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Ukraine: military situation update with maps - April 23, 2023
(’Orc’ is associated with the various hoards of 13th century Mongol invaders, as well as LOTR evil villains)
War in Ukraine Explained/Reporting from Ukraine:
https://www.youtube.com/@RFU
Artillery (key to success in this war), Fuller explanation of Orc military structure, Other Bonus articles - see previous postings in “Attack on Europe” (FR title search).
(Numbered printed material below - Some of the items below may be out of date, and not updated yet)
••Denotes Transcribed Dialogue. The entirety of the analysis is from a Ukrainian guy named Reporting from Ukraine’s daily video - I only transcribe it. Extras are just that - from other sites, or my comments marked (Edit: .... ) or { } or [ ].
-—> Current to date and past MAPS: <——
https://militaryland.net/
-—> Daily Battle Maps by Date and Region, Showing Troop Dispositions and Movements: <——
https://deepstatemap.live/
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-—> The True State of Russian Army <——
posted 2 months ago, 21.13 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KiII_2qabk
The Russian military, the second largest military in the world, may not be what it looks like. Lies and systematic corruptions may in fact have dragged Russia into this war with Ukraine, which has been heavily backed up by the US and NATO. We will present the evidence, you make your own decision, because the Russian Army, is not what you think.
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-—> Understanding Combined Arms Warfare <——
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZOGdKANL5s
Designed to support the U.S. Army Captains Career Course, “Understanding Combined Arms Warfare” defines and outlines the important aspects of modern combined arms operations. This is not a complete history of combined arms warfare. It is intended to highlight the most important aspects of the subject.
The beginning of the documentary establishes a common understanding of combined arms warfare by discussing doctrinal and equipment developments in World War I. The second part compares the development of French and German Army mechanization during the interwar period and describes how each country fared during the Battle of France in 1940. The film concludes by showing how the United States applied combined arms operations in the European Theater in World War II.
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-—> Combined Arms Breach, 1990 <——
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ-sCT_maAQ
What UA will have to master to smash Orc Lines. This visualization was developed for the Maneuver Center of Excellence and is closely based upon the National Training Center Breach and Assault exercise executed circa 1990. This visualization demonstrates viable Techniques, and Procedures as discussed in Army Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures March 3, 1990 for the conduct of the combined arms breach against a hypothetical enemy.
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-—> How Many of Each Type of Tank Does Russia Have In Storage? <——
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PHUK6zkbpc
Type Good 2023
T-54/55 270
T-62 560
T-64 248
T-72 1841
T-80 942
T-90 50
~3,911 operational tanks in storage as of ~04/07/2023 | Ball park tank number.
[ Insane Trench Warfare | Ukrainian Special Ops Decimate Russian Positions ]
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Day 424: April 23
Today there are a lot of updates from the East.
Here, Russians forces tried to capitalize on their recent gains in front of the main supply road to Bakhmut, conducted an extensive assault on the remaining trenches, and managed to push Ukrainians from the road. However, Ukrainians cut Russian supplies with fire, let Russians stay under constant drone and artillery strikes, and launched an unblocking operation, clearing half of the field.
Last time I told you that Russians managed to breach one of the lines of fortifications in front of the Khromove highway and cut off a huge portion of supplies. I also told you that the situation remained unstable because Ukrainian-held trenches surrounded Russian positions, and since they are around 50 meters apart, the clashes here continued.
The freshest reports indicate that Russians got trapped. That is why the Russian command quickly prepared another wave of attack and stormed the outer two lines once again.
Russian attack was very successful, and they managed to push Ukrainians all the way to the trenches south of the road.
But intense clashes did not end here. Ukrainians immediately started preparing for a counterattack and in the meantime, assigned the most skilled drone operators to drop grenades on Russians in the trenches non-stop.
The fighters from the 92nd Mechanized Brigade reported that only their drone operators managed to eliminate more than 40 Russian troops here over the last two days.
After undermining Russian defense capabilities, Ukrainians conducted a short mechanized assault to pave the way for their infantry. Russian sources reported that Ukrainian used several tanks and armored vehicles, although they used the equipment carefully and provided fire support at a distance.
Combat footage revealed that while Russian positions in the eastern trench were under fire, special operators from the National Guard of Ukraine crossed the road and engaged in close combat fighting. This was the first major step in recapturing the trench network.
The latest footage features fighters from the famous 3rd Assault Brigade. Judging by the footage, they successfully breached Russian defense and completely cleared the closest to the road line.
A fighter from the Aidar Battalion reported that Russians do not hold positions closer than 200 meters from the road, which means that Ukrainians established total control over the trenches between the highway and the field road. From here, Ukrainians will likely attack the western line first because it is the most vulnerable to Ukrainian attacks.
For now, the Khromove highway still remains inoperable because Russians are too close. The road is in their line of sight, which means that they can conduct direct fire at the vehicles. Once they are pushed behind the tree line, Russians will only be able to rely on indirect fire, which means surveilling the area with drones and coordinating with artillery and mortar crews.
