VIDEOS
1. MORTARS Hit Russians in the Luhansk Region. Gramova Reports
UATV English
403K subscribers
11-9-2023 5:00 p.m. EST
2:38 Minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDrb2_fB3SE
This front-line section was liberated from the Russians some time ago. Now, Ukrainian defenders hold the line as most furious battles occur in the Avdiivka sector. See the report about a mortar crew.
2. Ukraine-Russia war: FPV drone strike demolishes Russian artillery units
The Sun
4.54M subscribers
11-9-2023 6:00 p.m. EST
1:00 Minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23Qbj8Kf3HM
THIS footage was released by the 103rd Territorial Defense Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and shows soldiers flying FPV drones at Russian artillery units.
3. Russian army units destroyed by HIMARS missiles in Ukrainian counterattack
Kanal13
1.6M subscribers
11-9-2023 7:00 p.m. EST
1:51 Minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgfZfq44dYI
Ukrainian soldiers targeted a cluster of Russian invaders in the southern direction. Fighters launched rockets from M142 HIMARS Multiple Launch Rocket System. A video recording of a direct hit on the occupiers was published on social networks.
It should be noted that, Ukraine has extensively employed HIMARS on the battlefield and recently began using the long-range ATACMS after they were delivered by the U.S. in mid-October. HIMARS, officially known as M142 High-Mobility Artillery Rocket System, is one of the premier multiple-launch rocket systems of the United States. By equipping the military with firepower on wheels, the rocket launcher has played a dynamic role in major conflicts around the world.
HIMARS is designed to incorporate the firepower of Multiple Launch Rocket System on a wheeled vehicle. From the development stage, it aims to provide the U.S. military with a mobile, survivable, precise, and combat-proven rocket launcher, addressing some of the lacking features of other Multiple Launch Rocket System.
In addition, Ukraine has received other long-range precision missiles from its allies, including the Storm Shadow from the U.K. and their equivalent, SCALP-EG, from France. The missiles have been used to strike deep behind Russian lines, targeting ammunition depots, command posts, or military equipment storage facilities.
COMMENTARY VIDEO
09 Nov: SECOND ATTEMPT FAILED. Russians Lost 500 Men PER DAY to Take 2 Fields. | War in Ukraine
Reporting from Ukraine
433K subscribers
Nov 10, 2023 12:15 p.m. EST
4:55 Minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8pr13bQP1I
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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 six hundred twenty fourth day of the war.
Day 624: Nov 09
Today, there are a lot of updates from the Avdiivka direction.
Here, Russian forces continued conducting their offensive operation with the goal of taking Avdiivka into a pocket. The main focus of their offensive effort became the northern part of the region.
After Russian forces entered the Terrikon, they tried to leverage these tactical heights to penetrate defenses along the northern edge of the town. The main goal was to establish control over the chemical plant because this way, Russians would be able to completely cut off all supply roads to the settlement. Unfortunately for Russians, the Terrikon did not help much in this endeavor.
The first reason why Russians struggled to develop the bridgehead lies in the fact that the roads to Terrikon are under total fire control. As you can see, the entrances are located mostly from the Ukrainian side, so getting troops on top of the heap is extremely difficult for Russians.
Secondly, those Russians who manage to get on top suffer from the drone attacks from the fighters of the one-hundred-tenth Mechanized Brigade, for which they became quite notorious. In fact, Russian military analysts claimed that the devastating effects of the Ukrainian drone strikes are amplified by a severe shortage of electronic warfare complexes in this direction.
Moreover, establishing fire control over Ukrainian positions is difficult because the captured Ukrainian machine gun positions and fortifications are obviously located on the other side of the mount. And establishing new positions is challenging because of the shape of the heap, which would expose Russians to fire from the chemical plant.
That is why Russians attacked along the tree lines without the fire support from above. A Ukrainian soldier filmed a video several weeks ago of the view of the chemical plant from Terrikon. As you can see, the chemical plant is quite tall and stands above the mount.
Ukrainian fighters that are defending the chemical plant recently released a video showing how they are carrying a machine gun to eliminate the newly arrived batch. So far, Ukrainians have managed to stabilize the situation in this region, as Russians realized that the prospects of taking the chemical plant are currently non-existent and shifted their focus away.
Nonetheless, the loss of Terrikon was not without consequences for the Ukrainian defense. As mentioned previously, Terrikon allowed Ukrainians to exert significant control over the fields near Krasnohorivka, as all tanks and armored fighting vehicles were in direct view of the ATGM crews. The loss of Terrikon, therefore, undermined the Ukrainians defense along the tree lines. Russian forces understood it and increased the number of attacks across the fields.
Ukrainian Tavriisk Group of Forces Spokesman Oleksandr Shtupun stated that Russian forces in the Avdiivka area lose more than half a thousand troops per day. Ukrainian fighters from the forty-seventh Mechanized Brigade, who are operating along the railways, reported that the numbers are overwhelming. Another fighter said that even though 80 out of 100 Russian soldiers are killed on the approach, the remaining 20 that do get to the Ukrainian positions present a huge threat.
As a result, over the last 2 weeks, Russian forces managed to establish control over the railway station and the main Ukrainian strong point located at the intersection of the tree lines. Combat footage from the region shows that Ukrainians are constantly conducting counterattacks and are not allowing Russians to entrench along the whole tree line.
The latest updates suggest that the second wave of the Russian attacks ended as they ran out of troops. This presents a small window for Ukrainians to counterattack and improve their defenses because Russians will definitely launch the third wave of attacks. According to Ukrainian Intelligence, Russians have relocated 2 new brigades for the offensive in this region.
In the first 2 waves of the offensive, Russians managed to pass 2 tree lines at the cost of 200 pieces of equipment and around 10000 soldiers. Some sources say that Russians allocated 40000 soldiers as reserves for the offensive operation in Avdiivka. So if Ukrainians manage to maintain such a high cost for each field crossed, then this offensive may fail, just like in Vuhledar.
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