Footage from a 🇷🇺 frigate in the black sea fleet firing a Kalibr cruise missile at Ukrainian facilities pic.twitter.com/EgFDI0eQVv
— OSINT-1988 (@OSINT88) April 22, 2022
Footage from a 🇷🇺 frigate in the black sea fleet firing a Kalibr cruise missile at Ukrainian facilities pic.twitter.com/EgFDI0eQVv
— OSINT-1988 (@OSINT88) April 22, 2022
USA*** said:
This is probably where they cannibalize dead tanks to repair and refit damaged/worn ones as well as conduct non-in-the-field maintenance.
Would be a good target. Kill recovery equipment and specialists
UK assessment: "In the eastern Donbas, heavy shelling and fighting continues as Russia seeks to advance further towards settlements including Krasnyy Lyman, Buhayikva, Barvinkove, Lyman and Popasna as part of their plans for the region."
— Jack Detsch (@JackDetsch) April 22, 2022
***BREAKING***
— H I Sutton (@CovertShores) April 22, 2022
Here -> https://t.co/J7vRt6Wlcv#Russian Navy deploys unique 110-year-old ship to investigate Moskva wreck. Likely carrying a DSRV minisub. #UkraineInvasion pic.twitter.com/fqyZ1DE14Q
A group of German intellectuals signed an open letter to Scholz urging him to stop supplying arms to Ukraine to encourage it to capitulate, let the Russians enter Kyiv, Kharkiv and Odesa without a fight and accept all Russian conditions. All for the sake of peace, obviously. https://t.co/BU58ZXa63N
— Tadeusz Giczan 🇺🇦 (@TadeuszGiczan) April 22, 2022
Rossticus said:***BREAKING***
— H I Sutton (@CovertShores) April 22, 2022
Here -> https://t.co/J7vRt6Wlcv#Russian Navy deploys unique 110-year-old ship to investigate Moskva wreck. Likely carrying a DSRV minisub. #UkraineInvasion pic.twitter.com/fqyZ1DE14Q
#Ukraine recognized the sunken cruiser "#Moskva" as an object of its underwater cultural heritage.
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) April 22, 2022
The Register of Cultural Objects lists the former flagship of the Black Sea Fleet as number 2064. pic.twitter.com/mA7exu3ArZ
How 'bout a 🧵on the artillery sent to Ukraine, as the narrative is bouncing between "this is pretty good," to "it's still not enough," to "NATO/US needs to do more!"
— Mark Hertling (@MarkHertling) April 22, 2022
The devil is in the details.
(As a former tanker I'm not an expert on arty, but I've used it in combat) 1/10
In other words German Commies want Ukraine to surrender to Russian Commies.Rossticus said:
"A document of infamy: Ukraine should finally capitulate for the sake of peace. Whoever supplies her with weapons opens the door to nuclear war. If the Ukrainians surrender, perhaps Putin will be merciful."
SickeningA group of German intellectuals signed an open letter to Scholz urging him to stop supplying arms to Ukraine to encourage it to capitulate, let the Russians enter Kyiv, Kharkiv and Odesa without a fight and accept all Russian conditions. All for the sake of peace, obviously. https://t.co/BU58ZXa63N
— Tadeusz Giczan 🇺🇦 (@TadeuszGiczan) April 22, 2022
either that ship was already in the Black Sea, or Turkey isn't holding to the Montreux Convention.USA*** said:Rossticus said:***BREAKING***
— H I Sutton (@CovertShores) April 22, 2022
Here -> https://t.co/J7vRt6Wlcv#Russian Navy deploys unique 110-year-old ship to investigate Moskva wreck. Likely carrying a DSRV minisub. #UkraineInvasion pic.twitter.com/fqyZ1DE14Q
Either recovering their nukes or that piece of the "true cross" they were hurrying to safety....
Good morning from #Kherson region.
— Canadian Ukrainian Volunteer 🇺🇦🇨🇦✊🏻 (@CanadianUkrain1) April 22, 2022
The #Russians attempted two separate assaults in #Mykolayiv direction. They did not succeed.
Their losses: 50+ personnel, a T-72 tank, one MLRS, 9 BMPs and Tigrs, as well as 3 trucks.
They're afraid of the dark. Heh😈
Glory to #Ukraine🇺🇦✊🏻 pic.twitter.com/e8I67NQI5s
GarryowenAg said:either that ship was already in the Black Sea, or Turkey isn't holding to the Montreux Convention.USA*** said:Rossticus said:***BREAKING***
— H I Sutton (@CovertShores) April 22, 2022
Here -> https://t.co/J7vRt6Wlcv#Russian Navy deploys unique 110-year-old ship to investigate Moskva wreck. Likely carrying a DSRV minisub. #UkraineInvasion pic.twitter.com/fqyZ1DE14Q
Either recovering their nukes or that piece of the "true cross" they were hurrying to safety....
