To understand the significance of the attack in the Bryansk region: the Slava plant is a storage facility for the strategic state reserve of fuel of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
On its territory there are 48 reservoirs with a capacity of 5 and 2 thousand /1
cubic meters.
Earlier on Wednesday, it was already attacked by unknown UAVs, as a result of which 3 storage facilities for 15,000 tons of aviation kerosene were destroyed.
Judging by reports in Russian public pages, another 10-15 thousand tons of expensive fuel destined /2
🔥Not Kursk alone: Russian media report a drone attack on the Bryansk region
According to the enemy media, UAVs attacked the Slava plant, which is located 80 km from the border, at night. /3 twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
The drones fell and exploded 3 meters from the fuel tanks.
According to Russian media, the plant's storage facilities were empty. But, judging by the video, they are burning like full ... 4/4 #SlavaUkrayini t.me/Pravda_Gerashc…
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Ukrainian Forces Counter 'One of the Most Powerful' Russian Offensives, Says Army Chief
Russian forces have seized more territory in eastern Ukraine than at any other time in 2024, capturing over 200 square kilometers (77 square miles) in the last week.
2/ The Russian military is currently mounting one of its most powerful offensives since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, according to Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Oleksandr Syrsky. t.me/osirskiy/916
3/ His remarks came during a meeting with Karel Rzegka, the head of the General Staff of the Czech Republic.
"I've informed my Czech colleagues about the situation on the front line, which continues to be difficult. Active hostilities, which continue in certain areas, require constant updating of the resources of Ukrainian units," Syrsky wrote in his Telegram channel.
"Now, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are holding back one of the most powerful Russian offensives since the beginning of the full-scale invasion," he added.
The current Russian offensive, which began in October 2023, has seen the capture of strategic locations including Avdiivka and Vuhledar. By late October 2024, Russian troops had advanced to the outskirts of Toretsk and Chasiv Yar in the Donetsk region.
2/ The head of the Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, said that he canceled the order to his soldiers from the "Akhmat" units not to capture Ukrainian servicemen. He cynically stated that "the people of Ukraine asked him for this." obozrevatel.com/ukr/person/ram…
3/ Although this order was given by a Kremlin henchman following the statements of Patriarch Kirill regarding the "condemnation of brutality" in the ranks of Putin's army. This was reported by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW understandingwar.org/backgrounder/r…
- @Iltalehti AGAIN quotes ryzka media full of lies. They are said to have captured the village of Persotravneven in Kharkiv Oblast. That village is STILL held by SKT and his goons. The tourists have been attacking for 7 days non-stop but they are absolutely NOT inside the village.
2/ Furthermore, it is reported that we will be without soldiers in 6-12 months, this is also a lie. The facts are that we have 3-5 brigades in reserve, we have a pool of about 1,000,000 million civilians who have registered with the conscription board but have not yet received the summons.
Finding 160,000 men from this pool will not be difficult at all. In addition, the will to defend is still strong with 85%.
3/ Let's go back to the Ryzka tactic right now, why it is the way it is and the consequences.
- Right now the tourists are entering the #Donetsk area with everything they have, this they will do until we know who will be the new president of the United States. What the tourists are now forced to do is the biggest sacrifice you can make, you are expected to die for Putin.
- Putin wants to give the impression that nothing can stop him, his generals in Donetsk are playing a so-called optical game and theater. Putin simply wants to influence the US election and the attitude towards Ukraine being played out.
1/ Ukraine launched IPSO against North Korean military - Voice of America
In particular, the Ukrainian military intelligence project "I want to live" released a video message in Korean.
North Korean soldiers are offered to surrender, pointing out that they should not "senselessly die on foreign land".
2/ Ukraine launched an information and psychological campaign directed against the North Korean military.
In particular, the Ukrainian military intelligence project "I want to live" released a video message in Korean.obozrevatel.com/ukr/topic/sotr…
3/ North Korean soldiers are offered to surrender, pointing out that they should not "senselessly die on foreign land." This is reported by "Voice of America". holosameryky.com/a/korea-campai…
As North Korean troops prepare to join Russian forces in the war against Ukraine, Kyiv is stepping up its information and psychological campaign against North Korean soldiers, a senior Ukrainian official said.
Those efforts may receive support from a group of South Korean military observers who, South Korean Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun said , will travel to Ukraine this week to observe and analyze the actions of North Korean troops on the battlefield.
