Russia Ukraine Update Thread - part 2

originally posted by: Oldcarpy2
a reply to: alldaylong

Absolutely begging to be crushed under the jackboot of Putin, I'm sure.

Residents of the countries that want to join, have to have their brain removed first.

a reply to: alldaylong

Putin can arrange that.

a reply to: Xtrozero

jeeeeeeeeeez thats a big gift
that's a lot of US tax payers money especially after a pandemic
almost makes you wonder where exactly that money is really going?

Does the USA get receipts?

originally posted by: sapien82
a reply to: Xtrozero

jeeeeeeeeeez thats a big gift
that's a lot of US tax payers money especially after a pandemic
almost makes you wonder where exactly that money is really going?

Does the USA get receipts?

10 percent for big guys.

No receipts.

Shut up and support Ukraine.

A half a billion just to pay Ukrainian salaries I what I heard.

Definitely, a proxy war and a lot of people are getting rich off of it.

Again, zero benefits to American civilians as a whole.

28 April update

Key Takeaways

* Russian strategic bombers likely targeted a Ukrainian field hospital in the Azovstal Steel Plant. The remaining Ukrainian defenders are likely running low on supplies.

* Russian attacks southwest of Izyum likely seek to outflank Ukrainian defenses on the direct road to Slovyansk and have made tactical gains in the last 24 hours.

* Russian forces continued tactical ground attacks and shelling along the entire line of contact in eastern Ukraine but did not secure any major advances.

* Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR) Head Denis Pushilin stated that the DNR will postpone local Victory Day celebrations planned for May 9 until “the complete victory and the expansion of the DNR" to control Donetsk Oblast, though the Kremlin remains likely to attempt to claim some sort of victory on May 9.

* Russian forces conducted several locally successful attacks from Kherson toward Mykolaiv.

* Russian and proxy forces continued to mobilize in Transnistria and set conditions for a false flag attack.

As well as,

Ukrainian news outlet Defense Express reported on April 27 that Russian Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov will take personal command of the Russian offensive in the Izyum direction.

Vladdy G better watch his signals security.

More at URL above.

Cheers

a reply to: Grimpachi

no there is a benefit stopping a nut job from sharing a border with a nato neighbour 3000KM away is a benefit for americans

Briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense (29.04.2022)

High-precision long-range air-based weapons of the Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed the production buildings of the Artem rocket and space industry enterprise in the city of Kyiv.

High-precision long-range sea-based missiles "Caliber" destroyed three traction electrical substations in the areas of the railway junctions of Fastov, Krasnoselka and Polonnoye.

High-precision air-based missiles of the Russian Aerospace Forces hit ten military facilities in Ukraine. Among them: nine areas of concentration of manpower and military equipment, as well as an ammunition depot near the village of Ilyichevka.

Operational-tactical and army aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces hit 112 military facilities of Ukraine at night. Among them: two command posts, 11 strongholds, 95 places of concentration of manpower and military equipment, as well as four depots of rocket and artillery weapons in the settlements of Pokrovskoye and Gorokhovskoye.

During the night, missile forces hit 13 military facilities in Ukraine. In the area of the village of Gorohovskoye, Mykolaiv region, a launcher was identified and destroyed along with a combat crew of the Ukrainian Tochka-U missile system, from which yesterday a strike was struck on residential areas of the city of Kherson.
In addition, six areas of concentration of manpower and Ukrainian military equipment were defeated, as well as three artillery batteries of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and a division of multiple launch rocket systems of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed.

Artillery units completed 975 fire missions during the night. Damaged: 21 command posts, 69 strongholds, 763 areas of concentration of manpower and military equipment, as well as 107 artillery positions.
As a result of the strikes, more than 280 nationalists and 38 armored vehicles and vehicles were destroyed.

Russian air defense systems destroyed 13 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles, including Bayraktar-TB2

t.me...

a reply to: sapien82

Since when were we against NATO members sharing a border with Russia?

* - Donetsk Oblast(13:41). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!

* - Kharkiv(12:31). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!

* - Donetsk Oblast, Mykolaiv, Mykolayivska Oblast, Kryvyi Rih(12:21). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!

* - Dnipro, Dnipropetrovska Oblast, Odeska Oblast, Zaporizka Oblast(12:18). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!

* - Poltavska Oblast(12:18). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!

