Russian forces did not make any confirmed advances within Bakhmut on March 11.
Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova confirmed that there is infighting in the Kremlin inner circle, that the Kremlin has ceded centralized control over the Russian information space, and implicitly that Russian President Vladimir Putin cannot fix it.
Wagner financier Yevgeny Prigozhin said that he would transform the Wagner Group into a hardline ideological elite parallel military organization after the Battle of Bakhmut.
Ukrainian sources report that Ukrainian forces advanced toward Svatove.
Russian forces continue to establish fortifications in Zaporizhia Oblast.
Russian mobilized soldiers continue to publicize complaints that commanders treat them poorly and used them as expendable manpower to patch holes in existent formations.
Russian occupation officials use children’s healthcare to generate dependency on the Russian healthcare system.
[Gateway] Larry Johnson, an ex-CIA analyst, writes "I no longer hold clearances and have not had access to the classified intelligence assessments. However, I have heard that the finished intelligence being supplied to U.S. policymakers continues to declare that Russia is on the ropes — and their economy is crumbling. Also, analysts insist that the Ukrainians are beating the Russians".
Johnson responds that — lacking valid human sources — "western agencies are almost wholly dependent today on ’liaison reporting’" (i.e., from ’friendly’ foreign intelligence services), without doing ’due diligence’ by cross-checking discrepancies with other reporting.
In practice, this largely means western reporting simply replicates Kiev’s PR line. But there does occur a huge problem when marrying Kiev’s output (as Johnson says) to UK reports — for ’corroboration’.
The reality is UK reporting itself is also based on what Ukraine is saying. This is known as false collateral — i.e., when that which is used for corroboration and validation actually derives from the same single source. It becomes — deliberately — a propaganda multiplier.
In plain words however, all these points are ’red herrings’. Bluntly, so-called western ’Intelligence’ is no longer the sincere attempt to understand a complex reality, but rather, it has become the tool to falsify a nuanced reality in order to attempt to manipulate the Russian psyche towards a collective defeatism (in respect not just to the Ukraine, but to the idea that Russia should remain as a sovereign whole).
And — to the extent that ’lies’ are fabricated to accustom the Russian public to inevitable defeat — the obverse edge clearly is intended to train the western public towards the ’groupthink’ that victory is inevitable. And that Russia is an ’unreformed evil Empire’ which threatens all Europe.
The dominant characteristic here is remaining loyal to the group – even when the policy is working badly and its consequences disturb the conscience of members.
20+ years in Afghanistan as an example? Comments?
Bueller? Anyone ?
Remember how we used to make fun of them because their entire country was a lie? And anyone who reported the truth got punished? We're there right now.
Just remember they've said nuclear war is better than the Russians winning.
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Maybe consequences for being wrong? For the analysts and policy makers, not for the rest of us.
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#5
Now we're literally in Soviet Union territory
Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia are NATO members. Nothing is going to change that except an American bug out. We're on the hook. Putin decides tomorrow to go there, its launch time. Better to drain his resources now than push the button later.
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Also, analysts insist that the Ukrainians are beating the Russians
I haven't seen that in any serious analyst report. Ukrainians do best when they can be mobile. With all winter and now being mud, they can't. It is a grind now and Russia will eventually win a grind war. When the ground hardens up and the Ukrainians can be mobile again, that may change. Especially with western tanks leading an attack.
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Kissinger was utterly certain that triangulation was the tool to manipulate the Sino-Soviet bloc when Russia was the dominant partner and the world was divied up in east-west blocks of allies or minor players standing aside.
Fast forward and there really are three major hegemons, albeit getting long in the tooth. The three players now are a US-NATO block, Russia-Belarus, and China. India and Brazilare budding but not yet mature.
I look at the Ukrainian conflict and see exhaustion setting in for two of the three, and China isn't one of them. Instead, it makes noises to support Russia, watches the other two spend down war-fighting capability and/or logistical readiness, and sees the by-standers looking more at China than ever before as a hegemon to listen to. Now, we have the idiot Puppet Show emptying the Strategic petroleum reserve, destabilizing the economy with inflation and debt, and stirring up domestic cultural/racial unrest, almost as if on Peking's behalf.
