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[Korrespondent] 23:03 Putin said following a meeting with representatives of African countries that the peace plan for Ukraine and the grain deal "have nothing to do with each other." Also, according to him, the provisions of the African Peace Initiative on Ukraine are being implemented - for example, the exchange of prisoners and humanitarian issues. At the same time, Putin called a number of points from the African initiative "difficult to implement" - for example, a ceasefire. "Ukraine is under attack, it is difficult to contact us for this in this situation," the head of the Kremlin said.
Putin stressed that he does not consider command and control of the troops to be his business, therefore he does not receive reports on the "special operation" hourly, but contacts the Ministry of Defense several times a day.
22:02 The press service of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported a successful strike on the Chongar bridge on the morning of July 29.
21:30 Saudi Arabia plans to hold peace talks on Ukraine, writes The Wall Street Journal. The summit will be held on August 5-6 in the city of Jeddah, representatives of 30 countries have already received invitations.
20:47 Ukrainian forces today continued to move forward on the southern flank around Bakhmut, "there are certain advances," said Anna Malyar. Fighting continues on the northern flank without changing positions. The enemy is now concentrating additional forces and means on the Bakhmut direction. In Bakhmut itself shelling continues from both sides.
On the Kupyansk and Limansk directions, the enemy is active - today there were several attempts to attack - but failed and suffered losses. Fighting is going on in the Avdiivka direction. The enemy is unsuccessfully trying to attack. In the Maryinsky direction, the Russian Federation today stepped up assault operations with the use of equipment, but to no avail. The defense forces repelled all assaults.
In the south today, "we are gradually but surely moving forward in the Berdyansk and Melitopol directions," Malyar said. Fighting continues on all fronts. "Our defenders are doing their work around several settlements. But all the details - when the safety of operations allows," the deputy defense minister added.
18:59 The Russians hit Zaporozhye - a rocket hit open areas, killing two people, said Anatoly Kurtev, secretary of the City Council. The blast wave blew out windows in high-rise buildings and damaged the buildings of an educational institution and a supermarket.
17:16 Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said that about a hundred Wagner PMC mercenaries are moving towards the Suwalski corridor, which connects the Baltic countries with Poland and is located between Belarus and the Kaliningrad region of the Russian Federation. In his opinion, the Wagnerites can disguise themselves as Belarusian border guards and help illegal migrants enter the territory of Poland. In addition, it is possible that they themselves will try to get into Poland, posing as migrants. Morawiecki called it "a step towards a further hybrid attack on Polish territory."
16:12 Zelensky said that today he visited Chasov Yar, Kramatorsk, Slavyansk, Druzhkovka, Konstantinovka in the Donetsk region: “I had the honor to personally congratulate and award the soldiers of the Special Operations Forces on the occasion of their professional day. From what you can talk about now, this is participation in key military operations: Bakhmut in particular, Avdeevka, Krasnogorovka, Marinka, Soledar Together with everyone they defended Kiev and Gostomel, Bucha, Irpen, Moshchun, Makarov, Snake Island - this is also the SSO together with intelligence, together with the "Alfa" and Naval Forces, Kinburn Spit, Kherson. Now, the liberation of Staromayorsky, this is also a result, in particular, of the MTR."
15:25 Several dozen German extremists are fighting in Ukraine, with the majority on the side of Russia, the German Interior Ministry said at the request of Die Welt. Thus, since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukraine, German law enforcement officers have recorded the departure from Germany of 61 people involved in extremism or politically motivated crimes. There are both right-wing and left-wing extremists among them. At least 39 people left Germany with the intention of "taking part in hostilities", of which 27 - on the side of Russia, 12 - on the side of Ukraine.
The publication notes that the actual number of Germans fighting in Ukraine is much higher. However, the German authorities only collect data on those associated with extremism. The very fact of participation in hostilities in Ukraine is not punishable by German laws, as long as it is a question of service in regular armies. Another situation is with "volunteer detachments" or "militia", participation in which can already be qualified as mercenarism.
14:48 "Governor" of the occupied Kherson region Volodymyr Saldo said that Ukrainian troops allegedly tried to destroy the railroad between Kherson region and Crimea at night with Storm Shadow missiles, "they were all shot down by air defense, the damage has already been repaired."
14:11 A UNESCO mission arrived in Odessa - experts will assess the damage caused to cultural and religious sites by Russian missile attacks inflicted from July 19 to 23.
13:16 The Ukrainian military has taken measures to protect the port infrastructure, said the speaker of the Southern Defense Forces Natalya Gumenyuk: "We hope that the measures taken will be quite effective, but observing that the enemy has taken a certain pause, we can conclude that he is preparing for the next attacks with possibly new tactics."
13:50 Zelensky is today in the Bakhmut direction , visited the advanced positions of the Special Operations Forces: "Today I am here to congratulate our soldiers on their professional day, to honor their strength. I heard the report of the commander, talked with the military. Very powerful, very effective. Although You can’t tell the details about the actual operations of the MTR - only with time, but the fulfillment by you guys of the tasks for the sake of Ukraine is really heroic."
11:47 In the Crimea, in the Cossack Bay, on the evening of July 28, an ammunition depot exploded, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense reported. Witnesses heard two explosions and the sounds of subsequent detonation. Several ambulances and police drove to the scene. The 810th Separate Marine Brigade of the Russian Federation is currently deployed in the area of Kazachya Bay. It is known that explosions and detonation as a result of sabotage occurred in the "temporary warehouse" of the BC.
11:18 British intelligence notes that the last two days in the south of Ukraine there has been an intensification of hostilities in two sectors of the front. So, south of Orekhovo, the fighting is concentrated near the village of Robotino, in the zone of responsibility of the 58th Combined Arms Army of the Russian Federation. And 80 km to the east, Ukrainian troops defeated units of the 247th Guards Airborne Assault Regiment of the Airborne Forces of the RF Armed Forces and captured the village of Staromayorskoe.
Meanwhile, in the north, other units of the Russian Airborne Forces continue offensive operations in the Serebryansky Forest west of Kreminnaya, but have not made significant progress.
09:49 South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at a meeting with Putin urged him to resume the grain deal. Ramaphosa said Africa needs more commercial grain supplies than the free shipment from Russia that Putin has promised for the continent's poorest countries.
