FYI: Kapotnya is best known as the site of an oil refinery, the only one inside the city limits.
https://twitter.com/NatalkaKyiv/status/1757199992383496195
Gazpromneft near Kapotnya on Google Maps
Posted on 01/28/2024 7:12:54 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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Rumor still at this point. Russians have tightened up leaks from occupied Kherson and Crimea a lot recently.
According to the results of the reconnaissance: 10 orcs were destroyed, 2 were wounded, ammo depot was completely destroyed. 💥☠️🦾
FYI: Kapotnya is best known as the site of an oil refinery, the only one inside the city limits.
https://twitter.com/NatalkaKyiv/status/1757199992383496195
Gazpromneft near Kapotnya on Google Maps
Volodymyr Kukharenko’s Post
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7161662397886283776/Putin said to Tucker that Russia started in 862. But he did not say that at that time, Moskow area was a swampy forest with no civilization at all.
But Kyiv already existed, and the Rurikid dynasty started ruling there in 882 (before them, Kyiv was ruled by Askold and Dyr since 860).
By 1100, Kyiv became 4th largest city in Europe (much bigger than Paris or London those days), and Moskow was not yet founded (its founding date is 1147). The founder of Moskow is buried in Kyiv, you can come to his grave whenever you want.
And that state was called Rus or Ruthenia. The emperor of Bysanthium called it “Rossia” in 10th century, so it was just the Greek spelling of “Rus”.
In 13th century, the Pope was calling Danylo “King of Rus” while Alexander Nevsky was called “Duke of Suzdal”. Even in 17th century, Ukrainian Hetman Bohdan Khmelnitskyi was calling himself “the Hetman of Rus”.
So Moskow was a colony of Rus and was never called “Rus” officially before 18th century. Old kings of Rus oficially called it "Zalissia" ("The land behind the forest").
They started the first state only in 1157, and were calling themselves Suzdalese (after the city of Suzdal). Their first newspaper was called “The News of Moskovian state”.
There is a coin of Peter first with “Moskovian rouble” engraved on it. Ivan Fedorov, the first book printer of Moskovia escaped to Ukraine just 2 years after printing his book, and he was identifying himself as Moskovian.
But in 1721, after taking control of the lands of the ancient Rus, Moskovia renamed themselves to Russia officially (and took the 2-headed eagle of Bysanthium too).
And then they made a strange story that Rus “migrated” to Moskow escaping from the Golden Horde. Which is weird, because they should have escaped in the opposite direction.
And there are no records about any mass migrations. Also, Kyiv was paying tribute to the Horde for 80 years only, while Moskow was there for 240 years, and their elites mixed as result (e.g. Ivan the Terrible was Rurikid by father and Genghizid by mother).
Bottom line: As political unit, Ukraine started in 9th century as Kingdom of Rus. Moskovia as a political unit started in 1157 as the Principality of Vladimir-Suzdal.
Saying that Russia started in Kyiv is like saying that Argentina started as the Kingdom of Castile in the 9th century or that the USA started as the Kingdom of Wessex in 6th century. There is a connection, but a VERY remote one.
PS: the map of 1570 shows "Rvssia" in modern Ukraine and "Moskovia" in modern Russia. (map available only at link.)
⚡️In 🇷🇺 Moscow, the MiG factory on Leningradsky Prospekt is on fire. According to preliminary data, the fire broke out in the workshop being reconstructed, attached to the existing building of the plant, Russian Media Baza reports.
https://twitter.com/front_ukrainian/status/1757372796651315473
https://twitter.com/igorsushko/status/1757272890091913571
Drinking vodka and driving trains is a bad idea.
Amazing 🤩 footage 🎦
Electrical Bavovna ⚡🔥🔥🔥💨
Oh we gonna rock down to electric avenue ⚡ and then we'll take it higher 🤌
Fire flash and clap. This morning on Sofiyskaya Street, a driver of a dump truck did not lower the lifting part and touched electrical wires while moving. Because of this, after an explosion 💥 the fire started and the electricity ⚡ went out partially, according to local media.
https://twitter.com/LXSummer1/status/1757354735567331534
Drinking vodka and driving trucks is a bad idea.
