Russian special military operation in Ukraine #58

Attention!

Yesterday, after another successful strike by the Russian Armed Forces on the military infrastructure of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the citizens of Ukraine finally waited for the first official statement from the commander of the military forces, Mykola Oleshchuk. It is stated that the Russian Armed Forces are wasting missiles, hitting only mock-ups.

Due to the fact that the Ukrainian leadership again needs to be helped to decide “where is up and where is down,”
at 15:00 Moscow time we will post exclusive footage demonstrating the incredible naturalism of the models of Ukrainian aviation and its weapons.

Source: https://t.me/The_Wrong_Side

I doubt there are issues with producing the AL-41 engines. If there were they would not be trying to sell them as gas pumping units just to make a buck i.e. AL-41ST-25.

It is way more likely that they still have not finished the test campaign to integrate the engines into the aircraft. And that the engines might require some sort of modification.

lancelot wrote:I doubt there are issues with producing the AL-41 engines. If there were they would not be trying to sell them as gas pumping units just to make a buck i.e. AL-41ST-25.

It is way more likely that they still have not finished the test campaign to integrate the engines into the aircraft. And that the engines might require some sort of modification.

Furthermore I doubt that for Russia it will be more problematic to produce additional Al-41 instead of the Al-31 version used in the Su-30SM till now.
They could even put the same engine in the Su-34 instead of the AL-31FM1.

Btw, would these posts not fit better the Su-30 thread?

Why manufacture more planes ? They seem not to have lost many so far . And they do a good job of delivering Fab . Also they decided to manufacture more IRBM . These will be nuclear and for war with NATO in Europe . Therefore no immediate need for more planes ? Universal engine bay to fit different engines , was an idea of mine ! Another depot hit ? The solution is to disperse the facilities . Show the power and accuracy of Russia's missiles to civilian population . Show therefore their mercy for them . Pick a spot in Kiev , in a Park , on a small monument , hit it again and again ........Show the population the impotence of the Orcs !

Ukraine's Top Military Commander May Be Given the Boot Less Than Six Months After His Appointment, 07.07.2024.

Mere months after replacing Gen. Valery Zaluzhny as commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s Armed Forces, Gen. Oleksandr Syrsky may soon be ousted himself amid a recent string of humiliations suffered by Ukrainian troops at the hands of Russian military.

As Ukrainian forces struggle and fail to stop Russia’s advance on multiple fronts, it appears that Volodymyr Zelensky wants to “get rid of Syrsky and replace him with God knows who,” former CIA analyst Larry Johnson said during an interview on YouTube podcast Dialogue Works.

Such a move won’t actually matter, Johnson says, pointing out that Syrsky is “not a magician” who could conjure out of thin air “new brigades of soldiers that are trained and ready to go to combat” – something that Ukraine currently has in very short supply.

That said, Syrsky himself is not some kind of peerless commander, with Johnson noting that the Ukrainian general “made some bad tactical decisions” such as not building adequate defensive lines before Russian troops went on the offensive this year.

https://sputnikglobe.com/20240707/ukraines-top-military-commander-may-be-given-the-boot-less-than-six-months-after-his-appointment-1119281257.html

Russian Telegram channels report

Most of those "Russian" channels are made up by NATO for spreading propaganda BS.

Look to be interesting events.


Ukrainian partisans sabotage NATO in Romania!

    The protest movement of Ukrainian refugees is gaining momentum throughout Europe and, in fact, is unwittingly playing into the hands of the Russian Army, destroying weapons and equipment even before they arrival in Ukraine.

    Through sabotage, arson and explosions on the territory of Romania, Ukrainians from “the Resistance” organization destroyed and damaged:

    — BulRom gas Implekx gas terminal near the Romanian city of Siret, coordinates 47.933975, 25.971136, arson was carried out on July 3 at six in the morning, the fire continued at the terminal for several days, almost completely destroying the infrastructure of the gas pipeline and terminal;

    — A freight train with shells, UAVs, missiles and components for Ukraine, coordinates 47.876503, 25.996639, on a railway line intended exclusively for sending goods to the Ukrainian direction and having no other branches;

    — A large military warehouse of weapons and equipment intended for shipment to Ukraine in the Romanian city of Slobozia, coordinates 47.7678392, 26.0556328;

    — A large military warehouse of weapons and equipment intended for shipment to Ukraine in the Romanian city of Slatioara.

    The Ukrainian partisan anti-war movement is rapidly spreading in the territories of Poland, Moldova, Romania and other countries that support Zelensky’s regime and add fuel to the fire of war.

https://x.com/MyLordBebo/status/1810012506468831356

Hole wrote:

Russian Telegram channels report

Most of those "Russian" channels are made up by NATO for spreading propaganda BS.

Haha, that's bit harsh. From my understanding, some are definitely Ukrainian PSYOPS, but that's what, like few percent? There were Russians who publcially outed them.

Give example of what are NATO propaganda and I will compare to my list? I have hundreds on my CSV and rate them. That's where I spend most of the time these days and it's a headache to be honest.


The issue is more mundane - lack of professionalism, sensationalism, panicking and etc. Ofc it gives impression that it's propaganda, but I assure you, it's idiocracy, (like filming your own dead or crying all the time and giving enemy BDA's)
Russian government kinda tried to put a reigns on TGs, so far only gelded Rybar that slunked into obscurity.
TGs also have broken phone syndrome especially when it comes to advances. Some even do this for monetary gain and fame. It's Wild West as it was before.

