36 tanks & 12 infantry fighting vehicles were used in the attack near Avdiivka y-day
The Ukrainians destroyed 12 tanks & 8 infantry fighting vehicles
https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1774801904557494665
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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“US Oil Suppliers Muscling Into OPEC+ Markets All Over the World”
“One major beneficiary of sanctions on Russian and Venezuelan oil? US suppliers who’ve muscled their way into markets once dominated by OPEC and its allies.
US oil exports have set five new monthly records since Western nations began imposing sanctions on Russia in 2022. And with trade restrictions on Venezuela set to renew in April, American barrels are beginning to displace sanctioned crude in India, one of the biggest buyers of illicit oil.”
RuZZian Boys on FR are going to be disappointed.
“Johnson says Ukraine aid will come up ‘right after’ recess and will include some ‘innovations“
“Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said on Sunday that he expects to move a package that includes aid for Ukraine when the House returns from recess and expects the package to include “some important innovations.”
In an interview on “Sunday Night in America With Trey Gowdy,” Johnson stressed the difficult position he’s in, with a historically narrow House majority, but said that he was working throughout the current work period to come up with a package and plans to put it on the floor when the House gavels back into session.”
“A yearlong investigation by The Insider, in collaboration with 60 Minutes and Der Spiegel, has uncovered evidence suggesting that unexplained anomalous health incidents, also known as Havana Syndrome, may have their origin in the use of directed energy weapons wielded by members of Russian GRU Unit 29155. Members of the Kremlin’s infamous military intelligence sabotage squad have been placed at the scene of suspected attacks on overseas U.S. government personnel and their family members, leading victims to question what Washington knows about the origins of Havana Syndrome, and what an appropriate Western response might entail.”
https://theins.ru/en/politics/270425
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 Turn a Nuclear Bunker on a Hill into an Impregnable Fortress ]
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Day 767: Mar 31
Today, there is a lot of interesting news from the Bakhmut direction.
The most intense fighting is taking place on the northern flank of Chasiv Yar.
The situation in Bohdanivka is developing rapidly. Previously, I reported that Russian forces struggled to generate any gains in the direction of the village over the last month, making this area rather stationary.
However, recently, Russian sources reported that Russian forces conducted a series of powerful assaults in and around the village.
Ukrainian sources confirm that Russians used artillery support supplemented by drones to strike Ukrainian positions and undermine the overall Ukrainian defenses within the village. Ukrainian fighters reported that the Russian commanders resorted to pure infantry assaults, likely in order to preserve the future.
Nonetheless, these assaults did not give the expected results, Ukrainians managed to halt Russian attacks and force them to dig in and set up positions in trenches and basements inside the small captured portion of the village.
If we look at the topographic map, we can see that Ukrainians control the heights around the village, which enable them to detect and strike Russian forces in the lowlands and hamper their advances by inflicting severe losses from elevated areas at which Russians struggle to return fire. Russian sources claimed that Russian forces achieved a 100-meter advance within the village.
The total depth of the Russian advancement over the previous months, therefore, reached just 300 meters in a village that stretched along a road for over three kilometers. Such a pace of advancement is clearly too slow, and it would take Russians many more months to take Bohdanivka with this costly approach.
However, a little bit to the south of Bohdanivka, the situation is very dynamic.
Here, Russians tried to flank Ukrainian positions in Bohdanivka from the south along the railways and stretch Ukrainian troops along the contact line by attacking Bohdanivka from two axes of advance.
The goal of this series of attacks was to force Ukrainians to pull back from the village. To achieve this, Russians first conducted heavy aerial bombardment of Ukrainian positions located to the south of Bohdanivka, close to Chasiv Yar.
Russian bombardments with FAB glide bombs are extremely destructive, capable of making any targeted Ukrainian positions unsustainable for long-term defensive operations. This bombing eventually set conditions conducive for Russian assaults.
The main assault started by sending a group of four Russian BMD armored personnel carriers to land their infantry at a tree line near the railway embankment. However, Ukrainian fighters spotted the first vehicle and destroyed it on the road.
The second vehicle managed to unload its infantry, but it got abandoned after an artillery shell landed close to it, likely inflicting some damage.
The third vehicle triggered a landmine, which immobilized the vehicle, although Russian infantry was still able to unload and proceed to secure positions in the tree line.
