A somewhat late Sunday morning update from Kenneth Gregg #UkraineWillWin: (1/11) "From the front lines no noticeable conquests by the Russians or by us. The Russians press hard to get in on #Bakhmut but they are beaten back just as hard.
2:"We have very many casualties from shrapnel and the Russians suffer losses from our return fire. It is the Wagner Battalion that is pressing on, the other regular Russian troops are basically in their trenches. However, it has now been confirmed that the Russians have plotted⬇️
3:"...to open up a 350 km active front line from #Vasylivka (#Zaporizhzhia region) to #Kherson. The Russians have taken our announcement about the recapture of Kherson seriously. Speaking of Kherson, it has been rumored for some time now that the Russians are cremating their⬇️
4:"...dead soldiers AND civilians killed accused of pro-Ukrainian activities. They are not going to leave evidence behind like the situation was in Bucha. Such a move also testifies to their fear of being driven out of the Kherson region.⬇️
5:"#Ivanivka has been subjected to heavy missile attacks from our side, indicating that the Russians have depots and troops there. Ivanivka is on the opposite side of the Dnipro River from Kherson.⬇️
6:"The Amnesty International report has aroused enormous anger here in Ukraine. It has gone so far that the Ukrainian public has even begun to suspect the Red Cross and the UN of pro-Russian activities. It is one thing for a previously respected organization to shoot itself in⬇️
7:"...the foot, but if their activities start casting shadows over other organizations it should be taken very seriously. Especially when there is already discussions about why the help of the big organizations is not reaching where it is needed.
8:"We Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian and Danish volunteer brothers in arms urge you all in Scandinavia to take a close look at the activities of Amnesty International Sweden and Amnesty International Finland. It has been shown now in so many occasions that individual board members⬇️
9:"...of these organizations are conducting pro-Russian activities and anti-Ukrainian campaigns. In Finland, for example, member Syksy Räsänen on his Twitter account and in other social media does so. If this organization receives state funding, it should be stopped immediately⬇️
10:"...pending an investigation. To remind you of this call to action, I will give you an example of what we saw when we went into Bucha: we came to a house and went in to check. In bed was a 15-year-old girl who had been gang-raped for several days and then cut open from the⬇️
11:"... throat down to the crotch. Why? Well, just because she was Ukrainian. Organizations that defend Russian terror in any form, directly or through members like Räsänen MUST BE STOPPED in the name of humanity. IN ALL WAYS: #SlavaUkraini "/🚫
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🇺🇦🧵👥Kenneth Gregg's friend Антон Глушко has something to say to all of you: (1/11) "Russian occupiers continue provocative shelling of the #Zaporizhia nuclear power plant. The Ukrainian authorities are documenting every crime committed by the Russian occupiers,⬇️
2:"...both in Chernobyl and Zaporizhzhia. Russia's nuclear blackmail must be stopped by the joint efforts of the international community. Time to impose tough sanctions on #Rosatom. Rosatom employees are taking part in the war against Ukraine. They were particularly present at⬇️
3:"...the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Rosatom representatives are currently present at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant."
Антон Глушко continues his message by citing an 'Official statement of the national joint stock company Energoatom':⬇️
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.⬇️
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. ⬇️