[CNN] CNN uncovered more details this week about a teen girl from the Ukrainian city of Mariupol who spoke on stage at a pro-war rally attended by Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on February 22.
The girl, named Anna, was seen getting emotional and then encouraged by an organizer to hug a uniformed man described as her rescuer.
The group of children, who were also described as being rescued from eastern Ukraine, were ushered to hug the man.
CNN's Melissa Bell reported that Anna's mother, a single parent of three, was killed in besieged Mariupol after leaving a basement shelter.
Bell said she was able to track down a family member and a woman who sheltered in the city for weeks with Anna.
The woman was shocked and burst into tears at one point, Bell said, telling CNN "this is a child, and what's being done to her is simply completely inhumane."
Bell also reported that the girl has faced abuse online for her appearance.
Anna has been "several times over a victim of this war," the woman said.
"It's an extraordinary story of a child completely unprotected, and open to very public abuse ever since," Bell said.
According to a new report released in mid-February, the Russian government has been operating a network of camps where it has held thousands of Ukrainian children and undertaken a campaign of political re-education. Video at link.
[Kyiv Independent] Russia has "wasted huge amounts of human resources, armaments, and materials" during the full-scale war against Ukraine, says Ukrainian military intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov.
Russia will likely run out of offensive potential by late spring, Budanov said in an interview with USA Today published on March 5.
The intelligence chief did not elaborate further on Moscow's war aims in the coming weeks.
Budanov said "a decisive battle" is set to take place this spring and predicted that "this battle will be the final one before this war ends," USA Today reported.
[Forbes] The Russian army is welding 80-year-old gun mounts, originally built to arm patrol boats, onto 70-year-old armored tractors—and sending them to Ukraine to get captured by the Ukrainian army.
The up-gunned, tracked MT-LBs are further evidence of the Kremlin’s worsening equipment crisis as it struggles to make good its losses in Ukraine.
The first of these weirdo MT-LBs started showing up in Ukraine last month. On or before Feb. 3, Ukrainian forces in Vuhledar captured from hapless Russian brigades a 13-ton, two-crew MT-LB sporting a 2M-7 gunboat turret.
The 2M-7 is an over-under pair of 14.5-millimeter machine guns behind a steel shield. It entered service with Soviet forces in 1945.
In early March, photos circulated online depicting MT-LBs with 2M-3 naval turrets welded to their roofs. The 2M-3 is two 25-millimeter auto-cannons, one atop the other in an enclosed casing. The 2M-3 made its debut in 1953.
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...I've seen the pictures. They're quite real...and as top-heavy and unbalanced as they're going to be, I forsee a bunch of 'em tipped over on their sides and abandoned.
[New Voice of Ukraine] Months ago reported the Russian occupied areas were stripped of military age men.
Russian-installed puppet authorities in the occupied districts of Ukraine’s Luhansk Oblast are racing to put 16-year-old teenagers on the "military register," Luhansk Oblast Military Administration’s press service reported on Telegram on March 5.
"By March 31, they need to find and register male citizens born in 2006 who live in the so-called 'LPR.' That is, those who will be able to be sent to the front next year instead of the regular Russian army," it said.
They also continue to summon older residents who are "required" to be on the "military registry," but are not.
They use enhanced search measures for persons who evade the "draft." On the basis of requests from the "military commissariat," such men will be detained and immediately taken to "conscription points."
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. By Russian military correspondent Aleksandr Kots
[KP] In Chechnya taken Bamut. Here is Bakhmut
- You have a very accurate call sign, "Gepard", - trying to regain my breath, I make a compliment to the fighter of PMC "Wagner". - Don't get carried away.
- I have been fighting since 1994. Bamut also took in Chechnya.
- How old are you?
- 46.
- That's what you have now dropped my self-esteem, - we laugh together.
Behind him is a forced march in complete darkness over rough terrain to the front line of the battle for Artemovsk (Bakhmut). The day before, I stopped by the Wagner operators at the control post and asked for an exit to the eastern part of the city, which is already completely controlled by our forces. Delivery groups go there every day.
However, the word "delivery" is nominal here, on wheels you overcome only a small part of the path. The main one has to be overcome on foot - with ammunition, food, water, several kilometers in one direction. And in the opposite direction - with the wounded or dead. Moreover, the evacuation is no less dangerous than during the battle. Therefore, it is difficult to reproach carriers for the fact that they perform purely rear functions.
"Zakhistnikov" before the fight shut up
Together with the guys from the detachment of the legendary commander "Ratibor" (Hero of Russia, holder of the orders of Courage and the Red Star), we move towards Artemovsk. Part of the way passes along the highway leading to Slavyansk.
In 2014, I drove along it in a rental car with Kyiv numbers. Now the route, of course, is unrecognizable. In the middle of the road are Ukrainian checkpoints and military equipment destroyed by artillery, trees are torn to pieces by billions of fragments, the fields around are littered with craters from explosions, rocket tails and the bodies of the Ukrainian military…
“Before going on a task, they are injected with some kind of drug, they don’t feel pain or fear, they don’t sleep for several days, they smile when a limb is torn off from the explosion,” says the company Atlas.
To be honest, I have always been skeptical about these drug stories, considering them more front-line tales than fact. However, a few minutes before this conversation, “Ratibor” showed me on the phone an ampoule that was taken from a prisoner who told about these pharmaceutical experiments. The “potion” was sent to Moscow for examination in order to understand what they were injecting to the “defenders” of Bakhmut.
- Many civilians were taken out of the city? I ask Atlas.
- So many. Almost across the house. They used to gather in basements as families. There was even a pregnant woman, old people, children. We don’t take them out on a light day, we wait for a lull, we monitor the whole situation and lead them to evacuation in small groups, we take them out by car from there. People are really glad to see us, they baptize us, they kiss us…
We find mobile phones, we think that the enemy’s devices, we read the correspondence, and there: “Khokhols arrived on tanks. Khokhols occupied the neighboring house”… Without respect for their “defenders”, one can immediately see who they consider their own. There, by the way, there is a smoke of Artemovsk ahead, now we will go down into it. The word Khokhols is a Soviet portmanteau for collective farmers used in Ukraine beginning with the 1930s.
Retract, run in the fields
We dismount and walk along a narrow, iron-cut forest belt towards Bakhmut. Rumbles all around, without ceasing, but the gaps are far away, closer to the city center. Suddenly one mine falls ahead in our landing, then in the next, then in the field on the left. And about a dozen gaps in the eastern part of Artemovsk, where we were heading.
- Sketched, - states "Atlas". - Let's go back, let's go in the dark.
And we return to the near rear to the control post. All night listening to the talks on the radio. There are reports that the enemy is withdrawing its forces towards Konstantinovka - five to seven vehicles with an interval of 20-30 minutes.
Information is immediately transmitted to the artillery, which generously pours in the direction of the columns. Someone manages to get away, someone remains on fire in the middle of the road. In a day, Kyiv loses up to 500 people killed and wounded here.
Last week, the operational encirclement of Artemovsk was formalized. The enemy had one supply road left, and that one was under our fire control. So Kyiv began to withdraw part of the units from the city. In fact, today Wagner operators control the entire eastern and northern parts of the city, as well as part of the south.
When I went to a neighborhood, they were shooting at cigarettes, I found out in captivity
- It is felt that recently the motivation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has been falling, in places they lose control, they do not understand what is happening from right to left, - Ratibor tells me. - Someone resists to the last, someone, realizing that they are already practically surrounded, tries to run through the fields ...
At the same time, in other positions it comes to the ridiculous (if, of course, you know how to distinguish between harsh front-line humor and soulless cynicism. The other day a fighter came to our positions to shoot a cigarette. He was no different from the Wagnerites, treated himself, lit a cigarette ... And then the enemy rolled over. Everyone rushed to repel the attack, and the guest also grabbed the machine gun, pointing it at the "enemies".
Managed to destroy seven attackers. After the heat of battle, they sat down to fill the magazines with cartridges, and then our hero suddenly realized that he had entered the wrong trench. And he repulsed the attack not "orcs-Muscovites", but their brothers. The fighter of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was praised and even promised to be presented for a reward for such performance. And sent to the rest of the prisoners.
Cause fire on yourself
At about five in the morning we make a second attempt. The car rides on muddy dimensions, the driver leads literally to the touch. We get out a few kilometers to the destination and go in almost complete darkness.
The sky is lined with powder charges of mines and tracers, in the direction of Artemovsk, flashes are lit every few seconds, followed by rolling explosions. Persistent bursts of heavy machine guns are heard. Ahead is a fighter with the call sign "Cheetah". Behind him are Chechnya, and the Central African Republic, and Libya ...
“This is the first time I’ve encountered such fights,” he admits. - Very tough. First of all - because of the intensive artillery. If not for her, we would have ended this conflict long ago. But victory will still be ours. This is our land. We won one war for it, and we will win now. Yes, they are being helped, but the enemy leaves it to us when he gives up his positions. We use Western weapons against them."
