Posted on 02/24/2024 5:59:01 AM PST by SpeedyInTexas
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SpaceX is hoping to launch StarShip 6 times more this year!
Now getting ready for Fight 4.
Looks like Geronimo has mostly recovered from his injuries.
“Men that look like Gerasimov and Shoygu cast their vote in the so-called presidential elections”
https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1768555170726592867
Turned Putin's "Murom-P" long-range visual surveillance complex and SIGINT/EW antennas into a pile of metal.
Keep destroying!
https://twitter.com/legion_svoboda/status/1768624855186800705
A post by "Liberty of Russia" Legion.
The "Murom-P" long-range visual surveillance complex and SIGINT/EW antennas was most likely located in the Belogorad region.
Also, "Liberty of Russia" Legion is equipped with FPV drones.
“Men that look like Gerasimov and Shoygu cast their vote in the so-called presidential elections”
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How many times?
The CIWS link has a picture of the “Robo-Rhib” I mentioned in post 353, being lit up by CIWS in Surface Mode.
““I’m confident the vast majority, and excuse me for saying this, but I think a vast majority of members of Congress are willing to do their part. And I continue to urge every member in this room to stand up to Vladimir Putin. He’s a thug,” Biden added, at which point those in the room, including the Speaker, applauded.”
More playing both sides of the room.
Kremlin snuff box, 03/14/24
https://t.me/s/kremlin_secrets
Fighting in the Belgorod and Kursk regions will last a week, maximum two [ weeks ]
This is what sources in the General Staff, the FSB and the Russian Guard with whom we spoke say. “The saboteurs are persistent, but they won’t hold out against us for more than a week or two. I’m sure of this,” said one of the interlocutors.
At the same time, shelling, including of Belgorod, may continue longer. Security forces advise local residents to remain vigilant.
Evacuations from the Belgorod and Kursk regions, as we wrote [ https://t.me/kremlin_secrets/3764 ], are not planned at the moment; a source close to the Belgorod governor Vyacheslav Gladkov believes that this “makes no sense.” And he hopes that the situation will not change. When asked how people would be ensured safe voting in the presidential elections, he found it difficult to answer.
Unfortunately, we suffered losses. At the moment, 34 military personnel, border guards and soldiers of the Russian Guard have died in the Belgorod and Kursk regions. There are conscripts among the dead, but sources refuse to name their number.
Up to ten units of equipment were lost.
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Kremlin snuff box, 03/15/24
https://t.me/s/kremlin_secrets
Why is Belgorod suffering again? The authorities complain and demand help
The authorities of the Belgorod region say that there is no need to evacuate from Grayvoron, and especially Belgorod [ https://t.me/kremlin_secrets/3764 ], as of Friday. At the same time, non-public interlocutors around Governor Gladkov admit: everyone is tired, including the population, which lives on pins and needles.
“We are fed up with Belgorod constantly suffering. Either shelling, or saboteurs. Then our military will do something strange. In Kursk, for example, this is not the case, and why? Kursk was tightly closed by air defense, and they told us directly: “We can’t shoot down everything, sorry”, says one of the deputy governors on the condition of anonymity.
Officially, the head of the region appealed to the Ministry of Defense with a request to strengthen the air defense of the region, but Moscow called and said not to panic.
Kremlin snuff box
https://t.me/s/kremlin_secrets
Putin shouted at Naryshkin at night because of Macron
The night before, a statement by Emmanuel Macron appeared regarding the possibility of sending French troops to Ukraine. Despite various interpretations, he did not say anything fundamentally new, only confirming the local press’s inside reports that this issue is still being discussed in Paris.
What was important was the tone in which the French President spoke about Russia. This tone angered Vladimir Putin.
The President called the head of the SVR Naryshkin at night. The conversation went, as they say, one way.
“What did you tell me? Did you hear what this paddling pool blathers about us? Should I teach you to do your job?” Vladimir Putin literally shouted to his interlocutor.
