knj2417 said:
Live map reporting :
Explosions reported at Kerch bridge
Three photos taken in Ukraine are this year's nominees for the "IMAGO Photograph of the Year" award, presented by IMAGO in partnership with the UK Picture Editors' Guild Awards.
— Defense of Ukraine (@DefenceU) August 12, 2023
Julian Simmonds
Maja Smiejkowska
Jack Hill pic.twitter.com/AEseZ5ptRr
Crimean bridge is under unknown missiles/drones attack. 8 arrivals are visible.
— Ukraine Front Lines (@EuromaidanPR) August 12, 2023
Let it burn.#counteroffensive 🇺🇦 pic.twitter.com/kTl7Y7T4uH
Waffledynamics said:
Not too sure the Kerch Bridge was hit. Seems the missiles may have been shot down.
Black smoke coming from the Kerch bridge. This means that they either failed to elect a new pope or failed to intercept those S-200 missiles.
— (((Tendar))) (@Tendar) August 12, 2023
Source: https://t.co/TOX1Bn6hA1#Ukraine #Crimea #Kerch pic.twitter.com/0Y69Fzfv48
Waffledynamics said:
Not too sure the Kerch Bridge was hit. Seems the missiles may have been shot down.
ABATTBQ11 said:Waffledynamics said:
Not too sure the Kerch Bridge was hit. Seems the missiles may have been shot down.
Seems they may have been shot down by the bridge
While everyone wants to cast doubt, every day it seems they're tightening the screws just a little more and we're getting closer to a breaking point. It's all Russia can do to stop a breakout in the Zaph sector. An actual bridge head or two in the deep south launching an offensive would be devestating.Gordo14 said:
Urozhaine looks to be falling under Ukraine control. Robotyne now has Ukrainians in the outskirts. Oryx now showing evidence of Russia losing 4x the vehicles Ukraine is - and it's especially lopsided in artillery. Ukraine successfully taking and holding territory at multiple points across the Dnieper. Kerch Strait bridge may have been successfully attacked again. Seeing evidence of an increase of Russian supplies getting blown up.
I think we're starting to see evidence of more than a few cracks forming.
Because US interests diverge from Ukraine in this scenario. We would like to keep the war going for as long as possible, because that drains Russia.shiftyandquick said:
Ukraine is paying the price for Biden administration slow-walking every single technology, for reasons I do not understand.
"Let's give them the tanks 1 year from now."
"Let's give them F16s 2 years from now."
IF you are going to give them at all, GIVE THEM NOW!
deddog said:Because US interests diverge from Ukraine in this scenario. We would like to keep the war going for as long as possible, because that drains Russia.shiftyandquick said:
Ukraine is paying the price for Biden administration slow-walking every single technology, for reasons I do not understand.
"Let's give them the tanks 1 year from now."
"Let's give them F16s 2 years from now."
IF you are going to give them at all, GIVE THEM NOW!
Ukraine needs to finish the war as quickly as possible for obvious reasons.
Not to be obstinate, but I think that might be white smoke from smoke generators, and the parts that appear black are shadows. The more I look at it, the less I'm convinced.PJYoung said:Waffledynamics said:
Not too sure the Kerch Bridge was hit. Seems the missiles may have been shot down.Black smoke coming from the Kerch bridge. This means that they either failed to elect a new pope or failed to intercept those S-200 missiles.
— (((Tendar))) (@Tendar) August 12, 2023
Source: https://t.co/TOX1Bn6hA1#Ukraine #Crimea #Kerch pic.twitter.com/0Y69Fzfv48
deddog said:Because US interests diverge from Ukraine in this scenario. We would like to keep the war going for as long as possible, because that drains Russia.shiftyandquick said:
Ukraine is paying the price for Biden administration slow-walking every single technology, for reasons I do not understand.
"Let's give them the tanks 1 year from now."
"Let's give them F16s 2 years from now."
