Russia and Ukraine

[jack_christie]

Please strap HARMs to them and start smoking S300 and S400 radars.

Some question if they are running short of S300/400's

Ukraine May Have Hit Russia's $600 Million S-500 SAM System With ATACMS

Rumors began to circulate on social media on Friday afternoon that a Ukrainian ATACMS strike had destroyed elements of the S-500 battery in an unidentified location.

www.kyivpost.com

(June 28)

 

[Blind_Io]

Depends what they hit. Russia claimed to have hit a Patriot site, but they just managed to hit a launcher pad. The expensive stuff is the radar and control system, take that out and the missiles are useless.

 

[jack_christie]

Depends what they hit. Russia claimed to have hit a Patriot site, but they just managed to hit a launcher pad. The expensive stuff is the radar and control system, take that out and the missiles are useless.

I've seen so many reports of S400 hits, people question are they planning an offensive... but they can't because they are short of people and need a big draft, then train them, so maybe next year?

I look at the numbers every day, 1000 to 1300 Orc KIA, but that isn't enough hold the line...

 

[jack_christie]

Rebels in Mali Display Ukrainian Flag After Wagner Defeat

Rebels in Mali Display Ukrainian Flag After Wagner Defeat

Kyiv Post obtained an exclusive photo of Tuareg rebels posing with a Ukrainian flag after defeating Wagner mercenaries over the weekend.

www.kyivpost.com

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/07/29/africa/russian-mercenaries-wagner-killed-mali-intl-latam/index.html

Ukraine military intelligence claims role in deadly Wagner ambush in Mali​

Ukraine military intelligence claims role in deadly Wagner ambush in Mali

Malian rebels ‘received necessary information’ to kill fighters from Russian military group last week, GUR says

www.theguardian.com

 

[GRtak]

Russian submarine sunk in Crimean port, Ukraine claims​

https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/03/europe/ukraine-claims-russian-submarine-sunk-intl-hnk-ml/index.html

 

[jack_christie]

10 now, and 10 before year end?

Zelensky Says Ukraine Has Received First F-16 Jets​

Zelensky Says Ukraine Has Received First F-16 Jets

He did not say how many jets had been delivered and declined to comment on their specific tasks.

www.kyivpost.com

 

[jack_christie]

Ukraine now control 300kmsq around Kursk!!!!!!!!!!! Took 40km in one day. 50km from the nuclear power plant.

Analysis: Thick Fog of War in Russia’s Kursk and Belgorod Regions as Ukrainian Raiders Strike

After apparently sending a raid of 300 infantry soldiers and a few dozen armored vehicles into Russia itself, the largest incursion by Ukrainian forces to date, Kyiv officials are still silent.

www.kyivpost.com

Ukraine’s incursion into Russia’s Kursk region continues into second day

Vladimir Putin convenes meeting with top officials as defence ministry acknowledges fighting is ongoing

www.theguardian.com

 

[jack_christie]

Kursk offensive is going so well for the Ukraine, that Ruzzia has set Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant on fire!!!!!!!!!!

Ukraine troops now up to 30km inside Russia's Kursk region, Moscow says

Russia's defence ministry said it had engaged in fighting near two villages, some 25-30km inside Russia.

www.bbc.co.uk

Analysis: The Battle of Kursk 2024

A quick assessment of what we know about the surprise Ukrainian assault into Russia, and what might be Ukraine’s strategic and operational objectives.

www.kyivpost.com

 

[jack_christie]

Ukraine’s Army gains control of nearly 1,000km of Russian territory​

Commander-in-Chief: Ukraineâs Army gains control of nearly 1,000km of Russian territory

Currently, the Armed Forces of Ukraine control about 1,000 square kilometers of Russian territory. â Ukrinform.

www.ukrinform.net

 

[jack_christie]

Germany ordered a freeze on additional military aid to Ukraine. No money for the next few years, only aid that has already been announced is allowed to be financed and delivered!!!!!

