The War in the Ukraine

Tam

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Ukrainian tank hit by Lancet in Chasov Yar.

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Another M109 knocked out by Lancet in the Torsky ledge at the Svatovo Kremenna front, courtesy of the Black Hussars. This will be the 48th confirmed loss of the M109.

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Following the Su-34s, a new batch of Su-35C was delivered to the VKS.

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M777 knocked out by Lancet.

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R-37M launches from MiG-31s. I wonder what the targets are.

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The Washington Post --- Russian and Chinese executives discuss Russia-Crimea tunnel project.

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"▪ According to the publication, with reference to messages intercepted by Ukrainian special services, Russian and Chinese businessmen held secret discussions on plans to build an underwater tunnel connecting Russia with Crimea, in the hope of creating a transport route, which will be protected from attacks by Ukraine.
Intercepted emails show that one of China's largest construction companies has expressed its willingness to participate. The project is ready to finance the bank of China. A tunnel can cost $ 5 billion.
For its part, China is likely to insist on at least partial ownership of the tunnel, increasing its expanding supply of global port and transport infrastructure.
China could also finance the project and receive payment either in the form of duties or through the export of Russian oil and gas."

123rd Brigade strikes Ukrainian positions and vehicles with artillery and FPV drones.

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Lancet from the 336th Marines Brigade hits Ukrainian howitzer.

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Khabarovsk Buggies sent to the special forces of the Federal Guard.

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Three AFU infantry vehicles and a Leopard gets hit by FPV drones in a failed morning attack somewhere in Zaporozhye.

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RBK cluster bombs hit Ukrainian positions at Avdiivka again.

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Kirpi MRAP manages to dodge a rain of Russian artillery fire like a scene from an action movie.

 
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supersnoop

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Apparently the goal to produce 1 million artillery rounds within NATO was only "aspirational" and its promise was mostly "symbolic"

1 million was always aspirational... I had posted on this before.
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Total production in Europe was estimated at 300,000 per year here
You can't magically more than triple production, it would require a lot more equipment and facilities.
 

Tam

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TOS at work on Ukrainian positions in the Torsky ledge at Svatovo Kremenna front.

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Ukrainian ST-68UM radar ska 36D6 gets knocked out. This is an air defense radar. This was done by a Kh-35 about 35km from the front line.

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Destroyed Ukrainian MT-LB S.

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Close up of an M109 destroyed by Lancet.

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Telegraph --- "We will lose a war of exhaustion," Ukrainian soldiers complain.

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Ukraine risks being forced into talks, Baltic diplomat says --- Bloomberg

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FABs busy hitting Ukrainian positions in Kherson again.

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The 7th Brigade at work on Ukrainian positions at Belogovka, using artillery and drones.

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Tula Guards of the VDV engages the enemy with FPV drones.

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New Secret Plan to force Ukraine to negotiate --- Bild

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Julian Roche says US and Germany has a secret plan to force Ukraine to the negotiating table by supplying only enough arms to hold territory but unable to gain new ones.

Russia is starting to make it's electronic warfare superiority count --- The Economist

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This time, a FAB-1500 is used on Ukrainian Marines on Krynki.

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Pickup truck utilized by the AFU gets hit in the forest line by an FPV drone from the 114th.

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Russian Marines snipers of the 155th Brigade are using Desert Tech HT-1 sniper rifles from the US with great effect at Ugledar.

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Chinese Desertcross 1000-3 in Russian service, now seen with a machine gun mounted.

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Tam

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FAB did not destroy this M113. Instead the M113 fell deep into the crater made by the FAB. Someone sounds upset about it.

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Kiev suffered a massed attack of Gerans drones. Explosions were recorded. Interruptions of electricity were reported. This massive attack included about 40 Gerans and lasted through out the night to the morning.

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Gerans are now painted in black to make them harder to see at night.

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Su-24MR spotted the Ukrainian unmanned boats and Su-30SM strafed them to great effect.

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Russian storm troopers captured this stronghold from the 110th Brigade of the AFU. However there appears to not be any battle that was fought here. Instead the elaborate stronghold appeared to have been deliberately abandoned or given up.

