Posted on 08/22/2025 11:16:10 PM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
I am Ukrainian. On this channel I will give you the latest news about the war in Ukraine.
"Today, there is interesting news from the Liman direction.
Here, Russians press forward and are rapidly burning through their forces, attacking Ukrainians from all sides. Holding an active defense, the Ukrainian third army corps is hitting back hard, denying the Russians new territory and taking advantage of their most exposed positions to make new significant territorial gains of their own.
Russian forces continue to push towards Torske from all sides, but Ukrainian defenders from the 63rd and 60th Mechanized Brigades are defending proactively. They are preventing the enemy from consolidating or entrenching inside the settlement by targeting Russians during their deployment to the frontline.
In the nearby Serebryanski Forest, Russian troops have pushed deeper through it’s natural cover to move into Torske by maintaining as small a profile as possible and crawling past Ukrainian positions at night. However, the Russians failed to stay undetected throughout the day, and geolocated footage shows a Ukrainian tank firing at close range into their positions in the ruins of the settlement. The infiltrators tried to seek cover in the trees but were followed by the armored vehicle and eliminated with another series of devastating shots.
In another engagement involving now rarely seen armored vehicles, Ukrainian FPV drone operators destroyed two Russian BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicles near Terny, trying to deploy assault groups to attack Torske from the north. Both vehicles became immobilized after hitting mines, and their surviving crew members and dismounted infantry were subsequently eliminated. These BMPs were intended to support Russian assaults, but the loss of both, along with their crews, halted any momentum the Russians hoped to build in that direction.
The incident further underscores the effectiveness of Ukrainian drone warfare in neutralizing even heavily armored targets before they can influence the battle, which allows the Ukrainians to control large portions of the frontline even with reduced personnel. While Torske holds some tactical value, as it would allow the Russians to finally concentrate more forces against Yampolivka and Zarichne, the Ukrainian command has made it clear they will not sacrifice their men to defend it at all costs, making a mobile and active defensive posture essential. Preserving the lives of soldiers and maintaining the combat capabilities of the brigades is prioritized over clinging to a defense line that can be moved back and held once again.
Along the Russian bridgehead across the Zherebets River, the situation is a lot different as the Russians are overextended and their most vulnerable positions are constantly under heavy Ukrainian fire without Russian artillery being able to respond without exposing itself on the bank. Russian soldiers have to move 15 kilometers on foot at a crawling pace to avoid immediate detection by Ukrainian drones, making any reinforcement attempts costly and slow, and any rapid response impossible. Due to this, the Ukrainians here were able to conduct a counterattack and exploit the weakness of the enemy. Ukrainian fighters from various brigades within the Third Army Corps recently recaptured Ridkodub, striking precisely where Russian forces were most exposed.
Geolocated first-person footage shows Ukrainian assault troops moving through tree lines and clearing them of forward enemy positions before moving into the rural buildings of the village. Videos from several different soldiers show in detail how the Ukrainian operators clear basement after basement, being guided in real time by drone operators and their officers in field headquarters. After killing, wounding, and capturing dozens of Russian soldiers, the Ukrainians take various enemy documents and weapons as intel and trophies and secure the area. The video also reveals the use of a ground drone system to deliver ammunition and supplies to the soldiers at night, and to evacuate a wounded comrade on its way back, highlighting the adaptability of Ukrainian air and ground drone warfare tactics. Ridkodub is now fully cleared of Russian presence, and given the logistical difficulties for Russian forces, needing to move artillery, drones, and infantry across the river while avoiding constant Ukrainian drone surveillance, the enemy advance here has now to start from scratch.
Overall, Ukrainian forces in the Liman sector are solving their issues by not only conducting an active defense and efficiently absorbing Russian attacks, but also by reclaiming ground whenever opportunities are created. This takes the initiative away from the Russians and does not give them the freedom to operate, keeping them on the back foot and preventing them from making any gains in the area."
Hooray for our team!
Our job is to see Russian ground forces reduced to dust.
Regardless of what the rest of the world says that is happening.
All they will have left is nukes most of which probably won’t launch. They sold/stole all the fuels.
