The Russian Armed Forces begin the battle for Toretsk, and to maintain combat readiness, the Ka-52s have to resort to "cannibalization." What's happening at the front
DeepState - Russian troops are advancing on the outskirts of Toretsk and, apparently, are starting a battle for the city itself
The Russian Armed Forces are trying to break through to Konstantinovka in the east of the Ugledar salient from Maryinka, without ceasing frontal assaults
"Voyenkor" Yuri Kotenok: The pace of the Russian offensive is slowing down due to "exhaustion of manpower"
The Russian Aerospace Forces have formed their own motorized rifle regiment, recruited from aviation specialists
The New York Times — Ukraine mobilizes up to 30,000 people per month, which is 2-3 times more than in winter
"Verstka" - 806 civilians were killed by shelling in the territory controlled by Ukraine in the first half of 2024
A North Korean Bulsae-4 self-propelled ATGM was allegedly spotted in the Kharkiv region
To maintain combat readiness of Russian Ka-52 attack helicopters, it is necessary to resort to “cannibalization”
The situation at the front
DeepStatereports on the advance of Russian troops near Spornoye and Razdolovka on the Seversky salient , near Timofeyevka and Progress on the northern flank of the Avdiivka operational area , as well as in Pivdenne (until 2016, Leninskoye ) and Zalizne (until 2016, Artemovo ) in the Toretsk direction . The Russian Defense Ministry reported the capture of Pivdenne , and a Ukrainian serviceman who runs the Telegram channel "Officer ✙" writes that the Russian Armed Forces have already started fighting in Toretsk itself (until 2016, Dzerzhinsk ).
Ukrainian authorities do not provide official data on the draft, and the figures cited by the NYT cannot be independently verified.
DeepState is a Ukrainian project that maintains a regularly updated map of the control of territories in the war zone in Ukraine and publishes reports on the situation on the front based on open sources (OSINT) and information from the Ukrainian military.
A waste heap is an artificial elevation in the form of a waste rock dump, a consequence of industrial development of minerals, in particular coal. There are about 500 waste heaps in the Donetsk region.
ODShBr is a separate airborne assault brigade ( okrema desantno-shturmovaya brigada, Ukrainian ), the main type of formation in the Airborne Assault Troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
OMBr is a separate mechanized brigade, the main unit of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It is armed with infantry fighting vehicles or armored personnel carriers, as well as tanks and other equipment. Approximately analogous to the Russian motorized rifle brigade (OMSBr).
BMP is an infantry fighting vehicle.
BTR — armored personnel carrier. Designed to transport infantry in the rear, bring it to the battlefield and evacuate it.
BBM is an armored combat vehicle.
UAV — Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. Used as an umbrella term for various categories of unmanned aircraft systems, from small copter-type aircraft to large reconnaissance and attack drones such as the Bayraktar TB2 and loitering munitions such as the Shahed.
FPV drones are unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that are controlled by an operator from the first person (“First Person View”). The advantage of such systems is that the operator clearly sees where the drone (usually a kamikaze) is flying, which allows, for example, to fly into shelters and hit individual unprotected elements of military equipment.
Two hundredths / cargo 200 - in military jargon means those killed in action.
Three hundredths / cargo 300 - in army jargon means those wounded in combat.
Fighterbomber is a Russian pro-war Telegram channel close to the Russian Aerospace Forces. It regularly publishes insider information about Russian aviation.
VKS RF — Aerospace Forces of the Russian Federation. Formed in 2015 as a result of the merger of the Air Force (VVS) and the Aerospace Defense Forces (VVKO).
"Shahed" is the name of a family of Iranian kamikaze drones, in particular, Shahed-131 and Shahed-136. Localized Russian versions are called "Geran-1" and "Geran-2". The range of the Geran-2 drone is up to 2.5 thousand km, the mass of the warhead is 50 kg.
"Lancet" is a Russian loitering munition used to destroy military equipment at a distance of up to tens of kilometers from the front line.
TVD - theater of military operations, territory, airspace above it and adjacent waters where military operations are conducted.
LBC - line of combat contact.
ATGM — anti-tank missile system. It is a relatively small-sized installation for launching anti-tank guided missiles (ATGM), most often portable or mounted on armored vehicles.
Hamas — "Islamic Resistance Movement" (Arabic), an Islamist military-political organization that has ruled the Gaza Strip since 2007. In another part of the "Palestinian territories" — on the West Bank of the Jordan River — power formally belongs to the Fatah movement. The military wing of Hamas is called the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades. Historically associated with the Egyptian Sunni movement "Muslim Brotherhood", it aims to create an Islamic state of Palestine and eliminate the state of Israel.
ATGM is an anti-tank guided missile launched from portable anti-tank missile systems (ATGM), as well as from some models of tanks and helicopters.
OTG -operational-tactical grouping ( operational-tactical grouping, Ukrainian ) is a union of Ukrainian troops responsible for a separate direction.
“Cannibalization” in military affairs means the dismantling of military equipment in order to “obtain” spare parts, components and assemblies for the repair and maintenance of the combat capability of other units of equipment of the same type.
CIT is an investigative group called Conflict Intelligence Team, founded in 2014 by Ruslan Leviev. The organization studies the activities of Russian military and mercenaries in Ukraine, Syria and Africa, and since 2022 has been regularly covering and analyzing the events of the Russian-Ukrainian war.
"Baba Yaga" is the nickname given by the Russian military to heavy agricultural drones that the Ukrainian Armed Forces use to drop large munitions, such as PG-7 anti-tank grenades or TM-62 mines, on Russian positions.
"Islands" is the name given to the wooded and marshy area adjacent to the left bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson direction, separated from the "mainland" by small channels.
According to DeepState, the enemy is accumulating manpower in the low- and high-rise development areas in Pivdenne and Zalizne in order to seize the waste heapsof the Artem mine and the Severnaya mine , and then, using them as a basis, develop an offensive against the city itself. In other words, "the beginning of the battle for Toretsk " is a matter of the near future.
Ukrainian authorities do not provide official data on the draft, and the figures cited by the NYT cannot be independently verified.
DeepState is a Ukrainian project that maintains a regularly updated map of the control of territories in the war zone in Ukraine and publishes reports on the situation on the front based on open sources (OSINT) and information from the Ukrainian military.
A waste heap is an artificial elevation in the form of a waste rock dump, a consequence of industrial development of minerals, in particular coal. There are about 500 waste heaps in the Donetsk region.
