#3
^Yeah, so Israel can destroy it again! I see from some of the images they missed a few oil tanks. Need a follow-up strike. Can the US lend them a few BUFFs?
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I doubt the piping and controls are intact. It'll be a loooong (dark) night in So. Arabia, just like Mo would want it
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Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 21:29 On Sunday, July 21, power outage schedules will be in effect throughout the day, Ukrenergo reported. From 15:00 to 24:00, two stages of outages will be in effect, and one stage at other times.
17:40 Trump "has the power" to end the Russian-Ukrainian war on the "right" terms for Ukraine and the West, said former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson: "I believe Trump understands the reality: a defeat for Ukraine would be a huge defeat for America. The Ukrainians have shown that they can and will win."
16:38 Russians struck the village of Ivashki in the Kharkiv region with an FPV drone: as a result of the strike on a store, four people were injured, said OVA head Oleg Sinegubov.
14:59 Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Parolin is visiting Ukraine. The purpose of his visit is to grant the Ukrainian shrine - the All-Ukrainian Sanctuary of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Berdichev - the status of a minor basilica, as well as to express the attention that Pope Francis pays to the situation in Ukraine, writes Vatican News.
14:07 In Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk region, one person was killed as a result of Russian artillery shelling, reported the head of the OVA, Serhiy Lysak. Another person was wounded in the Pokrovsk community.
11:36 Ukrainian Presidential Press Secretary Serhiy Nikiforov said that during a telephone conversation between Zelensky and Trump, a "fundamental agreement" was reached for a meeting: "Indeed, let's put it this way: a fundamental agreement by both sides for a meeting was recorded. Certain time periods were discussed when this meeting should take place. But it is still very, very early to talk about this. According to Nikiforov, during the conversation, Trump urged people not to believe the "fake news" that his victory in the elections could be beneficial to Russia.
11:15 The death toll from yesterday's Russian strike on Nikolaev has risen to four, the prosecutor's office reported. Fifteen people, including four children, sought medical help. Another nine people received medical care without hospitalization.
09:20 At night, Russians hit an infrastructure facility in the village of Barvinkovo, Izyum district, Kharkiv region, with an Iskander missile, reported OVA head Oleg Sinegubov. More than 50 residential buildings and administrative buildings were damaged. Two people were killed and three were injured.
09:11 In Donetsk Oblast, on July 19, as a result of Russian shelling, one person was killed - in Toretsk. Another six people in the region were injured in the past 24 hours, reported OVA head Vadim Filashkin.
09:08 In the Kherson region, three people were killed and 13 were injured as a result of Russian shelling over the past day, OVA head Oleksandr Prokudin reported. An administrative building, six multi-story and 98 private houses, gas pipelines, and an ambulance were damaged.
09:03 At night, Russians attacked a railway in the Kharkiv region, four railway workers were injured, Ukrzaliznytsia reported. Buildings and rolling stock, as well as the contact network, were damaged.
08:49 At night, Russians attacked the facilities of the electricity transmission system operator in the Poltava, Sumy and Chernihiv regions, Ukrenergo reported. Industrial and household consumers in certain areas of the Poltava and Chernihiv regions were cut off from power. As of this morning, power supply to most consumers has been restored.
08:17 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of July 20:
personnel - about 565,610 (+990) people,
tanks - 8257 (+7),
combat armored vehicles - 15,917 (+15),
artillery systems - 15,542 (+22),
MLRS - 1121 (+1),
air defense systems - 895 (+1),
aircraft - 362 (+1),
helicopters - 326 (+0),
Operational-tactical level UAVs - 12,350 (+34),
cruise missiles - 2401 (+0),
ships/boats - 28 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 20,968 (+59),
special equipment - 2607 (+14).
08:09 At night, Russia attacked Ukraine with three Iskander-M ground-based ballistic missiles, one Iskander-K cruise missile and 16 Shahed-type attack UAVs. The Kharkiv, Poltava, Sumy, Chernihiv and Kyiv regions were attacked, the Air Force reported. It was possible to shoot down 12 Shahed-131/136 attack UAVs, as well as one drone of an unspecified type.
07:40 Publics write about strikes on the Millerovo military airfield in the Rostov region. They report that there were more than 16 explosions, fires broke out in the area of the runway and aircraft parking. The Russian Defense Ministry stated that air defense systems allegedly destroyed 26 drones over the territory of the Rostov region and one over the Smolensk region overnight.
