War Reports - 2024-03-25 (Unlocked)
General Mike Flynn on X:
In lieu of current unfolding events in Moscow that could lead to untold disasters, this woman needs to explain her remarks. In light of the massacre of young people attending a concert in Moscow and now what appears to be the retaliation by Moscow, and the expected 2nd & 3rd order effects the world might experience, just WTH does she mean with these comments of hers?
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Caution! VERY VIOLENT SHOTS!
Video (https://t.me/dva_majors/37995) from the cameras of the attacking terrorists in the capital.
This is a response to those who condemn the Russians for cutting off the ear of one of the terrorists. This is to the question of who we are fighting. This is about the question of what forms and methods the enemy uses to fight our people.
If someone did not understand, there is a war on the destruction of our state.
This tragedy happened in the capital. It is impossible to count how much such cruelty there was at the front towards our soldiers by the Armed Forces of Ukraine and mercenaries. But the front is far away, so many people have had a misunderstanding of what has been happening for more than two years.
Now the war has visited the capital.
Ukraine hired these terrorists. And even if this were not the case, it is still the result of the war between the United States and NATO with Russia in Ukraine. But the West will not give up its idea to destroy Russia, just because David Sacks wrote about it.
This is not ISIS, these are Tajiks from Tajikistan. Ukraine has hired and is hiring them right now to fight with Russia in Ukraine for money. These Zelenskys were hired to commit a terrorist attack in Moscow for money. The terrorists told about this during their detention. 500,000 rubles were promised to each. But they will get the gallows.
Victor vicktop55
Strong explosions thundered in Kiev at night: Missiles are rushing across Ukraine, driving the air defense crazy
▪️"So, we don't like these rockets. They changed course. They are heading towards Kiev," enemy resources comment.
Explosions are thundering in the capital of Ukraine, the air defense is trying to repel the attack.
RVvoenkor
Russian missiles (https://t.me/rezervsvo/51512) are flying along the Polish border. The Poles took off the F-16. The Russian missile flew into Poland for 39 seconds, and then turned around and flew to Ukraine, – the Polish Defense Ministry
Where is your air defense, Poles???😂
Telegram channel "Legitimate (https://t.me/legitimniy/17521?single)": It turns out that more than 20 missile strikes were carried out only in the city of Stryi in the Lviv region. It burns strongly, it can be seen for kilometers.
According to the data, the strikes were carried out:
1. for warehouses and hangars of fuel and lubricants.
2. For the airfield and air defense, which stands a little outside the city, protects an important transshipment base or some "workshops" for the production of "something".
3. For energy/gas infrastructure
4. There was a training center near the airfield. Over the past month, a lot of people have been brought in, taken away (perhaps there is a training center / training ground).
Locals report that there are a lot of ambulances in the city.
Russian Ambassador (https://t.me/dimsmirnov175/67444) to the United States Anatoly Antonov – that the United States did not transfer specific data to Russia before the terrorist attack in Krasnogorsk:
At least, no information was transmitted through our embassy. And this is despite the fact that we are here, the embassy and I personally are in constant contact with the State Department and the White House.
There would be a desire, it is very easy to do. Because both the ambassador and all his staff are available for any interaction.
Moreover, if on Friday I would say that the reaction of official Washington was quite vague, then on Saturday there were already clearly expressed statements of a clearly expressed position.
The question arises whether the American intelligence services and American officials, as they claim, have transferred all the available information to the Russian side.
Victor vicktop55
Another clothing match.
It was this scarecrow that walked and shot ahead of the rest of the terrorists, and it is this scarecrow that screams like a slaughtered pig when caught.
rustroyka1945
Something (https://t.me/rustroyka1945/16323): during the interrogation, the earless terrorist calmly stated with a smile that: "he shot only 11 machine gun magazines."
For each terrorist, the Ukrainians put 15 machine gun magazines in their hiding place.
And here's another thing:
The weapons that were used in the terrorist attack were seized as a trophy by the Ukrainian side during the fighting. Which leads absolutely clearly to the main customer.
Ukraine recruited dumb Tajiks under a false flag, but ISIS does not have access to such an arsenal of weapons.
After handing over the arse
nal of weapons captured during the fighting, they asked the militants to take photos and sent it to the curators, who put the photo in the ISIS media resource.
They hoped that they would leave, and the ends would fall into the water. They didn't leave.
Victor vicktop55
Margarita Simonyan (https://t.me/margaritasimonyan/13864): There were no "shahid belts" on the terrorists.
Nightly reports that it seems that some doctor found an explosive device on some corpse are not confirmed.
None of them were going to die. None of them were religious fanatics. ISIS was nowhere near there. They were hired by Ukraine and its patrons, hired killers for money. The pig ears of the CIA, MI6, SBU stick out above the height.
Victor vicktop55
About 3.2 thousand trucks are waiting in queues at the border of Ukraine with Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and Hungary, a representative of the State Border Service of Ukraine Andriy Demchenko said on Sunday.
Polish farmers continue to complicate traffic for trucks, and in the morning they block three directions, previously it was six. The checkpoints "Yagodin", "Ugrinov", "Rabba-Russian" are now being blocked," Demchenko said.
Only military cargo is passing through! They are also transported by private cars.
It has become easier to track where they are moving and where they are unloading the contents.