ODShBr is a separate airborne assault brigade ( okrema desantno-shturmovaya brigada, Ukrainian ), the main type of formation in the Airborne Assault Troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
OMBr is a separate mechanized brigade, the main unit of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It is armed with infantry fighting vehicles or armored personnel carriers, as well as tanks and other equipment. Approximately analogous to the Russian motorized rifle brigade (OMSBr).
BMP is an infantry fighting vehicle.
BTR — armored personnel carrier. Designed to transport infantry in the rear, bring it to the battlefield and evacuate it.
BBM is an armored combat vehicle.
UAV — Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. Used as an umbrella term for various categories of unmanned aircraft systems, from small copter-type aircraft to large reconnaissance and attack drones such as the Bayraktar TB2 and loitering munitions such as the Shahed.
FPV drones are unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that are controlled by an operator from the first person (“First Person View”). The advantage of such systems is that the operator clearly sees where the drone (usually a kamikaze) is flying, which allows, for example, to fly into shelters and hit individual unprotected elements of military equipment.
Two hundredths / cargo 200 - in military jargon means those killed in action.
Three hundredths / cargo 300 - in army jargon means those wounded in combat.
Fighterbomber is a Russian pro-war Telegram channel close to the Russian Aerospace Forces. It regularly publishes insider information about Russian aviation.
VKS RF — Aerospace Forces of the Russian Federation. Formed in 2015 as a result of the merger of the Air Force (VVS) and the Aerospace Defense Forces (VVKO).
"Shahed" is the name of a family of Iranian kamikaze drones, in particular, Shahed-131 and Shahed-136. Localized Russian versions are called "Geran-1" and "Geran-2". The range of the Geran-2 drone is up to 2.5 thousand km, the mass of the warhead is 50 kg.
"Lancet" is a Russian loitering munition used to destroy military equipment at a distance of up to tens of kilometers from the front line.
TVD - theater of military operations, territory, airspace above it and adjacent waters where military operations are conducted.
LBC - line of combat contact.
ATGM — anti-tank missile system. It is a relatively small-sized installation for launching anti-tank guided missiles (ATGM), most often portable or mounted on armored vehicles.
Hamas — "Islamic Resistance Movement" (Arabic), an Islamist military-political organization that has ruled the Gaza Strip since 2007. In another part of the "Palestinian territories" — on the West Bank of the Jordan River — power formally belongs to the Fatah movement. The military wing of Hamas is called the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades. Historically associated with the Egyptian Sunni movement "Muslim Brotherhood", it aims to create an Islamic state of Palestine and eliminate the state of Israel.
ATGM is an anti-tank guided missile launched from portable anti-tank missile systems (ATGM), as well as from some models of tanks and helicopters.
OTG -operational-tactical grouping ( operational-tactical grouping, Ukrainian ) is a union of Ukrainian troops responsible for a separate direction.
“Cannibalization” in military affairs means the dismantling of military equipment in order to “obtain” spare parts, components and assemblies for the repair and maintenance of the combat capability of other units of equipment of the same type.
CIT is an investigative group called Conflict Intelligence Team, founded in 2014 by Ruslan Leviev. The organization studies the activities of Russian military and mercenaries in Ukraine, Syria and Africa, and since 2022 has been regularly covering and analyzing the events of the Russian-Ukrainian war.
"Baba Yaga" is the nickname given by the Russian military to heavy agricultural drones that the Ukrainian Armed Forces use to drop large munitions, such as PG-7 anti-tank grenades or TM-62 mines, on Russian positions.
"Islands" is the name given to the wooded and marshy area adjacent to the left bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson direction, separated from the "mainland" by small channels.
The situation in the Toretsk area according to DeepState
DeepState
The 33rd Separate Mechanized Brigade's social media accounts report an attempt by the Russian Armed Forces to break through to Konstantinovka on the eastern face of the Ugledar salient north of Maryinka ( geolocation ). It is stated that up to eight units of military equipment and landing groups participated in the assault, as a result of which two infantry fighting vehicles, three armored personnel carriers and one motorcycle were damaged, one infantry fighting vehicle was destroyed, and the losses in manpower are estimated at 48 people.
Meanwhile, the 79th Airborne Assault Brigadewrites about another massive mechanized assault on Konstantinovka "head-on" with the involvement of 10 tanks, 47 armored fighting vehicles with infantry, 10 motorcycles and one buggy. In this case, the defeat of 12 armored fighting vehicles, eight tanks, all 10 motorcycles and buggies is declared, as well as the loss of 36 people killed and 32 wounded.
Ukrainian authorities do not provide official data on the draft, and the figures cited by the NYT cannot be independently verified.
DeepState is a Ukrainian project that maintains a regularly updated map of the control of territories in the war zone in Ukraine and publishes reports on the situation on the front based on open sources (OSINT) and information from the Ukrainian military.
A waste heap is an artificial elevation in the form of a waste rock dump, a consequence of industrial development of minerals, in particular coal. There are about 500 waste heaps in the Donetsk region.
ODShBr is a separate airborne assault brigade ( okrema desantno-shturmovaya brigada, Ukrainian ), the main type of formation in the Airborne Assault Troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
OMBr is a separate mechanized brigade, the main unit of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It is armed with infantry fighting vehicles or armored personnel carriers, as well as tanks and other equipment. Approximately analogous to the Russian motorized rifle brigade (OMSBr).
BMP is an infantry fighting vehicle.
BTR — armored personnel carrier. Designed to transport infantry in the rear, bring it to the battlefield and evacuate it.
BBM is an armored combat vehicle.
UAV — Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. Used as an umbrella term for various categories of unmanned aircraft systems, from small copter-type aircraft to large reconnaissance and attack drones such as the Bayraktar TB2 and loitering munitions such as the Shahed.
FPV drones are unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that are controlled by an operator from the first person (“First Person View”). The advantage of such systems is that the operator clearly sees where the drone (usually a kamikaze) is flying, which allows, for example, to fly into shelters and hit individual unprotected elements of military equipment.
Two hundredths / cargo 200 - in military jargon means those killed in action.
Three hundredths / cargo 300 - in army jargon means those wounded in combat.
Fighterbomber is a Russian pro-war Telegram channel close to the Russian Aerospace Forces. It regularly publishes insider information about Russian aviation.
VKS RF — Aerospace Forces of the Russian Federation. Formed in 2015 as a result of the merger of the Air Force (VVS) and the Aerospace Defense Forces (VVKO).
