Posted on 02/24/2024 5:59:01 AM PST by SpeedyInTexas
However, Ukrainian electronic warfare systems are disrupting these signals, causing the bombs to go off course and detonate in fields. This effectively neutralizes one of Russia’s key battlefield advantages.
https://x.com/NOELreports/status/1895036070879699385
https://x.com/NOELreports/status/1895019719952048421
4 shahed drones made it to their target.
Results: 6 armored vehicles, 2 tanks, communication equipment and 40 Russian soldiers of which 35 killed.
https://x.com/NOELreports/status/1894874408461783102
According to the signed resolution of the Russian government, this decision was made "to maintain a stable situation in the domestic fuel market, support the oil refining economy, and counteract gray exports of motor gasoline."
Several massive drone attacks on Russian refineries took place in February.
▪️ On February 3, one of the largest enterprises of the state corporation Gazprom, the Astrakhan Gas Processing Plant, which produces gasoline and diesel fuel and is Russia's main producer of sulfur for explosives, stopped working after a drone attack.
▪️ On the same night, a drone attack on Russia's Volgograd region damaged the city's Lukoil oil refinery, one of the top 10 largest in Russia. The Volgograd refinery had also burned four days earlier and in mid-January, although the authorities claimed that there was no "external influence" on the enterprise. The fire reportedly shut down the refinery's diesel hydrotreating unit, which provided half of its capacity.
▪️ On the night of February 24, drones attacked the Ryazan refinery for the third time in a year, and a fire broke out on its territory. Previously, attacks on the Ryazan refinery were reported on January 24 and 26.
According to media estimates, in 2024, at least 10 large Russian refineries were attacked by drones, and in 2025, the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked 27 fuel and energy facilities in Russia. As a result of the attacks, the country's oil refining volumes fell to a 12-year low of 267 million tons.
https://x.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1895070818608058661
So, it seems that today, the "Russian special operation to save the people of Donbas" looks like this:
▪️ Ukrainian cities are wiped off the map;
▪️ the conquered resources are shared with the United States;
▪️ the remaining profits are divided among close oligarchs.
That's it, the people of Donbas have been saved!
Translation of post:
"Our special operation continues. According to our own plan. Then they started saying, 'If Russia had been able take everything, it would have taken everything long ago.'
Territory? My thoughts are. Taking large territories means sentencing ourselves to large expenditures to restore them. We are not fighting for territories, look at Siberia, we have territory. We're fighting for Russia's status in the new global order. Isn't it so?
I don't want to stoop down to analyze the information we're already sick of that it's not Ukraine but the united West fighting a war against us, and we’ve got to solve things with it."
https://x.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1895043827737526336
the conquered resources are shared with the United States
I guess the U.S. / ruzzia meetings didn't go as well as ruzzia expected.
Russia also wants several cities they do not hold - the only answer is to defeat them militarily with the attending economic collapse.
🇺🇦🇺🇸 Zelensky on a potential meeting with Trump: "If we don't have this, nothing will work. I need to understand what will happen to us, to our families tomorrow, and where you (the US) stand. We don't just need agreements on money—we're trying to survive. My first question is:… pic.twitter.com/DfroMXdbhf— NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) February 26, 2025
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The complete transcript.
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[ Ukrainians Obliterate an Underground Bunker! ]
Today [ Feb 26, 8 pm ], there are interesting updates from the direction of Pokrovsk.
Here, Ukrainian special forces launched a precise clearing operation to open the door for more future assaults against the Russians in the Kotlyne industrial zone, blowing up heavy concrete fortifications in doing so. Ukrainian operators cleared an important tree line, critically endangering Russian supply lines, while also setting the stage for future attacks.
The battle for Kotlyne remains a critical front in Ukraine’s goal to disrupt Russian advances toward Pokrovsk. Ukrainian forces are pushing to finish what they started, retaking the settlement and securing the industrial complex that dominates the area, which will deny the Russians a critical stronghold that could be used for further offensives toward Pokrovsk.