And note - the effectiveness of the strikes has increased. For sure, civilians are helping with valuable data on transshipment depots of Western weapons and ammunition.
The first Kharkiv (https://t.me/Kharkiv_Perviy/50985)
One of the terrorists was in the Crocus (https://t.me/rezervsvo/51556?single) on March 7
The media publish his photo, accidentally taken by a concert hall photographer. The picture was taken by a photographer who worked at Crocus on March 7 and filmed visitors. One of them turned out to be a terrorist — the photographer recognized him after his arrest.
Victor vicktop55
They say at the training ground near the Strysky airfield in the Lviv region, there were slightly fewer Britons in the early morning. We don't know the number, but they say there were a lot of ambulances going back and forth. They were undergoing combat coordination and were preparing to go somewhere to the south. But something went wrong. 😀
View from the window of the Polish F16
Kharkov_Perviy
Telegram channel "ZeRada":⚡️🧩⚡️
Yesterday, in the chaos of a huge amount of information, we began to build a certain chronology of events, but did not post it. We wanted to figure it out.
And today, the media publishes a photo of one of the terrorists involved in the attack on the complex, which was taken in Crocus by a photographer who worked and filmed visitors there on the evening of March 7. Now the photographer recognized the terrorist after his arrest.
For some reason, we are sure that there was not only this terrorist in the concert complex that evening. They went scouting. And there can be no accidents here❗️❗️
By the way, it was on this day that the British and American embassies warned their fellow citizens about the threat of a terrorist attack.
The chronology of events is arranged as follows:
February 25 – an article in the New York Times about CIA cells in Ukraine
is published February 28 – Victoria Nuland talks about financing Ukraine and promises Putin asymmetric "unpleasant surprises"
March 5 – Nuland resigns
✅March 7 - at least one of the members of the terrorist group is in Crocus❗️❗️
✅ on the night of March 7-8, the US and British Embassies synchronously declare a possible terrorist attack on Moscow, in particular at concerts within 48 hours
March 9 — A Shaman performs in Crocus (a possible initial target of the terrorist attack)
Exactly two weeks have passed.
March 22 — terrorist attack with a huge number of victims at Crocus City Hall
The preparation of the terrorist attack was clearly an election. Something went wrong.
"The recording shows a group of blindfolded people being roughly dragged. In Russia, they say that the men are suspected of committing a terrorist attack": The British Sky News channel (https://t.me/dimsmirnov175/67513) is not happy that the murderers of 137 people are "treated rudely", and in general doubts that they committed the terrorist attack in Crocus."
The British don't have to worry about mistreating them. This will not happen to their mercenaries in Ukraine. There is a 100% chance that they will simply be shot on the spot.
Victor vicktop55
Report by Press Centre Chief of Tsentr Group of Forces (https://t.me/mod_russia/36954)
The Group's units, supported by Operational-Tactical Aviation and artillery, destroy identified AFU targets, strongholds, field artillery positions, and manpower and firepower concentration areas.
Heavy flamethrower system crews inflicted fire damage on four strongholds close to Berdychi and Semyonovka.
The enemy losses were up to 350 servicemen. Two armoured fighting vehicles and five motor vehicles were destroyed. As part of counter-battery warfare, one M119 howitzer and one 120-mm mortar were hit. Air defence facilities shot down one HIMARS MLRS rocket and two unmanned aerial vehicles.
🔹 Russian Defence Ministry
⚡️ Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation
(24 March 2024)
Part I
▫️Last night the Russian Aerospace Forces have launched a group strike with long-range airborne precision weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles against facilities of the electric power industry, the gas industry, and assembly and testing sites for uncrewed boats.
▫️As a result of the strike, the work of industrial enterprises for the manufacture and repair of weapons, military hardware, and ammunition has been disorganised, and foreign-made military equipment and means of destruction transferred to Ukraine by NATO countries have been destroyed. All the goals of the strike have been reached.
▫️In Kupyansk direction, units of the Zapad Group of Forces have defeated manpower and hardware of 14th, 32nd mechanised, and 57th motorised infantry brigades of the AFU close to Sinkovka (Kharkov region) and Terny (Donetsk People's Republic), and also have repelled three enemy counterattacks.
The AFU losses were up to 140 servicemen, one tank, two pickup trucks, one U.S.-made M777 artillery system, one Msta-B howitzer, and two Gvozdika self-propelled artillery systems.
▫️In Belgorod direction, Russian units continue to carry out measures to identify and destroy AFU sabotage and reconnaissance groups in the border areas of Ukraine.
As a result of the fire attack on AFU manpower and hardware, up to 40 servicemen, one Czech-made RM-70 Vampire MLRS combat vehicle, and one German-made Mars multiple-launch rocket system have been destroyed close to Potikhonovo and Zemlyanki (Kharkov region).
▫️In Donetsk direction, as a result of active operations, units of the Yug Group of Forces have occupied more favourable lines, defeated the enemy near Kleshcheyevka, Krasnoye, and Kurdyumovka (Donetsk People's Republic), and also repelled one counterattack by formations of the 80th Air Assault Brigade of the AFU close to Krasnogorovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy losses were up to 300 servicemen, one U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier, three motor vehicles, one U.S.-made M119 howitzer, one D-30 gun, and one field ammunition depot.
