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'Routine' artillery attacks?!?
3 years ago
In the ISW Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 7 they mention Russian "routine" artillery attacks/strikes 8 times:
-- "Russian forces also conducted routine artillery strikes along the Izyum-Slovyansk line and on areas north and northeast of Slovyansk."
-- "Russian forces continued routine artillery strikes on settlements around Siversk."
-- "Russian forces continued routine artillery attacks on Bakhmut and surrounding settlements."
-- "Russian troops continued routine artillery strikes along the Avdiivka-Donetsk City frontline."
-- "Russian forces did not conduct any confirmed ground attacks southwest of Donetsk City or in eastern Zaporizhia Oblast on September 7 and continued routine artillery strikes in these areas."
-- "Russian forces continued routine artillery and rocket strikes on Kharkiv City and the surrounding settlements."
-- "Russian forces did not conduct any confirmed ground attacks in western Zaporizhia Oblast on September 7 and continued routine air and artillery strikes along the line of contact in Zaporizhia Oblast."
-- "Russian forces continued routine missile and artillery attacks along the frontlines in Mykolaiv and Dnipropetrovsk Oblasts on September 7."
IMHO, some things should NOT become "routine" and artillery strikes are one of those things.
FYI, Comparing the content and tone of the following news sources/articles shows how flat and neutral the wording in ISW's analysis articles tend to be, as well as show how many major western news sources reference the ISW daily reports as the basis of their reporting:
-- Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 7 -- ISW
-- Ukraine launches surprise counterattacks against Russian troops while they’re distracted in the south - CNBC
-- As Ukraine pushes southern offensive, it also hits Russia in the northeast -- CNN
-- Ukraine celebrates counterattack ‘success’; Russia retaliates Russia appears to be on the defensive as Ukraine slowly but surely gains ground. -- Al Jazeera
-- Ukraine Retakes Ground Near Kharkiv as Russia’s Defense Wobbles -- The Moscow Times
-- Ukraine makes progress in Kherson and — surprisingly — Kharkiv --Yahoo News
-- Ukraine counterattack takes Russia – and everyone else – by surprise -- The Guardian
-- Chimpanzee escapes from Kharkiv zoo, returns in raincoat on a bike -- The Washington Post (or maybe this)
-- "Russian forces also conducted routine artillery strikes along the Izyum-Slovyansk line and on areas north and northeast of Slovyansk."
-- "Russian forces continued routine artillery strikes on settlements around Siversk."
-- "Russian forces continued routine artillery attacks on Bakhmut and surrounding settlements."
-- "Russian troops continued routine artillery strikes along the Avdiivka-Donetsk City frontline."
-- "Russian forces did not conduct any confirmed ground attacks southwest of Donetsk City or in eastern Zaporizhia Oblast on September 7 and continued routine artillery strikes in these areas."
-- "Russian forces continued routine artillery and rocket strikes on Kharkiv City and the surrounding settlements."
-- "Russian forces did not conduct any confirmed ground attacks in western Zaporizhia Oblast on September 7 and continued routine air and artillery strikes along the line of contact in Zaporizhia Oblast."
-- "Russian forces continued routine missile and artillery attacks along the frontlines in Mykolaiv and Dnipropetrovsk Oblasts on September 7."
IMHO, some things should NOT become "routine" and artillery strikes are one of those things.
FYI, Comparing the content and tone of the following news sources/articles shows how flat and neutral the wording in ISW's analysis articles tend to be, as well as show how many major western news sources reference the ISW daily reports as the basis of their reporting:
-- Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 7 -- ISW
-- Ukraine launches surprise counterattacks against Russian troops while they’re distracted in the south - CNBC
-- As Ukraine pushes southern offensive, it also hits Russia in the northeast -- CNN
-- Ukraine celebrates counterattack ‘success’; Russia retaliates Russia appears to be on the defensive as Ukraine slowly but surely gains ground. -- Al Jazeera
-- Ukraine Retakes Ground Near Kharkiv as Russia’s Defense Wobbles -- The Moscow Times
-- Ukraine makes progress in Kherson and — surprisingly — Kharkiv --Yahoo News
-- Ukraine counterattack takes Russia – and everyone else – by surprise -- The Guardian
-- Chimpanzee escapes from Kharkiv zoo, returns in raincoat on a bike -- The Washington Post (or maybe this)
Of course! I live in Dnipropetrovsk oblast', and my heart aches every time I read they shell Nikopol and the villages and towns near Kryvyi Rih! Of course that's not a "routine" and of course it's not something we all should get used to. People still live there and they suffer, because they have nowhere else to go! It's a tragedy and it keeps happening, and it will be until Russians are stopped.
