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Take as war propaganda if you will that Ukraine claims to breaking through Russian defenses in their costly bid to reclaim Kherson. But even English-language Russian newspapers are acknowledging that gun battles were raging in Kherson city yesterday. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/08/30/fighting-reported-inside-russian-held-city-of-kherson-a78678 Russian politicians blamed the reports of battles in Ukraine on mere "saboteurs and spies" and snipers, with a local Russian-installed official claiming “Everything is under control. They were all killed,” But that seems to contradict the footage of intense fighting and billowing smoke, presented on Russian news. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s office reported heavy fighting in “almost the entire territory” of...

Russia is pulling all of its fighter jets out of Crimea in an apparent response to recent explosions at Russian military outposts in the region, a secret NATO report seen by Insider said. Russia has already moved ten aircraft — six Su-35S and four MiG-31BM jets — out of Crimea and into Russia and is set to continue until all fighter jets are removed, the report, which was dated August 22, said. The first ten jets were moved from Belbek airfield in Crimea to Kushchevskaya and Marinovka, two regions in Russia, the report said. "Russia has dispersed 10x fighter aircraft...

Yesterday, Allahpundit wrote about the Russian effort to feed more troops into the stalled war on Ukraine. Russia’s inability to advance creates a possible opening for a Ukrainian counterattack. And we’ve seen some signs that Ukraine has been taking the initiative with attacks on supply lines and ammunition depots in Crimea and elsewhere. Just today there is another story that Ukraine struck a Russian base and killed 200 paratroopers:“The Armed Forces of Ukraine struck enemy fortifications in occupied Kadiivka, killing about 200 Russian paratroopers,” he wrote on Twitter.Haidai noted that the occupiers had been based in a hotel in Kadiivka...