Russian Invasion of Ukraine 2022

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The Moskva might be salvageable, But regardless its been knocked out of the conflict for the foreseeable future. At this point I'm just wondering how much longer Russia can sustain the clusterfuck.
 
Scottty said:
Which would make salvage perhaps not worth the trouble. But not impossible.
Sinking it in the Black Sea is not the same as sinking it in the Atlantic. The hull hasn't descended to the Abyssal Plains.
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But you are I'm range of any and all Anti Ship missles
 
More Russian units fighting in Mariupol including formations redeployed from Kyiv.



In spite of the aerial bombing and bombardment the defenders have reportedly managed to link up two pockets of resistance in a breakout towards the harbor



Regardless the situation in Mariupol remains grim for the defenders with many wounded and trapped civilians in the area.

Ukrainian SBU in Kharkov discovered a warehouse full of air to air missiles and tank engines and seized them from smugglers.



A collaborator with the Russian Invaders was reportedly killed in Kherson.



Anecdotal story of one persons family members who were abducted by the Russians and taken from Ukraine into Russia against their will.

 
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Harlock said:
There she is, not so wounded as we were led to believe

still sunk but whatever killed her didn't inflict the sort of catastrophic damage an ammo cook off would likely yield
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From what we have seen so far, likely crew negligence handling ammo, just like the Saratov in Berdyiansk which is a double embarrassment for Russia and Ukraine in that Russia still can't seem to get to banning smoking in their Navy and Ukraine for not having a Navy willing and able to slug it out with the flag nailed to the masts.

Only other explanation is she hit a free floating mine. In which case, shit happens. If you build warships, you risk losing them and they should at least go down fighting with the flag flying. 'Looks at the UkA Surface Fleet which meekly died in port with whimpers.'

In any event since the Captain is still alive along with 4 out of 8 "killed Generals," no doubt he is being worked over by the Admiralty as to what happened.



Expectation and reality. Now that NATO is running out of weapons to give out, because on a tonnage basis Russia is the largest weapons manufacturer on Earth, after the US outsourced large portions of it and shut down others, the war is entering the middle phase with Russian Strategic Bombers able to hit at will within acceptable risk range.



Still a common sight across the North where the UkA Armored Reserve was largely destroyed and unable to pursue the Russians as they redeployed to Donbass. UkA has to send vehicles to Czechoslovakia for repairs now.



Collaborators can always be found, even in unexpected places.



Surrenders of UkA forces continue to pick up, a platoon here, a company there, and entire battalions and brigades at times. Russians being taken prisoner has never exceeded 50 at once and is usually a trio at most.



And Russia still dominates the air, flies far more drones and helicopters, and losses remain within the replacement rate. UkA on the other hand looks more and more like a 3rd world militia on technicals with the odd AFV here and there. But as long as they're willing to slug it out, Russia will oblige them by giving them the death of martyrs.
 
Chiron said:
And Russia still dominates the air, flies far more drones and helicopters, and losses remain within the replacement rate.
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So apparently, Russian naval losses don't matter as long as they still have more ships than Ukraine; NATO has already sent all of its weapons to Ukraine (all of which were captured by Russia to be used against Ukraine just as soon as they are done very, very, very thoroughly practicing on the weapons); Ukrainian surrenders continue to accelerate and soon the entire army will be surrendering daily—

But this is the claim I'm most interested in. That Russia is building aircraft faster than it is losing them. Since March 1, 2022, how many fighter jets do you suppose Russia has lost? How many has it built? How many helicopters has it lost and built? Or is that not how you define replacement rate?
 
Norway donating a hundred Mistral Surface to Air Missile Systems to Ukraine.



An American company, AeroVironment, is donating a hundred drones for use by the Ukrainian defenders.



Russian forces using anti-ship and coastal defense missiles against targets in Ukraine.



Rest in Peace Colonel Mikhail Nagamov, killed in Ukraine. He was apparently an officer in an 'engineer-sapper' regiment.



Seventy year old Ukrainian Woman hitchhiked to Bucha to find her Son's body.



