Russia-Ukraine SITREP for 31 AUG 2023 23:59* - Now With 100% More Subject Line (Patreon)

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This is Report 483, which is 58 pages and a full report.

What's the big story? Ukraine has breached a 1,000-meter stretch of the second echelon of the Surovikin Line, expanding the gap at Verbove.  

What's the second story? Kyiv goes on the offensive against journalists and "experts," who don't really know what they are writing about, and we're here for it.

Did we mention the podcast restarts on September 6? 

Summary

•  Russian forces are attacking in the direction of Novojehorivka with a battalion supported by tanks
•  Artillery duels continued in the Serebryanskyy Woods and near Dibrova
•  Russian forces continued attempts to advance on Bilohorivka
•  Russian forces continued attempts to advance in the direction of Bohdanivka
•  Fighting continues in Klishchiivka, Andriivka, and Kurdyumivka
•  Russian forces attempted to counterattack from Ozarianivka
•  Multiple sources reported there was more intense fighting in Marinka
•  Partisans in Mariupol attacked a Russian base
•  Intense fighting continued near Robotyne and on the western edge of Verbove
•  Ukrainian explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) engineers removed five antipersonnel mines on the route used by International Atomic Energy Inspectors (IAEA) to cross into free Ukraine at Kamyanske
•  Russian officials claim they shot down a Ukrainian drone in the Moscow, Bryansk, and Kursk regions
•  Ukrainian released a video showing how their cardboard drones are armed with a fragmentation warhead
•  Russia and Belarus conducted a joint readiness exercise for the release of nuclear weapons, and it didn’t go well
•  There are reports that the Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Oleskii Reznikov, will be replaced as early as next week
•  The Ukrainian Foreign Minister, Dmytro Kuleba, sharply criticized the commentariat who are complaining about the perceived slow progress of the Ukrainian offensive 
•  The head of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) of Ukraine, Oleksii Danilov, dismissed a recent New York Times story claiming Ukraine has suffered over 70,000 killed in action
•  The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) reported that since February 24, 2022, over 2,000 traitors and 300 Russian collaborators have been exposed
•  The 93rd Mechanized Infantry Brigade of Ukraine has been reconstituted and rearmed after months of intense training
•  Ukrainian is standardizing its artillery and mortar systems around platforms from five nations
•  British company BAE announced that it will start building L-119 and M-777 artillery systems and CV-90 infantry fighting vehicles (IFV) in Ukraine
•  The Netherlands provided a military aid package to Ukraine and humanitarian aid from Serbia
•  President Zelenskyy said that the Ukrainian Air Forces needs 160 F-16s to establish air dominance
•  The United States is purchasing. AMRAAM air-to-air missiles for Ukraine
•  The United States announced the first ten M1A1 Abrams main battle tanks (MBTs) will arrive in Ukraine by mid-September
•  Ukraine has deployed 25 Chabla remote-controlled gun turrets to the front lines
•  Private Military Company Wagner Group’s military leader, Dmitry Utkin, was buried with military honors
•  Russia has removed its S-300 air defense systems from the disputed Kuril Islands in the Far East
•  Andrey Kurshin, the administrator of the Russian Telegram channel Moscow Calling, was arrested for spreading “fakes” about the Russian Federation Armed Forces
•  It is reported that Russian milblogger Romanov Light is wanted by the Russian Military Counterintelligence Directorate (VKR) for discrediting the Russian Federation Armed Forces
•  British Minister of Defense Ben Wallace resigned and has been replaced by Grant Shepps
•  The United States has deployed 50 nuclear-capable F-35 multirole fighters to the United Kingdom 
•  The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Türkiye, Hakan Fidan, called for the re-establishment of the Black Sea Grain Initiative while visiting Moscow
•  Minister of Energy of Russia, Nikolay Shulginov, said he would address the skyrocketing cost of diesel fuel and growing shortages
•  Russia's state-controlled energy company, Gazprom, has become unprofitable for the third time in its history as operating costs increase and demand shrinks

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