The Russia-Ukraine War Report

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Russia-Ukraine War Update for August 15, 2022 Aug 15, 2022

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Thank you for listening to the listener-supported podcast Malcontent News Russia Ukraine War Update with your host Linnea Hubbard. Today's update covers:

Renewed fighting in northeast Donetsk
Ukraine crosses the Siverkyi Donets and is fighting to take back territory near Lyman
Wagner Group HQ hit by HIMARS after operational security fail
Fighting for control of Bakhmut and Soledar
Russian offensive west of Donetsk is fizzling out as Ukraine clings to Pisky
Insurgent activity in Melitopol
Fighting near Udy, north of Kharkiv
Another settlement south of Izyum is fully liberated
It's eerie quiet in Kherson
Mykolaiv missile attacks restart
Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant crisis continues
Border skirmish near Sumy
Slovakia hasn't given Ukraine its Mig-29s - yet *wink*
Russia buying Iranian drones
The first ship with Ukrainian wheat heads to Africa
The ESA says no thanks to Roscosmos
Russian citizens travel to Estonia to protest how they can't travel...to...Estonia???
Aeroflot breaking apart planes to keep 'em flyin'

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Russia-Ukraine War Week in Review Aug 14, 2022

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Our Chief Content Officer, David Obelcz, recaps the last week's event in Ukraine. Today's podcast covers:

August 6 to 14 - a week in a review
How can Ukraine respond to Russian tactics
Kherson is cut off, now what
The terrorist organization The Imperial Legion, its connections to PMC Wagner Group and the United States
Russia's move to a war economy

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Russia-Ukraine War Update for August 13, 2022 Aug 13, 2022

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Today's podcast dives deep into the situation in Luhansk oblast and a mystery of two settlements and their role in the war. We also discuss the situation south of Izyum and explain why we made significant changes to our war map. We're still not ready to call the Ukrainian advance a counteroffensive, but...
We have Steven Segal again, and a violent attack by a kangaroo caught on camera.

Strange things are happening along the Luhansk administrative border
PMC Wagner Group suffers huge losses in Soledar and is moving out
Russians destroy Pisky in a bid to capture the village at all costs
Igor "Girkin" Strelkov calls for executions - of the Russian government
Ukraine gains fire control over a critical Russian supply line in Izyum
Where is Sherwood Forest, and why do the Russians fear it?
The last bridge to Kherson is gone - now what?
Amnesty International tries to save face in Zaporizhzhia
Will the commander of the Black Sea Fleet be dismissed?
What happened at Zyabrovka airfield in Belarus - now we know
Kangaroo causes an international incident
Stephen Segal makes an important announcement
Russia asks for an apology from Meta company Instagram

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Russia-Ukraine War Update for August 12, 2022 Aug 12, 2022

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Today's podcast dives deep into the situation at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. We explain what happened at the UN, why the situation is dangerous, what the Geneva Convention has to say about fighting for control of nuclear power plants, and why Russia's motivation for controlling the plant goes beyond national pride. Other topics include:

Northeast Donetsk
Bakhmut update
Russian forces channel World War II Gen. Zhukov in Pisky
Fighting for Avdiivka and Marinka update
Izyum update - Ukraine liberates Dovhenke as an advance on Izyum continues
Czech hedgehogs and mass arrests, awaiting the counteroffensive in Kherson
What caused the explosions at Zyabrovka airfield in Belarus?
More aid to Ukraine after Ramstein V
President Zelenskyy tells politicians and generals to STFU
Russia is a terrorist state - in Latvia
Russian state media threatens to go nuclear - again
Russian state media rushes to defend Donald Trump?
Economic roundup

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Russia-Ukraine War Update for August 11, 2022 Aug 11, 2022

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It was an extremely busy news day, and there was a lot of information to cover. Today's update features:

