We didn't see a lot of Su-24 on the Russian side during the war, probably needed some adaptation for these winged bomb and they are back in the fight ?
The War in the Ukraine
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I think you are over analyzing what happened. Surovikin was clearly suffering from physical burnout with the Wagner affair. You just have to see him at the video he made asking for Wagner to stand down. He was clearly suffering from deprivation of sleep and rest. He was put on mandatory leave and forced to go home to rest. Other people replaced him in command activities but he still has his military rank. So it's not like he was removed from the service altogether.
First time that I see that MG fitted in the front of a mi-8tv(?) in action.
Quite a strange fitting. Beware that this webpage screw your eyes bigtime.
Quite a strange fitting. Beware that this webpage screw your eyes bigtime.
If I'm not mistaken, a large part of Ukraine's industrial base was situated in that part of the country that is now under Russian control.
What about Shahed-136 landing successful attacks on Kiev?
They are not MALE drone that loiter at medium altitude... Shahed are one way pass, no return, low altitude drone with way smaller footprint. MALE drone don't swarm too, they are more of the solitary type.
He's also in charge of air defense now if I remember correctly. Either way, he may return to operational command again at some point so it's a little too early to write him off.
That said, I think @Temstar is correct in his assessment. Surovikin probably has the best track record of any general in this war.
No they aren't. Things like Kharkov tank plant, lvov tank plant, Arsenal and Luch design bureau, Radionix, Yangel, Iskra, Motorsich are still within Ukrainian controlled territory as well as Antonov. They are of course got knocked by cruise missiles and Geran but they're still there.
What Russia took so far are Donetsk and Lugansk as well as that landbridge, which provided the raw and refined materials (e.g ex Azovstal plant, this provided steel) and logistics to those industries. If they also intend to take the design bureaus etc.. they have to return to Kharkov and shoot their way until Kiev.
Iskra (who make radars) and Motor Sich (who make gas turbines) are in Zaporizhzhia which is really close to the front line. And the Kharkov tank plant is right next to the Russian border.
But taking large cities like that would be even harder than taking Mariupol. Zaporizhzhia has like twice the population of Mariupol, and Kharkiv is twice that again. There is also a high chance that most of the staff and a lot of the tooling have already been relocated elsewhere. If they haven't been blown up with Russian cruise missiles strikes already. Still, denying access to these resources might be as important as having them.
But taking large cities like that would be even harder than taking Mariupol. Zaporizhzhia has like twice the population of Mariupol, and Kharkiv is twice that again. There is also a high chance that most of the staff and a lot of the tooling have already been relocated elsewhere. If they haven't been blown up with Russian cruise missiles strikes already. Still, denying access to these resources might be as important as having them.
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