Russian social media abuzz with the rumor

To hold that bridgehead will be impossibel most likely.
Must be the last place on earth I'd go as an enemy of the Russians.
With the back to the swampland/river.

I suppose you are familiar with the Russian tactic of pulling back-
letting them into a pocket, stay at a safe distance and just bombard them.

I think the war is over.

LoL. Although Jomini completely agrees with you in his 'Art of War,' Sun Tzu completely disagrees in his version of the same book. Sun Txu thought that was the best place to be because the men will fight harder if retreat is improbable. He may be correct.

In typical Russian military brilliance Russia replaced the VDV troops who were holding that area with poorly trained conscripts. A few cluster shells on their line and they abandoned their positions and ran away (some fun to watch videos of it are on Telegram, both drone and cell phone filmed). Much of the Russian artillery covering that area was itself targeted and those units no longer exist. Then Ukraine moved into the abandoned positions.

As you anticipated Russia did send relief forces in, but Ukraine's attack was well p-anned and an ambush was in place. Although some were killed outright many of the Russians surrendered enmass. Much useful information was gathered from their cell phones, including that of the Major commanding the relief column. We should expect those Russians captured to volunteer more information as interviews progress. More Ukrainians had arrived as of this morning and the area under Ukraine's control expands.

Russian morons actually believed the war was about the worthless salt mines of Bakhmut.

Can you name me the exact location of these successes?
Name of villages, area.
Where are they headed too, where can we expect the advances next?
I'll take a look at google maps if you just tell me the latest wins for the Ukrainians.

Just a few places if you can Ken. I wanna keep an eye on it.

Butch, I know the ukrainians are not any bad fighters. Nor are the Polish.
Basically any eastern european guy is quiet man to be reconed with.
Used to manual labour often and in general pretty stirdy folks.
Problem is, Russia is close to unbeatable once dug in like this.
Kiev is showering manpower at this,
wasting away young lives.

These tanks have less meaning nowdays,
except of looking pretty admirable when rolling into the minefields..

I already did. Read this again. "The rumor is Ukraine has crossed the Dniepre River in force, and pierced the first Russian line in the vicinity of Kozachi Laheri "

Those 'Independent' reports lie. Are you the one writing them? LoL With the exception of guards in the re-opened Embassies in Kiev no active duty members of NATO countries are assigned (or likely to be) assigned to fight in Ukraine. Actually if NATO does get involved as a force St. Petersburg and Moscow is where you will see them. Russia's border defenses have been stripped pretty bare with a lot of dead Russian border guards dead in Ukraine.

Sure. And I think the rumor may be true.
I just have a feeling it's another blood spree sent from Kiev, with unbelievably
waste of human lives for hardly nothing. Worst cost for advanceing Ukrainians as the Russki just fall back some. But let's see.

Ken, answer me this: do you really think this can be won by Ukraine + friends
on the battleground with no dirty tricks?

No country has taken in more refugees than Poland, and that I respect.
Only... the costs are high as u say.
There is something completly wrong about polish solldiers at the front.
Little I can do from over here.

This whole war is so senseless! Just split the damn country!
It will be for the last time.

Ukrainian authorities have announced a mandatory evacuation in part of Kharkov Region bordering Russia’s Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics.
In a written order on Thursday, Andrey Kanashevich, acting head of the Kupiansk military administration, published a list of 37 settlements near the combat zone that were to be evacuated by local residents. He cited “constant artillery attacks and the security situation” as the reason for the decision, adding that the order also applies to the city of Kupiansk itself.

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Since 9 January 2018, Blaszczak has been the Minister of National Defence of Poland. On 22 June 2022 President Andrzej Duda nominated Blaszczak to succeed Jaroslaw Kaczynski as the Deputy Prime Minister of Poland. Poland is moving its forces to scare Belarus, defense chief Mariusz Blaszczak has said
Speaking to national public broadcaster Polskie Radio, Blaszczak stated that “we are moving the army closer to the border with Belarus” in order to “scare the aggressor so that he does not dare to attack us.” The minister added that security in the region would be underpinned by 10,000 soldiers, with 4,000 assigned to directly support the Border Guard, and another 6,000 held in reserve.

Blaszczak’s comments also come after Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu announced on Wednesday that Moscow would bolster its troops on its western borders amid a stand-off over the Ukraine conflict. In his speech, he described Poland as a “key instrument of anti-Russia policies of the US.” He also claimed that Warsaw is actively trying to build up “the most powerful army” in Europe, which, according to Polish officials, now numbers around 170,000 service members.

