Russian special military operation in Ukraine #40

They will live.

Placed here as a point of reference... but to be honest it would need to be a force close to this to cover the battlefield that they do.

Currently, about 6,000 professional fighters of the PMC "Wagner" and about 20-30 thousand "recruits" (recruits) of this organization are fighting in Artemovsk (Bakhmut) and its environs. This estimate of the number of “Wagnerites” in the Artemovsky direction was given by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US Armed Forces, General Mark Milley, CNN reports.

Milli spoke about the number of Wagner PMCs near Artemovsk when talking to US congressmen from the House Armed Forces Committee. Thus, the American general estimates the total number of "musicians" involved in the Artemovsk direction at 26-36 thousand people.

About 20-30 thousand recruits, Milli said that these people are often recruited from places of deprivation of liberty. However, almost from the very beginning, this did not hide the leadership of the PMC.

It is interesting that General Milli also spoke about the "huge losses" of PMCs near Artemovsk. But they do not really correlate with the number of “Wagnerites” he voiced. Although PMC Wagner attack aircraft operate in the most dangerous areas, often fighting with superior enemy forces, it is unlikely that their losses are higher than those of the mobilized Ukrainian regular armed forces.

It should be noted that the Ukrainian formations are in Artemovsk and its environs in a very difficult situation. Now this is already recognized by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, who speaks of catastrophic consequences for Kyiv in the event of the defeat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Artemivsk.

https://topwar-ru.translate.goog/213905-predsedatel-komiteta-nachalnikov-shtabov-ssha-nazval-primernuju-chislennost-chvk-vagner-pod-artemovskom.html?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en

Leo 2 with K1 ERA

Medvedev visited the Kazan gunpowder factory today.

https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses/22722

The Italian newspaper il Fatto Quotidiano cites excerpts from an order dated November 1999 for NATO units that were part of occupied Kosovo.

It clearly states that you must not touch equipment damaged by depleted uranium projectiles, and that you must wear masks when examining it or being within 500 meters of it.

https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses/22845

(https://t.me/rybar/45185) Where did the Western Armoured Vehicles delivered to #Ukraine arrive?

The other day, a video from an unidentified training ground with western armoured vehicles delivered to the AFU appeared in the Ukrainian segment of the Net. A British Challenger 2 tank, a German Marder BMP, an American Bradley BMP and an Australian Bushmaster APC were captured.

Specific indications caught by the cameraman's lens allowed our OSINT team to identify the precise location of the site where Ukrainian troops are being trained. It is the 37th Combined Arms Range near the village of #Perlyavka, southwest of #Zhitomir.

The coordinates are: 50.202333, 28.509047

You can look it up on Google Maps, west of Zhytomyr

Arkanghelsk wrote:...“The Russian army alone will be left on the chessboard, and all other pieces will be removed,” he forecast. “Even if PMC Wagner is destroyed in the Bakhmut meat grinder but takes the Ukrainian army with it … it would mean that we have accomplished our historic mission.”...

If Russians are happy to flush so much personnel down the toilet over some shithole that should have been incinerated months ago then more power to them

Anyone with more than two brain cells would think it's retarded but it's their lemmings so whatever I guess...

Regarding confronting any possible counter-offensives by Ukrs , it is not enough to sit and wait , and allow them freedom of movement , and then be wrong-footed by a feint and allow them quick access to rear areas . Once they have gathered in one location , and are close by , then best to send advance force to confront them and encircle them . Put them in a prison of armour . Regarding use of air power , as long as enough planes are saved to confront NATO in nuke war , agree that some could be used to do close air support to intercept advancing enemy columns . The Orcs may have AD in their own areas , but not areas they will be advancing into ( most vehicles destroyed ) . There is danger for Iran too , if Nazi/ Nato forces make advances into the Caucasian region , together with Turkiye , to cut Russia from PG region . For this reason , Iran should send ground forces to push back the Orcs . Well done to North Korea , for both developing a Nuke deterrent and possibly offering large number of troops to Russia .

Leopard 2 has ammo storage below the turret next to the driver.


Hit that, the turret flies right away, and the driver is roasted. All it takes is a solid hit on the side of the tank. Some weapons can even hit the ammo storage frontally.