For them, Ecuador will receive UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters from the 🇺🇸 United States.
A certain number of cars are in a faulty condition and can be used as spare parts donors.
https://twitter.com/front_ukrainian/status/1757371610439328221
How many Mi-17s will fit into an Antonov 225?
https://twitter.com/front_ukrainian/status/1757347230799851867
https://twitter.com/DefenceU/status/1757348668506525775
Enjoy your ☕ and let's Go 🤩🤙
Nizhny Novgorod, Russia ❗
Bavovna 🔥🔥🔥💨🤌
Last night a large fire occured in an 'unused two-story building' 👀 on Gaidar lane in Kstovo. The forces and means of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations, 5 units of equipment and 19 personnel, were involved in extinguishing the fire.
At four o'clock in the morning the fire was completely extinguished on an area of 450 square meters. Traditionally there were no dead or injured. It is believed that the cause of the fire was careless handling of fire. 👀
https://twitter.com/LXSummer1/status/1757320315506467168
How many Mi-17s will fit into an Antonov 225?
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None - until they build a new one. Destroyed in the first day of the war.
How about Antonov 124?
Around 02.30 , a heavy fire broke out at Gazpromneft's refinery in south-east Moscow.
Normally, it supplies Moscow with 40% of the gasoline and 50% of the diesel the city needs, and also supplies the airports with most of the jet fuel they consume.
https://twitter.com/WarFrontline/status/1757344143955636410
Not sure if any are flying in Ukraine. Last year there were none flying. War zone precautions.
Reporting From Ukraine:
Note: other versions of this report are found elsewhere on FR, but this is guaranteed to be the complete transcript - unlike the others.
https://www.youtube.com/@RFU
[ Ukrainians Unleash RC Cars With Machine Guns to Storm Russian Positions ]
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Day 719: Feb 12
Today, there are a lot of updates from the Bakhmut direction.
The most intense clashes are taking place on the northern flank.
First of all, Ukrainian forces conducted a successful counterattack north of Bohdanivka and reestablished control over several important tree lines.
If we look at the topographic map, we can see that this area is located on a hill, making these positions tactically significant. From these tree lines, Ukrainians exert much higher control over the settlement that is located in the valley.
In the aftermath of this counterattack, Russian forces had to withdraw from the central part of the village. Shortly after that, a Russian “Storm-Z” instructor stated that the settlement is not tactically significant for Russian efforts anyway, since the village is located in a lowland and is vulnerable to Ukrainian artillery fire.
Several Ukrainian fighters reported that based on the intercepted radio talks, Russians want to enter Chasiv Yar before the March.
It seems like most Russian deadlines for achieving military objectives coincide with the elections that will take place in March.
Ukrainian Eastern Group of Forces Spokesman reported that the Russian military command is transferring reserves to this direction in an effort to break through Ukrainian defensive lines in front of Chasiv Yar.
Following the resumption of the offensive effort, new Russian reinforcements started launching attacks along the highway. The goal of these forces was to establish control over the cemetery and the small forest behind it, which are located on the edge of the highlands.
Russians understand that without establishing a foothold on the elevated platforms, the prospects of reaching Chasiv Yar are nonexistent. Russians concentrated their artillery fire and started launching one attack after another, regardless of the losses.
In the meantime, Russian drone operators focused on thwarting Ukrainian rotation. Unfortunately, Ukrainians did not manage to adjust to such a sudden concentrated push and withdrew from what was left of these positions.
Russian sources posted combat footage showing how Ukrainians were leaving their positions. According to the Institute for the Study of War, Russian forces are about two point three kilometers from the eastern outskirts of Chasiv Yar.
