ISW - Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 7 (1 Viewer)

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ISW - Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 7

Key Takeaways

• Western and Russian reports of fractures within the Kremlin are gaining traction within the Russian information space, undermining the appearance of stability of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s regime.
• Russian President Vladimir Putin may have waited to announce that he had replaced Eastern Military District Commander Chaiko until he needed to use Chaiko as a scapegoat.
• Ukrainian forces likely continued counteroffensive operations along the Kreminna-Svatove road in western Luhansk Oblast.
• Russian forces continued to establish defensive positions in northern Kherson Oblast, and Ukrainian and Russian sources reported ongoing battles north and northwest of Kherson City.
• Russian forces continued ground attacks in Donetsk Oblast.
• Anecdotal reports of poor conditions for mobilized personnel in the Russian information space are continuing to fuel the accurate narrative of Kremlin and Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) incompetence.
• Russian officials offered basic concessions for mobilized men and their families on October 7 but continue to rely on local governments and other non-federal institutions to provide support.
• Russian occupation authorities in Donetsk Oblast are continuing to forcibly mobilize Ukrainian civilians, belying Russian claims that residents of newly-annexed territories will not be mobilized.
• Ukrainian officials in newly liberated Kharkiv Oblast continue to uncover Russian torture chambers and other human rights abuses.
• Russian occupation officials have likely failed to repair necessary civilian infrastructure in occupied and illegally-annexed parts of Ukraine in time for winter as temperatures drop.

Interactive Map: Russia's Invasion of Ukraine

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Ukraine battles Russian advance in key town of Bakhmut

Separatist forces in the war-battered Donetsk region say they have reclaimed a series of villages near Bakhmut.

www.aljazeera.com

Ukrainian soldiers are defending the eastern industrial town of Bakhmut as Moscow-backed separatist forces in the war-battered Donetsk region advance after recapturing a series of villages nearby.

Russia Says 3 Killed in Crimea Bridge Blast - The Moscow Times

Russian investigators Saturday said three people were killed after a truck exploded on its bridge linking Moscow-annexed Crimea to the mainland, adding that the owner of the vehicle had been identified. "According to preliminary information, three people were killed," Russia's investigative...

www.themoscowtimes.com

Russia said the blast set ablaze seven oil tankers by transported by train and collapsed two car lanes of the giant road and rail structure.

Amid Major Military Setbacks In Ukraine, Russia Replaces Eastern Military District Commander

As Ukraine continues to liberate settlements in its eastern region from occupying Russian troops, Moscow has reportedly replaced another top commander in its armed forces.

www.rferl.org

Lieutenant General Rustam Muradov had been appointed to lead the Eastern Military District replacing Colonel General Aleksandr Chaiko.

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Ukraine governor says mass grave found in liberated eastern town

Donetsk regional Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko says the exact number of bodies in the mass grave in Lyman is not yet known.

www.aljazeera.com

The Kyiv Post also tweeted that a mass grave was found in Lyman “where 180 bodies are buried”, including very young children.

Ukrainian officials reportedly say there have been 'catastrophic' Starlink outages in recent weeks

A coordinator for Starlink donations said SpaceX may have been preventing Russia from using the technology and didn't know the regions had been freed.

www.businessinsider.com

Starlink apparently was not active by design in Russian occupied areas in the east.

How Russian propaganda 'has found a way of avoiding detection online'

Russia is using Telegram to help it bypass telltale signs that would identify content as Moscow-backed propaganda to tech giants like Twitter.

www.euronews.com

Russia is using social media network Telegram to help it bypass telltale signs that would identify content as Moscow-backed propaganda.

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In the short video, one can see tanker railroad cars afire on the elevated tracks and a portion of two vehicle lanes has separated from the roadway and is now partially laying in the Sea of Azov.

The registered owner of the truck that exploded on the bridge reportedly lives in the Krasnodar region of southwestern Russia.

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