{"id":2405,"date":"2025-08-13T07:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T05:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johanno1.se\/ukraine-daily-update-august-13-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-09-21T20:15:02","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T18:15:02","slug":"ukraine-daily-update-august-13-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johanno1.se\/en\/ukraine-daily-update-august-13-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine daily update August 13, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Russian Ministry of Defense now announces that Zapad 25 will be held on September 12-16 with fewer than 13,000 participants. According to the teaser, it won&#8217;t be the missile troops, nuclear troops, or the Baltic Fleet &#8211; but the air force will be included.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Is it too violent an extrapolation to say that if the Baltic Fleet leaves port or the nuclear troops\/missile troops start deploying, then it will lead to war?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The MoD might have forgotten about them in the rush, for example, and it wouldn&#8217;t be great if I started a war due to an admin error, I think?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themoscowtimes.com\/2025\/08\/12\/russia-and-belarus-to-hold-first-zapad-military-drills-since-ukraine-invasion-on-sept-12-16-a90175\">https:\/\/www.themoscowtimes.com\/2025\/08\/12\/russia-and-belarus-to-hold-first-zapad-military-drills-since-ukraine-invasion-on-sept-12-16-a90175<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyway, Ukraine says they do not perceive a current threat from Belarus and that the increase in capabilities is in the hundreds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pravda.com.ua\/eng\/news\/2025\/08\/11\/7525570\">https:\/\/www.pravda.com.ua\/eng\/news\/2025\/08\/11\/7525570<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since you&#8217;ve been reading these posts diligently for over three years and never missed a day, you know that Russia has set up a strategic offensive reserve of at least two (2) divisions and a new army corps (AC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They were built around existing experienced brigades and began to be set up for a little less than two years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Where are they located?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Definitely not in Belarus because now we are starting to confirm which units will participate &#8211; 71st GMRD, 4th GTD, and 2nd GMRD where the latter is part of 1 GTA, and then in 71st is the 200th arctic brigade &#8211; an old zero-celebrity that we&#8217;ve had a good laugh at\ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They are not entire divisions, but units from these divisions have been logged by Belarusian friendlies at transport nodes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><a class=\"image-link image2 is-viewable-img\" href=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!XyX4!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd790c48b-b02f-44ea-8470-469e41f74b38_828x1211.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!XyX4!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd790c48b-b02f-44ea-8470-469e41f74b38_828x1211.jpeg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:410px;height:auto\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The other thing happening now is that RU attacks near Sumy have essentially ceased. Does anyone seriously believe that Ukraine will attack into Russia now or in the future, Trump has presumably negotiated away that threat?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, North Korea&#8217;s 11th AC is on the way, not all of them but 30,000 of those little barbarians. They will take up defensive positions along the northern front, I believe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Which means that over 50,000 of the offensive reserve that has been at the northern front will be freed up, or it&#8217;s probably already been freed up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to previous assessments, one does not gamble &#8211; an attack could come now, it could come at Christmas, or it could come next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If I were Russia, I would focus on surprise instead of openly building up a lot of capabilities, but I&#8217;ve learned that from Rise of Nations so don&#8217;t listen to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I would also use the advantage I have as leverage instead of waiting for Europe to build up its capabilities and get organized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I would have also tried to conceal the buildup where I intended to strike, and in Belarus, they arrive openly, but the capability buildup towards the Baltics since last spring has been tried to be concealed as much as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, as this unfolds in Ukraine now &#8211; wouldn&#8217;t it be in Ukraine&#8217;s interest for Russia to go to war with Europe?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ukraine has always been pragmatic and if they can involve Europe in this as a belligerent party, it would save their country, so right now I&#8217;m not listening to what they say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a consensus in Europe that Russia will jump on Europe, and now the realization is dawning that we are not ready, so now we have initiated an investigation \ud83d\udc4d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-atlantic-council wp-block-embed-atlantic-council\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"w6D8MZHyeN\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlanticcouncil.org\/content-series\/inflection-points\/europe-is-not-ready-for-the-russian-threat-at-least-it-now-has-a-plan\/\">Europe is \u2018not ready\u2019 for the Russian threat. At least it now has a plan.<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Europe is \u2018not ready\u2019 for the Russian threat. At least it now has a plan.