We go in zigzags, then resting on the very front edge, where you need to move quickly, then moving away a couple of hundred meters from it. By dawn we go to the school, which Atlas once took. It was occupied by the enemy.
- There were Nazis, foreign mercenaries, two blacks. We secretly climbed into the basement and spent half the night correcting the fire of tanks on enemy firing points on the first and second floors. That is, they almost caused fire almost on themselves. At dawn, another group of us jumped in, and the assault began. They clamped the villains on the second and third floors and destroyed them.
Soon, rain will fall
The battle was not over yet, and the Ukrainian artillery was already attacking the school. The bodies of the Kyiv National Guardsmen are still lying in it. Together with the "Cheetah" we go along the broken corridors. He shows how a machine gunner fired at them from a neighboring hut, how they simultaneously suppressed both him and those who sat upstairs. The third floor offers a view of the high-rise buildings of Artemovsk. She's all in smoke.
“We have a spirit,” Atlas assures. - Ammunition too. So soon we will squeeze and physically close the ring. Everyone wants to eat, drink - too, cartridges are again needed. They give up, they're not going anywhere. In captivity, no one will offend them, raise your hands and come, everything will be fine with you.
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Hero of Russia "Lotus":
We control 40 percent of Bakhmut
One of the commanders of the PMC "Wagner" commented on the situation on the front line to the KP.RU military correspondent
- The enemy grouping is in operational encirclement, all roads are under fire control, but not under physical control. It remains to take the settlement of Khromovo, through which the main supply line passes, and cut the field roads to Ivanovsky. Now we control about 40 percent of the city. Combat-ready units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are being withdrawn to occupy the second line of defense along the Konstantinovka-Kramatorsk-Slavyansk line. Terodefense units and, according to our information, the Georgian Legion remain in Bakhmut.
The total number is up to 12,000 people. The enemy is constantly bringing up reserves to hold the corridor from Artemovsk so that we cannot close our pincers. A week ago, the Ukrainians blew up the dam of the Northern Headquarters, with artillery fire made a breach in another dam - the Berkhovsky reservoir.
The flooding of the Berkhovka area began, the southern part of Paraskovievka and the southern part of the Red Mountain. In this way, they are trying to slow down the pace of our offensive, weaken the dynamics of the fighting and be able to pull up reserves and manage to gain a foothold. The enemy is also undermining bridges to prevent us from quickly crossing and entering the central part of Bakhmut.
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About 4-5% of the population are what the Ukrainians call "waiters". Primarily retirees who, whether because of Russian family ties or longing for a long dead Soviet time, refuse to evacuate and wait for Russian World.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[LB] There are dead and wounded.
by Iryna Gamalii
On Saturday, March 4, the Russian army carried out attacks on nine regions of Ukraine.
This is stated in the summary of the military-civilian administrations on the situation in the regions of Ukraine as of the morning of January 5.
In the Chernihiv region, the enemy shelled the Novgorod-Siverskyi district twice with mortars during the day. There were no victims or destruction.
In the Sumy region, the enemy carried out artillery shelling of the border areas at night and in the morning. Fired at the Seredino-Budsk community, probably from barrel artillery. In the Znob-Novgorod community, hits were recorded on the outskirts of the Znob-Novgorod village. Power lines are damaged. Information about losses among the local population or damage to civil infrastructure is being clarified.
In the Zaporizhzhia region, invaders shelled civilian infrastructure in the area of settlements: Maryivka, Uspenivka, Shcherbaki, Gulyaipole, Temyrivka, Biloghirya, Mala Tokmachka, Malynivka, Primorske, Orihiv, Zaliznychne, Novodanilivka, Olgivske, Novoandriivka, Charivne, Gulyaipilske, Chervone, Omelnyk, Shcherbaki, Kamianske, Stepove. 46 reports were received about the destruction of buildings and infrastructure facilities.
Yesterday, in the Dnipropetrovsk region, the Russian army fired heavy artillery and anti-aircraft missiles in the Nikopol region. Two people from the Chervonogrihorivska community died - a 57-year-old woman and a 68-year-old man. 11 private houses and one high-rise building, a gas station, three outbuildings, power lines and a gas pipeline were damaged. Enemy shells hit people's households. A hotel was vandalized in Nikopol. The aggressor fired at the Marganets community. There, the consequences of the impact are still being clarified.
In the Kharkiv region, the enemy shelled Kupyansk at night . At least five residential buildings and farm buildings were destroyed, fires broke out. From under the rubble of one of the houses, rescuers retrieved the body of a dead civilian, a 65-year-old man. As a result of this morning's shelling in Kupyansk, the building of the "Kupyansk Pivdenny" railway station was damaged. The fire continues on an area of 50 square meters. Rescuers are working on the spot.
Yesterday, in the Slobozhansk direction, the enemy shelled the areas of settlements: Veterinarne, Krasne, Ohirtseve, Budarky, Dvorichanske, Novomlynsk, Dvorichna.
In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy carried out artillery shelling of the areas of Hryanikyvka, Kislivka, Pishchane, Krokhmalne, etc. settlements. As a result of enemy shelling, the building of the former "Kupian Regional Vocational Education Center" and the maternity department of the KNP "Kupian TMO" were damaged.
In the Luhansk region, in the Kupyansk and Lymansk directions, the enemy carried out offensive actions in the areas of Nevsky, Serebryansk Forestry and Bilogorivka, without success. He carried out artillery shelling of Stelmakhivka, Nevsky, Chervonopivka, and Belogorivka. The situation in the region remains difficult.
In the Donetsk region, the village of Hryshyne of the Pokrovsk community was shelled in the morning . According to preliminary information - S-300. At least 8 private houses were damaged. Information about the victims is being clarified.
During the day, the enemy carried out airstrikes by S-300 air defense systems, shelled the populated areas of the region with Grad rocket launchers, mortars, and artillery. Shot at: Avdiivka (residential sector, PJSC "AKHZ", bus depot, surroundings), Bakhmut (residential sector), Kostyantynivka (fire and rescue unit, district of the former BC "Zinkovo Zavod"), Kurakhove (residential sector, surroundings), Chasiv Yar ( residential sector, surroundings), Velyka Novosilka township (residential sector, hospital area), Kurakhivka township (residential sector), Berdychi village (neighbourhood of the settlement), Druzhba (residential sector), Kamianka (residential sector), Karlivka (reservoir, surroundings), Krasnohorivka (residential sector), Privillya (recreation center), Tonenke (residential sector), Khromove (residential sector). 24 objects were damaged. In one day in Donetsk region: two dead, seven injured.
In the Mykolaiv region, the enemy twice fired artillery strikes on the water area of the Ochakiv community yesterday. There are no casualties.
In the Kherson region , according to the information of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the enemy carried out artillery shelling of the areas of the settlements of Chervyn Mayak, Beryslav, Olhivka, Kozatske, Ivanivka, Lviv, Mykilske, Antonivka, Dniprovske, Inzhenerne and the city of Kherson.
In the city of Nova Kakhovka, the invaders are using the civilian population as a "human shield". In particular, in order to shoot down the means of destruction, which are intended for the enemy's military facilities, the troops place their anti-aircraft weapons among the residential quarters of the city.
The territory of the temporarily captured city of Tavriysk is under constant enemy fire. The industrial premises of the city water supply were damaged by mortar fire, the consequences are being clarified.
Yesterday, at noon in March, the Russian army shelled the village of Lviv in the Tyagin region, one person was killed. A 57-year-old man received a shrapnel wound to the chest during the shelling. He died in his own house. Also, several homes of civilians and the House of Culture were damaged in the village.
The investigative and operational team of the police in the village of Antonivka came under enemy fire. Four police officers were injured. They were hospitalized, all of them had shrapnel wounds and contusions. As a result of Russia's aggression in the Kherson region, one person was killed and three others were injured.
It will be recalled that during the day the Armed Forces repelled 130 Russian attacks in Donetsk region and Kharkiv region.
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[Korrespondent] 22:50 The KRAKEN special forces reported that they had destroyed an autonomous observation tower in the Bryansk region of the Russian Federation with a drone.
22:03 Powerful explosions are heard in Melitopol, two enemy bases have been previously destroyed, Mayor Ivan Fedorov said.
21:12 In Zaporozhye, the rubble of a destroyed high-rise building as a result of a Russian missile attack on March 2 has been completed. 13 people died, including an eight-month-old baby, the State Emergency Service said. City Council Secretary Anatoly Kurtev said that five more people are now considered missing. Monday, March 6, is declared a day of mourning in Zaporozhye.
20:38 Zelensky, in an evening video message, called the battle in Donbas "one of the most difficult, painful and difficult." At the same time, he added that the past week was "another week when our soldiers and each and every one who helps defend the state made the Ukrainian victory even closer."
