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Lukashenko сalled Zelenskiy a "nit" and said "the challenge has issued" - this was his belated reaction on drone atack on A-50 on Machulishchi airfield. Lukashenko claimed KGB arrested over 20 people involved in preparation and execution of this attack, and threten to reach all those, who ran away abroad He also blamed SBU and Ukraine in preparation of this action, because "he thought Ukraine really wants a peace", but now he sees Ukraine wants to pull Belarus into the war with assistance of USA. SBU answered they will noе comment words of Lukashenko and sttories about all "cottons" over Ukrianian border will be available only after the victory. Thus, Lukashenko confirmed, that real attack took place and A-50 got damages. And let its weren't critical, but this plane was took out of action and has flown to Taganrog for antenna repairing since about a week after attack

An article (in English) about newest Russian version of Kh-101 cruise missiles (izdeliye 540AP), equipped with jamming systems and new navigation system. Russians tried to breakthrow Ukr AD with theese missiles since autumn, but it's claimed they didn't achieve any significant sucsess in that. https://en.defence-ua.com/industries/since_november_2022_the_russians_wanted_to_defeat_ukrainian_air_defense_with_izdelye_504ap_missiles_but_failed-5969.html Reportedly first downed upgraded Kh-101 was identified in November 2022 (on the photo)

Air Force Command made a statement that Russians have used newest guided bomb UPAB-1500 on some object in Chernihiv oblast several weeks ago. UPAB-1500 is a new ordnance, introduced in 2019 and adoted next year, which should substitute Soviet KAB-1500 family. It has approx the same combat capabilities, but equipped with satellite/inertial guidance systen and can be dropped from 40-50 km. Though, for this the jet has to do it from 14 km altitude. Russia also probably has newer UPAB-500 bombs, having 390 kg warhed (UPAB-1500 has 1010 kg warhead)

Two days ago, allegedly, UKR troops have withdrawn from eastern side of Bakhmut and now eastern frontline inside the city goes along Bakhmutivka river.

Meanwhile silent small war on islands near Kherson is continuing. Recently Russian milbloggers blamed commander of 126th coastal defense brigade that he didn't establish proper defense of islands and now is grindering personnel, trying to hold them and didn't evacuate bodies of killed, who lay there by weeks. Yesterdey in Russian TG appeard this Bol'shoy Potyomkin. We are loosing control over the island.

@Battlefront.com I propose to make in next hypothetical CM some sort of "game in the game" - FPV attacks of first person view and drone bombing simulator )

Video of HIMARs strike on Russian column on 11th of September. 10:19 UAV crew has spotted single tank on the road to Kupiansk and becomes to track it 10:22 Russian tank led UAV crew to column (8 tanks, 6 BMP-3, 1 Msta-S, 1 IMR, 4 BAT), which forming and awaiting other vehicles. Information about place of columns and it compositions transmits to command point for decision to attack. During next 15 minutes the crew provides additional recon and clarification of coordinates. For this time the column has grew on 5 BTR-82, MTLB and trucks. 10:35 Command center didn't have artillery, which can reach this target and there is no time to redeploy. It made a decision to attack column with full load of HIMARS - 6 missiles at last 6 tanks. 12:09 - aftermath of strike (no exact time of strike on video) - preliminary assesment - 5 targets were hit. The smoke doesn't allow to clarify results, UAV got new task, but crew have to return. 12:16. The crew returned, smoke is mostly gone. 2 tanks were destroyed with direct hits as well as IMR, SP-howitzer and truck. Heh... Manner of speech and music reminded my radio translations of 80th ))))

Since Navalnyi has suddenly changed own opinion about Crimea - now he doesn't claim "Crimea is not a sandwich to hand over it there and back again", but "Ukriane have to be restored in 1991 borders" and even ready to pay reparations, many his followers now say that Russian liberals now need to find other leader, who will care about interests of Russians, plundered by Putin's regime, but not interests of other countries (meant Ukraine).

Russian social media say (as RUMINT of course), this is for Russian singer Nikolay Rastorguyev, frontman of "Lyube" group - one of the favorite groups of Putin. Despite own ura-patrotism Rastorguyev already long time lived in "cursed" NATO's Germany. Probably he has even German citizenship. Typical thing for Russian "elite". To hate "spiritualess and hostile" West for plebs, but to live there for their own, store there own money and teach there own children. And of course use achievements of western medicine technologies instead to be treated in "best and most progressive country in the world"

"You havn't a right to recognize Russian people responsible for this war! This is Putin only!" (C) Ru Liberals Reaction of "usual Russian people" on the video with murdering of UKR POW:

I like "By fire and sword" of Hofman (though he has "flattened" enough from Sienkiewich's narratives to balance the story) - this film was a starting point to revise my point of view on the role of Ukraine in PLC and some on Khmelnitskiy's uprising. In USSR time there was unspoken "gentleman agreement" between Polish and USSR movie-makers. Poles don't stage "By fire and sword", Soviets don't stage "Taras Bulba" %) Though latter has two terrible films in historical plan, filmed in France and USA %)

From serviceman who fights somewhere near Bakhmut (or have a firm source from there) Bakhmut - nobody withdraws nothing. All movements according to the plan. The road to Sloviansk is mopped-up, it became calmer. Eastern direction [eastern part of city] is counter-attacking continuously, we have slightly positional successes. It's all so far.

