They find and blow it up. There goes something important for Ukraine in Avdiivka. Depot? Command post?
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The War in the Ukraine
- Thread starter SampanViking
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They find and blow it up. There goes something important for Ukraine in Avdiivka. Depot? Command post?
I think that's what a lot of observers are failing to understand. High-end missiles are being reserved for targets with strategic value. Fuel/munitions depots, command centers, etc. Not for trenches, troop formations, armor, etc. They interpret this to mean that Russia is out of missiles. On the contrary, it means that Russia is reserving missiles for a contingency of direct NATO and US intervention.
First video confirming the use by the Ukrainian Army of the former Italian Army M109L (Lima) 155mm SPG in the frontlines in the East of Ukraine .
UR-77 Serpent Gorynych aka Flying TNT, sent one right into a Ukrainian troop command post. This is in the Kremennaya front. The UR-77 is a mine clearance vehicle but here we're seeing it used as a direct weapon.
Ukrainian BMP-2 is firing, someone of the DPR sent an ATGM at it.
Home made suicide drone from Ukrainians. The term 'held together with duct tape' takes new meaning.
Compilation of recent Lancet strikes.
Admittance that the northern fronts are heating up.
Ukrainian BMP-2 is firing, someone of the DPR sent an ATGM at it.
Home made suicide drone from Ukrainians. The term 'held together with duct tape' takes new meaning.
Compilation of recent Lancet strikes.
Admittance that the northern fronts are heating up.
Sorta the point. Why have this huge air force and lead us to believe that they are a modern capable air force with interdiction, CAS, SEAD/DEAD capabilities when its obvious that is further from the truth.What use of it if you have no means to find target and attack it with precision guided means?
The Russian Air Force was way more active in ground attacks in Syria despite having less aircraft there. The reason why this is not possible in Ukraine is the extensive IADS that Ukraine had from Soviet times including the S-300 and Buk. This means it is harder to spot targets from the sky with combat aircraft and perform high altitude bombing until those air defense assets are degraded.
It was successfull use of airpower in Kharkiv area that made Ukranians reluctant in South when Russian withdrawl as Ukranians consider it as trap. you should read some arabic version of news what is disinformation and what is real.I disagree. Russian ISR has been repeatedly demonstrated as bad in this war. They totally missed the Ukrainian buildup
in the Kharkiv area in September of last year and in a matter of two days their battle lines collapsed with Ukraine advancing 50km in the time span. Entire Russian units were lost in the general rout that ensued.
for same reason Russia is highly reluctant to use Belarus for logistic intensive operations. Belarus does not have many trade openings left so Russia does not want to overburden its logistics. They also building city bypasses on highways at accelerated pace down in South to smooth out the logistics and not interfere with upcoming tourist season.
I think if (example) Ukraine was using cold war era western IADS like PAC-1/2 late 80's version and other NATO late 80's SAM systems instead of Soviet, I think I can speak for many and say it would be understandable the current sate of Russia's air force in this war but not against systems they themselves still use are are so familiar with. Jamming these soviet IADS should not be even an issue for Russian air force since they know exactly the em spectrum of these systems but here we are.The Russian Air Force was way more active in ground attacks in Syria despite having less aircraft there. The reason why this is not possible in Ukraine is the extensive IADS that Ukraine had from Soviet times including the S-300 and Buk. This means it is harder to spot targets from the sky with combat aircraft and perform high altitude bombing until those air defense assets are degraded.
About that, I think I read somewhere on this thread that the Ukrainians modernized/modified their Soviet systems wich resulted in them having longer range and other differences. This apparently surprised the Russians at first which led to some of the early shootdowns.I think if (example) Ukraine was using cold war era western IADS like PAC-1/2 late 80's version and other NATO late 80's SAM systems instead of Soviet, I think I can speak for many and say it would be understandable the current sate of Russia's air force in this war but not against systems they themselves still use are are so familiar with. Jamming these soviet IADS should not be even an issue for Russian air force since they know exactly the em spectrum of these systems but here we are.