“We did not come here to ask for some gifts for the African continent. Of course, we understand that out of generosity you decided to donate grain to some African countries that are facing certain difficulties. We have great respect for this. However, this is not our main goal here, this is not our main task - to achieve some kind of supplies of this nature," Ramaphosa told Putin.
09:11 The Russians over the past day fired at the Kherson region 29 times, including hitting the territory of the grain terminal of the Berislav region, said the head of the OVA Alexander Prokudin. During the day, four people were injured in the region.
08:56 The Armed Forces of Ukraine use North Korean shells for BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket systems, the Financial Times writes with reference to the Ukrainian military. The gunners said that these shells were very unreliable, but there was no choice. Judging by the markings, most 122 mm shells were produced in 1980-1990.
08:30 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of July 29:
personnel - about 245,220 (+390) people liquidated,
tanks - 4191 (+1),
armored combat vehicles - 8167 (+6),
artillery systems - 4786 (+11),
MLRS - 698 (+0),
air defense systems - 458 (+0),
aircraft - 315 (+0),
helicopters - 311 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 4007 (+0),
cruise missiles - 1347 (+0),
ships/boats - 18 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 7247 (+7),
special equipment - 710 (+1).
07:58 As a result of yesterday's missile attack on the Dnieper, nine people were injured, including two children. In addition to the attacked buildings of the Security Service of Ukraine and high-rise buildings, four more residential buildings around, three administrative buildings, and cars were damaged, said Serhiy Lysak, head of the SBU. Search and rescue operations have been completed. Also at night, the enemy fired artillery at Nikopol and the Marganets community, people were not injured.
07:46 During the day, 27 clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in the morning report .
01:49 The White House categorically denies the participation of American military personnel in the hostilities in Ukraine, said the coordinator of the National Security Council John Kirby: "There are no American forces in Ukraine that would assist Ukraine in the hostilities or would be present on the battlefield with Ukrainian forces."
At the same time, Kirby noted that there are a small number of American military personnel in Ukraine who guard the US Embassy in Kyiv, and also represent the office of military attachés in Ukraine. "The US military is not actively involved in the fighting in Ukraine or in support of the fighting in Ukraine," Kirby said.
00:15 Putin, at a meeting with African leaders on the situation in Ukraine, said that the neutral status of Kiev for the Russian Federation "is of fundamental importance." At the same time, he claims that Russia is ready to look for ways of a peaceful settlement. Putin also said that he takes "seriously and with great attention" to the proposals of the African mission in Ukraine, which echo the Chinese "peace plan".
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[RIA] ARussia is not moving towards peace. The modern world war is permanent - it is it, and not the "world revolution", which has become the export of "colored" surrogates of power from Langley. And we do not determine this order of things. Our country, with its undeveloped territory, has something to do at home.
However, to do this, Russia must be left alone - which none of its many enemies is going to do. We need to overcome the direct immediate critical threat. Ukraine has been turned into an American kamikaze drone, and this drone is attacking. He needs to be knocked down.
Russia, perhaps, would be satisfied with a neutral Ukraine not in NATO and, most importantly, without American military use in any capacity. Is it real? Especially against the backdrop of the rapid transition of previously neutral European countries to the side of collective Western aggression? However, with all the swiftness of the final stage, the transition was prepared for a long time and carefully. US control of Europe is moving from the stage of feudal vassalage to full-fledged slavery, the position of the early Roman clientele.
The territory of the Europeans no longer belongs to them, they are strangers on it, hostes, enemies. And in this capacity, they are obliged to accept the patronage of the United States, to transfer their life and death into their hands. As well as resources.
Ukraine in this American case is appointed to the role of a working model and model, "leader" and "locomotive". The oligocracy, called "democracy", justified as allegedly an elitistocracy, in Ukraine has far outstripped in its development Europe, which it so dreamed of joining. And she was the first to enter the stage of external liquidation of the "oligocratic republic", the transition from vassal to slave subordination. At this stage, moneybags-billionaires lose their political weight and go "to the front."
The last oligocratic president of Ukraine, Poroshenko, still defended the class interests of the Ukrainian oligocracy. What led to the Minsk agreements. Manager Zelensky himself does not have such interests - and has no right to represent them. The new government can only be the tyranny of a military junta controlled from outside.
Europe is waiting for the fate of Ukraine. Europe has no means - cultural and existential - to resist US domination. The states will welcome any destruction of the Old World, and especially a systemic and long-term one. This is their chance to survive as "just" one of the poles of the multipolar world, to resist China and Russia. European politics is over.
The decline of Europe has taken place. This is where Russian geostrategic planning comes from.
In May of this year, Sergei Lavrov explained the appearance in the official concept of Russian foreign policy of the term "Anglo-Saxons", which had not previously been indoctrinated. The Anglo-Saxons - namely the union of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States - took shape as a subject of geopolitics following the results of the Second World War, acting as a provocateur of the attack of Nazi Germany on the USSR, a cunning and self-serving ally-enemy, a partner in the division of spheres of influence and the establishment of borders, immediately after the conclusion of agreements, began preparing for the destruction of the USSR.
However, the Russian political tradition did not deprive the Anglo-Saxons of the nomination of "allies" ("partners" in the language of post-Soviet rhetoric) until the Anglo-American efforts in Ukraine established the regime of Nazi terror aimed at war with Russia. The 80-year political cycle that began in 1943 in Tehran has ended.
Hitler's strategic goal was not war with the USSR. Hitler repeated the mistake of Napoleon, considering the Russian East as non-subjective, solely as a resource for the subsequent confrontation with the Anglo-Saxons - which was to become a strategic struggle for world racial superiority. The unforeseen defeat of Nazi Germany by the Russians confused the game. Germany was saved by the Soviet Union and kept as a competitor for America and England.
In this capacity, the USSR cooperated with it (with the FRG). But today the issue of eliminating Germany as a political entity, culturally and economically wealthy and capable, is back on the agenda. While Ukraine dreams of becoming a "second Poland", the first Polandis preparing for the role of master and liquidator of Germany. And Russia can do nothing more for Germany.
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I agree. Russia will always be fighting. Putin will defend the motherland. Under new leadership a more aggressive approach is likely to occur. Putin has demonstrated leadership. Those who follow having access to so much could easily go on conquest. That is something Putin I believe would never do. Putin plays a game of chess for the long term.
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Now that they have joined Fight Club can we leave?
