a couple minutes of beauty to appreciate amongst all the death and destruction. Several of you on here know exactly what these moments can be like and God Bless you for it.

damn. that was a litter crew carrying a wounded buddy. I know they're Russians but that still hit me in the feels.

New deadlier types of ammo for HIMARS. I am not sure about the anti-tank mine AT2 delivery from HIMARS. Article references parachutes but I believe all of those have been from european smart munitions on top down smart munitions.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidhambling/2022/10/05/new-types-of-ammunition-make-ukraines-himars-far-deadlier/amp/

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damn. that was a litter crew carrying a wounded buddy. I know they're Russians but that still hit me in the feels.

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That was a lot of knock-down for what looks to be a ~20mm munition. Mobility injuries, but still..........

pretty ****ed up all the way around

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Russia deployed Shahed-136 drones at Luninets airfield in Belarus, - "Zakhid" Territorial Defense forces

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https://liveuamap.com/en/2022/7-october-russian-deployed-shahed136-drones-at-luninets-airfield

Girkin warns that if Russia does not make major changes soon, no mobilisation waves will help, and the country will repeat the 1917 scenario. Says that in light of this, even (temporarily) leaving Kherson, Melitopol and Crimea is not critical. pic.twitter.com/A7LiEkNOYv

— Dmitri (@wartranslated) October 7, 2022

Oh, it's getting real

That speech reminded me of Texags during/immediately after a game only without directly calling for a coaches head

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Agthatbuilds said:

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Starlink starting to fail and/or Russia has figure out how to jam it

Ukrainian troops have reported outages of their Starlink communication devices on the frontline, hindering efforts to liberate territory from Russian forces, according to Ukrainian officials and soldiers. Some outages led to a “catastrophic” loss of communication in recent weeks https://t.co/mdhwCtAtk7

— Dmitri Alperovitch (@DAlperovitch) October 7, 2022

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Or is Elon having a tantrum over the twitter exchange earlier this week?

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Wouldn't put it past him. Because of his wealth and success people like to forget that he IS still on the spectrum and demonstrates the associated emotional and behavioral deficits in addition to impulsive behavior stemming from them.

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Bregxit said:

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Agthatbuilds said:

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Starlink starting to fail and/or Russia has figure out how to jam it

Ukrainian troops have reported outages of their Starlink communication devices on the frontline, hindering efforts to liberate territory from Russian forces, according to Ukrainian officials and soldiers. Some outages led to a “catastrophic” loss of communication in recent weeks https://t.co/mdhwCtAtk7

— Dmitri Alperovitch (@DAlperovitch) October 7, 2022

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Or is Elon having a tantrum over the twitter exchange earlier this week?

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Wouldn't put it past him. Because of his wealth and success people like to forget that he IS still on the spectrum and demonstrates the associated emotional and behavioral deficits in addition to impulsive behavior stemming from them.

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He responded to the tweet saying the story doesn't correctly report how much money SpaceX has spent out of pocket on this.

Dude needs a lesson in "staying in your lane."

Any chance these intercepted phone calls and the video of the surrendering Russians at a predetermined location are fake/propaganda? There is no reason to doubt the pervasive info wars going on more than any other war before.

This is a story where you have to look past the tweet and read the actual piece. SpaceX shut off certain Starlink satellites to prevent Russian forces in newly liberated areas from accessing them. This isn't about Musk having a tantrum over a Twitter ratio. https://t.co/AMNHE3SS1N

— Mike Rothschild (@rothschildmd) October 7, 2022

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Any chance these intercepted phone calls and the video of the surrendering Russians at a predetermined location are fake/propaganda? There is no reason to doubt the pervasive info wars going on more than any other war before.

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Since it's been indicated that it was a pre-arranged surrender on the part of the Russians I can definitely see Ukrainian forces taking steps to capture the event for dissemination as "propaganda". Nothing has come to light that suggests that it's altogether fake, however.

In Pyatykhatky, Kherson there is fighting reported. The small settlement is just north of Borozens’ke pic.twitter.com/tQmvaXSaTp

— NOËL 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) October 7, 2022

It's almost exactly halfway between Davydiv Brid and Dudchany on the E/W axis as Ukraine advances south so that draws a pretty clear picture of the current line.

