Kiev Chaos:
Rus Poltava Strike, Swede Advisers Hit;
Rus Surrounds Vuhledar;
Angry Zelensky Sacks FM
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Kiev Chaos:
Rus Poltava Strike, Swede Advisers Hit;
Rus Surrounds Vuhledar;
Angry Zelensky Sacks FM
Ukraine Loses Over 10,100 Troops During Operation in Kursk Area 3hours ago
The Russian armed forces have eliminated more than 10,100 Ukrainian servicemen and 81 tanks during military operations in the border areas of the Kursk Region, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday.
In total, during the military operations in the Kursk direction, the enemy lost more than 10,100 servicemen, 81 tanks, 41 infantry fighting vehicles, 72 armored personnel carriers, 589 armored combat vehicles, 325 cars, the ministry said in a statement.
Over the past 24 hours, Kiev lost up to 370 soldiers and 17 combat armored vehicles in the Kursk area, the ministry also said.
Units of the Russian Battlegroup Sever repelled four attacks by Ukrainian troops and thwarted attempts by Ukrainian troops to attack in the Kursk Region, the ministry said, adding that Kiev lost up to 40 troops, a US-made Stryker armored personnel carrier, three armored combat vehicles and five cars.
https://sputnikglobe.com/20240905/ru...collaboration2
Scott Ritter Says Ending Cooperation With RT, Sputnik Due to US Sanctions
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter, who works as a political analyst now, said that US sanctions force him to end his cooperation with RT and Sputnik, and thanked his Russian colleagues for the professionalism they have shown over the past few years.
The US Department of the Treasury issued a statement on Wednesday to announce sanctions against the Rossiya Segodnya media group, RIA Novosti, RT, Sputnik and Ruptly. The sanctions affected Rossiya Segodnya and RT Editor-in-Chief Margarita Simonyan and a number of other senior executives.
"The actions by the Department of the Treasury in levying new sanctions against RT, Sputnik, and other Russian media organizations has made it impossible for me to continue my work as an outside contributor for RT and Sputnik, as well as participating in interviews and other collaborations with other Russian media," Ritter said on X.
"I reject the notion that the work I have done over the past years with the newly sanctioned Russian media organizations has been anything other than legitimate journalism, the content of which has been factually correct and analytically sound, and always of my own creation," Ritter said.
"Nonetheless, I am fully committed to obeying US law, and as such will be terminating all contractual relationships with both RT and Sputnik effective immediately, as well as suspending my participation in any and all media interaction with sanctioned individuals and organizations until which time it is deemed lawful to do so by US authorities," Ritter said.
He said he will continue to exercise his free speech rights.
"I am deeply grateful for the professionalism of all of my Russian colleagues over the past several years, and am proud to have made their acquaintance. I regret the actions of my government in silencing legitimate journalistic outlets, and look forward to the day when freedom of speech and a free press is not constrained by a dubious 'Russian exception' that is violative of Constitutional norms and values," Ritter said.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, commenting on the US sanctions imposed against the Rossiya Segodnya media group, told Sputnik that attacks on Russian media are the result of operations by Western security services to "sterilize" the information space.
https://sputnikglobe.com/20240905/sc...120022824.html
Russian Missile Strikes Destroyed Hidden Warehouse With ATACMS Missiles In Odessa Region today
On the evening of September 4, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation launched a series of strikes in Ukrainian rear regions. At night, the strikes continues.
Russian strikes were reported in the Odessa, Dnepropetrovsk, Sumy, Kharkiv regions and in the areas under Ukrainian control in the Donetsk People’s Republic.
At about 8 pm local time on September 4, explosions thundered in the southern Odessa region. According to preliminary reports, Russian Iskander-M missiles destroyed a facility used for service and storage of MGM-140 ATACMS missiles supplied by NATO to Ukraine. The military facility was hidden by the Ukrainian and NATO militaries on the territory of an agricultural enterprise near the village of Gribovka. As a result of the strikes, a large fire broke out at the facility.