20:14 Russia has caused damage to the Ukrainian ecology for 2 trillion hryvnia, said the Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources Ruslan Strelets. According to him, the forest is currently suffering the most in Ukraine, because of which the state is suffering enormous losses: due to the war, almost 3 million hectares of forest were damaged, almost 500,000 hectares are under temporary occupation or in the war zone.
The minister also noted that ten national parks, eight nature reserves and two biosphere reserves are now under Russian occupation. Under the threat of destruction of 600 species of fauna and 750 species of flora.
19:30 The Russian army is focusing its main efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Kupyansky, Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Miner directions. According to the State Headquarters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a conflict is brewing in the top military leadership of the Russian Federation due to significant losses and the lack of real achievements at the front. In February, Putin awarded the commander of the Eastern Military District, Rustam Muradov, the rank of colonel general for his report on the "successes" of the 155th Marine Brigade in the Ugledar direction. Now Shoigu is demanding that the general work out his rank and take the city at any cost.
According to the information of the General Staff, the leadership of the brigade and the servicemen refuse to again go on a senseless offensive, in which the leadership sends them - to storm the well-fortified positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine without any support and training.
18:29 Scholz said that Ukraine will receive security guarantees from the West only after the end of the war with Russia: "We are ready to organize certain security guarantees for the country after the onset of peace." At the same time, the chancellor added that "we have not yet reached this point." Scholz stressed that the decision to resolve the conflict will be made by Ukraine, not the West.
17:31 In the Kharkiv region, Russians fired artillery at the village of Budarki, Volchansky community, Chuguevsky district. In particular, they got into the car in which there was a married couple - both died on the spot.
16:42 Diplomatic efforts to return the Zaporizhzhya NPP under the control of Ukraine have reached a dead end, Energy Minister Herman Galushchenko said: "As of the moment, the situation has reached a dead end. Our position, which we voice at all international platforms, boils down to the fact that any negotiations on the Zaporizhzhya NPP should be based: firstly, on the demilitarization of the station, secondly, on the exit of all employees of Rosatom from the ZNPP, and thirdly, Ukrainian personnel should be able to operate the nuclear facility calmly, without pressure."
According to the minister, the situation is approaching critical. In particular, the IAEA reported that due to the incorrect operation mode, the condition of the equipment at the ZNPP is deteriorating.
14:08 Loitering air bombs, which the Russians have recently begun to use in Ukraine, are dangerous, in particular, because they can fly tens of kilometers, said Yury Ignat, speaker of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Therefore, according to Ignat, Ukraine needs modern fighters, such as the F-16, to intercept guided aerial bombs, as well as to “fight away” aircraft that make launches. In addition, such bombs are capable of destroying Patriot and SAMP-T air defense systems.
13:40 The Russians fired mortars at the village of Ponyatovka in the Kherson region - a woman and two children were killed, the Office of the President reported.
12:07 The number of Russian missile carriers in the Black Sea indicates preparations for a missile attack, but the tactics of the Russian Federation have been changing lately, Natalya Gumenyuk, speaker of OK Pivden, said: "They have already realized that massive attacks are not the result they expect. This is high costs and low returns. Therefore, most likely, they will use pinpoint attacks - as was the case in the Kremenchug region."
Gumenyuk noted that in the case of pinpoint attacks, the enemy raises aircraft into the air, and also keeps rocket carriers at the ready in the sea. So he diverts attention and tries to confuse the Ukrainian air defense.
11:33 British intelligence notes that cases of close combat have become more frequent at the front in Ukraine. This is likely the result of the Russian high command continuing to push for offensive actions that involve mostly infantry with less artillery support due to a lack of ammunition in Russia, experts say.
In particular, in late February, Russian mobilized reservists said they were ordered to storm a Ukrainian concrete stronghold, although they were armed only with firearms and shovels. Most likely, we are talking about sapper shovels, which are used by Russian soldiers for hand-to-hand combat. According to intelligence, the lethality of the standard trench tool - MPL-50 - is especially mythologized in Russia. The infantry shovel has changed little since it was developed in 1869, but continues to be used as a weapon, which emphasizes the brutality and low-tech combat, experts conclude.
11:26 In Russia, there is time until the end of spring to try to achieve at least some military goals in Ukraine, Kirill Budanov, head of the GUR MOU, said in an interview with USA Today: "Russia has spent a huge amount of human resources, weapons and materials. Its economy and production unable to make up for these losses. It has changed its military chain of command. If the Russian military does not achieve its goals this spring, Russia will run out of its tools of war."
11:05 Ukrainian defenders in one night destroyed 15 groups of Wagnerites who were going to storm in Bakhmut, TSN journalists say with reference to the fighters. Due to the lack of equipment, the Russians are increasingly sending only soldiers on the offensive, they said. The mercenaries of Wagner PMCs attack mainly with manpower and try to push through the Ukrainian positions.
09:29 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, two people were killed (in Bakhmut), seven more were injured. In the Kherson region, one person died, three were injured. In the Kharkiv region, one dead (in Kupyansk), according to the regional military administrations.
08:51 In Zaporozhye, the number of people killed as a result of a Russian missile attack on a residential building on March 2 increased to 13 people , including an eight-month-old child, the State Emergency Service reported. Work continues. Employees of the State Emergency Service rescued 11 people, as well as four cats and a dog.
08:36 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of March 5.
personnel - about 153,120 (+930) people liquidated,
tanks - 3414 (+5),
armored combat vehicles - 6692 (+9),
artillery systems - 2426 (+12),
MLRS - 488 (+1),
air defense systems - 248 (+1),
aircraft - 302 (+0),
helicopters - 289 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 2071 (+5),
cruise missiles - 873 (+0),
ships/boats - 18 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 5299 (+10),
special equipment - 232 (+2).
07:58 The Russian army is concentrating its main efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Kupyansky, Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Miner directions. Over the past day, the Defense Forces repulsed more than 130 enemy attacks in the indicated directions, the General Staff said in the morning report .
In particular, in the Bakhmut direction, the enemy does not abandon attempts to cordon off the city of Bakhmut. Over the past day, Ukrainian defenders repulsed numerous attacks in the areas of the settlements of Vasyukovka, Zaliznyanskoye, Orekhovo-Vasilyevka, Dubovo-Vasilyevka, Grigorievka, Ivanovskoye and Bakhmut.
05:24 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believes that the Russians will not be able to surround or capture Bakhmut in the near future. According to analysts, the Russian troops on Saturday, March 4, carried out one limited attack and once again failed. Experts suggest that the Russians probably intended to encircle the Ukrainian forces in Bakhmut, but the command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces would rather give the command to retreat than risk encirclement. The ISW estimates that Ukrainian forces can still hold their positions at Bakhmut if they choose to try.
03:49 Two Ukrainian pilots arrived in the US to test their skills in piloting combat aircraft, including F-16 fighters, NBC reports. Ukrainian pilots are assessed on simulators at a military base in Tucson, Arizona. According to NBC, US authorities have approved the arrival of ten more Ukrainian pilots in the US to undergo a similar assessment this month.
00:24 For the first time, Russian troops used UPAB-1500V (index K029B) guided planning bombs weighing 1500 kg against Ukraine for the first time, Defense Express reports citing its own sources. According to the publication, the first use of this type of ammunition was recorded a few weeks ago against one of the objects in the Chernihiv region. On one of the wreckage there were remains of markings that correspond exactly to UPAB-1500V.
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Another Makiivka? Will have to wait for details. Mayor: 'Hundreds' of Russian soldiers may have been killed in Ukrainian strike on occupied Melitopol Exiled Mayor of Melitopol Ivan Fedorov said in an interview on TV on March 5 that two powerful explosions were heard in the northern part of the occupied city of Melitopol in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, possibly killing hundreds of Russian soldiers stationed in the city.
"In occupied Melitopol, powerful explosions are heard, two enemy bases were destroyed," Fedorov said. According to the mayor, Russian losses as a result of the strike "amount to hundreds of people, but the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will provide more detailed information."
Guessing Ukrainian Vilkha GPS guided rockets were used.
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SBU opens proceedings over video of execution of Ukrainian soldier
"The video of the brutal and brazen shooting of an unarmed man (disarmed POW) stunned society today. The SBU's main investigation department registered criminal proceedings under Part 2 of Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine – violating the laws and customs of war," he said.
Footage earlier emerged online showing Russian invaders shooting a Ukrainian soldier for the phrase "Glory to Ukraine." It remains unclear where and when the video was shot.
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Footage earlier emerged online showing Russian invaders shooting a Ukrainian soldier for the phrase "Glory to Ukraine." It remains unclear where and when the video was shot.
Video only shows the victim, not the shooters. Context matters.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by David Norman
[RIA] Armin Papperger, head of the Rheinmetall concern, said that the company is in "promising negotiations" with Kiev regarding the construction of a tank plant in Ukraine for 200 million euros. According to him, the enterprise will be able to produce up to 400 Panthers annually. He plans to negotiate a deal within two months.
