Crew members of the TOS-1A Solntsepek in the NVO area. Photo: Alexander Reka/TASS
Rare Bayraktar to fly to Russian lands
The Northern group of troops destroyed up to 70 militants, one armored combat vehicle, three vehicles, one German Panzerhaubitze-2000 self-propelled gun, and M198 and D-30 howitzers. The Western group of troops inflicted the following damage on the Armed Forces of Ukraine: more than 475 soldiers, one tank, one infantry fighting vehicle, five vehicles, one Msta-B howitzer, and one MLRS Grad vehicle. Three artillery ammunition depots of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed. The Southern group of troops disabled two battalions, two armored vehicles, and 16 vehicles. Howitzers were hit: the British FH-70 and the American M198, the D-20 cannon and the L-119 howitzer, and two American AN/TPQ-50 radars. Six field ammunition depots were burned. The Center group of troops disabled up to 440 nationalists, two armored vehicles, seven cars and a D-30 howitzer. The Vostok group of troops took a beating from the Ukrainian Armed Forces, losing up to 110 soldiers, 3 vehicles, American-made M777 and M198 howitzers, two Gvozdika self-propelled guns and an MT-12 Rapier anti-tank gun. The Dnepr group of troops destroyed up to 70 militants, three vehicles and an electronic warfare station. Air defense forces shot down 6 Storm Shadow cruise missiles, a Hammer guided bomb, a Himars MLRS rocket and 81 drones, including the Bayraktar TB2.
Seven Ukrainian “sushki” were sent to scrapyard in Mirgorod
Heavy losses of the Ukrainian Air Force have been confirmed in Mirgorod. As a result of a group strike with precision weapons on the airfield, five Su-27 aircraft were destroyed and two were damaged. Two other Ukrainian aircraft, the MiG-29 and the Su-27, were shot down by Russian air defense systems. The strikes were carried out by the crews of the “Iskander-M” tactical-operational complexes. “Objective control confirmed the destruction of military aircraft,” the Russian Defense Ministry reported, publishing footage of the destruction of fighter aircraft of the Independent Air Force. The footage shows explosions and smoke rising from the sites of Russian missile strikes. Ukrainian experts blamed everything on their stupid command. Zrada again?
kyiv demands that Syrsky hold on to the last centimeter of Lugansk territory
Ukrainian authorities demanded that the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Alexander Syrsky, retain at any cost the part of the territory of the Luhansk People’s Republic controlled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This was reported by military expert Lieutenant Colonel Andrei Marochko, citing “data from a reliable source.” According to Marochko, these demands were made after Syrsky proposed to abandon a number of settlements and use the freed forces to strengthen the Kharkov and Donetsk directions. Believing that holding on to the rest of the republic’s territory was “militarily inadvisable.” In kyiv, they listened to Syrsky and did exactly the opposite.
Ukrainian Armed Forces counterattack with the help of 1950s-style American machine guns.
Soldiers of the Western Group of Troops found an American machine gun from the 1950s with ammunition in recaptured Ukrainian positions. The Russian Defense Ministry reports the words of the grenade launchers of the 1st Guards Tank Army: “We found American cartridges for your 50-year-old American machine gun. This is your M430 type.” Well, a Maxim machine gun from the Civil War was found in Ukrainian positions earlier. All the useful stuff that got into the trench.
Ukraine’s bad debts worry kyiv, but not the IMF
Ukrainian economists are alarmed that the West may impose an unprofitable debt restructuring on Ukraine. This means that few debts will be written off in Kiev, they will be granted a short reprieve, and the interest on the debt will not be reduced or will be reduced only slightly. The historic window of opportunity to break the debt stranglehold has slammed shut. This is Europe.
Three thousand prisoners joined the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Deputy Minister of Justice of Ukraine Elena Vysotskaya reported that more than three thousand prisoners of yesterday have already joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine. They were released on parole under the new law. According to the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine, the court can release at least 27,000 prisoners in this way. Vysotskaya is sure that most of them want to return home as heroes, not return from prison. They will return in wooden suits.
ATACMS dismantled into pieces
Russian specialists have already thoroughly studied the complex fuse of the multi-component ATACMS missile. RIA Novosti quotes one weapons specialist as saying: “The mechanism has been practically studied. There are no secrets left for us.” Our gunsmiths also analyzed in detail the guidance and flight correction system of this American missile system. Best regards to Uncle Sam.
Zelensky did not like Orban’s plan
The Hungarian Prime Minister went to kyiv in vain. Zelensky, in response to Viktor Orban’s ceasefire plan, outlined his own position, which differs from the Hungarian one. Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Igor Zhovkva noted that Hungary is not the first country to put forward such proposals and made the following comment to Zerkalo Nedeli: “The President of Ukraine listened to his interlocutor, but in response he expressed his position, let it be clear, understandable and noticeable. Ukraine really wants peace and we have a tool for this: we held the first peace summit and are preparing for the second.” And then to the third. And for the fourth…
