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Category Archives: Ukraine Crisis
Zelenskiy Changing Defense Ministers
KYIV, Sept 3 (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday he had decided to replace his defence minister, setting the stage for the biggest shake-up of Ukraine’s defence establishment since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022. … Continue reading
Posted in TTG, Ukraine Crisis
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Lukashenko spills the beans
Update on the drone attack on the Russian airbase in Pskov: Belarusian air defensives observed the drones, reported them to command, but never received authorization to fire due to orders from Lukashenko not to interfere in the conflict. Putin: … Continue reading
Posted in The Military Art, TTG, Ukraine Crisis
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Drone attack at Pskov
I was planning on posting something about this latest drone attack today after the hysterics and wild-assed rumors subsided a bit. The gist of a lot of the early commentary was that this attack had to come from Estonia and … Continue reading
Posted in The Military Art, TTG, Ukraine Crisis
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Tatarigami and Telenko on battlefield drones
This is a short Twitter thread from @Tatarigami_UA, a Ukrainian reserve military officer. I came across an article today in The Washington Post that discusses the counter-offensive. I usually refrain from criticizing leaks, recognizing the importance of journalistic work. Nevertheless, … Continue reading
Posted in The Military Art, TTG, Ukraine Crisis
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HARPER: PRESERVING THE PAT LANG LEGACY
With the Russia invasion of Ukraine entering its nineteenth month with no end in sight, with tensions around the Strait of Taiwan escalating, and with the U.S. entering a turbulent season of presidential electoral politics, it is a worthwhile moment … Continue reading
Posted in Ukraine Crisis
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Tu-22 Backfire Destroyed In Drone Strike Deep Inside Russia
Soltsy-2 airbase, which is home to Russian Tu-22M3 Backfire swing-wing bombers, was hit by a drone strike yesterday. Images of black smoking billowing from the base further solidified those reports, but it wasn’t clear what was burning. Now, photos have … Continue reading
Posted in Russia, The Military Art, TTG, Ukraine Crisis
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Colonel Shuvalov on the effect of the Ukrainian cluster munitions
“And again about cluster munitions. It’s hard for me to understand why we need to manipulate statistics if the response we’re getting for showing off results in collossal, real difficulites. I already wrote about cluster munitions before – https://t.me/shouvalov/20. Basically, … Continue reading
Posted in The Military Art, TTG, Ukraine Crisis
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The bridgehead at Kozachi Laheri
1. New Dnipro River thread/Kozachi Laheri landings. Russian Telegram channels report today that UAF landed at Kozachi Laheri with ongoing fighting. Some inform on UAF ‘presence’ west of the village. https://t.me/romanov_92/41081 gives a specific location at 46.707197, 32.946664. 2. Russian … Continue reading
Posted in The Military Art, TTG, Ukraine Crisis
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Mr. Gilbreth And The 155mm Artillery Round By Walrus.
Unless it’s deliberately placed on Youtube for disinformation purposes, could someone please tell the PTB to remove videos of 155 mm projectile production? It is giving away information. Any manufacturing engineer watching them will automatically estimate the cycle time for … Continue reading
Posted in Ukraine Crisis, Walrus
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FAFO
Statement of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine The Russian Federation has once again brutally violated the universal right to free navigation for the whole world and is deliberately undermining food security, condemning millions of people to starvation. By openly … Continue reading
Posted in Russia, The Military Art, TTG, Ukraine Crisis
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