Both Sides Double Down For A Game of Chicken | Up To 1/3 Of Ukraine's Army in Northern Front

[@grahamstull2330]

An enemy invading Russia, going deeper and deeper, until they are overextended? Then getting pushed back to absolute annihilation? That's never happened before...

[@verypleasantguy]

Putin is waiting for the NATO to send in their troops.

[@wander67]

Russia didn't even exist back then. It was a bunch of divided kingdoms. ​@@joelee3716

[@unregisturd]

@@joelee3716 I think he means the Wehrmacht

[@jasperchance3382]

@@grahamstull2330 it happened, with help from Ukranians. Now who is going to help?

[@mugenmugen9632]

@@grahamstull2330 Belgorod twice last year. I wonder what happened to those guys, the media went silent on them. 😂

[@aa1944-k2r]

Russia didn't "double down" on anything, we have established a long time ago the Russian summer offensive would be centered around Pokrovsk, and they are doing exactly that. The pace of advance has increased because Ukraine withdrew resources from there. Russia has the initiative in the war, so Ukraine can only react to what the Russians do, in hope of changing this situation, Ukraine decides to use their reverses to invade Russia, hoping Russia will react to their action and Russia to lose initiative, Ukraine will gain propaganda value from this as well. Sadly Russia is not withdrawing forces from the East, at least not in Pokrovsk front, and Ukraine has no choice because they cannot admit defeat, so they again trap themselves and have no choice but to double down. If you know poker, it is like you called after the flop when you have absolutely nothing, hoping to bluff the opponent, but he ignores you and then the turn card comes and your position is worsen, but your move is a bluff anyway so your only choice is to double down and call, and then the final river card came and the opponent is not folding, and now you already know you lost, and waiting for the inevitable when both sides have to show their card at the end.

[@Benz2533]

Ukraine send their best and all the equipment into Kursk to do as much damage as possible but if it stay as game of chicken then there won’t be any eastern front contact line left. What if these eastern line of Ukraine collapse and Russia going for Odessa ? Ukraine can’t rotate these Kursk troops to protect it now. 😅

[@ZappyOh]

Ukraine only have one sensible, humane option. However, Ukraine and western leadership is neither sensible nor humane.

[@a.m.armstrong8354]

​@@kaspertube512Are your fingers crossed, bro?

[@unknownkw]

@@ZappyOh Western leadership is sensible. They just mark-up prices of weapons and steal money from taxpayers. Whatever they are trying to do are very logical, they benefit themselves with no regards to the well-being of other humans, including the population in their own country.

[@patrickgarayt6399]

les russes jouent uniquement aux echecs

[@WorldlyTopics]

Great miscalculation by Ukraine. They will realize that at the end game.

[@S1nuDTFY]

Putin said they will realize the endgame after 2 weeks of the 3-day SMO.

[@eneacristi-gj3uj]

@@S1nuDTFY and against NATO against hundreds of billions spend on Ukraine they are winning.

[@jasperchance3382]

@@WorldlyTopics there's only one end game and it's for putin's fascist regime

[@tougeattack123]

@@S1nuDTFY putin never said that stop lying

[@elsonck2523]

@@S1nuDTFY Ukraine agreed to a ceasefire after two weeks but NATO stepped in as they needed more time to destroy Nordstream pipeline.

[@229andymon]

There is one huge difference between the 2 offensives. Russia is entering what they intend to keep and incorporate into Russia, the Ukrainians do not consider Kursk anything but Russian territory.

[@apostolosderakis9840]

Also, it seems to me that NATO do not care about infrastructure. They know they will have to leave, so their tactics mean that everything will be destroyed. On the other hand, RF can rebuild but it must sure hurt.

[@fatechance4013]

​@@apostolosderakis9840you don't have to worry about rebuilding stuff, Donbass estimated have trillions dollar worth rare mineral there.

[@riazam493]

what people don't understand is that Russia will not accept anything BUT TOTAL VICTORY (in this particular case). Even if a form of ukranian state remain, it will move to RU sphere of influence. Anything else is DEFEAT for RU and Putin. Western leaders still hope that they can keep conn the RU to accept some kind of peace that they can revert. EVEN at the price of NUCLEAR WAR with NATO, RU will not accept unfavorable peace. Better REAL defeat that will make the enemy bleed, then political and strategic defeat by allowing a hostile powerful NATO backed state at their borders. People hope much shit without understanding RU mentality. This is why USA backed Ukraine conflict was a very stupid gamble that hurt and will hurt tens of millions of people.

[@apostolosderakis9840]

​@@kaspertube512 Super-Zaluzhnyi had a mind of his own in the glorious counteroffensive and we all saw what happened. Now DO AS YOU ARE TOLD, follow NATO orders and don't even think that carrying your flag makes a bit of difference.

[@RS-xx9ve]

One key difference is you haven't got a clue what you are talking about. The puppet NATO-Nazi regime has just one purpose to terrorise the Russian half of the former Ukraine. To attempt to "legitimise" actual Nazism and then seek to attack and destabilise the rest of Russia. Zelensky himself even talked about taking MUCH Russian territory for the puppet regime he is figurehead of. BTW myh family is from Kiev.

[@youtubeaccount24569]

what is Ukraine going to do with the Kursk region when to whole of Ukraine will be under russian control ? =)) declare the Kursk region newly created Ukraine enclave and say that they won ? Madness and stupidity

[@tenborck]

@@youtubeaccount24569 they can't control it... Just invade.

[@alexsionii]

What is Russia going to do with the Ukrainian land? Integrate it? Madness and stupidity.

[@sebastijanglozinic8630]

Do you think the Russians are even going to negotiate while the Ukrainians occupy Kurst?

[@apostolosderakis9840]

As in WW2: Hitler was dead, Germany had surrendered and there were still Nazi forces fighting it in the Baltics.

[@tomweiss9600]

When Russia wins in the Donbass, it will switch its attention to Kursk and the rest of Ukraine. It just means the war will go on longer.

[@mstudio9323]

Ukraine is gaining village in Kursk by loosing importance cities in their own land।

[@jumamnumbwa9483]

Will finally find themselves surrounded

[@loulouplouloup6269]

Its not their own land, its in russianophone populated land.....thats the first reason of this war....

