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re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Posted on 8/1/22 at 4:28 pm to RLDSC FAN
Posted on 8/1/22 at 4:28 pm to RLDSC FAN
$550 Million in Additional Security Assistance for Ukraine
Aug. 1, 2022
Today, the Department of Defense (DoD) announces the authorization of a Presidential Drawdown of security assistance valued at up to $550 million to meet Ukraine's critical security and defense needs. This authorization is the Biden Administration's seventeenth drawdown of equipment from DoD inventories for Ukraine since August 2021.
Capabilities in this package include equipment the Ukrainians are using effectively to defend their country such as:
1. 75,000 rounds of 155mm artillery ammunition;
2. Additional ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS).
DoD Press Release
Aug. 1, 2022
Today, the Department of Defense (DoD) announces the authorization of a Presidential Drawdown of security assistance valued at up to $550 million to meet Ukraine's critical security and defense needs. This authorization is the Biden Administration's seventeenth drawdown of equipment from DoD inventories for Ukraine since August 2021.
Capabilities in this package include equipment the Ukrainians are using effectively to defend their country such as:
1. 75,000 rounds of 155mm artillery ammunition;
2. Additional ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS).
DoD Press Release
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Posted on 8/1/22 at 4:54 pm to aTmTexas Dillo
I am right with the Lord that's the whole point. The non believers are living in fear and lash out at anyone who goes against the grain. Good luck to you.
Posted on 8/1/22 at 5:03 pm to cypher
A giant traffic jam of civilians trying to get out of #Kherson accumulates in front of the #Antonovskiy bridge.
People are listening to the call to leave town.
at :06 of the video you can see the bridge in the distance to get an idea of the number of vehicles
Twitter Video
People are listening to the call to leave town.
at :06 of the video you can see the bridge in the distance to get an idea of the number of vehicles
Twitter Video
Posted on 8/1/22 at 5:08 pm to cypher
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2. Additional ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS).
I guess the Russians haven't taken out all of them yet.
Posted on 8/1/22 at 5:33 pm to aTmTexas Dillo
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I guess the Russians haven't taken out all of them yet.
They damn sure took out the two that were hiding on the second floor of that building!
Posted on 8/1/22 at 5:38 pm to lowspark12
One of my wife's friends is married to a Serbian guy. They spend a month or so there every summer and are over there right now. AFAIK they're not too concerned about the latest fracas with Kosovo and may not even be aware of it.
This post was edited on 8/1/22 at 6:11 pm
Posted on 8/1/22 at 6:13 pm to aTmTexas Dillo
or even any.
Posted on 8/1/22 at 6:14 pm to cypher
Northern Front Update:
https://twitter.com/WarMonitor3/status/1554200660308103174
https://twitter.com/WarMonitor3/status/1554200660308103174
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Bakhmut/Soledar Frontline
Russian forces are making gains towards Bakhmut and Soledar and have captured a number of settlements.
Captured Settlements-Pokrovs'ke, Vershyna, Semyhirja and Novoluhans'ke
Fighting continues around Travneve, Kodema, Zaitseve, Bakhmuts'ke and Soledar
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Bakhmut Frontline
Russian forces are attempting to capture 5 key settlements surround Bakhmut.
Fighting continues for Travneve, Kodema and Zaitseve. So far all assaults are being repelled.
This post was edited on 8/1/22 at 6:15 pm
Posted on 8/1/22 at 6:17 pm to cypher
Interesting conversation with a biz friend head of a much large fish than I am, in the process equipment business. They had already shutdown their Moscow office but for an email address several years go. There wasn't any growth in Russian manufacturing to justify having anyone employed there. Ukraine office had to relocate to London/Poland but was the rockstar of all their overseas offices in sales. Full intent on capitalizing on all the sales in a year so closure in Donetsk is temporary.
Meanwhile they are sponsoring two refuge centers in Krakow tending to lots of women and children. Also, sales in Poland are going along just fine as Polish companies still investing in expansion and/or modernization from Soviet Era crap process equipment
Meanwhile they are sponsoring two refuge centers in Krakow tending to lots of women and children. Also, sales in Poland are going along just fine as Polish companies still investing in expansion and/or modernization from Soviet Era crap process equipment
Posted on 8/1/22 at 7:19 pm to aTmTexas Dillo
They haven’t destroyed all of them? Russia still hasn’t managed to destroy the first one. The HIMARS ammo dump they supposedly hit was a warehouse full of straw. The HIMARS ammo is mission critical I would think Ukraine is smart enough to store it in bunkers or underground areas that can withstand air strikes.
Posted on 8/1/22 at 7:34 pm to cypher
Ukraine needs to get their manufacturing capability going in the west away from the front lines to make ammunition and other weapons. We can’t keep giving all our stockpiles away with the China situation. I’m all for keeping Ukraine in the fight because beating back Russia is huge on the world stage and good for America but we are at a dangerous level with our military. China is pumping out planes, tanks and ships and we are subtracting instead of adding. The HIMARS was a smart way to give Ukraine a big help without really messing with our own capabilities since those systems are relatively easy to replace but eventually we must start building our own forces back up. It’s a very slippery slope we are on right now. I don’t like getting political here but I really do wish Trump was still in office. He understood that our military is the reason we are the world leader and right now it needs refitting and time to restock. It’s fine and the right thing to do to help a country like Ukraine but at the same time we should be raising the level of munitions we are producing. Britain is in the same boat. They said if they had to go to war with Russia that they only have about 2 weeks of ammunition available after giving to Ukraine.
