Ukraine kills 49 elite Russian troops on way to front line

The Telegraph ^ | September 6, 2023 | Joe Barnes

[Timber Rattler]

Ukrainian forces killed 49 elite Russian paratroopers in a single day in an operation to prevent them from being deployed to a key section of the war’s southern front line.

The members of the 7th Guards Mountain Airborne Division were embroiled in a brutal fight after Ukrainian fighters pinned them down near the village of Staromaiorske in the eastern Donetsk region, Russian military bloggers reported.

Troops from the 247th VDV regiment were sent in to retrieve the soldiers’ bodies after Russian commanders refused to oversee their recovery, one report said, citing an audio recording of a Russian soldier.

Ukrainian counter-offensive forces in the area, near the border with the southern Zaporizhia region, were thought to have successfully prevented members of the division from “laterally redeploying to critical areas of the front”, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reported.

Staromaiorske sits on one of two Ukrainian axes of advance on the outskirts of the town of Velyka Novosilka.

A Kremlin-installed official in southern Ukraine had said previously that Russian forces had “tactically” withdrawn from Robotyne, the main axis of assault in Kyiv’s counter-offensive in the south.

“The Russian army abandoned – tactically abandoned this settlement,” Yevgeny Balitsky, the Russian-appointed head of Ukraine’s partially-occupied Zaporizhzhia region, said.

[Timber Rattler]

Some otherwise good news this morning...

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Yay! Ukraine wins! We can stop laundering money through them now!

[tlozo]

Ukraine kills 49 elite Russian troops on way to front line

While russian missile kill 17 civilians, including a child, at a Ukrainian market

Associated Press journalists at the site of the missile attack in Kostiantynivka saw covered bodies on the ground and emergency workers extinguishing fires at market stalls, with blackened and mangled cars nearby. Minister of Internal Affairs Ihor Klymenko said 17 people were killed and another 32 were wounded. The Defense Ministry said the market was hit by a ballistic missile.

CCTV, shared by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, appeared to show the moment of the explosion

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ukraine-war-russia-blinken-in-kyiv-expected-us-military-aid-package-counteroffensive/

[fieldmarshaldj]

"CCTV, shared by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky"

Now that's a reliable source.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Zelensky has to keep the war going, otherwise he loses his dick-tatorship. Can’t have that. Not with a 78% disapproval rating on his handling of corruption.

[tlozo]

Now that's a reliable source.

LOL, it helps to be able to have reading comprehension and not being a Putin sycophant.

Associated Press journalists at the site of the missile attack in Kostiantynivka saw covered bodies on the ground and emergency workers extinguishing fires at market stalls, with blackened and mangled cars nearby.

[silverleaf]

Ukrainian missile launch, from Ukrainian territory
https://twitter.com/JulianRoepcke/status/1699453405415055825

[fieldmarshaldj]

Ape Pee journalists ? Now that’s an even more reliable source.

They probably helped set off the fireworks.

[tlozo]

Ukrainian missile launch, from Ukrainian territory

Complete BS. His video, is altered.

[FlyingEagle]

A typical Timber Rattler morning prayer here : Sick Biden war propaganda. Where are the voices of sanity and peacemakers? Your buddy Blinken was there again yesterday to give another $ Billion more of USA taxes for more death. That must put a big smile on your face too.

[silverleaf]

So now Germany’s largest ( pro Ukraine) tabloid is fake news?

[tlozo]

So now Germany’s largest ( pro Ukraine) tabloid is fake news?

JulianRoepcke who admits he is no expert, does not understand how physics works.

ru propaganda blame UA Army for tragedy in Kostyantynivka 06.09.2023 pointing that reflections on the cars are pointing that missile arrived from the behind of the camera. Problem is - this is not how physics works.

[struggle]

I thought the missile came from the north-west, which makes it pretty clear it was Ukrainian.

[tlozo]

I thought the missile came from the north-west, which makes it pretty clear it was Ukrainian.

That was what JulianRoepcke posted. who admits he's no expert, based on reflection, unfortunately he doesn't understand physics.

[canuck_conservative]

more of your Russian lies and propaganda?

LOL

you guys are desperate ... you must be losing!

[Magnum44]

Where are the voices of sanity and peacemakers?

[silverleaf]

Our investigation into the explosion in Konstantinovka .
Judging by the generously published footage from the Ukrainian side, the arrival through the market fell on the area of ​​the jewelry store “Zolotiy Vik” (Golden Age). It now houses a Smart mobile accessories store next to it. Also important for the georeferencing of the area is the Kapital pawnshop, located at the corner of the T-junction, opposite the Golden Age.

As you can see in the video, a second before arrival, local residents look into the sky in the direction of Druzhkovka, controlled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine , from where the object flies, after which an air explosion occurs near the Golden Age, which is not typical for an ordinary rocket, projectile or air bomb, but characteristic of an anti-aircraft bomb. or an anti-radar missile .

Thus, the rocket flew from UAF-controlled Druzhkovka along Tsiolkovsky Street in Konstantinovka and exploded above the ground near the Golden Age jewelry store.

In the local chats of the residents of Druzhkovka and Kramatorsk, there were also reports of the presence of aircraft in the air, which obviously cannot be Russian , since the distance to the front line is more than 30 km . In addition, the aircraft of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have already carried out unsuccessful launches of AGM-88 HARM missiles at Konstantinovka.

From TG channel

https://t.me/sitreports/14612

Note missile exploded above ground ( damage photos confirm)
If there were Uke acft in the air, this could have been a testing or training exercise gone bad with a rogue missile homing on wi fi source in the marker square

[FlyingEagle]

You love it so much, pack up your 44 and go enlist, FRiend.

All your neocon zeeper buddies are there. You are missing out on all the fun.

All the Brandon fans here will be cheering you on.

[struggle]

I was told all Putin had left was shovels

[tlozo]

Our investigation into the explosion in Konstantinovka .

SURPRISE! russian RYBAR says russians didn't do it!

Mikhail Sergeevich Zvinchuk (Russian: Михаил Сергеевич Звинчук; born 1991) is a Russian milblogger and author of the Russian Telegram channel Rybar (Russian: Рыбарь, lit. 'fisherman'), which has over 1.1 million subscribers. Until 2019, he worked in the press service of the Russian Ministry of Defense.