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    Post  Firebird Mon Apr 11, 2022 8:25 am

    Arkanghelsk wrote:Mariupol is a nice addition to Black Sea Fleet, what a nice Port

    Very good for more trade

    Nice addition, Odessa is a nice one too We need Odessa to leave Ukraine without sea

    WHen things are "back to normal" (if indeed that is possible) the Russian World would also have a nice S Western coastline for tourism. Odessa to Abkhazia (probably excluding Abkhazia) is, I think somethng like 3700 km of good weather coastline. Of course some is seaports and industry, but thats a big coastline and would shatter the ignorant NATO idea that "Russia is cold and bleak". Its a shame the Caspian Sea has Dagestani Islamism etc, because that would add another huge coastline suitable for Russian (and foreign) tourism. With cold winters in much of Russia, the opportunity for winter escapes for people can't be underestimated.

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    Post  Podlodka77 Mon Apr 11, 2022 8:34 am

    04/11/2022
    RUSSTRAT

    CBO: The hunt for Ukrainian fuel depots and Western advisers continues

    Increased missile strikes against specific targets and countering attempts to establish an air bridge from Mariupol

    MOSCOW, April 7, 2022, RUSSTRAT Institute. The specifics of the missile strikes of the last three days on the military infrastructure of Ukraine leave no doubts about the preparation of active actions by the RF Armed Forces and the republican armies of Donbass against the largest Ukrainian grouping, which continues to occupy the most fortified territory between Donetsk-Gulyaipole-Slavyansk-Lysichansk in 8 years of the conflict. In addition, attention is drawn to the stubborn, despite the loss of helicopters, attempts by the Ukrainian forces to organize the evacuation of certain important persons from the besieged Mariupol.
    As has been noted more than once, the main advantage of the Russian forces attacking the vastly outnumbered Ukrainian army is the ability to maneuver and strike deep behind enemy lines. Accordingly, in order to achieve the desired effect, it is necessary to deprive the enemy of the advantage by counterposing his own tools of the same kind.

    On the morning of April 6,missiles from the air and land immediately destroyed five fuel and lubricant bases in the area of ​​​​Ukrainian Radekhov, Kazatin, Prosyanoy, Nikolaev and Novomoskovsk. As emphasized in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, fuel was supplied from these facilities to the Ukrainian group in the region of Kharkov, Nikolaev and in the Donbass.

    In the evening, near Kharkov, another fuel base was destroyed in the Chuguev area, which also supplied fuel to the Ukrainian group. Along the way, at the Lozovaya railway station in the Kharkiv region, an accumulation of foreign-made military equipment and weapons was destroyed.

    In combination with other strikes that took place earlier - on tanks with fuel in the area of ​​​​Odessa, Kyiv, Dnepropetrovsk and other cities, it is difficult to deny the presence of a clear intention to completely deprive the Ukrainian group of fuel.
    The logical question is why this has not been done before? - has a fairly simple answer. The destruction of Ukrainian fuel reserves makes it impossible not only to maneuver the remaining mechanized units and military equipment in Ukraine, but also creates risks for the sowing campaign, which must begin no later than in a couple of weeks.

    “Given Kyiv’s disinterest in saving the lives of its servicemen, Mariupol will be liberated from nationalists by units of the Russian Armed Forces and the Donetsk People’s Republic,” Major General Konashenkov commented on the situation.

    Another event is connected with Mariupol, which may indicate a reduction in the interest of the Ministry of Defense in the peaceful resolution of difficult situations during a special military operation.

    On the evening of April 5, the Ministry of Defense officially confirmed a new attempt to evacuate the leadership of the Azov National Battalion from Mariupol using two Mi-8 helicopters, both of which were shot down. The previous flight to Mariupol took place a week earlier and ended in a similar way.

    The persistence of the Kiev regime’s attempts to evacuate certain valuable persons from Mariupol, regardless of losses, allows us to make a variety of assumptions – for example, about the presence of military advisers from NATO countries in the city, whose confirmed detection can give Russia certain trump cards in the international dialogue. Especially if NATO representatives caught red-handed comment on the reasons for their presence in Mariupol and in Ukraine in general.

    However, it may turn out that even the discovery of a whole NATO headquarters with generals in Mariupol will not have a serious impact on the information picture, with the exception of the use of NATO officers for exchange, for example, for pilots Bout and Yaroshenko.

    EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell, in an interview on April 5 with COPE radio, actually admitted that in Ukraine Russia is opposed to all of NATO. Borrell's statement that the countries of the European Union will continue to supply weapons to Ukraine because they "don't want it to lose" because "wars are won by weapons and the economic weakening of the enemy" is difficult to understand otherwise.

    In such a situation, to show one-sided humanism towards Western instructors, advisers and mercenaries fighting on the side of Ukraine would be excessive gentlemanly on the part of Russia. Moreover, the official recognition of the European bureaucrats in an open economic war against Russia also removes all moral restrictions on symmetrical measures on the part of Moscow.

    Kiev will certainly need weapons. In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 125 Ukrainian aircraft, 93 helicopters, 408 unmanned aerial vehicles, 227 anti-aircraft missile systems, 1987 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 216 multiple rocket launchers, 862 field artillery and mortars, as well as 1888 units of special military vehicles.

    It is interesting to note another “Bayraktar TB-2” destroyed in the Taranovka region of the Kharkov region. Since the drones of this type originally available to Ukraine were destroyed in early April, we can talk about at least one more delivery from Turkey.

    The likelihood of a major battle, the task of which will be the final cleansing of Mariupol and the defeat of the Ukrainian group in the still occupied territory of Donbass, remains the maximum of all possible scenarios.

    The course of this battle will largely depend on how Ukrainian depots, fuel supplies and command posts are affected. Therefore, we should expect a further increase in missile strikes and the work of the Russian Aerospace Forces.

    https://vpk.name/news/594130_svo_ohota_za_ukrainskimi_toplivnymi_skladami_i_zapadnymi_sovetnikami_prodolzhaetsya.html





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    Post  ALAMO Mon Apr 11, 2022 8:45 am

    sepheronx wrote:When the conflict is over and Ukraine isn't what it was before due to losing, it will be a dose of reality to many of these people.

    Being nice and hard working also doesn't make a person smart or understanding.

    Yeah, they will get a bucket of cold water very soon, but I hardly believe that some of them can be rescued.
    I suppose even people in Russia who don't originate from Ukraine and were forced to flee after 2014 can't understand what it became in the last years.
    There is a nice material made by a guy in Cherson. I don't know who he is, probably some pro Russian local activist.
    He was making a material driving along Cherson to show the people that all the "offensive" and "retaking Cherson" propaganda is a full scale hoax.
    How he describe the situation?
    Well, he told about an overwhelming fear.
    People are afraid of opening the business, stores etc - because, with new law, it is considered collaboration and threatened with 15 years imprisonment.
    People are afraid because even if they are in Cherson, under Russian rule, they have families in the other parts of Ukraine. And they really are worried that they will be taken hostage, imprisonment or something by the Ukro regime.
    Something that is unimaginable for a Russian citizen - nobody jails parents, wives or children of people who committed a crime or something.
    Mr. Navalnys family is perfectly safe under the Russian jurisdiction, even if his masters of puppets pretend differently.
    Russians can't even imagine this kind of situation.
    But the fate of the daughter of Kupansk mer is clear proof, that this kind of terrorist action by the Ukro regime is normal. Is the girl even found?!?

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    Post  Podlodka77 Mon Apr 11, 2022 9:31 am

    MOSCOW, 11 April. /TASS/. During a special operation, the air defense of the Russian Armed Forces shot down two Ukrainian Su-25 attack aircraft near Izyum. This was announced on Monday by the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major General Igor Konashenkov.

    "Russian air defense systems shot down two Ukrainian Su-25 aircraft in the air near the village of Izyum," he said.

    https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/14340383

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    Post  ALAMO Mon Apr 11, 2022 9:32 am

    ... and Slovak S-300 ceased to exist either.

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    Post  Podlodka77 Mon Apr 11, 2022 9:32 am

    MOSCOW, 11 April. /TASS/. The RF Armed Forces, using Kalibr high-precision sea-based missiles, destroyed equipment of the S-300 anti-aircraft missile battalion, delivered from Europe, hidden in the hangar. This was announced to journalists on Monday by the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Igor Konashenkov.

    "On Sunday, April 10, Kalibr high-precision sea-based missiles on the southern outskirts of the city of Dnipro destroyed equipment of the S-300 anti-aircraft missile division, which was supplied to the Kiev regime of one of the European countries, hidden in a hangar," Konashenkov said.