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I don't see what the Russians can do. The demographic time bomb will make it impossible for them to defend such a vast territory. Perhaps they make everyone believe they'll go nuclear in a heart beat? If so threatening but not doing anything about it is counter-productive.
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 22:51 Explosions were heard in Kherson, according to Ukrainian media.
“Sounds of explosions are heard in Kherson, correspondents report,”writes "Public".
Other Telegram channels also write about explosions in the city.
Details are not given.
22:04 A powerful arrival in Sumy is reported. Presumably, a ballistic missile of the Iskander-M complex or P-800 Oniks struck the location of the Ukrainian military in the building of the Higher Artillery School. According to preliminary data, there was a warehouse with ammunition.
21:29 Several powerful explosions thundered in the industrial zone of the city of Sumy
21:29 Georgian mercenaries hit by airstrike near Artemovsk
As a result of the strike of the Russian Aerospace Forces, a militant from Georgia, Archil Devrisashvili, was killed. Several other mercenaries were injured.
The destroyed militant Devrisashvili was the commander of the Black Eagle unit of the 28th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
21:28 Ukrainians tired from the corrupt authorities led by Zelensky, who only profit from their citizens and massively complain about the Kiev regime on social networks
21:26 Artillerymen of the Airborne Troops destroy manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the right bank of the Dnieper
Crews of 120mm self-propelled guns "Nona-S" of the Novorossiysk Guards mountain formation of the Airborne Forces daily conduct combat work to destroy the manpower and equipment of Ukrainian nationalists who are redeploying and rotating on the right bank of the Dnieper.
According to intelligence, units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine transferred forces and equipment along coastal roads. Having received an order to impede the movement of the enemy, the crews of the Nona-S self-propelled guns fired direct and semi-direct fire, inflicting fire damage on the enemy.
20:05 “The Lancet” struck Ukrainian "Carnation"
The Russian military continues the genocide of the artillery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. And again, a combination of the ZALA 421-16 reconnaissance drone and the Lancet kamikaze drone was used to defeat the enemy self-propelled guns.
The Ukrainian 122mm self-propelled gun 2S1 "Gvozdika" was hit near the village of Novomikhailovka in the Svatovo-Kremennaya sector, where the Russian army is conducting offensive operations.
18:58 Russian artillery covers APU howitzer and ammunition depot
18:58 The Russian military for the first time captured the Swedish CV-90 infantry fighting vehicle during the battle, they managed to knock it out from an RPG - RIA Novosti
17:40 Ka-52 crew struck rocket stronghold of militants in the Zaporozhye direction
16:28 Soldiers of the RF Armed Forces hunt behind the enemy tank in the Avdeevsky direction
16:26 Artillerymen of the RF Armed Forces covered another Western equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
The militant shares footage of the destroyed M113 and MaxxPro armored vehicles. The fate of the crews is unknown.
15:15 Highlights from the new briefing of the RF Ministry of Defense:
🔹Assault detachments of the Zapad group during the offensive took more advantageous positions in the Kuzemovka area in the LPR;
🔹The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the Donetsk direction, including near Kleshcheevka, hit the manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the losses of the enemy amounted to over 120 military;
🔹Russian troops destroyed the ammunition depot of the 43rd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Druzhelyubovka area in the Kharkiv region;
🔹The air defense of the Russian Federation intercepted two Ukrainian anti-aircraft missiles of the S-200 air defense system modernized for strikes against ground targets;
🔹The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost up to 135 people and two tanks in the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions in a day;
🔹The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the Krasnolimansky direction repelled two attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Raygorodok in the LPR and Serebryansky forestry;
🔹Russian troops destroyed the command post of the 47th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye region;
🔹Russian air defense destroyed seven Storm Shadow cruise missiles, 2 HIMARS multiple rocket launchers and five Ukrainian drones in a day;
🔹Russian troops destroyed up to 70 military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, repelling enemy attacks in the areas of Staromayorsky and Urozhayny in the DPR;
🔹The Russian military in the Donetsk direction successfully repelled five attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, including near Avdiivka and Belogorovka.
14:16 The Transcarpathian military registration and enlistment office reports that Lieutenant Colonel Sergei Lushchakevich was liquidated during the SVO.
Before the SVO, the lieutenant colonel was the deputy head of the Transcarpathian regional military registration and enlistment office.
Responsible in the region for mobilization and mobilization training.
13:20 Completely burnt American BMP M2A2 "Bradley" ODS-SA with dynamic protection BRAT in the lens of a Ukrainian soldier in the Zaporozhye region.
13:20 Personnel broken group of the Armed Forces
Eliminated militants and the destroyed T-72M1 tank as a result of the Ukrainian counteroffensive in the Zaporozhye direction.
12:35 One Russian tanks mashed the entire column of advancing equipment
The tank crew of the RF Armed Forces was not afraid of an unequal battle and single-handedly destroyed seven armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine - two tanks and five MaxxPro armored vehicles. With their maneuvers, the tankers forced the enemy to disperse through the minefield, and those who did not blow up, our soldiers liquidated with direct shots.
11:40 M2 Bradley landed the APU fighters on their last shift
After transmitting coordinates from the drone of the RF Armed Forcesinflicteda direct blow to the newly arrived enemy manpower.
11:39 Videoan extremely unsuccessful attempt by the military commissars to mobilize on the beach.
11:38 For the past day:
As a result of fire damage by the formations of the Dnepr group of troops in the island zone, the following were destroyed:
- an attempt to penetrate the DRG in the area of Veliky Island was prevented, one boat was destroyed, five militants of the VFU
As a result of fire damage by formations of the Dnepr group of troops in the Kherson direction, the following were destroyed:
- 120mm mortar, crew and ammunition for it, in the area of the settlement. Pridneprovskoye, losses: 5 VFU militants were killed, 3 were injured of varying severity in the area.
- an attempt by the AFU to force the Dnieper River in the areas of about. Alekseevsky, as a result of fire damage, two boats and 12 VFU militants were destroyed
As a result of fire damage by formations of the Dnepr group of troops in the Kakhovka direction, the following were destroyed:
- the position of the enemy in the area of \u200b\u200bn.p. Berislav, as a result of fire damage, five VFU militants were destroyed, two more were injured of varying severity.
10:40 Another destroyed American-made M2A2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle, in the NWO area
10;38 Steam room work snipers from the 14th Guards Order of Kutuzov Brigade of Special Forces
As a result of a simultaneous shot, both militants were destroyed.
