I’ll get to the tactical stuff very soon, it’s a WARGASMIC FEAST for all my lunatics.
Yes, the German Leopard tanks are in action, en masse, RIGHT NOW. First German tanks in the given area, since 1943.
I’ve just seen an entire column of intact ones, but as here (below) I’m only showing you (and will continue to show you) what’s been definitely lost, well, it’s hard to make out the model of a burning or fully blasted-out tank. So, we’ll just have to wait on that.
Things are moving FAST, so, please check back to this post for any “updates” (which I may add to the yellow-highlighted blocks, below, just before the Admiral Ackbar clip.)
Please do make sure to read to the bottom. I can’t beat “They’re coming out of the sewers!!!“, from my last post, but I found another, riotous video for you, also courtesy of the Ukrainian psy-ops command. This one is a diamond.
CORRECTION AND UPDATE TO LAST POST: Contrary to what I wrote, Russia did not fully evacuate all potential Kherson flood victims in advance; evidently it underestimated the scope of what everyone figured may be coming. In the town of Alyoshki alone, about 5000 citizens had to be evacuated in a hurry. In other news, I have three different videos of land mines being washed out and blowing up in the river or along the new shoreline. This is a catastrophe; there are now unknown square kilometers of minefields that have been washed out, this stuff could be ANYWHERE, to include, in flooded communities, “waiting” for the residents to return. All the way south to the sea, no one will be able to go fishing or walk along most of the riverbank for YEARS. As to “who did it”, the answer is simple. Both sides were monitoring the dam continuously, yet neither is releasing video of the moment that it broke. Why? Obviously, because they both know there was no explosion. As strange as the “timing” may be, the dam simply failed, due to a combination of many tens of HIMARS strikes (from last year) and a high water level (this year.)
Moving on…..
(There will be NO ADMISSION of any “Big Counteroffensive” from these bull-shytters UNTIL/UNLESS they have some RESULTS. Until then, following their lead, no one in our MSM will “call it”. However, FWIW, CNN’s website had some inkling on Wednesday, which gave us a taste of the new “party line.” They’re saying it’s preparation and preparation and maybe looking like the early stages, blah blah. LOL.)
After the “relative” calm of Tuesday, on Wednesday the Ukraine resumed its broad offensive.
On Wednesday morning/daytime, across the south, Ukrainian forces reportedly equivalent to around three brigades attempted to advance, with inadequate artillery preparation and an apparent absence of major attack drone activity (no surprise if you’ve been reading Dreizin), at many points along a roughly 130km front, from Vremievka in the east, to almost the Kakhovskoe reservoir in the west, having largely no success.
Substantial assaults also took place on Wednesday against Klesh’eevka, southwest of Bock-moot, where one key Russian position was taken, as well as in the Avdeevka salient, with no success, and smaller attempted advances near Svatovo and Kremmenaia as well as Masiutovka in the north, all with no success.
Overnight Wednesday-Thursday and into the morning, a near-BRIGADE-sized, multi-wave assault, involving over 100 armored vehicles, preceded by substantial HIMARS launches against Russian trenches…..
…..(THE FIRST LARGE-SCALE USE OF HIMARS AGAINST FRONTLINE POSITIONS ***IN OVER SEVEN MONTHS***—HIMARS MISSILES ARE A ***SHORTAGE ITEM***—THIS IS IT, FOLKS—DON’T READ THEIR LIPS, WATCH WHAT THEY ***DO***—IF THEY SUCCEED HERE, AT LEAST FOUR BRIGADES WILL FOLLOW INTO THE BREACH)…..
…..was undertaken against the Russian line southeast of Orekhov, as per the Ukrainian battle plan which I published on May 8th.
It appears that Russian casualties are ALMOST ALL from the HIMARS, not so much from action involving Ukrainian fighting vehicles or infantry.
The situation is chaotic, with large numbers of confused or retreating Ukrainians from the night assault, meeting new Ukrainian forces being brought up in the morning. Ukrainian units have taken a few observation posts / high points within the general vicinity of the Russian first line, but overall the line is holding.