According to Papperger, no one knows when the fighting will end, and the Armed Forces of Ukraine are in need of heavy equipment. Kyiv, he notes, needs 800 tanks - even if the Bundeswehr hands over all the 300 Leopard 2s it has, it won't be enough.
It is symbolic, and probably no coincidence, that German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited Washington the day before. The trip was without loud statements, which means that Ukraine was clearly not the central topic of the negotiations. Everything that is connected with help to Kyiv, the West spends with maximum fanfare. At the same time, as Bloomberg reported, one of the issues discussed by the leaders of the two countries could be the transfer of German military enterprises to the United States.
Both of these news should make honorable burghers think: is everything really so bad that entire production facilities need to be transported to the USA? Or, worse, is it easier to open such a large-scale enterprise as a tank plant in Ukraine than in Germany?
Let us hasten to reassure the German citizens: it is unlikely that both of these decisions make any economic sense. Yes, the FRG is doing better than Ukraine, suffering from missiles and drones. This is where the good news for the Germans ends. Because Germany can be considered the second losing country in the current conflict. Even inflation at the end of 2022 at 8.6 percent Berlin gave out as an achievement - simply because it had dropped from ten percent to this indicator.
But, of course, Ukraine in this respect bypasses Germany. She has already lost this conflict: not militarily yet, but definitely economically. It will not be able to make up for the colossal damage that it has suffered during the hostilities on its own, even if a peace agreement is signed tomorrow. Kyiv has no money for this. But you still have to pay the bills for the weapons received from the patrons. And the energy industry is going through hard times.
The shark lives as long as it moves: it has no swim bladder and gill muscles, so if it stops, it will not be able to get oxygen and will die. It’s the same with Zelensky’s regime – as soon as he stops fighting, his days are numbered. The West will stop giving tithes to protect the democratic world from bloodthirsty Russia, because there is no extra money for the revival of Ukraine in the conditions of the global crisis. And then Svidomo will have to solve their problems on their own. And Kyiv is not capable of doing this. Therefore, Zelensky is resisting, sending children and old people to hold Artemivsk. And he cares little about how many lives of ordinary Ukrainians will have to be sacrificed for the sake of maintaining power. This is the tenth issue.
No "return to the internationally recognized borders of 1991" will save Kyiv. The only chance is to profit from the collapse of Russia. But Russia is not satisfied with such a scenario.
That is why Zelensky puts forward obviously impracticable negotiating conditions, that is why the peace process is now impossible, that is why Zelensky, Yermak, Budanov and Podolyak, while simultaneously awarding medals to escorts, will send as many Ukrainians to slaughter as the West desires.
Therefore, for ordinary Ukrainians, the speedy military defeat of Ukraine, paradoxically, is much more preferable. At a minimum, people will stop dying in the name of enriching Zelensky.
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If the Ukrainians capitulate to Russia then the Russians will conscript them to die in Russian wars.I would say it would be better to die for a free Ukraine than forced to fight for Russia and die later.
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If the Ukrainians capitulate to Russia then the Russians will conscript them to die in Russian wars.I would say it would be better to die for a free Ukraine than forced to fight for Russia and die later.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 21:17 Bakhmut meat grinder: flow crippled Armed forces of Ukraine do not dry out.
The wounded are brought to the field hospital in Bakhmut on stretchers, laid down and sorted according to the degree of damage.
Vitaly, a combatant of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, told the doctors in the photo that he was wounded by a tank shell.
“The Russians tried to break through… We had a group of seven people. There are six left,” the VSUshnik said.
21:12 Helmets of the Ukrainian soldiers killed in Bakhmut —video.
19:58 Another Ukrainian armored vehicle BBM "Varta" destroyed as a result of a mine explosion in the zone of the NMD -video
19:44 Ukrainian Orthodox channels are sounding the alarm. Kyiv punishers went on another offensive against Orthodox priests and again began to draft priests into the army
At the same time, authoritative priests, whom the parishioners love and who interfere with the planting of a schismatic church, become the main goal.
19:43 UkroSMI reports that military commissariats, who take away paramedics and doctors, have left hospitals without medical staff.
It is noted that only in the Odessa region are looking for 80 people to work in ambulances.
Along with the mobilization of medical workers, transport in hospitals was also taken away under the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
19:38 By the beginning of March 2023, the total losses the Ukrainian side for the year of the special military operation amounted to 207,000 people.
Of these, 99,000 are irretrievable losses.
18:55 Tanks of the 68th Tank Regiment are dismantled by Ukrainian oporniki in Maryink —video
18:23 The footage shows a war crime of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which shoot residential buildings with civilians, leaving the city -video
17:46 The positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine after the cleansing. 18+ —video
16:53 Farmer's derivational arrived.
Today we recall a tectonic event from the world of sports - the Shukhevych Cup, played in Ternopil a few years ago.
Competitions were also held in the following sports: kopanka (football), vidbivanka (volleyball), koshykivka (basketball).
They write that they were the favorite sports of a famous Nazi ally.
Their international names were rejected by the pastoral followers of Ukrainian Nazism as Muscovites.
16:42 The Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed the enemy base near Avdievka with an accurate missile strike -video
When conducting reconnaissance on the Avdievka front, the work of calculations of UAV drones was recorded. In the course of shadowing them, it was possible to establish the location of the temporary deployment point for the entire enemy UAV group, which was destroyed by an air strike using a guided missile.
16:40 Russian aviation continues to dismantle the pilers of the Yuzhnodonbasska-1 mine in Vuhledar, where the Ukrainian army has equipped its strongholds -video
The reinforced concrete tower pilers rise dozens of meters above the city, which makes them excellent observation and firing points at the same time, and the high strength of the materials allows it to withstand several powerful hits in a row. However, at the end of the video, it is noticeable that they have already managed to make a huge gap in the pile driver.
15:10 In the Kherson region, the police found cache with ammunition and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
In a pit littered with dry grass and bushes, there were two dozen zinc boxes with cartridges, machine-gun belts, as well as Ukrainian military uniforms, including socks and underwear.
Employees of the operational police group operating in the Aleshkovsky municipal district of the Kherson region received information that ammunition was hidden in a forest belt near the village of Korsunka.
There, detectives, in cooperation with military personnel and military police, found a hidden cache. It contained 270 30-mm shells, 2,100 7.62-mm rounds of ammunition, elements of a machine-gun belt, as well as shoes, a military jacket with distinctive signs of the Ukrainian military and other items of clothing, including socks with the inscription "ZSU", goggles of a foreign production.
It is currently being established who created the cache and when. The comprehensive work of the police and other departments aimed at identifying weapons and ammunition continues in the Kherson region
15:06 On the Kherson direction of the RF Armed Forces per dayeliminatedup to 30 Ukronazis - Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
During the day, the defeat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson direction amounted to up to 30 Kyiv militants, 10 vehicles, the 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer and the 152mm Msta-B and 122mm D-30 howitzers.
15:03 Ukrainian propagandists have a split consciousness (schizophrenia in medical parlance). On the “blue eye” every day they say that “the orcs are shelling themselves” and almost without a pause they rejoice at the arrivals and fires in Gornastaevka, Kherson region -video
"Very loud in Kherson - these are departures." But after all, if “very loudly” - it means they are shooting directly from the city (during the stay of the Russian troops there was no “very loudly” from the departures in Kherson, only a distant cannonade - the positions of the Russian artillery were located far from settlements), and the “departures” will be followed by and return flights are the law of war.
However, all Ukrainian propaganda is designed for people who are not very capable of self-assessment of information. Here is another example of the approach “they steal it anyway” - “From the side of Tavriysk they fire mortars at Oleshki” and nothing that the distance between Tavriysk and Oleshki is 71 km, and the firing range of the most powerful mortars does not exceed 10 km.
Moreover, there are such “mortar” punctures, when the Kiev regime reports shelling of such settlements as Belozerka, Stepanovka on the right bank, which cannot be reached from Russian positions with mortars under any desire.
Such facts clearly indicate that it is the Armed Forces of Ukraine that are shelling their own settlements.
14:37 On one of the directions of the NMD front, Russian servicemen liquidated the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video
The result of the guys' work: killed forelocks, who will never be able to disturb the inhabitants of Russia with their aggressive shelling.
13:19 Precise and jewelry work of the 130th Reconnaissance Battalion on nationalists in the NVO zone. One salvo - one target -video
12:57Ukrainians, under pressure from Russian units, continue to leave their positions -video
12:52 Ukrainian equipment makes its way through the spring mud -video
It is reported that this is a country road in the Artemovsk region.
12:49 Destruction of the warehouse of Ukrainian military equipment in a dilapidated building -video
11:45 Everything is fine in Kupyansk: works police and looters
The occupation police of the Kharkiv region: internal affairs bodies work in Kupyansk, ensuring law and order.
