Russia Ukraine Update Thread - part 2

a reply to: Xcathdra

Replied.

Cheers

Talking points in video

- Russian forces continue to gain ground in the Donbas;
- Russia also gains ground outside Kharkiv;
- Western media covers up the Ukrainian shelling of civilian targets in Donetsk;
- The flood of Western weapons continues, but limitations are manifesting themselves;
- Harpoon anti-ship missiles will take months to deploy;
- 18 more M777 howitzers will not even replace Ukrainian combat losses to date;
- HIMARS/M270s will be deployed with insufficiently trained crews without the support of a proper combined arms operation making them vulnerable;
- Latest US delivery of 155mm rounds is less than Russia fires in a day;

Russian firebugs at it again.

The Urengoyskoye gas field, located in the Yamalo-Nenets region of Siberia, burst into flames at around 2.30am this morning. The field, operated by Gazprom, is the largest in Russia, primarily supplying gas to Europe. This is the latest fire in a series of similar blazes at key pieces of Russian infrastructure, leading to suspicions of sabotage.

Fire is reportedly extinguished now.

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originally posted by: WeDemBoyz
A somewhat interesting photo accompanying this tweet...Russians fighting for Ukraine who have taken POWs who are Ukranian and fighting for Russia...

Surreal realities of the Russo-Ukrainian War: Russian citizens fighting for Ukraine in the Free Russia Legion capture Ukrainian citizens from Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine who are fighting for Russia (via @den_kazansky)

twitter.com...

Kind of reminds me of this "glitch in the Matrix".

a reply to: Grimpachi

A writer/reporter of the new atlas channel. former marine who hates america or its friends.
Brian Joseph Thomas Berletic, who wrote under the pen name of 'Tony Cartalucci', is a geopolitical researcher and writer based in Bangkok, Thailand. His work covers world events from a Southeast Asian perspective.

The following is where he also likes to post his inane information.

landdestroyer.blogspot.com...

Your source is a partisan hack,who should be banned just like the other sources such as RT,godlikeproductions and others.

Ukraine finds itself outnumbered as Russia advances in the Donbas www.npr.org... Russia is advancing in eastern Ukraine by deploying its superior numbers. "The math problem is very difficult for the Ukrainians," Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said in an interview with NPR's Morning Edition. An army gains an advantage when it concentrates more forces at a decisive point than its enemy does.

As Russia advances, is Western support for Ukraine faltering? www.aljazeera.com... As the war rages into a 17th week, Kyiv is appealing for more heavy weapons, but rhetoric from Western leaders suggests support may be ebbing. Ukraine’s weary defenders continued to score some successes against Russian forces in the 16th week of the war, but Ukrainian leaders say they are also outgunned

a reply to: yuppa

I noticed you are unable to counter any of his arguments.
If you want him banned then you are a proponent of censorship. If you dismiss information without ever reviewing it yourself because another information source says so... well. I doubt you see the irony.

Information bubbles foster ignorance.


On ATS, I believe they only ban sites that have been proven to knowingly lie and falsify information. I doubt ATS, one of the few sites that don't ban information sources based on partisan lines and emotion will ever find a reason to ban his site.

Of course, if you are able to prove that his information is full of lies and falsified information then they would be obliged to ban him.

Have at it.

a reply to: Grimpachi

No need to. his previous articles were debunked,so in effect he has already been labeled a partisan hack.

He is not living in america for a reason.

www.challenges.fr...

PARIS (Reuters) - French Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu has asked the boss of Nexter, the group that manufactures the Caesar artillery system, to review its organization in order to be able to produce it much more quickly for the French army, a source at the ministry said on Thursday.

About time, lol

a reply to: yuppa

His videos have been debunked? By who and where?

It is easy to make claims.

The video below is from Speak the Truth.




direct link - www.youtube.com...

16 June update

Key Takeaways

* Russian forces continued to launch ground assaults on Severodonetsk and settlements along the Ukrainian ground lines of communication (GLOCs) to Lysychansk. Ukrainian military intelligence reported that Russian forces are no longer operating as concrete battalion tactical groups (BTGs), as ISW previously assessed.

* Russian forces conducted unsuccessful offensive operations northwest of Slovyansk, while Ukrainian forces reportedly resumed preparations for counteroffensives west of Izyum.

* Russian and Ukrainian forces engaged in clashes north and northeast of Kharkiv City, though no significant territory changed hands.

* Russian forces continued to fortify fallback positions in northwestern Kherson Oblast, likely in anticipation of Ukrainian counteroffensives in the region.

* Head of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR) Denis Pushilin continued to discuss and sign patronage agreements with Russian regional officials.

More at URL above.

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Day 113 of Putin's 5 day "Special Operation"....

* - Donetsk Oblast(08:33). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!

* - Kharkiv, Kharkivska Oblast(08:02). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!

* - Donetsk Oblast(07:52). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!

* - Mykolaiv, Mykolayivska Oblast(07:44). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!

* - Russian Air Force strategic bomber voice net active 8909 Kilohertz USB, 2011 UTC

* - Sumska Oblast(23:34). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!