The MGM-140 is a tactical ballistic missile that can be fired from the tracked M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) and the wheeled M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), both are already in service with Kiev forces.
Kiev forces first deployed the ATACMS in October 2023. At the time, Ukraine received a limited number of ATACMS missiles from the U.S. However, the missiles were of the older M39 Block I version, which has a range of 165 kilometers. This version is armed with a cluster warhead with 950 M74 bomblets. This batch was quickly used within a few weeks. Then, Kiev forces resumed attacks with ATACMS missiles after secretly receiving around a hundred units from the U.S. These missiles were of a newer version with a longer-range. The U.S. supplied the M39A1 Block I which are armed with a cluster warhead with 300 M74 bomblets and have a range of 300 kilometers, or with the M48 QRU and M57 Block IA versions which are both armed with WAU-23/B unitary warheads and have a range of 270 and 300 kilometers respectively.
The tactical ballistic missiles can be fired from the tracked M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) and the wheeled M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), both are already in service with Kiev forces.
The destruction of a military warehouse with ATACMS is an important victory, since Kiev forces ude them to attack targets in Crimean, or deeper in Russian territory. The Russian military has means to intercept the missiles, like the S-300V4 and S-400 air defense system. The effectiveness of recent Ukrainian attacks with these NATO missiles was quite low, but the strikes still result in damage to Russian military and civilian infrastructure. In late July, one of missiles with cluster warhead exploded over a crowded beach in Sevastopol. LINK
https://southfront.press/russian-mis...odessa-region/
No Place To Hide: Ukrainian Soldiers Grinded On Front And In Rear today
Fleeing from the frontlines, the Ukrainian Armed Forces attempt attacks in the Russian rear regions with drones and unmanned boats. The Russian military responds with devastating strikes on Ukrainian hideouts throughout the country.
On the night of September 5, Russian forces repelled another attack of Ukrainian unmanned boats in the Black Sea. Usually Ukrainian boats are operating in the western waters of the Black Sea, where they attempt attacks on the Crimean peninsula and the city of Sevastopol. In particular, on September 4, four Ukrainian boats were destroyed in the area.
But last night, they were spotted in the northeastern waters of the Black Sea. The target of their attack was likely the city of Novorossiysk, which hosts a large port. As a result of the attack, two Ukrainian unmanned boats were destroyed. No damage was reported on the Russian coast.
The resumed Ukrainian operations in the Black Sea may presage another Ukrainian attempt to launch a large-scaled attack on Crimea or Krasnodar region with drones and NATO missiles.
At the same time, the scale of Ukrainian drone strikes in Russian border regions decreased. At night, only seven Ukrainian UAVs and a rocket of the Soviet-made Olkha MLRS were destroyed over the western Russian territories.
Ukrainian strikes resulted in no damage to the Russian military but brought new threat of escalation. Ukrainian drones reportedly crossed the Belarusian airspace. At least one Ukrainian UAV was reportedly intercepted in the Gomel area. This is the second such incident over the past weeks. The violation of the Belarusian airspace results in increasing tensions on Ukrainian border.
In their turn, Russian forces are pounding the Ukrainian military with precision strikes near the frontlines and far in the rear. A new wave of strikes began in the evening of September 4 and continued all night. After Russian massive attacks inflicted heavy damage to Ukrainian infrastructure, the recent strikes are mainly targeting Ukrainian manpower accumulated in rear regions.
The devastating strikes on Ukrainian manpower began on September 3, when Russian Iskander missiles destroyed the training center in Poltava, killing hundreds of Ukrainian servicemen specialists trained by foreign instructors in electronic warfare and operation of UAVs. On September 4, Russian missiles struck targets in the western city of Lviv. They included facilities of the Ukrainian military-industrial complex, like military airfield, and accommodations of Ukrainian officers and foreign mercenaries. In recent days, several hotels full of militants were destroyed throughout eastern Ukraine, including in Zaporozhie, Krivy Rih, Kramatorsk etc.
