Russian Invasion of Ukraine 2022

[Husky_Khan]

A Russian Su-34 Fighter Managed to Get an Impressive Kill, Downing a Highly Advanced Stealth Drone over Ukraine's Donetsk Region.



Unfortunately it turned out to possibly be an S-70 Okhotnik-B Experimental Stealth Drone, one of only a handful operational.

Russia later hit the reported crash site with Iskander Ballistic Missiles in hopes of denying recovery of the wreckage.



Ukraine Launched a large drone attack on facilities and targets in Russian controlled Crimea, targeting airfields and the oil depot at Feodosia.



Russia offering increasing financial incentives for volunteers to sign contracts for military service in the three day Special Military Operation.



Potentially a new record in turret tossing with a Russian T-72 turret launching upwards of 75+ meters in the air after a devastating FPV Drone strike.

 

[Husky_Khan]

Reportedly an Ukrainian Neptune Cruise Missile Struck a Russian Munitions Depot near Yeysk, Russia on the southern coast of teh Sea of Azov and may have been responsible for the destruction of many Shahed/Geran Loitering Munition Drones stored at said depot.



Ramzan Kadyrov, the Chechen Leader, has detailed a proposal where troublesome young people who commit minor crimes can now have the opportunity to sign a contract to serve in the Special Military Operation and get a whole new opportunity to show off their bravery and recklessness as troublemakers and violators.



France confirms that upgraded Mirage 2000 Attack Planes will be delivered to Ukraine next year.

France Confirms Upgraded Mirage 2000s Heading To Ukraine In Early 2025

Donated Dassault Mirage 2000s fighters will be joining the Ukrainian Air Force's F-16s in the new year.

www.twz.com

Article by RUSI detailing Russia's Artillery Supply Chain and possible ways to disrupt it.

Ore to Ordnance: Disrupting Russia's Artillery Supply Chains

This report by Open Source Centre and RUSI provides a comprehensive overview of Russia’s artillery supply chain. It set out with the ambitious goal of mapping the supply chain, from the extraction and processing of raw materials needed for producing howitzers and ammunition, to their delivery to...

www.rusi.org

British proposal to send British troops to Ukraine in "secluded locations" to train Ukrainian recruits and soldiers more efficiently and effectively as well as having the opportunity for British troops to learn from Ukrainian battle experience and weapon use.

UK could send troops to Ukraine on training mission

Generals consider money-saving deployment as Starmer hosts Zelensky at No 10

www.thetimes.com

Ukraine Launched a large drone attack on facilities and targets in Russian controlled Crimea, targeting airfields and the oil depot at Feodosia.

The Oil Depot in Feodosia in Russian occupied Crimea has been burning for four days and reportedly seems unlikely to be extinguished until all of the oil and fuel on site is burned up.

 

[Buba]

Ramzan Kadyrov, the Chechen Leader, has detailed a proposal where troublesome young people who commit minor crimes can now have the opportunity to sign a contract to serve in the Special Military Operation and get a whole new opportunity to show off their bravery and recklessness as troublemakers and violators.

Good, good ... very manly, bullet catching ...

 

[The Whispering Monk]

Good, good ... very manly bullet catching ...

Historically accurate Russian tactics.

"We will make the enemy surrender when they run out of bullets killing all of you."

 

[Marduk]

Russia having a Hamas moment:

 

[Bacle]

 

[Husky_Khan]

Russian sources report a Ukrainian F-16 may have shot down a Russian Su-34 while it was attempting to conduct a Glide Bomb Attack while flying over Russian controlled territory. Others state it wasn't a loss due to Ukrainian aircraft or defenses.





Russian Fuel Depot in the Luhansk Oblast reportedly set ablaze by a Ukrainian strike.



Ukrainian Parliament has voted a tax increase to further fund their defense against the Russian Invasion, including rises in personal income tax as well as bank and financial institutions to help fund a $12 billion increase in military expenditure.



Roughly 46,000 Ukrainians remain missing. A reported six thousand Ukrainians are believed to be Russian prisoners of war but it still leaves the 40,000 unaccounted for. About 20% of the Ukrainian prisoners freed during prisoner exchanges have turned out to have been presumed dead and was unknown to have been captured by Russian authorities.



Mentally handicapped Russian children and adults are allegedly being used to manufacture basic military goods for the Russian military.

