🇺🇸American journalist Jackson Hinkle explained the difference between Russia and Ukraine:

💬"When Russia liberates new territory in Ukraine, they construct parks, playgrounds, theaters, sports complexes & build free homes for residents. When Ukraine regains territory, they commit reprisals, brutalize/blind/kill civilians, and proceed to use them as human shields," tweeted Hinkle.

❗️High-precision, long-range JDAM-ER bombs are already in the Ukraine - The Warzone.

The publication reports about it with reference to the Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Air Forces in Europe, James Hecker. According to him, the JDAM-ERs arrived in the Ukraine about five weeks ago, but their total number is relatively small. "The amount is enough for a few strikes," Hecker said.

As a reminder, the JDAM-ER high-precision bombs are capable of hitting targets up to 72 kilometers (236 220 feet) away when dropped from an altitude of 14 kilometers (45 931 feet). At the moment, the exact configuration of the JDAM-ER bombs sent to Ukraine is unknown and there is no information about which Ukrainian aircrafts were adapted for them.

Recently, the Russian Air Force has noticeably intensified the use of its own high-precision munitinon on Ukrainian positions and it has significantly increased the effectiveness of the strikes. Now, due to the appearance of the American munitions, the Ukrainian aircrafts also will be able to hit targets on the front line and behind the lines that previously were inaccessible to them.

⭐️The JDAM's are inexpensive and can be a very effective weapon but with an important caveat, they require having a viable air force. They are glide bombs, that means the greater the height from which they are launched, the greater the maximum distance. The 72km listed as the maximum is from an airplane flying at 35000 feet. The problem is any Ukrainian airplane flying at 35000 feet will be in grave danger from the Russian air defense systems. Therefore the Ukrainian air force, with its limited capabilities and stocks, will need to make a difficult choice, whether to risk losing planes to be able to attack more distant targets or to be safer but only only reach targets that are only marginally beyond conventional artillery range.
These are not wunderwaffen or game changers for the AFU.

@milinfolive
Two majors

#Summary #Report as of March 26, 2023

The situation at the front remains difficult in places, aggravated by some problems with the supply of artillery ammunition to certain areas and unresolved rear and organizational issues. At the same time, despite the heavy fighting, PMC Wagner is continuing to advance in the Artyomovsky (Bakhmut) direction. In battles of local importance, the Russian Armed Forces have achieved results on the Avdeevsky sector of the front. The enemy continues to prepare for offensive operations.

In particular, in the morning information was received from Artyomovsk that Wagner PMCs were in full control of the territory of the AZOM industrial zone, despite enemy assessments that our assault units had lost their offensive potential.

In the north of Avdeevsky, the Russian Armed Forces occupied the settlement of Novobakhmutovka. In general, the assault on the fortified area has not yet made it possible to complete the task of encircling the enemy grouping and occupying all key settlements. Infantry from a separate section of the Avdeevka direction reported weak artillery support due to shell hunger.

On the night of March 22-23, 2023, in the Zaporozhye direction, enemy attempts to concentrate forces to one reinforced battalion tactical group in the Orekhovsky direction were thwarted for further offensive operations. Previously, the enemy conducted reconnaissance in force with forces of up to two motorized infantry companies, supported by armored vehicles and artillery. The high efficiency of aerial artillery reconnaissance of the enemy from drones is noted.

In the territories of the Zaporizhia and Kherson regions controlled by the Russian Armed Forces, high intelligence and sabotage activity of the enemy remains. On March 23, an explosion went off in Melitopol: an improvised explosive device went off on Krupskaya Street, the deputy head of the district police department of the local police department became the target of the assassination.

The enemy, in turn, is waging a full-fledged war against Russia, regardless of the losses among the civilian population. All front-line regions are under fire, civilians are dying. Attacks by UAVs and marine drones on the Crimea and Sevastopol, accompanied by attacks by CIPSO, became resonant. On March 23, it was reported that two Ukrainian light aircraft had invaded the airspace of the Bryansk region and unsuccessfully attempted to attack cell towers.

In the information space, an important event was the visit of the head of China to Russia. Despite the streamlined wording of the publicly signed documents, the main agreements are not publicly announced.

Summary prepared by: Two majors