"Shahed" is the name of a family of Iranian kamikaze drones, in particular, Shahed-131 and Shahed-136. Localized Russian versions are called "Geran-1" and "Geran-2". The range of the Geran-2 drone is up to 2.5 thousand km, the mass of the warhead is 50 kg.
"Lancet" is a Russian loitering munition used to destroy military equipment at a distance of up to tens of kilometers from the front line.
TVD - theater of military operations, territory, airspace above it and adjacent waters where military operations are conducted.
LBC - line of combat contact.
ATGM — anti-tank missile system. It is a relatively small-sized installation for launching anti-tank guided missiles (ATGM), most often portable or mounted on armored vehicles.
Hamas — "Islamic Resistance Movement" (Arabic), an Islamist military-political organization that has ruled the Gaza Strip since 2007. In another part of the "Palestinian territories" — on the West Bank of the Jordan River — power formally belongs to the Fatah movement. The military wing of Hamas is called the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades. Historically associated with the Egyptian Sunni movement "Muslim Brotherhood", it aims to create an Islamic state of Palestine and eliminate the state of Israel.
ATGM is an anti-tank guided missile launched from portable anti-tank missile systems (ATGM), as well as from some models of tanks and helicopters.
OTG -operational-tactical grouping ( operational-tactical grouping, Ukrainian ) is a union of Ukrainian troops responsible for a separate direction.
“Cannibalization” in military affairs means the dismantling of military equipment in order to “obtain” spare parts, components and assemblies for the repair and maintenance of the combat capability of other units of equipment of the same type.
CIT is an investigative group called Conflict Intelligence Team, founded in 2014 by Ruslan Leviev. The organization studies the activities of Russian military and mercenaries in Ukraine, Syria and Africa, and since 2022 has been regularly covering and analyzing the events of the Russian-Ukrainian war.
"Baba Yaga" is the nickname given by the Russian military to heavy agricultural drones that the Ukrainian Armed Forces use to drop large munitions, such as PG-7 anti-tank grenades or TM-62 mines, on Russian positions.
"Islands" is the name given to the wooded and marshy area adjacent to the left bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson direction, separated from the "mainland" by small channels.
"Voyenkor" Yuri Kotenok describes the general state of affairs at the front rather pessimistically ( 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ). He notes the slowdown in the advance of Russian troops, comparing them to "frog-like leaps", and the shortage of manpower:
"The pace of our advance has slowed. We are slowly crawling west from Donetsk . With frog-like leaps. It is clear why there is a slowdown. There are no people. The level of losses is high. For those who do not understand - there is NO PHYSICAL ONE to advance. The manpower has been depleted <author's spelling and punctuation preserved - The Insider> ."
Kotenok also talks about the remarkable practice of some commanders not preparing evacuation groups at all, guided by the principle “the light ones will get out on their own, but we don’t pull out the heavy ones,” and deliberately leaving the bodies of the dead on the front lines so as not to spoil the casualty statistics.
The “war correspondent” is particularly outraged by the dominance of Ukrainian UAVs , which is illustrated by the following example:
"A special forces group is going to raid an enemy stronghold. Out of 24 people, only 1 reached the enemy position! 2 - "200" , the rest - "300" ! All - from FPV . Ours are also working, but the ratio is not ours. We have thousands, they have millions <author's spelling and punctuation preserved - The Insider> ".
Bellingcat, citing an analysis of satellite images , writes about the acceleration of the pace of construction of the Russian Navy base in Ochamchire in Abkhazia since the beginning of 2024. Investigators note that it remains unclear what the Kremlin's long-term goals are with regard to the base and how this will affect the strategic position in the Black Sea .
Fighterbombertold about a motorized rifle regiment created from servicemen of the Russian Aerospace Forces , and showed a video of this unit training, which made some commentators recall the field divisions of the Luftwaffe during World War II:
"People recruited from airfields. There are engineering and technical personnel, flight and lift personnel, and flight personnel are present. Armed personnel, radio operators, mechanics, engine and brake personnel. Sergeants, warrant officers and officers. It seems there is even one navigator. They fight normally. Like everyone else. They are provided with everything. No complaints. Everything is good. It is about the same as the motorized rifle regiment of the Alexandrov Choir. Well, or the DShB CSKA <the author's spelling and punctuation preserved - The Insider> ."
It is worth noting that a similar unit has existed in the Armed Forces of Ukraine since 2014, and in 2023 it was reorganized into a rifle brigade.
Ukraine will mobilize up to 30,000 people per month from May 2024 — two to three times more than in winter, The New York Times reports , citing three anonymous military experts . At the same time, the draft has not yet led to significant changes on the battlefield, as recruits need additional training. According to the publication's sources, the Russian Armed Forces recruit about the same number of soldiers every month — about 30,000.
Mutual shelling and sabotage
According to the Ukrainian Air Force Command, on the night of July 29, the territory of Ukraine was attacked by a guided Kh-59/Kh-69 air missile from the airspace of the occupied Donetsk region and 10 Shahed- type drones from Cape Chauda in Crimea . It is claimed that the missile and nine UAVs were shot down.
Military blogger Kirill Fedorov posted a video of the destruction of a Su-25 attack aircraft by a Lancet loitering munition at the Dolgintsevo airfield near Krivoy Rog . The authors of the Military Informant channel note that it was most likely a real aircraft that was hit, not a mock-up, since the footage shows a strong fire, as well as the arrival of several vehicles with personnel eliminating the consequences of the landing.
According to the Verstka publication, 806 civilians were killed and 3,858 were injured in shelling in the territory controlled by Ukraine in the first half of 2024. The largest number of victims in the first half of 2024 were in the frontline Kharkiv , Donetsk , Kherson and Dnipropetrovsk regions .
Ukrainian authorities do not provide official data on the draft, and the figures cited by the NYT cannot be independently verified.
DeepState is a Ukrainian project that maintains a regularly updated map of the control of territories in the war zone in Ukraine and publishes reports on the situation on the front based on open sources (OSINT) and information from the Ukrainian military.
A waste heap is an artificial elevation in the form of a waste rock dump, a consequence of industrial development of minerals, in particular coal. There are about 500 waste heaps in the Donetsk region.
ODShBr is a separate airborne assault brigade ( okrema desantno-shturmovaya brigada, Ukrainian ), the main type of formation in the Airborne Assault Troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
OMBr is a separate mechanized brigade, the main unit of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It is armed with infantry fighting vehicles or armored personnel carriers, as well as tanks and other equipment. Approximately analogous to the Russian motorized rifle brigade (OMSBr).
