Russian special military operation in Ukraine #40

The two guys talk about the Ukro fighters killed in Bakhmut.

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The 18 Leopard 2 tanks promised by the German government have arrived in Ukraine — Der Spiegel

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German Officials are reporting that at least 18 Leopard 2A6 Main Battle Tanks have been Delivered to Ukraine over the last several weeks; these Tanks are now Active with Mechanized and Armor Division in the West of the Country.

Exodus routes: RF Armed Forces are close to control over the last route to Artemovsk, by Bogdan Stepovoy, Andrey Fedorov, Alexey Ramm for Izvestia. 03.27.2023.

If the Ukrainian garrison is deprived of this supply route, its fate will be sealed.

In the vicinity of Artemovsk on March 27, the main battles took place in the area of ​​​​the highway leading to the village of Khromovo. This is the last highway controlled by the VFU, through which the Ukrainian units in the city are supplied. If our troops are able to cut it, the fate of the Ukrainian garrison will be practically a foregone conclusion, experts say. There are local clashes in the city itself, the parties are regrouping. Russian units are also active in the South-Donetsk section of the contact line. There, tankers help our infantry move forward. Izvestia correspondents watched the assault on the Ukrainian fortified area in the Ugledar region.

cut the road

Losses of AFU in the Donetsk direction have doubled over the past day. If on March 26 the AFU lost about 200 militants, on March 27 more than 400 servicemen and mercenaries were destroyed. Also on this day, the enemy lost four armored vehicles, ten cars, four pickup trucks, a Grad MLRS combat vehicle and one D-20 howitzer, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

Now in Artemovsk, the cleaning of the industrial zone is being completed, the main battles are taking place in the west of the city in the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe highway that leads to the village of Khromovo, sources familiar with the situation told Izvestia. This is the last route in the hands of the VFU, which supplies the Ukrainian garrison. According to our interlocutors, local battles are now taking place in the city itself and its center, the parties are regrouping.

While fighting is underway to clear the settlement from those who are holding it, military expert Alexei Leonkov told Izvestia.

“There is an operational encirclement, fire control over the routes along which the enemy is now delivering ammunition and fresh forces, and later, for sure, will try to break through, evacuate,” military expert Alexei Leonkov noted in an interview with Izvestia. - Despite the desperate resistance of the AFU, they are still losing their positions: meter by meter, house by house. The issue is actually a foregone conclusion, it's just a matter of time. The enemy tried to keep this settlement at any cost, not sparing, first of all, the personnel. But we almost broke it.

direct fire

Near Ugledar, Russian tankers help the infantry attack the Ukrainian fortified areas. Izvestia correspondent Kirill Olkov looked at their work.

Our tanks come right up to the landings where Ukrainian trenches and dugouts are hidden. The first is a car with a trawl - it clears the path of mines. From the flanks, they are supported by the BPM with the fire of their rapid-fire 30-mm cannons.

On the target, tankers work with direct fire, without stopping, so as not to become a target for enemy anti-tank weapons.

“The target is so close that the soldiers see it from the tank without the help of optics,” said Kirill Olkov.

The enemy ceases fire. Resistance was crushed by tank fire.

- The crew is already passing through the former territory of the AFU, past the destroyed fortified areas of the militants, - said Kirill Olkov.

Having completed the task, they turn back to the base area.

The tank of a fighter with the call sign Gazik was at the head of the attacking column. His car is equipped with an anti-mine trawl - special rollers that are located in front of the tank.

- I went ahead, the task was to clear the way from the mines. The others followed behind me. It flew in, but the car was strong, it was taken out of the battlefield, " Gazik emphasized.

Damage, if assessed visually, is minor, which means that after a technical inspection, or a small repair will go into battle.

Tank units are always at the forefront, and now help the motorized rifles and marines move forward. This support is appreciated. Just like the work of the BPM, the crews of which, although the second to enter the battle, are the last to withdraw from their positions, they are covered by the tanks returning back.

“We must cover our comrades as best we can. Work to the maximum and return alive, - said the commander of an infantry fighting vehicle with the call sign Bater.

After replenishing the ammunition and a quick inspection of the technical condition of the vehicles, the tank crews, accompanied by infantry fighting vehicles, are again put forward to help the assault units of the Russian infantry.

