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More pictures coming out of the territory reclaimed by Ukrainian forces in the North.
But first... some surreal looting that apparently went on, allegedly by Russian forces preying upon Ukrainian farmers.
The Russian Liberation Forces reportedly murdered the Mayor of one of the towns as well as her Son and Husband.
Human Rights Watch is currently in the process of documenting some of these reported incidents and engaging in preliminary investigations reporting threats of violence, looting, theft, rape and executions of civilians.
Human Rights Watch has documented several cases of Russian military forces committing laws-of-war violations against civilians in occupied areas of the Chernihiv, Kharkiv, and Kyiv regions of Ukraine.
Comrades, don't steal Iran's Nasheeds. They need them.
Looks like there are still Comrades in Germany, but you weren't suppose to bring out the Soviet Flags yet.
A UkA position so utterly destroyed that bodies were disintegrated, buried under the shifting sand, and thrown all over.
This war can only go one way from this point on, UkA no longer has the capability to field armored corps with which to survive an artillery barrage long enough to close to contact and can no longer meaningfully contest the sky to allow major concentrations to form up. Therefore this war is now artillery centric. UkA can send its troops in, but they won't survive the attentions of the Comrades in the Artillery Branch.
I'm starting to wonder about the future of tanks, Those Javelins are a nightmare for them. Those missiles also have a lot of range up to 1.6 miles for a Javelin I believe but i'm not sure what the range for an RPG-29/30 is although the 29 was able to easily destroy an Abrams in Iraq on the few occasions it was used.
I'm starting to wonder about the future of tanks, Those Javelins are a nightmare for them. Those missiles also have a lot of range up to 1.6 miles for a Javelin I believe but i'm not sure what the range for an RPG-29/30 is although the 29 was able to easily destroy an Abrams in Iraq on the few occasions it was used.
Well the hulls were penetrated the tank knocked out and some of the crew were either wounded or killed in the case of the Abrams that got hit by RPG-29's.
O Group continues to disband and shift to the decisive fields. Chernihiv is now falling back, leaving the E101 group the last to pull out. After which there will be Square Z and Z groups with respective X groups in support. Due to the flooding, Izium breathrough is now going to the rail hub of Barvinkove instead of Slovyansk and Kramatorsk. Seizing this spot cuts the rail access to Slovyansk and Kramatorsk. Also the remaining UkA forces in northern Luhansk are gone after no resupply. Most likely an under the table deal in which they leave and get exchanged.
How badly bungled UkA's retreat from Volnovakha was.
Artillery wins wars Comrades. Putting the place back to together, that is your job Comrades, we just fling shells.
I blame the idiot who sent you out without proper instructions.
UkA Wrecks still litter Volnovakha, Russians told UkA farmers they can haul away the hulks and scrap them, but no takers.
Cleanup in Mariupol continues now that the factory complex has been cleared, the deep center and port where UkA marines are making their final stand, remain to be secured. Deep center is mainly Territorials with a cadre of Air Mobile Troopers to stiffen them. Estimate less than 2,000 defenders remain, any Azov members still alive are likely those who didn't tattoo themselves and had some buddies quickly give them new Military ID so they aren't wasted.
I'm starting to wonder about the future of tanks, Those Javelins are a nightmare for them. Those missiles also have a lot of range up to 1.6 miles for a Javelin I believe but i'm not sure what the range for an RPG-29/30 is although the 29 was able to easily destroy an Abrams in Iraq on the few occasions it was used.
90% percent of Russian Tanks were taken out by artillery shells. 4% in direct fires with UkA AFVs, 3% via infantry weapons, and direct air attacks rounding out the rest.
If anything this war empathizes the power of artillery married with attached drones to direct laser guided munitions on both sides. Attaching drones to platoons of tanks has been enabling Tank Platoons to spot and destroy the Infantry AT teams, spot their firing locations, evade ATGMs in flight when out of their hatches, or button up so they can use active defenses.
