For almost 19 months of war, it was a quiet day. There were two areas with noteworthy activity.
Multiple Russian accounts, including those that refuse to admit any failures until it is completely undeniable, are reporting that Russian forces withdrew from Andriivka and are now ea...
2023-09-10 07:14:38 +0000 UTC View Post
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What's the big story? Romania announced that it is strengthening its defenses along the Danube River and will start joint naval exercises in the Black Sea and the Danube River delta with Ukraine and the United States next week...
2023-09-09 07:49:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Today's podcast features,
We completed our first test read with the person who is a candidate for our six-day-a-week daily report for the podcast, and it went well. We should be back to the daily updates on September 18 if we get everything lined up. They are Ukrainian and based in the Kyiv area. It will be a similar process as before. SITREP is written, scripted, recorded, and published.
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday podcasts will also include the in-depth interviews and reports by Zarina Zabrisky, and I'll be ...
2023-09-08 19:32:58 +0000 UTC View Post
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What's the big story? Ukrainian forces continue to make gains in the Klishchiivka and Orkhiv areas of operation and one more surprise location.
What's the second story? A second Russian drone likely hit Romania on Septem...
2023-09-08 09:00:26 +0000 UTC View Post
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What's the big story? Russian forces are clinging to a corner of Klishchiivka as Ukrainian artillery units are already working on new targets further north and east.
What's the second story? Ukrainian forces are widening...
2023-09-07 07:55:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Our new co-host and executive producer, Zarina Zabrinsky, sits down with David Obelcz as he passes the baton for the podcast to her. Today's guests include United States Lt. General Ben Hodges (retired) and 30+ year veteran war correspondent Phil Ittner.
We've heard your requests in June and the link will let you click through to the most popular podcast players instead of a direct link to Spotify.
The Malcontent News Russia Ukraine War Podcast is available on:
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What's the big story? While Ukraine is maintaining very tight operational security, progress is being made in the Orikhiv and Klishchiivka areas of operation.
What's the second story? Cuba accuses Russia of human traffic...
2023-09-06 07:19:17 +0000 UTC View PostOur first guest?
United States Army Lieutenant General Ben Hodges (retired).
The podcast will be available by 17:00 PDT.
Hodges isn't the only interview tomorrow, but you'll have to listen to learn more.
We are still working on the person to do the daily war report (action report, news highlights). It is an issue of getting equipment (distances involved) and working out some of the kinks of moving content both ways between Seattle and Kyiv.
We are hopeful ...
2023-09-05 19:52:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Taking the day off, I said.
Hey everyone. Take the day off, I said.
My last phone call of the day on Sunday was at 23;00 hours Seattle time to the Ukrainian team to discuss the reboot of the podcast and the Ukrainian view on Reznikov. "Both sides are quiet. We know things we can't share, as you know, but with Russia hitting Reni and Izmail the last two days with 60-ish drones, they've likely exhausted the supply. The Reznikov news is official; it should be a quiet day."
That...
2023-09-04 22:41:41 +0000 UTC View Post
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This is Report 486, which is 42 pages and is a full report.
What's the big story? Ukrainian Minister of ...
2023-09-04 09:54:10 +0000 UTC View PostMonday, September 4, is the United States Labor Day holiday. For those who don't count distance using freedom units and don't understand why you would put ice cubes in a glass of drinking water (most of the world), I present to you some U.S. history.
May Day - International Workers Day - which is celebrated around the world on May 1, was born out of a national strike movement that turned violent in -- the United States. In 1886, multiple worker's rights groups set the week of May 1 as ...
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This is Report 485, which is 40 pages and is a full report.
What's the big story? Russian milbloggers are almost silent as Ukraine gains a tighter grip on the theaterwide initiative.
What's the second story? Wagner mercenaries are complaining by the hundreds that they've been...
2023-09-03 08:50:31 +0000 UTC View Post
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This is Report 484, which is 52 pages and is combat only.
What's the big story? Russian forces are under tremendous strain from Robotyne to Verbove, and we have a deep analysis of why things are working and what we believe is next.
What's the second story? Glum Russian milblo...
2023-09-02 11:56:24 +0000 UTC View Post
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This is Report 483, which is 58 pages and a full report.
What's the big story? Ukraine has breached a 1,000-meter stretch of the second echelon of the Surovikin Line, expanding the gap at Verbove.
What's the second story? Kyiv goes on the offensive against journalists and "e...
2023-09-01 10:49:59 +0000 UTC View Post
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This is Report 482, which is 50 pages and a full report.
But wait, there's more. This is the 500th Situation Report, including summary reports done during travel and when your editor-in-chief had COVID in June 2022.
What's the big story? Igor Strelkov Girkin is run...
