Posted on 08/28/2023 6:28:27 PM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
Update from Ukraine | The battle for the South Ukraine Expands the counterattack | Ruzzia loses it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXmHG0EZsQY
The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the recent developments on the battlefield, as of 26th August 2023 – 22:00 (Kyiv time).
https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-549-summary/ [two summaries per week, released on Wednesday and Sunday]
*** Great interactive maps with viewer controlled Map magnification tool to use for each Front!
https://militaryland.net/maps/
VIDEOS
1. AFTER THE FALL OF ROBOTYNE, RUSSIAN FLANKS ARE EXPOSED, THEY HAVE NO DEFENSE || 2023
Warthog Defense
602K subscribers
8-28-2023 1:00 p.m. EDT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKVghgD_s3I
2. Ukrainians breaking through the front | Military Mind
TVP World
413K subscribers
8-28-2023 Premiered 4:15 p.m. EDT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxIg9BhBPIY
Should Robotyne and the area be retaken entirely, the front might collapse there. The Ukrainians are hoping that the Russians will try to keep their supply lines open as long as possible and doing so will make it impossible for them to mine the area before their retreat.
28 Aug: Russians Panic! Ukrainians ENTER the 2nd Defense Line. Main Russian DEFENSE BREACHED
Divine Justice
8-28-2023 10:00 p.m. EDC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SLrSqJMYdA
28 Aug: Russians Panic! Ukrainians ENTER the 2nd Defense Line. Main Russian DEFENSE BREACHED
The Ukrainian Armed Forces have brought the war to a critical stage.
The Russians are stuck in a mind-boggling stalemate both on the southern Ukrainian front lines and near the Crimean peninsula.
As Kiev concentrates its offensive on these front lines, Putin continues to pour troops into southern Ukraine in a last gamble.
Right now, especially in the Zaporizhia-Dnipro-Kherson triangle and from Tokmak to Melitopol, Russia has amassed a massive contingent of around 100,000 troops. These included many soldiers from the 7th Airborne Brigade, the 810th Marines, the 100th Reconnaissance Brigade, the 1430th and 1431st Brigades of the Russian army.
This unit was Putin’s last chance on Ukrainian territory.
The Ukrainian side, on the other hand, chose to take the battlefield with only 30,000 troops against this large Russian contingent.
Kiev had no hesitation about this.
The 30,000-strong Ukrainian contingent did not break Kiev’s confidence and managed to bring the 100,000-strong Russian army to its knees.
The biggest factor was the use of Western battle tanks, armored vehicles and other military equipment by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the front lines, especially in Zaporizhia.
You know that Ukraine’s elite paratroopers are still in this region and are providing very strong support to the clashes.
This Ukrainian airborne brigade has a large number of western combat vehicles.
This is why the Russians, even with 100,000 troops, are unable to stop the Ukrainian advance.
Despite the massive Russian buildup in and around Zaporizhia, Ukraine’s highly anticipated counter-offensive has been going on for days, with clashes intensifying on the southern fronts.
Many Russian military bloggers are now painting a bleak picture of the situation of Moscow’s forces on the front line in the southern regions.
One of the most prominent of them, WarGonzo, reports that the Ukrainians have gained a foothold in Robotyne and are attacking heavily shelled Novoprokopivka.
In addition, Ukrainian forces launched a parallel attack on the Verbove area in the east, amid heavy artillery fire in both directions.
Troops of Russia’s 58th Combined Arms Army claimed that Ukrainian western armored vehicles were massing in these critical areas.
The biggest concern for Russia at the moment is the Robotyne settlement.
The Kadyrov Detachments near Zaporizhia, fighting on behalf of Russia, painted a similar hopeless picture for Russia in this enclave.
Ukraine’s use of its air force to protect the advancing infantry and the delivery of more ammunition supplies to the Mala Tokmachka area only added to Russian despair.
With the odds stacked against Moscow, the Russians tried one last time to hold on to Robotino’s positions. This was not surprising.
Robotino was in fact a pillar on the border between the first and second lines of defense of the Russian army. Therefore, the strategic location of this settlement was vital for both sides of the war.
Russia, for its part, could not bear the pain of losing this settlement.
But earlier this week the Ukrainians announced that they had secured the village of Robotyne.
Yevgeniy Balitskiy, the Russian-appointed governor of Zaporizhia, reported that the Ukrainians had managed to reach the first line of defense, consisting of engineering barriers in the area extending beyond Robotyne towards Tokmak.
