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    Russian special military operation in Ukraine #15

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    Post  Arkanghelsk Thu May 05, 2022 10:45 pm

    Hole wrote:Russian special military operation in Ukraine #15 - Page 3 Fsa3wt10
    Russian special military operation in Ukraine #15 - Page 3 Fsbodi10

    This is 100% right, the vast majority of Russian people are more hawkish then the Kremlin

    Most Russians are demanding blood that's the only reason mobilization ever entered the convo

    It wasn't about need, as your post says, the Russian troops deployed in Ukraine number around 60,000-70,000

    That being said , it's 1/5 the total combat power including 350k active duty personnel, over 300k national guard, and 2 million reservists

    Ukraine is fighting peacetime western and southern OSK, and less then half of the district manpower strength at that

    Each district has around 80k personnel

    With 70k in Ukraine, we're talking half strength of each OSK

    Even going off US intel claims of 85 BTGs , with 800 personnel in a BTG, it's 70k roughly deployed to Ukraine,  thats 1/5 total army numbers and they're not even all army

    There's national guard, and special forces making up big parts of those numbers

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    Post  Regular Thu May 05, 2022 11:01 pm

    owais.usmani wrote:

    Intense footage! This is probably what Stalingrad looked and felt like as well.

    The video was deleted and I am a curious person. What was it? Drone footage of Wagner storming outhouse with 54 Ukrainians climbing out and giving up or something else?
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    Post  Isos Thu May 05, 2022 11:01 pm

    PapaDragon wrote:
    owais.usmani wrote:

    Intense footage! This is probably what Stalingrad looked and felt like as well.

    Chechens: Classic case of lack of lack of training being offset by massive balls which in turn are supported by large muscle mass capable of carrying maximum amount of body armour because heavily relying on balls over training will get you shot more frequently

    Perfect organism. Its structural perfection is matched only by its hostility. I admire its purity. A survivor... unclouded by conscience, remorse, or delusions of morality. Cool
     



    They doesn't seem to face actual return of fire. More like firing on no one. Propaganda footage.

    It's like the 10th similar video posted.
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    Post  Isos Thu May 05, 2022 11:03 pm

    Regular wrote:
    owais.usmani wrote:

    Intense footage! This is probably what Stalingrad looked and felt like as well.

    The video was deleted and I am a curious person. What was it? Drone footage of Wagner storming outhouse with 54 Ukrainians climbing out and giving up or something else?

    Chechens firing massively from a building corner. Similar video to previous ones they made in Mariupol whrn they fired RPGs one after the other but here they mostly use AKs.

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    Post  Arrow Thu May 05, 2022 11:10 pm

    Ukrainian artillery still active. The fights at Izium continue.
    https://t.me/stranaua/40428
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    Post  Regular Thu May 05, 2022 11:16 pm

    I see Ukrainians and their friends claim that Ukraine started the second phase of the offense in Kharkov/Izium area.

    Is this true that they are on the offense or they are bluffing? They claim Russia was pushed back nearly 40+ km away.
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    Post  Arrow Thu May 05, 2022 11:18 pm

    40 km is nonsense. They are trying to make small attacks.

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    Post  Regular Thu May 05, 2022 11:38 pm

    Arrow wrote:40 km is nonsense. They are trying to make small attacks.

    Small attacks won't do at this stage. I can't wait for them to discredit themselves again

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    Post  JohninMK Fri May 06, 2022 12:09 am

    Ispan wrote:Todays special report, covers yesterday fighting and some of today, lots of videos and news in the links

    https://guerraenucrania.wordpress.com/2022/05/05/noticias-de-la-guerra-05-05-2022-informe-especial/

    War news 05/05/2022 - special report
    5 May, 2022 Zhukov



    Map of the fighting on the Izyum front

    YESTERDAY, 04 May

    Summary of hostilities on May 4, 2022 by Vladislav Ugolny

    Northern Front direction Kharkov – the Ukrainians launched a counterattack and seized several settlements: Russkaya Lozovaya and Stary Saltov. The bridge in the latter has been blown up and the Armed Forces of Ukraine are not able to develop an offensive against Volchansk. The Russians continue to strengthen their positions in the area of Kazachya Lopan and Tsirkuny. In addition, the Forces of Ukraine are trying to force the passage of the Seversky Donets River between Balakliya and Izyum, in the area of the village of Protopopovka.

