Russian special military operation in Ukraine #60

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The form of batte in Kursk is high level of combined arms in the battelfield where there has been no clear-cut frontline, yet. And the main tactic for both Ukrainians and Russians in Kursk has been quickly retreating under the enemy onslaught and launching counter-strike supported by artillery and infantry.

As a results, both Russians and Ukranians have been making constant maneuvers of both retreat and attack. The key points here is speed, familiarity of terrain, the ability to assess the situation and detect enemy weak points. Both artillery, UAV/FPF, and even FAB, have to be used. This kind of battle is very favourable in the terrain with dense forests suitable for hiding and camouflaging.

Some of the common tactics in this kind of battle is using light AFVs that can sustain strikes from ambushes and using one tank accompanying one company. Russians did use such tactics in 2022 at the beginning of SVO, with their formations of tactical battalions. However, as the battle quickly shifted to trench warfare, the tactical battalions were no longer suitable.

Another example of such tactics was the Syrian Tiger Forces, assisted by Russian advisers, who were making both advances and retreats maneuvers for dozens of kilometres on the battlefield.

However this kind of tactics has the risk of high casualties, and it require significant replenishment of manpower. It also require the behind echelons consist of powerful batte units, including mechanized and armoured units, such as tank battalions.

As a result, we cannot use the map of land grabbing on Internet to evaluate which side is winning, because such battle maps are only suitable for the trench warfare in Donbass. What determines win or loss is the amount of reserve units and quality of reserve units. No doubt we can see Russians are superior in that aspect.

Therefore, the question remains is when will the battle in Kursk will be changed to another form. At the moment, Ukrainians still attempt to maintain the tactical initiative and they have to throw in more of their elite units to keep the hold on the land they have just grabbed. Meanwhile, Russian forces are still building their fortifications at a distance away from the frontline and the main units in battle are still highly mobile, maneuverable units.

Why we don't destroy Kyiv, by Gevorg Mirzayan for VZGLYAD. 08.29.2024.

Feeling his own impunity, Zelensky staged a real nomadic raid on the Kursk region. And again after that, Bankova stands in place, safe and sound. It stands – and will stand. Simply because opponents of the strikes have their own arguments, no less serious than those of the supporters. Which are focused not on revenge or justice, but on costs and strategy.

"You gave him what he wanted, and I gave him what he needed." This phrase from the film "Legion" fully characterizes the relationship between the Russian population and President Vladimir Putin on the issue of launching a "large-scale retaliatory strike against Ukraine."

It is no secret that every second person on social networks demands this. And if talk about the use of tactical nuclear weapons can be dismissed as excessive and unnecessary (since we will not infect our current and future territories), then, for example, the possibility of missile and bomb strikes on Kyiv is entirely debatable.

Of course, we are not talking about strikes on residential areas, but about the destruction of decision-making centers. Both military (General Staff, Ministry of Defense, Main Intelligence Directorate, SBU) and civilian (the president's office on Bankova, the Verkhovna Rada, the Cabinet of Ministers). And there are many arguments here.

The first argument is justice. For the Kyiv regime, there are no rules of war. It organizes the murder of Russian journalists. It attacks nuclear power plants (which even many terrorist organizations have not dared to do). It tortures Russian prisoners. It systematically and purposefully shells civilian targets both in the "old" and "new" Russian territories. Finally, it openly and demonstratively insults President Putin.

The second argument is intimidation. Yes, there will probably be no important people in these buildings – the decision-makers in Ukraine (or those receiving orders directly from London) have long been sitting in bunkers. However, the buildings themselves are a kind of symbol of the Ukrainian state. Their destruction will demonstrate Russia's determination not only to wage war to a victorious end, but also its desire to reach the main Ukrainian terrorists. And then other potential terrorists will probably refrain from violating the rules of war. And the population of Ukraine will understand on whose side the strength and determination is – and therefore victory.

The third argument is incentive. Not the leaders of the Kyiv regime, of course – Zelensky, Budanov and others like them are incapable of reaching an agreement. They know very well that at the end of the Ukrainian experiment, they will all have a house in, say, London, a decent amount of money in their accounts and a guarantee of protection from Moscow (if it suddenly decides to take the “Sword of Gideon” out of its sheath). However, a significant part of the regional elites does not have such a guarantee – especially the part that controls the East of Ukraine. And above all, the part that is on the Russian territory occupied by the Kyiv regime. Now, under the control of the SBU, they are demonstrating loyalty to Kyiv – including because they do not see any threat from Moscow. They believe that if Russian troops approach, they will be able to evacuate. However, if Russia shows that it has taken a course toward the physical destruction of decision-makers, including at the regional level (that is, to put it simply, it will start hitting regional and city administrations, as it did at the beginning of the SVO in Nikolaev), then perhaps these elites will also understand whose side has the strength and determination. After which they will turn on the “wedding in Malinovka” mode and will seek contacts with Moscow. Of course, this sounds a bit obscene – but such contacts will help the Russian army to liberate territories faster, and therefore save the lives of Russian soldiers and civilians of the Russian Federation.

