The War in the Ukraine

Russian MLRS arrives on Ukrainian positions in Kleeshevka.


LMUR takes out Ukrainian shelter used as a base.


Lancet takes out as an M777 near Chasiv Yar. By Sever-V unit.


2S1 Gvozdika of the AFU gets taken out by Lancet of the 238th Brigade.


Lancet takes out Ukrainian vehicles in Popivka.


Krab SPG of the AFU gets taken out in Mezhove.


FABs hit Ukrainian positions in Staromayorsky.


Another MR-70 Vampire MLRS gets taken out by artillery/Krasnopol near the border area.


Russian MoD announces Ivanoske/Krasnoe liberated.


Targeting by the Siberian Association. A command post of the AFU 47th Brigade in the Avdeyevka sector gets knocked out by Krasnopol. Intercepted radio messages mentions five officers dead.


MSTA-S of the 30th Artillery Brigade takes out Ukrainian positions near Ugledar.


Aftermath of the destruction of a Ukrainian deployment point or base in Ocheretino.


Su-34 drops FAB-500 with UMPK on a Ukrainian command post in Yuzno-Donetsk.


Russian tanks fire on Ukrainian fortifications in the Yuzhno-Donetsk direction.


From the 58th SPN Brigade. Range 7.8km, ATGM takes out Ukrainian APC.


AFU warehouse in Kleeshevka gets taken out by the 88th Brigade.


Ukrainian mortar hit by Lancet.


Russian artillery takes out Ukrainian howitzer in the border zone.


30 Ukrainian soldiers spotted hiding in these abandoned warehouses in the Chernihiv region. Promptly got shelled.


Lancet takes out a hidden M777.

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Kejora said:

Basically admitting the sanction failed to stop Russia from selling oil to Western countries through intermediaries. And actual drop in Russian oil production will affect Western economies during election year.

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I found it strange when the Russian government banned exports of gasoline claiming it was because they needed the fuel for their farmers while still allowing exports of diesel a couple months ago. Anyone who knows anything will know that farming vehicles use diesel and not gasoline. And what will you harvest or sow in the middle of winter anyway... not much of anything.
I think the Russians were sending a message here. A month or two after their export ban on gasoline the gasoline prices in the US spiked quite a lot. This was probably when the gap in available gasoline in the world market hit the US economy. I think this was a warning by the Russians. This year there will be elections in the US. The US population is highly sensitive to gasoline prices due to their car centric culture. Sitting US Presidents have lost elections before due to high gas prices. For example Jimmy Carter.
Yet the Ukrainians attacked Russian refineries anyway, so now the Russians will not only ban gasoline exports but also diesel exports. This has little impact on Russian oil export revenues, if anything it will lead to an increase in Russian crude oil exports since a lot of oil won't be refined in Russia anymore. The Russian military also only uses a tiny fraction of total fuel production. So there will be no impact on military operations.

Tam said:

Mass shooting and terrorist action at the Crocus town hall in Moscow. At least 40 killed and over 130 injured. The US has determined that this was conducted by ISIS.

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IS not ISIS. Not that it matters too much. The Russians know who is pulling the strings behind the perps. The same people who funded the Chechen insurgents, the Uyghur insurgents, etc.

At this point, regardless of whoever is ultimately behind the terrorist attacks on Russia, Ukraine has got something coming for them. Putin already made his promise on live TV.

Stierlitz said:

Russians have suffered minimal losses during the battle of Avdeevka. Ukrainians are the ones who sustained catastrophic casualties due to Zelenskyy's insistence on keeping the city under all costs.

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What is considered minimal to you? 15k-20k? I mean it's no biggie for you since you're not doing the fighting but it is HUGE considering the goal is to take more than half of Ukraine if not all.

Ukraine is fighting for their existence if they don't fight they don't exist as a nation.

Here's some reading...
-In a post published on the Telegram messaging app on Feb. 18, a pro-war Russian military blogger cited an anonymous military source claiming that since October, Russian forces had sustained 16,000 “irreplaceable” human losses as well as that of 300 armored vehicles in the assault on Avdiivka. The Ukrainian forces had sustained 5,000 to 7,000 irreplaceable human losses in the battle, the blogger, Andrei Morozov, wrote.

