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The War in the Ukraine
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Oh oh, Russians may have forced a successful crossing over the Siverskyi Donets River from north-west of Lysychansk, possible attack on Pryvillia under way.
If there's a break out here they are only 12km away from the south-east pincer.
If there's a break out here they are only 12km away from the south-east pincer.
It wasn't just the botched modernisation reforms to make Battalion Tactical Groups (BTGs) the smallest independent unit.
Note how the US and China (along with most other countries) have settled on the Brigade as the smallest independent unit.
By categorising Ukraine as a Special Military Operation, it meant conscripts couldn't be deployed.
That gutted the infantry elements in each BTG.
Realistically, Russia doesn't have the strength to take Western Ukraine, nevermind the rest of Europe.
Yes I think the goal is southeast Ukraine.
Some very influential people in US politics have long held the position that Ukraine is a so called pivot state. If they dislodge it from the Russian sphere of influence, Russia will cease to be an Eurasian power and will be downgraded to a largely Asian power.
They overestimate the importance of Ukraine. Its just a tiny country compared to China. Hell, even Russia is tiny compared to China.
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2 of the Kiev regime's 4 HIMARS reported in Bakhmut. These have huge RCS and I feel they are easy targets for attack choppers which track them by radars and smash them with NLOS missiles.
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A somber report from CNN on Ukraine and a farewell to Soviet era ammo (outside Russia). The narrative has noticeably shifted. They haven’t invited any military analysts in weeks now.
“White House officials are losing confidence that all of the land it has lost to Russia over the past four months of war, US officials told CNN, even with the heavier and more sophisticated weaponry the US and its allies plan to send.
Advisers tointernally how and whether Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky should shift his definition of a Ukrainian "victory" -- adjusting for the possibility that his country has shrunk irreversibly.”
“White House officials are losing confidence that all of the land it has lost to Russia over the past four months of war, US officials told CNN, even with the heavier and more sophisticated weaponry the US and its allies plan to send.
Advisers tointernally how and whether Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky should shift his definition of a Ukrainian "victory" -- adjusting for the possibility that his country has shrunk irreversibly.”
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⚡️ Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine ( June 27, 2022)
Part 1 (read part 2)
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation in Ukraine.
On June 26, Russian Aerospace Forces launched 4 high-precision air-based missiles at the workshops of Artyom missile corporation located in Shevchenkovsky district of Kiev. This enterprise produced ordnance for Ukrainian multiple rocket-launching systems (MRLS).
According to live recording data, all of the 4 missiles have reached the target. The facility has been neutralised. Civilian infrastructure of Kiev has not been affected by high-precision armament.
Kiev regime attempted to intercept Russian high-precision missiles by the means of air defence deployed in the city. Ukrainian S-300 and Buk-M1 air defence system crews had launched over 10 air defence missiles.
#MoD #Russia #Ukraine
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⚡️ Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine ( June 27, 2022)
Part 2 (read part 1)
❗️ Russian Federation Armed Forces continue launching attacks at military facilities located in Ukraine.
High-precision armament of Russian Aerospace Forces has neutralised the base of 106th Battalion from 63rd Mechanised Infantry Brigade of the AFU near Visunsk (Nikolayev region). Over 40 Ukrainian servicemen and 12 units of military equipment have been eliminated.
5 AFU command posts and 3 munitions, missile and artillery armament depots have been neutralised near Bereznegovatoye (Nikolayev region) and Novodruzhesk (Lugansk People's Republic).
Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile troops and artillery have neutralised: 24 command posts, artillery and mortar units in 58 areas, as well as manpower and military equipment in 304 areas.
Within the counter-battery warfare towards Donetsk, high-precision armament of Russian Aerospace Forces has neutralised: 3 Grad MRLS plattoons near Avdeyevka and Dzerzhinsk, a plattoon of M-777 155-mm howitzers near Konstantinovka, 2 Giatsint 152-mm howitzer plattoons near Kalinov and Artyomovo, as well as 2 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system plattoons near Ocheretino and Novolugansk that had been launching attacks at Donetsk and othe cities of the Donetsk People's Republic.
2 Tochka-U tactical missiles have been intercepted near Kakhovka (Kherson region), as well as 1 MRLS rocket over Snake Island.
In total, 215 airplanes and 132 helicopters, 1,373 unmanned aerial vehicles, 350 anti-aircraft missile systems, 3,830 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 684 combat vehicles equipped with multiple rocket-launching systems, 3,025 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 3,870 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
#MoD #Russia #Ukraine
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Apparently this is actually true. I thought it was too crazy to believe at first.
So errr, does this count as boost phase interception?
Russia has 4 times the population of Ukraine, and that's not counting rebels. I've never seen an army beat an army 4 times its size.
There’s no strategic value in taking Western Ukraine. That’s why the Russians have made no moves there save for some missile strikes.