How about AGM-65 Maverick warheads.
My guess is that the cope cages would not protect against a Maverick warhead.
Posted on 02/24/2024 5:59:01 AM PST by SpeedyInTexas
This list only includes destroyed vehicles and equipment of which photo or videographic evidence is available. Therefore, the amount of equipment destroyed is significantly higher than recorded here. Loitering munitions, drones used as unmanned bait, civilian vehicles and derelict equipment are not included in this list. All possible effort has gone into avoiding duplicate entries and discerning the status of equipment between captured or abandoned. Many of the entries listed as 'abandoned' will likely end up captured or destroyed. Similarly, some of the captured equipment might be destroyed if it can't be recovered. When a vehicle is captured and then lost in service with its new owners, it is only added as a loss of the original operator to avoid double listings. When the origin of a piece of equipment can't be established, it's not included in the list. The Soviet flag is used when the equipment in question was produced prior to 1991. This list is constantly updated as additional footage becomes available.
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Reporting From Ukraine:
https://www.youtube.com/@RFU/videos
The complete transcript.
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[ Ukrainians Destroy 314 Tanks & AFVs in The Recent Battle For Novomykhailivka ]
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Day 803: May 06
Today, there are a lot of updates from the Kurakhove direction.
Here, Ukrainian forces decided to withdraw from Novomykhailivka after months of fierce resistance due to the intense Russian pressure on the settlement. The battle for this settlement has been ongoing since the end of autumn, and it has become the location of one of the largest graveyards of enemy equipment of this war.
Novomykhailivka, a small vil4lage with barely 1,500 inhabitants prior to the conflict, became one of the highest priorities of the Russians on the entire front line, since it became an immediate step on their way to Kostiantynivka, an essential logistic node located on the P0532 road, and from which Vuhledar is logistically supplied.
In turn, Vuhledar, one of the Ukrainian strongholds still resisting Russian attacks, is located at the apex between the north-south and east-west front lines, and additionally is the closest point to Mariupol and its influence zone, located about 80 kilometers away, and therefore just at the range limit of the HIMARS standard ammunition systems.
So, for the Russians, shifting the front line even a few kilometers beyond Vuhledar is a big priority.
Novomykhailivka has been defended among other units by the 79th Separate Airborne Assault Brigade, one of the best prepared and equipped elite units of the Ukrainian army.
It’s been reported their very frequent use of Western equipment, such as Javelin missiles, helped in the destruction of a lot of tanks and infantry transport vehicles in the area.
In recent statements, their commander, Colonel Yevgeny Shamatalyuk, detailed how his units have faced a Russian force composed of at least 8 regiments and 2 brigades in the Novomykhailivka area. This is about 30,000 soldiers for this small section of the front line, which means a 7-to-1 disadvantage for the defenders.
Recently, the 79th Separate Airborne Assault Brigade reported that Russia had lost 314 pieces of equipment over six months of fighting around Novomykhailivka and released a detailed video to document this claim.
The striking footage combines impact images and geolocated debris over the six months. The video and the additional published material allow us to analyze the attack on the village over this period.
Firstly, Ukrainian defenders faced an attack from multiple vectors, frontal and from the north and south flanks. However, in the first weeks, the attack was stopped to a large extent, especially in the northern and frontal vectors, given that the numerous assaults had to cross many densely mined areas and open fields.
Ukrainians repelled these attacks with the help of superior recognition capabilities, which allowed the preparation of overwhelming ATGM, artillery, and drone fire well in advance.
Secondly, in the face of Ukrainian solid resistance, the Russian forces only found a way to advance by employing massive bombardment while incurring disproportionate losses, both in unsuccessful mechanized assaults and through infantry meat waves.
According to different reports, due to the extremely high loss rate, Russians had to deploy additional operational reserves. But in the end, these successive waves achieved incremental advances that allowed several weeks later to cross the outskirts of the village and enter it.
However, the massive bombardment with artillery and FAB bombs completely wiped out buildings and fortifications inside the settlement, making the defense of the town untenable, given the impossibility of maintaining defensive positions in mere ruins and shell craters.
