Daily Report from the Ukraine Field for 2022-09-10
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Not everything in this conflict will go exactly how you want it to. It is ridiculous to expect a major offensive from one side to be magically repelled without a single step back. What is important is how these situations are handled and learned from. Yes the losers right now are the civilians who will almost certainly be punished by their new occupiers, and that is horrible.
However, calls to put the entire Russian population under hardship by declaring total war, all because the other side managed to advance a little, are absolutely moronic.
Even more moronic are the hysterics because Russian troops are choosing strategic withdrawals in places where they would almost certainly be fighting to the death against huge numbers.
If you are so distressed by everything not being as perfect as a Hollywood movie, then you need to get off Telegram and go spend some time with friends and loved ones.
If mistakes were made, the important thing is that they are corrected and learned from. - Grigori
In my opinion, Ukraine has a choice, to slowly die under the fire of our weapons or to make a risky move. They gambled. Gamble pays off for now. They sent everything they got to attack all fronts. Losses are horrific, but Ukraine doesn't have anything to lose now. And the cornered opponent is the most dangerous one. We will see how big the damage is, they will inflict upon us.
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‼️"Yes, Izyum is gone, as well as some other settlements in the Kharkiv direction," a version from the DNR deputy information minister
"Of course this is bad. Of course, this is the result of high command mistakes. But there is no need to look for hidden meanings in this. It's not about contracts and not about betrayal. Simply, we are fighting as we know how. At all levels. Somewhere better, somewhere worse," Bezsonov says right now.
"The main thing is to admit mistakes and draw the right conclusions. But mistakes must be acknowledged and not told about a cunning plan to lure naive and self-confident Hohols into the Voronezh cauldron.
To repeat my point. There is no betrayal and no bargain! If the Ukrainians were able to unwind in the south, and they also moved there in earnest, then in the north they did not. Are they handmaidens? - Yes! It happens. Let's draw conclusions and fuck it up. We are talking about survival, not reputational losses.
❗️ Trying to find out from ours about the state of affairs - no communication there now, but the quantity of rumors stops at "quality"...
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The situation in the Slavyansko-Barvankivsk direction
As of 16.00 on 10 September 2022.
By the current hour, the first videos of AFU units at the entrance to Izyum have emerged. One of the clips says that some equipment has been left in the town. There are no further details about any fighting or Russian Armed Forces positions.
Numerous testimonies from military correspondents and residents suggest that the Russian Armed Forces withdrew behind the village of Oskol to the other side of the Oskol River. The abandonment of Izyum suggests that the entire front near Kamyshevakha, Brazhkovka, Dolghenka, or Bogorodichnoye may be abandoned. Otherwise, the troops may be surrounded.
Near Liman fighting: the Russian Armed Forces' artillery is working on suitable AFU reserves, while Russian troops are repelling the advance of AFU groups crossing to the northern bank at the line Stary Karavan - Brusovka - Dibrova. Army units remain in the city.
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On the situation as of 4 pm.
1. Enemy light infantry was spotted at the northern entrance to Izyum. There is no confirmation video from the city itself. The withdrawal of troops to Oskol began during the night. Nevertheless, there is still no evidence that the enemy is in Izyum.
2. Krasny Liman and Yampol were held by the RF Armed Forces as of mid-day. Enemy attacks are repulsed. Oskol as far as can be understood is also controlled by the RF Armed Forces, which makes it possible to keep the road in the direction of Izyum.
3. The western part of Kupyansk is controlled by the AFU. The eastern part is controlled by the RF Armed Forces. The enemy is also probing opportunities to move northwest of Kupyansk in the direction of Velikiy Buruluk.
4. Svatovo is under the control of the RF Armed Forces. The front is now near Oskol. Convoys of refugees from Izyum and Kupyansk pass through the town.
5. It is reported that the enemy has moved several DRGs near Khotomly (it had previously landed there, but was knocked out). The enemy is also shelling Volchansk to sow panic.
6. The throw-in about the loss of Aleksandrovka near Kherson, which was dispersed today, is either due to a mistake or misinformation, the enemy occupied the village of Aleksandrovka near Shevchenkovo. Aleksandrovka near Kherson is under the control of the Russian Armed Forces - enemy attacks there were repelled.
