Posted on 02/13/2023 6:32:23 AM PST by SpeedyInTexas
The other vehicles are even worse next we will see old US Halftracks and bren gun carriers
Seeing the videos of tanks driving around tanks that just ran over mines and running over another is brilliant tactics and training
Almost as good as the hoards of men running across open fields
Reminds me of the scene in galipoli where the Turks are yelling at the Brits to not attack because they are all being mowed down by machine guns
Immigration Ukrainians will not be saying that
Seems to me they need some chain guns
Strategic missile barrage fail, GEN “Armageddon” Surovikin already replaced:
@IAPonomarenko Feb 12
I have no idea how they do this, but tomorrow it will be the second day in a row with no planned power cuts in Kyiv and the region.
At least that’s what our energy monopoly says. And it’s frosty now, and there was a massive missile attack just recently.
...The cold season is drawing to an end already. Neither Ukraine nor Europe is not even close to begging Putin for peace on their knees in the dark and cold.
@ChuckPfarrer 4h
LANE CLOSURES AHEAD: M|§F|T @am_misfit posts (a) time lapse, showing that repairs on the Kerch Straits Bridge are progressing. Spans have been replaced, and roadway surfaces are being put down. Watch for a ribbon cutting, followed by another UKR long range precision strike.
@ChuckPfarrer 5h
"VUHLEDAR AXIS /1345 UTC 13 FEB/ RU forces have advanced north of Grafske and enveloped the UKR salient between the T-05-09 HWY in the west and the O-0531 road in the east. Outflanked, UKR forces in Blahodatne and Volodymvrivka withdrew in an orderly manner."
@ChuckPfarrer 5h
"BAKHMUT AXIS /1320 UTC 13 FEB/ RU continues operations against the M-03/ T-05-13 JCT north of Bakhmut. Repeated claims that RU has captured Krasna Hora are false: UKR forces remain in contact within the urban center. Fighting continues along the H-32 HWY south of Chasiv Yar."
@WarMonitor3 3h
Kreminna area: Russian forces have launched several new assault attempts mainly towards heavily defended forested areas west of Kreminna heavy fighting continues. They also attempt to bypass positions from the north towards Nevske so far unsuccessfully.
@WarMonitor3 3h
North of Bakhmut Russian forces have made some more advances recently capturing a large production plant and now attempting to advance into Paraskoviivka. Heavy fighting continues to the east and north of Paraskoviivka.
@WarMonitor3 3h
Kupyansk area: Fighting intensity has increased significantly Russian forces have likely captured Dvorichne and are assaulting towards Hryanykivka. Other assault directions are being repelled effectively.
@WarMonitor3 1h
Russian forces are again setting up large military camps in Voronezh and Kursk regions, this was also seen before the renewed invasion last year.
Although there is large offensives taking place on the eastern frontline, It is also possible they open a new frontline in spring
@bayraktar_1love 5h
The Ukrainian military has already started Leopard 2 training in Poland.
So far, 105 Ukrainian military personnel have arrived in Poland, including 21 tank crews, as well as technical personnel for tank maintenance.
https://youtu.be/q4HC2iyRuhY
Russian forces are (re)establishing large training camps in Russia.
@kromark 9h
Russian army recently established a new field camp near Voronezh, where they accumulated troops year ago prior to the invasion... new camp near Pogonovo has been established not earlier than Jan. 25th. Construction started between January 25th and on Jan 30th image we already can see the tents.
@konrad_muzyka
I can confirm that not only is Pogonovo occupied, but Russians also recently established a camp in Postoyalye Dvory, east of Kursk. These are very recent developments that occurred over the last 2 weeks. Postoyalye Dvory previously held elements of the 6.CAA, while Pogonovo 1.TA
@DefMon3 1h
Postoyalye Dvory training camp mentioned by @konrad_muzyka. Around 130 tents, it looks like at least 75% of them are heated.
Russian Internet trolling is part of their war effort.
Institute for the Study of War 12 Feb 2023:
“Russian information campaigns have supported a continuous strategic objective of deterring or slowing the West’s provision of material support to Ukraine...
Russia’s operational-level information campaigns aim either to set conditions for planned Russian operations or to mitigate Russian military failures...
Russia uses the narrative that Ukraine is incapable of defeating Russia because of inherent power disparities between the two states to mitigate major Russian setbacks or Russian failures to achieve rapid successes in major offensive operations...
