Fenris
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Some more interesting than usual comments on ISW in relation to fractures within Wagner and rear area strikes degrading RU morale and capabilities. Worth perusing until the end where there's claimed to be a shortage of tires and parts for the RU trucks and details of various things supplied secretly by China.
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-august-20-2023
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Some pics said to be relating to the Kerch bridge truck bomb op
QuoteThe head of the SBU, Gen. Vasily Malyuk, just released a bit of extra information about the Ukrainian VBIED attack targeting the Crimean Bridge last year.
In total, 21 tons of RDX high explosive was plastic wrapped in palletized cylinders to avoid detection.
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This is amusing, sad and aggravating all at the same time, to think there are people happy to send their own guys out to fight in this condition on the modern battlefield. They look like they've come from the Iran/Irag war. Are they accepting donated gear? Edit - or are they civies doing the donating? Might explain their hand-me-down equipment.
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Another thread with details of failed RU attacks
Quote23.07.23 Russian army using 5 tanks tried to capture our positions near Spirne, Donetsk oblast.
My friend shared photos of that attack and told me some details.
RUAF launched their attack using kamikadze MT-LB. Fortunately for us, it didn’t reach the goal....
During the attack UAF destroyed 2 Russian T-80BV and MT-LB. 3 more tanks were hit and retreated.
07.08.23 they repeated the attack.
Full thread - https://twitter.com/OSINTua/status/1693320448489013587
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1 hour ago, dan/california said:
So much stuff blows up at once here I can't even figure out what is going on...
Another view - go to the twitter thread to see. Poster claims 2 T-80s damaged+abandoned, 2 BMPs destroyed.
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7 hours ago, Haiduk said:
Dash camera films UKR HMMWVV crew fight from inside. Three fighters dismount themeselves, driver, commnder and gunner still in vehicle. At the end Humvee was struck or blew by mine, but all three could abandon it.
Long version of the above. The tank supporting them backs onto a mine and a twitter post says his HUMVEE was hit by RU artillery. YT thinks it's russian so subs aren't great.
Edit - this is the same footage as the post above and has interviews, background and drone images to give overall the picture.
QuoteRe-upload for my western audience from Butusov Plus YouTube channel. this is the assault from the day I lost my 3rd hmmwv.
A heavy assault together with the fighters of the 59th brigade: the Humvee in which I was riding with the fighters blew up, the tank that supported us blew up, Russian artillery covered us on a minefield, but the assault groups of the 59th brigade regrouped and went on the assault again, destroyed the resistance and shot down a Russian FPV drone and took one of the important Russian positions at the crossroads of landings that allows us to move forward. In the second part, we will show the captured Russian position and dropped weapons. This is how the heavy steps of the Ukrainian infantry, which so hard liberated another large field and two landings from the enemy, look like from inside the battle.
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I saw this clip on another twitter account earlier. Interesting if it's real. Is said to be comments from some RU aid workers who work in occupied parts of UKR. It's apparent what they say goes against the official line.
QuoteRussian volunteers share that Ukrainians do not welcome them on occupied territories - they even try not to spend nights there for fear of not waking up.
How do we become brotherly nations again? - a voice behind the camera asks them. There's no way - Russian volunteers reply.
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Some pretty intense footage of 59th OMBR attacking trench lines. Youtube thinks it's russian so auto-gen subs aren't great. One of the HUMVEE's hits a mine, I really hope the infantryman caught in the blast came out ok.
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14 hours ago, Kraft said:
Not sure if this is recent but how much irreparabel damage can these tungsten balls really do to an engine? The drivers surely didnt appreciate them but they are easily replaced
Was watching this time lapse and I wondered if it would be worth hitting all the repair equipment on the Kerch bridge with a couple of these missiles to slow down the repair process. Too difficult or not worth the trouble/there are better targets? Edit - answered my own question, it's not in range yet.
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Report with some good vision of the UKR produced 155mm Bohdana that was recently introduced to service. No subs on the clip yet unfortunately.
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ISW today devotes some time to what they believe are lateral RU troop redeployments to sure up the Rotobyne defenses - hopefully true and further indicating that the boiling of the frog continues.
