Summary of the daily livestream with Aleksey Arestovych, kindly brought to you by Atis:ย @savaadaak
English voice-over video byย Privateer Station:
Original video in Russian:
Battlefield update:
Sumy, Chernihiv:
๐ท๐บ restarted shelling, after a pause of several weeks.
Kharkiv:
๐ท๐บ started bombing with Iskander missiles, small tactical actions. There are wounded and killed. Near Balakliia, after ๐บ๐ฆ advances ๐ท๐บ attempted a counter-attack, but did not succeed.
Izium:
Ukrainian Kulchytsky battalion put up a flag in the ๐บ๐ฆ-controlled part of Sviatohirsk, which was already reportedly captured by ๐ท๐บ more than month ago.
Siversk:
Similar unsuccessful ๐ท๐บ attempts to advance near Siversky Donets river. More concentrated attempts from Spirne to Vyimka, also without success.
Bakhmut:
Concentration of ๐ท๐บ forces in this area with an objective to reach M-03 crossroads, Krasna Hora and Zaitseve, then encircle.
Avdiivka:
๐ท๐บ trying to encircle from Vesele/Krasnohorivka, advances couple hundreds of metres in grey zone, without pushing ๐บ๐ฆ back. ๐ท๐บ has returned to traditional method of local artillery concentration, failed due to timely ๐บ๐ฆ artillery involvement. Near Pisky ๐ท๐บ attempts from 3 sides, no progress, ๐บ๐ฆ infantry holding. At Marinka: failed ๐ท๐บ attack
Vuhledar:
๐ท๐บ attempting counter-attack on Pavlivka.
Zaporozhye:
Shelling of the Zaporizhye nuclear reactor is a provocation by Russia.
Kherson:
๐บ๐ฆ aviation working in unexpectedly large groups (4-5 pairs of aircraft), multiple sorties during daylight, some to the east coast of Dnipro river. There haven’t been such large air-raids in this war. Either ๐ท๐บ doesn’t have any working air-defense, or it’s very limited. This was objective in last 2 weeks, with multiple hits on air-defences and ammo warehouses. Aviation has larger firepower than artillery, if this keeps happening for several days, it’s not a good outlook for ๐ท๐บ. ๐บ๐ฆ hits on Beryslav, Nova Kahovka, Kahovka, Oleshky, Chornobaivka.
Information, that ๐ท๐บ considering to speed up Kherson referendum, before or near ๐บ๐ฆ independence day [August 24], but ๐บ๐ฆ will disrupt that too.
Kharkiv, Mykolaiv, Nikopol:
Continued systematic bombing, indiscriminately at civilian objects, many wounded and killed every day.
Volodymyr Saldo:
Rumours of ๐ท๐บ collaborator Saldo being in medical coma, relocated to Crimea. Update later in stream – Saldo got poisoned with non-fresh alcohol. That will keep happening until Kherson is liberated.
Stealing in occupied territories:
๐ท๐บ minister of agriculture Dmitry Patrushev is involved in ๐ท๐บ stolen grain deals, his father Nikolai Patrushev is secretary of ๐ท๐บ Security council, and previously director of FSB, belonging to Putin’s inner circles. There are gang wars between ๐ท๐บ officials for stealing harvesters and other equipment.
๐ท๐บ ships:
2 separate videos, white smoke from diesel engine exhaust. ๐บ๐ฆ would report hitting or sinking, if it was its operation.
๐น๐ท Erdogan met Putin:
Drones weren’t discussed. No change of ๐น๐ท politics. Erdogan is working for ๐น๐ท interests in the region, there have been military clashes, and if necessary he could hit ๐ท๐บ aircraft tomorrow. Erdogan is not going to bend to Putin, he is going to exploit, as much as ๐ท๐บ allows.
Nuclear threats:
๐จ๐ณ China calls for nuclear no-use deal. ๐ท๐บ delegation in ๐บ๐ณ UN claims that use of nuclear weapons in ๐บ๐ฆ is not in their doctrine. ๐ท๐บ desperately wants cease-fire and peace talks, thus provocation in Enerhodar Nuclear power plant, conveniently when Nuclear forum is ongoing.
Visas for ๐ท๐บ citizens:
๐ฑ๐ป Latvia stopped issuing visas to ๐ท๐บ citizens, except for funerals of close relatives. Similar proposals in ๐ง๐ฌ Bulgaria, ๐ช๐ชEstonia and ๐ซ๐ฎFinland.
Everyone who really wanted to escape, had 6 months to do so. Problem is, that governments and border guards can’t check – who is a good Russian, and who isn’t, it’s impossible to verify everyone. It’s an attempt to fight infiltration, create isolation, increase social pressure on Putin, and force ๐ท๐บ society to take collective responsibility. It’s a needed to break trend of war approval.
War approval:
๐ท๐บ is significantly afraid of any ๐บ๐ฆ success, which would be a threat to ๐ท๐บ war approval trend. That’s why ๐ท๐บ needs to advance, even if it’s 100 meters with huge losses, to keep the trend of being victorious and advancing. If they switch to defence, they will sooner or later lose. There was already huge backlash for retreating from Snake island. Even signing peace deal, which is humiliating, would be better perceived, than ๐บ๐ฆ success. It’s time to do counter-offensive.