The War in the Ukraine

HighGround

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From my understanding this is some 40-50km from the front?
With recent strikes on equipment in the Ukrainian rear areas it seems like the HIMARS advantage is diminishing.
Should be very worrying, as this is perhaps the only major advantage Ukraine still has on the battlefield.

Wasn't it one guy murdered in Kiev?

No, Wagner did publish a pretty brutal execution of a traitor who was captured I believe.

Yes,
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. Linked is the Wikipedia article.
 

Sinnavuuty

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Recent Russian Contingency episode with Kofman and Rob Lee.

I don't really have the energy to go into a full breakdown or summary of the episode, I just wanted to highlight the really, really wild thing I heard on here. Ukrainian brigade commanders apparently told them that Russians are using execution as a threat to force Russian troops to undertake assault operations.

I'm gonna be frank, but that sound wild. I'm aware that Wagner did actually use executions, but we actually heard about those on Telegram pretty widely, and we also saw video evidence of an actual execution of a traitor or deserter or something. I have heard literally nothing on Telegram regarding this particular allegation.

Thoughts?
I don't know if you noticed, but Kofman has changed a lot since his first visit to Ukraine after the invasion. In fact, he only criticizes the AFU when it has already become acceptable, especially among the NAFO, such as the battle of Bakhmut.
 

gelgoog

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I don't know if you noticed, but Kofman has changed a lot since his first visit to Ukraine after the invasion. In fact, he only criticizes the AFU when it has already become acceptable, especially among the NAFO, such as the battle of Bakhmut.
Kofman is Ukrainian, born in Kiev, funded by US thinktanks. It is just that his mask fell off.
He's another hack with a political science degree pretending he's a military expert.
 

Tam

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This is the follow on video after the two Mi-17 gets eliminated by missile and cluster munitions strikes (I think it's Tornado-S despite culprit weapons not specifically stated). The remaining helicopters were quickly towed into a hanger which an Su-34 gave the FAB treatment. And so the entire helicopter group was wiped out.

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Russian army aviation on a roll on the border. Usage of LMUR against Ukrainian bases and shelters.

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The night hunt of the Lancet, the victim an M777.

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Ukrainian tank along the border gets knocked out by a Krasnopol-M2.

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Lancets from the 106th VDV takes out two T-72M1 in the Seversk area. Then two more SPG in the Slavyansk area.

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TOS working on Ukrainian positions in Georgievka.

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Ukrainians attempt to retrieve tanks burned from their border incursion. Lancet took out a BREM. Another tank retreated hastily under heavy fire.

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Zemledelie 'Agriculture' remote miner laying the mines on the approaches of the Ukrainian border incursion.

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Ukrainian border raid gets shelled as they try to hide in the buildings. One Ukrainian tank is knocked out.

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M113s fall under heavy fire as they attempt to evacuate troops in the Avdeyevka front as the 255th Regiment shells them.

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Ukrainian DRG trying to cross the border from the Kharkhiv region gets a FAB-250.

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Ukrainian GUR Legion unit storms and shoots what turns out to be just an empty house.

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Ukrainian positions on the forest border gets shelled.

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Knocked out Bradley with Russian soldier posing.

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Russians continue to drive heavily into Georgievka.

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Ukrainian force accumulation in Georgievka gets hit with a FAB-250.

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Ukrainian tank hit by Lancet from the 177th Marine Regiment.

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FAB-500 arrivals in the Artemovosk direction.

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Russians advance in Pervomaysky, catching Ukrainian forces in a trap.

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Russians watch a Ukrainian tank hit a mine at the Nechoteevka crossing during the attempted border incursion.

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FairAndUnbiased

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Ukraine needs 0.5 million men mobilized out of 3.7 million men remaining. That's 1/7 of the entire male population.

This is quite sad tbh. Ukrainian current economy is already on life support, but if you throw away 1/7 of the entire male population in productive years 25-60, then there's not even a hope for economic recovery postwar.

Ukrainian TFR is 1.3. With a loss of 25-60 YO men and both young men and women fleeing abroad, how can their demographics recover?

Of the ones in the war, those who already surrendered, got wounded, live in conquered regions or taken POW are the lucky ones. At least they'll live - in Russia, to keep the Ukrainian ethnicity alive. And they'll eventually be freed.

Those who remain now are facing FAB-1500s. Those don't accept surrenders, take prisoners, don't wound, and don't take territory.
 

Tam

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Photo op where the Legion of Freedom of Russia claims to capture the village of Tetkino in Russian Belgorod region was geolocated and turned out to be the Ukrainian village of Ryzohka across the border in the Sumy region.

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Ka-52M strikes with LMUR against Ukrainian observation posts, tanks and Bradleys, which tried to enter Russian territory from Popovka in Kharkhiv region.

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Area of Spodaryushino in Popovka, Kharkhiv region, Lancets had a field day against the Ukrainian incursion force, taking out multiple vehicles. Not shown is the video that shows lots of Ukrainian dead.

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Air strike takes out bridge across the river Vorksla in the Sumy region.

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M777 gets hit by Lancet in Zaporozhye, making it the 142nd confirmed loss of the M777.

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Previously unreleased footage of an M777 destroyed by counterbattery in Avdiivka last year makes this the 143rd confirmed kill.

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TOS from the 26th Regiment arriving on Ukrainian positions in South Donetsk.

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Ukrainian UAV gets taken down by MANPADS.

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Improvements on the Iskander-M from the pieces of wreckage. The radio emitting decoys were replaced by additional antennas for satellite signals for GLONASS, sacrificing defense for better accuracy.

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Ukrainian POV. Lancet hits the front edge of the BMP-2 and fails to stop it.

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Abandoned damaged Marder in Avdeyevka.

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Heavy damage after Geran strikes in Sumy region. This could be targeting a barracks used by the AFU.

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EW sites used by AFU in Kharkhiv and Sumy regions targeted with Geran and rocket strikes.

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Destruction of a CAESAR and a Bogdan SPG by ballistic missile, marked in map in Kharkhiv region.

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Mirek

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Well they’re likely scraping the bottom of the barrel at this point. With stories like that getting out, draft dodging will increase.

Mediazone confirms 45,000 Russian casualties total according to their tracking of social media and public obituaries, but the Russian military receives 30,000 new voluntary sign-ups every month, which is more than enough to not only replace losses, but allow constant cycling of reserves and the retention of experience within the Russian military, improving its total quality as the conflict continues and a potential wider conflict with NATO looms.

The Ukranian military meanwhile has suffered anywhere from 300,000 to 450,000 KIA since the start of the conflict and has constant problems with mobilizing new soldiers from those who have zero military experience and are completely involuntary, therefore of dubious quality. The training they receive is also minimal, while the Russian military is documented taking months to refresh their conscripts and apply the lessons learnt from the war to green recruits.

Who is scraping the barrel?
 
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