* - Radio Liberty producer Vera Girich was killed when a Russian missile hit the house where she lived in Kyiv yesterday. Her body was found this morning

* - Ukrainian military shot down Russian Su-34 in Kharkiv region

* - One body found under rubble of building destroyed yesterday in Kyiv in Russian missile strike

* - Poland provided Ukraine with over 200 T-72 tanks and several dozen IFVs

* - Russian troops shelled Velyka Kostromka and Maryanske with MLRS GRAD

* - Missile launches at Yenakyeve

* - Oil depot is on fire in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk

* - Missile strike at infrastructure object in Shepetivka district of Khmelnitsky region, no casualties

* - Ukrainian military destroyed 8 Russian tanks, 3 APCs on the frontline between Novopil and Velyka Novosilka

* - Explosions reported in Northern Kharkiv

* - The House passed S. 3522 – Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022 by a vote of 417-10* -

* - S. 3522, Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022, has passed the US House and heads to President Biden's desk for his signature. The bill grants President Biden expanded authority to lend defense articles to Ukraine by temporarily waiving certain restrictions

* - TB2 drone in Kherson region: The nature of the damage is absolutely identical to another drone which was previously shot down, presumably at the end of March in Kherson Oblast also- the first photo from the crash site was published on April 2nd

* - 5 person killed, 11 wounded today as result of shelling in Kharkiv and region - head of regional administration

* - Canadian Defense Minister: The world is facing one of the biggest threats since World War II due to Russian aggression

* - The House adopted H. Res. 1065 – the rule for S. 3522 – Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022 by a vote of 220-205

* - "Russia cannot redraw maps at will to meet its own ends" per Canada's @AnitaAnandMP "Sovereign nations cannot be erased from the map and @NATO cannot be divided"

* - #Ukraine officials - "they believe that long-range fires will be key in their efforts going forward" per @SecDef, who says US working to provide them as quickly as possible for the fight in the #Donbas

* - SecDef Austin is briefing with Canadian Minister of National Defense Anita Anand after they met at Pentagon to discuss Ukraine, "our shared responsibilities for protecting our homelands through the NORAD command" & other "joint efforts to strengthen North American defense ties

* - "Air defense has been a critical aspect of this entire fight" in #Ukraine, per @SecDef "We need to make sure we are providing them [#Ukraine] with air defense systems if they are taken out" by #Russia, he says "We will continue to use those systems that are most effective"

* - Russian missile hit first floors of residential building in Kyiv. At least 3 wounded

* - US, #Canada spoke not just about #Ukraine but also about "a free & open #IndoPacific" per @SecDef

* - Truckloads of grain being carried off toward Russia from Russian occupied Melitopol. Russia stealing Ukrainian grain

* - Russian army shelled Velyka Kostromka with MLRS Grad. 1 person killed

* - Ukrainian military entered Ruska Lozova town North to Kharkiv

* - Partial blackout in several areas in Dnipro city

* - Advisor to the office of President of Ukraine: Missile strikes in the downtown of Kyiv during the official visit of @antonioguterres. The day before he was sitting at a long table in the Kremlin, and today explosions are above his head. Postcard from Moscow? Recall why Russia still takes a seat on the UN Security Council

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)

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

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

* - Donetsk Oblast(14:40). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!

* - Ukrainian army liberated Ruska Lozova town near Kharkiv

* - Reports of explosions in Fastiv

* - Training of Ukrainian forces on several systems continues outside Ukraine, senior defense official says. That includes not only the howitzer, but Q-64 short-range air defense radar and the M113 armored personnel carrier

* - As of today, the Pentagon assesses that more than 1,900 missiles have been launched at Ukraine in 63 days, the senior defense official says. The majority are now landing in Mariupol and in the Donbas region

* - As of today, the Pentagon assesses that 60 percent of the 90, 155mm howitzers it has committed to Ukraine so far have arrived in country (roughly 54). That's up from about half of the 90 yesterday

* - As of Thursday, the Pentagon assesses that Russia has about 92 battalion tactical groups in the war. That's up several more from last week, as Putin's forces continue to reset units after their earlier failures and put them back in the war

* - Explosions reported in Khmelnitsky

* - While the Pentagon does not assess that Russia has seized control of Mariupol, the senior defense official said today that a "significant" number of Russian forces are beginning to shift from the port city to the northwest

* - Russian troops launched a dozen of mortar mines from Lomakivka village in Bryansk region towards Semenivska community in Chernihiv region

* - Rescuers on the site of 2 explosions in Kyiv. Mayor Klitschko says missiles hit Schevchenkyvsky, one of central districts of the capital

* - Explosions reported in Kyiv

* - 3 missiles were shot down over Odesa

* - President Zelensky met with Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres in Kyiv

* - 1 killed, 2 wounded as result of explosion of a landmine in Pochepyn, Kyiv region

* - 3 wounded in a van as result of explosion of landmine near Makariv, Kyiv region

