Posted on 02/28/2022 8:10:18 PM PST by Mariner
A Russian military convoy that was outside of Ivankiv, Ukraine, on Sunday has since made it to the outskirts of Kyiv, satellite images show.
On Sunday, the convoy was roughly 40 miles northwest of the Ukrainian capital, according to images provided by Maxar Technologies.
Maxar said that roughly 17 miles of roadway is chocked full of the convoy, which consists of armored vehicles, tanks, towed artillery and other logistical vehicles.
The private US company said the convoy was located on the T-1011 highway at Antonov air base around 11:11 a.m local time.
Antonov is roughly 17 miles from the center of the Ukrainian capital.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
Wagner Group financier Yevgeny Prigozhin announced on May 25 that the Wagner Group began handing over its positions in Bakhmut to the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) and claimed Wagner will entirely withdraw from the city on June 1. It remains unclear if Wagner will be able to withdraw the entirety of its contingent by June 1 and if Russian MoD troops will execute a successful relief in place.
Russia and Belarus signed agreements formally advancing preparations to deploy Russian tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus as part of a longstanding effort to cement Russia's de facto military control over Belarus, though Russia has not yet deployed nuclear weapons to Belarus and their possible deployment is highly unlikely to presage any Russian escalation.
Russian President Vladimir Putin met with the leaders of the Eurasian Economic Union member states and several other post-Soviet heads of state at the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council in Moscow on May 25, likely to expand sanctions evasion opportunities.
Belgorod Oblast Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov announced that Russian officials have created seven territorial defense battalions in Belgorod Oblast as of May 24, likely in order to posture his engagement in the defense of Russian border areas following the May 22 all-Russian pro-Ukrainian raid into Belgorod Oblast.
Wagner Group financier Yevgeny Prigozhin held a meeting with representatives of Russian oblasts bordering Ukraine to discuss fortifying border areas on May 24.
Wagner and Russian forces have notably engaged in previous efforts to fortify border areas, and the recent Belgorod Oblast raid exposed major shortcomings in these efforts.
Russia conducted another massive Shahed-131/136 drone strike across Ukraine on the night of May 24 to 25.
Russian President Vladimir Putin continued attempts to portray Russia as an effective international mediator by mediating negotiations between Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.
Russian forces continued limited ground attacks northeast of Kupyansk and south of Kreminna.
Russian forces continued limited ground attacks around Bakhmut as Wagner Group forces reportedly began their withdrawal from frontline areas the city.
Russian forces continued ground attacks along the Avdiivka-Donetsk City line.
Russian sources claimed that Russian forces shot down six drones over Crimea.
Russian forces are reportedly continuing to recruit personnel with various diseases.
Russian occupation officials continue to announce partnerships with various local Russian officials to improve the standard of living in occupied territories.
Russian political strategist Konstantin Dolgov claimed on May 25 that he was fired as a result of his May 23 interview with Wagner Group financier Yevgeny Prigozhin. Dolgov published a post to his Telegram channel alleging that he was fired from his position with Russian propaganda platform Telega Online “because of an interview with Prigozhin” and refuted claims that he had previous plans to leave.[33] Prigozhin used his interview with Dolgov to highlight the massive scale of losses suffered by the Wagner Group during the Battle of Bakhmut, mount scathing critiques against Defense Minister Shoigu and Chief of the Russian General Staff Army General Valery Gerasimov, attack the families of Russian elites, and vaguely threaten violence against the broader Russian military establishment.[34] Dolgov complained that he is being personally punished for Prigozhin’s replies because Russian authorities cannot do anything about Prigozhin himself and suggested that Russian President Vladimir Putin would disagree with his firing.[35] Dolgov’s firing may be part of a larger informational campaign pushed by Russian authorities that is aimed at quietly disenfranchising Prigozhin in an attempt to counterbalance Prigozhin’s ever-growing platform, which continues to deprive Russian military officials of informational oxygen.
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-may-25-2023
A pair of Russian Su-34 tried to hit targets at the Grayvoron border post but despite flying low they both just hit empty fields, the 2nd one misses even by hundreds of meters. At least I don’t see any targets there.
It is anyway revealing that they fly $35 million planes but in the end just drop cheap unguided bombs, risking their planes by MANPADS.
https://twitter.com/Tendar/status/1661842734141808669
That explains the craters that the trucks were hoisted into with a crane.
Maybe there was a British NATO general in a bunker there. Who knows?
I agree, Dr Who knows : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ll_UhrQMC-I
At this point, I’d believe almost anything...
Perhaps this is better
It's a window into your weak intellect.
Russia has lost 589 artillery systems (mortars, howitzers, guns, MLRS) since 17 April 2023?!?
