https://www.al.com/news/2023/03/ukraine-battlefields-yield-weapons-us-experts-didnt-expect-to-see.html?outputType=amp

Looks like captured and recovered equipment is proving useful.

Today's SITREP. Russian nukes.

74OA said:

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Today's SITREP. Russian nukes.

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Love these.

From your link. Watch this turret nearly confused for a Soyuz spacecraft blasting off.

The AFU 53rd Separate Mechanized Brigade destroys a Russian mechanized column near Vodyane in the Avdiivka AO. Towards the end is a world-class turret toss with remarkable hang time.#OSINT #UkraineRussiaWar #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/tB6cncPCuj

— OSINT (Uri) 🇺🇦 (@UKikaski) March 23, 2023

Rossticus said:

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🇷🇺 Statements by Russian President Vladimir Putin in an interview with journalists: pic.twitter.com/QVygTn3Qo5

— Rybar in English (@rybar_en) March 25, 2023

Putin:
- Ukraine is using 5,000 shells per day, while the US makes only 14-15,000 per month

- Russia's defense industry will produce three times more ammunition than the West can supply to Ukraine

- While the West sends 400 tanks to Ukraine, Russia will produce more than 1,600

— Rybar in English (@rybar_en) March 25, 2023

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1600 tanks "produced"? How cute. We all know that's T-62's and the like pulled out of the boneyard.

We have 3,500 M1's… in storage. And I bet ours are actually in decent shape.

Here is an assault on orc trench by ukes led by an American. At least 1 other American maybe 2. Nothing fancy just continued momentum and sustained small arms fire. The point man whos filming comments how far they had to move across open terrain. You can only here a couple of near misses against him, all single shots no volume of fire which may have slowed the advance.

Crazy how deep the trench went having to use many grenades and magazines to clear.

https://www.reddit.com/r/UkraineWarVideoReport/comments/1220lwt/russian_pows_taken_after_attack_on_russian_trench/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

oops. My bad.

Intense firefight. Clearly an Americans in the squad.

Same vid as reddit above. American leading it from the front.

The Footage has been Geolocated by @War_cube_ and shows Wagner Forces deep inside of the Plant. https://t.co/MFjvVVH3yl

— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) March 26, 2023

The Russians appear to be on the cusp of taking Bakhmut entirely, now controlling that industrial area (or rather, ruins) west of the river.

#Bakhmut #Artyomovsk sitrep 26.03.2023#Donbass #NATORUSSIAWAR pic.twitter.com/9X4GFEQpBE

— Cicke 🇷🇸 🇷🇺 🇺🇸☮🇧🇷🇮🇳🇨🇳🇿🇦 (@Cicke69) March 26, 2023

Some of the footage is actually a little funny.

Estilingue-Artilharia ucraniana improvisada em #Bakhmut. Soldados ucranianos começaram a usar esses estilingues improvisados após o Wagner Group ter destruído boa parte das artilharias ucranianas da região. pic.twitter.com/lqQ5n638TB

— Batalhão601°Oficial (@batalho601) March 26, 2023

Apparently there are around 100 leopard tanks in Ukraine now; when/where are they being used?

Worth mentioning because the combined GDP of these 4 small Nordic countries is about the same as Russia.

The air forces of Sweden, Finland, Norway and Denmark agree on a goal of operating their roughly 250 fighter jets as one fleet https://t.co/ItlWdGpqSY

— Bloomberg UK (@BloombergUK) March 24, 2023

FIDO95 said:

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oops. My bad.

Intense firefight. Clearly an Americans in the squad.

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No its good to post in various platforms because not everyone has reddit. I would put it back up. You dont have to have account to view reddit unless your on a mobile device. At least thats my understanding.

It seems like the most up to date posts on the war goto telegram, reddit, then twitter, YT etc. so typically a short delay before found on YT. YT also allows you to view at different speeds which most reddit posts don't unless its a YT.

I've discovered you only need the Reddit app, not an actual account.

Waffledynamics said:

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Damn, this is some intense footage of Russians trying to assault a Ukrainian position.

[Sensetive]
Brutal video from K2 in the Verkhn'okam'yans'ke area shows danger close artillery, point blank impacts and intense fighting. pic.twitter.com/GeZI8t2uVr

— Def Mon (@DefMon3) March 24, 2023

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Part II. Interesting is part of this at the end was previously released. YT version added at bottom.

