The War in the Ukraine

Challenger 2 tank destroyed at the Kursk front. This went off badly after a Lancet attack.


Inhuman. Russian soldier head butts an FPV drone and walks away like a boss.


Ukrainian media correspondent dies in the Kursk front.


Lancet strikes on a Kozak in the Sudzha area and another somewhere in the Kursk region.


Aida takes out two Ukrainian vehicles with FPV.


Krasnopol strikes on Ukrainian positions on the Belgorod border.


Russian MoD confirms the capture of Ivanovka at the Pokrovsk front. The Russians are now less than 13km at this vital hub.


Destroyed Ukrainian BAT-2 engineering track layer in the Donetsk region.


Ukrainian tank taken out by FPV in the Pokrovsk direction.


Camouflaged Ukrainian unit gets hit by Lancet in Chasiv Yar.


Two Ukrainian vehicles taken out by Vikhr missiles from a Russian attack helicopter. Kursk region.


2S3 Akasyas work with Supercam UAVs in the Kursk region.


A VT-40 from the Sudoplatov attacks a German Marder.


Artillery summaries, some with Krasnopol shots. Kupyansk sector.

20th Army. Two Ukrainian mortar crews and two UAV control points hit.


6th Army. Two AS-90 SPGs, two mortar crews and one UAV control point.


6th Army. One PVD and four UAV control points.


Accurate artillery takes out a Ukrainian warehouse.


20th Army. Ukrainian supply truck vehicles were hit, along with mortar crews.


Lancet and Krasnopol strikes by the 1st Tank Army. One T-64, two Leopard tanks, one howitzer and one UAV control point.


20th Army. Four Ukrainian howitzers taken out.


25th Army. Two Ukrainian mortars, a UAV control point, a deployment point and a Nota EW station.


6th Army. Among compilation, a Ukrainian SPG taken out by Krasnopol.

Ukraine advances in Kursk: Military commandant’s office established​

Ukraine has established a military commandant's office in the Kursk region, led by Major General Eduard Moskalev, according to the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Oleksandr Syrskyi, during the Meeting of the Staff of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief.

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Rumors that the ZSU has withdrawn units in Zaporizhzhia and Donbas to redeploy to Kursk. In addition, the Ukrainians seem to want to open other fronts inside Russia, a recent reconnaissance attempt was made in Kolotilovka in Belgorod Oblast.

Sinnavuuty said:

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Rumors that the ZSU has withdrawn units in Zaporizhzhia and Donbas to redeploy to Kursk. In addition, the Ukrainians seem to want to open other fronts inside Russia, a recent reconnaissance attempt was made in Kolotilovka in Belgorod Oblast.

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If it's the case Russia need to push heavily in Zaporizhzhia and Donbas, crawling is not enough. They loss quite a lot of cities in days in Kurtz while they are taking months to take one from the Ukrainians in the south.

If they are not able to go deep in Zaporizhzhia and Donbas asap they need to cut that pocket in Kurtz to stop the bleeding, Ukraine don't have enough troops there to hold ground, better to not wait for it.

How stupid do they think we are if they thought we’d buy this?

Atomicfrog said:

The most surprising side of the Kursk offensive it's that they have enter there without much resistance using a big task force with all the bling bling, they had even close in fighter support !

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What are your sources for that? All I've seen is that day 1 some Russian border guard posted a close fly by at night but what is almost 100% a Su34 from their own side, since an Ukrainian fighter would not fly directly over enemy territory unless they're suicidal.

Atomicfrog said:

Russian oversee of the situation was null, they didn't see it coming, didn't build forces and just got ***hurt badly.

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Okay

Atomicfrog said:

They are lucky that Ukrainian forces have been diminished heavily,

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So to recap: "Russian oversee of the situation was null, they didn't see it coming, didn't build forces and just got ***hurt badly."

But Ukraine's offensive just mysteriously heavily diminished so it's ok.

It's almost like Russia has overwhelming fire superiority and CAS working around the hour, so an attack with a whole corps+ sized detachment at this point has already lost 1000s with little to show for it.

Or idk maybe you think a more feasible theory is that Russia didn't prepare anything, got "hurt badly" whatever that means but Ukraine's best troops are just disappearing in thin air in Kursk, taken by Baba Yaga, General Winter, or some other mystic phenomenon.

Atomicfrog said:

if they would have done it last year it would have been way more troublesome, don't know how they would have been able to contain it.