    According to a spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry, four S-300 launchers and up to 25 personnel of the Ukrainian armed forces were hit as a result.

    https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/14340299

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    Post  Podlodka77 Mon Apr 11, 2022 9:40 am

    MOSCOW, 11 April. /TASS/. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed the repair base of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, including the Buk-M1 anti-aircraft missile systems, near the Velikaya Novoselovka settlement with high-precision air-launched missiles. This was announced by the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major General Igor Konashenkov.

    "During the night, high-precision air-launched missiles near the settlement of Velikaya Novoselovka destroyed the base for the repair of weapons and military equipment of the Ukrainian air defense forces, including the Buk-M1 and OSA-AKM anti-aircraft missile systems," Konashenkov said.

    https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/14340323

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    Post  Big_Gazza Mon Apr 11, 2022 9:43 am

    Podlodka77 wrote:MOSCOW, 11 April. /TASS/. The RF Armed Forces, using Kalibr high-precision sea-based missiles, destroyed equipment of the S-300 anti-aircraft missile battalion, delivered from Europe, hidden in the hangar. This was announced to journalists on Monday by the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Igor Konashenkov.

    "On Sunday, April 10, Kalibr high-precision sea-based missiles on the southern outskirts of the city of Dnipro destroyed equipment of the S-300 anti-aircraft missile division, which was supplied to the Kiev regime of one of the European countries, hidden in a hangar," Konashenkov said.

    According to a spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry, four S-300 launchers and up to 25 personnel of the Ukrainian armed forces were hit as a result.

    https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/14340299

    Russia to Euro-trash vassals: Pls send more. Running out of decent targets. We need to use up old missiles before we order new stuff. Pls add a large box of body bags with the next ones.

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    Post  Podlodka77 Mon Apr 11, 2022 9:44 am

    Big_Gazza wrote:
    Podlodka77 wrote:MOSCOW, 11 April. /TASS/. The RF Armed Forces, using Kalibr high-precision sea-based missiles, destroyed equipment of the S-300 anti-aircraft missile battalion, delivered from Europe, hidden in the hangar. This was announced to journalists on Monday by the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Igor Konashenkov.

    "On Sunday, April 10, Kalibr high-precision sea-based missiles on the southern outskirts of the city of Dnipro destroyed equipment of the S-300 anti-aircraft missile division, which was supplied to the Kiev regime of one of the European countries, hidden in a hangar," Konashenkov said.

    According to a spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry, four S-300 launchers and up to 25 personnel of the Ukrainian armed forces were hit as a result.

    https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/14340299

    Russia to Euro-trash vassals:  Pls send more.  Running out of decent targets.  We need to use up old missiles before we order new stuff.   Pls add a large box of body bags with the next ones.

    It seems that the Russians have started to grind them even more seriously, bro..

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    Post  Tolstoy Mon Apr 11, 2022 10:15 am

    Both Russia and Ukro nazis are doubling down on artillery fire. Artillery fire seems to have helped Russia target enemy armoured columns.

    2S1 Gvozdika artillery is pounding Ukrainian armored columns.

    The 155 mm artillery munition that impact within 30 meters of a target is causing a lot of damage. damage. Air bursts using variable time (VT) fuse or dual-purpose improved conventional munitions (DPICM) can strip away communications, sights, vision blocks and anything stored on the outside of the vehicle.

    Artillery rounds is causing similar damage to the top section of  MBTs that top attack ATGMs like Javelin can do.


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    Post  VARGR198 Mon Apr 11, 2022 10:15 am

    Isos wrote:
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    VARGR198 wrote:https://twitter.com/MapsUkraine/status/1513285241858834449

    I find this video strange.   Why would someone be filming a group of military milling around? It looks like they are
    expecting something to happen.   There is really nothing else of interest to motivate the filming.    The motive
    for such video productions is not clear to me.


    Shocking video.

    Even if they survived the shockwave of the fire destroyed their brains and ears.

    And at the end it there is another fire probably fibishing off the ones that survived.

    Could also be ukrainian tank firing on ukrainians. IMO it's hard to beleive they would stay calm like this if they knew it was a russian tank and you can easily hear a tank moving from far away.

    So apparently it was a Russian tank, but these Ukrainians had mistaken it for one of their own.

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    Post  Werewolf Mon Apr 11, 2022 10:35 am

    Isos wrote:
    kvs wrote:
    VARGR198 wrote:https://twitter.com/MapsUkraine/status/1513285241858834449

    I find this video strange.   Why would someone be filming a group of military milling around? It looks like they are
    expecting something to happen.   There is really nothing else of interest to motivate the filming.    The motive
    for such video productions is not clear to me.


    Shocking video.

