Ukraine just changed naval warfare again. New drone carriers are launching unjammable fiber-optic FPVs — drones that fly without radio signals and can’t be jammed by Russian EW. https://twitter.com/user/status/1975324081521352858
Ukraine appears to be attacking the town of Staryi Oskil in the Bilhorod region. I was wondering why we didn't do it before. This is a key iron ore processing and extraction site in russia, accounting for 50% of russian iron production, or roughly 40 million tons. https://twitter.com/user/status/1975417556778545554
According to Business Insider, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are using 70mm Thales rockets with FZ123 warheads — the same ones the company showcased at the Eurosatory defense exhibition in Paris last year. https://twitter.com/user/status/1975582951380292079
Two more Russian thermal power plants are down in the “new frontline” regions of #Belgorod & #Bryansk inside Russia itself. The Russian army is now struggling to move in total darkness as nights grow colder and days shorter. https://twitter.com/user/status/1975282919271735357
Ukrainian forces report progress in the Dobropillia operation, pushing Russian troops back toward the border in Sumy and repelling renewed assaults in Zaporizhzhia. https://twitter.com/user/status/1975607052069445771
"Russia would have long lost this war. With the help of its partners, Ukraine would have regained all the occupied territories if it weren’t for the Kremlin’s support from Moscow’s allies." https://twitter.com/user/status/1978523338713571514
The name and face of every Russian officer in the chain of command responsible for any war crimes should be published so that they must look over their shoulder and under their car for the rest of their lives. GUR will hunt them down. https://twitter.com/user/status/1978024749918822773
Retired American general Jack Keane who served as Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army stated that if Tomahawks are transferred to Ukraine, their first target would be the drone production center in Yelabuga, Russia, allegedly staffed by 20,000 North Korean workers.
Despite a lot of western doom.and gloom, the Russian summer offensive has mostly been a failure.
Russia threw 100 000 men at Pokrovsk this summer, and they're still fighting over it. (Despite CNN reporting on imminent defensive collapse in July.) They've been trying to capture it since mid-July 2024. We're talking about a city with a pre-war population of 60k and an an area of 30 sq km (or 11 sq miles). And Ukraine has been counter-attacking recently, taking back already captured positions.
Whether Pokrovsk falls or not is not really the point, but it's really more an indicator that it's really hard to move the frontline when your bigger vehicles keep getting destroyed and you're stuck advancing with motorbikes and infantry.
Yes Russia has gained ground again, but not really anything strategically significant, ans nothing that's in scale with the massive amounts of troops used.
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Details of Zelenskyy-Trump meeting “Zelenskyy refused to give up lands that Russia had failed to occupy. Trump ultimately ended the meeting with the words, "Okay, let's try to finish this along the current lines.” https://twitter.com/user/status/1980319318849298826
Kostiantynivka, Donetsk region. Ukrainians who were unable to leave are living without power, gas, or water. Among the corpses of their neighbors, under constant shelling. https://twitter.com/user/status/1980716878919061663
Near Kostyantynivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine’s border guard unit “Phoenix” eliminated nearly half a company of Russian troops. They also destroyed a T-62 tank, 3 vehicles, a quad bike, and a Russian EW system “Shtora.” https://twitter.com/user/status/1980611391800115557
Warfronts summary and commentary on the failed Russian offensive.
Staggering amounts of lives lost without even reaching their minimum strategic goals for the campaign. Obvious lack of heavy metal means even if Russia breaks the frontline somewhere, they struggle to take advantage with meaningful advancement. In essence, the Soviet stockpiles have run out and the result has been as predicted.
The current stalemate also demonstrates that you can't take significant ground with just drones, men on foot and light vehicles, at least not against a peer opponent. Tanks and armored vehicles still matter. (On that note: Russians are still sometimes using turtle tanks. Seems they are effective enough for the current war.)
That's not to say Ukraine is having an easy time, but a full Ukrainian loss is looking like it's off the table. There are also signs that Russians keeping up with what's going on in the war are mostly coming to the same conclusion. What that means we don't know yet.
Thus, the likely outcomes currently are either a full or partial Russian retreat due to support at home collapsing (which would likely be due to increased economic hardship), or the current frontlines being more or less accepted as the endstate. Neither side is currently able to significantly move those lines through force.
Which is why we've seen Ukraine increasingly commit to a strategy of maximizing economic hardship for Russia, their main path to victory.
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Is it just me, or when Trump says that "Vladimir" went into "four years of war that he should've won in a week," he sounds almost disappointed that he didn’t? https://twitter.com/user/status/1978184484697645098
During a sweep near Vilne, Donetsk region, three soldiers from Ukraine’s 25th “Lynx” Assault Battalion captured seven Russian troops. Clear coordination with a drone operator - who smashed in the enemy shelter’s door for entry. https://twitter.com/user/status/1982768729328177502
Russia: Ukrainian strikes damaged the Belgorod Reservoir Dam. Russian 68th & 69th Divisions and the 44th Army Corps near the border and the 128th, 116th, 68th, 136th Brigades on the Vovchansk front in Ukraine at risk of flooding. https://twitter.com/user/status/1982520160184639782
The Security Service of Ukraine demonstrated a new generation of sea drones "Sea Baby" The updated drones are capable of covering a distance of over 1,500 km, carrying up to 2,000 kg of cargo, have reinforced engines and a modern navigation system. https://twitter.com/user/status/1980928737202897380
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With the humiliation of last week's failed "BIG SCARY SUPER WEAPON" still fresh, Putin tries AGAIN, rolling out yet ANOTHER super weapon to scare western politicians that no longer care. https://twitter.com/user/status/1983508520772190270
