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SITREP 508 is 37 pages long.
As you were waiting for your SITREP yesterday, wondering if something happened, we were furiously editing. To say that everyone is in low gear today would be an understatement. Today's report was compiled, edited, reviewed (hope you notice A LOT less typos the last couple of weeks) ...
2023-09-28 09:32:42 +0000 UTC
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SITREP 507 is 65 pages long and combat only.
What's the big story? Russia and Ukraine trade blows on ammunition depots - we have a lot of analysis.
What's the second story? More voices from Ukraine's allies are asking, "What does as long as it takes?" really mean, and we dive deep into what NATO training ...
2023-09-27 13:27:48 +0000 UTC
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SITREP 506 is 38 pages long and combat only.
What's the big story? We have warned for weeks this would happen - Shahed-136 kamikaze drones struck the Ukrainian side of the Ukrainian-Romanian border crossing checkpoint at Orlivka.
What's the second story? Storm Shadow cruise missiles destroyed a major Russ...
2023-09-26 09:18:18 +0000 UTC
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SITREP 505 is 59 pages long and a full report.
What's the big story? Ukrainian forces enter Verbove as another Russian brigade becomes completely destroyed.
What's the second story? Russia and Ukraine trade drone (and for Russia missile) strikes.
What's the bonus story? Geopolitics was absolutely wi...
2023-09-25 08:41:13 +0000 UTC
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SITREP 504 is 44 pages long and a full report.
What's the big story? Ukrainian forces make further gains in the Orikhiv area of operation.
What's the second story? Update on the results from Operation Crab Trap.
Summary
- There were updates to the war map
- Russian for...
2023-09-24 09:03:16 +0000 UTC
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The Private Military Company Wagner Group-aligned Telegram channel Gray Zone (not to be confused with the Twitter/X account and website) has confirmed that the company owned the Il-76 transport plane that crashed in Mali. This is the fifth Wagner-owned aircraft to fall out of the sky in Mali in the last three weeks.
The plane departed from Minsk, Belarus, with the unofficial Wagner channel claiming no mercenaries were onboard.
2023-09-23 21:50:13 +0000 UTC
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If you follow social media and have a feed full about Ukraine, you may be reading or hearing about how Ukrainian troops entered Novoprokopivka. We've seen the video of up to two squads, maybe a platoon in the settlement. They were ambushed and rendered combat destroyed.
We will not be sharing the video.
Don't try and read between the lines. Ukrainian forces are advancing east of Novoprokopivka. Russian commanders have brought in a lot of armor, which the analyst team universally b...
2023-09-23 21:17:49 +0000 UTC
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SITREP 503 is 46 pages long and is combat only.
What's the big story? Ukrainian forces strike the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet with three Storm Shadow cruise missiles.
What's the second story? Special Assessment - how Ukraine established parity in the Black Sea using asymmetrical warfare.
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2023-09-23 10:50:02 +0000 UTC
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SITREP 502 is 53 pages long and is a full report.
What's the big story? Ukrainian forces make additional gains at Verbove and to the eastern edge of Novoprokopivka.
What's the second story? Mr. Zelenskyy goes to Washington (that's an old movie reference) with questions growing if...
2023-09-22 09:53:54 +0000 UTC
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It's back - it is finally back. Since June 6, 96% of our subscribers patiently waited. Yes, this took more time than I or the rest of the team wanted. We have four people on the ground now in Ukraine, and we wanted to do things right. I have said even before the podcast started that I wanted to employ people in Ukraine. We are planning to add a fifth person in November if subscription growth restarts.
The breadth of coverage about what is happening in the theater of war, which expanded ...
2023-09-22 00:20:48 +0000 UTC
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This is Report 501. It is 40 pages, combat only. It was extremely busy today.
What's the big story? Ukrainian forces breached the second echelon of the Surovikin Line west of Verbove. The breach was supported by armor, artillery, and drones, c...
2023-09-21 11:36:05 +0000 UTC
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The Republic of Artsakh in the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan has accepted unconditional surrender, with a ceasefire to take hold at 13:00 hours local time (which is almost now).
The agreement requires the withdrawal of Armenian army units and Karabakh fighters to surrender all weapons. Armenia insists they have no military units in Azerbaijan. All parties and the Russian Foreign Ministry have confirmed that an agreement has been reached.
2023-09-20 11:47:08 +0000 UTC
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This is breaking news, but the analyst team has just confirmed. In Verkhnosadove, 18 kilometers northeast of Sevastopol, multiple Storm Shadow cruise missiles, 48 hours after the Russia Ministry of Defense falsely claimed they destroyed Ukraine's supply of Storm Shadow cruise missiles, struck a military base where a protected command, control, and communication center (C3) with specialized secu...
2023-09-20 11:37:05 +0000 UTC
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Full War Report Podcast Starts on September 21
If you haven't listened to Russia-Ukraine War Report Podcast co-host Marina Yevshan's debut today, you're missing out. She has a remarkable story.
This is Report 500!* It is 43 pages, combat only. An audit discovered that there were ...
2023-09-20 11:05:57 +0000 UTC
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The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense announced the start of a military operation in Karabakh following a series of alleged attacks, with the aim of disarming the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. Azerbaijan officials are claiming there were a series of provocations that led up to the military action, which Armenia vehemently denies.
The Azerbaijani MOD released a statement, saying, "In the last few months, the Armenian armed forces units in the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan system...
