09 Aug: It’s Happening! RUSSIANS RETREATING: Full Defense Mode Activated! | War in Ukraine Explained

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Today, there are a lot of updates from the Kharkiv direction.

Here, intense combat continues in Vovchansk, with Ukrainian forces making slow but steady advances while Russian forces have officially announced a shift to a defensive posture in anticipation of a potential Ukrainian attempt to collapse Russian positions across the northern part of the city.

Although various map update sources show slight discrepancies, most information sources agree that Russian forces have completely withdrawn from their attempt to establish a stronghold in the wooded area south of the river, directly opposite the aggregate plant.

Recently published geolocated images show a group of Ukrainian soldiers walking along the road of the bridge just west of the wooded area. The Ukrainians move without apparent concern, indicating the complete absence of Russian forces in the vicinity.

Regarding the Aggregate Plant itself, Vitalii Sarantsev, a spokesman for the Ukrainian “Kharkiv” Group of Forces, confirmed in recent statements to the media that a small group of Russian soldiers remained blocked on the plant’s territory. The spokesman stated that the number of Russian troops still trapped at the aggregate plant constantly decreases, with an estimated 40 soldiers remaining. Although they can still receive small amounts of food and ammunition delivered by unmanned aerial vehicles, they are completely blocked and unable to leave. Sarantsev noted that these soldiers’ position is isolated from the main Russian force positions, as the Ukrainian army controls all approach paths to the plant.

In recent days, there has been an intensification of FPV drone attack operations on the aggregate plant. Geolocated footage shows numerous attempts by FPV drones to enter the plant’s standing buildings, trying to detonate explosives from the inside. While images show success in some cases, in others, the drones were shot down by Russian soldiers just before reaching their targets. This sudden increase in Ukrainian activity at the plant, including both drone operations and the innovative ground drone attack described a few days ago, suggests, according to various analysts, that the start of a Ukrainian clearing operation throughout the aggregate plant area is approaching. The original, uncensored footage of these drone attacks can be found on our Telegram channel through the link in the description.

Regarding the Citadel area, while there have been reports of Russian attempts to take positions in some of the high-rise buildings on the northern and eastern perimeters, Ukrainian advances have been confirmed around the adjacent streets to the south and southeast. This expands the Ukrainian control zone in the area and further compromises any Russian attempt to connect with the aggregate plant, suggesting that the Russians may have definitively given up on the aggregate plant and their next best option is to establish a stronghold in one of the citadel positions in an attempt to prevent the complete collapse of their defense in northern Vovchansk.

However, the most significant development has come from official Russian army communications. Official statements from the Russian Northern Group of Forces began in early August to describe their efforts in Vovchansk as “defensive” against what they termed a numerically superior Ukrainian force. Some analysts perceive this change in the narrative as preparation for a significant Ukrainian counterattack movement or even the possibility of withdrawal from substantial areas of Vovchansk. It’s worth noting that Russian sources themselves had confirmed on various occasions that they have evidence of the continuous accumulation of Ukrainian forces on the Kharkiv front.

Confirming all of the above, recent publications by military analysts, using open-source databases on geolocations over a one-month time window, confirm the slow but progressive Ukrainian advance in northern Vovchansk. They conclude that the situation is likely irreversible for Russian forces, which will soon only be able to aspire to maintain positions in the northern part of the city, above the citadel line.

Despite the continuous Russian artillery, thermobaric ammunition, and glide bomb attacks in their attempt to undermine the Ukrainian logistics in their efforts to supply the forces in Vovchansk, the better knowledge of the Ukrainian terrain, as well as…

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  2. First time this channel seemingly click baited me. Not sure where the "Its happening RUSSIANS RETREATING" came from

  6. This is not even a real story its fake news Russia took control of kursk and the media are trying to spin it around again the Russians brought in a helicopter squadron and wiped out the what ever was in the way they went full potato and added 80 thousand mote soldiers to the battle so this story is probably a runaway Ukraine group who has surrounded

  8. As it is now, the Vovchansk counter offensive got no reason to stop at the Ruzzian international border, if the Ruzzian defences there collapse for good.

    IF (and that is a bif if) the Ukrainians can hold Ruzzian territory, that is a huge bargaining chip to negotiate a return to the 2020 or even 2014 borders.

  10. UA steaming to Kursk good luck to them . New brigades filling the voids while they are on the move . Wagner being flown into Kursk from Africa maybe they will head north to Moscow again instead of engaging the Ukrainians ?

  11. Let’s hope and pray for this but I have my doubts the Soviet Union seems to be filled with very stupid people who swallow every lie the government feeds them….if they would just GO BACK HOME…..

  12. 25 km de progression par les Ukrainiens dans l'Oblast de Koursk et 350 km carrés conquis en seulement deux jours, avec 1000 soldats.

    Tandis les russes ont mis 30000 soldats sur le tapis avec 8 km de conquête sans avancée supplémentaire depuis 3 mois. C'est le jours et la nuit comme on dit.

  15. Please try and restrain your expectations, this is war and objectives change to suit the circumstances.

    Constantly overstating events or claiming "the end is near" only heightens disappointment or disillusionment when it inevitably doesn't turn out to be the case.

    I want Ukraine to retake every cm of their land back as much as anyone, but let's try and be cautiously optimistic rather than unrealistically certain.

  17. Elastic Defence is what Russia specialize in. Ukraine will "try" and fail to regain any land. Russia knows there are not enough men in Ukraine's army to fight all the fronts. Ukraine lost more men attacking than defending so they no doubt will be dying faster attacking as it is harder than defending. There is no way for Ukraine to get their land back without losing all its men. This trash report only shows Ukrainian advances nothing about the Russian's massive gains. FAB3000s got Ukraine's name all on it.

  23. HAHAHA THIS WESTERN TRASH REPORT "HISTORY LEGENDS" CHANNEL IS FAR BETTER THAN THIS TRASH CHANNEL.

    UKRAINE MALE POPULATION January 1, 2022. The adult population aged 18 years – 50 years amounted to 23.6 million.

    UKRAINE REPORTS OF AVERAGE AGED TROOP

    Most of the people I talk to are about 40-45 years old,” said Pavlo Narozhnyi, who raises funds for artillerymen, adding that “younger people — especially younger than 30 — are relatively rare.” A senior military official speaking on condition of anonymity echoed that assessment, citing an average fighting age of 43

    26 May 2024

    So how many men do you actually think are still alive and fighting? Especially if the average age is 40+ you would have to take a conservative approach and say 40% less than the total of 22 million because 18 – 40yo is a 20 years difference than 40yo – 50yo only being 10 years. And since the beggining of the war Ukraine have been getting killed at an alarming rate, the younger generation do not want to fight the war for Ukraine they want that western lie of democracy and freedom of choice lol well guess what thats not a real thing in the real world. UKRAINE WILL HAVE NO MEN LEFT BEFORE RUSSIA RUNS OUT LOL

  24. Anyone else realize Russia has no minefields in their own region? Ukraine can drive around and run roughshod and fight in a NATO way meanwhile, theoretically id they keep stomping around in belgorod they can get behind all the trenches and fortifications and go straight for the command centres, what's the russian for "DOH!"?

  25. Thank you Trump. While the whole world was being distracted with the commotion surrounding US elections, Ukraine was planning their strategy to liberate the Kursk region.

  26. Maybe they're finally realising that Ukraine was always the brains of the outfit. As well as the brawn. Slava Ukraine

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