The War in the Ukraine

supersnoop said:

I think most of them are using big LFP power banks, less heat and no fuel trucks
All those Chinese power bank companies set up Ukrainian distribution, Ecoflow, Bluletti, Jackery, etc.
Since they are mostly assembly workshops, they need mostly to just keep the lights and 3D printers on.

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Even LFP generates significant heat. Just not as hot as NMC but would still be more than thermally visible. You still need to charge the LFP and you can cut that off.



News comes that the Russians have raised the flag somewhere in Ocheretino, just as we hear that the 47th Brigade defending the area and the 79th defending Novomikhailovka, are both in the verge of disintegrating from decimation.


That went a lot faster than I thought.


News come as one of the Ukrainian brigades in Ocheretino decides to give up and abandon positions.


FAB-250s hit hard here.


TOS arrives in the Orekhiv front.


Battles towards Chasiv Yar. The 200th Brigade from the Leningrad district sends Lancets to dispatch Ukrainian howitzer and tank.


120 civilians have been killed in the Ukrainian shelling of Belgorod including 11 children.


RBK-500 cluster bombs arriving in Niu York.


More arrivals at Odessa including at air defense positions.


FABs landing at Ocheretino.


TOS arriving at Ukrainian positions near Berdychi.


Ukrainian military deployment points and warehouse gets FAB'ed near the border.


LMUR hits a Ukrainian hideout in Malinovka.


Russian artillery and Lancets hit a base of Ukrainian UAV controllers near Stupochky.


Ukrainian electronic warfare complex gets destroyed by Lancet in Lvove.


Ukrainian AD gets hit by Lancet somewhere in Zaporozhye.


Bombing and shelling in Chasiv Yar.


Oshkosh M-ATV destroyed in the Zaporozhye front.


Fire in Odessa port continues to burn in the fourth day.


M777 gets knocked out by counterbattery in the Kupyansk region.


Members of the AFU 25th Airborne surrendered and are not very happy with their leadership.


Russian troops chilling watching History Legends in YouTube.

Kommuna apparently intact and unscatched.. i wonder what did Ukraine hit there ?

Atomicfrog said:

Maybe they use them like baits... better to get ships that don't influence the outcome hit by these cruise missiles than troops concentrations and vehicules depots ?

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There is a running theory/cope by some z-posters that the Sergey Kotov was sacrificed as bait, knowing that such a high profile loss would cause conspicuous award ceremy for those involved, including leadership of the project. This resulted in the Iskander strike in Odessa during the visit of the Greek president, with the claim being that most of members and leadership of the USV group were taken out, which is also why there has been a reduction in the usage of sea drones after.

Of course, take it with the corresponding massive bag of salt, even if it sounds like a very Russian strategy.

Seems th 67th Mechanized Brigade, responsible for holding Chasiv Yar has been disbanded while being purged of its Right Sector backbone after giving up positions within the town.



Ukranian forces have been routed out Ocheretyne after the defensive lines fell and the Ukranian units in the area were forced to fall back.

HighGround said:

I'm really skeptical about all of this. I mean... U.S. and UK surely would've said something about a massive concentration of forces on the Kharkiv direction, or let the Ukrainians know. Perhaps the information space is just a lot less clear these days, but massive redeployments and preparations surely would've been noticed even by OSINT.

As far as I can tell, Ukraine's preparations for a Kharkiv offensive look half-hearted at best, but perhaps they don't think it's that big of a threat. On the Kupyansk direction ~6 months ago Ukraine also evacuated the area and held off the Russians just fine with what existing defenses were already there. There were redeployments, but I can't recall anything on a major scale.

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Yes, it is being publicized.

They report between 48,000 and 100,000 assault troops in the area.

Russian flag in Ocheretino. This appears to be in the center, but Ukrainians might still be holding the outskirts.


The 155th raises the flag in Novomikhailovka, now confirmed completely captured.


ATGM hits a Ukrainian FPV drone control center.


Ukrainian tank gets hit by Lancet near Chasiv Yar. By the 200th.


Not a video game. Sniper using thermal imager shooting down a Baba Yaga drone.


Destroyed Ukrainian Kozak-7 in the Chasiv Yar area.


Daily FABing across to the Ukrainian side of the Dniepr.


Lancet takes out a T-72M1.


Winged FAB hits a building where there's alleged a large concentration of Ukrainian infantry in the Seversk region.


The Tulips of the 238th Artillery Brigade continues their work on Krasnogorovka.


Captured Leopard 2A5 sent to Russian repair unit to repair it's tracks and mobility.



Ukrainian drone, probably a Baba Yaga, with a Starlink array. The drone got landed by electronic warfare forces.


Russian recon drone flying unopposed over Odessa. Such are looking for new targets and confirming damage or destruction on attacked targets.


Russian ground drone attacked by Ukrainian FPV drone.


ATV with the Russian paratroopers.


Nona-S with the 810rd Marine Brigade of the Black Sea Fleet.


Infrastructure hits in Odessa by Gerans. Burning fuel facility. An AD installation was also said to be hit.


Novobakhmutovka said to be captured by the Russians.


New Ukrainian stamp.


Lancet takes out a British AS-90 SPG in South Donetsk.


Destroyed Ukrainian YPR-765 and Senator APC in Kleeshevka.


MSTA-B howitzers hit Ukrainian positions and observation posts across the border. Offensive preparation?


Russians throwing every shell they got into Krasnogorovka, 152mm, 240mm and so on.


Lancet takes out a Krab SPG with thermal imaging. Observing drone also using thermals.


Wide spread destruction by Russian cluster munitions.

Tam said:

Captured Leopard 2A5 sent to Russian repair unit to repair it's tracks and mobility.

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Seems they captured the tank with several DM53A1 rounds. While themselves they are relatively old rounds, the A1 introduced several features of the more modern DM63, particularly the inert propellant

Russian s400 grill screen radar got tungsten

SolarWarden said:

Russian s400 grill screen radar got tungsten

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Looks like decoys

Russians posing in the center of Ocheretino. They don't seem to feel threatened and quite relaxed, no gunfire. It is possible that at least 1km from this site in all directions have been cleared by the Russians.


FABs and FABs continue to arrive at Krasnogorovka.


Ukrainian self propelled gun taken out by Lancet.


Urozhayne getting bombed by FABs.


LMUR strike again at Malinovka.


This Ukrainian MT-LB was destroyed when the house it was hiding in gets hit by artillery.


Battle of Chasiv Yar from the ground perspective.


Missile attacks over the city of Donetsk gets intercepted.


Russian MoD announces destruction of the MiM-23 Hawk air defense system but video is still pending.


After being declared fit for service, a Ukrainian died of epilepsy on the way to the training center.


Dimwit. Ukrainian showed her school being used as a military warehouse.


Ukrainian ammo depot struck and explodes.


More than 100,000 Ukrainian soldiers have deserted their units.


Russian tank hits a shelter used by Ukrainian paratroopers.


Russians bombing Karlivka dam. If the dam breaks this can cause flooding that can cut off many roads to the front.


TOS arrivals from the Mad Dogs Spetznaz Brigade.