Stuffed Swift

Izvestia managed to find out the details of the incident with the Swift drone (Tu-141) of the VFU, which fell and exploded near the city of Kireevsk, Tula Region, on March 26.

Sources of the publication familiar with the situation reported the results of the study of the wreckage of the drone. It was found that the design of the Soviet UAV was being seriously improved - part of the equipment was dismantled in order to place explosives, the power of which was equivalent to a 500-kilogram bomb.

It also installed commercial satellite navigation and control systems. According to sources, the navigation system was produced by an American company , whose brand they did not name. The UAV flew at the given coordinates, correcting its location based on signals from GPS satellites.

Mi-8 helicopter shot down

In the zone of the special military operation on March 27, the Russian army carried out active offensive operations in the Donetsk direction, and in the rest it attacked the most important enemy targets, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

During the day, at least 620 people and 34 units of military equipment, including howitzers, self-propelled artillery mounts and armored vehicles, were lost in all strategic directions of the AFU.

An ammunition depot of the 103rd terrorist defense brigade was destroyed near the village of Berestovoye, Kharkiv region. Russian air defense in the area of ​​​​the village of Temirovka, Zaporozhye region, shot down a Mi-8 helicopter of the Ukrainian Air Force.

Guards special forces

On March 27, the honorary title of "Guards" was awarded to the 10th separate order of Zhukov special forces brigade, the 346th separate special forces brigade and the 25th separate special forces regiment. They were awarded for mass heroism, bravery, resilience and courage shown by personnel in combat operations to protect the Fatherland and state interests.

In addition, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation spoke about the military personnel who showed courage and selflessness in battles. The howitzer self-propelled artillery platoon of senior lieutenant Andrey Baskakov supported the defending units of the Russian troops with fire. During the enemy offensive, Baskakov's battery was fired upon by militants. Despite the threat to life, Andrei continued to fire at the enemy. He also timely transmitted the coordinates of enemy objects to other guns, ahead of the enemy in time.

During the battle, Andrei's platoon smashed an enemy pontoon, which made it difficult for the militants to cross the river. He also destroyed a tank and two mortar crews. Later, the gunners flooded another pontoon, destroyed the Uragan MLRS and a large number of enemy manpower.

In an important strategic direction, the stronghold of the Marine Corps was constantly under attack. Having received information about the preparations for the next offensive, the company commander, Lieutenant Dmitry Khodachkov, with his unit on an infantry fighting vehicle advanced in the direction of the enemy positions.

The Marines managed to launch a surprise attack, destroying a pickup truck with anti-tank missiles and before the AFU detachment. The rest of the militants were forced to retreat. They were covered by our artillery at the coordinates that the lieutenant transmitted. The actions of Dmitry Khodachkov and his unit made it possible to disrupt the enemy attack.

https://iz.ru/1489415/bogdan-stepovoi-andrei-fedorov-aleksei-ramm/puti-iskhoda-vs-rf-blizki-k-kontroliu-nad-poslednei-trassoi-v-artemovsk

Destroy 14, send one to Kubinka to gather dust with the other kraut kats, reverse engineer and study the other two.


They should keep two Leos as guardian statues to the entrance of our glorias main cathedral of Russian Armed Forces.



To keep the memory up and nazism down.

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Shahed 136 strike Kiev

Off topic but part of the big picture. This is in Saudi Arabia. The news is saying it was a brake problem on the bus. 20+ dead, 30 injured. From other views, there is dead people laying on the bridge 100 feet away from the bus (https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Qs9LZLTEW3Y?feature=share).  I am skeptical. This doesn't look like a traffic accident to me

Movie "Syriana" Szeneario

But still the tracks are not covered by ERA. No
They never learn!

They are in transit... they might not fit side skirts with ERA till they get to their deployment area.

We see in videos from the Nazi side that mercs take part in direct combat often enough. That's what they're there for.

We have seen videos of them in forests... I suspect they would run away the fastest because they would be the most keen not to get captured...

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Criticism by Western countries will not affect Russia's plans to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

Why should Russia respond to western criticism when the west so clearly ignores Russia on everything.

