Running Newsticker for the War in Ukraine

Russians have to pay more to get troops.

Ukraine Conflict Updates
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 21, 2024

Click here to read the full report with maps

• Russian State Duma Chairperson Vyacheslav Volodin recently visited Nicaragua and Cuba, likely as part of ongoing Kremlin efforts to project its influence in the Western hemisphere and rally states against the US and the West.
• The Georgian State Security Service (SUS or SSSG) reportedly recently summoned several Georgian citizens, who had served as volunteers alongside Ukrainian forces, for questioning on charges of "conspiracy to overthrow the government" and "terrorism."
• Geolocated imagery confirms that a Ukrainian drone strike damaged infrastructure at the Millerovo Airbase in Rostov Oblast overnight on July 19 to 20.
• Russian forces recently advanced near Avdiivka.
• Russian forces conducted missile and drone strikes against Ukraine overnight on July 20 to 21.
• Russian federal subjects are intensifying non-standard monetary incentives for contract service with the Russian military. . . .

 

So much for cover and concealment.
https://defendersanddisciples.com/use-of-cover-and-concealment/


As Armored Vehicles Run Out, Russian Brigades Are Adding Dirt Bike Training For Some New Troops

Forbes

|13 hours ago

"The motorcycle school is real," one Russian blogger wrote in a recent post about the 5th Donetsk Brigade, which fights in and around the town of Krasnohorivka in eastern Ukraine. Estonian analyst War Translated helpfully translated the post into English.

Looking forward:

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......It's just becoming laughable now...it's hilarious you trying to convince people that Russia is some poor little country....The Cinderella among Nations....some pathetic downtrodden little country with no agency and begging to be allowed to go to the dance....Putin looking out the Kremlin windows, tears streaking his little cheeks as he watches all the other adults going to important meetings and smoozing with all the world's leaders....

You do know about Russia...I mean you know where it is on the map and what it's been up to for the last 20 years..... or haven't you learn't anything in the troll courses!!???

Word of warning. Be careful or the FSB will be banging at your door....you can't portray Putin as some hapless f**kwit like that or you'll end up dying in a labour camp.

 

All of the assets of over confident oligarchs are now at risk.

"The National Asset Recovery And Management Agency of Ukraine (ARMA) has received four Mi-2 helicopters and two AN-2 aircraft following State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) materials. The aircraft belonged to Crimean entrepreneurs who were found to have financed Russia's armed aggression."

Ukraine's ARMA agency receives 4 helicopters and 2 planes from Crimean entrepreneurs who financed Russian aggression

MSN

|47 minutes ago

The National Asset Recovery And Management Agency of Ukraine (ARMA) has received four Mi-2 helicopters and two AN-2 aircraft following State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) materials. The aircraft belonged to Crimean entrepreneurs who were found to have financed Russia's armed aggression.

 

Russians may face increased difficulties controlling their message, while Ukraine benefits from growing/widening military assistance and support.

Ukraine Conflict Updates
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 22, 2024

Click here to read the full report.
Key Takeaways:

• Russia and North Korea are pursuing increased cooperation in the judicial sphere.
• Russia is taking steps to codify terms broadly expanding the Russian official definition of prosecutable extremism as part of its ongoing effort to criminally prosecute and stymie domestic opposition to the Kremlin and its war in Ukraine.
• Kursk Oblast officials appointed a critical Russian milblogger to an advisory role within the regional government, likely as part of wider Kremlin efforts to appease critical commentators by granting them certain reputational concessions in exchange for their increased informational loyalty.
• Ukrainian forces conducted drone strikes against Russian oil infrastructure in Krasnodar Krai and a military air base in Rostov Oblast on July 22.
• Georgian authorities reportedly placed roughly 300 Georgian citizens who have served as volunteers in the Georgian Legion alongside Ukrainian forces on Georgia's wanted list.
• Russian forces recently advanced near Vovchansk, Siversk, Toretsk, and Donetsk City. . . . .

