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Posted by: 3dc || 09/12/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life,

#1  September 12 2022

Russia, started moving forces out of Kharkiv 8 days ago. Yes, before the offensive. Ukraine didn’t get success, they took mostly deserted outposts with roughly the same quantity of forces deployed in the south, that was defeated easily.
Why would Russia hand Ukraine a victory? Because they had to. The largest attack is yet to come, and it is aimed at Mariupol. Ukraine won’t push past the river in the north, and if they try they’ll be decimated.
Attacks on energy are to depower the train lines from Kharkiv, so all those forces and equipment can’t be transferred quickly to the Mariupol front. We know this is definitely happening due to large concentrations of forces, and Ukraine starting a demining process. Russia is now systematically destroying train loads of tanks trapped on depowered trains.
The grand battle will happen in the next 48 hours.
Since the counter offensive few day ago began, Ukraine has over 35,000 casualties, with half of those deaths. Most of the injured will die, or never return to battle. All most all casualties are the results of airstrikes or artillery.
Posted by: ACA JOE || 09/12/2022 0:17 Comments || Top||

#2  ACA Joe. I have seen no report anywhere on the net of 35K Ukrainian military causalities even for the whole war. For Ukrainian citizens murdered by the Russian troops that might be the lower end count for the past 2 weeks.
Posted by: 3dc || 09/12/2022 2:37 Comments || Top||

#3  Information changes by the hour. Ukrainian theater supported by western media is mass psyops on a scale as bad as the Biden media activities. As I recall a couple of days ago Russian military had a meeting that I believe the last day or two are the result. Ukrainians are over extended and most well trained troops have been used up mostly in their advance. Russians have been kept back from the festivities and were using Local militias to do the direct work. Mass graves are a Ukrainian method and they do deliberately fake information implicating Russians. Air and artillery are the main activity of Russians at a distance. Russia has held back. They didn't want a full scale war but rather a slow long protracted wearing down of Ukrainian military and equipment sent in. I say the media celebrations are too early. This is just the beginning. With winter coming the Russians will continue knowing Ukrainian winter outfits and supplies are a small fraction of what they need. Then the west will continue to dump money and resources to be be squandered.
Posted by: Dale || 09/12/2022 4:09 Comments || Top||

#4  Russia has held back

Big mistake. Vlad was never a warfighter. He's a law grad who was good at exploiting the structural weaknesses of other societies, and trained in one rather narrow aspect of influence projection. Espionage. And that too by the KGB. He should have known he was going up against all NATO with their MICs.

Frankly, I don't know why I expected a swift victory. It's obvious now his nuke bluff was just that. And that ever present fear of being satanized forever. It's in everyone now. Makes mice out of men.

Let's wait for winter. If I were a betting man I'd bet on the globalists though.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 09/12/2022 4:30 Comments || Top||

#5  Mass graves are a Ukrainian method...

Katyn Forest argues otherwise.

Russia has held back. They didn't want a full scale war but rather a slow long protracted wearing down...

Is that this week's Pravda? Putin and his boot lickers expected to be welcomed as liberators, but instead have faced people who don't want to be exterminated, and fight accordingly.

Posted by: Rob Crawford || 09/12/2022 6:41 Comments || Top||

#6  From our Rantburg archives -

BREAKING NEWS!
President Putin arrived at the Kremlin an hour ago for an emergency meeting of the Security Council and made an important statement for the whole country:

In connection with the ongoing supply of weapons to the Kyiv regime, we have made a serious decision. Back on February 24, the West was warned by me that it was coming for interfering in our special operation and helping the Nazi regime. Until now, in Ukraine, only an insignificant part of our military contingent has been pulled together.
August 27 will begin a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. With the full force of the Russian Federation Army.
Posted by ACA JOE 2022-08-26 19:48|| 2022-08-26 19:48|


Posted by: Procopius2k || 09/12/2022 7:12 Comments || Top||

#7  Putin didn't tell Joe which year that August 27th fell in...
Posted by: Rob Crawford || 09/12/2022 7:24 Comments || Top||

#8  We should not forget, Ukr armed it's citizens to fight the Russians. That makes them fair game.
Posted by: Vespasian Ebboting9735 || 09/12/2022 8:35 Comments || Top||

#9  ...only if they're found under arms, otherwise treat the Russkis as you would accuse Americans under similar circumstances.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 09/12/2022 8:50 Comments || Top||

#10  Well if ACA Joe is right, then why was the head general just $hitcanned by Putin?
Posted by: Mercutio || 09/12/2022 9:35 Comments || Top||

#11  Anytime you have a vicious war you will see claims of war crimes. May be true, may not be.
Posted by: ruprecht || 09/12/2022 11:42 Comments || Top||

#12  Let's wait for winter. If I were a betting man I'd bet on the globalists though.

You say that as if Putin _isn't_ just another faction of globalist.

I'd suggest this piece: Russia's Great Reset: Facing Reality but if you're going to ignore the seventy year or so history of the
Soviet Union you'll probably ignore that too.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain || 09/12/2022 11:57 Comments || Top||

#13  After reading about the Soviets in Afghanistan and this latest debacle it seems the vaunted Red Army is running on WW2 reputation and that's a bit played out now.
Posted by: ruprecht || 09/12/2022 13:13 Comments || Top||

#14  But they won WWII single-handedly! Both theaters!
Posted by: Rob Crawford || 09/12/2022 15:07 Comments || Top||

#15  Ukrainian theater supported by western media is mass psyops on a scale as bad as the Biden media activities.

Now that is something you can believe.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 09/12/2022 17:16 Comments || Top||

#16  I go by who's helping who and why, Thing. 'If Satan cast out Satan..' and all that. And the Söros backed, EU supplied, world media cheered Zelensky is undoubtedly Satan's. Ukrainians are just a majority being taken for a ride to that great orwellian horizon, Ze's clown show as a groovy distraction. Everyone's promised the grandeur of the supranation umbrella. Nobody's told what comes after. Illegals, Islam, dissolution of majority will...

Putin and Schwab? So they ran into each other a couple a times. Trump used to meet Putin too, keep your enemies closer and all.

Russia never wanted Ukraine. This was only about using Donetsk and Luhansk and keeping the EU and NATO from expanding eastward. Russia felt confident that nobody had the time or resources to spend on this shit. It was wrong. Apparently, the expansion of the EU and its primary muscle was so important to someone that... well, here we are. I look for the patterns behind the righteous talk of liberty and shit. I don't sit and weep for 'oh the heroism!' at face value. Vlad misread and underestimated the liberal world order cabal. He didn't think they'd cannibalize their own armouries, that they'd send their veterans, their SFs in to defend their stooge. That they'd be willing to hurt their own economies and those of others over it.

Now, the Russians are up against the wall if the global cabal presses on or tries rubbing it in. And the result will be interesting. Well, it will change the world some more, better or worse.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 09/12/2022 19:04 Comments || Top||

#17  Vlad misread and underestimated the liberal world order cabal.

Either that or he felt like he had no choice than to fight or be subjugated the "liberal world order cabal". He may end up being subjugated even if he fights or he may die fighting.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 09/12/2022 20:07 Comments || Top||


Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Russian troops are pushed back to the BORDER in some regions with Putin's men 'fleeing like Olympic sprinters' - as furious Vlad strikes power grid with missiles as revenge
  • Ukrainian forces have chased Russian troops back across the border in Kharkiv after stunning counter-attack

  • Soldiers filmed themselves at checkpoint, ripping down Russian flags and replacing them with Ukrainian ones

  • Echoes earlier scenes as rapid advance captured territory while Putin's men 'fled like Olympic sprinters'

  • Russia then stuck power stations and water supply across the region in what was dubbed a 'coward's revenge'
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/12/2022 13:02 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:

#1  so like when do gas food and energy prices go back to pre fake war levels?
Posted by: Cholutle Thrans9751 || 09/12/2022 14:44 Comments || Top||

#2  ...it never was driven by the war.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 09/12/2022 15:02 Comments || Top||

#3  Russian oil and gas are out of the European market now (or soon will be as the deadline approaches). I am genuinely shocked that the Europeans went ahead with it. Especially the Germans who will take the brunt of the winter this year.

Russia gambled that Europe wouldn't put themselves into hardship if they tried to punish them for the war. That gamble has failed.
Posted by: DarthVader || 09/12/2022 15:12 Comments || Top||

#4  Ever seen "Occupied"? It's a Norwegian TV series about the events after Norway declares they won't drill any more oil, but will mine, refine, and help build thorium reactors. The Russians take offense -- because they want to keep Europe addicted to hydrocarbons.