07:27 The number of victims of yesterday's Russian missile strike on a residential area of Nikolaev has risen to 24, including four children. Three people were killed, including one child, said OVA head Vitaly Kim. Nine apartment buildings and a preschool were damaged by the blast wave and debris.
06:25 At night, Russians launched a drone strike on an energy infrastructure facility in the Konotop district of the Sumy region, OVA reported.
06:08 Russia attacked Kiev with drones at night, KGVA reported. The fall of drone debris was preliminarily recorded in the Solomensky district of the capital, there is no information about damage or casualties.
02:12 Russians attacked Poltava region, hit was recorded in Poltava district, reported OVA head Filipp Pronin. Civilian infrastructure was damaged in Mirgorod district. According to preliminary information, no casualties.
01:53 Zelensky reported that he had a conversation with Donald Trump: "I congratulated him on his nomination from the Republican Party and condemned the terrible assassination attempt in Pennsylvania. I wished him strength and absolute safety in the future. I noted the vital importance of bipartisan and bicameral American support for protecting the freedom of our state. We agreed with President Trump to discuss during a personal meeting what steps can make the world fair and truly lasting."
In turn, Trump said that he had a "very good phone call" with Zelensky. "I appreciate President Zelensky for reaching out because I, as the next President of the United States, will bring peace and end the war that has cost so many lives. Both sides can come together and negotiate a deal that will end the violence and pave the way for prosperity," Trump said.
01:44 The United States has commitments to Ukraine regardless of who leads the country, said Secretary of State Antony Blinken: "These commitments will be fulfilled through one mechanism or another — either direct assistance or an agreement with NATO — regardless of the composition of the next American presidential administration." Blinken stressed that there is "a strong bipartisan majority in both houses of Congress in support of Ukraine, so any next U.S. president must take into account not only the external geopolitical situation, but also the domestic political situation."
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[Korrespondent] Ukrainian army holds back Russian offensive in eastern and southern Ukraine.
Currently, clashes continue in the areas of Novoaleksandrovka, Novoselovka Pervaya, Vozdvizhenka and Progress.
Since the beginning of the day, 85 combat clashes have occurred on the front, including more than 30 in the Pokrovsk direction. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in a report on Saturday, July 20.
Thus, in the Kharkov direction, two Russian attacks were repelled near Glubokoe, and a battle is currently underway in the area of Vovchansk.
In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy unsuccessfully tried to advance towards the Ukrainian Armed Forces positions in the Glushkovka and Petropavlovka areas throughout the day. Three enemy attacks are still ongoing near Stelmakhovka, Makeyevka and Peschanoye.
In the Liman direction, the enemy has increased the number of attacks to six. Combat operations continue near Nevsky, Makeyevka and in the direction of Lozovaya.
In the Seversky direction, the enemy tried to break through our defenses eight times in the areas of Vyemka, Sporny, Pereyezdny and Verkhnekamensky. Two combat clashes are still ongoing. The situation is under control.
In the Kramatorsk direction, our defenders continue to repel two enemy attacks in the areas of Klyshchivka and Kalinovka. Today, the total number of enemy assault attempts in the direction has increased to six.
In the Toretsk direction, there were four enemy assaults in the area of Zheleznoye, where the enemy is still attacking, and New York. The occupiers also bombed Severnoye, Dilievka and Toretsk.
The enemy's greatest activity remains in the Pokrovsky direction - 32 battles of varying intensity. At present, clashes continue in the areas of Novoalexandrovka, Novoselovka Pervaya, Vozdvizhenka and Progress.
In the Kurakhovsky direction, fighting continues in two locations near Krasnogorovka. Our soldiers successfully repelled six more assaults - the enemy suffered losses near Georgievka, Paraskoveevka and Konstantinovka.
In the Vremivsky direction, the aggressors carried out four assaults near Konstantinovka and Staromayorsky.
In the Orekhovo direction, three military clashes occurred in the areas of Malaya Tokmachka and Novodanilovka.
In the Dnieper direction, our defenders repelled four enemy attacks in the Krynki area.
"Ukrainian troops are in control of the situation and are exhausting the enemy along the entire line of combat engagement," the General Staff said.