It seems to set the stage for the next major Chinese strategic objective, Taiwan and South China Seas dominance, and we are woefully handicapped and conflicted as the national will is watered down to silly conflict about DEI and pronouns. It seems to me Peking read our history and we apparently don't!
#9
Larry Johnson is a KGB asset projecting what Russia does in its propaganda onto the West
That some outlets may lie is one thing.
But that all the countries in Europe partake in this conspiracy he alleges betrays his intentions not ours
#10
Russia may win and status reports are always wrong but Russia has not won yet as they quite reasonably expected. When/if they do it may prove Pyrrhic.
#11
It seems to set the stage for the next major Chinese strategic objective
They will have to do it in the next few years. Their demographics are collapsing, their economy is in tatters, high tech nations are refusing to import any more mid-high end chips or to have their companies in China causing their economy to tailspin with the housing crisis.
China has a window of 5-10 years before they won't be able to push power past the fist island chain.
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[Korrespondence] 21:52 Russia illegally took out 2,161 Ukrainian orphans, Deputy Prime Minister Irina Vereshchuk said.
21:34 Zaluzhny said that he had a telephone conversation with the Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley: "We discussed a number of topics that are important for us. He dwelled in detail on the issue of Ukraine's defense needs. We are talking about the supply of ammunition and equipment. He emphasized the need to strengthen the capabilities of the air defense system. defense. Told General Milli about the situation on the battlefield."
20:06 Iran has concluded a deal on the purchase of Russian Su-35 fighters, the state agency IRNA reports. Tehran stressed that the agreement was signed after the expiration of the UN arms embargo prohibiting Iran from buying conventional weapons.
20:03 The Biden administration plans to further restrict the export of chips to China, writes Bloomberg. In particular, the tighter restrictions are aimed at preventing Beijing from developing its microchip industry. The new rules could double the amount of equipment whose export requires special licenses. In addition, the US intends to coordinate its actions with the Netherlands and Japan - key countries for the production of chips.
Bloomberg notes that there are 3 main manufacturers of chip equipment in the US: Applied Materials, KLA Corp. and Lam Research Corp. Together with the Japanese Tokyo Electron Ltd. and the Dutch ASML Holding NV, they dominate the industry. Without access to their best products, it is impossible to build factories capable of producing the most advanced chips.
19:57 Zelensky, in an evening video message, commented on his decree on the enactment of a new sanctions decision against individuals and legal entities associated with the Russian Federation. We are talking about more than 280 companies and 120 people "who worked against Ukraine through gambling schemes, withdrew funds from our state and financed various Russian combinations." The President assured that "the decision was being prepared for some time, it is thoroughly worked out and closes schemes worth tens of billions. And this is not the last such decision. Ukraine will be defended everywhere. And by all civilized means."
18:22 Pope Francis said he was ready to come to Kiev, but only on the condition that he could visit Moscow: "I will go to both places or neither of them ... It's not impossible. We hope that we can do this. Please note that there are no promises. I did not close this door."
18:11 Kuleba, in an interview with Bild, called Zelensky's refusal to speak at the Oscar film awards ceremony hypocrisy: "I think if the film On the Western Front without change wins an Oscar for the best foreign film, and President Zelensky, who rules a warring country, leads the biggest in Europe war since World War II, will not be allowed to perform at the Oscars, then you will not find a better example of the hypocrisy of top managers and producers in the film industry.
17:45 The Patriot air defense system will be able to shoot down not only ballistic missiles, but also Russian aircraft at a distance of up to 150 km, Yuri Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said. He stressed that today Ukraine does not have such long-range anti-aircraft systems. The same range as the Patriot has SAMP / T, which Ukraine should soon receive from France and Italy. With these systems, the Armed Forces of Ukraine will be able to shoot down Russian aircraft that bomb Ukraine from the border areas.
16:32 The Russians fired from the S-300 at a life support facility in Zaporozhye, the OVA reported.
