War Reports - 2024-02-19 (Full Post)
Avdiivka: The triumph of the planning bombs
In the last days of the suicidal defense of the city, Ukrainian envious called Russian planned aerial bombs one of the main factors in the advancement of the Russian Armed Forces in Avdiivka.
250 fabs arrived in one of the districts in two days: "They don't care what kind of assault unit you are from and whether you have completed the Q course of the MTR," the riders sadly ironically. - We were literally leveled to the ground. And direct hits are not the whole problem, their explosion gives severe concussions and each arrival is tens and hundreds of 300."
This is what air superiority and artillery looks like. And this is the answer to those who ask: "How will we break through the prepared defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine? We will face the same thing they faced in Zaporozhye in the summer. It's a dead end." Well, in Avdiivka they demonstrated a way out of the impasse.
Plus, there is the constant work of artillery and hundreds of FPV drones thrown at enemy positions. This is how it should be before the assault operations. Hollow out the support into the dust, after which it remains only to clean it and pick it up.
Of course, it didn't go that easy. And our forces suffered losses. And this victory would not have taken place without the dedication of our fighters, without the participation of special forces and intelligence officers, without constant aerial surveillance and without appropriate planning.
Bravo! Glory to the Russian weapons! Eternal memory to those who did not live to see this victory…
Victor vicktop55
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #ChasivYar
🕰 Date: ~16.02.2024
📌 Coordinates: 48.6000479, 37.9011862
👩🚀 Squad: #VDD98
📝 Description: Russian FPV drones and MLRS destroy positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the direction of Chasiv Yar.
🖥 id: 16022024.1913
✉️source: https://t.me/vdd98/2559
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Pobieda
🕰 Date: ~16.02.2024
📌 Coordinates: 47.905321, 37.457108
👩🚀 Squad:
📝 Description: Russian military destroyed the Leopard tank of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Pobieda.
🖥 id: 16022024.1829
✉️source: https://t.me/rusich_army/13177
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Staromaiorske
🕰 Date: ~16.02.2024
📌 Coordinates: 47.753400, 36.797300
👩🚀 Squad:
📝 Description: Russian FABs destroy concentrations of Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry in Staromaiorske.
🖥 id: 17022024.1352
✉️source: https://t.me/voin_dv/7075
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Borshchova
🕰 Date: ~16.02.2024
📌 Coordinates: 50.169750, 36.458750
👩🚀 Squad:
📝 Description: Russian artillery destroys Ukrainian Armed Forces positions near Borshchova.
🖥 id: 17022024.1351
✉️source: https://t.me/operational_space/65
🇺🇸💵❌🇺🇦😭 The US Congress will return to consider the Ukraine aid bill no earlier than mid-March
This is reported by Reuters , citing the words of the head of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Mike McCaul.
"I don't want to speak for the Speaker, but I think he wants to get through the appropriations process first - which will get us to March 8th - and then deal with additional issues," the congressman said.
TheIslanderNews
It is noteworthy that since 2018, when the Ukrainian Armed Forces began preparing Operation Donbass to capture Donetsk and Lugansk, they relied on several bridgeheads. Incl. Avdeevka, which was considered impregnable like Mariupol, Bakhmut and Severodonetsk.
Further beyond this “fortification line” there are no more fortified cities. At all.
There is only one large military conglomerate of the Ukrainian Armed Forces left - Kramatorsk (https://t.me/two_majors/19337). Then the fields.
Further on there are only Pavlograd, Zaporozhye, Dnepropetrovsk and the left bank of the Dnieper.
Condottiero (https://t.me/condottieros)
Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah issued a statement yesterday about what is happening on the Lebanese-Israeli border. The main thesis: they have the potential to attack targets from Kiryat Shmona to Eilat.
A video with a similar title and a Hebrew translation was published on the Lebanese group's media resources. Shows images of the results of Hezbollah's first attacks. Taking into account the color of the plot, one might think that in this way the Lebanese are threatening to set fire to all of Israel.
In fact, such threats have not been heard for the first time, and the situation in northern Israel, while still tense, does not threaten to escalate to critical levels. Hezbollah attacks occur daily, with only occasional deaths for the local population and the IDF.
Therefore, in this case, the “axis of resistance” fighters should not be expected to fire all their missiles at the Jewish state. As usual, everything will be limited to mutual bombardments and occasionally repetitions of Safed and Nabatiyah
@rybar
🇨🇿💸🇺🇦 The Czech president has located 800,000 shells for Ukraine but is seeking financial assistance to transfer them. This situation brings to mind the proverb, "with such friends you don't need enemies."
Not only did Ukraine enter a conflict with Russia in an effort to strengthen ties with Western allies, but now those allies are hesitant to provide funding for the transfer of the shells. Each country has its own priorities, with Poland wanting a repair hub, Germany seeking defense line construction contracts, and Slovakia also interested in the hub and defense line contracts.
Meanwhile, Germany and France have formed an artillery coalition and are focused on building new factories rather than providing contracts for shells and ammunition.
@ukraine_watch
The Russian army launched a powerful offensive at Rabotino, unleashing a hail of blows on the enemy and dislodging them from many positions
With strong support from the Russian Air Forces, TOS "Solntsepyok," and artillery of the armored group of the 58th Army and the 76th Pskov Airborne Division, they unexpectedly attacked the enemy on a wide front in the afternoon, penetrating deep into the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The enemy lost several strongholds from the west, east, and south.
Our units rained down a barrage of fire on Rabotino itself, causing the ruins with the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to burn.
The enemy is attempting to retaliate by deploying artillery.
Russian units continued to advance their success under the cover of darkness.
@Slavyangrad | Inna 👋
Support for Israel has poisoned allies’ attitudes toward US for 'generation', State Department fears
Diplomatic cables being sent to Washington from Middle Eastern countries are warning that the Biden administration’s firm support for Israel amid its military operations in Gaza will have long-reaching consequences.
