Russian special military operation in Ukraine #15

flamming_python wrote:Apparently another merc den got hit yesterday  

The Grande Pettine hotel in Odessa

https://t.me/intelslava/28258

Sayonara

Wow, even small hotels are targeted. Either VIP targets or simply showing that there's nowhere to hide.

Sujoy wrote:But Ukrainians have always used 152mm artillery shells whereas NATO standard is 155mm. NATO can't supply 152mm so they are supplying 155mm and to use the latter Ukraine also needs NATO artillery guns.

Another dick. Why can't NATO manufacture 152 mm shells for Ukraine?

But then you are that same liar who posted lies about Indian Mig 21 from Soviet era shooting down a F-16.

RTN wrote:

Sujoy wrote:But Ukrainians have always used 152mm artillery shells whereas NATO standard is 155mm. NATO can't supply 152mm so they are supplying 155mm and to use the latter Ukraine also needs NATO artillery guns.

Another dick. Why can't NATO manufacture 152 mm shells for Ukraine?

But then you are that same liar who posted lies about Indian Mig 21 from Soviet era shooting down a F-16.

https://idrw.org/us-airmen-reward-confirms-coverup-of-paf-f-16-loss-against-iaf-western-military-historian/

Briefing by Russian Defence Ministry

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation in Ukraine.

High-precision air-based missiles of the Russian Aerospace Forces have destroyed 2 command posts and 1 Ukrainian battery of Grad multiple rocket launchers near Popasnaya, 18 manpower and military equipment concentration areas near Lisichansk, 1 counterbattery radio detection station manufactured in the USA near Zolotoye.

Oniks high-precision missiles launched by Bastion coastal missile system near Artsiz, Odessa region, have destroyed Ukrainian helicopters at a bounce platform.

Operational-tactical and army aviation have neutralised 52 manpower and military equipment concentration areas, as well as 1 ammunition depot near Glukhov.

Missile troops and artillery units have neutralised 8 command posts, 26 artillery units at their firing positions, as well as 211 manpower and military equipment concentration areas.

The attacks have resulted in the elimination of up to 350 nationalists and the neutralisation of 56 units of military equipment.

In addition, 4 Ukrainian Smerch multiple rocket launchers and 1 launching ramp of S-300 air defence system near Bogodukhov.

Russian air defence means have shot down 3 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force: 2 MiG-29 near Iverskoye and Novodonetskoye, Donetsk People's Republic, and 1 Su-25 near Pogonovka, Kharkov region overnight.

3 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles, including one Bayraktar-TB2, have been hit over Snake Island.

In addition, 12 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have been shot down over Balakleya, Shiykovka, Goptovka, Tsupovka, Maliye and Bolshiye Prokhody (Kharkov region), Kamenka (Cherkassy region), Brianka and Adveyevka (Donetsk People's Republic), Pavlovka (Lugansk People's Republic).

3 projectiles of Smerch multiple rocket launcher have been intercepted near Izyum and Snezhkovka.

In total, 160 aircraft and 118 helicopters, 783 unmanned aerial vehicles, 299 anti-aircraft missile systems, 2,949 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 342 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,423 field artillery and mortars, as well as 2,769 units of special military vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed during the operation.

#MoD #Russia #Ukraine #Briefing
@mod_russia_en

Snake Island can be controlled by Project 775 ships, using their 2×30 122mm A-215 Grad-M rocket launcher to bombard them.

New details of an unsuccessful landing attempt by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Zmeiny Island

Ukrainian sources report that Bezdai was shot down while flying a Mi-14 helicopter (a floating modification of the Mi-8 helicopter).

Information about the unsuccessful attempt of the Ukrainian landing on Serpent's Island was once again confirmed.



https://t.me/anna_news/31481

A few hours ago I posted an image with a link to a military blog I have. If it's forbidden, tell me and I'll get the address.

ucmvulcan wrote:No aviation column this year?

It was called off due to “weather conditions”

George Eliason@gheliason

Here's a teaser for what's coming. Ukraine is only in its 2nd political generation after WW2. All the leaders in Ukraine learned nationalist politics from Slava Stetsko.

https://twitter.com/gheliason/status/1523563856823406592

NOTE: Informative thread showing the connection of the Ukrainian leadership and philosophy

Fred333 wrote:https://idrw.org/us-airmen-reward-confirms-coverup-of-paf-f-16-loss-against-iaf-western-military-historian/

Yeah right! Even three years later no wreckage of any Pakistani F-16 found.