15:26 Almost all units of the Offensive Guard have already been formed, 28,000 volunteers have applied, Interior Minister Igor Klimenko said. At the same time, he added that not everyone who wants to get into these units due to strict selection: “We have already begun training almost all units at the training grounds of our country, and not everyone can withstand it there. The exercises will continue as long as necessary to get combat-ready units ".
14:47 Commander of the Eastern Group of Forces Alexander Syrsky again visited the positions of the Ukrainian military in Bakhmut and said that the defense of the city does not allow the enemy to realize his plan, breaks his plans and forces him to refuse to move forward. "We need to buy time to build up reserves and launch a counter-offensive, which is just around the corner," Syrsky added.
14:11 The first batch of Leopard 1s within the framework of the Danish-German-Dutch project for the transfer of tanks will be sent to Ukraine during the spring, the acting official said. Danish Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen. According to him, during 2023 Kyiv will receive from 80 to 90 tanks.
13:55 Since the beginning of the day, the Russians have fired at Konstantinovka five times in the Donetsk region - one person was killed, at least three were injured, said the head of the OVA Pavel Kirilenko.
12:58 The Russians fired on Kherson again: fragments of shells hit a car on the Nikolaev highway, three people were killed, two were injured, the OVA reported.
11:39 Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin, during her visit to Kiev on March 10, noted that her country, along with other allies, could consider providing Ukraine with Hornet fighters. However, the Finnish leadership claims that it did not discuss this issue. Thus, the President of the country, Saule Niiniste, said that a corresponding discussion had not yet been conducted with anyone. Defense Minister Antti Kaikkonen also said he was unaware of Marin's intentions to discuss fighter jets, which he says Finland will need for many years to come.
In turn, the commander of the Finnish Air Force Juha-Pekka Kerenen said that the country's Defense Forces did not discuss the possible provision of fighters to Ukraine. He explained that the Finnish Defense Forces could not afford to abandon the Hornet until they received F-35 fighter jets in return. In addition, organizing the operational training of such fighters will be a difficult task.
10:58 Zelensky, in response to the petition, the author of which proposes to officially rename Russia to Muscovy, asked the prime minister to involve scientists in the study of this issue. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that this is another evidence of "an attempt to create anti-Russia from Ukraine."
10:36 British intelligence reports that over the past four days, PMC Wagner forces have taken control of most of eastern Bakhmut, and the front line now runs in the city center along the Bakhmutka River. According to intelligence, Ukrainian forces are holding the western part of the city and have destroyed key bridges across the river, which flows from north to south through a strip of open ground 200-800 meters wide between settlements. Because Ukrainian units can fire from fortified buildings to the west, the area has become a "death zone," making it harder for Wagner to push west.
However, Ukrainian forces and their supply lines in the west remain vulnerable to continued Russian attempts to outflank defenders to the north and south, the intelligence added.
09:59 In the Luhansk region, local residents do not have access to medicine, since the occupiers have turned all hospitals into military hospitals and barracks, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Gaidai. To prevent people from reporting information "outside", the Russians continue to close cities, and communications and the Internet have not appeared in settlements close to the front line. To contact their relatives, local residents are forced to go calling deep into the region.
09:47 The British government called on sponsors of the Olympic Games to put pressure on the International Olympic Committee to prevent the participation of Russia and Belarus in the 2024 Olympics, writes The Guardian. According to the edition, among these companies, in particular, - Coca-Cola, Intel, Samsung and Visa.
09:22 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, two people were killed (in the village of Krasnogorovka), 14 more people were injured. In the Kherson region, three dead, five wounded. In the Kharkiv region, one person was wounded as a result of enemy shelling in the Kupyansky district, another was blown up by a Russian mine in the Izyumsky district, according to the IVA.
08:44 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of March 11.
personnel - about 158,000 (+1010) people liquidated,
tanks - 3458 (+10),
armored combat vehicles - 6762 (+20),
artillery systems - 2483 (+8),
MLRS - 493 (+2),
air defense systems - 257 (+1),
aircraft - 304 (+0),
helicopters - 289 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 2108 (+1),
cruise missiles - 907 (+0),
ships/boats - 18 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 5344 (+7),
special equipment - 242 (+2).