09:30 The Armed Forces of Ukraine shelled the Belgorod region 42 times in a day, there were no casualties or damage, the head of the region Vyacheslav Gladkov wrote on his Telegram channel.
09:25 Russian military eliminated over 20 Ukrainian militants during an attack on positions in the South Donetsk direction.
In the Yuzhno-Donetsk direction, the calculation of the 152mm Msta-S self-propelled guns eliminated over 20 militants and several armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to prevent an attempt to advance the enemy. The attack was repulsed - the positions of the Russian troops were held.
In addition, the RF Armed Forces thwarted an attempt by the Armed Forces of Ukraine to rotate units in the Urozhainy area. A UAV strike destroyed vehicles with a Ukrainian staff. A mortar crew, an engineering reconnaissance group of militants, an air defense system and a howitzer were also destroyed.
09:04 From Ukrainian TG channels:
Kyiv threw almost 50% of the reserves and the remnants of heavy armor into the second stage of the offensive. If the Armed Forces of Ukraine do not reach the borders of a large city in the next two months, then the offensive can be considered an absolute failure.
The number of Western air defense systems in Ukraine has increased, but does not cover the entire country, and the price of one launch is ten times more expensive than Soviet systems. This is the main item of expenditure of the Western allies, and they demand to save missiles.
08:11 Zaporozhye Front, settlement Kamenskoye. With the help of UAVs, our gunners revealed locations of the enemy personnel and worked out with artillery.
08:05 120mm Nona-S self-propelled crews destroyed nationalists on the right bank of the Dnieper
Crews of 120mm self-propelled guns 2S9 "Nona-S" of the Novorossiysk Guards mountain formation of the Airborne Forces destroy the manpower and equipment of Ukrainian nationalists every day. The militants are trying to redeploy and rotate on the right bank of the Dnieper.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:58 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 07/29/2023 to 00:00 07/30/2023
Over the past day Representation reported about 60 facts of firing by the VFU.
Information was received about the wounding of eight civilians, incl. girls born in 2019, in the Kuibyshevsky and Kirovsky districts of Donetsk, the Kalininsky district of Gorlovka. Eight residential buildings were damaged in the Kuibyshevsky and Kirovsky districts of Donetsk, the Kalininsky district of Gorlovka, as well as one civil infrastructure facility.
Under enemy fire were areas of four settlements of the Republic: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky, Kalininsky districts), Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Kievsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district), Aleksandrovka.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 55 artillery attacks from the MLRS, 155mm artillery.
On Gorlovsky two artillery attacks from 152mm artillery.
On Yasinovatsky three artillery attacks from 155mm artillery. Having fired 239 units of various ammunition.
In previous 24 hours, 59 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU.
21:11 Russian heavy 240mm self-propelled mortar "Tulip" hits fortified area of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Avdievka
Its ammunition weighing 228 kg "punch" holes in the enemy's defenses.
The hit of such a mine is capable of destroying almost any position.
The footage shows precise hits on the target and volumetric explosions that destroy the strong concrete fortifications of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
19:47 Circumstance in the Kherson operational direction on July 29
A month has passed since, taking advantage of the consequences of the flood, the enemy crossed the Dnieper in the area of the Antonovsky bridge and entrenched in the Dach area. At first, many believed that the Armed Forces of Ukraine would try to create a springboard for the transfer of additional forces. This was confirmed by the data on the transfer of pontoons here from the Nikolaev region.
It is not appropriate to talk about the creation of a foothold here, since the positions occupied by the Armed Forces of Ukraine rest against our fortified area in Alyoshki. The landing on the left bank was aimed at creating a media effect, as well as conditions to wear down our forward units.
The enemy may try to force the Dnieper higher in the direction of Kakhovka. After the destruction of the ports of Nikolaev and Odessa, the ground grouping of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was strengthened.
Preparations began for the transfer from Berislav to Kakhovka.
Today's strike on the accumulation of enemy manpower and equipment in Berislav is connected precisely with this.
The possibility of an amphibious landing in the area of ??the Kinburn Spit is not ruled out, in which the 73rd Naval Infantry Special Operations Center of the MTR of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 36th Separate Naval Infantry Brigade will be involved. The 73rd ISCO has been trying to gain a foothold on the spit for more than a year, but so far without success. In the area of the Dnieper delta and the Ingulets River, a large accumulation of light motor boats is already being recorded, which can be involved in the transfer of assault groups and DRGs.
In general, it is difficult for the enemy to attack the left-bank part of the Kherson region. Therefore, any actions here will be in the nature of diverting forces and means from the direction of the main attack. Most likely, it will be inflicted on the Zaporozhye direction and the Vremievsky area.
Since our defense on the territory of the Kherson region is deeply echeloned, an offensive here is impossible without air support, and heavy armored vehicles must also be brought up to break through the front by forcing a water barrier.
19:15 The enemy withdraws from Staromayorsky, reports Whisper Front.
18:39 The situation in the Artemovsk area remains difficult. First of all, for the enemy. Each attempt to gain a foothold on the outskirts of the same Kleshcheevka turns into significant losses for Ukrainian units in equipment and manpower, war correspondent Yevgeny Poddubny writes:
“The commander of the ground forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Syrsky, requested more cluster munitions and additional reserves from the General Staff of Ukraine in order to “establish control over the heights and occupy Kleshcheevka.”
The main problem for the Ukrainian units remains the density of artillery and mortar fire of the RF Armed Forces,” says Syrsky. The general of the Kyiv regime here, of course, simplifies. HANDS, aviation are working, our fighters are better trained than the enemy. Our officers are next to the soldiers and manage the battle more efficiently and take care of people, unlike the Kyiv regime.”
17:46 Airborne units storm the occupied positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Staromayorskoye. There are captured soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. There is heavy artillery attack both from ours and from the enemy.
17:26 Svatovsky section: offensive of the RF Armed Forces to the Kharkiv region setting as of 17.00 July 29, 2023:
In the Svatovsky area, the Storm assault detachments, together with the fighters of the 21st Motorized Rifle Brigade of the RF Armed Forces, completely liberated the village of Novoegorovka. Now the area is being cleaned up.
Also, Russian units, with the support of cannon and rocket artillery, knocked out enemy formations from the adjacent heights between Novoegorovka and Nadia (Nadezhda), leveling the front line.
