Today's report is 43 pages.
What's the big story? Kherson is Ukraine, with 3,000 square kilometers liberated in 24 hours.
The second story? The rest of the axes appear to be bogging down into frozen fronts.
The Malcontent News Russia Ukraine War Podcast for yesterday is available at:
There still remains pockets of Russian troops that were abandoned or are attempting to blend in with the civilian population. However, on November 11, 2022, at 15:45 PST Ukrainian forces have put boots on the ground in every settlement west of the Dnipro.
Since August 30, Russia has lost 17,000 square kilometers of captured territory. That is roughly the same size as Kuwait.
Something left out of the headlines, all of Mykolaiv except the Kinburn Spit was also liberated as apart of...
2022-11-12 00:35:49 +0000 UTC View PostUkrainian forces have entered the administrative center of Kherson as well as Beryslav. It is likely there are only pockets of Russian troops remaining in the region north of Nova Kakhovka and still working their way across the dam. There are reports of Russian troops still in Kherson but wearing civilian clothes and trying to blend in.
The Ukrainian "advance," if you want to call it that, has been slowed by the throngs of citizens greeting their liberators.
The reports of major c...
2022-11-11 19:23:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Today's report is 39 pages.
What's the big story? The Kherson retreat continues with Russian forces applying scorched earth behind them. There is a lot of fog of war, and based on pictures, actual fog which is benefiting the Russian withdrawal.
The second story? Honestly, not much. The DNR did not release an update and nor did War Gonzo while The Russian Ministry of Defense continued to write fan fiction. It has been a somewhat quiet week.
We should...
2022-11-11 10:14:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Today's report is 32 pages.
What's the big story? Russia announced it has ordered the withdrawal of its forces west of the Dnipro citing the inability to continue to supply the troops. Ukraine has already liberated three settlements as Russian forces withdraw.
The second story? Putin bows out of the G20. Now why would he not want to visit with his world leader peers???
We should be back to more detailed reports for the rest of the week.
The Ma...
2022-11-10 11:00:19 +0000 UTC View PostCiting the destruction of their lines of communication and inability to supply up to 30K troops, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced they have ordered their forces to withdraw from Kherson.
Our team has assessed since April that Ukraine would never attack Kherson head on due to the challenging terrain and in August assessed the Ukrainian tactic would be to starve Russia troops out.
Today's report is 31 pages.
What's the big story? Very quiet today on the news front across every sector. Russian milbloggers claiming Ukraine has started a new offensive in Kherson, but we're very skeptical
The second story? Ukrainians worried about the United States midterm elections and if military aid will continue. can rest easier.
The Malcontent News Russia Ukraine War Podcast for yesterday is available at:
I will be traveling today through Wednesday of next week. SITREPs will continue but they may be condensed on some days to battlefield activity and analysis during this time.
Podcasts will continue but could also be condensed. This was a semi-planned tripped that has been delayed four times to visit family. I've get the window of notification short because I am dealing with a stalker and wanted to maintain a degree of personal operational security.
2022-11-08 19:52:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Today's report is 48 pages.
What's the big story? It was a very light day for fighting and information on the battlefield from all sources.
The second story? The Kremlin is in chaos after denying that 155th Naval Infantry Brigade suffered heavy losses - it's not going well.
The Malcontent News Russia Ukraine War Podcast for yesterday is available at:
Today's report is 54 pages.
What's the big story? It's too quiet - the 54-page report is due to a lot happening off the battlefield in the geopolitical space.
The second story? I hate hypocrisy - old school Malcontents know that, and your chief content officer goes all in on a rant calling out hypocrisy.
The Malcontent News Russia Ukraine War Podcast for yesterday is available at:
Today's report is a record-setting 74 pages and covers events from November 4 and 5.
What's the big story? Russia's partial mobilization is turning into a complete disaster.
The second story? All eyes are on Kherson.
On Wednesday, we were supposed to interview a documentarian in Ukraine - but power was an issue for them. We rescheduled for Friday and lost power on our end. Linnea will be doing the podcast on November 6.
The Malcontent News Rus...
2022-11-06 13:10:11 +0000 UTC View Post
That picture?
That's my office.
We are having a Pacific Northwest windstorm and due to our unseasonably warm October, still a lot of leaves on the trees.
We heard two transformers blow, likely out for hours. No Internet, can't get to the server with the intel from team.
It's a good day for it to happen. It was very quiet.
Super sized report tomorrow and no podcast.
Today's report is 56 pages.
What's the big story? The IAEA completed its inspections and found no evidence Ukraine has, had, or is trying to make a dirty bomb.
The second story? Kherson update, what's next?
The Malcontent News Russia Ukraine War Podcast for yesterday is available at:
People smarter than us (although I think our team is pretty sharp) are agreeing that Russia is setting conditions for a full withdrawal west of the Dnipro.
In Snihurivka, Russian troops started blowing up bridges, which is something troops don't do if they are planning to continue to advance.
There are pictures and resident reports that Russian troops have withdrawn and abandoned checkpoints in Chornobaivka, Stepanivka, Pryozerne, and Bilozerka.
Russian troops are blowing up...
2022-11-03 22:11:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Update: The file still won't attach; it is a Patreon thing. You can use this link for now:
https://1drv.ms/b/s!AqqcbVKqKt_fg54NYSXwIp49_FvPSQ?e=ZpAMGt
Today's report is 60 pages.
What's the big story? The so-called "evacuation" from Kherson has taken a very dark turn and is starting to look genocidal. In breaking news, there are multiple reports...
2022-11-03 11:53:26 +0000 UTC View PostThe battlefield in Ukraine is lost in a time warp to another era.