Putin-Backed NGO Uses Disabled Kids to Feed Russian War Machine

US Citizen and member of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Sarah Ashton-Cirillo exposes the brutal and inhumane ongoing practice of using vulnerable, mentally disabled children to build weapons for Putin's senseless slaughter of Ukrainians in his illegal war of aggression.

resolutesquare.com

 

[Lord Sovereign]

Russian sources report a Ukrainian F-16 may have shot down a Russian Su-34 while it was attempting to conduct a Glide Bomb Attack while flying over Russian controlled territory. Others state it wasn't a loss due to Ukrainian aircraft or defenses.

As I understand, the F-16s being sent to Ukraine have at least moderately modern NATO sensor suites and the like. Wouldn't that, alongside the plane itself, make it hilariously superior to most things in the Russian Air Force?

 

[The Whispering Monk]

As I understand, the F-16s being sent to Ukraine have at least moderately modern NATO sensor suites and the like. Wouldn't that, alongside the plane itself, make it hilariously superior to most things in the Russian Air Force?

Yes.

 

[Lord Sovereign]

Yes.

Couple that with those Mirage 2000s being sent (French Cold War kit will likely beat the tar out of Russian Cold War kit), I feel the air war may become a touch lopsided quite soon.

 

[LordsFire]

Couple that with those Mirage 2000s being sent (French Cold War kit will likely beat the tar out of Russian Cold War kit), I feel the air war may become a touch lopsided quite soon.

'Less lopsided' would be a better descriptor.

The Russians still have a huge numerical advantage, and some more modernized kit.

This will, however, be the first time since, IIRC, the First Gulf War, where we see NATO aircraft do head-to-head against Soviet/Russian aircraft in any real numbers.

If the NATO hardware continues to perform as it has historically, then attrition against the Russians will be brutal, and they'll be forced to either cede enormous amounts of airspace, or actually get functionally attrited out of the air war.

 

[ATP]

As I understand, the F-16s being sent to Ukraine have at least moderately modern NATO sensor suites and the like. Wouldn't that, alongside the plane itself, make it hilariously superior to most things in the Russian Air Force?

That is probem with soviets.They belived in numbers,but,in air forces,numbers alone do not matter.Both planes and pilots must be good to achieve anytching,or they would only waste money and resources.

Yet,for unknown reasons,they still relied on numbers even there.

P.S numbers with bad training could still win - on land,if you bring enough soldiers,tanks and artillery.As long,as you have those numbers and do not mind loosing millions.
But,in the air? it was always stupid.

 

[Husky_Khan]

 

[LordsFire]

Heh.

'Escaped.'

Says a lot, doesn't it?

 

[Scottty]

Heh.

'Escaped.'

Says a lot, doesn't it?

Quite the security breach - they got to see Ukrainian POWs and noticed how chubby some of them are?
In Best Korea, only one special person is allowed to be that well-fed.
When those Nork troops realised that in the West, even the frontline disposable grunts get fed well...

 

[Husky_Khan]

With reports going back days of the deployment of upwards of twelve thousand North Korean troops, including Special Forces to Russia, with the possibility of them going to Ukraine, South Korea is reportedly stating they will consider sending direct military aid to Ukraine if North Korean troops do show up in the SMO.



Russian authorities, in a shocking turn of events, are suspecting there might be evidence of fraud and corruption when it came to constructing the defenses in the Kursk Oblast preceded the Ukrainian Offensive into that area with some costs overruns reportedly inflating the prices of material six times over. The defensive lines in Kursk were declared completed on August 1st. On August 6th, Ukrainian forces breached those border defenses.

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@ChrisO_wiki: 1/ The Russian authorities are reported to have opened an investigation into possible fraud on a massive scale in the building of border defences in the Kursk region. It's suspected that much of the 12...…

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The elite 155th Naval Infantry Brigade of the Pacific Fleet and shattered due to personnel losses multiple times during this War, is now reportedly recruiting prisoners and convicts to fill out its prestigious ranks as the Russian Marines operate in Kursk.



Russian Military Manufacturing apparently having increasing quality issues, including using components and systems imported from China and then retagged as being Russian made, as well as in this video, showing the poor welding of a brand new UAZ Military Scooby Doo Van.



A Russian Major, Dmitry Pervukh, mysteriously perished whilst driving in the Russian occupied city of Luhansk when his vehicle mysteriously exploded.



Russian strikes on civilians in the Kherson region have increased after the Ukrainians largely withdrew from the Russian controlled side of the Dnieper River.



Turkey curbing the sale of components that could be used by the Russian military due to possibility of sanctions against those Turkish companies.

Ankara has in recent weeks adjusted its customs systems to block exports of more than four dozen categories of US-origin goods that Washington and its western allies view as vital to Moscow’s war effort in Ukraine, according to three people with direct knowledge of the matter.