Russians are trapped between the Inhulets and Dnipro and Ukes are driving them southward. Ultimately, they've got nowhere to run. They're boned.

Some Russian progress near the Bakhmut area. They may have captured a village to the South of Bakhmut.

The Ukrainian MOD Russia is attacking toward Krasna Hora and Andriivka in the Bakhmut area. Implying the rumored capture of Odradivka is true. pic.twitter.com/UF1UZ2rWeY

— Andrew Perpetua (@AndrewPerpetua) October 7, 2022

Reported Ukrainian progress in the Luhansk region. Still waiting for confirmation.

🔥🔥🇺🇦AFU HAS CONTROL OVER MAKIIVKA! pic.twitter.com/hIbRGnuaVi

— NOËL 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) October 7, 2022

This is maybe 1 or 2 km from where the frontline is, on the Russian-occupied side at least per LiveUAMap.

Ukraine artillery striking Russuan Forces in Zaitseve, Bakhmut.

48.519347,38.065029
48.524479,38.060964 pic.twitter.com/l3yhgdUBx2

— Aldin 🇧🇦 (@tinso_ww) October 7, 2022

This!

“Shoigu’s job now is to be Putin’s bulletproof vest,” Mark Galeotti told NBC News. “At the moment, his main value is exactly that he soaks up the criticism, which otherwise would inevitably be heading Putin’s way.”https://t.co/4MU14R77Zp via @nbcnews

— Andrei Kolesnikov (@AndrKolesnikov) October 7, 2022

What is with Russia's hardon for Bahkmut at the expense of reinforcing the line between Kreminna and Svatove?

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What is with Russia's hardon for Bahkmut at the expense of reinforcing the line between Kreminna and Svatove?

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Not sure he's mentioned it as much lately, but Denys Davydov explained before in his videos that they want to get Bakhmut in part because it could give them a way to reach Kramatorsk and Slovyansk from the Southeast. I'm sure it's also a nice logistical get.

Edit: Added a map screenshot. See that M-03 highway.

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What is with Russia's hardon for Bahkmut at the expense of reinforcing the line between Kreminna and Svatove?

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I think they want the huge wine cellar that is one of the biggest in the world with some really old wines. Destroying that would be a real blow to morale in Ukraine.

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Rossticus said:

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What is with Russia's hardon for Bahkmut at the expense of reinforcing the line between Kreminna and Svatove?

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Not sure he's mentioned it as much lately, but Denys Davydov explained before in his videos that they want to get Bakhmut in part because it could give them a way to reach Kramatorsk and Slovyansk from the Southeast. I'm sure it's also a nice logistical get.

Edit: Added a map screenshot. See that M-03 highway.

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To my understanding the main supply routes for that area have been from the north, which will be completely severed if Ukraine's attacks between Kreminna and Svatove successfully continue to progress. The forces near Bahkmut will be choked out as a result.

Wouldn't their ability to capitalize on success at Bahkmut be predicated on preserving their northern supply route or do they have sufficient ability to feed Bahkmut from the south?

I'll be honest, that's a good question, and I have no idea. I was thinking more of the affects on Lysychansk and Severodonetsk if Svatove and Kreminna fall back in Ukraine's hands with the assumption that the more South you go, the less the Russians are reliant on that rail line as they get other avenues for GLOCs.

Edit: Actually, that rail line from Svatove is already cut. It goes to Kupyansk, which is already in Ukrainian hands.

What the hell is Russia doing? I know it's Wagner there, but really?

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The laser stuff is really cool. I wonder how well it would work against 100% kinetic objects though? I wonder how you would effectively counter it? Maybe terrain hugging missiles but since lasers are directional detection is going to be a ***** if the laser defense systems get small enough.

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I am hearing that the laser weakness is actually from the weather,

that high cloud cover or very cold can make it perform badly

and that is why the defense batteries include both Iron Beam and Iron Dome (Tamir Missiles) so that the computer selects the best weapon to fire based on conditions.

I'd assumed that the Bahkmut offensive was being most heavily supplied from Severodonetsk/Lysychans'k. Whether that's actually the case, I don't know, but proximity and highway connectivity would (superficially at least) seem to dictate that as the most effective primary supply hub if they have no direct rail access in Bahkmut.