The War in the Ukraine

Ukrainian Grad MLRS destroyed after a Lancet attack.


Ukrainian communication tower knocked out by FPV drone.


Surovikin returns to Moscow on the 15th, said to have a new role in the revamped MoD.


FAB lands on Ukrainian positions in this forest line.


Lancet takes out a Tunguska under a trawl and being delivered on a trailer.


M777 gets taken out in a counterbattery exchange versus the First Tank Army in the Kupyansk front.


A house occupied by Ukrainian UAV operators gets hit by artillery and FPV drones. A mistake of walking down the street enabled a Russian drone to discover the site.


Third 2S22 Bogdan SPG gets taken out by a Lancet.


Three FAB-250 arrive at a Ukrainian position in the Kharkhiv region. These might also be UMPB.


Croatian RAK-12 MLRS gets Krasnopoled.


Russians captured Bugrovatka, Kharkhiv region.


Battle of Krasnogorovka. Ukrainian positions getting shelled.


A T-72B3 being converted into a Tsar's Barbeque Grill.


TOS applied on Ukrainian positions in Chasiv Yar by the 98th VDV. Akhmat and the 4th Brigade has assaulted the eastern Chasiv Yar microdistrict.


Lancet takes out a Ukrainian transport in Zaporozhye.


Northern part of Volchansk under Russian control and the west side being cleared.


Tor-M1 shoots down a Ukrainian UAV.


M777 gets Krasnopoled in Zaporozhye.


M109 taken out by Russian artillery.


M198 taken out by Lancet in the Orekhiv sector, credit to the Viking special forces unit.


Russian MLRS attack on Tsehelne near the border.


Russian flag up in Ohirtse near the border.


Ukrainian MLRS taken out by Lancet near Vilcha near the border.


Two Ukrainian UAV squads gets cluster munitioned. The cluster munitions seemed to be ones from an Uragan MLRS.

blackjack21 said:

Is this a decoy to?
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Patriot system in Taiwan perhaps.

Atomicfrog said:

Would be quite hard to shot small sea suicide drone with a Su-30, would need some dedicated weapons/targetting pod for the task.

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it's more like they dont have proper weapons. Kh-31A and Kh-29 are just too big for the task. Targeting pod wise.. Russia does have T-220 TGP but so far VMF, VKS or even their tactical army aviation showed no interest.

The curious thing is whether the Targeting pod is compatible with Su-30SM's. The optronics suite for SM were developed by UOMZ while the one for T-220 was NPK-SPP or NIIPP. Only Su-35 and MiG-29M2 seems to be straight compatible with the pod as their optronics are also developed by the same company.

Do we know what air to air missiles the F-16 MLU will have? You know it's bad when F-16.net plays down its role in this war?

blackjack21 said:

Do we know what air to air missiles the F-16 MLU will have? You know it's bad when F-16.net plays down its role in this war?

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Probably compatible old stock AA missiles that passed their expiration date. They will be sitting ducks in air-air mission beside maybe hunting cruise missiles from the extreme west of the country. Belarus still near to cover that part, don't know if Russia use a lot their airspace....

Jdam/sdb bombs that can be lobbed from afar a bit like Russia do with their wing kits will be the best weapons to help the front.

blackjack21 said:

Do we know what air to air missiles the F-16 MLU will have? You know it's bad when F-16.net plays down its role in this war?

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They will have Amraam's for sure. Remains to be seen however how Ukraine will try using it. The safest option would be to contest Black Sea where NATO intels are in play thus allow some form of BVR parity, especially against VMF's Su-30SM and earlier Su-27S in Belbek. Such will increase load on Su-35 and MiG-31's.

They may try SEAD load with HARM's, problem is Russians have R-37M's which they can use to harass or even kill the SEAD mission.

Atomicfrog said:

Probably compatible old stock AA missiles that passed their expiration date. They will be sitting ducks in air-air mission beside maybe hunting cruise missiles from the extreme west of the country. Belarus still near to cover that part, don't know if Russia use a lot their airspace....

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I think cruise missile and drone hunting will be their role at first which means armed with aim-9m's and aim-120c5's these missiles are starting to expire. This could make a big difference how many targets get hit in Ukraine by Russian cruise missiles.

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Jdam/sdb bombs that can be lobbed from afar a bit like Russia do with their wing kits will be the best weapons to help the front.

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Seems about right. If these F-16's don't come with Harm receiving pod and EW centerline pod, lobbying JDAMS and shooting down cruise missile is all they will be good for.

As for air to air battles... it will be just like tanks on ground. Even if they are armed with aim-120c7's Russian flankers don't fly near the frontlines at high altitudes so I guess they'll try and take shots at each other but I don't see any air to air combat not even over the blacksea.

They really blew the budget on this production.

RottenPanzer said:

What's the big of a deal on Patriots anyway? We have seen countless S-300/S-400 destroyed due to multiple reasons and yet the destruction of these Strategic weapons have caused minimal changes within the conflict itself

There's no need for a rigorous debate regarding an only singular Patriot system destruction

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Ask this question to our good friend @SolarWarden who just can't or is unwilling to accept that Russians and especially Russian military isn't that incompetent the way he has judged them to have become.

Ukrainian armored vehicle hit by ATGM from the 58th SPN Brigade in Chasiv Yar.


Bugrovatka, Kharkhiv region, falls to the Russians.


Russians are now near Liptsy. Kharkhiv to Liptsy highway under Russian fire control.


Leopard tank in the Krasnogorovka area gets Krasnopoled by the 238th Artillery Brigade.


Ukrainian Strela-10 AD system gets hit by Lancet.


Ukrainian T-72 gets hit by Lancet.


Industry gradually returning to work in the new Russian regions.


Ukrainian troops are fleeing Volchansk en masse. We also hear reports of mass surrenders and captures.


Assault on Volchansk.


There are never too many glide bombs. Urozhayne being showered. Hard to say if these are air launched or UMPB from Tornado-S launchers.


Ukrainian Nota EW complex gets hit by a Lancet.


M113 gets hit by a Lancet.


Damage to energy infrastructure. Emergency shutdowns all over Ukraine.


Woman and bystanders rescue men from being abducted by AFU recruiters.


Kharkhiv region. Lancet arrives on a Ukrainian tank.


Iskander strike on a Ukrainian warehouse near a railway crossing in Pokrovosk.


Ukrainian T-72 and a howitzer gets hit by Lancet in the Kharkhiv region.


Cluster munitions debris from Tornado-S in the Chernigov region.


British AS-90 SPG gets hit by a Lancet in South Donetsk.


So called fortifications built up in Liptsy looks like a joke.


Burnt and destroyed Ukrainian Bogdan SPG somewhere in the Kharkhiv area.


Brimstone missiles not included in the package due to them failing to find targets often due to a variety of factors.


Gepard or Tunguska? Hard to identify when it's covered and cope grills can alter the outline. What matters is that another Ukrainian AD system is destroyed. This done by a Lancet.