Russia Ukraine Update Thread - part 3

a reply to: dragonridr

It definitely shows the passion and belief those fighting for their homeland have.

I liked the way there was no voice over commentary, the words of the soldiers and the pictures were enough.
Powerful stuff.

29 March Update

The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russian forces launched a series of missile and drone strikes at targets in Ukraine on the night of March 28 to 29, including 60 Shahed-136/131 drones from Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Krasnodar Krai and Kursk Oblast; three Kinzhal missiles from MiG-31 aircraft over Ryazan Oblast; nine Kh-59 cruise missiles from Su-34 aircraft over Belgorod Oblast; four Iskander-K missiles from Kursk Oblast; and 21 Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles from Tu-95MS strategic bombers that took off from Engels airbase in Saratov Oblast. Ukrainian air defenses downed 58 Shahed drones, five Kh-59 cruise missiles, all four Iskander-K missiles, and 17 Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles.

Russian forces recently made confirmed advances near Bakhmut, Avdiivka, and Donetsk City and in the Donetsk-Zaporizhia Oblast border area amid continued positional engagements along the entire line of contact on March 29.

More at URL above.

Cheers

Russian air defences in Crimea have shot down another Russian plane , this time a Su-27 near Sevastopol.


Keep up the good work chaps.

a reply to: gortex

How long until the Russian air force retaliates against their own air defense units ?

Cheers

30 March Update

Ukrainian electric company Tsentrenergo reported on March 29 that Russian missile strikes destroyed all power units and auxiliary equipment at the Zmiivska Thermal Power Plant (TPP) in Kharkiv Oblast on March 22.

Russian authorities continue to escalate legal pressure against migrants in the wake of the March 22 Crocus City Hall attack, prompting both Russian authorities to increase deportations and migrants to voluntarily leave Russia.

Positional engagements continued throughout the theater on March 30.

More at URL above.

Cheers

31 March Update

The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russian forces launched 14 Kh-101/555 cruise missiles from Saratov Oblast; 11 Shahed-136/131 drones from Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Krasnodar Krai and occupied Crimea; one Iskander-M ballistic missile from occupied Crimea; and one Kh-59 cruise missile from occupied Zaporizhia Oblast. The Ukrainian Air Force added that Ukrainian forces shot down nine Kh-101/555 missiles and nine Shahed drones.

A Ukrainian serviceman reported on March 31 that Russian forces, including elements of the Russian 6th Tank Regiment (90th Tank Division, Central Military District [CMD]), committed 36 tanks and 12 BMP infantry fighting vehicles (IFV) to a large-mechanized assault near Tonenke on March 30. . . . Ukrainian serviceman stated that Ukrainian forces destroyed 12 Russian tanks and eight IFVs during the assault and noted that the frontal assault failed to breakthrough the Ukrainian line.

French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu announced on March 31 that France will provide an unspecified number of Aster 30 surface-to-air missiles and “hundreds” of armored vehicles and other equipment to Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed on March 31 the scheduled decree authorizing Russia’s semi-annual spring military conscription, which will conscript 150,000 Russians between April 1 and July 15.

Russian forces recently made confirmed advances near Avdiivka and southwest of Donetsk City on March 31.

More at URL above.

Cheers

Partisans seem to be at work across Russia with buildings mysteriously self-combusting.

An explosion and fire occurred at a tourist base in Russia.


Mystery fire at a paper warehouse on Rostov city.


Mystery fire at a military equipment factory in Yekaterinburg, Russia.


Another mystery fire reported in the last hour this time in Moscow at a factory that reportedly produces electrical insulating material.

a reply to: gortex

More carelessly discarded cigarettes?

Health and safety!

1 April Update

The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) is intensifying efforts to falsely implicate Ukraine in the March 22 Crocus City Hall terrorist attack while denying any Islamic State (IS) responsibility or involvement in the attack.

Russian forces recently made confirmed advances near Avdiivka and in the east (left) bank of Kherson Oblast amid continued positional engagements along the entire line of contact on April 1.

