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As Ukraine pushes southern offensive, it also hits Russia in the northeast
CNN.com ^ | September 8, 2022 | Rob Picheta, Vasco Cotovio and Olga Voitovych

Posted on 09/08/2022 4:48:02 AM PDT by Timber Rattler

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has hailed "good news" from the northeastern Kharkiv region, after an apparent surprise counter-offensive forced Russian troops onto the back foot and prompted a pro-Kremlin official to call for evacuations.

The Russian-installed head of the Kupiansk city administration, Vitaly Ganchev, urged women and children to evacuate the city as Ukrainian forces approached. Ganchev said the city, which lies west of the Donbas region and about 70 miles east of the city of Kharkiv, "is constantly under terror" and experiencing "constant rocket attacks from the Armed Forces of Ukraine." Ukrainian officials have declined to comment on the offensive in the northeast of Ukraine, but footage geolocated by CNN showed Ukrainian forces in the town of Volokhiv-Yar on Wednesday, around 50 km away from Kupiansk, and also on the outskirts of Balakliya to the south. Russian officials have also remained silent on developments in the Kharkiv region.

The operation appeared designed to catch Russian forces off guard, following intensifying conflict in the south of Ukraine near the city of Kherson. In recent weeks, Russia redeployed some forces to the south to bolster its ranks ahead of the Ukrainian counteroffensive in Kherson region, according to Ukrainian officials and footage of equipment moving through Crimea geolocated by CNN.

While the southern front looks set to be one of the main theaters of conflict as the war heads towards winter, a new Ukrainian push in Kharkiv could stretch Russian forces across two disparate locations.

(Excerpt) Read more at edition.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: europe; eurowarpimps; globalistpropaganda; mostrustednameinnews; nato; ukraine; war; warpimpsonfr
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A lot of war news today, all of it bad for the Russians.
1 posted on 09/08/2022 4:48:02 AM PDT by Timber Rattler
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A lot of Russian POW in the deoccupied areas. Mostly small groups. Some illegally in civilian clothes. They’re running like rabbits. LOL.


2 posted on 09/08/2022 4:52:04 AM PDT by lodi90
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A lot of war news today, all of it bad for the Russians.
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Get back with us in a week or two, Marioupol was a good example. Up to this point, not one Ukie “ offensive “ has succeeded in holding any ground…they simply have no sustainability.

Meanwhile, Vlad’s meatgrinder churns on.


3 posted on 09/08/2022 4:53:58 AM PDT by delta7
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Here is another site which gives a different view:

https://www.moonofalabama.org/2022/09/ukraine-loses-soldiers-europe-its-economies-all-for-no-gain.html#more


4 posted on 09/08/2022 4:54:39 AM PDT by elpadre (W )
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"Moon of Alabama."

LOL!

5 posted on 09/08/2022 4:58:12 AM PDT by Timber Rattler ("To hold a pen is to be at war." --Voltaire)
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To: delta7

Marioupol is what is happening to Russia in the Kherson Oblast.

The Russians have no means of resupply, just like the Ukes in Marioupol.

The meat grinder is grinding Russians, this time.

On the south bank of the Dnipr it may be another story, but the Russians are currently losing the north bank and can’t get reinforcements.


6 posted on 09/08/2022 4:59:21 AM PDT by UNGN
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To: Timber Rattler

I know.

If you look on that site, there is probably many still thinking the Russians will be rolling into Kiev any minute now.

Delusional.


7 posted on 09/08/2022 5:02:01 AM PDT by UNGN
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If its CNN, most likely the opposite is true.


8 posted on 09/08/2022 5:06:26 AM PDT by Baldwin
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The US is the loser in this conflict. Billions and Billions and Billions of dollars down the drain.

Both sides suck.

I have deep sympathy for the Ukraine citizens, but their leadership is horrible. (puppets of Klaus Schwab and his ilk)


9 posted on 09/08/2022 5:11:39 AM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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A lot of war news today, all of it bad for the Russians.

Be careful, it's coming from CNN...not the most reliable source!
10 posted on 09/08/2022 5:16:09 AM PDT by notdownwidems (Washington D.C. has become the enemy of free people everywhere!)
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"Moon of Alabama." LOL!

CNN.com...lmfao!

11 posted on 09/08/2022 5:24:38 AM PDT by BlackbirdSST (Trump WON!!! The Gestapo closes ranks.)
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To: elpadre

LMAO!!! “Moon of Alabama”

Didn’t Willie Nelson sing that once?


12 posted on 09/08/2022 5:28:53 AM PDT by ScottinVA (To hell with Putin; to hell with Russia)
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To: Timber Rattler

Space Dust of Rhode Island has him beat.

🤣🤣🤣


13 posted on 09/08/2022 5:30:24 AM PDT by ScottinVA (To hell with Putin; to hell with Russia)
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As Ukraine pushes southern offensive, it also hits Russia in the northeast

This Sunday, will be Day 200 of Putin's invasion. If anyone claims they thought this Russian invasion would last even that long, with only 20% of Ukraine occupied, they are lying.

14 posted on 09/08/2022 5:32:17 AM PDT by tlozo (Better to Die on Your Feet than Live on Your Knees)
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Or "The Saker"...

LOL!

15 posted on 09/08/2022 5:39:34 AM PDT by Timber Rattler ("To hold a pen is to be at war." --Voltaire)
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As Ukraine pushes southern offensive, it also hits Russia in the northeast

🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker @UAWeapons

#Ukraine: More hardware from the ongoing #Kharkiv offensive; a 152mm 2A65 Msta-B howitzer, 9P149 Shturm-S ATGM vehicle and R-149MA1 command and staff vehicle were captured from the Russian Army.


16 posted on 09/08/2022 5:42:50 AM PDT by tlozo (Better to Die on Your Feet than Live on Your Knees)
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To: ScottinVA
Moon of Alabama is a left right convergence site, where pro-Putin leftists concur with anti-Great Reset rightists on their mutual opposition to the U.S. and NATO. CNN is notorious as a leading mouthpiece of the Deep State, as are the old line media, including Fox, which is the right end of the Overton Window. CNN and MSNBC are the left end of that window.

Neither source are trustworthy. The choice between Putin/Xi and Biden and his handlers/the Davos Group and the EU is no real choice. Basically the former favors socialism but some degree of moral decency vs. crony capitalism with utter moral depravity.

17 posted on 09/08/2022 5:43:30 AM PDT by Wallace T.
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To: delta7

I’m no general, but I’ve played a few board games, so I’m almost a military expert.

Dividing your attacking forces is usually not wise.


18 posted on 09/08/2022 5:50:37 AM PDT by Not_Who_U_Think
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To: Wallace T.

“Socialism with a form of decency?”

What exactly is that?


19 posted on 09/08/2022 5:51:40 AM PDT by ScottinVA (To hell with Putin; to hell with Russia)
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Stalin, Mao, Castro and other Communist tyrants had no use for homosexuals or drug addicts, much less castration/ “sex change” or pederasty. They were all anti-Christian but for the sake of social stability, they suppressed degeneracy. The leaders of the so-called Western democracies permit and even encourage every form of foul behavior imaginable.
20 posted on 09/08/2022 5:57:40 AM PDT by Wallace T.
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