re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict

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The esprit de corps of this forced pressed foreign legion will certainly be outstanding.

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Join the Russian Army they said.
See parts of Central Asia they said.

Latest Perun and its saying that Russia is in fact increasing weapons production, but there is more

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If the Ukrainians can’t fly at altitude, then it won’t change how the Russians fly, and how they use their aircraft.

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What altitude do they need to fire AMRAAM missiles? Can the f-16 see over the horizon? At 5,000 feet, you would still have line of sight for almost 100 miles.

Lacking any shelters for their bombers, Russia has resorted to covering wings with tires to try to camouflage them enough to help hide them from drones.

This is truly pathetic.





The Russian "Fighterbomber" Telegram channel can only resort to humor and philosophy to process this: LINK

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There is such a topic in science. I don't remember exactly what it's called, but the idea is that a group of scientists randomly mix various ingredients in the hope of obtaining substances previously unknown to science. With the goal of world peace, of course.

It seems to me that the tires on the Tu95x are from this series.

Let's kick it and see what happens. Especially tires, they are free and there are a lot of them. They will ask from the upper headquarters "did you take measures there?" Unsubscribe that "so exactly!" Accepted, commander! Increased amplification of armor penetration and stealth of strategists. And at least the drone operator will go nuts, and while he consults with Nata, what kind of garbage is this, the drone will capture the chipboard with a bayonet-knife.

Well, I have no other assumptions the frick it was done. Although I have a complete order with fantasy.
From above they demanded to do something and report back. Something was done and reported. Everyone is happy. NATO is in shock. As usual.

At the same time, we must understand that we do not have a war. We have SVO. And in the NWO, not only are gabions for building shelters for aircraft and personnel not allowed, you are not even allowed sandbags.

Here we enjoy the views of tires from satellites.

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Ukrainian Armed Forces set a record for the number of destroyed Russian artillery in August. 691. It was hard to surpass the results of June and July, but still, it was done.

With an average of over 22 systems per day, this goes a long way in explaining the recent success of the Ukrainian offensive.

Source: the Information Resistance group LINK

From what i read, Russia has less percent self-propelled artillery now per piece that is deployed. with more towed on the battlefield, they are more susceptible to counter battery and drone, but also more expendable, unless you lose crews in the process

Zelensky just dismissed Ukrainian Defense Secretary Oleksii Reznikov.

There was a scandal something like four months ago with the Ukrainian MoD purchasing vastly overpriced food rations, and Reznikov was almost fired then, but he survived that corruption scandal.

This week, though, it was discovered that the Ukrainian MoD purchased 233,000 winter jackets for troops for this upcoming winter, and the jackets turned out to be lightweight, and the per unit cost somehow went from $28 each when they left the Turkish manufacturer up to $86 each when the Ukrainian MoD paid for them.

And naturally, the jackets were procured through a company that turned out to be owned by the nephew of a powerful politician.

Here's a LINK, if you want the details of this particular scandal.

In any case, even though there's no allegation that Reznikov has personally enriched himself in any way, it's clear that he is unable to control the corruption in the department.

It's worth noting that both of these scandals were uncovered by Ukrainian media, and Zelensky really had no choice but to dismiss Reznikov, as public pressure was intense, and Zelensky can hardly claim to be rooting out corruption if he continues to allow it in the MoD.

From reading between the lines, I've also gathered that a number of military experts do not think that Reznikov has been particularly good at his job. So, while of course Reznikov had valuable relationships with Sec. Austin and others, I'm not sure that his dismissal is a loss for the Ukrainian war effort.

Constantine is a Ukrainian veteran who now lives in Texas and raises money for drones and other supplies, and he is also a valuable commentator with many connections inside the Ukrainian military.

His comments:

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New minister Rustem Umerov is installed and I wish him to be the best minister Ukraine could have.

Regarding Reznikov. While he became famous on twitter for having #NAFO profile picture, and cool videos and trolling, inside Ukraine and among average soldiers he became famous for:

- failing to procure blood stopping medical supplies, such as tourniquets
- failing to develop first aid training programs for the soldiers, literally no soldiers have basic medical training
- Procuring overpriced food provisions, one of the famous cases was buying eggs for a price of $6 per dozen
- Media attacks on journalists for reporting corruption
- calling small qaudrocopter drones “wedding drones” and calling them useless. While entire frontline depends on them, our ministry failed to buy them or create conditions for charities to seemlessly supply them.
- Buying overpriced jackets and attacking journalists for reporting about it
- installing a puppet deputy Hanna Malyar from a show Battle of Psychics.
- facilitating media attacks on military, OSINT experts and foreign journalists that highlight problems in Ukrainian military

Overall I am happy about the change, but remain skeptical until we see actual changes behind the facade.

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I'm sure that our Politard friends will be here any minute to tell us that for a Jewish President Zelensky to replace a Jewish defense minister (Reznikov) with a Muslim defense minister (Umerov) obviously just proves to a greater degree what a Nazi country Ukraine is.

