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George Barros
@georgewbarros
Russia Team & GEOINT Team Lead @TheStudyofWar studying 🇺🇦,🇷🇺, & 🇧🇾. Led grassroots effort for Ukraine Javelins in 2014. W&M alum. Opinions mine.
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Jan 5 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
Ukrainian forces have resumed offensive operations in Kursk and are confirmed to have made tactical advances within at least 300 meters of Berdin.

Quick thread on tracking tactical Ukrainian advances: Image Fresh snowfall makes identifying tracks easier. Russian sources posted video on January 5 showing how Ukrainian mechanized vehicles are making distinctive dark marks on snowy white backdrops as they push forward across fields: t.me/RVvoenkor/83914
Sep 23, 2024 • 10 tweets • 5 min read
Maxar collected a trove of new high-resolution satellite imagery showing the damage to Russian ammunition depots in western southern Russia. 📷@Maxar

Thread with much imagery.

Starting off with the before / after shots of the ammo storage buildings at the Oktyabrski depot.


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Image Imagery of the destruction of probable missile cannisters at the Oktyabrski ammo depot.
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Aug 28, 2024 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
New interactive map tool🌎

We created a tool to illustrate the extent to which US restrictions on Ukraine’s use of ATACMS constrain Ukraine’s ability to strike important military infrastructure in Russia.

Link to tool: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/8b060c…

We made this tool to help visualize the extent to which US policy is protecting a vast number of objects in Russia's rear and how many legacy installations and known military landuse protected by US policy is supporting Russia's war effort.
May 13, 2024 • 22 tweets • 4 min read
Putin's Safe Space: Defeating Russia’s Kharkiv Operation Requires Eliminating Russia’s Sanctuary

Current US policy prohibiting Ukraine from using US-provided weapons in the territory of the Russian Federation is severely compromising Ukraine's ability to defend itself. Whatever the merits of this US policy before the Russian assault on Kharkiv Oblast began, it should be modified immediately to reflect the urgent realities of the current situation.
Sep 25, 2023 • 24 tweets • 11 min read
Russian sources report that Ukrainian forces entered Verbove on September 22 & continued attacking the settlement with armored vehicles as of September 24.

Russian sources also indicate that Ukrainian forces are operating north of Verbove.

Tactical report thread w/ sources.🧵 Image A Russian Airborne Forces (VDV) -affiliated source reported that Ukrainian forces entered Verbove for the first time on September 22 and continued pushing east.

Source: t.me/vdv_ZA_teplins…

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Sep 17, 2023 • 16 tweets • 3 min read
In our newest special edition for @TheStudyofWar, our team assesses that Ukraine's defensive and counteroffensive operations in the Bakhmut area since summer 2022 are an operationally sound undertaking. Ukraine's sustained operations in Bakhmut have fixed a large amount of Russian combat power that would otherwise have been available to reinforce Russian defenses in southern Ukraine.
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Sep 7, 2023 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
Ukrainian forces are making tactical gains NW of Verbove.

Ukrainian forces likely pinched off / are pinching off a tactical salient that they made NW of Verbove where Russian fortifications are notably less developed & not as well connected to communications.

Assessment below.
Geolocated footage posted on September 7 shows Russian forces striking a new Ukrainian position in a treeline northwest of Verbove, indicating Ukrainian advances.

Sources: ; ; t.me/frontbird/3329


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Aug 30, 2023 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
I'd like to tamper expectation about the new Ukrainian activity behind the tank ditch near Verbove.

The available evidence does not mean this is a "confirmed breach" of the Surovikin line.

Ukrainian forces very well may have breached it, but we need more evidence.

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Image The new geolocated footage (h/t @moklasen) shows Ukrainian foot-mobile infantry of the 82nd Brigade, likely reconnaissance elements, operating just west of Verbove.

The new footage shows no evidence that these forces have heavy equipment behind the trench or dragon's teeth. Image
Aug 28, 2023 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
Ukrainian forces may be attempting to breach the Russian tank ditch between Verbove and Robotyne.

Quick Thread.

NASA's VIIRS sensor picked up heat anomalies next to a segment of the tank ditch on August 27 near 35.9136801°E 47.4222758°N.

(Imagery here shows August 25 vs 28) Imagery collected on August 28 shows extensive brush burns marks near the tank ditch and even some burns between the ditch and the dragon's teeth (circled in red).
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Jul 27, 2023 • 18 tweets • 9 min read
July 27, 2023.

Ukrainian forces are conducting counteroffensive operations in southern Ukraine and are making some tactical gains, including the liberation of Staromayorske in Donetsk Oblast.

A short thread on today's map changes for @TheStudyofWar. Image 1. Ukrainian forces liberated Staromayorske on July 27. The Russian positions in Urozhane are precariously held by a river bank. I suspect Russian forces will retrograde from or be beaten out of the Urozhane in the near future.
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Jul 23, 2023 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
The Wagner Group’s footprint in Belarus is likely expanding.

A quick rollup on reported (not all confirmed) Wagner Group activities in Belarus. Image The Ukrainian Resistance Center reported on July 22 that approximately 50 Wagner personnel are in Sosnovy, Belarus, (presumably the Sosnovy in Asipovichy Raion immediately adjacent to the known Wagner camp in Tsel,and not either of the two villages named Sosnovy in Gomel Oblast).
May 12, 2023 • 26 tweets • 11 min read
May 11, 2023 map update for @TheStudyofWar.

