All language subtitles for 17-12-2023dyrdyrteeeee

In the first half of December, the losses
of Russian occupation troops amounted to

almost 15,000, which is comparable to the
pace and volume of losses in November,

when an absolute record of 28,550
enemy personnel losses was set.

At the same time, the losses in
equipment, tanks, Armoured fighting

vehicles and artillery are decreasing. In
terms of tank losses, the peak was October,

the height of the Avdeevka offensive, while
in November the losses decreased by 40%.

The reduction in tank losses of the Russian
forces, compared to November, may be 10-20%.

And this is not because they have become more
effective in using the mechanized component,

no. But because since November it is
the infantry component that has become

the main component of Russian troops in
assault operations. As for equipment,

they are trying to put it on the battlefield
less now, stockpiling it for attempts at more

powerful breakthroughs. In the
area of Avdeevka, for example.

This all leads to the fact that the increase in
enemy losses in the near future will be invariably

high and December may well become a record in
terms of the number of destroyed occupants.

Meanwhile, Russian troops have decided to
force the Oskil River north of Kupiansk

Not being able to reach the left bank of
the Oskil River and the apparent slowdown

of the offensive in the area of Synkivka,
the Russian command will attempt to force

the water barrier in an unexpected
place - in the direction of Kamianka.

Currently, the enemy is in the
process of accumulating resources

in the area of temporarily occupied Pisky,
Topoli and Lyman Druhyi in Kharkiv region,

on the left bank of the Oskil
River. The direction of the strike,

more than obviously, will be the villages
of Topoli and Kamianka, on the right bank.

But what is most worrisome is the transfer
of TOS-1 Heavy Flamethrower System to the

above-mentioned location, which will have to
ensure the success of the operation. Well,

or to replenish the composition of the destroyed
equipment of this type, which is already all gold,

especially with the problems of supplying
the troops with problematic TOS-2.

Actually, the command of the Russian troops
will try to reach the right bank by forcing

the Oskil north of Kupiansk. However,
given the failures of the Russian forces

to force the water barriers during 2022 and
2023, I have my doubts about the success

of this idea. Although the TOS-1 Heavy
Flamethrower System is still a concern,

there is also a high risk of increased
firepower through aviation, using Guided bombs.

I do not exclude that at the moment of forcing,

Guided bombs will be predominantly
focused on this location.