▫️In Avdeyevka direction, units of the Tsentr Group of Forces have improved their front line position as a result of successful actions and repelled nine counterattacks by assault groups of 24th, 47th mechanised, 57th motorised Infantry, 25th airborne, and 3rd assault brigades of the AFU close to Novgorodskoye, Shumy, Tonenkoye, Pervomayskoye, and Berdychi (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy losses were up to 360 troops, two tanks, five armoured fighting vehicles, and nine motor vehicles.
In the course of counter-battery warfare, one U.S.-made M777 howitzer, one Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system, two Gvozdika self-propelled artillery systems, and one D-30 howitzer have been destroyed.
🔹 Russian Defence Ministry
⚡️ Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation
(24 March 2024)
Part II
▫️In South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok Group of Forces have improved their tactical position and inflicted a fire defeat on formations of the 31st Brigade of the Ukrainian National Guard near Urozhaynoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy losses were up to 140 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, five motor vehicles, one Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery system, and one Rapira anti-tank gun.
▫️In Kherson direction, units of the Dnepr Group of Forces have inflicted a fire defeat on manpower and hardware concentration areas of 65th mechanised and 128th mountain assault brigades of the AFU, the 35th Marine Brigade, as well as the 126th Territorial Defence Brigade near Pyatikhatki (Zaporozhye region), Gavrilovka, Ivanovka, and Tyaginka (Kherson region).
The AFU losses were up to 50 servicemen and three motor vehicles.
During counter-battery warfare,
two U.S.-made M777 howitzers, one Msta-B howitzer, and one D-30 gun have been destroyed.
▫️Operational-Tactical Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged ammunition and UAV storage depots, four P-18 radar stations for detecting and tracking aerial targets, one electronic warfare station, as well as manpower and military hardware of the AFU in 129 areas.
▫️Air defence facilities have shot down 172 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as 11 Storm Shadow cruise missiles, three Neptune anti-ship missiles, four MALD aircraft guided missiles, and 22 HIMARS and Vampire multiple-launch rocket system projectiles.
📊In total, 577 airplanes and 270 helicopters, 16,908 unmanned aerial vehicles, 489 air defence missile systems, 15,587 tanks and other armoured combat vehicles, 1,256 combat vehicles equipped with MRLS, 8,514 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 20,153 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
🔹 Russian Defence Ministry
Summary for the Morning of 24 Mar 2024⚡️
🇺🇦 By PETRENKO ✙ REPORTS
🔴 In the #Liman direction, east of #Terny and in the #Serebryanskoye Forest fighting continues. In the latter, the enemy has partial success in a section up to 440 m wide and up to 420 m deep.
🔴 #Bakhmut direction:
🟡 East of #ChasovYar town, Russian troops advanced along the railway and the section of the O0506 motorway in a section up to 1.85 km wide and up to 1.15 km deep. Fighting continues on the outskirts of the Deciduous Forest. (⚠️See Map 1👆)
🟡 North of #Ivanovskoye, Russian troops have entrenched themselves in the northeastern part of the Stupki-Golubovskiye 2 Nature Reserve. Advance to a depth of 720 m. (⚠️See Map 2👆; this part, the next one and Map 2 I added from previous 08:05 Report (https://t.me/petrenko_IHS/4712))
🟡 In #Ivanovskoye, the enemy advanced along Shirokaya and Shosseynaya streets to a depth of 180 m. (⚠️See Map 2👆)
🔴 #Avdeyevka direction:
🟡 In #Berdychi, fighting continues along Mira Street.
🟡 North of #Orlovka, the enemy occupied two forest belts and the rest of the Semyonovskaya Beam. Advance on a section up to 750 m wide to a depth of 750 m.
🟡 Southwest of #Tonenkoye, a part of the forest belt with a width of up to 1.3 km came under enemy control.
🔴 In the #Kurakhovo direction, fighting continues in #Georgiyevka.
🔴 In the area of #Novomikhaylovka, the AFU repelled all attacks. An enemy tank was blown up by a mine at point:
📍 47.864182, 37.499018
🔴 In the #Zaporozhye front section, active fighting continues in the area of #Rabotino and northwest of #Verbovoye. The AFU inflicted a fire defeat on the enemy's manpower at point:
📍 47.443979, 35.914453
SITREP
Statement from Zelensky about the massacre at Crocus.
I note that he posted this on his Telegram in English and did not do his usual double post of one post in Ukrainian and one in English.
I have no commentary - there is no written language suitable to convey what I wish to say in response.
——
“What happened yesterday in Moscow is obvious, both Putin and other scoundrels simply try to blame everything on someone else. They always resort to the same methods. It's been done before. There have been blown-up houses, shootings, and explosions. And they always blame others.
They have come to Ukraine, burn our cities – and try to blame Ukraine. They torture, rape people – and accuse them. They have brought hundreds of thousands of their terrorists here, to Ukrainian land, they fight against us, and they don't care what's happening inside their own country. Yesterday all this happened, and this absolutely miserable Putin, instead of attending to his own citizens of Russia, addressing them, remained silent for a day – thinking about how to link this with Ukraine. Everything is absolutely predictable.
