(04-03-2023, 08:12 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: [ -> ]Putin Miscalculated is not only a self-inflicted, it also to kill Ukraine
https://youtu.be/8YkGrKQXZxE
CNN American news go into Russia Kursk town to report and found only old people and kid at home, no young people...all try to especially from Putin who try to put those young men and even young teens to fight his war and been ready as fodders.
https://youtu.be/R9u3Km4jhiE?si=YC45WADJdOPeyBYr
After a week, Ukraine's top commander claimed to control 1,000 sq km of Russian territory, although analysts suggested the true scale was smaller, and the regions of Kursk and Belgorod had both declared a state of emergency. Russia's biggest advantage is manpower, it shown a willingness to throw soldiers at Ukrainian positions to gain a few metres at a time. Around 1,200 Russian soldiers were being killed or wounded every day in May and June, the highest rate since the beginning of the war, according to Western officials.
In recent days, Russian troops have made some significant gains in north-west of Donetsk. In response, Ukraine ordered evacuation of city of Pokrovsk, local official telling residents that Russian forces were "rapidly approaching".
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60506682
(17-08-2024, 10:46 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: [ -> ]Ukraine to grant citizenship to foreign fighters to and their families - Zelenskyy is saying on TV nightly address to the people.
https://euromaidanpress.com/2024/08/16/u...skyy-says/
Ukrainian Troops Capture Their First Big Town In Russia’s Kursk Oblast and Take A Record Number of Russian Prisoners.
Chechen blocking units turned back retreating Russian troops in Sudzha—so they surrendered, instead Russian prisoners in Kursk all green soldiers awaiting for exchange. Ukrainian sent into Kursk some five mechanized brigades, three air assault brigades and several independent battalions—has fully occupied its first major settlement: the town of Sudzha
(14-08-2024, 03:06 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: [ -> ]Karma important work. This's 2nd Ukraine war into it 10th day front & it battle will take another 2 & half years to return to the table for peace talk. She (Baba Vanga) who passed away about 25 years ago, says to have predicted talk on peace would not be reached till 2027. Only the 8th Ukrainian president will able to save his country from disaster. Big Grin 

Ukraine sent troops and tanks over the border on August 6 in a surprise incursion two-and-half years after Russia launched its invasion and it says it makes new gains virtually each day....
Zelensky said Ukraine now controls over 1,250 square kilometres (480 square miles).
Ukraine is separated from halting the advance of the Russian army on the front by only one decision we await from our partners: the decision on long-range capabilities. This incursion into Kursk would not have been necessary if Ukraine could use more powerful weapons to protect "citizens in border areas.
Zelensky urges peace talks -
Zelensky confirmed that he had not informed his allies in advance of the Kursk offensive, claiming that they would have opposed it. The whole naive, illusory concept of so-called red lines regarding Russia put out by Putin is to bully NATO.
Zelensky urged diplomats to organise a 2nd round of peace talks this year, "we must force Russia, with all our might and together with our partners, to make peace".
Noted: Baba Vanga) who passed away about 25 years ago, says to have predicted talk on peace would not be reached till 2027. Only the 8th Ukrainian president will able to save his country from disaster. This Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said Ukraine's incursion had pushed peace talks further away (waitng for 2027 lehh).
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/37648
(19-08-2024, 05:47 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: [ -> ]Ukrainian Troops Capture Their First Big Town In Russia’s Kursk Oblast and Take A Record Number of Russian Prisoners. Chechen blocking units turned back retreating Russian troops in Sudzha—so they surrendered, instead Russian prisoners in Kursk all green soldiers awaiting for exchange. Ukrainian sent into Kursk some five mechanized brigades, three air assault brigades and several independent battalions—has fully occupied its first major settlement: the town of Sudzha
Is Karma working good / bad or isit not working?.
A Ukrainian soldier stands by the monument to Vladimir Lenin outside the District Center of Folk Art damaged by hostilities, Sudzha, Kursk Oblast.
Ukraine aims to establish a buffer zone in Russia's Kursk Oblast, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Aug. 18, as he outlined some of the strategic aims of the ongoing operation.
"It is now our primary task in defensive operations overall to destroy as much Russian war potential as possible and to conduct maximum counteroffensive actions," Ukraine president. He said during his daily address. "This includes creating a buffer zone on the aggressor’s territory – our operation in the Kursk Oblast."
https://kyivindependent.com/ukraines-buf...d-to-know/
A year ago this week, Putin strode on the Kursk region to commemorate 80th anniversary of one of the Soviet army’s proudest moments in World War II. Addressing a soldiers fresh from fighting in Ukraine, Putin called the decisive victory in the Battle of Kursk “one of the great feats of our people.” Now, as Russia prepares to celebrate the 81st anniversary of that 1943 battle on Friday, Kursk is again in the news — but for a very different reason.
