Russian Invasion of Ukraine 2022

[Husky_Khan]

A Russian Officer and eleven of his troops voluntarily surrendered to Ukrainian forces after being in communication with Ukrainian intelligence services since at least June of 2023.



Russian Tor Air Defense Missiles Seized by Ukrainian Authorities that were allegedly in the possession of Black Market dealers.



Also in Tor News, a Russian Tor Air Defense vehicle reportedly eliminated by a Ukrainian GMRLS Rocket.



Russian Propagandist perspective on the mobilization of large swathes of the LPR/DNR "Republics" and how they ended up getting slaughtered with little gain as a result.



Russia attempting to block VPN services connecting its country with the rest of the world.

 

[Zyobot]

More old weapons being put to new uses:

 

[Husky_Khan]

Multiple Ukrainian drones reportedly struck an aerospace manufacturer in the Russian city of Smolensk where Kh-59 Cruise Missiles are made and supposedly causing significant damage and disruption to the production facilities.



Aftermath of a Reported Russian Assault near Urozhaine in the Donetsk Oblast. At least four tanks, four Infantry Fighting Vehicles and an Armored Recovery Vehicle were lost by the Russians due to Ukrainian fires, Javelin AT missiles and FPV Drone use.



The Polish Armaments Group repaired the first Leopard 2A4 Tanks Damaged Whilst in Ukrainian service earlier this summer.



A Russian Guard pilot while on vacation in Dubai apparently defected to the United States Embassy located there.



The Small Indian Ocean nation of Maldives has surprisingly become a powerhouse in the computer chip market as 20% of its exports are of semiconductors to Russia. This coincided with the resumption of flights to and from Maldives by Aeroflot, the Russian Airliner corporation.

Maldives: Small island nation with big role shipping chips to Russia

$53m of chips transited Indian Ocean country 1 year after invasion, data shows

asia.nikkei.com

Russian Veterans Facing 'Difficulty' in Securing Veterans Benefits, Especially Those Wagner PMC veterans.

Thread by @ChrisO_wiki on Thread Reader App

@ChrisO_wiki: 1/ Russian soldiers are finding that it is far easier to be sent to war than it is to get the promised veterans' benefits from the state after returning home. The situation is particularly bad...…

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[Husky_Khan]

More Ships Utilizing the 'Black Sea Humanitarian Corridor' for Maritime Transport of Humanitarian Supplies from Ukraine in the wake of Russia abandoning the Black Sea Grain Initiative.



Details on the ATACMS missiles that maybe sent to Ukraine in the near future. They will likely be the M57A1 Missiles (which deploy hundreds of bomblets) and manufactured over ten years ago. Expired but still serviceable and the US still has hundreds in its inventory (some of which were being refurbished and converted into M57E1 missiles).



Ukrainian Deep State Telegram Channel offering a sobering analysis of the Summer's Offensives. No strategic breakthroughs achieved yet.



Another Russian T-90M Main Battle Tank Sleeping within the Luhansk Oblast.



Arrested for Assault in 2021.

Serve Wagner in 2022.

Commit Double murder in 2023.

Unfortunate if Wagner isn't available to recruit him for a second tour.



Twitter Thread on Life in Occupied Mariupol. Pre-war population of 430,000+ and now currently approaching 90,000 only with 70% of them being elderly/pensioners. Additionally 40,000 Russians have been imported to Mariupol to work the port and construction jobs. About 100,000 new known graves populate the city as well. New residences are being built on the outskirts of Mariupol, facing potential axis of Ukrainian advance with the Eastern portions of Mariupol closer to Russia remaining rubble.

Thread by @With__Ukraine on Thread Reader App

@With__Ukraine: During its assault on Mariupol from Feb to May 2022, the Russian army used "scorched earth" tactics, trying to capture the city at any cost, in particular, by deliberately destroying critical infrast...…

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[ATP]

So,USA would send old missiles which otherwise must be scrapped.
Help for Ukraine...as usual.

 

[Zachowon]

So,USA would send old missiles which otherwise must be scrapped.
Help for Ukraine...as usual.

I mean, for US standards scrapped.
For Russian, brand new.
So Ukraine is getting stuff that will work

 

[ATP]

I mean, for US standards scrapped.
For Russian, brand new.
So Ukraine is getting stuff that will work

Enough to fight,not enough to win.But,considering that Ukraine after victory would probably attack Poland,i am fine with it.

 

[lloyd007]

Enough to fight,not enough to win.But,considering that Ukraine after victory would probably attack Poland,i am fine with it.

With what manpower? If this continues for the 'usual' 4-6 years and the way it has been, Ukraine and Russia are both gonna be looking like Paraguay after the War of the Triple Alliance... even more than they do naturally...

Poland, meanwhile has basically transferred their old Warsaw Pact inheritance to Ukraine at premium prices and is buying up and/or licensing kit from South Korea among others, and unlike so much of the rest of NATO including the US which seems to be at the same stage of not building stuff as Russia wasn't prior to Feb 24th (or worse, clogging our industry with ships that are getting turned into aluminum foil 10 minutes after they're commissioned/decommissioned in the same ceremony), the Second Best Koreans are actually building stuff since their MIC never significantly demobilized or transitioned away from peer vs peer conflicts to fighting jihadis in an asymmetric war where artillery and heavy mechanized troops aren't ideal.

