"All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again." (5 Viewers)

[MiTasol]

wouldn't this be a good one to drop one of those fuel/air bombs on that they were talking about around 10 years back. Maximum death toll with minimum equipment damage if they were predicting right. Personally thought they were overhyped

 

[Escuadrilla Azul]

Per the above post it's 105 km away. Blast it first, capture it later.

Doable for specops with drones, I think.

Even an aerial attack could do it. UAF still have Su-24 operative.

Risky but I think worth it.

 

[RogerdeLluria]

UAF is advancing too fast. I can't learn all the names in a single day.

 

[buffnut453]

Another update:

The magenta line (see map) may be the new forward edge of the battle area. The Borozenske saliant was probably the initial fallback position late yesterday after the Ukrainians outflanked the Russians in the north and east (Davydiv Brod and Novovoznesens'ke). But it was not defensible as it left the Russians vulnerable to envelopment and attack on three sides--and stretched their forces which had to defend a longer front line. Shortening the front line by moving between Chkalove and Mylove makes more sense, even if the Russians had to cede more land. Th Ukrainians are less than 40kms from Beryslavka; a straight shot down the T-22-07 and from the T-0403 between Mylove and Beryslavka. Not looking good for the Russians.

What makes this ironic is that, in the summer, the Russians redeployed the 5th, 29th, 35th, 36th, 2nd, and 41st CAA away from the Izyum front to protect Kherson and Zaporizhzhia region. That weakened the Izyum-Kupyansk sector and led to the Ukrainian counter-offensive that negated most of Russian gains in Kharkiv, Luhansk, and Donetsk in the last six months. Yet even with the influx of these units in the south, the Russians are still at risk of losing Kherson and Zaporizhzhia.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Ukraine set up a hotline for Russian soldiers and their families to find out how to surrender.

Russian soldiers are surrendering en masse

VALENTYNA ROMANENKO - TUESDAY, 4 OCTOBER 2022, 11:46 The Chief Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine says that more than 2,000 Russian soldiers have contacted them over the past few weeks asking for an opportunity to surrender.

www.yahoo.com

 

[GTX]

Russia pushes ahead with annexation plan despite military retreats on southern fronts

The upper house of Russia's parliament votes to approve the four regions' incorporation into Russia, which taken together represent around 18 per cent of Ukraine.

www.abc.net.au

 

[GTX]

'Lost the ability to attack': Ukraine makes some of its biggest breakthroughs in south since war began

Ukrainian forces have broken through Russia's defences in the south of the country while expanding their rapid offensive in the east, reclaiming more territory in areas annexed by Moscow and threatening their foes' supply lines.

www.abc.net.au

 

[GTX]

Is Russia preparing to target vital Norwegian energy exports to Europe?

Recent drone activity close to Norwegian energy infrastructure has sparked calls for urgent security measures to prevent potential Russian sabotage of vital oil and gas exports to Europe in the coming months.

www.atlanticcouncil.org

 

[Glider]

I found it interesting that a number of the Russian reports comment on the superior and more numeric Ukraine armoured units. Then I came across this report stating that the Ukraine Army have captured their first T62 tanks. It looks as if the stories of the appalling state of the Russian reserves are true and its starting to bite

MSN

www.msn.com

 

[GTX]

Russia uses T-90S tanks originally bound for export customers

In the last few days, photos and videos that have appeared on social media show an export version of the T-90 tank in Ukraine. Russia faces depleting armor reserves after six months of significant losses in Ukraine and apparently decided to divert to its own forces T-90S tanks that were...

defence-blog.com

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

The Russians are in some deep kimche. It seems they got caught between two stools ... so to speak, of course.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Is Russia preparing to target vital Norwegian energy exports to Europe?

Recent drone activity close to Norwegian energy infrastructure has sparked calls for urgent security measures to prevent potential Russian sabotage of vital oil and gas exports to Europe in the coming months.

www.atlanticcouncil.org

That would certainly be an act of war against a NATO country.

 

[GTX]

US may establish new command in Germany to arm Ukraine: report

A final decision on the command is expected within the next few weeks.

www.defensenews.com

 

[Admiral Beez]

That would certainly be an act of war against a NATO country.

Hopefully USN, RN and French nuclear attack boats and along with Germany and Norway's SSKs are patrolling nearby. Poland has one Kilo-class SSK, but anything that acoustically sounds Russian might best be elsewhere.

It's also a good role for drones, but I think that tech is still a few years away.

US Navy Tests Autonomous Underwater Drone for Operational Intelligence Preparation

The US Navy has tested a prototype of the underwater drone Snakehead for an end-to-end IPOE mission at Narragansett Bay Test Facility.

www.thedefensepost.com

 

[Escuadrilla Azul]

Russia uses T-90S tanks originally bound for export customers

In the last few days, photos and videos that have appeared on social media show an export version of the T-90 tank in Ukraine. Russia faces depleting armor reserves after six months of significant losses in Ukraine and apparently decided to divert to its own forces T-90S tanks that were...

defence-blog.com

The final nail in the coffin for Rusia as a weapons exporter? Isn't nice to grab your customers hardware for own use.

 

[Greg Boeser]

The final nail in the coffin for Rusia as a weapons exporter? Isn't nice to grab your customers hardware for own use.

We'll give you a discount for "gently used" items.

 

[WARSPITER]

We'll give you a discount for "gently used" items.

No it's alright. We will wait until the war is over and buy them as army surplus from the Ukrainian ministry of Agriculture
(support farmers everywhere).

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

The final nail in the coffin for Rusia as a weapons exporter? Isn't nice to grab your customers hardware for own use.

To be fair America did that as well in WWII. P-400 springs to mind immediately. UK as well in WWI with that Chilean (?) battleship. I think it was the HMS Agincourt?

ETA: Not Chilean, Brazilian, then sold to Turks, then seized by England.

 

[fubar57]

If you stare at the photo long enough, you can hear the approach of a farm tractor...

 

[Greg Boeser]

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Won't work. Ukrainain tractors are scavengers. They'll drag anything off to their lairs.