[American Greatness] The Ukraine mess is daily looking more like the Spanish Civil War of 1936 to 1939, a meat grinder that took 500,000 lives. That three-year conflict became a savage proxy war and prelude for the belligerents of World War II.
The Ukraine battlefield is proving a similar laboratory of death. New lethal weaponry and tactics are introduced, modified—and always improved—from drones to guided missiles to internet-fed artillery.
Likewise, a similar pre-global war lineup of the eventual adversaries is emerging in preview of a much larger, much scarier war to come.
The first mission of Ukraine, the aggrieved victim of a peremptory Russian attack, was simple survival.
But now that it has been armed to the teeth and its soldiers proved far more capable and heroic than Putin’s once-feared Russia, Kyiv now seeks to push back Russians to their 2014 Ukrainian acquired borders.
Next President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced that the third stage will be to eject every Russian from 2013 Ukraine. He promises to reabsorb both the Crimea and the Donbas.
That is an ambitious goal that might require preemptive attacks inside Russia and on the Black Sea.
And who would know more about behinds than Mr. Ritter?
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] Former US Marine Corps Officer Scott Ritter said that the United States has lagged far behind Russia in the field of military industries, stressing that talk of its defeat is not possible.
This came during his conversation with a YouTube channel Judge freedom.
According to him, the Russian Federation, unlike the North Atlantic Alliance, is engaged in the production of various ammunition around the clock, and therefore does not have any problems with them.
"The US military industry does not produce weapons and ammunition around the clock. Among other things, we are not developing new factories that can produce weapons and ammunition," Ritter said.
He clarified that the White House now continues to insist that America can win a strategic victory over Russia, but it will never happen.
It should be noted that Russian President Vladimir Putin ...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances... affirmed earlier that Russia’s annual production of air defense missiles is three times more than what the United States produces. The Russian military industry complexes alone produce the same number of missiles produced by the countries of the world combined for different purposes.
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[KP] Winter in the LPR still resists with sudden snow bursts, but nature takes its toll. The earth gradually begins to limp, military engineers patch up blurry crossings near destroyed bridges, the service car suddenly begins to demonstrate a slight vibration.
At first, you attribute it to a damaged road, along which dozens of multi-ton caterpillar machines pass daily. But gradually, at speed, the vibration reaches such an amplitude that the closed doors begin to slam shut and the kidneys ache. Having stood in line for a tire fitting, you find a petrified mass on the disks that is not knocked off by a powerful jet of water at the sink. It can only be scraped off with an iron brush, and then re-balance the wheels.
Mulyaka, as they say here, is a mixture of clay and black soil, which plays the role of anti-tank barriers no worse than concrete cones from the lines of echeloned defense along the entire length of the front. Another couple of weeks and in the Western press it will again be possible to find forecasts about the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
This time - as soon as the earth dries out. Russian troops are guided by the weather situation insofar as. They can, for example, come in under the cover of fog and beat off another enemy defensive midfielder, as happened this week. The paratroopers near Kremennaya occupied enemy positions, destroying the defenders. Here, out of nowhere, the branch of the Armed Forces of Ukraine - to see the rotation came. They put all but one. But unfortunately, he was just a signalman and began to screech on the air.
The Ukrainian command in this direction was upset and decided to go on the offensive with two company tactical groups along the flanks and two more along the front. Five hours of uninterrupted rollovers, which were beaten off by paratroopers and motorized riflemen.
As a result, all our artillery, which was "free", with all its proletarian fury, fell upon the offensive formations of the enemy. Everything that can be flown. The advance was thwarted. The Ukrainian Armed Forces left dozens of bodies in the fields.
Among those who inflicted a fire defeat that day was the “Grozny division”, which is legendary at the Svatovsky line. And it's not even that the gunners are extremely accurate and efficient. They are commanded by a real millionaire who changed his house on Rublyovka to a concrete basement near Kremennaya, in which he equipped a command post. He has in his command - guns 152mm "Hyacinth", 122mm howitzers D-30, 122mm MLRS "Grady" and mortars.
54-year-old Yuri Mikhailovich is a successful businessman. But behind him is the Suvorov School, then a military university, service in the Soviet, and later the Russian army in the dashing years, the disbandment of the unit, dismissal, business from scratch ...
- And when we didn’t succeed at the first stage of the SVO, I just thought that some of my knowledge and skills that were acquired for the service would be useful here. After all, this is my homeland and I took an oath. So it is obliged to protect her, no matter how pathetic it may sound. Besides, I, like Vladimir Semenovich, "we did not have time to look back, and the sons go into battle." The son graduated from the school, he is already here somewhere, almost at the forefront.
Was it hard to pull yourself out of your comfort zone?
- No. Because he was forced to become a businessman. All my life I wanted to be an officer. Therefore, when he changed his civilian uniform to a military uniform, he found himself in his midst. I like military service.
- Many people here like your service. The division here is praised by many. Why such an image?
- At the expense of people and discipline, which, unfortunately, was sometimes lacking. I'm sure everything else, including technology, is secondary. And, of course, constant training, training, even if there is no hostilities. But there is also its own specifics. My division is hitting targets because we have a little more, for example, our own unmanned aerial vehicle.
We immediately become three heads taller than everyone else. Only because we have a crew that can lift, observe targets and hit them day and night without throwing ammunition into an open field. That's a huge savings. Plus, we have precision-guided munitions. Here, under it, there is not enough unmanned equipment that can illuminate the target with a laser.
In today's conflict, technology decides the outcome of the battle. If we had enough unmanned aerial vehicles, of these precision-guided munitions, which would hit one target with one shot, we would already be standing on the border with Poland. And so while we stand at some distance from this. Well, it's definitely a matter of time.
Yuri Mikhailovich is modestly silent, but I know that he spent millions from his own funds to equip the division with everything necessary. From an expensive drone that can hover over the enemy, not paying attention to electronic warfare, to all-wheel drive vehicles and communications equipment. Actually, thanks to these purchases, the unit has the opportunity to work on the enemy around the clock.
Together we leave for artillery positions. A person who can afford an SUV in any price range travels in a modest UAZ. Yuri Mikhailovich checks the crew of the Hyacinth, which is firing at the enemy. He speaks out for the garbage that is scattered near the dugout
- this is an unmasking factor.
- And how did your business colleagues react to your departure to NVO? I ask the officer.
- Yes, in different ways. But I know for sure that no one is judging. Someone may not fully understand, but everyone respects my choice. Many help financially. I write, for example, to one: "Let's halve the costs." And he takes and pays for everything. Although, of course, my business sags a little without me. But Potemkin Grigory Alekseevich once said: “Money is nonsense, people are everything.”
- Are there people on the other side with whom you studied and served?
- Of course have. Moreover, until February 24, 2022, we even occasionally talked. Someone was at my house, someone knows my mother, wife. I ask them: “Well, how is it, we once played war games together, we knew that the Nazis were the enemy. And now you are in the same ranks with them. We, they say, will sort it out ourselves, you just don’t meddle with us, we have no complaints against you, this is all politics. It can be seen that they have changed a lot in these 9 years. Now, of course, all ties have already been cut off.