More at URL above.

Cheers

Republicans are talking about some of the changes they'll seek.

One is to slash humanitarian funding from the bill, and focus U.S. aid primarily on weapons. Another is to turn some of the weapons donations into a loan.

ANALYSIS Trump or Ukraine: It's the momentous decision now before the U.S. House Republicans will also demand that the Biden administration reverse a recent pause on U.S. exports of liquid natural gas.

And, finally, they want to seize Russian assets. More precisely, they want to incorporate an existing bill that would sell public Russian assets held in the U.S., and use the proceeds for Ukraine's defence.

As for the symbolism of turning Russian assets over to Ukraine, Johnson expressed delight: "That's just pure poetry."

www.cbc.ca...

The outcome should be interesting in whether or not Biden will allow the exports of liquid natural gas to resume. Or, will the outcome be as expected, that being, climate risk will always lose out and the war effort will always take the lead?

www.whitehouse.gov... provals-of-liquefied-natural-gas-exports/

Putin's Shahed drone factory in the Tatarstan region suffered a malfunction today when a Ukrainian drone landed on the roof causing production to be halted , at least for a while.


Questions have to be asked how this remote control light aircraft managed to slip through Russia's air defences flying 807 miles from the Ukrainian border to successfully land on the roof of a strategically important building.

Great flying chaps.

a reply to: gortex


Ukraine has now new drone models that are autonomous .

Ukrainian drones employing AI to strike Russian targets with high precision – CNN

"The flights are determined in advance with our allies, and the aircraft follow the flight plan to enable us to strike targets with metres of precision," the source added. Reportedly, such precision is provided by the drones' sensors. "They have this thing called ‘machine vision,’ which is a form of AI. Basically you take a model and you have it on a chip and you train this model to identify geography and the target it is navigating to. When it is finally deployed, it is able to identify where it is," explained Noah Sylvia, a research analyst at UK-based think tank Royal United Services Institute. "It does not require any communication (with satellites), it is completely autonomous," Sylvia added.

a reply to: Kenzo

No need for "unstoppable" hypersonic missiles costing millions, apparently?

a reply to: Oldcarpy2


Yeeh no need. Apparently Ukrainian drones are much cheaper too .

Russia has problems with air defence , and Ukraine has soon large amount drones , or allready has ? Karma ,as Russia was the one who started using drones against Ukraine . Now Russia taste same medicine .

a reply to: Kenzo

Yes. Payback's a bitch, ain't it?

a reply to: Oldcarpy2


Yes

They allready have shortage of fuels it seems....as Belarus is giving them some .

originally posted by: Kenzo
a reply to: Oldcarpy2


Yeeh no need. Apparently Ukrainian drones are much cheaper too .

Russia has problems with air defence , and Ukraine has soon large amount drones , or allready has ? Karma ,as Russia was the one who started using drones against Ukraine . Now Russia taste same medicine .

weak humor moment

( KNOCK KNOCK )

Russian general: "Who is there ?"

Knocker: "you"

Russian general: "Eh ? You who ?"

Knocker: "U-Kraine." BOOM



Cheers

Not one but two large drones sent to Tatarstan region today , following on from the drone factory Ukraine also hit the Nizhnekamsk oil refinery.

The capacity of this processing unit is 8 million tons of oil, which amounts to 2.6% of the total annual refining of the Russian Federation per year. In addition, this plant is among the 5 largest refineries in Russia.

originally posted by: gortex
Not one but two large drones sent to Tatarstan region today , following on from the drone factory Ukraine also hit the Nizhnekamsk oil refinery.

The capacity of this processing unit is 8 million tons of oil, which amounts to 2.6% of the total annual refining of the Russian Federation per year. In addition, this plant is among the 5 largest refineries in Russia.

German V-1 Flying Bomb reborn.

a reply to: F2d5thCavv2


I expect Russians will lost all humour after few more months about this BOOM