Broccoli
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According to Russian sources Ukraime has artillery advantage is Avdiivka. Despite that Russians continue assaults.
Also whats noticable is that Russians are using BMP's and BTR's in place of tanks.
The War in the Ukraine
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According to Russian sources Ukraime has artillery advantage is Avdiivka. Despite that Russians continue assaults.
Also whats noticable is that Russians are using BMP's and BTR's in place of tanks.
Broccoli
Senior Member
More videos from Avdiivka.
Leopard gets destroyed in Verbove.
Two FAB strikes at Urozhayne on Ukrainian positions.
BMP-1AM Basurmanin on a training ground.
Ouch. FAB-1500 yes 1500 not 500, with UMPK hit this railroad bridge in Kherson where Ukrainian troops are positioned.
Ukrainian ammo depot, location unknown, hit by artillery of Group O.
LMUR strike at a Ukrainian deployment point in the village of Malinovka in Zaporozhye. Note this is launched from a helicopter.
Production of new IL-76MD-90A is at full throttle.
Ukrainian deployment point gets hit in the village of Novoukrainka in South Donetsk, courtesy of the 40th Marine Brigade.
M777 gets knocked out by artillery in the village of Bila Hora in Artemovsk.
ISW (Institute of Study of War, aka US neocon think tank) summaries of the day.
"The main conclusions of the American Institute for the Study of War are:
Ukrainian forces continued counteroffensive operations near Artemivsk and in the west of the Zaporizhzhia region, but did not achieve confirmed successes.
The Russian army conducted offensive operations on the Kupyansk-Svatove-Kreminna line, in the Artemovsk area, in the Avdiivka area, west of Donetsk, in the border area of the DPR and Zaporizhzhia region and in the west of the Zaporizhzhia region and advanced in some areas.
Russian troops launched new offensive near Avdiivka and advanced west of Krasnohorivka
Russian units continued attacks in the area of Synkivka, Ivanivka, Nadia and Makiivka and approached the outskirts of Lyman Pervaya
Ukrainian troops conducted unsuccessful ground attacks on the Kupyansk-Svatove-Kreminna"
Russian drone observes Ukrainian troops hiding in trench near railroad near the waste heap in Avdiivka.
Ukrainian howitzer just failed. Simply failed. This appears to originally come from TikTok.
Ukrainian dome camera used to observe Russian positions in Zaporozhye gets taken out by FPV drone.
Uragans of the 68th Army firing at Novomikhailovka.
Two FAB strikes at Urozhayne on Ukrainian positions.
BMP-1AM Basurmanin on a training ground.
Ouch. FAB-1500 yes 1500 not 500, with UMPK hit this railroad bridge in Kherson where Ukrainian troops are positioned.
Ukrainian ammo depot, location unknown, hit by artillery of Group O.
LMUR strike at a Ukrainian deployment point in the village of Malinovka in Zaporozhye. Note this is launched from a helicopter.
Production of new IL-76MD-90A is at full throttle.
Ukrainian deployment point gets hit in the village of Novoukrainka in South Donetsk, courtesy of the 40th Marine Brigade.
M777 gets knocked out by artillery in the village of Bila Hora in Artemovsk.
ISW (Institute of Study of War, aka US neocon think tank) summaries of the day.
"The main conclusions of the American Institute for the Study of War are:
Ukrainian forces continued counteroffensive operations near Artemivsk and in the west of the Zaporizhzhia region, but did not achieve confirmed successes.The Russian army conducted offensive operations on the Kupyansk-Svatove-Kreminna line, in the Artemovsk area, in the Avdiivka area, west of Donetsk, in the border area of the DPR and Zaporizhzhia region and in the west of the Zaporizhzhia region and advanced in some areas.Russian troops launched new offensive near Avdiivka and advanced west of KrasnohorivkaRussian units continued attacks in the area of Synkivka, Ivanivka, Nadia and Makiivka and approached the outskirts of Lyman PervayaUkrainian troops conducted unsuccessful ground attacks on the Kupyansk-Svatove-Kreminna"Russian drone observes Ukrainian troops hiding in trench near railroad near the waste heap in Avdiivka.
Ukrainian howitzer just failed. Simply failed. This appears to originally come from TikTok.
Ukrainian dome camera used to observe Russian positions in Zaporozhye gets taken out by FPV drone.
Uragans of the 68th Army firing at Novomikhailovka.
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Indeed, and very ironic too. The vast quantity of armament the Soviet Union stockpiled for a WWIII scenario has been depleted in a war between two former member states.
It's probably less to do with 'air force' (as the city has been bombed many times), more to do with infantry issues.
What is notable is there is no Wagner PMC with its ruthless methods to help out the Russian army in a concentrated way.
I don't think the Russian army is ready to readily absorb mass casualties like Wagner did by relying on light infantry to slowly push through block by block. However it's not like a armored assualt is doing much good either.
Ukraine has cancelled it's population census expected to be carried out this year
Aparently Ukraine tried to launch a mass air raid today that ended with the loss of several aircraft
Aparently Ukraine tried to launch a mass air raid today that ended with the loss of several aircraft
I think that's the issue too. They appear to be trying to take it without using a lot of infantry and with vehicles.
Vuledar and the environs were completely incinerated but they still haven't been able to take it.
Ultimately the only thing that can take the two cities are a serious effort with assault infantry & combat engineers.
They can encircle it and let them stay there for one year...until ammo and food are spent. If they are able to mass up enough troops to garrison it and destroy supply attemps, it will collapse by itself.
It's just that in these open mined fields, even encirclement is not that easy. Any vehicules out there in plain sight are juicy fruits ready to harvest.
Some additional stuff that came in.
Ukrainian truck or MRAP driving fast gets hit, probably by artillery. Ukrainian troops are tracked by drone, then suppressed by artillery. This likely to be in the Orekhiv sector.
Donetsk hit by HIMARS. However all the destroyed vehicles look non military.
Forest belt gets pelted with S-8 rockets from a Ka-52.
Debris of shot down HIMARS GMLRS.
This piece of HIMARS is intact. It's the nose cone with electronics perhaps the guidance system and the missile's brain. No doubt this will be examined, and a big boon to EW specialists.
Lancet takes out an RM-70 Vampire MLRS.
Sparta Battalion strikes again with an FPV drone hitting a Ukrainian tank. Last year this unit was notorious for uploading many videos of quadcopter bombing on Ukrainian trenches. They have now 'upgraded' to FPV drones.
FPV drones from the Beaver catches up on an AFU vehicle.
Courtesy of the Sudoplatov Battalion, FPV drones are sent express delivery to Ukrainian held hideouts.
Ukrainian truck or MRAP driving fast gets hit, probably by artillery. Ukrainian troops are tracked by drone, then suppressed by artillery. This likely to be in the Orekhiv sector.
Donetsk hit by HIMARS. However all the destroyed vehicles look non military.
Forest belt gets pelted with S-8 rockets from a Ka-52.
Debris of shot down HIMARS GMLRS.
This piece of HIMARS is intact. It's the nose cone with electronics perhaps the guidance system and the missile's brain. No doubt this will be examined, and a big boon to EW specialists.
Lancet takes out an RM-70 Vampire MLRS.
Sparta Battalion strikes again with an FPV drone hitting a Ukrainian tank. Last year this unit was notorious for uploading many videos of quadcopter bombing on Ukrainian trenches. They have now 'upgraded' to FPV drones.
FPV drones from the Beaver catches up on an AFU vehicle.
Courtesy of the Sudoplatov Battalion, FPV drones are sent express delivery to Ukrainian held hideouts.