Ukraine's Bold Move To Halt Russian Advance

Ukrainian drone strikes may slow or stop the Russian advance in the east.
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Today we dive into the faltering Ukrainian lines in the eastern portion of the country with a focus on Pokrovsk. We look at why this area is important for both Ukraine and Russia as well as how Russia has been able to advance there so rapidly in recent months. There are a few ways that Ukraine has attempted to slow the Russian assault but nothing has really worked so far, maybe until now. Ukraine just recently launched multiple drone attacks against Russian ammunition depots that led to massive detonations. While the details of what the three facilities held is not entirely known, we should expect this to have a very real, near term impact on the battlefield.
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[@PrestonStewart]

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[@TheRdamterror]

idiots like you wil make sure there is a nuklare war fuking shill

[@cjdoyle5985]

Well I supected that In order for Ukraine to win They have to fight back Where they're firing from Shooting missiles from those cities Attacking Civilian infrastructure,, the only Russia Will Sign a peace Is it feels it's Is it feels it's Losing If it has all of it's territory It's obviously winning If Losing territory In places That weren't technically yours Doesn't really matter But if you lose your towns well that matters It's kind of stupid Nobody Thought Ukraine was going to attack Russia You really think you can punch somebody And not get punched back

[@rocko7711]

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[@donharrus9994]

6:06 oh-cher-ret-na... I just learned pronunciations by watching English-speaking ukrainians

[@Wolfspaule]

Why is the west not helping more? This war seems very important to the world, but we still try to appease Putin?

[@dongately2817]

It’s hard to hit Russian logistics when you’re limited by how deep you can strike into their territory.

[@lengerer]

Not limited anymore, the jet drones are better than atacms

[@dongately2817]

@@lengerer They have to scale up production of their long range drones first. Russia knows the limiting factors on Ukrainian use of weapons which gives it a defensive advantage. Even removing that barrier would force them to spend more time and effort on dispersing ammunition and equipment.

[@pietersteenkamp5241]

What's much harder is having to depend on other nations to be able to attack at all especially when you are in the type of war where you are exhausting entire classes of global munition reserves...

[@dongately2817]

@@pietersteenkamp5241 and having your infrastructure destroyed, your citizens terrorized, and your very existence threatened

[@bricktopperheadon5490]

@@pietersteenkamp5241So inconsiderate of Ukraine isn’t it? Trying to defend themselves and putting us in peril! 🙄

[@brandonammon3769]

I was really hoping you were gonna say “and finally the blue here… is the water”lol

[@Sk0lzky]

You're a great storyteller btw, your scripts and manner of speech has really improved over the last few months, I listen to it like a solid fireplace tale even when I'm gaining no new insights! Good stuff

[@PrestonStewart]

Hey thanks for the feedback! Really trying to focus on tying everything together better so a video flows start to finish rather than just rattling off events. It’ll take some practice but happy to hear it’s headed in the right direction!

[@somerandomguy000]

Great storytelling. Kudos! 🎉

[@Chuvak138]

It is a shame. World just watch it like a show and do not want to even supply enough amenities to Ukraine.

[@AmirShafeek]

You're aware a food chunk of the world sides with russia. Who do you think the African support who do you think the arabs support

[@nobody829]

arming ukr isnt going to stop the war and world knows it that is why world isn’t helping ukr because they know only negotiating is going to help not arming ukraine

[@NicolasTheondine]

Not the world, Europe. We can provide supplies, funds and even fight but we don't.

[@rockstargrader]

Europe is pathetic

[@YorkshireFlea]

​@@NicolasTheondine Speak for yourself 😂😂😂 I guarantee not even 1% of the male populace of Europe want anything to with this. We have the quarrel with the Ruskies.

[@wangoif7301]

Just noticed the clown emoji over Budapest on Deep State map 😂😂😂😂😂

[@zbyszanna]

Few corrections: Ukrainians did advance in Kursk beyond the first few days, it's more a couple of first weeks rather than a few days. It's been 6 weeks since the start of the operation already. Second thing, we don't really know if Ukraine moved any forces from Pokrovsk region to fight in Kursk, for all we know these were some reserves that didn't participate in fighting - there's a great difference between taking forces away that are already fighting and using forces that you could potentially use in Pokrovsk. The last thing, we don't know if Ukraine is using complete units in Kursk, from what we know it's much more probable that only elements of those units are fighting in Kursk and we can see other elements of those units fighting in Pokrovsk too.