 

[Bacle]

S-400 near Belgorod was taken out.

 

[Husky_Khan]

S-400 near Belgorod was taken out.

Reportedly...

If true it'll be the second time they took out an S-400 Air Defense "Complex."

Hopefully we'll get more documented confirmation sooner or later.

 

[Aldarion]

S-400 near Belgorod was taken out.

Looks like future air defense systems will have to seriously take a step towards ECM + MOAR DAKKA.

 

[Husky_Khan]

Russian Black Seas Fleet redeploys significant assets including its remaining frigates, submarines and many of its missile boats and other vessels from Sevastopol to farther along ports along the Eastern Coast of the Black Sea like Novorossiysk and the Genoese Port of Feodosia near Kerch.



Lancet Loitering Munition Successfully Destroys a Ukrainian Buk Air Defense System... Decoy. Or did the Buk Air Defense System Decoy Successfully Intercept a Russian Lancet Loitering Munition?



Russian Forces managed to stop an amphibious assault on Crimea. Two Western/NATO Assault Rifles and a Jet Ski were captured. According to Russian videos, a Ukrainian Colonel was captured and confessed to leading the failed sabotage operation.



A Ukrainian Soldier, possibly (or probably) while drunk shot and killed two fellow Ukrainian soldiers in the same military unit during an argument.



Turkey donated thousands of Turkish variants of the M2 Browning Heavy Machine Gun to Ukraine. Video on the Canik QCB M2 Heavy Machine Guns and other Turkish donations made, including Turkish dual M2F Heavy Machine Guns mounted on technicals for Ukraine donated last April (likely for increased anti-drone firepower).



Thread from Tatarigami, a Ukrainian Military official, on the extent of Russian fortifications and how many had underestimated the defenses from last Spring onward.

Thread by @Tatarigami_UA on Thread Reader App

@Tatarigami_UA: Leading up to and during the counter-offensive, many independent observers underestimated the preparedness of russian defenses. Seemingly unremarkable tree lines concealed well-prepared russian posit...…

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[ATP]

With what manpower? If this continues for the 'usual' 4-6 years and the way it has been, Ukraine and Russia are both gonna be looking like Paraguay after the War of the Triple Alliance... even more than they do naturally...

Poland, meanwhile has basically transferred their old Warsaw Pact inheritance to Ukraine at premium prices and is buying up and/or licensing kit from South Korea among others, and unlike so much of the rest of NATO including the US which seems to be at the same stage of not building stuff as Russia wasn't prior to Feb 24th (or worse, clogging our industry with ships that are getting turned into aluminum foil 10 minutes after they're commissioned/decommissioned in the same ceremony), the Second Best Koreans are actually building stuff since their MIC never significantly demobilized or transitioned away from peer vs peer conflicts to fighting jihadis in an asymmetric war where artillery and heavy mechanized troops aren't ideal.

If it continue.I fear,that Ukraine become Germany puppet,made deal with german allies in Moscov,and attack us.
UPA was german toys after all,and germans and Moscov are allies.

 

[Husky_Khan]

The village of Hrozka, population of about 300, was apparently struck by a Russian missile and killed at least fifty people including a six year old. A grocery store/cafe was struck. The number of dead may rise as the rubble is cleared.







It seems the cafe was a scene of a commemoration or public gathering for a member of the village who was killed in the invasion. Not sure if it was a service member or not but it seems like it might've been an intentional targeting.

 

[Bacle]

Well, that's one way to pretend it wasn't a SAM or bomb that took it down.

 

[Husky_Khan]

Yesterday Russian media reported the deployment of Russia's new 2S40 Phlox 120mm Self Propelled Artillery Guns/Mortars. It's the cutting edge of Russian artillery technology, able to fire multiple forms of ammunition and supposedly operate as both an artillery gun and as a mortar and protected by a wheeled all terrain armored chassis.

The first batch of the latest 120-mm Phlox self-propelled artillery guns was delivered to the troops - THE INTEL DROP

The first batch of the latest 120-mm Phlox self-propelled artillery guns was delivered to the troops

www.theinteldrop.org

The first one was also reportedly destroyed by a Ukrainian FPV drone the day after its deployment.



Also an article on the Naval War So Far between Ukraine and Russia, How Its Evolved and At Present and to not underestimate Russian capabilities in the Black Sea despite recent successes.

On understanding the naval war

Avoid premature conclusions and underestimation of the challenges Ukraine is facing at sea.

thelookoutn.substack.com

 

[History Learner]

Frontline has been mostly static for almost three weeks now.

 

[Zachowon]

Stabilize the front, stabilize where you break out at, etc.
You don't just keep pushing

 

[Captain X]

Would someone explain to me how slow progress = losing?

 

[Zachowon]

Would someone explain to me how slow progress = losing?

Because they are used to Americna thunder runs, or that the media was making it seem like if you take slow gains you are not doing good.
Yet when Russia makes slow gains it is showing Ukraine losing, but when Ukraine makes them it is Ukraine losing Russia winning