Russian special military operation in Ukraine #35

There is a ton of videos from Syria of tanks surviving hits by TOW´s. Even good old T-62M´s.




Some 50 teathered drones will be delivered to the SMO zone.
Kronstadt delivered 48 Orion drones so far, next month they will deliver another 12.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine form three army corps with a total number of 75000 military personnel

The military equipment allocated by NATO for Ukraine is used to form large strike groups.

The mass deliveries of armored vehicles for the Armed Forces of Ukraine that have begun are the result of the formation on the territory of Ukraine of three army corps, with a total number of 75 thousand people. One of the corps will have to operate in the Kherson region, the second - in the Zaporozhye region, and the third - in the Luhansk region. The key task of the strike forces being formed is to attempt a counteroffensive to shift the front line to the east.

Against the background of how it became known that the West began to supply Ukraine with a large number of armored vehicles and other weapons from 2023, it became known that Kyiv began the formation of three army corps. All three corps will operate separately and will represent a very significant force (for comparison, according to Ukrainian sources, no more than 10 thousand military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine participated in the attack on the Kherson region - ed.), which, taking into account the appearance of armored vehicles and modern weapons, can create an extremely serious problem. It is planned to complete the formation of all three army corps with a total strength of 75 thousand people, and according to some reports, there is still an additional reserve of 10-12 thousand military personnel here, it is planned by May of this year, which could threaten a very serious offensive from the Armed Forces of Ukraine, especially that a few days ago, the Ukrainian military command openly announced its intention to launch a powerful offensive soon.

It is noteworthy that the formed corps are not planned to be used in the Donetsk direction, which indicates that Ukraine plans to ensure the alignment of the front line.

https://avia-pro.net/news/vsu-formiruyut-tri-armeyskih-korpusa-obshchey-chislennostyu-v-75000-voennosluzhashchih

NOTE: so that's the plan Stan. Will await the reality

The bradley version really isn’t that important or relevant. The Tow-2B they carry is. In Iraq they made good work of tank crews. Not sure if any modern tank can handle the penetrator coming in from the top, penetrating and the blowing of the turret. You need a shtora system maybe on each tank to counter them.

The thing here is that you now a high mobile platform carrying multiple missiles which is not impossible but tougher to take out.

Man portable tow is far more dangerous.

It can more easily sneak on the front than Bradleys. Bradleys will be targeted way befire they get in range by drones and artillery and on the front there are plenty of kornets waiting for them.

Another one bites the dust

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Russian forces have eliminated the leader of the Ukrainian nationalist “Freedom Battalion”, Alexander Polishchuk, near Bakhmut



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In the battles near Bakhmut , one of the leaders of the Ukrainian national battalion "Svoboda" Alexander Polishchuk (Alpinist) was eliminated.

A "few months" could be a bit late.

Far fewer mass artillery barrages? Can only be down to running out of ammo and not INTEL

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RUSSIAN military strikes on Ukrainian energy facilities have proven effective, Foreign Affairs reported.

Barry Posen, a military expert from the influential American newspaper, specified:

"The most worrying thing is that Moscow knows what it is doing." "Russian soldiers shoot a small number of targets with a relatively small number of missiles, but achieve disproportionately good results."

The collapse of the Ukrainian power grid deprives the Armed Forces of Ukraine of air defense systems, control and intelligence gathering because if they are not powered from the electrical grid, they have to switch to generators.

Posen emphasizes that this reduces Ukraine's capabilities and forms many "hot spots" in the special operation zone.

And they are a good target for Russian artillery, rockets and aviation.

Tracks look narrow.

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The United States plans to transfer 18 Paladin 155-mm self-propelled howitzers to the Armed Forces

Twitter news:
Turkish officials report the results of the grain deal, that for every $1 Ukraine earned,
Russia earned more than $3. Moves like this, highly criticized at the time, are a big part
of why the sanctions blitz failed and state revenues continued to balloon.

Regular wrote:maintaining it.