[@matthewk9563]

The Kursk assault seems to have been a specially constructed force. They had significantly better ISR support and the technology in their units to take advantage of it. Like a clean sheet of paper to test new tactics

[@themuckler8176]

​@@matthewk9563New tactics against empty spaces

[@thabzmad7265]

​@themuckler8176 6k plus POWs captured and more KIA RUS and their support vehicles doesn't sound empty to me...

[@CheekyMenace]

What he is saying is Ukraine still holds the same amount of ground that they took in the initial first week or so of the Kursk invasion. They have been at around 1100 square miles taken since the first like ~10 days. They haven't since gained any more ground and have dug in to hold it. And they do know they took forces from the east. You think Ukraine invaded Russia with soldiers that have no combat experience?? It's a known fact some of Ukraine's most experienced soldiers were sent to take part in the Kursk invasion. It's easier to have inexperienced soldiers defend, than it is to send them on the offensive. And lastly, I'd be willing to bet that Preston knows a whole lot more than you do, for you to be trying to correct him.

[@trustandbelieve9173]

@@thabzmad72656,000 POW? Lol its more like 600 bro! Stop the cap . Its the ukrainians now have suffered 11k casualties in kursk. The attacking force always suffered more casualties. Ask Russia😅

[@Kastus-Kalinouski-Regiment]

Great Work Preston👍 Greetings from a German-Belarussian🇺🇦🇩🇪✌️

[@tuy60]

Distribution of resources. 1,000 km front and 100,000 shells per month is 100 shells per km per month on average. If you concentrate your resources to a priority area you get less shells somewhere. There are areas that do not require 100 shells per km. Put the resources in a central location for fast distribution to priority area and you make a good target. If you distribute the shells to more locations you require more shells to maintain the rate of supply because of inefficiencies in distribution. If you do factory to local storage you need a distribution system that is much bigger and open to disruption. Do not invest in Russian Railroads.

[@Sobercapybara]

Brace yourselvs for the vatniks. For some reason they are realy active.

[@PrestonStewart]

RT and Sputnik affiliates just got booted from Meta, Y ouTube and TikTok this week. That's spurred a whole new offensive in the bot activity

[@Sobercapybara]

​@PrestonStewart I think they expected their flagship propaganda sites to be expelled, and they put more effort into their throwaway accounts. The comments used to be more simplistic "ukronazi" "banderite" gibberish, but they are evolving.

[@torismegistos7111]

these idiots worship banders the nazi... cope harder haha​@@Sobercapybara

[@shooteveryday1841]

For the 200+kT blast that we saw- wonder how much the Toropets munitions actually made it to Ukraine given its location. I’d imagine that the Krasnodar depot saw far more munitions headed to Ukraine

[@gregoryfilin8040]

Toropets is a long term storage, holding tons of explosives meant to be used in the manufacture of precision munitions. It would effect supplies down the line, but not immediately.

[@thomasridley8675]

What interests me is the report that it included a train loaded with NK munitions. That now will never see the front lines.

[@wolfhunter2751]

The Beirut explosion produced a 3.4 magnitude earthquake equivalent registered 600 miles away in Paris and was between 500tons to 1.1kt of tnt. He said they picked up a 2.8 magnitude equivalent from toropets, no way was this a 200kt explosion… the nukes dropped on Japan were between 12-22kt. You’re telling me this was 10x larger than a that and there was still a forest standing around the perimeter of that base?! Maybe they meant 200 tons.

[@shooteveryday1841]

@@wolfhunter2751 the estimates I’ve seen have varied pretty wildly 🤷‍♂️I’ve seen it stated anywhere between 20kT to 240kT. All of it didn’t go at once like Beirut, there were smaller subsequent explosions- which probably wouldn’t even make a Richter scale All that said I think your point mostly stands for it to be on the small side.

[@MonkeyJedi99]

This is really turning into a race to which side will first issue orders to fix bayonets and yell "bang" a lot.

[@jeffsmith3480]

I am retired, US Army Special Forces (Green Beret) Intel NCO, with 2 other SF MOSs and 3 language identifiers. I have collected intel in about 15 high threat areas or war zones, including both Iraq wars, Central America in the 80s, Afghanistan and most recently Ukraine in Aprilof 2022. Additionally, I worked under cover in the Middle East for 5 years. It is rare that you find someone with Preston's ability to not only analyze intel, but also break it down to the layman in an understandable way. He is also very articulate in his presentation. He is a great example of what intel analyst should strive to be. Thanks brother for educating us all. Be safe.

[@PrestonStewart]

Appreciate the kind words sir, that really means a lot coming from you! And of course, thank you for your service

[@darenzy]

So, in other words, you helped Iraq suffer million casualties over fake allegations of possession of weapons of mass destruction? Do you feel even a little bit of guilt?