[@The_Prince_Of_Crows]

I find it hard to believe that a fifth of their army is in the Kursk Oblast region, let alone a third. That would be a collapse of the entire line through the whole Donbas much larger and more pervasive than what we are seeing now. I also doubt they are going to do anything west of Glushkovo after failing miserably in Belgorod already. I think they want to draw off forces by making it appear that they will strike there but I don't think they have the ability to make such a move against defending troops without surprise as a factor. They certainly wouldn't blow the bridges if they planned on attacking north of the river Seym. That will complicate their own offensive and make it harder to supply and reinforce their own army too. Russia can reinforce and supply that area by air and pontoon bridges too. Don't forget all BMP and Soviet tanks can ford rivers without stopping to prepare it before driving into the water, unlike western IFV.

[@IGLArocknroll]

BMPs can ford rivers with zero preparation, but the tanks (with the exception of the PT-76, and it's derivatives) require a short preparation (sealing the gunbarrel and the coax. MG port, installation of a fording tube which supplies air to the crew and the engine).

[@The_Prince_Of_Crows]

​@@IGLArocknrollYes you are right. Thanks for adding those details. 👍

[@kevfit4333]

The recent wave of conscription is making up the numbers. Green troops with zero combat experience.

[@supernovaaust]

You can't use common sense with people brainwashed in propoganda.

[@kevincousino2276]

​@@IGLArocknrollthat's nice, but the supply trucks can't.

[@Ceiling_Gato]

It's all fun and games in Kursk until Russians decide to go after Kharkiv or Odessa and AFU finds itself with nothing to defend them

[@Parnava-u7y]

@@kaspertube512 ukraine is losing. Cope. Russia still has 2 million reserve troops and intact elite forces.

[@nevyanplamenov5409]

@@kaspertube512 Did vlodymyr dollarsky gave you some of his stuff, because you are coping so hard right now

[@apostolosderakis9840]

@@Parnava-u7y is RF fighting against "Ukraine" or NATO? your point makes a lost of sense in the first alternative.

[@tigercat-st3ul]

​@@kaspertube512🤦😂🤏🧠

[@Parnava-u7y]

@@apostolosderakis9840 i think nato is more appropriate but most of them are ethnic ukrainians

[@BartholomewShirima]

Its not a game of chicken..Russia is inflicting heavy damage to Ukraine army in terms of manpower and equipments.

[@The_Prince_Of_Crows]

Absolutely, I think it is worse than last summers blunder in Zaporozhia. This is an assortment of their best equipment and top soldiers that are almost irreplaceable. Patriots, Iris T, HIMARS, Challenger 2, Abrams, Leopard 2, Krab, M-777, heavy movers like the Hercules, lots of engineering equipment, dozens of tanks, and a host of others.

[@tomatodamashi]

And with minimal losses on the Russian side. They are essentially getting these advances for free.

[@kevincousino2276]

​@@tomatodamashithe Ukrainians are waiting for them to get to Pokrovsk. They like to defend places worth defending. There was no place between Adviika and there. They want another Bakmut. There does not seem to be panic or mass cries of men being abandoned in the east while being overrun. The Russians were supposed to be there in days after Adviika fell. Not to say that the Russians wont eventually break the line there. It's not a game of chicken. The Ukraine is taking mostly empty underdefended terrain in Kursk , the Russians are advancing to the next Ukrainian defense line. Probably also will need to wait for the rest of the line to catch up to the bulge towards the P city.

[@prestonyoung3807]

And Ukraine's best troops are getting decimated and the cost of this incursion is prohibitively expensive. Western gear has a hefty price tag and they are getting wrecked

[@kevincousino2276]

@@prestonyoung3807 western gear is free for Ukraine.

[@tyrannicswinen117]

Having a large portion of your forces in a pocket of enemy territory doesn’t sound like a good idea especially if it backfires

[@Lina_Antoniou]

When*

[@PoliticalChess-eh1zl]

If both sides double down, the one with more men, more equipment, more ammunition wins.

[@The_Prince_Of_Crows]

Exactly and that is why this made zero sense strategically. They can't hold their own heavily fortified territory but somehow think they can hold Russian land? That's rich.

[@cofiking23]

Ukraine has more men and endless weapons. Putin hasnt even started mass mobilazation

[@CatfoodChronicles6737]

@@The_Prince_Of_Crows Imagine the embarrassment they’ll get when they’re forced to retreat to defend places in the south

[@supernovaaust]

The smarter one wins.

[@marcobassini3576]

​@@supernovaaustAnd everybody knows which is smarter ....... 😊😊

[@ftwyeah]

94 settlements taken by Ukraine, most of them consist of a few houses. :/

[@S1nuDTFY]

94 settlements taken by Ukraine, unopposed. No Russian defenders defending Russia.

[@72marshflower15]

@@kaspertube512 ..they’re correct though.

[@The_Prince_Of_Crows]

​@@kaspertube512Sudzha, population 5,000. Remember when you claimed Bakhmut was a small insignificant city? Was that coping too? 😂😂😂 That sounds like a confession sword swallower

[@tomatodamashi]

@@kaspertube512 Is it cope to say that trading Sudzha for Niu York, and soon Toretsk, is a better deal for Russia than Ukraine?

[@MOCHI-ek6rc]

Nearly a thousand Russian soldiers have died. However, the Russians will recover the land when and if there are ready. I think their objective is the Donbas.

[@cristianmorstabilini7826]

Driving tanks and running about aimlessly in the forests Doesn't mean you controlling Territory

[@LancesArmorStriking]

It does in a sense, but it isn't a sustainable strategy

[@deruntergangvannederland1868]

they gained very little in the last week

[@deruntergangvannederland1868]

@@LancesArmorStriking thr problem is they have no air support or defense, thats just going to get them destroyed, and its allot if open fields they need to capture.

[@tjhodge201]

Russia 🇷🇺 Controls 100,000 square miles of Ukraine Territory...While Ukraine offensive has taken only 1600 square miles or Russian territory and is starting to stall!