At the moment, Russian troops are entrenched in the liberated territories, waiting for a counterattack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Specifically, with Novogorovka, the problem lies in the location of the village of Sverdlovka nearby. And it is there that large enemy forces are concentrated.
Also, to the Karmazinovsky ledge, where the Russian military personnel also expanded the zone of control, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are gathering reinforcements: two battalions have been deployed to the direction of Petrovsky. And on the Pervomaiskoye-Novosergeevka section, several large-caliber installations were deployed, firing cluster rounds at the front line.
Judging by the movements, the Ukrainian command intends not only to recapture the lost positions, but also to move further towards Karmazinovka and Raygorodok. And in case of success, to carry out a breakthrough to Svatovo is what was in the plans of the Armed Forces of Ukraine back in the fall of last year.
17:10 Ukrainian militants fired six rockets from the MLRS in Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district) - Representative office of the JCCC in the DPR.
16:40 The crew of the Russian tank was able to stop an entire column of enemy armored vehicles in the Zaporozhye direction, hitting seven Ukrainian armored vehicles with the support of artillery and returning from the battle without significant damage.
15:39 Vremyevsky section setting as of 15.00 July 29, 2023:
At the moment, heavy rains are falling on the entire Zaporizhzhya Front, which limits the possibility of conducting hostilities. Nevertheless, they do not plan to abandon the offensive plans of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
To the north-east of Urozhaynoye, the enemy concentrated five groups of the Yug MTR center and a reconnaissance company of 38 detachment with Switchblade kamikaze drones and electronic warfare stations. Near Zolotaya Niva there are four assault groups of the 503rd Battalion of the 38th Infantry Regiment. These forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are expected to be used in the attack on Urozhaynoye.
Ukrainian formations are also preparing to strike in the direction of Priyutnoye and the heights near Staromayorsky with the forces of the 88th battalion of the 35th Infantry Regiment and the 501st Battalion of the 36th Infantry Regiment. To support them, up to 120 members of the 1st Rifle Battalion of the 1st detachment arrived in the area of the village of Komar with three mortars and five anti-tank systems.
To the west of Staromayorskoye, a group of infantry of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, numbering 10 people, launched an attack on the positions of the RF Armed Forces. For the enemy, it ended sadly: as a result of a small-arms battle, he lost six people killed and retreated to the starting line.
As part of the counterbattery fight, Russian troops covered the enemy crew of the 82mm 2B11 mortar northeast of Urozhaynoye, and also identified and destroyed the accumulation of manpower south of Bolshaya Novoselka. The total losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in people amounted to 37 people.
In general, the enemy’s plan remains the same: as weather conditions improve, try to break through the Russian defenses near Urozhaynoye and Priyutnoye for the subsequent exit to Staromlynovka and further development of the offensive towards the Sea of Azov.
14:47 Ukrainian militants fired six rockets from the MLRS at Aleksandrovka - Representative office of the JCCC in the DPR.
14:42 Ukrainian militants fired 10 rockets from the MLRS at Donetsk (Petrovsky district) - Representative office of the JCCC in the DPR.
16:00 Urgently to Ukraine thrown military equipment from Kuwait, and heavy military transport aircraft An-124-100 of Antonov Airlines. Presumably, the M2A2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle, but the M-84 tanks cannot be ruled out.
13:43 The situation in Kleshcheevka at 13:00:
Due to bad weather, there are a little less assault actions, the enemy does not change tactics, mainly infantry rolls of 10 people, go to the extreme southern positions (basements of former houses), are knocked out by artillery, the Archangel of Spetsnaz reports the situation.
“The situation is stably tense to the maximum. Since yesterday, they began to work on Bakhmut, the artillery attack does not stop, they shoot aimlessly. Assault units of the Airborne Forces hold the areas, work on the enemy.
12:45 Zaporizhzhya direction district n.p. Rabotino:
The weather is changeable. Aerial reconnaissance has been working very actively in all directions since the very morning. At the moment, according to tradition, closer to dinner, artillery was connected. The enemy is trying to nightmare our positions, striking both MLRS and conventional projectiles from the receiver.
12:20 Statement of head of the press center of the Vostok group:
In the South-Donetsk direction, the advanced units of the Vostok group of forces, supported by artillery, repelled an attack and stopped the activities of two enemy reconnaissance groups in the Staromayorsky area. The reconnaissance groups were eliminated, the attacking infantry, having suffered losses, retreated.
An attempt by the enemy to rotate units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of Urozhaynoye was thwarted. With the use of a shock UAV, the vehicles with the nationalists who arrived for rotation were destroyed.
11:50 Video: the consequences of the strike of Ukrainian militants on the civilian infrastructure of Donetsk. The UK suggested that during the artillery attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine they used MLRS HIMARS.
Acting head of the DPR Denis Pushilin previously reported the death of one person and the injury of eight residents of the city during the Ukrainian shelling.
11:10 Over the past day, no significant clashes have been recorded in the Avdeeevsky and Maryinsky directions.
Two attempts were recorded to counterattack our positions by subunits of 110th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and 79th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, numbering up to a platoon, with the support of three infantry fighting vehicles in each case.
However, thanks to properly organized observation, the enemy was stopped by our gunners even before the start of deployment in battle formations. The losses of the enemy are specified.
Our minefields also play a positive role in disrupting the Ukrainian “counteroffensive” – the enemy does not have the ability to clear them under heavy fire from the RF Armed Forces, so he moves along the routes previously identified and shot by our artillerymen.
Thus, in the absence of the ability (and, probably, the desire) to counterattack, the enemy focused on delivering artillery strikes on residential areas of the nearby settlements of the DPR.
According to updated information, the losses of the enemy, who took part in counterattacks in the Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions, for the day from July 27 to July 28, 2023 amounted to:
BMP - two units. Personnel - Nine people (Eight KIA, one wounded.
10:47 Russian forces stopped the attempt of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to force the Dnieper in a day and destroyed the DRG in the area of the islands - the emergency services of the Kherson region.
10:27 Over the past day, 59 facts of firing by the AFU were recorded.
Information was received about the death of a civilian - a man, in the Kievsky district of Donetsk. Eight civilians received injuries of varying severity, incl. a girl born in 2014 is in a serious condition in the Kievsky, Voroshilovsky and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk. A total of 22 residential buildings were damaged in Petrovsky, Kuibyshevsky, Kievsky and Voroshilovsky districts of Donetsk, Yasinovataya and Chervonogvardeysky districts of Makeevka, as well as eight civilian infrastructure facilities.
