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Scoob_13
Hello Nice FBI Lady
Scoob_13
Hello Nice FBI Lady
And to be even more specifically you could have likely gotten 1.5 flight crews (pilots, ground crew, etc.) through rushed training by now with extended remote support for more complex issues.
MySunRoofWorks
INCONCEIVABLE!
"oh look, how cute, a little airplane, isn't that adorab...AGGGGHHHH I'M ON FIRE!!!"
Jeebus
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Have not been following the thread. But just finished this. Probably one the best war memoirs I have ever read and a useful insight into the life of a Russian soldier. Worth your time if interested in the topic.
One Soldier's War
https://a.co/d/2yDYYdf
One Soldier's War
https://a.co/d/2yDYYdf
whatever
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Publius
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PanzerAce
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They don't even know what electricity is wtf they going to do with solar panels.
whatever
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crazy that it had to fly 150+km from Ukrainian-controlled territory
theres a solid section in the middle there that is contested
Scoob_13
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One way recon mission + it got to damage vital infrastructure. Worth the price of admission.crazy that it had to fly 150+km from Ukrainian-controlled territory
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‘Kamikaze’ Drones Strike Russian Oil Refinery, Looks Like Model Sold On Alibaba
Video shows a mystery drone diving into a refinery in Russia’s Rostov region, raising the possibility of a deniable Ukrainian attack.
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Institute for the Study of War
Reinforced Russian air-defense systems in eastern Ukraine are increasingly limiting the effectiveness of Ukrainian drones, undermining a key Ukrainian capability in the war. Foreign Policy’s Jack Detsch quoted several anonymous Ukrainian officials and m
Key Takeaways
- Russian forces continued to make gains to the south of Lysychansk and will likely reach the city in the coming days, although they are unlikely to quickly capture the Severodonetsk-Lysychansk area.
- Russian forces continued offensive operations towards Slovyansk and made minor advances.
- Russian forces intensified efforts to interdict Ukrainian lines of communication along the T1302 Bakhmut-Lysychansk highway in order to support Russian operations towards Lysychansk.
- Russian forces focused on defensive operations along the Southern Axis and may have made marginal gains within Mykolaiv Oblast.
- Russian authorities are continuing measures to facilitate the economic integration of occupied areas.
Reinforced Russian air-defense systems in eastern Ukraine are increasingly limiting the effectiveness of Ukrainian drones, undermining a key Ukrainian capability in the war. Foreign Policy’s Jack Detsch quoted several anonymous Ukrainian officials and military personnel that Ukrainian forces have largely halted the use of Turkish Bayraktar drones, which were used to great effect earlier in the war, due to improvements in Russian air-defense capabilities.[1] Ukrainian officials are reportedly increasingly concerned that US-provided Gray Eagle strike drones will also be shot down by reinforced Russian air defense over the Donbas.[2] Ukrainian forces have reportedly scaled back air operations to 20 to 30 sorties per day and are facing a deficit of available aircraft for active pilots. Russian forces are likely prioritizing deploying air defenses to eastern Ukraine to nullify Ukrainian operations and to protect the artillery systems Russian forces are reliant on to make advances. However, the Ukrainian air force and armed drones remain active elsewhere, inflicting several successful strikes on targets in Kherson Oblast in the last week.
Members of the Russian military community continue to comment on the shortcomings of Russian force generation capabilities, which are having tangible impacts on the morale and discipline of Russians fighting in Ukraine. Russian milblogger Yuri Kotyenok claimed that Russian troops lack the numbers and strength for success in combat in Ukraine.[3] Kotyenok accused Russian leadership of deploying new and under-trained recruits and called for replenishment of forces with well-trained recruits with ground infantry experience—though the Russian military is unlikely to be able to quickly generate such a force, as ISW has previously assessed. Despite growing calls for increased recruitment from nationalist figures, Russian leadership continues to carry out coercive partial mobilization efforts that are only producing limited numbers of replacements while negatively impacting the morale and discipline of forcibly mobilized personnel. Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) claimed that Russian authorities in Luhansk are arranging gas leaks in apartment buildings to force men who are hiding from mobilization into the streets.[4] The Ukrainian Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) additionally reported that Russian soldiers in occupied Tokmak, Zaporizhia Oblast, are appealing to local Ukrainian doctors to issue them certificates alleging medical inability to continue military service.[5]
Ukrainian forces conducted a drone strike (likely with a loitering munition, though this cannot be confirmed) on a Russian oil refinery in Novoshakhtinsk, Rostov Oblast, on June 22.[6] Russian Telegram channel Voenyi Osvedomitel claimed that the strike, which targeted Russian infrastructure within 15 km of the Ukrainian border, originated from Donetsk Oblast.[7] Ukrainian forces have not targeted Russian infrastructure for several weeks, and this strike is likely an attempt to disrupt Russian logistics and fuel supply to Russian operations in eastern Ukraine
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Kaliningrad row: Lithuania accuses Russia of lying about rail 'blockade'
By Paul Kirby / BBC News
Published 7 hours ago
Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte has said Russian claims of a rail blockade of its territorial outpost in Kaliningrad are a lie.
Kaliningrad is on the Baltic Sea and uses a rail link to Russia via Lithuania for passengers and freight.
When Lithuania banned the transit of steel and other ferrous metals under EU sanctions last Saturday, Russia threatened to respond.
The Kremlin condemned the sanctions as illegal and unacceptable.
Ms Simonyte explained that passengers were still able to travel freely across Lithuanian territory from Russia to Kaliningrad and only about 1% of Russian freight was affected.
One senior diplomat in Brussels said that Russian talk of a blockade was disinformation and completely untrue.
"Lithuania is complying with the sanctions imposed by the European Union on Russia for its aggression and war against Ukraine," the prime minister said.
EU sanctions on steel were imposed in March, but a three-month transition period was allowed for existing contracts to wind down.
Russia annexed Kaliningrad after World War Two in 1945 and roughly one million people live there......................
Kaliningrad row: Lithuania accuses Russia of lying about rail 'blockade'
The prime minister says talk of a blockade is untrue and a tiny amount of goods are affected.
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