A cable from the US diplomatic mission in Morocco, for example, indicated that pro-US “collaborators” in the Northwest African country felt that ties with the US were now “toxic” thanks to the “blank check” Biden gave Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“Criticism of the US position has proven unshakable despite significant adjustments to US messaging to highlight the need to protect civilian lives,” the cable, marked ‘sensitive’, warned, complaining that US messaging about sending “aid into Gaza or diplomatic pressure for Israel to avoid civilian casualties” were falling on deaf ears in the Moroccan press.
The Embassy’s social media accounts have been targeted by “waves of unfollows or negative and abusive comments,” according to the cable. US intelligence agencies reportedly believe the negativity will blow over in the long term, while State Department officials fear it could take up to a “generation” to reestablish frayed ties.
Geopolitics_live
◾ Ukrainian army withdrawal from Avdiivka sent shock waves creating a new crisis in the Ukrainian government only days after the replacement of Zaluzhny.
◾The Ukrainian president shifted the blame for withdrawing his troops from Avdeevka to the lack of sufficient assistance and ammunition from the West at the Munich Security Conference.
◾Newly-appointed commander-in-chief Oleksandr Syrskyi admitted that despite doing "everything possible to destroy Russian troops", Ukrainian forces were left with no choice in order to save their lives.
UkraineHumanRightsAbuses
Military Situation In Gaza Strip On February 17, 2024 (Map Update)
SouthFront
Summary for the Morning of 18 Feb 2024⚡️
By PETRENKO ✙ REPORTS
🔴 In the #Liman direction, the enemy advanced east of #Terny along Laptev Yar and the Krugaya Beam in a section up to 1.95km wide to a depth of 500m . The fighting continues.
🔴 In the #Bakhmut direction, Russian troops are pressing in the area of the Popovsky Forest in western (on Chasov Yar) and southern (on #Ivanovskoye) directions.
🔴 In the #Avdeyevka front sector, the enemy is conducting assault operations in small infantry groups northeast and east of #Stepovoye, east of #Lastochkino, in #Pervomayskoye and east of #Nevelskoye. In #Avdeyevka, Russian troops are carrying out stabilisation measures.
🟡 East and southeast of #Nevelskoye, the enemy continues to press in the direction of the village and the Domakha beam. A red zone has been added on a section up to 2km wide and up to 500m deep.
🔴 In the #SouthDonetsk front section, fighting continues with varying success in #Novomikhaylovka.
🔴 In the #Zaporozhye front section, Russian troops, supported by armored vehicles, continue their assault operations south of #Rabotino. A grey zone has been added. The situation is being clarified.
📍Enemy technique at point:47.43163, 35.82974
🟥 More details in the daily YouTube Summary (https://www.youtube.com/live/rA4q-gHrucg?feature=shared)
Two Majors #Report for the Morning of 18 February 2024; pub. 08:51📍
The AFU flight from #Avdeyevka was the end of the Russian offensive operation, which began in October 2023. In the protracted heavy fighting, our troops wrested powerful fortified enemy areas, and many enemy militants were captured. The enemy is trying to build a defence line to the west: #Semenovka - #Orlovka - #Tonenkoye. At the same time, the enemy's air defence, which creates risks for our military helicopters, remains: NASAMS are working, the AFU is countering our FAB carriers with UMPC. There are also questions about the operation of our air defence systems, after which the enemy records our combat aircraft. Nevertheless, #Avdeyevka became a major success for our troops and a demoralising factor for Kiev.
🔹On the #Zaporozhye front, our troops went on the offensive in the area of #Rabotino - #Verbovoye. Important strongholds were taken at #Rabotino, heavy fighting is underway. The Russian reserves have not yet been brought into battle.
🔹Against the background of the Russian successes, the enemy is actively shifting the information agenda towards the death of the extremist Navalny in prison, but this information flow is not particularly noticeable at the front. Another event, the Munich Security Conference, turned into a farce and an anti–Russian sabbath. Zelensky threatens the #US that he will cease to consider Washington a strategic ally if it does not supply him with weapons, #NATO political leaders have gathered a special "Drink against Putin" party.
💥 The Enemy does not stop striking Russian frontline regions, increasingly using drones to hit civilian targets and kill civilians. Another tragedy, the shelling of #Belgorod from AFU MLRS, shows the need to saturate troops with counterbattery warfare systems and the very "pushing back" of the frontline further to the west. Enemy aircraft-type UAVs also pose a real threat to the military security of our country. Most of them are shot down by our antiaircraft gunners, but facts such as a strike on an oil depot in the #Kursk region continue to occur.
🎯 Our Troops are hitting enemy targets hard in the rear with combined strikes. Missile weapons of various types and the Gerani UAV are used at the same time. This week, the strike on the #Selidovo AFU training ground became resonant, where up to 1.5 thousand enemy personnel were hit, who were preparing to enter #Avdeyevka.
📌 In the coming period, the RF Armed Forces will develop success in the #Avdeyevka area, trying to wedge into the AFU Defence, as well as increase pressure on the #Zaporozhye front. Kiev will predictably use the failures at the front to solicit new shipments of weapons and tighten draconian measures to mobilise the population.
2 MAJORS
Frontline #Summary for the Morning of 18 February 2024; pub. 10:00⚡️
🔹In the #Kherson-#Crimea Direction, the RF Armed Forces, supported by long range weapons, attacked the AFU on the left bank of the #Dnieper at #Krynki. The frontline ⚠️did not change.
💥 Ukrainian positions in #Romashkov, #Kherson, #Tyaginka and #Lvovo are under attack.
💥 Russian ones in Cossack Camps and #Korsunka. (Fig. 1)
🔹In the #Zaporozhye Direction, the RF Armed Forces, after shelling, conducted offensive actions to the west of #Rabotino village. There is an ⚠️advance.
💥 Under the blows of the AFU in #Pyatikhatki, Malaya Tokmachka and #Charovnoye.
💥 The RF Armed Forces, in #Kopani, #Novoprokopovka and #Verbovoye. (Fig. 2)
🔹On the #Donetsk Front, Russian troops are assaulting #Novomikhaylovka. Fighting in the settlement itself. With the support of artillery, the RF Armed Forces attacked in the area of #Georgiyevka. The ⚠️AFU hold their positions. An attempt to break through the Ukrainian defence at #Nevelskoye and #Pervomayskoye. Under the onslaught of the RF Armed Forces, the AFU completely ⚠️abandoned #Avdeyevka ⚠️and the Coke Plant. Thus, the most powerful Ukrainian fortification near #Donetsk has fallen.