Ukraine's partners continue to sign bilateral security agreements with Ukraine and provide Ukraine with military assistance. Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal stated on July 16 that the first 50,000 artillery shells from the Czech-led artillery ammunition initiative have arrived in Ukraine and that some have reached the frontlines.[76] Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky announced on July 22 that Czechia intends to deliver 100,000 shells to Ukraine through the initiative in July and August 2024, and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen stated on July 18 that the Czech-led shell initiative aims to deliver nearly 500,000 artillery rounds to Ukraine by the end of 2024.[77] Latvian Defense Minister Andris Spruds stated on July 22 that a package of over 500 drones is en route to Ukraine as part of the Latvian and UK-led drone coalition for Ukraine.[78]

Ukraine continues to build out its domestic defense capabilities and sign joint production agreements with defense companies in partner countries. The Ukrainian Defense Procurement Agency announced on July 18 that it has signed over 20 contracts with leading international defense manufacturers, and Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Dmytro Klimenkov noted that Ukraine needs to diversify its weapons suppliers.[79] Ukrainian state-owned defense firm Ukroboronprom signed cooperation agreements with two Czech companies on July 16 on the supply of goods and services to construct a new small arms ammunition production factory in Ukraine.[80] Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov and UK Defense Minister John Healey signed an agreement on July 19 on the provision of a two-billion-pound (about $2.58 billion) loan to strengthen Ukraine's defensive capabilities, including purchasing new weapons.[81] . . . .

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgr542l753po

 

Crimea is being cut off.

Ukraine Conflict Updates
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 23, 2024

Click here to read the full report.
Key Takeaways:

• The Russian State Duma proposed an amendment that would allow commanders to punish subordinates for using personal communications and navigation devices at the frontline, prompting significant milblogger backlash and highlighting how Russian forces continue to struggle with command and control (C2) issues and overreliance on insecure technologies to conduct combat operations in Ukraine.
• Ukrainian forces reportedly conducted drone strikes against a ferry crossing in Kavkaz, Krasnodar Krai on the night of July 22 to 23.
• Russian President Vladimir Putin appointed a new Deputy Head of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Services on July 22, and there were several personnel changes within the Russian State Duma on July 23.
• Russian forces recently marginally advanced near Siversk, Avdiivka, and Donetsk City.
• Russian regional officials are continuing to increase financial incentives to entice more men to fight in Ukraine.
• Russian occupation officials continue to rely on Russian security organs for law enforcement and filtration functions in occupied Ukraine aimed at degrading pro-Ukrainian sentiment. . . .

 

Putin has apparently been told that it will take about 2 million more troops to move significantly further into Ukraine.

Russia is offering Moscow residents a record $22,000 to fight in Ukraine

CNN on MSN.com [7/24/24]

|8 hours ago

Authorities in the city of Moscow are offering a record signing-on bonus for new recruits to fight in Ukraine, in the latest sign of a scramble to boost dwindling Russian troop numbers.

They will also need to buy at least 2 million more dirt bikes and scooters.

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As Armored Vehicles Run Out, Russian Brigades Are Adding Dirt Bike Training For Some New Troops. Don't expect a little extra training to significantly extend bike troops' life-expectancy.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davida...dding-dirt-bike-training-for-some-new-troops/

 

"Mitteleuropa" tried to appease totalitarian imperialism before WW II. Hungary has apparently forgotten what happened to the nations that sucked up to Russia and Nazi Germany.

The rest Europe seems to have better memory.



NATO Ally's F-16 Jets Scrambled after Russian Drone Crosses Border

Newsweek on MSN.com

|9 hours ago

Romania sent F-16 fighter jets to the border with Ukraine early on Wednesday after Russia launched drone attacks close to the NATO country's border. Between Tuesday and Wednesday, Russia's military "carried out a new series of drone attacks" in Ukraine close to the border with Romania, Bucharest's ministry of national defense said in a statement.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/worl...fter-russian-drone-crosses-border/ar-BB1qxc0U

 

https://www.reuters.com/world/europ...moscow-car-bomb-attack-kommersant-2024-07-24/

 

A Tit for a lot of Tats?

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Russian man is among those arrested in plots targeting Paris Olympics

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Hungary sucks up to Russia. Czechs step up.


Ukraine to receive 500,000 shells by year's end under Czech initiative

Yahoo

|4 hours ago

Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala stated that Ukraine will get half a million artillery shells by the end of 2024 as part of the programme undertaken by Prague. Source: Ukrinform, as reported by European Pravda Details: Fiala emphasised that the Czech initiative's supply of shells to Ukraine in the next months "will continue at a predictable pace.

