Ukranian troops prepare for the final assault against Bakhmut

In Bakhmut the Ukro’s are holding onto a residual 2.6 klm2 of territory. Recently Wagner’s took another 54000m2 of territory at a cost of 116 fighters. Wagner believes that the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has commenced and the active phase will kick-in soon.
The counteroffensive will presumably start by mid-May The kill ratio currently stands at 1:10 and the Ukro’s are experiencing serious losses with a rota of men terminated every 24hr’s (that’s roughly 100 men). Seems that Zelensky has taken the Americans verbose “to the last Ukrainian” literally. The Ukro’s cannot evacuate their wounded from Bakhmut. The Ukro’s dropped a 10 storey building on their wounded, Russian PoW’s and wounded mercs.
A Russian air strike destroyed a 10-storey Ukrainian fortress in the SW of Bakhmut, which served as Ukraine’s main defensive position. Wagners are close to the complete liberation of Bakhmut just 1.5 kms of territory remains. There is insufficient room to manoeuvre for the doomed Ukro’s even so the Ukro’s continue to transfer reserves to the front. Wagner has succeeded in ousting the Ukro’s from all residential buildings, their last stand is now the medical institute, which is located on high ground in Bakhmut.
When Wagner entered the Soledar mines the Ukro’s were still holding positions, after a week they surrendered otherwise the RF would have flooded the tunnels. The scale of the Ukrainian underground armoury is impressive. 5 klm’s in length, 150 m’s deep, 28 galleries housing small arms munition’s, weapons and a repair base. The retreating Ukro’s removed the most modern weapons and unsuccessfully mined the facility. The Soledar mines are packed with enough armoury to service 2 wars.
The Ukrainian soldier is fast disappearing and the Ukrainian language is almost absent from the intercepted radio chatter. Most of the radio chatter is either Polish or English. The RF is fighting Poland on Ukrainian territory its basically open warfare with Poland, a NATO puppet country. The Ukro’s cannot repair their heavy artillery and lack the facilities and moving heavy equipment during a war is no easy feat. The Ukro’s have a great deal of equipment but lack operators to operate it.
This war has turned into a war of drones, the drone are engaging each other to the death (so to speak) in mid air battling it out one on one. The Ukro’s are experiencing big losses with respect to their US provided devices of death ie., howitzers, hummers, anti-aircraft batteries. The drones can travel up to 60klm as soon as the Ukro’s fire a large calibre cannon our drones will locate, identify and provide a GPS coordinate on its position, the accuracy of our return fire is uncanny generally 2 shots and its game over.
The RF is contemplating opening a second front in the North, possibly Kharkov or along the Belarusian front and the RF has sufficient forces to achieve this. The RF continues to quietly dig trenches while training its new recruits who are acquiring the necessary battle skills.
Once the RF breaches the Ukro’s remaining fortifications there will be nothing left to slow the advance of the RF forces to Kiev. In the last few days the NATO hoard has sent another 80,000 mercs into Ukraine they comprise mostly Poles, UK, US. As 2 groups they attacked fortified RF positions in the Lysichansk region and were repulsed.
The non-issuance of visas to Russian journalists who were supposed to accompany Minister Lavrov to the UN is outrageous and unacceptable, and the blame lies entirely with the US. The USA assured that visas for Russian journalists were “on the way”. The RF response to the Americans will be remembered. Half of international ministry of affairs personnel were not provided visas to this vital conference. Lavrov stated at the UN that there are 47 countries wanting to join BRICS and if this rate of interest continues then the UN may cease to exist within a year.
My Chinese colleagues noted that 21 countries acknowledged interest to join BRICS in one week. The RF has suggested that the UN should be replaced with the “Association of Nations” something that existed in 1941 and was based in Switzerland, with the condition that the US not be included. 50+ countries have started to use their own currency for international settlements.
Prigozhin stated “Do not take anymore PoW’s” from this point on Wagner fighters will destroy all Ukrainian soldiers and their mercs on the battlefield”. The statement was made against the background of the publication of a Ukrainian radio intercept, where the Ukro’s were bragging about the mutilation and execution of a wounded Wagner PoW. Recently Prigozhin publicly complained that the RF wasn’t supplying sufficient munitions. He was winding up the Ukro’s who took the bait attacking RF positions assuming they had low munitions, funnily enough he’s been running out of munitions for the last 2 months.
Dozens of foreign mercenaries were killed in a strike on the Ukrainian-held town of Konstantinovka in DPR. Up to 60 members of the ‘Georgian Legion’ were killed and 15 military vehicles were destroyed, 20 mercs wounded. The Iskander missile, targeted a library in Konstantinovka, where the foreign fighters were based. “These Georgians were involved in the brutal torture and murder of RF PoWs near Kiev in March last year. The RF gathers data on every foreign merc linked to the murder of POW’s.
