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Update from Ukraine | Ukraine Starts Attack on Horlivka | Ruzzia lost the moment
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Order of Battle Deep Dive – 110th Mechanized Brigade November 19, 2023
https://militaryland.net/news/order-of-battle-deep-dive-110th-mechanized-brigade/ 110th Mechanized Brigade is a mechanized brigade of Ukrainian Ground Forces, formed shortly after the Russian full-scale invasion. (Excerpt)
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Assault operation. The armored group dismantles the fortifications of the occupiers. Battalion K-2.
Combat group K-2 54th brigade
532K subscribers
11-20-2023 11:45 a.m. EST
11.05 Minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwVPV5t—Xk
This video series will consist of three parts. In the first part, the commander of the armored group “Nomad” will share the details of the operation, planning, preparation and details of battle tactics. How they repelled the landing from the occupiers - more details in the video.
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Russian prisoner of war about torture among his own: “They cut off his arms, legs, and then his head for trying to escape”. VIDEO
Censor.NET War
20.11.23 19:40
https://censor.net/en/v3456692
Russian invader Roman Gribko was captured by the Defense Forces of Ukraine near Klishchiivka. He says that he was in prison before the war.
As he ended up at the front, the prisoner told our soldiers about the torture for refusing to comply with the order and the hell that the Russian army arranges for his own soldiers, Censor.NET reports.
VIDEO LINK- https://storage2.censor.net/video/3/201123_arags.mp4
“During the training exercises, the commander was beaten and then shot. And the guy who wanted to run away was shot, his hands were cut off and tourniquets were applied so that he would survive. Then they cut off his legs and head,” the prisoner said.
VIDEO
Ukrainian Forces CROSSED THE DNIPRO Near Kherson
UATV English
404K subscribers
11-20-2023 1:30 p.m. EST
5:12 Minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SM6knL7UM0
The Ukrainian Defense Forces have forced the left bank of Dnipro to build bridgeheads. While Russian troops keep trying to encircle Avdiivka and suffer huge losses, Ukrainians advance in other directions. It is also necessary to continue joint efforts to return all our abducted children to Ukraine.
VIDEO
“They struck us, everywhere is on fire” - Convoy bringing aid to Russians was shelled in Luhansk
Kanal13
1.59M subscribers
11-20-2023 5:00 p.m. EST
1:35 Minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6SMlq8iG5I
Russia has not won either. No on is saying they failed because they have not won, sued for peace, declared a end to the war, etc. Zaluzhny admitted the Ukrainian offensive did not go as planned. In that way they failed - go ahead, call all the names and make all the jokes you want. Russia still has not won. The war is still going on. What pro-Russian commentators are missing is that Zaluzhny admitted his mistakes and Ukraine is trying to correct them. Russia is back to high casualty human wave attacks and drone strikes that accomplished little for them. Russia has not fixed any of its major problems, and can not fix them. Russia has no plan to win.
I am going to point out some hypocrisy here. Before Russia invaded Ukraine, people like Haass used to be persona nom grata here. Look up his keyword haass or richardhaass. When he was in the State Department, he helped withhold information from President W Bush that North Korea was reprocessing plutonium. North Korea's announcement caught the White House and the DOD by surprise, because those in the State Department who knew, including Haass, did not tell them. After Russia invaded, all of a sudden entrenched DC types that for the last 20 years wore out their welcome to conservatives, and in some cases, the political left, are now our respected senior experts on everything. I don't get it.
I believe Russia achieves much of their objective if they maintain the land they took. Appears they’re doing that.
Russia is going for a repeat of last winter. By their actions, they still want more. The more they want is all of Ukraine.
VIDEO COMMENTARY
20 Nov: NICE. Ukrainians SET UP PONTOON BRIDGES FOR OFFENSIVE OPERATION | War in Ukraine Explained
Reporting from Ukraine
439K subscribers
11-21-2023 1:45 a.m. EST
5:31 Minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8iTxjYGztE
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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-thirty-fifth day of the war.
Day 635: Nov 20
Today, there are a lot of updates from the Kherson region.
Here, Ukrainian forces focused on developing their success in Krynky even further, and according to Russian sources, they recently deployed additional units and launched a series of powerful attacks.
If you still remember, last time, I told you that Russians gathered their forces to squash the Ukrainian foothold and unsuccessfully tried to attack them with tanks from the northeast and with infantry from the south. Today, more information has become available about how Ukrainians managed to get the upper hand and regain the initiative despite having less heavy equipment than Russians.
The initial setting was extremely tough because Russians shelled the Ukrainian bridgehead non-stop and frequently used the devastating power of thermobaric artillery systems to make the area untenable for Ukrainians. This was the first and the main problem that Ukrainians prioritized solving.
Ukrainians knew the biggest weakness of the Russian thermobaric artillery and it was its short range of around 5 kilometers. Ukrainians understood that they did not need to look far to find it and gave the order to drone operators to hunt them down. Given the general direction of fire and the local roads, it was quite obvious that Russians quickly drove up, made a salvo, and escaped.