Those hundreds of thousands of Russians who are now killing on Ukrainian land would surely be enough to stop any terrorists. And if the Russians are ready to silently die in "Crocus Halls" and not ask any questions to their security and intelligence agencies, then Putin will try to turn such a situation to his personal advantage again.
Terrorists must always lose. I thank everyone who truly defends life! I'm grateful to all our people who are fighting against terror. And around the world, we must defend against those who consider people merely expendable.”
—
@Slavyangrad | ГГ 👋
Frontline #Summary for the Morning of 24 March 2024; pub. 10:43⚡️
🔹On the #Zaporozhye Front, fierce fighting continues with the use of long range weapons in #Rabotino and northwest of #Verbovoye. The AFU tried to counterattack on the latter. ⚠️Without success. The frontline without significant changes. (Fig. 1)
🔹On the #Donetsk Front, after the liberation of #Tonenkoye and #Orlovka, the RF Armed Forces are developing their offensive towards #Semyonovka, on the eastern outskirts of which there is a water barrier.
📌 The capture of this settlement will facilitate the task of liberating #Berdychi, where oncoming fighting continues. (Fig. 2)
🔹In the #Bakhmut Direction. The RF Armed Forces conducted assault operations on the western outskirts of #Ivanovskoye (#Krasnoye). There ⚠️are advances.
💥 Artillery and aviation of the Russian forces are actively working on the enemy positions in Chasov Yar. (Fig. 3)
🔹On the #Luhansk Front, the AFU are trying to counterattack in the area of #Terny, in order to recapture positions captured earlier by Russian troops. The AFU also counterattacked in #Sinkovka. ⚠️Without success. (Fig. 4)
wargonzo
❗️ The latest updates on the terrorist attack at Russia's Crocus City Hall:
🔻As a result of the terrorist attack at the Crocus City Hall concert venue outside Moscow, 152 people were injured, including five children, the Russian Emergencies Ministry for the Moscow Region said;
🔻Serbian Interior Ministry announced enhancing security measures in public places, including shopping malls, after a meeting of the National Security Council dedicated to the deadly terrorist attack;
🔻Terrorist attack at the Crocus City Hall concert venue near Moscow could be discussed at one of the upcoming meetings of the UN Security Council, UN Under Secretary General for Counter-Terrorism Vladimir Voronkov told Sputnik;
🔻The US continues to believe the Daesh* terrorist group (ISIS) is responsible for the terrorist attack in the Moscow Region and rules out any Ukrainian involvement, a White House National Security Council spokesperson said in a statement to Sputnik;
🔻The Russian government will carefully study the issue of introducing the death penalty in the country and will make a decision, taking into account the expectations of Russian society, the leader of the United Russia party faction in the State Duma, Vladimir Vasilyev, said;
🔻The White House firmly condemns the deadly attack on the Crocus City Hall concert venue near Moscow and expresses condolences to the victims and their families, Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said;
🔻The rescue operation at the Crocus City Hall concert venue near Moscow has wrapped up, with 133 bodies pulled from the rubble, while the search effort is still underway, Moscow Region governor said;
🔻Nicaragua and the Republika Srpska, one of two entities comprising Bosnia and Herzegovina, have declared March 24 a day of mourning in a sign of solidarity with Russia;
*A terrorist organization banned in Russia and many other states.
Sputnik Africa
About the combined attack of the AFU against Sevastopol and Crimea
The day after the terrorist attack in Moscow, the AFU carried out a massive combined attack on the Crimean peninsula, involving at least 12 tactical aircraft.
Nine aircraft (presumably Su-24M and Su-27) took off from Starokonstantinov, two MiG-29s from Uman airfield and another Su-27 from Mirgorod. After reaching the line at Zatoka, Novaya Odessa and Snigirevka, the Storm Shadow/SCALP, ADM-160 and Neptune missiles were launched.
🔻Sevastopol was subject to the largest-scale attack. Two missiles attempted to hit the warship's parking lot. The targets were shot down, but debris fell in the dock area in Sevastopol Bay and no serious damage was reported.
▪️The use of SCALP cruise missiles was observed at the shipyard. The warhead of one of the missiles did not fire and the second hit the dock. At the moment there is no information on the nature of the damage, but the absence of smoke may indicate that the fire was located quickly.
❗️This time the AFU began to attack the civilian infrastructure of Sevastopol. The targets were two apartment buildings and two townships. The attacks killed one civilian and injured four others.
▪️Two more Storms were used to attack a building formerly used by the Black Sea Fleet in the central part of the city. However, it was empty, so other than physical damage to infrastructure, there were no casualties.
▪️The same can be said for the Cossack Bay area. Ukrainian channels talked all night about monstrous arrivals, but the rocket fell in a field not far from a special operations forces training camp. There were no victims.
🔻The Black Sea was attacked in western Crimea. First, the AFU intended to attack the barracks with four UAVs. The UAVs were flying at an extremely low altitude but were shot down by air defense equipment.
A little later, several Neptune anti-ship missiles were fired from the Odessa region, which was shot down when approaching the Black Sea by aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces.
🔻In the central part of Crimea, Ukrainian formations attacked an oil depot in Gvardeiskoe in the morning with drones flying at an extremely low altitude. Six of them were destroyed by the crew of the Pantsir-S1 air defense missile system of the 31st Air Force and Air Defense Division.