These claims could not be independently verified.
Mr. Morozov wrote that he had decided to publish the Avdiivka losses to hold Russian commanders accountable for what he portrayed as a needlessly bloody campaign. He deleted his post two days later, claiming in a series of subsequent posts that he had been pressured to do so by Russian military commanders and Kremlin propagandists.

Still "minimal" losses to you? That is a whole division worth of men and armored vehicles they lost in almost 6 months to move 8-10kms from the Russian starting point and now just like after taking Bakhmut they have been stopped, and every time Russians try to go further they take heavy losses for little to no gain.

Morozov was lying through his teeth. And Ukraine's withdrawal from Avdiivka was completely chaotic. A total rout.
Sure there were Russian equipment and material losses in the attack, but nothing like what he claimed.
You also probably remember the M2 Bradleys fighting the T-90M with the drones and managing to destroy it around that area. While probably also forgetting the latter reports that the M2 Bradleys were themselves destroyed a couple of days later.

Another M2 got towed by the Russians

French CAESAR SPG gets taken out in Chasiv Yar, likely with a Krasnopol hit into its hanger.


Russian FABs arrive at Ukrainian positions in Tokarivka.


Ukrainian howitzer gets knocked out by Russian artillery at Yasnodobrivka.


Ukrainian BMP-2 taken out by Lancet.


FABs arriving at Ukrainian concentrations.


Seven Tu-95s in the air from the Kola Peninsula approaching Ukraine. Incoming wave of Gerans.


Three Storm Shadows hit an office building in Sevastopol. Non Military target. 10 others were shot down.


Noting the popularity of Uragans as of late. Note also the use of cluster munitions among it's rocket types.


In Kharkhiv region, the headquarters of the 3rd Tank Brigade of the AFU got FAB'ed. A major and senior officer was among the casualties.


AFU equipment near the border gets shelled.


Ivanoske taken by the Russians, forces advance towards Chasiv Yar.


Ukrainian troop accumulations gets targeted, likely with Krasnopols, by the 238th Brigade.


Hanger full of BTR-60 used by Ukrainians knocked down.


MSTA-B from the 2nd Artillery Brigade takes out an Italian FH-70 in Seversk.


AFU helicopter, likely a Mi-8, shot down over Kherson by MANPADS.


Hidden Ukrainian howitzer taken out near the border in Sumy.


Artillery from the 98th VDV landing on Ukrainian positions towards Chasiv Yar.


Humvee destroyed by FPV drone.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces have launched a Massive Barrage of “Storm Shadow” and/or “SCALP-EG” Long-Range Cruise Missiles against the Russian-Occupied City of Sevastopol in Crimea tonight, with several Bases used by the Russian Military said to have Struck including the Information and Computing Center of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, Belbek Military Airfield, as well as the Operations Base of the 810th Guards Naval Infantry Brigade.

Hmm seems odd. I could have sworn there were claims by the Russian side that Ukraine's SU-24 fleet was pretty much destroyed. I reckon they were wrong?

Here's another video of attack

Ten explosions reported on Stryy, Lyiv region, targeting an airfield, car factory, and a railway station.


Tokarevka, to the right side of the Dniepr, hangers used by the Ukrainian military are hit by FABs.


Intact Marder captured by the 1st Slavyansk Brigade. Expected to be on exhibit.


Another M777 gets taken out by Lancet.


Ukrainian GAZ-66 truck hits a mine.


Lancet takes out a Krab SPG.


Number of victims in Crocus terrorist attack reaches 154.


Ukraine's involvement in the terrorist attack looks increasingly likely --- David Sachs


Gerans over Dnipropetrovosk.


Russians approach Staromayorsky.


Two destroyed German Wisent-1 demining machines based on the Leopard.


FAB hit a base used by Ukrainian UAV operators on the right side of the Dniepr.


Hit on power plant in Kharkhiv.


Ukrainian troop accumulation on the right side of the Dniepr observed by ZALA-16 and hit by precision strike.