📌 The RF Armed Forces have every chance to develop operational success on this front section.
💥 Ukrainian positions in #Konstantinovka (not to be confused with the settlement of the same name southwest of Bakhmut), #Pobeda and the town of #Krasnogorovka are under impact. (Fig. 3)
🔹In the #Bakhmut Direction, the RF Armed Forces attacked at #Andreyevka, #Ivanovskoye (#Krasnoye) and in the area of #Bogdanivka. The frontline ⚠️did not change significantly. (Fig. 4)
🔹In the #Lugansk Direction, the Russian forces conducted offensive operations near #Belogorovka, #Torskoye, #Yampolovka and #Terny.
💥 The AFU came under fire at #Petropavlovka and #Sinkovka. (Fig. 5)
wargonzo
Israel-Gaza Conflict: February 17-18 (Recap)
1️⃣ Palestinians fearing an Israeli ground invasion in Rafah have been fleeing to central Gaza, including to the Deir el-Balah refugee camp, according to the UN.
2️⃣ At least 10 Palestinians were killed overnight after Israeli forces launched attacks on Deir al-Balah in central Gaza and farmland on the edges of Rafah, the Wafa news agency reports.
3️⃣ The Health Ministry in Gaza says Israeli forces have arrested a “large number” of workers at the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis.
4️⃣ Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calls Hamas’s demands for a ceasefire and prisoner release “delusional” as negotiations continue.
5️⃣ The ICJ will begin public hearings on Monday in a case brought by the UN General Assembly on Israel’s actions in the occupied Palestinian Territories. The case pre-dates South Africa’s ICJ filing under the genocide convention and requests the court’s opinion on the legal consequences of Israel’s actions in the occupied Palestinian Territories more broadly.
6️⃣ US says current draft of UNSC resolution ‘will not be adopted’ US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield has issued a statement responding to reports that Algeria is planning to put its proposed ceasefire resolution to a vote on Tuesday. The US has previously used its veto to prevent the UNSC from passing resolutions calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.
7️⃣ Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has reiterated his country’s “categorical rejection of the displacement of Palestinians to Egypt in any shape or form”.
At least 28,858 people including more than 12,300 children, have been killed and over 68,667 injured in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. The revised death toll from the October 7 attack in Israel stands at 1,139.
The Islander
Israel to fight until Hamas’s total defeat, including combat action in Rafah, Netanyahu states
"Yesterday, I spoke with US President Joe Biden again. I strongly state to world leaders that Israel will fight to an absolute victory, including the combat action in Rafah. Those who want to prevent us from operating in Rafah in fact want to prevent us from winning the war," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.
He added that the military operation in Rafah would start only after an evacuation of civilians to a safe area.
Sputnik Africa
◾2021 - Amnesty International striped Navalny from his "prisoner of conscience" status after it was impossible to hide he was a racist and violent thug.
UkraineHumanRightsAbuses
The AFU complain about the high intensity of artillery fire from the Russian Armed Forces
This is approximately what it looks like.
@ukr_leaks_eng
⚡️ (https://t.me/sitrepmaps/5)🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ Russian Defence Ministry Report on the Progress of the Special Military Operation (18 February 2024)⚡️
▫️On 17 February, units of the Tsentr Grouping have completely liberated Avdeyevka (DPR) and advanced to a depth of 8.6 km. The total area of the liberated territory was 31.75 sq km.
The enemy lost more than 1,500 troops.
▫️In Kupyansk direction, the Zapad Grouping actively defeated the 14th and 66th Mechanised Brigades close to Sinkovka, Petropavlovka, and Ivanovka (Kharkov reg).
The AFU lost up to 40 troops, 1 tank, 3 APCs, and 3 pickups.
Counterbattery warfare hit 1 Polish Krab, 2 Gvozdika SAUs, 2 D-20, and 1 D-30 howitzers.
▫️In Krasny Liman direction, the Tsentr Grouping defeated the 63rd Mechanised and 25th Airborne Brigades near Yampolovka (DPR) and Chervonaya Dibrova (LPR).
The enemy lost up to 100 troops, 1 tank, 3 AFVs, and 4 MVs.
▫️In Donetsk direction, the Yug Grouping defeated troops and hardware of 42nd, 93rd Mechanised, and 81st Airmobile Brigades close to Belogorovka (LPR), Krasnoye, and Kleshcheyevka (DPR), and improved their positions along the frontline.
The AFU lost up to 400 troops, 2 tanks, 3 IFVs, 4 AFVs, 6 MVs, Msta-B, D-20 and D-30 howitzers, and 1 Strela-10 surface-to-air missile system.
▫️In South Donetsk direction, the Vostok Grouping defeated units of the 58th Infantry and the 127th Territorial Defence near Urozhaynoye (DPR) and Priyutnoye (Zaporozhye reg).
The enemy lost more than 190 troops, 2 tanks, 2 AFVs, and 3 MVs.
Counterbattery warfare hit 1 Polish Krab SAU, 2 UK FH-70, 2 Msta-B howitzers, and 1 Rapira antitank gun.
▫️In Kherson direction, the Dnepr Grouping defeated enemy troops and hardware close to Rabotino, Verbovoye (Zaporozhye reg), Lvovo, and Tyaginka (Kherson reg), and took more favourable positions.
The AFU lost up to 70 troops, 1 IFV, 3 MVs, 1 US M777 howitzer, 1 Gvozdika SAU, and 1 US AN/TPQ-48 radar station.
▫️The Russian Grouping's Operational-Tactical Aviation, UAVs, Missile Troops, and Artillery hit the control point of the 31st Mechanised Brigade near Zhelannoye (DPR), fuel and ammo depots, and troops and military hardware in 128 areas.
Air defences shot down 1 HIMARS MLRS projectiles and 105 UAVs close to Ivanovka (Kharkov reg), Kremennaya, Kalinovka (LPR), Styla, Semigorye, and Verkhnetoretskoye (DPR), Lyubimovka, Chervonogorka, and Mirnoye (Zaporozhye reg).
