August 13, 2023

Invasion Day 536 – Summary

The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the recent developments on the battlefield, as of 13th August 2023 – 22:00 (Kyiv time). Due to low intensity of fighting and only minor changes on the ground, I’ve decided to reduce the number of summaries. Starting August 9, there’ll be two summaries per…

The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the recent developments on the battlefield, as of 13th August 2023 – 22:00 (Kyiv time).

Due to low intensity of fighting and only minor changes on the ground, I’ve decided to reduce the number of summaries. Starting August 9, there’ll be two summaries per week, released on Wednesday and Sunday.

Sloboda Front

includes the area of between Oskil and Aydar river

Ukrainian General Staff reports repelled attacks in the vicinity of:

  • Andriivka

Siverskyi Donets

overview map of Slovyansk, Kramatorsk, Bakhmut and Lysychansk vicinity

Ukrainian General Staff reports repelled attacks in the vicinity of:

  • No activity reported.

Bakhmut Front

includes the vicinity of Bakhmut

Ukrainian General Staff reports repelled attacks in the vicinity of:

  • Andriivka, Yahidne

Avdiivka Front

includes the vicinity of Avdiivka

Ukrainian General Staff reports repelled attacks in the vicinity of:

  • Avdiivka

Donetsk Front

includes the center and southern part of Donetsk Oblast

  • Ukrainian forces advanced and reached the center of Urozhaine. (source)
  • Russian forces were seen retreating under artillery fire from Urozhaine settlement. (source)
  • Given the information above, I think it’s safe to assume there is no Russian presence in the settlement.

Ukrainian General Staff reports repelled attacks in the vicinity of:

  • Marinka, Staromayorske

Zaporizhzhia Front

includes the Zaporizhzhia Oblast

  • Ukrainian forces entered Robotyne settlement from the north. The village is now contested. (source)

Ukrainian General Staff reports repelled attacks in the vicinity of:

  • Robotyne

Kherson Front

includes the left bank of Dnipro river south of Kherson and Kakhovka

Ukrainian General Staff reports repelled attacks in the vicinity of:

  • No activity reported.

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This summary and detailed maps are based on the following sources:

General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, official media channels of Ukrainian regional administrations, Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs, Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and geolocated footage.

We also thank the following Twitter users for their geolocations and amazing work: @neonhandrail, @auditor_ya and the team at @geoconfirmed.

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Bubochka

KOMBAT BATYANYA BATYANYA KOMBAT

Lev Vuksin
Triglav

Big Russian losses near Andrijivka – it seems like a failed Russian counterattack. Also has anyone else noticed a considerable drop in the quality of Russian propaganda?

Max Beckhaus

I am noticing a considerable drop in the Rubel and a major interest rate uptick didn´t change that. The Dollar nominated GDP of Russia will probabaly fall strongly this year. The economical atrittion is picking up speed.

Noelle

I’d not call this ‘a drop’. It is just a correction to the proper value of the currency artificially kept at the high exchange rate by the NB. It is however double sideed – Ru exportes (and there still are ofc.) are quite happy. Import on the other hand.. well. Not peachy at all. And ofc. Iran won;t sell anything ‘for rubles’ (neither China, India or even NK).

Kay

But it is also to the detriment of the Russian population. The high prices of commodities and interest on loans increase even more. And that with an extremely indebted population. However, since the people cannot defend themselves against it because high penalties are threatened, they then leave the country.

Max Beckhaus

Yes, the big message is the interest rate hike necessary. 12 points is no good news for any country. We still have to see how this all plays out for the rest of the year, that is a full year of commodity and other sanctions and full scale war at normal commodity prices. After that we will have a good picture of how bad things stand for Russia.

Max Beckhaus

Btw, if you are interested, Ukraine is on track to stabilize robustly this year, with some GDP growth and easing interest rates. This will probably go on as long as the west stays committed driven by military investments. This will obviously stay modest as long as the conflict stays hot

Noelle

taking into account the destruction and complete derailment of normal economy, they indeed, are doing quite well. Much better than anybody expected.

Noelle

not immediately (that’s 1st) and not for the gross of population which doees not really buy anything imported that much.
And remember that you are talking about the populous used to live in poverty (an extreme one in the European or even American in some cases) standards.
This will hurt mostly ‘Planet Moskow’ (etc.). The real consequences will come later. Now it’s more psychological that ‘100R’.

Noelle

and now Putin’s The Master Strategists started mumbling about forcing exportersto exchange ~80% of aquired by export $$$ for allmighty Rubel.
So… exporters are not happy anymore.
// just do not start being overexcited. NK and Iran still are ‘going just fine’; proportionally, ‘sorta’, somewhat like that. Shit-state can be unnervingly resilient.

dolgan

for urozhaune, another video show a Ukr column circulating in the village and stop by russian artillery. First vehicule stop near the big antenna. Its where tanks are shooting.

All the village is free (may be still russian in industrial aera or in small forest near the river).

the smog of war hide us the frontline. did they control the tree lign on the road outside the village?

randomguy

Ukrainian forces advanced and reached the center of Urozhaine” Is this good news?

Evan

Yes good news ukraine recaptured this village.