"All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again."

[GrauGeist]

Erdogan is trying to play both sides of the aisle.

As it stands, this war has pulled back the curtain, exposing an entirely different Russia than they would have you beleive and leaders like Erdogan would do well to distance themselves from any reliance on Russia.

 

[GTX]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ckYz616rEc

 

[GTX]

Germany has provided Ukraine with a large package of military aid, and hundreds of thousands more shells are being prepared.

Germany has provided Ukraine with a large package of military aid, and hundreds of thousands more shells are being prepared. - Politics

ubn.news

 

[GTX]

Russia Restores and Analyzes Captured Ukrainian Marder 1A3 IFV in Revealing Video | Defense News April 2024 Global Security army industry | Defense Security global news industry army year 2024 | Archive News year

Russia Restores and Analyzes Captured Ukrainian Marder 1A3 IFV tracked Armored Infantry Fighting Vehicle in Revealing Video

www.armyrecognition.com

 

[GTX]

Russia returns aircraft from boneyard for war in Ukraine

Russia returns heavy transport planes from the airplane cemetery, known as the “boneyard,” due to a dearth of transport capabilities necessary for its ongoing war in Ukraine. Recent reports from Russian media outlets reveal that the huge AN-124 Condor cargo aircraft has been transported to the...

defence-blog.com

 

[GTX]

The Russian Army Just Launched The Biggest Tank Assault Of The War

'It is amazing the amount of stupid, mindless ... meat that dies in bundles,' the Ukrainian air-assault forces’ 25th Brigade mused after it wrecked the Russian column.

www.forbes.com

 

[GTX]

The Russians Sent A Platoon Of Grenade-Hurling Robotic Mini-Tanks Into Battle. The Ukrainians Blew Up The ‘Bots In The Usual Way: With Drones.

When armed ground robots finally do become standard equipment in Russian regiments, they’ll need defenses against armed aerial robots.

www.forbes.com

 

[GTX]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvAq_UGYvDM

 

[GTX]

A long one but worth the watch in the context of the broader Russian threat:


View: https://youtu.be/UsdGJrpC5tA?si=f4w7csOJvw7RLNEV

 

[GTX]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDnuKaj7kKE

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

Ukrainian forces appear to have repelled a Russian battalion-sized mechanized assault near Avdiivka, Donetsk Oblast, on March 30 — the first battalion-sized mechanized assault since Russian forces began the campaign to seize Avdiivka in late October 2023. A Ukrainian serviceman reported on March 31 that Russian forces, including elements of the Russian 6th Tank Regiment (90th Tank Division, Central Military District [CMD]), committed 36 tanks and 12 BMP infantry fighting vehicles (IFV) to a large-mechanized assault near Tonenke on March 30.[20] Geolocated imagery published on March 31 shows a large number of destroyed and damaged Russian armored vehicles and tanks along a road northwest of Tonenke (west of Avdiivka).[21] The Ukrainian serviceman stated that Ukrainian forces destroyed 12 Russian tanks and eight IFVs during the assault and noted that the frontal assault failed to breakthrough the Ukrainian line. This appears to be the first report of any elements of the 90th Tank Division participating in assaults following the Russian seizure of Avdiivka and ISW previously assessed that elements of the 90th Tank Division, alongside other Russian units and formations, likely represent a sizeable uncommitted operational reserve that the Russian military command can commit to continue and intensify efforts to push west of Avdiivka.[22] The elements of the 6th Tank Regiment appear to have failed in their March 30 attack near Tonenke, however, suggesting that elements of Russia's uncommitted operational reserve near Avdiivka may be too degraded or otherwise unable to lead further Russian advances westward in the short term.

Institute for the Study of War

This page collects ISW and CTP's updates on the conflict in Ukraine. In late February 2022, ISW began publishing daily synthetic products covering key events related to renewed Russian aggression against Ukraine.

www.understandingwar.org

 

[Denniss]

It seems the russian drove into a prepared battelfield AKA Trap - several mine hits, german distant mines DM22 were also used, and lots of ATGM fire decimated them. plus the usual drones and some art fire.

 

[MiTasol]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvAq_UGYvDM

You have to admit though that Times Radio has claimed many times over the last year that Putin is doomed and yet he is still there. I treat Times Radio with the same level of trust as I do magazines like New No Idea who claimed the Princess of Wales was pregnant dozens of times without any of them being true

 

[Ascent]

View: https://twitter.com/Osinttechnical/status/1775049233084641449?t=2BKJDLIi5RgfOWj-_5hvIA&s=19

 

[Denniss]

They felt safe, wondered about the low flying plane then boom and everyone goes to cover .....
Looked quite big for a drone, did they use a small Piper/Cessna plane for this?

More vids

Enterprises in Tatarstan under drone attack

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newsukraine.rbc.ua

EDIT: seen reports this is a "droned" Aeroprakt A-22 Foxbat

 

[GTX]

You have to admit though that Times Radio has claimed many times over the last year that Putin is doomed and yet he is still there. I treat Times Radio with the same level of trust as I do magazines like New No Idea who claimed the Princess of Wales was pregnant dozens of times without any of them being true

I agree on the claims that he is finished/doomed (and it isn't just Times Radio that is guilty of that), though I do find the interviews informative and thought provoking.

 

[GTX]

View: https://twitter.com/Osinttechnical/status/1775049233084641449?t=2BKJDLIi5RgfOWj-_5hvIA&s=19

They felt safe, wondered about the low flying plane then boom and everyone goes to cover .....
Looked quite big for a drone, did they use a small Piper/Cessna plane for this?

More vids

Enterprises in Tatarstan under drone attack

Read more

newsukraine.rbc.ua

EDIT: seen reports this is a "droned" Aeroprakt A-22 Foxbat

More reporting:

Russia's Shahed-136 Factory Attacked By Light Plane Converted Into A Drone

One of Ukraine’s longest-range drone attack ever targeted the plant in Russia that makes Shahed kamikaze drones.

www.twz.com

 

[GTX]

Ukraine Situation Report: Russian Armor Massacre At Avdiivka

Reports suggest 20 Russian vehicles were destroyed in what may have been one of the biggest single assaults of its kind in the war so far.

www.twz.com

 

[GTX]

Pearson Engineering selected by UK MOD to provide equipment to defeat explosives in Ukraine - Pearson Engineering

Pearson Engineering has secured a contract from the UK’s MOD to provide equipment to defeat the threat of mines and IEDs to Ukrainian Armed Forces

www.pearson-eng.com

 

[GTX]

Ukraine to get more mine clearing systems from UK

Pearson Engineering, a renowned provider of military engineering solutions, has been selected by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) to supply equipment aimed at neutralizing the pervasive threat of mines and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Ukraine. As noted by the company, as Ukraine...

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