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Grom Kaskad takes the credit for the Challenger kill. This used to be BARS Kaskad, and then the Obtf Kaskad, which operated between Zaporozhye and Southern Donetsk, a unit that played a role in blunting the 2023 Ukrainian summer counter offensive. This confirms the unit has been moved to Kursk. This unit's specialty centers around using UAVs and Lancets, and recent work includes targeting for Iskanders.


Prisoners from the AFU's 82nd Airborne and 154th Mechanized Brigade in the Kursk region.


We got a Russian MoD report of an Iskander strike on Lubny, Sumy region, destroying a convoy of 15 tankers. Waiting for them to release footage on this. I am not sure if tankers refer to tanks or fuel tankers, more inclined it's the latter.

Kursk region. The final stop for this Ukrainian vehicle and it's occupants belonging to the AFU 82nd.


A Mi-28NM fires a LMUR to a Ukrainian PVD in Kherson.


HIMARS unit taken out here. Iskander or Tornado-S work I presume. Work from the Group North of forces. A truck carrying six spare missiles and two support vehicles were also taken out.


On the last it looks like the ammo detonated.

The Russians have knocked off the Ukrainians off the Kolotilovka checkpoint which the Ukrainians relentlessly attacked and suffered much casualties. At least for now.


Ukrainian field warehouse taken out by drone bombing.


Mini summary for the 25th Army. Mixed weapons (Lancet, Krasnopol, drones and some skilled shelling). M198 howitzer and a bridge taken out among other things.


How many Kozaks are there? More taken out by Lancets and FPV drones.


BM-27 Uragan survived the proximity explosion of a HIMARS GMLRS rocket, deflecting the tungsten fragments. This follows a 2S43 Malva, a Kamaz 6350 and a Tornado U taking the fragmentation blast and came out kicking.


Artillery gun and tractor taken out by a Lancet from the 14th SPN.


Tu-22M3 crashes in the Irkutsk region. Crew recovered.


Ukrainian convoy getting ambushed.


Obituaries on the Iskander hit on Command Post 117 in Sumy region last August 11 said to number by the dozens.

Index said:

What are your sources for that? All I've seen is that day 1 some Russian border guard posted a close fly by at night but what is almost 100% a Su34 from their own side, since an Ukrainian fighter would not fly directly over enemy territory unless they're suicidal.

Okay

So to recap: "Russian oversee of the situation was null, they didn't see it coming, didn't build forces and just got ***hurt badly."

But Ukraine's offensive just mysteriously heavily diminished so it's ok.

It's almost like Russia has overwhelming fire superiority and CAS working around the hour, so an attack with a whole corps+ sized detachment at this point has already lost 1000s with little to show for it.

Or idk maybe you think a more feasible theory is that Russia didn't prepare anything, got "hurt badly" whatever that means but Ukraine's best troops are just disappearing in thin air in Kursk, taken by Baba Yaga, General Winter, or some other mystic phenomenon.

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Have seen video of Ukrainian Su-27 doing CAS. It's not a blind border jumping with a squad... They have mustered forces and got in without hurdle. Civilian population was still there so it was not a trap or a 5d chess move by Russia, they got themselves in a bad situation looking at the star blindly.

Offensive have slowed down for sure, still they are pulling more in. If they are able to push enough troops in to dig themselves in a number of cities they got in, it means destruction of a lot of assets on Russian side.

Ukrainian forces would have not gone that deep if Russian forces have seen them coming or had prepared something against that type of incursion in that region.

Yes Russia are fighting back, they are good at reacting. Throwing brute force to destroy the incursion is a thing, but right now they are bombing Ukrainian forces in Russian cities...

Atomicfrog said:

Yes Russia are fighting back, they are good at reacting. Throwing brute force to destroy the incursion is a thing, but right now they are bombing Ukrainian forces in Russian cities...

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And which "cities" are these? Try looking at the map. It is more like capturing hamlets and trying to capture small villages and failing at it.

Hi,
I sometime feel like Ukrainian are trying to get something before sitting
on negotiation table, specific to USA elections in case DT come to
power and push Ukrainian to start negotiation with Russians to end
this war amicably
just a little guess over the latest Ukrainian incursion into Russia
thank you

gelgoog said:

You are oversimplifying things. For you it is like the 2014 coup in Ukraine never happened.

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I mean, Poland still plays victim with regards to Molotov-Ribbentrop, refusing to acknowledge that the areas occupied by the USSR were actually Ukranian territory annexed by the fascist Piłsudski government during the Russian Civil War.


Russian soldier headbutts an FPV drone and seems to survive and walks away


Ukranian soldiers with WW2 nazi regalia harass a local including calling him "Russian pig" in German.



Meanwhile in the south, Niu York and Pokrovsk are increasingly at risk