- Have our people changed over the past year?
- When I came, the fighters came here for a short period of time. They do not have time to understand what the meaning of military affairs is, and they already have to quit. And now the mobilized have come, and they understand that they are here before some kind of Rubicon. And the main change is precisely that they learn, improve and understand that victory in general depends on their work. These are no longer temporary workers, but those with whom we will go to the bitter end.
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[LB] During the day, the occupiers launched 19 air strikes and 1 missile strike on the territory of Ukraine.
by Iryna Gamalii
The main efforts of the enemy continue to focus on conducting offensive operations in the Kupyan, Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiiv and Shakhtar directions.
This was announced on Facebook by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the evening of the 377th day of the large-scale Russian invasion.
The enemy continues unsuccessful offensive actions in the area of Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Dubovo-Vasylivka, Bakhmut, Kamianka, Avdiivka and Maryinka of the Donetsk region.
During the day, the enemy launched 19 air strikes and 1 missile attack, as well as 5 attacks from rocket salvo systems. The threat of Russian missile strikes remains significant throughout Ukraine.
On the Volyn, Poliske, Siver and Slobozhansk directions, the operational situation has not changed significantly. During the current day, the enemy carried out mortar and artillery shelling of the areas of Senkivka and Karpovychi settlements of Chernihiv region; Starikove, Golyshivske, Pavlivka, Volfyne, Grabovske in Sumy Oblast and Gur'iv Kozachok, Veterinarne, Kozacha Lopan, Strelecha, Glyboke, Krasne, Zelene, Aniskine, Dvorichna and Zapadne in Kharkiv region.
The enemy is trying to break through the defenses of our troops on the Kupyansk and Lymansk directions . He led unsuccessful offensive actions in the direction of Hryanikyvka, Nevsky, and Spirny. Conducted artillery shelling of Tabaivka and Krokhmalne settlements of Kharkiv region; Stelmakhivka, Nevske, Chervonopivka, Dibrova in Luhansk region, as well as Serebryanka, Spirne, Rozdolivka, Fedorivka and Yagidne in Donetsk region.
The enemy continues to advance in the direction of Bakhmut . He does not stop storming the city of Bakhmut. Our defenders repelled attacks in the areas of Ivanovske, Klishchiivka and Bakhmut settlements. Zaliznyanske, Dubovo-Vasylivka, Bohdanivka, Bakhmut, Ivanovske, Stupochki, Diliivka, Toretsk, Zalizne and New York of the Donetsk region came under enemy fire.
In the Avdiiv and Shakhtar directions, the enemy carried out unsuccessful offensive actions in the direction of the settlements of Krasnohorivka, Novokalynove, Kamianka, Severne, Pervomaiske, Nevelske, and Maryinka. Areas of more than 15 settlements were subjected to enemy shelling. Among them are Berdychi, Avdiivka, Vodyane, Krasnohorivka, Georgiivka, Vugledar, Zolota Niva, Velyka Novosilka, Vremivka and Neskuchne of the Donetsk region.
The enemy is defending in the Zaporizhia and Kherson directions . In particular, Malynivka, Gulyaipole, Zaliznychne, Mala Tokmachka, Tavriyske, Novodanilivka, Novoandriyivka, Stepove and Kamianske of the Zaporizhzhya region, Nikopol - Dnipropetrovsk region, as well as Shlyakhove, Beryslav, Shilova Balka, Tyaginka, Antonivka, Dniprovske, Bilozerka and Stanislav came under fire. Kherson region and the city of Kherson. In total, the districts of 30 settlements.
In the settlement of Strilkove Genicheskogo district of the temporarily occupied territory of the Kherson region, in local primary education institutions, teachers and educators of the so-called occupying "authorities" force students and parents to stay after classes and study the constitution and legislative acts of the Russian Federation, as well as enemy history and literature. During breaks, children are forced to learn and sing the Russian national anthem.
Aviation of the Defense Forces of Ukraine carried out 6 strikes on the areas of concentration of personnel and military equipment of the occupiers, and units of missile troops and artillery during the day hit 1 Russian anti-aircraft missile complex "Buk-M1-2" and 3 areas of concentration of the enemy's manpower.
We will remind, this week Poland will provide Ukraine with 10 more Leopard 2 tanks.
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[Korrespondent] 23:13 If the West stops helping Ukraine, the war could expand to other countries, said John Kirby, coordinator for strategic communications at the White House National Security Council: "If we stop supporting Ukraine, what will be Putin's next conquest? How much more will you have to pay, including American blood?
22:47 New Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang today made extremely aggressive statements against the United States and spoke very warmly about Russia. In particular, official Beijing, for the first time since the start of a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, openly called Moscow its main partner and set a "militant tone" towards Washington. More details - in the material China chose the Russian Federation .
22:25 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced increased support for Ukraine as part of efforts to train Ukrainian military personnel. In particular, according to him, Canada will extend the Unifier mission for engineering training in Ukraine until at least October 2023, and will also send instructors to train the Ukrainian military in combat medicine skills.
In addition, Ottawa will provide $3 million to support landmine and UXO clearance, in addition to the $32 million already allocated to mine action. The European Union will allocate 43 million euros for the same purposes, Ursula von der Leyen said at a joint press conference with Trudeau.
22:20 Germany and the United States urged to wait for the official results of the investigation into the sabotage at Nord Stream before talking about the likely involvement of certain parties in it, writes Reuters.
Thus, a representative of the German government noted that information about the alleged involvement in the explosions of a "pro-Ukrainian group" in Berlin was taken into account, but they would not comment. And White House National Security Council strategic communications coordinator John Kirby said that Washington is waiting for the completion of the investigations that are ongoing in Germany, Sweden and Denmark, and only after that it will be possible to talk about what further actions may or may not be appropriate.
22:13 The Constitutional Court of Bulgaria recognized military assistance to Ukraine as constitutional, rejecting the petition of pro-Russian deputies who demanded to block the parliament's decision to provide such assistance to Kiev.
21:46 At the next meeting of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, issues of permits for men to travel abroad will be considered, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Alexei Danilov said. "We had an unfortunate example when the Ministry of Culture granted permission to six people to go to represent the country, but they did not return. Moreover, they boldly comment on social networks that someone should fight," he said. Danilov stressed that he supports the tightening of conditions for the departure of men of military age abroad.
21:08 An investigation in Germany has established that the yacht from which the Nord Streams were blown up was rented from a Polish company, allegedly owned by two Ukrainians. This is discussed in a joint investigation of the German publications ARD, Kontraste, SWR and Zeit. Despite the fact that traces of the sabotage, according to Zeit, “lead to Ukraine,” German investigators have not yet been able to find out who is behind its organization.
According to investigators, a secret operation was carried out by a team of six people: a captain, two divers, two assistants and a female doctor. The investigation did not establish their citizenship - they probably used fake documents.
