re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict.

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Lots of Russian strikes. I thought the Ukrainians were like the smartest people ever and invented drones

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Did you hear?? The average Russian recruit only lasts like 30 minutes at the front. Ghost of Kyiv bombs them all within minutes.

Putin's old KGB handbook tells him to attack residential buildings to terrorize them into submission.

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The Hit-Refinery-of-the-Day:

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Ukraine reportedly hit the AVT-6 processing unit. This facility previously processed 11% of Russia's gasoline. It was previously hit in May and then again on June 25th. Those previous strikes had already taken parts of the refinery offline. I suspect that today's strike will take the whole facility offline for major repairs.

My suspicion is that part of the greater effectiveness of Ukraine's recent refinery strikes is that they are systematically taking out components that cannot easily be replaced and repaired, either because those components use Western parts that are not easily obtained, or because of intelligence about shortages. Part of this is likely due to greater accuracy from Ukrainian long-range drones.

As I'm sure CitizenK and others here can testify, refineries generally have lots of redundancies. For example, a system inside the refinery that needs one motor is designed with two motors so that one can be taken offline and repaired if necessary, while the other runs and no production is lost. In this scenario, if Ukraine destroys one motor, then, in the short term, no real loss of production occurs. When Ukraine then hits the other motor, though, production stops. Production also stops if the motor simply breaks on its own. Russia is likely facing a cascade of failures as the difficulty of importing instruments and equipment increases pressure on remaining refineries to do everything possible to deliver gasoline.

And as Ukraine repeatedly takes refineries offline, the targeting list gets easier and easier to construct.

The transformer's heat signature make targeting easier. If the substation is burning, you know it's the transformer's cooling oil and you've hit the prime target. Nothing else there to burn like this. These units will not be replaced any time soon. Russians in these areas will have to get out the hurricane lamps and be extra thankful it's not winter.

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Rybar is reporting heavy fighting in the sloviansk direction

Translated from Russian using iPhone:

Units of the "South" group of troops liberated another settlement in the Slavic direction. On the northern flank, Piskunovka, which is west of Kriva Luka, came under the control of the Russian Armed Forces.

Althouth the guards of the 7th motorized rifle brigade have already deployed flags throughout the village, in its vicinity there is still the presence of Ukrainian formations, which occupy strongholds previously organized in the massif of chalk deposits.

Some time ago, when the Slavic direction was Seversky, the enemy was sometimes in such dugouts for several months, supplying himself with drones on Starlink. However, now the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have much more means of countering such tactics.

South of Krivaya Luka, in the forest strips between it and Kaleniki, such strongholds of Ukrainian formations have just been eliminated. This will allow us to continue to move west and expand wedging south of Seversky Donets.

Applications for the exit of Russian units almost to the outskirts of Nikolaevka have already appeared on the Internet. Nevertheless, these are very optimistic reports so far. Yes, small seepage groups and reconnaissance groups can already move towards this settlement. However, it's too early to talk about any fixations or hooks.

Fatters continue in the vicinity of the recently liberated Rai-Alexandrovka. Ukrainian formations are trying to stretch the clash in the nearest forest strips, as well as to keep the stronghold to the west of this settlement. The situation here remains difficult. It will be possible to improve it as the further offensive from Yurkovka to the north develops.

In parallel with the growth of activity on the line of contact, Russian units managed to increase the frequency of strikes on both Nikolaevka and Slavyansk-Kramatorsk agglomeration, which Ukrainian formations are now preparing for defense, saturating cities not only with personnel, but also with fortifications. In particular, on several streets of Kramatorsk, "egoza" and "tetrahedra" began to be installed right in the middle of the road.

And taking into account the campaign of strikes of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the enemy's logistics, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have already started a race against time for the opportunity to attract as many forces as possible to Slavyansk and neighboring settlements of the agglomeration, since the Armed Forces of Ukraine have more and more losses in the delivery of goods and personnel, and gas stations are burning almost throughout the frontline zone.

Unbelievable. But not unbelievable.

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Ukrainian services needed only 5 days to carry out an attack on the facility shown in the report, which was a "hero" of Russian television.

On June 21, Russian TV aired a report in the Vesti program. It showcased the behind-the-scenes work of the secret, strategic arms enterprise Titan-Barrikady in Volgograd.

Employees spoke on camera about unique, modern lathes and specialized machines imported LINK . from South Korea, the Czech Republic, or Italy. Journalists displayed the interiors of production halls, making it easier for Ukrainian analysts (including those from the InformNapalm group) to precisely locate key machines within the factory's structure.

And already on June 27, the SZU carried out a strike with FP-5 Flamingo cruise missiles on the facility presented in the report. Of the five missiles launched, at least three struck targets directly within the complex.

According to analyses of satellite images from July 1, it was precisely those halls containing the unique machine park that were destroyed.

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You do realize that if Russia announces a general mobilization, Ukraine is well and truly fricked.