War in Ukraine

This is going to have to be one of those times I must respectfully decline to answer. Once it goes open source, I’ll be glad to share. I don’t think it will be long.

 

Why the tank battles aren't working (for either side) in the Ukraine War: the terrain is too flat, and there are too many drones in the air watching. The good news: Ukraine did not take long to understand this and quickly stopped the tank attacks. The better news: Russia took a lot longer to figure this out, and lost a lot of tanks.

Russia and Ukraine both failed at tank assaults because they can't surprise each other for 2 key reasons, expert says

 

Putin faces fresh revolt as fed-up Russians burn down 25-acre warehouse in fury at war (msn.com)

A giant warehouse near St Petersburg has gone up in smoke after Russia workers there set the entire facility ablaze.

The action was reportedly taken after Russian police raided the Wildberries warehouse to find people to conscript to fight the war in Ukraine.

According to Russian media sources the incident is currently under investigation by the state prosecutor's office.
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According to Ukrainian commentator Igor Sushko, the fire was started by angry employees in protest over conscription attempts.

 

Russia's missiles are starting to fail on the battlefield and Ukraine's electronic warfare efforts are having an impact on the war. Some of this could possibly relate to Russia using low-quality missiles from North Korea. It is also possible that sanctions against Russia are working by making it harder for Russia to manufacture quality missiles from lower and lower quality components. It has already been documented that Russia has been hurrying their missiles through the manufacturing process and not testing them properly before sending them to Ukraine.

Ukraine's Air Force on results of Russia's 13 January attack: Russian missiles are performing worse, Ukrainian electronic warfare is working

Three out of six Kinzhal missiles failed to reach their target.

More than 20 missiles, including three Kinzhals, failed to hit their targets in Jan 13 attack on Ukraine

 

Ukraine's women are now killing dozens of Russian soldiers, possibly after watching the movie "Thelma and Louise". Actually, they managed to poison 46 Russian soldiers in Crimea. One might get the impression from this that Ukrainians do not want Russians on their land, and this is their way of voting them out. The women are currently on the run in Crimea, after killing three police officers and wounding two.

This story has Hollywood movie written all over it: Nadia and Louiseski.

Several other stories have emerged of women poisoning Russian soldiers as well.

Female saboteurs who poisoned 46 Russian soldiers in Crimea are on the run after shoot-out with police, say reports

 

Russia is apparently terrified of the F-16, and is attacking Ukraine's airfields and aviation infrastructure as much as possible in preparation for its arrival.

Increased number of missile strikes indicate that Russia considers F-16s in Ukraine threatening – Estonian Defence Intelligence

 

I am surprised that Ukraine wants A-10's at this stage of the war. When Russian columns were rolling down the highway to Kiev, they would have been very useful. Now, not so much.

 

The collapse of the Russian car industry...

Sanctions are definitely impacting their car industry. Of the top ten brands based on car sales, only one is Russian...Lada. The next 9 are all imports. 6 are Chinese, China is now dominating the Russian car industry.

 

If true, galactically stupid for them to fly an AWACS that close to the front. The whole point of airborne radar is that you can keep it well to the rear and outside of the range of enemy SAMs while still providing command and control to air forces. I just can’t imagine the Russians would do anything that stupid, so I’m calling BS on this one.

 

Have not seen formal confirmed yet, but a lot suggesting. Zelensky even tweeted there would be big air defense announcement coming

 

Hope it’s true. That would be a big loss for Russia.

 

FWIW

 

i think it is too late. my money says theya re in action already, hence all the downed choppers, and now this major takedown of two c & c and radar airborne platforms

Ukrainian Sources: We Just Shot Down Two Of Russia’s Command Planes (forbes.com)

Ukrainian air-defenses reportedly shot down two of the Russian air force’s rarest and most valuable command aircraft on Sunday: a Beriev A-50 radar early-warning plane and an Ilyushin Il-22 airborne command post.

Ukraine’s RBC Radio posted what it claimed was an audio recording of the Il-22’s crew radioing an S-O-S to controllers apparently in Anapa, on the Russian side of the Sea of Azov’s southern coast. “Urgently requesting ambulance and fire crew,” the crew radioed.


It seems, at the very least, that the Il-22 suffered damage. According to Kyiv Independent, the four-engine, propeller-driven Il-22—which carries up to 10 people and helps to relay radio signals and coordinate front-line operations—was struck along the Sea of Azov coast Sunday night.

The four-engine, jet-propelled A-50 is Russia’s answer to the United States’ own main early-warning plane, the Boeing E-3. The A-50’s top-mounted radome contains a rotating radar that scans 360 degrees, detecting aircraft as far away as 250 miles. The 15-person crew of an A-50 tracks enemy planes and coordinates the flights of friendly planes.

 

f-16's doing work...jmo

 

those choppers were outside of manpad range unless ukraine special ops infiltrated deep behind lines with them

 

A few hours ago, someone apparently attacked two Russian aircraft over the Azov Sea: A-50 early warning and control and Il22-M command and control aircraft. The former is claimed to now be scuba diving, while the latter, well... the following audio recording emerged which apparently demonstrates the Il22-M requesting urgent landing in Anapa, calling for ambulance and fire crews. Numbers in the recording are quite challenging to decipher. Information in Russian channels is scarce. But the events have most likely taken place and Russia lost at least one very expensive and valuable flying asset. By the way, yesterday, Russian channels claimed destruction of a Patriot AA system in Western Ukraine. But didn't provide any evidence whatsoever. Eternal fishing!


This makes it sound like patriots. Maybe russians moving radar planes closer to try and detect patriots?