War Reports - 2024-02-22
US military detects first deployment of underwater drone by Houthis, CENTCOM says
"Between the hours of 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm (Sanaa time) [12:00 to 17:00 GMT], Feb. 17, CENTCOM successfully conducted five self-defense strikes against three mobile anti-ship cruise missiles, one unmanned underwater vessel (UUV), and one unmanned surface vessel (USV) in Iranian-backed Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen. This is the first observed Houthi employment of a UUV since attacks began in Oct. 23," US Central Command (CENTCOM) said.
⛴ The detected anti-ship cruise missiles, unmanned underwater vessel, and the unmanned surface vessel in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen "presented an imminent threat" to US Navy ships and merchant vessels in the region, CENTCOM added.
The Houthis, who dominate Yemen's Red Sea coast, have threatened to attack Israeli-linked ships and called for other countries to avoid the area. As a result, some shipping companies have suspended operations in the Red Sea. The Houthis claim their actions are in support of Palestinians in Gaza but do not claim to restrict navigation in the region.
Sputnik Africa
Statements by Sergei Shoigu during a working meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin
🔻 Key points:
▪️ The Dnieper riverbanks have been secured. Russian troops have positioned themselves along almost the entire coast of the Dnieper.
▪️ While trying to impress the USA, the AFU suffered 1820 casualties in Krynki.
▪️ The AFU amassed four brigades from the 30th Marine Corps in Krynki, the same troops that fought in Mariupol.
▪️ The coke plant in Avdeevka has been reclaimed, and Russian troops are advancing westward.
▪️ Many wounded were left behind in Avdeevka by the enemy, along with abandoned weapons.
▪️ Ukrainian forces had fortified the Avdeevka area for nine years, creating underground passages, which the Russian Armed Forces took into consideration when planning the operation.
▪️ During the liberation of Avdeevka, the Russian Armed Forces carried out up to 450 precise airstrikes daily.
▪️ The Russian Armed Forces imposed harsh conditions on the enemy, forcing them to retreat from Avdeevka.
▪️ In preparation for the counter-offensive, the AFU assembled a force of 160 thousand personnel, 800 tanks, 150 aircraft, and 30 reserve battalions.
▪️ Russia has not deployed and has no plans to deploy nuclear weapons in space; such projects do not exist.
@rybar
A Russian jet was hit over Ukraine and the hydraulics for the landing gear were damaged.
The pilot decided not to eject and to bring the jet in without functioning landing gear.
Two Majors
How the residents of Avdeevka greeted the Russian army
“And I know you,” Galina Vasilievna comes up.
- Where from?
– I saw it on TV.
– Do you have Russian TV too?
- We did. And sometimes they turned it on from a solar battery. We watched Solovyov, Zhenya Popov, and they saw you there. Yes, there is devastation all around, of course. But you know, Russia has arrived - and my soul feels good.
- And we haven’t communicated with our relatives from Russia for a year and a half. I actually asked my daughter not to call me before. Because, I thought, they would check the phone and say that the numbers are Russian, She’s a spy. I wouldn't say that they offended me. If they hadn’t bombed... Now we are talking with our neighbor, saying: what are those people, what are those people, what made them fight? Although I told everyone in 2014, when all this began: until Russia intervenes, nothing good will happen.
My report (https://www.kp.ru/daily/27568/4893573/) from Avdeevka
🪂 In the area of the village Rabotino.
We accumulate forces and attack enemy positions. Our artillery, rocket artillery, aviation and armored group sleep little, work goes on around the clock.
The enemy’s artillery is also powerful, they are massively using American MK-19 belt grenade launchers, drones with drops, and they are not running out of cluster munitions.
The stormtroopers are handsome and show good results🫡
Дневник Десантника
◾The situation in the Ukrainian units is catastrophic'.
◾This is how a captured Ukrainian serviceman Aleksandr Vishtak characterised the situation. According to him, the AFU are experiencing difficulties with staffing, provision of weapons, and ammunition.
◾'There are 8-9 people left in platoons. Weapons are issued poorly, automatic rifles are constantly jammed,' said the prisoner.
