Today’s report from the Russian Defence Ministry covering the SMO: https://eng.mil.ru/en/special_operation/news/more.htm?id=12525841@egNews

Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation (18 August 2024)
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Volchansk and Liptsy directions, units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 43rd Mechanised Brigade, 92nd Assault Brigade, 36th Marine Brigade near Liptsy, Beliy Kolodez, and Volchansk (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 90 Ukrainian troops, three motor vehicles, one U.S.-made 155-mm M777 howitzer, two 122-mm D-30 howitzers, and one Anklav-N electronic warfare station.
One ammunition depot was destroyed.
Units of the Zapad Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions as well as inflicted losses on formations of the AFU 14th, 30th, 67th, 440th mechanised brigades, and 117th Territorial Defence Brigade near Petropavlovka, Tabayevka, Novoplatonovka (Kharkov region), Stelmakhovka (Lugansk People’s Republic), and Torskoye (Donetsk People’s Republic). One counter-attack launched by an assault detachment of the AFU 241st Territorial Defence Brigade was repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 440 Ukrainian troops, one infantry fighting vehicle, and six motor vehicles.
In the course of counter-battery warfare, one Polish-made 155-mm Krab self-propelled artillery system, one UK-made 155-mm FH-70 howitzer, one U.S.-made 155-mm M198 howitzer, one 122-mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, one U.S.-made 105-mm M119 howitzer, and one Anklav-N electronic warfare station were destroyed.
Two AFU ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the Yug Group of Forces improved the tactical situation and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 24th Mechanised Brigade, 5th Assault Brigade, and 24th Assault Battalion near Chasov Yar, Stupochki, and Predtechino (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 420 Ukrainian troops and two motor vehicles.
In the course of counter-battery warfare, one 122-mm Grad MLRS launcher, one Polish-made 155-mm Krab self-propelled artillery system, three U.S.-made 155-mm M777 howitzers, one U.S.-made 155-mm M198 howitzer, two UK-made 155-mm FH-70 howitzers, two 152-mm Msta-B howitzers, two 122-mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery systems, two 122-mm D-30 howitzers, two UK-made 105-mm L-119 howitzers, one U.S.-made 105-mm M119 howitzer, and one Anklav-N electronic warfare station were destroyed.
Two field ammunition depots and one POL depot were destroyed.
As a result of active actions, units of the Tsentr Group of Forces liberated Sviridonovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).
Losses were inflicted on formations of the AFU 47th, 151st mechanised brigades, 68th Jaeger Brigade, 111th Territorial Defence Brigade, and 15th National Guard Brigade near Vozdvizhenka, Kalinovo, Ptichiye, Novoekonomicheskoye, and Dolinovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).
Two counter-attacks launched by units of the Lyut Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian National Police were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to more than 500 Ukrainian troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, five motor vehicles, one U.S.-made 155-mm M777 howitzer, one 152-mm Msta-B howitzer, three 122-mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery systems, three 122-mm D-30 howitzers, two 100-mm Rapira anti-tank guns, and one U.S.-made AN/TPQ-37 counter-battery warfare station.
Units of the Vostok Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front lines and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 33rd and 72nd mechanised brigades near Zelenoye Pole and Vodyanoye (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 100 Ukrainian troops, one tank, two motor vehicles, one Polish-made 155-mm Krab self-propelled artillery system, one 155-mm Bogdana self-propelled artillery system, one 122-mm D-30 howitzer, and one Bukovel-AD electronic warfare station. Three AFU field ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations of the AFU 65th Mechanised Brigade and 128th Mountain Assault Brigade near Malaya Tokmachka and Pyatikhatki (Zaporozhye region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 80 Ukrainian troops, six motor vehicles, two U.S.-made 155-mm M777 howitzers, one 152-mm D-20 howitzer, one 122-mm D-30 howitzer, and two Anklav-N electronic warfare station.
Two AFU ammunition depots was destroyed.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces wiped out one tank gun workshop, one U.S.-made M270 MLRS launcher, and one U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS launcher.
In addition, clusters of AFU manpower and hardware have been engaged in 163 areas.
Air defence units shot down one French-made Hammer guided aerial bomb, seven U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles, 27 unmanned aerial vehicles, 11 of which outside the special military operation zone.
In total, 639 airplanes and 282 helicopters, 30,112 unmanned aerial vehicles, 575 air defence missile systems, 17,320 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,411 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 13,392 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 24,894 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.

