Thread by @KennethRundt

🇺🇦🧵🗣️Kenneth Gregg reports: (1/13) "The morning update of Aug. 18th can be headlined 'Have the Russians lost all strategic control?' When the panic among the lower officers starts to spread, the higher officers become paralyzed. We have now seen this in the last month. ⬇️

2:"The Russians have spread their resources over such a large area that there is no chance of a breakthrough. The latest example is at #Yakovenkove. They resorted to an attack to seize strategically insignificant territory consisting mostly of wasteland.⬇️

3:"They are looking for small unguarded areas to occupy. Even at #Pisky they can't get any further, we have very strong defensive lines west of Pisky. A defense line that extends far beyond the Spartak-Marinka line. Instead of concentrating the spearhead they had at the⬇️

4:"...beginning of the attack, they are now spreading along the defensive line and trying to take no man's land. This is causing huge casualties, yesterday up to 500 dead in this battle area. The spearhead used to be Wagner terrorists but since their headquarters was blown up ⬇️

5:"...they have lost their nerve.
The front line in the east has been almost intact for one month now. Every day that goes by with significant Russian casualties, their machinery wears down. Moreover, when we attack their maintenance lines, ⬇️

6:"...more equipment is used than is arriving, and autumn is approaching with rain and drizzle.
Another sign of Russian panic is their retreat of bases in Crimea. Now they have moved the air bases as far south in Crimea as possible. The puppet administration of Crimea has been⬇️

7:"...evacuated to Russian soil, the navy is evacuating most of what it has, their air defenses are sounding the alarm even for birds. Finally we have the biggest sign of panic: Russia has asked Turkey and the UN to persuade Ukraine to start peace talks!!!!! ⬇️

8:"They dread the day when Lend Lease #1 arrives.

On the other hand, the Russians show no mercy to our civilian population through terror bombings. #Kharkiv, #Kramatorsk, #Dnipro, #Mykolaiv, #Odessa and a dozen other cities are receiving missile after missile.⬇️

9:"In addition, we can expect attacks against Kyiv on August 24th. Why should we negotiate with a terrorist state? The West has the principle that it does not negotiate with terrorists. Why should we be forced to go against our own principles?⬇️

10:"So to a statement by our Defense Minister last night: 'There are no restrictions set by the West for attacks on Crimea', which means in plain language that we can use long-range missiles. CNN confirms, referring to its sources, that the Ukrainian army was behind the attacks⬇️

11:"...on the Saki airbase, the Maisko ammunition depot and the Gvardeysko airbase.

What then have we been doing during the night? The neo-Nazi unit RUSICH got a beating from us on the #Bakhmut front. They lost so many men that they can no longer be called an operational unit.⬇️

12:"At #Zhdanvika the Russians lost another weapons depot and at #Kamianka a whole unit of paratroopers was wiped out.

Jonas V Matern is on his way here again. This time also with a pick up truck for our battalion's special unit that is going out on a mission.⬇️

13:"He also has important supplies with him. Jonas is an exceptionally efficient person with incredible dedication and 'do it' mentality. Thanks in advance Jonas, see you soon. #SlavaUkraini "/🚫