There is visual evidence that Ukrainian forces are withdrawing from Lyman as Russian forces enter the center of the town.
It is widely believed they will set up defensive positions along the southern bank of the Siverskyi Donets - which so far as been an excellent natural defensive line.
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Update 2: 5/24/22 18:10 PDT: 21 dead - 18 children and 3 adults
Update 5/24/22 15:25 PDT: The children were between 7 to 10 years old and in grades 2 through 4.
At noon today, Central Time (Chicago, USA), 18 year old Salvador Ramos, of Uvalde, Texas, walked into the Robb Elementary School armed with one or two fir...
2022-05-24 22:21:22 +0000 UTC View PostThe situation is very fluid, but right now, it looks like Ukraine held the line across the entire line of conflict. Russia might control part of Lyman as the sun sets, and there are reports of massive fighting in Severodonetsk (city). NASA FIRMS supports those reports.
Otherwise it appears around Popasna, Ukrainian forces held the lines of conflict - some small gains by Russia but not the...
2022-05-24 22:10:14 +0000 UTC View PostWe have stated in the Situation Reports that Russia has the capability to take the Severodonetsk salient if they dramatically improve their tactics and concentrate their power. Things would still have to tip in favor of the Russian advance. They would likely be diminished to the point of being incapable of advancing further and at significant risk of being able to hold their territorial gains b...
2022-05-24 16:57:56 +0000 UTC View Post
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The good news for our team is there was good weather and a lot of eyes on Lyman today both inside and outside of the city, so we have a lot of social intelligence. Also, David Batashvili has updated his map. His point of view is very conservative (leans Russia), which is why we work with the Rondelli Foundation. Accuracy over being first.
Lyman remains under Ukrainian control. It appears ...
2022-05-23 20:54:33 +0000 UTC View PostRussian forces launched a major offensive on Lyman and advanced into parts of the city. NASA FIRMS and Sentinel One imagery shows significant fighting in the city. Due to repeated exaggerations of Russian gains at the Severodonetsk salient and on the Severodnetsk westward offensive for months, we are skeptical of reports that Russia has control or partial control of the city. We consider contro...
2022-05-23 17:08:10 +0000 UTC View Post
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Cash for Refugees - cashforrefugees.org - is a non-profit organization founded in Boston by refugees, to assist refugees. While the emergent needs of food, medical care, shelter, and transit have been provided by a wide range of organizations, cash to help with food or short-term shelter remains a gap.
Operating at the Romanian border and in Ukraine, Cash for Refugees is providing additio...
2022-05-22 00:59:09 +0000 UTC View Post
We would like to provide photo credit and thank Aleksandr "Sasha" Kots, a Russian journalist for the use of his picture. We happily share this with his watermark that promotes his Telegram channel.
Yesterday, Russian State Media reported from the southeastern edge of Rubizhne showing a Russia 2S4 Tyulpan 240mm self-propelled heavy mortar in action. This is the largest mortar system used o...
2022-05-21 20:52:03 +0000 UTC View Post
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We discuss the war in Ukraine and go around the country covering all the axes.
2022-05-21 01:35:28 +0000 UTC View PostFirst housekeeping. There won't be a SITREP today. It's not from being tired, overwhelmed, or related to the survey from yesterday. Dr. Mrs. Malcontent got us tickets to a BBQ at our synagogue for this evening (I'll report back in the comments if you're curious what a Kosher BBQ is like - I'm assuming no pulled pork or BBQ ribs will be on the menu) and she's been rather neglected - got to show ...
2022-05-20 00:31:09 +0000 UTC View Post
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2022-05-18 18:27:13 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone! I'm taking Dr. Mrs. Malcontent out to dinner for our wedding anniversary. Because your EIC/CCO won't be around to edit and review, we won't do a SITREP. I've held off announcing because I wanted to feel confident there wasn't a major development that needed coverage. At least as of right now, it is mostly the same as yesterday.
Russia made small games around Popasna and chip...
2022-05-17 23:26:49 +0000 UTC View PostThis single sentence from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is all you need to know.
"In Mariupol, Russian enemy focused its efforts on blocking our units near the Azovstal steel plant."
There has been no mass surrender (at least as of two hours ago), which isn't to say one won't happen or hasn't happened as I type this.
Let's cut to the chase - no one knows what is going on beyond the 211 who went to the Olenivka and the 53 wounded in the hospital at Novoazovsk. Candidly, most of my peers are being utterly irresponsible with headlines on the subject of Mariupol.
The video of the buses turning onto a side road with a Russian helicopter escorting it? Pro-Russian social media accounts are saying those are n...
2022-05-17 18:03:28 +0000 UTC View Post
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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has released an official statement on the situation at Azovstal. This is it - unedited.
The Higher Military Command was ordered to commanders of units based on Azovstal to save the lives of personnel.
The operation to rescue blocked in the territory of the Ukrainian defender's factory continu...
2022-05-16 21:47:53 +0000 UTC View PostWe know, a lot of questions. President Zelenskyy of Ukraine said he would be making a national address. We believe that a previously negotiated prisoner of war swap involving wounded troops happened - this is not confirmation.
2022-05-16 19:14:17 +0000 UTC View PostThere are a lot of reports, and NASA FIRMS data seems to support that Ukrainian forces have crossed the Siverskyi Donets River at Rubizhne. The reports started coming in from Pro-Russian social media accounts. GEROMAN is the same account that caused a stir yesterday with a map update showing Oskil no longer under Russian control (we always had it considered contested).
There are many ques...
2022-05-16 18:21:04 +0000 UTC View Post
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Kharkiv’s Regional State Administration head Oleh Synehubov confirmed what has been suspected since May 5 – Ukrainian forces are engaged in a counteroffensive northwest of Izyum.
The Borivka Village Council reported explosions in Russian-controlled Kunje, Pidvysoke, and Buaivka. The council said Russian units stationed at Pidvysoke had moved “en masse” to Horokhovatka closer...
2022-05-15 05:37:12 +0000 UTC View Post
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Russian forces only attempted two small offensive operations in the last 24 hours - both failed. Many other analysts are aligning with our assessment that Russia lost up to a brigade of combat power at Bilohorivka over a 4 to 5-day period. Reminder, "lost" in the military sense, not the civilian sense - so combat power reduced by 30% or more.
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2022-05-15 00:52:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Russian forces withdrew from a large area north of Kharkiv city in the last 24 hours. The following settlements are liberated: