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Russia-Ukraine Flash Report 08 SEP 2022 13:15 PDT - Ukraine Keeps Rolling

The link to the map is here - but honestly, by the time this is published, it will almost certainly be out of date.

T...

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Russia-Ukraine SITREP for 07 SEP 2022 23:59* PDT - It's a Rout Part II

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Today's report is 67 pages even skipping key sections. Like yesterday, updates keep coming in as we're writing and analyzing.

What's the big story? Oh nothing much, ju...

I Got The Feels

I got an e-mail a few minutes ago. It was a list of rankings for Apple Podcasts for Daily News for a long list of countries.

There was one that stood out.

Sixth place.

In Ukraine.

We're not even in Russian or Ukrainian (and we have had requests to do a Ukrainian version).&...

Russia-Ukraine Flash Report 07 SEP 2022 09:15 PDT - 3 Hour Sleep Edition

Kharkiv/Izyum: Here is the map 

• Ukrainian forces have advanced to Shevchenkove during the 3 hours I was as...
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Russia-Ukraine SITREP for 06 SEP 2022 23:59* PDT - It's a Rout

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Today's report is 52 pages and was repeatedly rewritten.

What's the big story? We're going back to March-May with 2X a day smaller updates for Situation Reports. Things are moving that fast. Uk...

Russia-Ukraine Flash Report 06 SEP 2022 06:00 PDT - Ukraine Opens Second Counteroffensive

Izyum.

It's Izyum.

Two weeks ago, one of the belligerents blew up the bridge at Bairak. A few days later, Russian state media news organization IZ recorded a staged video of Russian forces firing over the Siverskyi Donets at Ukrainian positions in Bairak in the area of the bridge. We ...

Russia-Ukraine Mini SITREP for 05 SEP 2022 21:15 PDT

The team took the day off (thank you, Linnea, for the podcast, you slayed it today) for Labor Day in the United States. We had stated last week (hello, new subscribers) that there wouldn't be a situation report today.

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Russia-Ukraine Flash Report 05 SEP 2022 13:45 PDT - Who Run Bartertown?

After months of pretending that the Kremlin was not using oil, natural gas, and coal as an economic weapon, the gloves came off.

Russia has announced that the Nordstream 1 pipeline will not be turned back on until sanctions are lifted. 

The same sanctions that the Kremlin has sai...

Russia-Ukraine War Podcast for September 5, 2022 - Surprise!

But you said there wouldn't be a podcast today!

Credit goes to Linnea, who offered. I told her to take the day off as planned, but because I didn't do a podcast on Sunday (keep reading) and the September 4 Situation Report required a total rewrite of the Kherson section at 23:30 PDT, I aske...

Russia-Ukraine SITREP for 04 SEP 2022 23:59* PDT - Russian Defensive Lines Collapsing

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Today's report is 51 pages and somehow took much longer to prepare than expected.

What's the big story? Ukraine advanced as much as 18 kilometers - today. Forces have punched through key Russia...

Russia-Ukraine Flash Report 04 SEP 2022 05:00 PDT - Ozerne Liberated

Ukrainian forces crossed the Siverskyi Donets on August 25 and liberated Brusivka and likely liberated Staryi Karavan. Today, Ukrainian forces 2022-09-04 11:56:12 +0000 UTC View Post

Russia-Ukraine Flash Report 04 SEP 2022 04:30 PDT - Vysokopilya Liberated

When I wrote there was good news tonight, I didn't expect this. Vysokopilya has been liberated, and the Vysokopilya salient has collapsed.

Due to operational security, this likely happened earlier in the week. On September 2, we observed a large group of fires in and around Kostyrka and sha...

Russia-Ukraine SITREP for 03 SEP 2022 23:59* PDT - Blue Arrows Everywhere - Now With Attachment

Today's report is 50 pages and somehow took much longer to prepare than expected.

What's the big story? It isn't just Kherson. It's Zaporizhia, Donetsk, Bakhmut and Izyum. OK - total personnel note. As I type, Pandora is playing "Fanfare for the Common Man." I can't think of anything more a...

Russia-Ukraine Flash Report 03 SEP 2022 23:45 PDT - Good News Tonight

Another late report and just to set expectations, the good news is not in Kherson but in other places. We had predicted that if either belligerent reached a state of combat destroyed, things would start to fall apart fast in multiple locations.

There are A LOT of blue arrows on the map toni...