08:26 The Russian army is focusing its main efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky, Maryinsky and Miners directions. Over the past day, the Defense Forces repelled more than 100 enemy attacks in the indicated directions, the General Staff said in the morning report .
06:30 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) notes that Russian troops continue to establish defensive lines in rear areas away from the current front line, as well as in the depths of Russia, where combat operations will probably never take place. Analysts believe that the construction of a defensive line is a thoughtless waste of money and has an exclusively propaganda purpose to "demonize" Ukraine.
As for the appearance of Russian fortifications in Crimea, according to ISW, this may indicate that the Russian troops are not confident in their ability to hold the occupied territories in southern Ukraine in the long term.
02:45 Biden and Ursula von der Leyen discussed the economy, trade between continents, and the Russian war against Ukraine at a meeting in the United States. The head of the European Commission said that during the meeting, the parties expressed their determination to jointly support Ukraine in the struggle for freedom and independence and "make Russia pay a high price for its brutal war." Also, the States and the EU agreed to strengthen enforcement of sanctions against Russia in order to "prevent evasion and circumvention."
00:09 On April 26, Italy will host a conference on the restoration of Ukraine with the participation of Italian companies, said Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 22:20 There is information that two sections of the T-0504 Artemovsk-Konstantinovka highway are on the verge of physical blocking by PMC "Wagner". 22:02 Soldiers of PMC "Wagner"are 1.2 kilometers from the center of Artemovsk.
21:25 Near Vuhledar, our fighters, having discovered a tank of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, promptlyworked outon it with an ATGM. Bottom line - the car is completely destroyed. Not recoverable
20:45 Consequences "calibration" of the location of Ukrainian militants in a high-rise building
19:58 Destruction anti-aircraft missile system of the Armed Forces of Ukraine "Stormer HVM" made in the UK with high-precision loitering ammunition
The combat vehicle was discovered by UAV crews in the Donetsk direction of the Northern Military District. After that, it was destroyed by high-precision loitering ammunition.
Hit control was carried out by UAV calculations. Loitering ammunition is effectively used to destroy armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. With their help, artillery pieces, self-propelled artillery mounts, self-propelled anti-aircraft missile systems, tanks and other armored vehicles are destroyed.
18:25 Soldiers of the 155th Brigade recorded response to accusations of their incompetence
Earlier, in a number of Telegram channels, there were reports that the brigade had lost the combat capability of the unit due to high losses.
The Marines pointed out that victories cannot be achieved without losses, moreover, the fighting in the Ugoldar direction remains fierce. But the naval infantry emphasized that they are not going to retreat and are fighting for Russia, for ordinary people and for their fallen comrades.
17:42 Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed enemy ammunition depot on the Zaporizhia Front
The aircraft of the Vostok group struck at the warehouse of Ukrainian militants near the village of Malinovka.
16:57 Battery commander with the call sign "Amur" told, how the "roaming" calculation of the MLRS "Tornado-G" destroyed the observation post of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
To destroy the observation post of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, discovered with the help of UAVs, the crew of the Tornado-G multiple launch rocket system was involved. The crew of the combat vehicle advanced to the firing position and defeated the enemy.
The fire adjustment was carried out by unmanned aerial vehicles, which carried out reconnaissance of the positions of Ukrainian militants and corrected the accuracy of the artillerymen's firing in real time.
15:55 Another proof the fact that militants are coming out use the school as a firing point
14:45 The main thing from the new briefing of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:
🔹More than 140 Ukrainian servicemen, two infantry fighting vehicles and two 122mm D-30 howitzers were destroyed in the Donetsk direction.
🔹Up to 50 Ukrainian servicemen, five infantry fighting vehicles and a Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer were liquidated in the Kupyansk direction.
🔹In the Krasno-Limansky direction, the enemy lost up to 90 Ukrainian servicemen, five infantry fighting vehicles, a 122mm D-30 howitzer and an Akatsiya self-propelled gun in a day.
🔹In the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, up to 70 Ukrainian servicemen, three infantry fighting vehicles and a 152mm D-20 howitzer were destroyed by air and artillery strikes.