The grim meat-grinder grinds onward.

Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Aug 18 2024 14:06 utc | 3

@ frkorz | Aug 18 2024 14:09 utc | 4
1) You’re off topic.
2) My cell phone doesn’t have a mouse.

Posted by: malenkov | Aug 18 2024 14:31 utc | 5

How stupid could they be to attack into Kursk all wearing their best nazi paraphernalia? Its easy to see why Russia just settled down to the job of exterminating them after Bojo’s visit to Keiv.

Lord Bebo
@MyLordBebo
🇺🇦🇷🇺 Ukrainian special forces: Chest patch of the man on the left side is a 14th Waffen SS Division patch.
WOW, haven’t seen so many WW2 patches since a long time. Kursk is where they all went.
https://x.com/MyLordBebo/status/1825147220871491825
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Lord Bebo
@MyLordBebo
Ukranian nationalists got overly excited recently and are showing off.
https://x.com/MyLordBebo/status/1825050792753029412
………..
Chay Bowes
@BowesChay
More evidence that there are “No Nazis in Ukraine”
An Italian tv channel platforms a Ukrainian Nazi from the Armed Forces of Ukraine wearing a cap from Hitlers bodyguard unit.
Remarkable
https://x.com/BowesChay/status/1825073141422358620

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Aug 18 2024 14:44 utc | 7

🇷🇺🇺🇦 Pokrovske Direction: Advances by the Russian Armed Forces in Several Sectors
Situation as of 5:00 PM on August 18, 2024
While Ukrainian formations continue to attack in the Kursk Region, the operational crisis of the AFU in the Pokrovske Direction has been steadily worsening over the past few weeks. Over the past few days, Russian Armed Forces units have been able to expand the zone of control towards both Novohrodivka and the Karlovo Reservoir.
▪️Northwest of Zhelanne, Russian troops have occupied Zhuravka and have begun fighting in Kruti Yar. Apparently, the main objective of the Russian Armed Forces in this sector is the Novohrodivka Mine No. 3, located to the west, which is situated on high ground.
To the south, assault groups of the Russian Armed Forces have also expanded the zone of control, but due to the lack of objective control footage online, it is difficult to establish the front line. Here too, Russian servicemen are trying to break through to the Kotliarevska Mine (formerly “Rossia”), which was previously used by the AFU as a deployment point for equipment and communication systems.
❗️There are also reports of the Russian assault troops reaching the outskirts of Selidovo, but it is not yet possible to confirm this information. The city has been hit by several artillery strikes, and FPV drones are now targeting targets within the city limits.
▪️The Russian troops have achieved significant successes on the southern flank, where at least five settlements have come under the control of the Russian Armed Forces. Among them is Zavetne, from the center of which videos have appeared of the Russian flag being raised.
From the line of Novosilka First – Yasnobrodivka, Russian units have straightened out the zone of control along the shore of the Karlovo Reservoir. On the opposite side, Ukrainian formations still maintain control over Ptychye.
▪️The Russian Ministry of Defense also reported the liberation of the settlement of Svyrydonivka, located on the northern flank. However, according to our information, the village was occupied by units several days earlier.
🔻Over the past few weeks, the situation for Ukrainian formations in the Pokrovske Direction has significantly deteriorated, and the overall description of the situation for the adversary is often reduced to interjections. The scale of the advance of Russian troops also demonstrates the cost of the AFU offensive in the Kursk Region.
At the same time, the Ukrainian command is already actively preparing Selidovo and Myrnohrad for defense in case of further advancement of the Russian Armed Forces – from August 19, a virtually round-the-clock curfew has been introduced in the cities, and reserves are being redeployed there.

