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This is good news then.
It's clear that Russia is losing and we don't have to fund the war anymore or give Ukraine military equipment then, right?
In the history of warfare, I've never seen the victorious nation continue to ask foreign nations for military aid, money, and possibly foreign men to die. Just unprecedented.
Ukraine: military situation update - Aug 12, 2023
••Denotes Transcribed Dialogue. Extras are just that - from other sites, or my comments marked (Edit: .... ) or { } or [ ].
Reporting From Ukraine:
Narrated by Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny.
Translated into 18+ languages.
Note: other versions of this report are found elsewhere on FR, but this is guaranteed to be the complete transcript - unlike the others.
https://www.youtube.com/@RFU
[ Russians Are in Big Trouble! All Bridges Burned Down! ]
••Day 535: Aug 12
Today there is a lot of news from the south.
Here, Ukrainian Air Force conducted a complex drone and missile strike on Crimea.
First of all, Ukrainians launched several groups of drones from Odesa, which primarily headed toward Armiansk, Novoozerne, and Saky.
Local residents reported hearing multiple explosions near the Russian base in Novoozerne.
The available footage from the region confirms that a lot of Ukrainian drones reached this region.
Because the drone attack happened at night, it is hard to geolocate where the drones fell.
The Russian Ministry of Defense claimed that all objects were shot down.
Later, it was revealed that Ukrainians used in this attack only cheap Chinese drones.
Combining this fact with the fact that the strike was quite broad, we can conclude that the goal of the strike was not necessarily to destroy Russian military objects, but rather to draw attention away from the main strike.
The target of the main strike became the Kerch Bridge.
As you remember, a month ago, Ukrainians successfully damaged the bridge for the second time by using marine drones.
A week ago, Ukrainians tried to repeat their success and strike the bridge with marine drones once again, but it did not go well as the Russians prepared the area, which is why today, Ukrainians tried something new.
This time Ukrainians reportedly used modified ballistic missiles S-200.
Russian sources reported that Ukrainians used 2 missiles simultaneously.
Local residents filmed plumes of smoke, and, at first, it was considered that the missiles hit the bridge.
However, later it was clarified that the smokescreen was created by Russian forces in order to complicate a possible marine drone attack.
This time, Ukrainian missiles were shot down, however, Ukrainian forces gained a great insight into the current disposition of the Russian air defense, because the locals filmed the Russian air defense work.
The footage completely gave away Russian positions, which is why the Russian media expressed extreme discontent, called them traitors, and urged other people not to do this.
Unfortunately for Russians, Ukrainians launched one more missile 2 hours later, at around lunch time, which led to even more footage exposing Russian positions.
The follow-up strike, therefore, is just a matter of time.
And the strike on the Kerch bridge is a logical continuation of the destruction of the Russian logistics that we have recently seen.
Less than a week ago, Ukrainians conducted a series of strikes on 3 important Russian Bridges in the northern part of Crimea.
The first and second targets became the Chonhar road bridges.
The footage shows that Ukrainians made a hole in the center of both bridges.
Even though the damage does not seem to be extensive, some Russian sources mentioned that the frame of the bridge was damaged.
The third target of the strike became the road bridge across the Henichesk Strait.
Russian sources reported that Ukrainian forces launched 12 missiles and that 3 missiles managed to pass through the Russian air defense.
As can be seen from the footage, this bridge suffered significantly and incurred substantial damage to the roadbed.
And this is extremely important because, less than 2 weeks ago, the Russian Federal Security Service suspended civilian entry to the Arabat Spit, which means that this bridge was allocated for the exclusive use of the Russian military.
The extent of the damage to the bridge across the Henichesk Strait and the 2 Chonhar road bridges is likely forcing Russian forces to redirect military traffic to longer western routes.
Simultaneously, most, if not all, civilian road traffic now has to pass along the same route.
Moreover, 2 weeks ago, Ukrainians also took out the Russian railroad bridge leading to Melitopol.
This major bottleneck in Russian ground lines of communication will likely pose significant disruptions to logistics and chances for delays and traffic jams.
On top of the delays, the western ground lines of communication are closer to Ukrainian positions in the upper Kherson region and, in many cases, within artillery range of the Ukrainian-held western bank of the river.
Russian forces could reduce risks from Ukrainian indirect fire by taking slower and less efficient village roads northeast of Chaplynka, but they would still be within HIMARS range.
Such a setting, in fact, has already deranged Russian supplies to the front, caused a lot of problems on the zero line, and recently allowed Ukrainians to penetrate Russian defense by multiple km, especially in the Velyka Novosilka direction.
But more on that in the next video.
https://www.youtube.com/@DenysDavydov
Denys says:
[ Kerch Bridge is Smoking | Ukraine Liberated Urozhaine | Awesome News ]
Kersh Bridge:
Lots of smoke - no hits - Russian air defense positions exposed.
••Urozhaine:
UA reaches south end of village. Russians run away.
Next tiny town is Zavtine Bazhannia, but the goal is Staromlynivka on the edge of the Russian main defense line 6.5km away.
UA Artillery took out the ammo dump hidden in agriculture huts
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Cossack Camp:
Russian begins sullies in Radensk, but the UA hit it, and the Russians evacuated.
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Another Terminator 2 taken out by drones.
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NYT now says UA making significant advances
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Poland may send 6,000 troops to Belarus border.
