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Video of the week:
https://reddit.com/link/1me66ej/video/1r3sr71tl8gf1/player
- This video shows a Ukrainian interceptor drone destroy a Russian Lancet attack drone in midair.
Maps:
Sumy last week:
https://preview.redd.it/o61xw6hek8gf1.png?width=1081&format=png&auto=webp&s=47cb026541a0c78e68c5dcfee6899678e1247af5
Sumy this week:
https://preview.redd.it/u35r273fk8gf1.png?width=1078&format=png&auto=webp&s=9d82217aab06bc7a719abcb51b24d60ce22d0676
- Ukrainian troops have had more success here, pushing the Russians out of a town on the western half of this sector and counter-attacking along the line.
Kupiansk last week:
https://preview.redd.it/mvk8nhlfk8gf1.png?width=934&format=png&auto=webp&s=e4c9b5b9cd7b19e5058e769f221adb33693e2492
Kupiansk this week:
https://preview.redd.it/0hjofa2gk8gf1.png?width=1045&format=png&auto=webp&s=4fd3d901219a6218c316bf81dc9895a7a7aa4fec
- Ukrainian troops appear to have pushed the Russians back here south of Kindrashivka.
Lyman last week:
https://preview.redd.it/2121js7hk8gf1.png?width=885&format=png&auto=webp&s=110f78d87a27ee1c2c9fef86f9faffbb3065dc8c
Lyman this week:
https://preview.redd.it/f8db5rqhk8gf1.png?width=1069&format=png&auto=webp&s=f2f6235d6b34d0485213f403866754529f8a991e
- Small Russian advance here northwest of Lyman, and a much larger advance in the southeast towards Siversk. I read this week about Ukrainian units having a lot of success here by using drone dropped caltrops (an ancient anti cavalry defensive tool that is essentially spiked metal twisted up). The caltrops pierce the wheels of the motorbikes and ATVs that Russia has been increasingly using for assaults, rendering them useless. They claimed to have achieved a 66:1 casualty ratio between Russian and Ukrainian troops here, which sounds unbelievably high.
Chasiv Yar last week:
https://preview.redd.it/bbvlbp7ik8gf1.png?width=1101&format=png&auto=webp&s=05a2b2449a8d0458ddc7c3460ec22768163da1de
Chasiv Yar this week:
https://preview.redd.it/vtmuzfqik8gf1.png?width=1090&format=png&auto=webp&s=10f89fb594646477ffa189eeec533cbb3e26f732
- Russians expanded the grey zone west of Chasiv Yar, now covering the whole city, though I don't consider a city lost until it is entirely red. Still, that seems like it will happen any week now. Ukraine has fought long and hard for this city, and deserves a lot of credit for how long they have held the Russians here, just a few miles away from Bakhmut.
Pokrovsk last week:
https://preview.redd.it/fbkqt19jk8gf1.png?width=1099&format=png&auto=webp&s=93327c015e2fdaa4a13cb1bd10f8a6eb9063fcfc
Pokrovsk this week:
https://preview.redd.it/pf53t5pjk8gf1.png?width=1094&format=png&auto=webp&s=8686ab7ee5a499ef1a47ba560528798edde251ab
- More Russian advances between Pokrovsk and Kostiantynivka, and it seems at least one Russian assault group made it into the town of Pokrovsk itself before being driven out.
Zaporizhzhia last week:
https://preview.redd.it/tmkcc0bkk8gf1.png?width=1161&format=png&auto=webp&s=929b8b2d8758a2bfad4d6ce82478a6fcae6aa663
Zaporizhzhia this week:
https://preview.redd.it/mqjib2qkk8gf1.png?width=1089&format=png&auto=webp&s=11d0cb0b35cece561a2f650949744061dfe78c1d
- Russians advanced here in three different places, though none of them are particularly large advances. This is tough defensive territory because there are no significant towns between Huliapole and Velykomykhailivka.
Events this week:
- Trump said that he is shortening the previous 50 days he had given Putin to come to the table, though he didn't exactly specify the time period (I saw 12 days being mentioned so I put that in the title). Still, he has been more and more critical of Putin and has repeated that he is the one who is blocking peace. He also threatened India with secondary tariffs if they don't stop buying Russian oil, which is very significant since India has been one of the biggest funders of Russia's war through these continued purchases. Trump and Modi have been very close in the past, so I was surprised to see him go as hard on them as he is, but I'm glad someone is finally trying to hold India to account for how much money they have supplied Putin with. India, as they love to do, is whining and trying to act like this is unreasonable, but what is really unreasonable is continuing to buy oil from a country that is killing thousands and thousands of people in an illegal and unjustified war of aggression. India is now being forced to take a side, and I don't see them ultimately siding with China and Russia here.
- Under strong international and domestic pressure, Ukraine's parliament signed a law repealing the attempted gutting of neutrality for anti-corruption organizations. I'm still rather confused as to why anyone attempted this in the first place or thought they would get away with it, this whole thing seems like a big self-own from Zelensky, but I understand that he is under a lot of pressure from many different sides, and probably just made a bad call. Either way, it's good that they were forced to quickly recognize the error of their ways and repeal the law.
- Ukrainian hackers hit major Russian airline Aeroflot with a massive cyberattack that halted the airline's operations and leaked tons of important documents. Russian media is now saying it may take as many as 6 months for them to fully restore their operations. Anything that causes disruptions of economic activity in Russia is very useful.
- The Russian economy continues to face significant headwinds, as the Russian Central Bank runs out of tools they can use to continue their economic shell game where they move different debts around in order to keep the Russian economy moving. Non-military companies are facing increasingly dire economic outlooks, and British and European sanctions and aggressive enforcement against the Russian shadow tanker fleet are limiting their options for how they can sell their oil above the EU-imposed price cap. I don't expect anything to collapse overnight, but as I've said before, I believe that by the end of this year or the first half of next year, their ability to continue funding the war at the current level will be severely degraded.
- Several major European governments are preparing to request billions of dollars in loans from the EU to purchase military equipment for themselves and for Ukraine under the new Security Assistance Facility for Europe program. Ukraine currently has tens of billions of dollars worth of military production sitting idle due to a lack of funds. If their military industrial complex was fully funded, they would be in a vastly better position, and it does look like that may happen relatively soon.
Oryx Numbers:
- Total Russian vehicle losses: 22,432 (+35)
- Russian tank losses: 4,082 (+7)
- Russian IFV losses: 6,076 (+5)
- Russian SPG losses: 960 (+0)
- Russian SAM losses: 340 (+0)
- Russian Naval losses: 28 (+0)
- Russian Aircraft losses: 163 (+1)
- Russian Helicopter losses: 159 (+0)
- Total Ukrainian vehicle losses: 9,493 (+61)
- Ukrainian tank losses: 1,232 (+6)
- Ukrainian IFV losses: 1,430 (+4)
- Ukrainian IMV losses: 1053 (+17)
- Ukrainian SPG losses: 611 (+3)
- Ukrainian SAM losses: 172 (+0)
- Ukrainian F-16 losses: 4 (+0)
Another week of greater overall Ukrainian vehicle losses than Russians, though it's important to note that in the most crucial categories of tanks and IFVs, Ukraine is very slightly below Russia, and many of Ukraine's vehicle losses are coming from easily replaced IMVs.
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