Attack On Europe: Documenting Equipment Losses During The 2022 Russian Invasion Of Ukraine (05-JUL-2022)

A detailed list of the destroyed and captured vehicles and equipment of both sides can be seen below. This list is constantly updated as additional footage becomes available

Ukraine: military situation update with maps, July 4, 2022
(’Orc’ is associated with the various hoards of 13th century Mongol invaders, as well as LOTR evil villains)

War in Ukraine
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP2QApi8G2TKc8NZmeDWSUg/videos

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(Numbered printed material below - Some of the items below may be out of date, and not updated yet)

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**ZSU has used HIMARS to great success targeting Orc Ammo dunes - at least 4 on Ukraine soil and some others on the Russian side. Orcs a bit low on artillery shell supply now; this may last as much as a week, no more.
**(Edit: Putin declared victory in Donbas). Orc troops are getting well-deserved rest. Things will be slow for 2-3 days, maybe a week, before they resume operations. Time to regroup, resupply etc.

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Summary: No major changes.
Key areas:
- Izyum bridgehead: Russian troops captured tiny hamlet Mazanivka.
- Popasna area: Ukrainian troops managed not to roll back all the way to Siversk and kept the top of the ridge frontline.
- Svitlodarsk area: no changes.
- Donetsk West: no changes
- Kherson bridgehead: no changes.

1. Kharkiv: No changes, continued Russian pressure towards village Prudyanka.
••Northwest of Kharkiv: Orcs continue pressure. ZSU continues to hold villages.

2. Izyum bridgehead. No changes.
••Orcs take tiny hamlet. Tiny change in front line.

3. Popasna area: Ukrainian troops still hold on to Verkhyokamyanske, Grygorivka, Spirne and section of the road from Spirne to Bahmut which provides good defensive position.
••ZSU troops still holding on. Politically tense situation for ZSU, would be made worse if they retreated to defensible lines, giving up more territory.

4. Svtilodarsk area: No changes.
••Rumor is Orcs preparing massive attack on power plant, but unlikely attack on power plant; more likely is attack along the lake to close the pocket.

5. West of Donetsk: Avdiyivka and Maryinka. No changes.
••ZSU actively targeting Orc ammo depots.
••ZSU attacked Melitopol’ airport with LR artillery.

6. Vugledar: No changes.

7. Velyka Novosilka - Gulyapole stretch of frontline. No changes.

8. Kherson bridgehead: No changes.

https://sonar21.com/lysychansk-bites-the-dust/

Count me as someone who wished Freddy Mercury was still alive. Western media, after days of pretending that Ukraine was holidng on and on the verge of defeating the Russians, they have accepted the fact that that Russia has secured the Lukhansk republic and defeated the Ukrainian forces. Another one bites the dust:

Fresh of their victory over the key stronghold of Sievierodonetsk, Russian forces have claimed victory over its sister city of Lysychansk, which puts Russia in total control of the Luhansk province. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu affirmed as much in a Sunday statement, while the Ukrainian regional governor of Luhansk, Serhiy Haidai, said the “city is on fire”.

“Sergei Shoigu has informed the commander in chief of the Russian armed forces, Vladimir Putin, of the liberation of the People’s Republic of Luhansk [LPR],” the defense ministry said in a statement.

The next step for Russian forces is to secure the the Donetsk Republic. The United States and NATO continue to pour weapons into a rat hole that are being sold on the black market. The fall of Lukansk Republic should be a wake up call to the west, but they are so blinded by their hatred of Russia that they do not realize theY are failing.

The desperation of Ukraine is expressed by shelling civilian areas in Russia, such as Belgorad, which has ZERO military significance. This means that Russia will step up its attacks on targets in Ukraine and will escalate the conflict to the detriment of Ukraine.

The Russian offensive is killing and wounding an enormous number of Ukrainian troops. Ukraine does not have a substantial reserve force that it can throw into the battle to counter the Russian move forward. Western claims that Ukraine is preparing to mount a counter offensive to push the Russian’s back is sheer fantasy. Any concentration of Ukrainian forces is being targeted with Russian missiles. Those strikes are decimating Ukraine and western mercenaries trying to mount a counter offensive.

I want to reiterate a point I made in previous postings–Ukraine does not have a trained cadre of troops ready and able to be deployed to the front to staunch the Russian offensive. I believe the Russian plan is to secure the territory of Ukriane up to the river Dneiper. We are already getting indications that Russia is breaking through the defensive line that Ukraine tried to establish at Siversk. If Russia accomplishes this objective, Ukraine will be forced to withdraw its forces to the western banks of the Dnieper or face extermination.

Well, we will see if there is an Operational pause after the Battle of Severodonetsk/Lysychansk, or if it is just a few days of reduced pace.

HIMARS hitting the Russian ammo supply points will likely force them to adapt their tactics, and might provide some delay of renewed offensive in Donetsk Oblast.

Deeper strikes might be more disruptive to the Russian effort, and could bring logistics constraints back as a bigger factor for the Russian forces.

Send more Artillery!

let me second that: Dirty RuZZian.

The ZSU forces have to withdraw much further back because there is no defensible line where they are now - in a valley. They are only trying to hold because of political decisions, not military necessity.

Its not a matter of troops - neither side has a cadre of well trained troops any more. Its a matter of a high intensity artillery war.

Moreover, the further the Orcs move east, the long and more vulnerable their supply lines become and, conversely, the ZSUs lines become shorter and less vulnerable. Its also worth noting that the front lines are not a solid line but concentrated along roads and villages - the rest is open space.

Its not a matter of troops - neither side has a cadre of well trained troops any more.

You're crazy. You're repeating Biden regime propaganda. You're a neocon stooge and an agent of its "liberal new world order" whether you know it or not.

The Russians haven't even used more than 1/10th of the ground troops they have in this war. They are rotating troops in and out so they are properly rested.

Meanwhile, Ukraine is forced to give conscription notices at churches in Lviv. They are literally forcing every adult male into battle without proper training.

It's remarkable that you're dumb to believe Russia is running out troops. You are living in a fantasy world.

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