Ukraine - Russia Conflict


Is Iran 'ripping Putin off'?

However, a separate annex to the contract comprises another table of the same kind of ammunition.

It lists 10 different products - each one a varying size or specification of different ammunition rounds.

It also includes the price of each 100-piece batch.

The total - for just 1,000 rounds - adds up to $1,013,100.

Colonel Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, a former army officer, said he thought this was quite expensive if it was for such a relatively small quantity. "Let's hope the Iranians are ripping [Vladimir] Putin off!" he said.
 

As per Russian claim heavy damage was inflicted upon Ukranian assault . Ukraine had attacked with six mechanised and two tank battalions in southern Donetsk . 250 Ukrainian troops , 16 tanks, three infantry fighting vehicles and 21 armoured combat vehicles were taken out by Russian defence formation .


From Russain perspective 1 tank battalion means 30/40 tanks ( for Americans it 50/60 ) . That means it was nt some random border assault .

The newly raised Ukraine units have 30 tanks.

They need more tanks from the West to raise the numbers to NATO standard battalion.
Otherwise the counter offensive, wait and see, the ukr are right to be patient. The Russians have massed some of their "best" units in the Svatove and Bakhmut sectors. From what I know, the Russian units holding the soft underbelly are rather average (mediocre), and for a long time faced Ukrainian units which were also inexperienced, but which have turned over in the last few weeks/months to make way for units from the Donbass front which are much more aggressive. The Russian 2nd echelon on this line is a little more experienced. Above all, things aren't going very well on the Russian side (no leave, the units never leave the theatre, at best they're sent a few kilometres back to rest from time to time).

No comment on the Belgorod sector, just raids and noise.

A fairly significant Russian offensive towards Pervomaiske last week (defeated, with around twenty vehicles destroyed).

Another on the Kremnina/Lyman axis (again defeated, probably on a smaller scale).

The Russians would like to attack Kupiansk but the terrain is VERY much to the Ukrainians' advantage (hills, behind a river, with open fields in front). A lot of Ukrainian bridge-building activity around Kharkiv. The Russians fear an attack towards Ourazovo on their territory, which would force them to evacuate the part of Kharkiv oblast that they still hold.

The Chechens have started gathering near Siversk.

Correction: Marinka.

Actually both... Chechens are pushing in the forests north of Siversk.
 
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Above all, things aren't going very well on the Russian side (no leave, the units never leave the theatre, at best they're sent a few kilometres back to rest from time to time).

It's irrelevant when you consider most Ukraine units are not at full strength, mostly less than 50%.

No comment on the Belgorod sector, just raids and noise.

A fairly significant Russian offensive towards Pervomaiske last week (defeated, with around twenty vehicles destroyed).

Another on the Kremnina/Lyman axis (again defeated, probably on a smaller scale).

The Russians would like to attack Kupiansk but the terrain is VERY much to the Ukrainians' advantage (hills, behind a river, with open fields in front). A lot of Ukrainian bridge-building activity around Kharkiv. The Russians fear an attack towards Ourazovo on their territory, which would force them to evacuate the part of Kharkiv oblast that they still hold.

Russia’s defense ministry said on Friday that the “Akhmat” group of Chechen special forces were waging an offensive near the town of Mariinka, in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk.

Akhmat commander Apti Alaudinov said on Thursday that his forces were being moved to “another area” in preparation for a counter-offensive, but did not say where the troops were or where they were going.


The second location is very likely around Siversk-Kremina.

So with the Wagner withdrawing temporarily, the Chechens are now leading offensives.
 
Russia’s defense ministry said on Friday that the “Akhmat” group of Chechen special forces were waging an offensive near the town of Mariinka, in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk.

Akhmat commander Apti Alaudinov said on Thursday that his forces were being moved to “another area” in preparation for a counter-offensive, but did not say where the troops were or where they were going.


The second location is very likely around Siversk-Kremina.

So with the Wagner withdrawing temporarily, the Chechens are now leading offensives.
Expect Russian deaths to increase markedly then.

Currently on Liveuamap:

Russian Telegram channel claims losing of Novodonetske village at Velyka Novosilka frontline​



Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Hanna Maliar: Ukrainian military advanced 200-1600 meters at Orikhovo-Vasylivka and Paraskoviivka, 100-700 meters at Ivanivske, Klischyivka​



According to head of PMC Wagner mercenaries Russian troops have partially withdrawn from Berkhivka village near Bakhmut​


 
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Expect Russian deaths to increase markedly then.

Currently on Liveuamap:

Russian Telegram channel claims losing of Novodonetske village at Velyka Novosilka frontline​



Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Hanna Maliar: Ukrainian military advanced 200-1600 meters at Orikhovo-Vasylivka and Paraskoviivka, 100-700 meters at Ivanivske, Klischyivka​



According to head of PMC Wagner mercenaries Russian troops have partially withdrawn from Berkhivka village near Bakhmut​



Picdel gave a clue about this:

From what I know, the Russian units holding the soft underbelly are rather average (mediocre), and for a long time faced Ukrainian units which were also inexperienced, but which have turned over in the last few weeks/months to make way for units from the Donbass front which are much more aggressive. The Russian 2nd echelon on this line is a little more experienced.

Basically, the first line are just mobik infantry, not motorised. They stay in the trenches and wait for enemy attack. So these regions, when attacked, easily fall to the Ukrainians. Post which, the Russian reserves move in to kill the out-of-place Ukrainians.

The Russians are fighting a very different war compared to the Ukrainians, meaning the Russians give up territory very easily when it suits them.
 
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Russian accounts are reporting Russian troops on the left bank of the Dnipro are taking heavy casualties and their situation is "extremely difficult". The map also confirms Ukraine has a large beach head in the area.

So the early part of the counteroffensive has begun. Pretty big losses on the Ukr side.

Random collection of edits from several other videos likely filmed previously.