https://t.me/rybar_in_english/17074

Posted by: Down South | Aug 18 2024 14:50 utc | 9

🇷🇺🇺🇦 Lyman Direction: Advances of the Russian Armed Forces in Makiivka
Situation as of 4:00 PM on August 18, 2024
For a long time, positional battles have continued along almost the entire line of contact in the Lyman direction. One of the most active sectors remains Makiivka, where Russian troops have been storming the enemy’s defenses for two months.
Nevertheless, due to the lack of objective control footage and information from the scene, it was not possible to establish the current configuration of the front in the settlement. However, yesterday the situation was somewhat clarified after the publication of video footage by the opponent.
According to the footage, units of the Russian Armed Forces have occupied most of Makiivka, while the AFU are holding positions on the opposite bank of the Zherebets River – further advance of Russian troops to the remaining part of the village will subsequently create a bridgehead from which to increase pressure on the line of Nevske – Yampolivka.
🔻 In other areas, the situation has not undergone significant changes – in the Serebryansky forest, in the vicinity of Zhuravka Gully, and the salient near Torske, positional battles are ongoing. Russian troops periodically strike both the enemy’s artillery and mobile electronic warfare systems.

https://t.me/rybar_in_english/17070

Posted by: Down South | Aug 18 2024 14:52 utc | 11

KyivPost
@KyivPost
Fears grow that Russia will soon stage a nuclear false flag terror attack to deflect from its catastrophic failures in Kursk.

https://x.com/KyivPost/status/1824758025996886064

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Aug 18 2024 14:57 utc | 13

Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Aug 18 2024 14:48 utc | 10
I think it was a trial of NATO tactics without NATO actually invading Russia … similar to how the alllies learned a lot about amphibious assaults of the French coast with the Dieppe raid during WW2. It’s the data that’s valuable here which was collected with plausible deniability and no NATO badged casualties.

Posted by: HB_Norica | Aug 18 2024 14:58 utc | 15

Ut is clear that Ukraine wont negotiate. Any negotiation would ruin their sence of superiority over Russia. And that is the most important to them.

Posted by: vargas | Aug 18 2024 15:01 utc | 17

Ukraine Weekly Update, 16th August 2024: May be useful to some: https://robcampbell.substack.com/p/ukraine-weekly-update-e15

Posted by: Dr. Rob Campbell | Aug 18 2024 15:03 utc | 19

Akhmat caught one of the Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers who kidnapped Russian civilians and conscripts from the village of Goncharovka
The Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers turned out to be scouts, they caught them with action cameras on their foreheads, where many interesting shots were found. The second one is the same lollipop guy without a bandage.

https://x.com/vicktop55/status/1825142292161638650
Unbelievable how stupid these clowns are.

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Aug 18 2024 15:08 utc | 21

Also regarding thread pollution..
Your feelings are ALL off topic. If you feel mad by what you read don’t respond to say how you feel. No one cares most certainly not the person you disagree with.
Respond with rumors or facts you’ve heard, or a value added analysis of said data points.
So, don’t respond to this post either. It’ll be cleaner that way.

Posted by: Neofeudalfuture | Aug 18 2024 15:14 utc | 23

Posted by: HB_Norica | Aug 18 2024 14:58 utc | 17
Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Aug 18 2024 15:06 utc | 22
A supplementary point: they’ve gone on a data-gathering operation, by depleting the forces on the Donbass front.

Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Aug 18 2024 15:23 utc | 25

Looks like the WaPo story on Qatar and negotiations was purely to throw the comedian of Kiev under the bus

of the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, to a question from the media in connection with the publication of The Washington Post
Question: The Washington Post reported that the Ukrainian Armed Forces ‘ attack on the Kursk region of the Russian Federation disrupted indirect talks between Kiev and Moscow in Qatar on strikes on critical infrastructure. Earlier reports appeared that Qatar and other Arab monarchies participated in negotiations for the exchange of prisoners. Can you comment on the fact that some indirect negotiations were conducted and were interrupted by this attack of the Kiev regime? Were there any chances of preparing for ceasefire negotiations through Arab mediators and/or in any other format before August 6, and how much did they decrease after that?
M. V. Zakharova: No one plucked anything, because there was nothing to pluck. There have been no direct or indirect talks between Russia and the Kiev regime on the security of civilian critical infrastructure facilities.
The only threat to the security of such facilities, including the Zaporizhia and now Kursk nuclear power plants, is caused solely by the actions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the complicity of the United States and other Western countries. By the way, it is symbolic that the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched their Kursk sortie on August 6, the anniversary of the American nuclear bombing of Hiroshima – the first and only use of atomic weapons against the civilian population and civilian infrastructure in the history of mankind.
As for the Russian Armed Forces, they do not strike at civilian targets. Moreover, they are currently doing everything possible to protect such facilities from attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces using Western weapons, and to protect the world from a large-scale man-made disaster.
Those who really want to ensure the security of critical infrastructure and avoid the catastrophic consequences of the neo-Nazi Kiev regime’s barbarism should first encourage this regime to abandon terrorist methods of warfare, and Western countries to discourage such tactics and supply it with lethal weapons.
After April 2022, when Kiev withdrew from negotiations with Russia, and five months later legally banned its own conduct, the only contacts between the Russian side and the Kiev regime were carried out through intermediaries only on humanitarian issues, primarily the exchange of prisoners.
At the same time, Kiev has repeatedly had chances for a negotiated solution to the crisis. The most recent one was presented in June of this year, when Russian President Vladimir Putin put forward a very generous peace initiative for the Ukrainian side, which opened up a real prospect for a cease-fire and reaching a final settlement through political and diplomatic methods. This proposal included recognizing territorial realities, rejecting Ukraine’s membership in NATO, lifting illegal sanctions, and ending discrimination against Russian-speaking citizens.
However, after August 6, the whole world saw the response of Ukrobanderovtsy to this gesture of goodwill – a bandit raid in the Kursk region, their atrocities against civilians, targeted killings of doctors, rescuers and volunteers, attacks on civilian vehicles, rocket attacks on residential buildings, widespread looting and even the creation of threats to nuclear security. https://t.me/s/MariaVladimirovnaZakharova

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Aug 18 2024 15:29 utc | 27

Posted by: HB_Norica | Aug 18 2024 14:58 utc | 17
Apart from the capabilities of certain platforms, I’d be curious as to what data they’ve collected that they didn’t already know.

Posted by: Milites | Aug 18 2024 15:41 utc | 29

Posted by: Dr. Rob Campbell | Aug 18 2024 15:03 utc | 21
Thanks Dr. Campbell, informative and succint as usual.
Posted by: Johan Kaspar | Aug 18 2024 15:32 utc | 30
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I agree with Johan, a very good summary of recent events and news.

Posted by: Ed | Aug 18 2024 15:43 utc | 31

******* My cell phone doesn’t have a mouse. malenkov | Aug 18 2024 14:31 utc | 6
****BS BS BS** malenkov | Aug 18 2024 14:52 utc | 12
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Hey malenkov, take your finger out of your a*s and use it for a mouse.
You BS and BS about trolls and you are the biggest distraction on this blog. It’s because you’re psychologically insecure and intellectually deficient. So take your meds, and shut up until you can get control of yourself.

