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2023-09-11 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: September 10th, 2023

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Posted by badanov 2023-09-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [15 views ] Top

#1 The Ukrainian attack on Optyne (near Avdiivka and opposite Donetsk city) seems to have gone well. Panicked Russian bloggers are claiming the Ukrainians are about to reach Donetsk airport, but that should be taken with large amounts of skepticism as that would require the Ukrs to cross a canal/river. It has also panicked the Russians into killing their own retreating troops.

Though that that may not be an accident. A few days ago in Robotyne, the Russians intentionally shelled their own retreating troops after a large failed counterattack.

Posted by Enver Slager8035 2023-09-11 01:23|| 2023-09-11 01:23|| Front Page Top

#2 The video in the second link may not be from Robotyne. The incident is well reported.
After the battle had ended, Ukrainians captured one wounded Russian marine from the 810th Marine Brigade. The Russian soldier claimed that when his unit decided to retreat, their own artillery started firing right behind them, creating a fire wall in the back, and forcing the soldiers to stay and fight for the positions. Eventually, that was what got him wounded and his friends killed.

He said that he had no doubt that it was not an error because the artillery was hitting correct targets initially, and only after they started retreating, the shelling shifted towards them. All of this was happening under the constant supervision of Russian drones that were constantly correcting the fire.

Posted by Enver Slager8035 2023-09-11 01:29|| 2023-09-11 01:29|| Front Page Top

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