The War in the Ukraine

Stealthflanker said:

Yeah and i still remember that "60% reliability" of Russian missiles which have no real source.



12.7mm seems too unlikely, while 23mm i recalled the Russian 23mm has explosive charge so i dont think it would leave such clean hole

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Could be explosive fragment.

Ukrainian ammo depot at the right side of Kherson hit by Russian artillery. Area hit includes parking hanger for 40 vehicles.


Ukrainian ammo depot in the Soledar direction hit by Russian rockets, which might be Tornado G or S. This is credited to the Russian 200th Brigade. Drones tracked trucks coming in and out of the depot.


Ukrainian command post hit by Russian artillery,


Ukrainian columns headed to the flanks of Artemovsk got heavily shelled.

Destroyed Finnish mine clearing Leopard close up.


Ukraine planning a false flag operation?

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An adviser to the head of the Rosatom corporation said that the terrorist regime in Kiev plans on the night of July 5 to fire at the ZNPP from the Tochka-U OTRK, the rocket of which will be stuffed with radioactive materials.

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Su-25s hitting what remains of the Ukrainian beachead in the Antonovsky Bridge with FABs.


Ukrainian personnel decided to leave the bridgehead via boats, but they are attacked by FPV drones. I suppose the Ukrainian EW cover has been destroyed to allow the FPV drones to operate with impunity.


Ukrainians tried to hide their howitzer but the Lancet found it anyway.


Rare kill. Ka-52 stuffs a Vikr into a Ukrainian Strela-10.


FPV drone loaded with thermobaric bomb heads to a Ukrainian border post in the Kharkhov region.


Russian patriotism at an all time high. With this much volunteering who needs mobilization? More than 185,000 has volunteered from Jan 1 to July 4 and the numbers are increasing each week. From @voenacher.

Deputy Representative of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev held a meeting on the issues of understaffing the Russian Armed Forces with contractors.

The main thing:

— According to the Ministry of Defense, from January 1 to July 4, 2023, more than 185 thousand people were accepted into the ranks of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation;

— The contract selection rate in June increased to 1,400 people per day;

— Over the past week alone, almost 10 thousand people signed a contract with the RF Armed Forces;

— Received reports from military leaders asking them to transfer boats confiscated from poachers and smugglers for the needs of the SVO;

— For various formal reasons, this confiscation is not transferred to the needs of the SVO, a decision must be made at the federal level;

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Russia finally realizes their shortcoming regarding AWACS and their value for countering cruiser missiles and other threats so they will speed up the modernization process for the A-50


What seems an improved Krasnopol

sheogorath said:

Russia finally realizes their shortcoming regarding AWACS and their value for countering cruiser missiles and other threats so they will speed up the modernization process for the

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It took them long enough to come to that conclusion.

There's a section on Patriot intercepting "Kinzhal", I draw your attention to this part:

Li Hui, China’s special representative for Eurasian affairs, was visiting Kyiv in mid-May, by which time Ukraine had allegedly downed several Kinzhals. However, Ukrainian diplomats said the Chinese envoy did not believe that US-made Patriots had intercepted Russia’s hypersonic missiles.

“I proposed that if there are doubts, we are ready to provide proof,” Reznikov said.

Li left Kyiv without viewing the evidence, Reznikov added. The Chinese embassy in Kyiv did not respond to a request for comment.

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I don't know about you, but I'm going with the opinion of the country that both helped Saudi Arabia with missile defence when their Patriots were failing to stop Houthi ballistic missiles and are fielding weapons similar to Kinzhal.

UMPK in flight. There could be some good measurements be made. Might try 3D model it and see how much the RCS it has.

One FPV drone attacks Ukrainian commandos hiding under the Antonovsky Bridge. Another Russian FPV drone hits boat transporting commandos away from the bridgehead.


Russian BMP unloading grenades at a Ukrainian held trench. Stunned soldiers seen walking away from trench, which possibly leads to safe capture later.


Attempts to conceal M777 proves useless as the Lancet manages to hit it.


Two Su-25 bombs a large Ukrainian warehouse with FABs at Belgorovka.


Russian artillery striking Ukrainian hideouts in Zaporzhyzhia. Watermark on the video might suggest this to be the work of the VDV.

Stealthflanker said:

UMPK in flight. There could be some good measurements be made. Might try 3D model it and see how much the RCS it has.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1676560321526284288

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I try to calculate the UMPK kit cost relativly to the JDAM-ER, but at the moment I haven't find any data about the JDAM-ER. Or procurment info.

Anyway, for the UMPK they mentioned 2 million ruble / pcs, if we calculate it based on the F-18 vs Su 35 price it is around 89 333USD/pieces.

I mean, F-18 cost 67 million USD, Su35 around 1500 million ruble, so one Su35 worth 750 UMPK, so 67 000 000/750= 89 333 USD .

Stadnard JDAM cost around 30 000 USD each, winged kit should be in the same range like the Russian model.

Anlsvrthng said:

Anyway, for the UMPK they mentioned 2 million ruble / pcs, if we calculate it based on the F-18 vs Su 35 price it is around 89 333USD/pieces.

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Recently they said 800'000 rub, but I am doubtful - it's close to the direct sum of necessary mechanical components.
If it's true, however, well - it's below 10k USD apiece.