Under enemy fire were areas of six settlements of the Republic: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Voroshilovsky, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Kievsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district), Staromikhaylovka, Shakhtersk.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 53 artillery attack from the MLRS, 155mm artillery.
On Gorlovsky three artillery attacks from 152mm artillery.
On Yasinovatsky two artillery attacks from 155mm artillery. At the miner's one artillery attack from shock UAVs.
10:15 The criminal Kiev regime continues to shell the civilian infrastructure of the settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Armed Forces of Ukraine were fired from barrel artillery:
-- n.p. Aleshki fired 15 rounds;
-- n.p. Velikaya Lepetikha fired nine rounds;
-- n.p. Staraya Zburyevka fired nine rounds;
-- Five rounds were fired at the Solontsy settlement;
As a result of the artillery attack of N. p. Velyka Lepetikha, a civilian was moderately injured.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement. Nova Kakhovka, n.p. Kakhovka, n.p. Lyubimovka, n.p. Kairo firing a total of 31 cannon artillery rounds.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being specified.
10:09 Situation in the Zaporozhye direction at 10:00
Artillery worked at the enemy positions at night. Driven out of forest belts. On the approaching equipment, our KA-52 also works with "Whirlwinds". Fighters on patrol and air reconnaissance monitor the movement of enemy personnel and, when accumulated, inflict defeat with artillery and ATGMs.
Yesterday there was heavy rain, there was little movement, right now everything is washed out, so the movement of equipment is heavy.
09:41 The situation at the Vremevsky site:
The enemy, taking advantage of adverse weather conditions, regrouped, preparing for further offensive operations. It is reported that in the forest belts north and northeast of Urozhaynoye, DRGs from the SSO Yug center and 38 detachment armed with Switchblade kamikaze drones were deployed. With the improvement of weather conditions, we should expect offensive actions in the direction of Urozhaynoye.
Our assault groups are trying to drive the enemy out of Staromayorsky. Fire damage is inflicted on enemy units in the settlement. In turn, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to gain a foothold here and ensure a further offensive on Urozhaynoye.
In the area of N. p. Komar to the north of Velikaya Novoselka, for this purpose, an assault detachment of about 120 people is being formed. Today it is worth waiting for the resumption of offensive operations in the area of Staromayorsky and Urozhaynoye.
At night, a shooting battle began to the west of Staromayorsky. The enemy did not have success - he rolled back, having suffered losses.
09:27 Vostok battalion commander Alexander Khodakovsky told the latest news from the front line in his Telegram channel:
In the Kherson direction, the enemy does not abandon the idea to gain a foothold on our coast and create a springboard for the further development of success - so far all to no avail.
It suffers losses in the Donetsk direction - there is information about discontent in a number of enemy units that have suffered irreparable damage and are on the verge of leaving their positions without permission.
On the direction of Velikaya Novoselovka, the enemy is gaining a foothold in Staromayorskoye, trying to improve his position, but success is of a local nature and it is felt that the enemy does not set strategic goals in this direction.
On the contrary, he has global tasks in the Zaporizhia direction, on the solution of which he focuses his maximum efforts.
With the active use of aviation, the enemy made attempts to break through our defenses in the area of the settlement of Rabotino - the defense is standing, the task has not been solved by the enemy. But, apparently, despite significant losses and the refusal of a number of units to participate in offensive operations, the enemy will continue to ram our positions in the hope that we will bend.
It is now extremely important for the enemy to give at least some result in order to warm up the cooling interest of the West in supporting Ukraine.
08:10 Front-line summary for July 28, 2023.
In the Kupyansky sector, Russian troops were able to expand the zone of control west of Liman Perviy, reaching the banks of the Oskol River. At the same time, to the south, the enemy was driven out of strongholds in the Sinkovka area.
Under Bakhmut, Ukrainian units continue their attacks in an attempt to establish control over Kleshcheevka. Russian troops are making heroic efforts to hold the line of defense in the area of ??the village.
At the Vremyevsky sector, Russian servicemen withdrew from Staromayorsky to pre-prepared positions. Constant artillery fire is being conducted on the enemy in the village, which does not allow him to move further south.
On the Orekhovsky site, the Armed Forces of Ukraine managed to occupy a small area of forest plantations northeast of Rabotino. Doubtful success cost the enemy dozens of killed soldiers and a large amount of burned Western equipment.
Direct Translation via Googler Translate. Edited. by Viktor Lavrinenko
[Regnum] The Republic of Lithuania intends to purchase at least 40 tanks for its armed forces. However, this deal, even before it was concluded, has already turned into a scandal and a quarrel between representatives of the highest echelons of power in Lithuania.
President Gitanas Nauseda accused Defense Minister Arvydas Anušauskas of disclosing classified information about the upcoming purchase. But the minister refused to admit his guilt and continues to stick to his line. Nauseda and Anušauskas are representatives of opposing political clans, and their clash is due to the upcoming presidential elections.
IRON LEOPARDS FOR IRON WOLVES
On July 24, a meeting of the Lithuanian State Defense Council was held, at which the topic of arms purchases was discussed.
The Lithuanian army is going to form a division, which will also include a unit equipped with heavy armored vehicles. On this occasion, the commander of the Lithuanian army, Valdemaras Rupshis , announced that it would be a light infantry division, consisting of three brigades. Two of them are the regular brigades Geležinis vilkas ("Iron Wolf") and Žemaitija ("Zemaitija"), plus the reserve brigade Aukštaitija ("Aukšaitija").
"And in addition to the division, we in the Geležinis vilkas brigade, in my deep conviction, must create a tank battalion in order to be able to conduct not only stationary defensive operations, but also maneuverable defense with the possibility of offensive and counterattack. As the current war shows, we must inevitably have all this," Rupshis emphasized.
Previously, Lithuania did not have its own tanks, but now the state intends to buy them - at least forty units.
However, since the acquisition of heavy combat vehicles will cost a huge amount, which is especially sensitive for a small and poor state, the authorities decided to get additional justification from the military that the Lithuanian army needs tanks, and not something else.
“Members of the State Defense Council have requested the army to provide an additional political, economic, production and financial assessment - taking into account the fact that this will be one of the largest acquisitions of Lithuania. We are talking about two billion euros,” explained the adviser to the President of Lithuania, Kestutis Budrys.
