Russian special military operation in Ukraine #22

JohninMK wrote:Doge
@IntelDoge
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New weapons package for #Ukraine from the U.S.

- Rockets for HIMARS;
- 16 105-mm howitzers and 36,000 shells for them
- 15 Scan Eagle drones.
- 40 MRAP machines
- Anti-radar missiles
- TOW missile systems
- 1,000 Javelin anti-tank systems
- 2,000 armor piercing rounds

I like those Scan Eagle drones. Russia should be very grateful for all the USAID.

Mir wrote:
I like those Scan Eagle drones. Russia should be very grateful for all the USAID.  

Naaah.
Those are Muricans who are so bloody smart&brilliant!
They supply Ukrs with the weapon costing $200k a piece, only to repurchase it on the dark web for $30k.
A win-win situation, agree?!

Stealthflanker wrote:
The question then, how many were launched ? That single drone isnt likely the only one because murphy's law. People will launch multiple of it, some will malfunction or intercepted.

Some have been intercepted over the sea, there are footages of it as well. As Belisarius said, it was just another staged action for propaganda purposes.

ALAMO wrote:
One was hit and fall down on the roof of the Black Sea Fleet building, so expect a huge uga buga oh noooo Russkie lost in 3...2...1...

A hit is a hit bro no matter how!

d_taddei2 wrote:Should start playing this on western TV channels  

Love it!

Now we know it is a cheap drone , we should not waste S400 missile on it . Better find easier and cheaper way . Why not go up in propeller plane and shoot down with shot- gun ? If fail , then pilot dive to low altitude out of the way ( carry FOF ) and SAM fire ! Could become sport .

The 48N6DM missile probably costs over $ 1 million

Russian Ministry of Defense
Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of a special military operation on the territory of Ukraine (20.08.2022)

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

In the area of the settlement of Andreevka, Kharkiv region, as a result of a high-precision strike by the Russian Aerospace Forces on the combat positions of the Kraken nationalist formation and a unit of foreign mercenaries, more than a hundred militants were killed, including up to 20 American mercenaries.

Strikes of the Russian Aerospace Forces ' operational-tactical aviation near the settlement of Velikomikhailovka, Dnipropetrovsk region, almost completely destroyed the battalion of the 110th Territorial Defense Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, whose losses amounted to at least two hundred nationalists killed and more than 150 wounded.

As a result of fire strikes on the combat positions of the tank battalion of the 28th mechanized brigade in the area of the settlement of Kiselevka in the Mykolaiv region, as well as the 212th infantry battalion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of Apostolovo in the Dnipropetrovsk region, the total irretrievable losses of the enemy amounted to more than two hundred people.

A ground-based high-precision weapon strike on the area of concentration of personnel and military equipment of the 27th battalion of the 127th Territorial Defense Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the north of Kharkiv destroyed up to 130 militants and eight units of special vehicles.

Over two hundred personnel, two tanks and seven special vehicles were destroyed by precision-guided air-launched missiles in the 3rd and 12th battalions of the 25th Airborne Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Zvanovka and Paraskoviyevka localities of the Donetsk People's Republic.

Strikes by operational-tactical and army aircraft, rocket troops and artillery against military facilities on the territory of Ukraine continue.

During the day, seven AFU command posts were hit , including the 53rd mechanized brigade in the Vodiane area, the 58th motorized infantry brigade in the Soledar area of the Donetsk People's Republic, as well as manpower and military equipment in 187 districts. Destroyed: a self-propelled Buk-M1 anti-aircraft missile launcher in the Shevchenko area, four ammunition depots in the areas of the settlements of Galitsynivka, Kostiantynivka, Shabelkivka of the Donetsk People's Republic and Belaya Krynitsa of the Kherson region, three fuel depots in the Slobozhanskaya area of the Kharkiv region, Kostiantynivka and Galitsynivka of the Donetsk People's Republic, as well as the US-made ANTPQ-36 counter-battery radar station in the Kramatorsk area.

Russian air defense systems destroyed six Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the areas of the settlements of Vrubovka in the Luhansk People's Republic, Novomikhailovka, Staromlynovka in the Donetsk People's Republic, Bogoroditskoye in the Mykolaiv region, Novozlatopol in the Zaporizhia region and Fedorovka in the Kharkiv region. In addition, 13 shells of the Olkha multiple launch rocket system were shot down in the air near the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station in the Kherson region and the city of Militopol in the Zaporozhye region.