3 of the orcs from the right flank make it to the trench. Certainly Ukes took some casualties. Either drone spotter or the Ukes in the trench call for fire on top of them....even air burst. Appears at least one Uke still alive in the trench after the grenades and airburst. Then UKE armor shows up forcing remaining orcs to abandon the assault.

Left armor maintains sustained fire on treeline to keep ATGMS from being deployed. Right tank busts through tree line under this cover but appears to fire main gun only once and you can't see where shot landed or maybe they were firing some type of anti-personnel round. I think the armor on the left kills most of the soldiers in front of the tank on right side of treeline with 30MM.

Seems like several segments have been edited out but CRAZY footage for sure.

https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/122kovc/the_continuation_of_the_battle_for_one_of_the/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

have to ADD comments;

Author's comments below.
Six meters wide. 30 meters long. Seven days of continuous fighting for this small piece of Ukrainian land. Today we publish the continuation of the battle for one of our battalion's positions.
The battle for the "T-shape". PART TWO. The fight back
As a reminder, more than 30 russian soldiers attacked the T-shape position. Eight of our comrades in the trenches fought an unequal battle. Most of the enemy group was destroyed. However, the occupiers came close to the trenches.
The reserve of our battalion is supposed to turn the tide of the battle, and it is already hurrying to support us.

At least one survivor in trench. Orcs end up taking the trench the following night but lose it again a day or two later. More videos coming out from same T section.

WOW even crazier footage. 79th brigade assaulted by orc armor & infantry. Suicide missions.

https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/122myid/unsuccessful_russian_assault_on_the_positions_of/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

MouthBQ98 said:

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I've discovered you only need the Reddit app, not an actual account.

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just replace the 'www' with 'old' and you can view any redddit on a mobile device.

That second part is insane. Ukes got extremely lucky with that airburst.

Not looking good for Avdiivka. Again, it's not of hugely strategic value as far as I'm aware and has been a meat grinder over shattered ruins for a while now, but it's still never fun to hear that they have to leave the town.

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Municipal services are being evacuated from Avdiivka - local administration

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https://liveuamap.com/en/2023/26-march-municipal-services-are-being-evacuated-from-avdiivka

LiveUAMap seems the most pessimistic:



Deepstate and Defmon, respectively, seem not so great but quite as exaggerated as far as actual land changes.

Ukrainian MiG-29 HUD view during a nighttime mid-level CAP mission. pic.twitter.com/2kBboAWoFK

— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) March 26, 2023

How the view of a Ukrainian assault unit fighter looks like. Trench warfare with lots of casualties. The dead one is Russian. pic.twitter.com/5hphBjmUlj

— NOËL 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) March 25, 2023

Bradleys, MRAPS, and Humvees oh my!

Ukrainian mechanized forces at a training ground in Europe, equipped with HMMWVs, M1224 MaxxPro MRAPs, M113s, and M2 Bradley IFVs. pic.twitter.com/34JXhW8Whr

— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) March 26, 2023

Ukrainian Mechanized forces training on US-supplied Bradley IFVs and HMMWVs. pic.twitter.com/M3WskEDrpI

— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) March 25, 2023

Never seen a green MRAP, or Bradley

MouthBQ98 said:

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I've discovered you only need the Reddit app, not an actual account.

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Tip already mentioned.

GAC06 said:

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Bradleys, MRAPS, and Humvees oh my!

Ukrainian mechanized forces at a training ground in Europe, equipped with HMMWVs, M1224 MaxxPro MRAPs, M113s, and M2 Bradley IFVs. pic.twitter.com/34JXhW8Whr

— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) March 26, 2023

Ukrainian Mechanized forces training on US-supplied Bradley IFVs and HMMWVs. pic.twitter.com/M3WskEDrpI

— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) March 25, 2023

Never seen a green MRAP, or Bradley

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Oh ****! ****s about to get real

#Russian Occupation Update:#Ukrainian Melitopol Mayor Ivan Fedorov stated on March 25 that Russian occupation authorities and Ukrainian collaborators held a secret meeting wherein they prepared plans to evacuate from #Zaporizhia Oblast.https://t.co/rPxmPY13Lp pic.twitter.com/JkaEGPrbkz

— ISW (@TheStudyofWar) March 26, 2023

The reported readiness of occupation authorities to evacuate suggests that occupation authorities may have low confidence in the ability of #Russian forces to stop a #Ukrainian counteroffensive. 3/3https://t.co/rPxmPY13Lp pic.twitter.com/yisArcZwQN

— ISW (@TheStudyofWar) March 26, 2023

Thread: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1640148083890634752.html

It is not a given, nevertheless, that #Putin will continue fighting regardless of cost until the day he dies.