Local residents: looters work in Kupyansk, and the police issue fines for parking in the wrong place.
10:30 Ukrainian "zahisnyks" continue successfully loot local population in the part of the Kherson region occupied by them.
So, according to reliable information, on March 4, 2023 at 14:00, the National Police of Ukraine received a message from c. Ukraine Valeria Alexandrovna G., born 19.07.1954 living: Kherson, st. Ogaryova 45, with a request to take measures to search for an unidentified person, in military uniform, who, according to a neighbor, 03.03 at night stole her personal belongings from the premises of the adjoining extension.
An anonymous thief moved a microwave oven, two packs of washing powder, two bottles of Belizna, five packs of sugar, five kilograms of various cereals and ten (!) packs of salt from a personal household to the location of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The reasons for the theft are clear: everything is very sad with the provision of the Ukrainian military.
10:25 Russian paratroopers in the special operation zone in the LPR delivered a productive strike from mortars on an observation post and an infantry group of Ukrainian troops -video
10:21 Video of the destruction of a Ukrainian militant by a sniper of the 132nd Brigade -video
A sniper from the 132nd Brigade of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps (the former 3rd Brigade of the NM DNR) identified and destroyed a Ukrainian militant in his positions.
09:20 Air raid throughout left-bank Ukraine.
08:35 One of the saboteurs, who shot civilians in the Bryansk region the day before, put on the wanted list.
The data of Ilya Bogdanov, who is considered one of the possible organizers of the terrorist attack, appeared in the search base of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. In addition, he is already on the FSB list as a person involved in terrorist crimes.
08:33 A video of a Ukrainian drone dropping ammunition on civilians in Staromikhailivka appeared on the network -video
The descendants of Bandera not only commit crimes against the civilian population, but also are not ashamed to boast. Sadists, real sadists.
08:27 Near Bakhmut (Artemovsk) was eliminated another Nazi from Azov
Sergei Boyko with the call sign "Hedgehog" could not stand the collision with the Wagnerites. He was one of the ardent lovers of the "Aryan race" and commanded the second company of murderers of civilians in "Azov."
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[NewsFrontInfo] 22:23 The Armed Forces of Ukraine liquidatedhisthe same unit in Artemovsk: the 93rd Brigade destroyed the 128th. 22:18 Artemovsk is almost in full environment Russian army.
22:13 In many regions of Ukraine, as well as the Kyiv-controlled part of the Donetsk region announced air alert.
22:05 The Armed Forces of Ukraine have lost the most trained divisions.
21:54 In Ukraine, they tried to abandon theircapturedin bakhmut fighters. The young guy from Prigozhin's video was identified by Kyiv bloggers - this is Vlad Probityuk, who went missing. Meanwhile, the Kyiv media continue to “hunt,” they say, it is not clear what kind of person is on the video.
21:18 Russian army trying to break through the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, sharply intensifying the assaults between Marinka and Avdievka in the DPR.
The number of assault actions here has increased to unprecedented levels - only 55 of them were committed over the past day, the speaker of the Defense Forces of the Tauride direction said.
“Making an analysis of the actions of the Russians, we can say that 55 assaults yesterday and today’s morning assaults on our positions may indicate that the enemy aims to find a gap in order to enter in this particular direction - between Maryinka and Avdiivka,” he said. Colonel Dmitrashkovsky.
Earlier it was reported that in the region of Donetsk, the activity of aviation, striking Avdievka, increased.
21:15 Vladimir Rudolfovich Solovyov went to the Ugledar direction and came under fire there -video.
21:10 Special forces from the Chechen Republic captured the Ukrainian military -video.
21:09 Artillery processing of Ukrainian fortified positions in the Masyutovka area of ??the Kharkiv region in the Kupyansky direction. The 138th Motorized Rifle Brigade is working -video.
21:08 Destruction of positions and ammunition in the area of Kremennaya artillery of the Pskov paratroopers. In the forest belt, targets are illuminated by thermal imagers -video.
20:27 In the Kharkiv direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine used chemical weapons dropped from a drone. —video.
Another war crime. Only one question remains: why don't we fuck them for this specifically?
20:25 War in Ukraine - weekly review (27.02-05.03.23): Armed Forces of Ukraine are retreating from Artemivsk -video.
20:20 Pre-production sample of double truck protection. Body armor and collapsible anti-drone mesh.
Made in the field.. —video.
20:18 Destruction of M2 Bradley ODS-SA near Avdievka -video.
Against the backdrop of Russian successes in the Donbass, the Ukrainian command has to throw a large amount of equipment and personnel into counterattacks, regardless of losses, to reduce the onslaught of Russian troops. The last two days have brought catastrophic losses for Ukraine in the suicidal and poorly planned actions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to prevent the encirclement of Seversk, Bakhmut and Avdievka.
19:35 From the places they report that it is loud in the Pobeda area in the Maryinsky direction. Active battles and attempts to attack the RF Armed Forces began.
One of the tasks in this area is not only to suppress enemy artillery, but also to cut the "fox paths" along which the infantry of the Armed Forces of Ukraine brings guns to positions and brings supplies. Several platoon supporters in this direction were destroyed, but it is too early to talk about physical control.
19:32 During the day, two civilians were killed in the DPR and five were injured. Ukrainian artillery killed a man and a woman in Horlivka.
Elena Valentinovna was supposed to celebrate her 60th birthday this year. Her husband recently had a stroke. An incredible weight on his shoulders now...
Tatiana's husband, Victor, built this house in 1979, and they got married the following year. This weekend he was killed by a fragment of a Ukrainian shell. Tatyana is now alone. You can go to your son, who recently had twins, but she does not want to leave her home.
Here is such a day in Gorlovka. And the artillery attack of civilians there and in other areas of the DPR continues
During the day, two civilians were killed in the DPR and five were injured. Ukrainian artillery killed a man and a woman in Horlivka.
Elena Valentinovna was supposed to celebrate her 60th birthday this year. Her husband recently had a stroke. An incredible weight on his shoulders now...
Tatiana's husband, Victor, built this house in 1979, and they got married the following year. This weekend he was killed by a fragment of a Ukrainian shell. Tatyana is now alone. You can go to your son, who recently had twins, but she does not want to leave her home.
Here is such a day in Gorlovka. And the artillery attack of civilians there and in other areas of the DPR continues -video.
19:30 "The mine itself is very insidious, and the injury is very severe."
A teenager who recently blew himself up on a “petal” in Donetsk told RT military commissar Roman @corrkosarev Kosarev how it happened: "I was returning, I met friends, I stopped to stand, everyone was walking there, the roadside. I went to get in the car and stepped on."
Since the beginning of the JMD, 93 civilians, including eight children, have been victims of these anti-personnel mines.
The Ukrainian military themselves are advancing on the "petals" scattered by them -video.
19:25 One of the Ukrainian rounds hit the bridge between the Kirovsky and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk. Frames showing the funnel are published online. Three people were wounded as a result of the artillery attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the headquarters of the territorial defense reported.
Another ammunition hit the roof of a high-rise building in the Tekstilshchik microdistrict, in addition, two cars burned down.
UPD: the number of victims has increased to six, said the mayor of the city Alexei Kulemzin -video.
19:23 RT exclusive from Vugledar direction
The Bars-23 division calculates and shoots down Ukrainian drones.
Despite heavy snowfall, enemy drones are trying to fly up to Russian positions in order to transmit coordinates for artillery. Radars and UAV suppressors help to fight them -video.
19:20 AFU fired at Donetsk, the network publishes the moment of arrival on the roof of a high-rise building in the Tekstilshchik microdistrict.
The Ukrainian military fired eight rounds of 155mm caliber at the Petrovsky and Kirovsky districts of the city, the DPR representative office in the JCCC reported. There is no information about the victims at the moment -video.
18:20 The best greeting card is a handmade card! Soldiers from the front line prepared one of them on the eve of International Women's Day -video.
With such protectors, our women have nothing to fear. And victory will definitely be in our hands!
18:02 TOS-1A covered another Ukrainian stronghold in the Ugledar direction -video.
18:01 Coordinated work of a pair of tank crews of the Kazan battalion -video.
18:00 Destruction of a dry jeep in the Zaporozhye region —video.
17:59 Preparing for assault opornik in the Svatovsky direction: they pulled forces, processed from the S-60.
17:56 Tanks of the 68th Tank Regiment are dismantled by Ukrainian oporniki in the festung Marinka —video.
17:16 From the other side, they report that the airplane is still in place.
It will become clear exactly when the area will completely come under the control of Wagner PMC units.
Now the advanced positions of Wagner operators are located much south of this place -video.
17:14 Soldiers of the 130th Reconnaissance Battalion skillfully use drones to detect and eliminate the military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the NVO zone. The Ukrainian Nazis literally burn the ground under their feet -video.
