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.
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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.
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.
Here is another site which gives a different view:
LOL!
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.
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.
If its CNN, most likely the opposite is true.
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)
CNN.com...lmfao!
LMAO!!! “Moon of Alabama”
Didn’t Willie Nelson sing that once?
Space Dust of Rhode Island has him beat.
🤣🤣🤣
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.
LOL!
🇺🇦 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.
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.
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.
“Socialism with a form of decency?”
What exactly is that?
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