Ukraine: military situation update with maps - May 27, 2023
(’Orc’ is associated with the various hoards of 13th century Mongol invaders, as well as LOTR evil villains)
War in Ukraine Explained/Reporting from Ukraine:
https://www.youtube.com/@RFU
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(Numbered printed material below - Some of the items below may be out of date, and not updated yet)
••Denotes Transcribed Dialogue. The entirety of the analysis is from a Ukrainian guy named Reporting from Ukraine’s daily video - I only transcribe it. Extras are just that - from other sites, or my comments marked (Edit: .... ) or { } or [ ].
-—> Current to date and past MAPS: <——
https://militaryland.net/
-—> Daily Battle Maps by Date and Region, Showing Troop Dispositions and Movements: <——
https://deepstatemap.live/
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-—> The True State of Russian Army, The 2nd Best Army in Ukraine <——
posted 2 months ago, 21.13 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KiII_2qabk
The Russian military, the second largest military in the world, may not be what it looks like. Lies and systematic corruptions may in fact have dragged Russia into this war with Ukraine, which has been heavily backed up by the US and NATO. We will present the evidence, you make your own decision, because the Russian Army, is not what you think.
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-—> Understanding Combined Arms Warfare <——
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZOGdKANL5s
Designed to support the U.S. Army Captains Career Course, “Understanding Combined Arms Warfare” defines and outlines the important aspects of modern combined arms operations. This is not a complete history of combined arms warfare. It is intended to highlight the most important aspects of the subject.
The beginning of the documentary establishes a common understanding of combined arms warfare by discussing doctrinal and equipment developments in World War I. The second part compares the development of French and German Army mechanization during the interwar period and describes how each country fared during the Battle of France in 1940. The film concludes by showing how the United States applied combined arms operations in the European Theater in World War II.
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-—> Combined Arms Breach, 1990 <——
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ-sCT_maAQ
What UA will have to master to smash Orc Lines. This visualization was developed for the Maneuver Center of Excellence and is closely based upon the National Training Center Breach and Assault exercise executed circa 1990. This visualization demonstrates viable Techniques, and Procedures as discussed in Army Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures March 3, 1990 for the conduct of the combined arms breach against a hypothetical enemy.
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-—> How Many of Each Type of Tank Does Russia Have In Storage? <——
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PHUK6zkbpc
Type Good 2023
T-54/55 270
T-62 560
T-64 248
T-72 1841
T-80 942
T-90 50
~3,911 operational tanks in storage as of ~04/07/2023 | Ball park tank number.
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-—> Contrast & Compare: the T-14 Armada [The AliExpress Tank]: The Best Russian Tank Ever! [very funny] <——
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-opSlCGLGQ4
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Reporting from Ukraine: by Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny.
https://www.youtube.com/@RFU
[ Most Powerful Strike | Maine Base Destroyed | All Weapons Unleashed: Ukrainians Conduct an Extensive Strike ]
••Day 458: May 27
Ukrainians increased the frequency and intensity of precision strikes on the Russian bases in the Zaporizhia region. If previously, Ukrainians conducted around 10 strikes per week, then now they are conducting 10 strikes per day.
The most destructive strikes happened in Mariupol. Today local residents reported hearing multiple explosions near the airfield.
The footage indicates activation of the Russian air defense and, according to the unconfirmed reports, Russians shot down 1 out of 4 missiles.
This is the second consecutive day of strikes because yesterday, Ukrainians struck Mariupol with 2 Storm Shadow missiles.
The targets of the strike were 2 facilities on the territory of the Azovstal industrial complex: one facility was used for the residence of hundreds of troops, while another one was used as a warehouse for equipment.
Today more information became available as some Russian sources expressed their discontent and critique of the Russian command for failure to adjust to the new realities of war while mentioning that 250 special operators and marines died in the aftermath of yesterday’s strike.
It was also mentioned that a week ago, Ukrainians destroyed more than 200 troops in a similar strike on the facilities near the airfield, so a bit higher that the initial Ukrainian estimates of 150 troops.
The fact that just in these 2 consecutive strikes, Ukrainians managed to eliminate almost 500 troops made many Russian analysts convinced that a lot of local residents had been actively spying for an extended period of time, which is why more counter-spying measures should be implemented as soon as possible.
Another powerful Storm Shadow strike happened in Berdyansk. The explosion was seen from villages located more than 10 km away from the shore.
Some sources reported that the target of the strike became the recreational center Himiki, and other sources suggested that the target of the attack was the Azovkabel factory, however, both versions agree that Ukrainians were aiming at the areas of forces concentrations.
Ukrainians are also still actively using HIMARS. Over the last several days, Ukrainian conducted at least 3 HIMARS strikes on the Russian military objects in and around Donetsk The target of the most recent strike became a former institute that Russians were using for military purposes.
The target of the second strike became the twin towers or, more precisely, anti-tank-guided missile systems, electronic warfare systems, and reconnaissance systems that were conveniently placed on the roof of these high-rise buildings.
The target of the third strike became an ammunition depot for the Russian air defense systems near Mospyne. Other sources also reported that Ukrainian artillery crews are also striking the towns and cities closer to the contact line.