[@jeffsmith3480]

@@darenzy, nope, I lived with, worked with, and served along side of our Iraqi Allies and helped them rebuild Iraq after the terror of Saddam. I married an Iraqi Lady and had 2 beautiful children with her. That's what I did, while I was risking my life to help others, what were you doing? When I finished in Iraq, I personally sponsored the most Iraqi Translators allowed by USA State Department, 4 of those many families lived in my home.

[@ЗлойАсисяй2]

@@jeffsmith3480 Isn't your name Hans Christian Andersen? I remember very well when the United States brought its democracy to Yugoslavia, how many carpet bombs were dropped on civilians, the use of white phosphorus, which is prohibited, and these people teach other countries how they should live...Never thought about what if rockets and bombs fly at your heads.

[@jeffsmith3480]

@@ЗлойАсисяй2 WHY don't you get out of your mother's basement and do something positive in others lives. Instead of trying to insult folks you have never met, who do help others. I will be praying that you let go of the evil in your heart. Be safe brother 🙏

[@sagitarriulus9773]

3 years already god damn

[@Lawrence-lj5jz]

Counter invasion wars often take in excess of a decade to conclude. It may be that the Russian economy collapses before victory on the battlefield is achieved.

[@Brent4685]

Son, you've been talking about this for 10 years... At the same time, America alone continues to massively buy up billions of Russian resources... irony)))

[@daciefusjones8128]

@@Lawrence-lj5jz it would have collapsed already except for china and iran.

[@thiefsleef6752]

@@Lawrence-lj5jz That's why Russia plans to end the war by 2026

[@savethefrogz]

3+ year special military operation too be continued

[@epic3507]

Honey wake up new Preston Stewart Video just dropped

[@Atlas__00]

Thank you for your work Preston. Not a single Italian news channel covers these topics better than you.

[@michaelpettersson4919]

Every air defense system used to defend ammo dumps henceforth is an air defense system not protecting something else.

[@dsicario]

Russia's main asset is strategic depth. Napoleon and Hitler found that out the hard way.

[@cisarovnajosefina4525]

Yeah that depth was Ukraine, Belarus, baltic and poland. They don't have that. And they can only blame them selfs

[@MyDogmatix]

Maybe, but there’s a saying that keeps getting batted around. “Don’t invade Russia in winter”. But that’s what Russia did. According to their logic of what territory is theirs.

[@JinKee]

@@cisarovnajosefina4525imagine if Ukraine took Moscow with Putin fleeing over the Urals

[@gottfriedheumesser1994]

@@MyDogmatix They started in winter, but shortly after that came rasputiza.

[@oldernu1250]

Distance doesn't protect when drones penetrate. Russian tactics were the same in Tsarist times.

[@Corvidae65]

"Did you see the SIZE of that explosion?!?" Preston 2024

[@Wcwcwcwc570]

the Russians have been consistently rolling up the left flank of the Kursk salient. They may be slightly stalled rn but Just check ISW. Territory has definitely changed

[@W1se0ldg33zer]

It was reported that Russia had to put around 60,000 in Kursk. Most being poorly trained conscripts. If NATO wants UKR to win they seriously need to step up their game and start supplying them what's needed.

[@stephenMc-b1j]

Pity Ukraine is running of out man power , no one in their right mind would want to fight this lost cause

[@mich421]

Why did they find things that were donated and then sold on the black market?

[@Nordska]

15 000, 25 000, 30 000, 60 000. Who will say more?

[@nicolasolton]

​@@mich421who is they and what was found?

[@stunningandbased5516]

@@nicolasolton those are bots, don't waste your energy

[@thomasridley8675]

I wouldn't call the russian advances as dramatic. With their advantages its pathetic. So not a word about Wagner's headquarters burning down.🤔

[@richardburgess8657]

Thank you, Preston. 😎

[@X2_DACA]

Thank you for the update.

[@PrestonStewart]

You bet

[@NAFO_MythicPlague]

Great video my brother. Always great watching the video's you create. Thank you and the people you work with for the awesome shows. Also thank you and to other vets for your service to our great country. Preston always does an amazing job.

[@andresalvarezmernes114]

This is yesterday's news, Vuledar is about to fall

[@mtnregnar198]

They don’t have the necessary people right now with the adequate training ready to fill these personnel gaps? Ukraine had the second largest army in Europe and they have mobilized eight or nine times now. What happened to all those soldiers?

[@ChucksSEADnDEAD]

"Mobilized eight or nine times" that's a purposeful misunderstanding. They set batches to be sent for training because you can't just train everyone at the same time. Remember the pictures of when Russia tried to mobilize "once"? There were men making tents out of cellophane or living in delapidated buildings because there was no capacity to train eveyone at the same time.

