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VIDEO: WAR COMMENTARY SUMMATION 02 Feb: Ukrainians CONDUCT A SUCCESSFUL COUNTER ATTACK. Russian Gains REDUCED TO ZERO. War in Ukraine Explained Reporting from Ukraine 463K subscribers 2-2-2024 5:00 Minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh5ecYbONTs
I am Ukrainian. My country has been invaded by Russia. In this video I will tell you what happened on the seven-hundred-ninth day of the war.
Day 709: Feb 02
Today, there are a lot of updates about the battle near Vuhledar.
But first of all, more information became available about the combined strike on Crimea. Russian sources reported that Ukrainians tricked the Russian air defense system by first launching decoy rockets. Once the Russian air defense started shooting them down and revealed their positions, Ukrainians launched anti-radar HARM rockets. These rockets are designed to pick up signals from working radars and destroy them, so Russians basically had to either switch the radars off or take a risk and try to intercept these rockets before they destroy the radars. For Ukrainians, it did not matter what Russians decided to do – the air defense was busy, creating a perfect opportunity to launch Storm Shadow missiles. Ukrainian Air Force Spokesman stated that based on the eulogies of Russian soldiers and other reports, at least 3 aircraft and 2 facilities with personnel were destroyed, including Russian general Oleksandr Tatarenko. Moreover, Ukrainians conducted a simultaneous marine drone strike on the Russian Fleet. As a result, 3 drones successfully hit a Russian missile carrier, which promptly went to the bottom of the sea. Such a massive and successful combined strike caused huge discontent in the Russian media space. Russian analysts criticized the overpraised S-400 air defense systems that were supposed to create an iron dome above Crimea and the continuous failure to protect the radars as well as military objects.
Another point of concern for the Russian analysts became the disastrous Russian offensive operation near Vuhledar. Vuhledar became notorious a long time ago because multiple Russian brigades were completely annihilated here, achieving zero territorial gains. In the most recent offensive operation, Russian forces tried to implement a new plan and bypass Vuhledar from the north. In order to achieve this goal, the main target became Novomykhailivka.
The operation started from demining the fields and attacking Ukrainian strongpoints around the settlement. At first, Russian forces managed to achieve some success on the southern flank, and the main reason for such a big jump was the lack of strongpoints. As you can see, there is a small river going through the settlements, creating several lines of swamps between the fields. Ukrainians had a series of small unit-size defenses in the tree lines, however, the main defense belt was located right in front of the village – more precisely, 2 farms, a cemetery, and main road intersections.
By leveraging 3 settlements under their control, Russian forces were launching one mechanized attack after another from all sides, forcing Ukrainians to withdraw to the main defense belt. Russian sources reported that the battle for Novomykhailivka had started as Russians reached the outskirts. Since Russian forces on the northern flank were substantially lagging behind, the only way to collapse Ukrainian defense was by penetrating the settlement from the south and cutting off supplies. Geolocated footage showed that Russians managed to take control of several strongpoints and get a foothold, and started preparing to storm the settlement.
Despite devastating shelling and the use of heavy thermobaric systems, Russians failed to undermine the Ukrainian defense, and Russian forces on the outskirts were slowly killed. Once the garrison was liquidated, Ukrainian fighters from the 79th Airmobile Brigade conducted a powerful second wave of counterattacks and pushed the front line back by more than 2 kilometers, forcing Russians to start the whole operation from scratch.
The only positions that Russians managed to maintain were south of the swamp. Russian forces decided to leverage the natural obstacle in the form of the swamp as a shield against possible Ukrainian flank attacks and expand westward. Russians created a powerful assault unit consisting of 4 tanks, 10 armored fighting vehicles, and around 150 soldiers and launched an attack. Unfortunately for Russians, Ukrainians ambushed the column with drones.
Geolocated footage shows that Russian forces sustained about a company’s worth of heavy armored vehicle losses during assaults in the area. The Ukrainian General Staff reported that only in this attack Russian forces lost 2 tanks and 7 armored fighting vehicles.
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Yes indeed. It takes all the you know what’s of a brass monkey.
Freepers often make replies to themselves. There is no rule at FR, against that practice.
All Freepers are subject to Jim Robinson's code of conduct, but some Freepers continue to make personal attacks using words to belittle, demean, and pounce upon other Freepers' personal character.
