The creators of ATACMS don't call it a ballistic missile.... I figure they know better than me and if they say it aint a BM I'm not gonna argue with them.
The War in the Ukraine
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1) Spamming a salvo of missiles with cluster warheads is the best way to swarm a launch site. Salvo size is a factor. Why they are more effective lately are numbers, they got a nice batch of them to use.
2) Static SAM sites that are not moving a lot is a contributing factor. Russian forces are shooting themselves by being to complacent after a period of Ukrainian lacking means to hurt them.
But they are not firing more ATACMS missiles than the number of missiles a s300/400 battery carries. Since Ukraine started using ATACMS to target Russian IADS, and the success they've been having, I thought to myself that maybe one of the missiles, the first missile fired, is a decoy/chaff missile and that is reason they have had all this success, but then I thought if that were the case the Russians would also be showing that part of missile debris and they haven't.
Russia moved many systems very close or inside the front due to the need to cover the new offensive areas. You don't get to consistently hit Ukrainian deployment points and stockpiles for free, to provide cover for it, a risk must be taken.
If air defenses aren't attacked, it would be artillery batteries/tactical drone launchers being attacked. No/fewer krasnopol/mlrs/orlan = less pressure at the front. A trade of an occasional AAM launcher loss for a consistent stream of FABs and artillery over the Ukrainian rear is very worthwhile, hits on deployment points often cause casualties in the dozens to hundreds.
And for Russia, which has a much smaller army deployed in the war, having a high k:d ratio is mandatory if they want to take ground and/or defend.
The closer something is to the launchers, the easier it is to Iran them with ballistic missiles. That plus Ukraine doesn't only use ballistic missiles but a mix of cheap drones, rockets and so on.
I think at this point we knew better to wait for confirmation rather than take grainy pictures and brOSINT claims at face value.
Otherwise, we should start believing the talk that Ukraine ran out of Su-24's after the continuous attacks on Starokostiantyniv
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Body exchange near the border. This should accurate reflect the death ratio of two sides in the war. 35 Russian bodies were exchanged for 254 Ukrainian bodies. Rest in peace soldiers.
Two more Ukrainian TCC cars were burned up angry Ukrainian citizens rise up.
The TCC trying to capture more victims I mean recruit more volunteers.
Russian paratroopers hit a Ukrainian command post in the right side of the Dniepr with FPV drones, allegedly killing 10 soldiers.
Some Ukrainian vans are marking "Not TCC" to avoid getting burned by angry civilians.
There was a reported missile attack against the AFU's Starokonstantinov airfield. Iskanders are also reported to have struck Ukraine's Main Intelligence Directorate command center at Krivoy Rog.
Kim sent to Russia, 10,000 containers with 5 million artillery shells. Kim also sent to Russia some ballistic missiles. In exchange Kim got some valuable tech.
The Russians finally take the whole of Georgievka including the western outskirts and are headed to attack the next adjacent village.
Ukraine, allies clash over F-16 training --- Politico.
A Ukrainian 2S1 Gvozdika SPG gets taken out by an M-46 gun from the 238th Brigade.
Russian FPV drone harasses a Ukrainian DRG trying to cross the front line. They raised their hands and surrendered. No human casualties in this footage.
The burning fuel facility in the Ukrainian Vasilkov airfield continues to burn into the third day. That's a lot of fuel up in smoke.
Destroyed Ukrainian APC by FPV drones from the 98th VDV in Chasiv Yar.
Ukrainian soldier trying to capture footage of his phone the arrival of a FAB with UMPK. This in the Kharkhiv front.
FAB arrival in one of the islands in Dniepr.
Iskander-M hits an M270 launcher used for HIMARS and ATACMS.
Ukrainian pickup detonates after being bomb dropped from a drone of the 7th Brigade. The pickup was ferrying ammo supplies, now no more.
Mi-35M sprays Ukrainian positions with S-8 rockets.
Lancet strike on a T-64BV in the Kharkhiv front, leaving it in flames.
Massed Ukrainian drone attack on the Rostov region, 70 drones were reported shot down.
