Running Newsticker for the War in Ukraine

....the hills are alive with the sound of....aircraft crashing....another A-50 has been karked....???

Anyone got any updates on this?




TwitX

so lots of talk about another A-50 being smacked..... along with...

 

Good kill.

 

It's not a good time to be a Russian pilot.

Ukraine Conflict Updates
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 23, 2024

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Key Takeaways:

• Ukrainian officials reported that Ukrainian forces shot down a Russian A-50 long-range radar detection aircraft on the night of February 23 – the second such aircraft shot down in 2024.
• Russian ultranationalists are increasingly attributing the shootdown of Russian aircraft to Russian rather than Ukrainian air defenses.
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that Ukrainian forces are planning future counteroffensive operations, although delays in Western security assistance will likely continue to generate uncertainty and constraints on these operations.
• Ukraine-based open-source organization Frontelligence Insight reported on February 22 that Russian forces are storing missiles and ammunition in previously abandoned facilities near the Russo-Ukrainian border and in occupied Ukraine to shorten and bolster Russian logistics lines.
• Ukrainian officials stated that the probability of a Russian ground attack on Ukraine from Transnistria, a pro-Russian breakaway region of Moldova, is low following reports that Transnistrian authorities may call for or organize a referendum on annexation to Russia on February 28.
• Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated that Armenia “essentially” froze its participation in the Russia-dominated Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) against the backdrop of deteriorating Russian-Armenian relations.
• The US, United Kingdom (UK), Canada, and the European Union (EU) announced new sanctions packages aimed at constraining Russia’s war effort in Ukraine.
• Ukrainian forces made confirmed advances near Kreminna, and Russian forces made confirmed advances near Kreminna, Bakhmut, and Donetsk City.
• Ukrainian Main Military Intelligence Directorate (GUR) Deputy Chief Major General Vadym Skibitskyi stated on February 23 that international sanctions are degrading the quality of Russian missiles amid continued Russian efforts to increase missile production.
• Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) provided additional details on February 22 about the forced deportation of Ukrainian children from Ukraine to Belarus. . . . .

Ukraine continues to jointly produce and receive weapons and military equipment. Ukrainian state industrial firm Ukroboronprom announced on February 23 that it will manufacture the Czech NATO caliber CZ BREN 2 assault rifle in Ukraine as part of a licensing agreement with Czech firearms manufacturer Ceska Zbrojovka.[78] Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov stated on February 22 that Ukraine recently received a shipment of ”dozens” of sanitized M113 armored personnel carriers and expects to receive ”hundreds” more in the future.[79] . . . .

 

"it's easier to rule the stupid and the poor than wealthy intellectuals"

 

The outlines of Russia's strategic defeat are becoming more visible.

Ukraine Conflict Updates
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 24, 2024
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Key Takeaways:

• Ukraine continues to defend against Russian aggression and the Kremlin’s attempt to destroy Ukrainian statehood and identity despite growing difficulties two years after the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion.
• Ukraine’s European and Canadian partners commemorated the second anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion by committing additional aid to Ukraine and discussing Ukraine’s integration into the European Union (EU).
• Russian opposition media estimated that upwards of 75,000 Russian personnel have died in Ukraine since the start of the full-scale invasion in February 2022.
• The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) continues to highlight Russian Central Grouping of Forces Commander Colonel General Andrei Mordvichev and Russia’s seizure of Avdiivka.
• Mordvichev highlighted Russian technological and tactical adaptations in the Russian seizure of Avdiivka in a likely effort to address persistent criticisms of Russian forces in Ukraine.
• Senior Russian military officials likely are attempting to deflect responsibility for high-profile apparent Russian war crimes away from themselves and onto mid- and low-level Russian commanders.
• A recent Russian opinion poll indicates that Russian sentiments about the war in Ukraine have largely remained unchanged in recent months, but notably suggests that another mobilization wave would be widely unpopular.
• Ukrainian special services conducted a drone strike on one of Russia’s largest metallurgical plants on the night of February 23-24.
• Ukrainian reporting indicated that the A-50 long-range radar detection aircraft shot down on February 23 temporarily halted Russian aviation operations elsewhere in the theater.
• Russian information space actors continued responding to the February 23 A-50 shootdown and largely denied that Ukraine is responsible for the downing of any recent Russian aircraft.
• Russian forces recently made confirmed advances near Bakhmut and Avdiivka and in western Zaporizhia Oblast amid continued positional engagements along the entire line of contact on February 24.
• Indian authorities have asked Russian authorities for the “early discharge” of Indian citizens fighting for Russia in Ukraine.
• The Russian government continues efforts to support infrastructure and logistics development in occupied Ukraine likely to support the Russian defense industrial base (DIB) and solidify Russian control over occupied areas. . . .