21:01 The occupation of Bakhmut by the Russians will open the way for the enemy to other settlements in the Donetsk region, so Ukraine continues to defend and does not withdraw its troops, Zelensky said in an interview with CNN. "We understand that after Bakhmut they can go further. They can go to Kramatorsk, to Slavyansk - this will be an open road for Russians after Bakhmut to other cities of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction," the president explained.
At the same time, Zelensky stressed that Ukrainian motives in this sector of the front are very different from the goals of the Russian military: “We understand what Russia wants to achieve there. Russia needs at least some kind of victory - a small victory - even destroying everything in Bakhmut, just killing everyone there civilians."
20:42 Zaluzhny said that he had a "very important meeting for Ukraine" with Supreme Commander of the NATO Allied Forces in Europe Christopher Cavoli, Chief of the British Defense Staff Tony Radakin, Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces Raimund Andrzejczak and Commander of the Ukrainian Security Assistance Group Antonio Aguto.
"I am grateful to them for a very informative and direct conversation. First of all, I informed about the situation on the battlefield. I focused on the Eastern direction in most detail. In particular, about the course of events in Bakhmut. We discussed the supply of military assistance - weapons and ammunition no less carefully. Issues of strengthening air defense, the provision of long-range weapons remain extremely important. We continued the dialogue on the training of the Ukrainian military," Zaluzhny said.
20:28 Podolyak said that Ukraine has nothing to do with the Nord Stream explosions: "Although I like to collect interesting conspiracy theories about the Ukrainian government, I must note: Ukraine has nothing to do with the incident in the Baltic Sea and has no information about" Ukrainian groups on undermining". What happened to the Nord Streams? "They sank," as they say in the Russian Federation itself.
19:53 Zelensky said in an evening video message that a hero of Ukraine, a volunteer, a fighter of the 67th separate mechanized brigade, battalion commander Dmitry Kotsyubaylo with the call sign Da Vinci, died in the battle near Bakhmut today: "He has defended our independence, the dignity of our people since 2014. One one of the youngest heroes of Ukraine. One of those whose personal history, character, courage forever became the history, character and courage of Ukraine."
19:40 Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Alexei Danilov said there would be no second "Minsk betrayal": "The Kremlin's plan:" Minsk-3 ". Induce a truce, stop assistance, cause a crisis, political turbulence, achieve a split. From the supporters of a compromise, form" another Ukraine", which is backed by Medvedchuk, the FSB, the SVR, the GRU. We understand, we analyze, there will be no repeated "Minsk betrayal".
19:14 On April 8, 2022, Russian troops launched a missile attack on the railway station in Kramatorsk, from where residents of the Donetsk region were evacuated to safer areas of Ukraine. At the time of the attack there were thousands of people, mostly women and children. The impact killed 61 people and injured 121 others. Nearly a year later, Human Rights Watch and SITU Research completed their independent investigation and named another location from which Russian troops launched missiles. For more details, see the material Investigation of the strike on the railway station in Kramatorsk .
18:49 The Russian army continues to focus its main efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Kupyansky, Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Miner directions. It continues unsuccessful offensive operations in the area of Orekhovo-Vasilyevka, Dubovo-Vasilyevka, Bakhmut, Kamenka, Avdeevka and Maryinka of the Donetsk region, the General Staff said in an evening report .
In the village of Strelkovoe, Genichesk district, Kherson region, in local primary education institutions, teachers and educators of the occupying "authority" force students and parents to stay after classes and study the constitution and legislative acts of the Russian Federation, as well as history and literature. During breaks, children are forced to learn and sing the Russian anthem.
18:37 The New York Times writes, citing US intelligence data, that the explosions in Nord Stream were carried out by a "pro-Ukrainian group." At the same time, there is no evidence that Zelensky or his assistants were involved in the operation or that the likely saboteurs acted on instructions from the Ukrainian authorities. Officials noted that Putin's opponents, who were most likely citizens of Ukraine or the Russian Federation, could have organized the explosions. Also, US officials say they have not found any evidence of Russia's involvement in the sabotage.
18:13 The Hungarian Defense Ministry announced that it is participating in the training of military doctors from Ukraine. At the same time, the department stressed that Budapest remains "on the side of peace" and does not support "any steps leading to an escalation of the war."
17:48 Russia lost between 20,000 and 30,000 people trying to take Bakhmut. In this case, the ratio of killed and wounded could be worse than one to three, The Guardian journalist Dan Sabbah said, citing unnamed officials. As for the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, he noted: "No equivalent figure for Ukrainian defenders is given, except for" less ", but others talk about five Russians per Ukrainian and even more."
According to the journalist's sources, the battle for Bakhmut "may well last another month", or "Ukrainians may decide to leave within a week." "In short, no one knows whether Ukraine is worth fighting for a small city that does not have great strategic importance," Sabbah added.
17:07 Kiev categorically rejects Lukashenka's insinuations about the alleged involvement of the Ukrainian side in the events at the Machulishchi airfield, Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko said. According to him, this is another attempt to create an artificial threat on the part of Ukraine to justify its support for Russian aggression.
"The threat should not be sought in Ukraine, which is fighting for itself and seeking peace. It lies in Russia, which is trying in every possible way to draw Belarus into the war even more, to deprive it of its independence and sovereignty completely. Alexander Lukashenko also allowed himself a rude personal attack on the President of Ukraine We will leave this act of impotence unanswered," Nikolenko said.
16:54 Another exchange of prisoners took place - 130 defenders returned to Ukraine , four of them were women, Yermak said. According to him, these are soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, National Guardsmen, border guards, representatives of the State Transport Special Service. Among them are 87 defenders of Mariupol, 71 of which are from Azovstal. Also returned were those taken prisoner in the area of Bakhmut and Soledar - a total of 35 people from the Donetsk direction. Most of those who managed to return are seriously injured.
16:35 Budanov personally participated in a special operation to liberate the village of Russkaya Lozovaya, Kharkiv region at the end of April 2022 and went on the assault, the commander of the Kraken special unit with the call sign Vito told the UP. "The first to enter Russian Lozovaya were soldiers of the special forces of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Kraken. The cleansing lasted several days. The enemy tried several times to regain lost positions until he finally retreated and entrenched himself in the village of Pitomnik," he said.
16:24 The Russian Defense Ministry announced that 90 Russian servicemen have been returned from Ukrainian captivity.
16:11 The Cabinet approved the mechanism for the forced evacuation of children from active combat zones. According to the Ministry of Reintegration, the basis for mandatory evacuation from now on is the decision of the regional military administrations, agreed with the military command and the Coordinating Headquarters on the implementation of mandatory evacuation of the population.
Mandatory evacuation of children will be carried out under the accompaniment of one of the parents, a substitute person or other legal representative. Refusal of parents or guardians to evacuate the child is not allowed. Only Bakhmut currently falls under the relevant criteria for the application of forced evacuation of children from war zones.
15:46 In Russia, the traditional internal wars of different groups of influence, or, as they like to say, "Kremlin towers" continue. And one of the key towers may have serious problems due to the illness of the head of Chechnya. More details - in the material What is happening with Kadyrov .
