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1/ A Russian military recruiter has revealed that army recruitment is far below the needed levels, and that if they don't reach their target "within a month or two", there will be a second wave of mobilisation. It highlights the Russian Army's continuing manpower problems. ⬇️

A “shadow fleet” of hundreds of aging tankers hauls embargoed #Russian energy exports across the #Bosphorus Strait, giving the #Kremlin much-needed revenues to pay its troops and purchase weaponry.

Meet the man tracking and exposing them.

https://www.politico.eu/article/hunt-russia-secret-ships-war-ukraine-bosphrus-observer-black-sea-yoruk-isik/

#Ukraine #Russia #Turkey

The hunt for Russia’s secret ships

Turkey’s strategic straits are a trade superhighway — and a lifeline for the Kremlin’s war machine.

POLITICO
Heroic Ukraine tank crew charge into Ruzsian positions and do as much damage as they can until Ruzsian artillery zeros in on them.
Then they retreat, carrying their rather large testicles with them to safety

A map of the approximate situation on the ground in Ukraine as of 00:00 UTC 17/08/23.

Update:

Ukraine has liberated the settlement of Urozhaine.

Near Robotyne, Ukraine has advanced west of Novopokrovka.

#ukraine #russia #ukrainewar #conflict #map #europe #nato #warinukraine #mapping #news #breaking

Two Russian Ka-52 helicopters were taken down this morning, one in #Zaporizhzhia front and another one a bit earlier in the #Bakhmut front.

https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2023/08/17/7415914/

#Ukraine #Russia

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The 🇷🇺 Krasny Oktyabr steel plant in Volgograd is on fire this morning.

The plant has orders from 2013 to produce pressure reactor containers for Russian submarines and from 2012 to produce 132 x T-14 Armata MBTs.

They have not completed either of these orders.

This fire will cause significant setbacks for producing Russian military equipment.

https://nitter.privacydev.net/WhereisRussia/status/1692085146151764136

#Ukraine #Russia

WhereisRussiaToday (@WhereisRussia)

The 🇷🇺 Krasny Oktyabr steel plant in Volgograd is on fire this morning. The plant has orders from 2013 to produce pressure reactor containers for Russian submarines and from 2012 to produce 132 x T-14 Armata MBTs. They have not completed either of these orders. This fire will cause significant setbacks for producing Russian military equipment. #Russia #Ukraine

Nitter

Ukrainian forces have broken through the Russian defense positions in the north and east of Robotyne and pushed the enemy from significant parts out of the town. Also, some areas west of the town have been cleared from any Russian presence.

#Ukraine #Zaporizhzhia #Robotyne

Ukrainian forces fully liberated Urozhaine.

Even by (low) Russian standards this battle has been unusually bloody and costly for the Russian occupation. The town was cut of by AFU from 3 sides, leaving only a narrow path in the south for supplies, reinforcements and in the end escape. This was a welcome chokepoint for the Ukrainian artillery, making it for many Russians the highway to hell, as documented by the videos in my previous posts.

#Ukraine #Donetsk #Urozhaine

1/ A training centre in Tambov, Russia, has hung a banner showing a 'new Russian empire' comprising all of central and eastern Europe, a re-divided Germany, Finland, central Asia, Mongolia and Alaska, with the slogan "We will teach you to love the Motherland". ⬇️

Footage of the Ukrainian USV charging at the Russian Ropucha landing ship and clearly hitting midship.

Source: https://t.me/operativnoZSU/108546

#Ukraine #Russia #Novorossiysk

Оперативний ЗСУ

СБУ провела спецоперацію в бухті Новоросійська - пошкоджено великий десантний корабель «Оленегорский горняк» На відео видно, як надводний дрон СБУ, насичений 450 кілограмами тротилу, атакує ворожий корабель, де перебуває близько 100 чоловік екіпажу. Як зазначають джерела в Службі безпеки, спецоперацію проводили разом з ВМС. В результаті атаки «Оленегорский горняк» отримав серйозну пробоїну і наразі не може виконувати свої бойові завдання. Тож усі заяви росіян про «відбиту атаку» - фейк. Нагадаємо, це далеко не перша успішна спецоперація СБУ з використанням надводних дронів. Раніше Голова СБУ Василь Малюк говорив, що атака на кораблі рф у Севастопольській бухті у жовтні минулого року та нещодавній підрив Кримського мосту - справа рук Служби безпеки. https://t.me/operativnoZSU

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