The Chinese ambassador to France stated that Crimea was ‘originally Russian’ during the Soviet era it was Khrushchev who offered Crimea to Ukraine and that the former Soviet countries “have no valid status under international law” because “there is no international agreement that would materialise their status as a sovereign country.” In response roughly 80 European parliamentarians penned a letter to the French Foreign Minister declaring that the Chinese ambassador in Paris be declared persona non-grata for speaking truth. Page 2 over/
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Once the Ukrainian offensive has petered out, it will probably be the Russians turn.
A Russian counter-offensive resulting with the complete destruction of Ukraine’s remaining military, might well be designed to create the victory conditions necessary for Ukraine’s ‘unconditional surrender.’
Only a total unconditional surrender will allow Russia to completely passify Ukraine, and eliminate any future threat involving the West’s installation of it’s military hardware into what can only be described as a massive ‘geographical salient’ into Russia’s southern territories.
This reminds one of the Red Army’s Kursk salient of 1943, which extended deep into German territory. From a military logistics point of view, these salients are extremely undesirable as they create an unnecessary lengthening of the front line, which needless to say, requires more men and material to maintain and defend, hence, resulting with the second and third defensive lines, being committed to a thin first line of defence. This of course, eliminates the reserve defence system, which creates an extremely weak military position.
By removing the ‘Ukraine salient’ which currently penetrates deep into Russia’s southern border, Russia will shorten its southern frontline in a very big way. This will then require a smaller military to offer the same amount of defence.
If Russia’s intention is to secure its southern border, I am now starting to ponder?, if not conclude, that Russia may well be privately aiming for a military western advance into Ukraine, – but only until it reaches a depth that is roughly in line with its border to its ally Belarus?
If this is the intention?, then to my mind, the region between Kiev and Zhytomir would be the perfect area to halt one’s western advance, – this would create an ideal vertical continuation of Russia’s border from its ally Belarus to Moldova.
From a purely strategic point of view, a quick examination of a map, will confirm that this would completely eliminate the Ukraine salient and shorten Russia’s southern border (ie., front line) by two thirds. This would be highly desirable.
A less ambitious advance, would create a new border/front line from Sumy to Crimea. This would half the salient, and thus, half Russia’s current frontline.
As Putin recently said, – ‘We haven’t even started anything yet.’
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Re Sudan, Putin is just fighting against the West same as in Ukraine.. The usual suspects – US/EU/UK are interfering there.
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Putin’s second front in the war for Eurasia has definitely opened in Sudan. Rapid Support Forces are gaining against the gov’t forces in the North and you can see Russian armoured vehicles in the video.
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Dr… edit… last sentence… they would not have done it otherwise… a scientist explains it in the video.
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Dr… Yes it was a huge explosion. I watched a video about it and also the explanation was given that even though there were depleted uranium weapons there they will not spread any contamination as it works differently when disposed of like that… pls see this link.. I don’t think they would not have done it otherwise as they don’t want to see that happen..
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At the same time, Russia is taking out NATO munitions stores in the west of the country.
This is allegedly, the largest explosion of the war.
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/russia-strikes-ukrainian-arms-depot-prompting-speculation-possible-fallout
Sone of Kiev’s Patriot Missile Systems have also just been destroyed: proving they are ineffective against Russian technology. Millions of tax payers money vaporised in a few seconds.
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The article dated 16 May… Ukrainians withdrawing from Bakhmut.. its all but over..
https://www.frontnieuws.com/de-russen-schoppen-de-oekrainers-uit-bakhmut-de-troepen-zijn-begonnen-zich-terug-te-trekken-videos/ (it comes up in English)
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The latest news I heard was that as soon as warehouses are stocked full of new munitions from the West, Russia takes them out with guided missiles. Millions up in smoke, and then the West sends more, and the same thing happens… are they mad?
Europe will never be the same again, what exactly did the US promise them to throw their citizens and economies under the bus for this extremely stupid folly? Perhaps it went something like this… we will sanction the hell out of Russia, bomb Nord2 so they can’t sell any gas, they will be broke within months and then we can walk in and divvy up the spoils… Well it didn’t go quite to plan did it?
And Zelensky is still glad handing it around the world and hasn’t been in Ukraine since the attempt on the Kremlin, if ever… maybe he is hoping Ukraine will start the spring offensive while he is away so the bombs won’t fall on him? He wears those Army greens, but he is not a solider by any stretch of the imagination and hated by his men.
Viva Russia..
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War war and more wars. also wars without certain weapons. So, the world is in war. never would I have thought that this is possible…shows how far we as People have distanced from Real Life….we also have allowed it to happen, for otherwise our sons and daughters would not have given their lives in the last 60 years to so many wars….