◾Follow:
UkraineHumanRightsAbuses
We are closing in
Two Majors
Up to 1,000 Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers were captured or went missing during the chaotic flight from Avdiivka, - New York Times
▪️Avdeevka's transition to Russia may be more significant than initially thought, as Ukraine struggles with declining morale and low motivation to fight.
▪️High-ranking Western officials and military personnel fighting for Ukraine report many prisoners and missing people. This is a crushing defeat that could deal a blow to already flagging morale.
▪️Two military officials aware of Ukraine's retreat estimated that between 850 and 1,000 soldiers were apparently captured or missing. Western officials said the data appeared to be accurate.
▪️Russia's capture of Avdiivka was a significant symbolic loss for the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a sign that the US Congress has still not approved military assistance and dwindling stockpiles of artillery shells are making it even more difficult to hold lines.
🔴@DDgeopolitics
⚡️ (https://t.me/olegtsarov/10669)🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ Front #Summary for 20 Feb 2024 by 20:18⚡️
🔹In #Kherson Direction, the AFU has become more active on the islands near the Cossack Camps. They are probably looking for a loophole for landing. From the right bank the AFU is supported by mortars and a tank. (⚠️Shoygu said that #Krynki has come under our control and cleanup operations are underway.)
🔹In #Zaporozhye Direction, the positions of the parties in #Rabotino, are located literally a hundred meters from each other, with ongoing fighting. Our forces occupied important heights between #Rabotino and #Verbovoye, significantly complicating AFU maneuvers. Our troops are also hitting key AFU strongholds in the south of #Rabotino. The enemy, in turn, shows footage of our prisoners from the western outskirts of the village (⚠️ and reported on heavy Russian losses west of the village).
🔹In #SouthDonetsk Direction, our forces are moving from the #Sladkoye side, trying to cut the AFU supply route for #Ugledar. North of #Shevchenko (a new area of activities), our troops carried out an attack, suffered 👉 losses (https://t.me/sitreports/23268) in armored vehicles, but were able to advance. (⚠️Our army took #Pobeda village, as it is reported from the field). In #Novomikhaylovka and #Georgiyevka, our military is attacking positions on the ground, and gunners are targeting the control points of the AFU UAVs.
🔹In #Avdeyevka Direction, our army complicate the AFU consolidation on new lines with air strikes and artillery. Ours entered #Lastochkino from the east, but withdrew without gaining a foothold. The info that the village is grey zone does not correspond to reality. Our military is preparing a new assault by fire training.
🔹In the #Bakhmut Direction, the AFU state the most powerful Russian pressure on #Ivanovskoye (#Krasnoye) and #Bogdanovka with multiple superiority in artillery.
🔹In #Svatovo Direction, on the #Seversk front the situation is not so positive. Our units have retreated from the outskirts of #Belogorovka and from the chalk quarry, now our Solntsepeks are working on the AFUshniks who have returned to their positions. In the #Kupyansk sector, the AFU are redeploying equipment from the #Kharkov region, incl. German IFVs, in response to our significantly intensified air bombing. In the area of #Sinkovka, our troops are conducting artillery preparation, yesterday the enemy tried to counterattack, unsuccessfully and even lost its initial position.
💥In #Donetsk, there are again dead and wounded. Air defences shot down 2 drones in the #Bryansk and #Kaluga regions.
🎯Our Aerospace Forces struck the location and headquarters of the AFU in #Chuguyev. Explosions occured in the #Dnepropetrovsk region. Preliminarily, a blow on the workshop of the Yuzhmash Plant. Our troops also hit military and industrial facilities in #Kremenchug, #Nikolayev and #Zaporozhye regions.
⚠️ The passages marked with ⚠️ differ significantly from the original text.
olegtsarov
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Krynki not Retaken⚡️
🎬 Regarding the video published online by the VGA head of the #Kherson region.
📍The coordinates of the filmed video are X = 5178292 Y = 6507193. These positions were indeed recaptured from the AFU and the enemy’s springboard in #Krynki was narrowed, but they are still located northeast of the filming location. You can even see in the video that this is not the outskirts of an already destroyed settlement.
