Lieutenant Colonel Roman Venevitin, former commander of the Russian 72nd Separate Motor Rifle Brigade that got wrecked near Klishchiivka and Andriivka, calls the brigade losses ‘very serious’, while calling it betrayal to sent soldiers to the front untrained and unprovided....
An apparently leaked memo attributed to former Russian minister Dmitri Rogozin reports major shortcomings in the Russian army’s equipment, including artillery far inferior to Western equivalents, a shortage of 152 mm shells, inadequate communications and obsolete UAVs....
“Russian “Vostok” Battalion commander Alexander Khodakovsky suggested that Russia freeze the war in Ukraine along the current frontlines, reintroducing a narrative that had been largely dormant since Wagner financier Prigozhin’s armed rebellion....
Everyone knows that infantry is at the forefront of every battle, but today we decided to show you the forces overseeing their progress from above – Ukraine’s army aviation. Meet the two legendary helicopters that form it’s very backbone.
The history of this unit defending its homeland spans more than a century. Since the start of the full-scale invasion, they faced the enemy on the hottest frontiers: in Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, and near Bakhmut. The brigade has been commended by Volodymyr Zelenskyy at least half a dozen times, and President Biden quoted one of its...
Genuinely interesting. This morning the Russian MoD claimed they destroyed 3 naval drones that tried to attack two of their Black Sea Fleet patrol ships (Sergey Kotov and Vasily Bykov). There were stories a container ship (Sparta-IV, reportedly carrying weapons coming from Syria) was also among the vessels that were attacked....
Wagner PMC mercenary Denis Kuzmin was headed home to Omsk across Russia but stopped in Moscow and hired prostitutes in a banya (sauna). After he passed out, the prostitutes stole 790,000 rubles ($8,500) in cash, his entire salary for serving in Ukraine for 6 months....
Polish radars failed to detect the 2 Belarusian military helicopters that violated Polish air space in Białowieża due to their low altitude. They flew 3km into Poland....
Militarnyi reports that yesterday, three civilian ships (Israelian, Greek and Turkish/Georgian origin) were able to bypass the Russian blockade of the Black Sea and headed for Ukraine. It is reported that the passage was secured by a US P8 anti-ship aircraft....
It is no secret that Western satellites monitor the situation on the surface of the Earth, essentially acting as the final authority in selecting a target for a strike by long-range missiles....
Russian boat full of infantry hits an anti-landing mine (twitter.com)
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Non-combat losses of Russian Air Force during the war with Ukraine (lemmy.world)
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Footage from storming operations in recently liberated Andriivka (streamable.com)
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Former commander of the Russian 72nd Separate Motor Rifle Brigade calls the brigade losses 'very serious' (lemmy.world)
Lieutenant Colonel Roman Venevitin, former commander of the Russian 72nd Separate Motor Rifle Brigade that got wrecked near Klishchiivka and Andriivka, calls the brigade losses ‘very serious’, while calling it betrayal to sent soldiers to the front untrained and unprovided....
Commander of the Russian 31st Guards Air Assault Brigade died in Ukraine (lemmy.world)
It is reported that Colonel Andrey “Dunai” Kondrashkin, commander of the Russian 31st Guards Air Assault Brigade, has died fighting in Ukraine....
Klischiivka liberation through the eyes of Special Police Force brigade Lyut (streamable.com)
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[Clash report] Ukraine destroys the air defense shield over Crimea (lemmy.world)
Ukraine destroys the air defense shield over Crimea...
[Rybar] Recap of this morning's Black Sea attacks (lemmy.world)
❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Combined attack by the Ukrainian armed forces in the Black Sea...
Russian artillery heavily pounded its own forces in July 2023 for two hours (streamable.com)
“Granit, cease fire!”...
[Rybar] Andriivka is believed to be under AFU control (t.me)
🇷🇺🇺🇦 Soledar direction: the AFU advances near Andriivka, situation as of 14.00 on September 9, 2023...
