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Here is video "T-shape. AAR", where tank commander tells why he was forced to crash Russians in the trench and some datails, which weren't seen on teh video (ENG subs can be turned on): In short - turned out Russians had 28 men in the trench instead 10 estimated. Tank wasted 21 shells of 22 onboard, when commander have seen, that Russians "don't running out". Tankers had an order completely supress enemy in order to do not allow direct engaging of UKR infantry with Russian entranched infantry, so he received an order from operation commander to crash the enemy by tracks. Also Russians set minefield on the road behind own position and had 3 Fagot ATGMs, two of which were hit for 30 minutes before operation, but one, which remained fired at BMP (missed), which harrased Russian trench. UKR infantry to dig out Russian mercenery since 20 hours as it was burried. Probably he had access to air and didn't suffocate, so when he came to his senses, he has moaned and was heared by UKR soldiers.

UKROboronProm started to produce light FRAG bombs for drones Bigger one is OBP 23.1 - 1 kg of weight, 11 m of hit radius, smaller one - OBP 23.05 - 0,5 kg, hit radius - 4,5 m

Yuriy Ihnat, press-officer of Air Forces told now Ukraine has total five aviation brigades of fighter jets - 3 on MiG-29 and 2 on Su-27. He didn't say about number of jets, but this blogger pointed out that 72 total (I don't know where was taken this number). Before the war each fighter jet brigade consisted of two squadrons per three flights. This gives 120 planes total, but likely brigades have combat trainers L-39 and not full squadrons due to losses. Since March we have received 14 MiG-29 (10 from Slovakia and 4 from Poland) and some will come in nearest weeks. Since 24th Feb we lost 18 MiG-29 (among them 4 on the ground) and 9 Su-27 (2 on the ground). Last Su-27 was lost week ago during interception of "Shakhed" - pilot lost. Total we lost 16 fighter-pilots - most of them were experienced pilots with ranks from major to colonel. During 2014-2022 we also lost 4 fighters: 2 MiG-29 (combat losses) and 2 Su-27 (accidents). Were lost two UKR pilots and one US (during crash of Su-27UB in 2018 on international maneuvers "Clear Sky-2018")

Somebody wrote we have demolished it, and as if a video is available, but I didn't see it. Maybe this commentator confused it with other known episode, when we destroyed some building with wagners inside.

Wagners captured administartive quarter of Bakhmut, completely destroying city hall building. In ruins of it they poked Russian and Wagner flags. Prigozhyn after this made a statement that "Wagner juridiaclly captured Bakhmut" Here is approximate current map, NOEL assums UKR troops could withdraw behind railways to avoid encirclment in northern part of the city. And we have repeating of Soledar story. General Syrskiy called "the fake" news about Russian captured city center. Either lower chiefs again didn't want to say "bad news" upward or this is just denial of reality in order to "don't harras the society".

Voice beyond the cadre says that one Mavic wiped out whole unit of 10 wagners with grenade dropping. Also he says we take out daily with Mavics 5-10 enemies as minimum

Abstract says that after the battle UKR assault group has taken captives and he told on position were 28 men. UKR tank wasted all ammo and only one shell left, so the tank bypassed mine daisy chain and just burried wagners in this trench. After this enemy didn't try anymore to capture this location

It's more interesting local bigade's statistic: About 90 percent of all casualties come from shrapnel injuries, according to 42-year-old combat medic Dmytro. He estimated that another four to five percent are from bullet wounds, and there are “a lot” of concussion cases as well. The war of artillery...

Snow is melting, dirt and mud everywhere in the trench. The medic arrived to evacuate heavy wounded soldier, but knew that unit have two heavy wounded.

Action of "Russian Volunteer Corps" (maybe as a task of GUR) - those guys, who some time ago crossed the border and demonstratively seized Russian village.

Vladlen Tatarskiy is not his real name. He is Maxim Fomin, citizen of Ukraine, lived in Makiivka. His family had strong pro-Russian moods, and Fomin wrote "My father in 1991 told me: Remember, we will still fight with banderovites in future". Nor surprising, if father has choosen such name for own son - Vladlen is a Soviet name from 20th years, acronim from VLADimir LENin. In 2011 Fomin was jailed for armed robbery. He was in correctional facility in Horlivka in 2014, when it was shelled during warfare around the city. He escaped and joined to local detachment of Bezler. Thoough later he moved to "LPR". During the war he developed himself as talented propagandist and soldier-blogger, so quickly gained large popularity. Since 2020 he moved to Moscow. When the war began he enlisted to 11th "Vostok" brigade (Khodakovskiy). As told Beleg85, Tatarskiy was active propagandist of volunteer movement, in everyway tried to improve militarty equipment, especially in part of drones and protected radios. He tough criticized MoD and it full incompetence in modern warfare. Also he stood for complete elimination of Ukrainan state as a goal of "SVO". Also interesting fact. Today three other odious persons - Girkin, Gubarev (first "peoples governor of Donbas") and Kalashnikov (propagandist) declared about establishing of movement "Club of angry patriotes". Their claimed goal - to withstand to possible coup attempt from the side of pro-western oligarchs, when Russia will be on the edge of military defeat. As we know, Girkin and his followers are in the very bad relations with fraction of Kadyrov/Prigozhyn and also with Khodakovskiy. So maybe GUR attempt, but maybe inner showdown.

