The situation in the Ukrainian SMO on August 24 2024
Ukraine Independence Day | Changes in Kursk [24 August 2024]
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Today should have been a holiday in our country for all citizens, but Ukraine’s Independence Day has turned into a usurpation of power by one group of people who do not recognize the Constitution.
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As they say, this day never became a holiday.
If you follow Ukraine’s entire path since 1991, the politicians have been engaged only in sawing up industrial remains from the USSR. Each time promising life like in Europe.
Then, Western sponsors found a new role in the “global series” for Ukraine and our thieving elite. We got the role of kamikaze, when at the cost of our territories, infrastructure, the life of the nation, we must inflict as much damage as possible on our neighbor. For this, they gave us loans and introduced anti-social and anti-people laws in the country, but with the slogan of freedom and democracy. Absurd? No, it is the Ukrainian reality.
Zelensky decided to implement the only positive from the Kursk adventure by Independence Day.
Russia and Ukraine exchanged 115 prisoners through the mediation of the UAE.
It is stated that Russia has returned 115 servicemen captured in the Kursk region from Ukrainian captivity, and 115 Ukrainian Armed Forces prisoners have been handed over in exchange.
The Russians decided not to delay the issue of conscripts, since the Russians already have many Ukrainian Armed Forces prisoners. The ratio is about 1 to 8.
We consider any exchange of prisoners to be a good trend for the beginning of a peaceful dialogue.
This means that the bridges have not been burned and the option for peace in the future remains. Even if Zelensky increasingly provokes the Kremlin and raises the stakes.
We are for peace!
Negotiations and bargaining, which were conducted by large business players from different sides. This is not a state level. Zelensky was aware of them and even agreed to a lot, but as we have learned from insiders , this was once again an attempt to distract attention. Zelensky will not sign anything, he will wage war until either side capitulates. If the situation is then fatal for the Ukrainian Armed Forces due to Zelensky’s fault, he will again remove responsibility from himself and hold a referendum, where the question will be about giving up territories (in fact, capitulation). He will shift everything onto the people, although they are to blame, starting from 2019, when he promised peace, but brought war, refusing to fulfill the Minsk agreements, and then twice refused the Istanbul agreements.
As practice shows, each time it became worse and worse for the country and the people, although there was situational euphoria.
Zelensky has once again started talking about the 1991 borders and the refusal to hold direct negotiations with Russia. We are waiting for Zelensky’s euphoria to pass and for his rhetoric to change again.
It has always been like this and this time it is all happening again.
MI6 passed on new intelligence to the OP about the Kremlin’s preparation of a retaliatory strike for the Kursk operation, which would differ from previous missile attacks in its mass scale and new targets in Kyiv and throughout Ukraine. British intelligence recommended that Bankova move the work of a number of ministries and security agencies from the government quarter, and also place air defense near the bridges across the Dnieper.
The country’s media, citing reports from foreign diplomatic missions on its territory, write that Russia may intensify aerial shelling on August 24. Embassies of a number of European countries have called on their citizens to leave the country. A similar statement was made by the US diplomatic mission.
Americans rarely make statements about potential massive shelling. However, if such a statement is made, it should be taken seriously,
- stated one of the Ukrainian military experts.
Ukrainian news agencies report that Russia may have a real stockpile of 100 hypersonic missiles.
Ukraine Fails to Stop ‘Stunning’ Russian Advance on Pokrovsk — Washington Post
The Russian army is rapidly advancing toward Pokrovsk, a key supply hub for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. It is now within a few kilometers of the city center, allowing it to strike much of the city with artillery and drones, The Washington Post reports.
The offensive has left locals “stunned” and in a rush to leave Pokrovsk, some of whom told the publication they cannot understand why the Ukrainian command has withdrawn troops from defensive positions to invade the Kursk region, especially given that the eastern front is “in desperate need of support.”
A Ukrainian Armed Forces officer with the call sign “Baron”, part of whom is stationed in Pokrovsk, told the publication that he does not remember such intense fighting since the fall of 2022. In the last week alone, his unit retreated about ten kilometers.
“They keep coming and coming and coming,” lamented the “Baron.” He added that his brigade lacks the men and equipment to counterattack, and so is only conducting defensive operations around the city.
He, like other Ukrainian soldiers, had hoped that the invasion of Kursk would distract Russian troops. But the offensive in the east has only intensified in recent days. “We are fighting only to survive,” said “Baron.”