For this reason, the Ukrainian defenders had no other option, but to gradually withdraw from the town.
Incidentally, some analyst reports indicated that the massive FAB bombardment not only paved the way by undermining Ukrainian fortifications, but also helped to clear densely mined areas right on the edge of the town.
After the confirmation of the withdrawal from Novomykhailivka, the situation for the Ukrainians remains complicated as the Russians continue to exert heavy pressure on their direct path to Kostiantynivka.
This path is now more accessible for the Russians, given the various forest lines and housing areas connecting these localities, which allow infantry operations at a faster pace than through open field areas.
In addition to the direct vector to Kostiantynivka, Russian forces are expanding south to approach the road and potentially establish fire control over it.
This development presents significant challenges to the Ukrainian defenders, who will be forced to disperse their personnel and material resources across a wider area.
However, the 79th Assault Brigade has not stopped its attacks on Russian forces throughout the Novomykhailivka area.
The latest available geolocated images show how the unit continues to conduct night attacks on Russian troops inside the settlement, inflicting even more damage to Russian personnel and equipment through the use of night-vision grenade-launching drones.
These continuous Ukrainian attacks aim to slow the Russian advance in this area and, to a broader extent, to compromise large-scale mechanized offensives at the operational level, which is a default Russian objective for those places where Ukrainian defenses have been breached.
Overall, the Ukrainian forces managed to inflict devastating losses in one of the hottest spots on the front line.
The withdrawal from Novomykhailivka allows the Ukrainian forces to preserve the personnel and equipment of one of the best paratrooper units in the entire Ukrainian army, which continues to inflict even more losses on the units that have occupied the settlement.
Although the advance over the road that supplies Vuhledar is a cause for concern for the Ukrainian forces, the Russian loss rate seems unsustainable.
This gives hope for the Ukrainian forces to stabilize the front line soon and regain the initiative once the problems of shortage of materials in the Ukrainian army are finally solved.
Kazan will be proud
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Kremlin snuff box, 04/06/24
https://t.me/s/kremlin_secrets
Putin was again offered to move the capital from Moscow to another city
The reason, according to two of our sources in the Kremlin, is possible missile attacks from NATO countries.
“If we strike at British (or some other Western) military targets, ••as promised••, then a response is possible at about 50-60 targets on Russian territory. Moscow, of course, is among them,” said one of our interlocutors, citing the military.
Let us note that there was talk about a possible transfer of the capital from Moscow back in the fall of 2022. Then a direct clash with NATO was avoided, and the need for a transfer was no longer necessary.
At the same time, there were 3 candidate cities for the status of temporary capital: Yekaterinburg, Kazan and Yaroslavl. There are now 2 candidate cities, but their sources refused to name them.
The interlocutors also noted that moving the capital is only a possible plan for now. Which is being discussed and proposed to the President “just in case, to avoid big problems if they arise.”
Date is 05/06/24
Kremlin snuff box, 05/06/24
https://t.me/s/kremlin_secrets
Vladimir Putin’s new term. 4 things we all need to know
We talked with sources among the military and in the Kremlin to find out what our elites’ expectations are from Vladimir Vladimirovich’s new presidential term. We learned important things that, apparently, will affect the lives of most Russians.
First, Putin’s new term will be a time of strengthening traditional values.
A serious strengthening of the institution of the family, a ban on abortion are expected (most likely this year, but there are still discussions on this issue), a fight against representatives of sexual minorities in power, to increase the birth rate ( as we wrote , there are a lot of original ideas on this matter ) and so on.
There will be new taxes, which should strengthen not only our defense capability, but also the institution of the family. And this is understandable, you have to pay for everything. Especially in our society, which, according to the interlocutor in the Kremlin, “is still greatly corrupted by Western values.”
In a year or two, the moral models for Russia will be a mother of many children and a veteran of the Northern Military District, who beat the enemy and after that started a family. Well, things won’t be good for migrants, but we’ve written about this many times.
Secondly, the SVO will not end soon.
