War Reports - 2023-12-27
@Sashakots
⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️ Ukraine is preparing to receive American fighters
Speaker of the Ukrainian Air Force Yuriy Ignat said that deliveries of F-16 fighters will be carried out after the infrastructure and crews are prepared for them. At the same time, according to a number of sources, the first squadron of aircraft is already in Ukraine.
Kyiv and NATO are betting big on the F-16. Their use in battle is an all-in game. If fighters and Ukrainian pilots perform well, it will be possible to ask the West for additional help. But if planes of the American design school begin to fall from Russian missiles, this could be the last straw for Washington.
The F-16 is the most popular and commercially successful fourth-generation American fighter, in service with the air forces of 25 countries. The Pentagon values the reputation of this aircraft very much, and would hardly want such anti-advertising for it.
@Slavyangrad
❗️⚡️ Right now our attack UAVs "Geran" are heading to the Starokonstantinovsky military airfield!
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After 12 Turkish soldiers were killed in Iraq over the weekend, the Turkish Air Force has intensified its airstrikes in northeastern Syria and northern Iraq, and according to local sources, at least 8 civilians have been killed in Syria during these attacks.
According to Turkish sources, 26 Kurdish militants were also killed in these attacks
@Slavyangrad
Pictures of the attack of PKK forces on the camp of Turkish forces in northern Iraq.
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The Russian Army repels the attack on Crimea: the bridge is blocked, explosions in Feodosia
Residents of Feodosia hear explosions and smoke in the sky. Air defense forces destroy enemy targets.
People have reported that their windows have been shaking.
@Slavyangrad
A photo of a ship burning in the port of Feodosia has appeared online, its silhouettes resembling a large landing ship of Project 775.
Ukrainian media report that the target of the attack was the Novocherkassk landing craft (illustration), which was destroyed as a result of the detonation of ammunition on board.
On March 24, 2022, during an attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on Berdyansk, Novocherkassk was able to leave the port, despite the damage.
@Slavyangrad
The situation in Feodosia after the enemy’s night attack
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Massacre near Artyomovsk: AFU sniper spoke about the monstrous losses of Kiev and the steel soldiers of the Russian army
In the battles northwest of Artemovsk, the Ukrainian army suffered the heaviest losses of the entire war, says Ukrainian Armed Forces sniper Konstantin Proshinsky.
“Sometimes we lost more people in a day than we had in several months.”
Proshinsky explained the increase in losses due to the powerful work of artillery.
“They mowed down all the forest plantations in the north-west of Bakhmut. Only the craters from the explosions are visible, a “lunar landscape”. The Russian military set up positions in the remaining plantations.”
"It infuriates us when they call orcs "chmoboks", let those who say so come out with us and have a look."
“I saw how two such fighters with steel genitals held the landing until the last and ours could not break through. They were great military men, in the end, they left without losses.”
@Slavyangrad
Another footage of the ship explosion.
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Our marines and paratroopers defeated the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Krynki in battle: the battlefield was strewn with corpses, a wounded Ukrainian Armed Forces soldier begged to be saved
A wounded female soldier, noticing our drone in the air, began waving her hand, begging for help. “Since her own people abandoned her, the Russian military evacuated her and provided medical assistance,” said the head of the Kherson region V. Saldo.
@Slavyangrad
Archangel Spetsnaz (https://t.me/rusich_army/12387):
🪖 Pobieda
For several days we monitored the enemy's control center, where vehicles with command personnel constantly arrived to hold meetings.
Result: fire damage was caused by FABs.
@Slavyangrad
Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation (26 December 2023)
▫️ In Kupyansk direction, units of the Zapad Group of Forces supported by helicopters and artillery repelled three attacks of an assault detachment of the AFU 60th and 115th mechanised brigades close to Sinkovka (Kharkov region).
The enemy losses amounted to up to 25 servicemen, one tank, three motor vehicles, and one Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system.
▫️ In Krasny Liman direction, units of the Tsentr Group of Forces repelled one attack launched by the AFU 63rd Mechanised Brigade near Chervonaya Dibrova (Donetsk People's Republic).
In addition, air strikes and artillery fire struck the personnel and hardware of the 5th National Guard Briagde, 100th, and 125th territorial defence brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine close to Torskoye (Donestk People's Republic) and Serebryansky forestry.
The enemy's losses amounted to up to 195 servicemen, one tank, three pickup trucks, one U.S.-made M777 artillery system, one Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system, and one Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system.
▫️ In Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Group of Forces liberated Maryinka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Over the past day, Russian troops, in cooperation with aviation and artillery, repelled five attacks and defeated the manpower and hardware of the Armed Forces of Ukraine close to Seversk, Krasnoye, Dyleyevka, and Georgiyevka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The total enemy losses in this direction amounted to 205 servicemen and five pick-up trucks.