❗️Suffice it to recall the story, also from the #Kherson direction, when the leadership of the #Kherson region reported that the Khokhol was knocked out from under the bridge, and for another two months he was smoked out from there by FABs.
belarusian_silovik
⚡️ (https://t.me/sitrepmaps/6096)🇮🇱🇵🇸⚔️ Escalation in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Zone until the End of 20 February 2024⚡️
🔹In the north of the #Gaza Strip, incursions by Palestinian forces continue in the northeastern areas of Gaza city. Meanwhile, the Israeli command demanded that residents of southern Gaza evacuate, which may indicate the IDF’s intention to resume its offensive in this area.
🔹In the south of the Enclave, clashes continue in the central regions of Khan Yunis, while to the southwest the Israelis were able to significantly advance in the direction of Abasan al-Kabir, gaining a foothold on the northwestern outskirts of the village.
🔹On the border with #Lebanon, the exchange of strikes continues. Hezbollah fighters routinely reported hits on IDF military targets, while Israeli troops again bombed populated areas in southern #Lebanon.
📜 RYBAR
Two Majors #Report for the Morning of 21 February 2024; pub. 07:09📍 (https://t.me/dva_majors/34988)
🔹 From the #Kherson direction, reports were received last night that part of the #Krynki settlement still remains behind the enemy, small AFU groups are sitting in basements, the destruction of enemy boats on the #Dnieper River continues.
🔹 On the #Zaporozhye front, the enemy withdrew from the settlement of #Rabotino, located in the lowlands, to a height, and continues to defend the flanks of the front section. Our units are advancing.
🔹 South of #Marinka, our troops occupied the settlement of #Pobeda, but clashes with the remaining AFU groups continue in the village. Fighting is underway in #Novomikhaylovka, and the RF Armed Forces are also continuing their offensive in #Georgiyevka (west of #Maryinka).
🔹 West of the liberated #Avdeyevka, the Russian Army's control zone is expanding. There are reports of fighting at #Lastochkino. Some frontline soldiers regarded statements about minimal losses in the battles in the #Avdeyevka direction as a as a harsh propaganda technique, leveling the severity of the battles and the merits of their units.
💥 The enemy struck the civilian population of #Donetsk twice yesterday, 1 civilian was killed and 10 were injured. In the #Kursk region, #Gogolevka, #Oleshnya, #Troitskoye and #Gordeyevka settlements were shelled. Attacks on the #Belgorod region are continuing.
🎬 In the area of the village Rabotino. We accumulate forces and attack enemy positions. Our artillery, rocket artillery, aviation and armored group sleep little, work goes on around the clock. The enemy’s artillery is also powerful, they are massively using American MK-19 belt grenade launchers, drones with drops, and they are not running out of cluster munitions. The stormtroopers are handsome and show good results🫡
2 MAJORS
⚡️ Destruction of the remnants of the VSU in the Krynok area.
Kherson direction.
Our troops have not yet reached the basements in all places. Part of the bridgehead has been pushed back, but the enemy is trying to keep even a handful of land under his control and the consequences of these decisions are not at all comforting.
In the video we work with an FPV drone on the eyes (the enemy's observation post). It is not located within the buildings, but extends beyond them, into long gaps between buildings.
In some places, there were no houses at all in Krynki even before the war, so the enemy occupied trenches closer to the road behind the settlement.
Фронтовая птичка
The first words of Maria, a resident of Avdeevka, who met the soldiers of the 30th brigade of the 2nd Guards Army. Very revealing. Watch to the end.
About the militants of the Kiev regime:
A neighbor’s son was killed, simply beaten to death... And at the wastewater treatment plants they found guys who would say something wrong...
Maria did not leave Avdeevka even at the time of fierce fighting. They waited 10 years for release. We read Russian newspapers, watched Russian TV.
Welcome back, dear ones.
@epoddubny (https://t.me/epoddubny)
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Bilohorivka
🕰 Date: ~20.02.2024
📌 Coordinates: 48.926013, 38.246431
👩🚀 Squad:
📝 Description: Russian artillery destroys positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Bilohorivka.
