The War in the Ukraine

Tam said:

Surovikin's daughter, Veronica, issued statement that her father is in the workplace and nothing happened.

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Stealthflanker said:

Hope she post vid soon. That'll help destroy and discrediting the rumor even further.

I remember the first to report Gen Surovikin's arrest was one war reporter Romanov. His telgram channel is @Romanov_92 and it's just spread like wildfire.

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gelgoog said:

ATACMS isn't produced anymore. Any which are given to Ukraine will be unavailable to the US if they need it themselves. For example against Russia in NATO Europe proper or against China in Taiwan area. I doubt it will be delivered to Ukraine before the Precision Strike Missile enters service.

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U.S. Close to Approving Long-Range ATACM Missiles to Bolster Ukraine’s Fight​

WASHINGTON—The U.S. is close to approving a long-range missile system for Ukraine that could shift the tide of Kyiv’s fight against Russian invaders in its favor, U.S. and European officials said.

The Army Tactical Missile System, or ATACMS, has a range of about 190 miles, enough for Ukrainian forces to strike Russian targets far behind the front lines. President Biden hasn’t signed off on the transfer, in part out of concern among U.S. officials that Ukraine could use it to strike Russian territory and escalate the conflict into a wider war with the West.

Officials said that the matter is pending approval at the highest levels. But officials in the U.S. and Europe have seen signs that previously reluctant quarters of the U.S. government, namely the White House, have come to see an urgent need to bolster Ukraine’s fight in the coming weeks.

But amid the domestic turmoil in Russia, where over the weekend the founder of the Wagner mercenary force staged an abortive mutiny, U.S. and European officials acknowledged that now might be the time to step on the gas.

A senior Ukrainian defense official told The Wall Street Journal that Kyiv had received positive signs in recent weeks that the U.S. had come around on the ATACMS system. Ukrainian officials have argued that the long-range missiles are needed, in part, to strike into Crimea, the peninsula occupied by Russia that Russian forces are using as a base to launch Iranian-made drones, according to public statements by the U.S. and its European allies.

The White House national security council and the Pentagon didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

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Tam said:

Bradley was hit from a record 9.5km from a T-80BVM. The tank was firing indirectly like an artillery system, with a UAV or drone acting as correction. The use of drone assisted indirect fire from tanks is a growing trend on both sides.

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Zichan said:

Was it firing guided munitions? That’s quite a precise kill at that range for a smoothbore gun.

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