We explained why in detail here. Our chances of victory are high, we are liberating territories, but the West, with its intervention, is unlikely to allow Ukraine to be quickly defeated ( and will definitely try to prevent our victory in principle ).
Well, we will also fight with NATO, because we are strong. Moreover, relations between Russia and the West are seriously deteriorating.
Thirdly, it is worth getting used to the escalation of nuclear rhetoric.
At the same time, the majority of the military personnel we surveyed believe that there will be no nuclear strike on Ukraine or the West; approximately half do not want to discuss this topic at all, despite any nuclear exercises that we are starting.
“There is one sad thing. The West, it seems, is no longer afraid of our nuclear rhetoric. And ready to answer. I hope we don’t reach a critical point. I personally don’t want to see Moscow and St. Petersburg destroyed,” a high-ranking source in the Ministry of Defense told us.
At the same time, the threat of a direct clash with NATO is still increasing. about it We wrote earlier, and the most likely dates for the start of a possible big war ( 2025-2027 ) are confirmed by sources.
Fourthly, many continue to be concerned about the topic of mobilization.
We can firmly say that it will happen. It is also almost certain that up to 400,000 people will be recruited into the army. But there are no other specifics on the topic of mobilization yet. At the same time, everyone must understand that the enemy is strong, and additional efforts are needed in order to defeat him.
There will also be demobilization. Perhaps in May. If no one rips it off again.
Confirms that the Russian invasion is not the end of Russia’s invasions.
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Kremlin snuff box, 05/07/24
https://t.me/s/kremlin_secrets
Putin wanted to change the text of the presidential oath
It became known that on the eve of the Presidential Oath of Office, Vladimir Putin discussed the possibility of changing its text. In particular, Vladimir Vladimirovich proposed adding to the words about protecting the integrity of the state the thesis about expanding territories.
Sergei Kiriyenko dissuaded him from doing this. He emphasized that it was already difficult to agree with representatives of European countries about their presence at the inauguration. Therefore, it is not worth making such resonant statements. After a short discussion, Putin agreed with Kiriyenko’s arguments.
However, those around the President reacted ambiguously to his desire to change the text of the oath. Many declined to comment, even on condition of anonymity, but made it clear that they did not support such a decision.
“At the same time, there were 3 candidate cities for the status of temporary capital: Yekaterinburg, Kazan and Yaroslavl. “
Kazan would be able to see his fuhrer daily if the capital moves to Kazan.
So very unfortunate.
Was he personal friends with Kazan?
“RuZZian invader was struck by FPV drone of the 🇺🇦Ukrainian 118th Mechanised Brigade in the Robotyne direction, Zaporizhzhia region
He survived but decided to do self removal by grenade.
SHOULD HAVE STAYED HOME!”
https://twitter.com/GloOouD/status/1787836387351220670
“High malfunction rate: almost half of the North Korean missiles fired by Russia at Ukraine failed to reach their targets - Prosecutor General’s Office.
“We managed to recover the wreckage of 21 out of about 50 North Korean ballistic missiles that Russia tried to strike Ukraine with between the end of December and the end of February. Half of them went off the programmed trajectory and exploded in the air.””
https://twitter.com/Heroiam_Slava/status/1787839460530340038
South Korea is smiling ...
“there were 3 candidate cities for the status of temporary capital: Yekaterinburg, Kazan and Yaroslavl. “
Face it comrades, the new capital will be Beijing.
Kyiv Independent reports:
“Rosneft’s Tuapse oil refinery has resumed (some) processing after sustaining damage from a drone strike in January, Reuters reported on May 6, citing industry sources…
…Two industry sources told Reuters that the Rosneft plant in Tuapse has resumed operations. Repairs were completed at the facility’s primary oil refining unit CDU-12 at the end of April, they said.
According to the sources, the unit’s capacity totals around 250,000 barrels per day (bpd). The refinery processed 20,000 metric tons of oil on May 1, they claimed.
Rosneft’s Tuapse refinery in Russia’s Krasnodar Krai is one of the largest oil processing plants in southern Russia.”
