russian telegram complains no counter battery fire to support defenses.

Don't read Reuters, western media they more to hiding facts unless you don't care about being lied
Read Russian media too
Too much hyped attacks here by your post without putting other russian sources

Read rt.com
Sputnikglobe.com

And western tanks are bullshit compared to russian artillery

you are free to help post from russian sources 👍🏻
i will for sure check if it is posted here.

The 🇷🇺Russian "Osa" air defense system unsuccessfully tried to shoot down the 🇺🇦Ukrainian reconnaissance UAV "Leleka".

Morning briefing of the Ministry of Defense of Russia (August 12, 2023)
⚡️Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation

(12 August 2023)

▫️On 11 August, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation has launched a group strike with long-range air-based precision weapons against a military airfield near Kolomyia in Ivano-Frankovsk region. The goal of the attack has been reached. All the assigned targets have been neutralised.

▫️In Kupyansk direction, in the course of conducting offensive operations, assault detachments of the Zapad Group of Forces improved the situation along the front line.

▫️8 attacks and counterattacks by units of 95th airborne assault, 14th and 32nd mechanised brigades of the AFU have been successfully repelled close to Novosyolovskoye (Lugansk People's Republic), Pershotravnyovoye, Sinkovka, and Mankovka (Kharkov region).

▫️The enemy losses were up to 70 Ukrainian servicemen, 2 armoured fighting vehicles, 3 motor vehicles, and 1 Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer.

▫️In Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Group of Forces, in close cooperation with aviation and artillery, have successfully repelled 7 attacks by AFU assault groups close to Kleshcheevka, Yakovlevka, Vodyanoye, Krasnogorovka and Nevelskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).

▫️1 ammunition depot of the AFU 59th Mechanised Brigade has been destroyed near Pervomaiskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).

▫️The enemy losses were up to 110 Ukrainian servicemen, 2 tanks, 2 armoured fighting vehicles, 4 motor vehicles, and 2 D-30 howitzers.

▫️In South Donetsk direction, as a result of actions by aviation, artillery, heavy flamethrower systems, and units of the Vostok Group of Forces, 2 attacks by AFU assault groups have been repelled near Urozhainoye (Donetsk People's Republic).

▫️The enemy losses were up to 130 Ukrainian servicemen, 1 tank, 3 armoured fighting vehicles, and 1 U.S.-manufactured AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar station.

▫️In Zaporozhye direction, as a results of actions by units of the Russian grouping of troops, aviation and artillery, 3 attacks by the 46th AFU Airmobile Brigade have been repelled close to Rabotino (Zaporozhye region).

▫️The enemy losses were up to 40 Ukrainian servicemen, 5 tanks, 2 armoured fighting vehicles, 2 motor vehicles, and 1 Msta-B howitzer.

▫️In Krasny Liman direction, as a result of coordinated actions by units of the Tsentr Group of Forces, Army Aviation, artillery, and heavy flamethrower systems, 3 attacks by assault detachments of 63rd and 66th mechanised brigades of the AFU have been repelled near Sergeevka (Lugansk People's Republic) and Serebryansky forestry.

▫️The enemy losses were up to 90 Ukrainian servicemen, 2 armoured fighting vehicles, 2 pickup trucks, and 1 D-20 howitzer.

▫️In Kherson direction, the enemy losses were up to 35 Ukrainian servicemen, 2 motor vehicles, 1 Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer, and 1 U.S.-manufactured AN/TPQ-36 counter-battery radar station.

▫️Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have neutralised manpower and military hardware in 126 areas.

▫️In addition, 1 forward command post of the 10th Army Corps of the AFU has been hit near Orekhov (Zaporozhye region).

▫️Depots of the AFU rocket and artillery weapons and logistics have been destroyed in the districts of Zaporozhye and Malaya Tokmachka (Zaporozhye region).

▫️In addition, 29 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have been shot down close to Ploshchanka (Lugansk People's Republic), Belogorovka, Pokrovskoye (Donetsk People's Republic), Ulyanovka, Ocherevatoye (Zaporozhye region), Pokrovskoye (Kherson region), as well as over the waters of the Black Sea.

📊In total, 458 airplanes, 245 helicopters, 5,683 unmanned aerial vehicles, 429 air defence missile systems, 11,249 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,144 fighting vehicles equipped with MLRS, 5,853 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 12,189 special military motor vehicles have been destroyed during the special military operation.

Orekhovsky site
: situation by the end of August 12, 2023

🔻In the afternoon, Ukrainian formations began to storm the positions of the Russian army in the vicinity of Rabotyne. The Armed Forces of Ukraine adjusted their tactics by attacking east of the village along landings.

▪️Four tanks, under the cover of forest belts, tried to advance along the road to Verbove. According to the Zaporozhye Front, two tanks were destroyed immediately by the marines of the 810th brigade, and the rest retreated.

▪️At the same time, infantry detachments of the 46th AEAMBR of the Airborne Forces of Ukraine attacked the positions of the Russian Armed Forces right at the eastern outskirts of Rabotyne, using a bridgehead in a landing 1 km from the village. They tried to pull off a similar trick yesterday, occupying houses in the northeast, where they were covered by artillery.