    Even if they survived the shockwave of the fire destroyed their brains and ears.

    And at the end it there is another fire probably fibishing off the ones that survived.

    Could also be ukrainian tank firing on ukrainians. IMO it's hard to beleive they would stay calm like this if they knew it was a russian tank and you can easily hear a tank moving from far away.

    I am not sure if there are many who survived. I watched the video frame for frame when the tank fires and it might be just my bad eye sight, but the first guy at the front, closest to the tank, evaporates to purple rain. I might be wrong but it appears to me that the guy was hit directly by the tank shell before it exploded in the guys behind him. It probably is like you said Ukrainian vs Ukrainian. I guess they would run away seeing Z marks from that few meters.

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    Post  ALAMO Mon Apr 11, 2022 10:59 am

    Werewolf wrote:
    I am not sure if there are many who survived. I watched the video frame for frame when the tank fires and it might be just my bad eye sight, but the first guy at the front, closest to the tank, evaporates to purple rain. I might be wrong but it appears to me that the guy was hit directly by the tank shell before it exploded in the guys behind him. It probably is like you said Ukrainian vs Ukrainian. I guess they would run away seeing Z marks from that few meters.

    Soviet HEFRAG round is 3.4kg explosive assisted by no less than 600 fragments. If there is anything left out of them, it will be a challenge for forensic.

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    Post  Werewolf Mon Apr 11, 2022 11:02 am

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    mnztr wrote:...Nonsense, attacking arms shipments should not be hard and will make it much safer for your troops. If arms stop showing up they wil have to surrender or die....

    Nazis have two defining features: loyalty and fanaticism

    So trying to get them to surrender is a waste of time (and lives which is inexcusable)

    Logical thing is to just cut the crap and do what needs to be done because it's happening one way or another (unless Russia plans on losing this one which I certainly hope isn't the case)

    Well, you are right. Fanatics like these are hardly to convince to give up, however the tactics they use, the atrocities they commit on their own people are the families of normal conscripts. Russia should focus the media war on the Ukrainian people and only show that this Orckrainians are doing to their own population. It will have demoralizing affect. The Banderists are the "discipline" structure among normal units to keep the conscripts fighting and doing their cannon-fodder job.

    If the strategy works they will soon have many conscripts revolting and starting to kill the few banderists themselves. That is how you fight the Nazi scum, their support is destroyed by their own people, however the issue currently is, that they are still having support in their western parts of the state that seizes to exist. They need to make them see what they are doing and reduce their support there. The rest is legal game if they want to support them then take up arms and fight, this will just make it easier to kill more bandera wolfs under the sheep pelt of a civilian.

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    Post  Podlodka77 Mon Apr 11, 2022 11:25 am

    Эту страну не победить - This country can not be defeated

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    Post  JohninMK Mon Apr 11, 2022 11:28 am

    Podlodka77 wrote:04/08/2022
    The Russian army will use self-propelled mortars "Tyulpan" in the special operation

    240-mm self-propelled mortars of the reserve of the Supreme High Command 2S4 "Tyulpan" enter the battle. And that says a lot.

    According to the Ministry of Defense, mortars arrived in Mariupol for the final demilitarization of the Azov national battalion (an organization banned in Russia) that had settled in Azovstal. The militants refused to capitulate, so they will be destroyed. No fortification can withstand the ammunition of the most powerful mortar in the world. 2S4 "Tyulpan" refers to the artillery of the reserve of the Supreme High Command, which includes especially large calibers. It can be assumed that those who settled in the dungeons of Azovstal, and Kyiv itself, received an unequivocal warning.

    I assume that the Russians will have the plans for the plant, especially the older Soviet elements of its defensive systems. Add to that virtually unrestricted photo/electronic reconnaissance and they will know pretty much exactly where the potential targets are.

    Again I assume that they are using mortar rounds due to the possible near vertical drop and relative small size, 10% of an Iskander warhead for example, both attributes needed to keep collateral damage of the site itself to a minimum.

    Only the Russians have this option in their arsenal, in effect a baby ballistic missile.

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    Post  JohninMK Mon Apr 11, 2022 11:41 am

    mnztr wrote:
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    mnztr wrote:US national sec. advisor claims arms deliveries being made daily to Ukraine. If this is true, shame on Russia for allowing it to happen....
    Attacking arms shipments and weapons industry is a waste of time, entire planet is Ukrainian weapons industry now and supply will never dry up

    Only thing Ukraine can run out of is manpower and that is what Russia should focus on annihilating

    That's their only weak point and Russia should stomp on it as hard as possible with everything they got

    Nonsense, attacking arms shipments should not be hard and will make it much safer for your troops. If arms stop showing up they wil have to surrender or die. Interdiction is the most effective element of warfare. Russia has spies, they can find arms shipments, they can easily destroy roads and rails, even in a manner that makes them easily repairable later. The key is to stop resupply NOW, so defeat can be delivered at a lower cost.

