TheOldGuy @TheOldGuy@qoto.org
I am a Democrat who supports Ukraine in their battle against The Russian fascist invaders.
I am a 73 year old Covid hermit who
lives on 10 acres in a sparsely populated area of the Ozarks. I heat with wood that is leftover by the lumber industry. When cutting oak for lumber only the trunk is used.
The largest town is population 2993. The county is 13k people scattered over 713 square miles.
Joined Dec 2022
Russia has acknowledged the inadequacy of the Pantsir-S1 air defense system against drones, including those tasked with protecting Putin's residence near Moscow, according to an analysis by Defense Express.
In response, Russia is promoting the use of a new version of the system, the Pantsir-SMD-E, which is equipped with up to 48 small-sized TKB-1055 missiles. However, this updated model lacks the guns present in its predecessor.
Analysts point out that anti-aircraft artillery is particularly effective against UAV-type targets. The German-made Gepard anti-aircraft system, for instance, has demonstrated remarkable efficiency in real combat with minimal ammunition consumption. Artillery systems that use ammunition with programmed detonation, like Skynex, have proven to be highly effective, something Russia has yet to replicate.
The decision to rely on TKB-1055 mini-missiles for intercepting drones is viewed as problematic by experts. They argue that effective anti-drone systems must be capable of intercepting large numbers of drones swiftly. The Pantsir system struggles with this due to its limitations: it can only target four drones within a ±45-degree sector and two within a ±90-degree sector. Additionally, all missiles must be guided to the target, rendering the system ineffective against a swarm of drones.
👀 The Russians captured Ukrainian soldiers in the Kursk region, but realized that they were surrounded, laid down their weapons and, together with the prisoners, went to the Ukrainian soldiers.
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Operational information of the General Staff of Ukraine as of 08.00 on 14.08.2024 regarding the Russian invasion
Glory to Ukraine!
The nine hundred and third day of large-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine has begun.
In total, 134 combat clashes were recorded during the past day.
According to detailed information, yesterday the enemy launched two missile strikes against the positions of Ukrainian units and populated areas using four missiles, as well as 81 airstrikes, in particular, dropping 116 anti-aircraft missiles. In addition, he carried out 4,594 attacks, 114 of them from rocket salvo systems.
The aggressor carried out airstrikes, in particular in the areas of Ryasne, Liptsi, Novi Virky, Vorozhba, Bilopylla, Bilovody, Radkivka, Yunakivka, Sumy, Basivka, Mali Prohody, Novovodyane, Serhiyivka, Vasyukivka, Chasiv Yar, Toretsk, Druzhba, Kurdyumivka, Oleksandropil, Grodivka, Rivnopil, Novodonetske, Novoukrainka, Vodyane, Biloghirya, Novodanilivka and Mykolaivka.
Yesterday, the aviation and missile forces and artillery of the Defense Forces made 12 strikes on the enemy's personnel concentration areas and OVT, two strikes on control points, and also hit two artillery systems, an electronic warfare station, an ammunition warehouse and two other important objects of the occupiers.
In the Kharkiv direction, 13 combat clashes took place in the areas of Hlyboke, Liptsi, Tykh and Vovchansk settlements.
Four enemy attacks took place in the Kupyan direction during the day. The defense forces repelled enemy assaults near Sinkivka, Berestovo, Kruglyakivka and in the direction of Novoosynovo.
The enemy attacked 11 times in the Lyman direction. He tried to advance near Nevsky, Terni, Makiivka and in the Serebryan Forest.
In the Siversky direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled five assaults by the Russian invaders near Verkhnyokamyanskyi and Spirnyi.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the occupiers attacked six times near Bila Hora, Ivanivskoye and, most actively, in the area of Chasovoy Yar.
In the direction of Toretsk, the enemy, supported by aviation, carried out 19 attacks near Zalizny, New York and Toretsk.
In the Pokrovsky direction, our defenders stopped 54 assault and offensive actions towards the settlements of Sukha Balka, Vozdvizhenka, Novooleksandrivka, Elizavetivka, Zelene Pole, Malynivka, Grodivka, Zhelanne, Skuchne, Kalinove, Ptyche and Karlivka. The greatest concentration of enemy attacks was near Grodivka, also, the area of this settlement was bombarded by three air defense systems.
In the Kurakhiv direction, the Defense Forces repelled five attacks near Krasnohorivka and Kostiantynivka.
