Russia-Ukraine War - News and Developments PART 2

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

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[sammuel]

what's happening Wagner giving up on Bakhmut because of lack of ammunition ?

Russia orders partial evacuation near front line​

• The Russian-installed head of occupied Zaporizhzhia calls for evacuations near the frontline, saying Ukrainian shelling has increased.
• Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin threatens to withdraw his mercenary fighters from the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, again blaming Russia for a lack of ammunition.

Russia orders partial evacuation near Ukraine front line

All the updates from May 5, as they happened.

www.aljazeera.com

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[Ali_Baba]

Russia orders partial evacuation near front line​

• The Russian-installed head of occupied Zaporizhzhia calls for evacuations near the frontline, saying Ukrainian shelling has increased.
• Ukraine’s Kherson prepares for a weekend curfew beginning on Friday evening; regional head Oleksandr Prokudin urges residents to stock up on food and water.
• Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin threatens to withdraw his mercenary fighters from the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, again blaming Russia for a lack of ammunition.

Russia orders partial evacuation near Ukraine front line

All the updates from May 5, as they happened.

www.aljazeera.com

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Russia orders partial evacuation near front line​

Another way of saying that they are getting their arses whipped !!!

 

[khansaheeb]

Who are you calling a liar and Putin's parrot? Seems like denazification of Germany is incomplete and needs another round?

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

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[Viet]

What good Putin has done for Russia?

The most hilarious answer at the beginning: I don’t know, I am not competent in it.

Understandably, they don’t want to answer. Just a false word can bring them to the next gulag.

 

[khansaheeb]

‘Ukraine shoots down Russian hypersonic missile using US Patriot system’

Wreckage of the rocket, known in Russia as the ‘dagger’, falls on an empty football stadium in Kyiv

www.telegraph.co.uk

‘Ukraine shoots down Russian hypersonic missile using US Patriot system’​

Wreckage of the rocket, known in Russia as the ‘dagger’, falls on an empty football stadium in Kyiv

ByJoe Barnes5 May 2023 • 2:40pm

The US-provided Patriot missile system could have been used to intercept the missile
Ukraine has intercepted a Russian hypersonic missile for the first time, it has been reported.
Local media reports suggested air-defence units operating the highly-advanced, US-provided Patriot missile system could have been responsible for the unprecedented feat.
Images purportedly showing the fragments of a downed Kh-47M2 Kinzhal missile, which Russia claims can fly at 10 times the speed of sound, were published by the Ukrainian Defence Express outlet.
The wreckage of the missile, known in Russia as the “dagger”, fell on an empty football stadium in Kyiv after a loud explosion was reported in the early hours of Thursday morning.
The bang coincided with a long-range Russian barrage using Iranian-made drones and less sophisticated missiles targeting the Ukrainian capital, according to local administrators, who did not confirm the use of a hypersonic missile.
Pictures of the remains appeared to show a hole in the top of the weapon’s pointed shell, reportedly created by a precision munition, while the rocket was still mid-air.

A hole in the top of the weapon’s pointed shell can been seen
The Defence Express outlet claimed it had “obviously” been intercepted by a newly-acquired Patriot missile system.
A soldier from the Ukrainian air-defence team responsible for the interception confirmed the Kinzhal had been destroyed by the US-donated system, in a tweet that has since been deleted.
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The unit reportedly detected, tracked and downed the missile in its final stages of flight, when it starts to slow down.
Officials from Ukraine’s Air Force refused to comment on the claims.

Before the apparent interception there were no known successful attempts in taking out the hypersonic weapon, which had been dubbed “unstoppable” by the Kremlin.
Russian forces first used the Kinzhal in combat in Ukraine on March 29 last year, when the missile was used to strike a fuel depot.
The missile, which is fired from specially adapted Mig-31 jet fighters, has a claimed range of up 1,900 miles.
According to Russian claims, the missile cannot be downed by any of the West’s most advanced air-defence systems
Until the delivery of Patriot systems to Ukraine, Kyiv’s armed forces said they had no way of intercepting the hypersonic rocket.

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

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[MeFishToo]

Ukraine is the largest non-Russian European army. And they are struggling against a limited Russian war on them. A Russian invasion of EU is going to be much larger than the Ukraine War.

Ukrainian official says Russian invasion proved that Ukraine's army is one of the strongest 'in the world'​

Ukrainian official says Russian invasion proved that Ukraine's army is one of the strongest 'in the world'

Ukraine's army is "maybe the second strongest after the United States," Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba said on "Meet the Press."

sports.yahoo.com

The most important and lethal heavy equipment in this war has been artillery. Ukraine has ~2000-3000 gun/howitzer artillery. Germany has ~100-150. Up to ~30 times the amount of Germany.

This was pre-war beliefs:

'The EU cannot defend Europe': NATO chief​

'The EU cannot defend Europe': NATO chief - France 24

'The EU cannot defend Europe': NATO chief

www.france24.com

I continue to agree. Europe needs to increase artillery 10 fold and instead, EU countries are donating much or most or all their howitzer artillery to Ukraine, because artillery is working for Ukraine. With replacements that would take years. This is beyond foolish. Europe/EU has to increase production capacity of their arms industry. And start with opening up production of FH70 howitzers. While developing an updated version for later production.

Ukraine may or may not have 3.000 artillery pieces, but they are firing 5-7.000 rounds per day. You dont need 3.000 artillery pieces if you cant produce the ammunition. Same goes for Russia. They have depleted some of its USSR stocks of ammunition and cant sustain the use of artillery they once did. Im not even sure artillery is the actual work horse in Ukraine anymore, seems to me mortars is the frontline weapon of choice.
I dont disagree that Europe needs to rearm, but no single european country has to compete with USSR stocks left in Russia, and produce modern systems in such quantities.

Russias war in Ukraine is not limited. Upholding 500.000 soldiers in this war is not “limited”. Russia is not the USSR. There is limit to how many poor russians Putin can sacrifice in Ukraine. Eventually russian society will collaps.

 

[Dalit]

Pound these trans and LGBTQ fvckers. We stand with Orthodox Russians. The true Orthodox Christians that haven't sold out on their beliefs.

Zelensky is begging for F-16s. Leopards and F-16s are going to defeat Russia according to clown Zelensky.

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

Pound these trans and LGBTQ fvckers. We stand with Orthodox Russians. The true Orthodox Christians that haven't sold out on their beliefs.

Zelensky is begging for F-16s. Leopards and F-16s are going to defeat Russia according to clown Zelensky.

Most European countries don't have F-16. UK don't have. France don't have. Germany don't have. Spain don't have. Italy don't have. Sweden don't have. Finland don't have.

While it is true Netherland and Belgium have a few. These are too old and only a few are serviceable.

 

[Dalit]

Most European countries don't have F-16. UK don't have. France don't have. Germany don't have. Spain don't have. Italy don't have.

Zelensky was begging in The Netherlands a few days ago. The Dutch do have F-16s.

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

Zelensky was begging in The Netherlands a few days ago. The Dutch do have F-16s.

Only 24. But very old and very few serviceable.

 

[The SC]

Evacuation In Zaporozhye. All Paths Are Cut Off In Bakhmut. Military Summary And Analysis 2023.05.05​

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

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