[@cleny217]

I mean... The same can be said about Russia then? like what? lol

[@namur-iq6ih]

Poorly trained recruits contribute to loss of Ukrainian territory on eastern front, commanders say. Some new Ukrainian soldiers refuse to fire at the Russian forces. Others, according to commanders and fellow fighters, struggle to assemble weapons or to coordinate basic combat movements. A few have even walked away from their posts, abandoning the battlefield altogether. While Ukraine presses on with its incursion into Russia’s Kursk region, its troops are still losing precious ground along the country's eastern front - a grim erosion that military commanders blame in part on poorly trained recruits drawn from a recent mobilization drive, as well as Russia’s clear superiority in ammunition and air power. “Some people don’t want to shoot. They see the Russian forces in the firing position in trenches but don’t open fire. ... That is why our men are dying,” said a frustrated battalion commander in Ukraine’s 47th Brigade. “When they don’t use the weapon, they are ineffective.” The accounts come from commanders and soldiers who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity in order to speak freely about sensitive military matters. Others spoke on the condition that they be identified only by their call signs in keeping with Ukrainian military protocol. Commanders say the recruits have contributed to a string of territorial losses that enabled Russia’s army to advance, including near the city of Pokrovsk, a critical logistics hub. If it falls, the defeat will imperil Ukraine’s defenses and bring Russia closer to its stated aim of capturing the Donetsk region. Russian soldiers are now just 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) away. The recently conscripted Ukrainians are a far cry from the battle-hardened fighters who flocked to join the war in the first year of the SMO. The new troops lack even a minimal level of training, commanders and soldiers from four brigades defending the Pokrovsk area said. They described having to plan operations with infantry who are unable to shoot targets and uninformed about basic topography. Some recruits simply lacked faith in the battle plans of their superiors and walked away from prepared positions. Frustrated with the quality of the new conscripts sent to the front line by territorial recruitment centers, commanders are now seeking to conduct their own mobilization drives to better screen and train new fighters, multiple commanders and soldiers said. In some instances, terrified new recruits have fled from the fight. “This fear creates panic and chaos,” said the battalion commander in the 47th Brigade. “This is also the reason we have lost." The loss of the village of Prohres last month in the Pokrovsk region is the most recent example of territorial loss blamed on new recruits, commanders said. Units from the 31st Brigade left in a poorly coordinated frenzy, prompting the 47th Brigade to enter the battle and attempt to stabilize the line. A similar scenario unfolded in the village of Ocheretyne in May. Ukraine’s sudden foray into Russia initially stirred hopes that the Kremlin might be forced to divide its military resources to respond. But so far, Russian forces have not wavered in their push toward Pokrovsk and other potential conquests. Meanwhile, Ukraine’s lightning advance into Russian territory has slowed after two weeks, making only small gains, a possible sign that Russian forces is counter-attacking more effectively. Commanders in the east report that battles have only intensified since the incursion. Local authorities on Monday ordered Pokrovsk’s nearly 53,000 residents to evacuate within two weeks. In the neighboring town of Myrnohrad, even closer to Russian positions, residents were given only days. The capture of Pokrovsk would undermine Ukrainian supply routes to the Donetsk region and ease Russia’s advance to the eastern cities of Sloviansk and Kostiantynivka. It would also mark Russia’s first major strategic win after months of painfully fought marginal gains. In the last three months, the majority of Ukrainian territorial losses were recorded in the Pokrovsk area, according to three open-source monitoring groups, with fighting intensifying in the vicinity of the towns of Toretsk and Chasiv Yar. Russian forces dialed up the attacks in an attempt to capitalize on troop fatigue and shortages. Another challenge for Ukraine is a new tactic in which Russia deploys recurrent waves of smaller infantry units of two to four men. That has flummoxed Ukrainian drone operators, who find it difficult to target them, according to a drone operator with the 25th Brigade who uses the call sign Groot. “This is one of the main reasons for (Russia’s) success in Pokrovsk,” he said. “It’s harder to detect them," especially under the cover of leafy trees. “As soon as the infantry get under the tree lines, it’s really hard to get them out of there with drones, and that’s why we depend a lot on our infantry.”

[@ernestannapetrone7106]

Great piece of what really is going on there. Thanks.

[@BlackWolf9988]

Pretty much what many mappers have predicted in the first few day of the kursk offensive. Ukraine can't afford to waste its resources and is desperately trying to do a battle of the bulge last ditch attempt before collapse.

[@drencrum]

Those elite Ukrainian units ransacking the Russian border refused to stand and fight back in the Avdiivka direction because the Russians were concentrating FABS in the area, it's just completely broken that front... why would anybody else in the Ukrainain army be more willing to invite that punishment on themselves?

[@thewedge8823]

Russia doesn't negotiate with terrorists.

[@GamesStuff3]

@@thewedge8823 Remember Bucha?

[@Lalramkumhlunsitlhou25300]

"A day without Russian Advances is a day wasted " ~ Sun Tzu

[@88romanov4]

[@Benz2533]

It would be better if you use Zelensky in this instead.

[@Gavin-ve3by]

don`t forget your backdoor....Sun Tzu

[@Bobsponge3521]

They have though

[@Dimension37]

Why do people quote me on shit I didn’t say - Sun Tzu

[@anettemor1730]

all comes clear when you ask - WHO LIVE in these areas. and which civilian population suffers. the answer in BOTH fronts is - BOTH LOCAL ARE RUSSIANS. ya. some are citizens of Ukraine, other are citizens of Russia. but the divide is -Russian lands GIFTED by communists to Ukraine. why? to enhance agricultural Ukraine by industrial Russian areas. all could work, but Ukranians wanted to convert locals into own ethnicity. this is cultural genocide. how long one can run a country that way? not for long. Ukraine can advance into Kursk. how exactly they can RULE it? by ethnic terror?

[@andraslibal]

@@joelee3716 ever heard of partisans?

[@wanflash3941]

​@@anettemor1730 ah yes, the area mainly colonized by cosacks is russian

[@bumbatumba1251]

​​@@wanflash3941Cossacks are free citizens that pay taxes by protecting border instead of money, they can be of any ethnic group. Are you knight or a peasant?

[@wanflash3941]

@@bumbatumba1251 cossacks originated in Ukraine and came to those teritories from Ukraine. Cossacks were mainly Ukrainians as they fought with Poland for free Ukraine

[@justsam100]

It's not like the USSR destroyed other cultures during their time and was slowly assimilating everyone into Russia. Ukraine is not Russia, it never was and it never will be.

