re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict.

The Flamingo has arrived! Not only a range of +1800km, but a 3-Pointer upon arrival.

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The successful use of the FP-5 may point to a significant upgrade of the missile, most likely the integration of a TERCOM (Terrain Contour Matching) system that enables flight at very low altitudes. TERCOM works by using a radio altimeter or specialized radar to read the terrain beneath the missile and compare it to a pre-loaded reference “map.”

The lower a cruise missile flies, the more effectively it evades air defense systems and radar detection. At the same time, the primary role of TERCOM is to provide a satellite-independent navigation system, greatly increasing the missile’s resistance to electronic warfare jamming, the experts add.

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Just to add another layer onto the Rybar cake -

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Russia likely invented a Ukrainian “counteroffensive” near Zaporizhzhia to cover up its own fake advance reports, ISW says

The think tank assessed that Russian forces overstated their gains near Oleksandrivka and Huliaipole and are now using claims of Ukrainian counterattacks to walk back positions they never actually held.

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Russian forces are likely fabricating claims of a Ukrainian "counteroffensive" near the Dnipropetrovsk-Zaporizhzhia regional borders to cover up earlier false reports about their own advances in the area, according to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).

Ukraine's Southern Defense Forces denied any counteroffensive, saying the frontline remains at least 10-15 km from Ternuvate, which Russian forces tried to claim they had seized.

This comes as part of a broader pattern of Russia's false claims — from Kupiansk to Pokrovsk to Huliaipole — designed to project an image of inevitable Russian victory as fighting grinds on across southern and eastern Ukraine and US-brokered peace talks continue.

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ISW says Col. Vladyslav Voloshyn, spokesperson for Ukraine's Southern Defense Forces, denied Russian milbloggers' claims about an alleged Ukrainian "counteroffensive" at the Dnipropetrovsk-Zaporizhzhia Oblast border. Ukrainian troops in the sector are carrying out recon and search operations targeting Russian infiltration and sabotage groups, he said. Such operations fall far short of a counteroffensive, he noted.

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ISW said Voloshyn noted that Russian forces have been inflating their advances in the area and assessed that they are now trying to use claims of a Ukrainian counteroffensive to manage their lies. The think tank separately noted that Russian milbloggers have themselves been voicing widespread frustration over a systemic pattern of commanders filing fabricated progress reports up the chain of command.

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Fun fact: the Battle of Stalingrad lasted 199 days. The Battle of Pokrovsk has lasted +/- 574 days, which will soon be 3 times as long. The Nazi Germans lost +/- 500 tanks while the Nazi Russians have lost over 600 tanks in Pokrovsk, and they still can't take the town. Russia is weak and losing. It's only a matter of time before they collapse.

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Apologies to Wee Wee, I just now see that he already posted this. Good enough for a repost, but with credit this time.

Just several more days to 4 years into the day special military operation. If that is not an epic failure, I don't know what is

FESCO did not kick enough up to Putin

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Rybar is already having to show Ukrainian advances to correct its overstating Russian gains.

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I think it is more than that. I am starting to think the hypothesis that Ukraine went on the offensive to improve their positions for Russians spring offensive is the most valid of all the hypothesizes put out this week regarding this offensive.

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Some just have no comprehension of what strategic means.

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You can say the man's name. Vladimir Putin is the one who has no strategy. It is surprising that he has not adapted. Ukraine has been able to neutralize or greatly demise the effect of Russia's human wave tactics by deploying unmanned ground vehicles with machine guns mounted to them. Russia has not gained any real significant strategic goals and has lost many many many men since then. Russia's reverting back to its historic approach of overwhelming positions with numbers worked in 2023 and part of 2024. However, it has not worked for at least the last 18 months or so, and Russia has shown no change in its tactics over that time frame.

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Some just have no comprehension of what strategic means.


You can say the man's name

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He is likely talking about me, because I make fun of him for believing areas like Pokrovsk have no importance at all today when Ukraine has invested notable if not significant resources into holding and retaking it. Which, as an army that is fairly successfully defending against Russia with little raw territorial losses, they would not be doing for an area that isn't advantageous to control.

Maybe that fake technology he was supposedly developing gave him some inside info that he isn't sharing though, that is certainly a possibility.

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He is likely talking about me

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Look at your narcissism shining through.

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You can say the man's name. Vladimir Putin is the one who has no strategy.

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frick, maybe you're putin

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he's about a foot shorter than I am

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He's shorter than Zelinsky so a midget IMO.

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Ukraine’s General Staff confirmed that a strike in Rostov on Don on the night of Jan 13-14 destroyed three containers with FPV drones and components. According to preliminary data, about 6,000 FPV drones were destroyed and several other containers with UAVs were damaged. The target was a logistics warehouse in an industrial zone that handled container deliveries and regional distribution.

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