 

Too bad that the Turkies arrested the hero who is suspected by Russkies to be involved in the attack.

 

Let us hope, pray, or use magic ( whatever ‘you ‘ do best ) to get this to happen!

 

Russian senior officers are not safe in Moscow.

Ukraine Conflict Updates
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 24, 2024

Click here to read the full report.
Key Takeaways:

• Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi stated that the Russian military has significantly increased its manpower and materiel commitments to the war in Ukraine over the last two and a half years, but Syrskyi's statement is not indicative of a sudden increase in the Russian military's presence in Ukraine and is instead representative of the manpower and material disadvantage that Ukrainian forces have faced for over two years.
• Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba met with People's Republic of China (PRC) Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Guangzhou on July 24 and discussed the war in Ukraine and the PRC's potential role in a future negotiated settlement of the war.
• The Russian State Duma adopted an amendment on July 24 that will allow Russian commanders to punish subordinates for using personal communication and navigation devices at the frontline, drawing continued backlash from Russian ultranationalists as well as other Duma deputies.
• The Georgian State Security Service (SUS or SSSG) reiterated standard Kremlin information operations targeting former Georgian opposition figures and former Ukrainian law enforcement officials.
• An assassination attempt injured a reported senior Russian military intelligence officer in Moscow City on July 24.
• Russian forces recently marginally advanced north of Kharkiv City and near Avdiivka and Donetsk City.
• Russian officials continue efforts to entice Russians into military service with monetary incentives. . . .

Russian officials claimed on July 24 that Russian citizen Yevgeny Serebryakov attached an improvised explosive device (IED) to car at about 0230 local time on July 24 and that the IED detonated at about 0630 local time when a man and his wife started the car, severely injuring them.[29] Russian sources reported that the attack injured Andrey Torgashev, allegedly a senior officer of the Russian Main Military Intelligence Directorate (GRU) who previously served with GRU Unit 45807, a psychological operations unit reportedly directly subordinate to the head of the GRU.[30] Russian sources initially misidentified the victim as another Andrey Torgashev, the Deputy Commander of the 89th Satellite Communications Center (Strategic Missile Forces Central Communications Center), who made a statement to Russian state media that he was not involved or injured in the explosion.[31] Serebryakov fled to Turkey and arrived around 0930 on July 24, upon which Turkish authorities later detained him and are preparing to extradite him to Russia.[32] A Russian court charged Serebryakov with two counts of attempted murder, and Russian media reported that Russian authorities are investigating the involvement of Ukrainian special services in the assassination attempt and that prosecutors may change Serebryakov's charges to terrorism.[33] . . . .

 

This is on top of those they have already lost (600 000)

Russia 'would have to lose over 1.5 million soldiers' to achieve Ukraine war goals, new head of British army claims
https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/russia-lose-million-soldiers-to-achieve-ukraine-war-goals/

 

Biden and European leaders know what needs to be done.
It would be easier for all involved if Russia was forced out of Ukraine before JRB leaves office. Isolating Crimea would amount to a decisive victory for Ukraine, and make negations for a secure lasting peace possible. Crime under Russian rule is now worth less than nothing to Russia -- it is a bleeding liability. Biden should use whatever power he has left to order the military to send whatever Ukraine needs at once.


Sacramentans rally at State Capitol for Ukraine, Biden promises to stop Putin in Wednesday address to nation

CBS Sacramento on MSN.com. [7/25/24]

|9 hours ago

Demonstrators rallied at the California State Capitol on Wednesday night in support of Ukraine as Russia's invasion enters its 880th day in the country.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...in-in-wednesday-address-to-nation/ar-BB1qAuR9

 

Putin is doing everything he can to make sure Ukraine achieves those "war goals" as fast as possible.

 

Biden still has time to make Putin run out of time a lot faster.


Sacramentans rally at State Capitol for Ukraine, Biden promises to stop Putin in Wednesday address to nation

CBS Sacramento on MSN.com. [7/25/24]

|9 hours ago

Demonstrators rallied at the California State Capitol on Wednesday night in support of Ukraine as Russia's invasion enters its 880th day in the country.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...in-in-wednesday-address-to-nation/ar-BB1qAuR9

 

Another attack ends in Russian bloodbath

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Russian are spending their armor at an unsustainable rate.