[@SaturnVII]

Dead. Maimed. Wounded. Retired. Ukraine doesnt have the same manpower pool Russia does. Ukraine's fighters are being ground up in a hail of howitzer fire 3 years long.

[@Lawrence-lj5jz]

They also have a 800 mile front and a border with Belarus to defend. Most likely the Europeans will have to decide at some time whether to get involved or, dedicate their efforts against a Russian incursion on their own territory.

[@mtnregnar198]

Eight months ago Zelensky said they only lost 31,000. Again, what happened to Ukraine’s Army? Did it just disappear?

[@stacymcmahon453]

​@@mtnregnar198Ukraine has lost a lot of people, probably in the realm of 150,000 total casualties, killed and wounded. Their larger problem remains the shortage of modern equipment. Ukraine does not send half-trained conscripts to the front to make suicide attacks with museum piece weapons from the 1950s. The missing soldiers haven't been conscripted because they can't be properly equipped. Those men are more useful to the war effort working in factories, making drones, missiles, armored vehicles and other weapons and equipment.

[@thechrisandphaedrusshow]

Great job here Preston. Cheers!

[@deco9186]

Really like your balanced view. Didn't hear much about the reinforcement brigade that was sent to the Procovst region about 10 days ago and their effect. Any thoughts?

[@videobyredjade]

Thank you

[@paulv4806]

Thanks a lot for an updated info 👍

[@Mitchellogic]

One of your best Russia videos yet. Loved the enthusiasm

[@motoluko]

thanks for these updates much appreciated

[@HagueEscapee]

Ugledar is just about to fall and you uploaded this? c'mon man.

[@jaxonl7810]

😂 lies

[@Brunzy1970]

Your hard work is truly appreciated! *MAD RESPECT* from Northern Michigan, USA

[@maintenanceteam1-wp8gf]

Thanks man

[@ismashurmom1123]

Hey Preston I’m just wondering how you feel about your nato visit and relationship? Do you feel that impacts your coverage either positivity or negatively?

[@walterjohnson6357]

The big war change is when Crimea falls to Ukraine without an invasion. All bridges are now targets and Ukraine does not need permission.

[@abrakadavra3193]

Whenever you see a news title in the form of a question the answer is always "No."

[@jaxonl7810]

Sure bud 2 years later russia still trying to take one oblast 😂

[@Elyron2004]

@@jaxonl7810 what is that supposed to mean?

[@YorkshireFlea]

​@@jaxonl781012 months after the ' counter offensive ' Ukraine still hasn't retaken, Mariupol, Donetsk or Crimea like was stated 😂 remember those adverts ? Shhhh

[@ccvcharger]

I think it’s more correct to say the answer is “not exactly.”

[@jaxonl7810]

​​@YorkshireFlea

[@evilfingers4302]

At this point, Ukraine doesn't need permission from the US to launch long range ATACMS, their drones are more effective.

[@davidgoulding1386]

I appreciate the information! As always, you tend to be my go-to guy for reports on these situations . Your content here and the team on substack. I guess I'll check out the new news letter as well lol Keep up the great work Preston!

[@glendavis2774]

You cannot in any honestly describe any Russian advance as "rapid"

[@ashfield1425]

You can and it’s getting faster.

[@robertmueller6979]

@@ashfield1425 not toward Pokrovsk. They haven't advanced for 2 weeks now. Deep State map is your friend...

[@jadensmit9127]

​@@ashfield1425Russia and Putin is a joke,with what they have they should have been able to take Ukraine in a few months yet it has been 3 years.PATHETIC

[@lajoyalobos2009]

February 2022 is about as "rapid" as it ever got. It's been slow going from there.

[@ashfield1425]

@@lajoyalobos2009 If that makes you feel better, stick with that but it’s not the truth.

[@tinkertailor7385]

And then there were 4 ammo dumps destroyed around occupied Mariupol a week before those ones on Russian territory. The explosions weren't as big, but there was plenty of destruction of ammunition. The Ukrainians may be shaping up for something big. We'll have to wait and see.

[@jedwards1792]

Great analysis Preston. But … underestimating the AFU is never a winning proposition.

[@markt.3454]

Love International Intrigue!

[@Finesser-94]

It’s hard for this guy to admit any success for Ruissa 😂. Same guy who thought Ukraine invasion plan was smart.

[@noobler1981]

He's the spokesman for Israel and Ukraine. He chats absolute shit to promote that

[@rogeri2468]

"Advancing so fast"? Relative to what?