    The northern flank of the arch (from Balakleya to Popasnaya) - at the Izyum bridgehead, the fighting continues along the entire front line, in particular through the villages of Velikaya Komyshevakha, Pashkovo, Dolgenkoye. In the area of the Oskol River, about a thousand soldiers of the National Guard are still surrounded, communication was established between Izyum and the group advancing to the east.

    Comment: That is, a continuous front has finally formed south of the Oskol reservoir between the Russian army and the Lugansk militia. without looking at the map I don't know if they will already control roads so that there is lateral communication along the front, but at last efforts can be coordinated instead of being two separate offensives.

    It still remains to clear the rearguard pocket and repulse enemy counterattacks against the western flank in Izyum, but the starting bases are already in place to advance towards Slayvansk

    The front line is located on the Sosnovoe-Shandrigolovo-Drobyshevo-Krasny Liman line. Yampol has been liberated, fighting is underway for access to Seversky Donets. The Ukrainian grouping on the right bank, due to the blasting of the bridges crossing the river, does not have the possibility of an organized withdrawal. In Rubezhnoye, the cleaning of the southern industrial zone continues, there are reports of battles for the settlement of Voevodovka that is located between Rubizhnoye and Severodonetsk. In Bakhmutka, breakthrough in the Orekhovo region. (red arrow on the map)



    About the Ukrainian counterattack (source Rybar)

    Composition of the offensive grouping of the Forces of Ukraine near Izyum

    For several days now, the Ukrainian command has been trying to force the Seversky Donets River and settle in this position for an offensive

    today we have already written about the transfer of personnel and material to the area of the Protopopovka, Zavgorodnee and Petrovskoe settlements.

    In addition, in Pervomaisky and Razdolie, additional units of the 14th Brigade and the 4th Brigade were deployed

    In total, more than 2,500 men and 80 armored vehicles, as well as several dozen artillery pieces and rocket launchers, took part in the attack on Izyum.

    Central Front
    (from Popasnaya to Marinka) – the assault on Popasnaya in the PRL continues. In the Avdeyevka area, the DPR militia is advancing on Troitskoye and Novoselovka to reach New York. In Maryinka, no changes.

    The southern flank of the arch (from the Dnieper River to Maryinka) - the fighting continues along the entire front line. According to preliminary information, it was possible to expand the control zone west of Velikaya Novoselka to the village of Temirovka.

    Mariupol Cauldron: Humanitarian corridors have been established from Azovstal, the last center of resistance of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the city, to free civilians held by Ukrainian militants.

    Direction Kherson-Nikolaev – the front line does not change along the Black Sea line - Aleksandrovka - Snigirevka - Velikaya Aleksandrovka - Ivanovka - the Dnieper River.

    During the afternoon until midnight, the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the outskirts of Nikolaev were "ironed out" with artillery and rocket launchers for several hours.
    According to the Russian statement this morning, 600 Ukrainian dead have been collected or identified between shelling and fighting. It is a plausible figure, the average is between 200 and 500 depending on the day. By testimonies of the Izyum front in a couple of days they collected 500 dead after the last advance.

    "No news on the Donbass front"

    good article by Marina Kharkova,
    https://antimaydan.info/2022/05/na_doneckom_fronte_bez_peremen.html
    Brief combat reports
    https://antimaydan.info/2022/05/boevye_svodki_korotko.html
    (Excerpts from the comments to the videos)

    Russian troops and the People's Militia of the Luhansk People's Republic advanced towards Lisichansk from the south, entering the village of Nizhne

    Advance of our troops to the Lysychansk-Severodonetsk agglomeration from the south. The breakthrough with the simultaneous destruction of enemy positions and the clearing of new territories from their militants is also taking place along the Seversky Donets River.

    The head of the Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, reported that Russian troops and fighters of the People's Militia of the LPR entered the village of Nizhne (population 2,000), which is located about 14 km away (as the crow flies) from the outskirts of Lisichansk

    In case of success in Nizhny, our troops will be able to move on a converging front towards Lisichansk. The right flank – along the Seversky Donets, the left - along the road from Zolotye.

    At the same time, there are already opportunities for artillery fire on enemy positions located on the southern and southwestern outskirts of Lisichansk.

    Progress towards the Lisichansk-Severodonetsk agglomeration is also being made from other directions: from Rubizhne (north direction), Novoaydar (east direction) and Yampol (west direction). Thus, it can be stated that the enemy group near Lisichansk is in a contracting ring with the only remaining way out so far - in the direction of Soledar (PRD).

