Def Mon (Twitter)
Early rumors about RU attacks in the Robotyne area. Reliability and extent uncertain.
Early rumors about RU attacks in the Robotyne area. Reliability and extent uncertain.
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Def Mon (Twitter)
RT @UkraineNewsLive: ⚡🇺🇦🇸🇪💪💥The work of the Swedish 155-mm #Archer self-propelled gun.
RT @UkraineNewsLive: ⚡🇺🇦🇸🇪💪💥The work of the Swedish 155-mm #Archer self-propelled gun.
Dan (Twitter)
RT @IhateTrenches: Casualty wise (WIA&KIA) Bahkmut was likely higher.
Deaths only wise, Avdiivka was likely 2x worse for the Russians than Bahkmut.
The easiest way to explain why is Terrain, and the built up fortifications. Even in the areas at the flanks.
The opening day of RUs offensive in our sector over a dozen BMPs were destroyed before they even got within 800m of Ukrainian lines. The infantry on and in that initial assault were caught out in the open and mowed down rather quickly.
One defensive operation that we were on, 16 of Chosen and 8 Ukrainians(javelin teams+snipers) destroyed 4 BMPs, damaged one that made it under a bridge with 6 others that escaped unharmed after dropping troops 300m+ away from the line in the field, 2 BTRs destroyed, 2 tanks one of which was destroyed by one of the craziest tank maneuvers by a UA tank team i ever saw and 70+ infantry killed or wounded.
The Russians successfully pushed ...
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RT @IhateTrenches: Casualty wise (WIA&KIA) Bahkmut was likely higher.
Deaths only wise, Avdiivka was likely 2x worse for the Russians than Bahkmut.
The easiest way to explain why is Terrain, and the built up fortifications. Even in the areas at the flanks.
The opening day of RUs offensive in our sector over a dozen BMPs were destroyed before they even got within 800m of Ukrainian lines. The infantry on and in that initial assault were caught out in the open and mowed down rather quickly.
One defensive operation that we were on, 16 of Chosen and 8 Ukrainians(javelin teams+snipers) destroyed 4 BMPs, damaged one that made it under a bridge with 6 others that escaped unharmed after dropping troops 300m+ away from the line in the field, 2 BTRs destroyed, 2 tanks one of which was destroyed by one of the craziest tank maneuvers by a UA tank team i ever saw and 70+ infantry killed or wounded.
The Russians successfully pushed ...
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Dan (Twitter)
RT @IhateTrenches: The Ukrainian units fought and are still fighting extremely hard in the sector that Chosen was in.
We are in the middle of a unit transfer, so Chosen is no longer there.
One main factor that you could see become a detriment was time off the front. The 59th and other units in the sector have never had a rotation off the front. Which physically and mentally does effect the fighting capacity. By the end of 2023 Chosen members were all injured atleast once and most of us were doing operations at 80% ability. We had men(Hound I love you brother) going out with gaping fragmentation wounds bandaged from a injury a week earlier. None of this was forced on us however. We would check ourselves out of the hospital to continue the fight.
And the Ukrainians were much the same. Hell, our commander Kozak consistently put off medical so he could stay on the front and coordinate and fight. We had a drone pilot get 6 or 7 contusions including from TOS1s twice in one day who basically was in a permanent shuttle of hospital, checking himself out, fly drones, back to hospital.
The fighting spirit of the men in our sector is nothing short of heroic, but it is not a long term benefit to fighting capabilities doing what Chosen and the Ukrainians were doing. Sheer will and determination only goes so far.
RT @IhateTrenches: The Ukrainian units fought and are still fighting extremely hard in the sector that Chosen was in.
We are in the middle of a unit transfer, so Chosen is no longer there.
One main factor that you could see become a detriment was time off the front. The 59th and other units in the sector have never had a rotation off the front. Which physically and mentally does effect the fighting capacity. By the end of 2023 Chosen members were all injured atleast once and most of us were doing operations at 80% ability. We had men(Hound I love you brother) going out with gaping fragmentation wounds bandaged from a injury a week earlier. None of this was forced on us however. We would check ourselves out of the hospital to continue the fight.
And the Ukrainians were much the same. Hell, our commander Kozak consistently put off medical so he could stay on the front and coordinate and fight. We had a drone pilot get 6 or 7 contusions including from TOS1s twice in one day who basically was in a permanent shuttle of hospital, checking himself out, fly drones, back to hospital.
The fighting spirit of the men in our sector is nothing short of heroic, but it is not a long term benefit to fighting capabilities doing what Chosen and the Ukrainians were doing. Sheer will and determination only goes so far.
Dan (Twitter)
RT @IhateTrenches: @nirolf_p: Some memorable why the fuck are you on this operation injuries.
We had a guy with a 3"x2" gaping hole in his back that required a bandage and draining daily go out on an operation. He then got injured again, and at evac, I was fixing him up with a Ukrainian doctor, and the doctor was bewildered why he was in the field in the first place.
