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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ #Chronicle of the Special Military Operation for 17 Nov 2022⚡️
🩸 Russian forces have again carried out massive attacks on Ukraine's critical infrastructure today.
▪️ Energy facilities in #Odessa, #Vinnitsa, #Dnepropetrovsk and the #Kiev region were hit.
In addition, the Shebelinsky State Bearing Plant near #Balakleya in #Kharkov region, a mining facility in #Kiev region, a Yuzhmash workshop in #Dnepropetrovsk, a logistics hub in #Ochakov, and a military unit at #Zastava in #Odessa were also hit.
▪️ An unidentified object was hit in the #Stryisky district of #Lvov region.
▪️ Air defence systems were triggered in #Poltava and #Cherkasy regions.
#Crimea:
▪️ In #Feodosia, an Ukrainian drone attempted to attack the #Kafa power substation, but the facility suffered no damage.
▪️ In #Dzhankoy, air defence assets went off in the evening, there is no information about the arrivals.
#Belgorod Region:
▪️ Ukrainian militants shelled the town of #Shebekino, wounding a fifteen-year-old girl.
▪️ The enemy also hit a power substation in the #Belgorod region, damaging two transformers. There were no casualties and power supply was restored.
#Starobelsk Direction:
There were no significant changes on the frontline.
▪️ The AFU tried to attack east of #Makeyevka towards #Ploshchanka, but came under artillery fire and withrew.
▪️ Similar attempts are repeated in some parts of the front.
#Soledar Direction (MAP):
▪️ Wagner PMC troops are actively conducting an offensive on the southeastern outskirts of #Opytnoye and near #Bakhmut (#Artemovsk).
▪️ The enemy in #Bakhmut tried to attack Russian positions in the city, but the attack was repulsed. In the city itself, Ukrainian fighters set up fortifications and firing positions in residential areas.
▪️ The 53rd Mechanized Brigade of the AFU suffered significant casualties, including the commander killed by Russian forces.
▪️ According to some reports, the enemy blew up a bridge over Bakhmutka River near Sol station.
#Lugansk People's Republic:
▪️ Ukrainian militants shelled the town of #Stakhanov with HIMARS, killing several people, injuring three and destroying an apartment building.
▪️ Russian air defences intercepted enemy shells near #Rubezhnoye and #Zimogorya.
#Donetsk direction (MAP):
▪️ The 100th Brigade of the DPR People's Militia established control over the key #Basseyn stronghold southeast of #Nevelskoye.
▪️ The AFU has tried twice to retake the place but was unsuccessful. The position makes it possible to keep the road from #Krasnogorovka to #Pervomayskoye under fire control.
▪️ At the same #time, Russian units were clearing the outskirts of #Opytnoye and #Vodyanoye.
▪️ Enemy militants again shelled #Donetsk, #Yasynuvata, #Gorlovka and #Ilovaysk, where a railway line was damaged.
#Zaporozhye Direction:
▪️ Artillery duels continue, Russian forces shelling targets in #Zaliznichnoye, #Olgovskoye, #Volnyansk, #Gulyaypole and #Gulyaypolskoye.
#Kherson Direction on Southern Front:
▪️ Russian missile forces and artillery hit AFU positions in #Kherson, #Chernobaevka, #Antonovka, #Kachkarovka and #Osokorovka.
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🩸 Russian forces have again carried out massive attacks on Ukraine's critical infrastructure today.
▪️ Energy facilities in #Odessa, #Vinnitsa, #Dnepropetrovsk and the #Kiev region were hit.
In addition, the Shebelinsky State Bearing Plant near #Balakleya in #Kharkov region, a mining facility in #Kiev region, a Yuzhmash workshop in #Dnepropetrovsk, a logistics hub in #Ochakov, and a military unit at #Zastava in #Odessa were also hit.
▪️ An unidentified object was hit in the #Stryisky district of #Lvov region.
▪️ Air defence systems were triggered in #Poltava and #Cherkasy regions.
#Crimea:
▪️ In #Feodosia, an Ukrainian drone attempted to attack the #Kafa power substation, but the facility suffered no damage.
▪️ In #Dzhankoy, air defence assets went off in the evening, there is no information about the arrivals.
