The War in the Ukraine

Destroyed M113 in Bakhmut. Clip is digitally censored for unsettling content.


MLRS hit by Lancet resulting in ammo cook off.


Ukrainian BMP-2 hit by Lancet.


Vehicle depot in Zaporozhye hit by Russian air strike.


FAB-500M62 doing their work on Ukrainian depots in Berislav.


Lancet takes out a MSTA-B howitzer of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

In Donetsk, they began to create anti-fragmentation shields-capes for attack aircraft and drone operators. The body armor cape will allow the military to protect themselves from a large number of fragments and small VOG-type ammunition, which are used in grenade launchers and dropped from drones. The cape shield can be hung on the arm or used as a cape.


Footage of the underground military depots left by the Ukrainian army in Soledar has been published. The size of military warehouses and workshops built back in Soviet times is simply colossal. In an underground city 5 kilometers long, at a depth of 150 meters, new and Soviet weapons were placed.


Anti-aircraft self-propelled gun "Gepard" of the Ukrainian army, German-made, came under attack from the Russian kamikaze drone "Lancet". This is the first defeat of the German self-propelled anti-aircraft gun "Gepard" in Ukraine by drones "Lancet". The unit is not destroyed, but the electronics are most likely damaged.

sheogorath said:

Seems they took forever to bring it down considering that in the last video it was well on its way to fly over Mariyinskii Palace

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According to this picture it was a TB-2

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This might seem far fetched but to me this shoot down seems to be aimed towards Turkiye that expelled the Ukrianian delegation from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation yesterday. Soon afterwards the Ukrianians shot down a "stray" TB2. Coincidence?

The Ukrainian message to Turkiye might be this, "We don't care who you are, if you take a stance against our (unhinged) diatribes, we're going to hit you!"

Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey Şentop intervened in the protest of the Ukrainian delegation with a flag. Şentop, who took a break from the meeting, demanded that the committee, who disrupted the working order, be taken out of the hall. Şentop said, "Whoever we have promised will speak here. I will not disturb the peace and order of this meeting. If anyone has such an intention, let them go out." used the phrase. Emphasizing that everyone can express their opinions and ideas with their words, Şentop said, "There is no obstacle to this, but if action is taken, such meetings will cease to be parliamentary meetings and turn into street movements." made its assessment. Şentop underlined that he did not allow this action, and asked those who want to speak without making a promise to come out. The Ukrainian delegation continued to intervene verbally until the speech of the Deputy Head of the Russian Delegation Timofeeva ended.

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The nonchalant way the Ukrianian airforce explained this incident adds only to it:

sequ said:

This might seem far fetched but to me this shoot down seems to be aimed towards Turkiye that expelled the Ukrianian delegation from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation yesterday. Soon afterwards the Ukrianians shot down a "stray" TB2. Coincidence?

The Ukrainian message to Turkiye might be this, "We don't care who you are, if you take a stance against our (unhinged) diatribes, we're going to hit you!"

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I don't think that would be the mainstream opinion in Ukraine but considering how unhinged some Ukrainians are it is quite possible some officials are on that position.

tankphobia said:

What is Prigozhin trying to achieve? Today he recorded a video with a whole bunch of dead Wagner troops laying on the ground again calling out Shoigu and Gerasimov for not providing shells. I won't post the video here because it's quite graphic. His last daily update was something to the effect of we lost 80 troops and advanced 120 meters.

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Well, people quote Prigozhin as saying 80 casualties per day. But for some reason it is never said that he said that the AFU loses 350 to 500 people a day.
This may be the key, Prigozhin loves his boys. But the ministry doesn't care about them, so a cold calculation says their sacrifice is acceptable.

It's also likely to be psy-op or political games, we really don't know, but as I said 2 days ago, the whole circus is too weird, it could be anything. For example it could have been decided to limit the daily use to create stockpiles for the Ukrainian offensive etc.
Also, the army fired that logistics general, and the next day he's working for Wagner?
It's strange.

In any case, it's clear that the criticism of Shoigu is more than justified, it's been 8 or 9 years since the Boomerangs and Kurganets started parading on Red Square and they haven't even passed the tests a decade later. Only now are BMP-3s being produced in large numbers. Shoigu really is a disaster, if you add to that his daughter filming TikToks in Dubai....

Some backup "air-defense" that's probably more dangerous for the civilians on the ground than the drone

⚡️"On May 10, 2023, we are forced to transfer positions to units of the Ministry of Defense"

The head of the Wagner PMC, Yevgeny Prigozhin, announced that on May 10, the PMC was leaving Bakhmut due to lack of ammunition.

@Slavyangrad

So is Wagner the only Russian forces in Bakhmut ?

Stealthflanker said:

So is Wagner the only Russian forces in Bakhmut ?

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I believe
Wagner = shock troops.
Russian forces = occupational, defensive force, sapper etc.

Seems like a kinzhal was successfully intercepted on may 4th. Look at the thickness of that warhead!