BMP is an infantry fighting vehicle.
BTR — armored personnel carrier. Designed to transport infantry in the rear, bring it to the battlefield and evacuate it.
BBM is an armored combat vehicle.
UAV — Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. Used as an umbrella term for various categories of unmanned aircraft systems, from small copter-type aircraft to large reconnaissance and attack drones such as the Bayraktar TB2 and loitering munitions such as the Shahed.
FPV drones are unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that are controlled by an operator from the first person (“First Person View”). The advantage of such systems is that the operator clearly sees where the drone (usually a kamikaze) is flying, which allows, for example, to fly into shelters and hit individual unprotected elements of military equipment.
Two hundredths / cargo 200 - in military jargon means those killed in action.
Three hundredths / cargo 300 - in army jargon means those wounded in combat.
Fighterbomber is a Russian pro-war Telegram channel close to the Russian Aerospace Forces. It regularly publishes insider information about Russian aviation.
VKS RF — Aerospace Forces of the Russian Federation. Formed in 2015 as a result of the merger of the Air Force (VVS) and the Aerospace Defense Forces (VVKO).
"Shahed" is the name of a family of Iranian kamikaze drones, in particular, Shahed-131 and Shahed-136. Localized Russian versions are called "Geran-1" and "Geran-2". The range of the Geran-2 drone is up to 2.5 thousand km, the mass of the warhead is 50 kg.
"Lancet" is a Russian loitering munition used to destroy military equipment at a distance of up to tens of kilometers from the front line.
TVD - theater of military operations, territory, airspace above it and adjacent waters where military operations are conducted.
LBC - line of combat contact.
ATGM — anti-tank missile system. It is a relatively small-sized installation for launching anti-tank guided missiles (ATGM), most often portable or mounted on armored vehicles.
Hamas — "Islamic Resistance Movement" (Arabic), an Islamist military-political organization that has ruled the Gaza Strip since 2007. In another part of the "Palestinian territories" — on the West Bank of the Jordan River — power formally belongs to the Fatah movement. The military wing of Hamas is called the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades. Historically associated with the Egyptian Sunni movement "Muslim Brotherhood", it aims to create an Islamic state of Palestine and eliminate the state of Israel.
ATGM is an anti-tank guided missile launched from portable anti-tank missile systems (ATGM), as well as from some models of tanks and helicopters.
OTG -operational-tactical grouping ( operational-tactical grouping, Ukrainian ) is a union of Ukrainian troops responsible for a separate direction.
“Cannibalization” in military affairs means the dismantling of military equipment in order to “obtain” spare parts, components and assemblies for the repair and maintenance of the combat capability of other units of equipment of the same type.
CIT is an investigative group called Conflict Intelligence Team, founded in 2014 by Ruslan Leviev. The organization studies the activities of Russian military and mercenaries in Ukraine, Syria and Africa, and since 2022 has been regularly covering and analyzing the events of the Russian-Ukrainian war.
"Baba Yaga" is the nickname given by the Russian military to heavy agricultural drones that the Ukrainian Armed Forces use to drop large munitions, such as PG-7 anti-tank grenades or TM-62 mines, on Russian positions.
"Islands" is the name given to the wooded and marshy area adjacent to the left bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson direction, separated from the "mainland" by small channels.
How the number of Ukrainian civilians affected by shelling changed in January-June 2024
"Layout"
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported strikes on four electrical substations in the Kursk region . As a result, power outages allegedly occurred in the Ponyrovsky , Kursky and Solntsevsky districts of the region. The Ukrainian military also reported a strike on the Logistics Center No. 43 oil depot in the town of Vozy .
Radio Liberty publishes a satellite image of the Polevaya oil depot in the Kursk region from July 29. It shows a fire that started on the territory of the depot after an attack by Ukrainian drones on the night of July 28. Thus, the fire could not be extinguished for more than a day.
Ukrainian authorities do not provide official data on the draft, and the figures cited by the NYT cannot be independently verified.
DeepState is a Ukrainian project that maintains a regularly updated map of the control of territories in the war zone in Ukraine and publishes reports on the situation on the front based on open sources (OSINT) and information from the Ukrainian military.
A waste heap is an artificial elevation in the form of a waste rock dump, a consequence of industrial development of minerals, in particular coal. There are about 500 waste heaps in the Donetsk region.
ODShBr is a separate airborne assault brigade ( okrema desantno-shturmovaya brigada, Ukrainian ), the main type of formation in the Airborne Assault Troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
OMBr is a separate mechanized brigade, the main unit of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It is armed with infantry fighting vehicles or armored personnel carriers, as well as tanks and other equipment. Approximately analogous to the Russian motorized rifle brigade (OMSBr).
BMP is an infantry fighting vehicle.
BTR — armored personnel carrier. Designed to transport infantry in the rear, bring it to the battlefield and evacuate it.
BBM is an armored combat vehicle.
UAV — Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. Used as an umbrella term for various categories of unmanned aircraft systems, from small copter-type aircraft to large reconnaissance and attack drones such as the Bayraktar TB2 and loitering munitions such as the Shahed.
FPV drones are unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that are controlled by an operator from the first person (“First Person View”). The advantage of such systems is that the operator clearly sees where the drone (usually a kamikaze) is flying, which allows, for example, to fly into shelters and hit individual unprotected elements of military equipment.
Two hundredths / cargo 200 - in military jargon means those killed in action.
Three hundredths / cargo 300 - in army jargon means those wounded in combat.
Fighterbomber is a Russian pro-war Telegram channel close to the Russian Aerospace Forces. It regularly publishes insider information about Russian aviation.
VKS RF — Aerospace Forces of the Russian Federation. Formed in 2015 as a result of the merger of the Air Force (VVS) and the Aerospace Defense Forces (VVKO).
"Shahed" is the name of a family of Iranian kamikaze drones, in particular, Shahed-131 and Shahed-136. Localized Russian versions are called "Geran-1" and "Geran-2". The range of the Geran-2 drone is up to 2.5 thousand km, the mass of the warhead is 50 kg.
"Lancet" is a Russian loitering munition used to destroy military equipment at a distance of up to tens of kilometers from the front line.
TVD - theater of military operations, territory, airspace above it and adjacent waters where military operations are conducted.
LBC - line of combat contact.
ATGM — anti-tank missile system. It is a relatively small-sized installation for launching anti-tank guided missiles (ATGM), most often portable or mounted on armored vehicles.