Posted on 8/1/22 at 7:38 pm to LSUPilot07
We aren’t going to war with China bro, no major trading partners have ever gone to war. I mean who is going to buy their shite???
Posted on 8/1/22 at 7:38 pm to LSUPilot07
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They haven’t destroyed all of them? Russia still hasn’t managed to destroy the first one. The HIMARS ammo dump they supposedly hit was a warehouse full of straw. The HIMARS ammo is mission critical I would think Ukraine is smart enough to store it in bunkers or underground areas that can withstand air strikes.
I wasn't serious. But Russia has said they've destroyed some on more than one occasion.
Posted on 8/1/22 at 7:56 pm to LSUPilot07
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Ukraine needs to get their manufacturing capability going in the west away from the front lines to make ammunition and other weapons.
Poland is already tooled for and making Soviet Era compatible ammo. The rest has to come from nations for the weaponry.
The entire west, not just Poland should have given a LOT of help immediately. One thing which I learned in auctions, and this is one to an extent for Russia, is bid with a big number to let everyone know that you are serious to keep ending bid lower. If you are serious, others back down knowing they won't out bid you
Posted on 8/1/22 at 8:07 pm to aTmTexas Dillo
Isw update
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The Russian withdrawal of some troops from northern Donetsk Oblast will deprive the Slovyansk effort of necessary combat power, in the same way that Russian forces neglected the Zaporizhia and Kherson Oblasts fronts during offensive operations in Luhansk Oblast
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Russian forces are reportedly continuing to transfer troops from northern Donetsk Oblast to support defensive positions in southern Ukraine and may be halting the Slovyansk campaign for the time being.
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ISW assesses that Russian forces were responsible for the killing of 53 Ukrainian POWs in an explosion at a Russian-controlled prison in Olenivka, Donetsk Oblast on July 28
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Key Takeaways
ISW assesses that Russian forces were responsible for the July 28 attack on the Olenivka prison that killed 53 Ukrainian POWs; two anonymous US officials confirmed that there is no evidence that Ukrainian forces used US-provided HIMARS, some of the only munitions Ukraine has that are precise enough to do the kind of limited damage seen in satellite and other imagery, to strike the prison.
Russian forces are transferring elements of the Eastern Military District (EMD) from the Slovyansk area to support defensive positions along the Southern Axis.
Russian forces did not conduct any offensive operations north of Slovyansk or around Siversk.
Russian forces conducted unsuccessful ground assaults on settlements south and southeast of Bakhmut.
Russian proxy authorities did not claim any territorial gains near Avdiivka as Russian forces launched unsuccessful ground assaults on Avdiivka and Pisky.
Russian regional officials are reportedly failing to provide promised payments to the “Atal” Volunteer Battalion of the Republic of Chuvashia.
The Kremlin is likely prioritizing propaganda and sham referenda over the welfare of Ukrainian civilians in occupied Ukrainian territories.
Russian occupation forces are likely increasing efforts to deter and suppress partisan movements in occupied territories as partisan attacks on Russian officials and Ukrainian collaborators continue.
Posted on 8/1/22 at 8:13 pm to StormyMcMan
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two anonymous US officials confirmed that there is no evidence that Ukrainian forces used US-provided HIMARS, some of the only munitions Ukraine has that are precise enough to do the kind of limited damage seen in satellite and other imagery, to strike the prison.
Well then what did the Russians hit it with?
Posted on 8/1/22 at 8:18 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
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Well then what did the Russians hit it with?
On the detail it said this
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Satellite and other imagery from the site indicate that the attack only damaged one building, did not collapse the walls of that building, and did not leave any shell craters in the vicinity, very strongly suggesting that the destruction of the prison was the result of either a precision strike or an internally planted incendiary or explosive
Given the lack of HIMARS debris, they are saying it is a Russian attack
Posted on 8/1/22 at 8:36 pm to CitizenK
Exactly. All the Baltic countries and Poland should have sent everything they possibly could since they would be basically fighting for them. Poland has done an admirable job sending 250 tanks and other weapons but they did it because we promised to refit them with our weapons. It’s good they are making old Soviet rounds because they still have a lot of those weapons available.
Posted on 8/1/22 at 9:33 pm to CitizenK
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The entire west, not just Poland should have given a LOT of help immediately.
In their defense....no one really knew how long the Ukrainians would resist. We didnt want to give them all kinds of major weapon systems if they just fold in two weeks.
It looks like the early arming and training was in preparation for a insurgency more so than a extended high intensity conflict.
Posted on 8/1/22 at 9:34 pm to StormyMcMan
No prison guards harmed
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