By Amarynth for the Saker Blog
By popular demand, a SMO Sitrep open thread a few days before I planned for it.
After Lisichansk, it looks like a small pause and consolidation of positions. The Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation held a conference call with the leadership of the Armed Forces (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/2598), where the current results of the special military operation were summarised. No doubt the future and future action are being communicated.
There is much being said about what next for Russia but, we have seldom been successful in projecting what the Russians may do next.
Let’s take the pause. Here is Brian Berletic with Angelo with more western information, which saves me from reading it. A long, but interesting discussion, looking back and looking forward – very good for newbies.
Bye Bye Wunderwaffe HIMARS:
⚔️🇷🇺🇺🇦Russian Min Def Reports 2x US HIMARS Destroyed + Ammo Depot⚔️
(UPDATE: Russian state media is also reporting this).
@Sputnik has reported on this, so has the pro-Ukrainian LiveUAmap timeline (link here (https://liveuamap.com/en/2022/6-july-russian-ministry-of-defence-claims-destroying-2-himars)).
IF CONFIRMED, this means that by the time the second shipment of 4 HIMARS arrive in Ukraine, they will just barely be replacing losses from the first shipment.
Allegedly these HIMARS were destroyed in Donetsk – very close to the main fighting meaning where Russia had concentrated much of its ability to locate, track, target, and destroy a system like HIMARS. Had Ukraine utilized them against periphery targets it might have been harder and taken longer.
This is a good yardstick of measure for the future.
As usual, the commentators add their own flair to these threads.
A small side issue, but not really a side issue, from the @thesiriusreport and I’ve seen it in other media:
When reality finally kicks in. Head of the Bundestag Committee on Ebergy, Klaus Ernst, has called for negotiations to begin to commence gas flows via Nord Stream 2.
Enjoy the discussion.
On RT news:
Head of Belarus intelligence says US gearing up to attack Russia from Poland and Baltics
Time to call out the USA for its history of ongoing genocide/fascism. Throughout its history, but to focus on the WW2 era, 1st of all Hitler was an errand boy, created, funded and sent by the Wall St. related interests, their Kazarian Banking class of elites. ( Wall St. and the rise of Hitler, Sutton ). Hitler and his brand of Fascism defined the interests and preferred methods of the Bankers, and then post 1945 the worst of Hitler’s minions were directly imported into many functional areas of the US bureaucratic corporate state, especially forming the core of the very powerful and sensitive ‘intelligence’ agencies such as the CIA and its precursor. Key elements then of the US military and corporate state worked seamlessly with German imported fascists, since they all largely shared the same values. And that continues on into todays realities, since 1945 the US has fostered Fascists all over Europe, funded and maintained them, ala Operation Gladio, and most certainly in Ukraine. It is no accident that the US used these cultivated elements to foment the Coup in Ukraine and to propagandize the population. The US is Fascism, it defines Fascism, it invented modern Fascism, it supports it wherever it can be generated. Through the centuries it has been called various things, Colonialism, Empire, Imperialism, all define the various forms of fascism. I am positing here, that all needs to be put in Bold Caps and flown from banners and ran up the flagpoles and harped upon in public speeches. Call it like it is. Scream it at the UN.
Some videos for today.
RT reporter explores the woods where a cache of US-made shells were hidden:
https://odysee.com/@RT:fd/hidden-us-shells:e
Surrendered Ukrainian conscript explains how Kiev regime treated him:
https://www.bitchute.com/video/nenU7JBn4fPJ/
Russian artillery clears out an enemy trench network:
https://www.bitchute.com/video/pjMo1FZqw0Ll/
‘Smerch’ sends an artillery barrage at Kiev regime army’s targets:
https://odysee.com/@RT:fd/smerch-barrage:2
Russian assault helicopters carry out mission:
https://rutube.ru/video/66fc12d5c41bf3a7df0ec2b203657355/
Russian Grad system pounds enemy positions:
https://rutube.ru/video/979c0571922a160a480f25b979475782/
Back from a serious DDoS attack by the usual suspects.
As Putin said today, “Let them try.”
Congrats to The Saker Team for all the work they have done getting the site back up and running.
Lone Wolf
Voenkor Kitten Z
Military expert Boris Rozhin with a brief summary of the results of the operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine at 11:00 on July 08, 2022, specially for the channel Voenkor Kotenok Z @voenkorKotenok :
1.
Lisichansk-Severodonetsk.
The regrouping of troops to the Seversko-Soledarsk and Artemovsk directions continues. There is a combing of the area, not all the lagging groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have yet been caught. The cities themselves are still being shelled by the artillery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
2.
Seversk.
Battles near Grigorovka and Verkhnekamensky. The Armed Forces of Ukraine have indicated their readiness to fight for Seversk and are not going to surrender the city without a fight.
At the same time, the RF Armed Forces are beginning to probe the chain of settlements between Seversk and Soledar for the possibility of bypassing Seversk from the south.
3.
Artemovsk.
