The Lookout (Twitter)

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tom (Twitter)

‘Battle plans (effectively assault approach routes and axes) are planned on tablets using navigation programmes and Google Earth views… you don’t need to think, you need to check the movement of your group on a tablet or smartphone.’

tom (Twitter)

‘Drones monitor the movement of assault groups and monitor the situation at the attack site.  The headquarters of the assault detachment tries to have continuous information about the movement of combat groups and the situation at our position’

tom (Twitter)

‘Damage to drones means the loss of effective control of assault groups.’

Necro Mancer (Twitter)

#ЖелезныйПорт, Херсонская обл., 15/12/22, по гостинице «Салимар» прилетела НЛХ, злые языки утверждают, что там было пусто https://t.me/ButusovPlus/1877

Necro Mancer (Twitter)

@mrmanhattan249 Перебили его как раз не наши

Necro Mancer (Twitter)

@guteniev @ua_zinkoviy Да уже 100500 лет назад

Necro Mancer (Twitter)

@MMouse44073558 In the occupied Luhansk region banned the sale of alcohol in the frontline areas

Dan (Twitter)

6. A detailed thread cataloguing the various UAF and DPR/LPR variants/adaptions of MT-LB chassis from 2014 onwards.
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@praisethesteph:
#Ukraine/#Russia 🇺🇦🇷🇺:

Since 2014, there have been many vehicle modifications on both sides on the #Ukrainian battlefield. One of the most frequently modified vehicles is the MT-LB, originally intended as an artillery tractor.

@oryxspioenkop @CalibreObscura

Thread🧵

1/ https://t.co/9lgwCgTrf4

‌tom (Twitter)

Butusov’s piece, which the Wavell Room have summarised is available here https://m.censor.net/ua/resonance/3382797/taktyka_vagnera_yak_dosyagayut_rezultativ_zeky_z_trytyjnevoyu_pidgotovkoyu_ta_yak_yih_byut

tom (Twitter)

@Blake_Allen13 Feels like a short-term strategy which transformed into a long-term one by accident. After 7 months you have to ask why not pull the troops back and train them up instead of feeding them into the grinder

Def Mon (Twitter)

@AndrewPerpetua Problem?
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@SerDer_Daniels:
Когда глава #МАГАТЭ спросил у этого лысого орка почему снаряд торчит так, будто он прилетел с оккупированной территории, тот на полном серьезе, на ходу стал сочинять, что после прилета снаряд развернулся на 180°
#ЗАЭС #Энергодар #Enerhodar #IAEA
#warcrimes #russiaisaterrorisstate https://t.co/pjlLDk0FN1

tom (Twitter)

@CChernyakhovsky Advantage in the sense they aren’t constantly trying to throw uppercuts? 🤷

Def Mon (Twitter)

Sounds about right.
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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

tom (Twitter)

Butusov’s piece included an alleged screenshot of a tablet battle plan. Paint-by-numbers warfare.
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@tom_bullock_:
‘Battle plans (effectively assault approach routes and axes) are planned on tablets using navigation programmes and Google Earth views… you don’t need to think, you need to check the movement of your group on a tablet or smartphone.’

tom (Twitter)

‘Losses do not reduce the combat effectiveness of units, as commanders and staffs of units, weapons operators, intelligence and control remain a permanent composition that is not expended in assault actions and retains specialization.’