A lot of this is being driven by the troops on the ground themselves without Higher Sanction which as long as they are getting results will simply let it slide and make it official policy.
Well the hulls were penetrated the tank knocked out and some of the crew were either wounded or killed in the case of the Abrams that got hit by RPG-29's.
Previously captured people, for example. Or people who resisted while in the house (Russian troops seemed to have wanted to kill them outside for some reason?).
It's weird, but not as weird as the alternate hypothesis: Ukraine posing a bunch (fairly new, looking at some of the pictures) dead bodies in a place they just grabbed when this is not too difficult to disprove and fairly difficult to stage (people aren't exactly keeping opsec here). Either these are Ukrainian dead, in which case that's certainly not possible as someone will blab, or Russian soldiers, in which case it will fall apart on the inspections Ukraine is asking for, as one of the first bits will be ID'ing bodies, and they'll find a bunch of Russians. On top of this, I'm sure there are some forensic people who would be able to tell if bodies were dragged places or not.
Now I will say that Ukraine does have a motive: there is probably some worry that the West will push for peace following shoring up Kyiv, and this would help fight against that. But the bad OpSec, difficulty of keeping conspiracies together, and the desire for the international community to witness this (and investigate it), leads me to believe that Russia did this.
I'd say this is probably 90% chance of being real, and if it isn't, we'll hear about it.
Again drones guiding in laser guided artillery shells are kings.
Russians stepping up the bombings as they await the arrivals of V and O groups.
Looks like a newly arrived V group ignored orders to switch fully to Z. Probably annoyance at being used in a double feint for a month and wanting to parade down Kyiv.
Back in Pripyat, the most defensible territory Ukraine had if Zelensky had fully mobilized and put a a brigade of territorials here with a regiment of AT Guns and Artillery Regiment. The south could have been retrieved if the mobile reserves sucked into fighting for Kyiv and North West had been freed to push south before the Russians could establish a firm lodgment across the Dnieper and take the Sea of Azov. Enjoy your victory soldier, Zelensky failed you, and your generals failed you.
Recovered vehicles going to the Depots for repairs.
Anti-Armor weapons reportedly taken from Russian Forces who didn't need them anymore.
TDF Unit with Foreign Volunteers and a grab bag of weapons including foreign SMG's.
And finally... Mark Felton did a special on WW2 Weapons seen in the Russian Invasion of the Ukraine and earlier in the Donbass Conflict. Interestingly... apparently Ukraine has a lot of Maxim Guns!
A video of the picture earlier of the girl or young woman who was allegedly murdered by Russian soldiers and buried in the families backyard under scrap.
More mass graves being found. Mass graves full of dead civilians doesn't automatically equate to Russians murdering them all but the death toll is climbing regardless thanks to the Russian Denazification efforts.
For example this was from three weeks ago.
More allegations of Russian War Crimes against the civilian population.
Previously captured people, for example. Or people who resisted while in the house (Russian troops seemed to have wanted to kill them outside for some reason?).
It's weird, but not as weird as the alternate hypothesis: Ukraine posing a bunch (fairly new, looking at some of the pictures) dead bodies in a place they just grabbed when this is not too difficult to disprove and fairly difficult to stage (people aren't exactly keeping opsec here). Either these are Ukrainian dead, in which case that's certainly not possible as someone will blab, or Russian soldiers, in which case it will fall apart on the inspections Ukraine is asking for, as one of the first bits will be ID'ing bodies, and they'll find a bunch of Russians. On top of this, I'm sure there are some forensic people who would be able to tell if bodies were dragged places or not.
Now I will say that Ukraine does have a motive: there is probably some worry that the West will push for peace following shoring up Kyiv, and this would help fight against that. But the bad OpSec, difficulty of keeping conspiracies together, and the desire for the international community to witness this (and investigate it), leads me to believe that Russia did this.
I'd say this is probably 90% chance of being real, and if it isn't, we'll hear about it.