This is the main problem. Shooting is one thing but keeping a vehicle in working condition is something else. As proven with their western artillery sytems.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine form three army corps 

One of these Corps will be formed from 5 "Brigades". This are not new soldiers but what remained of mostly destroyed units.


Some of the Kiev regime are losing the plot.

It seems the collapse of the Charlie Line, is a direct result of the Kiev feint, and goodwill gesture

What occurred back in April and summer, the so called harsh months, was that Ukraine assumed Russia had lost combat power and had moved forward to recapture Kherson, Kharkov and other areas

In these last months, the horrendous loss of manpower and confidence from the feints , made them concentrate in the south

Concurrently, Surovikin destroyed the energy system- making reinforcement and movement harder

When you add those two, and then the fact that Union State buildup near Kiev, and Zaluzhny and other military officials declaring Russia would attack soon, caused them to have to pull men off the Charlie Line and reinforce the Belarusian border

The effect: lack of manpower allowed a PMC outfit to press the offense and crack the Charlie Line

Now Ukros have a real choice to make: give up the donbass, or lose the north

In the end the result will be the same, but I think they have made a mistake moving to the north

Donbass is the most defensible place, and by doing this they have exposed the flat land between bakhmut and Slavyansk to a major offensive

Which in my opinion makes more sense than attacking Kiev for no reason. Maskirovka caused a real pain for the VSU, a very crucial mistake indeed.

The west won't intervene until it comes time to take Galicia,

If general staff goes for Rivne, Kiev and Zhytomir

Then west could intervene

But if Surovikin conducts a limited donbass operation to the border of the republic, then the west will continue to use arms to supply Kiev conventionally

I think the right bank should be left for the endgame

Russian army should focus on donbass, and establishing a cordon sanitaire for Donetsk city

The rest can wait and gradually be taken

It's enough to draw the Ukrainian army to the Belarusian border and keep them occupied there

American spy: Russia has a serious advantage over Ukraine, 01.07.2023.

Ex-US spy Ritter: Ukraine will lose faster than promised weapons will be delivered to it.

MOSCOW, January 7 - RIA Novosti. Time is on Russia's side: by the time another batch of promised military equipment can be delivered to Kiev, it will already begin to suffer defeat, retired US Marine Corps intelligence officer Scott Ritter said in an interview with the Judging Freedom YouTube channel.

"Unfortunately for Ukraine and the rest (Western countries. - Ed.), Russia does not have to wait. <...> Moscow will be ready for battle before at least some of the promised weapons pass from the presentation phase in PowerPoint for implementation in Ukraine," he said.

Ritter drew attention to the complex process of transferring NATO equipment to the Armed Forces of Ukraine , which, when transported, can easily become a target for the Russian Armed Forces.

"Now all this equipment is in a warehouse, so before it gets to Ukraine, it needs to be taken out of there, put into working condition, then shipped, and then Ukrainians are taught how to use it, and only then can it be used. It will not appear on the battlefield before April, May or June," the military concluded.
The day before, the White House announced that it plans to provide the Kyiv authorities with Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, and Germany - Marder infantry fighting vehicles and an additional battery of Patriot anti-aircraft missile systems.

The Russian Embassy in Berlin condemned this decision of the German government, calling it a step towards further escalation of the conflict.

As Vladimir Putin has repeatedly stressed, Russia has never refused to negotiate with Ukraine, but the Kyiv authorities have forbidden this to themselves. According to the president, Moscow does not seek to spin the flywheel of the Ukrainian conflict, but to end it. At the same time, Western countries are increasingly talking about the need to continue hostilities, pumping up Ukraine with weapons and training APU fighters on their territory.

The Kremlin, for its part, has repeatedly stated that the supply of Western weapons only prolongs the conflict and does not bode well for Ukraine, and the transport of weapons becomes a legitimate target for the Russian army.

https://ria.ru/20230107/ukraina-1843396249.html

Wagner isn't russian army. They are paid to do a job. Putin's ceasefire was for hollidays and for russian soldiers, it has nothing to do with the situation in the war or with some talks with ukrainians. Wagner doesn't have to respect that ceasefire anyway.

  

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