Russian special military operation in Ukraine #41

Hole wrote:

Telegram channel claims that soon FAB-3000 and even FAB-5000 will be used with guided glide kits.

Oh yeah, baby

I want to see this piggy fly

It would be funny if they painted it pink and put pig ears and a curly tail on it.

Realeasing such bombs above youe own cities is just as dumb as storing strategical aviation in range of ukro drones.

There is no need for, it is dangerous, plenty of better solutions out there but yet they go with the dumbest idea.

There is lot of lack of proressionalism in russian army. They better correct it.

No-one released bombs above cities. Just overflew cities.

Against troops in the open they will stick to 500kg bombs. Would be great if the Tu-22M3 could carry as much of the guided glide version as unguided ones.

I do not think that Belgorod is self-evidently an accident. There could have been tampering with the release mechanism by someone or group working at the airfield from which the jet was operating. It's the sort of PR style sabotage that is consistent with the PR clown regime in Kiev and its NATzO patrons. Have the Russian airforce bomb its own population and then start a shit storm on social media. For some reason, NATzO and its Kiev proxies think that they can induce a political crisis in Russia and get regime change. They are operating under the delusion that Russia is in an unstable state and all they need to do is push it enough. The overhyped spring offensive is supposed to be part of this destabilization.

Still dumb to make it fly above cities. Take a map and you will have tens of other possible path where there is no one and from where they can hit any ukro target.

It's not a sabotage. Those people manning the weapons are military, not some civilians. And civilians don't work inside military bases. They can't just go there and destroy the equipement.

It's just a stpp gap weapon designed in hurry. They already found unexploded bombs with that kit in ukraine around friendly positions. They seem to have issues with the weapon pylon attachment or the wings that doesn't deploy correctly. And that's something that should push them to not make them fly above cities.

kvs wrote:I do not think that Belgorod is self-evidently an accident. There could have been tampering with the release mechanism by someone or group working at the airfield from which the jet was operating...

So instead of regular fuckup you believe it was actually colossal super-retarded Russia-grade fuckup?

Wouldn't be the first time, definitely

Russia is well known for fuckups

I can just imagine the Western gutter press.
"Antisemetic monster Putin taunts Zelensky with pig shaped bombs".

Of course omitting to mention that Zelensky is actually the puppet for a bunch of verminous actual Nazis who largely control many of the organs of power... on behalf of Paedo Biden's gang.

So they did not know , how many bombs were released " accidentally " ? And the people did not know the difference between a falling ton of steel from a Rain - drop ? And they did not report it ? Highly unlikely , and even impossible . Belgorod  came under attack before by Ukrs drones or other , and it was not covered up . Retaliation could be done for it . Therefore this one not from Ukrs . Meaning it did not come from or fired from Ukrs. Since that is not a problem . Where else could it come from , what could it be ? There was just a national phone alarm in UK . I don't t think the Russian Ships are close to London . What is close then ?

Ukraine have landed in the low-lying areas

The "attack" consisted of 3(!) speedboats and a handful of fighters.
Already destroyed by artillery.

Prigozhin commented on the interception of the conversation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine about the execution of the wounded

The head of the "Wagner Group" Prigozhin ordered not to capture and destroy all the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine


“Of course, I heard this audio interception long before it hit the media. I can say one thing: this audio interception about Ukrainians shooting our wounded prisoners is of very serious humanitarian importance. And we will never violate international laws of humanism ", said the businessman.

He noted that the law of humanism begins with the capture of a person, after which the military must provide medical assistance to their enemy and are obliged not to injure him.
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"We will not violate the rules of humanism. And we will simply destroy everyone on the battlefield, <...> we will no longer take a single prisoner," Prigozhin emphasized.
The businessman added that the name of the fighter shot by the Ukrainians is still unknown.

https://ria.ru/20230423/rasstrel-1867192240.html

the question is if Russian Army follows?

Do keep in mind the one problem if you do not take prisoners is, your enemy will fight tooth and nail if they know, its fight or death

I hardly believe the notion if was sabotage, Because they could do far worse damage at that point.


The russians F'ed up get over it

So much for the vaunted intelligence services of the US. My highlight

Airman's Leaks Started Just 48 Hours After Russia Invaded Ukraine

by Tyler Durden

Saturday, Apr 22, 2023 - 10:00 PM

The Pentagon's humiliation just grew deeper, as it turns out National Guard Airman Jack Teixeira's leaks of classified documents started far earlier than has previously been reported.

Tipped off about a second, 600-member Discord chat group where Teixeira also posted, the New York Times found the Massachusetts Air National Guard information technology specialist started sharing information about the war in Ukraine within 48 hours of Russia's February 2022 invasion. In contrast to the previously reported chat group, this one was far larger and was publicly listed on a YouTube channel.