15:27 Podolyak commented on Lukashenka's statements about the damaged A-50 aircraft: "We need to decide on definitions. A terrorist attack is when missiles are launched from the territory of Belarus at Ukrainian cities. Sabotage is when DRGs enter from the Belarusian border. An attack on an A-50 spotter aircraft - an anti-terrorist act committed, by the way, by local partisans."
14:48 In the coming days, ten more of the 14 promised Leopard 2 tanks will arrive in Ukraine, Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said. He recalled that four tanks are already in Ukraine.
14:44 UN Secretary General António Guterres will meet with Zelensky in Kiev on Wednesday, March 8, to discuss a grain deal, Reuters writes.
14:31 The arrival of Patriot systems in Ukraine is expected in the near future, and their receipt will be publicly announced after they are tested by Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk or the first Russian aircraft is shot down, said Yury Ignat, speaker of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. "Patriot is capable of shooting down targets at a distance of up to 150 km, aerodynamic targets. Ballistics is less - 40 km. Therefore, we will be patient and wait for this news to be really already in Ukraine," Ignat said.
13:55 The Ministry of Defense of Poland denied the statement about the arrival of the first Patriot in Ukraine. Earlier, the head of the department, Mariusz Blaszczak, allegedly stated this in an interview with a Spanish publication, but later clarified in a comment to Ukrinform that this was a translation error. He meant that "thanks to the efforts of Poland, a decision was made to transfer the Patriot battery."
13:47 The Ministry of Internal Affairs will not publish the lists of ordinary fighters of the Offensive Guard, Ihor Klymenko, head of the department, said in an interview with Ukrinform. He said that more than 23 thousand applications have already been registered, about 5% - from women. At the same time, foreigners are not yet accepted into volunteer assault brigades, the minister added.
Klimenko assured that every such brigade would be duly armed, primarily with Western equipment and weapons. The minimum wage in the place of permanent deployment is now from 25 thousand hryvnia, then it will be determined by the area of residence and the conduct of hostilities.
13:19 Lukashenko said that more than 20 participants in the attack on the A-50 plane were detained in Belarus. According to him, the "Ukrainian saboteur", who allegedly organized the sabotage, was assisted by representatives of the Belarusian opposition. He also said that he had instructed throughout the country to carry out a "severe cleansing" of those who "nurtured terrorist plans."
Commenting on the sabotage, Lukashenka called Zelensky a "nit": "President Zelensky is just a nit. Just a nit! Such operations are not carried out without the consent of the head of the country and the commander in chief. I am telling you this as a president." He added that Zelensky "runs around Belarus" and asks to conclude a non-aggression pact, and at the same time agrees to sabotage in the country. "Well, the challenge has been thrown," Lukashenka added.
12:45 According to preliminary data, who died from Russian bullets after the phrase "Glory to Ukraine!" - This is a soldier of the 30th separate mechanized brigade named after. Prince Konstantin Ostrozhsky, OK Pivnich Timofei Shadura, said the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and added that the final answer would be given by the examinations.
12:38 Less than 4,000 civilians remain in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, of which at least 38 are children, Deputy Prime Minister Irina Vereshchuk said. She noted that before the hostilities, more than 70 thousand people lived in Bakhmut, of which 12 thousand were children.
12:27 PMC Wagner proved to be more effective at the front in Ukraine than the regular Russian army, Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin said: “They used convicts, prisoners, to regularly manage their offensive, but I don’t think they continue to recruit from prisons. But these methods were really interesting, frankly, unthinkable... You know, they are a little better than the Russian forces. We have not seen exemplary actions of the Russian troops on a large scale."
12:06 Peskov once again stated that "there are no prerequisites for the transition of the situation in Ukraine to a peaceful course, Russia is achieving its goals through a special operation."
11:39 Lukashenka announced the arrest of "a terrorist of the Ukrainian special services and his accomplices", who are allegedly involved in the "sabotage attempt" against the A-50 aircraft at the Machulishchi airfield. According to Lukashenka, "a Russian recruited by Kiev who lived in Crimea, he also had a Russian passport" was allegedly involved in the sabotage attempt. Minsk claims that the Ukrainian special services allegedly recruited a "saboteur" back in 2014, the SBU prepared him.
11:32 The first Patriot air defense systems are already in Ukraine, Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Balaszczak said: "I must emphasize that thanks to the efforts made by Poland, Patriot batteries or the first Leopard tanks, among other things, have already arrived in Ukraine."
11:11 The Ukrainian Air Force is already using Joint Direct Attack Munition-Extended Range, or JDAM-ER, high-precision bombs with a range of up to 72 km, said the head of the US Air Force in Europe, James Hecker. At the same time, he added that the total number of JDAM-ERs currently in Ukraine is limited: "They have enough to make a couple of hits."
10:39 The SBU announced that it had thwarted the plans of Russian intelligence to seize power in Ochakiv, Mykolaiv region. As a result of a large-scale special operation, an agent of the GRU of the Russian Federation was detained, who was collecting intelligence to capture a Ukrainian city. In particular, Russian military intelligence instructed him to persuade the leadership of the city authorities to cooperate with the occupiers. For this, the mayor of the city was offered to choose a "position" in the event of the capture of the southern region, but the mayor himself informed the SBU about the recruitment attempts and contributed to the exposure of hostile plans.
The agent turned out to be a former commander of one of the centers of special operations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who then got a job in the Ochakov City Council.
10:16 In the Luhansk region, the Russians withdrew to replenish reserves, the situation on the Lugansk front is stable and controlled, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Gaidai.
09:43 Crimean telegram channels write about explosions near the Belbek airport in the north-west of Sevastopol. The "governor" of the city, Mikhail Razvozhaev, said that this was a lie, that "ship crews are training in the outer roadstead."
09:20 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, one person was killed (in Maksimilyanovka), seven more people were injured. There are four wounded in the Kherson region, according to the IVA.
09:07 British intelligence notes that the battle for Bakhmut continues to deplete the forces of both Ukrainian defenders and Russian invaders. Ukrainian forces likely stabilized their defense perimeter this weekend after previous Russian advances north of the city, analysts said. At the same time, a Russian strike on March 2 destroyed a bridge on the only asphalt road for supplies to Bakhmut, which is still under Ukrainian control. Swamp conditions are likely to hinder Ukrainian forces' resupply efforts as they increasingly resort to using dirt roads.
Meanwhile, public disagreements between the Wagner group and the Russian Defense Ministry over ammunition shortages highlight the complexity of the supplies needed to advance under current Russian tactics.
08:59 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believes that Ukraine will continue fighting for Bakhmut in order to deplete the elite units of the PMC Wagner. According to analysts, the fight for Bakhmut has become strategically important for Ukraine because of the composition of the Russian forces that are deployed in the area of the city. ISW draws attention to the fact that the Russian forces near Bakhmut have recently changed tactics and brought more high-quality special forces and elements of regular troops into the fighting.