Last night, Pokrovsk was covered with smoke after facilities turned into military warehouses were destroyed by Russian strikes. Explosions thundered in the Odessa region. A train with Ukrainian servicemen reportedly came under attack in Novomoskovsk in the Dnepropetrovsk region.
https://southfront.press/ukrainian-s...t-and-in-rear/
https://youtube.com/watch?v=96ay_t_CPC0
Military Summary For 2024.09.05 8 hours ago
For those who have the time, this is a wonderful, highest-quality, wide-ranging conversation. I'd not listened to Michael von der Schulenburg before. He's a member of the European Parliament and a German former diplomat with the United Nations, and he's an impressive class act, more fluent in English than many English-speaking analysts.
His final summary words: What Europe is presently doing is destroying itself. (And he's right, it is.)
European irrationality in Ukraine
https://youtube.com/watch?v=anNBYH-zNLM&t=2121s
'based', indeed :)
Source: Olga Bazova
Simplicius' articles never fail to impress; detail rich and not without some occasional withering commentary.
It's slam-dunk obvious that the recent "drones landing in NATO territory" nonsense is yet more desperate Western propaganda: theatre of false flags and blame. Notice too the resurrection of the lamentable long-ago debunked "Russiagate" nonsense ahead of the US election, should that actually happen that is. Yawn, yawn, yawn.
Here's an extract from the latest (Do note: a search on 'Simplicius' - no need to add quote marks - in our library will bring up a whole load of his information rich articles in PDF, that can be read at leisure. They really are too long to post in full here.)
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SITREP 9/6/24: The Grind Continues as Aftermath of Poltava Strikes Reverberates
Source: https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/...d-continues-as
--------------------------------Wayward Russian Drone Panic: NATO Members Launch Latest Desperate Stunt
Source: https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/...one-panic-nato
It’s unbelievable how transparent Zelensky and the West’s diabolical plans have become. As I’ve been reporting, there is nothing left for Zelensky to do other than desperately try to involve NATO in the war to save himself. And now that one of his last-ditch schemes have failed, him and his partners appear to be resorting to one of the most laughably obvious ploys imaginable.
Note how for more than two years now, Russia has ceaselessly struck Ukraine with tens of thousands of drones without issue. Suddenly, as soon as Ukraine is in dire straits and Zelensky requires a desperate last-minute life line, what do we see? Repeated instances of “Russian” drones and missiles going awry and just happening to hit ‘NATO’ territory.
During the huge Russian strikes last week, we heard several instances of Russian drones allegedly going off-course into Poland, for which Poland was forced to issue several embarrassing excuse-making responses; the first was that Poland could not shoot the drone down due to “bad weather”.
.....Summary: they searched 3,200 square kilometers of their territory and could find no trace of the alleged Russian drone. The most humorous part comes at the bottom highlighted in yellow where they admit their lackluster NATO radar systems need to be updated and “optimized”.
Recall that the last time a Russian “missile” had hit Polish territory, killing an innocent Polish farmer, it was later revealed to be Ukrainian by all parties.
Now, getting back to the current developments—a most see-through and obviously-orchestrated campaign in accordance with the above is being carried out. First there was the claim that a Russian Geran drone flew into Romania.
....If that wasn’t obvious enough, they increased their information campaign with Latvia absurdly claiming that a Russian drone had likewise violated their airspace as well.
Think about that for a moment: as I said earlier, for two plus years, Russia has successfully launched drones against Ukraine with no mishaps. Suddenly, as soon as Zelensky appears to be on his last leg, Russian drones just “happen” to develop a miraculous inability to stay their course, with a total degradation of their guidance accuracy in a way that just happens to send them veering dangerously into innocent NATO countries, of all places.
How realistic does this sound to you?