On Aug. 6, Ukrainian forces made a lightning push into Kursk, seizing villages, taking hundreds of prisoners and forcing evacuation of tens of thousands of civilians. Russia was caught unprepared by the offensive and reportedly is drafting conscripts to try repel Ukraine’s most battle-hardened units. Putin has a history of responding slowly to various crises in his tenure, and he has so far played down the attack. But 2 1/2 years after launching a war in Ukraine to remove what he called a threat to Russia, it is his own country that seems more turbulent. 24 years in power has portrayed himself as the only person who war began in Feb 2022
https://apnews.com/article/russia-putin-...6909900b13
(14-08-2024, 03:06 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: [ -> ]Karma important work. This's 2nd Ukraine war into it 10th day front & it battle will take another 2 & half years to return to the table for peace talk. She (Baba Vanga) who passed away about 25 years ago, says to have predicted talk on peace would not be reached till 2027. Only the 8th Ukrainian president will able to save his country from disaster. Big Grin 

Kyiv says inflicted losses on Russian troops in clashes in east Ukraine By REUTERS. AUG 21,
Ukraine's military said its forces came under repeated attack on Wednesday around the town of Pokrovsk, where Russian forces are pressing for a breakthrough, but said it was inflicting losses on the attackers. In a statement, military general staff said there were 46 Russian attacks on the Pokrovsk front over the course of Wednesday; of these, 44 were repelled and two were still underway as of 1900 GMT.
It also said 238 Russian troops were killed or wounded in the same area on Wednesday. It did not disclose Ukrainian losses.
New Contours of the Global Order’ – Ukraine at War Update for Aug. 22
AFU’s Spec Ops units use US weapons to hit pontoon bridge in Russia; Putin and China’s Quiang tout “deepening relationship” at Kremlin; Western sanctions are taking effect on Moscow’s power grid. Kyiv and Moscow traded territorial gains this week in each other’s countries.
Video released by Ukraine’s Special Op Forces (SOF) on Wednesday, AFU units are seen firing US-HIMARS systems on bridges & pontoon crossings. SOF offices additionally claimed to hit & destroyed other equipment, ammunition depot, storage for fuel & lubricants, an electronic warfare system, a?a 152-mm D-20 artillery piece, all in Kursk region.
AFU units already has destroyed 3 critical that supply using Seym River. 15-day incursion into Russia’s southwestern region borders Ukraine. Zelensky described his aim of the op as creating a buffer zone along his country’s northeastern frontier a way to prevent further Russian attacks on areas in Ukraine’s Sumy & Kharkiv regions.
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/37766
According to the Institute for the Study of War, “will likely create additional confusion within the Russian MoD and friction among the Russian MoD, FSB, and Rosgvardia [Russia’s national guard], all of which are attempting to operate in Kursk Oblast,” and could jeopardize Russia’s ability to mount an effective counterattack.
Still, more than two weeks in, there are now signs of a more coordinated resistance. Dmytro Kholod, commander of Ukraine’s “Nightingale” battalion, currently in Kursk, told CNN by phone on Wednesday that he has noticed a shift in the behavior of Russian troops. “Now, the forces they have brought to this area are trying to storm us somehow,” he told CNN. “They no longer surrender by the hundreds. They are trying to shoot and fight back, but they still surrender when we attack them
Russians Will Soon Learn to Pronounce ‘Palyanytsya’ – Ukraine’s New Jet-Propelled Drone
President Zelensky announced during Independence Day celebrations that his defense forces had received and used the new type of attack weapon for the first time.
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/37934
Ukraine advances another 1-3 km, captures 2 more settlements in Russia's Kursk Oblast, Zelensky says. Ukraine started its incursion into Russia's Kursk Oblast on Aug. 6.
As of Aug. 20, the Ukrainian military said it controlled 1,263 square kilometers (488 square miles) and 93 settlements, including the town of Sudzha. The numbers do not account for the additional advancements made up to Aug. 25. A road sign showing the distance to the Russian town of upto 5,000, Kursk about 8- k/m next to the Ukraine border and near to destroyed border crossing point with Russia, in Sumy. Zelensky, who received info from Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi, did not detail settlements were captured by Ukrainian forces, as fighting is ongoing to capture additional settlement.
As of Aug. 20, Ukrainian military said it controlled 1,263 square kilometers (488 square miles) and 93 settlements, including town of Sudzha. The numbers do not account for the additional advancements made up to Aug. 25.
https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-adva...nsky-says/
On 21 August, the air assault troops of the 46th Separate Airmobile Brigade destroyed 13 pieces of Russian weaponry & military equipment and repelled 3 attacks. They put out on a memorable 'scrap show.
Details: Ukrainian forces reported show Russians split into two assault columns, each group comprised 2-tanks & 2-armoured vehicles. Thks to coordinated efforts of artillery, anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs)& FPV units, 2-armoured carriers & 2-tanks were destroyed. 2nd column was forced to retreat under intense fire. A total Russia losses reportedly 13 pieces of weaponry and military equipment
Day's events unfolded in 3 acts involved taking out a Russian T-90 tank, two infantry fighting vehicles. As artillery attack UAVs led the charge at enemy’s who claims quickly turned to dust, two tanks were hit by precise artillery strikes. Shortly supposedly 'invincible' tank received a 105 mm 'greeting' from 46th SAB gunners. Operators of 1st-Person View (FPV) drones played a crucial role, ensuring the video job was thoroughly completed."