Some Ukrainian fighters stated that today HIMARS rockets also hit Russian objects in Nikoske, Melitopol, and Tokmak.
Ukrainians are conducting smaller strikes outside the borders of Ukraine. Since Ukrainians agreed not to use HIMARS and Storm Shadows to hit Russian territories, for these purposes, Ukrainians are using various types of kamikaze drones.
The first drone strike happened today in the Pskov region. Two drones tried to attack an oil pipeline near Erohino, however, they missed it and hit the building of the regional administration. The second drone strike happened in the Tver region.
Two drones tried to attack an oil-pumping facility Andreapol, which is one of the biggest industrial objects in the region. This time the drones were much closer to the target, but still only hit a workshop instead of the oil facilities.
The third drone strike happened in the Krasnodar region. Two drones unsuccessfully tried to target one of the factories located in the northeastern part of the city.
Three more strikes happened today in the Belgorod region. Here, Ukrainians hit a thermal power plant in Belgorod, a small gas pipeline, and the electric grid in Shchebekino, and even destroyed 2 officers that were traveling in a car too close to the border.
Overall, it is clear that, right now, Ukrainians are focused on the areas of enemy forces concentrations, and at the moment, their primary targets are the headquarters of the most trained and prepared Russian forces, such as pilots, marines, and special operators.
In parallel, Ukrainians are using their drones to hit distant critical supply line objects, in particular the ones that are related to fuel.
Even though the drones do not have the same success rate as Storm Shadow missiles, since drones are cheap and can be launched frequently, Ukrainians managed to destroy up to 20 fuel-related facilities just over the last month.
The continuation of this campaign ensures that Russians will accumulate a plethora of problems with manpower and supplies, especially in the southern direction, where their supply lines and military objects are extremely vulnerable.
••Anti-Putin Russians entered the Bryansk region. All in preparation for the offensive, Denys said.
The first stage of the offensive:
The small counter attacks with limited forces on the Bakhmut flanks sparked enlarged conflicts between Wagners, the Russian Confederation and the RGF.
Next stage, was the attack on the Russian Belgorod region. This forces Russia to send front line troops to that region.
Now, there are lots of strikes on Russian supply and troop hubs, plus the action against the Russian Intelligence ship which was watching Ukrainian aviation, drones, and air defense missiles.
In the coming days, there will be increasing drone strikes on Russia, more border crossings, more hub and troop concentrations hit.
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Russian Command is a slow moving bureaucracy, where if you distract it in one place, you become free to hit it in some different place, while the Command is still reacting to the first place. Distraction, confusion and compounding problems make Russian Command even more confused and liable to miscommunications or none at all to vital elements.
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Apparently, Russian media is now forbidden from mentioning Wagner. The last Russian media interviewer who questioned Prigozhin was fired the next day.
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Denys show a film of a SU landing on their mighty Carrier, Admiral Kuznetsov. The jet gets to the stern and almost hits belly first, but pulls up and land just fine. Russian bloggers tout their mighty pilots and planes that no other planes or pilots can do such a maneuver. Except the scene is from a video game.
And the Carrier was put into a floating dry dock which sunk, then put in another dry dock where the ship caught on fire 2X, and the systems burned up cannot be replaced because of the sanctions. In a further irony, the ship’s most sensitive and precise equipment was made in Ukraine ...
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Russian officials said everything is going according to the Plan.
••39 armed ex-prisoners are being searched for in the Rostov region. The men served under contract in the detachment of former prisoners “Storm Z” in Lisichansk.
During the escape, they killed the military security soldier of the LPR, which is engaged in preventing them. In the Rostov region, the “Interception” plan was introduced.
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New war in the world? The Taliban are reported to start the attack on Iran. According to some media reports, the Taliban even declared war on Iran. A Taliban official said Iran has a “corrupt regime”.
“We will fight Iran with more efforts than America. If our leaders allow jihad, we will soon conquer Iran,” they said. The Taliban came close to the Iranian base in the border zone. There was a military confrontation.
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Last night Ruzzia launched the most massive drone attack on Ukraine and Kyiv during the entire war - 54 Iranian Shahedas were launched, 52 of them were shot down, more than 40 were shot down in Kiev itself. This is on the eve of the Day of Kyiv.
In Kyiv, a 41-year-old man was killed by shrapnel, two more people were injured. Shrapnel damaged several houses, cars, shops, commercial premises and other objects. In Zhytomyr there is a hit in an infrastructure facility.
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Turkey:
Video of Estrogen handing out money before there next round of the election:
https://t.me/pilotblog/4352
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Russian officials said everything is going according to the Plan.
Another powerful Storm Shadow strike happened in Berdyansk. The explosion was seen from villages located more than 10 km away from the shore.
IIRC, the attack at Berdyansk hit S-300 missiles that had just been delivered.
These S-300 missiles were going to be used against ground targets.
Excellent target intel...most likely provided by partisans.
I believe ruzzia will implement harsh "counter-spying measures".
“Russian officials said everything is going according to the Plan.”
Good one!
Thanks for the laugh.