Fights in the Klinovoye area, as well as for Pokrovskoye.
The enemy is still holding Kodema and Semigorye.
4.
Soledar.
Battles for Berestovoe and Belogorovka.
After the capture of the Disputable, one can expect a gradual “folding” of the front from the north towards Soledar.
5.
Avdiivka.
No significant changes. Positional battles near the Avdeevka-Konstantinovka highway, there is no advance to Krasnohorivka.
Fighting on the outskirts of New York.
The enemy is intensively shelling Donetsk, Gorlovka, Yasinovataya, Makeyevka.
MLRS and OTRK strikes are underway at ammunition depots, fuel depots and locations of LDNR units deep in the territory of the DPR and LPR.
6.
Carbon.
After an unsuccessful offensive attempt by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the front in the area of Pavlovka, Shevchenko and Yegorovka stabilized, and the battles returned to the positional format.
In the area of Marinka and Novomikhailovka – no significant changes.
7.
Slavyansk.
Battles at the Valley, Krasnopolye, Bogorodichny and Sidorov.
The front from the northwest is located 8-10 km from the outskirts of Slavyansk. The attacks of the RF Armed Forces on Slavyansk and Kramatorsk intensified.
8.
Kharkov.
Positional battles to the north and north-west of the city in the area of the settlement. Udy, Tsupovka, Dementievka, Upper Passages, Upper Saltov.
There are regular strikes on targets in Kharkov, Chuguev and Zolochev. The enemy is waiting for the fresh units of the Russian Armed Forces to be brought into battle and their further advance to the northern outskirts of Kharkov. However, the assault on the city is not yet expected.
9.
Nikolaev.
On the Nikolaev, Krivoy Rog and Nikopol directions – positional battles.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to gain a foothold in the area of the settlement. Potemkino and create the preconditions for further offensive actions.
The RF Armed Forces are actively striking targets in Nikolaev and in the Krivoy Rog region.
Despite all attempts, the AFU could not organize a significant attack on Kherson.
10.
Odessa.
Against the backdrop of ongoing strikes on targets in the Odessa region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine held the expected photo session on about. Serpentine, received several blows on the landing and retreated. The island is still in the gray zone.
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Report of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation of July 8, 2022. The main thing:
– In Ochakovo, as a result of the defeat of the positions of the 188th battalion of the 123rd brigade of the territorial defense, up to 290 militants were destroyed;
– In Nikolaev, the point of temporary deployment of the 241st brigade of the territorial defense was destroyed – up to 85 militants were liquidated;
— In the area of N. p. Liman destroyed two installations of the Harpoon coastal missile system;
– As a result of the strike on Kramatorsk, two Tochka-U launchers and up to 150 militants were destroyed;
— In n.p. Lighthouses (DPR) were hit by six military vehicles of the Grad MLRS and an ammunition depot;
– As part of the counter-battery fight, four artillery batteries and four MLRS batteries were suppressed;
– Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery hit 157 objects, incl. fuel storage;
– Ukrainian MiG-29 and Su-25 were shot down over the Nikolaev region;
– A Ukrainian MiG-29 was destroyed over the DPR;
– Nine Ukrainian UAVs were shot down.
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https://voenhronika.ru/publ/vojna_na_ukraine/ukrainskaja_armija_v_shoke_ot_moshhi_rossii_zhestkoe_video_s_donbassa_poslednie_novosti_s_ukrainy_vecher_8_ijulja_23_video/60-1-0-12553
Military Chronicle –
The Armed Forces of Ukraine are experiencing an acute shortage of junior officers, pilots, gunners and tankers. They are actually called by force and threats. It is the movement of this category of citizens that they want to limit even in Ukraine.
In the Kharkov direction, the Russian army conducted assault operations in the Dementievka area. In the Slavyansk direction, fighting continues in the area of the settlement. Mother of God. ️In the Kramatorsk direction, the RF Armed Forces strike at the areas of the settlement. Seversk, Serebryanka, Karpovka, Slavyansk, Krivaya Luka and Tetyanivka.
In the photo, a mercenary from the tactical group “Belarus”, which was once part of the neo-Nazi “Right Sector”, was destroyed today by a special forces group of the “O” group during the battles for Grigorovka in the DPR – this is near Seversk. A few more 200ths from this campaign in the cart .
The situation in the Soledar-Bakhmut direction as of 19.30 July 8, 2022.
In anticipation of the offensive of the RF Armed Forces in the Bakhmut and Seversk directions, the Ukrainian command is increasing the grouping of troops and equipment in the areas of combat contact. In the Seversk direction, to contain the offensive of the RF Armed Forces from the side of the Disputable, additional units of the 10th Guards Brigade, reinforced by several anti-tank systems, were deployed to Ivano-Daryevka.
The cover of the Ukrainian grouping from the air is carried out by the Strela-10 air defense system in the vicinity of Vyemka and Zvanovka, as well as MANPADS calculations in Berestovo. Ukrainian artillery and tactical aircraft strike at the areas of Zolotorevka, Verkhnekamenka, Disputed and Nikolaevka.