Turkey’s electronic customs system no longer allows exporters to proceed with sending shipments of the so-called “battlefield goods” to Russia, one of the people said, having previously enabled them to be transported there. Similar goods originating from the EU were blocked earlier and remain so, two of the people said.

The trade curbs, which affect civilian parts such as microchips and remote control systems that western allies say are being used in weaponry, were not publicly announced because of “political sensitivities”, one of the people said

Turkey blocks exports of military-linked goods to Russia after US warning

Customs system no longer allows exporters to proceed with sensitive shipments

www.ft.com

 

[Husky_Khan]

President Zelensky announces Ukraine has constructed the first hundred of their domestically manufactured ballistic missiles since the start of the Russian invasion but offered no further details.

Ukraine has produced its first 100 missiles, Zelensky says

Ukraine began actively developing its missile program after Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022.

kyivindependent.com

Assessment of North Korean troops on the front is they are eager to fight, but due to various reasons such as lack of experience and relevant training, along with language and cultural barriers, they won't have much utility in offensive operations.



United States is planning on boosting military aid to Ukraine prior to the transition to the Trump Administration. This includes sending hundreds of Patriot and NASAMS Interceptor missiles, as well as small numbers of contractors to support the deployment of F-16's. They are also sending Ukraine more advanced AGM-88E AARGM air-to-surface HARM/Anti-Radiation missiles.



Supposedly a first with a Western Main Battle Tank, a Leopard 2A4 actually recorded as engaging a Russian Main Battle Tank (as opposed to merely Russian-made) and destroying it in combat, along with several other vehicles also being lost in the engagement by the Russian forces.





Taiwan may have rearmed Ukrainian Air Defenses with their own Hawk SAM Batteries they were decommissioning, using the United States as an intermediary.

Taiwan may have supplied Ukraine with HAWK systems - Forbes

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newsukraine.rbc.ua

Russian Policy Researcher Dara Massicot made a thread on Twitter discussing her trip to Ukraine and the current state of the conflict.



Her TLDR was that the current worry for Ukraine is the lack of manpower for proper force employment in the wake of constant Russian attacks, which while Russia is suffering their highest casualties since 2022, is still creating unstable frontline areas both in Kursk and the Donetsk Front.

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@MassDara: I've returned from a research trip to Ukraine, where I met many people in Kyiv and along the frontlines. They are brave and kind in ways that words fail to capture. The situation is serious and...…

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[ThatZenoGuy]

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Who saw that one coming? Short of NATO direct intervention (or Trump swinging his dick around maybe?) Russia is just going to throw meat into the meatgrinder until Ukraine isn't around any longer. Either get grinded with the Russian troops or attempt diplomacy.

 

[Husky_Khan]

After Biden allowed Ukraine to strike deeper into Russia proper with US Munitions, France and Germany have also decided to lift restrictions on the use of their munitions to strike Russian territory as well.





Thread by Ukrainian Officer Tatarigami on the possible expectations now that US ATACMS Missiles maybe used in Russia.

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@Tatarigami_UA: Early reports suggest that Ukraine's use of ATACMS missiles may come with specific geographic limitations. This nuance might significantly influence the outcomes of their use. Here’s a breakdown of w...…

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New Details on the four thousand loitering munitions that Germany pledged to Ukraine earlier. The HX-2 Karma reportedly can be operated simultaneously, use AI software for autonomous identification and targeting, have a range of upwards of 100 kilometers



Some Russian Kh-101 Cruise Missiles have been reportedly found to be using what are likely salvaged Soviet era engines in lieu of more modern rocket engines.



HI Sutton made a cute graphic of Ukraine's various cruise and ballistic missiles.



Informative Thread on the once elite Russian 155th Guards Naval Infantry Brigade which is still recruiting prisoners still, giving then twenty days of training, and then shoveling them off to the front to get wiped out.

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@Danspiun: 1.🇷🇺155th Naval Infantry Bde POWs captured in Kursk Oblast First 2 POWs from the 155th. I'm not sure if this will turn into a thread or not, considering the recent infamy the 155th brought on itself...…

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In an unannounced visit Japan's Foreign Minister, Takeshi Iwaya, visited Ukraine recently, signing a security information agreement with the Ukrainian government along with pledging $3 billion in financial aid to Ukraine, credited against seized Russian Assets.

Japan, Ukraine sign security info-sharing pact

Japan and Ukraine on Saturday signed an accord to facilitate the exchange of classified security information in the latest bid to ramp up cooperation amid Russia's prolonged war against Ukraine, which now involves North Korean troops. Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya, who made an...

japantoday.com