Russian special military operation in Ukraine #53

Earlier, the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine, Budanov, said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are preparing to launch a counter-offensive in the spring, when the Russian Armed Forces “run out of steam.”

Sounds like he is watching a different conflict...

Certainly not a great offensive. What is happening on the front is a positional war straight from World War I, only with modern weapons, etc

The new guy in charge has already talked about static warfare minimising losses using guerilla tactics to make Russia bleed...

When the current tactics stop bleeding Kievs forces with their stupid frontal assaults then a counter offensive finally starts to make some sense... as long as they are not stupid attacks on fortifications or serious defence lines like Kievs forces have been doing.

Unless this is a big offensive for you.

Well to be fair they have taken rather more territory and killed more enemy forces than the Orcs did in their great offensive last year.

Though that is not a high bar.

Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (for the period from February 11 to February 16, 2024)

In the period from February 11 to February 16 this year, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out 30 group strikes with precision weapons, as well as unmanned aerial vehicles, as a result of which enterprises of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine engaged in the production and repair of aircraft engines, electronic equipment and ammunition were hit.

In addition, factories producing fuel and lubricants for the AFU equipment, warehouses of military-technical property, as well as locations of units of the armed forces of Ukraine and nationalist formations were hit.

In the Kupyansk direction, during the week, units of the "Western" group of troops occupied more advantageous positions and repelled 18 attacks by assault groups of the 25th Airborne, 30th, 32nd, 43rd, 44th, 60th mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 103rd Air Defense Brigade in populated areas the settlements of Sinkovka, Tabaevka, Timkovka of the Kharkiv region and Terny of the Donetsk People's Republic.

In addition, the enemy's manpower was defeated in the areas of the settlements of Novoselovskoye of the Luhansk People's Republic, Kislovka and Berestovoye of the Kharkiv region.

The enemy's losses during the specified period amounted to over 775 soldiers, two tanks, seven armored combat vehicles, 17 vehicles, as well as five field artillery guns.

In the Krasnolimansk direction, units of the Center group of troops improved their position along the front edge, in cooperation with aviation and artillery, repelled 14 enemy attacks.

Also, units of the 24th, 60th and 63rd mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Chervonaya Dibrova of the Luhansk People's Republic, Yampolovka and Torskoye of the Donetsk People's Republic.

Over the past week, the enemy has lost over 1,585 soldiers killed and wounded in this area, four tanks, 44 armored combat vehicles, 82 vehicles, as well as three field artillery guns.

In the Donetsk direction, units of the "Southern" grouping of troops occupied more advantageous lines and positions, repelled 46 enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Belogorovka, Bogdanovka, Kleshcheyevka, Krasnoe, Leninskoye, Novomikhailovka and Shumy of the Donetsk People's Republic.

In addition, units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the National Guard were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Kurdyumovka, Andreevka, Georgievka and Katerinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.

The total losses of the enemy in this direction amounted to more than 1,820 military personnel, 11 tanks, 14 armored combat vehicles, 84 vehicles, as well as 25 field artillery guns.

In the South Donetsk direction, the units of the Vostok group of troops improved their position along the front edge and with coordinated actions repelled three enemy attacks.

Also, units of the 58th Infantry, 72nd mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the 127th and 128th air Defense brigades were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Vladimirovka, Urozhodnoye, Vodiane of the Donetsk People's Republic and Priyutnoye of the Zaporozhye region.

The losses of the Armed Forces amounted to 1,060 soldiers, two tanks, ten armored combat vehicles, 23 vehicles, as well as 12 field artillery guns.

In the Kherson direction, Russian troops, with air strikes and artillery fire, defeated the manpower and equipment of the 35th Marine Brigade, the 121st Air Defense Brigade and the 23rd Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Tyaginka, Mikhaylovka, Ivanovka, Yantarnoye of the Kherson region and Nikopol of the Dnipropetrovsk region.

The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to more than 310 servicemen, a tank, two armored combat vehicles, 23 vehicles, as well as 14 field artillery guns.

Over the past week, aviation and air defense equipment shot down: a MiG-29 aircraft and a Mi-24 helicopter of the Ukrainian Air Force, intercepted 36 multiple rocket launchers "HIMARS", "Vampire" and "Alder", one guided aerial bomb "JDAM", and destroyed 405 unmanned aerial vehicles.

During the week, 35 Ukrainian servicemen surrendered.

In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 571 aircraft, 266 helicopters, 12571 unmanned aerial vehicles, 469 anti-aircraft missile systems, 15060 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1221 multiple rocket launchers, 8067 field artillery and mortars, as well as 18747 units of special military vehicles have been destroyed.

https://function.mil.ru/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12500741@egNews

Walther von Oldenburg wrote:@ALAMO

Aren't they producing new FABs all the time?

It is sarcasm

Had apparently demanded Western Covid vaccines only...

So Masha 2% is dead. I remember how people were saying he was gonna die in jail. All westerners wanted it. So they got their wish. No reap sheding of tears in Russia for him. And no one cares about the west and what they say.