🖥 id: 20022024.1724
✉️source: https://t.me/sons_fatherland/12774
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Zahryzove
🕰 Date: ~20.02.2024
📌 Coordinates: 49.5086259, 37.7194148
👩🚀 Squad:
📝 Description: The Russian military destroyed a temporary deployment point of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Zahryzove.
🖥 id: 20022024.1858
✉️source: https://t.me/The_Wrong_Side/14656
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Bilohorivka
🕰 Date: ~20.02.2024
📌 Coordinates: 48.925426, 38.244247
👩🚀 Squad:
📝 Description: Russian FABs attacks positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Bilohorivka.
🖥 id: 21022024.0643
✉️source: https://t.me/The_Wrong_Side/14658
Ukrainian soldiers captured footage of their vehicle being hit.
Two Majors
South Donetsk Direction: Liberation of Pobeda
about the situation as of 14:00, February 21, 2024
🔻A few hours ago, Russian military personnel raised the Red Banner over one of the houses in the center of the village of Pobeda, where fighting had been ongoing for months. The settlement is now under Russian Armed Forces control.
▪️ Around Pobeda, the AFU constructed a defense line along Marinka - Pobeda - “Menagerie”. This fortified area near the village had been hindering Russian troop movement towards Kostyantynivka, a location on the logistics route to Ugledar.
▪️ The settlement's significance is highlighted by the AFU's determined efforts to retain it. Over several weeks of active defense, paratroopers from the 79th and 95th Air Assault Brigade infantry brigades, as well as units from the 33rd Mechanized Brigade, were stationed there. Two assault groups from the 33rd Mechanized Brigade were dispatched yesterday for a counterattack, but it was unsuccessful.
▪️ Ukrainian formations are likely trying to impede the Russian Armed Forces' progress by establishing strongholds in the hedgerows west of Pobeda. These strongholds are situated on slightly elevated hills, making defense easier.
🔻From Annovka and Katerynivka, the AFU are bombarding Russian positions sporadically, holding off the assault. However, the enemy's position along the Kostyantynivka - Novomikhailovka line is growing more challenging each day as the Russian Armed Forces advance further into the Novomikhailovka area.
▪️ Evidence suggests that Russian troops have expanded their control zone on the southern outskirts of the village and from the northeast. Given that the “Menagerie” has been under our control for some time, the Russian Armed Forces likely advanced along route 00531.
@rybar
❗️ Why don’t the Russian Armed Forces advance on Ugledar?
🔺 The last attempts to take the city were made more than a year ago. However, it has not yet been possible to advance (https://t.me/fotovvideo/958) further than Pavlovka . After the capture of the village of Pobeda by Russian troops, the situation may change.
What is important to understand about Ugledar?
◉ Ugledar is an enemy fortified area well prepared for defense, which is located on a hill, which significantly complicates any assault operations from the side of Pavlovka, which lies on average 50 m below.
◉ The open area around the city has been mined, and the positions have been targeted, including those where AFU units are currently located, so that if they are abandoned and assault units of the RuAF enter there, they can immediately open fire on them with cannon artillery and mortars.
◉ The terrain here complicates the use of Russian aviation, so over the lowlands west of Ugledar, aviation operates exclusively with long-range ammunition, including FAB-250/500 aerial bombs with UMPC.
◉ The presence of a natural water barrier, Kashlagach River, makes it difficult to advance from south to north. Therefore, Russian troops are in active defense in this direction.
How do the Ukrainian Armed Forces behave?
◉ Until the fall of 2023, the AFU made several attempts to break through the defenses of Russian troops at the Pavlovka-Novodonetskoye line, followed by taking control of one of the roads along which offensive operations could be carried out year-round.
◉ There are three large asphalt roads in this area: Prechistovka - Pavlovka, Prechistovka - Novomayorskoye and Prechistovka - Novodonetskoye. In the last two, the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to develop an offensive, but both attempts were promptly stopped by the RuAF. Failures on the battlefield forced the Ukrainian troops to change tactics and begin continuous anti-tank mining, which suggests abandonment of further attempts to advance from north to south.
