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#65701
1 hour ago, NorthLoop said:

Moat effective thing I've seen them do in a year

You might be on to something. Maybe a moat would be more effective.

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#65702
1 hour ago, atomheartbevo said:

Nothing screams "global power" more than taking a 70 year-old tank, loading it with explosives, and sending it off towards the enemy lines.

Edit: this sums it up better:

With each day Ukraine's army is getting closer to NATO standard.With each day Russia's army is getting closer to ISIS standard.#Ukraine #Russia https://t.co/W1m6GSb2uZ— (((Tendar))) (@Tendar)

 

That shockwave was insane.

#65703
10 minutes ago, bolverk said:

You might be on to something. Maybe a moat would be more effective.

They tried that with breaching the damn and all they got was Cholera. 

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#65704

Flagged. But goes back to the point of fog of war. Moving in these conditions can be quite confusing. Pretty graphic. 

 

 

#65705
27 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

Flagged. But goes back to the point of fog of war. Moving in these conditions can be quite confusing. Pretty graphic. 

 

 

Holy moly. That's dangerous work right there. Thanks for the post. 

From Noelreports:

"SSO units of the 73rd Naval Special Operations Center went behind enemy lines during a recent mission in the south."

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#65706
28 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

Flagged. But goes back to the point of fog of war. Moving in these conditions can be quite confusing. Pretty graphic. 

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#65707

The coming battles between Ukraine and Russia ultimately will boil down to which side’s preparations prevail, strategists say
https://www.wsj.com/articles/ukraines-offensive-is-a-battle-of-readiness-e26d3825?st=8rw90davoyuqrl2&reflink=share_mobilewebshare

 

No hack or cheat code for this one. I’m glad to see Ukraine take a pause to re-assess. It sounds like the first line of resistance, stocked with disposable Russian troops, is tougher than expected, the mines are a big problem, and the second line of defenses is supposed to be a bitch, with better Russian troops. Nothing wrong with challenging the assumptions the plan was based on. 

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#65708
Ukrainian forces secure control over Piatykhatky on the southern front, inflict heavy losses on Russian reserves and headquarters, and destroy a crucial ammunition depot, paving the way for further advances.https://t.co/5EJzicc1gq

 Could be useful for the right situations I'd think

Incredible. Ukrainians continue to innovate in the art of war because the entire nation's survival is at stake.

 

#65709
Kakhovka collapse: image emerges of apparently explosive-laden car at dam https://t.co/bG3blxMVXI

 

#65710
8 hours ago, BamaATL said:

The slow roll of what they are doing is really beginning to come into focus in my opinion.  The probing attacks serve multi purposes

1.  To test the enemy's strength across the lines

2.  To get the enemy to move and expose their reserves

3.  To exhaust their capabilities, both in terms of human capability, but also weapons and ammunition

Meanwhile, they've been steadily destroying ammo dumps and cutting resupply.  When the time is right, the Russians will be physically exhausted, out of ammo, and with no hope of resupply; be it ammo or humans.  That's a pretty good formula for a rout.  It's a slow roll doing it this way, but given what they have to work with, it may well be the best way or even the only way.  

Kinda like what we did in the 1st Gulf War?  We did it from the air, but still.

#65711

Will we see an American news report on this migrant crisis?

Most of the migrant workers in Russia are citizens of the following countries: Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Armenia, Moldova, and Belarus. Russian fascists will forcefully send foreign citizens to Ukraine as 'soldiers' to die for Russia.

 

#65712
35 minutes ago, KYHorn said:

Will we see an American news report on this migrant crisis?

Most of the migrant workers in Russia are citizens of the following countries: Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Armenia, Moldova, and Belarus. Russian fascists will forcefully send foreign citizens to Ukraine as 'soldiers' to die for Russia.

 

This highlights why KIA stats don’t tell the story of this war. There is a percentage of the Russian forces they really don’t give a shit about. 
 

That these troops receive almost no training is a feature, not a bug. Same with the archaic rifles. Their job is to match forward and help identify the locations of Ukrainian forces, so Russia can fire artillery at them. If they’re shot and either wounded or killed, Russia will exert no extra effort to retrieve them. 

#65713
10 hours ago, BamaATL said:

I don't know you well enough to say that this would explain some things, but.................

Hah…. I was in junior high school then, so no gene mutation involved.

#65714
7 hours ago, InkaUtexas said:

Flagged. But goes back to the point of fog of war. Moving in these conditions can be quite confusing. Pretty graphic. 

 

 

The first 3 looked like they didn't have any weapons. Not that it matters. The last guy didnt even know his own trenches well enough to clear the alcove he was killed from. 

