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More Russian stuff blowing up, plus Ukraine advances south of Robotyne [1]
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Date: 2023-08-25
Ukrainian artillery targets a Russian convoy in Novoprokopivka south of Robotyne. Russian sources on telegram claimed Ukraine captured Novoprokopivka, but that isn’t true — yet.
Novoprokopivka is far less fortified than Robotyne was. Taking that town would put Ukraine about 20 km from Tokmak.
x Temporarily occupied Novoprokopivka. Ukrainian artillery works 💥 Russian convoy with equipment on highway T 0408 👀 pic.twitter.com/GVzO7Bj2GO — MAKS 23 👀🇺🇦 (@Maks_NAFO_FELLA) August 25, 2023
More on the situation south of Robotyne:
x I'll share a few details about Tokmak-Robotyne axis, without elaborating details:
- Situation for russians worsened lately;
- They're frantically trying to prevent breakthrough;
- Claims about depleted russian reserves, reinforcements and forces for rotation are incorrect. — Tatarigami_UA (@Tatarigami_UA) August 25, 2023
There is also a statement from Ukraine’s military of advancement in the direction of the village of Ocheretuvate, which is several kilometers southeast of Robotyne and south of Verbose. If Ocheretuvate is their next goal, it would be a logical approach to Tokmak. It’s the last village before you get to Tokmak.
But that’s getting into the teeth of the Russian defensive lines. It’ll be a long slog.
x 🇺🇦 "The Ukrainian military is successful in two directions on the southern front", — the spokesman of the General Staff
"On the directions Novodanilivka - Novoprokopivka and Mala Tokmachka - Ocheretuvate, they were successful, they are getting fixed at the achieved milestones." — Hendrik (@Hendrik38762149) August 25, 2023
There appears to be a large number of Russian soldiers on an island of the Dnipro River near Kherson who are cut off and surrounded. What makes this especially interesting is speculation that this unit might be the same one that blew up the Kakhovka dam.
x There is a bit of drama developing on the left bank of Kherson. It appears of units of the Russian 205th Motorized Rifle Brigade is trapped or encircled on the island in the Kozachi Laheri AO and the Russian command stopped an attempt to rescue them.
The Russian mil-blogger… pic.twitter.com/T3WIuwqsER — OSINT (Uri) 🇺🇦 (@UKikaski) August 25, 2023
From Russian blogger GreyZone:
Right now our boys are being crushed on the island. Anything you can. Guys give goals, video goals, no one works. The guys identify targets, lead, send coordinates, but the information does not go further than the intelligence chief. The company commander and the soldiers tried to move forward to evacuate the guys. They were stopped. The company commander was sent to a mental hospital by force - under the pretext that there is no one there. The whole company stood up for the company commander and now they are threatened with criminal charges. Two more commanders who supported were closed. The guys were brought to the island yesterday afternoon - right under the fixation of the enemy. The brigade commander is afraid to report the situation to the top about the current situation."
Ukraine unveils its new $1 billion anti-drone air defense missile system called STICK — Something Thrown to Initiate Contact Kinetically.
Chosen Company, which is made up of foreign volunteers, was clearing trenches near Bakhmut when fleeing Russian soldiers ran towards them thinking they were fellow Russians. The look on the last guy’s face is priceless.
The video shows one guy getting shot at a distance.
x A day late, but not a dollar short.
Happy Independence Day Ukraine
For those wondering:
We got behind Russian frontline, killed everyone in it, and then waited for friendly units to push the frontline.
Enemy Russian forces then ran towards us, thinking we were Russians.… pic.twitter.com/hGns7hCcJr — Ryan O'Leary (@IhateTrenches) August 25, 2023
Here’s what happened to them.
They were unarmed. We were yelling commands to stop & surrender. They ended up not listening and once they realized we weren't russisn tried to flee back towards bunker & weapons. None of them made it back to there.
Combat video from the Robotyne area. These embeds are from Threads, BTW, not Twitter. The first one shows wounded soldiers and a kamikaze drone barely missing a Ukrainian vehicle.
More combat video.
x I’ve heard of “spray and pray” but this is a whole other level.
Ukrainians clearing a forest in Bakhmut of Russians remind me why direct fire control measures are so important.
There’s always one soldier who can shoulder-fire the MG well (and it might this guy) pic.twitter.com/6mnstorVm0 — CJ (@CasualArtyFan) August 25, 2023
This is what he’s talking about regarding a guy who can shoulder-fire that gun.
x YouTube Video
Wagner graves in Samara, Russia, on the Volga River southeast of Moscow, are desecrated. Crosses with the names of the dead were pulled up and stacked like firewood.
x One of the Russian cemeteries in Samara, which belongs to Wagner PMC, has undergone radical changes. "The crosses and wreaths have been piled up, machinery is working, and the graves have been flattened to the ground," local residents said.
Reportedly, the whole territory is… pic.twitter.com/4hPFUGnWoA — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) August 25, 2023
They treat this wing from Prigozhin’s plane, which landed a few miles away from the rest of the wreckage, like it’s a rusted old car they found in the woods. I like how the two guys following the wing throw debris on top of it.
I wonder how the crash “investigation” is going to turn out?
x Im not saying that Russian air crash investigators aren’t concerned about preserving evidence, but: pic.twitter.com/mPyqKcFwny — OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) August 25, 2023
This is the quality of person Russia would prefer to send to the front rather than draft men from Moscow and St. Petersburg.
x In 2020, Vladyslav Kanyus brutally murdered his ex-girlfriend Vira Pekhteleva. He spent hours torturing her before she died; neighbours repeatedly called police to report horrifying screams coming from the neighbouring apartment, but the police did not show up. At trial, it… pic.twitter.com/OXLXt9ndqr — Гюндуз Мамедов/Gyunduz Mamedov (@MamedovGyunduz) August 25, 2023
The Russians really take care of the environment.
x Views of the Russian occupied city of Donetsk
The Russian Mir, like fleas on a dog, travels with the invaders as they "liberate" the occupied territories of Ukraine.#OSINT #UkraineRussiaWar️ #UkraineWar #Ukraine #Counteroffensive pic.twitter.com/LFpzzEy9cg — OSINT (Uri) 🇺🇦 (@UKikaski) August 24, 2023
I was wondering how they got this yacht from the Baltic Sea to Sochi, which is on the Black Sea coast, by way of the Arctic Ocean. It seems there is a system of rivers and canals from the Arctic down to the Black Sea. Quite a convoluted journey.
Maybe SeaBaby can pay a visit.
x Putin's yacht was towed across the Arctic Ocean to Sochi because of sanctions, an investigation showed.
Putin managed to save his 82-meter yacht Graceful, worth $100 million from arrest in Germany. Since the vessel was not ready for delivery, it was towed to Sochi across the… pic.twitter.com/6TScZfr3Fy — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) August 25, 2023
Another joyful homecoming.
x An unexpected surprise ❤️ pic.twitter.com/BvyASU5oSH — Oriannalyla 🇺🇦 (@Lyla_lilas) August 25, 2023
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