IF you are going to give them at all, GIVE THEM NOW!
Ukraine needs to finish the war as quickly as possible for obvious reasons.
I agree that it is not in our best interest. But our leaders don't see it that way. That has been clearly expressed by leaders of both political parties and the military multiple times.Gordo14 said:deddog said:Because US interests diverge from Ukraine in this scenario. We would like to keep the war going for as long as possible, because that drains Russia.shiftyandquick said:
Ukraine is paying the price for Biden administration slow-walking every single technology, for reasons I do not understand.
"Let's give them the tanks 1 year from now."
"Let's give them F16s 2 years from now."
IF you are going to give them at all, GIVE THEM NOW!
Ukraine needs to finish the war as quickly as possible for obvious reasons.
I disagree that it is in our interests for the war to last as long as possible. One thing to consider is that because we are not the country on the line, what we do will never be "fast enough". But we have a couple other things to consider. We need our military industry base to catch up. We have political considerations to manage before we blindly rush every piece of military equipment. And (I think this issue is eroding by the day) as a non combatant we needed to test the line. But the biggest factor is our response every step of the way has been proportional to our view of whether Ukraine can win. Think about how at the begining of the conflict we weren't sure if Ukraine had the central control or the identity to resist to Russia. Probably don't want to hand them a ton of the top of the line military equipment that Russia will just capture in that scenario. Every month or two since the start we have upped the ante because the odds of the war have moved away from Russian total victory. We've still given them what like $40B worth of support? Don't get me wrong, I am on the hawkish side of things and want us to keep the momentum going and accelerate what we are doing. But I would argue that I haven't been frustrated with us "slow playing" Ukraine until the last 2 months or so.
Now the problem is probably more the MAGA republicans because whatever we do needs some support from congress and let's be honest... The only people trying to withdraw support from Ukraine are pretty much Republicans (as sad as I find that to be). You don't have to take the opposite position from Biden on every subject to think Biden is a bad president. Maybe US global strategy should supercede politics...
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Today, the village of Urozhaynoye was abandoned in the Yuzhnodonetsk direction.
In recent weeks, fighters of the Kaskad OBTF and the 40th Marine Brigade have been stubbornly resisting the Armed Forces of Ukraine there. The assault groups of the 40th brigade repeatedly launched a counterattack and drove the enemy out of Urozhaynoye. Virtually every Marine who participated in the fighting was wounded.
The problem in holding the village is mostly due to the lack of desire to defend it on the part of the 36th army. The tank units of the 37th brigade refused to support the infantry in the battles for Urozhaynoye, arguing that the tanks were supposedly destroyed immediately after entering the firing position. The infantry of the brigade retreated from all the forest belts east of Harvest on the 10th. This was argued by the fact that they no longer have personnel for combat operations. In fact, half of the brigade is busy drinking alcohol in the rear, and the officers are not able to bring them to their senses. But for some reason, the 37th brigade continues to be thrown into the most important sectors of the front, which they successfully leave to the enemy.
Probably for Urozhaynoye they will again receive a decent amount of awards, as it was after the battles for Novodonetskoye. But the attack aircraft of the Marines from Storm Z, who voluntarily signed contracts and do not give up an inch of land without a fight, are not entitled to awards.
Military Informant
In the area. It's a light infantry fight
— Thomas C. Theiner (@noclador) August 11, 2023
7) the only russian reinforcements are propaganda bloggers, who don't dare come close to Kozachi Laheri
6) russian artillery, except for mortars, is barely active
7) To quote a Ukrainian officer fighting there: "We're not leaving."