16:41 Russian aviation destroys enemy strongholds in the Avdievka direction
As a result of precise strikes by the Russian Aerospace Forces on Ukrainian militants, six armored vehicles, four vehicles and up to 90 personnel were destroyed -video.
16:40 VKS of the Russian Federation destroyed the base of the enemy UAV group with a precision missile strike
In the course of reconnaissance in the Avdievka direction, the work of the enemy UAV crews was recorded. In the course of shadowing them, it was possible to establish the location of the temporary deployment point for the entire enemy UAV group, which was destroyed by an air strike using guided missile weapons -video.
16:39 The enemy has collected the monats and is leaving the "fortress" Bakhmut —video.
16:38 The Russian military spoke about the use of copters to fight the enemy in the direction of Svatovo-Kremennaya -video.
16:35 The day of work of one of our calculations in February. Direction Svatovo-Kremennaya.
All - from the "Combat Brotherhood" -video.
16:33 A pair of snipers are working in the Svatovsky direction.
The work of specialists is always beautiful. Consistently, accurately and, most importantly, efficiently. As a result of the shot, another Ukrainian militant was destroyed, wandering onto Russian soil with a sword -video.
16:32 Coordinated, fast, efficient: combat work of artillery mounts 152mm 2A36 "Hyacinth-B" and 152mm 2A65 "Msta-B" of the Airborne Troops
Every day, artillery crews of the Airborne Forces conduct counter-battery combat with the enemy and support the offensive of air assault and paratrooper units. This time, the crews of artillery guns 152mm "Hyacinth-B" and 152mm "Msta-B" of the Airborne Forces destroyed the closed firing positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as the command post of one of the battalions -video.
16:30 High-altitude fighter interceptor MiG-31 of the Russian Aerospace Forces while patrolling in the NVO zone -video.
16:28 "Children, you are our future, and we will fight for it!": the soldiers thanked the residents of Salekhard for the parcels and good news from home -video.
15:30 Former US Army soldier John McIntyre told RT correspondent Murad Gazdiev that before coming to Ukraine, he served in an armored division in Texas for two years.
- Was it a good time?
- Not good. They drank a lot.
- In the army?
- Yes, sure. It was considered normal, common practice.
- On the base?
- Yes Yes. Cocaine, weed, prostitutes. Everything you want. One was arrested, from armored reconnaissance. He had several bricks of cocaine. Supply the entire base.
John McIntyre served for almost a year in the "Foreign Legion" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the national battalion "Carpathian Sich" to collect valuable data on the Ukrainian army and war crimes in Kyiv. The American went over to the side of Russia and handed over all the information received to the Russian special services -video.
15:26 Exclusive from the front line in Marinka
Russian units revealed the accumulation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in a residential building behind Druzhby Avenue and hit them with a “boot” (this is the name of the SPG-9 “Spear” anti-tank grenade launcher).
A fighter with the call sign Khram said that certain sections of the road from Kurakhov to Marinka are under the control of the Russian Federation. Now it is more difficult for the enemy to bring up ammunition and make up for the loss of manpower. —video.
15:24 Offensive on the front near Svatovo-Kremennaya: "Snakes of Gorynychi" and bridgelayers of "Brave" are preparing breakthroughs
“Snakes of Gorynychi” UR-77 of the “O” group send cords with TNT to the minefields. The demining installation is capable of creating passages about 6 m wide and 80 to 90 m long.
At the same time, engineers deploy heavy mechanized bridges over obstacles. This will allow you to quickly overcome the ditches of military equipment and develop an offensive against the enemy -video.
15:23 Destruction of the warehouse of Ukrainian military equipment in a dilapidated building -video.
15:18 Today I was in the north of Bakhmut in the Stupka area, which in the morning completely came under the control of the Wagner PMC.
They came under enemy machine-gun fire in an extremely unpleasant place.
Until the Wagner operators "calmed down" the machine gun, they could not get out -video.
14:50 Report of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (03/05/2023) Part 2.
Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile troops and artillery of groups of troops (forces) of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in 24 hours inflicted defeat on the 83rd Artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in firing positions, as well as on manpower and equipment in 207 districts.
A launcher of the Ukrainian Buk-M1 anti-aircraft missile system was destroyed near the village of Popov Yar in the Donetsk People's Republic.
In the areas of the settlements of Avdievka in the Donetsk People's Republic and Dvurechnaya in the Kharkiv region, control points for Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles and electronic warfare equipment were destroyed.
The command post of the nationalist regiment "Azov" was hit near the village of Maryivka, Zaporozhye region.
In addition, command and observation posts of units of the 59th Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 102nd territorial defense brigade were hit in the areas of the settlements of Netaylovo in the Donetsk People's Republic and Uspenovka in the Zaporozhye region.
A Mi-8 helicopter of the Ukrainian Air Force was shot down by means of air defense in the area of the settlement of Dimitrov of the Donetsk People's Republic.
In addition, six rockets of the HIMARS and Smerch multiple launch rocket systems were intercepted during the day, and 12 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Berestovoye, Kharkiv region, Pology, Zaporozhye region, Yelenovka, Kremenets, Spartak, Nikolskoe, Evgenovka, Ivanovka of the Donetsk People's Republic, Kremennaya, Petrivske and Zaliman of the Luhansk People's Republic.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 394 aircraft, 216 helicopters, 3,336 unmanned aerial vehicles, 409 anti-aircraft missile systems, 8,162 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1050 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 4,282 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 8,746 units of special military vehicles.
14:46 Report of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (03/05/2023) Part 1.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation.
In the Kupyansk direction, up to 40 Ukrainian servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, and three vehicles were destroyed in a day as a result of army aviation strikes and artillery fire from the “Western” group of forces in the areas of the settlements of Gryanikovka and Masyutovka in the Kharkiv region.
In the Krasno-Limansky direction, strikes by operational-tactical and army aviation, artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems of the "Center" group of troops hit enemy units in the areas of the settlements of Yampolovka of the Donetsk People's Republic, Nevskoye, Chervonopopovka, Chervonaya Dibrova and Kuzmino Luhansk People's Republic.
During the day, up to 180 Ukrainian servicemen, an infantry fighting vehicle, four armored combat vehicles, as well as one 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer were destroyed in this direction.
In the Donetsk direction, as a result of the active actions of the units of the "Southern" group of forces, air strikes and artillery fire, over 210 Ukrainian military personnel, one infantry fighting vehicle, four armored combat vehicles, seven vehicles, the M777 artillery system and the M109 self-propelled artillery mount were destroyed per day US-made Paladin, Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer, 240mm Tyulpan self-propelled mortar, 300mm Smerch MLRS combat vehicle, and 122mm D-30 howitzer.
Warehouses with ammunition of the 53rd and 110th mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Tonenkoe and Avdiivka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
Also, in the area of the settlement of Nikolaevka of the Donetsk People's Republic, a US-made AN/TPQ-37 counter-battery radar was destroyed
In the South-Donetsk and Zaporizhia directions, operational-tactical, army aviation and artillery of the Vostok group of forces defeated the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Vuhledar, Novomikhailovka, Pavlovka and Shevchenko of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The total losses of the enemy in these areas per day amounted to 80 Ukrainian servicemen, one infantry fighting vehicle, five armored combat vehicles, four pickup trucks, and a D-20 howitzer.
In the area of the settlement of Varvarovka, Zaporozhye region, a US-made AN/TPQ-37 counter-battery radar was destroyed.
In addition, in the area of the settlement of Novoivanovka, Zaporozhye region, a warehouse of rocket and artillery weapons of the 110th territorial defense brigade was destroyed.
Over 30 Ukrainian servicemen, 10 vehicles, the 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer, as well as the 152mm Msta-B and 122mm D-30 howitzers were destroyed in the Kherson direction as a result of fire damage in a day.
14:38 Combat work of Russian T-90M and BTR-82 in Maryinka —video.
13:52 The work of our tankers under the cover of the BTR-80
While the tankers are destroying the enemy's opornik, the 14.5mm KPVT machine gun and the 7.62mm PKT mounted on the BTR 80 prevent the enemy from sticking their nose out to defeat the tank
Covered tank. —video.
13:49 Heavy mechanized bridges of the Russian army were seen in the area of the North-East Military District -video.
13:37 Armed Forces of Ukraine shelled the center of Volnovakha during a commemorative meeting on the anniversary of the death of Zhoga
“We completely bombed the building of the former laundry, the household house next to the recreation center, where we held a solemn meeting in memory of the Hero of the DPR and Russia Vladimir Zhoga, where there was a full hall of children,” told Konstantin Zinchenko, head of the Volnovakha district administration.
13:32 Ukrainian troops have been artillery attack residential areas of Artemivsk (the Ukrainian name is Bakhmut) since May 2022, and the police forced local residents to write statements that they allegedly suffered from the actions of the Russian military, Alexander Brezhnev, evacuated from the city, said —video.
