Pretty sure LDPR militants didn't have any past experiences with T-62s because Ukraine hardly or never use T-62s back in 2014 or even before the Euromaidan Revolution
The War in the Ukraine
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Good point. Unless the T-62's are similar to the other series in terms of controls, with that point in mind and @backwindow 's note of the T-62's gun elevation range, it's also possible that the T-62's are being reserved for storming cities. We saw how the Russians used T-72B3's in Mariupol for fire support, so perhaps the Russians felt that they were overpowered when it comes to supporting infantry in urban warfare.
The downed aircraft looks like to be an Ukrainian Su-27
Alot has been written in the Twittersphere about the Ukrainian counterattack in Severodonetsk.
Severodonetsk is in a salient while Russian forces are going for an encirclement. Of course they're not going to throw reserves in front of the strongest part of the salient. The real battle to watch for is the flanks and all roads leading to Severodonetsk have been cut by artillery fire.
What is actual happening, IMO, is that Ukrainian forces are being drawn into the salient and overextended while Russian forces strategically allow them to advance into scorched earth, and close the salient off behind them.
If I'm right there will be a collapse of the entire salient within 1-2 weeks as they advance further into Russian held territory while escape closes behind them and start running out of food, fuel and ammo.
Severodonetsk is in a salient while Russian forces are going for an encirclement. Of course they're not going to throw reserves in front of the strongest part of the salient. The real battle to watch for is the flanks and all roads leading to Severodonetsk have been cut by artillery fire.
What is actual happening, IMO, is that Ukrainian forces are being drawn into the salient and overextended while Russian forces strategically allow them to advance into scorched earth, and close the salient off behind them.
If I'm right there will be a collapse of the entire salient within 1-2 weeks as they advance further into Russian held territory while escape closes behind them and start running out of food, fuel and ammo.
Russia had around 110 T-62 modernized for Syrian army that were not sent due to war intensity dropping. Probably it is part of this batch.
Can someone try to open that invaders-rf.com ? Looks like UKRs have abandoned that website
This is against basic military logic. From what I heard, they have a few hundred mercenaries. Mostly with light arms because they were retreating very quickly. Now these people, however capable they might be, are going to invade and take over large swarth of Severodonetsk with sporadic logistic support from across the river that could be shelled by the Russians and defend this against thousands of equally capable battle hardened Russian soldiers with air and cannon fire support vastly superior to the Ukrainian side. Sounds like a PR stunt for the 100 days of war as Ukraine has done with all the other PR stunts like the failed Kherson counteroffensive or the meaningless Kharkiv counteroffensive, or the failed Snake Island counteroffensive.
