Russian special military operation in Ukraine #60

Arrow wrote:https://t.me/RVvoenkor/75342

Arrow my man, can I ask one small favor when you post a telegram link? I don't really like telegram so could you tell us what's in the link in case we want to get into it at a later time? It would be greatly appreciated.

That incursion in Kursk is a benediction. They loose a shit ton of equipement there for free. When you think thry are dumb to go on the ground, they surprise you by going in the air too.

Let's wait for the video.

https://x.com/gnovosibir79446/status/1826323886507540715?s=46

Kursk being reversed

billybatts91 wrote:This is the result of when you let NATO cross all your red lines and you do nothing about it...

https://x.com/witte_sergei/status/1826275241175462299

I guess we know what happens when a missile designed to take down a jet fighter hits a cessna full of gas.

Glenn Diesen
@Glenn_Diesen
In a war of attrition, the objective is to exhaust the adversary. Any territorial conquest comes after that as well-defended defensive lines are costly to break in terms of manpower and equipment
- The journalists who have reported on a stagnant conflict and celebrated whenever Ukraine goes on the offensive (and often enters into artillery pockets) are obsessed with territory
- After exhausting the Ukrainian military, Russia opened another front in Kharkov to further stretch the depleted Ukrainian army
- Ukraine's Kursk offensive is a risky move because it predictably comes at an extremely high price as men and machines are destroyed in the open and without reliable supply lines, and the territory cannot be held. These troops could have been used to defend crumbling frontlines in Donbas
- It is nearly impossible to make this argument in the West as the journalists and public have been trained to clap as seals every time Ukraine conquers territory. This is mandatory to display loyalty and proof of being "pro-Ukrainian". Dissent is immediately denounced as "Russian propaganda" and punished with high social costs
- Zelensky has wasted many troops on PR battles, yet it is not entirely his fault as the PR stunts are necessary to acquire attention and more weapons from the West as our politicians and public get excited every time Ukraine acquires some territory
- The assumption is that Russia will be demoralised and make great concessions if it loses some territory. But Russia considers NATO expansion to be an existential threat and can therefore not stand down before Ukrainian neutrality is restored. As NATO rejects any negotiations on NATO expansion, the only path for Russia to achieve its objective is attrition warfare. Yes, this war is also a territorial conflict now, although that is a symptom of the failure of a diplomatic path to end NATO expansionism. This should all be obvious, but it is not permitted to state the obvious anymore as it is criminalised as "legitimising" the Russian invasion
- If we survive this proxy war with Russia (not a certainty as we keep escalating against the world's largest nuclear power), we should reflect on how our sloganeering, war propaganda and censorship have crippled our ability to conduct rational analysis required to maximise security
- Anyways, the attrition war has already entered a new stage as the Ukrainian army has been exhausted and the frontlines are collapsing without much resistance.

mnztr wrote:
I guess we know what happens when a missile designed to take down a jet fighter hits a cessna full of gas.

It’s in Murmansk, so not much fuel left. It’s was loaded with explosives. If it was lifted from Finland or Estonia, even less so.

By the way, another vehicle spotted in Kursk. BTR-D

Russians continue to advance in Pokrovsk

Regular wrote:I think Estonians let Ukrainians use their airspace for small  suicide drones.

In which case, Russia should use Estonian landmarks for munitions testing. Its only fair...

Russian units involved in fighting in  Kursk per Viktor Murakhovskiy
https://t.me/Viktor_Murakhovskiy/673

155 обрмп
ВКС омсп
346 мсп(то)
22 мсп
1009 мсп(то)
232 мсп
9 мсп
1434 мсп(то)
204 омпсн
часть сил 200 омсбр(а)
810 обрмп
30 мсп
272 мсп
488 мсп
часть сил 15 омсбр
часть сил 2 обрсн
1428 мсп(то)

БР - brigade
П - regiment
МП - marine infantry
СН - special forces

So, 2 marine brigades, regiment and part of brigade of special units, interestingly, separate RuAF motorized rifle regiment ( fighting around Korenevo- someone here mixed them up for VDV), rest are motorized rifle regiments or parts of moto rifle brigades (arty, tanks).

ucmvulcan wrote:
Arrow my man, can I ask one small favor when you post a telegram link? I don't really like telegram so could you tell us what's in the link in case we want to get into it at a later time? It would be greatly appreciated.

It is the destruction of a small commercial plane converted to a drone in the Murmansk region.
Speculations revealed that it was released from either Finland or Estonia.

Arrow wrote:There are rumors that Russia is preparing to strike Ukrainian government targets in the coming days.However, this is very unlikely.


https://lostarmour.info/news/boi-konopelka-zogrussia-9995

With Putin as leader? No such thing will happen...I expect Ukraine to hit Russian government buildings before Vlad does a goddamn thing...

Probably getting closer to the actual number

There are rumors that Russia is preparing to strike Ukrainian government targets in the coming days.However, this is very unlikely.

If Russia was going to do that do you think there would be any rumours at all?

Rumours of the Nazi summer offensive last year led to a real success... improved by the negative comments by Kievs forces about the defence lines being built that turned out to be rather effective in practise.

I would say such rumours will be getting put out by Kiev so that in a couple of days they can say... See... Putin didn't follow through on what he said he would do... ignoring the fact that he never said any such thing in the first place.

Moreover, after the new law on mobilization in Ukraine came into force, the male population of the country is trying to go abroad en masse.

Just so ironic that the safest place they could run to would be Russia...

JohninMK wrote:Probably getting closer to the actual number

This number is slightly too low in my opinion, but the real one won't be much better - I would say it is around 20 mln.
"Funny" fact is, that under the rules of freedoms, democracy, and superb western values halving the population in 3 decades is nothing unusual.
It happened in all Pribaltic countries.
Russkie just helped the ukrs to "westernize" faster, as they fell behind if compared to the Wonderlands losing only 10 mln people by 2014

GarryB wrote:

Just so ironic that the safest place they could run to would be Russia...

It is impossible.
Russia has left only one border checkpoint where Ukrainians can pass the control - it is Sheremetevo airport. Every single one is being extensively questioned, including physical check of all electronic devices. FSB is checking all social media activities, and acting accordingly. Ukrs that were jumping on Maidan or published dumb comments about the events are just sended back.