Separately, the head of state instructed to deal with “that Parisian prostitute.” Apparently, we are talking about Marine Le Pen, who a day earlier called for support for Ukraine and called Russia the culprit of the war. The President was angry and recalled to Naryshkin “the millions that were poured into her (Le Pen - Ed.).”
Indeed, no one expected such a public reversal from Macron, much less from Le Pen. Moscow, of course, did not respect the French president, but even in hawkish circles they view him with fear.
Kremlin mysticism rises ... again.
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Kremlin snuff box
https://t.me/s/kremlin_secrets
Shoigu found a “way” to finish the SVO this year. Because of this, they had to dig up the grave of the great commander
We, frankly, did not believe in this news, but it was confirmed to us by four sources at once - in the Ministry of Defense and the Kremlin.
It turns out that the ashes of the great commander Alexander Suvorov were briefly removed from the Annunciation Church of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra. The preparations for excavating Suvorov’s grave were caught on camera, but this fact itself was hidden under the guise of planned work.
They disturbed the commander’s ashes on the direct orders of Sergei Shoigu. “Sergei Kuzhugetovich has gone completely crazy, so I think everyone should know about it. He decided to remove Suvorov’s remains from the grave and hold a prayer service over them, with the participation of representatives of several religious organizations, not only our Orthodox Church.
“There will be both Buddhists and Muslims. A prayer service will be held in the next few days, attendance is mandatory for everyone in our ministry,” said one of the sources in the Ministry of Defense.
According to another, after this, Suvorov’s ashes will be loaded onto a plane and will be flown over the front line (where possible) and the borders of NATO countries. Suvorov also “flies” not far from the current hot spots - the Belgorod and Kursk regions.
Shoigu and many of his comrades believe that after this the power of Russian weapons will increase so much that we will be able to complete the Northern Military District with victory this year.
It is interesting that Vladimir Putin refused to participate in the prayer service over the ashes of Suvorov.
But Shoigu allowed him to fly with the remains of the commander over Moscow, St. Petersburg and a number of other cities and regions - for the sake of “good luck in the elections and protecting Russia from enemy attacks.”
By the way, an empty coffin was left in Suvorov’s grave so that no one would notice the missing remains.
To be honest, we wanted to somehow comment on this event. But we realized that we have no comments on this matter...
Kremlin snuff box
https://t.me/s/kremlin_secrets
Important information about the elections!
Friends, voting in the Russian presidential elections has started today. We won’t reveal the secret if we say that the name of the winner is already known. However, the electoral process is not without provocations.
All Ukrainian (and not only) special services are involved in the process of creating technical problems in the operation of online voting. Provocations are also carried out at polling stations.
Security officials warn: security at the elections will be ensured! At least in safe areas. The interlocutors refused to answer whether the new regions of the Russian Federation can be considered as such.
Apparently, the death of election organizers in the Zaporozhye, Kherson regions and DPR still had consequences.
Should we expect more significant provocations on subsequent voting days? Sources hint that such are possible. At the same time, they made it clear that all forces were involved. According to rumors, they even hired specialists from China to protect against cyber attacks, but we were unable to confirm this information.
Is it safe to go to polling stations? Here, I must admit, let everyone decide for themselves. Obviously, there may be risks in the front-line and border areas. At the same time, elections are a process and must be completed.
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Kremlin snuff box
https://t.me/s/kremlin_secrets
Putin has problems with online voting
Vladimir Putin managed to cast his vote during online voting in the elections, but not the first time. This information was confirmed to us by a source in the presidential press service.
“The program froze, apparently the servers were not working. We had to wait about a minute. Vladimir Vladimirovich, of course, was not delighted,” our interlocutor said. According to him, the voting itself was not included in the final video.
The press video was filmed in a separate take. There was already a ready-made screensaver on the screen, our source admitted.
The President ordered to find out why the voting system was not working in Novo-Ogarevo at that very moment. By the way, some political strategists offered to personally visit the polling station, but the FSB and FSO insisted that there was simply no need to take another risk.
