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    Taranis reacted to billbindc in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    In 1994, Sergei Yushenkov was telling people in the diplomatic community that Russia was entering what he called its "Weimar" period. He was subsequently assassinated for, inter alia, investigating the apartment bombings that solidified Putin's power and preparing to run in 2003's national elections with the Liberal Party. All of this is to say that Russia had an opportunity and a choice that was squandered/made two decades ago. The machine will run until it breaks...whether that's in Melitopol or Tartu.  
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    Taranis reacted to Haiduk in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Russian milblogger "Thirteen" has recorded audio message, where he blamed Russian command that they don't carry on about evecuation or exchange of fallen Russian soldiers from 247th air-assault regiment of 7th air-assault division. He told only for one day near Staromajorske 49 paratroopers were killed. He also says Russian command became to pursuit him for his activity in this direction, so if somethg happen with him, this will be his foes among HQs
     
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    Taranis reacted to Fenris in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Couple of encouraging tweet threads.  Second one has clips to back up their claims for geo location of RU shelling their own trench line.
     
     
     
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    Taranis reacted to _Morpheus_ in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Robotyne, Ukrainian SSO: 
     
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    Taranis reacted to Teufel in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Think this one is self-explanatory, as the post suggests. Reminder to those that think Russians understanding anything but force.
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    Taranis reacted to Offshoot in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Counter-battery with cluster munitions. One grad destroyed, another damaged.
     
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    Taranis reacted to Haiduk in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Ukr troops near the entrance to Robotyne. Unknown it's northern or southern entrance. 
    Russian milblogger Pegov wrote Ukr troops expanded zone of control between Robotyne and Verbove on 6 km along frontline and slightly in the depth. Russian troops were forced "to align frontline"

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    Taranis reacted to Haiduk in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Damaged by UKR drone SIG tanker. You can see a hole in the hull
     
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    Taranis reacted to Haiduk in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    One of memes after explosion on factory in Sergiev Posad ) 
    The writing "Budangamer" )

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    Taranis got a reaction from Haiduk in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Short 47th Mechanized Brigade history :
     
     
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    Taranis reacted to Haiduk in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Russian milblogger "13th" claimed recon group of 16 men, led by major Tomov, disappeared approx in 4km west from UKR landing point near Kozachi Laheri village  (presumable point of missing of group is a white point on the map). "13th" criticized TG channel RuVesna, which refuted his disaapearing and issued video, filmed by this major, where he says his unut has engaged the enemy and conducts close fighting. "13th" says he knows, indeed neither major, nor anybody of his group didn't get in touch at the stipulated time, so he thinks, the phone of major was captured (maybe with major himself) and this video is old, probably of late spring. So, this is a trick of UKR SOF to lure out and ambush one more recon group.
    Probably UKR raid on Kozachi Laheri is not for bridgehead establishing, but for important POWs capturing and C&C disruption. Because there were rumors so far, not only major Tomov missed, but somebody other hi-ranked.
      

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    Taranis reacted to Kinophile in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Hmmm
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    Taranis reacted to Haiduk in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Several Russian milbloggers reported Ukrainian forces landed near Kozachi Laheri (means "Cossack's Сamps") village on left bank of Dnipro (more exactly, beyond Konka river). As they claimed after Russian command moved VDV troops, guarding this area to Zaporizhzhia front, only mobik unit remained there (Poulet Volant marked 205th motor-rifle brigade of 49th CAA in this area). They missed UKR approach (one Russian TG claims they were drunken) and engaged them only when Ukrainians already landed with support of artillery. As result Russian troops withdrew west.  Who controls Kozachi Laheri is unknown - initially Romanov92 claimed UKR control it, but this is a large village, which had more 2500 of population before the war. Ukrainians landed from seven boats, this is about two platoons with ammunition and some heavy infantry weapon, so it's hard to seize such large village with so small forces. Later Russian milbloggers reported, four boats evacuated some of personnel back, but Ukrainians still present west from the village, occupying watching position and trenches.
    Other milblogger later added Kozachi Lahery are under Russians, but there are fierce fight on outskirt
    Later Ukrainian military officillay confirmed "success on Tavrian direction" (means Kherson oblast)