Let us recall that on July 19, Ukrainian troops destroyed 990 Russian occupiers in one day. The enemy's total combat losses are currently approaching 570 thousand people.
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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
The Sever Group of Forces hit manpower and hardware of AFU 42nd Mechanised, 127th Territorial Defence, and 13th National Guard brigades close to Volchansk, Staritsa, Malye Prohody, and Liptsy (Kharkov region).
Five attacks launched by assault detachments of AFU 92nd Assault and 36th Naval Infantry brigades were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 185 Ukrainian troops, two pickup trucks, one 122mm D-30 howitzer, and one Plastun electronic reconnaissance station.
The Zapad Group of Forces improved the situation along the front line, hit AFU 44th, 54th, 60th, 115th, 116th Mechanised, 103rd, 110th Territorial Defence brigades near Peschanoye, Petropavlovka, Berestovoye (Kharkov region), Torskoye, Krasny Liman (Donetsk People's Republic) and Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic).
Two counter-attacks of AFU 66th and 67th Mechanised brigades' assault groups were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 540 Ukrainian troops, one tank, one armoured fighting vehicle, six motor vehicles, one UK-made 155mm Braveheart self-propelled artillery system, two 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery systems, one Bukovel-AD electronic warfare station, and one ammunition depot.
The Yug Group of Forces continued to take more advantageous lines. Units of AFU 22nd, 24th, 30th, 72nd Mechanised, 56th Mechanised Infantry, 81st Airmobile, 79th and 80th Air Assault brigades were hit near Grigorovka, Krasnogorovka, Zalyznyanskoye, Konstantinovka, Chasov Yar, and Raygorodok (Donetsk People's Republic).
Two counterattacks launched by units of the AFU 5th Assault Brigade were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 640 Ukrainian troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, and 18 motor vehicles.
In the course of the counterbattery warfare, one UK-made 155mm Braveheart self-propelled artillery system, U.S.-made 155mm M198 and M777 howitzers, one 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system, one 152mm Msta-B howitzer, two 152mm D-20 howitzers, one 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, and two UK-made 105mm L-119 howitzers.
One AFU electronic warfare station and five field ammunition depots were destroyed.
The Tsentr Group of Forces improved the tactical situation and hit units of AFU 32nd, 41st, 47th Mechanised brigades close to Toretsk, Novgorodskoye, Rozovka, Progress, and Novosyolovka Pervaya (Donetsk People's Republic).
Eight counterattacks launched by units of AFU 31st, 151st Mechanised, 95th Air Assault brigades, and the Lyut Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 280 Ukrainian troops, four armoured fighting vehicles, five motor vehicles, one 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, two 122mm D-30 howitzers, and two 100mm Rapira anti-tank guns.
The Vostok Group of Forces captured more advantageous lines, inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of AFU 72nd Mechanised, 120th, 129th Territorial Defence, and 21st National Guard brigades near Vremevka, Makarovka, Storozhevoye, Vodyanoye, Razliv, and Oktyabr (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 110 Ukrainian troops, four motor vehicles, one UK-made 155mm FH-70 howitzer, one 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, one 122mm D-30 howitzer, and two Nota electronic warfare stations.
The Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on units of AFU 141st Infantry, 128th Mountain Assault, 106th, and 108th Territorial Defence brigades near Kamenskoye, Belogorye, Mirnoye, and Pyatikhatki (Zaporozhye region).
The AFU losses were up to 140 Ukrainian troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, six motor vehicles, one U.S.-made 155mm Paladin self-propelled artillery system, one 152mm Giatsint-B gun, and one 152mm D-20 howitzer.
One Nota electronic warfare station, one U.S.-made AN/TPQ-36 counter-battery radar station, and one ammunition depot were eliminated.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged two launchers and one AN/MPQ-65 radar station of the U.S.-made Patriot SAM system, and clusters of enemy manpower and military hardware in 113 areas.
Russian air defence systems have shot down two U.S.-made ATACMS operational-tactical missiles, four U.S.-made HIMARS projectiles, and 74 unmanned aerial vehicles, to include 27 ones over the territory of the Russian Federation.