Putin is nevertheless putting no terms for negotiation on the table now other than #Russia’s total success. 2/

— ISW (@TheStudyofWar) March 27, 2023

Newly Upgraded T-62MVs recently spotted on a Train somewhere in Russia; these Tanks have most likely just finished their process of Modernization at the 103rd Armored Tank Repair Plant in the Southeast and will soon make their way to the Front-Line in Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/27RoY5fWdj

— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) March 26, 2023

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GAC06 said:

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Bradleys, MRAPS, and Humvees oh my!

Ukrainian mechanized forces at a training ground in Europe, equipped with HMMWVs, M1224 MaxxPro MRAPs, M113s, and M2 Bradley IFVs. pic.twitter.com/34JXhW8Whr

— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) March 26, 2023

Ukrainian Mechanized forces training on US-supplied Bradley IFVs and HMMWVs. pic.twitter.com/M3WskEDrpI

— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) March 25, 2023

Never seen a green MRAP, or Bradley

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Oh ****! ****s about to get real

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Now they just need to find an unused pipeline easement to use to get all those vehicles to the front undetected by Russian spotters... /Clancy

GAC06 said:

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Bradleys, MRAPS, and Humvees oh my!

Ukrainian mechanized forces at a training ground in Europe, equipped with HMMWVs, M1224 MaxxPro MRAPs, M113s, and M2 Bradley IFVs. pic.twitter.com/34JXhW8Whr

— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) March 26, 2023

Ukrainian Mechanized forces training on US-supplied Bradley IFVs and HMMWVs. pic.twitter.com/M3WskEDrpI

— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) March 25, 2023

Never seen a green MRAP, or Bradley

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That's the same NATO 3 color paint scheme that most of the Bradley and Abrams fleet had when I was a new LT back in the 90s. Dark green with black and brown splotches. Much more suited the Europe than the desert tan, which I've actually seen pictures of on exercises in Poland.

No doubt. Just saying in my timeframe most stuff has been painted desert

Just for you

A U.S. Cougar HE 6x6 MRAP in Service with the Ukrainian Military as an Armored Ambulance used for Fast-Extraction. pic.twitter.com/KKkyPg1CEx

— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) March 26, 2023

" #Putin remains committed to victory in a protracted war."

I'm starting to think analysts are giving him too much credit. It feels more and more this really less about that and more about Bakmut is only 1 of 2 places they are having any real success in a long built up "Spring Offensive" for the once second best army in the world.

He pulls out without taking Bakhmut and the murmurs start even in his loyal crony group.

And to think, he sacrificed his once personal army to get to this point.

Holman Jenkins in the WSJ speculated that the Uke offensive would be in Bakhmut. This would take back any territory gained and would give Putin a real black eye.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/bulgarianmilitary.com/2023/03/26/russians-transport-artillery-on-trucks-since-the-us-dry-regime-era/

Russia is apparently going back to WWII era trucks and artillery now. ETA I can't imagine sending CCKW's into combat in this day and age, but that seems like what Russia is doing right now.

Blackbeard94 said:

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Holman Jenkins in the WSJ speculated that the Uke offensive would be in Bakhmut. This would take back any territory gained and would give Putin a real black eye.

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I imagine they'll keep great opsec like last time and no one will know until it's well underway. Especially if Russia still doesn't have the live feed satellite imaging they didn't at the start of the war.

Militarily it would really hurt Russian capability to cut off and capture / destroy the massive amount of high level troops and equipment in such a small area around Bakhmut.

Bigger picture PR blow to Russia and mucho momentum would be to cut off Crimea.

Of course, it could be something entirely different because they found a weak point somewhere else.