Russia Ukraine Update Thread - part 2

Russia Rapidly Retreating as Ukraine Makes Big Territorial Gains

Russian troops in Ukraine appear to be rapidly retreating from the areas around Kharkiv while Ukrainian armed forces make significant advances north and northwest of the city, as shown by unverified maps tracking Moscow's invasion of the neighboring country.

@War_Mapper, a Twitter account that has been mapping the Russian invasion of Ukraine since February 24 using drone and satellite images of Ukraine, reported on Tuesday that Ukraine launched two offensive near Kharkiv, where Ukrainian troops took the settlements of Slobozhanske, Borshchova, Rus'ki Tyshky and Cherkas'ki north of the city, and Bairak, Rubizhne, Verkhnii, Saltiv and Zamilivka northwest of Kharkiv.

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Twitter - Ukraine War Map

originally posted by: baggy7981
First American mercenary spotted in Ukraine. Shocking!

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Is this more of that fake cannibalism propaganda from russia?

a reply to: Xcathdra

Rubizhne is the big one, probably a very small town, but within easy artillery range of one of russia's few remaining rail lines.

I suspect that we'll be discussing the destruction of that rail line tomorrow.

I also suspect that the two russian BTGs remaining West of Rubizhne will suddenly retreat back to the russian border in the next 24 hours before they are completely surrounded.

a reply to: Xcathdra

So Clyde Barrow lives on in the hearts and minds of the Russians. Makes sense, both were murderous thieves. Nope no Russian propaganda to see her 😂

originally posted by: imitator
a reply to: yuppa

Bro... life is too short to have anything but delusional thoughts about Russian Nazis. Turn CNN off! 🤣

i dont watch CNN. gtfoh.

a reply to: imitator


So you live in an alternate reality where countries invade and destroy each other over the beliefs of a tiny percent of it's population that are disliked?

Is there any country in your reality that isn't currently at war with at least a dozen other countries?

Is your global life expectancy under 20?

Does everyone live underground there now?

How long do you think your nuclear winter will last?

* - The Pentagon just distributed this rundown of U.S. military assistance provided to Ukraine:

* - Russian army shelling Zelenodolsk community, south to Kryvyi Rih

* - Fires at Black Sea Biosphere reserve in occupied part of Kherson region

* - Belarusian military echelon with tanks was filmed on the way to Pinsk

* - .@PentagonPresSec says most Russian sorties still aren't entering Ukrainian air space. Ukraine still has a viable air force and short- and long-range air defenses

* - Today, @POTUS will be hosting in the @WhiteHouse Situation Room @SpeakerPelosi and other US lawmakers who recently traveled to Ukraine, @PressSec tells reporters

* - Ukrainian military liberated Pytomnyk village near Kharkiv

* - Ukraine's first president Leonid Kravchuk dies at 88

* - First of the 11 additional Mi-17 helicopters (from Afghanistan) being delivered to Ukraine today, per a senior US defense official

* - As a result of coordinated actions of the personnel of the Defense Forces of Ukraine in the Kharkiv region, the settlements of Cherkasy Tyshky, Rusky Tyshky, Rubizhne and Bayrak were liberated - the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

* - The Czech Republic has been officially elected to the UN Human Rights Council, replacing Russia

* - Ukraine have to stop gas transit through the Sokhranivka station as no access to equipment at occupied territories

* - Russian troops shelling Bazaliivka, Lebiyazhe and Korobochkine with mortars

* - Germany decides to reopen its embassy in Kyiv

* - New Russian missile attack against bridge over Dnistrovskyi Lyman

* - Putin 'likely' to impose martial law in Russia to support war effort: US intelligence chief

* - Putin determined to take war beyond Donbas to Transnistria: US intelligence chief

* - Gas supply halted to Severodonetsk as main gas pipeline damaged in shelling

* - Belarus to deploy special operation forces on the border with Ukraine - General staff of Belarus

* - Explosions were audible in Odesa, likely Ukrainian air defense shot down a drone over the sea

* - February's cyberattack on the Viasat KA-SAT satellite internet network has been attributed to Russia by the European Union; the incident knocked out critical infrastructure at the onset of the invasion of Ukraine

As a reminder

Just so people know and understand. Information from war zones can become confusing as there will no doubt be info released from the players (on both sides) involved that might not necessarily be true.

