Russian special military operation in Ukraine #13

Dr.Snufflebug wrote:And as usual every evening, cruise missiles incoming.

Reports of impacts all over the place, but photos/videos are rare due to UA censorship laws.

Some photos showing massive fires in the western Rivne region have shown up on TG though.

Western arms shipments are plausible targets.

Testimony from Mariupol

Dr.Snufflebug wrote:

flamming_python wrote:

limb wrote:Allegedly The Su-35's radar components have been sent to the UK by the Ukrainians. How plausible bis this?
https://eurasiantimes.com/big-blow-to-chinese-russian-air-force-fighter-jet-uk-us/?amp

Quite plausible, it was shot down after all

Article is poorly written, by someone who clearly has little to no idea of military stuff.

Would prefer a better source to begin with.

Then, as noted, even if anyone manages to salvage anything of value from that wreck, the Irbis is still just a PESA and mostly differs from earlier iterations (Bars etc) in transmitting power (ECM burn through capability etc).

In short, NATO most likely already has exhaustive intelligence on this, given that radars of this family have been exported left and right for years.

Can they figure out the exact frequency of operation so they could jam it?

limb wrote:

Dr.Snufflebug wrote:

flamming_python wrote:

limb wrote:Allegedly The Su-35's radar components have been sent to the UK by the Ukrainians. How plausible bis this?
https://eurasiantimes.com/big-blow-to-chinese-russian-air-force-fighter-jet-uk-us/?amp

Quite plausible, it was shot down after all

Article is poorly written, by someone who clearly has little to no idea of military stuff.

Would prefer a better source to begin with.

Then, as noted, even if anyone manages to salvage anything of value from that wreck, the Irbis is still just a PESA and mostly differs from earlier iterations (Bars etc) in transmitting power (ECM burn through capability etc).

In short, NATO most likely already has exhaustive intelligence on this, given that radars of this family have been exported left and right for years.

Can they figure out the exact frequency of operation so they could jam it?

I am no radar expert, but I do know that radars since the 60's jump through frequencies like crazy, and there is no "exact" frequency you can jam. That's pretty much a WW2 thing (eg when the British RAF learned to jam the Neptun).

AFAIK, no expert, radar jamming since frequency-hopping became a thing is way different, and either highly directional (as in pointing the beam at whatever you want to jam and try to blind it by spamming it with broadband EM) or just extremely powerful broadband emissions that saturate everything. The higher power, the better, and that goes both ways (like I said, the Irbis' main advantage over previous PESA radars in that family is its power, burning through ECM).

But it's still a PESA radar and not that different from its close brother Bars, that's been exported to India, Malaysia, Venezuela, Vietnam, Kazakhstan, Armenia etc. I mean, US/UK/NATO is bound to have loads of data on it, it flies alongside F-18E's in Malaysia for crying out loud.

AESA-radars are so powerful and can steer their beams and shift their frequencies so incredibly fast that they are almost immune to classical jamming though. Russia has AESA radars too, but the only flying ones are in the few MiG-35 and Su-57 prototypes IIRC. The others are on the ground or on ships.

I've already mentioned this earlier when proclaimed Su-35 was downed.

N035 is a Hybrid radar because it shares some elements of AESA in terms of beam steering but overall it is said to have 2 T/R modules minimum making it different than standard PESA.  But the real meat and potatoes is within the software and how information is processed via the onboard computer which is also destroyed.

Dr.Snufflebug is correct that they already frequency hop which the N035 does.  His assessment of AESA is a bit incorrect but overall he is right that they won't learn a thing at all.  The software is key and that's gone. Hence why Russia doesn't care about it. They learned their lessons over Zaslon.

It will boil down to what Alamo said:  they will find some Korean electronics. Oh no.

Hole wrote:

Sorry, I can't resist gear "porn".

I have most of this SOBR guys gear.

