💥Grad MLRS crews wipe out concealed AFU self-propelled artillery systems and manpower in special military operation zone
Artillery crews of the Zapad Group of Forces continue to deliver precise strikes 24/7 at AFU military objects, positions, fortifications, military hardware, moving convoys, and manpower.
🔹 Russian Defence Ministry
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#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Bilohorivka
🕰 Date: ~08.05.2024
📌 Coordinates: 48.910628,38.238798
👩🚀 Squad:
📝 Description: Russian military attack a Ukrainian Armed Forces ammunition depot near Bilohorivka.
🖥 id: 09052024.0917
✉️source: https://t.me/yuzhny_front_ZOV/5958
Map: Military Summary Map (https://dev.militarysummary.com/#/login)
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Predtechyne
🕰 Date: ~08.05.2024
📌 Coordinates: 48.523500, 37.819200
48.517200, 37.820000
👩🚀 Squad:
📝 Description: Russian artillery and MLRS attack positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Predtechyne.
🖥 id: 09052024.0922
✉️source: https://t.me/YourVaccineZ/11573
Map: Military Summary Map (https://dev.militarysummary.com/#/login)
The Russians Established Complete Control Over Umanske
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#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Umanske
🕰 Date: ~09.05.2024
📌 Coordinates: 48.154907,37.570341
👩🚀 Squad: #114OMSBr
📝 Description: Russian military liberated Umanske and hoisted the Victory Flag on the monument to a WWII soldier.
🖥 id: 09052024.1054
✉️source: https://t.me/zmityaaa/3250
Map: Military Summary Map (https://dev.militarysummary.com/#/login)
🗓 Top News
▫️Russian Defence Minister General of Army Sergei Shoigu sends (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/13762) telegrams to formation and military unit deployed in special military operation zone.
▫️Members of Russian Defence Ministry Board lay (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/13767) wreaths to Tomb of Unknown Soldier near Kremlin's wall.
▫️In response to the Kiev regime's attempt to damage Russian power facilities, the Russian Armed Forces launched (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/13768) a long-range high-precision group strike by sea- and air-based missiles, the Kinzhal aeroballistic hypersonic missile system, unmanned aerial vehicles at power facilities, as well as enterprises of the Ukrainian military-industrial complex.
▫️Units of the Tsentr Group of Forces completely liberated (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/13768)Novokalinovo (Donetsk People's Republic), as well as inflicted losses on units of the AFU 132th Mechanised Brigade and 68th Jaeger Brigade near Leninskoye and Umanskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
▫️The Russian Ministry of Defence shows Grad (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/13763) MLRS crews, Su-30SM (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/13765) fighter jet, and POL (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/13764) units specialists in action during the special military operation.
▫️On the eve of the Victory Day celebration, servicemen from the Far East have restored (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/13757) more than 30 memorials to the heroes of the Great Patriotic War on the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic.
▫️Assault detachments of Yug Group of Forces continue (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/13770) to hone skills of close-quarters combat when taking enemy positions.
▫️Servicemen of Vostok Group of Forces restore (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/13771) memorial to warriors of Great Patriotic War in Donetsk People's Republic.
#TopNews
🔹 Russian Defence Ministry
💥 Russian Aerospace Forces' Su-25 ground-attack aircraft eliminated AFU stronghold in Vostok Group of Forces' responsibility area. The strikes were launched with unguided air-to-surface missiles.
🔹 Russian Defence Ministry
Report by Press Centre Chief of Yug Group of Forces (https://t.me/mod_russia/38474)
As a result of active operations, units of the Yug Group of Forces took more advantageous lines, inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of AFU 92nd assault, 28th, 93rd mechanised, 56th mechanised infantry, 4th national guard, 104th and 106th territorial defence brigades close to Spornoye, Andreyevka, Kurdyumovka, Minkovka, and Kleshcheyevka.
In Donetsk direction, the AFU losses amounted to more than 355 troops killed and wounded.
Anti-tank guided missile systems, artillery, and loitering munitions hit one tank, two motor vehicles, one Anklav electronic warfare station, and one ammunition depot.