Russia intensified narratives about the risk of nuclear escalation in September-November 2022 to reestablish deterrence and dissuade the West from providing Ukraine the materiel needed to continue its counteroffensives following devastating Russian military failures in Kharkiv Oblast...
It is now clear that the Russian information campaign centering on peace negotiations that intensified in December 2022 was aimed—among other things—at delaying the provision of Western tanks and other advanced equipment essential for the continuation of Ukrainian mechanized counteroffensives in order to set conditions for Russia’s own planned offensives...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov notably signaled the end of the information operation, for the time, by announcing that Russia would continue to pursue a military solution in Ukraine on December 27.[21] It was too late, by that point, for the West to send tanks in time to interfere with the Russian offensive operation that began roughly a month later...
Russia continues its shaping effort targeting Western provisions of long-range weapons and tanks to Ukraine by spreading the narrative that Ukraine will deliberately threaten Russia with these weapons instead of prioritizing the liberation of its Russian-occupied territories...
Russia will continue to weaponize information operations to directly support discrete military operations in Ukraine—especially after it has regained the initiative on the frontlines in eastern Ukraine. The Kremlin is resuming a narrative exaggerating Russian frontline victories with the ongoing offensives on Bakhmut and Lyman...
The West should consider that Russian discussions of negotiations may not be about negotiations or conditions for peace at all, but may rather be information campaigns specifically targeted at getting Russia through windows of opportunity or vulnerability on the battlefield.
All these information campaigns will support overarching Kremlin strategic aims of splitting the West from Ukraine, deterring or delaying the provision of Western materiel, and generally undermining Western support for Ukraine and the cohesion of the Western coalition.
“Denmark has given Ukraine all of its CAESAR self-propelled howitzers. “
https://twitter.com/DefenceU/status/1625011888625942529
“Another gas pipeline went up in flames in Yaroslavl, Russia”
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1625203520587632666
@visegrad24 4h
The EU’s 10 sanctions package against Russia will include:
- Sanctions on 4 Russian banks
- Ban on Russian nationals serving on boards of critical infrastructure companies in the EU
- New listings of 130 entities & people
- Ban on Russian rubber, bitumen & asphalt
...There will also be a ban on exports into Russia of EU goods including trucks, other heavy vehicles, construction machines, pumps and other machines used in the construction sector as well as electronic components that Russia could use to make weapons.
@visegrad24 7h
BREAKING:
Moldovan president Maia Sandu has held a speech to nation, warning that Russia is planning a coup d’état in Moldova, complete with attacks on government buildings and hostage-taking by men with military training working under the guise of “opposition protesters.”
US State Department advises no travel to Russia:
https://ru.usembassy.gov/travel-advisory-russia-do-not-travel-february-12-2023/
Travel Advisory: Russia – Do Not Travel (”U.S. citizens residing or travelling in Russia should depart immediately”). https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4130717/posts
General SVR’s Telegram update from today:
Vladimir Putin at the weekend held a meeting with representatives of the leadership of the military bloc.
-snip-
The President scolded the military leadership for the failure of the initial stage of the offensive in Ukraine, pointing out that all plans were foiled, was again generous with threats and, of course, used ornate forms of swearing characteristics in relation to the participants of the meeting.
Putin directly reproached the military leadership for sparing people in vain and absolutely not saving weapons, while the president set wagner as an example for the military PMCs, and praised Prigozhin himself as a competent leader.
The military who took part in the meeting assured Putin that they would correct the situation and promised to please the president with “significant results” in the next ten days.
Putin categorically demanded the result by February 21, otherwise he promised to “revise a lot”, and this ended the meeting.
Could be few long knives looking for Mr. P.
Some interesting takes. As for the UKR counter battery advantage and ineffective RUS EW, I have read that early in the war, Russia was successfully using EW against US supplied counter battery radars. Apparently we adapted and provided a fix to UKR and there have been pretty consistent reports since the Kharkiv counter-offensive that UKR counter-battery has been pretty effective.
Also, on the RUS MoD “undermining” PMC Wagner, there could be an alternate reason. Defense Minister Shoigu also has a private military company, “PMC Patriot”, and as you can imagine, they have access to and compete for many of the same resources as PMC Wagner (including Putin’s support). In that space, they are direct competitors. Prigozhyn is making both Shoigu’s Military and PMC look bad.
Feb 21 and 22 are really important dates.
Reports of multiple HIMARS strikes on Russian positions in occupied Zaporizhzhia region right now.
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