For Those Who Might Be Wondering Why We Might Be In Ukraine

[Rightguide]

It was Zelensky who said the purpose of the Kursk invasion was to force Russia to redeploy forces from the Eastern Front to Kursk, but it was Zelensky's folly to have moved his best brigades from the Eastern Front to attack Kursk in the first place. The Idea was that Kursk was something he could use to negotiate the retreat of Russians from Ukrainian territory in the East at a future date. The Russians obviously didn't bite and left their forces on that front to take advantage of the weakened defensive posture Zelensky's move to the North provided so that now they are rolling up retreating Ukrainian forces in the East and are on the cusp of seizing the important logistical hub at Pokrovsk. A total logistics disaster for Ukraine in that region.

 

[ll74]

It was Zelensky who said the purpose of the Kursk invasion was to force Russia to redeploy forces from the Eastern Front to Kursk, but it was Zelensky's folly to have moved his best brigades from the Eastern Front to attack Kursk in the first place. The Idea was that Kursk was something he could use to negotiate the retreat of Russians from Ukrainian territory in the East at a future date. The Russians obviously didn't bite and left their forces on that front to take advantage of the weakened defensive posture Zelensky's move to the North provided so that now they are rolling up retreating Ukrainian forces in the East and are on the cusp of seizing the important logistical hub at Pokrovsk. A total logistics disaster for Ukraine in that region.

Which country invaded the other?

 

[Rightguide]

Did you check the "CNN News source" mentioned as the "author"?

Do you know who owns the website you're referring to?

Have you corroborated any of their information?

Useful idiot

The answer is yes. Have you heard of Christiane Amanpour? She works for CNN and just interviewed General Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine’s Armed Forces. You can find the same information in her interview with him. Read the entire interview here and keep proving yourself to be the complete uninformed partisan "useful idiot:"

Christiane Amanpour’s exclusive interview with General Oleksandr Syrskyi: full transcript​

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(CNN) — On Thursday 5 September, CNN’s Christiane Amanpour spoke with General Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine’s Armed Forces, in his first television interview in that role. It was conducted near the frontlines, at an undisclosed location for security reasons. What follows is a transcript of their full interview, lightly edited for clarity.

https://keyt.com/news/national-worl...th-general-oleksandr-syrskyi-full-transcript/

 

[ll74]

The answer is yes. Have you heard of Christiane Amanpour? She works for CNN and just interviewed General Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine’s Armed Forces. You can find the same information in her interview with him. Read the entire interview here and keep proving yourself to be the complete uninformed partisan "useful idiot:"

Christiane Amanpour’s exclusive interview with General Oleksandr Syrskyi: full transcript​

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(CNN) — On Thursday 5 September, CNN’s Christiane Amanpour spoke with General Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine’s Armed Forces, in his first television interview in that role. It was conducted near the frontlines, at an undisclosed location for security reasons. What follows is a transcript of their full interview, lightly edited for clarity.

https://keyt.com/news/national-worl...th-general-oleksandr-syrskyi-full-transcript/

The answer is no. Else you'd link the original article.

Fucking idiot

You don't care where your information comes from.

Putin thanks you

 

[Rightguide]

Which country invaded the other?

That doesn't matter to the subject at hand. We're only talking about a strategic fuck up by Zelensky that could bring this war to and end as Ukraine cannot afford to lose Pokrovsk and maintain it's line of supply for much of their Eastern Front operations. If it were to fall to the Russians it will be big deal added to the other problems Zelensky has, namely manpower.

 

[ll74]

That doesn't matter to the subject at hand.

It always matters regarding the Russian invasion of Ukraine

We're only talking about a strategic fuck up by Zelensky that could bring this war to and end as Ukraine cannot afford to lose Pokrovsk and maintain it's line of supply for much of their Eastern Front operations. If it were to fall to the Russians it will be big deal added to the other problems Zelensky has, namely manpower.

You're talking about Russian propaganda.

Ukraine can continue to defend itself as long as it wants to

 

[Rightguide]

The answer is no. Else you'd link the original article.

Fucking idiot

You don't care where your information comes from.