* - Ukrainian military shot down Russian Mi-35M helicopter with MANPADS today

* - Chernihivska Oblast(23:31). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!

* - Rivne, Rivnenska Oblast(23:28). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!

* - Ternopil, Ternopilska Oblast, Kyiv Oblast, Kirovohradska Oblast(23:28). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!

* - Zhytomyr, Zhytomyrska Oblast(23:26). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!

* - Kyiv(23:24). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!

* - Chernivetska Oblast, Lviv, Lvivska Oblast, Zakarpattia Oblast, Khmelnytska Oblast, Volynska Oblast(23:23). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!

* - The European Commission has come to a tentative agreement: candidate status for Ukraine and Moldova now, followed by conditions to be complied with. For Georgia conditions now and chance to get candidate status after. to be discussed by leaders at EUCO next week

* - Ivano-Frankivsk, Ivano-Frankivska Oblast, Poltavska Oblast(23:21). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!

* - Cherkaska Oblast, Donetsk Oblast(23:19). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!

* - Kryvyi Rih, Dnipro, Dnipropetrovska Oblast, Vinnytska Oblast(23:17). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!

* - Zaporizka Oblast(23:15). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!

* - Explosions reported in Odesa

* - Explosions reported in Kharkiv

* - Kharkiv, Kharkivska Oblast, Mykolaiv, Mykolayivska Oblast(23:01). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!

* - Odeska Oblast(22:56). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!

* - Video: blast today at ammunition warehouse in Khrustalnyi, occupied Luhansk region

* - NSDC Secretary Danilov: Zelensky convened meeting to discuss preparedness of 4 regions to the new attack from Belarus

* - Fire at Koagulyant chemical plant in Polohy

* - Missile strike at Russian base in Nova Kakhovka

* - At Pivdenniy Buh direction Russian army shelled Osokorivka, Dobrianka, Topolyne, Knyazivka, Murakhivka, Chervona Dolyna, Zorya, Kotlyareve, Novomykolaivka, Stepova Dolyna, Tavriyske, Lymany and Oleksandrivka, - General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine says in the evening report

* - Russian army shelled Maryinka, Novomykhailivka, Zalizhnychne, Huliaipole and Charivne, - General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine says in the evening report

* - At Bakhmut direction Russian army shelled New York, Zaitseve, Pokrovske, Nova Kamianka, Yakovlivka, Berestove, Mykolaivka and Novoivanivka. Ka-52 helicopters conducted airstrike at Yakovlivka. Ukrainian military repelled Russian assault towards Berestove, - General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine says in the evening report

* - At Sieverodonetsk direction Russian army shelled Sieverodonetsk, Lysychansk, Ustynivka, Loskutivka, Metyolkine and Borivske awith artillery and MLRS, conducted airstrike at Loskutivka, - General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine says in the evening report

* - Russian army shelled Starodubivka with howitzers, - General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine says in the evening report

* - At Sloviansk direction Russian army shelled Mazanivka, Krasnopillia and Dibrovne. Ukrainian military repelled attack near Dolyna, - General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine says in the evening report

* - At Kharkiv direction Russian army used artillery and MLRS to shell Zolochiv, Udy, Bairak, Peremoha, Rubizhne, Verkhniy Saltiv, Pechenihy and Lebiazhe, - General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine says in the evening report

* - At Siversk direction Russian army shelled Leonivka of Chernihiv region, Ulanove, Sopych and Baranivka of Sumy region with artillery. Pair of Ka-52 helicopters launched airstrike near Hlukhiv, - General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine says in the evening report

* - Ammunition depot has reportedly exploded near Khrustalnyi in Luhansk region

* - Ukraine is "ready to work" for its accession to the European Union (EU), says its president, Volodymyr Zelensky

* - Donetsk Oblast(18:27). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!

* - France will deliver 'six additional Caesar' long-range guns to Ukraine: Macron in Kyiv

* - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says our focus now is support for Ukraine and also to help modernise the security capability of the country

* - Sumska Oblast(16:09). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!

* - Vinnytska Oblast(16:03). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!

* - Kirovohradska Oblast, Cherkaska Oblast, Zhytomyr, Zhytomyrska Oblast, Poltavska Oblast, Chernihivska Oblast(15:59). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!

* - Kyiv(15:58). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!

* - Russian army shelled agricultural enterprise in Sumy region with MLRS deployed at Horodyshe of Kursk region


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 - 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

* - Smoke in Donetsk after shelling

* - At least 3 killed, 7 wounded as result of airstrike in Lysychansk

* - Donetsk Oblast(14:30). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!

* - Kharkiv, Kharkivska Oblast(14:28). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!

* - Smoke near Maslova Prystan'

* - Zelensky meets with Macron, Scholz, Draghi and Iohannis in Kyiv Ukraine

* - Zelensky met with Scholz, Macron and Draghi. Photo: AP

* - UK sanctions Moscow Orthodox Patriarch Kirill

* - Emmanuel Macron hails at Irpin the heroism of Ukrainians in the face of barbarism

* - President of France Macron, German Chancellor Scholz, Romanian President Iohannis, Prime Minister of Italy Draghi visited Irpin, Kyiv region

* - Mykolaiv, Mykolayivska Oblast(12:25). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!