The US comes off as villains (of course), but the Russians come off even worse.
Posted by: Rob Crawford || 09/12/2022 18:10 Comments || Top||

#5  Okkupert in Norwegian I think. First season was great. Third was shite.
Posted by: Angstrom || 09/12/2022 18:15 Comments || Top||

#6  Some Russian units in Kherson negotiating surrender. Also 500km2 of Kherson liberated in last 2 weeks.
Posted by: Snash Shairt9621 || 09/12/2022 18:42 Comments || Top||


'Russian rouble weakens as Moscow Exchange relaunches early FX session
[Jpost] The rouble on Monday was expected to continue trading within a 60 to 61 target range against the greenback, said Russian analysts.
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/12/2022 08:15 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:


'Putin's revenge: Devastating missile strikes hit Ukraine's power grid as payback for military humiliation - as Russian troops are pushed back to the border in some regions
  • Ukrainian forces have chased Russian troops back across the border in Kharkiv after stunning counter-attack

  • Soldiers filmed themselves at checkpoint, ripping down Russian flags and replacing them with Ukrainian ones

  • Echoes earlier scenes as rapid advance captured territory while Putin's men 'fled like Olympic sprinters'

  • Russia then stuck power stations and water supply across the region in what was dubbed a 'coward's revenge'
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/12/2022 07:39 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Looks to me like Ukraine's left flank near Kharhiv is exposed if Russians have any reserves left to throw at it. I wouldn't get too cocky just yet.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 09/12/2022 12:00 Comments || Top||


#3  Revenge, maybe. But shutting down the power grid also shuts down rail transportation and suddenly, there is no quick way to move all those troops and tanks from the north down to the south where the action is.
Posted by: SteveS || 09/12/2022 20:00 Comments || Top||


'Could Russia's Sudden Ukraine Retreat Mean A Tactical Nuclear Weapons Strike Is Coming?
[Zero] How the Situation in Ukraine Could Get Far More Dangerous

After days of a withering Ukrainian counteroffensive, the Russian defense ministry announced that it was withdrawing its forces from two areas in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region. In a video statement, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky quipped, "The Russian army in these days is demonstrating the best that it can do — showing its back." Ukrainians celebrated, and rightly so. While Russian spokesmen said that Russian forces were "repositioning" ahead of a new offensive, reporters on the ground cast doubt on such pronouncements both because they mirror Russian statements as it abandoned its drive toward Kyiv and also because Russian forces left in such great haste that they left numerous arms and equipment behind.

Western officials are understandably happy. "This [Ukrainian progress] shows the bravery, skills, and determination of Ukrainian forces, and it shows that our support is making a difference every day on the battlefield," NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said at a September 9 press conference. Reflecting on his recent trip to Ukraine, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken observed at the same press conference, "Even as President Putin threw as much as he could against Ukraine earlier this summer, Ukraine absorbed the blow and now is pushing back."

While it is right to celebrate the Russian rout, the war may be entering a far more dangerous phase.
Posted by: Besoeker || 09/12/2022 01:24 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:

#1 

What a deal between Putin and the DC Swamp/Elitists? To appear to be halting any further advances until the Mid-terms are over.
So Biden/LSD's can say "I Did That".

Or maybe using a "staged" surprise meet up during the Queen's funereal?

Given everything the US Voters have seen the last few years from DC, what is too far-fetched to be labeled a Conspiracy theory anymore?
Posted by: NN2N1 || 09/12/2022 6:08 Comments || Top||

#2  Like the FAC said in Apocalypse Now just before the napalm strike: "Tell all your people to get back and get their heads down, this is gonna be a big one."
Posted by: M. Murcek || 09/12/2022 6:57 Comments || Top||

#3  We didn't use nukes upon the Chinese intervention in Korea.

If he does, expect every country around him to scramble to get their own.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 09/12/2022 7:21 Comments || Top||

#4  Would Putin use nukes on what he considers his own territory? Is he that stupid and desperate to get a twitch from his withered manhood?
Posted by: Rob Crawford || 09/12/2022 7:26 Comments || Top||

#5  Imagine the discussions at the Pentagone if the situation called for the US to nuke Toronto.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 09/12/2022 7:31 Comments || Top||

#6  ...what is too far-fetched to be labeled a Conspiracy theory anymore?

Not much, unfortunately. In this case I think Occam's razor is the best approach. Russia's military is a spent force. It is in dire need of refit, reorganization and replenishment.

Putie-pie shot his wad trying to capture Kiev and lost a good chunk of his professional and "well-trained", "well-equipped" (at least by Russian standards) troops. The rest were ground down in the south and after 200 days of fighting are done. All he has left is unexperienced and unmotivated Pvt. Conscriptavich that take huge losses, but few gains. Russia is still throwing them at the Ukrainians in the south and they are still dying and not gaining much.

Russia's military needs a good 3-6 months before it can try another large scale offensive. By that time it will be winter/spring.
Posted by: DarthVader || 09/12/2022 8:07 Comments || Top||

#7  I think it's time to admit the UN is of no use in this situation and that calls its original purpose into question.

It's now a collection of directorates, councils, agencies and "rapporteurs" that nibble at the edges of strong western stats' sovreignty and otherwise sit on their hands.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 09/12/2022 8:25 Comments || Top||

#8  states'
Posted by: M. Murcek || 09/12/2022 8:26 Comments || Top||

#9  I seriously hope Putin isn't that stupid but again, if he tries to use them, say 7-10 and 50% of them fail, Russia is going to look WAY worse than just using nukes alone.

I suspect he won't risk it. They really are the last /credible/ threat he's got. If he tries and they show a high failure rate, NOTHING keeps China from nibbling off parts.
Posted by: Silentbrick || 09/12/2022 9:37 Comments || Top||

#10  IMO a 'tactical' nuke will only be used if the Ukrainians decide to counter-invade Russia and head north for Moscow (like RE Lee's Gettysburg Campaign).
Posted by: magpie || 09/12/2022 14:18 Comments || Top||

#11  Would Putin use nukes on what he considers his own territory?

He would to create a Chernobyl type 'no-mans-land' border along the NATO line.
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/12/2022 15:05 Comments || Top||

#12  Totally agree with #7-8. But, which way does wind blow? I think it mostly blows East.
Posted by: Whiskey Mike || 09/12/2022 16:01 Comments || Top||


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Posted by: Skidmark || 09/12/2022 17:10 Comments || Top||

#15  Ukraine should have giant fans, the kind they would use to cool of Godzilla and set them up to blow and nuclear clouds to the East.
Posted by: ruprecht || 09/12/2022 17:14 Comments || Top||

#16  Or maybe using a "staged" surprise meet up during the Queen's funereal?

Why would Putin waste his time meeting with crooked, senile, feeble Biden? If he's looking to make a deal he'd do better talking with PM Truss and leave it to her to pass a message to Biden's handlers.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 09/12/2022 17:20 Comments || Top||

#17 
Posted by: Sninetch Oppressor of the Apes2239 || 09/12/2022 17:36 Comments || Top||


Putin 'sacks' top ranking general after '16 days' following crushing defeat in eastern Ukraine which has seen Ukrainian forces push to within 30 miles of the Russian border - and panicked troops abandoning tanks, weapons and supplies
  • Russian president is reported to have sacked Lieutenant General Roman Berdnikov after just 16 days in the job

  • It comes after Ukrainian forces took 1,000 square miles of territory in just days as part of a counter offensive

  • There are reports Russian troops have abandoned tanks, weapons and supplies as they flee from the advance
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/12/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Well, that's one thing proxy wars can do--show where you are weakest and need improvement.

Maybe V.V. Putin should attend the same defense contractor conference as Zelenskyy.
Posted by: DooDahMan || 09/12/2022 4:23 Comments || Top||

#2  It's "churn" when it's down deep, it's "froth" when it's at the top...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 09/12/2022 6:59 Comments || Top||

#3  Give Putin credit, he will at least fire generals who fail to deliver. Can't say the same here.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 09/12/2022 7:18 Comments || Top||

#4  Give Putin credit, he will at least fire generals who fail to deliver. Can't say the same here.

It took a world war for the US to start doing that, then we stopped again for some reason. Pray it doesn't take another World War for us to do it.
Posted by: DarthVader || 09/12/2022 8:00 Comments || Top||

#5  Have I got this wrong? If you really need to "flee", how about getting in your tank and flooring it? Fast. Armor. Got your rations and clean socks. Water. Cover rough terrain. Why abandon it to get out and walk?
Posted by: Richard Aubrey || 09/12/2022 8:32 Comments || Top||

#6  ^ Lack of fuel?
Posted by: M. Murcek || 09/12/2022 8:52 Comments || Top||

#7  ...old Willie and Joe cartoon. Joe is looking over his shoulder at a tank, "I'd ruther dig. A movin' foxhole attracts th' eye"
Posted by: Procopius2k || 09/12/2022 9:01 Comments || Top||

#8  Truman fired MacArthur. Right? Wrong?
Posted by: DooDahMan || 09/12/2022 9:04 Comments || Top||

#9  ref 6 and ref 7.
If you're low on fuel, as opposed to just dry, then at least there are a few miles you won't be putting on your sore feet. In that context, five or fifteen miles is a big, big distance.
Loved "Up Front". A soldier walking down the road isn't exactly invisible, either, as opposed to being in a hole. And the guy walking is vulnerable to a lot more of what's available in a mixed-up battlefield situation.
So either the report overgeneralizes the situation, or the tanks and other vehicles in question all crapped out, including refueling vehicles, more or less at the same time. Even in the Russian army, such timing is unlikely, so maybe the resupply lines were cut pretty hard.
Posted by: Richard Aubrey || 09/12/2022 9:24 Comments || Top||

#10  The MacArthur dismissal was a distinctly political play.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 09/12/2022 9:39 Comments || Top||

#11  You abandon your tank when you suspect it might make you a more inviting target than just a few guys on foot.
Posted by: Rob Crawford || 09/12/2022 9:51 Comments || Top||

#12  /\ Most effectively executed just before the vehicle comes to a complete stop. Run a minimum of 75m (150m if you have time), then get down.
Posted by: Besoeker || 09/12/2022 10:31 Comments || Top||

#13  Well, as for fleeing in tanks, see this yakity sax thing: https://t.me/den_pihoty/15630

Sometimes your panicked flight ends in a collision with a Nazi tree.
Posted by: Mitch H. || 09/12/2022 10:32 Comments || Top||

#14  One reason to abandon a functioning tank is that when you catch up with any organized force they are going to refuel you and put you back in the line. A few stray tank crew on foot can lose themselves a lot more effectively.
Posted by: Snesing Slereling3444 || 09/12/2022 12:45 Comments || Top||

#15  (George Dzundza) "You know our standing orders."