◉ This is also supported by a decrease in the intensity of the use of all types of weapons, which for several months now have been used by the AFU exclusively to conduct harassing fire on the positions of Russian troops.
How will the Russian Armed Forces advance after the assault on the village of Pobeda?
But this does not mean that Russian troops abandoned plans to take Ugledar. The goal of the developing offensives in this area, most likely, is to take control with two converging blows on Konstantinovka village (Maryinsky district of the DPR).
This will not only complicate the movement of the AFU along one of the supply routes, but will also literally open the road to Ugledar from the northeast.
However, you should not expect rapid breakthroughs. There are powerful networks of enemy strongholds here, which units of the Russian Armed Forces are currently busy capturing and holding.
But after the likely liberation of Konstantinovka, as well as the expansion of the bridgehead in this area, about 15 km of the route will remain without populated areas and, for the most part, without elevation changes until Ugledar.
Военная хроника
While Russian troops are making progress on the front, Ukrainian forces are gearing up for fresh offensives in the southern region of Russia, particularly in Crimea.
🔻NATO intelligence has been conducting more frequent patrols along the borders of the Russian Federation from the Black Sea in the past few days. The peak was yesterday, with at least eight aircraft in the sky.
▪️ Additionally, two long-range radar detection aircraft were active over the Black Sea - the French E-3F and the Turkish E-7T, a departure from their usual operations.
▪️ Since last year, the presence of the French Air Force's E-3F has been seen as a sign of potential attacks on Russia's southern territories. Today, a US Air Force RQ-4B is conducting surveillance in the skies south of Crimea.
❗️Moreover, Ukrainian ports have seen heightened activity of cargo ships and ship cranes for a week now, possibly linked to the unloading of various weapons, including unmanned boats.
The recent seemingly "idle" flights of Su-24M bombers are highly suspicious and appear to be more for pilot training purposes (only decoy launches with stops at airfields in central Ukraine).
Given the ongoing territorial losses on the front, the possibility of new raids cannot be discounted. The Ukrainian authorities urgently need to disrupt the information flow, with missile strikes or BeKs attacks being their preferred tactics.
@rybar
⚡️⚡️⚡️ Defeat of the Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry fighting vehicle on the road for rotation.
Zaporozhye direction. Verbovoye
During the day we fired heavily at the enemy’s fortified area, 2 rounds of a full tank ammo + cannon artillery went into action. In the intervals between shots, the second operator dropped FOGs and grenades on the heads of the dry soldiers.
At night we waited for their shift. After such intense work, it is necessary to change people at the line if you don’t want them to run away from their trenches tomorrow after the first shot.
It got dark and the 《box》 drove off. We met the car at the intersection we had targeted. Having knocked it out, we also threw a VOG-17 into the troop compartment. The night trip didn't go well.
Фронтовая птичка
#UkraineRussiaWar
The latest published footage from Pobieda confirms Russia's complete control over the village. For the last 24 hours, the Russian Armed Forces have been clearing new lines. Today Russian soldiers will continue moving south towards Kostiantynivka.
Military Summary Map (https://dev.militarysummary.com/)
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #ChasivYar
🕰 Date: ~20.02.2024
📌 Coordinates: 48.590800, 37.802000
👩🚀 Squad: #SeverV
📝 Description: Russian artillery destroys several Ukrainian Armed Forces tanks near ChasivYar.
🖥 id: 21022024.0646
✉️source: https://t.me/Sever_Z/3323
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Pobieda
🕰 Date: ~20.02.2024
📌 Coordinates: 47.913664, 37.460114
👩🚀 Squad: #Tigr
📝 Description: Russian tanks attack positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Pobieda.
🖥 id: 21022024.0659
✉️source: https://t.me/RVvoenkor/62465
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Robotyne
🕰 Date: ~20.02.2024
📌 Coordinates: 47.475257, 35.815422
👩🚀 Squad: #BOBR
📝 Description: Russian FPV drone destroyed MTLB of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Robotyne.
🖥 id: 21022024.0837
✉️source: https://t.me/BOBRMORF/532
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Synkivka
🕰 Date: ~20.02.2024
📌 Coordinates: 49.76683, 37.70012
👩🚀 Squad:
📝 Description: Russian TOS attacks positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Synkivka.