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❗️ In Sumy Oblast, a mandatory evacuation was announced from the border town of Glukhov, which is connected by a highway to Rylsk in Kursk
Mandatory evacuation in Sumy Oblast is expanding - this time, residents of the settlements of Svessa and Esman, as well as the city of Glukhov in the Shostka district, located on the border and closely adjacent to Kursk Oblast, will have to travel further. This was announced on air by the head of the Sumy OVA Vladimir Artyukh.
Before the special operation, about 30 thousand people lived in Glukhov. The city itself is directly connected by the E38 highway with the border town of Rylsk - there are only 55 km between them. The evacuation may also be connected with the recent destruction of an ammunition depot and an enemy deployment point in Glukhov, through which the enemy unsuccessfully tried to penetrate into Rylsk.
https://x.com/GeromanAT/status/1833165170538852717
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All of them will finally come to their senses…
🇩🇪🇺🇦 German Chancellor Scholz is working on a peace plan with territorial concessions for Ukraine.
The Italian publication La Repubblica also reports that the plan may include territorial concessions from Ukraine and “does not rule out the transfer of part of Ukrainian territory to Moscow.”
https://x.com/Zlatti_71/status/1833177351552942439
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‼️🇷🇺 "🅾️" liberated Memrik, - Defense Ministry
▪️During the offensive in the Pokrovsky direction, units of the "Center" group of forces occupied the settlement of Memrik, the Russian Defense Ministry reports.
▪️Ukrainian and Russian resources reported the actual loss of the Ukrainian Armed Forces settlement of Memrik on August 28.
- RVvoenkor
https://x.com/Zlatti_71/status/1833082042264773111
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❗️Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico called on the international community to condemn the use of Nazi symbols by the Ukrainian military, media reports.
According to Fico, information about Ukrainian neo-Nazi units is not noticed in the world because of the geopolitical situation.
https://x.com/SputnikInt/status/1833147360756560362
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❗️Key statements by the Russian Defense Ministry on the Ukrainian incursion into Russia's Kursk region:
▪️During the day, Ukrainian losses amounted to up to 240 militants and 13 armored vehicles;
Russia's Sever battlegroup repelled three enemy attacks in the areas of four settlements in the Kursk region;
▪️Russian aviation hit the reserves of troops and equipment of the Ukrainian forces in 13 settlements of the Sumy region
▪️In total, during Ukraine's attack on the Kursk region, Kiev's troops lost more than 11,400 soldiers, 89 tanks, 42 infantry fighting vehicles, as well as seven HIMARS and five MLRS.❗️Key statements by the Russian Defense Ministry on the Ukrainian incursion into Russia's Kursk region:
▪️During the day, Ukrainian losses amounted to up to 240 militants and 13 armored vehicles;
Russia's Sever battlegroup repelled three enemy attacks in the areas of four settlements in the Kursk region;
▪️Russian aviation hit the reserves of troops and equipment of the Ukrainian forces in 13 settlements of the Sumy region
▪️In total, during Ukraine's attack on the Kursk region, Kiev's troops lost more than 11,400 soldiers, 89 tanks, 42 infantry fighting vehicles, as well as seven HIMARS and five MLRS.
https://x.com/SputnikInt/status/1833145005969482096
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🇷🇺🪖More statements from the Russian Defense Ministry's daily briefing on the special military operation's progress:
◻️ Ukrainian losses reached a total of 620 servicemen in Battlegroup Zapad’s area of responsibility.
◻️ Enemy losses in Russia’s Battlegroup Sever’s combat zone came to 150 troops.
◻️ Russia’s Battlegroup Yug repelled one counterattack, with Ukrainian forces losing as many as 490 militants.
◻️ Russia’s Battlegroup Vostok formations have strengthened their positions along the front line. The enemy lost as many as 125 soldiers.
◻️ Russian air defenses shot down 4 HIMARS missiles and 45 Ukrainian drones over the past 24-hour period.
https://x.com/SputnikInt/status/1833109516793053648