If this was indeed behind enemy lines,  and these Russians were actual combat soldiers and  not logistics personnel then Ukraine is about to stomp a mud hole. 

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#65715
8 minutes ago, MissingInAction said:

The first 3 looked like they didn't have any weapons. Not that it matters. The last guy didnt even know his own trenches well enough to clear the alcove he was killed from. 

If this was indeed behind enemy lines,  and these Russians were actual combat soldiers and  not logistics personnel then Ukraine is about to stomp a mud hole. 

These are the best trenches I've seen from the Russians and, if prior posts are correct about the second line being better prepared, then they could well be.

But I don't know shit about fuck.

#65717
1 hour ago, statsman said:

This highlights why KIA stats don’t tell the story of this war. There is a percentage of the Russian forces they really don’t give a shit about. 

True. When this is all over, the tale of the tape will be professional Russian soldiers KIA or seriously wounded (plus of course equipment/armor/weaponry taken out).

I disagree with your earlier post about Ukraine reassessing after meeting fierce resistance. It appears none of Ukraine's new strike groups have entered combat yet. The front line skirmishes are purportedly to bring Russian artillery within range of counterbattery fire. Yet Ukraine is still gaining ground on several axes. I think they are purposely slowplaying the start of the counteroffensive to destroy as much Russian artillery & ammo, plus air and air defense assets. They have been hitting a lot of artillery if you look at the daily totals, and have taken out four helicopters in the last few days. Looks like its going according to plan to me.

#65718
32 minutes ago, texastough said:

True. When this is all over, the tale of the tape will be professional Russian soldiers KIA or seriously wounded (plus of course equipment/armor/weaponry taken out).

All of the heavy losses of the "professional" Russian soldiers last year (those who had made it a career or were deep into their conscription and had finished all of their training), combined with them gutting their training battalions last year in the misguided belief that they just needed a quick boost of forces for short-term campaigns and so wouldn't need those training battalions for the long-term is going to weigh heavily on them.

This is especially true when it became clear that it wouldn't be 3 weeks or even 3 months, and they realized that they had to mobilize hundreds of thousands of new conscripts, but didn't have the training battalions because they had been gutted or lost in combat (since their training battalions are attached to regular army brigades/divisions that went into combat). That's a huge institutional loss right there - maybe it made sense for Russian soldiers to do their final training with active-duty units in peace time or even during more "minor" wars (Chechnya), but if those active-duty units are in the middle of a war that is devastating the Russian Army, there is no decent training to be done, it's give a dude a rifle and put them on the line, when all they've had is 3-4 weeks of initial training on how to prepare rations or wear a uniform.

32 minutes ago, texastough said:

I disagree with your earlier post about Ukraine reassessing after meeting fierce resistance. It appears none of Ukraine's new strike groups have entered combat yet. The front line skirmishes are purportedly to bring Russian artillery within range of counterbattery fire. Yet Ukraine is still gaining ground on several axes. I think they are purposely slowplaying the start of the counteroffensive to destroy as much Russian artillery & ammo, plus air and air defense assets. They have been hitting a lot of artillery if you look at the daily totals, and have taken out four helicopters in the last few days. Looks like its going according to plan to me.

And those probing attacks are clearly taking more ground than anybody expected.

And when you zoom back to the 30,000 foot level and you see all of the ammo dumps they've been methodically destroying, and knowing that Russia can't easily replace those munitions/etc. for various reasons.....  Meanwhile Russia has been expending their missiles on apartment buildings and schools and hospitals or empty streets in the rear, while Ukraine is using them to pound away at strategic targets such as said ammo dumps.

We might be looking back at Russian blowing the dam and trying desperate things like turning 60 year-old tanks into VBIEDs as a sign of how desperate they are.

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#65719

Chatted with the boy in Scotland yesterday (hey, he called his old man on Father's Day, good for him).  One of the things he related is that the Ukrainian girl he's friends with at university has a summer job there: she is down at a british military base serving as a liaison/translator between british military trainers and Ukrainian troops being trained in the UK.  She said they are actually hiring to fill numerous positions to help with logistics, including cooks.  So, while it doesn't match up with his schedule this summer, the boy commented that if the war and training is still going on next summer (and hoping that it's not....but it probably will be), he may sign up to work at one of the facilities.  It's apparently a real-deal operation.

#65720
In Simferopol, a car exploded with Russian appointed assistant to the Deputy Prime Minister of the Zaporizhzia region, Vladimir Epifanov, inside of it. Epifanov, his secretary and a security guard all received severe burns and have been hospitalized.
Fairly big fire.