Ukraine Conflict Updates
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 25, 2024

Click here to read the full report.
Key Takeaways:

• Ukrainian forces blunted one of the largest Russian mechanized assaults in Ukraine since October 2023 in western Donetsk Oblast on July 24.
• The Russian military command's willingness to expend a large number of armored vehicles on limited tactical objectives reflects poor longer-term operational foresight, and constraints on Russian equipment in the medium- to long-term will make such failed mechanized assaults costlier with time.
• The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) indicated that Lieutenant General Sergey Kobylash has become Deputy Commander of the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS).
• Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitri Peskov attempted to frame Ukraine as unwilling to negotiate, while demonstrating the Kremlin's own unwillingness to engage in good faith negotiations by reinvigorating Russian information operations falsely portraying Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as an "illegitimate" leader of Ukraine.
• The Kremlin continues to strengthen its ties with the People's Republic of China (PRC) and Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states.
• The Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) and National Police announced that they neutralized a group connected to the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) that had been preparing to commit arson against civilian objects in Ukraine and elsewhere in Europe.
• Select Russian officials continue to call for measures targeting diaspora groups while the Russian government continues efforts to extend its control over migrants in Russia.
• Syrian President Bashar al Assad met with Russian President Vladmir Putin in Moscow on July 24.
• Ukrainian forces recently advanced near Robotyne, and Russian forces recently marginally advanced north of Kharkiv City and near Toretsk, Donetsk City, and Robotyne.
• Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law on July 24 granting deferments from military conscription to employees of the Russian Prosecutor General's Office and Investigative Committee who have higher education and special ranks starting in September 2024. . . .

 

Ukraine is grinding up the Russian military US Army surplus.


Ukraine's US-provided Bradley armored fighting vehicles are turning heads in tough battles against Russia

Business Insider on MSN.com

|1 hour ago

The Bradley infantry fighting vehicle, supplied to Ukraine by the US, is primarily designed to carry infantry on assaults with the firepower to engage fortified positions and lighter armored vehicles, while leaving head-on confrontations with a top tank to the Abrams tanks it would normally fight alongside.

 

Russia is also in effect funding Ukraine's military. No wonder Putin's war planners are flying out of windows.


EU gives $1.6 billion in profits from frozen Russian assets to Ukraine

UPI News on MSN.com

|31 minutes ago

The European Union Friday transferred $1.6 billion in frozen Russian assets held by central securities depositories to Ukraine for military and reconstruction support against Russia's invasion.

 

General Bulgakov should avoid upper-floor windows.

Ukraine Conflict Updates
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 26, 2024

Click here to read the full report with maps
Key Takeaways:

• The Russian military has recently expanded the Russian Central Grouping of Forces' area of responsibility (AOR) in Donetsk Oblast, suggesting that the Russian military command has deprioritized the grouping's previous task to act solely as an operational maneuver force in the Avdiivka direction. The Russian military command may instead be tasking the Central Grouping of Forces with overseeing the bulk of Russia's main offensive efforts in Donetsk Oblast.
• The expansion of the Central Grouping of Forces' AOR indicates that the Russian military command may assess that rapid tactical gains in the Avdiivka area are unlikely.
• Ukrainian forces reportedly conducted an ATACMS strike against Saky Airbase in occupied Crimea on the night of July 25 to 26.
• The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) arrested former Russian Deputy Defense Minister Army General Dmitri Bulgakov on corruption charges on July 26 – the latest in a concerted Kremlin effort to remove senior Russian defense officials since April 2024.
• The European Union (EU) transferred the first tranche of proceeds from frozen Russian assets to Ukraine.
• The Kremlin continues intensifying efforts to control Russians' internet activities and to create a culture of self-censorship within Russia.
• Russian security forces reportedly detained several unknown actors threatening to blow up an apartment building in the Republic of Dagestan on July 25.
• Russian forces recently marginally advanced near Svatove, Avdiivka, and Donetsk City.
• The Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) reported on July 22 that the Russian intelligence services appear to have further integrated Russian forces' cyber and conventional capabilities. . . .