In the course of the counter-battery warfare, one 155-mm U.S.-made M777 howitzer, one Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery system, and one 122-mm D-30 howitzer were eliminated.
🔹 Russian Defence Ministry
Report by Press Centre Chief of Vostok Group of Forces (https://t.me/mod_russia/38528)
The Vostok Group of Forces' units continue to carry out combat missions in the special military operation zone.
During active operations, the Vostok Group of Forces' units improved the situation along the front line, repelled enemy counter-attacks close to Urozhaynoye and Staromayorskoye, foiled attempts launched by the enemy to strengthen forward positions near Vladimirovka, Belogorye, and Gulyaipole.
Air strikes, artillery fire, and heavy flamethrower systems hit strongholds and clusters of manpower and hardware of AFU 72nd mechanised, 58th mechanised infantry, and 23rd national guard brigades near Vladimirovka, Urozhaynoye, and Staromayorskoye.
During the day, up to 170 enemy troops, one U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier, two armoured fighting vehicles, one Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system, one M198 howitzer, three motor vehicles, four fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles, and three command posts were eliminated.
🔹 Russian Defence Ministry
⚡️ Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation
(9 May 2024)
Part I
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
▫️ As a result of active operations, the Zapad Group of Forces' units improved the situation along the front line, defeated AFU 21st and 44th mechanised brigades close to Stelmakhovka and Nevskoye (Lugansk People's Republic). In addition, one counter-attack launched by assault groups of the AFU 116th Mechanised Brigade was repelled near Senkovka railway station.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 40 Ukrainian troops, two 152-mm D-20 howitzers, and one 122-mm D-30 howitzers.
▫️ The Yug Group of Forces' units took more advantageous lines, inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of AFU 23rd, 33rd mechanised, 79th air assault, 111th territorial defence brigades near Yelizavetovka, Novoye, and Pobeda (Donetsk People's Republic). One attack launched by an assault group of the AFU 93rd mechanised brigade was repelled near Krasnoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 215 Ukrainian troops, two armoured personnel carriers, including one U.S.-made M113, two motor vehicles, one 155-mm U.S.-made M777 howitzer, four 152-mm D-20 howitzer, and two 122-mm D-30 howitzer.
▫️ As a result of active operations, the Tsentr Group of Forces' units improved the tactical situation, inflicted losses on units of AFU 59th mechanised infantry, 24th, 100th, and 115th mechanised, 68th jaeger, 109th territorial defence, 2nd national guard brigades near Karlovka, Mayorsk, Novgorodskoye, Rozovka, Novokalinovo, and Semyonovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Ten counter-attacks launched by assault groups of AFU 23rd, 24th, 47th, 100th mechanised, 71st jaeger, 59th mechanised infantry, 142nd and 143rd infantry brigades were repelled close to Leninskoye, Solovyevo, Orlovka, Pervomayskoye, and Netaylovo (Donetsk People's Republic). The AFU losses amounted to up to 380 Ukrainian troops, one tank, and two infantry fighting vehicles.
In the course of the counter-battery warfare, the Russian troops eliminated two 155-mm U.S.-made M777 howitzers, two 155-mm U.S.-made M109 Paladin self-propelled artillery systems, one 152-mm Giatsint-B gun, one 152-mm D-20 howitzer, two 122-mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery systems, and one 122-mm D-30 howitzer.
▫️ The Vostok Group of Forces' units captured more advantageous lines, inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of AFU 58th mechanised infantry, 128th territorial defence brigades near Urozhaynoye and Makarovka (Donetsk People's Republic). One counter-attack launched by assault groups of the AFU 123rd Territorial Defence Brigade was repelled close to Staromayorskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy lost up to 175 Ukrainian troops, two tanks, two armoured personnel carriers, three motor vehicles, one 155-mm UK-made FH-70 howitzer, as well as two 122-mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery systems.