Conducting indirect fire is extremely difficult, as drones can be shot down or run out of battery, and artillery needs to react timely. The road is only 5 km long, which means that Russians have only 3 minutes to reach it, if the average speed is 100 km per hour [62mph].
Nonetheless, at this time, Ukrainians are receiving supplies via the Ivanivske highway, and today’s footage shows how Ukrainians successfully enter the city.
When it comes to the city itself, Ukrainian fighters reported that most of the fights continue to take place along Krainia Street. A fighter from the 24th Assault Brigade reported that Russian snipers assumed positions in the high-rise buildings on Levanevskoho Street. Later, Ukrainians rolled out their tanks and decimated Russian positions in these buildings, which allowed Ukrainians to move in the region more freely.
When it comes to the center, recent geolocated footage suggests that Russians managed to take the first street west of the rails. The footage shows how Russians are firing at Ukrainian positions in the high-rise building. The fighting along the central and southern lines remains intense, although this axis is still secondary for Russians, as their main efforts are directed towards the outer edge of the city.
Overall, the Battle for Bakhmut continues to buy Ukrainians time to receive the pledged tanks and equipment for the main phase of the counteroffensive operation because many countries organized the deliveries just this week, and many still plan to do it next week.
The Head of the Wagner forces, Prigozhin, said that Ukrainians need at least 10 days of relatively hot and dry weather for the ground to become suitable for broad mechanized assaults.
By holding Bakhmut, Ukrainians are forcing Russians to deploy at least 3 times as many troops just to maintain progress inside the city, but more importantly, Ukrainians do not allow Russians to redeploy from Bakhmut tens of thousands of troops because as long as Ukrainians are inside the city, Russians are afraid of the unblocking operation and continue to reinforce Bakhmut’s flanks at the expense of other directions.
••Confirmed. Russian mil-bloggers had written that it was only a small camp near the Antonivka Bridge. But, the UA took lots of tat area, but the terrain is difficult because of the many swamps and lakes. [This is on the edge of Highway E38.]
Fighting continues between there Russians and the UA around Oleshky. The problem is there is another wide river to cross to get to Oleshky.
Without supplies, the UA cannot hold the ground, and supplying them would be very difficult; for that reason, Denys does not think it is connected to the coming offensive. Supply is the big issue in this region.
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Bakhmut:
Denys expects Bakhmut to fall in around 2 weeks. Prigozhin admits neither his forces not the regular army has the resources to encircle the city, further, taking the city will not be strategic win for Russia. They’re simply not enough men in the army or in Russia to take the next 3-4 Ukrainian defense lines around the next cities, given the strength of the resistance.
Russian soldiers complain about the UA’s bad tactics of mining buildings which ,when they enter, get blown up. Prigozhin is very disappointed also and declares PMC will not take prisoners.
Prigozhin cannot understand why he cannot get new convicts and blames the RGF. He feels the RGF and the Russian officials don’t take the war as serious as he does. Prigozhin thinks his forces have better commanders etc, but MoD Shoigu disagrees.
RGF, Wagners, & FSB all hate each other. The more successful the UA offensive becomes, the more the three will argue.
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Belgorod:
Pilot of the SU-34 thought the bombs installed were gliding bombs ...
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Latvian Defence Minister said the UA offensive will begin in around one month hence, when the soil has dried out.
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Denys’s intelligence folks say the Russians will try again to assault Vuhledar. Because it is so flat and open with nowhere to hide, the results may be the same heavy losses.
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Russia is building more rockets to use on Uranian infrastructure in late Autumn and winter. Denys thinks that even with increased production, they will have only around 1/3rd of what they had last year.
@DarthPutinKGB 4h
15 months my 3 day war is 9 months of my 2 month battle to capture half of the 54th biggest town in Ukraine as a fraction of the 23rd year of my 5 year plan to get Russia off either of its knees.
I remain a master strategist.
Update on conflict in Ukraine for April 23-24, 2023:
- Most of Bakhmut is now under Russian control;
- Ukraine & Western media report increasing use of precision-guided bombs by Russian military aviation;
- Russian bombing is increasingly effective owed to dwindling Ukrainian air defenses;
- Recent Ukraine Contact Group in Germany admit air defenses in Ukraine are a priority, fail to commit to any possible solution;
- US announces acceleration of its shipments of 31 M1-Abram tanks to Ukraine after a 10 week training course, less than half the training an entry-level US tank crew receives;
- Despite growing doubts of a Ukrainian offensive, it will likely unfold and may even have success in taking territory but will leave Ukraine at a further disadvantage in what is otherwise a war of attrition;
< - Ukraine faces critical shortages in arms, ammunition, & trained manpower; - US claims sanctions against Russia are “working,” yet data to substantiate that claim appears deliberately cherry-picked and taken out of context;
It is virtual reality. Authors are all ukies.
Just one thing. Russia has NOT tanks of soviet variants at all. All Russian tanks long ago was upgraded by Russia.
SO all soviet tanks in this statistics belong to ukies or some eastern European countries like Poland.