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2023-08-27 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

The Armed Forces of Ukraine have already reached the first line of defense or not yet: Analysis of the Military Chronicle

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Posted by badanov 2023-08-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 Russians fleeing on a road south of Novoprokopivka. The airburst artillery is brutal.

Posted by Enver Slager8035 2023-08-27 03:19|| 2023-08-27 03:19|| Front Page Top

#2 Russian armored column reinforces Novoprokopivka from Ilchenkove. Gets hammered.

On same road, either Russian column retreating from Novoprokopivka or Ukrainians attacking toward Ilchenkove.

Posted by Enver Slager8035 2023-08-27 04:35|| 2023-08-27 04:35|| Front Page Top

#3 I smell Russian flop sweat. “Breakthrough of the APU in Verbove (Polohy district).”
Is this what has their panties in a wad?

Since yesterday, there have been field reports that Ukrainians have conquered a key height between Novoprokopivka and Verbove (approx. Red circle on the map @Majakovsk73
). There is no visual evidence of that at the moment but the height is on the main Russian defensive line. Reportedly, this may jeopardize Russian defense in the area since Novoprokopivka and Verbove stand downhill.

To get to those heights, the Ukrainians would have had to break through the two layered Surovikin line.

Posted by Enver Slager8035 2023-08-27 09:16|| 2023-08-27 09:16|| Front Page Top

#4 Also reports of the Russian 76th Guards Air Assault Division has been thrown into the breech.

Posted by Enver Slager8035 2023-08-27 09:19|| 2023-08-27 09:19|| Front Page Top

#5 Additional information coming from enemy sources (this time Wagner) confirms that the Armed Forces of Ukraine breached the second line of defense of the Surovikin line.

Posted by Enver Slager8035 2023-08-27 11:57|| 2023-08-27 11:57|| Front Page Top

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