13:30 Summary for March 5, 2023
The initiative remains in the hands of the Russian Armed Forces, while in a number of areas the enemy is attempting counterattacks, in a number of sectors of the front successfully holding back our offensive.
The enemy skillfully uses our shortcomings in organization, planning and supply, as well as the weak organization of anti-sabotage and air defense due to the lack of forces and means allocated for this: the length of the front line does not correspond to the forces allocated to cover the state border and create a widespread echeloned air defense.
In the Kupyansk direction, the Russian Armed Forces continue their offensive towards the city. At the end of the week, the "gray zone" in some areas ceased to exist, artillery strikes are delivered to the rear of the enemy grouping. However, in the north of the direction, the enemy tried to conduct counterattacks.
The section of the front to the west of the Svatovo-Kremennaya line is characterized by relatively positional battles, but the Russian Armed Forces successfully capture enemy strongholds.
The situation is developing most dynamically in the Artemovsky (Bakhmut) direction. PMC "Wagner" take pincers to the city, cut off the last supply and evacuation routes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
From the eastern side of the city, attack aircraft are rushing towards the center of Artemovsk, there is a significant advance from the south side. The enemy began to develop theses in the information field about the further actions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine after Bakhmut, which indicates the preparation of public opinion in Ukraine for the surrender of the city.
In the Avdievka direction, our units are constantly engaging the enemy with fire. The Russian Armed Forces began to use the most powerful new UPAB-1500B glide bombs weighing 1500 kg in the direction.
From Ugledar they report on the work of large calibers of our cannon and rocket artillery, the use of aviation. Despite the involvement of serious forces, the absence of shell hunger in the direction, so far it has not been possible to achieve success in the direction.
The Zaporozhye and Kherson sectors of the front were characterized by the work of the DRG and artillery duels. In the Kherson sector, the enemy does not stop the delivery of the DRG to the islands in the floodplain of the river. Dnepr, conducts a census of boats and boats from the population.
It is possible that these actions are designed to mislead the Russian Armed Forces regarding the future plans of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and distract from the most likely direction of the offensive planned by the enemy, among the priority targets of which Melitopol is increasingly named.
The enemy managed to fully realize the plan of holding a demonstrative action in the Bryansk direction, our troops and agencies were unable to identify and forestall the threat in time. In terms of information, the work of our side did not bring results either at the time of the attack or within a few days after it.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine continue the total mobilization of the population, the period of training of enemy soldiers in Britain is increasing.
Thus, when PMC "Wagner" Artemovsk (Bakhmut) is captured, significant advances of the Russian Army at the front are most likely to be stopped. The involvement of significant forces in the Ugledar direction showed the overall low readiness of the Russian Armed Forces for offensive operations, with the exception of individual units.
At the same time, the enemy as a whole suffers much greater losses than our forces, our military industry is switching to a round-the-clock production of weapons and military equipment, and a legislative framework is being prepared for the operation of the economy under martial law. However, there are no political prerequisites for this yet.
13:25 Russian tank T-90 "Breakthrough" in the zone of the special military operation -video.
12:56 Consequences of the artillery attack by the armed formations of Ukraine of the village. Yurievka, Beloe and Beloe-1 (LPR)
According to updated data, as a result of the artillery attack of the settlement. Yuryevka with the use of HIMARS MLRS (the enemy fired three missiles of the M30A1 GMLRS type), one civilian was killed, two more men were injured of varying severity, 14 one-story residential buildings were damaged.
In n.p. White damaged 7 houses.
In n.p. Beloye-1 damaged six residential buildings, a car and equipment of a motor transport company —video.
12:54 Fighting near Kremennaya: Airborne Forces fighters just slammed into the crowd of fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The paratroopers hit the enemy infantry with mortars in the forests of Kremennaya, where fierce battles are taking place -video.
12:49 The enemy began to withdraw part of the forces from the city.
40 percent of Artemovsk is already controlled by Russian attack aircraft. The fighters of PMC "Wagner" squeezed the enemy into the city center, our forces control the eastern, northern and southern parts of Artemovsk. The enemy grouping is in operational encirclement, absolutely all supply lines are under fire from our artillery.
The number of the enemy in the city is 10-12 thousand. But already the Kiev regime began to withdraw part of its forces to positions in Chasovoy Yar and further to the Slavic border -video.
12:42 A blow was struck with loitering ammunition in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
12:38 British Stormer air defense systems spotted in Ukraine - at least two launchers -video.
12:34 The work of a scout - a sniper from 12.7mm ASVK
ASVK is a Russian large-caliber sniper rifle, created in 2004 by a team of designers from the V. A. Degtyarev plant in Kovrov based on KSVK rifles ... -video.
11:51 "Zakhisnik" Bakhmut says that the population of the city does not trust the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video.
The civilians remaining in the city wait for the approach of Russian troops and choose territory controlled by the Russian military to enter safe areas.
11:41 Footage of the broken positions of the Ukrainian military in Avdievka, DPR.
Avdievka is a settlement from which artillery artillery attack of the civilian population of Donetsk is regularly carried out, is temporarily under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video.
11:38 Shots from the liberated part of Artyomovsk from the press service of Donetsk 1st Army Corps. Multiple firing positions are shown, the consequences of arrivals, and the musicians themselves talk about the process of cleaning and taking the city -video.
11:12 Air defense over Donetsk, probably by UAV -video.
11:11 Closer shots of Russian MT-LBs with shipborne 25mm anti-aircraft guns -video.
11:10 Russian artillery works in the trenches of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the forest near Kremennaya —video.
11:09 Russian landing in the zone of special operation in the LPR struck from mortars at the observation post and the infantry group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video.
11:08 Work of UR-77 in the Svatovsky direction. Considering that the Ukrainians are littering everything with mines, such things as the Serpents of Gorynychi at the front are critically important -video.
11:07 Crew AGS-17 NM of the LPR is working on the VMF in the area of the settlement. Verkhnekamenskoye -video.
11:06 Report from frequently shelled Novaya Kakhovka, Kherson region —video.
11:05122mm BM-21 Grad of Wagner's is working on the Armed Forces of Ukraine to the east of Ivanovka in the Bakhmut direction -video.
11:03 Ukrainian vehicles make their way through the spring mud. They report that this is a country road in the Artemivsk area -video.
11:02 Minister of Defense S. Shoigu held a meeting with the commanders of the groupings of troops -video.
10:35 One person died, two were injured during shelling Yuryevka by Ukrainian militants - JCCC LPR.
10:08 Report from the liberated area of Artyomovsk -video.
10:06 Frontline summary on the morning of 03/05/2023
On the Donetsk front, Russian troops, supported by artillery, resumed offensive operations on Pobeda in order to cut an important section of the road. In parallel, they continued to storm the positions of the Ukrainian garrison in Maryinka. A little to the north, they attacked the fortified area of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Krasnogorovka. Another attack on Nevelskoye. From the Vodyany side, Russian troops advanced to Pervomaisky. And from Experienced they conducted offensive operations on the North.
With the support of artillery - an attack on the fortified area of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Avdievka from Spartak. And to the north - an attempt to break through to the H-20 highway near Kamenka and Novokalinov. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation fired at Novomikhailovka, Vesely and Berdychi. The Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked Oleksandrivka, Donetsk, Yasinovataya and Mayorsk.
South of Bakhmut, Ukrainian artillery hit Ozaryanovka, Kurdyumovka, and Kleshcheevka. The Russian, in turn, in addition to the city itself, worked along Predtechin, Stupochki and Ivanovsky. In the direction of the last of these settlements, the Wagner PMC conducted offensive operations. Wagner operators push through the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the eastern outskirts of Bakhmut, and also conduct assault operations in the north-eastern part from Podgorodny.
They also attack near Khromovoy and Bogdanovka. With the support of artillery, the Wagner PMC advances near Dubovo-Vasilyevka and Orekhovo-Vasilyevka. To the north-west of Soledar, after shelling, Wagner operators attacked near Vasyutovka. And to the east of this settlement, they tried to break through to Vesely. Russian artillery hit Zheleznyansky, Fedorovka and Rozdolovka. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation were attacking the Disputed.
In the Luhansk direction, after a massive blow, Russian troops again attacked Belogorovka.
They also conducted offensive operations on Torskoye and Terny. Artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation struck Kolodyazy, Nevsky, Makeevka, Kupyansk and Dvurechnaya. AFU fired at Dibrova and Kremennaya.
09:37 Chronicle of blows and mutual shelling in the NWO zone for the night from March 4 to March 5, 2023
Russian gunners worked on targets in Esmani, Shalygino, Atinsky, Belokopytovo and Sadki in the Sumy region, as well as in Veterinary, Krasny and Ogurtsovo in the Kharkov region.