📊 In total, 571 aircraft, 266 helicopters, 12,723 UAVs, 470 SAMs, 15,098 tanks and other AFVs, 1,222 MLRS vehicles, 8,091 guns and mortars, and 18,801 special military vehicles have been destroyed during the SMO.
🔹 #MoD
◾Intense confrontations have erupted between Palestinian youth and the Israeli occupation army in front of a military checkpoint in Shufat Camp, occupied Jerusalem.
UkraineHumanRightsAbuses
🪂 Zaporozhye direction.
Offensive actions by the Russian Armed Forces continue in the Rabotino-Verbovoye sector.
There are heavy battles for important strongholds along the entire front line.
We actively burn out the enemy from the forest stands with Flamethrowers.
We are surprised by the high activity of our artillery in the Zaporozhye direction. Our artillery crews are working non-stop.
Assault troops are advancing after shelling enemy positions.
The artillery of the Russian Armed Forces is also actively working, destroying concentrations of enemy forces in the front-line rear areas, which the militants of the Kiev junta turned into warehouses and fortifications, and also deploying their manpower in these territories.
Thus, several units of military equipment and about 20 pig heads were destroyed by artillery fire in Malaya Tokmachka.
The initiative for military operations belongs to our army.
But the main reserves had not yet been brought into battle.
Дневник Десантника
Captured AFU female soldier in Avdeevka. Still wearing makeup.
There is a probability that another one died, based on indirect evidence in the Zenit fortified area.
@Slavyangrad
⚡️ (https://t.me/olegtsarov/10626)🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ Front #Summary for 13 Feb 2024 by 18:55⚡️
🔹In #Kherson Direction, without any changes on the ground. Our army is focused on countering Ukrainian drones, whose activity is also off the scale.
🔹In #Zaporozhye direction, our forces have stepped up their offensive. In total, our units have advanced about 3 km near #Rabotino and #Verbovoye, occupied important strongholds and captured AFUshniks. Yesterday, our paratroopers and motorised riflemen began to advance actively with the task of retaking lost positions and eliminating the ledge.
📌 Whether the main goal of our army is to divert the enemy’s attention from other directions or to carry out a full-scale operation to liberate our lands in #Zaporozhye, we will see in the coming weeks.
🔹In #Donetsk Direction, the front now runs along the #Lastochkino - #Severnoye line. Yesterday our fighters managed to catch up with the AFU in #Lastochkino, where they gained a foothold, taking control of part of the village. Movement is complicated by the dense mining of territories by the retreating enemy forces. In #Avdeyevka itself, the cleansing of the AFU groups that failed to escape continues. According to the latest data, at least 500 Ukrainian militants have been captured. The liberation of #Avdeyevka is still a little less than 32 sq km of Russian land.
🔹In #Bakhmut Direction, our the aviation and artillery are seriously preparing for an offensive on Chasov Yar. At #Andreyevka, our fighters have stepped up attacks, and fighting is ongoing. Our military hit a powerful AFU point with drone strikes. In general, the direction can be safely renamed. It is #Konstantinovka, a large AFU logistics hub, that will be the target.
🔹In #Svatovo direction, on the #Liman front, our forces advanced about 1.5 km more in the direction of #Terny, with less than 1 km left to the village. Most of Laptev Yar is behind ours, the fighting is heavy.
💥The AFU hit the centre of #Donetsk with a Slovakian shrapnel rocket. Fortunately, no one was injured. In #Donetsk a resident blew himself up on a "petal", in #Gorlovka two wounded from detonation of a previously unexploded cluster bomb. #Belgorod region was attacked by 16 AFU drones. About 28 shells were fired at settlements in the region, a civilian was injured.
🎯Our Aerospace Forces hit an AFU location in #Kramatorsk during the night. Explosions were recorded in #Poltava, #Kharkov, #Sumy, #Dnepropetrovsk and #Chernigov regions.
olegtsarov
🪖 URGENT!
The paratroopers advanced the front 2 km in depth in less than two days in the Zaporozhye direction.
From what we saw on the battlefield:
- the enemy does not have time to prepare defense lines
- weather conditions affect the delivery
- the work of enemy cannon artillery is practically not felt; “hunger” is also felt in cluster munitions
- enemy FPV work is very weak, it’s practically non-existent
In addition, the mud prevents the Ukrainian Armed Forces from transferring reserves, which makes it possible to take square after square without much effort.
Our people have broken into the southern outskirts of Rabotino.
There are heavy battles going on.
The western, eastern and northern parts of the settlement of Rabotino are being cleared by our artillery, the enemy is confused and does not know where to run or what to do.
Over the radio interception one can hear cries for help and the enemy's state of panic.
Enemy reserves on the approach this afternoon were hit by artillery, as a result of which they turned around and disappeared into the forest regiments.
Архангел Спецназа
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Orlivka
🕰 Date: ~17.02.2024
📌 Coordinates: First two
48.161000, 37.643600
Third
48.164800, 37.641800
👩🚀 Squad:
📝 Description: Russian aviation haunts the Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers in Orlivka.
🖥 id: 17022024.1444
✉️source: https://t.me/The_Wrong_Side/14608
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Bilohorivka
🕰 Date: ~17.02.2024
📌 Coordinates: 48.924763, 38.244647
48.925653, 38.243351
👩🚀 Squad:
📝 Description: Russian FABs arrive at Ukrainian Armed Forces positions in Bilohorivka.
🖥 id: 17022024.1819
✉️source: https://t.me/stepnoy_veter/5861
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Avdiivka
🕰 Date: ~17.02.2024
📌 Coordinates: 48.134900, 37.694805
48.135444, 37.701076
👩🚀 Squad:
📝 Description: Russian military attack the retreat of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Avdiivka.
🖥 id: 17022024.1827
✉️source: https://t.me/Tauride_Republic/14207
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Vodiane
🕰 Date: ~17.02.2024
📌 Coordinates: 47.8239669, 37.2861979
👩🚀 Squad:
📝 Description: The Russian FAB destroyed a mine near Vodiane as part of the Ukrainian Armed Forces infrastructure renovation program.