In the Vremivsk direction, according to detailed information, the enemy carried out six assaults on our positions near Vodyanyi, Kostyantynivka and Vugledar.
In the Orihiv direction, the occupiers tried to knock out units of the Defense Forces from their positions in the areas of Mala Tokmachka and Robotyny - in total, they conducted two assaults.
In the Dnieper direction, invaders attacked our positions 11 times. They were repulsed, suffered losses and retreated. The enemy launched an airstrike with unguided missiles on the area of Mykolaivka.
No signs of the formation of enemy offensive groups were detected in the Volyn and Poliske directions.
On the border with the Chernihiv and Sumy regions, the enemy from the territory of the Russian Federation is actively using guided aerial bombs in the areas of Ukrainian settlements. Russian anti-aircraft missiles are also exploding on the territory of the Russian Federation.
Our soldiers are actively causing significant losses in manpower and equipment to the occupying forces.
In general, the invaders lost 1,240 people in the past day. Also, Ukrainian soldiers destroyed 21 tanks, 17 armored combat vehicles, 57 artillery systems, five anti-aircraft guns, an air defense vehicle, 57 operational-tactical BpLA, 61 vehicles and seven units of special equipment of the occupiers.
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Operational information of the General Staff of Ukraine as of 08.00 on 14.08.2024 regarding the Russian invasion
Glory to Ukraine!
The nine hundred and third day of large-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine has begun.
In total, 134 combat clashes were recorded during the past day.
According to detailed information, yesterday the enemy launched two missile strikes against the positions of Ukrainian units and populated areas using four missiles, as well as 81 airstrikes, in particular, dropping 116 anti-aircraft missiles. In addition, he carried out 4,594 attacks, 114 of them from rocket salvo systems.
The aggressor carried out airstrikes, in particular in the areas of Ryasne, Liptsi, Novi Virky, Vorozhba, Bilopylla, Bilovody, Radkivka, Yunakivka, Sumy, Basivka, Mali Prohody, Novovodyane, Serhiyivka, Vasyukivka, Chasiv Yar, Toretsk, Druzhba, Kurdyumivka, Oleksandropil, Grodivka, Rivnopil, Novodonetske, Novoukrainka, Vodyane, Biloghirya, Novodanilivka and Mykolaivka.
Yesterday, the aviation and missile forces and artillery of the Defense Forces made 12 strikes on the enemy's personnel concentration areas and OVT, two strikes on control points, and also hit two artillery systems, an electronic warfare station, an ammunition warehouse and two other important objects of the occupiers.
In the Kharkiv direction, 13 combat clashes took place in the areas of Hlyboke, Liptsi, Tykh and Vovchansk settlements.
Four enemy attacks took place in the Kupyan direction during the day. The defense forces repelled enemy assaults near Sinkivka, Berestovo, Kruglyakivka and in the direction of Novoosynovo.
The enemy attacked 11 times in the Lyman direction. He tried to advance near Nevsky, Terni, Makiivka and in the Serebryan Forest.
In the Siversky direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled five assaults by the Russian invaders near Verkhnyokamyanskyi and Spirnyi.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the occupiers attacked six times near Bila Hora, Ivanivskoye and, most actively, in the area of Chasovoy Yar.
In the direction of Toretsk, the enemy, supported by aviation, carried out 19 attacks near Zalizny, New York and Toretsk.
In the Pokrovsky direction, our defenders stopped 54 assault and offensive actions towards the settlements of Sukha Balka, Vozdvizhenka, Novooleksandrivka, Elizavetivka, Zelene Pole, Malynivka, Grodivka, Zhelanne, Skuchne, Kalinove, Ptyche and Karlivka. The greatest concentration of enemy attacks was near Grodivka, also, the area of this settlement was bombarded by three air defense systems.
In the Kurakhiv direction, the Defense Forces repelled five attacks near Krasnohorivka and Kostiantynivka.
In the Vremivsk direction, according to detailed information, the enemy carried out six assaults on our positions near Vodyanyi, Kostyantynivka and Vugledar.
In the Orihiv direction, the occupiers tried to knock out units of the Defense Forces from their positions in the areas of Mala Tokmachka and Robotyny - in total, they conducted two assaults.
In the Dnieper direction, invaders attacked our positions 11 times. They were repulsed, suffered losses and retreated. The enemy launched an airstrike with unguided missiles on the area of Mykolaivka.