[@joshuapaul2022]

Syrsky career is hanging by a thread, so he as always is just reinforcing a failure. All Ukrainian generals have three things in common: 1. they were chosen exclusively on ideological grounds, 2 they can't say NO to delusional and erratic Zelenskyy, 3. they are obsessed with their careers and will do anything to keep their position even to the detriment of their own troops and eventual outcome of the war. Kursk NPP at this point is clearly out of Zelensky reach, so it was obvious days ago that it was an extremely costly failure that had zero military sense. Engaging in this misadventure when a vital logistic hub of your army like Pokrovsk is about to fall is making Zelenskyy and Syrsky the top candidates for Darwin Award in this century.

[@The_Prince_Of_Crows]

Now you see why he is not serving in the Russian military. He didn't make the cut and had to find work in Ukraine due to his inadequacy.

[@The_Prince_Of_Crows]

​@@kaspertube512😂😂😂 yeah have faith because that's all that's left for your cult.

[@nightelfuser]

The RUAF are just doing their thing. The AFU are the ones running around Kursk like headless chickens hoping to get something done. The primary objective hasn't changed: Liberate the Donbass. The new secondary objective is: Kick out AFU from Kursk. And then they will most likely advance on Volchansk and Sumy, consolidating the third objective, which is to create the buffer zone.

[@33276344]

❤ 100%

[@slawomirozdoba4605]

You are simply wrong. Invasion in Kursk may be insignificant, even on tactical level, but it is extremely politically damaging for Putin. It truly shows that Russia is weaker than most people think. It also brings the war into RUS territory, (disrupting the economy a bit) and Russians will be forced to take these areas back. Will they do it as per usual and level everything to the ground? This invasion creates a number of dilemmas for Russia, at a relatively low cost.

[@Typical187-]

Ride that rainbow little unicorn😂

[@NazarkaShlykov]

@@slawomirozdoba4605 basically what you are saying it's a pr victory. "Relatively low cost" yeah many fully equipped and trained Ukranian soldiers killed and a bunch of destroyed nato vehicles, who cares about that. The marketing campaign is all that matters.

[@kathrynck]

At this point, I imagine Russia's goal is to take everything east of the Dnieper. Since Ukraine has demonstrated the value of having a major geological barrier on Russia's southwestern front.

[@angeldetierra3855]

- I was waiting for the update. Thanks!

[@rickus7843]

A dying creature lashing out, a desperate hail mary as the clock winds down, ukraines is down 3 nil and pulled the goaltender.

[@jumamnumbwa9483]

Without logistics and air support is nothing

[@AddieHilton]

X for doubt. Ukraine lacks the vehicles, heavy equipment, and logistics to travel more than 50 kilometers inside Russian territory and threaten any major Russian cities (Kursk, Belgorod, and Brynansk). Even a small town with 6,000 inhabitants like Sudzha took them more than a week to take-and this was facing a smaller force of irregular Russian units.

[@LilRedRasta]

They'd have to occupy those cities too. Wouldn't be easy.

[@paulmicks7097]

Thank you Weeb , great updates and analysis

[@aquilarossa5191]

You say UKR will try to push toward the town where the Kursk nuclear power plant is located. The Russians would not let them get within 30kms of that plant. They should be able to prevent them getting that close, but if UKR somehow manages to get too close to the KNPP, the Russians have some extreme means to stop an advance in its tracks. Low yield tactical nuclear weapons in the 1-3 kiloton range. There would be fallout, but the Russians may consider that preferable to fighting at the KNPP, which could result in a major nuclear disaster. Let's hope UKR is not silly enough to try that. It's not for nothing that tactical nuclear forces exercises were conducted in Russia recently - more than once. They were training for this type of scenario.

[@andraslibal]

They are not silly they are desperate they would want to blow up nuclear plants to contaminate Europe. A desperate excuse to get others involved in a war they are losing.

[@justsam100]

If they start using nuke it's probably going to cause WW3 or some scenario close to it. The russians attacked Zaporizhzhia, so why should the ukrainians hold back? Doesn't make sense.

[@2masterofpuppets2]

Russians would not let them cross the border but they did

[@jaredjosephsongheng372]

1 - 3 kiloton tactical nuclear weapons???? My guy they already that desperate to defend that they have to use nukes???

[@Donello]

@@justsam100 The Russians attacked Zaporizhzhya? Really? Is there proof for that or is it just speculation?

[@SuperLuky64]

From daily communications of Apti Alaudinov, commander of the Akhmath forces. The joint anti-terrorist forces are annihilating day and night the multiple reconnaissance groups, the front is under control, as is the border area, which is constantly monitored for possible reinforcements, for a week the reinforcement groups, previously annihilated with the use of kinjall missiles, have stopped trying to enter. As of today, August 22, the Ukronazi casualties are 2768, the prisoners are 1078, the destroyed vehicles in total amount to 954.

[@JohnR-z9h]

Kadyrov is sending more Chechens to defend in the north so the Russians don't have divert troops from the east front. Putin met with Kadyrov in Chechnya yesterday .

[@meteorknight999]

You mean putin is sending the chenchens Kadyrov isnt high in command yet

[@michaelwilson9921]

Amazing to see AP put this out, but go read the latest AP article Poorly trained recruits contribute to loss of Ukrainian territory on eastern front, commanders say. The soldiers Ukraine has kidnapped and sent to the front are refusing to fight. Pokrovsk looks bound to fall and that could cause Ukrainian defenses to collapse. They sent their trained soldiers into Kursk. Are they copying the Germans and attempting an Ardennes Offensive as a last ditch desperate effort?

[@Lina_Antoniou]

"The soldiers Ukraine has kidnapped and sent to the front are refusing to fight." Is anyone surprised?

[@Crackshotsteph]

More like Operation Citadel all over again.

[@stellad9309]

Russia isn’t doubling down there winning and moving forward and Russia is holding back

[@BartholomewShirima]

If they blew up the bridges how can they advance..its a sort of fire pocket i think.

[@jorgekaiser5437]

Good analysis, my 🦌 friend!

[@aleksas3058]

Људи на Западу би се требали запитати,на кога њихове владе бацају новац?Дају новац и војну технику а животни стандард им расте да би се Зелендки играо рата...

