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1 posted on 05/04/2023 4:51:02 PM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
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Update from Ukraine | Ukraine is Cutting supplies for Ruzzia using Drones before Counterattack

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkQLykpF-Jo

****NEW SUMMARY Military MAPS & COMMENTS here:

Invasion Day 434 – Summary May 3, 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-434-summary/

*** Greatly appreciate the viewer controlled Map magnification tool to use on each Front map!


2 posted on 05/04/2023 4:51:10 PM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com (Pray for God's intervention to stop Putin's invasion)
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Ruzzia. I guess that country exists near Youkraine.


12 posted on 05/04/2023 5:44:41 PM PDT by A Formerly Proud Canadian ( Ceterum autem censeo Justinius True-dope-us esse delendam)
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I pray for their freedom and liberation every day.


13 posted on 05/04/2023 6:01:37 PM PDT by armydawg505
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Those Ukraine Drones really knock me out...


14 posted on 05/04/2023 6:21:06 PM PDT by xp38
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ARTICLE WITH COMMENTARY

04 May: Russians Panic!!! Ukrainians ATTACK IN THE FORGOTTEN DIRECTION | War in Ukraine Explained
Reporting from Ukraine
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5-5-2023 1:30 a.m. EDT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjxLMrPu1bs

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I am Ukrainian. My country has been invaded by Russia. In this video I will tell you what happened on the four hundred and thirty fifth day of the war.

Day 435: May 04

It is not a secret that the main direction of the Ukrainian counteroffensive is planned to be southern Ukraine. Nonetheless, it is also clear that this is not where the first, second, and maybe even third diverting attack will be conducted. If we look at the map of fights, we can see that almost all engagements are currently taking place around Bakhmut. But as the Battle for Bakhmut is near the end, Ukrainians will likely try to fix this enormous amount of Russian troops in the east and prevent them from relocating their forces to the south. The analysts on both sides are speculating that the next big battle will likely take place a bit north of Bakhmut.

Siversk turned out to be the last stronghold on the line that Russian failed to approach. The key to Ukrainian success here once again lies in clever leveraging of the local geography: as you can see, Ukrainians are controlling the hills, and, on top of that, they are hiding their artillery behind the hills. Conveniently, such positions are not only good for defensive but also offensive efforts. In fact, the tide had already shifted in April as Russians started digging trenches and raising the alarm about the suspiciously high number of Ukrainian tanks in this direction.

The heaviest clashes area taking place between Bilohorivka and Zolotarivka. Bilohorivka has been one of the biggest Russian graveyards already for a year. Last year in May, Russians tried to cross the Siverskyi Donets River and assault this village multiple times. Ukrainian artillery destroyed the Russian assault units every single time, and after a month of effort, this direction was abandoned. Today Russians are attacking not from the north but from the south, but so far, these efforts have been unsuccessful as well. Recently, Russian forces relocated thermobaric artillery systems to this direction and managed to capture an isolated water pumping facility, but this is the furthest they advanced because the main Ukrainian positions are located on the hills.

While Russians are trying to undercut Bilohorivka from the south, Ukrainians are trying to undermine Russian offensive efforts by assaulting their positions near Zolotarivka. For these purposes, Ukrainians relocated their tanks in this direction and started breaching one Russian position after another. The main objective of these attacks was to eliminate the bulge between Vekhnokamianske and Bilohorivka and, ideally, create the same bridgehead between Bilohorivka and Zolotarivka.

Shortly, the Ukrainian 54th Mechanized released a video of how they assaulted Russian positions in the tree lines 2.6 km west of Zolotarivka while being under the fire of anti-tank missiles. After successfully establishing control over all tree lines, the front moved toward the most challenging terrain and the most fortified Russian position – the so-called Cyclops. Ukrainians took time to prepare and conducted storming in several stages. During the first stage, Ukrainians imitated a big attack to force Russians to send their reinforcements. When the drone operator spotted moving Russian forces, Ukrainians disengaged and changed their focus on eliminating this group. During the second stage of the operation, Ukrainians switched from mortars and grenade throwers to artillery and drone strikes. During the third stage of the operation, Ukrainians entered the trenches with no hurdles and started storming the bunker.

In the face of such devastating attacks, Russians started hastily building new strong points in front of Lysychansk. Some analysts estimate the probability of a breakthrough here as very high because Ukrainians are holding the high ground. From here, Ukrainians can open at least 3 lines of attack: toward Lysychansk, the oil refinery, and Berestove. If this series of attacks is successful, Ukrainians open the gate to move down on Soledar and in the rear of the Bakhmut group, which would likely be accompanied by an attack from the south. This would put Russians in an incredibly inconvenient position, as they would either need to leave Bakhmut or relocate even more forces to the east to stabilize the situation. Stabilization of this front would necessarily come at the expense of other fronts, drain the reserves and fix the troops – setting perfect conditions for delivering the main blow.


22 posted on 05/05/2023 6:58:59 AM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com (Pray for God's intervention to stop Putin's invasion)
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Is this guy. Jewish uke or dissident Russian

Jewish affection for Ukraine is perplexing for me considering uke civilian behavior in the holocaust

Arguably second only to Lithuania and Croatia in its ferocity amongst occupied axis nations

Maybe it’s pale and pogrom resentments


28 posted on 05/07/2023 5:14:19 PM PDT by wardaddy (Truth is treason in the Empire of lies)
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