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Ukraine retakes more territory in the east, south in counteroffensive
Reuters ^ | September 18, 2023 | Staff Report

Posted on 09/18/2023 4:23:16 AM PDT by Timber Rattler

Ukraine reported on Monday its troops had recaptured more territory on the eastern front and advanced in the south in its military counteroffensive against Russian forces.

Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar said Kyiv's forces had retaken two square km (0.77 square mile) of land in the past week around the shattered eastern city of Bakhmut, which was captured by Russian troops in May after months of fighting.

Ukraine reported on Monday its troops had recaptured more territory on the eastern front and advanced in the south in its military counteroffensive against Russian forces.

Overall, Ukraine regained more than 260 square km (100 square miles) in the south during the counteroffensive, she said.

During its three-month-old counteroffensive, Ukraine has reported slow, steady progress against entrenched Russian positions, retaking a string of villages and advancing on the flanks of Bakhmut, but taking no major settlements.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia; Ukraine
KEYWORDS: bakhmut; counteroffensive; nato
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The number of liberated villages is adding up...
1 posted on 09/18/2023 4:23:16 AM PDT by Timber Rattler
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To: Timber Rattler
Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar said Kyiv's forces had retaken two square km (0.77 square mile)

(See blue areas)

400,000 dead for "The Great Counter-Offensive of 2023"


2 posted on 09/18/2023 4:50:29 AM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Timber Rattler

Yippee! $40 Billion more for Green T-shirt man and Biden!


3 posted on 09/18/2023 4:56:23 AM PDT by FlyingEagle
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To: Timber Rattler

It’s all over except for your lies.


4 posted on 09/18/2023 4:58:54 AM PDT by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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To: Travis McGee
400,000 dead for "The Great Counter-Offensive of 2023"

LOL, post your russian sources (Big Serge?) for those numbers and how many russians(Wagner) where killed in their great winter offensive that took one small town (Bakhmut)?

5 posted on 09/18/2023 5:10:32 AM PDT by tlozo ( Better to Die on Your Feet than Live on Your Knees )
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To: Timber Rattler
"two square km (0.77 square mile) of land in the past week"

. This offensive should have been given the mission name "Shortbus."

6 posted on 09/18/2023 5:17:02 AM PDT by wildcard_redneck (The Forever War is a crime against humanity)
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To: tlozo

7 posted on 09/18/2023 5:20:15 AM PDT by wildcard_redneck (The Forever War is a crime against humanity)
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To: Travis McGee

“””400,000 dead for “The Great Counter-Offensive of 2023””””

Your analysis is that 400,000 have been killed during this Spring Offensive, are they all Ukrainians are is that both sides?


8 posted on 09/18/2023 5:24:43 AM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: wildcard_redneck

Slowly making their way to Tokmak. If and when the Ukrainians take that area the entire Russian position in Crimea and area to the west of Tokmak becomes very problematic.


9 posted on 09/18/2023 5:29:58 AM PDT by doggieboy
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To: wildcard_redneck

Our enemy Russia, stuck in a military quagmire in Ukraine for 1 year, 6 months, 3 weeks and 5 days is a victory for the free world and an important lesson to China.


10 posted on 09/18/2023 5:31:04 AM PDT by tlozo ( Better to Die on Your Feet than Live on Your Knees )
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To: tlozo
And that lesson would be?

Is it that America is not even up to the level of being a Paper Tiger?

11 posted on 09/18/2023 5:38:23 AM PDT by Aevery_Freeman (I choose TRUMP over Tyranny )
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To: tlozo

“Our enemy Russia, stuck in a military quagmire in Ukraine for 1 year, 6 months, 3 weeks and 5 days is a victory for the free world and an important lesson to China.”

somebody here gets it! Russia is our enemy!


12 posted on 09/18/2023 5:38:41 AM PDT by amnestynone (We are asked by people who do not tolerate us to tolerate the intolerable in the name of tolerance.)
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To: tlozo
"Our enemy Russia, stuck in a military quagmire in Ukraine for 1 year, 6 months, 3 weeks and 5 days is a victory for the free world and an important lesson to China."

Now do Iraq, Afghanistan, and Vietnam.

13 posted on 09/18/2023 5:43:56 AM PDT by wildcard_redneck (The Forever War is a crime against humanity)
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To: tlozo

Unlike earlier in the war there is plenty of drone video proving heavy losses for Ukr (well Russ as well).

The Indonesian website has probably been averaging 10 new videos per day. For months! How much action isnt recorded (lots) how many are not shown as poor recording etc (also lots). All Ukr losses.

Peace now.

Today video (already 5 or so new ones out):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k81lMKqjhCM


14 posted on 09/18/2023 5:44:59 AM PDT by Phoenix8
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Now do Iraq, Afghanistan, and Vietnam.

Not ONE US serviceman is injured or killed in Ukraine.

15 posted on 09/18/2023 5:47:39 AM PDT by tlozo ( Better to Die on Your Feet than Live on Your Knees )
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To: Travis McGee

Wow, and they only lost a little over 400 soldiers a day to take all of that.


16 posted on 09/18/2023 5:47:49 AM PDT by dforest
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To: tlozo

Be very careful now. You have to add on the words “that we are aware of”.


17 posted on 09/18/2023 5:50:00 AM PDT by dforest
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To: amnestynone

“...Russia is our enemy!”

Much of what appears on Russian social media is steered by the government’s trolls. Lately, there has been much talk about North Korea attacking America and thus Russia would be free from retaliation. They were even joking about a North Korean submarine going up the Hudson. All of this follows the era where even the speaker of the Duma was saying it was time to “reverse the illegal transfer of Alaska.” Such talk was very common on Russian social media. Of course, not all Russians buy into such FSB-spawned baloney.

Russia’s government is very much our enemy.


18 posted on 09/18/2023 5:50:06 AM PDT by Monterrosa-24 (Saludemos la patria orgullosos)
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To: All

Russia is not our enemy. We have made ourselves Russia’s enemy. Inviting Ukraine to NATO ( a red line for Putin as he has said many times in the past). Installing Zelensky as leader of Ukraine (CIA pick). And lending material support in arms and (sadly) our tax dollars. You people are delusional and are inviting WW3 on the world. When/if it happens look your children and grandchildren and tell them you are sorry and you were wrong.


19 posted on 09/18/2023 5:50:17 AM PDT by BipolarBob (Biden would give Jesse James the train schedule for his 10%.)
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To: Phoenix8
Unlike earlier in the war there is plenty of drone video proving heavy losses for Ukr (well Russ as well).

No one is arguing heavy losses, but Travis coming up with ridiculous 400,000 dead just in this offensive is ridiculous.

Peace now.

So when China invades Taiwan, will you be also saying "Peace now"?

20 posted on 09/18/2023 5:52:02 AM PDT by tlozo ( Better to Die on Your Feet than Live on Your Knees )
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