#Belgorod Region:
▪️ Ukrainian militants shelled the town of #Shebekino, wounding a fifteen-year-old girl.
▪️ The enemy also hit a power substation in the #Belgorod region, damaging two transformers. There were no casualties and power supply was restored.
#Starobelsk Direction:
There were no significant changes on the frontline.
▪️ The AFU tried to attack east of #Makeyevka towards #Ploshchanka, but came under artillery fire and withrew.
▪️ Similar attempts are repeated in some parts of the front.
#Soledar Direction (MAP):
▪️ Wagner PMC troops are actively conducting an offensive on the southeastern outskirts of #Opytnoye and near #Bakhmut (#Artemovsk).
▪️ The enemy in #Bakhmut tried to attack Russian positions in the city, but the attack was repulsed. In the city itself, Ukrainian fighters set up fortifications and firing positions in residential areas.
▪️ The 53rd Mechanized Brigade of the AFU suffered significant casualties, including the commander killed by Russian forces.
▪️ According to some reports, the enemy blew up a bridge over Bakhmutka River near Sol station.
#Lugansk People's Republic:
▪️ Ukrainian militants shelled the town of #Stakhanov with HIMARS, killing several people, injuring three and destroying an apartment building.
▪️ Russian air defences intercepted enemy shells near #Rubezhnoye and #Zimogorya.
#Donetsk direction (MAP):
▪️ The 100th Brigade of the DPR People's Militia established control over the key #Basseyn stronghold southeast of #Nevelskoye.
▪️ The AFU has tried twice to retake the place but was unsuccessful. The position makes it possible to keep the road from #Krasnogorovka to #Pervomayskoye under fire control.
▪️ At the same #time, Russian units were clearing the outskirts of #Opytnoye and #Vodyanoye.
▪️ Enemy militants again shelled #Donetsk, #Yasynuvata, #Gorlovka and #Ilovaysk, where a railway line was damaged.
#Zaporozhye Direction:
▪️ Artillery duels continue, Russian forces shelling targets in #Zaliznichnoye, #Olgovskoye, #Volnyansk, #Gulyaypole and #Gulyaypolskoye.
#Kherson Direction on Southern Front:
▪️ Russian missile forces and artillery hit AFU positions in #Kherson, #Chernobaevka, #Antonovka, #Kachkarovka and #Osokorovka.
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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦📜 @Rybar on "Probing" Crimea's Defences⚡️
Almost immediately after the RF Armed Forces withdrew to the left bank of the Dnipro River and abandoned #Kherson, Ukrainian formations focused their efforts on conducting reconnaissance and assessing the state of defence on the Crimean peninsula.
♦️ What are we talking about?
▪️ Almost daily from early November to the second decade of December, commercial UAVs (such as the Mugin-5), "artificially" equipped with grenades, flew from the #Odessa region in the direction of #Crimea and #Sevastopol.
The reason for choosing these drones is obvious: they are cheap, accessible and can fly at predetermined coordinates at relatively low altitudes.
▪️ In addition, the Ukrainian command has adapted conventional aerostats to monitor Russian military activity on the peninsula by equipping them with cameras.
The main advantage of these devices is their low price as compared with any other drones. The main disadvantage is their dependence on weather conditions - a blimp can be launched only when there is a strong tailwind.
▪️ There is another pattern.
On the days of aerial reconnaissance and attempted strikes against Russian targets south of #Crimea, there was always a strategic RQ-4B/D UAV in the air. The drone monitored the location and nature of Russian air defence assets.
▪️ And a few more days before such "probes", Western commercial and military space systems were surveying the ground and land, transmitting the most important coordinates for strikes to the AFU.
♦️What are the AFU's tactics?
➖ Over several days/weeks, one or more UAV/aerostat sorties are conducted to "probe" #Crimea's anti-aircraft system and incite panic. Alongside this, there is a massive furore on social media about the bombings and arrivals.
➖ Within a day or two, Ukrainian formations receive data from satellites on the targets and re-flash the drones.
➖ At night, close to midnight, several drones are flown in, whose task is to detect the response of anti-aircraft missile systems to targets.