Hamas — "Islamic Resistance Movement" (Arabic), an Islamist military-political organization that has ruled the Gaza Strip since 2007. In another part of the "Palestinian territories" — on the West Bank of the Jordan River — power formally belongs to the Fatah movement. The military wing of Hamas is called the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades. Historically associated with the Egyptian Sunni movement "Muslim Brotherhood", it aims to create an Islamic state of Palestine and eliminate the state of Israel.
ATGM is an anti-tank guided missile launched from portable anti-tank missile systems (ATGM), as well as from some models of tanks and helicopters.
OTG -operational-tactical grouping ( operational-tactical grouping, Ukrainian ) is a union of Ukrainian troops responsible for a separate direction.
“Cannibalization” in military affairs means the dismantling of military equipment in order to “obtain” spare parts, components and assemblies for the repair and maintenance of the combat capability of other units of equipment of the same type.
CIT is an investigative group called Conflict Intelligence Team, founded in 2014 by Ruslan Leviev. The organization studies the activities of Russian military and mercenaries in Ukraine, Syria and Africa, and since 2022 has been regularly covering and analyzing the events of the Russian-Ukrainian war.
"Baba Yaga" is the nickname given by the Russian military to heavy agricultural drones that the Ukrainian Armed Forces use to drop large munitions, such as PG-7 anti-tank grenades or TM-62 mines, on Russian positions.
"Islands" is the name given to the wooded and marshy area adjacent to the left bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson direction, separated from the "mainland" by small channels.
Satellite image of the aftermath of the strike on the Polevaya oil depot in the Kursk region
Radio Svoboda (ru)
Four people were wounded ( 1 , 2 ) in occupied Gorlovka after shelling. This was reported by the Russian-appointed "head of the city district" Ivan Prikhodko. He also wrote about one person killed due to a suicide drone attack on a tram.
According to Belgorod Region Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov, two civilians were injured after drone attacks in the Shebekinsky urban district .
Weapons and military equipment
The Wall Street Journal, citing its sources, reports that the United States has decided to equip the F-16 fighters supplied to Ukraine with "modern strike systems," including missiles and bombs. The publication is talking about AGM-88 HARM air-to-ground anti-radar missiles, JDAM gliding and correction systems for air bombs, AMRAAM medium-range air-to-air missiles, and AIM-9X short-range air-to-air missiles. The first F-16s are expected to enter service with the Ukrainian Armed Forces this summer. For now, we have to make do with their mockups .
Ukrainian authorities do not provide official data on the draft, and the figures cited by the NYT cannot be independently verified.
DeepState is a Ukrainian project that maintains a regularly updated map of the control of territories in the war zone in Ukraine and publishes reports on the situation on the front based on open sources (OSINT) and information from the Ukrainian military.
A waste heap is an artificial elevation in the form of a waste rock dump, a consequence of industrial development of minerals, in particular coal. There are about 500 waste heaps in the Donetsk region.
ODShBr is a separate airborne assault brigade ( okrema desantno-shturmovaya brigada, Ukrainian ), the main type of formation in the Airborne Assault Troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
OMBr is a separate mechanized brigade, the main unit of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It is armed with infantry fighting vehicles or armored personnel carriers, as well as tanks and other equipment. Approximately analogous to the Russian motorized rifle brigade (OMSBr).
BMP is an infantry fighting vehicle.
BTR — armored personnel carrier. Designed to transport infantry in the rear, bring it to the battlefield and evacuate it.
BBM is an armored combat vehicle.
UAV — Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. Used as an umbrella term for various categories of unmanned aircraft systems, from small copter-type aircraft to large reconnaissance and attack drones such as the Bayraktar TB2 and loitering munitions such as the Shahed.
FPV drones are unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that are controlled by an operator from the first person (“First Person View”). The advantage of such systems is that the operator clearly sees where the drone (usually a kamikaze) is flying, which allows, for example, to fly into shelters and hit individual unprotected elements of military equipment.
Two hundredths / cargo 200 - in military jargon means those killed in action.
Three hundredths / cargo 300 - in army jargon means those wounded in combat.
Fighterbomber is a Russian pro-war Telegram channel close to the Russian Aerospace Forces. It regularly publishes insider information about Russian aviation.
VKS RF — Aerospace Forces of the Russian Federation. Formed in 2015 as a result of the merger of the Air Force (VVS) and the Aerospace Defense Forces (VVKO).
"Shahed" is the name of a family of Iranian kamikaze drones, in particular, Shahed-131 and Shahed-136. Localized Russian versions are called "Geran-1" and "Geran-2". The range of the Geran-2 drone is up to 2.5 thousand km, the mass of the warhead is 50 kg.
"Lancet" is a Russian loitering munition used to destroy military equipment at a distance of up to tens of kilometers from the front line.
TVD - theater of military operations, territory, airspace above it and adjacent waters where military operations are conducted.
LBC - line of combat contact.
ATGM — anti-tank missile system. It is a relatively small-sized installation for launching anti-tank guided missiles (ATGM), most often portable or mounted on armored vehicles.
Hamas — "Islamic Resistance Movement" (Arabic), an Islamist military-political organization that has ruled the Gaza Strip since 2007. In another part of the "Palestinian territories" — on the West Bank of the Jordan River — power formally belongs to the Fatah movement. The military wing of Hamas is called the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades. Historically associated with the Egyptian Sunni movement "Muslim Brotherhood", it aims to create an Islamic state of Palestine and eliminate the state of Israel.
ATGM is an anti-tank guided missile launched from portable anti-tank missile systems (ATGM), as well as from some models of tanks and helicopters.
OTG -operational-tactical grouping ( operational-tactical grouping, Ukrainian ) is a union of Ukrainian troops responsible for a separate direction.
“Cannibalization” in military affairs means the dismantling of military equipment in order to “obtain” spare parts, components and assemblies for the repair and maintenance of the combat capability of other units of equipment of the same type.
CIT is an investigative group called Conflict Intelligence Team, founded in 2014 by Ruslan Leviev. The organization studies the activities of Russian military and mercenaries in Ukraine, Syria and Africa, and since 2022 has been regularly covering and analyzing the events of the Russian-Ukrainian war.
"Baba Yaga" is the nickname given by the Russian military to heavy agricultural drones that the Ukrainian Armed Forces use to drop large munitions, such as PG-7 anti-tank grenades or TM-62 mines, on Russian positions.
"Islands" is the name given to the wooded and marshy area adjacent to the left bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson direction, separated from the "mainland" by small channels.