▫️ The units of the Dnepr Group of Forces launched strikes at clusters of manpower and hardware of AFU 65th mechanised, 121st territorial defence, 23rd national guard brigades near Rabotino (Zaporozhye region), Zolotaya Balka (Kherson region), and Vyshetarasovka (Dnepropetrovsk region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 35 Ukrainian troops, two motor vehicles, and two 155-mm U.S.-made M777 howitzers.
🔹 Russian Defence Ministry
⚡️ Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation
(9 May 2024)
Part II
▫️ Operational-Tactical Aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged one command and observation post of the AFU 65th Mechanised Brigade and one ammunition depot of AFU Donetsk Operational-Tactical Group, as well as AFU manpower and military hardware in 105 areas.
▫️ Air defence systems have shot down two U.S.-made ATACMS operational-tactical missiles, 15 Czech-made Vampire missiles, one U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectile, five French-made Hammer aerial guided bombs, as well as 28 unmanned aerial vehicles.
📊 In total, 594 airplanes, 270 helicopters, 23,856 unmanned aerial vehicles, 512 air-to-air missile systems, 15,960 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,280 MLRS combat vehicles, 9,415 field artillery guns and mortars, and 21,563 special military vehicles have been neutralised since the beginning of the special military operation.
🔹 Russian Defence Ministry
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#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Nove
🕰 Date: ~08.05.2024
📌 Coordinates: 49.155075, 37.880534
👩🚀 Squad:
📝 Description: Russian Lancet hit Ukrainian Armed Forces ANTPQ36 radar near Nove.
🖥 id: 09052024.0927
✉️source: https://t.me/EjShahidenko/2583
Map: Military Summary Map (https://dev.militarysummary.com/#/login)
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Skuchne
🕰 Date: ~08.05.2024
📌 Coordinates: 48.158595,37.492368
👩🚀 Squad:
📝 Description: Russian artillery destroyed a Ukrainian Armed Forces Howitzer near Skuchne.
🖥 id: 09052024.0932
✉️source: https://t.me/Sib_army/777
Map: Military Summary Map (https://dev.militarysummary.com/#/login)
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Pishchane
🕰 Date: ~08.05.2024
📌 Coordinates: 49.536390,37.7925776
👩🚀 Squad:
📝 Description: Russian Lancet destroyed the M777 Howitzer of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Pishchane.
🖥 id: 09052024.0943
✉️source: https://t.me/The_Wrong_Side/15900
Map: Military Summary Map (https://dev.militarysummary.com/#/login)
⚡️ REACHING THE AFU ASSAULT GROUP.
🌐 Bakhmut direction.
🔴 Early in the morning, a group of 6 horsemen decided to secretly approach our positions and take away the stronghold that we had recaptured days earlier. Our operators discovered them as they were approaching and we pinned them down tightly with mortars.
💥 After 15 minutes of shooting, our barrel gun was connected and we began to load the birds with bombs. Working with a large caliber, we buried almost the entire group and when we flew to the point, we found only one poor fellow who was running to his home.
💥 They put a VOG-17 next to him. He remained to rest in the bushes. He didn't go anywhere else.
ФРОНТОВАЯ ПТИЧКА
Kupyansky direction, Kharkov region, reports Архангел Спецназа (https://t.me/rusich_army):
The Russian Armed Forces broke through the enemy’s defenses in the village Berestovoye.
The fighting began there on April 28. On the same day, Syrsky called the situation in this territory “complicated.”
⭐️ Previously, the Russian Army occupied Kislovka and Kotlyarovka
Two Majors
⚡️ (https://t.me/sitrepmaps/7517)🇮🇱🇵🇸⚔️ Escalation in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Zone until the End of 8 May 2024⚡️
🔹In the southern #Gaza Strip, Israeli forces continue their offensive in the vicinity of Rafah. The territory of the former Yasser Arafat Airport came under the control of the IDF, despite the resistance of local groups.
🔹On the border with #Lebanon, there is an exchange of strikes between Hezbollah and the IDF, and air defence sirens sounded throughout northern #Israel.
🔹In the West Bank, the situation has not changed much. The IDF is conducting police operations, searching for and detaining protestors and Palestinians associated with Hamas.