🔻After some time, the Armed Forces of Ukraine went on the attack in the second wave, concentrating on strongholds 3 - 3,5 km east of Rabotyne. The infantry detachment was able to wedge into the defense, and now the airborne units are recapturing positions.

❗️Judging by the rolls, the Armed Forces of Ukraine plan to capture the Rabotyne-Verbove line at any cost in the near future. Activity increased dramatically, including artillery. For this, reinforcements of the tactical group "Maroon" were deployed.

Nope. After more than 2 months after the so called Summer Ukrainian Offensive with the objective of driving out the Russians out of Crimea, Zelensky's regime still have yet to breach the Russian defense lines....
Somehow, some people think that the Ukrainians are making good progress. Based on whose assessment?


Nov 10, 2022 #ukrainenews #ukraine #russia
Ukraine could force Russian forces out of the occupied territory of Crimea in a hammer blow to Vladimir Putin, according to an ex-US General.

Lieutenant General Ben Hodges told The Sun Online how the Ukrainians are gathering "irreversible momentum" as they scythe through territory which was seized early in the war by Putin.

With the Russians facing defeat after defeat across the frontline, they are being forced to prop up their dwindling military with hastily mobilised conscripts who are little more than cannon fodder.

General Hodges believes the Kremlin knows the situation is looking grim, so they are desperately trading "bodies for time" as they hope both the West and Ukraine succumb to war fatigue.

But against the highly motivated Ukrainian forces, the pendulum of the conflict will continue to swing away from Putin.

Losing control of Crimea would be an absolute hammer blow to an already weak Putin after he illegally seized the territory back in 2014.

Widely condemned on the world stage, Vlad moved in mysterious unmarked soldiers to expel the Ukrainian authorities before setting up a sham referendum to force the territory to join Russia.

Crimea was then joined by Kherson, Donetsk, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia this year as annexed territory - but already the Ukrainians are pushing back through and reclaiming them.

General Hodges told The Sun Online however said "all roads lead to Crimea" as he boldly predicted the Ukrainians will have taken it back by summer 2023.

Vlad faces utter humiliation if he ends up with the war ending with him actually losing ground to Ukraine.

Ukrainian summer season ends in 18 days....

Vremyevsky site
: situation by the end of August 12,

2023 Fighting has been going on in Urozhaine for many days. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are pushing through the defenses of the Russian army with the tactics of "meat assault". In the northern part of the village, the Armed Forces of Ukraine confidently hold control.

At the same time, in order to gain a foothold there, two brigades of marines of the Ukrainian Navy lost two of the four assault groups, one tank and two armored fighting vehicles.

Also today, Ukrainian detachments of marines attacked the positions of the 37th brigade of the Russian Armed Forces in landings east of Urozhaine , trying to take the village in pincers, but the fighters of the Russian Armed Forces repulsed the attack.

🔻So far, the statements of the Ukrainian side about control over Urozhaine do not correspond to reality. However, the efforts with which the Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to capture it, regardless of losses, may force Russian troops to retreat to a more advantageous line. Moreover, there is practically nothing left of the village, as it was earlier with Staromaiors'ke.

really "belakang mari"

A Russian BMPT 'Terminator' was disabled. Later when it was towed by a tank, FPV drones managed to hit both vehicles a couple of times again.

A sniper ambush on a 🇷🇺Russian BMP-2 near Bakhmut.

Two rifles, 50 BMG APHAI cartridges and three days of training.

From a distance of 370 meters, with one hundred percent penetration and ignition, the car with the Russians was accurately hit.

Successful night hunting by fighters of a separate sniper platoon of the 🇺🇦Third Assault Brigade.

A suboptimal day for Russian armor in the Zaitseve and Kodema area, with Ukrainian forces from the Kryla unit destroying or damaging 4 Russian MBTs, including a T-90M, with FPV loitering munitions.

post count does not apply on tereds in /k

it is foreseeable in future that drone swarm will be a critical element in overwhelming defenses.


The Defence Intelligence department of Ukraine shared footage of their naval drones searching for Russian vessels in the Black Sea. Ukraine is using more and more drones lately.

Unfortunately, most of these attempts have failed.

This post has been edited by ycs: Aug 13 2023, 10:10 AM

It is reported that the AFU has hit an ammunition depot in Radens'k, occupied Kherson region.

the first video looks like artillery hit.

the second video they manage to escape but interesting, is the blast explosion 💥 of the drone. usually majority of force is forward but maybe its their warhead type 🤔

Klishchiivka, Bakhmut direction. Aerial reconnaissance of the 🇺🇦80th separate amphibious assault brigade detected a 🇷🇺Russian BMP, fire unit, 🇺🇦45th separate artillery brigade destroyed the enemy with the help of M777.

Oh ok I see .. then he must be really someone very free. Haha...

don't think it is IGOR as he is in prison but he is tweeting on a response from a russian unit.

edit: unable to resolve linking error
direct link: https://twitter.com/GirkinGirkin/status/169...6440016897?s=20

This post has been edited by chaosneo: Aug 13 2023, 12:48 PM

Operational Overview:

note:
conflicting reports from multiple sources saying that it may just be a recon force but not bridgehead. ISW mention more likely recon in force.

This post has been edited by chaosneo: Aug 13 2023, 12:54 PM