There is no need to seperate your questions into different posts.
Well other than volunteers who join Ukraine's foreign legion I am not sure who you mean when you say Ukraine and friends. We agree if provoked enough Poland may turn Belarus into rubble, but that has nothing to do with Ukraine. Regarding Ukraine winning the war without dirty tricks, whose rule book of how a war is to be fought are you reading? Throw it out. It is a comic book. As the saying does, all is fair in love and war. Russia found it fair to hell maternity hospitals and grain warehouses, and as we saw yesterday and today, in Moscow (and elsewhere in Russia) things are suddenly going boom and burning quite nicely. Russia reports the optical gun sight factory that exploded yesterday in the Moscow suburbs had someone careless with a cigarette smoking near some stored fireworks set aside for celebrations. Those videos on Telegram of stored artillery shells blown out of the factory building well that is just an optical illusion. Those fireworks just look like artillery shells. The multiple explosions at the Moscow airport this morning, the burning bomber,, the huge fire, well that was just someone smoking carelessly. Fact is Russia has had more explosions this year than in the past 10 years combined. Seems fair to me. Bomb hospitals, kindergartens and grain warehouses, expect to hear loud noises see some smoke at home.

There is no reason for Ukraine to split anything except Russia. Crimea is part of Ukraine and by invading it, Russia has forsaken future free access to the Black Sea for at least 80 years. It may take another 6 or 7 months to make that so, but the action is well underway.

What was the sad waste of life was the show Ukraine had to put on around Bakhumet. Nothing important there, but Russia had to be convinced Ukraine thought it was important, and they swallowed the bait hook line and sinker. Look at all the trench lines Russia built in the North, you caan see them on the DeepState website.. They moved every spare man they had to surround a worthless town no one cares about. Hitler insisting the crossing will be at Pas-de-Calais and not Normandy comes to mind. The instant Russia decided to not bother building trenches near the Dniepre because it was so wide then blew up the dam keeping it wide, they messed up big time. All the supply route bridges from Kerch are blown. The E58 is the only supply route from Crimea left for the forces around Bakhumet and the Russians near Kherson. If Ukraine cuts that there is almost nothing between them and the border of Crimea. Sure Russia can pull forces off Bakhumet, but then it will lose Bakhumet. Either way Russia lost. Meanwhile more things go boom inside Russia where the Russian people can see them and know Russia lied when it claimed it was winning.

Yes sure. Denys Davydov and the Enforcer and others talked about that withdrawal yesterday. Russia is expected to attempt to capture Kuipiansk in the near future. In order that Ukraine may saturate the area with artillery fire and terminate the advance villages in the path of fire are being pre-evacuated. This will give Ukraine's army total freedom to rain down fire without having to worry about innocents in the line of fire. Basically a mini-DMZ is being created where anything that moves must be Russian and can be lit from above.

They splitted up Jugoslavia cos they could not get along without bloodshed.
The same outcome here would be preferable.

Problem is... Putin is 70 and I know there is many a hawk here in the west,
whose got their greedy eyes on Russia itself.
Hence I see problems ahead for quite some time, and that is bad news.

Arrite, have a good weekend mister.

Technically that is eleven. lol

So many have that thought, but it is not really the rule. First the US is hands off as far as how Ukraine fights it's war with Russia. The White House placed only 1 rule. Weapons supplied by the US should not be used inside the land of Russia as it was in 1994. Some, but not all EU and other countries have also asked for that, but not all. Turkey (and Iran) have not placed any rules on where their drones can be used. The US Joint Chiefs have made intelligence assets more or less accessible by Ukraine and provide advice but in no way is that advice orders. In fat Ukraine has ignored US advice several times regarding the current offensive. That is there right. also Ukraine has begun making their own long range drones and they can use them where ever and how ever they wish. As Moscow which frequently (daily) launches attacks inside Ukraine from inside Russia, what goes around comes around.

Noting also the prohibition against shelling or bombing Russia with US weapons is just a White House rule that President Biden can change at any time. If the world wants Ukraine to win this war, then if Putin won't pull out of Crimea, leveling much of Russia may be the only way. Putin's choice.

Butcher, she is right. Some of the things you write here, I wonder sometimes if you make them up or if you are believing the tripe Vladimir and Margarita make up on Russian State TV and the RT channel. As the ladies have stated, in 18 months, unless the visas are extend (which they probably will be) the refugees would have to leave, but not for over a year and a half.

Russia under Putin on numerous occasions attempted and committed acts of assassination against people inside the UK. Those murders abd attempted murders of people inside the UK were both terrorist and by definition state spomsored Acts of War So even if itt is a decade later, UK is fully within it's rights in returning the favor.

Russia began using depleted Uranium ammunition against Ukraine almost a year ago. This fully justified Ukraine using such ammunition against Russia. Ukraine didn't have any, but the West has been happy to supply it.

Chump change. During our decade or two in Afghanistan we spent 9 Billion dollars per month. Before anyone starts whining about the cost of the F-16s, let us note they are, although greatly superior to much of what Russia has, by current US standards an obsolete fighter currently being pulled out of USS service and without sending some to Ukraine they would all be heading to our huge airplane scrap yard. Their current depreciated value is based on the cost of the metal in them.

You can now add Robotyne to the list.

Gov hir listn up btches

Is that the English stance Tiger?
Sound like something out of a kinder garden book.

@Tiger_Moth.
And what do you think my point is in all of this.
What do I stand for.