Russian special military operation in Ukraine #36

Britain denied media reports about the transfer of Apache helicopters to Kyiv, 01.15.2023.

Sky News: British Ministry of Defense denied Mirror data on the transfer of Apache helicopters to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

MOSCOW, January 15 - RIA Novosti. The British Ministry of Defense denied media reports about London's plans to provide Ukraine with Apache military helicopters, Sky News correspondent Deborah Haynes said on Twitter.

On Sunday, the Mirror newspaper, citing a defense source, wrote that Britain would provide Ukraine with up to four Apache military helicopters after the transfer of Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine.

The Department of Defense has said that the Mirror article, which claims that the United Kingdom will send Apache attack helicopters to Ukraine, is incorrect.

The newspaper's website has already removed the article about helicopters.

Earlier, the office of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced plans to transfer 14 Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine in the coming weeks. The agency also said that London later intends to provide Kyiv with about 30 AS90 self-propelled howitzers.

https://ria.ru/20230115/vertolety-1845017388.html

The Ministry of Defense announced the successful advancement of assault troops to the northern outskirts of Artemovsk 01.15.2023.

The Russian military developed success in the direction of the northern outskirts of the city of Artemovsk (Bakhmut) of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and the Sol railway station, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

The department’s Telegram channel says that in the Donetsk direction, assault detachments, in cooperation with airborne units, with the support of army aviation, missile troops and artillery of the Southern Military District, developed success in the direction of the northern outskirts of the city of Artemovsk in the DPR and the Sol railway station.

It is noted that more than 80 Ukrainian servicemen, two tanks, three armored combat vehicles and three cars were destroyed during the hostilities during the day.

The Ministry of Defense stressed that in the Kupyansk direction, units of the 14th and 92nd mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Dvurechnoe, Sinkovka of the Kharkov region and Novoselovskoe LPR were defeated by strikes from army aviation and artillery of the Western Military District.

As a result of fire damage and decisive actions of units of the Western Military District in this direction, up to 50 Ukrainian servicemen, an armored combat vehicle and two vehicles were destroyed per day, the ministry said.

The Ministry of Defense added that in the Krasnolimansk direction, artillery fire from formations of the Central Military District, army and assault aviation strikes on accumulations of manpower inflicted defeat on units of the 66th, 92nd mechanized and 95th air assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Makeevka settlements, Stelmakhovka and Kuzmino LPR.

In addition, artillery strikes and actions of the Airborne Forces units repulsed the attack of the assault groups of the 71st Jaeger Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of ​​​​the settlement of Chervonaya Dibrova of the LPR. As a result of the defeat, the enemy was driven back to their original positions. The total losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in this direction amounted to more than 115 military personnel, three armored combat vehicles and three pickup trucks, the press service emphasized.

“In the South-Donetsk direction, artillery and motorized rifle units of the Eastern Military District, as well as the marines of the Pacific Fleet, inflicted fire damage on accumulations of APU manpower in the areas of the settlements of Vladimirovka and Ugledar of the DPR. Also, a sabotage and reconnaissance group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed in the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe settlement Sladkoe. The total losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine per day amounted to 50 servicemen, three pickup trucks and a car," the report says.

The day before, the Ministry of Defense stated that the Russian military was developing success in the direction of Salt in the DPR, more than 70 servicemen, a tank and five armored vehicles were liquidated.

https://vz.ru/news/2023/1/15/1195001.html

They are denying it now but eventually they will be shipped. This has been the pattern from day one.

Can't wait to see those Challenger getting their turrets fly into space afyer kornet hit and nato fanboys finding excuses how they fly much better than t-72s.

Ready tu rumble


The GOAT stands with Russia

The commander of the Wagner assault group, Hayk "Abrek" Gasparyan, who was awarded the medal "For Courage" by Vladimir Putin at the end of December,
was awarded the medal "For the Capture of Soledar" by Yevgeny Prigozhin.
Hayk went as a volunteer as part of the Wagner PMC to the special operation zone from the Ryazan colony.
From the worst to the best. Hayk shows by his actions that each of us not only deserves a chance, but can also become a hero.
WAGNER


A lot of fun around Lviv today. Enlistment officers everywhere. People will be send to the Bakhmut area immediately.

