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Additional Photos from the Russian Artillery Attack on the Ukrainian Advance near the City of Orikhiv yesterday; again there is No Evidence to suggest that the Equipment on Fire are Leopard 2s although it is a possibility.
I have been saying for a couple of weeks now that I would not consider the Upcoming-Major Offensive by the Ukrainian Armed Forces underway until we had seen Modern Western Equipment such as German-Produced Leopard 2 Tanks or American-Produced Bradley and Stryker AFVs on the Frontline in a Combat Role; so if these Photos that were released by Russian Forces in the Zaporizhzhia Region from yesterday are True and Leopard 2s are seeing Combat, than I would more than likely say that the Offensive is indeed underway.
Russian Forces are currently Shelling the Evacuation Sites and Routes in the Flooded-City of Kherson after Ukrainian President Zelensky was seen at an Evacuation Point in the City earlier today speaking with Evacuees and Rescuers; there have been multiple reports of Civilian Casualties as a result of the Shelling since the Residents have nowhere to go, to prevent this Evacuations have been Halted until further notice.
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Severe Damage is being reported to Buildings in the City of Kherson as a result of the Shelling with Fire and Rescue Crews unable to reach those Sites due to the continued Flooding.
Multiple Ukrainian Officials have told the Washington Post that the Ukrainian Armed Forces have begun their Long-Anticipated Offensive against the Occupying Russian Forces in the East of the Country, with NATO-Equipped and Trained Units being used as the “Tip of the Spear” to break through their Defensive-Lines.
The Russian Ministry of Defense has announced that a Advance in the Zaporizhzhia Region yesterday by the 47th Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces was Halted with Ukrainian Forces suffering “Significant Losses” including up to 1,500 Servicemembers and 150 Armored Vehicles consisting of 30 Tanks and 11 IFVs.

While there were definitely Losses by the Ukrainian Forces who attempted to Advance near the City of Orikhiv in the Zaporizhzhia Region yesterday, the number of Losses that the Russian MoD states they suffered are more than likely “Highly Exaggerated.”
The 47th Mechanized Brigade has been Trained over the last few months by NATO Forces across Europe and are Equipped with Modern-Western Equipments including roughly 50 American M2 Bradley AFVs, 28 Slovenian M-55S Tanks, and Panthera T6 Armored Vehicles.
The Russian Ministry of Defense has released almost the Full-Drone Footage from the Pictures that were released earlier today Confirming the First Use and Destruction of a Leopard 2A4 Tank of the Ukrainian Armed Forces during an Assault near the City of Orikhiv in the Zaporizhzhia Region yesterday.
Initial Reports that 6 Russian Tu-95MS Strategic Bombers over the Caspian Sea have launched Kh-55, Kh-101, and Kh-555 Cruise Missiles towards Ukraine with them expected to enter Ukrainian Airspace in roughly 1 hour.
An Industrial Complex and Warehouse within the Ukrainian City of Uman in the Cherkasy Region was Struck by 2 Russian Cruise Missiles today; as a result of the Attack at least 8 Civilians were Injured and the Industrial Complex was Totally Destroyed alongside a nearby Car Wash which suffered Serious Damage.
All of Ukraine is currently under an Air Raid Alert due to the launch of Cruise Missiles from Tu-95MS Strategic Bombers over the Caspian Sea as well as reports now that at least 4 MiG-31Ks which are capable of carrying Kh-47M2 “Kinzhal” Hypersonic Missiles have Taken-Off from Savasleyka Air Force Base in the Nizhny Novgorod Region.
Cruise Missiles have just entered Ukrainian Airspace from the direction of the Caspian Sea.