Dan (Twitter)
15. A good thread on the strategic importance of Bakhmut.
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@J_JHelin:
Some have called the Russian efforts to take Bakhmut senseless, but I don't necessarily agree.
Why does Bakhmut matter and why are both Ukraine and Russia willing to throw so many men into the meatgrinder it has become?
As promised: why Bakhmut? A thread.
1/ https://t.co/QhJNSbyZYz
15. A good thread on the strategic importance of Bakhmut.
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@J_JHelin:
Some have called the Russian efforts to take Bakhmut senseless, but I don't necessarily agree.
Why does Bakhmut matter and why are both Ukraine and Russia willing to throw so many men into the meatgrinder it has become?
As promised: why Bakhmut? A thread.
1/ https://t.co/QhJNSbyZYz
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Status-6 (Twitter)
This is a very plausible explanation that I didn't think of myself.
The location is Kostomarove in Kherson Oblast, deep on the right bank of the Dniper river, so the video was certainly taken before the Russian withdrawal.
47.029170, 33.242760
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@StormTorx:
@Archer83Able This was back before winter. They were retreating from position and didnt want Ukraine to get the missiles out of the system and be able to use them. Not as dumb a move as it is made out to be.
This is a very plausible explanation that I didn't think of myself.
The location is Kostomarove in Kherson Oblast, deep on the right bank of the Dniper river, so the video was certainly taken before the Russian withdrawal.
47.029170, 33.242760
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@StormTorx:
@Archer83Able This was back before winter. They were retreating from position and didnt want Ukraine to get the missiles out of the system and be able to use them. Not as dumb a move as it is made out to be.
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Dan (Twitter)
RT @noclador: I love this russian army artillery video:
1) antique guns with insanely rusty sights
2) & so 90% of rounds fell short
3) & they use branches (!) as ramrods
4) & only 1 (!) round detonated, as they use ancient impact fuzes, which don't work in mud.
😂😂
https://twitter.com/GeoConfirmed/status/1603383232761892868/video/1
RT @noclador: I love this russian army artillery video:
1) antique guns with insanely rusty sights
2) & so 90% of rounds fell short
3) & they use branches (!) as ramrods
4) & only 1 (!) round detonated, as they use ancient impact fuzes, which don't work in mud.
😂😂
https://twitter.com/GeoConfirmed/status/1603383232761892868/video/1
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Status-6 (Twitter)
Last night, Ukrainian strikes hit the "SOLEMAR" hotel located in the seaside town of Zaliznyi Port in Russia-occupied part of the Kherson Oblast. The attack was presumably carried out with M142 HIMARS or M270 MLRS.
The building was reportedly occupied by FSB personnel.
Last night, Ukrainian strikes hit the "SOLEMAR" hotel located in the seaside town of Zaliznyi Port in Russia-occupied part of the Kherson Oblast. The attack was presumably carried out with M142 HIMARS or M270 MLRS.
The building was reportedly occupied by FSB personnel.
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The Lookout (Twitter)
.@shashj offers some highlights in this tread from a couple of very interesting articles in the Economist
The Ukrainians suspect that Russia is preparing for new offensives in early 2023.
“Anyone who underestimates Russia is headed for defeat” - Colonel-General Oleksandr Syrsky
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@shashj:
Zaluzhny insists that Russia is preparing resources "somewhere beyond the Urals" for an attack “in February, at best in March and at worst at the end of January”, he says. He warns that it could come in Donbas, in south or even against Kyiv. https://t.co/uGItNhY4Ce https://t.co/aJWE7PpmeS
.@shashj offers some highlights in this tread from a couple of very interesting articles in the Economist
The Ukrainians suspect that Russia is preparing for new offensives in early 2023.
“Anyone who underestimates Russia is headed for defeat” - Colonel-General Oleksandr Syrsky
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@shashj:
Zaluzhny insists that Russia is preparing resources "somewhere beyond the Urals" for an attack “in February, at best in March and at worst at the end of January”, he says. He warns that it could come in Donbas, in south or even against Kyiv. https://t.co/uGItNhY4Ce https://t.co/aJWE7PpmeS
Dan (Twitter)
1. Maybe a thread of UAF MT-LB adaptions?
Can't decide either if this is a ZU-23-2. Doesn't quite look long enough, but maybe it's the perspective.
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@tom_bullock_:
interesting Ukrainian MT-LB mod. with a ZU-23-2(?) turret https://t.co/7WmtXxajLC
1. Maybe a thread of UAF MT-LB adaptions?
Can't decide either if this is a ZU-23-2. Doesn't quite look long enough, but maybe it's the perspective.
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@tom_bullock_:
interesting Ukrainian MT-LB mod. with a ZU-23-2(?) turret https://t.co/7WmtXxajLC
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Ukraine Battle Map (Twitter)
Then we must be living in different universes if you believe “the AFU hasn’t achieved a battlefield victory since late September”
Map from October 1st 🇺🇦
Then we must be living in different universes if you believe “the AFU hasn’t achieved a battlefield victory since late September”
Map from October 1st 🇺🇦
Ukraine Battle Map (Twitter)
Map from today December 15
1. Ukraine took Lyman
2. Before was 35km from Svatove now are 12km away
3. Took 20km of Land East of Kupyansk and 55km North of Pisky-Radkivski
4. Created and defend a 15km-25km land corridor East of the Oskil river
5. Took all villages West of Kreminna
Map from today December 15
1. Ukraine took Lyman
2. Before was 35km from Svatove now are 12km away
3. Took 20km of Land East of Kupyansk and 55km North of Pisky-Radkivski
4. Created and defend a 15km-25km land corridor East of the Oskil river
5. Took all villages West of Kreminna
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