Independent military analyst Colby Bedworth notes that none of the weapons mentioned in the WSJ article are truly new to the Ukrainian theater of operations . HARM, AMRAAM, and AIM-9X missiles, as well as JDAM systems, have already been supplied to Ukraine. In his opinion, the Ukrainian F-16s need SLAM-ER and JASSM cruise missiles.
Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belousov claims that Russian troops on the LBS receive 4,000 drones per day. Z-activist Alexey Zhivov writes that, according to his calculations, the Ukrainian Armed Forces use about 5,000 drones on the front. Consequently, their troops receive about 5,500 drones "for the entire LBS."
In the Kharkiv region , a North Korean M2018 Bulsae-4 self-propelled ATGM with 3rd generation guided missiles (known, among other things, from Hamaspropaganda videos ) was allegedly “spotted” ( 1 , 2 ). A Ukrainian military man, acting under the nickname Kriegsforscher, noted that the installation managed to launch six ATGMs before leaving the shooting location.
Ukrainian authorities do not provide official data on the draft, and the figures cited by the NYT cannot be independently verified.
DeepState is a Ukrainian project that maintains a regularly updated map of the control of territories in the war zone in Ukraine and publishes reports on the situation on the front based on open sources (OSINT) and information from the Ukrainian military.
A waste heap is an artificial elevation in the form of a waste rock dump, a consequence of industrial development of minerals, in particular coal. There are about 500 waste heaps in the Donetsk region.
ODShBr is a separate airborne assault brigade ( okrema desantno-shturmovaya brigada, Ukrainian ), the main type of formation in the Airborne Assault Troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
OMBr is a separate mechanized brigade, the main unit of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It is armed with infantry fighting vehicles or armored personnel carriers, as well as tanks and other equipment. Approximately analogous to the Russian motorized rifle brigade (OMSBr).
BMP is an infantry fighting vehicle.
BTR — armored personnel carrier. Designed to transport infantry in the rear, bring it to the battlefield and evacuate it.
BBM is an armored combat vehicle.
UAV — Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. Used as an umbrella term for various categories of unmanned aircraft systems, from small copter-type aircraft to large reconnaissance and attack drones such as the Bayraktar TB2 and loitering munitions such as the Shahed.
FPV drones are unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that are controlled by an operator from the first person (“First Person View”). The advantage of such systems is that the operator clearly sees where the drone (usually a kamikaze) is flying, which allows, for example, to fly into shelters and hit individual unprotected elements of military equipment.
Two hundredths / cargo 200 - in military jargon means those killed in action.
Three hundredths / cargo 300 - in army jargon means those wounded in combat.
Fighterbomber is a Russian pro-war Telegram channel close to the Russian Aerospace Forces. It regularly publishes insider information about Russian aviation.
VKS RF — Aerospace Forces of the Russian Federation. Formed in 2015 as a result of the merger of the Air Force (VVS) and the Aerospace Defense Forces (VVKO).
"Shahed" is the name of a family of Iranian kamikaze drones, in particular, Shahed-131 and Shahed-136. Localized Russian versions are called "Geran-1" and "Geran-2". The range of the Geran-2 drone is up to 2.5 thousand km, the mass of the warhead is 50 kg.
"Lancet" is a Russian loitering munition used to destroy military equipment at a distance of up to tens of kilometers from the front line.
TVD - theater of military operations, territory, airspace above it and adjacent waters where military operations are conducted.
LBC - line of combat contact.
ATGM — anti-tank missile system. It is a relatively small-sized installation for launching anti-tank guided missiles (ATGM), most often portable or mounted on armored vehicles.
Hamas — "Islamic Resistance Movement" (Arabic), an Islamist military-political organization that has ruled the Gaza Strip since 2007. In another part of the "Palestinian territories" — on the West Bank of the Jordan River — power formally belongs to the Fatah movement. The military wing of Hamas is called the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades. Historically associated with the Egyptian Sunni movement "Muslim Brotherhood", it aims to create an Islamic state of Palestine and eliminate the state of Israel.
ATGM is an anti-tank guided missile launched from portable anti-tank missile systems (ATGM), as well as from some models of tanks and helicopters.
OTG -operational-tactical grouping ( operational-tactical grouping, Ukrainian ) is a union of Ukrainian troops responsible for a separate direction.
“Cannibalization” in military affairs means the dismantling of military equipment in order to “obtain” spare parts, components and assemblies for the repair and maintenance of the combat capability of other units of equipment of the same type.
CIT is an investigative group called Conflict Intelligence Team, founded in 2014 by Ruslan Leviev. The organization studies the activities of Russian military and mercenaries in Ukraine, Syria and Africa, and since 2022 has been regularly covering and analyzing the events of the Russian-Ukrainian war.
"Baba Yaga" is the nickname given by the Russian military to heavy agricultural drones that the Ukrainian Armed Forces use to drop large munitions, such as PG-7 anti-tank grenades or TM-62 mines, on Russian positions.
"Islands" is the name given to the wooded and marshy area adjacent to the left bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson direction, separated from the "mainland" by small channels.
Presumably, a North Korean M2018 Bulsae-4 self-propelled ATGM in the Kharkiv region
KUP(+18)
The Russian channel "Osveditel", pointing to the poor quality of the photos, suggests that this could be a vehicle based on the BTR-80, which lost a wheel during the explosion. The spokesman of the OTG "Kharkiv" Vitaly Sarantsev, in turn, told journalists that, according to his information, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have not yet recorded the arrival of such equipment in the Kharkiv direction , nor its use.
The main armament of the self-propelled ATGM is eight Bulsae-4 NLOS missiles, which are similar to the Israeli Spike NLOS and Chinese HJ-10, designed to hit targets beyond line of sight. The missiles are controlled by an operator after launch from the vehicle using data transmitted from a video camera in the warhead. The maximum estimated range of these missiles is (according to various published data) 10-25 km. In open sources, the achievable armor penetration is estimated at up to 750 mm. According to an analysis of satellite images conducted by the NK Pro publication, the DPRK is increasing the production of ATGMs, modernizing several factories in the northwest of the country.
The Ukrainian Telegram channel “Social-Life Journal “Vodograi”” reports the possible start of “cannibalization” processes to maintain the combat readiness of Russian Ka-52 attack helicopters, citing a photo of a helicopter with a vertical stabilizer removed from a machine from another series.
Ukrainian authorities do not provide official data on the draft, and the figures cited by the NYT cannot be independently verified.