In total, 630 airplanes and 277 helicopters, 27,915 unmanned aerial vehicles, 554 air defence missile systems, 16,620 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,379 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 12,120 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 23,870 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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[NewsFront] 21:35 Volchansk – Staritsa.
Khar'kov direction. Positionalmilitary actionsin the area of ??Volchansk. Forward positions of the Russian Armed Forces in agricultural buildings in the village of Staritsa are under fire from the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Expansion of the zone of control of the Russian Armed Forces by about 1 km in the western direction. 20:17 Between 14:30 and 18:15 Moscow timestoppedanother attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack using aircraft-type UAVs against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation.
Two Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed over the territory of the Belgorod region by air defense systems on duty.
19:57 Svatovo - Dzherelnoye
Consequences of military operations in the Svatovo area. Russian Armed Forces servicemen raise the battle flag of their unit on one of the buildings on the northern outskirts of Dzherelny.
19:11 Kupyansk – Peschanoye.
Consequences of military operations in the Kupyansk direction. Servicemen of the RF Armed Forces are installing the flag of the Russian Federation on the Great Patriotic War memorial, confirming confident control of the central part of Peschaniy north of the Peschanaya River. Advancement of the RF Armed Forces in the western direction up to 2.5 km.
18:35 Kherson direction. Right bank.
Russian Aerospace Forces struck a concentration of Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel and equipment using several FAB-500 aerial bombs from the UPMK. Su-34Ms were used.
18:15 Russian Army broke through enemy defenses and cuts off the main supply route of the Ugledar group of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
17:49 Special military operation. Situation as of July 20 –map.
17:27 Today is a good day in terms of advances of our troops.
The enemy has completely lost the north-eastern part of Krasnogorovka, rolling back to the north-western outskirts. The city of Krasnogorovka will soon return to Russian control.
16:48 RF Armed Forces took control over the waste heap to the east of Dzerzhinsk. This will allow the control zone here to be significantly expanded in the coming days.
16:24 Statements by representatives of the North, West, South, Center, East and Dnepr groups on the progress of the special military operation (as of July 20, 2024) –video.
15:44 Maryinka – Pobeda.
Active military actions in the Maryinka area. Attack of the Russian Armed Forces with armored vehicles in the direction of the Ukrainian Armed Forces stronghold on the Georgievka-Pobeda line under fire. Advancement of the Russian Armed Forces about 700 meters along the H15 highway to Kurakhovo.
15:07 Ocheretino – Novoaleksandrovka.
Positional military actions on the northern flank of Avdiivka. The position of the Russian Armed Forces in the strong point west of Novoaleksandrivka near the highway to Vozdvizhenka is under fire from the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The advance of the Russian Armed Forces in the western direction is up to 400 meters.
14:32 Advance of the Russian Armed Forces –map:
Alexandropol (west of New York). There are also reports of movements north of Arkhangelskoye in our favor + about an advance to Rozovka. The area northeast of Ocheretino has come to life again.
Progress (west of Ocheretino). The most threatening section of the front for the enemy. There are also reports that the enemy has begun to retreat from Novoselovka Pervaya. This was facilitated by taking supply roads under fire control.
Dzerzhinsk (advancement to Artemovo, the enemy has lost a number of important positions and is not yet able to stabilize the defense in the city)
14:11 Enemy admits the loss of almost all Progress and the advance of the Russian Armed Forces on the outskirts of Karlovka to the south of the Karlovskoye Reservoir.
13:53 Map of Offensive operations of the Russian Armed Forces – Square.
Territorial changes related to the conduct of the offensive operation by the Russian Armed Forces in the North-Eastern Military District zone in various directions for October 2023 – June 2024.
12:45 Statement by the head of the press center of the Vostok group –video.
Units of the East group of forces continue to carry out combat missions in the area of the special military operation.
During the active operations, the group's units improved the position along the front line, prevented the enemy from strengthening the forward positions and conducting rotations in the areas of Prechistovka, Levandnoye and Zagornoye.
Strongholds and areas of concentration of manpower and equipment of the 58th Motorized Infantry Brigade and the 128th Territorial Defense Brigade in the Oktyabr and Vodyanoye areas were hit by artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems.
Over the course of 24 hours, up to 115 enemy servicemen, two towed FH-70 howitzers, a 122mm D-30 howitzer and one 152mm Giatsint-B, six vehicles and five aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed.
