https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1680109764099948544
Posted on 07/07/2023 2:14:10 PM PDT by SpeedyInTexas
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1680109764099948544
https://twitter.com/UAWeapons/status/1680144566421270528
Seems the crew was cooking lunch and it got out of hand, but they gallantly continued to advance into the tree line. Else its the first recorded tank-related smoking incident.
South of Bakhmut Ukrainian forces continue to push Russian forces further east. More of the eastern bank of the Siversky-Donets canal has been liberated and Russian forces are facing now being threatened in both, Klishchiivka and Andriivka.
https://twitter.com/Tendar/status/1680204147512033281/photo/1
There are so many drones that one UA troop, hearing the buzzing sound, breaks out in hives.
Ukraine: military situation update - July 14, 2023
••Denotes Transcribed Dialogue. Extras are just that - from other sites, or my comments marked (Edit: .... ) or { } or [ ].
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——> Ukraine Situation Report: Wagner Begins Training Belarusian Military <——
Wagner fighters are now in Belarus and training its military as originally planned, and Prigozhin may be tent-bound among his fighters.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/ukraine-situation-report-wagner-begins-training-belarusian-military
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——> What Biden’s Troop Call-Up Order To Europe Really Means <——
With a strained force in Europe, the order could recall hundreds of people who left the military to take the place of deployed troops.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/what-bidens-troop-call-up-order-to-europe-really-means
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——> Multiple UAPs Reported On FAA’s Internal Hotline In Just A Week <——
Just one week of entries from the FAA’s Domestic Events Network hotline offer new insights into reports of unidentified aerial phenomena.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/flying-cylinders-diamonds-jet-pack-men-are-among-one-weeks-reports-from-faas-internal-hotline
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The Norwegian Ministry of Defence announced that it would provide Ukraine with 1,000 Black Hornet Nano drones. These tiny drones become the “eyes” of the army during tactical operations.
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Bradley, after a direct hit from a T-72, continues to perform combat missions.
[ Too Hot! Russians Deploy Chechens. Regret Immediately | Run Away! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0S13mP_pfEc ]
••Day 506: Jul 14
Today there are a lot of updates from the east.
First of all, more information became available about the storming operation of the most powerful fortification in this direction - the trench network on the hill west of Klishchiivka.
When Ukrainians finally established control over the dense tree area, Ukrainians could basically see Russian forces in the trenched in front of them.
The setting was the following: Ukrainian positions were in the forest, while Russian positions were 400 meters east.
Ukrainians accumulated their forces in the forest and planned to attack Russian positions by rapidly advancing toward Russian trenches along the tree line.
In order to survive such a ride, Ukrainians conducted extensive artillery preparation and suppressed the enemy fire as much as possible.
Russian forces understood what was coming next and paid very close attention to the accumulation of forces in the small forest.
Nonetheless, soon, Ukrainian fighters from the 24th and 5th Assault Brigades published a video of how they were walking on the fortification, confirming that the assault was successful and they cleared the trenches.
Later another footage showed how a Ukrainian tank was staying in the southwestern part of the fortification and firing high-explosive shells at the next Russian positions in Klishchiivka.
Unfortunately, the tank was targeted by the Russian ATGM crews.
Despite the successful operation, moving further became temporarily problematic because after the Russian commanders received the news about the loss of the tactical heights, they started dumping all of their reserves to Klishchiivka.
Russian forces even redeployed Chechen units to save the situation.
Unfortunately for Russians, Chechen forces did not manage to break the situation in Russian favor.
Ukrainians have a twofold advantage: first of all, their positions are on the hills above Klishchiivka (from which Russians are attacking).
Secondly, when Ukrainians built this trench network, they chose a very special shape - its eastern side is wide, making it harder to attack from the enemy side, while its western side is narrow, making it easier to attack from the Ukrainian side.
That is why Ukrainians managed to assault Russian positions relatively easily, and that is why Russians struggled to recapture these positions during their counterattacks.
After seeing the setting in real life and losing a lot of men in futile attacks, Chechen forces retreated.
Ukrainian sources reported that Chechen units are not used to operating in such difficult open environments, especially if they don’t have cannon fodder as their subordinates.