🔹Further activities of pro-Iranian formations have not yet been recorded, as well as actions on the part of the Yemeni Houthis, although Ansarallah announced a transition to a new phase of operations in support of Palestine.
📜 RYBAR
Two Majors #Report for the Morning of 9 May 2024; pub. 06:59📍
🔹In the #Kherson direction, there are no significant changes, both sides are carrying out mutual artillery strikes, and the AFU is using many drones. The AFU fired mortars at #Dnepryany in Novokakhovsky district.
🔹On the #Zaporozhye front, northwest of #Verbovoye small assault groups of the AFU tried to get closer to our positions, the enemy was stopped by counter small arms fire. The RFAF reported success in #Rabotino. There is an advance to the north of the settlement.
🔹On the #Vremyevka ledge, heavy bloody fighting on #Staromayorskoye continues. The RFAF are suffering losses during the weeklong offensive, but are also developing success at this locality. From the field, fighters report multidirectional actions of our infantry and artillery, and note serious damage from enemy artillery fire with cluster munitions. At the same time, the RFAF have gained a foothold on the southern outskirts of #Urozhaynoye, and the enemy's counterattacks have no success.
🔹In the #SouthDonetsk direction, the RFAF are scaling up the use (https://t.me/DnevnikDesantnika/10477) of "turtle tanks". There is fighting on the Refractory Plant in the centre of #Krasnogorovka.
🔹In the #Pokrovskoye direction west of #Avdeyevka, the RFAF are developing success south of #Pervomayskoye with flanking strikes, cutting the front bulge. An offensive is under way in #Netaylovo. The zone of control in the villages on the #Ochertino ledge is expanding.
🔹On the eastern outskirts of #ChasovYar, the controlled territory is expanding in heavy battles. The RFAF are increasing pressure from the northern and southern flanks.
🔹From the #Kharkov region in the #Kupyansk sector, they reported a breakthrough of the enemy’s defence in the settlement of #Berestovoye yesterday. Fighting has been going on since 28 April 2024. Earlier the Russian Army occupied #Kislovka and #Kotlyarovka.
💥#Belgorod was shelled with MLRS in the morning. Eight people were injured: seven adults and one child. Yesterday, the village of #Murom, Shebekinsky urban district, came under AFU artillery fire. The villages of #Rovenyok and #Malinovka, #Belgorod district, were attacked by the AFU using kamikaze drones.
💥In the #Kursk region near #Troitskoye, Korenevsky district, an AFU drone dropped an explosive device on a tractor working in a field. The driver, who was carrying out agricultural work, was wounded. Another Ukrainian drone attacked an oil factory in #Suzha.
💥In the #Bryansk region at night, two aircraft-type UAVs were destroyed by forces over the Klintsovsky district. In the afternoon, #Lemeshovka in Sevsky district was shelled.
💥In the #DPR, As a result of AFU strikes on peaceful civilians, a woman born in 1938 was killed in Krasnaya Polyana, four civilians were wounded in #Gorlovka and #Vladimirovka.
Join 2 MAJORS
Ukrhydroenergo:
After yesterday's shelling, two hydroelectric power plants suffered "significant damage" and were taken out of operation.
“Today, all hydroelectric power generation has suffered devastating damage. Destroyed equipment requires considerable effort for repair, restoration and significant financial resources.”
⭐️ You are lying, fascist, you are misleading. Since you still have something to write posts on, you have energy.
Two Majors
Bashkiria, Mash


“Photo of the Ukrainian UAV that attacked Salavatnefteorgsintez in Bashkortostan this morning.
The wingspan is about three meters.
The video shows a drone flying over the territory of the enterprise a minute before its destruction."
⭐️ It flew up to 1500 km.