Bloomberg reported that the US Department of Defense (DoD) Inspector General opened over 50 cases investigating issues related to US aid provisions to Ukraine but has yet to substantiate any allegations.[82] US DoD Inspector General Robert Storch reported that the US DoD Inspector General is investigating issues of “procurement fraud, product substitution, theft, fraud or corruption, and diversion.” Storch stated that the US DoD Inspector General will likely open more investigations due to the “quantity and speed” of materiel provisions to Ukraine. . . . .

 

The Russian regime has nothing to celebrate except perhaps proficiency at war crimes.

Ukraine Conflict Updates
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 25, 2024

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Key Takeaways:

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  • Russian officials and state media largely refrained from publicly discussing the two-year anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, likely in an effort to avoid addressing Russia’s failure to achieve its stated war aims at significant human costs.
  • Russian officials and state-run and state-affiliated TV channels likely refrained from commenting on the two-year anniversary of the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion to avoid drawing attention to Russia’s failures to achieve its stated strategic goals in Ukraine and its more immediate goals of seizing all of Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts, while also suffering high personnel losses.
  • Ukrainian officials discussed Ukraine’s goals and priorities for 2024 on February 25 and highlighted the need for continued Ukrainian innovation and Western aid to accomplish Ukraine’s objectives.
  • Drone footage posted on February 25 shows Russian forces committing apparent war crimes near Bakhmut.
  • The Russian information space continues to be highly sensitive to the recent losses of A-50 long-range radar detection aircraft, suggesting that the issue of deploying and defending these aircraft is of great concern.
  • Ukrainian Main Military Intelligence Directorate (GUR) Head Lieutenant General Kyrylo Budanov stated that Russia has not received any long-range missiles from Iran as of February 25.
  • Russian forces recently made confirmed advances near Bakhmut and Krynky amid continued positional engagements along the entire line of contact on February 25.
  • Russian authorities continue efforts to recruit Ukrainian citizens in occupied Ukraine into the Russian military.
  • Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada Human Rights Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets stated on February 25 that Russia is holding over 28,000 Ukrainian citizens captive in Russian prisons. . . . .

Ukraine continues efforts to bolster its defense industrial base (DIB) for 2024. Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal stated on February 25 that Ukraine has tripled its DIB production capacity and has increased the production of drones 100 times.[56] Ukrainian Minister for Strategic Industries Oleksandr Kamyshin reported on February 25 that Ukraine tripled its DIB in 2023 and will increase DIB output sixfold in 2024.[57] Kamyshin also noted that Ukraine had created its own long-range weapon that can hit targets at a range of 700km but did not offer additional specifications about the long-range weapon.[58] . . . .

 

bloody Germans.....jeezuz

 

is this the first Abrams casualty...?

 

Eventually and unfortunately yes it was bound to happen.

 

It is a war....and this will happen.

 

"Blood is the price of victory." --Carl von Clausewitz

 

The Abrams have not appeared at the front at all so far. 30 tanks were sent and they have been hiding in the rear until now. As soon as one tank was within range, it was immediately shot down.

And no one understands why the Ukrainians sent one tank to the front line. He had neither infantry support nor air support. Even no offensive took place in this area.

And a bonus of 10 million rubles was announced for the destruction of the Abrams tank. I think the real hunt for him has begun there.

There was even a joke on the Internet on this topic:

"There was a terrible hubbub on the air:
- This is mine, MINE, I still have to pay the mortgage!
- What does meters have to do with it? My mother-in-law is sick!!
- Comrades, let's be honest about pirate law - whoever lights it will get 50%, those who saw it in the sight will honestly share the remaining 50%...
- While you are dividing the baseball cap of an unkilled pindos here - he will crawl away ...
- Oh, "Abrams"! - I'm shooting!
- And who are you here anyway? You weren't standing here - you have a position of 40 km per LB!! - I'm sorry to stand in line while you're arguing, my batteries are already running out!
- Shoo away! Here the grandfather with his RPG has already scored the first shot! You'll be the tenth!
- Girl, hide the grenade - this is not a "Tiger" for you, you will break his roof!
- And, f***, who hit him? Without warning? What are you, off the chain - there will be porridge there - you won't understand later who got behind whom! **** you - you'll be left without money at all! Iskander is a product...

...interception of radio conversations at the time of Abrams' defeat.(c)"

 

Another joke appeared.

"Germany protested to Russia: why do they give 3-5 million rubles for a stricken Leopard, and 10 million for Abrams?"

 

In the meantime 2 more SU35s have been shot down....which brings it to 12 in the last week....and F16s haven't even showed up yet.

How's that A50?....RuZZfascists milbloggers claiming friendly fire....ROFL....too embarrassed to admit that UAF shot it down....

When they do arrive (F16s)...RuZzfascista won't have any Air Force left....just like it's "Navy" that's on the run now.....

 

Every day Ukraine becomes less dependent of foreign military equipment.