Chechen sources reported that Ukrainians hunted down Chechen units with artillery strikes before they even reached Bakhmut, which is why they sustained high losses and could not continue operations in this region.
Ukrainian commanders report that, so far, Russian forces continue throwing their reserves in large numbers to save the situation.
Ukrainian forces see it as an opportunity to target forces concentrations, which is why they temporarily stopped actively pushing and assumed a defensive position.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian reconnaissance drone operators and artillery crews are working non-stop to identify and demolish Russian troops in and around Klishchiivka.
Once the Russian forces exhaust their reserves and the intensity of counterattacks decreases, Ukrainians will move forward and push Russians out of this settlement.
••Bakhmut-Klishchiivka area:
UA forces crossed the water channel and advanced white a bit toward Andriivka, which is easier to get to than Klishchiivka.
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UA still only using 20% of the prepared offensive equipment.
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Storm Shadow missiles were received too late to cut Russia supply lines and in too few a number [50].
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Zaluzhny said, since they are unable to launch Western missiles onto Russian territory, they will use Ukraine made missiles.
[One Russian general suggested {elsewhere} that they respond using ICBMS with conventional explosives which could obliterate Ukraine’s biggest cities. ]
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UA troops begin Abrams training - the tanks will be in Ukraine in around 2 months.
••Ukrainian Armed Forces are preparing for an offensive in the Kherson direction, - representative of the National Guard Urshalovich
According to him, in the Kherson direction, the Defense Forces are conducting active reconnaissance and fire destruction in the entire depth of the enemy’s defense in order to prepare areas and lines for offensive operations.
He also announced the preparation of a bridgehead to expand the offensive in the Avdiivka direction.
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Russian vs Ukrainian vehicles losses for two days:
Russian - 50
Ukrainian - 16
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Euracitiv reports that Bulgaria has officially announced military assistance to Ukraine.
The package will include 100 armored vehicles, mainly infantry fighting vehicles. Previously, Bulgaria had already sent military assistance to Ukraine, but this was not advertised and the deliveries were mainly small arms and ammunition.
Bulgaria also joined the European program for the purchase of shells for Ukraine.
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Putin agreed to extend the grain deal - AFP media referring to Erdogan.
Erdogan also told the media that Putin will come to Turkey in August. This will be his first trip abroad since the Hague arrest warrant was issued.
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US buys decommissioned Hawk air defense systems from Taiwan for transfer to Ukraine - media
According to sources of publications, we are talking about the Phase III MIM-23 Hawk, decommissioned by the Taiwanese army in June. After the purchase by the United States, the missiles will be sent to the Ukrainian army to fight Russian drones and aircraft at low altitudes.
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We would be happy if Putin would not come to the BRICS summit” - President of South Africa
Cyril Ramaphosa asked the Kremlin to send Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov to the BRICS summit in August instead of Putin, but Russia rejected the request.
The South African authorities are obliged to arrest the dictator on an ICC warrant. “We understand that we are bound by the Rome Statute (the main document governing the work of the ICC). But we cannot invite someone and then arrest him,” Ramaphosa said.
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In war, you can and should kill the enemy on his territory - Zaluzhny.
“In order to save my people, why should I ask someone for permission to do something in enemy territory? Somehow I should think I’m not allowed to do anything there. Why? Because Putin will use nuclear weapons? Dying children don’t care about it.
This is our problem, and it is up to us to decide how to kill this enemy. If our partners are afraid to use their weapons, we will kill with ours. But only as much as it necessary.”
It is a controversial question as for me. Probably our allies know something and that is why they are not allowing Ukrainian army to use the long range missiles on the Russian territory. Now there is a question about ATACMS and it is better to keep calm until we get those and after it negotiate about the use of those systems. Otherwise the White House Administration might think twice before approving the deal seeing the intentions of the main Ukrainian general command. Again it is just my opinion
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Zaluzhny vows to return Crimea even if Western allies object - The Washington Post
Some Western officials are privately worried about Putin’s reaction if Ukrainian forces reach the occupied peninsula.
“As soon as I have the funds, I will do something. I don’t care - no one will stop me,” the Commander-in-Chief said.
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China’s military is developing a neuroweapon that will control the brain - The Washington Times
The American publication published a report that talks about the creation of special “neuroshock” weapons by specialists of the Chinese army. It is assumed that such a weapon is designed to affect and disrupt the brain activity of Western political leaders, including US President Biden. Or even the entire population.