Analysts are also convinced that a major degradation or destruction of Wagner's elite combat forces will have positive consequences beyond the battlefield. In particular, serious damage to the influence and reputation of Prigozhin, one of the most radical Russian nationalists, would be an important achievement in terms of the long-term prospects for "restoring sanity" in Russia, ISW experts say.
08:48 Ukrainian volunteer and paramedic Yulia Paevskaya with the call sign Tyra has become a laureate of the International Women of Courage (IWOC) award from the US State Department.
08:43 Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang said that the conflict in Ukraine has reached a critical moment and the situation could get out of control: "Either the fire will stop, peace will be restored, embarking on the right path of political settlement, or oil will be added to the fire, The crisis will worsen, the situation will get out of control.
"It is necessary to launch peace negotiations as soon as possible. It is necessary to respect all the legitimate security concerns of the relevant parties, thus achieving long-term security in Europe," the Chinese Foreign Minister said. He also warned against "reproducing" a similar crisis in Asia, where "a cold war should not start."
In addition, Qin Gang said that the West provokes an armed conflict and "ignites the fire" of war by providing Ukraine with weapons. He stressed that Beijing takes a neutral position in the war, and its friendship with Moscow allegedly does not threaten third countries.
08:34 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of March 7.
personnel - about 154,830 (+1060) people liquidated,
tanks - 3432 (+9),
armored combat vehicles - 6714 (+11),
artillery systems - 2456 (+23),
MLRS - 488 (+0),
air defense systems - 253 (+3),
aircraft - 303 (+1),
helicopters - 289 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 2095 (+9),
cruise missiles - 873 (+0),
ships/boats - 18 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 5323 (+16),
special equipment - 236 (+2).
08:26 The Russian army is focusing its main efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Kupyansky, Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Miner directions. Over the past day, the Defense Forces repulsed more than 140 enemy attacks on them, the General Staff said in the morning summary . In particular, in the Bakhmut direction, only near the village of Dubovo-Vasilyevka, the Russians made 37 attacks. They also launched an offensive in the areas of the settlements of Belogorovka, Fedorovka, Zaliznyanskoye, Yagodnoye and Ivanovskoye - they were not successful.
Aviation of the Defense Forces over the past 24 hours inflicted 15 strikes on enemy concentration areas, as well as a strike on an anti-aircraft missile system in a firing position. Over the past day, Ukrainian defenders have destroyed nine Shahed drones and eight more drones of various types, as well as an enemy Su-25 aircraft. Missile troops and artillery units hit the command post, eight enemy concentration areas, two air defense systems, an artillery unit in firing positions, an ammunition depot and a radar station of the invaders.
01:46 After many hours of debate, the Upper House of the Swiss Parliament rejected a petition that would allow the re-export of Swiss-made weapons to Ukraine.
00:21 Ukraine is asking the United States to provide it with cluster munitions that it wants to use to drop from drones, Reuters reports. We are talking about anti-armor bombs contained in MK-20 cluster projectiles, which the Armed Forces of Ukraine intend to drop from drones on Russian forces in order to stop the "human wave" tactics.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Petr Akopov
[RIA] If in 2003 Mikhail Khodorkovsky*, Pyotr Aven and Mikhail Fridman were told that in 20 years they would all live in the UK, they would not be surprised: by that time, every self-respecting oligarch had already acquired real estate on the island, and Boris Berezovsky In the same year, he received the status of a political refugee there.
And even if they were told that in London they would not live alternately with Moscow , but permanently, they would not be too shocked: well, anything can happen, which means that everyone in Russia lost. But if they were told that two of them would be under the sanctions of the UK and the European Union and would not be able to manage their capital, and the third would not only not, but would not want to stand up for them before the Western authorities, they would be extremely surprised.
But fate turned around like this: Aven and Fridman are sitting in their London residences, and Khodorkovsky asks not for them, but for Oleg Tinkov— another London resident who in 2003 sold beer of his own name to the Russians, but in 2022 fell under the rink of British sanctions. But the world is not without good people - and there is someone to ask for Aven and Fridman.
A man is interceding for them, who 20 years ago was a postgraduate student at the Ural State University, but now he has become so successful that he can already raise his voice in defense of the disgraced oligarchs.
“We do not believe that they were somehow connected with the Putin regime or that they should be held responsible for its crimes. <...> Only if there is an exit strategy will the sanctions be effective. Otherwise, people have nowhere to run but back to Moscow, where they become even more dependent on Putin. They need to be given a clear option: do this and that, and the sanctions will be lifted."
This is Leonid Volkov * - the head of the Navalnovskiy FBK ** and the actual head of the "navalnists in exile". He is engaged not only in compiling sanctions lists for the West (in particular, the author of this text got into them thanks to the efforts of the FBK **), but also in lobbying for the subsequent exclusion from them. But in this case, everything is not so banal - they say, first they asked to include Aven and Fridman, and then they will be expelled for money. The fact is that the West follows the "FBK** lists", but not only them - and the Alfa members were included clearly for a different reason.
But Volkov's boss did not forget the "good deeds" - after all, it was Alfa Group (whose owners were Aven and Fridman) that made a significant contribution to the promotion and financing of the "fighter against corruption" and his projects. The oligarchic plot against Putin failed back in 2012, Navalny ended up in prison in 2021, and Aven and Fridman were in voluntary captivity in London in 2022, but they all still count on revenge.
So why, then, are they not together with Khodorkovsky, who, after his release from prison, has been plotting for power in post-Putin Russia for ten years now? Why does he not ask for former fellow competitors, with whom he sawed the same Russian oil industry in the 90s? Can't forget the oligarchic wars of those years?
Everything is much simpler: the fugitive oligarchs now compete not for the past, but for the future. For the future of Russia, which they want to regain. Of course, Aven and Friedman are rather cowardly, but after all, among those alphas for whom Volkov asks, there is German Khan , their eternal ally and deputy, who was just engaged in "specific matters" on earth. Not only Khodorkovsky * had people like Nevzlin who solved any issues by any means.
So why now Khodorkovsky help Aven and Fridman to unfreeze their money: so that they would then finance not only Ukraine with them(this just does not bother him), but also Navalny, as well as in general the whole new "revolutionary underground" in Russia? Why is this for Khodorkovsky, who sees himself as a gray cardinal and coordinator of all anti-Russian work? Let "fighters against the regime" turn to him, and he will already find both funding and support for them from Western intelligence services. He does not need a competing company represented by a bunch of Volkov - "Alpha" (that is, bulk carriers with independent financing).
So nothing changes in the oligarchic habits: they just used to share the natural wealth of Russia, and now they have plans for a future revenge, for the return of what was lost. And the competition here is no less fierce - only the result of it will not be the triumphant return of the oligarchs to Russia, but their transformation into a banal servant of Russia's enemies. And in the final - the fate of the London pioneer Boris Berezovsky.
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 21:20 During the battle, Lieutenant Artur Dzemishkevichdiscoveredenemy fire spotter.
After the data of the enemy positions were transmitted, an artillery strike was carried out on him. The enemy, having suffered losses, retreated.
