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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The link to the map is here - but honestly, by the time this is published, it will almost certainly be out of date.TL;DRUkraine has now advanced 50 kilometers in 48 hours, liberating 700 square kilometers of Kharkiv oblast. That is an area equivalent to the New York, New York Borough, or the country of Bahrain.Russia has now lost about 500 square kilometers of territorial gains since the Kherson c...
Russia-Ukraine SITREP for 07 SEP 2022 23:59* PDT - It's a Rout Part II
Vitamin fortified as part of a healthy meal for your head holes, now with 100% more SITREP.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, just a 45-kilometer maneuver resulting in a 30-kilometer advance in 24 hours that has encircled Russian forces in three towns. You kn...
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).Sixth place.Because God damn right the truth matters. We're doing something right. All of us. This wouldn't have happene...
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 asleep, another 7 kilometers - heavy fighting is ongoing, Ukraine is in the city Ukraine has broken through Russian defenses southeast of Chuhuiv (southeast of Kharkiv) and has advanced at least to Chkalovke, and has likely moved all the way to Shevchenkove The advances are happening so fast that...
Russia-Ukraine SITREP for 06 SEP 2022 23:59* PDT - It's a Rout
Vitamin fortified as part of a healthy meal for your head holes, now with 100% more SITREP.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. Ukrainian forces have advanced 23 kilometers in 12 hours north of Izyum, smashing through Russian defensive...
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 updated the map, listed Bairak as liberated, and coded the small offensive. Quietly, this raised our eyebrows. Bl...
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.The map has been updated with the latest data we could verify.It was a good day to take a break as not much happened, and there wasn't a lot of intel specific to territorial g...
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 said for six months aren't hurting Russia and are only hurting Europe, the United States, and their allies. We'll igno...
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 asked if the offer was still on the table...As for no podcast on Sunday, I was up to almost 06:00 PDT beca...
Russia-Ukraine SITREP for 04 SEP 2022 23:59* PDT - Russian Defensive Lines Collapsing
Vitamin fortified as part of a healthy meal for your head holes, now with 100% more SITREP.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 Russian defenses in the north, with Russian VDV forces abandoning multiple positions.The second story? Russia didn&...
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 liberated Ozerne from Chechen Kadyrovites.What a day!
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 shared that in the Situation Report. We had assessed on July 28 that a retreat from Vysokopilya would be a na...
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 appropriate. There isn't any "big" news in any one place, but Ukrainian...
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 tonight. Nothing huge. Russia is going to have to make some very hard decisions on some of these axes if the situa...
Russia-Ukraine War Podcast for September 3, 2022
The Malcontent News Russia Ukraine War Podcast for yesterday is available at: Our hosting website at RussiaUkraineWarPodcast.com Apple Podcasts and iTunes Google Podcasts Spotify Amazon Music, Audible TuneIn+ Alexa Podcast Republic Stitcher Pocket Casts Castro iHeart Radio DeezerIf you want to view the updated map and follow along: Russia v Ukraine War MapThe podcast will be available on Pandora i...
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 as part of the plan to encircle Avdiivka. Russia was using the settlement to attack Krasnohorivka fro...
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 Moldova.The second story? Russia does this when things aren't going the way the Kremlin wants. Whil...
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
The Malcontent News Russia Ukraine War Podcast for yesterday is available at: Our hosting website at RussiaUkraineWarPodcast.com Apple Podcasts and iTunes Google Podcasts Spotify Amazon Music, Audible TuneIn+ Alexa Podcast Republic Stitcher Pocket Casts Castro iHeart Radio DeezerIf you want to view the updated map and follow along: Russia v Ukraine War MapThe podcast will be available on Pandora i...
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 reserves." Most European nations saw this coming and have scrambled to fill their reserves before the winter.Admittedly this is...
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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 to secure the Donbas. Or else, what? Exactly.The Malcontent News Russia Ukraine War Podcast for yesterday is...
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 shelled by Russian artillery, implying that Ukraine is either in the town, contesting control, or using the Ground Li...
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 Ground Line of Communication (GLOC - supply line) is now contested in three locations. This impacts the Russian de...
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.The Malcontent News Russia Ukraine War Podcast for yesterday is available at: Our hosting website at RussiaUkraineWarPodcast.com Apple...
Russia Ukraine War Podcast for August 31, 2022
The Malcontent News Russia Ukraine War Podcast for yesterday is available at: Our hosting website at RussiaUkraineWarPodcast.com Apple Podcasts and iTunes Google Podcasts Spotify Amazon Music, Audible TuneIn+ Alexa Podcast Republic Stitcher Pocket Casts Castro iHeart Radio DeezerIf you want to view the updated map and follow along: Russia v Ukraine War MapLinnea is working on pumping things up - p...
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 Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.The Malcontent News Russia Ukraine War Podcast for yesterday is available at: Our ...
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, Igor "Girkin" Strelkov, wrote the following - eulogy."This creature should not wish for eternal dis...
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. With Ukrainian officials locking out embedded reporters for the coming week, confiscating cell phones fr...
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.The Malcontent News Russia Ukraine War Podcast for yesterday is available at: Our hosting website at RussiaUkraineWarPodcast.com Apple Podcasts ...