No signs of the formation of enemy offensive groups were detected in the Volyn and Poliske directions.
On the border with the Chernihiv and Sumy regions, the enemy from the territory of the Russian Federation is actively using guided aerial bombs in the areas of Ukrainian settlements. Russian anti-aircraft missiles are also exploding on the territory of the Russian Federation.
Our soldiers are actively causing significant losses in manpower and equipment to the occupying forces.
In general, the invaders lost 1,240 people in the past day. Also, Ukrainian soldiers destroyed 21 tanks, 17 armored combat vehicles, 57 artillery systems, five anti-aircraft guns, an air defense vehicle, 57 operational-tactical BpLA, 61 vehicles and seven units of special equipment of the occupiers.
Join the Defense Forces! Together we will win!
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Why Russians advance so quickly on the Pokrovsky direction - hromadske
Russians are 13 km away from Pokrovsk, according to DeepState data. The occupying forces are approaching one of the key cities of the Donetsk region. After the capture of Avdiivka, they advance rapidly, destroying villages on their way.
"They have more ammunition, more people," Mykhailo, a soldier of the 68th separate brigade, briefly but meaningfully explains the reasons for the rapid advances.
It was these hunters who held the section of the front in the village of Zhelanne — the key point of the breakthrough — and who feel the superiority of the Russians.
One of them is drones. There are so many drones in this direction that the Ukrainian military is abandoning the usual logistics. And now the positions are driven by mopeds, not by cars.
"Artillery does not shut up either day or night. There is nothing left: no landings, no positions," explains the driver Oleksandr, who takes his moped to the positions of his brothers-in-arms. Returning from the last exit, he came under mine attack.
Having occupied Zhelanne, the Russians attacked the neighboring village of Novozhelanne. When asked whether it will be possible to contain the enemy here, the Ukrainian military answers in the negative.
"It's only a matter of time," Mykhailo says.
Ukraine has decided to create a “security zone” in the territory of the Kursk region occupied by the Ukrainian Armed Forces
The Ukrainian authorities are going to create a "security zone" in the territory of the Kursk region under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), said the country's Minister for Reintegration Iryna Vereshchuk. "In order to protect the border regions of Ukraine (primarily the border area of Sumy region), the Defense Forces of Ukraine are creating a security zone on the territory of the Russian Federation adjacent to the territory of Ukraine," Vereshchuk wrote on her Telegram channel.
According to her, Russians who find themselves within the "security zone" will be protected by international humanitarian law. In this regard, the Ukrainian Armed Forces will organize support for civilians, open humanitarian corridors for their evacuation both towards Russia and towards Ukraine, and also allow international organizations into the said zone to monitor the situation.
The day before, on August 14, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced his intention to create military commandant's offices in the Kursk region. "Ukraine is defending itself and the lives of its people in border communities and is taking active actions on Russian territory," he noted.
Before that, Russian President Vladimir Putin demanded the creation of a sanitary zone in the border regions of Ukraine to stop shelling the Belgorod region. After that, the Russian army launched an offensive in the Kharkov region, which got bogged down a month later.
A company is generally 150-200 soldiers
⚡️⚡️⚡️A company of Russian soldiers surrendered in the Kursk region!
Yesterday, August 14, more than a hundred Russians abandoned by their commanders made the right decision and surrendered.
They can be understood, it is hard to conduct military operations when you are commanded by tyrants and embezzlers, and the flanks are "covered" by Kadyrov's bandits, who abandon everyone and everything, just to avoid being captured themselves.
Well, and thanks to General Lapin, who helps us advance successfully in the Kursk region, just as in 2022 in the Kharkiv region, for the defense of which he was responsible.
❗️Information for Russians! If your loved one has stopped communicating, has gone missing in the Kursk direction, or in other combat zones, you can get information about whether he or she is in Ukraine as a prisoner of war through the state project "I Want to Find" . To do this, use the chat bot "I Want to Find"
➡️ Save your life and surrender: Chatbot "I want to live" t.me/spasisebyabot
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I am a Democrat who supports Ukraine in their battle against The Russian fascist invaders.
I am a 73 year old Covid hermit who
lives on 10 acres in a sparsely populated area of the Ozarks. I heat with wood that is leftover by the lumber industry. When cutting oak for lumber only the trunk is used.
The largest town is population 2993. The county is 13k people scattered over 713 square miles.
Joined Dec 2022
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