After the meeting of the State Defense Council, Budrys clarified that "this amount includes not only the cost of tanks, but also ammunition, logistics, supplies," and the final decision on which tank manufacturer Lithuania will buy has not yet been made.
However, Lithuanian Defense Minister Arvydas Anushauskas has a different opinion on this matter.
Anusauskas, leaving the meeting of the State Defense Council, decided that it was necessary to immediately tell the public about what was discussed there. He said that in the near future representatives of his department would sign a protocol of intent with German manufacturers regarding the purchase of Leopard tanks.
The minister said that when considering the issue of acquiring tanks, his department chose between three options. “ We evaluated German Leopard tanks, American Abrams and Korean Black Panthers ,” the minister wrote on social networks. According to Anushauskas, the analysis and evaluation of the proposals submitted by the manufacturers took about six months, and in the end, comparing such factors as “cost and maintenance costs, operational environment, mobility, adaptability, security, firepower”, the Lithuanians chose the German Leopard.
For a long time, Lithuania has chosen Germany among all NATO countries in terms of military cooperation - in particular, the Lithuanian authorities are actively seeking the fulfillment by Berlin of the promise given by Chancellor Olaf Scholz : to deploy a Bundeswehr brigade of up to four thousand military personnel in Lithuania. Apparently, this fact also greatly influenced the choice of the country that produced the tanks. The minister recalled that the Lithuanian armed forces already have some German weapons systems at their disposal, with which Leopard-type tanks will be well compatible.
A FIND FOR A SPY
Anusauskas added that the supply of tanks to Lithuania will be made within four to six years. According to his department, this could cost the state budget an average of about 200 million annually.
However, these statements by the Minister of Defense barely had time to be heard, when Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda attacked him with harsh criticism, accusing him of publishing confidential information.
According to the president, an agreement was reached at a meeting of the State Defense Council that such data, as Anusauskas published, " should be of limited use " and not immediately published.
“I understand that it may seem very important to someone to share the latest information on the social network - but this, of course, should not be the main function of a minister or any other public official. You always need to think about the consequences of making this information public ,” the president told reporters, referring to “ enemies who listen to this information with their ears pricked up and draw their own conclusions.”
The minister hastily began to make excuses - and again used social networks for this.
Anusauskas assures that the information he made public was not secret:
“I want to emphasize an essential point - in the field of defense, no information that has any kind of secrecy has been made public and is not being made public ,” the minister stressed. He also added that the abuse of secrecy is prohibited by law. “ If this principle had not been respected, you probably would not have known about the arrival of allied units in Lithuania, or about the exercises, or about the equipment received by the army, or about the acquisitions planned with the money of all taxpayers,” Anushauskas fights back.
According to the minister, the public should know how much decisions to strengthen the army will cost the country.
It is possible that the matter will not be limited to just a verbal sparring between the president and the minister.
Seimas deputy Agne Shirinskienė (a member of the faction of the opposition Union of Peasants and Greens of Lithuania) appealed to the prosecutor's office with a demand to find out exactly whether the minister had really betrayed state secrets.
This is not Shirinskene's first attack on Anusauskas - a few months ago, she convicted him of the fact that the minister speaks Russian much better than English, which, they say, is completely unacceptable for the holder of such a post.
PRESIDENTIAL AMBITIONS
“If the matter takes a serious turn, then the president’s accusations of almost treason against the head of the defense department can lead to Anusauskas not only losing his post, but also criminal prosecution,” political observer Vladimir Matveev assesses the seriousness of the incident .
In order to understand the whole context of the scandal, it should be noted that Nauseda and Anušauskas belong to different political groups.
Anusauskas is a member of the main coalition party "Union of the Fatherland - Christian Democrats of Lithuania" (they are also "conservatives"). For those who follow Lithuanian domestic politics, it has long been no secret that the leadership of the SO-CDL has not managed to build good relations with Nausėda, and recently they have been openly hostile, periodically exchanging critical remarks.
Last spring, the "conservatives" managed to very sensitively prick Nauseda, organizing through the press the stuffing of information that the president had been hiding for more than thirty years - that in his youth he was in the ranks of the CPSU.
Nausėda did not remain in debt - and is now hitting Anusauskas, who, unlike other SO-CDL leaders, has a fairly high level of voter sympathy in Lithuania.
Less than a year is left before the new presidential elections. Gitanas Nauseda's rating is more than 60 percent, and only Anusauskas can compete with him from politicians in the current ruling coalition of conservative liberals. Therefore, the squabbling between the president and the minister should be regarded only as one of the episodes of the election campaign that has begun , ”explains Vladimir Matveev.
So far, none of the politicians and leaders of the country has announced plans to run for the presidency, but Nauseda will nominate his candidacy for sure. The name of the CO-CDL candidate is not yet visible. It is only known that the head of this party, Gabrielius Landsbergis , really wants to run , but he is one of the most unpopular politicians in Lithuania.
At the same time, both Nauseda and Anusauskas (like his entire SO-CDL party) are extremely anti-Russian.
However, there are no politicians with a different opinion on the Lithuanian political Olympus now - or they carefully hide it. Therefore, no matter what the result of the next presidential election, scheduled in Lithuania for May 2024, may be, Moscow cannot count on any “thaw” in the Lithuanian direction.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] The peace plan for Ukraine and the grain deal have no connection with each other, Russian President Vladimir Putin said during a press conference following the Russia-Africa summit.
“No, one has nothing to do with the other,” the head of state stressed.
So he commented on the topic of the grain deal and the peace mission of African countries.
The Russian leader added that after the suspension of the deal by Moscow, food prices on the world market rose.
As IA Regnum reported , on July 17, Russia officially notified the UN, Turkey and Ukraine of the termination of the grain deal . Moscow took this step due to the fact that none of the requirements of the Russian side under this agreement, the West has not fulfilled.
Russia extended the grain deal three times. Vladimir Putin said that the agreement did not fulfill the stated humanitarian goals. He stressed that the West interferes even with free supplies of fertilizers to countries in need.
At the same time, the president promised that Russia would continue to supply food and fertilizer to African countries, despite the sanctions.
Commentary by Russian military blogger Andrey Chervonets
This video has been featured repeatedly on Russian socialist media, with later descriptions pointing out that two of the eight seven destroyed vehicles were tanks. Hard to tell from the video.