 

#65721
It is on the H20 highway towards Mariupol. A bit south of Kara Bala-Shashlychniy Dvor restaurant near cafe Oazys. 📍47.582359727662705, 37.51790253605814@GeoConfirmed
Rykove, occupied Kherson region after the arrival of Storm Shadow missiles yesterday. That is no longer a warehouse.

 

#65722
F-16 manufacturer Lockheed Martin is ready to train Ukrainian pilots in case of a positive decision by NATO. This was stated by the Chief Operating Officer, Frank St. John. https://t.co/CNjZ3qJNDn
#Ukraine: A Russian Ka-52 attack helicopter recently received considerable damage, presumably from a MANPADS strike. Although the tail was blown off, this type doesn't have a tail rotor as it uses a coaxial contra-rotating rotor system- so the aircraft made it back to base.

 

#65723
In the temporarily occupied Mariupol, Ukrainian teenagers entered an argument with a Russian occupier on a bus. He apparently threatened them with a pepper spray to which they said he's not welcome there.Teenagers marked as (M) - male, and (F) - female.

 

#65725
17 minutes ago, DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt said:

That trench video is insane. What the fuck were those ruskies doing just waltzing around without a care (or gun?) in the world?

Again, like all things Russia, this only makes sense if vodka is involved.

Reportedly its from special forces who got behind russian lines, so those guys probably thought they were fellow russian soldiers firing at Ukrainians

#65727

This shelling occurred in Volnovakha (red pin) which is about halfway along the highway between the major Donetsk and Mariupol. The closest Ukrainian forces are in/around Vuhledar about 18 miles to the northwest.

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Damage after the explosions in Volnovakha
What time is it a lot lately?

 

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#65728

Not a whole lot happens in this long clip below so feel free to skim it but, still, moping up to find kill/capture remaining Russians must be stressful af. 

Clean up of Russian positions reportedly west of Klischiivka, Donetsk region south of Bakhmut. The area has been subject to a lot of fighting lately and the AFU was able to kick out Russians from several strategic positions.

 

Video of that Ka-52 posted above. It has a dual rotor where the blades circulate in opposite directions, which provides it stability so that it doesn't need a tail rotor. I saw a report somewhere that it, unfortunately, made it back to base.

A Russian Ka-52 helicopter flying with a damaged tail. https://t.co/n3EImSNpFK

 

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#65729
47 minutes ago, texastough said:

Reportedly its from special forces who got behind russian lines, so those guys probably thought they were fellow russian soldiers firing at Ukrainians

Also noticed how shitty their gear is. Those helmets looked like WW2 Era red army shit.

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Shitty

#65730
1 hour ago, Brisketexan said:

One of the things he related is that the Ukrainian girl he's friends with at university has a summer job there

 

1 hour ago, Brisketexan said:

the boy commented that if the war and training is still going on next summer (and hoping that it's not....but it probably will be), he may sign up to work at one of the facilities. 

Undefeated

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#65731

The person behind Oryx is hanging it up - I can only imagine how worn out they've been since this is not their day job (or even a side paying job) and the amount of time per day that this must consume is staggering.  The counting of equipment will continue on though with some of the others that work with him.  I forgot who is taking over, but they are mentioned in the comments or one of the other threads about it.

Edit: Added a second tweet that clarifies things

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#65732
1 hour ago, texastough said:

Reportedly its from special forces who got behind russian lines, so those guys probably thought they were fellow russian soldiers firing at Ukrainians

Given how well-constructed those trenches were, and that they looked like they'd been lived in for a while, I'm guessing it was non-infantry Russians as well - could have been working air-defense or artillery or something along those lines.  Basically, POGs, REMFS, whatever, just non-infantry.  Guys in rear areas probably thought they'd have some warning of Ukrainian troops.

#65733

These are the guys taking over from Oryx

Here's our latest update to confirmed 🇷🇺 losses in 🇺🇦+19 tanks/+27 IFVs since last update are x1.5 the usual. It might seem like the pressure on 🇷🇺 is soaring lately but it's worth remembering 'new' losses are often from the past. The pressure on 🇷🇺 is soaring lately, though 🤷‍♂️

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#65734
Very important to follow the political ‘tells’. This looks like an important one. If you had shares in Putin now would you hold or sell? https://t.co/kcPXEYC7p1

 

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#65735
Pretty extraordinary that a NATO and EU member is effectively holding Ukrainian prisoners of war captive on behalf of Russia. Clearly an unsustainable state of affairs. https://t.co/3mdjnReHH5

hoooookayyy Hungary can, officially, fuck the hell right off

#65736

Zaluzhnyi: Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

This is the way.

