Morning of August 4th brings us this from Kenneth Gregg #UkraineWillWin: (1/10) "This update will be about two events: #Pisky and #Dovhenke (#Izium region). We start with Pisky which has been the talk of the western media as a breakthrough for the Russians and a disaster⬇️
2:"...for the Ukrainians. Yes, it has been a disaster in the sense that we have 196 dead after 2 days of fighting. The background to the attack here in the Donetsk region was that the Russians knew that we did not have strong troops in the area and they KNEW exactly where our ⬇️
3:"...positions were. Then they fired more than 6500 shells from artillery and with GRAD. It took about 12 hours before we got reinforcements to the area and our troops could force the enemy out of the city itself. The Russians themselves have too few troops to take the city.⬇️
4:"In any case, it is worrying that the Russians knew all about where our positions and bunkers were, they precision fired with heavy artillery and after that the mass firing with GRAD took over. The same warfare is being waged around #Kharkiv, where neither we or they⬇️
5:"...have enough troops to make a decisive impact. In the case of Pisky, as in so many other cases from the past, it probably pays to find out what really happened and certainly not to trust our media in the North.⬇️
6:"Izium region: Our troops have an offensive going on and our Nordic media has not written a word about it. We have pushed the Russians back in a large area, 6 km x 30 km. Now the Russian regiment in #Brazhkivka is also under threat and there is every reason for the Russian⬇️
7:"... staffs in Izium to be worried. If we knock out Kherson and Izium, the Russians have only one way to bring in maintenance and that is east of Lysyshansk.
Our long-range artillery has had high activity against targets south and southeast of #Melitopol .⬇️
8:"From the fronts in Kharkiv and Luhansk no specific information and from #Kherson we have info black out. The only official announcement is that we have liberated 53 communities. This in turn indicates that we have a de facto offensive going on there.⬇️
9:"So finally, a request from our battalions at the front: right now we are in dire need of 24 hour field food rations. I know Jonas and a few others are trying to get these but the need is great and getting greater the closer we get to winter.⬇️
10:"Food supply on the front will have its big role during the winter, if we have food and the Russians starve, everyone knows the end result. #SlavaUkraini "/🚫
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Morning August 3rd update from Kenneth Gregg #UkraineWillWin : (1/14) "Small changes on the Eastern Front but no significant events. The Russians attack with infantry in level with #Bakhmut and southwards. It is open country that is now being fought over and our tactics is⬇️
2:"...to wear out the Russians as much as possible before they reach our defense line. We therefore retreat slowly to the main line of defense and inflict maximum casualties on the enemy. Since the Russians have great difficulty in taking ground in open country,⬇️
3:"... they will not have enough troops to take any towns. Moreover, they have put their troops on the move at #Donetsk, which is surprising. Probably they want a buffer zone for Donetsk for the winter. North of Bakhmut, too, they have tried to advance in the past 24 hours but⬇️
🇺🇦🧵🗣️Yet another report from Kenneth Gregg #UkraineUnderAttack issued yesterday evening (1/6): "It has been a day when the Russians have NOT ADVANCED a single meter. However, we have countered all their attacks and caused the tourists stinging losses. ⬇️
2:"In the following places there is no more Russian domination, i.e. we have taken back ground: at #Vyskopillia (Kherson region) we have now cornered the Russians in an area 5 km long and 3 km wide, they are basically surrounded and they have up to 1000 men in this small area.⬇️
3:"At the Marinka-Oleksandrivka line we have also pushed them back and consolidated our hold on the road going to Donetsk. In other words, we have pushed them back in an area that has been occupied since 2014. It is a matter of a small piece of land but it is now the first time⬇️
🇺🇦🧵🗣️Another report from Kenneth Gregg #UkraineUnderAttaсk : (1/15) "This morning, starting with the activities of the Russians, we can now conclude that #Bakhmut is certainly their big target. On the #Bakhmutske-#Semyhiria line they attack with everything they have. ⬇️
2:"Most of the fighting is over open fields and small groves. In this area it is still about 10 km to our main line of defense. North of Bakhmut and around #Sloviansk they have not advanced at all - on the contrary they are being pushed back in these areas.⬇️
3:"A worrying trend the Russians show is that they have started to use Ukrainian uniforms (Nato standard) with our recognition marks. This is a war crime, but what can you expect from Russians?
So to the our successes before I bring up the 'Forgotten Kharkiv'.⬇️
🇺🇦🧵👥I mostly mention Kenneth Gregg but I think I should mention some other Scandinavians as well, for example the Swede Jonas von Matern. He is not fighting in #Ukraine but collecting funds for necessary hardware. I will let him talk now: (1/7)
2:"This was my 9th trip down to Ukraine since march. 2900 km. 150 days of war. It is a strange feeling to one day be at the front, waking up to explosions every night between 3 and 5, and then go back to sleep 10 min later. ⬇️
3:"Seeing how the people clean up the broken glass every morning and then get on with there life. And a few days later be back over the border to Poland and a country in peace. Where the sound of a jet engine doesn't mean that a cruise missile is coming. ⬇️
🇺🇦🧵🗣️Sunday morning update from Kenneth Gregg #UkraineRussiaWar (1/12): "The Russians are eagerly trying to destroy the #Pokrovske and #Vuhlehirsk power stations. Wave after wave has been sent but they have all been defeated. My friend at the Vuhleirsk power station is⬇️
2:"...completely baffled with what the Russians are up to. The Russians have not advanced one meter in the last 24 hours.
{I have given my friend a can of Swedish fermented herring ("surströmming") and they have already had their herring party down there. Got a video which I'll⬇️
3:"...post a bit later as it reveals too much about their position, so for security reasons you'll have to wait a bit. This much I can reveal: they have a military dog and IT liked both the smell and taste of the fermented herring.}⬇️
2:"On the line #Dolomitne-Novoluhanske likewise with the same result. Fighting is currently taking place at the power plant in #Vuhlehirsk and at #Striapvika-Soledar. The quality of their attacks has dropped drastically due to misdirection of their shelling.➡️
3:"A shining example of their misdirected shelling is probably yesterday's shelling of #Zaporizhzhia, 20 missiles fired with MLRS and most of them landed in the Dnipro river. Very expensive fishing! Remember that the main line of defense is not where we are now fending off the ➡️