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Russian Perspective: Operation to Denazify Ukraine: Operational Brief February 7th (updated)
2023-02-08
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:11 Kyiv's losses in January amounted to more than 6,500 servicemen, Shoigu said.

22:27 The RF Armed Forces are "grinding" all weapons and equipment supplied to Ukraine both on delivery routes and in combat positions, Shoigu said.

21:52 Attack aircraft of the Airborne Forces with the support of artilleryreleasesettlements

Military personnel of the assault detachment of the Airborne Forces, together with detachments of volunteers, destroy enemy firing points during offensive operations.

The assault on the strongholds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is carried out with massive fire support from artillery crews and crews of BMD-2 airborne combat vehicles.

To destroy enemy armored vehicles, units of the RF Armed Forces use anti-tank missile systems.

When carrying out assault operations, the Airborne Forces interact with UAV crews, which identify positions and firing points of the enemy from the air, and also correct the direction of attack of our assault groups.

20:30 Soldiers of the 90th Tank Division of the RF Armed Forces took position of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the shooting battle

As a result of the clash, the Ukrainian military lost several people killed.

19:43 Problems with the operation of water supply pumping stations arose in the city of Nikolaev, a regional center in southern Ukraine, residents were urged to stock up on water. The enterprise "Nikolayevvodokanal" reported about it on Tuesday.

“There are again problems with the functioning of the water pumping stations,” the utility says in its Telegram channel. - Now water is still supplied to the city, but with reduced pressure. While there is an opportunity, we recommend stocking up.

18:44 Blown upon anti-tank mines T-64BV and T-72AV of the Ukrainian army

18:44 The offensive on the Zaporozhye Front continues

Russian military occupy positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, squeezing the enemy out of the equipped and fortified trenches.

17:43 Squad clearance from among the specialists of the engineering troops of the Eastern Military District, he cleared the territory of the tram depot and tram tracks in the city of Mariupol from explosive objects.

The Mariupol tram fleet is now completely immobilized and is still de-energized. City services have begun to restore the infrastructure of urban electric transport - they are pulling wires, checking the contact network.

In turn, the sappers examined every centimeter of the tram depot and about 25 kilometers of tram lines for the presence of explosive objects. The found military arsenal is destroyed in a specially designated place at a safe distance from residential buildings.

It is planned that the first ten-kilometer tram line in Mariupol should be launched this year. Most of all, the first tram is waiting for local residents, who are now forced to change their usual route. Since many have decided to return to Mariupol, buses alone can no longer cope.

16:42 Destruction of infantry of the Armed Forces of Ukraine by dropping ammunition from a quadrocopter

16:41 An air alert has been announced in the Dnepropetrovsk, Poltava and Kharkiv regions of Ukraine and the part of the Kherson region controlled by Kyiv, data show online maps Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Transformation.

15:42 The main thing from the new briefing of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:

◾️The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kupyansk direction per day amounted to more than 50 military;

◾️The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnolimansk direction per day amounted to over 100 servicemen;

◾️The Russian Armed Forces hit four ammunition depots of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the DPR;

◾️Russian troops in the Kherson direction destroyed up to 20 Ukrainian soldiers and a 152mm 2S3 self-propelled howitzer "Acacia";

◾️The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed more than 90 military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction in a day;

◾️The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost more than 80 military men, twp 152mm D-20 howitzers, two 122mm D-30 howitzers, as well as the 122mm Gvozdika howitzer in the Yuzhno-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions in a day;

◾️The Russian Armed Forces inflicted fire damage on manpower and equipment of the 1st Tank and 72nd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Ugledar and Vodyany in the DPR;

◾️The RF Armed Forces hit 86 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in firing positions;

◾️Russian air defense systems shot down nine UAVs and seven HIMARS and 220mm Uragan MLRS shells.


14:41 Artillerymen from the DPR destroy strengthening of the Ukrainian military

Artillerymen of the 132nd Brigade of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps covered the enemy positions. The Armed Forces suffered losses in killed and wounded.

13:47 Preparation of mobilized military personnel at the training ground of the Western Military District

Firing, tactical maneuvers, providing first aid to the wounded - these skills are brought to automatism.

Some of the mobilized already have combat experience. Most of them voluntarily returned to service when the country needed them again.

The fighters will go to the NWO zone only after they complete combat coordination.

12:41 Against the backdrop of Zelensky's adoption of law No. 8271, the lawlessness of the officers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is gaining new momentum.

Ukrovoin tells the story of his brother, who was ordered by the commander of one of the units to go for five liters of cognac, he refused, after which threats followed that if he did not comply with the order, he would be imprisoned

12:40 Ukrainian drawsto Zelensky.

“Mr. Zelensky, looking at how you and your jackals plunder all the humanitarian aid, all the aid from the West, all the money in the country, now you are talking about motivation! Nobody will fight for you, you bastard!”

12:40 The Verkhovna Rada decided to appoint acting. the head of the SBU, Vasily Malyuk, the head of the special services.

