After Kursk, Russia Inflicts Heavy Loss On Ukraine In Donetsk; ‘Liberates’ Zavetnoe

Russian forces have captured one new settlements in eastern Ukraine, with the Russian Defense Ministry announcing the ‘liberation’ of Zavetyoye, located nine kilometers southwest of Pokrovsk. This village, part of the larger Ocheretin bridgehead, is significant for advancing on Novogrodovka and Kurakhovo. Watch

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  3. NATO's "wonder" weapons do not work as Russia has a better, more effective, version of everything NATO has and in greater quantities. Furthermore, Russia has more motivated soldiers. FJB thought he could win, yeah right!!!

  4. Russland wird alles vernichten. In der Ukraine wird jedes Lebewesen ausgelöscht. Der Verbrecher Silensky wird bald in Sibirien verschwinden

  17. Forbes estimated the number of participants in the attack on the Kursk region at 15 thousand soldiers. Russian experts say 11 thousand. As of today, 10,100 have been destroyed.

    There is a big difference – from January to July, the Russian army took full control of 1175 square kilometers of Ukrainian territory, counting those zones in the Donetsk region where the Russians were piercing Ukrainian fortifications, and the areas captured as a result of the reoffensive in Kharkov region. This is clearly more than the current success of AFU in the Kursk region. AFU just scattered its landing force across 1000 km, and this figure is being questioned.

    ISW analysts have refuted Syrsky’s words about the area of the territory of the Kursk region controlled by the AFU. Statements of the AFU chief about that they control 1000 square kilometers of territory of the Kursk region are not true. This is the conclusion reached by analysts of the American Institute for War Studies. In their opinion, Kiev is deliberately exaggerating the extent of its territorial conquests. ISW has seen statements that Ukrainian forces have advanced about 800 square kilometers, but ISW does not believe that the Ukrainian forces control the entire territory within the maximum declared advances of Ukraine.

    Statement of the acting head of the Kursk region Alexei Smirnov that AFU control 28 settlements in the region in a border strip 40-wide and 12-deep kilometers, ISW consider unjustifiably understated.

    Fighting continues in the Kursk region. The battalions that crossed the border on August 6 and a few days ago are already been over-cast.

    On the evening of 4 September, the AFU attempted to put a new battalion into action. The Russian army is holding back the AFU. Ukrainian formations do not give up trying to break through the defense, experts assess the fights as positional, which so far do not lead to the advancement of either side.

    The map of the fighting has not changed much, but it gives an idea of how far the AFU had gone and what territory they had managed to occupy by the morning of 5 August. It is difficult to verify the veracity of information in combat conditions. There is no official confirmation from the Ministry of Defence and local authorities.

  24. Why President Zelensky of Ukraine could not maintain peace, good and friendly relations with his immediate neighbour Russia. Why he is chakkenging a strong and great Nation like Russia on the strength of America and NATO. Now, Ukraine Russia war survives on the supply chain of America and NATO to Ukraine.. Why America and NATO being developed countries believe in the principle of force, dictatorships, might is right, groupism and alignment, their pschy dated back to stone age. They must help Mr President Vladimir Putin and Mr Zelensky to resolve the war peacefully immediately.

  38. Es wird nicht mehr dasselbe sein, wie es mehrere Jahrhunderte lang der Spott über die Völker der ganzen Welt war. Die westliche Welt der kolonialistischen Sklavenhalter und Blutsauger ist vorbei. Die Völker der ganzen Welt öffneten ihre Augen und erkannten, wer ihr Feind auf der Welt war. Und der Krieg in der Ukraine wurde zum Beweis dafür. Die gesamte verrottete Welt des Westens wird verbrennen und verschwinden. Und niemand wird helfen. Denn dies wird eine wohlverdiente Strafe für die jahrhundertelange Verspottung der Völker sein.

