Russian invasion of Ukraine

[SPIDERBOY]

Shoigu going for hero status now.
His "Patriot PMC" are attempting to approach Vuhledar and are about 5km Northeast of Kyrylivka,or 10km Southeast of Vuhledar itself......There are 6 Russian regiments in front of them,and last but not least,covering the rear......155th Naval Infantry.
What could possibly go wrong?
I'll tell you what....Ukraines 72nd Mech Brigade (and some) are in front of them.

Slava Ukraini.

 

[BlueAnorak]

Unlike Russia releasing a video from the DCS game yesterday, here's the drone incident.

Very lucky to have not ended up in the drink themselves.

 

[BlueAnorak]

Reckless flying from the pilot of the Mig, these Reaper Drones are a decent size and if they had got it more wrong than what they had done they could have ended up killings themselves in a collision.

Not a Mig. The other Russian military plane maker - it's a Sukhoi SU-27

 

[cleavers]

Very lucky to have not ended up in the drink themselves.

With an interest in military aviation I've done a bit of research into this "drone" on wikipedia, and it's not the one that is normally on Flightradar24 as "forte10" which is an RQ4 global hawk, which I'd kind of assumed it was.

The one that was damaged and ditched is actually an MQ9 reaper, there are big differences between them, as the video shows the MQ9 is prop driven, whilst the RQ4 is a jet engine.

There's a bit of a cost difference in operrational use too, the RQ4 costs $18k per hour to operate, so an operation of 18 hours (typical) costs over $300k, whilst the MQ9 a mere $4k per hour.

I had wondered how the russian jets had approached it, becuase the RQ4 normally flies above 50k feet, but the SU27 has a maximum ceiling of 60k feet, so it wasn't impossible. I think the MQ9 generally flies quite a lot lower (though can also fly high), so much easier to approach.

I'm sure the russians know all about both, and would love to recover the downed one, but even if they manage to find it they're unlikely to learn much new imho.

 

[jrb]

Bakhmut: Russian casualties mount but tactics evolve

The BBC has been given access to positions held by Ukrainian army brigades defending Bakhmut's southern flank.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[SPIDERBOY]

Ammo warehouse hit at Novoianysol,about 25km Northwest of Mariupol.

Slava Ukraini.

 

[Kinkybyname]

free gig to download until March 24, but Ukraine fundraiser - all help appreciated.

 

[SPIDERBOY]

Luhansk Region....
3 Russian Uragan MLRS,hiding in trees....2 close together and the other about 100 yards away.
Ukrainian artillery hit the 2 together,big explosion,rocket flies out of one of the ones hit,and hits the one 100 yards away.....I kid you not.
3 MLRS in 1 shot.

Slava Ukraini.

 

[metalblue]

Some twats on here will have believed Russia’s lies about the drone being at fault no doubt.

Even though unarmed how much fun they could have had lighting those Russian jets up at the range they were fucking around at. Next one I’d sling a couple of brimstone’s on it, see if the Russians want to play when it can shoot back.

 

[Scottyboi]

Some twats on here will have believed Russia’s lies about the drone being at fault no doubt.

Looks like good old American capitalist aggression to me, a false flag operation by the CIA to help NATO expand and surround the last hope for mankind in putins russia.