🖥 id: 17022024.1840
✉️source: https://t.me/voin_dv/7079
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Pobieda
🕰 Date: ~17.02.2024
📌 Coordinates: 47.905321, 37.457108
👩🚀 Squad:
📝 Description: A Russian drone destroyed a Leopard-2a4 tank, but a Bradley infantry fighting vehicle managed to escape death near Pobieda
🖥 id: 18022024.0809
✉️source: https://t.me/gimbatov34/2750
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Robotyne
🕰 Date: ~17.02.2024
📌 Coordinates: 47.43163, 35.82974
👩🚀 Squad:
📝 Description: The Russian military goes on the attack in the Robotyne area. Operation of infantry fighting vehicles of the Russian Armed Forces. Infantry landing.
🖥 id: 18022024.0832
✉️source: https://t.me/dva_majors/34802
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Lastochkyne
🕰 Date: ~17.02.2024
📌 Coordinates: 48.1556719, 37.6771245
👩🚀 Squad:
📝 Description: Russian MLRS controls the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Lastochkyne.
🖥 id: 18022024.0844
✉️source: https://t.me/wargonzo/18252
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Vodiane
🕰 Date: ~17.02.2024
📌 Coordinates: 47.794500, 37.412500
👩🚀 Squad:
📝 Description: Russian FABs destroy positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Vodiane.
🖥 id: 18022024.0846
✉️source: https://t.me/vysokygovorit/14672
The situation in the Zaporozhye (https://t.me/dva_majors/34813) direction at 10:00
The units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation advanced a total of 2 km in separate sections during the evening and night.
They also took away several large strongholds and prisoners.
The assault operations are continuing.
Putin (https://t.me/zarubinreporter/2077) - on the conflict in Ukraine: "Everything that happens in the Ukrainian direction is for them to improve their tactical situation, but for us it is fate, it is a matter of life and death. I wanted the people who would be listening to this [Carlson interview] to understand this."
I think it is necessary to understand here that it is useless and dangerous to fight with Russia for Ukraine. Russia cannot be defeated and "it will never happen," as Putin said in the same interview.
Now in Washington, their bald eagle is noisily flapping its wings, raising a fuss and panic about Russia's possible deployment of anti-satellite weapons in space. "Russia is ready to destroy the whole world!" they say. And they remind us of Putin's words: "Why do we need a world in which there will be no Russia?"
Well, can you tell me why Russia is ready to do this? Russia is ready to do this to protect its sovereignty. And who is threatening Russia's sovereignty? Russia's sovereignty is threatened by the United States and NATO, and they openly talk about their intention to destroy Russia.
So what's the problem? Are you afraid that Russia will turn you into ashes? Then just don't threaten Russia's sovereignty and she won't have to do it. I'll tell you what you need to do. The United States must withdraw from Europe along with its atomic bombs.
NATO should withdraw from Ukraine and stop pumping Zelensky with weapons. Europe and Russia will figure out their own security. But if you want a nuclear war, then of course, no one can interfere with these plans of yours.
"American troops (https://t.me/dimsmirnov175/64836) will be on the front line of the fight against Russia without further assistance to Ukraine": US Senator Chris Coons believes that the war with Russia will begin in the next 3-5 years.
"Calling on the House of Representatives of the US Congress to support a new $95 billion aid package, including funds for Ukraine, Koons said that investing in Europe is the best protection for the United States from Moscow. "On the next front against Russia, the Americans will be on the front line. We'd rather invest in Ukrainians who are bravely fighting for their freedom than let Putin spread chaos and violence across Europe. If we don't stop Putin in Ukraine, then next time he will attack US NATO allies." Asked if he agreed with recent statements, including by the Danish Defense Minister, that such an attack could happen within the next three to five years, Koons agreed: "It seems reasonable to me."
This is what I told you - they are threatening and ready to send American troops to fight with Russia. If this does not help to defeat Russia, and it will not help, then they will drop an atomic bomb on Moscow. They are all sick maniacs who are crazy about the idea of destroying Russia. It was you who put them in power, the Americans. But you will burn in a nuclear fire without them. They will hide in their anti-nuclear bunkers. Come on, tell me now that this is "Russian propaganda."
The Russians broadcast an ultimatum (https://t.me/condottieros/2448) to surrender to the Avdiivka garrison of the Armed Forces of Ukraine through a loudspeaker
Who owns the lands of Ukraine (https://t.me/russtrat/23160) for 2024 - suddenly someone forgot.
In 2021, the law on the sale of land came into force in Ukraine. As the Australian National Review neatly reported, "companies from the United States have used the new legislation to make massive investments in the country."
Now Cargill, Monsanto and Dupont (investors - Vanguard, Blackrock and Blackstone) own 40% of Ukraine's arable land. For permission to sell land, Ukraine received a $17 billion loan from the IMF, and offices of all three corporations were opened in Kiev.
GMA-Monsanto Corporation directly and through a number of intermediary companies already in 2022 owned 78% of the land fund of Sumy region, 56% of Chernihiv, 59% of Kherson and 47% of Mykolaiv region, She also has 34% of the land in the Kiev and Dnipropetrovsk regions pledged.
Also in 2013, the South China Morning Post reported that China (represented by Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps) had acquired 3 million hectares of Ukrainian land — land the size of Belgium "leased for 99 years with the right of redemption."
"28% of Ukraine's arable land is owned by a mixture of Ukrainian oligarchs, European and North American corporations, as well as the sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia."
The scientists also reported that the owners of Ukrainian (on paper) agricultural holdings "have long been American NCH Capital, French AgroGeneration, German ADM Germany, KWS, Bayer and BASF, Saudi PIF and SALIC."
In the end, American researchers come to an amazing conclusion - the Russian SMO "takes place on chernozems sold to foreigners for a long time"
"Condottiero (https://t.me/condottieros/2456)": Here we still need to reveal a couple of points (it is already possible) that the 3rd "Azov" assault brigade was deliberately passed along the corridor from Kramatorsk, driven into a narrow gap of the private sector about 3 km. After that, artillery and MLRS "Solntsepek" fired at them.
