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Not a Bot said:

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The mines are still a huge problem for Ukrainian advance. They are taking armor and IFV losses with every thrust.

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That's modern warfare since WW2.

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IEDs, boobytraps, EFPs, mines, you name it. Most people think its the cowards way to fight but there is a reason they are used, especially against a superior force.

Reports on reddit they have taken the town of StaroMairoske In digging through the comments I found this very useful map. On the bottom left you can toggle orc fortifications, fires, radiation blast radius, and even weapon with specific munitions and create a range radius.

Kerch Bridge is in Storm Shadow range now but likely one way mission wont be long before SEAD can create a window of opportunity to bring pilots home safely after release.

At this rate in a couple of weeks both Tokmak and Komianka should be within typical artillery ranges...just need to keep russian drones out of the sky over the tubes. GLSDB munitions will save tons of armor once distributed allowing for safer mine clearing ops and clearing out orc indirect fires from mostly a position of safety.

https://deepstatemap.live/en#7/46.800/34.849

GLSDB supposed to be delivered in the fall. Using the above map I put M270 in Odessa and it can cover an awful lot of the Black Sea and all the way to Kherson. From Wiki:

In a 2017 demonstration, the GLSDB engaged a moving target at a distance of 100 km (62 mi). The SDB and rocket motor separated at altitude and the bomb used a semi-active laser (SAL) seeker to track and engage the target.[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_Launched_Small_Diameter_Bomb#cite_note-areuro-31][31][/url] A 2019 test extended this range to 130 km (81 mi) against a target at sea.[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_Launched_Small_Diameter_Bomb#cite_note-saabg-11][11][/url] The laser-guided SDB had previously been tested successfully using targets travelling at 50 miles per hour (80 km/h).[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_Launched_Small_Diameter_Bomb#cite_note-32][32][/url]

Images from the Ukrainian City of Dnipro the moment of the Russian Missile Attack indicate that the Ballistic Missile didn’t just “Skim” over the High-Rise Apartment Building as it Targeting the SBU Headquarters like I initially believed; it appears that the Apartment Building… pic.twitter.com/zO7rgc5yef

— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) July 28, 2023

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"Confirmed: Metrics show a disruption to satellite internet provider Dozor-Teleport which supplies Russia's FSB, Gazprom, Rosatom and military installations; the incident comes amid a wave of cyberattacks by a group claiming affiliation with Wagner PMC," he explained.

There's no reaction from the Russian government, and it's unclear what Wagner would gain from this attack besides showing that they're still a force to be reckoned with giving the orcs a big middle finger.

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JFABNRGR said:

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Reports on reddit they have taken the town of StaroMairoske

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This video has been floating around. NSFW at the very end with a dead Russian soldier shown.

That village is just gone along with most of the trees. Incredible destruction.

Ukrainian warriors from the 7th Battalion "Arey" inspecting the battlefield in the recently liberated village of Staromaiorske, Donetsk Oblast. pic.twitter.com/XkBi6CHito

— Dmitri (@wartranslated) July 28, 2023

⚡️Media: NATO to open repair center in Poland for Ukrainian equipment.

NATO plans to set up a logistics and repair center for Ukrainian military equipment near Polish Rzeszow, roughly 100 km from Ukraine's border, the Globe and Mail reported on July 28, citing officials.

— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) July 28, 2023

Normally I would be weary of battlefield pickups, doesn't look to be an issue here since those bodies have been dead for a while and most of the places to hide IEDs have been blown up

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Low level flight.

😬 pic.twitter.com/3IwBXLMzIh

— War Monitor (@WarMonitors) July 28, 2023

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Looks like fun. Not exactly a glass/digital cockpit.

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Looks like it might be a Hind cockpit

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It's definitely a Hind. It's interesting to me that it doesn't appear to have been upgraded. I wonder how old it is.

74OA said:

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P.U.T.U said:

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AgLA06 said:

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Not a Bot said:

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The mines are still a huge problem for Ukrainian advance. They are taking armor and IFV losses with every thrust.

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That's modern warfare since WW2.

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IEDs, boobytraps, EFPs, mines, you name it. Most people think its the cowards way to fight but there is a reason they are used, especially against a superior force.

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Once this thing is over and Ukraine hopefully reoccupies its lost territory, I imagine the fortifications, minefields, barriers, traps, etc. it will likely construct on its border with Russia will make the Korean DMZ look like a playground.

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That's a damn good point. It will be a case study in border defenses.

Battlefield updates including tit for tat missile strikes against cities on both sides of the border.

Today's SITREP.

So far today, no major frontline changes. Orcs on the defensive in southern #Ukraine. Some ground attacks repelled towards town of Lyman & Maryinka -🇺🇦 troops holding Maryinka deserve all our everlasting gratitude. Usual heavy orc shelling along frontline. https://t.co/x9P7i0FV48 pic.twitter.com/CqRXSpHHQI

— Glasnost Gone (@GlasnostGone) July 29, 2023

Locals confirm that one strong explosion was heard early this morning in the area of ​​the Chongar bridge. Some sources claim that the bridge was hit by a Storm Shadow and that the bridge was allegedly damaged. However, there is no video / photo evidence of the damage to the… pic.twitter.com/MaOWrvk2KU

— Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) July 29, 2023

⚡Today, the Armed Forces of Ukraine targeted the Chongar bridge, a crucial logistics asset for the Russian effort in Zaporizhzhia and Kherson. pic.twitter.com/I7TWSq8IIW

— Astraia intel 🇺🇦 (@astraiaintel) July 29, 2023

Not sure why that's not loading as a tweet.