    At the same time, an advance is being carried out on Popasnaya, block by block, with the defeat of the enemy and the expulsion of the remnants of the units of the armed forces of Ukraine entrenched there to the western outskirts of the city, which is also an important crossing railway station.

    In Popasnaya, the Russian Armed Forces and the People's Militia of the DPR are advancing daily, literally street by street. The enemy is being pushed further and further into the western part of the city. .. At the same time, assault detachments are systematically eliminating enemy forces, occupying more and more new positions in the city, to which militants and Ukrainian troops are trying to cling.

    Russian troops and the People's Militia of the DPR continue to advance in the area of the city of Krasny Liman, in the north of the republic. After reaching the city the Russian troops tried to build a defensive line in the forest zone south of the settlement. We remind you that it is precisely in the southern direction from the estuary that the advance of our troops is directed - towards Slavyansk.

    To destroy the enemy's troops and materiel, which he is trying to use as cover "the green zone" - a wooded area where the trees already have foliage, various equipment is used, including TOS-1A thermobaric rocket systems "Solntsepek".It is reported that the enemy's positions in the forest belt under Krasny Liman were destroyed with the help of these rockets.

    Videos of the impacts

    https://t.me/boris_rozhin/47023

    https://t.me/boris_rozhin/47024

    Earlier, reports were received about the destruction of an enemy group occupying positions in the village of Novoselovka, north-west of the same Liman. As a result of the attack on the positions, at least 24 soldiers were killed, and about the same number were wounded. About a dozen more Ukrainian soldiers tried to disperse, but, according to some reports, they were captured.

    Progress towards Slaviansk is not rapid. But it allows, as they say, to grind the enemy's forces and gradually take positions in several directions at once, including from the Izyum side

    Summary of Cassad 04 Mayo

    To complete although they all repeat the same thing and there was no great progress

    https://colonelcassad.livejournal.com/7594284.html
    TODAY 05 May

    https://antimaydan.info/2022/05/interesnaya_karta_ot_amerikanskih_analitikov_s_situaciej_na_izumo_slavyansk.html

    Analysis of the situation on the Izyum front:

    Revised translation:

    Two tank brigades of the Ukrainian Forces, the 3rd and the 4th, which the Ukrainian command has deployed in the direction of Izyum - Slavyansk, immediately attract attention. One is on the first line near the village of Kurulka, the other is in reserve between Artemovsk and Kramatorsk. An important feature is that these tank brigades are not regular and are formed in wartime as part of the reserve corps and are completed according to the residual principle. By state, this is about 180 additional tanks. However, the number of tank brigades in the armed forces of Ukraine has doubled since the beginning of the war.

    At the same time, despite the significant number of tanks in the army, during the fighting, the Ukrainian army has never deployed in battle tank units at the battalion level or higher, but prefer to use them in platoons (i.e. in groups of 4 tanks), most often to organize mobile fire ambushes, which provides a fairly high survival rate for such a vulnerable target as a tank.

    ***

    In the Rubezhnoye triangle, Severodonetsk, Lisichansk, the 110th territorial defense brigade, which was formed in the Zaporozhye region, is defending itself... the Kiev regime has sent territorial militias to the front throughout the country, clearing them in the most problematic places. At the same time, in the same direction, the more combat-ready 79th Air Assault Brigade has retreated to the rear, which probably carries out mobile defense by incursion actions, while the teroborona (territorial defense, the Ukrainian Volksturm) maintains the front line.

    At least two battalions and two companies of "Right Sector" nationalists are fighting in the Donbas, half of them in the Izyum sector, where soldiers of the 93rd mechanized brigade who complained about their command were recently captured. This fact once again confirms that radicals can play the role of "barrier detachments" in the battle formations of regular army units.
    Russian artillery pulverizes the Ukrainian army
    https://www.moonofalabama.org/2022/05/ukraines-forces-are-told-to-hold-the-line-where-russian-artillery-is-pulverizing-them.html#more
    You can read directly the text translated into Spanish, with maps and format, in this link of the forum
    https://www.burbuja.info/inmobiliaria/threads/guerra-en-ucrania-xvii.1749003/post-40501040
    The battle for Popasnaya: Russian troops approach the industrial zone to the west of the city
    https://riafan.ru/23166890-nastuplenie_v_popasnoi_rossiiskie_podrazdeleniya_podhodyat_k_promzone_na_zapade

    The situation in Kharkov at 12:00 on May 5, 2022 (Rybar)

    Against the background of fierce clashes in the Izyum direction, the vicinity of Kharkov is a secondary sector of the front with a relatively lower intensity of fighting.