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/08/22/7471416/
(26-08-2024, 05:12 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: [ -> ]Biden administration waits to see if "Zelenskyy's gamble" with Kursk operation pays off – WSJ...
The Wall Street Journal
(WSJ) reports that
Ukrainian troops say they are moving to encircle about 3,000 Russian troops surrounded against a river in Russia's Kursk Oblast as Ukraine destroys bridges and crossings (last estimated is about 2,000, but now is about 3,000). (Source: WSJ)
Details: The Ukrainian military used US-supplied HIMARS missile systems and drones with explosive devices to attack the bridges.
Quote WSJ: "Ukraine’s 6 August incursion has embarrassed Russian President Vladimir Putin by seizing dozens of towns and villages across a territory as large as any Russia has captured in a year of offensives in Ukraine. Kyiv’s forces are now expanding their control along the border and striking Russian supply routes, as Moscow is ramping up counterattacks using massive glide bombs and troops rushed in from Ukraine and other parts of Russia."
Details: Mick Ryan, a military strategist and retired Australian Army Major General, believes that Ukraine is not seeking a deeper advance that would be easier to cut off in Russiaʼs Kursk Oblast but is instead increasing the breadth of its operation in Russia.
Quote from Mick Ryan: "They are holding more-defensible terrain that’s closer to Ukraine and easier to support."
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/08/22/7471402/
Ukraine’s ex-Danish F-16s have scored their 1st aerial victories. President Zelensky, the supersonic F-16s shot down Russian cruise missiles during Russian air raids targeting Ukrainian cities on Monday. shoot-downs came three weeks, a first of the nimble F-16s, out of around 85 that Belgium, Denmark, The Netherlands and Norway have pledged, arrived in Ukraine. “t is excellent to see them in action,” wrote Joni a Finnish analyst. Ukraine’s F-16s Scored Their First Aerial Kill, a nimble jets reportedly shot down Russian cruise missiles on Mon 27, 2024.
Ukraine’s ex-Danish Lockheed Martin F-16s have scored 1st aerial victories says supersonic F-16s shot down Russian cruise missiles during the air raids targeting Ukrainian cities Monday, shoot-downs came 3-weeks after the first of the nimble F-16s, out of around
85 from... Belgium, Denmark, Netherlands & Norway pledged, arrived in Ukraine.“Its excellent to see them in action,” wrote Joni a Finnish analyst. It was apparent early the Ukrainian air force would
assign the F-16s to air-defense duty. They’ve been seen flying with pairs of AIM-9 infrared-guided air-to-air missiles and AIM-120 radar-guided air-to-air missiles. They seen with air-to-ground ordnance, they are widely compatible with Ukraine’s best Western-made anti-radar missiles and GPS-guided glide bombs.
It makes sense for F-16s to fly air-defense patrols. Ukraine is under relentless attack armed forces are mobilizing every available weapon to blunt the daily raids. Monday’s early-morning attacks were the worst from Russia’s 29-mth wider war. Hundreds of Russian ballistic cruise missiles & explosive drones—fired by warships & heavy bombers launchers on ground—pummeled Kyiv other cities, destroying wide swathes of electrical grid, driving thousands of civilians into overnight shelters. Four people died.
The Ukrainian air force and army claimed they shot down 102 missiles and 99 drones. Desperate to boost their air defenses,
the Ukrainians have begun flying gun-armed helicopters on anti-drone patrols, bolstering an air-defense network that also includes long-range surface-to-air missile batteries, roving patrols of gun-armed trucks—and now the F-16s.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/20...ial-kills/
They are assigning F-16s to air-defense duty. They’ve been seen flying with pairs of AIM-9 infrared-guided air-to-air missiles and AIM-120 radar-guided air-to-air missiles. And to support the 2nd front war that Ukrainian army is now in Kursk Russia federation and is holding the about 1,500 sq k/m of Land and trapping more the 3,000 Russian soldiers in Kursk.
Ukraine war latest news: Russia redeploys 30,000 troops to Kursk Oblast; Ukraine tests its first ballistic missile, Kyiv says. Ukraine tests its first ballistic missile, Zelensky says he is to present U.S. with victory plan in September.
(28-08-2024, 09:43 AM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: [ -> ]They are assigning F-16s to air-defense duty. They’ve been seen flying with pairs of AIM-9 infrared-guided air-to-air missiles and AIM-120 radar-guided air-to-air missiles. And to support the 2nd front war that Ukrainian army is now in Kursk Russia federation and is holding the about 1,500 sq k/m of Land and trapping more the 3,000 Russian soldiers in Kursk.
Ukraine war latest news: Russia redeploys 30,000 troops to Kursk Oblast; Ukraine tests its first ballistic missile, Kyiv says. Ukraine tests its first ballistic missile, Zelensky says he is to present U.S. with victory plan in September.
Russia claimed to redeploys 30,000 troops to Kursk Oblast. Meanwhile Kyiv says to Ukrainian army has tested its first ballistic missile
https://youtu.be/Qm_xce3vgWA?si=Do9UP4ioU6eBGNTB