(Donald Patrick Harvey) "What?"

(George Dzundza) "Out of commission, become a pillbox. Out of ammo, become a bunker. Out of time, become heroes."
Posted by: badanov || 09/12/2022 13:09 Comments || Top||

#16  (George Dzundza) "You know our standing orders."

I'm guessing the quotes come from "The Beast", an exciting flick about a Russian tank crew in Afghanistan being hunted by the muj after becoming separated from their unit.
Posted by: SteveS || 09/12/2022 13:35 Comments || Top||

#17  /\ The Beast(1988) is an interesting film. I enjoyed it on late night cable and got a DVD ...no where did I stash it?
Posted by: magpie || 09/12/2022 14:15 Comments || Top||

#18  Indeed, a good film. I believe "tank boy" was introduced in this film. Guderian said it best: "New weapons require new tactics. Never put new wine in to old bottles". Von Manstein nods in agreement.
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 09/12/2022 17:05 Comments || Top||

#19  Odd fact: I have touched the two "star" tanks from "Fury", but have never seen the movie.
Posted by: Rob Crawford || 09/12/2022 18:11 Comments || Top||

#20  It is available to watch on Tubi.

In case that doesn't work I have my own DVD copy.
Posted by: badanov || 09/12/2022 18:12 Comments || Top||

#21  Odd fact: I have touched the two "star" tanks from "Fury", but have never seen the movie.

Terrific film.
Posted by: badanov || 09/12/2022 18:13 Comments || Top||


Ukrainians now seem to be past the final Russian defensive line in Donetsk
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Posted by: 3dc || 09/12/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life,

#1  It's kind of confusing when someone talks about actions occurring entirely in Kharkiv and Luhansk, and keeps calling it 'Donetsk'.

I was braced for some new collapse on the southern arc of the lines.
Posted by: Mitch H. || 09/12/2022 7:32 Comments || Top||

#2  I had read that Ukr forces were already in Lysychansk yesterday morning. Apparently Ukrainian families living in Estonia heard this from their relatives still in the city.
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 09/12/2022 9:45 Comments || Top||

#3  Some Ukrainian columns have gotten behind the final lines in Donetsk. They slipped through some gaps. Yes the offensive wias in Kharkiv and Luhansk but they took advantages where they saw them.
It's raining like hell the last 2 days in the area so who knows what's really going on. Late last night the biggest headache Ukraine had was what to do with the massive numbers of troops they had captured. They were not prepared for the numbers of POWs they took.
Posted by: 3dc || 09/12/2022 11:49 Comments || Top||

#4  But the Ukrainians are also doing far more than probing into Luhansk & even Donetsk. It appears the "Luhansk Republic" (that's the legal fiction the Russians concocted to justify parts of their invasion) has collapsed. No surprise considering it was completely run by Russians.

This from the Institute for the Study of War. Link

Posted by: 3dc || 09/12/2022 12:18 Comments || Top||

#5  From the ISW:
The Ukrainian counteroffensive in Kharkiv Oblast is routing Russian forces and collapsing Russia’s northern Donbas axis. Russian forces are not conducting a controlled withdrawal and are hurriedly fleeing southeastern Kharkiv Oblast to escape encirclement around Izyum. Russian forces have previously weakened the northern Donbas axis by redeploying units from this area to Southern Ukraine, complicating efforts to slow the Ukrainian advance or at minimum deploy a covering force for the retreat. Ukrainian gains are not confined to the Izyum area; Ukrainian forces reportedly captured Velikiy Burluk on September 10, which would place Ukrainian forces within 15 kilometers of the international border. Ukrainian forces have penetrated Russian lines to a depth of up to 70 kilometers in some places and captured over 3,000 square kilometers of territory in the past five days since September 6 – more territory than Russian forces have captured in all their operations since April.
Posted by: 3dc || 09/12/2022 12:20 Comments || Top||

#6  To quote Zeihan again:
Appears in some places the only reason the Ukrainians rnt moving more quickly is they're allowing Russians fleeing on foot to alert the nxt outpost/town down the road to the Ukr approach so THOSE troops can flee too, leaving every piece of equipment behind for Ukr to scoop up.

Remember Zeihan was one of the key strategic thinkers at Stratfor from it's founding days. Yes he's not really Stratfor's voice now that he's stand alone but his statements and views are usually rock solid.
Posted by: 3dc || 09/12/2022 12:25 Comments || Top||

#7  This question answer bit is kind of key:

romulus
@romulus2095
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@PeterZeihan
Why? Why is the Russian army collapsing? If the ukrainians are capturing weapons then Russian soldiers still have weapons. What changed since last month?

core fracture 🇪🇺🇦🇹
@C0reFr4cture
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They have little supply, get literally cut in half by smart ammunition and there is no reserves in the north east. Everything is in east or south. No way to defend meaningful.
This costs gear (hundreds of tanks and BMPs), men (2500 KIA, 12000k captured) and moral everywhere.

Posted by: 3dc || 09/12/2022 12:28 Comments || Top||

#8  "Why is the Russian army collapsing"

I think that remains to be seen. How much momentum does ukr have - not enough to march on moscow. To me, things look more like a strategic retreat than a route. So with that, I think it depends on how you play defense. Does RUS see it as an advantage to remain bogged down in the ukr cities? Or is there an advantage in moving their assets to country side where they will be more mobile?

I believe the latter is more advantageous as iirc the moguls had great success in not occupying european cities on the steppe as it allowed them to use mobility on flat terrain to their advantage.

It follows that the true test will be if UKR can hold the ground they gained. I think to do so, to hold the cities, they will be exposed to air-ground and artillery fire.

So does ukr have momentum to invade RUS, no. So the question will be, can they hold their gains. And as i started, it remains to be seen - we shall see.
Posted by: mossomo || 09/12/2022 13:41 Comments || Top||

#9  Russian recently that they retreated eight days ago in anticipation of the attack, and that the only forces the Ukrainians faced were covering parties.
Posted by: badanov || 09/12/2022 13:45 Comments || Top||

#10  I take this with an appropriate grain of salt, but the guy who has taken over the "Oryx List" here reports 102 pieces of Russian heavy equipment destroyed or captured (mainly captured) just yesterday, enough to equip a Ukrainian armored brigade. That seems to me to be more consistent with a "feets don't fail me now" evolution than with a tactical withdrawal. But I ain't there.
Posted by: Matt || 09/12/2022 14:06 Comments || Top||

#11  Matt - the author is from Bellingcat, gain of salt is needed.
Posted by: mossomo || 09/12/2022 15:02 Comments || Top||

#12  ...the moguls had great success...

Well... not even the Russians are using horses any more.
Posted by: Rob Crawford || 09/12/2022 15:10 Comments || Top||

#13  ^ mossomo, I agree. it's a data point.
Posted by: Matt || 09/12/2022 15:11 Comments || Top||


Liberation of settlements of the Kupyanskyi and Izyumskyi districts in the Kharkiv region is in progress, - Ukrainian General Staff
[LB] In recent days, the Ukrainian military has freed about two thousand square kilometers of Ukrainian territory from Russian occupation.

by Iryna Gamalii


The enemy continues to focus its efforts on establishing full control over the territory of the Donetsk region , maintaining the temporarily captured districts of the Kherson region, part of the Kharkiv region, Zaporozhye region, and Mykolaiv region.

This was announced on Facebook by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the beginning of the 200th day of the heroic resistance of Ukrainians to the Russian military invasion.

The enemy conducts air reconnaissance, constantly tries to improve the tactical position, takes measures to improve the logistical support of his units and conducts attacks on the positions of our troops along the entire contact line.

A further threat of air and missile strikes remains on the entire territory of Ukraine.

Over the past 24 hours, the enemy has carried out 16 missile and 34 air strikes on military and civilian objects on the territory of Ukraine. 28 settlements were affected by this. In particular, Slavhorod, Velyka Pisarivka, Velyki Prohody, Avdiivka, Nevelske, Maryinka, Neskuchne, Velyka Novosilka, Dnipro, and Bruskinske.

The situation in the Volyn and Poliske directions has not changed significantly.