Protracted counter-battery is a “shaping operation” for an offensive, but goodness, that is a lot of Russian artillery firepower (~33 battalions) killed
Файний кактус @MykhayloObolon:
I went back 40 days and made stats of eliminated arty: 4/17/23-4/26/23 - 82 total/av. 8 per day;
4/27/23-5/6/23 - 115/12;
5/7/23-5/16/23 - 158/16;
5/17/23-5/26/23 - 234/23
So, in 40 days 3 times increase, 2 times increase last 20 days.
https://twitter.com/TrentTelenko/status/1662193402476126208
Combined Arms Breach
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 TTPs as discussed in ATTP 3-90-4 for the conduct of the combined arms breach against a hypothetical enemy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ-sCT_maAQ
“In the coming hours, the rashists are preparing a large-scale provocation by simulating an accident at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. For this purpose, a strike will be carried out directly on the territory of the ZNPP. After that, an emergency leak of radioactive substances will be announced. Ukraine will traditionally be blamed for the incident,” the Ukrainian intelligence said. According to the report, in order to hide their actions, the invaders disrupted the staff rotation of the IAEA’s permanent monitoring mission scheduled for today.
“The purpose of this action is to provoke the international community to conduct a detailed investigation, during which all hostilities will be stopped. In this way, the rashists hope to get the long-awaited pause that will be used to regroup the occupation contingent and stop the Ukrainian counteroffensive,” the report said. At the same time, Ukrainian intelligence spokesperson Andrii Yusov said in a comment to RBC-Ukraine that “the occupiers have already placed appropriate means of destruction” at the ZNPP.
According to him, immediately after that, the occupiers want to involve so-called Rosatom experts in “recording” the strikes and invite representatives of international agencies and organizations, including the IAEA. Yusov also noted that the Russian occupiers could soon stage such provocations using elements of nuclear materials and chemical weapons along the entire front line in eastern and southern Ukraine
«It’s time for us to take back ours,» — Valerii Zaluzhnyi, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
«Ukraine mother land, Lord our heavenly father, bless us. I’m going to destroy the enemies. Let my hand be strong to destroy enemies. May my eye be clear to destroy enemies. May my weapons be capable of destroying enemies. Let my will be steel to destroy enemies. Ukraine mother land, Lord our heavenly father, bless us, our decisive offensive, our sacred vengeance, our sacred victory!»
https://twitter.com/albafella1/status/1662328805187280896
Powerful video
Meanwhile:
Russian propagandists discuss rocket strikes on Alaska. When one of them asks why, Skabeyeva promptly replies - “to make them feel scared”
https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1662174358217867268
video
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 26, 2023
Wagner Group financier Yevgeny Prigozhin claimed that Wagner forces continue to hand over positions in Bakhmut to the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) and withdraw from the city.
Ukrainian sources claim that Wagner forces are still present in Bakhmut and that the tempo of Russian offensive operations around the city continues to decrease.
Continued successful limited Ukrainian counterattacks on Bakhmut’s flanks may complicate the Russian relief in place operation in Bakhmut.
Russian forces conducted a large-scale missile and drone strike across Ukraine on May 25 and 26.
The Kremlin is likely reviving its information campaign to coerce the West into forcing Ukraine to accept concessions and negotiate on terms favorable to Russia.
The Wagner Group reportedly exchanged 106 Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) for an unspecified number of Russian POWs on May 25, suggesting that Wagner may have conducted the exchange independently of the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD).
Russian forces continued limited offensive operations northeast of Kupyansk and along the Svatove-Kreminna line.
Russian forces continued limited offensive operations along the Avdiivka-Donetsk front.
Russian forces continued to target Ukrainian positions in southern Ukraine.
Russian officials are continuing to form new volunteer formations to defend Russian regions that border Ukraine.
Russian occupation officials continuing attempts to erase Ukrainian cultural heritage by looting Ukrainian artifacts.
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-may-26-2023
Remember this:
Before launching the Kharkiv counter offensive, Ukrainian soldiers gathered together to sing the Ukrainian national anthem.
https://twitter.com/IntelDoge/status/1568383194487201792
Russian airpower in Ukraine – Nuisance or Menace?
by Robert Dalsjö
After Hubris came Nemesis
Part 1 – An overview of the fighting
Part 2 – Some observations from the air domain
Part 3 – outstanding issues
How are Russian air forces really led and commanded?
As already noted, they can put whole provinces and cities to waste and make up in ruthless brutality much of what they lack in professionalism and prowess. They wage war in an old-fashioned manner, so old-fashioned that we are talking about the Old Testament or the Thirty Year's War, but unless stopped, that can be terrifyingly effective, as shown in Chechnya. They have probably killed 100.000 Ukrainians and driven 10 million from their homes; they are still attacking and still hold on to 20 per cent of Ukraine's territory.
https://wavellroom.com/2023/05/24/russian-airpower-ukraine-nuisance-menace/
“Next year we have presidential election. We need to choose somebody else - and not Putin. Everything will be good then.”
https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1662352521858252800
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