Russian special military operation in Ukraine #48

Russian Ministry of Defense's Update on the Progress of the Special Military Operation (as of September 4, 2023)

Part 1 (see Part 2 below)

Last night, aircraft from the naval aviation of the Black Sea Fleet destroyed 4 high-speed military boats of US production, Willard Sea Force, with special operations forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces onboard. This operation took place in the northwestern part of the Black Sea.

Additionally, drone strikes targeted a shipbuilding facility in Ukraine where unmanned boats were being assembled from imported components.

On the Donetsk front, units of the "Southern" group of forces, utilizing airstrikes, artillery fire, and heavy flamethrower systems, repelled three attacks by strike groups of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the populated areas of Artemovsk and Northern Donetsk People's Republic.

During these battles, the enemy suffered losses of up to 285 Ukrainian servicemen killed or wounded, along with the destruction of five combat armored vehicles, seven vehicles, self-propelled artillery units including the US-made M109 "Paladin" and "Gvozdika," as well as two US-made M105 howitzers.

On the Zaporizhzhia front, Russian troop units, with the support of aviation, artillery, and heavy flamethrower systems, conducted active operations to improve their tactical positions in the vicinity of the populated areas of Rabotyne and Verbivne in the Zaporizhzhia region. They also repelled a counterattack by the assault detachment of the 82nd Airborne Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

The enemy's losses amounted to more than 115 Ukrainian servicemen, two combat armored vehicles, four vehicles, two artillery systems of the US-made M777 and "Paladin," as well as two US-made M105 howitzers, two D-30 howitzers, and one D-20 howitzer.

On the Kupiansk front, units of the Western group of forces, with the support of aviation and artillery fire, thwarted four counterattacks by the strike groups of the 32nd and 43rd mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces north of the populated area of Sverdlovka in the Luhansk People's Republic. Additionally, the Ukrainian forces suffered losses in personnel and equipment near the populated areas of Vyshche Solyone, Ivanivka, Tymkivka, Synkivka in the Kharkiv region, and Novoselivka in the Luhansk People's Republic.

Over the course of the day, up to 60 Ukrainian servicemen were eliminated on this front, along with three vehicles and a self-propelled artillery installation of Polish origin, the "Krab."

On the Krasnyi Liman front, units of the "Center" group of forces, in coordination with aviation and artillery, inflicted damage on the concentrations of personnel and equipment of the 63rd, 67th mechanized brigades, and the 12th special-purpose brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas near the populated areas of Yamolovka in the Donetsk People's Republic, Chervona Dybrova in the Luhansk People's Republic, and Serebrianske Forest.

Approximately 40 Ukrainian servicemen, three pickup trucks, an M777 artillery system of US production, as well as an Msta-B howitzer, were destroyed.

On the South Donetsk front, units of the "East" group of forces, with the support of aviation, artillery fire, and heavy flamethrower systems, inflicted damage on units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas near the populated areas of Novomykhailivka and Urozhainoe in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The enemy's losses exceeded 120 Ukrainian servicemen, two combat armored vehicles, and nine vehicles.

Additionally, in the vicinity of the populated area of Novomykhailivka in the Donetsk People's Republic, a depot of ammunition from the 79th Air Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was destroyed.

On the Kherson front, due to comprehensive fire damage inflicted on the enemy, more than 35 Ukrainian servicemen, eight vehicles, a US-made M777 artillery system, and an "Msta-B" howitzer were destroyed.

Near the populated area of Poyatovka in the Kherson region, a depot of ammunition from the 124th Territorial Defense Brigade was also destroyed.

A total of 126 locations witnessed Russian Armed Forces' successful operations involving tactical and army aviation, missile forces, artillery, leading to the damage of enemy personnel and equipment.

Additionally, two depots of rocket and artillery weapons belonging to the 118th Mechanized Brigade and the 82nd Airborne Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the vicinity of the populated area of Verkhnia Tersa in the Zaporizhzhia region were successfully targeted.

A Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter from the Ukrainian Air Force was downed by Russian Aerospace Forces fighter aircraft in the vicinity of the populated area of Brusivka in the Donetsk People's Republic.

Three HIMARS multiple launch rocket system missiles were intercepted by anti-aircraft defense systems.

Furthermore, 24 Ukrainian drones were destroyed or neutralized using electronic warfare means in the areas near the populated areas of Volcheyarivka, Shpylovka in the Luhansk People's Republic, Berestove, Vodyane, Spornoye in the Donetsk People's Republic, Skelevatoye, Pshenychnoye, Ocheretovatoye in the Zaporizhzhia region, and Proletarka in the Kherson region.

Since the commencement of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 467 aircraft, 248 helicopters, 6376 drones, 435 anti-aircraft missile systems, 11643 tanks and other combat armored vehicles, 1147 rocket artillery systems, 6214 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 12694 units of specialized military vehicles.

Russian Ministry of Defense
11:57 AM · Sep 4, 2023
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higurashihougi wrote:Any information expert check if the Challengers have been challenged in Ukraine ?

You can judge by yourself, in high res

https://t.me/DDGeopolitics/79872

Burns nicely indeed.

TMA1 wrote:That cathedral is damn beautiful. I am endeared to you guys but damn are you a lot of godless bastards.

Speaking of which ...

TMA1 wrote:Will be a sore blow to many if true. Heard about the article touting the "sniper" qualities of the chally.

I also heard of a new variant being developed. Touting the specifications listed below:

Dorchester mark 5 armor made of ununpentium carbide sheets orthogonally stacked with stabilized electron degenerate matter. The new rifled 155mm tank cannon can yeet an unbelievably long 300mm fin discarded sabot shot at an approximate speed of 1300 m/s. Also accompanied by quantum hesh rounds which cause a temporal shift in spacetime which causes spalling to even the most advanced armors. The engine is brand new and puts out an unheard of 1500 horsepower. Truly the deadliest tank of our times. And yeah it boils water too.

The funny part is, that western shitstream is really not so far from the irony you have just placed.
Reading about how triumphant they made a U turn, replacing the gun used to be a commercial bogus with a standard NATO one was hilarious. Or knowing that in the middle of the third decade of XXI century, they finally put a laser warning system on the tank, stepping proudly into 7 decade of XX century

GunshipDemocracy wrote:

TMA1 wrote:

Dorchester mark 5 armor made of ununpentium carbide sheets orthogonally stacked with stabilized electron degenerate matter.

nope made of Vibranium from Zamunda

We can laugh all day long, yet it isn't funny.
It is all part of the same shit.
I have watched some podcasts where they have cited some studies made in the US, and it turns out that there is some recognizable number of people ... believing in that idiotic crap.
Imagine, that we face a generation (?) of people rised&breed on this fukin' phantasies ad attacked with this so heavily that consider it a true. They really believe in supa dupa black hidden civilization in Africa
There is not a single doubt that it is a targeted mission, and the people who are being told about heroic Ukro victories are sitting in the same boat.
They will create a non existing and dump people into that.
This "ex officer" is not that stupid.
Not a single officer I know believes in that crap. Sure they must comment this or other way as it is politics, yet none of them is stupid enough to believe in it.
It is addressed to the common people, and most of them are defenseless against the mass and heavy propaganda.
Today a friend of mine said that "one Challenger means nothing". Sure it does not, but it is only one revealed, and still represents 7% of the whole stock they have been given.
People lack perspective, or the perspective presented to them is spoiled.