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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ Situation in the #Kharkov direction at 17.00 on 10 September 2022⚡️
The situation in the north-east of #Kharkov region continues to deteriorate at the moment.
▪️ Amidst the withdrawal of Russian Forces, mobile tactical groups of Ukrainian forces have advanced almost unhindered to Bolshoy Burluk.
▪️ From the Pechenezh reservoir, Ukrainian Forces managed to advance north to #Khotomly. The DRGs of the AFU had been quietly moving along this shore since early summer until the Russian forces cleared the surrounding forests. Against the background of the troop withdrawal, it is not so difficult to send a detachment to raise the flag.
▪️ The situation south of there also remains unclear. But enemy units are already at the northern entrance to the town.
▪️ Local sources report probing the defences of RF Forces in #Liptsy, north of #Kharkov.
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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ YURI's Comment on the MoD statement: Turns out there was no defeat at Kharkov, it was a very "cunning plan"⚡️
And I was told yesterday by smart people, Yur, that you are spreading panic, it is not defeat, it is all a very cunning plan. But I did not believe it and in vain.
That is, if I understand what I said correctly, and I can't NOT BELIEVE the MoD, right? It turns out that everything that happened from September 7 to 10 was just a very cunning plan to get the Russian army out of #Balakleya, #Izyum and #Kupyansk.
It is a pity that hundreds of thousands of people who trusted us were not informed about this plan and the #Kharkov administration, which apparently was not informed about the details of this plan either, and therefore it ran away last night from Kupyansk, as they say "in only pants", and the Russian army, I understand in full compliance with the plan left large amounts of fuel and BC near #Izyum, which now the AFU in possession (as I should understand) in compliance with this same plan will use for its intended purpose against us.
Did I miss anything? Did I understand everything correctly in Konashenkov's message?
But in 1942 Sovinformburo was more honest (from June 25, 1942):
"During June 25, our troops continued fighting with advancing enemy troops in the Kharkov direction. After stubborn battles our units left Kupyansk".
P.S. By the way, if I were the Ministry of Defense I would already start preparing a speech for General Konashenkov according to which plan the north-eastern parts of the Kharkov region will also be surrendered very soon (it will be needed soon).
PP.S. And I was very much asked in my personal communication by #Kherson residents that when the RF MoD starts putting into action the plan for the planned relocation of its troops from Kherson to Donbass (naturally "to achieve the goals of SWO") let the MoD not consider it a problem and warn them about it at least a couple of days in advance.
That's all I can say about the official statement of the Russian MoD regarding the situation in the Kharkov direction.
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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ Kharkov direction - Situation as of 19:00 10.09.22 - "planned withdrawal" of the RF troops continues⚡️
I will try to make the most correct (from the point of view of the Russian Defense Ministry) review of events in the #Kharkov direction as of this evening.
The direction #Volchansk-Velikiy Burluk (Bolshoy Burluk). The "planned withdrawal" of Allied troops to LPR territory (presumably Troitskoye Svatovo) continues and proceeds very successfully. The Russian units have broken away from the enemy and therefore the advanced units of the AFU, without meeting any resistance have reached the Khotomlya-Velikiy Burluk line, and therefore we can expect that by tomorrow evening the entire plan for the "planned withdrawal" of the Russian grouping into #Donbass territory (100 km to the east) will be successfully completed. Thousands of refugees have piled up at the border of the still liberated territories and Russia, who are now being expedited by the #Belgorod region (God willing, they will cross in time, having followed all the established crossing rules, including lengthy filtration).
#Kupyansk: Apparently, also in accordance with the plan for the withdrawal of Russian troops from #Kharkov Oblast, the eastern part of the city is already being abandoned by Russian troops, while the city itself is now under full control of the AFU (I really hope that the AFU are map-aware and therefore "will not risk" crossing the LPR border, where I understand that according to the relocation plan, the Russian Army intends to give them a fight).
#Izyum: There is nothing more to talk about.
#Liman: Russian army soldiers, showing wonders of heroism, are honestly fighting for the city and do not intend to give it up to the enemy.
