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"The second army of the world" is runnig out of military UAVs

It's about Danube UKR ports Reni and Izmaiil too. Zatoka bridge likely damaged, because it cought serveral direct and close hits, but maybe it already repaired.

I read an opinion this can be tied not with ultimatum to Ukraine (there is no any info about this), but with the answer to Lithuania, which yesterday finally closed railway pass to Kaliningrad according to sanctions despite on Germany pressure. Russians offered "tough answer" on the eve, so maybe this is it.

Nova Kakhovka now. Video/sound of huge explosion from the town

First visual confirmed TLGM usage from captured BMP-3

Todays FIRM map has minimum marks of fires on our side of frontline on Donbas. Two days ago all was dark red there

UKR too. DPR troops received two Aeroscope stations as far as two years ago or something around this, but our technecians quickly found solution to make DJI drones invisible for Aeroscope

Some sources say about the three significant strikes today on Russian command centers: - Luhansk (probably most missiles were intercepted, but locals wrote about at least one impact) - Tavriys'k, Kherson oblast (HQ of 20th GMRD, probably wounded/dead colonel Kens from there) - Tokmak, Zaporizhzhia oblast (HQ of 19th MRD) And here is a photo of yesterdays hit on gymnasium building in Kherson, where Russians deployed police and Rosgvardia units. Reportedly first strike was at 5:00, then the second at 10:00. Very sad we were forced to damage hystorically valuable building, but I hopre it will be restored. RUMINT reports 12 high-ranked officers (mostly security forces) were killed in this strike. Also RUMINT says about Sevastopol police suffered losses in this strike

Of course! Despite some training and tactical issues, those guys who have been serving in artillery long time have very good opinion about 777 and other western 155 mm (SP)howitzers. First of all - due to much better technologies of barrels prodicing and more precice powder charges weight and shells weight, western guns have less dispersion, so they can be used as "sniper rifles of arty" in comparison with Russians, which just showering our positions grid-by-grid with tons of steel. Though there is one significant issue - barrels exhaust in two times faster, than Soviet - about 2000 shots against 5000 in average. After 2000 accuracy is graduially reducing to Soviet guns level, but since Canada supply us with barrels, this problem can be solved by maintainance units.

@sburke @Kinophile Kuzminov wasn't poitical officer ("zampolit"). He was "zampotyl" - brief name of duty "zamestitel' po tylu" - commander's deputy of rear. He responses for supply and logistic of unit.

777 destroyed positions of Russian Nona-K platoon and probably local ammunition dump in border village Hoptivka, Kharkiv oblast (22 m north from Kahrkiv). Huge fireball at the end.

UKR partisans or SOF eliminated next traitor, the head of Velykyi Burluk settlement administartion Yevgeniy Yunakov. Reportedly he was blown up in own car. Velykyi Burlik is important logistic center and railway node of Russian troops in Kharkiv oblast

Last night Russians launched four Iskader missiles on Chasiv Yar town near Bakhmut, Donetsk oblast. Two missiles hit large dormitory and completely ruined several sections. Third missile hit the ground nearby. No info about fourth hit. Emergency works still ongoing. In present time 15 killed found, 5 resqued, and probably 24 can be under ruines. To waste three Iskanders (they could use Tochka-U instead) for dormitory its very strange decision - looks like some of locals traitors mitakingly told Russians that in dormitory UKR troops deployed About week ago Russians launched Kh-22 missiles on Serhiivka settlement in Odesa oblast, the missile hit 9-storey residential bulding and recreation complex - 20 dead and more 60 injured.

@sburke @Kinophile Lt.colonel Aleksey Tikhonov, regiment commander deputy of personnel of 94th operative purpose regiment (Urus-Martan, Checnya) of 46th separate operative purpose brigade (Chechnya) of Rosgvardia, Northern-Caucasian District of Rosgvardia. Allegedly was killed in Kherson or Chornobaivka during missile attack (in the post one user wrote "killed by NATO weapon")

I posted reviews about Kherson, Zaporizhzhia and Kahrkiv directions during this week, you can find it )

"Big explosion in Mariuol" was not missile attack, but mistake of Russian sappers, which demined Azovstal territory. Locals wrote something heavy exploded (mayby unexploded large-caliber bomb), by RUMINT 3 sappers were killed

Last days counter-battery fire examples:

Despite there are no videos of TLGM usage, but here at least captured box with two Russian tandem 9M119M "Invar" (AT-11 Sniper) of "Reflex" TLGM compex for T-80U and T-90 family. Recently in March or April I've seen captured TLGMs 9M119 of Svir' TLGM complex for T-72B

Russian armor trying to avoid of artillery strike from UKR 93rd mech.brigade and drove to ravine. The driver of one tank probably made a mistake and the vehicle overturned ... But artillery reached them anyway. Funny that the honor name of 93rd brigade is "Kholodnyi Yar" (literally "Cold Ravine"), so Russian tankers in this ravine became really cold %)

Alchevsk, Luhansk oblast, next ammo dump, deployed on the territory of abandoned brewery

Despite AFU has many modern ATGMs, SPG-9 still in service

Captured documents showed reduced squads to 7 men. The same in Ukarine since 2019

This is true. Bayraktars can effectively work only in clear sky or below the clouds. UKR UAV Horlytsia, designed by Antonov with equipment which can operate above the clouds, stuck in testing phase

Abandoned T-62 was set fire by grenade from the drone. The tank with name FARN (ФАРН) belonged to volunteer battalion "Alania", formed in Northern Osetia. Battalion has T-62M/MV tanks. Some about voluntert battalions, which now are establishing almost in each federal unit of Russia. If recently there were mostly infantry units with some exceptions like "Don" cossack battalion with BMP-2M (but unknown either full battalion set or just a company), that now, as write on LostArmor, many battalions establish like supernumary battalions of regular military units, deployed in different federal units. They wrote, for example, on Far East, on the base of 155th naval infantry brigade, the volunteer battalion was formed with tank company of T-80BV, which were taken from storages and this is as if will be usual structure now likely for mobilization methodic working out. Next example - volunteer battalion is forming in Nizhniy Novgorod oblast And on LostArmor tell this battalion also will have T-80BV, which are delivering by Il-76 from some distant storages PS. Information about increasing the squads from 7 to 9 can be about theese volunteer units, which can havn't armored transport but just tank company. Then really instead gunner and driver squads can get two additional riflemens. The same thing was in UKR motorized infantry squads in 2015-2019, which unlike mechanized had only trucks, but had also additional rifleman and 30 men in platoon instead 27 in mech. Then, when motorized units got BRDM-2L their squads also became 7-men

Todays ammunition dumps hit (except Chornobaivka) Donetsk metallurgical plant (DMZ), more likely artillery Khartsyzk, Donetsk oblast. Ammunition dump Stakhanov (Kadiivka) again - second or third time Irminio, Luhansk oblast. No video, but locals wrote about all-night detonations. LPR "authorities" photo