online: evaders will be banned from leaving country
STANISLAV POHORILOV
Monday, 10 April 2023, 22:00
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/10/7397294/
The Russian State Duma plans to legalise online draft notices and equate them with paper ones; evaders will not be allowed to leave the country.
Source: Latvian-based Russian media outlet Meduza, Russian media outlet RBC
Details: It is proposed to keep traditional paper draft notices and alerts through the employer, as well as to introduce notices by registered mail and their duplication in electronic form.
It is assumed that if a conscript pretends not to receive a draft notice, he will be obliged to voluntarily appear at the military commissariat during the next draft within two weeks.
If the conscript does not do this, he will receive a message with a digital signature of the military commissar that restrictions on departure and other restrictive measures will be implemented.
If the conscript does not appear again, then, according to Russian lawmakers, in 20 days he will be prohibited from driving a vehicle, entering into real estate deals, registering as a sole trader and taking loans.
Background: In late March, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the spring draft, which traditionally began on 1 April and will last until 15 July. The Russian army plans to draft 147,000 people.
The Ukraine “is no more”, “it has ceased to be”, “it is bereft of life, it rests in peace”, “this is an ex-country.”
VIDEOS
1. Conversation with POW: WHILE IT IS DESTROYING UKRAINIANS, THE WIFE IS FUN WITH FRIENDS AND RIDING A NEW MERCEDES
Zolkin Volodymyr
110K subscribers
Apr 10, 2023 2:00 p.m. DST
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB7BysTVFWU
This video tells how the prisoner signed a contract in the army in the hope of getting an official job, salary, a package of social guarantees, and how he was drafted to the war in the direction of Donetsk. After being wounded and rehabilitated, the prisoner was paid 3 million, for which he helped his relatives and bought himself a Mercedes and gel 550.
However, after the first trip to the war, the prisoner faced medical problems, as a result of which he tried to get exemption from the second trip, but could not do. Conversation with a prisoner of war and a call to relatives Russian army in Ukraine. Captured, wounded soldiers and officers of the RF Armed Forces. All participants in the video gave their voluntary consent to filming and publishing materials with them on the Internet, in accordance with paragraph 1 of Article 152.1 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, and also, in accordance with Article 307 of the Civil Code of Ukraine. This video is for informational purposes only, and in no way calls for any actions or conclusions.
2. 🤡 A milkmaid told me about NATO! Interview with a young Russian soldier
Lviv.Media
110K subscribers
Apr 10, 2023 2:00 p.m. DST
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqIQ6Kyl154
Alexei Littau from the village of Zimino in the Omsk region is half German by birth, but he was born and raised in a deep Russian province. He dropped out of school after the ninth grade and went to work, so he can’t boast of any knowledge of geography or history. He was also not interested in the news, so he learned about NATO from a milkmaid he knew, and about “Nazis in Ukraine” from guys on the farm.
In an interview with Lubomyr Ferens, Alexei told how he was deceived by:
a military commissar,
blessed to kill by a priest, and
sent directly into a trench to face the enemy by his company commander.
During the interview, Aleksei also learned that Ukraine is an independent state, the Soviet Union did not collapse in the 2000s, and that not only Putin was president of Russia.
00:00 Start
01:22 I leave the house - and there stands a soldier...
03:28 About father from Germany and family
05:01 Why didn’t I finish school?
06:12 How did you end up in Ukraine?
08:10 With machine guns sent to look for a Ukrainian tank
11:55 About the first fight
13:24 How he surrendered
15:57 About the conversation with the “holy father”
20:18 Why did the father move from Bavaria to the USSR?
22:29 About life in the Soviet Union
24:24 Why do people live better in Europe?
26:31 What money was promised for participation in the war?
28:02 What did Lyokha write in Vkontakte?
30:59 About conversations with the milkmaid about NATO
35:10 About Finland in NATO and Nazis in Ukraine
38:21 About Putin
41:11 Address to Ukrainians
43:35 What are the Russians fighting for?
45:22 Short history exam
ARTICLE
2. Ukraine’s Defence Minister tells journalists how Russians counteract HIMARS, and what they expect
Ukrainska Pravda
Mon, April 10, 2023 at 10:48 AM EDT
https://news.yahoo.com/ukraines-defence-minister-tells-journalists-144841868.html
In this article: Oleksii Reznikov, Ukrainian lawyer and politician
Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov has stated that the Russian military, due to Ukraine’s acquisition of Western weapons, began to move their equipment to greater distances, but they still do not spare their soldiers and are ready to lose even 3 million soldiers, hoping to cover the losses with seizure of “half of Ukraine”.
Source: Oleksii Reznikov in an interview with Delfi
Quote: “The Russians are an enemy with whom it is very difficult to fight. They learn very quickly. As a result, the tactics of conducting military operations are also changing.
When they openly invaded Ukraine on 24 February last year, they marched forward in columns, without artillery cover, intelligence, fearing nothing. And they also carried parade uniforms with them, thinking that in three days they would parade through the centre of Kyiv.