Posted by: Jerr | Aug 18 2024 15:46 utc | 33

Posted by: marcjf | Aug 18 2024 15:23 utc | 28
Now you mention it, I can’t recall seeing that units name previously “mentioned in dispatches” either. I’ve generally lost track of Ukrainian reformations and redesignations, The whole business gives the distinct impression of an army in a state of chaotic disarray.

Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Aug 18 2024 15:52 utc | 35

Why are grown (old?) people members of cult of copium/hopium?
I really don’t know why these people think that their dear leader does not lose a step as he gets old?
Maybe they want to stay stuck in their glory of days of their youth; when their kids are not listening to them and their wives are sick of these curmudgeons.
Have you tried to talk to old professors? They give so much time, that you regret ever asking them. The truth is that No one at home listen’s to their rants. In the departments they are put to pastures: so only those who read their old works and are members of their cults approach them right after their admissions etc; only to learn that the old guys get no respect at home or office. The old guys live in the past along with their cult fanboys: that is how they live in the past.
Remember, that Einstein was brought to the Princeton University: he had not produced anything here, his last production was in 1920’s. But he could be used as a recruiting tool. Just like Shaq and MJ. You should see them now!
No one has good productive run for more than 20 or so years.
So I sympathize with old dudes who hang around the bar–living out their glory days of past; while their kids are turning homosexual and they cannot reconcile with it.
Good luck!

Posted by: Victor | Aug 18 2024 15:55 utc | 37

Weeb Union 16 mins
Pokrovsk Disaster Russian Forces Can’t Be Stopped | AFU Capture Martynovka
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_XkU_p_8C0

Posted by: Don Firineach | Aug 18 2024 15:56 utc | 39

Jerr | Aug 18 2024 15:46 utc | 35
“We are winning and in a great mood. Wipe your snot, bitches” – Marat Khairullin

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Aug 18 2024 15:57 utc | 41

Victor | Aug 18 2024 15:55 utc | 39
“We are winning and in a great mood. Wipe your snot, bitches” – Marat Khairullin

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Aug 18 2024 15:59 utc | 43

@ marcjf | Aug 18 2024 15:57 utc | 44
Western propaganda is optimized for short term burst events, two years at the very most. Anything longer than that and their own “professionals” forget what they’ve lied about before, but also can’t come up with anything new since they’ve already lied about everything. This hardly is the only example either.

Posted by: boneless | Aug 18 2024 16:02 utc | 45

” Posted by: Dr. Rob Campbell | Aug 18 2024 15:03 utc | 21
Thanks Dr. Campbell, informative and succint as usual.
Posted by: Johan Kaspar | Aug 18 2024 15:32 utc | 30 ”
Why not drop pretenses and announce your love for each other? Or better go get a room?
Why do people’s panties get soaking wet, when their lords use “doctor”?: and this is funny “doctorow”?
All these people’s attempts at “appeal to authority” are such naked attempts at using this to attract copium intellectuals. But no matter, copium crowds’ panties start dripping even at the “Doctorow” moniker!
What a bunch of fools!

Posted by: Victor | Aug 18 2024 16:08 utc | 47

https://sputnikglobe.com/20240818/russia-may-use-ukraines-kursk-attack-to-find-seams-in-its-defenses-elsewhere—uk-media-1119810551.html