In order to capitalize on their success, Russian forces started deploying heavy equipment. The spokesman for a Ukrainian brigade operating in the region stated that Russian forces recently began conducting mechanized assaults, which is a departure from the previous pure infantry assaults.
Ukrainian fighters from the twenty-sixth artillery brigade posted a video showing how they are hunting down Russian armored vehicles in Berkhivka.
It seems like by that time, Ukrainian forces adjusted and even started responding with aviation. Footage released by Ukrainian fighters shows how Ukrainians are firing from helicopters.
The freshest updates indicate that Ukrainians repelled a major Russian mechanized assault. Ukrainians successfully hit the first vehicle in the column, immobilizing the rest of the vehicles, and opened fire.
Based on the video, half of the assault unit survived and retreated. Russian analysts stated that even though the situation for Ukrainians is very difficult, Ukrainians are still exerting high control over the region because they are located on the highlands, while Russians have to fight uphill.
Another small-scale but very interesting development happened a bit to the north. Here, Ukrainians conducted the first in history assault with radio-controlled ground drones with machine guns.
The footage is relatively old because Ukrainians did not want to post it immediately.
Ukrainian fighters from the 5th Assault Brigade advanced toward a Russian strong point on the side of the road and opened fire at it. The new models of these drones are smaller and more mobile.
Development of drone technology is deemed to be instrumental in achieving success and breaching the Russian defense in the future because these vehicles are very fast, do not trigger anti-tank mines, while being robust enough to withstand anti-personnel mines, and can overwhelm any strongpoint with fire.
In order to minimize territory losses to Russian offensives, while Ukrainians are developing drone technologies and organizing efficient and fast production, they are building robust defense lines.
Ukrainians took lessons from Russians and started building hundreds of kilometers of defenses along the entire contact line. The most heavily fortified area is actually the Bakhmut direction.
Here, Ukrainians have five defense lines, and in the new strategic update that I released yesterday, I analyzed where Ukrainians think the next major Russian offensive will take place, how their defenses aim to stop it, and, in some cases, how they force Russians into death zones.
Krasnodar Territory, Russia ❗
Big Bavovna 🔥🔥🔥💨🤌
This evening, more than 70 people are fighting a large fire in Anapa.
The roof of a high residential building is on fire on Obezdnaya Street. Now the residents of the high-rise building are being evacuated.
There are also 20 special vehicles on site.
It also became known that no permission was given for the construction of the high-rise building that is now burning. There were no design or permitting documentation.
The house was commissioned by decision of the Anapa City Court in 2011.
The regional prosecutor's office reported this.
The cause of course is unknown at the moment.
https://twitter.com/LXSummer1/status/1757445829059608966
Kremlin snuff box
https://t.me/s/kremlin_secrets
The military and part of Putin’s entourage want to resume large-scale attacks on enemy energy and leave Ukraine without electricity
According to our sources in the Ministry of Defense and the General Staff, a corresponding proposal has already been made to Vladimir Putin by a group of generals and AP officials.
“We had plans for such attacks, but a large-scale campaign this winter did not materialize due to strong enemy air defense, and for several other reasons that I will not mention. But we think it’s worth trying again,” says one of the initiators of this proposal. According to him, recently we have been attacking Ukrainian energy again, but not on a too large scale.
Another source admitted that there are two risks in striking enemy energy.
Firstly, this is a really strong enemy air defense. “And if we start a campaign of such strikes, the West, I’m afraid, will further strengthen Ukrainian air defense. There is hope that it will not strengthen, but it is weak,” the military man told us.
Secondly, there is a threat that the Ukrainians, in response to our strikes, will increase their attacks on the deep Russian rear, which have now become a serious problem .
“Moscow, for example, may be left without electricity, heating and other public amenities for quite a long period of time. Many people are afraid of this. We also need to take into account our problems with the communal infrastructure, which often does not even need enemy strikes for serious accidents,” noted a high-ranking interlocutor in the Kremlin.
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