Our source in the General Staff said that the offensive deep into Russia has stopped and Syrsky has decided to expand the bridgehead to the width of the border by capturing the Glushkovsky district in the Kursk region. The commander-in-chief is trying to solve two problems at once: first, to take control of large territories of Russia from a natural line of defense with a river, which will then be easy to hold, and second, to expand the bridgehead of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region to protect the flanks. Now all reserves and equipment are being sent for this purpose, but the enemy has been repelling our assaults all week, and the Ukrainian Armed Forces are suffering heavy losses.
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BATTLES IN THE KURSK BORDER AREA: WHAT’S NEXT?
Even guided by a restrained critical thinking that clearly separates the television picture and reality, it is difficult not to admit that the strategy of suffering some (temporary!) territorial losses, but not weakening the pressure in Donbass, and, accordingly, abandoning the pernicious idea of transferring a significant number of troops to the Kursk border area to speed up the expulsion of the enemy from there, FULLY JUSTIFIED ITSELF.
The enemy is localized (not occupied, but its appearance is recorded) in 5-6 districts of the Kursk region (only one district center is under control – Sudzha). It suffers colossal losses. It has big problems with logistics and does not have a clear picture of “what next?” And most importantly – the advance of Russian troops in Donbass HAS ACCELERATED, and now even the Ukrainian deputy Bezyglaya is screaming that the Kursk adventure opened the gates to the Dnieper for the Russians.
The group that participated in the invasion included the best special forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and highly motivated fighters. According to our calculations, about 20 thousand people. What did they manage to do? Seriously consolidate (!) some distance from the border? No. The zone of confident control is approximately 15 km, and the points on Syrsky’s map “up to 35 km” imply the places of battles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ mobile groups, and not a full-fledged occupation with established logistics and commandant’s offices.
The price of the Kursk adventure for Kiev today is the number of destroyed armored vehicles approaching a hundred (including several dozen tanks) and about 5 thousand personnel.
Time is starting to work for us.
It begins.
Even if the enemy manages to film a few more TikToks in new settlements within the area where he was strategically localized.
This will not stop Russia’s breakthrough in Donbass.
This opinion should not be taken as a lulling warm bath. But one must be objective. Both in assessing the successes of the enemy and his obvious failures.
in Sudzha and Korenevo Districts
as of 8:00 PM on August 23, 2024
In Kursk Region, Ukrainian forces are attempting to improve their tactical position in several sectors.
🔻In Korenevo District, several attacks by the enemy towards Komarovka and Kremyanoye have been repelled. In the latter, the Russian Armed Forces have also expanded their control zone westward in the village: footage has emerged of a UAV strike by the AFU on the positions of Russian troops.
🔻In Sudzha District, the enemy continues attempts to break through the defenses (https://t.me/NgP_raZVedka/18806) in the area of Malaya Loknya, but has been pushed back for now. Operational-tactical aviation and artillery units have engaged the AFU positions approaching the village.
In Cherkasskoye Porechnoye, the enemy made an unsuccessful attack attempt. An AFU tank hit a mine on the road and was subsequently destroyed by an FPV drone, burning completely. Clashes continue within the settlement.
The situation has become clearer in the area of Russkaya and Cherkasskie Konopelki. The enemy is attacking towards the latter: for example, a drone strike was recorded on a group of Ukrainian infantry in one of the buildings on the territory of the “Lotos” gas station.
Fierce fighting is ongoing in the sector, and reports of AFU control over the settlements of Kolmakov and Dmitryukov are not currently confirmed.
Kursk Direction: Air Strikes in Korenevo and Fighting in Sudzha District
What is known as of 1:00 pm on August 23, 2024
In the Kursk Region, active clashes continue along the entire length of the front line. The Russian forces do not allow a breakthrough of the lines, stubbornly holding the defense.
🔻In the Korenevo District, fighting continues in the area of Korenevo, Krasnooktyabr’skoye and Komarovka. No changes in the combat situation overnight have been recorded. South of Kremyanoye, operational-tactical aviation is delivering bombing strikes (https://t.me/warriorofnorth/2275) on the AFU positions in the forest area.
🔻In the Sudzha District, the Russian Armed Forces UAV operators are striking (https://t.me/iamsniper/6669) concentrations of enemy armored vehicles and motor vehicles in Sudzha and its suburbs. Counterattacks continue in Russkaya Konopelka, where the enemy is trying to consolidate in the private sector.