Shirt "Les", pants "Volk", Splav "Force" gloves - all in my favorite coyote.
"Atom" plate carrier (could be wrong), Ops-Core Fast knockoff with Gentex mount  , can't see war belt that well, ANA Tactical?, some Sordin hearing protection (judging by the Sording Supreme logo on other pictures, also Russians and Vladimir Onokoy really liked this company), I don't think it's Invisio tho looks very similar.

This is what I call a gear and it's not too expensive. Comercial gear > army issued one. You can see guys in DNR and LNR sporting even better gear.

Hey, if FP and Archangels will go to war, we will dress you like barbies with top Russian gear so don't worry (just joking guys)

ALAMO wrote:And those poor motherf*ers ask for FAB bombs?!?

Russia will give them all the FAB bombs that they want for free.
Here Azov, catch...

PapaDragon wrote:

par far wrote:Russian forces in action.


https://t.me/intelslava/26083

Red Backpack guy is still rocking his style

What's his deal?

That thing sticks out like Kim Kardashian's ass in Anorexics Anonymous meeting, it can't be even remotely safe

Only thing missing is fluorescent Hello Kitty sticker  

Seen loads of grunts using school backpacks but they at least grabbed black or grey ones

He sticks out like a sore thumb, I thought that the only colour suitable for military is grey or something of that shade.

Gonzalo Lira was murdered RIP.

He had chances to get out, he should have taken them.

This puts the limelight on people like Patrick Lancaster, this is a very dangerous thing now.



"Our information has been confirmed.  The journalist was killed by Nemichev's volunteer battalion."


https://t.me/intelslava/26133




I believe this Nemichev unit was responsible for the Russian soldiers torture as well. Hopefully these assholes are taken out.

Ispan wrote:Today's report. Can't believe there's nobody else doing a war journal of operations as I attempt to do

Not much meat but we got some good insights from Strelkov.

https://guerraenucrania.wordpress.com/2022/04/20/parte-de-guerra-20-04-2022/

Part of war 04/20/2022
20 April, 2022 Zhukov

General situation and maps of other fronts

https://chervonec-001.livejournal.com/4101006.html



On the situation at the front – Igor Strelkov 12:30 hours

Nikolayev-Kherson-Krivoy Rog - almost unchanged. Positional battles, artillery and air strikes from both sides.

Zaporozhe-Orekhov-Gulai-Pole is the same, although it is here that the "critical point" of the front is located in case the command of the Russian army decides to surround the entire Donetsk group with an advance against the communications connecting this group with the Dnieper.
To the east of Gulai-Pole, the Russian army and the DPR army have made a slight tactical breakthrough.

Heavy fighting continues in Mariupol in the vicinity of "Azovstal". When the destruction of the garrison of the "fortress" is completed, I still do not undertake to definitively judge (earlier I gave a forecast "maybe before the end of the month"). It is already clear that the timing of the completion of the assault will depend primarily on how quickly the supplies of equipment, ammunition and food from the encircled are exhausted. In any case, the time and effort invested in the assault will not be recovered.

On the front, from Ugledar (under enemy control) to Popasnaya, unchanged. Positional battles and fierce artillery shelling, attacks of the Russian Air Force.

In Popasnaya, heavy street fighting continues with the gradual advance of the Lugansk Armed Forces and the "private military contractors" involved (who, including the Wagner group, now hold the brunt of the fighting there).

Along the Seversky Donets River, from Popasnaya to Izyum, our troops occupy the territory that the enemy is gradually abandoning (Ukrainian troops competently and timely, that is, ahead of time, reduce the front and withdraw their troops from the "pocket" in order to strengthen the threatened flanks of the group). The Armed Forces of the RPL occupied Kremennaya and advanced towards Krasny Liman (Liman) and Yampol. But both points are still in the power of the enemy. In Rubizhnoye and near Severodonetsk, the situation at the front remains unchanged.

South of Izyum, Russian Forces continue their attempts to advance south, towards Slavyansk and Barvenkovo. Unfortunately, without much success.

