Posted on 08/19/2023 4:40:41 PM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
Update from Ukraine | Ukraine Sends the Reserves to the south | The Breakthrough is near
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntq1hNdj5nc
The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the last 48 hours, as of 16th August 2023 – 22:00 (Kyiv time).
https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-539-summary/
*** Great interactive maps with viewer controlled Map magnification tool to use for each Front!
https://militaryland.net/maps/
Not a one of them over 25, except for the officers.
VIDEOS
1. THE RUSSIAN MINEFIELD IS CROSSED, UKRANIAN ARMY IS AT THE LINE OF RUSSIAN DEFENSE AT TOKMAK || 2023
Warthog Defense
597K subscribers
Aug 19, 2023 7:00 p.m. EDT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR5fj75lLig
2. AMAZING, UKRANIANS RAISED HUGE FLAG INFRONT THE BUILDING OF RUSSIAN FSB SECRET SERVICE || 2023
Warthog Defense
597K subscribers
Aug 19, 2023 1:00 p.m. EDT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMAsSVbPP-I&t=12s
ARTICLE
F-16s already touched down in Ukraine – Head of Ukraine’s Air Force
Ukrainska Pravda
STANISLAV POHORILOV
Saturday, 19 August 2023, 23:15
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/08/19/7416283/
Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk, Head of Ukraine’s Air Force, has said that Ukrainian pilots have experience operating Western-made F-16 fighter jets, which have already touched down on Ukraine’s airfields.
SOURCE Mykola Oleshchuk on Ukraine’s national 24/7 newscast
QUOTE from Oleshchuk:
“An F-16 jet has already been to Ukraine. It has touched down on our airfields, we’ve held joint training with F-16 pilots, and so we do have experience operating the F-16 jets. I think this is crucial.”
DETAILS:
Oleshchuk also said that Ukraine is currently preparing its runways [for F-16 jets]. “We are making the necessary alterations, improving the surface, improving our airfields’ infrastructure, and building new defence facilities,” he explained.
“So I think we will be able to bring these aircraft to Ukraine as soon as we acquire them,” Oleshchuk concluded.
Previously: In April 2023, Yurii Ihnat, spokesman for Ukraine’s Air Force, said that US-made fighter jets had touched down on Ukraine’s airfields even before Russia’s full-scale invasion, in 2012 and 2018. “We have dozens of different airfields – operational and regular ones – that can be used for these aircraft,” Ihnat said.
BACKGROUND:
Ukraine’s Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov said earlier on 19 August that Ukrainian pilots have started training to operate Western-made F-16 fighter jets, with a minimum training period of 6 months.
That is what they said about Hitler.
Truth, the propaganda is strong here.
VIDEOS
1. Massive Airstrike on Russian Navy near Crimea
Oracle Eyes
482K subscribers
Aug 19, 2023 2:00 p.m. EDT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neZ6i2iCcwI
2. Historical Moment 1 MINUTES AGO: Ukraine Managed to Stop the Russian Blocks!
The Pioneer
335K subscribers
Aug 19, 2023 12:45 p.m. EDT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC0PhXE2FQE
Welcome to our map report, in which we share details about the confliction between the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the Russian Armed Forces. We will soon review the latest developments on the front line together.
There have been numerous reports that Ukrainian troops have achieved significant successes in recent days. As you may recall, recently the Ukrainian Armed Forces had almost approached important points on the Zaporizhian front line.
There are reports that Ukrainian troops have won victories in some of these regions. So what is the latest situation in the region? Let’s take a look at the developments together. As you know, the Ukrainian Armed Forces managed to repel Russian troops in the Urozhaine region. The village of Urozhaine is now under the control of the Ukrainian army.
Agreed.
Maybe re-check your history.
The breakthrough is near… 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣🤣🤣😂🤣😂
If you knew your history that is exactly what Republican “isolationists” were saying before ww2. Please don’t try to change history to suit your agenda. To be honest Russia is not in the same league as Hitler and Germany, but they are still a dirty stinking rotten country that people like you support, and they are a butthole on the planet.