[@Elyron2004]

2022-2023

[@rogeri2468]

​@Elyron2004 That's a bit underwhelming, isn't it?

[@jaxonl7810]

​@Elyron2004 not really they failed to take one oblast while ukraine took more land in kursk in weeks then russia has done in months 😂

[@TsiRoadkill]

@@jaxonl7810 Crimea beach party back on?

[@jaxonl7810]

​@TsiRoadkill is kherson forever russia ? Not

[@RoyTra-d1w]

Love ur videos man content,details u do great job make us feel like we're right beside u telling us these stories.Once again salute to u sir great job and keep them coming.

[@alandevries7170]

Thanks for the interesting report, Preston.

[@Stinger522]

So Ukraine hit their storage sites. What about the factories which Russia has plenty of?

[@ChucksSEADnDEAD]

They'll have to backfill what was lost. Say you are under contract to make 50 sandwiches. You finish them and send them for delivery. You take your next contract for another 50 sandwhiches. Your delivery guy drives off a cliff. You now need to make 100 sandwiches and people are hungry.

[@Stinger522]

@@ChucksSEADnDEAD I get what you're saying. But as long as their ability to backfill remains intact, Russia still poses a threat. Hitting storage and production would've had a bigger impact.

[@themuckler8176]

It's a two day depot. Nothing sits longer than that before it's distributed west

[@stephenMc-b1j]

@@ChucksSEADnDEAD Russia has hundreds of these ammo storage dumps , this changes nothing

[@jedwards1792]

@@themuckler8176how do you know that?

[@cursedhickoryactual]

❤ great job 👏

[@akalion213]

I like how "so much territory" means just some random small town or village now lol

[@cisarovnajosefina4525]

Yeah positional warfare ww1 style. Any gain taken as big news

[@cisarovnajosefina4525]

When the casualities and equipment lost is much more important

[@bram7703]

Using deep state maps is like reading a 2-week-old newspaper, sysrak maps is honestly the best I can find as of rn.

[@annehersey9895]

But Preston, Russia was going like gangbusters toward Pokrovsk but suddenly stopped much forward motion and started to spread sideways. Interestingly, that happened right when Rusky Mil Bloggers and Kremlin TV pundits like Olga Skbeeva and Solovyov started ringing alarms. They started second guessing themselves and the Mil bloggers especially started screaming that AFU probably has traps or booby traps set for them there or else wh wouldn’t they try harder to stop them like before. I think they scared themselves and after the Kursk invasion, they are seeing AFU behind every tree.

[@etaylor9780]

Правда mean truth in Russian. The only thing is they don't know the truth. Please take anything they say with a grain of salt and a whole lot of suspension.

[@peterflohr7827]

Its from the Ukrainsky Pravda...

[@chapayev6787]

The short answer - no. The problems of the Ukrainian army are too huge (an unnecessary front in the Kursk region, a shortage of personnel and ammunition) to expect that the Russians will stop because of the attacks of the airborne drones. This may slow them down, but it won't stop them.

[@cisarovnajosefina4525]

They don't have unlimited manpower for this offensive plus winter is around the corner so that slows down every war. This winter will probably not include masive offensives unless an army materialises out of thin air

[@stacymcmahon453]

Couple thoughts: 1) if Ukraine's plan was to make the Russians throw everything into a banzai counterattack in Kursk because it's sacred Russian soil, I think that was a pretty long shot. Russia obviously has vast amounts of territory even just in it's European regions, and has always followed the strategy of trading ground for time, letting the invader tire themselves out covering the huge distances. I would Ukrainians of all people to know this, so I still believe their strategy in Kursk is to show that they can defeat Russia in maneuver warfare, and to hold Russian territory to bargain with in the endgame to this war. 2) Flipping things around, instead of looking at Ukraine's lack of manpower and ammunition on the Pokrovsk salient, you could say that Russia has to put multiple brigades into the fight to advance even with Ukrainian forces being in that condition.

[@ashfield1425]

In all cases it’s been a massive fail. Kursk is now slowly turning into a disaster. Those troops would have been much better defending East Ukraine.

[@motoKJ]

"Russia obviously has vast amounts of territory", then why invade ukraine

[@stacymcmahon453]

@@motoKJ Like the song says, political pride, fantasy, territorial greed.

[@ashfield1425]

@@motoKJ They didn’t want Ukrainian territory. They wanted Ukraine to be neutral as per the Instanbul Agreement which has been widely reported. The NYT published the agreement. If Ukraine had signed the agreement, their country would be fully intact and they wouldn’t have wiped out entire generations of men. You can thank the West and yes we are the bad guys.