⚡️ Two Majors


Special Operation, 8 May 2024, Main; pub. 19:01⚡️
▪️ The Russian military launched a strike with precision weapons, including Kinzhal missiles, on targets in #Ukraine, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) reported. The targets were energy facilities and military-industrial complex enterprises; all designated facilities were hit. #Ukraine's capabilities to produce military products have been significantly reduced;
▪️ Units of the West group of troops liberated the settlement of #Kislovka in the Kharkov region, in the #DPR the Center group liberated the settlement of #Novokalinovo, MoD said;
▪️ Rogov said that the Ukrainian military’s attack on #Lugansk, according to preliminary data, was carried out by #US ATACMS missiles. As a result of the AFU strike on Lugansk, 5 employees of the oil depot were initially injured and were hospitalised, Pasechnik said;
▪️ SBU barrier squads are shooting AFU mobilised in the #Orekhov direction, Major Mussa Iblaev, commander of the South Guard Battalion, told RIA Novosti;
▪️ Russian troops launched a series of attacks in the area of the carriage repair plant and in the direction of the aircraft factory in #Kiev, the underground reported to RIA Novosti. The area of the railway junction, a military airfield that was being prepared to receive F-16s, and a plant in the #Lvov region came under attack, the underground also reported to RIA Novosti;
▪️ French troops will become a target for the Russian army if they find themselves in the Ukrainian conflict zone, Zakharova said;
▪️ The Ukrainian military lost up to 1050 militants in total in all directions over the day, as follows from the MoD report. Among the Ukrainian equipment destroyed during the day is another Leopard tank.
rian_ru


Military Expert Boris Rozhin on the Situation in the #Avdeyevka Direction on 8 May 2024 at 21:03⚡️
🔻1. #Netaylovo:
🟡The fighting shifted to the western part of the village. The enemy is fiercely resisting, trying to prevent a rapid breakthrough of the RFAF into #Karlovka.
🟡#Yasnobrodovka has no significant changes so far.
🔻2. #Umanskoye:
🟡The main fighting continues near the southeastern outskirts of the village.
🟡The village itself remains under enemy control for the time being.
🔻3. #Novoprokopovka:
🟡The fighting shifted to the northern and northeastern outskirts of #Novoprokopovka, where the remnants of the enemy forces retreated from #Solovyevo and #Berdychi.
🟡There are no serious fortifications. Some enemy units in this area are showing signs of demoralisation.
🔻4. #Novoaleksandrovka:
🟡Moving northwest of #Ocheretino, the RFAF reached the outskirts of the village and are fighting there.
🟡The loss of #Novoaleksandrovka will seriously worsen the overall coherence of the enemy's positions on the improvised line of defence, which is being built after the loss of #Ocheretino.
🔻5. #Kalinovo:
🟡Against the background of the ongoing cleanup in the #Arkhangelskoye and #Keramik areas, the RFAF have advanced north of #Ocheretino in the direction of #Kalinovo and are fighting for the fortified area covering #Kalinovo from the south.
📌 If we look at it as a whole, then, using the pace won in #Ocheretino, the RFAF are actively looking for vulnerabilities in the hastily built defensive line of the AFU and strive to break through it as quickly as possible in order to prevent the AFU from stabilising the front after pulling up reserves.
🟡 It is already obvious that one 47th Mechanised Brigade is not enough to stabilise there, so they have to remove "reinforcements" from other directions.
📜 Boris Rozhin specially for the Voenkor Kotenok (https://t.me/voenkorKotenok/56093) Channel
voenkorKotenok
⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ #Chronicle of the Special Military Operation for 8 May 2024⚡️
🔹Russian Forces carried out combined attacks on various targets in the territory of the so-called #Ukraine. The targets were electricity generation facilities in the #Lvov, Ivano-Frankovsk and #Vinnitsia regions.
🔹In the #Kupyansk-#Svatovo front section, Russian forces liberated #Kislovka, which, coupled with the capture of #Kotlyarovka, opens up the possibility of cutting the P-07 Motorway and putting pressure on #Tabayevka and Stepovaya Novosyolovka.
🔹In the #Seversk sector, the enemy was knocked out from a stronghold north of #Vesyoloye.
🔹In the #Bakhmut direction, fighting continues in the vicinity of #ChasovYar.