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Official video source:https://t.co/5kcXfz6Mkf
— Michael Bond (@HelloMrBond) August 13, 2023
Based on the date, latitude & longitude included, we can identify the clips as follows pic.twitter.com/7GJRmGKMbx
Attack on the Intelligence Ship Ivan Khurs on May 24, 2023https://t.co/7klsWMSqBC
— Michael Bond (@HelloMrBond) August 13, 2023
Clips 2, 4, 8 & 10
Ship screencaps from all of those clips below pic.twitter.com/AfuejoKmpD
Many of these videos are new, but most of these attacks did not result in damage to the targets
— Michael Bond (@HelloMrBond) August 13, 2023
Clip 14 shows an explosion very close to one of the Project 22160 ships. A longer version is here, but was not previously confirmed to be from this incidenthttps://t.co/k8nyQePzIa
There is an unknown engagement in clips 6 & 7 in which a USV is attacked by a helicopter. There was one Russian report about a USV engaged far offshore from Sevastopol around August 3. This may have been in transit towards the Novorossiysk August 4 strikehttps://t.co/AikCxCbjOe pic.twitter.com/67sFdTfXwa
— Michael Bond (@HelloMrBond) August 13, 2023
We are looking for satellite imagery for these engagements now that we have more precise times and locations for them
— Michael Bond (@HelloMrBond) August 13, 2023
📽️Russian forces retreating from Urozhaine, #Donetsk Oblast on foot and under Ukrainian artillery fire.#UkraineRussiaWar pic.twitter.com/RNF5KDWEzm
— MilitaryLand.net (@Militarylandnet) August 13, 2023
After assaulting the Russian positions, wounded occupiers waited for evacuation all day. No one came for them except for the 3rd Assault Brigade.
— Dmitri (@wartranslated) August 13, 2023
The assault was carried out near Bakhmut by the Myron platoon of the 2nd Company of the 2nd Assault Battalion. pic.twitter.com/FJZQpXto0E
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Explosions were reported at 2 ammunition depot in Oleshky of Kherson region overnight
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Ukrainian Defence Forces continue offensive operations at Melitopol and Berdyansk directions, had partial success near Robotyne, - General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine says in the morning report
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Fire reported at military base in Mariupol
#NewsMap
— Julian Röpcke🇺🇦 (@JulianRoepcke) August 13, 2023
Ukrainian war bloggers report a widening of the offensive in #Zaporizhzhia oblast, saying five Russian-held settlements south of Orikhiv are being attacked at the same time now. pic.twitter.com/XDcTeJD0su
Remember when I was telling you all months ago that the Russians were trying to hold too many miles of frontline with too few troops? If ISW has this right and the Russians are now primarily shifting units along the front to shore up the defenses in areas under threat, rather… https://t.co/cjWU9kWv8v
— Patrick Fox (@RealCynicalFox) August 12, 2023
The Russian commander of the #1822 battalion from Samara city, Major Tomov, who disappeared 5 days ago, resurfaced alive on the Ukrainian side. In this video he helps the #Ukrainian officers by disclosing and putting on the map the Russian positions and fortifications along the… pic.twitter.com/rZYCEjNLjg
— Viktor Kovalenko (@MrKovalenko) August 13, 2023
Here is a long thread about conventional missile fuzes. It explains why Taurus offers a qualitative edge over Storm Shadow/SCALP-EG when engaging certain targets, and why it’s one of the most advanced conventional weapons currently in the arsenals of Western states. 👇🧵1/21 pic.twitter.com/Bd8BEkPbT8
— Fabian Hoffmann (@FRHoffmann1) August 13, 2023
"We're 100 percent better than them. So why negotiate? We have to finish them off and that's it", - Ramzan Kadyrov spoke out categorically against negotiations with Kyiv.
— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) August 12, 2023
"We are winning on all fronts, both on the battlefield and in the international political arena. All that… pic.twitter.com/hdinnkEc4j
Rossticus said:"We're 100 percent better than them. So why negotiate? We have to finish them off and that's it", - Ramzan Kadyrov spoke out categorically against negotiations with Kyiv.
— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) August 12, 2023
"We are winning on all fronts, both on the battlefield and in the international political arena. All that… pic.twitter.com/hdinnkEc4j