    ▪ The DPR and LPR reservist units, as well as the Rosgvardiya (military police), withdrew from the operation. Russkaya Lozovaya and neighboring villages. A half-empty village, Stary Saltov, was occupied by the Kraken special forces of the Azov National Regiment.

    ▪ Members of the Nazi battalion "Aidar" do not allow local residents to leave the village. They use people as "human shields" to protect themselves from Russian artillery attacks.

    ▪ In Vesely a supply column of the Russian army was hit.

    The Ukrainian command is trying to make the most of the low concentration of allied forces in the area near Kharkov and is trying to retake the liberated villages.
    VIDEO
    203mm guns in action
    https://antimaydan.info/2022/05/kadry_boevoj_kontrbatarejnoj_raboty_raschetov_sau_malka_v_hode_specoperacii.html
    https://t.me/vysokygovorit/7776
    Various fighting videos
    https://antimaydan.info/2022/05/obnaruzhenie_i_unichtozhenie_tanka_vsu_i_zhivoj_sily_protivnika_n.html

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    Post  franco Fri May 06, 2022 1:11 am

    USA and western arm chair generals view on deployment of Russian BTG's:

    https://twitter.com/MNormanDavies/status/1522098699102531584/photo/1
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    Post  Regular Fri May 06, 2022 3:03 am

    franco wrote:USA and western arm chair generals view on deployment of Russian BTG's:

    https://twitter.com/MNormanDavies/status/1522098699102531584/photo/1

    Makes perfect sense. His and https://mobile.twitter.com/ArmchairW handles are worth following.

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    Post  crod Fri May 06, 2022 3:06 am

    So the NYT and other media outlets have reported that the US military confirmed its role in providing real time intelligence that resulted in the death of several russian generals (reports that are causing unease in europe).

    my question is this: how many if any russian generals have been killed thus far? and if there are deaths among the general ranks, is it normal for such ranking men to be so close to the battlefield to direct?

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    Post  ucmvulcan Fri May 06, 2022 3:11 am

    crod wrote:So the NYT and other media outlets have reported that the US military confirmed its role in providing real time intelligence that resulted in the death of several russian generals (reports that are causing unease in europe).

    my question is this: how many if any russian generals have been killed thus far? and if there are deaths among the general ranks, is it normal for such ranking men to be so close to the battlefield to direct?

    The number is 4 or 5. The Pentagram and the Ministry of Truth would love to get you to believe that the number is 20, but its 4 or 5. These are lower ranking brigade level commanders, substantial losses, but not all that high ranking and the reason is that while American and NATO generals sit having cognac miles behind the line, the Russians send their generals with their troops.

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    Post  Isos Fri May 06, 2022 3:17 am

    crod wrote:So the NYT and other media outlets have reported that the US military confirmed its role in providing real time intelligence that resulted in the death of several russian generals (reports that are causing unease in europe).

    my question is this: how many if any russian generals have been killed thus far? and if there are deaths among the general ranks, is it normal for such ranking men to be so close to the battlefield to direct?

    US intel that tells what happened after it happened.

    Those high ranking killed aren't top generals but high ranking guys that lead on the front. Their death can happen like to any other soldier on the front.

    Russian strategy is to have high ranking people on the front to coordinate with the generals that are way behind the front line, as far as in Moscow.

    US trying to take credit out of nothing for US fanboys public.

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    Post  Big_Gazza Fri May 06, 2022 3:31 am

    crod wrote:So the NYT and other media outlets have reported that the US military confirmed its role in providing real time intelligence that resulted in the death of several russian generals (reports that are causing unease in europe).

    my question is this: how many if any russian generals have been killed thus far? and if there are deaths among the general ranks, is it normal for such ranking men to be so close to the battlefield to direct?

    What, you think that the battlefield command centers won't have low-to-mid level command staff present ??? Suspect

    Losses are inevitable given that Russian senior officers are expected to operate from the front rather than secure bunkers deep in friendly territory (or sipping lattes in the national capitol). Such losses change nothing...