The force is good with this one.

 

Ще підарів наловили, тепер біля Бахмута.https://t.co/MdNdxV1llE

 

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#65737
Ukrainian soldiers/marines have positive things to say about the AMX-10RC and praised the accuracy of its cannon, though they don't recommend using them in frontal assaults.https://t.co/7zXxpLtp5J
A Russian channel says that the VDV's 76th Air Assault Division has gone on offensive on the Kreminna front.https://t.co/ew1EpVNmUj

 

#65738
It’s time for amazing stories from russians: Mosquitoes vs moskovites, Part 2.According to the russian ministry of attack, Ukrainian combat mosquitoes are struggling to keep up with the increasing amount of missions assigned to them.Okay, so now… American mosquitoes are…

 

 

#65739

Good podcast about the guy who runs Vatnik Soup on Twitter and how he exposes pro-kremlin propagandists.

https://castbox.fm/vb/605367868

Here's a good thread detailing what he does.

In today's #vatniksoup, I'll introduce a Canadian psychologist, author and media commentator, Jordan Peterson (@jordanbpeterson). He's best-known for his battle against the "woke culture",and for his strong support for Putin's "Christian values" and Russia's war in Ukraine.1/26

 

#65740
25 minutes ago, butthurt said:
It’s time for amazing stories from russians: Mosquitoes vs moskovites, Part 2.According to the russian ministry of attack, Ukrainian combat mosquitoes are struggling to keep up with the increasing amount of missions assigned to them.Okay, so now… American mosquitoes are…

 

 

Wait....so, assuming all of that is true....Russia knew that there was a western weapon that could easily be supplied to the area that could have great effectiveness against Russian soldiers, and Russia decided to....create the conditions favorable for that weapon (yeah, yeah, they accuse Ukraine of the dam attack, whatever)?

Stupidity is Russia's #1 natural resource.

#65741

No fancy armor

🇬🇧-delivered Challenger 2 "507" in Ukrainian service
Confirmation of the settlement of Piatykhatky liberated on 18 June by the 128th Jaeger Brigade and the 2nd Separate Rifle Battalion in Vasylivka direction. Liberation was reported by Russian channels earlier on 18 June.

 

Edited by atomheartbevo

#65742
Heavy damage from a strike in Russian-occupied Rykove (Kherson Oblast) is visible in new satellite imagery.This site is more than 105 kilometers from the front line in Ukraine.
"Fresh mobiks, hard to manage them. We tell them to dig in, they think we are hazing them with busywork ...Both dugouts and covered trenches saved our lives more than once...Good thing we have positions prepared in advance. War teaches you a lot of things"

 

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#65743
After weeks of Russian officials, including Putin last week, speculating that Ukraine’s top military commander Zaluzhny is wounded or dead, Kyiv releases a video of Zaluzhny overseeing the offensive, with the clock saying June 17 on the wall. Also, the patch 👀 This is the way.
Full video

 

#65744
A T-55 VBIED advances on a Ukrainian position in the treeline before being hit by a Ukrainian RPG.
pic.twitter.com/n0qhHF1q3C

 

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#65745
A @WSJ interview with Russian prisoners of war indicates continued significant morale and command issues among frontline Russian units and the continued Russian use of “barrier forces” to shoot retreating soldiers. https://t.co/KvIokJg2PE https://t.co/NgTM8wIvbE

 

This Russian won't be able to sit for a while. https://t.co/lsRsp1EsfO
A Ukrainian drone dies in combat while destroying a Russian stockpile of anti-tank mines. By the 72nd brigade of Ukraine. Vuhledar front. https://t.co/vjm3S2KVKm

 

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#65746
The Minister of Defense of #Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov, in an interview with Current Time TV, stated that on February 24, 2022, Lukashenko's Minister of Defense Khrenin called him and offered to sign the Act of Surrender of Ukraine."Everyone has their own hobby. I am not…

The Minister of Defense of #Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov, in an interview with Current Time TV, stated that on February 24, 2022, Lukashenko's Minister of Defense Khrenin called him and offered to sign the Act of Surrender of Ukraine.

 

"Everyone has their own hobby. I am not personally acquainted with the Russian Defense Minister, I do not know his level of intelligence, so I am not ready to comment. The only thing I can comment on is that he had a strange behavioral movement on February 24, when he asked the Minister of Defense of #Belarus Khrenin to act as a messenger for his messages. After lunch, I received a call from the Belarusian minister with a proposal to sign an Act of Surrender. It was funny," Reznikov said.

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