The intelligence services feared provocations during Vladimir Putin’s in-person voting. Thanks to online voting, it was possible to avoid unnecessary risks and popularize remote participation in elections.
“Judge delays Trump hush money trial by 30 days”
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
[ Three Russian Armored Vehicles Make a Wrong Turn ]
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Day 751: Mar 15
Today, there are a lot of important updates from the Avdiivka direction.
Here, the most intense clashes are taking place right in front of Avdiivka, and the further Russians have gone, the harder it became for them to gain ground. In fact, the moment the Russians reached the Durna River, Russian forces completely lost momentum, giving Ukrainians a perfect opportunity to retake the initiative.
This is somewhat unexpected because both Ukrainian and Russian analysts speculated that the Ukrainian defense line along the Durna River is underdeveloped and too weak to receive oncoming Russian offensive operations.
Nonetheless, the Institute for the Study of War assessed that Russian forces failed to seize the opportunity and cross the river before Ukrainians could establish more cohesive and harder-to-penetrate defensive lines.
As a result, Ukrainians gradually stabilized the frontline, consolidated control over the new defensive positions, and unlocked the possibility of conducting counterattacks.
Russian sources reported that the Ukrainian Command decided to deploy reinforcements into the region and claimed that these mobile independent strike forces conduct rapid raids to dislodge Russians from newly captured positions.
The fact that Russian forces had to switch from a purely offensive stance to a semi-defensive lead to a significant slowdown in the pace of the Russian operations.
What complicated the Russian advancements even more was the local geography, especially in the central part of the region. The geography of the region reduced the versatility of attack vectors and forced Russians to operate within very narrow pathways between the rivers.
Moreover, to assault Ukrainian positions along the river, Russians were forced to overextend themselves by having to move through the vast fields.
Ukrainian fighters from the 3rd Assault Brigade released combat footage showing Ukrainians detecting and destroying Russian assault units with cluster munitions en route. Since very few assault units managed to get to the Ukrainian positions intact, the intensity of the Russian attacks naturally decreased.
The rapidly changing dynamics forced Russians to adjust their tactics, if they wanted to continue moving forward. The first thing that Russians did was shift their focus to the northern part of the defense line. Here, Russian forces did not have the limitations in the form of the rivers and gullies, which gave them more room for maneuver.
What is more, by breaching the Ukrainian defense in Berdychi, Russians would be able to attack Ukrainians from two sides and slice of the Ukrainian defense much more easily.
The second thing Russians did was adapt to Ukrainian counterattacks by deploying basically suicide units.
These units would try to penetrate the Ukrainian defense as deep as possible, entrench themselves, and hold an all-round defense to draw Ukrainian troops, buying Russians in the back some time to consolidate control over the grey zone. These units were usually too far from the rest, with no prospects of receiving supplies or reinforcements.
In order to get so far behind the contact line, Russians deployed multiple armored fighting vehicles that rushed at full speed towards the settlement. As you can see, most of these vehicles did not manage to get too far and were immobilized or destroyed by the artillery.
Other footage revealed the consequences of one of such assaults for the Russian infantry, showing dozens of corpses scattered across the field.
The freshest reports from this region indicate that in order to avoid losing the initiative to Ukrainian counterattacks completely, Russian forces started deploying their valuable operational reserves.
The commitment of the operational reserves to sustain the movement towards the tactical-level objectives means only one thing - the Russian detachments that lost their combat capability due to losses, are sent to the front line without being fully reconstituted with fresh troops, reducing the overall quality of the striking groups.
This has already resulted in a series of disastrous assaults. Ukrainian fighters from the Forty-Seventh Mechanized Brigade released a video showing how Russians attempted to enter Berdychi from the south.
As revealed later by the documents, some of the soldiers that were sent into this suicidal attack were officially mobilized just 8 days prior to this assault. The assault unit consisted of 3 armored fighting vehicles and around 40 troops.