Three more fell on the territory of the energy facility, causing a fire. However the main oil tanks were not damaged, allowing the Ministry of Emergency Situations to extinguish the fire quickly and without casualties.
▪️AFU also attempted to attack with missiles at the deployment point of the 126th separate Guards coastal defense brigade in the Perevalny area. Thanks to the air defense units, nine missiles were shot down.
📌 As you can see, this time the AFU tried to attack several targets at once. This can be seen in the geography of the attack: starting from the west of Crimea and ending in the central part and Sevastopol. In total, more than 40 missiles and drones of different types were used.
Once again, the AFU used decoy missiles to deceive the 31st Division. Unfortunately, not all targets were intercepted. However, the measures taken in time made it possible to reduce the damage caused by the attacks to both the Black Sea Fleet and other units on the peninsula.
The saddest thing is that civilians were injured in the attack and became the target of a targeted AFU attack, which again raises the question of what Ukraine means.
EurekaNews10
Is #Ukraine or #IS guilty of the #Crocus Massacre⚡️
🔸There will almost certainly not be a universally accepted end result. To the facts:
1️⃣ The perpetrators were caught in the #Bryansk region and most likely wanted to flee to #Ukraine.
2️⃣ The #US knew about attack planning and issued a travel warning for their citizens.
3️⃣ #IS terrorist involvement was almost immediately claimed by Western entities without providing any evidence, especially without #IS source.
4️⃣ The #IS Terror Organisation itself only commented in detail yesterday and took responsibility. (Video👆)
5️⃣ #The investigation is ongoing!
❗️According to the current state of knowledge, prima facie evidence (at first sight) suggests that #Ukraine is involved. IS involvement has not been proven.
🔹The belated admission by IS doesn't change anything, because IS is also known for being free riders.
🔹Even if #IS were involved, that wouldn't rule out #Ukraine or the #US or #UK being involved.
🟡#IS is pragmatic and its main enemy is #Russia. Let us remember that #IS only began to falter in #Syria when #Russia intervened and destroyed its economic structure and stopped oil sales to #Turkey by bombing oil convoys.
🟡The #US are also pragmatic and changes partners as it sees fit. Osama Bin Laden and Sadam Hussein are just 2 examples. During the Battle of Mosul in #Iraq, the #US allowed #IS troops to withdraw towards #Syria without bombing them. A short time later, Palmyra was retaken by #IS.
🟡#IS militants were treated in #Israel and some are fighting on the side of #Ukraine.
❗️Thus, there are no fixed fronts. Cooperation between #Ukraine and #IS and also the participation of the #US or #UK are conceivable.
⚖️ In Roman law, Ukraine must shatter the proof prima facie. The statements available so far are not suitable for this.
🔸These are the core facts. I warn against getting bogged down in details. For example, it is completely irrelevant whether the perpetrators behaved like #IS militants or not, since #IS now recruits anyone who is halfway suitable. The fact that the #US knew about planned terrorist attacks is a fact that is completely unsuitable for drawing any further conclusions.
📌 In conclusion, the further investigations have to be awaited and #Ukraine is forced to act in the current situation because "prima facie" is against it.
SITREP
It is noteworthy that many of last night's strikes were centred on Stryl.
14 kilometers from the Stryi military airfield there is the largest gas storage facility in Ukraine: the Bilche-Volitsko-Uherskoe underground gas storage facility.
It can store four times more natural gas inside than Germany's largest storage facility. The largest storage facility in Ukraine with a design capacity of 17.05 billion cubic meters. m can accommodate a significant part of the gas that could not be pumped into underground gas storage facilities in the EU. It is known that European countries have been using (https://www.rbc.ru/economics/08/08/2023/64d2208a9a7947674a077fea) this facility on the territory of Ukraine for gas storage since August 2023.
Two Majors
This is how our missiles and Geranis flew, according to the enemy.
They purposefully had 39 seconds of flight over Poland, which was announced by the Ministry of Defense of that country.
Two Majors
Terrorist attack in Crocus in questions and answers: analysis of the Military Chronicle.
Are terrorists classified as radical Islamists?
Until March 24, it was believed that this was more likely not true than true. However, the appearance of a new video, where militants shout slogans that have long been known to everyone, has changed a lot. Much, but not all. The group of terrorists in Crocus, despite the publication of a video on supposedly terrorist resources and a clear attempt to sway public opinion towards the involvement of ISIS*, behaved completely uncharacteristically for typical Islamist radicals: the militants went to the “deal” without “suicide belts” with lethal elements and clearly did not seek martyrdom (which is typical for many militants of the same ISIS), did not take hostages and did not make demands. The publication of a first-person video of the execution of civilians on terrorist resources does not de facto change the essence of what is happening and, rather, on the contrary, emphasizes the connection with the GUR. Under the patronage of this special service, by the way, an entire Syrian battalion “Jabhat al-Shamiya” (banned in the Russian Federation), consisting, among other things, of citizens of Central Asia, is fighting in Ukraine.
The narrative about the involvement of ISIS (whose connection with Western intelligence services has always been obvious) was initially promoted in order to distance the GUR (and Ukraine as a whole) from the operation, but in reality it was this attempt to “wash” the Ukrainian intelligence department that emphasized the connection between the radicals and Kyiv.
