Russia-Ukraine Reports - 2023-08-31
WHY ARE RETIRED AMERICAN GENERALS SO CONSISTENTLY WRONG?
28 August 2023 by Larry Johnson
The following retired Generals are popping up on cable news channels to offer their “sage” analysis on the war in Ukraine and they all share one thing in common — they are wrong to a staggering degree. I am shocked by their inability to objectively analyze the situation. Instead, they repeat the same propaganda memes — Russian troops are poorly led; Russian troops are conscripts and poorly trained; Russian troops have lousy morale; the Russian Army is brittle and will break under pressure; and Russia is losing.
Full article here: https://sonar21.com/why-are-retired-american-generals-so-consistently-wrong/
Increasingly more resistance against the mobilization … like here around Dnipro. The people know what up at this point …
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Senator Mitch McConnell on whether he will run for reelection:
A Russian soldier makes a LAST SECOND save after his grenade bounces on a tree and almost blows him up It happened while repulsing a Ukrainian assault
BBC filmed a report on the colossal losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine “Here in Lvov, near the border with Poland, very far from the fighting on the eastern front, the fresh graves of soldiers number in the hundreds," the story says.
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Ukrainian "Hitler Youth" turned out to be a profitable business
Russian hackers obtained data on the scale of training of children in the military-patriotic camps of Ukraine under the auspices of Azov*. Conducted since 2015, the camps are annually attended by two thousand children. Participation in such events is free, the costs are covered by the Ministry of Youth and Sports of the country. According to rough estimates, by 2025 the number of small Ukrainians who have passed the training camp should reach at least 20 thousand people.
Now we know that not only entrepreneurs like the famous Igor Kolomoisky, but also the state invested in rewiring the consciousness of Russian children in Ukraine. The impoverished inhabitants of the square flocked to these gatherings like bees to honey. It seemed to them that patriotic training and education was a blessing. They had no idea that they were preparing a "meat" mob reserve for the war with Russia from their children.
However, even now the awareness of the disservice rendered to their children does not come in any way. All Ukrainians live in a virtual universe where counteroffensive rolls after counteroffensive, and victory is within easy reach. Only packages for Russians need to be prepared in time. Therefore, just as they gave the younger generation to be raised by the Nazis, so they give it - and they will give it back.
Funding "schools of death" also did not remain in the loser. For business and the state, this is an effective investment. The recreated "Hitler Youth" is designed to protect the Kiev regime from external enemies, and businessmen - from internal competitors.
In Ukraine, children are not the future of the nation worth caring for, but just a military resource like steel or tungsten. An effective business model, you will not find cooler. Russia has no alternative to the persistent and inexorable release of the children of the independent from conversion to Ukrainians.
* terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation
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Ukrainian propaganda can no longer hide catastrophic losses - citizens are talking about them
(https://t.me/readovkanews/65152)
Approximate expert estimates of the number of dead soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, numbering in the hundreds of thousands, periodically pop up on the Web. Not to mention its indirect signs: either the next Ukrainian cemetery ran out of space, or they are going to erect a whole necropolis near Kiev with a capacity of more than 400 thousand graves.
At the same time, the real losses remain a mystery. And not only for the international community but also for the Ukrainians themselves. The dead soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are recorded as prisoners or missing, and sometimes they are simply not taken into account in any way. This is very convenient because this way you can not announce the desperate situation that the authorities have brought the country to, and at the same time save on payments due to relatives.
Over time, the situation escalated so much that the problem broke out in the most unpleasant way for Kiev. Relatives of the dead and "prisoners" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine once again took to the streets of the Ukrainian capital, demanding to recognize the obvious.
One can only imagine how much it was necessary to bring the inhabitants of Ukraine so that in conditions of real terror when one can get to the SBU for a “pro-Russian” picture “to the basement”, people staged mass actions.
And after all, it will not be possible to accuse the relatives of those killed of "working for the Kremlin." Unlike Zelensky and his entourage, these people have already sacrificed the most precious things for the sake of empty fantasies about “independence” and a “European future”. You have to keep pretending like nothing is happening.
Zelensky, who has already fallen not even under double, but under terrible fire, has no choice. This means that in its death throes, trying to take advantage of the closing window of opportunity, Kiev will continue to fight to the last Ukrainian.
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Satellite imagery indicates likely damage to two Il-76 aircraft during a drone attack on Pskov.