[@patricebertrand1146]

@@ashfield1425 I wouldn't say massive failure. It did force Russia to react, only time will tell if Ukraine made the right decision.

[@swiss86]

They’re also still hitting the air Defense depots. Ukraine doesn’t have the manpower for major offensives. It’s trying to hold out as best they can and stall for time and save as much as they can. My guess is the gamble is to cause shell hunger through the winter and catch Russians at their weakest. No idea whether this will work or not. But Ukraine needs to create heavily lopsided conditions to conduct meaningful advances. Whether the gamble will pay off is anyone’s guess.

[@warriorson7979]

If something is free, it means YOU are the payment. 😔

[@AlexWilds-s7w]

Anyone else see the clown emoji on the map at the start of the video

[@MordorsMadness]

It's a Special Self Combustion Operation. Love your content Preston 💚🇬🇧

[@All.Outta.Pocket]

This war will never end

[@pizzafrenzyman]

Way too much emphasis on Pravda, how about balancing your sources?

[@ConflictUnfiltered]

Its almost like Ukraine had them over extend and then blew their logistics to hell. Smart

[@heygord]

Well, that sounded more realistic than some of your other videos I've watched. Your take on Kursk is waaaay to optimistic.

[@Shadow-Banned-Conservative]

It's just a matter of time until NATO boots hit Ukrainian soil.

[@BLUESKYS4EVE]

Ukraine needs to have elections.

[@adamhall5298]

For that the state of emergency needs to end. And for that to end, Russia needs to stop its war.

[@erikcrayo6855]

Even that its not going to stop them!

[@jadensmit9127]

Not completely of course

[@robertmueller6979]

Russia has stalled for 2 weeks now in front of Pokrovsk. Hardly a collapse....

[@sunshine4sue2]

🗽🇺🇸 Stand proud, strong and ✝️Keep the faith 💙💛🌻🕊️🇺🇸🇺🇦🕊️ 🫂with much Love from Indiana, USA🙏

[@MattPerdeck]

Why did they attack those ammunition dumps now and not sooner? Only just found them? Only now had the missiles? And what sort of missiles were these? Must have been pretty potent bunker busters. And why did the Russians not disperse their ammunition better?

[@lordAvatar]

They where kind of famous ammo dumps and supposidly the Ukrainians used their new jet powered drone that had the range to reach them. The ammo dumps are on rail hubs as that's Russians primary means of military transportation. If you look at the before satellite pictures it was clear that the Russians stacked ammunition outside of the bunkers, probably for easy loading onto the trains...

[@SuperBubba01]

No missiles. Russia shot down all drones. ....

[@adamhall5298]

The Palyanitsya drone hitting these dumps has only been in use for the last month or so. That's why. Ukraine is not allowed to use ATACMS or Storm Shadow on these targets. And the other drones are inadequate: Beavers are too slow; FPVs have a very limited range, fuel and data coverage.

[@Reigh254]

Only soldiers in the ground can make a big difference of the ground taken by each side....No winners in this Geopolitical War but as we all know MOSCOW WILL never give back the territory taken in Ukraine we all know that... Georgia is a good Example....PEACE 🕊️🕊️

[@Scrooge1Percenter]

Easy because the Kursk incursion was a dumb tactics

[@mautrindade]

Pokrovsk front has slowed down now.

[@KamasKirian716]

I've heard that the push into Kursk yielded intelligence on the train schedules, and that an ammo train was hit at one of the dumps.

[@geoffgill5334]

Shemous just reported 5 trains destroyed along with the 3 ammo depots. Satellite images to prove it

[@jackinmuthomi]

You crazy to think Ukraine is going to win this war

[@matteusvirtanen392]

Depends on how you want to define a victory to begin with. The original Russian goal was a regime change and gaining control over the entirety of Ukraine but that one has been long since abandoned and both sides have shifted their goals.

[@jackinmuthomi]

@@matteusvirtanen392 Yoh Russia had no intention of occupaying Ukraine they simply wanted to let nato know they won't allow them in Ukraine and have a navy in black sea

[@mtnregnar198]

Ukraine and NATO defines victory as a return to the 1991 borders. That is pretty much unattainable.

[@jackinmuthomi]

@@mtnregnar198 if that is it then they've lost Ukraine will not get an inch of that lost land matter of fact they will loose more land

[@dyr_glpsn4209]

​@@jackinmuthomi of course, that is why the main thrust went straight for the capital.

[@alllivesmatter627]

It did slow the Russians down compared to their advanced the month before. It slowed them down quite a bit. And at this point, unless something drastic happens, Russia will not win this war.