Exit plan
The most mysterious and controversial part of the terrorist attack. After the arrest, the militants said that they threw away their weapons along the road in the Bryansk region and fled the scene of the terrorist attack in a car. At the same time, the group managed to leave Moscow through Friday traffic jams. This point is worth studying especially, since without detailed knowledge of the city or “tips” from the outside it would be difficult to do this. The attackers were driving together and did not split up, and also did not change (and, importantly, did not prepare in advance) another car for withdrawal. If we were talking about professionals whose task was to evacuate as quickly and discreetly as possible, these mistakes most likely would not have been made.
What's the result?
So far everything looks like this. The terrorist group was “consumable.” There was no point in training them as a professional team. Most likely, none of those who ordered the terrorist attack even expected that the terrorists would be able to survive the action, much less go on the run.
PS There are still many blind spots and inconsistencies in history. It is possible that in the future information will appear that will reveal the details of the preparation, the number and, importantly, the identities of all persons involved in the operation.
* “Islamic State” (IS, ISIS) - the organization was recognized as terrorist by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation dated December 29, 2014
Военная Хроника
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Novomykhailivka
🕰 Date: ~23.03.2024
📌 Coordinates: 47.864713, 37.452340
👩🚀 Squad:
📝 Description: The Russian military destroyed a Ukrainian Armed Forces mortar in the Novomykhailivka area.
🖥 id: 23032024.1848
✉️source: https://t.me/rustroyka1945/16295
Map: Military Summary Map
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Krasnohorivka
🕰 Date: ~24.03.2024
📌 Coordinates: 00:05 - 47.989623,37.508914
00:10 - 47.988504,37.504354
00:30 - 47.989711,37.514043
👩🚀 Squad:
📝 Description: Russian aviation knocks out the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the outskirts of Krasnohorivka.
🖥 id: 24032024.1520
✉️source: https://t.me/IronHelmets/2699
Map: Military Summary Map
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Krasnohorivka
🕰 Date: ~24.03.2024
📌 Coordinates: 48.000276,37.522526
👩🚀 Squad:
📝 Description: Russian FAB-1500 burns out Ukrainian Armed Forces positions near Krasnohorivka.
🖥 id: 24032024.1526
✉️source: https://t.me/IronHelmets/2702
Map: Military Summary Map
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Inhulets
🕰 Date: ~24.03.2024
📌 Coordinates: 46.82827, 32.91097
👩🚀 Squad:
📝 Description: The Russian Lancet destroyed an M777 howitzer of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Inhulets.
🖥 id: 24032024.1607
✉️source: https://t.me/warhistoryalconafter/154295
Map: Military Summary Map
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Zakitne
🕰 Date: ~24.03.2024
📌 Coordinates: 48.876166, 37.978644
👩🚀 Squad: #17Brigade
📝 Description: The Russian military destroyed the Vampire MLRS of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Zakitne.
🖥 id: 24032024.1615
✉️source: https://t.me/verumreactor/9618
Map: Military Summary Map
#UkraineRussiaWar
The Russian Armed Forces managed to break through the defenses East of Chasiv Yar and gain a foothold on new lines during an offensive operation using a large amount of equipment and personnel.
Military Summary Map
#UkraineRussiaWar
Russian troops are completing an operation to semi-encircle Klishchiivka from the north, north-east, south and south-east.
Military Summary Map
Report a series of missile attacks on the airfield in Stryi (Lvov region).
It is possible that the Su-24s of the 7th Tactical Aviation Brigade of the Ukrainian Air Force could have been relocated to this airfield from Starokonstantinov (Khmelnitsky region) after a night strike.
Stryisky facility (also known as Lviv-2) - a former military airfield is unique in that it can accommodate aircraft of all existing types. This allows the length of the strip - almost 2.5 kilometers.
During Soviet times, the military unit of the 179th IAP, subordinate to the 8th Air Defense Army of the USSR, was based at the airfield. In service were Tu-16, Tu-22 bombers, and MiG-23 fighter-bombers.
In 1999, it was included in the register of airfields in Ukraine, allowing it to accept and release aircraft: IL-62, IL-7b, AN-124, AN-224, B-747, and B-767, as well as aircraft of a lower class.
On the territory of the airfield, there were concrete hangars for storing aircraft and underground storage facilities for weapons.
It is also interesting that nearby is the Stryisky car repair plant, on the territory of which there is a junction railway station with a branch to Drohobych, Sambir, and further to Poland.
Probably, the target of the strike could have been some weapons or equipment from NATO countries transferred to this area.
Presumably, the target was hit by Kh-47M2 Kinzhal hypersonic missiles.
@Slavyangrad
Slavyangrad, [3/24/2024 2:15 AM]
Report a series of missile attacks on the airfield in Stryi (Lvov region).
It is possible that the Su-24s of the 7th Tactical Aviation Brigade of the Ukrainian Air Force could have been relocated to this airfield from Starokonstantinov (Khmelnitsky region) after a night strike.
Stryisky facility (also known as Lviv-2) - a former military airfield is unique in that it can accommodate aircraft of all existing types. This allows the length of the strip - almost 2.5 kilometers.
