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Update on the conflict in Ukraine for August 31, 2023: - The Western media is trying to spin Ukrainian gains within the security or “gray zone” ahead of Russia’s first of several defense lines as a “turning point” in the offensive; - Ukraine’s offensive potential has been exhausted with the West struggling to find arms and ammunition to replace Ukrainian losses; - The West is even struggling to pull together large numbers of antiquated and inappropriate equipment like the post-WW2 Leopard 1 tank; - Meanwhile Ukraine continues conducting drone strikes in Russia, achieving questionable PR value and little else; - A recent Ukrainian drone strike on an airport hosting Il-76 strategic airlift aircraft damaged 2. To put that in context, Russia operates over 100 of these aircraft and has production capacity to build up to 12 annually; - Ukraine’s sponsors are unable to sustain the conflict “for as long as it takes,” and only for as long as they have arms and ammunition to supply Ukraine in sufficient quantities; References: Forbes - Two Ukrainian Air Assault Brigades Are Flanking Russia’s Next Strongpoint On The Road To Melitopol (August 29, 2023): Forbes - As Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Gains Momentum, Russia Is Deploying Some Of Its Last Good Reserves (August 27, 2023): Reuters - Ukrainian drones attack Russian air base near Estonia (August 30, 2023): Ukrainska Pravda - Drone attack on Pskov: first satellite images of airfield (August 31, 2023): US Agency for Global Media - Radio Svoboda: Air Data News - 50 years after first flight, Il-76 is still being produced in Russia (2021): US State Department - New Package of Additional U.S. Military Assistance for Ukraine (August 29, 2023): US Defense Department - Biden Administration Announces Additional Security Assistance for Ukraine (August 29, 2023): The Drive - Ukraine’s Mi-24 Hinds Now Armed With U.S. 70mm Hydra Rockets (August 1, 2023): Forbes - To Free Up Another Hundred Leopard 1 Tanks For Ukraine, German Diplomats Are Getting Creative (August 29, 2023): Where to Find My Work: Website: Telegram: Twitter: Odysee (YouTube alternative): @LandDestroyer:8 Rumble (YouTube alternative): Weibo: ไบรอัน แฟนคลับ (Facebook): Line Group: Gab: VK (Facebook alternative): How to Support my Work (and thank you!): Buy Me A Coffee: Patreon: PromptPay: 0851547235 Cryptocurrency Donations: Ethereum (ETH): 0xee6ed93c3adc474450011e9af22939a0b9b312c7 BitCoin (BTC): 1AfGnbmHxA6cy9YKUSxysXvpJPyecpBKrr Monero (XMR): 845TCXx3pchSBXuDL7FHG679gbWD2wkHS6MJxuq7jFVsVFj7T6xsry747uhhGZUdkaRXbbrMfo5c8RnGfzGZ13KxQUdHVLR