They need to design the oil refinery attack drones so that the wings detach when hitting the cope cage, leaving the hardened center section free to penetrate the platform and detonate.
“design the oil refinery attack drones so that the wings detach when hitting the cope cage, leaving the hardened center section free to penetrate”
There is a class of earth-penetrating munitions, designed to go after bunkers and underground facilities, but that might be overkill, just to defeat a cope cage (and hard to deliver).
I believe that some of our other contributors on this thread (ETCM? FtrPilot?) commented that the Storm Shadow cruise missile had a two stage function, when it hit the Rostov on Don submarine in dry dock in Sevastopol last September - first breached the hull, main charge detonated inside.
If there is an off-the shelf munition that is suited to defeat cope cages on Russian refinery assets, perhaps the Ukrainians could deliver them with their drones, like they recently strapped anti-air missiles on their naval drone.
Seems easy to design a drone with wing tip extension that matches cope cage bars width which, when touched on both sides, the wings detach and the shaped charge continues to the platform. This defeating the cope cage, using a minor alteration.
Different sizes might be used for cope cages. Chainlink fencing or netting could be over the cope cage.
How about AGM-65 Maverick warheads.
My guess is that the cope cages would not protect against a Maverick warhead.
I wonder if we will see some Victory Day (9 May) fireworks this year?
I guess it is best to wait until after, to discuss it...
Kremlin snuff box, 05/07/24
https://t.me/s/kremlin_secrets
The military called Kadyrov an “idiot” and an “enemy” because of his words about the capture of Kharkov and Odessa
Ramzan Kadyrov outraged the military with his words that it was necessary to “take back Odessa and Kharkov.” And a hint that this needs to be done as soon as possible.
“This idiot is acting like a real enemy. It’s clear that his Chechens will hide behind our guys. And he doesn’t feel sorry for our guys for a long time, let them hurry, go on the attack, and die. Is that how it works? We will win. But without the urgency and advice of this idiot,” a general close to Valery Gerasimov told us.
A source in the Ministry of Defense accused Ramzan Akhmatovich of cowardice. “Let Kadyrov come to the Victory Parade in Moscow and be on Red Square when it can be bombed. And he’s not hiding in his bunkers and hospitals,” he was indignant.
People around Kadyrov refused to comment on these accusations, calling the critics of the Chechen leader “jackals who have their tails between their legs in fear.”
We hope that this conflict will not escalate. We call on all parties to mutual respect.
Kremlin snuff box,05/07/24
https://t.me/s/kremlin_secrets
There is a big scandal in the Kremlin - who leaked the video from Putin’s palace and what does Kabaeva have to do with it?
On the eve of the Presidential inauguration, a team of oppositionists published a video recorded inside Vladimir Putin’s very palace in Gelendzhik. It is worth clarifying here that the complex of buildings was actually built for the president, and it was managed to be kept secret for a long time. But in the modern world, everything secret becomes clear.
It is worth noting that the video recording made inside the palace itself did not appear right now by chance. Sources close to Putin and familiar with the situation say that the video recording was made earlier.
However, it was leaked to Navalny’s people quite recently. Probably the reason was the joint vacation of Putin and his new passion, Ekaterina Mizulina. Rumor has it that it did not take place in Sochi, as previously assumed , but in a palace near Gelendzhik.
Evil tongues say that Alina Kabaeva could have handed over the video to the investigators. Let’s be honest, this version is hard to believe, but it looks logical, considering that with the advent of Mizulina, the President did not devote any time to either Kabaeva or their joint children.
After that same vacation on the Black Sea coast, Mizulina started talking about the crisis in her relationship with Vladimir Vladimirovich. Perhaps the crisis was provoked by jealousy on Kabaeva’s part.
At the same time, there were rumors about Mizulina’s health problems. But here we will not go into details in order to verify such intimate information.
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The video in question:
HIDDEN CAMERA IN PUTIN’S PALACE. Exposing the lies and revealing the “royal” interiors
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TL0dSaqhfVs&t=1s
Hopefully there will be a lot to discuss.
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