In other directions, the enemy fired from tanks, mortars, barrel and rocket artillery, namely:

in the Siversky direction - near Bilopyl, Linovoy and Hrabovsky, Sumy region;

in the Kharkiv direction - in the areas of Lyutivka, Timofiivka, Dementiivka, Zolochiv, Sosnivka, Pitomnyk, Ruski Tyshki, Cherkaski Tyshki and Borshcheva settlements;

in the Sloviansk direction - in the areas of the settlements of Sloviansk, Dolyna, Krasnopillya, Velyka Komyshuvakha, Dovgenke and Dmytrivka;

in the Kramatorsk direction - near Kryva Luka, Piskunivka, Sydorovo and Rozdolivka;

in the Bakhmut direction - in the areas of Vesela Dolyna, Soledar, Bakhmutske, Bakhmut, Yakovlivka, Bilogorivka and Vesele settlements;

in the Avdiivka direction - near Avdiivka, Opytny, Vodyany, Pervomaisky, Karlivka and Krasnohorivka;

in the Novopavlivskyi direction - in the areas of Velyki Novosilky, Shevchenko, Vugledar and Maryinka settlements;

in the Zaporizhzhya region - near Gulyaipol, Rivnopilla, Novosilka, Vilni Pol, Chervony and Malynyvka;

in the South Buz direction - in the areas of Myrne, Stepova Dolyna, Bila Krynytsia, Suhy Stavok, Lyubomirivka, Bezimenne and Nova Zorya settlements.

The enemy continues to suffer losses . In the Kharkiv direction, enemy units from the 3rd Motorized Rifle Division of the 20th Combined Arms Army were left without means of support, and the personnel were in a panicked mood. Also, it is known about numerous sanitary losses of the enemy in the specified direction. During the previous day, more than 75 wounded Russian soldiers were brought to the village of Valuyka in the Belgorod region, while more than a hundred occupiers were evacuated from Belgorod to Moscow.

Due to significant losses in manpower, the Russian invaders plan to carry out the so-called "mobilization" of the male population in the temporarily captured territories. Now men are forbidden to leave settlements.

In response to the successful actions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Russian invaders are carrying out "countermeasures". In populated areas, in the temporarily captured territories of Kharkiv and Kherson regions, the occupiers are strengthening the administrative and police regime, entry and exit from populated areas is prohibited, and a curfew has been introduced. In Kherson, a search was made of the residential premises of the Skhidniy microdistrict, from which the Antoniv bridge can be seen. Local residents of Kakhovka and Kozatskyi were warned by the Russian military to open fire on them if they approached the crossings.

At the same time, the Defense Forces repelled enemy attacks in the areas of Sosnivka, Mayorsk, Mykolaivka Druga, Zaitseve, Vesela Dolyna, Soledar, Bakhmut, Pisky, Pervomaiske and Novomykhailivka settlements.

The de-occupation of Ukraine continues. In general, in recent days, about two thousand square kilometers of Ukrainian territory have been freed from Russian occupation. Our units entered Kupyansk, the liberation of settlements of Kupyansk and Izyum districts of Kharkiv region continues.

During the day, in order to support the actions of the ground groups, the aviation of the Defense Forces made 23 strikes, during which four anti-aircraft missile systems were destroyed, four strongholds and fifteen places where the enemy's manpower and equipment were concentrated were hit. In addition, our air defense units destroyed two aircraft (Su-25 and Su-34), one Ka-52 helicopter, two UAVs and one guided air missile.

Missile troops and artillery of ground troops continue to perform tasks of counter-battery combat, fire damage to manpower and combat equipment, disruption of the enemy's control system and logistical support. As a result of the fire, two control points of unmanned aircraft, strongholds, accumulations of weapons and military equipment of the enemy in the concentration areas were hit during the day. A pontoon crossing and enemy watercraft with military equipment on them also fell into the affected area.

We will remind, according to the head of the Luhansk OVA, Serhii Gaidai, Ukrainian military personnel are on the outskirts of Lysychansk in the Luhansk region , Russian armed formations are leaving the city.

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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: September 11th, 2022
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] 23:53 As a result of attacks on the critical infrastructure of Kharkiv, one person died - an employee of the enterprise. Rescuers continue to search, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. At another facility in the Chuguevsky district, another person was hospitalized - the worker received an explosive injury.

22:54 Power supply has been restored in most settlements, local authorities report.

21:51 On the evening of September 11, the Russians fired 11 cruise missiles into eastern Ukraine, nine of which were shot down by air defense, the Air Command of Skhid reported. In particular, units of the air command Skhid shot down seven cruise missiles in the Dnepropetrovsk region, of which five were X-101s, two were Caliber. Two more missiles were destroyed by Air Force units in the Poltava region.

21:47 Zelensky said that Kharkiv and Donetsk regions were completely de-energized, partially Zaporozhye, Dnipropetrovsk, Sumy: "Russian terrorists remain terrorists and hit critical infrastructure. No military facilities, only the goal is to leave people without light and heat."

In turn, Podolyak said that "direct deliberate strikes on critical civilian infrastructure, in particular on the largest Kharkiv CHPP-5, are an unconditional manifestation of Russia's terrorism and its desire to massively leave civilians without light and heat. Such is the cowardly" answer "for flight own army from the battlefield."

21:24 In connection with the shelling of infrastructure in the Sloboda region, a number of trains from / to Kharkiv, Sumy, Poltava are expected to be delayed, Ukrzaliznytsia reported.

21:19 The leadership of the Western Group of the RF Armed Forces has been removed from command due to the successful offensive of the Ukrainian forces, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported. Now this grouping will be headed by Lieutenant-General Alexander Lapin, commander of the Center grouping of troops, together with his headquarters. The operational staff moved from Luhansk to the command post of the Western group.

To date, a personnel decision on the further service of Lieutenant General Roman Berdnikov is under consideration. He was appointed to the post of commander of the Western Military District on August 26, 2022, where he replaced Lieutenant General Andrei Sychevy (he was in office for three weeks).

21:15 In the Sumy region, there is no electricity supply in 135 settlements of the Akhtyrsky district. Also, in some settlements in the region there is no water, said the head of the OVA Dmitry Zhivitsky.

20:56 The occupiers attacked the critical infrastructure of Kharkiv and the region, the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov said. In some settlements there is no electricity and water supply, fires broke out at the places of impact.

20:53 The Pavlograd city council reported that air defense had worked in the city, there was also a hit in an infrastructure facility outside the city. Some streets were left without electricity.

20:27 The territory of the Dergachev community is completely de-energized due to the fact that the invaders hit critical infrastructure facilities, the city council said.

20:03 In the Kremenchug district of the Poltava region, air defense forces shot down an enemy missile, said the head of the OVA Dmitry Lunin.

18:52 In the Kherson region, the invaders retreated from their positions in some settlements, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in the evening report . Also, the Russians hurriedly left Svatovo in the Luhansk region in four KamAZ trucks, 20 Tigr armored vehicles and more than 20 stolen cars of local residents.

18:37 The backup power line to the Zaporozhye NPP has been restored, the IAEA reports. According to the organization, the station is now provided with external electricity needed for reactor cooling and other safety functions.

18:14 Reznikov said in an interview with the Financial Times that it is too early for Ukraine to celebrate a victory - it is necessary to protect the vast territory that it has recaptured in recent days. According to him, the lightning offensive went "much better than expected," but then comes the time for serious work.

“The counteroffensive liberates the territory, and after that you have to control it and be ready to defend,” the minister explained, adding that the Ukrainian troops were tired after the six-day attack, although morale was at its best. "The Ukrainians wanted to launch this counteroffensive, we needed this counteroffensive, and this is a sign that Russia can be defeated," Reznikov said. However, he warned that Russian forces could launch a counterattack.

17:41 The Russians this afternoon simultaneously hit three cities in the Donetsk region - Kramatorsk, Slavyansk and Nikolaevka, said the head of the OVA Pavel Kirilenko. Industrial facilities, high-rise buildings, a gas station were damaged, the building of the TsNAP was destroyed. At least one wounded is known.

17:13 Putin spoke on the phone with Macron. According to the Kremlin, the parties discussed the situation at the Zaporizhzhya NPP - in particular, "mutual readiness was expressed for non-politicized interaction on the situation around the ZNPP with the participation of the IAEA." They also discussed food security - "the position was confirmed that the grain exported through the Black Sea ports should be sent primarily to developing countries."

16:22 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation in daily reports showed its retreat from the Kharkiv region:

15:33 The occupiers are fleeing towards Luhansk and Russia, at the checkpoint in Stanytsia Luhanska there is a queue 12 km long, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Gaydai: more active, because both in Kremennaya and Starobelsky districts, Ukrainian flags were raised over administrative buildings or on electric towers. And, by the way, they were not removed - either the occupiers left, or the collaborators are afraid."

According to Gaidai, now the Armed Forces of Ukraine intend to finally recapture Izyum and Liman, and then take up the de-occupation of the Lugansk region.

15:24 The Russian media write with reference to the regional authorities that 13,000 "refugees" came out through the border checkpoints on the border with the Kharkiv region in three days.

15:16 Against the backdrop of the retreat of the Russian army, in several aviation garrisons of the Russian aerospace forces, pilots are discussing escaping the country and ways to hide from international justice. According to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Russian criminals plan to emigrate to the countries of South America.

