> The system also opens the possibility of using them to ambush Russian aircraft as they take-off or land on Crimean air bases. The USVs can sit off the Crimean coast and pick off the aircraft as they approach unawares. There is at least circumstantial evidence to suggest that this may have already been done.
■ Casualties slightly below 7-day average; milestone of 500k expected before end of week
■ Equipment losses below average but most 7-day vehicle & drone losses since the invasion started
■ Shelling & drone attacks far above average but other strike indicators below
■ Poternet: +214 🇷🇺 names added to database; confirmed KIA surpass 76k
■ Casualties stay at a high level; expected to reach 500k by the end of this week
■ Massive equipment losses continue; record 7-day losses of vehicles including fuel tanks
■ Heavy 🇷🇺 strikes; all indicators except air strikes above 7-day average
■ Poternet: +274 🇷🇺 names added to database; confirmed KIA now close to 76k
■ 5th highest casualties since start of invasion; expected to reach 500k at the end of this week
■ Massive equipment losses continue; biggest drone losses so far this year
■ Loss of minesweeper Project 266M "Kovrovets" confirmed
■ Heavy 🇷🇺 strikes; >1k drone attacks in a single day
A day of mourning will be declared in Kharkiv region tomorrow, May 20 - OVA
The occupiers killed 11 people as a result of shelling in the villages of Kivsharivka, Novoosynove Kupyansk and Malodanylivka. A pregnant woman is among the dead. 🕯
■ Combat engagements & casualties stay below 7-day average
■ Massive equipment losses continue; less armor but more artillery & vehicles
■ Heavy 🇷🇺 strikes; >400 drone attacks had already taken place so I assume 4 was missing from the reported 58 figure
■ A. Perpetua's losses for yesterday above 🇷🇺/🇺🇦 ratio but 30-day ratio stays unchanged
80 years ago at the orders of #Stalin the #Crimean Tatars -around 220 thousand of them,- were deported to Central Asia. Nearly half of them died en route or in the first few years of their forced exile.
(possibly a fake quote) "The West's position on the conflict is absurd, they do not want either Russia nor Ukraine to lose," – Ukrainian President, Volodymyr #Zelenskyi.
The idiot just realized that the war has nothing to do with Ukraine, it's freedom or safety, they are just tools in the game to weaken and destroy Russia to the last Ukrainian alive.
PS. Cartoon from 2022 #Ukraine#Russia#UkraineWar#NATO
■ Combat engagements & casualties below 7-day average
■ Massive equipment losses, including 5th plane in last 7 days
■ Increased 🇷🇺 strikes (waiting on data on yesterday's 🇺🇦 strikes)
■ 🇷🇺/🇺🇦 ratios for visually confirmed losses continue to narrow
■ 🇷🇺 making gains but they are costly: 4th highest daily casualties, record 7-day ones
■ Equipment losses include 2x jets & a helicopter (haven't seen further info on them)
■ Increased 🇷🇺 strikes, 🇺🇦 strikes down between days
■ Poternet: +570 🇷🇺 names added to database
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