Those Kherson advances are confirmed, the Russians were completely routed apparently - today should be interesting 👍
Those Kherson advances are confirmed
Yup the Deputy Head puppet of the Kherson region released a statement earlier, acknowledging UA breakthroughs but telling everyone that there's no need to panic..
So it's obviously worse than we realise thus far.
https://twitter.com/i/status/1576852075824447488
Also reports that in the East the UA are in the outskirts of Lyschansk!
This is a good article on how the Finns gave Ivan a bloody nose in the winter war. They obviously didn't invent it - I seem to remember the Germans using something similar to devastate the Romans in the Teutoberg Forest - but applied it to great effect.
Bit like the column for Kiev of course and other examples of how the UA have isolated, immobolised and then picked off superior Russian forces
Promising to fully engage direct nato action...
If the Tweet is correct, "The US and its allies...", which isn't necessarily NATO, although the US and its allies will probably also be members of NATO 🙂
This map apparently demonstrates what the UA are up to. Effectively creating another cauldron to isolate, trap and destroy more RF assets
This tactic was used by Russia during the 2015 battle for Debaltseve (Donetsk) when around 1000/6000 UKR troops were killed, wounded or captured.
The UKR break out was ingenious, sneaking civilian vehicles, ambulances, etc, in using minor roads and tracks
umm I don't think that is ingenious if true. Keep seeing reports of war crimes for Russians targetting civilian convoys. You can understand why if UKR is using civvy vehicles to infiltrate. I can see why they would and I want them to push Ru back, but you can't then call foul when they blow up any car or ambulance that moves....
I think that statement refers to the 2015 battle (after reading the wiki page).
Ah I thought he was referring to the current conflict, seemed a bit of a Co incidence there have been recent reports of civilian convoys being attacked
WTF does Putin think he's going to achieve by dumping untrained soldiers in a field without any equipment or supplies?
https://twitter.com/MrKovalenko/status/1576748568404074498
LMAO, it's finally dawned on Russians that looting military equipment might be a problem if you end up in a war.
https://twitter.com/novayagazeta_en/status/1576543270716555266
Dire conditions of the Russian Army. This video is from Russian social media & was filmed by one of the mobilized who was sent to Omsk.
Looks like Sunday night at a free party c. 1997 😆
Reports coming in that the RF is abandoning positions in Northern Kherson as threat of encirclement grows (I think they get that now). Apparently they will form a new defensive line running NW from Beryslav.
If this is true this would effectively hand the UA nearly 50% of the Kherson territory North of the Dnipro that has been occupied by the RF.
Which would be breathtaking and effectively mean that the RF will be out of Kherson North of the river sooner rather than later.
Of course with the river as an easily defendable boundary - and with the Eastern offensive taking up RF time and resources - this would then mean that the next move would almost certainly be a strike South from Zaporizhzhia towards Melitopol (and ultimately) the Crimea..
Blimey
Indeed a quick glance at Twitter suggest really sizeable movements in Kharkiv area - perhaps back to the Russian border, as well as movements in Kherson at a pace. It seems like the Ukrainians again have built up a pace of attack that just doesn't let the Russians pause to regroup.
Fingers crossed that this continues.
It seems like the Ukrainians again have built up a pace of attack that just doesn’t let the Russians pause to regroup.
Classic war of manoeuvre. Get inside your enemies decision making loop, so they can only respond after the situation has already changed.
The Allies 1918 and the Germans 1940.
It does look to be heading for a total collapse of the Russian forces. Fingers crossed.
With the 1.5 million uniforms that have gone 'missing', one has to wonder if they ever even existed? Bought and paid for obviously but actually manufactured?
I suppose that one of the reasons the offensives are progressing so swiftly is that there's a short cut in the re-supply chain, whereby the Ukranians don't have to shift munitions forward as the Russians are kindly supplying them in situ and the munitions are completely compatible with the shared post Soviet era equipment.
With the 1.5 million uniforms that have gone ‘missing’, one has to wonder if they ever even existed? Bought and paid for obviously but actually manufactured?
That does seem quite likely. They probably made 100 000 or something and took photos of them in different warehouses.
The Russians do seem to be on the run.
https://twitter.com/mhmck/status/1576611568942387200
Now, my military credentials are pretty much limited to watching Hollywood movies, but I always imagined that a forest would be a really good place to set up a defensive line.
https://twitter.com/WarMonitor3/status/1576896784344809474
Probably really easy to end up shooting your own side in the woods if you’re in disarray.