15:12 Moscow suspended preparations for "referendums" due to the successful Ukrainian counter-offensive, Meduza writes, citing sources close to the Kremlin. According to them, the Kremlin-connected political technologists who worked in the Kharkiv and Zaporozhye regions have already been recalled to Russia, while they still remain in the Kherson region.

15:07 Governor of the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Gladkov said that there were no more long queues at the Ukrainian-Russian border, at night everyone who wanted to cross the border in the direction of Russia was able to do it. According to Gladkov, "thousands of people" crossed the border over the past 24 hours, most of them went to their relatives in their vehicles. Today, there are 1342 people in 27 temporary accommodation centers in the region. "We are preparing to send 500, 200 and 50 of them to other regions," Gladkov said.

The governor of the neighboring Kursk region, Roman Starovoit, said that the authorities had deployed 19 temporary accommodation centers, where 1,700 "forced migrants" live.

14:42 In the village of Kazachya Lopan, Kharkiv region, the flag of Ukraine was installed, the Dergachev City Council reported. Earlier, Dergachevsky mayor Vyacheslav Zadorenko reported that the Russian military had begun evacuating the village: "According to our information, Rashists are fleeing from Cossack Lopan to Belgorod, going home and evacuating the local population. We are waiting for official information from the General Staff."

14:36 ​​Kyivstar announced that it had restored communication in Balakliya.

14:17 Lavrov said that Russia does not refuse negotiations with Ukraine, "but the more the process is delayed, the more difficult it will be to agree."

13:43 The command of the Russian troops is probably planning another provocative shelling of Energodar and the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant in order to blame Ukraine for this. According to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, the units of the 94th division of the Russian Guard, stationed on the territory of the ZNPP, received a command at 14:00 to go into the shelter and stay there "until further notice."

12:49 Russians struck at Voznesensk of the Nikolaev area, at least two people are wounded, the head of a regional council Anna Zamazeeva reported.

12:35 An enemy missile was shot down over the Dnieper by air defense forces, said the head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko.

11:57 Zaluzhny said that since the beginning of September, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have returned more than 3,000 sq. km. At the same time, in the Kharkiv direction, Ukrainian forces began to move not only to the south and east, but also to the north - 50 km remain before reaching the state border.

The Commander-in-Chief published photographs with the results of the work of several units of the Armed Forces, which liberated the villages of Bayrak, Novaya Gusarovka, Shchurovka and Olkhovatka. "The capture of the powerful fortified areas of the Russian troops, which they proudly named Moscow, Omsk and St. Petersburg, made it possible to launch a counterattack on Balakleya, Izyum and Kupyansk," the commander-in-chief wrote.

11:49 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports that the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kharkiv region broke through the lines of the Russians to a depth of 70 km and captured more than 3,000 square meters. km of territory over the past five days is more than Russian troops have managed to occupy in all operations since April. According to analysts, this operation destroys the axis of the Russian offensive in the northern Donbass.

According to them, the Russian troops are not conducting a controlled withdrawal, but hastily fleeing to avoid encirclement in Izyum. The liberation of this city, ISW believes, will be the most significant Ukrainian military achievement since the Battle of Kyiv in March, removing the threat of a Russian offensive in northwestern Donetsk Oblast along the E40 highway.

11:34 In the morning, in the Uman region of the Cherkasy region, air defense forces shot down a Russian missile during an air raid. The wreckage fell on a private house, people were not injured, said the head of the OVA, Igor Taburets.

11:05 a.m., the Armed Forces of Ukraine liberated the Chkalovskoe village in the Kharkiv region - thanks to the 14th separate mechanized brigade named after Prince Roman the Great, Zelensky said.

10:23 The death toll as a result of enemy shelling in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, has risen to six people, the mayor of the city, Ruslan Trebushkin, said.

10:04 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of September 11th. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Kharkov and Donetsk directions.

  • personnel - about 52,650 (+400) people liquidated,

  • tanks - 2154 (+18),

  • armored combat vehicles - 4617 (+33),

  • artillery systems - 1263 (+4),

  • MLRS - 311 (+0),

  • air defense systems - 162 (+0),

  • aircraft - 242 (+3),

  • helicopters - 213 (+1),

  • UAV operational-tactical level - 902 (+4),

  • cruise missiles - 216 (+1),

  • ships/boats - 15 (+0),

  • automotive equipment and tankers - 3445 (+19),

  • special equipment - 117 (+1).

09:58 In the Kherson region, Russians are tightening filtration measures. According to the first deputy head of the regional council, Yuri Sobolevsky, there are a lot of reports of searches - primarily in the areas of crossings and near large military facilities they are looking for spotters and partisans.

09:47 In the Donetsk region over the past day, ten civilians were killed by Russian shelling: four in Pokrovsk, three in Krasnogorovka, two in Bakhmut and one in Raygorodok. Another 19 people were injured, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.

09:42 In the Kharkiv region over the past day, five people were injured from enemy shelling in the Chuguevsky, Izyumsky and Kupyansky districts, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.

09:28 In the Nikolaev area, except for the regional center, Bereznegovatoye village suffered from the Russian attacks today - five people were injured. Residential buildings have been damaged and destroyed, and the search for another person is ongoing, said Vitaly Kim, head of the OVA. In addition, at night, according to preliminary information, air defense worked and two enemy missiles were shot down in the Voznesensky district.

09:02 The enemy launched a missile attack at night on residential areas in the center of the Dnieper. One person was wounded, the head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko, said. In Nikopol, as a result of enemy shelling, three people were injured. Also, the Russians hit the Marganets community - preliminary, without wounded and destruction.

08:37 Zaporozhye NPP has been completely shut down , Energoatom reported. Today at 03:41 ZNPP power unit No. 6 was disconnected from the power grid. Preparations are underway for its cooling and transfer to the safest - cold - state.

08:00 APU repelled enemy attacks in the areas of settlements Sosnovka, Mayorsk, Nikolaevka Second, Zaitsevo, Veselaia Dolina, Soledar, Bakhmut, Sands, Pervomayskoye and Novomikhailovka. Because of the losses, the Russians are planning to carry out "mobilization" in the temporarily occupied territories, the General Staff reports in the morning summary .

07:55 Tonight Russians fired at Nikolaev, the mayor Alexander Senkevich reported. According to preliminary data, nine people were injured.

07:16 The Cabinet of Ministers will attract an additional $530 million from the World Bank. According to the Ministry of Finance, the loan was provided on preferential terms under the guarantees of Great Britain and Denmark. The money will go, in particular, to the salaries of public sector workers, pensions, medical guarantees.

06:11 NYT writes that current and former US officials praised Ukrainian preparations for a counteroffensive. The publication notes that the decision to advertise their counteroffensive in the south before striking in the northeast is a standard disorientation device used by US special forces who have been training Ukrainians since the occupation of Crimea in 2014.

Over the summer, Ukrainian officials stepped up intelligence sharing with their American counterparts as they began planning a counteroffensive. Senior US officials declined to say what details of the counteroffensive plan Ukraine shared or how much advice the United States gave. But one official said the Americans were constantly discussing with Kyiv how Ukraine could stop Russia's advance in the east.

02:50 AFU destroyed another ferry crossing in the area of ​​Nova Kakhovka "without the possibility of further use", OK Pivden reported.

00:46 The head of the Luhansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai expects "wonderful news" from the occupied Svatovo, Kremennaya and Rubizhne: "We should not expect that tomorrow we will liberate the entire Lugansk region. But the progress is huge. The fighting is quite heavy, but the occupiers are fleeing from all settlements "In the near future, perhaps even tomorrow, we will hear wonderful news from Svatovo, from Kremennaya, from Rubizhnoye."

According to Gaidai, the OVA received information all day on Saturday about the flight from the region of both the occupiers and the Gauleiters appointed by them.

00:14 During his visit to Kiev, Blinken brought a message from Biden about the need to start negotiations with Putin. Kyiv does not accept the recommendations to start "peace" negotiations with the Russian Federation and demands the complete de-occupation of Donbass and Crimea - several Ukrainian officials said this during the Yalta European Strategy forum secretly held in Kyiv, writes UP. In particular, Reznikov stressed that Ukraine had learned a lot during the war, "including not to trust any talk about peace that our partners offer us."

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#1  After watching this trash now for months, I bet $ Ukraine just eliminated Russian AWACs. The mafia running Russia might start looking for a new place to live before the people do another 1917 deal:
https://twitter.com/TrentTelenko/status/1569387369945513984
Posted by: Omineling Forkbeard1962 || 09/12/2022 14:32 Comments || Top||

#2  It's not in Russian Taganrog, old video when Ukraine bombed Saki Airbase in Crimea, oh well.
Posted by: Omineling Forkbeard1962 || 09/12/2022 14:36 Comments || Top||

#3  It's not in Russian Taganrog, old video

Still something has gone down in Tanarog and near Rostov-on-Don.

LiveUAMap: 10 hours ago -
Air defense is active in Taganrog
Big explosion in Rostov region of Russia, it was audible in Rostov, Taganrog, Azov, Aksai, Shakty and Novocherkask
Smoke rising near Chaltyr village of Rostov region
Posted by: Snash Shairt9621 || 09/12/2022 20:24 Comments || Top||

#4 
#3 It's not in Russian Taganrog, old video

Still something has gone down in Tanarog and near Rostov-on-Don.