Finally, the fourth BMD was struck by an FPV drone, although without significant damage, allowing it to unload the infantry and have the luck of being the only one in the column to drive back to a safe zone.
Now, with these new positions secured, the Russians established a 1 kilometer-long bridgehead that could enable them to attack Ukrainians in two separate axes of advance: toward Chasiv Yar and toward Bohdanivka.
Right now, Russian troops are around 500 meters away from the eastern edges of the town, with a small forest separating them from the main Ukrainian positions.
This gives an advantage to the Ukrainians, as Russians can’t launch mechanized assaults through the area, restricting any possible Russian attacks to pure infantry assaults.
Russian soldiers, therefore, have to face fortified Ukrainian positions in the town, which they can’t do effectively without proper fire support from tanks and infantry fighting vehicles.
That is why Russian forces will have to expand their zone of control to the south of the forest, if they want to assault the town.
Russian control of this area can however be problematic for Ukrainians in Bohdanivka because Russians can uppercut them from the south of the village with a flank attack from the forest and force them to withdraw.
For this reason Ukrainians urgently need to launch a counterattack to eliminate the Russian bridgehead between the town and the village.
The counterattack is a viable option because Russians haven’t yet built up a strong presence in this area. Russians still continue heavy aerial bombings of Chasiv Yar which covered the whole town and made it untenable for anyone on the ground there.
This caused an incident where an old Soviet era atomic bunker where NATO officers were present as non-combatant military attaches was struck by an Iskandar ballistic missile.
Ukrainian Fighters confirmed this incident but stated that the Russian strike couldn’t kill anyone because such a bunker would require explosives to be placed on the inside for its destruction.
In recent days Ukrainians also increased their efforts to limit Russian logistics in the Bakhmut direction with extensive drone strikes along Bakhmut-Pokrovska from which the bulk of Russian supplies to the front are coming.
Here the Ukrainians managed to destroy several Russian Supply vehicles and a tank with FPV drones.
This is extremely important because such Ukrainian drone strikes disrupt Russian supplies to the point where Russians will have to either reduce the intensity of their offensive efforts or temporarily hold it all together both in Chasiv Yar and Ivanivski.
“Ukraine aid will come up ‘right after’ recess and will include some ‘innovations“
The innovation is reportedly making the aid a loan, rather than a grant.
That would mean not voting on the bill that the Senate passed, but sending a new bill to the Senate (possibly containing some poison pill).
Hoping for the best…
“Ukraine aid will come up ‘right after’ recess and will include some ‘innovations“
The innovation is reportedly making the aid a loan, rather than a grant.
That would mean not voting on the bill that the Senate passed, but sending a new bill to the Senate (possibly containing some poison pill).
Hoping for the best…
36 tanks & 12 infantry fighting vehicles were used in the attack near Avdiivka y-day
The Ukrainians destroyed 12 tanks & 8 infantry fighting vehicles
https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1774801904557494665
Democrats who want another “frozen conflict” and back to business as almost usual with their partner Putin will be disappointed, too. There plan all along has been to starve Ukraine of military aid, force them into Minsk 3 and blame the GOP for it.
No need to blame the GOP - they are doing a fine job of it all by their lonesome.
True initial attempt to get some kind of border security improvement tied to Ukraine aid was always going to fail, to many repubes don’t really want it anyways
Uniparty in action
There is DC, and there is everywhere else
Interesting Stories:
Ukraine Situation Report: Russian Armor Massacre At Avdiivka
Reports suggest 20 Russian vehicles were destroyed in what may have been one of the biggest single assaults of its kind in the war so far.
https://www.twz.com/news-features/ukraine-situation-report-russian-armor-massacre-at-avdiivka
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Israel’s Most Advanced Warship Nearly Struck By Long-Range Attack Drone (Updated)
The attack in Eilat could be a preview of what’s to come as it happened prior to an Israeli strike that killed top Iranian commanders.
https://www.twz.com/news-features/israels-most-advanced-warship-nearly-struck-by-long-range-attack-drone
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 Conduct a Successful Counterattack ]
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Day 768: Apr 01
Today, there is a lot of good news from the Kupiansk direction.
Here, Russian forces have been persistently attempting to close in on the critical city of Kupiansk for months. They have been alternating various attack vectors from multiple points along the entire line of contact, with a particular focus on Synkivka, a key area in this direction.