Or as a salvage ship it isn't technically a "war ship"?Quote:
either that ship was already in the Black Sea, or Turkey isn't holding to the Montreux Convention.
Reports of water gates having been blown causing severe flooding near Krasnodar Russia🇷🇺 https://t.co/Y7a92wTEUN pic.twitter.com/WMo7dD1OnI
— OSINT-1988 (@OSINT88) April 22, 2022
What appears to be new drone footage of the Russian Ka-52 shootdown yesterday. Confirms that 2 helicopters were present, a Mi-8 and a Ka-52. pic.twitter.com/eJxaVnQSAR
— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) April 22, 2022
A cursory map check indicates that flooding may impact key land LOCs feeding Crimea.Robk said:Reports of water gates having been blown causing severe flooding near Krasnodar Russia🇷🇺 https://t.co/Y7a92wTEUN pic.twitter.com/WMo7dD1OnI
— OSINT-1988 (@OSINT88) April 22, 2022
74OA said:Ukraine has 11M males between the ages of 15 and 54. If even only half are available for military service, that's still millions of fighting-age bodies. Russia isn't going to out-die Ukraine.Rossticus said:
That could eventually become a problem if Russia is willing to simply out die Ukraine. People are the one resource that NATO isn't going to be providing.
These random fires/failures lead me to believe there is some "secret squirrel" type stuff happening right now.74OA said:A cursory map check indicates that flooding may impact key land LOCs feeding Crimea.Robk said:Reports of water gates having been blown causing severe flooding near Krasnodar Russia🇷🇺 https://t.co/Y7a92wTEUN pic.twitter.com/WMo7dD1OnI
— OSINT-1988 (@OSINT88) April 22, 2022
Kremlin continues to arrest and remove from the post the top leadership of🇷🇺army and navy
— Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) April 22, 2022
Due to heavy losses of personnel and equipment (esp the Moskva warship) Commander of the Black Sea Fleet was arrested;several Lieutenant Generals were fired–🇺🇦Intel https://t.co/CXrri2yx88
Is the payload all flares?MeatDr said:What appears to be new drone footage of the Russian Ka-52 shootdown yesterday. Confirms that 2 helicopters were present, a Mi-8 and a Ka-52. pic.twitter.com/eJxaVnQSAR
— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) April 22, 2022
Footage was shot with a potato so hard to tell. It wasn't an MBT.lobopride said:
What was the thing that got vaporized?
Great read thank you. Some interesting partsMeatDr said:
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1517507077215764481.htmlHow 'bout a 🧵on the artillery sent to Ukraine, as the narrative is bouncing between "this is pretty good," to "it's still not enough," to "NATO/US needs to do more!"
— Mark Hertling (@MarkHertling) April 22, 2022
The devil is in the details.
(As a former tanker I'm not an expert on arty, but I've used it in combat) 1/10
The number of total cannons in the combined package equates to about 5 US battalions worth of artillery, and the 144+K rounds/projectiles is an awful lot.
— Mark Hertling (@MarkHertling) April 22, 2022
Given the precision, and range, of these systems, IMO they will outgun the RUs in any artillery duel. 5/ pic.twitter.com/4FvsJRgU6r
That brings us to...the radars.
— Mark Hertling (@MarkHertling) April 22, 2022
Part of the package also included "artillery finding" radars (it's called the Q36).
Those radars "find" an enemy when they fire a round.
Digital systems then help transfer the location to the US guns to fire back. VERY quickly. "Counterfire." 7/ pic.twitter.com/yAo2qNx4Ev
CondensedFoggyAggie said:Great read thank you. Some interesting partsMeatDr said:
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1517507077215764481.htmlHow 'bout a 🧵on the artillery sent to Ukraine, as the narrative is bouncing between "this is pretty good," to "it's still not enough," to "NATO/US needs to do more!"
— Mark Hertling (@MarkHertling) April 22, 2022
The devil is in the details.
(As a former tanker I'm not an expert on arty, but I've used it in combat) 1/10The number of total cannons in the combined package equates to about 5 US battalions worth of artillery, and the 144+K rounds/projectiles is an awful lot.
— Mark Hertling (@MarkHertling) April 22, 2022
Given the precision, and range, of these systems, IMO they will outgun the RUs in any artillery duel. 5/ pic.twitter.com/4FvsJRgU6rThat brings us to...the radars.
