Scottyboi
Well-Known Member
From "The Analyst":
KRYNKY
You will remember last week the Ukrainians liberated the important delta island of Nostriga much to the upset of the invaders.
The Russians don’t have vast forces here so they had to strip the area facing Krynky - which they have struggled to deal with - to send troops south to the delta.
The Russians have had to cease using heavy armour because they don’t have enough of it in this area and Ukrainian drones are so dominant they have no chance of progressing even if they did.
The Ukrainians are also far better at drone-artillery coordination and now they are receiving shells they don’t have to hold back as much as they had been.
The failure of the Russian 18th Combined Arms Army in this section of the front resulted in the dismissal of its commander - an unusual occurrence as failure in Russia is often rewarded as long as you remain loyal to the czar.
The bizarre reality on the ground has had Russian forces repeatedly claim they have cleared Krynky when they never have. Their proof being the placement of flags. Even in Russia it seems you only get so many times to lie about a military success before having to answer for the reality.
This gave the Ukrainians the idea of using drones to plant flags on buildings and in the middle of open fields - knowing the Russians would have to remove them at any cost. So four attacks over a week and twenty dead Russians just to remove a flag.
The Ukrainians then rolled out the tactic and started putting flags on almost any high tower, building or crane to force the Russians to do something about them. Mostly they sent men to remove them, right into a trap. If not they end up using 1-3 FPV drones to do the job.
The tactic has proven so successful that Ukrainian forces in Chasiv Yar have started doing the same thing to encourage the invaders to take stupid risks and entrap them. They’re so obsessed with the flags and what they symbolise they can’t help themselves and attack every time, right into the jaws of the trap.
The significant part of Krynky and keeping the Russians endlessly on their toes here, is they have 75,000 troops based down on this front.
They’re often not the best trained or equipped, and certainly not the best supplied, but they’re better here from Ukraine’s perspective, than they are anywhere else causing more problems.
Elsehwere the Ukrainians seem to have caused a great deal of damage to the Belbeck airfield in Crimea last week. Satellite imagery now available shows that the entire aviation fuel supply system and tanks for the site were completely incinerated and at least half a dozen aircraft were destroyed. Craters in runaways and infrastructure damage is widespread and the airfield, which was vital for VKS support flights and glide bomb runs, is out of action.
Information on the state of oil refinery damage is coming through, showing that the essential cracking plant towers on three sites were destroyed along with multiple tanks of fuel. It’s these distillate cracking towers that really matter - without them the plant is basically useless.
The supply of artillery shells, has unquestionably started to make a difference. Russian forces are starting to face tougher challenges as a result of heavy artillery.
One of the bizarre positives for Ukraine about the shortage is that it enabled them to repair and refurbish many of the artillery pieces they were unable to use and these have started to return to action in an ‘as good as new’ state, improving their chances and accuracy.
Russia will not win!
Slava Ukraini !
KRYNKY
You will remember last week the Ukrainians liberated the important delta island of Nostriga much to the upset of the invaders.
The Russians don’t have vast forces here so they had to strip the area facing Krynky - which they have struggled to deal with - to send troops south to the delta.
The Russians have had to cease using heavy armour because they don’t have enough of it in this area and Ukrainian drones are so dominant they have no chance of progressing even if they did.
The Ukrainians are also far better at drone-artillery coordination and now they are receiving shells they don’t have to hold back as much as they had been.
The failure of the Russian 18th Combined Arms Army in this section of the front resulted in the dismissal of its commander - an unusual occurrence as failure in Russia is often rewarded as long as you remain loyal to the czar.
The bizarre reality on the ground has had Russian forces repeatedly claim they have cleared Krynky when they never have. Their proof being the placement of flags. Even in Russia it seems you only get so many times to lie about a military success before having to answer for the reality.
This gave the Ukrainians the idea of using drones to plant flags on buildings and in the middle of open fields - knowing the Russians would have to remove them at any cost. So four attacks over a week and twenty dead Russians just to remove a flag.
The Ukrainians then rolled out the tactic and started putting flags on almost any high tower, building or crane to force the Russians to do something about them. Mostly they sent men to remove them, right into a trap. If not they end up using 1-3 FPV drones to do the job.
The tactic has proven so successful that Ukrainian forces in Chasiv Yar have started doing the same thing to encourage the invaders to take stupid risks and entrap them. They’re so obsessed with the flags and what they symbolise they can’t help themselves and attack every time, right into the jaws of the trap.
The significant part of Krynky and keeping the Russians endlessly on their toes here, is they have 75,000 troops based down on this front.
They’re often not the best trained or equipped, and certainly not the best supplied, but they’re better here from Ukraine’s perspective, than they are anywhere else causing more problems.
Elsehwere the Ukrainians seem to have caused a great deal of damage to the Belbeck airfield in Crimea last week. Satellite imagery now available shows that the entire aviation fuel supply system and tanks for the site were completely incinerated and at least half a dozen aircraft were destroyed. Craters in runaways and infrastructure damage is widespread and the airfield, which was vital for VKS support flights and glide bomb runs, is out of action.
Information on the state of oil refinery damage is coming through, showing that the essential cracking plant towers on three sites were destroyed along with multiple tanks of fuel. It’s these distillate cracking towers that really matter - without them the plant is basically useless.
The supply of artillery shells, has unquestionably started to make a difference. Russian forces are starting to face tougher challenges as a result of heavy artillery.
One of the bizarre positives for Ukraine about the shortage is that it enabled them to repair and refurbish many of the artillery pieces they were unable to use and these have started to return to action in an ‘as good as new’ state, improving their chances and accuracy.
Russia will not win!
Slava Ukraini !
