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https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/ukraine-conflict-updates


Riley Bailey, Angelica Evans, Nicole Wolkov, Grace Mappes, and Frederick W. Kagan

April 28, 2024


Recent Russian gains northwest of Avdiivka have prompted Ukrainian forces to withdraw from other limited tactical positions along the frontline west of Avdiivka, although these withdrawals have yet to facilitate rapid Russian tactical gains. Russian forces remain unlikely to achieve a deeper operationally significant penetration in the area in the near term.
The continued Russian stabilization of their salient northwest of Avdiivka presents the Russian command with a choice of continuing to push west towards its reported operational objective in Pokrovsk or trying to drive northwards to conduct possible complementary offensive operations with the Russian effort around Chasiv Yar.
Syrskyi also noted that the threat of a possible future Russian offensive operation against Kharkiv City is causing Ukraine to allocate additional forces and equipment to defending the city, although ISW continues to assess that the Russian military lacks the forces necessary to seize the city.
The Ukrainian 47th Mechanized Brigade denied a recent report that Ukrainian forces had pulled US-provided M1A1 Abrams tanks from the frontline.
Recent Russian efforts to increase control over migrants in and entering Russia following the March 22 Crocus City Hall terrorist attack appear to be straining relations between Russia and Tajikistan.
Russian authorities arrested several Russian journalists working for Western publications in Russia within the past several days, likely as part of an ongoing effort to limit Western and independent Russian media’s ability to reliably report on Russia.
Russian forces recently marginally advanced near Svatove.
The United Kingdom’s (UK) Minister of State for the Armed Forces, Leo Docherty, stated on April 27 that the UK assesses that Russian forces have suffered 450,000 killed and wounded personnel since the start of the full-scale invasion on February 24, 2022.

"Fast-Paced Russian Offensive Yields Over a Dozen Conquered Cities and Villages, as Ukrainian Morale Is Collapsing Along the Front, With Over 100K Troops Deserting Their Positions"

Gateway Pundit

Russian-speaking man is in shock while observing columns of Western vehicles moving towards Poland, as he claims.

https://x.com/wartranslated/status/1784527883488096326


Since ATACMS is in the news again. Here's the thread that answers all the questions about it, and the key graph with the Department of Defense's inventory. ~1200 "expired" missiles should be provided to Ukraine

https://x.com/ColbyBadhwar/status/1782902344713146861


Italy joined the supply of Storm Shadow missiles to Ukraine

https://x.com/EuromaidanPR/status/1784567675571638276


In Naberezhnye Chelny, the KamAZ plant and an auto assembly shop are on fire

https://x.com/EuromaidanPR/status/1784496020208181308


Over 80% of the $61B Ukraine Aid Bill will be spent in the United States to replace old equipment which is being sent to Ukraine. This is a win-win for America and Ukraine

https://x.com/ItsTheEnforcer/status/1784467597586542939


It is reported that since early this morning, the KamAZ automobile assembly plant is on fire in Naberezhnye Chelny, Tatarstan.

https://x.com/NOELreports/status/1784454061237874917

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The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost a dozen American M2A2 Bradley ODS-SA combat vehicles and four M1A1SA Abrams tanks in the battle for Berdychi.

The Abrams are now being relegated to rear action after their humiliation in Berdychi.

Rand Paul: "The amount of money going to Ukraine in this Bill is more than we spend on the entire Marine Corps."

Complete and total insanity... and criminality.

Joe- Hunter- Nancy-Kerry and Romney -and Gates and others still not prosecuted. We will keep sending more $$$

We can keep expanding NATO like we swore we wouldn't and then talk about a need to stop Russian expansionism while celebrating transgender day on Easter..

Its time for the uketards to give this up. Ukraine has lost close to 2 millions people in this fight, well over half a million of them dead. They have nothing left. NATO is there fighting Russia now and we are well on our way to nuclear destruction. Poland is now requesting nukes and if they get them, they state they want the ability to use them. Some of you have your heads so far up your asses, youll never see the light of day again. All we have done is strengthened Russias military, aligned them with China, aligned Iran and North Korea and have started ww3. Some of you cheer this. The ones of you who do can fugg off to hell!!

Oh, but you can’t tell war monger American traitors, like gas pump burns, or toot or the others that would have people killed so corrupt politicians can make money.

Canada got sucked in also, so many idiots to go around.

Ukraine Defense chief says they are in a tactical retreat.

Ukraine was never expected to win, that's not what the point was.

They were/are cannon fodder.

That's what the neocons wanted all along.

The criminal neocon, globalist, warmongers expected that their colossal support of a Ukrainian war effort would inflict a strategic defeat of Russia, depose Putin and effect a regime change so they could establish another "Color" revolution so as to rape Russia of it's vast resources....and

....A puppet regime like the Green Rat's could then be brought in line with the Globalist master plan. Spread the woke agenda and flood the country with an alien element to destroy Russia's national identity like they are doing here and have already done in Europe. All this has been the Soros plan since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.

