There isn’t a lot of information on this attack yet. Hopefully HIMARS caught a lot of senior officers napping.
The 70th Guards Regiment was recently operating near Robotyne.
One bomb failed to explode but another one did considerable damage.
Ammo Dump Jesus approves.
It’s HIMARS O’clock.
Cluster munitions do a number on these Russian troops.
Hmmm. Do you suppose the password to access the Ministry of Defense was 1234?
Another example of how this war has changed warfare in the future.
This is certainly a plausible theory on why Russian planes started dropping out of the skies with greater frequency.
"According to Austrian aviation war expert Tom Cooper, a probable but as-yet unproven and unconfirmed explanation for the recent string of Sukhoi shoot-downs is the compromise of confidential defensive electronic systems aboard the Russian jets to Ukrainian and US technicians, and tweaks made to Ukrainian-operated anti-aircraft systems taking advantage of the knowledge."
"Aside from entire aircraft, Ukrainian forces have captured critical components that would be predictable targets for research and counter-measure development. One of the widest-reported was the Sept. 2022 recovery by Ukrainian troops of an RTU 518-PSM self-protection jamming pod, a cutting edge defense system, on a crashed Su-30 fighter jet. The Su-34 and Su-35 both typically carry the pod."
A Russian medic at Krynky says he doesn’t understand why the Ukrainians are so mean to Russian troops, why are they so “inhuman” and why do they have such “a vicious hatred” toward Russians.
Can he really be that clueless?
He seems nice.
However, after returning home to Russia, Tsyren-Dorzhi Tsyrenzhapov murdered a 22-year-old girl before returning to prison for 14 years.
I don’t think the drones are supposed to turn over.
Life is an interesting thing. You may remember the showdown around the only supplier of drones for the Ministry of Defence, the Sudoplatov, which later killed the operators at the training ground? The point is that a businessman from Elektrostal, who was selling plumbing fixtures before the war, proclaimed himself a GRU general and began to aggressively promote himself in the procurement structure of the Ministry of Defense. Well, who cares, if there's a result. But the autumn hype also disappeared, and the drones turned out to be of poor quality, plus the enemy released separate electronic warfare for them, incl. with spoofing - the drones began to turn over on approach. The level of shamelessness of this individual is indicated by this mailing list [a link], where they asked to to share a petition to award him the title of Hero of Russia for winning the war.
And here's a small but revealing remark - both Abrams were shot down by drones of ordinary enthusiasts, the first by a "Piranha" from the Ulyanovsk assemblers, the second by a "Ghoul" from a team from Yekaterinburg. Both manufacturers are not connected to the budgets in any way; "Ghoul" is assembled entirely with public money.
You may ask, why were the Abrams not struck by a drone assambles at public expense? The reason is simple - the electronic warfare suppressed it or the build quality was such that it fell on the road, I don't know. But all the drones fell when used.
To me, this is sad. It seems that we are at war with an external enemy, but everything is as before - nepotism and lobbyism. Although it would seem that this is direct evidence of the need for competition to attract independent manufacturers. It would seem that independent manufacturers have confirmed their expertise by being the first in the country to knock out Abrams. But something seems to me, nothing will change.
The CRV-7 is a 2.75-inch (70 mm) folding-fin ground attack rocket. These could be fired from Ukrainian helicopters.
I suppose they can still use it in parades.
Good riddance
Rest in peace.
Kombat Kat
The dogs of Kherson have a safe place to go.
Butterflies, bears and flamingoes.
Helicopter Hound