NutLoose

Wagner were sitting on tons more munitions in Russian warehouses, so much for Prigozhin’s claims they were being starved off the stuff..

NutLoose

The story of a captured Russian JCB working for Ukraine.

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tdracer

That sort of depends on which serial liar you choose to believe.

ORAC

This is stupid on so many levels - accuracy, cost, time (how long just to design and build a MIRV bus to carry the bombs?)

But everyone wants to get in on the grift.

Russia's space agency Roskosmos is reportedly evaluating options for using space rockets to drop aerial bombs on Ukraine from orbit. The proposal is likely to face serious technical difficulties, not least the risk of bombs burning up from the heat of atmospheric reentry. ⬇️​​​​​​​

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1...992779264.html

If you have the accuracy you don’t need HE bombs, kinetic energy will do….

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinetic_bombardment

“In the case of the system mentioned in the 2003 Air Force report above, a 6.1 by 0.3 metres (20 ft × 1 ft) tungsten cylinder impacting at Mach 10 (11,200 ft/s; 3,400 m/s) has kinetic energy equivalent to approximately 11.5 tons of TNT (48 GJ).”

ORAC

And they have water, food and rest - now imagine the Russian mobiks….

​​​​​​​The heatwave in Ukraine and across Europe is brutal. Heat records have been broken in several places, I think.

And our Defenders do the impossible on the frontlines in this heat, in full body armor that weighs dozens of kilos. Glory to Heroes!

Sfojimbo

Some years back the USAF experimented with the same idea. At the time I was left with the impression that they had a few operational packages available, but I never heard any follow up on the subject.

ORAC

Which says much about the life expectancy of generals (both at the hands of the Ukrainians and the FSB….)

An increasingly desperate Putin now looking for out of date Russian meat for his grinder in Ukraine.

New law passed today allows men who've completed their compulsory service & who don't have exemptions, to be mobilised up to 55 & 70 for senior officers.

ORAC

According to Reuters , will be transferred:

▪️VAMPIRE air defense systems
▪️Phoenix Ghost and Switchblade kamikaze drones
▪️Australian DroneShield anti-drone systems.
▪️radar, sensors and analytical systems
▪️ ammo.



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ORAC

Really desperate to prevent grain shipments at source - for fear Turkey will uphold their treaty and protect departing ships from attack?

Last night #Russia launched one of the most significant attack against Odesa, and particularly the Odesa port, including:
- 16 Kalibr cruise missiles
- 8 Kh-22 cruise missiles
- 6 Onyx coastal missile
- 1 Kh-59 air missile
- 32 Iranian-made "suicide drones" drones

​​​​​​​The Ukrainian air force says it intercepted 13 Kalibr cruise missiles, 1 Kh-59 and 23 Iranian-made drones.

NutLoose

Propagandists discuss mining the Black Sea to prevent grain movements


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Buster Hyman

First & foremost, thanks to all who are looking through many sources to provide genuine links for data & 'tweets' on this thread. It's certainly my main source of information & I can only imagine how much effort goes into this!

Having said that, there's a whiff of 'click bait' to some comments with a link & I was hoping there could be more to go on than "This is interesting" Nutty's doing a sterling job supplying warnings on some of the grim links & whilst I appreciate a witty comment, just a little more about what we're going to be looking at would be most appreciated.

Thank you.

fdr

Prefer: Remembering the old WWII posters, "The Walls Have Ears," the Russians need to start their own campaign.
"please make sure that every one of our Ruzzian idiots have phones too."

(never let a chance go by)

ORAC

If the rest of the tanks, armour and AD systems now being bright forward are in the same state…

Same story as being to,d repeatedly - depots being paid to maintain and recondition kit pocketing the money, slapping on some paint and just shipping it to the fron to be destroyed and eliminating the evidence. Pity about the troops who receive it….

Video states that the repair time estimate, even for the units where that is seen as possible, is between a month and a year…

Russian AA/artillery unit received 6 Tunguska air defence vehicles from MoD, likely from long conservation followed by major repairs - as a result, all six vehicles are disfunctional.

In the full version of the video, the reporter states that upon reception, three vehicles were running but after a 30-km march all broke down with major suspension problems, another two suffer from armament control system malfunctions, and a sixth is too dangerous to even start.

None of the six transport-reloading vehicles (TZM) were functional either.

ORAC

⚡Poland transfers forces to eastern border as Wagner convoys enter Belarus.

Two Polish brigades have been transferred from the west of the country to locations near the border with Belarus, Polish defense minister Mariusz Błaszczak said on July 18.

​​​​​​​At least 3 Convoys of Wagner PMC Equipment and Personnel are reporting to have entered the Territory of Belarus today from Western Russia, the 1st Convoy consisted of roughly 80+ Vehicles, the 2nd Convoy was around 90+ Vehicles, and the 3rd had at least 100 Pieces of Equipment ranging from Technicals to Vans; these Convoys likely contain Thousands if not Tens of Thousands of Wagner Fighters which will now be Based in Belarus.

ORAC

Reuters published photos of the explosions at a military training ground in Crimea. The local Russian authorities say that the explosions are still going on.





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fdr

somedays, the world seems to grow a conscience....

e.g. Turkish delight - Turkey continuing the grain trade

Lucky Luciachenko - luck running out on war crimes




https://t.co/13ZfqIfTeA

NutLoose

Wow, they really do go out of their way to make the training as realistic as possible.

Sfojimbo

The town of Stary Krym in Crimea has a problem. In fact, the entire town of 2,000 has been evacuated because the ammo dump next door has gone off. Highway P-23 has been shut down too.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66242446
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe...or-2023-07-19/

BTW Stary Krym is only 15 miles from the Feodosia S-400 site, it doesn't look like those S-400s are doing their job very well.

NutLoose

Ammo dump hit last night in Crimea and still burning.

petit plateau

ZNPP update

"In its latest update on the situation at what is Ukraine and Europe's largest nuclear power plant, and which has been under Russian control since March 2022, the IAEA said that the steam generated from the one unit - currently unit 5 - in hot shutdown, is used "for various nuclear safety purposes including the processing of liquid radioactive waste collected in storage tanks".The State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine issued regulatory orders last month for all six units to be placed in cold shutdown, given its situation on the frontline of the war, and the breaching of the dam that had helped ensure plentiful cooling water supplies.The Russian operators of the plant say such a move is not required from a "legal or technological point of view" and the IAEA said the plant's operators are currently preparing to move unit 4 from cold shutdown to hot shutdown, after which unit 5 will be placed in cold shutdown "to carry out preventative maintenance activities that are only possible in cold shutdown".

The IAEA added that its experts stationed at the plant "are strongly encouraging the ZNPP to investigate all possible options to install an external boiler to generate the steam required, which would enable the site to bring all units into a cold shutdown state"."

etc

https://world-nuclear-news.org/Artic...-allow-cold-sh