As some military analysts indicated, the Russian command appears to employ here the following tactic.
Firstly, they launch an attack on one vector, usually with high-cost frontal attacks, both in personnel and equipment, which generally end up exhausting their combat capability.
At this point, this force has to pause to reconstitute itself, and simultaneously, the attack is initiated at another point of the front line. This sequence iterates again, allowing Russian forces to maintain the initiative and accumulate marginal gains over time.
As for Synkivka, the Ukrainian forces achieved a significant tactical victory after weeks of intense positional fighting.
Recent geolocated images confirm that they successfully launched a decisive counterattack using armored fighting vehicles, and they have recaptured several positions north of Synkivka, effectively pushing the Russian forces back northward and into the forest.
The footage, filmed by a reconnaissance drone, starts with a Ukrainian BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicle arriving at a hamlet on the edge of the forest north of the village. This area was, in previous weeks, controlled by Russian forces.
The images show how the vehicle takes position and begins to riddle a Russian position located about 400 meters to the north with its 30-millimeter cannon. Moments later, the Russian position begins to burn due to secondary explosions.
Russian analysts confirmed in subsequent days that the surviving Russian forces in this position withdrew into the forest.
At the same time, additional Russian forces located in a grove of trees east of this position also retreated a kilometer further northwest towards Vilshana.
As you will recall, Russian forces maintain their main base in the village of Lyman Pershyi, located in the forest’s center.
As for the forest itself, Ukrainian forces also continued their extensive drone attacks, dropping shells on Russian trenches, equipment, and personnel.
In particular, the footage also shows a large number of night operations, in which, thanks to night vision cameras, Ukrainian forces are also repelling Russian forces inside the forest.
Thanks to this counterattack, the Ukrainian forces have gained a small buffer zone next to the northern part of Synkivka, from the forest border to the road to Vilshana.
A second video recorded by a Ukrainian fighter shows a brief walk through what was once one of the rows of houses north of the Synkivka, apparently without taking precautions as he walks, thus indicating this zone is now somehow away from the zero line.
The shocking images show the high degree of destruction of what once was a village street. Every house, tree, and infrastructure is now completely demolished.
For the Ukrainian side, this breakthrough means that the Ukrainians are employing an active defense here and are taking advantage of any opportunity to conduct a counterattack, making clear the particular importance of this area for the defense of Kupiansk City.
On the Russian side, the loss of positions could indicate that the Russian forces positioned here are badly degraded.
Ukrainian Khortytsia Group of Forces Spokesperson Captain Ilya Yevlash recently stated that Russian forces have intensified assaults along the frontline in the Kupyansk direction but noted that equipment and weapons shortages are limiting Russian forces’ ability to conduct offensive operations in this direction.
In addition, Russian forces may be also prioritizing other directions of the front at the moment.
In this regard, a renowned Ukrainian military analyst noted weeks ago that units of the 272nd Motorized Rifle Regiment, which until now had been fighting in the direction of Kupiansk, had been redeployed in the direction of Lyman, potentially showing a temporary prioritization of this line over Kupiansk direction.
Overall, the Ukrainian forces, demonstrating their unwavering resilience, continue to fight
fiercely in front of the Synkiva defensive line.
They have successfully conducted a counterattack, recapturing several positions north of the settlement and establishing a buffer zone next to the Russian positions. Russian forces, on the other hand, appear to be significantly weakened.
The degradation of the Russian units on the ground, coupled with the fact that their reserves were relocated to another region, may allow Ukrainian forces to assume a more active stance.
The current setting may allow Ukrainians to increase the extent of their countermeasures by knocking off Russian forces from positions in front of Lyman Pershyi and Vilshana, making Russians even lose ground in the aftermath of their offensive operations.
Kremlin snuff box
https://t.me/s/kremlin_secrets
Oligarchs complain about surveillance
The life of a Russian oligarch is hard! You can’t send your wife to Milan for shopping, you can’t fly to London for football. It would seem that with huge amounts of money, what problems might domestic billionaires have? It turns out that not everything is smooth in life even for the rich.
Not so long ago, according to our information, a meeting of large businessmen in a very narrow circle was held in the Moscow region. 4 oligarchs from among the richest people in Russia took part.
The conversation itself lasted just over two hours. We don’t know all the details, but we managed to find out something. Rumor has it that billionaires are not happy with the way the security forces behave.