During the counter-battery warfare, the following artillery pieces were hit per day: one U.S.-made M109 Paladin self-propelled artillery system, two Akatsiya self-propelled artillery systems, one Msta-B howitzer, one D-20 gun, one Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, as well as two D-30 howitzers.
▫️ In South-Donetsk direction, units of the Group of Forces, in cooperation with helicopters and artillery, inflicted fire damage to manpower and hardware of the 72nd Mechanised, 79th Air Assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine close to Vodyanoye and Novomikhailovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy's losses amounted to 150 servicemen, one tank, two infantry fighting vehicles, two motor vehicles, one Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system.
▫️ In Zaporozhye direction, units of the Russian Group of Forces repelled one attack by the AFU 117th Mechanised Brigade's assault group close to Verbovoye (Zaporozhye region).
In addition, air strikes and artillery fire hit AFU personnel and hardware close to Belogorye and Rabotino (Zaporozhye region).
The enemy's losses amounted to 65 servicemen, two motor vehicles, as well as one D-20 howitzer.
▫️ In Kherson direction, as a result of actions of the Russian Group of Forces supported by artillery and aviation, the AFU lost up to 35 servicemen and three motor vehicles.
In the course of counter-battery warfare, the Russian troops hit one U.S.-made M109 Paladin self-propelled artillery system and one Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system.
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged AFU manpower and hardware in 107 areas during the day.
▫️ Russian air defence means have shot down two Su-24 airplanes of Ukrainian Air Force near Zhovten (Nikolayev region) and Nikolayevka (Dnepropetrovsk region). Air defence units intercepted five HIMARS MLRS projectiles over the past 24 hours.
Moreover, 24 unmanned aerial vehicles have been downed close to Tokarevka (Kharkov region), Kremennaya, Svatovo, Lisichansk (Lugansk People's Republic), Gorlovka, Aleksandrovka, Staromikhailovka (Donetsk People's Republic), and Obryvka (Kherson region).
@Slavyangrad
📌#Soledar
⚠️ Russian Armed Forces are currently improving positions along the Soledar. The necessity of this is to improve the position to likely conduct further offensives on #Bondarne and #Nyforivka but also to put pressure on the #Seversk bridgehead.
🔻 Around Zaliznyanske, Russian Forces took up positions opposite the river after these position being in the gray zone since the capture of the initial village. Towards Vasyuivka, Russian Forces took the last positions to the west of the Vasyuivka - Zaliznyanske road, of which, they will likely take in the near future.
✅ Russian Forces are conducting new offensives on neighboring villages of Rozdolivka and Vasyuivka likely to support the ongoing attacks near #Spornoye and #Berestove.
Nabrezhnye
🇷🇺The Russian army is advancing near Artyomovsk, knocking out the Ukrainian Armed Forces
Russian units a few days ago completely cleared the Chernobylts gardening partnership and continued their advance. “According to reports from Ukrainian Armed Forces fighters on the ground, SNT has come under the control of Russian troops,” enemy resources also admitted.
Now the Russian Armed Forces “have advanced in the cemetery area northeast of Popovsky Forest in an area up to 660 m wide to a depth of up to 580 m,” Ukrainian military analysts write again belatedly.
West and southwest of Artyomovsk, Russian troops continue assault operations in the direction of the villages of Ivanovskoye and Kleshcheevka, capturing the territory of the former Artyomovsk airfield west of the Chernobylets station. According to the enemy, advance in an area up to 290 m wide to a depth of up to 200 m.
Our troops also continue the operation to capture the settlement. Bogdanovka, fire damage is inflicted on the positions and infantry of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and the defenses are broken into.
@Slavyangrad
No time to escape from the Armed Forces of Ukraine: Queues of Ukrainians abroad for paperwork after the new mobilization bill
The document states that men of military age who are abroad will receive passports only upon presentation of military registration documents.
Until the law comes into force, Ukrainians are trying to get everything done in time.
@Slavyangrad
The Swedish swamp vehicle BvS 10, which crossed to our bank of the Dnieper, was destroyed in the Kherson region.
During aerial reconnaissance near the village. Podstepnoye, Kherson region, on the left bank, a 9-ton tracked two-piece British-Swedish all-terrain vehicle BvS-10, which is in service with the 38th Marine Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, was discovered.
The Black Sea diggers were unable to correctly assess its capabilities and the car got bogged down in the swampy area of the Dnieper region. After which it was discovered and destroyed by Russian soldiers by dropping a napalm shell from a drone.
