The War in the Ukraine

FriedButter said:

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I still think Odessa is on the table here. Considering that Kiev saying “only at the right time” and the pentagon wanting to give more weapons to Ukraine to “improve” their position for future negotiations. Also not to mention the hardliner stance that Ukraine is taking (bombing Donbas, wanting to destroy Crimea bridge etc). I don’t know just how likely Ukraine wants negotations.

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What are the chances of the bridge getting destroyed by MLRS anyway? And even then, NATO only supplied a limited amount of their MLRS and considering the state of Ukrainian TBM and MLRS, i doubt the could really destroy the bridge

Recent southfront also discuss the possibility of Ukraine destroying the bridge through NATO supplied MLRS and from the looks of it, there were some disagreement within NATO itself

FriedButter said:

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I still think Odessa is on the table here. Considering that Kiev saying “only at the right time” and the pentagon wanting to give more weapons to Ukraine to “improve” their position for future negotiations. Also not to mention the hardliner stance that Ukraine is taking (bombing Donbas, wanting to destroy Crimea bridge etc). I don’t know just how likely Ukraine wants negotations.

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Ukraine is in total denial over the fact that the US has determined that there is not much more Russia hurting juice that can be squeezed out of Ukraine, so is now pressuring Ukraine to give up land so the US can wash her hands of the Ukraine war.

So Ukraine thinks by pointing to the Russian bear and saying bad things about it, the US can be pursuaded to put some more pleasant Russia bear killing fantasy in front of Ukraine for Ukraine to indulge in by way of escape from reality.

redion said:

Crazy long video of the today downing of a Russian Mil35M by MANPADS the first helicopter of the couple was saved by the missile hitting the flares the second helicopter didn't have that luck

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1537515598195859456

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Darn. First aircraft loss in weeks. But of course it's difficult to maintan zero loss for helicopters in a MANPADS saturated environment.

The exact moment when ammo depot in Krasnyi Luch (Khrustalnyi) was hit and exploded. It was the main place of ammunition storage used by the LNR and Russian forces for shelling Ukrainian positions near Severodonets and Lysychansk. According to the Russian sources I've read it was a second attempt at this, this time successful, and a huge blow as there might be serious ammo shortages. It seems like Tochka-U missiles worked here as I don't believe it could've been caused by an airstrike (but we've seen things like that happening already conducted by Ukrainians in Belgorod and Mariupol).
Someone asked about the lack of fresh TB-2 footage (I assume it was used here) - large Russian tug Vasily Bekh struck by missiles (most likely Harpoons) en route to the Snake Island. It was reported that Tor was onboard.
Beware of the power lines when flying low! Russian Su-25 paid the price, the pilot ejected according to the initial reports.
Maybe it was one of the aircraft filmed here a couple of days back.

⚡️Briefing by Russian Defence Ministry

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation in Ukraine.

High-precision air-based missiles have hit 18 areas of manpower and military equipment concentration and 10 firing positions of Ukrainian artillery and mortar batteries, including 6 Grad MLRS batteries in Zaitsevo, Kurdyumovka, Dzerzhinsk, Bakhmut, Artemovo and Ocheretino in Donetsk People's Republic.

Also, the headquarters of Azov nationalist formation has been destroyed near Pesochin, Kharkov Region.

In addition, 2 ammunition depots of missile and artillery weapons have been destroyed near Spornoe and Vyemka in Donetsk People's Republic.

Operational-tactical and army aviation have hit 58 areas of AFU manpower and military equipment concentration.
The attacks have resulted in the elimination of more than 200 nationalists, 2 launchers of Buk-M1 and Osa-AKM systems near Krasnaya Gora and Artemovsk in Donetsk People's Republic, 1 ammunition depot near Lisichansk in Luhansk People's Republic, 10 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, six field artillery guns, 4 multiple rocket launchers and 9 special vehicles.

Russian air defence means have shot down 1 Su-25 aircraft of Ukrainian Air Force near Mazanovka, Kharkov region.

15 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have been shot down near Mirnoe, Zelenyi Gai in Nikolaev region, Malye Prokhody, Suligovka, Malaya Kamyshevakha, Dolgen'koe, Rassokhovatoe, Chkalovskoe in Kharkov region, Bryanka, Frunze, Novoivanovka in Lugansk People's Republic, Tripoll'e in Donetsk People's Republic, including 1 Bayraktar-TB2 near Chernobaevka in Kherson region.

In addition, 1 Tochka-U operational-tactical missile system has been intercepted near Krasnyy Luch in Lugansk People's Republic, as well as 8 rockets of Uragan MLRS near Chernobaevka in Kherson region, Liptsy in Kharkov region, Verhnetoretskoe, Novoselka in Donetsk People's Republic and Nikolaevka in Lugansk People's Republic.

Missile troops and artillery have hit 203 areas of manpower and military equipment concentration and 38 firing positions of AFU artillery units.
The attacks have resulted in the elimination of more than 350 nationalists, 1 AFU unmanned aerial vehicle control post near Ukrainka in Nikolaev region, 8 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 3 BM-21 Grad MLRS combat vehicles, 3 field artillery guns and 11 special vehicles have been destroyed overnight.

In total, 205 Ukrainian airplanes and 131 helicopters, 1,233 unmanned aerial vehicles, 342 anti-aircraft missile systems, 3,587 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 539 multiple launch rocket systems, 2,013 field artillery and mortars, as well as 3,658 units of special military vehicles were destroyed during the operation.

#MoD #Russia #Ukraine #Briefing
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Another Ukrainian shelling on Donetsk it seems


Russians retaliating back on Nikolaev


Destroyed Ukrainian SA-13 Gopher or 9K35 Strela-10
Possibly due to Russian DEAD op

So yeah Russia apparently lost a Tug near snake island that conducting a resupply mission.

This if true (well it's leaning to that as there is a video footage) kinda concerning on Russian air cover and AEW. But i'm curious on those Radiohams. they seem haven't come up with anything (Like Moskva sent SOS signal)

FriedButter said:

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I still think Odessa is on the table here. Considering that Kiev saying “only at the right time” and the pentagon wanting to give more weapons to Ukraine to “improve” their position for future negotiations. Also not to mention the hardliner stance that Ukraine is taking (bombing Donbas, wanting to destroy Crimea bridge etc). I don’t know just how likely Ukraine wants negotations.

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The more Ukraine resists the more territory they lose. Ukraine at the moment is not interested in negotiating. And for Zelensky it’s politically impossible for him to accept territorial losses. If he does the Neo Nazi battalions and SBU radicals will kill him along with his family. Even when they lose the Donbass and have heavy losses I doubt they’ll change their tune. In short Russia will take the ancestral Novorussiya lands turning West Ukraine into a land locked failed state. This is what Putin meant when he said “decommunization.”

Russians claim it wasn't their mi24 that got shot down:


It has the white UN paint scheme.

Maikeru said:

Scratch 1 x Mi-35. No missile trail = Starstreak?

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1537509928977539075

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JebKerman said:

Russians claim it wasn't their mi24 that got shot down:

It has the white UN paint scheme.

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In any case it show how small man carried weapons can shootdown a behemot. We will have wreckage pictures to confirm soon enough probably. Someone identifed the second helicopter? It would tell us if it's a ka-52 or mi-28.