* - Russian troops unsuccessfully attempted to advance at Brazhkivka, Dovhenke in Kharkiv region, in Rubizhne of Luhansk region, near Oleksandrivka, Tavriyske, Ivanivka and Zahradivka in Kherson region

* - Downed TB2 in Kherson Oblast

* - Ukrainian army is in full control over Kutuzivka village in Kharkiv region

* - Small fragments, after the work of air defense, fell at Stroitel

* - Ukrainian air defense shot down a missile over Odesa

* - 2 big explosions in Kramatorsk

* - Russian Air Force Strategic Bomber Voice net active on 8090 Kilohertz USB, at 1459 UTC

* - Russian army continues assault on Azovstal plant in Mariupol, pushing more equipment after heavy airstrikes overnight

* - Vice-PM of Ukraine: 45 Ukrainians, including 12 civilians were released from Russian captivity

* - President Zelensky met with Prime Minister of Bulgaria Kiril Petkov in Kyiv

* - Missile launches over Belgorod

* - New @POTUS $20.4 billion security assistance request for Ukraine includes: - $5 billion in additional drawdown authority - $6 billion for Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative - $4 billion for the State Department's Foreign Military Financing program

* - A British man has been killed in Ukraine and a second British man is missing, the @FCDOGovUK said on Thursday. It is thought that the pair had been fighting against Russian forces as volunteers in support of Ukraine's military, although this has not been confirmed

* - .@POTUS requesting another $33 billion for Ukraine "Additional security assistance will put urgently needed equipment into the hands of Ukraine's military & police.ammunition, armored vehicles, small arms, demining assistance & unmanned aircraft systems" per Biden

* - NATO is ready to maintain its support for Ukraine in the war against Russia for years, including help for Kyiv to shift from Soviet-era weapons to modern Western arms and systems, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday

* - Russian troops launched about 15 grenades at Ukrainian border guards at Senkivka border post in Chernihiv region

* - Underground hospital collapsed as result of airstrikes at Azovstal plant in Mariupol, there are casualties

* - White House proposes using assets seized from Russian oligarchs to compensate Ukraine

* - Security Service of Ukraine in Kharkiv found a warehouse with spare parts for tanks worth $1.5M

* - 3 killed as result of Russian airstrike in New York town of Donetsk region

* - Erdogan and Putin discussed Ukraine in a phone call

* - Ukrainian army liberated Ruska Lozova town near Kharkiv

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)

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

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

Cracks emerge in Russian elite as tycoons start to bemoan invasion

In the two months since Russia invaded Ukraine, the silence — and even acquiescence — of the Russian elite has started to fray.

Even as opinion polls report overwhelming public support for the military campaign, amid pervasive state propaganda and new laws outlawing criticism of the war, cracks are starting to show. The dividing lines among factions of the Russian economic elite are becoming more marked, and some of the tycoons — especially those who made their fortunes before President Vladimir Putin came to power — have begun, tentatively, to speak.

For many, the most immediate focus has been their own woes. Sweeping sanctions imposed by the West have brought down a new iron curtain on the Russian economy, freezing tens of billions of dollars of many of the tycoons’ assets along the way.

“In one day, they destroyed what was built over many years. It’s a catastrophe,” said one businessman who was summoned along with many of the country’s other richest men to meet Putin on the day of the invasion.

The White House further turned the screws on the oligarchs Thursday, announcing a proposal to liquidate their assets and donate the proceeds to Ukraine.

At least four oligarchs who made it big in the more liberal era of Putin’s predecessor, President Boris Yeltsin, have left Russia. At least four senior officials have resigned their posts and departed the country, the highest ranking among them being Anatoly Chubais, the Kremlin special envoy for sustainable development and Yeltsin-era privatization czar.

originally posted by: Grimpachi
Briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense (29.04.2022)

High-precision long-range air-based weapons of the Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed the production buildings of the Artem rocket and space industry enterprise in the city of Kyiv.

High-precision long-range sea-based missiles "Caliber" destroyed three traction electrical substations in the areas of the railway junctions of Fastov, Krasnoselka and Polonnoye.

High-precision air-based missiles of the Russian Aerospace Forces hit ten military facilities in Ukraine. Among them: nine areas of concentration of manpower and military equipment, as well as an ammunition depot near the village of Ilyichevka.

Operational-tactical and army aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces hit 112 military facilities of Ukraine at night. Among them: two command posts, 11 strongholds, 95 places of concentration of manpower and military equipment, as well as four depots of rocket and artillery weapons in the settlements of Pokrovskoye and Gorokhovskoye.

