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Ukrainian GUR tales credit for the drones attacks over Rusia, including a new attack to Shaykovka airbase of strategic bombers on Monday, new ukrainian advances near Robotyne, russians pushing to Kupiansk, Greece joins the F-16 coalition and a bunch of combat footage:

Ukraine Situation Report: Spy Agency Takes Credit For Strikes On Russian Airbases

For the second time in three days, Ukraine attacked an airbase inside Russia housing Tu-23M Backfire bombers.
www.thedrive.com
 
Glider said:
On a slightly different tack I am very surprised that Ukraine haven't asked for more attack helicopters, even of the AH1 variety.
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Interesting point. Any ideas here why Ukraine isn't pushing for attack helicopters? There must be plenty of them around. Are they obsolete on the modern battlefield?
 
Mike Williams said:
Interesting point. Any ideas here why Ukraine isn't pushing for attack helicopters? There must be plenty of them around. Are they obsolete on the modern battlefield?
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Apparently the Russian Kamovs are causing a lot of trouble for the Ukrainians. The Kamovs are not having an easy war, but they are seeing success in killing Ukrainian vehicles since due to SAM risk, Ukraine's MiGs and Sukhois cannot effectively operate close to the front lines. The Kamovs need only fear MANPADS over the front, which cannot be everywhere.

Ka-52 attack helicopter proves deadly foe to Ukrainian forces

The Kamov Ka-52 "Alligator" attack helicopter is proving to be a formidable adversary as the Ukrainian army continues its counter-offensive against Russian forces.
www.flightglobal.com

Once Ukraine has its F-16s they'll be able to detect and pick off the Kamovs beyond the range of Russian SAMs.
 
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US State Dept OKs possible sale of Apache helicopters to Poland for $12 bln -Pentagon

The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of AH-64E Apache helicopters and related equipment to Poland in a deal valued at up to $12 billion, the Pentagon said on Monday.
www.reuters.com

MSN

www.msn.com

Hmm, "The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of AH-64E Apache helicopters and related equipment to Poland in a deal valued at up to $12 billion, the Pentagon said on Monday.'

"The US State Department has at last approved a Foreign Military Sale to furnish Poland's Armed Forces with 96 AH-64E Apache helicopters. The US and Poland originally conceived the purchase in September last year."

"With the AH-64E in production until at least 2028, Boeing anticipates the Apache serving the US Army and its partner nations into the 2060s."

Umm, so anyway, why so few helicopters to Ukraine?
 
Mike Williams said:
Umm, so anyway, why so few helicopters to Ukraine?
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It is interesting that the only NATO-designed helicopters sent to Ukraine since the war began were a trio of retired former Royal Navy Sea Kings, stripped of their ASW gear and converted to transports. Mind you, lots of Russian-designed helicopters have been sent to Ukraine, including the USA's fleet of MiLs originally used in Afghanistan, plus many from former Warsaw Pact countries.

WSJ: Poland secretly sent about a dozen Mi-24 helicopters to Ukraine

Poland recently sent Ukraine about a dozen Soviet Mi-24 attack helicopters in an undisclosed transfer, according to anonymous sources cited by the Wall Street Journal on July 9.
kyivindependent.com

Slovaks give Mi helicopters, Grad rockets to Ukraine

Slovakia has donated five Soviet-designed Mi-series military helicopters and thousands of Grad multiple-rocket launcher rockets to Ukraine, its defence minister said on Thursday.
www.reuters.com

Czechia to provide Ukraine with helicopters and help train F-16 jet pilots

Czechia will provide Ukraine with additional attack helicopters, large-calibre ammunition and will help train F-16 fighter jet pilots.
www.pravda.com.ua

North Macedonia Green-lights Helicopter Donation to Ukraine

North Macedonia’s government has agreed a donation of armed helicopters to Ukraine, likely consisting of its entire fleet of Soviet-made Mi-24 attack helicopters.
balkaninsight.com
 

KYIV, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Ukraine said on Tuesday its troops had entered the strategic southeastern village of Robotyne, a potentially significant advance in its counteroffensive against Russian forces.

Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar said on the Telegram messaging app that Ukrainian soldiers were organising the evacuation of civilians after entering Robotyne but were still coming under fire from Russian forces.

"Our soldiers in the village of Robotyne," General Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, commander of Ukrainian forces in the south, wrote on Telegram under a picture of a soldier in a tank.


Robotyne is 10 km (six miles) south of the frontline town of Orikhiv in the Zaporizhzhia region on an important road towards Tokmak, a Russian-occupied road and rail hub.

Tokmak's capture would be a milestone as Ukrainian troops press southwards towards the Sea of Azov, a military push intended to split Russian occupying forces.

The Institute for the Study of War, an American research group and think tank, has described the Ukrainian attacks on Robotyne as "tactically significant". Advancing in the area could enable Ukrainian forces to begin operating beyond the densest of the Russian minefields that have held up the counteroffensive launched in early June, it said.

Ukraine says it gains foothold in strategic southeastern village

Ukraine said on Tuesday its troops had entered the strategic southeastern village of Robotyne, a potentially significant advance in its counteroffensive against Russian forces.
www.reuters.com

Robotyne is about 40 km southeast of Zaporizhia.
 
I liked reading "tactically significant" on ISW last night with respect to advances around Robotyne. Very good news and sounds good to me.

"ISW previously assessed that Ukrainian attacks on Robotyne are tactically significant because a Ukrainian advance in the area may allow Ukrainian forces to begin operating past the densest Russian minefields."
 

It looks like they're driving towards Melitopol.
 

I sure hope they can exploit this movement. I also hope the Ukrainians can bring in medium and long-range SAMs to kill the Russian heloes this would surely draw out of the woodwork.
 
Thumpalumpacus said:
I sure hope they can exploit this movement. I also hope the Ukrainians can bring in medium and long-range SAMs to kill the Russian heloes this would surely draw out of the woodwork.
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I wonder how many Kamovs are left in Russian service?

How many KA-52 (alligator) helicopters does Russia have left? They seem to fall from the skies with regularity and are expensive to repla...

Answer (1 of 10): Okay, Russia claims to have built a couple hundred. We know that means about half that number will actually be any good at one time in terms of being able to fly in service. Russia has lost about 60, meaning there might be 40 or so that are serviceable at one time or another, a...
www.quora.com
 
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