From the Kharkiv-Luhansk administrative border to Bilohorivka in Donetsk (that's a big area), it is like a World War II battlefront. Artillery, positional fighting, and attempts to move the line.
East of Soldar-Bakhmut to Mayorsk, it is World War I trench warfare. Mud, barren landscape, cratered fields, snipers, artillery, and penal units of PMC Wagner doing charges into the defensive lines Ukraine reestablished. It...
2022-11-02 18:03:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Today's report is 52 pages.
What's the big story? In response to critics, Evgeny Prigozhin of PMC Wagner Group let slip that his company is losing at least 3,000 mercenaries a month, KIA and WIA, in Ukraine. That's a full brigade - rendered combat destroyed - every month.
The second story? Another day and another wave of drone and missile attacks across Ukraine.
The Malcontent News Russia Ukraine War Podcast for yesterday is available at:
Today's report is 53 pages. (sorry, Linnea, I know I said earlier it would be a short report)
What's the big story? Diplomatically, Russia has had a terrible, awful, horrible 24 hours. The announcement they were withdrawing from the grain export deal backfired spectacularly, with the Kremlin looking like an impotent bully on the world stage. The terror attacks on Ukrainian electrical infrastructure have brought Israel and the People's Republic of China to the t...
2022-11-01 10:50:58 +0000 UTC View PostRussia lost 7 helicopters today, with 5 visually confirmed.
Today's report is 60 pages.
What's the big story? Widespread missile and drone attacks across Ukraine 48 hours after the attack on the Black Sea Fleet and UN/Turkey defy the Russian grain blockade as cruise missiles fly overhead.
The second story? Ukrainian forces are making significant gains in Luhansk as military leadership is tossed into chaos with another general fired.
The Malcontent News Russia Ukraine War Podcast for the October Month in Revi...
2022-10-31 11:41:35 +0000 UTC View PostMost people know I caught COVID in early June. I didn't have it "bad," was sick for about a week, about two days were just pure awful. I would equate to catching the flu, norovirus (my stomach was torn up), and mono at the same time. Not pleasant.
Many know I've been struggling with long COVID, but no where near as other people. The three issues I've been working through in order - constant exhaustion, cognition, and migraines.
I had one or two migraines in my life before COVID an...
2022-10-30 17:16:28 +0000 UTC View PostThis is what we know.
Videos have been released by Ukrainian officials of at least one of the unmanned remotely operated vessels striking an Admiral Grigorovich class frigate of the Black Sea Fleet. We cannot verify if it was Admiral Essen or Admiral Makarov. The Makarov is the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet and replaced the Moskva after it was sunk by Neptune antiship missiles in April.
A second USV strikes another ship, and a third narrowly missiles a small patrol boat, with a ...
2022-10-29 16:59:18 +0000 UTC View Post
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Today's report is 46 pages.
What's the big story? Ukraine launched a massive drone attack on Sevastopol, striking the Black Sea Fleet in port. There are pictures and videos of thick black smoke rising from the naval b...
2022-10-29 10:23:00 +0000 UTC View PostI think many people believe that to make a TikTok video, you hold your phone up to your face for 2-1/2 minutes, click a few options, and you're done. Magic! The reality is the TikTok videos that provided the daily war summaries took over an hour. The foundation of the Situation Reports was the scripts for the TikTok videos. The war had only been going on for a few days when I realized that there was more value to the audience than the video itself. That turned into a podcast plus TikTok video...
2022-10-29 00:23:08 +0000 UTC View PostOn page 38 we raised the question based on our analysis if Pershotravneve on the Luhansk-Kharkiv border was liberated.
We have confirmation that there is heavy fighting for control of the settlement.
2022-10-28 10:34:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Today's report is 50 pages.
What's the big story? Both belligerents are reporting mud has become a significant problem on the battlefield - winter is coming to Ukraine.
The second story? Big update on the situation at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, and Putin goes on a four-hour rant about the West, liberalism, Satan, cancel culture, and how everything is still going perfectly as planned..
If you missed our podcast on Sunday, you should listen...
2022-10-28 10:24:34 +0000 UTC View PostEven we were surprised by this, and it's an important lesson for any belligerent engaged in warfare in the 21st Century.
Yesterday, we reported on the oil train explosion in occupied-Shakhtarsk, Donetsk. There were countless videos on social media shared by Russian and Ukrainian sources, and it has since been clarified a HIMARs strike caused the explosion.
Before anyone wails about false equivalency and why we would share this information, once again, Russian state media made a pu...
2022-10-27 21:12:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Today's report is 43 pages.
What's the big story? Mud is significantly impacting both belligerents, slowing down the operational tempo.
The second story? Nazis are out, and Satan is in, and no, this is not a Halloween joke.
If you missed our podcast on Sunday, you should listen to our interview with the voice of United24, journalist, and educator, Yewleea. We discussed Ukrainian history and her interviews with Azov defenders, including Tork and Aide...
2022-10-27 10:23:57 +0000 UTC View Post
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Every now and then in the real world I work on projects or come across events that I share with the broader audience. This is one of those events and this is a pretty unique opportunity.
If you live in an area with 2-hour Amazon delivery, this whole idea and the logistics behind it came from this man's brain - Trent Gillespie. Pretty unique opportunity if you're still in the corporate space or have your own b...
2022-10-26 17:38:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Today's report is 54 pages..
What's the big story? It appears advances in Luhansk on Svatove and Kreminna are gaining momentum..
The second story? Dirty bombs, United States Congress drama, unhappiness with the Kremlin, and the UK gets a new PM.
If you missed our podcast on Sunday, you should listen to our interview with the voice of United24, journalist, and educator, Yewleea. We discussed Ukrainian history and her interviews with Azov defenders, i...
2022-10-26 10:29:35 +0000 UTC View Post