During the night, missile forces hit 13 military facilities in Ukraine. In the area of the village of Gorohovskoye, Mykolaiv region, a launcher was identified and destroyed along with a combat crew of the Ukrainian Tochka-U missile system, from which yesterday a strike was struck on residential areas of the city of Kherson.
In addition, six areas of concentration of manpower and Ukrainian military equipment were defeated, as well as three artillery batteries of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and a division of multiple launch rocket systems of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed.

Artillery units completed 975 fire missions during the night. Damaged: 21 command posts, 69 strongholds, 763 areas of concentration of manpower and military equipment, as well as 107 artillery positions.
As a result of the strikes, more than 280 nationalists and 38 armored vehicles and vehicles were destroyed.

Russian air defense systems destroyed 13 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles, including Bayraktar-TB2

t.me...

YEah russias using the bagdad bob style of press releases. If you got that from telegram,you most likely have been lied to.

Vira Hyrych, a journalist working for Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) in Kyiv was found dead on April 29, 2022, one day after Russian forces attacked the residential building where she was living in the Ukrainian capital. As the Russian military forces continue attacking civilians, including the press, Vira is the third woman journalist out of six killed in Ukraine since the country’s invasion began.

BBC Linky
Pretty sure there are plenty of other links.

Is this a sign that Putins boys can target individuals or were they just lucky killing this journalist?

On April 29, Russian sea-based Kalibr missiles destroyed three power substations in the areas of Fastov, Krasnoselka, and Polonnoye railway junctions.

On April 25, Russian missiles destroyed six traction substations in the areas of the Krasnoe, Zdolbunov, Zhmerinka, Berdichev, Kovel, and Korosten railway stations.

The stations are used for the supply of foreign weapons and military equipment for the Ukrainian troops in the Donbas region. Railway communication in the Western part of Ukraine was almost paralyzed.
southfront.org...

a reply to: nolabel

I find it amusing when the US govt and current admin is accusing Russia of 'brutality and depravity' in Ukraine while ignoring what they are doing to Yemeni civilians by starvation.

On 29 April, Ukrainian and Russian sources reported that Ukrainian President Zelenski allegedly offered Russia, through closed channels, to exchange Nazis from Azovstal for de-escalation in Transnistria. If this information is true, such an offer should only be perceived as an attempt to obtain additional benefits before the start of hostilities in the Transnistrian region.

It is noteworthy that the Moldovan leadership is trying its best to avoid opening hostilities in the region. Chisinau understands that the outbreak of hostilities in Transnistria will lead to a war on the territory of Moldova itself. Also, Chisinau has no alternative to Russian gas, which the republic receives at a fixed price, much lower than the market one. A large number of Moldovan citizens are working in the Russian Federation.

on 28 April, the head of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, Naryshkin, said that Washington and Warsaw were planning to deploy a Polish “peacekeeping contingent” in the western part of Ukraine. Today, the FIS said that Naryshkin’s statement was not a version, but intelligence information obtained from several reliable sources.

In May 2022, Warsaw announced large-scale military exercises, mainly in the northern regions of the country. At the same time, exercises by NATO countries are planned in the region.

southfront.org...

LDPR military summary: situation on contact line (April 29, updated)
29.04.2022 10:42

10:30 Over the past day, Ukrainian Nazis fired over a hundred shells of 122, 120 and 82 mm caliber in the DPR. Nine settlements came under fire, where 56 houses, ten infrastructure facilities and two cars were damaged.



10:30 Over the past day in the DPR, under the fire of Ukrainian punishers, seven civilians were killed, including one child. In addition, another 54 were injured, including five children.

10:30 Over the past day, the forces of the People’s Militia of the DPR destroyed 52 Ukrainian nationalists, two firing positions of 122-mm D-30 howitzers, one infantry fighting vehicle, one armored personnel carrier and two cargo vehicles. One armored personnel carrier and one cargo vehicle were captured.

09:32 A civilian in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk died as a result of shelling by Kyiv militants. Another person was injured.

09:29. The Kyiv regime intends on Friday to try to get the Azov militants out of Mariupol. A source in the Ukrainian presidential administration told Reuters that “an operation to evacuate civilians” from Azovstal is scheduled for Friday.

08:42 Ukrainian Nazis fired on Yasinovataya in the DPR. They fired three 122 mm shells at it. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.

08:20 During the day, fire was opened six times in Pervomaisk in the LPR. Kyiv Nazis used howitzers and multiple rocket launch system Grad. Four civilians were injured, nine buildings were destroyed.

08:20 A resident of the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, born in 1995, was injured as a result of shelling by Ukrainian militants.

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