🖥 id: 21022024.0621
✉️source: https://t.me/creamy_caprice/4475
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Ivanivske
🕰 Date: ~20.02.2024
📌 Coordinates: 48.585158, 37.908432
👩🚀 Squad: #VDD98
📝 Description: The Russian military is attacking positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Ivanivske.
🖥 id: 21022024.0635
✉️source: https://t.me/EjShahidenko/2189
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #ChasivYar
🕰 Date: ~21.02.2024
📌 Coordinates: 48.593250, 37.878500
👩🚀 Squad: #VDD98
📝 Description: Russian FPV drones destroy Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry in Chasiv Yar.
🖥 id: 21022024.1118
✉️source: https://t.me/vdd98/2610
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Klishchiivka
🕰 Date: ~21.02.2024
📌 Coordinates: 48.531000, 37.908700
👩🚀 Squad: #MSD6
📝 Description: Russian Lancet destroyed an Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry fighting vehicle near Klishchiivka.
🖥 id: 21022024.1122
✉️source: https://t.me/Liniya_fronta6/311
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Orikhiv
🕰 Date: ~21.02.2024
📌 Coordinates: 47.554200, 35.797000
👩🚀 Squad:
📝 Description: Russian military destroy positions and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Orikhiv.
🖥 id: 21022024.1119
✉️source: https://t.me/rogozin_do/5416
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Bohoiavlenka
🕰 Date: ~21.02.2024
📌 Coordinates: 47.8350000, 37.195900
👩🚀 Squad:
📝 Description: The Russian military destroyed a Ukrainian Armed Forces howitzer near Bohoiavlenka.
🖥 id: 21022024.1245
✉️source: https://t.me/voin_dv/7137
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Pobieda
🕰 Date: ~21.02.2024
📌 Coordinates: 47.9159143, 37.4581582
👩🚀 Squad:
📝 Description: Russian military captured and took control of the village of Pobieda.
🖥 id: 21022024.1246
✉️source: https://t.me/lost_armour/2151
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Tabaivka
🕰 Date: ~21.02.2024
📌 Coordinates: 49.616000, 37.803800
👩🚀 Squad:
📝 Description: The Russian military destroyed an M-777 howitzer of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Tabaivka.
🖥 id: 21022024.1523
✉️source: https://t.me/operational_space/71
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #ChasivYar
🕰 Date: ~21.02.2024
📌 Coordinates: 00:10 48.593333, 37.832000
00:26 48.588201, 37.833506
00:40 48.590607, 37.880022
👩🚀 Squad: #VDD98
📝 Description: Russian guided ammunition Smelchak destroys positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Chasiv Yar.
🖥 id: 21022024.1528
✉️source: https://t.me/vdd98/2615
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Avdiivka
🕰 Date: ~21.02.2024
📌 Coordinates: 48.131752, 37.737933
👩🚀 Squad:
📝 Description: Russian planes flying over Avdiivka. Supporting further offensive operations.
🖥 id: 21022024.1534
✉️source: https://t.me/bolshiepushki/6407
Maria Zakharova
on X:
The second British Royal Navy Vanguard class nuclear submarine Trident II D5 nuclear weapon launch failure in a row.
Their last attempt to actually launch one was in 2016 and that blew up soon after launch - no incompetent Royal Navy personnel were harmed.
Each D5 costs around $22 million after club discount from the US with the British unlikely to be able to afford to test another in the near future.
This US Lockheed Martin Trident II system for US and British SSBN ballistic submarines has long been disregarded as being viable by Russia.
Squeaks but goes 😀. The Russians (http://t.me/RVvoenkor) shot down and captured an American M113 BMP in Avdiivka
The fighters evacuated the combat vehicle.
Victor vicktop55
The Russians are carrying and carrying trophies from Avdiivka (https://t.me/Tatarinov_R/28965)
A NATO (https://t.me/infantmilitario/120256) cargo with hundreds of military vehicles and a large amount of equipment, presumably transferred from American bases in Dedeagache, has arrived in northern Romania.