The attack on Russia’s Kursk region launched on August 6 prompted the Ukrainian military to withdraw troops and weapons from its eastern front lines, leaving units “even more stretched,” US media outlets have underscored, dubbing the operation by Kiev a “risky gamble.”
Ukraine’s attempt to seize territory in the Kursk region could help the Russian Armed Forces find weak spots in the enemy’s defenses on other parts of the front, The Guardian speculated.
Prior to the attack on the Kursk region, the Kiev regime was already “suffering from a shortage of troops to rotate and hold the line” at the front, Jack Watling, a senior research fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, told the outlet. Citing the “grim picture of retreat” served up by Ukraine’s Armed Forces ahead of the Kursk operation, the analyst noted that Kiev’s military has extremely limited capabilities to advance near Kursk “before it overextends.”
Last summer’s disastrous counteroffensive attempt by Ukraine resulted in massive losses of personnel and NATO-delivered weaponry. This year, despite more aid packages from its Western patrons, the puppet regime has suffered continuing combat failures and drastic manpower losses in the face of steady gains made by Russia’s Armed Forces.
Soon the intensity of hostilities will decrease as the Russian forces “will dig defenses and then bring up artillery, electronic warfare complexes and fresh troops,” as it has enough personnel and equipment – unlike Ukraine, the UK think tank analyst said.
Speculating that any effect of the operation in the Kursk region that Ukraine is staking on is temporary and could turn out extremely badly for it, he summed up:
“The stretching of Ukrainian resources will increase opportunities for the Russians to find the seams in Ukraine’s defenses and make advances elsewhere [on the front].”

Posted by: Victor | Aug 18 2024 16:15 utc | 49

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Aug 18 2024 15:59 utc | 45
I did not know that criminal Peters or Pauls were winning! I did not even know if they were fighting?
Why not just stay in your penal colony, and keep robbing each other. As robbing Peter to pay Paul. Mongrals!

Posted by: Victor | Aug 18 2024 16:18 utc | 51

Don’t feed the trolls.
Ta. D.
Posted by: Don Firineach | Aug 18 2024 14:05 utc | 1

Posted by: james | Aug 18 2024 16:20 utc | 53

marcjf@1557
One hopes that your source is purely satirical.

Posted by: aristodemos | Aug 18 2024 16:30 utc | 55

In total, 639 airplanes and 282 helicopters, 30,112 unmanned aerial vehicles, 575 air defence missile systems, 17,320 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,411 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 13,392 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 24,894 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
The grim meat-grinder grinds onward.
Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Aug 18 2024 14:06 utc | 3
13.4 K artillery units.
Just to pick one weapons system.
What’s left?
The warehouses must be nearly finished.

Posted by: jpc | Aug 18 2024 16:33 utc | 57

Posted by: boneless | Aug 18 2024 16:02 utc | 47
The problem is the target audience are evolving and such techniques are increasingly ineffective, look at the recent attempts by the MSM to re-write Harris’ bio, it was mercilessly shredded by memes and Tik-Tok drive-bys. They are finding it difficult to adapt and overcome a legacy of sloth, entitlement and wresting on their laurels, hence the continued contraction of the industry.
Posted by: Peter AU1 | Aug 18 2024 16:05 utc | 48
It’s definitely an indicator of the shocking lack of professionalism found in some of the forces used in this incursion. It’s also off-the-charts counter-productive, I would think these are for a ‘Ghoul Squad’ processing if they foolishly surrender and are recognised: however, given the footage was from RT, perhaps they’re already invaded Russia on a permanent basis.

Posted by: Milites | Aug 18 2024 16:37 utc | 59

Posted by: Eighthman | Aug 18 2024 16:42 utc | 62
#########
Are we sure? Napoleon told me that the F-16s would destroy Russia and NATO would stroll to an easy victory now that American air power was deployed.
You can see my conundrum. Napoleon vs CIA. Both of them are very credible. 🙄 😂

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Aug 18 2024 16:47 utc | 61

Posted by: Eighthman | Aug 18 2024 16:42 utc | 62
Heh, I think most of us here could have told them that 12 days ago.
Is “Kurskiasco” too cumbersome?

Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Aug 18 2024 16:49 utc | 63

My take is that we must evolve from the university concept into a cosmoversity renaissance, with facilities built from the ground up by those who seek genuine learning along with a community of scholars. Is that too much to suggest?

The only way left to us. I cherish my printed encyclopedias.

