1/10 #Kherson western front update ๐งตis finally here.Been working on checking info from local,#OSINT,sat & other sources to produce the most complete picture IMO while still keeping #Opsec.Let's go ๐
2/10 First by popular req. a full overview map of the current(8 aug) frontlines west of the #Inhulets river. As we can see there have been some (small) shifts in the overall line. As you can see i have included known ๐ท๐บ defensive pos. and some published ๐บ๐ฆ pos. Some details โฌ๏ธ
3/10 First we look at the sit. around #Stanislav. ๐ท๐บVDV reinforcements arrived 15-7,and started a push toward #Oleksandrivka pushing ๐บ๐ฆ back across the coastal road W and N taking control of the town. 45th Spetnaz are active here. ๐บ๐ฆ are using art. & tank fire to stop the advance
4/10 meanwhile ๐บ๐ฆ 28th mech. brigade is keeping pressure on #ShyrokaBalka & #Sofiivka to prevent any move north.They are supported by #Terra drone rec. platoon aswell as SOF units & partisans in the area. Here a drone assisted strike in #Oleksandrivka
5/10 When we move W we can see ๐บ๐ฆ forces taking ground, the small town of #Doslidne was abandoned after the ammo dep. was hit & consequently ๐บ๐ฆ forward troops took position there, the same for #Myrne & #Parysheve. ๐ท๐บ forces retreated to fixed def. east.
6/10 When we look more north we can see the town of #Pravdyne has been left by ๐ท๐บ forces, their def. pos. E of town had been hit by ๐บ๐ฆ art. from begin july. and became hard to reinforce because SOF activity S & the 28th mech E & N.๐ท๐บ forces fell back E.
7/10 the stragic town of #Kyselivka seems to be abandoned by ๐ท๐บ forces. ๐บ๐ฆ forces have not moved forward to the town prob. because of a large nr. of art. in the area of #Chornobaivka. ๐ท๐บ forces fell back to def. pos. just outside #Klapaya & #Krutiyar covering the M14 highway.
8/10 ๐ท๐บ forces seem not yet to have give up #Chornobaivka airport even though it was hit serveral times with #HIMARS.Formidable def. pos. have been setup @ NE & SW corners. At least 1 BTG seem to be stationed there with 100+ dug in vehicles.๐ท๐บ have setup new warehouse locations S
9/10 Looking on the line between #Kutiyar & #Novomykaivka we see a string of ๐ท๐บ defenses. These seem te be spaced approx. 5 km. apart for optimal firing coverage. Artillery positions are prob. located to the E behind the river and relocate regulary to avoid counter fire.
10/10 newly arrived ๐ท๐บ forces tried to push toward #Partizanske from #Snihurivka & #Kalynivka. They were pushed back and ๐บ๐ฆ forces established a foothold in #Lyubyne.๐ท๐บ forces have a forward pos. in #Novopetrivka. Heavy fighting there at this moment between forward units
11/11 Overall we can see ๐บ๐ฆ small gaines & some counter attacks by ๐ท๐บ.However the ๐บ๐ฆ forces seem to wait till the ๐ท๐บ re-supply situation gets worse and their buildup in the rear is complete before they will make a major push toward #Kherson city or not ๐.
i have been monitoring the EW units in Kursk oblast and mainly the border region with extreme interest the last 6-9 months, drone defense exsisted of a number of Pole-21 gnss jamming stations placed strategically in border towns, complemented with Zithel-R331 mobile jamming
Units, which would not only jam but also record used frequencies by Ukrainian forces in these area's. These pole-21 systems would be mainly placed in cellphone or other comms masts, spaced about 5 km. apart. Thus creating a sort of overlapping wall of jamming.
In addition to this a number listening posts was established along the border area of the sumy and Kharkiv oblasts. All of these russian EW measures where under the responsability of the 16th EW brigade, which are based in Kursk.
Credible sources within the Ukrainian army and russian sources, are reporting the displacement of units of the 76th Guards Air Assault Division from the Kreminna/Svatove area to the harbor city of Berdyansk. Indications are at least 2 regiments have moved.
The 234th Guards Air Assault and 237th Guards Air Assault Regiments , who had been stationed between Kreminna and Svatove, with a command centre located in Milutavka, which is near the city of Svatove.
234th regiment is know for its involvement in the Bucha massacre both regiments suffered heavy losses in the war in Ukraine and have been replenished with Mobiks who had short training in camps just across the border in Russia (Rovenki) and near Nhyznoteple in Luhansk
1/3 Recently large numbers of tanks in the Pervomaiske area have been destroyed, also video's came out showing large numbers of assault forces (So-called SHO units) who surrender to ๐บ๐ฆ forces.Another indication something was up in this area, the increased nr. of ๐บ๐ฆ drone attacks
2/3 This could indicate part of the ๐ท๐บ defensive lines around this part of the front might be weaker around Pervomais'ke then other parts, most likely also because units from this part were moved to support the 3rd army on the south flank of Bakhmut.
3/3 Today we learned that ๐ท๐บ forces blew up the dam in the town of Karlivka, this dam not only holds the water in the Karlovska reservoir, but also a bridge on the E50 road toward Pervomais'ke, which is a main supply route for ๐บ๐ฆ forces in the area.
1/3 Reliable sources on the ground near Soledar are reporting ๐ท๐บ sapper units possible from 107th Seperate Guards Engineer-Sapper battalion, are activly mining roads leading out of Soledar. Several crossroads and fields have been mined with 100's of AT-62M mines.
2/3 This in it self can mean different things, either Russian & Wagner forces are preparing a retreat to more favourable defensive positions outside Soledar, or Russian forces are setting up obstacles to prevent the retreat of the Wagner forces stationed in Soledar.
3/3 In case of retreat of all forces from Soledar, the possibility is that they would fall back all the way to the defensive positions build a few months ago west of Popasna on the border between Luhansk & Donetsk. Time will tell when Soledar is liberated by ๐บ๐ฆ. #SlavaUkraรฏni
1/6 Elements of the 10th Tank regiment part of the newly formed 3rd ๐ท๐บ army corps, arrived around 13th of may in the area of the town of Odradivka (48.494300,38.014800). They had previously been deployed near Avdiivka, were they were involved a multiple failed frontal assaults
2/6 In which they suffered serious losses including most of their tanks and IFV's. They had been regrouping near the town of Lysychansk and seems to have been re-plenished with new mobik recruits from all over Russia but mostly recruits from Buryatia.
3/6 Their arrival in the area south of Bakhmut is likely an attempt to stop Ukrainian advances in this area.The unit took up positions along the T0513 road between Odradivka and Optyne. Almost immediatly after their arrival shelling and drone attacks by ๐บ๐ฆ forces took their toll.
1/15 I have been working on unraveling the ๐ท๐บ logistics networks in the Luhansk area since the beginning of jan. When different geolocated videos showed convoy's of armoured vehicles moving towards the frontlines in Luhansk & Donetsk
2/15 These convoy's peaked my interest, and since the ๐ท๐บ logistics machine heavily relies on railway, the most obvious place to start is at the railway hubs it still can use in Luhansk. There are only a handfull which suits the need of the ๐ท๐บ forces & are outside of HIMARS reach
3/15 in S Luhansk the railway route between the towns of Dovzhansk(Sverdlovsk) and Rovenky, has 4 stops that would be out of HIMARS reach, but only two of those are connected with the highways into Luhansk city and onto the frontlines.These are Dovzhansk (Sverdlovsk) and Rovenky