    Attacking arms shipments is actually very hard when they can be shipped as standard 40t truck loads looking identical to food and other civilian related aid. This isn't WW2 or Iraq where attack aircraft would cruise the countryside looking for targets of opportunity.

    Different for armoured vehicles etc of course.

    Much better to attack them at consolidation warehouse sites for example or when they get nearer to the front. I am surprised that the railways in western Ukraine are still operating normally, I would have thought that they might have been hit near the border but I suppose its a case of 'better the devil you know' and the Russians just track stuff to a point that they are happy hitting it.

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    Post  Firebird Mon Apr 11, 2022 11:55 am

    sepheronx wrote:When the conflict is over and Ukraine isn't what it was before due to losing, it will be a dose of reality to many of these people.

    Being nice and hard working also doesn't make a person smart or understanding.

    I think often the "being nice" is jsut a front.
    Poles have a reputation in Britain for being nice-ER than some of the other trash that floods in here.
    Go to Poland and they are arrogant pricks to British visitors. And re Russians they are poisonous fascist supporting trash in many cases.

    Early Asian/black migrants to Britain were "salt of the earth" types ie keen to portray a good impression.
    But progressively they get more and more criminal and scummy, in many but of course not all cases.

    Frankly anyone from Hohol-land pro Ukrainian nationalism, I would struggle not to batter.
    At the very least I would refuse to work with them, even if they were employees of someone else.

    To me, being nice also includes your values and your desire to be informed.
    I'm sure Nazi Germany was also "full of nice people" - look what those vermin did as well.
    The Ukraine is now part terrorist state, part occupied state. I can't see how a terrorist can truly be nice.
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    Post  Eugenio Argentina Mon Apr 11, 2022 12:05 pm

    In Argentina, the page of the Russian Ministry of Defense seems to be blocked.
    I haven't been able to get in for days.
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    Post  flamming_python Mon Apr 11, 2022 12:43 pm

    Eugenio Argentina wrote:In Argentina, the page of the Russian Ministry of Defense seems to be blocked.
    I haven't been able to get in for days.

    SO much for Fernandez visiting Moscow in the run up to the war

    He folded to Washington faster than pyramid of cards

    Seriously the rest of the world needs to get its shit in order and stand up for their own sovereignty. Russia will fight its battle but it can't fight everyone's battle.

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    Post  franco Mon Apr 11, 2022 1:01 pm

    Interesting map.

    https://twitter.com/GeromanAT/status/1513432821620170756/photo/1

    EDIT: Typical Yankee Doodle Dandy Twisted Evil but nice maps.


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    Post  flamming_python Mon Apr 11, 2022 1:08 pm

    From colonelcassad

    Reading Ukrainian public pages, you find a lot of interesting things. For example, the day before yesterday I learned that we were surrounded near Izyum. I drove along the roads, I did not observe accumulations of the APU.

    Speaking seriously, the Armed Forces of Ukraine, of course, are trying to transfer reserves to the Izyum direction, in particular from near Sumy and Kharkov. Everyone is well aware of how important this direction is, but Slavyansk itself, which the offensive is aimed at, is not only a powerful fortified area, but also a city-symbol of the war that has been going on for 8 years.

    Large enemy forces are concentrated in front of Slavyansk, the area is saturated with air defense, tanks, and artillery. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are armed with excellent American artillery reconnaissance stations, and only constant attacks on their RAV depots and the counter-battery work of our artels do not allow the Armed Forces of Ukraine to fully use this most important trump card.

    I will give a typical example of the density of battles. Near Kamenka, 2 of our downed planes and a helicopter are literally next to each other, a Ukrainian Su-24 was shot down nearby, burned tanks and infantry fighting vehicles stand side by side, captured Ukrainian tanks work on former colleagues without even changing the Ukrainian pixel camouflage.

    On the streets of villages and in forest plantations, the corpses of the Ukrainian military lie and no one is going to take them away. Every day we take prisoners, sometimes one or two, sometimes five at a time. But anyway, the foundation phase of the battle has not yet begun, the troops are maneuvering, the artillery is working, our infantry is occupying settlements.