During Soviet times, the military unit of the 179th IAP, subordinate to the 8th Air Defense Army of the USSR, was based at the airfield. In service were Tu-16, Tu-22 bombers, and MiG-23 fighter-bombers.
In 1999, it was included in the register of airfields in Ukraine, allowing it to accept and release aircraft: IL-62, IL-7b, AN-124, AN-224, B-747, and B-767, as well as aircraft of a lower class.
On the territory of the airfield, there were concrete hangars for storing aircraft and underground storage facilities for weapons.
It is also interesting that nearby is the Stryisky car repair plant, on the territory of which there is a junction railway station with a branch to Drohobych, Sambir, and further to Poland.
Probably, the target of the strike could have been some weapons or equipment from NATO countries transferred to this area.
Presumably, the target was hit by Kh-47M2 Kinzhal hypersonic missiles.
@Slavyangrad
Slavyangrad, [3/24/2024 7:45 AM]
On 24 March, Russian airspace control measures over the waters of the Barents Sea detected a group air target approaching the state border of the Russian Federation.
A MiG-31 fighter aircraft crew of the air defence duty force conducted a flight to identify the air target and prevent a violation of the state border of the Russian Federation.
The crew of the Russian fighter identified the aerial target as a pair of U.S. Air Force’s B-1B strategic bombers.
As the Russian fighter approached, the U.S. strategic bombers corrected their flight course with a distance and subsequent turn away from the state border of the Russian Federation.
The Russian aircraft returned safely to its home airfield and there was no violation of the state border of the Russian Federation.
The flight of the Russian fighter aircraft was carried out in strict compliance with international rules on the use of airspace over neutral waters, with observance of safety measures.
Russian Defence Ministry
The leaked DIA documents demonstrate that the Ukraine and it's GUR was looking to ally with ISIS and Al Qaeda linked groups to strike Russia.
The Washington Post notes Turkey wanted Ukraine to not use Idlib terrorists but attempted to have them look to Kurdish areas instead.
The document indicates that Turkey was aware of the planning, stating that Turkish officials “sought to avoid potential blowback” and suggested that Ukraine stage its attacks from Kurdish areas instead of those in the north and northwest held by other rebel groups, some of them backed by Turkey.
#Source
(https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/04/20/russia-ukraine-war-syria-attacks/)
@Slavyangrad
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THETI Mapping
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Weeb Union
🗓 Top News
▫️ A pair of U.S. Air Force B-1B strategic bombers approached the border of the Russian Federation in the Barents Sea. The Russian Aerospace Forces’ MiG-31 fighter jet conducted a flight. There was no violation of the state border. (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/12983)
▫️ Last night, the Russian Aerospace Forces carried out a group strike (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/12981) with long-range airborne precision weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles against facilities on Ukrainian territory. All the objectives of the strike have been achieved.
▫️ Air defence facilities have destroyed (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/12982) 172 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles and also shot down 11 Storm Shadow cruise missiles, three Neptun anti-ship missiles, four MALD aircraft guided missiles, and 22 HIMARS and Vampire multiple-launch rocket systems projectiles.
▫️ The Russian Defence Ministry shows Tula paratroopers, (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/12978) a 2B11 mortar crew, (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/12984) and a search and rescue team of the Russian Aerospace Forces (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/12980) in action.
#TopNews
🔹 Russian Defence Ministry
Belgorod region, governor:
Our air defense system worked over Belgorod and the Belgorod region - 22 air targets were shot down on approach to the city.
According to disaster medicine, four people were injured. A man with a penetrating shrapnel wound to the chest, a woman with a closed craniocerebral injury and a bruised head wound, and a man with a fractured forearm bones were taken by ambulance teams to city hospital No. 2. Another man went to the emergency room on his own. All victims are provided with all necessary medical care.
Two Majors
After a series of massive attacks on Ukrainian Armed Forces facilities in the Lvov region, a Boeing C17A Globemaster III transport aircraft urgently flew from Norway to Rzeszow, Poland.
Judging by the type of weapons usually brought from Norway to Ukraine, we are most likely talking about an emergency shipment of a batch of NASAMS-type air defense systems.
Военную хронику
⚡️🇦🇿🇹🇷🇷🇺 Weapons from Azerbaijan to Ukraine
One can find many interesting things by examining various Ukrainian documents available online.
📌For instance, the decision of the Kiev Economic Court (https://verdictum.ligazakon.net/document/116086435) sheds light on the military cooperation between Azerbaijan and Ukraine.
▪️ At the end of December, the Kiev Economic Court reviewed a claim from the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense against UkrSpetsExport to recover 82,696,776.00 hryvnia for breaching a state contract for weapon supply.
▪️ Representatives of the Ukrainian company signed a deal with a “foreign supplier - production association (Azerbaijan Republic)” for providing 95 units of 23-mm ZU-23-2 anti-aircraft guns, followed by another 40 units. In total, 135 ZU-23-2 were supplied.
▪️ The delivery was done via sea containers in parts through a “third country”, leading to a delay in the delivery.
▪️ Considering the geographical location, Turkey might have been the third party for receiving ZU-23-2 from Azerbaijan’s Nakhichevan.
▪️ The delivery dates also support the Turkey version: at that time, the well-established grain corridor was fully operational, with Turkey being one of the guarantors. The use of the sea route for supplying Ukraine might indicate direct Turkish involvement.
