Footage appeared, allegedly of blowing up a bridge across the Oskol River near Kupyansk

More and more uncertain information appears about the events in the Kupyansk direction. So, footage appeared on the Internet, allegedly, undermining a bridge across the Oskol River in the Kupyansk region. They are published by Ukrainian sources.

According to Russian military correspondents, by the morning of August 21, the village of Sinkovka, five kilometers northeast of Kupyansk, was captured. The head of the Russian Kharkiv administration, Vitaly Ganchev, claims that the Armed Forces of Ukraine have left Sinkovka, a number of military correspondents write that the village is in the “gray zone”.

There is no official confirmation of the capture of Sinkovka yet. But the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation previously reported an improvement in the tactical situation near Kupyansk. In turn, Ukrainian sources claim that the attacks of the Russian Armed Forces in the Sinkovka area were allegedly repulsed.

But there is no doubt that something serious is going on. After all, the commander of the ground forces of Ukraine, Colonel-General Alexander Syrsky, requested the convocation of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief precisely to discuss the difficult situation in the Kupyansk direction. It is unlikely that due to the simple advance of the Russian army a kilometer or two, Syrsky, who is now in charge of the Kupyansk direction, would insist on convening the Headquarters.

As for the footage of the bridge being blown up, their reliability has not yet been confirmed. Ukrainian publics themselves write about this, the authors of which, apparently, are also still in the dark about what is happening in the Kupyansk direction. But if the bridge was really blown up, this indicates the actual refusal of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to defend the left-bank part of Kupyansk.

Comments

[Sarmat Sanych]

Actually, for specialists, this was clear a couple of weeks ago - now ALL strategic heights from the east of Kupyansk have been taken under our control.
The defense of the suburbs has been breached, it is impossible for the Armed Forces of Ukraine to hold the left bank.
In the area of ​​​​Kislovka and Petropavlovka, our tank breakthrough. The assault on the settlement is already underway.
Ukry realized that they were abandoned (although they could not help but quit, they have no strength), whoever cannot swim will give up. From the right bank they are already hammering on the ukrams, who are trying to escape from the left.

Two development options:
1. They will run away from Kupyansk, relatively without resistance, having mined the entire city.
2. They want to arrange a second Bakhmut. But, and we know this, they no longer have reserves for this project. Unless they remove it from the Belgorod direction. In this case, they will receive a crushing one in the back.

Any alignment for ukrov on the Kupyansky site is a complete disaster. Whichever option they choose, the entire Kharkov front will crumble in the coming days.

In the meantime, a second NATO general "accidentally died" in the last week. After the American general, the ex-head of the General Staff of the Fifth Republic "slipped to death" in the Alps, by the way, in the prime of his life, one of the country's best generals. Another US Air Force colonel "in a car accident" ... But who counts them, NATO meat)))

[oleg-nekrasov-19]

in fact, their entire front in the area of ​​​​Kupyansk and Krasny Liman has already begun to crumble, because they didn’t pull and “keep the front” and go to the “counterattack” near Artemovsk and in two directions - South Donetsk and Zaporozhye.

[Roma 1977]

According to some reports, the Oskol River in the Kupyansk region is now quite shallow, and its fording is quite possible in many places. And aren’t Russian units north of Kupyansk already on its right bank? What's the point of blowing up the bridge for Ukrainians then? Rather, the bridge was destroyed by a Russian planning bomb in order to prevent the withdrawal of heavy equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine through it.

[oleg-nekrasov-19]

It was Russian aviation that destroyed it, probably in order to prevent timely rotation and replenishment of the reserve.

[Aken]

Any alignment for ukrov in the Kupyansky area is a complete disaster.

I was not so categorical. I would like to rejoice with you.
But even if everything works out, it still won’t pull to the fullest.

[coinsam]

agree. The failure near Kupyansk for the Armed Forces of Ukraine will become what it should become - namely, the final completion of the "offensive", when the remaining reserves will be used to block our offensive in the Kupyansk direction. And then - FSE with a summer offensive :-) They will gather strength for an offensive in 2024 :-)

[K-36]

SW. monetam, but could you reveal your thesis that " And then - FSE with a summer offensive :-) They will gather strength for an offensive in 2024 :-)"?
I (like any other VO reader) see a certain time gap until 2024. (four / with a little / months). Involuntarily, the question arises: And our troops will humbly wait for the gathering of forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for an offensive in 2024 Or will they take some countermeasures? More than four months at the front is quite a significant period.
I would be grateful for the answer.

[Zoldat_A]

Quote: Sarmat Sanych

In the meantime, a second NATO general "accidentally died" in the last week. After the American general, the former head of the General Staff of the Fifth Republic "slipped to death in the Alps", by the way, in the prime of his life, one of the country's best generals. Another US Air Force colonel "in a car accident" ...

The normal practice of excuses from participating in the conflict for any army in the world.
I was still at school when my father, after a business trip, as usual, "it is not known where," lay in a hospital in Moscow with "pneumonia" for a month and a half. Mom was called "where necessary" and was categorically forbidden to go to Moscow, they said that there was enough care there. It is only in the cinema that Decembrist women are shown, by hook or by crook, breaking through to their husbands. And then people in jackets, but with certificates, were not accepted to object. Especially for an officer's wife, who is accustomed to both "business trips" and discipline.
When my father came home, we, as usual, went to the bathhouse. I saw that “pneumonia” on his skin ... I didn’t ask - he still wouldn’t say.