As such take everything as a possibility and NOT as absolute truth.

The very first casualty in a war is the truth and all warfare is based on deception

Resources - Where most of the updates come from.
* - Flightradar24 - tracks flights worldwide
* - Live Ukraine control map 1 - updates on the ground
* - Ukraine Control Map 2
* - Ship radar
* - Military vessel tracker
* - Institute for the Study of War (ISW)
* - Stopfake - Site dedicated to countering Russian propaganda about Ukraine

Youtube resources -
* - Speak the Truth
* - War in Ukraine
* - Artur Rehi - Estonain soldier
* - Daily Report

Social media resources -
* - Twitter - Jomini of the West - Battlefield Maps

* - German chancellor: I call on President Putin unequivocally to end the war of aggression against Ukraine

* - Russian army shelling Huliaipole, many vehicles moved from Polohy towards the frontline

* - Bilopillia district of Sumy region was shelled with MLRS from Kursk region

* - German Foreign Minister: The international community will hold accountable those responsible for the killings in Ukraine's Bucha

* - Russian armoured vehicles had a mishap while fleeing Ruska Lozova near Kharkiv

* - Dutch FM Wopke Hoekstra: This morning I arrived in Kyiv for meetings with the Ukrainian government, together with my colleague @Abaerbock. Started my visit in Irpin, a suburb of Kyiv

* - Germany's Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has arrived in Ukraine and has visited Bucha

* - Lithuanian Parliament just adopted a resolution (unanimously.): - recognizing that Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine and its people is considered as genocide; - naming Russia a terrorist state

* - Aviation conducted 34 sorties against Azovstal in last 24 hours, including 8 sorties of strategic bombers. Also naval artillery, MLRS, UR-77 and tanks shelling the territory of the plant (yet russia still claims they have taken the plant)

* - One killed as result of Russian army shelling on Avdiyivka last night. Clashes since morning near Opytne and Pisky

* - 44 bodies found in a house destroyed by Russian airstrike in March in Izyum

* - Russian military convoy near Torez: SAM S-300 and Pantsyr

* - 3 wounded as result of missile strike at mall near Fontanka in Odesa region. 1 killed, 2 wounded as result of missile strike at warehouses in Suvorovsky district of Odesa

* - This morning Russian army launched 16 missiles from the area of Chistyakovo

* - Donetsk Oblast(06:08). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!

* - Kharkiv, Kharkivska Oblast(05:01). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!

* - Donetsk Oblast(04:38). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!

* - Russian army shelled Chernihiv region with mortars

As a reminder

Just so people know and understand. Information from war zones can become confusing as there will no doubt be info released from the players (on both sides) involved that might not necessarily be true.

As such take everything as a possibility and NOT as absolute truth.

The very first casualty in a war is the truth and all warfare is based on deception

Resources - Where most of the updates come from.
* - Flightradar24 - tracks flights worldwide
* - Live Ukraine control map 1 - updates on the ground
* - Ukraine Control Map 2
* - Ship radar
* - Military vessel tracker
* - Institute for the Study of War (ISW)
* - Stopfake - Site dedicated to countering Russian propaganda about Ukraine
* - MilitaryLand - Maps

Youtube resources -
* - Speak the Truth
* - War in Ukraine
* - Artur Rehi - Estonain soldier
* - Daily Report

Social media resources -
* - Twitter - Jomini of the West - Battlefield Maps

10 May update

Key Takeaways

* The Ukrainian counteroffensive in northern Kharkiv took further ground and have possibly closed to within 10km of the Russian border.

* Belarusian authorities are escalating rhetoric accusing NATO and the US of threatening Belarusian borders, but Belarus remains unlikely to join the war.

* Russian operations around Izyum remain stalled.

* DNR and Russian forces are advancing efforts to consolidate their control of the ruins of Mariupol, including reportedly attempting to reopen steel plants to produce military equipment.

* Russian forces in eastern Ukraine continued attempts to encircle the Severodonetsk area and reportedly reached the Donetsk-Luhansk administrative border from Popasna.

* Russian and Ukrainian forces did not conduct any significant attacks on the southern axis.