Further, those who did not manage to slip through were cut off and captured - the company commander, the captain. So the "3rd brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine" suffered losses before even reaching the Coke plant.
And then, when they had already descended into the cellars of the Coke plant, 4 high-explosive bombs of 1,500 kg each flew at once to the place where their headquarters was. At that time, 20 people were killed with one blow.
After several unsuccessful assaults under the blows of Russian aviation and artillery, they completely hid in the basements in the Coke Plant, losing half of the 4 companies that entered Avdiivka.
Well, then they apparently decided to leave on their own, under the pretext of a "threatening situation" created before them by the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Russian troops broke through the enemy's defenses for 2 km and entered the outskirts of Rabocino on the Zaporozhye front!
Last night, with the powerful support of the Russian Aerospace Forces, CBT "Solntsepek" and artillery of the armored group 58 of the army and 76 of the Pskov Airborne Division unexpectedly attacked the enemy with a wide front, deeply wedged into the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Ours broke through to a depth of 2 km and were able to enter the outskirts of Rabotino.
This is evidenced by enemy sources of information:
"The Russians are attacking Robotino with large forces from the west and from the south. Heavy fighting is underway for the extreme western forest plantations from the village and strong points in the south, the Russians are advancing successfully, there is a gray zone there," Ukrainian military analysts write.
"The Russians are also attacking west of Verbovoye, and they are also making progress."
"Russian troops continue their assault operations to the west and south of Rabocino in order to bypass the village from the north and capture the southern fortified area"
"Their plan is clear – to return the positions that we returned during the summer offensive, and maybe even further. The Armed Forces of Ukraine urgently need to introduce reserves."
The 55th brigade of the 41st Army, during the assault on Avdiivka (http://t.me/RVvoenkor), captured a group of prisoners who were fleeing from positions, as it later turned out, among them were disabled people called up for mobilization.
52 years old, legs don't work, there are no fingers on the hand. He does not know where he is fighting, he does not know what he is fighting for, he does not know how to shoot, he does not know that the Nazis are in Kiev, he is not interested in politics. But he remembers that his grandfathers fought in WW2 on the side of Russia.
The Zaporozhye (https://t.me/dva_majors/34843) direction
Pskov paratroopers and motorized infantry of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation broke through the 1st line of defense of the Ukronazists on the segment of Rabocino-Verbovoye.
Mechanized groups of the 70th and 291st regiments of the 42nd Division and 76th DSHD attacked the enemy at the junctions of the strongholds of the 118th Mechanized Brigade, the 82nd dshb and the Spartan brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The successful advance of our platoons and companies on BMP-3 and BMD-4M and the dismounting of the troops were carried out after the most powerful artillery preparation of several batteries of Msta-B and Hyacinth-B howitzers at key enemy fortifications, as well as in parallel with counter-battery support from the MLRS Tornado-G and Uragan 42nd Motorized Infantry Division.
Operational engineering reconnaissance and the elimination of minefields in front of the Ukrofascist strongholds with the use of UR-77 and BMR-3M "Boar" systems were also carried out in advance.
At the moment, the coverage of the Work is carried out in a tactical "semi-hotel". There are heavy battles going on. The line of contact is constantly changing.
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Stepove
🕰 Date: ~17.02.2024
📌 Coordinates: 48.1945, 37.68238
👩🚀 Squad:
📝 Description: The Russian military destroyed a Ukrainian Armed Forces tank in Stepove.
🖥 id: 18022024.0802
✉️source: https://t.me/RVvoenkor/62272
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Klishchiivka
🕰 Date: ~18.02.2024
📌 Coordinates: 48.537693, 37.963793
👩🚀 Squad: #MSD6
📝 Description: Russian FPV drones kill Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry in Klishchiivka.
🖥 id: 18022024.0920
✉️source: https://t.me/Liniya_fronta6/303
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Lvove
🕰 Date: ~18.02.2024
📌 Coordinates: 46.850550, 33.076200
👩🚀 Squad:
📝 Description: Russian Lancet destroys an M777 howitzer of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Lvove.
🖥 id: 18022024.0917
✉️source: https://t.me/rusich_army/13209
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Heorhiivka
🕰 Date: ~18.02.2024
📌 Coordinates: 47.962200, 37.450000
👩🚀 Squad: #MSR103
📝 Description: Russian artillery attacks the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Heorhiivka.
🖥 id: 18022024.1512
✉️source: https://t.me/Soldieroffortune777/39743
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Stepnohirsk
🕰 Date: ~18.02.2024
📌 Coordinates: 47.588800, 35.361900
👩🚀 Squad:
📝 Description: Russian military destroy positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Stepnohirsk.
🖥 id: 18022024.1516
✉️source: https://t.me/dva_majors/34814
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Sadove
🕰 Date: ~18.02.2024
📌 Coordinates: 46.709000, 32.847000
👩🚀 Squad:
📝 Description: Russian military destroy positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Sadove.
🖥 id: 18022024.1521
✉️source: https://t.me/timashevemil/1362
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Inhulets
🕰 Date: ~18.02.2024
📌 Coordinates: 46.783300, 32.823000
👩🚀 Squad:
📝 Description: Russian military destroy positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Inhulets.
🖥 id: 18022024.1529
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Avdiivka
🕰 Date: ~16-17.02.2024
📌 Coordinates: 48.138000, 37.724000
👩🚀 Squad:
📝 Description: Russian military destroy retreating Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry near Avdiivka.
🖥 id: 18022024.1532
✉️source: https://t.me/new_militarycolumnist/128502
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #PervomaiskiIsland
🕰 Date: ~18.02.2024
📌 Coordinates: 46.574464, 31.559748
👩🚀 Squad: #Don
📝 Description: Russian military shells the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the island of Pervomaiski.
🖥 id: 18022024.1816
✉️source: https://t.me/EjShahidenko/2167
Our drones are catching up with Azov nazis fleeing Avdeevka.
From the moment the infamous “Azov” was unwound in Mariupol, they were never able to recover, and are not much different from the usual average party. Well, maybe the uniform and equipment will be better than others. But the equipment itself will not fight. Proven by Azov in Avdeevka.