Putin thanks you

You didn't read it in full did you? Friggin coward! The same info is in that CNN interview. So do fuck off and refrain from engaging me any further. You're a coward and a liar.

 

[ll74]

You didn't read it in full did you? Friggin coward! The same info is in that CNN interview. So do fuck off and refrain from engaging me any further. You're a coward and a liar.

The authors of the article are listed in the CNN article that your source copied.

I provided it

You don't care for where the information comes from, as long as it agrees with your narrative.

Putin thanks you

 

[ChloeTzang]

The Russians threw in conscripts, they pulled in units from Kharkiv and they'd brought in units from Kherson and the Donbas. The Russians were weakened enough in Kharkov that the ZSU conducted an effective counterattack in this area and kicked the Russians away from Lyptsi. ZSU troops were busy collecting the loot for two days afterwards. Earlier this week, a counterattack by the ZSU's 53rd Brigade recovered most of northern Niu York. The Russians, promptly, counterattacked into the flanks, suffered heavy losses and where thrown back, and then, two days ago, the II/53rd recovered the center and the southern side of Niu York. (Donbas).

The ZSU brought in the 12th NG Azov and the 15th NG Kara-Dag Brigades to reinforce the defence of Pokrovsk and these units seem to have been enough to halt the Russian advances. If nothing else, a steady stream of drone footage suggests that Russian supply lines are getting hit harder and harder as they extend west. Moscow’s actions here are well-founded in a purely operational sense, provided their goal is to make progress at any cost. Pokrovsk is at the outer edge of Ukraine’s logistics network, the most vulnerable part of the whole front. But losing it - not that this looks at all likely any time soon - wouldn’t break Ukraine’s defense in Donbas. So Moscow’s focus on it looks mainly opportunistic, and probably represents a strategic error. We'll see.

Ukraine has quite a few reserve brigades after all - the offensive units they committed to Kursk were NOT a stretch, at all, and they are being rotated out, being replaced by other brigades intended to hold the new and shortened frontlines.

 

[ChloeTzang]

Ukraine Has Invented Its Own Precision Glide Bomb. It Could Become A Key Weapon For Strikes On Targets In Russia. The bomb seems to have a rocket booster and pop-out wings, potentially giving it a 40-mile range. Not content to lob American-made JDAM-ER and French-made Hammer glide bombs, the Ukrainians clearly intend to arm their jets with locally made bombs, as well. Air force brigadier general Serhii Holubotsov announced back in June that the service was developing a new glide and guidance kit to transform Soviet-vintage unguided bombs into precision munitions. With its wings and tail-mounted rocket booster, the presumably GPS-guided bomb looks a lot like a Hammer. It’s possible the Ukrainians actually copied the French weapon. A quick boost from a solid-fueled rocket is how a 550-pound Hammer ranges as far as 40 miles.

The Ukrainian air force obviously is happy with the Hammer’s range and precision; it’s obviously unhappy with the supply of the bomb. France pledged to provide just 50 Hammers a month—far too few to match the roughly 3,000 KABs the Russians drop all along the 700-mile front line every month, even after taking into account the JDAM-ERs Ukraine gets from the United States. If Ukraine can establish local production of the new bomb, it might begin to catch up to Russia’s own glide-bombing campaign. The new bomb would join a growing portfolio of made-in-Ukraine munitions that includes the Neptune cruise missile, the new Palianytsia “missile drone” and a host of one-way attack drones—including at least two models of pilotless sport plane that can fly a thousand miles with an explosive payload.

In building its own precision munitions, Ukraine frees itself from total reliance on fickle allies for key military capabilities. Local production is also a way for Ukraine to circumvent its allies’ restrictions on how and where Ukrainian forces can use foreign-made munitions. And the Ukrainians do have large stockpiles of the old Soviet-era munitions. The limit is more likely going to be the number of sorties the Ukrainian Air Force cam fly.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davida...-key-weapon-for-strikes-on-targets-in-russia/

 

[Aglaopheme]

Read what your precious Russia is doing. Read the entire thread.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1832802132241596505

 

[Rightguide]

Low Morale, Insubordination and Desertion – Western Media Shines the Light on Ukrainian Crumbling Frontline Defenses in Donetsk​

by Paul Serran Sep. 9, 2024 9:15 am

In the third year of the war in Ukraine, the reporting by Western media has now broken the ‘Kiev line’ in which only good aspects could be highlighted – and now, reports with the dire reality of the front coexist with others that are pure fantasy and propaganda.

This is the case with the CNN report below, in which the hard situation of the Ukrainian troops is brought to light, plagued with low morale, with desertion by new conscripts becoming the norm.

CNN reported:

“Two and half years of Russia’s grinding offensive have decimated many Ukrainian units. Reinforcements are few and far between, leaving some soldiers exhausted and demoralized. The situation is particularly dire among infantry units near Pokrovsk and elsewhere on the eastern front line, where Ukraine is struggling to stop Russia’s creeping advances.”

The report spoke with six commanders and officers, who unanimously said that desertion and insubordination are an ever-present problem, especially among newly mobilized soldiers.

More here: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/20...ination-desertion-western-media-shines-light/

 

[Lazaran]

Low Morale, Insubordination and Desertion – Western Media Shines the Light on Ukrainian Crumbling Frontline Defenses in Donetsk​

by Paul Serran Sep. 9, 2024 9:15 am

In the third year of the war in Ukraine, the reporting by Western media has now broken the ‘Kiev line’ in which only good aspects could be highlighted – and now, reports with the dire reality of the front coexist with others that are pure fantasy and propaganda.

This is the case with the CNN report below, in which the hard situation of the Ukrainian troops is brought to light, plagued with low morale, with desertion by new conscripts becoming the norm.

CNN reported:

“Two and half years of Russia’s grinding offensive have decimated many Ukrainian units. Reinforcements are few and far between, leaving some soldiers exhausted and demoralized. The situation is particularly dire among infantry units near Pokrovsk and elsewhere on the eastern front line, where Ukraine is struggling to stop Russia’s creeping advances.”

The report spoke with six commanders and officers, who unanimously said that desertion and insubordination are an ever-present problem, especially among newly mobilized soldiers.

More here: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/20...ination-desertion-western-media-shines-light/

Putin thanks Russiaguide for their service.



Russiaguide

 

[SevMax2]

Yeah, this war ain't ending anytime soon. Let's just deal with that fact. More blood and treasure (mostly American and Russian treasure) will continue to be spent in the process. I don't see any exit strategy here at all. For either side.

 

[ChloeTzang]

Frontline report: Ukraine’s unexpected assault turns the tide in Toretsk: In a bold counterattack, Ukraine’s elite Azov Brigade breaks the siege and shifts the momentum near Toretsk — the key stronghold in the Russian push for Donetsk Oblast.

https://euromaidanpress.com/2024/09...unexpected-assault-turns-the-tide-in-toretsk/

 

[ll74]

Secretary Blinken Travels to the United Kingdom, Ukraine, and Poland, September 9-12, 2024s​

Blinken and Lemmy heading to Ukraine later this week.

 

[ChloeTzang]

Secretary Blinken Travels to the United Kingdom, Ukraine, and Poland, September 9-12, 2024s​

Blinken and Lemmy heading to Ukraine later this week.

And guess what.....Ukraine is to receive permission for long-range ATACMS strikes against Russia.

House Foreign Affairs Chairman Michael McCaul has said that U.S. Secretary of State is travelling to Kyiv to tell Zelensky that Ukraine will receive permission to start striking deep into Russia with ATACMS and Storm Shadows. It's limited, but a signifiabt step in the right direction.

It seems that Iran’s delivery of ballistic missiles for Russia was the straw that broke the camel’s back

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/30/politics/biden-ukraine-limited-strikes-russia/index.html

 

[ChloeTzang]

I feel like there's something we're missing here.....

 

[ChloeTzang]

 

[ChloeTzang]

Over the last week, Pokrovsk continued to bear the brunt of orc attacks, although progress towards the logistics hub itself has almost completely stalled. In fact, over the past week the orcs have only managed to take a few more blocks in Hrodivka, a low-lying area that can be pounded from the ridge to the northwest. The orcs have continued to advance on the broader Pokrovsk Front, however, pushing soldiers south from Memryk to the outskirts of Ukrainsk and Hirnyk. This move adds additional pressure on the main logistics route supporting a group of Ukrainian brigades with troops east of the Vovcha.