11:56 Under the onslaught of Russian troops in the Bakhmut (Artemovsky) area, the Armed Forces of Ukrainecontinuerush out of one's position

11:55 The column of forced distribution of subpoenas continues, for cadres of Ternopil

10:57 Crews of helicopters and fire support groups of army aviation continue to perform tasks in the special operation zone.

Requests for support from Russian motorized riflemen or tankers from the front line come several times during the day or night shift.

The riflemen of the fire support groups of the army aviation of the Western Military District are tasked with escorting military convoys and humanitarian cargo along public roads. They cover army aviation helicopters from the air, observe objects and vehicles on the ground, and identify enemy firing points while patrolling the area.

The servicemen, risking their own lives, help to evacuate civilians from the liberated settlements from the front line of defense, cover them when approaching and loading on board helicopters, and carry out fire impact in case of emergency situations during the evacuation of personnel from the ground. Groups change several times a day in order to carry out their tasks in the sky without interruption.

While some crews are just returning from a combat mission, others are already preparing to take off. In the take-off and landing mode, the airfield operates non-stop. Each combat mission is preceded by scrupulous pre-flight preparation.

“We have a fire cover group. We are engaged in the evacuation of the wounded, and we also support with fire during the evacuation of our pilots from the ground. When our stormtroopers attack, we are also nearby. In which case, we will evacuate our pilots, ”said a soldier of the fire support group with the call sign Khan.

09:50 Helicopter crews and army aviation fire support teams continue to perform tasks in the special operation zone.

09:20 Artillery 132 Brigade destroys fortifications of the enemy.

Artillerymen of the 132nd Brigade of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps (formerly the 3rd Brigade of the NM DPR) covered the positions of the enemy with well-aimed fire, which has losses in killed and wounded.

08:15 Russian Armed Forces in the Kupyansk direction are moving towards the settlement. Sinkovka, located seven km from Kupyansk.

To the west of Kremennaya, our troops are advancing in the Yampolovka area, near Makeevka (LPR) there are battles.

To the north of Artemovsk (Bakhmut), they report on the success of the Wagner PMC in the Krasnaya Gora area. There is information about the liquidation of a significant number of enemy personnel from the Nazi battalion "Aidar."

In Artemovsk, the zone of control of our troops is expanding from the north and east, there are reports that the enemy is trying to withdraw the remnants of artillery and equipment from the city. To the southwest, attack aircraft are fighting in the area of ​​the settlement. Krasnoye (Ivanovka), the capture of which will make it possible to take under practical control the road to Chasov Yar and Konstantinovka.

From Marinka, front-line soldiers reported the capture of the main street of the settlement. The advancing units bypassed the enemy from the south, caught him by surprise, destroyed up to a company of enemy paratroopers defending the settlement.

In the Belgorod region, the governor announced the death of an elderly woman in the village. Kazinka of the Valuysky urban district as a result of the shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

In the DPR, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired 97 rounds of ammunition at the civilian population. Under enemy fire Donetsk, Gorlovka, Wide Beam, Yasinovataya, Makeevka. A civilian who came under fire on February 4 in Gorlovka died of wounds.

03:36 Russian Ministry of Defense showed footage of the combat work of attack helicopters and aviation fire support groups.

Posted by:badanov

#3   Not much difference between the ROC and ISIS, this is exactly what ISIS preaches. The ROC might still have real Christians outside Russia, not inside, this proves it(plus their archbishop preaches this as well):

https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1623274200684285952

BTW, the Ukrainians were attacked and we all know of the Russian mass rapes and massacres, if Ukraine uses chemical weapons or nuclear weapons( it's bs to say they have) to preserve their lives, it is intrinsic good to do so.
They have more right to than the USA did to Japan.
Posted by: Slish Angunter7690   2023-02-08 14:24  

#2  Interesting interpretation unconnected with events. The two were first hit by a drone dropped frag grenade. One seemed to killed outright. Second wounded. The video then cuts to a later scene where the second Russian is already flailing and drowning. I'm positive there were more grenades that dropped during the cut scene and further wounded him, possibly a broken back or such.

A VOG (30mm) grenade is dropped. It clearly detonates in the water and throws up water and smoke. It is far enough away that the Russian was probably not even hit with any fragments. Russian flails further and drowns before injuries killed him.

Wishful thinking among the tankies that it is a chemical warhead. The Russians are the only one to use banned weapons when they launched massed rocket artillery with incendiary bomblets on cities and towns. That is, when not threatening to nuke Ukraine, Great Britain, Germany, France, Poland and the USA. Did I leave anyone out?

Link to video will be posted on request or search "Two Russian soldiers fall into a creek while being chased by a Ukrainian drone and get hit with grenades, both end up drowning.". It is NSFW.
Posted by: Thruter Gloluger6393   2023-02-08 13:59  

#1  Russian Perspective:

Ukrainians have started using chemical weapons and bragging about it over social media. Dropping nerve agents from drones. Saw an ukr drone drop a nerve agent on two russians crossing a creek. One went into spasms and drowned after the nerve agent detonated nearby.

There's talk about moving these munitions to the Bakhmut theatre.
Posted by: mossomo   2023-02-08 12:49  

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