[@TrueWeej]

That’s insane! They would sacrifice hundreds of painstakingly constructed defences. Cities like Pokrovsk and likely the entire frontline to attack Kursk. Which with no disrespect to Kursk it has a fraction of the population (pre war) that Novo Russia has. It’s not a comparable exchange. Its crazy.

[@The_Prince_Of_Crows]

35 people per square mile in that area. Sudzha has a population of just 5,000 and they are calling it the biggest city they have captured. 🤣🤣🤣👏👏👏

[@Worldturnedupsidedown]

Kursk has a lot of trees, the Donbass has trillions of dollars of lithium,titanium,coal,oil,manganese. etc.etc.etc

[@regenwurm5584]

If I was Russian Army Chief, I would go for Kiev right now, from Belarus.

[@elpresidenta1945]

The Russian Ministry of Defense is diverting all of their reserves to Kursk, but I think this war starting to really become dire for Ukraine. Their incursion into Kursk was a massive publicity stunt and they sacrificing land for any attempt gain more western attention. This stupid idea will backfire on Ukraine horribly

[@verypleasantguy]

Luckily you are not the Russian army chief

[@ancientnpc]

This^

[@williamwayne4043]

Lol with the spare 200,000 (at least) troops?

[@cleny217]

Ya cause that worked out the last time.

[@nightelfuser]

To put into perspective how insane the AFU's incursion is, after all they sacrificed for this, they still haven't occupied 10% of Kursk Oblast.

[@marcobassini3576]

To put into perspective: Ukraine has captured in 10 days more territory than Ruzzia in one year, and with negligible losses vs the hundreds of thousands of ruzzians, become fertilizer. And in sight there is nothing to prevent the Ukrainians further advancing, surely not the conscripts and policemen that surrender en masse as soon as they are encircled. Not to mention the Kadirovites TicToc warriors, that were even faster to run away than the conscripts. 😂😂

[@VIT-ey8wo]

​@@marcobassini3576 Neglegible losses? There is tons of videos from Kursk, in which ukranian columns get destroyed. A bunch of MRAPs, strykers, marders and tanks. Several HIMARS lost as well. There were a couple of patriot batteries lost too, not sure if they were near Kursk region though. Seems like nato tactics didn't really change from the times of US defeat in Afghanistan.

[@jasonschnelle110]

​@@marcobassini3576not with negligible losses. They are losing armor heavy and a fair amount of people. The gains have slowed and it will soon become another attritional battle. Not really worth it.

[@nightelfuser]

@@marcobassini3576 If you truly believe that, you are completely lost. No point in trying to inform you.

[@Peacewar2020]

@@marcobassini3576 Have you seen what happened to the Ukrainian Tik tok warriors who raided shops and mistreated Russian civilians? You watch too much propaganda channels to think Ukraine/NATO is losing a small amount of men and equipment. Ukraine is losing all this and they haven’t even reached the Russian defence line. It’s gonna be a cold winter for those Ukrainian troops

[@alanklm]

The goal of RU Kharkiv offensive - is to redirect UA forces from the east. The goal of UA Kursk offensive - is to redirect UA forces from the east. looks like RU and UA are on the same team again.

[@gingerfox7143]

😅

[@V91337]

💀

[@masumhassan3602]

We stand with Russia from Bangladesh, go ahead.

[@lejos8]

Never form Poland. The Russians occupied us until 1989.

[@jacobdautriche9023]

Austrians keep calm and await liberation 😂

[@terrific804]

No you don't. You're still working on once a week overturned ferry boats.

[@Spvke]

@@masumhassan3602 Braindead third world response

[@justapassione5554]

​@Spvke are u ukraini? Do you know this thing called mirror? I heard they're pretty useful.

[@cristianmorstabilini7826]

The Russian Forces are now on pokrovsk Door step..

[@Benz2533]

I think they are in range prepping before the push. Ukraine send so many armor into Kursk. Sure there plenty of win in these area by Ukraine but it also drain shit tons of resources as well. Momentum die, this front will collapse on itself so fast.

[@D4vidko]

Pokrovsk urban area is bigger than Bakhmut, how long did it take Wagner to take Bakhmut and at what cost?

[@TheNtcc]

@@D4vidko Wagner didn't have FAB3000 though.

[@Dmitrij-nl3sc]

​@@kaspertube512 'meatwaves'? Is this an Ukrainian tactic?

[@zed-47]

​@@kaspertube512so was avdiivka with more important fortifications and even more important morale meaning for the Ukrainians. Your point?

[@juryi1]

8/18/2024 THE TRAP CLOSES Although the majority of the Czech mainstream still "holds the line" and does not stop supplying us with articles about the amazing Ukrainian successes in the Kursk region, about the surrendering Russians, about occupied towns and villages and about the humiliated Putin, realistic voices are starting to appear. For example, the warning of the American political scientist and professor at the University of Chicago, John Mearsheimer, comes through every now and then, according to whom the Kursk adventure is "a big strategic mistake that will accelerate the defeat of Ukraine." And meanwhile on the border between the Kursk region and Ukraine…. the Russians deployed "Земледелие". Земледелие ” in the Sumy region and closed the passages to the border regions of the Kursk region. The trap door is thus closed. Ukrainian soldiers cannot retreat to their territory through remote, dense minefields, and the regime cannot send them reinforcements. Since Friday, time has definitely started to work against Zelensky.

[@eversor10]

Wouldnt a fifth of the UA be about 60000 men? Seems hard to believe

[@alanklm]

8:20 krasno-oktyabr-skoe, it means "red october", hope it'll help to pronounce it.

[@terrific804]

Poke the bear, lose 700,000 military, 2trillion in infrastructer and 15million in civilians

[@S1nuDTFY]

600,000 deleted Russians you mean.

[@fatechance4013]

​@@S1nuDTFYunfortunately that's not true. I don't know where did you get those inflated number of casualties meanwhile Ukraine need a lot of people's to hold the frontline by picking their own citizens on the streets like capturing dog, also did you know Ukraine build the biggest cemetery with capacities over million people? 🤭

[@S1nuDTFY]

@@fatechance4013 Those are the official figures of russians deleted. 600,000 of them. Those numbers are not inflated. Russia can't even hold the frontline together in Russia. Russia has been luring immigrants from India and other 3rd world countries to fight on the frontlines. Ukraine is one big russian cemetary.