20:11 ZVO tankers render fire support to our motorized riflemen, ensuring the offensive of Russian troops in the zone of the special operation
The crews of the T-90 tanks advanced to the front line of the enemy's defense and delivered a powerful fire strike. First of all, the positions of anti-tank weapons and armored vehicles of the enemy were destroyed.
During combat work, the reconnaissance officer, correcting the firing of tanks, was subjected to mortar fire, but continued to correct. He was able to calculate and transmit to the tankers the coordinates of the guns from which the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired at him. As a result, the enemy battery was completely destroyed.
In the NVO zone, tankers often use flank fire on the move. This technique significantly increases the survivability of equipment on the battlefield.
19:13 VKS RF destroyed warehouses with ammunition and PVD reconnaissance of the 110th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
18:10 Report of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (03/07/2023)
In the Kupyansky direction, army aviation strikes and artillery fire from the "Western" group of troops hit the enemy's manpower and equipment in the areas of the settlements of Gryanikovka, Peschanoe, Krakhmalnoye of the Kharkov region, Stelmahovka and Rozovka of the Luhansk People's Republic.
One tank, a Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery mount, 152mm 2S5 self-propelled howitzer, and over 30 Ukrainian servicemen were destroyed.
In the Krasno-Limansky direction, as a result of artillery fire from the group of troops "Center" and air strikes, enemy units were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Nevskoye, Chervonaya Dibrova of the Luhansk People's Republic and Grigorovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
During the day, up to 125 Ukrainian servicemen, two infantry fighting vehicles, three armored fighting vehicles, as well as 152mm D-20 and 122mm D-30 howitzers were destroyed in this direction.
Over 75 Ukrainian servicemen, two tanks, three armored combat vehicles, two pickup trucks, a 300mm BM-30 Smerch MLRS fighting vehicle and a D- thirty. In addition, in the area of the settlement of Markovo in the Donetsk People's Republic, a US-made AN/TPQ-37 counterbattery radar was destroyed. An ammunition depot of the 110th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed near the settlement of Avdievka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
In the South-Donetsk and Zaporizhia directions, operational-tactical, army aviation and artillery of the Vostok group of forces inflicted a complex defeat on the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Ugledar, Pavlovka, Novoselka of the Donetsk People's Republic, Dorozhnyanka and Malaya Tokmachka of the Zaporozhye region.
Enemy losses per day in these areas amounted to more than 60 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, two pickup trucks, a US-made M109 Paladin self-propelled artillery mount, a US-made M777 artillery system, and a 122mm D-30 howitzer.
In the Kherson direction, up to 35 Ukrainian servicemen, four vehicles, and two 122mm D-30 howitzers were destroyed during a day's fire damage to the enemy.
Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery of groups of troops (forces) of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation during the day defeated the 74th Artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at firing positions, manpower and equipment in 128 districts.
Aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the area of the settlement of Druzhkovka in the Donetsk People's Republic shot down a Su-24 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force.
A Su-25 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force was shot down by means of air defense in the area of the settlement of Krynki, Kherson region.
In addition, 12 rockets of the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system were intercepted and 11 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Chervonopopovka, Novoselovskoye of the Luhansk People's Republic, Sands, Kirillovka, Valerianovka, Gorlovka, Makeevka, Novoandreevka of the Donetsk People's Republic, Mirne Zaporizhzhya regions, Gorobievka and Tabaevka, Kharkiv region.
17:14 ZVO tankers render fire support to our motorized riflemen, ensuring the offensive of Russian troops in the zone of the special operation
The crews of the T-90 tanks advanced to the front line of the enemy's defense and delivered a powerful fire strike. First of all, the positions of anti-tank weapons and armored vehicles of the enemy were destroyed.
During combat work, the reconnaissance officer, correcting the firing of tanks, was subjected to mortar fire, but continued to correct. He was able to calculate and transmit to the tankers the coordinates of the guns from which the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired at him. As a result, the enemy battery was completely destroyed.
In the NVO zone, tankers often use flank fire on the move. This technique significantly increases the survivability of equipment on the battlefield.
17:14 APU continues to express their dissatisfaction with the actions of the deputies of the Verkhovna Rada
16:15 Effective work of artillery grouping [V] in the Ugledar direction
The artillerymen of the 29th Army destroyed the enemy stronghold along with the Kornet ATGM, which caused a lot of inconvenience to our guys
16:15 Policemen discovered three new ammunition caches in the Kherson region
- Not far from the village of Lyubimo-Pavlovka, a cache with shells was found in a drainpipe. The officers seized 7 metal boxes containing 125 30mm cartridges.
- Near the village of Veseloye, 12 anti-tank grenades, 67 modernized 14.5 mm incendiary cartridges, 64 fuses and a rocket-propelled assault grenade were identified and confiscated in the grass.
- In the courtyard of an abandoned building in Chaplinka, a hand grenade launcher and two F-1 grenades with fuses were seized.
15:27 Russian tankers destroyed house with the Ukrainian military in the Kherson region
15:26 A series of powerful explosions in Kherson
According to "Go and look", loud explosions are heard in Kherson.
"Explosions in Kherson. It looks like arrivals," said the source of the channel.
Currently, Kherson is under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
15:25 A series of strikes were carried out on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kharkiv region
According to"Go and look", Ukrainian positions in Volchansk, Kupyansk and a number of other settlements were hit.
"Arrivals in Kupyansk, Volchansk and several villages. They work according to the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine," said the source of the channel.
According to him, there may be losses among the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
14:20 Russian military amplify fortifications located on the left bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region. As a fighter with the call sign "Fizruk" told us, this is done in between Ukrainian shelling.
13:24 Russian military freed the villages of Nikolaevka, Dvurechnoye, Krasnaya Gora, Gryanikovka and Paraskovievka near Bakhmut This was stated by Shoigu at a meeting with the leadership of the RF Ministry of Defense. Key points from the statement:
▪️When the units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation take control of Artyomovsk, they will be able to conduct a further offensive deep into the defense of the Ukrainian army.
▪️The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost 40% more in February than since January - this is 11,000 personnel.
▪️Increasing the supply of weapons to Ukraine does not lead to the success of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
▪️The priority for the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation is the preservation of personnel and civilians.
13:20 Helicopters of army aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the sky over the LPR
12:23 Soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during looting raids on the apartments of their fellow citizens found Soviet 100 rubles and Russian 100 rubles of the 1993 model.
Proudly announcing that "Russian pennies are not worthy of Ukraine," the fighters burned banknotes that had long since gone out of circulation.
11:36 Colors in the private sector of Bakhmut
Armored vehicles make their way right through the dilapidated extension to the house. Strong destruction is visible around as a result of many months of fighting.
11:35 Another fighter of the Armed Forces of Ukraineresentsthe fact that the police of Ukraine and the SBU officers receive certificates of a participant in hostilities, although they themselves are in the rear, and have never been on the front line
10:26 Aviation of the RF Armed Forces inflicted attacks on enemy targets in the Avdievka direction
As a result, the location of the reconnaissance unit of the 110th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and ammunition depots were destroyed.