2023-09-19 10:59:33 +0000 UTC
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Update
Delete the first SITREP for 18 SEP 2023; it did not have the summary in it and included changes to the rumor section. The draft post to Patreon was distributed in error. Thank you for your understanding.
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Full War Report Podcast Starts on September 21
If you haven't listened to Russia-...
2023-09-19 09:55:20 +0000 UTC
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The waiting is over, and when you listen to today's podcast, you'll understand why we took our time to assemble the right team. Marina Yevshan is an amazing storyteller who will bring emotion, and I'm going to guess, some of her own brand of snark to the regular War Reports.
The first official daily war report will be for the September 20 SITREP, which goes live on September 21.
Today's podcast features,
- David introduces Marina, who talks about her ...
2023-09-19 03:37:06 +0000 UTC
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In an operational security breach, two photos have emerged from the graving dry dock in Sevastopol showing damage to the Rostov-on-Don before the aft area was tarped. The pixelation is due to some open-source intelligence drama (we are using the watermarked images; we're not involved in the drama and credit other people's work).
What have we learned?
The damage to the Rostov-on-Don is more extensive than initially believed, and the submarine is destroyed.
There are two p...
2023-09-18 21:07:49 +0000 UTC
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Announcement
The introduction interview has already been recorded with our new podcast co-host, Marina Yevshan, so tune in tomorrow.
This is Report 497, which is 58 pages.
What's the big story? Russia and Ukraine trade multiple drone attacks across a wide area with a lot of...
2023-09-18 09:20:10 +0000 UTC
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Klishchiivka is liberated.
The map is updated.
That's it.
That's the whole update.
2023-09-17 17:12:31 +0000 UTC
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Announcement
The regular war reports for the podcast will return the week of September 18 with our latest team member, Marina Yevshan. Marina was born and raised in Ukraine and is based in the Kyiv area. We are excited to have her join the team and share the microphone with Zarina, and her official introduction...
2023-09-17 09:01:38 +0000 UTC
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A couple of semi-reliable Russian sources are admitting that Russian troops withdrew from Klishchiivka. Russian forces launched a significant counterattack overnight, which failed. We're tracking the situation, and much like Urozhaine, which lingered for over a week as "no Russian troops" but not declared liberated, Klishchiivka is in a similar state. The General Staff has a strict set of requirements to call a settlement liberated, and that hasn't been reached. Russian troops still occupy th...
2023-09-16 22:04:28 +0000 UTC
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If someone asked me tomorrow why should I pay $5 a month to subscribe to the Situation Report, I would, without hesitation, say that the quality of our coverage of events in the Black Sea and Crimea is worth it on its own.
After that shameless self-promotion.
The Russian Bora-Class corvette hovercraft Samum (Sumum alternate spelling) is confirmed to have suffered mission and mobility kill damage and a loss of propulsion after being struck by a Mk.5 SeaBaby uncrewed surface vessel....
2023-09-16 10:31:30 +0000 UTC
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Announcement
The regular war reports for the podcast will return the week of September 18 with our latest team member, Marina Yevshan. Marina was born and raised in Ukraine and is based in the Kyiv area. We are excited to have her join the team and share the microphone with Zarina, and her official introduction...
2023-09-16 10:19:38 +0000 UTC
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On September 14, 2023, insurgents in Sevastopol that documented activity of the Black Sea Fleet photographed a Bora class corvette departing the port. There were only two Project 1239 Bora Class vessels built. The Bora and the Sumum. Produced in the late Cold War, the ending of the project was caused due to over-engineering and the collapse of the Soviet Union.
The Bora has similar issues to the LLS Azov and spends most of its time at repair docks. The Sumum spends more time on patrol. ...
2023-09-15 20:59:31 +0000 UTC
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Announcement
The regular war reports for the podcast will return the week of September 18 with our latest team member, Marina. Marina was born and raised in Ukraine and is based in the Kyiv area. We are excited to have her join the team and share the microphone with Zarina. Stay tuned.
Today's Report
2023-09-15 08:34:36 +0000 UTC
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Announcement
The regular war reports for the podcast will return the week of September 18 with our latest team member, Marina. Marina was born and raised in Ukraine and is based in the Kyiv area. We are excited to have her join the team and share the microphone with Zarina. Stay tuned.
Today's Report
2023-09-14 12:49:01 +0000 UTC
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Announcement
The regular war reports for the podcast will return the week of September 18 with our latest team member, Marina. Marina was born and raised in Ukraine and is based in the Kyiv area. We are excited to have her join the team and share the microphone with Zarina. Stay tuned.
Today's Report
2023-09-13 09:05:20 +0000 UTC
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This is Report 491, which is 48 pages and is a full report.
What's the big story? Ukrainian forces took control of the Boiko Towers for the first time since 2015, taking away Russian forward operating bases, radar stations, and electronic warfare capabilities.
What's the s...
2023-09-12 08:54:24 +0000 UTC
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If you're a newer Patreon, there is a bit of history. When I've announced the analyst team is taking a break (or New Year's 2023, the whole team stepped away because everyone was completely cooked), I always write, "unless World War III breaks out." Inevitably - something happens, and there has been more than one occasion of panic analysis at a Starbucks or once - using a WiFi hotspot in a car at a highway rest area.
While fighting has continued, and it has been very intense in places, ...
2023-09-11 06:09:04 +0000 UTC
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