Stormy, please forgive me for stealing your job temporarily, but I thought that this part of tonight's ISW report was particularly interesting (and certainly optimistic for Ukraine), and I wanted to go ahead and highlight it now:

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Ukrainian military officers offered notably frank and direct commentary about the prospects of further Ukrainian advances in western Zaporizhia Oblast and indicated that the series of prepared Russian defensive positions immediately ahead and further south of the Ukrainian advance may be less challenging to Ukrainian forces. Ukrainian Tavriisk Group of Forces Commander Brigadier General Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, who commands the Ukrainian grouping in southern Ukraine, discussed Ukraine’s counteroffensive in an interview with The Guardian on September 2.[1] Tarnavskyi stated that Ukrainian forces have decisively breached Russian forces’ “first line of defense” and that he expects faster Ukrainian gains as Ukrainian forces press on a weaker “second line” of defense.[2] Ukrainian forces have advanced up to the next series of prepared Russian defensive positions in certain areas in the Robotyne area in western Zaporizhia Oblast, although many Russian sources assert that these positions are the first, not the second, defensive layer in a multi-echeloned Russian defense in southern Ukraine.[3] Ukrainian officials and Russian milbloggers are using different terminology to describe the same positions. Russian sources characterize the first series of positions that Ukrainian forces have previously breached as a forward line without giving it an ordinal number, and the series Ukrainian forces are currently approaching as the first main line of defenses — while Ukrainian forces characterize these positions as Russia’s second line of defenses.

Tarnavskyi stated that Russian forces devoted 60 percent of their time and resources into building the series of defensive positions that Ukrainian forces have now breached and only 20 percent each to the two subsequent defensive layers further south.[4] This breached series of Russian defensive positions consists of a system of interconnected Russian trenches and dugouts guarded by anti-tank ditches and dense minefields, and Tarnavskyi’s reporting supports ISW’s previous observation that Russian forces may have not extended similarly challenging preparations throughout subsequent series of defensive layers, particularly regarding the density of minefields.[5] Russian defensive positions are not uniform in strength across the frontline in western Zaporizhia Oblast, and Tarnavskyi’s description of weaker Russian defensive positions may refer only to the immediate Robotyne area. Tarnavskyi also commented on the weight of Ukrainian efforts elsewhere in southern Ukraine and suggested that the Ukrainian advance in western Zaporizhia Oblast is an operational priority.[6]

Ukrainian military officials particularly noted that advancing Ukrainian forces can operate more freely in areas with sparser Russian minefields. Ukrainian Tavriisk Group of Forces Spokesperson Oleksandr Shtupun stated on September 3 that minefields near the next series of Russian defensive positions are less dense than the initial defensive layer that Ukrainian forces advanced through.[7] Shtupun and Tarnavskyi both stated that Ukrainian forces are deploying more vehicles in these areas and maneuvering more equipment and troops towards the next Russian defensive layer, but they acknowledged that minefields will still present a significant threat.[8] Tarnavskyi stated that Ukrainian forces spent more time on mine clearing than they expected to at the beginning of the counteroffensive and that consistent Russian artillery and aviation fire forced Ukrainian infantry to conduct mine clearing only at night.[9] Shtupun added that heavy minefields forced Ukrainian breaching operations onto narrow paths — the exact intent of minefields under Russian defensive doctrine.[10] Ukrainian forces may now be better positioned to maneuver more freely in the tactical rear of the breached Russian defensive layer. Tarnavskyi’s description of the Russian minefields may pertain only to the immediate Robotyne area, and Ukrainian forces may encounter heavily dense minefields at certain sections of subsequent series of Russian defensive positions. Although Ukrainian forces certainly face further hard fighting regardless, Tarnavskyi characterized Ukrainian forces as having successfully broken through the most difficult Russian defenses.

Ukrainian military officials noted that the strength of the next series of Russian defensive positions around Robotyne will likely depend on Russian force composition in the area. Tarnavskyi stated that Ukrainian forces in the Robotyne area are destroying the Russian units that provide cover for retreating Russian forces and that Russian forces are operating in defensive “patches,” likely referring to strongpoints rather than a continuous defensive line.[11] Ukrainian Presidential Advisor Oleksandr Rodyansky stated that upcoming Russian defenses are not as well protected.[12] Shtupun also noted that Russian forces are deploying reserves of unknown quality to defend in the area.[13] Shtupun is likely referencing the lateral redeployment of previously degraded elements of the 7th Guards Airborne and 76th Guards Air Assault (VDV) Divisions to the Robotyne area from elsewhere in the theater.[14] Tarnavskyi stated that Russian forces are deploying reserves from both Ukraine and within Russia, likely referencing Ukrainian Main Military Intelligence (GUR) Head Kyrylo Budanov’s statement on September 1 that the Russian military deployed elements of a newly created “reserve army” (the 25th CAA) to allow Russian forces to conduct further lateral redeployments to strengthen the defense in southern Ukraine.[15] Tarnavskyi noted that Russian forces will run out of their best soldiers sooner or later, giving Ukrainian forces an impetus to attack more often.[16] Tarnavskyi acknowledged that Ukrainian forces are also losing their “strongest and best” and must therefore concentrate on certain areas of the front as a result.[17] Shtupun optimistically noted that additional Ukrainian successes will allow Ukrainian forces to commit more personnel to the ongoing Ukrainian breach of Russian defenses in western Zaporizhia Oblast.[18]

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