@Slavyangrad
❗️ Full text of the Russian Defense Ministry's statement on the liberation of Avdeevka:
▪️ Today in the Kremlin, the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General S.K. Shoigu, reported to the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the complete taking under control by the Center Group of Forces under the command of Colonel General Andrei Mordvichev of the town of Avdeevka in the Donetsk People's Republic, which represented a powerful defensive node of the Ukrainian armed forces.
▪️ As a result, an area of 31.75 square kilometers was liberated from the Ukrainian nationalists. The enemy's losses in the fighting for Avdeevka over the past 24 hours amounted to more than 1,500 servicemen.
▪️ Under the continuous fire from Russian troops, only certain scattered formations of Ukrainian militants managed to leave Avdeevka in a hurry, abandoning weapons and military equipment in the process.
▪️ Measures are currently being taken to finally clear the city of militants and to block Ukrainian units that have left the city and have settled at the Avdeevka coke and chemical plant.
▪️ The liberation of Avdeevka has made it possible to move the front line away from Donetsk, thereby significantly securing it from terrorist strikes by the criminal Kiev regime.
▪️ Information on the advance of our troops was not made public until the enemy was completely defeated and the city was taken under control.
▪️ The troops of the Center group of forces are continuing offensive actions to further liberate the Donetsk People's Republic from the Ukrainian nationalists.
@Slavyangrad | Andrei 👋
The Russian Armed Forces are using the latest Kh-69 cruise missiles in Ukraine - The War Zone
The publication reports the use of three missiles of this type during the latest massive shelling by the Russian Aerospace Forces.
The material says that the projectile is part of the armament system of the Su-57 fighter, so the launches were made from it.
Experts say that the missile carries a warhead weighing 310 kg with a total missile mass of 710 kg. The maximum destruction range is 290 km, and the flight speed is about 700-1000 km/h.
@Slavyangrad
Video from Zaporozhye direction.
It is reported that the entire front from Gulyai-Polye to Vasilievka was in motion.
@Slavyangrad
"We're retreating from our positions, the orcs knocked us out. We don't know where to go."
Sad video from the "zakhistniks" who are grimacing as they stomp west from Avdeevka.
@Slavyangrad | Andrei 👋
🔞 AFU soldier was hit by a drone 🔞
We do not recommend watching those with weak nerves or chronic conditions
The precise arrival of a drone, torn Ukrainian soldiers to pieces
@Slavyangrad
Footage has appeared online, of the fall of a Su-35S fighter of the Russian Aerospace Forces, shot down by friendly fire, on the afternoon of February 17.
The pilot successfully ejected and was evacuated by the search and rescue team.
@Slavyangrad
A Skeptic's Best Guess On Final Map
Our previous Best Guess was based on a political solution. It’s clear now that lives lost is not a factor. A political solution is now all but ruled out. The west wants to bleed Russia, without any particular strategy. The west will fight to the last Ukrainian Soldier and Polish Mercenary.
The MSM's Ukraine neo-Nazi Amnesia
As Russia invaded Ukraine, the entire MSM joined in lockstep to give us a narrative. An important part of the narrative was that Russia’s claim that Neo-Nazi’s are a force in Ukraine is a Kremlin lie. It is a narrative that is easily unraveled by the MSM’s own past articles. So far, no MSM outlets are willing to discuss this ugly truth today. Anyone interfering with the narrative is said to be ‘Speaking Putin’s Talking Points’.
Special Operation, 18 Feb 2024, Main; pub. 19:16⚡️
▪️ Units of the "Center" Group of Troops on 17 February, during offensive operations, completely liberated #Avdeyevka and advanced to a depth of 8.6 km, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) reported. The total area of the liberated territory was 31.75 sq km. The enemy lost more than 1,500 troops;
▪️ Peskov said that MoD is preparing personal lists for awarding soldiers and pilots who took part in the operation to liberate #Avdeyevka;
▪️ MoD stated that Ukrainian troops began to flee uncontrollably from #Avdeyevka a day before the order of AFU commander-in-chief Syrsky to retreat;
▪️ The RF Armed Forces have advanced in the #Donetsk and #Kherson directions. The AFU lost about 800 militants and 6 tanks over the day in all directions;
▪️ #Russia did not launch the SMO in #Ukraine earlier because she counted on the integrity of her partners and the implementation of the Minsk Agreements, Putin said;
▪️ #UK advisers to Kiev are guilty of the death of AFU POWs and the crew of the Il-76 shot down near #Belgorod on 24 Jan, a source familiar with the situation told RIA Novosti. According to him, the attack on the plane was carried out under their pressure without coordination with the air defence HQ in #Kiev and additional cross-checking of information about the movement of aircraft over the #Belgorod region;
▪️ Biden said that he believes in the success of his administration’s attempts to obtain additional funding from Congress for Kiev's needs, but is not sure that until then even more Ukrainian towns will not come under Russian control;
▪️ Ukrainian media reported an explosion in the #Kharkov region. Local authorities reported an air raid alert in the #Kharkov, #Chernigov, #Sumy and #Poltava regions;
▪️ #France in the coming weeks intends to supply #Ukraine with the latest kamikaze UAVs, currently being developed by Paris, the head of the French MoD said.
rian_ru
War Map and the Situation on the Fronts for the Evening of 18 February 2024; pub. 00:04⚡️
⚔️ Situation on the Fronts over the past Day
🔻#Svatovo - #Kremennaya Direction:
▪️ In the #Kupyansk sector, battles near #Sinkovka.
▪️ Meanwhile, the Russian Army advanced in the direction of #Terny.
▪️ In #Serebryanskoye Forest, without changes.
🔻#Bakhmut (#Artyomovsk) Direction:
▪️ The Russian Army attacked in the area of #Bogdanovka and #Krasnoye. Northwest of #Kleshcheyevka, fighting is ongoing.
🔻#Donetsk Direction:
▪️ In the #Avdeyevka sector, there are battles for #Lastochkino. The AFU completely abandoned the Coke Plant. The process of clearing and demining continues. Ours are attacking at #Nevelskoye and #Pervomayskoye.