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  40. Idiot. You will be arrested and tried in your own country as a squealing rat, using your legal framework for dastardly destroying your own country and it's younger generations. A planned scheme, at depopulatinng Ukraine of the youth by the US and its retinue of stupids in Europe. This is to have absolute control of Ukraine its resources, and occupy the nation by mass immigrants from European countries and America. Another counterfeited country in Ukraine is to emerge, like they callously counterfeited the US through its internal civil war, and liquidated the real American citizens. Who remain suppressed and subjugated in all facets of human endevours in the US. This is the Plan for Ukraine, which has war, and fight to the last Ukrainian executed by western stooge, clown, the treacherous Zelensky by a secret contract. Alas! Putin is hell bent on salvaging the Ukrainian people, their country, and their resources. Sinator Graham said it all.

  41. Outgunned and outnumbered, Ukraine’s military is struggling with low morale and desertion: Dima spent years on the Ukrainian front lines. As a battalion commander, Dima was in charge of around 800 men who fought in some of the fiercest, bloodiest battles of the war – most recently near Pokrovsk, the strategic eastern town that is now on the brink of falling to Russia. But with most of his troops now dead or severely injured, Dima decided he’d had enough. He quit and took another job with the military – in an office in Kyiv.

    Standing outside that office, chain smoking and drinking sweet coffee, he told the news outlet he just couldn’t handle watching his men die anymore.

    Two and half years of Russia’s grinding offensive have decimated many Ukrainian units. Reinforcements are few and far between, leaving some soldiers exhausted and demoralized. The situation is particularly dire among infantry units near Pokrovsk and elsewhere on the eastern front line, where Ukraine is struggling to stop Russia’s creeping advances.

    CNN spoke to six commanders and officers who are or were until recently fighting or supervising units in the area. All six said desertion and insubordination are becoming a widespread problem, especially among newly recruited soldiers.

    Four of the six, including Dima, have asked for their names to be changed or withheld due to the sensitive nature of the topic and because they are not authorized to speak to the media.

    “Not all mobilized soldiers are leaving their positions, but the majority are. When new guys come here, they see how difficult it is. They see a lot of enemy drones, artillery and mortars,” one unit commander currently fighting in Pokrovsk told CNN. He also asked to remain anonymous.

    “They go to the positions once and if they survive, they never return. They either leave their positions, refuse to go into battle, or try to find a way to leave the army,” he added.

    Unlike those who volunteered earlier in the war, many of the new recruits didn’t have a choice in entering the conflict. They were called up after Ukraine’s new mobilization law came into force in the spring and can’t leave legally until after the government introduces demobilization, unless they get special permission to do so.

    Yet the discipline problems clearly began way before this. Ukraine went through an extremely difficult patch during last winter and spring. Months of delay in getting US military assistance into the country led to a critical ammunition shortage and a major slump in morale.

    As the battlefield situation deteriorated, an increasing number of troops started to give up. In just the first four months of 2024, prosecutors launched criminal proceedings against almost 19,000 soldiers who either abandoned their posts or deserted, according to the Ukrainian parliament. More than a million Ukrainians serve in the country’s defense and security forces, although this number includes everyone, including people working in offices far away from the front lines.

    It’s a staggering and – most likely – incomplete number. Several commanders told CNN that many officers would not report desertion and unauthorized absences, hoping instead to convince troops to return voluntarily, without facing punishment.

    This approach became so common that Ukraine changed the law to decriminalize desertion and absence without leave, if committed for the first time.

    Horetskyi told CNN that this move made sense. “Threats will only make things worse. A smart commander will delay threats, or even avoid them,” he said.

    Pokrovsk has become the epicenter of the fight for Ukraine’s east. Russian forces have been inching towards the city for months, but their advances have sped up in recent weeks as Ukrainian defenses begin to crumble.

    Pokrovsk has become the epicenter of the fight for Ukraine’s east. Russian forces have been inching towards the city for months, but their advances have sped up in recent weeks as Ukrainian defenses begin to crumble.

    Ukrainian soldiers in the area paint a grim picture of the situation. Kyiv’s forces are clearly outnumbered and outgunned, with some commanders estimating there are 10 Russian soldiers to each Ukrainian.

    But they also appear to be struggling with problems of their own making.

    An officer from a brigade fighting in Pokrovsk, who asked for their name to be withheld for security reasons, told CNN that poor communication between different units is a major issue there.

    One battalion commander in northern Donetsk said his flank was recently left exposed to Russian attacks after soldiers from neighboring units abandoned their positions without reporting it.

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