Rybarin Svatoven / Starobilskin suuntaa käsittelevän ketjun käännös:
Situation in the Starobilsk Direction As of 21:00 Kyiv Time on October 8, 2022
On the Kupiansk sector, units of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd battalions of the AFU 14th Mechanized Brigade are attacking with several assault groups against Russian positions to the west of Tavilzhanka and south of Olshany.
Russian cannon and rocket artillery, supported by spotting UAVs, conduct mass bombardment of advancing forces of the AFU 14th Brigade. Ukrainian units are unable to fortify themselves on the outskirts of settlements under Russian fire.
In the area of Dvorichne, to counteract Russian UAVs, a radio-electronic warfare station has been deployed.
Sabotage groups from the AFU 92nd Brigade are attempting to break through the Orlianske-Yahidne line. They are supported by units of M777 howitzers, with targeting performed by quadcopters.
On the Svatove sector AFU continue gathering personnel to attack Svatove and Kreminna. According to some sources, more than 10,000 men are concentrated in this area.
In the areas around Novoplatonivka, Kirovsk and Lyman, several battalions of foreign fighters have been deployed, including Americans, British, Polish, Arabs and French.
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Ketjun kommenteissa oli tämä, lisään sen ns. huomioksi:
Rybar no longer a credible source since Oct. 5th Kremlin shakedown of Russian milbloggers. Several battalions = thousands of foreign fighters. Boldface lie here.
Henkilökohtaisesti aion jatkaa Rybarin karttojen ja tilannekatsausten lukemista, mutta olen sodan alusta asti pitänyt mielessä että venäläisenä näissä voi olla mukana paitsi kaunistelua niin myös suoraa valehtelua tai Kremlin propagandaa. Useiden lähteiden vertailu toisiinsa on viisasta, kuten aina (vaikka kaikki ollaankin hyvin rajallisten tietojen varassa ja toisinaan Ukrainan hyvin tiukka OPSEC estää saamasta ajantasaista tietoa - mikä on hyvin ymmärrettävää sekin).