Kherson offensive?

Russia-Ukraine war live: 24-hour curfew imposed in Kherson as Putin calls for

 

I'm sure there's all sorts of booby traps and other nasty surprises.

 

Another day, another Russian war crime.


World
The New Voice of Ukraine
Russians hang nurse in Skadovsk for pro-Ukrainian views, reports FT

 

Savages....what else can one say.

 

Ukraine Conflict Updates
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 4
Key Takeaways

• The Russian military is likely trying to use mobilized personnel to restart its Donetsk offensive but will likely fail to achieve operationally significant gains.
• Russian forces are setting conditions for an orderly withdrawal from the west bank of the Dnipro River to avoid a rout in Kherson Oblast.
• President Vladimir Putin is likely setting conditions to continue mobilization covertly despite claims that partial mobilization produced sufficient forces.
• Russia’s costly force generation measures will likely continue to weigh on the Russian economy and generate social tensions.
• Iran is likely exploiting Russian reliance on Iranian-made weapon systems to request Russian assistance with its nuclear program.
• Russian forces may be deploying extreme measures against deserting personnel in an attempt to respond to severe morale issues.
• Russian sources claimed that Ukrainian forces continued counteroffensive operations in the direction of Kreminna and Svatove.
• Russian forces continued to prepare existing and new defensive lines in Kherson Oblast.
• Russian forces continued to conduct offensive operations around Bakhmut, Avdiivka, and Donetsk City.
• Russian forces continued forced evacuation measures in Kherson Oblast.
• Russian and occupation officials continued to set measures for the forced deportation of Ukrainian children to the Russian Federation. . . .

 

Russia-Ukraine war live: Kherson looted ahead of expected ...
https://www.theguardian.com › world › live › nov › rus...

5 hours ago — Russian troops taking vehicles, art and even religious artefacts from Kherson; UK says Russia struggling to train new recruits.

 

Ukraine Conflict Updates
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 5

Click here to read the full report.

Key Takeaways

• Wagner Group financier Yevheniy Prigozhin seeks to obfuscate his efforts to strengthen his independent power base with an appeal to the concept of Russia’s historic unity.
• Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian confirmed that Iran began providing Russia drones before February 24, but strangely denied that Russian forces have used them in combat.
• DNR military commander Aleksandr Khodakovsky claimed that Russian friendly fire may have caused up to 60% of total Russian losses since mid-May.
• Ukrainian troops reportedly continued counteroffensives along the Svatove-Kreminna line.
• Russian forces continued to set up defensive positions along the Dnipro River.
• Ukrainian forces continued to target Russian logistics and transportation in Kherson Oblast.
• Russian forces continued to attack around Bakhmut and claimed unspecified advances.
• Russian forces continued unsuccessful offensive operations in the Avdiivka-Donetsk City area and in western Donetsk.
• Continued poor conditions for mobilized soldiers catalyzed a large-scale protest in Kazan.
• Unknown actors reportedly attempted to assassinate high-profile Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR) Supreme Court Judge Aleksandr Nikulin.
• Russia continues to deploy personnel to staff administrative positions in occupied areas.
• Russian forces continued forced evacuations in Kherson Oblast. Over 80% of Kherson residents reportedly have evacuated. . . .

Ukrainian forces continued their interdiction campaign on November 5, targeting Russian logistics and transportation routes in Kherson Oblast. Ukrainian military officials reported that Ukrainian forces struck a Russian river crossing near the Antonivsky Bridge, destroying a tugboat and damaging two other vessels.[33] Ukrainian forces also reportedly struck a Russian military convoy awaiting to cross the Dnipro River in Olhivka, about 13km northwest of Nova Kakhovka.[34] Ukrainian military officials added that Ukrainian forces shot down two Russian attack helicopters in Beryslav Raion, damaged Russian area of manpower accumulation in Radensk, and destroyed three ammunition depots in Beryslav and Kherson raions.[35] Local Ukrainian sources reported witnessing explosions in Kherson City, and Russian sources accused Ukrainian forces of targeting evacuees.[36] Local residents also reported a Ukrainian strike on Nibulon factory in Hola Prystan, about 14km southwest of Kherson City.[37] . . .

 

The disinformation campaign has begun.


The Hill
Russia claims Ukraine hit dam near Kherson with US missiles

 

Whatever Mafiosi claims....they probably did themselves.

Everything is a$$ backward with these vatniks.

 

Ukraine Conflict Updates

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 7

Click here to read the full report.

Key Takeaways

• The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) issued a rare statement on November 7 in response to extensive Russian milblogger outcry about reported extensive losses and poor command within the 155th Naval Infantry Brigade of the Pacific Fleet.
• The Russian pro-war siloviki faction (including Yevgeny Prigozhin and Ramzan Kadyrov) is increasing its influence in part to advance personal interests in Russia and occupied Ukraine, not strictly to win the war.
• Russian forces have greatly depleted their arsenal of high-precision weapons systems and have suffered significant aviation losses and will likely struggle to maintain the current pace of the Russian military’s coordinated campaign against Ukrainian critical infrastructure.
• Russian occupation authorities likely began a new phase of evacuations from Kherson Oblast.
• Russian troops continued efforts to fix Ukrainian troops against the international border in northeastern Kharkiv Oblast.
• Russian sources claimed that Ukrainian troops continued counteroffensive operations in the Svatove direction.
• Russian sources claimed that Russian troops conducted limited counterattacks to regain lost positions west of Kreminna.
• Russian sources widely claimed that proxy and Wagner Group troops entered the outskirts of Bilohorivka.
• Russian sources reported that Ukrainian troops are massing in the Kherson Oblast direction.
• Russian troops continued offensive operations around Bakhmut, in the Avdiivka-Donetsk City area, and in western Donetsk Oblast.
• Ukrainian forces conducted limited interdiction efforts against Russian concentration areas in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
• Russian President Vladimir Putin continued to make public statements and signed additional decrees to portray himself as taking steps to fix fundamental problems with partial mobilization in Russia.
• Russian and occupation officials continue to abduct Ukrainian children, intimidate civilians, and escalate filtration measures. . . .