[@BruceRickett-vr4tc]

Thanks Preston. I'm checking out everything I can.

[@joehealy6376]

There is also the logistic infrastructure and personnel. The warehouses are the centres where you move it from bulk transport to tactical transport, they bring together items not normally transported together, like shells, fuses, propellant charges. Drones with spare batteries and chatging stations along with controllers, payload adoption and remote release mechanism or controller for surveillance packages. These are the places where seperate items in bulk can be shipped and put together for battlefield transportable items.

[@stevea9604]

Those ammo depots are gonna be a mess for a while…Blast & heat effected munitions are very tricky…To remove and also to possible use…It will be a long time to clear the debris and see whats available and useable…And thats if they aren’t hit again…

[@JulianJensen-42]

A few points: The 47th was stationed at Pokrovsk. It got mauled to some extent and was pulled back to regroup at Pershotravensk. I don't know if it has moved from there. Also, while its's true that Russia didn't move any of its main forces from Pokrovsk to Kursk, it did move a number of reserve units. The effect of that can be seen from the graphs that you show. The number of assaults on Pokrovsk has gone down dramatically as the main forces have had to regroup and the reserves that would have kept up the pressure were not there any longer. Not sure how much good it would have done for Russia, having the reserves at Pokrovsk, as the reserve units that arrived in Kursk are mostly extremely under-strength. I also recently saw some Russian units mentioned in the Kursk area that I believe were, in fact, main units in Pokrovsk. We observe that the Pokrovsk front has started pushing south, with the 59th holding the Ukjrainian salient in that area, instead of toward Pokrovsk itself. Considering that Pokrovsk have slowed down and Kursk has accelerated, it may be that the Russian Pokrovsk front has been weakened. Finally, Ukraine cannot reasonably continue to take more territory in Kursk since any land taken will need to be defended and they only have so many troops. It's better, I think, to consolidate and strengthen the current gains.

[@Nordska]

Several battalions were taken from the Pokrovsk direction to Kursk, but the main forces of the Russians remained there. And the speed of advance did not decrease. They simply changed the direction of the attack, turning south. If you open the Deepstate map and scroll day by day, you will see that the speed remained the same. Perhaps they do not have enough forces to storm Pokrovsk head-on and they decided to change their plans.

[@adamhall5298]

@@Nordska Right, but Pokrovsk is a massive objective, one of Ukraine's two main logistical hubs, the other being Sloviansk, supplying the Donbas front. If Russia ends up expanding the salient north and south, without surrounding Pokrovsk, it is a successful delay for Ukraine.

[@des_smith7658]

Out of the rubble, the ruble

[@bbook4564]

Good!

[@bestemusikken]

You have to take into concideration that Pokrovsk as a supplyhub has no longer any value, or at least very little value. It is now within Russian artillery range, so using the railway as a supplyline, is risky at best. Yes, it is important, but not as important any more as it was earlier.

[@theofficialken1755]

Let's go

[@rcpd3359]

could one reason russia does not go after kursk oblast as heavy is it (Russia) cares less for it's civilians?

[@comosaycomosah]

yo you familiar with s2underground the wire?i feel like you guys would make some great content together

[@eXeelion]

didnt halt much, russians entered ugledar

[@CMB21497]

Those who dare, wins!

[@outback109]

From an impartial analyst to a ukrainian cheer leader.

[@rffromusa8319]

Maybe seeing a person who is currently in the military knows and understands more than your average armchair quarterback. Just a thought.

[@outback109]

@rffromusa8319 I do not doubt his knowledge...just the impartiality he once had.

[@rffromusa8319]

@outback109 again I mention that being in the military right now he has more information than you do. Which means with more information your impartiality is harder to express. Ask yourself why Most American and European military personnel are for Ukraine winning this war. And against russia. There must be a reason, correct?

[@covrtdesign5279]

Even if Pokrovsk was taken, it would not be a failure of the front line at all. I think that is a little far fetched, especially since the landscape is almost 100% farmland and open. Ukraine has cared more about human life over small land losses. The biggest reason why that offensive has almost stopped is because of the Kursk offensive that has now seen leaked documents showing Russia ignoring the warnings. The reason Pokrovsk is going to stop completely in the next week or two is because of these ammo dump explosions. This is Zelensky's end of war plan, they have crippled the oil sector which has moved air defense around all over the front up to 2000km away and not has open targeting to the ammo dumps that obviously were not impervious to corruption, again. But that is just my assessment. I always appreciate and respect your informed information!

[@TheStephaneAdam]

As usual the answers are probably "it's complicated" and "we will know in a few weeks/months".