By the sound of it, an unusually large number of Ukrainian souls have flown away to Bandera, Melnyk, and Shukhevych.
Russian morale, preparation, and effectiveness appear to be VERY high. In fact, there is a sense of ELATION among those Telegram channel admins who are affiliated with some or other Russian unit or command, getting their news directly from officer friends at or near the front.
The latest credible word is that, as of Thursday morning, a large reserve of fixed-wing combat aircraft has been activated to pound, across the entire southern front, Ukrainian forces that are stuck more-or-less out in the open, i.e. having sallied forth but not succeeded in seizing and taking adequate cover in Russian entrenchments or Russian-held towns/villages (a potential repeat of the Kherson bloodbath of August 31st to early September 2022.)
Also overnight Wednesday-Thursday, another large attack took place south of Bock-moot, ending in a Ukrainian retreat. Likewise (more importantly), along the eastern edge of the Kakhovskoe reservoir, Zaporozhie—another attempt to slice towards Crimea, another failure.
Again, attacks were aimed at potential weak points in Russian defense lines, presumably as identified by U.S. and UK orbital groups in tandem with private imaging satellites.
(No question at all, high-ranking U.S. officers are in the “situation room” as I write this, in-person or at least virtually.)
On Wednesday (BEFORE the overnight action), Ukrainian total material losses (including abandoned gear sitting in no-man’s land), were very likely in excess of 30 armored vehicles, bringing likely total losses to over 80 armored vehicles since Sunday morning.
Additional, ***documented*** Ukrainian losses, since Sunday, include one fixed-wing combat aircraft of undetermined type (early Wednesday), one Su-25 attack jet and one Mi-24 helicopter (both mid-to-late Wednesday), at least one towed and five self-propelled cannon, and the destruction of the phased array antenna on a (German) Hensoldt TRML-4D radar truck, which had been assigned to an (German or Italian-donated) IRIS-T SLM air defense system.
(As a reminder, the Ukraine’s top general, Zaluzhny, is still out to lunch following his injury, and its chief of military intelligence, Kirill “we will kill Russians anywhere” Budanov, who used to give interviews literally almost every day, hasn’t been seen in well over a week, since Russia launched a targeted strike at his headquarters. I’m not saying he’s dead, but he’s either that, or on a hospital bed somewhere, or gone to ground.)
Some more footage of destruction of Ukrainian “assets” in Zaporozhie and other sectors, is below. I posted none of this stuff last time, it’s all new to you. Please note, with one exception here, “aftermath” documentation for the Wednesday-Thursday overnight and morning action is not yet available.
(Also please note, the Russian trench picture that I showed last time, was a joke, for anyone who didn’t get it. It’s from the “cinematic” preview to the “War Thunder” video game .)
Below, a Ukrainian assault group in disarray and taking damage from mines and artillery, near Novodonetskoe, on Sunday, although the video was released only on Wednesday.
Below, in video released on Wednesday, a Russian drone operator drops a grenade on one of a group of three abandoned Ukrainian armored vehicles near Avdeevka. Dropping grenades on the relatively weak top sides of abandoned armor, to ensure that it is not retrieved and used by the enemy, is a common practice. The fourth vehicle, at left (likely an M113), was already destroyed, likely by mortar or cannon fire.
Below, video taken from Russian attack helicopters. Not necessarily all of the targets are armored combat vehicles. The first video was released on Wednesday. Footage in the second video was taken on Monday but released on Tuesday. The third (very short) video, from Tuesday, shows the destruction of a U.S.-made MaxxPro MRAP. The fourth video is recent, I don’t know what day. The fifth video, said to be from the Ugledar area, was published on Thursday morning. The sixth (very short) video, shows the destruction of one non-tank, armored vehicle on Thursday morning, somewhere in Zaporozhie.
