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Ukraine Invasion Day 141: Russia's Duma renaming Putin as "ruler" when "Führer" is still available [1]

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Date: 2022-07-13

"Kharkiv & Chuhuiv direction: Russian forces tried to advance in the direction of Dementivka, but the attack was repelled." (MilitaryLand.net)

The disinformation campaigns continue as the bombardments become sharper and more accurate. Contradictory personnel reports mention new conscription and minimal casualties even as numerous targets like ammunition depots are hit. There is some indication of a Ukrainian insurgent resistance in Russian occupied areas with a local Russian-installed politician assassinated.

Putin's next move is anticipated to be a drive into Donetsk, which if captured would fulfill the Kremlin's primary objective: overrunning the entire Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, which has housed Russian-backed separatist factions since 2014. But when and how that takes place is unclear. While Russia has continued intense airstrikes on various fronts in Ukraine, the US-based think tank Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said Sunday that Russian ground troops were in the middle of an operational pause to "rest, refit, and reconstitute." That could give Ukraine's army time to prepare to defend the parts of Donetsk it still holds; chiefly the industrial belt running south from the city of Sloviansk. And the threat of Ukrainian counter-offensives elsewhere in the country, including the key southern city of Kherson, remains. Ukraine's heartland region -- and analysts say it will go some considerable way to determining the war's results. The next phase of full-scale fighting, when it does break out, may not be the last. But it may determine the future of-- and analysts say it will go some considerable way to determining the war's results. edition.cnn.com/...

Key Takeaways The Kremlin likely ordered Russian “federal subjects” (regions) to form volunteer battalions to deploy to Ukraine.

Russian forces conducted failed ground assaults north of Slovyansk and around Bakhmut.

Russian forces continued air and artillery strikes around Siversk and west of Donetsk City.

Russian forces continued targeting Ukrainian rail lines on the Eastern Axis.

Russian forces attempted limited and unsuccessful ground assaults north of Kharkiv City.

Russian forces prioritized defensive operations on the Southern Axis as Ukrainian forces continued targeting ammunition depots.

Russian occupation authorities are increasing financial incentives for civilians working in occupied Ukraine.

Russian occupation authorities may be setting conditions to forcibly relocate Ukrainian children in occupied territories to Crimea. x NEW: Russian troops are getting almost no breaks from intense combat, one of the “most damaging” personnel issues the Kremlin is unable to fix: UK Defense Intel



Wives of soldiers in 🇷🇺 Far East have said the troops are “mentally & physically exhausted” in pleas to return home — Jack Detsch (@JackDetsch) July 11, 2022

fighters on both sides are steeling themselves for a third act of fighting that could tip the balance of the conflict. "It's a very attritional struggle," said Justin Bronk, a senior research fellow for Airpower and Technology at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), describing the tone of the war after three months of fighting in Donbas. "It's a struggle between two armies, both of whom have taken huge losses and are very close to exhaustion." Putin's next move is anticipated to be a drive into Donetsk, which if captured would fulfill the Kremlin's primary objective: overrunning the entire Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, which has housed Russian-backed separatist factions since 2014. But when and how that takes place is unclear. While Russia has continued intense airstrikes on various fronts in Ukraine, the US-based think tank Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said Sunday that Russian ground troops were in the middle of an operational pause to "rest, refit, and reconstitute." That could give Ukraine's army time to prepare to defend the parts of Donetsk it still holds; chiefly the industrial belt running south from the city of Sloviansk. And the threat of Ukrainian counter-offensives elsewhere in the country, including the key southern city of Kherson, remains. Ukraine's heartland region -- and analysts say it will go some considerable way to determining the war's results. The next phase of full-scale fighting, when it does break out, may not be the last. But it may determine the future of-- and analysts say it will go some considerable way to determining the war's results. edition.cnn.com/...

x Hilarious! Russia's State Duma proposed to rename Putin from president to ruler. I go further and think he should be named tzar. — Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 (@OlgaNYC1211) July 12, 2022 A deal to resume exporting Ukrainian grain has been announced with the establishment of a coordination and monitoring centre in Istanbul. Turkey’s defence minister Hulusi Akar said Ankara will ensure the safety of shipments in transit and the parties will jointly check grain cargoes in ports after officials from Ukraine, Russia, United Nations and Turkey met for talks in Istanbul on Wednesday. UN chief António Guterres described the talks as a “critical step forward” but said more work was needed before a deal is set to be signed next week. A traffic jam of more than 130 cargo ships loaded with Ukrainian grain is waiting in the Black Sea to pass into the Danube . The ships are waiting to access exit routes through the Sulina and Bystre estuary canals to reach a series of ports and terminals in Romania from where the grain can be transported on around the world

Russian and proxy forces have reportedly entered the town of Siversk in Ukraine’s Donetsk region , according to Russian media reports. State news agency Tass quoted Vitaly Kiselyov, an official from the self-appointed Luhansk People’s Republic, as saying the town could fall within a couple of days, but it was not clear what that claim was based on.

Ukraine’s foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba, has ruled out ceding territory to Russia as part of any ceasefire deal. In a briefing, Kuleba said no peace talks were under way between Moscow and Kyiv “because of Russia’s position and its continued aggression against our country”. Russia has forcibly removed nearly 2 million people from Ukraine, including several hundred thousand children, since its invasion of the country, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said. Tens of thousands of Ukrainian are being held in filtration camps in the temporarily Russian-occupied territories, Zelenskiy said in a video address to the Asian Leadership Conference in Seoul on Wednesday. The death toll from a weekend Russian missile attack on a residential apartment block in Chasiv Yar in eastern Ukraine has risen to at least 47. According to Kyiv, the residential building was hit by Russian rockets fired from truck-borne systems late on Saturday evening. The Ukrainian emergency services initially gave a death toll of 10, but as rescue teams continued to comb through the debris that number rose. Russian forces will probably focus on taking several small Donbas towns during the coming week, including Siversk and Dolyna on the approaches to Slovyansk and Kramatorsk, according to the UK Ministry of Defence. “The urban areas of Slovyansk and Kramatorsk likely remain the principal objectives for this phase of the operation,” the British intelligence report said. www.theguardian.com/... x Four key areas:

(1) North Of Slovyansk

(2) West Of Siversk

(3) East of Soledar

(4) South and east of Bakhmut pic.twitter.com/xiJanIBepo — WarMonitor🇺🇦 (@WarMonitor3) July 13, 2022

x Putin has had humiliating losses: Kyiv still stands, Zelensky is still president, @NATO is expanding & Russia has lost more soldiers & military assets in #Ukraine than in 10 years of fighting in Afghanistan. https://t.co/xPcuFDVIZt — Mark Andrew Green (@AmbassadorGreen) July 12, 2022

x Breakthrough at Ukraine grain export talks as heavy shelling continues https://t.co/AONB4397AT — Tamara Snyder (@S62722297Snyder) July 14, 2022

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