09:55 Our gunners from 385 ABR (Samara) are working with 220mm BM-27 Hurricanes on enemy equipment. Volleys of MLRS cover a large area, leaving no chance for the Nazis -video
09:23 RF Armed Forces are continuously working on Ukrainian positions non-stop, not letting them raise their heads -video
09:22 Crew of 122mm MLRS BM-21 "Grad" sends fiery gifts to the positions of ukrofascists -video
08:21 On the Avdeevka front, the Lancet of the Cascade OBTF was hit by a rare ancient mortar -video
A kamikaze drone of the OBTF "Kaskad" hit a 240mm towed mortar M-240 of the 1950 model of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlement. Berdychi north of Avdievka (48°11'46.6″N 37°37'49.5″E).
The enemy loads the mortar with the help of a transport-loading vehicle, using 240-mm 3F2 active-reactive mines.
08:10 Near Artemovsk eliminated militant of the 2nd company of the 3rd Brigade “Azov”, UAV operator Maksim Burda, call sign “Photographer”.
08:08 Calculations of the MLRS 220mm BM-27 "Hurricane" showed how they strike at the positions of Ukrainian nationalists -video
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 23:55 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 03/07/2023 to 00:00 03/08/2023
Over the past day Representationreportedabout 15 facts of firing by the VFU.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 12 artillery attacks from 155mm artillery.
On Gorlovsky one artillery attack from 155mm artillery.
On Yasinovatsky one artillery attack from 155mm artillery.
On Volnovakhsky one artillery attack from 155mm artillery. By releasing 71 units of various ammunition.
Under enemy fire were areas of four settlements of the Republic: Panteleymonovka, Yakovlevka, the capital city of Donetsk (Kiev, Kuibyshevsky, Petrovsky districts), Vladimirovka.
Over the past day, there were no reports of casualties among civilians.
One civilian infrastructure facility was damaged. Previously 26 artillery attacks were recorded from the VFU side in 24 hours.
21:05 Ukrainian troops shelled the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, firing six rounds of "NATO" caliber 155 mm, reportedrepresentation DPR at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).
19:55 As a result of the exchange of prisoners with Ukraine, the LPR returned home 34 defenders of Donbass, reported Commissioner for Human Rights in the Republic of Victoria Serdyukova.
18:50 Ukrainian troops at 17.45 fired seven rounds of "NATO" caliber of 155mm in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, the DPR representative office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine reported (SCCC).
16:46 Assault aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces continues to successfully carry out tasks to destroy the manpower and equipment of the Ukrainians -video
16:41 Saving lives: the work of military doctors and medical staff of the Southern Military District in the NVO zone -video
The main goal is to save the fighter's life. Even if you have to do it at the cost of your own life.
They are always close to our servicemen and are ready to provide professional medical assistance at any time. The women of the medical team had to save the fighters during the mortar and artillery artillery attack of the hospital. Nobody backed down. Each was awarded a state award - a medal for saving the dead.
"The feminine here fades into the background, and there is a desire to help a person, because we are working for our wounded and sick. And the more we save our wounded and sick, the faster we will get closer to our long-awaited Victory," says surgical nurse Marina Kordyukova.
The head of the medical supply department, Kristina Markova, admits that it was scary during the shelling, but no one succumbed to panic. The girls calmly and coolly did their job - they rescued seriously wounded soldiers so that everyone would return home to their mothers, wives and children.
16:40 Yesterday, an artillery strike was carried out in the area of the settlement. Amber (Kherson region), as a result of which 120mm was destroyed. mortar crew and ammunition for it, four servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were disposed of, three were seriously injured
15:13 In the Donetsk direction, mobilized from the Rostov region are working, who in a short time have become hardened front-line soldiers. Ordinary, calm and with a sense of humor. Always remember guys that you are the best people in the country -video
15:11 Smoking out from the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with an ordinary smoke bomb -video
15:10 Offensive on Svatovskydirection
15:09 The Ministry of Defense showed the combat work of the crews of T-90 tanks to destroy the positions of anti-tank weapons and armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video
15:00 Tonight in the area of N. p. Olgovka (Kherson region) an artillery strike was carried out on the position of one of the brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as a result of which a 122mm gun was destroyed. a 122mm D-30 howitzer with an artillery crew, 5 military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine went to the Bandera; 2 - were seriously injured.
Also in the area of ??the settlement. Lvovo artillery strike destroyed another 122mm. howitzer D-30 with artillery crew, three - military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were disposed of; four - received injuries of varying severity
14:20 Consequences of shelling in Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk by Ukrainian militants.
14:18 Fire, fire-shot -video
Tankers of the Western Military District provide fire support to our motorized riflemen, ensuring the offensive of Russian troops in the zone of the special operation
The crews of the T-90 tanks advanced to the front line of the enemy's defense and delivered a powerful fire strike. First of all, the positions of anti-tank weapons and armored vehicles of the enemy were destroyed.
During combat work, the reconnaissance officer, correcting the firing of tanks, was subjected to mortar fire, but continued to correct. He was able to calculate and transmit to the tankers the coordinates of the guns from which the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired at him. As a result, the enemy battery was completely destroyed.
In the NVO zone, tankers often use flank fire on the move. This technique significantly increases the survivability of equipment on the battlefield.
14:14 The RF Armed Forces are reinforcing fortifications located on the left bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region -video
As the fighter with the call sign "Fizruk" explained, the work is being carried out in between Ukrainian shelling.
13:44 Power line photo defense in the Zaporozhye direction
In the picture you can see an anti-tank ditch stretching along the front and a fairly long trench with loopholes for firing.
12:31 Mobile groups of the Airborne Forces did a good job: the strongholds and dugouts of militants are burning and smoking -video
The crews of the mobile groups of the Airborne Troops, operating on the army all-terrain vehicles AM-1, made a very successful sortie. Thanks to the vigilance of the scouts, they approached the enemy stronghold on an ATV and showered him with VOGs from the AGS-17 “Flame” automatic grenade launcher.
At the same time, another crew burned down the fortified dugout of terrorists with two missiles from the Fagot ATGM.
Having hit the targets, the mobile groups disappeared as quickly as possible, leaving behind collapse, panic and corpses.
12:30 Helicopters of army aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the sky over the LPR -video
11:15 Residents of Donetsk and its environs report an intensification of fighting in the Avdievka direction: recently, in the area of the Avdievka industrial zone, the constant work of Russian artillery and aviation, as well as rifle battles, have been heard -video
The correspondent of RIA Novosti visited this direction and himself witnessed the incessant artillery duels, the work of air defense, and the shooting battle is also heard.
10:27 Air strikes in the Avdievka direction: VKS hit the objects of the 110 Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video
The location of the reconnaissance unit of the 110th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and ammunition depots were discovered. After that, our pilots dealt a crushing blow to them.
