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US intelligence assessed that the war in Ukraine has devastated the pre-war Russian military, although Russia has partially offset these losses and continues to prepare for a long war in Ukraine.(1/5)
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The Czech Ministry of Defense issued licenses for the supply of military equipment to Ukraine worth €4.7 billion.
The private military-industrial complex of the Czech Republic will take orders and produce equipment for Ukraine.
The private military-industrial complex of the Czech Republic will take orders and produce equipment for Ukraine.
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It appears Ukraine has been buying Weisels
A lot were disarmed and sold off on the open market by Germany, these are designed to use Tow, which the Ukrainians have. Small and lightweight they appear to be in service.
https://en.defence-ua.com/weapon_and...ttes-8846.html
Photo, published online recently, suggests a unit of Ukrainian army, most likely the 3rd Assault Brigade, has acquired a Wiesel airborne armored fighting vehicle equipped with a TOW anti-tank missile system.
This vehicle seems to be a de-weaponized variant that can be purchased on the civilian market without limitations, whereas the missile was installed upon delivery. Alternatively, the weapon might be replaced with a turret or a machine gun.
This vehicle seems to be a de-weaponized variant that can be purchased on the civilian market without limitations, whereas the missile was installed upon delivery. Alternatively, the weapon might be replaced with a turret or a machine gun.
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Russia has had to demine the entrance to Sevastopol, it appears Ukraine have managed to get unmanned boats to seliver mines to the entrance and mine it.
https://en.defence-ua.com/events/ukr...ones-8830.html
In October 14, 2023, the russian Black Sea Fleet utilized mine-sweeping ships, including Vice-Admiral Zakharin, Ivan Antonov, Ivan Golubets, and Kovrovets, to conduct combat trawling to clear out sea mines in the outer roadstead of Sevastopol Bay, marking the first time since 1974 that such action was taken in russia.
This information was reported by the bmpd blog (available in public access), referencing the Morskoy sbornik monthly magazine from the russian Ministry of Defense, issue No. 12 (not available in public access).
To put it simply, the Ukrainian Defense Forces in an unknown way successfully deployed a significant number of sea mines in the area in October 2023, prompting an immediate need for combat trawling by the russian fleet.
And apparently, this episode was so sensitive that russians acknowledged the very fact of such an event only two months later.
Surface ships of the Ukrainian Navy can be ruled out as the source of mine deployment.
Just in case, we remind you that publicly available data indicates the Balta auxiliary ship was converted into a minelayer just months before russia's full-scale military invasion of Ukraine.
This information was reported by the bmpd blog (available in public access), referencing the Morskoy sbornik monthly magazine from the russian Ministry of Defense, issue No. 12 (not available in public access).
To put it simply, the Ukrainian Defense Forces in an unknown way successfully deployed a significant number of sea mines in the area in October 2023, prompting an immediate need for combat trawling by the russian fleet.
And apparently, this episode was so sensitive that russians acknowledged the very fact of such an event only two months later.
Surface ships of the Ukrainian Navy can be ruled out as the source of mine deployment.
Just in case, we remind you that publicly available data indicates the Balta auxiliary ship was converted into a minelayer just months before russia's full-scale military invasion of Ukraine.
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Russia admits their latest version of the S400 cannot take down ballistic missiles
Russia admits their latest version of the S400 cannot take down ballistic missiles.
https://en.defence-ua.com/weapon_and...tors-8519.html
While boasting about its weaponry, the russian federation inadvertently acknowledged that the S-400 air defense system lacks the capability to engage ballistic missiles. Although not explicitly stated, this revelation was made in an article by the russian state-controlled newspaper Izvestia, as the editors were attempting to underscore the superiority of the S-400 over Western anti-aircraft missile systems.
The focal point of the discussion was the 40N6 interceptor missile, the one which was ordered in a quantity of 1,000 units produced over the next three years. The emphasis on this particular missile is significant because previously russia admitted the 9M96 missile of the S-400 system did not employ kinetic energy interception but relied on detonation close to the target.
Now, according to the russian newspaper, during interception of a ballistic target, the 40N6 missile, quote, "hits with pellets of metal fragments and destroys the warhead of the enemy's weapon." However, the earlier disclosed specifications suggest that this can be achieved in a very short range, only 15 km.