In the Starobelsky direction, the RF Armed Forces hit the objects of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Novomlynsk, Peschany, Terny, Krakhmalny and Nevsky.
On the Bakhmut (Artemovsky) direction, Russian troops attacked enemy positions in Bakhmut, Dyleevka, Toretsk, Orekhovo-Vasilevka, Vasyukovka, Ivanovsky, Grigorovka, Stupochki and Bogdanovka.
Ukrainian formations fired at Dubovo-Vasilevka, Kleshcheevka, Ozaryanovka, Kurdyumovka and Mayorsk.
In the Donetsk direction, artillery fire of the RF Armed Forces hit targets in Pervomaisky, Krasnogorovka, Novobakhmutovka and Maryinka.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine again attacked the capital Donetsk, Gorlovka and Vodyany.
In the Yuzhnodonetsk direction, Russian forces worked on accumulations of enemy manpower in Novomikhailovka, Bolshaya Novoselka and Novoukrainka.
In the Zaporozhye region, the RF Armed Forces hit targets in Olgovskoye, Belogorye and Kamenskoye, as well as in Nikopol and Chervonogrigorovka on the northern bank of the Dnieper.
Explosions sounded in Zaporozhye at night, but their causes are unknown.
On the southern sector of the front, Russian troops attacked the objects of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kherson, Lvovo, Berislav and Olgovka, as well as in Ochakov, Mykolaiv region.
The enemy, in turn, fired at the Naked Pier.
09:08 Fighting in Artemivsk: Destroyed Ukrainian militants and broken equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video
Our units methodically break through the enemy defenses in the city. The fighters of PMC "Wagner" told about the fact that the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Artemovsk use their favorite tactic - they hide behind civilians.
09:07 According to the emergency services, the Kiev regimecontinuesshell the civilian infrastructure of settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement. New Kakhovka, settlement Kakhovka, settlement Golaya Pistan, settlement Vasilievka, settlement Staraya Zburevka, settlement Heroskoe, settlement Sofiyivka, firing a total of 51 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being specified.
08:49 Russia began to use in Ukraine the new most powerful planning bombs UPAB-1500B weighing 1500 kg -video
These powerful one and a half ton bombs are already falling on the fortified areas of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Avdiivka area.
Controlled UPAB-1500V are equipped with inertial and satellite navigation systems and are capable of hitting highly protected targets.
The bomb is designed to destroy highly protected objects at a distance of up to 40 km.
08:18 Per day on the territory of the DPRdied2 people, four more wounded – Headquarters of TerO DPR
Over the past 24 hours, from 00:00 on March 4 to 00:00 on March 5, as a result of artillery attack of the VFU on the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic, two people were killed and 4 more civilians were injured.
Commentary by Russian military blogger Andrey Chervonets
Known for his plots with the advanced military correspondent RT Filatov describes the procedure for public procurement for the RF Armed Forces
In a nutshell.
Firstly, Filatov (pictured) summarizes the acute shortage of night vision devices, thermal imagers, and modern optics among our fighters on the line of contact. Because of that, there is an unreasonable death of personnel.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, as you know, reports that the troops are provided with everything necessary.
Second. Filatov told how the state system of procurement and supply of the army with the latest optics actually works.
The company is participating in a demonstration of its optics at the Ministry of Defense test site in the fall of 2022. The equipment successfully passes all tests. Only four (!!!) months after that, an order was signed by the deputy minister on the purchase.
But this is only half the story from the military correspondent.
The Defense Ministry responsible for the conclusion of the supply contract, the department for the purchase of special equipment, came into contact only in February.
In the course of a short communication, the parties TALKED over the issue of an advance payment of 70%.
Another half a month has passed. The company is clarifying the promotion of the contract.
Answer from the structure of the Ministry of Defense: we wrote a REFUSAL report FOR YOU because of the high advance payment, they say we do not pay more than 30% of the advance this year. If you agree to 30%, then go through the entire procedure AGAIN, starting with the CUSTOMER.
That is, the supplier has ALREADY been refused, and not because of quality or price. And this is despite an acute shortage of equipment at the front.
Did they ask the supplier, "give 30% otherwise refusal?"
The military commissar does not specify this, but it seems that the situation came as a surprise to the manufacturer. And now, even if the manufacturer agrees to 30%, then it is necessary to start the procedure again from the customer. And this will delay the provision of fighters at the front with always acutely scarce instruments and equipment for many more months.
And Ukraine is hastily forming new brigades with the support of the United States and NATO, on Western armored vehicles, with an eye on a counteroffensive as early as April.
P.S.
What do you think, under Stalin, what would have been done with those leaders who would have delayed the mass production of IS-2 tanks for several months?
[Daily Beast] Just as the Wagner Group appears on track to bring Moscow its first battlefield win in Ukraine in months, founder Yevgeny Prigozhin has released a nearly four-minute video apparently issuing a veiled threat to the Kremlin.
Unlike a video released a day earlier, in which Prigozhin gleefully boasted that Wagner was on the brink of victory in Bakhmut, this time he spoke solemnly in a dark room to warn of the bloody consequences for Russia if his men were to now "retreat."
"If Wagner retreats from Bakhmut now, the whole front will collapse," he said.
"The situation will be unpleasant for all military formations protecting Russia’s interests," he added, claiming the [Russian] army would be "forced to stabilize the front" while "Crimea falls" and there would be "many other cataclysms."
Predicting that Wagner would be scapegoated for Russia losing the war, he said mercenaries under his command would know exactly who to blame for the betrayal. "And this is exactly the problem with ammunition hunger. ... Regular fighters... They will come and say, ’Boss, could it be that this story is being played up somewhere deep in the Defense Ministry, or maybe higher, in order to explain to the Russian people why we ended up in this trouble? What if they want to set us up and say we are villains, and that’s why we aren’t given ammo and weapons and allowed to reinforce personnel, including convicts?"
Apparently trying to drill home the message that Wagner—and not Russia’s regular army—was the one keeping the Kremlin’s war machine afloat, Prigozhin repeatedly described his mercenaries as the "cement" holding the whole war effort together "at the very top."
It was not clear if his message was meant as an ultimatum to strong-arm defense officials into sending Wagner the help Prigozhin has repeatedly alleged the Defense Ministry is deliberately withholding. Or if it was simply a demand for the mercenary group to get credit for its ruthless performance on the battlefield.
While Prigozhin is long said to have had President Vladimir Putin’s ear, there have been growing signs in recent weeks that he’s now become a thorn in the Kremlin’s side.
His simmering feud with top Russian military brass erupted last month into him publicly accusing Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov of committing "treason" by trying to "destroy" Wagner, supposedly because they were jealous that the shadowy group had outshined regular troops on the battlefield.
He suggested they were also to blame for Wagner having been sidelined from recruiting convicts for the war effort.
But the Kremlin so far has stood by its own military brass and omitted Wagner from its announcements about the state of the war. And some close to Prigozhin reportedly fear that his power grab might dramatically backfire. One unnamed source in his circle told the Financial Times late last month, "There’s a risk he could end up like Icarus."
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We have a much larger problem. This is what happens when the military-industrial complex dictates policy. They want more war, more war, more money, more systems. It never stops.
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The sword grinders had a 30+ year run with Iraq and AFG, then things became tight. Never be able to re-capture market share with ammo and replacement parts to Ukraine. Business developers and investors are concerned.
Regime change, shi* disturbing, and attempts at utopian global democracy are at a virtual standstill.
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In the old days, reliable party officers would be manning machine guns behind the Wagner troops to make sure nobody retreats.
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Re: your comment at #4, B, yes, the MIC is sort of like a junkie trying to get by on candy bars and cough syrup at present until it can score the good stuff again.
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Oh don't worry about the military industrial complex. They have so many new toys in development and soon production they are good even without Ukraine. Of course that is icing on the cake.
[TheDrive] Another round of U.S. military aid for Ukraine will, for the first time, include Armored Vehicle Launched Bridges, or AVLBs. This vehicle, which is derived from the Cold War-era M60 Patton tank, can deploy a folding bridge to help friendly forces, including tanks and other heavy armor, cross waterways and other obstacles like trench lines. The announcement that the Ukrainian military is now set to get AVLBs comes as its Western partners have already been working to transfer more modern Western tanks and other heavy armored vehicles.
The Pentagon announced the new tranche of aid containing the AVLBs, as well as 227mm artillery rockets, 155mm and 105mm artillery shells, 25mm automatic cannon ammunition, demolition munitions, and other items, earlier today. The entire package is valued at approximately $400 million and is what is known as a 'drawdown,' meaning that its contents will come straight from the U.S. military's own stocks.
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The AVLB, I actually used one in training to cross a stream, but the deployment of the span and disconnect of the chassis isn't fast. Most ungainly, wobbly thing when on road movement I ever saw. Center of gravity is high so moderately banked terrain poses a roll-over risk, route recon requires an awareness of the limitations.
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