re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict

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I saw one of those at the circus!

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Report of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation on the territory of Ukraine
as of October 3, 2022

??The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue a special military operation.

??More than 140 military personnel and 19 units of special military equipment were destroyed by missile strikes on the areas of concentration of manpower and military equipment in the Kupyansky direction in the area of ????the settlements of KUPYANSK, DVORECHNAYA and KURILOVKA of the Kharkiv region. The total losses of the enemy in the Kupyansk direction for three days of hostilities amounted to more than 500 military personnel and about 60 pieces of military equipment.

Massive fire damage was inflicted on enemy reserves, as well as units of the 66th mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in the Krasnolimansky direction in the SLAVYANSK region. During the day, up to 100 military personnel, six armored vehicles and two Grad MLRS combat vehicles were destroyed. The total losses of units of the 66th and 93rd mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in this direction for three days of hostilities amounted to more than 900 Ukrainian servicemen.

??More than 260 militants and 14 units of military equipment were destroyed in the Artyomovsky direction near the village of KALINOVKA as a result of a missile attack on the areas of concentration of manpower and military equipment of the 10th mountain assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

??In the Donetsk direction, over 100 Ukrainian servicemen of the 21st battalion of the 56th motorized infantry brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed as a result of repelling an enemy offensive attempt by the allied forces in the area of ??the settlement PERVOMAISKOE.

??On the Nikolaevsky and Andreevsky tactical directions, all attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were successfully repelled. As a result of the strike of the Russian Aerospace Forces on units of the 24th mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of ??\u200b\u200bthe settlement DAVYDOV BROD, Kherson region, up to 60 militants and seven pieces of military equipment were destroyed.

??With superior tank units in the direction of ZOLOTAYA BALKA, ALEKSANDROVKA, the enemy managed to wedge into the depths of our defense. Subdivisions of the Russian troops have occupied a pre-prepared defensive line and continue to inflict massive fire damage on the enemy. The loss of Ukrainian militants in the area amounted to about 130 personnel and 23 units of military equipment.

??In the Nikolaev-Krivoy Rog direction, Russian troops continued to conduct military operations to repel the enemy offensive.

??The strikes of operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery defeated 47 artillery units in firing positions, as well as enemy manpower and military equipment in 146 districts.

??Five depots of rocket and artillery weapons and ammunition were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of KRAMATORSK, ARTYOMOVSK, EXPERIMENTAL, YAMPOL of the Donetsk People's Republic and DOBRYANKA, Kherson region.

??A radar station of the Ukrainian S-300 anti-aircraft missile system was destroyed in the area of ??the settlement NIKIFOROVKA in the Donetsk People's Republic of the Russian Aerospace Forces.

??In the course of the counter-battery fight, three Ukrainian batteries of the Grad MLRS were hit in the areas of the settlements of TsVETKOVE, SVYATOPETROVKA and YABLOKOVO in the Zaporizhia region during the day.

??Three unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down by means of air defense in the areas of the settlements of VALERYANOVKA of the Donetsk People's Republic, KUPYANSK of the Kharkiv region and BOROZENSKOE of the Kherson region.

??In addition, 15 shells of the American HIMARS multiple launch rocket system were destroyed in the air in the areas of the settlements of NOVAYA KAKHOVKA, VESELOYE and NOVAYA ZBURYEVKA in the Kherson region.

??In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 310 aircraft, 155 helicopters, 2137 unmanned aerial vehicles, 378 anti-aircraft missile systems, 5292 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 860 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 3444 field artillery guns and mortars, and also 6189 units of special military vehicles.

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???????? About the effective counter-battery fight by the Armed Forces of Ukraine

We will slightly supplement our post about GIS systems and lists of targets for fire damage used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

It was only about receiving coordinates from the satellite in real time. To calculate the actual timing for updating satellites is already a direct engineering task, in the current conditions it is extremely difficult to implement.

But this is not necessary to achieve the goal.

??How does satellite reading work?

The enemy's satellite constellation certainly provides intelligence to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. And this information forms the base layer on the maps of the GIS system. Partial automation of satellite data processing with technology pattern recognition cannot be ruled out.

But in any case, there are several nuances:


??adding data from the image recognition system from images to the GIS database is carried out by operators (is a potato harvester very different from a howitzer or a car with firewood from a MLRS on a satellite image?);

?? US reconnaissance satellites, like all satellites, conduct strip photography (for example, 20x10 km with a resolution of 0.3 m), simultaneous shooting of the entire theater is not carried out, shooting in rain or through clouds is not carried out, night infrared shooting is uninformative.

??Updating a layer with satellite data entails a time delay of about an hour (at best). And this is without taking into account weather factors. Space reconnaissance means do not provide "real-time monitoring of the front."

But to control the movement of your equipment (remember the posts of Alexander Kots and Daniil Bezsonov about beacons) is extremely simple. Moreover, since 2015, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been armed with the American AN / TPQ-36 counter-battery radar, as well as dozens of other versions of AN / TPQ-36, 37, 50 and so on, which are also tied to the air defense system.

And here they are, yes, they work - moreover, efficiently and quickly.

??How does it work?

As soon as the launch is carried out by the RF Armed Forces, data is received on the tablet of the APU flight commander. He monitors the launch area in real time, sees the beacons of his own equipment, sees which guns are closest to the target.

And through the same tablet, the flight commander gives the command. Communication is provided through Starlink complexes.

This scheme presumably includes the American HIMARS MLRS and M777 howitzers, to which the United States could easily transfer special control and communication systems. Return fire comes in up to 5 minutes, which is impossible when pointing manually with the available accuracy.

??What is the result?

Initial data always comes from military satellites every few hours: they allow you to determine the main areas of work. After that, UAVs and counter-battery radars come into play, which know exactly where to work.

The allegedly real-time data feed is ensured by the integration of all components into the GIS system, including through NATO communication tools. All this takes time.

This is not an online update every 30 seconds. But in fact, this is not required.

A video about TV, beautiful, yes. Why should the layman know the nuances?

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I saw one of those at the circus!

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The capacity of Russians to lie to themselves is limitless.

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All in all, should be an interesting da

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Even Girkin is getting nervous re. Oskil and Svatove. Admits Russians will only be able to defend for weeks and there's no guarantee anything will change later.

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