📌This can be seen as the first concrete confirmation of Azerbaijan supplying weapons to the AFU. The document states, “On November 2, 2022, and November 3, 2022, the entire batch of 135 units under the contract was imported into Ukraine in parts,”.
❗️Azerbaijan's collaboration with Ukraine is not new. Previously, the authorities in Baku provided humanitarian aid to Ukraine. Subsequently, it was revealed that ammunition was being produced for the AFU, and Azerbaijani mercenaries (https://t.me/rybar/57853) were involved on the side of the AFU. This arms transfer once again raises questions about Azerbaijan's stance towards Russia.
@rybar
Despite what is being claimed in enemy and European channels, judging by recent satellite images of Sevastopol Bay, large Russian ships did not receive damage as a result of a night missile attack.
Two Majors
Bakhmut Direction - Russian Advance in #SouthBakhmut Sector⚡️
🇷🇺 RFAF progress on the heights north of #Kleshcheyevka. The enemy, having lost control of #Krasnoye (#Ivanovskoye), can now only rely on a few large fortifications to the north and northwest of #Kleshcheevka, located on the heights.
📌 It is on the line of these fortifications that the enemy’s defences in #Andreyevka and #Kleshcheyevka are being supported.
z_arhiv
Video materials from the Basmanny District Court of Moscow. Terrorists accused of the attack on Crocus were brought into the courtroom.
Aussie Cossack
Ukrainian social media influencer Natalya from Akhtyrka says "her soul is torn apart with pity" for the terrorists responsible for the Crocus City Hall terrorist attack in Moscow.
Israeli warplanes conduct strikes in Rafah City, in the southern Gaza Strip
Photos published by Palestinian media show the scale of destruction.
RT
@rezervsvo writes:
Our readers report that at these moments the Russian army is delivering powerful attacks on the Chasov Yar area and the outskirts of Konstantinovka
The Air Forces is working, sending CABs, MLRS and heavy artillery. The sounds the work of our army. can be heard far from the frontline, a very intense fire is reported.
Russia is preparing a new retaliatory strike: Bombers are again preparing for takeoff
Ukrainian propaganda resources report this with alarm, publishing a map and describing the “situation at Russian airfields”:
➖Engels airfield. After a night attack, 7x TU-95MS landed. After landing, the sides were already equipped with new X-101/555/55 missiles.
➖Olenya airfield. After a night attack by the Russian Aerospace Forces on the Olenya airfield, 7x TU-95MS landed. The sides are also being equipped with missiles again.
➖Mozdok airfield. There are 12 TU-22M3 at the airfield, and all boards are equipped with Kh-22/32 missiles, there is a high probability of these boards being involved in the next missile attack.
➖Savasleika airfield. MiG-31K is in combat readiness.
“The probability of departures shortly is high,” the enemy emphasizes.
@Slavyangrad
Escalation in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Zone until the End of 24 March 2024⚡️
🔹In the north of the #Gaza Strip, the IDF operation continues on the territory of the Al-Shifa Hospital. The Israeli command reported that of the more than 800 detained, about 460 people were members of Palestinian groups.
🔹In the south of the Enclave, the IDF began to carry out similar actions at the Nasser and Al-Amal Hospitals in Khan Yunis. A series of targeted raids also took place in the Al-Qarara area, where at least four people were killed today.
🔹In the West Bank, police operations by Israeli security forces are continuing as usual. At least 16 Palestinians have been detained over the past 24 hours, with the largest clashes occurring in Jenin and Nablus.
🔹On the border with #Lebanon, Hezbollah fighters carried out massive shelling of targets on the Golan Heights. In turn, Israeli troops struck the Lebanese rear areas, killing two people and wounding four others.
RYBAR
Chronicle of the Special Military Operation for 24 March 2024⚡️
🔹Ukrainian formations carried out one of the most massive missile attacks on #Crimea since the beginning of the SMO, using at least 12 aircraft: #Sevastopol, #Gvardeysk, #Chernomorsk and #Perevalnoye were under fire.
🔹The RF Armed Forces, at the same time, attacked the energy infrastructure in the #Lvov region and enemy military installations in other areas of the so-called #Ukraine, including at airfields in #Voznesensk and #Mirgorod.
🔹In the #Seversk sector, at the #Razdolovka - #Vesyoloye line, after a long calm, the front revived. Russian troops drove the enemy from several positions across the Sukhaya Plotva River.
🔹In the #Bakhmut direction, Russian units advanced in the direction of the Microdistrict Kanal, which is a suburb of Chasov Yar. In #Bogdanovka, Russian paratroopers drove the enemy out of the central part of the village, although Ukrainian formations still retain control in the southwestern outskirts.
RYBAR
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Military expert Alexander Zimovsky: What did the poet say there? Tributes were paid to the dead — Now let's talk about trash. The Germans made it clear that today in Germany some victims of a terrorist attack are more victims of a terrorist attack than others.
Here is a LLM-derived breakdown of the discussion "Failure of British Policy in Russia" by Ian Proud, Alexander Mercouris & Glenn Diese (linked above):
https://open.substack.com/pub/complexiathesinker/p/llm-extracts-from-failure-of-british
Lots of material here -- thanks for compiling and sharing!