In total , 267 aircraft, 148 helicopters, 1,776 unmanned aerial vehicles, 367 anti-aircraft missile systems, 4,354 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 809 multiple launch rocket systems, 3,320 field artillery and mortar guns, and 4,969 units of special military vehicles have been destroyed since the beginning of the special military operation.

limb wrote:

d_taddei2 wrote:Should start playing this on western TV channels  

This is so cringe. It sounds like its trying to appeal to boomer MAGA sexpats. Replace Russia with Thailand in the video and it would make the same sense.

Also ballet? Seriously? This was conjured up by some 60yo+ fossil.

You just beautifully demonstrated what is lacking in the West - culture and education + no sense of humour whatsoever!

Urluber wrote:
It was the same back in Afghan times in the 80s.

It is not even close.
Pakistan was one big military camp & supply hub for Mujaheds, including full-scale recovery programs for wounded fighters.
Not to mention hosting the prisoner camps for the Soviet POWs, who were tortured ... oh my bad, questioned there and killed in numbers. A Badaber Uprising should ring a bell somehow.
Today's Pakistan carries war games with Russia. Pakistani special forces train with their Russian counterparts for years. A 1100+ km gas pipeline is being constructed with Russian supervision and will be filled with the Russian LNG until there will be a pipe via Iran that is being discussed at the moment (with extensions to Afghanistan and ... India). Pakistan applied for BRICS, still, it was denied by both India and ... China, with the Russian sustain.

The drone that falls down to the roof of the Black Sea Fleet building seems to be similar to the commercial, China-made Skyeye.
So no more Bayraktar Wunderwaffe?

mnztr wrote:

flamming_python wrote:

VARGR198 wrote:

https://twitter.com/colonelhomsi/status/1560196739029680129

Everything in that country is for sale

No surprise that Zelensky tried to buy off his own chief of staff

Unfortunately for Zelensky, turns out his chief of staff has already been bought by somebody else

Both these guys have the same boss. Uncle Sam.

Sure. But even among servants there is a heirarchy

limb wrote:

d_taddei2 wrote:Should start playing this on western TV channels  

This is so cringe. It sounds like its trying to appeal to boomer MAGA sexpats. Replace Russia with Thailand in the video and it would make the same sense.

Also ballet? Seriously? This was conjured up by some 60yo+ fossil.

It appeals to a lot of people given the neo-liberal dystopia the US is becoming in a social sense with all its race/sexuality/whatever conflicts.

Even with its inflation issues America is still more attractive than Russia when it comes to getting rich; but money is not the most important thing for everyone. Some people already have it, others know how to earn it anywhere
And sex is not necessarily the main attraction either. Again some people already have it on a regular basis. Besides which, American women are more promiscuous than Russian women anyway; they're just more crazy, that's all.

This ad is geared towards white middle-class American men from 30-50 who have some skills to bring, desire a calmer lifestyle than what they currently have stateside, and are not afraid of learning a language. That's a big market.

Urluber wrote:

Sujoy wrote:Pakistan part of an air route used by the West recently to supply arms to Ukraine in its war against Russia.

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/pakistan-an-alleged-air-bridge-for-arms-supply-to-kyiv/articleshow/93668823.cms

It was the same back in Afghan times in the 80s.
Pakistan is one of the key distributors of US imperialism. Should be liberated IMO. But maybe they can be turned into something useful - I've got an impression there are certain circles which are not so deep in American corrupt pocket. It's a long game and USA is already loosing grip in many places, with maybe the most significant being Saudi Arabia. They were also key collaborators of US imperialists during cold war working for example in oil sphere to damage Russian revenues. They are not doing it now. US has significantly lost influence there.

The Saudis and Pakistanis in the 80s and in previous decades were fine with allying with the US against the godless commies

However it's now the US and Europe who have become the godless hedonists and partly over that, the Saudis are ditching them.
The Pakistanis tried to but Imran Khan was deposed and that outcome has been setback for some time - hard to say how much. However the stooges controlling Pakistan at the moment are widely despised and Khan is openly calling them out for being coup assets of the US.