Journalists believe that China is developing such weapons, striving to win the role of the only superpower in the world.
https://t.me/pilotblog/5342?single
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An excellent, clear example of Russian military propaganda.
So, the story of “how the Russians destroy the Leopards.”
The propaganda channel “Spetsnaz Archangel” publishes a video and states: “Thanks to the engineers of the 58th Army, the Leopards are smashed to pieces.” And it seems that yes, there was an explosion, a certain tank was covered with smoke, the video was interrupted on this.
However, our channels at the same time publish a complete picture of events. It turns out that the T-64 of the 15th brigade of the National Guard with the help of a mine trawl breaks through the minefields of the invaders, does its job with high quality and, without too much fuss, takes a course to return to the positions.
https://t.me/pilotblog/5345?single
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Everything is just beginning”: one of the commanders of the Wagner PMC announces global changes and upheavals in Russia
He says that their “march of justice” showed who in the Russian Ministry of Defense stands for them and that the path of the “Wagnerites” is not over. The video was recorded, according to its author, from Belarus.
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India, together with France, will prepare a plan to end the Russian-Ukrainian war - Le Monde with reference to the instruction of Indian Prime Minister Modi
These are initiatives that are different from the various proposals put forward in the past by China and the countries of the so-called Global South.
At the same time, it is indicated that Modi does not present himself as an intermediary, unlike Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
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Shoigu about his dream job when he was young: “I wanted to be a truck driver of a big truck and drive far far away for a long long time” Sometimes the dreams absolutely should come true, but he failed.
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Footage of the storming of Russian positions by the 35th Brigade near Makarivka from the view of Ukrainian Armed Forces tanks.
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1680222923636850689
https://twitter.com/ChuckPfarrer/status/1680220469440524288
Getting rid of the unreliable first stringers in favor of bringing in the relabel second and third stringers is the best military strategy for Putin’s RGF, but unfortunately, that means bringing in the crazies like the guy who wants to use ICBMS with HE against Ukraine cities
...ICBMS with HE...
Perhaps 20 ICBMs with HE would equal 1 B-52 mission.
https://twitter.com/ChuckPfarrer/status/1680231573872885763
The ICBM comment was made in reference to Satan - I tried to look up how much of a payload it could lift, but only got number and types of nukes, no weights. The missile is about 5X a Minuteman II in size, but I don’t know how that would translate to lbs of HE.
The Sarmat/Satan has a 10 ton payload capacity. An awfully expensive way to deliver HE warheads.
https://missilethreat.csis.org/missile/rs-28-sarmat/
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1680286795320139776
Video was taken from inside a vehicle approaching the "target" building. The explosion cracked his windscreen.
Cruise missiles are also an expensive way to deliver HE warheads.
Slowing the video to .25 speed you see the incoming artillery shell. It strikes within a few feet of the van in front of the building. Whoever was in the van had a very bad day.
Especially when you have to send a dozen to get one through.
Imagine fighting ww2 without air superiority (ask Germans at end of war how that was) or desert storm or Afghanistan, desert storm was 30 days 1000+ aircraft and over 100000 sorties.
The much vaunted destruction of Russian soldiers in Syria was largely due to air strikes including bombers if I recall
And we are telling Ukrainians get on with it, you’re too slow…. Operating in a way we never would
Again ww2 analogy, we are fighting Germany but we can’t bomb Germany, German factories, German harbors, German logistics, German submarine pens and dry docks….. yup too slow
Imagine fighting ww2 without air superiority (ask Germans at end of war how that was) or desert storm or Afghanistan, desert storm was 30 days 1000+ aircraft and over 100000 sorties.
The much vaunted destruction of Russian soldiers in Syria was largely due to air strikes including bombers if I recall
And we are telling Ukrainians get on with it, you’re too slow…. Operating in a way we never would
Again ww2 analogy, we are fighting Germany but we can’t bomb Germany, German factories, German harbors, German logistics, German submarine pens and dry docks….. and even the Russians did run, you still have miles of land mines, artillery, IEDs
yup too slow/s
Using Russian rules the second one destroyed a T-14 lol
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