In the Soledarsko-Bakhmut direction, the command of the tactical group “Charlie” organizes a defensive line on the line Pokrovskoye – Soledar – Yakovlevka – Belogorovka. In the vicinity of Razdolovka and Pereezdnoye, several units of armored vehicles are placed in reserve in case the main line is breached. Ukrainian howitzers operate in Yakovlevka, Bondarny and Fedorovka.
In Bakhmut and Soledar, military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are preparing for a possible long-term siege of cities, equipping engineering structures in residential areas and houses of the local population. Due to constant air and artillery strikes on Bakhmut, the personnel reception point was moved to Nikifirovka and Konstantinovka. Mortar and artillery crews of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are firing at the settlement. Klinovoe from the vicinity of Zaitsevo and Vesela Dolina.
The RF Armed Forces carried out artillery, missile and air strikes on the areas of concentration of military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Belogorovka, Berestovoye, west of Disputed, Veseloe, west of Klinovoye, Vershina, Novoluganskoye, Kodem, Zaitsevo, Pokrovskoye and Uglegorskaya thermal power plants.
The situation in the Nikolaevsko-Krivoy Rog direction as of 17.00 July 8, 2022.
The Ukrainian command still intends to conduct a counteroffensive in certain sectors of the front. To assess the situation in the area of Blagodatnoye and Shesternya, two maneuverable electronic intelligence groups were sent.
In the Nikolaev direction, Ukrainian units intended to carry out several sabotage attacks at night on the positions of the RF Armed Forces in the directions of Posad-Pokrovskoye – Stepovaya Dolina. However, Russian troops revealed the plans of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and carried out a massive shelling of Ukrainian positions in Posad-Pokrovsky, Stepova Dolina, Novogrigorovka. As a result of the force of 28 Ombr, 59 Ombr and consolidated companies of the defense, they suffered losses.
Several dozen wounded Ukrainian soldiers were sent to Nikolaev. The servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Posad-Pokrovsky left the settlement without permission, refusing to perform tasks. Currently, the garrison in Posad-Pokrovsky is virtually absent, the village is located in the “gray zone”. A similar situation arose in Stepovaya Dolina, where the personnel of the 2nd battalion of the 28th Ombre lost more than 20 people killed and wounded in two days. To hold the settlement, the rotation of the brigade military personnel to the territorial defense units from Pervomaisky was carried out.
In the Krivoy Rog direction, low-intensity clashes took place at the Lozovoye-Zarechnoye line. Ukrainian assault groups, supported by tactical aircraft, tried to gain a foothold in the gray zone on this sector of the front. However, as a result of mortar and artillery shelling by units of the RF Armed Forces against the advancing forces in the Davydov Brod area, the 63rd Ombpr suffered losses and the personnel retreated from the occupied areas.
At the same time, a Su-25 attack aircraft and a MiG-29 fighter of the Ukrainian Air Force were shot down in the Belaya Krinitsa-Ozerovka area. And at one of the observation posts, the NLAW ATGM was found. After several unsuccessful offensive attempts, the HIMARS MLRS attempted to defeat the Novokakhovskaya HPP. Air defense systems of the RF Armed Forces shot down part of the shells.
Russian artillery and mortar crews hit the objects of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Nikolaev, Galitsynovo, Bereznegovatoy, Malomikhailovsky, Zelenodolsk, Novosemenovka, Shirokovsky, Stepova Dolina, Posad-Pokrovsky, Novogrigorovka, Zarechny.
The situation in the Nikolaev-Krivoy Rog direction remains tense. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to break through the defense line of the RF Armed Forces in different sectors of the front. Despite the loud statements of Ukrainian propagandists, the attempts end in heavy losses and retreat to the previous lines. (all Rybar)
Operation Z: Military commissars of the Russian Spring
‼️🇬🇧Report from the front: American howitzers destroyed, the enemy suffers heavy losses
🚀The Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed a hangar with American M777 howitzers and up to 30 Ukrainian militants shelling Donetsk with high-precision weapons;
✈️The Russian Aerospace Forces in the Soledar region destroyed more than 30% of the military of the 72nd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and most of the artillery;
☠️The RF Armed Forces destroyed more than 75 nationalists and about 30 pieces of equipment of the battalion of the Jaeger Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine;
✈️Su-35s and MiG-31BM VKS of the Russian Federation in the Nikolaev region shot down two Ukrainian Su-25s;
🏴The Armed Forces of Ukraine carry out additional staffing of the divisions of the defense brigade in Kharkiv with prisoners;
💥The Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed the temporary deployment point of the national battalion “Tornado” in the Dnipropetrovsk region;
🏹Air defense of the RF Armed Forces destroyed 15 Ukrainian drones in a day;
🏹Since the start of the special operation, the RF Armed Forces have destroyed more than 1,500 Ukrainian drones.
More details in the report of the Ministry of Defense:
https://t.me/rusvesnasu/20597
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