The War in the Ukraine

There is still no evidence of North Korean troops being used in combat and some of you are fantasising about them being used directly against a NATO country, LOL. Very active imaginations.

FWIW, I suspect the North Koreans are mostly used in support functions. A lot of soldiers are not needed on the frontline but are used in logistics and similar roles. Getting help there would offload that burden and allow Russia to deploy more of its own troops to the front. It would also limit the North Koreans' exposure to danger.

NK may be a dictatorship but public opinion still matters. I doubt people there would approve of large numbers of their soldiers dying in some foreign war far away. Keeping them off the frontlines would help that.

mossen said:

There is still no evidence of North Korean troops being used in combat and some of you are fantasising about them being used directly against a NATO country, LOL. Very active imaginations.

FWIW, I suspect the North Koreans are mostly used in support functions. A lot of soldiers are not needed on the frontline but are used in logistics and similar roles. Getting help there would offload that burden and allow Russia to deploy more of its own troops to the front. It would also limit the North Koreans' exposure to danger.

NK may be a dictatorship but public opinion still matters. I doubt people there would approve of large numbers of their soldiers dying in some foreign war far away. Keeping them off the frontlines would help that.

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I have to assume they are mostly there to operate some of their weapons like Hwasong and 170mm systems. It just makes no sense to have them show up and confuse the command structure by having them on front line coordinating with a bunch of them speaking Korean. Much simpler to just point out a location and have them shoot at it.

FriedButter said:

f this is the things Kellogg might suggest then it is already DOA. NATO soldiers patrolling the border, Russia funding the rearmament of Ukraine, delaying NATO membership until Putin leaves office. The Russians aren’t going to accept an dollar store version of Minsk 3.0

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Its funny they still insists on this line of aproach as if someone will buy the idea when they have routinely shown they don't abide by any of these deals when it no longer suits them. Not just with Minsk but now also with the Astana agreements.

They are just showing you need to make it a point to crush your enemy whatever it takes, and should also send a message to the two faced watermelon seller. There is no such thing as "freezing of conflict" a la DRPK as long as the current crop of western politicians and its vassals are still around.

A strike by a Russian RBK-500 SHOAB 0.5 cluster bomb. The RBK-500 SHOAB-0.5 bomb with the UMPK kit was dropped by a Su-34 frontline fighter-bomber. The video was filmed near Orekhov in the Zaporizhia region of Ukraine. The RBK-500 SHOAB-0.5 bombs were accepted into service in 1969

China's banning of Antimony exports are going to have some deep implications.


Russian T-72B3 working on Ukrainian positions.


Molinya FPV drone hits a Ukrainian power substation. This is a bit rangey for a mere FPV drone, so this implies the winged Molinya drone has better range than the traditional quadcopter style FPV drone.


Ukrainian MSTA-B howitzer taken out by a Lancet.


T-72B3 worked on a Ukrainian UAV launch and control position. Chasiv Yar.


Ukrainian field ammo depots hit by an FPV drone and another by quadcopter drop.


Ukrainian artillery gun destroyed by Russian counterbattery.


Destroyed Belgian APC AIFV-B-C25 near Daryino, Kursk region.


Russian BMP-2 with Berezhok combat module provides fire support for assaulting Russian forces while resisting FPV drone attacks.



ATGM Kornet mounted on ATV, helps take out a Ukrainian ATGM crew.


2S7M Malka takes out a Ukrainian howitzer in the Kakhova direction.


Uragan MLRS fires at a Ukrainian supply line.


FPV drones of the Rubicon unit attack Ukrainian vehicles in the Kursk region.


Russian ground drone strikes at a Ukrainian stronghold in Velikaya Novoselka.


RBK-500 arrives at Ukrainian positions in Novopokrovka.


Artillery from the Alei Artillery Brigade works on Ukrainian defenses towards the Pokrovsk sector.

Ukrainian strongholds getting hammered by Russian artillery, mortars, MLRS and tank fire.


2S7M Malka works on a Ukrainian UAV control and launch point, as well as a hanger for vehicles in the Toretsk direction.


Another destroyed Roschel Senator in the Kursk
Region.


Kurakhovo is effectively in operational encirclement as the Russians storm through Starye Terny.


Soldiers of the 255th Regiment assaults Ukrainian strongholds by throwing TM-62 antitank mines down their hatches.


Ex-AFU drone operators of Maxim Krivonos unit takes out a Ukrainian BMP-2 and a Kozak-7 with FPVs. In another footage, not to be linked due to obvious reasons, the unit was bombing a DRG element of the 12th Azov Brigade with visible casualties.