Aleksandr Kots said the Rostov boom was a supersonic aicraft
Posted by: badanov || 09/12/2022 20:48 Comments || Top||


Russian Perspective: Operation to Denazify Ukraine: Operational Brief September 11th (updated)
Direct Translation via Google Translate.

Kindly note that several entries in this article were removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.

[NewsFrontInfo] 23:11 Fire damage was inflicted on Ukrainian units in the areas of Pristin, Boldyrevka, Sinikha, Beloe, Komarovka, Gorokhovatka, Kupyansk, Senkovo ​​and Podvysokoye, more than 250 Ukrainian military were destroyed.

22:19 In the Kharkiv region, Ukrainian units were hit in the areas of Staroverovka, Chuguev, Volosskaya Balakleya, Novaya Vodolaga, as well as the deployment point of foreign mercenaries, losses exceeded 200 military, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

21:39 Poltava region completely without power supply - authorities

Ukrainian Railways (UZhD) began to report train delays due to blackouts

Ukrainian telegram channels reported that power outages are observed in Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk and Vinnytsia regions

21:16 According to numerous reports, after a missile attack in a number of settlements and regions of Ukraine, partial or complete power outages are observed. Outages reported in:

⚡️Kharkov region;
⚡️Sumy region;
⚡️Poltava region;
⚡️Dnipropetrovsk region;
⚡️Zaporozhye region;
⚡️Odessa region;
⚡️APU-controlled part of the DPR;

Presumably, the rolling blackout in the power system of Ukraine occurred after a powerful blow near Kharkov, but it was not the only one - there are reports of explosions in other areas.

20:19 The Russian army continues to concentrate efforts to establish control over the Donetsk region - the main thing from the summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine:

▪️Russian troops were advancing in the areas of the settlement. Kurdyumovka, Nikolaevka Second, Zaitsevo, Mayorsk, Ozeryanovka, Novobakhmutovka, Avdeevka, Pervomayskoye and Vodyanoye.
▪️Ukrainian militants continue their counteroffensive in the Kharkiv direction.
▪️Russian units left several settlements. on the Kharkov direction.
▪️The RF Armed Forces carried out 16 missile and three air strikes on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

20:17 Applied attack on enemy infrastructure - without electricity and water, part of the Dnepropetrovsk, Kharkov and Sumy regions, Kremenchug, Pavlograd and other cities

19:55 In the Chechen Republicendedthe formation of three new battalions of 560 people and a special regiment of 1,500 soldiers

A total 3,180 trained military personnel are ready to perform any combat missions. The head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov personally held a drill review of military units and equipment the day before.

18:48 IAEA Director General Grossi announced the "start of consultations" on the creation of a nuclear and physical security "security zone" around the ZNPP

17:46 The activity of Ukrainian artillery in the Vasilyevka area of ​​the Zaporozhye region has decreased, but mortar shelling of advanced positions continues, drones are being intensively used, told RIA Novosti fighters of the volunteer battalion "Tavrida"

15:51 There is electricity in Energodar and neighboring settlements, it comes in reverse from Melitopol, the head of the CAA of Energodar said. He also said that the launch of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant is a matter of a few days, but it is not clear whether it will be possible to do this.

15:51 Fresh map from the briefing of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation one can note the obvious fact that the north of the Kharkov region is operationally completely abandoned, although not yet completely occupied by the enemy.

15:47 Refugees from the Kharkiv region arriving at the temporary accommodation center in the Belgorod region are provided with everything necessary, Andrey Turchak, First Vice Speaker of the Federation Council, Secretary of the United Russia General Council, said after visiting the point.

14:55 Airborne troops during a special operation destroyed infantry unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

These units were destroyed by an armored group of the parachute regiment with the help of BMD-4M airborne combat vehicles from 100-mm cannons from a distance of 4 km along a hinged trajectory.

14:55 Combat work attack aircraft Su-25 VKS of Russia.

Attack aviation crews support units of the Izyum-Balakley group with fire, inflicting rocket air strikes on military facilities and equipment of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

13:31 Fresh briefing of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the special operation, main points:

✔️The Russian Aerospace Forces, rocket troops and artillery are delivering high-precision strikes against units and reserves of the Ukrainian army in the Kharkiv region. Attacks were made on units of the Ukrainian 14th and 92nd mechanized brigades, the 113th territorial defense brigade, and the point of deployment of foreign mercenaries. Losses amounted to more than 200 servicemen and more than 20 pieces of military equipment.
✔️During the day, concentrated fire strikes defeated Ukrainian units in the areas of the settlements of Pristin, Boldyrevka, Sinikha, Beloe, Komarovka, Gorokhovatka, Kupyansk, Senkovo ​​and Podvysokoye of the Kharkov region. More than 250 servicemen and 12 armored vehicles were destroyed.
✔️In the Nikolaev-Kryvyi Rih direction, the deployment point of the Ukrainian 36th Marine Brigade near Nikolaev was destroyed, the losses amounted to more than 100 military
✔️On the Nikolaev-Krivoy Rog and Kharkiv directions from September 6 to 10, the losses of the Kiev regime amounted to more than 4,000 killed, 8,000 wounded
✔️Iskander missiles hit the manpower and military equipment of Ukrainian troops during unloading at the Krasnoarmeysk railway station in the
✔️DPR near Mirolyubovka in the Kherson region, the Russian Aerospace Forces hit units of the Ukrainian 60th infantry brigade, over 50 soldiers were destroyed
✔️Since September 1, the territory of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant and the city of Energodar have been subjected to artillery shelling by Ukrainian troops 26 times
✔️Russian air defense in the area of ​​​​Ugledar in the DPR shot down a Ukrainian Mi-8. Also, four drones were shot down in the regions of the Kherson region, the Nikolaev region and the DPR.

13:31 The Nazis in the Ugledar area began to remove their minefields at night.

This is done in order to go on the attack in this direction.

12:27 Kherson is in complete safety, everything is stable in the Kherson direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are suffering global losses - deputy head of the military-civilian administration of the region

11:44 There are reports of a missile attack by the Russian Armed Forces on targets in the Nikolaev region

According to preliminary information, a target could have been hit in the Voznesensky district, where there are a large number of warehouses for the APU grouping in the Kherson direction.

11:20 Air raid alert throughout Ukraine

11:20 The power supply to Energodar after the shutdown of the sixth block of the Zaporizhzhya NPP is in normal mode, the residential sector is fully provided with electricity, the authorities said.

10:31 Energy supply to Energodar in the Russian-controlled part of the Zaporizhia region is carried out as usual, despite the shutdown of the last power unit of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant - the head of the city administration Alexander Volga

09:20 The Ukrainian military are going to launch an offensive in the Ugledar direction. According to the commander of the “Vostok” brigade of the DPR, Alexander Khodakovsky, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are planning to strike in the direction of the settlements of Vladimirovka-Sladkoe in the near future.

08:00 Combat work of Russian Mi-8 helicopters of the army aviation of the Western Military District in the special operation zone. The crew of the airborne transport vehicle destroyed the fortified strongholds, armored vehicles and manpower of the Armed Forces of Ukraine..

05:18 Due to fires from Ukrainian shelling, 11,000 hectares of forest burned down in a unique reserve on the Kinburn Spit peninsula in the Nikolaev region, a representative of the emergency services of the neighboring Kherson region said. According to him, because of the Ukrainian mines in the reserve, four civilians were killed, the mines interfere with putting out the fire, RIA Novosti reports.

05:01 Footage from the cockpit of Su-25 attack aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces during combat work in the Izyum-Balakleysky direction.

Crews support our units by launching missile attacks on military facilities and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from low altitudes. They destroyed the camouflaged fortified positions and armored vehicles of the enemy.VideoMinistry of Defense of Russia.

01:57 A powerful missile attack on Dnepropterovsk: the city is in smoke, the enemy's target is on fire.

01:30 Powerful explosions thunder in Dnepropetrovsk and Nikopol. Also explosions in the Novomoskovsk region. In Nikopol, a strong fire after the impact. Anxiety in many regions of Ukraine.

01:12 Vladimir Rogov reports on the situation at the Zaporozhye LBS:

In the Gulyai Polya area, a warehouse of rocket and artillery weapons and ammunition of the AFU militants was destroyed.

Air defense systems shot down unmanned aerial vehicles in the areas of the settlement. Bold, Staromlynovka and Novoukrainskoe.