12:10 The Russian army has expanded the offensive front in the Northern direction –map.
Seversky direction. The remaining part of Razdolovka and areas west and east of the village came under the control of Russian troops (advancement in an area up to 3.1 km wide), Ukrainian military analysts finally acknowledged.
Liman direction. In the area of Makeyevka and Nevskaya ravine, high intensity of military actions remains. The Russian Armed Forces are pressing from positions north of the village and in the central part, where they had previously managed to gain a foothold in the buildings along Zarechnaya Street.
Toretskoye direction. Our units are pushing the enemy out in the western and northern directions in the area of the settlement Druzhba.
Pokrovskoe direction. Russian troops are clearing previously occupied territories in the village of Progress and liberating the south of the settlement and along the railway in the western direction.
In Novosyolovka, the First Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are smashing the enemy in the southern and western directions along Pervomayskaya Street.
South of the Karlovskoye Reservoir, our troops are improving their tactical positions in the eastern part of the Rassvet garden association and along the forest belt south of the Domakha gully.
11:48 Between 09.30 and 10.15 Moscow time stopped an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack using an aircraft-type UAV against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation.
Three Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed over the territory of the Belgorod region by air defense systems on duty.
11:15 Nikolaev region.
It is reported, that as a result of the morning missile strike by our cruise missiles, a military warehouse of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and military equipment were hit. In particular, the cruise missile "X-59" fired heat traps and hit the assembly warehouse. The strike was carried out by the Su-34M aircraft.
10:54 Artemovsk direction. (area of Chasov Yar settlement).
It's been quite active since morning today.are workingour assault groups and armored vehicles. At the same time, we try to minimize the risk of injuries during the attack.
10:29 Statement by the head of the press center of the Dnepr group –video.
The units of the Dnepr Group of Forces carried out combat missions in the Kakhovka direction. They ensured control of the island zone of the Dnieper River. They did not allow the enemy troops to regroup with artillery fire. They continued to destroy the Ukrainian Armed Forces' floating craft trying to land on the left bank of the Dnieper. They actively destroyed FPV drones, reconnaissance and attack UAVs.
During the day, the enemy's losses amounted to: up to 85 servicemen; during the counter-battery attack, a 105mm M119 gun, an Anklav-N electronic warfare station, and a P-18 radar station were destroyed.
The use of strike UAVs disabled five units of automotive equipment.
09:56 Criminal Kyiv regime continues to shell civilian infrastructure of populated areas of the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Ukrainian Armed Forces released:
-- n.p. Kakhovka two rounds;
-- Four rounds in the village of Dnepryany;
-- in the village of Lyubimovka four rounds;
-- Three rounds in the village of Novye Lageri.
As a result of artillery attack in the village of Dnepryany, the post office building was damaged.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the villages of Stara Zburyevka, Obryvka, Aleshki, Dnepryany, and Kairy, firing a total of 21 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being clarified.
09:23 During the past night, during an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out terrorist attacks using unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type on targets on the territory of the Russian Federation, air defense systems on duty destroyed and twenty-six UAVs were intercepted over the territory of the Rostov region and one UAV was destroyed over the territory of the Smolensk region.
08:48 Telegram channel «Fisherman»:
Chronicle of the special military operation for July 19, 2024
– Russian troops launched several missile strikes on targets on the territory of the so-called Ukraine, including Nikolaev and Chuguev.
– Ukrainian formations again tried to cause damage to Russian territories, but without success: in Melitopol, Kursk and Lugansk, air targets were destroyed by air defense systems on duty.
– In the Slobozhansky direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces attempted to land a force consisting of members of elite units on the shore of the Travyansky Reservoir, but without success.
– In the Liman direction, Russian troops advanced in the area of ??the Zhuravka ravine and consolidated their positions on the approaches to Nevsky.
– In the Seversky direction, the Russian Armed Forces liberated Ivano-Daryevka and hoisted a flag on a building in the center of the settlement.
– In the Pokrovsky direction, fighting continues in Lozovatskoye, and footage has also appeared confirming the complete control of Russian fighters over Progress.
08:00 Official summary of DPR representative offices in the JCCC over the past day.
A total of 28 cases of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC.
There were reports of three civilians being injured.