🔹In the Kherson direction, the enemy’s losses per day amounted to more than 50 Ukrainian servicemen, three infantry fighting vehicles, as well as an ammunition depot.
🔹Russian air defense forces shot down four HIMARS and Uragan MLRS shells in a day, and also intercepted four HARM anti-radar missiles.
13:40 Artillery strikes positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye region
Artillerymen of the 64th Motorized Rifle Brigade are firing. Their fire is adjusted using drones.
12:53 Russian military destroyed Ukrainian ammunition depot in the DPR
The object was hit in the Konstantinovka area. After the impact, the ammunition stored in the warehouse was blown up.
12:53 Platoon commander TOS-1A "Solntsepek" with the call sign "Skipper" told on the combat work of his unit during a special military operation
Specialists of the RHBZ Airborne Forces inflict crushing blows with 220mm thermobaric shells on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, burning out their shelters, observation posts, ammunition caches and artillery positions.
Units of Ukrainian nationalists tried to hide in the ceilings of strongholds in the forest. However, a Russian reconnaissance drone, which noticed the movement of the enemy, promptly aimed the TOS-1A at the target. The targets transmitted by reconnaissance were successfully hit by a high-precision strike.
In the area of work of the TOS crews, the military personnel of the Ukrainian formations are increasingly voluntarily surrendering, leaving their positions and ignoring the orders of their commanders.
11:59 Another destroyed APU equipment in the NWO zone
11:59 Ukrainian indignant why representatives of the Verkhovna Rada have a higher salary than the Armed Forces of Ukraine
10:49 At the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation showed footage of the destruction of the Ukrainian SAM "Stormer HVM" made in the UK with high-precision loitering ammunition. The control was carried out by UAV calculations.
08:15 Combat work calculations of 120mm ZVO mortars in the special operation zone. Combat missions as part of the calculations are performed by military personnel called up from the reserve as part of partial mobilization.
08:00 Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation published shots of the combat work of the calculations of "roaming mortars" of the Western Military District.
Crews use 120millimeter mortars; they differ in that they do not require special preparation of positions to fire from them.
#1
Russian blog posters new term of endearment for Victoria Nuland being "Dr. Evil", funny but it seems to fit. Related to pipeline destruction instigator or at least promoter. I would add other activities as well.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:27 In Artemovsk, Wagner PMC is conducting a massive offensive. 22:15 The Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that the Russians broke through defense of Artemovsk.
22:06 Offensive near Svatovo: landing took new stronghold of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
21:06 Ukrainian troops fired four rounds of "NATO" caliber 155mm in the Kievsky district of Donetsk, the DPR representative office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reports.
19:50 It is reported that between the southern pond and the medical complex in the southwestern part of Artemovsk (Bakhmut) goes strong fight.
According to the Military Chronicle, the alleged place of the battle is the area of the tuberculosis dispensary and the Artyomovsk morgue. There was a stronghold of the 204th, 205th and 207th battalions of the territorial defense of the 241st Brigade.
At the end of February, this opornik was reinforced with the armored vehicles of the 93rd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine that remained in the city: BTR-80, BTR-3E and BTR-4E of the Ukrainian ground forces and the National Guard were previously seen inside the city blocks.
The geographic center of the city - the upper park, the Bakhmut-2 station and the Metallurg stadium - are just over one km from the proposed battlefield.
Also, 500-700 meters from this point is the Artemovskaya district administration.
18:43 The situation north of the city of Artemovsk: the Russian army took control of the treatment plant and began to enter the AZOM plant from the Ilyinovsky district.
18:35 Defeat APU tank near Ugledar. The armored vehicle was completely destroyed by a direct hit by an anti-tank missile system.
17:48 Artillery of the RF Armed Forces destroys infantry and positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of Disputed -video.
16:48 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for March 11, additional information was received about the damage as a result of artillery attack of the Ukrainian cities of the Republic:
16:40 Ukrainian troops fired at Yasinovataya, firing four rounds with a caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
16:38 Video from Artemovsk. Artillery of PMC "Wagner" destroys the enemy column, which tried to leave the city.
