Haiduk

-1 TOS-1A, eastern outskirt of Avdiivka

Two years ago. How it begins. Hostomel

Again one UKR soldier of 8th mountain assault battalion of 10th mountain assault brigade against 10 orcs. Russian comamnder advices to the squad that one of them to throw in UKR soldier, sitting in the drain a grenade with tear gas (that he calls in radio chat "Cheryomukha" - "bird charry" - known name for series of different tear gases) and the second to shoot him from other side of the drain. But UKR soldier keeps Russians with a fire and Russian commander starts to moke up over own personnel "You have to throw him with grenades! Then you can hide in this positions and a "bird" (drone) can't reach you. You have 10! Can you at last to finish with a one, who keeps your all! Outflank him! But Russians likely see the drone and don't risk to attack decisevely. In last moment Mavic dropped the grenade and teared off one Russian. One more body nearby has seen. Also during the skirmish one Russian soldier was hit with a rifle fire.

Today's post of Kostiantyn Mashovets and some opinions in comments (some simplified by me) - he also hints this can be S-200. Mashovets is retired AD officer and practices on S-200 in early years of own military studying. As a variant. 5V28 missile - far limit of engagement zone for loitering AWACS plane is 255 km. Upgraded variant - 5V28M - all 300 km. And there is a strory among AD servicemen that on maneuvers this missile flew away on 340-350 km [like in similar way Russian Tu-154 was accidentally shot down by UKR S-200 in times of Kuchma much further of declared engagement zone - my comment]. Yes this old-school system, bulky, but according on number of features it still unique system. And AWACS planes are its "firm", highly specialized targets. Despite S-200 has semi-active homing, it can homes in passive mode, but the target have to be very bright source of radio-emmiting, and AWACS radar for S-200 seeker is a like firework. There was information S-200 misisles were recieved from Poland or Bulgaria. Also some of our missiles can be repaired. In Ukriane S-200 system was decomessioned long time ago and all launnchers were scrapped. But since S-200 was upgraded as erzats-ballistic missiles and some of them were used in this role I can assume we have some mobile launcher for them, not a stationery like in Soviet Union. And I think, we could upgrade some equipmemt in this missile. Some people in comments under post of Mashovets pointed out in USSR S-200 could by deployed on railway carts. One problem with S-200 is its toxic liquid fuel, demanding special chargng procedures, so even mobile launcher is not simply drove here - shot - ran away. On background of video with Russian S-400 launches here is my version: 1. Two UKR S-200 launched in A-50 2. Operators in the plane see imcoming missiles and in desperation launched all what they can do - chaffs, flares, turned on EW equipment and gives targeting to incoming missiiles for S-400 to shot them down. PS. Flight time for S-200 is about 2 minutes. 3. S-400 crews launches missile(s) on incoming S-200 and: a) they failed to intercept them - one missile is distracted by EW equipment of A-50 (but on video it looks like a flare repelled the missile), The second hit the plane b) missile, launched at approaching S-200 mistakingly has locked on A-50. BOOM. c) S-400 intercepted one missile (visible as if a flare did it), but the second S-200 hit A-50

The video of UKR kamikadze drone takes off to hit Novolipetskiy metallurgical plant One more video of the strike on the plant SBU and GUR made a statement this was their combined operation. As result was took out freezing equipment and coke battery. Novolipetsk metallurgical plant is a main manufacturer of armored steel for Russian army. This strike will make problems in technology cycle for at least a month. The owner of the plany is Vladimir Lisin, Russian oligarch, close person to Putin.

I read Multicam is officially allowed in Russian army as an option (but not as a statutory uniform), which serviceman can buy for own money. So, some people of spetsnaz, different volunteer units, PMCs, who can buy this camo, use it

This is a video of A-50 burning. At least UKR General Staff confirmed A-50 only for yesterday. There was just information about Su-34 has disappeared from radars over Henichesk district of Kherson oblast, when it launched two Kh-59 on Kropyvnytskyi city.