Bakhmut now It's fuc...g hell now! Grads, Uragans, arty, they fire with all what they have. There are attempts of moth...rs aviation working. Well, we pill up them too, pill up [means "heavy return fire"].

Russian propagandist and blogger Sladkov, answering on own followers question "How much of ammo we need to ground Maryinka completely to capture it at last?" told some interestimng facts. He said that only for capturing of fur farm (likley near small village Pobeda south from Maryinka) we wasted 1480 artillery shells and 6 loitering munitions. And what? We have taken it by assault [according to Russian sources it were battalion "Akhmat-West" of Kadyrov's army attached to Southern military district and volunteer battalion BARS-11), but only to give it back since some time, because we can't satnd against UKR artillery. It more accurate and we lose them in counter-battery fire. We slowly avdance in Maryinka, slowly because of when we seize some enemy strongpoint we can't hold it long time, lose it and all starts again.

Bakhmut area. TERRA aerial recon unit targets enemy positions before UKR infantry assault. (ENG subs can be turned on) Part1. KRAB strikes at two enemy bunkers and observation position. Then two tanks rolled on direct fire. Infantry awaits.

How looks the road Chasiv Yar - Khromove - Bakhmut. The driver, approaching to hairpin curve (in Bohdanivka village area) says: "Motherf....rs sat in 200 m left from this place". Along all road there are destroyed pick-ups, jeeps, BTR-4. MaxPro and some armored car

Southerm oblasts weren't affected with last week snowfall, but next week will be rains on all Ukraine. Zaporizhzhia oblast will have rains every other day

Recently UKR captured almost intact Lancet, which was caught by defensive netting over 2S1 howitzer. Now we have preliminary results of its disassembling: https://mil.in.ua/uk/news/v-ukrayini-pokazaly-nachynku-trofejnogo-lantseta/ The module, responsible for computing is Jetson TX2 of NVidia company. Also was identified SOC Xilinx Zynk Other chips had worn out markings. Auxiliary plastid charge in the tail of drone

Russia launched mass production of primitive FPV-kamikadze drones with stupid name "Boomerang" This is small drone with hanged explosives like grenade or small HE charge. Episodical usage of these drones were pointed out about one or two months so far, but now Russia claims they have capablities to produce it in huge numbers. There was a photo when several men of city bakery assemble such drones from parts. One of "Boomerangs" was captured intact and was disassembled. There is no sanction list parts in it: https://mil.in.ua/uk/news/spetsialisty-pokazaly-nachynku-trofejnogo-drona-kamikadze-bumerang/ (in UKR) Body of drone is a flat piece of usual fiberglass. It has also Foxeer camera, videotransmitter Reaper Extreme, antenna and receiver BetaFPV, four electro-motors F80 Pro KV1900

Some more "spring" on Donbas )

Locals say Russian ammo dump was hit in Andriivka village 19 km SE from Volnovakha town, Donetsk oblast. Detonations all the night.

Interesting application of commercial magnitometer + drone for aerial mine searching. Though, this guy now is serviceman of State Emergency Service, not army sapper.

Wagners yesterday posted a video with own flag on multistorey building on right bank of Bakhmutivka river. One of their fighters told in comments they conducted surprised attack and could push off UKR from the river because of bad weather (strong wind and heavy snow) didn't allow them to use drones for monitoring and coordination And approximate situation inside the town

UKR soldier about YPR-765 and in whole about M113 series Our "yupik" (YPR) was fu..d, there is a hole near the driver, the engine is burning, crew is alive. It's a big vehicle. With BMP this, of course, wouldn't have happened. There each fu...g hit was with KIAs. Soviet engineers knew how to care about untilizing of population surplus. Its [YPRs] hulls also better. After blowing up by mine, there are no penetrations inside a compartment, when BMP-1 is just teared off.

Recently their name was changed to "mechanized". Though "frontmen" of brigade don't hide they are trianing like "breakthrough brigade"