South of Konopelka, according to some reports, the Russian forces have liberated the settlement of Borki, which was captured by Ukrainian formations during the attack on the Kursk Region, but there is no objective evidence of this yet.
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Our source in the OP said that Zelensky constantly demands permission from the Biden Administration to launch missile strikes deep into Russian territory, as well as to use F-16s in the Kursk operation. Bankova is confident that the US will be forced to give in on this issue before the active phase of the presidential elections.
White House admits discussions with Ukraine on increasing depth of US strikes on Russia
John Kirby, when asked whether Washington had expanded the zone of application of American weapons on Russian territory in connection with the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ sortie in the Kursk region, responded:
As you know, the president has authorized them to use American munitions across that border to respond to looming threats. We’re still negotiating with them.
The German Foreign Ministry has reported a possible increase in shelling of city centers, especially the capital Kiev, on Ukraine’s Independence Day. In this regard, the ministry is asking its citizens to refrain from traveling to the country and to leave immediately if they are there.
Earlier, the US Department of Foreign Affairs made the same demand to its citizens.
Zelensky demands Modi to ‘put pressure on Putin’: India will play its role. I think India has started to realise that this is not just a conflict, but a real war of one man, and his name is Putin, against an entire country, whose name is Ukraine. You are a big country. You have a lot of influence, and you can stop Putin, stop his economy and put him in his place. And you know where his place is.
INDIA’S VISIT TO UKRAINE WILL NOT INFLUENCE THE RUSSIA-UKRAINE CONFLICT
Author and strategic affairs expert Zorawar Daulet Singh:
“The Ukraine visit is part of a gesture to Washington on India’s part with little substance underlying this act. Russia has an unassailable position in the Ukraine war and can outmatch anything that NATO can bring to bear on the battlefield. Moscow perhaps understands India’s compulsions and recognizes the limits of the whole public diplomacy that will accompany the Modi visit (https://t.me/geo_gaganauts/5528).
The only durable solution to the Ukraine conflict is a negotiation between the US and Russia on a revised security architecture for European security. India has little geopolitical leverage to influence the course of events.”
According to Sukharevsky, Starlink satellite data terminals stopped working 24 hours after crossing the border with Russia, which led to a lack of communication and interaction between units.
It is worth noting that Elon Musk blocked the Starlink terminals when Kiev tried to attack Crimea.
Instead, 115 prisoners of war of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were transferred.
Currently, all Russian servicemen are on the territory of the Republic of Belarus, where they are provided with the necessary psychological and medical assistance, as well as the opportunity to contact relatives.
All released servicemen will be delivered to the Russian Federation for treatment and rehabilitation in medical institutions of the Russian Ministry of Defense.
When the Russian military returned from captivity, the United Arab Emirates provided humanitarian mediation efforts.
Минобороны России
Four of them are servicemen of the AKHMAT-Chechnya regiment of the Russian Ministry of Defense, and two are border guards. They held their positions, although they were practically completely surrounded. Despite the complexity of their situation, these fighters repelled numerous enemy attacks until they ran out of ammunition. After that, they left to avoid being captured and took 40 young conscripts out of the encirclement with them. For 18 days, they made their way through forests and enemy blockades to our units.
Before finally reaching the Kashtan special forces group from AKHMAT, these guys covered several dozen kilometers in extremely difficult conditions. The most important thing is that they did not surrender to the enemy, fought heroically, and managed to save a large group of Russian soldiers. By the way, the latter have already been handed over to their commanders. You will be able to learn the details of how the conscripts were withdrawn from the encirclement later from the @AptiAlaudinovAKHMAT account.
And our guys from AKHMAT-Chechnya will rest a little and return to the front lines to ruthlessly beat the fascists on Russian soil with renewed vigor. As their dear BROTHER, the combat general, the commander of the AKHMAT special forces, Apti Alaudinov, rightly tells them: let what happened be the most difficult moment for them. And we will undoubtedly break the enemy’s back and send him back where he will never return.
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The final decision should be made “at the latest” by November, the Welt am Sonntag newspaper reported, citing its own sources.
The EU is pushing ahead with its plan to send European soldiers to Ukraine. A confidential report is circulating in Brussels that debates the benefits but warns in stark terms about Moscow’s reaction, Politico reports.
He called on the British to support Ukraine by “making noise”, literally, in particular by loudly stamping their feet.
The British have begun to suspect that their Foreign Secretary is an idiot.
It may be a great idea, indeed. His Majesty’s arsenals are already empty, so let Putin at least hear the loud British stomping and get scared.
