Posted on 07/05/2023 5:47:35 PM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
Update from Ukraine | Bakhmut will be encircled soon | Ruzzia is in the deep problem | Supplies cut
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wALdKCM0ixc
The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the last 48 hours, as of 2nd July 2023 – 22:00 (Kyiv time).
https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-494-summary/
*** Great interactive map with viewer controlled Map magnification tool to use for each Front!
https://militaryland.net/maps/
Update from Ukraine | Bakhmut will be encircled soon | Ruzzia is in the deep problem | Supplies cut
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wALdKCM0ixc
The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the last 48 hours, as of 2nd July 2023 – 22:00 (Kyiv time).
https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-494-summary/
*** Great interactive map with viewer controlled Map magnification tool to use for each Front!
https://militaryland.net/maps/
VIDEO
1. General Hodges: Sevastopol is a target №1, №2 and №3 for ATACMS! Ukrainian offensive is SUCCESSFUL
Ukrainian Toronto Television
24.3K subscribers
Jul 5, 2023 10:00 a.m. EDT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzHRu0yNHIs
Is Ukraine’s counter-offensive successful or not, and is Ukraine going to liberate its territories up yo to the 1991 borders? What weapons does it need for this? Why is it important to liberate Crimea using long-range rockets? What would be the main targets for such weapons?
2. 1. ALARMING! RUSSIANS BEGUN TO EVACUATE THE CITIES AROUND ZAPORIZHZHIA NUCLEAR POWER PLANT || 2023
Warthog Defense
578K subscribers
7-5-2023 9:00 a.m. EDT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u14nyPMEYLg
Why encircle it when you hold it? Wasn’t that the initial claim?
ARTICLE
Conflagration in occupied Makiivka – oil depot ablaze
Ukrainska Pravda
Iryna Balachuk
Wednesday, 5 July 2023, 23:43
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/07/5/7410025/.
Russian invaders have reported that the temporarily occupied city of Makiivka, Donetsk Oblast, has been shelled, causing a large fire to break out at an oil depot.
SOURCE: Donetsk News Agency, a source of Donetsk fighters; Russian propaganda outlet TASS
DETAILS: The occupiers claimed that the city was shelled with rocket artillery. As a result, an oil depot in the Chervonohvardiiskyi district caught fire.
There is a fire in occupied Makeyevka for the second day in a row, they write that an oil depot is burning. Videos from Russian Telegram channels
Five tanks of fuel are on fire, and there has been a spill. The fire from the burning containers has spread to nearby trees.
The occupiers have not reported any casualties.
On the evening of 5 July, Russian Telegram channels reported explosions in Makiivka and posted photos of smoke.
BACKGROUND:
On the evening of 4 July, several explosions occurred in the occupied city of Makiivka, Donetsk Oblast, and plumes of smoke were said to have been seen over the city.
In the USSR, people owned dogs all took the dog out for a walk when propaganda hour came on.
Time for me to to walk the dog.
It’s a crime that the U.S. population is getting such false information about this mindless slaughter of humanity.
It will achieve absolutely nothing.
Please God, let there be a peaceful armistice.
VIDEO
1. Russians are expelled from captured Bakhmut front - Ukraine advances on northern and southern flanks
Kanal13
1.59M subscribers
16K views 3 hours ago
7-5-2023 3:45 p.m. EDT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHic8Rvww3U
2. Russian Tanks Destroyed by Ukrainian Army on Bakhmut Front! Drone Images from the War
Infinity
427K subscribers
7-5-2023 4:45 p.m. EDT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHic8Rvww3U
ARTICLE
No Russian ammo depots would be safe in Ukraine if the US provided longer-range HIMARS missiles and better drones, retired US general says
Insider
Jake Epstein, Chris Panella
05 jul 2023
https://www.businessinsider.com/atacms-gray-eagle-drones-kyiv-hit-russian-targets-inside-ukraine-2023-7
ATACMS and new drones would allow Kyiv hit all Russian positions in Ukraine, a retired US general said.
The Biden administration has been reluctant to send longer-range missiles and drones to Ukraine.
Retired Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges told Insider that Washington is likely concerned about Russian escalation.
The Biden administration has so far been reluctant to send long-range missiles and advanced drones to Ukraine, fearing that these assets could be used to hit targets within Russia’s internationally recognized borders and spark a dangerous escalation from Moscow.
But weapons like the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) and Gray Eagle drones would increase Kyiv’s range of attack and boost its firepower, posing a threat to any Russian base or ammunition depot that’s inside occupied Ukrainian territory, a retired US Army general said, as videos of a drone attack on a Russian ammunition depot circulated.
Ben Hodges, a former lieutenant general who headed US Army Europe, told Insider that ATACMS missiles — which boast an impressive range of 190 miles — and advanced Gray Eagle drones, “put every headquarters and logistics site at risk” by allowing Ukraine to hammer Russian positions behind its Moscow’s extensive defensive lines. Gray Eagle drones, meanwhile, have an endurance time of around 25 hours and can operate at just shy of 30,000 feet, making them useful for longer missions.
Ukrainian forces have been pressing forward with their grinding counteroffensive for several weeks now, advancing in several directions along a sprawling front line across eastern and southern Ukraine and making small territorial gains in the process. But officials in Kyiv have indicated that the military still needs long-range strike capabilities to inflict damage on Russian troops beyond what it’s currently capable of.
ATACMS in particular could make it easier for Ukraine to target the occupied Crimean peninsula and Russia’s Black Sea Fleet. For example, Hodges said, if these missiles are fired from the southern Ukrainian city of Odesa, they could strike Moscow’s warships in Sevastopol.