West of Kharkov, the enemy launched a series of counterattacks for two days and managed to push the units of the Rosgvardiya (military police) to the west and southwest of the city, advancing several kilometers and occupying 3-5 settlements. This breakthrough does not yet pose any threat to the communications of the group advancing (trying to advance) in the Izyum area, nor is it of operational significance, but it is used by Ukrainian propaganda to demonstrate military successes. It is worth noting that, unlike the Ukrainian army, Russian troops stubbornly avoid defending the occupied settlements.

North of Kharkov-unchanged. Positional clashes, skirmishes. Dergachi reoccupied by the Ukrainians.

Comment: The rest of Strelkov's comments I do not consider valuable or accurate, anyone who wants can read his Telegram channel. He continues to think in terms of mass armies of the Second World War and calls for mass mobilization, overestimating the enemy's ability to mobilize. In reality it is Ukraine that has exhausted its recruiting capacity, or rather, its cadres to instruct and mobilize new troops and even with Western help, it will be a light infantry force unable to cope with Russian artillery and tanks. He also overestimates the Russian losses. It is not a showy strategy, but Russian operations are similar to those of the "Anaconda Plan" of the American Civil War, this is a gradual advance progressively crushing the prey, making use of superiority in firepower and avoiding own losses. Unless a plunging front that allows the operation and closure of the bag, it seems that you opt for compressed slowly looking for small fencing around its perimeter, and pushing the enemy to quit discovered by withdrawing from a position to another to avoid the fence, which exposes it to attacks from the air.

I say it again, moderna is won by machines, not by masses. The Russian statement this morning is also very significant. The "rear" objectives, the objectives of enemy logistics have been exhausted, and now artillery and aviation are now concentrated on tactical support at the front.

https://topwar.ru/195219-udary-rossijskoj-artillerii-po-vsemu-frontu-novye-svedenija-ot-minoborony.html

"... 31 checkpoints, six fuel depots, 910 strongpoints and troop concentration areas, as well as 106 artillery firing positions were destroyed"

Strelkov is too pessimistic. The Ukrainian army lacks any ability to maneuver and react. Without armor and fuel, he can no longer counterattack. It can only defend static positions as long as it has artillery and ammunition, and less and less. Infantry garrisons, no matter how many anti-tank missiles they have, cannot resist a combined arms attack, especially if they are sprayed at a distance first. Also, it is not necessary to take all the static positions. It is enough to break the line at one point. Either by fire or maneuver, the Ukrainian forces will be forced to abandon their positions. Nor can they have fortifications in all places, and once the ability to maintain a coherent defense crumbles, only retreat or annihilation remains, especially considering that every passing day their combat capacity weakens. They cannot receive reinforcements, nor replenish casualties, except cannon fodder without morale or instruction, or ammunition.

Other reports:

More details about the destruction of an ammunition warehouse in Lvov on April 18

A stockpile of American, German and British anti-tank missiles was destroyed in a military warehouse in Lviv.. According to our source in the SBU, the attack on the Lviv logistics base was a complete surprise. Several dozen tons of various anti-tank weapons were destroyed at the installation, including the German PanzerFaust, the British NLAW and the American Javelin. It was hoped that these rockets would be enough for a month of combat operations against Russian troops. According to our source, the weapons were transported to the warehouses secretly in commercial and civilian vehicles. So now it is being investigated why the Russians were able to find out the three storage locations.

South-west of Donetsk



09:30 Donetsk forces liberated the villages of Makarovka and Storozhevoe south of Velikaya Novoselka and Ravnopol, Novoselka, to the west. It looks like they are flanking from the west. Recall, this village is west of Ugledar, which is the most advanced position left to the Ukrainians, south-east of Maryinka.

In the latter, from 17:30 to 18:15 there was an intense bombardment, with air strikes, of the positions still held by the Ukrainians to the west of the village. They can take refuge in the catacombs of their fortifications, but they are unable to counterattack.