— Mark Hertling (@MarkHertling) April 22, 2022
Part of the package also included "artillery finding" radars (it's called the Q36).
Those radars "find" an enemy when they fire a round.
Digital systems then help transfer the location to the US guns to fire back. VERY quickly. "Counterfire." 7/ pic.twitter.com/yAo2qNx4Ev
Let's hope they get trained up on them asap.
Rossticus said:***BREAKING***
— H I Sutton (@CovertShores) April 22, 2022
Here -> https://t.co/J7vRt6Wlcv#Russian Navy deploys unique 110-year-old ship to investigate Moskva wreck. Likely carrying a DSRV minisub. #UkraineInvasion pic.twitter.com/fqyZ1DE14Q
The Russian Black Sea Fleet has reactivated the frigate "Fiodor Stratilat" from it's reserves - it will join the naval blockade of Ukraine shortly. pic.twitter.com/zWQ3LF7Awb
— tibbydudeza (@tibbydudeza) April 22, 2022
Rossticus said:***BREAKING***
— H I Sutton (@CovertShores) April 22, 2022
Here -> https://t.co/J7vRt6Wlcv#Russian Navy deploys unique 110-year-old ship to investigate Moskva wreck. Likely carrying a DSRV minisub. #UkraineInvasion pic.twitter.com/fqyZ1DE14Q
The ammunition that the kiev regime forgot pic.twitter.com/rpzRwmsAaO
— Levi (@Levi_godman) April 22, 2022
Quote:
Skepticism greets bold Russian claim about war aims, based on its source.
When Gen. Rustam Minnekayev made a sweeping statement on Friday that Russia's next military aim would be to seize Ukraine's entire southern coast, many analysts were skeptical, based not only on the claim, but on its source.
Why would a relatively obscure military figure announce such a major shift in policy, rather than President Vladimir V. Putin, who usually makes such pronouncements, or Defense Minister Sergei K. Shoigu, or Gen. Aleksandr V. Dvornikov, the chief Russian commander for the war in Ukraine?
General Minnekayev's official job is the organization of political propaganda work in the army's central district, which comprises a vast territory from the Volga basin to eastern Siberia. His duties normally would not involve formulating military strategy.
Yet he told a gathering of arms industry representatives in Yekaterinburg more than 1,000 miles away from the fighting that Russia was seeking to capture a swath of Ukrainian territory from the Donbas region to Moldova. That would cut off Ukraine's access to the Black Sea, General Minnekayev said, according to Russian news agencies, allowing Russia to "influence critical elements of the Ukrainian economy" and gain "yet another point of access" to the pro-Russian enclave of Moldova known as Transnistria.
According to the defense ministry's website, General Minnekayev, who is stationed in Yekaterinburg, has been mostly involved in projects unrelated to the invasion, such as discussing the construction of an Orthodox cathedral with the clergy or indoctrinating the country's youth.
"One of our main goals is the work with the veterans and patriotic upbringing of the new generation," General Minnekayev told Red Star, the defense ministry's official newspaper, last April. "We need to tell the youth the truth about the war that our ancestors have not been fighting in vain."
. . .
General Minnekayev manages "a system of political control of officers which exists in parallel to military counterintelligence," Mr. Fyodorov said in an interview.
In Mr. Fyodorov's view, the commander was probably sanctioned by his superiors to make such a statement, which was then reported by TASS, a state-run news agency.
"Looks like fighting is ongoing among various groups in the higher echelons of power," he said.
Tatyana Stanovaya, a founder of the political consultancy R. Politik, said that General Minnekayev "is not the person who is supposed to make such statements," and that it is possible he made it "for propaganda reasons."
Moscow could not deny the statement, she said in a social media post, because it would make the Russian conservative faction "enraged." In a regular briefing, Dmitri S. Peskov, the Kremlin's spokesman, declined to comment on whether General Minnekayev's comments reflected Mr. Putin's thinking.
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And where would that be? There's something pretty fishy about that video.RebelE Infantry said:
This seems significant.
Large ammo depot captured by Russian forces.The ammunition that the kiev regime forgot pic.twitter.com/rpzRwmsAaO
— Levi (@Levi_godman) April 22, 2022
Waffledynamics said:And where would that be? There's something pretty fishy about that video.RebelE Infantry said:
This seems significant.
Large ammo depot captured by Russian forces.The ammunition that the kiev regime forgot pic.twitter.com/rpzRwmsAaO
— Levi (@Levi_godman) April 22, 2022