* - Donetsk Oblast(12:17). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!

* - Emmanuel Macron sets off for Irpin

* - President of Romania Klaus Iohannis: Just arrived in Kyiv

* - Ukrainian military neutralised Russian scout group at Yehorivka-Shevchenko direction, - General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine says in the morning report

* - Russian army shelled Novobakhmutivka, Vodyane, Pervomaiske, Mykilske, Antonivka, Huliaipole, Novopol and Orikhiv, - General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine says in the morning report

* - Artillery shelling at Vesele, Soledar, Berestove and Vovchoyarivka, - General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine says in the morning report

* - At Sieverodonetsk direction Russian army shelled Bilohorivka, Lysychansk, Sieverodonetsk. Battles in Sieverodonetsk ongoing, - General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine says in the morning report

* - At Lyman direction Russian army shelled Ukrainian positions near Piskunivka, - General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine says in the morning report

* - Battles along whole contact line at Bakhmut direction, - General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine says in the morning report

* - At Sloviansk direction Russian army shelled Pryshyb, Dolyna, Karnaukhivka and Virnopillia, - General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine says in the morning report

* - Russian army shelled Bazaliivka, Udy and Verkhniy Saltiv with artillery and MLRS, - General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine says in the morning report

* - Russian army shelled Leonivka of Chernihiv region and Bachivsk of Sumy region, - General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine says in the morning report

* - Ivano-Frankivsk, Ivano-Frankivska Oblast(10:50). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!

* - Mykolaiv, Mykolayivska Oblast, Odeska Oblast(10:46). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!

* - Rivne, Rivnenska Oblast, Volynska Oblast, Ternopil, Ternopilska Oblast(10:41). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!

* - Macron, Draghi and Scholtz have arrived in Kyiv

* - Lviv, Lvivska Oblast, Khmelnytska Oblast, Kirovohradska Oblast, Vinnytska Oblast, Zhytomyr, Zhytomyrska Oblast, Cherkaska Oblast, Kyiv Oblast(10:39). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!

* - Chernihivska Oblast(10:38). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!

* - Kyiv(10:37). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!

* - Sumska Oblast(10:35). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!

* - Kryvyi Rih(10:31). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!

* - Dnipro, Dnipropetrovska Oblast, Poltavska Oblast, Zaporizka Oblast(10:31). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!

* - Russian army shelled Zolochiv of Kharkiv region overnight

* - Donetsk Oblast(10:13). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!

* - Kharkiv, Kharkivska Oblast(10:09). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!

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 - 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

originally posted by: F2d5thCavv2

Key Takeaways

* Ukrainian military intelligence reported that Russian forces are no longer operating as concrete battalion tactical groups (BTGs), as ISW previously assessed.

So what are they operating as? Ad-hoc units or?

Flightradar24

* - 00028 - No type listed / Flagged as US. Currently over Russia, just south of Rostov-on-Don
* - NO CALLSIGN - No plane type / country - Doing circles over east Romania
* - 8501 - No plane type / country - Over Novoroooossiysk Russia (By the Black Sea)
* - LK32 - Lockheed EP-3E Aries II Orion / US Navy - Patrolling Romania-Ukraine/Moldova/Black Sea area
* - CL60 - Bombardier Challenger 650 / unknown - Patrolling Romania-Ukraine/Moldova border
* - ANKIN32 - Beech 350 King Air ALSR / French air force - Patrolling Romania
* - NATO11 - Boeing E-3A Sentry / NATO (Luxembourg) - Currently over Bulgaria crossing into Romanian air space
* - SVF645 - Gulfstream IV / Swedish air force - Patrolling Polish - Kaliningrad/Belarus / Ukraine border
* - YANK01 - Beech RC-12X Guardrail / US Army - patrolling Lithuania
* - REBEL90 - Beech C-12U-3 Huron / US Army - Over north west Finland / Sweden border

The defenders of Mariupol, who left the territory of the Azovstal plant, did not surrender and did not lay down their arms in front of the Russian invaders, reports "Ukrainian truth".

The publication's source in Ukrainian intelligence stressed that those who left Azovstal should not be called prisoners of war. - "It is categorically impossible to call it a surrender."

The marines from the Ilyich Iron and Steel Works - they surrendered. But it's dishonest to say this about the defenders of Azov.

First, they did not lay down their arms in front of the Russians.

All the fighters from Azovstal handed over their weapons to their own officers.

Before leaving they gave their weapons to their own commander, he shook their hands and thanked them for their service.

He then apologized for not winning, and only after that the fighters went to the Russians

tjournal.ru...

The quotes come from a person that works for a publication called Ukrainian Truth. All Ukrainian media news outlets are consolidated and under government control.

As for the not handing over weapons part.


t.me...

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a reply to: Grimpachi

point?

Also - The "All Ukrainian media news outlets are consolidated and under government control" comment. It occurred back in March of 2022 and was done after Martial Law was declared. Don't worry, Russia has Ukraine beat for all media being under state control.