Russian special military operation in Ukraine #5

The Russian Defense Ministry has officially announced that the city of Volnovakha (between Donetsk and Mariupol), one of the key defense points of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the east of the country, is now completely under the control of Russian and DPR units. The DPR also took control of Olginka, Velyka-Anadol and Zelenyi Gai settlements. Advancement in depth in this section of the front was up to 6 kilometers.

This key event of the last days of the war means a collapse of the Ukrainian forces in the region and seizure of Mariupol in the coming days.

Four days ago, Ukrainian President Zelensky awarded the town the title of a Hero-City of Ukraine for “worthy resistance to armed aggression. The city was used to house the Kiev regime’s most odious nationalist units, which were repeatedly accused of mass torture and murder of the region’s Russian-speaking residents.

On the morning of March 11, Russian long-range precision-guided weapons struck Ukrainian military infrastructure, including military airfields in Lutsk and Ivano-Frankivsk in the west of the country.

Russian Armed Forces units continued their offensive, advancing 17 kilometers.

Big_Gazza wrote:Southfront is reporting that Volnovakha has been liberated from the Ukronazis.

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The Russian Defense Ministry has officially announced that the city of Volnovakha (between Donetsk and Mariupol), one of the key defense points of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the east of the country, is now completely under the control of Russian and DPR units. The DPR also took control of Olginka, Velyka-Anadol and Zelenyi Gai settlements. Advancement in depth in this section of the front was up to 6 kilometers.

This key event of the last days of the war means a collapse of the Ukrainian forces in the region and seizure of Mariupol in the coming days.

Four days ago, Ukrainian President Zelensky awarded the town the title of a Hero-City of Ukraine for “worthy resistance to armed aggression. The city was used to house the Kiev regime’s most odious nationalist units, which were repeatedly accused of mass torture and murder of the region’s Russian-speaking residents.

On the morning of March 11, Russian long-range precision-guided weapons struck Ukrainian military infrastructure, including military airfields in Lutsk and Ivano-Frankivsk in the west of the country.

Russian Armed Forces units continued their offensive, advancing 17 kilometers.

So good...  bye bye bandera assholes, hope you are all burning in Hell  

Dr.Snufflebug wrote:Yes, seems like Lutsk, Ivano-Frankivsk and Dnipro were all struck by cruise missiles this morning.

The target in Lutsk was reportedly the "Motor" plant, which is the only remaining enterprise in Ukraine that services and overhauls MiG-29 engines.

Also, a Tupolev drone (141/143) seems to have flown all the way to Zagreb, Croatia. No joke. Crashed there late last night with its recovery parachutes deployed. No injuries reported, but a lot of surprised Croatian faces for sure.

This will be interesting to see what it's about. My first thoughts are 1. Ukrainian attempt to get NATO involved somehow, or 2. a Russian decoy that was supposed to bait Ukrainian SAMs but that somehow flew all the way through. It had to have been launched from Belarus in that case, as its range is not sufficient to reach Croatia from the Russian mainland. From Ukraine it has enough range.

Either way, it must also have flown through an entire NATO country in the first place (Hungary, Romania) to have reached Croatia (also NATO). So that makes me wonder about the state of the air defenses there.

Sujoy wrote:If NATO can supply weapons to Ukraine so that those weapons are used to kill Russian soldiers, absolutely no reason why the Kremlin should not hit those NATO supply lines the moment they enter Ukraine.

Sujoy wrote:If NATO can supply weapons to Ukraine so that those weapons are used to kill Russian soldiers, absolutely no reason why the Kremlin should not hit those NATO supply lines the moment they enter Ukraine.

d_taddei2 wrote:

Sujoy wrote:If NATO can supply weapons to Ukraine so that those weapons are used to kill Russian soldiers, absolutely no reason why the Kremlin should not hit those NATO supply lines the moment they enter Ukraine.

I would make sure any NATO weapons captured are given to Terror groups and criminal gangs in the west. The government's there can get a taste of their own medicine. And then once weapons are found, seized, etc they will only have themselves to blame.

Let's be truthful here most of these weapons will end up on the black market. To say they will end up in terrorists hands, well it's too late for that they currently are in terrorists hands Ukrainian Nazi squads. The west never learns from this tactic. Let me hope stingers start taking down EU presidential aircraft.

Yugo90 wrote:

Sujoy wrote:If NATO can supply weapons to Ukraine so that those weapons are used to kill Russian soldiers, absolutely no reason why the Kremlin should not hit those NATO supply lines the moment they enter Ukraine.

If Israel can do it then Russia can do it too.

nomadski wrote:

About that cruise missile in Zagreb , I read it was fired from Belarus . Flew straight into capital city . I think it was a line in the sand , or declaration of intent . Still no news coverage in the western media ! Therefore they do not want to go to war with Russia , over NATO expansion in Eastern Europe . So they better withdraw support for Ukraine and scrap plans for EU membership , and retreat to 97 lines , as demanded by Russia . Otherwise Europe has many capitals , and Russia a lot of missiles !


LOL .

Regular wrote:

nomadski wrote:

About that cruise missile in Zagreb , I read it was fired from Belarus . Flew straight into capital city . I think it was a line in the sand , or declaration of intent . Still no news coverage in the western media ! Therefore they do not want to go to war with Russia , over NATO expansion in Eastern Europe . So they better withdraw support for Ukraine and scrap plans for EU membership , and retreat to 97 lines , as demanded by Russia . Otherwise Europe has many capitals , and Russia a lot of missiles !


LOL .

Read above. You are talking about a Ukrainian targetting drone Tu-141 and making things up as you go

nomadski wrote:

About that cruise missile in Zagreb , I read it was fired from Belarus . Flew straight into capital city . I think it was a line in the sand , or declaration of intent . Still no news coverage in the western media ! Therefore they do not want to go to war with Russia , over NATO expansion in Eastern Europe . So they better withdraw support for Ukraine and scrap plans for EU membership , and retreat to 97 lines , as demanded by Russia . Otherwise Europe has many capitals , and Russia a lot of missiles !


LOL .