Russian special military operation in Ukraine #45

Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksiy Reznikov has admitted that Russian electronic warfare (EWC) systems can suppress GPS-guided munitions and HIMARS MLRS - Financial Times

He also lamented that China's special envoy for Eurasian affairs, Li Hui, did not believe that the Patriot system was able to intercept the Kingzhal and left without waiting for evidence from Kiev.

https://t.me/Slavyangrad/53405

Today Ukraine officially reports some kind of success on southern flank around Bakhmut, Klishchiivka area.

Since Putin proclaimed that Ukraine offensive is basically broken in just few days - Ukraine first liberated 100square kilometers and 7 villages, then additionally 30 square kilometers more last week and two villages and now last information is that overall area is going well over 160 square kilometers so far. So each past three weeks Ukraine actually gained ground.

Area is not big - but Ukraine is saying there are a lot of very dense minefields so overall approach is slow since a lot of clearing must be done for each portion of land. They learned to not rush and it seems new strategy is to push in multiple areas and slowly grind Russian forces and equipment and force them to disperse on large area. Quick liberation of larger portions of land is not priority right now. I think they are realistic, they also reported a lot of western weaponry to be badly performing or to be totally impractical in real conflict conditions lol.

In the area of the beachhead at the Kherson bridge, the Ukrainian military finally decided to flee, but their transports were hit by suicide drones.
https://t.me/intelslava/49694

mr_high-on-meths wrote:last information is that overall area is going well over 160 square kilometers so far.

I know you like to read Forbes but even they grudgingly admitted to the disastrous counter offensive after they compared it to the "glorious" desert race during the Iraqi invasion!

Anyway good luck - you only have 17,233,868 km2 to go!

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2023/06/27/25-tanks-and-fighting-vehicles-gone-in-a-blink-the-ukrainian-defeat-near-mala-tokmachka-was-worst-than-we-thought/?sh=203e7b8f7918

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2023/06/13/borrowing-tactics-from-the-us-army-the-ukrainian-marine-corps-is-thundering-through-russian-lines-in-fast-moving-columns/?sh=4df74b745fb6

...so thundering became grinding to a halt?

mr_hd wrote:Today Ukraine officially reports some kind of success on southern flank around Bakhmut, Klishchiivka area.

Since Putin proclaimed that Ukraine offensive is basically broken in just few days - Ukraine first liberated 100square kilometers and 7 villages, then additionally 30 square kilometers more last week and two villages and now last information is that overall area is going well over 160 square kilometers so far. So each past three weeks Ukraine actually gained ground.

Area is not big - but Ukraine is saying there are a lot of very dense minefields so overall approach is slow since a lot of clearing must be done for each portion of land. They learned to not rush and it seems new strategy is to push in multiple areas and slowly grind Russian forces and equipment and force them to disperse on large area. Quick liberation of larger portions of land is not priority right now. I think they are realistic, they also reported a lot of western weaponry to be badly performing or to be totally impractical in real conflict conditions lol.

When I was a graduate teaching assistant at a mid sized US university, I had a student who constantly came to class reeking of marijuana.  His first test? 0.  He literally wrote nothing down.  His midterm? 0 he didn't even bother to show up for the exam.  His 3rd test? 8.  Major improvement.  The stoner did it.  He got a full 8 points.  Success!!!!!

The fundamental problem was that while he got an 8, the test was for 100 points.  He withdrew shortly thereafter.  So yeah, in a way, my stoner student - even though that idiot waited too long to get out with just a W for withdrawal and therefore ended up with a WF for withdrawal Fail - proved to be less of a failure than the Ukrowehrmacht.  After all, at least that dumb motherfucker began to grasp, albeit much too late to do him much good, that he was in over his head.  

In short, the cocaine snorter in chief of Nazi Banderastan should take the advice of a pothead and drop out of this nonsensical war.  He won't be able to undo the 250,000+ dead and 750,000 wounded, and Russia will never return Kherson, Donetsk, Lugansk, or Zaprozhiye but by dropping out now Cocainsky can prevent a further loss of life and even more territorial losses.

Belisarius wrote:In the area of the beachhead at the Kherson bridge, the Ukrainian military finally decided to flee, but their transports were hit by suicide drones.
https://t.me/intelslava/49694

At this stage of the war no one looking out for drones? No evasive maneuvers? No one bailing out of the boat before the hit? They are clearly scraping the bottom of the barrel at this point.

Belisarius wrote:Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksiy Reznikov has admitted that Russian electronic warfare (EWC) systems can suppress GPS-guided munitions and HIMARS MLRS - Financial Times

He also lamented that China's special envoy for Eurasian affairs, Li Hui, did not believe that the Patriot system was able to intercept the Kingzhal and left without waiting for evidence from Kiev.

https://t.me/Slavyangrad/53405

He was already fully briefed by Chinese intel who have reviewed the evidence and also been briefed by Russian intel. Probably told the Ukes to send any evidence to Chinese intel and they will review. why not get free intel on US Pukeriot system?

Big question is... what would be more valuable to the Russian world?
And what would have the best cost-benefit analysis?
The Baltic states or Kazakstan?
ie which should come first?

Either way, Russia is making a huge error by refusing to destabilise GATO states in response to the atrocities they committed in the Pukraine and elsewhere.

Well a bit slow to admit but they eventually did it.
UK finally admits counteroffensive was a sh*tshow.

Official statement.

"In recent weeks, Russia has prioritised and refined tactics aimed at slowing Ukrainian armoured counter-offensive operations in southern Ukraine

The core of this approach has been Russia’s very heavy use of anti-tank mines. In some areas the density of its minefields indicate that it has likely used many more mines than laid down in its military doctrine

Having slowed the Ukrainian advance, Russia has then attempted to strike Ukrainian armoured vehicles with one-way attack uncrewed aerial vehicles, attack helicopters and artillery.

Although Russia has achieved some success with this approach in the early stages of Ukraine’s counter-offensive, its forces continue to suffer from key weaknesses, especially overstretched units and a shortage of artillery munitions."

What's funny is the last part I think they got that mixed up should have read NATOs shortage of artillery munitions

Also USA media and officials have been making comments as such as
"that the Ukrainian counteroffensive has experienced a slow start, and the outcomes observed in the initial weeks have been described as sobering.”

Belisarius wrote:In the area of the beachhead at the Kherson bridge, the Ukrainian military finally decided to flee, but their transports were hit by suicide drones.
https://t.me/intelslava/49694

What is wrong with these ppl ? Nobody I know or I have ever known, would sign up for a suicide mission like this. Even if we all agreed that we were fighting a legit enemy. This is the kind of stuff that the Iraqi US trained military refused to do. Just why ?

Maybe they are brainwashed with fake intel ? Maybe they were told that the Russians are pulling out of the area ?

Werewolf wrote:

Right now I see more and more Kazakhstan issue brewing. Takaev is an idiot and sellout. He signed agreements with the Anglo-Saxons to build bio-laboratories. This alone is pretext for war and Russia will have to act. Such an idiot can not remain in power as under him only nazism is growing and Muricans are getting more and more land and control over Kazakhstan.

As far as I am concerned, Takaev is a CIA agent. Yet Xi and Putin wine and dine with him to their SCO shindigs. Xi and Putin are too soft. They should prepare a crippling dual sanctions package for Kazakhstan. Give him a week to straighten out and if not, bring the hammer down. Or maybe target him personally. Tell him how it is going to be.