By the way, if you stomp in winter, you can even warm up, which will soon be relevant for the British
The Russian Army has an interesting tactic now, they simply bypass the settlement, take it in pincers and the Ukrainian Armed Forces simply run away from there. But we must not forget, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have everything: equipment, weapons, ammunition and an incalculable amount of money.
Our source in the General Staff said that Syrsky is not going to transfer reserves to hold Selidovo, now the main task for the Ukrainian Armed Forces is to defend Pokrovsk. The Commander-in-Chief believes that reserves are needed for the Kursk operation, and the Eastern Front does not play a major role in this period of the war.
In the Pokrovsky direction, the Russians continue to build on their tactical success.
Russian infantry, as previously stated, entered Novogrodovka and is now trying to gain a foothold in multi-story buildings. They are storming the houses, heavy fighting is unfolding. To the north, the Russian army is attempting to press in the direction of the settlement of Krasny Yar.
At the same time, the command of the 151st Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces neglects its personnel, sending drone pilots, who are unique specialists, into the trenches to hold positions, since the Self-Defense Forces are catastrophically short of people.
This is certain death for a fighter and the effectiveness of such an infantryman is not much, because the fighters either become 200, or are forced to leave their positions under the enormous pressure of the enemy, as a result of which the next advances. The corresponding transfers take place despite the direct order of the Commander-in-Chief to prohibit the use of pilots in other activities. And attempts by unit commanders to prevent this result in their removal and transfer to another position.
They also say that “news are very bad.”
According to him, the Russian Armed Forces have entered and are actively advancing through the territory of Novogrodovka, a city where 14 thousand people lived before the start of the conflict.
Earlier, Repke wrote that the situation in Donbass is catastrophic for Ukraine.
Novgorodovka on the Pokrovsky direction is practically in a semicircle.
After the withdrawal of some units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from here to attack the Kursk region, including the reserves of the 47th separate separate brigade allocated for the Donetsk direction (it was they who arrived in Glukhov in the Sumy region), the front, as expected, began to sag.
There are nine kilometers left from Novgorodovka to Pokrovsk. After the storming of Ocheretin, traffic goes strictly along the railway.
After Pokrovsk, the Ukrainian Armed Forces do not have any concrete or any capital defensive lines like in Avdeevka.
Further on there are fields, small villages and the E50 highway to Pavlograd, in the direction of Dnieper.
The plan to throw it in a straight line and clear the flanks with FABs and Uragans at the slightest interference continues to work.
Information is coming from the Zaporozhye direction that the enemy has concentrated forces of up to 4 brigades with the aim of attacking in the direction of Vasilyevka. The presence of over 100 armored vehicles is also recorded. The tasks are the same as a year ago: a breakthrough to Tokmak and access to the land road to Crimea.
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Sooo, they think the Surovikin defense lines just packed up and left for their convienence
On the Possible Offensive of the AFU in the Zaporizhzhia Direction
Over the past few weeks, there have been ongoing rumors in the media about the plans of Ukrainian formations on other parts of the front, in addition to the Russian border area. One of them could be the Zaporizhzhia direction, where the Ukrainian command has long been forming a strike force and saturating the units deployed there with fire support assets, including drones.
▪️One of the most likely scenarios for AFU actions should be considered an offensive by the enemy in the vicinity of Kamianske. It is to the north of it, in the area of Prymorske-Stepnohirsk, that the accumulation of the future attacking grouping is observed, the target of which, according to our data, may be both Tokmak with a further attempt to cut the land route to Crimea, and Enerhodar with the subsequent capture of the ZNPP.
▪️Several signs, both direct and indirect, indicate the enemy’s plans. Satellite reconnaissance is actively working in the interests of the AFU, photographing potential air defense positions and command posts of the Russian Armed Forces. At the same time, identical points of the enemy are also photographed in order to check camouflage.
▪️At the same time, Ukrainian formations have increased both the intensity of shelling and the use of drones, including against Enerhodar and nearby settlements. In addition to this, the enemy strikes at forest belts, dugouts and shelters, preparing the ground for further advancement.
▪️The Ukrainian authorities are also preparing the information background for the further capture of the ZNPP, which is manifested both in accusations of alleged arson on the territory of the facility and in statements by the president of the so-called Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy about the need to return the station.
❗️At the same time, the plans of the enemy, which have been discussed for some time, to land a landing on the Kinburn and Tendra spits, are by no means the invention of guard-patriots. Moreover, quite official persons have also started talking about them.