DeepState is a Ukrainian project that maintains a regularly updated map of the control of territories in the war zone in Ukraine and publishes reports on the situation on the front based on open sources (OSINT) and information from the Ukrainian military.
A waste heap is an artificial elevation in the form of a waste rock dump, a consequence of industrial development of minerals, in particular coal. There are about 500 waste heaps in the Donetsk region.
ODShBr is a separate airborne assault brigade ( okrema desantno-shturmovaya brigada, Ukrainian ), the main type of formation in the Airborne Assault Troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
OMBr is a separate mechanized brigade, the main unit of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It is armed with infantry fighting vehicles or armored personnel carriers, as well as tanks and other equipment. Approximately analogous to the Russian motorized rifle brigade (OMSBr).
BMP is an infantry fighting vehicle.
BTR — armored personnel carrier. Designed to transport infantry in the rear, bring it to the battlefield and evacuate it.
BBM is an armored combat vehicle.
UAV — Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. Used as an umbrella term for various categories of unmanned aircraft systems, from small copter-type aircraft to large reconnaissance and attack drones such as the Bayraktar TB2 and loitering munitions such as the Shahed.
FPV drones are unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that are controlled by an operator from the first person (“First Person View”). The advantage of such systems is that the operator clearly sees where the drone (usually a kamikaze) is flying, which allows, for example, to fly into shelters and hit individual unprotected elements of military equipment.
Two hundredths / cargo 200 - in military jargon means those killed in action.
Three hundredths / cargo 300 - in army jargon means those wounded in combat.
Fighterbomber is a Russian pro-war Telegram channel close to the Russian Aerospace Forces. It regularly publishes insider information about Russian aviation.
VKS RF — Aerospace Forces of the Russian Federation. Formed in 2015 as a result of the merger of the Air Force (VVS) and the Aerospace Defense Forces (VVKO).
"Shahed" is the name of a family of Iranian kamikaze drones, in particular, Shahed-131 and Shahed-136. Localized Russian versions are called "Geran-1" and "Geran-2". The range of the Geran-2 drone is up to 2.5 thousand km, the mass of the warhead is 50 kg.
"Lancet" is a Russian loitering munition used to destroy military equipment at a distance of up to tens of kilometers from the front line.
TVD - theater of military operations, territory, airspace above it and adjacent waters where military operations are conducted.
LBC - line of combat contact.
ATGM — anti-tank missile system. It is a relatively small-sized installation for launching anti-tank guided missiles (ATGM), most often portable or mounted on armored vehicles.
Hamas — "Islamic Resistance Movement" (Arabic), an Islamist military-political organization that has ruled the Gaza Strip since 2007. In another part of the "Palestinian territories" — on the West Bank of the Jordan River — power formally belongs to the Fatah movement. The military wing of Hamas is called the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades. Historically associated with the Egyptian Sunni movement "Muslim Brotherhood", it aims to create an Islamic state of Palestine and eliminate the state of Israel.
ATGM is an anti-tank guided missile launched from portable anti-tank missile systems (ATGM), as well as from some models of tanks and helicopters.
OTG -operational-tactical grouping ( operational-tactical grouping, Ukrainian ) is a union of Ukrainian troops responsible for a separate direction.
“Cannibalization” in military affairs means the dismantling of military equipment in order to “obtain” spare parts, components and assemblies for the repair and maintenance of the combat capability of other units of equipment of the same type.
CIT is an investigative group called Conflict Intelligence Team, founded in 2014 by Ruslan Leviev. The organization studies the activities of Russian military and mercenaries in Ukraine, Syria and Africa, and since 2022 has been regularly covering and analyzing the events of the Russian-Ukrainian war.
"Baba Yaga" is the nickname given by the Russian military to heavy agricultural drones that the Ukrainian Armed Forces use to drop large munitions, such as PG-7 anti-tank grenades or TM-62 mines, on Russian positions.
"Islands" is the name given to the wooded and marshy area adjacent to the left bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson direction, separated from the "mainland" by small channels.
Ka-52 helicopter with a keel removed from a machine of another series
LotA
Uralvagonzavod has begun to hang rubber-fabric screens on the modernized T-72B3 tanks, designed to protect the rear part of the turret and the engine-transmission compartment. This is reported byCIT , having analyzed a fresh video of a train with military equipment. According to these screens, as analysts note, it will now be possible to easily distinguish tanks produced since the summer of 2024, which will allow a more accurate assessment of Russia's capabilities for producing such equipment.
The Russian military is testing on the Dnieper analogues of the Ukrainian Baba Yaga drone bombers and surface drones designed to deliver cargo to the "islands".
Ukrainian authorities do not provide official data on the draft, and the figures cited by the NYT cannot be independently verified.
DeepState is a Ukrainian project that maintains a regularly updated map of the control of territories in the war zone in Ukraine and publishes reports on the situation on the front based on open sources (OSINT) and information from the Ukrainian military.
A waste heap is an artificial elevation in the form of a waste rock dump, a consequence of industrial development of minerals, in particular coal. There are about 500 waste heaps in the Donetsk region.
ODShBr is a separate airborne assault brigade ( okrema desantno-shturmovaya brigada, Ukrainian ), the main type of formation in the Airborne Assault Troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
OMBr is a separate mechanized brigade, the main unit of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It is armed with infantry fighting vehicles or armored personnel carriers, as well as tanks and other equipment. Approximately analogous to the Russian motorized rifle brigade (OMSBr).
BMP is an infantry fighting vehicle.
BTR — armored personnel carrier. Designed to transport infantry in the rear, bring it to the battlefield and evacuate it.
BBM is an armored combat vehicle.
UAV — Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. Used as an umbrella term for various categories of unmanned aircraft systems, from small copter-type aircraft to large reconnaissance and attack drones such as the Bayraktar TB2 and loitering munitions such as the Shahed.
FPV drones are unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that are controlled by an operator from the first person (“First Person View”). The advantage of such systems is that the operator clearly sees where the drone (usually a kamikaze) is flying, which allows, for example, to fly into shelters and hit individual unprotected elements of military equipment.
Two hundredths / cargo 200 - in military jargon means those killed in action.
Three hundredths / cargo 300 - in army jargon means those wounded in combat.
Fighterbomber is a Russian pro-war Telegram channel close to the Russian Aerospace Forces. It regularly publishes insider information about Russian aviation.
VKS RF — Aerospace Forces of the Russian Federation. Formed in 2015 as a result of the merger of the Air Force (VVS) and the Aerospace Defense Forces (VVKO).