RTN wrote:

Isos wrote:Missiles are expensive programs to invest in. Russia has very few milimeter wave active radar ground attack missiles.

It will be valuable for them to reverse engineer this one. Much faster and cheaper than develop  missile from 0.

Dickhead.....it reads made September 2001. Not really the most advanced. This is the initial version, came before dual mode, Brimstone 2, Brimstone 3.

As usual, don't let facts get in the way of your narrative.

Can a mod ban this troll. Insulting isn't allowed here. He insulted two times in two posts.

Regular wrote:

flamming_python wrote:Apparently another merc den got hit yesterday  
The Grande Pettine hotel in Odessa
https://t.me/intelslava/28258
Sayonara

Wow, even small hotels are targeted. Either VIP targets or simply showing that there's nowhere to hide.

It's a cottage industry

Buyer's market for vacationers in the Ukraine right now

Not Russia's fault they keep choosing the hotels cruise missiles happen to fall on

This is physical assault. Poles should trying doing this to the U.S Ambassador. They will have 5 9mm slugs in their body before they can splatter the Ambassador.

Bodyguards of the Russian ambassador seems to be exceptionally tolerant.

Great day to the Russian people and their brave soldiers. Know that God is with you.

A extense report today with maps, mostly about yesterday, but covers events in the last two days as well.


https://guerraenucrania.wordpress.com/2022/05/09/noticias-de-la-guerra-09-05-2022-informe-especial/

Ispan wrote:A extense report today with maps, mostly about yesterday, but covers events in the last two days as well.


https://guerraenucrania.wordpress.com/2022/05/09/noticias-de-la-guerra-09-05-2022-informe-especial/

YESTERDAY 08 May

Summary of Readovka (abridged)

Fighting on the island of Snakes (Zmeiny) attacks to achieve some kind of victory for propaganda. The Russians lost a TOR anti-aircraft system on the island and it looks like a helicopter, the Ukrainians a couple of helicopters and airplanes.

The situation on the fronts:

Near Kharkov, there are battles for small villages. There was no significant advance of troops on either side today.

The withdrawal of some villages to the north of Kharkov he sent the best troops to other sectors, and left a locking force of militia reservists and Rosgvardiya has brought criticism, but on the other hand this has led to the forces Ukrainian to leave the city and try to attack to the North and the East, which facilitates their destruction without causing civilian casualties in Kharkov.

For more detail see that link

https://antimaydan.info/2022/05/komandir_poyasnil_pochemu_russkie_pod_harkovom_ne_smogli_sderzhat_natisk.html



Heavy fighting continues in the Rubizhne – Severodonetsk – Lisichansk triangle in the direction of Luhansk. By night, a message came over the full sweep and end of the last enemy troops in Popasnaya at The same time, units of the people's Militia of the RPL and the Russian Armed Forces and the allied forces occupied the village of Nizhneye , which will allow you to get a tactical advantage by access to the southern outskirts of Lisichansk. In Belogorovka, the school in which the Ukrainian Armed Forces placed their barracks was hit by the artillery of the Allied forces.

The DPR forces, with the fire support of the Russian Armed Forces, liberated and established full control over Komsomolsky and Lesny (Volnovakha district).

On the Izyum part of the front, in the vicinity of Krasny Liman, fierce fighting continues in the forest belt near the village of Dibrovo. In Kramatorsk, Ukrainian units situatedshooting positions in a school and a kindergarten, and civilians are detained in basements. Attempts to force the Severny Donets River by Ukrainian units have not stopped. Pontoon bridges are regularly destroyed by artillery and rocket fire.

Traditionally, a powerful "calibration" was performed during the day. At the railway station "Sol" in Soledar, a rocket attack destroyed the train
with American military equipment and weapons for the Ukrainian army. Today's attacks of the Russian Armed Forces in Odessa destroyed the base of foreign mercenaries in one of the buildings of the Grande Pettine Hotel.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces once again launched a missile attack on Donetsk and Horlivka. There were also reports of explosions in the Sumy region.



Map of the Donbass front at 21:00 on May 8.