Posted by: badanov || 09/12/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Unbelievable. Russians just do not care for each other at all. That society is as morally dead as it was in 100BC whatever the people were called back then:
https://twitter.com/Flash_news_ua/status/1569255518190829570


https://twitter.com/Flash_news_ua/status/1569255518190829570
Posted by: Omineling Forkbeard1962 || 09/12/2022 10:32 Comments || Top||

#2  Looks like TV in St Petersburg is now pro western, they must love America in St Petersburg!

https://twitter.com/igorsushko/status/1569116756714860544
Posted by: Omineling Forkbeard1962 || 09/12/2022 10:34 Comments || Top||

#3  Hopefully Ukraine has a strategic victory before Lend Lease even kicks in October 2, 2022.

https://twitter.com/Flash_news_ua/status/1569233627656998913
Posted by: Omineling Forkbeard1962 || 09/12/2022 10:48 Comments || Top||

#4  Russians simply do not have the cultural morality/virtue to even admit Ukraine exists as an idea. It does and Ukraine will prevail while Russia slips into whatever the hell it is that Russians love and the rest of earth leaves them behind, noted yesterday Chinese military bloggers were ridiculing the Russian Army:

https://twitter.com/IAPonomarenko/status/1569215138548301825
Posted by: Omineling Forkbeard1962 || 09/12/2022 10:55 Comments || Top||

#5  "Hey, let's now start doing war crimes in Ukraine, well show them"!

https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1569328878711087104
Posted by: Omineling Forkbeard1962 || 09/12/2022 14:38 Comments || Top||

#6  Hope Badanov and his pro Moscow mafia friends here like this, real tough army heroes the Russians. Fighting against Nazis( led by an elected Jew). Enjoy this:
https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1569176097744379904
Posted by: Omineling Forkbeard1962 || 09/12/2022 14:53 Comments || Top||

#7  Hope Badanov and his pro Moscow mafia friends here like this, real tough army heroes the Russians. Fighting against Nazis( led by an elected Jew). Enjoy this:
https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1569176097744379904


At least you're back into character.
Posted by: badanov || 09/12/2022 15:28 Comments || Top||

#8  Betray your country, shorten your life. These traitors are dying in their homes, there is no safety for the traitors or their Russian masters in Ukraine:

https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1569176097744379904


https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1569176097744379904
Posted by: Omineling Forkbeard1962 || 09/12/2022 15:30 Comments || Top||

#9  Fighting against Nazis (led by an elected Jew).

And...
Bandera was a jew.
Soros is a jew.
Judenrats (Jewish Councils) collaborated w/ Nazis too.

Jews can and do collaborate w/ nazis, it happens.

Posted by: mossomo || 09/12/2022 15:55 Comments || Top||

#10  Pitiful response, Nazi cultures do not elect Jews for President.

You and your local FS influence agent Badanov can tell each other big lies like this and pat yourselves on the back if it turns you 2 Moscow mafia criminal supporters on.

Here, after enjoying the murdered children in the above photo, enjoy this pitiful Russian kid. I hate Russia's culture, it is at least as evil as ISIS, but, in a way all humanity is a victim of powers stronger than we are, i.e. the devil.

https://twitter.com/worldonalert/status/1569414254708531200
Posted by: Omineling Forkbeard1962 || 09/12/2022 16:15 Comments || Top||

#11  ^ Not to get in the middle of all that mess, but... Fun Fact:

Next up for denazification...
Again... was that neighboring nation.

Of each dozen Poles
Nazis pulled from those holes
Known as Katyn... one's Jewish. [oblation]
Posted by: Sninetch Oppressor of the Apes2239 || 09/12/2022 16:55 Comments || Top||

#12  Yea, Stalin and Russians murdered the Poles at Katyn dude, even Russians know it now.

Anyway, back to 2022. This again may not be valid, but, it fits with earlier reports some Russian units stuck inside the Kherson blockade may be trying to surrender without being murdered:

https://twitter.com/lilygrutcher/status/1569426296832229376
Posted by: Omineling Forkbeard1962 || 09/12/2022 18:51 Comments || Top||

#13  Azerbaijan has concluded Russia is weak as water, they're gonna run the Armenians out of Nagorno-Karabakh. Turkey is now the regional hegemon in the near region anyway.

God bless Armenians, they relied on Russia for protection. I wish them well, but, they're Fd.

https://twitter.com/WarMonitor3/status/1569433843102277633
Posted by: Omineling Forkbeard1962 || 09/12/2022 19:11 Comments || Top||

#14  Will anyone be helping Armenia, which is Fd? Honest question. Will the wonderful Europeans be reigning in the islamic dogs who feel a NATO member is backing them? No? Too bad and ho hum?
Posted by: Dron66046 || 09/12/2022 19:19 Comments || Top||

#15  Azeris are shelling inside Armenia proper at the Russian base in Gyurmi, Armenia.

https://twitter.com/lilygrutcher/status/1569445253480087552
https://twitter.com/WarMonitor3/status/1569443706914185219
https://twitter.com/sentdefender/status/1569442037958844419
https://twitter.com/lilygrutcher/status/1569427490921189378
Posted by: Omineling Forkbeard1962 || 09/12/2022 19:25 Comments || Top||

#16  Anyway, back to 2022... and 1992...

Armenia under Attack!
American duckface: "Quack quack."
Quick, arm a brigade
With Kardashian aid!
Warn Mahomet dat Abie got back!

Okay, so it ain't OverThere.
Posted by: Sninetch Oppressor of the Apes2239 || 09/12/2022 19:50 Comments || Top||

#17  LOL. Kardashian aid? 🙃
Posted by: Dron66046 || 09/12/2022 19:56 Comments || Top||


Perspective from the Breakaway Republics: Invasion of Ukraine: September 11th, 2022
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
[NewsFrontInfo] 23:05 Throughout the day, fire from the Ukrainian security forces was fired at the districts of eight settlements of the Republic. As a result of shelling, four civilians were killed and eight were injured. Eight housing constructions and two civil infrastructure facilities were damaged. Additional information about the injured civilians and damage to infrastructure is being specified.

22:29 Over the current day, according to information from the Representative Office of the JCCC in the DPR, the enemy has fired more than 100 rounds of ammunition from tanks, cannon artillery of 155mm and 152mm caliber, as well as 120mm mortars.

21:18 Colonelcassad: It is also worth noting another fresh fake that the Armed Forces of Ukraine occupied the Donetsk airport.

Of course, there is nothing even close to that. The DPR army continues to pick strongholds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine behind the take-off.

20:07 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for September 10, received additional information on civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:

Donetsk:

Kyiv district:

- unfortunately, a woman born in 1964. injured duringmorning shelling- passed away.

n.p. Makeevka (Chervonogvardeisky district):

Three children (boys) born in 2010, 2011 and 2012 received injuries of varying severity as a result of the explosion of the EP.

#ChildrenNotTarget

As of 20:00, the total number of civilian casualties from VFU attacks on September 10, 2022 is 15 people, including three children (five killed, 10 injured), including one person from the previously liberated settlement. Novotroitskoe. The information continues to flow.

Received additional information on damage as a result of shelling of the VFU cities of the Republic:

Donetsk:

Kuibyshevsky district:

- st. Zavarzina, 1 - apartment building.

Kyiv district:

- st. Gornaya 38 "b" - an apartment building;
- st. Kuibyshev, 260 - administrative building;
- st. Kuibysheva, 260 "zh" - store "Heat-cold".
-- n.p. Staromikhaylovka:
- st. Artema, 12 - a private residential building.

n.p. Luhansk:

- st. Ushakova, 99 - a private residential building;

—de-energized19 transformer substations, 1600 household subscribers without power supply.

n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district):

- st. Picturesque, 46 - Michurinsk penal colony No. 57;
- st. Chernyakhovsky, 1 - a direct hit in a residential building.

settlement Golmovsky:

— Shkolny Ave., 6 — a private residential building.

Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive.

19:29 Shelling from the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was recorded in the following directions:

-- n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): three rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.
-- n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Kirov district): six rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.
-- n.p. Friendship - n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): six rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.

19:11 Ukrainian militants resumed a massive shelling of the Gorlovsky village of the mine named after. N. A. Izotova. A repeated arrival to the house at the address: st. Chernyakhovsky, 1 - damaged roof, glazing, fence - Prikhodko.

18:41 Eyewitnesses report that shelling of the Kirovsky (mine "Lidievka") and Kuibyshev regions began. Details are being specified.

17:49 The city of Svatovo in the LPR is under the control of the republic - officer of the People's Militia of the Luhansk People's Republic Andrei Marochko.

17:07 Within three days, an operation was carried out to curtail and transfer the Izyum-Balakliya group of troops to the territory of the DPR - the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

16:37 Krasny Liman is under the control of the Russian army - the city was held by the mobilized LNR, BARS and the National Guard.

16:21 YMZ is ready to provide housing for refugees from Krasny Liman in its hostel

“We always extend a helping hand to those who find themselves in a difficult situation. And now, with all the means and resources available to us, we will support people who are forced to temporarily leave their homes and move to safe areas, ”the press service of the YuGMK quotes the words of General Director Evgeny Yurchenko.

16:04 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for September 10, information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:

Donetsk:

Petrovsky district:

- a man born in 1958 died.
- a woman born in 1970 was wounded.
- men born in 1958, born in 1957 were wounded.

Kyiv district:

- a man born in 1946 died, it is not possible to identify the bodies of two more victims in the fire that arose from the shelling and establish personal data.
- a woman born in 1964 was wounded.
- wounded men born in 1953, 1959, 1987

n.p. Novotroitskoye (temporarily attached to the administration of the Volnovakha district):

- a woman born in 1985 was wounded.

Information was received about damage as a result of shelling of the VFU cities of the Republic:

Donetsk:

Kyiv district:

- st. Artema, 273 - Building materials market;
- st. Gornaya, 2 - Akvilon Market, a fire was recorded;
- st. Dubrovinsky, 31 - a private residential building.