16:36 Personnel elimination of Ukrainian militants in the Maryinka area.
16:25 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for March 11, information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district):
- on the street. Yugoslavskaya, 24 killed father and son: man born in 1989 and a boy born in 2015, according to preliminary data, a woman was injured - the information is being specified.
n.p. Staromikhaylovka: - as a result of a drop of a GP from a UAV on the street. Kalinin, a man born in 1994 was wounded.
Information was received about damage as a result of artillery attack of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Kuibyshevsky district: - the motor transport enterprise on the street was damaged. Yugoslav.
16:00 UAF militants dropped ammunition from a UAV in Staromikhailivka, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
15:39 Ukrainian troops fired at the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, firing eight rounds with a caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
15:34 During the artillery attack of the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, a boy born in 2015 was wounded, who died on the way to the hospital. A wounded woman is also reported, the details are being specified.
15:15 Consequences artillery attack of the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk by Ukrainian militants.
15:12 Ukrainian troops fired at the Kirovsky and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk, firing seven rounds with a caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
14:49 Ukrainian militants throw positions and flee near Kremennaya. After the blows of our artillery and tanks, the enemy abandons the stronghold and runs, losing things.
14:40 Near Artemovsk (Bakhmut), when trying to leave the city, a Nazi detachment, which included foreign mercenaries, was liquidated by artillery fire. This was reported by war correspondent Andrei Rudenko.
14:27 Ukrainian militants fired at Donetsk, hit a taxi, a passenger died -video. 18+
The Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk - a shell hit a taxi car. The man who was in the car died. His body remained in the passenger seat. Next to the car are fragments of another Ukrainian shell, with which the Armed Forces of Ukraine terrorize civilians every day.
13:39 Ukrainian troops shelled Donetsk. Under fire from militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Petrovsky, Kievsky and Kuibyshevsky districts of the city fired 13 rounds of 155mm and 152mm calibers, the DPR office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
12:40 The troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Kremennaya are thinning out - partly due to heavy losses, partly due to the fact that the command is transferring forces to Artyomovsk (Bakhmut) -video.
12:09 Work of Russian drone over the enemy zone in the Avdeevsky direction. A dugout was discovered with the placement of personnel for further denazification.
11:45 Yesterday in the area of n.p. Blagoveshchensk (Kherson region) was destroyed by an artillery strike of 155mm. M777 howitzer with ammunition, and the AFU unit suffered losses: six - AFU servicemen were disposed of; two - seriously injured
11:19 A group of DRGs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was covered by artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the Seversk direction -video.
10:58 At night, at the place of temporary deployment of one of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlement. Antonovka, an artillery strike was inflicted, as a result of which: 18 Nazis were destroyed; 10 - were wounded, eight units. automotive equipment - disabled.
10:35 Russian kamikaze drone destroyed Ukrainian anti-aircraft missile system Stormer HVM from the UK.
In the Donetsk direction, UAV crews discovered a British combat vehicle, which was hit by a high-precision loitering munition. The Stormer HVM air defense system was destroyed, the Russian Defense Ministry noted.
10:32 Personnel combat work of the MLRS on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction.
10:17 A group of heavy snipers of the Marine Corps of the Pacific Fleet, led by "Yary" systematically leads work to neutralize the enemy in Ugledar. The main targets of snipers are commanders, UAV operators, ATGM crews, MANPADS and other specialists of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
10:10 Frontline summary on the morning of 11.03.2023:
On the Donetsk front, Russian troops, after shelling, conducted assault operations near Pobeda. In Marinka, they are trying to advance within the city limits. The Ukrainian garrison puts up fierce resistance. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation also carried out a ground attack on the southern outskirts of Krasnogorovka.
Artillery was hitting the fortified area itself. With fire support, Russian units are advancing on Pervomaiskoye. Like the day before, they continued their attacks on Severnoye and Kamenka. This is from the southwest and north of Avdiivka, respectively. Artillery worked closely around the city itself.