“Now anyone can be put behind bars for treason,” said one of the meeting participants. All those present agreed with this opinion.
At the same time, the second billionaire negatively assessed the situation when the state, represented by the president and the government, essentially demands more and more money from businessmen for the war.
2 of the 4 present carefully admitted that security had recently been monitoring them. And this also did not bring them positive emotions. One of the billionaires, a major industrialist, complained that Vladimir Putin’s Ukrainian godfather, Viktor Medvedchuk, was trying to squeeze out his plant. This, however, is not the first complaint against Medvedchuk.
After the exchange and arrival in Russia, he feels at ease and takes advantage of his status as a supposedly close person to the president. Although, according to our data, Putin does not see and communicate with Medvedchuk very often.
Kremlin snuff box
https://t.me/s/kremlin_secrets
Is it true that our armored column was destroyed at the front? Everything is not exactly as the enemy says, but the losses, unfortunately, are large
Foreign agents, citing Ukrainian propagandists, report the defeat of our armored column in the area of the village of Tonenkoe near Avdiivka. The information was indirectly confirmed by some military officers. We found out what really happened .
The enemy claims that we lost 20 units of equipment. According to sources in the General Staff, this is not true. 16 units were lost - 9 tanks and 7 infantry fighting vehicles.
Unfortunately, there are serious losses in manpower. According to preliminary data, from 37 to 44 military personnel were killed.
It has not yet been possible to evacuate all the bodies, so the death toll was counted based on the military who did not return from the battle. Perhaps some of them survived and were captured; there is no exact information about this.
We managed to talk to one of the participants in this ill-fated assault. According to him, the enemy managed to hit no more than 6 to 7 pieces of equipment.
The rest were blown up by mines - the offensive was carried out in a hurry, and it was not possible to conduct normal reconnaissance. As a result, the convoy drove into a minefield.
Kremlin snuff box
https://t.me/s/kremlin_secrets
What happened in Tatarstan?
We are asked what happened in Tatarstan last morning and what objects were attacked by enemy drones .
Firstly, there was a blow. The military reluctantly confirmed that the Taneco oil refinery was attacked in Nizhnekamsk. The damage is being clarified, but preliminary the plant was forced to shut down for an indefinite period.
Secondly, in Yelabuga , a blow was struck at the production site of long-range drones. Sources did not respond to our requests for a long time.
There is preliminary information about the loss of at least 40 drones of the “Geran-2” type. Sources on site say the hit was in a finished goods warehouse. No one, frankly, expected that such an object could be the target of an air attack.
An important point that local residents drew attention to is that during the drone attack on the Geranium assembly site, they did not even try to shoot it down.
That is, such an important enterprise was not covered by air defense systems. The distance from the Ukrainian border to the site of the attack is at least 1,250 km.
Interlocutors in the army admit that the drones could have been launched not from the territory of Ukraine, but somewhere closer. Sources in the FSB deny this version. Information about the work of enemy saboteurs in the deep rear is not confirmed. The President was not informed about the attack on the drone production plant.
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Tatarstan was attacked by drones for the first time
https://t.me/horizontal_russia/35456
Early in the morning, two drones attacked the hostel of the Alabuga special economic zone. As wrote the Alabuga press service, the drones “were equipped with equipment from NATO countries.” Seven people were injured.
There are several industrial enterprises in Alabuga, Yelabuga district. The press service stated that they continue to work.
UPD. According to Baza, in Nizhnekamsk drones attacked the Taneco oil refining complex and hit one of the installations. The mayor of the city confirmed the attack on the refinery. According to him, the drone was shot down and there was no damage.
Videos:
https://twitter.com/igorsushko/status/1775093856582893928
https://twitter.com/GloOouD/status/1775034184873939301
“Tatarstan was attacked by drones for the first time.”
I saw a report yesterday (1 April) that a Ukrainian official had said that Ukraine now has drones with a greater than 1,000 Km range.
Time to spread the remaining Russian Air Defenses even thinner.
It will be time to seize the skies when the F-16s arrive (if American aid is flowing by then).
“Tatarstan was attacked by drones for the first time”
Tatarstan is where Kazan is located. Bringing the war home.
The drone used to strike Yelabuga appears to be a converted Cessna or similar small plane. How in the world does something like that make it 1200 km into Russia?
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