Petrovsky district:

- sq. Pobedy, 8, 9, 13, 18 - multi-apartment residential buildings;
- st. Gorskaya, 20 - a private residential building;
- st. Rationalizers, 24 - a private residential building;
— Kantemirovsky Ave., 4 — a private residential building.

n.p. Novotroitskoye (temporarily attached to the administration of the Volnovakha district):

- st. Sovetskaya, 71 - apartment building.

15:54 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Kirov and Kuibyshevsky districts): five rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.

15:41 A total of 2,300 specialists from Moscow have been transferred to the restoration of Donetsk, D. Pushilin said. Specialists work in five districts of the city and prepare Donetsk for winter, they also prepare 359 objects for the winter season.

14:35 Information continues to be received about the dead and wounded civilians of Donetsk as a result of shelling by Ukrainian nonhumans of the market near the railway station.

According to the latest data, three people died. Of these, only one has been identified so far - a man born in 1946. Other victims of preliminary identification are not amenable.

At least three more residents of the city were injured - a woman born in 1964. men - born in 1959 and born in 1953

All the victims were taken to the Republican Trauma Center.

14:10 As a result of the shelling of the VFU in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, the number of wounded increased to three people and another civilian died.

14:06 In the DPR, two sabotage groups that planned terrorist attacks on critical facilities were liquidated, the Ministry of State Security reported.

13:33 As a result of the shelling of the VFU in the Kievsky district of Donetsk, the number of wounded increased to four people and three more civilians were killed.

13:28 Allied artillery in the Liman direction is actively drowning and hitting the enemy at the crossings across the Seversky Donets. This is reported by our artillery friends, who see everything thanks to reconnaissance equipment and scouts. Work brothers.

13:06 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Friendship - n.p. Zaitsevo: fired 15 mines in 120mm caliber.

12:21 According to preliminary data, three people were killed and another one civilian was injured as a result of the shelling of the VFU in the Kievsky district of Donetsk.

10:52 Kupyansk is partially abandoned, the right bank is under the Ukrainians. Our army goes beyond the Oskol River to take up defense there.

10:46 AFU shelled the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, near the square. Victory killed a man.

09:16 Arrivals in the area of the railway market in Donetsk.

09:07 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Pervomaiskoye - Donetsk (Kyiv and Kuibyshevsky districts): three rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.

09:05 Mountains of corpses of Ukrainian militants - such is the price of the failed counterattacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Donetsk.

The 100th Brigade and 11th Regiment of the NM DPR successfully repulsed attempts by Ukrainian militants to recapture their positions near Donetsk. For two days, the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine sent to the slaughter of militants of the 56th brigade and units attached to it, which suffered heavy losses in the dead, wounded and surrendered.

Almost 40 bodies of Ukrainian nationalists were left lying near the Donetsk ring road beyond Peski. The wounded, abandoned to die, preferred to surrender to the servicemen of the NM DNR.

08:45 Shelling from the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was recorded in the following directions:

-- n.p. Orlovka - n.p. Makeevka (Chervonogvardeisky district): three rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
-- n.p. Netaylovo - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): three rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.

08:23 Unfortunately, peaceful Gorlovka resident G.I.A., born on 01.22.1969, who was wounded in the head as a result of yesterday’s shelling of the Panteleimonovka village from the Armed Forces of Ukraine, died - Prikhodko.

08:00 Shelling from the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was recorded in the following directions:

-- n.p. Dyleevka - n.p. Golmovsky: fired five rounds with a caliber of 152mm.
-- n.p. Orlovka - Donetsk (Kyiv district): six rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
-- n.p. Novgorodskoye - n.p. Gorlovka (settlement of Kalinin mines): five rounds of 122mm caliber were fired.

Posted by: badanov || 09/12/2022 20:58 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Wonder when the Ukraine partisans eliminate this traitor?

https://twitter.com/sarahrainsford/status/1569366179994648581
Posted by: Omineling Forkbeard1962 || 09/12/2022 16:00 Comments || Top||


Day 200- Russia Abandons Kharkiv Province

militaryland sitrep as of evening 9-11

Russia Forces Retreated to the east of the Oskil River leaving lots of equipment.

So Ukraine has decisively won the battle of Kharkiv
Posted by: Lord Garth || 09/12/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:


Pilots who were involved in the war against Ukraine planning to flee to South America.
[Twitter]
Posted by: 3dc || 09/12/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life,

#1  This one didn't make it. Seriously, Russia has provided so little real military training to it's military because the rulers have stolen everything from the people.
There are reports of air craft also being shot down by Russian AAA efforts due to fear as well:

https://twitter.com/JimmySecUK/status/1569269417556549632
Posted by: Omineling Forkbeard1962 || 09/12/2022 10:24 Comments || Top||


RF Armed Forces leave the north of the Kharkiv region
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin.

See the referred to map at the link

[ColonelCassad] Another delayed consequence of the breakthrough of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Balakleya.

Based on the map of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation at today's briefing, the RF Armed Forces have already left the north of the Kharkiv region operationally. The front now passes along the border of the Belgorod region with Ukraine and along Oskol.

Balakleysky breakthrough
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin

See the map at the link (In English):

[ColonelCassad] Western version of the Balakleysky breakthrough scheme. In fact, a blow to the flank and rear of the Izyum group. In such a situation, not being able to close the hole at Balakleya, the withdrawal from the Izyum ledge was the only possible decision on the part of the command (letting the group die in Izyum, as the Armed Forces of Ukraine did in Mariupol, frankly, would be a mistake with much more catastrophic consequences), which made it possible to avoid the boiler and the complete collapse of the front.

But in any case, at the moment the operational crisis has not yet been fully overcome. In general, the whole story is that such breakthroughs of the front should not be allowed. It will obviously go down in history as the Balakliya breakthrough.

Posted by: badanov || 09/12/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


What was in Izium
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Commentary by Russian military correspondent Sreda:

[ColonelCassad] The morning began with getting acquainted with the reports. Balakleya was already surrounded. There were battles near Kupyansk. It was known that the guys blocked the entire city. There was no other information.

At about 12 o'clock I managed to talk to one of the officers who left Balakleya. I intercepted him at the checkpoint. He said that the units were holding out, but strongly advised against going there.

Information came about a breakthrough in the Grokhovatka area and in the Senkovo ​​area. The assault units of the 60th Motorized Rifle Brigade "Veterans" immediately moved there. They managed to block about 60 fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine together with equipment in Grokhovatka.

In Senkovo, "veterans" blocked the bridge over the reservoir in order not to let the APU-nis.

In the meantime, an officer from the army rushed from Kupyansk, I don’t remember the unit. On the way, he fought twice with the Vsu-shki, who blocked the road between Kupyansk and Izyum. He fought back and reached Izyum in a car riddled with bullets.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the alignment is as follows. The APU-shki managed to break through, but they were blocked on the outskirts of large cities and they cannot move further, despite the numerical advantage in personnel and equipment. The entire potential of the military machine of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was limited to the occupation of small residents, where there is practically no one.

In Izyum I noticed Senya Pegov. He rushed somewhere towards the intersection, which the APU-shki threw petals. Senya is a hot and combative guy. Where he went next I do not know. But it seems that his materials appeared later. So the eagle is alive.

In Kupyansk, the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroy the bridge with Haimars. This is the only branch that connects the two parts of the city. Without it, the supply of BC and provisions is impossible. And without all this, it is impossible to fight hostilities.

From Kupyansk there is still a road to Russia, but it passes through approximately the same territory where the Armed Forces of Ukraine made a breakthrough and there is no guarantee that history will not repeat itself.

Toward evening, information appeared about the decision made by the army to carry out redeployment. Under the circumstances, it was a smart decision.

The withdrawal of fighters from positions began. This maneuver was technically the most difficult. The trenches are under constant fire pressure from the enemy. How the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation managed to carry out this withdrawal I do not know. And although, even if he knew, he would not say.

I know that 60 OMSB "Veterans" managed to get out without losses. Now they hold their positions, where they blocked the further movement of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This made it possible to provide a maneuver for the withdrawal of units of the grouping of allied forces.

60 OMSB "Veterans" came out the latest. Other army units have already left the city. The battalion commander "Veterans" remained in place, because he was engaged in the withdrawal of the guys from the trenches. Without them, he flatly refused to go out.


(c) military commander Wednesday
Posted by: badanov || 09/12/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  In Izyum I noticed Senya Pegov. He rushed somewhere towards the intersection, which the APU-shki threw petals. Senya is a hot and combative guy. Where he went next I do not know. But it seems that his materials appeared later. So the eagle is alive.

Sounds like a budding romance!
Posted by: Rob Crawford || 09/12/2022 6:51 Comments || Top||


Soloviev, called for the execution of Russian commanders who allowed the counteroffensive
[Twitter]
Posted by: 3dc || 09/12/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life,

#1  That'll encourage the officer corps! Right into retirement!
Posted by: Rob Crawford || 09/12/2022 9:49 Comments || Top||

#2  Good time to stoke the fires of paranoia in the ranks.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 09/12/2022 17:32 Comments || Top||



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