🔹In the #Avdeyevka direction, Russian forces are clearing forest belts between #Ocheretino and #Arkhangelskoye and are also moving towards #Novoaleksandrovka. At the same time, further south, fighting continues in #Krasnogorovka, where, according to some reports, the RFAF managed to advance on the eastern outskirts of the town.
🔹In the #Ugledar direction, on the #Vremyevka ledge, Russian forces are advancing on the southern outskirts of #Urozhaynoye and west of #Staromayorskoye, despite enemy counterattacks.
⭐️ Notes: The RFAF clearly entered #Krasnogorovka from the east and also #Staromayorskoye, see 👉 Evaluation (https://t.me/sitreports/27311).
📜 RYBAR
🇮🇱⚔🇵🇸Israel-Gaza Conflict: May 8-9 (Recap)
1️⃣ Palestinians are fleeing the southern city of Rafah in droves fearing an imminent Israeli ground invasion.
2️⃣ A US decision to suspend the delivery of “high payload munitions” comes amid Israel’s plan to carry out the offensive in Rafah, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says.
3️⃣ President Biden says he will not supply “offensive weapons” that Israel could use to launch an all-out assault on Rafah – the toughest public comments yet about the widely condemned military operation.
4️⃣ The head of the UN’s World Health Organization says hospitals in southern Gaza only have three days of fuel left to power their operations.
5️⃣ Another mass grave holding at least 49 bodies is discovered in Gaza City’s al-Shifa Hospital.
6️⃣ Hezbollah says it carried out 12 attacks against Israel, saying it targeted various Israeli positions across the border, including buildings housing Israeli troops in the towns of Manara, Metula and Shlomi. Hezbollah said it also deployed suicide drones to target spying equipment on the eastern side of the border.
7️⃣ Hamas claims Israel is using ceasefire talks as a cover to invade Rafah city and occupy its crossing with Egypt. “Netanyahu is trying to create excuses to avoid negotiations and putting the blame on Hamas and the mediators,” al-Risheq, a member of Hamas’s political bureau, said in a statement.
8️⃣ Fuel to run hospitals in southern Gaza will last only three more days, the WHO warns, after Israeli forces launch operations.
At least 34,844 people including more than 15,000 children, have been killed and over 78,404 injured in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. The death toll from the October 7 attack in Israel stands at 1,139.
The Islander





Frontline #Summary for the Morning of 9 May 2024; pub. 10:27⚡️
🔵On the #Zaporozhye Front, the RFAF do not give up attempts to advance within the #Rabotino settlement. There are tactical successes, but the fixation of the Russian advance is complicated by the lack of standard delineations of the settlement. Movement mainly occurs from a depression in the ground to a depression in the ground. (Fig. 1)
🔵On the #Donetsk Front, in the area of #Novomikhaylovka, the RFAF continue to develop their offensive in the direction of #Paraskoviyevka. In #Georgiyevka, fierce oncoming battles continue.
🟡Also, Russian troops, supported by long range weapons, continue their assault on #Krasnogorovka. There are advances both in the city centre itself and from the eastern outskirts of the town. In #Netaylovo, there are heavy oncoming battles.
🟡In the area of #Umanskoye, no changes.
🟡Oncoming battles on the approaches to #Novopokrovskoye and #Novoaleksandrovka. (Fig. 2)
🔵In the #ChasovYar Direction, the line of contact is without significant changes. Fighting continues in the eastern suburbs of #ChasovYar and on the northern and southern flanks. (Fig. 3)
wargonzo
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Inhulivka
🕰 Date: ~08.05.2024
📌 Coordinates: 46.789146,32.886126
👩🚀 Squad: #Sudoplatov
📝 Description: Russian Lantset attacks Ukrainian Armed Forces howitzers near Inhulivka.
🖥 id: 09052024.0947
✉️source: https://t.me/sudoplatov_official/1661
Map: Military Summary Map (https://dev.militarysummary.com/#/login)
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Netailove
🕰 Date: ~09.05.2024
📌 Coordinates: 48.1276, 37.53857
👩🚀 Squad: #Sparta
📝 Description: Russian FPV drones hit Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry fighting vehicle near Netailove.