[@covrtdesign5279]

​@@TheStephaneAdam The Avril Lavigne effect will get you every time! haha It seemed like a little too much of a desperation push while trying to make it look like it was working really well. And to an extent, it has, but now that other units are rotating out of Kursk and coming back to these areas a little more frequently, and the upcoming mud season fast approaching, even if they were able to get into the city, logistics would be trapped for Russia a lot more than Ukraine as defenders. But as you very well said, we will see, who knows!

[@Brent4685]

Yes, Ukraine is so worried about the lives of soldiers that it grabs them on the street and forcibly sends them to the front... democracy)))

[@islandwills2778]

It would make a big part of the front line significantly more vulnerable by reducing available supply lines and providing a really good launch base for russia to attack new regions.

[@matthewk9563]

Everyone keeps saying drone strikes, Sure seems like Stormshadow to me. will have to see what sort of ammo was even being stored.

[@amybyers1510]

💙💛🧡

[@luck3yp0rk93]

I genuinely don’t get the point of the khursk offensive. They’ve been halted and haven’t taken anything useful

[@kidfromnord5855]

They are forcing ukrain to use forces to deffend khursk. Something that russia has more of

[@Kevik70]

Russia had to divert tens of thousands of troops and is now bombing their own territory. Might not help Pokrovsk but I have not seen much movement in Chasiv Yar since the Kursk offensive took place.

[@ArmaDino22]

@@Kevik70 and yet Russia has accelerated their gains towards Pokrovsk and Toretsk. Meanwhile Ukraine already lost close to 50% of the territories they occupied in Kursk.

[@Kevik70]

@ArmaDino22 If Russia is proud of that "acceleration", then they really need to rethink their whole invasion. WW1 saw more progress than Russia is today lol. Post a cupcake, recipe. Hey, 3 decades to Kyiv am I right lol.

[@kidfromnord5855]

​@@Kevik70 No russian official said 3 days. Only lukashenko did, and he isnt even a part of the russian militery. This is the first war where modern warfare takes place. not like america in the midel east where they where figthing gorila units. And the positions russia has taken were fortified since 2014, thats not any easy task.

[@ibagm.8]

thank you very much for your explanations. They are very helpful ➕➕ ​​well done 💙💛slava ukraini💙💛

[@Galileo1491]

Aaaaand its gone

[@mtmadigan82]

Love those bloggers. Most of that ammo should be ok. That dudes next level delusional, there was a fricking mushroom cloud that registered as a small earthquake 😂

[@VictoriaVelasco-y5x]

Slava ukraine freedom and democracy

[@jenniferbell7164]

Zelensky has confirmed he could field a good number of extra brigades if he could kit them out. They could also create gains if allowed deep strikes. The US needs to get a backbone and step up and stop preventing Europe doing this. It would be helpful if you could address this.

[@sarawakboy100]

As long as weak biden is the American president .. it wont happen ..

[@jonskislo1]

Why? I think the current situation benefits the americans perfectly - they use the ukrainians to weaken and weaken russia. What s in it for the usa to finish this conflict this year? 😂 stop thinking of countries and geopolitics as people playing and arguing in a park. It s all just games to profit. No actual friendships.

[@LoganChristianson]

"The US needs to get a backbone" You're assigning blame to the wrong country here. This actually *isn't* the US's conflict. It's wrong and I hope Ukraine "wins" it (whatever that ends up meaning), but backbone? Why aren't Ukraine's neighbors doing more? Why don't they "grow some backbone" and actually enter the fight themselves?

[@dyr_glpsn4209]

​@@LoganChristianson the baltics and Poland are doing FAR more than USA pound for pound.

[@jenniferbell7164]

@@LoganChristianson You have totally missed the point. It is the concern of everyone in the West, in particular ALL NATO countries - that includes the US. It is a question of upholding democracy and international law and preventing a dictators agression. The US holds the command of NATO currently and are refusing to allow the other NATO countries to let Ukraine use European long range weapons in fear of Putin's sabre rattling and I suspect upsetting the US election. NATO boots on the ground would result in NATO being at war with Russia I.e. the US would be at war too.The US has armament stocks and can, and does provide the weaponry they are due to replace, but the overall contribution from Europe in weaponry, financial and humanitarian aid is much greater. Failure to give Ukraine the means to strike the planes bombing their cities NOW is costing many civilian lives. Hence I say to Jake Sullivan get a backbone and do the right thing.

[@spencercar8080]

Ukraine needs soldiers. They should hire some American PMCs.

[@jeffreykershner440]

If you were given as much ammunition as the Ukrainian forces get, hiw would you pick targets?