The ground seems to still be messy
There are new claims of T-14 being deployed, mostly in a fire support role instead of assault
There are new claims of T-14 being deployed, mostly in a fire support role instead of assault
Strike with what is claimed to be to FAB-500 with gliding kits around some of the islands in the Dnipro river.
Donbass is in fact one of the best places for defense, since there is hills and a lot of settlements.With progress like this Russia could take most of Donestk by end of year. Then they need to ask themselves what is next? Ukraine will not give up. Should they call it a day or keep going for Dniprotrovsk or Kherson? What if they still dont negotiate? They should have a end game ready.
The further they push west the harder to occupy a more disobedient population. On other hand things will get easier as Ukraine exert itself. This is another factor to consider due to limited manpower size of Russia. It could limit the amount of land they occupy.
T-55s and Bradleys in the same unit... at any other times this would be weird.
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Data add up, ealier was a mention about ten aircraft per day dedicated for glide bombs, one sortie / day with two bombs will result in 20 strikes.DW article on the use of gliding bombs. Mentions up to 20 bombs dropped daily, though there is a lot of cope in the article and then it becomes the usual complain over western fighter jets
In many cases, such as tall buildings within cities, the impact of a single FAB bomb greatly exceeds the number equivalent of artillery shells. Look at Vuhledar, the buildings were still standing after months of bombardment but a single FAB bomb can take one down. Similar thing for heavy bridges.Data add up, ealier was a mention about ten aircraft per day dedicated for glide bombs, one sortie / day with two bombs will result in 20 strikes.
Most likelly the bottleneck is the available bombs.
One of those bombs has 350 kg explosive load, normal piece of artirelly has 7 kg, means each of them worth 50 pcs of 152 mm ammunition.
Now, considering the higher recision over longer distance these strikes most likelly worht the equivalent of say 5000 pcs of 152 mm shell.
Estimate of Russian 152 mm shell usage is in the range of 5000-20 000 shell /day, means this power increase dramatically the firepower.
IF they can increase the production rate fourfould then that would be devastating for the ukrainan military.