Don's Weekly, 30 October 2023: Part 2
(…continued from Part 1….)
Robotyne
There has been very small advances of a couple hundred meters in the Kopani and Verbove area. Attritional warfare is still strong in this sector, but it looks as if Ukraine has at least paused strong forward movement for now.
A Russian drone destroys a Leopard tank…
https://twitter.com/moklasen/status/1716880103618326996
17 km southwest of Kopani, a JDAM bomb destroy a Russian EW system…
https://twitter.com/Damien94475559/status/1717584954886959215
Kherson
There is about a thousand Ukrainian soldiers on the left bank and the islands. The Ukrainian advances on land makes it easier to retain the islands behind them. It’s really a series of small unit actions backed up by drone and artillery support. Whenever the Russians assemble 200 infantry or 4 tanks for an assault, they’re hit by artillery and drone attacks. Ukraine, on the other hand, doesn’t have a lot of unit density that would provide a prime artillery target.
Ukraine is fighting on the northeast side of Oleshky. And under the cover of fog, Ukraine crossed the open fields and pushed the Russians out of Pidstepne. And if you look at the next video, you’ll see the forest around Kyrnky that the Ukrainians immediately moved into after the surprise crossing last week. It will be difficult for the low-morale, poorly-trained Russians to push them out of it.
West of Kyrnky, a small Russian depot burns. Notice the thick forest. Ukrainian infantry is better than Russian infantry and thick terrain is where infantry excels…
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1718280832006385885
At Krynky, the Ukrainians expanded into the nearby woods and are heavily supported by artillery and drones. Everytime Russia masses for an assault they are hit by DPICM, and drones are preventing them from receiving ammo and evacuating their wounded…
https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1716782302359920879
The small battles for the islands in the Dnieper continues…
https://twitter.com/EjShahid/status/1716909836733223329
Based off a Russian report, Ukraine advanced under the cover of fog and took the village of Pidstepne…
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1717066046580965386
A Russian position near Pidstepne is hit be a drone…
https://twitter.com/EjShahid/status/1717603211912061206
A Russian machine removing Ukrainian mines was hit by a drone near Poima, scene of recent fighting…
https://twitter.com/EjShahid/status/1717117846780559546
The Kherson region has been bombed and shelled by the Russians since their withdrawal almost a year ago…
https://twitter.com/ZarinaZabrisky/status/1718251202578616406
A Russian swam to the Ukrainian-controlled side of the Dnieper…
https://twitter.com/PStyle0ne1/status/1716885471824085240
Crimea
At Cape Tarkhankut, the Russians had a radar that could spot much of the western Black Sea, and a powerful jamming system. On August 24, launched a raid to destroy two systems. A small supply boat with about ten men and ten jet skis set off in the night in radio silence and using hand-held compasses to navigate. Half the passengers on the jet skis road the supply boat for most of the trip to the Cape due to the discomfort of riding on the back over long distances.
Their biggest threat was from Russian aircraft but they made it to shore unnoticed. Five men took four machine guns to a hill overlooking the base. As the assault force approached the base, Russian machine guns opened up but were soon suppressed by the Ukrainian machine guns on the hill. Several Rocket Propelled Grenades were fired at the antenna and the base. They also took videos of a Ukrainian flag against a building before withdrawing.
The supply boat was fired on so it withdrew and all 20 men of the landing force returned to base on their jet skis, which were provisioned with extra ammo and fuel. All the Ukrainians made it back. Radio intercepts indicated that the Russian suffered some casualties but they don’t know if the antenna was hit or not…https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/22/world/europe/ukraine-commandos-russia-crimea.html?te=1&nl=the-morning&emc=edit_nn_20231023
A Russian mine-hunting ship was damaged outside Sevastopol and towed back to harbor…
https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1717789516130365608
(….to be continued…)
Great work, Don! Some clarification should be noted. After the destruction of the Nova Kakhovka Dam the river regime has been changed. At now all measures on the old maps don't matter. The riverbed became smaller. Nowadays the river regime has a minimum in annual fluctuations, a maximum will be in March.
#2 read on to #3 thanks Don