2023-08-31 10:24:15 +0000 UTC View Post
...south of Novomykhailivka, toward Olenivka, and then swing south toward Mariupol.
Why?
At the time, it was lightly defended without components of the Surovikin and Prigozhin Lines. An advance here would have panicked the civilian population in the city of Donetsk, jamming Russian ground lines of communication and then a push to the Sea of Azov to cut the land bridge and isolate Mariupol by reaching Azov from the west.
So there you have it, and I was completely wrong....
2023-08-31 02:56:40 +0000 UTC View Post
The War Map has been updated from the hasty change made overnight after we geolocated the video showing members of the Ukrainian 82nd Brigade 250 meters from the first homes in Verbove and past the second echelon of the Surovikin Line.
The Ukrainian offensive is accelerating due to a change in tactics. 2023-08-30 18:52:13 +0000 UTC View Post
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This is Report 481, which is 38 pages and a bullet report.
What's the big story? Not the drone strikes on Russia. Well, not anymore. Just before publication, one of our analysts geolocated a Russian video confirming that Ukrainian forces have breached the second echelon ...
2023-08-30 09:12:32 +0000 UTC View PostMultiple military installations in Russia were attacked by Ukrainian drones tonight, and there were hits. Multiple regions are under flight restrictions (Carpet Protocol), and in Pskov, they have executed the Edelweiss Protocol, activating the territorial guard and all members of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Russian sources are spreading a lot of obvious disinformation (there were no hits, so explain all these videos of fires, ammunition cook-offs, and explosions), and drone strike...
2023-08-30 02:06:56 +0000 UTC View Post
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This is Report 480, which is 45 pages and combat only.
What's the big story? Ukraine has said out loud the main offensives are at Bakhmut and in the Melitopol-Berdyansk direction.
What's the second story? Things have taken a very dark turn for the remaining members and leaders of P...
2023-08-29 11:57:11 +0000 UTC View Post
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This is Report 479, which is 58 pages and combat only.
We are very excited to announce that author, activist, journalist, and war correspondent Zarina Zabrisky will be the new host and producer for the Russia-Ukraine War Update Podcast. The first epi...
2023-08-28 12:05:58 +0000 UTC View Post
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This is Report 478, which is 39 pages and combat only.
The Russia-Ukraine War Report Podcast will restart on September 5, 2023. We are finalizing the details and will have a formal announcement (or be in a panic) on Monday. Stay tuned!
What's the big s...
2023-08-27 09:57:40 +0000 UTC View Post
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This is Report 477, which is 43 pages and combat only.
The Russia-Ukraine War Report Podcast will restart by September 5, 2023. We are finalizing the details this week.
What's the big story? The Ukrainian offensive has transitioned to its next phase, and in our...
2023-08-26 11:53:03 +0000 UTC View Post
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This is Report 476, which is 59 pages and is a full report.
The Russia-Ukraine War Report Podcast will restart by September 5, 2023. We are finalizing the details this week.
What's the big story? The Ukrainian offensive south of Orikhiv is accelerating, w...
2023-08-25 10:46:35 +0000 UTC View Post
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This is Report 475, which is 52 pages and is a full report. You're getting your money's worth today with extensive assessment and a detailed timeline of the events that led up to the death of Yevgeny Prigozhin.
The Russia-Ukraine War Report Podcast will restart by Se...
2023-08-24 10:35:44 +0000 UTC View PostRussia hasn't had a lot of operational successes or strategic victories since February 24, 2022, in Ukraine, for the men who led Russian forces to those victories, the title of Hero of Russia or the aftermath of victories has been followed by obscurity, demotion, arrest, and death.
Accomplishment: The Capture of Mariupol
General Mizintsev is known as the Butcher of Mariupol and is responsible for 25,000 to 100,000...
2023-08-24 01:34:15 +0000 UTC View PostPMC Wagner channels are confirming that Yevgeny Prigozhin was assassinated by the Russian government after the airplane he was on was shot down over Tver.
2023-08-23 19:34:38 +0000 UTC View PostAn Embraer Legacy 600 Business Jet, tail number RA-02795, registered to Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Private Military Company Wagner Group, was apparently shot down by Russian air defenses over the Tver Region near Moscow.
The plane was flying at 513 knots at 28,000 feet when it suddenly stopped squawking, and Russian air controllers lost contact. There was no distress call, and the attached video shows the telltale puff of an air defense missile explosion.
The airplane had ...
2023-08-23 18:29:25 +0000 UTC View Post
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This is Report 473, which is 49 pages and is a full report.
The Russia-Ukraine War Report Podcast will restart by September 5, 2023. We are finalizing the details this week.
What's the big story? Is it Crimea's fuel supply becoming critical? Russia taking radic...
2023-08-23 09:26:18 +0000 UTC View Post