Russian special military operation in Ukraine #53

GarryB wrote:

A whole of Ecuador's stock can be placed in a gym.
Mi-8 including.
The whole thing has only propaganda meaning and I would call it a sign of pure desperation.

I disagree. Ecuador was being neutral and then they started making money by siding with the west against Russia... should Russia ignore this?

Should Russia reward Ecuador for helping the US arm Kievs forces trying to murder not just Russian soldiers but also Russian civilians?

I read an article on a news website with a Swiss official who claimed that Switzerland was still a neutral country and people should still invest and bank their money there, but just because the Swiss have joined economic sanctions against Russia does that mean they have to lose their neutral status?

Of course it does because the meaning of the word neutral means not picking sides whether it is in your interests or not.

The leader of Ecuador said what they were sending was scrap and was not worth anything but they were getting 200 million dollars worth of US equipment to replace it... why would scrap need to be replaced?

Remember that the US spent a lot of money getting in leadership here so that they would turn over Assange to them. The present guy is just a successor in that group.

Exactly.
And not sure what are you Garry disagree with.
With the fact that all of Ecuadors stuff can be placed at a gym of your local highschool?

A number of telegram channels report an attack by the Iskander OTRK and the Smerch MLRS, in a cassette version, on a military training ground near the city of Selidovo (DPR).

They report that:
At the time of the strike, there were from 1,500 to 3,000 Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers at the training ground;
The number of wounded exceeded 600 military personnel;
All entrances and exits to the city are blocked. The SBU is conducting inspections and raids in search of those responsible.

Walther von Oldenburg wrote:A number of telegram channels report an attack by the Iskander OTRK and the Smerch MLRS, in a cassette version, on a military training ground near the city of Selidovo (DPR).

Russian troops dealt a powerful blow to the military training ground of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Selidovo and buried a bunch of soldiers

According to Russian telegram channels, during the strike there could have been up to 1,500 Ukrainian military personnel at the training ground who arrived for training and further transfer to Avdeevka.
Ukrainian journalist Igor Mosiychuk, without giving specifics, confirmed the arrival in Selidovo.
There has not yet been an official statement from representatives of the political authorities of Ukraine or the military leadership of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

http://t.me/RVvoenkor



About the situation in Selidovo after a massive attack on the Ukrainian Armed Forces

The city is completely closed to entry and exit; there are many ambulances and corpse trucks near the landfill. According to available data, the enemy’s military leadership is completely at a loss. The number of losses is in the hundreds.

According to preliminary data, it was the 3rd assault brigade “Azov”, which was supposed to go to relieve the Avdeevka garrison, that fell under this distribution.

Our troops used several Iskander OTRK missiles with a cassette part and added the Smerch MLRS, also with a cassette part.

The SBU is raiding the city in search of our spotters.

Украина.ру
Two Majors

One hell of a strike, look at the target, Azov with cluster munitions. RuAF been saving up for this.

The perfect weapons for the circumstances.

Hope they double tap the bastards.


EDIT..... Looks like they did

GEROMAN -- time will tell - --
@GeromanAT
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"From 11:30 today there is a powerful attack on the Selidovo training ground. The first stage involved the use of cluster munitions for 20 minutes.

Soon the Ukrainian military arrived to collect and transport the wounded and dead and immediately came under new cluster fire.

As of 12:40, shelling and detonation of ammunition continues."

(RF is attacking rear training and staging areas now more often)

In Selidovo, there's notable silence among Ukrainian media following a successful strike against Ukrainian Armed Forces reserves gathered by "General" Syrsky to alleviate the blockade of Avdeevka.

This silence marks four hours since the incident, with the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) showing frustration and local media going underground.

The strike represents a significant setback for Syrsky, recently appointed as commander-in-chief, as the operation to unblock Avdeevka was meant to be his first notable achievement. Rumors suggest over 500 Ukrainian soldiers were killed or wounded, a figure difficult to conceal given the wounded have been distributed across hospitals in the Dnepropetrovsk region.

The situation implies a wait for a diversion in the information space or the creation of one to distract public attention. The pattern suggests potential subsequent attacks on civilians by Zelensky's administration.

Source: https://t.me/yurasumy/13258

In Selidovo, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has begun searching for informants (those who disclosed positions to the Armed Forces of Ukraine).

The city is closed for entry and exit. Ambulances and hearses are traveling in groups.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian media outlets are still unsure how to respond to this. They are in complete shock and disarray.

https://t.me/yurasumy/13252

Тоби айоделе -Tboy
@TobiAyodele
SELIDOVO
SITUATION AT 15:00

Enemy TG channels indirectly confirm our missile strike on enemy personnel at the Selidovo training ground.

At the moment, communications and the Internet are completely cut off in the city. The city is closed for at least a day. According to the latest data, the removal of 200 and 300 units continues.

Very big losses at once. Hundreds killed and wounded. Perhaps this is the most effective missile strike since the beginning of the SVO.

Give them a few hours, they need to find their arses now to blow some civilians in the area and show them as a target of this attack.

