Tag: Russian military action

Get ready: something lethally “asymmetrical” may be about to pop up.

TopWar: Thousands of tons of ammunition of various types and calibers came under the control of Russian troops in the city of Balakliya, Kharkov region.

On April 21, the Russian Defense Minister told President Putin that Mariupol is “liberated” and the remnants of Ukrainian nationalist formations are hiding in the Azovstal industrial area. Putin said that it is needed to avoid a direct storm of this fortified area. He ordered to block it and once again propose fighters remaining there to surrender.

According to developers, the UAV complex simulates the behavior of air targets.

The Russian Federation and the DPR liberated Mariupol. The remnants of the formation of Kiev nationalists took refuge in the industrial zone of the Azovstal plant.

Patrick Lancaster reports from an active battle as Chechen and DPR forces pushed into Ukrainian Azovstal positions, and destroyed two machine gun positions.

Sarmat test success; Mainstream media canceling Russia; Russian led forces advance in Maripol; DPR forces clear Mariupol steel plant; Austra criminalizes sharing banned info on social media; allegations made at UNSC; SU-34 jets conduct airstrikes.

Mariupol: In the ceasefire regime proclaimed by the Russian side, on April 19, Azov fighters did not use their chance to leave the facilities nor to let civilians go out of the basements. The pause in hostilities only allowed evacuating 140 civilians from the buildings located near the plant.

Yo, Yo ♬ Heave Ho. The Armed Forces of Ukraine flaunt around the cities, hung with MANPADS and ATGMs, demonstrating their militancy and patriotism. But few strive to get to the front, where tanks and armored vehicles drive.

It happened almost overnight. After two years of COVID dominating the world’s headlines, Ukraine seamlessly took center stage.

SouthFront: On April 19, Russian FM Sergey Lavrov confirmed that the new stage of the Russian military operation in Ukraine aimed at the complete liberation of the Donetsk and Lugansk Peoples’ Republics had begun. Ukrainian forces resumed shelling on the Russian border regions.

Kiev says those who surrender will be shot on sight. A massive Ukrainian military cargo aircraft carrying a large consignment of weapons supplied to Ukraine by Western countries was shot down over Odessa, per the Russian Defence Ministry, 16 April 2022.

SV Pressa: The current situation around Azovstal is very clear. The remnants of the Nazis and foreign mercenaries who settled there on Sunday refused to surrender in response to the “final warning” of the Russian Defense Ministry and will now be destroyed.

During the night, army aviation hit four accumulations of manpower and equipment, as well as a convoy of equipment on the march. At the same time, more than 50 Ukrainian servicemen, seven infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers and 14 armored vehicles were destroyed.

SouthFront: The video footage showing the work of Russia’s “Inokhodets” (also known as “Orion”) unmanned combat aerial vehicles during the military operation in Ukraine.

The effectiveness of the use of rocket-propelled flamethrowers against Ukrainian militants was proven during the cleaning of ground and underground structures of the Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works.

High precision long-range air launched weapons destroyed the production buildings of the armored plant in Kyiv and the workshop for the repair of military equipment in Nikolaev.

While the armies of Ukraine and Russia are preparing for the upcoming battle for Donbas, the United States, mainly via European forces is increasing arms shipments to the neo nazi regime.

“We already have prisoners among the military personnel of NATO countries, we will show all this when we conduct trials, and the whole world will see what really happened,” Andrey Klimov said.

The photos show a column of smoke on the outskirts of Kramatorsk after one of the strikes.

The biggest news of this cycle is that yesterday was one of the single worst days of the conflict so far for the UAF: in a single day, the UAF lost over 1,100 people total as killed, wounded, or captured.

Sanctions fallout: Not only Russia will lose a huge market, but The West will lose a source of raw materials, such as wheat, fertilizers, NEON (for microcircuits), aluminum, palladium, and nickel.

SF: On April 8, Russian and DPR forces made a significant breakthrough. With minimum fire power, the forces managed to storm the seaport of Mariupol, which was one of the key strongholds of Ukrainian troops, Azov nationalists and foreign mercenaries. After seizing most of the port, DPR forces began evacuating the crews of the civilian vessels which were stuck there.

Briefing by the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation Igor Konashenkov April 11, 2022.

“The task was to take the settlements and provide a corridor for our armed forces to pass further to the south.... When the AFU saw our tanks, they just raised their guns up and there was no firing."

Novorusinform.org: Over the past day, Russian aviation hit 42 military targets of Ukraine, including three command posts of Ukrainian Armed Forces militants.

On April 8, Russian and DPR forces managed to storm the seaport of Mariupol, which was one of the key strongholds of Ukrainian troops, Azov nationalists and foreign mercenaries. After seizing most of the port, DPR forces began evacuating the crews of the civilian vessels which were stuck there.

Kiev is preparing actions with "massive ruthless destruction of civilians" in the LPR in order to blame the republic and the Russian military for atrocities.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated on Monday that Moscow won't succumb to pressure from abroad, noting that the operation in Ukraine aims to put an end to America's plans for global domination.

Tank crews of the T-72B3-M defeated the enemy’s tank and anti-tank defense lines and took control of the village of Kamenka south of Izyum, Russia’s Defense Ministry said.

On Sunday, April 10, Caliber high-precision sea-based missiles on the southern outskirts of the city of DNEPROPETROVSK destroyed equipment of the S-300 anti-aircraft missile division, which was supplied to the Kiev regime of one of the European countries, hidden in a hangar.

During the night in the village of ZVONETSKOYE, Dnepropetrovsk region, high-precision sea-based missiles destroyed the headquarters and base of the nationalist battalion “Dnepr”, where reinforcements from foreign mercenaries arrived the other day.

Igor Konashenkov confirms that significant numbers of [NATO instructors] and foreign fighters are known to be in Mariupol because Russia can hear them crying in 6 different languages in intercepted radio calls.

SF: On April 8, Russian sources released a video showing a large landing ship of the Russian Navy shelling Ukrainian forces in the city of Mariupol from the Taganrog Bay.

The Kiev regime does not leave attempts to evacuate the leaders of the nationalist regiment “Azov” and foreign mercenaries from Mariupol. Previous actions to remove them by air by helicopters failed.

SF: On April 9, a swarm of Russian KUB-BLA loitering munitions attacked several positions of Ukrainian forces in Luhansk.

Servicemen of Russia and the DPR evacuated more than 80 residents of Mariupol, including 14 children, out of the basements of residential buildings located near the contact line using infantry fighting vehicles BMP-1 and armored personnel carriers, necessitated by the Armed Forces of Ukraine firing on civilians.

This is written in Russian for Russians to help them deal with the frustration of seeing crazy shit in the media like today…train station hit by Ukie Scud’s…laying right there for the world to see…and then social media fills with “Russia did it.”

After the withdrawal of Russian forces from the Kiev and Chenihov regions, pressure on the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the Donbass front lines increased.

Kalibr launching.