&#8221; &#8212; Atlantic Council\" src=\"https:\/\/www.atlanticcouncil.org\/content-series\/inflection-points\/europe-is-not-ready-for-the-russian-threat-at-least-it-now-has-a-plan\/embed\/#?secret=tt3jYgFnkp#?secret=w6D8MZHyeN\" data-secret=\"w6D8MZHyeN\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The French are lagging behind the Germans and believe it will take five (5) years before Russia attacks Europe, but that&#8217;s because they are slacking off and didn&#8217;t read the German update to four (4) years that came in June. They are truly incorrigible, but when you have a leader whose working hours are spent arguing with his wife, it&#8217;s not so surprising perhaps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the same here &#8211; everyone agrees that Russia will not hesitate for a second.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/france-warns-of-war-in-heart-of-europe-names-russia-most-direct-threat\">https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/france-warns-of-war-in-heart-of-europe-names-russia-most-direct-threat<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If we summarize what Google says about how leading military officials and our major leaders have expressed themselves on the issue<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Russia is likely to continue with Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Europe has 4-5 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Europe is not ready, especially in drone warfare, we are hopelessly behind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maybe you are smarter than me sitting in my parents&#8217; basement, but why do we want a ceasefire in Ukraine as all of Europe&#8217;s leaders stated in a joint statement a few days ago?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If Russia continues with Europe and we are not ready, wouldn&#8217;t it be best if Russia is kept busy in Ukraine until we are ready?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The cold flash that strikes again &#8211; have Russia and China outmaneuvered us with the help of their buddy Trump, are we cowards?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If we have been outmaneuvered, the war in the Baltics is guaranteed, and if we haven&#8217;t, then we must somehow show it so that Putin doesn&#8217;t think he has the upper hand, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why did we send Swedish troops to Gotland permanently after all those drone overflights for a couple of years?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For me, the easiest way forward is to send in all the brigades we have to the Baltics in the coming weeks and let them defend a few km in from the eastern border and fortify themselves &#8211; then we keep quiet, no one says anything other than that we are not a threat to Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then Putin must make a decision if he is willing to go to war with Europe or not. His staff must also assess whether they will get stuck or move forward because if a war is started with Europe and it goes even worse in Ukraine, then Russia risks turning inwards immediately, that&#8217;s my guess. We present a problem for Putin that is not particularly pleasant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As it stands today with Lithuania&#8217;s major military exercise with 350 soldiers, the only decision Putin has to make is whether Europe will retake the Baltics after he has rolled over it or not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/lithuania-launches-military-drills-near-belarus-border\">https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/lithuania-launches-military-drills-near-belarus-border<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And since we have now pleaded on our knees for peace in Ukraine, I believe GRU and FSB analysts say in their unit meetings that the likelihood is greater that we continue to sleep rather than intervene &#8211; and Russia always pounces on such probability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Europe is making mistake after mistake after mistake right now, and after making mistakes for three years, one starts to question if we have the capacity to do the right thing, it&#8217;s not surprising at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Soon some wild speculation that you will enjoy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Europe not being terrified of what is happening in Ukraine right now is not calm and strength at all &#8211; if the Ukrainian airbag disappears, we are in trouble, and if Ukraine turns against us, it&#8217;s game over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To go out now and say &#8220;Putin, please agree to a ceasefire&#8221; and then not deploy troops to the Baltics is a dereliction of duty because it projects weakness on a weakness, which for a Russian is almost irresistible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, what I would like to believe, I have done my homework and know that this COULD work, but the big question is whether the will exists in Europe, and for three long years, I have been constantly disappointed by our reluctance to do what is right\ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Trump the bastard is out harassing Zelensky again, refuses to copy it in but it raises blood pressure \ud83d\ude21 Everyone with two eyes now knows that he will cheat Ukraine and excessively favor Russia, slippery Krasnov is sneaking around in the undergrowth and he is not our friend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Europe&#8217;s leaders must also know that the USA wants to drag us back under a steel-clad cold-war boot again, they cannot have come to any other conclusion in the meetings after how the USA has behaved since 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ukraine is significantly on the defensive and China is building away Europe, and the USA is making everything harder &#8211; over time we will simply be left behind and eventually the airbag Ukraine will disappear and the bomb with a million former soldiers will be added to the EU underworld.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The only way for this to end well for Europe is if Ukraine wins. If there is a ceasefire now, we have reached the end of the beginning of our era&#8217;s global conflict &#8211; and we are not in a good position at all in the starting field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The situation at the fronts is that RU has started to increase the pace at the southern front and the Dnieper front.