Do not to blindly trust all TGs (even FighterBomber is at fault here), but there are couple of them that are private or still haven't shit the bed.

lyle6 wrote:One side has roving bands of press gangs conscripting people - men, women, the elderly, the sick and disabled and even children off the street. The **** do you think is happening?

There is no way both sides don't know how much the other side has or is able to pull from mobilization. Even Lukashenko gave a 112k-114k estimate of how much Ukrainian troops they see near their border in last late February. Its a little bit too cruel leaving everyone in the dark of when they will be allowed to see the light at the end of the tunnel for some hope.

Another

JohninMK wrote:Another

https://x.com/i/status/1810040846865105298

Perhaps pack a couple of these mines in these new Heavy lift UAVs and have them drop the mines from the air instead

JohninMK wrote:Many a true word said in jest. Except its the German farmers sending the Ukrainian farmers to die for them.

https://x.com/i/status/1809573696891207869

And its getting better with every round of mobilization.

Monday has not started with a coffee in Kiev ...

ALAMO wrote:Monday has not started with a coffee in Kiev ...

Indeed not but daytime fireworks can be so much more effective than those at night.

Olga Bazova
@OlgaBazova
Ukrainian MP Mariana Bezuhla, a member of the Ukrainian Committee on National Security, confirmed the losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in aircraft and air defense assets and again criticized the Air Force command, calling for their resignation.

Commenting on recent Russian strikes on Mirgorod, she stated that the Ukrainian general staff's actions are "disposing" of aircraft and air defense systems.

"Just within the past day in Poltava region, Russian reconnaissance drones flew freely, and our air defense and aviation were destroyed in a relaxed manner, like in a shooting range or a computer game," Bezuhla wrote on Facebook.

She also explained why two Patriot systems were lost.

"The first Patriot was destroyed because it wasn't moved at all, although this is described in any military manual. After that, the second Patriot was destroyed because it was moved rarely and not camouflaged, and this happened after the first one was destroyed. The local population knew where it was, and no measures were taken."

Additionally, she said, "ways to counter enemy drones that now fly over a hundred kilometers have not been developed at all." And according to her, no one in the Air Force is working on developing these methods.

She also accused Air Force Commander Oleshchuk of inflating Russian losses.

"The conscience does not stop the commander from approving falsified statistics, for example, when during an attack, the Russians launched five Shaheds, they were not shot down, and the command reports to the whole country that ten were launched, and five were shot down. Who will check? The generals have their own," Bezuhla wrote.

According to her, the General Staff also records damaged Russian equipment as "destroyed."

Another accusation from Bezuhla is corruption in the Air Force. "For a certain fee, one can get assigned to air defense units, pay extra to be listed on the roster but not actually appear there. At the same time, real, not 'padded,' specialists are being massively transferred to the infantry, which only leads to senseless deaths," the MP writes.

She states that there are cases of specialists in Western air defense systems being transferred to the infantry after their equipment was destroyed.

As a result, "Russian dominance in the air is increasing, these are the latest approaches, with drones, reconnaissance, which they have developed in addition to their classical resources with aircraft, air defense, and satellites."

She calls for the Air Force leadership to resign "following Sodole" (the recently dismissed commander of the Joint Forces).

Hoooollyyy shiiit

https://t.me/intelslava/62756

https://t.me/intelslava/62757

First reports about Artem factory hit.

Dnepropetrovsk looks alike ...

With this clear visibility of explosions (so not downed by AD or hidden at night) someone seems to be making a statement.

Another widespread strike, airfields, SAMs and factories. A good thread with photos and updates is https://x.com/distant_earth83/status/1810212229398118407

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@distant_earth83
Preliminary results of today's missile strike

In Dnepropetrovsk, judging by the photos on social networks, it flew to Yuzhmash again.

In Kyiv, as far as one can judge, it arrived at the Artyom defense plant.

In the city of Kramatorsk, in the temporarily occupied part of the DPR, missiles arrived at the NKMZ workshops.

All three enterprises are included in the Ukrainian military-industrial complex.


IL Libanese
@Dal_Libano
- 6 Tu-95MS reported to have launched Kh-101/555 missiles from Stratavia.

Other departures of 2 MiG-31K fighters were also reported.

Another Russian Tu-22M3 is in the air.
Threat of launch of "X-22" missiles.

This looks like one large coordinated strike!

Missiles towards Rivne.

Missiles in the south (Calibers most likely) are flying towards/through the Pervomaisky district in a northwestern direction.

Missile threat: Rivne, Zhitomir, Vinnitsa, Cherkassy, ​​Nikolaev, Kirovograd, Sumy, Poltava, Kiev, Chernihiv regions.

Interesting part is this statement of Bezuhla.
I remember her for years. She used to be a common guest at multiple Ukrainian media platforms even before 2014, as a very young then activist.
She had mouth full of shit even back then, so we can only imagine how it developed when she get some influence, power and money.
But what she is doing now, is a direct confirmation that ukroluftwaffe command is sabotaging directly own potential. Looks almost as they try to get rid of planes ... to save pilot's lives?!

Wow

The first Patriot was destroyed because it wasn't moved at all

Because it takes days to move that shit.

partisans sabotage NATO in Romania!

You can add a missile factory in the US to the list of targets.

Kinzhal ?

An interesting observation: much more materials documenting the strikes is being revealed by the local residents. It seems almost like the ukrogestapo ceased to hunt the whistleblowers down

They are not afraid anymore, and pictures of reality  are being provided ...



A SAM fragments found by the locals at "civilian targets destroyed by pesky Russkie"

What a surprise:scratch:

Arrow wrote:Kinzhal ?

No. You see wings, it is too thin, and the speed is way too low.