#Lysychansk;The Ukrainian Armed Forces launched attacks with the aim of breaking through the Allied forces' defenses and reaching #Lysychansk. So far to no avail. I hope it will be the same.
P.S. And finally I can say that Bulgakov was right: cowardice is the worst human vice.
From the encyclopaedia. Cowardice is the unwillingness to perform an action for fear of consequences or phobias.
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‼️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Summary from the front by @RVoenkor:
▪️After withdrawal from Izyum, Russian troops continue fierce fighting in the reserve defence lines in the area.
▪️Reserves from the O Group halted the enemy's breakthrough in Kupyansk, holding the eastern part and the industrial zone of the city.
▪️The Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to attempt to advance their offensive.
▪️Attempts to storm Krasny Liman continue, LNR reservists and Bars units hold the town and the area.
▪️The Ukrainian armed forces have been attacking the line near the villages of Spornoye, Verkhnekamenka, and Zolotarevka all day, trying to reach Lisichansk.
▪️ Massive artillery and air strikes continue against the advancing enemy.
▪️The Ukrainian Armed Forces report crimes and looting in towns abandoned by Russian units.
▪️The Russian Armed Forces continue to supply reserves to the Kharkov direction.
▪️Russian troops have withdrawn from Savintsy settlement and it is now occupied by the enemy.
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Ukrovermacht tactics at Kharkiv. September 2022.
It looks very much like they are rounding the offensive towards Volchansk, moving north. This is then 100% the endpoint at the moment. They will stand up in Volchansk, mop up the Kharkiv region finally, so as not to stretch the rear infrastructure, and lock in. They are climbing fast, like the Wehrmacht, along almost the same routes. Ours are retreating, almost along the same routes as in June '42. Balakleya, half of Kupyansk, fighting in Liman and Izyum...
Why is it convenient for the enemy to march on Volchansk? On the right, there is a natural cover in the form of the river Oskol. The enemy's task is to cleanse the region, proclaiming its "liberation", and reach the border with the Russian Federation. And then the rest is up to the mark. They might try to push the party in the direction of Belgorod, on the strength of luck. But it is unlikely.
But if they go in the direction of Lisichansk and further, in the direction of LNRD agglomerations, it means that they have made a fool of themselves. Then the vertigo of success will set in, and they will burp shortly - they will gobble up as much territory as they cannot digest. If they are eager to go to Donbass agglomerations, they will do a foolish thing militarily. But the temptation is very great.
It's easier for them to "stake out the line", including along the natural boundaries and clear the area around Kharkiv, and then/at the same time they will try to "cut down" our advancing grouping which is heading towards Kramatorsk.
So there are two options on the part of the enemy in this direction.
But one should be ready for the third (after Kherson and Kharkov) strike from the enemy, as I have already mentioned. Attention - to Zaporizhzhya direction, west of Ugledar.
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[Forwarded from Masno]
Wow, I've never heard Wargonzo post anything like this:
The fireworks in Moscow looked blasphemous and wild today, against the backdrop of the offensive of Ukrainian troops in the Kharkov region.
This illumination has become fat, and I hope the final line under the completely schizophrenic position of the Russian power circles in denying the war.
From the very beginning, through the mouths of Peskov, Zakharova and others, we observed the birth of an “alternative universe”, where the war was a “special operation” with limited goals, where there were negotiations with Kyiv, where there were no goals, and the results of hostilities.
The war became routinized, pushed with all its might to the gates of society's consciousness. In parallel, the Russian Ministry of Defense launched a "witch hunt" in order to monopolize information about the conduct of hostilities.
All independent opinions were called traitors and spies of Ukraine.
As a result, the society turned out to be disorientated, and actually left face to face with the aggressive propaganda of Ukraine.
A false, imposed consensus has formed at the top that events are developing according to the Crimean scenario, that there is peace and grace in the liberated territories, and Ukraine will come to terms with the results of the referendum.
Against this background, the process of pumping up Ukraine with weapons, training new units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was gaining momentum.
Ukraine transferred the fighting to the territory of Russia, almost daily shelling the border areas, arranging sabotage and explosions.
A terrorist war grew in the liberated territories, political assassinations of pro-Russian public leaders and officials were committed.