    Yellow spot - Russian positions west of village, captured by UKR landing group, according to Romanov92

     

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    Taranis reacted to Haiduk in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Fighters of Special purpose battalion "Stugna" conducted hit&run action on Russian command point on left bank of Dnipro. "Stugna" is volunteer battalion of ATO veterans, it subordination is unclear. 
     
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    Taranis reacted to Haiduk in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    The matter of far-right or "pseudo far-right" (better to call them populists) support of Russia is not so ideology, but Russian money.  Russia generously fertilized both left and right politics, activating them, when it needs. 
    But Le Pen doesn't support Russia after 24th Feb, though she afraids, that victory of Ukraine can lead to WWIII. Prime minister of Italy, for example, is representative of right spectre, but her level support of Ukraine is increadable. Polish ruling party and goverment also of right spectre, but they support Ukraine.  
    Why some (far-) right political organizations has pro-Russian or false "appeasemnet" (for the cost of Ukraine of course) positions? Isolationism became popular. "We have many problems inside, but current government is wasting our taxpeyers money and military resourses for senseless support of corrupted Ukraine!" Or "do not provoke WWIII!!!" And little of ideology - as I can see in tweets of western Russia-supporters, they respect Russia for "tradicionalistic values", "Christianity", "fighting with LGBT", "fighting with Jewish-Masons world conspiracy" and they see Ukraine like a dangerous puppet in hands of leftists and globalists (OMG!!!!). Though indeed level of conservatism in Ukraine is comparable to Poland or Hungary. 
    My personnal big dissapointment is US Republicans, which always were hawks in relation to USSR and Russia (McСain for exanle) and now MAGA-isolationism and QAnon ate brain of half of them and their followers    
     
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    Taranis reacted to Fenris in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Posting this just because it's not something you see everyday - HEAT round stuck in a tree trunk.
     
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    Taranis reacted to cesmonkey in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
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    Taranis reacted to Haiduk in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    SCALP EG under the wing of Su-24. EG is export modificatin with 290 km of range.

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    Taranis reacted to Haiduk in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Last three days we have some fading of active warfare, because it's very hot, +33-35 C (92...95 F) in the shadow. 
    On the video a soldier twists own under armor T-shirt, soaked in sweat 
     
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    Taranis reacted to Haiduk in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    To be continuing - seven Tu-95 took off. 
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    Taranis reacted to holoween in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    That really wasnt the difficult thing
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    Taranis reacted to Ales Dvorak in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Was it successful?
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    Taranis reacted to sburke in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    LOL I'm envisioning the Marine booklet...
    Can I buy you a drink
    Do you live far from here
    etc etc
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    Taranis reacted to Haiduk in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    I've seen BTR-4 in composition of NG brigade "Azov" during their training these days. Part of "Azov" fights on Polohy direction together with 3rd "Spartan" and 15th "Kara-Dag" NG assault brigades. 
    This can be also Klishchhivka area, not south. There were similar situation with two BTR-4 and M-113/YPR. But near Klishchiivka operate so huge conglomerate of units, so I can't say who can have BTR-4.
    "Azov's" BTR-4

    By the way, training of "Azov" has led Denys Prokopenko "Redis" - he already took up his duties

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    Taranis reacted to Haiduk in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Russian milblogger from Kherson direction:
    The enemy works from islands so far with AGS and Kord (HMG) at our forward positions [on left bank of Dnipro]. In Antonivskyi bridge area more and more enemy manpower is forming. Sitauation is hard. 

    Maybe this maps already were posted here, but let it be as illustartion: Kherson with Dnipro delta and left bank of Dnipro as whole (its can be zoomed)


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