Meanwhile in other news

The Russian Air Force has destroyed an underground command post of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Avdeevka with FABs (high-explosive aerial bombs)

The first results of the massive FAB-1500 strikes on the AFU's most serious fortification became known today. It is reported that about 10 officers of the AFU and Special Operations Forces were killed, more than 20 wounded.

The strike was carried out by the Russian Armed Forces on 11 February by several gliding bombs at once.

Heavy fighting is also reported near Industrialnaya Street in the Avdeevka direction. It is assumed that Russian army will manage to reach it by night. This will mean that the enemy grouping in the southern part of Avdeevka may be completely encircled.

https://t.me/druschbaFm_en/33744

That is the 4th MoD report this year with more than 1000 casualties - even if you do not believe it - I use those reports to compare the activities on the front lines - and they mostly fit to the reported clashes.

The Ukrainian troops lost up to 1,145 personnel in 24 hours, Russia's MoD reports

https://twitter.com/GeromanAT/status/1757387037513003087

NOTE: This is the daily report for the previous 24 hours and does not include whatever happened at Selidovo today.

ALAMO wrote:Exactly.
And not sure what are you Garry disagree with.
With the fact that all of Ecuadors stuff can be placed at a gym of your local highschool?

Ecuador was being neutral

report an attack by the Iskander OTRK and the Smerch MLRS, in a cassette version

Nice 

it was the 3rd assault brigade “Azov”

Double Nice 

Looks like they did

Twice is always better. 

RF is attacking rear training and staging areas now more often

Because the number of targets along the frontline is getting lower and lower.

Perhaps this is the most effective missile strike since the beginning of the SVO.

It seems Syrskys counterattack will be a bit late indeed

Rumours that there are 2 Russian Tank Brigades waiting in the rear area of Avdeevka for a while now.
Seems the guys have to wait a little longer.

But it is a shitty deal for Ecuador, and nobody argues that.
The value of supplies is seriously overestimated.
Lurke seriously what they could supply - it is a joke.
Ecuador was aligning with the US since they had bribed in a bright daylight previous president to take ut Assange from the embassy.
So what is disturbing you, while you had years to get used to it?

But they did - the banana war had just released.
And you know the result?
For about a week, there are bananas from Ecuador, at every single retail store, in a promo.
70 cents a kilo.
Was cheaper last week, in a different net.
It is all just a coincidence, right?

Maybe among these is the attack on the HQ with the multi FAB-1500 bombs I mentioned in Post 484, the blasts look big enough.

Quite a working over.

Seems strange to have a training ground so close to the front line, so probably just a large area of hardstanding. Seems to be a huge blunder/arrogance/ignorance to gather that many troops together like that in the days of cluster munitions and pervasive Intel gathering. The kind of sitting ducks that no opposition commander believes he will ever see again. Doubles all round up the Russian command chain, toasting their luck.


Victor vicktop55
@vicktop55
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A blow to the training ground in Sedidovo. It is known that at the time of the strike, up to 1,500 Ukrainian soldiers could be at the facility, who arrived for exercises and further reinforcement of their forces in Avdiivka.
Ukrainian sources report:

MLRS "Smerch" and "Tornado-S", as well as the Iskander-M missile defense system, inflicted a massive blow on a large training ground and logistics hub of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Selidovo at the time of deployment of a large motorized infantry formation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine numbering up to a regiment (1,500 people), deployed to unlock the Avdiivka fortified area.

Initially, batteries of 152-mm Msta-B howitzers and Hyacinth-S self-propelled guns with Tornado-G MLRS worked on the territory of the landfill, located 25 km from the line of contact, using 3-O-23 and 9M217/218 projectiles with cluster warheads based on cumulative fragmentation warheads elements.

Then 300-mm 9M55K/K5 guided missiles and 9M549 guided Smerch/Tornado-S systems with 9H235 fragmentation and cumulative fragmentation warheads were struck.

Next, 9M723-1K5 missiles with 9H722K5 cluster warheads based on 54 fragmentation warheads with an altitude range of 1400 - 900 m and a detonation height of 6-10 m submunitions were struck.

https://t.me/vicktop55/21305

Only access on the dirt roads now.

Russian TG channel @multi_xam reports:

The enemy unit - "Omega" confirms that the Russian Armed Forces cut off Avdeevka from AKHZ and reached Industrial Avenue in the gas station area.

The advance also continues in the south, where the pincers will soon finally close tightly around the "Air Defense" and "Cheburashka"

https://t.me/multi_XAM/1328

EDIT

I put this up for the location as much as anything. Look at the screens on the wall, the camo netting etc.

A comment in its thread, not surprising.

Velikiye Luki Spirit
@VelikiyeLuki
In Avdeevka is not the same story. DPR army is taken no prisoners. Those were lucky to be in Kleshcheevka

Interesting EW array on the back.

There is no problem with Ecuador

The Ecuadorian government should be glad that Russia isn´t like the US.
Otherwise Ecuador would have a problem until Russia had some bases in the country.

M723-1K5 missiles with 9H722K5 cluster warheads

The cluster warhead of the old Oka missile, but you get the point. 

Interesting EW array on the back.

Some dude on Telegram named Kazman claims that Zirkon was used today.
Propably launched from a Bastion complex.