More at URL above.

Commentary:

The 10th of May marked 82 years since the German invasion of France and the Low Countries, the "six weeks that shook the West".

In that campaign, Allied infantry was ill-equipped to stop German armored forces; at best, they had "antitank hand grenades" (suicide weapon) and antitank rifles, referred to today as anti-materiel rifles. Antitank guns, while present, were not available in sufficient numbers to blunt the German advance.

Today, Ukraine's infantry has powerful and accurate antitank weapons that have wreaked havoc on Russian tanks and infantry fighting vehicles.

The fog of war, while still present, is somewhat dispelled by ubiquitous drones -- preventing surprises like hundreds of enemy tanks suddenly appearing in an area that no one expected. This situational awareness, in turn, prevents the enemy from getting inside one's decision making cycle. The Russians move, they are spotted, and their thrust is parried.

Aerial bombardment, while still terrifying and destructive, can be spotted by radar, and in some cases, be prevented by shooting down aircraft and missiles.

Weapons of the offense broke the stalemate of trench warfare in World War One. A century down the road, it may be the case that the defense is again becoming sufficiently powerful to make attacking an unrewarding option.

Cheers

a reply to: F2d5thCavv2

I think Russia needs to actually take the steel plant if they want to use it. So far reports are - Russia has suffered more than 2k casualties and about 5k wounded. They launched more than 30 air missions today to bomb the plant. Ukrainian forces still control the plant.

a reply to: Xcathdra

Seems like it would be months in any case to get that plant into working order. Surely Russia has operating facilities of their own if they want to produce steel for weapons. If their military equipment stores are really that low, they are in very serious trouble.

Cheers

originally posted by: F2d5thCavv2
a reply to: Xcathdra

Seems like it would be months in any case to get that plant into working order. Surely Russia has operating facilities of their own if they want to produce steel for weapons. If their military equipment stores are really that low, they are in very serious trouble.

Cheers

They are in very serious trouble.

They'd been relying on ccp for nearly everything necessary, from steel castings and tires to fasteners, wire & electronics.

It appears ccp isn't interested in jumping off the pariah cliff.

a reply to: Xcathdra


PM4U

a reply to: PatriotGames4u

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originally posted by: baggy7981
First American mercenary spotted in Ukraine. Shocking!

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Dear God! Meal Team 6! Those Russians are screwed now.

originally posted by: Annee

originally posted by: ufoorbhunter
a reply to: F2d5thCavv2

"Lula, 76, said Zelensky should have yielded to Russian opposition to Ukraine's moves to join NATO and held negotiations with Putin to avoid a conflict."

sounds pretty reasonable to me

Putin negotiate?

Yeah but there nothin to negotiate with when dealing with a colonialist NATO which sees as its primary aim to destroy Russia and plant a star apangled US / EU / NATO flag on the Kremlin.

Putin warned the colonialist west about moving into what he sees as Russias near abroad and was met with deaf ears.

All these mafiosa are as bad as each other yet the way certain posters see Zelensky as tastier than cream and Putin as puking as eating hot coals are very very blinded by the reality that both sides in this eatern European special operation are as rotten as tomatoe induced donkey sh*te

originally posted by: ufoorbhunter

originally posted by: Annee

originally posted by: ufoorbhunter
a reply to: F2d5thCavv2

"Lula, 76, said Zelensky should have yielded to Russian opposition to Ukraine's moves to join NATO and held negotiations with Putin to avoid a conflict."

sounds pretty reasonable to me

Putin negotiate?

Yeah but there nothin to negotiate with when dealing with a colonialist NATO which sees as its primary aim to destroy Russia and plant a star apangled US / EU / NATO flag on the Kremlin.

Putin warned the colonialist west about moving into what he sees as Russias near abroad and was met with deaf ears.

All these mafiosa are as bad as each other yet the way certain posters see Zelensky as tastier than cream and Putin as puking as eating hot coals are very very blinded by the reality that both sides in this eatern European special operation are as rotten as tomatoe induced donkey sh*te

Politicians are what they are -- that's not the same as a madman.

This invasion is insane, uncalled for, and unnecessary.

Putin is a madman -- his own government needs to stop him.