In addition, the Washington DC-based Institute for the Study of War has stated in its latest assessment that Ukrainian forces have also breached the second Russian defense line in the Roboyne area.
In other words, Ukrainian forces were working wonders in the areas south of Robotyne and close to this front line, breaking through the two main Russian defense lines.
The Russian second line of defense here was 15-20 km deep, while the first line of defense was on average 5 km deep.
In other words, the Ukrainians broke through a total of 25 kilometers of Russian defenses.
With the destruction of a Russian defense line three times deeper than the one the Ukrainians had breached for two and a half months, the Russian command had real cause for concern.
Meanwhile, in the critical area between Robotyne and Tokmak, the clashes continued fiercely.
In fact, after breaking through the first Russian defense line, Ukrainian forces eliminated a huge Russian detachment in the direction of Tokmak in just one night.
Following this critical offensive, Ukrainian authorities shared important assessments that the Russians had become much more alarmed.
Denial is t just a river in Egypt Mom. It is over, the Ukraine is dead. Stick a fork in it .
You can win the war through your memes! You keep doing you. Lol
Jez is so purty.
*snort*
VIDEO
How enemy infantry did not notice Ukrainian attack aircraft - OC “North”. VIDEO
Censor.NET War
28.08.23 18:42
https://censor.net/en/v3440097
The enemy infantry did not notice the assault group of soldiers of the 30th Separate Mechanised Brigade named after Prince Kostiantyn Ostrozkyi, which was heading towards the Russian positions. As a result, the occupiers were eliminated.
VIDEO LINK: https://storage2.censor.net/video/3/280823_hdf.mp4
The North Operational Command posted a video on its Twitter page showing our soldiers destroying enemy infantry, Censor.NET reports.
2. Gunners from “HIMARS” anti-aircraft missile system destroyed “Msta-S” enemy self-propelled guns in Zaporizhzhia. VIDEO
Censor.NET
28.08.23 14:48
Source: https://censor.net/en/v3440044
Ukrainian soldiers destroyed a Russian Msta-S self-propelled artillery system in the Zaporizhzhia directionwith the help of the US HIMARS multiple rocket launcher.
According to Censor.NET, a video of the attack was published on the Butusov Plus channel.
VIDEO LINK: https://storage2.censor.net/video/3/280823_him.mp4
“In the Zaporizhzhia direction, Ukrainian artillery tracked down and destroyed another Russian 152-mm 2S19 Msta-S self-propelled artillery system. The howitzer, which was firing at our positions, was discovered near a forest belt and covered with HIMARS,” the commentary to the recording reads.
ARTICLE
Occupiers continue to prepare for mobilization of population in occupied territories of southern Ukraine,
Center of National Resistance
28.08.23 13:42
News Censor.NET War in Ukraine
Source: https://censor.net/en/n3440028
The Russian invaders created “draft boards” in the temporarily occupied territories of southern Ukraine and forced men to register for military service in fake structures.
This is reported by Censor.NET with reference to the Center of National Resistance.
“Yes, the deployment of the “draft boards” is currently underway in the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions. At the same time, the Russians are already warning the male population about the need to register with fake structures,” the report says.
As noted, according to preliminary data, from 2024 registration in the “draft boards” will become mandatory. The next stage will be forced mobilization, as is already happening in eastern Ukraine and Crimea.
The CNR emphasizes that the mobilization of the population of the occupied territories is a violation of international law and everyone involved in the process will bear responsibility.
Juice won’t be flying F16’s.
The Ghost got ghosted.
Napoleon, Churchill and Alexander the Great were only 5’6”.
What’s your point?
VIDEO WITH SUMMARIZED COMMENTARY
28 Aug: Nice. Ukrainians TRACK DOWN AND DEMOLISH A RUSSIAN COLUMN | War in Ukraine Explained
Reporting from Ukraine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgJLAMI25H0
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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 five hundred fifty first day of the war.
Day 551: Aug 28
Today, there are a lot of developments in the south.
First of all, when it comes to the main axis of Ukrainian advancement, today, more information became available about the recent front-line penetration in the fields. Geolocated footage indicates that Ukrainians not only moved a little bit south and consolidated control over the newly captured positons but also widened the bridgehead. And this is extremely important because, as you can see, even though Ukrainians got deeper, the pathway was much narrower, increasing the risk of a devastating flank attack. Despite the fact that Russian forces are on the defensive, they are actively conducting counterattacks.