Ukrainian soldiers pull over a mother with a baby and accuse her of driving past their convoy.

I liked that post, but obviously did not like what happened in that video... the US had a series of videos during WWII which were called "Why We Fight" with information for the US public to educated them on their new enemies and new allies... this would be a good video for a new series... "why it is OK to kill Ukrainian soldiers".

Russia is already using S-300 to hit ground targets. Why this hack?

No it isn't. Ukraine is blaming Russia for launching the Ukrainian S-300s that miss the air targets they were launched at and end up killing Ukrainians or Poles when they hit the ground.

A fire power vehicle like the ZSU-23-4 with four water cooled 23mm cannon on tracks with 500 rounds per gun ready to fire, is more mobile than a truck with a twin barreled 23mm ZU-23 gun strapped down on its flatbed rear that does not have liquid cooled barrels and fires from 50 round belt boxes for each barrel.

The Shilka with add on armour plate is also better protected from small arms fire.

In fact U.S should start handing over SM-6 to NATO states for testing. SM-6 can be used to intercept Kinzhal and also hit high value targets on the ground with hypersonic speed.

If SM-6 could hit hypersonic MANOUVERING targets then the US navy wouldn't be so in the shit... SM is the Standard Missile system developed and used by the US Navy in its vertical launch AEGIS system... it is what AEGIS ashore is based upon, as deployed in Poland and it is designed to shoot down ballistic targets... not manouvering ones.

BTW garryb the mobile version of site is not formatted at all it seems

Will have a look, though the forum technical issues thread is a more appropriate place to post this.

German Officials are reporting that at least 18 Leopard 2A6 Main Battle Tanks have been Delivered to Ukraine over the last several weeks; these Tanks are now Active with Mechanized and Armor Division in the West of the Country.

So they want the Russians to destroy them with artillery and air power so they can't capture them...

reverse engineer and study the other two.

Study, but why reverse engineer?

"General Kuzmenko has been appointed as Acting Commander of the Vostok Group of Forces instead of General Muradov

Colonel-General Muradov has been removed from command of the Vostok group of troops fighting in the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, but he continues to remain in the post of commander of the Eastern Military District until Putin's new decree on changing the commander. This is reported by a number of media and politicians. Earlier it was reported that General Muradov was officially sent on leave. Probably to agree with Putin on exactly how his resignation will be carried out.
Lieutenant General Andrey Kuzmenko has been appointed acting commander of the Vostok grouping of forces. From 2015 to 2019, he served as commander of the 6th Combined Arms Army, then taught at the Academy of the General Staff"
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well I guess things were not going that well in that area. Was this the guy that launched that stupid human wave of Russian Marines? If so there should be a balcony in his future.

They should keep two Leos as guardian statues to the entrance of our glorias main cathedral of Russian Armed Forces.

I say let them burn on the battlefield and if you have one in Russia let it be the eternal flame to remember the Russians and Ukrainians and other Soviets who died in the noble cause of destroying nazi states... (Germany first and now HATO).

Russia is already using S-300 to hit ground targets. Why this hack?

No it isn't. Ukraine is blaming Russia for launching the Ukrainian S-300s that miss the air targets they were launched at and end up killing Ukrainians or Poles when they hit the ground.

You are answering to some chimp from my cage clearly, as I haven't seen that earlier

Yet the thing deserves a wider perspective, as being used for propaganda so extensively, that some folks might be hit with the debris surely.

S-300 missile can attack land/naval targets. Dot.
But the range of the missile is limited by the radar horizon, as it must be in the line of sight of the illuminating station.
In another way, it became a ballistic missile without any substantial correction capable of hitting area at most, not a target.
Ukrs owned only one missile line, which was 5W55/R that came along with S-300PT/PM, and some single pieces of S-300W with 9M82/83 missiles.
But as they were left with only one battery in 1992, and we have not recorded the use of it in the last year, we can clearly consider that the thing was gone.
5W55R has the potential for a ballistic flight in around <300 km range, due to its energetic properties. Yet I won't even guess the CEP of this missile at that range, because it lacks any systems of in flight deviation measuring and correction. I would say it will fall down somewhere in the typical 3-5% range deviation. That is some 9x9/15x15 km area.
This kind of missile is totally useless from the Russian perspective, as can be only used for terrorizing the population.
For a year now, we clearly see that it is nothing the Russians are doing.
And even if they would like to do it, there are multiple much more suitable weapon systems at their disposal.
The whole story is nothing else rather than a propaganda attempt to blame the Russians for extensive material and human losses caused by weapon mishandling.
There are so many documented causes when Ukro AD missiles are running havoc straight from the tube, and strike random targets on the ground in the area, that contesting that is utterly stupid.
Yet the Ukrs has been caught red-handed with that multiple times, as the Klitchko was showing 9M38 "butterfly" fragments to prove that Russians are using cluster ammunition to target Kiev.
But they are both stupid and shameless, so ...