But our war in Ukraine is not some small-town conflict of local kings in Africa or Central America. This is something after which the world will be COMPLETELY different, that it will not work to “cover with your palm”. And the losses (and generals, including) are different here.
Hence the question - do they have enough reasons for "accidents" for their senior officers to invent fantasies? When will they go on the second-third-fifth circle?

[Aken]

People don't just die in disasters. Poisoned by fast food drowned faulty electrical wiring. Yes, little. The main thing is that it works properly.
In the meantime, as far as I understand, according to the generals, the score is not in our favor.
And I also understand that this is not football. And yet. This is also an indicator of the quality of the aircraft as a whole.

[Vladimir 290]

God forbid you are right. There are too many conflicting reports about Sinkovka now

[Uprun]

Meanwhile, British intelligence told the media that Russia was preparing another army in the southern direction (Crimea) ...... Are they telling us or are they scaring the Kekles?

[Uprun]

"British intelligence services have published information about the creation in Russia of the 18th Combined Arms Army, which will include the 22nd Army Corps and the Russian Armed Forces grouping on the Crimean Peninsula." Guess someone is already freaking out...

[K-36]

SW. Uprun. I never read reports from the British media (principally!), as well as other British scientists. For (we watch the documentary film "Zero World"). They call themselves gentlemen. Well, well ... I remembered a joke: "Then the map flooded me ...".
And here is what they write on "Global Adventure":

Lieutenant General Marzoev - Commander of the 18th Army!

By Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 627 of August 18, 2023, Lieutenant General Marzoev Arkady Vasilievich was appointed commander of the 18th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District.
And there are some details: "The 18th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District has become one of the largest military formations of the Russian Armed Forces.
It was deployed in the spring-summer of 2023 on the basis of the 22nd Crimean Army Corps fighting in the Kherson direction and the newly created 40th Corps was united with it.
There is practically no information about 18 OA on the Internet, only about its predecessor during the Great Patriotic War. Meanwhile, the modern 18th army, which is new in number, consists of illustrious troops, hardened in the battles of the NWO.

This is a unique warring army with a permanent deployment point in the Crimea, the basis of the peninsula's land grouping, a key factor in its security. From the first hours of the special military operation, its units and formations have been performing combat missions in the Kherson direction, showing massive courage and heroism: it was they (at that time, the troops of 22 AK) who fought more than 100 km by the end of the first day of the NMD, plunging into the shock of the enemy troops, going to Kherson, opening the locks of the North Crimean Canal, giving the long-awaited water to the peninsula. It was they who, with unparalleled courage and heroism, held the strategic foothold on the right bank of the Dnieper for more than eight months, having completed all the assigned tasks, and today they are defending the Dnieper border, ensuring the national interests of Russia. And if the armies participating in the NMD usually have garrisons of permanent deployment located in the relative rear on the mainland of old Russia, then the 18th Army has a permanent deployment point - Crimea, a strategic foothold, a line that today is the object of constant attacks from the enemy.

The deployment of the 18th Army on the basis of the corps is also a precedent, not in the rear, but directly in a combat situation, during the active phase of hostilities and the enemy’s counteroffensive: the task itself is titanic, which was solved in the course of the NMD under the command of the combat commander of the 22nd AK, General Lieutenant Marzoev Arkady Vasilyevich, who became the first commander of the Eighteenth.

The creation, and in the historical context, the re-creation of the 18th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District is symbolic: it became the successor to the legendary 18th Army of the Red Army, which was created on June 22, 1941, defended and liberated Soviet Ukraine, liberated Poland, Hungary, Romania, Czechoslovakia from the Nazis, introducing invaluable contribution to the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War.

To the personnel of the 18th Crimean army of military success, victories, further success for the good of our great Motherland!"
Let's wait for the coverage of this Decree from the RF Ministry of Defense.

[Aken]

that Russia is preparing another army in the southern direction (Crimea) ......

I heard about the new army last summer. Most likely, there is no reserve army.
Stalin near Moscow in the winter of 41 - yes it was. But where is that Stalin ....

[Bodipancher]

Shoigu last year officially reported to the Supreme Commander about the creation of a reserve army. That the army is fully equipped with the latest technology and personnel. The reserves of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are running out, we expect that when the front begins to crumble, a new army will be brought into battle and deliver a mortal blow!

[NickShel]

It can be seen that this is an arrival, most likely, UPAB. Who saw the explosion there?

[astra wild2]

"allegedly they were repulsed" not supposedly, but really, but in a dream
Now the general has woken up, and reality does not correspond to dreams

[Sergey3]

The slow-motion video shows the bomb falling.
https://vk.com/video-211411957_456258713

[Ezekiel 25-17]

Quote: K-36

SW. monetam, but could you reveal your thesis that " And then - FSE with a summer offensive :-) They will gather strength for an offensive in 2024 :-)"?
I (like any other VO reader) see a certain time gap until 2024. (four / with a little / months). Involuntarily, the question arises: And our troops will humbly wait for the gathering of forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for an offensive in 2024 Or will they take some countermeasures? More than four months at the front is quite a significant period.
I would be grateful for the answer.

I will answer: if there is, as Old Man said, a prepared grouping of 250 thousand bayonets, an offensive is possible in the main direction and one more in the auxiliary one.