In order to secure their flanks, Ukrainians allocated their forces for the eastward movement inside the bridgehead. As a result, Ukrainians moved on average 1.5 km in the direction of Romanivske, fixed Russian troops around Verbove by forcing them to be on the defensive instead of planning counterattacks, which gave greater freedom of movement for those forces that were preparing to storm Novoprokopivka.
Judging by the achieved progress, it looks like Ukrainians will try to engulf the settlement from the east. It is true that Ukrainians will shortly bump into the second line of defense here and, therefore, likely stop gaining ground easily, however, it will simplify the storming operation of Novoprokopivka significantly and undermine the Russian supply line towards their positions west of Robotyne.
Recently released footage shows how Ukrainians are storming Russian trenches and fortifications near Novoprokopivka. As you can see, the intensity of the fighting is extremely high, and Ukrainians have to constantly deal with the never-ending flow of Russian troops.
But gradually, Ukrainians are pushing the contact line further and further. As can be seen from other videos, many positions that Ukrainians recently had to storm and lose their vehicles are already in the rear, and Ukrainians can use these positions for keeping personnel for rotation and even accumulation of forces prior to the planned powerful attacks.
In order to alleviate the pressure on Ukrainian assault units and make their job easier, Ukrainian reconnaissance drone operators are surveilling the area non-stop with the goal of identifying and destroying Russian reinforcements. Recently released footage shows how Ukrainians spotted a Russian column and, in coordination with artillery crews, unleashed fire on the road. After seeing how the head of the convoy got under fire, some Russian drivers tried to turn around and flee. Unfortunately for the Russians, the artillery was ready to cover the whole road, so by trying to turn around, the driver slowed down the movement and ensured the destruction of more vehicles.
Ukrainian operators of assault drones are also focused on Novoprokopivka. Because they do not rely on artillery support, they can react and destroy small groups of forces much more efficiently. Judging by the released footage, these drones primarily targeted infantry in the tree lines. In the meantime, drone operators from the 46th Brigade focused on destroying Russian armored fighting vehicles and personnel carriers that were delivering soldiers to the contact line.
Finally, geolocated footage also shows how Ukrainian artillery is shelling Russian positions in the forest right above Novoprokopivka. And this is extremely important because it indicates that Ukrainians are preparing to storm this sector. If Ukrainians manage to establish full control over this small forest, then they will be able to control the road to Robotyne, preventing any Russian raids on the village and also controlling Novoprokopivka from above.
Russian sources reported that Ukrainians started using their aviation much more frequently as well. So far, the main purpose of using fighter jets was destroying Russian air defense systems and electronic warfare systems with HARM rockets. The immediate benefit of these actions will be received by the drone detachments, as they will be able to fly drones more freely and attack Russian forces concentrations located far behind the front line. And as we have seen today, drone detachments have destroyed or helped to destroy staggering numbers of Russian personnel and equipment.
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Title says it all!
POINT LEADERSHIP:
Zelenskyy Stature of LEADERSHIP vs Putin’s twenty years of poisonings, shootings, falls from windows and now possibly plane crashes.
PUTIN the thug
1. Twenty years of ruthlessness: how Russia has silenced Putin’s opponents
Sun 27 Aug 2023 03.00 EDT
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/27/history-killing-how-russia-has-silenced-putins-opponents
2. Crimes Of The Kremlin - Trailer
Journeyman Pictures
2.21M subscribers
32,420 views Mar 13, 2008
A mind-blowing exposé of political crime in Russia. We trail drug running, murder and political assassinations by the President’s men, revealing the astounding campaign of terror which allowed Putin to gain and maintain the Presidency.
[Crimes Of The Kremlin - Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yQwv9YP5HA&t=138s]
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“Russia’s slow march towards democracy was never going to be easy. But in recent months, that process seems to have taken a step backwards. This week, we’re bringing back a mind-blowing exposé of political crime in Russia. We trail drug running, murder and political assassinations by the President’s men, revealing the astounding campaign of terror which allowed Putin to gain and maintain the Presidency. Disturbing and pertinent viewing.”
Comment #30 has nothing to say about physical stature. Both men are about the same height. It has everything to say about world stature and public opinion. Putin has lost a lot of his. I was listening to an African politician a few days, and he was saying Africans now realize that Russia is a very weak power. On the other hand Zelenskyy’s stature continues to grow. He will be at the UN in New York soon, whereas Putin has to stay home so he does not get arrested for the kidnapping of all those Ukrainian children.
Slavo U Craynee!!!!™
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