The War in the Ukraine

[Tam]

Zaporizhzhya is the more strategically important of all the provinces. Crimea is like a giant unsinkable aircraft carrier dominating the Black Sea. It secures Russia's southern flank. NATO desires the bases there as it allows a NATO naval battlegroup to operate at this southern belly. Zaporizhzhya provides an important logistical land bridge to Crimea, and every buffer added to that and on South Donetsk, secures Crimea to Russia further. This isn't going to end until Russia takes the Zaporizhzhya capital and sweeps across Dnipropetrovosk.

Dnipropetrovosk is next due to Pavlograd being the main logistical center of eastern Ukraine pass the Dnipro River. Not only that it has important electrical power power plants, gas refineries, air bases, and MIC infrastructure.

Conventional wisdom assumes Russian army wants Drobophilia and the Shakhove sector so they can sweep through the remaining Donetsk and outflank Konstantinovka. Hence so much AFU effort to stop the Russian breach head in this sector. This wisdom fails to assume if the Russians breakthrough at the south of Pokrovsk, they could sweep across at the back of the entire thing anyway.

There isn't any big city in the South anymore that serves as a big fortified obstacle for the Russians, but enough settlements and forests that can serve as stepping stones and staging areas to hide from drones, install artillery, drone units and logistics points for short arrow offensives to the next settlement or forest patch.

 

[Soldier30]

A high-quality video of a combat mission involving a Russian 203mm Malka self-propelled howitzer in the Donbas. In the video, the Malka self-propelled howitzer fires at a temporary Ukrainian army deployment point in the Krasnoarmeysk direction, presumably near Pokrovsk. The 2S7M Malka self-propelled howitzer was developed in the USSR in 1986.

 

[Tam]

Footage of a Russian Kh-38 missile striking a temporary deployment site, presumably belonging to the 57th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Ukrainian Army. The video was filmed near the village of Seversk. The Kh-38 precision-guided missile attack was carried out by a Russian Su-34 fighter-bomber. Judging by the video, the Kh-38 missile completely destroyed the building.

Kh-38 missile overview

Russians have changed the usage of the Kh-38ML from a bridge buster to a bunker buster. The missile is now used to target temporary deployment points and UAV control points within concrete buildings.

A high-quality video of a combat mission involving a Russian 203mm Malka self-propelled howitzer in the Donbas. In the video, the Malka self-propelled howitzer fires at a temporary Ukrainian army deployment point in the Krasnoarmeysk direction, presumably near Pokrovsk. The 2S7M Malka self-propelled howitzer was developed in the USSR in 1986.

These machines are truly engineering masterpieces. The shells are so heavy it requires an autoloader.

 

[Sinnavuuty]

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NATO has reversed Russia’s edge in ammunition production, Rutte says​

NATO has now surpassed Russia in ammunition production after a period when Moscow outpaced the entire alliance’s output, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said in Bucharest on Nov. 6.

"Until recently, Russia was producing more ammunition than all NATO Allies put together. But not anymore," Rutte

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at the NATO-Industry Forum in the Romanian capital.

A major breakthrough if this is true.

 

[Aligazali]

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A major breakthrough if this is true.

"Tarja, Pierre, you are with me on this, I know. But in exchange, you need to be ready. Step up supply, expand existing production lines and open new ones

Don't let the fear of future surplus capacity keep you from meeting the real needs we face today. I have every confidence that what you produce will be purchased."

So hyping the future jai hind style with -If Steiner attacks everything will be alright-vibe

 

[Soldier30]

A scene depicts the assault on a Ukrainian army stronghold by two Russian servicemen. The location and names of the units are unknown.
The video shows a firefight with a Ukrainian serviceman defending the entrance to the dugout. A Ukrainian drone, later intercepted by a Russian drone, is also featured. The dugout was reportedly destroyed as a result of the battle, and one Russian soldier was wounded.

 

[tamsen_ikard]

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A major breakthrough if this is true.

Not if north korean production is added. Russia also no longer relies on artillery anymore. The war has shifted from artillery to entirely drone based strikes and fab glide bombs

 

[Anlsvrthng]

Not if north korean production is added. Russia also no longer relies on artillery anymore. The war has shifted from artillery to entirely drone based strikes and fab glide bombs

And the artillery crews died long time ago as infantry anyway.

 

[sheogorath]

And the artillery crews died long time ago as infantry anyway.

Thats the clever things about the claim, it can't be verified anyway as Ukraine no longer has enough tubes and crews anymore, so you can pinky promise away they have totally picked up the slack, we swear.

 

[Soldier30]

Footage of the Russian Molniya-2 FPV drone, equipped with a yellow phosphorus warhead, in use in Ukraine. The location is unknown. The drone is believed to be using a 120mm mortar smoke grenade warhead.

Technical information about the Molniya-2 drone