It cost them dearly. We destroyed these columns, cut their logistics chains. This led to the first, as they called it, ‘gesture of goodwill’, the liberation of Kyiv, Chernihiv and Sumy oblasts. Another manifestation of ‘good will’ took place on Zmiinyi (Snake) Island, then in Kharkiv Oblast and Kherson.”
Details: Reznikov noted that Ukraine started to receive “things that change the course of the game, such as 155-mm artillery systems, and since mid-summer received the second support, which significantly changes everything, such as HIMARS missile systems and other multiple-launch rocket systems” from partners since May.
Missile systems of Western countries enabled the defenders of Ukraine to hit targets at a distance of 80 km, destroy Russian ammunition and fuel storage points and command posts of the Russian Armed Forces.
Reznikov called this the key to success on the Kharkiv and Kherson fronts.
Quote: “They [the Russians – ed.] learned a lesson from this and began to drag all these infrastructure facilities 120 km away. Yes, it complicated their logistics, but we could no longer hit these targets with HIMARS and other systems. There was a need to find other solutions capable of extending our arms.
That is why we are currently discussing this with our partners, saying that we need new weapons and ammunition to [reach – ed.] them, so that we can hit targets even at a distance of 120 or 150 km. And the dream is to reach more than 300 km.”
Details: At the same time, according to Reznikov, since World War II, the Kremlin still considers soldiers “just cannon fodder” and, as before, uses “meatgrinder tactics”.
“[For example], Bakhmut. Their ‘creeping’ attack there is going on for the sixth or even seventh month. They use assault waves, attack tactics. There may be 10 or 12 such waves that directly follow each other. In Bakhmut alone, because of this, they lose up to 500 killed and wounded soldiers per day. But there, first of all, there are Wagner Group soldiers, criminals and convicts, whom they simply [carelessly use in great numbers],” said Reznikov.
Quote: “According to our intelligence, many senior representatives of the Kremlin support their strategic estimating and planning with the following logic: ‘We will not spare one or three million, because with these losses, we will annex half of Ukraine with [a population of] twenty million and thus compensate for these losses’.”
Details: At the same time, according to Reznikov, even “Kremlin’s dreams and plans to reach the borders of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts will fail as soon as possible,” and the Russian creeping offensive “will fail”.
According to Ukraine’s defence minister, time is playing in favour of Ukraine, allowing it to prepare units, master new systems, and receive additional air defence systems from partners.
These people are completely absurd. If only they cared about the southern border this much, or even better, the original constitution.
VIDEOS
1. Repressions in the Russian regions: anti-war and pro-democratic movements are under pressure
UATV English
385K subscribers
Apr 10, 2023 12:15 p.m. DST
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLAKIvv3uBQ
Theatre actors and school teachers are usually under the repression hammer in modern Russia. The reason for persecution is banal: anti-war position. People who declare even the least disagreement with the actions of the central Russian authorities are immediately persecuted of even imprisoned for ‘discrediting the Russian army.’ How the authorities of Russia continue ‘witch hunting’ – learn in our report.
2. Hell of Russia. Ukraine massively attacks Russian military bases!
Yunus Yemekleri
424K subscribers
Apr 10, 2023 6:00 p.m. DST
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STBrQRlLfSE
The Ukrainian army has entered a new phase in its fight against Russia’s invasion attempt, launching new operations after it halted the Russian advance.
The war has spread to Russian territory, with Russia experiencing a series of explosions and fires that are causing chaos and affecting the course of the war.
The Ukrainian army is using advanced weapons, including drones, to establish a huge superiority over the Russian army, causing significant damage to the Russian army and increasing pressure on Putin to withdraw from the war.
The Ukrainians fighting for their country and the Russians invading it do not share your point of view.
The Russians are actually fighting to bring back a breakaway province that was part of Russia for over 250 years. The Russians want their Texas back and you cannot get much more patriotic than that!
ARTICLE
1. Greek Prime Minister Assures Zelenskyy of Support for Ukraine as Long as Necessary
European Pravda
Monday, 10 April 2023
https://www.eurointegration.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/10/7159544/
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis had a phone conversation on Monday about the situation at the front line and further assistance in the war with Russia.
Zelenskyy wrote on Twitter that he told Mitsotakis about the situation on the battlefield and current defense challenges for Ukraine. He added that the parties agreed to continue security cooperation.
In turn, according to a press release from the Greek Prime Minister’s office, “the Prime Minister reiterated Greece’s firm position in support of Ukraine and its right to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity, as well as its solidarity with the Ukrainian people.”
Mitsotakis “emphasised that Greece will continue to support Ukraine as long as necessary”, recalling that Athens has provided humanitarian and defence support and joined sanctions against Russia since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion.
Mitsotakis and Zelenskyy also exchanged Easter wishes.
It should be noted that the conversation between the two leaders took place a few days after Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov’s visit to Greece (Ukr), following which the Greek side announced the shipment of another batch of BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicles, 73-mm rockets, artillery ammunition, and rifles.
Embrace the suck mom! Your Ukrainian heroes have lost and the writing is on the wall. The Ukraine died in 2023.
Oh, I’m sorry but I missed it. When did the Russians march into Kyiv?
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