Russia-Ukraine SITREP for 06 SEP 2023 23:59* - Ukraine Gains at Klishchiivka and Verbove
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What's the big story? Russian forces are clinging to a corner of Klishchiivka as Ukrainian artillery units are already working on new targets further north and east.
What's the second story? Ukrainian forces are widening the gap at Verbove as they continue to advance through the second echelon of the Surovikin Line.
Summary
- Russian forces continue offensive efforts at Novojehorivka despite mounting losses
- Ukrainian forces are close to liberating Klishchiivka, with Russian forces clinging to a small part of the settlement
- Ukrainian artillery and drones have started striking the Klishchiivka-Bakhmut Road, the T-1302 Highway, and Russian logistics and supply nodes further east
- Multiple sources reported that Ukrainian forces made marginal gains at Novomaiorske and tactical gains at Novodonetske as part of a new offensive push in southwest Donetsk
- Ukrainian forces have expanded the area of control of parts of the Surovikin Line west of Verbove
- The Ukrainian port cities along the Romanian border were attacked by Shahed-136 kamikaze drones for the fourth time in five nights
- The Defense Minister of Lithuania, Arvydas Anushauskas, confirmed that the number of PMC Wagner mercenaries in Belarus has declined to the point that they no longer present a threat
- Romania conceded that a Russian Shahed-136 kamikaze drone struck its territory on the night of September 3 – 4 and is consulting with NATO who will do nothing about it
- The United States announced $175 million in direct military aid from Presidential drawdown authority and over $900 million in long-term assistance
- Two deputies under now-dismissed General Serhey Surovikin announced their “retirement” today
- The Kremlin removed General Surovikin from the Ministry of Defense website and appears to be removing all pictures, videos, and mention of the former commander of all Russian forces in Ukraine
- The governor of the Russian Leningrad region has promised to look into why mobiks from his region have not been released from their six-month contracts, which are approaching one-year-old and have not been granted military leave
- The Social Fund of Russia has stopped releasing monthly disability data because journalists are using the number to project the number of gravely wounded Russian soldiers
- Russia struck the Ukrainian city of Kostyantynivka with a ballistic missile during the middle of the day, killing 17 and wounding 44
- Minister of Agriculture for Russia, Dmitry Patrushev, reported that fuel shortages have become fuel outages in some regions, blocking harvesting and fall planting
- The spot market price for RON Premium-95 gasoline hit a new record in St. Petersburg, Russia
- Russian oil exports sunk to an 11-month low due to a lowering of the Russian discount rate, which has left it uncompetitive
- Russian economist Dr. Igor Lipsits predicts that the rouble will reach an exchange rate of 130 to $1 by the end of 2023
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Comments
100% correct. We've discussed this as a team, and this falls into armchair general talk as we tied ourselves in knots in the discussion, concluding it was outside of our collective pay grades. Things we did agree upon. Air defense is better at depth as it makes it harder to be targeted. So, moving air defense right to the border didn't make sense to us. Activating air defense units close to the border and forward deploying a platoon or two with MANPADS makes more sense. Romania's response is far too soft. Not in the SITREP but as a team, we are growing more concerned that it is only a matter of time before Russia hits a bridge, border crossing, or checkpoint under the banner of "whoops," or "well, it was Ukraine's fault because they damaged our drone/missile and it hit that border checkpoint building with Romanian, Slovak, Hungarian, or Polish guards." The continued attacks on the Danube ports and the increasing number of border incursions are completely due to the weak response by Romania and NATO. That's about all we agree on. The question raised is how Romania coordinates its defense to prevent accidents, including unintentionally interfering with Ukrainian air defense, without creating the perception of being a combatant. The Kremlin does not translate patience as a show of good faith. They see it as a weakness. This isn't advocating for NATO Article V or even an Article IV consultation. Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, and now Bulgaria have made it very clear to the Kremlin - don't mess with us. Even Moldova, with little more than a ceremonial military, has expanded its aggressive language (and for the most part, no one in Transnistria wants to fight a war). Romania has taken a much softer approach, and it isn't working.
2023-09-08 20:09:42 +0000 UTCLet's add - he isn't going to look into anything. The Tzar is a loving and wonderful Tzar who loves and knows his people and all his problems. It is interesting to see this undercurrent of dissatisfaction growing among the population. As the Iron Curtain continues to become more opaque, it gets harder to understand what the average Russian thinks compared to, say, 2020. Just as I would beg anyone not to believe that all Americans think like Tucker Carlson, the same slippery slope can befall Russian outsiders watching Vladimir Solovyov. Twenty years of propaganda and 300+ years of the Tzar is a good Tzar who loves me, the Supreme Soviet is a good leader as it the Politburo, and they love their people, to this guy name Boris Yeltsin followed by Putin is a good Putin who knows and loves me, there is this deep-rooted "don't rock the boat" value system within Russian culture.
2023-09-08 19:56:39 +0000 UTCI just heard on The Telegraph that NATO would be justified to place air defenses on the Romanian border with Ukraine in order to protect their own territory from these "accidents" with drones and debris meant for the Ukrainian ports on the Danube. To me, the notion sounds entirely reasonable and it could extend some protection to the Ukrainian ports. Is there any reason why it should not be done?
AnaR737
2023-09-07 22:32:32 +0000 UTC