That’s why some are bothered that Syrskyi said that the orcs hadn’t advanced a single meter towards Pokrovsk in six days. However, though somewhat misleading, the broader claim is not without merit: the timely arrival of reinforcements has broken the offensive’s momentum. The map of the area can’t tell the whole story, and georeferenced data is just the tip of the iceberg. Throughout the orc push over the Vovcha from Prohress to Novohrodivka, intense assaults have been attempted on a ridge overlooking the Kazenyi Torets along the northern flank. But the lines haven’t moved around Vozdvyzhenka despite the Kostiantynivka-Pokrovsk highway sitting just 5km from the nearest orc position.

Interestingly, the brigade leading the defense in this sector, 110th Mechanized, is the one that held on in Avdiivka for two years until a lack of artillery ammunition amid bloody human wave assaults forced them out. Just two months later they were replenished and back on the line, quietly holding firm alongside the other forces in the sector against repeated assaults. Ukraine thus maintains an important stronghold along the edge of the ruscist bulge as it stretches towards Pokrovsk. The brigades sent to hold the line are tough formations, but interestingly they don’t seem to have been drawn from a deep operational reserve, instead coming from quieter fronts. Several brigades that we've been waiting to see appear still haven’t. More surprises are in store.

93rd Mechanized Brigade is an unusually large and highly experienced brigade, formerly covering the southern flank of the Chasiv Yar front alongside Fifth Assault. It appears to have replaced the hard-fought 47th Mechanized in Pokrovsk. The 47th was supposedly slated for rotation two months ago, only another brigade got mauled in the process, forced the tired formation back into action. Along with the 93rd have come two Offensive Guard brigades: 14th Chervona Kalyna and 15th Kara-Dag, both having fought in the Robotyne-Verbove area after the 47th, 82nd Air Assault, and a couple other brigades left. The Offensive Guard brigades seem to be lighter but still tough, good on the defense and in urban spaces. 71st Jager, which at least partially moved from Pokrovsk to Kharkiv, is back again working alongside 151st Mech near Hrodivka.

It was likely the 47th rotating out that enabled Moscow to push through Novohrodivka, a move that unseated the rest of the Vovcha line. Nearly every significant ruscist advance this year has come soon after a brigade level rotation. An incoming unit always requires a few weeks to acclimate itself to an area. In Iraq, insurgents often went after newly arriving battalions when they weren’t yet entirely used to the ins and outs of their operational area. After a baptism of fire, the intensity died down as the insurgents ran out of surprises and the unit developed better relations with the locals.

Anyhow, the long and the short of it is that the Russian advance towards Pokrovsk is now stalled.

 

[ChloeTzang]

 

[ChloeTzang]

 

[ChloeTzang]

Budanov was just joking with you, boys...

 

[ChloeTzang]

Whoa, here's a new one.....claimed as a Ukrainian FPV drone equipped with an RPG-18 rocket propelled grenade launcher.

 

[Rightguide]

As I reported long ago and the left claimed it was BS:

Biden-Harris Official Admits They Blocked a Ukraine-Russia Peace Deal.​

Anti-Russia warmonger and recent Biden-Harris official Victoria Nuland has admitted that Ukraine and Russia were approaching a peace deal in 2022 but that the United States blocked the deal, claiming it was unfair to Ukraine.

Nuland was questioned about claims first reported by Raheem Kassam, Editor-in-Chief of The National Pulse, suggesting that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson had encouraged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to reject a potential peace deal with Moscow in 2022.

She admitted, “People inside Ukraine and people outside Ukraine started asking questions about whether this was a good deal, and it was at that point that it fell apart.”

Nuland’s admissions highlight that Western powers were concerned with ensuring Russia remained weakened, even at the expense of immediate peace.

https://thenationalpulse.com/2024/0...its-they-blocked-a-ukraine-russia-peace-deal/