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Ryuu96 on 15 August 2024

The war comes home to Russia, and Russians fleeing the Kursk incursion say Putin abandoned them. “We were left alone. With children, without shelter, without money. Our kids are afraid to sleep at night.”
Reporting from @NastyaStognei @polinaivanovva.https://t.co/pkiS1AlFui
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) August 14, 2024

Removal of the Russian flag by Ukrainian military in Vnezapnoe, Kursk region pic.twitter.com/X76IF7dolw
— Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) August 14, 2024

“There are currently upwards of 10,000 Ukrainian troops inside Kursk Oblast, the retired officer said. They are in Russia on a rotational basis, depending on the security situation elsewhere.”https://t.co/VPWmVMGxyM
— CJ (@CasualArtyFan) August 14, 2024

🇺🇦 Wow!!! the Ukrainian Armed Forces have announced that they have captured a complete electronic Russian ‘Volnorez’ drone jamming kit near Kursk, along with all technical documentation 🫡 pic.twitter.com/QTvL1U6A5W
— Intermarium 24 (@intermarium24) August 14, 2024

“Due to difficulties with train traffic, Russian Railways has stopped accepting trains from Belarus in the direction of the Kursk and Smolensk regions, the Belarusian Railway Workers' Community (BRC) reports, citing industry sources.”
— Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 (@OlgaNYC1211) August 14, 2024

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Ryuu96 on 15 August 2024

And now not only village, but district, including Tyotkino. Last minute decision(and its almost midnight) by operative HQ of Kursk region

Mandatory evacuation has been announced in the whole Glushkovo district of Kursk region https://t.co/fx9hmvxQFa pic.twitter.com/JzACWaXxFi
— Liveuamap (@Liveuamap) August 14, 2024

"Dva mayora" says Ukraine is increasingly using maneuver warfare tactics in the Kursk region, exploiting issues in coordination among diverse Russian forces. Small mobile groups are effective in finding gaps between Russian defensive positions. pic.twitter.com/RFF3jItuvr
— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated) August 14, 2024

The year is 2024 and NATO equipped forces are distributing humanitarian aid in Russian towns. pic.twitter.com/MFhm1LTuJZ
— Artoir (@ItsArtoir) August 14, 2024

Ukrainian General Staff announced that last night they hit four Russian military airfields at once.

Units of the Air Force and Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, HUR and SBU, struck four airfields in the Voronezh, Kursk, and Nizhny Novgorod regions of… pic.twitter.com/r7QDlJRaBy
— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated) August 14, 2024

Satellite photos of Russian fortifications being built near Lgov, Kursk oblast.https://t.co/CN31DqJBKH pic.twitter.com/4J0ONhTppj
— Rob Lee (@RALee85) August 14, 2024

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Ryuu96 on 15 August 2024

Sir Ben Wallace, the former defence secretary, disclosed how during his tenure he gave permission for Ukraine to hit targets inside Russia using “whatever weapons [were] supplied to it”, with the exception of the long-range Storm Shadow missiles. https://t.co/yXawjyiIpg
— Michael Weiss (@michaeldweiss) August 14, 2024

Captured Russian T-90M MBT, now in Ukrainian service, entering Kursk Oblast as part of the Ukrainian offensive into Russia. https://t.co/jxiAO0jF9b
— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) August 15, 2024

‼️‼️‼️Russian hypocrisy knows no bounds‼️‼️‼️

“Our citizens of the Russian Federation did not expect at all that in the 21st century they could be so treacherously attacked and killed.
They thought that such things were already in the past.”

- Apti Alaudinov, Chechen Special… pic.twitter.com/mkJVY4XAhF
— Natalka (@NatalkaKyiv) August 14, 2024

Russian EMERCOM: A federal emergency situation regime has been declared in the Belgorod Region https://t.co/2N6AMsXxA5 pic.twitter.com/PFt0orgaqZ
— Liveuamap (@Liveuamap) August 15, 2024

/2. As said, 102 Russian servicemen were captured in this group by servicemen of the Security Service of Ukraine. The captured Russian military are said to be from the 488th Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment and the Akhmat unit. pic.twitter.com/o6LLt4IL1l
— Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) August 15, 2024

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Ryuu96 on 15 August 2024

The amount of captured soldiers is insane and they're all seemingly giving up without a fight, they're probably guys who weren't meant to enter the war so Russia may be more willing to trade for them because of the domestic upheaval it could cause. At the very least, Ukraine is probably going to get back hundreds of Ukrainian prisoners.

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Ryuu96 on 15 August 2024

EXCLUSIVE: Ukrainian troops are thought to have used British Challenger 2 tanks in their offensive inside Russia, @SkyNews understands.https://t.co/JkkYDr3Okq
— Deborah Haynes (@haynesdeborah) August 15, 2024

So much for that escalation ey? Makes ya a little proud, happy to pay for UK to send even more to Ukraine if it means destroying Russian shit. Wonder how they're performing without having to navigate round hundreds of goddamn mines and artillery raining down on them.

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Ryuu96 on 15 August 2024

And Russia threatens UK literally every day, nukes this, we'll destroy you that, they threaten us an odd amount.