The advance in the Liman area has been temporarily halted for the last three days (since May 6) by extensive forest fires to the south.

TODAY 09 May

Battle east of the Salient – Lugansk

After the capture of Popasnaya, the advance at two points north and south of the Severodnetsk-Lisichansk salient, which in turn has its communications compromised by the bridges of the Seversky Donetsk River being blown up.

To the south Nizhny Novgorod has been taken (Нижный)

To the north a bridgehead has been established on Belogorovka, pink circle on the map



Map prepared by Yuri Podoliak showing the layout of the front now and possible future advances

The distance between the two points is about 40-50 km. If the Russians advance half that distance, all communications would already be under artillery fire, but with the capture of Popasnaya the road from Soledar to Lisichansk is already threatened



Source:

https://topwar.ru/196025-rossijskie-vojska-prorvali-oboronu-vsu-v-rajone-belogorovki-forsirovav-severskij-donec.html

(corrected translation)

"The situation threatening the Armed Forces of Ukraine has developed in the area of the Severodonetsk agglomeration, up to 8 thousand Ukrainian servicemen who are entrenched in Severodonetsk and Lysychansk may be surrounded. According to several Russian Telegram channels, Russian troops managed to break through the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Belogorovka area and get to the rear of the defenders.»

"The lid of the cauldron slammed shut, and the Allied forces were able to break through the Ukrainian defenses in the Belogorovka area, crossing the Seversky Donets. The pontoon bridge was established a couple of days ago, but the advance was prevented by Ukrainian units entrenched in the area. Now the defending units are being withdrawn from the northern bend of the Donets River to Lisichansk. Taking into account the Popasna offensive, where the defense was also broken, a fairly large group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine may be surrounded, according to some estimates, from 5 to 8 thousand soldiers. Such a variation in numbers is due to the inability to establish at the moment the real losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.»

·According to reports, several teroborona battalions, the battalion tactical group of the 17th Tank Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, parts of the 57th Separate Infantry Brigade and the 24th King Danilo Separate Infantry Brigade are defending the area of the Severodonetsk fortified area.·

"As already reported, fighting is taking place on the outskirts of Lisichansk and Severodonetsk, in the area of Shipilovka and Privolye, the villages of Nizhny and Svetlichnoye are taken. However, no one will assault Severodonetsk and Lisichansk in a frontal attack because the enemy artillery positions are located on the highest bank of the Seversky Donetsk River, opposite Lisichansk, and by dominating the terrain around they make it difficult to attack.»

"Earlier, in Lugansk, it was reported that an entire brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine withdrew from Lisichansk. There is also information that senior officers left the fortified area, who were allegedly summoned to an "important meeting" in Dnepropetrovsk. Apparently, the remaining ones are intended to play the role of suicide bombers, whose task is to hold the area as long as possible.»

On the situation in the Luhansk Republic

The Ambassador of the PRL to Russia reports on the withdrawal of the Ukrainian brigade from Lisichansk and on the battles at Belogorovka, Shipilovka and Privolye

This confirms the crossing of our forces across the Seversky Donets River. The crossing west of Serebryanka, apparently, was a diversionary maneuver and was destroyed by the Ukrainians.

This significantly worsens the operational situation in Lisichansk for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It is further aggravated by the possibility of shelling along the Lisichansk — Artemovsk highway. To gain more control, the Russian army needs to establish itself on the right bank of the Donets River in this area, but the Ukrainazis are already in a panic.

In the south, after the liberation of Popasna and the breakthrough to Bakhmutka, the enemystill has a serious fortified area in Zolotoye.However, now he can be surrounded if Toshkovka and Vrubovka are captured.

The success of the offensive here depends on the available Ukrainian forces. It is not known exactly where the units of the 24th mechanized brigade withdrew from Popasna, what exactly this unit is and where it is heading from Lisichansk.

The defense of Severodonetsk for the Armed Forces of Ukraine now no longer makes sense. Keeping troops here only indicates a desire to wipe the city off the face of the earth during the fighting. However, the Ukrainazis have already done a lot of damage to cause a catastrophe for civilians: the water supply of Popasnaya was damaged, and its restoration will take quite a long time.