“Oleksandr Kamyshin said during a televised conference in Kyiv that 100 state and 400 private companies were involved the effort, and that Ukraine this year plans "to considerably increase ammunition production."
In a separate address, Ukraine's digital minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, said 90% of the drones used on the battlefield against Russian forces were produced in Ukraine.”
REUTERS, Ukraine tripled weapons production last year, minister says. Reuters, February 25, 20249:50 AM ESTUpdated a day ago.(emphasis mine)
https://www.reuters.com/world/europ...roduction-last-year-minister-says-2024-02-25/

 

That is good and welcome information.

 

Interesting video summary of the situation in the Ukraine. I think it paints to desperate a picture, but who am I.

Ukrainer können Front nicht stabilisieren | BILD-Lagezentrum (youtube.com)

What gets me is the huge loses Russia is willing to take for a few miles or a destroyed village

 

Ukraine Conflict Updates
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 27, 2024

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Key Takeaways:

• Russian forces are attempting to exploit tactical opportunities offered by the Russian seizure of Avdiivka and appear to be maintaining a relatively high tempo of offensive operations aimed at pushing as far as possible in the Avdiivka area before Ukrainian forces establish more cohesive and harder-to-penetrate defensive lines in the area.
• Russian forces are likely attempting to create an operational maneuver force for the exploitation of recent Russian advances in the Avdiivka direction.
• The Russian command likely hopes that the reorganization of command structures will establish more cohesive Russian grouping of forces throughout the theater in Ukraine.
• Recent developments in Transnistria, the pro-Russian breakaway region of Moldova, are unlikely to pose a military threat to Ukraine and will more likely impact Moldova’s European Union (EU) integration prospects. ISW is amending its warning forecast in light of continued Transnistrian officials’ statements that the upcoming Congress of Transnistrian Deputies will discuss Moldovan economic policies, likely related to changes to Moldova’s Customs Code that went into effect on January 1, 2024.
• Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu continues to highlight recent Russian tactical successes in Ukraine as substantial battlefield victories for political purposes ahead of the upcoming Russian presidential election. Shoigu additionally highlighted Russia’s Central and Eastern Military Districts (CMD and EMD) to posture against supposed anti-Russian activity in Central Asia and the Indo-Pacific.
• Ukrainian forces have reportedly shot down two Russian Su-34s on February 27, the tenth downed Russian military aircraft within roughly as many days.
• Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) reported on February 27 that the ongoing Russian information campaign to demoralize Ukrainian society will intensify between March and May 2024.
• Russia likely tested an element of its Sovereign Internet on February 27, likely in an effort to strengthen control over individual aspects of the Russian information space.
• Russian forces advanced west of Avdiivka amid continued positional engagements across the theater.
• A Ukrainian official warned that Russia seeks to ramp up force generation efforts in occupied Ukraine following the formal integration of occupied and claimed Ukrainian territories into the Russian Southern Military District (SMD).
• Russian authorities are reportedly systematizing the adoption of deported Ukrainian children in Russia. . . . .

 

He's nailed it. Great vid.

 

Ukes MacGyvering more nasties together



link to TwitX

 

....oh my God.....and people are wondering why European military analysts are planning on the US being viewed as a hostile state under a Trump administration ....

 

Well, it's MSNBC, so you can count on the most alarming possible interviews being selected.
Those interviewees are the ideological cousins of the Brexiteers.
A democracy requires tolerance for a range of views.
That strain of thought has always been present in the U.S. We usually carry on well enough in spite of it.
Keep the faith.

 

The world is rapidly changing, and Ukraine has learned to think fast. "Manufacturers are fielding new capabilities so fast that some are already deemed obsolete in a matter of months."
Russia, under Putin, is directing almost all of its massive military spending to man produce very expensive obsolete weapons systems that have already failed them.

“Another innovation developed by members of the Brave1 defense cluster is a combat robot dubbed Liut, of which a prototype was trialed in September.
Since then, engineers have improved it with greater cross-country mobility and equipped it with a new combat module to allow for a more compact size and more ammunition supplies, the developer said in a statement to Defense News.

Additionally, a sight has been developed that can be equipped with optical infrared cameras or a thermal imager for enhanced covert threat detection. Liut is currently undergoing internal testing to obtain final clearance before entering serial production.

Ukraine’s strategy has placed a special focus on the quantity of unmanned systems its defense companies are able to generate at the cheapest cost, which has enabled soldiers to continue to survive in a do-it-yourself battlefield.”
DEFENSE NEWS, Europe, How Ukraine’s defense companies have adapted to two years of war, By Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo, Thursday, Feb 22.
How Ukraine's defense companies have adapted to two years of war

Defense News

|5 days ago
Manufacturers are fielding new capabilities so fast that some are already deemed obsolete in a matter of months.
https://www.defensenews.com/global/...e-companies-have-adapted-to-two-years-or-war/