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Military summary 27 March 2025

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UKRAINIAN PROPAGANDA NOW SAYS THAT THE FAILED SUMMER OFFENSIVE WAS ACTUALLY A PSY-OP ALLOWING UAF TO GAIN STRENGTH

According to a propaganda video released by the Ukrainian authorities suggests that this summer's Ukrainian Offensive was actually a psychological operation and that the real Ukrainian offensive has yet to start.

The video claims that Russian Forces fell for this maneuver, however it does not explain the tens of thousands of Ukrainian soldiers who were killed as part of the offensive.

"The war is fought not only on the ground and in the air, but also in minds," the video claims at its start.

"Ukrainian psychological operations will be analyzed in the future in textbooks. One of the most successful is the 'counteroffensive'," the video claims.

"For several months we deceived the enemy, claiming that we were leading a large-scale operation."

This stunning claim comes as Russian Forces begin to go on the offensive, as many Ukrainian reserve battalions have been decimated by months of heavy fighting in the Zaporizhzhia, South Donetsk, Donetsk, and Kherson areas of eastern Ukraine.

The video claims that while Russian Forces were busy engaging with this false "large-scale ground operation," Ukrainian Forces were in fact biding their time and gaining strength while preparing for real assault.

"For several months, the Russians tend to the most powerful of psychological attacks while our troops gain strength and get stronger for the real counteroffensive."

As per the video, no explanation is forthcoming for the estimated 80'000 Ukrainian soldiers killed or severely wounded in this summer's offensive, nor does the video explain where the manpower and equipment that burned in the "false" summer offensive came from or how it will be replaced.

Or perhaps the video's authors believe that all the burning equipment the entire world saw was in fact part of this psy-op, and Ukrainian Military manpower and equipment is still somehow intact.

One can only assume the video's authors think the viewer has not seen such videos and news, or that the viewer writes off such news as "Russian propaganda."

We will wait eagerly for real Ukrainian offensive to begin!

(video subtitles may not be fantastic, I'm subtitling these videos myself)

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🇺🇦🇺🇸🇷🇺 "PEOPLE ARE STEALING LIKE THERE'S NO TOMORROW": UKRAINIAN CORRUPTION OUT OF CONTROL ACCORDING TO AIDS OF ZEKENSKY SPEAKING TO TIME MAGAZINE

According to a report written for Time Magazine, corruption under Ukrainian President Vlodomyr Zelensky has gotten out of control, with aids to the Ukrainian President telling Time Magazine that "people are stealing like there's no tomorrow."

According to the article:

Even the firing of the Defense Minister did not make officials "feel any fear," he adds because the purge took too long to materialize. The President was warned in February that corruption had grown rife inside the ministry, but he dithered for more than six months, giving his allies multiple chances to deal with the problems quietly or explain them away.

By the time he acted ahead of his US visit, "it was too late," says another senior Presidential advisor. Ukraine's Western allies were already aware of the scandal by then. Soldiers on the front had begun making off-color jokes about "Reznikov's eggs," a new metaphor for corruption. "The reputational damage was done," says the advisor.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦 UPDATE ON THE RUSSO-UKRAINIAN WAR: DAY 619

Ukrainian Forces launched a large, combined missile strike on Kerch and Berdyansk.

• Four SU-24M Bombers from Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia launched a combined 8 Storm-shadow and SCALP missiles targeting Crimea

• At the same time, in an effort to overwhelm air defenses of the Russian Federation, MiG-29s and SU-27 bombers belonging to the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired HARM anti-radar missiles along with AGM-160 MALD decoys

• After which, two MiG-31BM fighter jets took off to intercept from Balbek, however the Ukrainian Armed Forces launched a diversionary strike targeting Cape Tarkhankut using a Neptune anti-ship missile which was intercepted by one of the MiGs.

• At the same time, 8 Storm-shadow cruise missiles were launched by Ukrainian Forces in Dneprorudnoye and Polohy towards the Sea of Azov where an S-400 air defense system and a Pantsir-S1 intercepted.

• Soon after, 3 more Storm-shadows were launched and successfully intercepted over Berdyansk.

No casualties were reported as a result of this massive attempted missile strike. None of the missiles reached their targets.

