Civilians noticed a large convoy heading south through Starobilsk and towards Severodonetsk. These observations were made independently and support each other. One witness reported large numbers of infantry and BMPs (an armored vehicle that carries infantry and has a big gun).
Russians increased the rate at which they are fortifying Svatove, they also blew up bridges near the town (I am not sure which bridges).
Russia used remote mining near Berestove, showing the area is definitely not under their control.
There are reports of Russian artillery fire near Pisky, which I believe represents fire near the Anthill or Republica Mist, if not both (I have marked both).
Russians posted a video proving Ukrainian control of the forests southeast of Opytne.
Near Hulyaipole, Russia tried to push Ukrainian forces back north. Ukraine destroyed the Russian attack with artillery fire.
Ukraine heavily shelled Beryslav and Borozenske. In Borozenske an artilleryman told me "we killed one of everything." I interpret this as a tank, a bmp, an artillery piece, etc.
Ukrainian MOD confirmed the strike on Beryslav yesterday.
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The American people said “we don’t like inflation!” and had a choice between two presidents.
Option A said their goal was to attack the source of inflation so the economic conditions that lead to rapid rise in costs wont happen again.
Option B said their plan was to increase inflation by at least 50%.
And America voted for option B.
You have to understand the consequences of your actions here. You had one political movement that wanted to shift focus away from corporations and onto the people. You may not have liked everything about the current state of that movement, but the movement existed.
And while it existed, you could have used your votes to influence it, and push it into the direction you liked. Maybe you like x and y but not z. You could influence that.
Sources like warspotting and lostwar withhold losses from their counts when they are not clearly identifiable. Ukraine has pivoted to using heavy bomber drones to destroy vehicles, and posts tremendous numbers of losses per day using this method.
Due to thermals and top down view these losses are only very rarely counted. And when they are counted, it can be many months later when alternate footage appears.
In short, there is not a drop in documented losses, but the methodology used by the loss aggregators is highly conservative and struggles to deal with the types of footage available at the moment. And as a result will lag behind reality.
Kurt Company says they have killed 51 and wounded 57 Russians this month. These guys are situated near Kurdyumivka, and are repelling Russian assaults across the Severskyi Donets canal. I have personally seen about 25 of those 51 killed on video, and I've geolocated around 15.
Ukrainian positions in this area are very well designed, which contribute substantially to their ability to defend. We've seen Ukrainian defenses in other areas, often superior positions, with vastly inferior design and construction fall within minutes or hours.
The main difference you see here is that their firing positions are *above ground* with *interlocking fields of fire* and *trench systems that allow defenders to rapidly displace*.