Last week, the Ukrainian military intelligence project "I want to live" released a video message in Korean on YouTube and posted a message in Korean on Telegram.
The messages call on North Korean soldiers to surrender, saying they should not "senselessly die on foreign soil". They were offered food, shelter and medical services.
Andriy Kovalenko, head of the Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security Council, told VOA Ukraine on Wednesday that "additional videos involving North Koreans will be published in the future."
"The goal of the Russian army is 'de-occupation', as they call it, Suji, and the North Koreans will be used in real battles. They will first teach modern warfare, and then use them in parallel battles. That's why there will also be evidence of their participation in the war from Kurshchyna." , - said Kovalenko.
We (the Center for countering disinformation of the NSDC) are involved in the identification of those people who arrived and which units they join," Kovalenko added.
Influence campaign
Ukraine has been conducting similar psychological operations against Russian soldiers since the beginning of the Russian invasion, American experts say.
"Ukraine did this to the Russians at the beginning of the war," Bruce Bennett , a senior defense analyst at the RAND Corporation, told VOA on Thursday. ".
Bennett added that the drones could also be used to send postcard and audio messages to North Korean soldiers in the war zone.
David Maxwell , a former US Special Forces colonel who served in the US-South Korea Joint Forces Command, said it could be a "great opportunity" to learn how to use psychological tactics against North Korean forces during a war.
"Bombing and shooting don't happen 24/7," he told the VOA Korea Service on Wednesday. "Military operations are also characterized by a lot of idleness and inaction, where soldiers wait for something to happen, and that's when loudspeakers and leaflets can really have an effect because these messages give them something to think about."
Earlier this week, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi agreed in a telephone conversation to "intensify the exchange of intelligence and experience" and "develop an action strategy and a list of countermeasures," according to a statement released by the Office of the President of Ukraine.
Some experts in South Korea have said that a group of South Korean military observers headed to Ukraine will likely include experts in information and psychological warfare who can advise Ukrainian officials.
Cho Han Bum , a senior researcher at the state-run Korean Institute for National Unification, said psychological warfare could be a real threat to the North Korean military.
"In the case of the North Korean soldiers, they have now been mobilized for war without any reason," he told VOA Korea on Tuesday. "They hardly have a strong will or a high morale."
- Today I ask myself whether Putin's decision to call North Korea into the war is the last nail in his coffin. The decision has far-reaching consequences globally and it has prompted South Korea to begin taking measures that greatly benefit Ukraine. Let's go a little deeper into the question.
2/ North and South Korea are arch-enemies, everything North Korea does follows South Korea closely and changes its short-term strategies as a counterbalance.
South Korea does not want a North Korea that receives total military assistance from Ryzzland in a military crisis situation, that is a direct threat to South Korea.
South Korea's constitution prohibits military assistance and arms deliveries directly to a country involved in a war.
3/ It has supplied artillery shells to the US, which supplied its supplies to Ukraine to circumvent this legislation.
- Now you are in a situation where you have started to prepare for direct arms deliveries to Ukraine, and what arms that is!!!!
South Korea has now proven capable of delivering effective air defenses, MSAMs, K2 tanks, ballistic missiles, shells for artillery AND self-propelled howitzers
- Let's start with the negative news today. Now it has been clarified why SELYDOVE fell so surprisingly quickly.
Okay, there is still fighting going on inside the city so the city is not completely under the control of the tourists. We actually had properly built defense lines but, but, but..
2/ Unfortunately, there were again things that happened that ABSOLUTELY MUST NOT happen.
The tourists struck when we started rotating our own units and we were at our most vulnerable.
- This can only be blamed on ourselves and INCOMPETENT high commanders who sit behind a desk and make plans without understanding the realities, realities that a Finnish recruit understands after only a few weeks of training.
Rule 1: you should know the surroundings like your own home street,
2: you must communicate before and after you take front responsibility with the former unit. Is this supposed to be so damn... difficult to understand and carry out practically?
3/ The same happened at Vuhledar when the 72 was about to be replaced. Also, the tourists KNEW the substitution schedule!!!
Why must the same mistakes be repeated time and time again?? This has cost us soldiers lives and lost ground unnecessarily. We have known for a long time that the tourists want to straighten out the indentations in order to shorten the battle lines.
To me it looks like we have rats reporting to the lede fi directly the decisions made about rotation. It is now these two fronts where the tourist has its most intensive operational operations right now.