 

Ukraine Conflict Updates

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 8

Click here to read the full report.

Key Takeaways

• Iranian sources announced—without Russian confirmation—that Russian National Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev arrived in Tehran on November 8, likely to discuss the potential sale of Iranian ballistic missiles to Russia. Iran likely announced Patrushev’s arrival to highlight the deepening cooperation between Moscow and Tehran to an international audience, as well as to implicitly highlight that a high-ranking Russian official turned to Iran for help in Ukraine.
• Wagner Group forces are continuing to exaggerate their claimed territorial gains in Donbas to further distinguish themselves from proxy and conventional Russian forces.
• Ukrainian forces likely made marginal gains northwest of Svatove, Luhansk Oblast, and Russian sources claimed that Ukrainian forces intensified offensive operations toward Kreminna.
• Russian forces continued offensive operations around Bakhmut, Avdiivka, and in western Donetsk Oblast.
• Ukrainian authorities attempted to counteract Russian authorities’ continued efforts to strengthen control of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP).
• The disproportionate financial burden of Russian force generation efforts continues to fall primarily on Russian regional governments’ budgets, prompting public backlash.
• Financial and bureaucratic issues are continuing to hinder Russian efforts to replenish formerly elite units defending critical areas of the front line, potentially threatening the integrity of Russian defenses in occupied parts of Ukraine.
• Russian occupation authorities in Kherson Oblast may be trying to force residents out of the western part of the oblast by cutting communications on the west bank of the Dnipro River. . . .

Financial and bureaucratic issues are continuing to hinder Russian efforts to replenish formerly elite units defending critical areas of the front line, potentially threatening the integrity of Russian defenses in occupied parts of Ukraine. A Russian source claimed that a St. Petersburg volunteer for the 76th Guards Airborne Assault Division, a formerly elite unit, was registered as a mobilized soldier rather than a volunteer, thereby only entitling him to a 50,000-ruble payment rather than the 100,000-ruble payment for volunteers.[50] The source also claimed that nine other volunteers of the division were similarly mislabeled.[51] The 76th Airborne Division is currently defending the front line in Kherson Oblast, where Russian forces desperately need more bodies who are willing to fight or provide cover during a controlled withdrawal.[52] . . .

 

Russian Installed Official Dies and Major Kherson Bridge Destroyed as Kyiv Presses Southern Advance. Reuters reports that Kirill Stremousov, a Russian installed official in Kherson was killed citing Russian media sources who say he died in a car accident. This comes as pictures surfaced online that show that the Darivka bridge, which spans a tributary of the Dnipro River has been destroyed. Reuters was able to verify the images, but so far no one has claimed responsibility for the attack. This comes amid an advance in the region by Ukrainian forces who are attempting to drive Russian forces from Kherson, the only regional capital that Moscow has successfully captured since the start of the war. Reuters

 

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  Russia suffers major military setback in Ukraine

 

Who writes this stuff? As though this was some secret mission?

https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/169999626.jpg?resize=770,513
Russia’s security chief discusses Ukraine, trade on visit to Iran
Nikolai Patrushev meets his Iranian counterpart and Iran’s president, as Moscow and Tehran look to deepen ties.

https://www.voanews.com/a/putin-ally-meets-iran-leader-as-moscow-deepens-tehran-ties-/6827012.html
Putin Ally Meets Iran Leader as Moscow Deepens Tehran Ties

 

Iran and Russia...two peas in a pod.

 

Iran and Russia need each other, but unfortunately have huge domestic and other constraints in how far they can truly develop ties. The Russians have to balance ties with Iran with those with the 2 Trojan horses they have been nurturing their ties with, namely Israel and Saudi Arabia. Besides, innate prejudices, combined with the influence of Russian-Israeli oligarchs, and some weird bargains promised to them, all have made many in Iran naturally distrustful of the Russians. And both countries have their globalist, western-oriented, interest groups to deal with, while ideologically their only common denominator seems to be antipathy to expansion of US and NATO hegemony. On top of all that, there is some history that Iranians still remember vividly that don't help either. In other words there are plenty of obstacles even if a more fundamental reappraisal of where they each stand on some issues could do both a lot of good.

 

Kherson: Russia to withdraw troops from key Ukrainian city

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63573387?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

 

Both are **** hole authoritarian regimes that sorely need to grow up.

 

The authoritarian regime in China shows very good results in economic growth. Much better than the democracies of the West.

 

They could double our economic growth and I'd still not want to be lorded over by that fat man.

 

@Destroyer of illusions

I guess retreat from Herson also was in Russian plan and still all is going according to plan?

 

Thank god, spare the Ukrainians (AND the poor Russian conscripts) from a Stalingrad style scenario. Time to end this MADNESS, Putin trying to reclaim the tyranny of the USSR when the rest of the world has moved on.

 

Looks like they had big supply problems, so there were choice - left or be crashed by Ukrainian army.

 

I will guess once Kherson is liberated.....there'll be plenty of mass graves found.

 

Dwarfstan could care less about his conscripts.