Posted on 08/10/2024 3:58:07 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Apti Alaudinov, the commander of the Chechen Akhmat unit fighting for Russia, said in a video on Aug. 8 that Ukrainian forces had advanced around 10 kilometers into Kursk Oblast as of Aug. 7 in a rare admission.
"The situation is not irreversible, nothing supernatural happened... Yes, our people died, that's a fact. The enemy has entered several settlements," said Alaudinov, a close ally of Chechen dictator Ramzan Kadyrov and an official at the Russian Defense Ministry, in a video published by the Russian independent outlet Agentstvo.
Alaudinov became the first Russian commander to acknowledge losses since Ukraine launched a cross-border incursion into Kursk Oblast on Aug. 6. Despite Moscow claiming repeatedly that the Ukrainian advance has been halted, the fighting continues.
The commander did not elaborate on the number of the supposed losses.
A shorter version of the video was shared on Alaudinov's personal Telegram channel, where the comment about losses was cut.
The Chechen commander said that Ukrainian forces "advanced well into our territory, about 10 kilometers." The U.S.-based think tank Institute for the Study of War (ISW) gave a similar estimate on Aug. 7 based on geolocated footage.
(Excerpt) Read more at kyivindependent.com ...
Update on the conflict in Ukraine for August 11, 2024…
- Ukraine’s “offensive” into Kursk, Russia was another example of Kiev’s costly public relations campaigns, this time designed to prove Ukraine can “bring the war to Russian soil;”
- In reality, Ukraine expended manpower and equipment it does not have to spare, as well as stretching its already struggling logistical network;
- Additional attempts by Ukraine to appear strong as its strategically collapses include alleged special military operations in Africa aimed at undermining Russian security cooperation in the region;
- Ukraine’s suggested involvement in military operations in Mali resulting in the death of government troops has resulted in the severing of relations between Mali and Niger with Ukraine;
- “Ukrainian” operations worldwide provide cover for what are likely Western activities conducted by proxy against Russia just as it does against Chinese interests around the globe and is doing in Ukraine against Russia, which itself is a proxy war;
Vlad is losing control... Time for a replacement.
Vlad is losing control... Time for a replacement.
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You had me laughing hysterically for a long time, surely you jest?
Oh I see, this is an American or NATO army in Russia, but no one can catch a picture of one?
I bet you’re peddling the “60%” are dead line. So you can’t provide one NATO soldier out of all those?
I find neither of you funny. The men of both countries are dying in a fight the US started for $$$.
There was a video on Twitter that showed Americans fighting over there.
You can’t tell where they are exactly but they clearly had American accents.
Wonder who is paying them; they weren’t US military.
Right? Omg the delusion is large with some folks. Propaganda works on weak people. That’s why it’s propaganda
And whose fault is that?? Ukraine is Ground Zero for money laundering, pedophiles, bio labs and government coverups. Want more of that? Support Ukraine
There’s no good side here. The US is prolly the worst.
soldiers of fortune
Just as the French Army does, the Ukraine military accepts foreign volunteers into its military, American volunteers have been interviewed and written about in many articles.
There’s so much misinformation from all sides that I’m not even sure this Kursk offensive is actually happening.
That is an incredibly shallow assessment.
I rather doubt the Russians would confirm it if it wasn’t happening. At that briefing for Pooty, he looked like he was contemplating just who he himself would shove out of windows. (My “plural” is on purpose.)
Assuming our media isn't lying about Putin confirming that, he would probably confirm it to make Harris look good in November.
Yes, I'm that cynical, and no, I'm not offering that as a fact or even as a possibility. My comments are less about what I think is happening, and more about my distrust of the media and everyone involved.
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