Many Russians, I dare say most, are insane. Current generations of adult Russians are probably already lost. Maybe unborn Russians can set things right but it will be another half a century, at least, until that happens. https://t.co/sNXvYTvjkM

— Anders Östlund - Ї (@andersostlund) July 29, 2023

I've always believed that some cultures are simply superior to others. I've been told this is a racist view but modern Russians are as white as can be, and it's one of the worst cultures on the globe. Just broken and in many ways incompatible with superior western and Asian cultures.

Russia is one big poultry farm just trying to get fat before getting slaughtered.

Russian Sources are claiming that Ukrainian Forces have been forced to Withdraw from the recently Liberated Settlement of Staromaiorske on the “Velyka Novosilka” Frontline in Southwestern Donetsk Region after a Russian Counterattack; so far there is No Visual Evidence of this…

— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) July 29, 2023

Complete russian propaganda from a russian government supported twitter account.

Do you have an agenda?

Encouraging, but still needs confirmation. Its loss would be a serious impediment to Russian resupply.

The Chongar bridge exists no more. Official.#counteroffensive 🇺🇦 pic.twitter.com/HjPdpgyumW

— Ukraine Front Lines (@EuromaidanPR) July 29, 2023

Ukraine is annihilating russia's artillery... and as Ukraine lacks air supremacy à la NATO, the Ukrainians are using their Western donated artillery to destroy every day more and more russian artillery. https://t.co/cFvD1CFslA

— Thomas C. Theiner (@noclador) July 29, 2023

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Encouraging, but still needs confirmation. Its loss would be a serious impediment to Russian resupply.

The Chongar bridge exists no more. Official.#counteroffensive 🇺🇦 pic.twitter.com/HjPdpgyumW

— Ukraine Front Lines (@EuromaidanPR) July 29, 2023

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Faint black smoke and a kilometer-long traffic near the bridge crossing in #Chonhar. 🤔 https://t.co/jqirNnTV6b

— Justin Peden (@IntelCrab) July 29, 2023

Putin: The Ukrainian Armed Force have been Stopped and Driven-Back everywhere along the Frontline with their Losses being 415 Tanks and 1,300 Armored Vehicles since their Offensive began on June 4th.

— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) July 29, 2023

Just like all of the Storm Shadows were shot down before the bridge mysteriously fell on it's own today.

Putin: During the COVID-19 Pandemic the West began to buy all the Food across the World like a “Vacuum Cleaner” causing the Prices to Soar.

— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) July 29, 2023

The South African President, one of the few allies and public supporters Putin has, has called for the grain deal to continue and for Russia to not blockade Ukraine. Putin trying to spin rise in African food prices as being "the West's" fault, but even SA not buying the line.

Yeah that account is pretty neutral. You can doubt the report because it comes from the Russians, but the account is just reporting what they're officially saying.

You'd think sending lots of drones to lay in wait in the sea lanes and harbor approaches would be a useful tactic. Perhaps design them with the ability to ballast well down in the water while loitering motionless to make them very difficult to detect until they suddenly accelerate against a passing target?

Ukrainian kamikaze naval drone in CNN report.

The range of Ukrainian sea drone is 800 kilometers and can contain 300 kg of explosives.

It’s developed and produced entirely in Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/TspzXn7mmf

— Clash Report (@clashreport) July 29, 2023

North Korea supplying both sides in the war or just old munitions stocks?

Today's SITREP.

Not a Bot said:

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Poke_the_Bear said:

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Complete russian propaganda from a russian government supported twitter account.

Do you have an agenda?

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OSINTdefender is a Russian-supported Twitter account?

This isn't a "Go Ukraine Go" thread. This is a war update thread. Russia making (alleged) advances are just as worthy to be posted here and should be.

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Fair. But that account has posted verified false information that was straight from Russia propoganda a few times before. My bet is Ukraine had an operational pause for a day. I think I saw it was raining in South Ukraine somewhere FWIW

Not a Bot said:

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OSINTdefender is a Russian-supported Twitter account?

This isn't a "Go Ukraine Go" thread. This is a war update thread. Russia making (alleged) advances are just as worthy to be posted here and should be.

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Even ISW is taking note of the recent change in Russian information space. Blogger sourcing may not as reliable as it used to be.

NEW: Segments of the Russian pro-war ultranationalist information space appear to be coalescing around the #Kremlin’s narrative effort to portray the Ukrainian #counteroffensive as a failure, increasingly overstating Ukrainian losses and writing less about #Russia's losses and… pic.twitter.com/PX89t56p3g

— ISW (@TheStudyofWar) July 29, 2023

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Russian Sources are claiming that Ukrainian Forces have been forced to Withdraw from the recently Liberated Settlement of Staromaiorske on the “Velyka Novosilka” Frontline in Southwestern Donetsk Region after a Russian Counterattack; so far there is No Visual Evidence of this…

— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) July 29, 2023

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Nope.

sorry just made a phone call to units there in staromaysky... verified with another person that is providing drone support... all quiet there. NO pull back.. in fact they are making a limited push forward.. so please just stop, you are looking bad.

— david D. (@secretsqrl123) July 29, 2023

Russian fan fiction:

What's the new US strategy in Ukraine?

Originally was to create a threat that Russia couldn't ignore: a nazi regime designed to draw the Russians into Ukraine & then imposition of attrition cost over years.

On February 2022, the US was excited to see its plan work. Did it? /🧵 pic.twitter.com/VhjpDJb8G0

— Korobochka (コロボ) 🇺🇸✝️🇷🇺 (@cirnosad) July 29, 2023