Below, a view of at least 10 destroyed or abandoned Ukrainian vehicles; video was taken after a failed renewed assault on Novodonetskoe on Wednesday. Although, some hardware may have been sitting there since before Wednesday. I can’t say that none of it was featured in other videos that I’ve shown you (I don’t know.)
Below, video of multiple damaged, destroyed, or abandoned Ukrainian military vehicles, taken from the Ukrainian side, location unknown. Video was published on Wednesday.
Below, video, made available on Wednesday, of two damaged and abandoned Ukrainian tanks, said to be from the Russian-Ukrainian border in the vicinity of the Russian village of Novaya Tavolzhanka, which had been attacked by several waves of infiltrators belonging to Russian fascist expat/opposition “groups” a.k.a. foreign volunteers organized under the command of the Ukraine’s military intelligence directorate. Ukrainian tanks in this area have been firing at one or more Russian border posts, to provide diversion/cover for the infiltrators. (However, what I just wrote is IMPOSSIBLE if you believe 29 year-old, over-promoted, mega peppy-sassy bullshyt artist Jennifer-iffic, a director at Washington, DC’s Institute for the Study of War, who told a ***nationwide audience*** of PBS/NPR viewers/listeners that these “groups” have only minimal contact with the Ukrainian state, being more like, you know, some hermit guys living in a cave or treehouse, somewhere (only God knows where) on Ukrainian territory.)
Below, in the vicinity of Bock-moot, destruction of a Ukrainian tank, and below that, also near Bock-moot, destruction of another tank followed by a view of an abandoned BTR-looking vehicle and what appears to be a destroyed M113 (the undamaged vehicle at the very end, is taking on wounded passengers.) Both videos were released on Wednesday.
Below, destruction of a Humvee by a small “FPV” suicide drone, sector unknown, video released on Tuesday.
Below, aftermath of the Thursday morning assault on the Russian line southeast of Orekhov. I don’t know what’s happening in the last photo; the tanks or other vehicles are bunched up so closely together, that I can only assume some (perhaps all) of them have been abandoned.



Below, since Sunday, serious damage to, or destruction of, Ukrainian artillery systems, namely two Polish Krab cannon, then two Soviet-era Gvozdika‘s, a Soviet-era Giatsynt-B, and a U.S. M777, and then, at the end, damage to the radar for the IRIS-T (you can see that the phased array antenna got lopped off completely.)
Not quite “They’re coming out of the sewers“… but, close
I can’t beat “They’re coming out of the sewers!!!”, from my last post. However, I found another, very silly video for you, again courtesy of the Ukraine’s psy-ops command. This one, again, is in the context of trying to panic the civilian population of Russian Belgorod. In what has to be one of the DUMBEST fakes the psy-ops command ever broadcast, a classic “1990s businessman type” Russian scuzzball, standing with his two comrades armed with shotguns or hunting rifles (LOL), announces that they, the (Belgorod border area) militia, are taking over, they’re now the government here, because Russian police and the armed forces have simply run away, which means, you should take your pistol or hunting rifle and join the militia, because local people have to stand up to the infiltrators coming across from the Ukraine. The dirtbag can barely keep his Ukrainian accent in check, it is hilarious. I’m not sure why they didn’t film it again, with his accent better suppressed. Maybe they’re starting to lose it? Over half of all Ukrainian citizens speak perfect, natural Russian, but I guess they just HAD to put this guy forward, he’s just so scuzzy, LOL.
In conclusion…..
I AM GIVING A SPECIAL SHOUT-OUT TO SENATOR MARCO RUBIO, WHO AGGRESSIVELY BOUGHT INTO THE “GHOST OF KIEV” AND ALL THE OTHER BULLSHYT. HOW SMART ARE THESE POLITICIANS, REALLY?
Fortunately…..
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Are you implying that little Marco is…….stupid? From what I’ve seen of the diminutive Florida Senator you are being strangely kind.
Thanks for the updates Dreizin Team, I’m on Telegram and the place is literally going bananas with updates and there is really a sense of almost glee, that they are stopping the Ukrainians best shot. Like you said, things are moving very fast, take a break, get back in when the fog of war starts clearing, enjoy the weekend!!
