Shoygu claims that the Russian offensive was cancelled because of "concern for the civilian population". Arestovich brings up the figure of 22,000 Russian strikes, only 500 of which were on military targets.
Today's (24 August) strikes on Ukraine were larger than average but far less than what was expected today. This is due to a combination of factors. firstly, there are too many foreigners in Kyiv such as foreign diplomats.
🧵 Oleg Zhdanov, the Ukrainian military expert, with his battlefield and military-political situation update on 24 August 2022. The update took place at 16:00 Kyiv time (2PM BST).
The enemy continues attempts to establish full control over Donetsk Oblast and hold taken territories in Kherson, parts of Kharkiv, Zaporizhye and Mykolaiv Oblasts, and also replenish units that took losses.
This tells us that the enemy is truly exhausted and we are entering a stage where replenishment of Russian troops is not enough to cover casualties along the whole frontline.
Continued aviation strikes across the whole territory of Ukraine.
🧵Here we publish translation of guidelines that the agitators in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine have issued to convince the population they are not marauders or murderers. The detailed translation was provided by @Janat_H1
2/13🧵 The guidelines were issued on 1 July 2022, and the original files published by the Ukrainian GUR can be found on GUR’s Facebook page.
Now, to the contents.
3/13🧵As stated in the preamble, “the document is distributed exclusively to instructors affiliated with the leadership of “United Russia” and cannot be passed on to third parties for review.”
Oleg Zhdanov, the Ukrainian military expert, with his battlefield and military-political situation update on 23 August 2022. The update took place at 16:00 Kyiv time (2PM BST).
In the border areas with Ukraine, the enemy actively uses EW tools attempting to suppress Ukrainian communications, and interfere and listen for communications. The threat of rocket and aviation strikes from Belarus remains.
🔥 Northern direction
Artillery strikes of the Ukrainian territory, both Sumy and Chernihiv Oblasts suffered from shelling.
🔥 Slobozhanshina direction
The adversary is attempting to hold on to captured territories and improving their tactical position.
No significant changes, everything is the same in all locations except Kherson
🔥 Kherson:
🇷🇺 relocated few fresh BTGs to west bank, they are attacking on line Oleksandrivka / Posad-Pokrovske / Blahodatne, trying to push 🇺🇦 back, but no success.
🇺🇦 destroying at least 3-4 warehouses and command posts every day, sometimes 7-8. Interesting, how long 🇷🇺 can sustain this.
🔥 Bridges:
Today was a strike on Antonivskyi bridge, several armored vehicles managed to cross it slowly. There have been near to 100 hits, throughput has decreased significantly, yet it is still passable. Destroying bridges is not easy task.
The so-called “Luhansk People’s Republic” military command released a video recently, stating that claims about the forced mobilisation in the Donbass fake republics are “staged” and “falsified”. The “deputy commissar” explains that all servicemen are provided with...
...everything necessary, including monetary allowance of 176,000 rubles ($3000) for privates, and more for higher ranks.
In a convenient manner, the “LPR” volunteer Murz released a message in his LiveJournal account dismissing this claim as false, saying that privates are...
getting one hundred thousand rubles less than promised, and all the money goes to pay off debs to shops, car services, and to purchase essential combat equipment that is not provided by the state.