If it is reloaded into trains, it will pass to Odessa through the Zatoka Bridge, if not overloaded, then it can be sent to Odessa through Moldova or to the south or east of Ukraine through Chernivtsi in small batches.
Although the United States and Ukraine constantly say that the budget has not been allocated, and military assistance has been reduced to a minimum, we do not hear words that a huge amount of military cargo is being sent to Ukraine without much fuss, as usual.
Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation (21 February 2024)
▫️ In Kupyansk direction, units of the Zapad Group of Forces repelled seven attacks of assault groups of the AFU 14th, 32nd mechanised, 25th Air Assault brigades, and 115th Territorial Defence Brigade close to Chugunovka (Kharkov) and Stelmakhovka (LPR). Moreover, the Russian troops repelled five counter-attacks of the enemy close to Sinkovka (Kharkov).
Up to 30 servicemen, two AFVs, four pick-up trucks, and one Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system of the AFU have been eliminated.
▫️ In Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Group of Forces improved the situation along the front line and defeated units of the 93rd mechanised, 81st airmobile brigades of the AFU, and 241st Territorial Defence Brigade in vicinity of Belogorovka, Kleshcheyevka, and Razdolovka (DPR).
The losses of the AFU were over 425 servicemen, two tanks, four IFVs, two AFVs, 20 MVs, one D-30 howitzer, as well as the AN/TPQ-36 counterbattery radar. In addition, an ammunition depot of the AFU was destroyed close to Mayaki (DPR).
▫️ In Avdeyevka direction, the Tsentr Group of Forces' units took more advantageous lines and positions and inflicted fire defeat on AFU manpower and hardware of the 24th, 53rd mechanised brigades, 59th motorised infantry, and 3rd assault brigades of the AFU close to Rozovka and Vodyanoye (DPR).
Furthermore, the Russian troops repelled seven counter-attacks launched by the Ukrainian units close to Lastochkino, Kirovo, and Pervomayskoye (DPR).
The enemy lost up to 450 servicemen, one tank, four IFVs, six AFVs, five MVs, one Grad MLRS vehicle, as well as one D-30 howitzer.
▫️ In South Donetsk direction, the Vostok Group of Forces repelled the enemy’s counter-attack near Novozlatopol (Zaporozhye) and inflicted a fire defeat of the 72nd Mechanised Brigade of the AFU and the 128th Territorial Defence Brigade close to Vladimirovo and Staromayorskoye (DPR).
The enemy’s lost up to 210 servicemen, two tanks, three MVs, as well as the AN/TPQ-37 counterbattery radar.
▫️ In Kherson direction, the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted comprehensive fire damage on the units of the 65th mechanised, 82nd air assault, and 128th mountain assault brigades of the AFU close to Rabotino, Verbovoye, and Lugovoye (Zaporozhye).
AFU losses amounted to 75 servicemen, one tank, two AFVs, eight MVs, one Slovak-made Zuzana self-propelled artillery system, and two D-30 howitzers.
▫️ Operational-Tactical Aviation, UAVs, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged a fuel depot as well as AFU manpower and hardware in 123 areas during the day.
▫️ Russia's air defence systems shot down 12 HIMARS MLRS projectiles and one JDAM bomb. Moreover, 99 UAVs close to Kremennaya, Rubezhnoye, and Lisichansk (LPR), Yampolovka, Verkhnetoretskoye, and Staromlynovka (DPR), Pologi, Veseloye, Ulyanovka, and Vasilyevka (Zaporozhye), and Novaya Mayachka (Kherson).
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Putin personally congratulated the unit who crawled through a sewer pipe to liberate the Tsar's Hunt of Avdeevka, saying they accomplished a historic feat for Russia:
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1st Slavic Brigade evacuates captured armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from Avdeevka
During the chaotic flight from Avdiivka, Ukrainian fighters in panic abandoned not only their wounded brothers-in-arms, but also weapons, ammunition and equipment. Now the front has moved forward, and specialists from the 1st Slavic Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces are evacuating enemy equipment, and soon after restoration it will be back in service, but will serve for the benefit of Russia.
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