There's fucking British tanks rolling through their country and they ain't done shit 😂😂😂😂😂

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drkohler on 15 August 2024

Wow!!! the Ukrainian Armed Forces have announced that they have captured a complete electronic Russian ‘Volnorez’ drone jamming kit near Kursk, along with all technical documentation

Classic cellphone generation stupidity...

"Wow, we just found this super secret high tech equipment, including manuals... let everyone (including the Russians) know we have it now"

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Ryuu96 on 15 August 2024

Ukrainian media outlet TSN managed to record more footage of the large group of Russian servicemen which were captured recently. pic.twitter.com/AvEpPcfuAh
— NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) August 15, 2024

😎🇺🇦 SBU "Alpha" conducted a special operation, captured the company's stronghold and took 102 Russian soldiers.

❗️There are also "Akhmat" among them.

👀 This appears to be the largest capture of enemy infantry at one time. pic.twitter.com/cAdI0NJB5v
— MAKS 24 🇺🇦👀 (@Maks_NAFO_FELLA) August 15, 2024

The very same fortified area where the Ukrainian Special Forces of the SBU reportedly captured an entire company of Russian soldiers. pic.twitter.com/4mOkmLKXXM
— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated) August 15, 2024

Coincidentally, the German MoD has published its own list of what is to be delivered to Ukraine by the end of the year. The list surprises (and excites)!

Delivery by December 2024 ⬇️
— 2 IRIS-T SLM SAM systems
— 4 IRIS-T SLS launchers
— 10 Cheetah SPAAGs
— 12 PzH 2000 SPGs
— 4… https://t.co/I8ApBXlUoj pic.twitter.com/PQ8otRcbHO
— German Aid to Ukraine (@deaidua) August 15, 2024

Coincidentally, the German MoD has published its own list of what is to be delivered to Ukraine by the end of the year. The list surprises (and excites)!

Delivery by December 2024 ⬇️
— 2 IRIS-T SLM SAM systems
— 4 IRIS-T SLS launchers
— 10 Cheetah SPAAGs
— 12 PzH 2000 SPGs
— 4 Zuzana 2 SPGs
— ? RCH 155 SPGs
— Drones and anti-drone systems
— ~30 Leopard 1A5 MBTs
— 400 MRAPs
— Logistical vehicles like trucks, tankers
— Various vehicles like off-road vehicles, pickups, minivans
— Assault rifles like MK 556
— Medical material
— 1 Field hospital

Let's talk about that for a moment. Frankly, I wonder how Diehl Defence can produce two IRIS-T SLM fire units in the next four months, train Ukrainian troops on them and then deliver them to Ukraine, given that production of one system has only just been completed. Pretty strict timeline... but according to my own assessment, one fire unit is definitely to be delivered.

The self-propelled artillery systems are very interesting here! Not only are four Zuzana 2 SPGs manufactured in Slovakia to be delivered, whose delivery is extremely delayed, but also 12 additional PzH 2000!

18 of were promised to Ukraine in February 2024, but their delivery will only take place from 2026 to 2027 according to publications by the MoD at that time! It is therefore likely that further material from the Bundeswehr will be delivered to Ukraine to allow a much faster delivery, while they will then receive freshly produced PzH 2000!

Regarding the MRAPs, it feels like it's getting more and more. Back in September 2023, Germany pledged 200 MRAPs, of which still no vehicle has been delivered to Ukraine. We have now reached 400 MRAPs and they are supposed to be delivered in the next four months?

Let's see!

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Ryuu96 on 15 August 2024

https://t.co/jMR1nFTMYT pic.twitter.com/EiFy9hCFda
— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated) August 15, 2024

Since this morning, increased shelling is reported in Lgov, Kursk region. Russians there find themself within reach of Ukrainian artillery. pic.twitter.com/BCGBm1Co3c
— NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) August 15, 2024

Ukraine setting up military administrations in occupied part of Russia’s Kursk Oblast, hryvnia available for exchange, and residents offered evacuation corridor to Ukraine’s Sumy Oblast, Ukrainian media report. pic.twitter.com/SjGBvryphL
— Euan MacDonald (@Euan_MacDonald) August 15, 2024

US-Russian woman jailed for 12 years in Russia for treason, over $51 donation to charity supporting Ukraine https://t.co/APaIMmILhz
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) August 15, 2024

It's crucial to keep in mind the deep structural deficiencies of Russia's economy:

- 1.8-2.9 million people disappearing from the labor pool between 2020-2023
- 30% of the population are pensioners
- Industry and the military compete for limited workforce
- 18% interest rate due… pic.twitter.com/zyXZibtUgt
— Fabian Hoffmann (@FRHoffmann1) August 15, 2024

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Ryuu96 on 15 August 2024

Lukashenko stated that Ukrainians, Russians, and Belarusians do not want the war. Additionally, he mentioned that Belarus will not use nuclear weapons unless the enemy crosses the border of the Union State (a political union of Russia and Belarus), in which case the response… pic.twitter.com/5vW5wnNEUX
— NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) August 15, 2024

Lmao. Lukashenko is about a few days late.

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