Posted by: Catilina | Aug 18 2024 16:56 utc | 65

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Aug 18 2024 15:29 utc | 29
M. V. Zakharova: No one plucked anything, because there was nothing to pluck.
(Nominated for quote of the day)
By the way, it is symbolic that the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched their Kursk sortie on August 6, the anniversary of the American nuclear bombing of Hiroshima – the first and only use of atomic weapons against the civilian population and civilian infrastructure in the history of mankind.
-Solzhenitsyn aptly described Nuremberg as a whitewash and shirking of accountability; to eradicate and destroy the very notion of evil from Europeans psyches. Somehow the same thing occurred with Japan where a genocidal nation overnight became victims by Hiroshima’s destruction, a city of foreigners and their lackeys. Perhaps that’s the point of it, Japan the prototype for Ukraine the penultimate quisling state after Germany, can be saved by a nuclear false flag that apparently won’t materialize since the central criterion for the event, the occupation of Kursk, is now fiction.

Posted by: Nothingburgers | Aug 18 2024 16:57 utc | 67

Johan Kaspar | Aug 18 2024 16:51 utc | 66
As Putin said, Stalin made a big mistake adding Galicia to Ukraine.
For the average Ukrainian, they may start to wake up when this is over and the sheer scale of their losses will hit them. The military cemeteries are a sea of flags and likely just as many again ‘MIA’. The front lines have been relatively static for quite some time. Now that those frontlines are starting to move, the Russians are finding the bones and rotting corpses of those MIA’s

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Aug 18 2024 17:02 utc | 69

@68 aristdemos
Re: kursk supply lines.
The maps I’ve seen show the one main highway to sudzha, but the base of the salient is much wider than the northern tip. They cam easily supply a largely infantry led for there of thousands indefinitely. The vehicles, not so much but they don’t last long out of cover so they don’t need supplies.
Russia is unable to pinch it off, everything points to a grind down the window for pinching it off was a few days in, but they had nothing ready then.
So now, meatgrinder unless ukraine withdraws it infantry.
The calculations for a Ukrainian withdrawal look low. They can’t simply go back to the border Russia won’t let go now until there’s a buffer in ukraine.

Posted by: Neofeudalfuture | Aug 18 2024 17:08 utc | 71

Whenever you see the western msm criticize Zelensky, remember this….
“The US administration is planning to launch a powerful information campaign to discredit Zelensky in order to force him to leave his post, the SVR said.”
https://sputnikglobe.com/20240813/us-working-to-replace-zelensky-with-less-corrupt-figure–russias-svr-1119749272.html

Posted by: wagelaborer | Aug 18 2024 17:11 utc | 73

Demilitarizion of 404 has been proceeding steadily since the start of the SMO,
Posted by: Peter AU1 | Aug 18 2024 15:43 utc | 34
😀😃😅
Qu’est-ce que tu fumes?
Here are some weapons Ukraine has received since the start of Putin’s SMO:
1. Stinger missiles
2. HIMARS, ATACMS
3. M1, Leopard Tanks
4. Drones. Drones. Drones.
5. Stryker fighting vehicles
6. Patriot missiles
7. Harpoon missiles
8. Howitzers
9. Cruise Missiles (Storm Shadow)
10. F-16s
Wake up and smell the coffee. The SMO ended years ago. Putin failed. He has turned Ukraine into a NATO super-member.

Posted by: Napoleon | Aug 18 2024 17:25 utc | 75

The Holy Roman Empire of Westphalia vs Constantinople

Maria Zakharova
The All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations has supported a bill banning the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
Satanists.