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They have pooled resources at Pokrovsk, Kostiantynivka, Siversk, and northern Luhansk where they are advancing everywhere. Northern Luhansk does not have much longer to live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In areas where there are UA elite forces, they cut through &#8211; maybe there were no elite forces there?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Did you see a glimmer of hope in the darkness?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Russian forces are on their way to Belarus to project a threat to Poland and then to attack down towards Lviv and into the Baltics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Divisions have the final destination at the train station in Pskov.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All of this is west of Ukraine&#8217;s westernmost border with Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump has negotiated a ceasefire for Ukraine even though everyone knows that Russia will violate it. But everyone expects Zelensky to keep his promise because he has done so throughout the entire war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What says that Ukraine cannot violate it \ud83e\uddd0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>David D is not wrong that Ukraine has a large offensive reserve &#8211; they MUST have it, I have calculated in all directions and it is impossible for them not to have it period. I have consistently argued that Ukraine has offensive capability for about a year, and RU as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>David D has also shown that new markings have been seen on vehicles and that happens if they plan something fun, if you see soldiers in tape also with new colors, it&#8217;s game on. They change to a new color so that Russian forces do not have time to find out the color and tape themselves in the same shade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But to have any chance of winning this, it must be full asymmetric warfare which Europe and Trump have stopped so far &#8211; you know my previous discussions where Belarus is included, -stans, republics, and all that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If Ukraine pools its capabilities on one front, then they will have a stunning advantage (again).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the overall war, Russia currently has an advantage and is increasing it along with China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Putin is so confident in his actions that he has ordered Operation Baltics according to my previous world-leading analyses that always turn out to be correct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The attack will take place between September &#8211; onwards depending on when they are ready.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They release the Poles from Belarus, they close Suwalki, the Baltic Fleet is out, robot troops from Luga and nuclear troops are deployed and they are ready to press the button for extensive subversive warfare throughout Europe if needed &#8211; always more violence than the opponent because that&#8217;s what they have always done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finland is also unlocked at its border with Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The purpose is to conquer the Baltics, prevent Europe from regaining the area through &#8220;force posture&#8221; and then with Trump&#8217;s help pacify Europe, solidify the victory, and continue to the next country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All of this I have written is true and the plan is to bring down country after country in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The only thing that doesn&#8217;t fit into this right now is Ukraine &#8211; they want a ceasefire, they are retreating everywhere, they are giving up dominant terrain, and the counterattacks are few and very limited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When has Ukraine ever acted like this before?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Europe&#8217;s leaders are silent, but it may also be due to fear of course since they are all cowards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Exactly what is happening is difficult to know, but I want to believe that Ukraine has a plan (they always have a plan) &#8211; how can Azerbaijan raise the tone against Russia when Ukraine is begging for a ceasefire?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That was the first sign \ud83e\uddd0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second is that the constant weather vane Lukahsenko announced that he will not run in any more elections despite having just won an election and Russia seems to be winning the war \ud83e\uddd0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fact that no forces are in the Baltics may be due to a worthless Europe or that they want to dangle something in front of Putin that he will bite on &#8211; who knows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Baltics &#8211; Article 5 &#8211; an opportunity to strike against Russia for those who feel they must follow the rules even if no one else does.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Putin does not attack, okay, re-planning works fine too, and during Zapad 25 we run a false-flag that is a casus belli for Article 5, you don&#8217;t have to be a rule-following id1ot, right \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If we were to pool the capabilities that may be ready to go to war, it is the countries that know they are next in line if Ukraine falls and that their situation will become ten times worse then &#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania rely on mobilization and have between 40,000 &#8211; 100,000 in their total defense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Poland is probably Europe&#8217;s strongest defense force after Ukraine, with heavy vehicles in the thousands and several hundred thousand in reserve forces, but they have several functioning divisions. Poland has not been idle since 2022 unlike the rest of us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finland has the coastal rangers in Nyland&#8217;s brigade, an air force, and a navy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sweden has a navy and an air force where the heavy attack would cause as much damage to the Russian Baltic Fleet