🖥 id: 09052024.1533
✉️source: https://t.me/creamy_caprice/5440
Map: Military Summary Map (https://dev.militarysummary.com/#/login)
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #NovoselivkaPersha
🕰 Date: ~09.05.2024
📌 Coordinates: 48.201750, 37.502000
👩🚀 Squad:
📝 Description: A Russian missile strike destroyed a bridge near Novoselivka Persha.
🖥 id: 09052024.1559
✉️source: https://t.me/warhistoryalconafter/162650
Map: Military Summary Map (https://dev.militarysummary.com/#/login)
Larry Johnson
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Makarivka
🕰 Date: ~09.05.2024
📌 Coordinates: 47.769955,36.814225
47.774208,36.821613
47.778993,36.815721
👩🚀 Squad: #11Army
📝 Description: Russian FABs are burning out Ukrainian Armed Forces positions near Makarivka.
🖥 id: 09052024.1613
✉️source: https://t.me/voin_dv/8384
Map: Military Summary Map (https://dev.militarysummary.com/#/login)
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Kizomys
🕰 Date: ~09.05.2024
📌 Coordinates: 46.562378,32.359389
👩🚀 Squad: #61OGBrMP
📝 Description: Russian FAB bombs Ukrainian Armed Forces positions in Kizomys.
🖥 id: 09052024.1619
✉️source: https://t.me/SPUTNIK_61_OGVBRMP/177
Map: Military Summary Map (https://dev.militarysummary.com/#/login)
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Urozhaine
🕰 Date: ~09.05.2024
📌 Coordinates: 47.746646,36.823423
47.747845,36.822880
👩🚀 Squad: #11Army
📝 Description: Russian FABs attack positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Urozhaine.
🖥 id: 09052024.1625
✉️source: https://t.me/voin_dv/8411
Map: Military Summary Map (https://dev.militarysummary.com/#/login)
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Pavlivka
🕰 Date: ~09.05.2024
📌 Coordinates: 47.606487, 35.519723
👩🚀 Squad:
📝 Description: The Russian military destroyed a Ukrainian Armed Forces Howitzer near Pavlivka.
🖥 id: 09052024.1630
✉️source: https://t.me/zhivoff/14171
Map: Military Summary Map (https://dev.militarysummary.com/#/login)
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #KlebanByk
🕰 Date: ~09.05.2024
📌 Coordinates: 48.4243102,37.7816719
👩🚀 Squad:
📝 Description: The Russian military destroyed self-propelled guns of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Kleban-Byk.
🖥 id: 09052024.1655
✉️source: https://t.me/lost_armour/2641
Map: Military Summary Map (https://dev.militarysummary.com/#/login)
Belgorod region under the blows of the Ukrainian Nazis. No one will be "pushed aside" anywhere. No one will create any “sanitary zones” free from Ukrainian-Nazis. They will all go to Hell. All of Ukraine will become Russia. You don't have to look for other options, they aren't there. Governor:
"The city of Belgorod and the Belgorod region were subjected to an air attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. There were direct hits on residential apartment buildings and cars."






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Military Summary
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BMP crews hone skills at training ground in rear area of special military operation The BMP crews fire at a range of 400 to 1300 metres employing different tactics, namely, delivering strikes from closed firing positions and on the move. The combat vehicle's ammunition is 40 shells, high explosive for dealing with armoured hardware, and fragmentation for eliminating enemy manpower.
Videos on battles are becoming less and less interesting.
A lot of “introductory” “music” and a lot of - nothing - just a landscape… utter waste of time
LLM-derived breakdowns for some of the videos linked above:
(1) [LLM] over "John Mearsheimer Zelensky & the West Detached from Reality",
https://complexiathesinker.substack.com/p/llm-over-john-mearsheimer-zelensky
(2) [LLM] over "Elections and the war machine w/ Daniel McAdams",
https://complexiathesinker.substack.com/p/llm-over-elections-and-the-war-machine