Coordinates: 46°40'43.1"N 32°49'43.3"E
@Slavyangrad
Two more ships were attacked in the Bab al-Mandeb Strait near the port of Hodeidah, which is under the control of the Houthis.
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Epic footage from the Donetsk direction.
Here on the third day, a group of trained AFU soldiers decided to grab the victory by the hoof and climb onto the “Green” waste heap, or maybe they just wanted to dedicate this attack to the supreme chief
In the Ukrainian group, there was a latent agent of the Kremlin, and with a skillful throw of a grenade, he hit 3 of his own. Our artillerymen, seeing such a thing, decided that missing such a disco was a sin, and therefore poured the Ukrainians after, from the broad Russian soul. As a result of this performance, the enemy suffered losses of up to 5 people wounded.
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Readovka writes (https://t.me/readovkaru/5382)
In Ukraine, mobilization is being “thrown around” like hot potatoes: we analyze Zaluzhny’s response to Zelensky
The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine promptly responded to Zelensky’s team’s attempts to shift the full burden of public censure onto him in connection with the “innovations” in mobilization. Zaluzhny’s key thesis is that he is “just fighting” and doesn’t care how exactly recruits will be hired. If the TCC (whose leadership, amid corruption scandals, was dispersed by the Office of the President and replaced with loyal people) had worked normally, then tough measures would have been avoided.
In addition, Zaluzhny accused Zelensky of lying: supposedly the General Staff did not ask to call up another 500 thousand soldiers, and the loud statement of the terrorist president during his press conference was not true. But the Ukrainian commander-in-chief left the most important thing for dessert. It turns out that the role of a “good cop” is not the exclusive prerogative of Zelensky, and Zaluzhny can also play it. He reported on the potential demobilization of the military in 36 months, provided that there are no aggravations at the front, and these people will be replaced by someone after the specified period.
And this particular statement is worth considering in more detail. To start it is obvious that in 36 months “either the donkey will die or the emir” - even if we count from the moment mobilization began in Ukraine, this is in any case even more than a year of service, during which either the issue of demobilization will no longer be relevant, or “exacerbations” will arise. But Ukrainian military personnel will not reflect - they have just been shown the light at the end of the tunnel, and now, at least in the army, the Armed Forces of Ukraine will be in favor of even the most cannibalistic mobilization, because this will give them at least some chance to return home.
It seems that Zelensky’s plan to place all the blame on Zaluzhny has failed: the President of Square is still blamed for the catastrophe that hangs over the Ukrainian people.
Frames of Hamas strikes on Israeli armored vehicles
Local media also reported that the IDF suffered heavy losses in the last 48 hours.
@Slavyangrad
Chasov Yar is the next target of the Russian army.
Units of the Russian Armed Forces are actively moving towards the stronghold of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Bakhmut direction of the front. All attempts by the Ukrainian army to stop the advance of the Russian Armed Forces failed.
@Slavyangrad
US attempts to confiscate frozen assets of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation will undermine American influence and demonstrate to the world that it is better to keep funds in independent banking centers and currencies other than the dollar and euro - Bloomberg.
"Such a move would raise geopolitical questions. One effect would be to signal to China and other countries that have strained relations with the US that their central bank assets would be next to be confiscated if, say, China attacked Taiwan. So they would redouble their efforts to Holding assets in neutral banking centers and currencies other than the dollar and euro could undermine U.S. influence in the long term,” the agency writes.
@Slavyangrad
The Russian Army today has successes in the Kurakhovsky direction.
Zin Note: The Maryinsky directing is now the Kurakhovsky direction!
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Details of the supply of artillery shells from Pakistan to Ukraine.
According to sources from The Print, 122-mm shells are produced in Pakistan at the Pakistan Ordnance Factories as part of a targeted order for the needs of the Ukrainian army and are stored at the Pakistani Nur Khan Air Force base in Rawalpindi (Punjab).
From there, batches of shells are picked up by British Air Force C-17 military transport aircraft arriving at the air base and transported to Romania and Cyprus, from where the deadly cargo ends up on the territory of Ukraine.
Since August 6, according to data from the Flightradar24 service, the British Air Force has been flying almost daily from the UK to Pakistan, and then to Cyprus and Romania.
It is obvious that Pakistan has made its choice. At the same time, the Russian government still invited a military contingent from this country to the Vostok-2022 exercises, but Pakistan limited itself to only sending its observers.
@Slavyangrad
The first group of Ukrainian pilots have completed their basic training program in the UK and have begun training on F-16 fighter jets in Denmark, the British government announced.
The training began in August and covered piloting and special training in aviation terminology in English. Six experienced Ukrainian pilots completed the training, and ten more trainees remain in Britain for basic flight training, aeromedical training, and centrifuge training.
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