WOW
good news:
“So I think we will be able to bring these aircraft to Ukraine as soon as we acquire them,” Oleshchuk concluded.”
Get those F 16’s to Ukraine yesterday!
Kursk train station was just hit by Ukrainian drone. Moscow airports just shut down and flights diverted to other airports.
LOL
too stupid for words:
“We have no choice: Either we destroy their hostile political regime, or the collective West will eventually tear Russia apart,” Medvedev said.”
LOL who believes this BS?
The intervention in WWI laid the groundwork for the events leading up to WWII that led to the deaths of over 50 million white Europeans and Americans.
Please don’t try to change history to suit your agenda.
Do you know the real reasons why the Nazis came to power?
To be honest Russia is not in the same league as Hitler and Germany, but they are still a dirty stinking rotten country that people like you support, and they are a butthole on the planet.
I don't give two craps about Russia, bub.
I don't want my tax dollars and the lives of U.S. troops to be wasted because corruptocrats in D.C. want to protect their and their Oligarch bosses' gravy trains.
Got it?
ARTICLE
Russians hit Chernihiv Music and Drama Theatre with missile, killing 7 civilians, including child, wounding 90
Ukrainska Pravda
Olena Roshchina, Tetiana Lozovenko
Saturday, 19 August 2023, 15:00
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/08/19/7416248/
On the morning of 19 August, Russian troops hit the centre of Chernihiv, probably with a ballistic missile. There are civilians killed and wounded.
SOURCE:
Viacheslav Chaus, Head of the Chernihiv Oblast Military Administration; Suspilne Chernihiv; Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine; President Volodymyr Zelenskyy; Ihor Klymenko, Minister of Internal Affairs; Ukraine’s Interior Ministry
QUOTE from Chaus:
“The enemy attacked the centre of Chernihiv. Probably with a ballistic missile. Stay in shelters. [We will provide] details later.”
QUOTE from Klymenko:
“It was a holiday morning on Saturday. People were leaving the church with baskets filled with consecrated apples... As of 13:00, we had established that 42 people were affected as a result of the Russian attack on the Chernihiv Music and Drama Theatre. Five people were killed. 37 people were wounded, including 11 children. All of them are receiving medical assistance.”
UPDATE:
Ukraine’s Interior Ministry later reported that seven people were killed and 90 injured.
QUOTE from Klymenko:
“An unidentified woman. The death toll has risen to seven.
... 90 injured people have sought medical assistance. Among them are 10 police officers and 12 children. 25 people were hospitalized. A 12-year-old girl is being urgently transported to Kyiv by ambulance. The child is in critical condition.
A fire broke out on the roof of a building. Rescue workers quickly extinguished the fire. 20 investigative teams of Chernihiv police and two forensic laboratories are working at the scene.”
DETAILS:
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who left for Sweden, published a video from the scene.
“The square, the polytechnic university and the theatre. Russia turned an ordinary Saturday into a day of pain and loss. There are people who have been killed and wounded. My condolences to those who have lost their relatives,” Zelenskyy wrote on social media, commenting on the attack on the centre of Chernihiv.
The president promised to work on the greater world’s consolidation against Russian terror.
ARTICLE
H/T
At night at the station in Kursk there was a “cotton” (video)
8/19/2023, 9:19:06 PM
https://www.txtreport.com/news/2023-08-20-at-night-at-the-station-in-kursk-there-was-a-%22cotton%22-(video).ByzzMcJJT3.html
HIGHLIGHTS:
It is reported that the station was attacked by a drone. In the Russian city of Kursk at the station there was an explosion due to the arrival of an unknown UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle).
Law enforcement officers and firefighters began to arrive at the scene to extinguish the fire. Earlier it was reported that on August 19, the military department of the aggressor state announced the discovery of an aircraft-type unmanned vehicle on approach to Moscow. The drone struck at the Russian airfield “Soltsy” in the Novgorod region of the Russian Federation.