QuoteUkrainian counteroffensive operations appear to be forcing the Russian military to laterally redeploy Russian forces defending in western Zaporizhia Oblast, indicating that the Ukrainian effort there may be significantly degrading Russian defenses. Russian milbloggers claimed on August 11 that elements of the 7th Guards Airborne (VDV) Division are involved in heavy fighting near Robotyne in western Zaporizhia Oblast, and Chechen Republic Head Ramzan Kadyrov claimed on August 10 that elements of the “Vostok Akhmat” Battalion are now defending near Robotyne.[4] Elements of the 58th Combined Arms Army’s 42nd Motorized Rifle Division (Southern Military District) have been the primary Russian formation defending immediately south of Orikhiv since the start of the counteroffensive, with elements of the 22nd and 45th Separate Guards Spetsnaz (Russian General Staff Main Directorate) brigades and the 810th Naval Infantry Brigade (Black Sea Fleet) supporting Russian defensive operations in the area.[5] The arrival of the 7th VDV Division and the Akhmat elements to the Robotyne area represents the first explicit commitment of new Russian formations and units to the area.
There's 3 or 4 further paragraphs on the topic here
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-august-11-2023
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Long interview with two former US servicemen now in southern Ukraine. They discuss lots of things, I'm about half way through and so far they've talked about river operations near Kherson, the UKR offensive, building an NCO corps.
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Now that the landing ship is fixed in place, it would be nice if UKR had the capability to hit it with something...
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Been reading a few tweets claiming that UKR managed to capture battalion commander, one Major Tomov, in a raid over the river near Kherson.
QuoteYesterday, a group of 18 Russian soldiers headed by Major Tomov, commander of 1882 Battalion, disappeared in the area of Kosachi Laheri, on the left bank of the Dnieper River. Tomov's group was reportedly ambushed after Ukrainians captured a radio station and requested "support".
The group apparently had mobile phones with detailed maps of Russian positions in the area.
Information about the incident was coming through all day yesterday, so we can bring more details now.
I suspect that we might soon see actual footage from the incident by Ukrainians if it was indeed a landing operation.
Believe this is translated Telegram posts relating to the above describing what happened from the RU side
And these have been posted in the same thread, go-pro footage of a river raid. Can't be sure it's tehs same action, the text claims it is I think.
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Wonder if this is related, I think supposed to be from comments. Is it a Leo? (NB - posted from pro RU account)
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Lastly a bit of comedy from Belarus
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Another mildly interesting tweet. Abandoned T-55 with some sort of projectile stuck in it's cage armour
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Posting this just because it's not something you see everyday - HEAT round stuck in a tree trunk.
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Nice - Motherland monument now with the UKR trident.
Not nice - Niger locals (paid shills?) waving "Wagner+Russia=Freedom" sign
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More sea drone attacks overnight apparently
QuoteBig news coming from port city Novorossiysk, Russia. Ukrainian Naval drones attacked it and managed to damage the Russian Project 775 war/landing ship Olenegorsky Gornyk which is now floating on its side and is towed away.
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As a kid I enjoyed the gun race
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These displays are great. I really do wonder WTF the people who dream these up are thinking and who the hell is watching them - are they performing for children?
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The guy in the humvee turret speaks some UKR when he's commanding the vehicle. The wounded soldier (Ari?) has less Ukrainian from what I've seen of his vids.
If you watch more of the clips from Civ Div you'll see that once away from their unit comms btwn the legion guys and most Ukrainians really breaks down. For all everyone is trying it's often painful to watch.
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2 hours ago, Kinophile said:
Is the Chonhar bridge down?
Just Ask Google.
Adds 4-5 hours to nay journey that took the Chonhar bridge and obviously makes the Amiansk route more clogged.
From the last ISW update:
QuoteThe Ukrainian Armed Forces announced on July 29 that Ukrainian forces successfully struck the Chonhar bridge on the M-18 (Dzhankoi-Melitopol) highway between occupied Crimea and occupied Kherson Oblast.
How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?
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Example of caustic relations back home - something else to sap morale.