➖ The second and third wave of drones, equipped with improvised projectiles to hit military and industrial targets, follow the identified coordinates towards morning.
♦️What is the Point?
The Ukrainian leadership has made no secret of their intentions to seize the Crimean peninsula. However, at the moment, all their statements are only meant to create panic and discord in the Russian society.
The AFU's efforts are now focused on more strategically important tasks, namely reaching #Svatovo and #Kremennaya, holding #Bakhmut and breaking through to the Sea of Azov in Zaporozhye region.
Regular attempts to attack the peninsula using aerial and maritime drones, a terrorist attack on the Crimean bridge, sabotage and information campaigns are needed to inflame the situation and once again demonstrate the Russian army's inability to defend its territories.
Activity has decreased in recent days due to unfavourable weather conditions. In the near future, the Ukrainian Armed Forces will resume attempting strikes in #Crimea. A new batch of drones has been delivered to #Odessa and #Nikolaev regions, and at least one Bairaktar is operating along the Black Sea coastline.
Western intelligence continues to work off Russian shores, while military and commercial satellites actively monitor the highest-priority targets for strikes, which include the Crimean bridge, industrial facilities in #Feodosia and military bases in #Sevastopol.
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Almost immediately after the RF Armed Forces withdrew to the left bank of the Dnipro River and abandoned #Kherson, Ukrainian formations focused their efforts on conducting reconnaissance and assessing the state of defence on the Crimean peninsula.
♦️ What are we talking about?
▪️ Almost daily from early November to the second decade of December, commercial UAVs (such as the Mugin-5), "artificially" equipped with grenades, flew from the #Odessa region in the direction of #Crimea and #Sevastopol.
The reason for choosing these drones is obvious: they are cheap, accessible and can fly at predetermined coordinates at relatively low altitudes.
▪️ In addition, the Ukrainian command has adapted conventional aerostats to monitor Russian military activity on the peninsula by equipping them with cameras.
The main advantage of these devices is their low price as compared with any other drones. The main disadvantage is their dependence on weather conditions - a blimp can be launched only when there is a strong tailwind.
▪️ There is another pattern.
On the days of aerial reconnaissance and attempted strikes against Russian targets south of #Crimea, there was always a strategic RQ-4B/D UAV in the air. The drone monitored the location and nature of Russian air defence assets.
▪️ And a few more days before such "probes", Western commercial and military space systems were surveying the ground and land, transmitting the most important coordinates for strikes to the AFU.
♦️What are the AFU's tactics?
➖ Over several days/weeks, one or more UAV/aerostat sorties are conducted to "probe" #Crimea's anti-aircraft system and incite panic. Alongside this, there is a massive furore on social media about the bombings and arrivals.
➖ Within a day or two, Ukrainian formations receive data from satellites on the targets and re-flash the drones.
➖ At night, close to midnight, several drones are flown in, whose task is to detect the response of anti-aircraft missile systems to targets.
➖ The second and third wave of drones, equipped with improvised projectiles to hit military and industrial targets, follow the identified coordinates towards morning.
♦️What is the Point?
The Ukrainian leadership has made no secret of their intentions to seize the Crimean peninsula. However, at the moment, all their statements are only meant to create panic and discord in the Russian society.
The AFU's efforts are now focused on more strategically important tasks, namely reaching #Svatovo and #Kremennaya, holding #Bakhmut and breaking through to the Sea of Azov in Zaporozhye region.
Regular attempts to attack the peninsula using aerial and maritime drones, a terrorist attack on the Crimean bridge, sabotage and information campaigns are needed to inflame the situation and once again demonstrate the Russian army's inability to defend its territories.
Activity has decreased in recent days due to unfavourable weather conditions. In the near future, the Ukrainian Armed Forces will resume attempting strikes in #Crimea. A new batch of drones has been delivered to #Odessa and #Nikolaev regions, and at least one Bairaktar is operating along the Black Sea coastline.
Western intelligence continues to work off Russian shores, while military and commercial satellites actively monitor the highest-priority targets for strikes, which include the Crimean bridge, industrial facilities in #Feodosia and military bases in #Sevastopol.
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Assessment of Crimean Air Defence Systems