However, despite these three obvious arguments, Moscow still does not strike. Yes, Ukraine is regularly visited by Geraniums, Kinzhals, Iskanders and other products of the Russian military-industrial complex, but they strike military facilities, energy, gas compressor stations, warehouses, etc. Not a single one of them has ever flown to, say, Bankova. Which, according to a number of experts, only made the head of the Kyiv regime more daring and impudent. Feeling his own impunity and invulnerability, he, together with other leaders of the regime, staged a real nomadic raid on the Kursk region, where, on his orders, civilians were kidnapped to replenish the “exchange fund”. And again after this, Bankova stands in place safe and sound.

It stands – and will stand. Simply because opponents of strikes have their own, no less serious, arguments. Which are focused not on revenge or justice, not on motivation or fear, but on costs and strategy.

Yes, it is possible to take and destroy important buildings from a symbolic point of view – Russian “Daggers” are quite capable of this. However, this will cause a huge number of collateral casualties. From cleaners and secretaries to civilians (these buildings are surrounded by residential buildings). From which the Zelensky regime can create a kind of “Maximum Bucha”, which will seriously complicate Moscow’s international position. Yes, Russia may not pay attention to the reaction of Western countries – however, Moscow’s image in the states of the Global South will also suffer.

In addition, these strikes will force Moscow to change its current strategy for conducting the NWO – a strategy that is guaranteed to lead to victory. The war of attrition that Russia is waging against the Kyiv regime. Avoiding high-profile actions, Moscow is systematically destroying the Ukrainian army and infrastructure, while constantly offering to sit down at the negotiating table (and thus shifting the blame for the continuation of the war onto Zelensky and his foreign masters). This is necessary and important because after the NWO, Moscow will have to integrate the population of the liberated territories – and they must know that the responsibility for all the victims and destruction lies not with the Russian army, but with the Kiev regime, which did not want to resolve the matter peacefully.

Thus, Vladimir Putin, apparently, is trying to give the Russian population not what it wants, but what it needs. Not revenge, justice, intimidation – but victory in war.

https://vz.ru/opinions/2024/8/29/1284323.html

Russian MoD reporting 2525 Ukrainian casualties over the past 24 hours including...

Summary of the Russian Ministry of Defense on the progress of repelling the attempted invasion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine into the territory of the Russian Federation (as of August 29, 2024)

The Armed Forces continue to repel the attempted invasion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine into the territory of the Russian Federation.

Units of the North group of forces, with the support of army aviation and artillery fire, have repelled four attacks by enemy assault groups in the direction of the settlements of Korenevo and Cherkassk Porechnoye over the past day.

In addition, the active actions of the troops thwarted attempts to attack the AFU units in the direction of the settlements of Borki, Kremyanoye, Sleeping, Martynovka and Cherkasskaya Konopelka. As a result, the enemy lost up to 70 people killed and wounded, and four armored combat vehicles were destroyed. Five servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine surrendered.

Air strikes, artillery fire and active actions of the troops defeated the concentrations of manpower and equipment of the 22nd, 61st and 115th mechanized, 17th tank, 80th and 82nd airborne assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as the 1st brigade of the National Guard and the 1004th security Brigade in the areas of the settlements of Apanasovka, Borki, Byakhovo, Vishnevka, Zaoleshinka, Kubatkin, Kolmakov, Krasnoktyabrsky, Lyubimovka, Mikhaylovka, Novaya Sorochina, Obukhovka, Plekhovo, Rubanshchina, Russian Porechnoye, Snagost and Cherkasskaya Konopelka.

Reconnaissance and search operations are continuing to identify and destroy enemy sabotage groups in the forests that tried to penetrate deep into Russian territory.

During the day, tactical aviation attacked the areas of concentration of personnel and military equipment of the reserves of the 22nd, 61st, 41st mechanized and 82nd airborne assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the 1st brigade of the National Guard, as well as the 101st, 103rd and 129th in the Sumy region defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Belopolye, Basovka, Vodolagi, Glukhov, Iskriskovshchina, Mikhailovskoye, Pervomayskoye, Pustogorod, Sumy, Shalygino and Esman.

During the day, the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to more than 400 military personnel and 29 armored vehicles, including an infantry fighting vehicle, an armored personnel carrier, 27 armored combat vehicles, as well as an artillery piece, an MLRS launcher, a mortar and 17 vehicles.

In total, during the fighting in the Kursk direction, the enemy lost: up to 7,450 military personnel, 74 tanks, 36 infantry fighting vehicles, 64 armored personnel carriers, 486 armored combat vehicles, 227 vehicles, 52 artillery pieces, 15 multiple launch rocket launchers, including four HIMARS MLRS and one MLRS, five anti-aircraft missile launchers complexes, 10 electronic warfare stations, two counter-battery radars, an air defense radar, five units of engineering equipment, including two engineering barrier vehicles and one UR-77 mine clearance unit.

The operation to destroy the AFU formations continues.

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It wasn't necessarily a drone. There are also rumors that the Aviabase in Ivano-Frankivsk was hit by Kinzhal.