But Putin said not today. Obviously, both countries have their good and bad but...

Russia....
Orthodox Christian faith
strong family values
Strong National identity
outlawed LGBTQ anti woke
Stringent immigration restrictions

Ukraine...
A black hole of corruption and deceit
Rampant child trafficking and money laundering
Not a Democracy at all but a bloody dictatorship
Banderist Nazi sympathizers

A commentator made mention that a Neocon, billionaire, oligarch was heard saying "well, if they are dumb enough to do it, (sacrifice a generation) we'll give them the wherewithal "

In the meantime the ravenous vulture industrial class is foaming at the mouth to get at Russia's limitless resources.

MAGA!

Just ask a Ukrainian soldier if he still believes the West will stand by Kyiv “for as long as it takes.” That pledge rings hollow when it’s been four weeks since your artillery unit last had a shell to fire, as one serviceman complained from the front lines.
It’s not just that Ukraine’s forces are running out of ammunition. Western delays over sending aid mean the country is dangerously short of something even harder to supply than shells: the fighting spirit required to win.

Morale among troops is grim, ground down by relentless bombardment, a lack of advanced weapons, and losses on the battlefield. In cities hundreds of miles away from the front, the crowds of young men who lined up to join the army in the war’s early months have disappeared. Nowadays, eligible would-be recruits dodge the draft and spend their afternoons in nightclubs instead. Many have left the country altogether.
As I discovered while reporting from Ukraine over the past month, the picture that emerged from dozens of interviews with political leaders, military officers, and ordinary citizens was one of a country slipping towards disaster.
Even as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukraine is trying to find a way not to retreat, military officers privately accept that more losses are inevitable this summer. The only question is how bad they will be. Vladimir Putin has arguably never been closer to his goal.

Tooty gonna be pissed😂

Putin Pufters are big mad about the Trump approved aid package. We can all agree it was slow rolled by Biden but Trump got it done.

ATACMS gotta eat and Orc is on the menu.

A young woman was walking in the park with her dog in #Odesa when the occupiers decided to shell the city. The dog was wounded and died of the injuries.

https://x.com/nexta_tv/status/1785000906532016540


Gypsies sold a Russian drone for scrap metal

https://x.com/nexta_tv/status/1784993133702308050


The Legal Committee of the Georgian Parliament supported the draft law on "foreign agents" in the second reading

https://x.com/nexta_tv/status/1784959441185525790


Russia is planning a major offensive in late May - Financial Times

https://x.com/nexta_tv/status/1784956539372998812


Putin responds only to pressure, to the toughest arguments of brute force - Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski in an interview with BILD

https://x.com/nexta_tv/status/1784943628055421306


Canada will transfer 50 armored personnel carriers to Ukraine, - Defense Minister Bill Blair

https://x.com/nexta_tv/status/1784903044645220754


Polish farmers unblock all checkpoints on the border with Ukraine

https://x.com/nexta_tv/status/1784872700306935937


Over the weekend, the Australian government announced a new $100 million military assistance package for Ukraine.

https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/1784960058050113657


The ruling party in Georgia is preparing a mass protest tonight in support of the proposed Russian-style “Foreign Agent Law”
Last night, it was the opposition that brought out around 100 000 protesters on the streets

https://x.com/visegrad24/status/1784998591230091437


The RuAF are using cluster munition ballistic missiles on the Odesa urban area.

https://x.com/TrentTelenko/status/1784994880340611175


Poland wants to mine the border with Russia and Belarus

https://x.com/nexta_tv/status/1784853710629159340


A Czech investigation has confirmed that the 2014 explosions at weapons depots in the village of Vrbětice were carried out by members of Russian military intelligence (GRU)

https://x.com/nexta_tv/status/1784895853997560080


The USA has purchased 81 Soviet-era combat airplanes from Kazakhstan. They may be handed over to Ukraine, the Kyiv Post has reported

https://x.com/nexta_tv/status/1784845661147418648


The Russians recovered a M1A1 Abrams main battle tank that was destroyed near Berdychi in Donetsk Oblast of Ukraine.

https://x.com/nexta_tv/status/1784845661147418648


ooooooo the russkies got a m1a1 Abrams tank!!! they a piece of early 1990's tech, so what? optics are junk and the armor package is what the Ukrainians could scape up. the Abrams tank has been hit multiple times (both Ukrainians and russkies tried to destroy it after a track was knocked off) and for 2 or 3 months it sat there being struck multiple times.

the M1A2 SEPv4 Abrams tank is still the best tank ever produced and that is our MBT. M1E3 Abrams tank is next to produce.

The Abrams is sooo good the Ukes pulled them from service on the front lines. It's rear-echelon now.

https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-russia-war-abrams-tanks-19d71475d427875653a2130063a8fb7a

You are such a dumb c unt. Once again, take your disgusting fat ass and go fight your war. You wouldnt last a hot minute over there. The Russians would have your fat ass skinned in no time