Posted on 07/07/2023 2:14:10 PM PDT by SpeedyInTexas
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Briefing-1.
Dismissed a week ago by presidential decree on the proposal of Gerasimov from the command of the 58th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District of the Russian Armed Forces, Major General Ivan Popov, after an urgent call to the Ministry of Defense on July 14, was appointed to a command post in Syria.
The dismissal of General Popov was the result of a purge of the team of Surovikin and Teplinsky associated with Prigozhin and the Kovalchuks. Formally, the general was dismissed at the disposal of the Ministry of Defense.
“Popov’s voice message,” posted by State Duma deputy Gurulev, became the most popular on social networks this week.
In it, General Popov “outlined all the problematic issues that exist today in the army in combat work, in providing troops.”
The factor of General Popov was so socially significant that the Kremlin decided not to turn him into a publicly significant figure and resolve the issue following the example of Poklonskaya - the general was reinstated at work, but sent to the Middle East.
Meanwhile, public disobedience and soldierly democracy of individual commanders is turning into a systemic problem of the Ministry of Defense and threatens with controllability problems.
Probably, in the coming weeks, Shoigu and Gerasimov should demonstrate tough examples of management and punishment. Otherwise, the crisis will hit the army administration.
Several military experts, on condition of anonymity, said that the situation reminds them of 1991, with all the ensuing consequences.
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Kremlin snuffbox
Shoigu is preparing the arrest of General Popov
We were told about this by two sources in the Ministry of Defense who do not agree with this decision.
According to them, the minister did not forgive Ivan Popov for his statements about the situation in the army and considers them “an impudent demarche, which should be followed by punishment.”
“Major General Popov is going to be accused of defeatist moods and “hang” on him a number of problems of our army, including heavy losses of personnel. He will also be accused of breach of discipline and, possibly, of financial abuse.
They are also looking for connections with Prigozhin.
Several reliable people are now collecting the necessary material for Sergei Kuzhugetovich, ”said one of our interlocutors.
According to another, Shoigu “is going to set the FSB on Popov and put him behind bars for a long time.”
The fact that such actions could cause discontent among the military, Shoigu, sources say, “doesn’t give a damn.”
The minister also allegedly conveyed to Vladimir Putin the idea that “Popov needs to be dealt with, otherwise our army will fall apart.”
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The scandal around General Popov: the army is afraid of a civil war, and Putin remembered Prigozhin
The situation with the dismissal of the commander of the 58th Army, Major General Ivan Popov, is complicated and even explosive. This is the conclusion we made on the basis of communication.
Kremlin snuffbox
There are dead in Sevastopol, Mariupol has again become a “black city”. Ukraine launched a series of strikes on the Russian army
At night and in the morning of Sunday, July 16, Ukraine launched a series of attacks on our military facilities in a number of directions.
Sources in the General Staff and in the field told us about the consequences.
The difficult situation in Sevastopol, which was massively attacked by drones from the air and from the sea.
According to preliminary data, 11 air and sea drones hit the city, 10 of them were shot down, sunk and landed by electronic warfare.
One drone broke through the air defense, but fell into the water and did not cause significant damage. from the fall of the wreckage of the downed drones.
At the same time , 6 of our soldiers were killed and 8 were injured.
The data is being specified.
Mariupol, unfortunately, confirmed the status of “ black” for the Russian army of the city.
According to our sources in the city, more than 100 soldiers were killed as a result of enemy missile strikes.
Part of the missiles shot down the air defense, but at least one hit, according to the interlocutors, “a very important object.”
Where exactly, they all refuse to say.
Also “got it” Luhansk , as a result of a series of missile strikes, more than 40 military men died there . Lost a lot of ammunition and more than ten pieces of equipment.
In Berdyansk, there were also “arrivals” at military facilities, their consequences are being specified.
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Mariupol becomes a “black” city for the Russian army.
A week ago, more than 200 of our soldiers were killed there as a result of a missile strike.
On Friday, May 26, as a result of a new shelling, mass casualties again - more than 250 dead.
Ukrainian missiles hit.
Moscow and the Moscow region are preparing to put into circulation banknotes of 5 and 10 rubles.
Large companies have already sent out memos to employees on how to check new papers for authenticity.
The decision to return to banknotes instead of coins was made due to rising prices for metal for minting.
A five-ruble banknote has not been printed since 1997 - Mash.
BRIEF
Vladimir Putin announced the lack of success of the Ukrainian army during its counteroffensive.
“All attempts by the enemy to break through our defenses - and this is a task, including with the use of strategic reserves - they were unsuccessful during the entire offensive.
The enemy has no success!” - stated the President, answering the question of journalist Pavel Zarubin for the program “Moscow. Kremlin. Putin” on the channel “Russia-1”.
The President refused to speak publicly about the future tasks of the Russian military. “I’ll tell you this separately when the cameras are turned off,” he promised.
Putin said that he positively assesses the course of the NMD in Ukraine: our troops are behaving heroically.