Errors and omissions
Russia attempts advances along the Luhansk administrative border
Fighting for Soledar, Bakhmut, and the Svitlodarsk bulge continue
Donetsk People's Republic separatists can't advance on Avdiivka, Pisky, and Marinka
Donetsk Brewery shelled, causing an ammonia leak and evacuations in Donetsk city
Insurgent activity increases in Melitopol
Explosions reported in Russia-controlled Chonhar, gateway to Crimea
Will the Ukrainian counteroffensive start in Zaporizhia instead of Kherson
Russia strikes Ukrainian positions northwest and north of Kharkiv
Russia's grip on Izyum is slipping
Kahkovsky Bridge in Russia-controlled Nova Kakhovka damaged in an attack
Darivka bridge reopens
Insurgent activity in Kherson
Russia captures Barvinok
Ukraine destroys Russian command posts
Why is Ukraine losing territory northwest of Kherson
Sumy and Chernihiv oblasts under fire
Saky naval airbase heavily damaged in "accident" causes Kremlin to flail as it attempts to manage the story
Germany transfers more weapons to Ukraine
United Kingdom sending more GMLRS launchers
Ramstein V working group meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark
Explosions in Belarus
Fire at military barracks in Russia
Ukraine Su-24 taking back the skies with HARM missiles
Russia accused of beheading Ukrainian POW
Civilians targeted in Bakhmut, Staryi Saltiv, and Nikopol
More fallout from Amnesty International Ukraine report
G7 and EU demand Russia leave the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant
Russia uses psychological operations in the occupied territories
Russian TV journalist Marina Ovsyannikova arrested and facing 15 years in prison
City workers go on strike in Russian-occupied Mariupol
Donetsk People's Republic minister sentenced to 3-1/2 years in a Russian penal colony
25% of British citizens hosting Ukrainian refugees don't want to continue
China calls the United States the "instigator" in Ukraine
Actor Steven Segal should have never quit his day job
Ukraine gets a two-year reprieve on foreign debt payments
Dispute over

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Russia-Ukraine War Update for August 10, 2022 Aug 10, 2022

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Today's update features:

Explosion at Saky Airbase in Crimea raises many questions
13 civilians killed in Marivka
Ukraine makes multiple airstrikes deep into Russian-controlled territory
NATO-provided AGM-88 HARM missiles have "harmed" Russian air defenses
Soledar-Bakhmut update
Donetsk People's Republic 1st Army Corps becoming combat ineffective
Why the Avdiivka offensive will fail
Fighting restarts on the Kharkiv-Russian border
A Russian motor infantry platoon takes heavy losses due to poor training and low morale
Russian cruise missiles shot down
United Kindom and France pledge unwavering support to Ukraine
Oil prices stablize

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Russia-Ukraine War Update for August 9, 2022 Aug 09, 2022

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Today's update features:

Military losses of Russia and Ukraine analyzed
PMC Wagner Group actively recruiting prison convicts
Forced conscription in occupied Luhansk is crippling coal mines
Russian troops doing some probing on the Luhansk-Donetsk administrative border
No changes near Soledar and Bakhmut
Has the Russian offensive west of Donetsk city fizzled out
Russia keeps targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure in Kharkiv
Antonovsky Bridge damage assessed
What is Operational Security, and why is OPSEC important
Ammo depot in Novooleksiivka destroyed - 150 km from the line of conflict
The United States provides another $1 billion in arms to Ukraine
Why yes, Ukraine does have AGM-88 HARM missiles, and the Mig-29 can launch them too
Special forces from Canada operating inside of Ukraine
Show trials loom in Mariupol
South Africa feels bullied by the West when it comes to Ukraine and Russia
The first grain shipment from Ukraine is rejected
Russia and Ukraine sign an agreement establishing a Marine Humanitarian Corridor

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Russia-Ukraine War Update for August 8, 2022 Aug 08, 2022

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Today's update features:

Russia struggles to form new military units
Mud season and winter is coming
Ukraine learns a hard lesson in Lysychansk
Global tension is high as nuclear accident danger rises at Zaporizhzhia NPP
Russia restarts attacks on the Luhansk administrative border
The progress of Russian proxy forces near Bakhmut has slowed
Ukraine stabilizes the situation west of Donetsk
Ukraine strikes warehouses, barracks, and bridges deep in Russian-controlled territory
Russian VDV enters the fight north of Kherson
Ukraine widens the Inhulets River bridgehead, a little
Has Ukraine launched a counteroffensive south of Izyum
Russia uses Kinzhal hypersonic missiles on Ukrainian air bases
Russia launches a heavy cross-border attack on Seredyna-Buda in Sumy
16 Russian generals have been KIA or fired since February 24
Did the United States transfer AGM-88 missiles to Ukraine
Amnesty International says, "we're sorry"
The destruction of the Svyato-Iverskoho Zhinochyy Monastery
Another 161,000 tonnes of corn, sunflower oil, and meal leaves Odesa