Another apartment building was hit by the Ukrainians, this one in Shebekino. Two people were reported dead.
Ukrainian oil depot hit in Novomoskovsk, Dnepropetrovosk.
Footage of ATGMs from a Berezhok combat module hitting Ukrainian Magura sea drones. It did not say where the module was attached to. This module is used in BMP modernizations. Am I going to presume this might be a BMP-2 on a dock or the deck of a ship?
A meeting of the command staff between the 78th and 102nd Brigades of the AFU was rudely interrupted with a multiple FAB or UMPB strike. This in Zaporozhye.
Russian drones are now dropping some new thermobaric grenade. Footage from the Sparta Battalion.
Two more Ukrainian TCC cars were burned up angry Ukrainian citizens rise up.
The TCC trying to capture more victims I mean recruit more volunteers.
Russian paratroopers hit a Ukrainian command post in the right side of the Dniepr with FPV drones, allegedly killing 10 soldiers.
Some Ukrainian vans are marking "Not TCC" to avoid getting burned by angry civilians.
There was a reported missile attack against the AFU's Starokonstantinov airfield. Iskanders are also reported to have struck Ukraine's Main Intelligence Directorate command center at Krivoy Rog.
Kim sent to Russia, 10,000 containers with 5 million artillery shells. Kim also sent to Russia some ballistic missiles. In exchange Kim got some valuable tech.
The Russians finally take the whole of Georgievka including the western outskirts and are headed to attack the next adjacent village.
Ukraine, allies clash over F-16 training --- Politico.
A Ukrainian 2S1 Gvozdika SPG gets taken out by an M-46 gun from the 238th Brigade.
Russian FPV drone harasses a Ukrainian DRG trying to cross the front line. They raised their hands and surrendered. No human casualties in this footage.
The burning fuel facility in the Ukrainian Vasilkov airfield continues to burn into the third day. That's a lot of fuel up in smoke.
Destroyed Ukrainian APC by FPV drones from the 98th VDV in Chasiv Yar.
Ukrainian soldier trying to capture footage of his phone the arrival of a FAB with UMPK. This in the Kharkhiv front.
FAB arrival in one of the islands in Dniepr.
Iskander-M hits an M270 launcher used for HIMARS and ATACMS.
Ukrainian pickup detonates after being bomb dropped from a drone of the 7th Brigade. The pickup was ferrying ammo supplies, now no more.
Mi-35M sprays Ukrainian positions with S-8 rockets.
Lancet strike on a T-64BV in the Kharkhiv front, leaving it in flames.
Massed Ukrainian drone attack on the Rostov region, 70 drones were reported shot down.
Another apartment building was hit by the Ukrainians, this one in Shebekino. Two people were reported dead.
Ukrainian oil depot hit in Novomoskovsk, Dnepropetrovosk.
Footage of ATGMs from a Berezhok combat module hitting Ukrainian Magura sea drones. It did not say where the module was attached to. This module is used in BMP modernizations. Am I going to presume this might be a BMP-2 on a dock or the deck of a ship?
A meeting of the command staff between the 78th and 102nd Brigades of the AFU was rudely interrupted with a multiple FAB or UMPB strike. This in Zaporozhye.
Russian drones are now dropping some new thermobaric grenade. Footage from the Sparta Battalion.
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Rare footage of an American-made Ukrainian FGM-148 Javelin ATGM strike, filmed from inside the Russian T-90M Proryv tank, has been published. The tankers had expended shells and were firing from a remote anti-aircraft gun. The crew of the tank spotted the launch of an FGM-148 Javelin missile from the house, a machine gun burst was directed at the launch site and the tank began to actively maneuver away from the missile. Despite the tank's maneuvers, due to the heated machine gun, the Javelin missile was able to aim at the tank and hit the turret. The new turret protection, which we showed earlier, withstood the blow and the tank crew was not injured. The crew put out the fire and took the tank out of the battle, returning to its unit.
Wow fire got all the way to the carousel ! Lucky guys !