Russian special military operation in Ukraine #22

crod wrote:Any conformation on what’s happening?

The annihilation of the ukie armed forces

crod wrote:Why are they needing to create such units though? Surely there are enough reserves of well trained soldiers to relieve the different fighting units etc? Would it not be better to send these better trained servicemen into battle? If Russia only deployed 80k as stated here, that leaves 100ks of regular forces to rotate with, whom are much better equipped to fight in a real war due to do their years of training etc. Is it not risky sending in barely trained units or what am I missing here folks?

This is the basis for a general mobilization in case the need arises. Plus it will have a powerful effect in the patriotic education of the society.

So, Ukrainian jets are completely denied to fly in Ukraine by Russian Airforce and PVO, but now they have HARM and maybe, big maybe, have fitted it on 2-4 jets and want to launch a mediocre missile with just max 150km range while S-400 can snipe it out of the sky before they can launch it?

If they made some jet fighters able to launch this HARMs then they are basically sending them on a suicide mission just for a chance to hit something for Twitter giggles?

I assume after calling HARM "mediocre" our Seig will come and run his mouth again.

Russian Ministry of Defense
Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of a special military operation on the territory of Ukraine ️ (09.08.2022)

Armed The Russian Federation continues its special military operation in Ukraine.

As a result of strikes by high-precision long-range air-launched missiles in the area of the settlementVoronovitsa In the Vinnytsia region, the current buried command post of the Ukrainian Air Forces was destroyed.

High-precision long-range sea-based weapons hit a large ammunition depot in the area of the settlement Uman Cherkasy region. More than three hundred rockets for the HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems were destroyed, as well as a large amount of ammunition for American M777 howitzers.

As a result of active offensive actions of Russian troops, the 2nd mechanized battalion of the 14th mechanized Brigade lost its combat capability. Having lost more than 340 people killed and wounded, the remaining personnel voluntarily left their positions.

Strikes by operational-tactical and army aircraft, rocket troops and artillery against military facilities on the territory of Ukraine continue.
During the day, two control points were hit in the areas of localitiesSeversk and Ocheretino Donetsk People's Republic, three ammunition depots near populated areasKrasnogorovka Donetsk People's Republic, Zhovtnevoye Mykolaiv region andOsokorovka Kherson region, as well as personnel and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 123 districts.

During the counter-battery fight, two artillery batteries were hit, including American M777A2 howitzers in the area of the settlement. Veseloe Of the Donetsk People's Republic.

In addition, two firing platoons of multiple launch rocket systems were suppressed in the area of the settlement.Lastochkino, as well as six artillery platoons of self-propelled and towed howitzers in the areas of settlementsRazdolovka, Orlovka, Georgievka Of the Donetsk People's Republic.

Russian air defense forces shot down one MiG-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force in the area of the settlement during the dayToretskoe Of the Donetsk People's Republic. 17 HIMARS multiple rocket launcher shells were intercepted in the areas of Kherson, Nova Kakhovka, Kherson region, and Melitopol Zaporozhye region. Three Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were also shot down in the area of the settlement.Petrovskoe, railway stationRutchenkovo Of the Donetsk People's Republic, andMospanovo Kharkiv region.

In total, 264 aircraft, 145 helicopters, 1,711 unmanned aerial vehicles, 363 anti-aircraft missile systems, 4,278 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 794 multiple launch rocket systems, 3,284 field artillery and mortar guns, and 4,785 units of special military vehicles have been destroyed since the beginning of the special military operation.

>> A buried command post destroyed, maybe there is truth to those claims about the Kinzhal being used these days after all...

franco wrote:

crod wrote:Why are they needing to create such units though? Surely there are enough reserves of well trained soldiers to relieve the different fighting units etc? Would it not be better to send these better trained servicemen into battle? If Russia only deployed 80k as stated here, that leaves 100ks of regular forces to rotate with, whom are much better equipped to fight in a real war due to do their years of training etc. Is it not risky sending in barely trained units or what am I missing here folks?

1 - have not called up reserves.
2 - these volunteers all have military experience
3 - are used to hold the line in many areas. Including the Belarus border this is about 2,400 kms.
4 - guarding the rear and lines of supply
5 - this military action has revealed a shortage in the organization of actual infantry foot soldiers. Needed to clear urban and forested areas.

Ah! I knew I was missing something. Ty.

Video of the destruction of the American howitzer M777.
https://t.me/intelslava/35133

Military airport in Crimea was hit. Seven explosions. Probably missilies of some kind, as they were pretty big. It looks like airfield was not protected by AA. Not sure of they got ATACMS or Harpoon or their anti ship can be used for land attacks.
It looks like 7 explosions occured

caveat emptor wrote:Military airport in Crimea was hit. Seven explosions. Probably missilies of some kind, as they were pretty big. It looks like airfield was not protected by AA. Not sure of they got ATACMS or Harpoon or their anti ship can be used for land attacks.
It looks like 7 explosions occured

https://t.me/intelslava/35150

https://t.me/breakingmash/37260

Apparently an airbase in the Crimea.

There's a distant possibility it was a sabotage, but htf you pull out a sabotage of this size in the middle of Crimea during the war? Last reports say 9 explosions.

Very interesting what system was used? Locals filmed some of the explosions and they are massive.

caveat emptor wrote:There's a distant possibility it was a sabotage, but htf you pull out a sabotage of this size in the middle of Crimea during the war? Last reports say 9 explosions.

Impossible to pull a sabotage for such VIP place. UA has no means to do much even in less depth.
We will find out soon during the briefing

Arrow wrote:https://t.me/breakingmash/37260

Apparently an airbase in the Crimea.

Those evil Ukrups, shooting on their own country!

Regular wrote:

Impossible to pull a sabotage for such VIP place. UA has no means to do much even in less depth.
We will find out soon during the briefing

A few sources on TG reporting sabotage but its too early to tell, there were definitely multiple explosions from the vids I have seen , but could be secondaries going off rather than missile hits.

ALAMO wrote:Margarita Simonyan reported a sabotage.
Crimea is among the heaviest defended areas in Russia. I would put a possibility of multiple penetration close to zero.

Yeah, local partisans fed up with the occupation sounds much more plausible. Or SF roaming free with the help of locals is also possible.

owais.usmani wrote:

https://twitter.com/Ukraine66251776/status/1556973797168893952

It's a Propaganda show it doesn't matter what anyone says there. Zhirinovsky said things half the country was stounding that someone had the balls to say it, besides, if you really gonna put some missile on a NATO country you will not announce it and certainly not from a nobody like that guy.