Russia starting to scrape the barrel for working tanks.
Interesting that Oryx recorded around 700 Russian tank losses since October which isn't far off the amount removed from storage in that time.
This is not a proper analysis. It is nonsense. Just because something moved from the spot you are monitoring, does not mean it has been moved to replace a lost asset. This is why modern analysts are considered a joke, because they rely on tech too much, and they are arrogant enough to confuse presumptions with facts. It could be the vehicles were deemed unfit for modernization and got scrapped. It could be they are getting modernized or simply entered combat as support units. It could be they are being used to train the new recruits. It could also be the Russian MOD has decided to modernize their reserves and store them somewhere more safe from satellite imagery, or it could be a move to confuse these so called analysts. The American obsession with satellite imagery knows no bounds. They think they know everything by looking at the world from tens of km above, like a Greek god. And he has the nerve to explicitly ask for money, too!
Are you sure you saw dead children? The news say 1 doctor and 1 civilian were killed, and 7 children were injured. Can you share the articles by any chance? Maybe I'm not looking in the right place. The Russian MOD says this is an interception gone wrong. This has happened many times before. The Ukrainian air defences are usually placed closer than usual to high value targets due to not having enough to cover large perimeters. Nevertheless, this is a very sad and unfortunate incident. No civilians deserve to be harmed as a result of any conflict.
The Ukrainians are using Yaks, likely because they have no other options and are running out of air defence systems. The Russians; however, have many more air defence systems and many more options on the table.
Unfortunately, it is near impossible to make up the make and model of that missile, or whether it is an anti air or a ground attack missile.
Air defence missiles can still cause serious damage to buildings. Kinetic energy is mv^2, so if the object is travelling at high speeds, it will still cause significant damage, and the area of the damage would be relatively large if the object is carrying a fragmentation warhead. both of these features are true for most modern air defence missiles, and for obvious reasons. Other factors include high rise buildings having glass walls and non structural walls to make up the compartments inside. Flammable objects could also be inside.
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