Ukrainian withdrawal in the Severodonetsk Triangle

10:15 a.m. South of the triangle formed by Yampol, Severodonetsk, Popasnaya, the Ukrainians withdraw from Zolotoye, east of Popasnaya

10:45 The situation in Popasnaya (information from the field of batallaa):" yesterday there was good progress, namely, the guys worked well on the flanks, and the group enemy was in unabolsa operational, fearing encirclement, the main group began to withdraw from the bag, which was accompanied by the assault on the positions of the ukropos in the center.
The enemy is trying to hold on to the terrain, dig new trenches, our people are extremely worried about snipers, left "gifts", we have captured materiel, helicopter drones and trucks. of heating.
Also the enemy fired with artillery in the direction of Pervomaisk, in the rear.»

13:00 hours After the troops of the LNR and the special forces "Akhmat" of the Chechen Republic took Kremennaya two days ago and today the intermediate settlement of Staraya Krasnyanka, 2 km, both settlements west of Rubezhnoye, the enemy began the withdrawal, which was confirmed at 15:00 hours

15:00 Military correspondent Yevgeny Poddubny: Kiev troops withdraw from the Severodonetsk triangle

"From Lugansk, they report that the Ukrainian army left the Rubizhnoye – Severodonetsk – Lysychansk area.

The troops in this salient must be threatened with encirclement since the Lugansk have advanced not only to the north of the triangle but also in Popasnaya and to the south.



"The most accurate map of the current alignment of forces and the line of contact in Popasna from our correspondents and local sources.

Unfortunately, the situation is less optimistic than that described by respected colleagues of the LPR. No advances of the Russian Armed Forces were observed in the center, the Allied forces entrenched themselves in the area of the city administration and are advancing slowly and persistently.

In the south, the offensive meets a line of trenches, and is also hampered by the Ukrainian strongholds marked on the map.

Along the entire western side of Popasnaya, reinforcements have arrived to the Ukrainian troops. Perhaps, it is here that the formations leaving the Lisichansk and Rubezhnoye zone have precipitated.

Summary of the situation at 20:00

The Allied forces continue their offensive in the north towards Krasny Liman, and in the south in the direction of the Pokrovske crossroads.

North direction

On Kremennaya, the enemy retreated from the city without a fight, having previously blown up the city's water pumping station. There is no other evidence of destruction in the city.

Staraya Krasnyanka, located between Kremennaya and Rubezhnoye was occupied by the Chechens and the Lugansk people.

Ukraine confirms the advance of Russian forces in the center of the city of Popasnaya

South Direction

the Russian forces have driven a wedge between Gulyai-Pole and Velikaya Novoselka, which makes it possible to attack from the rear the first.

Personal note: Dear readers, I request your help, do what you can to achieve maximum dissemination of this blog on forums, social networks and news sites, to counter misinformation and propaganda. Remember that in Ukraine there are people who have given their lives to tell the truth about what is happening, like the Chilean blogger Gonzalo Lira, an American citizen, who has disappeared in Kharkov, denounced to the SBU for a snitch and who has surely been murdered.

Well...



Feels so familliar somehow.

I am very curious about those UA arms exporters that still operate and still ship loads of stuff to various clients in chiefly Africa, but also Iran etc.

A couple of days ago, some ruckus was raised over one of them, I think somebody here mentioned it.

Cage's gun running character in "Lord of War" was Ukrainian, operating out of Odessa orginally, no coincidence. But I wonder how the company that was mentioned does it, given that seaports like Odessa are blocked and all land borders are NATO (well, RU and BLR ain't but they're no-go's, and Moldova ain't but Moldova is landlocked).

It would just be the ultimate irony if NATO-supplied weapons are smuggled out of Ukraine, *through NATO countries* I mean.

par far wrote:

PapaDragon wrote:

par far wrote:Russian forces in action.


https://t.me/intelslava/26083

Red Backpack guy is still rocking his style

What's his deal?

That thing sticks out like Kim Kardashian's ass in Anorexics Anonymous meeting, it can't be even remotely safe

Only thing missing is fluorescent Hello Kitty sticker  

Seen loads of grunts using school backpacks but they at least grabbed black or grey ones

He sticks out like a sore thumb, I thought that the only colour suitable for military is grey or something of that shade.