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MSTA-B howitzer of the Tula Guards of the VDV in coordination with UAV troops, hit a Ukrainian field ammo depot and command and observation post.

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FAB strikes near the Antonovsky railway bridge in Kherson.

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Like Mad Max but with ATGMs. Buggy with ATGM of the 7th Guards VDV Division in action at Verbove.

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T-62M modernized with Kontakt-1 ERA and 1PN96MT thermal imaging sight.

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Kill stars on this Tor-M2 numbered more than 500 and includes Bayraktars and JDAM-ERs.

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Agriculture remote mining machine (yes it's code named 'Agriculture') working in Avdiivka.

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tank3487

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Does anyone know how good is Odessa's defence is? Seems to be the next obvious target
It is one of the largest cities in Ukraine. And it requires crossing of Dnepr river which make any logistic problematic.

So I really doubt that any move in Odessa direction would be conducted.

I would add that all those "Dnepr crossings" by Ukrainian side are really costly to manpower PR moves from Ukrainian side.
 

generalmeng

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To debunk the myth about women and videos like that because I see that Russian propaganda blows about that all the time.
First - average age of Ukrainian soldiers is 40+ years old. Opposite to the Russians where a lot of the troops are youngsters from Asian part of Russia. Recently they started to move on bigger cities in "Russia proper".
Second - if you see a woman or a man younger than 26 years old those are volunteers, not conscripted.


Another myth - Europe and USA is slowly ramping up ammunition production. European countries (EU, so no GB there) promised 1 million of shells of various cals (not for the small arms) until the end of March 2024. 400k were delivered.
And here's main thing: 40% of ammo produced in EU is exported! And 1 million isn't far off.
As I wrote - production is slowly ramping up. It won't be at full pace until 2025 (as there's no war for NATO). Not taking into account the USA production (100k 155mm rounds alone per month in 2025).

Russia under the current wartime economy can produce how many? You can clearly see the disproportion in potential between red hot Russian production and NATO countries which are doing something but not as much as they could even in peacetime.

Why are you providing Soviet Union example? It's not like it was European or Slavic country. It was an opposite of "West" in reality.
1 million round produced? ok great achievement. I guess the usage is about 20k rounds a day. so about 50 days? not sure if you want to observe business day or calender days, either way, take 1 year to produce 1 million, used in less than 1.5 months.
 

gelgoog

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It is one of the largest cities in Ukraine. And it requires crossing of Dnepr river which make any logistic problematic.
So I really doubt that any move in Odessa direction would be conducted.
I would add that all those "Dnepr crossings" by Ukrainian side are really costly to manpower PR moves from Ukrainian side.
I would like to add that even after making a Dnepr crossing, there are several large rivers on the way east to west to Odessa. Making an amphibious landing would also be way too costly. Let's face it, Russia isn't even taking Kharkiv, which is right next to the border, so they won't be taking Odessa any time soon if ever.

Taking Odessa would probably require invading north to south from Belarus, but I doubt that would happen before taking the east side of the Dnepr.
 

Tam

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"Kill stars on this Tor-M2 numbered more than 500 and includes Bayraktars and JDAM-ERs.

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Боевая машина 9А331М2 ЗРК «Тор-М2» на счету которой более 50 поражённых целей в т.ч. ударный БПЛА Bayraktar TB2 и планирующие бомбы JDAM-ER. Сейчас действует на Донецком направлении. Военный Осведомитель
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Sorry typo. That's 50 stars.


Russian UR-83P mine clearer at work.

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View of Avdiivka coke plant.

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British newspaper Sun shot this footage of Geran night attack over Kiev.

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drowingfish

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I would like to add that even after making a Dnepr crossing, there are several large rivers on the way east to west to Odessa. Making an amphibious landing would also be way too costly. Let's face it, Russia isn't even taking Kharkiv, which is right next to the border, so they won't be taking Odessa any time soon if ever.

Taking Odessa would probably require invading north to south from Belarus, but I doubt that would happen before taking the east side of the Dnepr.
kharkiv can be a reasonable objective at the end of the war. its so close to the russian border so if the ukrainian army does collapse, russia can take it. of course to get their russia must be able to conduct maneuver warfare again to bite off some chunks of the ukrainian army.
 
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