"Shahed" is the name of a family of Iranian kamikaze drones, in particular, Shahed-131 and Shahed-136. Localized Russian versions are called "Geran-1" and "Geran-2". The range of the Geran-2 drone is up to 2.5 thousand km, the mass of the warhead is 50 kg.
"Lancet" is a Russian loitering munition used to destroy military equipment at a distance of up to tens of kilometers from the front line.
TVD - theater of military operations, territory, airspace above it and adjacent waters where military operations are conducted.
LBC - line of combat contact.
ATGM — anti-tank missile system. It is a relatively small-sized installation for launching anti-tank guided missiles (ATGM), most often portable or mounted on armored vehicles.
Hamas — "Islamic Resistance Movement" (Arabic), an Islamist military-political organization that has ruled the Gaza Strip since 2007. In another part of the "Palestinian territories" — on the West Bank of the Jordan River — power formally belongs to the Fatah movement. The military wing of Hamas is called the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades. Historically associated with the Egyptian Sunni movement "Muslim Brotherhood", it aims to create an Islamic state of Palestine and eliminate the state of Israel.
ATGM is an anti-tank guided missile launched from portable anti-tank missile systems (ATGM), as well as from some models of tanks and helicopters.
OTG -operational-tactical grouping ( operational-tactical grouping, Ukrainian ) is a union of Ukrainian troops responsible for a separate direction.
“Cannibalization” in military affairs means the dismantling of military equipment in order to “obtain” spare parts, components and assemblies for the repair and maintenance of the combat capability of other units of equipment of the same type.
CIT is an investigative group called Conflict Intelligence Team, founded in 2014 by Ruslan Leviev. The organization studies the activities of Russian military and mercenaries in Ukraine, Syria and Africa, and since 2022 has been regularly covering and analyzing the events of the Russian-Ukrainian war.
"Baba Yaga" is the nickname given by the Russian military to heavy agricultural drones that the Ukrainian Armed Forces use to drop large munitions, such as PG-7 anti-tank grenades or TM-62 mines, on Russian positions.
"Islands" is the name given to the wooded and marshy area adjacent to the left bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson direction, separated from the "mainland" by small channels.
Russian analogue of the Baba Yaga-type drone bomber
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Ukrainian authorities do not provide official data on the draft, and the figures cited by the NYT cannot be independently verified.
DeepState is a Ukrainian project that maintains a regularly updated map of the control of territories in the war zone in Ukraine and publishes reports on the situation on the front based on open sources (OSINT) and information from the Ukrainian military.
A waste heap is an artificial elevation in the form of a waste rock dump, a consequence of industrial development of minerals, in particular coal. There are about 500 waste heaps in the Donetsk region.
ODShBr is a separate airborne assault brigade ( okrema desantno-shturmovaya brigada, Ukrainian ), the main type of formation in the Airborne Assault Troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
OMBr is a separate mechanized brigade, the main unit of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It is armed with infantry fighting vehicles or armored personnel carriers, as well as tanks and other equipment. Approximately analogous to the Russian motorized rifle brigade (OMSBr).
BMP is an infantry fighting vehicle.
BTR — armored personnel carrier. Designed to transport infantry in the rear, bring it to the battlefield and evacuate it.
BBM is an armored combat vehicle.
UAV — Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. Used as an umbrella term for various categories of unmanned aircraft systems, from small copter-type aircraft to large reconnaissance and attack drones such as the Bayraktar TB2 and loitering munitions such as the Shahed.
FPV drones are unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that are controlled by an operator from the first person (“First Person View”). The advantage of such systems is that the operator clearly sees where the drone (usually a kamikaze) is flying, which allows, for example, to fly into shelters and hit individual unprotected elements of military equipment.
Two hundredths / cargo 200 - in military jargon means those killed in action.
Three hundredths / cargo 300 - in army jargon means those wounded in combat.
Fighterbomber is a Russian pro-war Telegram channel close to the Russian Aerospace Forces. It regularly publishes insider information about Russian aviation.
VKS RF — Aerospace Forces of the Russian Federation. Formed in 2015 as a result of the merger of the Air Force (VVS) and the Aerospace Defense Forces (VVKO).
"Shahed" is the name of a family of Iranian kamikaze drones, in particular, Shahed-131 and Shahed-136. Localized Russian versions are called "Geran-1" and "Geran-2". The range of the Geran-2 drone is up to 2.5 thousand km, the mass of the warhead is 50 kg.
"Lancet" is a Russian loitering munition used to destroy military equipment at a distance of up to tens of kilometers from the front line.
TVD - theater of military operations, territory, airspace above it and adjacent waters where military operations are conducted.
LBC - line of combat contact.
ATGM — anti-tank missile system. It is a relatively small-sized installation for launching anti-tank guided missiles (ATGM), most often portable or mounted on armored vehicles.
Hamas — "Islamic Resistance Movement" (Arabic), an Islamist military-political organization that has ruled the Gaza Strip since 2007. In another part of the "Palestinian territories" — on the West Bank of the Jordan River — power formally belongs to the Fatah movement. The military wing of Hamas is called the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades. Historically associated with the Egyptian Sunni movement "Muslim Brotherhood", it aims to create an Islamic state of Palestine and eliminate the state of Israel.
ATGM is an anti-tank guided missile launched from portable anti-tank missile systems (ATGM), as well as from some models of tanks and helicopters.
OTG -operational-tactical grouping ( operational-tactical grouping, Ukrainian ) is a union of Ukrainian troops responsible for a separate direction.
“Cannibalization” in military affairs means the dismantling of military equipment in order to “obtain” spare parts, components and assemblies for the repair and maintenance of the combat capability of other units of equipment of the same type.
CIT is an investigative group called Conflict Intelligence Team, founded in 2014 by Ruslan Leviev. The organization studies the activities of Russian military and mercenaries in Ukraine, Syria and Africa, and since 2022 has been regularly covering and analyzing the events of the Russian-Ukrainian war.
"Baba Yaga" is the nickname given by the Russian military to heavy agricultural drones that the Ukrainian Armed Forces use to drop large munitions, such as PG-7 anti-tank grenades or TM-62 mines, on Russian positions.
"Islands" is the name given to the wooded and marshy area adjacent to the left bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson direction, separated from the "mainland" by small channels.
The Russian Armed Forces begin the battle for Toretsk, and to maintain combat readiness, the Ka-52s have to resort to "cannibalization." What's happening at the front • The Insider • RIMA — Russian Independent Media Archive
