War in Ukraine

chemgator · Jan 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM

One of Ukraine's F-16 pilots has set a record by downing six Russian cruise missiles during one flight.

Ukraine said one of its F-16 pilots achieved a feat nobody flying the jet has managed before

Ukraine said one of its F-16 pilots achieved a feat nobody flying the jet had managed before.

In a Facebook post on Tuesday, Ukraine's air force command said a pilot flying an F-16 took out six Russian cruise missiles during a single flight, using air-to-air missiles and an aircraft cannon.

This occurred during a "mass" missile and drone attack in December, it said.

On December 13, Russia fired almost 200 drones, Kinzhal air-launched ballistic missiles, and 94 cruise missiles at Ukraine.
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chemgator · Jan 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM

Ukraine blows up a Russian warehouse full of recon drones in Rostov. They attacked it with drones and a Neptune missile. Ammunition was also stored at the facility, which may have contributed to secondary explosions.

Ukraine says it blew up a warehouse full of Russian recon drones with a homemade rework of a Neptune anti-ship missile

Ukraine says that its forces attacked a Russian warehouse facility full of reconnaissance drones on Friday, hitting it with a homemade missile not often mentioned in disclosures of Kyiv's combat operations.

The cross-border attack targeted a drone and ammunition storage facility in Russia's southwestern Rostov region, a Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) source told Business Insider Friday.

The source said that Ukraine first launched drones to overwhelm Russia's air defenses in the area before striking the site, located near the small village of Chaltyr, with a Neptune missile.

Footage of the attack, which was shared with BI, captures the buzz of what appears to be drones. A massive fireball can be seen at one point, followed by a loud blast. Other videos show fires at the site and plumes of smoke. Since ammunition was stored at the facility, secondary explosions may have occurred.
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chemgator · Jan 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM

An interesting article on why the Russians are failing so badly in Kursk: meat-wave tactics, very old weapons, and being out-smarted by Ukraine. Apparently Russia is fighting with some weapons from WWI and the 1905 fight with Japan as well as the Korean War. Russian casualties are believed to have exceeded 800,000, which includes 3800 North Korean soldiers.

Opinion - In Kursk, the Ukrainian invasion is back

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his generals have an artful knack for keeping the Russian military bear off-balance. On Sunday, they renewed their offensive in the Russian Kursk Oblast, once again catching the Russian high command, Kremlin, and many pundits by surprise.

Ukraine is using British supplied Challenger 2 tanks and extensive electronic warfare operations to blind Russian drones, allowing sappers to open lanes in minefields to facilitate their advance. The success or failure of the renewed offensive remains to be determined, but one thing is certain — it got the Kremlin’s attention.

Meanwhile, the Kremlin has hastily dispatched to Kursk Gen. Yunis-Bek Yevkurov, one of Vladimir Putin’s top generals, to organize and lead the Russian defense. Yevkurov was promoted by Putin in December and had been tasked with managing “Russia’s border defenses and Africa mercenary projects.”

There is only so much Yevkurov can do with an army relegated to fighting with weapons from the Russian-Japanese War of 1904-1905 (Mosin-Nagant 3-line rifle), World War I (Degtyaryov machine gun) and the Korean War (T-54/55 and PT-76 tanks), pulled from dilapidated storage facilities, film studios and museums.
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chemgator · Jan 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM

Bad news for Putin: Russia's elites are "tired of waiting for the war to end". Some want Putin to throw more people and resources at the war to get it over with faster. Putin is unwilling to do so, as it might kick off mass protests and pull more workers out of the labor pool.

Russia's elites say they are tired of waiting for the war to end: report

Russia's elites are growing tired of waiting for the war to end and are concerned about the long-term impact of Western sanctions on Russia's economy, according to a report by Meduza.

High-ranking sources told the independent Russian outlet that Russia's "elites" are disappointed that the war with Ukraine didn't end in 2024.

The sources included people close to and in the Russian presidential administration, two State Duma deputies, a senator, and three high-ranking officials in Russian regional governments.

But, according to the ISW, Putin is against further mobilizing the Russian economy or a partial involuntary reserve call-up because these measures would be extremely unpopular and would worsen the country's labor shortages.
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sierragator · Jan 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM

chemgator said: ↑

An interesting article on why the Russians are failing so badly in Kursk: meat-wave tactics, very old weapons, and being out-smarted by Ukraine. Apparently Russia is fighting with some weapons from WWI and the 1905 fight with Japan as well as the Korean War. Russian casualties are believed to have exceeded 800,000, which includes 3800 North Korean soldiers.

Opinion - In Kursk, the Ukrainian invasion is back
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Ukraine is in deep trouble when Russia breaks out the chariots and horse calvary.

chemgator · Jan 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM

Biden puts more severe sanctions on Russia's oil and gas industry.

US hits Russian oil with toughest sanctions yet in bid to give Ukraine, Trump leverage

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in a post on X that the measures announced on Friday will "deliver a significant blow" to Moscow. "The less revenue Russia earns from oil ... the sooner peace will be restored," Zelenskiy added.

Daleep Singh, a top White House economic and national security adviser, said in a statement that the measures were the "most significant sanctions yet on Russia’s energy sector, by far the largest source of revenue for (President Vladimir) Putin’s war".

The U.S. Treasury imposed sanctions on Gazprom Neft and Surgutneftegas, which explore for, produce and sell oil as well as 183 vessels that have shipped Russian oil, many of which are in the so-called shadow fleet of aging tankers operated by non-Western companies. The sanctions also include networks that trade the petroleum.

The sanctions should cost Russia billions of dollars per month if sufficiently enforced, another U.S. official told reporters in a call.
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chemgator · Jan 10, 2025 at 9:04 PM

okeechobee said: ↑

Surely you're smarter than this. The quick math on that is 45,000 troops a month or a 540,000 troops a year pace. Even if he's counting casualties, that's a bogus number.
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The number I saw quoted for 2024 casualties is 430,000, or 36,000 troops a month average for the year (or 1180 per day). Just because a 45,000 troops a month is quoted for November, it does not mean you can extrapolate that number to the entire year. It is generally known that Russian casualties have gotten worse as the year went along.

Shirley, you are smarter than this.

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