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    Post  kvs Fri May 06, 2022 3:54 am

    Big_Gazza wrote:
    crod wrote:So the NYT and other media outlets have reported that the US military confirmed its role in providing real time intelligence that resulted in the death of several russian generals (reports that are causing unease in europe).

    my question is this: how many if any russian generals have been killed thus far? and if there are deaths among the general ranks, is it normal for such ranking men to be so close to the battlefield to direct?

    What, you think that the battlefield command centers won't have low-to-mid level command staff present ??? Suspect

    Losses are inevitable given that Russian senior officers are expected to operate from the front rather than secure bunkers deep in friendly territory (or sipping lattes in the national capitol).  Such losses change nothing...

    The Russian command philosophy clearly motivates the commanders to do the best job. By contrast the western style is corrupt. The
    Orwellian grade western propaganda factory called the MSM covers for the incompetence and war criminal western approach. I think
    that Mercouris and Martynov are not really on the ball with their expectation that Pentagon "professionals" will keep things sane. They
    are part of the same rot as the rest of Washington.

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    Post  PapaDragon Fri May 06, 2022 3:59 am

    crod wrote:So the NYT and other media outlets have reported that the US military confirmed its role in providing real time intelligence that resulted in the death of several russian generals (reports that are causing unease in europe).

    my question is this: how many if any russian generals have been killed thus far? and if there are deaths among the general ranks, is it normal for such ranking men to be so close to the battlefield to direct?

    Rank of general in Russian military starts lower than it does in US military, lowest ranking general in US has much greater seniority than lowest ranking general in Russia

    Same title, different positions


    Russian generals probably did get killed (here maybe and in Syria definitely) but it's not the same score as it would be if US general would have been killed

    Also, since info came from "media outlet" you can put that in "maybe at best" folder

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    Post  GarryB Fri May 06, 2022 4:10 am

    Ukraine published clip of the first time ever knocked out T-90M tank:

    And still managed to get the title wrong... the T-90AM is not Russias most advanced tank... that would be the T-14.

    Summary of Cassad 04 Mayo

    To complete although they all repeat the same thing and there was no great progress

    I would say the Orcs losing hundreds of soldiers to artillery during counter attacks is certainly progress for the Russian forces... their job at the moment is to eliminate the enemy forces, either kill them or get them to surrender... the orcs get to choose and they seem to be doing a bit of both so far.

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    Post  Regular Fri May 06, 2022 4:10 am

    So far only 2 confirmed. It’s hard to believe anything from US, even their officials talk shit (They did discredit themselves with two Il-76s being shot down)

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    Post  Arkanghelsk Fri May 06, 2022 5:05 am

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    American intelligence identifies 7 strategic directions for the placement of Russians:

    ▪Kharkiv
    The approximate length of the front is 100 km . Number of BTG – 5
    Km per BTG – 20 km

    ▪ Izyum

    The length of the front is 60 km
    Number of BTG –22
    Km per BTG – 2.7 km

    ▪Severodonetsk

    The approximate length of the front is 100 km . Number of BTG – 19
    Km per BTG – 5.3 km

    ▪popasna The length of the front is 20 km
    Number of BTG – 7
    Km per BTG – 2.9 km

    ▪Donetsk
    The approximate length of the front is 140 km . Number of BTG – 20
    Km per BTG – 7 km

    ▪Zaporozhye
    The length of the front is 130 km
    Number of BTG – 13
    Km per BTG – 10 km

    ▪Kherson The approximate length of the front is 160 km .
    Number of BTG – 7
    Km per BTG – 22.8 km

    According to the norms of the Russian ground forces (for 1982), the BTG offensive is conducted at the front 1-2 km, and the defense is up to 5 km. Interestingly, in the US army, the figures are different: 2-4 km on the offensive and 5-8 km on the defensive. Only on 2-3 directions the Russian troops still have the potential to go on the offensive, and immediately on 3 they have a very stretched defense.


    There is no need for mobilization, just greater commitment of forces

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    Post  crod Fri May 06, 2022 5:17 am

    PapaDragon wrote:
    crod wrote:So the NYT and other media outlets have reported that the US military confirmed its role in providing real time intelligence that resulted in the death of several russian generals (reports that are causing unease in europe).

    my question is this: how many if any russian generals have been killed thus far? and if there are deaths among the general ranks, is it normal for such ranking men to be so close to the battlefield to direct?