10:01 Chronicle of blows and mutual shelling in the NWO zone for the night from March 6 to March 7, 2023
Artillerymen of the RF Armed Forces worked on targets in Senkovka and Karpovichi, Chernihiv region, as well as in Starikovo, Golyshovsky, Pavlovka and Volfino, Sumy region.
In the Starobelsky direction, Russian forces hit the enemy positions near Putnikovo, Figolevka, Dvurechnaya, Novoselovsky, Ternov and Yampol.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine, in turn, fired at Gryanikovka and the surroundings of Krasnopopovka with Dibrova.
In the Bakhmutsky (Artemovsky) direction, the RF Armed Forces delivered strikes against concentrations of enemy manpower in Razdolovka, Zaliznyansky, Orekhovo-Vasilevka, Chasovoy Yar, Bakhmut, Toretsk and Stupochki.
In the Donetsk direction, Russian troops worked out at the facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Avdeevka, Krasnohorivka, Kamenka, Nevelsky and the western part of Maryinka.
The enemy again fired at Donetsk and its environs.
In the Yuzhnodonetsk direction, Ugledar, Bolshaya Novoselka and Vremyevka came under fire from Russian artillery.
In the Zaporozhye region, the RF Armed Forces worked on targets in Gulyaipole, Zaliznichny, Kamensky and Gulyaipolsky.
On the southern sector of the front, Russian forces attacked the positions of the Ukrainian army in Kherson, Berislav, Stanislav, Olgovka, Shlyakhovo and Zmievka.
09:57 Russian units continue to actively liberate new areas of Artemovsk (Bakhmut), leaving no chance for Ukrainian soldiers who refuse to raise their hands -video
09:17 Official summary of Representative offices of the DPR in the JCCC from 00:00 02/06/2023 to 00:00 03/07/2023
Over the past day, the Representation reported 26 facts of firing by the AFU.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 13 attacks from the MLRS, 155mm artillery.
On Gorlovsky 10 artillery attacks from artillery 155mm and 152mm.
On Yasinovatsky three artillery attacks from artillery 155mm and 152mm.
By releasing 140 units of various ammunition.
Under enemy fire were areas of five settlements of the Republic: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), Panteleymonovka, Yasinovataya, Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Kiev, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts).
Over the past day, information was received about the wounding of three civilians in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, the Yasinovatsky district and the previously liberated Nikolsky.
Five housing constructions were damaged in Petrovsky and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk, Oleksandrivka, as well as one civil infrastructure facility.
In the previous day, 18 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU.
08:18 Summary on the morning of March 7, 2023
PMC "Wagner" continue the battle for Artemovsk (Bakhmut), trying to encircle the city. There is an advance of assault groups in the eastern and southern parts of the city. To the south-west of the city, the enemy is counterattacking, trying to keep the road to Konstantinovka under control: a partial evacuation of enemy units is underway under the fire of our artillery. They report on the concentration of reserves of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for a possible attempt to de-blockade the city.
In the Maryinsky direction, the Russian Armed Forces continue to attack the enemy. South of Marinka, our units advanced to the settlement. Pobeda and Novomikhailovka.
Information was received from the Kherson direction that our 126th Separate Guards Coastal Defense repelled an enemy landing attempt on Bolshoy Potemkinsky Island, which was known in advance. The enemy retreated. There are losses on both sides.
Armed Forces of Ukraine fired at the border areas of the Bryansk, Kursk, Belgorod regions for a day
To the north of Avdievka, the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to counterattack in the area of ??Novobakhmutovka.
There is information about the concentration of enemy reserves in the Ugledar direction.
A total of 140 ammunition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was fired at the civilian population of the DPR. Under fire Gorlovka, Panteleymonovka, Yasinovataya, Yasinovatsky district, Donetsk. Three civilians were wounded.
Commentary in italics by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin
[ColonelCassad] Lukashenka announced that the Belarusian Bloody Gabnya had detained a terrorist who launched drones at the airfield in Machulishchi. The character was hiding for some time, but he could not get away from the Chekists. Predictably, she was recruited by the Ukrainian special services.
The object of the attack was AWACS A-50, which was located at the airfield. At the time of the rally, opposition resources announced that the plane was damaged, and it would take almost a year to restore it. Then a video appeared on the network where the drone lands on the A-50 AWACS and the recording ends.
Today Alexander Lukashenko announced (https://t.me/pul_1) about the arrest of the perpetrator of the terrorist act, a native of Krivoy Rog, a resident of Crimea. There he received Russian citizenship, and a Ukrainian passport remained in parallel. A typical situation for the Ukrainian SBU agents.
In 2014, the performer was recruited by the SBU, he was trained near Kiev, where he learned how to produce explosive devices.
Regarding the method of committing the terrorist act, the President has already partially voiced information about the "small drone". As I wrote earlier, everything is produced using DJI FPV controlled using VR glasses. The aircraft received almost no damage, except for minor damage to the hull.
Unfortunately, it would be very disrespectful for current colleagues to tell more, so very soon you will receive information from official sources. I can only say that during the arrest, all the heroism of the terrorist disappeared somewhere, and his first phrase was the words: “Just don’t kill, I’ll tell you everything.” Of course, you will have plenty of time.
A preliminary investigation into the terrorist attack on the Russian A-50 early warning aircraft, based in Belarus, showed that the Polish special services were involved in the action. Konstantin Bychek, deputy head of the Investigative Department of the Belarusian KGB, told journalists about this on March 7 .
“Investigative actions allow us to conclude that agents of the special services of the Republic of Poland from among the so-called fugitive Belarusians, adherents of the violent overthrow of the constitutional order, active participants in the events of August 2020, were involved in the preparation of the act of terrorism,” said Bychek .
He added that during the capture of the suspected terrorist, law enforcement officers uncovered a whole network of citizens of Belarus who helped the attacker. According to the investigators, they were involved in undercover work by Belarusian emigrants on the instructions of the special services of Poland and Ukraine.
Recall that earlier in Belarus it was reported that a suspect was detained in an attempt to undermine the A-50 at the Machulishchi airfield. It turned out to be a citizen of Ukraine Nikolai Shvets , he confessed to committing a terrorist attack and said that the SBU was the organizer.
President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko spoke about the detention in the country of a terrorist of the Ukrainian special services, who was involved in an attempt to sabotage a Russian A-50 aircraft at the Machulishchi airfield, BelTA reports.
“The Security Service of Ukraine, the leadership of the CIA, either from the side or behind their backs, are developing an operation against Belarus, ” said the Belarusian leader. — A terrorist was prepared. He is a Russian, with a Russian passport, has a Ukrainian passport."
According to the president, the terrorist was born in Krivoy Rog and lived in Crimea.
"He was recruited by the Ukrainian special services in 2014. Well versed in IT technologies. He was preparing to commit terrorist acts," Alexander Lukashenko shared the details.
Recall that the Russian A-50 aircraft arrived in Belarus as part of the coordination of the regional grouping of troops of the Union State. The aircraft was involved in the exercises that took place from January 16 to February 1, 2023.
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
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances...