The industrial zone offers high ground and fortified positions, which If Ukraine secures, can serve as a stronghold, helping to blunt the Russian western pincer maneuver aimed at encircling Pokrovsk.
Additionally, taking back control of Kotlyne would reestablish direct ground lines of communication between the Pokrovsk and Udachne, allowing Ukrainians to form a united front against the Russian western pincer.
The last Ukrainian operation to take Kotlyne’s industrial complex was a hard-fought battle. Ukrainian troops successfully stormed several buildings and held them for two days, but an uncontrolled fire forced their withdrawal. In the aftermath, Russian forces rushed reinforcements to the area, set up new firing positions in the surrounding tree lines, and dug in, aiming to block similar Ukrainian operations in the future.
These new defensive measures complicate any direct assault, meaning Ukrainian forces must first clear the outer defensive zone in the tree line before attempting another major push.
The Ukrainian assault force faced a tougher challenge this time, Russian troops were more prepared to face another Ukrainian assault. Russians had established positions in the tree lines, aiming to ambush and destroy Ukrainian units before they could even reach the industrial zone, aiming to cause heavy casualties to any head-on assault on the industrial zone.
Despite these challenges, Ukrainian forces still had an edge, as Russian positions, while reinforced, were built in haste, and many were rudimentary defensive positions meant more to delay or ambush the Ukrainians, rather than defend against a coordinated assault.
To combat this, instead of launching a full-scale frontal assault, Ukrainians opted for another special forces infiltration to eliminate Russian troops in the tree line, and open the door for larger follow-up attacks by conventional forces.
Geolocated footage from the operation shows highly trained Ukrainian operators moving stealthily through the forested area leading to the industrial zone. Advancing silently, they had their weapons equipped with suppressors to quietly eliminate the enemy positions one by one, and avoid alerting the others.
Moving through the dense tree line, a drone with thermal cameras flew at a high altitude to avoid alarming the Russians, while providing real-time intelligence to the Ukrainian operators on the ground.
At first, the Ukrainians encountered two Russians hiding in shallow dugouts with camouflage nets to ensure they were well hidden from the drones in the air. However, this did not help against the swift and aggressive Ukrainian advance, and the Russians were swiftly neutralized.
Then, they encountered a hidden Russian bunker, improvised from an old concrete water well. Instead of risking a dangerous breach or a prolonged firefight, the Ukrainians dropped a 15-kilogram explosive satchel charge inside, collapsing the roof of the structure and obliterating the Russian soldiers trapped inside. In total 6 Russian soldiers were eliminated in these positions before they could alert others.
Overall, with the Russian defensive positions in the tree line cleared, Ukrainian forces have secured a crucial pathway for further operations against the industrial zone. This successful raid weakens the Russian grip on Kotlyne and creates opportunities for larger, more decisive attacks in the coming days. The fight here is far from over; however this operation has struck another blow against the Russian western pincer near Pokrovsk, moving the battle ever closer to a Ukrainian victory.
Ukraine’s forces are now one step closer to fully reclaiming Kotlyne, which could change the entire dynamic of the battle for Pokrovsk, as Ukrainians would have a much stronger position to repel any Russian attacks.
As I have thought since the beginning. This was primarily about putins desire for a greater Russia and return to soviet level power and prestige….
Strong second, control over even more mineral, petro, and agricultural resources (see primary reason)
What is had nothing to do with was “protecting “ ethnic Russians( how many “protected” have perished), NAZIS, or Christianity
Wow 🍈 sure hates Trump😎
Lots of Russian/Iranian GDP right there😎
Poor 🍈 which way to go, amusing😂
Wow 🍈 sure hates Trump😎
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🍈 doesn’t know which way to jump - with the mining deal Russia cannot attack any part of that operation without US defending against them.
🍈’s FSB meme factory seems to be working overtime.
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