Ukraine War Update NEWS: Overnight & Other News
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"If they are truly using these forces to man the trench lines, then the Russians are in serious trouble."
Frontline Update
- Significant Russian gains reported in the Kupyansk/Lyman-Pishchany area, but Ukrainian forces hold the high ground and are hitting Russian positions with artillery and tanks, so control may not be robust
- Russians have taken Novoseliska, likely due to hitting a newly rotated Ukrainian unit
- Fighting continues around Klishchivka, which is a "massive gray zone" - Russians pushed back but hammering the area, preventing full Ukrainian control
- Ukrainians making gains in Kovalevka near Kalmazianivka
- Battles for Urazhany in southern Donetsk, with northern half now a gray zone
- Ukrainians have moved forward in Berdyansk direction and Robotyne area near Melitopol
- If elite Russian troops are manning front line trenches, it indicates they lack reserve forces elsewhere, which could be very significant
🪦 DISCLAIMER FOR GENERAL STAFF LOSSES DATA
- These are real people with real lives and real families who love them. Don’t let the numbers sap your humanity.
- These numbers probably aren’t accurate but they’re the best we have and we don’t need them to be accurate to be indicative of patterns of activity.
- All losses are estimates. Losses cannot be counted with accuracy because of the conditions on the ground.
- Both sides would see it to be of their advantage to minimize their own losses maximize the other side’s losses.
- Neither side releases their losses but we have enough transparency from the Ukrainian side to have confidence in they are indicative.
- Personnel losses are hard to count. If a soldier gets injured, heals up, and returns to the front line only to get injured again, is that one loss or two? Also, how to deal with losses from PMC’s or soldiers fighting with RF from occupied territories?
- Equipment losses are hard to count. If an AA complex involves several parts and one part gets disabled, is that a loss, or a fraction of a loss? If a tank gets disabled, repaired, back into the fight, then disabled again, is that one lost tank or two?
- All recorded losses are vulnerable to multiple reporting. We have already seen numerous cases of multiple drones in the air reporting the same loss from different angles as multiple engagements.
- Losses are not always reported on the same day they occurred. It is frequent that drone losses are reported at least 24 hours after other terrestrial equipment losses. Certain losses may not be reported for days or weeks for military intelligence reasons.
Dnipro River Crossings
- Ukrainians have expanded control of islands and gray zone areas along the Dnipro River
- Reports of Ukrainians attacking south of Konka River towards Oleshky, possibly with a bridgehead at Holopristan
- Conflicting claims about extent of Ukrainian presence in Kozachy Laheri
- If reports are true, Ukrainians have moved past Kozachy Laheri towards Chalburda village, threatening to encircle Russian units
- Establishing and expanding bridgeheads across the river could open up a poorly defended front for Ukraine if Russia lacks available reserves
Russian Logistics Issues
- Russia is dependent on occupied Ukrainian civilian container export facilities in Berdyansk and Mariupol to bring in military supplies
- Pressing issue is moving fuel for vehicles, which is heavy and requires truck transport without rail lines
- Two key short-term needs are fuel and mines for defensive lines
- Ukrainian advances could be aided by lack of Russian mines and fresh Western combat vehicles
- Russia may be using barge traffic from Rostov-on-Don to avoid partisan surveillance of ports, roads and rails
Military Aid
- Rheinmetall purchased 50 Leopard 1 tanks from Belgium to be refurbished and sent to Ukraine
- Unofficial reports of Israeli-made LYNX multiple launch rocket systems used in Zaporizhia
- Ukraine received at least 50 SCALP cruise missiles from France, converted 12 Su-24s to launch them
- 200 Polish KTO Rosomak APCs/IFVs ordered for Ukraine, financed by US and EU funds
- Canada donated 100 portable life support systems to help monitor wounded soldiers during transport
- US providing $200M aid package with mine clearing equipment, TOW anti-tank weapons, air defense missiles, HIMARS ammunition
- 100 satellite communication terminals from Sweden's SatCube may supplement Starlink
- Biden approved F-16 training for Ukrainian pilots, to be done by Denmark and Netherlands with US support
Geopolitics
- Italy suspended "golden visa" investor program for Russian and Belarusian citizens
- Russia facing challenges exporting grain due to lack of ships and reduced business from Western traders, relying on "shadow fleet"
- UK Electoral Commission targeted by cyber attack in 2021, with evidence pointing to Russian involvement, though not definitively tied to Kremlin
- Former GCHQ director suspects Russia due to past interference in UK, US, French and German elections
Hello Team!
Jonathan introduces the video as a Ukraine War News Update Part 2 for August 9, 2023. He mentions he is on holiday but taking time to make the video.
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Wrap up
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