Posted on 07/27/2023 7:01:51 PM PDT by Timber Rattler
A Ukrainian official tweeted a video of troops holding a flag in the settlement, located about halfway between Mariupol and Zaporizhzhia in the country's southeast.
"The 35th brigade and the 'Ariy' territorial defence unit have fulfilled their task and liberated the village of Staromaiorske. Glory to Ukraine!" said a soldier in the video.
Staromaiorske lies to the south of a number of small settlements that Ukraine has recaptured during its counteroffensive, which began in June.
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy had hinted at a significant win on the frontline last night.
"By the way, today our boys had very good results at the front," he said in his nightly video address on Wednesday.
"Good for them! Details will follow."
(Excerpt) Read more at news.sky.com ...
These people they send to post this propaganda are dumb...this is not some game to capture the flag...are Russians forces still not in Ukraine?...will they not just recapture it?...its meaningless...what Russia is doing now is destroying Ukraine’s’ ability to wage war...all this stuff will be taken back easily once this is done sufficiently(weaker)....they need to enter negotiation, it as been two months now.
“Today Staromaiorske tomrrow the world”
$10 says this is a lie just like everything else you have ever posted about Ukraine or Russia.
This must be a significant strategic victory.
What is the population of Staromaiorske?
It’s over now, just two weeks…
Certain posters on here claimed that it was over last October, and then in November, and then in December, and then in January, and then in February, and then in March, and then in April, and then in June, and then in July...
In being serious, it’s just people dying for nothing.
That’s Putin’s fault.
Just wait till the ground freezes…
/sarc
No, it’s numerous peoples fault, and for numerous, varying reasons.
The Civil War will be over once the United States decides to stop paying and providing resources. Until then Ukrainians will sacrifice themselves on our behalf.
Hmm...
If I recall correctly every “village liberation” picture has proven to be true. All through the Kherson and Kharkiv offensives this was so.
Else you will have to completely deny the front line maps, which, if you will recall, are highly correlated between Ukrainian and Russian sources.
Hmm.
But they did seize Belgorod villages. Not for very long, but they certainly took them.
That particular picture was of tractors.
Russians have been in retreat near Bakhmut lately.
When the initial fighting was on for Bakhmut it was often a back and forth battle. And Wagner/Prigozhin was complaining about something every few days.
(Posting the same month old story about Leopards and Bradleys getting destroyed, when all but a couple are back in action, doesn't change this.)
You can point to other pictures that aren’t of tractors.
That particular set of images was a silly error in making a claim.
Not been to the beach lately.
Just woke up, very early, as is my custom.
We need to have a few days of nice weather. Maybe go to Bermeo or Lekeito.
Looks like the Ukrainians are moving fast around Robotyne.
The question of the Russian defense lines comes down to whether they are just constructions, or do the Russians have the troops (and artillery) to put into them?
If there are few or no troops, then this situation could break open fast.
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