DAMAGED:
Nine residential buildings,
Two cars,
One civil infrastructure facility.
A total of 14 artillery attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donetsk direction,
A total of 14 artillery attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Gorlovka direction.
In total, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired 81 units of various ammunition.
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[Regnum] The distortion of the history of World War II, attempts to downplay the feat of the Soviet people and rehabilitate the Nazis and their accomplices are the West's strategy for preparing for war, military analyst, retired Swiss Army lieutenant colonel and former high-ranking OSCE official Ralf Bosshard told the Donetsk News Agency (DAN).
"After 1945, the US Army Military Historical Service hired a large number of German generals to write the history of the war that had just ended. And the gentlemen took the opportunity to embellish their role, to invent a fairy tale about how the German Wehrmacht had always fought fairly, and to explain why they were still defeated by the Red Army," he said.
According to the expert, many of them remained true to their National Socialist convictions and continued to regard the soldiers and officers of the Red Army as “subhumans.” Bosshard emphasized that their self-justification had defined the historiography of German-speaking countries for decades, and today this spirit once again defines reports on the Russian army and the conflict in Ukraine.
“Since 1991, NATO, once created as a defensive alliance, has been waging wars beyond its borders, and the revision of history that the West is conducting at home and imposing on other nations is part of a systematic preparation for military action,” the lieutenant colonel noted.
The military analyst also noted that for years the West had wanted to establish a new "rules-based order" that it could define without consulting countries it had already declared enemies. That is why the Soviet Union's contribution to the defeat of National Socialism is now being downplayed, Bosshard added.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that the justification of Nazi criminals and their accomplices leads to tragic, destructive consequences for millions of people. The head of state pointed out the need to firmly and consistently defend the truth about the Great Patriotic War, to resist any attempts to revise Russia's contribution to the great victory.
To counter Nazi propaganda, the Russian leader proposed creating a National Center of Historical Memory in Russia.
Text taken from the Telegram channel of iamsniper.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics.
[ColonelCassad] Group Aida, book 1. Everyday life of the white mountain
Commander of the Special Forces Group "Akhmat" on the Issue of Mistakes in War Akhamat is a Chechen unit.
This is the Price of Mistakes
As I said earlier, during the SVO, during assault and sabotage operations, 2 scouts were killed under my command.
2 scouts in 2 years.
This is a tragedy for families, a tragedy for the unit, a tragedy for the country, but in fact, I and our command of Akhmat, sought to minimize personnel losses.
When did minimizing personnel losses become a Russian army thing?
A few months in, when Russian casualties began to mount, word went out to minimize friendly casualties
Thank goodness the generals are trainable. The idea that the Russian people will soon disappear hurts my soul.
One of the postulates of minimizing losses and avoiding them is a clearly planned operation. Like Butler, PA.
If there was even a drop of doubt in success, the operation was subject to cancellation, and the plan was redone.
Exactly until the plan seemed real.
During assault operations, in addition to creating a "mirror" trench, and practicing the assault and approaches to it, I began to actively use diversionary maneuvers in the form of penetration of sabotage groups, which were supposed to engage in combat and begin to draw the enemy's forces and attention to themselves. Strongholds were cut by smoke screens, giving a corridor for the assault groups to operate.
We got the "Tropa" from the warehouses, which helped the assault troops to pass 60 meters of minefields to the stronghold.
Having collected a set of tactical maneuvers in the group's arsenal, we quite successfully carried out combat missions to storm enemy fortified areas.
Always wounded, but never killed.
Remembering April 1, 2024, and the task of storming the approach to the mountain, I have been spinning and reviewing the recording of the assault in my head for several months.
What went wrong? Where did I make a mistake?
Two scouts died, and this was my fault as a commander who did not notice something somewhere.
What did I make a mistake in? Only in one thing: I did not have normal electronic warfare to protect against airdrops, not expecting that the group would be delayed waiting for the consolidation platoon.
Two airdrops that took the lives of two of my scouts haunted me for a long time in dreams the following days. Mine most often visit me when I'm dreaming about buying groceries. They tell me my list is wrong, or what I forgot.
Such is the price of our mistakes.
Such is war.
I'm waiting for the book in printed form.Group "Aida" is currently working in Volchansk. Not long ago, it had a very big success in ambush actions.
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