Ukrainian formations are seriously considering a combined operation to land troops by boats simultaneously with strikes by USVs and UAVs, as well as the landing of recon groups by helicopter.
🔻While AFU units continue to participate in the “Kursk adventure” and prepare for activation in the same Zaporizhzhia region, the operational crisis of the AFU is aggravating in the Pokrovske and Oleksandro-Kalinove directions. Nevertheless, despite the suicidal nature of the implemented plans, the Ukrainian command is ready to go all-in – they need both a media victory and a way to turn the tide of the conflict.
▪️Ukrainian troops intend to try again to land on the Tendrivska and Kinburnska spits in order to “plant flags there and show the West that they have allegedly established themselves on the territory of the Kherson region.”
▪️For the sake of yet another media campaign, Kyiv is ready to throw many of its soldiers to their deaths, hundreds, and maybe even thousands of whom are guaranteed to be killed
▪️The Kherson governor accused NATO special operations forces of coordinating this “bloody plan”. The date of the provocation was chosen symbolically – it is Ukraine’s Independence Day (August 24)
Morning summary for August 24, 2024
▪️ Overnight, the enemy reported strikes by the Russian Armed Forces with X-22 missiles on the Odesa Region.
▪️ Over the territory of Russia, seven aircraft-type UAVs were destroyed at night. Five UAVs were destroyed over the Voronezh Region, and one each over the Belgorod and Bryansk Regions. At the same time, a fire at an ammunition depot attacked by a UAV is reported from Ostrogozhsk in the Voronezh Region.
▪️ In the Kursk Region, heavy fighting (https://t.me/dva_majors/50478) continues near the settlements of Russkaya Konopelka, Spalnoye, Krupets, Komyshnoye, Nechaev, Malaya Loknya, and Olgovka. The AFU is bringing up reserves.
▪️ In the Pokrovsk direction, the Russian Armed Forces are advancing in Novogrodovka, while the AFU is trying to stop our offensive with fresh forces. Battles are ongoing in the settlements of Krutoy Yar, Krasny Yar, and Nikolayevka. On the southern flank, the AFU is losing positions in Karlovka. The Russian Army is moving towards Mirnograd and Pokrovsk.
▪️ The Russian Armed Forces are advancing in the Toretsk (Dzerzhynsk) agglomeration, and the enemy’s information resources acknowledge the difficult situation of the AFU.
▪️ The AFU continues to strike the civilian population of the Belgorod Region. During the day, five civilians were reported injured.
▪️ In the DPR, as a result of AFU strikes on Donetsk and Horlivka, five civilians were wounded.
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Our troops are advancing from Nikolaevka to the north towards Novgorodovka and further south towards Mikhailovka.
The Russian flag flies over Kamyshevka and Ptichye.
The front line was pushed back from Yasnobrodovka to Skuchnoye, liberating the settlement.
Artemovsk direction.
At Kleshcheyevka we advanced to the bend in the Krasnoye-Kleshcheyevka road.
Seversk direction.
The paratroopers captured several enemy strongholds.
The railway station is under our control.
Zaporozhye direction.
There are no significant changes throughout the entire area.
In the Novopokrovka area, equipment was burned during enemy rotation.
Dzerzhinsk direction.
In Dzerzhinsk, the AFU left the area of high-rise buildings near the hospital.
Part of the city is under our control.
Kursk region.
Fierce fighting continues in the area, and our military is fighting back.
Our artillery is actively working, identifying and destroying the concentration of the AFU.
Korenevo and the surrounding areas, as well as Malaya Loknya, are under our control.
Krupets and Spalnoe are liberated from the Ukrainians.
Chasov Yar direction.
From Kalinovka we advanced to Grigorovka and drove the enemy out of the forest zone.
In the Oktyabrsky microdistrict, our paratroopers are advancing and clearing out the private sector.
Kharkov direction.
Liptsevsky section.
The enemy launched an attack on Glubokoe, our soldiers repelled it.
An enemy helicopter was also shot down.
Volchansk area.
In Volchansk, positional battles are taking place in the area of multi-story buildings.
We clear the territories from enemy.
Overall, the area is relatively quiet.
Ukrainian Forces Retreat In Mass Numbers Near Pokrovsk To Avoid Complete Encirclement
Russian Forces Eye Breakthrough of Final Defensive Line Ahead of Pokrovsk
Source: http://blogdogcicle.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-situation-in-ukrainian-smo-on_24.html
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