We had another who snuck out on an operation after getting hit in the leg 2 weeks prior who was supposed to be waiting on medical commission. He proceeded to then get reinjured in the same leg where he had the previous injury in right next to the quarter sized hole that hadn't healed.
I stayed on operations for 6 months with a broken foot and only got pulled off after swelling wouldn't go down. My big toe bone at that point had separated from the base area of the rest of my foot and was basically splitting further back on the main bone. I'm likely going to still need to have a operation to prevent the bone from separating further by having plates put in. (I just checked out of rehab 2 months early a few weeks ago to do this unit transfer. Lol)
The Ukrainians were doing the same thing as well. If you could fight at 80-90% , you fought. No one really milked out injuries.
RT @IhateTrenches: @nirolf_p: Some memorable why the fuck are you on this operation injuries.
We had a guy with a 3"x2" gaping hole in his back that required a bandage and draining daily go out on an operation. He then got injured again, and at evac, I was fixing him up with a Ukrainian doctor, and the doctor was bewildered why he was in the field in the first place.
We had another who snuck out on an operation after getting hit in the leg 2 weeks prior who was supposed to be waiting on medical commission. He proceeded to then get reinjured in the same leg where he had the previous injury in right next to the quarter sized hole that hadn't healed.
I stayed on operations for 6 months with a broken foot and only got pulled off after swelling wouldn't go down. My big toe bone at that point had separated from the base area of the rest of my foot and was basically splitting further back on the main bone. I'm likely going to still need to have a operation to prevent the bone from separating further by having plates put in. (I just checked out of rehab 2 months early a few weeks ago to do this unit transfer. Lol)
The Ukrainians were doing the same thing as well. If you could fight at 80-90% , you fought. No one really milked out injuries.
Dan (Twitter)
RT @moklasen: mysterious.
some RU acknowledged the su35 shootdown.
meanwhile, UA airforce commander posted an image allegedly showing 4 RU distress-beacons near the Donetsk/russia border.
47.769717, 38.440182 (#1)
47.744121, 39.208545 (#2)
47.858434, 39.127100 (#3)
47.932979, 39.130580 (#4)
t.me/MykolaOleshchuk/195
RT @moklasen: mysterious.
some RU acknowledged the su35 shootdown.
meanwhile, UA airforce commander posted an image allegedly showing 4 RU distress-beacons near the Donetsk/russia border.
47.769717, 38.440182 (#1)
47.744121, 39.208545 (#2)
47.858434, 39.127100 (#3)
47.932979, 39.130580 (#4)
t.me/MykolaOleshchuk/195
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The Lookout (Twitter)
RT @naalsio26: #Avdiivka offensive equipment loss numbers as of 16 February 2024.
In summary: 666 RU losses vs. 57 UA losses
Spreadsheet showing the losses in detail: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VIyACYHfnJi8cUMWjXAXDhS419l9IHcIhGJaK1RWMFQ/edit?usp=sharing
RT @naalsio26: #Avdiivka offensive equipment loss numbers as of 16 February 2024.
In summary: 666 RU losses vs. 57 UA losses
Spreadsheet showing the losses in detail: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VIyACYHfnJi8cUMWjXAXDhS419l9IHcIhGJaK1RWMFQ/edit?usp=sharing
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The Lookout (Twitter)
RT @NavalInstitute: #OTD in 1944, U.S. forces began the assualt on Eniwetok atoll. All but about 140 of the 3,500 Japanese defenders fought to their deaths. Passed by wartime censors, this photo of fatigued Marines after the battle presented a rare image of the psychological effects of combat.
RT @NavalInstitute: #OTD in 1944, U.S. forces began the assualt on Eniwetok atoll. All but about 140 of the 3,500 Japanese defenders fought to their deaths. Passed by wartime censors, this photo of fatigued Marines after the battle presented a rare image of the psychological effects of combat.
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Necro Mancer (Twitter)
RT @VasyaMakeevskiy: #Макіївка 14:40 періодично гримить вдалені на заході. вночі було доволі активно в боці Спартак-Донецьк, арта і РСЗВ
RT @VasyaMakeevskiy: #Макіївка 14:40 періодично гримить вдалені на заході. вночі було доволі активно в боці Спартак-Донецьк, арта і РСЗВ
X (formerly Twitter)
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#Макіївка 14:40 періодично гримить вдалені на заході. вночі було доволі активно в боці Спартак-Донецьк, арта і РСЗВ
tom (Twitter)
RT @atesh_eng: #ATESH agents were able to penetrate deep into the coastal defense line of the Russian Armed Forces near Nikolaevka. Fortifications consist of artillery in trenches and tanks hidden under canopies. There were almost no soldiers, which helped us record everything in detail.
RT @atesh_eng: #ATESH agents were able to penetrate deep into the coastal defense line of the Russian Armed Forces near Nikolaevka. Fortifications consist of artillery in trenches and tanks hidden under canopies. There were almost no soldiers, which helped us record everything in detail.
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