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Zelensky’s revamped blood and bone fertilizer factory project is progressing well.
A chunk of it, roughly the size of Italy, has already been flogged off to foreign investors right under the ultra nationalist noses of the Ukrainians. Another chunk is sequestered by the Russian Ukrainians.
No doubt we can expect even bigger fire sale losses before the Ukrainian nazis figure out they’ve been done… again!
Not too bright… Zelensky & Co 1 : Ukrainian Population 0
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And don’t forget Aussies, – once Zelensky’s counter offensive has kicked Ivan out of Donbas, – Twiggy Forrest has promised you the ‘best investment return anywhere in the World’ [5: 15 mark}.
Don’t miss this amazing opportunity of a lifetime!.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2022-11-17/forrest-commits-to-ukraine-green-growth-initiative
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I am sick of seeing Zelenski in a green jersey. He is not a general and should be wearing collar and tie. He is fake.
The way things are panning out Putin may go all the way and enter Poland.
Poland are foolish for being involved.
Albanese is against China and working for the British Empire. A stooge.
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Dr – Nice..! I bet they have a lot of other things up their sleeve too that have not seen the light of day yet… !
This is a very different Russia today and one that the West has completely underestimated. I think they are doing the same with China!
These are not the typical defenceless nations they usually make war on and both leaders of China and Russia are very intelligent men. One only has to read/see the very eloquent and coherent speeches they make.
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Absolutely xyz47
The T-14 was recently trialled in Ukraine. This is certainly one to watch.
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/russias-newest-tank-makes-ukraine-debut
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Dr – I understand Russia is only using about one quarter of its manpower as this was only a special military operation and they have armaments to last a long time – also many special advanced types that have not even been used to date.
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Thanks for the update… I follow some independent sites too and they all say the same thing… once Bakhmut falls, and that could be soon, its really over for Ukraine. It doesn’t matter what the West does now, its a foregone conclusion and it always was.
Wonder how they will save face over this and who they will throw under the bus? Too many countries around the world are sick and tired of the the West’s (US/NATO/UK) brand of democracy and their rules based order as evidenced by the large number wanting to join BRICS. They have been at war somewhere on the planet for many years and caused millions of deaths, injuries and displaced persons around the world – its time for it to end. “Association of Nations” has a very nice ring to it.
I see Australia is trying to salvage the trade agreements with China now… perhaps our government is starting to see the light also? I hope so – or it another Minsk style sleight of hand at the request of you know who?
Viva Russia!
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What I find more interesting, more likely, and a more meaningful scenario, concerns a probable Russian counter-offensive?
What about those thousands of fresh Russian troops that were recruited last autumn?, – where are they located?
It may well be, that the Ukrainians are being enticed to squander their remaining resources in their counter-offensive, where once exhausted, the tables could be immediately turned by a genuine Russian counter-offensive: just as they did in summer 1943.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donbas_strategic_offensive_(August_1943)
Due to the lie of the land, local military operations have a well known habit of repeating themselves. Maybe Donbas 2023 will be a repeat of Donbas 1943?
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Apologies: I should have been a bit more clear, insofar as referring to the Western elite, and their media doped followers, who really couldn’t give a damn about what’s been going on.
Some may find this article of interest?
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/could-us-lose-australia
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The real truth of the matter, – is that nobody really cares about the Ukrainian counter-offensive:
Disagree “Dr.”
We will not forget. Even as things heat up in our own backyard.
The work being done by the Russians in Ukraine is a central element to the demise of the KM and the dismantling of the NWO.
They reported recently that Wagner Group is calling ‘time-out’ due to battle fatigue and lack of ammo. In reality this was “shell-shock” in response to the horrors of trafficking and harvesting of children they encountered in the DUMBS in the area.
There will be much soul- searching as the truth is revealed.
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The real truth of the matter, – is that nobody really cares about the Ukrainian counter-offensive: – nothing will come of it and everybody knows this. A few local penetrations here and there, loads of propaganda footage, – followed by a big nothing.
One of London’s political elite has already informed the British public, – to not expect too much!
The reality is, Washington has already shifted its attention to the South China Sea, – Ukraine is old news.
New adventures in the South China Sea, both real and imagined, will soon divert the people’s attention away from the failed proxy war that was Ukraine: just like Syria.
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I think the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut is still under assault by the Russians and very much a matter of contest.
https://twitter.com/Gromada24/status/1656785978613194753/photo/1
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Latest news just in [although not fully confirmed], suggests that the beginning of the much hyped Ukrainian counter-offensive has started.
Or are these just local assaults with a bit of spin?
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/russian-media-says-ukraines-counteroffensive-has-begun-amid-conflicting-reports
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