This development makes the intelligence community's failure to discover the posts all the more embarrassing: The document used to criminally charge Teixeira says he started posting in December 2022, but it turns out his stream of leaks spanned 13 months.

The Times matched Teixeira to the account in the newly-publicized chat room by a variety of means, including the user name, photos he posted that match known photos of his family home's interior, a reference to his birthday, and, not least, the user's declaration that he worked in an Air Force intelligence unit.
Teixeria's senior quote in the 2020 high school yearbook at Dighton-Rehoboth Regional High School in Massachusetts (Taunton Daily Gazette)

The posts reviewed by the Times were detailed descriptions of classified documents, with the user believed to have also posted photos of documents that have since been deleted.

Teixeira jumped into leak mode just two days after the Russian invasion, posting, “Saw a pentagon report saying that ⅓rd of the force is being used to invade." When others in the chat room questioned his information, he wrote, "I have a little more than open source info. Perks of being in a USAF intel unit.”

In a March 27, 2022 post in which he said he was citing "an NSA site," Teixeira told the group Russian forces were about to pull back from Kiev: “Some ‘big’ news. There may be a planned withdrawal of the troops west of Kiev, as in all of them.” Two days later, Russia announced it was doing just that.

“The job I have lets me get privilege’s above most intel guys,” he boasted with imperfect punctuation. When another chat participant cautioned him not to abuse those privileges, Teixeira fittingly replied, "Too late."


Teixeira appears to have made some posts while on duty at the 102nd Intelligence Wing, the unit he was assigned to at Otis Air National Guard Base on Cape Cod. Once, he told the chat room he was about to enter a SCIF, or Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility. In the aftermath of the leaks' discovery, the Air Force temporarily stripped the 102nd of its intelligence mission -- (which is pretty bad when "intelligence" is in your unit's name).

In the larger chat group that's been previously reported, Teixeira announced the end of his information-sharing services on March 19: “I was very happy and willing and enthusiastic to have covered this event for the past year and share with all of you something that not many people get to see. I’ve decided to stop with the updates.”

While establishment newspapers are eagerly beating the government to the punch at every turn in this case, the next significant drop of government information could come at a pretrial detention hearing, which on Wednesday was postponed for two weeks to May 3, at defense counsel's request.

So far, Teixeira's been charged with unlawful retention and transmission of national defense information and unauthorized removal and retention of classified documents. Two guilty verdicts could put him in prison for up to 15 years.

In what sounds like it might just be a comically absurd attempt to portray Teixeira as a Russian asset, prosecutors this filed new information with the court, noting that he once shot a vintage Soviet pistol.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/airmans-leaks-started-just-48-hours-after-russia-invaded-ukraine

Which suggests they are going to be using Tu-22M3s... wonder if they might fly with four mounted on external weapon points ...the two wing glove points that often carry Kh-22 and Kh-32 missiles which are 5 to 7 tons each, but also the weapon points under the air intakes that often have multiple ejector racks for 9 x 500kg bombs might be another position they could carry such bombs too. wrote:

Weren't they also working to put the KH-32 on the SU-30? If so a single FAB 5000 or 2x FAB 3000 should be able to go on that mount. Which probably also means the SU-34 can be modded to carry them. with 14T payload a nice pummeling load out for the SU34 would be a single Fab5 K 4 KAB 1500 and 4 FAB 500 glide bombs. WOW to think a single plane can deliver that firepower. is utterly mind blowing.

Russian assault teams liberate two areas in Artyomovsk’s west — top brass, 04.23.2023.

"In the Donetsk direction, assault teams liberated two areas in the western parts of the city of Artyomovsk in the past 24 hours," the spokesman said.

MOSCOW, April 23. /TASS/. Russian assault teams liberated two areas in Artyomovsk over the past day during the special military operation in Ukraine, Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov reported on Sunday.

"In the Donetsk direction, assault teams liberated two areas in the western parts of the city of Artyomovsk in the past 24 hours," the spokesman said. "The Russian Airborne Force units rendered support to the assault teams in the northern and southern districts of the city".

https://tass.com/defense/1608335

Backman Today at 12:53 pm
If this talk about a landing on the east side of Kherson doesn't die down right soon then wtf. Slavyngrad is saying its bullshit so it probably is I guess. It better be

Small Ukrainian DRG (sabotage & recon) crossed the river in 3 fast craft. Blow up a house, took a photo shoot and beat the feet back across to the other side. Conflicting reports to how many made it.

Does anyone know what the plan is to win the Battle of the Donbas after the one-year-long Bakhmut quagmire?