holy shit

This is another example of how badly under reported Russian truck losses have been in the Russo-Ukrainian War.

Zaporozhzhia region. Video from a serviceman of the Russian Armed Forces. Destroyed supply equipment.

https://twitter.com/TrentTelenko/status/1713665592299860473

i wonder when he is going to fall out of a window for saying awful things about the progress of russian forces and their distraught. 

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Interesting info about the south of Bakhmut that needs verifying but nevertheless states that the defensive nodes south of Bakhmut are being pushed by Ukrainians who are already establishing behind the railway line in the area of Andriivka and Klischiivka.

Russian command in the area is said to be very poor and unwilling, there's a follow-up post with insults towards the former commander in the area, Lt. General Andrey Suchevoy was removed from his position sometime in September/October who allegedly lost "1,5k people just in September" in the area (killed and wounded).

https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1713821316560650608

Photo by a serviceman of the Russian Armed Forces. 🇺🇦Ukrainian AGM-88 HARM anti-radiation missile next to the 🇷🇺Russian BUK-M3 air defense system. Unfortunately, it missed

https://twitter.com/front_ukrainian/status/...881601170403362

The Belarusian Security Forces channel has published new evidence of the use of mock-ups of various weapons systems by Russian troops in the NWO zone.
The photo shows an imitation of a towed gun, made of improvised materials, equipped with protective nets for the entourage. Although the false target was clearly not detailed, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fell for the trick and struck it with artillery and drones.

The practice of using layouts has already proven to be effective. The use of more accurate replicas with simulators of thermal and other signals will partially reduce the effectiveness of Western space reconnaissance, which will make it even more difficult to distinguish real equipment from wooden ones.
And this, in turn, can have a positive impact on the actions of the Russian Armed Forces not only at the tactical and operational, but even at the strategic level.

russia winning or Ukraine?

Kupiansk sector: transfer of Ukrainian reserves to Kupyansk
situation as of 13.00 October 16, 2023

🔻 Near Kupiansk, units of the “West” group of troops of the Russian Armed Forces continue their offensive. Russian troops, with the support of artillery and aviation, are gradually advancing in the direction of Synkivka, where the defense is held by the forces of the 105th Brigade of the AFU Territorial Defense.

▪️ Due to the rather difficult situation of the AFU, they transferred tank units of the 40th rifle battalion of the 41st Mechanized Brigade brigade to Dvurechnaya. From there, enemy tanks fire at the Russian Armed Forces positions on the opposite bank of Oskol, as well as near Novomlynsk.

▪️ In addition, in the vicinity of Dvurechnaya, mechanized detachments of the 3rd battalion of the 54th Mechanized Brigade of the AFU arrived. According to some reports, the command of the AFU intends to conduct a counterattack to regain lost positions.

▪️ A similar transfer is noted in the southeast of Kupyansk. Up to 150 people from the so-called “Ukrainian Volunteer Army” arrived at Novoosinovo, Petropavlovka and Peschany. And for the continuous supply of the group, pontoon crossings have been restored in Kupyansk and Kupyansk-Uzlovoy.

Kherson direction: attempted attack of the AFU on Krynki
situation as of 15.00 October 16, 2023

Yesterday evening, a Ukrainian sabotage group landed on the left bank of the Dnieper. The recon groups, operating from a bridgehead north-west of Podstepnoye, attacked positions near Kozachi Laheri.

Another unit, which had landed the day before on Frolov Island, began shelling the village of Krynki. As a result of the fighting, the attacks were repulsed. The group that operated on Aleshkinsky Island retreated to its western part, and the one that was on Frolov Island came under attack.

On the eve of this, on October 13 and 14, the Armed Forces of Ukraine transferred up to 80 people on 16 boats to the islands of Aleshkinsky, Alekseevsky, Antonovsky, Melky and Frolova. In some places, this was due to reinforcement, but in other places it was due to the rotation and evacuation of the wounded and killed due to regular strikes by the Russian Army.