The «first F-16» has arrived in Ukraine from the Netherlands (twitter.com)
SBU chief reveals details of two operations to blow up Crimea Bridge (t.me)
“The head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), Vasyl Malyuk, told about how the Kerch Bridge bombing was prepared on October 8, 2022....
Troop Deaths and Injuries in Ukraine War Near 500,000, U.S. Officials Say (t.me)
Combined troop deaths and injuries among Russian and Ukrainian forces in Ukraine is approaching 500,000....
[ChrisO_wiki] Leaked memo attributed to former Russian minister reports major shortcomings in the Russian army's equipment (threadreaderapp.com)
An apparently leaked memo attributed to former Russian minister Dmitri Rogozin reports major shortcomings in the Russian army’s equipment, including artillery far inferior to Western equivalents, a shortage of 152 mm shells, inadequate communications and obsolete UAVs....
Russian “Vostok” Battalion commander suggested that Russia freeze the war in Ukraine (twitter.com)
“Russian “Vostok” Battalion commander Alexander Khodakovsky suggested that Russia freeze the war in Ukraine along the current frontlines, reintroducing a narrative that had been largely dormant since Wagner financier Prigozhin’s armed rebellion....
[Suchomimus] S-300 Battery in Kherson Hit By HIMARS (www.youtube.com)
A S-300 Battery hit by HIMARS
[United24] A day with Ukraine's Helicopter Pilots (www.youtube.com)
Everyone knows that infantry is at the forefront of every battle, but today we decided to show you the forces overseeing their progress from above – Ukraine’s army aviation. Meet the two legendary helicopters that form it’s very backbone.
[United24] The Story of the 128th Mountain Assault Brigade (www.youtube.com)
The history of this unit defending its homeland spans more than a century. Since the start of the full-scale invasion, they faced the enemy on the hottest frontiers: in Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, and near Bakhmut. The brigade has been commended by Volodymyr Zelenskyy at least half a dozen times, and President Biden quoted one of its...
One of the ship attacked this morning were allegedly hit (twitter.com)
Genuinely interesting. This morning the Russian MoD claimed they destroyed 3 naval drones that tried to attack two of their Black Sea Fleet patrol ships (Sergey Kotov and Vasily Bykov). There were stories a container ship (Sparta-IV, reportedly carrying weapons coming from Syria) was also among the vessels that were attacked....
[Feel good story] Wagner mercenary mugged on his way home from the front (lemmy.world)
Wagner PMC mercenary Denis Kuzmin was headed home to Omsk across Russia but stopped in Moscow and hired prostitutes in a banya (sauna). After he passed out, the prostitutes stole 790,000 rubles ($8,500) in cash, his entire salary for serving in Ukraine for 6 months....
Control over Ukraine (lemmy.world)
The chart below shows how control of the country has developed over the course of the war....
Poland fails to detect 2 Belarusian military helicopters violating their airspace (twitter.com)
Polish radars failed to detect the 2 Belarusian military helicopters that violated Polish air space in Białowieża due to their low altitude. They flew 3km into Poland....
The Russian officer who shot the “Ilovaisk convoy” was neutralized in Ukraine (mil.in.ua)
A tank officer of the Russian army, who participated in the shooting of Ukrainian soldiers in Ilovaisk in 2014, was neutralized in Ukraine....
Civilian ships bypass Russian blockade (t.me)
Militarnyi reports that yesterday, three civilian ships (Israelian, Greek and Turkish/Georgian origin) were able to bypass the Russian blockade of the Black Sea and headed for Ukraine. It is reported that the passage was secured by a US P8 anti-ship aircraft....
[Rybar] Satellite images of Crimea by the US have increased significantly (lemmy.world)
It is no secret that Western satellites monitor the situation on the surface of the Earth, essentially acting as the final authority in selecting a target for a strike by long-range missiles....