[@qman8816]

@@S1nuDTFY Official figures? Proof you are full of it.

[@brianwhite2104]

This is a more interesting phase of the war than it was when the frontline barely changed at all day by day

[@davidkehn6960]

Thanks Weeb!

[@nikolajsafonov8607]

Previously I ve thought that involvment of Black rock in polititcal life of Ukraine is some kind of conspiracy theory, but Now, looking how things happening "just in time" and all events crystallizing exactly towards economical events, I close to change my mind.

[@muhammadzikro9406]

There are 400k AFU active soldier in the frontline. I don't think that there are 130k soldier in northern front. Kursk offensive only involved 16k at most.

[@The_Prince_Of_Crows]

Exactly 💯

[@jorgekaiser5437]

According to serious German sources, the AFU has at least 30,000 in the kursk direction.

[@The_Prince_Of_Crows]

@@jorgekaiser5437 I would believe something close to that. That's not even a tenth of the AFU though. They aren't making multiple drives into the area west of Glushkovo with that either.

[@haythemsandel8303]

I seriously doubt the AFU are at 400k, maybe 400k including rear logistics but frontline troops are less than that

[@The_Prince_Of_Crows]

@@haythemsandel8303 I think Syrsky said they had 350,000 or somewhere around there.

[@Filippirgos]

It's like we're having 2 different wars - one in Donbas where Russians are advancing; and another in Kursk where Ukrainians are currently advancing. So Ukrainians are advancing in Russia, and Russians are advancing in Ukraine. Madness, I don't think there was ever such a war in all history.

[@brainzerorap]

The two armies are actually commanded by Europa Universalis 4 AI

[@esense9602]

The difference is Russia is advancing in fortifications and Ukraine is advancing in open fields. I am not be suprised if Ukraine is getting a lot of casualties in Kursk because of drones.

[@verypleasantguy]

*_URA_*_ !!!_

[@anettemor1730]

civil wars do exactly that.

[@rphb5870]

well there properly were if we look hard enogh. It can't be the only one where one side is insane. There is nothing of value to capture in Kursk. The French and the Germans advanced far into Russia, one of them even reached Moscow but they still lost

[@smalcolmbrown]

Thanks :)

[@thewedge8823]

Russians pulling up to Myrnohorad... might wanna update that

[@ajent8378]

A day without a chicken wings is a day wasted -moon tzu

[@zmilorad]

In comupter strategy games its being called "base race" :)

[@FloraJoannaK]

Damn. These countries are HUGE and the armies comparably tiny... 10 000 men just get swallowed in the steppes like nothing. Any one of these operations is killing thousands, yet the map just shows a tiny blip. That's terrifying.

[@Lina_Antoniou]

Goes to show how good the defences are, I guess.

[@manyinterests1961]

Well spotted. Support for regime in Ukraine is very low and Russia is gathering just enough. Both sides go in equipment heavy and low on infantry.

[@jerrycoronado6887]

When playing a game of chicken you’d better be sure the rooster is on your side. I don’t think Ukraine has any.😅

[@neppuccino4]

DaVai DaVai 💥💥

[@FiammadiRouse]

Rush B DaVai DaVai

[@vendomnu]

Techno tunes playing 🎶

[@lilacer6841]

This is Nato troops not Ukraine in Russian

[@atsuyatakashi4832]

You are neutral I like it ❤

[@MrVaticanRag]

I'm expecting Odessa to fall within 2 weeks - starts Sunday?

[@permaculturaextremadura]

Tak for opdatering

[@wirplit]

Korenevo is becoming key to the northern Ukrainian advance. Held apparently by non front line support troops in first instance, if continued to resist capture it will be very difficult for Ukranians to consolidate their fast advances.

[@gerardusvdberg7337]

It is highly unlikely that Russia did not notice the massive troop movement. And that reinforces my suspicion that it is a matter of strategy and Russia's choice.

[@TF-ou7js]

Russia has no reserves to protect its border. Many of the statements made in recent months about the enlistment of soldiers and the production of material fall under the heading of "propaganda". It would not be surprising if much of the money raised for this had ended up back in the pockets of corrupt military.

[@kathrynck]

So... my question is: What does Ukraine's logistical support look like in Kursk?

[@danielforgacs6583]

Unfortunately in your explanations always are important comments about river-lines but the we cannot see clearly the river on your maps because of the different other lines!

[@Globalinsiderofficial]

It will now depend on who has more manpower and equipment

[@S1nuDTFY]

Russian army consists of untrained boys and equipment from 3-world countries.

[@laurenth7187]

I wonder if i take a shower today because they still haven't installed the water heater... otherwise we take cold showers, but, i'm not such a fan of that. .

[@MrJekken]

Weeb, what is your opinion on the redeployment of Belarusian (and probably lots of Russian as well) forces close to the northern part of Ukraine's border? Will this divert some of the forces from Kursk offensive just by these concentrations being held or will an attack in the Kiev direction be attempted?

[@MrsRabbit8]

A game of chicken between a dump truck and a VW bug. Which one wins? Hmmmm

[@sebastijanglozinic8630]

If Ukraine has sent all their best units to the Kursk operation, that pretty much means Ukraine has already flinched.

[@th3teacher705]

The most important effect of the kursk offensive is one youtubers rarely talk about. How is this affecting the Russian people? Do they want peace? Do they want an even harsher response and larger war to grind ukr to total surrender?

[@Peacewar2020]

They want total war and the unconditional surrender of Ukraine

[@DanielCordey]

Your theories about UKR moves, supposedly attempting to flank or encircle RUF, is complete nonsense. UKR have absolutely no chance to do any big gain in the Kurks region, since... they don't have any air support (and forget about superiority) at all !!! What they are currently doing is building an artillery pocket where they can offer all their remaining vehicles as a training target for the RUF artillery. And guess what ? It works perfectly. Most of the UKR troops there are small platoons, which advance until they get discovered and annihilated by the RUF. The Russians have no need to advance or reconquer any territory, the Ukrainians are coming to them calmly to get destroyed. Perfectly in line with the attrition strategy they've decided two years ago.