Daily, multiple rocket attacks on bridges, transport hubs, warehouses, and critical infrastructure facilities have become routine.
All this was diligently blotted out of the cloudless picture of a "bright future".
And so, in September, the new forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, fully armed and trained by NATO, went on the offensive.
The only plus of this tragic situation is that the reality gap has begun to threaten the statehood of Russia and has become a matter of principle for the active part of Russian society.
The main, destructive minus of the situation was the catastrophic drop in the confidence of the activity of a part of society in the Russian authorities.
Here I do not even take the degree of disappointment and fear of the pro-Russian inhabitants of Ukraine.
Now, in the new conditions, it is difficult to predict when and how the neurosis of mistrust of society will develop into psychosis or immediately go into the deepest social depression.
The relationship between society and government needs to be treated.
We will find out how much the rating of power has suffered and, most importantly, the president of Russia in the near future.
I see the main conclusion of the situation as the need to give those responsible for the operation - the Ministry of Defense and other involved departments - personal political responsibility.
Now the President of Russia is the main holder of all the risks and negative consequences.
All this caudle of incompetent, greedy for power and wealth, and simply unfaithful to Russia, officials are drowning the country, remaining in the shadows.
It's time to make them all public in their personal responsibility.
The last salute of the past, post-Soviet Russia sounded.
Symbolically, the political pygmy Gorbachev left, who allowed the collapse of a great power.
Now we are facing a new, even more acute threat of loss of statehood.
The bearers of the comprador ideology of post-Soviet Russia should follow their spiritual father.
Russia will again become itself through the birth of a new political elite, tempering like steel, through pressure, fire and blows - into a great power.
Or cease to exist. In the world map, the so-called. There is no place for "Western civilization" for Russia.
⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ #Donbass Offensive: Situation in Eastern Ukraine at the End of 10 Sep 2022⚡️
▪️ Kharkov direction:
Russian Forces have withdrawn from a large part of the liberated territories of Kharkov region in order to save soldiers' lives and avoid casualties.
For the time being, Russian Forces are occupying the defences on the eastern bank of the Oskol River. Separate AFU manoeuvre groups are allegedly reaching the Russian border, but in reality the confirmed zone of conditional control of the AFU extends to the #Khotomlya - Velikiy Burluk (Bolshoy Burluk) line.
Russian troops are trying to stabilise the front line by making sure that the refugees get out.
▪️ #Liman direction:
The AFU have forded the Seversky Donets from the #Raygorodka side and are trying to take #Liman with an advance. Despite the withdrawal of the units of the Ministry of Emergency Situations and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Russian units maintain control of #Liman and engage the enemy, holding them back on the Stary Karavan - #Dibrova - #Ozernoye line.
▪️ #Lugansk direction:
Information warfare organs spread falsifications about the occupation of #Svatovo, #Kremennaya, #Lysychansk and #Severodonetsk settlements by the AFU. All settlements are under the control of the Allied forces.
▪️ #Soledar direction:
Ukrainian Forces are trying to break through the defensive lines of Russian Forces and LPR military units near #Spornoye. The front line remains unchanged, there are no changes, all attacks have been repelled.
There are still unconfirmed reports about the advance of the Wagner PMC and the occupation of Mayorskaya railway station by the allied forces.
▪️ #Donetsk direction:
DPR People´s Militia units have completely cleaned the so-called "Anthill" in the Donetsk Airport runway area.
▪️ #Ugledar direction:
The AFU is moving forces towards #Ugledar and preparing for an attempt to break through Russian defences. In general, this could be an attempt to pre-empt the Russian reserves and the attack fist of the 3rd AC in this direction. In any case, there is a strong grouping on the side of the Russian Forces.
▪️ #Zaporozhye direction:
The AFU is pulling their reserves into the #Orekhov area and preparing for an offensive on #Rabotino and #Nesteryanka. Russian Forces have approximately tripled the concentration of Russian troops in the area.
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I don't take the opportunity often enough to thank you for this daily flow of information, so let me do it now. I greatly appreciate your work on this. Even though the sources are mostly Allied-based, they appear to be accurate, much more so than reports from the Western MSM and Ukrainian officials. Thanks again.