Ukrainian forces are conducting a local counterattack near Bakhmut's flanks causing significant panic among Russian milbloggers speculating about Ukraine's anticipated counteroffensive.

Details below. This assessment is based primarily off of the available evidence: Russian-sourced reports from sources that regularly provide reliable information as well as some Ukrainian official statements and limited available supporting geolocated visual evidence.
Apr 23, 2023 • 21 tweets • 10 min read
Unpacking this assessment in our change of control of terrain around the Dnipro River delta.

This assessment uses a combination of multi-sourced Russian-provided textual reports about Ukrainian activity in this area as well as available geolocated combat footage. Image Russian milbloggers Rybar and "Thirteenth" claimed on April 20 and 22 that Ukrainian forces have maintained positions in left (east) bank Kherson Oblast for weeks, established stable supply lines to these positions, and regularly conduct sorties in the area. ImageImageImageImage
Apr 10, 2023 • 32 tweets • 7 min read
Thread unpacking my latest @TheStudyofWar assessment with @KatStepanenko.

We assess Russian occupation authorities are likely conducting a campaign of systematic religious persecution in occupied Ukraine in support of a larger campaign of cultural genocide against Ukraine.

🧵 Our team did a deep dive on religious persecution events that Russian forces have reportedly inflicted against Ukrainians and discovered at least 76 reports of Russian forces deliberately coercing religious groups. Image
Mar 24, 2023 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
GIF: Russian forces at the Obuz-Lesnovsky 230th Combined Arms raining Ground in Brest, Belarus, recently redeployed back to Russia ahead of Russia’s spring conscription call-up on April 1.

Compare equipment levels from mid-February to now.

Quick thread on Belarus🧵

📸 @Maxar Ukrainian Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) representative Vadym Skibitsky stated on March 23 that there are about 4,200 Russian servicemen currently in Belarus, indicating a drawdown. Russia had about 12,000 personnel deployed in Belarus in late 2022.
Mar 21, 2023 • 26 tweets • 14 min read
March 20 Ukraine Control of Terrain map update for
@TheStudyofWar.

1. Russians made more confirmed gains in southern Bakhmut

2. New Russian claims in SW & NE Bakhmut

3. Mapped the new claimed attack on SW Avdiivka

4. New UKR partisan event.

More changes and details below. 1. We expanded assessed Russian advances northward in the Mariupol Cemetery in southern Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast, given that geolocated footage published on March 19 shows Ukrainian forces striking Russian forces in the cemetery. Sources: ;
Mar 14, 2023 • 17 tweets • 10 min read
March 14 Ukraine Control of Terrain map update for
@TheStudyofWar.

1. Russians claimed they captured the Vostokmash plant in Bakhmut

2. Russians made gains in southern Bakhmut

3. Russians made more gains towards Krasnohorivka (Yasynuvats'kyi Raion)

More and details below 1. We expanded Russian claims further south to the AZOCM metal plant within northern Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast, based on multiple photos and videos posted by Russian milbloggers on March 14 that claim Russian forces reached the plant and are clearing the Vostokmash plant.
Mar 10, 2023 • 12 tweets • 6 min read
Latest Ukraine Control of Terrain map update for @TheStudyofWar.

1. Russians likely captured Dubovo-Vasylivka 5km northwest of Bakhmut.

2. Russians made more advances in southern Bakhmut.

3. Russians claimed  Orikhovo-Vasylivka.

More and details below. 1. We expanded assessed Russian advances westward to Dubovo-Vasylivka, Donetsk Oblast, given geolocated footage published on March 9 shows Russian forces in eastern Dubovo-Vasylivka reportedly on March 8.
Mar 9, 2023 • 10 tweets • 6 min read
Latest Ukraine Control of Terrain map update for
@TheStudyofWar.

Russians made gains in southwest Bakhmut and near Spirne.

Ukrainians made gains in Mayorsk.

Russians occupy Novokarlivka in Zaporizhia.

More and details below. 1. We expanded assessed Russian advances northward in southwest Bakhmut given geolocated footage published on March 8 showing a Ukrainian tank firing on a building occupied by Russian forces in the area. Sources: ;
Mar 8, 2023 • 9 tweets • 5 min read
Latest Ukraine Control of Terrain map update for @TheStudyofWar.

Ukrainian forces have likely withdrawn from eastern Bakhmut east of the Bakhmutivka River as of March 7.

Details below. Image We expanded assessed Russian advances up to the eastern bank of the Bakhmutka River in Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast, given ISW’s assessment that Ukrainian forces have likely withdrawn from eastern Bakhmut as of March 7.
Feb 19, 2023 • 13 tweets • 5 min read
The Russian MoD's dismissal of Donetsk People’s Republic military spokesman Eduard Basurin as part of the formal reorganization of the DNR militia under the Russian MoD triggered another wave of Russian milblogger criticisms against the Russian defense establishment.

Thread 🧵 This follows yesterday's @TheStudyofWar assessment.

The reformation of the LNR & DNR militia into the Russian Armed Forces has potential to become another point of neuralgia in the Russian information space.