Russian Forces, who for their part seemed aware of the strikes before they came, launched their own retaliation strike on the airfield (it is unclear if Russian Forces struck while Ukrainian assets were in the air or if the strike came after the Ukrainian operation) in Dnipro using 10 missiles including Iscandar and Tornado-S missiles, the exact composition of the strike is unclear or if Geran-2 drones were involved as well. Secondary detonations were reported after the strikes on the airfield.

In the Kherson direction:

In the village of Krynky, Russian Forces were heavily bombing Ukrainian positions as they attempt to dig in deeper on their strongest foothold in this area.

According to the Russian Ministry of Defense [MoD] the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost 60 personnel in this area, along with 6 armored vehicles and 1 artillery system. According to the Russian MoD, Ukrainian Forces launched an offensive operation from their foothold in Krynky, though attack was repelled. This comes after yesterday's ambush of a Russian recognizance unit exiting the village, destroying the unit. Ukrainian Forces now have control over the entirety of the central part of the village with forward positions in the forest line south of Krynky.

To the west of Krynky, Russian Forces were heavily bombing and shelling Ukrainian accumulations of manpower and equipment in Kozatske, Baryslav, and Novobaryslav, with video evidence showing massive explosions as a result of strikes on these villages. At least four large missile strikes were recorded on this territory.

In Tendra Spit, Ukrainian Forces effectively used a Bayraktar TB-2 drone to aim HIMARS missiles at Russian Forces in this area, landing successful strikes on Russian positions.

In the Zaporizhzhia direction:

As a result of a Russian Iscandar missile strike on the accumulation of high ranking Ukrainian officers and commanders as part of the 128th Mountain Assault Brigade in the village of Zerichne, a large number of those high ranking officers were killed. According to reports from Russian Forces, the officers' cell phones gave away their positions which then targeted by Russian Forces.

In Robotyne, Russian Forces as part of the unit BOBP were using FPV drones to target Ukrainian positions in the central/eastern part of the village, as well as the southern area of Robotyne, while a separate unit from the Verbove area struck Ukrainian forward positions west of the village also using FPV and Lancet drones.

The initial FPV drone strikes by Russian Forces in Robotyne resulted in the Ukrainian Forces in this area sending an evacuation team to transport injured soldiers north out of the village to be treated.However, Russian Forces were aware of the evacuation attempt and while Ukrainian Forces were evacuating in an armored personnel carrier, the carrier was targeted in a series of strikes, destroying the armor and manpower both.

In the Urazhainoye area:

Russian Forces continued broadening their zone of control and pushing east towards Staromaiorske from their salient west of the village, capturing more territory in their operations to cut through the fields and assault the road between Rivnopil to the northwest and Staromaiorske, part of an effort to regain control over territories lost in the Great Ukrainian Counteroffensive of 2023.

Ever since offensive operations by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in this area have ceased, the Marine assault brigades that had been stationed throughout the territory here have since been moved towards the Kherson direction where they win to take advantage of the footholds in that region.

In the Avdiivka direction:

Russian Forces continue heavily bombing and shelling Ukrainian fortified positions throughout the city and on its northern and southern flanks as well using a wide variety of munitions. KA-52 Attack Helicopters were launching rockets towards Avdiivka with seeming impunity as Ukrainian air defenses seem non-existent in this region.

Meanwhile Ukrainian Forces published more videos illustrating their numerical strength and fortified positions in Avdiivka, confident in their ability to defend the city from outright assault.

West of Kransohorivka, Ukrainian Forces were using FPV Drones to destroy Russian de-mining equipment and armor in this area, successfully striking at least three Russian armored vehicles to the west and southwest of the village. While the loss will make Russian offensive operations in this area more difficult, it is unlikely to slow their advance as their logistical supply chains are far more fluid than Ukrainian ones for obvious reasons.

In the Kupiansk direction:

According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Ukrainian Forces lost 210 soldiers in the Kupiansk direction and another 100 in the Lyman area.

Russian Forces also said they've destroyed all the bridges crossing the Oskol River in this area, severely weakening Ukrainian logistics in the northern territory.

In Western Ukraine:

More information was released on the powerful strike Russian Forces launched yesterday on the Ukrainian Forces training center to the northwest of Lviv. According to video evidence, the destruction of the training center was complete, with zero evidence that any structures survived the attack.