Soldiers of the Vega Spetznaz unit capture a working Kirpi.


FPV drone strikes at a Ukrainian UAV control point in Toretsk.


Maxxpro takes a direct hit from a Russian tank.


A list has appeared online with the names of 630 Ukrainian prisoners that Ukraine refuses to take. I won't link the list for obvious reasons. The publication of the list is to inform the relatives of those prisoners who are still seeking their missing loved ones.

Russians are using special hand made cartridges to combat drones.


Two Ukrainian temporary deployment points aka camps, hit by Russian artillery by the Siberian Association attached with Group Center.


ZALA has published a promotional video of Lancets taking out air defense systems including Stormers, IRIS-T and S-300. Lancets has hunted out Ukrainian SAM systems near the front to virtual extinction some time ago, forcing them to relocate way back beyond Lancet range.


Krasnopols work on Ukrainian trenches and strongholds. Krasnopols have been used against positional targets with great effect and contributes to the Russian advance in the South Donetsk. Previously Krasnopols were exclusively and limited in use it only against Ukrainian artillery and vehicles.


BMP-3 with no 100mm gun but with a remote controlled combat module appears. Most probably a fire control vehicle Fan-P based on the BMP-3 chassis.


Ukrainian field ammo depot is taken out by a BMP-3. The BMP-3 with the 100mm gun has been effective as a self propelled gun.


Russian drone operator examines a damaged Roschel Senator loaded with ammunition prior to capture. The ammunition and weapons are likely to repurposed and used against their former owners. Kursk region.


A special unit Timurovtsy, specializing in hunting drones, takes out three Baba Yagas over Volchansk.


Lancet kill compilation against transports, MLRS, SPGs, IFVs, etc,.

The first footage of the use of the Russian Gibka-S air defense system in Ukraine. For a long time, there was no information about the Gibka-S air defense system. The video shows an interview with an air defense crew and the interception of a Ukrainian heavy agricultural drone of the Baba Yaga type, which is used for military purposes, including by the Russian army.


The second video contains technical information on the Russian air defense system "Gibka-S".

Compilation of Lancet taking out various air defense systems including IRIS, S-300, Avenger, Strels-10, Buk, Osa, and Stormer.


Another Lancet compilation video, showing recent kills, including M142 HIMARS, Abrams, Leopard, AS-90, Pzh2000, M777 and others.


Lancet takes out a Ukrainian howitzer.


Russian tank evacuating a Kirpi towards rear lines.


Destroyed Oshkosh in the Kharkhiv direction.


Destroyed Ukrainian Gvozdika SPG somewhere in the Donbass.


Destroyed Humvee. Kurakhovo direction.


Captured Kozak-7. Kurakhovo direction.


There's a story about a Ukrainian soldier who is able to reunite with his family, a father and a sister who were living in Kursk. He was forcibly mobilized into the AFU 17th Brigade which took part in the Kursk invasion. From there he surrendered to the Russian 810rd Marines. Since then he had been turned over to his family.

Russian MoD has confirmed the Russian capture of Novodarovka and Romanovka.


Russians have captured the important parts in and around Kurakhovo, including most of the high rises and key villages.


Battles near Kupyansk with Russians shelling Ukrainian positions.


Ukrainian commander from the 225th Battalion says he has yet to see a sign of the presence of "12,000 North Korean soldiers."


Ukrainian DRGs hit from a distance with Metis ATGMs.


Russian artillery takes out a Ukrainian UAV control point, Starlink array, and a field ammo depot.


Russian FPV drone hits a Leopard 2A6 tank in Daryino.


Ukrainian logistics under severe attack by Russian FPV drones in Zvirove and Pokrovsk by the Sudoplatov unit.

Tam said:

Russian FPV drone hits a Leopard 2A6 tank in Daryino.

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How long Ukraine will keep doing the Kursk Safari i wonder ?

Feels like after Trump, they're now clinging on success of Syrian rebels in an attempt to stretch Russia.

Stealthflanker said:

How long Ukraine will keep doing the Kursk Safari i wonder ?

Feels like after Trump, they're now clinging on success of Syrian rebels in an attempt to stretch Russia.

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Most of it is open fields... Hard to take back rapidly without heavy losses by the Russian but reinforcing it or retreating is also very hard without heavy losses by the Ukrainian.

It will keep going until losses are too great and in that war it could be quite impressive.