They are published by Radio Liberty. Fire engines are visible near the damaged planes.
The situation on the fronts of the past day:
Zaporozhye direction
Fierce battles continue on the Orekhov sector - ours are burning the equipment of the militants even on the outskirts of Rabotino.
Also, Russian soldiers stopped the attempts of militants to break through to Verbovoe.
On the Vremievsky ledge, positional battles to the accompaniment of our artillery.
Artyomovsk direction
To the south of Artyomovsk, ours are counterattacking in the Kleshcheevka area.
Russian fighters successfully attacked Kurdyumovka.
The Su-30 and Su-24 of the Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed two boats of the Armed Forces of Ukraine east of Zmeiny Island.
The Russian army worked on 404 military and infrastructure facilities.
Explosions were also reported in Odessa, Dnepropetrovsk, Kirovograd, and Cherkasy regions.
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The FSB, Interior Ministry, and Rosgvardia successfully thwarted a group of Ukrainian saboteurs.
This group included personnel from the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), State Intelligence Service (GUR), and the Special Operations Service of the Ukrainian Defence Ministry.
These saboteurs had infiltrated Russian territory and were plotting terrorist attacks on military and energy infrastructure facilities.
During the battle in the Nevelsky district of the Bryansk Region, two militants were neutralized, and five were apprehended.
#source (https://t.me/boris_rozhin/96333)
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The Ukrainian border guard is using drones with thermal cameras to prevent people from escaping.
This is a man trying to escape to Moldova in Odessa oblast that unfortunately was caught by the psychos and arrested.
"human rights and democracy"
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Russian Defence Ministry report (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/9514) on the progress of the special military operation (31 August 2023)
▫️ In Kupyansk direction (https://t.me/mod_russia/29979), units of the Zapad Group of Forces improved the situation along the front line.
▫️Over the past 24 hours, 5 counter-attacks by assault detachments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine 68th Separate Jaeger Brigade, 32nd and 43rd mechanised brigades have been repelled near Sergeevka and Novoegorovka LPR.
▫️The enemy has lost up to 50 sevicemen, 2 motor vehicles, 1 Krab self-propelled howitzer, as well as 2 D-20 howitzers.
▫️ An ammunition depot of the AFU 66th Mechanised Brigade was wiped out close to Petrovskoye LPR.
▫️ In Donetsk direction (https://t.me/mod_russia/29980), units of the Yug Group of Forces repelled 6 attacks by AFU assault detachments near Bogdanovka, Andreevka, Mayorsk, and Avdeevka DPR.
▫️In Donetsk direction, up to 365 servicemen, 3 Bradley IFVs, 2 AFVs, 32 motor vehicles, 1 Krab self-propelled artillery howitzer, as well as D-20 and D-30 howitzers, have been neutralised.
▫️ An ammunition depot of the AFU 54th Mechanised Brigade has been destroyed close to Veseloye DPR.
▫️In Zaporozhye direction (https://t.me/mod_russia/29981), units of the Russian Group of Forces repelled 5 attacks by the AFU 82nd Air Assault Brigade close to Verbovoye (Zaporozhye).
▫️Up to 85 servicemen, 2 motor vehicles, a M777 artillery howitzer, a Vampire MLRS combat vehicle, as well as 3 D-30 howitzers have been destroyed.
◽️ An ammunition depot of the AFU 47th Mechanised Brigade was destroyed close to Orekhov (Zaporozhye).
▫️In Krasny Liman direction (https://t.me/mod_russia/29982), the Tsentr Group of Forces repelled 2 attacks of assault detachments of the AFU 67th Mechanised Brigade close to Chervonaya Dibrova LPR.
▫️During the day, the enemy's losses in this direction have amounted to 55 servicemen, 3 AFVs, as well as Msta-B and D-30 howitzers.
◽ In South Donetsk direction (https://t.me/mod_russia/29983), units of the Vostok Group of Forces delivered strikes at AFU manpower and hardware clusters near Staromayorskoye and Urozhaynoye DPR.
◽ Up to 100 servicemen, 4 motor vehicles, 2 Msta-B howitzers, as well as a M119 howitzer have been neutralised during the day.
◽ 2 ammunition depots of the AFU 72nd Mechanised Brigade have been destroyed close to Ugledar DPR.