Ukraine: Keine weitere finanzielle Militärhilfe der Bundesregierung

Nach der aktuellen Haushaltsplanung der Ampel-Koalition darf nur noch bereits bewilligte Militärhilfe an Kiew geliefert werden. Das hat Finanzminister Lindner nach F.A.S.–Informationen dem Verteidigungsministerium mitgeteilt.

www.faz.net

 

[DanRoM]

The reasoning is, at least officially, purely from a fiscal policy point of view. That might change with the next budget. And as far as I've read in other articles, there's plenty of help for 2024 and 2025 already greenlit.

 

[jack_christie]

The reasoning is, at least officially, purely from a fiscal policy point of view. That might change with the next budget. And as far as I've read in other articles, there's plenty of help for 2024 and 2025 already greenlit.

Doesn't inspire confidence.

What might make up for the lack of Taurus and shortage of Scalp/StormShadow, is the US sending the similar cruise missile, the AGM-158 JASSM

 

[jack_christie]

UFA assaulting Klimovsky district of Bryansk region, which also borders Belarus

 

[jack_christie]

 

[jack_christie]

Pavel Durov who founded VK and Telegram arrested in France

 

[jack_christie]

European cruise missile production is still about 20 a year

Largest-yet Russian attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure​

A total of 236 aerial targets were recorded by Ukraine’s military. Ukrainian forces shot down 102 missiles and 99 drones, Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk said.

‘A near-death feeling:’ Largest-yet Russian attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure brings back widespread power outages

Viktoriia Skyba, a 29-year-old mother of two, didn't have the time to reach a bomb shelter when Russia attacked her town during what Ukrainian officials have said is the largest attack on Ukraine since the full-scale invasion. She saw a missile flying above her house and a large pillar of

kyivindependent.com

Russian meatwave forces are less than 10km from Pokrovsk, a major rail hub, something Ukraine cannot afford to lose

DeepStateMAP | Map of the war in Ukraine

News of russia's war against Ukraine on the map

deepstatemap.live

 

[jack_christie]

Ukraine said Tuesday that its air defence systems had downed five missiles and 60 attack drones in a second night of Russian aerial bombardments that killed four.

The overnight attacks came one day after the Kremlin launched one of its largest-ever aerial attacks on Ukraine that battered energy facilities and left several dead.

The air force said on social media Tuesday morning that Russia had launched a total of 91 projectiles including 10 missiles and 81 Iranian-designed attack drones from several regions of Russia.

Four Dead in Second Night of Russian Attacks on Ukraine

The overnight attacks came one day after the Kremlin launched one of its largest-ever aerial attacks on Ukraine that battered energy facilities and left several dead.

www.kyivpost.com

 

[jack_christie]

Gabrielius Landsbergis Lithuanian minister of Foreign Affairs:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3JMGPIpZAg

 

[jack_christie]

Russian cargo ship with 20k of nitrates pulled in to the Tromso harbour, Norway

It grounded somewhere and has hull damage.

Was headed for Las Palmas, Gran Canaria.

Police ordered the ship to leave.

Cargo of ammonium nitrate got port of refuge next to University Hospital of North Norway

The vessel came from Russia’s northern port of Kandalaksha and carries 20,000 tons of the hazardous material ammonium nitrate known from many explosions in the past, including the disastrous 2020-Beirut blast.

thebarentsobserver.com

 

[jack_christie]

US accuses China of giving ‘very substantial’ help to Russia’s war machine​

In exchange, China is getting top secret Russian military technology.​

"The capabilities that Russia is providing is support in areas where previously they had been frankly reluctant to engage directly with China," Campbell said. "We are concerned about a particular number of military arenas where there appears to be some determination to provide China with greater support.
"That has to do with submarine operations, activities of aeronautical design, including stealth; that also involves capacities on missile capabilities," he said.
According to Campbell, the new technologies that Beijing is receiving will pose a danger not just to the U.S., but also to India, Australia, Japan and South Korea "if China was able to receive greater engagement from Russia in perfecting certain military capabilities."

US accuses China of giving ‘very substantial’ help to Russia’s war machine

In exchange, China is getting top secret Russian military technology.

www.politico.eu