For the Russians, successful actions here mean::

1) The long-awaited reduction of the front line with the possibility of transferring reserves to other directions or increasing the density of forces in the Seversk and Artemovsk direction

2) An important political victory in the form of the complete liberation of the PRL

3) The delay of the Ukrainian troops in withdrawing will increase the chances of encirclement of the enemy

Izyum Front (report of May 07)

https://t.me/s/vysokygovorit

In the direction of Izyum, the enemy's infantry and armored vehicles are trying to attack with small forces, but these attacks are not aimed at regaining control of the lost settlements, but solely for the purpose of suspending our offensive. Reconnaissance data show powerful fortified areas that the Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to erect on the way of the advance of our troops.

Northwest of Izyum, Ukrainian troops built a pontoon crossing the Seversky Donets River, which was destroyed by a missile strike.

In the Kharkiv direction, fighting is taking place in the area of the villages of Liptsy and Kazachaya Lopan, besides thethe Ukrainian army is actively shelling the border villages of Belgorod. I can't say anything about the Ukrainian losses on all fronts, but we do know that Ukraine is losing a lot of soldiers in Izyum. The battle for the forests and villages in front of the Slayvansk fortified zone does not subside either day or night.



South Front

In the south it is noted that the Ukrainian counterattacks towards Kherson have all been repulsed, and the Russians are now closer to Nikolayev and shelling the positions on the outskirts. In recent days residents of the city have uploaded videos of intense shelling at night. Gauleiter Kim himself has recognized that we have to forget about counterattacks because the units are exhausted.

Donetsk sector

https://topwar.ru/196020-soobschaetsja-o-proryve-peredovyh-linij-oborony-protivnika-v-rajone-avdeevki-pri-nastuplenii-so-storony-jasinovatoj.html

From the territory of Donbass, reports are coming that the Russian Armed Forces and the units of the DPR People's Militia have launched an offensive to the north of Donetsk after several weeks of "processing" (shelling) enemy positions. It is reported that our troops have significantly advanced in the direction of Avdeyevka, defeating the advanced units of Ukrainian militants in this direction.

It is important to note that since 2015, the enemy has created a fortified area along the line Avdeyevka-Krasnogorovka-Maryinka, which is actually comparable (and, according to some sources, exceeds the fortified area of Mariupol of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the army National. It was from the direction of Avdeyevka that the city of Yasinovataya was shelled daily.

With artillery strikes, our troops minimized the enemy's fire activity in various directions in the Avdeyevka area. According to some reports, the advanced positions of the militants in the east of the mentioned settlement were literally crushed. Ukrainian troops suffered the most serious losses on Avdeyevka since the beginning of the special military operation. The defenses of the nationalist battalions in the east and southeast of Avdeyevka were broken, which made it possible to push back the enemy forces to the west and seize several of its borders.

If successful, the front line can move several kilometers from Donetsk and Yasinovataya in the coming days. And in this direction, literally every kilometer is important, because the same Yasinovataya militants use not only cannons and rocket launchers, but also mortars.



OTHER REPORTS

Ukrainian intelligence assessment of the course of the war

Telegram channels associated with Ermak, the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, have published a variety of assessments, which, they claim in an attempt to appear neutral, come from a number of anonymous experts:

1-The Russian forces are not pushing for an offensive right now because they are hoping to lure a large number of Ukrainian troops out of the cities to keep tricking them into thinking they are withdrawing. This would allow the Russian army to carry out attacks on a large number of Ukrainian troops, which would cause a significant blow to the morale and psychology of the Ukrainian military. Apart from that, additional Ukrainian losses (in excess) as a result of these attacks are likely to be in the order of 10,000 military personnel.

2-The Russian forces continue the search and destruction of Ukrainian deposits and arsenals, destroying them with precision strikes. The opinion prevails in the Kremlin that sooner or later the West will stop supplying weapons to Ukraine. This change will take place in the fall of 2022 and will serve as a starting point for the Ukrainian crisis.

3-The Russian forces will not participate in any kind of blitzkrieg at this time. The West is "coding" media reports with the expectation of an offensive, knowing full well that Russia has chosen the strategy of economy or resources and a slow, methodical movement forward. The West is doing this so that in about a month it will present the idea that the Russian plans have again been thwarted and defeated. This strategy of creating a false narrative for the masses is carried out with the intention of deflating the morale of Russian society in order to convince it that Russia has lost and that the Ukrainian crisis must come to an end. The ultimate goal of the West is to conclude the Ukrainian crisis before the winter of 2022-23, and then move on to destabilizing Russia from the inside using feelings of defeat and the search for scapegoats.