    Rank of general in Russian military starts lower than it does in US military, lowest ranking general in US has much greater seniority than lowest ranking general in Russia

    Same title, different positions


    Russian generals probably did get killed (here maybe and in Syria definitely) but it's not the same score as it would be if US general would have been killed

    Also, since info came from "media outlet" you can put that in "maybe at best" folder

    Ah! Thank you, so the lower end Russian general rank is more like colonel rank in western forces. Right, that explains it so. Russian special military operation in Ukraine #15 - Page 3 1f44d

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    Post  owais.usmani Fri May 06, 2022 7:38 am

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    owais.usmani wrote:

    Intense footage! This is probably what Stalingrad looked and felt like as well.

    The video was deleted and I am a curious person. What was it? Drone footage of Wagner storming outhouse with 54 Ukrainians climbing out and giving up or something else?

    This forum does not has the option to attach files like many other forums, otherwise I would have attached the video file here.

    Garry can this feature be added?
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    Post  lyle6 Fri May 06, 2022 8:15 am

    A fair share of the Russian officer deaths can probably be attributed to this one man:
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    limb wrote:
    So it wasn't an artillery strike and the Russians had no idea they were being targeted. I wonder what hit them and what allowed Ukrainians to bit get killed before shooting in the first place. Also even on the Side the T-90M should have enough armour to stop a stugna ATGMs yet it seems to be penetrated here.
    More brainrot. Not even one sentence in and you're already contradicting yourself.

    For all we know the vehicle could have suffered a mechanical trouble the crew couldn't fix in combat and the crew, rather than risk the vehicle's capture, chose to destroy it instead. Happened too many times to the Abrams in Iraq despite nearly 20 years in continuous service, and the T-90M is a rather new tank with lots of sophisticated systems onboard that probably haven't been tested as much.

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    They doesn't seem to face actual return of fire. More like firing on no one. Propaganda footage.

    It's like the 10th similar video posted.
    Then the enemy is successfully suppressed. Kind of hard to return fire when maniacs mag dump a thousand rounds to your every pot shot.

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    Post  owais.usmani Fri May 06, 2022 10:00 am



    lol!

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    Post  Hinex1988 Fri May 06, 2022 10:14 am

    🇷🇺🇺🇦Briefing by Russian Defence Ministry

    ▫The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation in Ukraine.

    💥High-precision air-based missiles of the Russian Aerospace Forces have destroyed a large ammunition depot of the Ukrainian group of troops located on the territory of the Energomashspetsstal plant in Kramatorsk city.

    ▫1 Tochka-U tactical missile system of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has been destroyed near Novotavricheskoe, Zaporozhye Region. In addition, 10 strongholds, areas of AFU manpower and military equipment concentration have been hit.

    ✈💥Operational-tactical and army aviation have hit 24 military assets of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

    ▫Among them: 18 areas of AFU manpower and military equipment concentration, 1 artillery battery at firing positions, and 2 missile and artillery weapons depots near Krasnopolie in the Donetsk People's Republic.

    💥Missile troops have destroyed 1 launcher of Ukrainian S-300 anti-aircraft missile system near Nikiforovka in the Donetsk People's Republic and 5 areas of AFU manpower and military equipment concentration.

    💥Artillery units have hit 6 command posts, 3 ammunition depots, 187 strongpoints, areas of manpower and military equipment concentration, as well as 26 Ukrainian artillery batteries.

    ▫The attacks have resulted in the elimination of up to 280 nationalists and 41 units of AFU military equipment.

    💥Russian air defence means have shot down 1 Su-25 and 1 MiG-29 of the Ukrainian Air Force near Preobrazhennoe of the Lugansk People's Republic and also intercepted 4 Tochka-U ballistic missiles.

    ▫In addition, 13 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have been shot down over Barvenkovo, Balakleya in Kharkov Region, Staromikhailovka, Yasinovataya in Donetsk People's Republic, Pervomaisk in Lugansk People's Republic and Chornobaevka in Kherson Region.

    📊In total, 151 aircraft and 112 helicopters, 742 unmanned aerial vehicles, 290 anti-aircraft missile systems, 2,854 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 329 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,338 field artillery and mortars, as well as 2,683 units of special military vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed during the operation.

    #MoD #Russia #Ukraine #Briefing
    @mod_russia_en

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