I feel bad for all those Ukies driving their targets around. Its like being at the rifle range and you have to stand behind the target you are holding.
When I joined the Corp at the end of the Viet Nam war, I was sent to the 3rtd Mar Div on Okinawa. from Boot to infantry training school to the fleet marine force we trained nothing but small unit patrol in the Jungle. We walked everywhere except an occasional ride in a chopper or 6 by. Now the first rule of combat is, if they can’t see you, they can’t hurt you. It was very easy for a grunt to get small and invisible in the bush.
Then in ’77, the Corp was given the southern and northern flanks of NATO. Now I was in the Mohave Desert, in the back of an amtrack. There was nothing for us to do but get bounced around in the back of these hot boxes as they drive around out in the open. when they stopped we got out and set up a perimeter. whoopty do. I did not like it. I learned then I do not want to be part of modern war. I’ll get out and walk please.
Those poor Ukrainian bastards.
Slightly off topic, but you mentioned that the Russian telegram channel owners many of us read (guess I’m not the only one reading “intel slava”) have a certain type of protégé- patron relationship with various Russian (or DPR army, Wagner etc.) field commanders , who apparently feed them with info. Meaning they are often offering the reader just a “view through a tunnel” but pretending as if they show the full panorama.
How common is this phenomenon withing the Russian writing telegram channels? Isn’t the Russian high command trying to fight this type of mentality? After all. It goes against their interest.
And what about the Ukranian side? Is it the same there?
all the videos do not open – Something went wrong and we’re unable to play the video. Please try again later.
Figures. Another genius who’s never given me a cent. Have you ever heard of refreshing your browser? Do that. It takes all of two seconds. Also, you can juggle your smartphone from wifi to cellular, or the other way, whichever mode it’s on. Do both. This is do-able.
Still doesn’t work, btw I’m using a laptop, not smartphone.
Then, use a different browser. Or, just use your smartphone. You have a smartphone. What’s the problem? You don’t need to call IT Support for this.
Question. Why do some of the munitions/warheads travel in a corkscrew pattern? Haven’t seen this before the start of the SMO. They seem a bit slower too but always on target.
My guess is that they corkscrew so they’re more difficult to take out.
My guess is that these are rockets being shot out of tubes. While inside the tubes the fins are compressed, i.e. folded down around or in the rocket body. Once they leave the tubes the fins pop out. This causes spin and possibly the somewhat irregular looking pattern.
the warheads run off a laser that it is corkscrewing around, if it went straight it would block the laser
Vikhr/Kornet/etc are not laser guided like bombs are, but laser beam riding, They have receiver on the back.
Corkscrew look is common for SACLOS ATGMs. Slow look is result of filming from the back. Russian helicopter-operated ATGMs are supersonic. Infantry operated ones go 200-300m/s (for reference, sound takes about 3 seconds for a kilometer).
Much obliged for this detailed update. (76-year old combat vet, 1968-1971)
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Combined arms…? Maybe the easiest way to explain it to some pundits on the Beltway is ice tea, an umbrella, and a breeze coming off the lake in combination. Just a tank is like being in the sun getting unsightly tan lines. Ukraine is going to need a cucumber facial after this.
I have a doubt, which I don’t know if it’s pertinent to this topic, it strikes me that these battles are being fought in what look like plantations/arable fields and the amount of artillery holes calls my attention what will happen to these fields? they are contaminated by heavy metals and can no longer be cultivated?
Hello. This isn’t the first war in this area. And, I’m not sure what heavy metals you’re referring to. Most munitions are of steel and/or aluminum. There may be trace amounts of tungsten, but, it’s not as if the whole landscape is coated in tungsten dust.
they are contaminated by heavy metals and can no longer be cultivated?
Have a look at where the Western Front was in WWI. Northeast France was pounded by artillery for four years, yet they still farm there today. Steel and aluminum will take years to leach into the soil and neither are likely to be dangerous at the levels they are present. The “heavy metals” danger will be from un-detonated shells, mines and mortars which are, no doubt, strewn across the fields.