UKR reenacting community lost two guys at once, reenactors of WWII Brits Here they are both during pre-war reenacting event

Ahah, no, all depends on the form of word and context ))) Even a form "pizdets" derived from "pizda" ("pussy") can have both positive and negative meaning depending on context )

Russian squad assaults a single UKR soldier in ruines of house in Krynky, but got at least 2 WIA (from radio chat Russian soldier says "We have 2 "300, one is heavy") and withdrew.

I was thinking long time so far to write a short (?) dictionary of Russian filthy words (Rus. "mat"), which you often can hear in video or read in social media )))

HIMARS strike near Volnovakha allegedly has took a life of colonel Gusein Musayev, commander of 36th motor-rifle brigade. He lined up 2nd motor-rifle battalion, before a visit of major-general Oleg Moiseev, commander of 29th CAA. Our guys slightly hurried up with a strike. In Borzia district of Transbaikal region, from where is 36th brigade a mourning is announced Though as became knowingly, this strike got a big resonance, because it aftermath was filmed by cameras of many soldiers, survived after the hit. A week before, on 14th Feb the same incident was near Dokuchayevsk, the town near Volnovakha, but both RUS TGs and local sources have written only about a fact of strike, but losses still unknown. On the range near Dokuchayevsk there were about 300 servicemen But this is not all. Several hours ago, Russian TGs reported about the same incident with HIMARS on lined up troops on the range in Kherson oblast Two majors TG The range. Kherson oblast. Again. Comrade officers and junior commanders. Please, take responsibility on yourselfs. Callsign OSETN TG Today a range again. Kherson oblast. Nobody disn't cancel dolboyebizm [I can't translate this in Englisg equivalent - it means "enormously fu...g stupid way of decision making or a deed]. A Kingdom of God for lads. Khokhols, don't laugh, you will be fu...d at all.

The tail of today's shot down Su-35 in Azov sea near Rybalske village. Fighterbomber confirms and hints pilot is dead. His body was found in the sea. Other Rusian TGs also hinted he was found dead ("the pilot has found in the water faced down") But he and other Russian milbloggers rejected the loss of Su-34, despite UKR Air Comamnd again showed Cospas-Sarsat info, where radiobeacon of ejected pilot has seen in 10 km NE from Mariupol. And Russians again with stupid persistence claim Su-35 was shot down again by friendly fire, lile and Su-35 two days ago and A-50. For them is easily to believe (and assure others) that "khokhol villagers" can't shot down newest Ruissian aircraft and that Patriot also can't shoot down "best planes" in the world

It was his choice to live in Spain. He took own former girl with him. Probably through her Russians could track him. But it can be also GUR special operation with fake death, after which this guy will dissappear like Kuzminov and will be completely other person with new face, passport and life story

Just for illustration - Avdiivka coke plant

UKR Air Command issued the data of Cospas - SarSat - international satellite system for search&resque, where can be seen four radiobeacons in the allegedle palces of pilots ejecting in that day. The more western mark obviously belonged to Su-35 - Russians recognized it was lost near Shakhtarsk. Pilot was resqued. Other two marks are in Diakove (UKR) and south from Millerovo (RUS). Looks like damaged Su-34 tried to make emergence landing on Millerovo airfield, but fell down and only one pilot could eject. Second Su-34 with mark near Diakove was allegedly filmed falling down in flame by the settlers of Diakove. Interesting - women, who are filming, speak Ukrainian or mixed RUS-UKR (so-called "surzhyk"). They say the jet feel down directly on the village street.

I posted recently here information about "Memory Book" initiative, existing since 2014. In November 2023 according to their information from social and official media monitoring, they had about 33000 names of KIA, about 15 000 MIA (by their assumption 60% of them can be dead, rest can be captives), about 3500 are POWs According to later information for January 2024 we have about 6400 POWs - this can be both new captives since November and persons, who recently considered as MIA) PS. Forget about classical 1:3 ratio. In this war this doesn't work in most cases.

