Russia-Ukraine Flash Report 13 SEP 2022 13:45 PDT - Updates

Think of this as a mini SITREP

• Ukraine has captured (so far) two combat brigades worth of military equipment from September 6 to 11, and destroyed another 1 to 2 brigades worth - that is equivalent to an entire Russian army wiped from the face of the earth in five days
• Russian forces are still in Davydiv Brid - there are a lot of rumors they retreated
• I don't think anyone knows what is happening in Lyman except people in Lyman
• We believe Ukrainian troops have crossed into Borova across the Oskil River - there are a lot of hints and Deep State indicated that Ukraine is on the east side, just didn't say where - Borova is the most logical strategic location and most Russian troops pulled out weeks ago as we reported 
• GSAFU reported Russia shelled Kupyansk - there are reports Ukraine is in or trying to establish on the eastern side
• Russians shelled the same civilians they considered liberated in Kozocha Lopan, northwest of Kharkiv because of course they did
• Igor "Girkin" Strelkov hinted that the Bakhmut/Soledar offensive may be coming to an end - there is a growing view on both sides that it is completely pointless now and there are bigger issues
• Russia has confirmed they left teachers behind and they've been arrested
• Ukraine has asked for more advanced weapons from the United States, including the longest short range missiles in inventory (310 km is still considered short range) - there is a feeling the US is to a point they'll give Ukraine almost anything they ask for now
• Opinion - Germany is getting zinged unfairly on the issue of tanks now - there are a ton of reports that the Gepard antiaircraft systems were a game changer in Kharkiv and Germany is rushing to send 10 more - further opinion - NATO likely retired these too soon, would be interesting to see if a modernized version is reborn
• Russia has declared that men of service age won't able to leave Crimea in six days - which allows those with means to leave before the deadline because of course
• Power fully restored in Kharkiv and other areas after the missile attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure
• It has been zero days since Russia reminded the world they have nuclear weapons
• Paranoid Russian milbloggers now think Ukraine will launch a counteroffensive at Orikhiv - Ukrainian disinformation warfare is creating a lot of noise and the Russian online community is amplifying it - it is causing frustration among some analysts but we get it - and there are some things floating around that we won't comment on - with that said, we have zero knowledge if Ukraine is planning something bigger at Orikhiv or not - they have already had success there which is public knowledge, advancing 10 to 12 kilometers in the last month
• Ukrainian forces are finding more evidence of war crimes in recently liberated Kharkiv
• There was another meeting of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief in Ukraine - but the results were made public
• Russia's cease fire offer to Ukraine was laughable and instantly rejected
• Putin went to Sochi and it is rumored refusing to meet with military leaders
• Russian attempts to deescalate the situation in Armenia have completely failed - now if they only had a division of elite airborne forces trained to quickly come in and...ooooooo
• Elements of the Russian 102nd, which are peacekeepers in Armenia have been forced to pull out of some positions
• Denial is moving to anger not just in the milblogging community, but within the public sphere of Russia - some of it is directed internally and some of it externally - when Kremlin spokesperson Peskov was asked about it he said under the circumstances it was OK given the situation, but that some were moving close to the "line" - which the Kremlin appears to arbitrarily set depending on who is criticizing