Jacob, I take it that your point is that Ukraine’s use of HIMARS missiles – being a shortage item – means that this IS their “Big Counteroffensive”. Do you have any estimation of how many HIMARS missiles they have? How long can they go on, in other words? Might this be an example of what you’ve guesse in the past – that Uncle Sam has given them more than he’s let on?
Hello. They probably had a couple of 100 in store for the big one. (Would’ve been more, if Russia hadn’t targeted their stores.) Perhaps 1/5 used up already.
Nice use of music in those videos. Heard Seether and what seemed like some Nine Inch Nails riffs. Seriously I couldn’t imagine how scared one must be to hop into any vehicle in Ukie land. The waiting has got to be a bitch. Especially when you have seen a cohort get blown up next to you.
Thanks for the porn!
It looks like the neocons got the fight they’ve been itching for.
Hello. Perhaps, but I’d add, use of that term, today, unless referring to the original neocons (which you probably are), is pointless. Today, all of Washington buys into the global hegemony agenda, as laid out by the true neocons in the 1990s.
I’ll stick with Globosexuals
Someone from moon of Alabama commented:
Looks like Russia has exchanged their Prigozhin II Wagner(TM) home meat grinder for a Surovikin 3000 Industrial Meatgrinder to cover entire frontline.
Lol.
Some NATO countries are ready to come to the rescue when the Ze offensive fails. I guess that means Russia will be free to hit their infrastructure.
Not sure, I think by the Pentagon trying to shift blame for Nordstream onto Ukraine via the MSM they could be setting up an exit. No one in their right mind wants to fight the Russians in their own backyard, they have proven they have the ability to inflict horrendous numbers of casualties. They’ll just keep pumping weapons in and re-mobilising as long as they possibly can before bailing out.
Most insightful (and concise) take on what is happening. I paid an installment of Dreizin tax earlier in the week and it is definitely worth it.
I guess the difference with the Ukrainian “offensives” of last year is that this time they are attacking actual fully armed Russian soldiers in significant numbers rather than handfuls of lightly armed police or border guards. Definitely a trap.
I agree with you that, given the information that we’ve seen so far, the dam break was likely an accident caused by a combination of 1.) thirty years of poor maintenance, 2.) possible structural damage from Ukrainian shelling last year, 3.) Russia keeping the water level high for the past month in anticipation of Ukraine’s counteroffensive. Russia clearly did not accurately assess the structural integrity of the dam. Ukraine’s infrastructure has been poorly maintained in the post-Soviet era and at least one engineer (at the Kiev dam) has warned of serious consequences.
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Note also that Ukraine has been most helpful <sarcasm> by opening the gates at the dams north of Kakhovka. They seem to think the flooding will help them, civilian population be damned. I guess it will in the medium term, after things dry out a bit. Do you think that the dam break has affected Ukraine’s counteroffensive? What do you think Russia will do about its washed out defensive lines? Will they build another line of defenses in the rear? General Surovikin is looking quite clever for insisting that Russia abandon the right bank in Kherson.
Thing is while that area is waterlogged Ukraine can’t do much beyond some kind of boat attack, no armour can move, any boats coming in I’m assuming will be nailed by attack helicopters. Now the dam is gone the Russians can start building up near the new waterline. While the dam break is clearly a catastrophe, in one way it has removed a variable, it’s done and dusted and the Russians can move forward with a new strategy. I mean Ukraine aren’t doing much anyway beyond getting blasted to s**t in other areas.
The washed away mines that Jacob mentions add yet another layer of horror to this nightmare of a war.
We have hope for an eventual Russian victory that might bring peace to this region, but anyone then who wishes to enjoy the riverbanks risks a grim reminder of what happened here.
Don’t forget that Russia has been using its weather control weapon to make it rain more than normal this year. That’s part of the reason the offensive is so late. These were actual claims by Ukrainian officials during the battle of Bakhmut.