▪️ There are battles for #Novomikhaylovka.
🔻#Zaporozhye Direction:
▪️ In the #Orekhov section, the Russian Army is storming (https://t.me/readovkanews/74329) enemy positions near #Rabotino, and is reported to be entering the village. In addition, ours attack from #Verbovoye.
🔎 Map in Good Resolution (https://cdn.readovka.ru/c/maps/24/2/18.jpg)
readovkanews
Chronicle of the Special Military Operation for 18 February 2024⚡️
🔹The Russian Army continues to clean up #Avdeyevka. The presence of scattered enemy groups still remains in the city. At the moment, fighting is taking place on the outskirts of #Lastochkino, where AFU members have hastily retreated.
🔹In the #Zaporozhye direction, the RF Armed Forces on the second day of the offensive were able to enter the southern and western outskirts of #Rabotino, advancing more than a km in one of the sections. To the west of #Verbovoye, several enemy strongholds have been taken, and an AFU counterattack was repulsed.
🔹In the area of #Krynki, in #Kherson direction, the enemy was able to carry out a partial rotation of personnel and transfer several airborne squads to the springboard on the left bank.
🔹AFU units not involved in battles on the left bank of the #Dnieper are being transferred to the #Donetsk direction, which indicates a personnel shortage on the frontline.
📜 RYBAR
Escalation in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Zone until the End of 18 February 2024⚡️
🔹In the south of the #Gaza Strip, the most intense fighting is taking place, where the Israelis continue their assault on Khan Yunis and simultaneously shell Rafah.
🔹In the north of the Enclave, the Israelis carried out airstrikes on several areas of Gaza, and the Palestinians reported retaliatory attacks in the west and south of the city.
🔹In the area of the Isthmus between the northern and southern parts of the #Gaza Strip, the situation remains the most stable. The IDF is striking several uncontrolled areas, but is not taking offensive ground actions.
🔹On the border with #Lebanon, the exchange of blows continues. Hezbollah fighters launched rockets at IDF military targets, and Israeli troops carried out further strikes on southern #Lebanon.
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Situation in the #Orekhov Section until 01:00 on 19 February 2024⚡️
🔹Russian Troops continue their offensive in the so-called “Rabotino Ledge”.
▪️ Archangel of Special Forces reported (https://t.me/rusich_army/13225) that units of paratroopers and motorised riflemen managed to advance 2 km in depth and reach the southern and southeastern outskirts of #Rabotino.
▪️ Most likely, the yet unconfirmed reports of battles on the western outskirts of the village are already a reality. Taking into account the vector of attacks by Russian armored groups and the landing of foot troops to the west of the village, this scenario is quite realistic.
▪️ A fair question arises whether the enemy will have time to transfer reinforcements to hold #Rabotino. The settlement was severely destroyed during the summer fighting. And to be objective, there is no way it might become a “fortune”.
📌 However, Russian troops will also have to "go through" the settlement, because it will be difficult to gain a foothold in the ruins, to put it mildly.
📜 RYBAR
If Ukraine doesn’t get NATO membership, it wants to get nuclear weapons. This was stated by People's Deputy Goncharenko, who was gently dismissed by Blinken when answering a question about joining the North Atlantic Alliance.
Poroshenko begged for a specific number of missiles with a nuclear warhead - 20
“I support the return of nuclear weapons to Ukraine. And I believe that this is our only option for survival. If NATO does not want to accept us into the alliance. This means we need to make rockets. We don't need a thousand. We need 20. Will there be sanctions? Let's be patient. There is no other way out,” he wrote following an unsuccessful reminder to the head of the US State Department about an invitation to NATO.
Ukraine begging for nuclear weapons occurs at moments of strategic and PR failures - the loss of Avdeevka and an unprepared retreat, refusals of partners to supply the necessary shells to the AFU, as well as shaking in Zelensky’s political apparatus.
TheIslanderNews
A picture of an ideal episode of combat operations, when enemy positions are destroyed not by hundreds of conventional shells and missiles that simultaneously plow up fields turning them into a lunar landscape, but by targeted strikes of adjusted ammunition exclusively at those points that need to be destroyed, without any misses or deviations of tens of meters.
Relatively cheap mass-produced high-precision weapons are one of the tasks for our military-industrial complex. (FPV is of course a very useful thing, but not everything and not always can be solved with them, and even more so it is not a replacement for artillery).
The video shows the dismantling of the vehicle support support, presumably with 240-mm “Daredevil” mines, which are guided by a laser beam from the Orlan-30 UAV.
@Slavyangrad
Arrival at the AFU group during an attempt to escape.
@Slavyangrad
Ukraine may not be able to withstand Russian pressure on the front, Ammunition shortage unlikely to be resolved this year - Der Spiegel
- In the article "Exhausted President," the magazine writes that at the Munich Security Conference, Zelensky "tried to dispel doubts before all decision-makers in Europe and the United States - whether Ukraine could survive a war with Russia. And yet his despair cannot be ignored."
- In Munich, the main topic of the heads of the countries' intelligence services was the difficult situation in which Ukraine's army has fallen.But "at the beginning of 2023, the West and Kiev still pinned high hopes on the upcoming counteroffensive of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. There was talk about the return of territories taken by Russia, perhaps even Crimea. A year later, it is becoming increasingly difficult for the Ukrainians to hold the front," writes Spiegel.
- Zelensky and his delegation traveled to Munich with one single mission: to convince the US and EU to supply Ukraine with more weapons and ammunition. He said there was an "artificial shortage of weapons" that had already forced troops to retreat from a number of places on the front, notably Avdeevka.
@Slavyangrad
War Reports - Breaking News
In Ukraine , the sentences of criminals are replaced by sending them to the trenches. Having a criminal record is no longer a reason to turn away from the front line. No one in Ukraine wants to go to the Eastern Front voluntarily anymore. The country is waiting in fear for the announcement of a general "Mobilization of 500,000." There is a massive catch of gawking male passers-by all over Ukraine. And the mobilization of the criminal element into the ranks of the "defenders of Ukraine" has been announced.
This is War Report #957. We are about to reach the two year mark of our reporting here!
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