When all Freepers are admonished to not engage in such inflammatory terms.
Code of Conduct posted on 01/24/2021 11:31:27 AM PST by Jim Robinson
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Jim Robinson has indicated that he opposes U.S. involvement in the Russia v. Ukraine war. But he did not say, that Freepers who agree with him, may disregard his code of conduct and badger other posters.
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Because it’s a hyper-corrupt oligarchy that differs from Russia only in scale.
I see.
Number of Russian nuclear warheads targeting America's heartland: Thousands upon thousands.
Ukraine: ZERO.
Number of times Russia has actually threatened to use those nukes against the West in the past two years, alone: MULTIPLE TIMES.
Ukraine: ZERO.
Number of peaceful, neighboring countries Russia has invaded and either outright annexed or reduced to vassal states with puppet regimes since Putin came to power: At least three (depends upon your definition).
Ukraine: ZERO.
Number of times Russia has demanded the right to have a say in which countries may join NATO: MULTIPLE TIMES.
Ukraine: ZERO.
The military threat potential (and demonstrable eagerness to deploy that potential against the West) of Ukraine is negligible when compared to Russia's. It is thus ridiculous to compare the two, and there is thus absolutely no reason for the U.S. to "breathe a sigh of relief" were Ukraine to lose.
Whereas every patriotic American would kneel and say a prayer of thanks to God if Russia were to be defeated.
For you to say that, in a fight between an ELEPHANT and a MOUSE, you hope that they BOTH lose is deceitfuland disingenuous; the odds are vastly against the mouse.
Further, the West can most certainly affect the outcome. Without Western aid, Ukraine would most likely lose. With Western aid, she has a fighting chance.
If Putin's Russia loses - if Putin is humiliated, and Russian troops forced to return to Moscow - the world will be a safer place.
If Ukraine loses, on the other hand, Putin will simply set his sights on his next victim.
Regards,
None of your Youke propaganda sites are run by men or women who are in the combat areas or on the ground in the "hot" areas of Youcrayne. The vast majority of them aren't even in Youcrayne but in the USA.
The sites whose propaganda you blast-post are simply cash-generating war porn sites which funnel blood money into the pockets of their owners and affiliates. Freeper "Worldtraveler," a person you describe as "evil" because they dismantle the veracity of the tripe you post, has documented that fact, in detail, many times here.
Nice try at justifying the unjustifiable; of attempting to manufacture a lie via obfuscation and omission of facts. Typical of you.
No sale.
You are at liberty to ignore them, if they bother you. (I routinely ignore threads about, e.g., football - but have never felt the need to complain.)
Also: Because the biggest, most-dangerous land war in Europe since the conclusion of WWII is currently underway, and in danger of spreading. Because Putin has violated the principle of the inviolability of international boundaries in Europe established at the close of WWII. Because Putin is a monster who has caused the deaths of many hundreds of thousands of people, and that is slightly more important than arguing about NFL line-ups.
Again: You are free to simply ignore these threads if they interfere with your enjoyment of talk about baseball scores.
Regards,
Regards,
Then don't look.
There are hundreds of articles uploaded here at Free Republic about - dunno - gardening tips, football players, computer hacks. They don't interest me, so I ignore them.
Go ye forth and do likewise!
Regards,
Sorry, when a video includes paid product sponsorships, videos have been financed in whole or in part by a company, WITHOUT integrating the brand, message, or product directly into the content.
I object to the spread of disinformation by some. The sites I access provide quality information which some individuals resent.
UKRAINE ENERGY SECURITY
UPDATE: Situation of energy system
“There was a surplus of electricity in the Ukrainian power system – the surplus was transferred to the power system of Poland; electricity exports to Moldova are planned for the current day”
03 February 2024 10:39
POWER GENERATION AND CONSUMPTION
Yesterday, a surplus of electricity in the Ukrainian power system. The surplus was transferred to the power system of Poland (from 11:00 to 15:00) with a total supply of 1,600 MWh.
Two TPP units and one CHPP unit were out of service for short-term repairs, while a unit and a block of thermal power plants were connected to the grid after the emergency work was completed. There are 6 thermal generation units in reserve that will be used if necessary.
