Russian special military operation in Ukraine #37

These threats from Putin and Peskov are getting very pathetic

@Arrow
What do you expect... the west has been threatening tanks for months and for months Russia has been saying if they send tanks then those tanks will be destroyed and the suffering of the Ukrainian people will continue for longer.

When the west actually gets tanks into the Ukraine is when Putin and Peskov and others can follow through on their threats, so it is not pathetic at all.

What is pathetic is the west escalating a war they know Kiev can't win and pretty soon they will realise the more weapons and equipment they send to Kiev the more land and lives Russia is going to take... but the west don't care because they could care less about the Ukraine... they are giving an alcoholic as much booze as they can make... because the alcoholic wants booze...

So to me the question isn't whether Putin will do something. But WHAT will Putin do

Most likely destroy the armour with drones and at the same time hit the logistical means of moving the tanks too... these trucks and trains that shift armour can be destroyed to make moving supplies around the country more difficult for everyone on their side... the west will complain that delivering food and essentials has become impossible... well tough.

Left to right, if someone needs a guide :
Ch-58, Grom, Ch-59, Ch-101, Ch-22(32?)
The one in the background I can't recognize. It can me some derivative of Kalibr, maybe R-500?

Actually the fact that it is over with the SAMs and looking at the tail and body I was thinking it might be a new model Kh-69 but with a rounded nose with an anti radiation seeker for hitting ground based radar emitting targets like the new systems the west are delivering. The range of the missile would make it useful in terms of standoff range, and together with the new model Kh-31s would be rather useful I would think.
(As Hole points out it is extreme upgraded Kh-59 and not grom with the new box shape now called Kh-69).

Putin is slow to act. But when he does act, he hits hard. Even if it looks difficult to some.

He is not slow to act... he just takes violence and military solutions as being the last option instead of the first the way the west does.

Complaining he has not reacted to the west sending tanks is ridiculous because they haven't appeared on the battlefield yet... but of course LMUR will be ideal for finding them and taking them out... amongst an enormous range of other missiles and submunition types designed specifically for the role.

Those enormous flat topped turrets with blow out roof panels are a huge targets for HEAT and self forging fragment top attack munitions from Russian cluster bombs including glide bombs and rocket artillery.

Aaaaah ... Right!
They used to call it Ch-59MK2.

Makes it tricky when the change them like that... with its box shape it looks very different from the Kh-59 family AS-13, AS-18 series missiles...

I didn't notice your mistake till Hole pointed it out...

My question is, what's the missile in the back right (light green)? A new glide bomb?

It seems to have the square sides and wings and tail surfaces of the Kh-69, but that rounded nose is not like the Kh-69 so I am guessing it is an ARM version of the Kh-69 that fits in internal weapon bays better.

A group of Ukrainian soldiers - trained at a British military base last summer - surrendered just 20 minutes after encountering Russian forces near Svyatogorsk in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic. “Grow troops for 3 years, use troops for 20 minutes” great.

The problem of sending your best and brightest for special training is that they are not stupid enough to sacrifice their own lives so officials in the west and Ukraine can line their pockets before abandoning the shit show when the smoke starts to clear.

First RF Combat robots arrive at the Ukrainian frontline.

A good opportunity to send live robots against defences I would think... even just having monitoring stations watching for where enemy fire comes from and suppressing it means they can send robots instead of T-72s with three men.

^ I just watched that. Russia has to keep the pedal to the metal now. We were here before. Don't lose the momentum.

This time the Russians have a lot more men and equipment and have revised the make up of their forces to better suit the situation and the Orcs don't have enormous reserves they can throw at the line to force a withdrawal (even if at great cost).

Actually the fact that it is over with the SAMs and looking at the tail and body I was thinking it might be a new model Kh-69 but with a rounded nose with an anti radiation seeker for hitting ground based radar emitting targets like the new systems the west are delivering. The range of the missile would make it useful in terms of standoff range, and together with the new model Kh-31s would be rather useful I would think.
(As Hole points out it is extreme upgraded Kh-59 and not grom with the new box shape now called Kh-69).

Or ...
The thing looks small.
Maybe it is announced smaller ranged & cheaper cruise missile they talked about for a while?

... what means Seversk being encircled from the north and south as we speak.

Edit :
Holly cow
SDZ writes that the Germans approved 88 pcs of ... Leopard 1 tanks to be transferred.
But the problem is that they lack any ammo for them
It is really getting ridiculous.