today as during the Cold War. Light battalions when the Baltic Fleet is sunk and our hunters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The approach with the entire air force in a drone panorama film would probably make you have to have a beer to calm down, I guess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Germany has a few brigades but LV and air, as well as a navy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes &#8211; it&#8217;s all about the will right now and we haven&#8217;t really seen leaders with integrity so far. History tells us that country after country falls when the masses remain passive and that even a declaration of war can turn out to be just empty words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The end of WW2 for Finland, Poland, the Baltics, Yugoslavia, and Ukraine was very different from that of Western Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the scenario below is undoubtedly the best for Europe and several countries know that if there is a ceasefire and Zelensky falls, perhaps Ukraine as a buffer will disappear or in the worst case be pitted against them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On September 18, Russia crosses the border into the Baltics behind a cloud of drones, four divisions are in western Baltics within 60 hours with another two on the move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Balts have their defense in the western part of the country and European forces did not enter just as a prominent blogger predicted, &#8220;I told you so&#8221; echoes silently from the Caribbean.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>On September 21, information starts coming from Belarus about shooting and popular uprising. Since the Russian divisions have entered Lithuania, there are few units left deployed on the surface in Belarus and they are apparently exposed to a cloud of attacks by Ukrainian SOF, the Belarusian army, and all Belarusian volunteers who have infiltrated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>General chaos ensues, and Lukashenko is already on a plane heading east after shouting &#8220;to the last drop of blood&#8221; from the airplane stairs while his gold was being loaded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the same day, reports emerge that Armenia and Azerbaijan have crossed the border into Russia along with Kazakhstan, and there are reports of riots, shooting, demonstrations, and popular uprisings all over Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On September 22, Operation Crimea unfolds along the Dnieper front and the southern front in full amphibious combat, airborne landings, and drone warfare, with minor landings taking place in Crimea on the first day to close the land bridge, and the Kerch Bridge is brought down in the afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, you guessed it right, Ukraine has built up a large arsenal of robots and drones of all kinds, and the strategic bombing reaches the stratosphere in intensity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the morning of September 23, the mechanized assault units roll into Bryansk Oblast from Chernihiv, revealing that Ukraine still has thousands of tanks, combat vehicles, armored vehicles, and artillery. The reason there were no units in Ukraine was that they were all up in Chernihiv along with most of the drone units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The direction of the attack is northward, just west of Moscow, where defenses are established at all traffic nodes before continuing northward. At the city of Bryansk, an assault detachment breaks off straight east towards the city of Lipetsk, establishing defenses at all major traffic nodes along the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Putin is completely caught off guard \u2013 he was convinced that Trump had negotiated to halt further attacks into Russia, and so was Trump, his masculinity severely wounded. He mutters something about &#8220;Zelensky the bastard&#8221; and &#8220;art of the deal&#8221; as he hastily leaves the press conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Poland, Finland, Sweden, Germany, and the Baltic States take Article 5 very seriously, and Operation Balticum ends in a great deal of Russian casualties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarus will liberate itself within a week \u2013 a ten million strong lynching mob was unstoppable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is how the war is won, but we have not seen this throughout an entire war, we shall see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An attempt to invade the Baltic States would diminish Russian capabilities to the extent that Ukraine could start advancing again, and then the ball is rolling on the fronts, and voila, they regain their entire country which they are unable to reclaim today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><a class=\"image-link image2 is-viewable-img\" href=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!clbE!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5d72582e-4e72-44bb-a0a3-b10f7df72ab5_828x1222.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!clbE!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5d72582e-4e72-44bb-a0a3-b10f7df72ab5_828x1222.jpeg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:361px;height:auto\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>What I believe could support this is that the Balts, Poland, and Finland understand that they are next in line, and without Ukraine, and over time, the situation would deteriorate significantly compared to today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In previous posts, I have hinted that Ukraine may want RU to attack the Baltics and have also confirmed that UA has an offensive reserve. Now we have added some willing European countries to this, but that is the big question mark, of course, even though the candidates to participate are not well-known for bowing down to a Russian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We shall see, but as promised before the end of 2024 \u2013 it is in the year 2025 that this war will be decided.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Substack \u2013 there is still a chance to become subscribers and it is valuable to me if you want to become paying ones. 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