Ukraine War Thread Part 2
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Unverified reports yet but Shoigu may have been arrested.
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In war you cannot hide, they will find you and identify you.
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I am not sure if this is a major advance or not.
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More on that.
https://news.yahoo.com/3rd-assault-b...193828948.html
Fighters of the 1st Mechanised Battalion of the 3rd Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine completely defeated the 3rd Battalion of the 57th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Russian Federation and cleared the western bank of the Siverskyi Donets – Donbas canal from Russians on the Bakhmut front.
Source: Andrii Biletskyi, the commander of the 3rd Assault Brigade, in a video address
Quote: "Today, the 3rd Assault Brigade, the 1st Mechanised Battalion carried out offensive operations, and the 3rd Battalion of the 57th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Russian Federation was defeated. This battalion ceased to exist as an organised military force. More than 30 killed enemies, dozens of prisoners, half a hundred wounded...
The western bank of the Siverskyi Donets – Donbas channel has been completely cleared of the enemy. The bridgehead no longer exists on the west bank."
Source: Andrii Biletskyi, the commander of the 3rd Assault Brigade, in a video address
Quote: "Today, the 3rd Assault Brigade, the 1st Mechanised Battalion carried out offensive operations, and the 3rd Battalion of the 57th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Russian Federation was defeated. This battalion ceased to exist as an organised military force. More than 30 killed enemies, dozens of prisoners, half a hundred wounded...
The western bank of the Siverskyi Donets – Donbas channel has been completely cleared of the enemy. The bridgehead no longer exists on the west bank."
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That appears to be a fair way past Bakhmut.
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Yesterday:
"In the temporarily occupied Dniprorudny of the Zaporizhzhia region, partisans blew up the bridge through which the Russian invaders were transporting weapons and heavy equipment" - said the Colonel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Anatoly Shtefan
"In the temporarily occupied Dniprorudny of the Zaporizhzhia region, partisans blew up the bridge through which the Russian invaders were transporting weapons and heavy equipment" - said the Colonel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Anatoly Shtefan
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Just a thank you from me on how you have handled the insurrection and moved the posts, I realise it will have caused you quite a bit of work. It was just one of those events that overlapped threads being a military manoeuvre but involving politics. At least the world is a bit more stable again this morning… I hope.
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My view is that Prigozhin wants power and Putin needs success on the battlefield. This deal allows Wagner to control the logistics / command hub at Rostov (though not the city as a whole) and hopefully ensure the SMO is conducted better. It also gives Wagner access to more and better supplies.
After a suitable period of time (to reduce suspicion) Lukashenko will succumb to his long illness and in the interim period Prigozhin will take over as Steward of Belarus.
That is until it is his turn to fall out of a window. Make no mistake, as long as Prigozhin remains alive, he is the person that got concessions out of Putin and made Putin look weak. That is unforgivable from a Russian leadership point of view.
My view is that Prigozhin wants power and Putin needs success on the battlefield. This deal allows Wagner to control the logistics / command hub at Rostov (though not the city as a whole) and hopefully ensure the SMO is conducted better. It also gives Wagner access to more and better supplies.
After a suitable period of time (to reduce suspicion) Lukashenko will succumb to his long illness and in the interim period Prigozhin will take over as Steward of Belarus.
That is until it is his turn to fall out of a window. Make no mistake, as long as Prigozhin remains alive, he is the person that got concessions out of Putin and made Putin look weak. That is unforgivable from a Russian leadership point of view.
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More Gepards coming 
45 more by the end of the year, they already have 34.
45 more by the end of the year, they already have 34.
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Not happy chappies. I don’t think I would have broadcast anything or at least not without masks on.
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RIP, another fallen Ukrainian, strange funeral though.
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So new Russian Minister of Defence and head of Army? If true the Shoigu and Geronimo are gone. So the little show makes sense to aid in their removal.
Trench warfare south of Bakhmut. Noteworthy is the amount of communication enabling real team work and success.
Another bridge dropped hampering Russian movements.
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"Russia has completed preparations for blowing up the Zaporizhzhia NPP. The plan of the terrorist attack has already been approved - the only thing missing is the order to carry it out" - the head of the GUR Kyrylo Budanov
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Do we know if Wagner fighters will be individually incorporated into various Russian units or they will follow Prigozhin to Belorussia and threaten to open northern front again (or keep Lukashenko in check)? Any other scenario like redeployment to Syria or Africa?
Since Prigozhin has declared the war on Ukraine unjust, one would like to believe that he will no longer get involved in it. On the other hand can we ever believe what a Russian says?