Pushilin assessed the position of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Avdiivka direction as critical, 03.28.2023.

Pushilin: Russia has improved its positions in the Avdeevka direction, the position of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is critical.

The capture of Avdiivka is "not far off", which entails minimizing the shelling of Donetsk, Yasinovataya and Makeevka, Pushilin stressed.

The Russian military is improving its position in the Avdeevka direction, while the situation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is becoming “critical,” Denis Pushiliv, acting head of the DPR, said on Soloviev Live.

“As for what is happening around Avdiivka. The situation is developing quite rapidly, the first army corps is showing good results <...> now the improvement of positions continues <...> according to the statements [of the Armed Forces of Ukraine], which remain in Avdiivka, their situation is critical or close to critical,” he noted.

According to him, the capture of Avdiivka is “not far off”, which will entail minimizing the shelling of Donetsk, Yasinovataya and Makeevka.

The situation in the Ugledar region is “difficult,” continued the acting head of the DPR. Also, according to Pushilin, fierce battles are going on in Maryinka: “Every ten meters are given with great difficulty.” He explained that the Armed Forces of Ukraine have the ability to transfer reserves, which partly complicates the situation.

https://www.rbc.ru/politics/28/03/2023/642291c29a79473b87daabfd

They are in transit... they might not fit side skirts with ERA till they get to their deployment area.

It was a joke. I meant no ERA on the tracks, not some side skirts. 


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I would love for Russia to reverse engineer Leopards and Abrams and give them to Syria and Iran to be used in north east Syria. Masses of copies of these tanks wouldn't be needed. Just enough to be used against those who sent them to Ukraine. I'd build about 50 to 100 of each

I would provide North Korea and some African states with some western military weapons intel for some economical favors of course.
Build a multi-polar world to keep powers at bay and create a counter balances to the old dying world and the new two behemoths China and Russia.
The idea is of course to not let China become what we are facing now with the US. We don't know what the future will bring, but having a multi-polar world is certainly more favorable than one big player dictating everything and everyone around.

BRICS needs also to lead the UN and have fair institutions and not western puppets like the ICC or all the rest of political, non-political and other forms of institutions, holding rest of the world two higher standards that they can't meet nor willing to play by the same rules accountable.

I really hope by the end of this century there are established mechanisms and institutions that will bring all the western leaders, advisors, ministers of foreign affairs and defense, their oligarchs before a criminal court. But I am 99,5% sure it will never happen. Hope dies last, tho.

A Western captured tank on a pedestal should be displayed in front of every russia embassy in Africa, the Middle East, etc. as a sign of Russian superiority over its fascist enemies!

IF they ever capture any tho.. it would end up in Kubinka. or Patriot park.

Remains to be seen tho how they will use the newly acquired Western tank. I would expect these tanks would be mostly dealt with artillery.

Those tanks could be placed on pedestals with the gun turrets twisted into a knot.
In reference to the sculpture at GATO headquarters.

Or alternatively, place the rusted remains of them on pedestals with flowers growing thro the cracks.
As a retort to the sickly "colour"/flower revolutions the CIA have delighted in using.

Shoigu visits a munitions factory.

https://vk.com/video-123538639_456297261

How about a fiberglass Leopard, or Abrams would be better if they arrive, tank mounted near vertical with the Russian coloured spike up into its rear and a US flag painted round the barrel?

Maybe 2/3 scale with smaller replicas for other locations where they might be less space. Lapel pin versions too. Even a national competition for the design.