Unfortunately for Russians, Ukrainians deployed heavy assault octocopters Baba Yaga in the region. Recently released footage shows that TOS-1 was helpless in the face of the drone attack, the octocopter dropped all mines precisely on the target and destroyed it. Later, Russian soldiers released a picture showing the aftermath.
Once the short-range artillery was suppressed, as Russians were discouraged from getting these valuable assets close to the region, Ukrainians started suppressing long-range artillery. Ukrainians anticipated the Russian attack to be launched any time, so the counterbattery fire needed to be provided quickly and needed to be precise. Ukrainian special forces operating reconnaissance drones and HIMARS took the task and started destroying Russian “Grads”.
In the meantime, Ukrainian soldiers were attacked from multiple sides. In order to undermine the Russian offensive capabilities, the Ukrainian special force also conducted a series of HIMARS strikes on the outskirts of Krynky, where the Russian infantry was waiting to join the armored units.
Ukrainian drone operators unveiled hidden equipment and destroyed several tanks that were hidden under garbage. Later, some Russian sources also released a video showing the remnants of the armored fighting vehicles participating in the mechanized assault.
Even though the attack was rebuffed, some Russian sources claimed that it was partially successful because Ukrainians were pushed out of the forest. Some analysts claimed that by recapturing positions on the outer edge of the forest, Russians established total fire control over the central part of the village, further pushing Ukrainians back into the islands.
Ukrainian soldiers rebuffed these claims by posting a video showing how they were walking inside the settlement. Russian sources started backtracking and claimed that Ukrainians conducted a counterattack and recaptured Russian positions in the forest, however, the Ukrainian side claimed that they are present in the forest because they never left it. In fact, according to the latest updates, Ukrainians have reinforced the region and amplified the offensive operation in the forest, successfully establishing control over several more Russian strongpoints.
The president of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky praised the efforts of the marines and gave some encouragement. Russian sources reported that despite continuous Russian attempts to undermine Ukrainian logistics, Ukrainians somehow managed to improve it even more by creating at least two more pontoon bridges near Krynky. Russian analysts said that under the cover of artillery fire, Ukrainians are effectively conducting rotation and replenishing the supplies. The analysts concluded that Ukrainians will definitely increase the pressure in the near future.
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VIDEO
Russian officers shoot retreating soldiers as Ukrainian troops make gains in Zaporizhizhia
Kanal13
1.59M subscribers
11-21-2023 1:15 a.m. EST
1.35 Minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVranv-drzA
Ukrainian troops made gains in the western parts of the Zaporizhzhia region, near the town of Novoprokopivka and Rivne of Robotyne. Russian sources claimed that Ukrainian forces also attacked near Verbove, and Kopani. Many sources claimed that poor weather and visibility are disrupting offensive operations there.
The Ukrainian army said that it has pushed Russian forces back “3 to 8 kilometres” from the banks of Dnipro river, which if confirmed would be the first meaningful advance by Kyiv’s forces months into a disappointing counteroffensive.
Meanwhile, Moscow’s troops continued offensives in the area and reportedly made some small advances. Russian military bloggers made unverified claims that Russian units recaptured a section of the N08 Orikhiv-Polohy-Bilmak highway near Novofedorivka, northeast of Robotyne.
There were also additional, unverified reports of Russian officers shooting their own soldiers in the region who refused to fight. Bihusinfo investigative project reported this.
Along those same lines, the Ukrainian Tavriisk Group of Forces Spokesperson Colonel Oleksandr Shtupun said that “the numbers of Russian deserters and personnel who refuse to conduct offensive operations are increasing, causing Russian commanders to use physical force and barrier troops to push Russian forces to fight”.
How many square miles of Black Sea surface does Ukraine now control versus the number of land square miles in Ukraine that Russia now controls? I would say it seems Ukraine has gained control of a lot more Black Sea area since the 2022 invasion, than Russia currently retains after it’s big losses when it failed to capture Kiev. How many square miles did Russia have to give up in the initial retreat in early 2022.
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Interesting. Illarionov reports Putin began plans to attack Georgia 9 years before that happened and he began plans to attack Ukraine in 2003. Putin is a very careful planner. Also, Putin has violated every important agreement he has signed and would do the same with any future agreements, like for peace.
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No more American Weapons or money for Corrupt Ukraine.
Russia will not be going for much more. They’re mostly in a defensive posture and Ukraine is not advancing. They’ve about run out of people to do it. I know our current leaders don’t want it but it’s past time for a cease fire.
They’re at a dead end. Did you even watch the video?
I see no need to keep funding the corrupt Ukraine.
“formerly a Senior Policy Adviser during Putin’s early period as President.”
“formerly”
“formerly a Senior Policy Adviser during Putin’s early period as President.”
Yes!
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