Yes, there's a blue backpack guy as well... Both seem to be BSF marines.

To think of it, In Russia, you can get a good lightweight assault backpack for like 30-50 usd with no mark-ups. I see no reason why Russia can't just flood the troops with Voentorg stuff, especially when there are so many good things available and no longer can be exported to airsofters and gear idiots like me.

Also, NPO Splav, one of the top manufacturers after the merger is owned by Rostech. Ratnik is cool and all, but there is no comparison to Russian gear that can be updated every single season with not mass production problems and costumer orientated outlook. I am shilling for Russian gear, but damn now it's so good and I wish in my time we had similar gear (especially boots!)

Regular wrote:

par far wrote:

PapaDragon wrote:

par far wrote:Russian forces in action.


https://t.me/intelslava/26083

Red Backpack guy is still rocking his style

What's his deal?

That thing sticks out like Kim Kardashian's ass in Anorexics Anonymous meeting, it can't be even remotely safe

Only thing missing is fluorescent Hello Kitty sticker  

Seen loads of grunts using school backpacks but they at least grabbed black or grey ones

He sticks out like a sore thumb, I thought that the only colour suitable for military is grey or something of that shade.

Yes, there's a blue backpack guy as well... Both seem to be BSF marines.

To think of it, In Russia, you can get a good lightweight assault backpack for like 30-50 usd with no mark-ups. I see no reason why Russia can't just flood the troops with Voentorg stuff, especially when there are so many good things available and no longer can be exported to airsofters and gear idiots like me.

Also, NPO Splav, one of the top manufacturers after the merger is owned by Rostech. Ratnik is cool and all, but there is no comparison to Russian gear that can be updated every single season with not mass production problems and costumer orientated outlook. I am shilling for Russian gear, but damn now it's so good and I wish in my time we had similar gear (especially boots!)

It is a trend within Russian armed forces by the looks of it (and has been around the 90's) that you are given standard gear (New stuff significantly better than they ever had) but if you want something else, its on your own dime.

I know this was customary for special forces groups but I am unsure about the Russian Marines.  But judging by video I watched and see, it seems that they can opt for other gear that works to their needs so long as they are using standard issue ammunition and radio coms.  Rest seems to be up to the user.  I see plenty of Chechen/Russian/DNR combined units kinda running around with different gear where Chechens and DNR units seen without kelvar vests and such.  DNR it may make sense as they may not have surplus or they were rushed.  Chechen I think it has more to do with if they so wish to wear it or not.  Russian seems to have various types of armor from standard Ratnik style to something from Fort (which that site hasn't been accessible for quite some time it seems).

par far wrote:Gonzalo Lira was murdered RIP.

He had chances to get out, he should have taken them.

This puts the limelight on people like Patrick Lancaster, this is a very dangerous thing now.



"Our information has been confirmed.  The journalist was killed by Nemichev's volunteer battalion."


https://t.me/intelslava/26133




I believe this Nemichev unit was responsible for the Russian soldiers torture as well. Hopefully these assholes are taken out.

If this is true, this is very sad. I enjoyed listening to him on the Duran and I give condolence to his family on their loss of a good man.

Arkanghelsk wrote: Первый пуск межконтинентальной баллистической ракеты "Сармат ".

https://t.me/istorijaoruzija/56917

**** YEAH

Even nicer when its carrying a brace of 3x Avanguard HGVs. 1Mt warhead, bypassing all of the Murkans expensive (but barely functional) BMD systems, delivered straight to vital US national security assets on same business day. Murkan trash should anticipate a whole truckload of pain...

limb wrote:Allegedly The Su-35's radar components have been sent to the UK by the Ukrainians. How plausible bis this?
https://eurasiantimes.com/big-blow-to-chinese-russian-air-force-fighter-jet-uk-us/?amp

Pffftt... put no credence into this sort of nonsensical bullshit. Ukrops have proven themselves to be liars.