Attack On Europe: Documenting Russian Equipment Losses During The 2022 Russian Invasion Of Ukraine

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[FtrPilot]

The British Government has sent BAE Systems, the UK’s biggest defence company, a letter of intent that orders are on the way. The signal of intent will give it the confidence to build new production lines and start to increase supplies.

A letter of intent would be issued if there are long lead items that need to be purchased or if manufacturing facilities need to be built or re-configured.

Often, with a letter of intent, defense contractors will invest corporate funds to ensure timely delivery of contract items.

On another note...BAE Systems has won a contract to manufacture Long-Range Precision Guidance Kits (LR-PGK).

Under the $33m multi-year contract, the company will produce LR-PGK for the US Army’s 155mm Extended Range Cannon Artillery (ERCA) munitions artillery shells.

This will enable the service to achieve long-range precision strikes beyond 70km by 2023 even in challenging electromagnetic environments.

Perhaps these will be tested in a realistic combat environment...here's a pic:

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Well he could be right in the sense that Ukraine is destroying Orcland.

[BeauBo]

Druzhba pipeline restarted:

https://oilprice.com/Energy/Oil-Prices/Oil-Prices-Fall-As-Druzbha-Pipeline-Resumes-Flows.html

“Oil prices have been falling in Wednesday’s session after oil flows on the Druzhba pipeline from Russia to Eastern Europe resumed after having been temporarily suspended following repairs on electrical infrastructure damaged in Moscow’s latest assault on Ukraine.

Brent crude was trading down 2.11% at 11:50 a.m. EST, while WTI was down 2.83%...

...The Druzhba pipeline network originates in Russia and splits in Belarus into Ukraine, where it supplies several countries in Eastern and Central Europe including refineries in landlocked Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic. Russia’s state-owned pipeline monopoly Transneft was notified by Ukraine that the supply to Hungary had been temporarily suspended.

Meanwhile, natural gas and power prices have also eased after NATO and Poland’s leaders ruled out the possibility that a missile strike on Polish territory was an intentional Russian attack.”

Although oil prices pulled back a little today, Oil and Natural Gas have been trading in a narrow range for the last month or two, with oil around a strong $90/bbl, and natural gas no longer dropping.

[tlozo]

Attack On Europe: Documenting Russian Equipment Losses During The 2022 Russian Invasion Of Ukraine

This morning fuel depot in Oryol oblast in Russia caught fire after being hit by UAV.

We got confirmation it was one of fundraised "Legion of Boom" kamikaze drones - Ukrainian made Topaz

Depot is 200 km from the border of Ukraine.

[SpeedyInTexas]

Reports of explosions at airfield in Crimea.

“Explosions in Dzhankoy (Crimea). There is infa that ours struck at the enemy airfield. There were about 80 pieces of equipment.”

https://twitter.com/antiputler_news/status/1592990113898070016

[SpeedyInTexas]

“Dzhankoy is more than 140km away from the front, making it impossible that it might be GMLRS. Could be drones, but in any case it shows how vulnerable the Russian occupation in the South has become with the liberation of Kherson. “

[FtrPilot]

I did a search on "Legion of Boom" and here's the picture:

It took a while, but I finally found the kamikaze drone "Legion of Boom"...

I hope the kamikazes don't get sued for trademark infringement.

[BeauBo]

"Reports of explosions at airfield in Crimea." “Dzhankoy is more than 140km away from the front, making it impossible that it might be GMLRS"

[BeauBo]

"It shows how vulnerable the Russian occupation in the South has become with the liberation of Kherson. "

@bayraktar_1love 1h

Also with established 🇺🇦 control over right bank of Dnipro quite often strikes/explosions claims appear about Chaplynka, Skadovsk, Kalanchak or even Armyansk in Crimea. Often there are no exact documented proofs but still those places were almost never claimed before.

[BeauBo]

Dzhankoi, Crimea:

@DefMon3: "This place has an air base. And the area is full of military camps."

[BeauBo]

“This morning fuel depot in Oryol oblast in Russia caught fire after being hit by UAV.

We got confirmation it was one of fundraised “Legion of Boom” kamikaze drones”

This is kind of a new thing - crowdfunding an attack on a country.

[BeauBo]

https://kyivindependent.com/national/michael-kofman-after-kherson-gains-for-ukraine-will-come-at-slower-pace

“The Kyiv Independent asked Michael Kofman, military analyst and Research Program Director in the Russia Studies Program at CNA, to comment on what retaking Kherson means for the future of the war.”...

“As winter approaches, November and December in particular are difficult months to conduct offensives. Russian forces will seek to entrench for the winter, using the Dnieper (Dnipro River) as a natural defensive barrier in the south. In the east their position remains vulnerable, trying to retain a defensive line between Troitske, Svatove, Kreminna. It may be smart for Ukraine to keep pushing now, before mobilization can increase Russian manpower availability in 3-4 months, but weather conditions and force availability may make that unsound.”...

“I suspect that future offensives are likely to be against a more consolidated Russian force with less territory to defend. Kherson was not an easy battle, and after Kherson offensives are likely to be just as difficult, if not more so. But it depends. Russia may face shortage of ammunition, and experience morale problems with mobilized personnel over the course of the winter.

The Russian goal seems to be to entrench and defend for the next several months, try to reconstitute the force, and then attempt a new offensive in the Donbas in 2023. Ukraine can disrupt this process by keeping up pressure over the winter. I’m skeptical that Russia can restore offensive potential, but they may be able to extend the war. Depends on the net effect of mobilization and the extent to which Ukraine receives sustained material assistance from the West.”

[Berlin_Freeper]

Worse than cannon fodder: mobilised men from 359th regiment were ordered to stay at the shore on the left bank of the Dnieper with no long-range weapons, under mortar and drone strikes, with zero communication. They were forced to retreat and film an apologetic explanation video. pic.twitter.com/wuJiEikGrQ— Dmitri (@wartranslated) November 16, 2022

[Berlin_Freeper]

Vadim Boyko
Russian media is reporting this as a suicide, though they confirm the pistol was not Boyko's, there was no suicide note, and the existence of the 5 gunshot wounds.

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Same method Vince Foster used to shoot himself twice in the back of his head then leap up hill.

[PIF]

scuttled the peace proposal that would have allowed Russia to keep Crimea in a settlement

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And saved the Ukraine government from being hanged en mass by the people.