Peace is the best route to go.
Don’t mess with America.
Huge profits were made from the Iraq War, both during and after.
War Is a Racket, by U.S.M.C. Major General Smedley Butler.
Ha ha. You’re back with the spam. Why don’t you bring back Davydov while you’re at it?
Curious about the posting? Here's details about this American YouTube channel and his business -- with sources:
From the YouTube "About" --The website promoted via this American YouTube channel -- rfunews.com -- a business also run out of the USA.
www.youtube.com/@RFU
United States
Joined Mar 4, 2022Yearly AdSense earnings estimate for a monetized American-based channel and so-called "achievements" of "YouTube Wizard" and "IRL Recognition Imminent" and "Uploader Wizard Supreme" Awards
Source: SocialBlade search
"We offer three subscription tiers:This has all been previous documented when a "Ukrainian" but actually American YouTube channel video has been posted. The China connection is most interesting, for a the latest propaganda.
"Insider Annual Plan: $7.99/month (billed annually) for access to all articles and videos.
"Insider Monthly Plan: $9.99/month for monthly access.
"All Access Plan: $15.99/month (billed annually) for access to super-exclusive content.Domain: rfunews.com
Registered On: 2024-11-07
Registrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC
Web privacy via: Domains By Proxy, LLC, Tempe, ArizonaSource: whois query for rfunews.com
It's an odd American business website, because this "Ukrainian" runs some of his business from China:
"1. Who We Are
• Controller: Alitance Limited
• Company Registration: 3091458
• Registered Address: 29 Austin Road, Unit 1102, 11/F, TST, Kowloon, Hong KongSource: PRIVACY POLICY AND COOKIES
Nameservers for this "Ukrainian" are located in Arizona.
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"Media & News Company uasupporter.com/en Joined May 2022" Source: Reporting from UkraineThat now-defuinct domain mentioned was also registered and operated out of the US, with support in Hong Kong/
The posting of this American-based YouTuber who starts his videos with "I am a Ukrainian" began some months back after a hiatus. A small retrospective with links:
6/5/2025, 5:21:31 PM · 100 of 125 UMCRevMom@aol.com to All; AdmSmith; adorno; Alter Kaker; Apparatchik; AZJeep; babble-on; BeauBo; Berlin_Freeper; bert; ..6/1/2025, 2:16:02 PM · 182 of 223 UMCRevMom@aol.com to USA-FRANCE Second link
5/26/2025, 4:03:38 PM · 98 of 102 UMCRevMom@aol.com to marcusmaximus
Yes, you’re right. War is a racket and its profiteers make bank by spending the lives of young men and increasingly, young women. All in the name of buying and amassing bling for themselves. Evil.
Wrong, Zeeper. Our job, as Americans, is to prevent one more penny of our hard earned cash from ending up in the pockets of Yook, US and EU kleptocrats. Not one more cent for Yookland. Let Europe deal with its own messes from now on.
Agreed, but I don’t like how Russia pushes everybody around like they are the town bullies.
My great grandfather was in the Imperial Russian army, so I don’t hate Russians.
I dislike their present government.
Putinistas vs. Ukrainaphiles. Let the games begin.
“the rebuilding after the war”
Japan rebuilt itself after WW2. There is a 1964 episode of “Danger Man” that shows 1964 Tokyo.
South Korea has itself to thank for its world class economy.
Ukraine was rebuilt after WW2 in Khruschev Communist slum-style. These now over 60-year-old buildings were awful the day they were first occupied.
And back and forth it goes , The Grim Reaper swinging his red Scythe.
We have seen this before:
“ Ernest Hemingway, an ambulance driver during the war, called it a “colossal, murderous, mismanaged butchery”.
Paul Bäumer, the main character in All Quiet on the Western Front, expressed the despair of his generation, seeing how people “innocently slay one another”.
Erich Maria Remarque, the author of All Quiet on the Western Front, described the carnage of the Western Front, noting that “on every yard there lies a dead man”.
Ernst Junger, a German lieutenant, recounted the gruesome discovery of fallen soldiers “stacked one on top of the other” while digging in. “
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