Today's report is 55 pages.
What's the big story? Russia launches over 80 cruise missiles and nearly 20 combat drones across Ukraine, striking at least a dozen cities. The attacks have disrupted electrical service, water, and communications in large parts of Ukrain...
2022-10-10 11:39:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe cheapest rental car I could find at Logan Airport from my trip was $475 a day. No, that's not a typo. I don't want to buy a car, just borrow one for a few days. My alternative plan was to rent through Turo for the first time. It's like Airbnb but for cars. I was able to get a 2016 Mercedes C-...
2022-10-09 21:37:22 +0000 UTC View Post
The Kersch Bridge, the vital Line of Communication (GLOC) from Russia to Russian-occupied Crimea, has been severely damaged. The rail section is engulfed in flames, and at least one of the highway sections has collapsed into the Black Sea. There is a massive uncontrolled fire on the structure. Th...
2022-10-08 05:11:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Today's report is 40 pages. We will continue to do kinetic warfare only through the week or until the operational tempo slows down.
What's the big story? After 2-1/2 months of trying, Russian forces made noteworthy gains south of Bakhmut, ...
2022-10-08 04:59:50 +0000 UTC View PostNot going to be a Situation Report tonight. I'm going to take advantage of a relatively quiet day on the battlefront (not much information released - Russians did captured Vesela Dolyna south of Bakhmut after 2-1/2 months of trying).
Biden's comment tonight that we've never been closer to n...
2022-10-07 02:33:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Today's report is 36 pages. We will continue to do kinetic warfare only through the week or until the operational tempo slows down.
What's the big story? It appears the metaphorical long knives are out and Sergei Shoigu is the target. Many power players in Putin's ...
2022-10-06 06:00:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Today's report is 40 pages and only covers kinetic warfare! A typical full report is 40 to 70 pages, so there was tremendous combat activity today on three fronts. We will continue to do kinetic warfare only through the week or until the operational tempo slows down.
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When the liberating army arrived, the villagers told them of the Gestapo and the Waffen SS. In the basement of one of the houses they told their liberators, they could hear screams night and day. On the edge of the forest, gunshots would be heard. Townspeople would disappear and never be seen aga...
2022-10-04 22:14:00 +0000 UTC View Post
On July 28, we wrote about how the campaign in Kherson would take months and resemble the Pacific Theater of World War II for the United States and an island hopping campaign. This assessment was based on one assumption. Russian forces would not adopt a line defense as their military doctrine cal...
2022-10-04 13:51:14 +0000 UTC View PostRussian forces have abandoned their defensive positions from Davydiv Brid to Starosillya to prevent becoming encircled. Thousands of troops are chaotically retreating back to Beryslav and Nova Kakhovka.
Our July 28 assessment that the Russian defensive lines from Arkhanhelske to Vysok...
2022-10-04 13:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
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Today's report is 46 pages and only covers kinetic warfare! A typical full report is 40 to 70 pages, so there was tremendous combat activity today on three fronts. We will continue to do kinetic warfare on...
The oblast. All of it. Every last square meter. Russia's hold of the last 5% collapsed in 24 hours.
2022-10-03 21:48:38 +0000 UTC View PostRussian forces retreated and blew the bridge into Dudchany. They also destroyed an earthen dam south of the town.
You don't blow up bridges if you're planning to come back.
This does not isolate Russian troops in northern Kherson but it complicates logistics and eliminated one of th...
Havrylivka in Kherson has Ukrainian flag flying.
On airplane so map is not updated.
Not just the town. The Borova city council reporting almost the entire hromada.
Svatove is in trouble.
Myrolyubivka [Kherson], northwest of Kherson is liberated, with Ukrainian forces raising the flag over the debris that was once a Ukrainian town.
We do not know the status of Pravdyne and we are not prepared to call it liberated. If Russian troops are still there, they are at extreme risk o...
2022-10-03 12:58:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Pictures show that Ukrainian troops have liberated Mykhailivka on the Dnipro River. In the Situation Report it was one the only settlement between Dudchany and Zolota Balka we could not report on. 2022-10-03 10:31:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Ukrainian airborne troops are in Borova.
The village of Shylkivka to the east also has videos of Ukrainian troops moving through the settlement unimpeded.
Borova was the last stron...
2022-10-03 10:14:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Today's report is 40 pages and only covers kinetic warfare. A typical full report is 40 to 70 pages, so there was tremendous combat activity today on three fronts. We will continue to do kinetic warfare only through the week or until the operational tempo slows down.
... 2022-10-03 06:24:24 +0000 UTC View PostWe are moving back to kinetic warfare updates only. There is so much going on and we have to parking lot the other sections. If there is something huge in the news, we will cover.
There are three main counteroffensives happening.
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Today's report is 68 pages.
What's the big story? Major counteroffensive restarted in Kherson. Ukraine has made significant gains in the northern part of the oblast.
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2022-10-02 11:59:13 +0000 UTC View PostThere will be more in the Situation Report but right now, it is one of those nights of rewrite after rewrite.
There is significant evidence that the counteroffensive in Kherson has ended its operational pause and has restarted. There are a number of outright panicked reports in the Russian ...
2022-10-02 05:42:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Ukrainian forces moved into Lyman in three directions after the Russian defense collapsed. There is no information on prisoners of war or if Russian forces retreated through Torske, which is under Ukrainian fire control and was embattled itself.
Ukrainian military command reported that heav...
2022-10-01 18:31:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Today's report is 68 pages.
What's the big story? Lyman is surrounded, and the situation for Russian troops is deteriorating with possible fighting for Kreminna.
The second story? Annexation - and the full transcript of Vladimir Putin's speech.
The Malc...
2022-10-01 08:02:55 +0000 UTC View Post
De facto, we have already made our way to NATO.
De facto, we have already proven compatibility with Alliance standards.
They are real for Ukraine - real ... 2022-09-30 14:10:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Today's report is 63 pages.
What's the big story? Lyman is surrounded, and Yampil is liberated.
The second story? Really rough day in the war crimes department - be prepared. In a bonus story, there is a lot of political positioning ...
2022-09-30 12:10:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Russian troops in Drobysheve, Lyman, and maybe Yampil (keep reading) and fully encircled. The small gap where Ukrainian forces have yet to link up is mined, under Ukrainian fire control, and has special operation forces operating. The Zherberts River is enough of a barrier for equipment but not p...
2022-09-29 21:40:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Today's report is 58 pages.
What's the big story? The situation for Russian forces around Lyman has reached the point of no return. The only reason the town is not captured is Ukrainian forces continue to avoid a direct attack, and instead are working on completing...
2022-09-29 11:50:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Today's report is 66 pages.
What's the big story? The Russian defensive line east of the Oskil River, which had just earned the name Putin Line among the OSINT community, is collapsing. We might go back to battlefield assessment only tomorrow due to how quickly the...
2022-09-28 11:49:28 +0000 UTC View Post