4-The Ukrainian army is experiencing a serious shortage of personal equipment for its soldiers. The deficit can be felt in everything from equipping reservists with new uniforms to personal protective equipment such as bulletproof vests and helmets.

Sujoy wrote:This is physical assault. Poles should trying doing this to the U.S Ambassador. They will have 5 9mm slugs in their body before they can splatter the Ambassador.  

Bodyguards of the Russian ambassador seems to be exceptionally tolerant.

They are not Poles.



http://asaland.proboards.com/thread/460/land-zamosc-zamojszczyzna-1942-1944


http://michalw.narod.ru/index-Truth.html



Did you see the Ukrainian flags in vicinity?

You should learn some history before applying very misguided ethnic labels.

Arrow wrote:Combat flight Su-25 VKS
https://vk.com/video-123538639_456282360

Wow that SU has an awesome stereo

Briefing by Russian Defence Ministry

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation in Ukraine.

High-precision air-based missiles of the Russian Aerospace Forces have hit 11 areas of manpower and military equipment concentration, 4 company strongpoints, 8 ammunition depots of the Ukrainian Troops near Konstantinovka, Antonovka, Elizavetovka, Dolina and Lisichansk as well as 2 air target detection radar stations near Kramatorsk and Krestischa.

According to the updated information, 6 Mi-8 and Mi-24 helicopters have been destroyed during the night near Artsiz in Odessa Region near the Chervonoglinskoe military airfield by Onyks high-precision missiles from the Bastion coastal missile system.

Operational-tactical and army aviation of the Russian Aerospace Force have hit 2 strong points and 5 areas of concentration of AFU manpower and military equipment.

Missile troops and artillery units have hit 318 areas of manpower and military equipment concentration.

The attacks have resulted in the elimination of more than 400 nationalists and up to 48 armoured and motor vehicles.

During the day, Russian air defence means have shot down 1 MiG-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force over Severodonetsk city.

In addition, 3 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle have been over Novozvanovka, Khartsyzsk and Izyum.

1 Ukrainian Tochka-U rocket was intercepted near Ivanovka, Kharkov Region, and 2 Smerch multiple-launch rockets were intercepted near Bolshaya Kamyshevakha and Izyum.

In total, 162 Ukrainian aircraft and 124 helicopters, 790 unmanned aerial vehicles, 299 anti-aircraft missile systems, 2,967 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 347 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,432 field artillery and mortars, as well as 2,778 units of special military vehicles were destroyed during the operation.

On May 7, on direct orders from Zelensky, the Ukrainian General Staff, with the direct involvement of advisers from the USA and Britain, planned a major provocation to seize Zmeiny Island.

Over the past two days, the Kiev regime has made several desperate attempts to land air and sea assaults on Zmeiny Island, which is important for controlling the northwestern part of the Black Sea.

The Ukrainian provocation was thwarted as a result of the competent actions of a Russian Armed Forces unit on the island. The enemy suffered heavy losses.

4 Ukrainian airplanes, including 3 Su-24 and 1 Su-27, 3 Mi-8 helicopters with paratroopers on board, and 1 Mi-24 helicopter have been shot down in the air while repelling the attacks near Zmeiny Island.

Within two days, 29 Ukrainian UAVs have been shot down in the air, including 8 Bayraktar TB-2 strike UAVs. Meanwhile, 4 Bayraktar drones have been shot down this afternoon.

Also, 3 armoured Ukrainian amphibious assault boats carrying Ukrainian naval personnel were destroyed during an attempted landing on the night of May 8.

As a result of Zelensky's thoughtless provocation, more than 50 Ukrainian saboteurs have been killed at sea and on the coast during the landing and attempts to consolidate on the island.

24 bodies of dead Ukrainian servicemen were left on the shore of Zmeiny Island.

#MoD #Russia #Ukraine #Briefing
@mod_russia_en

Is it true that the pollacks will try to occupy parts of ukraine?

If it is I suppose we may see the Russians finally wipe that stain of a county of the map.