UKR UAVs have struck oil storage in Polevaya, Kursk oblast. Reporteldy three tanks were set on fire, one of them is collapsed.

All misiles were intercepted on approaches to Kyiv. Though we have impacts in Lviv, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipro, Khmelnytskyi and Kharkiv oblasts Here is giaint crater on the place of falling of intercepted missile near Bucha. It could not necessarily be a ballistic missile, but cruise too - soils NW from Kyiv are soft with many of sand, so even lesser impact can throw out many of soil. In nearby village seven houses were damaged by shockwave Total statistic of the strike - 26 missiles launched/13 intercepted: - 12 Kh-101 (8 intercepted) - 2 Kalibr (2) - 4 Kh-59 (2) - 6 Iskander-M/ KN-23 (1) - 2 S-300 (0)

Bilohorivka, Luhansk oblast. Drone unit 'Black Ravens" of 81st airmobile brigade finishes off anandoned and damaged Russian BMPs near the village

The ground conditions in fields western from Avdiivka Summary from different UKR TGs about Avdiivka situation - 3rd brigade arrived in time - 110th brigade was completely exhausted and couldn't hold the line. Reinforcement allowed to stabilize situation from "catastrofical" to "very hard". Units of 110th brigade now are gradually withdrawing to the rear - first time for almost 1,5 years. - Main effort of Russian on the north - to cut off coke plant ("AKXЗ" mark on the map) from the town, cut off urban area of Avdiivka with multystorey buildings (so called "9th quarter" or "Khimik"), capture fortified "Zenit" position on the south (former AD basem having underground bunkers and by rumors underground pass to coke plant). Now "Zenit" ("Зенит" on the map)is almost encircled - Reportedly 3rd assault brigade could push back Russians from Industrial avenu in coke plant area and holds transport depo ("Avtobaza"). But due to opsec reasons there are no verified informations about 3rd brigade successs. - Main trouble of our forces in Avdiivka are gliding bombs, which Russians don't spare. Each day they drop 35-40 heav bombs (including 1500 kg) on Avdiivka and villages in the rear - Lastochmkyne and Sieverne. AD here is very weak. Many criticism in adress of gen. Tarnavskyi and Air Force Command, which probably don't want to risk with Patriots of NASAMS for ambush actions, but infantry and logistic suffer hard under these strikes. On the video Russian bombs impact urban "9th quarter", coke plant is further on the backgrond

UKR BMP-2 of 1st mech.battalion of 30th mech.brigade shells Russian position on northern outskirt of Syn'kivka, Kupiansk direction. Russians in last days could slightly push back our troops here and gained foothold on northern outskirt of this village Also pay atatntion how unstable BMP's gun barrel during firing

A girl, Bradley commander of 47th mech.briagde issiued a video how her crew works near Avdiivka. Rare episode, how look TOW launches through the thermal sight.

Next high-ranked Russian officer has found own death near Krynky. "Bukhanka" with commander of 77th naval infantry brigade was hit with FPV drone on 13th of Feb. Colonel Magomedali Magomedzhanov has died in hospital on next day. Recently he was a commander of 61st naval infantry brigade on Northern Fleet, when 177th separate naval infantry regiment was expanded to 77th naval infantry brigade of Kaspian sea, he was appointed there. In Krynky UKR troops expanded own zone of control on SW.

These two Grads were destroyed by GLSDB strike too. Huge BOOM. Location near Zhytlivka village, Luhansk oblast, Svatove direction. Chevrone with the rhino belongs to 4th tank brigade, though it old, now they have other. Likely their UAV targeted Grads for missile strike. GLDSB parts from Tendar's tweet were found after teh strike on furniture factory in Kreminna, were Russian had a repair workshop for vehicles. https://twitter.com/sgorlovki/status/1757773363336847392