Perdite dell’esercito russo al 28.8.2024

Every time a russian aircraft is eliminated is a good day for Europe, Slava Ukraini!

Hey bot, what does Russian leadership do when Ukraine takes away their military toys?

Low numbers on tanks, IFVs, arty, but love to see that aircraft.

Russia’s most combat-capable troops are currently sustaining Russian advances towards Pokrovsk, and Russia’s offensive operations are emblematic of the wider Russian theory of victory in Ukraine, premised on seemingly indefinite grinding tactical advances. Russia’s continuous and complete prioritization of the Pokrovsk direction will likely impact Russia’s overall combat capabilities in Ukraine in the aftermath of any Pokrovsk scenario, especially as the Kremlin tries to balance gains in Pokrovsk with defending against the Ukrainian incursion into Kursk Oblast. Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi stated during a press conference on August 27 that one of Ukraine’s main goals in launching the Kursk incursion was to divert Russian forces from critical areas of the front, and that Russia anticipated this goal and is instead concentrating its main efforts and strengthening its presence in the Pokrovsk direction.[8] Syrskyi also reported that Russia has redeployed over 30,000 troops from other unspecified sectors of the frontline in Ukraine to Kursk Oblast and forecasted that this number will continue to grow while noting that Russia is simultaneously intensifying its efforts in the Pokrovsk direction. Syrskyi’s observations cohere with ISW’s current assessment that the Russian military command continues to prioritize the Pokrovsk front over pushing Ukrainian forces from Kursk Oblast. ISW has previously noted that ISW has not observed evidence of Russia redeploying units currently engaged near Pokrovsk to Kursk Oblast but has observed evidence of Russia instead deploying reserve units and units from non-critical sectors of the front, which likely accounts for the bulk of the 30,000 troops redeployed to Kursk Oblast that Syrskyi noted.[9] Syrskyi’s statements suggest that the Russian military command remains unwilling to redeploy troops currently fighting near Pokrovsk and will continue to prioritize using these relatively more combat-capable troops to secure tactical gains and maintain the initiative in Donetsk Oblast. The apparent continued Russian prioritization of territorial gains near Pokrovsk is consistent with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s articulated theory of victory in Ukraine, which assumes that Russian forces maintain the initiative and pursue a constant grinding war of attrition to outlast Ukraine and Ukraine’s partners.

Yesterday, the activity of Russian army attacks on the fronts did not decrease.

– In the Kursk region, the Ukrainian army continues its quiet pressure but seems to avoid directly attacking larger settlements and gradually improves its positions.

– In the direction of Kharkiv, Russian army attacks were not active. Forces from this direction have been redeployed to fight in the Kursk region.

– Very active offensive efforts continued in the direction of Kupiansk and Lymansky, but without results. The intensity of battles on the Siversk direction has slightly increased. Official Russian reports of troop advancements have not been confirmed at least initially.
In the area around Bakhmut, the pace of Russian army attacks has decreased, and there are no changes in the situation.

– Constant attacks by the Russian army continue in the direction of Toretske. Russian blogs report advancements by the attackers, but there is no clear confirmation of this. Ukrainian forces are retreating from a settlement named New York.

– On the Pokrovsk direction, the Russian army has managed to maintain the intensity of attacks and has achieved minor advancements at several points on this front yesterday. The President of Ukraine announced yesterday that this sector is planned to be reinforced with more troops. Continuous attacks are ongoing in the west and southwest directions from Donetsk. Russian units have been most active in the south towards Vuhledar, where Ukrainian forces are experiencing difficulties in holding their positions.

– On the southern front, Russian units were passive. A few attacks were conducted on Ukrainian positions on the eastern bank of the Dnieper, but these were unsuccessful.