Russia-Ukraine War Podcast for September 3, 2022

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Russia-Ukraine Flash Report 03 SEP 2022 13:45 PDT - Ukraine Counteroffensive Destination Donetsk?

Igor "Girkin" Strelkov reported two days ago that Ukraine had launched a counteroffensive on Novoselivka and had partially liberated the settlement.

This morning, the General Staff reported DNR forces attacked Novobakhmutivka, which means the settlement was liberated. This was a key advance...

Russia-Ukraine SITREP for 02 SEP 2022 23:59* PDT - Hey Everyone! We Have Nukes!

Today's report is 65 pages.

What's the big story? It has been zero days since the Kremlin reminded the world that the United States is pressing for war, and the Russians have nuclear weapons, and they'll use them, gosh darn it! Oh, as an added bonus, there were renewed threats against Moldo...

Russia-Ukraine Flash Report 02 SEP 2022 16:30 PDT - What do you mean we Captured Pisky?

Yup. It's Groundhog Day. The Russian Ministry of Defense has made it's 8th claim since August 5 that Pisky, west of Donetsk, is really captured this time and we really mean it.

Honest.

Captured. Didn't you see the video yesterday? Captured. Done! Victory!

Russia Ukraine War Podcast for September 2, 2022

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Russia-Ukraine Flash Report 02 SEP 2022 12:15 PDT - Master Blaster Says Embargo!

Shocked, I tell you!

Shocked!

We are shocked!

Gazprom has announced that the Nordstream 1 pipeline to Germany can't be restarted on September 2 due to technical issues.

Who could have ever seen this coming? Who, I ask? Who!

Maybe Putin should look up "strategic gas r...

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Russia-Ukraine SITREP for 01 SEP 2022 23:59* PDT - What News Do You Bring From Kherson?

Today's report is 58 pages.

What's the big story? We have a lot of updates about Kherson and we're making some calls on territorial gains based on information in the public domain. It's good news. 

The second story? Putin has declared the Russian military has until September 15 t...

Russia-Ukraine Flash Report 01 SEP 2022 16:00 PDT - Vysokopillya Update

Pro-Russian account Rybar reports that Russian troops were completely pushed out of Vysokopillya and Olyhne, and are now fighting in the southern parts of both towns in an attempt to regain control.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that Novopetrivka is being shelle...

Russia-Ukraine Flash Report 01 SEP 2022 13:30 PDT - Good News of the Kherson Front

We can share some news and have updated the maps this afternoon.

Based on multiple reports from Russian sources, we've expanded the Inhulets River bridgehead.

Ukraine has liberated Kostromka (a speck on the map) and is contesting Bruskynske, which is a strategic location. The T-2207 G...

Russia-Ukraine SITREP for 31 AUG 2022 23:59* PDT - Camera Phones Create Kill Zones

Today's report is 38 pages.

What's the big story? The counteroffensive and how impressive operational security is.

The second story? Fighting has practically stopped everywhere else in Ukraine (except Bakhmut area). Russia is trying to figure out how to react.

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Russia Ukraine War Podcast for August 31, 2022

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Russia-Ukraine SITREP for 30 AUG 2022 23:59* PDT - Counteroffensive Gets Results

Today's report is 62 pages - one-third of that about the counteroffensive.

What's the big story? Three settlements in Kherson liberated that we can tell you about - there are other things we know that we can't share.

The second story? IAEA inspectors are on their way to the Zaporizhzh...

Russia-Ukraine Flash Report 30 AUG 2022 17:00 PDT - Mikhail Gorbachev, Dead, Age 91

Mikhail Gorbachev is vilified in modern Russia. His reforms which led to the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the collapse of the Iron Curtain, are seen as the root cause of all of the current problems in modern Russia.

Our favorite FSB Colonel, wanted war criminal, and Kremlin pariah, I...

Russia-Ukraine Flash Report 30 AUG 2022 14:45 PDT - I Know Things

In respecting Ukrainian officials' request for a complete media blackout - we won't share specifics. But I know things, good things. The things are not related to this picture.

Nature abhors a vacuum, and it will rush to fill any void it finds. That applies to the social media space too. Wi...

Russia Ukraine War Podcast for August 30, 2022 - Keep Reading

There are 21 seconds of dead air at the start of the podcast, and we are aware of the issue and are working out why the opening roll isn't playing. Thank you for your understanding. Please just fast-forward and don't turn your volume up like I did.

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