[@pinochetrevivalist7374]

The Kiev regime has become desperate. They are not going rogue from their NATO masters. This Kursk invasion could only have been undertaken with NATO surveillance assets and support finding weak points on the Russian line.

[@infostudy101]

And Russia isn’t desperate with the support from Iran and North Korea?

[@Pik180]

@@infostudy101 You're desperate.😂

[@Phrovide]

Am I dumb? But the more you stretch the 1/5 or 1/3 of your country more and more East it’ll thin out your front line lol

[@mishin900]

Pokrovsk = bakhmout 2.0 How long did it take Russia to take bakhmout?

[@bryancourtney2207]

..about a year.. lol

[@RollerGuideX]

How did the AFU move so much of troops, equipment, plan supply routes etc all without giving it away beforehand?

[@xentiment6581]

Russians apparently thought it was Kharkiv defense force

[@LancesArmorStriking]

Extreme secrecy. Not even higher-up commanders knew about it. And they moved at night, and through forests, to avoid detection. Really a brilliant approach, much can be learned from it

[@ZappyOh]

We don't know if the secrecy actually worked. We don't know what the Russians know, or don't know. It's all just speculation.

[@The_Prince_Of_Crows]

They didn't move that much. The claim that a third of their army is there is nonsense. Second, the original force was much much smaller(1,000 men). Once they established their breakthrough into the open territory they began to move troops from all over the area to that axis. Another thing they did is claim units were being pulled from combat and then sent some parts of it to form the spearhead. They did that with the 82nd or 80th Air Assault brigade. The whole brigade was never there just "elements". I think the whole situation has become super distorted and a lot of this reporting is hype, propaganda, paranoia, wishful thinking, and based on nothing but rumor.

[@joshuawilson2793]

Who will get the winner winner chicken dinner?

[@Crete1943]

Operation Bagration déjà vu, where the Nazis lose again.

[@shtakett]

Why is the entire Kursk region marked in red?

[@Pik180]

Red (VSRF)/blue (VSU), that's indicating how much each side controls in the region.

[@chaseteter]

How is it that debris from drones and missiles launched by Ukraine are equally accurate and effective as their whole and intact missiles and drones? Truly mystifying.

[@kundayicomrade5978]

TNW 😮 Kursk is going to become an interesting block of cheese 🧀

[@Scorp_2]

A game of chicken Kiev 😂

[@shadowboyii]

Game of chicken ... I would not say that it is more of a tight holding the neck of a wolf while the wolf is trying to take hold of the tiger's ear. Russia has more forces in reserve that are more than enough to control the situation in kursk but the collapse of the eastern front is a very critical issue for Ukraine and it seems like they gave up on it? Idk. We can all agree that Russia will not leave territory they gained no mater what so maybe Ukraine is looking for a a chip to negotiate with . But in doing so it seems that they lost the hope for negotiations to begin with Russian people are more aggressive than ever and are looking for blood. It is a scary times and a scary situation we are witnessing the unfolding of in real time ... Things are more unstable than ever and with the middle east front we are looking for the spark that will ignite the world

[@thomaseser8359]

A lttle Similar to the ardennes offensive. Or the AFU is stronger than anybody thinks. If not that offensive could lead to desaster.

[@33276344]

At what costs, dude

[@adibunea855]

A difficult topic to discuss is the ethnic composition of the Ukrainian units and how this affects their ability to fight. At the beginning of the hostilities, it is clear that the toughest were composed compactly of Ukrainian Nazis, on the Waffen S/S model, and the rest of the regular army, sufficiently trained by NATO. But today, when the weak units are made up of people of other nationalities kidnapped from the streets of other cities than Kiev, where other ethnicities live that the Khazars will diminish, it is debatable how much they want to fight for the regime that oppresses them. I do not exclude a certain fanaticism cultivated in the last three decades. Obviously the propaganda says otherwise.

[@manyinterests1961]

Kursk operation was and still is a bad idea. A gamble at best

[@wedgeantilles8575]

05:00 IMO you are missing one goal that U. had with this attack: The escalation-ladder. Showing the West that they do not need to fear escalation. R. frequently threatened escalation, nuclear weapons, when the West would supply stuff to U. and especially if this stuff was used in R. territory. Which led to heavy restrictiions how U. is allowed to use western stuff. The offensive in Kurs has shown, that there is no escalation when U. troops operate inside of R. Not even when modern Nato equipment is used inside of R. Modern Nato MBTs are operating inside of R., coupled with modern artillery and IFVs. No escalation. So the restrictions U faces regarding western weapons will probably be soon lifted. Will this change the war? I don't think it will. But it will be expensive for R., because it enables U. to strike high value targets deep inside of R. Like I said, I guess it won't be enough to defeat R. But it's be very costly nonetheless. Not evey action in war need to have a direct military goal.

[@tajabdullah.malaysia]

Great 🎉🎉 Masy'Allah Allahuakbar Permudahkan urusan kami semuanya aamiin 🎉❤❤

[@mickg7299]

Who’s going to blink first 🐔

[@IGLArocknroll]

Definetly not the Russians.

[@mickg7299]

@@joelee3716 Are you saying it isn’t a ‘game of chicken’ ?

[@mickg7299]

@@joelee3716 Assuming both sides can maintain their momentum, it seems to me that Ukraine maybe stretching their resources in a high risk strategy.

[@mickg7299]

@@joelee3716 Either a smart move or a reckless gamble, only time will tell.

[@lilacer6841]

It's Nato in Russia not Ukraine

[@PocałujmniewdupęPocałujmniewdu]

Only 8km to Pokrovsk.

[@ampaphanwaters292]

I don't think the game of chicken. When they have done mostly the South and the East, then they will move into the North and seem in what ....😊

[@DragoM128]

Ukrainians playing Russian roulette with real russians 😅

[@drdkenobi6531]

I see Z lensky down the road. He's waving a flag. I can't make it out, but it appears to be false. Zaporizhe lay in the near distance...

[@thewedge8823]

I think Ukraine is going to see a lot of fireworks for their celebration of Independence day on the 24th of August... Russia will deliver these fireworks. Free of charge.

[@D4vidko]

What/who are your Sources? You never mention any.

