C'est la vie
https://mastodon.nl/@krisvdm/110663235949775007����Commander Denys Yaroslavsky has just reported that Ukraine has liberated the village of Klishchiivka near Bakhmut.
Ukraine is also close to controlling Berkhivka near Bakhmut.
The encirclement of Bahkmut is starting ��
https://english.elpais.com/internati...companies.htmlMercenaries out of control: Putin tries to legalize 30 Russian paramilitary companies
The crisis in Russia over Wagner’s mutiny has revealed the complex network of troops working in and outside of the country. The Kremlin helped create a system that has now turned against him
Wagner Group is only the most important, visible and recognized mercenary organization in a dense network of Russian paramilitary companies deployed throughout the world. There are approximately 30 paramilitary groups — most with more than 500 troops and some with tens of thousands — deployed in different countries. Of these, about 20 are fighting or working in the war in Ukraine despite the fact that article 359 of the Russian Penal Code prohibits these activities, which they have also been carrying out for years in the Middle East and Africa. What had been until now a tool to extend and strengthen Moscow’s political, economic and diplomatic influence abroad through hybrid warfare has now shown its weaknesses. Wagner owner Yevgeny Prigozhin — who launched a failed mutiny in Russia on June 24 — was planning to seize control of these militias, gain power and influence in the highest echelons of the Kremlin, and overthrow Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov.
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They was selling his !
Ukraine!
No where to hide.
This is starting to look more like the first part of Kherson where the Ukrainians seriously disrupted Russian logistics in all sorts of ways from munitions to communications.
The Russians just had too much time to set up based on what I have read and the Ukrainians are doing this the right way and adjusting as they find weaknesses.
Air support would be as important as Himars (was in the first part of this confllict). NATO messed up in not giving them the ability earlier it seems. This could be a faster degradation of Russian defensive positions as they are really having to play a guessing game because they dug in so many places.
And it is a huge front, so russians are having a hard time with getting reserves to plug holes as the Ukrainians hammer away.
Ukraine!
https://www.defense.gov/News/Release...e-for-ukraine/Biden Administration Announces Additional Security Assistance for Ukraine
July 7, 2023 |
Today, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced additional security assistance to meet Ukraine's critical security and defense needs. This authorization is the Biden Administration's forty-second drawdown of equipment from DoD inventories for Ukraine since August 2021. This package will provide Ukraine with additional artillery systems and ammunition, including highly effective and reliable dual-purpose improved conventional munitions (DPICM), on which the Administration conducted extensive consultations with Congress and our Allies and partners. It also includes additional air defense munitions, armored vehicles, anti-armor weapons, and other equipment to help Ukraine protect its people and counter Russia's ongoing war of aggression.
The capabilities in this package include:
Additional munitions for Patriot air defense systems;
AIM-7 missiles for air defense;
Stinger anti-aircraft systems;
Additional ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS);
31 155mm Howitzers;
155mm artillery rounds, including DPICM, and 105mm artillery rounds;
32 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicles;
32 Stryker Armored Personnel Carriers;
Mine clearing equipment;
Tube-Launched, Optically-Tracked, Wire-Guided (TOW) missiles;
Javelin and other anti-armor systems and rockets;
Precision aerial munitions;
Penguin Unmanned Aerial Systems;
27 tactical vehicles to recover equipment;
10 tactical vehicles to tow and haul equipment;
Demolitions munitions and systems for obstacle clearing;
Small arms and over 28 million rounds of small arms ammunition and grenades;
Spare parts and other field equipment.
The United States will continue to work with its Allies and partners to provide Ukraine with capabilities to meet its immediate battlefield needs and longer-term security assistance requirements.
Day 500 of the 3-5 day special operation
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