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Russian losses per 18/09/24 reported by the Ukrainian General Staff.
+1130 men
+6 tanks
+3 AFVs
+25 artillery systems
+25 UAVs
Numbers seem to be decreasing the last few days.
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Noticed that. Gearing up for something big or just running out of meat?.
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âall drones were successfully interceptedâ
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Probably a reflection of the reduced tempo in the Donetsk area as Russia redeploys to Kursk.
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InterceptedâŚ. By the target.
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âA fireâ 
If that isnât one of the biggest understatements of the war so far.
Up there with âSpecial Military Operationâ.
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If only they had intercepted the debris as well 
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Probably a silly question but when aiming for these ammo storage sites is there any chance of hitting a nuclear weapon site?
I would assume thereâs no chance of triggering a nuclear cook-off, and Iâd like to think theyâd be stored in remote locations and not next to conventional munitions, but this is Russia we are talking about.
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Itâs lucky Trump doesnât govern Ukraine, otherwise all weâd have is the 'Concept of a Plan."
Ukraineâs Victory Plan 90% complete, Zelensky says
by The Kyiv Independent news deskSeptember 16, 2024 10:33 PM2 min read
President Volodymyr Zelensky at a press conference on Aug. 27, 2024 in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Yan Dobronosov/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
President Volodymyr Zelensky has said his Victory Plan for Ukraine is over 90% complete, and Kyiv is preparing to present it to allies next week.
In his daily address on Sept. 16, Zelensky said the ânecessary steps for Ukraine have already been clearly defined.â
âFor each step, there is a clear list of what is needed and what will strengthen us. There is nothing impossible in this plan. Over 90% has already been written out,â he said.
âTogether, this package can ensure the right development of the situation not only for Ukraine, but for everyone in the world who values international law.â
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President Volodymyr Zelensky at a press conference on Aug. 27, 2024 in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Yan Dobronosov/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
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President Volodymyr Zelensky has said his Victory Plan for Ukraine is over 90% complete, and Kyiv is preparing to present it to allies next week.
In his daily address on Sept. 16, Zelensky said the ânecessary steps for Ukraine have already been clearly defined.â
âFor each step, there is a clear list of what is needed and what will strengthen us. There is nothing impossible in this plan. Over 90% has already been written out,â he said.
âTogether, this package can ensure the right development of the situation not only for Ukraine, but for everyone in the world who values international law.â
Zelensky said on Aug. 27 that he would present U.S. President Joe Biden with a plan for victory during a meeting in September.
While no specific details have yet been revealed, he said the ongoing Kursk incursion was a part of this plan.
The other items include Ukraineâs participation in the global security infrastructure, pressuring Russia to end the war through diplomatic means, and an economic aspect.
Ukraine is preparing for a second peace summit, following its inaugural global peace summit in Switzerland in June where Russia was excluded.
Kyiv has said it aims to invite a Russian representative to the second conference.
Ukraine has repeatedly rejected any ceasefire or temporary break in hostilities, saying it would only provide a window of opportunity for Russia to regroup its forces.
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Article is a few days old, so Iâm unsure if this is still âa thing.â
Ukraine May Have A New Strategy In Russiaâs Kursk OblastâMove Fast And Surround Thousands Of Russian Troops
A possible encirclement of Russian forces is developing in Kursk.
Updated Sep 16, 2024, 06:34pm EDT
The Ukrainian 95th Air Assault Brigade in action this summer. 95th Air Assault Brigade photo
It shocked many observersâapparently including many Russiansâwhen, on Thursday, Ukrainian sappers riding in an ex-Soviet IMR-2 engineering vehicle breached Russian defenses along the Russia-Ukraine border just south of the Russian village of Novyi Put.
The village is 20 miles west of the main Ukrainian salient in Russiaâs Kursk Oblast. Six weeks ago, a powerful Ukrainian forceâaround a dozen battalions from eight or so experienced brigadesâinvaded Kursk and quickly gained control of 400 square miles of Russian soil.
If it was unclear last week why the Ukrainians would also invade around Novyi Put, itâs a bit clearer now. Backed by tanks and covered by Ukrainian air force warplanes lobbing building-demolishing glide bombs, a Ukrainian tactical group apparently anchored by the 95th Air Assault Brigade is slicing right as it advances past Novyi Put and through the southern blocks of the nearest Russian town, Vesoloe.
That is to say, the Ukrainian troops are turning toward the main Kursk salient. If the Ukrainians attacking northeast from Novyi Put can connect with the Ukrainians in the main salient, theyâll cut off potentially thousands of Russians between them and the border.
But itâs possible the Ukrainians donât have enough well-equipped forces to complete the maneuver.
The Ukrainian Khorne Group, a team of drone operators supporting the Novyi Put attack, hinted at the encirclement objective at the start of the assault past Novyi Put. âWeâve advanced into new areas, by kilometers, into Russia,â the group stated on Friday. âA group of Russian conscripts numbering in the thousands is at risk of being encircled.â
If the Ukrainians are indeed trying to surround Russian forces, the local geography facilitates the move. The Seym River forms a natural boundary along most of the northern edge of the potential pocket bounded on the left and right flanks by advancing Ukrainian forces.
Ukrainian moves in blue, Russian in red. Google map by David Axe
Ukrainian bombs and rockets have destroyed all the permanent bridges over the Seym in this area, so any Russians south of the Seymâand there could be entire battalions of themâdepend on temporary pontoon bridges, or a narrow land bridge through the town of Korenevo, for their resupply.
Itâs for this reason that the Ukrainians are relentlessly bombarding the pontoons as soon as the Russians install them. And itâs for the same reason a Ukrainian force anchored by the 225th Assault Battalion has been marching on Korenevo, clearly intending to sever the land bridge.
A Russian counterattack in Kursk that kicked off last week hasnât made much headwayâand, if anything, has worsened the Russian disposition in the potential pocket south of Korenevo by sending additional troops into that pocket.
Geography isnât everything. The balance of forces in Kursk could weigh on the Ukrainiansâ chance of success in closing a potential encirclement. It seems Kyiv has devoted around 10,000 troops to the twin-pronged invasion of Kursk. Moscow may have sent 38,000 troops into the oblastâbut many of them are poorly-trained young conscripts.
Russia is struggling to generate trained manpower. Ukraine is struggling to generate any manpowerâand is also desperately short of modern armored vehicles. Just four of 14 new brigades the Ukrainian armed forces are standing up have enough modern vehicles, Ukrainian Pres. Volodymyr Zelensky told CNN.
Zelensky said a lack of equipment is constraining Ukrainian ambitions on the battlefield. âWe have the desire, but the tools have not come.â
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From what I understand of the trigger mechanism not possible
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I hope he had a cell with a view through the metal bars towards Toropets in Tver region, so as to witness the fireworks display.
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Nuclear weapon storages are well known and physically removed from conventional ammunition. Bombs tend to blow up fairly often, so itâs a very standard precaution to not store the thermonuclear bombs next to the 80 year old rusty artillery shell.
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