[@josboersema1352]

People make fun of Russia calling this a "Special Military Operation", but what if this is quite significant to them, considering they are not doing everything they can to annihilate their enemy ? When the police supresses a riot with sticks and water canons, that is also not termed "war". What if Russia sees this whole thing as a limited activity "Special Military Operation", because they could do so much more if they wanted to. War tended to be an all out effort. If they declare war, and think it will help, they might obliterate every large city in the Ukraine, just for starters. How can Russia _not_ declare *war,* now that part of their territory is under enemy occuptation ? I imagine there is internal pressure building up within Russia, to start taking it serious and go all the way. It could also mean that Russia will nuke the USA out of existence, because USA is doing all this from behind the scenes (as everyone who is half informed knows). Everyone who supplied Ukraine also becomes a legitimate target. At the extreme, this could mean every airport, every sea port, every Capital in NATO and the EU gets nuked out of existence. Oh but "that can't happen" because ... because of what ? USA adored wiping out entire cities in the 2nd World War. A nuke is nothing more than a more efficient way to do it, to do what has been done with swords and fire for ages. People seem to think that nuking a city is some sort of big "no no", that it is not possible, "unthinkable". It is not at all unthinkable, on the contrary it is exactly how humanity has behaved since forever. To expect any different is to be a fool. Russia is so large, it is likely more capable than anyone else to absorb a nuclear counter strike. If part of the Russian ruling class feels seriously threatened, if they feel they are facing death, they could decide that nuking the world is the safer bet for the future. It doesn't help how vicious Russia itself is, or how vicious, braindead and insane the Ukranians are. The Russian ruling class will project their own murderous nature unto their enemy, and that's probably no mistake, meaning they will could expect to be murdered upon Military defeat (all major cities in Russia occupied by NATO forces). The point is that if they cannot allow that to happen, because they expect to be murdered, then they will potentially choose to nuke the world at the cusp of where they think the balance tips towards that scenario of total defeat, or if they feel it is a matter of time before that situation will happen. From that moment on, they will potentially look for the most strategic way to make their remaining power felt. The threat of the ultimate defeat, then draws forward in time the most extreme response Russia is capable off - and that is not to be taken lightly. We can only hope that the guilty politicians, financiers, ultra rich, propagandists and other evil scum will die, but many people who have nothing much to do with anything on all sides will also die. I guess they will die because they let it happen. Hence in the final equation, all is good on Earth, everything is working well, everyone is getting what we deserve, which at this point seems to become: hell. Not so ? Then we have to do a lot better than this.

[@Puppetmastersfool]

I think that the use of the expression, 'game of chicken' is a tad silly, sorry, but it does over simplify matters somewhat, it looks more like Russia is absorbing the blow in Kursk, which as you point out is sparsely populated, they have the reserves and are massing these, first for blocking and then for a counter push, they are also evacuating the population, now at first this may play into the propaganda victory that the Ukrainian side is claiming, but it has the advantage of creating a killing zone which will allow the Russian to go in heavy, the advantage here for the Russians is that from an international view point they will not be seen so negatively by other nations, if they, carpet bomb large areas and use overwhelming fire power, particularly after the build up, both of Ukrainian forces and all the hype. At the same time the Ukrainians are being pushed back in their own territory to the south, now it remains to see if the Ukrainians have the armour, manpower and munitions to hold in Ukraine while fighting in Russia, if the Russians are about to do as I view them as doing, then blinking or not blinking will have nothing to do with the final out come, which is going to be extremely bloody. A war of attrition is not just a waiting game, it is a game of forcing your opponent to exhaust them selves, manpower and their supplies, this said a game of chicken is to some extent a battle of wills, though often a foolish one, so given that one should look at the effect upon the will of the people in both nations, Kursk is part of Russian, but will the attack there break the will of the Russian people or will it galvanise it? and what about the will of those poop souls inside Ukraine fighting the Russian advance there, seeing that they have been left with less support due to the Kursk offensive, and then if the Kursk does turn into the blood bath that I foresee it becoming, will these soul feel optimistic?

[@alanmartin6708]

Ukraine was thinking that they would capture entire Kursk region within 24 hours. Like Hitler's forces capture half of the Europe in initial Blitz. 😊

[@syedmustafa2822]

It looks like the Ukrainians are serious about taking as much land as possible in Kursk to trade for Russian occupied regions in Ukraine but unfortunately it comes at a huge cost to Ukraine because now its loosing land in Pokrovsk and Toretsk direction because all troops are directed towards Kursk. Russian troops has mass reserves from which they can counter attack but the problem is most of them are ill prepared conscripts with all the experienced soldiers fighting in Ukraine thats why its becoming hard for Russia to stop Ukrainian advance. If Russians are unable to push them back they at least need to contain Ukrainian troops to border villages . I don't think that Russia will be able to push Ukrainians back since they are now well dug in so its better to contain Ukraine on border villages and pick their armour out with drones to make it costly for Ukraine to hold these border Villages

[@Noel-ji8nm]

Ukraine has been battered in Kursk.

[@ZappyOh]

I think the Russians prefer Ukraine's best troops and equipment gathered in one small area, far from the main battle. Makes everything easier to survey, predict, hit and control. In that perspective, it would be foolish for the Russians to push them back too quickly. You know ... never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

[@kenkuntai]

sure although if we look at rserves from both sides , the Ukrainian's are less trained and not even equipped

[@apostolosderakis9840]

I think we will find that Kursk was never about the benefit of Ukraine and the Ukraine people. It is designed by NATO, for NATO. This is the only thing that makes sense.

[@TerryAShaw]

Why would any of the Ukrainian's fight against the Russians in the south and east after being abandoned by sirsky to die?

[@Pik180]

Many of them don't, that's part of why Russia is advancing in the Pokrovsk direction.

[@apostolosderakis9840]

It was claimed that RF had DEMINED Kursk in order to attack from there and that NATO used this gap to attack. If that was true, I guess it would be about a small section of the front, ie not as wide as what we see now. What do you think?

[@WeebUnionWU]

I said this earlier in one of my first videos on this

[@apostolosderakis9840]

@@WeebUnionWU yes, you did! It made sense at the time too. Have the developments on the ground since made you reconsider / reevaluate the information about demining? Thanks again for your work.