Despite growing pressure from Congress and abroad, the Biden administration has yet to budge on ATACMS, although the Wall Street Journal reported last week that there appeared to be some movement toward providing the missiles. When asked later about ATACMS during a briefing, Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said he has nothing to announce and isn’t “aware of any imminent decisions as it relates” to the weapon.
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley said at an event last week that although “these things are on the table,” there have not been any decisions yet.
The strength of systems like ATACMS, which can be fired from Ukraine’s existing inventory of US-provided High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), is that they can bruise Russia’s logistics capabilities. “The Russians have more mass, more bodies, and more artillery. And it’s a very centralized system of command and control. So, the way you neutralize the only advantage the Russians have is by destroying headquarters and logistics site,” Hodges said.
ATACMS would also extend Ukraine’s reach beyond what it currently enjoys with its UK-provided Storm Shadow missiles. These fearsome weapons, which have been championed by officials for their battlefield success, have an operational range of 155 miles — more than three times the distance of HIMARS and Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS).
Although these weapons have proven to be beneficial, Hodges said that they’ve also given Russian forces beyond the attack range a degree of comfort. “Because we, the US, have continued to refuse to provide ATACMS, we have, in effect, created a safe haven for the Russians inside Ukraine. Anything that is beyond the current GMLRS, HIMARS, and Storm Shadow is in effect, safe haven,” he added.
The Biden administration’s apprehension to sending ATACMS to Ukraine is partially due to fears of Russian escalation — the same concerns that have led to flip-flopping on giving Ukraine other systems like American-made Abrams tanks and F-16 fighter jets. Months of pleading by the Ukrainians — and pressure from US partners — eventually led to Washington’s decision to supply Kyiv with the advanced tanks, and authorize the export of F-16s from European allies.
It’s unclear when, exactly, Ukraine will be armed with these fighters — the details and timeline of Ukraine’s F-16 training remain somewhat murky. Armed with the right missiles though, these aircraft could help prop up Ukraine’s air defense and allow its air force to inflict damage on Russian positions from far ranges.
For now, it remains to be seen what additional long-range weapons the West will provide to Ukraine, which can likely expect new announcements on security assistance at the upcoming NATO summit next week. Although Kyiv has repeatedly assured Western capitals that it wouldn’t use long-range assets to hit targets inside Russia, endless nuclear saber-rattling from Russian President Vladimir Putin has still kept Kyiv’s military backers on edge.
The Russians “see that we are self-deterring over the possibility that they might use a nuclear weapon,” Hodges said. But Moscow has threatened to use nuclear weapons since nearly the beginning of the full-scale invasion last year, and the weapons are “really only most effective when they don’t use them.”
EXACTLY
Even the senile G. Soros knows Putin & his invasion is evil.
She has made a lot of claims.
She is Propganda Minister For Ukraine
VIDEOS
1. Oil base where Russian headquarters are located is hit - Live images of strong fire
Kanal13
1.59M subscribers
7-5-2023 5:00 p.m. EDT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7rSU_31M0o
2. UKRAINIAN FORCES HAVE MADE MAJOR ADVANCES SOUTH OF BAKHMUT, STARTING TO ENCIRCLE ENEMY FORCES | 2023
Warthog Defense
578K subscribers
7-5-2023 1:00 p.m. EDT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzL45b3TXmw
The maps showed Russia about 9 months to take nearly all of Bakhmut, losing, we're told circa 100,000 casualties in the effort, while Ukrainians slowly gave ground.
At the end now 10 months the maps show Ukrainians still contesting a small area on the western outskirts of Bakhmut.
Ukraine's forces appear to be hoping to encircle Bakhmut from the north and south, making slow progress, but perhaps faster progress than Russians (Wagner!) made moving west.
Nothing is certain as of today.
ARTICLE
Repair begins in 8 war-affected schools in Ukraine with EU funding
European Pravda
Wednesday, 5 July 2023, 21:20
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/07/5/7410015/
The first construction work on schools damaged during the war started in Ukraine. The schools are being rebuilt within the framework of the project, financed by the EU and fulfilled by the UN Office for Project Services (UNOPS).
SOURCE: European Pravda, referring to official pages of the institutions
DETAILS: The first stage of the project will focus on eight educational facilities in Kyiv, Chernihiv and Kharkiv oblasts, where nearly 20,000 schoolchildren are studying. Among them is Lyceum No. 4 in the settlement of Lozova in Kharkiv Oblast.
These schools have been damaged only slightly and do not need capital refurbishment; broken doors and windows, as well as damaged equipment, need to be replaced. Basements that will serve as bomb shelters will also undergo repairs.
It is planned to complete the repairs by the beginning of the new school year.
After these educational facilities, 28 more schools will undergo more capital refurbishment, including repairing damaged walls and ceilings, heating systems, and improving shelters in basements.
BACKGROUND:
• During his visit to Ukraine, the Spanish Prime Minister announced €55 million in financial aid from Spain for schools and the support of small and medium-scale businesses in Ukraine.
• Switzerland is planning to allocate more than €5.6 million for the rebuilding of Ukrainian schools.
The only thing George Soros cares about is money.
He is a convicted inside-trader in France.
Most of his money comes from stealing the pension funds of more than 15 sovereign nations.
And you heartily approve.
VIDEOS
1. Russian army retreated from settlement of Klishchiivka - invaders are pushing north and south of
Kanal13
1.59M subscribers
7-5-2023 6:00 p.m. EDT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gI4Ih_9bBiE
2. LEAKS: Russia Emptying Villages of Men for the Front!
Combat Veteran Reacts
282K subscribers
Jul 5, 2023 7:00 p.m. EDT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-ymMQ6X4Ac
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