Putin: Our fighters go on the offensive in some areas, this is unexpected for the enemy.
BRIEF
Vladimir Putin: All attempts by the enemy to break through our defenses, including by using strategic reserves, were unsuccessful during the entire offensive. The enemy is not successful.
https://t.me/s/rusbrief
Political strategist Marat Bashirov: “NATO generals don’t want to fight Russia and die, they don’t want a nuclear war, they want to make money”
Marat Bashirov : The involvement of NATO countries in the war means our strikes, for example, on the territory of Poland.
Our old territories are being bombed here - Bryansk, Belgorod.
NATO members justify that they have nothing to do with this.
For example, a representative of the German Ministry of Defense, when asked if there are German weapons in Ukraine, said: “There are Ukrainian weapons of German origin there.”
Accordingly, if we understand that we are in a military conflict with at least one of the NATO countries, and others begin to help it, then it is clear that we will begin to strike at the territory of Poland, Germany, and others.
And this is a completely different story.
We are already used to it.
At the same time, any missile attack on German territory will cause an incredible social explosion.
Nobody wants to lose a well-fed European life there.
Although they complain about the increase in prices, they understand that they live well.
BRIEF
Marat Bashirov: I think that the negotiations will start at the beginning of next year, will intensify after the elections in the Russian Federation and will be fixed by the new US president, whoever it is - Biden, Trump or someone else.
BRIEF
Over the past few days, the number of personnel reprisals against military officers has sharply increased in the army - Sergei Shoigu’s Ministry of Defense seeks to clean up the RF Armed Forces from commanders disloyal to the leadership.
And somehow it turns out that those whom ordinary soldiers call the most competent leaders fell under the blows.
In the near-war environment, everything that is happening is perceived as an attempt by Shoigu to strengthen control over the RF Armed Forces after the rebellion of the Wagner PMC.
Like, there is an army bureaucracy, which is concentrated in the Ministry of Defense, and there are military officers who do not crawl out of the trenches.
And the bureaucrats want to crush the officers because they see them as a threat to their privileged position, competitors and even potential rebels.
And in the process of crushing, they themselves cultivate hatred for the Ministry of Defense and Shoigu personally at the grassroots level, increasing the chances of a new rebellion.
Self-fulfilling prophecy. @oreshkins
Russian military, as I understand it, is a very top down command structure. Where as western militaries rely on lower level ranks ie NCOs and Lts to get the mission done. Initiative and improvisation are promoted to get the mission done, Russian military has colonels and generals leading the charge and the mission parameters are set and deviations are not allowed. Many leaders who were at least bucking some of that system have been sacked or put on “vacation” leaving an organization without direction at best and at worse with even poorer leadership and military smarts. Loyalty to top people is put ahead of competency..
If there is indeed an artillery shortage for Russians, their most successful mode of attack and defense has been severely diminished
Without this support, and cluster munitions raining down on trenches not sure how long private conscriptovich holds his ground
Just some random thoughts
Morning update from Pegov alias WarGonzo (yes he is alive).
1 AFU attacked east of the M18/E105 east of Kam'yans'ke and took up new important positions
2 AFU advanced along the railway west of Dorozhnyanka
3 AFU took several positions SW of Pavlivka aiming for Yehorivka
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1680476546681765888
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1680507547181019137
The governor said that Sevastopol was attacked not only by maritime drones but also by air.
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1680473319496114176
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1680479172521607169
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1680499500534620160
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1680477208987484160
https://twitter.com/UAWeapons/status/1680556821684076544
WB FlyEye recon UAV:
Technical details
Wingspan 3.6 meters
Fuselage length 1.8 meters
Flight duration 150 min
Maximum Altitude 4000 meters AMSL
Datalink Range 30 kilometers
Datalink Range (with 15 meter mast) Up to 50 kilometers
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1680557380671623168
Ukraine: military situation update - July 15, 2023
••Denotes Transcribed Dialogue. Extras are just that - from other sites, or my comments marked (Edit: .... ) or { } or [ ].
[ Ukrainians Exploit a Short-Term Weakness of the Russian Flanks ]
••Day 507: Jul 15
Today there is a lot of good news from the east.
Here, Ukrainian forces doubled down on their use of artillery and assault drones to target Russian forces concentrations.
A commander of one of the Ukrainian detachments reported that there are still plenty of Russian troops in Klishchiivka, which is why Ukrainians are not conducting ground attacks in this particular region.
As you can see from the geolocated footage, Ukrainian shells are exploding between the lake and the small forest, which is the center of Klishchiivka.
Notably, Ukrainians are not targeting the trenches on the hills, which confirms that Ukrainians did not lose control over the main fortification and successfully repelled all Russian counterattacks.
Apart from targeting forces concentrations, Ukrainian commanders discovered another huge opportunity.
As the Russian command became obsessed with the goal of returning control over the fortification, they allocated troops for achieving this task at the expense of other parts of the front line - more specifically, at the expense of their positions between Klishchiivka and Kurdiumivka.
