Posted on 08/27/2022 1:22:38 AM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
For a daily front line report, ( down to each unit- both sides), see:
Military Summary Ann Analysis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNXdRingA2Q
Dima is outstanding, and for all us that actually served, ( not like the computer keyboard cheerleaders), very informative on movements, desertions, casualties, artillery strikes, etc…
The word “cotton” appears in the headline, but nowhere within the article. Did I miss it?
Cotton may be explosions, because the smoke looks like cotton. That’s just a guess, though.
“The word “cotton” appears in the headline, but nowhere within the article. Did I miss it?”
No. The article only titled “Cotton.” The term explosions was used elsewhere referencing the bombing. Also, ‘officially’ the Russian Defense Ministry “reported that ammunition detonated at the airfield.”
Take a valium !
” Another “goodwill gesture” by Russia :) “
True, the BEST gesture would for Putin TOTALLY call off his invasion of Ukraine!
“Russian operation in Syria”
The Syrian White Helmets are ready to help Ukraine
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/08/syria-white-helmets-want-to-help-ukraine-against-russian-military/
I would guess that the remnants of the unit that was hit so hard at Saki airbase are being withdrawn for reconstitution, but that others remain in Crimea - probably shuffling around and adding Air Defense assets.
For all these reasons the Russian air force has shown itself very poorly this war.
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Meanwhile, Vlad rolls on, the Donbass and Russian eastern provinces are 99 percent liberated, the southern front now rolling in on Mikolayev. When, not if, the “ Zelensky line” in the Donbass folds ( already punched through), they retreat across the flat, indefensible plains to the Dniepner. Fish in a barrel.
When Mikolayev folds, the ethnic Russian city of Odessa is in Vlads sight.
Game over…..getting close, the northern, eastern and southern fronts getting saturated by Vlads artillery….in excess of 100,000 rounds daily. Is Vlad taking the gloves off?
Summary Analysis:
Russian military leadership is likely increasingly losing confidence in the security of Crimea following recent Ukrainian strikes on Russian military objects in Crimea.
Russian sources reported on August 17 that Vice Admiral Viktor Sokolov had replaced Admiral Igor Osipov as the commander of the Crimean-based Black Sea Fleet (BSF). The Russian information space, however, was evidently eager to maintain a high level of secrecy regarding Sokolov’s appointment due to the claimed threat of “terrorist danger” in Sevastopol.[2]
Recent Ukrainian strikes (associated with Ukrainian partisans and Ukrainian Armed Forces) on Russian military assets in Crimea, including the headquarters of the BSF in Sevastopol, have likely placed Russian forces on high alert and led to the restructuring of force composition, logistics, and leadership of the Russian grouping in Crimea in order to mitigate the impact of further strikes.
Ukraine’s Main Military Intelligence Directorate, for example, reported that Russian forces are relocating dozens of fixed and rotary wing aircraft stationed in forward airfields in Crimea to areas deeper in the Crimean Peninsula and in mainland Russia.
Key Takeaways
-Russian forces attempted several unsuccessful assaults near the Kharkiv-Donetsk Oblast border in tactically challenging forest areas.
-Russian forces continued to unsuccessfully attack settlements southeast of Siversk.
-Russian forces launched several assaults northeast and south of Bakhmut, and are likely attempting to improve tactical positions near Horlivka.
-Russian forces made limited gains northwest of Donetsk City and near the Zaporizhia-Donetsk Oblast administrative border.
-Russian forces are likely preparing to defend their ground lines of communication (GLOCs) in the Melitopol-Tokmak-Berdyansk triangle by mining settlements on the eastern Zaporizhia Oblast frontline.
-Russian federal subjects are continuing to form new volunteer units and advertise contract service while facing recruitment challenges.
-Russian occupation authorities are struggling to increase control measures in occupied territories amidst increased partisan activity.
The Russians are increasingly confronting organized partisans, a nightmare for any occupation force! Russian forces are struggling to increase control of occupied territories amid fears of increased partisan activity. Several partisan attacks and reports of a Ukrainian counteroffensive have pushed occupation authorities to take more severe and highly visible measures to consolidate administrative control of occupied localities.
Ukrainian officials in Kherson Oblast reported that Russian forces abducted Verkhnorohachytskyi District Head Svitlana Korotun on August 16 for refusing to collaborate with Russian occupation authorities. This incident is part of a broader trend of Russian forces seeking to gain legitimacy by compelling collaboration from local authorities while “disappearing” those who refuse to comply.
Occupation forces also seek to more closely monitor individual citizens. Advisor to the Mayor of Mariupol Petro Andryushchenko reported that Russian occupation authorities opened a second filtration point on the eastern side of Mariupol and gathered over 1,300 residents for inspection on August 17.
Enerhodar Mayor Dmytro Orlov warned that plain-clothed FSB officers stationed at public, Russian Wi-fi access points monitor private conversations and steal personal data, sometimes leading to the detention of Ukrainian citizens.
Okay. I can see how that description would come up.
#12. That’s reasonable.
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