The first vehicle was hit by Ukrainian artillery already in the fields.
The second vehicle suffered the same fate on the approach to the village.
1 vehicle managed to get Russian troops to the outskirts, where Russians immediately tried to assume positions in as many buildings as possible. Unfortunately for Russians, Ukrainians sent a Bradley into the region the moment the Russian assault was detected.
Ukrainians arrived on time and opened fire from the machine gun while Russian troops were still dismounting. As a result, the whole Russian assault unit was completely liquidated.
Overall, Russians underestimated the level of preparedness of the Ukrainian defense line in front of Avdiivka. Ukrainian forces managed to put the Russian advancement to a halt and even ramp up the number of counterattacks in the region to the point where the Russian command was forced to deploy operational reserves.
The fact that the deployed detachments were in the middle of reconstitution means that Ukrainians are undermining the long-term Russian offensive capabilities, which should lead to even greater stabilization of the front line.
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Ukraine’s MiG-29s Are Now Carrying French ‘Hammer’ Rocket-Assisted Bombs
France has said it will provide Ukraine with hundreds of AASM Hammer standoff precision standoff weapons, which are now arming the MiG-29.
https://www.twz.com/air/ukraines-mig-29s-are-now-carrying-french-hammer-rocket-assisted-bombs
Mysterious Drones Swarmed Langley AFB For Weeks
The unidentified drones were such an issue that assets were called in from around the government, including a NASA WB-57 high-altitude jet.
https://www.twz.com/air/mysterious-drones-swarmed-langley-afb-for-weeks
https://twitter.com/Tendar/status/1768889299762565427
More Russian refineries struck and set on fire Saturday (16 March) - Novokuibyshevsk and Syzran.
- Ravil Maganov, Chairman, died falling from window
- Vladimir Nekrassov, CEO, died from falling from window
- Aleksandr Subbotin, died while performing a ritualistic act by consuming toad-poison to treat his alcohol addiction
- Vitaly Robertus, Vice-President, undisclosed "sudden death"
https://twitter.com/Tendar/status/1768926190830489988
Purifying RuZZian Society.
“The Russian oil company “Lukoil” is plagued by a series of deaths “
Kremlin snuff box, 03/16/24
https://t.me/s/kremlin_secrets
General Teplinsky announced an attempt on his life and promises to name the customer in two weeks
The recent attack on the command post of our army in the Kherson region, which resulted in the death of 14 military personnel, was an attempt to assassinate Colonel General Mikhail Teplinsky. This is stated in the statement of Mikhail Yuryevich, which was conveyed to us by officers from his entourage.
“The tragic blow, which took the lives of 14 people (among them many worthy and experienced officers), was an attempt to kill me. This strike was especially vile, because the Ukrainian missiles aimed their own. And not only on me, but also on our other military personnel,” says the General.
According to Teplinsky, he and the people from his entourage found out who exactly surrendered to the enemy, and that Mikhail Yuryevich would be at the command post. After which the Ukrainians struck this object.
“The perpetrators of this crime have specific names. Big names. We will not name them now, during the elections. We will name them approximately two weeks after our Supreme Commander is re-elected. During this time, we will try to improve the situation as much as possible in the direction of the front entrusted to us,” the general also said.
Both he and people from Teplinsky’s entourage categorically refused to name the names of those whom they suspect of the assassination attempt and “leaking” data to the Ukrainians about the meeting with the participation of the general.
By the way, Mikhail Yuryevich refused to participate in the prayer service over the ashes of Alexander Suvorov, which is organized by Sergei Shoigu. The general said that he “had more important things to do at the front.”
Imagine if just a small fraction of the 24,000 Chinese men who illegally crossed the southern border last year (or the millions of Chinese in the USA for School, work or other reasons), each built a small fleet of drones to attack US military and civilian infrastructure. Entire fleets of aircraft could be destroyed on the ground. The same could be applied to Middle Eastern or Eurasian "migrants". Our ability to project power could be eliminated or severely degraded in a very short period.
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