In essence, the 40N6 missile does not employ kinetic target interception, commonly known as "hit-to-kill" technology. The main difference is that fragmentation damage does not guarantee effective neutralization of a ballistic missile because it is already practically falling onto its target by the time it meets with the interceptor. Fragments can damage the missile or its flight control systems but cannot stop the fall of a big chunk of explosive.
Basically, the situation with the S-400 echoes the experience with the Patriot PAC-2 in the late 1980s, believed to be adapted for intercepting ballistic missiles. To add anti-missile capability, the Americans had optimized the radar proximity fuze and increased the weight of the preformed fragments from 2 to 45 grams.
During the Persian Gulf War in 1991, 41 out of 42 Iraqi Scud missiles (R-17s of the Elbrus SRBM system and its derivatives) were claimed to have been intercepted, i.e. 97%, later estimates were reduced to an average of 55%. In 1992, a congressional committee carried out an investigation to find out where the money, allocated to upgrade the Patriot to the PAC-2 modernization, went; and they concluded that the actual success rate of that version of Patriot was only 9%.
This led to a new Patriot modernization program incorporating kinetic energy interception, giving rise to the Patriot PAC-3, first with the CRI anti-missile interceptor, later replaced by MSE. For the creation of Patriot PAC-3, the engineers used experience and concepts developed during the famous Strategic Defense Initiative program.
The absence of hit-to-kill technology in the S-400 contrasts with top-tier anti-missile defense systems like the European SAMP/T and the Israeli David's Sling, highlighting a significant difference in capabilities between these systems and conventional anti-aircraft systems.
Same "hit-to-kill" technology is implemented both in the European SAMP/T and in the Israeli David's Sling, as well as other top-tier anti-missile defense systems, it is the main feature and difference from ordinary anti-aircraft systems. The absence of a kinetic interceptor for the S-400 is why russia is still a generation behind in terms of modern air defense capabilities.
The focal point of the discussion was the 40N6 interceptor missile, the one which was ordered in a quantity of 1,000 units produced over the next three years. The emphasis on this particular missile is significant because previously russia admitted the 9M96 missile of the S-400 system did not employ kinetic energy interception but relied on detonation close to the target.
Now, according to the russian newspaper, during interception of a ballistic target, the 40N6 missile, quote, "hits with pellets of metal fragments and destroys the warhead of the enemy's weapon." However, the earlier disclosed specifications suggest that this can be achieved in a very short range, only 15 km.
In essence, the 40N6 missile does not employ kinetic target interception, commonly known as "hit-to-kill" technology. The main difference is that fragmentation damage does not guarantee effective neutralization of a ballistic missile because it is already practically falling onto its target by the time it meets with the interceptor. Fragments can damage the missile or its flight control systems but cannot stop the fall of a big chunk of explosive.
Basically, the situation with the S-400 echoes the experience with the Patriot PAC-2 in the late 1980s, believed to be adapted for intercepting ballistic missiles. To add anti-missile capability, the Americans had optimized the radar proximity fuze and increased the weight of the preformed fragments from 2 to 45 grams.
During the Persian Gulf War in 1991, 41 out of 42 Iraqi Scud missiles (R-17s of the Elbrus SRBM system and its derivatives) were claimed to have been intercepted, i.e. 97%, later estimates were reduced to an average of 55%. In 1992, a congressional committee carried out an investigation to find out where the money, allocated to upgrade the Patriot to the PAC-2 modernization, went; and they concluded that the actual success rate of that version of Patriot was only 9%.
This led to a new Patriot modernization program incorporating kinetic energy interception, giving rise to the Patriot PAC-3, first with the CRI anti-missile interceptor, later replaced by MSE. For the creation of Patriot PAC-3, the engineers used experience and concepts developed during the famous Strategic Defense Initiative program.
The absence of hit-to-kill technology in the S-400 contrasts with top-tier anti-missile defense systems like the European SAMP/T and the Israeli David's Sling, highlighting a significant difference in capabilities between these systems and conventional anti-aircraft systems.
Same "hit-to-kill" technology is implemented both in the European SAMP/T and in the Israeli David's Sling, as well as other top-tier anti-missile defense systems, it is the main feature and difference from ordinary anti-aircraft systems. The absence of a kinetic interceptor for the S-400 is why russia is still a generation behind in terms of modern air defense capabilities.
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Avdviivka and the racking up of vehicle kills. I don’t care how many vehicles Russia can generate, these losses must be unsustainable. It’s not just vehicles, it is fuel, and ammunition too.