South of Artemovsk, Ukrainian artillery fired on Ozaryanovka and Kurdyumivka. The Russians hit the city itself, as well as Konstantinovka and Bogdanovka. From the south, PMC "Wagner" conducts assault operations in Artemovsk from the side of Experienced and Ivangrad, and from the north from Yagodnoye. Wagner operators went to Orekhovo-Vasilyevka.
Moreover, they managed to establish control over the heights near this settlement. Russian artillery shelled Minkovka, Zheleznyansky, Vasyukovka and Rozdolovka.
In the Luhansk direction, Russian troops tried to advance towards Terniv. APU counterattacked in the Krasnopopovka area.
09:48 Interviewwith a fighter of the DPR OBTF "Kaskad", who participated in repelling the attack of neo-Nazis on a strong point. "Kaskadovtsy" successfully denazified almost all the attackers, and the survivors were taken prisoner.
09:14 Offensive in the Novgorod-Dzerzhinsky direction is successfully developing.
Servicemen of the 132nd Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps continue to develop the success of the offensive in the Novgorod-Dzerzhinsky direction. The brigade was reinforced by mobilized Russians from Orenburg, and after three months of training at the training ground, they are ready to go into battle along with their older comrades.
While the assault detachments of the 132nd Brigade are moving forward, artillery units support them with fire.
09:06 The criminal Kiev regime continues to shell the civilian infrastructure of the settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Armed Forces of Ukraine were fired from barrel artillery:
- in the village of Korsunka 23 rounds;
- Nine rounds were fired at the Cossack camps;
- Aleshki fired eight rounds;
- Eight rounds were fired at the settlement of Pokrovskoye;
- Six rounds were fired at the Dnipro settlement;
- Six rounds were fired at the Solontsy settlement;
- 12 rounds were fired at the settlement of Naked Pristan.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement. New Kakhovka, settlement Kakhovka, settlement Alyoshki, settlement Novaya Zburyevka, settlement Gornostaevka, settlement Cairo firing a total of 49 rounds from cannon artillery. Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure to be confirmed
08:50 Information on the artillery attack of Gorlovka as of 08:00 on March 11, 2023
08:23 It was noticed in the Seversky direction nomination, DRG groups towards our positions. Artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation put an end to the fate of this group of Nazis, they were all destroyed.
08:10 Wagner assault detachments, tonight, after reconnaissance in force, entered the settlement. Orekhovo - Vasilievka in the north-west of the Bakhmut military conglomerate, in the direction of the Minkovka - Slavyansk highway. There is a gun battle.
07:50 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 03/10/2023 to 00:00 03/11/2023
Over the past day, the Representation reported 34 facts of firing by the AFU. In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 19 attacks from the MLRS, 155mm artillery. On Gorlovsky 13 artillery attacks from artillery 155mm and 152mm. On Yasinovatsky one artillery attack from 152mm artillery. On Volnovakhsky one artillery attack from 155mm artillery. By releasing 180 units of various ammunition.
Under enemy fire were areas of eight settlements of the Republic: Golmovsky, Zaitsevo, Shirokaya Balka, Panteleymonovka, Yasinovataya, the capital city of Donetsk (Kiev, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district), Valeryanovka.
Over the past day, information was received about the injury of two civilians in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk and the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka, and during the demining of the territory of the Kirovsky district of Donetsk from the PFM "Lepestok", a sapper of the DPR Ministry of Emergency Situations was injured.
Nine housing constructions were damaged in the Kuibyshevsky and Leninsky districts of Donetsk, the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka, Valeryanovka, as well as two civil infrastructure facilities
0:23 Ukrainian troops fired at the Kiev region of Donetsk, firing five rounds with a caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
[ArmyTimes] Sgt. Walter Malecki achieved a milestone for the Army in February when he arrived at Camp Kosciuszko in west-central Poland.
The security cooperations specialist is one of the first soldiers to receive a permanent change of duty station to Poland, joining the service’s Victory Corps at its new forward headquarters on NATO’s eastern flank.