It is reported that the station was attacked by a drone.
In the Russian city of Kursk at the station there was an explosion due to the arrival of an unknown UAV.
This is reported by local Telegram channels.
It is reported that the city was attacked by an unknown drone. Footage published by local channels shows smoke forming over the station as a result of the explosion.
Law enforcement officers and firefighters began to arrive at the scene to extinguish the fire.
We will remind, earlier it was reported that on August 19, the military department of the aggressor state announced the discovery of an aircraft-type unmanned vehicle on approach to Moscow.
In addition, we previously reported that the drone struck at the Russian airfield “Soltsy” in the Novgorod region of the Russian Federation.
ARTICLE
Ukrainian pilots start training on F-16 fighters – Defense Minister
Ukrainska Pravda
STANISLAV POHORILOV
Saturday, 19 August 2023, 20:18
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/08/19/7416277/
Oleksii Reznikov, Minister of Defense of Ukraine, has said that Ukrainian pilots already started training on Western F-16 fighter jets, with a minimum training period of 6 months.
SOURCE: Reznikov in an interview with Channel 24
QUOTE from Reznikov: “Training on F-16s has already begun.”
DETAILS:
The minister says that in addition to pilots, a certain number of engineers and technicians are also taking part in the exercises.
Reznikov added that the instructors will report on the completion of these exercises when they see how Ukrainian pilots, engineers and technicians perceive new skills and interact with each other.
“This period of training will be spent on continuing the project so as to understand when we will receive the aircrafts – and, most importantly, how many,” Reznikov stressed.
“The minimum period for pilot training is 6 months,” the Minister of Defence of Ukraine added.
BACKGROUND:
-In mid-July, Ukraine signed a memorandum with its 11 partner states at the NATO Summit in Vilnius. The memorandum defines the conditions of training of Ukrainian pilots on the F-16 fighters.
-The training was scheduled to begin in August, but media reported the US had not approved the final training plan for a long time because European states have not agreed on all its details. On Friday, the Danish Ministry of Defence confirmed that Ukrainian training on F-16s would begin by the end of August.
On Friday, Jake Sullivan, the National Security Advisor to the President of the United States, confirmed Washington’s approval for the Netherlands and Denmark to deliver the F-16s to Ukraine after Ukrainian pilots complete their training.
And this is what you said in yesterday's "give us our daily thread:"
--- "Every other major country lives in peace except Russia."
Quite the assertion.
"8 Deadliest Wars of the 21st Century"
Source: https://www.britannica.com/list/8-deadliest-wars-of-the-21st-century"Category:21st-century conflicts"
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:21st-century_conflicts"List of battles in the 21st century"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_battles_in_the_21st_century"Where has the U.S. military intervened in the 21st century?"
Source: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/u-s-military-intervened-21st-century"Global conflicts: Death toll at highest in 21st century
Source: https://www.dw.com/en/global-conflicts-death-toll-at-highest-in-21st-century/a-66047287"21st Century Conflicts"
Source: https://www.helion.co.uk/periods/21st-century.php"U.S. Conflicts in the 21st Century [3 volumes]"
Source: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/us-conflicts-in-the-21st-century-3-volumes-9781440838781/"21st Century Conflicts: Afghanistan and Iraq"
Soucre: https://www.loc.gov/collections/veterans-history-project-collection/serving-our-voices/wars-in-iraq-and-afghanistan/21st-century-conflicts-afghanistan-and-iraq/"The U.S. and War in the 21st Century"
Source: https://www.c-span.org/video/?300284-1/us-war-21st-century
VIDEO: Partisans? saboteurs?