A-50U planes found most of the destroyed Ukrainian fighters, 01.15.2023.

Russian Defense Ministry: A-50U planes found most of the destroyed fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

A-50U early warning aircraft, in service with the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS), helped detect most of the destroyed Ukrainian nationalist fighters . This was announced on Sunday, January 15, by the Ministry of Defense.

“The upgraded A-50U aircraft ensure the dominance of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the sky over the NVO zone,” the ministry ’s Telegram channel said.

It is noted that a powerful radar station with radiation is installed in the aircraft, which is directed in different directions. Thanks to this, the radar has no "dead zones" and is able to detect fifth-generation aircraft.

In addition, the A-50U detects a missile launch at a distance of 800 km and can simultaneously see more than 300 targets.

Earlier this month, the commander of long-range aviation, Lieutenant General Sergei Kobylash, announced that Russian strategic aircraft would take part in a special military operation in 2023 . Also, special attention will be paid to improving the skills of pilots in the use of automated control systems and weapons.

On December 8, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russian aviation during the NWO is doing everything on time and competently, making a significant contribution to the effectiveness of the troops. The President added that attack aircraft are also excellent at fighting. Good results, according to him, show "Sukhois" - Su-34, Su-35.

Russia continues a special operation to protect the Donbass , whose residents refused to recognize the results of the 2014 coup d'état in Ukraine. The decision to start it was made on February 24 against the background of the aggravation of the situation in the region due to shelling by Ukrainian troops.

https://iz.ru/1454982/2023-01-15/samolety-50u-obnaruzhili-bolshinstvo-unichtozhennykh-ukrainskikh-istrebitelei

@Rybar: The Strike on the Burshtynskaya Thermal Power Plant

In today's massive strike, the RF Armed Forces hit several energy infrastructure facilities. Some time later, a photo of the aftermath of one of the arrivals appeared on the web.

By the characteristic U-shaped supports visible through the destroyed roof, as well as their location, our team determined that the Burshtynskaya Thermal Power Plant in the Ivano-Frankovsk region was in the frame.

Judging by the image, the missiles struck the turbine hall of the plant. At least three of the plant's 12 generators are seriously damaged and the destruction of the building itself and the technical pipelines and steam lines make it difficult to operate the rest.

Coordinates: 49.2106960, 24.6661010

In this case, we can actually state that the Burshtynskaya Thermal Power Plant has been put out of commission. Indirectly, these assumptions are confirmed by the report of the Ukrainian company DTEK that one of the power plants has stopped generating energy after today's attack by the RF Armed Forces.

What else is remarkable about the strike on the Burshtynskaya TPP?

This is the second time turbine halls have been hit: with the exception of the December arrival at the #Dnepr HPP in #Zaporozhye (see Report), the targets of previous attacks were autotransformers.

At Burshtynskaya HPP it was also possible to regulate the power at the turbines with a rapid load set depending on consumption parameters. This allowed the balancing of the power system in both the western and central parts of the country.

Therefore, a breakdown of the region's largest thermal power plant would have a critical impact on energy supplies, not only in #Transcarpathia, but also in other neighbouring regions.


https://t.me/sitreports/3358

Even if they could do it in a year, it is only for what they managed to supply the Kiev regime. Russia has been using shells at a rate
almost 10 times higher.

The poster replying on Twitter to the original post is exhibiting the typical cope. U-rope and Australia are not going to save the Kiev
regime.

mnztr wrote:I was curious about the Russians using KH-22's for land attack and found an article about a program to upgrade them to Kh-32 accuracy. The cost to do so seems to be less then 10M rubles. considering they have a lot of these, it would make sense to put these upgrades into production and use up these old, but powerful, weapons in Ukraine. Esp since they now have KH-32, Kinzhal and Tsirkon. They made apparently more then 3000 of these.

not only this, Kh -22 has 1000kg warhead  instead of 500kg for kh-32 or Iskander