    A few days ago, an extremely interesting incident occurred, which was discussed by the entire group. Our Su-30 was shot down and a helicopter took off in search of the crew. I will not say the name and rank of the pilot yet, but we know each other very well personally. He flew alone, on the Mi-8 even without cover, there was too little time, and the Ka-52s were busy with combat work.

    The crew of the Mi-8 drove the car at a height of several meters from the ground, hiding behind the terrain and went to the Ukrainian Buk, radar and command post of this very complex. The meeting was extremely unexpected, but the commander reacted instantly and smashed dry plows with NARs.

    In Izyum itself, despite the proximity of the front line and constant shelling, peaceful life begins to improve. Rare marauders, if caught, are punished harshly, columns with humanitarian aid go every day. And these are no longer a few cars that broke through the fields for the first time, but full-fledged convoys.

    Our doctors provide assistance to civilians, and people began to walk on the streets. Not in search of food and water, but to walk under the warm spring sun. This is the picture at the moment, the main campaign of spring 2022 continues and goes to its climax.

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    Post  Hole Mon Apr 11, 2022 1:10 pm

    Tolstoy wrote:Both Russia and Ukro nazis are doubling down on artillery fire. Artillery fire seems to have helped Russia target enemy armoured columns.

    2S1 Gvozdika artillery is pounding Ukrainian armored columns.

    The 155 mm artillery munition that impact within 30 meters of a target is causing a lot of damage. damage. Air bursts using variable time (VT) fuse or dual-purpose improved conventional munitions (DPICM) can strip away communications, sights, vision blocks and anything stored on the outside of the vehicle.

    Artillery rounds is causing similar damage to the top section of  MBTs that top attack ATGMs like Javelin can do.

    2S1 is a 122mm gun.

    155mm is NATO caliber. Russia uses 152mm (2S3, 2S5, 2S19).

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    Post  flamming_python Mon Apr 11, 2022 1:13 pm

    From the Ukrainian marines in Mariupol, or at least their PR person

    https://t.me/intelslava/24949
    "The infantry is all dead and artillerymen, anti-aircraft gunners, signalers, drivers and cooks are fighting. Even the orchestra... The mountain of the wounded is almost half of the brigade"

    The 36th Marine Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine appealed to the people from Mariupol.  They ran out of resources, "for more than a month the Marines fought without replenishment of ammunition, without food, without water, almost lapping from a puddle and dying in batches."

    “Unable to defend, the enemy gradually pushed us back to the Azovmash plant, surrounded us, bound us with fire, and now is trying to destroy us.

    There was an option to bring reserves to us in order to strengthen and extend the defense.  There were options for the brigade to make a breakthrough and join their troops.  We reported this to OTU "Vostok", and they began to plan the operation.  But the senior staffs turned around.  We reported this to the OOS, they said "hold on, we are working," they promised a helicopter that never arrived.  We talked with the commander in chief, who promised to deblockade.
    We spoke with the Guarantor, who guaranteed us or
    political or military solution to the situation.

    Wise generals advise taking ammunition from the enemy.  Probably, these soviet SUVs have not died out, so many will die for them in vain.  There were chances.  There were opportunities, but because of the cowardice of reporting vertically, they were not realized.  No one wants to communicate with us anymore, because we are decommissioned.”

    "Today there will be an extreme battle, since there is no BC left. Further into hand-to-hand combat. Further death for some, and captivity for some ..." - the marines write on FB.

    So it looks like they're out of ammo.
    The rest are just words.
    What 'hand-to-hand' combat is possible? Hope not all the rank and file are such fanatics

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    Post  mnrck Mon Apr 11, 2022 1:19 pm

    Lavrov: Russian Special Operation in Ukraine Aims to Put End to US Course for World Domination

    The Russian top diplomat has lambasted both American and European policies, as Western nations pledged to send weapons for Kiev.
    Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated on Monday that Moscow won't succumb to pressure from abroad, noting that the operation in Ukraine aims to put an end to America's plans for global domination.
    "Our special military operation is designed to put an end to the reckless expansion and reckless course towards complete domination by the United States and, under them, the remainder of Western countries on the world stage. This domination is built with egregious violations of international law, and in accordance with some [unclear] rules, which are imposed on occasion", Lavrov said in an interview with the broadcaster Rossiya 24.
    He also criticised EU top diplomat Josep Borrell for his latest statements, and noted that now the rules have changed drastically.

    Sputniknews.

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