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Aug 18 2024 17:30 utc | 77

Posted by: Nazipoleon | Aug 18 2024 17:25 utc | 77
It would be quite a spreadsheet exercise to correlate your list of equipment with the losses recorded by the Russian Defence Ministry since the start of the SMO, see how much stuff is actually left.
BTW, FYI there is no credible evidence that the F-16s have actually been delivered yet. Zelly posing in front of an obsolete version in Romania doesn’t count.
For the time being, they remain Schrödingers F-16s…

Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Aug 18 2024 17:33 utc | 79

karlof1 | Aug 18 2024 17:31 utc | 80
Thanks Karl. I guess it was the Brits or Americans gave orders for prisoners …

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Aug 18 2024 17:40 utc | 81

@Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Aug 18 2024 17:33 utc | 81
If you are delusional enough to believe this go ahead:
“Demilitarizion of 404 has been proceeding steadily since the start of the SMO…”

Posted by: Napoleon | Aug 18 2024 17:42 utc | 83

Posted by: Nazipoleon | Aug 18 2024 17:42 utc | 85
Not delusional, reality. Demilitarisation continues on the Donbass front (at an increased pace), and now on the Kursk/Sumy border.
“You can ignore reality, but you can’t ignore the consequences of ignoring reality” said somebody, somewhere.

Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Aug 18 2024 17:51 utc | 85

@74 Peter
Re: correlating logistics and surrenders.
The videos and numbers I’ve seen don’t seem operationally significant, from either side. It’s more fluid further north and the sabotage and reconnaissance groups get cut down sometimes.
There is some logistics problems further north so ukraine has been spreading along the border in response. Infantry supplies can be brought in a number of ways that don’t involve convoys of vehicles or distributed from a centralized warehouse. A thousand guys with rifles and grenades supported by thousands of fpv drones can stay in business a long time, especially if they’re hiding in dense forests, as evidenced by the eternal battle north of seversk.
They will need to be killed 1 or 2 at a time which is much slower than they can be reinforced.
I figure Ukraine will draw it out as long as possible in Kursk and they can do it for months or longer,
This will depend of course on events elsewhere but as long as ukraine wants to use it’s new 25-27 mobilization cohort in this way this is the way it is

Posted by: Neofeudalfuture | Aug 18 2024 18:00 utc | 87

Peter AU1 | Aug 18 2024 17:40 utc | 83–
Thanks Peter. The video snippets at Martyanov’s are telling. The two most impactful IMO being the body being pulled from the forest and tossed onto a heap of other bodies, and the long line of POWs, Martyanov says a full platoon, but given Ukie brigade strength, that could be what remains of one.
Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Aug 18 2024 17:41 utc | 84–
Thanks for your reply. Putin’s very smart to remain restrained and let the Hawks talk.

Posted by: karlof1 | Aug 18 2024 18:03 utc | 89

Did a search on MSM Ukraine news for Australia in the last 24 hours.
These headlines are the crap Australians are still being fed.
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=ukraine&t=opera&iar=news&df=d&ia=news
I guess it will be the same in the rest of the western world.

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Aug 18 2024 18:05 utc | 91

the reality is ukraine has a vast theritory obtained at ww2 on behalf of soviet union from the surrounding countries like Poland, Hungary, Romania… its pretty incredible the silence of the eu members, in regards to this.

Posted by: innuendo | Aug 18 2024 18:13 utc | 93

Johan #66
sorry But Not even in same league as zionism.

Posted by: thebeek | Aug 18 2024 18:15 utc | 95

Posted by: Chaka Khagan | Aug 18 2024 18:01 utc | 90
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Zelensky is an actor. He’s like that “Mandarin” character from the Iron Man movies. Playing a role on television.
Please, folks, stop attributing any decision-making or responsibility to a paid stooge.
In many regards, he is like Trump. Playing the role of President but unable to enact or lead any policy (unless it is on behalf of Bibi Netanyahu in Trump’s case).
Do people really believe in 2024 that corporations (BlackRock, MIC, Alphabet, Palantir, etc.) allow Western governmental executives to have any agency?

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Aug 18 2024 18:22 utc | 97

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I really appreciate the spirit of this, but I don’t seem to be able to make it work.
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Posted by: Anonymous | Aug 18 2024 18:27 utc | 99