The vehicles destroyed were: two tanks and five MaxxPro armored vehicles.
According to other descriptions, the tank crew engaged a number of vehicles, retreated, then came back to defeat the remainder.
Impressive if the other two were BMP-2s with their 30mm autocannon, which can fuck up a tank/BMP in nothing flat.
Or MBTs.
In a matter of minutes, eight pieces of equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed.
Especially pleased with the Russian tank, which came out against eight pieces of armored vehicles of the ukrovermacht and remained the winner. Watch the video below
It is advisable to watch the video with sound and from the beginning, although in the first minutes only the beginning of events takes place.
More from the V Kontakte page of Military Informant
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ISW 7/29/2023 Prominent Russian milbloggers have been increasingly presenting Ukrainian counteroffensive operations inaccurately as a series of failed Ukrainian assaults along the entire line of contact.[1] Russian milbloggers widely amplified footage on July 29 claiming that it showed a single Russian tank defeating an entire Ukrainian company with armored vehicles as if the event had occurred recently, but the footage is actually from June 7 and shows Russian artillery units striking the Ukrainian column.[2] Russian sources have previously recirculated old footage to support claims that Ukrainian forces are suffering significant armored vehicle losses, and the amplification of the footage on July 29 indicates that Russian sources are deliberately amplifying old footage to support the Kremlin narrative.
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Nothing new, Western media and Ukraine only showed their side doing well against the ill-equipped Russian units and always excessive Russian death rates and old footage. Always running out of ammunition and missiles. So currently 300,000 - 400,000 troupes swarming in so they will have to spin new stories. Over years training versus a few months for Ukrainians. Just send more money and equipment but also volunteers.
Commentary by Russian military blogger Andrey Chervonets is in italics. An indifferent American journalist communicates with the author of the TG channel Ramsay and dropped him some interesting information
Even if you want to, you can't think of it. Therefore, it is very similar to the 100th truth.
They write to Ramsay:
Vladislav, hello!
All from the same West Point Academy veterans forum, my brother pulled out a letter from one of the "forumans", which he mistakenly posted in the public domain, but then he caught himself and rubbed it. Well, very interesting!
And for five weeks the Ukrainians have not even been able to break through the first line of Russian defense. At the same time, the losses in people and equipment are very large. In fact, they no longer have the strength for a deep breakthrough. The fighting capacity of their brigades is low.
In general, Ukrainians have changed a lot. If a year ago we were perceived with great enthusiasm and our military assistance inspired them, today the attitude towards us has become cold and pragmatic - consumer (my note - "you must", "you must", "give", "what are you talking about, what thanks"?!,).
The only thing we now hear is: "Give us ATAKAMS, give us F-16s, give us a lot of Abrams, give us shells!" The
Ukrainians perceive the help of our advisers openly critical. Our training programs are considered outdated and ineffective. It gets to the point that, to the remarks of advisers, they snap with phrases: "First, go fight the Russians, and then you will teach us!"
At the same time, the level of training of troops is constantly decreasing. Even the best Ukrainian brigades, who fought successfully a year ago and were determined to defeat the Russians, today are not much different from ordinary infantry brigades, which have almost no heavy weapons and are equipped with all sorts of rabble that Ukrainian military registration and enlistment offices literally grab from the street, as in the days of a century wars in Europe.
The reason is the huge losses suffered by the Ukrainians during these months. Most of the brigades fighting since last spring have lost between half and two-thirds of their personnel, and some have already changed their combat strength twice. Second and third formations of operational level units which have been exhausted is SOP in Slavic militaries, especially so with the Russians; so apparently it is with the Ukrainians.
As a result, these brigades have only constant command and command and control, which themselves do not enter into battles and only manage combat operations from well-defended command posts.
This has led to the fact that the command of the brigades has lost a sense of responsibility for their soldiers and considers them solely as consumables for the performance of a particular task. And this only adds to the loss.
The second factor provoking losses is the requirement of the command to protect equipment.
They do not have a military industry and all deliveries of armored vehicles and artillery come only from us. There is no rhythm in these deliveries. And part of the weapons is generally poorly compensated. Especially tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and self-propelled guns. We don't even have them in stock! And so the Ukrainian command gave the order to stop the use of heavy armored vehicles on the battlefield until the Russian defense was breached and to switch to the tactics of attacks by small infantry units, believing that in this way they would exhaust the Russians and force them to withdraw their forces under the pressure of continuous attacks.
If for the first two weeks such tactics allowed the Armed Forces of Ukraine to advance a little, now the Russians have adapted to it and, letting the Ukrainians come closer, they simply destroy them with mortar and machine-gun fire, themselves go into counterattacks and break into their positions on the shoulders of those fleeing and occupy them.
The general mood in the Ukrainian headquarters is despondency and anger. Whereas last autumn Ukrainian generals had a fire of determination in their eyes, plotting future strikes and arguing over how to storm Perekop and Sevastopol, now the days begin with reports of the lack of progress of the attacking battalions, the loss of equipment and the remaining stocks of shells. And the faces of the same people who planned to storm Sevastopol in the fall have the stamp of hopelessness.
In frank conversations, many Ukrainian senior officers are now increasingly admitting that they do not see any prospects for a successful conclusion to the war. The only hope, which, oddly enough, many of them have, is the hope that we will directly intervene in this war. But, again, many immediately add that this hope is like believing in Santa Claus.
Separately, it must be said that, like any failure, the current unsuccessful offensive deepened the conflict in the Ukrainian military leadership. Commander-in-Chief Zaluzhny and Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces Syrsky frankly cannot stand each other and even avoid appearing together at the same meetings.
Zaluzhny, who returned to duty after being seriously wounded, accuses Syrsky of being unscrupulous, that he agreed to launch an offensive, although the Armed Forces of Ukraine were not yet ready for it. But this is hardly Syrsky's fault. To attack was the categorical demand of "Marshal G" (apparently, we are talking about Biden's assistant Sullivan, who actually oversees the conduct of the war against Russia) and Zelensky repeatedly relayed it at all meetings with the military.
Zaluzhny was simply “lucky” not to be at the helm at that time. Deepening all this is our conflict between Millie and Austin, who in the same way cannot stand each other and therefore act in dissonance. If there had been agreement and understanding between them, this adventure would hardly have begun at all with the offensive ... "
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