Modernized version of Maxim MG

Examples? Especially Chaikovskiy %). They were people of own time. Cancelling of Russian classics for "ukrainophobia" is the same sh...t like cancelling of J.Washigton and A.Linkoln by idiotic leftists for "racism". If we cancel old Russian culture for anti-Ukrainism, well, let cancel also Polish writer Henryk Sienkiewich for his "By fire and sword" - pure anti-ukrainian thing, and director Hofman - who filmed a movie. We can cancel Chaikovskiy, but we can't cancel his contribution in world culture. So, why? In WWII also all German was under taboo. German philosophers, writers, musicians. This is just emotions of war. We must cancel all existing in Russian culture, who actively inspired the war, who sow a dirt and sh..t on brains and souls like Mikhalkov, Morgenshtern or Skabeyeva, but not Mendeleyev or Pushkin or to prohibit classical comedy movies of Haidai. Though, of course, we don't need parks of Pushkin and streets of Pushkin in each town and city.

Many Russian so-called liberals claim "Russian soldiers are the same victims of Putin's regime. Only Putin and his nearest retinue can be responsible for war and warcrimes!" When I've seen such videos, I think, that "rules of war waging" and different conventions suitable only for conflicts between civilized countries. When the war becomes "existantional" with intentions to eliminate the state and its active part of nation completely, and other just assimilate or expell, there is can not be any "conventions". What conventions you can have with non-humans, whith wild orc horde? Russia already for long time isn't a country of "big Russian culture and Russian humanism". Now this is not a nation of Tolstoy and Chaikovskiy. This is nation of films about "criminal romantic", nation of trash music and demonstratively debauched show-business, nation of cult of war and death via dozens of films about different wars, staging each year, this is a nation who willingly eating a hate and war from TV, and then implementing this among own society as humilitation, violence, reigning of semi-criminal order in all spheres of public life. Agrressive begagrs and apathetic "mid calss", who have the same feature - feel of own supremacy above all other people. This evil empire must go into oblivion. PS: ninjad by _Morpheus_

Probrbly this could be about this: On LostArmor told UKR troops had an attempt of counter attack at the morning on 4th of March. Attacking force - 3 tanks and 10-12 light arnmor. Attack was repelled, UKR lost one tank (other one was damaged, but could retreat) and "about half of light armor", personnel losses they assessed in 20-30 men. Own claimed losses - destroyed tank, 2KIA (both tankers, driver has survived), 8 WIA. Probably from Ukr side participated 4th National Guard Rapid reaction brigade - at least abandoned BMP-1 was spotted with digits 3018 (4th brigade has digital code m/u 3018) 5шр (5th assault company)

What interesting in Kolomna: - "Machine-building design bureau" - designers of "Iskander" ballistic missiles. - large ammunition storage - oil pipeline pump station

On other hand, new-formed 47th mech.brigade (initially was planned like assault brigade) already about 6 months under formation and training (units sequentially are sending to Europe for training) and in the same time covers the border with Belarus. And several other similar brigades under trainig. So, probably we are paying with lives of poor-trained riflemen for winning a time for future offensive with new brigades... Though, training level very depends from brigade command and their need in fresh reinforcement.

Terrain looks like not as September-October.

Intense road traffic %)

After act 1 with RVC in Briansk oblast, now act 2 proceeds. Partisans of "Atesh" in Crimea claimed they prepared to UKR offensive, stored weapon and ammunition in multiple places and expects ZSU in Dzhankoy. With offensive starting they are going to make diversions, attack different military and admninistrative buildings. Thay also send greetings to RVC.

Sound of explosion in Kolomna

HMMWV of Belarusian volunteers of Kalinovskiy regiment in street clashes in Bakhmut. Vehicle was shelled and one 7.62 bullet as claimed in original TG post hit windshield, but didn't penetrate.

Rare footage of armor vs. armor Two tanks of UKR 53rd mech.brigade (marked by red circles) engaged armored column of 1st "Slavianskaya" DNR motor-rifle brigade in 1,5 km NE from Vodiane village, Avdiivka area.

Most interesting, that Murz mentioned here special soft for artillery, which should be updated for BP-540 ammunitions. This shows, Russians also have some civil volunteer sector, which try to implement to army some digital things, which can increase speed of calculations and accuracy of firing data. I think these PDA with soft not so common, due to conservatism of generals and absense of initiative among field officers in improving own capabilities, but who wants, he will find. Probably Russian level of technologies of firing data calculation now as in Ukriane in early 2015, when first version of GISArta has appeared.