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Another Mariupol Marine sentenced to life on trumped up Russian charges, one day these Russian court bastards need to fall from a great height, or finish their time in one of their own penal colonies
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More Russian warcrimes, using Ukrainian prisoners of war as human shield’s by forcing them out of trenches to get Ukraine to cease firing near Bakhmut and using them as shields when advancing.
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Seven groups in Poland are preparing to seize facilities and terrorist acts in Belarus, – the Belarusian KGB head stated.
Chairman of the State Security Committee (KGB) of Belarus Ivan Tertel stated that the Belarusian security services allegedly repeatedly received data that Polish groups might want to commit provocations "using the methods of 1939".
He declared:
"Minsk remembers how the Second World War began – with provocation by the Germans 'using Polish uniforms'."
"We do not use such a practice and do not think it is a good thing," Tertel said. He said that "Ukraine, Poland and the Baltics should be prepared that the weapons used against Belarus could turn against its own handlers"
‼️ By all appearances, Poland should expect new provocations from the territory of Belarus.
Chairman of the State Security Committee (KGB) of Belarus Ivan Tertel stated that the Belarusian security services allegedly repeatedly received data that Polish groups might want to commit provocations "using the methods of 1939".
He declared:
"Minsk remembers how the Second World War began – with provocation by the Germans 'using Polish uniforms'."
"We do not use such a practice and do not think it is a good thing," Tertel said. He said that "Ukraine, Poland and the Baltics should be prepared that the weapons used against Belarus could turn against its own handlers"
‼️ By all appearances, Poland should expect new provocations from the territory of Belarus.
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Previously reported Orac.
A Russian giving the bird receives a grenade in return.
A Russian giving the bird receives a grenade in return.
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Representatives of the Hungarian minority in Ukraine ask PM Orbán to change course and support the country's EU accession. "We strongly urge all leaders of EU member states to continue supporting Ukraine on the path of European integration."
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This is Damian Duda, a Polish medical volunteer who goes to the front and saves Ukrainian soldiers. The video shows one of these evacuations from hot spots. "It is necessary to understand that this is not only a war between Ukraine and the Russians. This is Ukraine's war against the civilization of death. Ukraine is fighting for all peaceful people, for all that is good. Therefore, I also understand that this is also my war," says Damian Duda in an interview for Public Radio. And Damian Duda received the Order of Merit III degree, which was presented to him by Volodymyr Zelenskyi during a meeting in Lublin with Polish volunteers and doctors. Read an interview with Damian Duda, a Polish medical volunteer, founder and head of the "W międzyczasie" foundation, on the Public Radio website: https://cutt.ly/JwSroqD6 Medical volunteers of this fund work at the front in Ukraine. The material was prepared with the help of MediaPort Warsaw, a hub for Ukrainian journalists in Poland, and with the support of the international initiative Media Lifeline Ukraine.
This is Damian Duda, a Polish medical volunteer who goes to the front and saves Ukrainian soldiers. The video shows one of these evacuations from hot spots. "It is necessary to understand that this is not only a war between Ukraine and the Russians. This is Ukraine's war against the civilization of death. Ukraine is fighting for all peaceful people, for all that is good. Therefore, I also understand that this is also my war," says Damian Duda in an interview for Public Radio. And Damian Duda received the Order of Merit III degree, which was presented to him by Volodymyr Zelenskyi during a meeting in Lublin with Polish volunteers and doctors. Read an interview with Damian Duda, a Polish medical volunteer, founder and head of the "W międzyczasie" foundation, on the Public Radio website: https://cutt.ly/JwSroqD6 Medical volunteers of this fund work at the front in Ukraine. The material was prepared with the help of MediaPort Warsaw, a hub for Ukrainian journalists in Poland, and with the support of the international initiative Media Lifeline Ukraine.
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More Russian warcrimes, using Ukrainian prisoners of war as human shield’s by forcing them out of trenches to get Ukraine to cease firing near Bakhmut and using them as shields when advancing.
https://twitter.com/Torchcz/status/1735037322712768934
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https://twitter.com/Torchcz/status/1735037322712768934
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Ukrainian border guards attempting to take down drone attacks.
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Based on various figures given by Putin, military analyst Yan Matveyev says the president has essentially admitted to Russian losses of around 363,000 in Ukraine
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Estonia has decided their long-term military aid to Ukraine will be 0.25% of our GDP over the next 4 years.