Article from The Drive on the Ukrainian Use of M109A6 Paladin 155mm Self Propelled Guns with commentary from a variety of Ukrainian sources, and one Russian MP as well.
With its ability to 'shoot-and-scoot,' Paladin self-propelled Howitzers are keeping enemies pinned down and surviving to fight another day.
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Some Autist Defense Commentator Wrote up a SEVENTY TWO Tweet long thread on ATACMS, the long range guided missile that can be launched from M270's and HIMARs systems that is rumored could be delivered to Ukraine in the near future. He discusses the system itself, its history, and arguments for its delivery to Ukraine.
@ColbyBadhwar: ATACMS. What is it? Why does it matter so much? How many are there? How many will Ukraine get? Every question you could possibly have, answered. It's the thread you've all been waiting for... 🧵...…
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Rest in Peace Jericho Magallon, a US Army National Guard Veteran of Las Vegas who volunteered for service with the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He served as a military policeman before being discharged in 2016. He apparently traveled to Ukraine in March of 2022 and served for ten months leading a squad of foreign fighters before returning home. However he returned back to Ukraine and was killed in fighting in Bakhmut in September of 2023, allegedly by a Russian drone strike. He's the eighteenth American veteran to be killed in Ukraine including both military volunteers and humanitarian workers.
Jericho Skye Magallon, 28, served in the Nevada Army National Guard. He was killed near Bakhmut.
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The United States delivered an industrial sized 3D Printer to Ukraine that is reportedly truck sized to help Ukrainians repair equipment more rapidly.
Rest in Peace Colonel Andrey Kondrashkin, apparently the Commander of an Airborne Brigade and veteran of the Siege of Mariupol. He was reportedly killed by Ukrainian fires.
Heartwarming/Breaking Story of a then seven year old Romchyk Oleksiv who suffered burns on almost half of his body during a Russian strike on the Western Ukrainian city of Vinnytsia where his Mother was taking him to an Doctors Appointment. During the
rocket attack on the city center his Mother and the Doctor and twenty five others were killed with over two hundred others wounded. A special hospital in Dresden, Germany accepted him as a patient where he underwent surgeries as often as three times a week. After a year of treatment and an initially minimal chance of life, he recovered enough to return home to Ukraine and his Father.