“[Malecki] is not just another [s]oldier changing duty stations,” Command Sgt. Maj. Christopher A. Prosser said in a service release Wednesday. “His presence here, as a U.S. Army [s]oldier, continues to solidify our relationship with Poland.”
In the midst of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, President Joe Biden announced at a NATO conference in June 2022 the permanent presence of U.S. forces in Poland. There are approximately 10,000 American personnel currently stationed on rotation there, the Department of State said in October 2022.
Poland, a strategic NATO ally, led calls to send Western tanks to defend its neighbor Ukraine and continues to be a principal contributor of military aid to the country.
“The permanent presence of V Corps [s]oldiers in Poland plays a vital role by boosting and assuring operational readiness,” the release said.
Victory Corps, which the Army resurrected to help oversee forces in Europe, splits its headquarters between Camp Kosciuszko in Poznan, Poland, and Fort Knox, Kentucky.
The new permanent tours in Poland, also open to Reserve and National Guard soldiers, are slated to last one year and would be unaccompanied by family, the release said. Previously, soldiers assigned to V Corps were required to do nine-month rotations.
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The new permanent tours in Poland, also open to Reserve and National Guard soldiers, are slated to last one year and would be unaccompanied by family, the release said. Previously, soldiers assigned to V Corps were required to do nine-month rotations.
Like South Korea (/sarc). Quit rotating units and instead have an annual overturn of fillers who have little or no unit integrity.
[IsraelTimes] Sanctions-hit Tehran has aging fleet, struggled to get spare parts; advanced planes will apparently be housed at underground base designed to respond to potential Israeli strikes.
Iran ...Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979... has finalized a deal to buy Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jets from Russia, state media reported, as defense cooperation between the two countries deepens.
The air force of sanctions-hit Iran has an aging fleet of aircraft and has struggled to acquire spare parts to keep its warplanes in the air.
In a statement to the United Nations ...boodling on the grand scale... , Tehran said it began approaching "countries to buy fighter jets" to replenish its fleet in the wake of the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war.
"Russia announced it was ready to sell them" after the expiry in October 2020 of restrictions on Iran purchasing conventional weapons under UN Resolution 2231, said the statement carried late Friday by the official IRNA news agency.
"The Sukhoi 35 fighter jets were technically acceptable for Iran," it added.
An analysis of images from a newly revealed underground air force base in Iran named "Eagle 44" revealed that the site is likely being prepared to host the advanced Russian Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jets, The New York Times
... which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize... reported last month.
Iran last month unveiled what it said was its first underground air force base, with the head of the Islamic Theocratic Republic’s military saying the site would be among those used to launch a response to any potential strikes by Israel or others.
Iran has in recent years been moving much of its critical military infrastructure underground. Israel is suspected of launching a series of attacks on Iran, including an assault on its underground Natanz nuclear facility that damaged its centrifuges.
Tehran has forged strong ties with Moscow in various sectors including the military in the past year.
Kyiv has accused Tehran of supplying Moscow with Shahed-136 "kamikaze" drones used in attacks on civilian targets since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February last year — an allegation the Islamic Theocratic Republic denies.
The United States has expressed alarm over the growing military cooperation between Iran and Russia, with Pentagon front man John Kirby warning in December that Russia looked likely to sell Iran its fighter jets.
Kirby maintained that Iranian pilots had reportedly been learning to fly the Sukhoi warplanes in Russia, and that Tehran may receive the aircraft within the next year, which would "significantly strengthen Iran’s air force relative to its regional neighbors."
Iran currently has mostly Russian MiG and Sukhoi fighter jets that date back to the Soviet era, as well as some Chinese aircraft, including the F-7.
Some American F-4 and F-5 fighter jets dating back to before the 1979 Islamic Revolution are also part of its fleet.
The US began reimposing sanctions on Iran in 2019, a year after its unilateral withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal under then-US president Donald Trump ...His ancestors didn't own any slaves... The 2015 deal formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA, gave Iran relief from international sanctions in return for curbs on its suspect nuclear program.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
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[IsraelTimes] Sanctions-hit Tehran has aging fleet, struggled to get spare parts; advanced planes will apparently be housed at underground base designed to respond to potential Israeli strikes.