CONSEQUENCES OF SHELLING
An explosion occurred at a Ukrenergo substation in Dnipropetrovsk region as a result of an attack by enemy drones, and the wreckage of a UAV was found on site. After a repeated attack, a fire broke out at the station and part of the equipment was partially disabled. As of the morning, the fire was contained.
Also, as a result of the night shelling in Dnipropetrovsk region, some TPP equipment was partially de-energised. The consequences of the attack are being assessed. The power supply was cut off.
Power engineers are working to restore power supply. However, given that this is the third time the enemy has attacked power facilities in Dnipropetrovsk region over the past week, power companies in Kryvyi Rih have to use emergency power outage schedules to stabilise the situation and carry out repairs.
Overnight, control equipment malfunctioned at a 220 kV substation in Mykolaiv region (without any consequences for the substation). The circumstances are being investigated.
As a result of shelling, wires were broken on poles in Chernihiv region, causing blackouts in one settlement, all consumers have now been connected.
STATE OF THE GRID
For technical reasons, 110 kV lines were disconnected in Odesa region, causing power outages in two settlements. All consumers have now been reconnected.
IMPORT/EXPORT
For the current day, electricity imports are forecasted at 9,979 MWh, and exports to Moldova are also expected at 810 MWh.
And every single one of these sites you blast post are pro-Youke propaganda outfits that generate blood money from the death and grief of this war.
None of the people who run the sites you post are on the ground in combat areas of Youcrayne, all of the crap they post is second, third hand and much of it has been twisted and shoehorned into fitting a droning, fantastical "Youcrayne Is Winning!" false narrative. The vast majority of the sites you call "reliable" are run by people with little or no combat expertise, no expertise on Eastern Europe, no expertise on anything - except using YouTube to make blood money. None of them are reliable sources, and you damn well know they're not. You simply use them to push the false "Youcrayne Is Winning!" narrative preferred by globalists and leftists around the world.
Just stop now with the sidestepping and red herrings - you're embarassing yourself now.
As Jim Robinson said to you, "Less propaganda would be appreciated."
How’s our border.
False Dilemma Fallacy.
I am firmly committed to sealing our southern border, and have never said otherwise. I can point to numerous posts here on FR in which I made that perfectly clear.
The awful situation at the border doesn't detract in the least from the fact that a Russian defeat would undeniably be to the benefit of World Peace and would also boost American security!
Regards,
Russia is no threat to the US at all.
Rocco's complaint is a blatant example of the "Demand for Perfection" Fallacy.
He is attempting to paralyze the conversation and/or distract from the actual matter by carping about ads, etc.
A person is free to point out factual inaccuracies, omissions, etc. in any contribution or resource. Heck, I love blue-pencilling spelling errors! But complaining about commercials in YouTube clips is pretty pointless, and probably ingenuous.
Regards,
Yeah - And Hitler's annexation of the Sudetenland was his last territorial demand in Central Europe!
You win First Prize for the least self-aware posting on Free Republic of the Day!
I wish that I had the technical skills and resources to conduct a straw poll of all FReepers on that claim! The fact that you so brazenly make that statement is prima facie evidence of your utter disconnection from reality.
Regards,
If you check the posts you will find that most posters agree.
Note: When a video includes paid product sponsorships, videos have been financed in whole or in part by a company, WITHOUT integrating the brand, message, or product directly into the content.
Ukrainian information is subsidized by Ukrainian products.
Also, Ukrainian products also give financial support to Ukraine. The people of Ukraine are giving support to their nation: children sing to collect donations, women bake, artists sell art, grandmothers knit camouflage netting etc.
"Russia is no threat to the US at all"?! Nope. You are virtually alone in your opinion.
I am sure that a poll of ALL FReepers would indicate that the majority regard Russia as a serious military threat to the U.S. Their nukes, alone, are a major threat.
Regards,
VIDEO
Russian politician denounces Ukraine war, wants to be ‘free from Putin’s shackles’
PBS NewsHour
3.93M subscribers
2-1-2024
5:46 Minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_h2LLRUtzE
In Russia today, it is extremely rare to find someone willing to publicly criticize Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine which is now nearing its third year. But it’s even rarer for that criticism to come from an elected official. Nick Schifrin spoke with a local parliamentarian who decided to take a stand.
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