Denys Davydov Telegram Channel
https://t.me/s/pilotblog
••WTF is that? Russian portable alcove? Medical vehicle.
https://t.me/pilotblog/5956?single
https://t.me/pilotblog/5957?single
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The result of today’s strike on the occupiers’ military base in Radensk, left bank of Kherson region.
https://t.me/pilotblog/5958?single
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Russians report the shooting between “Kadyrov Ahmat soldiers” and soldiers of the RF Armed Forces in the temporarily occupied Urzuf (near Mariupol)
At least two occupiers from the RF Armed Forces were killed. There are also civilian casualties.
https://t.me/pilotblog/5960
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Major accident on the highway Melitopol-Berdyansk. Russian fuel tanker on fire. This route is the key artery of the land corridor to the Crimea.
https://t.me/pilotblog/5961
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Russian Military Bloggers about Urozhaine
https://t.me/pilotblog/5963?single
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Big Kaboom in Kherson oblast. Maybe a star had fallen. Straight to the Russian ammunition warehouse
https://t.me/pilotblog/5965?single
Kremlin snuffbox
https://t.me/s/kremlin_secrets
PMC Wagner lost 20 fighters in Africa in one night
Interesting news comes from the black continent - last night in the Central African Republic they blew up a base near the city of Bosangoa, where the Wagner PMC fighters were located.
Previously, the strike was carried out using a drone, killing at least 20 people. Two more are considered missing, but their bodies are unlikely to be found.
Among the fighters, there are mainly two versions - local showdowns and a special operation of some of the foreign special services. There are rumors that the two missing persons may have given up the coordinates in exchange for a generous reward.
Prigozhin reacted angrily to the news and even thought of flying to Africa, but his right hand Utkin (the same Wagner) promised to look into the situation and punish those responsible.
General SVR
https://t.me/s/generalsvr
Forwarded from
GeneralSVR(reserv)
Sunday, August 13, 2023, in the morning report to the President of Russia Vladimir Putin, the irretrievable military operational losses of manpower of the personnel of the RF Armed Forces are 264,776 people. Data as of 6:00 Moscow time today.
This figure, excluding data on the losses of Russian PMCs taking part in hostilities on the territory of Ukraine, on Tuesday, August 1, is 76,192 dead.
Most of the Russian PMCs came under the control of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and their losses are now an integral part of the total losses, since August 1, a separate calculation has not been conducted.
https://t.me/generalsvr2/510
BRIEFLY
https://t.me/briefsmi
Mark Galeotti for The Times. Part 4: Meanwhile, the Russian economy is overheating.
Moscow has managed to overcome some production bottlenecks, but it cannot replenish its stocks faster than they are depleted.
In addition, President Putin is still delaying the next mobilization.
The military wanted it to be in place already, but the Kremlin’s political managers decided to hold off this disruptive move until winter because of regional elections in September.
This will shorten the time to prepare them, but now Putin is more concerned about the risks at home.
It all depends on the long-term ability of Ukrainians to resist.
But there are signs of fatigue: it is becoming increasingly difficult for Kyiv to recruit and call up soldiers, the West is assessing its readiness to support them.
The outlook for Kyiv still looks better, but anyone who hoped or expected the operation to end this year is likely to be disappointed.
On the contrary, it is time for all stakeholders to think more seriously about their long-term plans.
This may finally create the conditions for some semblance of peace. #Ukraine
https://t.me/briefsmi/7624
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Polska Agencija Prasowa: Poland will buy 1,000 South Korean K2 tanks.
180 vehicles will be delivered to the country by 2025. The first ones are already in service.
The next step is the purchase of 820 K2PL tanks specially adapted for Poland, said Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak. For this, a Polish-Korean consortium has been created.
The first such tanks will arrive in 2026.
Together with the American Abrams, they will form the backbone of the armored forces for decades, Blaschak is sure.
It is also important to meet the needs for ammunition.
A contract has already been signed for the supply of 1 million shells with a caliber of 155 mm. Blaszczak said that over the past year the Polish Army has strengthened its capabilities in all areas.
Ground forces received Abrams, K2 tanks, K9 howitzers. The Patriot and Malaya Narev systems enter the air defense system.
The Air Force received FA-50 aircraft, F-35 will arrive soon. The Navy ordered Miecnik frigates.
There are also HIMARS, Javelin and Piorun complexes.
Polska Agencija Prasowa: Poland will create a military training and defense task force on the border with Belarus, said Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak.
Its goal is to form reserves in case the situation on the Polish-Belarusian border worsens.
“There is no doubt that the Polish border is under threat. We see ongoing pressure, attempts by migrants to cross the border illegally, encouraged by the Belarusian regime, cooperation with the Kremlin to destabilize the situation,” he said.
According to him, Warsaw sent about 4,000 troops to support the Polish Border Service
https://t.me/briefsmi
BRIEFLY
https://t.me/briefsmi
The Wall Street Journal:
Military strategists and politicians across the West are already starting to think about Ukraine’s spring offensive next year.
This shift reflects a growing understanding that, barring a major breakthrough, Ukraine’s struggle to oust Russian forces is likely to drag on for a long time.
Experts say that wars last an average of three to seven years with several seasonal campaigns.
“This conflict may be similar to the Korean one, with rapid advances on the front lines in the first months and then relative stagnation, but it will take years for both sides to realize this,” says Dmitry Gorenburg, an expert at a Pentagon-linked think tank.
As an example, strategists cite the Middle East, where Israel has been in conflict with its Palestinian and Arab neighbors since 1948, or Northern Ireland, which has been resisting British rule for generations.
But even if there is no breakthrough this summer, Ukraine can continue the struggle until winter.
Rain and snow can slow tanks down, but APUs have proven effective when operating in small units with lighter vehicles
https://t.me/briefsmi /7637