Also a short article on the weapons used by Ukraine's Georgian Legion.

www.militantwire.com

Weaponry of the Georgian Combatants in Ukraine's Territorial Defence Forces Following the Invasion

Weapons Used by Foreign Legions and Combatants in Ukraine - Part 1
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Here's the thing. The entire count of major warships remaining in the Russian Navy was a single Project 1143.5 aircraft carrier and five heavy guided missile cruisers — two of the Project 1144 Orlan (“Kirov” class) and three of the Project 1164 Atlant (“Slava” class). With the sole carrier Admiral Kuznetsov out of service since its attempted refit in 2017 and the Orlan-class Admiral Nakhimov stuck in an apparently perpetual refit since 1997, the Moskva represented fully one quarter of the Russian fleet’s deployable major units.

Without Moskva,the most powerful remaining warships in the Black Seas Fleet are three Project 11356P (“Admiral Grigorovich” class) multirole frigates, with two larger Project 22350 (“Admiral Gorshkov” class) expected to deliver sometime in the next two years. Now of course, the pro-Russian posters will insist that the new frigates and corvettes are a more cost-effective naval strategy. That's true in some ways, but while these are relatively capable modern warships, they are very small warships with even the Gorshkovs having a standard displacement of roughly 4500 tons.
 
www.wokv.com

Putin tries to claim Mariupol win but won't storm holdout

Russian President Vladimir Putin has tried to claim victory in the strategic port of Mariupol, even as he ordered his troops not to storm the last pocket of Ukrainian resistance in the war’s iconic battleground
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Meeting with Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu

Vladimir Putin had a working meeting with Russia’s Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu.
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We won't know what's so special about that steel plant yet. They're going to siege them and leave them to starve and rot until they come out.

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Nothing. But because of the type of construction - lots of heavy metal and underground places, is very difficult to destroy with arty / bombers and a nightmare / extremely expensive to occupy with troops. From a military point of view, is better to encircle and let the ones inside rot.
 
Look, if Russia really, really wants to finish the place, just send one or two Tu-22M3 each loaded with 8 FAB-1500 penetration guided bombs that do a job even on that kind of place. Now, the effects on the city are not going to be nice, even compared with the ones already done.
 
Chiron said:
From what we have seen so far, likely crew negligence handling ammo, just like the Saratov in Berdyiansk which is a double embarrassment for Russia and Ukraine in that Russia still can't seem to get to banning smoking in their Navy and Ukraine for not having a Navy willing and able to slug it out with the flag nailed to the masts.

Only other explanation is she hit a free floating mine. In which case, shit happens. If you build warships, you risk losing them and they should at least go down fighting with the flag flying. 'Looks at the UkA Surface Fleet which meekly died in port with whimpers.'

In any event since the Captain is still alive along with 4 out of 8 "killed Generals," no doubt he is being worked over by the Admiralty as to what happened.



Expectation and reality. Now that NATO is running out of weapons to give out, because on a tonnage basis Russia is the largest weapons manufacturer on Earth, after the US outsourced large portions of it and shut down others, the war is entering the middle phase with Russian Strategic Bombers able to hit at will within acceptable risk range.



Still a common sight across the North where the UkA Armored Reserve was largely destroyed and unable to pursue the Russians as they redeployed to Donbass. UkA has to send vehicles to Czechoslovakia for repairs now.



Collaborators can always be found, even in unexpected places.



Surrenders of UkA forces continue to pick up, a platoon here, a company there, and entire battalions and brigades at times. Russians being taken prisoner has never exceeded 50 at once and is usually a trio at most.



And Russia still dominates the air, flies far more drones and helicopters, and losses remain within the replacement rate. UkA on the other hand looks more and more like a 3rd world militia on technicals with the odd AFV here and there. But as long as they're willing to slug it out, Russia will oblige them by giving them the death of martyrs.
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Looks like the Russkie plan is to chew up the Ukrainian cadre while they gradually and systematically advance and prep the battlefield for a breakthrough once the Ukies are degraded enough.
 
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