It's more likely the Russian uniforms didn't exit than that they were stolen - I can't imagine anyone wanting to look like a Russian soldier if they could avoid it (even in the Ru army).
Probably really easy to end up shooting your own side in the woods if you’re in disarray.
Yes, I can imagine that Russian officers might want to stay away.
This can't be real?
https://twitter.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1576961509749850112?s=20&t=utkSNDeDp-7R7IeWGJriOw
Well, with a pretty sheep like that, you'd not want to eat it all at once... 😵💫
That is something thats very similar to something thats come up before and was categorised as some to leave well alone and helps no one.
Russian Army eat meat shocker!!
@Piemonster. No goats involved in that particular clip, I believe. Just two consenting adults going about their business when some twisted individual, piloting a drone, drops a grenade on them.
WTF does Putin think he’s going to achieve by dumping untrained soldiers in a field without any equipment or supplies?
Preparing them for the reality of being dumped in Ukraine I imagine.
Just two consenting adults going about their business when some twisted individual, piloting a drone, drops a grenade on them.
Odd, ive seen what your referring to, thats not where im taken to by that link. 🤷♂️
Just two consenting adults going about their business when some twisted individual, piloting a drone, drops a grenade on them.
'Two consenting adults' = part of an army illegally invading a sovereign nation
'twisted individual, piloting a drone' = soldiers, defending their homeland.
I do have an issue with these videos being posted for titillation, but the drone pilots aren't 'twisted' and haven't done anything wrong.
“2 consenting adults”.....may be an assumption. May be a officer and some poor conscript being forced into something? Who knows. If it is 2 Russian soldiers in Ukraine I don’t have an issue with their demise.
Russian lines collapsing quicker than up ou can keep up with
https://twitter.com/tinso_ww/status/1577024783467700225?t=ffe5402hUei8ND3ICGnHow&s=19
What I don't understand is this: if no-one can cross that river easily, what's to stop the Russians shelling the shit out of the Ukranians on the other bank without fear of being attacked? Is it because the Ukr HIMARS are longer range than RF old fashioned guns?
it because the Ukr HIMARS are longer range than RF old fashioned guns?
I think so, Russian air support is severely lacking as is coordination between artillery/infantry/air/armour which leaves any artillery that fires vulnerable to counter battery return fire,
Ukrainians meanwhile seem to have got better at that
I’ve heard the odd twitter rumour that the UA aren’t heading down the Dniepr after Dudchny to Berislav at all, but are now cutting up NW towards the rear of the RFdefensive lines - if so that’s one hell of a move!!!!
The bridge at Dudchany has been blown up by the Russians in order to ease their retreat. That being the case, a move NW might be required in any case.
Reports seem to be coming in that Russia is moving some sort of nuclear assets towards Ukraine to "test Western resolve".
Looks like we are getting to the true, "will he/ won't he" phase.
From where exactly ...?
An official RU post on Telegram shows the convoy moving to deployment apparently.
wonder if that's true, or spreading the rumour so the Ru start shooting their own.
and would that be against any rules of combat? though to be honest if your enemy is moving nuclear assets towards your border, paint a Z on your tank doesn't really compare
Here's a thread on the nukes.
https://twitter.com/i/events/1577028721239900161?s=20 (The Telegraph, sorry but likely other info available too but I don't really do twitter.)
Nato also saddening member states of a likely test of the Poseidon nuclear capable drone/ torpedo "inn the black sea.
That latter part is purely sabre rattling though as the technology is still untested. It's the convoy moving forward Ukraine that's more interesting.
What happens if the convoy gets blown up?
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What happens if the convoy gets blown up?
I doubt it's going to enter Ukraine so unlucky that will happen though I think the US have hunted they might take out any tactical nukes if they think they will be launched.
I bet the mad bugger won't launch them anyway but there's speculation he might do "test" launches or even a high altitude detonation of a tactical nuke over a apparent populated area in Ukraine.
Why knows?
"Loving" how Kim Jong-un has felt the need to launch a missle over Japan. Putin is even out batsh*t crazying him and I'm guessing he is craving a bit of attention!lol
Ive seen the image used in that Telegraph Tweet before and described as something else FWIW.
Waiting to see what happens when it starts getting really cold and the Russian troops are freezing to death.
https://twitter.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1577058010790129665