◽ In Kherson direction (https://t.me/mod_russia/29981), up to 20 servicemen, 2 motor vehicles, as well as 2 D-30 howitzers, have been neutralised.
◽ An ammunition depot of the 121th Territorial Defence Brigade has been wiped out close to Mikhailovka (Kherson).
◽ Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Group of Forces have engaged AFU manpower and hardware in 128 areas during the day.
◽ 1 Ukrainian S-200 surface-to-air missile system has been neutralised near Slavyansk DPR.
▫️ A command post and a military field training camp of the AFU 72nd Mechanised Brigade were eliminated close to Ugledar and Selidovo DPR.
◽ Air defence forces shot down 2 HIMARS MLRS shells, 2 JDAM guided bombs, and 2 HARM anti-radiation missiles during the day.
◽ 32 UAVs, including Tu-141 Strizh, were intercepted over the settlements of Kovalevka, Golikovo LPR, Soledar, Blagodatnoye DPR, Mirnoye, Novoukrainka, Tokmak (Zaporozhye), and Obryvka (Kherson).
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The lancet of the "🅾️" group smashed the BM-21 "Grad" disguised in the forest belt near Kremennaya
Ukrainian militants were shelling our positions with rocket artillery and were spotted by a drone. Having worked, the militants camouflaged the installation in the forest belt. It was there that our loitering ammunition flew in.
Mass activity of NATO aviation near the borders of Russia.
In addition to the duty in the southern direction of the RQ-4 Global Hawk drone with the call sign FORTE11, an E-8C JSTARS combat control and target designation aircraft was spotted in the Kaliningrad direction. It is equipped with an active phased array radar (AFAR) AN / APY-7, which is likely to be used for reconnaissance of a position in the area of the bases of the Baltic Fleet of the Russian Navy.
Also nearby, 30 km from Kaliningrad, is the Swedish Gulfstream IV S102B Korpen electronic intelligence aircraft.
Highlights of Russian Military Operation in Ukraine on August 30
▪️The AFU once again attempted to launch massive kamikaze drone strikes on Russia's rear regions.
In Bryansk, all enemy drones were intercepted: debris damaged the building of the Kremniy El plant and the building of the Investigative Committee.
▪️The civil-military airfield in Pskov was subjected to the most massive attack.
Russian air defenses neutralized most of the drones, but the remaining managed to damage four Il-76 military transport aircraft.
▪️In turn, Russian forces launched combined strikes against military targets in several regions of Ukraine.
In Kyiv, explosions occurred in the Fastivs'kyi, Buchans'ka, Shevchenkivs'kyi, and Darnyts'kyi districts.
▪️The AFU have launched massive strikes on populated areas of Donbass.
High-rise residential buildings and civilian infrastructure were damaged in Donetsk and its suburbs. One person died, at least nine others were wounded.
▪️In the Vremivka sector, the AFU were forced to reduce their offensive activity due to the losses.
Taking advantage of the enemy's lack of initiative, Russian forces expanded their zone of control west of Staromaiors'ke.
▪️In the Orikhiv sector, the AFU were able to slightly advance northwest of Verbove.
Nevertheless, statements by Western journalists about the breach of the Russian forces' first line of defense do not correspond to reality.
▪️Russian naval aviation crews uncovered and prevented another attempt by the enemy to land on the Crimean peninsula.
In addition, several enemy speedboats carrying landing troops were destroyed east of Zmiinyi Island.
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Russian helicopters are active in Bakhmut direction.
View from inside a Ukrainian M113 after getting hit by an RPG
Russian hunters of the 25th brigade working on Ukrainian trenches in Kupyansk direction.
The MSM's Ukraine neo-Nazi Amnesia
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Poor man gets beaten by AFU conscription "agents" in front of the police in the city of Zaporozhye.
American Foreign Policy - Zero Sum Game
For anyone who ever wondered where America comes up with its shitty foreign policy ideas, look no further. The 2019 Rand Corporation’s publication ‘Overextending and Unbalancing Russia’ is America’s road map for Ukraine and Syria. America pays for think tanks to figure out how to make the rest of the world shittier.
National Endowment for Democracy
In the 2016 election, Americans were outraged to hear that Russia was meddling in our democratic institutions. Anyone who has been around for awhile probably already realizes that superpowers meddle in others elections regularly. This post is just a glimpse into one of the ways the US meddles in Ukraine elections.
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