19 Aug: Russians Admit. Ukrainians STRIKE Russian Military Airfield and DESTROY 2 Supersonic Bombers
Divine Justice
172K subscribers
Aug 19, 2023 10:00 p.m. EDT- 11 minutes ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AzpHc2qMG0
Day 542: 19 Aug
Russians Admit. Ukrainians STRIKE Russian Military Airfield and DESTROY 2 Supersonic Bombers
In today’s agenda of the war between Russia and Ukraine, we will witness the historical attacks, explosions and fires that took place in Russia in the last 24 hours.
All these actions seriously affected the course of the war.
While UNEXPECTED events took place at the Novogorod military airbase between Moscow and St Petersburg, anxious hours were passing in the Russian capital.
In addition, the Russian people and army were witnessing a great chaos and desperation today with the striking explosions and actions in the Novorossiysk port on the Black Sea side of Russia, the Moscow Airports and the Novogorod Military Air Base.
Here are the unbelievable details of the last twenty-four hours that have suddenly blocked Russia.
Over the past few months, Russia has REPEATEDLY ACCUSED Ukraine of hitting occupied military targets on Russian soil, for which Kiev often does NOT take direct responsibility.
But Ukraine remained SILENT in the face of allegations that it targeted Crimean cities, the Kerch Bridge and some Russian cities.
Today, a brand new air raid on one of the most important military air bases in the Novogorod Oblast between Moscow and St. Petersburg has eclipsed these claims. All attention suddenly turned to this critical settlement, which is between the two most important cities of Russia.
Moscow reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine carried out a drone attack on a military airport in the Novgorod region of northern Russia. After these critical statements, tensions increased significantly in the region.
Images of the smoke rising from the military facility were posted on the internet. At least two Russian Tu-22M3s carrying X-22 missiles were destroyed in this stunning attack.
Officially, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu acknowledged damage to an aircraft. It is possible that the Russian Ministry of Defense has traditionally underestimated their losses. Because, residents of the Novogorod region and some Russian media reported that at least two planes were on fire.
According to data from international services, the Tu-22M3 long-range supersonic missile bombers, which were not damaged at the Russian military base in Novogorod after the attack, were dispatched to Olenya, Murmansk Region.
In total, according to the monitoring groups, there were about 10 Tu-22M3 units at the airport.
While Russia bombed Mariupol city of Donetsk in 2022, Tupolev deployed these Tu-22M3 type warplanes to Novogorod military base.
Although the Russians acted comfortably in this regard, thinking that the Ukrainians have not attacked this military base or Novogorod until now, the shocking attacks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces have also destroyed these taboos of Russia.
So why did the Russians think that the Ukrainian forces would not target Novgorod?
The Novgorod region lies between Moscow and St Petersburg and unlike Russia’s border regions has not been targeted since the beginning of the war. According to local media reports, the airspace targeted in the attack was in the town of Soltsy, about 80 miles southwest of the region’s capital, Veliky Novgorod. The distance from the borders of Ukraine to Soltsy is at least 675 km.
The Russians thought that this distance would not pose a great danger. But in fact, Ukrainians have Soviet-era jet-powered UAVs with a range that can exceed 1000 kilometers.
In addition, with regard to UAVs, Ukrainians have the capacity to reach much more than such distances with local production and Western support.
We think that the fact that Novogorod has not been targeted until now has pushed the Russians not to take any action in this regard, but Ukraine seems to have managed to teach Moscow a historical lesson with surprise attacks.
Novogorod is not the only place where Russia has learned lessons on the Ukrainian attacks. Russian cities are almost completely on fire these days. Ukraine ‘s attacks this time hit the heart of Russia. Explosions were also heard yesterday in Odintsovo, Trekhgorka and Krasnogorsk near Moscow. It was stated that the cause of the explosions was drone attacks.
For the first time, all Moscow airports were closed due to the drone attack. It is reported that the work of all four airports in Moscow is currently completely suspended. Due to the closure of Vnukovo, Domodedovo, Sheremetyevo and Zhukovsky airports, the routes of seven flights have changed.
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