As you can see, Ukrainians established physical control over the northern tree line and established fire control over the tree lines along the canal, which means that the Russian defense here relied only on their positions in these 2 tree lines.
Ukrainians exploited the weakness of the Russian defense here and conducted a pincer movement by attacking Russians from two sides.
The storming operations were conducted by the fighters from the famous 3rd Assault Brigade.
They caught Russians by surprise, rapidly advanced to the enemy positions on armored fighting vehicles, and within seconds after landing, started storming Russian fortifications.
One by one, Ukrainians revealed, assaulted, and cleared all Russian positions in the tree line.
After they were done, Russian forces shelled the whole region, attempting to inflict unsustainable losses and force Ukrainians to retreat, however, the Ukrainians retained control over the newly gained territories.
Right now, Ukrainians are preparing to advance along these 2 tree lines, one of which leads directly to the small village of Andriivka.
Even though Andriivka is very small, it is still an extremely important Russian logistical hub.
Given that Russian forces no longer can safely use the road from Bakhmut to supply Klishchiivka, the road from Andriivka became more important than ever.
If Russians lose Andriivka, then they would have to deliver supplies through the fields, and if we look at the topographic map, we can see that these fields are located in the lowlands and are visible from all Ukrainian positions on the hills.
Based on the setting, it is clear that Russian forces will not be able to sustain their operations and will either starve or step back.
Overall, the ability of Ukrainian commanders to react to the ever-changing conditions on the ground, and make new plans as they go, allowed Ukrainians to save a lot of troops by canceling an immediate attack on Klishchiivka, and allowed to conduct an expected operation from another direction, penetrating Russian defenses by up to 2 km.
••Bakhmut
Failed Russian attack, near Orikhovo-Vasylivka ,north of Bakhmut, precipitates a UA advance. Russian caught in a trap; the vehicles & big ammo depot in the tree line were destroyed.
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Russians have to use Ahmed Battalion in the Bakhmut area because they are running out of regular troops.
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Avdiivka:
Russian mechanized assault with 13 vehicles: BTRs, tanks. They went s far as the could then dismounted the infantry. All this was show on Russian public TV. They took the empty trenches and were later cleared by UA drones
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Ukraine has changed the tactics of the counteroffensive - NYT.
The publication claims that in the first two weeks of the counteroffensive, we lost up to 20% of the military equipment delivered to the front.
Already in the following weeks, this figure dropped to 10% thanks to a new tactic - to wear down the Rashists with artillery and long-range missiles, instead of the previous constant assaults.
But such tactics led to a slowdown in the offensive.
Even if you look at the latest military assistance that is being negotiated, this is just arty. projectiles and long-range missiles are all that is needed to support the new tactics.
This is important to know to understand the situation at the front.
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Another Russian General dismissed for the same “crime” as Popov, Major General Vladimir Siviriltsov, commander of 106th Guards Airborne Division (VDV). Active in the Bakhmut area and one of the most capable units out there.
He also was not Ok with the main party line…
The less competent generals Russia has the better it is for Ukraine.
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British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace has confirmed he will step down in the autumn when his term expires.
“I won’t run next time,” he told The Times in an interview.
The newspaper mentions several likely candidates for the post of defense secretary, including John Glen, chief secretary of the Royal Treasury, security minister Tom Tugendhat and foreign minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan.
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F-16s:
European nations are still waiting for the US to give permission to begin the training.
••The media report that the Russian military command wants to dismiss General Teplinsky.
The soldiers of the Russian Airborne Forces reacted to this.
“In the event of the slightest threat to his life and freedom, we will stand as a wall to protect the honor and dignity of our commander. We are very determined.
“Up to the point that we will withdraw from our positions and go to the rescue of our “Batya”.
“You, those who sit in the offices! The brotherhood does not abandon its own! Do not make fatal mistakes, ”the soldiers said in their audio message.
Could be hoax however. Hopefully it is not)))
https://t.me/pilotblog/5357
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Some shooting in Sevastopol this morning. Naval attack.
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The plot on the German channel Welt.
Ukrainian soldiers ask German instructors how to get through the minefield.
The Germans offered to just drive around. Since they have minefields measuring 100x200 meters on their maps.
“We don’t have that. We have hectares of these minefields, do you understand?” the Ukrainian soldier replies.
Another confirmation that some of the Western military has a very poor understanding of the real situation on the battlefield in Ukraine.
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View of kabooms in Luhansk.
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It is reported that the Russian Major General Ivan Popov, recently removed from his post as commander of the 58th Army, will be transferred to a command post in Syria.
With the start of full-scale hostilities in Ukraine, the Russian group in Syria became a some sort of prison for both some failed commanders and inconvenient for higher Russian authorities.
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A late thread from an airport lounge...”
Totally understand. It does seem to be more difficult to post during lay-overs. But, it does make you feel productive! LOL
“Private Conscriptovich”
Good one.
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