🔻 Now the situation in the Dnieper is relatively stable. However, the AFU have noticeably increased the number of attacks on Russian positions on the left bank, using HIMARS MLRS and cluster munitions.

Mortar crews of the 35th Separate Infantry Brigade are deployed in Poniatovka, which indicates the transfer of the forces of the Katran strike group to the front line. Along the Ingulets River, there is a movement of columns, probably brigades of marines.

This indicates the imminent activation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Kherson. Yesterday's sortie and the appearance of barges in the Dnieper-Bug estuary, apparently, were a test of the state of defense near the Dnieper, and in the future such attacks will become more frequent.

Murika military-industrial complex winning

Still fighting.... All the small little fights here and there but nothing major....

Pretty much become stalemate.

Haha... This is the tactic. It's to make Ukraine lose as many men and equipment as possible when they take back a bit of the land. Then attack them elsewhere....

Ukraine doesn't have enough weapons and men to secure entire front.

This is what happens when you fight a war using "donated" weapons.

A Russian 2S19 Msta-S destroyed

https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1713832178897838180

Intense offensive operation with FOV and Drone overview together, as well as a LOT of dead russian soldiers bodies...

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Assault Regiment "Tsunami" belonging to the Ukrainian National Police Assault Brigade "Lyut" conducting an assault operation in an unspecified location.

https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1713832797838692615

A whole trench surrendered to the AFU in the Zaporizhzhia direction

https://twitter.com/Ivars3Hiii/status/1713294199380971971

If you read what I posted, the opposite is happening: it is Russia which is losing too many men

The reason is that Ukraine is able to use NATO tactics and equipment to reduce casualties. Traditionally Russia has never emphasised survivability, having a large manpower pool. That's coming back to bite them in the ass now

Ukraine suffering 'massive losses' in counteroffensive, Putin says
Earlier, the Russian leader pointed out that Ukraine’s counteroffensive had completely failed, even though Kiev was planning more offensive operations in some areas

MOSCOW, October 16. /TASS/. The troop losses that Kiev is suffering in its counteroffensive are eight times as high as Moscow’s, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview with China Media Group.

"They launched an active military operation, the so-called counter-offensive. It has continued since 4 June. No results achieved so far, only massive losses. The losses are simply huge, at a ratio of one to eight," the Russian head of state noted.

Earlier, Putin pointed out that Ukraine’s counteroffensive had completely failed, even though Kiev was planning more offensive operations in some areas. He added that Russian forces were conducting "active defense," improving their positions along almost the entire line of contact in the special military operation zone, including the Kupyansk, Zaporozhye and Avdeyevka areas.

Avdiivka: a Russian serviceman walks around destroyed Russian equipment and bodies just 5 kilometers away from Avdiivka, providing nonchalant commentary on what he can see.

As the source points, this location is in the north section of the Russian offensive, behind the enemy line by now. Exact date is unknown.

https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1713848051876381164

Russia's cannon fodder tactics in a nutshell. Ten unsupported infantry advancing along a track in broad daylight. With the inevitable ouch results.

https://twitter.com/GlasnostGone/status/1713939619039879525

At Rabotino and Verbovoy, landing forces and infantry continue counterattacks, destroying and capturing Ukrainian Armed Forces militants
▪️On the Zaporozhye front, our units again carried out daring counterattacks on the Kopani-Rabotino-Novoprokopovka-Verbovoe line, seizing the initiative.
▪️As we reported yesterday, several units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were surrounded, those who refused to surrender were destroyed, and the wiser ones surrendered.
▪️Today the counterattacks continued, a new portion of prisoners were captured.
▪️Among today’s prisoners there are mostly “mobs”. And in the photo, Ukrainian Armed Forces militants were taken from positions recaptured by the landing force near Verbov. One of the militants in the photo recently recorded a video about how difficult it was for them to hold back the pressure of our units.
▪️The fighting continues, ours and the enemy are actively using artillery. We'll tell you more in the next report.